Arkansas man loses in second appearance on 'Jeopardy!'

"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek (left) stands with Fayetteville contestant Eli Nehus (right).
"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek (left) stands with Fayetteville contestant Eli Nehus (right).

After winning Friday’s episode of Jeopardy!, Fayetteville native Eli Nehus came in third in his next appearance.

Nehus won $6,227 during Friday’s episode but didn’t come close to that number in an episode that aired Monday morning in Little Rock.

Nehus got off to a good start, answering the game's first question correctly. Early in the game, he often had a lead on his fellow contestants, Mary Caruso of New Jersey and John Avila of Virginia. But the game later got closer.

Nehus was in the lead with $8,400 at the beginning of the final round, the topic of which was 20th-century history. Nehus answered the last question incorrectly, losing $7,000. His incorrect answer put him in third place and lost him the game.

In the course of the episode, the contestants revealed a little about themselves. The audience learned that Nehus’ game experience isn’t limited to Jeopardy!; he also enjoys fantasy baseball and football.

One category in Monday’s episode, “Civil Rights Leaders,” was themed appropriately for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A question in that category involved Rep. John Lewis, who has been in the news lately for his feud with President-elect Donald Trump.

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