Elon math professor from Chapel Hill wins back-to-back games of Jeopardy

Friday, April 19, 2024
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- Elon University math professor Marko Saric was back on Jeopardy this Friday and won his second game in a row.

Friday night Saric took home a second victory after answering the Final Jeopardy question in the category "Comic Book Characters" correctly.

"Featured in a 2020 film, she gets her name from a 16th C. Italian stock character who often wore diamond-patterned outfits"

The correct answer is Harley Quinn.

Two of the contestants including Saric answered the question correctly. He won Final Jeopardy with a total of $22,801.

Thursday



Saric won $3,799 in Thursday night's game on ABC11.
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He was in first place going into the Final Jeopardy round, but all three players were separated by just a couple thousand dollars.



All three of them got the following Final Jeopardy clue wrong.

"Until Alabama became the 22nd state, this one was first alphabetically"
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The correct answer is Connecticut.

With all three contestants getting it wrong, Saric's wager left him with the highest total.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article identified Saric as a UNC professor. He is an Elon professor who is from Chapel Hill and went to graduate school at UNC.
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