Northville Man Earns More Than $80,000 on 'Jeopardy!'

Although he gave the correct reply in Final Jeopardy! Friday night, Patrick Morrison did not move on to another day of play on the quiz gameshow.

The Northville resident, who said on air that he is a student of Slavic languages, was a 3-day returning champion. In total, Morrison has won more than $80,000.

On Friday night's show, Morrison dominated a few categories. Still, he missed one of the Daily Double prompts. It asked for the name of the blog for which Stuart Whatley is managing blog editor. (The answer is the Huffington Post.)

In the Jeopardy! final clue, he was unseated from his returning champion status on this prompt, under the category Book Villains:

The first time we meet this man in a 1981 novel, he’s in a cell holding “Le Grand Dictionnaire De Cuisine"

Do you know the correct answer? It's Hannibal Lecter, from the book Red Dragon.

Morrison had $14,600 to his credit coming into Final Jeopardy and wagered $8,000. He gave the correct reply – bringing his total to $22,600 – but it was not enough to beat David Gard of Jamaica Plain, MA. Gard won with $29,300.

The previous night, Morrison crushed the competition with a score of $29,600. The second place scorer finished with $9,800. He came back to the show this week after a long break, during which the show held its college and teacher tournaments.

In his online intro video, Morrison gave The Motor City a shout out. He said, "Hey Detroit. I'm Patrick Morrison from Northville. The only way to beat a cold Michigan winter is to curl up and watch me on Jeopardy!"

To be selected for the show, participants appear in person in California or take a quiz online. Although, the quiz is unavailable now, according to the Jeopardy! website, there are practice quizzes to get a taste of what participants are asked to get on the show.