Lynne Sherwin wins $23,301 on Jeopardy

Big winner: Akron Beacon Journal deputy features editor Lynne Sherwin took in $22,301 on Jeopardy's telecast Thursday, winning the night and knocking off a three-time champion in the process.

Sherwin sealed the win in ``Final Jeopardy'' by knowing the play character based on an English philologist who wrote History of English Sounds and a Handbook of Phonetics.

The answer: Henry Higgins of Pygmalion and My Fair Lady. Sherwin is known for her love of theater, especially musicals. She said she and Jeopardy host Alex Trebek sang You Did It from My Fair Lady after she won.

[Source: The HeldenFiles in the Akron Beacon Journal, Friday, Dec. 1, 2006, page A2]

But she fades on Friday:

Akron Beacon Journal celebrity contestant Lynne Sherwin said she was rooting for categories on blimps, Devo and sauerkraut balls on her return to Jeopardy! Friday night.

Failing that, the Beacon Journal deputy features editor continued to endear herself to Akron-area fans with a few good lobs -- answering correctly about Cleveland's burning river and the Hoover vacuum cleaner company -- before fading into television history.

The trivia that did her in in Final Jeopardy: ``In 2005 at New Mexico State, Cuyler Frank made history by being the first to call a football game in this language.''

Sherwin said Spanish, but the correct answer was Navajo.

Even so, she won a wad of cash: $23,301 for her two appearances before she rode off into the sunset.
[Source: Names in News, Beacon Journal, Saturday, December 2, 2006, page A2]