How A Jeopardy! Champ's Disappearance From The Show Left Fans Mystified For Decades
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🗓️ 25 May 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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However, the disappearance of one of the earliest champions from the show left fans mystified for decades.
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Claire McNear, a staff writer with The Ringer, about the 40-year-long mystery behind one of Jeopardy's most enigmatic champions.
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| 0:00.0 | Since its relaunch in the 1980s, Jeopardy has had thousands of contestants. |
| 0:12.8 | Somewhere in the range of 17,000 by our estimate, among those, a handful stand out as fan favorites. |
| 0:20.2 | You might be partial to Ken Jennings. |
| 0:22.3 | What is an epilogue? |
| 0:23.3 | What is my big fat Greek wedding? |
| 0:24.3 | Who is Nixon? |
| 0:25.3 | What is patriotism? |
| 0:26.3 | What is boilerplate? |
| 0:27.3 | Boilerplate, yes. |
| 0:28.3 | She holds the record for longest running streak the show has ever seen. |
| 0:33.3 | Who's 74 day cash winnings total $2,520,700? |
| 0:41.8 | Or maybe you're a fan of Amy Schneider. |
| 0:44.2 | Who's Lamarck? |
| 0:45.2 | Who's the Black Sea? |
| 0:46.2 | What is Fanny? |
| 0:47.2 | What's the usual suspect? |
| 0:48.2 | What is To Infinity and Beyond? |
| 0:49.2 | Yes. |
| 0:50.2 | She holds the title of the highest winning female contestant, and she's the first and only openly |
| 0:55.5 | trans contestant to win Jeopardy's annual Tournament of Chenepeas. |
| 0:59.5 | Amy Schneider, you won our $250,000 grand prize. |
| 1:04.8 | Or your favorite could be James Hosehr. |
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