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| Name: | Buzzy Cohen |
| Born: | March 5, 1985 |
| Occupation: | recording music industry executive |
| Years active: | 2016-present |
| Known for: | His appearances on Jeopardy! S34 ToC winner |
Austin David "Buzzy" Cohen (born March 5, 1985) is a recording music industry executive from Los Angeles, California.
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The Chase[]
He was picked as one of three replacements of Ken Jennings to become Chasers on ABC’s The Chase. The other two are Brandon Blackwell, who was a 2008 Teen Tournament semi-finalist, and Victoria Groce, who ended David Madden’s original 19-game run in 2005. his nickname is “The Stunner”, He appeared as a Chaser on The Chase beginning in May 2022 with Brandon Blackwell, and Victoria Groce[1].
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Trivia[]
- It is the fourth case in which he has won five or more consecutive victories and has won five or more in a row, and it is the first case in which he has won more consecutive victories than the previous champion[2].
- His team for the All-Star Games was the only team to have two Tournament of Champions winners, as well as the only team to be entirely composed of tournament winners.
- Many of his victories were runaways, which allowed him to wager nothing and use his final response to make sarcastic remarks toward Alex Trebek, inspired by the Celebrity Jeopardy skits on Saturday Night Live.
- He beats a champion with 5 or more wins and is the only one of the champions with a 5 or more wins that pays less than the previous champion ($170,202 > $164,603).
- He was the first champion to ToC win even after getting $0 in the first ToC game, and the second overall tournament[3].
- It has something in common with Jason Keller. The results before FJ are the same lock game 3 times, 1st 4 times, and 2nd 2 times, and the successor champion has 6 consecutive wins.
- He held the record for longest streak after defeating a superchampion (6+ wins) after unseating Andrew Pau[4] (6 wins, $170,202) until it was broken by Jonathan Fisher (11 wins, $246,100 after defeating Matt Amodio).
- If he had succeeded in winning 10 times in a row, he would have become the first new champion to beat a 5-game winning streak champion and become Superchamp's first ToC winner[5].
- Until James Holzhauer of S36 came out, he was the longest winning streak among ToC winners, like S25 ToC winner Dan Pawson.
- Isaac Hirsch, who later beat him in The Chaser, appeared on Jeopardy in 2024 and achieved the same result.
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References[]
- ↑ The contestant who defeated David Madden, a 19-game winning streak champion in 2005.
- ↑ After that, Amy Schneider set the record for a whopping 40 wins after defeating five-game winning champ Andrew He.
- ↑ The first was Meryl Federman, winner of the 2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games.
- ↑ Andrew is currently the only person besides Ken Jennings to run (get all clues right) four categories in a single game.
- ↑ Later, the former was accomplished by Jonathan Fisher and the latter by James Holzhauer.