‘Jeopardy!’ Super Champ Jamie Ding Calls Out ICE in New Interview
Ding said his platform will highlight immigrant concerns and a New Jersey database with personal data on more than 6 million residents.
- Jamie Ding's 31-game winning streak ended on Monday, April 27, when Philadelphia chess player Greg Shahade defeated him, concluding Ding's run with $882,605 in regular-season winnings.
- Only four players have surpassed Ding's consecutive win count: Ken Jennings with 74, Amy Schneider with 40, Matt Amodio with 38, and James Holzhauer with 32.
- Ding told People his final game felt unusual, writing 'TTFN,' short for 'ta ta for now,' on his final Jeopardy answer as a farewell.
- As an immigrant, Ding used his platform to criticize federal immigration policies, saying the government is 'going after immigrants in a way unlike anything that we've seen in the recent past.'
- Ding plans to use his public attention to spread his message and will return to compete in the upcoming Tournament of Champions as part of the American institution.
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'Jeopardy!' Champ Speaks Out To Rip ICE After His Impressive 31-Game Winning Streak Comes To An End
Jeopardy! champ Jamie Ding has had quite an impressive winning streak on the show, but it's his statements about current events that may have the greatest impact.Ding had an extraordinary 31-day winning streak, the fifth-longest in the show's history.And at the end of it all, he spoke out about how it feels to be an immigrant and part of an American cultural institution in a moment when immigrant communities are under assault by the Trump Admini…
Jeopardy Super Champ Blasts ICE During Victory Media Tour After Historic 31-Game Winning Streak Ends
Jeopardy super-champion Jamie Ding wrapped up his record-breaking 31-game winning streak on Monday, and then the 33-year-old New Jersey law student used his post-show media tour to launch a political attack on President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations.
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Regular Jeopardy! viewers will know that the long-running gameshow just featured one of its periodic runs from a record-setting super champion, as “bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey” Jamie Ding wrapped up a mammoth 31-episode winning streak, drawing comparisons to champion James Holzhauer with his taste for making daring bets that saw single-episode winnings as high as $56,000. (Ding’s final tally was $885,000, a take tha…
‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Jamie Ding Calls Out ICE After 31-Game Winning Streak Ends: ‘The Government Is Going After Immigrants in a Way Unlike Anything We’ve Seen’
Jamie Ding's "Jeopardy!" winning stream came to an end after 31 victories and $882,605 in total earnings.
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