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Paul Nelson
Paul Nelson
Birth Hometown: Iowa City, Iowa
Occupation: Senate staff aide
Years active: 2012-2013
Known for: Appearances on Jeopardy!

Paul Nelson is a Senate staff aide originally from Iowa City, Iowa.

Jeopardy! Run[]

Regular Game[]

Game No. Air Date Final score Cumulative Winnings Notes
1 November 2, 2012 $14,000 $14,000 Paul's first win from second place and he ends Keith Whitener's streak.
2 November 5, 2012 $15,200 $29,200
3 November 6, 2012 $16,200 $45,400 After his win, he had to wait 15 days due to Teachers Tournament.
4 November 21, 2012 $3,500 $48,900 Keith's second win from second place.
5 November 22, 2012 $6,000 $54,900 Keith's third win from second place.
6 November 23, 2012 $14,100 $56,900 Jake Ayres ends his streak.

Tournament of Champions[]

In the first quarterfinal match, he faced with 4-time champion Jason Shore and 7-time champion Stephanie Jass, answered eleven responses right (including 1 DD), and only one was wrong. In FJ!, all three players got the right response, and he advanced to the semifinals

In the third semifinal match, he went up against 7-time champion Keith Whitener and 9-time champion Jason Keller, answered seven responses right and only two of them he respond it wrong. However, in FJ!, he didn't come up with the right response, lost $2,000, but it wasn't enough to advance to the finals. He took the $10,000 home.

Trivia[]

  • Before Ben Goldstein came along, he was the champion with at least 5 consecutive wins in the infinite winning streak system.
  • He is the first participant in history to advance to ToC without being able to guess any FJ correctly.
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