After 38 straight wins, Jeopardy champion Matt Amodio run finally comes to an end. Matt’s run of 38 wins puts him in second place all-time behind Ken Jennings’ 74 and ahead of James Holzhauer’s 32. Matt’s $1.5 million in winnings is third behind the previously mentioned Jennings and Holzhauer. One record Matt holds, unlikely to ever be broken, is having won with 6 different hosts.
Who is Matt Amodio? He is a PhD candidate at Yale.. Like most grad students he is looking for a job. Used today’s appearance on CNBC to talk about that and to discuss what to do with his $$$. He is quite the personable champ even wondering if he would be interesting enough to get on the show.
His unique style of answering with “What’s” regardless of the subject caused some controversy initially, but endeared him to many over time.