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In Recess

Aug. 3, 2018

Double Jeopardy

LA lawyer Jonathan Eisenman won $110K during 2 days of taping a TV game show.

Double Jeopardy
Jonathan Eisenman with "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek in 2017.

The first time Los Angeles appellate attorney Jonathan Eisenman won “Jeopardy!” he was wearing an unusual pair of socks.

They “had sharks on them chasing a swimmer around,” said Eisenman, who returned for his second taping of the show two weeks later, wearing the same socks.

Eisenman’s superstition seems to have paid off; he won four out of five games that day, taking home $110,902.

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