Ridgewood Man Wins $1M In 'Jeopardy!' All-Star Tournament

RIDGEWOOD, NJ — David Madden won $1 million after he and his team won the first-ever "Jeopardy!" All-Star Games tournament Tuesday.

Madden was a member of Team Brad, which was captained by Brad Rutter, the show's all-time money winner with more than $4.4 million.

Madden got a $1,000 daily double in the Jeopardy! round. He won that round with $7,400. Rutter won Double Jeopardy! with $34,000. They had so much going into Final Jeopardy! they could not be caught.

The games were "Jeopardy's!" first-ever team championship. Six, three-person teams went head to head against one another from Feb. 20 until Tuesday's match, the second match of a two-day final. Each of the nine participants played in the final match competed in one round of each game: Jeopardy!, Double Jeopardy!, or Final Jeopardy!. The teams' two-day money winnings were added together to determine the champion.

Madden won $432,400 over a 19-game winning streak on "Jeopardy!' in 2005, the third longest winning streak in the show's history.

Madden took the money he earned from his 2005 appearances and founded International Academic Competitions, which has established several national and international academic competitions, including the National Science Bee, International Geography Bee, and the National History Bee and Bowl.

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