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JEOPARDY! contestant Weckiai Rannila has shared her name’s inspirational meaning on Monday before losing an ever-crucial fourth game.
The Albuquerque, New Mexico engineer fell one win short of the next Tournament of Champions against Matthew Smith and Carrie Klaus.
Weckiai is a three-day champ with a total of $35,200 who won her most recent match in a lucky break by knowing the Macarena.
A fourth win would have qualified her for the next Tournament of Champions, and Ken Jennings brought up as much, as well as her name.
He began during the Q&A, “I don’t know what it means. Tell us about your name.”
She proudly replied, “I am a member of the Comanche tribe, it is a Comanche name.
“It was …
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