VIDEO: Broadway Show Tunes Propel JEOPARDY's Matt Jackson One Step Closer to Championship
By: Caryn Robbins Nov. 19, 2015
JEOPARDY contestant Matt Jackson continued his winning streak on last night's show and will now compete in the Final Round of the annual Tournament of Champions. The paralegal from Washington, DC, who raked in $411, 612 from a 13-day winning streak earlier in the season, has proven his knowledge of musical theater on several occasions throughout the season.
On last night's show, he showed off his knowledge of show tunes, first with a video clue given by actress Debra Messing on the subject of her idol, Barbra Streisand:
Thank you @DebraMessing for presenting a clue in SHOW TUNES today about @BarbraStreisand! #YoureOnJeopardy! https://t.co/ugzE3RhKa4
- JEOPARDY! (@Jeopardy) November 19, 2015
Later in the category, Jackson hit the Daily Double and clinched his spot in the final round of competition by making a hefty bet on a question involving Idina Menzel and the Broadway show WICKED:
Broadway came to J! thanks to #MattJackson. #YoureOnJeopardy! @WICKED_Musical. How did he do, @IdinaMenzel? #ToC2015 https://t.co/cA1s4bXmlK
- JEOPARDY! (@Jeopardy) November 19, 2015
About JEOPARDY!: JEOPARDY!, America's Favorite Quiz Show® and its host, Alex Trebek, are celebrating their 31st season. The top-ranked quiz show, with 25 million viewers each week,JEOPARDY! holds the Guinness World Records® title for the most Emmy® Awards won by a TV game show (32 Emmys), including the 2015 Emmy® for Outstanding Game Show. In 2014, JEOPARDY! won the inaugural Writers Guild of America award for Outstanding Writing for Quiz and Audience Participation; it is also the recipient of a 2011 Peabody Award. JEOPARDY! is produced by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company; it is distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by CBS Television International, both units of CBS Corp. For more information, please visit Jeopardy.com.
Source: Twitter/Jeopardy
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