Larissa Kelly
American academic, writer and multiple winner on ''Jeopardy!''
Larissa Kelly (born February 10, 1980) is an American writer and academic who is known for her six-game streak on the U.S. game show Jeopardy!.
Biography
Kelly grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, and attended Newton North High School where she helped lead the science bowl team to national competition. Kelly graduated from Princeton University in 2002 and completed a Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, studying the history of archaeology in 19th century Mexico. She played quiz bowl at both Princeton and Berkeley. On August 3, 2002, Kelly married her quiz bowl teammate Jeff Hoppes. On the All Star games draft show in 2018, she mentioned that her husband attended high school with Brad Rutter.
Kelly is one of three members of her family to have played on Jeopardy!, all between 2004 and 2008, and the only winner of the three. Her husband was defeated by Ken Jennings in Jennings' 70th game as champion. Her sister Arianna was defeated in her initial Jeopardy! appearance, in part due to questionable calls that prompted Standards and Practices to bring her back for a second appearance; in her second appearance, Arianna was defeated by Aaron Schroeder, who later faced Larissa in the 2009 Jeopardy!
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