| #9284, aired 2025-03-06 | COLLEGE SEALS $400: The tree on the seal of this school represents el Palo Alto, a more than 1,000-year-old redwood Stanford |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | WARS BY BATTLE $800: Palo Alto &
Monterrey the Mexican-American War |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARKS $800: Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park preserves the Texas site of the first battle in this 1846-48 war the Mexican-American War |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | CALIFORNIA $1,200 (Daily Double): This city located northwest of San Jose has a name that means "tall tree" Palo Alto |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | A CAREER IN TECH $800: (Sundar Pichai delivers the clue.) If you come to work at our campus, you'll be part of a history predating Google; this city, which has a strange name for part of a valley, was the home of Shockley Semiconductor, the area's first high-tech silicon-based manufacturer Mountain View |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | AUTHORS & THEIR PETS $600: Wallace Stegner, founder of this university's creative writing program is seen with Suzie in Los Altos Hills, near Palo Alto Stanford |
| #8128, aired 2020-01-01 | MAYORS $1200: Norman Mineta became the first Asian-American mayor of a major U.S. city when he took over this tech town near San Francisco in 1971 San Jose |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | THE MEXICAN WAR $400: Early in the war, Mexican troops crossed this river to fight the battle of Palo Alto the Rio Grande |
| #7656, aired 2017-12-18 | PHILIP K. DICK $1200: Both PKD & Ursula K. Le Guin were class of 1947 at the same high school in this university city near Oakland Berkeley |
| #7633, aired 2017-11-15 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $1000: "The Hermit Author of Palo Alto" Herbert Hoover |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | BEST DAY OF MY LIFE $600: I got to see my daughter receive her Ph.D. from this Palo Alto, California university Stanford |
| #7375, aired 2016-10-07 | BUSINESSPEOPLE $1600: In 1977 she opened her first chocolate chippery in Palo Alto, California Mrs. Fields |
| #7191, aired 2015-12-14 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: In 1920 going to Palo Alto to this university cost $120 but it's gone up a bit since then Stanford |
| #6852, aired 2014-06-03 | WORD PROBLEM PROBLEMS $200: If Tom's tuition costs $43,000 at this school near Palo Alto, how can his parents afford it? Stanford |
| #6761, aired 2014-01-27 | WARS BY BATTLE $800: Palo Alto &
Monterrey the Mexican-American War |
| #6363, aired 2012-04-25 | SALESWOMEN $400: It's the last name of Debbi, who opened a chocolate chip cookie store in Palo Alto, California in 1977 Fields |
| #6178, aired 2011-06-22 | COURSE CORRECTION $600: I'm out of Psych 11N: Origin of Mental Life & into Dance 13AX: Ballet Intensive at this Palo Alto-area school Stanford |
| #6097, aired 2011-03-01 | ON YOUR COLLEGE VISIT... $200: Don't do a spit take & say, "Tuition's $37,380 at" this school? "Nearby Palo Alto is great, but that's a cardinal sin" Stanford |
| #5686, aired 2009-05-04 | THE FORTUNE 500 $1000: At No. 9, this printer-heavy co. from Palo Alto had the biggest payroll bump after acquiring 149,000 EDS workers HP |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | DESIRE $800: I want my kids to get scholarships to this California school near Palo Alto, as undergrad tuition is $36,030 a year Stanford |
| #5534, aired 2008-10-02 | STATES BY COUNTIES $400: Palo Alto,
Dallas,
Dubuque Iowa |
| #5348, aired 2007-12-05 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $2000: "Hermit Author of Palo Alto" Hoover |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | 2006 SPORTS LAUGHS $2000: Caught red-limbed drinking from a flask, the tree mascot for this school near Palo Alto was suspended Stanford |
| #4824, aired 2005-07-21 | NAME THE WAR $1000: Buena Vista,
Palo Alto,
Contreras the Mexican-American War |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | LIBRARIES $200: In Palo Alto, the USA's 1st free-standing public children's library has a "secret" this, named for the Burnett tale a garden |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | A CUP OF KOFI $600: In June 2000 Kofi Annan was the commencement speaker at this university near Palo Alto, California Stanford |
| #4412, aired 2003-11-11 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: Land adjoining the Palo Alto Stock Farm became the campus of this private university in northern California Stanford |
| #4224, aired 2003-01-02 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $200: In August 1977 she opened her first cookie store in Palo Alto, California Debbi Fields |
| #4215, aired 2002-12-20 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1000: The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace is part of this Palo Alto university Stanford |
| #4077, aired 2002-04-30 | BATTLEFIELDS $800: The Palo Alto that's the site of a major 1846 battle isn't in California but in this state Texas |
| #3562, aired 2000-02-15 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $300: David Henry Hwang wrote his first play, "F.O.B.", while studying at this school near Palo Alto, California Stanford |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | FAMOUS WOMEN $100: She opened her first chocolate chippery in Palo Alto, California in 1977 Mrs. (Debbi) Fields |
| #3487, aired 1999-11-02 | U.S. CITIES $100: Stanford students know the name of this California city means "tall tree", referring to redwoods Palo Alto |
| #3259, aired 1998-11-05 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $800: The "Hermit Author of Palo Alto" Herbert Hoover |
| #1, aired 1998-05-03 | SAN FRANCISCO TREATS $200: (Actress Julie Pinson clears her throat before singing the jingle in person.) It promotes itself as "the San Francisco Treat" Rice-A-Roni |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $300: This university near Palo Alto, California was founded by a railroad magnate & named for his son Stanford |
| #3029, aired 1997-10-30 | HALLS OF FAME $200: A "Magic Earring Ken" doll is among the items displayed in a Palo Alto, Calif. Hall of Fame devoted to her Barbie |
| #2956, aired 1997-06-09 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 1938 this electronics firm was founded in David Packard's Palo Alto, California garage Hewlett-Packard |
| #2811, aired 1996-11-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: The Battle of Palo Alto, fought May 8, 1846, was the first battle of this war the Mexican-American War |
| #2701, aired 1996-05-06 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1000: Undergraduates at this school near Palo Alto, Calif use the Green & Meyer Libraries Stanford |
| #2415, aired 1995-02-17 | ARCHITECTURE $1000: Frederick Law Olmsted, co-designer of Central Park, planned the Palo Alto campus of this university Stanford |
| #2387, aired 1995-01-10 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $1,000 (Daily Double): Richard Nixon was laid to rest in this California city where he was born Yorba Linda |
| #2242, aired 1994-05-10 | THE ELEMENTS $600: The "Valley" in California between Palo Alto & San Jose is nicknamed after this element silicon |
| #1785, aired 1992-05-08 | COLLEGE SPORTS $200: In 1978 John McEnroe won the NCAA tennis singles title while attending this school near Palo Alto, Calif. Stanford |
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Irene Lawrence, an enrolled agent from Palo Alto, California
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Season 20 player (2004-07-13).
KJL game 30.
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David Brown, a fundraising intern from Palo Alto, California
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Season 29 2-time champion: $32,600 + $1,000. Son of Season 25...
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Partha Purushotham, an 11-year-old from Palo Alto, California
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"He is fair-minded, so he thinks he would make a good...
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Andy Baggarly, a journalist and author from Palo Alto, California
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Season 28 3-time champion: $60,402 + $1,000. Andy won $200 on...
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Beth Morgan, a marketing consultant from Palo Alto, California
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Season 29 player (2013-07-10). Beth appeared on The Chase on 2021-01-14....
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Kathleen Lee, a pharmaceutical scientist from Palo Alto, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $29,601 + $1,000.
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Ellen Brown, a hospice medical director from Palo Alto, California
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Season 25 player (2009-06-16).
Mother of Season 29 2-time champion David Brown.
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Trevor Crowell, a high school Spanish teacher from Mountain View, California
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2019 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. At the time of the Teachers...
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Adrian Ho, a healthcare consultant from Palo Alto, California
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Season 30 player (2014-01-10).
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Matthew Hubbard, a computer game designer from Palo Alto, California
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Season 1 3-time champion: $25,550. In his first appearance, Matthew was...
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Tom Smith, a marketing manager from Palo Alto, California
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Season 1 player (1985-04-16).
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Bob Johnson, a manager of a real estate office from Palo Alto, California
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Season 5 player (1988-09-30). Not to be confused with Season 22...
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Isaac Applebaum, a junior at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2022 National College Championship 3rd runner-up...
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Nina Thorsen, a radio producer from Palo Alto, California
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Season 12 player (1996-07-05).
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Rafael Ornes, a substitute teacher from Palo Alto, California
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Season 11 1-time champion: $16,401.
Last name pronounced like \"OR-ness\".
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Graham Toben, a middle school English teacher from Portola Valley, California
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2017 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. At the time of the Teachers...
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Fred Frank, a medical student from Palo Alto, California
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1994 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Season 10 4-time champion: $52,699.
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Diego Cordovez, a venture capitalist from Palo Alto, California
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Season 6 player (1990-06-20).
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Larry Blair, a software engineer from Palo Alto, California
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Season 14 1-time champion: $13,401.
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Rebecca Reis, a box office clerk from Palo Alto, California
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Season 15 player (1998-12-02).
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Rick Rodgers, a biochemist from Palo Alto, California
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Season 13 player (1997-05-30).
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