US Edition‘Jeopardy!’: Scott Riccardi Speaks Out After Shocking Defeat
EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS, JUL 28 – Scott Riccardi's 16-game winning streak ended after an incorrect Final Jeopardy answer, leaving him with $455,000 in winnings and tied for 10th on the Leaderboard of Legends.
- Scott Riccardi lost to Jonathan Hugendubler on July 25, ending his 16-game Jeopardy! winning streak in the Season 41 finale.
- Riccardi missed the Final Jeopardy question category 20th Century Names, incorrectly answering Howard Hughes instead of William Randolph Hearst, which cost him the game.
- Riccardi explained on Reddit that he trusted his initial response, overestimating the clue's movie companies detail and feeling unprepared to answer about Hearst.
- Hugendubler, a Baltimore adjunct professor, answered correctly and won $23,601, halting Riccardi's streak and becoming the new champion.
- Some fans speculated Riccardi deliberately lost, but Riccardi stated he was satisfied with his accomplishments and welcomed new competition for future seasons.
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Scott Riccardi‘s 16-day winning streak on Jeopardy ended on the season finale last week and internet theories have popped up claiming that he lost on purpose, which he says isn’t the case. The Jeopardy champ is opening up about why he got that Final Jeopardy question wrong and what was going on in his head during that moment. Scott lost the game because of a question about newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, which many felt was an easy one.…
'Jeopardy' super champion Scott Riccardi addresses theories he deliberately lost after 16-game streak
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Shenandoah University Alum Wins Jeopardy! Season Finale
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Jeopardy! Champion Scott Riccardi Responds to Rumors He Intentionally Lost
Photo Credit: Disney/Christopher Willard There’s a little bit of a controversy brewing after the Season 41 finale of Jeopardy!, and champion Scott Riccardi is trying to shut it down. The engineer from New Jersey was on a 16-game winning streak until a Final Jeopardy question in the July 25 episode cost him the whole game. Some fans are theorizing that he intentionally gave a wrong answer, and Scott just weighed in on the drama. Did Jeopardy! sta…
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