James Denison returned for his third Jeopardy! game on March 10. After nearly tying James Holzhauer‘s two-game total in game two, did he rack up another huge score? Find out what happened below.
Denison, a college professor and museum curator, originally from Alexandria, Virginia, played against Sapana Vora, from Arlington, Virginia, and Tim Swankey, from Marcellus, New York. Denison has a two-day total of $81,798. Warning: This post contains spoilers for the March 10 episode of Jeopardy!.
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