Former World History instructor at Fenwick High School
Employer
Fenwick High School
Known for
Jeopardy! King of the Nerds
Spouse
Janet Wasilewski (m. 2022)
Colby Burnett is the first Jeopardy! contestant to have won both the Teachers Tournament and the Tournament of Champions. Burnett, who at the time was a teacher at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois,[1] won the Teachers Tournament in November 2012.[2] Later, in February 2013, Burnett won the show's Tournament of Champions, taking home the $250,000 grand prize. He later appeared on season 3 of TBS's reality game show King of the Nerds.[3] Governor Pat Quinn named December 18 as "Colby Burnett Day" in Illinois.[4][5]
In 2014, he competed in the Battle of the Decades, where he made the semifinals but lost his match to Roger Craig.[citation needed]
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^"Oak Park teacher Colby Burnett wins Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament". Yahoo News. November 20, 2012. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
^"King of the Nerds - King of the Nerds - Season 3 - Meet Colby - tbs". TBS. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
^"Illinois.gov - Illinois Government News Network (IGNN) - Search the News Results". www3.illinois.gov. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
^"Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament: Fenwick teacher Colby Burnett wins $100,000 grand prize". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. November 20, 2012. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
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