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Jeopardy champion Matt Amodio talks winning streak, LeVar Burton, more - Entertainment Weekly News
Jul 31, 2021 2 mins, 52 secs

Matt Amodio stamped his name in the Jeopardy history books after just seven games, racking up a total of $268,800 that made him one of the top 10 highest-winning Jeopardy champions ever.

And it's a feeling he's been able to share with the people who introduced him to Jeopardy, as Amodio has been watching his run on the show at his parents' home in Ohio.

MATT AMODIO: I generally feel like a lot of the stuff that's in my interest area, I have well covered by the nature of things.

So I don't mind culture, as long as it's from, like, my parents' time growing up, and it's had some time to stew and cultivate a little bit.

I went to basically every site online that I could find to learn about Grammys, because I don't know very much current music; Emmys, because I don't watch very much current television; Oscars, because I haven't seen very many movies that were released in color?

I know James Holzhauer talked about reading children's books to prepare; did you do anything like that.

I don't know how people got knowledge prior to the age of the internet.

[Laughs] That's how I would spend the evening in general [before Jeopardy]; it just would tend to be on stuff I'm more interested in, rather than intentionally shoring up gaps.

There are times when I know a big wager is mathematically the right thing to do, and I just hate it.

I can't believe I have the opportunity to do this." And to get the opportunity to come back as a returning champion was just astounding to me.

Each step of the way, I was just kind of amazed that it kept going.

Also, one thing I did not know going in is the camaraderie that the contestants get, because we actually spend relatively little time with anybody from the show.

And so it's kind of like that classroom atmosphere where you just put a bunch of kids who don't know each other together, and eventually they form friendships?

I see these other people on TV, and even though I just met them that one day, they feel like old friends now.

I don't know how much of the fan reaction you've seen online, but a lot of people seem to have noticed that you say "what is" for every response.

I do hear some people say that it's disrespectful to the game, and I would counter that if there was a Jeopardy fan club ranking, I think I would have a strong case to be number one Jeopardy fan?

I had high expectations going in just because of the legend he is, and he met them.

But more importantly, the idea of just saying "Jeopardy champion" — once I won once, they call you a Jeopardy champion, and that moniker stays with me forever

I'll try not to correct people too often when they address me as "Matt Amodio" and say, "That's Jeopardy champion Matt Amodio to you." But I'll know that that always applies, and that's just a tremendous source of pride for me

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