A Minnesota Man Is Competing on ‘Jeopardy!’

This is awesome! A Minnesota man was featured on television in a pretty big way over the weekend. A Winona native was on one of the biggest shows of all time and he definitely made us proud.

My husband is from Winona and so is some of my family, so I definitely have a soft spot for it as it is! A local was just featured on Jeopardy! on Friday (October 16th) and will be featured again to kick off the week.

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Believe it or not, there have been a handful of Minnesotans featured on the show over the years, which is always fun. In fact, a few years ago, a local won $73,00 on the show. WOW!

Let's hope this happens again! My fingers are crossed for the latest resident of the Land Of 10,000 Lakes to strike it big.

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Frank Merchlewitz made his big Jeopardy! debut on Friday and will be the returning champion once again on Monday night (October 19th)! If you missed his first episode over the weekend, you can watch it right now on Hulu.

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Frank won $14,350 on his first episode so we will see if he continues that streak this week. Today, by the way, the contestant lives in Robbinsdale, which is a few hours from the Duluth area. He is also a Senior Digital Producer.

On Monday night's episode, he will be facing off against a music teacher from Virginia and a television and podcast producer from Ontario! We will have to wait and see what happens but I have a good feeling about this.

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Maybe his second episode will be less dramatic than the first: one of his fellow contestants had exactly half of his score going into Final Jeopardy! They both got the last question wrong, with his fellow contestant wagering her entire total and Frank only wagering fifty bucks, meaning he snagged the win.

Fun fact? This is the first time since April 29th of 2024 where all three players came up with the wrong question to more than one clue before the Final Jeopardy round! Frank is going down in history it seems.

His wife is also pregnant - and Ken Jennings joked after announcing him the winner that he hopes the end of the episode didn't put her in labor! Frank also gave her a little love, writing 'I love you Mikaela' below his answer. Awwwwwwwww.

Jeopardy! airs tonight at 5:30 p.m. on CBS. You can watch it tomorrow on Hulu if you missed it.

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