Are you smarter than a 16th grader? Mississippi State University senior Joey Beachum raked in $100,000 in the *2008 Jeopardy! College Championship *finale, airing Friday. The Tupelo, Mississippi native said he's tucking the dough away for his upcoming wedding and a vacation to the beach.
Beachum is a political science major so he had the edge on other finalists when host Alex Trebek posed the tie-breaking riddle.
Here it is:
ANSWER: The Quadruple Alliance Began In 1813 against this country; In 1818 it let this country in and became the Quintuple Alliance.
__QUESTION: __ What is France?
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