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| Name: | Larissa Kelly |
| Born: | February 10, 1980 |
| Occupation: | writer and academic |
| Years active: | 2008-present |
| Known for: | Her appearances on Jeopardy! |
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.
Biography[]
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 Mexico. She played quiz bowl at both Princeton and Berkeley. On August 3, 2002, she married her quiz bowl teammate Jeff Hoppes. On the All Star games draft show, she mentioned that her husband attended high school with Brad Rutter.
She is a science fiction author, who has had one story published at Strange Horizons.
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Records[]
During her time as champion, Kelly set several records which have since been surpassed:
| Description | Set Record | Current record |
|---|---|---|
| Highest first game score before Final Jeopardy! (unadjusted) | $42,200 | Retain[1] |
| Highest 5-game total on Jeopardy!, first 5 games (unadjusted) | $179,797 | $298,687 (James Holzhauer) |
| Highest total winnings by a female player in non-tournament play | $222,597 | $1,382,800 (Amy Schneider) |
| Longest streak (from first appearance) of correct Final Jeopardy! responses | 10 | 12 (Ben Ingram - Until the final 1 game)[2] |
| Longest winning streak on Jeopardy! by a female player in non-tournament play | 6 | 40 (Amy Schneider) |
Trivia[]
- After her first successful female six-game winning streak, many women are setting records of six or more wins. So far, there are a total of 10 women's champions with 6 or more wins in a row.[3]
- So far, she has gotten all but two of FJ! correct, but it's a pity that the second was an important moment. The first incorrect answer was the last question in the ToC final, but after missing that question, Dan Pawson unfortunately gave up the championship[4], and then the wrong answer became a problem in the Battle of the decade qualifiers. Still, by winning the All-Star game, she was relieved of that disappointment.
- She is one of three members of her family to have played on Jeopardy!, all between 2004 and 2008, and the only winner of the three. Her husband was defeated by Jennings in Jennings' 70th game as champion. Her sister Arianna was defeated in her initial Jeopardy! appearance, in part due to questionable calls that prompted Standards and Practices to bring her back for a second appearance; in her second appearance, Arianna was defeated by Aaron Schroeder, who later faced Larissa in the 2009 ToC finals.
- She is one of four female participants who finished runner-up or higher in the Unlimited System ToC until Amy Schneider.[5].
- Among the ToC participants, She is the first participant with a higher regular game prize money than the longest winning streak champion (Larissa Kelly (6x) - $222,597 > Dan Pawson (9x) - $170,902)[6].
- She is a science fiction author, who has had one story published at Strange Horizons.
- She was the first person other than Ken Jennings to get 10 Final Jeopardy clues correct in a row, as well as the first person overall to have gone 10-for-her-first-10.
References[]
- ↑ Including tournaments, that's $50,000 by Zia Choudhury on February 11, 2008 (#).
- ↑ If broaden the range to the whole, James Holzhauer took first place, with a whopping 28 correct answers in a row. (From the 7th to the ToC Quarterfinal) Including these three, FJ! The 10th+ consecutive correct answer is: Tom Cubbage (12th - from 2nd to BtoD Semi-finals), Ken Jennings (from 53rd to 63rd), Jennifer Quail (from 4th to the entire ToC Finals), Amy Schneider (6th to 16th), and Ray Lalonde (5th to 14th) a very small number with a total of 8 people.
- ↑ Even before that, Kerry Breitenbach, Maria Wenglinsky, Celeste DiNucci, and Cathy Lanctot, a total of 4 people, tried to win 6 consecutive victories in the unlimited system.
- ↑ If She answered correctly, She would have set the record for the first two consecutive women's ToC championships in history, as well as the longest winning streak among women's ToC winners and the recipient of the most prize money.
- ↑ The other three were Celeste DiNucci (S24, who won), Emma Boettcher (S36) and Jennifer Quail (S37).
- ↑ Later, Matt Amodio will be the winner of the ToC after her with more cash prizes than the longest winning streak champion in the ToC (Matt Amodio (38x) - $1,518,601 > Amy Schneider (40x) - $1,382,800).