CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Davidson College Professor appeared on Jeopardy! Tuesday night.
Mark Sutch is a professor and chair of the Davidson College Theatre Department.
"It's been a life-long dream for me to be on the show. I've been watching pretty religiously since the late 1980s," Sutch said in an interview with Davidson College. "One of my high school teachers was a contestant around that time, and I'd pepper him with questions about Alex Trebek, how the buzzer worked and the audition process."
He said he took an online audition test two and a half years ago and he finally got on the show.
Sadly, he placed last despite his strong Double Jeopardy! round. He still went home with $1,000, though.
He's the second Wildcat professor to appear on the game show. The first was back in 1992.
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