Larissa Kelly

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Larissa Kelly (age 28)[1] is a Jeopardy! contestant from El Cerrito, California. She won a total of $222,597 over seven games, with her last appearance airing May 28, 2008. Kelly is the game's third all-time money winner (behind Ken Jennings and Dave Madden),[2] excluding tournament winnings, and the biggest non-tournament money winner in the show's history among female contestants.[3][4][5] She graduated from Princeton University in 2002 and is now a graduate student at UC Berkeley. She played quiz bowl at both Princeton and Berkeley.[6] [7]

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  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ http://www.jeopardy.com/showguide_50kwinners.php
  3. ^ http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2008/05/23/grad_student_sets_jeopardy_record/7160/
  4. ^ http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2008/05/24/the_mighty_quinn/
  5. ^ http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_9396307
  6. ^ Berkeley Quizbowl Pictures
  7. ^ Princeton Quizbowl Pictures

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