# Double Jeopardy !

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-jeopardy/9709>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 4, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-jeopardy/9709 "2000-04-04T04:02:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-jeopardy/9709/1 "2000-04-04T04:02:00Z")

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Does anyone know the most amount of money that anyone has won on the show?

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**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-jeopardy/9709/2 "2000-04-04T15:44:00Z")

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According to the official Jeopardy web site at: [http://www.spe.sony.com/tv/shows/jeopardy/](http://www.spe.sony.com/tv/shows/jeopardy/)

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> Q: Who is the all-time winner?  
> A: Frank Spangenberg, an officer with the New York Transit Police Department, holds “JEOPARDY!'s” all-time regular winnings record. Officer Spangenberg’s winnings to date total $144,397 and he has played in “SUPER JEOPARDY!” and won “JEOPARDY!'s” 10th Anniversary championship.

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“Sometimes I think the web is just a big plot to keep people like me away from normal society.” — Dilbert

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**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-jeopardy/9709/3 "2000-04-04T18:42:00Z")

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I saw Officer Frankie in action. Jeez Louise, whatta performance! The man coulda placed in a Fred Gwynne lookalike contest and rolled like a juggernaut over the competition. I don’t think anyone else got an answer in edgewise. Kinda nice to know he hasn’t faded from glory just yet 😃

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All I wanna do is to thank you, even though I don’t know who you are…
