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Frank Spangenberg is an American police officer who garnered a modicum of fame in 1990 when he set the five-day record on the game show JeopardySpangenberg, a New York City transit police officer, won $102,597 in five days. At the time, winners were capped after five consecutive victories. Since the show doubled its dollar values in 2002 his record has been broken several times. If one compensates for this by doubling his winnings to match the current values ($205,194), Spangenberg's record holds for any player's initial five games, however Ken Jennings' best five consecutive games beat this score ($221,200). Spangenberg also was 4th all time in single day winnings ($30,600) before the dollar values for the clues were doubled.
Spangenberg did not win the Tournament of Champions in 1990. His last appearance on Jeopardy! aired on May 1, 2002, when he appeared in the Jeopardy! Masters Tournament.
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