Delaney O’Dea, an 18-year-old from Santa Monica, California, is one of the youngest contestants ever to compete on Jeopardy! Young as she might be, she isn’t the only teen to win on the game show.
Atish Choudhury was only 18 years old when he won in 1997, and Kevin Marshall was 19 when he won six games in 2006. The minimum age to be on Jeopardy! is 18, according to the official rules , so O’Dea just made the cut. The game show doesn’t tkeep track of the ages of its contestants, so there is no way to know for sure if she is the youngest of all time. (TV Insider reached out to Jeopardy! reps, but didn’t hear back in time for publication.)
Here is what you should know about Delaney O’Dea before her second game on October 16. Read on for five facts about her following her first win.
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