03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Indianapolis Star
Ben Ganger wins a fourth game on Jeopardy, meaning he will play again next week.
Ben Ganger continued his dominant run with a fourth straight win in Friday's episode of Jeopardy.
As has been the case in each of Ganger's wins, he was essentially assured of a win going into the Final Jeopardy round by virtue of having more than double the score of his closest competitor, $22,500 to $7,800 in this case.
Ganger's winning total Friday of $20,000 left him with a four-day total of $96,415 in winnings.
Ganger works as a data analyst at Goshen-based Viewrail, a modern stair and railing provider.
He also sings with South Bend Lyric Opera and co-founded the South Bend chapter of Opera on Tap South Bend, which hosts monthly recitals at Iron Hand Wine Bar. South Bend is the only city in the state with both an opera company and Opera on Tap chapter, Ganger proudly told The Tribune on April 30.
A win on Monday's episode would give him the five wins needed to automatically qualify him for an entry in the year-end Jeopardy Tournament of Champions, according to the guidelines on
For Friday's game, he faced Pomona, CA marketing manager Shweta Balasubramanian and Atlanta attorney Sam Sabulis.
Ganger continued his trend of fast starts to the games.
He had $3,400 before either of his competitors was on the board at all, and he rolled into the first commercial break with $4,000 to Sabulis' $1,200 and Balasubramanian's negative $1,000. He finished the Jeopardy round with $5,600, ahead of Sabulis' $1,800 and Balasubramanian's negative $200.
His lead quickly grew in the Double Jeopardy round, as he ran through the Classical Music category, correctly answering four of the five clues.
