# Current Jeopardy Champ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320 "2008-05-23T02:32:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/41 "2008-05-27T23:29:01Z")
Yes, yes, yes!!! ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/42 "2008-05-27T23:47:48Z")
looking scary for Larissa. or not…heading into FJ. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/43 "2008-05-27T23:55:42Z")
Wow ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/44 "2008-05-28T00:32:23Z")
Sorry fer the triple post,but how did Nancy Zerg do after defeating Ken Jennings? ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/45 "2008-05-28T00:36:51Z")
I saw her for the first time tonight. (After watching _Jeopardy_ for years, my current work schedule has gotten in the way of seeing the show on a regular basis.) Anyway, she is cute as a bug, smart as they come, and quietly confident. I hope she hangs on for a while, but I don’t think she’ll pass Ken Jennings. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/46 "2008-05-28T00:57:47Z")
She has a Wiki page here > **[Larissa Kelly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larissa_Kelly)** > > 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.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, studying the history of archaeology in 19th century Mexic... They are considering deleting it. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/47 "2008-05-28T02:02:06Z")
Her? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/48 "2008-05-28T02:50:24Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] Don’t know if she wasn’t married at the time, or if she uses a different last name than her husband, but [none of Ken Jennings’ opponents](http://www.j-archive.com/showplayer.php?player_id=1) had the last name “Kelly”. [/QUOTE] Her husband’s name is [Jeff Hoppes.](http://www.j-archive.com/showplayer.php?player_id=4956) Her sister Arianna Kelly also competed previously. Tonight’s “Final _Jeopardy!_” was squarely in the “if you didn’t know it, you could easily figure it out using logic” category: The clue’s reference was to a film that basically unfolded in real time from around 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., leading me to correctly guess “What is _High Noon_?” ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/49 "2008-05-28T03:00:42Z")
She is beating people with big totals. Loser today had 38 k. ---
**Author:** ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/50 "2008-05-28T03:14:19Z")
Now I kind of wish she’d show a little bit of emotion at all when she wins… today she didn’t show any at all! I can’t tell if it’s just nerves or maybe she’s never outgoing. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/51 "2008-05-28T03:49:19Z")
[QUOTE=whatami] Now I kind of wish she’d show a little bit of emotion at all when she wins… today she didn’t show any at all! I can’t tell if it’s just nerves or maybe she’s never outgoing. [/QUOTE] She cracked a smile, briefly, right after winning tonight. Sort of cute and awkward because she was obviously trying to hold back. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/52 "2008-05-28T14:02:32Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] Sorry fer the triple post,but how did Nancy Zerg do after defeating Ken Jennings? [/QUOTE] She lost the very next night. She later wrote about her experiences for Guideposts magazine. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/53 "2008-05-28T16:57:03Z")
Did anyone else notice the woman she beat last night turn her back and walk off stage? I think she was sure she would win, but Larissa took her out. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/54 "2008-05-28T23:54:02Z")
[spoiler]NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! It’s a runaway for Larissa’s opponent. We’ll miss you Larissa![/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/55 "2008-05-28T23:58:01Z")
It’s a very, very sad day. Fortunately, Trebeck said that she’ll return for the Tournament of Champions (which I had forgotten about), so at least we have that to look forward to. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/56 "2008-05-29T00:51:54Z")
It was those two wrong answers on the Daily Doubles that did her in. I got the first one, chevalier (sp?) and I’m surprised she didn’t get it. Poor thing…still, $222K+ isn’t anything to sneeze at. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/57 "2008-05-29T01:59:55Z")
What happened?? I just caught Final Jeopardy and was shocked – SHOCKED! Were there a lot of current pop culture questions (I noticed in past games that she doesn’t do well with those)? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/58 "2008-05-29T03:22:22Z")
So, Is there any chance that her husband will leave her in disgust, freeing her up to run into my consoling arms? ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/59 "2008-05-29T03:31:46Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] So, Is there any chance that her husband will leave her in disgust, freeing her up to run into my consoling arms? [/QUOTE] We Dopers should make a pact, that if any of us lands her, we share. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320/60 "2008-05-29T03:36:48Z")
[QUOTE=mshar253] We Dopers should make a pact, that if any of us lands her, we share. 😃 [/QUOTE] pig. 😃 D&R [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-jeopardy-champ/450320.md?page=4)