Jeopardy Champ Arthur Chu Defeated Tonight Causing A Stir Of Emotions About Iconic GameShow [VIDEO] 30-Year-Old Used New 'HopScotch' Strategy Winning Him Almost $300,000
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Jeopardy champ Arthur Chu was defeated tonight after a winning 12 episodes of Jeipardy in a row. His total winnings were $297,200. Chu was defeated by Diana Peloquin of Ann Arbor, Mich. Chu was entertaining and had an erratic approach to picking the Jeopardy categories, throwing his opponents for 12 days off kilter.
Arthur Chu, 30, was defeated in third place Wednesday night winning $0 after risking all of his money, $6,400, in final Jeopardy. Chu described himself as a 'mad genius, comedian, actor, and voice over artist.' He made Jeopardy Alex Trebek laugh with his voiceovers and Trebek called his time on Jeopardy 'a great run.'
Arthur Chu, with his hopscotch like approach to the Jeopardy questions, played the trivia game much different that Ken Jennings, who was not defeated 74 times in a row, winning $2.5 million. Chu would search for the 'Daily Doubles' instead of playing the categories consecutively with worked for Chu just fine.
People say Chu was working on a different approach to Jeopardy causing quite a stir. He was working on a strategy that the other opponents would tie, as described in the video above.
Well congrats to the 30 year old from Broadview Heights, Ohio who walks away with almost $300,000. The game that's been on since it premiered on September 10, 1984 is forever changed with the new strategy that is more about picking the boxes than actually knowing the facts...so people think.
What did you think of Arthur Chu's strategy?
