History Awesome / Jeopardy

-->'''Alex Trebek''': This kind of event is so momentous and awe-inspiring, the wiki website TV Tropes devotes an entire section to them.
-->'''JustForFun/TropeTan''': What is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome?
-->'''Alex''': (''looks off-camera'') ...CrowningMomentOfAwesome or just MomentOfAwesome, yes. Go again.

** Bob's victory in the '87 Tournament of Champions in a Moment of Awesome in itself for three reasons. One--Going into the second game, he was in third place. Two--He came up with the correct response in Final Jeopardy! after changing it midway. [[labelnote:Here's the Final Jeopardy! clue and Bob's response.]](The clue was "He said, 'I am the last President of the United States'." Bob wrote down UsefulNotes/FranklinPierce, then crossed it out and replaced it with the correct one--JamesBuchanan.)[[/labelnote]] Third--He wagered just enough to win the tournament ''by a single dollar''!

** Bob's victory in the '87 Tournament of Champions in a Moment of Awesome in itself for three reasons. One--Going into the second game, he was in third place. Two--He came up with the correct response in Final Jeopardy! after changing it midway. [[labelnote:Here's the Final Jeopardy! clue and Bob's response.]](The clue was "He said, 'I am the last President of the United States'." Bob wrote down FranklinPierce, then crossed it out and replaced it with the correct one--JamesBuchanan.)[[/labelnote]] Third--He wagered just enough to win the tournament ''by a single dollar''!

** Bob's victory in the '87 Tournament of Champions in a Moment of Awesome in itself for three reasons. One--Going into the second game, he was in third place. Two--He came up with the correct response in Final Jeopardy! after changing his response midway through. [[note]](The clue was "He said, 'I am the last President of the United States'." Bob wrote down Franklin Pierce, then crossed it out and replaced it with the correct one--James Buchanan.)[[/note]] Third--He wagered just enough to win the tournament ''by a single dollar''!

* Late 1990s: Eddie Timanus, the first blind contestant to compete on the show; he was expertly accommodated by the show — he had a Braille keyboard at his podium to type Final Jeopardy! responses, and was given a Braille card containing the categories by Alex before each round (this was shown on-camera, although it was up to Eddie to recall what clues were remaining on the board). Merely competing on the show with such a...well, some would consider it a handicap or disadvantage...would have been awesome on its own, but Eddie was a great sport about the whole matter and was ''very'' smart — he became an ''undefeated champion''!

* In general, any of these cases where a contestant bets a true Daily Double near the end of Double Jeopardy! and provides a correct response:

** A typical winning score on a non-tournament episode of Jeopardy! is around $15,000 (give or take a couple thousand - below $10,000 or above $20,000 are both fairly uncommon). Ken Jennings averaged just over $34,000 per non-tournament game.

* June-November 2004: Ken Jennings' miracle run. He won ''seventy-four'' straight games and won over ''two million dollars''. Three facts to put this in perspective:

** More amazingly, in seven years of post-Jennings play, only one other person (David Madden, 19 wins) has even made it into double-digit non-Tournament victories, and none have gotten to 20 straight.

-->'''{{Trope-Tan}}''': What is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome?

* July 31, 2013: During a Kids' Week game, Skyler Homback, a 12-year-old from Kentucky, amasses an impressive [[CurbStompBattle $36,600 heading into Final [=Jeopardy=]!]], while his opponents have scores of $9,600 and $6,400. The Final [=Jeopardy=]! category is "[[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar The Civil War]]", Skyler, who is deeply interested in this topic, [[TemptingFate wagers a hearty $30,000]] [[note]](a wager of $17,399 or less would have guaranteed a win had Skyler been caught off-guard)[[/note]]. Skyler gives the correct response, finishing with a grand total of $66,600 -- the third-highest single-day score in the show's history, behind Roger Craig and Ken Jennings.

* July 31, 2013: During a Kids' Week game, Skyler Homback, a 12-year-old from Kentucky, amasses an impressive [[CurbStompBattle $36,600 heading into Final [=Jeopardy=]!]], while his opponents have scores of $9,600 and $6,400. The Final [=Jeopardy=]! category is "[[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar The Civil War]]", Skyler, who is deeply interested in this topic, [[TemptingFate wagers a hearty $30,000]] [[note]](a wager of $17,399 or less would have guaranteed a win had Skyler been caught off-guard)[[/note]]. Fortunately, Skyler is the only player to be given credit for correct response, finishing with a grand total of $66,600 -- the third-highest single-day score in the show's history, behind Roger Craig and Ken Jennings.

* July 31, 2013: During a Kids' Week game, Skyler Homback, a 12-year-old from Kentucky, amasses an impressive [[CurbStompBattle $36,600 heading into Final [=Jeopardy=]!]], while his opponents have scores of $9,600 and $6,400. The Final [=Jeopardy=]! category "[[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar The Civil War]]", Skyler, who is highly interested in this time in American history, [[TemptingFate wagers a hearty $30,000]]. Fortunately, he is the only player to be given credit for correct response, finishing with a grand total of $66,600 -- the third-highest single-day score in the show's history. [[note]]A wager of $17,399 or less would have guaranteed a win had Skyler's wager backfired on him. Had he been ruled incorrect, he would have fallen down to $6,600, which was the eventual second-place score.[[/note]]

* July 31, 2013: During a Kids' Week game, Skyler Homback, a 12-year-old from Kentucky, amasses an impressive [[CurbStompBattle $36,600 heading into Final [=Jeopardy=]!]], while his opponents have scores of $9,600 and $6,400. The Final [=Jeopardy=]! category "[[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar The Civil War]]", Skyler, who is highly interested in this time in American history, [[TemptingFate wagers a hearty $30,000]]. Fortunately, he is the only player to be given credit for correct response, finishing with a grand total of $66,600 -- the third-highest single-day score in the show's history.

* Ken's 18th game is also notable. He had $28,200 at the end of Double Jeopardy!, but his opponent was not that far behind with $24,400 thanks to a true Daily Double. Both got it right, and his opponent finished with a very high second place total of $44,400. [[CosmeticAward If only there was an exception]] to the 1984 rule patch...

* A typical winning score on a non-tournament episode of Jeopardy! is around $15,000 (give or take a couple thousand - below $10,000 or above $20,000 are both fairly uncommon). Ken Jennings averaged just over $34,000 per non-tournament game.

* June-November 2004: Ken Jennings' miracle run. He won ''seventy-four'' straight games and won over ''two million dollars''. Two facts to put this in perspective:

** Won all of his non-tournament games in lock or lock-tie fashion — in other words, going into Final Jeopardy!, he couldn't lose unless he got Final Jeopardy! wrong and made a completely logic-defying wager (or, as they say, [[{{Cheers}} pulling a Clavin]]),

** Won all of his non-tournament games in lock or lock-tie fashion — in other words, going into Final Jeopardy!, he couldn't lose unless he got Final Jeopardy! wrong and made a completely logic-defying wager,

* December 16, 2011: Jason Keller had been auditioning for the game for 16 years; since his first day, he's won over $200,000.

* December 16-, 2011: Jason Keller has been trying out for 16 years; as of his 5th day he's won over $100k

** Ken Jennings' Final Jeopardy card: "I for one welcome our new computer overlords"

** More amazingly, in five years of post-Jennings play, only one other person (David Madden, 19 wins) has even made it into double-digit non-Tournament victories, and none have gotten to 20 straight.
* May 2005: Brad Rutter's ''owning'' Ken Jennings in the Ultimate Tournament of Champions, getting almost twice as much money as Ken Jennings and temporarily claiming the record for largest game show winner in history with over $3 Million.