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** After the tournament concluded with Mattea Roach nearly besting James Holzhauer despite losing their father during the tournament, James took to twitter to commend Mattea's performance, [[SincerityMode offering none of his usual snark]] as he called their work one of the best he'd seen.
* November 7, 2023: During the Second Chance Tournament's first final, Jilana Cotter misread the clue and became visibly flustered afterwards. Another contestant, Aaron Craig, went over and gave her a hug.
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* October 8, 2019: Jessica Garsed rings in on a clue about Omaha Steaks, but she gives a response of "What is Omaha Steak?" She is initially ruled correct, but this gets overturned before Double Jeopardy! begins. Although this does not affect the outcome, Omaha Steaks decided to donate the clue difference of $1,600 to a charity of her choice.

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* October 8, 2019: Jessica Garsed rings in on a clue about Omaha Steaks, but she gives a response of "What is Omaha Steak?" She is initially ruled correct, but this gets overturned before Double Jeopardy! begins. Although this does not affect the outcome, Omaha Steaks decided reached out to donate her and donated the clue difference of $1,600 to a charity of her choice.
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* Jeopardy! Masters Tournament:
** May 9, 2023: At the end of regular play, James Holzhauer walked over and high-fived Matt Amodio once he got the final clue, leading the two into final Jeopardy tied. [[spoiler: After Matt won the game]], James seemed almost as happy as Matt did!
** May 15, 2023: During the second game, Andrew He revealed that his son had been born between tapings. Andrew offered a very sincere thank you to the whole Jeopardy team, then to his partner for supporting him in his Jeopardy goals.
** From the same game, James Holzhauer recalled watching the show with his grandmother when he was young.
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* October 26, 2022: During the last semifinal of Jeopardy! Second Chance, Rowan Ward (who previously competed on the August 13, 2021 episode under a different name) states in their contestant interview that they spent the winnings from their appearance on their name change filing, and stated that they were glad to reappear as their true self.

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* October 26, 2022: During the last semifinal of Jeopardy! Second Chance, Rowan Ward (who previously competed on the August 13, 2021 episode under a different name) states in their contestant interview that they spent the winnings from their appearance on their name change filing, and stated that they were glad to reappear as their true self. They got a huge cheer from the audience.
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* October 26, 2022: During the last semifinal of Jeopardy! Second Chance, Rowan Ward (who previously competed on the August 13, 2021 episode under a different name) states in their contestant interview that they spent the winnings from their appearance on their name change filing, and stated that they were glad to reappear as their true self.
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* May 19, 2022: In the Overheard On Set post show, Ryan Long reveals that he's been wearing a beaded necklace made by his 8-year-old son as a good luck charm. Given that this was his 5th win and he'd just passed $100,000 in winnings, it's safe to say that it worked.

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* May 19, 2022: In the Overheard On Set post show, Ryan Long reveals that he's been wearing a beaded necklace made by his 8-year-old son as a good luck charm. Given that this was This wound up being his 5th win, and he would go onto win 16 games and he'd just passed $100,000 in winnings, it's $300,400. It's safe to say that it worked.

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* September 14, 2020: The premiere of the [[LongRunner 37th season]][[note]]and Alex’s last[[/note]] has the [[https://youtu.be/fr3evIzWZIM title sequence]] include images of Alex and his family as well as video clips of his hosting tenure.

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* September 14, 2020: The premiere of the [[LongRunner 37th season]][[note]]and Alex’s last[[/note]] has the [[https://youtu.be/fr3evIzWZIM be/wxLiQ0jpSQ8 title sequence]] include images of Alex and his family as well as video clips of his hosting tenure.


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** Fittingly, the final main game clue for Alex was an incorrect Daily Double response, prompting one final "ooh, sorreh" from his collection of phrases.


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** Each variation of the Season 38 intro also includes clips of both Trebek and Art Fleming.
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* Amy Schneider (2021-2022) can always be seen wearing a pearl necklace during her 41 game run. [[https://www.elle.com/culture/a38887671/amy-schneider-jeopardy-pearl-necklace/ Turns out they were a birthday gift to from her girlfriend Genevieve,]] who'd always been told that every lady needs a string of pearls.

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* Amy Schneider (2021-2022) can always be seen wearing a pearl necklace during her 41 game run. [[https://www.elle.com/culture/a38887671/amy-schneider-jeopardy-pearl-necklace/ Turns out they were a birthday gift to from her girlfriend Genevieve,]] who'd always been told that every lady needs a string of pearls.

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* Amy Schneider (2021-2022) can always be seen wearing a pearl necklace during her 41 game run. [[https://www.elle.com/culture/a38887671/amy-schneider-jeopardy-pearl-necklace/ Turns out they were a birthday gift to from her girlfriend Genevieve,]] who'd always been told that every lady needs a string of pearls.



* The April 5, 2022 episode featured 22-day champion Mattea Roach going into Final Jeopardy at a major disadvantage against challenger Sarah Snider (Mattea had $13,000 to Sarah's $22,600). When writing in Final Jeopardy, Mattea included the message "if this is it, thanks for the fun" after her guess. [[spoiler: She got it right and ''won'']].

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* April 5, 2022: Mattea Roach's response to realizing she's answered Final Jeopardy correctly and won the game is to say "My student loans are paid off!"
* The April May 5, 2022 episode featured 22-day champion Mattea Roach going into Final Jeopardy at a major disadvantage against challenger Sarah Snider (Mattea had $13,000 to Sarah's $22,600). When writing in Final Jeopardy, Mattea included the message "if this is it, thanks for the fun" after her guess. [[spoiler: She got it right and ''won'']].''won'']].
* May 19, 2022: In the Overheard On Set post show, Ryan Long reveals that he's been wearing a beaded necklace made by his 8-year-old son as a good luck charm. Given that this was his 5th win and he'd just passed $100,000 in winnings, it's safe to say that it worked.
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* The April 5, 2022 episode featured 22-day champion Mattea Roach going into Final Jeopardy at a major disadvantage against challenger Sarah Snider (Mattea had $13,000 to Sarah's $22,600). When writing in Final Jeopardy, Mattea included the message "if this is it, thanks for the fun" after her guess. [[spoiler: She got it right and ''won'']].
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* The March 18th, 2022 episode has contestant Debra reveal that she wrote a sweet limerick for both Ken and the late Alex that she then reads - it both lauds how well Ken is doing as host (and formerly as a contestant) and how missed Alex is. The audience warmly applauds her at the end.
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* October 8, 2019: Jessica Garsed rings in on a clue about Omaha Steaks, but she gives a response of "What is Omaha Steak?" She is initially ruled correct, but this gets overturned before Double Jeopardy! begins. Omaha Steaks decided to donate the clue difference of $1,600 to a charity of her choice.

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* October 8, 2019: Jessica Garsed rings in on a clue about Omaha Steaks, but she gives a response of "What is Omaha Steak?" She is initially ruled correct, but this gets overturned before Double Jeopardy! begins. Although this does not affect the outcome, Omaha Steaks decided to donate the clue difference of $1,600 to a charity of her choice.
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* October 8, 2019: Jessica Garsed rings in on a clue about Omaha Steaks, but she gives a response of "What is Omaha Steak?" She is initially ruled correct, but this gets overturned before Double Jeopardy! begins. Omaha Steaks decided to donate $1,600 to a charity of her choice.

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* October 8, 2019: Jessica Garsed rings in on a clue about Omaha Steaks, but she gives a response of "What is Omaha Steak?" She is initially ruled correct, but this gets overturned before Double Jeopardy! begins. Omaha Steaks decided to donate the clue difference of $1,600 to a charity of her choice.
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* October 8, 2019: Jessica Garsed rings in on a clue about Omaha Steaks, but she gives a response of "What is Omaha Steak?" She is initially ruled correct, but this gets overturned before Double Jeopardy! begins. Omaha Steaks decided to donate $1,600 to a charity of her choice.
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* The Season 38 premiere opened with a video clip of the Sony Pictures Studios' Stage 10 (where ''Jeopardy!'' is taped) being renamed the Alex Trebek Stage. His wife, Jean, and three children, Matt, Emily, and Nicky, were present. From the second episode of Season 38 onward, the OpeningNarration includes "From the Alex Trebek Stage at Sony Pictures Studios..."

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* The Season 38 premiere opened with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoouYXKk0CQ video clip clip]] of the Sony Pictures Studios' Stage 10 (where ''Jeopardy!'' is taped) being renamed the Alex Trebek Stage. His wife, Jean, and three children, Matt, Emily, and Nicky, were present. From the second episode of Season 38 onward, the OpeningNarration includes "From the Alex Trebek Stage at Sony Pictures Studios..."
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** The episode was hosted by Ken Jennings. While he apparently didn't know the episode was going to air on the anniversary of Alex's death (he stated that the production team intentionally kept him from knowing), he happened to be wearing a set of cufflinks which once belonged to Alex.
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** The episode was hosted by Ken Jennings. While he apparently didn't know the episode was going to air on the anniversary of Alex's death (he stated that the production team intentionally kept him from knowing), he was wearing a set of cufflinks which once belonged to Alex anyway.

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** The episode was hosted by Ken Jennings. While he apparently didn't know the episode was going to air on the anniversary of Alex's death (he stated that the production team intentionally kept him from knowing), he was happened to be wearing a set of cufflinks which once belonged to Alex anyway.Alex.

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* November 3, 2000: In Brad Rutter's final day in regular play, he wrote a thank you to his recently-deceased trivia bowl teacher under his Final Jeopardy score.



** That episode was hosted by Ken Jennings. While he apparently didn't know the episode was going to air on the anniversary of Alex's death, he was wearing a set of cufflinks which once belonged to Alex anyway.

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** That The episode was hosted by Ken Jennings. While he apparently didn't know the episode was going to air on the anniversary of Alex's death, death (he stated that the production team intentionally kept him from knowing), he was wearing a set of cufflinks which once belonged to Alex anyway.

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