CULVER CITY, CALIF. (Oct. 12, 2012) – Stephanie Jass, a 42-year-old Associate Professor of History from Milan, Mich., will compete in her sixth consecutive match on Monday, October 15^th trying to add to her five-day total of $98,970 on Jeopardy!.

“I didn’t go in expecting to win at all, let alone win so many times,” Jass said.  “Winning the first game was great.  I could call myself a champion and hold my head high.  After that, the rest was gravy.”

When Jass first walked onto the Jeopardy! stage, she admits she was anxious.  “I was nervous and excited all at the same time.  It was totally surreal to be on the set that I have seen so many times on TV.”  Her nerves turned into excitement when she took her spot behind the Jeopardy! lectern. “The first time I signed my name on the podium with the light pen was pretty great!”

Jass returns to the Jeopardy! stage ready to defend her title.  “My strategy is just to ring in as quickly as possible and NOT guess wildly.”

As for her wagering method, she said, “I just wanted to win at all costs, so if I had a ‘lock’ game, I wasn’t going to risk it with a big bet.  The same goes for the Daily Doubles.”

Jeopardy!, the winner of a 2011 Peabody Award and 30 Emmy Awards, including the 2012 Emmy for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Program, was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most awards won by a TV Game Show. The series is the #1-rated quiz show in syndication with 25 million viewers each week.  Jeopardy! is produced by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company. It is distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by CBS Television International, both units of CBS Corp. 

For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact:

Susie Eun, Jeopardy! Publicist, 310-244-6517
susie_eun@spe.sony.com