Jamie Ding is taking up space in Jeopardy! fans’ minds and in the game show‘s backstage area. An opponent of the super champion shared a shocking detail about how he knew Ding was going to “stomp” everyone in the competition.
Ding, a law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey, has won 17 games, almost $500,000, and made his way onto the Leaderboard of Legends. After his streak seemed to never end, Ding got his own wardrobe backstage.
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