Another contestant is aiming to be one of the greatest of all-time on Jeopardy!. Jamie Ding reached the top five contestants on the Leaderboard of Legends on Tuesday, tying with Mattea Roach.
As Ding, from Lawrenceville, New Jersey, tries to break into the top five on his own, host Ken Jennings commented on his 24th game total. On April 15, the law student and bureaucrat entered with a 23-day total of $644,00.
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