Former Manhattan High School teacher reflects on time as Jeopardy champion
Fred Nelson, a former Manhattan High School teacher, recently won about $21,000 on Jeopardy.
It is not every day that Manhattan can claim one of its own as the winner of a nationally televised game-show. But this very thing happened when Fred Nelson, a former Manhattan High School science teacher, became a Jeopardy champion in late 2020.
With the final episodes of Jeopardy featuring Alex Trebek as its host set to air next week, former Manhattan resident and Jeopardy champion Fred Nelson recently reflected with KMAN on his time on the show.