Larissa Kelly (born February 10, 1980)[1] is an American writer and academic who is known for her six-game streak on the U.S. game show Jeopardy!.
[9] On the All Star games draft show in 2018, she mentioned that her husband attended high school with Brad Rutter.
Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas, Kelly won her quarterfinal and semifinal matches and led after the first game of the two-game finals, with $24,400 to Dan Pawson's $22,301 and Schroeder's $9,600.
in the second game, she lost to Pawson after incorrectly responding to the clue which required identifying George II of Great Britain as the last British ruler to be born outside the United Kingdom.
During her regular run on Jeopardy!, Kelly won a total of $222,597 over six games and $1,000 3rd place consolation prize in her seventh, with her last appearance airing May 28, 2008.
[note 1] Kelly is also the third-highest winning female contestant in any single game in Jeopardy!