--- title: Jeopardy! Champion Matt Jackson Sparks Internet Obsession description: The contestant plays the game with a certain panache that people couldn't help but take notice of as he continued to win. canonical: https://time.com/4066757/internet-obsessed-with-jeopardy-champion-matt-jackson/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-08T19:53:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:25:45.855Z og:title: The Internet Is Obsessed With Jeopardy Champion Matt Jackson og:description: "Boom!" og:url: https://time.com/4066757/internet-obsessed-with-jeopardy-champion-matt-jackson/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Obsessed With Jeopardy Champion Matt Jackson twitter:description: "Boom!" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Internet Is Obsessed With Jeopardy! Champion Matt Jackson's Unique Style of Play  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 8, 2015 7:53 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 8, 2015 7:53 PM UTC Matt Jackson, a paralegal from Washington, D.C., has won over $230,000 during his run on _Jeopardy!_ While his winning streak is impressive in itself, the 23-year-old has done more than just come out on top: he’s crushed the competition every night he has appeared on the quiz competition. No one has even come close to beating him, according to [Vulture](http://www.vulture.com/2015/10/matt-jackson-jeopardy-streak.html). However, Jackson’s trivia excellence is only part of the reason he has gained such a large following. The contestant plays the game with a certain panache that people couldn’t help but take notice of as he continued to win. A rapid-fire answering style, signature catchphrase and quirky introduction have made Jackson a fast Internet favorite. The paralegal’s penchant for celebratorily shouting “boom!” and his ability to perfectly time his slow-spreading smile with the camera zoom have been parodied all over social media. > [](https://twitter.com/UrbanSpaceman23/status/650017378261012481) Will Jackson be the one to finally break Ken Jennings’s 74-game streak? Stay tuned to find out. Jeopardy! Champion Matt Jackson Sparks Internet Obsession ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4066757/internet-obsessed-with-jeopardy-champion-matt-jackson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4066757/internet-obsessed-with-jeopardy-champion-matt-jackson/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Obsessed With Jeopardy! Champion Matt Jackson's Unique Style of Play","datePublished":"2015-10-08T19:53:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:45.855Z","description":"\"Boom!\"","url":"https://time.com/4066757/internet-obsessed-with-jeopardy-champion-matt-jackson/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","entertainment","TV","Jeopardy"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4066757/internet-obsessed-with-jeopardy-champion-matt-jackson/","name":"The Internet Is Obsessed With Jeopardy! Champion Matt Jackson's Unique Style of Play"}}]}] ```