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Solon High Grad Competes On Jeopardy!
Nishanth Uli, a Solon High graduate, will compete in Friday's episode of the Jeopardy! College Championship
Who is Nishanth Uli?
A 19-year-old Solon native who is participating in the Jeopardy! College Championship.
Uli will appear on the show Friday. Jeopardy! airs at 7:30 p.m. on WOIO CBS.
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Uli, who now attends Washington University in St. Louis and studies biology and history, is one of 15 college students participating in the Jeopardy! College Championship, a two-week event that started May 6 and will earn the winner $100,000 and a slot in the Tournament of Champions.
The tournament was filmed in April.
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On Friday, Uli will take on Laura Rigge from Wellesley College and Forrest Farjadian from the University of Tulsa.
To qualify for the tournament, prospective collegiate contestants took a 50-question online test; those who passed were selected at random to attend regional in-person auditions consisting of a second 50-question test, mock game play, and a brief interview.
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