UD alumnus Roger Craig, shown with host Alex Trebek during an earlier appearance, will compete in the Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades quarterfinals Monday, May 5.

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UD alumnus Roger Craig to appear on Jeopardy Battle of Decades quarterfinals

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12:08 p.m., May 5, 2014--University of Delaware alumnus Roger Craig will appear tonight, Monday, May 5, on the quarterfinals of the Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades tournament.

Craig, with total winnings of $497,801, will face off against Leszek Pawlowicz of Flagstaff, Arizona, and Robin Carroll of Marietta, Georgia.

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Craig set a one-day winnings record in 2010 and ended that run with what was then the third highest total in Jeopardy! history. The next year, he won the prestigious Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions.

Contestants in the Battle of the Decades are battling for the chance to compete for $1 million.

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