Who is James Holzhauer?
A: James Holzhauer is an American game show contestant and professional
sports gambler.
He is the third highest earning what?
A: American game show contestant of all time.
He is best known for his what?
A: 32-game winning streak as champion on the quiz show Jeopardy! from April
to June 2019.
Holzhauer won $2,464,216 in his 33 appearances, making
him the what?
A: The second-highest winner in Jeopardy! regular-play (non-tournament)
winnings.
Who was 1st?
A: Ken Jennings, who won $2,522,700 in 2004.
His $250,000 top prize in the Tournament of Champions
and $250,000 runner-up prize in the Greatest of All Time Tournament brought
his total to $2,964,216, making him what?
A: The third-highest winning Jeopardy! contestant, behind Jennings and Brad
Rutter.
Holzhauer also set the single-game winnings record with
how much?
A: $131,127.
Based on his success on Jeopardy!, he has been
nicknamed what?
A: "Jeopardy James".
When was he born?
A: On July 23, 1984.
Where was Holzhauer born and raised?
A: In Naperville, Illinois.
What was his father?
A: A German immigrant.
His grandmother was Japanese and spoke very little
what?
A: English.
What did he promised her?
A: That he would appear on Jeopardy!
In 1989, when he was four, his teacher was astounded by
his what?
A: Arithmetic abilities and developed advanced classwork just for him.
At age seven, he was moved up to a what?
A: A fifth-grade math class, and at his mother's urging he skipped second
grade.
He consistently got A's on math tests and competed on
the what?
A: The Naperville North High School math team.
Despite high marks on individual tests, he was a C
student overall, as he often did what?
A: Skipped class and homework on the grounds that he could use the time more
"productively", such as playing online poker.
He memorized obscure baseball and professional
wrestling statistics, prompting his parents to reprimand him for what?
A: For "wasting his life" learning about sports.
Holzhauer was a member of the Worldwide Youth in
Science and Engineering Team that won what?
A: The state competition at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
How did he contribute?
A: By taking first place in physics and second in math.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in what
in 2005?
A: Mathematics.
Holzhauer appeared on the American version of the quiz
show The Chase on what date?
A: September 2, 2014, internationally produced by ITV Studios.
In his first round, a one-minute round called the Cash
Builder, he correctly answered how many questions?
A: 12 questions out of 13 posed by host Brooke Burns.
His score set a record for the Cash Builder that was
what?
A: Never surpassed during the show's run.
Holzhauer advanced to the finals and added to the prize
pool with a score of what?
A: Five right and one wrong.
By answering 19 questions correctly for his team, he
set a what?
A: A Final Chase record, which was never surpassed.
Bob Boden, the producer of The Chase, was impressed by
his performance and had Holzhauer audition to join the show as a what?
A: A colleague of Labbett.
In July 2020, Holzhauer and several other famous game
show contestants were said to be in negotiations to become what?
A: Chasers for a potential reboot of The Chase, which would be produced for
ABC.
When did the reboot starring Holzhauer, Ken Jennings,
and Brad Rutter premiere?
A January 7, 2021, on ABC.