Emma Boettcher, a 27-year-old Chicago librarian, called on her knowledge of Shakespeare to defeat James Holzhauer. (Jeopardy Productions)Emma Boettcher has spent a lot of time thinking about what makes a “Jeopardy!” clue difficult. [How James Holzhauer’s astonishing ‘Jeopardy!’ run came to a dramatic end]Heading into Final Jeopardy on Monday’s episode, the University of Chicago librarian was narrowly leading James Holzhauer by $3,200. “That was the first time I had heard of him,” Boettcher told the Chicago Tribune on Monday. **spoiler alert**Tonight on Jeopardy!, James Holzhauer learns the hard way that you don’t mess with a librarian’s reference skills.

Source: Washington Post June 04, 2019 10:22 UTC