Who won Jeopardy! tonight, March 4?
By Matt Moore
Jeopardy! champion Margaret Shelton put her three-day winning streak on the line Friday night. Here’s how the game turned out during another brand new episode.
Shelton, a homemaker from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, amassed a three-day total of $58,200 heading into Friday’s game. It had been an impressive performance all week as she faced off against some tough competition.
Tonight, she went up against Adrian Alcalá, a software developer from Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and Caitlin McHale, a university marketing manager from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Who won Jeopardy! tonight?
Margaret Shelton used her experience to her advantage during the “Jeopardy!” round. She finished in first place with $7,200. In second place was Caitlin McHale with $3,600 followed by Adrian Alcalá in third with $2,200.
Shelton made the game into a runaway during “Double Jeopardy!.” After the second round, she banked $24,00. Her competition wasn’t close, as McHale netted $5,600 and Alcalá earned $4,600.
The champ was able to coast into “Final Jeopardy!” with a comfortable lead. However, the question was anything but easy as all three contestants answered incorrectly.
Despite the wrong response, Shelton won the game with a total of $21,500. That brings her four-day cash winnings to $79,700.
What was tonight’s Final Jeopardy! question?
It’s not often that all three players fail to come up with the correct response in “Final Jeopardy!.” Maybe you’ll have better luck! Here’s the clue in the category “Literary Characters:”
Dostoyevsky wrote that this title man in an earlier European novel is “beautiful only because he is ridiculous”
Answer: Who is Don Quixote?
Margaret Shelton answered “Who is Candide?,” Caitlin McHale guessed “Who is Dorian Gray?”, and Adrian Alcalá said “Who is Prince Mishkin?”.
Who won Jeopardy! tonight, March 4, 2022?
To recap, here’s how things finished on Jeopardy! on Friday, March 4, 2022:
1. Margaret Shelton: $21,500
2. Caitlin McHale: $1,999
3. Adrian Alcalá: $0
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