History/Gameplay
Alex Trebek
Ken Jennings
Guess that different "Think!" versions
Winning streaks from other contestants
100
Contestants who have won for 5 days are eligible in this tournament.
What is the Tournament of Champions?
100
His full-time host started that year.
What is 1984?
100
Ken fully earned his spot as a full-time host of Jeopardy! on that year.
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What is 2023?
100
A professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada with 32 winning streaks.
Who is James Holzhauer?
(Cash winnings during his run: $2,462,216)
200
The longtime Jeopardy announcer since 1984.
Who is Johnny Gilbert?
200
The type of cancer that Trebek was diagnosed with back on March 6, 2019.
What is Stage IV pancreatic cancer?
(He passed away on November 8, 2020, at the age of 80.)
200
His funny response to a clue that is about a term for a gardening tool.
What's a hoe?
200
A postdoctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts with 38 winning streaks.
Who is Matt Amodio?
(Cash winnings during his run: $1,518,601)
300
The second round doubles the cash/points from the first round in this type of Jeopardy!.
What is Double Jeopardy?
300
He was born in a province of Canada.
What is Ontario?
300
He and Brad Rutter compete against each other and a computer system in an "IBM challenge".
What is Watson?
300
A writer from Oakland, California with 40 winning streaks.
Who is Amy Schneider?
(Cash winnings during her run: $1,382,800)
400
A hidden clue in the first and second Jeopardy! round can give participants the opportunity to declare a wager or risk it all.
What is Daily Double?
400
Trebek started working his career in 1961 at a broadcasting company in Canada.
What is CBC/Radio-Canada?
(CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) for English viewers, Radio-Canada for French viewers.)
400
This correct response ended his 74-game winning streak by another Jeopardy! contestant, Nancy Zerg.
What is H&R Block?
(The response still haunts him...)
400
A writer and podcaster from Toronto, Ontario, Canada with 23 winning streaks.
Who is Mattea Roach?
(Cash winnings during her run: $560,983)
500
The first-ever host of Jeopardy!
Who is Art Fleming?
500
When he moved to the United States, he got a hosting gig on a short-running game show in 1973.
What is The Wizard of Odds?
500
He graduated from a university with a double major in English and Computer Science in Utah.
What is Brigham Young University (BYU)?
500
A bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey with 31 winning streaks.
Who is Jamie Ding?
(Cash winnings during his run: $882,605)
