Winning Jeopardy! Strategy could Help Freelancers Make More Money

Strangely, James Holzhauer’s winning Jeopardy! Strategy could help gig economy workers and freelancers make more money.

The controversial Holzhauer is “the man who broke Jeopardy!;” or a “quiz-show savant,” depending on which commentator you read. Jeopardy! purists loathe Holzhauer because he won around $1.7 million by breaking the iconic game show’s unwritten rules.

To clarify, Holzhauer bags single-game prize totals; like $110,914; on 9 April 2019, with a brilliant yet simple strategy. Incredibly, Holzhauer wins big by answering the toughest Jeopardy! questions first.

The Typical Jeopardy! Contestants’ Losing Strategy

To explain, Jeopardy! is a popular American quiz show; in which contestants use 30 clues producers array in a grid, to answer questions.

Moreover, the Jeopardy! producers place the hardest clues at the bottom of the grid. Historically, contestants answer the easiest questions first and move down the grid. Additionally, most contestants answer all the questions in one category before moving onto the next. Producers array the questions in categories to make questions easier to understand for viewers at home.