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    <em>Jeopardy</em> Wasn’t Designed for a Contestant Like James Holzhauer

    “James’s performance, I’m sure, is causing grief for an accountant somewhere.”
    by Joe Pinsker Apr 20, 2019 2 minutes
    Source: Getty

    Ken Jennings rose to fame after an unprecedented run on Jeopardy 15 years ago: Over the course of 74 episodes, he won a total of roughly $2.5 million.

    Recently, a contestant named James Holzhauer has been working toward Jennings’s record at an astonishing pace. After the Friday-evening broadcast of the quiz program, Holzhauer had won . If he keeps up that rate, he’ll reach $2.5 million in less than

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