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Who won Jeopardy on Sept 28?
On Friday, Matt Amodio, a Ph. D. student in computer science at Yale, won his 28th game, amassing over $1 million in winnings.
Does Final Jeopardy have a category?
-Jeopardy and Double Jeopardy should each consist of six categories with five clues each. Final Jeopardy consists of one clue. -The point totals vary from 100 to 500 points (multiples of 100) and from 200 to 1000 (multiples Page 2 of 200) for each category in Jeopardy and Double Jeopardy, respectively.
What are Jeopardy categories?
The 10 Most Common Jeopardy! Categories
- #1) Before & After.
- #2) Science.
- #3) Literature.
- #4) American History.
- #5) Potpourri.
- #6) World History.
- #7) Word Origins.
- #8) Colleges & Universities.
Did Matt Amodio win Jeopardy tonight?
Matt Amodio after his 33rd consecutive “Jeopardy!” win. (Courtesy Jeopardy Productions, Inc.) A New Englander made history Friday night, reaching second-place on the “Jeopardy!” All-Time Consecutive Win list. Matt Amodio’s 33rd straight win pushed him past “Jeopardy!” champion James Holzhauer’s 32-game streak.
How much did Matt Amodio win today?
Fisher bet everything and wound up with $29,200 in prize money, narrowly defeating Stephens with $28,799, while Amodio landed in third place with $5,600. His epic run is the second-longest winning streak in the history of the syndicated game show, behind only Ken Jennings, who won 74 games and $2.5 million in 2004.
Who won last Jeopardy game?
Matt Amodio
Matt Amodio finally dethroned as ‘Jeopardy!’ champion after 38 victories. Matt Amodio’s “Jeopardy!” reign has come to an end. His 38-game streak concluded Monday when the Yale computer science Ph.D. student and Ohio native came in third place.
Can you bet 0 on Final Jeopardy?
In the finals, contestants who finish Double Jeopardy! with a $0 or negative score on either day do not play Final Jeopardy! that day.
Do Jeopardy champions keep their money?
The winner of each episode returns to compete against two new contestants on the next episode. Since November 2014, ties for first place following Final Jeopardy! are broken with a tie-breaker clue, resulting in only a single champion being named, keeping their winnings, and returning to compete in the next show.
Who beat Matt Amodio on Jeopardy?
Jonathan Fisher
As folks may know, Jeopardy! films five episodes per day, so given that Matt played 39 games in total, he spent a lot of time on the quiz show’s stage. What’s more, he stuck around to watch the contestant who beat him, Jonathan Fisher, play another week’s worth of games afterward.
Does Matt Amodio lose?
After 38 wins, $1.5 million in prize money and countless tweets complaining about his use of the word “what’s,” viewers finally saw Matt Amodio lose a game of “Jeopardy!” Or, as the show mournfully announced in a news release, “The Amodio Rodeo is over.”