Jeopardy winner from Ridgewood nurtures younger scholars
Friday, January 25, 2013
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
During the final varsity round of the Northern New Jersey History Bee last Saturday at Ridgewood High School, 1999 RHS graduate and 2005 Jeopardy phenom David Madden read the two remaining finalists their last questions.
A Millburn High School student won thanks to his knowledge of Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, but it was clear during the final that dozens of student-participants sitting in the audience shared a high level of history knowledge.
