After competing on \u201cJeopardy!\u201d for six days, Tom Kunzen\u2019s run is up, but the University of Central Florida graduate hopes to make a return appearance to the game show.<\/p>\n
Kunzen, who earned his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees from UCF in 2004 and 2006, walked away with a total of $134,402 after winning five rounds.<\/p>\n
His winning streak ended with a \u201cFinal Jeopardy!\u201d question on the garments of the world. Kunzen answered the question wrong, and had bet his entire daily total, $18,800.<\/p>\n
A fan of \u201cJeopardy!\u201d since childhood, Kunzen said betting high was part of his strategy of \u201cGo big, or go home.\u201d<\/p>\n
He used his winnings to purchase a new car, and is hoping to buy a home after taking care of his taxes. He called the entire experience one of his greatest life accomplishments.<\/p>\n
But keeping his success to himself was difficult, Kunzen said. He had to remain mum about his progress on the show because of a confidentiality agreement in his contract.<\/p>\n
Although the show filmed in November, it first aired last week. Kunzen kept his winnings a secret from his family, friends and girlfriend.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey knew I did well, but didn\u2019t know exactly how well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He hopes to one day compete on the show\u2019s \u201cTournament of Champions,\u201d but for now, he\u2019s continuing to work in Orlando as a geotechnical engineer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m trying to remain as low-key as possible,\u201d said Kunzen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After competing on \u201cJeopardy!\u201d for six days, Tom Kunzen\u2019s run is up, but the University of Central Florida graduate hopes to make a return appearance to the game show. Kunzen, who earned his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees from UCF in 2004 and 2006, walked away with a total of $134,402 after winning five rounds. His winning streak ended with a…","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":21843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[973,1566],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-21842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-college-of-engineering-and-computer-science","tag-engineering"],"yoast_head":"\n