What I learned playing 30+ years’ worth of Jeopardy! video games
Enlarge / You're going down, Diane...Collage by Aurich Lawson Friday, January 8, 2021, marks the end of an era for American television. That's when TV stations around the country air the final episode of Jeopardy! featuring Alex Trebek as host. Since relaunching Jeopardy! as a syndicated game show in 1984, Trebek emceed thousands of episodes…
Alex Trebek, 1940-2020
Enlarge / Alex Trebek, seen here hosting a themed Jeopardy tournament in January 2020—and while the tournament's name was about high-performing contestants from the series' past, today, we are going to say that it's specifically about Trebek himself.Getty Images The staff of long-running TV game show Jeopardy confirmed on Sunday that its beloved host Alex…
A previous ‘Jeopardy’ champ states he won $20,000 on HQ Trivia,...
One-time "Jeopardy" champion Alex Jacob took to Twitter on Monday to express his frustrations with HQ Trivia: He won tens of thousands of dollars on the live game show app one month ago, he says — but he has yet to be paid, and doesn't believe that he will. He's gone so far as to…
A ‘Jeopardy!’ candidate’s 32- day, $2.4 million winning streak has actually...
Making it onto the show "Jeopardy!" is challenging enough. But winning once you're in the studio is even more difficult. Unless you know how to play the odds. "Jeopardy!" champion, James Holzhauer, went on a 32-day winning streak before his reign came to an end tonight. The 34-year-old sports gambler from Las Vegas broke the…
A ‘Jeopardy!’ entrant has actually taken home more than $2 million...
Making it onto the show "Jeopardy!" is challenging enough. But winning once you're in the studio is even more difficult. Unless you know how to play the odds. The current "Jeopardy!" champion, James Holzhauer, is on a 27-day winning streak. The 34-year-old sports gambler from Las Vegas has broken nearly every "Jeopardy!" record, including earning…
A ‘Jeopardy!’ entrant has actually taken home more than $1.75 million...
Making it onto the show "Jeopardy!" is challenging enough. But winning once you're in the studio is even more difficult. Unless you know how to play the odds. After a two-week hiatus for the show's annual "Teachers Tournament," 23-day "Jeopardy!" champion James Holzhauer is back, buzzer in hand. The 34-year-old sports gambler from Las Vegas…
