Later this afternoon a new episode of Jeopardy! will air but it's a pretty special episode for those of us in southern Minnesota. That's because one of the contestants is an assistant professor at St. Olaf College!

Her name is Hilary Bouxsein. She's a visiting Assistant Professor of Classics at St. Olaf this year. Hilary is also a 2009 graduate of St. Olaf College, just another reason to tune in this afternoon and cheer her on. St. Olaf shared the exciting news that she'll be on today's episode on their Facebook page.

A little bit more about Hilary, after graduating from St. Olaf in 2009 she went on to receive her Master's in 2011 and her Ph.D. in 2016 from the University of Virginia. She then became a Lecturer of Classics at Texas A&M University. She has now been teaching at St. Olaf since 2017. On St. Olaf's website, they say that Hilary "specializes in ancient Greek poetry".

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If you want to catch Professor Bouxsein on Jeopardy! today, one commenter on St. Olaf's Facebook post shared that the episode airs at 4:30 PM on NBC.

Do you think you'd ever be able to compete on 'Jeopardy!'? I don't think I could do it. Of course, while you're watching you know so many of the answers but I think as soon as you get behind the podium the nerves would hit you.

Let's test your smarts with some Minnesota Jeopardy! questions. Below you'll find a bunch of Minnesota questions that have been on past episodes of Jeopardy!. How many do you know?

How Many of These Minnesota 'Jeopardy!' Questions Can You Answer Correctly?

Minnesota has been featured on 'Jeopardy!' many times in its history. How many of these Minnesota questions can you answer correctly?

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