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The Jeopardy! Teen Tournament, which began in 1987, was an annual tournament in which 15 high school students between the ages of 13 and 17 competed in a ten-episode tournament structured similarly to the Tournament of Champions. The winner receives $100,000 and entry into the Tournament of Champions.
The earliest board games based on Jeopardy! were produced by Milton Bradley, which produced thirteen such games throughout the course of the original Fleming version's run (issued annually from 1964 through 1976); these games were numbered 1–12 and 14, skipping 13. The Trebek version has also seen various board game adaptations of its own.
Ken Jennings (first episode June 2, 2004) holds the record for the longest winning streak (74) and the record for the highest average correct responses per game. Jennings, like Rutter, first picks clues from the center of the board and will often push the buzzer before he knows if he can answer correctly, trusting that he probably can.
DURHAM — Nearly two years removed from a two-game “Jeopardy!” win streak, Amy Bekkerman has returned to her winning ways on the beloved trivia show.. Bekkerman, a 37-year-old academic copy ...
Brad Rutter. Brad Rutter is the biggest all-time money winner on Jeopardy! and briefly held the record for biggest cumulative game show winnings for any U.S. game show contestant. Rutter retained the record for Jeopardy! winnings with either $4,255,102 (or $4,270,102, including a pair of Chevrolet Camaros ).
The first round was super competitive and, by the end of it, the game was tight: $5,000 for Schneider, $4,800 for Buttrey and $4,200 for He.One thing that could have made a difference was the $800 ...
Victoria Groce ( née Rubin; born 1981) is an American quiz player and game show contestant. Initially known for ending the 19-day winning streak of Jeopardy! champion David Madden in 2005, Groce’s increasing success in competitive trivia led to becoming a Chaser on the American version of The Chase in 2022. [1]
Alex Trebek hosted his first episode of Jeopardy!on this day 39 years ago. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Everett Collection)