A well-loved Jeopardy! annual event just kicked off on TV, but there's one person who's already missing.The quiz show's Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions began airing its 2025 season on January 27, and we're seeing the best of the best from the last year face off for the chance to win the coveted $250,

Purdue's Adriana Harmeyer wins the first 'Jeopardy!' 32nd Tournament of Champions final thanks to final Jeopardy question.

Heading into Final Jeopardy, Adriana had 22,000 against Ryan’s 12,000, which meant this game wasn’t a runaway, but certainly close heading into the final round. The category was “Countries of the World,” with the clue reading, “About 80 miles from Vladivostok, its 11-mile land border with Russia is the shortest of that country’s 14 neighbors.”

Wayne County native and Spring Valley High School graduate, Adriana Harmeyer, is back on Jeopardy! for the Tournament of Champions this week.