And now, I’m a 16-game Jeopardy! champion.
I’ve been a dishwasher, a water ice truck driver, a piano delivery guy, an airport security worker, a supermarket cashier, a bouncer, a street sweeper, a warehouse grunt, a package handler, an office clerk, a CCT operator, a rideshare driver. I started out at 14 with a summer job as a furniture mover. Jill Scott and “living my life like it’s golden.” I’ve worn a lot of hats in my years on this planet. I don’t know what the future has in store for me, but I do know this: I plan on following the advice of the illustrious Ms. “People keep asking me what my plans might be.
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So what’s next? Here’s what Long said on : In Monday’s Jeopardy, Philadelphia-based ride-share driver Ryan Long ’s winning streak concluded after notching 16 consecutive victories and pocketing 299,400 in earnings. When I was a kid, I read the dictionary for fun.” “I read a lot of things, and stuff gets stuck. “I don’t actually know what I know,” he laughs. Long is a graduate of George Washington High School and went to community college for only a year But Long recovered, applied for Jeopardy! and kept on winning. Matt Amodio won 38 games earlier this season. She is second only to Ken Jennings, who holds the record with 74 consecutive wins. I figured I wasn’t going to be there longer than a day.”īefore his impressive Jeopardy! streak, he had a bout with COVID-19 - a fight that his doctors didn’t think he would win. Amy Schneider's 'Jeopardy' winning streak ended after 40 games. “I have to give a shout-out to the wardrobe people because they did wonders with what I brought: two shirts and two sweater vests,” said Long. He said he came on the show with only two dress shirts and he forgot his glasses, which is why he had to squint so much reading the clues. See you in the fall.”Īction News caught up with Long last month. As my grandmom would’ve said, never let ANYBODY steal your shine. Take your shot, and don’t let anybody tell you you can’t do this or that, or you should be doing things a certain way. Andy Richter, who appeared on 2009-2010 Celebrity Jeopardy (September 17, 2009), when including specials, set the record for 68,000. Trust yourself, hold on to your dreams, you know who you really are. But I feel like this thing that just happened is proof that you can. For the longest time, I didn’t believe that a person could really break out of that box. Sometimes it seems like society put you in a box, and you are classified as a certain thing with a certain destiny, even though you may feel differently inside. I want to thank my momma and everybody who put me in the position to do this. “I want to thank all my fellow contestants who were, to a person, exemplary human beings. He told the New York Times in an email this week that he believes the show is actually getting harder, with information drawn from more diverse sources than ever before.WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor "I would say that judging by the ratings, that the majority of viewers do enjoy seeing the long streaks" - Andy SaundersĬould it be that the show is getting easier?Īccording to Jeopardy! Executive producer Michael Davies, it's the exact opposite.
Still, extra COVID prep-time doesn't tell the whole story, given that winning streaks were becoming more common before the pandemic even began. Schnieder is benefiting from that extra time, he says, as did contestant Matt Amodio, who won 38 games in a row this past October. According to the Jeopardy subreddit, Chan has ten games, nine wins, and nine runaways under his belt, making it the seventh longest consecutive runaway streak after host Ken Jennings, James. "There have been a few times now where, over the last couple of years, contestants have been called to be on the show, but because of changes in COVID protocols or other issues, those contestants have had to be rescheduled and have been given more time to prepare," said Saunders, who lives in Guelph, Ont. Stricker matches Tiger Woods for the most consecutive rounds at par or better (on record) on a PGA TOUR-sanctioned Tour. Andy Saunders, creator of the website, says that winning streaks are on the rise thanks to a few factors - including more sophisticated technology.
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