Both defeated iconic “Jeopardy!” contestants 14 years apart.
The difference is that while Nancy ended up with a single victory, Emma defeated a long-term champion, became the first to win a second term, and even had a rematch with that champion at ToC.
The first opponent They won at the time had a record of winning a single champion who had beaten a 5-time champion. It is also the same that all the champions who defeated him had 2 wins in a row.
They advanced to the ToC together, beating their former champions, and both played in a rematch in the final.
Before reaching the ToC finals, they came up by defeating the champion of the same winning streak. Vik faced 5-time champions (Kerry Breitenbach and Bob Mesko) and Emma played seven straight champions.
In the ToC They participated in, there were champions who re-challenged after losing (Vik - Bob Mesko, Emma - Ryan Fenster).[1]
Both advanced to the finals on their own, and in the finals at least once had a score ahead of the winner (Vik 1st round, Emma 2nd round). The difference is that Vik won both regular and ToC rematches (Bill MacDonald), and Emma lost her ToC rematch with James[2].
Both are three-time champions and finished in third place.
Both were assigned to Group 4 in ToC and took winner and 1st runner-up, respectively. The difference is that Michael came up as a WC and Emma came up on her own.
In the ToC semifinals, They defeated the champion who worked as a teacher (Michael: Maria Wenglinsky, Emma: Kyle Jones), and Emma also defeated the Teacher Tournament winner in the finals.
The two people who competed in Regular in the ToC they appeared in advanced to the finals. The difference is that Micheal won by beating these two (Vik Vaz and Bill MacDonald), and Emma won the ToC in Regular game. (James Holzhauer).
Even though both of them are champions with three consecutive wins, the regular game prize money is higher than the five consecutive champions who appeared on ToC[3].
The two competed against the College Tournament winner at the ToC. Doug met in the qualifiers and finals (Cliff Galiher), and Emma in the semifinals.
In the finals, they competed against the winners of other tournaments.
Both have competed against the same person twice.
There was a slight difference from the ToC winner at the time, and they had in common that they surpassed the winner in the second round of the final score.
ToC winners broke new records. First of all, S24 ToC winner Celeste DiNucci is a recently female wildcard ToC winner, a Tiebreaker ToC winner, and James is the longest winning streak among ToC winners and holds the most prize money.
Both of them finished in third place, and the champions who beat them won two consecutive victories.
Both of them had a rematch in ToC against the person they competed with. Vijay faced off against two opponents from the quartfinals again, and Emma against the champion who won the regular game. The former won, and the latter was runner-up.
Both of them beat the ToC winner and qualified for the ToC. For reference, these two are the only ones who have defeated the ToC winner and advanced to the ToC so far.
In reality, They were not qualified to advance, but They participated instead due to the vacancy of the ToC entrants[4].
The ToC winners you participated in have another ToC winner who participated in the same season (Ben - Colby Burnett, James - Sam Kavanaugh). The difference is that Colby's ToC victory and Ben's original run occurred during Season 29. On the other hand, both James's and Sam's original runs took place in Season 35; however, James won the ToC in Season 36, and Sam won his ToC in Season 37.
The Illinois native beat the Men's Superchampion to become the new champion.
Both broke the jinx in the next game, and Lloyd broke the jinx that Giant Killer couldn't correct the second FJ. Also, the next FJ for the two was a question of asking the country.
Both got off on Thursday and the opponents who defeated them had two consecutive wins.
Both won by recording more than $40,000 in their first appearance, and like other competitors before FJ, they accumulated more than $20,000 and were Triple-Gets.
It set a record at the time of its appearance. Emma had the highest Coryat Score ($53,200) in one contest in her first appearance, and Yogesh set a record with no TS in his second game.
Both won three games in a row and won more than $90,000 in prize money in Regular Game.
Both were placed in Group 4 at ToC and advanced to the finals.
The difference is that Emma finished as runner-up and Yogesh won.
Both of them have competed against James Holzhauer, the difference being that Emma lost by a landslide while Yogesh had multiple landslide wins and placed second in JIT.
References[]
↑After losing in the four-game winning streak, the former won five career victories in re-challenges. The latter won seven consecutive wins in a rematch after losing in a five-game winning streak.
↑However, in the case of Vik, another three-win champion Michael Falk, who was ToC winner.
↑Doug Hicton (3x, $84,900) > Susan Mitchell (4x, $67,100), Sara Terrell (4x, $71,799), Chris Mazurek (4x, $76,597), and Celeste DiNucci (5x, $83,601)
↑Mark went into a pinch after five-game champion Jerry Slowik caused a crime, and Emma went into a pinch after the death of Larry Martin, winner of the 2018 Teacher Tournament.
↑Emma was ahead on the second-round score basis, and Andrew had won the second round in a best-of-seven match.