Contestants on the Thursday July episode of Jeopardy! were Liz McKenna, a school administrator from South Plainfield, New Jersey; Robert Voyles, a public librarian originally from Lindenhurst, New York; and Isaac Hirsch, a six-day champion and customer support team lead from Burbank, California, with total winnings of $141,388.
The categories in the first round included “More Than One Meaning,” “Let’s Go to the Concert Hall,” “Occupational Potpourri,” “Women in Government,” and “1980s Amateur Wrestling.” The first Daily Double was in the “Let’s Go to the Concert Hall” category, where Isaac added $1,200 to his score, bringing it up to $2,800. At the first break, Isaac had $4,200, while Robert and Liz were tied at $400 each.
As the game progressed into Double Jeopardy!, new categories were introduced: “19th-Century Novels,” “Animal Synergy,” “Alphabetically Last,” “No. 1 Albums by People Who Aren’t Taylor Swift,” and “Heir.” Liz demonstrated her knowledge in the “19th-Century Novels” category by answering the second Daily Double correctly and adding $2,000 to her previous score of $400. However, she then lost $2,000 on the very next clue, a third Daily Double in the “Alphabetically Last” category. Isaac maintained his lead throughout, entering the Final Jeopardy! round with a comfortable score of $18,400, followed by Robert at $5,800 and Liz at $1,200.
The Final Jeopardy! category was “Countries of the World.” The clue: “Until 1991, this country, named for a river, had a capital whose name means ‘lakes’ in Portuguese.” Only Isaac answered correctly, identifying the country as “What is Nigeria?”, and adding $1,600 to his total. With this win, Isaac extended his championship streak to seven days and accumulated total winnings of $161,388.
