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Minnesota Sophomore Wins “Jeopardy!” College Championship
Nibir Sarma has become the first winner of the “Jeopardy!” College Championship from the University of Minnesota.
Sarma, a sophomore from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, won the two-week tournament in an episode airing Friday night, earning $100,000 and a berth against regular “Jeopardy!” winners in the annual Tournament of Champions.
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Sarma beat second-place finisher Tyler Combs, a senior at Indiana University who wins $50,000 and Xiaoke Ying, a sophomore at the University of Southern California who came in third and took home $25,000.
Sarma, a chemical engineering major, became the first winner of the tournament from a public university since 2014.
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