Philadelphia rideshare driver’s Jeopardy! winning streak comes to an end

Ryan Lengthy, who lives in Philadelphia’s Mount Ethereal neighborhood, misplaced after 16-straight wins on the present.

Lengthy went into Last Jeopardy with $6,800. He couldn’t provide you with the right reply, however he gained no less than $299,400 on the present.

Motion Information caught up with Lengthy final month.

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He stated he got here on the present with solely two gown shirts and he forgot his glasses, which is why he needed to squint a lot studying the clues.

“I’ve to present a shout-out to the wardrobe individuals as a result of they did wonders with what I introduced: two shirts and two sweater vests,” stated Lengthy. “That is all I had. That is all I might afford. I figured I wasn’t going to be there longer than a day.”

Earlier than his spectacular Jeopardy! streak, he had a bout with COVID-19 — a combat that his his docs did not suppose he would win.

Lengthy is a graduate of George Washington Excessive College and went to neighborhood faculty for under a yr.

“I do not truly know what I do know,” he laughs. “I learn a whole lot of issues, and stuff will get caught. Once I was a child, I learn the dictionary for enjoyable.”

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