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22-Year-Old Mississippi Brainiac Wins $100,000 on Jeopardy

By Hugh Hart EmailMay 16, 2008 | 9:36:57 PMCategories: Television  

Jeopardy250Are you smarter than a 16th grader? Mississippi State University senior Joey Beachum raked in $100,000 in the 2008 Jeopardy! College Championship finale, airing Friday. The Tupelo, Mississippi native said he's tucking the dough away for his upcoming wedding and a vacation to the beach.

Beachum is a political science major so he had the edge on other finalists when host Alex Trebek posed the tie-breaking riddle.

Here it is:

ANSWER: The Quadruple Alliance Began In 1813 against this country; In 1818 it let this country in and became the Quintuple Alliance.

QUESTION: What is France?

Photo courtesy Jeopardy Productions

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