Larissa Kelly Cleans Up on Jeopardy!
Larissa Kelly Cleans Up on Jeopardy!
Not sure where to post this, or if there is a spot at all to:
Congratulations to Larissa Kelly. As of tonight, she is now a 6-time Jeopardy champion, with winnings over $222K. This makes her the # 3 Jeopardy winner (tournaments excluded), behind Ken Jennings and Dave Madden.
I played against Larissa as well as her husband Jeff Hoppes at Princeton around the year 2000. They were both extremely nice people, and I'm happy to see Larissa doing well.
Adam Fine
Retired, ex-MAQT & JHU
P.S. Congrats to the MAQT as well for taking their first top-level national title in 27 years! The spitoon can finally be buried!
Congratulations to Larissa Kelly. As of tonight, she is now a 6-time Jeopardy champion, with winnings over $222K. This makes her the # 3 Jeopardy winner (tournaments excluded), behind Ken Jennings and Dave Madden.
I played against Larissa as well as her husband Jeff Hoppes at Princeton around the year 2000. They were both extremely nice people, and I'm happy to see Larissa doing well.
Adam Fine
Retired, ex-MAQT & JHU
P.S. Congrats to the MAQT as well for taking their first top-level national title in 27 years! The spitoon can finally be buried!
Adam Fine
MAQT 1994-98 and 2002-04; ACF Nats TD 2010
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Re: Larissa Kelly Cleans Up on Jeopardy!
Wow I didn't know that she was involved in quizbowl, much less Jeff Hoppes' wife. Congrats to her.
Mike Bentley
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University of Maryland, Class of 2008
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Re: Larissa Kelly Cleans Up on Jeopardy!
looks like one of WUSTL's old advisors, Steve Frappier, is also on this week.
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Re: Larissa Kelly Cleans Up on Jeopardy!
And Adam, we have your copy of An Incomplete Education to thank for Larissa running the category in Opera the other night...
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Re: Larissa Kelly Cleans Up on Jeopardy!
Guess this is the best place to post congrats. Last night's game, coming back in Double Jeopardy with both Daily Doubles gone to retake the lead was one of the more exciting games I'd seen in a while.
Phil Castagna, former Georgetown and Villanova
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Re: Larissa Kelly Cleans Up on Jeopardy!
Awesome game. Congrats to Larissa.
Fred Morlan
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former PACE member, president, etc.
former hsqbrank manager, former NAQT writer & subject editor, former hsqb Administrator/Chief Administrator
Re: Larissa Kelly Cleans Up on Jeopardy!
Glad to have helped! See, good things happen when you watch "Survivor" :)bt_green_warbler wrote:And Adam, we have your copy of An Incomplete Education to thank for Larissa running the category in Opera the other night...
Congrats again,
Adam
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Re: Larissa Kelly Cleans Up on Jeopardy!
Larissa ended her run yesterday, with a total of $224,500, third most ever and highest among women contestants. Outstanding work!
http://www.jeopardy.com/announcement_20 ... akelly.php
Steve's up today - and the game today was very good. ^_^
http://www.jeopardy.com/announcement_20 ... akelly.php
Steve's up today - and the game today was very good. ^_^
Jason Paik
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WashU, UAB, Stanford
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Re: Larissa Kelly Cleans Up on Jeopardy!
Congratulations Larissa!
Fred Morlan
University of Kentucky CoP, 2017
International Quiz Bowl Tournaments, CEO, co-owner
former PACE member, president, etc.
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Re: Larissa Kelly Cleans Up on Jeopardy!
Congratulations, Larissa.
Quizbowlers are slowly taking over the top ten list :
http://www.jeopardy.com/showguide_50kwinners.php
Quizbowlers are slowly taking over the top ten list :
http://www.jeopardy.com/showguide_50kwinners.php
Ted Stratton
Brandeis '03
Brandeis '03
Re: Larissa Kelly Cleans Up on Jeopardy!
I really liked Larissa. She seemed completely humble while maintaining an astounding bank of knowledge. The only thing I can think of as an offering of congratulations comes from the Spice Girls- "Girl Power!"
Maggie Larkin
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