Few folks might imagine the sort of run champion Scott Riccardi was having on Jeopardy!, least of all Riccardi himself, who remained in sheer disbelief over his streak.
In his look on Jeopardy!’s Winners Circle, Riccardi mirrored on his expertise with a mixture of awe and humor.
“I gotta say, I’m in full disbelief. Virtually each single sport there have been factors the place I used to be like, ‘Okay, it’s in all probability simply over now. I don’t assume I’m going to have the ability to have the stamina to maintain going, and I don’t know what occurred,’” joked Riccardi to Winners Circle host and producer Sarah Foss.
Through the interview, Riccardi mentioned the considering behind his daring wagering technique, which helped him accumulate his spectacular complete winnings.
“Extremely, you haven’t had that many runaways in your run, nevertheless it looks as if that has additionally allowed you to make massive wagers to win, and due to this fact, you’re over $180,000 that you just’ve earned,” Foss identified.
“Yeah, in a approach, I’m grateful. Each time I’ve had a lead more often than not in Closing Jeopardy, it’s been by barely something, they usually occur to be one which I knew as a result of then once you get that, you simply must wager a ton,” defined Riccardi. “The final sport I used to be in second, and I used to be like, ‘That is actually laborious, I really feel like I may be okay as a result of I don’t know if anybody goes to get this.’ And the wagering simply labored out.”
“It’s Jeopardy! We don’t name it that for nothing,” joked Foss.
The 26-year-old then shared how his Jeopardy! journey started.
“I’ve simply been extraordinarily fortunate the place I managed to make it by means of each a part of the method on my first strive. I do know [for] lots of people… It’s years and years. So I can’t imagine all of it simply labored out.”
“That first day, I hoped to only win one sport. It’s laborious sufficient to do this!,” continued Riccardi. “And instantly, we sort of get into rehearsals, and I see Jason [Singer], and instantly, I’m like, ‘I don’t wish to play him.’ Like, he’s actually good. And he’s beating me actually badly on getting in rehearsal. It was a troublesome Closing Jeopardy, that was simply robust sufficient for not everybody to comprehend it, nevertheless it labored out!,” stated the champ, smiling.
He was after all refering to the Closing Jeopardy spherical wherein Singer misplaced to the clue: “Lord of the Flies impressed this collection as did the 1994 movie Heavenly Creatures, which starred one of many present’s actresses.” Singer missed the reply, which was Yellowjackets, permitting Riccardi to maneuver in and take the win.
“So now you get to maintain taking part in, however you additionally know you’ll be again it doesn’t matter what for the Match of Champions. Have you ever been watching the sector rising? What are you fascinated by [in] that degree of competitors?” requested Foss.
“I’m positively intimidated. I do know a few of these multi-day champions in all probability come from Quiz Bowl backgrounds, and I solely did that sort of factor in highschool. And often I couldn’t go to the meets as a result of it was the identical time as concert events or like, rehearsals. And I didn’t do it in any respect in school. So I’m fearful I’m going to run into these individuals who can have all these items sort of in-built, or like, if they’re a bit older, they’ll have extra simply built-in, lived-in data, which may very well be actually difficult,” Riccardi confessed.
“Liam Starnes, he’s solely 20, so it’s going to be actually cool to see all these younger champions going head-to-head.”
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