who won jeopardy last night and how much?
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Update from Game 2: James Holzhauer handily beat Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in the second night of “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time,” earning 82,414 points to the latter's 57,000 and 14,000, respectively.
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And on Tuesday night, it came up with a final answer, as Jennings, 45, became the first of the powerhouse players to win three matches and thus, the title. “It has taken 15 years for Ken Jennings to finally answer the question, 'Is he as good as he appeared to be in that great run on Jeopardy?
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Jennings played against James Holzhauer and Lancaster County native Brad Rutter. "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek, left, declares Ken Jennings the winner of the "Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time" Tournament. The final episode of the four-match tournament aired Tuesday on ABC.
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(CNN) He'll take victory for $250,000, Alex. "Jeopardy! James" Holzhauer won $250,000 as the winner of the game show's Tournament of Champions against Emma Boettcher and Francois Barcomb.
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Rutter, who first appeared on the trivia show in 2000, is currently the top winner on any TV game show with $4.69 million in “Jeopardy!” play. Jennings holds the record for longest winning streak at 74 games with $3.37 million in total winnings.
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May 3 (UPI) -- Reigning Jeopardy! champion James Holzhauer has won his 21st game, giving him the second longest winning record in the game show's history. Holzhauer, a 34-year-old professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, won $80,615 on Thursday to bring his total to $1,608,627. His next game is on Friday.
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In the end, Ken Jennings was just too formidable. Naperville native James Holzhauer gave him a run for his money Tuesday night, but it was Jennings who proved himself the ultimate player in the “Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time” tournament, taking home the title and a $1 million prize.
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The final total: Jennings with 88,600, Holzhauer with 34,181 and Rutter with a mere 1,400. (But he did use his Final Jeopardy response to say, “You're the best, Alex!” so that was sweet.) Congratulations, Ken!
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Second and third are awarded $2000 and $1000, respectively. Only the first-place finisher keeps their final total and if it was were a really bad Final Jeopardy round, it's entirely possible for that to mean the winner gets, say $200, while second and third get more.
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That answer finally got its question — who is Ken Jennings? — as the iconic game show's epic tournament came to an end on Tuesday. Jennings won his third match on the tournament's fourth episode, defeating opponents James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter and officially earning the title of Jeopardy! GOAT.
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If no contestant finishes Final Jeopardy! with a positive total, there is no winner. This has happened on several episodes, most recently on January 18, 2016. Three new contestants appear on the next episode.
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Ken Jennings is just one win away from Jeopardy! immortality. Jennings easily took home the win Thursday night during the third evening of the show's epic prime time tournament, ending the night with 67,000 points, more than double James Holzhauer's total.
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["The key to Jennings's victory on Tuesday, as it was throughout the tournament, was his willingness to bet large on Daily Doubles and his success in answering them correctly. ... ", 'It was up to Final Jeopardy, a clue about Shakespeare: He has 272 speeches, the most of any non-title character in a Shakespeare tragedy.']
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"Jeopardy!" champ James Holzhauer, a professional gambler from Las Vegas, came out on top after battling Emma Boettcher again Friday in the quiz show's annual tournament of champions, and took home a $250,000 prize after a two-day final round.
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['Ken Jennings. $2,520,700.', 'James Holzhauer. $2,462,216.', 'Jason Zuffranieri. $532,496.', 'David Madden. $430,400.', 'Julia Collins. $428,100.', 'Matt Jackson. $411,612.', 'Austin Rogers. $411,000.', 'Arthur Chu. $297,200.']
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A Michigander won the top prize on tonight's episode of "Jeopardy!" Ben Henri, a St. Clair Shores vocal music teacher, won the $100,000 grand prize in the "Jeopardy!" Teachers Tournament, defeating Meggie Kwait of New York and Will Satterwhite of Virginia.
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'Jeopardy! ' champ James Holzhauer has won over $1 million—here's how he keeps winning.