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From answering “What is…?” before every question to having to identify multiple items in a category, Jeopardy! player David Madden has found himself on Season 3 of The Floor and fans recognized him right away. Madden is a former 19-day champion on Jeopardy! and holds the eighth-longest streak in show history, in which he is tied with Jason Zuffranieri. He is only behind all time greats including current host Ken Jennings, Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, James Holzhauer, Mattea Roach, Cris Pannullo, and Julia Collins. He first competed on Jeopardy! in 2005, and had a winning streak of 19 total games, with a total of $432, 400. Madden was defeated by Victoria Groce. He then went on to compete in the 2006 Tournament of Champions, but lost the semifinal match. Madden recently returned for the 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament but failed to win his match and took home an additional $10,000. This brought the contestant’s total earnings to $785,733.33. Now,...

Jeopardy! fans got a taste of who they can expect in the upcoming Invitational Tournament (Jit) when the contestants were announced on Monday, February 10. However, they noticed that a lot of key players were missing from the lineup. The 2025 Jit will feature contestants such as former Masters Amy Schneider, who also appeared last year, and Matt Amodio, as well as Tournament of Champion winners Troy Meyer and Ben Chan, Og players who were on with former host Alex Trebek like Seth Wilson, and recent memorable players. On Monday, show bosses Michael Davies and Sarah Whitcomb-Foss discussed the contestants Inside Jeopardy! podcast. In the video, below, they also mentioned the contestants who were offered spots, but turned it down. Those players include Mattea Roach, Cris Pannullo, Brad Rutter, who also turned down the invitation last season, Andrew He, and Julia Collins. After the contestants were announced, Jeopardy! fans made their way...

The 2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament is set to tape from Tuesday, February 4, to Thursday, February 6, according to The Jeopardy! Fan, and on Reddit, fans are submitting their contestant wishlists. “Who do you think will be in this year’s Jit?” one Reddit user wrote on Saturday, February 1, kicking off the conversation. That user had a long list of predictions, proposing Matt Amodio, Amy Schneider, Mattea Roach, Ben Chan, Troy Meyer, Brad Rutter, Julia Collins, Emma Boettcher, Roger Craig, Hannah Wilson, Cris Pannullo, Ray Lalonde, Juveria Zaheer, Rowan Ward, Jonathan Fisher, Margaret Shelton, Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, Ryan Bilger, Karen Farrell, and Tim Kutz. In a popular comment on the thread, a Jeopardy! fan hoped Mehal Shah would be invited back after his controversial “horriblis” exit from the Tournament of Champions last week. “He’s an exciting player who bets big and [is] clearly very talented,” that commenter wrote. Another fan, however, recalled a rule...

Jeopardy! has a new home for 2025. The popular game show has aired in daily syndication since 1984 after getting its start on NBC. Thanks to syndication, the game show airs on different networks depending on where a person lives, with NBC still its home in many locations. However, in 2025, the show will have a new secondary home.

Here is where Jeopardy! is aring in 2025.

Jeopardy! Moving To New Network In 2025

Jeopardy! will remain syndicated in 2025, but it will find a new secondary home in the new year. In the new year, it will return to the Game Show Network (Gsn) for reruns of the 39 episodes of Season 39, which include Cris Pannullo and Ray Lalonde’s super champion runs.

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Gsn announced the move on December 23 on social media. “The newest addition to the Game Show Network line up? What is… @jeopardy! Jeopardy! with Ken Jennings starting Monday January 13 at 9p on Game Show Network!

Jeopardy! is getting a new second home in 2025 as the show returns to the Game Show Network (Gsn) for reruns of the Ken Jennings-hosted episodes of Season 39. This includes the super champion runs of Cris Pannullo and Ray Lalonde. The Gsn Instagram page made the announcement on Monday (December 23), writing, “The newest addition to the Game Show Network line up? What is… @jeopardy! Jeopardy! with Ken Jennings starting Monday January 13 at 9p on Game Show Network!” This marks the first time Jeopardy! will air regularly on Gsn since 2013, when they aired reruns of Season 25 — the network did air a selection of Jeopardy! episodes in November 2020 in tribute to the late Alex Trebek. The reruns will air on weekdays at 9 pm, with two episodes per day, replacing Wheel of Fortune reruns (Wheel will move to 2 pm). Interestingly, the announcement only mentions Ken Jennings, suggesting the Mayim Bialik episodes will be skipped.

Mark Fitzpatrick is the latest Jeopardy! contestant to go on a hot streak, and now, some fans have the hots for him. The content manager from Riverside, Connecticut arrived on Friday, October 4. He pulled off his fifth consecutive win on Thursday, October 10 to have a five-day total of $107,201 and the longest run of Season 41. This also meant Fitzpatrick had secured a coveted spot in the next Tournament of Champions. To mark the occasion, Jeopardy!’s social media team put together a tribute graphic, as the quiz show is wont to do with recent ToCers. The photo’s text read: “Welcome to The Tournament of Champions” and Mark donned his signature Cris Pannullo-borrowed maroon V-neck sweater and a grin. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jeopardy! (@jeopardy) In the comments section, as fans are wont to do, the thirsty reactions came out of the woodwork with many...

A Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions winner has come forward to talk about his experience on the game show. Yogesh Raut claims that his win was due, in part, to the bad luck of his fellow competitors. As the ToC re-airs on television, many viewers can see why he’d say that. Keep reading to see what the former champ had to say.

Former Jeopardy! ToC Winner Speaks About Luck

Jeopardy! is currently on hiatus and airing re-runs of previous episodes. Right now, they are running through last year’s Tournament of Champions. Yogesh Raut, who wound up taking home the $250,000 grand prize, said that much of his success on the game show was due to the “bad luck” of the other contestants.

Fans may remember that there was a series of upsets during the opening round of the ToC. It all came down to Yogesh, Ben Chan, and Troy Meyer.

Jeopardy! champion Isaac Hirsch has been on a roll. He had won seven games heading into Friday and finished that day with his eighth win. However, many fans don’t see him falling anytime soon, as he seems to avoid the small things affecting players after multiple games.

Here is a look at Isaac’s run so far and why fans think he will keep winning.

Jeopardy! Fans Think Isaac Hirsch’s End Is Near

Isaac Hirsch just won his eighth game in a row on Friday, July 12. In that contest, he was in a tough battle, with the final score seeing him win with $34,001 compared to second place, where Mike Ferguson, a chemistry professor, finished with $21,501. Many fans don’t think that Isaac will lose any time soon.

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On Thursday, Isaac Hirsch won his seventh game. He beat Liz McKenna, a school administrator, and Robert Voyles,...

Lately, Jeopardy!’s production team has been making some decisions that are collectively adding to the fans becoming increasingly more angry. But when Ken Jennings was cut off this last time, fans were expressively “f*cking” mad over the interruption.

Schedule Changes Are Happening Frequently

Recently, the show has been allowing other events to take over the time slot or interrupt the Jeopardy! gameplay in very annoying ways. At first, fans were slightly irritated, but the frequency of the issue has added to the increasing anger over the matter. Fans have noticed an uptick in show schedule changes and they don’t appreciate the network’s inconsistency with holding the timeslot for the popular show. Many voice their opinions about not understanding the abrupt schedule changes that continue to occur. After the Thursday, July 11 episode cuts off Ken Jennings, fans are admittedly, “f*cking” mad.

Ken Jennings – Jeopardy! Unexpected Turn...

Recently, Jeopardy! host, Ken Jennings, talks with the newest Super Champion. Undeniably, he is warning this player as they are vying for his 74-game champion streak.

Ken Jennings Sees A Familiar Playing Style

Currently, Jeopardy! host, Ken Jennings, is witnessing a new Super Champion, Adriana Harmeyer make big strides in the game. Since she has won more than ten consecutive days, she earned the title of “Super Champion.” Notably, Adriana is zooming through the competition with a fourteen-day winning streak under her belt. But as she is playing, Ken is noticing a familiar pattern. More so, he believes her competitive strategy mimics his very own methods.

Adriana Harmeyer is now a Super Champion. – Jeopardy! Ken Jennings Warns Super Champion Vying For His Title

During the Inside Jeopardy! podcast, Ken Jennings discusses Adriana Harmeyer‘s playing style in a post-game clip. He asks, “After 11 wins do you feel like you might...

A clue that led to Cris Pannullo’s surprise defeat in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions has fans “mega” upset. In the tournament’s quarterfinal game that aired on February 26, a Jeopardy! round cue in the “Memory” category read: In comparing computer memory info, think before you give us this, the number of megabytes in a gigabyte. Pannullo lost $1,000 with a response of “1,000,” while competitor Jared Watson won a grand by responding with “1,024.” Now fans are criticizing the game show’s writers for what one Reddit user called a “poorly worded clue.” Yo @jeopardy I'ma need you to read this:https://t.co/x6x9auCYR1 A gigabyte can be either 1000 or 1024 megabytes; there are multiple competing standards. — It's Covarr It's Covarr It's Covarr It's Covarr (@ItsCovarr) February 27, 2024 “Technically,” another Reddit user wrote, “[Pannullo and Watson] are both correct. Units based on power of 10 are the standard per ...

Jeopardy!‘s chaotic Tournament of Champions has its semifinalists after Wednesday’s (March 6) last quarterfinal game, which saw Troy Meyer cement himself as the potential new frontrunner. Meyer, a music executive and professional quizzer from Tampa, Florida, who won six games during Season 39, returned to the Alex Trebek Stage with a point to prove. He was up against Sean McShane, a tour guide from South Boston, Massachusetts, and Deb Bilodeau, a restaurant server from San Francisco, California. While other favorites like Cris Pannullo, Hannah Wilson, and Juveria Zaheer were knocked out of the competition early, Meyer lived up to expectations with a dominant performance. Meyer took an early lead in the first round, answering 14 clues correctly and amassing $7,000. He then leveled up in Double Jeopardy, finding and successfully answering both Daily Doubles, which put him in a runaway position with more than a third of the round still to play.

Order has been restored to Jeopardy!‘s 2024 Tournament of Champions thanks to fan favorite Ben Chan, who won Tuesday night’s (March 5) episode in dominant fashion. Chan, who won nine consecutive games in Season 39 before a controversial wrong-letter ruling knocked him out, entered the Toc as one of the front-runners. However, so far, this has been a cursed competition for the favorites, turning into the Tournament of Death with Cris Pannullo, Hannah Wilson, Juveria Zaheer, and Ray Lalonde all losing their quarter-final games. The philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin, broke the curse on Tuesday as he faced off against Emmett Stanton, a freelance writer from Baltimore, Maryland, and Justin Bolsen, a public policy economics student at Brown University from Canton, Georgia, who won last year’s High School Reunion Tournament. Chan set the pace right from the off when he clinched a true Daily Double and took an early lead with six correct clues.

While most Jeopardy! fans are enjoying the tense and often surprising 2024 Tournament of Champions, some conservative viewers are losing their minds over a recent ‘pronouns’ puzzle. On Monday’s (February 26) episode, Season 39 super-champ Cris Pannullo selected the $600 puzzle under the “Speech! Parts of Speech!” category. The clue read, “Xem, Xyrs, Xemself,” to which Pannullo correctly answered, “What are pronouns?” “Those are pronouns,” host Ken Jennings confirmed, adding more specifically, “Neopronouns.” For those unfamiliar, xem/xyrs/xemself are gender-neutral pronouns that have recently grown in popularity. In fact, the social media app Instagram lets users apply pronoun and neopronoun options, including she, her, hers, he, him, his, they, them, thon, thons, hir, ze, zir, zie, xe, xem, xyr, and many more. Add pronouns to your profile The new field is available in a few countries, with plans for more. pic.twitter.com/02HNSqc04R — Instagram (@instagram) May 11, 2021 Of course, this ruffled...

Jeopardy!‘s 2024 Tournament of Champions continued to deliver surprises on Tuesday night (February 27) as Season 39 super-champ and fan favorite Hannah Wilson was knocked out of the competition. Wilson’s elimination marked two back-to-back shockers, as 21-game winner and front-runner Cris Pannullo was defeated on Monday (February 26), bringing a premature end to his Toc journey. Tuesday’s game saw Wilson, a puzzle designer from Chicago, Illinois, up against David Sibley, an Episcopal priest from Walla Walla, Washington, and Yungsheng Wang, a deputy public defender originally from Lafayette, Louisiana. Sibley got out to an early lead, proving to be fast on the buzzer and answering 11 clues correctly in the first round. He also found and answered the game’s first Daily Double, even dropping a Salt n Peppa reference for good measure. Wilson fought back in Double Jeopardy and briefly took the lead after landing on a Daily Double and boosting her score.

Jeopardy‘s Tournament of Champions is only into its second episode, but it’s already provided its first shocking moment, courtesy of quality control specialist Jared Watson. Watson caused a massive upset on Monday’s (February 26) game when he defeated Season 39 super-champ and Toc front-runner Cris Pannullo. The Greenville, Texas, native ended up winning in a runaway with $32,200, cementing his spot in the semi-finals. Following Watson’s shock victory, fans rediscovered an incredible video he’d shared on YouTube eight months ago during his original appearance on the show. The video features Watson, a keen multi-instrumentalist, performing a rendition of the iconic Jeopardy! theme tune on guitar and drums. “Thank you all so much for listening! I’m so thrilled that more people are getting to hear it now! Big thanks to Alex Sharkey for the audio mixing and video editing, and to my son Eric for being a brilliant camera man,...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the February 26 episode of Jeopardy!] Even the player advancing to the semifinals at the end of the second quarterfinal of Jeopardy!‘s 2024 Tournament of Champions asked, “What is even happening right now?” which echoed fan sentiments. Competing in this game and hoping to advance to the semifinals were three-time winner Jared Watson, a quality control specialist from Greenville, Texas; five-time winner Ben Goldstein, a director of content marketing from Dexter, Michigan; and 21-time winner Cris Pannullo, a customer success operations manager from Ocean City, New Jersey. While Cris was leading at the first break in the Jeopardy! round, Jared was able to tie him after a true Daily Double, and both had $8,800 heading into Double Jeopardy!. Jared then got the first three questions right and soon after picked the second Daily Double of the game, at which point host Ken Jennings remarked, “You have just pulled off an unlikely $6,000 lead on ...

Jeopardy! is having a little fun ahead of its much-anticipated Tournament of Champions by awarding some popular contestants with Jeopardy! Honors; however, fans believe one particular player was snubbed. Ahead of the 2024 Toc, which kicks off on Friday, February 23, the long-running game show will air its first-ever Jeopardy! Honors event. This light-hearted special, which was taped during the Toc, will stream on YouTube at 6 pm Pt on Thursday, February 22. The official Jeopardy! Instagram account revealed the categories and winners on Tuesday, February, 20, naming 2022 Toc winner Amy Schneider as the Alex Trebek Person of the Year. Other winners included 21-day champ Cris Pannullo as Most Valuable Player, Second Chance and Champions Wildcard victor Juveria Zaheer for Breakthrough Performance, and Martha Bath, who also appeared on the Art Fleming era of Jeopardy!, for Best Interview.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Jeopardy! (@jeopardy) Elsewhere, Yungsheng Wang won Best Signature,...

Jeopardy!‘s strike-delayed Tournament of Champions is getting celebritized.

Sony announced Tuesday that this year’s contest — which kicks off Friday, Feb. 23 — will feature among its contestants Celebrity Jeopardy! breakout Ike Barinholtz. This will be the first time ToC will welcome a champion from ABC’s starry primetime spinoff.

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Jeopardy!’s long-anticipated 2023 Tournament of Champions (Toc) is almost here, and Ken Jennings has been surprising former three-day champions with invites to participate. But the show host acted all mean at first, teasing the contestants that he had bad news for them. You can see how things unfolded in a series of video clips below. The Toc was delayed this year due to this summer’s WGA strike; in the meantime, Jeopardy! has been airing tournaments such as Second Chance and Champions Wildcard featuring former contestants and recycled clues. The Season 39 post-season editions of Second Chance and Wildcard are scheduled to start soon in the lead-up to Toc. Eight winners from both sets of Wildcard competitions will qualify for the Toc, which will kick off in early 2024 (likely the end of February). They will join super champs Cris Pannullo and Ray Lalonde, as well as fan favorites like Ben Chan,...

Jeopardy! has revealed all the details of its upcoming Champions Wildcard tournament, and it gives fans further insight into who will participate in the 2023 Tournament of Champions, plus when regular Jeopardy! will return with new contestants. The Champions Wildcard, which kicks off on Monday, October 2, will feature brief winners from Season 37 and Season 38, as well as the three winners from the currently airing Second Chance tournament. The series will culminate in December with four overall winners, each earning a spot in the 2023 Toc. This would bring the current total of Toc players up to 17. We already know 11 of the four-plus game champions from Season 39 will be taking part. Also competing will be High School reunion champ Justin Bolsen and Celebrity Jeopardy! winner Ike Barinholtz. A fan on the Jeopardy! Reddit ...

Jeopardy! super champ Cris Pannullo is feeling the pressure for the 2023 Tournament of Champions as he enters as the frontrunner after becoming Season 39’s biggest winner. The former poker pro won an impressive 21 games and $748,000 during his run on the beloved game show, putting him in the top ten list for most consecutive wins and highest winnings, sitting among greats such as Ken Jennings, James Holzhauer, and Amy Schneider. This makes him the man to beat heading into the next Toc. “I was thrilled just to be able to go to the studio once for a single tape day and play in a single episode, but now I’ve had 22 games over six tape days… every time I go out there, it’s sort of like a childhood dream re-accomplished and relived. So knowing I get to go back again, it’s a dream come true,” Pannullo told show producer...

An unintentional oversight or a direct shot? That’s the debate over a new photo posted on the Jeopardy! social media accounts on Friday (August 18), which seemingly snubbed Mayim Bialik. The photo in question is a poster celebrating Season 39, which wrapped up at the end of July. “And that’s a wrap! What were some of your favorite moments from S39? #Jeopardy!” the caption reads. Included in the image are Jeopardy! Masters champion James Holzhauer, Tournament of Champions 2022 winner Amy Schneider and runner-up Andrew He, as well as Season 39 fan favorites such as Ben Chan and Cris Pannullo. However, also taking up significant space in the picture is Jeopardy! co-host Ken Jennings. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jeopardy! (@jeopardy) It’s not a surprise to see a host included in the celebratory image, but it is somewhat strange that Jennings’ co-host Bialik was nowhere to be found.

Jeopardy! legend James Holzhauer criticizes the show's producers for making changes to season 40, expressing his disappointment. The changes include using recycled questions from previous seasons due to the WGA strike, which Holzhauer finds concerning. Holzhauer points out how the producers acknowledged the value of Jeopardy's writers, but are still producing the show without them.

Jeopardy! legend James Holzhauer slams the game show's producers for moving forward despite the WGA strike. Holzhauer is known for his 32-game winning streak on the quiz show from April to June 2019, setting multiple single-game records for winnings, and going on to win the following Tournament of Champions that November. Recently, it was announced that season 40 will move forward despite the ongoing writers' strike, but will feature some significant changes. With the writers on strike, the show will use recycled questions from previous seasons.

On Tuesday, Holzhauer took to Twitter to slam producers for the...

Jeopardy!‘s 39th season wrapped up last week (July 28), and now fans are voting on their “player of the season,” with two of the most dominant contestants currently leading the pack. A poll was opened on the Jeopardy! Reddit forum earlier this week, with 745 votes tallied at the time of writing. Customer success operations manager Cris Pannullo, who won 21 games and $748,000, is currently leading the poll with 371 votes. “Cris won the most games and was a likable contestant. He has to take the trophy,” wrote one fan, while another added, “Absolutely loved watching Cris. Hope they do the Toc!” In second place with 192 votes is fan favorite Ben Chan (9 wins), who many viewers think was unfairly eliminated from the show after a controversial ruling. “Not to take anything away from Cris, but Ben coming back from a long, unanticipated interruption for illness, taking on a multi-day champion, and absolutely dominating...

While Jeopardy!‘s 2023 Tournament of Champions has been temporarily postponed due to the ongoing WGA strike, it hasn’t stopped fans from discussing the upcoming competition and who has qualified to take part. One things that stands out for many is the lack of diversity. Season 39 finished airing last Friday, July 28, and throughout the season, only one woman qualified for the upcoming Tournament of Champions, data scientist Hannah Wilson, who won eight games earlier this year. A player must win at least four games to be eligible for the Toc. Thirteen contestants officially qualified for the 2023 Toc, including fan favorites Ray Lalonde, Cris Pannullo, Luigi de Guzman, and Ben Chan. Celebrity Jeopardy! winner Ike Barinholtz is also set to compete in the tournament. “There’s no way they would go ahead with such an un-diverse tournament after the 50% non-male field from the last tournament,” wrote one fan on the Jeopardy!

Following vows by several recent champions to boycott the “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions if it takes place amid the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike, the show’s producers say they “never had any intention” of holding the annual contest “until the strike is resolved.

Furthermore, the show’s spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday, none of winners from the most recent season have even been contacted about participating.

The statement emphasized that the show has “a long history with and tremendous respect for the WGA and our writers,” and that “we would never air game material not created by WGA writers.” The statement also emphasized that it operates in compliance with SAG-AFTRA.

Instead, the statement says, the show will go into “a holding pattern,” postponing the Season 39 Tournament of Champions and instead producing new original episodes using material that was written before WGA went on strike. More details will be announced in August.

“Jeopardy!’s” Tournament of Champions has a bigger problem on its hands than trivia this year.

Starting with a Reddit post made on Friday by 13-time “Jeopardy!” winner Ray Lalonde, several prominent contestants have pledged not to return to the series to compete in the Tournament of Champions in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America, as the series employs WGA members.

Lalonde, an IATSE member who works in scenic design, wrote that that there were “credible reports that the producers are making contingency plans to start filming the next season of the show with old and/or recycled material if the WGA strike remains unresolved.” Lalonde then went on to praise “Jeopardy!” writers for their work and their current efforts to secure a new deal with the studios, before making a promise to support them. “As a supporter of the trade union movement, a union member’s son and...

Several “Jeopardy!” champions have vowed to exit the game show’s annual tournament in solidarity with the ongoing WGA strike, which just entered into its 13th week.

As the syndicated competition series gears up for its 2023-2024 season, the writers’ strike has not only impacted planning for the upcoming installment but will also now prompt absences for former winners set to appear on this season’s Tournament of Champions.

Recent “Jeopardy!” champion and self-proclaimed “lifelong devoted fan” Ray Lalonde announced he would not to compete in the tournament should the WGA strike remain unresolved on social media, first pointing out reports that the game show has “contingency plans to start filming the next season of the show with old and/or recycled material.”

“I am and will always be grateful for the experience I had on the show and the opportunity to participate in the Toc is beyond a dream come true for me,...

Current Jeopardy! champion Jake DeArruda is opening up about his experience on the show and how he knocked off super-champ Troy Meyer in last Friday’s (January 27) game. DeArruda, a delivery dispatcher from Ludlow, Vermont, shocked viewers on Friday’s episode when he beat fan favorite Meyer, who had amassed 214,802 during a seemingly unstoppable six-game winning streak. In a series of blog posts, DeArruda shared his thoughts on the game, along with his views on the show’s hosts and past players. Upon arriving at the studio for his pre-game prep, DeArruda said he found out the name of the current champion, Troy Meyer. He admitted that his “eyes widened” as he recognized the name from the rankings of the World Quizzing Championships and other online trivia games. “Long story short, Troy is a far superior pure trivia player than Cris Pannullo,” DeArruda said, referencing the reigning champion on the broadcast episodes at the time.

Ray Lalonde‘s winning streak came to an end Tuesday, January 3, after an impressive 13-game run and a winning total of 386,400, cementing his spot in the next Tournament of Champions 2023 and making him the latest in a recent flurry of Jeopardy! super-champs. A scenic artist from Toronto, Lalonde is the second-winningest Canadian contestant ever, placing behind Halifax, Nova Scotia native Mattea Roach, who last year won 23 straight games, putting her in fifth place for the longest streak in the show’s history. Both are among seven players to have won 10 or more games on the show in 2021 or 2022. Starting with Matt Amodio‘s 38-game winning streak in 2021, Jeopardy! has seen a conveyor belt of super-champs. Amodio’s record was soon broken by Tournament of Champions victor Amy Schneider, who racked up 40 consecutive wins in 2022, placing her second to Ken Jennings (74) on the all-time leaderboard. This was followed by Roach, Ryan Long...

By its very nature, trivia is somewhat random. What amounts to a trivial bit of knowledge could mean everything from the name of the third actor to play James Bond to the first five digits of pi after the widely known 3.14 (15926). Engaging in trivia means engaging with a broad range of information. How then, could one possibly even begin to prepare for the ultimate trivia contest?

Such is the struggle that contestants on the beloved American quiz show institution Jeopardy! constantly face. Ever since it premiered more than 58 years ago, Jeopardy! is the premier game show for nerds around the country. The syndicated program, hosted by the legendary Alex Trebek for much of its run, is a grueling crucible of question after question – 61 of them in fact – that are divided into different, seemingly random, categories from episode to episode.

Preparing for such an experience seems like it would be an impossible task.

Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings has revealed big news on social media regarding Tournament of Champions. Following the recent impressive winning streak of Cris Pannullo, who amassed 748,000 during his 21 games, Jennings took to Twitter to praise the professional poker player. “Wow. His 21-game streak puts Cris sixth on the all-time list,” Jennings wrote. “Next year’s Tournament of Champions getting interesting already…” This is big news for fans of Cris Pannullo and the show as it implies that another ToC will take place in 2023, which wasn’t a guarantee. The long-running game show just recently wrapped up its 2022 Tournament of Champions, with super-champ Amy Schneider taking home the crown. But it’s not a sure thing that the ToC will air annually, and no announcement has been made by the show’s bosses. Wow. His 21-game streak puts Cris sixth on the all-time list. Next year’s Tournament of Champions getting interesting already…...

Cris Pannullo‘s impressive 21-game winning streak on Jeopardy! has come to an end as he was beaten on Tuesday (December 6) night by professor Andy Tirrell in a nail-biting Final Jeopardy round. But for the show’s bosses it could be good news as the super-champ was busting their budget with his big winnings! The former professional poker player had amassed a massive 748K over the course of his 21 wins, giving him the 5th highest winnings in the game show’s history and its 6th longest streak. His victories were so decisive that the producers had started using the phrase “Pannullo’d” to describe contestants defeated by the South Jersey resident. However, during Tuesday’s game, Pannullo met his match in Tirrell, a political science and international relations professor from San Diego, California. The two traded wins throughout the episode, with Pannullo having a slight lead of 12,600 compared to Tirrell...

Classic movie fans were left astounded that all three contestants on Thursday’s episode of “Jeopardy!” failed to identify “Singin’ in the Rain” star Gene Kelly.

The late dance legend, who passed away in 1996, came up under the “Olivia Newton-John” category, but players Cris Pannullo, Rob Lamanna and Jeri Zulli all drew a blank when it came time to put a name to her costar in the ’80s musical “Xanadu.”

Host Ken Jennings moved right along to the next question, but movie Twitter had a field day.

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“Oh my god. To hell with the lot of you for not buzzing in for Gene Kelly,” one disappointed fan wrote.

Jack Young tweeted, “Sometimes, I’m just perplexed… on #Jeopardy tonight, how could all 3 of the contestants Not know Gene Kelly, the answer to the Olivia Newton-John category?...

Jeopardy!‘s latest super-champ from New Jersey, Cris Pannullo, just collected his 18th win on the show on November 30, but we also got some insight into the newfound legend’s taste in cinema. Before pushing his total cash winnings on the game show to 637,923, host Ken Jennings asked Pannullo what films he likes. “My favorite movie is Spaceballs. I’ve seen it more than all of the actual Star Wars movies combined, and that makes sense because it’s better than all of the actual Star Wars movies combined.” He also revealed that instead of using The Force during his time on the show, he’s actually been using The Schwartz to win all his matches. Jennings says it’s going well for him as Pannullo proceeds to secure his 18-win streak. Due to the recent trilogy’s previous release schedule (as well as its nostalgic Christmas special), Star Wars...

Jeopardy!‘s latest super-champ, Cris Pannullo, continued his winning streak on Tuesday, November 29, picking up his 17th consecutive victory after a closely-fought game. The New Jersey native banked another 44,000 on Tuesday’s episode after defeating healthcare administrator Matt Harvey and philanthropic advisor Sheila Anderson. Pannullo’s total winnings now stand at 610,344, putting him in fifth place for all-time regular-season earnings (and ninth if you include tournaments). Pannullo, a former poker pro and customer service operations manager, has also climbed to ninth place for the longest Jeopardy! winning streaks, surpassing fan-favorite Ryan Long, who won 16 games in a row earlier this year. However, he’s still a ways off the top spot held by Ken Jennings (74 wins) — today (November 30) is actually 18 years to the day since Jennings’ reign as Jeopardy! champion ended when he lost his 75th game to Nancy Zerg. Tuesday’s game was Pannullo’s toughest test yet, as...

Jeopardy! has another big winner on its hands as customer success operations manager Cris Pannullo won his 8th straight game on Tuesday, October 11, hitting a massive 275, 502 career total. The contestant from Ocean City, New Jersey, secured his spot in next season’s Tournament of Champions and showed no signs of slowing down, as he beat out meat cutter Mike Elliot in a close game on Tuesday. While Pannullo hasn’t won enough money to break the Top 10 all-time regular Jeopardy! earnings just yet, he is quickly rising the ranks. As Pannullo’s winning streak continues, here are six things you should know about the current Jeopardy! champion. He Was a Contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Jeopardy! isn’t Pannullo’s first game-show experience, as he appeared on a 2018 episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? However, his current run on Jeopardy! is going a lot better...