Aaron Levine faced a major setback in Jeopardy during the show’s January 19 episode. The three-time winner spoke candidly on social media, sharing his reaction to the unexpected turn, saying that it “hurt badly.”
Jeopardy’s Aaron Levine says missing a clue on Anna Freud ‘hurt badly’
After Jeopardy’s Monday episode ended, a Reddit user started a thread in the show’s subreddit, inviting others to discuss the episode, where Aaron Levine faced elimination. One of the users commented, “Man, I feel bad for Aaron.”
In response, Levine joked, “Nothing that two months of therapy and psychoanalysis can’t cure after missing a clue on Anna Freud.”
He further commented, “It hurt – BADLY. Tom fully outplayed us with his wealth of knowledge and buzzer acumen, but a steal was there for the taking with DD3. Incredibly happy for Tom though! A VERY deserving champ who I’ll be rooting for as the tournament goes on, and was an absolute pleasure to play against him and Liam (although I’d have preferred it in the semis lmao).”
This week’s Tournament of Champions started with Liam Starnes, a six-game champion, playing against Tom Devlin and Aaron Levine, who were both three-game champions. Starnes struggled early after losing all his money on a Daily Double question, but later recovered. However, Levine largely led the round with $2,000 before Devlin flew past him to the first place with $5,000.
In Double Jeopardy, Levine found the second Daily Double when he had $5,600. The clue asked about a woman who became director of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Training Institute in 1935. Levine answered Joliot-Curie, but the correct answer was Anna Freud. Having wagered all his money, his score dropped to zero, putting him in last place.
He worked hard and made his way to make $1,600. But it wasn’t enough to catch up with either Starnes or Devlin, who had $6,200 and $19,400, respectively. Nonetheless, he became the only contestant to answer correctly in the final Jeopardy. Since he had wagered just $1, he remained in third place, leading to his elimination from the tournament.
Originally reported by Harsha Panduranga on ComingSoon.
