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O'Neil will defend her two-game win streak and $21,000 total earnings in Wednesday night's "Jeopardy!" episode.

DULUTH — Clue: This completely missed Final Jeopardy answer had people across Minnesota face-palming in disgust Monday. Answer: What is Duluth? None of the contestants on the long-running TV game show — a professor, a healthcare administrator and a writer — correctly answered the clue "At about 90,000, it's the most populous U.S. city on North America's biggest lake." And social media was not ...

Current “Jeopardy!” powerhouse Amy Schneider made history once again earlier this week when she won her 39th game, becoming the contestant with the second-most consecutive victories of all time.

TV-Amy Schneider This image released by Sony Pictures Television shows contestant Amy Schneider on the set of "Jeopardy!" After 40 games, Schneider's winning streak has ended. (Casey Durkin/Sony Pictures Television via AP) (Casey Durkin)LOS ANGELES — (AP) — “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider’s dazzling streak is over, snapped Wednesday by a Chicago librarian after 40 consecutive wins and nearly $1.4 million in prize money. Schneider's success put her in the ranks of Ken Jennings, who's serving as guest host, and the quiz show's other all-time greats. 2 in consecutive games won, placing her between Jennings with 74 games and Matt Amodio, winner of 38 games in 2021.

TV-Amy Schneider This image released by Sony Pictures Television shows contestant Amy Schneider on the set of "Jeopardy!" After 40 games, Schneider's winning streak has ended. It also made Schneider, a trans woman, a visible symbol of achievement for often-marginalized people. Schneider, who found herself in the unusual position of entering the last round short of a runaway, was second with $19,600. “The best outcome of all of this always is going to be whatever help I’ve been able to offer the trans community,” Schneider said.

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Schneider, the first woman to earn $1 million in winnings on the show, has now won 39 games and $1,319,800.

Schneider is one of only four people to have ever broken the $1 million mark on the quiz show in regular-season play.

Amy Schneider continues to break new ground on “Jeopardy!”>> Read more trending newsOn Friday, the 42-year-old software engineering manager from California became the first woman in the history of the long-running game show to surpass $1 million in earnings during regular-season play, The New York Times reported. “It’s not a sum of money I ever anticipated would be associated with my name,” Schneider said in a news release. Five games into her streak, Schneider became the first transgender contestant to qualify for the show’s annual Tournament of Champions, the magazine reported. >> ‘Jeopardy!’ champion Amy Schneider says she was robbed in OaklandShe became the highest-earning female contender last month when she passed Larissa Kelly’s previous mark. With $1,019,600 in all-time winnings, Amy Schneider has joined a very exclusive club among Jeopardy!

Schneider is one of only four people to have ever broken the $1 million mark on the quiz show in regular-season play.

says Mayim Bialik, Ken Jennings will remain hosts for rest of season "Jeopardy!" fans will see tag-team hosts Mayim Bialik (left) and Ken Jennings behind the lectern through the end of the current season. (Photos by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)LOS ANGELES — It’s official: “Jeopardy!” fans will see tag-team hosts Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings behind the lectern through the end of the current season. Season 38, and Michael Davies will remain as executive producer,” “Jeopardy!” tweeted Wednesday afternoon. Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 31 Photos: Mayim Bialik through the years From "Blossom" to "The Big Bang Theory," see photos of memorable moments from actress and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik's career.

Bialik and Jennings will continue as tag-team hosts of “Jeopardy!” through the rest of this season. (AP Photo) (Uncredited)LOS ANGELES — (AP) — Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will continue as tag-team hosts of “Jeopardy!” through the rest of this season. Last September, Bialik and Jennings were announced as interim hosts after Sony's efforts to replace the late Alex Trebek ran aground. Bialik has already been chosen to host “Jeopardy!” prime-time and spinoff series, including a new college championship. “Jeopardy!” used a series of guest hosts, including Richards, for shows filmed after Trebek’s death.

Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will continue as tag-team hosts of “Jeopardy!”.

Many of 2021's most notable moments were captured by TV, shaping and upending our expectations.

Ken Jennings Ken Jennings, a cast member in the ABC television series "Jeopardy! >> Related: ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek dead at 80In a video shared on “Jeopardy!” social media accounts Monday, Jennings said that even a year after Trebek’s death, “I feel like he’s probably in the building somewhere. “My Alex Trebek cuff links are the only cuff links I own,” he said Monday. “They’re kind of a good luck charm for me here.”One year after Alex Trebek’s passing, Ken Jennings reflects on what Alex meant to him and the special gift he received from Alex’s wife, Jean. Photo Credit: Getty Images pic.twitter.com/LMr9O0BYp1 — Mayim Bialik (@missmayim) November 8, 2021Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 17 Photos: Alex Trebek through the years Alex Trebek, 1974.

"I'm not there on the day-to-day trading. It's too much for me to keep tracking of," now-former "Jeopardy!" champ Matt Amodio told CNBC on Thursday.

It came to be known as the "Amodio Rodeo." He wound up with 38 wins and more than $1.5 million in prize money. His consecutive win total was second only to Ken Jennings' 74.

It came to be known as the "Amodio Rodeo." He wound up with 38 wins and more than $1.5 million in prize money. His consecutive win total was second only to Ken Jennings' 74.

All good things must come to an end and Matt Amodio’s historic run on “Jeopardy!”.

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Milestone win: Matt Amodio, who became the third contestant on "Jeopardy!" >> Matt Amodio becomes third player on ‘Jeopardy!’ to top $1M in winningsBecause the game show is taped ahead of time, Amodio and Bialik already knew what was going to happen. Amodio led by $10,400 after the first round and had $35,400 entering the Final Jeopardy round, the newspaper reported. Amodio said in a news release that it was “surreal” to be beside Jennings in the hall of fame, the Times reported. — Matt Amodio (@AmodioMatt) September 30, 2021“Ken’s always been the face of ‘Jeopardy!’ to me, so when I think of ‘Jeopardy!’, I think of him,” Amodio said in the release.

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Bialik will host episodes from September 20 to November 5. After that, she'll split hosting duties with Jennings.

Bialik will host episodes from September 20 to November 5. After that, she'll split hosting duties with Jennings.

The two will replace ousted host Mike Richards.

Jennings and Bialik will split “Jeopardy!” hosting duties. >> Read more trending newsProducers said Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will host the show through the remainder of the year, Variety reported. Jennings will host after that as their schedules permit, Sony said, according to USA Today. 😝✨ pic.twitter.com/vsRfyd38Kz — Mayim Bialik (@missmayim) September 11, 2021Earlier this year, “Jeopardy!” had selected Mike Richards as the replacement for Alex Trebek. Bialik had been chosen to host primetime specials and tournaments when Richards was announced as the nightly show host, USA Today reported.

Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will split hosting duties of the long-running trivia show "Jeopardy!" for the rest of 2021, producer Sony said Thursday.

Jennings and Bialik will split “Jeopardy!” hosting duties for the remainder of the game show’s 38th season. (AP Photo) (Uncredited)NEW YORK — (AP) — Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will split “Jeopardy!” hosting duties for the remainder of the game show's 38th season. After that, Sony says Jennings and Bialik will share hosting duties based on their schedules. Bialik has already been chosen to host “Jeopardy!” prime-time and spinoff series, including a new college championship. “Jeopardy!” used a series of guest hosts, including Richards, for shows filmed after Trebek's death.

Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will split “Jeopardy!”.

The very brief Mike Richards era on “Jeopardy” began Monday, a visible embarrassment for makers of the popular game show that has so far botched its effort to replace legendary Alex Trebek as host.

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The release of the podcast clips follows the announcement that Mike Richards will succeed Alex Trebek as “Jeopardy!” host.

A new host has been chosen for the long-running "Jeopardy!"

With rumors swirling on the internet that “Jeopardy!” executive producer Mike Richards is going to replace the late and great Alex Trebek as host of the show, we wanted to know: Who was your favorite guest host over the past few months?

After a high-profile run of guest hosts (including Aaron Rodgers, Mayim Bialik and LeVar Burton), fans wonder why “Jeopardy!” executive producer Mike Richards is suddenly at the head of the pack.

"Jeopardy!" champion Matt Amodio described the lessons he learned about the game form Ken Jennings and James Holzhauer.

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — (AP) — It's a jackpot for game show fans. The Strong National Museum of Play on Wednesday announced the creation of the National Archives of Game Show History, to be stocked with scripts, props, set designs and other materials collected from game show performers, writers and executives. "They’ve shaped who I am as a person, as well as our cultural landscape.”Christopher Bensch, vice president for collections at The Strong, said the game show archives were a natural fit for a museum that preserves the history of play. “It is wonderful to hear about the National Archives of Game Show History stepping up to capture and preserve the legacy of game shows," Martindale said in a statement. "Without this initiative, many primary resources relating to these shows, as well as oral histories of their creators and talent, risked being lost forever."

Seattle Mariners backup catcher José Godoy made history on Friday as Major League Baseball's 20,000th player in 150 years.

A slew of new guest hosts have been announced for the long-running game show "Jeopardy!" Savannah Guthrie, Anderson Cooper, Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Sanjay Gupta will join a growing roster of celebrity hosts — including Katie Couric, Aaron Rodgers, Bill Whitaker and Mayim Bialik. Greatest of All Time" winner Ken Jennings was eventually tapped as consulting producer, and then announced as interim host. Dates of the celebrity hosts' appearances, along with the charity names, have yet to be confirmed. Of the new star-powered lineup, only CNN's Cooper has previously appeared on the show as a contestant, in its Power Players Tournaments.

A slew of new guest hosts have been announced for the long-running game show "Jeopardy!" Savannah Guthrie, Anderson Cooper, Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Sanjay Gupta will join a growing roster of celebrity hosts — including Katie Couric, Aaron Rodgers, Bill Whitaker and Mayim Bialik. Greatest of All Time" winner Ken Jennings was eventually tapped as consulting producer, and then announced as interim host. Dates of the celebrity hosts' appearances, along with the charity names, have yet to be confirmed. Of the new star-powered lineup, only CNN's Cooper has previously appeared on the show as a contestant, in its Power Players Tournaments.

(AP Photo)LOS ANGELES – Katie Couric, Mayim Bialik and Aaron Rodgers are among the future guest hosts who will fill in for the late Alex Trebek on “Jeopardy!”The show announced Wednesday that Couric, the journalist and former “Today” show host, will become the first woman ever to host the show. The show has opted to use a series of interim guest hosts rather than immediately find permanent replacements. Ken Jennings, considered the show's greatest champion, is currently serving as the first guest host. “The show has been so special to me over the years.”“60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whittaker will also be a guest host. The show will make a donation to the guest hosts' charity of choice that matches the total dollar amount won by contestants during their run.

FILE - Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers looks to throw during the first half of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Indianapolis, in this Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020, file photo. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)GREEN BAY, Wis. – Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says he will be a guest host on “Jeopardy!” during the offseason. “It's been a staple at my house here in Green Bay for the last 16 years — 6 o'clock, watching Alex and trying to get as many questions as I can. “I may have jumped the gun a little bit, so I apologize to ‘Jeopardy!’ if they wanted to announce it," Rodgers said. “To be able to be a guest host is really, really special for me.

without iconic host Alex Trebek. The final episode Trebek taped aired on Friday. Ken Jennings steps up to the lectern today as our first guest host – but not before honoring Alex. (@Jeopardy) January 12, 2021"You know, sharing the stage with Alex Trebek was one of the greatest honors of my life. ("ALEX TREBEK!

without iconic host Alex Trebek. The final episode Trebek taped aired on Friday. Ken Jennings steps up to the lectern today as our first guest host – but not before honoring Alex. (@Jeopardy) January 12, 2021"You know, sharing the stage with Alex Trebek was one of the greatest honors of my life. ("ALEX TREBEK!

host Alex Trebek's last taped show will air Friday, two months after he died at the age of 80. Ahead of his final episode, the show's executive producer, Mike Richards, told CBSN in an interview that Trebek "made being smart cool." Richards told CBSN anchor Vladimir Duthiers that his devoted staff will continue on in his honor. "The man made being smart cool, and what a great legacy that is," he said. Thakur told CBSN he's the "biggest Jeopardy fan" and reflected on meeting Trebek.

In a message taped for what turned out to be his final week as "Jeopardy!" host, Alex Trebek urged the game show's viewers to honor the season of giving by helping victims of the coronavirus epidemic. Monday's show began the final week of programs he left behind. His last week of shows were originally scheduled to air on Christmas week; two categories of clues on Monday were "December 21" and "Christmas on Broadway." Asked whether Trebek had given any suggestions about a successor, Richards told NBC that "he mentioned a couple of names but he wanted to stay out of that.

shows Alex Trebek, host of the game show "Jeopardy!" Trebeks final week of episodes will air Monday, Jan. 4 through Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Trebek died November 8 at age 80 of pancreatic cancer but had pre-taped several weeks of shows that have continued to air. Monday's show began the final week of programs that he left behind. The show's executive producer, Mike Richards, told NBC's “Today” show on Monday that Trebek was “an absolute warrior” in his last taping sessions.

Hail and farewell to those we lost in 2020Hail and farewell to those we lost in 2020Hail and farewell to those we lost in 2020The final new "Jeopardy!" episodes hosted by Alex Trebek will air next week, with highlights that promise to be memorable. The first of the five episodes will air Monday and start with Trebek's "powerful message about the season of giving," producer Sony Pictures Television said in a release Wednesday. The final episode, on Friday, will conclude with a tribute to the longtime and beloved host. It was unexpected that the episodes taped in late October would be his final ones, Sony said.

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2018, file photo, moderator Alex Trebek speaks in Hershey, Pa. Sony Pictures Television said Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, that Trebeks final Jeopardy! episodes will air the week of Jan. 4, concluding with a special tribute on Friday, Jan. 8. The longtime and beloved host died of pancreatic cancer on Nov. 8 at age 80. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)LOS ANGELES – The final new “Jeopardy!” episodes hosted by Alex Trebek will air next week, with highlights that promise to be memorable. It was unexpected that the episodes taped in late October would be his final ones, Sony said.

And it earned him his first Grammy nomination in six years. 3 spot on the pop charts — is up for best rap song and best rap performance. And Anderson .Paak's “Lockdown," about police brutality and racial injustice, is up for best melodic rap performance and best music video. JAY-Z, THE SONGWRITERS, SHINESHappy wife, happy life: Jay-Z has lent his songwriting hand to his wife Beyoncé and he's earned Grammy nominations for it. PAUL McCARTNEY, THE ART DIRECTORPaul McCartney scored his 79th Grammy nominations this year — as an art director.

This image released by ABS shows contestant Ken Jennings with a trophy on "JEOPARDY! Jennings will be the first interim guest for the late Alex Trebek, and the show will try other guest hosts before naming a permanent replacement. (Eric McCandless/ABC via AP)NEW YORK – “Jeopardy!” record-holder Ken Jennings will be the first in a series of interim hosts replacing Alex Trebek when the show resumes production next Monday. Jennings’ episodes begin on Jan. 11. —In an earlier verisons of this story, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Alex Trebek was the show’s only host.

Game show host Alex Trebek poses for a photo in his Los Angeles home on Aug. 3, 1988. Six nights a week for 36 years, after the evening news and before the firebrands of primetime cable opinion shows, Trebek brought together liberals and conservatives, city dwellers and rural folk, grandparents and grandchildren for a half-hour of brainy exercise. He was the composed college professor whose students endlessly speculated about what he was like when class was over. Trebek gave the role a gravitas, and a virtuosity, that didn't seem possible before him. Viewers will get a good bit more Trebek through episodes he has already taped, and through well over three decades of reruns.

FILE - This May 5, 2019, file photo shows Alex Trebek gestures while presenting an award at the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif. Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, after battling pancreatic cancer for nearly two years. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES – Alex Trebek never pretended to have all the answers, but the “Jeopardy!" He taped his daily “Jeopardy!” shows at a frenetic pace, recording as many as 10 episodes (two weeks’ worth) in just two days. It had yet to bring in a substitute host for Trebek — save once, when he and “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak swapped their TV jobs as an April’s Fool prank.

Heres a collection curated by The Associated Press entertainment journalists of whats arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. The film from director Mamouna Doucour is a thoughtful and poignant coming-of-age drama about Amy, an 11-year-old Senegalese immigrant living in Paris. Dont judge Cuties by its cover and give it a chance when it starts streaming Wednesday. Answer: Jeopardy! The quiz show with Alex Trebek at the helm of a COVID-19-conscious season hits screens Monday. Celebrity guest hosts are all the rage these days on late night TV but a documentary airing Thursday sheds light on one who really made history.

is returning for its 37th season, with greater social distance between Alex Trebek and the contestants, and a new role for all-time great contestant Ken Jennings. The casting of contestants was done entirely online for this season, which was shot without a studio audience. Jennings, the record-setting contestant who won on 74 straight shows and took last year's Jeopardy! as a contestant, Im delighted to have the opportunity to remain involved with my favorite show, Jennings said in a statement. Im still in on all the action, but I dont have to worry about phrasing things in the form of a question anymore.

(CNN) - Please update your records, because there's a new member in the pantheon of Jeopardy! Jason Zuffranieri, a math teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico, just won his 15th straight Jeopardy! That puts him at #5 on both the all-time earnings list (he's netted $418,343 so far) and the all-time consecutive games list. "But I'm certainly going to try my best, and try to limit my mistakes and maximize my winnings. If Zuffranieri wants to rise among the ranks of Jeopardy legends, he certainly has his work cut out for him, but you can watch him try for #16 during the next Jeopardy!

Ken Jennings is officially the greatest "Jeopardy!" The Greatest of All Time" tournament concluded Tuesday night with Jennings emerging victorious against Brad Rutter and James Holzhauer and it all came down to the Final Jeopardy question. Dia Dipasupil / GettyThursday's third match reached 15.5 million viewers on the night it aired, the biggest audience yet. To put that in perspective, Fox averaged 14 million viewers last fall for baseball's World Series. host Alex Trebek on his cancer diagnosisDisclaimer: "Jeopardy!"