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Bob Harris is a multi-time contestant on Jeopardy! [64] [65] Harris first appeared as a contestant in 1997 and won $58,000 as an undefeated five-time champion. The next year, he finished third in the Tournament of Champions, behind Kim Worth and Dan Melia. In the first round of the Jeopardy!
A special three day exhibition match, Jeopardy! ' s IBM Challenge, aired February 14 to 16, 2011, and featured IBM's Watson computer facing off against Jennings and Rutter in two games, played over three shows. [43] This was the first man-vs.-machine competition in Jeopardy! ' s history. [44]
Before 2003, Jeopardy! contestants were limited to five consecutive wins. At the beginning of the show's 20th season in 2003, the rules were changed to allow contestants to remain on the show as long as they continued to win. [14]
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As Jennings noted, under new rules for the Tournament of Champions, the winner of the $250,000 prize is the first player in the finals to win three games, so it'll continue through at least Wednesday.
This was the first man-vs.-machine competition in Jeopardy! ' s history. [205] Watson won both the first game and the overall match to win the grand prize of $1 million, which IBM divided between two charities (World Vision International and World Community Grid). [206]
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Amy Schneider (born May 29, 1979) is an American writer and game show contestant. [4] Winning 40 consecutive games on the quiz show Jeopardy! from November 2021 to January 2022 and the November 2022 Tournament of Champions, she holds the second-longest win streak in the program's history, behind only Ken Jennings (74 games), who hosted the show as she competed.