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Kevin Walsh

Birth Hometown: Williamstown, New Jersey
Occupation: Story analyst
Known for: Appearances of Jeopardy!.

Kevin Walsh is a story analyst originally from Williamstown, New Jersey.

Jeopardy! Run[]

Regular Play[]

He was appeared on Jeopardy! on October 8, 2020.

Game No. Air Date Final score Cumulative Winnings Additional Notes
1 October 8, 2020 $15,300 $15,300 Kevin's first runaway game.
2 October 9, 2020 $27,600 $42,900 Kevin's second runaway game.
3 October 12, 2020 $20,000 $62,900 Kevin's third runaway game.
4 October 13, 2020 $18,800 $81,800 Kevin's fourth and final runaway game in regular-season play.
Single-player Final Jeopardy!
5 October 14, 2020 $29,601 $111,301
6 October 15, 2020 $2,000 $113,301 Lost to Kristin Hucek, who went on a 3-game winning streak.

Tournament of Champions[]

On the fourth semifinal game of the tournament, he faced with 8-time champion MacKenzie Jones and Teachers Tournament winner Ben Henri, answered the most responses correctly (including two DDs), but two responses wrong, advanced to the semifinals.

On the semifinal game, he faced with 4-time champion Veronica Vichit-Vadakan and Ryan Bilger, answered seven responses correctly, but five responses wrong, taking the $10,000 prize for making it to the semifinals.

Common with Other Champions[]

Brayden Smith[]

  • In 1-3 game, they all won by landslide.
  • Both are five-fight champions, their last titles under Alex. Kevin is the last five-game winning streak champion in Alex's lifetime, and Brayden is the last champion throughout his entire recording.
  • Both gave way to the women's champion.

Trivia[]

  • He is the last 5-time champion whose streak aired during Alex Trebek's life[1].

References[]

  1. The champion with more than 5 consecutive wins in the Alex system recording is Brayden Smith.