- Larissa Kelly
Larissa Kelly (age 28) [ [http://www.tvgameshows.net/ TVgameshows.net: The Weekly Magazine ] ] is a "
Jeopardy! " contestant fromEl Cerrito, California . She won a total of $222,597 over seven games, with her last appearance airing May 28, 2008. Kelly is the game's third all-time money winner (behindKen Jennings and Dave Madden), and fourth in games won (Jennings 74, Madden 19, Tom Walsh 7) [ [http://www.jeopardy.com/showguide_50kwinners.php This is JEOPARDY! ] ] excluding tournament winnings, and the biggest non-tournament money winner in the show's history among female contestants. [ [http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2008/05/23/grad_student_sets_jeopardy_record/7160/ Grad student sets 'Jeopardy!' record - UPI.com ] ] [ [http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2008/05/24/the_mighty_quinn/ The mighty Quinn - The Boston Globe ] ] [http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_9396307] She graduated fromPrinceton University in 2002 and is now a graduate student at UC Berkeley. She playedquiz bowl at both Princeton and Berkeley. [ [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/photos.html Berkeley Quizbowl Pictures] ] [ [http://www.princeton.edu/~cbowl/galleryold.html Princeton Quizbowl Pictures] ] On August 3, 2002, she married herquiz bowl teammate Jeff Hoppes. [ [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quizbowl/message/9952 Yahoo! Groups ] ] Prior to Princeton, she helped lead her high schoolscience bowl team to national competition, for which she specialized ingeology and the life and times of Rear Admiral Hyman G. Rickover.She is one of three members of her family to have played on the show, all between 2004 and 2008, and the only winner of the three.
Her husband, Jeff Hoppes, first appeared in November 9, 2004, becoming KJL #140, the 140th victim of Jeopardy! all-time champion
Ken Jennings . Her sister Arianna appeared on the January 23, 2008 episode, but her result was nullified by CBSStandards and Practices for questionable calls by officials during game play. Six weeks after Larissa's run ended, Arianna was brought back for another episode (airing July 8, 2008) to make up, and finished second, just like her brother-in-law.References
External links
* [http://www.j-archive.com/showplayer.php?player_id=4956 Larissa Kelly's profile at the "Jeopardy!" Archive]
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