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Marquette University senior Danielle
Zsenak will compete in this season’s college tournament of
the long-running trivia show "Jeopardy!" after
making it through two rounds of testing and a screening.
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WAUKESHA - Waukesha native Danielle Zsenak has always been a big
trivia fan with a passion for one particular television show -
"Jeopardy!"
In fact, as far back as her mother Donna Zsenak can remember,
Danielle has talked about going on the show.
"When she was little the theme music used to stop her from
crying," Donna Zsenak said. "And that ‘beep-beep,
boop-boop,’ sound that the buzzers made would stop her in her
tracks."
Danielle Zsenak, 20, is finally getting to live out her life’s
dream as a contestant on "Jeopardy!" on April 11-12 for
the show’s 2008 College Championship, which will be filmed at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Danielle will represent Marquette
University, where she currently attends classes.
She will compete against 14 other college students from across
the country, with a chance to win more than $50,000. Even if she
fails to get past the first round, she’ll receive $5,000.
Danielle Zsenak didn’t even know she was selected when the
announcement came out because she was at home recovering from dental
surgery and sleeping most of the time.
"I had been suspecting that they called," she said.
"Like my mom asked me to show off my new Marquette sweatshirt,
and then she asked me to dress up a little on Monday night for
dinner and they were asking me if I wanted to watch ‘Jeopardy!’
