What better person to take advice from on how to win Jeopardy! than one of the show’s most familiar contestants of recent times? Drew Goins is sharing on-set secrets and how to win the game.
Goins, from Washington D.C., first competed on Jeopardy! in September 2024. He actually lost his first game, but was invited back for the Second Chance Tournament after answering 22 clues correctly in his original game.
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