Canadian man gunning for third straight Jeopardy! win tonight. Who is Brendan Liaw?
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Thanks to strategic wagering, Liaw finished ahead of Loflin to secure the win and $13,599.
He followed up his come-from-behind win with a mostly dominant performance on Wednesday.
Liaw correctly answered his first 15 questions and came away from Single Jeopardy! with a $6,600 lead over New Yorker Romy Negrin.
She and Colorado native Sam Macken tried to keep it close, but the Canadian had $25,200 by the end of Double Jeopardy!, more than double his competitors, thanks largely to a Daily Double that awarded him $8,800.
Final Jeopardy!'s 2024 World News question was another triple stumper, but Liaw bet only $1 and secured his win.
When you realise Homs and Hama are in Syria, and Bashar Al-Assad fled his palace in Damascus in Dec 2024, it might not have ended as a triple-stumper FJ. Yep, easily forgotten. Brendan Liaw wins a 2nd #Jeopardy game. Not bad. pic.twitter.com/cwQ6LfhmB9
— The Sport Dogtor, M.D. (@MartySande34622) May 22, 2025
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