Something about Jeopardy! Don't read this if you haven't seen Monday's show.

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It has become so uninteresting lately that I have not been attentive. Tonight, I saw that there were only five minutes left, so I tuned in.

Oh, this is not what the scores are usually like going into the final answer (or question, if you prefer).

Matt Amodio’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Streak Ends After 38 Wins

The computer science Ph.D. student had the second-longest winning streak in the history of the game show.

By Julia Jacobs
Oct. 11, 2021, 7:30 p.m. ET

Ken Jennings can relax.

On Monday, the reigning “Jeopardy!” contestant Matt Amodio lost his 39th game, leaving Jennings’s No. 1 hall-of-fame spot safe. Amodio, a Ph.D. student in computer science at Yale, had the second-longest streak in the game show’s history, earning him $1.5 million in prize money.

Since his debut on the show on July 21, viewers grew attached to following Amodio’s streak, turning him into the latest “Jeopardy!” darling. Amodio was less aggressive in his wagering compared with James Holzhauer, the professional sports bettor who dominated the show in 2019, but he lasted longer. Amodio, who ranks third in total regular-season winnings, had many more games to go to rival Jennings’s 74 wins.

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Amodio’s streak was likely a relief for the executives behind the show after weeks of attention around the struggle to replace Alex Trebek, who died last year after hosting the show for more than 36 years. Some of the games during Amodio’s streak were hosted by Mayim Bialik, an interim host who is vying for the full-time job but faces criticism of some of her positions, including her questioning of vaccines and an affiliation with a disputed brain-health supplement.

Amodio came in third during Monday’s match; Jonathan Fisher, an actor, narrowly won the game, with Jessica Stephens, a statistical research specialist, following close behind. Amodio missed the Final Jeopardy clue, pushing him way behind his competitors, with $5,600 at the end of the game, compared to Fisher’s $29,200. (The clue: Nazi Germany annexed this nation and divided it into regions of the Alps and the Danube; the Allies later divided it into four sectors. The correct response: “What is Austria?”)

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Here's his Twitter account:

https://twitter.com/AmodioMatt

[dem4decades]

1. Why was his answer "flock" of geese wrong?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. You're spoiling it for me! I kid; I kid.

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I don't know. I caught only the last five minutes.

[leftieNanner]

3. Isn't it a

Gaggle?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Yeah, that's probably it. Thanks.

I guess it's on YouTube now. I don't know.

[dem4decades]

5. But why was flock wrong?

[blm]

8. For the same reason a flock of crows

would be incorrect when there is a specific word for it….a murder of crows.

[jg10003]

6. How could Matt miss such an easy final jeopardy?

He looked like a different person tonight. Slow on the buzzer, easy questions missed, didn't find any double jeopardy clues. I really liked him, sad to see him go.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Unusual for me, I missed the show tonight, except for the end.

I usually don't pay any attention to it, once he starts off on his inevitable run of the board.

[malaise]

9. James won more money in less games

Matt had a great streak