DeKalb MIT student is on 'Jeopardy!'

An MIT senior from Decatur is soon to be featured on “Jeopardy!”

Lilly Chin’s episode airs Monday night on NBC at 7:30 p.m.

Chin isn’t the first local to appear on “America’s Favorite Quiz Show.”

But she has work to do to catch up to the last notable run by a Georgian.

Last year, University of Georgia PhD candidate Seth Wilson won 12 games in a row, a historic winning streak that was among the show's longest.

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