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Matthew Benjamin Amodio [1] [2] (born December 4, 1990) is an American mathematician and game show contestant who won 38 consecutive games on the game show Jeopardy! in 2021, the third-longest streak in the show's history, behind Ken Jennings and Amy Schneider.
Ken Jennings won the tournament in four matches, with James Holzhauer winning one match and Brad Rutter winning none. As the tournament winner, Jennings was named "The Greatest of All Time", won the $1 million prize, and reclaimed the top spot for most money won on a game show. Rutter and Holzhauer, the two runners-up, received $250,000 each.
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.
Invitational Tournament (JIT), the show’s newest event, which made its debut last season. 2. Ken Jennings’ third season behind as the host of Jeopardy! will also be his first solo outing.
Jeopardy! is matching Kavanaugh’s winnings with a $250,000 donation to the Hope of the Valley Trebek Center for the Homeless, in honor of Alex Trebek. ... who won the tournament himself back in ...
Schneider is the player who beat He in November 2021, ending his five-game streak. Fans were pumped, no matter who they wanted to win. ... After the Double Jeopardy! round, Buttrey was in third ...
Jonathan Fisher, an actor originally from Coral Gables, Florida, won $246,100 in 11 wins on Jeopardy!, losing his 12th appearance. [183] [184] He ended Amodio's 38-game streak on October 11, 2021. [185] During season 38, he qualified as the second seed in the next Tournament of Champions until Amy Schneider surpassed him on December 1, 2021. [186]
Amy Schneider took home $42,200 on Friday’s episode of “Jeopardy!,” bringing her total winnings to $1,019,600. She is only the fourth person in the show’s history to break $1 million in ...