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Londyn Lorenz is the first Ole Miss student to participate in the Jeopardy! College Challenge. Photo courtesy Jeopardy Productions Inc.<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 University of Mississippi<\/a> sophomore Londyn Lorenz skated through the first round of the Jeopardy! College Championship<\/a> Thursday (April 9), securing her spot in the semifinals and $10,000 in prize money.<\/p>\n

Though her competitors got off to a fast start, she quickly jumped from third to first place just before the first commercial break and held her lead until the end, beating her closest competitor by more than $18,000. She also was the only player to correctly identify author Harper Lee as the answer of the Final Jeopardy question.<\/p>\n

“I was nervous; Kylie (Weaver, from Penn State) and Alistair (Gray, from UC San Diego) were doing good and I never got a Daily Double, so I couldn’t capitalize on that,” Lorenz said. “It was scary because I could feel them getting close but luckily, the categories were Drake and history.”<\/p>\n

Lorenz is an Arabic and international studies major<\/a>, so she said she was sad to see an Arab Spring category on Friday’s episode of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Hearing “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek recite Drake lyrics<\/a> was hilarious, Lorenz said.<\/p>\n

Her semifinals episode airs Tuesday (April 14), with her competing for a spot in the final round of the tournament and a shot at the $100,000 prize.<\/p>\n

The Jeopardy! College Championship has filled a void for many college sports fans looking for other forms of competition and entertainment. Lorenz said the support and feedback has been exciting.<\/p>\n

“It was so hard not to tell anyone how far I got,” she said, because the tournament was filmed in February. “I was able to keep it from my mom and my friends this long. I’m just glad I can talk about it now. But now, everyone assumes I won the whole thing, and I can’t say if I did or not.”<\/p>\n

Check local listings for the times and stations airing “Jeopardy!” in your area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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