From Worldometer (new COVID-19 deaths yesterday):
DAY USA WORLD Brazil India South Africa
June 9 1093 4732 1185 246 82
July 22 1205 7128 1293 1120 572
Aug 12 1504 6556 1242 835 130
Sept 9 1208 6222 1136 1168 82
Oct 21 1225 6849 571 703 85
Nov 25 2304 12025 620 518 118
Dec 30 3880 14748 1224 299 465
Jan 14 4142 15512 1151 189 712
Feb 3 4005 14265 1209 107 398
Mar 2 1989 9490 1726 110 194
April 6 906 11787 4211 631 37
May 4 853 13667 3025 3786 59
June 1 287 10637 2346 3205 95
July 7 251 8440 1595 817 411
Aug 4 656 10120 1118 532 423
Sept 22 2228 9326 839 279 124
29 2190 8859 643 309 108
Oct 6 2102 8255 543 315 59
19 2005 7528 401 160 80
27 1594 8671 433 734 62
Nov 3 1436 7830 186 458 23
24 1594 8270 176 396 22
Dec 1 1633 8475 266 477 28
8 1324 7894 231 159 36
17 1653 7359 126 289 35
22 1634 7686 137 434 99
23 1149 6942 100 374 75
29 1777 7393 147 268 81
30 1354 6758 154 220 126
Jan 7 2025 6729 148 285 140
14 2303 7872 238 430 128
19 2374 8972 349 493 156
Summary: All increased in new deaths yesterday from this past Friday.
- Actually, it was Griffin's wife at that time, Julann, who came up with the idea. They together wrote the theme song (click on that for a ten hour version). It's a bit more complicated than that, for there are several branches.
- The syndicated version premiered in 1984 with Alex Trebek as host. His final appearance was on 8January2021.
- In addition to the production crew and staff, since 2012 Jeopardy! has employed nine writers and five researchers. Five episodes are taped each day for two days every other week.
- More than 8000 episodes have aired, winning a record 39 Daytime Emmy Awards. The concept is now used worldwide.
- Read Wikipedia to know about the details of the show.
For almost 40 years the daily champion was retired after five consecutive victories. That changed in 2003, leading the following year to Ken Jennings, the current host, putting together a 74-game winning streak, netting $2.52 million dollars, or $33,636/episode.
Also won more than a million in special tournaments. He is the highest-earning contestant in the history of American game shows with $5,223,414, and says he spent his winnings on the three T's: taxes, tithing (10% to the Mormon Church) and widescreen TV.
James Holzhauer came with a background as a professional sports gambler. Over a 32-game streak in 2019 he earned $2,462,216 using a strategy of betting nearly everything he had in Final Jeopardy. He intimidated his competitors
Had a best one-day earning of $131,127. His total game show earnings are now up to a bit more than $3 million. In addition to whatever he does today, he contributes to The Atlantic's sports coverage and serves as the sports betting columnist for the New York Post.
In 2021 Matt Amodio had a 38 game winning streak, netting $1,518,601. If Amy Schneider wins today and tomorrow, she will tie Amodio.
Brad Rutter has won $5,138,436 in game shows. Had to retire from Jeopardy! after five wins in 2000, but never lost to a human through 17 matches in five tournaments, when he ended up third to Jennings. Watson beat them both.
Watson? Yes, IBM had an English computer by that name for founder Thomas Watson, and a math guy, Deep Blue, who in 1996 almost beat world chess champ Garry Kasporov, but lost 4-2. However, the following year, after some re-programming, Deep Blue won 3.5 to 2.5. Kasparov asked for a re-match, but Deep Blue declined. So Kasparov went on to continue being the world chess champion until 2000.
It was more than a decade ago when Watson took on Jennings and Rutter for $1 million. Over three episodes Watson won $77,147 to $24,000 for Jennings and $21,600 for Rutter. Watson later went into healthcare for cancer therapies. Hopes to become a doctor someday, plus become a smart business computer.
What is the next Jeopardy! extravaganza? No date yet, but certainly Matt Amodio and Amy Schneider will be among the competitors in the upcoming annual championship match. Also, Dr. Sam Buttrey of the Naval Postgraduate School, for he last month prevailed at the Professors Tournament. So will the winner of the February 8-22 Jeopardy? National College Championship.
I've had two recent endings with eggs, so make this a third:
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