Alabama grad on a roll as ‘Jeopardy!’ champ
Updated Jan 15, 2021;
Posted Jan 15, 2021
Lucy Ricketts, above, is a University of Alabama graduate who has won three straight episodes of Jeopardy! She s pictured with guest host and past contestant Ken Jennings. (Courtesy of Jeopardy Productions, Inc.)
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College football national champs. A 20-point blowout win over Kentucky in Rupp Arena. And now? A 3-day winning streak on “Jeopardy!” It’s a good week for the Crimson Tide.
Billed as an illustrator originally from Atlanta, Ga., University of Alabama graduate Lucy Ricketts’ has a 3-day winnings total of $79,499, capping off the trifecta with a $15,000 haul on Thursday. Ken Jennings, the famed “Jeopardy!” champion who won the show’s “Greatest of all Time” tournament, stepped in as guest host during Ricketts’ run.