JEOPARDY! contestant Andrew Miller praised the ‘helpful accommodations’ the show provided to help with his visual impairment in a rare behind-the-scenes reveal of the game. Despite calling his Jeopardy! debut the “best experience ever,” the auto claims adjuster from Connecticut lost to returning champ, Mark Fitzpatrick . Mark, who is also from Connecticut, and Andrew went up against Gino Montoya, an attorney from Albuquerque, New Mexico on Tuesday’s game.
Before he was able to watch the episode, Andrew took to an online fan forum and commented about his experience. “Andrew here! Haven’t watched yet but just want to say this was the best experience of my life. "The crew on set was amazing; I’m visually impaired and they made helpful accommodations to the gameplay and were chill about me knocking stuff with my cane all day,” he wrote.
READ MORE ON JEOPARDY! He also took his loss with grace, adding: “These were definitely not my categories which made it easy to cope with the L knowing my opponents had played so well on such a challenging board. GG boys!” Andrew began with a strong lead as he added $1,000 to his score after correctly guessing the game’s first Daily Double. However, Mark secured the lead heading into the first break with $5,400 while Andrew was behind with $2,000 and Gino had $1,000.
Mark found the second Daily Double which added $3,000 to his score of $10,800. Most read in Game shows Despite Gino’s lead most of the game, Mark got ahead w.