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Terry Thompson, a housewife and alumna of Swarthmore College, was the first Tournament of Champions winner. [1] She won $8,590 over the course of her run on Jeopardy!, including $5,080 during her main run and $3,510 (plus a vacation to the Virgin Islands) in the tournament.
The Jeopardy! National College Championship premiered on ABC on February 8, 2022. Unlike Super Jeopardy! and The Greatest of All Time, this tournament is an annual event. There are a few differences from the previous syndicated tournament: The format was changed to expand the pool to 36 contestants, and there are twelve quarterfinal matches and ...
A syndicated edition of Jeopardy!, distributed by Metromedia and featuring many contestants who were previously champions on the original series, aired in primetime from 1974 to 1975. [154] The NBC daytime series was later revived as The All-New Jeopardy! , which premiered on October 2, 1978, [ 155 ] and aired 108 episodes, ending on March 2 ...
Jennings's total earnings on Jeopardy! are $4,522,700, consisting of: $2,520,700 over his 74 wins; a $2,000 second-place prize in his 75th appearance; a $500,000 second-place prize in the Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions (2005); a $300,000 second-place prize in Jeopardy! ' s IBM Challenge (2011), when he lost to the Watson computer ...
Mattea Roach (born October 26, 1998) is a Canadian broadcaster and game show contestant who held a 23-game winning streak on the game show Jeopardy! from April 5, 2022, to May 6, 2022. Roach was the most successful Canadian to play Jeopardy! and is placed in sixth for all-time regular season wins. [2]
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.
Victoria Groce (née Rubin; born 1981) is an American quiz player and game show contestant.. Initially known for ending the 19-day winning streak of Jeopardy! champion David Madden in 2005, Groce’s increasing success in competitive trivia led to becoming a Chaser on the American version of The Chase in 2022. [1]
Jeopardy! is an American media franchise that began with a television quiz ... (May 18–19, 2017), and the Season 34 Tournament of Champions finals (November 16 ...