Wauwatosa physician is latest 'Jeopardy!' champion

By: CBS 58 Newsroom

Posted: May 22, 2020 7:45 AM CDT | Updated: May 22, 2020 10:21 PM CDT

NOW: Wauwatosa physician is latest ’Jeopardy!’ champion

Updated: 10:15 p.m. on May 22, 2020

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Some people in the Milwaukee area may recognize the new champion crowed on "Jeopardy!" Friday night.

Wauwatosa Dr. Morgan Wilbanks missed the Final Jeopardy question but still won the game and took home more than $21,000.

You can see him defend his crown right here on CBS 58 on June 1.

JEOPARDY CHAMPION!! Congrats @Froedtert MCW Dr. Morgan Wilbanks!! What a great game!! @CBS58 @Jeopardy pic.twitter.com/XHbY7Rpgye
— Pauleen Le (@PauleenLe) May 22, 2020

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Posted: 7:45 a.m. on May 22, 2020

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- To be a contestant on "Jeopardy!" you have to know a lot about a lot and a local contestant certainly seems to fit that description.

CBS 58 spoke with Morgan Wilbanks, a physician at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and making his "Jeopardy!" debut Friday, May 22.

Catch the episode at 6 p.m. on CBS 58!