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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTop 5 ‘Jeopardy!’ champions with most consecutive wins<\/p>\n
Here is a look at the Top 5 champions who recorded the most consecutive wins on the game show “Jeopardy!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Metro Detroit native\u00a0Jamie Ding<\/a>\u00a0is now a 20-time “Jeopardy!” champion \u2014 and will return Friday, April 10, to seek his 21th straight win.<\/p>\n Ding won his 20th consecutive “Jeopardy!” game on Thursday, April 9, bringing\u00a0his total winnings<\/a>\u00a0to $572,600 with a career total of 649 questions correct and 46 wrong, according to TheJeopardyFan.com.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Lawrenceville, New Jersey<\/a>,\u00a0resident is a\u00a02009 graduate<\/a>\u00a0of Grosse Pointe North High School in southeast Michigan’s Grosse Pointe Woods, according to the Grosse Pointe Public School District.\u00a0His father\u00a0Yuchuan Ding<\/a>\u00a0is a professor of neurosurgery at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Ding said on a recent “Jeopardy!” episode, WSU\u00a0shared in a Facebook post.<\/a><\/p>\n If Ding continues winning, he could face off against another metro Detroit contestant on April 13 \u2014\u00a0Waterford Township librarian Catherine Hoffman, the township said this week in a release.<\/p>\n To tune in on Friday evening, find your\u00a0local television station<\/a>\u00a0and air time on the “Jeopardy!” website.<\/p>\n Here’s what to know about the 20-time “Jeopardy!” champion.<\/p>\n Jamie Ding will compete on “Jeopardy!”\u00a0Friday, April 10, following his 20th straight win on Thursday, April 9.<\/p>\n The April 10 show\u00a0also will feature contestants<\/a>\u00a0Kathi Fitzgerald, an English teacher from Williamsburg, Virginia, and Xaque Williams, a writer from Knoxville, Tennessee, according to Jeopardy.com.<\/p>\n Jamie Ding is a 20-time “Jeopardy!” champion, a resident of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and an employee of the\u00a0New Jersey Housing<\/a>\u00a0and Mortgage Finance Agency.<\/p>\n Ding has ties to metro Detroit. He is a\u00a02009 graduate<\/a>\u00a0of Grosse Pointe North High School, according to a Facebook post from the Grosse Pointe Public School System.<\/p>\n His father,\u00a0Yuchuan Ding<\/a>, is a\u00a0professor of neurosurgery<\/a>\u00a0in the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Jamie Ding said on a recent “Jeopardy!” episode, WSU noted in a March 31 Facebook post.<\/p>\n Ding, with 20 wins, is among the\u00a0top 10 in “Jeopardy!” history.<\/a>\u00a0He’s tied for seven all-time with fellow 20-game winner Julia Collins (2014).<\/p>\n “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings holds the all-time record with 74 wins in 2004.<\/p>\n “Jeopardy!” airs as a syndicated television show and streams on Hulu and Peacock. To find your local station and air time,\u00a0visit Jeopardy.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\nWhen will Jamie Ding next appear on ‘Jeopardy!’?<\/h2>\n
Who is Jamie Ding?<\/h2>\n
How does Ding’s win streak rank?<\/h2>\n
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Who is next Michigan ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant?<\/h2>\n