He might have been able to brace for it or even dodge it had that damned curly W not passed right through his field of vision moments before impact...

I think it was more a strategy so that he could win if they both got it wrong, since he could guess the amount of her wager being enough to top him by a dollar if they were both right. He just hedged, knowing it was his only real shot left

Maybe they’re just here to report the news as they find it? Before I saw this I had already seen a New York Times Facebook post promoting their article about it and gotten a buzzing notification from the Washington Post app bragging about having a spoiler to share

Some part of me kinda expected him to ultimately lose just shy of Ken Jennings’ record, but the producers' decision to have his nephew/lover stab him like that was still a lazy way to wrap up the arc