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Jerome Vered

2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000.
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member, Sweet Six (Round 3 winners) member, and 2nd runner-up: $389,801.
1992 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $7,500.
Season 8 5-time champion: $96,801 + Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary computer game.

In his fourth game (#1794, aired 1992-05-21), Jerome set a new single-day cash winnings record of $34,000, breaking the previous record of $30,600 set by Frank Spangenberg in his fifth game (#1241, aired 1990-01-15). Unadjusted for doubled dollar values, Jerome's record lasted almost 10 years, until Ben Sternberg broke it with a $38,400 finish in his third game (#4076, aired 2002-04-29). Adjusted for doubled dollar values, Jerome's record lasted over 12 years, until Ken Jennings broke it with a $75,000 finish in his thirty-eighth game, the last game of Season 20 (#4595, aired 2004-07-23).

In his fifth game (#1795, aired 1992-05-22 ), Jerome set a new second-place record for regular play cash winnings of $96,801. (Frank Spangenberg's 5-day cash winnings record was $102,597.) This second-place record lasted throughout the pre-doubled dollar values era.

Won $5,000 on Win Ben Stein's Money, and later became a writer/researcher for the show.

In Jerome's first appearance on Jeopardy! (and on Win Ben Stein's Money), Jerome's last name was mispronounced with the accent on the latter syllable.

Jeopardy! Message Board user name: JyV'92

Jerome appeared in the following 5 archived games:
#1795, aired 1992-05-22 Jerome Vered vs. Daniel Swartz vs. Julie Nahmais Jerome Vered game 5.
#1794, aired 1992-05-21 Jerome Vered vs. Hank Widmayer vs. Devon Ericson Jerome Vered game 4. Jerome sets a new single-day cash...
#1793, aired 1992-05-20 Jerome Vered vs. Jeff Jacobberger vs. Mike Jordan Jerome Vered game 3.
#1792, aired 1992-05-19 Jerome Vered vs. Dennis DiNucci vs. Susan Kornblum Jerome Vered game 2.
#1791, aired 1992-05-18 Don Westrich vs. Jerome Vered vs. Katie De Pitts Jerome Vered game 1. Game in which 62 correct responses...
Jerome would later appear on Jeopardy! as Jerome Vered in the following 4 archived games:
#1890, aired 1992-11-20 Jerome Vered vs. Leszek Pawlowicz vs. Bruce Simmons 1992 Tournament of Champions final game 2.
#1889, aired 1992-11-19 Jerome Vered vs. Leszek Pawlowicz vs. Bruce Simmons 1992 Tournament of Champions final game 1.
#1887, aired 1992-11-17 Jerome Vered vs. Robert Slaven vs. Leonard Schmidt 1992 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.
#1882, aired 1992-11-10 Jerome Vered vs. Steve Newman vs. Bruce Simmons 1992 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 2.

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