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Alex Jacob

This Brown Line rider is going to be on Jeopardy!
Who is Alex Jacob? That's me.

This Jeopardy! champ is coming back to defend his title
Who is Alex Jacob? That's me.

This 6-time Jeopardy! champ is back to defend his title
Who is Alex Jacob? That's me.

2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 3rd-place Team Buzzy: a share of $75,000 split three ways with Buzzy Cohen and Jennifer Giles.
2015 Tournament of Champions winner: $250,000.
Season 31 6-time champion: $149,802 + $2,000.

JBoard user name: omgwheelhouse

Alex appeared in the following 7 archived games:
#7051, aired 2015-04-20 Alex Jacob vs. Monica Lott vs. Todd Lovell Alex Jacob game 7.
#7050, aired 2015-04-17 Alex Jacob vs. Nikhil Neelakantan vs. Scott Blish Alex Jacob game 6.
#7049, aired 2015-04-16 Alex Jacob vs. Dane Walker vs. Erin Steinhart Alex Jacob game 5.
#7048, aired 2015-04-15 Alex Jacob vs. Doug Butler vs. Becky Hammer Alex Jacob game 4.
#7047, aired 2015-04-14 Alex Jacob vs. Corbin Dill vs. Mary Suárez Alex Jacob game 3.
#7046, aired 2015-04-13 Alex Jacob vs. Carlos Capellan vs. Kathy Callahan Alex Jacob game 2.
#7045, aired 2015-04-10 Chris Hurt vs. Laura Kohlenberg vs. Alex Jacob Alex Jacob game 1.
Alex would later appear on Jeopardy! as Alex Jacob in the following 4 archived games:
#7175, aired 2015-11-20 Matt Jackson vs. Alex Jacob vs. Kerry Greene 2015 Tournament of Champions final game 2.
#7174, aired 2015-11-19 Matt Jackson vs. Alex Jacob vs. Kerry Greene 2015 Tournament of Champions final game 1.
#7172, aired 2015-11-17 Alex Jacob vs. Brennan Bushee vs. Vaughn Winchell 2015 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.
#7170, aired 2015-11-13 Alex Jacob vs. Scott Lord vs. Michael Bilow 2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.

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