Who is Jamie Ding? Meet the ‘Jeopardy’ champ on a hot streak.
Jamie Ding, a metro Detroit native, has won two dozen consecutive games. See how much he’s won so far.
Metro Detroit native Jamie Ding is now a 31-time “Jeopardy!” champion, and is closing in on the fourth-most wins all-time after another runaway victory.
Ding has won $882,605 and is fifth all-time in victories, according to Jeopardy.com and TheJeopardyFan.com. He’s one game behind the fourth-place champion, James Holzhauer, who won 32 games in 2019.
The New Jersey bureaucrat and law student is a 2009 graduate of Grosse Pointe North High School.
Ding was born in Canberra, Australia, and is a naturalized U.S. citizen. His parents are Yuchuan Ding, a professor of neuroscience at Wayne State University, and Ning Yan, a retired mathematics teacher who taught at Detroit’s Cass Technical High School. Younger sister Jessie Ding is a Grosse Pointe Shores-based attorney.
To tune in on Monday evening, find your local television station and air time on the “Jeopardy!” website.
Here’s what to know about the 31-time “Jeopardy!” champion.
Jamie Ding competed against contestants Zach Pollock, a retired logistics executive from Media, Pennsylvania, and Nicco Martinez, an accountant originally from Columbus, Ohio.
Ding was on fire in Friday’s episode, with correct responses on two Daily Doubles, and two to three correct answers across each of 12 categories, according to The Jeopardy! Fan website.
Despite an incorrect response on Final Jeopardy, Ding bet cautiously, securing his 31st straight “Jeopardy!” win.
Only Pollock answered correctly, “What is Bloomsday?” to the Final Jeopardy prompt, “In 1954, on the 50th anniversary of this day, a group went to a Martello tower before going on a bender.”
While Ding answered, “What is the day of the locust?,” he bet only $198, leaving him the winner at $33,002. Pollock gained $1,000, ending second at $7,600. Martinez didn’t answer and bet nothing on Final Jeopardy, leaving him at $400.
Ding will next compete on “Jeopardy!” Monday, April 27, according to Jeopardy.com.
Jamie Ding is a 31-time “Jeopardy!” champion, a resident of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and an employee of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency.
Ding has ties to metro Detroit. He is a 2009 graduate of Grosse Pointe North High School, according to the Grosse Pointe Public School System.
Ding was born in Canberra, Australia, and is a naturalized U.S. citizen. His parents are Yuchuan Ding, a professor of neuroscience at Wayne State University, and Ning Yan, a retired mathematics teacher who taught at Detroit’s Cass Technical High School. Younger sister Jessie Ding is a Grosse Pointe Shores-based attorney.
Ding, with 31 wins, is among the top 10 in “Jeopardy!” history at fifth all-time.
“Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings holds the all-time record with 74 wins in 2004.
- Ken Jennings, 74 games, 2004
- Amy Schneider, 40 games, 2022
- Matt Amodio, 38 games, 2021
- James Holzhauer, 32 games, 2019
- Jamie Ding, 31 games, current
- Mattea Roach, 23 games, 2022
- Cris Pannullo, 21 games, 2022
- Julia Collins, 20 games, 2014
- Jason Zuffranieri, 19 games, 2019 (TIE)
- David Madden, 19 games, 2005 (TIE)
“Jeopardy!” airs as a syndicated television show and streams on Hulu and Peacock. To find your local station and air time, visit Jeopardy.com.
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