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Article: COOL DRY PLACE ; Graced with champions in our midst
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- Columbia Daily Tribune
- Article date:
- November 8, 2007
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In one fell swoop, the favorite had fallen.
The man with advanced degrees from relatively nondescript North
Carolina-Greensboro who teaches at tiny Columbia College had taken
down the Yalie, one of the highest-grossing winners in the game
show's history.
Chris Mazurek - the local psychology professor who earned $76,597
on "Jeopardy!" last year, finishing one victory shy of becoming a
rare five-time champion - has the opportunity to make a much bigger
splash after taking advantage of his at-large invitation to the
"Tournament of Champions" and advancing to the semifinals.
To get there, Mazurek, 36, bested Mehrun Etebari, a five-time
winner and Yale grad student who stood at No. 7 on the ...