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Kelly is also the third-highest-winning female contestant in any single game in Jeopardy!'s history, as her $45,200 performance [100] trails Maria Wenglinsky, who won $46,600 on November 1, 2005, [101] and Emma Boettcher, who won $46,801 on June 3, 2019, after upsetting long-running champion James Holzhauer. [102]
There have been several special tournaments featuring the greatest contestants in Jeopardy! history. The first was Super Jeopardy!, aired in 1990 on ABC, where 35 top contestants from the previous seasons of the Trebek version and one champion from the original Jeopardy! series competed for a top prize of $250,000. [150]
Super Jeopardy! was a special summer series that premiered on June 16, 1990, on ABC. It was the first attempt during Alex Trebek's hosting run to gather the series' best contestants up to that date. A total of thirty-six contestants competed in Super Jeopardy!.
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.
David "Dave" Madden (born June 13, 1981) is an American game show contestant, academic competition organizer, and art historian.He is a former 19-day champion on Jeopardy! and holds the eighth-longest streak in Jeopardy! history (tied with Jason Zuffranieri and behind only Ken Jennings, Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, James Holzhauer, Mattea Roach, Cris Pannullo, and Julia Collins in this respect).
Jeopardy! is an American media franchise that began with a television quiz show created by Merv Griffin, in which contestants are presented with clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in the form of a question. Over the years, the show has expanded its brand beyond television and been licensed into products of various ...
Jackson's 13-episode streak ended with a loss on October 14, 2015. In his 14 episodes he earned $413,612. At the time his 13-win streak was the fourth highest in Jeopardy! regular-play history, trailing only Ken Jennings (74 wins in 2004), Julia Collins (20 in 2014), and David Madden (19 in 2005). He was also fourth-highest in total regular ...
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