![]() “Knowing that I had this chance, I was definitely thinking about it,” Schneider said. It was in 2021, not 2020.Schneider said that it still “feels unreal” to have come so far on the game show. Naval War College in Newport, RI.Ĭorrection: This article was updated to correct the year of Matt Amodio's winning streak. Tom Nichols is a contributing writer and proprietor of “Peacefield” newsletter at The Atlantic, and a professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Because I remembered it in eighth grade music class or something. Does he think it said violins instead of violence?’ And yet, I had just had enough kind of musical exposure to remember things like plucking the strings is called pizzicato. “My then-wife was in the audience and she turned to one of my friends and said, ‘What is he doing? He doesn't know anything about this. “I taught for years at the Naval War College and when I played, one category I chose was the violin, which I know nothing about.” “The ability to remember a whole bunch of stuff that has passed between your ears is how you win ‘Jeopardy!’ and it's not necessarily a matter of deep intellectual knowledge,” Nichols said. Watch: Jeopardy champ calls for a return to original rules The real key to winning, he argued, is not mastering the show’s question patterns and buzzer times - it’s quick recall and memory. “It was not supposed to be 38 games of ‘Hulk Smash.’” “The whole charm of the show was to celebrate ordinary Americans showing what they knew,” Nichols added. And, the woman who beat him, wrote her graduate thesis on ‘Jeopardy!’” When James Holzhauer went on his streak, this was a Vegas odds guy who practiced and developed algorithms for this. This New York City Transit cop, Frank Spangenberg, one of the legendary players in the game, is like this fount of knowledge. "It was, ‘Wow, this housewife from Dubuque turns out to be really smart. “All of us of a certain age can remember, Art Fleming," he recalled. ![]() Nichols said this obsession with “Jeopardy!” superstars says something bad about our culture. ![]() You might as well move the show to Vegas.” “But the ratings are up, and people want to treat it like a sport and professionalize it. “If you've done that for eight or nine or ten games, there's a reason they used to retire you,” Nichols said. Navigating home: How the pandemic led a Cape Cod native to leave her New York dreams behind This church is paying ‘royalties’ when it sings spirituals composed by enslaved Africansīostonians tell us: What are the unwritten rules of life in Beantown? | Curiosity Desk Viewership of “Jeopardy!” has soared during Schneider’s winning streak. Amy Schneider, a 2021 contestant who is still competing, currently has 36 consecutive wins. In 2021, contestant Matt Amodio won 38 consecutive games, earning the second highest number of consecutive wins. He now co-hosts “Jeopardy!” with actress Mayim Bialik. Ken Jennings, a 2004 contestant, won 74 consecutive games and has the most consecutive wins out of all “Jeopardy!” contestants in the show’s history. "You've been using the buzzer - which is much more important than people realize - you're a lot more comfortable in the studio you understand the rhythm of the game." “After about two or three wins, I think you've got such an advantage," Nichols said. Ever since that rule was abolished, Nichols claims, repeat winners can "slaughter" new players. Up until 2003, players were only allowed to win five consecutive games before being forced to retire. He said one key rule change put “Jeopardy!” on the path to be professionalized by hardcore, repeat players. Nichols joined Boston Public Radio on Thursday to share why he believes the show should consider retooling its rules to limit repeat winners - or end the program. ![]() Numerous articles have come out in recent weeks questioning the sudden increase in “Jeopardy!” players with winning streaks, and Tom Nichols, a five-time champion of the long-running game show, believes he has the answer.
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