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!”
Metro Detroit native Jamie Ding is now a 20-time “Jeopardy!” champion — and will return Friday, April 10, to seek his 21th straight win.
Ding won his 20th consecutive “Jeopardy!” game on Thursday, April 9, bringing his total winnings to $572,600 with a career total of 649 questions correct and 46 wrong, according to TheJeopardyFan.com.
The Lawrenceville, New Jersey, resident is a 2009 graduate of Grosse Pointe North High School in southeast Michigan’s Grosse Pointe Woods, according to the Grosse Pointe Public School District. His father Yuchuan Ding is a professor of neurosurgery at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Ding said on a recent “Jeopardy!” episode, WSU shared in a Facebook post.
If Ding continues winning, he could face off against another metro Detroit contestant on April 13 — Waterford Township librarian Catherine Hoffman, the township said this week in a release.
To tune in on Friday evening, find your local television station and air time on the “Jeopardy!” website.
Here’s what to know about the 20-time “Jeopardy!” champion.
When will Jamie Ding next appear on ‘Jeopardy!’?
Jamie Ding will compete on “Jeopardy!” Friday, April 10, following his 20th straight win on Thursday, April 9.
The April 10 show also will feature contestants Kathi Fitzgerald, an English teacher from Williamsburg, Virginia, and Xaque Williams, a writer from Knoxville, Tennessee, according to Jeopardy.com.
Who is Jamie Ding?
Jamie Ding is a 20-time “Jeopardy!” champion, a resident of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and an employee of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency.
Ding has ties to metro Detroit. He is a 2009 graduate of Grosse Pointe North High School, according to a Facebook post from the Grosse Pointe Public School System.
His father, Yuchuan Ding, is a professor of neurosurgery in the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Jamie Ding said on a recent “Jeopardy!” episode, WSU noted in a March 31 Facebook post.
How does Ding’s win streak rank?
Ding, with 20 wins, is among the top 10 in “Jeopardy!” history. He’s tied for seven all-time with fellow 20-game winner Julia Collins (2014).
“Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings holds the all-time record with 74 wins in 2004.
How can you watch ‘Jeopardy!’?
“Jeopardy!” airs as a syndicated television show and streams on Hulu and Peacock. To find your local station and air time, visit Jeopardy.com.
Who is next Michigan ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant?
The April 13 episode of “Jeopardy!” will feature contestant Catherine Hoffman, a librarian I in Children’s Services at the Waterford Township Public Library, the township announced in the release.
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