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<p>Wilkes-Barre native and King&#8217;s College graduate Abigail Myers was crowned &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; champion on Monday and continued her run Tuesday.</p><p>She&#8217;ll be back Wednesday night to hopefully add to her total of nearly $40,000.</p><p>Myers, who went to E.L. Meyers High School, beat out two-day champion Eric Vernon on Monday after he attempted a true Daily Double right before Final Jeopardy and answered incorrectly, therefore not qualifying for the final round. During Final Jeopardy, Myers beat out Billy Wong on a question about India and Pakistan joining the British Commonwealth in 1947.</p><p>Myers walked away with a one-day total of $29,000.</p><p>The Brooklyn, N.Y., education administrator returned Tuesday and had a rough ride through most of the show. It wasn&#8217;t until competitor Jace Cochran had $3,000 that Myers earned her first dollars.</p><p>But she made quite the comeback, going into Final Jeopardy with the lead.</p><p>Though she didn&#8217;t answer the final question about contemporary artists correctly, she kept her wager modest to beat out Cochran and Lena Liberman, taking home a two-day total of $39,200.</p><p>The process of getting on the show took Myers more than a year &#8212; from first applying to when the episodes actually aired. In a Times Leader interview before Tuesday&#8217;s show, she said she applied online &#8220;just for fun&#8221; in January 2016 and received a call in June to audition in person later that month.</p><p>It wasn&#8217;t until November that she was notified she would be a contestant.</p><p>&#8220;Everyone is so nice, the fellow contestants were great to be around,&#8221; she recalled.</p><p>Myers revealed that the show tapes five episodes a day, and while she can&#8217;t say how many more episodes she wins, &#8220;I was there long enough.&#8221;</p><p>She had a watch party with her friends Monday but was taking a more low-key approach Tuesday.</p><p>To tackle the questions, Myers used online-timed quizzes to help her on subjects that were not her strengths. She also attributes her love of reading to helping boost her body of knowledge.</p><p>Though she can&#8217;t say how much she won, she wants to donate a portion to charity. She&#8217;ll also pay off some student loans and plans to buy herself &#8220;something fun.&#8221;</p><p>She&#8217;s been in New York since 2006, but returns to the Wyoming Valley often because her mom and some extended family are still here. A Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins fan, Myers also enjoys food from La Tolteca and Grotto Pizza when she visits.</p><p>Wednesday&#8217;s episode begins at 7:30 p.m. on WBRE.</p><p><ins>For other local news stories, <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/category/local" target="_blank">click here</a>.</ins></p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Alex Trebek, host of &#8220;Jeopardy!,&#8221; stands with Abigail Myers, a Wilkes-Barre native, while taping the show in Los Angeles. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/web1_abigailalex-3.jpg</photo0><caption0>Alex Trebek, host of &#8220;Jeopardy!,&#8221; stands with Abigail Myers, a Wilkes-Barre native, while taping the show in Los Angeles. </caption0><photoCredit0>&#8216;Jeopardy&#8217; | CBS Television Distribution </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/web1_abigailalextoned-3.jpg">
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<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>WB native banks nearly $40G, back for tonight&#8217;s show</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Melanie Mizenko</p><p>mmizenko@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Melanie Mizenko at 570-991-6116 or on Twitter @TL_MMizenko</p></shirttailMeta></div>

WB native keeps ‘Jeopardy!’ crown for another day