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The winner of Wednesday night’sJeopardy!game was revealed before the game even began.
As hostMayim Bialikwas introducing the High School Reunion tournament finale, audiences at home could already see how the night would end when each contestant’s score boards showed their final tallies.
Wednesday’s episode was the first of two-night finale for this latestJeopardy!tournament, which brought back 27 “alumni” competitors who appeared on the show while they were in high school. In episodes that kicked off on Feb. 20, three alumni per game have competed for a $100,000 prize and a spot in the Tournament of Champions.
“We didn’t want to lose that sort of college energy [this season],” executive producer Michael Davies said in a statement in December. “We knew we had these 27 players who are all of college age who come from our existingJeopardy!community, so this was a great opportunity to bring them back.”
The competition featured Teen Tournament I Champion Claire Sattler, who is now a senior at Yale University, and Teen Tournament II Champion Avi Gupta, who is now a senior at Stanford University.
This tournament came on the heels ofAmy Schneider’srecent win onJeopardy!’s Tournament of Champions in November.
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Theformer software engineering manager, from Oakland, California,won the $250,000 grand prizeafter being the first competitor to win three games against her opponents.
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source: people.com
