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  1. Larissa Kelly (born February 10, 1980) is an American writer and academic who won six games on the U.S. game show Jeopardy! in 2008. Biography [ edit ] Kelly grew up in Newton, Massachusetts [2] and attended Newton North High School where she helped lead the science bowl team to national competition. [3]

  2. Mar 21, 2024 · It turned out to be Larissa who had a sizable victory over Leonard and Jason, winning $40,200 over their respective $14,300 and $13,600. Ultimately, it was a big bet in Final Jeopardy that led to ...

  3. 2 days ago · Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Nicknames) for Monday, April 29, ... Larissa Kelly $671,930 10. Matt Jackson $623,612 11. Roger Craig $556,200

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  5. Oct 15, 2004 · Well, at least she made it home with $223,000! And she's the first woman to win more than 5 games. Good job, Larissa!

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    Each daily installment is a conflict among the minds and buzzer-reflexes of three contestants who are provided with clues in the form of “answers” worth varying dollar amounts in a variety of categories. They respond with what they hope are the right “questions.” Not too surprisingly, the one with the most money at the end is the winner or “champio...

    On the show, she was billed simply as “a grad student from El Cerrito, California.” Many local people who saw the first show suspected her institution was Berkeley, not one of those other places within commuting distance. Some searched the Web and found a few confirming references. She grew up in Newton2, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, and went...

    There are always three contestants, one of whom is the “returning champion” from the preceding show. In Larissa’s seven contests, she faced a physician’s assistant, a housewife, two students, a trainer, a librarian, a freelance writer, an art history professor, an emergency-room doctor, a mastering technician, a construction worker, a journalist, a...

    The central figure in Jeopardy is its host, Alex Trebek, an unusually civilized figure in the universe of game shows. He’s urbane, friendly, relaxed, informal, quick, and very much in command. Under Trebek, its third host, since 1984 the show has achieved its greatest success and has been ranked “number two among the 50 greatest game shows of all t...

    This was the 5,467th show for Jeopardyand Larissa’s first. Voice-over announcer Johnnie Gilbert called out, as he always does, “This … is … Jeopardy!” He introduced the three contestants by their full names (first names are used, by and large, as the show proceeds). Larissa faced Ameet from Phoenix and Mary Kayfrom Wisconsin Rapids, the woman who w...

    Ready to rumble: Brandon from Denver and Ruthfrom Redding, Massachusetts. During the brief chat with contestants, Alex identified Larissa as “a graduate student in Latin American History working on her Ph.D. on… what subject?” Larissa stacked up correct solutions worth various hundreds for a lead of $6,000. (Sample, in the category Peruvian Food an...

    Larissa faced two “biblical ladies,” as Alex described Deborah and Judith. In chat, we learned that Judith had met a weight-loss goal, 60 pounds. Deborah, we were informed, had “learned an important lesson about temporary work opportunities” — the temp service “told me my first job would be as a receptionist for a company that had ‘cryo’ in their n...

    All three contestants were academic: Will, a student, Sara, an art history professor, and Larissa, about whom Alex revealed something new. Her husband, in the audience, looked familiar. Had he been on the show? Yes. How did he do? Very well, but he was playing against Ken Jennings. (This needed no further explanation to the show’s devotees; Jenning...

    Now she faced John, an ER physician from South Haven, Michigan and Heather, a mastering technician from Ashville, North Carolina. Who, if they weren’t intimidated already, must not have appreciated Trebek chiming in with this, when introducing Larissa: “If you’re like me, you love watching a contestant at the top of his or her game, and that really...

    Locked and loaded: a Maryland construction worker named Dan and Jennifer, an Arizona journalist. Alex Trebek told them their daunting task: “Not counting our special tournaments, Larissa Kelly has now moved into the number four position of all-time winners on Jeopardy. If she manages to win this game today, she could take over the number three spot...

  6. Larissa Kelly (born February 10, 1980) is an American multiple-time champion on the U.S. game show Jeopardy!, currently resident in Richmond, California. She is a writer and academic. Kelly grew up in Newton, Massachusetts and attended Newton North High School where she helped lead the science bowl team to national competition. She graduated from Princeton University in 2002 and completed a Ph ...

  7. Larissa Kelly (born February 10, 1980) is a noted American multiple Jeopardy! winner, currently residing in Richmond, California. She is a writer and academic. Kelly grew up in Newton, Massachusetts and attended Newton North High School where she helped lead the science bowl team to national competition. She graduated from Princeton University in 2002 and completed a Ph.D. at the University of ...

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