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Results: Who Is The Jeopardy "Greatest Of All Time"?

Published on 01/24/2020
By: Harriet56
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And the answer is Ken Jennings, who proved, that he is, indeed, the "greatest of all time" at Jeopardy. Jennings, the veteran beat James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter to take a $1 million prize in the Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time event that stretched out over four nights on ABC's prime-time schedule last week. Jennings established himself in "Jeopardy!" folklore by winning a still-record 74 games in a row in 2004. The two other contestants held records of their own -- Holzhauer is the 3rd-highest-earning American game show contestant of all time and is best known for his 32-game winning streak on Jeopardy last spring, and Rutter is the 2nd highest-earning American game show contestant of all time, behind Jennings. Did you watch this recently televised match on TV?
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In other Jeopardy news, one contestant on Thursday's show was so nervous, she could only answer two questions correctly, and her shaking was visible to everyone on the show. Priscilla Drobes, ended up with a negative score, so she could not compete in the final round. Fans showed their support for her by taking to social media, posting that many could relate, and she made it on to the show, which was an achievement in itself. Even host Alex Trebek, in his usual kind way, told her he understood what she was going through. Do you relate to how nervous someone could get on a show like this?
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1435 votes
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And, oops, sometimes even Jeopardy gets it wrong. A question about winter storms in that same Thursday episode gave the clue: "In a 2-week period in 2018, the East Coast was walloped by 3 of these storms named from the direction from which they came." The correct response, as deemed by "Jeopardy!", was: "What is a nor'easter?" The Weather Channel said that is not correct: "Nor'easters usually come barreling up the coast from south to north, generally in the winter. They get the name because the storms are usually accompanied by howling northeast winds". So, even Jeopardy can get it wrong...so, have you ever caught Jeopardy in a mistake?
And, oops, sometimes even Jeopardy gets it wrong. A question about winter storms in that same Thursday episode gave the clue:
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Of course, it's not the first time Jeopardy got it wrong. In 2018, one contestant was invited back for a do-over, when a final Jeopardy "answer" was incorrect in the contestants' monitors. All three contestants had first written down the correct answer of "Tree Hugger," but Vincent Valenzuela actually crossed it out and guessed "Carl Sagan" instead, which ended up being incorrect. It seemed like such a bizarre mistake, and Valenzuela's explanation that he read the clue wrong was also weird. As it turns out, though, the contestants apparently had a slightly different clue in front of them that skewed Valenzuela's perception. Though Alex Trebek started off reading the clue the way viewers saw it at home -- "This slang term for an environmentalist..." -- Valenzuela said the clue posted for contestants read "His slang term for an environmentalist..." which is obviously quite different. Do you agree this contestant should have been given a second chance?
Of course, it's not the first time Jeopardy got it wrong. In 2018, one contestant was invited back for a do-over, when a final Jeopardy
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