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| Name: | Sam Buttrey |
| Birth Hometown: | Pacific Grove, California. |
| Occupation: | Associate Professor |
| Known for: | Jeopardy! 2021 Professors' Tournament Winner 2022 ToC 2nd runner-up |
Sam Buttrey is an associate professor of operations research at the Naval Postgraduate School from Pacific Grove, California. As of 2024, he is now retired as a professor.
Activity history[]
Professor Tournament[]
In the 2021 Professor Tournament[1], Sam ppeared for the first time on 2021-12-08 and the contestants who were with him were named Lisa Dresner and Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders. He played the game with J.P. Allen and Katie Reed in the 2021 Professors Tournament Semifinal Game 1. He became the winner in the game by winning the amount of $26,401.
In this, he became the champion by winning the amount of $100,000.
Tournament Of Champions[]
He is playing this 2022 ToC Quarterfinal game on Monday, 7 November 2022. he is quite excited about this episode.
In this quarterfinal episode, the contestants who will be in this game with Sam are named 6-time champ Zach Newkirk and SCT winner Jessica Stephens. In the quarterfinals of this episode, “Sam” had a very good game and he became the semifinalist after winning it.
In the semi-finals, he made a difference by beating Matt Amodio, the 38-win champ, and became the first in other tournaments to defeat the champion with more than 10 victories, making him the 8th player from other tournaments to advance to the finals.
There was an error in the 3rd game of this final, and originally, he should have won, but due to the error in the question, Andrew won 2 wins. In particular, since it happened in an important part of the ToC final, many netizens acknowledged the error and acknowledged Sam's victory. Fortunately, in the 5th game, there was hope for the championship by making a 2:2:1 while winning. However, in the end, He lost the victory to Amy in the final round and came in third place.
Nevertheless, he won one win between Amy and Andrew, and praise continues for him because he fought fiercely. In particular, there are many people who regret the fact that he could have won if they had wagered well in the last FJ.
Jeopardy! Masters Tournament[]
Additional Page[]
Association with Champions[]
Colby Burnett[]
- The champion who advanced to the ToC was active between the rounds he participated in. Colby is Paul Nelson, Sam is Amy Schneider[2].
- The ToC was held after other tournaments, and the winning streak champion continued to hold office before the tournament.
Francois Barcomb[]
- Both were placed in group 3 in the tournament. It was also aired between super champion, both of whom made it to the finals.
- They were assigned to the last group in the Quarterfinal round and passed smoothly with a lock game.
- They advanced to the finals with the champions with 10 or more wins in a row.
- The finalists have faced each other in the Regular Game. (Francois - James & Emma, Sam - Amy & Andrew) are also participants in the Ultrachamp activity regime. The difference is that, unlike Francois, who was pushed back by an overwhelming margin, Sam had a close fight with two other contenders.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- As one of the biggest beneficiaries of this ToC, he set a record by beating the champion with the longest winning streak in the ToC in the semifinals. If he wins and wins even the 40-win champ Amy Schneider in the finals, he will set a record for the third tournament winner to win the ToC. Even if you don't win, there's a good chance you'll be invited to another event, like other tournament winners who performed well in the ToC.
- His prep school alma mater, Philip Exeter Academy, Sam was a member of their class of 1979. that would put Sam in his early 60s, and quite possibly the oldest player ever to make the finals of a ToC. Considering that this program also requires agility, it is a great thing for people in their 50s or older to compete with young people to advance to the ToC final. At that time, it is rare that only Senior Tournament winners Lou Pryor (S8) and Marilyn Kneeland (S9) and Teacher Tournament winners Francois Barcomb (S36) have made it to the ToC finals at that age over 50 years old (all placed 3rd).
- In the Masters special episode aired on May 9, 2023, there was an interview about a friend who had a chance to ride a submersible because of the Titanic tourism business, but the schedule did not overlap with his son's wedding. He and Stockton Rush were first-year seniors at Princeton. After the incident, the video went viral on TikTok.
- He was selected as the host of Inside JEOPARDY starting in the second half of 2024.