And while viewers have grown accustomed to seeing Amodio celebrate a win, the most recent installment was another record-breaking moment for the Yale Ph.D. candidate—albeit from a personal standpoint.
The Ohio native far outstripped his two competitors with a haul of $83,000, setting a personal best for cash earned in a single episode. The other two contestants finished a distant second and third with $4,401 and $200, respectively.
During the “Final Jeopardy” round, Amodio wagered $37,000 as he correctly answered “Machiavelli” to the clue: “10 years before a more famous work, he wrote in 1503 that the way to deal with rebels is to placate them or eliminate them....