kevin olmstead has won the most money playing jeopardy.
kevin olmstead has won the most money playing jeopardy.
who has won the most money playing jeopardy?
kevin olmstead
the record holder for lifetime "jeopardy!"-related winnings is brad rutter, who has won a cumulative total of $4,355,102 across five episodes of the regular series (when the rules stipulated that a contestant who won five consecutive days retired undefeated) and six "jeopardy!" tournaments and events (winning four of those specials). he won $55,102 (excluding the value of two cars also won) over five regular episodes in 2000, the $100,000 first-place prize in the 2001 "jeopardy!" tournament of champions, the $1,000,000 first-place prize in the 2002 "jeopardy!" million dollar masters tournament, the $2,000,000 first-place prize (plus $115,000 in preliminary rounds) in the 2005 "jeopardy!" ultimate tournament of champions, the $200,000 third-place prize in the 2011 "jeopardy!" ibm challenge, the $1,000,000 first-place prize in the 2014 "jeopardy!" battle of the decades, and $333,333 – one-third of the $1,000,000 first-place prize – in the 2019 ""jeopardy!" all-star games", as captain of a three-person team of former champions. rutter passed jennings for all-time game show winnings in 2005 when he defeated jennings in the ultimate tournament of champions final, jennings regained the all-time game show record in 2008 after accumulating winnings in various non-"jeopardy!" shows, then rutter regained the all-time game show record in 2014 when he defeated jennings in the "jeopardy!" battle of the decades final, and extended his margin when he defeated captain-jennings' team in the "jeopardy!" all-star games. playing each other in four "jeopardy!" special events, rutter has three wins and a third-place finish, while jennings has four second-place finishes.
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the first reference to the card game in world history dates no later than the 9th century, when the "collection of miscellanea at duyang", written by tang dynasty writer su e, described princess (daughter of emperor yizong of tang) playing the "leaf game" with members of the wei clan (the family of the princess' husband) in 868 . the song dynasty statesman and historian ouyang xiu has noted that paper playing cards arose in connection to an earlier development in the book format from scrolls to pages. during the ming dynasty (1368–1644), characters from popular novels such as the "water margin" were widely featured on the faces of playing cards. a precise description of chinese money playing cards (in four suits) survived from the 15th century. mahjong tiles are a 19th-century invention based on three-suited money playing card decks, similar to the way in which rummikub tiles were derived recently from modern western playing cards.
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