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Georgia Tech freshman to compete on Jeopardy! College Championship

Check out who has represented Atlanta on the popular game show, JEOPARDY!
By Becca J G Godwin
April 10, 2018

A Georgia Institute of Technology freshman will compete in the Jeopardy! College Championship this week.

Rishab Jain, who is from Memphis, Tennessee, will vie for a winning spot against William Scott, from Tufts University, and Caroline Trammell, from Furman University.

The materials science and engineering student will appear on the show Wednesday, which can be watched on WXIA-TV at 7:30 p.m.

The championship week includes 15 students representing different campuses. Of those, there’s another Georgia tie: Dhruv Gaur, a freshman from Gainesville, Georgia, will appear on the show Tuesday. Gaur represents Brown University.

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Lilly Chin, a Westminster grad from Decatur, won $100,000 in the 2017 Jeopardy College Tournament of Champions. Later that year she competed on the Tournament of Champions, finishing in third place during a semifinal.

READ | These 'Jeopardy!' contestants hailed from metro Atlanta

READ | 1-day 'Jeopardy!' champion from Atlanta finishes in third place

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