OSU grad Matt Amodio loses $22,000 on 'Jeopardy!' but still claims 36th straight win Seiple finished with $0 and Williams didn't qualify for "Final Jeopardy."Īmodio will go for his 37th straight win on Friday night's show. "Jeopardy" fans weren't happy about the decision. The "Final Jeopardy" question sparked some controversy, as both Amodio and Seiple both answered "biathlon" to the question of "The official Olympic website says this event “has its roots in survival skills” practiced in the snowy forests of Scandinavia."īut host Mayim Bialik said Seiple's answer was incorrect since his written answer, "biathalon" had an extra syllable in it. Seiple and fellow competitor Maddie Williams, a Ph.D candidate originally from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, fell short Thursday as Amodio won $50,400 for a 37-day total of $1,467,801. Tyler Seiple, a voice and speech teacher who is a Columbus native, was one of the challengers to Ohio State graduate and Medina County native Matt Amodio's bid for his 37th straight "Jeopardy!" win. Thursday night's telecast of "Jeopardy!" felt like a central Ohio reunion of sorts. With his win, Amodio has a new goal to get on "Late Show with Steven Colbert." OSU grad Matt Amodio wins 37th straight 'Jeopardy' game in battle of Ohio natives Once again, Amodio easily outdistanced his competitors, Claire Lyon, an engineer originally from Ashland, Kentucky, who finished with $7,291 and Max Godnick, a producer originally from New York, New York, who finished with $3,999.Īmodio and Lyon correctly answered "duck-billed platypus to the question "British zoologist George Shaw looked for stitches when he first saw this mammal in 1799, thinking he was being tricked."Īmodio goes for his 39th straight win Monday night. Over the past several months, Ohio State graduate and Medina County native Matt Amodio is making the amazing look routine on "Jeopardy!"Īmodio continued his dominating run on the game show by winning $50,800 for his 38th straight win on the show and has pushed his total winnings to $1,518,601.