David Madden

David Madden (born June 13, 1981) is a former long-running contestant on the television game show Jeopardy!. Between July 5, 2005 and September 19, 2005 Madden won nineteen games and $432,400, both records only exceeded by Ken Jennings in regular season Jeopardy! His total Jeopardy! winnings of $442,400 (adding $10,000 for the 2006 Tournament of Champions) is fourth all-time, behind Brad Rutter, Ken Jennings, and Jerome Vered.^[1] In terms of regular game winnings he ranks second, between Jennings and Larissa Kelly. is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Quiz show redirects here. ... Jeopardy redirects here. ... is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Jeopardy! champion. ... The Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions is the crowning glory of the biggest winners from the past season or seasons of the TV quiz show Jeopardy! The field includes 15 of the most recent seasons past champions. ... Brad Rutter is congratulated for his first place finish by Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, at the Ultimate Tournament of Champions. ... This article is about the Jeopardy! champion. ... Jerome Vered in the second game of the fifth round of the Ultimate Tournament of Champions. ...

During his time at Ridgewood High in New Jersey, he competed on his school's Quiz Bowl team, and attended the National Academic Championship, where he was named to the Hall of Fame, being one of only 18 people named to it in its 25 year history. Quizbowl (or Quiz-bowl or quiz bowl) is a family of games of questions and answers on all topics of human knowledge, commonly played in high school and college. ... The creator of or main contributor to this page may have a conflict of interest with the subject of this article. ...

Madden's play was noted for many runaway or lock games, strategic wagers, and the selection of higher valued clues when approaching a category, in an effort to "fish" for the Daily Doubles. His nineteen-game streak came to an end on September 19, 2005, when he was defeated by Victoria Groce, a musician from Decatur, Georgia. Steve Kaltenbaugh, a U.S. Navy sailor from Columbia, Maryland, finished third. is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location in DeKalb County and the state of Georgia Coordinates: , Country State County DeKalb Area  - Total 4. ... Naval redirects here. ... The People Tree statue has become a symbol of Columbia, Maryland. ...

During the 2006 Tournament of Champions, Madden won his first round match (defeating the eventual winner of the Tournament, Michael Falk), but in his second round match, Madden entered Final Jeopardy in a distant third place, trailing Bill MacDonald $22,600 to $4,600. Instead of answering the Final Jeopardy question, he wished "Good Luck" to MacDonald on the answer screen and finished with $0. The Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions is the crowning glory of the biggest winners from the past season or seasons of the TV quiz show Jeopardy! The field includes 15 of the most recent seasons past champions. ...

Madden also holds two other achievements of note relating to his run on Jeopardy! Throughout his 22 games (including two in the 2006 Tournament of Champions) he selected 46 clues that were Daily Doubles and got only 2 incorrect. Madden is also believed to be the longest ever "real-time" champion since he taped his first show on December 14, 2004 and his last regular season show on July 9, 2005. During much of this time, Jeopardy! was either taping the Ultimate Tournament of Champions or on summer hiatus. is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Madden studied at Princeton and Berlin and is a co-author of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the American artist Richard Anuszkiewicz which will be published in 2008. From July 2007-February 2008 he hiked the length of the United States as a fundraiser for the Fisher House Foundation, a charity that provides free accommodations for family members of veterans at American military hospitals. Currently he splits his time between his hometown of Ridgewood, New Jersey and Europe, working as a genealogist. A catalogue raisonné is a monograph containing a complete list of an artists works, or their works produced in a particular media or time period. ... Richard Anuszkiewicz (born May 23, 1930, Erie, Pennsylvania) is one of the worlds most eminent living artists. ... Map highlighting Ridgewoods location within Bergen County. ...

References

1. ^ This is JEOPARDY!

External links

• J! Archive - David's bio and game summary
• Madden Watch
• [1] - Link to David's blog of his hike