Matt Amodio's run on the show has been called the "Amodio Rodeo".
13 Facts About Matt Amodio
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Matt Amodio attended Medina High School where he graduated as valedictorian of the class of 2009.
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Matt Amodio graduated from The Ohio State University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Actuarial Science from the Department of Mathematics, while earning a master's degree in Statistics.
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Matt Amodio received a PhD in Computer Science from Yale University.
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Matt Amodio was a contestant on the quiz show Academic Challenge on WEWS in Cleveland, Ohio, while studying at Medina High School in 2009.
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Matt Amodio is the third-highest earner of all time in regular-season play, third-most successful in consecutive games won and fourth-biggest all-time winner.
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Matt Amodio averaged $39,963 per victory, second highest all-time to James Holzhauer at $76,944.
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Buttrey was eliminated in the first round, while Amodio was a finalist and finished third behind James Holzhauer and Mattea Roach.
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Matt Amodio was repeatedly encouraged by his father to take the online test.
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Matt Amodio's winning streak came during an interregnum in the show's hosting position after longtime host Alex Trebek died in November 2020, during which the show was helmed by guest hosts.
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Matt Amodio's streak spanned episodes hosted by Robin Roberts, LeVar Burton, David Faber, and Joe Buck.
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Matt Amodio is noted for his strategy of consistently prefacing his responses with "What's" instead of adjusting the interrogative pronoun to fit the response.
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Matt Amodio has credited Wikipedia's wikilinks format for allowing him to meander through various topics in a random but logical progression and learn content quickly.