{"id":9251,"date":"2015-04-02T14:27:52","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T14:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/?p=8597"},"modified":"2019-09-05T16:00:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T16:00:19","slug":"manhattan-prep-instructor-wows-record-setting-jeopardy-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/blog\/manhattan-prep-instructor-wows-record-setting-jeopardy-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan Prep Instructor Wows With Record-Setting Jeopardy Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/04\/3-24-jeopardy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8598\" src=\"\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2015\/04\/3-24-jeopardy-300x300.png\" alt=\"3-24-Jeopardy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Yesterday, the whole wide internet was shocked by the Jeopardy dominance of <a href=\"\/\/www.sbnation.com\/lookit\/2015\/3\/31\/8323291\/this-dude-michael-played-one-of-the-best-jeopardy-games-ever\">\u201cThis dude Michael\u201d<\/a>, but here at Manhattan Prep we weren\u2019t surprised at all. \u00a0We already knew that dude was smart and we knew that dude had the mathematical wherewithal to bet $7,000 without batting an eyelash.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here at MPrep we know that dude as Michael Bilow (one of those people who command such respect that he must always be talked about using his last name lest anyone in earshot mistakenly attribute an anecdote or joke to some less deserving Michael). \u00a0On Jeopardy, he lived up to his legend taking \u00a0home the fourth highest single-day winnings in Jeopardy history: $57,198.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michael Bilow joined the Manhattan Prep family in 2011 using his perfect GRE score and spectacular teaching chops to secure a role as an LA-based GRE instructor. A few years later we realized we needed more Bilow in our business so we asked him to join the Marketing Department. He took a position as our Business Data Analyst, while continuing to teach GRE classes and pursue his PhD. After seeing him flawlessly juggle those responsibilities, we never had any doubt that he would take the Jeopardy world by fire.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By now the whole country knows of Bilow\u2019s intellectual prowess, but we know so much more. Michael is a dedicated practitioner of improv, a delightful presence in Google Hangout meetings, and a stylish dresser. We can\u2019t wait for his next trip to the New York City headquarters so he can buy us a drink with his winnings after he takes a quick a nap in a tutoring pod.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congrats, Michael Bilow! \u00a0Keep it up!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, the whole wide internet was shocked by the Jeopardy dominance of \u201cThis dude Michael\u201d, but here at Manhattan Prep we weren\u2019t surprised at all. \u00a0We already knew that dude was smart and we knew that dude had the mathematical wherewithal to bet $7,000 without batting an eyelash. \u00a0 Here at MPrep we know that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[233,862,483,487,863],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-9251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gmat","tag-jeopardy","tag-manhattan-gmat","tag-manhattan-prep","tag-teacher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17402,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9251\/revisions\/17402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9251"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gmat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=9251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}