Matt Amodio, shown here winning his 33rd straight game of Jeopardy! last week, saw his streak end at 38 on Monday. File Photo courtesy of Jeopardy!/Twitter Oct. 11 (UPI) — Jeopardy! contestant Matt Amodio finally went down to defeat on Monday after a 38-game winning streak, the second-longest in the popular syndicated game show’s history.…
Jeopardy! champion Matt Amodio was dethroned Monday, ending the second-longest winning streak in the game show’s history. Amodio, a doctoral candidate at Yale, had won 38 consecutive games before Monday’s show, second only to Ken Jennings’ record of 74 wins. He won $1,518,601 during the streak, third on the all-time Jeopardy! money list (not including…