Jeopardy host Alex Trebeck poses with Julie Podlesni of Chattanooga, whose appearance on the show aired January 9.Julie Podlesni took an online “Jeopardy!” quiz on a friend’s suggestion last February but didn’t expect it to amount to anything.
But after a phone call and in-person audition last summer, the 28-year-old federal law clerk and her boyfriend were headed to California.
The Nokesville, Va., native came to Chattanooga in 2010 to work for U.S. District Judge Harry “Sandy” Mattice. As an undergraduate at the College of William and Mary, she majored in biology and government. Those subjects, a law degree and a background in high school quiz bowls likely helped her get through the process of landing on the popular TV game show.
Her “Jeopardy!” appearance, filmed in November, aired Jan. 9.
Q: Why did you to want to be on “Jeopardy!”?