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On November 18, 2019, ABC announced that the three highest-earning Jeopardy! contestants of all time—Jennings, Rutter, and Holzhauer—would compete in a best-of-seven prime-time tournament, Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time. The first contestant to win three matches receives the title and a grand prize of $1 million.
Roger Alan Craig Jr. (born September 1976) is an American game show contestant, computer scientist, data scientist, and machine learning consultant. He held the record for highest single-day winnings on the quiz show Jeopardy! from September 14, 2010 (surpassing Ken Jennings) to April 9, 2019 (when James Holzhauer surpassed him).
The record lowest Jeopardy! score was set in 1985 by Joan Kantor, a contestant from 1985, with a score of -$5,100 (net -$10,200 after the Season 18 rule change regarding clue values on November 26, 2001) during Season 1. [235] During the interregnum, in a July 28, 2021 episode hosted by Levar Burton, Patrick Pierce finished with a total of -$7,400.
In 2004, Ken Jennings ended his legendary 74-game run with total earnings of over $2.5 million. In the regular season, that's the most anyone has ever made playing "Jeopardy!"But Brad Rutter just ...
Alex Trebek will host a special television event, 'Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time' in January 2020, with three fan-favorites set to return.
Amy Schneider made history on the “Jeopardy!” episode that aired on Tuesday, winning for the 20th time and tying the record for most wins by a woman.
Forrest is widely regarded by other elite Jeopardy! players as one of the most formidable contestants ever. [11] [12] He won five consecutive games from September 30 to October 4, 1985, winning a then-record $72,800 and qualifying for the 1986 Tournament of Champions, which he won, earning another $100,000. [13]
Trebek himself was recognized with the Order of Canada and a Guinness World Record for hosting the most episodes of a game show; according to Jeopardy!, it was more than 8,000 in all.