JEOPARDY! contestant Hannah Wilson has scored an instant buzz after winning a tremendous $71,000 in just two games.
The contestant in distant third place during Hannah's second stint answered the last remaining clue with the "saddest" correct guess fans have ever witnessed.
Hannah's potential super-streak took shape last night as she simply inked out the competition and put on a clinic, even getting buzz from Amy Schneider.
The sudden show star faced Marie Claude Dussault, a translator and editor from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and Warren Grace, a croupier from Lanham, Maryland.
Hannah found all three Daily Doubles correct before also getting Final Jeopardy for an extra $10,000, giving her a $45,000 second win.
Yet, with one clue left - it was Warren who buzzed in to clear the board.
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Hannah had $35,200 while Warren had $4,200 and Marie Claude $5,600 at that point.
The $400 question (or lowest amount) under “A special train car” read: “Dating from 1916, the Cannery Row one of these train-ending cars is an attraction in Monterey, California”
Warren with a correct and somber sounding: “What is a caboose?”
Mayim Bialik - hosting for the first time in 10 months instead of Ken Jennings this week and for the foreseeable future - replied with a simple: "That is correct."
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'POOR THIRD PLACE CONTESTANT'
Jeopardy! fans spotted the downer of a guess and the irony that the correct response was the last train car while he was in last place with no chance of winning.
"That was the saddest 'What is a caboose' I have ever heard" one Reddit user wrote.
"The poor third place contestant answering 'what is the caboose' as the final question as though he was aware of the symbolism :((" lamented another.
"I said to my husband, 'oh he looks so sad.' :(" wrote a fourth.
"I thought so too," said a fifth person as a sixth wrote: "Ah, good to know I was the only one go notice!! I wanted to hug him so bad."
WHO IS: HANNAH WILSON?
Hannah Wilson is a transgender woman and data scientist from Chicago, Illinois.
She received her bachelor’s degree in Geography with honors from the University of Chicago.
Wilson has served as a senior data scientist at Strata Decision Technology, since joining the software company in 2019, according to her LinkedIn.
Wilson is the 18th-ranked crossword puzzle solver in the US and second in the Midwest behind a man named Eric.
As per her LinkedIn bio, she also plays piano, writes, and makes rugs about astronomy.
Moreover, she also serves as a data scientist at Metis, an educational institution in New York City, New York.
Two wins in and fans have high expectations, one wrote to Facebook: "Hannah's incredible. She's going to be around for a long time. She could be in the top echelon of Jeopardy! winners."
"Now that was a dynamite show! Hannah is pretty amazing! What a score!!"
A third fan agreed that this could be a long streak and wrote: "I’m settling in. It’s gonna be another person who goes on forever. Hannah loves to go in for the kill."
A fourth wrote on Reddit: "Very impressive performance by Hannah! She clearly has a broad base of knowledge, and I'm looking forward to seeing her go on a run."
A fifth remarked: "If Hannah had bet $23,999 in Final Jeopardy (max she could bet and still be guaranteed a win), she'd have a higher two day total than James Holhzauer."
"Regardless, it'll be interesting if Hannah survives long enough to encounter Ben Chan on May 15th."
AMY SCHNEIDER 'MY PRESS AGENT'
Jeopardy! fans aren't the only ones geeking out, as some of the show's most major stars took to Twitter telling any haters to buzz off.
Amy Schneider tweeted: Huge congratulations to Hannah Wilson!!! Welcome to the Guild of Jeopardy Champion Trans Women, one of us will be in contact shortly to explain the secret handshake and so forth."
Hannah then wrote on Reddit: "Yeah I’m trans! Amy was kind of acting as my press agent there, haha."
Mattea Roach also clapped back on Twitter at anyone trying to give new star Hannah a hard time, they wrote: "lots of people hating from outside the club…"
WHY FANS ARE BUZZING
Hannah got 33 clues correct and 3 incorrect in Wednesday's game.
She has found five of six daily doubles so far and only missed three clues in two games.
Hannah's $71,200 in two games is not to be taken lightly - it's the second-highest two-game total this season.
That, and it's been a quiet few months on the game show- there hasn't been a four-plus day streak since March nor a $200,000-plus winner since Troy Meyer in February.
In terms of that total, 21-day winner Cris Pannulo's first two wins amounted to $63,379, while six-day quiz whiz Troy Meyer's added up to $62,600 - both less.
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Only the infamous three-day winner Yogesh Raut has outdone her this season with $74,000, before going out on a blaze on game four.
Meanwhile, September's 2023 Tournament of Champions - which consists of 4+ day winners from the current season - as it currently stands, is only male contestants, all of which adds up to right place, right time for Hannah.
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