Lilly Chin and Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.

Lilly Chin, a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who hails from greater Decatur, has won the Jeopardy! College Championship.

Chin, who is the daughter of Emory Professors, received a $100,000 grand prize. Going into the final answer she had more than $20,000, so she wrote a meaningless question in response to the final answer. “Who is the spiciest memelord?”

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Chin is an electrical engineering and computer science major. She plans to use her winnings to pay off her student loans, according to a press release.

“They say that getting an MIT education is like ‘drinking from a firehose,’ and I think that high-intensity environment helped me remain sharp under the pressure of the tournament,” Chin said in a press release. “Being part of the MIT Trap Shooting team also helped a lot. Coach always says to never keep score and to focus on one shot at a time. Similarly, I didn’t let a broken streak get under my skin too much and I stayed laser-focused on making sure that each buzz counted.”

She added, “The extra money will definitely make my life as a starving grad student much more comfortable.”

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