Game Shows Wiki
Advertisement
Andrew Pau

Birth Hometown: Amherst, Ohio
Occupation: Music Professor
Known for: Jeopardy! 6-time champion

Andrew Pau is a music professor from Amherst, Ohio. He is also the champion who ended the Warring States Period after Matt Jackson.[1]

Jeopardy![]

Common with Other Champions[]

Vaughn Winchell[]

  • Both are champions who broke a 5-game winning streak that had not occurred for a while since Super Champion.
  • The successor champion also received a ticket to ToC, and Vaughn also earned a ticket to ToC after defeating the successor champion.
  • Both advanced to the ToC semifinals, with Pau advancing on his own.

Kerry Greene[]

  • They broke the hiatus of being the champion with 6 consecutive wins in which he had not played more than 100 games since the birth of the super champion.
  • They are both champions with six consecutive wins, and their opponent also advanced to ToC. The difference is that Kerry stepped down and Pau handed over.
  • Both reached the semi-finals or higher at ToC, with Kerry taking 2nd runner-up.

Andrew He[]

  • Both set new records in their first match. In Pau's case, his opponent set the record for most third place (Margaret Miles - $31,999), and He set the record for the second most points of his opponent's history.
  • Also, Pau and He both narrowly won by a difference of $2 and $1.
  • All the champions who defeated them served for a long time. Buzzy Cohen has a 9-game winning streak, and Amy Schneider has a 40-game winning streak.
  • The two met super champion (Austin Rogers) in the semifinals. The difference is that Pau lost while He rather won.

Trivia[]

  • He is the first player to rack up $100,000 or more within 3 games since 7-day champion Joon Pahk had a three day total of $112,700. [2]
  • He is also the first player to run four categories since Ken Jennings.
  • Because he earned more than $100,000 in just three episodes, there was an expectation that he would become an superchampion following Matt Jackson, but it was unfortunately withdrawn after being defeated by Buzzy Cohen.
  • Unusually, he has more career prize money than his successor champion, Buzzy, who has won three more days (Andrew Pau (x6, $170,202) > Buzzy Cohen (x9, $164,603)).

References[]

  1. He is the first champion with more than 5 wins in a row, born after 115 matches since Matt Jackson, and the record for the longest break with 5 consecutive wins. After Matt Jackson, it wasn't until the 84th that a 4-game winning streak champion (Fred Vaughn) came out, and it was such a fierce battle that there were only 3 4-game winning streak champions.
  2. For reference, there are only 17 champions who have exceeded $100,000 in 3 games, including S38. Among them, there are even some champions who have lost three or four consecutive victories.
Advertisement