| #9162, aired 2024-09-17 | MYTHOLOGICAL BROMANCE $3,000 (Daily Double): Our time has Damon & Affleck; Greek legend had Damon & him, whose bond led the tyrant of Syracuse to spare them Pythias |
| #9135, aired 2024-06-28 | COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS $400: This N.Y. college's Daily Orange receives no funding from the school; instead, it relies on advertising revenue & donations Syracuse University |
| #9109, aired 2024-05-23 | MEN OF SCIENCE $400: A hydrostatic principle is named for this Greek who lived much of his life in Syracuse, Sicily, then a Greek city-state Archimedes |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | CHANNEL ORANGE $800: Jim Brown, Joyce Carol Oates & Joe Biden are Orange men & women of renown as alums of this college in New York Syracuse |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | LIFE OF PI $1200: Eureka! Around 250 B.C., this sage of Syracuse estimated pi at around 22/7 Archimedes |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS $1200: The seat of Onondaga County, it's on the south end of Onondaga lake Syracuse |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | COLLEGE TOWNS $1000: A trip to Taughannock Falls, seen here, should be part of a visit to this college town on New York's Cayuga Lake Ithaca |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | ACC SCHOOL HISTORY $400: In 1872 this New York school chose its official colors--pink & green; its students chose orange in 1890 Syracuse |
| #8700, aired 2022-09-16 | 2022 GEOGRA-FEE $600: It's about 200 miles north from Syracuse to this world capital; if you get 40 miles to the gallon at $5 per, that's a $25 trip Ottawa |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | SCIENTIFIC LAWS & THEORIES $2000: Legend says this Greek ran naked through Syracuse after discovering his buoyancy principle Archimedes |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | SPORTS VENUE NICKNAMES $1000: Nicknamed "The Loud House", the Carrier Dome is the stadium of this university in New York state Syracuse University |
| #8384, aired 2021-04-22 | MYTHOLOGICAL IDIOMS $2000: You could face serious trouble at any moment if, like a courtier of ancient Syracuse, you have this hanging over you the sword of Damocles |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE $400: On Sept. 18, 1872 10 of the 20 female students at Syracuse University formed one of these a sorority |
| #8110, aired 2019-12-06 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Owasco is part of this group of skinny lakes near Syracuse, New York the Finger Lakes |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | NEW YORK STATE OF MIND $800: Some say this word applies to anything north of the Bronx; it's the name of a medical college in Syracuse upstate |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | ORANGE YOU GLAD $1200: First published in 1903, the Daily Orange is this New York university's student newspaper Syracuse |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | NEW YORK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Its school mascot is Otto the Orange Syracuse |
| #7560, aired 2017-06-23 | ORANGE $600: Wear an orange sweatshirt with a big "S" & you're representing this eastern university founded in 1870 Syracuse |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | GOALS $1000: Football was not the only field Jim Brown hit as a Syracuse senior, with 43 goals in only 10 games in this sport lacrosse |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Around 304 B.C. Agathocles, "The Tyrant of Syracuse" & king of this island, gained control of southern Italy Sicily |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | STRAIGHT OUTTA... $800: Syracuse, New York: this Fox News host of her own "File" (Megyn) Kelly |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | MUCH BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX $800: The largest known of these Greek sacrificial platforms was found at Syracuse & measures 650 by 74 feet an altar |
| #7363, aired 2016-09-21 | STUPID ANSWERS $400: This university's admissions office is in Crouse-Hinds Hall in Syracuse, New York Syracuse (University) |
| #7298, aired 2016-05-11 | DIVISION I SPORTS TEAMS $1000: Its Orange grows in New York Syracuse |
| #7173, aired 2015-11-18 | RARELY QUOTED SHAKESPEARE LINES $2000: Dromio of Syracuse,
Act II, Scene ii:
"Basting" The Comedy of Errors |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | 3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS $1200: Name shared by a city in central New York & a city in southeast Sicily Syracuse |
| #7087, aired 2015-06-09 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $2000: In 1946 this N.Y. university founded Utica College, which became independent in 1995 Syracuse University |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | ERNIE $800: In 1961 Ernie Davis of Syracuse won this trophy; no African American had before, not even Ernie's idol Jim Brown the Heisman |
| #6949, aired 2014-11-27 | ANAGRAMMED NEW YORK CITIES $200: Home to the Orange:
RACY USES Syracuse |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | WORLD HIGH & LOW POINTS $2000: High or low? In the 400s B.C. Sophron of Syracuse uses this as an art form, perhaps walking against the wind mime |
| #6757, aired 2014-01-21 | BELLA ITALIA $800: This Sicilian capital was founded by the Phoenicians & known to the ancient world as Panormus Palermo |
| #6746, aired 2014-01-06 | "U". "S". CITIES $800: "S"eat of Onondaga County, between Albany & Buffalo Syracuse |
| #6652, aired 2013-07-16 | MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS $800: Popular tourist destinations on this largest Mediterranean island include the ruins of Syracuse & Taormina Sicily |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | "ON"WORDS & "UP"WORDS $800: Rochester, Albany & Syracuse are located in this part of New York the upstate |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | OUR STATE FAIR $200: Near Syracuse in late August-early September New York |
| #6538, aired 2013-02-06 | SLICES OF ORANGE $800: Otto the Orange is the mascot of this university in New York State Syracuse |
| #6515, aired 2013-01-04 | COMPLETE DOME-INATION $1600: Syracuse Univ.'s domed stadium is named for this air-conditioning company that paid $2.75 million for the rights (the) Carrier (Corporation) |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | U.S. CITIES $1000: Orange you glad to know this city in Central New York supplied most of the salt needs of the U.S. until 1870 Syracuse |
| #6481, aired 2012-11-19 | GEOLOGY $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) New York State uses 1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas a year; there may be 500 trillion cubic feet within this underground shale formation named for a village near Syracuse the Marcellus Shale |
| #6416, aired 2012-07-09 | LIFE OF PI $1,200 (Daily Double): Eureka! around 250 B.C., this sage of Syracuse estimated pi at around 22/7 Archimedes |
| #6305, aired 2012-02-03 | MUSEUMS $800: The Syracuse, N.Y. museum devoted to this 19th century waterway is in a building once used to weigh boats the Erie Canal |
| #6171, aired 2011-06-13 | MUSICAL FILL IN THE BLANK $1600: "The Boys From ____" (also a city in New York) Syracuse |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACHES $800: Jim Boeheim
(1976-present) Syracuse |
| #5881, aired 2010-03-22 | PASS THE SALT $800: One reason for building this waterway was to transport salt from deposits in Syracuse to the coast the Erie Canal |
| #5695, aired 2009-05-15 | EUROPE $200: This Italian island's provinces include Syracuse, Messina & Palermo Sicily |
| #5545, aired 2008-10-17 | WARS BY BATTLES $2000: Amphipolis,
Syracuse the Peloponnesian War |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | THEY BLEW US OUT OF THE WATER $800: In 413 B.C. a Corinth/Syracuse fleet defeated this city's navy, & so left all the Greeks vulnerable Athens |
| #5453, aired 2008-04-30 | BATTLES $200: The defeat of this city's invasion force at Syracuse in 413 B.C. was the beginning of its end & the start of Sparta's rise Athens |
| #5369, aired 2008-01-03 | IF YOU'RE... $600: ...a boy from Syracuse, you're either from New York or this Italian island Sicily |
| #5119, aired 2006-12-07 | OBIE WINNERS $800: 1962-63, based on Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors": "The Boys From _____" Syracuse |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | U.S. CITIES $2000: The boys from this city could tell you it's home to the New York State Fair Syracuse |
| #4795, aired 2005-06-10 | SALT $1000: Opened in 1825, it was known as the "ditch that salt built" because its main cargo was salt from Syracuse, N.Y. the Erie Canal |
| #4680, aired 2004-12-31 | ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES $600: No. 1: Lettered in hoops, football & lacrosse at Syracuse & if you think he couldn't act, ask his 11 "unclean" buddies Jim Brown |
| #4648, aired 2004-11-17 | WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE $600: He was in college in ’74 when he became a weekend weatherman in Syracuse; today he’s on the “Today” show Al Roker |
| #4377, aired 2003-09-23 | STATES BY SCHOOL $1200: Cornell University & Syracuse University New York |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | MATHEMATICIANS $2,000 (Daily Double): Born around 290 B.C., this boy from Syracuse was the original "lever" brother Archimedes |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | AMERICA-PODGE $200: Syracuse is one of several New York cities noted for having haunted hayrides during this month October |
| #3738, aired 2000-11-29 | APPLES & ORANGES $400: This U.S. college's athletic teams are known as the Orangemen Syracuse University |
| #3246, aired 1998-10-19 | ANAGRAMMED U.S. CITIES $100: SAY CURSE,
New York Syracuse |
| #3128, aired 1998-03-18 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Originally the colors of Syracuse were pea green & pink, but in 1890 this one color was chosen orange |
| #3074, aired 1998-01-01 | ANCIENT GREECE $1000: Archimedes was from this Sicilian city, in his time the greatest Greek city in the west Syracuse |
| #2894, aired 1997-03-13 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Utica College is affiliated with this university in upstate New York Syracuse University |
| #2885, aired 1997-02-28 | SPORTS $500: This university's Orangemen routed Clemson 41-0 in the Jan. 1, 1996 Gator Bowl Syracuse |
| #2644, aired 1996-02-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: c. 304 B.C. Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse, brought all of this island under his control Sicily |
| #2500, aired 1995-06-16 | ARCHITECTURE $600: This Canton-born architect designed the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse I.M. Pei |
| #2493, aired 1995-06-07 | MUSEUMS $600: Syracuse, New York has a museum that features historical exhibits on this waterway the Erie Canal |
| #2392, aired 1995-01-17 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1000: Home to the Orangemen Athletic teams, its Carrier Dome is the largest domed college stadium Syracuse University |
| #2170, aired 1994-01-28 | U.S.A. $100: Its state fair takes place in Syracuse, not in Albany New York state |
| #2082, aired 1993-09-28 | HISTORY $400: Corinthians founded the colony of Syracuse on this island in the 8th century B.C. Sicily |
| #2031, aired 1993-06-07 | PARDON ME $2,000 (Daily Double): Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse, pardoned this pair after being moved by their friendship Damon & Pythias |
| #2010, aired 1993-05-07 | COLLEGE NICKNAMES $1000: The Orangemen Syracuse |
| #1986, aired 1993-04-05 | INDIAN TRIBES $600: This Indian confederation meets at the Onondaga Nation Territory near Syracuse, New York the Iroquois Confederation |
| #1899, aired 1992-12-03 | HISTORIC AMERICA $600: A weigh station for this waterway in Syracuse, N.Y. now houses a museum devoted to its history the Erie Canal |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | WORLD CAPITALS $600: This capital of Sicily was founded by the Phoenicians in the 8th century BC Palermo |
| #1373, aired 1990-07-18 | ARCHITECTURE $400: The Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York was designed by this Chinese-American I.M. Pei |
| #1326, aired 1990-05-14 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: This school color of Syracuse gives its teams their nickname Orange (Orangemen) |
| #1276, aired 1990-03-05 | SPORTS TRIVIA $400: The Orangemen of Syracuse were NCAA champs in '88 & '89 in this Native American sport Lacrosse |
| #1254, aired 1990-02-01 | SPORTS SHIFTS $300: In 1963 the NBA's Syracuse Nationals moved to Philadelphia & changed their name to this Philadelphia 76'ers |
| #1188, aired 1989-11-01 | SHOW MUSIC $1000: According to the song from "The Boys from Syracuse", this is "falling for make-believe" falling in love with love |
| #1105, aired 1989-05-26 | SHAKESPEARE $600: Make no mistake: this play about twins was "musicalized" as "The Boys from Syracuse" A Comedy of Errors |
| #1052, aired 1989-03-14 | WEAPONS $400: Weapon that King Dionysius hung by a thread over a courtier of ancient Syracuse a sword |
| #954, aired 1988-10-27 | SALT $600: The need to transport salt from Syracuse, N.Y. was one of the main reasons this was built in the 1800s Erie Canal |
| #752, aired 1987-12-08 | MUSICALS $400: City "The Boys" were from in musical based on "A Comedy of Errors" Syracuse |
| #687, aired 1987-09-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Legend says Archimedes saved his city, Syracuse, but setting attacking Roman ships afire after using these mirrors |
| #545, aired 1987-01-09 | SPORT SHIFTS $1000: When the NBA's Philadelphia '76ers played in Syracuse, they were known by this name the Nationals |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | ITALY $300: The ancient Greek city of Syracuse is found on this Italian island Sicily |
| #191, aired 1985-06-03 | SPORTS SHIFTS $400: The former Syracuse Nationals are now this Philadelphia NBA team the 76ers |
| #105, aired 1985-02-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: The king of Syracuse hung a sword suspended by 1 hair over his head Damocles |
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Jim Hunt, a graduate student and Latin teacher from Syracuse, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-06-06). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Sara Dean, a junior at Syracuse University from Olney, Maryland
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2001 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Sara was 19 at the time...
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Jenny Caplan, a Ph.D. student from Syracuse, New York
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Season 25 player (2008-10-02).
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Jason Kaczor, an insurance specialist from Syracuse, New York
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Season 24 3-time champion: $55,000 + $2,000.
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Josh McIlvain, a home health aide from Syracuse, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-02-24).
Last name pronounced like "MAC-ill-vane".
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Paul Barbour, an aspiring producer from Baldwinsville, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $29,800 + $2,000.
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Jim Lewis, a student body president from Syracuse, New York
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Season 1 1-time champion: $3,199.
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Tim Moon, an attorney originally from Syracuse, New York
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 2-time champion: $72,601 + $1,000.
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Sara Biegler, a stay-at-home parent from Syracuse, New York
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Season 37 player (2021-05-07).
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David Bzdak, a philosophy professor from Syracuse, New York
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Season 38 1-time champion: $2000 + $1,000. David was listed as...
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Daniel Cohen, an interactive developer originally from Liverpool, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-04-12). Daniel died 2023-09-24 at the age of...
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Rachel Fabi, a professor of public health and bioethics from Syracuse, New York
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Season 35 1-time champion: $8,400 + $1,000.
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Dillon Hupp, an associate director of development from Syracuse, New York
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 1-time champion: $21,999 + $1,000.
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Ellen LaBerge, a lawyer from Syracuse, New York
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Season 39 player (2022-12-09).
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Marc Remling, a paralegal originally from Syracuse, New York
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Season 7 player (1991-05-29).
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Ashley O'Mara, a Ph.D. candidate and teaching associate from Baldwinsville, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-03-12).
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Gina Damico, an author originally from Syracuse, New York
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Season 37 player (2021-02-04).
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Mike Lonesky, a federal investigator from Clinton, New York
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Season 29 1-time champion: $14,401 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: mike21878
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Melissa Sexstone, a senior from East Syracuse, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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Blanca Gallardo, a teacher from Syracuse, New York
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Season 4 player (1988-02-26).
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Sharon Wilson, a certified legal assistant from Syracuse, New York
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Season 18 player (2001-12-04).
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Elizabeth Costello, a program analyst from Syracuse, New York
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Season 4 player (1987-11-04). Not to be confused with Season 21...
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Melissa Seal, a law student from Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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"She was a senior when she became the Teen Tournament champion...
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Ted Curtis, a teacher from Syracuse, New York
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Season 13 player (1996-09-03).
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Edward Ragan, a historian and Ph.D. candidate from Syracuse, New York
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Season 18 player (2002-01-30).
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Kristin Culkowski, an information technology from Syracuse, New York
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Season 18 player (2002-01-22).
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Melissa Sexstone, a college junior from East Syracuse, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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