'Jeopardy!' contestant roasts competitor during championship tournament

James handed Brad an early L.
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'Jeopardy!' contestant roasts competitor during championship tournament
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James Holzhauer is known for winning absurd sums of money on Jeopardy! and just generally being an absolute beast on the show. Now, he's adding "savage" to his TV gameshow resume.

Holzhauer and fellow contestants Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter have been battling it out on the show's championship tournament Jeopardy! The Greatest Of All Time, to decide who would be the true Jeopardy! G.O.A.T. Holzhauer got on the board early with a vicious burn against fellow contestant Brad.

The contestants' previous scores were zeroed out at the beginning of the round, but Holzhauer, who noticed Brad hadn't scored any points in the preceding round, interrupted host Alex Trebek. "Hey, Brad's score is still on there," Holzhauer said. The audience and contestants all burst into laughter, and Jennings even let out a "wow."

"Jeopardy James" has claimed yet another victim.

Spoiler alert: Jennings would go on to win the tournament Tuesday night, but Holzhauer cemented himself as a player we won't forget anytime soon.

But Rutter did get the last word in on Twitter.

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Andy Moser

Andy is a fellow on Mashable's Culture team. He graduated with a B.S. from the University of North Florida in 2018 and moved to New York to pursue journalism in culture and entertainment. He can (and will) talk for too long about Star Wars and movies in general. His fear of stinging insects and 80+ degree weather will keep him inside forever. He wishes he were shorter.


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