The Truth About Jeopardy! Contestant Matt Amodio’s Unusual Playing Strategy
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By Ashley Moor/Aug. 13, 2021 12:28 pm EST
Those in the way of Amodio become the highest “Jeopardy!” winner of all time are Ken Jennings and James Holzhauer. Holzhauer is sitting at the top of the leaderboard with a grand prize total of $2,520,700, and Ken Jennings is in a close second with $2,462,216, according to USA Today.
Recently, Jennings tweeted his praise of Amodio, saying, “This guy is the Jeopardy! story no one is following.” Then, Amodio admitted to Variety that being recognized by Jennings was surreal, as he is a big fan of the former “Jeopardy!” winner. “In terms of the top moments of my life, I assume getting my Ph.D. will be a good one. When I get married, that’ll be a good one,” he said. “I’m not sure they’re gonna unseat Ken Jennings recognizing me. That’s really number one in my book.”
Amodio has an unusual playing strategy on “Jeopardy!” — keep reading to learn more about it.
Matt Amodio attributes his winning streak to an unusual playing strategy
Amodio credits his large breadth of knowledge to, of all things, Wikipedia. “I read everything there, but also get 10 or 15 links from that article to other things that I’m interested in,” he told Yale. “That cascades to more and more and, before I know it, the night’s over, and I still have thousands of things I still want to read. And it just starts over the next day.”
