(Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images). contestant "of all time." [87] Later, in February 2013, Burnett won the show's Tournament of Champions, taking home the $250,000 grand prize. on June 2, 2004, shortly after producers of the game show eliminated the five-show cap for contestants. Many contestants throughout the show's history have received significant media attention because of their success on Jeopardy!, particularly Brad Rutter, who has won the most money on the show and first lost to IBM's Watson computer; Ken Jennings, who has the show's longest winning streak; and James Holzhauer, who holds several of the show's highest overall daily scores. Vanity Fair called Buzzy Cohen “either the game show’s latest young, charismatic savior or an obnoxious millennial scourge we as a society did nothing to deserve.” He went on to win more than $164,603 over nine episodes and returned the following year to win the 2017 Tournament of Champions. earlier that year, and later competed in the 2002 Million Dollar Masters tournament, the 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions and the 2014 Battle of the Decades tournament. Jennifer Quail's Last Game: Final Jeopardy! A popular player, the dapper and charismatic Cohen won nine games in 2016, won the 2017 Tournament of Champions, and appeared again in the 2019 “Jeopardy! Bilger also saw Trebek in September 2019, when he was an alternate for the show’s Tournament of Champions (he never got to play). All-Star Games relay tournament. [23] In 2014, Cubbage returned to Jeopardy! College Championship while at Princeton, but was not selected as a contestant at that time. [45], Karl Coryat was a two-day champion on the show in 1996. Tom Cubbage is the only contestant in Jeopardy! Another moving moment occurred last November when a Tournament of Champions contestant wrote, "We love you, Alex,” as his answer during the Final Jeopardy round. Vered finished in third place, earning $250,000. Before they head back in the ring, get reacquainted with the 15 contestants ready to take each other on for the prestigious win. [133], With his performance, Zuffranieri became the third-winningest contestant in regular-season play, as well reaching fourth place for most consecutive games won, tied with David Madden and behind only Ken Jennings, James Holzhauer, and Julia Collins. and "America's Favorite Quiz Show" are registered trademarks of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. The following year, Harris finished in third place in the Tournament of Champions behind Kim Worth and Dan Melia. legends Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Madden was selected as the 7th out of 12 picks in the All-Star Games Draft in September 2018, thus becoming a member of "Team Brad" along with his former Princeton University Quiz Bowl teammate, Larissa Kelly who was the 6th pick in the draft. Contestants; Mark Your Calendar; Contestant Zone. Jane Gschwend (c.1920[6]-October 15, 1997),[7] a high school dropout and homemaker from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, held the record for the most money won in regular Jeopardy! appearances, Jennings earned the record for the highest American game show winnings. We’ve rounded up a few especially notable ones from the last decade here. This Week on Jeopardy! [77] After Madden's share of the prize was received, his all-time Jeopardy! called Prisoner of Trebekistan. Jay Wolpert won the 1969 Tournament of Champions. Jennings, Rutter and Holzhauer also hold the first-, second-, and third-place records respectively for most money ever won on American game shows. Stowell was posthumously recognized in the 2017 Tournament of Champions, where an additional $10,000 donation to the cancer charities was announced. history.[85]. David Madden (born June 13, 1981) won the fourth-highest number of games on Jeopardy! tournament featuring the three highest-earning contestants, Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter, and James Holzhauer, competing in a first-to-3-wins series with a top prize of $1 million to determine the greatest Jeopardy! [104], James Holzhauer (born July 1984), a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada[105] and a native of Naperville, Illinois,[106] set the single-game Jeopardy! Privacy Policy / Your California Privacy Rights. Described by one account as "Krameresque" and by Trebek himself as "outside the box, completely different from what many viewers expect a 'Jeopardy!' Jennings's total winnings from the program amount to $3,022,700, which includes $2,522,700 won in his initial appearances and an additional $500,000 for his second-place finish in the Jeopardy! Her fellow contestants were unaware of her terminal illness. [93] In 2015, Jacob won six games, and later won the 2015 Tournament of Champions. Wilson appeared again in the 2019 Jeopardy! Trebek congratulated her on the milestone and asked her about her experience as a woman rabbi. [22] 15 years later, in 2005, Cubbage competed in the Ultimate Tournament of Champions. She lost on her ninth appearance, finishing in second place, earning an additional $2,000; As she won five games or more, she has been guaranteed a spot in the next Tournament of Champions. champion on June 3, 2019, preventing him from surpassing the $2.52 million Ken Jennings earned during his 2004 winning streak. Winnings Total Tonight?". [109][110] At $60,013, he exceeded his own prior record of $38,314 for largest successful Final Jeopardy wager of all time. "JEOPARDY!" ", "Arts, Briefly: 'Jeopardy!' Brad Rutter (born January 31, 1978) is the biggest all-time money winner on Jeopardy! Hutton "Red" Gibson won the 1968 Tournament of Champions. Music Teacher. (JTA) — Alex Trebek, the beloved baritone host of “Jeopardy!,” died of pancreatic cancer Sunday at 80. Boettcher was the highest-winning female contestant in any single game of Jeopardy! [19] He also appeared on Super Jeopardy!,[20] the Ultimate Tournament of Champions, winning $5,000 after losing his first round game, and the Jeopardy! [41] Nine years later, in 2014, Dupée competed in the Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions. in which he won $500,000. [98][99], At the end of the Jeopardy! All-Star Games relay tournament alongside Ken Jennings and 2012 College Championship winner Monica Thieu. ", "Another Jeopardy contestant on a winning streak", "ABQ teacher stars, wins big on Jeopardy! A contestant with a pretty Jewish name became a sensation by trolling Trebek with some of his responses (such as “You aren’t rid of me yet, Trebek”). He was initially invited to compete in the Battle of the Decades tournament but declined because of conflicts with international travel. His team won the 2019 Jeopardy! de Turenne, Veronique. [135] He tried out for the show eight times before being selected to participate. [92] He competed in the 2015 Jeopardy! [3] Forrest is widely regarded by other elite Jeopardy! All-Star Games relay tournament with Ben Ingram and Seth Wilson. [56], American novelist Arthur Phillips (born April 23, 1969) appeared on Jeopardy! Million Dollar Masters tournament in 2002, Harris scored an upset victory over Rachael Schwartz and Frank Spangenberg. record", "Naperville native sets new 'Jeopardy!' Boettcher intends to use her first day winnings to pay off student loans and give back to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science, where she received her master's degree in information science in 2016. [21] Newhouse was one of nine players who advanced directly to the second round of the Ultimate Tournament of Champions, but lost his initial game. Jackson appeared again in the 2019 Jeopardy! He also appeared on Super Jeopardy! 2019 Tournament of Champions: 15 Winners Are Back for More! As of April 2019, Madden ranks fourth in terms of consecutive game wins (behind James Holzhauer, Julia Collins, and Ken Jennings) and also fourth in dollar winnings from regular games (behind Jennings, James Holzhauer and Jason Zuffranieri). Rutter became a five-day undefeated champion on Jeopardy! Lieutenant Frank Spangenberg (born July 26, 1957) garnered fame in 1990 when he set the five-day cumulative winnings record, becoming the first person to win more than $100,000 in five days on the show. [44] In this book, which he wrote following his success on Jeopardy!, Dupée wrote about his experience on the show and also provided practice questions for aspiring contestants. [30] He has been called one of the "veritable legends" of the show. winnings with either $4,255,102 (or $4,270,102, including a pair of Chevrolet Camaros). The 2019 Tournament of Champions is just days away! Can he go for #12 Monday? [2], Burns Cameron (born December 11, 1938), billed as "a businessman from Larchmont, New York" during his original run and "a realtor from Standish, Maine" on his 1990 appearance, won a total of $11,110 in his appearances on Jeopardy!, including a then-record five-game total of $7,070 in December 1965. [4], U.S. senator and presidential candidate John McCain was a one-day champion in 1965 before he served in Vietnam, spent five and a half years as a POW, and later became a senator.[5]. Tournament of Champions she finished second in her quarterfinal game against Joshua Brakhage and 2013 College Champion Jim Coury, but reached the semifinals as a wild card. After she revealed the first clue, Henkoff seemed stuck but answered, “Who is Jesus?” When she learned she was right, she sighed with relief, then confessed, “I’m Jewish,” to laughs from her fellow contestants, the audience and Trebek, who said, “That’s no excuse.” Henkoff went on to win $17,300 that day and return for one more game. [89] Burnett is known for competing wearing oversized suits, sometimes with jackets that stretch all the way down to his knees. Winners (and Money Won) All-Time", "Matt Jackson tied Arthur Chu's 11-game streak with his win today. ", "What Happens After You Defeat a Jeopardy! ", "User Experience Resident Librarian – University of Chicago", Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois, "Coming Soon: The 2019 Tournament of Champions", "Did James Holzhauer take the 'Jeopardy' Tournament of Champions crown? winnings record of $77,000 during his second appearance on the show in September 2010. ... Murphy was also in the Tournament of Champions … His total was later surpassed by Brad Rutter, who defeated Jennings in the finals of the Ultimate Tournament of Champions, adding $2,000,000 to his earlier Jeopardy! “SNL” fans will remember part of the phrase from the show’s famed “Celebrity Jeopardy” sketches. Tournament of Champions, finishing in third place[35] In the 2005 Jeopardy! most money ever won on American game shows, counting winnings on all game shows, is third overall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science, "A garbage-can Memory Produces a CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS", https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ssdi/?name=_gschwend, "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A GENIUS TO BE A CONTESTANT" "We Want Average Americans Who Are Aware of What's Going On", "J! Aurora, Colorado. [125] Boettcher's performance was unusual in that most contestants who upset a long-running champion promptly finish in last place in their next episode; only one, Mark Japinga (who ended Ben Ingram's eight-win streak and went on to a four-game win streak of his own), had greater success than Boettcher. Matt Jackson (born June 24, 1992), 13-time champion, surpassed Arthur Chu's 11-game winning streak with his 12th win on October 12, 2015. [118] Prior to his performance on Jeopardy!, he was on two other television game shows: The Chase on September 2, 2014[119] and 500 Questions on May 22, 2015. [55] He was also a successful $250,000 phone-a-friend answer for a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. – JEOPARDY! Watson won the match with a total of $77,147. [34] After his five-day run, Vered returned for the 1992 Jeopardy! In a Final Jeopardy round where Jacob did not need any additional money to win the game, he humorously wrote "What is Aleve?" 'Jeopardy!' [101][102] Before James Holzhauer, he was the only contestant with two of the top ten one-day totals: $69,000 on October 3, 2017 (third place) and $65,600 on October 2, 2017 (seventh place).
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