A paralegal from Canoga Park, California...

Eureka Nutt

Hey Los Angeles, I'm Eureka Nutt from Canoga Park. See if this Valley Girl can become a star, on Jeopardy!

[2011-01-28 Winner's Circle interview]
How does it feel to be the new Jeopardy! champion?
I've wanted to be on Jeopardy! for twenty years, since I was a kid, and this is great. It's so much fun to be a Jeopardy! champion.

How did you prepare for your appearance on Jeopardy!?
Um, I tried to read a lot, I watched a lot of Jeopardy!, and, uh, surfed way too much Wikipedia to see if I could learn anything new.

Any messages to the folks back home?
Oh, I don't know if she's the best player of Jeopardy!, but she's the smartest one in my family--it's my two-year-old daughter Olivia. [Waves] Hi Olivia! [Cut] Probably my, uh, high school geography teacher, Mr. Lipetski. Greatest teacher ever. [Gives double thumbs-up] He would've been proud I got Kyrgyzstan.

[2011-01-31 Winner's Circle interview]
How does it feel to win your second game?
Um, it's great to be a two-time champion. It's even better than winning the first time. It is so much fun to be out here, to, uh, do something that I've dreamed about doing for more than twenty years, and to come on this stage on this set and meet Alex Trebek!--and, and play this wonderful game.

Season 27 2-time champion: $38,701 + $1,000.