‘Jeopardy!’ Champion Roger Craig’s Big Double Gamble

Its nice to have something decent on TV Thank Goodness for Jeopardy.

I SAW ROGER LAST YEAR ON JEOPARDY....THE GUY IS FAST WITH THE BUZZER, GUTSY & JUST PLAIN SMART! GOOD FOR HIM!!!!

He looks just like any other dullard with his suit and tie. But inside, lurks the heart of a tiger, just waiting to spring on unsuspecting prey. Add to that his undoubtedly high intelligence, and you've got a winner in anyones league. Great going.

It was exciting to watch....he is a gambler....with smarts to go along with his actions

One smart cookie.

Yeah, and last night he won $250,000!!!! #$%$

Thanks Yahoo for something sensible for a change, and just good people having fun....

Trivia does pay!

You have to know the answers AND buzz in before the others. Roger did the smart thing -- he'd buzz in before he knew the answer, then took the allotted time to think about the question.

The key to winning on Jeopardy is to lead BEFORE Final. This guy knows how to win. I think Alex mentioned he already held the single day total.

Very cool and he appears to be such a nice guy. The best show on TV

This guy has Smarts and Guts!! Good for him:))

Just simply tremendous !

When it's all or nothing I guess you better go for ALL.

I guess it seems like it should be amazing, but I've wondered for YEARS why this hasn't happened sooner. Hello!! It's the Tournament of Champions!! The reason any of these people are here is because THEY KNOW all of these questions!! Yet, usually in these tournaments we are treated to players who play far too cautiously and have absolutely horrible Final Jeopardy betting strategies if they are not already out in front.

congrats Roger!

That's impressive. Addressing other comments, I have three different friends who have been on Jeopardy (with mixed results). They all say the same thing: timing the buzzer is the most important thing. That's why the computer so easily beat up Ken Jennings and the other champ: they knew the answers but couldn't get in.

Jeopardy is one of the few, if not only shows, on "commerical/TV", verse "Public TV", that actually require the use of your "brain". It's really fun to watch, and one of the few shows my teenagers will actually watch that requires them to see that there is more to "knowledge", than knowing how to win at some online video game.

I would currently only put CBS's "60 Minutes" in the category of TV that actually "teaches" you something you did not know before, and perhaps the "Discovery Channel" for nature shows.

I am someone who generally believes in "free-markets" in terms of business. That said, television is still the medium of communication which most impacts the largest group of Americans. If we just allow "free market" TV, we will have (100 reality TV shows) (100 Talk Shows where people "reveal" that their 3 babies all have different fathers) and (100 sports programs where men beat the "XX OO"s out of eachother...) and we call that "Entertainment".

America needs to convince people that "smart" and "learning" about a wide variety of topics has value. Jeopardy does that. If I have to watch Jay Leno interview (1) more person on the streets of Los Angeles; show them a map of North America without "names", and watch them unable to identify where on the map are "Canada" and "Alaska"......I'm really gonna lose it.

Are we really "collectively"......this dumb?

What a terrific player....and how many times have you EVER WITNESSED a player GOING-FOR-BROKE on "consecutive" Daily Doubles as he did. Now, I want to see him paired against KEN JENNINGS -and- WATSON!

this was one of the most exciting tournaments! Roger was something else. When does he have the chance to read & retain such info! incredible fella