First-ever ‘Jeopardy!’ team contest draws top champions

[The Patriot]

First-ever ‘Jeopardy!’ team contest draws top champions

02-20-2019 09:01 AM

Glance around the “Jeopardy!” set during rehearsals for its first-ever team championship and it’s easy to be intimidated by the assembled brain power.There’s Brad Rutter, whose overall “Jeopardy!” haul, $4.3 million, is the most won on any game show. And Ken Jennings, a 74-game winner and top moneymaker, with $2.5 million, in non-tournament “Jeopardy!” competition. And Buzzy Cohen, the reigning Tournament of Champions winner.They’re among the six captains who will join their teams in competing for a top $1 million prize in a series of 10 episodes that begin airing Feb. 20 and conclude March 5.


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