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Jamie Ding wins 21st on ‘Jeopardy!’ to tie fellow New Jerseyan on list
Top 5 ‘Jeopardy!’ champions with most consecutive wins
Here is a look at the Top 5 champions who recorded the most consecutive wins on the game show “Jeopardy!”
- ‘Jeopardy!’ champ Jamie Ding won his 21st straight game on April 10, tying a fellow New Jerseyan Cris Pannullo on the all-time wins list.
Jamie Ding won his 21st straight game on “Jeopardy!” on the April 10 show, tying a fellow New Jerseyan on the all-time wins list.
The Lawrenceville resident moved into a sixth place tie on the wins list with Cris Pannullo, an Ocean City native who won $748,286 while winning 21 games in 2022.
Ding won $36,400 on Friday’s show to bring his 21-day total to $609,000. He is in sixth place on the regular-season money list behind Pannullo and remains in 14th place on the all-time earnings list, according to Jeopardy.com and TheJeopardyFan.com (See Top 10 lists below).
Ding’s opponents on Friday’s show were: Kathi Fitzgerald, an English teacher from Williamsburg, Virginia, and Xaque Williams, a writer from Knoxville, Tennessee.
As has been his trademark during most of his run, Ding had the game clinched prior to Final Jeopardy. He had $26,800 to Williams’ $8,200 and Fitzgerald’s $200, TheJeopardyFan.com reported.
The Final Jeopardy was: “A river named for the sacred lotus flower flows toward this 890,000-square-mile body of water.”
Ding and Williams both had the correct response: “What is the Bay of Bengal?”
Ding risked $9,600 to finish with $36,400, while Williams bet $7,000 to finish with $15,200.
Who is Jamie Ding?
Ding, who works for the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, has secured a spot in the season-ending Tournament of Champions.
He has a supporter in New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who posted applauding Ding after he set an impressive record on the show that began 62 years ago.
On the March 17 show, Ding set the mark for highest Coryat score with with $42,400, topping the record of $39,200 achieved by now “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings on June 10, 2004, according to TheJeopardyFan.com. On the April 1 show, Ding tied Jennings with at $39,200 Coryat. A Coryat score, named after a former contestant, is the sum of the natural value of any clues without Daily Doubles or Final Jeopardy.
Sen. Andy Kim has also tweeted out congratulations to Ding.
While Sen. Cory Booker tweeted on April 1: “Jamie Ding! Making New Jersey proud! This Lawrenceville resident spends his days helping fund affordable housing across the Garden State, then goes on national TV and dominates. The man answers trivia on @Jeopardy and houses people for a living. New Jersey does not miss. Keep buzzing, Jamie.”
Originally, Ding is from the Detroit area, having graduated from Grosse Pointe North High School in 2009. He graduated from Princeton University in 2013.
Ding told his alma mater that being on the show is “phenomenal.”
He and his sister have a Instagram account where they review General Tsos chicken at restaurants called: @attorneygeneraltsos. Ding talked about it on the show.
Top 10 ‘Jeopardy!’ consecutive wins
Here are the Top “Jeopardy!” contestants in terms of consecutive wins, according to Jeopardy.com (Note: Prior to season 20 in 2003, there was a five-game win limit on the show):
- Ken Jennings, 74 games, 2004
- Amy Schneider, 40 games, 2022
- Matt Amodio, 38 games, 2021
- James Holzhauer, 32 games, 2019
- Mattea Roach, 23 games, 2022
- Jamie Ding, 21 games, current
- Cris Pannullo, 21 games, 2022
- Julia Collins, 20 games, 2014
- Jason Zuffranieri, 19 games, 2019
- David Madden, 19 games, 2005
Top 10 ‘Jeopardy!’ regular-season money
Here are the Top “Jeopardy!” contestants in terms of money won during regular-season play, according to Jeopardy.com:
- Ken Jennings, $2,520,700
- James Holzhauer, $2,462,216
- Matt Amodio, $1,518,601
- Amy Schneider, $1,382,800
- Cris Pannullo, $748,286
- Jamie Ding, $609,000
- Mattea Roach, $560,983
- Jason Zuffranieri, $532,496
- Scott Riccardi, $455,000
- David Madden, $430,400