Did Jeopardy! see another super champion in Tristan Williams? Fans hailed the data scientist‘s tenth game as “amazing.”
Williams, from Lincoln, Nebraska, comes into game 10 with a total of $188,501. On May 19, he played against Rose Sloan, from Boston, Massachusetts, and Sunil Hebbar, from Redondo Beach, California. Warning: Spoilers for the May 19 episode of Jeopardy! ahead.
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