The second round of the 2021 Tournament of Champions opens with: Ryan Hemmel, who earned $11.400 to gain the final wild card spot, learned Jeopardy! from the video game; Karen Farrell, who won her first-round game with $16.200, renovated her … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., May 24 – Tournament of Champions day six

The opening round of the 2021 Tournament of Champions wraps up with: Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, a four-time champ, has made a charitable endeavor of her love of pies; Andy Wood, a four-time champ, lost on Jeopardy! following a Weird Al reference; … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., May 21 – Tournament of Champions day five

Day four of the 2021 Tournament of Champions features: Ben Henri, the 2020 Teachers Tournament winner, has kept in touch with contestants; Kevin Walsh, a five-time champ, has gotten into Lego; MacKenzie Jones, an eight-time champ, named a cow “Trebek”. … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., May 20 – Tournament of Champions day four

Here are the contestants for day three of the 2021 Tournament of Champions: Ryan Hemmel, a four-time champ, bluffed a poker friend into thinking he didn’t do well on the show; Paul Trifiletti, a five-time champ, influenced basketball’s “the Process”; … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., May 19

Day two of the 2021 Tournament of Champions features these contestants: Steve Moulds, a three-time champ, whose three-year-old wondered how he got in the TV; Nibir Sarma, winner of the 2020 College Championship, got support from his school’s sports teams; … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., May 18

We kick off the 2021 Tournament of Champions, hosted by Buzzy Cohen, with these contestants: Sarah Jett Rayburn, a four-time champ, writer and stay-at-home mom, whose late mom was so proud of her Jeopardy! performances; Ryan Bilger, a four-time champ … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., May 17 – Tournament of Champions day one

Let’s meet today’s contestants: Dave, a freelancer, had his father for a teacher twice; Amanda, a product marketing manager, moved her Jeopardy! audition for her new job; and Jeff, a teacher, pulled a twin day switcheroo. Jeff is a one-day … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for May 12

Please welcome today’s contestants: Lara, a librarian, drove a computer disk-covered car; Jeff, a teacher, met his wife a summer camp; and Juliet, a graduate student, was on her college equestrian team. Juliet is a two-day champ with winnings of … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., May 11

Here are today’s contestants: John, a pastor, whose mom picked out his wife; Alyse, a freelance content specialist, got married at the National Cathedral; and Juliet, a graduate student, was on her middle-school Certamen team. Juliet is a one-day champ … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., May 10

Introducing today’s contestants: Sara, a stay-at-home parent, gave birth very close to her audition; Juliet, a graduate student, got on the show instead of her dad; and Jaime, a writer and consultant, pulls over for alpacas. Jaime is a two-day … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., May 7

Today’s contestants are: Steve, an attorney, whose cat is named Ricky Bobby; Kalee, a musician-food vendor-optician, is “obsessed with Michael Bolton”; and Jaime, a writer and consultant, volunteered with high school and college groups. Jaime is a one-day champ with … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., May 6

Let’s meet today’s contestants: Jaime, a writer and consultant, plays tournament Scrabble; Elliott, a history and Latin teacher, founded a chariot race and gladiator club; and Hanna, an editor, whose sister was on the show. Hanna is a one-day champ … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., May 5

Here are today’s contestants: Brittany, a baker, can say “I don’t speak Lithuanian”; Hanna, an editor, has a teakettle sneeze; Emily, a Vice President of Operations, rode a train with Joe Biden. Emily is a three-day champ with winnings of … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., May 4

Here are today’s contestants: Cèsar, an attorney, is on the show thanks to his daughter; Eliza, a middle school history teacher, took her students to a ghost town; Emily, a Vice President of Operations, whose prematurely-born child is doing fine … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., May 3

Introducing today’s contestants: Andy, a customer support manager, knows how to competitively eat eggs and ice cream; Sheila, an attorney, got stumped in a pub quiz on Dutch pop music; Emily, a Vice President of Operations, is interested in reading … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Apr. 30

Fabulous contest in which Emily jumped over a clue to find DD3 very late in DJ and made a big third-to-first move, heading into FJ at $18,600, while Leah and Colin were tied at $17,200. DD1 -$400 – GEOGRAPHIC TOP … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Apr. 29

Let’s meet today’s contestants: Leah, a product manager, is making her way through “The Joy of Cooking”; Hari, a college student, hiked in New Zealand; and Dana, an English professor, promised her students a cut of her winnings. Dana is … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Apr. 28

Here are today’s contestants: John, a legal assistant, had Alex appear at his audition years ago; Dana, an English professor, has an infinity symbol tattoo; and Kelly, a bank examiner, got payback for giving his wife a steam cleaner for … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Apr. 27

Here are today’s contestants: Nick, a writer’s assistant, has also kissed the Blarney Stone; Lyrka, a digital media specialist, has impressive pickles she doesn’t like; and Kelly, a bank examiner, whose name can be found at Fenway Park. Kelly is … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Apr. 26