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title: "For Terp and Her Twin, It’s Double ‘Jeopardy!’"
date: 2022-03-17T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
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# For Terp and Her Twin, It’s Double ‘Jeopardy!’

*March 17, 2022* — by [Annie Krakower](/author/annie-krakower)


> UMD Student Set to Appear Just Weeks After Sister Competes in Show’s College Tournament

*CIARA DONEGAN 2 03 24 22 8604 1920x1080 — UMD student Ciara Donegan ’22 stands on the “Jeopardy!” set with host Ken Jennings. She will appear on the show next week, just a few weeks after her twin sister, Carnegie Mellon student Kristin Donegan (below), competed in the show’s college tournament.*

An astounding trivia triumph. What is: Not only one twin making it to the “Jeopardy!” stage, but both—within mere weeks of each other?

Fans of the long-running game show watched last month as Kristin Donegan, a student at Carnegie Mellon University, competed in the “Jeopardy!” National College Championship. Now, her sister, University of Maryland atmospheric and oceanic science major Ciara Donegan ’22, is taking her turn at the podium, with her episode of the series’ regular competition airing March 24.

“It was kind of just a shock for me, because I hear that there are people who take decades to get on the show,” Ciara said. “One of us getting on ‘Jeopardy!’ is kind of crazy. The fact that both of us made it on? Definitely, the odds of that are crazy.”


*Kristin and Ciara Donegan with Christmas lights in background*


*Carnegie Mellon student Kristin Donegan on the "Jeopardy!" set*




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