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Chicago Ridge librarian’s moment in spotlight ends a day after unseating ‘Jeopardy’ champion Amy Schneider

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A Chicago Ridge librarian’s moment in the spotlight faded Thursday, losing on “Jeopardy” a day after he unseated long-standing champion Amy Schneider. From the Daily Southtown.

Chicago Ridge librarian Rhone Talsma, shown, lost Thursday on"Jeopardy," a day after ending the 40-game winning streak of Amy Schneider.

Rhone Talsma, a multimedia librarian, came in 3rd place, winning $1,000 in the show aired Thursday, with Carrie Cadwallader, a business intelligence manager from Aurora, Colorado, emerging as the new champion, according to the show. Heading into Final Jeopardy, Schneider led with a score of $27,600, while Talsma had $17,600. The clue was “the only nation in the world whose name in English ends in an H, it’s also one of the 10 most populous.” The correct response: “What is Bangladesh?”

 

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