Meet librarian Margaret (Margaret!) Miles, a contestant on Thursday night’s episode of Jeopardy! who works at the New Hanover County Public Library in Wilmington, North Carolina. Margaret cleaned house on Thursday’s episode, taking home over $40,000, but that’s only one reason why the internet has suddenly fallen in love with her.
See, around mid-game, when Margaret was already commanding a strong lead with $7,600, Alex Trebek asked this special lady to tell us a little bit about herself, as he is wont to do, and Margaret came back with the above stunning answer. As to what she does for fun, Margaret revealed, “Knit… and pet cats.” But at least she’s self-aware, as she added that she’s “hopelessly stereotypical.”
While Margaret may be stereotypical, people definitely took notice of her — including our own Brian Grubb, who live-tweeted the episode:
Trebek just asked a lady what she does for fun and she replied, I swear to God, “I knit… and pet cats.”
— Brian Grubb (@briancgrubb) April 14, 2016
Favorite Jeopardy contestant in months.
— Brian Grubb (@briancgrubb) April 14, 2016
You will be shocked to learn that the knitting, cat-petting librarian on Jeopardy pulled an 0-fer in the category about rock music.
— Brian Grubb (@briancgrubb) April 14, 2016
I love this lady. She’s like what a bad sitcom would imagine a librarian to be.
— Brian Grubb (@briancgrubb) April 14, 2016
CAT-PETTING LIBRARIAN WINS.
— Brian Grubb (@briancgrubb) April 14, 2016
Others took notice, as well:
https://twitter.com/Sam_Turley/status/720758535206907905
Alex asked Margaret the Librarian what she likes to do for fun and she said "KNIT" and "PET CATS" 😺😺😺😅 #JEOPARDY
— Author of The Invent-Ory, a COVID tale #linkinbio (@daviday) April 14, 2016
Son considers how much yarn Margaret can buy with her winnings
Irish Rose puts her O/U at 5 cats #jeopardy— Jerry Thornton (@jerrythornton1) April 14, 2016
Margaret, the librarian, is on Jeopardy. She says she likes to knit and pet cats for fun. A little on the nose
— Matt Gajtka (GITE-kah) (@MattGajtka) April 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/PoirierPages/status/720750675844464640
https://twitter.com/CoolJepStories/status/720764157658705921
#jeopardy interviews usually annoy me but I'm now obsessed with #margaret the librarian. "Knit. Pet cats. I'm hopelessly stereotypical."
— Kait Solomon (@KTSolomon) April 14, 2016
Margaret will be back on Friday’s Jeopardy! to see if she can hold her title. Go on with your bad self, lady — we’ll all be rooting for you!
