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San Luis Obispo man competes on Jeopardy!

San Luis Obispo engineer Doug Groshart, right, poses with Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.
San Luis Obispo engineer Doug Groshart, right, poses with Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.

Doug Groshart, a San Luis Obispo resident, will battle on Jeopardy! next week against two other competitors and a big board of difficult answers.

Groshart, a Cal Poly alum, is a mechanical engineer and musician, a media release from Jeopardy! says.

According to a 2012 story from The Tribune, Groshart once served as an engineer for the Oceano Community Services District.

The episode will air at 7 p.m. July 20 on NBC.

This story was originally published July 12, 2017 at 2:02 PM with the headline "San Luis Obispo man competes on Jeopardy!."

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