Winner for 200: Midlands graduate advances to ‘Jeopardy!’ college championship semis
A graduate of Dutch Fork High School won in the quarterfinals of a special edition of “Jeopardy!” that aired on Wednesday.
Emmey Harris, a graduate of the Lexington-Richland 5 school, outwitted her opponents in the National College Championship edition of “Jeopardy!”
Harris correctly answered 25 of the 27 questions she attempted, more than double the correct answers of her competitors. She ended the show with $21,000. Her opponents included an Ivy Leaguer from the University of Pennsylvania and a student from the California Institute of Technology, better known as Caltech.
Before Harris’ appearance LR5 said on Twitter, “We are cheering you on and so proud!”
“Let’s go, Emmey,” the school district tweeted.
Eight-time “Jeopardy” Champion Ben Ingram from Florence, South Carolina congratulated Harris on her win and called her victory a “Chamberlainesque performance.”
The popular trivia-based game show began a run of episodes with college students as contestants on Tuesday. Harris now moves on to the semifinals of the “Jeopardy!” National College Championship.
Harris is currently a sophomore at the University of Minnesota where she is history major. She’s scheduled to graduate in 2024.
Harris’ semifinal episode is scheduled to air on Feb. 18 at 8 p.m on ABC affiliates, which is WOLO in the Columbia area. The episode can also be streamed on Hulu. Harris’ quarterfinal winning episode can be streamed on Hulu as well.
Harris isn’t the only South Carolina connection in the “Jeopardy!” National College Championship.
Pauline Bisaccio, a Fort Mill High School graduate and current Clemson University student, was in a quarterfinals episode that aired Thursday night.
More than 26,000 students from 4,000-plus schools applied to be in the “Jeopardy!” National College Championship. The top 36 students were selected.
The winner of the finals will be awarded $250,000.
This story was originally published February 10, 2022 at 12:21 PM with the headline "Winner for 200: Midlands graduate advances to ‘Jeopardy!’ college championship semis."