33 year old Roger Craig of Newark, Del, topped Ken Jennings’ one-day winnings record when he won $77,000 in a single day on the TV game show ‘Jeopardy’. Craig who is due to receive his doctorate in computer science from the University of Delaware this fall broke 74 times winner Ken Jennings’ record of $75,000 which he set in 2004.
Roger managed to win $47,000 in the first two rounds of the show and then decided to place a bet of $30,000 on the Final Jeopardy category. He then proceeded to correctly answer the question based on “Literary and Movie Title Objects.” This was Roger’s second consecutive win on the show.
Image: udel.edu