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As of January 31, 2021, Chu ranks eighth on the list of all-time highest-earning Jeopardy! non-tournament champions, [109] with an 11-day total of $297,200. His winning streak came to a close when he lost his 12th game but won $1,000 for finishing in third place, leaving him with a final total of $298,200.
This was the first man-vs.-machine competition in Jeopardy! ' s history. [208] 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). [209]
The Jeopardy! Teen Tournament, which began in 1987, was an annual tournament in which 15 high school students between the ages of 13 and 17 competed in a ten-episode tournament structured similarly to the Tournament of Champions. The winner receives $100,000 and entry into the Tournament of Champions.
Passes Julia Collins for second-longest winning streak in regular play. [60] 22 May 3: $82,381 $1,691,008 Holzhauer's run went on a two-week hiatus after this broadcast while Jeopardy! aired the Teachers Tournament following this episode. 23 May 20: $89,229† $1,780,237 Moved up to #6 on American game show winnings list 24 May 21: $86,905 ...
After winning $55,102 in his initial run, Rutter qualified for and won the 2001 Tournament of Champions, which at the time was played for $100,000. He was invited back in 2002 for the special Million Dollar Masters Tournament with several past champions, and emerged victorious again to become the first Jeopardy! contestant to win over $1 ...
In 2021, Amodio won 38 consecutive games of Jeopardy!, [90] finishing third in his 39th. He also received $10,000 in the semifinals of Jeopardy! ' s 2022 Tournament of Champions [89] and an additional $150,000 for his third-place finish in the 2023 Jeopardy! Masters and an additional $50,000 for placing sixth in the 2024 Jeopardy! Masters ...
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.
As a five-day champion, Rutter was invited to the 2001 Tournament of Champions, where he defeated other five-day champions and won the $100,000 main prize. [5] Rutter was invited back for the 2002 Million Dollar Masters Tournament, where he won the $1,000,000 main prize and became the largest overall money winner in Jeopardy! history.