JEOPARDY!'s rising star Troy Meyer won his fourth game on Tuesday with a cool combined total of $137K and quite the final flourish.
He bet big in the last round despite having technically already clinched the win, leaving host Ken Jennings nearly speechless.
The reigning champ faced Linda Napikoski, an ESL instructor from Phoenix, Arizona, and Joe Incollingo, a film and TV publicist from Los Angeles, California.
Troy, a music executive from Tampa, Florida has certainly already scored fans' attention, but now he's become one to watch.
Before tonight, three out of three wins were "runaways".
In other words, by Final Jeopardy, he has had such a big lead that he couldn't be caught - after tonight, he's gone four for four.
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Troy was one with the buzzer and had such a lead that even when rival Linda nearly doubled her score on a "Daily Double," it just didn't matter.
Troy also showed he's one with Jeopardy! lore by making a reference to last year's Tournament of Champions finalist Sam Buttrey, asking for a clue by declaring: "Bring it!"
By Final Jeopardy, Troy had $32,800, Linda $10,300, and Joe $7,400.
'WOW!'
The clue under "Foreign-born authors" read: "In the 1950s the New York Times said this author 'is writing about all lust' & his lecherous narrator 'is all of us.'"