‘Jeopardy!’ Drama as 18-Year-Old Delaney O’Dea Plays in Thriller

[Warning: The following post contains Major spoilers for the Thursday, October 16, episode of Jeopardy!] 18-year-old contestant Delaney O’Dea returned for her second Jeopardy! game, which was a thriller after her game one win. She beat one-day champion Chris McGinn on Wednesday. O’Dea, from Santa Monica, California, played against Cindy del Rosario, from Denver, Colorado, and Dave Keder, from Durham, North Carolina, on October 16. O’Dea is an undergraduate student at Brown University. The beginning of the game was an even playing field for all three contestants. Keder, a tutor, had $2,000 when he found the Daily Double. He went for the true Daily Double in “That Guy’s the Worst.” The clue read, “This fifteenth-century Walachian prince was such a thug that his…