UD alumnus Roger Craig returns to 'Jeopardy!' for tournament

3:37 p.m., Nov. 1, 2011--Roger Craig, the University of Delaware alumnus who won $231,200 in prize money on the popular game show Jeopardy! during a seven-day run in September 2010, will return to the air for the Tournament of Champions on Thursday, Nov. 3.

Craig's total was the third highest in the game show's history at the time and he set the single-day record with winnings of $77,000, topping the previous mark of $75,000 set in 2004 by game show legend Ken Jennings. The single-day mark still stands.

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Craig graduated from UD following the fall 2010 semester with a doctorate in computer and information sciences. He is a computer scientist and lives in Newark.

The Tournament of Champions has 16 competitors and will begin Wednesday, Nov. 2. The tournament will run through Nov. 15.

Jeopardy! airs at 7 p.m., weekdays, on WPVI-TV in the Delaware-Philadelphia viewing area and on WMAR-TV in Baltimore.

Photo courtesy Jeopardy Productions Inc.