Photo: JeopardyChristine Whelchel has come a long way in just a year.The Spring Hill, Tennessee resident is the newestJeopardy!champion and won $34,000 in her first game, which aired Wednesday night. But she has even more to celebrate. As Whelchel told host Ken Jennings, she’s now “cancer-free"after undergoing treatmentfor breast cancer while she auditionedfor the show.“I was diagnosed in March of 2021, and one of the first things I did a couple of weeks after being diagnosed was take theJeopardy!test,” Whelchel, a piano teacher and church organist, said. “And I ended up getting my audition the night before my surgery in May.“Now on the show a year since her diagnosis, Jennings said, “well, evidently the audition went well! You’re here. And I hope the surgery [went well], too.“And Whelchel filled him in that she’s in the clear.“Everything else went well and I’m cancer-free as of right now,” she said.RELATED VIDEO: Amy Schneider on Her Record-Breaking ‘Jeopardy!’ Winning StreakAfter her interview, Whelchel went on to rack up money and entered Final Jeopardy with the lead, $2,000 ahead of two-day champ Henry Rozycki. The two of them, along with the third-place contestant, all answered correctly in Final Jeopardy and Whelchel and Rozycki ended up tied with $34,000, sending them to a single tiebreaker clue.It was there that Whelchel managed to ring in first, with the correct response of “What is poppy?“to win the game.The show celebrated Whelchel with a tweet on Wednesday night.“Cancer-free and now on Jeopardy! Congratulations, Christine. 😊"Whelchel will be back todefend herJeopardy!titleon Thursday night.
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Christine Whelchel has come a long way in just a year.The Spring Hill, Tennessee resident is the newestJeopardy!champion and won $34,000 in her first game, which aired Wednesday night. But she has even more to celebrate. As Whelchel told host Ken Jennings, she’s now “cancer-free"after undergoing treatmentfor breast cancer while she auditionedfor the show.“I was diagnosed in March of 2021, and one of the first things I did a couple of weeks after being diagnosed was take theJeopardy!test,” Whelchel, a piano teacher and church organist, said. “And I ended up getting my audition the night before my surgery in May.“Now on the show a year since her diagnosis, Jennings said, “well, evidently the audition went well! You’re here. And I hope the surgery [went well], too.“And Whelchel filled him in that she’s in the clear.“Everything else went well and I’m cancer-free as of right now,” she said.RELATED VIDEO: Amy Schneider on Her Record-Breaking ‘Jeopardy!’ Winning StreakAfter her interview, Whelchel went on to rack up money and entered Final Jeopardy with the lead, $2,000 ahead of two-day champ Henry Rozycki. The two of them, along with the third-place contestant, all answered correctly in Final Jeopardy and Whelchel and Rozycki ended up tied with $34,000, sending them to a single tiebreaker clue.It was there that Whelchel managed to ring in first, with the correct response of “What is poppy?“to win the game.The show celebrated Whelchel with a tweet on Wednesday night.“Cancer-free and now on Jeopardy! Congratulations, Christine. 😊"Whelchel will be back todefend herJeopardy!titleon Thursday night.
Christine Whelchel has come a long way in just a year.
The Spring Hill, Tennessee resident is the newestJeopardy!champion and won $34,000 in her first game, which aired Wednesday night. But she has even more to celebrate. As Whelchel told host Ken Jennings, she’s now “cancer-free"after undergoing treatmentfor breast cancer while she auditionedfor the show.
“I was diagnosed in March of 2021, and one of the first things I did a couple of weeks after being diagnosed was take theJeopardy!test,” Whelchel, a piano teacher and church organist, said. “And I ended up getting my audition the night before my surgery in May.”
Now on the show a year since her diagnosis, Jennings said, “well, evidently the audition went well! You’re here. And I hope the surgery [went well], too.”
And Whelchel filled him in that she’s in the clear.
“Everything else went well and I’m cancer-free as of right now,” she said.
RELATED VIDEO: Amy Schneider on Her Record-Breaking ‘Jeopardy!’ Winning Streak
After her interview, Whelchel went on to rack up money and entered Final Jeopardy with the lead, $2,000 ahead of two-day champ Henry Rozycki. The two of them, along with the third-place contestant, all answered correctly in Final Jeopardy and Whelchel and Rozycki ended up tied with $34,000, sending them to a single tiebreaker clue.
It was there that Whelchel managed to ring in first, with the correct response of “What is poppy?“to win the game.
The show celebrated Whelchel with a tweet on Wednesday night.
“Cancer-free and now on Jeopardy! Congratulations, Christine. 😊”
Whelchel will be back todefend herJeopardy!titleon Thursday night.
source: people.com
