{"id":2762,"date":"2016-04-16T18:39:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T10:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/16\/badass-librarian-who-loves-cats-and-knitting-cleans-up-on-jeopardy\/"},"modified":"2016-04-16T18:39:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T10:39:09","slug":"badass-librarian-who-loves-cats-and-knitting-cleans-up-on-jeopardy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/16\/badass-librarian-who-loves-cats-and-knitting-cleans-up-on-jeopardy\/","title":{"rendered":"Badass librarian who loves cats and knitting cleans up on &#039;Jeopardy!&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen_shot_2016-04-15_at_2.57.56_pm\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.0.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzE1L2RiL1NjcmVlbl9TaG90LmJlMDFhLnBuZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/0c55a5c1\/548\/Screen_Shot_2016-04-15_at_2.57.56_PM.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Badass+librarian+who+loves+cats+and+knitting+cleans+up+on+%27Jeopardy%21%27&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F15%2Flibrarian-jeopardy-winner%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F15%2Flibrarian-jeopardy-winner%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>When it comes to trivia, Margaret Miles doesn&#8217;t mess around.<\/p>\n<p>The North Carolina librarian, who loves knitting and hanging out with her cats, stone-cold crushed the competition on Thursday&#8217;s episode of <i>Jeopardy, <\/i>walking away with over $40,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m hopelessly stereotypical,&#8221; 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