Who Received February 25 Recreation?

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Tuesday, February 25 episode of Jeopardy!]

The seventh matchup within the 2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Event got here all the way down to a nail-biting wager between two fan-favorite contestants.

“Right this moment I really feel dangerous for studying, writing, and ‘rithmetic as a result of we now have an excellent brainer trio right here right this moment,” host Ken Jennings mentioned after giving a short recap of Monday’s recreation. Ryan Lengthy (a ride-share driver from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Robin Carroll (an educational designer from Atlanta, Georgia), and Ray LaLonde (a scenic artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada) confronted off on Tuesday, February 25’s recreation present. Lengthy is an excellent champion who received 16 video games earlier than his streak ended. LaLonde is the second-longest-streaking and second highest-winning Canadian champion each in common play and general, behind solely Mattea Roach. Carroll received the Event of Champions in 2000.

Through the first spherical, Lengthy and LaLonde have been flying by way of solutions, racking up their banks to $1,800 every. Nonetheless, they each incorrectly answered a query underneath “Cities on the Lake.” Underneath the $1,000 questions, the sport present contestants needed to reply “Neenah & Oshkosh.” LaLonde answered first with “What’s Lake Michigan?” which was incorrect. Lengthy then buzzed in and answered, “What’s Wobegon?” Jennings knowledgeable him that he was flawed and all three contestants snickered. Carroll answered incorrectly with “What’s Lake Superior?” The host instructed them that the proper reply was “Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin.” This introduced all of their whole to underneath $1,000.

In a surprising flip of occasions, Carroll pulled forward to first place after appropriately answering the primary Every day Double of the sport. Mockingly, there was a class referred to as “Transportation Data,” however the rideshare driver didn’t reply any of them. By the tip of the primary spherical, Carroll was within the lead with $5,200, Lengthy had $3,400, and LaLonde was not too far behind in third with $2,800.

In Double Jeopardy!, LaLonde pulled considerably forward when he appropriately answered the Every day Double and wagered all of his cash. “George Soros survived the rule of the arrow cross Fascist Celebration on this nation late in World Warfare II,” the query learn. “What’s Hungary?” LaLonde appropriately answered, bringing his whole to $8,000.

He discovered the second Every day Double in that spherical as properly, betting $3,000, and pulling forward with a complete of $15,400. With out answering most of the questions within the spherical, Lengthy by some means pulled in second place with $9,800. Carroll wasn’t too far behind with $9,200. She was in second however incorrectly answered a couple of questions in the direction of the tip of the spherical, inflicting her to fall to final place. LaLonde was approach within the lead with $17,000 going into Remaining Jeopardy!.

The class for Remaining Jeopardy! was “World Geography.” LaLonde was anticipated to win together with his substantial lead, however something can occur in Remaining Jeopardy!. The query learn, “Situated on an island, in 2016 this world capital started following 2 totally different time zones.”

Carroll went first, answering incorrectly with “What’s Paris?” She wagered $601, leaving her with $8,599. Lengthy additionally answered flawed with “What’s Bangkok?” He wagered $9,700, which dropped him all the way down to a closing whole of $100. LaLonde answered with “What’s Copenhagen?” however was not appropriate both. The reply was “What’s Nicosia?” the capital of Cyprus. Regardless of being flawed, LaLonde solely wagered $2,601, leaving him with $14,399, making him the episode’s winner.

On Wednesday, February 26, three new contestants will face off for an opportunity on the semi-finals. Ben Chan, Claire Sattler, and Shane Whitlock shall be behind the podiums.