MacKenzie Jones

MacKenzie Jones
Name:	MacKenzie Jones
Birth Hometown:	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Occupation:	Teacher

MacKenzie Jones is a program development director from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Jeopardy! Run

Regular Play

In 2020, Jones appeared on Jeopardy! starting on February 17, where she won 8 games, and accumulated a total of $204,808.

Game No.	Air Date	Final score	Cumulative Winnings	Additional Notes
1	February 17, 2020	$26,400	$26,400	Mackenzie's first runaway game.
2	February 18, 2020	$12,400	$38,800	Mackenzie's second runaway game.
3	February 19, 2020	$46,801	$85,601	She won, beating challenger Sam Leon by a margin of $1, and tied the record for most money earned by a woman behind Emma Boettcher. This record was later broken by Amy Schneider with $50,000.
4	February 20, 2020	$25,601	$111,202
5	February 21, 2020	$19,601	$130,803
6	February 24, 2020	$31,600	$162,403	Mackenzie's first win from second place.
7	February 25, 2020	$21,805	$184,208	Mackenzie's third runaway game.
8	February 26, 2020	$20,600	$204,808	Mackenzie's fourth runaway game.
9	February 27, 2020	$21,001	$206,808	Aaron Goetsch ends her streak and goes on to win one more game.

Tournament of Champions

In 2021, Jones returned to the stage to compete in the Tournament of Champions hosted by Buzzy Cohen, where she advanced to the quarterfinals. Unfortunately, she lost the quarterfinal match to Kevin Walsh and took home $5,000.

Common with Other Champions

Emma Boettcher

• Both have the same best record, and the runner-up's FJ! prize money is the same. If there's a difference, the Mackenzie is a bit more ($30,200).
• The winner of the ToC they appeared in is the same season.
• Both made their debut on Monday and got off on Thursday. Their opponents had two consecutive wins.

Hannah Wilson

• Both are 8-game winning streak champions and hold the record for the last and first women's 5-game winning streak or more before and after COVID-19.
• Both have records of winning over $40,000. The difference is that Hannah won by a landslide and MacKenzie won by $1.
• Neither of them even made it pass the Quarterfinals, the most among female winners.

Trivia

• She was the last female 5-time champion in the Alex Trebek era, and the last female 5-time champion before the recording system with no audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• She is the first female 6+ time champion to not reach the semifinals, It is unique in the 15-member system.
• After her, there was no champion with more than 6 consecutive wins for over a year, but Brian Chang ended the Spring and Autumn Warring States era with 7 consecutive wins, and after that, Courtney Shah followed her as the women's champion with more than 5 consecutive wins in 1 year and 6 months.
• She is the brother of a Season 36 player John Lance.