Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tweet Thrills JEOPARDY Champion

By: Nov. 12, 2015
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After raking in $411, 612 from his 13-day winning streak on JEOPARDY, contestant Matt Jackson, a paralegal from Washington, DC, returned to the show last night for Round One of the annual Tournament of Champions.

During the interview portion of the broadcast, Jackson shared with host Alex Trebek that one of the greatest thrills he has experienced since appearing on the show was being the subject of a tweet from one of his idols, HAMILTON creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Miranda took to Twitter on October 7th, sharing that Jackson pumped himself up for his appearances on the show by listening to 'My Shot', a high-energy number from the new Broadway musical. Check out the tweet below:

From the creative team behind the Tony Award-winning In The Heights comes a wildly inventive new musical about the scrappy young immigrant who forever changed America: Alexander Hamilton. Tony and Grammy Award winnerLin-Manuel Miranda wields his pen and takes the stage as the unlikely founding father determined to make his mark on a new nation as hungry and ambitious as he is.

From bastard orphan to Washington's right hand man, rebel to war hero, loving husband caught in the country's first sex SCANDAL to Treasury head who made an untrusting world believe in the American economy, Hamilton is an exploration of a political mastermind. George Washington,Thomas Jefferson, Eliza Hamilton, and lifelongHamiltonfriend and foe,Aaron Burr, all attend this revolutionary tale of America's fiery past told through the sounds of the ever-changing nation we've become. Tony Award nominee Thomas Kail directs this new musical about taking your shot, speaking your mind, and turning the world upside down.

Image: JEOPARDY.com




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