Alabama comedian Roy Wood Jr. proved he’s got the jokes and the smarts during an appearance on “Celebrity Jeopardy!” this week.

The comedian, who was formerly a correspondent on “The Daily Show” and now hosts CNN’s “Have I Got News For You,” appeared on Wednesday night’s episode of “Celebrity Jeopardy!” to raise money for I See Me, Inc., a Birmingham-based nonprofit that works to increase the literacy rates in children of color. While the TV host trailed for much of the episode, he ended up winning during final Jeopardy, with a total of $22,200. He will also return as a semi-finalist, where he will compete to win the $1 million grand prize.

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“I See Me, Inc. is run by a former elementary school teacher, who saw a connection between when her students left her and they ended up, a lot of them, in jail,” Wood Jr. said during the show. “And there’s statical connections between illiteracy and the likelihood of children ending up in jail, so I See Me, Inc. gets books by black and brown authors into the hands of black and brown students to hopefully cut down the school to prison pipeline.”

During the episode, which also featured actor Phoebe Robinson and comedian Brian Jordan Alvarez, Wood Jr. said he was a longtime fan of “Jeopardy!” and often watched with his father Roy Wood Sr., a well-known radio and TV journalist who covered the civil rights movement.

The next episode of “Celebrity Jeopardy!” will air on Feb. 5.