Emma Boettcher

Emma Boettcher
Name:	Emma Boettcher
Born:	1992
Occupation:	a user experience librarian
Years active:	2019
Known for:	Her appearances on Jeopardy!

Emma Boettcher (b. 1992) is a University of Chicago librarian who is best-known for supplanting James Holzhauer as Jeopardy champion on June 3, 2019.

Jeopardy!

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Evalution

If Ken Jennings' nemesis is Brad Rutter, James' nemesis is Emma, and she showed excellent skills in the two matches. James, who overpowered several contestants, took first place for the first time, and was noticed as Nancy Zerg, who ended Ken Jennings' winning streak with her win. Also like James, she not only won over $40,000, but also broke the record of a former champion.

Also, breaking the jinx that champions who have won more than 10 consecutive wins cannot win, more people are paying attention to the rematch between James and Emma. In addition, although her skills were good, there were many people who were disappointed that she ended up with 3 consecutive victories. Six months later, ToC invited her, which was unusually out of order of grades. This seems to have been selected through a pinch hit due to a vacancy due to the death of Larry Martin, the 2018 teacher winner, and the fact that she beat James.

And this became a godsend for the production team, and they played an active part in the confrontation with James, which was unfolded once again, by engaging in a fierce battle. Some contestants are of the opinion that without James, there would have been another three-game ToC winner following S22's Michael Falk. Also, so far, only two people who have beaten ToC winners have gone to ToC: she and Mark Japinga. In addition, she is one of the three players who defeated Giant killer and advanced to ToC, and even set an amazing record of the highest score.

Among the Giant Killers of all time, she has received a lot of attention and benefited a lot, and as Michael Falk was later invited to BtoD, she seems to be able to appear in various special event soon.

After the S36 ToC, she is also one of the people who is being re-evaluated. In S37, 19-day champion Jason Zuffranieri lost to quarterfinals, by 4-day champion Ryan Bilger, and 8-day champion Jennifer Quail lost in the semifinals. And among her opponents, Kyle Jones and Josh Hill are 7-day champions, and 4-day champion Eric R. Backes also made over $40,000 ($48,001) in her debut appearance. Not to mention James, the finalist, and Francois is also a Teacher Tournament winner, so her runner-up is terrific.

Also Jeopardy! Masters, where the best contestants of the day were repeatedly beaten by James, and she is being re-evaluated. There are cases where Amy and Matt also lose most of the time, because she beat James based on the second game and played on an equal footing.

Because of that, people express their regrets about what it would have been like if she had at least 5 wins in a row like Andrew He, and on the other hand, there are quite a few people who want James to come out as a challenger in The Chaser and compete again.

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• Common with Other Champions

Trivia

• She is the first giant killer to win more than a single game after a upset of a superchampion.
• After Celeste DiNucci, the female S24 ToC winner, Larissa Kelly from S25 is the female contestant with the highest performance (runner-up) in the ToC.
• It is also the best record for a 3 or 4-day champion since S26 ToC winner Vijay Balse.
• After Pam Mueller who appeared in S17, she is the women's champion with three consecutive wins in the ToC.
• Like Vik Vaz and Bill MacDonald from S22 and Paul Nelson and Keith Whitener from S29, she is the third player to face the same opponent in ToC and regular games.
• After Vik Vaz, Michael Falk (S22), and Doug Hicton (S24), she is the fourth 3-day champion to reach the ToC Finals, and is the only female champion in regular game.
• Despite being a three-game winning champ, She still has more money than five consecutive ToC champions, Rachel Lindgren ($75,999) and Gilbert Collins ($84,201).
• She is the highest score among challengers who beat Superchamp, and it is also the best score in ToC.
• Like her predecessor, James, she set a number of records, including setting the record for the highest Coryat score in a single match, becoming the first champion to win a Superchamp twice, and becoming the first champion to win three consecutive ToC titles since Michael Falk. As a champion with three consecutive wins, she set individual records, including second place and the highest record for second place in a 2-day system.
• Since she was a Giant Killer and succeeded in winning streak for the first time, the number of Giant Killers winning streak has also increased, and the ratio has become similar to 6:11. Among them, three (Jonathan Fisher, Eric Ahasic and Drew Basile) qualified for ToC. Among them, Jonathan, who defeated Matt Amodio, decided to join the ToC as he became the first to become the long-term champion by winning 11 consecutive wins, Eric also succeeded in winning six consecutive victories and obtained the ToC qualification and Drew Basile succeeded in winning seven consecutive wins. In addition, Victoria Groce, who beat David Madden in 2024, also performed well, appearing at JIT and Masters and winning.
• Like Nancy Zerg, she received attention by defeating a heavyweight champion, and unlike Nancy, who ended up with a single victory, she was the first challenger to defeat a Superchamp to achieve consecutive wins, and is still attracting attention as she even finished runner-up in ToC. Accordingly, it is expected that he will be frequently invited to other tournaments, like Michael Falk and Yogesh Raut, who won three games in a row.
• She was invited to the 2024, 2025 JIT, but could not attend due to personal reasons.