Nancy Zerg
Although Nancy Zerg’s one-game winnings of $15,401 may seen meager in comparison with the rest of the Jeopardy! champions on this list, she does have one serious accomplishment to boast about for the rest of her life: she beat Ken Jennings, the most successful Jeopardy! contestant of all time! After this incredible feat, she said it was incredibly difficult to stay quiet for three months until her episode aired. We bet it was worth the wait!
Nancy Zerg
Seth Wilson
Then-PhD candidate Seth Wilson played over the course of 12 Jeopardy! games and won a total of $256,002. When asked what he’d do with his winnings, he shared he would pay off his student debt and take a trip abroad to Europe. He also shared that one of his favorite memories of his time on the show was: “The first category on my first day was ‘George Clooney Movies’, and I ran that category, so I got to run a category my first taping of Jeopardy!”
Seth Wilson
