Article: The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, Rich Heldenfels column.

Byline: Rich Heldenfels

Dec. 1--Big winner: Akron Beacon Journal deputy features editor Lynne Sherwin took in $22,301 on Jeopardy's telecast Thursday, winning the night and knocking off a three-time champion in the process.

Sherwin sealed the win in "Final Jeopardy" by knowing the play character based on an English philologist who wrote History of English Sounds and a Handbook of Phonetics.

The answer: Henry Higgins of Pygmalion and My Fair Lady. Sherwin is known for her love of theater, especially musicals. She said she and Jeopardy host Alex Trebek sang You Did It from My Fair Lady after she won.

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