Matt Jackson
| Matt Jackson | |
| Noted subjects | Philosophy, Mythology, Classics, general, saying science words, Mixed_Pure_Academic |
| Past colleges | Yale (2010-2014) |
| High school | Georgetown Day (2007-2010) |
| Stats | HDWhite • NAQT |
Matt Jackson is a former quizbowl player for Yale and Georgetown Day School, widely regarded as one of the greatest quizbowl players, writers, and editors of all time.
Playing career
During his senior year at Georgetown Day High School in DC, he was the top scorer at all ten regular-season tournaments he played, as well as the 2010 NSC, and took the 2nd place All-Star spot at the 2010 HSNCT.
In college, first under the tutelage of John Lawrence and then as captain, Matt helped lead teams to win the 2011 DII ICT, 2011 ACF Nationals, 2012 ACF Nationals, and 2013 ICT, to 2nd-place finishes at 2013 ACF Nationals, the 2014 ICT, and 2014 ACF Nationals, and to a 3rd place finish at the 2012 ICT -- with numerous key matches against UVA's Matt Bollinger along the way. After graduating, Matt was the lead scorer on the winning team at the 2015 Chicago Open, and the 2nd-place individual scorer at that tournament overall.
Editing & service
Matt has also been a prolific and acclaimed editor, including:
- head editing GDS's 2010 Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament
- head-editing Yale's BHSAT from 2011-2014, in which capacity he greatly improved the tournament's quality standards and established regional sites nationwide
- subject-editing for 2014 ACF Regionals & head-editing the well-received 2015 ACF Regionals
- co-head editing the 2011 MAGNI and 2016 Chicago Open sets
- co-leading the salvage of the 2015 National History Bowl events post-NHBBlitz (with Eric Mukherjee)
- heavy freelancing for NAQT (2011-present), HSAPQ (2012-2015), the PACE NSC (2011-2015), 2013 Chicago Open, PIANO, and 2022 ACF Nationals
Jackson is a member emeritus of ACF. From 2012 through 2016, he was a member of PACE, and served as that organization's President for the 2014-15 competition year.
In 2016, Jackson led the "Common Rules Project," which standardized and largely synced the gameplay rules used by ACF, PACE, and HSAPQ.
Jeopardy!
Jackson competed on the televised game show Jeopardy!, appearing in regular-season 14 games and winning 13 of them (25 September 2015 - 14 October 2015). At that point, his winning streak and cash winnings ($413,612) were each the fourth-highest of all time; those rankings have since fallen somewhat. Jackson later appeared on the 2015 Tournament of Champions, where he earned an additional $100,000 as first runner-up to Alex Jacob, and in the 2019 All-Star Games (as part of "Team Ken").
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