A JEOPARDY! champ has spotted a rare oddity about his episode that astounded fans who claimed it's "never happened before."
Tyler Rhode won Wednesday's Tournament of Champions game, which was hosted by Ken Jennings.
The start-up director from New York City faced Brian Chang - an attorney from Chicago - and Margaret Shelton - a homemaker originally from Mississippi.
Rhode won the Jeopardy! nail-biter with $34.8K. But going into Final Jeopardy, he and Margaret were all tied up, making things exciting.
He wrote the correct response, and wisely wagered all of his money while his rival did not bet it all and lost - if she had, they would have gone into a rare bonus tie-breaker round.
While that didn't happen, the game was still an anomaly - the two players were not only tied at the end but at all four key moments.
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'HERE'S ONE FOR THE HISTORIANS'
The champ wrote to his Twitter: "Here’s one for the Jeopardy! historians out there.
"Margaret and I were tied after Daily Double 1, Daily Double 2, Daily Double 3, and going into Final Jeopardy."
Each game has three randomly placed clues where if landed on, a "Daily Double" screen flashes and the player can wager however much they want from their score.
After Brian in third place landed on the first special clue, Tyler and Margaret both had $3400.
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After Brian landed on the second one, the other two both had $5400.
After Tyler landed on the third one and got it correct, he added $4K to his score, and once more, he and Margaret had the same score; $16,600.
Going into Final Jeopardy it was, again, Tyler and Margaret at $17,400 apiece.
It's unclear how many times being tied four times has happened in Jeopardy! history, so the occurrence left fans buzzing.
'HAS THAT EVER HAPPENED?'
One Tweeted in response: "Has that ever happened before? I imagine not."
Another wrote: "Oh my goodness!"
A third noted that Margaret had a slight disadvantage since she didn't land on any of the special clues and thus couldn't widen her lead.
"And she didn't select *any* of those Daily Doubles," they shaded.
Margaret then replied in the thread with a laugh and kiss emoji, shading the outcome a bit too.
BRAINIEST BATTLE OF THE YEAR
This year's Tournament of Champions started airing on Monday, October 31.
It features more super-champions (or contestants who have won more than 10 games) than any year prior.
Tyler, Andrew He, and Monday's victor Maureen O'Neill will now advance to the semi-finals of the fierce faceoff.
Returning champs like Mattea Roach (23 wins and $560K), Amy Schneider (40 wins and $1.3M), Matt Amodio (38 wins and $1.5M) have five of the longest winning streaks in history and will play next week, skipping the now-airing quarter-finals.
After the quarter-finals are three-game semi-finals, then a first-to-three final which could last up to seven episodes and the winner gets $250K.
Regular episodes and reigning ace Cris Pannullo will return mid-November when it all concludes.
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Ken Jennings will step aside from the iconic game show in January so that co-host Mayim Bialik - now handling Celebrity Jeopardy! - can take the reins.
Over the summer, he and actress Mayim were officially announced as the permanent replacements for the late, great Alex Trebek.
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