The "Jeopardy!" episode aired Monday night on ABC in most markets.ĪBC News' Brad Mielke and David Rind contributed to this report. student in computer science at Yale, won his 28th game, amassing over 1 million in winnings. Rutter told "Start Here" that either way, the Watson computer, which defeated Rutter and Ken Jennings, would destroy all competitors, including Holzhauer. That record currently belongs to James Holzhauer who won 131,127 in a. "It definitely seemed more like you know the ball was back in, the buzzer ball so to speak, was bouncing around a lot more than in a lot of his games and part of that, you know, could be that it's a Monday show," Cohen said.īrad Rutter, who is the all-time leading money winner on the show, argued that Holzhauer's final "Jeopardy!" bet was "absolutely perfect" because "you also had to worry about Jay in third place coming up if he was the only one to get it right." Ken does NOT hold the record for most money won in a single day on Jeopardy. In this case, James Holzhauer, you know, just pummeled some other people who are really smart because you know what it takes to get on this show," Cohen said. And so if you're playing let's say a Wednesday or Thursday show you've just sat in the audience and watched. Matt Amodio, the 28-time () Jeopardy champion, accomplished something only two other contestants can say they’ve done: He passed the 1 million mark last week in regular-season winnings. Schneider, the first woman to break 1 million in winnings on the quiz show, has now won 38 games and 1,307,200. But even still, fellow Jeopardy prodigy James Holzhauer isnt afraid to give him a hard time. On Twitter, Amodio wrote that Holzhauer is better than him “in literally every way."They tape I think three in the morning and then two in the afternoon. Sony Pictures) Amy Schneider continued her climb up the 'Jeopardy' leaderboard on Friday, tying Matt Amodios second-place record for consecutive wins. Jeopardy champion Matt Amodio is on fire, and he knows it.
That was three times as much as Wells, who was runner-up heading into the final question.Īmodio bet $20,000 in Final Jeopardy and correctly answered the question: “The Apedition of The Call, a newspaper in this city, reported on the heroic death of hoseman James O’Neil.” The answer was San Francisco, and Amodio, the only one of three contestants to correctly answer the question, brought his daily earnings to $55,400, USA Today reported.Īmodio said in a news release that it was “surreal” to be beside Jennings in the hall of fame, the Times reported. 57.81 in first on buzzer (1077/1863) 72/76 on Daily Doubles. Amodio led by $10,400 after the first round and had $35,400 entering the Final Jeopardy round, the newspaper reported. James’ opponents found all three Daily Doubles but it didn’t matter, with Holzhauer taking 29,600 into Final Jeopardy and winning 49,600 for a 17-day total of 1,275,587. Apologies to 'Jeopardy James': Reigning quiz-show champ Matt Amodio surpassed the high-wagering James Holzhauers consecutive wins Friday, with his 33rd victory. On Friday, Amodio faced two other graduate students, USA Today reported: Thomas Dai, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Samantha Wells of Urbana, Illinois. It listed the average money he won per game (76,944), number of runaway games (29 out of 32), his response accuracy (97), his average bet per Daily Double (9,000), his total correct Daily. 18 Colby Burnett Day in honor of his achievements. Matt Amodio becomes third player on ‘Jeopardy!’ to top $1M in winningsīecause the game show is taped ahead of time, Amodio and Bialik already knew what was going to happen. On the episode that aired Wednesday, Holzhauer topped his own single-game winnings mark with 131,127 to capture his 10th straight victory. The contestant, James Holzhauer, 34, surpassed 1 million in total earnings on Tuesday, becoming the second contestant to do so in Jeopardy history and continuing his record-breaking streak.
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