Reigning Jeopardy! champion Laura Faddah etched her identify within the historical past books on Friday (December 27) by changing into the primary contestant ever to win no less than seven video games with lower than $100,000 complete.
As of Friday’s sport, Faddah now stands at $87,400 after seven wins, breaking the document beforehand held by contestant Tim Aten. In 2016, Aten received seven consecutive video games for a complete of $107,499 earlier than dropping his eighth sport. No different champ has had lower than $100,000 after seven wins.
Faddah, a supervisor from Memphis, Tennessee, has discovered success regardless of her low wagers on Every day Doubles and Last Jeopardy clues. In Friday’s episode, she confronted Herb Jeong, a retired pension administrator from San Francisco, California, and Megan Riddell, a human assets information analyst from Linthicum, Maryland.
After the opening Jeopardy spherical, Faddah held a slight lead with $3,400 to Riddell’s $1,800 and Jeong’s $400. It regarded prefer it was going to be a low-scoring sport throughout Double Jeopardy after a number of incorrect responses, together with improper solutions for each Every day Doubles.
Nevertheless, Faddah had a surge within the Minor League Baseball Group Geography class, boosting her complete to $10,000 and giving her a runaway heading into Last Jeopardy. And it’s an excellent job she had that lead as a result of she did not get the ultimate clue, nevertheless it didn’t matter. Faddah secured her seventh victory and made historical past within the course of.
Followers on the Jeopardy! Reddit discussion board commented on Faddah’s history-making document, with some declaring how gamers corresponding to James Holzhauer “had 10 video games the place he received more cash in a single sport than she has all 7.”
One other referenced how Jeopardy! legend Roger Craig amassed $100,000 in simply two video games again in 2010.
“Alright, I’m satisfied Laura made some form of cope with the satan,” quipped one consumer, whereas one other replied, “I need to say, I initially thought she was a “flukey” champion due to a few of her “come-from-behind” victories in FJ. It appears I’m mistaken, she is a 7-day champion now.”
“Didn’t see this coming, both. Completely can not fluke your option to a 7-day reign,” mentioned one other.
One other mentioned of the low-scoring episode, “Wow, as others have mentioned, that one was robust to look at. There have been 17 triple stumpers, 12 improper responses together with all three DDs, and two of the three contestants missed on FJ. Yikes.”
“Queen stays queen! I personally love watching Laura finest her opponents in new, sudden methods, lol. May even be curious to see what her return in 2025 seems to be like,” added one other.
Viewers must wait till early March to see if Faddah can preserve her streak going and break the $100,000 barrier. Jeopardy! begins its post-season subsequent Monday (December 30), with two weeks of Second Probability, adopted by Champions Wildcard and the Event of Champions.
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