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James Holzhauer’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Streak Ends Just Shy of a Record
New York Times ^ | June 3, 2019 | Julia Jacobs

Posted on 06/04/2019 7:13:04 AM PDT by EdnaMode

For weeks, the “Jeopardy!” phenomenon James Holzhauer had been unstoppable.

He set the record for the most money won in one episode, holds the second spot on the list, and the next 14. Eleven times during his winning streak, he went a whole game without buzzing in incorrectly. For fans, the question was not whether he would surpass the $2.52 million Ken Jennings won during his record 74-game winning streak in 2004, but when.

The correct response:

What is never?

In the prerecorded episode that aired on Monday, Holzhauer’s “Jeopardy!” reign came to an end with his 33rd game, a tantalizing $58,484 shy of Jennings’s mark. The number of the day turned out to be $22,002, the amount that separated him from the winner, a librarian from Chicago named Emma Boettcher.

The surprising end caused even the famously dispassionate host to practically lose his composure.

“What a game!” Alex Trebek exclaimed after Boettcher’s final score popped up. “Oh my gosh!”

Holzhauer walked over to give Boettcher a high-five.

“Nobody likes to lose,” Holzhauer said in an interview. “But I’m very proud of how I did, and I really exceeded my own expectations for the show. So I don’t feel bad about it.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: alextrebek; boettcher; emmaboettcher; holzhauer; jamesholzhauer; jennings; jeopardy; kenjennings; trebek
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To: SomeCallMeTim
What does being a female have to do with it?

Where did you drag that out from? I merely mentioned the sex of the individual who won..........Why are YOU bringing up the sex aspect?

101 posted on 06/04/2019 4:59:56 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
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To: SomeCallMeTim
What does being a female have to do with it?

Here, let me rephrase the statement:

Then you read too much to think that turned the tide in favor of the CONTESTANT.......

Do you feel better now?

102 posted on 06/04/2019 5:06:43 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Sure


103 posted on 06/04/2019 5:25:56 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Touche’


104 posted on 06/04/2019 5:27:25 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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To: EdnaMode

Did he throw the game to cash in on a bet?


105 posted on 06/04/2019 5:29:19 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.)
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To: SomeCallMeTim
That said, her DD questions were both easy.

I thought that the questions were, overall, easier than they usually were with James was a contestant. Jeopardy can obviously make the questions as hard or easy as they want. The two week special contest with the teachers, while quite entertaining, definitely had questions of a very different level of difficulty. Perhaps the producers realized that making the questions more challenging only gave James more of an edge.

106 posted on 06/04/2019 6:40:47 PM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever! 2016)
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To: Freee-dame
Perhaps the producers realized that making the questions more challenging only gave James more of an edge.

Bingo !!

107 posted on 06/04/2019 7:40:46 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Good point. I should’ve inserted legally! LOL


108 posted on 06/06/2019 1:26:30 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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