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Returning ‘Jeopardy!’ champion from DeKalb up to $38K in winnings

Lane Flynn with friends and family.
Lane Flynn with friends and family.
By Becca J G Godwin
March 9, 2018

A DeKalb man will appear on 'Jeopardy!' for a third night Friday, this time as a two-day champion.

Lane Flynn, chairman of the DeKalb County GOP, won more than $19,000 the past two episodes for a total of $38,399.

The quiz competition shared a video of him winning for the second time:

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Flynn will compete against Megan Durazo, a librarian from California, and Mark Ashton, a software engineer from Illinois, at 7:30 p.m.

In January, a 26-year-old Atlanta resident who was on "Jeopardy!" as a one-day returning champion, finished in third place.

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