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Jennifer Quail is a wine tasting consultant from Dowagiac, Michigan.

Jeopardy! Run[]

Regular Games[]

Game No. Air Date Final score Cumulative Winnings Notes
1 December 4, 2019 $45,200 $45,200
2 December 5, 2019 $29,600 $74,800 Jennifer's first nonrunaway game.
3 December 6, 2019 $15,500 $90,300 This is the only wrong answer recorded in FJ from regular play.
4 December 9, 2019 $33,000 $123,300 Jennifer's second nonrunaway game.
5 December 10, 2019 $26,200 $149,500
6 December 11, 2019 $21,900 $171,400
7 December 12, 2019 $27,000 $198,400 Jennifer's third nonrunaway game.
8 December 13, 2019 $30,400 $228,800
9 December 16, 2019 $34,200 $230,800 Only regular season play game where Jennifer did not find the Daily Doubles.
Jennifer's fourth and final nonrunaway game in regular season play.
Lost to Kirby Copelin.

Tournament of Champions[]

In the third quarterfinal game, she faced off against Paul Trifiletti and Ryan Hemmel. Throughout the first two rounds, she came up with 23/26 correct responses (including 1/1 Daily Double). She and Ryan got Final correct. Jennifer advanced to the semifinals. Hemmel's $11,600 was enough to earn him a wildcard, while Paul's $100 wasn't enough, taking home $5,000.

In the third semifinal game, she faced off against Jason Zuffranieri and Nibir Sarma. Throughout the first two rounds, she came up with 19/21 correct responses (including 1/1 Daily Double). She and Jason got Final correct. Jennifer advanced to the finals. Jason and Nibir took home $10,000.

In the finals, she faced off against Veronica Vichit-Vadakan and Sam Kavanaugh. Throughout the finals, she came up with a combined 40/47 correct responses (including 2/3 Daily Doubles). She got 2/2 Final correct, but after losing to Sam (in a runaway game and won $250,000), she received $100,000 for first runner-up.

Invitational Tournament[]

In the sixth quarterfinal game, she faced off against Alex Jacob and Brandon Blackwell. Throughout the first two rounds, she came up with 13/18 correct responses (including 1/1 Daily Double). She was the only player correct in Final, and after a come from behind win, she advanced to the semifinals. Alex and Brandon took home $5,000.

In the first semifinal game, she faced off against Amy Schneider and David Madden. Throughout the first two rounds, she came up with 13/15 correct responses (including 0/1 Daily Double). She was the only player who got Final incorrect, but after losing to Amy, she and David took home $10,000.

Common with Other Champions[]

Larissa Kelly[]

  • The best record for the challenger was $45,200.
  • When both got off, the total prize money was $220K+.
  • Both finished first runner-up in the Tournament of Champions.
  • Both of them have 10 consecutive FJ! correct answers, and they were runners-up in the ToC.
  • They won against a fellow super champion Jason Zuffranieri. Jennifer in the ToC Semifinals and Larissa in the 2024 JIT Quarterfinals. Also, the other opponent has a history of winning other tournaments.

Tom Nissley[]

  • Both are 8-game winning streak champions and have guessed all but one FJ in the Regular game. Also, both appeared in December.
  • Both have recorded over $40,000 in Regular Game. Jennifer was first, Tom was fourth.
  • Both finished first runner-up in the Tournament of Champions.
  • They both faced the winner of the College tournament in the ToC semifinals, and Tom also faced the winner of another tournament in the Quarterfinal.
  • Both of them finished runner-up in the ToC finals after being completely defeated by a champion who had won more than 5 games in a row, and the other competitor was a champion with 4 games in a row.

Ben Ingram[]

  • Both are 8-game winning streak champions.
  • Both have a record of 10 consecutive correct answers, including ToC.
  • The two previously won against Super Champ at ToC. Jennifer won the semifinals and Ben won the finals, defeating both super champions.
  • The ToC winner of these contests appeared in the same season as the winner of the previous season.

MacKenzie Jones[]

  • Both are 8-game winning female champions from the same season.
  • Both participated in the 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.

Trivia[]

  • She is the women's champion who has won every single recorded episode since Lisa Schlitt, and the women's champion with more than 5 consecutive wins since 1 year and 10 months since Rachel Lindgren.
  • Like Ray Lalonde, this is the 4th longest consecutive FJ correct answer record (11 questions), and the highest record among women.
  • Had she also correctly guessed the 3-game FJ!, she would have become the first champion since Larissa Kelly to reach $100K+ in three games ($104,300), and the second-longest FJ streak ever (14), behind James Holzhauer overall. also, she would also have set the record for the longest FJ streak since the beginning of time.
  • Starting in the ToC, she had her hair down rather than an updo.