Matt Amodio's Record 'Jeopardy!' Run Ends With $1.5M in Prize Money

[babylonsister]

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Matt Amodio’s Record ‘Jeopardy!’ Run Ends With $1.5M in Prize Money
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AJ McDougall
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Updated Oct. 12, 2021 5:38AM ET /
Published Oct. 11, 2021 11:43PM ET

The #AmodioRodeo had to come to a close at some point. After 38 straight wins and $1.5 million earned in prize money, Matt Amodio, 30, was beaten on Jeopardy! by another player, Jonathan Fisher. Amodio, a Yale Ph.D. student, missed out on both the game’s Daily Doubles, which were snatched up by Fisher, and answered Final Jeopardy! incorrectly. The mistakes cost Amodio, leaving him trailing in last place behind Fisher and contestant Jessica Stephens, who came in second.

But Amodio’s run was still one for the history books. The student became the third contestant in the game show’s history to break $1 million in non-tournament play, and reached second place on the all-time consecutive win list, behind only legendary contestant Ken Jennings, who swung a mind-boggling 74 straight wins in 2004. Amodio won’t be gone for long, however—he’ll be back for the next Tournament of Champions in 2022. “I loved every second of playing Jeopardy!,” he told The Boston Globe, “and wanted it to go on forever.”

[kentuck]

1. He just had a bad day...

..with very obscure topics, he missed a few questions and was unable to pick any of the Daily Doubles, and was playing against two very good opponents.

It was a bit of a downer to see him defeated. He was one of the best.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Yep

I always believed I would do well on that show, because I have a lot of stuff rattling around up there.
But, it would be my luck to have categories like Art History, or 21st Century Literature.
I'd be a fish out of water.

[lark]

9. Definitely an epic player!

I'm just glad I got to see him dominate for so long! He was so awesome.

[Ilsa]

11. Obscure topics: top-earning fly-fishers,

World Little League Champions of the 1980s, best selling crochet and needlework books.

[Vinca]

2. That was a stunner. He missed some questions even I knew the answers to. Guess

everyone has a bad day and even losing he'll still have a nice nest egg. We should give credit to the other 2 contestants, too. They knew their stuff and knew how to play the game.

[emily333]

3. Dive

I think he took a dive.

[Greybnk48]

10. I thought so too. Oh well, his call. n/t

[malaise]

5. Was a great run

Matt was very likable

I did wonder if he decided it was time to head back to the PhD

[CTyankee]

7. Going forward, like anyone else he has life plans. Ken Jennings is on another quiz show (it might

have been cancelled tho). Game shows are obviously in his life plans.

Amodio is different, I think. He's won over a million dollars and he has plans. Now he can finish up at Yale and go forward with his life with financial security. We all love Jeopardy but I am not weeping because he's moving on. It was a great "high" for him but there is life after Jeopardy.

[joetheman]

8. Anyone have a link to this show? Thanks nt