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new Jeopardy superstar

Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 11:56 am
by bookworm
I have a history of posting about notable Jeopardy events and contestants so it's time to make a thread about the current champion. Matt Amodio passed one million dollars in winnings a few games ago, and he won his 32nd game yesterday to tie James Holzhauer's incredible streak; if he wins again today he will become sole holder of the record for second most consecutive wins behind only Ken Jennings.

He isn't setting individual game money records like James was because he plays differently, but he has the same daunting dominance; an amazing number of his wins have been runaways and not by close margins.

Re: new Jeopardy superstar

Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:17 pm
by Catspaw
Wow, that's neat. I haven't been watching so I had no idea. Any close comparisons to Ken Jennings is definitely a compliment!

Re: new Jeopardy superstar

Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:25 pm
by bookworm
He did it!

Re: new Jeopardy superstar

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 7:34 pm
by Catspaw
Whoa, crazy! :mad:

Re: new Jeopardy superstar

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:27 pm
by bookworm
It's over: $1,519,601 in 39 appearances, 38 wins - second most consecutive Jeopardy victories all time, third Jeopardy contestant to earn a million dollars in regular play, tenth highest earning contestant all time across all American game shows. Looking forward to seeing him back in the next Tournament of Champions.

Re: new Jeopardy superstar

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:21 pm
by Catspaw
Wow, that's very impressive! :mad: