Saturday, March 2, 2013
Fenwick teacher Colby Burnett, who won $250,000 in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, was interviewed by students at the school and said, "I'm not the smartest man in the world. I just played a game."
How does it feel to be the smartest man in the world? That's the kind of question Fenwick High School teacher Colby Burnett is facing after winning $250,000 on the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions earlier this week. In a YouTube video posted to the Fenwick TV account, a student asked Burnett that, and he shared some fun insights from his run on the show. "I'm not the smartest man in the world," Burnett said. "I just played a game and luck really favored me. ... It's just what they asked were things that I knew." He went on to say that he and some of the others on the show went to a trivia night at a local bar in Santa Monica after taping was over. They got second place. "It was a really funny thing, we just played against all these …
Friday, March 1, 2013
Month in Review: Read some of the top headlines from Oak Park Patch in February, including an Oak Park couple suing a radio host and a look at the village's comprehensive plan.
In February, we reported that Oak Park has one of the highest concentrations of people working in the "creative class." Some of the other top stories out of Oak Park and River Forest certainly back that up. Here's a look at some of our top stories from February 2013: Oak Park Among Top 10 Creative Class Locales in Chicago Area Tavi Gevinson Talks Feminism in PBS Documentary Series Oak Park's Cecily Strong Flexes Her Comedy Muscle Oak Park Teen Goes Backstage at the Grammy Awards The creative class stands out here, but there were a few other people with Oak Park and River Forest ties who had a big February: Fenwick's Colby Burnett Wins $250K on 'Jeopardy!' Local Robotics Team Going to Nationals for Second Straight Year Fenwick Grad is …
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The world history teacher won $100,000 last year in the show's Teacher's Tournament and even more in its Tournament of Champions.
Fenwick High School teacher Colby Burnett won the $250,000 grand prize Tuesday in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. Burnett, an AP World History teacher at Fenwick, won the show's Teacher's Tournament and $100,000 in prize money back in November and added to that total by beating the best of the best. On Monday he built a big enough lead—$22,200 to the other contestants' $4,800 and $400—that he was able to coast on Tuesday. He got off to a poor start in the first round, but out of the commercial break we were reminded why we love him. Host Alex Trebek brought up the fact that Burnett's mother worked three jobs ("Two and a half, but let's say three because she worked that hard," Burnett said) to help put him through school. Now he's a…
Monday, February 25, 2013
Fenwick High School's Colby Burnett keeps rolling on Jeopardy! He racked up $22,200 on Monday's show and is now a day away from winning $250,000.
I love watching sports, especially when I have a rooting interest. I also enjoy following live chats about sports to get instant reaction. So when I heard that Fenwick High School teacher Colby Burnett was advancing in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, I tuned in on Monday to see how he would do and took the approach I do to watching sports. Burnett, an AP World History teacher at Fenwick High School, won the show's Teacher's Tournament and $100,000 in prize money back in November, and he's rolling again in this tournament. The grand prize is $250,000. In the finals, Burnett is facing Kristin Morgan, a NASA strategic analyst from Alabama, and Keith Whitener, a research chemist from North Carolina. Read more: Fenwick Teacher Talks …
Watch AP History teacher Colby Burnett as he competes Monday in the Tournament of Champions.
Friday, February 22, 2013
AP World History teacher Colby Burnett won the teacher's tournament on the show in November, and this week he made the finals in the Tournament of Champions.
Fenwick history teacher Colby Burnett is schooling his opponents in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, and this week he won another round to make it to the finals. Burnett, an AP World History teacher at Fenwick High School, won the show's Teacher's Tournament and $100,000 in prize money back in November, and he's rolling again in this tournament. The grand prize is $250,000. Read more: Fenwick Teacher Talks About Jeopardy! Experience Going into Final Jeopardy on Thursday, Burnett held a slight lead over his opponents, Stephanie Jass of Michigan and Dan McShane of New York. The category? Russian history, for the world history teacher. Jackpot. According to TV Latest, the clue was, "Launched Oct. 1, 1928, it was brought to a …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Fenwick High School teacher Colby Burnett says he's still the same guy after winning Jeopardy!, plans to buy mom Oak Park condo.
Colby Burnett was all smiles upon winning his final television appearance on the Jeopardy! Teacher's Tournament on Nov. 20. The Fenwick High School AP World History Teacher and alum of the school was actually back at home. "The show shoots way ahead of time," Burnett said. "When I got back from California [where the show is shot], all my students were like, 'did you win?'" Burnett had, of course, won the Jeopardy! Teacher's Tournament and $100,000 in prize money, but he had to wait until last Tuesday to share his excitement with students, friends and family. Get breaking news alerts and follow us on Facebook for more news: "You'd be surprised what you can keep a secret with $100,000 on the line," Burnett laughed. Winning the Teacher's …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Fenwick High School instructor Colby Burnett captures the Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament.
Fenwick High School always knew Colby Burnett had what it takes to be a winner. Now Burnett, who teaches advanced placement world history at the Oak Park school, has earned another distinction: he is the winner of the Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament. Burnett got to tell the world - or at least the entire Fenwick student body Tuesday when the segment aired, he told ABC-7 Chicago. The entire student body and the entire faculty, along with Burnett, watched and cheered as he gave the winning question. A graduate of Fenwick, Burnett appeared as part of the Teachers Edition, a two-week long competition billed as, "the country's brightest educators," engaged in a battle of wits. According to the Chicago Tribune, Burnett won't be keeping the money …
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Fenwick High School teacher Colby Burnett takes part in Jeopardy Teacher's Edition.
Being an AP World History teacher has to give you a certain leg up on a show like Jeopardy! It appears it was helpful for Fenwick High School AP World History teacher Colby Burnett, who won the game on Friday, Nov. 16. Burnett, also a graduate of Fenwick, appeared on the game show as part of Jeopardy! Teacher's Edition. The two-week long competition is billed as, "the country's brightest educators," engaged in a battle of wits. According to the Chicago Tribune, Burnett won't be keeping the money he wins as a contestant on the show—he'll be giving it to his mom! Burnett plans to move his mom, who currently lives in Chicago's Austin neighborhood, back to Oak Park. It's the least he can do, Burnett told the Tribune, after his mom worked the …
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