| #9220, aired 2024-12-06 | 2024 DNC STATE ROLL CALL SONGS $2,000 (Daily Double): "Kiss" & "1999" repped this state Minnesota |
| #9205, aired 2024-11-15 | "M"ISCELLANY $1600: The state mushroom of Minnesota & a relative of the truffle, this variety has a smoky, nutty flavor the morel |
| #9204, aired 2024-11-14 | O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE $200: You can soar above the 11,842 lakes of 10 acres or more in this not quite accurately nicknamed state Minnesota |
| #9184, aired 2024-10-17 | AROUND THE U.S. $200: Head to Lake Itasca in Minnesota if you want to see the source of this river the Mississippi |
| #9165, aired 2024-09-20 | ON THE MAP $200: Winnibigoshish Lake is one of this state's many, many lakes Minnesota |
| #9161, aired 2024-09-16 | ALL LIES ON ME $800: Truth to tell, "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" was a No. 1 bestseller by this ex-Minnesota senator Franken |
| #9160, aired 2024-09-13 | COUNTRIES' NORTHERNMOST POINTS $1600: Point Barrow, Alaska is the USA's northernmost point, but in the lower 48 it's the Northwest Angle in this state Minnesota |
| #9145, aired 2024-07-12 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: Minneapolis lies on this river near its confluence with the Minnesota River the Mississippi |
| #9132, aired 2024-06-25 | STATUES & STATUTES $400: Chisholm, Minnesota in the Mesabi Range is home to this "Man", a miner for the local ore who sounds like a superhero Iron Man |
| #9124, aired 2024-06-13 | SAINTLY U.S. CITIES $1000: About 65 miles from the Twin Cities, this Minnesota city completes the title of the Trisha Yearwood sob song "On A Bus To..." St. Cloud |
| #9112, aired 2024-05-28 | CANADIAN CITIES $2000: This provincial capital sits about 60 miles north of Minnesota Winnipeg |
| #9101, aired 2024-05-13 | MEN OF MEDICINE $400: In 1915, these two physician brothers gave $1.5 million to the University of Minnesota to establish a research foundation Mayo |
| #9096, aired 2024-05-06 | STATE MOTTOES $800: L'etoile du Nord, or "star of the north", isn't the motto of Alaska but this state that's the northernmost of the lower 48 Minnesota |
| #23, aired 2024-05-06 | DEATH OF A WRITER $8,400 (Daily Double): This author from Sauk Centre, Minnesota died in a nursing home in Rome in 1951 Sinclair Lewis |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $800: They set the film "A Serious Man" in their native Minnesota the Coen brothers |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS $400: Vying for re-election, he did not treat his Minnesota opponent nicely, winning 525-13 Reagan |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | WHEATIES ATHLETES $200: When this team won Super Bowl XXXI, Wheaties produced a special 24-ounce regional box that was sold in Wisc. & parts of Minnesota the Green Bay Packers |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | PROSE & CONGRESS $800: Her memoir "The Senator Next Door" is appropriately published by the University of Minnesota Press Amy Klobuchar |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | 40 YEARS AGO: 1984 $600: He lost the presidential election to Reagan, carrying only the District of Columbia & Minnesota, his home state Mondale |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: To the north, Minnesota is bordered by Manitoba & this other province Ontario |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | WEIGHT, WEIGHT, DON'T TELL ME $400: Bugs Bunny would've lost his mind after learning Guinness certified that one of these in Minnesota grew to be 22-plus pounds carrot |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | SPORTS TEAM HOMOPHONES $500: The individual loops that make up a chain, or
Minnesota's WNBA team the links/Lynx |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | LEGEND DAIRY $800: Since 1911, a hallmark of its state fair is a cow sculpted from about 600 pounds of butter the Iowa State Fair |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | HOSPITALS $200: This Rochester, Minnesota clinic is around 15 million square feet, about 3 times the size of the Mall of America the Mayo Clinic |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | ALLITERATIVE GEOGRAPHY $2000: This waterway forms about 400 miles of the border between Minnesota & North Dakota the Red River of the North |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | REAL FAST $600: In 2017 the Minnesota Twins' Byron Buxton zoomed around the bases in 13.85 seconds on one of these exciting plays in-the-park home run |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | STATE INSECTS $400: Both found on its long migration routes--Texas & Minnesota each picked this regal flyer a monarch butterfly |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | TAKING A RIDE $800: Paddle 1,200 miles of routes named for this type of boat in Minnesota's Boundary Waters Wilderness canoe |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | CITY FOLK $800: This 2-time Oscar nominee who also plays Joyce Byers on "Stranger Things" was named for her hometown in Minnesota Winona Ryder |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | STATE OF THE UNION $1200: Prince Rogers Nelson & Mayte Garcia, at a church from his youth Minnesota |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | "M.C." $600: This academic medical center has campuses in Rochester, Minnesota & Jacksonville, Florida Mayo Clinic |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | THE ROCKEFELLERS $800: From 1985 to 2015 Jay Rockefeller, also known as John D. Rockefeller IV, was a senator from this state West Virginia |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | A CENTURY OF TIME MAGAZINE COVERS $400: A 1994 cover story alerted us to "The Strange New World of" this technology, including Gopher from the University of Minnesota the Internet |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is said to have coined the name of this American lake from Latin for "truth" & "head" Lake Itasca (in Minnesota) |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | STATE OF THE ART MUSEUM $1600: DePaul Art Museum, Rockford Art Museum Illinois |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | U.S. COLLEGES $1200: About 2 miles apart in Northfield in this state are rival colleges Carleton & St. Olaf Minnesota |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | ON THE "J.V." SQUAD $200: This Navy SEAL later went into the wrestling ring, movies & Minnesota politics Jesse Ventura |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | ON THE "J.V." SQUAD $600: Someone dropped a statue of this "Friday the 13th" slasher in a lake in Minnesota; not cool, man Jason Voorhees |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $1200: On "Truth Hurts", Lizzo rhymes "fresh photos with the bomb lighting" & "new man on" this NFL team the Minnesota Vikings |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | A FRIENDLY GAME OF BILLIARDS $600: As Eddie Felson, this actor defeats Minnesota Fats at the billiards table in "The Hustler" & won his sole acting Oscar for the sequel Paul Newman |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | THE SNL ALUMNUS WHO... $3,000 (Daily Double): In recent years traveled the country on "The Only Former U.S. Senator Currently on Tour" Tour Al Franken |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | WHAT SEASON IS IT? $1000: Duck hunting season (not wabbit season) starts in Louisiana & Minnesota fall (the autumn) |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | ON YOUR STATE'S LEFT $800: It's to the left for a majority of Wisconsin, as it stands atop Iowa Minnesota |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | USA $1000: The northernmost point in the lower 48 is this 130-square-mile area on Minnesota's Lake of the Woods the Northwest Angle |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | AT THE MALL OF AMERICA $200: Sea Life, Minnesota's biggest one of these an aquarium |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | CHAMPIONS OF TOURNAMENTS $1000: The U. of Denver won the 2022 NCAA men's hockey championship alliteratively called this, ahead of Minnesota State, Minnesota & Michigan the Frozen Four |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | FAMOUS NAMES ON THE MAP $200: This capital of Minnesota was named for an apostle Saint Paul |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | AND THE STATE GOES TO... $1200: Minnesota, 1984 Mondale |
| #8700, aired 2022-09-16 | EXPLORERS $3,000 (Daily Double): A statue on the grounds of Minnesota's state capitol honors this Viking, who reached North America around 1000 Leif Erikson |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $600: Fans must have gone "wild" when this was named Minnesota's official sport ice hockey |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | ANIMALS & THE LAW $400: Minnesota forbade contests in which this animal, "greased (or) oiled... is released & wherein the object is capture of" one a pig |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $1600: After his term as vice president, he was reelected to the Senate from Minnesota in 1970 Hubert Humphrey |
| #8642, aired 2022-05-17 | COUNTRIES IN THE U.S. $800: In the 19th century William Holmes named a city in southern Minnesota this, after a river in the Holy Land Jordan |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | "A" MY NAME IS... $200: Minnesota's Senator Klobuchar Amy |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | STATES' OTHER COMMON LANGUAGES $1200: Hmong is big in this state; both the state & the language were featured in the movie "Gran Torino" Michigan |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | STATES' OTHER COMMON LANGUAGES $2000: An estimated 75,000 in Minnesota speak this language from the Horn of Africa Somali |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | BEAN THERE $1000: Minnesota's Otter Tail County is a center for growing this bean named for its shape a kidney bean |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | CAN'T LOSE $400: By the numbers in 1984, it was Ronald Reagan, 54 million votes, this Minnesota man, 17 million fewer Mondale |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): This Illinois school was founded in 1851 to serve Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan & part of Minnesota Northwestern |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | STATE QUARTERS $1000: Minnesota's quarter displays the years 1858 & 2005 & this other number greater than those 2 10,000 |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $600: He was big, he was blue & one story said his footprints filled with water & became Minnesota's 10,000 lakes, so to repeat... he was big Babe (the Blue Ox) |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | ANGLES $600: Minnesota's Northwest Angle borders the Canadian provinces of Ontario & this one Manitoba |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | COLLEGE SPORTS DYNASTIES $200: Minnesota & Wisconsin have each won 6 titles at the Women's Frozen Four, the NCAA championship of this ice hockey |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | RHYMING AMERICAN ROAD TRIP $3,000 (Daily Double): Head west out of one state that borders Manitoba to enter a second state that also does North Dakota & Minnesota |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | STATE YOUR BUSINESS $200: General Mills,
Land O'Lakes Minnesota |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | MY GOVERNMENT JOB $400: Jesse Ventura, wrestling with politics from 1999 to 2003 governor of Minnesota |
| #8535, aired 2021-12-17 | HOME, SWEET HOME $800: Prince's Minnesota home & studio has this alliterative name, also the title of a Prince song Paisley Park |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | U.S. COUNTIES $400: Fittingly, Mille Lacs is a county in this state Minnesota |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | BIG MOVIE ON CAMPUS $1200: Set at a fictional Ivy League university, "Dear White People" was filmed at this school's Twin Cities campus the University of Minnesota |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | STATE YOUR NAME $400: Appearing in the novel "The Hustler", Minnesota Fats was a legendary player of this game pool |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | FAMOUS FAMILIES $4,000 (Daily Double): The first 3 doctors who worked at St. Mary's hospital in Rochester, Minnesota all had this last name Mayo |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | MINNEAPOLIS: NEWS CLUES $600: (I'm Randy Shaver.) Born James Janos in Minneapolis in 1951, this former Navy SEAL & wrestler body-slammed his competition in 1998, winning the election for Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | MINNEAPOLIS: NEWS CLUES $800: (I'm Chris Lundeen.) A global center for healing since 1914, Minnesota's Mayo Clinic has had many medical successes, including in 1969, the first FDA-approved artificial replacement of this ball-&- socket joint a hip replacement |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | EPONYMOUS LEGISLATION $2000: 1920's National Prohibition Act was named for this Minnesota congressman Volstead |
| #8383, aired 2021-04-21 | COMING BACK TO WIN THE GAME $600: In 2008 the Mavericks used a 22-2 run to erase a 70-41 deficit, making this Minnesota team howl the Timberwolves |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | 2-WORD U.S. CITIES $400: The corporate headquarters of 3M are in Maplewood, a suburb of this Minnesota city St. Paul |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | BORDER TOWNS $2,800 (Daily Double): A city appropriately called these "Falls" sits on Minnesota's northern border International Falls |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | LAKES $400: The Chippewa National Forest's Lake Winnibigoshish is one of the 10,000 or so in this state Minnesota |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | ____ OF THE ____ $2000: A recreation area, this body of water that borders Minnesota, Manitoba & Ontario has more than 14,000 islands Lake of the Woods |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | VETO $1600: Gov. Tim Pawlenty once vetoed giving this state a poet laureate, saying, "We could also see requests for a state mime" Minnesota |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | MAN'S PLAIN $800: Named for a geologist, the Ice Age remnant Lake Agassiz Plain is in northwest Minnesota & northeast this state North Dakota |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | HISTORICAL MARKERS $200: Though this towering lumberjack is not what you'd call historical, he has a historical marker in Bemidji, Minnesota Paul Bunyan |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | MOVIES BY MATCHUP $2000: 1961: "Fast" Eddie Felson vs. Minnesota Fats The Hustler |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | GEOGRAPHIC FOURS $400: About the size of Minnesota, this is the largest of Japan's 4 main islands Honshu |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | AUTHORS' HOMES $3,000 (Daily Double): In the 1870s she & her family lived in a little dugout house near Walnut Grove, Minnesota on the banks of Plum Creek Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| #8269, aired 2020-10-29 | U.S. HOSPITALS $400: In 1986 this Minnesota clinic merged with Rochester Methodist & St. Mary's hospitals Mayo Clinic |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | AROUND THE USA $600: The Mall of America in this state has no central heating--skylights & store fixtures help do the job Minnesota |
| #8196, aired 2020-04-06 | ALPHANUMERICS $400: The Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company modified its moniker & got down to business under this name 3M |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | LYRICS OF TODAY $1000: Her: "New man on the Minnesota Vikings, truth hurts, needed something more exciting, bom bom bi dom bi dum bum bay" Lizzo |
| #8186, aired 2020-03-23 | CAPTURE THE FLAG $800: When Virginia tried to get back a Confederate flag this state captured in 1863, Gov. Jesse Ventura said, "Why?... we won" Minnesota |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $200: (Hi, I'm Eric Perkins from KARE 11. [He presents from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.]) In the first sporting event at Minneapolis' U.S. Bank Stadium, Chelsea played AC Milan in this sport soccer |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | EXPLORERS $200: A city named for Sieur du Luth sits where he negotiated a treaty with the Sioux in what is now this state Minnesota |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | THE OPERATING THEATER $400: Scalpel! Clamp! Retractor! may all be on a type of instrument stand named for these brothers of Minnesota clinic fame Mayo |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | PLACE-NAME NAMES $800: This star who made a comeback with "Stranger Things" was named for a city in her birthplace of Minnesota Winona Ryder |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | STATES' COMMON SURNAMES $2000: This 7-letter last name of 2 U.S. Presidents is particularly common in Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin & both Dakotas Johnson |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | SURPRISE ME, TREBEK $1200: In a 1998 shocker, Jesse Ventura was elected Minnesota governor, becoming this party's first candidate to win statewide office Reform |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | TOYS $1,000 (Daily Double): This brand of toy trucks began in Minnesota in the late 1940s Tonka |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | ANIMAL MALADIES $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the Como Park Zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota.) Although healthy now, these guys get regular ultrasounds and daily baby aspirins as gorillas in captivity, especially the males, are prone to this disease--"CVD" for short cardiovascular disease |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $800: Laugh maniacally as you realize the common one of these is Minnesota's state bird a loon |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | DAM THAT RIVER! $400: Lake Winnibigoshish Reservoir Dam in Minnesota & Melvin Price Locks & Dam in Illinois the Mississippi |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | MINNESOTA...NICE $200: Though Minnesota is known as the "Land of 10,000" of these, the state's being modest as usual--about 12,000 is more accurate lakes |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | MINNESOTA...NICE $400: At this facility you can visit the Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium & do a little shopping, too the Mall of America |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | MINNESOTA...NICE $600: Paisley Park, his home & recording studio, is in Chanhassen, a suburb of his hometown of Minneapolis Prince |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | MINNESOTA...NICE $800: Last name of the dad and two sons who began caring for patients at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota in 1889 Mayo |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | MINNESOTA...NICE $1000: The temperature falls in Minnesota, especially in these "Falls" that claim the title "Icebox of the Nation" International Falls |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | STATE OF THE STATE FOREST $1,600 (Daily Double): Mississippi Headwaters State Forest Minnesota |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | LET'S TALK ABOUT FLAGS $2000: This Minnesota gov. believed "Body" & soul, "There is much more to being a patriot...than reciting the pledge or raising a flag" Jesse Ventura |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | STATE MOTTOES $1000: "L'etoile du nord" ("star of the north") Minnesota |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | LITERARY MINNESOTA $200: A series by Vilhelm Moberg opens with "The Emigrants", who are headed for Minnesota, departing from Småland in this country Sweden |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | LITERARY MINNESOTA $600: According to Garrison Keillor's book titled this town "Days", the town is somewhere near St. Cloud Lake Wobegon |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | LITERARY MINNESOTA $800: He wrote his first novel, "This Side of Paradise", in his parents' house on Summit Avenue in St. Paul F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | LITERARY MINNESOTA $1,000 (Daily Double): The lives of 3 women centuries apart intertwine along the shores of this lake in Danielle Sosin's "The Long-Shining Waters" Lake Superior |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | LITERARY MINNESOTA $1000: Minnesotan Tim O'Brien wrote books like "Going After Cacciato" & "Lake of the Woods" about those who fought in this war the Vietnam War |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | SINGULAR SPORTS TEAMS $600: NHL:
Minnesota Wild |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | 2018 ESPY WINNERS $400: Best Player in this league was a layup for Maya Moore of the Minnesota Lynx the WNBA |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | A LIL RAP CATEGORY $1000: Skippa da Flippa mentions Vikings on "Minnesota" by this lil Atlanta rapper Lil Yachty |
| #8012, aired 2019-06-11 | KEEP YOUR PLACES STRAIGHT $1000: Bausch + Lomb was founded in this city, New York; the Mayo Clinic, in this city, Minnesota Rochester |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | U.S. RIVERS THAT FLOW NORTH $6,000 (Daily Double): This "colorful" river flows north, forming 440 miles of the North Dakota-Minnesota border & then on into Canada the Red River of the North |
| #8008, aired 2019-06-05 | TIMBERLAND $400: In 1900 2 billion feet of white pine was produced in this state that now has "timber" in the name of a pro sports team Minnesota |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | FILL IN THE STATE $200: Hall of Fame Billiards player:
____ Fats Minnesota |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | FOOD STUFF $1000: The morel is Minnesota's state one of these a mushroom |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | WORLD OF SPORT $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from U.S. Bank Stadium.) Fans at U.S. Bank Stadium got thrills when ESPN brought these games to Minnesota from Austin in 2017 the X Games |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | ACROSS STATE LINES $1000: Heading east on I-94:
Montana,
North Dakota,
this Minnesota |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | BIRTHPLACE OF A BRAND $1000: Pillsbury Minnesota |
| #7953, aired 2019-03-20 | BEFORE HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT... $600 (Daily Double): He taught at the University of Minnesota in the early 1940s & then served as mayor of Minneapolis (Hubert) Humphrey |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | BYE AGAIN, GEORGE! $1600: In 1956 this Minnesota senator & future VP said the address gives "a renewed sense of pride in our republic" Humphrey |
| #7888, aired 2018-12-19 | HIGHER EDUCATION $600: "The Book of Knowledge" is vied for by Carleton & Macalaster, called this state's top 2 liberal arts colleges Minnesota |
| #7876, aired 2018-12-03 | NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS $2,000 (Daily Double): The Plummer Building named for Henry Plummer, M.D., is a landmark part of this Minnesota facility the Mayo Clinic |
| #7874, aired 2018-11-29 | ELEMENTAL U.S. PLACES $3,500 (Daily Double): The ghost town of Manganese is in this state with the same 2-letter abbreviation as manganese Minnesota |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | THEME PARKS $800: Nickelodeon Universe is in the Mall of America in this state Minnesota |
| #7847, aired 2018-10-23 | ZEBULON PIKE'S PIQUES $800: Pike thought he bought land for the U.S. near the Twin Cities of this state in 1805, but the Sioux seemed to disagree Minnesota |
| #7833, aired 2018-10-03 | AUTHORS' FICTIONAL PLACES $2000: Gopher Prairie, Minnesota Sinclair Lewis |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | OUR STATE LOOKS UP TO YOU $600: Iowans roll their eyes upward at this state Minnesota |
| #7808, aired 2018-07-18 | THAT'S SO RANDOM! $1600: They're the 2 states that border both Dakotas to the east & west Minnesota & Montana |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | LITERARY TYPES $2,000 (Daily Double): In Sauk Centre, Minnesota, a street (not Main Street), is named for this author born there in 1885 Sinclair Lewis |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | ENDANGERED ANIMALS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Como Park Zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota.) Como Zoo offers programs to help raise awareness about orangutans, because largely to deforestation, the numbers are dwindling in their last two native habitats, leaving about 50,000 orangutans on Borneo & only 14,000 on this Indonesian island to the west Sumatra |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | IN THE STATE SONG $600: In this state's song, "They shall guard thy fame & adore they name; thou shalt be their northern star" Minnesota |
| #7779, aired 2018-06-07 | PRINCE $400: (Jimmy of Clue Crew presents from Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota.) Prince will forever be associated with this: a song, an album & a movie that won an Oscar & 2 Grammys "Purple Rain" |
| #7779, aired 2018-06-07 | PRINCE $1200: (Jimmy of Clue Crew presents from Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota.) One of the first videos by a black artist to get regular airplay on MTV was this one, inspired by a pink Mercury Marauder; Prince was vaulted into superstardom as the song rode up the charts "Little Red Corvette" |
| #7779, aired 2018-06-07 | PRINCE $2000: (Jimmy of Clue Crew presents from Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota.) The threat of nuclear war inspired Prince to write the lyrics, "Everybody's got a bomb, we could all die any day", but as this song also reminds us, "Life is just a party, and parties weren't meant to last" party like it's "1999" |
| #7739, aired 2018-04-12 | DOWN FOR THE COUNTY $400: It's not the state capital but it is the seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota Minneapolis |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | AFTER THE VICE PRESIDENCY $800: He returned for another 7 years as a U.S. senator from Minnesota after his 1960s veeping Hubert H. Humphrey |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2018 $2000: Senators who need to face the voters in 2018 to keep their jobs include Amy Kobluchar of this state Minnesota |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | DEEP STATE $800: We'd have to say the Soudan Underground Lab has the coolest spot in Minnesota--about .01 degrees F. above this absolute zero |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | HISTORY ACROSS AMERICA $600: (I'm Julie Nelson from KARE 11.) On September 2, 1901 at the Minnesota State Fair, Theodore Roosevelt advised, "Speak softly and" do this carry a big stick |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN $200: "Wild" this grain isn't this grain at all but the seed of an aquatic grass wild rice |
| #7644, aired 2017-11-30 | IN THEIR LEAGUE $1000: The Minnesota Lynx the WNBA |
| #7642, aired 2017-11-28 | MADE IN THE USA $800: Duluth Pack "has continuously handcrafted hunting, shooting and outdoor gear" in this state since 1882 Minnesota |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | THE STATE'S SECOND-LARGEST CITY $400: Minnesota:
A Twin City St. Paul |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | "R"OCK BANDS $2000: Paul Westerberg fronted these Minnesota rockers with albums like "Let It Be" & many chaotic gigs the Replacements |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | THE MIDWEST $400: State where you can visit the American Swedish Institute, in the mansion built by immigrant Swan Turnblad Minnesota |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | MOST INSTAGRAMMED PLACES BY STATE $600: In Minnesota:
this shopping mecca the Mall of America |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: Minnesota's highest point, 2,301' Eagle Mountain, is just a few miles from its lowest point, this Great Lake Superior |
| #7602, aired 2017-10-03 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Woody Guthrie's American anthem salutes a Minnesota butter & cheese supplier "This Land Is Your Land" o' Lakes |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | ONE STATE, UNDER CANADA $400: Part of the eastern border of this state is along Lake Superior; Manitoba is a neighbor to its north Minnesota |
| #7591, aired 2017-09-18 | WORLD FULL OF PEOPLE $1600: It's the U.S. state with the largest Somali community Minnesota |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | FALLS $1200: Don't chuckle at these falls in Minnesota, though Longfellow said they "laugh and leap into the valley" Minnehaha Falls |
| #7574, aired 2017-07-13 | IT'S IOWA-ADJACENT $800: The Mississippi flows 2,350 miles southward from its source, Lake Itasca, in this state Minnesota |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | ANAGRAM OF A STATE $1200: Puts up for election nominates (anagram of Minnesota) |
| #7557, aired 2017-06-20 | BOB DYLAN $400: Bob was born in Minnesota with this last name Zimmerman |
| #7553, aired 2017-06-14 | DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE $1000: This American architect designed the University of Minnesota's Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum seen here Frank Gehry |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | BIG TEN SCHOOLS $200: Gopher it! This university was established in 1851 in 2 neighboring cities the University of Minnesota |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | BUSINESS NAMES $400: 3M was originally founded as this state "Mining and Manufacturing Co." Minnesota |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $2000: It's not one of the Great Lakes but is Minnesota's northernmost, shared with Ontario & Manitoba Lake of the Woods |
| #7502, aired 2017-04-04 | WHEN IN DOME $400: Demolished in a kind of "Viking funeral", the Metrodome in this state was no longer dome sweet dome after 2014 Minnesota |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | WHERE ART THOU? $1000: At Austin, Minnesota's Museum of this Hormel product, featuring a wall of more than 3,000 cans Spam |
| #7490, aired 2017-03-17 | COLUMBIA $1200: Columbia Heights is a city on the Mississippi River in this state where the river begins Minnesota |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | LITERATURE ACROSS AMERICA $2000: (I'm Julie Nelson from Kare 11.) The Minnesota State Fair is the setting of the 1928 story "A Night at the Fair" by this author born in St. Paul Fitzgerald |
| #7468, aired 2017-02-15 | SINGLE-NAMED SINGERS $600: 6 months after his death, this rock icon's Minnesota home & studio complex was open to the public for tours Prince |
| #7454, aired 2017-01-26 | WORDS FOR TRAVELERS $2000: This French word for "travelers" is the name of a Minnesota national park voyageurs |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | STATE PARKS $1600: Lake Bemidji State Park Minnesota |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | AROUND THE WORLD $800: This river rises in Lake Itasca in Minnesota the Mississippi |
| #7437, aired 2017-01-03 | IT'S "TWIN"s! $800: Ervin Santana was their 2016 opening day starter the Minnesota Twins |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | SERVING THE STATE $400: (I'm Senator Al Franken.) As a U.S. senator discussing such issues as farm policy & jobs training, I've visited all 87 counties, from Lake County in the northeast to Rock County in the southwest, in this, my home state Minnesota |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | REPRESENTIN' $1000: Her four terms representing Minnesota in Congress included a presidential run (Michele) Bachmann |
| #7400, aired 2016-11-11 | MOTOR VEHICLES $1000: The Arctic Cat brand of these recreational vehicles has been made in Minnesota for over 50 years snowmobiles |
| #7399, aired 2016-11-10 | GEOGRAPHIC CENTERS $1000: 10 miles southwest of Brainerd Minnesota |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | "BING" $1600: Greyhound bus lines, Roger Maris & Bob Dylan all got their start in this Minnesota city Hibbing |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | STUFF ABOUT STATES $200: Red Lake is the largest of the more than 10,000 lakes within this state Minnesota |
| #7380, aired 2016-10-14 | THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1818, the U.S. & Britain signed a treaty, making this line the border between the U.S. & Canada from Minnesota to the Rockies; it was later extended to the Pacific the 49th parallel |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | U.S. RIVERS $400: 7-foot, 100-pound sturgeon have returned to the St. Louis River, Minnesota's largest tributary of this Great Lake Superior |
| #7359, aired 2016-09-15 | STATE YOUR BUSINESS $1000: Land O'Lakes Minnesota |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1000: The second vice president from his state, he was born in Ceylon...Ceylon, Minnesota, that is Walter Mondale |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | THE "I-T" DEPARTMENT $2000: This lake in Minnesota is the main source of the Mississippi River Lake Itasca |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | THE COLLEGE'S ALUMNI $400: Bob Dylan,
Jessica Lange,
Hubert Humphrey the University of Minnesota |
| #7283, aired 2016-04-20 | ALL THE LYRICS IN THE SONG $2000: We remember this Minnesota trio whose name means "do you remember" & their song whose full lyrics are "New day rising" Hüsker Dü |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | NO-FLY ZONE $1000: Boundary Waters Canoe Area in this northern state's Superior National Forest Minnesota |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $200: The Great River Road features many scenic sites along this river in 10 states, including Iowa & Minnesota the Mississippi |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: During the Defeat of Jesse James Days in Northfield in this state, James' failed 1876 bank robbery is re-enacted Minnesota |
| #7204, aired 2015-12-31 | ____ OF THE ____ $1000: This body of water straddles the U.S.-Canada border where Ontario, Manitoba & Minnesota meet Lake of the Woods |
| #7202, aired 2015-12-29 | TV SETTINGS $800: "Little House on the Prairie" & "The Mary Tyler Moore Show": this state Minnesota |
| #7184, aired 2015-12-03 | STATES' LOWEST POINTS $400: Minnesota:
On the western shore of this lake Lake Superior |
| #7180, aired 2015-11-27 | IN WHICH STATE? $400: The Mayo Clinic Gonda Vascular Center Minnesota |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Here's the Electoral College victory of this man; the only state he lost was Minnesota, by the slim margin of 49.72% to 49.54% (Ronald) Reagan |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | '90s NEWSMAKERS $800: In 1999 he wrestled his way into the Minnesota governor's office Jesse Ventura |
| #7053, aired 2015-04-22 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $1000: Born in 1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, he died in 1951 near Rome Sinclair Lewis |
| #7051, aired 2015-04-20 | OBESITY IN AMERICA $200: Obesity grew as strolling dropped; one countermove is putting these into suburbs like Edina, Minnesota, built without them sidewalks |
| #7042, aired 2015-04-07 | TIME TO "GO" $400: Animal nickname for a Minnesota native a gopher |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | DEATH OF A VEEP $600: The first Democrat elected to the Senate from Minnesota since 1858, he died in Waverly on Jan. 13, 1978 Hubert Humphrey |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | STATE OF THE NOVEL $400: "Lake Wobegon Days" Minnesota |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | HOSPITALS $400: This Minnesota facility serves more than 1 million patients a year the Mayo Clinic |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | MINNESOTA $400: When completed, the Gitchi-Gami State Trail will extend nearly 90 miles along this body of water Lake Superior |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | MINNESOTA $600: Minnesota's U.S. senators are Amy Klobuchar & him Al Franken |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | MINNESOTA $800: This colorful vegetable canning company was founded in 1903 in Le Sueur Green Giant |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | MINNESOTA $1000: The Mesabi Range helps Minnesota lead the nation in the production of this ore iron ore |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | STATE PARKS $200: Little Falls, Minnesota boasts a state park named for this aviator, though you'd think it would be in St. Louis Lindbergh |
| #6929, aired 2014-10-30 | BIRTH OF A VICE PRESIDENT $1200: January 5, 1928
in Ceylon, Minnesota (Walter) Mondale |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | STATE LICENSE PLATES $400: Its plates feature a canoe on a lake, but we're not sure which of the 10,000 lakes it's supposed to be Minnesota |
| #6904, aired 2014-09-25 | "CHAR"MED, I'M SURE $800: In 1991 Minnesota became the first state to authorize this type of public school operated independently of the school board charter school |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1600: Minnesota's Northfield College got this name in 1871, honoring a benefactor Carleton |
| #6859, aired 2014-06-12 | POLITICIAN AUTHORS $600: "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" is by this funnyman-turned-Minnesota senator Al Franken |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | I WON THAT STATE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION $1200: Minnesota in 1988:
This Democrat (Michael) Dukakis |
| #6848, aired 2014-05-28 | MLB TEAMS EN FRANÇAIS $1600: Les Jumeaux, or perhaps Les Doubles the (Minnesota) Twins |
| #6845, aired 2014-05-23 | THE MIDWEST $2000: Tonka Toys got their name from this lake, one of the largest in the Land of 10,000 Lakes Minnetonka |
| #6805, aired 2014-03-28 | FOOTPRINTS $400: Legend says his footprints & those of his blue ox, Babe, created Minnesota's 10,000 lakes Paul Bunyan |
| #6797, aired 2014-03-18 | STATE SONGS $3,000 (Daily Double): 2 college students wrote its state song, which ends, "hailing thee their Northern Star" Minnesota |
| #6795, aired 2014-03-14 | CLOSE QUARTERS $400: You had to figure there would be a lake for this state Minnesota |
| #6791, aired 2014-03-10 | EARLIEST TO STATEHOOD $600: Montana,
Missouri,
Minnesota Missouri |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | PEAS ON EARTH $1200: Le Sueur peas go into the cans of this big guy's brand, formerly the Minnesota Valley Canning Company Jolly Green Giant |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | SAME NAME AS A STATE CAPITAL $2000: Hormel Foods is based in Austin in this state Minnesota |
| #6746, aired 2014-01-06 | EAT, DRINK $1600: The University of Minnesota created the honeycrisp, a variety of this fruit an apple |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI $1000: Named for an Indian princess, the city of Winona in this state has been a vital port since the days of paddle wheelers Minnesota |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | "M" STATE $400: 250 Statues of Liberty could fit inside this state's Mall of America Minnesota |
| #6727, aired 2013-12-10 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE DOME $800: In 2010 snow on the inflatable Teflon roof of this NFL team's Metrodome left the structure less-inflated the Minnesota Vikings |
| #6697, aired 2013-10-29 | THE NEW YORK TIMES ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK $2000: (I'm legal columnist Linda Greenhouse.) In a multimedia feature, I gave a tour of the papers of this Supreme Court Justice who wrote the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade & about whom I've also written a book Harry Blackmun |
| #6694, aired 2013-10-24 | HOSPITAL CORNERS $200: Center Street & 3rd Avenue SW in Rochester, Minnesota: this clinic the Mayo Clinic |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | OTHER JULY OBSERVANCES $1000: Sauk Centre, Minnesota has a week-long festival celebrating this author & native son Sinclair Lewis |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | WHAT AN ICE PARTY $200: This Minnesota capital's
winter carnival started building ice palaces
back in the 1880s. St. Paul |
| #6613, aired 2013-05-22 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: 5K & 10K races are part of the Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run during Icebox Days in International Falls in this state Minnesota |
| #6608, aired 2013-05-15 | STUFF ABOUT STATES $400: Judging from its nicknames, it's full of lakes & gophers Minnesota |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | THE 2012 TEAM MVP $600: Running back Adrian Peterson, as if there was a doubt the (Minnesota) Vikings |
| #6595, aired 2013-04-26 | SINGLE NAMED SINGERS $1200: In 2010 this rocker wrote a theme song for the Minnesota Vikings; is that why he's so into purple? Prince |
| #6589, aired 2013-04-18 | MINNE-CODA $200: Minnesota's Sawtooth Mountains end in the east when they reach this Great Lake (Lake) Superior |
| #6589, aired 2013-04-18 | MINNE-CODA $800: The full name of the Metrodome includes the name of this politician who met his maker in Waverly, Minnesota in 1978 Hubert H. Humphrey |
| #6589, aired 2013-04-18 | MINNE-CODA $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Minnesota once stretched as far west as the Missouri River; when it became a state in 1858, its land area was pulled back to this river, that forms its entire border with North Dakota The Red River of the North |
| #6571, aired 2013-03-25 | BUSINESS LETTERS $800: One of the 3 Ms in the name of the company that makes Scotch tape Minnesota (Mining & Manufacturing) |
| #6554, aired 2013-02-28 | PARTY HOPPING $800: A Democrat as mayor, Norm Coleman switched parties & became a Republican senator from this state Minnesota |
| #6549, aired 2013-02-21 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2000: This Minnesota range is the chief deposit of iron ore in the United States Mesabi (Range) |
| #6533, aired 2013-01-30 | THE STATE OF THE MALL $600: The Galleria at White Plains
& Fingerlakes Mall New York |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | THE NEAREST CANADIAN PROVINCE TO... $1600: Hallock,
Minnesota &
Cavalier,
North Dakota Manitoba |
| #6511, aired 2012-12-31 | 1990s HISTORY $400: Let me tell you something, McMahon! In 1999 he joined "the body" politic & became governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura |
| #6482, aired 2012-11-20 | STATES BY LAKE $1,200 (Daily Double): Lake Bemidji,
Bass Lake (a few dozen of those) Minnesota |
| #6454, aired 2012-10-11 | 1920s BESTSELLERS $2000: In this bestseller Sinclair Lewis modeled Gopher Prairie after his home town of Sauk Centre, Minnesota Main Street |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | TRAVELING THE USA $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from St. Louis, MO.) I'm in St. Louis, Missouri on this river that flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico the Mississippi River |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | FORESTS $1000: The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is within the Minnesota national forest named for this Great Lake Superior |
| #6416, aired 2012-07-09 | VICE PRESIDENTS $600: The son of a Methodist minister, this vice president graduated from the University of Minnesota law school in 1956 Walter Mondale |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $2000: Lake Itasca, considered the main source of the Mississippi River, is in this state Minnesota |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | BIG (& NOT-SO-BIG) BIRD $800: It's not crazy, it's not nuts, but the common one, about 30 inches long, is the state bird of Minnesota a loon |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | PRO TEAM ADDRESSES $1000: This major league team used to take the field at 34 Kirby Puckett Place Minnesota Twins |
| #6356, aired 2012-04-16 | EVENTS AROUND THE USA $1200: Each February, take the grumpy plunge (into the Mississippi!) at Wabasha's Grumpy Old Men Festival in this state Minnesota |
| #6343, aired 2012-03-28 | THE BAR MITZVAH BOY $200: Future musician:
May 22, 1954, Hibbing, Minnesota Bob Dylan |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | 2 FOR THE SHOW $1200: On the original series with this number in the title, the family moved from Minnesota; on the reboot, from Kansas 90210 |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | PRESIDENTIAL RE-ELECTIONS $400: This man won D.C. & (by 3,700 votes) Minnesota & that's it as Reagan won re-election Mondale |
| #6291, aired 2012-01-16 | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $2000: His widow Muriel became Minnesota's first female senator when she filled his vacant seat in 1978 Hubert Humphrey |
| #6290, aired 2012-01-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: The name of Mille Lacs, a lake in this state, means "1,000 lakes"; sounds like an undercount Minnesota |
| #6282, aired 2012-01-03 | CITY SEALS $800: St, Anthony Falls & a suspension bridge across the Mississippi River are on this Minnesota city's seal Minneapolis |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | DOCTOR, LAWYER, NATIVE AMERICAN LEADER $200: Last name of William & Charles, brothers who built their own medical center in Rochester, Minnesota in 1914 Mayo |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | NUMERIC PLACES $400: According to its license plates, Minnesota is the Land of these 10,000 Lakes |
| #6241, aired 2011-11-07 | WHAT'D YOU CATCH? $1600: A cold, while fishing nearly 200-square-mile Flathead Lake in this northern state Montana |
| #6236, aired 2011-10-31 | HOSPITALS $200: This Rochester, Minnesota clinic is around 15 million square feet, about 3 times the size of the Mall of America the Mayo Clinic |
| #6230, aired 2011-10-21 | POLITICIANS $1200: This Minnesota liberal ran for president in 1960 & was elected vice president in 1964 (Hubert) Humphrey |
| #6177, aired 2011-06-21 | STATE THE SENATOR $800: In 1964 the man seen here was appointed to serve this state Minnesota |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL $800: In 2011 this congresswoman from Minnesota's 6th district gave a State of the Union rebuttal on behalf of the Tea Party Michele Bachmann |
| #6134, aired 2011-04-21 | STATE / PRISON $600: Hey! You! Get off of my correctional facility at St. Cloud! Rush City, too, for that matter! Minnesota |
| #6126, aired 2011-04-11 | NAVY SEALS $200: This wrestler & Minnesota governor served on a SEAL underwater demolition team in the Vietnam era Jesse Ventura |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | ROADSIDE AMERICA $1600: Wind through Darwin, Minnesota or Cawker City, Kansas; they both claim the world's largest ball of this twine |
| #6122, aired 2011-04-05 | IN FLORIDA $800: A sudden, short attack, like the Great Northfield, Minnesota one a raid |
| #6111, aired 2011-03-21 | OFFBEAT MUSEUMS $600: In Austin, Minnesota you can ham it up at the museum of this meat product in a can Spam |
| #6106, aired 2011-03-14 | DUMB CRIMINALS $1000: A Minnesota man got a DUI for driving not a car but a redesigned recliner from this hyphenated Co.; it could go 20 mph a La-Z-Boy |
| #6104, aired 2011-03-10 | THE SENATOR OF MY WORLD $600: This senator from Minnesota has mayoral experience: he was the voice of Mayor McCheese on TV in "Clerks" Al Franken |
| #6098, aired 2011-03-02 | FOLK STORIES $600: It took 5 giant storks to deliver this folk hero to his parents in Maine; later he moved to Minnesota Paul Bunyan |
| #6082, aired 2011-02-08 | STATE UNIVERSITY BY ALUMS $1200: Bob Dylan,
man of the heart Dr. Christiaan Barnard,
Alan Page (for law school) The University of Minnesota |
| #6070, aired 2011-01-21 | ALL THINGS CONSIDERED $200: 3 years after buying the NBA's Bucks, Herbert Kohl became a U.S. senator from this state Wisconsin |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | STATE SANDWICH $2000: It's sandwiched between Minnesota & Missouri Iowa |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | U.S. BAYS $2000: This lake's Buffalo Bay is shared by the U.S. & Canada with the U.S. part lying in Minnesota's Northwest Angle Lake of the Woods |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | STATE FAIRS $1000: F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1928 story "A Night at the Fair" is set at this Midwestern state's fair Minnesota |
| #6019, aired 2010-11-11 | COLLEGE RADIO $800: KRLX comes from C-A-R-leton College in this state Minnesota |
| #5975, aired 2010-07-30 | BIRTHQUAKES $2000: A big quake shook Turkey Aug. 17, 1949, the day this Minnesota pol was born; Al Franken shook him out of the Senate Norm Coleman |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | FERROUS, BUELLER $800: Mesabi & Vermilion are historically rich iron ranges in this state Minnesota |
| #5967, aired 2010-07-20 | HELLO, DOLL-Y $800: Chrissa Maxwell, who moved to Minnesota to live with her grandmother, is the 2009 girl of the year in this line American Girl |
| #5966, aired 2010-07-19 | NAME THAT ELEMENT $1,000 (Daily Double): Its symbol is the same 2 letters as Minnesota's postal abbreviation manganese |
| #5954, aired 2010-07-01 | STATE YOUR BUSINESS $200: 3M:
We'll only need one M, though Minnesota |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | LET'S ALL GO TO THE LOBBY $600: While living at the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, this pool great would hustle up opponents from the lobby Minnesota Fats |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | STATE THE STATE OF THE GOVERNOR $1600: Tim Pawlenty Minnesota |
| #5923, aired 2010-05-19 | IN THE ARENA $1000: In other words, this home of the Minnesota Timberwolves could be called "the bull's eye" the Target Center |
| #5922, aired 2010-05-18 | McACTORS $600: Oh, yah, we loved her performance as Brainerd Minnesota's pregnant police chief, Marge Gunderson Frances McDormand |
| #5902, aired 2010-04-20 | 2009 MLB RECAP $1000: This team came from 7 games behind to catch the Tigers & beat them in a one-game playoff for the AL Central title the Minnesota Twins |
| #5878, aired 2010-03-17 | SPORTS STARS $800: At almost 40, this quarterback began his 19th year in the NFL with a new team--the Minnesota Vikings Brett Favre |
| #5867, aired 2010-03-02 | STATE OF PLAY $800: Timberwolves,
Vikings,
Wild Minnesota |
| #5861, aired 2010-02-22 | "NORTH"ERN GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1876 the people of this Minnesota city, now home to Carleton College, foiled a raid by Jesse James & his cohorts Northfield |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $400: Minnesota's state butterfly is this one with bright orange & black wings a monarch |
| #5833, aired 2010-01-13 | CHEWING THE "FAT" $800: Better-known name of billiards master Rudolf Wanderone Minnesota Fats |
| #5832, aired 2010-01-12 | UNREAL ESTATE $400: 2-word name of the imaginary hometown of radio host Garrison Keillor, who grew up in Anoka, Minnesota Lake Wobegon |
| #5820, aired 2009-12-25 | LET'S VISIT AN AQUARIUM $400: The Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Minnesota is located on the waterfront of this Great Lake Superior |
| #5814, aired 2009-12-17 | THE FOLKSMEN $400: This "Freewheelin'" folkster was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1941 Bob Dylan |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | SCULPTURE $200: In 1953 sculptor William Zorach created the relief "Man and Work" for this Rochester, Minnesota clinic the Mayo Clinic |
| #5780, aired 2009-10-30 | DROP OUT $200: Known as "The Body", this pro wrestler-turned-governor dropped out of a Minnesota community college Jesse Ventura |
| #5779, aired 2009-10-29 | MOST POPULOUS CITY IN THE STATE $800: Minnesota Minneapolis |
| #5763, aired 2009-10-07 | OOPS IN SPORTS $1000: On "Reading to Succeed" night, this NBA home team's fans got a poster of a player in a "Woves" (not a "Wolves") jersey Minnesota Timberwolves |
| #5725, aired 2009-06-26 | STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI $800: Hubert Humphrey,
Loni Anderson,
Walter Mondale the University of Minnesota |
| #5714, aired 2009-06-11 | A SERIES OF FIELDS $1000: The Minnesota Twins have won 2 World Series championships at this enclosed home stadium the (Hubert Humphrey) Metrodome |
| #5701, aired 2009-05-25 | NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $400: Laugh all you like but Hiawatha's wife in a poem by Longfellow was named for this Minnesota waterfall Minnehaha |
| #5696, aired 2009-05-18 | THE NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNISTS $1200: (I'm Gail Collins.) In 2008 I wrote that Dean Barkley did well in this state's Senate race with a basic platform of "1) Not crazy 2) Not Norm Coleman and 3) Not Al Franken" Minnesota |
| #5666, aired 2009-04-06 | LAKES $1200: Minnesota, Wisconsin & New York have lakes called this--the sound that follows is a hint Loon Lake |
| #5652, aired 2009-03-17 | USA TODAY $2000: They're the 2 states that seated only one senator each for the opening of the 111th Congress in 2009 Illinois & Minnesota |
| #5650, aired 2009-03-13 | BUSINESS LETTERS $800: The 3 Ms in the original name of 3M Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: It begins in Lake Itasca in Minnesota & ends in the Gulf of Mexico the Mississippi River |
| #5633, aired 2009-02-18 | EAST & WEST $200: It's the state immediately to the east of North Dakota Minnesota |
| #5619, aired 2009-01-29 | THE PLAYER'S PRO TEAM $1000: Kirby Puckett the Minnesota Twins |
| #5617, aired 2009-01-27 | STATE THE SENATOR $1200: George McGovern South Dakota |
| #5606, aired 2009-01-12 | MY ACTING & POLITICAL RESUME $800: "The Running Man",
"Predator",
Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura |
| #5590, aired 2008-12-19 | BYPASS $1600: You'll be dropping your line into a lake earlier if you take the Brainerd Bypass in this state Minnesota |
| #5534, aired 2008-10-02 | STATES BY COUNTIES $1600: Lake of the Woods,
Red Lake,
Lake Minnesota |
| #5510, aired 2008-07-18 | STATES' HIGHEST POINTS $800: Eagle Mountain, about 15 miles north of Lake Superior Minnesota |
| #5499, aired 2008-07-03 | PLAY BALL! $1200: In 2008 the Mets made this former Minnesota lefty baseball's best-paid pitcher Johan Santana |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | A BUNCH OF STUFF $600: A tornado that struck Rochester, Minnesota in 1883 inspired 3 doctors with this last name to open a clinic Mayo |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | A SPORTING CHANCE $1200: In 2008 Minnesota's final deadline for removing the shelters used in this activity was March 15 ice fishing |
| #5486, aired 2008-06-16 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Senator Paul Wellstone once taught at Carleton College in Northfield in this state Minnesota |
| #5483, aired 2008-06-11 | SPORTS $2000: In 2000 an expansion team known as the Minnesota Wild joined this professional sports league the National Hockey League (NHL) |
| #5452, aired 2008-04-29 | BRANDED $1000: This cross-country skiing simulator wasn't invented in Scandinavia; it's from Minnesota NordicTrack |
| #5450, aired 2008-04-25 | U.S. COUNTIES $1,400 (Daily Double): Lake of the Woods County is this state's northernmost Minnesota |
| #5412, aired 2008-03-04 | COMMON BONDS $200: Gemini,
Minnesota,
Olsen twins |
| #5400, aired 2008-02-15 | STATE NICKNAMES $200: "The Beaver State" Oregon |
| #5400, aired 2008-02-15 | STATE NICKNAMES $800: "The Gopher State" Minnesota |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | GOVERNORS $400: In 1999 he wrestled his way into the Minnesota governor's office Jesse "The Body" Ventura |
| #5390, aired 2008-02-01 | MEDICAL SCHOOL $400: This renowned Minnesota institution opened its own med school in 1972 the Mayo Clinic |
| #5352, aired 2007-12-11 | THE COLOR PURPLE $1200: Defensive tackle Alan Page was part of the "purple people eaters" of this NFL team the Minnesota Vikings |
| #5340, aired 2007-11-23 | BRANDED $4,000 (Daily Double): A contest gave this butter from the Minnesota Cooperative Creameries Association its name Land O'Lakes |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | BASEBALL FRANCHISE SHIFTS $1600: After the 1960 season, the Washington Senators left the capital & headed west, becoming this new team the Minnesota Twins |
| #5304, aired 2007-10-04 | SOMEWHERE $2000: Chisago is a county in this state, as is Itasca Minnesota |
| #5295, aired 2007-09-21 | CRUNCHING NUMBERS ROMAN STYLE $800: In Roman numerals the Minnesota company with brands like Post-it, Scotch & Filtrete gets this big value 3000 |
| #5267, aired 2007-07-03 | FUN ACROSS AMERICA $400: If you're scuba-certified, you can swim with the sharks at the aquarium in this Minnesota shopping paradise the Mall of America |
| #5267, aired 2007-07-03 | U.S. GEOGRAPHIC DISTINCTIONS $800: Despite Minnesota's claim as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, this U.S. state has the most, with more than 3 million Alaska |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | STATE BIRDS $200: The common loon lives on the water, so it's not surprising that it's the state bird of this "Land of 10,000 Lakes" Minnesota |
| #5243, aired 2007-05-30 | STATE SUPERLATIVES $800: Considered the healthiest state in 2006, it's also home to the Mayo Clinic Minnesota |
| #5207, aired 2007-04-10 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1200: He's the only vice-president who was born in Minnesota; nope...Humphrey was born in South Dakota (Walter) Mondale |
| #5185, aired 2007-03-09 | STADIUMS & ARENAS $800: It's home to the Minnesota Vikings & to the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers the Metrodome |
| #5167, aired 2007-02-13 | ELECTION 2006 $600 (Daily Double): African-American Keith Ellison of Minnesota is the 1st congressman of this faith, to which he converted at 19 Islam |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | MINNESOTANS $2000: Oh, this man from Maine, Minnesota, with the middle initial "O", was the longest-serving Supreme Court justice William O. Douglas |
| #5151, aired 2007-01-22 | STATELY ARENAS $1000: Midwest Wireless Civic Center,
Mayo Civic Center Minnesota |
| #5151, aired 2007-01-22 | STATELY ARENAS $2,000 (Daily Double): TD Banknorth Garden,
Paul E. Tsongas Arena Massachusetts |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | FARGO $3,600 (Daily Double): With this state's Moorhead, Fargo forms a metro area of about 180,000 Minnesota |
| #5126, aired 2006-12-18 | A SPELLING CATEGORY $800: (Here's a clip from 90210. Take a look.) On the show, Brenda & Brandon moved to Beverly Hills from this Midwestern state Minnesota |
| #5124, aired 2006-12-14 | INAPPROPRIATE TEAM NAMES $200: This NBA team name made sense when they were in Minnesota; they should now change their name to "The Smog" L.A. Lakers |
| #5122, aired 2006-12-12 | STATE THE STATE $1000: Aside from 3 West Coast states, it was the westernmost state of the lower 48 won by Kerry in 2004 Minnesota |
| #5102, aired 2006-11-14 | SEE "NN" $5,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 states with "NN" in their names (2 of) Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, & Minnesota |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS $800: This state's Edge of the Wilderness byway takes you near more than 1,000 lakes Minnesota |
| #5075, aired 2006-10-06 | STATUES $800: Blue Earth, Minnesota has a definitely "giant" 55-foot statue of this pea-pusher from commercials the Green Giant |
| #5055, aired 2006-07-28 | THE FIRM $400: In 1950 the Minnesota Valley Canning Company changed its name to this 2-word one, after its "Jolly" brand Green Giant |
| #5043, aired 2006-07-12 | 40 YEARS OF THE NEA $1200: Guy Noir knows the NEA gave early, critical funding to start this Minnesota Public Radio variety show A Prairie Home Companion |
| #5039, aired 2006-07-06 | AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $1000: This largest North Dakota city forms a metropolitan area with Moorhead, Minnesota Fargo |
| #5003, aired 2006-05-17 | ENDS IN "TH" $1200: This Minnesota city is the western terminus of the St. Lawrence Seaway Duluth |
| #4992, aired 2006-05-02 | CONTINENTAL GEOGRAPHY $400: The geographic center of North America is in this state that borders Canada North Dakota |
| #4981, aired 2006-04-17 | RIDE WITHOUT A LICENSE $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1980 2 Minnesota brothers formed a company to make these as an off-season hockey training device Rollerblades |
| #4963, aired 2006-03-22 | BORN TO RUN? $1600: This former Minnesota gov. ran unsuccessfully 9 times for the GOP presidential nomination (Harold) Stassen |
| #4953, aired 2006-03-08 | NFL HALL OF FAMERS BY NUMBER $800: A quarterback:
Minnesota Vikings No. 10 Fran Tarkenton |
| #4949, aired 2006-03-02 | OF THE DOLLS $800: Kirsten, one the American Girl dolls, is a pioneer who immigrated to Minnesota from this country Sweden |
| #4940, aired 2006-02-17 | SMALLVILLE $200: Small cities in this state include Kinbrae (pop. 21) & Boy River (pop. 38); Minneapolis is much bigger Minnesota |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | THE LARGEST U.S. STATE $1000: Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi Michigan |
| #4930, aired 2006-02-03 | MOUNTAIN $600: We wonder if Jesse Ventura has ventured to the top of Eagle Mountain, the highest point in this state Minnesota |
| #4911, aired 2006-01-09 | THE 1840s $2000: The U.S. gained ownership of this iron-rich range of Minnesota via the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 the Mesabi Range |
| #4900, aired 2005-12-23 | THE OFFICE $1200: This alphanumeric Fortune 500 company is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota 3M |
| #4864, aired 2005-11-03 | COMPANY SYMBOLS $600: In the '20s the Minnesota Cooperative Creameries Assn. added an Indian maiden to this butter brand logo Land o' Lakes |
| #4863, aired 2005-11-02 | MOOSE-PODGE $800: This dimwit from Frostbite Falls, Minnesota also goes by the moniker Mr. Know-it-All Bullwinkle |
| #4861, aired 2005-10-31 | SPORTS LEGENDS $400: This "large" pool hustler wanted his epitaph to be "Beat everybody living on Earth. Now, St. Peter, rack 'em up" Minnesota Fats |
| #4852, aired 2005-10-18 | CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD $800: Guthrie Oklahoma |
| #4811, aired 2005-07-04 | STATE NICKNAMES $800: The "Land of 10,000 Lakes" Minnesota |
| #4806, aired 2005-06-27 | OFFICIAL STATE SEALS $400: Symbols on its seal include the North Star, a moose & a pine tree Maine |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | IT AIN'T ME, BABE $200: I left Minnesota around the time I changed my name from Robert Allen Zimmerman to this (Bob) Dylan |
| #4787, aired 2005-05-31 | 'ALLO, GOVERNOR! $1000: Karl F. Rulvagg,
Floyd Bjornsterne Olson,
Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus Minnesota |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | THE NFL $2000: Daunte Culpepper has thrown more touchdown passes to this man than to any other Minnesota Viking receiver (Randy) Moss |
| #4765, aired 2005-04-29 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: The First Minnesota Infantry lost 82% of its men on July 2, 1863, during this battle Gettysburg |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | TERMINATOR OF ENDEARMENT $400: This ex-governor of Minnesota rumbled in the jungle with Arnie in "Predator" Jesse Ventura |
| #4742, aired 2005-03-29 | U.S. CAPITALS OF THE WORLD $400: Austin, Minnesota, capital of this, has Hormel as its largest employer; Hormel makes 396 cans of it per minute Spam |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | MINNESOTA $200: This "crazy" state bird is also called the Great Northern Diver a loon |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | MINNESOTA $400: Home to a famous clinic, this city was named for a city in New York Rochester |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | MINNESOTA $600: Minnesota leads the country in producing ore of this metal, most of it from taconite in the Mesabi Range Iron |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | MINNESOTA $800: The bank the James-Younger Gang tried to rob on Sept. 7, 1876 now houses this city's Historical Society Museum Northfield Minnesota Raid |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | MINNESOTA $1000: The northernmost point in the contiguous 48 states lies on the northwest angle in this U.S.-Canadian lake Lake of the Woods |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | WHERE AM I? $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a field of a certain cereal crop.) I'm the area known by this agricultural name, stretching from Nebraska to Ohio, & Minnesota to Missouri the Corn Belt |
| #4702, aired 2005-02-01 | AT THE MALL $800: What started as Musicland in Minnesota is now the chain selling music, videos & games under this male name Sam Goody |
| #4698, aired 2005-01-26 | PARTYING LIKE IT WAS 1999 $1000: Born James Janos, he entered the body politic in '99 as governor of Minnesota (Jesse) Ventura |
| #4685, aired 2005-01-07 | MEDICAL CENTER $800: The city of Rochester in this state is home to the world-famous Mayo clinic Minnesota |
| #4683, aired 2005-01-05 | AMERICANA $1000: (Hi, I'm Gretchen Carlson of the CBS Saturday Early Show.) As a former Miss Minnesota, I know that the Minnesota state motto is "L'Etoile du Nord", or this "of the North" star |
| #4683, aired 2005-01-05 | LEGEND SAYS... $1200: Legend says while this famous animal was gallivanting, its footprints created Minnesota's 10,000 lakes Babe the Blue Ox |
| #4657, aired 2004-11-30 | THE CONTEST $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1984 Walter Mondale got his 13 electoral votes by winning D.C. & this state Minnesota |
| #4644, aired 2004-11-11 | THEIR ALMA MATERS $1600: Radio's Garrison Keillor The University of Minnesota |
| #4640, aired 2004-11-06 | OFFICIAL STATE FOOD & DRINK $1200: A true delicacy, the morel is Minnesota's state one of these a mushroom |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | SPORTS VENUES $1000: (I'm Moe Williams from the NFL.) The Minnesota Vikings play their home games in a domed stadium named for this former U.S. vice president Humphrey |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | ALBUMS $2000: The song heard here kicks off "Let It Be" by these cult favorites from Minnesota
"Meet me anyplace or anywhere or anytime..." The Replacements |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | THE VEEP $1600: The nation's 42nd Vice President, he was born in Ceylon... Ceylon, Minnesota, that is (Walter) Mondale |
| #4605, aired 2004-09-17 | SPAM $800: Spam is a product of this Austin, Minnesota corporation known for its deli meats & chili Hormel |
| #4593, aired 2004-07-21 | STATE NICKNAME FUN $800: Minnesota may have gotten this nickname from a cartoon showing railroad organizers as tunneling mammals Gopher State |
| #4592, aired 2004-07-20 | AUTHORS $1200: When he died in 1951, his ashes were returned to Sauk Centre, Minnesota Sinclair Lewis |
| #4584, aired 2004-07-08 | THE 50 STATES $2000: Its largest inland lake is Lake Winnebago with an area of 215 square miles Wisconsin |
| #4569, aired 2004-06-17 | SCIENCE POTPOURRI $800: Founded in 1889 as St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, today it's known as this the Mayo Clinic |
| #4568, aired 2004-06-16 | COOL PLACES TO GO $1600: The "Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run" is an annual event held in International Falls in this U.S. state Minnesota |
| #4540, aired 2004-05-07 | U.S. RIVERS $1600: The Falls of Saint Anthony stop this mighty river from being navigable north of St. Paul, Minnesota the Mississippi |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | HOLY PLACE NAMES $400: You'll find Bethel College & Seminary in this "holy" Minnesota city St. Paul |
| #4519, aired 2004-04-08 | WALTER WORLD $2,800 (Daily Double): In 2002 he replaced the late Paul Wellstone in the Minnesota Senate race Walter Mondale |
| #4518, aired 2004-04-07 | "P" & "P" $600: If you want to produce your CD where Prince produces his, rent a studio here in Chanhassen, Minnesota Paisley Park |
| #4517, aired 2004-04-06 | GOPHER THE GUSTO $1000: Sinclair Lewis' "Main Street" takes place in Gopher Prairie in this state Minnesota |
| #4493, aired 2004-03-03 | YOU CAN'T $400: New thermometers containing this may not be sold in Minnesota mercury |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | ASHTON KUTCHER $400: On the seventh of February in 1978, Ashton was born in Cedar Rapids in this state Iowa |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | SPORTS MASCOTS $800: Seen here is the mascot for this Minnesota team the Timberwolves |
| #4471, aired 2004-02-02 | STATES' LOWEST POINTS $200: This Great Lake is Minnesota's lowest point at an elevation of 602 feet above sea level Lake Superior |
| #4463, aired 2004-01-21 | LET'S GO TO THE PARK $200: A state park near Little Falls, Minnesota honors this aviator whose boyhood home is now a museum there Charles Lindbergh |
| #4449, aired 2004-01-01 | THAT'S SUPERLATIVE $2000: Superlative in the name of a Minnesota-based retail electronics behemoth best (Best Buy) |
| #4407, aired 2003-11-04 | JESSE $400: Encarta mentions him in 3 articles, "Reform Party", "Minnesota" & "Professional Wrestling" Jesse Ventura |
| #4387, aired 2003-10-07 | BABES IN TOYLAND $2000: The second half of a place name in Minnesota is the source of the name of this toy truck brand Tonka |
| #4368, aired 2003-09-10 | HOME BOYS $600: Gophers Minnesota |
| #4364, aired 2003-07-17 | "W"HERE'S THAT? $1200: Once known as Montezuma, this Minnesota city was renamed to honor an Indian princess (not actress Ryder) Winona |
| #4363, aired 2003-07-16 | 1867 $1000: Minnesota farmer Oliver Kelley established this organization of American farmers as a social & educational group The Grange |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | 'BOUT 100 YEARS AGO $800: At the Minnesota State Fair in 1901 this vice president gave his "Speak Softly-Big Stick" speech Theodore Roosevelt |
| #4325, aired 2003-05-23 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: Many universities have this type of association; the U. of Minnesota's has over 50,000 members worldwide alumni association |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | STATE: THE OBVIOUS $1200: The Mississippi River begins at Lake Itasca in this "M" state (not Mississippi) Minnesota |
| #4303, aired 2003-04-23 | HEIST-ERIA $2000: Every September residents of Northfield in this state reenact a 19th century bank robbery pulled by the James gang Minnesota |
| #4294, aired 2003-04-10 | TREES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Science Museum of Minnesota.) The Douglas fir, one of whose enormous trunks is seen here, belongs to this cone-bearing order of trees conifers |
| #4294, aired 2003-04-10 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Legendary large pool player who "Ain't Misbehavin'" in the world of jazz music Minnesota Fats Waller |
| #4274, aired 2003-03-13 | BITS & PIECES $1000: This state's lowest point, Big Stone Lake, lies about 100 miles east of Aberdeen on its border with Minnesota South Dakota |
| #4267, aired 2003-03-04 | LUMBERJACK TALK $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Minnesota.) In 1884 lumberjacks on the Mississippi cleared a 7-mile one of these, which can also mean "a deadlock" a logjam |
| #4267, aired 2003-03-04 | LUMBERJACK TALK $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew in Minnesota) The name of this type of saw means that the lumberjack is not going with the grain crosscut saw |
| #4267, aired 2003-03-04 | LUMBERJACK TALK $2000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew in Minnesota) "Don't look at your feet" is rule No. 1 from the American Association for this, a synonym of "logrolling" birling |
| #4263, aired 2003-02-26 | -OLOGIES $1600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Science Museum of Minnesota) This device was once used in this discredited science of determining personality by reading the bumps on the skull phrenology |
| #4258, aired 2003-02-19 | THE CINEMA $1200: (Hi, I'm Leonard Maltin) Despite its title, this film takes place mostly in Minneapolis & Brainerd, Minnesota (you betcha) Fargo |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | SCIENCE & NATURE $400: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Science Museum of Minnesota) As I increase the frequency, I decrease the distance between crests, which is called this wavelength |
| #4244, aired 2003-01-30 | WHERE AM I? $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew) I'm in this state overlooking the Mississippi just upriver from where it joins the St. Croix Minnesota |
| #4243, aired 2003-01-29 | A WINDY CATEGORY $1000: (Video clip from the Science Center of Minnesota) It's believed that tornadoes begin with a rising current of warm air called this, which eventually starts rotating updraft |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | SPORTS NAME SPELLING $2000: The Minnesota Timberwolves' Szczerbiak W-A-L-L-Y |
| #4225, aired 2003-01-03 | MEDICINE $400: He founded a clinic with his 2 sons & was active in organizing the Minnesota Territory in the 1850s & 1860s William Mayo |
| #4214, aired 2002-12-19 | GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew at the Science Museum of Minnesota) Movement of the ocean floor can cause these fearsome waves with a Japanese name tsunamis |
| #4207, aired 2002-12-10 | ROCK AROUND AMERICA $2000: Gary Puckett was born in this Minnesota town where Bob Dylan grew up Hibbing |
| #4203, aired 2002-12-04 | COUNTIES $2000: Counties in this state include Jefferson, Shoshone & Twin Falls Idaho |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | AMERICAN CITIES $400: This state capital lies on both banks of the Mississippi River at the confluence of the Minnesota River St. Paul |
| #4167, aired 2002-10-15 | HALLS OF FAME $1000: Eveleth, Minnesota & Toronto, Canada each have halls of fame devoted to this sport ice hockey |
| #4165, aired 2002-10-11 | STATELY REBUSES $600: A smaller than regular-sized carbonated soft drink Minnesota |
| #4146, aired 2002-09-16 | STATE CAPITALS $800: This twin city is the capital of Minnesota St. Paul |
| #4132, aired 2002-07-16 | "IT"s $1000: In 1832 this Minnesota lake was established as the main source of the Mississippi River Lake Itasca |
| #4128, aired 2002-07-10 | FIX THE MALAPROP $400: "The Minnesota Twins play their home games at the Metronome" the Metrodome |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | WOLF $600: By the mid-20th C. the few wolf populations left in the lower 48 were mainly in this state, home of the NBA's Timberwolves Minnesota |
| #4115, aired 2002-06-21 | STATE MOTTOES $800: On our northern border:
"L'Étoile du Nord" ("The Star of the North") Minnesota |
| #4114, aired 2002-06-20 | STUPID ANSWERS $200: This common loon is Minnesota's state bird common loon |
| #4094, aired 2002-05-23 | SPORTS CHANNEL $800: In 2000 an expansion team known as the Minnesota Wild joined this professional sports league NHL |
| #4051, aired 2002-03-25 | CHURCH & STATE $700 (Daily Double): St. Olaf Lutheran, founded by Norwegians in 1867 Minnesota |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | SPELLING BEE $200: This long river flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I |
| #4027, aired 2002-02-19 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1600: Each July Sauk Centre, Minnesota has a week-long festival honoring this native son Sinclair Lewis |
| #4013, aired 2002-01-30 | "THOU" $800: Myriad means this number, so that means Minnesota is the land of a myriad of lakes ten thousand |
| #4009, aired 2002-01-24 | STATE CAPITALS $1000: It lies at the confluence of the Mississippi & Minnesota rivers St. Paul |
| #3992, aired 2002-01-01 | HEAD NORTH $800: Minot is a city in this state bordered by Minnesota & Montana North Dakota |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | COMPANY HISTORIES $2000: In 1959 a company in this state got the rights to L'Ecran Magique, the Magic Writer, & renamed it the Etch-A-Sketch Ohio |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | U.S. STATES $300: This state's name comes from the Sioux for "sky-tinted waters", which probably refers to its 10,000 lakes Minnesota |
| #3921, aired 2001-09-24 | U.S. POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS $200: MN Minnesota |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | OUR FUNNY ACCENTS $400: Though Fargo is in North Dakota, the 1996 film "Fargo" featured the accent of this state Minnesota |
| #3914, aired 2001-09-13 | COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY $600: "Of the North" usually follows the name of this river that forms the border between Minnesota and North Dakota the Red River |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | ELEMENT & STATE $800: Mn (MN) Manganese & Minnesota |
| #3907, aired 2001-09-04 | IN A FESTIVAL MOOD $600: In July Deer River, Minnesota remembers its Indian heritage with a festival of the "wild" type of this food rice |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | BORDERLINE STATES $500: Illinois,
Iowa,
Michigan,
Minnesota Wisconsin |
| #3898, aired 2001-07-11 | HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC $200: The Mayo Clinic was started in Rochester in this state Minnesota |
| #3880, aired 2001-06-15 | STATELY FIRST NAMES $800: "Fast" Eddie Felson challenges this "stately" pool player in "The Hustler" Minnesota Fats |
| #3877, aired 2001-06-12 | TWO OF A KIND $400: When the Washington Senators Major League Baseball team relocated in 1961, they became this team Minnesota Twins |
| #3829, aired 2001-04-05 | BASEBALL HOME STADIUMS $200: The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome the Minnesota Twins |
| #3828, aired 2001-04-04 | HEADQUARTER CITIES $400: Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing St. Paul |
| #3816, aired 2001-03-19 | MOVIE SPORTSMEN $400: 1961:
Jackie Gleason Minnesota Fats |
| #3812, aired 2001-03-13 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $100: This state's lakes include Leech & Otter Tail, but no Lake Wobegon Minnesota |
| #3811, aired 2001-03-12 | THE PREZ SAYS $200: He was at the 1901 Minnesota state fair when he said, “There is a homely adage which runs, ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick’” Teddy Roosevelt |
| #3800, aired 2001-02-23 | ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? $400: (Hi, I'm Robert Smith, running back for the Minnesota Vikings.) In 1997 I set a team record for number of these in a season: 1,266 rushing yards |
| #3798, aired 2001-02-21 | SINGLE-NAMED CELEBRITIES $400: This Greek-born musician seen here has a psychology degree from the University of Minnesota Yanni |
| #3780, aired 2001-01-26 | BUTTER $200: Land O'Lakes butter got its start in this state in 1921 Minnesota |
| #3776, aired 2001-01-22 | "A" IN COLLEGE $800: It follows "Gustavus" in the name of a St. Peter, Minnesota school Adolphus |
| #3740, aired 2000-12-01 | NUTTY TV $400: Walnut Grove, Minnesota was the setting for this drama of the American West Little House on the Prairie |
| #3728, aired 2000-11-15 | THEY ATTENDED UW $600: He's passed for "astronomical" yardage quarterbacking Houston, Minnesota & Seattle Warren Moon |
| #3709, aired 2000-10-19 | AMERICA $800: A city named Beach is found in this landlocked U.S. state wedged between Montana & Minnesota North Dakota |
| #3705, aired 2000-10-13 | NFL HOME STADIUMS $400: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minnesota Vikings |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | VICE PRESIDENTS $200: We'll bet this Minnesota senator was pleased as punch to accept the nomination as LBJ's running mate in 1964 Hubert Humphrey |
| #3645, aired 2000-06-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: The only state Reagan didn't carry in 1984 was this one, Mondale's home state Minnesota |
| #3639, aired 2000-06-01 | GOVERNORS $400: The person heard here is the governor of this U.S. state:
"I'm a 6'4", 250-pound ex-Navy SEAL, pro wrestler, radio personality..." Minnesota |
| #3632, aired 2000-05-23 | LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS $400: "10,000 Lakes" Minnesota |
| #3627, aired 2000-05-16 | STATE BORDERS $600: If you cross the St. Croix River from Wisconsin, you'll be in this state to the west Minnesota |
| #3610, aired 2000-04-21 | NOTABLE WOMEN $200: She was named for her birthplace: Winona, Minnesota Winona Ryder |
| #3606, aired 2000-04-17 | STATE OF THE UNION $200: More breakfast cereal is produced in this state's city of Battle Creek than any other place on Earth Michigan |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED $100: The famed rhyming signs of this shaving product first appeared on Highway 61 in Minnesota Burma Shave |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | GRIDIRON GREATS $500: Alan Page of this team's Purple People Eaters defense is now a state supreme court justice the Minnesota Vikings |
| #3577, aired 2000-03-07 | U.S.A. $500: It may sound sappy, but St. Albans in this state is known for its maple festival Vermont |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: The name of this iron ore-producing range in Minnesota comes from an Indian word for "giant" Mesabi Range |
| #3559, aired 2000-02-10 | LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI $1000: The mighty Mississippi River begins as a stream out of this lake in northwestern Minnesota Lake Itasca |
| #3551, aired 2000-01-31 | POLITICIANS $200: This Minnesota governor's 1999 inaugural festivities included a potluck lunch on a farm Jesse Ventura |
| #3549, aired 2000-01-27 | WALTS-ING $300: This vice president was born in Ceylon -- Ceylon, Minnesota that is Walter Mondale |
| #3542, aired 2000-01-18 | WHAT'S UP, DOC? $200: In 1899, along with his 2 sons, he founded St. Marys's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota William Mayo |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | IT'S MY PARTY $600: Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura Reform |
| #3532, aired 2000-01-04 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $100: This university's Twin Cities campus has one of the USA's largest enrollments with roughly 40,000 students University of Minnesota |
| #3523, aired 1999-12-22 | THE GREAT LAKES $300: Superior, Wisconsin & this Minnesota port lie at the western terminus of the Great Lakes Duluth |
| #3505, aired 1999-11-26 | BRANDED $200: This cross-country skiing simulator wasn't invented in Scandinavia; it's from Minnesota NordicTrack |
| #3505, aired 1999-11-26 | "F" TROOP $600: (Hi, I'm Robert Smith, running back for the Minnesota Vikings) In the 1997 season, I set a team record of 352 consecutive carries without one of these Fumble |
| #3502, aired 1999-11-23 | U.S. STATES $200: This state has more ethnic Norwegians than any other state, most of them in the Twin Cities area Minnesota |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | ALL STARS $500: This Minnesota Twin inspired the Kirby Bear, a stuffed doll wearing his No. 34 jersey Kirby Puckett |
| #3487, aired 1999-11-02 | U.S. CITIES $300: After the Twin Cities & Bloomington, Duluth is this state's next most populous city Minnesota |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: This state's "Northwest Angle" lies in Lake of the Woods County north of the 49th parallel Minnesota |
| #3459, aired 1999-09-23 | LETTER PERFECT HOMOPHONES $200: An actor's signal or Minnesota Fats' stick cue |
| #3447, aired 1999-09-07 | ARE WE THERE YET? $400: A theme park in Brainerd, Minnesota welcomes you with a 26-foot-tall statue of this lumberjack Paul Bunyan |
| #3441, aired 1999-07-19 | SPORTS NICKNAMES $400: Better-known name of mammoth billiards master Rudolf Wanderone Minnesota Fats |
| #3431, aired 1999-07-05 | CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS $200: This state's 3rd district is a major shopping district; the Mall of America is there Minnesota |
| #3420, aired 1999-06-18 | STATE OBJECTS $500: The morel is Minnesota's state one of these mushroom |
| #3419, aired 1999-06-17 | THE MIDWEST $200: When one says "Twin Cities", it's usually this Minnesota pair Minneapolis & St. Paul |
| #3411, aired 1999-06-07 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $800: This Minnesota senator ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968 Eugene McCarthy |
| #3408, aired 1999-06-02 | LOGO LADIES $100: This Minnesota-based butter maker uses an Indian maiden as its trademark Land O'Lakes |
| #3406, aired 1999-05-31 | COLLEGES $800: The graduates of this Owatonna, Minnesota Baptist Bible college must be poppin' fresh (we couldn't resist the joke) Pillsbury |
| #3367, aired 1999-04-06 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $200: Minnesota's is the common loon state bird |
| #3358, aired 1999-03-24 | NO. 32 $400: On May 11, 1858 this "North Star" state became U.S. state No. 32 Minnesota |
| #3336, aired 1999-02-22 | WOLVES $400 (Daily Double): This U.S. state has more wolves than any other Alaska |
| #3333, aired 1999-02-17 | AMERICAN POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS $200: MN Minnesota |
| #3326, aired 1999-02-08 | JIM DANDIES $400: Name shared by a Minnesota Twins pitcher & a "Sale Of The Century" host Jim Perry |
| #3316, aired 1999-01-25 | STATE FACTS $400: Most of North Dakota's border with this state is provided by the Red River of the North Minnesota |
| #3308, aired 1999-01-13 | U.S. CITIES $400: The name of this Minnesota city comes from an Indian word for "water" & the Greek word for "city" Minneapolis |
| #3300, aired 1999-01-01 | WHOOZIT? $800: On Nov. 4, 1998 the voters of Minnesota woke up to discover they'd elected this wrestler as governor Jesse "The Body" Ventura |
| #3272, aired 1998-11-24 | BIRTHPLACES $800: Famous sons of this Minnesota city where Bob Dylan grew up are Vincent Bugliosi & Roger Maris Hibbing |
| #3249, aired 1998-10-22 | THE SWINGIN' '60s $300: In 1968 hirsute volunteers got "Clean For Gene", this candidate from Minnesota Eugene McCarthy |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | LAKES & RIVERS $500: This lake in Manitoba, Ontario & Minnesota is a remnant of an extinct glacial lake Lake of the Woods |
| #3225, aired 1998-09-18 | DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK $400: Reportedly, when Dr. Spock took a job at this clinic, his wife loathed the Minnesota winters The Mayo Clinic |
| #3204, aired 1998-07-02 | MOVING AROUND THE DIAL $1,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Ian Ziering.) On "90210" the Walsh family moved to Beverly Hills from this state Minnesota |
| #3167, aired 1998-05-12 | COLLEGE MASCOTS $100: [The Golden Gophers] Minnesota |
| #3143, aired 1998-04-08 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC $500: For Minnesota State Fair, dairy princesses have their likenesses sculpted in this medium, seen here: Butter |
| #3135, aired 1998-03-27 | PEOPLE & PLACES $300: It isn't insulting to be called a gopher if you live in this "Gopher State" Minnesota |
| #3134, aired 1998-03-26 | LET'S GO SHOPPING $400: At Minnesota's Mall of America, take a break from shopping & ride the log chute named for this lumberjack Paul Bunyan |
| #3125, aired 1998-03-13 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: This Midwestern state's "Northwest Angle" is the northernmost point in the continental U.S. Minnesota |
| #3112, aired 1998-02-24 | WORD ORIGINS $200: This state's name is from the Sioux for "sky-tinted waters"; maybe they meant the 10,000 lakes Minnesota |
| #3110, aired 1998-02-20 | FILE UNDER "H" $800: Name shared by the mayor of Minneapolis in 1947 & the attorney general of Minnesota in 1997 Hubert Humphrey |
| #3093, aired 1998-01-28 | AMERICANA $800 (Daily Double): You'll find this author's boyhood home in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, 3 1/2 blocks west of Main Street Sinclair Lewis |
| #3086, aired 1998-01-19 | WINTER $800: In the winter the city of Bemidji in this state celebrates Brrr Midji Polar Days Minnesota |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | MEDICAL HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): [Hi, I'm Thomas Calabro] The clinic named for these doctors began as part of St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota The Mayo Clinic |
| #3082, aired 1998-01-13 | YELLOW THINGS $300: They were invented in Minnesota in the 1970s & the "Jeopardy!" office couldn't run without them Post-it Notes |
| #3055, aired 1997-12-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: Coeur d'Alene Lake in this state is at the heart of a popular resort area Idaho |
| #3024, aired 1997-10-23 | UNREAL ESTATE $400: In Sinclair Lewis' "Main Street", Main Street is in the town of Gopher Prairie in this state Minnesota |
| #2992, aired 1997-09-09 | GIANTS $400: In 1950 the Minnesota Valley Canning Co. took a new name from this, its symbol The Jolly Green Giant |
| #2986, aired 1997-09-01 | O MINNESOTA! $200: In 1961 the Washington Senators moved to Bloomington & became this A.L. team Minnesota Twins |
| #2986, aired 1997-09-01 | O MINNESOTA! $400: A state nickname was derived from a cartoon in which railroad promoters were likened to these pesky rodents Gophers |
| #2986, aired 1997-09-01 | O MINNESOTA! $600: Minnesota's lowest point is 602 feet above sea level at the shore of this Great Lake Lake Superior |
| #2986, aired 1997-09-01 | O MINNESOTA! $800: A Duluth park named for this Norseman features a replica of the ship in which he sailed to America c. 1000 Leif Erickson |
| #2980, aired 1997-07-11 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $500: A town in Minnesota is named for this capital of Uruguay, its sister city Montevideo |
| #2964, aired 1997-06-19 | ANNUAL EVENTS $300: Each June Grand Rapids, Minnesota honors this "Wizard of Oz" star with a 4-day festival Judy Garland |
| #2959, aired 1997-06-12 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: In 1964 Walter Mondale was appointed to replace this man as U.S. Senator from Minnesota Hubert Humphrey |
| #2947, aired 1997-05-27 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: From 1960 to 1964 this future vice president served as Minnesota's attorney general Walter Mondale |
| #2943, aired 1997-05-21 | U.S. STATES $200: With over 15,000 lakes, its lowest point is naturally on a lake, Lake Superior Minnesota |
| #2918, aired 1997-04-16 | SHOPPING U.S.A. $500: The Mall of America in this state gets more tourists than the Grand Canyon & Disney World combined Minnesota |
| #2914, aired 1997-04-10 | BLACK AMERICANS $600: This former surgeon general interned at the University of Minnesota Hospital Joycelyn Elders |
| #2911, aired 1997-04-07 | STATE BIRDS $200: This "crazy" state bird of Minnesota is also called the great northern diver the loon |
| #2903, aired 1997-03-26 | SECOND-LARGEST U.S. CITIES $400: This second-largest city of Minnesota is the twin of the largest St. Paul |
| #2895, aired 1997-03-14 | ANNUAL EVENTS $400: An 1876 bank robbery attempt is reenacted during Defeat of Jesse James Days in Northfield in this state Minnesota |
| #2889, aired 1997-03-06 | U.S. CITIES $200: At least 3 1/2 miles of skyways link the downtown buildings of this Minnesota capital St. Paul |
| #2880, aired 1997-02-21 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $300: In 1948 he became the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Minnesota Hubert Humphrey |
| #2878, aired 1997-02-19 | THE 1980s $400: In the 1984 Presidential election, he carried only the District of Columbia & Minnesota Mondale |
| #2878, aired 1997-02-19 | LIBRARIES $800: This city is home to the Mayo Patient Health Education Library Rochester, Minnesota |
| #2866, aired 1997-02-03 | U.S. STATES $100: This state's port of Duluth greatly increased ocean traffic when the St. Lawrence Seaway opened in 1959 Minnesota |
| #2854, aired 1997-01-16 | LAKES $200: Leech Lake in Minnesota is the largest of this river's headwater lakes Mississippi River |
| #2846, aired 1997-01-06 | NATIONAL FORESTS $500: Minnesota's largest national forest shares its name with this Great Lake Superior |
| #2840, aired 1996-12-27 | SINCLAIR LEWIS $1000: In this, his hometown, he was known as Harry Lewis; Sinclair is his middle name Sauk Centre, Minnesota |
| #2835, aired 1996-12-20 | ANNUAL EVENTS $200: The Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run is part of Ice Box Days in International Falls in this state Minnesota |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | MUSEUMS $500: This eastern Minnesota city is home to the Lake Superior Museum of Transportation Duluth |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $100: This creator of "Lake Wobegon" grew up in Anoka, Minnesota Garrison Keillor |
| #2823, aired 1996-12-04 | U.S. CITIES $1000: This largest North Dakota city lies across the Red River of the North from Moorhead, Minnesota Fargo |
| #2800, aired 1996-11-01 | CRIME TIME $200: His brother Buck Barrow helped him & Bonnie Parker rob a Minnesota bank May 16, 1933 Clyde Barrow |
| #2798, aired 1996-10-30 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $2,000 (Daily Double): From Rainy Lake to Lake of the Woods, the Rainy River provides this state's border with Canada Minnesota |
| #2778, aired 1996-10-02 | THE RANGE $1,000 (Daily Double): Continent on which youd find the Mesabi Range North America |
| #2767, aired 1996-09-17 | MINNESOTANS $300: While a student at the University of Minnesota, Robert Zimmerman began to perform under this name Bob Dylan |
| #2767, aired 1996-09-17 | CORPORATE SYMBOLS $400: The Minnesota Valley Canning Company created this symbol that originally described its peas The Jolly Green Giant |
| #2767, aired 1996-09-17 | MINNESOTANS $500: This voluptuous brunette actress entered the world June 21, 1921 in Bemidji, Minnesota; "Cross My Heart" Jane Russell |
| #2762, aired 1996-09-10 | STATE CAPITALS $300: In 1838 Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant became the first settler in what is now this Minnesota capital St. Paul |
| #2749, aired 1996-07-11 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: 3M is headquartered in this state Minnesota |
| #2747, aired 1996-07-09 | THE MOVIES $300: Jackie Gleason received an Oscar nomination for playing Minnesota Fats in this 1961 film The Hustler |
| #2742, aired 1996-07-02 | U.S. LAKES $800: Lake of the Woods in Canada & this U.S. state is a remnant of Agassiz, an extinct glacial lake Minnesota |
| #2733, aired 1996-06-19 | "M" ON THE MAP $100: With a population of over 365,000, it's Minnesota's largest city Minneapolis |
| #2727, aired 1996-06-11 | STATE MOTTOES $400: Heavenly body mentioned in the mottoes of Kansas & Minnesota star |
| #2712, aired 1996-05-21 | U.S. CITIES $600: This Minnesota city was named for Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, who visited the area in 1679 Duluth |
| #2703, aired 1996-05-08 | STATE NICKNAMES $300: "The Gopher State" Minnesota |
| #2689, aired 1996-04-18 | LITERATURE $1000: Sinclair Lewis' novel "Main Street" is set in the town of Gopher Prairie in this state Minnesota |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | DOCTOR $400: The University of Minnesota's graduate school of medicine is named for this family Mayo |
| #2671, aired 1996-03-25 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $200: This Minnesota "Twin City" derives its name from a chapel built there in 1841 St. Paul |
| #2663, aired 1996-03-13 | STATE CAPITALS $300: It's thought that this Montana capital was named for a city in Minnesota Helena |
| #2656, aired 1996-03-04 | THE U.S. $1000: This northernmost lake of Minnesota is shared with Canada Lake of the Woods |
| #2651, aired 1996-02-26 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $1000: The International Peace Garden lies on this "Peace Garden State"'s border with Manitoba North Dakota |
| #2625, aired 1996-01-19 | FOLKLORE $400: When the foot & hoof prints left by this pair filled with water, Minnesota's 10,000 lakes were formed Paul Bunyan & Babe |
| #2619, aired 1996-01-11 | THE MISSISSIPPI $200: The Minnesota River joins the Mississippi near these twin cities Minneapolis & St. Paul |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: This U.S. state has thousands of lakes, including Minchumina, Naknek & Teshekpuk Alaska |
| #2599, aired 1995-12-14 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: In 1944 he helped organize Minnesota's Democratic Farmer-Labor Party (Hubert) Humphrey |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | U.S. RIVERS $200: In 1832 Henry Schoolcraft identified Lake Itasca in Minnesota as this river's source the Mississippi |
| #2558, aired 1995-10-18 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: This state's Mesabi Range has produced more iron ore than any other area in the U.S. Minnesota |
| #2554, aired 1995-10-12 | VICE PRESIDENTS $600: After leaving office in 1969, he returned to teaching at Macalester college in St. Paul, Minnesota Humphrey |
| #2550, aired 1995-10-06 | STATE CAPITALS $100: It's home to the University of Minnesota's College of Agriculture St. Paul |
| #2545, aired 1995-09-29 | THE 50 STATES $400: At 84,402 square miles, including the lakes, it's the largest north central state in area Minnesota |
| #2541, aired 1995-09-25 | AMERICAN LAKES $600: Winnebago is this Midwest state's largest lake Wisconsin |
| #2533, aired 1995-09-13 | SPORTS $300: This Minnesota NBA team made its debut in 1989 the Timberwolves |
| #2522, aired 1995-07-18 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $200: In jest it's been called "a state that has 10,000 lakes and 1,000 fish" Minnesota |
| #2507, aired 1995-06-27 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $500 (Daily Double): This state's universities include those in St. Cloud, Moorhead & Bemidji Minnesota |
| #2507, aired 1995-06-27 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: This range in Minnesota is one of the greatest iron ore mining regions in the world the Mesabi Range |
| #2476, aired 1995-05-15 | STATE CAPITALS $200: Founded in 1849 as the Minnesota Pioneer, this city's Pioneer Press is Minnesota's oldest newspaper Saint Paul |
| #2474, aired 1995-05-11 | LIBRARIES $800: This Rochester, Minnesota clinic has its own medical library Mayo |
| #2452, aired 1995-04-11 | THE UNITED STATES $200: Minnesota is famous for having "10,000" of these but it actually has about 15,000 lakes |
| #2442, aired 1995-03-28 | NORTH DAKOTA $500: Fargo has close ties with the city of Moorhead across the Red River of the North in this state Minnesota |
| #2441, aired 1995-03-27 | U.S. TRAVEL $100: The Anderson House in Wabasha, Minnesota will lend guests one of these pets for the Night--how "purr"fect a cat |
| #2440, aired 1995-03-24 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1000: The Lake Itasca Forestry & Biological Station is a facility of this university (the University of) Minnesota |
| #2421, aired 1995-02-27 | VICE PRESIDENTS $600: In 1939 he graduated magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota (Hubert) Humphrey |
| #2411, aired 1995-02-13 | ODDS & ENDS $200: In 1950 the Minnesota Valley Canning Co. took its name after this advertising symbol—Ho ho ho! Green Giant |
| #2404, aired 1995-02-02 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: Lake of the Woods lies in Minnesota, Ontario & this other province Manitoba |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: The Ingalls family moves to Minnesota in her book "On the Banks of Plum Creek" Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| #2395, aired 1995-01-20 | MUSEUMS $1000: Memorabilia devoted to this author are housed in a Walnut Grove, Minnesota museum (Laura) Ingalls (Wilder) |
| #2393, aired 1995-01-18 | COUNTIES $1,100 (Daily Double): Part of this state's Lake of the Woods County is north of the 49th parallel Minnesota |
| #2372, aired 1994-12-20 | NICKNAMES $600: Pool hustler Rudolf Walter Wanderone, Jr. was known by this "state"ly nickname Minnesota Fats |
| #2328, aired 1994-10-19 | THE 50 STATES $400: A map in front of this state's capitol depicts all of its counties, including Lake of the Woods Minnesota |
| #2327, aired 1994-10-18 | PRO FOOTBALL $200: Before a move to Minneapolis in 1982, this teams home games were played in Bloomington the Minnesota Vikings |
| #2317, aired 1994-10-04 | HOME, SWEET HOME $1,000 (Daily Double): The site of this author's birth in Sauk Centre, Minnesota is now on an avenue named for him Sinclair Lewis |
| #2292, aired 1994-07-19 | ANNUAL EVENTS $800: International Falls in this state is the site of the annual Ice Box Days Winter Festival in January Minnesota |
| #2275, aired 1994-06-24 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: The first "M" in 3M's name stands for this state where the company began Minnesota |
| #2264, aired 1994-06-09 | U.S. "D" CITIES $500: It's Minnesota's most populous city outside the Twin Cities metropolitan area Duluth |
| #2245, aired 1994-05-13 | STATE ANIMALS $100: Crazy as it seems, it's Minnesota's state bird the loon |
| #2243, aired 1994-05-11 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $100: The University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus lies in these 2 cities St. Paul & Minneapolis |
| #2241, aired 1994-05-09 | TV SITCOMS $200: It's the sport Hayden Fox coaches at Minnesota State on "Coach" football |
| #2238, aired 1994-05-04 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $500: Of interest in & around this Minnesota city are the Mayo Clinic, Mayo Park & Mayowood Rochester |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | THE 50 STATES $400: Rochester in this state is home to the largest private medical center in the world, the Mayo Clinic Minnesota |
| #2188, aired 1994-02-23 | THE 50 STATES $100: About half of its population lives in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area Minnesota |
| #2188, aired 1994-02-23 | IN THE BALLPARK $1000: A ball hitting the roof may remain in play in the Minnesota stadium named for this vice president Hubert H. Humphrey |
| #2150, aired 1993-12-31 | U.S.A. $300: For a couple of pucks...er, bucks, you can visit a U.S. Hall of Fame for this sport in Eveleth, Minnesota hockey |
| #2137, aired 1993-12-14 | POTPOURRI $800: "Arrowhead country", this state's area north of Lake Superior, is shaped like an arrowhead Minnesota |
| #2129, aired 1993-12-02 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: State university campuses in this state include Bemidji, Moorhead & St. Cloud Minnesota |
| #2108, aired 1993-11-03 | LAND OF ____ $1000: A nickname for Minnesota, or the source of Hamm's beer The Land of Sky Blue Waters |
| #2101, aired 1993-10-25 | 1867 $600: Minnesota farmer Oliver Kelley founded this fraternal organization the Grange |
| #2095, aired 1993-10-15 | ANNUAL EVENTS $100: The Norwegian Pumpkin Rolling Festival & the Kalamazoo Kitefest are annual events in this state Michigan |
| #2095, aired 1993-10-15 | 1894 $200: A huge forest fire between Minneapolis & Duluth in this state killed more than 400 people Minnesota |
| #2022, aired 1993-05-25 | U.S.A. $400: The name of this state means "sky-tinted water" & could apply to any of its "10,000 Lakes" Minnesota |
| #2017, aired 1993-05-18 | CHARACTERS IN FILM $100: Fast Eddie Felson,
Sarah Packard &
Minnesota Fats The Hustler |
| #2010, aired 1993-05-07 | COLLEGE NICKNAMES $800: The Golden Gophers Minnesota |
| #1999, aired 1993-04-22 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: This state's Northwest Angle on Lake of the Woods is the northernmost point in the USA except for Alaska Minnesota |
| #1984, aired 1993-04-01 | STATE MOTTOES $700 (Daily Double): "The Star of the North" is not Alaska's motto but the motto of this northernmost of the lower 48 states Minnesota |
| #1983, aired 1993-03-31 | GIANTS $100: One legend says it was his ox' footprints that formed the 10,000 lakes in Minnesota Paul Bunyan |
| #1974, aired 1993-03-18 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $600: This Minnesota senator who forced LBJ from the 1968 presidential race was called "clean Gene" Gene McCarthy |
| #1968, aired 1993-03-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: This river that rises in Minnesota has lent its name to the capital of Iowa Des Moines |
| #1967, aired 1993-03-09 | U.S.A. $800: This state's Minnehaha Falls was immortalized in Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha" Minnesota |
| #1950, aired 1993-02-12 | THEATRES $400: In 1963 British director Tyrone Guthrie founded a theatre named for himself in this Minnesota city Minneapolis |
| #1948, aired 1993-02-10 | LIBRARIES $400: This city is the site of the Mayo Medical Library Rochester, Minnesota |
| #1942, aired 1993-02-02 | MEDICINE MEN $3,600 (Daily Double): During WWI brothers in this Minnesota family alternated as chief consultant on surgery for the Army the Mayos |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | MINNESOTA $200: When it merged with the town of St. Anthony in 1872, this city became the state's largest Minneapolis |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | MINNESOTA $400: Unearthed on a Minn. farm, the Kensington Rune Stone records an alleged visit by these people in 1362 the Vikings |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | MINNESOTA $600: Minnesota leads the nation in the production of this ore, most of it coming from the Mesabi Range iron ore |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | MINNESOTA $800: America's busiest port on the Great Lakes is shared by Superior, Wisconsin & this Minnesota city Duluth |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | THIRD PARTIES $800: In this state the Liberal & Conservative parties exert ideological pressure on the 2 major parites New York |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | MINNESOTA $1000: This author's home in Sauk Centre is preserved as a historic site Sinclair Lewis |
| #1919, aired 1992-12-31 | AMERICANA $800: A building near the Minnesota farmhouse where he once lived has mementos from his record-making flight Lindbergh |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: In the 1940s he helped unite the Democratic & Farmer-Labor parties in Minnesota Hubert Humphrey |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | STATE FLAGS $400: This state's flag features a badger under its motto Wisconsin |
| #1903, aired 1992-12-09 | POLITICIANS $200: Hubert Humphrey III is attorney general of this state Minnesota |
| #1898, aired 1992-12-02 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: The Red River of the North provides the boundary between Minnesota & this state to the west North Dakota |
| #1897, aired 1992-12-01 | THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER $1000: This state's Lake Itasca is the source of the river Minnesota |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | FOLK SINGERS $100: During a brief stint at the university of Minnesota, Robert Zimmerman began using this name Bob Dylan |
| #1878, aired 1992-11-04 | 1960 $400: In May this Minnesota senator conceded the Democratic presidential race to JFK Humphrey |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | THE 50 STATES $400: The USA's largest open-pit iron mine lies near Hibbing in the northeastern part of this state Minnesota |
| #1868, aired 1992-10-21 | STATE CAPITALS $200: This Minnesota capital was named for a church constructed there in 1841 St. Paul |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: At about 440 square miles, Red Lake is the largest of this state's "10,000 Lakes" Minnesota |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | MAYORS $400: In 1945 Hubert Humphrey was elected mayor of this Minnesota city Minneapolis |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | THE 50 STATES $800: Of the more than 8,500 lakes in this state, Winnebago is the largest Wisconsin |
| #1835, aired 1992-07-17 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: The Paul Bunyan Dog Sled Races are usually held in January in Bemidji in this state Minnesota |
| #1783, aired 1992-05-06 | VICE PRESIDENTS $400: Hubert Humphrey & Walter Mondale are the only 2 U.S. vice presidents from this state Minnesota |
| #1779, aired 1992-04-30 | U.S. CITIES $500: This Minnesota city is the westernmost port on the Great Lakes Duluth |
| #1722, aired 1992-02-11 | TOYS & GAMES $500: In the 1940s Minnesota mailman Herb Schaper created this "lousy" game Cootie |
| #1719, aired 1992-02-06 | AMUSEMENT PARKS $100: Babe the Blue Ox is among the exhibits at a Minnesota park honoring this lumberjack Paul Bunyan |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | MINNESOTA $100: Its name combines the Sioux word for water with the Greek word for city Minneapolis |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | MINNESOTA $200: You can't visit this Minnesota town; it was made up by Garrison Keillor Lake Wobegon |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | MINNESOTA $300: Its state motto, "L'Etoile du Nord" calls the state this "of the North" Star of the North |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | MINNESOTA $500 (Daily Double): The last Minnesotan the Democrats ran for U.S. president, he lost in 1984 Walter Mondale |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | MINNESOTA $500: During a festival in September, Northfield residents reenact bank robberies pulled by this gang the James Gang |
| #1700, aired 1992-01-10 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1,000 (Daily Double): This cooperative, headquartered in Minnesota, makes about one-third of U.S. butter Land O'Lakes |
| #1674, aired 1991-12-05 | STATE PARKS $800: A state park near Little Falls, Minnesota features the boyhood home of this aviator Lindbergh |
| #1673, aired 1991-12-04 | ANNUAL EVENTS $500: In July Sauk Centre, Minnesota has a 4-day festival honoring this novelist Sinclair Lewis |
| #1660, aired 1991-11-15 | THE VIKINGS $3,000 (Daily Double): Now considered a fake, a stone with these Viking letters was found in 1898 in Kensington, Minnesota Runes/Runic letters |
| #1659, aired 1991-11-14 | FORESTS $600: This state's Chippewa & Superior National Forests contain many of its 10,000 lakes Minnesota |
| #1655, aired 1991-11-08 | BASEBALL $500: The 2 teams that won their divisions in 1991 after finishing last in 1990 Braves and Twins |
| #1655, aired 1991-11-08 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: This state borders two Canadian provinces: Manitoba & Saskatchewan North Dakota |
| #1646, aired 1991-10-28 | FAMOUS GRANTS $500: As head coach he led the Minnesota Vikings into 4 Super Bowls but lost them all Bud Grant |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | LIBRARIES $300: A large collection of medical works can be found in Rochester, Minnesota, at this clinic the Mayo Clinic |
| #1630, aired 1991-10-04 | THE 1830s $1000: In 1832 an expedition led by Henry Schoolcraft discovered the source of the Mississippi at this Minnesota lake Lake Itasca |
| #1627, aired 1991-10-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: The 3 Ms in 3M stand for this Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing |
| #1623, aired 1991-09-25 | U.S. STATES $500: About 60% of the iron ore in the U.S. comes from this state's Mesabi range Minnesota |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | ANNUAL EVENTS $600: If you're into jogging, try the Freeze Your Gizzard Blizzard Run in January in this state's Int'l Falls Minnesota |
| #1591, aired 1991-07-01 | THE 50 STATES $2,800 (Daily Double): In 1668, Jacques Marquette founded Sault Ste. Marie, the first European settlement in this state Michigan |
| #1584, aired 1991-06-20 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: When trading occurs in this company, whose stock symbol is MMM, brokers say "Post-it" Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company |
| #1540, aired 1991-04-19 | U.S. CITIES $600: This state & its largest city both begin with "Mi" Minnesota |
| #1533, aired 1991-04-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: Between Minnesota & Wisconsin, this river widens a bit, forming Lake Pepin the Mississippi |
| #1521, aired 1991-03-25 | EDUCATION $400: The Mayo Graduate School of Medicine is in this city Rochester, Minnesota |
| #1520, aired 1991-03-22 | AUTHORS $2,000 (Daily Double): This author's ashes were scattered over Greenwood Cemetery in Sauk Centre, Minnesota Sinclair Lewis |
| #1495, aired 1991-02-15 | STATE CAPITALS $100: Minneapolis is larger but this Twin City is Minnesota's capital St. Paul |
| #1495, aired 1991-02-15 | ELECTION '90 $400: Brooklyn Park, Minnesota elected Jesse Ventura, a professional one of these, part-time mayor a professional wrestler |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $500: The 2nd largest freshwater lake entirely within the U.S. is Lake Iliamna in this state Alaska |
| #1478, aired 1991-01-23 | VICE PRESIDENTS $200: Before & after his term as Johnson's VP, he served as a Minnesota senator Humphrey |
| #1472, aired 1991-01-15 | U.S. STATES $800: You can't see the falls for which International Falls in this state is named; they no longer exist Minnesota |
| #1469, aired 1991-01-10 | POTPOURRI $400: A 1990 survey named this Minnesota clinic the best hospital in America the Mayo Clinic |
| #1469, aired 1991-01-10 | AMERICANA $400: Grand Rapids, Minnesota hosts an annual festival in honor of this ruby-slippered star who was born there Judy Garland |
| #1459, aired 1990-12-27 | COUNTIES $500: Much of this Minnesota county's area consists of the U.S.-Canadian lake of the same name Lake of the Woods |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | CHARACTERS IN FILM $400: Fast Eddie Felson,
Sarah Packard &
Minnesota Fats The Hustler |
| #1443, aired 1990-12-05 | SPORTS $400: The two professional teams whose home is the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome the Minnesota Twins & Minnesota Vikings |
| #1442, aired 1990-12-04 | COUNTIES $500: Lake of the Woods County is this state's newest county, as well as its least populous Minnesota |
| #1440, aired 1990-11-30 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS $1000: In the 1968 presidential primary this Minnesota senator won 20 delegates to President Johnson's 4 Eugene McCarthy |
| #1406, aired 1990-10-15 | THE GREAT LAKES $1000: Superior, Wisconsin & this Minnesota town form a huge inland port on the western terminus of the Great Lakes Duluth |
| #1405, aired 1990-10-12 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: Founded in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1902, this company originally sold sandpaper & added tape later 3M |
| #1387, aired 1990-09-18 | POLITICAL PARTIES $1000: In this state the two major parties are the Republicans & the Democratic Farmer Labor Party Minnesota |
| #3, aired 1990-06-30 | FAMOUS POLITICIANS $800: This Minnesota congressman wrote the 1919 act that enforced prohibition Volstead |
| #3, aired 1990-06-30 | LAKES $1000: A part of Minnesota, the northernmost point in the lower 48 states, juts into this U.S.-Canadian lake Lake of the Woods |
| #1359, aired 1990-06-28 | POTPOURRI $100: This aviator's boyhood home is in Little Falls, Minnesota, though his spirit may be in St. Louis Charles Lindbergh |
| #1358, aired 1990-06-27 | BASEBALL $100: 1 of 3 Major League teams named for a state rather than a city (1 of) Minnesota Twins (or Texas Rangers & California Angels) |
| #1332, aired 1990-05-22 | "NORTH" $500: Robert Duvall portrayed Jesse James in this 1972 film about an 1876 bank robbery The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid |
| #1319, aired 1990-05-03 | TWINS $200: A Minnesota Twin could tell you this word is a synonym for twin bill Doubleheader |
| #1315, aired 1990-04-27 | AMERICAN MOUNTAINS $400: The chief iron mining centers in the Mesabi Range in this state are Hibbing & Virginia Minnesota |
| #1308, aired 1990-04-18 | THE MIDWEST $400: Minnesota city that's home to the world famous Mayo Clinic Rochester |
| #1291, aired 1990-03-26 | BASEBALL $400: In 1961 owner Calvin Griffith moved this team to Minneapolis where it became the Minnesota Twins Washington Senators |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | GOVERNMENT $200: Incumbent David Durenberger defeated Hubert Humphrey III in this state's 1988 Senate race Minnesota |
| #1289, aired 1990-03-22 | THE 50 STATES $600: Each December the Paul Bunyan Sled Dog Races are held in Bemidji in this northern state Minnesota |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | U.S.A. $1000: 1 of the largest lakes in Minnesota, its name begins with the same 5 letters as Minnesota Lake Minnetonka |
| #1261, aired 1990-02-12 | SPORTS $500: 1 of 2 Major League Baseball teams whose home stadium has a retractable roof Montreal Expos or Toronto Blue Jays |
| #1247, aired 1990-01-23 | MINNESOTA $100: This city was named after Daniel Greysolon, who was also known as Sieur du Lhut Duluth |
| #1247, aired 1990-01-23 | MINNESOTA $200: About 10,000 years ago this dug out the 10,000 lakes the glacier |
| #1247, aired 1990-01-23 | MINNESOTA $300: Both the cities of Bemidji & Brainerd have statues honoring this ox Babe the Blue Ox |
| #1247, aired 1990-01-23 | MINNESOTA $400: With this as the state nickname, Fred Grandy should have been a representative from Minnesota "The Gopher State" |
| #1247, aired 1990-01-23 | MINNESOTA $500: This St. Paul co. began by mining corundum, then making sandpaper & masking tape 3M |
| #1214, aired 1989-12-07 | U.S. CITIES $400: In 1805 Zebulon Pike bought land from the Sioux that's now this Minnesota capital Saint Paul |
| #1211, aired 1989-12-04 | STATE BIRDS $600: This "crazy" water fowl, also known as the great northern diver, is Minnesota's state bird the loon |
| #1200, aired 1989-11-17 | LITERATURE $800: Some of the stories & poems in "We Are Still Married" reflect on this author's life in Minnesota Garrison Keillor |
| #1175, aired 1989-10-13 | STATE NICKNAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): This state's nickname consists of a verb & a pronoun Missouri ("The Show-Me State") |
| #1084, aired 1989-04-27 | QUOTES $800: Famous adage Theodore Roosevelt told the crowd at the Minnesota state fair September 2, 1901 Speak softly and carry a big stick |
| #1065, aired 1989-03-31 | U.S. STATES $1,200 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 states that touch both the Mississippi River & a Great Lake (2 of) Minnesota, Illinois & Wisconsin |
| #1052, aired 1989-03-14 | TV TRIVIA $200: On 1967's "Celebrity Billiards", famous guests challenged this hefty hustler Minnesota Fats |
| #1046, aired 1989-03-06 | HEMINGWAY $200: Fighting depression, he underwent shock treatments at this Minnesota medical center the Mayo Clinic |
| #1037, aired 1989-02-21 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: This Minnesota co. known for encouraging employees' ideas, develops about 200 new products a year 3M |
| #1019, aired 1989-01-26 | SOFTBALL $100: In 1900 the 1st softball league was organized in this largest Minnesota city Minneapolis |
| #1018, aired 1989-01-25 | MINNESOTA $100: You can wade across this mighty river where it's not so mighty at Lake Itasca, its source Mississippi River |
| #1018, aired 1989-01-25 | MINNESOTA $200: The land that is now Minnesota became part of the U.S. as a result of this sale Louisiana Purchase |
| #1018, aired 1989-01-25 | MINNESOTA $300: At the largest family-owned brewery in the U.S., you can see how they make this fire-brewed beer Stroh's |
| #1018, aired 1989-01-25 | MINNESOTA $400: The 1st Europeans to arrive in Minnesota were explorers from this country France |
| #1018, aired 1989-01-25 | MINNESOTA $500: In 1982 this regional theater known for its repertory company was awarded a Tony (Tyrone) Guthrie Theater |
| #951, aired 1988-10-24 | THE SUPER BOWL $500: With 4 defeats, this NFC Central Division team has lost more Super Bowls than any other Minnesota Vikings |
| #934, aired 1988-09-29 | CHARACTERS IN FILM $200: Sarah Packard,
Minnesota Fats,
Eddie Felson The Hustler |
| #920, aired 1988-09-09 | WORLD CITIES $300 (Daily Double): Translate the name of the 2nd largest city in Minnesota into Portuguese & get this, Brazil's largest city São Paulo |
| #898, aired 1988-06-29 | THE OLD WEST $500: Bob Younger blamed himself for his gang's capture after the botched Northfield hold-up in this state Minnesota |
| #880, aired 1988-06-03 | U.S. CITIES $1000: 5th largest city in Minnesota, it's named for the 3rd largest in New York Rochester |
| #870, aired 1988-05-20 | U.S. STATES $1,000 (Daily Double): Before 1959, a piece of this central state was the northernmost point in the U.S. Minnesota |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | NAME THAT TEAM $400: Alan Page,
Ahmad Rashad, &
Fran Tarkenton the Minnesota Vikings |
| #842, aired 1988-04-12 | U.S. STATES $200: The capital of this state is named after Helena, Minnesota Montana |
| #810, aired 1988-02-26 | THE MISSISSIPPI $300: Only Major League baseball team named for a state that lies on both sides of the Mississippi Minnesota Twins |
| #787, aired 1988-01-26 | "BACK" IN SPORTS $500: What Minnesota Fats put on a cue ball to stop it dead after hitting another ball backspin |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | U.S. CITIES $400: In 1889, the Sisters of St. Francis built a hospital for Dr. Wm. Mayo to administer in this city Rochester, Minnesota |
| #748, aired 1987-12-02 | AMERICAN FISH $200: You might catch this state's state fish, the walleye, in 1 of its "10,000 lakes" Minnesota |
| #713, aired 1987-10-14 | F. SCOTT FITZGERALD $100: Though associated with the East, Fitzgerald was born in this city, capital of Minnesota St. Paul |
| #696, aired 1987-09-21 | FAT $100: Legendary pool champ Rudolph Wanderone Jr. is better known by this nickname Minnesota Fats |
| #626, aired 1987-05-04 | U.S. STATES $200: Of Michigan, Minnesota, or Wisconsin, the only state whose land mass borders on Canada Minnesota |
| #620, aired 1987-04-24 | LAKES & RIVERS $1,500 (Daily Double): Lake of the Woods separates northernmost point in the lower 48 states from the rest of this state Minnesota |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: His father, Charles A., Sr. was a Minnesota congressman Charles Lindbergh |
| #545, aired 1987-01-09 | SPORT SHIFTS $800: 1 of 2 current Major League Baseball teams that were formerly "The Washington Senators" Minnesota Twins (& the Texas Rangers) |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | VICE-PRESIDENTS $300: Later vice president, he 1st visited the capital while leading Boy Scouts from Minnesota Hubert Humphrey |
| #489, aired 1986-10-23 | ROADSIDE AMERICA $100: In Minnesota, competition is fierce in displaying statues of this woodsman & his ox Paul Bunyan |
| #482, aired 1986-10-14 | ROMANIA $300: Of Minn., Mo., or La., the U.S. state sharing same geographic latitude as Romania Minnesota |
| #459, aired 1986-09-11 | SPORTS STADIUMS $600: The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome was built to keep this NFL team from moving to warmer climes the Minnesota Vikings |
| #443, aired 1986-05-21 | WHO CARES? $200: This Minnesota city has almost twice the grain storage capacity of any other center in U.S. Minneapolis |
| #419, aired 1986-04-17 | U.S. CITIES $200: This Minnesota city is said to have largest Scandinavian population outside Stockholm Minneapolis |
| #419, aired 1986-04-17 | SPORTS QUOTES $800: Minnesota Fats said dressing a pool player in this is "putting whipped cream on a hot dog" a tuxedo |
| #401, aired 1986-03-24 | 1958 $300: Mark Hatfield, Orville Freeman, & Abraham Ribicoff all won elections for this office Governor |
| #398, aired 1986-03-19 | TEXTILES $800: Fabric whose fibers are not spun but matted with heat, it mattered a great deal to Minnesota Fats felt |
| #357, aired 1986-01-21 | DOUBLE "N" $600: 2 of 4 U.S. states that fit this category (2 of) Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Minnesota or Tennessee |
| #353, aired 1986-01-15 | STATE CAPITALS $600: Dome of Minnesota state capitol building in this city is patterned after St. Peter's in Rome St. Paul |
| #324, aired 1985-12-05 | NAMES IN THE NEWS $400: He's managed Minnesota, Detroit, Texas, N.Y., N.Y., Oakland, N.Y. & N.Y. in that order Billy Martin |
| #300, aired 1985-11-01 | U.S. STATES $400: TV's "Little House on the Prairie" is set in Walnut Grove, in this state Minnesota |
| #286, aired 1985-10-14 | MINNESOTA $100: Minnesota's mathematically inaccurate nickname Land of 10,000 Lakes |
| #286, aired 1985-10-14 | MINNESOTA $200: Frostbite Falls, Minn., is supposed home of this cartoon pair Rocky & Bullwinkle |
| #286, aired 1985-10-14 | MINNESOTA $300: By law, only they are allowed to quarry the unique red stone at Pipestone Nat'l Monument the Indians |
| #286, aired 1985-10-14 | MINNESOTA $400: Minnesota provides the nation with more than 60% of this mineral iron ore |
| #286, aired 1985-10-14 | MINNESOTA $500 (Daily Double): By cargo weight, 1 of 15 largest U.S. ports, even though it's more than 1000 miles from the ocean Duluth |
| #272, aired 1985-09-24 | ELECTIONS $200: He was the 1st Democrat ever elected to the Senate from Minnesota Hubert Humphrey |
| #263, aired 1985-09-11 | CANADA $500 (Daily Double): The 3 Canadian Prairie Provinces Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta |
| #177, aired 1985-05-14 | WORLD CITIES $600: Brazilian city name which is Portuguese equivalent to Minnesota's capital São Paulo |
| #160, aired 1985-04-19 | STATE CAPITALS $400: "Pig's Eye" was 1st name of Minnesota capital until a church was built there, dedicated to him St. Paul |
| #126, aired 1985-03-04 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: State whose license plate reads "Land of 10,000 Lakes" Minnesota |
| #120, aired 1985-02-22 | SPORTS $800 (Daily Double): This team lost all 4 times it appeared in the Super Bowl during the '70s the Minnesota Vikings |
| #103, aired 1985-01-30 | U.S. STATES $300: Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi river, is there Minnesota |
| #77, aired 1984-12-25 | "STATE" NAMES $800: Champ whom Eddie Felson hustled in "The Hustler" Minnesota Fats |
| #64, aired 1984-12-06 | U.S. CITIES $600: Via St. Lawrence Seaway, ships from Europe can reach this largest Minnesota port Duluth |
| #59, aired 1984-11-29 | SAINTLY CITIES $100: Minneapolis' "twin", it's capital of Minnesota St. Paul |
| #20, aired 1984-10-05 | STATE CAPITALS $500 (Daily Double): Only state capital named for a biblical figure St. Paul, Minnesota |
| #20, aired 1984-10-05 | SPORTS SHIFTS $600: Minnesota's, not L.A.'s terrain gave this basketball team its aquatic name the Lakers |
| #13, aired 1984-09-26 | BASEBALL $2,000 (Daily Double): 1 of 3 Major League Baseball teams with state rather than city names (1 of) California Angels, Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins |
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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Kathryn Wendling, a high school social studies teacher from Farmington, Minnesota
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"Her high school newspaper predicted she would be on Jeopardy! From...
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A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
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Senator Al Franken, a U.S. senator from Minnesota
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"After a successful career as a comedy writer, author, and radio...
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Samira Missaghi, a junior from the University of Minnesota
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Eden Prarie, Minnesota. Samira...
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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Erik Johnson, a packaging engineer from Plymouth, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2018-06-18).
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Jane Weaver, a registered nurse originally from Minnesota
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1987 Senior Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000. No hometown was given for Jane,...
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Drew Horwood, a business analyst from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2014 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 29 8-time champion: $138,100 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: RunDMH
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David Hankins, a college student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 21 player (2004-11-30). David won $100,000 on Who Wants to...
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Joe Vertnik, a senior from Mound, Minnesota
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2013 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of...
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Lila Anderson, a junior from Minnetonka, Minnesota
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2013 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Mark Raabe, an IT director from Coon Rapids, Minnesota
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Season 25 player (2008-09-25).
Last name pronounced like "RAH-bee".
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Charlie Rooney, a sophomore at Loyola University Chicago from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Nibir Sarma, a junior at the University of Minnesota from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
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2021 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
2020 College Championship winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000.
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Nibir Sarma, a sophomore at the University of Minnesota from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
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2021 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
2020 College Championship winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000.
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Rob Worman, an escalation manager from Edina, Minnesota
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2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 34 6-time champion: $133,900...
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Joe Mulder, a closed captioner originally from Marshall, Minnesota
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Season 32 player (2016-06-20).
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Jim Waldo, a consultant from Medina, Minnesota
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Season 23 player (2007-02-27).
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Heidi Liu, a senior from Plymouth, Minnesota
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Cam Hoang, an attorney from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 32 player (2015-09-29).
Last name pronounced like "HWANG".
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Marguerite Moran, a library director from Webster, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2017-10-04).
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Claudia Hochstein, an environmental program administrator from Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2018-01-05).
Last name pronounced like "HOCK-styne".
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Meredith Johnson, a senior from University of Minnesota
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Attended the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities...
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Nate Metcalf, an actor and playwright from Cokato, Minnesota
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Season 23 1-time champion: $22,438 + $2,000. According to the official...
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Zach Heinen, an analyst from Burnsville, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2017-12-22).
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Peter Buchholz, a 6th grade U.S. history and language arts teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2016 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000 + a $2,500 education grant to...
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Lindsey Ziegler, a project coordinator from Crystal, Minnesota
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Season 32 player (2016-04-19).
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Glenda Niemiec, a payroll specialist from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 22 player (2005-12-02).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Gramma Glenda
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Sam Daub, an eleven-year-old from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
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"And he finds video games enticing and has made a fantasy...
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Katie Ganfield, a mom from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 27 player (2010-09-15).
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Sam Meyer, a graduate student of Middle Eastern studies originally from St. Joseph, Minnesota
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Season 27 2-time champion: $45,377 + $1,000. Not to be confused...
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Marta Bowman, a sales assistant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 23 player (2007-06-08).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SwedeGirl
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Susan Herder, a science teacher from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 23 2-time champion: $33,202 + $1,000. Susan won $1,000 on...
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Jean Doolittle, a tech trainer from Ham Lake, Minnesota
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Season 24 player (2008-01-21).
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Tom Gort, a prosecutor from Winona, Minnesota
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Season 23 player (2007-03-13).
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Eric Heaton, a software engineer originally from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 22 player (2006-03-20).
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Erin Holm, a new learner experience coordinator from St. Anthony, Minnesota
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Season 24 player (2007-12-17).
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Joanne Platt, a waitress from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 24 2-time champion: $6,999 + $1,000. Won $16,000 on Who...
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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
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Emmey Harris, a sophomore at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
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2022 National College Championship semifinalist: $20,000. Emmey was majoring in history....
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Adam Lozeau, a public defender from Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Season 35 player (2019-04-16).
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Mike Parks, a software engineer from Golden Valley, Minnesota
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Season 38 player (2022-01-05).
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Pat Oen, a homemaker originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 9 player (1993-06-21).
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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
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Maggie Houska, a prospect researcher from Chanhassen, Minnesota
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Season 37 player (2021-01-22).
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Joe Gauthier, a bank trust officer originally from Austin, Minnesota
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Season 1 player (1985-02-05).
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Al Easter, a data processor from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 7 player (1991-01-23).
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Isabella Dawis, a writer, actor and musician from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 40 player (2024-05-09).
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Do Park, a sportswriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 38 player (2021-12-20).
First name pronounced like "DOE".
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Jennifer Linde, an associate professor from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 37 1-time champion: $24,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "LIN-dee".
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Ryan Vesledahl, a catastrophe modeler from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 35 player (2018-10-12).
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Crystal Zhao, a tech consultant from Bloomington, Minnesota
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 1-time champion: $4,199 + $2,000.
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Crystal Zhao, a tech consultant from Bloomington, Minnesota
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 1-time champion: $4,199 + $2,000.
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Zach Razavi, a palliative physician from Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Season 39 player (2023-07-27).
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Krys Fischer, a retired substitute teacher from Mendota Heights, Minnesota
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Season 38 player (2021-11-30).
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Nick Arciero, a writer's assistant originally from Mounds View, Minnesota
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Season 37 player (2021-04-26).
Husband of Season 21 player Karen Arciero.
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Daisy Donohue, an actor and artist originally from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 39 player (2023-03-23).
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Jenna Johnson, a law student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 30 player (2013-12-19).
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Molly Fleming, a community organizer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 38 player (2022-06-17).
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Ben Sasamoto, an environmental consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 39 player (2023-07-21).
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Anji Nyquist, a hand model and podcast host from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2024 Champions Wildcard play-in game player (2024-01-12).
Season 39 1-time champion: $8,800 + $1,000.
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Kari Stadem, a retired homeschooler from Willmar, Minnesota
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Season 37 player (2021-04-14).
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Kyle Thorson, a musician and a real estate agent originally from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 2 player (1986-03-27).
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Matt Steen, an account coordinator from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 36 player (2020-03-27).
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Tahne Aarnes, a business intelligence consultant from Chaska, Minnesota
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Season 30 player (2013-12-05).
Name pronounced like "TAH-nay AR-nez".
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Abby Haddican, a graphic designer from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 38 player (2021-11-02).
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John Eastman, a U.S. Customs representative originally from Dodge Center, Minnesota
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Season 7 player (1991-04-18).
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Andrea Schuelke, a tutor from Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2018-05-28).
Name pronounced like "ahn-DRAY-uh SHULL-kee".
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Bryan Coyle, a high school English teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 35 player (2019-02-06).
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Jannette Peterson, a graduate student originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 39 player (2023-03-10).
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Rob Worman, an engagement manager from Edina, Minnesota
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2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 34 6-time champion: $133,900...
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Sara Trautner, a publisher's assistant originally from New Ulm, Minnesota
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Season 2 1-time champion: $7,800 + a Carrera Action recliner by...
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Eric Ahasic, a meteorologist from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2022 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 38 6-time champion: $160,601 + $2,000.
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Hilary Bouxsein, a visiting assistant professor from Northfield, Minnesota
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Season 38 player (2021-10-25).
Last name pronounced like "BUCK-sine".
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Sam Benshoof, a senior communications specialist from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 36 player (2019-10-30).
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Pat Toft, a sophomore from the University of Minnesota
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1995 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Mike Schmulewitz, a salesman from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 10 1-time champion: $8,100.
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Lisa O'Brien, a stay-at-home mom and community volunteer from Edina, Minnesota
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Season 37 1-time champion: $16,100 + $1,000.
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Sarah Orman, a travel planner from Shoreview, Minnesota
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Season 30 player (2013-11-07).
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Victoria Ford, an independent bookstore owner from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 39 player (2023-05-12).
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Dorothy McClellan, an airline employee from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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1987 Senior Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Erica Rapheal, an epidemiologist from Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Season 39 player (2023-06-16).
Last name pronounced like \"RAY-feel\".
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George Soule, a teacher from Northfield, Minnesota
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1990 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000.
1990 Seniors Tournament winner: $25,000.
George died 2011-12-24.
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Mia McGill, a communications specialist from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 39 player (2023-07-12).
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Kristin Brewe, a senior from the University of Minnesota
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1994 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Leah Bailey, a homemaker from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 10 1-time champion: $2,800.
First name pronounced like \"LEE-ah\".
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Doug Petersen, a dentist originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 8 player (1991-12-25). Doug played in a white Navy uniform....
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Amal Karim, an impact officer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 36 player (2020-02-20).
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Caroline Minkus, an ophthalmologist from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 38 player (2021-09-23).
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Jayne Niemi, a retired college registrar from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 36 player (2020-02-14).
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Diane Lochner, a librarian from Nicolett, Minnesota
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Season 41 player (2024-09-25).
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Erik Knutzen, a venture capitalist originally from Minnetonka, Minnesota
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Season 5 1-time champion: $15,200.
Last name pronounced like "KUH-noot-sen".
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Kathy Johnson, a restaurant manager from Minnetonka, Minnesota
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Season 30 player (2013-10-02).
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Sean Wong, an IT support student from Wayzata, Minnesota
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Season 38 player (2022-04-20).
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Vickie Cyr, a retired postmaster from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 39 player (2023-06-09).
Vickie played seated in a tall chair.
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Brian Alzua, a biocompatibility scientist from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 39 player (2023-05-05).
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Anji Nyquist, a social media coordinator from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2024 Champions Wildcard play-in game player (2024-01-12).
Season 39 1-time champion: $8,800 + $1,000.
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Rebecca Smith, a certified massage therapist from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2018-07-16). Not to be confused with Season 34...
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Jeff Flathers, a market analyst originally from Rochester, Minnesota
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Season 12 player (1996-02-28).
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Burr Baldwin, a painting and decorating contractor from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 7 1-time champion: $11,300.
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Joe Grodahl, a non-profit and events director from Edina, Minnesota
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Season 38 player (2022-04-14).
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Pat Timpane-Tuohy, a consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 7 player (1991-01-09).
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Krista Boyd, a legislative fiscal analyst from Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Season 40 player (2024-07-25).
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Sam Kavanaugh, an educator from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2021 Tournament of Champions winner:...
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Barbara Broerman, a physician from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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1993 Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Sam Kavanaugh, a substitute teacher originally from Carlton, Minnesota
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2021 Tournament of Champions winner:...
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Eric Ahasic, a meteorologist from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2022 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 38 6-time champion: $160,601 + $2,000.
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Sam Kavanaugh, a teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2021 Tournament of Champions winner:...
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Sarah Norris, a technical writer and manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2018-03-01).
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Gayle Pemberton, a college professor originally from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 1 player (1985-03-20).
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Tina Karelson, an advertising copywriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 10 1-time champion: $8,000.
Last name pronounced like \"CAR-ul-son\".
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Jim Weiner, an engineer originally from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 7 player (1990-12-27).
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Tim Adams, a Navy pilot originally from Mankato, Minnesota
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Season 12 2-time champion: $21,600.
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Paul Anton, an economist from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 10 player (1994-06-02).
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Mia Hasouris, an apheresis recruiter and graduate student from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 21 player (2005-01-03).
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Sean Devitt, an estimator and actor originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 8 2-time champion: $27,000.
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Doug Zang, an environmental consultant from Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Season 13 2-time champion: $16,398.
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Beth Youngers, a swim coach from Rochester, Minnesota
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Season 29 player (2012-11-26).
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Do Park, a sportswriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2022 Second Chance semifinalist: $2,000. Season 38 player (2021-12-20). First name...
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Colleen Yarnell, a homemaker originally from Minnesota
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Season 3 player (1986-11-03).
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John Roberson, a medical coder from Apple Valley, Minnesota
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Season 37 player (2021-07-23).
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Tim Casey, a graphic artist from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 3 2-time champion: $23,799.
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Andrew Fox, a clinical psychologist from Robbinsdale, Minnesota
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Season 40 player (2024-06-28). Andrew drew a fox after his name....
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Judy Arginteanu, a freelance writer and editor from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 29 2-time champion: $28,300 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "ar-jin-tee-AH-noo".
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Bridget Kranz, a communications specialist from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 38 player (2022-02-18).
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Neil Alsip, a writer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 19 player (2003-03-28).
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Lois Doll, a retired library clerk from Rosemount, Minnesota
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Season 37 player (2021-07-16).
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Timothy Youker, a theater scholar from Chanhassen, Minnesota
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Season 29 player (2013-07-24).
Last name pronounced like "YOO-ker".
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Eric Nelson, a teacher and small business owner from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 29 player (2013-04-05).
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Chance Persons, a sophomore at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska
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2022 National College Championship quarterfinalist: $10,000. Chance was majoring in physics...
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J. Scott Gabrysiak, a paralegal from North Mankato, Minnesota
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Season 39 player (2022-10-03).
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Marilyn Campbell, a technical writer originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 1 player (1985-04-16). Not to be confused with Season 10...
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Emily Sands, a vice president of operations from Chanhassen, Minnesota
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2024 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. 2023 Champions Wildcard winner: $100,000...
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Emily Sands, a project manager from Chanhassen, Minnesota
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2024 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. 2023 Champions Wildcard winner: $100,000...
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Emily Sands, a project manager from Chanhassen, Minnesota
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2024 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. 2023 Champions Wildcard winner: $100,000...
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Rebecca Molloy, an attorney from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 25 player (2008-09-24).
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Mike Lewis, a systems engineer from Bloomington, Minnesota
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Season 29 4-time champion: $102,800 + $2,000. Mike was the alternate...
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Kirby Burnett, a poker dealer from Prior Lake, Minnesota
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Season 28 2-time champion: $57,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "burn-ETT".
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Sandi Engquist, a college bookstore clerk from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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1993 Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Liz Capouch, a knowledgebase specialist from Blaine, Minnesota
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Season 40 player (2024-05-23).
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Bob Kitson, an account represenative from Richfield, Minnesota
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Season 10 player (1994-01-24).
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Ferris Fletcher, a psychologist originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 10 1-time champion: $10,800.
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Micah Morken, a graduate student originally from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 20 2-time champion: $38,400 + $1,000.
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Dana Bacon, a senior from Leader, Minnesota
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1991 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $17,400
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Ellen Lucast, a graduate student and radio deejay from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 24 player (2008-04-03).
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Al Franken, an author and radio talk show host from New York City
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"One of the original writers on Saturday Night Live, he's done...
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Gretchen Carlson, a journalist from the CBS Saturday Early Show
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"Since winning the 1989 Miss America crown, she's built an extensive...
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Alyssa Hesse, a waitress originally from Hastings, Minnesota
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Season 24 player (2008-06-23).
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Bob DiGiusto, a postal clerk from Roseville, Minnesota
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Season 13 player (1996-10-09). Bob won $64,000 on Who Wants to...
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Amy Ketterling, an administrative assistant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 28 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000.
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Alex Cook, a consultant from Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2018-01-12).
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Joel Stjernholm, a student and emergency room scribe from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 31 player (2014-11-26).
Last name pronounced like "STERN-holm".
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Carl Eeman, a pastor from St. Louis Park, Minnesota
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Season 13 1-time champion: $10,300.
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Ted Snelgrove, a marketing manager originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 13 player (1996-09-27).
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Dan Sadoff, a veterinarian from Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Season 6 player (1990-05-28): a trip to Orlando and cruise.
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Chris Soth, a small business owner originally from Northfield, Minnesota
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Season 17 player (2001-07-06).
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Drew Horwood, a law student originally from Maple Grove, Minnesota
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2014 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 29 8-time champion: $138,100 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: RunDMH
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Ryan Thiel, a sign language interpreter from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 15 3-time champion: $34,702.
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Susan Stowe, a travel agent from Plymouth, Minnesota
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Season 5 player (1989-05-29).
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Peter Knopp, a research and development technician from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 12 player (1996-01-02).
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Christie Burke, a school librarian from Richfield, Minnesota
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Season 33 player (2017-06-01).
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John Becker, a publications editor from Oakdale, Minnesota
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Season 17 player (2001-04-09).
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Markee Bourget, a housewife from West Saint Paul, Minnesota
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1989 Senior Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Greg Giles, an actor from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 16 player (2000-05-29).
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Tom Gazzola, an assistant headmaster originally from North Mankato, Minnesota
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Season 4 player (1988-02-26).
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Masao Okazaki, a physician originally from Rochester, Minnesota
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Season 6 player (1989-10-11).
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Laurie Zelesenikar, a director of administration from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 10 player (1993-09-14).
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Jordan Lorence, a lawyer originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 8 player (1991-12-06).
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Cindy Olson, a dermatologist from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 16 player (2000-07-05).
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Bruce Simmons, a grad student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 8 4-time champion: $63,599.
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Alan Husby, a teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 23 1-time champion: $20,000 + $1,000.
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Anna Lawrence, a commercial insurance broker from Duluth, Minnesota
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Season 30 player (2014-07-15).
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Christian Ruud, a judicial law clerk from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 23 player (2006-12-19).
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Krista Denn, a human resources manager from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
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Season 33 player (2017-05-03).
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Jessica Plagens, a graphic designer from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 32 player (2016-07-12).
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Katrina Mundinger, a musician from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 32 2-time champion: $22,000 + $2,000.
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Joe Morse, a Coast Guard helicopter mechanic originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 30 1-time champion: $24,400 + $1,000.
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Shane Pederson, a statistician originally from Fulda, Minnesota
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Season 7 3-time champion: $18,100.
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Pete Gittens, a stay-at-home dad and bartender from Brownsville, Minnesota
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Season 30 player (2014-07-10).
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Erin Rhode, a software engineer originally from Plymouth, Minnesota
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Season 31 player (2015-01-21).
Last name pronounced like "ROH-dee".
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Jennifer Weiner, an underwriting manager from Chanhassen, Minnesota
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Season 21 player (2005-07-04).
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Corinth Matéra, a high school English teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 21 player (2005-06-09).
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April McManus, a homemaker from Hertfordshire, England
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"A high school senior from Minnesota when she won the 1992...
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Alyssa Mondelli, a forensic scientist from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 33 player (2017-07-10).
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Matt Douma, a standardized test scorer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 28 2-time champion: $54,100 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "DOO-ma".
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student and newlywed from Fort Collins, Colorado
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"He won the most recent Tournament of Champions. A graduate student...
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Myron Meyer, a scheduling coordinator from Owatonna, Minnesota
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Season 19 1-time champion: $50,000 + $1,000. In his first game...
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Alana Norton, a furniture store manager from Woodbury, Minnesota
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Season 30 player (2014-06-25).
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Steven Popper, an economist originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1988 Tournament...
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Jennifer Harriss, a community counselor from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 21 player (2004-10-25).
KJL game 59.
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Michele Lee Amundsen, a freelance editor and writer originally from Rochester, Minnesota
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Season 25 player (2009-01-19).
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Marisa Tam, an archives assistant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 27 player (2010-09-20).
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Gordon Purcell, a comic book artist from Plymouth, Minnesota
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Season 26 player (2010-05-24). Won $50,000 on Who Wants to Be...
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Lisa Bloomberg, a medical student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 27 2-time champion: $55,000 + $2,000.
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Nick Yozamp, a biology student from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Erica Greil, a junior from Princeton University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 and from Hastings, Minnesota at...
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Steven Popper, an economist originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1988 Tournament...
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Mayank Keshaviah, an SAT teacher originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 26 player (2010-02-17). Mayank appeared on Master Minds on 2020-05-12....
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Ted Johnson, a job seeker from Shoreview, Minnesota
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Season 32 player (2015-12-22). Ted appeared on Master Minds on 2020-05-04....
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Sarah Olson, a chemist from Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Season 27 player (2011-01-13).
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Josh Forsythe, a radio frequency engineer from Mankato, Minnesota
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Season 26 player (2009-10-02).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jforsythe
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Brian Hayes, an attorney from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 19 player (2003-01-30).
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Danny Vopava, a sophomore from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Brighton, Minnesota. [No contestant...
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Joe Pieper, a research engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 25 player (2009-04-17).
Last name pronounced like "PEE-per".
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Lonny Gulden, a sales manager from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
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Season 1 player (1985-03-25).
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Collette Ryder-Consugar, a grant specialist from Rochester, Minnesota
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Season 19 player (2003-02-25).
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Julia Carlis, a librarian from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 27 player (2010-12-20).
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Glen Stevens, an assistant principal from Cottage Grove, Minnesota
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Season 16 1-time champion: $2,300.
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Kate Swenson, a law student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 24 2-time champion: $28,001 + $2,000.
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Camille Brovold, a bank trust officer from Eagan, Minnesota
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Season 16 player (2000-06-12).
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Mark Chapman, a cook from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 16 player (2000-06-09).
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Eric Hillemann, a college archivist from Northfield, Minnesota
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Season 17 1-time champion: $20,700.
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Derek Schaible, an 11-year-old from St. Paul, Minnesota
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"Stress? This future air traffic controller eats it up..." 2000 Back...
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Tom Hoover, a student dentist from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 17 player (2001-01-18).
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Kate Lowe, an Internet copywriter from Shoreview, Minnesota
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Season 16 1-time champion: $7,001.
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Kathleen O'Day, a home decor product manager from Oakdale, Minnesota
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Season 25 player (2009-07-10).
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Melissa Gaul, a quality assurance manager from Shoreview, Minnesota
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Season 17 player (2000-09-21). Melissa returned about 6 months after her...
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Bob Hansen, a proofreader from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 3 player (1987-04-23).
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Joseph Crippen, a Lutheran pastor from Northfield, Minnesota
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Season 16 1-time champion: $19,601.
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Misha Dashevsky, a grocery clerk from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 23 player (2007-04-25).
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Michael Levin, an actor & writer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 17 player (2000-12-19).
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Aiden Pink, a freshman from St. Louis Park, Minnesota
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 15 at the time...
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Erich Steinbergs, an entrepreneur from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 16 player (2000-04-17).
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Lisa Newell, a customer service representative from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 13 player (1997-05-27).
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Roger Bauman, a financial analyst from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 13 2-time champion: $19,999.
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Keith Pickering, a programmer and analyst from Watertown, Minnesota
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Season 6 player (1990-03-05).
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Mike Blumenfeld, a network administrator from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2000 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 16 5-time champion: $44,400...
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Bob Lahr, a franchise owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 16 player (2000-04-03).
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April McManus, a bookstore clerk and 1992 Teen Tournament champion originally from Woodbury, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
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George Soule, a teacher from Northfield, Minnesota
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"A teacher and winner of last year's Senior Tournament, George Soule,...
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Mary Keefe, a waitress from Edina, Minnesota
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Season 22 player (2006-01-11).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Autumn
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Carl Swanson, a medical office assistant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 23 player (2006-11-23).
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Melissa Gaul, a quality manager from Shoreview, Minnesota
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Season 16 player (2000-03-20). Melissa returned in Season 17, about 6...
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Karen Arciero, a sales manager from Mounds View, Minnesota
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Season 21 player (2005-07-15).
Wife of Season 37 player Nick Arciero.
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Mike Blumenfeld, a network administrator from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2000 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 16 5-time champion: $44,400...
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Steven Popper, an economist from Topanga, California
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"A winner of 5 shows in 1988, he has since founded...
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Tisa Lawless, a pathologist's assistant from Long Lake, Minnesota
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Season 12 player (1996-03-22).
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Jeff Pilgreen, a waiter from Woodbury, Minnesota
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Season 13 1-time champion: $15,199.
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Dave Oosterhuis, a graduate student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 21 player (2004-11-09).
KJL game 70.
Last name pronounced like "OH-ster-hice".
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Ryan Cook, a graduate student originally from Eveleth, Minnesota
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Season 21 player (2004-11-06).
KJL game 68.
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Mike Dugan, a first-year law student from Lauderdale, Minnesota
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Season 17 player (2000-10-31).
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Brian Weikle, a consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Bruce Simmons, a graduate student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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1992 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $10,000.
Season 8 4-time champion: $63,599.
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April McManus, a senior from Woodbury, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
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