Season 39 Danger! Winner Jake DeArruda took home a total of $86,000. That’s a significant amount of cash winnings. When asked how he spent his newfound wealth, DeArruda caught attention with his quirky response.
“I was 23 when my games aired last year, so I did what anyone under 25 would do. I quickly spent the check on sports betting, women and alcohol,” she said.
“And with that, of course, I spent $20 on a college football pick that went horribly wrong, $20 to take my date and me to the top of the Gillette Stadium lighthouse, and several four-packs of hard cider to buy. “Through the terrible Patriots season I endured.”
Danger! Presenter is candid about ‘tearful’ interviews
The interview portion of Jeopardy! It’s always an interesting moment. Some contestants give conservative answers while others take the same route DeArruda said. Jeopardy host Ken Jennings thinks the exchange is awkward either way.
“I never liked that part. It’s a bit embarrassing. And even if the players perfectly tell an incredible anecdote, I mean, that’s not the time for it, like when they interrupt a soccer game for Jennifer Lopez or to salute the troops or whatever. Why is this happening now? Jennings said.
“I have nothing but sympathy for [the contestants] because I didn’t have seventy-five good stories. I didn’t have three good stories,” he joked. “Every time I had to fly to Los Angeles to do more shows, I would get a call from the contestant coordinator: ‘Hey, in case you record ten new shows, can you tell us twenty new stories?’”
Ken Jennings talks about Alex Trebek
Jennings replaced legendary Jeopardy host Alex Trebek. Trebek passed away in 2020 after a battle with cancer. Jennings revealed that he was one of the last people who spoke to Trebek before his untimely death.
“I actually ended up talking to him what turned out to be the night before he passed away, about guest hosting for him. We didn’t really know. We thought, ‘Oh, he’s going to get better, he’s going to recover, he’s going to host again,'” Jennings said.
“You know, I got the impression that he always had over the years, which was that he didn’t want to be the center of attention on ‘Jeopardy!'” He was never announced as the star of ‘Jeopardy!’ —He was always the host of ‘Jeopardy!’ because he thought that the game itself and the contestants should be the stars.”
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