There’s a new Jeopardy! spinoff coming!
ABC is set to premiere Jeopardy! Masters, an “elite-level” competition, featuring the six highest-ranked contestants in a Champions League event to win the grand prize and secure the title of Jeopardy! Masters Champion, via EW.
Ken Jennings will host the hour-long episode, which will feature two big games. A release date has not yet been announced.
Scroll through to see who the contestants will be…
Amy Schneider has done it!
The engineering manager from Oakland, Calif., has surpassed Matt Amodio after winning her 39th game in a row on Jeopardy!
“It still feels unreal,” Amy shared in a statement shared to press. “Knowing that I had this chance, I was definitely thinking about it. Then Ken said it, and I thought, ‘Alright, I just accomplished this huge thing’ and it was pretty great.”
Amy is only behind Ken Jennings, who is currently hosting, in the winning the most games. Ken is at the top with an impressive 74, which happened in 2004.
Her winnings now total $1,319,800. Find out where she lands in other Jeopardy! records here.
Earlier today, Amy opened up about facing Matt in the Tournament of Champions.
Matt Amodio has wrapped up his time on Jeopardy!
The 30-year-old Ph.D. student came in third in tonight’s show, airing on Monday, October 11.
“I always wanted to be a Jeopardy! champion, and I accomplished that,” Matt shared in a statement via Variety. “l know going into every bar trivia game that I play that I’m going to come in with a little intimidation factor. But also, I just like the badge that it represents. As somebody who prioritizes knowledge and knowing things, this is really a good one to have following me everywhere.”
Matt had been on a 38-game winning streak and earned over 1.5 million dollars during his tenure.
As for records set, Matt has the number two spot for all-time consecutive wins rankings, and sits in third place for the most winnings during regular-season play.
The final clue was in the category “Countries of the World” and the clue was “Nazi Germany annexed this nation and divided it into regions of the Alps and the Danube; the Allies later divided it into four sectors.”
Matt had guessed Poland, while the correct answer was Austria.
Jonathan Fisher won the game with a winning total of $29,200.
Check out this slideshow of all the celebrities who have been clues on Jeopardy!
