Who won Jeopardy! tonight? January 10, 2023, Tuesday

Jeopardy! airs from Monday to Friday
Jeopardy! airs from Monday to Friday (Image via Jeopardy)

A brand new episode of Jeopardy! Season 39 aired on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, and featured one-day champion, Connor Sears.

The returning champion had defeated two-day winner Patrick Curran in the previous episode. With $28,000 in his pocket with his first win, Connor competed once again on Tuesday’s episode.

The copy editor from Queens, New York, played against two new contestants - Max Davison, a writer from Studio City, California, and Suzanne Zgraggen, a zoo educator from West Valley, Utah.

The official description of Jeopardy! reads:

“A returning champion and two challengers test their buzzer skills and their knowledge in a wide range of academic and popular categories.”

Connor Sears is today's Jeopardy! winner

Connor Sears first appeared on the game show on Monday, January 9, 2023, and bagged his first win. He has maintained his winning streak in his second game as well.

In the latest episode, the categories for the first round were “Sports Trophies, NYC Subway Stops, Potpourri, Animal, Vegetable Or Mineral Anagrams, On The Scientist’s Resume, The Bottom Line.”

Connor played wonderfully in round 1, despite losing his first Daily Double. He gave 12 correct answers and banked $4,600.

New players Max Davison and Suzanne Zgraggen, too, had a good start in today’s game. The former earned $4,400 by giving nine correct and three incorrect answers, and was quite close to Connor’s scores. Suzanne gave zero wrong answers and four correct responses, scoring $2,800.

In the second round, the categories included “Around The Globe, Business Partners, Lead Vocalist Of The Band, 4th & Goal, The Attorney General, Between 2 ‘C’.”

In the Double Jeopardy round, it was proven how important a Daily Double is. Despite giving answers to questions with high value, Max couldn’t surpass Connor’s total score because he lost a Daily Double.

And the reason Connor’s score went up was that he won a Daily Double, along with giving plenty of correct answers. His score going into the final round was $20,400, while Max banked $12,400. Suzanne was pretty far behind her competitors as her score was $3,600.

In the Final Jeopardy round, none of the players were able to correctly answer the final question. While Suzanne’s score went down to zero, Max lost over half of what he earned in the latest episode. Connor, too, lost his wagering amount in the third round, but his total was higher than his fellow players'.

Hence, Connor Sears won Jeopardy! today.

Connor Sears: Tonight's winner (Image via @OneEclecticMom/Twitter)
Connor Sears: Tonight's winner (Image via @OneEclecticMom/Twitter)

Final Jeopardy! results today

In the January 10 episode, the category for the final round was “Classic Tale Characters.” The question from the aforementioned category read:

“In one 19th century translation, she “perceived the dawn of day and ceased” speaking nearly 1,000 times.”

The correct response to the final question/clue was “Scheherazade.”

None of the players gave the correct answer. Connor wrote “Echo,” while Max guessed “Sleeping Beauty” and Suzanne wrote “Little Mermaid.”

Take a look at the final results of the January 10 episode:

Connor Sears: $20,400 – $4,401 = $15,999 (Who is Echo?) (2-day total: $43,999)

Max Davison: $12,400 – $8,001 = $4,399 (Who is Sleeping Beauty?)

Suzanne Zgraggen: $3,600 – $3,600 = $0 (Who is the Little mermaid?)

With today’s win, Connor became the two-day champion and scored $43,999. Only time will tell whether the copy editor from Queens, New York, will be able to maintain his winning streak in his next game.

Hosted by Ken Jennings, the syndicated game show will return with a new episode on Wednesday, January 11, 2023.

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Edited by Sushmita Sen
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