Celebrity Jeopardy! is a great way to mention three random people in the same sentence and an opportunity for someone you've seen on your television or computer screen to do something memorable on a game-show stage. If you're into that kind of thing.
On last night's episode, Ken Jennings welcomed Christopher Merloni of Law & Order: SVU, Sherri Shepherd of being Angie Jordan on 30 Rock, and Katie Nolan of Regis Philbin's Crowd Goes Wild. Nolan excelled through the first two rounds and carried a $14,100 to $8,800 lead over Merloni entering Final Jeopardy! Which meant that the most Merloni could end up would be $16,600 with an all-or-nothing wager. To ensure victory with a correct question then, Nolan needed to wager anything more than $3,500. But because math is really hard and it's pretty hot under all those lights she wagered exactly that, leading to a tie with the man famous for portraying Eliot Stabler and talking to that can of vegetables in Wet Hot American Summer.
This led to a tiebreaking answer that Nolan was able to buzz in first on to get the win. Free extra content and it was all for charity so, really, we're all winners.
This article was originally published on thebiglead as Bad Math Creates Bizarre Celebrity Jeopardy Ending With Katie Nolan and Christopher Merloni.
