The Women Who Beat Jeopardy James
Emma Boettcher was a longtime ‘Jeopardy!’ fan who tried a number of times to get on the show, having done four in-person auditions. Emma even wrote her master’s thesis on predicting the difficulty of the show’s clues! So, really, if anyone should defeat James, it should be her! But what’s more interesting than her obvious intelligence and the fact that she won the game, is the look she gave Trebek when he compared her to James.
Emma Boettcher. Source: Jeopardy Productions, Inc.
Alex Trebek made a comparison between her Daily Double strategy to James’ method — by betting all the money she had, which is also known as “a true” Daily Double. Trebek said: “Oh, okay, influenced by James, are we?” Trebek said. Emma gave him a very GIF-like response in return.