Why so many 'Jeopardy!' champions are computer scientists

What do champions Amy Schneider, Ken Jennings and Matt Amodio have in common?

"Jeopardy!" champion Amy Schneider studied computer science and works as a programmer. Is that the key to her success?Succeeding as a contestant on"Jeopardy!" requires a breadth of knowledge that spans from ancient history to the latest pop culture. One might then think that the best contestants would be those who have studied a wide range of subjects, masters of none whose college years were defined by a grab bag of liberal arts courses.

And of course, Ken Jennings, winner of 74 consecutive matches and current host of the show, worked as a software developer during his epic streak. . “There’s two advantages. From the computing and analytics side of things, if you consider clues and responses to be bits of data, [computer engineers] are already used to processing large amounts of data.

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