# Jeopardy! Season 42. It is what it is **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [August 10, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905 "2025-08-10T14:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/301 "2026-04-03T23:06:38Z")
Actually I think some people get more interested when there’s a long time winner. Some are curious how long they can keep winning. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/302 "2026-04-03T23:28:27Z")
It’s like watching Michael Jordan play, the problem is everyone else sucks not him. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/303 "2026-04-04T00:09:36Z")
At least the others had a chance going into Final Jeopardy this time. I can’t believe I missed it though! ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/304 "2026-04-04T02:58:41Z")
Do you think that the consecutive wins by these players were boring? - 1. Ken Jennings: 74 games (2004) 2. Amy Schneider: 40 games (2022) 3. Matt Amodio: 38 games (2021) 4. James Holzhauer: 32 games (2019) 5. Mattea Roach: 23 games (2022) ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/305 "2026-04-04T04:40:55Z")
No, because all of those had personality. Jamie is like a robot. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/306 "2026-04-04T05:43:03Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Do you think that the consecutive wins by these players were boring? I asked above how many of ken’s games were like Jamie’s, and I didn’t get an answer. I was not watching at the time. As for the others, no. I hated What’s…Amodio and Holtzhauer, but not for being boring. As I said earlier, watching Jamie “play” is like watching him read the answers on Trivial Pursuit cards. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/307 "2026-04-04T11:38:30Z")
When he plays in the Masters Tournament, it is going to be insanely good matches. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/308 "2026-04-04T14:31:31Z")
So the point of _Jeopardy!_ should be to not be boring? If someone doesn’t enjoy the show, there are other shows to watch. _If Jeopardy!_ has become so boring that less and less people watch and it seems to be dropping in viewership, then the people running it would be trying to change it to be less boring. The more viewers the program has means that they make more money from it. But the number of viewers isn’t dropping. It’s keeping up a high viewership. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/309 "2026-04-04T14:42:52Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I hated What’s…Amodio and Holtzhauer, but not for being boring. As I said earlier, watching Jamie “play” is like watching him read the answers on Trivial Pursuit cards. Holtzhauer is the only contestant to win more than $100,000 in one game - he did it 6 times. Jamie could get there. He might even beat Holtzhauer’s one game record: $131,127. > **[Leaderboard of Legends | Jeopardy.com](https://www.jeopardy.com/track/leaderboard-of-legends)** > > See who holds the top spots in the Jeopardy! Leaderboard of Legends. ETA: and I notice he’s tied for 10th all time for consecutive wins. Jamie might be one of the all time greats. Was it boring watching Barry Bonds rewrite the baseball record books? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/310 "2026-04-04T15:13:18Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Was it boring watching Barry Bonds rewrite the baseball record books? Why must people always make these absurd comparisons? Did Barry Bond singularly win every game by hitting 100 homes runs, for a final score of 100-0, (or 100 to -5!) every time? Did Bonds win every game he played? No? The then the comparison is not valid. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/311 "2026-04-04T16:25:48Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Did Barry Bond singularly win every game by hitting 100 homes runs, for a final score of 100-0, (or 100 to -5!) every time? Did Bonds win every game he played? No? The then the comparison is not valid. The analogy was to breaking records, and the pursuit thereof. Some people enjoy watching the chase : “Do you think he can do it?” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/312 "2026-04-04T16:29:22Z")
Personally, I’m hoping one of Jamie’s big bets works because I’d like to see the top-ten list of single-game winnings no longer be entirely populated by James Holzhauer. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/313 "2026-04-04T16:39:01Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’m hoping one of Jamie’s big bets works because I’d like to see the top-ten list of single-game winnings no longer be entirely populated by James Holzhauer. Agreed. Ultimately I don’t get the complaints about any contestant. _My_ enjoyment from the episode comes from _my_ ability to, er, question the answers, as it were. If I do well, than I had more fun than if I was stumped the whole time (regardless, Final Jeopardy is always my shot at redemption. Bonus points if I guess it based solely on the category, before they come back from commercial and give the clue). How the performers do is sort of secondary to me. Some are funny or entertaining, but my null expectation is that they are just going to be people providing the questions before Ken (I like Ken Jennings, the only worthy successor to Alex Trebeck in my opinion) adds his charm. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/314 "2026-04-04T17:49:23Z")
I second this post in its entirety. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/315 "2026-04-08T23:31:15Z")
Jamie got an actual game today; he was trailing going into Final Jeopardy for the first time in his run. He survives because no one knew the correct answer to the final clue. I got it after a moment’s thought; I remembered hearing that Terry Bollea became Hulk Hogan partly because Vince McMahon wanted to make it seem like his wrestlers were Irish. I also knew the Daily Double about Josef K. that Jamie missed. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/316 "2026-04-08T23:58:34Z")
I cannot believe it! I thought Jamie was a goner for sure! ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/317 "2026-04-09T00:02:08Z")
> [@SwissMan](#): > > Jamie got an actual game today; he was trailing going into Final Jeopardy for the first time in his run. He survives because no one knew the correct answer to the final clue. I got it after a moment’s thought; I remembered hearing that Terry Bollea became Hulk Hogan partly because Vince McMahon wanted to make it seem like his wrestlers were Irish. I got it too. Jaime wasn’t his usual self today. He was lucky to win. But he’s now in a 3 way tie for 8th all time in consecutive wins, with 19. He’s also 8th all time in regular season earnings. > **[Leaderboard of Legends | Jeopardy.com](https://www.jeopardy.com/track/leaderboard-of-legends)** > > See who holds the top spots in the Jeopardy! Leaderboard of Legends. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/318 "2026-04-10T11:48:26Z")
Jeopardy aired its 9000th episode on March 22: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bBs_iDfhbzQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Jeopardy's 9000th Episode | JEOPARDY!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBs_iDfhbzQ) OOPS, March 22, **2024** Brian ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/319 "2026-04-10T16:13:41Z")
Man Johnny is a National Treasure! So glad he’s still going strong! MtM ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905/320 "2026-04-10T22:33:54Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Jaime wasn’t his usual self today. He was lucky to win. As we’ve discussed in one or another of these threads, the Long Haul is tough on these people because they tape multiple episodes per day. I know it was five a day, three days per week in Alex’s time—I gather it may be different now. But it’s surely still ‘several per day.’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905.md?page=17)