David Madden is lastly getting his probability on The Flooring. The Jeopardy! alum first acquired his probability to point out off his expertise on Season 3, Episode 2. Now, he’s going face to face once more to defend his skilled matter on the March 12 episode.
The sport present contestant shared on Reddit that he’ll compete once more, and he shared some secrets and techniques of the present within the course of. “Hello everybody! I’m a 2-day Jeopardy! champion (from 2015), and I’m additionally presently on season 3 of THE FLOOR on FOX (The Rob Lowe present, not the Flooring is Lava present). I used to be on episode 2 and gained that first duel (sushi),” Madden wrote.
“Not giving something away since I used to be proven on the trailer for this week’s episode (airing Wednesday 3/12), however I’ll be competing once more! My skilled matter is Pure Historical past (I labored on the pure historical past museum in NYC for 4+ years). Anyway, please test me out should you can! It’s a enjoyable episode.”
Reddit customers had been robotically curious and requested him a bunch of questions on The Flooring. One fan needed to know the way a lot info are the contestants given concerning the class beforehand. Additionally they needed to know in the event that they get downtime or spend all of it finding out different classes.
“For what we might establish, generally they might make clear within the class itemizing (for instance Black & White they clarified it was issues that had been black and white vs. like Vanna White, Sirius Black), however different instances we must make guesses,” Madden answered.
He additionally stated that they movie two to a few episodes per day with 90-minute breaks in between every episode. “We acquired loads of research time so when the board shifted, we might adapt,” Madden stated. “When you made it to the tip, you had been filming for five days whole.”
The Jeopardy! alum additionally stated that he didn’t know any of the contestants coming into the sport. Nevertheless, all of them met at a pre-show assembly the night time earlier than the primary episode. He additionally stated that they don’t know the place they’re standing till the morning of the taping. “So as soon as I did know I prioritized research of the three adjoining classes (sushi, poetry, kitchen home equipment) after which de-prioritized some that i had studied rather a lot for however had been distant (e.g. Star Trek, feminine nation singers). After which if issues modified in between episodes, I’d change research ways,” Madden wrote.
Madden is a former 19-day champion on Jeopardy! and holds the eighth-longest streak in present historical past, during which he’s tied with Jason Zuffranieri. He’s solely behind all-time greats, together with present host Ken Jennings, Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, James Holzhauer, Mattea Roach, Cris Pannullo, and Julia Collins.
He first competed on Jeopardy! in 2005, and had a profitable streak of 19 whole video games, with a complete of $432,400. Madden was defeated by Victoria Groce. He then went on to compete within the 2006 Match of Champions however misplaced the semifinal match. Madden not too long ago returned for the 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Match however did not win his match and took residence a further $10,000. This introduced the contestant’s whole earnings to $785,733.33.
The Flooring, Wednesdays, 9/8c, Fox
