Sony Pictures TV-produced “Jeopardy!”, now in its 38th season of syndication, is currently hosted by Mayim Bialik. Amodio responded, “I thought these memes were supposed to have the more attractive person on the left.” when it arrives,” he snarked in a tweet, with side-by-side pics showing their respective total cash winnings after 23 wins - Holzhauer at $1,780,237, more than double Amodio’s $825,801 at that point. Congrats week, Holzhauer threw some shade after Amodio’s 23rd win. “I’ve been betting sports since 2005 and this is the first time I’ve seen anyone hit a 33 game parlay.
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Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler, tipped his hat to Amodio in a Twitter post Friday. As has often been the case during Amodio’s run, the game was a runaway: The two other contestants went into Final Jeopardy trailing the cash total of the reigning champ by a wide margin. In Friday’s episode, Amodio won $55,400 after he got all three Double Jeopardy squares (getting two of them correct) and provided the correct question in Final Jeopardy. He’s become a fan favorite for his humble demeanor and wry sense of humor (notwithstanding his habit of saying “what’s” in his responses with people’s names when, grammatically, he should be saying “who’s”). This story originally appeared in the Morning Edition live blog.Over the course of his appearance on the show, Amodio has displayed a wide breadth of knowledge on subjects spanning history, literature, arts and entertainment, science, geography and more. She spoke to NPR earlier this month about her experience and the importance of representation. She’s also the first openly trans contestant to qualify for the show’s Tournament of Champions.
Schneider became just the fifth millionaire in show history (and the fourth to reach that milestone in regular play) as well as the highest-winning female contestant. The engineering manager from Oakland, Calif., has already shattered her share of records since beginning her run on Nov. Schneider’s winnings now total $1,319,800. Then Ken said it, and I thought, ‘Alright, I just accomplished this huge thing’ and it was pretty great.” “Knowing that I had this chance, I was definitely thinking about it.
“It still feels unreal,” Schneider said in a statement. The all-time record belongs to legend Ken Jennings, who won 74 consecutive games in 2004 and has a front-row seat to Schneider’s ascendancy as the current guest host of the show.Īfter Schneider won last night’s game - despite answering incorrectly in Final Jeopardy - Jennings announced the milestone onstage as the audience applauded. That title had previously been held by graduate student Matt Amodio, whose 38-game streak ended in October 2021 (the two will face off in the next Tournament of Champions). (NPR) - Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider has done it again.Īmy Schneider seeks to continue her historic winning streak Tuesday night on “Jeopardy!” The Dayton native extended her historic winning streak on Monday night, dominating her 39th game to officially become the contestant with the second-most consecutive wins of all time. Ohio native Amy Schneider now has the 2nd-highest winning streak in ‘Jeopardy!’ history
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