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Jeopardy Contestant Is On A Historic Winning Streak

A 33-year-old law student and former bureaucrat from New Jersey named Jamie Ding has become one of the most exciting things happening on American television right now, racking up 28 consecutive wins on Jeopardy and earning over $730,000 in the process while steadily climbing toward one of the most storied records in game show history. Ding, a Princeton graduate who grew up in Michigan and competed in quiz tournaments as a high schooler, has dominated the show with a calm, strategic style that has produced runaway victories in the majority of his games, meaning his lead was effectively insurmountable before the final round even began. His winning streak currently places him fifth all-time in consecutive wins, behind only Ken Jennings at 74, Amy Schneider at 40, Matt Amodio at 38, and James Holzhauer at 32, and with every episode he gets closer to names that Jeopardy fans have treated as untouchable for years. The show’s current host, who also happens to hold the very record Ding is chasing, has been characteristically generous about the whole situation.

Jennings told a studio audience recently that he genuinely believes his 22-year-old record can be broken, and said the only thing he hopes is that he is the one standing at the host podium when it happens. He joked that if Ding wins game 75, a trap door will open beneath him and he will disappear, but made clear he would be very excited to see it happen. Ding’s streak has sparked the kind of national conversation that Jeopardy generates once in a generation, drawing in viewers who have not watched the show in years and turning each new episode into a small event. He is still dozens of wins away from Jennings’ record, but the fact that the question is being asked at all is its own kind of milestone.

Source: https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/television/jamie-ding-jeopardy-streak-ken-jennings-5182a277

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