It’s an exciting time to be a Jeopardy! fan, as Jamie Ding — the quiz show’s current superchampion — climbs the ranks as one of Jeopardy!’s biggest winners. The New Jersey law student and bureaucrat has been making easy work of his opponents, discarding them typically in runaway fashion, but can he catch the GOAT? Ken Jennings has said he thinks his 74-game win streak can be broken, and one of his comments makes me believe Ding could be the one to do it.
To say Jamie Ding has been impressive would be an understatement, as he’s won $627,600 in 22 games as of Monday, April 13. That’s good enough to put him in the all-time Top 10 for consecutive games won and highest regular-season earnings — and he’s still going! Sure, Ding still has a long way to go before he’s knocking at Ken Jennings’ 74-straight victories, but I can’t help but think of the one factor Jennings said would be key in getting there. The host said on the Inside Jeopardy! podcast last year:
