LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – A Metro Detroit native continued his historic run on Jeopardy! on Monday evening after beating a pair of fellow Michiganders.
Jamie Ding, a 2009 graduate of Grosse Pointe North High School, as soon as once more gained in runaway style.
Ding has now gained 22 straight video games, one recreation shy of tying the file for the fifth-longest streak within the historical past of the longstanding recreation present. You can watch him go for a twenty third straight win Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. on WILX.
As Ding prolonged his streak to 22 straight wins on Monday’s episode, each contestants becoming a member of him on the Alex Trebek Stage additionally hail from the Mitten State — Erik Bubolz of Okemos and Catherine Hoffman of Clarkston.
During his introduction, Bubolz gave a shoutout to Michigan State University, professing to be a lifelong Spartans fan – significantly MSU basketball.
Despite getting Monday’s Final Jeopardy query flawed, Ding completed the sport with $18,600, bringing his complete winnings to $627,600, the sixth-highest common season complete in Jeopardy historical past.
He nonetheless has fairly a methods to go earlier than cracking the highest 5 in complete winnings, as Chris Pannullo racked up slightly below $750,000 throughout his 21-game profitable streak in 2022.
Now-host Ken Jennings holds the data for longest profitable streak in Jeopardy! historical past at 74 video games and highest common season winnings at $2,520,700.
Ding is identified on the Jeopardy! website as a bureaucrat and legislation pupil who now lives in Lawrenceville, NJ. He entered Monday’s episode having answered 685 questions appropriately and simply 49 incorrectly throughout his streak, according to TheJeopardyFan.com.
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