Jason Zuffranieri

Jason Zuffranieri
Born:	November 27, 1978
Birth Hometown:	Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Occupation:	math teacher
Known for:	His 19-game Jeopardy! winning streak

Jason Zuffanieri (b. November 27, 1978) is a math teacher at Albuquerque Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Jeopardy! Run

He first appeared on Jeopardy! on July 19, 2019 and went on to win 19 consecutive games and accumulate $532,496. He is the seventh-highest money winner in regular competition behind only Ken Jennings, James Holzhauer, Matt Amodio, Amy Schneider, Mattea Roach, and Cris Pannullo; and he is tied with David Madden in 7th place for highest number of consecutive games won, trailing Jennings, Schneider, Amodio, Holzhauer, Roach and Julia Collins. Similar to Holzhauer, he was affectionately referred to as “Jeopardy Jason” for the duration of his run.

Regular Play

Game No.	Air Date	Final score	Cumulative Winnings	Notes
1	July 19, 2019	$26,600	$26,600
2	July 22, 2019	$18,600	$45,200
3	July 23, 2019	$30,100	$75,300
4	July 24, 2019	$30,000	$105,300
5	July 25, 2019	$4,300	$109,700
6	July 26, 2019	$26,600	$137,300
7	September 9, 2019	$29,200	$166,500
8	September 10, 2019	$25,600	$192,100
9	September 11, 2019	$41,143	$233,243
10	September 12, 2019	$40,600	$273,843
11	September 13, 2019	$58,400	$332,243
12	September 16, 2019	$24,400	$356,643
13	September 17, 2019	$5,300	$361,943
14	September 18, 2019	$37,600	$399,543
15	September 19, 2019	$18,800	$418,343
16	September 20, 2019	$18,753	$437,096	He becomes 3rd highest-earning regular game winnings.
17	September 23, 2019	$35,000	$472,096
18	September 24, 2019	$30,000	$502,496
19	September 25, 2019	$30,400	$532,496
20	September 26, 2019	$19,500	$534,496	Gabe Brison-Trezise ends Zuffranieri’s streak. He was awarded the standard $2,000 prize for finishing second place.

Tournament of Champions

In 2021, Zuffranieri returned to the stage to compete in the Tournament of Champions hosted by Buzzy Cohen, where he advanced to the semifinals as a wild card. However, He lost the semifinal match to Jennifer Quail and took home $10,000.

Trivia

• In many ways, he has a lot in common with David Madden. See that document for details.
• It wasn't beyond his control, but after his departure, like Arthur Chu, no man had a four-game winning streak until Paul Trifiletti went on to win five in February 2020, while the women's eight-game winning streak was three (Jennifer Quail, Karen Farrell, MacKenzie Jones). The men came out, and the men's champion drought was so severe that the men's champion with six straight wins achieved in January 2021 by Brian Chang in one year and four months.
• He is the last champion with more than 10 consecutive victories under Alex Trebek and the last champion with 10 or more wins before without audience system due to COVID-19.
• Among the champions who reached the semifinals with WC, He was the only champions with 10 or more wins that did not advance to the finals.
• Same birthdate as S34 12-win champion Austin Rogers.
• He is the first champion in history to win 10 or more wins under $10,000, and the first champion with two or more wins under $10,000.
• Starting with him, there was a champion who won five or more consecutively over two seasons for four consecutive seasons.
• Like super champion Seth Wilson, he is particularly unlucky in big competitions. In ToC, she suffered the humiliation of losing to Ryan Bliger, the 4-time champion, and Jennifer Quail, the 8-time champion, and is disappointed that he was not able to show off his skills, losing to Larissa Kelly at this JIT.
• He is originally from Depew, New York (where much of his family still lives), but he moved to Albuquerque during his childhood. He was a rocket scientist before becoming a schoolteacher.