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James Holzhauer (born August 6, 1984) is an American game show contestant and professional sports gambler. [ 1 ] He is the third-highest-earning American game show contestant of all time. Holzhauer is best known for his 32-game winning streak as champion on the quiz show Jeopardy! from April to June 2019, during which he set multiple single ...
Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show host, former contestant, and author. He is best known for his work on the syndicated quiz show Jeopardy! as a contestant and later its host. Jennings was born in Seattle, Washington but grew up in South Korea and Singapore. He worked as a computer programmer before he tried ...
Groce's success in competitive quizzing and connections to the trivia community [6] led to her being invited to serve as a "chaser" on the third season of the U.S version of the game show The Chase in 2022 [19] alongside Jeopardy! champions James Holzhauer (who was a contestant on the GSN version), Brandon Blackwell, Buzzy Cohen, and Brad ...
James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter competed on the primetime specials Jeopardy!The Greatest of All Time. (Photo: Eric McCandless via Getty Images)
James Holzhauer, whose streak of 32 consecutive victories ended in June, returned to Jeopardy on Wednesday.
The holder of the all-time record for single-day winnings on Jeopardy! is James Holzhauer. Holzhauer first surpassed the record of $77,000, held since 2010 [ 206 ] by Roger Craig , when he earned $110,914 on the episode that aired on April 9, 2019. [ 207 ]
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James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada, [126] and a native of Naperville, Illinois, [127] set the single-game Jeopardy! winnings record of $110,914 during his fourth appearance on the show in April 2019, beating the previous record of $77,000 held by Roger Craig. [128]