CLAS faculty member to compete on “Jeopardy!”
For $1,000: This UMaine faculty member is going to be a new contestant on “Jeopardy!” one of America’s most beloved Q&A game shows. The answer: Who is Kara Peruccio?
Peruccio, an assistant professor in both the Department of History and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program, will grace the airwaves at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 9 as she competes on an episode of the show’s 41st season. The program is available to Bangor viewers on WVII (Channel 7) and for Portland viewers on WMTW (Channel 8). It’s been a longtime goal for Peruccio to be on the show that she’s been watching since childhood.
“I grew up watching ‘Jeopardy!’ with my family,” she said. “When we were very little, my twin sister and I would dance in front of the tv to the music during Final Jeopardy. We also had a ‘Jeopardy!’ CD-Rom game and it got pretty cutthroat; there was some body-checking to get to the mouse first to answer. I really enjoy trivia and so trying out for Jeopardy was a no-brainer!”
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