Iowa City native Paul Nelson will be back at the button, hoping to come up with the right questions in the “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions. Taping started in mid-January and the episodes begin airing Feb. 13, 2013. Nelson, now 24, had a successful six-episode run on the venerable game show back in November, winning $54,900. [...]

Update: Third time is still a charm for Iowa City native Paul Nelson, as his “Jeopardy!” winnings climbed to $45,400 Tuesday morning (11/6/12). He’ll have a two-week break while the popular answer-and-question game show goes into its Teachers’ Tournament. After that, Nelson, 23, a legislative correspondent in Sen. Chuck Grassley’s Washington office, will be back [...]

Iowa City native Paul Nelson, 23, a legislative correspondent in Sen. Chuck Grassley’s Washington, D.C., office, became the new “Jeopardy!” champion Friday with a wave to his parents, Scott and Tracy Nelson of Iowa City. Clueless on the Final Jeopardy category, he wagered nothing and wrote “thanks Mom and Dad” for his answer, preserving his [...]