| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | AND THE ROLE ALMOST GOES TO... $1200: "Keanu was perfect", said Will Smith of this 1999 film, which he passed on for "Wild Wild West"; "I would've ruined it" The Matrix |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ALPHANUMERICS $400: The U.S. spent $100 billion to defend against this glitch that threatened to doom us all as 1999 ended Y2K |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | WORLD STAR $1600: Italian actor Roberto Benigni won a Best Actor Oscar in 1999 for this film about the Holocaust Life Is Beautiful |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THE THEATER $400: Inspired by the drama of "The Winner Takes It All", this musical premiered in London in 1999 & played its 9,000th show there in 2022 Mamma Mia! |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SINGERS $1200: In 1999 she had a hit with "Candy" & would later get to sing as the voice of Rapunzel in "Tangled" Mandy Moore |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SHADES OF BLUE $2000: In 1999 Pantone named this peaceful 8-letter shade of sky blue its first color of the year & of the millennium cerulean |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | THE EMMYS $1000: This series set at the Boston firm of Cage, Fish & Associates won as Best Comedy Series for 1999 Ally McBeal |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | IT ENDS WITH "U" $600: In 1999 the Asian edition of Time ranked this pocket monster the second-best person of the year, behind Ricky Martin Pikachu |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | SPELLING BIZ $200: This gasoline brand merged with Exxon in 1999; you can't spell it without spelling...
_ O _ I L Mobil |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | RETIRED $800: This Ben & Jerry's flavor, vanilla ice cream with a nutty brittle, was sent up the Amazon river in 1999 Rainforest Crunch |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | TRAILER PARK $600: In a trailer for this animated feature from 1999, Satan is in bed with Saddam Hussein South Park: The Movie (South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut) |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | DIRECTORS' FIRST FEATURES $1200: "The Virgin Suicides"
(1999) Sofia Coppola |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | NAME THAT 1990s YEAR $2000: The euro currency is officially introduced into financial markets 1999 |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | WOOD $200: In 1994 & 1999 this rock festival celebrated its 25th & 30th anniversaries with new concerts Woodstock |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES $400: In 1999, at age 49, he was the youngest honoree ever; he had his first No. 1 hit in 1963 at age 12 Stevie Wonder |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | MOB HITS $800: "When I got into family therapy, this was not the 'family' I had in mind", says Billy Crystal in this 1999 comedy Analyze This |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $300: Christina Aguilera sings, "You gotta rub me the right way in this 1999 No. 1 hit
_ E _ I E / I _ / _ / _ O _ _ _ _ "Genie In A Bottle" |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | BACK TO SCHOOL, SPORTS STAR $800: The most decorated figure skater in U.S. history, she started college in 1999 & returned to get her B.A. in 2009 Michelle Kwan |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | PRE-FAME CELEBS IN ADS $2000: One minute you're selling Corn Pops in a 1999 ad, the next, meth on AMC 9 years later--such is this young actor's life Aaron Paul |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | THIS IS MY COUNTRY $600: 1999-2008--Thabo Mbeki South Africa |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | BRAD TO THE BONE $400: From 1999 to 2006 Bradley Whitford worked in the White House as Josh Lyman on this drama The West Wing |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | MICKEY'S MANTEL $1200: "The Wonderful World of Disney" won a Peabody Award in 1999 for this musical that had Kathy Bates as evil Miss Hannigan Annie |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | LONG MOVIES $1600: It's raining frogs (hallelujah!) in this 1999 film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Magnolia |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | SPACE MEN & WOMEN $200: In 1995 Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot one of these & in 1999 the first to command a mission aboard one Space Shuttle |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | MAKEOVERS $1200: Rachael Leigh Cook gets a major glow up in this 1999 film with Freddie Prinze Jr.--her glasses are removed She's All That |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | A TV SERIES $400: "Law & Order", 1990; "Law & Order:" this, 1999; "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", 2001; & it just keeps going... SVU |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | A TV SERIES $800: Added to the title of this animated FX series: "Vice" (2014); "Dreamland" (2017); "Danger Island" (2018); "1999" (2019) Archer |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WESTMINSTER-WINNING DOG BREEDS $800: 1999 winner Kirby was this toy breed, French for "butterfly", & was then the oldest Best in Show dog at age 8 a Papillon |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | CUFFING SEASON $800: In this 1999 film Laurence Fishburne breaks the chains off his handcuffs before jumping out of a building & into Keanu's arms The Matrix |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG $600: At the X Games in 1999, he became the first pro skateboarder to land a 900--it was epic! Tony Hawk |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | KING OF THE MOUNTAIN $2000: Mount Toubkal in the High Atlas, since 1999 Mohammed VI (of Morocco) |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | 1990s EMMY AWARDS $2000: In 1999, this executive producer picked up Emmys for both drama & comedy series for "The Practice" & "Ally McBeal" David E. Kelley |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | GREAT SPORTS CALLS $1000: "The slipper still fits!" as this then-Cinderella Spokane school eked out a 1999 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament win Gonzaga |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $600: The Inuit make up most of the population of this Canadian territory that was created in 1999 Nunavut |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | CAR STUFF $600: The Marathon was the model name of this maker's iconic taxicabs; the meter stopped running for the last NYC one in 1999 Checker |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | LET'S SEE A MO-"V" $2000: In response to a college admissions scandal, James Van Der Beek tweeted about this 1999 movie he starred in Varsity Blues |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | ISLANDS OF THE FAR NORTH $5,000 (Daily Double): Canada's northernmost point, Cape Columbia is on Ellesmere Island, part of this vast territory created in 1999 Nunavut |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | THE WWE $800: (The Miz presents the clue.) A beating, a humiliation, decisive setback is how the Oxford English Dictionary defines this, with credit to WWE where it began with some violent festivities one night in 1999 a smackdown |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | A.K.A. $400: Even before hacker Thomas Anderson took a certain pill in a 1999 movie, he was being referred to by this 3-letter name Neo |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | COMIC INFLUENCES $400: (I'm Ego Nwodim.) Comedy heroes of mine include fellow "Saturday Night Live" stars Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler & this woman who became the show's first female head writer in 1999 Tina Fey |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | THE LEADER BEFORE THE LEADER $1000: On Dec. 31, 1999 he packed it in & named Vladimir Putin acting president Yeltsin |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | IT HAPPENED IN ASIA $3,001 (Daily Double): On Aug. 30, 1999 almost 80% of the people of East Timor voted for independence from this country Indonesia |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | THE 20th CENTURY BY COUNTRY $400: Hugo Chávez becomes president in 1999 & has an 80% approval rating Venezuela |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | MEDICAL FOLKS $1200: Named Australian of the Century in 1999, Victor Chang helped develop artificial heart these to keep blood flow in the right direction valves |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | REPETITIVE MUSIC $600: Whether for the telephone or for the car, Destiny's Child dealt with these, these, these, the title of a 1999 No. 1 hit "Bills, Bills, Bills" |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | JASON $1200: Jason Biggs played Jim Levenstein in this raunchy 1999 film & its sequels American Pie |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | SHOE BIZ $800: This end-of-the-alphabet website that began selling shoes in 1999 takes its name from the Spanish word for "shoes" Zappos |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | THEIR TOP 40 DEBUT ALBUM $400: 1999's "The Slim Shady LP" Eminem |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | A LEGO $800: 6-year-olds found it awesome when the USA's first of these opened in Carlsbad, California in 1999 Legoland |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | GERMAN CITIES $1600: The site of a Roman fortress in the 1st century B.C., this city was the seat of federal government for 50 years until 1999 Bonn |
| #8746, aired 2022-11-21 | WRITERS & THEIR WORKS $2,600 (Daily Double): Left unfinished at his death, "Juneteenth", his second novel, was published in 1999 Ralph Ellison |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | FILM FIGHT MARQUEE $200: 1999:
Jared Leto
vs.
Ed Norton Fight Club |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | '90s FILMS $800: A boy's best friend is a massive robot in this 1999 animated film based on a Ted Hughes fable The Iron Giant |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | TV CARTOONS $200: On "Adventure Time", the Ice King was voiced by Tom Kenny, also the voice of this title guy since 1999... are ya ready, kids?! SpongeBob SquarePants |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | FULL OF HOLES $1600: His children's book "Holes" earned him a 1999 Newbery Medal Louis Sachar |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | FICTION $200: The story "January 1999: Rocket Summer" leads off this Ray Bradbury book of "Chronicles" The Martian Chronicles |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | POSSESSIVE LIT $1200: This Frank McCourt Pulitzer winner became a 1999 movie starring Emily Watson as the author's mother Angela's Ashes |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | LET'S GO BACK IN TIME MACHINE MOVIES $1000: The Omega 13 takes a spaceship's crew back 13 seconds in time to never give up, never surrender! in this 1999 film Galaxy Quest |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | IT'S ANARCHY $1600: Anarchists helped spark the antiglobalization movement at the 1999 WTO protests in this U.S. city Seattle |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | THE SONG OF THE DAY $800: In a nursery rhyme, this young one "has far to go"; as a David Bowie title, it waited until 1999 Thursday's Child |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $800: 1999:
This medical organization founded in France Doctors Without Borders |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | AVIATORS $400: In 1999 it took Bertrand Piccard & Brian Jones just under 20 days to fly nonstop around the world in one of these a hot air balloon |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | ESTABLISHMENT $1200: In 1999 Nunavut Territory was established out of the eastern portion of this other Canadian territory the Northwest Territories |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AT THE MOVIES $1000: "Beavis & Butt-Head" creator Mike Judge wrote & directed this 1999 workplace comedy Office Space |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | FILMS OF THE 1990s $1000: Kat & Bianca Stratford attend Padua High School in this 1999 film loosely based on "The Taming of the Shrew" 10 Things I Hate About You |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | THE MAN IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $800: 1999's "Eyes Wide Shut" was his last effort; sadly, he did not make it to 2001 Stanley Kubrick |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | FAMOUS PERES $1600: Jean-Michel, son of this undersea explorer, founded Ocean Futures Society in 1999 "to honor his heritage" Cousteau |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | FREE STUFF $600: The modern craze for giving these to Major League Baseball fans began with Willie Mays ones at Candlestick Park May 9, 1999 bobbleheads |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | & NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT $400: These doglike carnivores weren't "laughing" so much after losing a 1999 war with lions in Ethiopia hyenas |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | LOST $2000: The body of this English climber who went missing on Everest in 1924 was finally discovered in 1999 George Mallory |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | THE MOVIE'S CAST $1000: 1999:
Haley Joel Osment,
Bruce Willis The Sixth Sense |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | WHEN GOOD ACTORS BREAK BAD $1200: Notoriously virtuous Matt Damon said "Arrivederci!" to several victims as this "Talented" guy in a 1999 film Mr. Ripley |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | THE YEAR OF BEFORE & AFTER $400: Prince tune that turns into a sudsy song that you sing on a long car ride "1999 Bottles Of Beer On The Wall" |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | INTERNATIONAL CARS $2,000 (Daily Double): This car was first imported to the U.S. in the 1980s; the factory that made them was destroyed by NATO bombing in 1999 a Yugo |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | MOVIES BY ANTAGONIST $2000: 1999:
Creepy boss at Initech
Bill Lumbergh Office Space |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | MOVE IT! $200: Called the "move of the millennium", in 1999 one of these massive beacons was moved inland about 1,000 yards on Cape Hatteras a lighthouse |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | MY GOVERNMENT JOB $400: Jesse Ventura, wrestling with politics from 1999 to 2003 governor of Minnesota |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | THE HOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST $600: A very 1999 special had Rosie O'Donnell enjoying Savage Garden & this Bass/Fatone/Kirkpatrick/Chasez/some other guy boy band *NSYNC |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | RUSSIAN HISTORY & CULTURE $400: Apologizing to the Russian people for the failures of his administration, he abruptly resigned as president December 31, 1999 (Boris) Yeltsin |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR CANADA $1600: This huge territory with an indigenous name split from the Northwest Territories in 1999 Nunavut |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | FRANCE VS. AMERICA $1200: Upset over tariffs, in 1999 French farmers wrecked an outlet of this fast food chain, accompanied by a Roquefort tasting McDonald's |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | THE "HIT" PARADE $1200: "When I'm not with you, I lose my mind give me a sign", these 6 words, Britney sang in a 1999 No. 1 "Hit me baby one more time" |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | THE GIFT OF GRAB $400: In the 1999-2000 season, this rebound machine seen here grabbed 14.3 boards per game for Dallas at age 38 Dennis Rodman |
| #8470, aired 2021-09-17 | A MORE PERFECT UNION $400: Married since 1999, 2 became 1 after this couple met up in the Manchester United players' lounge Victoria & David Beckham |
| #8463, aired 2021-08-11 | WE'LL GET TOGETHER $400: This women's college formally merged with Harvard in 1999 Radcliffe |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | THE TERMS OF SERVICE $1600: He served as mayor of D.C. from 1979 to 1991; he served 6 months in prison; he served as mayor of D.C. from 1995 to 1999 Marion Barry |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | I HAVE TO GIVE YOU CREDIT $600: Rumors abounded about an ultra-exclusive "Black Card"; in 1999 this company made one available--the Centurion Card American Express |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | WORKING WITH CLAY $1200: A 1999 exhibition at the Met featured the ceramics of this 20th century Spanish artist, work he began at age 66 Picasso |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | "E" SPORTS $800: In 1999 this Denver QB was Super Bowl MVP, then quit while he was way ahead John Elway |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | FROM TV SHOW TO FILM $1000: Will Smith took over Robert Conrad's role in this 1999 adaptation of a 1960s series the Wild Wild West |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | THE MEASURE OF A FILM $600: 1999:
"8____"
featuring Nic Cage mm |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | WHAT A HOARD! $1600: In 1999 a TV crew on the island of Gotland located the Spillings Hoard, the largest treasure ever found from these people the Vikings |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | ASIAN CITIES $1600: Dili is the capital of this nation that broke away from Indonesia in 1999 East Timor |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | BUSINESS $200: Back in 1999 Exxon merged with this corporation; both had their roots in the Standard Oil Company Mobil |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | A STUDENT OF TELEVISION $1000: In 1999 class was in session for Martin Starr, Linda Cardellini & Jason Segel in this rhymingly named NBC show Freaks and Geeks |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | WOMEN IN CONGRESS $1600: Between her cabinet posts & repping N.C. in the Senate, she served as president of the American Red Cross from 1991 to 1999 Dole |
| #8359, aired 2021-03-18 | BOYS $800: This actress won an Oscar for her performance as Brandon Teena in the 1999 film "Boys Don't Cry" Swank |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | ATLANTA: NEWS CLUES $800: (Aisha Howard from Atlanta's 11Alive presents the clue.) Yang Yang & Lun Lun became some of the most popular residents of Zoo Atlanta when they arrived in 1999; the pair of pandas were delicately airlifted here from China by this package delivery service UPS |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | OF POP CULTURE MICE & MEN $600: Geena Davis & Hugh Laurie were the adoptive parents of a mouse-like kid in this 1999 film Stuart Little |
| #8353, aired 2021-03-10 | U.S. COINS $1000: Released in the order in which states ratified the Constitution, the state quarters series began with this one in 1999 Delaware |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | MOVIES BASED ON SHORT STORIES $2000: "Traumnovelle", a 1920s story about a Doctor who goes to a very risque party, became this 1999 Kubrick movie with Tom Cruise Eyes Wide Shut |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | BROOKLYN '99 $400: As it was shedding concrete, this alliterative structure was "Falling Down" in the subject of a 1999 article Brooklyn Bridge |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | BROOKLYN '99 $1000: This 1999 novel about a detective with Tourette's by Brooklyn native Jonathan Lethem was the basis of a 2019 Edward Norton film Motherless Brooklyn |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | "ME" TV $200: From 1992 to 1999 you could visit this title "Place" on Fox Melrose Place |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | AT THE MOVIES $400: Chad Stahelski, stunt double for the character Neo in this 1999 film, went on to direct John Wick movies The Matrix |
| #8283, aired 2020-11-18 | '90s NEWSMAKERS $1200: This Michigan M.D. defended himself at his fifth trial, in 1999; conviction for second-degree murder ensued Dr. Kevorkian |
| #8282, aired 2020-11-17 | COLOR FILMS $1,800 (Daily Double): The title of this 1999 film comes from the linoleum floor of death row The Green Mile |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $400: December 31, 1999: "Little fallout from" this "glitch" Y2K |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | '80s & '90s HIT PARADE $2000: In 1999 this Matchbox Twenty frontman joined Santana for the hit song "Smooth" Rob Thomas |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | THE ACTOR WHO SAID IT $800: 1999: "I see dead people" Haley Joel Osment |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | FAMOUS NAMES $800: Sean Parker co-founded this music file-sharing service that debuted in 1999 Napster |
| #8232, aired 2020-06-09 | MARQUEE "MOON" $1000: 1999, starring Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman Man on the Moon |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | MOVIE VILLAIN QUOTES $800: In 1999, Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving): "I'm gonna enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson" The Matrix |
| #8196, aired 2020-04-06 | CELEBRITY LECTURES $1200: John Cleese of this comedy troupe was professor-at-large at Cornell starting in 1999, but he didn't teach silly walks Monty Python |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | ALL-AMERICAN STAMPS $1000: In 1999, a set of stamps celebrated the nature of this large desert in Mexico and the Southwestern U.S. the Sonoran Desert |
| #8186, aired 2020-03-23 | THE OSCARS $1200: We bet you know Oscar Goodman became mayor of this city in 1999 & swore in his wife to replace him in 2011 Las Vegas |
| #8185, aired 2020-03-20 | GAME "OVER" $1600: In 1999 deais.com was renamed & relaunched as this online retailer overstock.com |
| #8178, aired 2020-03-11 | REQUIEM FOR A SKYLINE $1000: Demolished in 1999, the Jorba Labs near Madrid was often called this general 6-letter term for a sacred building in China a pagoda |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | BEFORE SWINE $1000: This sweeper started cleaning floors in 1999; the wet system soon followed Swiffer |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | WHOSE NO. 1 ALBUM $200: 1999: "...Baby One More Time" Britney Spears |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | APTLY NAMED $400: In 1999 Sara Blizzard joined the BBC as a presenter of this the weather |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | & FINALLY... $1000: After 442 years, the flag of Portugal came down over this newly Chinese territory in December 1999 Macau |
| #8147, aired 2020-01-28 | NEWER NECCO CANDY HEARTS $600: In 1999 this pair of 2-letter words, a "Clueless" movie quote, was kind of a mean choice "As If" |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | DISPUTED TERRITORIES $2000: Russia recognizes Abkhazia's independence, declared in 1999, but this country, in which Abkhazia lies, does not Georgia |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | THE TELEVISION WILL BE REVOLUTIONIZED $1000: At the 1999 Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, ReplayTV won a best in show prize for unveiling this technology DVR |
| #8119, aired 2019-12-19 | 1999 TELEVISION PREMIERES $200: This show about an animated fellow "Who lives in a pineapple under the sea" SpongeBob SquarePants |
| #8119, aired 2019-12-19 | 1999 TELEVISION PREMIERES $400: This series introducing Tony, Carmela, Meadow & A.J. The Sopranos |
| #8119, aired 2019-12-19 | 1999 TELEVISION PREMIERES $800: Starring David Boreanaz, this spin-off from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Angel |
| #8119, aired 2019-12-19 | 1999 TELEVISION PREMIERES $1000: This drama starring Ms. Brenneman as Ms. Gray, who presided over family court cases Judging Amy |
| #8118, aired 2019-12-18 | ON THE FIRST LADY'S IMDB PAGE $400: "Miss Universe Pageant" (1999) as "herself - judge" Melania Trump |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | OSCAR-WINNING ADAPTED SCREENPLAYS $1600: 1999: John Irving, from his novel The Cider House Rules |
| #8096, aired 2019-11-18 | WE SAY JUMP $800: Though no longer a kid, in 1999 Ashrita Furman bounced up the 1,899 steps of Toronto's CN Tower on this a pogo stick |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | MOVIE CHALLENGE $1200: In 2019 Christina Hendricks revealed that's her hand holding the rose on the poster for this 1999 Best Picture Oscar winner American Beauty |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | MAGIC & ILLUSION $1600: On April 5, 1999 this magician was "Buried Alive" in a plexiglass coffin under a 3-ton water tank & stayed for 7 days (David) Blaine |
| #8036, aired 2019-07-15 | SUPREME COURT CLERKS $800: This man was clerk to Warren Burger before becoming independent counsel from 1994 to 1999 (Kenneth) Starr |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | WE MEAN BID-NESS $600: "Only one for sale, as I need the other one to live"; in 1999 bids got up to $5 million for a kidney before this site stopped things eBay |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | A STEEL DAY $1600: March 17, 1999:
This German family business known for steel & big guns merges with rival company Thyssen Krupp |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | AWARDS & HONORS $1000: This fashion designer & "Project Runway" judge won a Scholastic Art & Writing Award in 1999 Zac Posen |
| #8008, aired 2019-06-05 | CROCS $600: The 30-foot killer in this 1999 movie is a saltwater croc even though the movie has "Lake" in the title Lake Placid |
| #7997, aired 2019-05-21 | 1990s SONGS $400: "Her skin's the color of mocha" in this Ricky Martin hit from 1999 "Livin' La Vida Loca" |
| #7981, aired 2019-04-29 | FACTS ABOUT POETS $10,117 (Daily Double): Seamus Heaney's 1999 translation of this 1,200-year-old epic poem was a surprise bestseller Beowulf |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | OCCUPATIONAL VERBS $2000: In a 1999 speech Nelson Mandela said his government would do this "on" toward national reconciliation soldier |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | GOOGLE'S TOP SEARCHES, 1999-2018 $200: Every year, this best pal has been the most searched-for type of animal dog |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | GOOGLE'S TOP SEARCHES, 1999-2018 $400: The top movie searches of 2006 & 2016 were for this franchise with "The Last Stand" & "Apocalypse" installments X-Men |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | GOOGLE'S TOP SEARCHES, 1999-2018 $600: Each year the most searched-for author has been not a novelist but this man who penned "Letter from Birmingham Jail" MLK (Martin Luther King) |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | GOOGLE'S TOP SEARCHES, 1999-2018 $800: For 2016 & 2017 the most searched athlete was this Dublin-born MMA fighter Conor McGregor |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | GOOGLE'S TOP SEARCHES, 1999-2018 $1000: Since 2005 the Bible has been the most searched book & No. 2 has been this somewhat more recent sacred text the Koran |
| #7969, aired 2019-04-11 | MOVIE & SONG, SAME TITLE $400: Don McLean,
1971;
Jason Biggs,
1999 "American Pie" |
| #7942, aired 2019-03-05 | POP MUSIC ACROSS THE DECADES $1200: In a 1999 smash, this letter-perfect group didn't want "your number", didn't want "to meet you" & didn't want no scrubs TLC |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | STATE FACTS $1,400 (Daily Double): In 1999, in a nod to this facility named for a president, Brevard County, Florida added 321 as an area code Cape Kennedy (or the Kennedy Space Center) |
| #7928, aired 2019-02-13 | THE EISNER AWARDS $1200: A "Batman" cover with the Joker & this villain helped Alex Ross win Best Cover award for 1999 Harley Quinn |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | RICK ROLES $600: Brendan Fraser played Rick O'Connell, exploring Egypt in this 1999 film The Mummy |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | ESSENTIAL EARLS $1000: & one different kind of earl--on his marriage in 1999, this youngest son of Elizabeth II was made the Earl of Wessex Edward |
| #7901, aired 2019-01-07 | MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS $800: For her 1999 "Magic of Christmas" album, she recorded "The Christmas Song" as a duet with her father Natalie Cole |
| #7891, aired 2018-12-24 | NOT FOR PROFIT $1000: This medical group was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1999 Doctors Without Borders |
| #7891, aired 2018-12-24 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: Like Hong Kong in 1997, this special administrative region & gambling mecca was returned to China in 1999 Macau |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | POSTHUMOUS BOOKS $1600: This African-American author's long-awaited second novel "Juneteenth" appeared in 1999 Ralph Ellison |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | '99 PROBLEMS $2000: 1999: As part of NATO operations, a stealth aircraft mistakenly bombed the Chinese embassy in this Balkan capital Belgrade |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | REPORTS OF MY DEATH... $200: "Where have you gone", this 1940s N.Y. Yankee legend? A January 1999 NBC obituary was 7 weeks premature Joe DiMaggio |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | NO LONGER AROUND $600: As of summer 1999, you could no longer hail one of these iconic rides in New York a checker cab |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | WHOSE MEGA-ALBUM? $1600: 1999's "Supernatural" was a mega-comeback for this guitar legend Carlos Santana |
| #7791, aired 2018-06-25 | DON'T TELL ME $200: Malcolm, there's a reason Cole can see you in this 1999 film, & you're not gonna like it The Sixth Sense |
| #7791, aired 2018-06-25 | DON'T TELL ME $800: Too bad, Heather, but Michael kicked the map into the creek, & you & your handheld camera are in for worse in this 1999 film The Blair Witch Project |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | MOVIES' OPENING LINES $1200: 1999:
"People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden" Fight Club |
| #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" |
| #7774, aired 2018-05-31 | MONARCHS FLUTTER BY $2000: In this north African land, Muhammad VI succeeded Hassan II in 1999 Morocco |
| #7772, aired 2018-05-29 | AWARD-WINNING BOOKS $1600: Sections in this 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel are "Mrs. Woolf", "Mrs. Brown" & "Mrs. Dalloway" The Hours |
| #7765, aired 2018-05-18 | THE SCHOOL YEAR $1000: In 1999 Harvard merged with this venerable women's school Radcliffe |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | STAND & DELIVER $800: In 1999 this author & Holocaust survivor warned that "indifference ...is more dangerous than anger and hatred" Elie Wiesel |
| #7755, aired 2018-05-04 | MOVIE REMAKES $1600: This 1968 Steve McQueen-Faye Dunaway caper was remade in 1999 The Thomas Crown Affair |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | ENTERTAINING ERAS $800: This HBO mob show's 1999 debut is said to have begun TV's new golden age The Sopranos |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1,800 (Daily Double): His last 2 novels, "Omerta" & "The Family" were published after his death in 1999 Mario Puzo |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY $6,200 (Daily Double): In 1999 the Senate voted 50-50 on the charge that Bill Clinton obstructed justice, this many votes shy of conviction 17 |
| #7675, aired 2018-01-12 | ONE-HIT WONDERS $800: Lou Bega's biggie in 1999 was this song that mentions "a little Monica in my life" "Mambo No. 5" |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | ENTERTAINING ORGANIZATIONS $1600: It's the R in RIAA, the industry association that sued Napster in 1999, upset at free downloads recording |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | I KNOW THAT PERFORMER'S FACE $800: Jennifer Coolidge, a regular in Christopher Guest films and on "2 Broke Girls", was also Stiffler's mom in this 1999 comedy American Pie |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | CHARGING BULL $1200: Old Spec (1979) & Bodacious (1999) are bull inductees in this Hall of Fame the Rodeo Hall of Fame |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | STARS' INITIAL SHOWS $400: James Franco & Seth Rogen, 1999:
"F. and G." Freaks and Geeks |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | "Z" GRADE ENTERTAINMENT $1200: Kids were creators as well as performers on this '70s PBS show out of Boston that was revived in 1999 Zoom |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1200: A stamp collector herself, this "Atlas Shrugged" author appeared on a 1999 stamp (Ayn) Rand |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: A coup ousted Nawaz Sharif as this country's leader in 1999 (& perhaps led to some deja vu for Nawaz in 2017) Pakistan |
| #7609, aired 2017-10-12 | THE INUIT $800: The creation of this Canadian territory in 1999 allowed the Inuit to be in charge of their cultural and political destiny Nunavut |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | SCIENCE FICTION $200: Published in 1950, these Ray Bradbury "Chronicles" begin in 1999, when men leave Earth to colonize a nearby planet The Martian Chronicles |
| #7595, aired 2017-09-22 | I'M NO QUITTER $200: Ranked as low as 141st & splitting with Brooke Shields, he won the French Open in 1999 (Andre) Agassi |
| #7591, aired 2017-09-18 | LET'S STAY HOME $2000: This singer pulled out of Union Station with her first solo album since 1999--I can't wait to hear her "Gentle On My Mind" Alison Krauss |
| #7590, aired 2017-09-15 | GOVERNMENT FOLKS WITH 2 FIRST NAMES? $800 (Daily Double): After becoming the literal man who fell to Earth in 1962, he rose to serve Ohio in the Senate from 1974 to 1999 John Glenn |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | WORLD LEADERS $400: Baseball lover & fiery leftist Hugo Chavez led this country from 1999 to 2013 Venezuela |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | ABBREVIATED NO. 1 TV SHOWS $400: On ABC, 1999-2000:
"W.W.T.B.A.M." Who Wants to be a Millionaire |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | YOU GET A "D" $1000: In a 1999 auction Ty Cobb's pair of these took an over $7,000 "bite" out of someone's wallet dentures |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | MUSIC TO MY YEARS $1200: This Prince album was released October 27, 1982 1999 |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | CANADA 150 $1600: (Alex presents from the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C.) The 12 pillars of this outdoor rotunda symbolize the 10 provinces and 2 territories that were part of Canada ins 1989, the year of the dedication of the embassy; the coat of arms above the entryway represents this new territory, created in 1999 Nunavut |
| #7559, aired 2017-06-22 | 1990s EMMYS $800: This HBO crime series received 4 writing nominations in 1999; David Chase & James Manos won the award The Sopranos |
| #7559, aired 2017-06-22 | 1990s EMMYS $1600: In 1999 winning wasn't alien to Kristen Johnston as an extraterrestrial visitor on this sitcom Third Rock From the Sun |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | CANDIDATE $400: Vying for high school president, Tracy Flick must be stopped in this 1999 movie, & Matthew Broderick is on the job Election |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | WORLD TOUR $2000: London has not the Left Bank but this artsy bank where in 1999 the London Eye went up & changed the iconic skyline the South Bank |
| #7532, aired 2017-05-16 | YOU'RE SO POSSESSIVE! $200: On this festive night in 1999, a new ball made of Waterford crystal made its descent in Times Square New Year's Eve |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | GOALS $600: A "super" hands-on owner, he bought the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1999 & scored 35 goals for the team in 2000-01 Mario Lemieux |
| #7514, aired 2017-04-20 | CHINESE HISTORY $2000: After a massive demonstration in Beijing in 1999, China banned this spiritual movement, calling it a heretical cult Falun Gong |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | MOVIE ADJECTIVES $400: 1999:
"The ____ Mr. Ripley" Talented |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW $2000: American criminals, don't flee to Sri Lanka; the U.S. &. that country signed this type of agreement Sept. 30, 1999 extradition |
| #7507, aired 2017-04-11 | LIVE TV $1600: In 1999 this "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" host fittingly served up some improv for a live performance of his sitcom Drew Carey |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | "A" CAST $400: 1999:
Alyson Hannigan,
Jason Biggs American Pie |
| #7497, aired 2017-03-28 | THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! $1000: Fighting separatists, Russian forces occupied 1/3 of this republic in 1999 in an effort to subdue it Chechnya |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | OH, THE HORROR! $600: Both a 1999 film & its 2016 sequel feature found footage exploring this title figure in the Maryland woods The Blair Witch Project |
| #7493, aired 2017-03-22 | POSTHUMOUS PUBLISHING $1200: Here's the catch: this author's "Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man" was published after his 1999 death (Joseph) Heller |
| #7492, aired 2017-03-21 | MOVIE STARS $1,400 (Daily Double): In 1999 co-stars Anne Bancroft, Jessica Lange & Tom Cruise helped him celebrate his AFI Life Achievement Award Dustin Hoffman |
| #7489, aired 2017-03-16 | IN BALTIMORE $1000: Elected mayor of Baltimore in 1999, this Democrat ran for president in 2016 but dropped out after Iowa Martin O'Malley |
| #7487, aired 2017-03-14 | IT'S A TOY HALL-ER $600: Sometimes, simple is simply best; this 2-word circle made the Hall in 1999 the hula hoop |
| #7479, aired 2017-03-02 | BOATS & BOATING $800: By law, all PFDs, short for these, made of balsa or cork were retired from service by March 1999 personal flotation devices |
| #7479, aired 2017-03-02 | SWEAR WORDS $1200: To take the stand, or one-word title of a 1999 Rage Against the Machine song testify |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | A TRIPLE FEATURE $1600: Mark Wahlberg, George Clooney & Ice Cube are soldiers in Iraq in this 1999 film named for a trio Three Kings |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | AUSTRALIANA $400: It's no wonder that Down Under in 1999, she became the first living Australian to be put on a postage stamp Elle MacPherson |
| #7439, aired 2017-01-05 | NATO $1000: In 1999 NATO launched massive air strikes to force this Serb leader to the bargaining table Milosevic |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | INTERVIEWS $800: On "20/20" in 1999 almost 50 million Americans tuned in to Barbara Walters' interview with this former intern Monica Lewinsky |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | SERVING THE STATE $800: (I'm political commentator Ana Navarro.) In 1999 I served as the first director of immigration policy for this governor of Florida Jeb Bush |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | BUSINESS $800: In 1999, this shark & a pal sold their broadcast.com to Yahoo! for $5.7 billion (Mark) Cuban |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | QUARTERBACKS $800: Tim Couch, Brady Quinn, Trent Dilfer & Johnny Manziel are 4 of the 20+ QBs to start for this team since 1999 the Browns |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | QUARTERBACKS $1000: He won the Super Bowl as a QB in 1999 & as a GM in 2016 (John) Elway |
| #7392, aired 2016-11-01 | PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS $800: (I'm Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Post.) As part of a New York Daily News team, I won a 1999 Pulitzer for an editorial series that helped rescue this historic Harlem theater from financial mismanagement that had threatened its survival the Apollo |
| #7392, aired 2016-11-01 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS WINNERS $1600: 1999:
Joseph Fiennes & her Gwyneth Paltrow |
| #7381, aired 2016-10-17 | LESSER-KNOWN GRAMMYS $800: In 1999, 2000 & 2002 albums by this Muppet won the Grammy for best music album for children Elmo |
| #7380, aired 2016-10-14 | TRAILER PARK $600: In a trailer for this animated feature from 1999 Satan is in bed with Saddam Hussein South Park |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $600: Sadly, this first non-entertainer to be named died in a 1999 plane crash John F. Kennedy, Jr. |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | 1999 $200: It was equal to about $1.15 & wasn't circulating as cash yet when it went into effect on January 1 the euro |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | 1999 $400: The world debated & awaited the consequences of this bug & its possible effect on computing Y2K |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | 1999 $600: Serbian forces drove ethnic Albanians out of this now country; after NATO bombing, welcome back, Albanians Kosovo |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | 1999 $1000: This 5-year-old moppet who reached Florida from Cuba made international headlines Elián González |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | 1999 $1,800 (Daily Double): Setting in motion a legal battle over digital music rights, this file-sharing service debuted Napster |
| #7347, aired 2016-07-19 | I KINGS $1200: This Jordanian king who died in 1999 was known to his people as Al-Malik Al-Insan or "The Humane King" Hussein |
| #7333, aired 2016-06-29 | HISTORIC OOPSIES $600: In 1999 NASA used the metric system for the $125 million orbiter of this planet; Lockheed Martin did not... bye bye, orbiter Mars |
| #7310, aired 2016-05-27 | FEAR $400: Elly Kedward, banished from her Maryland village in 1785, is this spooky title character being sought in a 1999 film the Blair Witch |
| #7305, aired 2016-05-20 | '90s MUSIC $400: In a 1999 hit Ricky Martin was "Livin"' this La Vida Loca |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | HOLIDAYS $800: In 1999 New Hampshire was the last state to make this January event a paid state holiday Martin Luther King Day |
| #7294, aired 2016-05-05 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $2000: The subject of a 1999 peace agreement, on Feb. 17, 2008 it proclaimed independence from Serbia Kosovo |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | BUSINESS $200: A 1999 merger created this largest publicly traded international oil & gas company ExxonMobil |
| #7285, aired 2016-04-22 | YOUR FACE IS ON THE MONEY $600: He was on every Chinese bank note 1999-2008, when he lost face on 6 million pieces issued for the Beijing Olympics Chairman Mao |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SYDNEY $400: Sydney's 110,000-seat Stadium Australia, designed primarily to host this event, opened in 1999 the Summer Olympics |
| #7271, aired 2016-04-04 | GRAMMY'S BEST NEW ARTIST $600: For 1999 Kid Rock & Britney Spears were second-best to her; what a "Voice"! Christina Aguilera |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | NONFICTION $400: First published in 1997, this Mitch Albom work was the nonfiction bestseller of the year for 1999 Tuesdays with Morrie |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | JAMES: THE FIRST OR LAST NAME $800: In 1999 he released a collection of 15 CDs called "Sixty Years, Sixty Flute Masterpieces" James Galway |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | MOVIE BIOGRAPHIES $800: 1999:
Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman Man on the Moon |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | & THE OSCAR DOESN'T GO TO $1200: Annette Bening was a 1999 Best Actress nominee for playing the wife of Best Actor winner Kevin Spacey in this film American Beauty |
| #7193, aired 2015-12-16 | MEL ON EARTH $1200: 1925-1999:
Singer who also co-wrote the Christmas tune heard here Mel Tormé |
| #7180, aired 2015-11-27 | AS THE CROW FLIES $1200: This pathogen named for an African river reached the U.S. in 1999 & decimated crow populations the West Nile virus |
| #7177, aired 2015-11-24 | LEADER OF THE PACK $400: Mike Holmgren left Green Bay in 1999 to coach this team in the Northwest the Seattle Seahawks |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | BAD NEWS $600: A 7.4 quake in Istanbul in 1999 did lead to better relations with this western border country that gave support Bulgaria |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | WHAT'S YOUR MOVIE NUMBER? $1200: 1999:
"The Taming of the Shrew" goes to high school 10 Things I Hate About You |
| #7153, aired 2015-10-21 | NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS $200: This group that sends doctors & nurses to about 70 countries every year won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize Doctors Without Borders |
| #7138, aired 2015-09-30 | CELEBRITY DATE BOOK $200: May 21, 1999:
This daytime drama star had lost out on 18 straight Emmys, but it isn't going to be 19 Susan Lucci |
| #7137, aired 2015-09-29 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Milan Kundera's "Unbearable" novel turns into a 1999 film about literally getting into a real-life movie star's head The Unbearable Lightness of Being John Malkovich |
| #7134, aired 2015-09-24 | OSCAR-WINNING WRITERS $2000: 1999, adaptation:
"The Cider House Rules" (John) Irving |
| #7127, aired 2015-09-15 | THE 1990s $600: Protests & riots ensued when this group, the WTO, met in Seattle in November 1999 the World Trade Organization |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | '90s NEWSMAKERS $800: In 1999 he wrestled his way into the Minnesota governor's office Jesse Ventura |
| #7113, aired 2015-07-15 | SHOW YOUR METAL IN POP CULTURE $400: Brad Bird directed a 1999 animated film about this giant the Iron Giant |
| #7112, aired 2015-07-14 | LET IT SNOW $200: From July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999, the Mount Baker ski area in this "Evergreen State" got 1,140" of snow--that's 95 feet! Washington |
| #7111, aired 2015-07-13 | TOYS "R" US $800: In 1999 this classic toy wagon landed at the National Toy Hall of Fame Radio Flyer |
| #7110, aired 2015-07-10 | PROSPER $200: Did you buy $2,100 of stock in this Washington-based tech company in 1986 & sell in 1999? You made $1.4 million Microsoft |
| #7110, aired 2015-07-10 | BOOK SEQUELS $600: Helen Fielding's
"The Edge of Reason"
(1999) Bridget Jones's Diary |
| #7106, aired 2015-07-06 | OUR MISTAKE! $400: In retrospect, we at Excite probably should have given Brin & Page the $750k they wanted for this search engine in 1999 Google |
| #7090, aired 2015-06-12 | ALONG CAME JONES $800: In 1999 Brian Jones & Captain Bertrand Piccard became the first to circle the globe nonstop in this a (hot air) balloon |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $400: In 1983 & again in 1999, Prince had a Top 40 hit with this song "1999" |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | WHIP SMART $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1999 this film character's whip joined his fedora & brown leather jacket in the Smithosonian Indiana Jones |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | '99 $1000: In 1999 this remote Himalayan kingdom became the last nation to get TV, when it was installed in Thimphu Bhutan |
| #7041, aired 2015-04-06 | THEY PLAYED COACHELLA $400: On the bill at the inaugural festival in 1999: Rage Against the Machine & this lead singer of the Smiths Morrissey |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | GO TO HILL $1200: In a 1999 film Hugh Grant runs a bookstore in this title London area Notting Hill |
| #7029, aired 2015-03-19 | THE GROUP OF DEATH $400: In 1999 Eddie Vedder & this band grunged out a Top 10 version of this '60s tearjerker "Last Kiss" Pearl Jam |
| #7024, aired 2015-03-12 | TEAM OF THE WORLD SERIES MVP $200: 1999:
We open with a closer, Mariano Rivera the (New York) Yankees |
| #7022, aired 2015-03-10 | CELEBRITY NAME RECOGNITION $600: It's Groening as in "raining" if you meet Matt, who co-created this show with roots in both 1999 & 2999 Futurama |
| #7018, aired 2015-03-04 | REMEMBERING LAUREN BACALL $800: In 1999 Lauren starred in "Too Rich: The Secret Life of" this alliterative tobacco heiress Doris Duke |
| #7017, aired 2015-03-03 | TRIPLE TALK SONGS $2000: In this 1999 hit Destiny's Child complains, "You're slowly making me pay for things your money should be handling" "Bills, Bills, Bills" |
| #7004, aired 2015-02-12 | A HISTORY LESSON $1200: In support of this Yugoslav province, NATO launched a 78-day air-strike campaign on Serbian targets in March 1999 Kosovo |
| #6981, aired 2015-01-12 | LITERARY NAME DROPPERS $600: 1999 bestseller by Thomas Harris:
"____" Hannibal |
| #6971, aired 2014-12-29 | THE BRIT ON THE BANKNOTE $2000: From 1999 to 2010 this "Enigma"tic composer was on the 20 (Edward) Elgar |
| #6969, aired 2014-12-25 | BEST PICTURE INITIALS $1600: 1999:
"A.B." rose up American Beauty |
| #6963, aired 2014-12-17 | WHAT A COUP! $1600: In 1999 P.M. Sharif didn't like it after this "P.M." named himself Pakistan's chief executive Pervez Musharraf |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | PULITZER WINNERS FOR BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY $400: 1999:
A. Scott Berg, writing about this pilot;
1954:
the same pilot, writing about himself Charles Lindbergh |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | FEMALE FIRSTS $1600: In 1999 Nancy Mace became the first female cadet to graduate from this formerly all-male South Carolina military school the Citadel |
| #6953, aired 2014-12-03 | FROZEN $2000: In 1999 perfectly preserved frozen mummies of 3 Inca children were discovered high up in these mountains the Andes mountains |
| #6947, aired 2014-11-25 | BRAD PITT FILM ROLES $200: 1999:
Tyler Durden, a soap salesman who gets involved in bare-knuckle brawling Fight Club |
| #6937, aired 2014-11-11 | ALL THE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1999 People magazine said his "death left unbearable pain, unfulfilled promise" John F. Kennedy, Jr. |
| #6918, aired 2014-10-15 | PULITZER PRIZE DRAMA WINNERS $400: 1999's winner, Margaret Edson's "Wit", chronicles a female university professor's losing battle against this cancer |
| #6882, aired 2014-07-15 | MOVIE TITLE REFERENCES $800: 1999:
From the color of its floor tiles, a nickname for death row The Green Mile |
| #6872, aired 2014-07-01 | THAT'S SPOOKY $1200: Haley Joel Osment had a nice conversation with his dead grandma in this 1999 film The Sixth Sense |
| #6859, aired 2014-06-12 | THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY $800: The most recent feature film on the registry is this 1999 Keanu Reeves movie that taught us there is no spoon The Matrix |
| #6848, aired 2014-05-28 | GROUPIES $200: Continuing the work of the G8, this organization met for the first time in December 1999 the G20 |
| #6847, aired 2014-05-27 | PLASTIC $800: In 1999 Baxter International said it would stop using vinyl in these 2-letter medical bags I.V. bags |
| #6843, aired 2014-05-21 | LETTERS TO CANADA $1000: NU is new & stands for this territory created in 1999 Nunavut |
| #6835, aired 2014-05-09 | THAT '70s SHOW $800: Moonbase Alpha was the setting of this sci-fi series Space: 1999 |
| #6802, aired 2014-03-25 | MOVIE SOURCE MATERIAL $1600: This Shakespeare play was updated to a high school in 1999 & hit cinemas as "10 Things I Hate About You" Taming of the Shrew |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | BIBLICAL ART $800: Restoration work completed in 1999 removed 500 years of grime from this Leonardo masterpiece The Last Supper |
| #6790, aired 2014-03-07 | ALL SORTS OF SPORTS $200: In 1999 this Denver QB quit while he was way ahead after 16 seasons & more than 51,000 passing yards John Elway |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | 1990s FICTION $800: In 1999 this novelist found the time to pick up a Pulitzer Prize for "The Hours" Michael Cunningham |
| #6786, aired 2014-03-03 | 1990s NO. 1 HITS $400: "Wild Wild West" was a chart-topper performed by this star of the 1999 movie Will Smith |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | LADIES WHO LUNGE $400: Goalie Briana Scurry lunged to her left to make a diving save when the U.S. women's team won this title in Pasadena in 1999 the FIFA Women's World Cup |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | OBSERVATORIES $5,000 (Daily Double): Since 1999 a green laser has been beamed into the sky from this observatory to mark the prime meridian Greenwich |
| #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | THE DIRECTOR'S FIRST FEATURE FILM $1200: "American Beauty"
(1999) Sam Mendes |
| #6747, aired 2014-01-07 | BREAKAWAY NATIONS $400: East Timor gained its independence from this nation in 1999 Indonesia |
| #6747, aired 2014-01-07 | AFRODISNEYAC $800: In the 1999 Disney version, Tony Goldwyn didn't need the physique of earlier actors who played this swinger Tarzan |
| #6737, aired 2013-12-24 | ATHLETIC CUPS $800: I cheered when my Hamilton (Ontario) Tiger-Cats won this league's Grey Cup in 1999 Canadian Football League (CFL) |
| #6712, aired 2013-11-19 | MOVIES WITH STRUCTURE $1000: 1999's "Brokedown ____" Palace |
| #6711, aired 2013-11-18 | PEOPLE $200: People noted, "They were partying like it was 1999 at... Carnegie Hall for a concert celebrating the music of" him Prince |
| #6709, aired 2013-11-14 | I RESIGN! $400: On Dec. 31, 1999 this leader apologized to the Russian people & abruptly resigned (Boris) Yeltsin |
| #6708, aired 2013-11-13 | TALKIN' MATH $600: In math, it's a rectangular array of numbers, not the setting for a dystopian 1999 sci-fi movie the matrix |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | SONG & DANCE $400: In 1999 Lou Bega had a hit with this Caribbean dance "No. 5" mambo |
| #6662, aired 2013-07-30 | WEATHER $400: On May 3, 1999 one of these with record 318-mph winds ripped through Moore, Oklahoma a tornado |
| #6647, aired 2013-07-09 | MOVIE SONGS $2000: The songs of Aimee Mann inspired this 1999 Paul Thomas Anderson film, & Aimee's "Save Me" was heard in it Magnolia |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | FROM BOOK TO FILM $1600: John Irving & Michael Caine won Oscars for this 1999 film--Irving for adapting his own novel The Cider House Rules |
| #6642, aired 2013-07-02 | IN THE BIG INNING $200: Fernando Tatis had a big inning at Dodger Stadium in 1999: 2 of these home runs for 8 RBIs grand slams |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | EUROPEAN POETS & POETRY $800: Seamus Heaney's 1999 translation of this 1,000-year-old Anglo-Saxon poem was a bestseller Beowulf |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | National Geographic Bee WINNING QUESTIONS $1200: The 1999 champ got in touch with his feminine side to give this Spanish name for cold temperatures in the eastern Pacific La Niña |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | 10-MILLION-SELLING ALBUMS $2000: This band's 1999 album "Human Clay" Creed |
| #6589, aired 2013-04-18 | THE EMMY FOR... $400: Lead Actress in a Drama, 1999: the lady was a soprano (Edie) Falco |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | ADAM SANDLER FILMS BY ROLE $600: 1999: a reluctant foster father who learns the joys of parenting Big Daddy |
| #6570, aired 2013-03-22 | COMPASS POINT MOVIES $800: A giant mechanical spider plays a key role in this 1999 Will Smith movie set in the 19th Century Wild Wild West |
| #6555, aired 2013-03-01 | WITCH MOVIE? $600: 3 college kids go missing while investigating strange doings in the Black Hills Forest in this 1999 film The Blair Witch Project |
| #6531, aired 2013-01-28 | NON-BRITISH ROYALS $1600: In 1999 Abdullah II took over as king of Jordan from this late father of his Hussein |
| #6529, aired 2013-01-24 | EYE ON SPORTS $800: Saying he'd be considered legally blind without specs, this golfer got LASIK in 1999, then--natch--won the Disney Classic Tiger Woods |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | THE ACTOR'S RÉSUMÉ $800: Julie in "The Mod Squad" from 1999,
Carrie Mathison on "Homeland" Claire Danes |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | MOVIE JOBS $400: By day, Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves) is a computer programmer in this 1999 film The Matrix |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | DIRECTOR $2000: In 1999 Sam Nunn joined the board of this computer company whose roots trace back to the University of Texas in 1984 Dell |
| #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 |
| #6508, aired 2012-12-26 | THEIR SOLE OSCAR NOMINATION $600: Haley Joel Osment,
1999 The Sixth Sense |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | ADVENTUROUS FOLKS $400: 75 years after he disappeared, George Mallory's body was found at the 27,000-foot level on this mountain in 1999 Everest |
| #6493, aired 2012-12-05 | HITS & MISSES $800: 1999:
"That Don't Impress Me Much" Shania Twain |
| #6489, aired 2012-11-29 | IT'S "OVER"! $2000: For a deal on remainders & liquidated merchandise, check out this website launched in 1999 Overstock.com |
| #6486, aired 2012-11-26 | ONE-WORD NO. 1 HITS $200: 1999, Santana & Rob Thomas:
A slick tune "Smooth" |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | BUSINESS IS GOOD $600: In 1999 this "colorful" airline took delivery of its 1st airbus A320--in 2011 it boasted 100 daily flights at Logan Airport JetBlue |
| #6466, aired 2012-10-29 | HELLO, CLEVELAND! $2000: In 1999 this Chuck D group said, "Hello, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" & played at a new hip-hop exhibit Public Enemy |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | STATE SYMBOLS OF HAWAII $200: It wasn't until 1999 that this was designated Hawaii's official state dance the hula |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | FORMAL MOVIE TITLES $400: 1999:
"The Talented" him Mr. Ripley |
| #6437, aired 2012-09-18 | MOVIE TAGLINES $1200: 1999:
"Mischief. Mayhem. Soap" Fight Club |
| #6410, aired 2012-06-29 | LUNAR FICTION $800: A 1976 Ben Bova novel envisions moonbases in this year that also followed "Space" in a 1970s TV show title 1999 |
| #6401, aired 2012-06-18 | PLAYWRIGHTS $800: Okay, you bleepin' bleepity bleep contestants! "Boston Marriage" is a 1999 comedy by this bleepin' playwright! Bleep! David Mamet |
| #6368, aired 2012-05-02 | BACK IN THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1999 she launched what would be a successful candidacy for a U.S. Senate seat from New York Hillary Clinton |
| #6347, aired 2012-04-03 | NEW YORK MUSEUMS $1600: This borough's museum of art upset folks with a 1999 exhibit featuring maggots, dung & formaldehyde Brooklyn |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | RECORD BREAKERS $600: It's not the glamour event it was, but anyway El Guerrouj ran it in 3:43.13 in 1999, breaking Morceli's record the mile |
| #6336, aired 2012-03-19 | SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR $600: 1999: Kristine Lilly & her teammates in this sport women's soccer |
| #6336, aired 2012-03-19 | HERE I AM... $1600: In this region declared Portuguese territory in 1849 & returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1999 Macao |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | SHAPE UP! $600: Well, he said he'd be back...in 1999 he wrote "The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding", updated from 1985 Schwarzenegger |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | GRAMMY-WINNING WOMEN $600: 1999:
Best female pop vocal performance for "I Will Remember You" Sarah McLachlan |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | ISLANDS $1600: This South Pacific kingdom made news in 1999 when it appointed a court jester who then cheated the govt. out of $26 million the Kingdom of Tonga |
| #6305, aired 2012-02-03 | ALPHANUMERIC NAMES & TITLES $400: In 1999 a feature film & a TV movie both had this 3-character title, a reference to the millennium bug Y2K |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | TV TO MOVIE ROLES $1000: In 1997 he was George of the Jungle; in 1999, Dudley Do-Right Brendan Fraser |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | WORLD POTPOURRI $800: In 1999 50,000 people protested in Seattle against this international business group the World Trade Organization (WTO) |
| #6285, aired 2012-01-06 | NEW MEXICO $800: Lilian Whiting used this phrase as the title of a 1906 book; it became New Mexico's official state nickname in 1999 "Land of Enchantment" |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | MOVIE TITLE SUBJECTS $1,000 (Daily Double): High priest Imhotep
(1999) The Mummy |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | CARTOON VOICES $400: In a 1999 movie, Minnie Driver, Jane; Tony Goldwyn, him Tarzan |
| #6244, aired 2011-11-10 | ECONOMIST DANCE PARTY $1600: In honor of "Alas, Brazil", a 1999 article by this newspaper columnist & 2008 Nobel winner, it's time to lambada Paul Krugman |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | CASEY AT THE BAT $600: From 1999 to 2005, Sean Casey batted .300 or better 5 times in 7 seasons for this Ohio team the (Cincinnati) Reds |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | MONEY, MONEY, MONEY $2,400 (Daily Double): Released by the U.S. Mint in January 1999, the first quarter honoring a state honored this one Delaware |
| #6212, aired 2011-09-27 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $800: (Hi. I'm Aisha Tyler.) Given the choice between the red pill or blue pill in this 1999 movie, like Neo, I'm taking the red one because I've got to know The Matrix |
| #6178, aired 2011-06-22 | MOTOR SPORTS $1600: In 1999 the A.P.'s Driver of the Century was this Italian American whose career spanned the 1950s to the 1990s Mario Andretti |
| #6168, aired 2011-06-08 | THEY GIVE US GAS $400: On Nov. 30, 1999 these 2 industry giants merged to form one corporation Exxon & Mobil |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | U.N. OBSERVANCES $400: March 22 is World this Resource Day; the theme for 1999 was "Everyone Lives Downstream" Water |
| #6154, aired 2011-05-19 | SUPER BOWL MVPs $600: In 1999, this Denver quarterback Elway |
| #6147, aired 2011-05-10 | HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY $2000: In 1999, 400 years after establishing a permanent settlement there, Portugal returned this overseas territory to China Macao |
| #6135, aired 2011-04-22 | IT'S A COUP D'ETAT $2000: In Pakistan Nawaz Sharif tried to dismiss this military leader in 1999 but was overthrown by him instead Musharraf |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER! $1200: 1999:
"Get in my belly!" (second in a series) Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER! $1600: 1999:
"Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler" Office Space |
| #6122, aired 2011-04-05 | MR. SPEAKER (OF THE HOUSE) $800: 3 Georgians have served as Speaker of the House: 2 Democrats & from 1995 to 1999 this Republican Gingrich |
| #6118, aired 2011-03-30 | UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS $800: Worn by the National College football champions for 1993 & 1999, this team's logo is seen here the (Florida State) Seminoles |
| #6113, aired 2011-03-23 | MAD TV $1600: This "SCTV" veteran became the Mad Hatter for a 1999 TV movie of "Alice in Wonderland" Martin Short |
| #6100, aired 2011-03-04 | MADE FOR WALKEN $800: 1999:
Hessian Horseman, an antagonist Sleepy Hollow |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | TV JUDGES $800: From 1997 to 1999 this '80s NYC mayor ruled over "The People's Court" (Ed) Koch |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | OSCAR-WINNING ROLES $1000: 1999:
Her multi-dimensional performance as Brandon Teena / Teena Brandon won an Oscar Hilary Swank |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | TV JUDGES $1200: In 1999 this judge wrote the book "Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever: The Making of a Happy Woman" Judge Judy |
| #6076, aired 2011-01-31 | MY MICHELLE $1600: She made the very first cover of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1990 & then again in 1999 Michelle Pfeiffer |
| #6071, aired 2011-01-24 | SLAV TO THE GRIND $400: In 1999 the intl. criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia indicted this then-Serbian pres. for crimes against humanity Milošević |
| #6070, aired 2011-01-21 | ALL THINGS CONSIDERED $1000: In late 1999 controversy erupted over custody of this 6-year-old Cuban shipwreck survivor Elián González |
| #6065, aired 2011-01-14 | MY BOYS $400: In 1999 his son Robbie made a 228-foot motorcycle jump over a part of the Grand Canyon Evel Knievel |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | PLAYING HIMSELF $1600: The movie could've been called "Being Steven Seagal" if this actor hadn't said yes to Spike Jonze for the 1999 film John Malkovich |
| #6031, aired 2010-11-29 | HOLLYWOOD UGLY $400: No one wants to date Julia Stiles in this 1999 movie except Heath Ledger, & he does it on a lark 10 Things I Hate About You |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | NFL CAREER PASSING LEADERS BY TEAM $600: Dolphins:
34.86 miles
(1983-1999) (Dan) Marino |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | '90s FEMALE NO. 1 HITMAKERS $800: 1999: "Genie In A Bottle" Christina Aguilera |
| #5997, aired 2010-10-12 | FLAGS & ANTHEMS $400: A 1999 law officially adopted this country's rising sun flag & its anthem, whose title means "his majesty's reign" Japan |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | THE COLOR OF MONEY $800: Ireland's 1999 10-pound note showed this author in green against the brown Wicklow Hills & blue Dublin Bay (James) Joyce |
| #5993, aired 2010-10-06 | PRINCE SONGS A LA TREBEK $400: In this 1983 hit, "I was dreamin' when I wrote this, so sue me if I go too fast": did I say 1983? "1999" |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | THEY'RE IN HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER $2000: Alyson Hannigan made "this one time, at band camp" a catchphrase in this 1999 movie comedy American Pie |
| #5973, aired 2010-07-28 | PARENTING $200: Between 1999 & 2007 this educational practice went up nearly 75% & kids don't even have to get out of their jammies home schooling |
| #5971, aired 2010-07-26 | REMEMBER THE MANE $800: If we had a time machine we'd go back to 1999 & ask this "Felicity" star not to cut that hair Keri Russell |
| #5966, aired 2010-07-19 | BILLBOARD'S TOP ARTISTS $1000: The 1999 Billboard Music Awards were "One Sweet Day" for her; she was named top artist of the '90s Mariah Carey |
| #5961, aired 2010-07-12 | JUST A BILL ON CAPITOL HILL $1600: From 1999 to 2005, Rep. Bill Young chaired this House committee that oversees discretionary federal spending the Appropriations Committee |
| #5950, aired 2010-06-25 | SUPER $1600: Cutlery was the chosen weapon of the Blue Raja, played by Hank Azaria in this 1999 superfilm spoof Mystery Men |
| #5943, aired 2010-06-16 | NEAT, SHE $600: Annette Bening chafes when Kevin Spacey tries to seduce her in this 1999 movie: she's worried he'll spill beer on the couch American Beauty |
| #5941, aired 2010-06-14 | NO. 1 SONGS $600: Swedish producer Max Martin wrote this 1999 hit, the first title containing an ellipsis to top the Billboard Hot 100 "...Baby One More Time" |
| #5934, aired 2010-06-03 | SPORTS SHORTS $600: 1993 & 1999:
Retires from the Bulls;
2003:
Retires from the Wizards Michael Jordan |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | I MARRIED THIS SPORTS STAR $400: Spice Girl Victoria Adams, in 1999 David Beckham |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $800: The 1999 New Jersey state quarter includes a depiction of this president on the reverse Washington |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | I MARRIED THIS SPORTS STAR $2000: Vanessa Williams, in 1999 Rick Fox |
| #5926, aired 2010-05-24 | GAP $400: In 1999 a bridge spanned the 10-mile gap between Denmark & this country for the first time since the last ice age Sweden |
| #5919, aired 2010-05-13 | THE FINAL FORE $600: In 1999 David Duval shot a record-tying last-round 59 to win this golf-loving comedian's "Classic" tournament Bob Hope |
| #5919, aired 2010-05-13 | THE FINAL FORE $1000: 4 months before his fatal jet crash, this golfer known for his old-time outfits rallied to win the 1999 U.S. Open Payne Stewart |
| #5914, aired 2010-05-06 | SPOILER ALERT! $400: 1999:
The first rule of this film is Brad Pitt doesn't really exist Fight Club |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | DIRECTORS' FIRST FEATURES $1200: "American Beauty"
(1999) Sam Mendes |
| #5903, aired 2010-04-21 | MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS $400: Prince:
"2000 zero zero party over, oops, out of time, so tonight I'm gonna party like it's ____" 1999 |
| #5903, aired 2010-04-21 | THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS $800: Will Smith turned down the lead in this futuristic 1999 flick, later saying of it, "Keanu was brilliant" The Matrix |
| #5881, aired 2010-03-22 | CANADIAN CAPITALS, EH? $2000: Iqaluit, the capital of this territory created in 1999, means "place of fish" in the Inuktitut language Nunavut |
| #5878, aired 2010-03-17 | PATRICK'S DAY $400: July 17, 1999:
Appears in the official premiere of his pal SpongeBob's show (type of creature only) (Patrick the) Starfish |
| #5872, aired 2010-03-09 | GOVERNORS $400: From 1999 to 2007 Bob Taft, great-grandson of President Taft, was the governor of this state Ohio |
| #5868, aired 2010-03-03 | MOVIE SPOILERS $400: Bruce Willis is dead & doesn't know it in this 1999 thriller The Sixth Sense |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL $1000: In 1999 Sloan school alum Kenan Sahin made a surprise 9-figure donation to this institute the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | ROYALTY ON BROADWAY $1600: David McCallum played Emperor Joseph II in the 1999 revival of this play about Mozart Amadeus |
| #5838, aired 2010-01-20 | THE 20th CENTURY $600: This broke 10,000 for the first time March 29, 1999, making some brokers richer the Dow Jones Industrial Average |
| #5838, aired 2010-01-20 | MR. & MS. ROBOTO $1200: At the beginning of a 1999 sequel, this title hero discovers that his new wife Vanessa is actually a fembot Austin Powers |
| #5832, aired 2010-01-12 | THE WORLD OF POLITICS $800: Raised in Mexico City, this New Mexico governor was the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. in 1999 (Bill) Richardson |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | DAYS IN... $1200: Y.A. Tittle & Johnny Unitas played coaches in this 1999 Al Pacino film Any Given Sunday |
| #5817, aired 2009-12-22 | GREAT DAMES $400: "I've always been a broad, now it's a great honor to be a dame", said this violet-eyed actress in 1999 (Elizabeth) Taylor |
| #5809, aired 2009-12-10 | HISTORICAL OPERAS $1000: Except for a concert version, Massenet's opera of this 11th c. Castilian hero wasn't staged from 1902 to 1999 El Cid |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | NIGHTS $600: M. Night Shyamalan had a cameo as Dr. Hill in this 1999 film where a young boy chatted up dead folks The Sixth Sense |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | HOLLYWOOD SQUARES $1000: Judd Apatow produced this 1999 TV series about weirdos & dweebs Freaks and Geeks |
| #5791, aired 2009-11-16 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $1600: A 2009 book by David Cullen looks at the myths surrounding the April 1999 shootings at this high school Columbine |
| #5768, aired 2009-10-14 | NIP/TUCK $2000: Between 1978 & 1999 Pinin Barcilon restored this classic piece at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan The Last Supper |
| #5767, aired 2009-10-13 | WATER TASTE-OFF $800: We think you'll notice the crispness, like a cool autumn day, of this, introduced by Coca-Cola in 1999 Dasani |
| #5755, aired 2009-09-25 | PUT ME IN, COACH! $200: He had 9 very productive years coaching the Bulls, winning 6 NBA titles, before moving to the Lakers in 1999 Phil Jackson |
| #5752, aired 2009-09-22 | MOVIE SYNOPSES $800: 1999:
Haley Joel Osment sees dead people The Sixth Sense |
| #5748, aired 2009-09-16 | PLAYBOY COVER BOYS $800: This hard rock bassist did a cover in March 1999; come on & give us a kiss! Gene Simmons |
| #5745, aired 2009-07-24 | TOUGH-POURRI $1000: On this date in 1999, England's Guardian newspaper announced a coup in the nation of San Seriffe April 1st |
| #5741, aired 2009-07-20 | CELEBRITY YEARBOOK SUPERLATIVES $600: At her New York high school in 1999, she was voted most likely to appear on "Jeopardy!"; we'd love to have her Natalie Portman |
| #5741, aired 2009-07-20 | STORYTELLERS $800: His "True at First Light", about an African safari, was published in 1999, 38 years after his suicide Hemingway |
| #5722, aired 2009-06-23 | NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS WINNERS $400: Singers honored in 1999: Odetta, Lydia Mendoza, & her--show her some R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Aretha Franklin |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | (WHOOPS) $800: An orbiter destined for this planet was lost in 1999 due to confusion between metric & American measurements Mars |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | THE WRATH OF CAAN $2000: In this 1999 film, gangster James is sent to carry out a revenge hit on Hugh Grant Mickey Blue Eyes |
| #5718, aired 2009-06-17 | MOVIES BY SONGS $400: 1999:
"Blame Canada" South Park |
| #5717, aired 2009-06-16 | 10 YEARS GONE $400: "What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson"? As of March 8, 1999 this baseball great "has left and gone away"? Joe DiMaggio |
| #5717, aired 2009-06-16 | 10 YEARS GONE $800: Sir Vivian Fuchs, who led the first known expedition across this continent, died in 1999 at 91 Antarctica |
| #5717, aired 2009-06-16 | 10 YEARS GONE $1200: In February 1999 Roger Ebert lost his TV partner when this critic passed away (Gene) Siskel |
| #5717, aired 2009-06-16 | ON THE "MA"P $2,000 (Daily Double): It became a special administrative region of China in 1999 Macau |
| #5714, aired 2009-06-11 | A SERIES OF FIELDS $400: Sammy Sosa hit his 60th homers of 1998, 1999 & 2001 in this Chicago venue Wrigley Field |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | POTPOURRI $1200: Eddie Murphy took the cake when this tubular snack looked for the "nuttiest celebrity laugh" in 1999 Ho Hos |
| #5699, aired 2009-05-21 | SONG & MOVIE TITLES $800: Raunchy 1999 Jason Biggs comedy that's also a song from a long, long time ago... American Pie |
| #5698, aired 2009-05-20 | THAT'S CRIMINAL! $600: In 1999 a bank employee asked a would-be robber for this 2-letter document, which he left at the scene ID |
| #5690, aired 2009-05-08 | MATHEM-ATTACK! $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an array of numbers enclosed in brackets on the monitor.) A set of numbers in rows & columns can be used in many ways--for example, to encrypt a code or create 3-D computer graphics; the set shares this name with a 1999 film a matrix |
| #5685, aired 2009-05-01 | ANGELS $2000: The 2 fallen angels in the 1999 film "Dogma" were played by these 2 Oscar-winning screenwriters Matt Damon & Ben Affleck |
| #5675, aired 2009-04-17 | GRAMMY-WINNING COMEDY ALBUMS $400: 1999: Nobody hates his "Bigger and Blacker" Chris Rock |
| #5655, aired 2009-03-20 | FOREIGN EXCHANGE $2000: In 1999 Denmark honored this author of "Out of Africa" by featuring her on the 50-kroner bill (Isak) Dinesen |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | ANIMATED MOVIE PLOTS $1600: 50-foot-tall, metal-eating, talking robot befriends boy in this 1999 film Iron Giant |
| #5640, aired 2009-02-27 | LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST $2000: In 1999 director James Cameron's marriage to this actress--dare we say--terminated? Linda Hamilton |
| #5633, aired 2009-02-18 | CAN'T GET ENOUGH OPERA $1000: Critics were carried away when Dwayne Croft played Nick Carraway in the 1999 opera based on this novel The Great Gatsby |
| #5632, aired 2009-02-17 | GET INTO GERE $800: Hoping to recapture the success of "Pretty Woman", this 1999 rom-com reteamed Richard & Julia Roberts Runaway Bride |
| #5630, aired 2009-02-13 | CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS $800: This wascally sign whose years include 1951 & 1999 shows bravery against high odds & is rarely be-Fudd-led a rabbit |
| #5624, aired 2009-02-05 | DELAWARE $600: Designated in 1999, the tiger swallowtail is Delaware's official one of these insects butterfly |
| #5617, aired 2009-01-27 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $2,000 (Daily Double): Roger Rees tried to domesticate Bebe Neuwirth (Good luck!) in a 1999 production of this comedy The Taming of the Shrew |
| #5613, aired 2009-01-21 | SEX & THE CITY $400: Male; born Minneapolis, 1958, not 1999 (& give us his name, not that "artist" stuff or that darn symbol thing) Prince |
| #5610, aired 2009-01-16 | GA$ $1600: Let's "party like it's" this year, the last time gas dipped under a buck a gallon 1999 |
| #5592, aired 2008-12-23 | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT $600: In 1999 Illinois' Scott Jeckel shot a marshmallow from his nose & Ray Perisin caught it--16 feet later--in... eww... this his mouth |
| #5592, aired 2008-12-23 | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT $800: In 1999 Florida's Gordon Cates kissed 11 of these deadly snakes in a row--& Rikki-Tikki-Tavi wasn't even there for backup a cobra |
| #5590, aired 2008-12-19 | BYPASS $800: The opening of a bypass in 1999 connected Pine Bluff in this state with the interstate system Arkansas |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | AVIATION $400: This low-fare airline founded in 1999 & based at JFK offers 36 free DirecTV channels at every seat JetBlue |
| #5576, aired 2008-12-01 | ROYALTY $400: In 1999 Abdullah II succeeded his late father, King Hussein, as this country's monarch Jordan |
| #5575, aired 2008-11-28 | WORLD TRAVEL $200: After a 15-year restoration, the ruins of Nero's Golden Palace, Domus Aurea, reopened in this city in 1999 Rome |
| #5571, aired 2008-11-24 | LIVE IN TEXAS $400: In 1999 George & Laura Bush bought the 1,600-acre Prairie Chapel ranch in this town Crawford |
| #5564, aired 2008-11-13 | ABBREV. $800: In 1999 Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman astronaut, visited this, the ISS the International Space Station |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $2000: Before scoring that winning goal in the 1999 Women's World Cup, she'd played soccer for a Japanese team Brandi Chastain |
| #5553, aired 2008-10-29 | 20th CENTURY CHINA $800: The return of these 2 territories to China in 1997 & 1999 put an end to centuries of humiliation Hong Kong & Macao |
| #5547, aired 2008-10-21 | IN MEMORIAM 2008 $800: A nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, he also hosted the TV show "Firing Line" 1966-1999 William F. Buckley (Jr.) |
| #5540, aired 2008-10-10 | PAKISTAN LAURELS $400: In August 2008 this man, president since 1999, gave a resignation speech touting all his achievements Musharraf |
| #5527, aired 2008-09-23 | 5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN $200: In January 1999 Ted Kennedy & John McCain were sworn in as jurors in this man's trial Bill Clinton |
| #5516, aired 2008-09-08 | A LOOK BACK WITH JEOPARDY! $800: Things unveiled in 1999 included my star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame & this London structure the Millennium Dome |
| #5491, aired 2008-06-23 | CORPORATE $400: In 1999 this shoe company named the largest building at its corporate headquarters after soccer great Mia Hamm Nike |
| #5487, aired 2008-06-17 | NATION STATION $400: In an Aug. 30, 1999 referendum, the people of East Timor voted overwhelmingly for independence from this nation Indonesia |
| #5468, aired 2008-05-21 | CITY LITTER $1600: Surely you know her spooky novel "The Haunting of Hill House" was filmed in 1999 with Liam Neeson Shirley Jackson |
| #5467, aired 2008-05-20 | SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD $1000: In 1999 she wasn't shirtless in Seattle but rather in Pasadena after her kick won the Women's World Cup for the U.S. Brandi Chastain |
| #5465, aired 2008-05-16 | HAPPY MADISON $2000: (Adam Sandler delivers the clue.) Happy Madison's first feature film was this 1999 comedy that saw Rob Schneider go out on a date with a narcoleptic girl Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS $400: In 1999 Ford snatched up the auto unit of this company for 50 billion kronor Volvo |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS $2,200 (Daily Double): In an $80 billion deal these 2 oil companies joined forces in 1999 in the biggest merger up to that time Exxon & Mobil |
| #5442, aired 2008-04-15 | NEWSPAPERS $2000: The staff of this paper won a 1999 Pulitzer for coverage of Russia's financial crisis The Wall Street Journal |
| #5425, aired 2008-03-21 | SHIPS $1600: Among sites celebrating the 30th anniversary of this in 1999 was the U.S.S. Hornet, the recovery ship the Apollo 11 mission |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | ARTHUR MILLER $600: In June 1999 Arthur Miller received a lifetime achievement one of these awards at Radio City Music Hall a Tony Award |
| #5418, aired 2008-03-12 | WE'RE NO. 1! $400: In 1999 he was "Livin' The Vida Loca", which hit numero uno after he checked into "General Hospital" Ricky Martin |
| #5412, aired 2008-03-04 | THE HISTORY OF HOCKEY $800: The Air Canada Centre opened on Feb. 20, 1999 with the 639th game between the Maple Leafs & these longtime rivals the (Montreal) Canadiens |
| #5409, aired 2008-02-28 | GOULASH $800: Due to the encroaching sea, this North Carolina cape's lighthouse, the USA's tallest, was moved in 1999 Hatteras |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: In 1999 Thabo Mbeki became this country's democratically elected president South Africa |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $800: In 1999 voters rejected a proposal for Australia to withdraw from this collective the British Commonwealth |
| #5400, aired 2008-02-15 | SPACE $400: In November 1999 this country launched Shenzhou, its first capsule capable of carrying a man into space China |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENS $600: She was "All That" in getting her own self-titled sketch show on Nick in 1999 Amanda Bynes |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | OF "DEN"MARK $400: They won back-to-back Super Bowls in 1998 & 1999 the Denver Broncos |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | GOVERNORS $400: In 1999 he wrestled his way into the Minnesota governor's office Jesse "The Body" Ventura |
| #5392, aired 2008-02-05 | WHAT A WEEK $800: In 1999 this country began 3 "golden weeks" of vacation for its vast populace, including one around May Day China |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | A CINEMATIC FEAST $800: This 1999 comedy has spawned at least 5 sequels & shares its name with a No. 1 song from 1972 American Pie |
| #5378, aired 2008-01-16 | THAT I LOVE YOU $200: He kicked into high gear with his 1999 marriage to Posh Spice-- on July 4, no less David Beckham |
| #5376, aired 2008-01-14 | GERMAN CITIES $800: From 1949 until 1999 Germany's Bundestag legislature met in this city Bonn |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | U.S. POLITICS $800: (I'm Julie Chen.) In 1999, on our first "Early Show" broadcast on CBS, I reported on a possible N.Y. Senate race between these 2 people; it didn't happen, but they may still face off for president (Hillary) Clinton & Rudolph Giuliani |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | POP CULTURE $1200: On October 2, 1999 this city's Thrashers thrashed around in their first regular season NHL game Atlanta |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | KENNY $2,000 (Daily Double): At 3'8" tall, Kenny Baker was memorable as this alphanumeric character in 1977, 1980, 1983, 1999, 2002 & 2005 films R2-D2 |
| #5336, aired 2007-11-19 | "MARI" ME $400: He was the QB for the Miami Dolphins from 1983 all the way to 1999 Dan Marino |
| #5323, aired 2007-10-31 | FEARNET $400: FEARnet has films like "Burkittsville 7", which continues this groundbreaking 1999 film's premise The Blair Witch Project |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1600: (I'm Susan Lucci.) In 1999 I took aim at Broadway, I made my debut as the title sharpshooter in this musical Annie Get Your Gun |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | YOU'VE GOT COMPANY $1600: In 1999 this co. spun off Delphi, which became the biggest U.S. auto parts supplier but went bankrupt in 2005 GM (General Motors) |
| #5304, aired 2007-10-04 | I BEG YOUR PARDON $1000: In 1994 he was pardoned for leading a coup vs. the President of Venezuela; by 1999 he was President Hugo Chavez |
| #5299, aired 2007-09-27 | IT'S 1999 $400: A May 1999 White House ceremony unveiled the newly designed U.S. $1 coin with this historical person on the front Sacajawea |
| #5299, aired 2007-09-27 | IT'S 1999 $800: He had a good year in 1999: he beat cancer & beat all the other riders to win his first Tour de France Lance Armstrong |
| #5299, aired 2007-09-27 | IT'S 1999 $1200: Ta Mok, the last remaining leader at large of this murderous Communist group, was captured in Cambodia in March the Khmer Rouge |
| #5299, aired 2007-09-27 | IT'S 1999 $1600: This African country lost its beloved founding father Julius Nyerere in 1999 Tanzania |
| #5299, aired 2007-09-27 | IT'S 1999 $3,500 (Daily Double): Perhaps because it was there, a 1999 expedition to Mt. Everest found this man's body, which had been frozen there for 75 years (Sir) George Mallory |
| #5297, aired 2007-09-25 | SWEET "P" $600: Nicknamed "Sweetness", this Hall of Fame NFL running back died in 1999 Walter Payton |
| #5295, aired 2007-09-21 | STAR WARS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, CA.) This early Millennium Falcon model was nixed because it looked like a Space 1999 craft; in the end, it became the first ship seen in "Star Wars" carrying this female character Princess Leia |
| #5288, aired 2007-09-12 | 1977 $200: Pres. Carter signed a treaty on Sept. 7, 1977 that said the U.S. would give up control of this in 1999 the Panama Canal |
| #5281, aired 2007-07-23 | NOW THAT'S EXPENSIVE! $200: A Louis XVI one of these that showed phases of the moon as well as the seconds & minutes sold in 1999 for $3 million a clock |
| #5280, aired 2007-07-20 | WAY BACK IN THE 1990s $1200: Partying like it was February of 1999, Hugo Chavez became President of this country Venezuela |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | POP CULTURE: 1999 $400: The glaze lipstick that this ex-intern wore for a 1999 TV interview was discontinued, so women clamor for it on eBay (Monica) Lewinsky |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | POP CULTURE: 1999 $800: Director M. Night Shyamalan played the doctor who sees Haley Joel Osment after he's traumatized at a party in this film The Sixth Sense |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | POP CULTURE: 1999 $1200: In 1999, Broadway audiences could see "The Lion King" or Laurence Fishburne plying King Henry II in this "Leonine" play The Lion In Winter |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | POP CULTURE: 1999 $1600: A tongue-in-cheek tribute on the Emmy Awards featured the many deaths of this animated character Kenny |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | POP CULTURE: 1999 $2000: 8 years after their farewell concert, this duo reunited for a New Year's Eve show--sort of a "Girls Night Out" Naomi & Wynonna Judd |
| #5269, aired 2007-07-05 | BELOVED POLAND $800: After the fall of the Communists in 1989, Poland joined NATO in 1999 & this economic group of nations on May 1, 2004 the European Union |
| #5237, aired 2007-05-22 | TONY AWARD WINNERS $800: (Hi, I'm Martin Short.) I won a 1999 Tony for Cy Coleman & this playwright's "Little Me"; I also received a Tony nomination for his "The Goodbye Girl" Neil Simon |
| #5237, aired 2007-05-22 | TONY AWARD WINNERS $1600: (Hi, I'm Brian Stokes Mitchell.) I won a Tony for my portrayal of an actor playing Petruchio in the 1999 revival of this classic Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $1200: A 1999 Jodie Foster film: "____ and the King" Anna |
| #5231, aired 2007-05-14 | A DREW BARRYMORE FILM FESTIVAL $1600: In this 1999 romantic comedy, Drew went undercover as a high school student to get a news story Never Been Kissed |
| #5228, aired 2007-05-09 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS $400: He won golf's Vardon Trophy, for the lowest adjusted scoring average, from 1999 to 2003 & again in 2005 Tiger Woods |
| #5222, aired 2007-05-01 | PC MAGAZINE $800: In 1999, when it wasn't even a year old, this website won a PC Mag award for its PageRank technology Google |
| #5218, aired 2007-04-25 | TV ROLES $400: (I'm Susan Lucci.) In 1999 I finally won that Emmy for playing this role on "All My Children" Erica Kane |
| #5215, aired 2007-04-20 | THE SPORTING LIFE $400: In 1999 at Wimbledon, Pete Sampras had 108 of these unreturned serves "up his sleeve" aces |
| #5214, aired 2007-04-19 | BRIDE OF THE YANKEES $1000: In 1999 Diana, the widow of this 1970s catcher & team captain, threw out the first pitch at a Yankee game Thurman Munson |
| #5208, aired 2007-04-11 | ROLE $800: (Hi, I'm Christopher Meloni of Law & Order: SVU.) For some reason, Julia Roberts decided to flee from marrying me when I played her fiance Coach Bob in this 1999 film Runaway Bride |
| #5188, aired 2007-03-14 | TV OF THE FUTURE $800: Moonbase Alpha was the lunar colony on the 1970s Martin Landau show "Space:" this year 1999 |
| #5175, aired 2007-02-23 | TOUGH SCIENCE $1200: This virus, named for an African geographical feature, came to the U.S. in 1999 the West Nile Virus |
| #5162, aired 2007-02-06 | CAT GOT YOUR MOVIE? $400: 1999:
The curmudgeonly kitty Snowbell plots against a mouse-boy Stuart Little |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | NOTABLE WOMEN $800: In 1999 Nancy Mace became the first female graduate of this South Carolina Military Academy The Citadel |
| #5131, aired 2006-12-25 | FAMOUS COUPLES $7,000 (Daily Double): They were the subject of a 1999 TV movie, "Dash and Lilly" Dashiell Hammett & Lillian Hellman |
| #5129, aired 2006-12-21 | "E"-MALE $1600: This Democrat served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina for one term, 1999-2005 John Edwards |
| #5128, aired 2006-12-20 | A DECEMBER TO REMEMBER $1,000 (Daily Double): Portugal gave up its last colony on Dec. 20, 1999 when it turned over this territory to China Macao |
| #5128, aired 2006-12-20 | THE CONGRESSIONAL FAMILY NAME $2000: Rhode Island's Sen. Lincoln took over for his late father John in 1999 Chafee |
| #5121, aired 2006-12-11 | SEQUELITIS $800: It's Burkittsville redux as 4 Boston students stumble on the "Book of Shadows" in a sequel to this 1999 flick The Blair Witch Project |
| #5118, aired 2006-12-06 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH? $2000: In 1999 this territory split from the Northwest Territories Nunavut |
| #5117, aired 2006-12-05 | WORLD LEADERS $800: This general took power in Pakistan in a 1999 coup Musharraf |
| #5108, aired 2006-11-22 | MOVIE GUYS & GALS $1200: 1999:
"____ Blue Eyes" Mickey |
| #5107, aired 2006-11-21 | THE LATE 20th CENTURY $1000: In 1999, this 6-year-old Cuban refugee was the subject of a custody battle Elian Gonzalez |
| #5106, aired 2006-11-20 | MUSIC $1600: In 1983 this singer hit No. 12 with the song "1999" Prince |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | INITIALLY YOURS $600: NFL Hall of Famer, Class of 1999:
LT Lawrence Taylor |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | GEORGE CLOONEY ON CELLULOID $1200: 1999:
Gulf War soldier Major Archie Gates Three Kings |
| #5063, aired 2006-09-20 | DUETS $1600: 1999:
"Written In The Stars" by Elton John & this country girl LeAnn Rimes |
| #5058, aired 2006-09-13 | OFF COURSE, OFF COURSE $600: In 1999 software & navigation issues kept the Polar Lander & the Climate Orbiter from exploring this planet Mars |
| #5044, aired 2006-07-13 | REMEMBERING THE '90s $400: In 1999 she was the commencement speaker at CCNY (perhaps lining up some votes for 2000) Hillary Clinton |
| #5042, aired 2006-07-11 | THE GRAMMYS $1200: He won for Best Male Rock Vocal for 1999 with "American Woman", & then "Again" for 2000 (Lenny) Kravitz |
| #5041, aired 2006-07-10 | HOME RUN SLUGGERS $400: In 1998 & 1999 this Cardinals first baseman hit a total of 135 home runs, a 2-season record Mark McGwire |
| #5032, aired 2006-06-27 | CHRIS ROCKS $1200: In 1999 this country star introduced a new persona, that of fictitious rocker Chris Gaines Garth Brooks |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | CITY OF THE DAY: DETROIT $1600: In 1999, at the final sendoff for this structure, a sign in the upper deck read, "Today, there is crying..." Tiger Stadium |
| #5016, aired 2006-06-05 | HOLD ME CLOSER, TONY DANZA $1200: Tony's role of Rocky in this man's "The Iceman Cometh" in 1999 won him some Broadway raves Eugene O'Neill |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | SHAKESPEARE'S FILMS $800: A 1999 teen flick:
"10 Things I Hate About You" The Taming of the Shrew |
| #5009, aired 2006-05-25 | THE EMMYS $400: The 1999 Emmy telecast featured an interpretive dance by the hosts: Jenna Elfman & this "Frasier" co-star Hyde Pierce |
| #5008, aired 2006-05-24 | THE JEOPARDY! MOVIE "CLUB" $2000: 1999:
Legendary Cuban musicians are brought together to record an album Buena Vista Social Club |
| #5006, aired 2006-05-22 | EUROPEAN CUISINE $1000: This late, great Pole was fond of a pastry called Kremowka, about which he reminisced on his 1999 visit home Pope John Paul II |
| #4986, aired 2006-04-24 | THAT IS SO "P.C." $600: In 1977 the U.S. signed a treaty to return control of this to its home country in 1999 the Panama Canal |
| #4973, aired 2006-04-05 | MOVIE TEENAGERS $800: The 1999 movie "Dick" suggested that 2 teenage girls were this famous informant of the '70s Deep Throat |
| #4967, aired 2006-03-28 | YANKEE STADIUM $800: "Enter Sandman" plays at Yankee Stadium every time this closer, 1999's World Series MVP, takes the mound Mariano Rivera |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | THE INDY 5 $800: In 1999 this "Breakfast of Champions" author was honored as an Indiana living legend Kurt Vonnegut |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | BUDDHISM'S EIGHTFOLD PATH $1000: In a 1999 film they were "Cruel"; for Buddhists they should be right intentions |
| #4948, aired 2006-03-01 | CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' $200: The 150th anniversary of this 1849 California event was honored on a 1999 U.S. stamp the Gold Rush |
| #4932, aired 2006-02-07 | PHYS ED $1600: Watch the scholarship offers roll in when you run this distance in 3:43.13, tying the world record set in 1999 a mile |
| #4930, aired 2006-02-03 | MOUNTAIN $200: In 1999, 3 frozen mummies of Incas sacrificed centuries ago were found on Mt. Llullaillaco in these mountains the Andes |
| #4929, aired 2006-02-02 | BRITISH POSSESSIONS $1200: In 1999 a cannon from the HMS Bounty was raised from the wreck site at this isolated island Pitcairn Island |
| #4923, aired 2006-01-25 | GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT $2000: Bilirubin is a bile pigment; Robert Rubin was Secretary of this, 1995-1999 the Treasury |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | SCI-FI MOVIES BY CHARACTER $200: 1999:
Agent Smith,
Morpheus,
Cypher The Matrix |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | LET'S GO "2" THE MOVIES $1000: Jessie, a cowgirl doll, pines for her former owner in the song "When She Loved Me" in this 1999 sequel Toy Story 2 |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | HACKER CINEMA $600: In this 1999 film a character named for the god of dreams searches for the one who will destroy a computer world The Matrix |
| #4900, aired 2005-12-23 | OBSOLETELY FABULOUS $800: After Jan. 31, 1999 this signaling system ceased to be an official channel of maritime communication Morse code |
| #4898, aired 2005-12-21 | ACTOR-PLAYWRIGHTS $800: Her husband Jerry Stiller made a video appearance in her 1999 comedy "Down the Garden Paths" Anne Meara |
| #4889, aired 2005-12-08 | THE PAULY SHORE FILE $800: In a 1999 TV movie Pauly brought to life this controversial 1960s comedian Lenny Bruce |
| #4887, aired 2005-12-06 | LISTED ON eBay $600: In 1999 bidding on this bean-shaped organ began at $25,000 & got to $5.7 million before it was discovered & withdrawn a kidney |
| #4885, aired 2005-12-02 | HEY! TAKE MY PICTURE! $200: After setting numerous records, she announced her retirement at age 30 in 1999 Steffi Graf |
| #4882, aired 2005-11-29 | "AR" MATEY! $1600: On October 27, 1999 gunmen stormed this country's parliament, killing prime minister Vazgen Sarkisyan Armenia |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | YOUR LIFE ON THE BIG SCREEN $1200: 1999:
"The Hurricane" Rubin "Hurricane" Carter |
| #4876, aired 2005-11-21 | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $1,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Ari Fleischer.) In 1999, after this woman left the Red Cross, I was communcations director for her presidential campaign Elizabeth Dole |
| #4872, aired 2005-11-15 | ALL THE RAVE $600: In 1999 the Love Parade drew 1.5 million ravers to this once-divided European capital Berlin |
| #4871, aired 2005-11-14 | SCARY MOVIES $200: This 1999 movie says it's the footage shot by 3 film students who disappeared in the Maryland woods The Blair Witch Project |
| #4866, aired 2005-11-07 | DISNEY MOVIES BY CHARACTER $800: 1999:
Tantor,
Kala,
Jane Porter Tarzan |
| #4866, aired 2005-11-07 | TO PHRASE A COIN $1200: This national park noted for its geysers was placed on a commemorative U.S. silver dollar in 1999 Yellowstone |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS $800: In 1989 & 1999, it got the National Magazine Award's "Seal of Approval" for personal service Good Housekeeping |
| #4858, aired 2005-10-26 | TENNIS, ANYONE? $400: In 1999 she won the U.S. Open, becoming the first African-American woman since 1958 to win a Grand Slam singles title Serena Williams |
| #4857, aired 2005-10-25 | ABBA-SOLUTELY FABULOUS $800: In the spring of 1999 this show featuring the songs of ABBA premiered in London Mamma Mia! |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS $600: Selling for $60 million in 1999, "Rideau, Crouchon, et Compotier" by this Post-Impressionist is seen here Paul Cezanne |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | GOING GLOBAL $1,000 (Daily Double): Formerly part of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut became a separate territory of this country in 1999 Canada |
| #4840, aired 2005-09-30 | RETIRED JERSEYS $400: He was so good--& indecisive--that his team retired his jersey twice, in 1994 & 1999 (Michael) Jordan |
| #4840, aired 2005-09-30 | RETIRED JERSEYS $600: Appropriately, his was retired in 1999 Wayne Gretzky |
| #4839, aired 2005-09-29 | THEY KILT $400: When this actor was knighted in 1999 he wore a kilt to the ceremony Sean Connery |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | CHINESE HISTORY $1200: On July 22, 1999 the government banned this religious sect after it staged unauthorized demonstrations Falun Gong |
| #4836, aired 2005-09-26 | RIVERS $800: In 1999 this river was put on the back of the New Jersey quarter the Delaware |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | THE HURRICANE $1000: Sacre Bleu! Hurricane Lenny flooded out the 1999 tourist season on this Dutch-French Caribbean island St. Martin (or St. Maarten) |
| #4832, aired 2005-09-20 | LYRICALLY YOURS $400: "She'll make you live her crazy life but she'll take away your pain, like a bullet to your brain" in this 1999 song "Livin' La Vida Loca" |
| #4825, aired 2005-07-22 | FOOD & DRINK BRANDS $200: In 1999 this General Mills cereal came out with Millenios, featuring 2s as well as the usual Os Cheerios |
| #4822, aired 2005-07-19 | "F" STOP $600: William F. Buckley was its host from 1966 to 1999 Firing Line |
| #4819, aired 2005-07-14 | SONG HITS FOR TWO $400: Lenny Kravitz in 1999;
The Guess Who in 1970 "American Woman" |
| #4819, aired 2005-07-14 | SONG HITS FOR TWO $1600: Sheryl Crow in 1999;
Guns N' Roses in 1988 "Sweet Child O' Mine" |
| #4814, aired 2005-07-07 | ROCKIN' ROLE $400: The 1999 TV movie "And the Beat Goes On" told the story of this singing pop duo Sonny & Cher |
| #4813, aired 2005-07-06 | NONFICTION $1600: In 1999 Peter Jennings had "The Century" on the bestseller lists; Tom Brokaw had this one The Greatest Generation |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? $1200: This nonprofit international relief organization's humanitarian work won it the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize Doctors Without Borders |
| #4808, aired 2005-06-29 | WHO PLAYED 'EM $2000: 1999 & 2002:
Mini-Me Verne Troyer |
| #4805, aired 2005-06-24 | ASTRONAUTS $400: John Grunsfeld, grandson of a planetarium designer, flew on the 1999 shuttle mission to repair this the Hubble Space Telescope |
| #4803, aired 2005-06-22 | & NEVER THE TWAINS SHALL MEET $1200: Mark first visited this city in 1872; in 1999 Shania played the Prince's Trust concert in Hyde Park there London |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | TAKE ME TO YOUR DIRECTOR $800: Born NYC 1928; directed "2001" 1968; died England 1999 Stanley Kubrick |
| #4801, aired 2005-06-20 | URBAN $1600: By the end of 1999 the transfer of the Bundestag back to Berlin from this city was largely complete Bonn |
| #4790, aired 2005-06-03 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BIOS $200: A. Scott Berg won in 1999 for a bio on this guy who won in 1954 with "The Spirit of St. Louis" Charles Lindbergh |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | THE NFL $1600: 2 years before becoming the Rams' starting QB in 1999, he was playing in the Arena Football League (Kurt) Warner |
| #4783, aired 2005-05-25 | GLOVE, AMERICAN STYLE $400: Despite playing only 28 games at first base in 1999, Rafael Palmeiro won this MLB defensive award Gold Glove |
| #4782, aired 2005-05-24 | HAUTE COUTURE $600: Lebanese designer Elie Saab created the gown she wore at the 1999 coronation of her husband, King Abdullah Rania |
| #4772, aired 2005-05-10 | CNN 25: POTPOURRI $400: The man seen here was largely responsible for this hotly anticipated film, the top box office hit of 1999 Star Wars: Episode I |
| #4770, aired 2005-05-06 | THE BORIS YELTSIN FILE $1000: 1999:
Yeltsin names this 15-year KGB veteran his successor Putin |
| #4769, aired 2005-05-05 | THEIR FIRST SOLO HIT $200: "Livin' La Vida Loca"
(1999) Ricky Martin |
| #4767, aired 2005-05-03 | LET'S LEARN SCOTTISH GAELIC $400: In Gaelic, this body, set up in 1999 for the first time since 1707, is Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (Scottish) Parliament |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTORS $2000: 1999:
Lester Burnham Kevin Spacey |
| #4761, aired 2005-04-25 | "PRINCE" $200: Until 1999 the first snowfall signaled the start of the "Nude Olympics" at this university Princeton |
| #4750, aired 2005-04-08 | JOBS IN THE ARTS $600: In 1999 & 2000 some of these employees at the Natl. Gallery sat for David Hockney; sitting might have felt odd to them security guards |
| #4750, aired 2005-04-08 | FELIX, NOTHING MORE THAN FELIX $1600: In 1999 he became a welterweight boxing champion (Felix) Trinidad |
| #4749, aired 2005-04-07 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: This Virginia Woolf-inspired novel earned Michael Cunningham the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for fiction The Hours |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | SHE'S LOST CONTROL $400: After downing a bottle of aspirin & a bottle of vodka, Winona Ryder is committed to a mental ward in this 1999 film Girl, Interrupted |
| #4740, aired 2005-03-25 | OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESSES $400: 1999:
Brandon Teena/
Teena Brandon Hilary Swank |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | REMEMBERING ARTHUR MILLER $1200: Brian Dennehy, seen here playing "Jeopardy!" in 1999, played this Miller character on Broadway that same year Willy Loman |
| #4731, aired 2005-03-14 | CAAN $2000: Caan welcomes future son-in-law Hugh Grant to "The Family" in this 1999 mob comedy Mickey Blue Eyes |
| #4720, aired 2005-02-25 | ALLISON JANNEY WAS IN THAT? $1000: Chris Cooper & Allison played the deeply weird couple next door to realtor Annette Bening in this 1999 film American Beauty |
| #4715, aired 2005-02-18 | IT'S BEEN A "GAS" $200: He was the world's No. 1 ranked tennis player for 1999 Andre Agassi |
| #4710, aired 2005-02-11 | MODERN QUOTATIONS $400: In 1999, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Badawi warned that "freedom of" this "must have restrictions" the press |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | JAPANESE AMERICANS $1600: U.S. Army Chief of Staff 1999-2003 (General) Shinseki |
| #4698, aired 2005-01-26 | PARTYING LIKE IT WAS 1999 $200: J.K. Rowling held us "captive" in book lines when this third Harry Potter novel came out in 1999 The Prisoner of Azkaban |
| #4698, aired 2005-01-26 | PARTYING LIKE IT WAS 1999 $400: On Dec. 31, 1999 this country took control of a waterway that connects the Atlantic & Pacific oceans Panama |
| #4698, aired 2005-01-26 | PARTYING LIKE IT WAS 1999 $600: In 1999, this anti-apartheid activist retired as president of South Africa Nelson Mandela |
| #4698, aired 2005-01-26 | PARTYING LIKE IT WAS 1999 $800: On Feb. 7, 1999, Abdullah II became king of this Arab nation, bounded on the west by Israel Jordan |
| #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 |
| #4688, aired 2005-01-12 | THE BILLS $800: In September 1999 this former senator & NBA legend was a presidential hopeful Bill Bradley |
| #4677, aired 2004-12-28 | BRITISH POETS LAUREATE $400: The 1st commission of Andrew Motion, appointed in 1999, was to compose a little ditty for this prince's wedding Edward |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | STOCK ANSWERS $200: In October 1999 Fortune Magazine reported that this auction website's stock value had soared to $18 billion eBay |
| #4670, aired 2004-12-17 | ALL THE GLITTERING PRIZES $1000: In 1999 J.M. Coetzee became the first 2-time winner of this major British fiction prize the Booker |
| #4651, aired 2004-11-22 | PITTSBURGH STEELERS, PIRATES & PENGUINS $600: This "Miracle on Ice" coach was the Penguin's head man in 1999 & 2000 (Herb) Brooks |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | THE AGASSI & THE ECSTASY $800: In 1999 Agassi made a thrilling comeback, winning this clay-court Grand Slam tournament the French Open |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | GENERAL ED. $1200: Carol Moseley-Braun, the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, represented this state, 1993-1999 Illinois |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | RESUMÉS OF WORLD LEADERS $800: Law school grad; KGB operative, 1975 to 1991; President, 1999 (Vladimir) Putin |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $2000: In 1999 this Virginia Tech quarterback led all Division 1-A quarterbacks in passing efficiency Michael Vick |
| #4644, aired 2004-11-11 | ALBUMS $1600: Their 1999 CD "Californication" reunited guitarist John Frusciante with the group The Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' $1200: During the 1999 World Cup Soccer final in Pasadena, she did her famous victory strip Brandi Chastain |
| #4638, aired 2004-11-04 | LEAVE IT TO BEAVER $600: In April 1999 several beavers were captured after munching on this city's prized cherry trees Washington, D.C. |
| #4633, aired 2004-10-27 | RED ALERT! $800: The 1999 Smithsonian symposium "Red, White, & American" was on the U.S. history of this beverage wine |
| #4617, aired 2004-10-05 | PLANETARY DISTINCTIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): The farthest from the Sun from 1979 to 1999 Neptune |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | JACKS OR BETTER $1200: In 1999 this rapper-turned-actress turned talk show host Queen Latifah |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | ALBUMS $1600: This Cleveland quintet's album "E. 1999 Eternal" was produced by the late rapper Eazy-E Bone Thugs-n-Harmony |
| #4608, aired 2004-09-22 | THEY'RE ALL WINNERS! $400: (Hi. I'm LeVar Burton, and) In 1999 I won a Grammy for narrating "The Autobiography of" this winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #4604, aired 2004-09-16 | "G" MOVIES $1200: 1999:
Tom Hanks watches a lot of executions The Green Mile |
| #4591, aired 2004-07-19 | THE STAMP ACT $1200: The centenary of the Graz opera in this country was celebrated with a 1999 stamp Austria |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | IT'S A TEAM THING $800: In 1999 the U.S. women's soccer team won the World Cup when it defeated this country's team in the finals China |
| #4589, aired 2004-07-15 | MOVIE STARS OLD & NEW $1200: In 1932 David Manners was the hero of "The Mummy"; in 1999 it was this actor Brendan Fraser |
| #4582, aired 2004-07-06 | RUBY $2000: In a 1999 TV movie, she played Bessie, of the centenarian Delany sisters Ruby Dee |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | MAKING A LIST $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Raptor Center in Alaska.) In 1999, President Clinton announced plans to remove the bald eagle from this list the Endangered Species list |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | THE CINEMA $200: 1999 film with the line "The answer is out there, Neo, and it's looking for you, and it will find you if you want it to" The Matrix |
| #4564, aired 2004-06-10 | PULITZER PRIZES $2000: Margaret Edson won the 1999 award for Drama for this 3-letter heartbreaking play about a dying woman Wit |
| #4560, aired 2004-06-04 | BUSINESSMEN $800: Jeff Bezos, CEO of this giant online retailer, was Time's Person of the Year for 1999 Amazon.com |
| #4553, aired 2004-05-26 | "E" MALE $600: This Super Bowl MVP quarterback who retired in 1999 played his college football at Stanford John Elway |
| #4541, aired 2004-05-10 | THE 1990s $200: On Jan. 31, 1999 this team repeated as Super Bowl champs with John Elway throwing for 336 yards the Denver Broncos |
| #4538, aired 2004-05-05 | THINGS TO DO WITH CARROTS $600: In February 1999 people in Bethel, Maine made one 113 feet tall with an 8-foot-long "carrot" nose a snowman |
| #4530, aired 2004-04-23 | OSCAR-NOMINATED SONGS $400: "Blame Canada"
(1999) South Park |
| #4526, aired 2004-04-19 | MOVIE PHONE $200: Keanu Reeves had a Nokia phone, but it took a land line to slip in & out of this, the title of a 1999 sci-fi flick The Matrix |
| #4519, aired 2004-04-08 | TIME PERIODS $1000: AKA Y2K, this "bug" was supposed to hit at the end of 1999 the millennium bug |
| #4516, aired 2004-04-05 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1200: This woman seen here scored the winning goal for the United States in the 1999 World Cup Brandi Chastain |
| #4513, aired 2004-03-31 | eBay $1,000 (Daily Double): I found Brad Pitt's leather jacket from this 1999 film; I beat myself up when I found out it was a replica Fight Club |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | ELIZABETH TAYLOR $1000: On New Year's Eve 1999, Queen Elizabeth awarded her this title Dame |
| #4506, aired 2004-03-22 | WORLD COINS $800: In 1999 the Cook Islands issued a half dollar coin featuring this Jim Davis comic strip title character Garfield |
| #4506, aired 2004-03-22 | WORLD COINS $1200: In 1999 it issued its 1-oz. silver kookaburra coin with honor marks reproducing several U.S. state quarters Australia |
| #4504, aired 2004-03-18 | MBAs RULE! $1600: This PM of Israel, 1996 to 1999, earned his MBA from M.I.T. in 1976 (Benjamin) Netanyahu |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | WHAT A DOLL! $400: In 1999 Mattel gave this doll a new baby sister named Krissy Barbie |
| #4498, aired 2004-03-10 | ARNOLD MOVIES $1000: 1999:
Ex-cop Arnold fights Satan's efforts to find a bride End of Days |
| #4497, aired 2004-03-09 | STAPLES CENTER $1200: On Oct. 17, 1999, when Staples was the newest area born in the U.S.A., it opened with a concert by this man & his band (Bruce) Springsteen |
| #4497, aired 2004-03-09 | STAPLES CENTER $1600: In 1999 it went by truck from Paramount, Ca. to 11th St. where a specially licensed driver drove it into the arena the Zamboni |
| #4478, aired 2004-02-11 | PROFESSIONAL SPORTS $800: In 1999 this Los Angeles hockey team moved its home arena from the Great Western Forum to the Staples Center the L.A. Kings |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | FULL "MOON" $1600: Jim Carrey played Andy Kaufman in this 1999 biopic Man on the Moon |
| #4468, aired 2004-01-28 | COURT MONARCHS $400: Before retiring in 1999, this German ranked No. 1 in women's tennis for a record 377 weeks Steffi Graf |
| #4465, aired 2004-01-23 | FITS HUGH $1000: In this 1999 comedy Hugh tried to learn how to say "fuggeddaboutit" Mickey Blue Eyes |
| #4456, aired 2004-01-12 | IN THE BIG INNING $400: In 1999 St. Louis' Fernando Tatis became the first player ever to hit 2 of these in one inning, earning 8 RBIs total grand slams |
| #4453, aired 2004-01-07 | ROCK MUSIC $800: In 1999 this Latin heartthrob won an MTV award for Best Pop Video for "Livin' La Vida Loca" Ricky Martin |
| #4450, aired 2004-01-02 | GRAMBLING MARCHING BAND $2,000 (Daily Double): The band made sure to include a sax solo when they performed for this commencement speaker in 1999 Bill Clinton |
| #4447, aired 2003-12-30 | CELL BLOCK CINEMA $1000: Ashley Judd finds out that she can't be convicted twice for killing her husband in this 1999 drama Double Jeopardy |
| #4432, aired 2003-12-09 | ZOOM $400: Using radar, scientists measured it at over 300 mph in Oklahoma in 1999 a tornado's wind |
| #4430, aired 2003-12-05 | '90s NAMES IN THE NEWS $800: In August 1999 this Russian President fired his fourth Prime Minister in 18 months Boris Yeltsin |
| #4428, aired 2003-12-03 | THE KING IS DEAD $400: February 7, 1999 in Amman, Jordan King Hussein |
| #4428, aired 2003-12-03 | GRAB BAG $800: Guinness called his December 1999 concert at Liverpool's Cavern Club the biggest Internet concert ever Paul McCartney |
| #4424, aired 2003-11-27 | QUITE A COUP $800: In 1999 this country's PM Sharif tried vainly to prevent a coup by not letting Musharraf's plane land Pakistan |
| #4421, aired 2003-11-24 | ART EXHIBITS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1999 this U.S. city's Museum of Art mounted a show of the work Edgar Degas did when he visited relatives there New Orleans, Louisiana |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | THE SETH GREEN SCENE $2000: In this 1999 comedy horror film, Seth is killed by his pal's possessed right mitt Idle Hands |
| #4414, aired 2003-11-13 | MOOLA MOOLA $200: Naomi & Meir Eshel designed a series of shekel notes this country put into circulation in 1999 Israel |
| #4413, aired 2003-11-12 | CELEBS $1200: Your goal is to name this U.K. soccer star, who married Victoria Adams (aka Posh Spice) in 1999 David Beckham |
| #4409, aired 2003-11-06 | TRACK & FIELD $200: From 1964 to 1999, the women's record in this event was lowered from about 3-1/2 hours to under 2-1/2 hours the marathon |
| #4409, aired 2003-11-06 | TRACK & FIELD $800: In July 1999 Tomas Dvorak set a world record in this event with a total of 8,994 points the decathlon |
| #4404, aired 2003-10-30 | MISSION CONTROL $1600: Denmark's Orsted Satellite, launched in 1999, mapped this field around the Earth the magnetic field |
| #4403, aired 2003-10-29 | LEFTOVERS $400: Because of their ability to record and replay speech, these toys were banned in 1999 from military installations Furbies |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $800: 1999:
Christina Aguilera with this song that rubbed listeners the right way "Genie in a Bottle" |
| #4395, aired 2003-10-17 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS $200: Gwyneth Paltrow & Joseph Fiennes won for this movie in 1999 Shakespeare in Love |
| #4386, aired 2003-10-06 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $400: 1999: Jodie Foster & Chow Yun-Fat Anna and the King |
| #4382, aired 2003-09-30 | MOVIE SEQUELS $200: In 2003 the sequel to this 1999 film was "Reloaded" The Matrix |
| #4381, aired 2003-09-29 | HICKORY, DICKORY OR DOC $200: In 1999 this Rivers became head coach of the Orlando Magic Doc (Rivers) |
| #4371, aired 2003-09-15 | ART & ARTISTS $2000: This Dutch artist's "Composition B With Red, 1935", scorned by critics in 1936, was sold in 1999 for about $4.5 million Piet Mondrian |
| #4370, aired 2003-09-12 | "AMERICAN" MOVIES $200: Newsweek called this 1999 film "This generation's 'Porky's'" American Pie |
| #4370, aired 2003-09-12 | "AMERICAN" MOVIES $800: Alan Ball won an Original Screenplay Oscar for this 1999 film American Beauty |
| #4367, aired 2003-09-09 | ROAD MOVIES $1000: College professor Jeff Bridges begins to suspect that his neighbor Tim Robbins is a terrorist in this 1999 thriller Arlington Road |
| #4364, aired 2003-07-17 | THE AMERICAN LEAGUE $1000: On Sept. 27, 1999 this team played the last of its 6,783 games at "The Corner" of Michigan & Trumbull Detroit Tigers |
| #4358, aired 2003-07-09 | GIMME AN "E" $1200: Once a province of Indonesia, it voted for its own national independence in 1999 East Timor |
| #4357, aired 2003-07-08 | NAME THE YEAR $800: Prior to 2000, it was the last year the Yankees won the World Series 1999 |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | CORNHUSKER CINEMA $800: Hilary Swank won an Oscar for playing a girl who lives as a guy in small-town Nebraska in this 1999 film Boys Don't Cry |
| #4354, aired 2003-07-03 | ALLITERATIVE ATHLETES $800: Seen here, he was 1999's No. 1 ranked tennis player Andre Agassi |
| #4341, aired 2003-06-16 | THE REEL WORLD $800: 1999:
"I see dead people" The Sixth Sense |
| #4337, aired 2003-06-10 | WALL STREET TALK $400: On July 20, 1999 the opening bell was rung off of Wall Street; way off, it was on one of these in San Francisco cable car |
| #4331, aired 2003-06-02 | THE JOCK $800: (I'm NFL wide receiver Ed McCaffrey) In the 1999 Super Bowl, I caught 5 passes from this quarterback who was playing his final game John Elway |
| #4329, aired 2003-05-29 | POWER TO THE PEOPLE $1200: In 1999 this South American country produced over 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity by water power Brazil |
| #4326, aired 2003-05-26 | NATO IS NEATO $800: In 1999 Lord Robertson followed Javier Solana into this job at NATO Secretary-General |
| #4325, aired 2003-05-23 | PARDON MY FRENCHMAN $1200: Sheep farmer Jose Bove got 3 months for ransacking this restaurant in southern France in August 1999 McDonald's |
| #4310, aired 2003-05-02 | WE'RE NOT MAKING THIS UP $600: Guinness says a single bunch of these grown in 1999 weighed 287 lbs. -- hope no one slipped on the peel bananas |
| #4310, aired 2003-05-02 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMERS $1000: The non-performer inducted in 1999 was this producer who gave The Beatles their first recording contract George Martin |
| #4301, aired 2003-04-21 | NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $1200: A Cold War launch site for these "timely" missiles in South Dakota shot onto the list in 1999 Minutemen |
| #4291, aired 2003-04-07 | MOVIE SPORTSMEN $1000: 1999:
Denzel Washington as this imprisoned pugilist Hurricane Carter |
| #4284, aired 2003-03-27 | MARCH MADNESS $800: In March 1999, Ta Mok, AKA "The Butcher", became the first senior member of this Cambodian group arrested Khmer Rouge |
| #4279, aired 2003-03-20 | DELAWARE-FORE ART THOU $200: Released by the U.S. Mint in January 1999, the first one of these honored Delaware state quarters |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | "A" PLUS $1200: In February 1999 several of these killed 38 people in the Austrian towns of Galtur & Valzur avalanches |
| #4268, aired 2003-03-05 | SUPER BOWL BETS $1,800 (Daily Double): Backing his team in 1999, this city's mayor put up peanuts & a case of Coke Atlanta |
| #4267, aired 2003-03-04 | WOOD-POURRI $400: In 1994 & 1999 this rock festival celebrated its 25th & 30th anniversaries with new concerts Woodstock |
| #4267, aired 2003-03-04 | IN OLD DETROIT $600: It hosted Major League Baseball from 1912, when it was Navin Field, through 1999 Tiger Stadium |
| #4263, aired 2003-02-26 | THE "BIG" PICTURE $400: 1999:
Adam Sandler takes on fatherhood Big Daddy |
| #4262, aired 2003-02-25 | BALLET $800: In 1999 Ballet Pacifica premiered "Moonlight", performed to a sonata by this composer Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | STIRRING SONGS $1200: (Hi, I'm Harry Connick, Jr.) On my 1999 album "Come by Me", I play this beautiful Irish song that uses the melody from "Londonderry Air" "Danny Boy" |
| #4259, aired 2003-02-20 | FASHION DESIGNERS $1200: This classy Indiana-born designer who sold his company in 1999 for $50 million passed away in 2002 Bill Blass |
| #4258, aired 2003-02-19 | CZECH REPUBLIC HISTORY $1600: In 1999 the city of Usti Nad Labem tried to wall off these residents AKA the Romany, but had to take the wall down Gypsies |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | FASHION HISTORY $800: At her royal wedding in 1999, Sophie Rhys-Jones wore pearl earrings designed by this prince, her bridegroom Prince Edward |
| #4253, aired 2003-02-12 | BABYSITTING TIPS $1000: Some kids won't go to sleep without this rhyming item, though a 1999 study suggests it may cause myopia night light |
| #4248, aired 2003-02-05 | WE LOVE THE THEATRE $800: Written about teens for a teen audience, "Generation Why?" premiered in Costa Mesa in this West Coast state in 1999 California |
| #4248, aired 2003-02-05 | WE LOVE THE THEATRE $1000: Son of a gun! Bernadette Peters won her second Tony in 1999, for playing Annie Oakley in this musical revival Annie Get Your Gun |
| #4243, aired 2003-01-29 | ONE-WORD FILM TITLES $1200: Tom Cruise got an Oscar nomination for his part in this 1999 film about the San Fernando Valley Magnolia |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | SPORTS NAME SPELLING $800: 1999 U.S. Open tennis champ Andre A-G-A-S-S-I |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | SPORTS NAME SPELLING $1600: 1999 100-meter dash record setter Maurice G-R-E-E-N-E |
| #4233, aired 2003-01-15 | "J" WALKING $600: In 1999 a Martian lander was lost because Lockheed used English units & this Calif. lab used metric units in calculations Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) |
| #4227, aired 2003-01-07 | 1999 $200: In January 1999, 100 people in this job were sworn in as jurors at the president's impeachment trial U.S. senators |
| #4227, aired 2003-01-07 | 1999 $400 (Daily Double): The native Inuit in this country got a new territory--Nunavut Canada |
| #4227, aired 2003-01-07 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B" $2000: At the finals in 1999, I asked about a bridge linking the European & Asian parts of Turkey across this strait Bosporus |
| #4223, aired 2003-01-01 | MOVIE MUSICALS $800: (Hi, I'm Jeff Probst [reporting from Thailand]) Here in Thailand, this 1956 movie musical was banned & so was the non-musical 1999 film covering the same story The King and I |
| #4216, aired 2002-12-23 | "J.B." SPORTS $800: In 1999 he was named the catcher on baseball's All-Century Team Johnny Bench |
| #4213, aired 2002-12-18 | MUD $2000: In 1999 scientists found the remains of one of these giant creatures embedded in the frozen mud in Siberia mammoth |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | EUROPE $1600: In 1999 NATO welcomed 3 members of this organization, formed in 1955 to counter NATO the Warsaw Pact |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS $800: (Hi. I'm Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks.) In 1999 I set a record for the biggest online purchase -- a Gulfstream one of these an airplane |
| #4197, aired 2002-11-26 | ANNIVERSARIES $200: On June 4, 1999 thousands gathered in this former British Asian colony for the 10th anniv. of Tiananmen Square Hong Kong |
| #4197, aired 2002-11-26 | ANNIVERSARIES $400: On June 4, 1999 thousands of Iranians gathered to mourn the 10th anniversary of this man's death Ayatollah Khomeini |
| #4194, aired 2002-11-21 | PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MEN ALIVE $1600: This star of "The Mothman Prophecies" took the title in 1999 Richard Gere |
| #4191, aired 2002-11-18 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $1000: This star of "XXX" was also the voice of the title character in 1999's "The Iron Giant" Vin Diesel |
| #4174, aired 2002-10-24 | HAIR & MAKE-UP $1600: In 1999 Gwyneth Paltrow accepted her Oscar with her hair pulled back into this French-named knot chignon |
| #4171, aired 2002-10-21 | DON'T BE SUCH A HEDGEHOG $400: In 1999 this Sega video game hedgehog starred in his own home video Sonic the Hedgehog |
| #4171, aired 2002-10-21 | PULP FICTION $600: It took a decade but in 1999 he fed us "Hannibal", a follow-up to "Silence of the Lambs" Thomas Harris |
| #4167, aired 2002-10-15 | WORLD GOVERNMENT $400: In 1999 France's Nicole Fontaine succeeded Jose Maria Gil-Robles of Spain as president of this union's parliament European Union |
| #4164, aired 2002-10-10 | CERTIFICATES $200: From 1950 to 1999 the most popular name on these certificates for newborn boys in the U.S. was Michael birth certificates |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | WORLD LEADERS $400: In 1999 he was elected to his (wow!) fourth 6-year term as president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | PUERTO RICAN HOLIDAYS $1600: A royal-sounding January 6 holiday, or a 1999 George Clooney film Three Kings Day |
| #4160, aired 2002-10-04 | THAT'S SO '90s $800: Hello! In May 1999 scientists found this famous sheep might be susceptible to premature aging Dolly |
| #4159, aired 2002-10-03 | EL GRECO $2000: During a private visit to Greece in 1999, this queen opened an El Greco exhibition in Athens Queen Sofia (of Spain) |
| #4159, aired 2002-10-03 | THE U.N. $3,800 (Daily Double): In 1999 UNTAET began helping this country, the ET in its name, achieve independence East Timor |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | ORGANIZED CRIME $400: In 1999 Richard Dreyfuss played this '30s Jewish founder of Murder, Inc. Meyer Lansky |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | POP PRINCES & PRINCESSES $1000: This Dallas native released an album funded by her grandmother before 1999's "Sweet Kisses", her major label debut Jessica Simpson |
| #4146, aired 2002-09-16 | GUINNESS RECORDS $200: In February 1999 Maine residents built a 10-story one of these named Angus; he melted 15 weeks later snowman |
| #4144, aired 2002-09-12 | 19! $400: In 1999, after 19 Emmy nominations for playing this character, Susan Lucci won for her first time Erica Kane |
| #4144, aired 2002-09-12 | '90s MOVIE LINES $600: 1999:
"Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England" The Cider House Rules |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN $1200: A newly found Beethoven piece, played for the 1st time in 1999, ran this long, 9 sec. shorter than a Chopin waltz 51 seconds |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | SEASON FINALES $2000: For its fifth season finale in May 1999 Mandy Patinkin returned as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger Chicago Hope |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | STAMPS OF APPROVAL $600: This Looney Tunes character graced a 1999 stamp with his trademark "That's Despicable" look Daffy Duck |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | STAMPS OF APPROVAL $1000: A 1999 international rate stamp featured this landmark, also an electric power producer Niagara Falls |
| #4127, aired 2002-07-09 | "GIRL" MOVIES $400: 1999:
Angelina Jolie "Girl, Interrupted" |
| #4127, aired 2002-07-09 | WEATHER SUPERLATIVES $1200: On May 3, 1999 the wind in one of these near Oklahoma City reached 318 mph, the fastest wind ever recorded a tornado |
| #4122, aired 2002-07-02 | ORCHESTRAS $200: On Feb. 18, 1999 at Lincoln Center, this orchestra performed its 13,000th concert the New York Philharmonic |
| #4114, aired 2002-06-20 | THAT'S "SWEET" $1600: It's jazz lover Woody Allen's 1999 film about a fictional jazz guitarist Sweet and Lowdown |
| #4110, aired 2002-06-14 | FILMED IN ASIA $800: Hi, I'm Jodie Foster: This 1999 film in which I played a governess was filmed in Malaysia, sometimes in 120-degree heat Anna and the King |
| #4107, aired 2002-06-11 | "BLACK" OR "WHITE" $400: This "Golden Girl" had her own show in 1958 & 1977 & in 1999 became part of the cast of "Ladies Man" Betty White |
| #4102, aired 2002-06-04 | "SHOE"s $400: From 1970 to 1999 he held the record for career victories as a jockey (Willie) Shoemaker |
| #4099, aired 2002-05-30 | NOT SO LONG AGO... $2000: In December 1999 the Portuguese returned this small territory to China Macao |
| #4092, aired 2002-05-21 | FEBRUARY SWEEPS $200: This author's "Storm of the Century" rained over the airwaves in February 1999 Stephen King |
| #4083, aired 2002-05-08 | BOBBING FOR BOBS $2000: Just as he was to become Speaker of the House in 1999, this Louisiana politician abruptly resigned Bob Livingston |
| #4080, aired 2002-05-03 | BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR TONYS $400: "Death of a Salesman"
(1999) Brian Dennehy |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | AIMING TO SUCCEED $200: On Dec. 31, 1999 he stepped down & named Vladimir Putin to succeed him Boris Yeltsin |
| #4071, aired 2002-04-22 | A SPORTING CHANCE $600: The Green Bay Packers retired this bruising defensive lineman's No. 92 in 1999 Reggie White |
| #4064, aired 2002-04-11 | LAUNCH $400: The teen version of this magazine launched in 1999 dropped the "politan" for "girl" Cosmopolitan |
| #4061, aired 2002-04-08 | PRO BASKETBALL $1000: This Utah Jazz forward was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player in both 1997 & 1999 Karl Malone |
| #4061, aired 2002-04-08 | PROBING QUESTIONS $1200: The U.S. crashed the Lunar Prospector on the moon in 1999 hoping to see a plume of this water |
| #4059, aired 2002-04-04 | BALLPARK FOOD $800 (Daily Double): Ivar's Chowder & Tully's Coffee are available at this American League team's home stadium, opened in 1999 the Seattle Mariners |
| #4058, aired 2002-04-03 | "KING" ME $200: After his 1999 accident, this author purchased & destroyed the van that nearly destroyed him Stephen King |
| #4054, aired 2002-03-28 | HEY "EU"! $600: In 1999 Dave Stewart & Annie Lennox reunited as this duo & released a new album called "Peace" The Eurythmics |
| #4051, aired 2002-03-25 | FILM COMEDIES $600: (Hi, I'm Rob Schneider.) I played a fish tank cleaner who takes up a much older profession in this 1999 comedy Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo |
| #4043, aired 2002-03-13 | THE WEARIN' OF THE GREEN $800: 6'5" ex-bodyguard Michael Clarke Duncan received an Oscar nomination for his role in this 1999 film The Green Mile |
| #4043, aired 2002-03-13 | U.N. REPRESENTATIVES $2000: In 1999 this Dayton Accords negotiator became U.S. ambassador to the U.N. (Richard) Holbrooke |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL $200: In 1999, then with the Seattle Mariners, he led the American League in home runs for the third straight years Ken Griffey, Jr. |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL $1000: This team's Larry Walker hit .363 in 1998 & topped it with .379 in 1999 the Colorado Rockies |
| #4039, aired 2002-03-07 | CLONING AROUND $1200: A 2'8'' clone played by Verne Troyer appears as pure concentrated evil in this 1999 hit comedy sequel "Austin Powers II: The Spy Who Shagged Me" |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | TV STARS ON BROADWAY $1600: Once a Duke of Hazzard on TV, Tom Wopat is heard here on the 1999 cast album of this Broadway revival:
"Anything you can be, I can be greater /
Sooner or later, I'm greater than you..." "Annie Get Your Gun" |
| #4035, aired 2002-03-01 | LET'S GET READY TO TUMBLE $600: Janet McTeer was a Best Actress Oscar nominee for her role in this 1999 film Tumbleweeds |
| #4034, aired 2002-02-28 | GOTTA RUN! $800: In a 1999 film, he played the handsome reporter who chased the "Runaway Bride" Richard Gere |
| #4030, aired 2002-02-22 | FILM DIRECTORS $800: He passed away in 1999 just months before the release of his final film, "Eyes Wide Shut" Stanley Kubrick |
| #4029, aired 2002-02-21 | GOODBYE $2000: His son Abdullah took over as King of Jordan following his Feb. 7, 1999 death King Hussein |
| #4024, aired 2002-02-14 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: In August 1999 a 7.4 one of these struck Turkey along the North Anatolian fault an earthquake |
| #4024, aired 2002-02-14 | TENNIS STARS $1000: This Californian won gold at the 1996 Olympic Games & was the Women's champ at Wimbledon in 1999 Lindsay Davenport |
| #4022, aired 2002-02-12 | LET'S ALL GO TO THE MOVIES $1200: The 2001 DVD for this 1999 film included 7 new scenes & the music video "Duel of the Fates" Star Wars: Episode I |
| #4020, aired 2002-02-08 | LITERARY TITLE PAIRS $200: 1999:
"____ and the Chamber of Secrets" Harry Potter |
| #4014, aired 2002-01-31 | THAT '70s MOVIE $2000: Jack Lemmon & Sandy Dennis starred in this 1970 film remade in 1999 with Steve Martin & Goldie Hawn The Out-of-Towners |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | HOLY MOVIE ROLES $2000: 1999:
Jon Voight Noah |
| #4010, aired 2002-01-25 | '90s MOVIES $400: Not Logan or Boysen, but this berry played Dorothy Dandridge in an award-winning 1999 TV biopic Halle Berry |
| #4006, aired 2002-01-21 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS $1600: (Hi, I'm Brandi Chastain.) This was the team the U.S. defeated on my penalty kick in the 1999 World Cup final China |
| #4005, aired 2002-01-18 | THE BRADY BUNCH $1000: In 1999 Barry Williams released a CD, "The Return of" this pop star, his alter ego on the show Johnny Bravo |
| #4003, aired 2002-01-16 | JACKS OR BETTER $600: On April 13, 1999 a Michigan judge gave this doctor 10 to 25 years Jack Kevorkian |
| #4001, aired 2002-01-14 | COLORFUL MOVIE TITLES $400: Tom Hanks & David Morse are guards on death row in this 1999 film The Green Mile |
| #3998, aired 2002-01-09 | FILMS OF THE '90s $800: This 1999 Keanu Reeves tech-stravaganza swept the Oscars' technical categories, winning 4 The Matrix |
| #3998, aired 2002-01-09 | FILMS OF THE '90s $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew at Central Park.) This 1999 film about a boy-like mouse featured an exciting boat race set here at the Conservatory Water in Central Park Stuart Little |
| #3998, aired 2002-01-09 | COMPUTER HACKERS $1600: In 1999 hackers briefly controlled the pipelines of Gazprom, this country's natural gas company Russia |
| #3998, aired 2002-01-09 | FILMS OF THE '90s $1600: The title of this 1999 film is a translation of the Bond family motto, "Orbis non sufficit" The World is Not Enough |
| #3996, aired 2002-01-07 | MARY, TYLER OR MOORE $800: The 1999 book "Walk this Way" is about a rock group with this lead singer Steven Tyler |
| #3992, aired 2002-01-01 | NONFICTION $1000: Lawrence Schiller's 1999 book "Perfect Murder, Perfect Town" focused on the life & death of this little girl JonBenét Ramsey |
| #3987, aired 2001-12-25 | RECENT EVENTS $400: Despite 2 failed 1999 missions, NASA sent the Odyssey space craft to this fourth planet from the sun in 2001 Mars |
| #3978, aired 2001-12-12 | HELLO, GOOD BUY $1000: Stock in this "systems" company that's "Empowering the Internet Generation" doubled in value in 1998 & in 1999 Cisco |
| #3977, aired 2001-12-11 | ALL THE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN $400: Tragically in 1999 this favorite son, his wife & her sister perished in a plane off Martha's Vineyard John F. Kennedy, Jr. |
| #3975, aired 2001-12-07 | THE APOLLO THEATER $800: A-maize-ing but in 1999 they became the first hard rockers to play the Apollo Korn |
| #3966, aired 2001-11-26 | ODDS & ENDS $2000: "Night Ride Home", which aired on February 7, 1999, was its 200th "presentation" Hallmark Hall of Fame |
| #3964, aired 2001-11-22 | LITERA-SEA $200: This "French Connection" actor co-authored the 1999 novel "Wake of the Perdido Star" Gene Hackman |
| #3964, aired 2001-11-22 | ACCENT ON ENGLAND $600: When she played Anna in 1999 & met the king of Siam, she was sporting a British accent Jodie Foster |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2000 $400: Lou Holtz coached this school's Gamecocks to an 8-4 record after a winless season in 1999 South Carolina |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $600: With the 1999 song "Bailamos", he accomplished something his father was unable to achieve--a No. 1 U.S. pop hit Enrique Iglesias |
| #3950, aired 2001-11-02 | FOREIGN LEADERS QUIZ $500: On June 16, 1999 Nelson Mandela was replaced as president of South Africa by this man Thabo Mbeki |
| #3946, aired 2001-10-29 | PRO FOOTBALL $100: In 1999 this city's Colts won 10 more games than in 1998, the biggest one-season improvement to date Indianapolis |
| #3946, aired 2001-10-29 | PRO FOOTBALL $400: This Dolphins quarterback retired after the 1999 season with a record 420 career touchdown passes Dan Marino |
| #3942, aired 2001-10-23 | OH, DANNY BOY $200: This former member of the Partridge Family turned 40 in August 1999 Danny Bonaduce |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | ACTORS & THEIR FILMS $100: Matt Damon showed off his talent in this "talented" title role in 1999 Mr. Ripley |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | ART ATTACK $200: In January 1999 a man scribbled with a gray marker on a painting in Rome by this American drip master Jackson Pollock |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | ART ATTACK $500: In 1999 an escaped mental patient in Amsterdam slashed this Spaniard's "Nude Woman in Front of the Garden" Pablo Picasso |
| #3937, aired 2001-10-16 | FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA $500: In 1999 Francis produced "The Virgin Suicides", which marked the directorial debut of this woman, his daughter Sofia Coppola |
| #3929, aired 2001-10-04 | NEW YORK POST HEADLINES $200: In 1999 a possible strike by this group, baseball's "men in blue", led to "Go Ahead and Walk, You Porky Chumps" the umpires |
| #3927, aired 2001-10-02 | BALD AMBITION $200: Perhaps the improved aerodynamic design helped him become 1999's No. 1 ranked tennis player Andre Agassi |
| #3927, aired 2001-10-02 | WHAT'S YOUR SIGN? $800: Signs seen at this "world" group's 1999 meeting in Seattle included one saying it "Kills Butterflies" World Trade Organization |
| #3927, aired 2001-10-02 | HEY, BEAUTIFUL $1000: David Copperfield's 6-year engagement to this German supermodel disappeared in 1999 Claudia Schiffer |
| #3924, aired 2001-09-27 | TEAM PLAYERS $500: A Seattle Mariner from 1989 to 1999, he joined the Cincinnati Reds in 2000 Ken Griffey Jr. |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | BLACK FIRSTS $200: In 1999 Maurice Ashley became the first black American international grandmaster in this chess |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWS $1,000 (Daily Double): In a 1999 review Stephen King called this title character a Count Dracula for the computer age Hannibal Lecter |
| #3919, aired 2001-09-20 | A BANNER YEAR IN THE NEW YORK TIMES $400: Think back to this year of "Clinton Acquitted Decisively: No Majority for Either Charge" 1999 |
| #3911, aired 2001-09-10 | DIRECTED BUT DIDN'T STAR IN $1000: "Cradle Will Rock"
(1999) Tim Robbins |
| #3905, aired 2001-07-20 | THE HALL OF FAMOUS MISSOURIANS $200: "The Most Trusted Man in America", he made news again in 1999 when he was inducted into the Hall Walter Cronkite |
| #3905, aired 2001-07-20 | AWARDS $400: In 1999 these 2 former presidents each received the Presidential Medal of Freedom Gerald Ford & Jimmy Carter |
| #3902, aired 2001-07-17 | MOVIE TAGLINES $400: 1999:
"Everyone dies. Not everyone leaves." The Sixth Sense |
| #3902, aired 2001-07-17 | PLACES IN THE NEWS $400: In 1999 a Protestant parade was ordered to bypass the Catholic areas along Ormeau Road in this city Belfast |
| #3901, aired 2001-07-16 | MOVIE MANIA $300: With $106 million, this "menacing" 1999 sci-fi film had the biggest 5-day opening in cinema history The Phantom Menace |
| #3899, aired 2001-07-12 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): Made public in Niger in 1999, a carving of this animal is over 20 feet high--even taller than life size a giraffe |
| #3898, aired 2001-07-11 | BEFORE & AFTER $600: Star of "The Exorcist" who disappears from the Maryland woods in a scary 1999 film Linda Blair Witch Project |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $200: 1999:
"____ and the KIng" Anna |
| #3894, aired 2001-07-05 | SHAKESPEARE'S FILMS $600: The 1999 film "10 Things I Hate About You" was an update of this Shakespeare comedy The Taming of the Shrew |
| #3890, aired 2001-06-29 | ELLE $600: Sophie Marceau bonded with Pierce Brosnan in this 1999 007 film The World Is Not Enough |
| #3890, aired 2001-06-29 | BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY REVIEW $1000: The 1999 removal of tons of rock & soil from this Jerusalem "mount" caused great archaeological controversy the Temple Mount |
| #3888, aired 2001-06-27 | WORLD LIT $200: His 1999 memoir "'Tis" opens in 1949, when he emigrated from Ireland to America at age 19 Frank McCourt |
| #3887, aired 2001-06-26 | OWNED BY AOL TIME WARNER $400: This company with its Navigator Internet browser was bought by AOL in 1999 Netscape |
| #3882, aired 2001-06-19 | THE ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME $1000: This astronaut's sunken Mercury capsule was recovered in 1999 Gus Grissom |
| #3881, aired 2001-06-18 | AT THE MOVIES $400: (Hi, I'm Nathan Lane, hold it down!) I was the voice of Snowball the Cat in this 1999 film based on an E.B. White book Stuart Little |
| #3874, aired 2001-06-07 | BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY $400: John Irving
(1999) The Cider House Rules |
| #3862, aired 2001-05-22 | STARTING HERE $500: In New York City on October 1, 1999 I rang the opening bell to start this the New York Stock Exchange |
| #3859, aired 2001-05-17 | I SEE TENNESSEE $400: In 1999 Chattanooga celebrated 100 years of putting this beverage into bottles Coca-Cola |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | TEENS IN LITERATURE $600: The 5-letter title of this 1999 novel refers to what Melinda, the traumatized heroine, is unable to do speak |
| #3841, aired 2001-04-23 | CEREMONIES $500 (Daily Double): In 1999 83-year-old Kirk Douglas celebrated his second of these, because 70 is a traditional life span Bar Mitzvah |
| #3841, aired 2001-04-23 | PRISONERS' SENTENCES $800: His book "The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to No. 45472" led the way to his release & a 1999 film Rubin "Hurricane" Carter |
| #3840, aired 2001-04-20 | SELF-TITLED ALBUMS $100: This 1999 album contains "Livin' La Vida Loca" & "Shake Your Bon-Bon" Ricky Martin |
| #3840, aired 2001-04-20 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $200: Adina de Zavala, who barricaded herself inside this San Antonio landmark to save it in 1908, inspired a 1999 novel The Alamo |
| #3837, aired 2001-04-17 | BOXERS $200: In 1999 this 3-time world heavyweight champ became the first professional boxer to grace the cover of a Wheaties box Muhammad Ali |
| #3837, aired 2001-04-17 | BOXERS $300: In Jan. 1999 he KO'd Francois Botha; in Feb. 1999 he went to jail in Maryland for assault Mike Tyson |
| #3837, aired 2001-04-17 | PLOTS $400: In 1999 Yugoslavia accused France of plotting to kill this president; France called the accusations a fantasy Slobodan Milosevic |
| #3825, aired 2001-03-30 | FAMOUS JESSICAS $400: Her first big pop hit was 1999's "I Wanna Love You Forever" Jessica Simpson |
| #3823, aired 2001-03-28 | MUSIC OF THE '90s $100: In a 1999 Britney Spears hit, it follows, "When I'm not with you I lose my mind, give me a sign, hit me baby..." One more time |
| #3821, aired 2001-03-26 | BOYS $400: In 1999 this former "Daily Show" host replaced Tom Snyder on "The Late Late Show" Craig Kilborn |
| #3821, aired 2001-03-26 | AT THE MOVIES $1000: [Hi, I'm Michael McKean] In 1999 I played Mr. Walsh in this film about a small Alaska town whose hockey team faces off against the New York Rangers Mystery, Alaska |
| #3818, aired 2001-03-21 | ACTRESS-DIRECTORS $400: In 1999 she directed & starred in "Agnes Browne", about a mother of 7, who tries to make ends meet in 1960s Dublin Anjelica Huston |
| #3818, aired 2001-03-21 | SPORTS ON TV $600: At the 1999 World Series, Jim Gray apologized for his probing interview with this record-setter Pete Rose |
| #3816, aired 2001-03-19 | ASTRONOMY $800: From 1979 to 1999 it was the planet in our solar system farthest from the sun Neptune |
| #3814, aired 2001-03-15 | AWARDS $100: In 1999 Gisele Bundchen was this of the Year at the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards Model |
| #3812, aired 2001-03-13 | ALL OVER $400: On Sept. 20, 1999 this NHL team played its last game at The Forum, winning 8-1 Los Angeles Kings |
| #3812, aired 2001-03-13 | ALL OVER $600: In 1999, after a 35-year run, this soap was all washed up as NBC dropped it for "Passions" Another World |
| #3808, aired 2001-03-07 | NOTABLE WOMEN $800: In 1999 a high court in Lahore found her guilty of accepting bribes in exchange for a contract Benazir Bhutto |
| #3807, aired 2001-03-06 | EAST TIMOR $300: In 1999 this organization oversaw a referendum on independence for East Timor United Nations |
| #3804, aired 2001-03-01 | PARTS OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH $800: The GAO, it can tell you how much the government spent in 1999 on red ink the General Accounting Office |
| #3803, aired 2001-02-28 | BIG SCREEN ROYALTY $400: 1999:
Chow Yun-Fat King of Siam (in "Anna and the King") |
| #3799, aired 2001-02-22 | THE NEW YORK TIMES SCIENCE TIMES $600: This virus named for an African area killed 7 people in New York state in 1999 West Nile Virus |
| #3793, aired 2001-02-14 | IT'S A SMALL WORLD $300: Smaller than Connecticut, this 4,400-sq.-mi. nation on the Arabian Peninsula gave women the right to vote in 1999 Qatar |
| #3793, aired 2001-02-14 | POP MUSIC $500: It was "smooth" sailing for this guitar great who released his award-winning "Supernatural" album in 1999 Carlos Santana |
| #3792, aired 2001-02-13 | DIVA LAS VEGAS! $200: "Funny Lady": her "final" show", Dec. 31, 1999 at the MGM Grand, was followed by farewell concerts in NYC & L.A. Barbra Streisand |
| #3790, aired 2001-02-09 | GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN $800: This producer of "Grease" on film, "La Cage aux Folles" on stage & the Oscars on TV died in 1999 Allan Carr |
| #3790, aired 2001-02-09 | BEATING THE ODDS $1000: In 1999 he returned to the screen as an elderly ex-boxer in "Diamonds", his first film role since his stroke Kirk Douglas |
| #3787, aired 2001-02-06 | HEY, SPORT! $200: On January 13, 1999 this Chicago Bulls player retired after 13 seasons in which he averaged 31.5 points a game Michael Jordan |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | BALLET $200: In a 1999 ballet Roger Van Fleteren played Dr. Jekyll & Wes Chapman played this alter ego Mr. Hyde |
| #3784, aired 2001-02-01 | DISNEY FILM VOICES $400: Rosie O'Donnell went "ape" as the voice of Terk in this 1999 adventure Tarzan |
| #3783, aired 2001-01-31 | THE DATING GAME $100: Scientists map human genome; Elian Gonzalez returned to Cuba 2000 |
| #3783, aired 2001-01-31 | SINGERS WHO ACT $200: The 1999 TV movie "Blue Valley Songbird" starred this buxom blonde songbird of country music Dolly Parton |
| #3781, aired 2001-01-29 | MOVIE PORTRAYALS $200: In 1999's "Man on the Moon", this comic was great as the late Andy Kaufman Jim Carrey |
| #3780, aired 2001-01-26 | IMAX FILMS $800: A 1999 film explores the effect this weather phenomenon had on "The Island of the Sharks" El Nino |
| #3779, aired 2001-01-25 | STYLISH CELEBRITIES $400: (Hi, I'm Vanna White with designer Pamela Dennis) In 1999 this daughter of an Aerosmith singer wore a gorgeous Pamela Dennis gown to the Oscars Liv Tyler |
| #3778, aired 2001-01-24 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 4 $200: President Mireya Moscoso of this country oversaw the 1999 transfer of control of a major ship canal Panama |
| #3776, aired 2001-01-22 | AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE $100: In 1999 he celebrated his 75th birthday by jumping from a plane over the grounds of his Texas library George H.W. Bush |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | 60 MINUTES $1,000 (Daily Double): This 1999 film was based on a 1994 "60 Minutes" story The Insider |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | 50 CENTS $1000: In 1999 the mints in these 2 cities produced a total of 19,582,000 50-cent pieces for general circulation Philadelphia & Denver |
| #3769, aired 2001-01-11 | NAME GAME $200: It was the third most popular U.S. boys' name in 1999, & that's the "Gospel" truth Matthew |
| #3766, aired 2001-01-08 | BESTSELLERS $400: Once TV's Chrissy Snow, in 1999 she told us how to "Get Skinny on Fabulous Food" Suzanne Somers |
| #3766, aired 2001-01-08 | BESTSELLERS $800: Politician heard here reading from his 1999 bestseller:
("As my days in captivity lengthened, the man whose example had led me to Vietnam stood at the summit of his long naval career...") John McCain |
| #3765, aired 2001-01-05 | SEE HOW THEY RUN $1000: This Wisconsin running back won the Heisman Trophy in 1999 & was Rose Bowl MVP in 2000 Ron Dayne |
| #3762, aired 2001-01-02 | THE TAO OF STEVE $600: (I'm NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens.) In 1999 I caught the game-winning pass from this lefty quarterback as the 49ers beat the Packers in the playoffs Steve Young |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $100: In 1999 she was dishing with Regis in the daytime & "Putting It Together" on Broadway at night Kathie Lee Gifford |
| #3760, aired 2000-12-29 | UH-OH! SHAKESPEARE! $600: Calista Flockhart, TV's Ally McBeal, graced the 1999 movie version of "A Midsummer Night's" one of these Dream |
| #3759, aired 2000-12-28 | BASEBALL $200: In 1999 only Mike Hampton & Jose Lima reached 20 wins in the National League, both for this city's Astros Houston |
| #3757, aired 2000-12-26 | PRESENTS $900 (Daily Double): In March 1999 the makers of this board game introduced a new player token, a sack of money Monopoly |
| #3753, aired 2000-12-20 | "LOVE" SONGS $600: In 1999 the versatile Jennifer Lopez topped the charts with this single "If You Had My Love" |
| #3751, aired 2000-12-18 | BACKWORDS $100: We'll look smart in these vehicles that returned to London in 1999 Trams (smart) |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | "BLUE" MOVIES $200: Hugh Grant learns to say "Fuggedaboudit" in this 1999 mob comedy Mickey Blue Eyes |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | "BLUE" MOVIES $300: A researcher fiddles with sharks' brains to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease in this watery 1999 thriller Deep Blue Sea |
| #3748, aired 2000-12-13 | 3-NAMED CELEBRITIES $500: In 1995 she made her feature film debut in "The Baby-Sitters Club"; in 1999 she proved "She's All That" Rachael Leigh Cook |
| #3745, aired 2000-12-08 | GREAT BRITS $100: One of the social events of 1999 was this Spice Girl's castle wedding to soccer star David Beckham Posh Spice |
| #3744, aired 2000-12-07 | ARCHAEOLOGY $500: In 1999 this university in Chapel Hill returned excavated human remains to the Cherokee nation North Carolina |
| #3738, aired 2000-11-29 | SINGERS' AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $600: 1999's "To Hell and Back" Meat Loaf |
| #3736, aired 2000-11-27 | BASEBALL'S GREATEST HITTERS $100: From 1996 through 1999, he averaged 61.25 home runs per season Mark McGwire |
| #3736, aired 2000-11-27 | SWISS WATCHING $400: In 1993 & 1999, like clockwork, NASA sent Swiss Claude Nicollier on missions to repair this, launched in 1990 Hubble Space Telescope |
| #3734, aired 2000-11-23 | THE MOSTEST $200: In 1999 Guinness assigned this record to Vostok, Antarctica Coldest place on Earth |
| #3734, aired 2000-11-23 | TURKEY, THE BIRD $500: This top-selling U.S. turkey brand turned 45 in 1999 Butterball |
| #3734, aired 2000-11-23 | MAGAZINES $600: John Rocker got in trouble for remarks quoted in the Dec. 27, 1999 issue of this magazine Sports Illustrated |
| #3733, aired 2000-11-22 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $200: For World Cup 1999, the largest crowd ever at a women's sporting event filled this southern California venue Rose Bowl |
| #3731, aired 2000-11-20 | ROCK ME $200: In 1999 he hit the road with his E Street Band in their first major tour in over a decade Bruce Springsteen |
| #3731, aired 2000-11-20 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $400: This school's 1999 win over its archrival was overshadowed by the fatal collapse of a bonfire tower Texas A&M |
| #3731, aired 2000-11-20 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $1,400 (Daily Double): The university of this state was the fitting 1999-2000 champion of the Big Sky Conference Montana |
| #3730, aired 2000-11-17 | I PROTEST! $100: A November 1999 meeting of this body abbreviated the WTO was hampered by thousands of protests World Trade Organization |
| #3728, aired 2000-11-15 | COUNTRIES LED BY WOMEN $400: In 1999 Vaira Vike-Freiberga became president of this Baltic nation wedged between Lithuania & Estonia Latvia |
| #3727, aired 2000-11-14 | LET'S BREAK UP $200: In October 1999 he shocked radio listeners by announcing that he & wife Alison were splitting up Howard Stern |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | THE REEL WORLD $200: Anthony Hopkins' portrayal of this president in a 1995 film was a bit more serious than Dan Hedaya's in 1999 Richard Nixon |
| #3724, aired 2000-11-09 | AD PEOPLE $400: In 1999 this character came out of retirement to peddle a new Charmin Mr. Whipple |
| #3723, aired 2000-11-08 | FEATURE FILM DEBUTS $600: She debuted as a lovesick teen in 1991's "The Man in the Moon"; in 1999 she was up for "Election" Reese Witherspoon |
| #3721, aired 2000-11-06 | THE ADAM SANDLER STORY $300: Rob Schneider cavorted as a male gigolo in this 1999 release executive produced by Adam Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo |
| #3720, aired 2000-11-03 | SPORTS $200: In 1999 Nestor Chylak was the first of these inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame since Bill McGowan in 1982 Umpire |
| #3720, aired 2000-11-03 | CHEF SALAD $1,000 (Daily Double): Jennifer Paterson, half of this popular cooking team, passed away in 1999 Two Fat Ladies |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | SONGS BY THE NUMBER $300: In 1999 Lou Bega had a little bit of Top 5 in his life in this song with "A little bit of Monica in my life" "Mambo No. 5" |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | SONGS BY THE NUMBER $500: Appropriately 17 years after its release, this 1982 Prince song got a lot of airplay "1999" |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | PARENT COMPANIES $1000: In 1999 the Southland Corp. took the name of this chain store, once a mere subsidiary 7-Eleven |
| #3715, aired 2000-10-27 | HOSPITALS $300: (Hi, y'all, we're the Dixie Chicks.) In 1999 we hosted the most lucrative concert ever for this children's research hospital in Memphis St. Jude's |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | PICTUIRE THE PONTIFFS $100: In June 1999 he made a return visit to his homeland Pope John Paul II |
| #3713, aired 2000-10-25 | SPORTS STATS $200: In 1999 Tom Rouen led the NFL with a 46.5-yard average on these Punts |
| #3713, aired 2000-10-25 | SPORTS STATS $1000: In 1999 Pete Sampras tied this Aussie's record of 12 Grand Slam singles titles Roy Emerson |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | 4-LETTER WORD"SS" $100: On September 18, 1999 Heather French got to put this before "America" on her resume Miss |
| #3711, aired 2000-10-23 | STATE CAPITALS $600 (Daily Double): In 1999 the team once known as the Houston Oilers made a slick move to this capital Nashville (Tennessee Titans) |
| #3711, aired 2000-10-23 | PHRENCH PHRASES $800: An impressive display of power or skill; you might say Lance Armstrong put one on in 1999 & in 2000 a tour de force |
| #3711, aired 2000-10-23 | MAKE-UP TEST $800: The Max Factor make-up inspired by this 1999 Shakespeare film features colors like Cob Web & Mustard Seed A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| #3708, aired 2000-10-18 | NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARD WINNERS $100: In 1999 Time won for Public Interest & this competitor won for News Reporting Newsweek |
| #3706, aired 2000-10-16 | THEATRE $100: In 1999 comic Eddie Izzard portrayed this comic in a London production of "Lenny" Lenny Bruce |
| #3703, aired 2000-10-11 | MISS AMERICA $200: This brother & sister hosted their first pageant in 1999 Donny & Marie Osmond |
| #3702, aired 2000-10-10 | SPORTS $100: On May 22, 1999 this American scored her 108th goal, becoming the all-time leading scorer in int'l soccer Mia Hamm |
| #3701, aired 2000-10-09 | RIVERS $400: On this soap's September 28, 1999 episode Erica & David went to New York & ran into Joan All My Children |
| #3700, aired 2000-10-06 | THE CIRCUS $1000: In a 1999 TV miniseries, Beau Bridges played this great circus showman P.T. Barnum |
| #3699, aired 2000-10-05 | THEY'RE HOT! $500: The rainbow from her 1999 "Rainbow" CD was plastered on T-shirts & sold via the Internet Mariah Carey |
| #3696, aired 2000-10-02 | THE MOVIES $500: A young boy named Hogarth is a huge fan of heavy metal -- a heavy metal robot in this 1999 animated tale The Iron Giant |
| #3694, aired 2000-09-28 | THE BALKAN SCENE $800: Franjo Tudjman, president of this country that fought Serbia in the early '90s, died in 1999 Croatia |
| #3679, aired 2000-09-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: "Juneteenth", the long-awaited second novel by this black author, was published posthumously in 1999 Ralph Ellison |
| #3676, aired 2000-09-04 | TREES $400: In April 1999 a family of 3 of these rodents was "arrested" for attacking cherry trees in Washington, D.C. beavers |
| #3675, aired 2000-07-21 | OLD HAT $500: A cowboy hat & a sombrero are worn by this Hanna-Barbera pair who turned 40 in 1999 Quick Draw McGraw & Baba Looey |
| #3674, aired 2000-07-20 | "U" WHO $200: This "Exodus" author returned in 1999 with a new political novel, "A God In Ruins" Leon Uris |
| #3673, aired 2000-07-19 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN $200: Nike's stock fell when this basketball player announced his retirement in January 1999 Michael Jordan |
| #3671, aired 2000-07-17 | PEOPLE $100: In 1999 basketball mourned the loss of this legendary Laker nicknamed "The Big Dipper" Wilt Chamberlain |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | WHO'S WHO IN SPORTS $500: Nicknamed "The Admiral", this center helped lead the San Antonio Spurs to their first NBA title in 1999 David Robinson |
| #3668, aired 2000-07-12 | NOT A GREEK LETTER $500: 1999 Kevin Smith film that didn't follow Christianity to the letter Dogma |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | WAY BACK IN 1999 $100: A 20-year-long restoration of this chapel, home to Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment", was wrapped up the Sistine Chapel |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | WAY BACK IN 1999 $200: In August one of these, the size of Rhode Island, threatened ships between South America & Antarctica an iceberg |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | WAY BACK IN 1999 $300: As part of a 10-year research project, the Atlanta Zoo got Lun-Lun & Yang-Yang, a pair of these pandas |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | WAY BACK IN 1999 $400: The 100 jurors William Rehnquist swore in on January 7, 1999 were all members of this the Senate |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | WAY BACK IN 1999 $500: This province's capital of Pristina wasn't so pristine; it was bombed by NATO Kosovo |
| #3666, aired 2000-07-10 | FILMS OF THE '90s $200: In 1999 Julia Roberts & this pretty man reunited for "Runaway Bride" Richard Gere |
| #3666, aired 2000-07-10 | FILMS OF THE '90s $800: In a 1999 film John Travolta & Madeleine Stowe tried to solve the murder of this title character The General's Daughter |
| #3663, aired 2000-07-05 | RICE, RICE BABY $100: In 1999 this "treat" sponsored the annual San Francisco cable car bell-ringing contest Rice-A-Roni |
| #3663, aired 2000-07-05 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: (Jimmy Carter reads the clue.) In 1999 the Carter Center monitored this process in the Cherokee nations, Nigeria, East Timor & some Chinese villages elections |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | ARCHAEOLOGY $200: Surfacing in 1999, the "Angel Scroll" is either a hoax or part of these Jewish writings discovered in 1947 Dead Sea Scrolls |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | ARCHAEOLOGY $400: What might be the earliest example of a phonetic alphabet was found in this African country in December 1999 Egypt |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | LET'S HAVE A BALL $500: In 1999 Boy George was injured when one of these plunged from the ceiling during sound check a mirrored ball (or disco ball) |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | HORSE SENSE $600: A horse born December 31, 1998 became a yearling on this date January 1, 1999 |
| #3661, aired 2000-07-03 | DOCUMENTARIES $1000: Wim Wenders directed this acclaimed 1999 film about legendary Cuban musicians The Buena Vista Social Club |
| #3660, aired 2000-06-30 | HODGEPODGE $400: In 1999 Crayola decided to rename its Indian Red crayon, the first renaming since 1962 when this became "Peach" Flesh |
| #3660, aired 2000-06-30 | HODGEPODGE $500: In 1999 she & Stedman Graham taught a "Dynamics of Leadership" course at an Illinois college Oprah Winfrey |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | THEATRE $400: Men were "Falling in Love Again" with this German actress when Sian Phillips played her on Broadway in 1999 Marlene Dietrich |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | TV REDUX $400: Seen in an '80s sitcom, this alien from Melmac returned in a 1999 "Love Boat" ALF |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | THEATRE $600: Of "Closer", "Side Man", "Lonesome West" or "Not About Nightingales", 1999's Tony winner for Best New Play "Side Man" |
| #3656, aired 2000-06-26 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $200: In her 1999 professional debut, Laila, daughter of this boxing great, KO'd her opponent in 31 seconds Muhammad Ali |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | REMEMBER 1999? $100: 100 million stamps incorrectly placing this big landmark in Colorado instead of Arizona won't be released Grand Canyon |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | REMEMBER 1999? $200: Bank of America was taken to task for its employee-adopt-one-of-these machines-&-keep-them-clean program ATM |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | REMEMBER 1999? $300: He got a new car, the Lancia Jubilee, seen here with some of his Guards: Pope John Paul II |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | REMEMBER 1999? $400: E-mails flew as moves were made to name Saint Isidore of Seville the patron saint of this global system Internet |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | REMEMBER 1999? $500: This craft that had its 15 minutes of fame in 1961 was recovered from the ocean floor in 1999 Liberty Bell (Gus Grissom's capsule) |
| #3653, aired 2000-06-21 | BASEBALL LIT $1000: In 1999 Stephen King published "The Girl Who Loved" this Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon |
| #3652, aired 2000-06-20 | IN THE PAST MILLENNIUM $400: In 1999 Gallup found 18% polled believed the sun revolved around the Earth, opposite to this man's 1543 theory Copernicus |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | HIGH SCHOOL NAMES $600: In 1999 a school was named for Governor Lawton Chiles in this state capital Tallahassee, Florida |
| #3647, aired 2000-06-13 | PEOPLE $200: For the November 1999 opening of his Notting Hill bookstore, owner Robie Uniacke had this actor friend clerk for a day Hugh Grant |
| #3647, aired 2000-06-13 | PEOPLE $500: This '70s diet doc returned to the weight-loss forefront with his 1999 "New Diet Revolution" Robert Atkins |
| #3645, aired 2000-06-09 | NO. 1 HITS OF THE '90s $500: In 1999 Will Smith scored with a No. 1 hit with this film title track featuring Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee "Wild Wild West" |
| #3645, aired 2000-06-09 | MOVIE TAG LINES $1000: 1999:
"Catch her if you can" Runaway Bride |
| #3645, aired 2000-06-09 | MOVIE TAG LINES $1,600 (Daily Double): 1999:
"Every saga has a beginning" Star Wars: The Phantom Menace |
| #3644, aired 2000-06-08 | HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' $400: In 1999 he left his role of Det. Reynaldo Curtis on "Law & Order" Benjamin Bratt |
| #3643, aired 2000-06-07 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL $300: In the 1999 All-Star Game, this Red Sox ace struck out the first 4 batters he faced as the AL beat the NL Pedro Martinez |
| #3642, aired 2000-06-06 | THE MOVIES $200: In this Christmas 1999 release Winona Ryder had a holly Jolie time with Angelina in the mental institute Girl, Interrupted |
| #3638, aired 2000-05-31 | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $100: This novel about a mouse-like boy became a 1999 movie Stuart Little |
| #3638, aired 2000-05-31 | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $200: In the 1999 movie version of this Shakespeare play, Rupert Everett & Michelle Pfeiffer are the king & queen of fairies A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| #3638, aired 2000-05-31 | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $500 (Daily Double): John Irving adapted his own novel into this 1999 film in which orphan Tobey Maguire works in an apple orchard The Cider House Rules |
| #3638, aired 2000-05-31 | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $500: David Guterson's book about racism in the Pacific Northwest became this 1999 film that stars a brooding Ethan Hawke Snow Falling on Cedars |
| #3637, aired 2000-05-30 | MERRY YACHTS $800: In June 1999 Michael Douglas & this Welsh beauty were spotted, as a London paper put it, canoodling on his yacht Catherine Zeta-Jones |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | 1999 BOOKS $200: Her mother came out with "Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey" Ellen DeGeneres |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | 1999 BOOKS $400: Pick up her "Joy Schtick" & enjoy "the view" Joy Behar |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | RHYMES WITH WORLD $600: Rolled up furled (curled) |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | 1999 BOOKS $600: "Tara Road" was a 1999 bestseller by this "Circle of Friends" author Maeve Binchy |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | 1999 BOOKS $800: "Dangerous Kiss" was her fifth Lucky Santangelo tale Jackie Collins |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | 1999 BOOKS $1000: An actor-model in Manhattan was the subject of this biting Bret Easton tale Glamorama |
| #3635, aired 2000-05-26 | HOLLYWOOD BLVD. $100: In June 1999 the Metro Rail opened a station named for this world-famous intersection Hollywood & Vine |
| #3635, aired 2000-05-26 | I WRITE THE SONGS $300: This group's Adam Duritz co-wrote 1993's "Mr. Jones" & 1999's "Hanginaround" Counting Crows |
| #3635, aired 2000-05-26 | HOLLYWOOD BLVD. $400: June 16, 1999 was "Another Day In Paradise" when this composer got a star on the Walk of Fame Phil Collins |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | SPORTS SUPERSTARS $400: On July 25, 1999 Lance Armstrong became the first American since Greg LeMond to win this 2,300-mile race the Tour de France |
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Chacko George, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin from Austin, Texas
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"He won the November 1999 Teen Tournament. Now he's a senior...
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Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
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"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
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Carolyn Cracraft, a grad student at the University of California-Berkeley from Berkeley, California
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"She was a junior at the University of Chicago when she...
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Lance Johnson, a model aircraft engine technician from Champaign, Illinois
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"He was the first to get to the 5-win mark in...
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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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Michael Rooney, a college professor from Pasadena, California
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"He was a winner of 5 games in 1999, and is...
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Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
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"His 5 wins in 1999 made him one of the most...
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Anjali Tripathi, a senior from MIT
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"Math and science were her favorite subjects in seventh grade. We're...
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Michael Shutterly, a bank officer from Elkridge, Maryland
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Season 4 4-time champion: $49,200. Michael won $500,000 appearing on Who...
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Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
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"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
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Curtis Joseph, a sophomore from Scottsdale Community College
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"In 1999, his nickname was 'Curtles the Troll', and he wanted...
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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
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"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
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David Honea, a junior from North Carolina State
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1990 College Championship 1st runner-up: $10,000. Won $125,000 on Who Wants...
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Joel Serna, originally from Fort Worth, Texas
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\"His 1999 appearance on Kids Week earned him an invitation to...
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Armand Kachigian, a podiatrist from Granite City, Illinois
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Season 10 player (1994-02-10). Armand won $500,000 on Who Wants to...
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Barbara Von Pagel, a reservations agent from Seattle, Washington
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Season 14 player (1997-10-27). Barbara won $64,000 on Who Wants to...
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Mark Dixon, a bank teller originally from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 7 player (1991-05-20). Mark won $32,000 on Who Wants to...
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Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
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"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
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Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
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"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
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Kendra Pettis, an 11-year-old from Maplewood, New Jersey
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2008 Kids Week Reunion player (2008-09-17). 1999 Back-to-School Week player (1999-09-08)....
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Kendra Pettis, a junior from Oberlin College
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\"She hadn\'t settled on a career goal at age 11. Now...
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Allex Fambles, a sophomore from Brown University
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"She knew at age eleven that she wanted to be a...
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Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
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"His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
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Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
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"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
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Lisa Makar, a 12-year-old from Chesterland, Ohio
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2008 Kids Week Reunion player (2008-09-18).
1999 Back-to-School Week player (1999-09-10).
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Curtis Joseph, a 12-year-old from College Point, New York
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2008 Kids Week Reunion player (2008-09-17).
1999 Back-to-School Week player (1999-09-10).
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Anjali Tripathi, an 11-year-old from Woodland Hills, California
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2008 Kids Week Reunion winner: $25,000.
1999 Back-to-School Week player (1999-09-09).
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Max Johansen, a 12-year-old from Boca Raton, Florida
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2008 Kids Week Reunion winner: $25,000. 1999 Back-to-School Week player (1999-09-09)....
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Dmitry Spivak, an 11-year-old from Glenview, Illinois
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2008 Kids Week Reunion player (2008-09-18).
1999 Back-to-School Week player (1999-09-08).
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Davine Scarlett, a 12-year-old from Miami, Florida
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1999 Back-to-School Week player (1999-09-07).
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Yoni Freund, a 12-year-old from Hartford, Connecticut
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2008 Kids Week Reunion player (2008-09-16).
1999 Back-to-School Week player (1999-09-07).
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Rosie O'Donnell, from The Rosie O'Donnell Show
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"Her love of Broadway led this talk show host to emceeing...
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Doak Fairey, a computer consultant from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
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Season 5 3-time champion: $33,200. Doak won $9,000 on The Challengers...
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Jason McClellan, a freshman at Texas A&M from Houston, Texas
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1999 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000
1998-1999 Jeopardy! Online Computer College Champion.
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Lynne Bruchet, a behavior specialist from Tallahassee, Florida
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Season 16 1-time champion: $9,601. Last name pronounced like "broo-SHAY". Lynne's...
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Rosie O'Donnell, a comedienne from the hit film A League of Their Own
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"From the hit film A League of Their Own, comedienne..." 1999-B...
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Allex Fambles, a 12-year-old from San Antonio, Texas
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2008 Kids Week Reunion player (2008-09-16).
1999 Back-to-School Week player (1999-09-10).
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James Arey, a hotel concierge from New Orleans, Louisiana
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1999 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $2,500. Season 15 5-time champion: $42,802...
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James Arey, a hotel concierge from New Orleans, Louisiana
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1999 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $2,500. Season 15 5-time champion: $42,802...
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Andrew Maly, an environmental engineer from Bel Air, Maryland
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1999 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 15 5-time champion: $44,100...
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Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
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"He was a musician and transactions lawyer when he won the...
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Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
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"A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
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Jeff Kirby, a math and science teacher from Santa Maria, California
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Season 26 player (2009-10-12). Season 16 player (1999-12-08). Jeff returned to...
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
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"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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Nate Austin, a 12-year-old from Kansas City, Kansas
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2008 Kids Week Reunion player (2008-09-15). 1999 Back to School Week...
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Zach Safford, an 11-year-old from Roswell, Georgia
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2008 Kids Week Reunion winner: $25,000.
1999 Back to School Week player (1999-09-06).
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Milo Dochow, a freshman at Cooper Union from Portland, Oregon
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2000-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. 1999-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 18...
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Jeff Kirby, an elementary school teacher from Santa Maria, California
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Season 26 player (2009-10-12). Season 16 player (1999-12-08). Jeff returned to...
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Andrew Maly, an environmental engineer from Bel Air, Maryland
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1999 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 15 5-time champion: $44,100...
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Mary Campbell, a lawyer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 15 player (1999-07-19).
Daughter of Season 10 1-time champion Mary Campbell.
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Joel Serna, an 11-year-old from Fort Worth, Texas
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2008 Kids Week Reunion winner: $25,000. 1999 Back-to-School Week winner: $12,200...
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Andy Zax, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California
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Season 5 player (1989-01-05). Andy won $50 coming in third on...
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Brian Reidy, a naval aviator originally from Quincy, Massachusetts
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Season 16 player (1999-12-31).
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Gregory Proops, a retail sales clerk from San Francisco, California
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Season 1 player (1984-11-08). Gregory played Alex Trebek during the Improv...
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Rick Rosner, a bar bouncer originally from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 7 player (1991-01-16). Appearing as \"Richard Rosner\" from Los Angeles,...
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Chris Sullivan, a high school Spanish teacher from Westhaven, Connecticut
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Season 15 player (1999-07-06). Not to be confused with Season 11...
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Celia Green, a high school English teacher from Fresno, California
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Season 15 player (1999-01-01).
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Matthew Kassabian, a groups contractor from Woodland Hill, California
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Season 15 player (1999-01-01).
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Cassie Hill, a 12-year-old from Merrick, New York
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2008 Kids Week Reunion player (2008-09-19). 1999 Back to School Week...
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Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
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\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
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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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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
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"He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
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Robert Arshonsky, a senior from Cal Poly
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"As a 12-year-old, he wanted to be the first person on...
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Bruce Ikawa, a college professor from Hillsdale, Michigan
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\"He says his 5 wins in 1990 increases his credibility with...
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Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
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"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
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Rick Grimes, a political analyst from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 9 1-time champion: $9,601. Rick won $64,000 on Who Wants...
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Ed Case, a health physicist from Loma Linda, California
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Season 15 player (1999-07-21).
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Mary Rider, a homemaker from Albany, New York
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Season 15 player (1999-04-27).
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Diana Bush, a law student from San Diego, California
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Season 15 player (1999-07-21).
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Will Austin, an undergraduate student from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 15 player (1999-06-08).
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Justin Scupine, an associate director from Los Angeles, California
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Season 15 player (1999-04-27).
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Greg Sabin, a musician from Sacramento, California
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Season 15 player (1999-03-10).
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Paul Graff, a hydrogeologist from Rockland, California
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Season 15 player (1999-07-20).
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Paul Salcido, an insurance examiner from Woodland Hills, California
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Season 15 player (1999-06-07).
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Shannon Poole, a customer support specialist from North Attleboro, Massachusetts
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Season 15 player (1999-04-26).
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Randy Boudreaux, an attorney from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 15 player (1999-03-09).
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Marty Daly, an air traffic controller from Naperville, Illinois
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Season 16 player (1999-10-06).
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Catherine Arnold, a Ph.D. student from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Season 15 player (1999-03-09).
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Scott Lewis, a director of judicial affairs from Columbia, South Carolina
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Season 15 player (1999-04-26).
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Heather Rhodes, an English teacher from Reseda, California
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Season 15 player (1999-06-04).
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Mike Choyke, an attorney from Pearland, Texas
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Season 15 player (1999-07-16).
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June Murphy, a writer from Champaign, Illinois
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Season 16 player (1999-10-06).
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Roberta Berg, a musician from Los Angeles, California
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Season 15 player (1999-04-23).
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Marina Rimer, a bartender from Los Angeles, California
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Season 15 player (1999-06-03).
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Laura Bowen, an upper-school history teacher from Wilmington, North Carolina
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Season 15 player (1999-03-08).
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Lisa Meier, an attorney from San Diego, California
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Season 16 player (1999-10-05).
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Tony Mangaser, a purchasing assistant from Williamsville, New York
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Season 15 player (1999-04-22). Won $250,000 on Who Wants to Be...
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Jonathan Seamans, a budget analyst from Providence, Rhode Island
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Season 16 player (1999-10-05).
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Louise Cornish, a freelance writer from Toronto, Ontario
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Season 15 player (1999-04-22).
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Ellen Lamb, a regulatory association spokeswoman from Washington, D.C.
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Season 15 player (1999-07-16).
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Rob Deichert, a law student from Ellington, Connecticut
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Season 16 player (1999-10-04).
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Katie Portnoy, a political analyst from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 15 player (1999-07-14).
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Susan Tull, a college instructor from Norfolk, Virginia
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Season 15 player (1999-06-01).
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Melanie Bruchet, an 11-year-old from Tallahassee, Florida
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2008 Kids Week Reunion player (2008-09-15). 1999 Back-to-School Week winner: $12,001...
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Linda Lahnan, a Defense Dept. analyst from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 15 player (1999-07-15).
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Maria Valgenti, an administrative assistant from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 15 player (1999-04-21).
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Seale Pylate, a law student from Brighton, Massachusetts
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Season 15 player (1999-06-02).
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Heather Snap, a stay-at-home mom from Owasso, Oklahoma
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Season 16 player (1999-10-04).
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Susan Hawks Wheeler, a communications director originally from Blackfoot, Idaho
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Season 15 player (1999-04-21).
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Chris Culver, a stay-at-home dad from Scottsdale, Arizona
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Season 15 player (1999-06-01).
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Liz Andres, a small business manager from Phoenix, Arizona
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Season 16 player (1999-10-01).
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Eric Hemer, a director of wine education from Lake Worth, Florida
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Season 15 player (1999-04-20).
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Laura Jansen, a graduate student from Montgomery, Alabama
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Season 16 player (1999-09-30).
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Andrew Hutchings, a senior at Harvey Mudd College from Tucson, Arizona
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1999 Tournament...
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Jan Franck, an import specialist from Coarsegold, California
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Season 15 player (1999-05-31).
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Robert Arshonsky, a 12-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2008 Kids Week Reunion player (2008-09-19). 1999 Back to School Week...
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Christina Held-Hulsing, a stay-at-home mom from Buffalo, New York
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Season 15 player (1999-04-20).
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Sean O'Donnell, an administrative assistant from Long Beach, California
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Season 16 player (1999-10-01).
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Franklin Leonard, a student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 15 player (1999-07-13).
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Tim Buntel, a webmaster from Barrington, Rhode Island
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Season 15 player (1999-04-19).
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Gerardo Gutierrez, a judicial assistant from Los Angeles, California
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Season 16 player (1999-09-30).
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Brad Golstein, a design center manager from Woodland Hills, California
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Season 15 player (1999-07-12).
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Jarma Jacobs, a student from Seattle, Washington
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Season 16 player (1999-09-29).
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Sam Varnado, a railroad chef from Riverdale, Illinois
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Season 16 player (1999-09-29).
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Jim Austgen, a system analyst from Winfield, Illinois
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Season 15 player (1999-07-12).
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Karen Rosenberg, a portfolio manager from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 15 player (1999-04-19).
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Pam Byers, a homemaker from Doylestown, Pennsylvania
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Season 16 player (1999-09-28).
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Ji Hee Seuk, a project coordinator from New York City, New York
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Season 15 player (1999-05-28).
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Lyle Hertzig, a computer materials manager from Los Gatos, California
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Season 16 player (1999-09-28).
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Amy Iman, a teacher from Rochester, New York
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Season 15 player (1999-05-27).
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Robin Travers, a dermatologist from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 15 player (1999-04-16).
Sister of Season 15 player Karin Travers.
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Mike Long, a school librarian originally from Simsbury, Connecticut
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Season 16 player (1999-09-24).
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Eileen Tremblay, a marketing specialist from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 15 player (1999-05-26.)
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Richard Hill, a law student from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 15 player (1999-04-16).
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Hilary Waddles, a personal assistant from Hamtramck, Michigan
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Season 16 player (1999-09-27).
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Michele Mohr, a college professor from Berwyn, Illinois
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Season 16 player (1999-09-23).
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Ed Clarke, a special education teacher from Mansfield, Massachusetts
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Season 15 player (1999-04-15).
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David Stuart, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 16 player (1999-09-24).
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Elton Bowen, a Navy physician from Chesapeake, Virginia
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Season 15 player (1999-05-26).
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Beth Looney, a fundraiser from Cornelius, North Carolina
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Season 15 player (1999-04-15).
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Steve Bennett, a distribution manager from Alta Loma, California
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Season 15 player (1999-04-14).
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Spencer Kane, a morning show radio producer from Portland, Oregon
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Season 16 player (1999-09-23).
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Cheri Campbell, a writer from Studio City, California
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Season 15 player (1999-04-13).
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Susan Harrison, a communications consultant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 16 player (1999-09-22).
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Victor Fanucci, a filmmaker from Venice, California
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Season 15 player (1999-04-13).
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Mary Ellen O'Hagan, a school food service manager from Pearl River, New York
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Season 16 player (1999-09-21).
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Elisabeth Zeller, a financial analyst from Portland, Oregon
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Season 15 player (1999-04-09).
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Jimmy MacStravic, a naval architect from Springfield, Virginia
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Season 15 player (1999-04-09).
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Doug Bennett, a software engineer from San Diego, California
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Season 15 player (1999-07-09).
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James Wu, a store manager from Medford, Massachusetts
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Season 16 player (1999-09-20).
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Whitney Owens, a senior at Northwestern University from Overland Park, Kansas
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1999 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
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Lynn McAleece, a program buyer originally from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Season 15 player (1999-04-08).
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Theresa Marketti, a stay-at-home mom from Homewood, Illinois
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Season 16 player (1999-09-20).
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Suzy Fletcher, a homemaker from Newport Beach, California
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Season 15 player (1999-07-08).
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Nancy Ellis, a teacher from Columbia, South Carolina
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Season 15 player (1999-04-07).
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Cameron Blakemore, a junior at Oklahoma State University from Shawnee, Oklahoma
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1999 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Kevin Knight, a lecturer from Wilmington, North Carolina
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Season 15 player (1999-04-06).
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Nicole Thibodeau, a junior at the University of Illinois-Chicago from Elmwood Park, Illinois
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1999 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500.
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Tara Crabtree, a senior at the University of Washington from Seattle, Washington
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1999 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500.
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Chris Hartwell, an economist from Santa Monica, California
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Season 15 player (1999-04-07).
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Karen Baptiste, a project manager from Andover, Massachusetts
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Season 15 player (1999-04-02).
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Veronica Lee, a junior at the University of Oregon from Eugene, Oregon
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1999 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
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Keith Olbermann, a news anchor from MSNBC
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"In 2004, this veteran reporter will provide extensive coverage of the...
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Shelby Hammer, a technical writer originally from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 15 player (1999-07-07).
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Michelle Roufa, a writer from New York City, New York
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Season 15 player (1999-04-01).
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Meg Audette, a junior at Wofford College from Ocala, Florida
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1999 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
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Scott Duquette, a junior from South Hamilton, Massachusetts
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1999-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Emily Deveau, a junior from St. Johns, Michigan
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1999-B Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $15,000. 16 at the time of...
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Amy McEntee, an attorney from Durham, North Carolina
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Season 15 player (1999-03-31).
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Erin Gell, a senior from Boca Raton, Florida
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1999-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of...
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Stephen James, a senior at the University of North Texas from Lewisville, Texas
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1999 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Sean McGinty, a copywriter from Venice, California
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Season 15 player (1999-07-05).
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Mihee Kim, a research assistant from Fairfield, California
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Season 15 player (1999-03-30).
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Paul Marchegiani, a senior at Northwestern University from Evanston, Illinois
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1999 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2.500.
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Elizabeth Norton, a junior from Campton, New Hampshire
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1999-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Clay Brown, a research scientist from Woodland Hills, California
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Season 15 player (1999-07-06).
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Julie Ann Cohen, a sophomore at the University of Michigan from Marietta, Georgia
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1999 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500.
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Brian Golden, a senior from Davenport, Iowa
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1999-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Jim Hammond, a screenwriter from Los Angeles, California
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Season 15 player (1999-07-05).
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Aaron Johnson, a junior at Rowan University from Brick, New Jersey
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1999 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500.
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Brittan Heller, a senior from West Covina, California
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1999-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Katie King, a junior at the University of Kentucky from Charleston, West Virginia
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1999 College Championship first runner-up: $15,000.
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Jack Challis, a senior from Erlanger, Kentucky
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1999-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of...
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Paul Rubenstein, an actor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 15 player (1999-03-30).
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Norman Rogers, an asphalt plant operator from Santa Ana, California
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Season 15 player (1999-06-25).
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Miguel Dickson, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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1999-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Kevin Fielder, a high school teacher from Long Beach, California
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Season 15 player (1999-06-24).
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Bob Woodward, an assistant managing editor from The Washington Post
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10).
Charity: Sidwell Friends School.
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Butch Malec, a freshman at Reed College from Edinboro, Pennsylvania
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1999 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. In Butch's game, the entire Double...
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Adam Trabka, a sophomore from Shelton, Connecticut
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1999-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Dallas Dickinson, an entertainment coordinator from Los Angeles, California
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Season 15 player (1999-06-25).
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Kristi Jones, a junior from Warsaw, Ohio
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1999-B Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $10,700. 16 at...
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Karin Travers, an HIV research scientist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 15 player (1999-06-24).
Sister of Season 15 player Robin Travers.
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Carolyn Cracraft, a junior at the University of Chicago from San Jose, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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Chrissy Ijams, a sophomore from Modesto, California
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1999-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of...
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Laurie Utterback, an editor from Seattle, Washington
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Season 15 player (1999-06-23).
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Eric Brown, an engineering student from Blacksburg, Virginia
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Season 15 player (1999-03-23).
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Brian Polk, a senior from Huntington Woods, Michigan
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1999-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Patrick Preston, an administrative coordinator from Glendale, California
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Season 15 player (1999-06-23).
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Josh Levy, a senior at the University of Pennsylvania from Bethesda, Maryland
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1999 College Championship second runner-up: $12,295.
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Chacko George, a junior from Slidell, Louisiana
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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John Quaintance, a freelance writer from Venice, California
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Season 15 player (1999-06-22).
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Gerrit Hall, a senior from Redmond, Washington
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1999-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Linda Poggensee, a stay-at-home mom from La Grange, Illinois
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Season 15 player (1999-06-22).
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Marcia Hensley, a junior from Springtown, Texas
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1999-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Sarah Simson, a computer training consultant from Niskayuna, New York
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Season 15 player (1999-06-21).
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Kitty Estopinal, an assistant district attorney from Shreveport, Louisiana
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Season 15 player (1999-06-18).
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Adil Karim, a graduate student from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 15 player (1999-06-18).
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Tammy King, a systems engineer from Lapeer, Michigan
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Season 15 player (1999-06-17).
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Lina Ghosh, a senior from Evansville, Indiana
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1999-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Wendi Harrell, a secretary and bookkeeper from Carthage, Illinois
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Season 15 player (1999-06-16).
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Rubani Trimiew, a junior from Rochester, New York
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1999-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
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Brian Dunlap, a senior from Scotts Valley, California
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1999-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
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Tim Lynch, a science teacher from Van Nuys, California
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Season 15 player (1999-06-16).
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Lindsay Enbysk, a senior from Tualatin, Oregon
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1999-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
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Oliver Longwell, a junior from Sag Harbor, New York
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1999-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Joan Williams, a senior from Chicago, Illinois
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1999-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
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Katie Halliday, a junior from Raleigh, North Carolina
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1999-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
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Evan Jones, a retail manager from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 16 player (1999-10-13).
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Elizabeth Nyman, a sophomore from Jacksonville, Florida
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1999-A Teen Tournament second runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $10,000.
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Sam Sanker, a sophomore from North Bergen, New Jersey
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1999-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Rebecca Grayson, a law student from West Windsor, New Jersey
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Season 16 player (1999-10-13).
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Trish Ranney, a senior from San Jose, California
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1999-A Teen Tournament first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $17,600. 17 at...
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Beth Slattery, a college admissions officer originally from Brockton, Massachusetts
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Season 15 player (1999-03-26).
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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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Dane Bevan, a facilities manager from Portland, Oregon
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Season 15 player (1999-03-26).
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Milo Dochow, a senior from Portland, Oregon
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2000-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. 1999-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Milo...
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Brian Keenan, a paratrooper from Fort Bragg, North Carolina
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Season 15 player (1999-03-25).
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Susanne Sutton, a housewife from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 15 player (1999-03-24).
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Linda Ferrazzara, a network administrator from Randolph, Massachusetts
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Season 15 player (1999-03-19).
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Jonathan Capehart, a journalist from The Washington Post
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"This Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist is a member of the Washington Post...
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Scott Tarapczynski, a writer from Niagara Falls, New York
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Season 15 player (1999-03-19).
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Shannan Cvitanovic, a graduate student from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 15 player (1999-06-15).
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Chuck Lee, a business consultant from Superior, Colorado
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Season 15 player (1999-06-14).
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Cameron Soulis, a high school chemistry teacher from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 15 player (1999-03-18).
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Rachel Stohl, a research analyst from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 15 player (1999-03-17).
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Lee Diveley, a geographic information systems analyst from Columbia, South Carolina
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Season 15 player (1999-03-16).
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Jerry Dynes, a physician from Westlake, Ohio
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Season 15 player (1999-06-11).
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Michelle Arthington, a customs house broker from Mount Vernon, Washington
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Season 15 player (1999-06-11).
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Michael Skeldon, a graduate student from Northridge, California
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Season 15 player (1999-03-15).
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Meaghan Scollins, a human resources manager from Glen Cove, New York
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Season 16 player (1999-10-19).
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Brian Dennehy, from the play Death of a Salesman
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"He's the film and television star who won a Tony Award...
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Warren Barber Kertland, a registered nurse from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 15 player (1999-06-10). Identical twin sister of Season 5 player...
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Jack Winters, a technical writer from Monrovia, California
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Season 15 player (1999-06-10).
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Paul Sharman, an e-business consultant from Boca Raton, Florida
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Season 16 player (1999-10-19).
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Kathleen Kinney, a publications editor from Venice, California
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Season 15 player (1999-03-11).
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Dana Watrud, a language teacher from Eugene, Oregon
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Season 15 player (1999-03-12).
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Barry Levine, a screenwriter from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 16 player (1999-10-18).
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Kama Siegel, a recent law school graduate from Portland, Oregon
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Season 15 player (1999-06-09).
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Jeff Hendrick, a comedian and actor originally from Turlock, California
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Season 16 player (1999-10-15).
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Dan Girard, an artist from Altadena, California
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1999 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 14 5-time champion: $37,800 + a Chevrolet Tahoe.
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Jennifer O'Brien, a professor from Lake Forest, Illinois
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Season 16 player (1999-10-14).
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Mike Garrido, an electronic commerce consultant originally from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 16 player (1999-10-12).
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Melizza Zygmunt, a stay-at-home mom from Valparaiso, Indiana
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1999 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $2,500.
Season 15 4-time champion: $23,599.
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Beth Carroll, a criminal records supervisor from Morristown, New Jersey
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Season 16 player (1999-10-08).
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Caroline Walsh, an advertising executive from Yorba Linda, California
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Season 15 player (1999-01-29).
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Will Salvini, a music director from El Segundo, California
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Season 15 player (1999-01-20).
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Harold Brown, a medical clerk from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 16 player (1999-10-11).
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Yen Bawagan, a research scientist from Wayne, Pennsylvania
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Season 15 player (1999-02-04).
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Cathy Nieng, a student from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 16 player (1999-10-07).
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Patti Compton, a homemaker from Cottonwood, Arizona
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Season 15 player (1999-01-28).
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Pat Martin, a library technician from Vista, California
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Season 15 player (1999-02-03).
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Prabal Chakrabarti, a graduate student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 15 player (1999-01-19).
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Matt Sullivan, a teacher from Spokane, Washington
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Season 15 player (1999-01-27).
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Meaghan Parker, an assistant from Fairfax, Virginia
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Season 15 player (1999-01-19).
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John Cuthbertson, a physicist from San Diego, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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Michael Angel, a student from Champaign, Illinois
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Season 15 player (1999-01-18).
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John Cuthbertson, a physicist originally from Liberty, Missouri
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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Kip Thompson, a fourth-year medical student from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Season 15 player (1999-01-15).
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Jane Giliberti, a sales administrator from Colgate, Wisconsin
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Season 16 player (1999-10-26).
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Mason Cole, a communications director from Portland, Oregon
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Season 15 player (1999-01-14).
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Alancia Wynn, a family practice physician from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 16 player (1999-10-25).
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Ted Hawks, a real estate agent from Mesa, Arizona
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Season 16 player (1999-10-26).
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Ann Darby, a retired investment banker from Cranford, New Jersey
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Season 16 player (1999-10-25).
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Wendy Ball, a tour operator from Mount Prospect, Illinois
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Season 16 player (1999-10-22).
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Cheryl Weiss, a social studies teacher from Panama City, Florida
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Season 15 player (1999-02-02).
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Tony Kollath, a computer network administrator from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 16 player (1999-10-22).
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Jeanne Davis, a systems analyst from Valrico, Florida
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Season 16 player (1999-10-21).
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Matt Smith, a graphic designer from Naperville, Illinois
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Season 15 player (1999-02-02).
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Pete Heinricher, an environmental compliance specialist from Urbana, Illinois
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Season 15 player (1999-01-13).
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Chris Ratto, an English teacher from Minneola, New York
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Season 16 player (1999-10-21).
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Tonya Duus, a radio traffic manager from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 15 player (1999-01-26).
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Darren Davis, a web developer from Seattle, Washington
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Season 15 player (1999-01-12).
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Michael Backes, a puzzle designer originally from Tucson, Arizona
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Season 1 3-time champion: $31,300. Michael won $1,300 on Win Ben...
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Happy Aston, a program assistant from La Jolla, California
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Season 15 player (1999-01-25).
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Jenn Reilly, a teaching assistant from Lowell, Massachusetts
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Season 15 player (1999-02-01).
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Earl Smith, a state fraud manager from Detroit, Michigan
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Season 15 player (1999-01-22).
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Amy Rosenfeld, an environmental policy specialist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 15 player (1999-01-22).
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Laura McShane, an administrator and outreach officer from Greenbelt, Maryland
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Season 15 player (1999-01-21).
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Wendy Salisbury, a travel agent from Seaford, Delaware
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Season 15 player (1999-01-08).
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Kraig Norris, a greeting card manufacturer from Portland, Oregon
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Season 15 player (1999-01-08). Won $32,000 on Who Wants To Be...
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Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
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2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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Jill Rupert-Bennett, a graduate student from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 15 player (1999-01-07).
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Lynn Crowell, a voice actress from New York City, New York
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Season 15 player (1999-01-06).
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Michael Cryer, a software engineer from Biloxi, Mississippi
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Season 15 player (1999-01-05).
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Robb Borland, an engineer from Gibsonburg, Ohio
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Season 15 player (1999-01-04).
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Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
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2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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Steve Rogitz, a letter carrier from Gardena, California
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Leena Alam, a law student from Washington, D.C.
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Season 15 player (1999-01-11).
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Elise Beraru, an insurance underwriter from Los Angeles, California
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000....
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Bob Harris, an author, comedian, and radio commentator from Los Angeles, California
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"A 5-time champion and a finalist in the Tournament of Champions,...
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Dave Grove, an executive assistant from Los Angeles, California
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Season 15 player (1999-04-29).
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Pamela Friedl, a waitress originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Season 15 player (1999-04-29).
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Pat Healy, an index supervisor from Vallejo, California
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"His five wins in 1998 helped him land a dream job...
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John Cuthbertson, an investment analyst from San Diego, California
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"He was the highest money winner of the 1993-94 season. An...
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Brien Wholey, a graduate student from Farmington, Connecticut
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Season 15 player (1999-04-30).
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Andrew Hutchings, a graduate student from Ithaca, New York
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"A senior when he won the 1998 College Championship, he's now...
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Cindy Jacques, a school librarian from Franklin, North Carolina
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Season 15 player (1999-04-30).
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Daniel Elias, an advertising copywriter from New York City
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Season 1 2-time champion: $11,100. Dan's experience is profiled in his...
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Jack Archey, an actor and writer from Los Angeles, California
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"He was a CPA and comedian when he won his 5th...
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Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
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Jeremy Bate, an emergency medical technician and writer from Tujunga, California
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"A second-place finisher in the 2000 Tournament of Champions, he's now...
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Steve Rogitz, a trucking company manager from Gardena, California
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Pat Healy, an index editor from Concord, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1999 Tournament...
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
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Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
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"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
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Myles Caggins, an Army assistant to the Fifth Corps Commanding General originally from Heidelberg, Germany, now stationed at Heidelberg, Germany
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Season 15/Armed Forces Week player (1999-07-02). Introduced as Myles Caggins III....
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Stacie Jacobson, an Air Force computer operator originally from Emporia, Pennsylvania, now stationed at Araxos, Greece
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Season 15/Armed Forces Week winner (1999-07-02): $14,800.
Rank: Staff Sergeant.
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Ben Connable, a Marine company commander originally from Roslyn, New York, now stationed at Okinawa, Japan
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Season 15/Armed Forces Week winner (1999-07-01): $7,401.
Rank: Captain.
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Michael Arnold, an Air Force weapons systems officer originally from Tampa, Florida, now stationed at RAF Lakenheath, England
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Season 15/Armed Forces Week player (1999-07-02).
Rank: Major.
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Beth Sanfilippo, a Navy lab technician originally from Oceanside, California, now stationed in San Diego, California
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Season 15/Armed Forces Week player (1999-07-01). Rank: Hospital Corpsman Third Class....
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Thomas Citrano, a Marine Corps infantry officer originally from Jacksonville, Florida, now stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
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Season 15/Armed Forces Week player (1999-06-30).
Rank: First Lieutenant.
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Elise Beraru, an insurance underwriter from Los Angeles, California
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000....
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Wayne Byron, an Air Force logistician originally from Trinidad, British West Indies, now stationed at Ramstein, Germany
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Season 15/Armed Forces Week player (1999-07-01).
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel.
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Steve Dranchak, an Air Force action officer originally from Hastings, Pennsylvania, now stationed at Ramstein, Germany
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Season 15/Armed Forces Week winner (1999-06-30): $7,001.
Rank: Master Sergeant.
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Alex Meza, a Navy anesthesiology resident originally from Guayaquil, Ecuador, now stationed at San Diego, California
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Season 15/Armed Forces Week player (1999-06-30).
Rank: Lieutenant.
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Charles Hurst, a Navy Supply Corps officer originally from Henagar, Alabama, now stationed at Keflavik, Iceland
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Season 15/Armed Forces Week player (1999-06-29).
Rank: Lieutenant.
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Bill Wellman, a Marine Corps intelligence chief originally from Plattsburgh, New York, now stationed at San Diego, California
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Season 15/Armed Forces Week winner (1999-06-29): $12,800.
Rank: Gunnery Sergeant.
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Karen Smith, an Air Force air traffic controller originally from El Paso, Texas, now stationed at Aviano, Italy
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Season 15/Armed Forces Week player (1999-06-29).
Rank: Captain.
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Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer and TV personality from the QVC Network
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"His fashion designs are a favorite among celebrities on the red...
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Suzanne Doran, a middle school teacher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 16 player (1999-12-07).
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Natalia Fuentes, a secretary from Gretna, Louisiana
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Season 16 player (1999-12-06).
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Liz Colker, a middle school teacher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 16 player (1999-12-03).
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Barbara Krause, a high school teacher from Redlands, California
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Season 16 player (1999-12-02).
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Steven Rogitz, a letter carrier from Gardena, California
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Gary Lucy, a letter carrier originally from Portland, Oregon
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Season 16 player (1999-12-01).
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Delori Hawkins, an administrator from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 16 player (1999-11-30).
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Debbie Fawcett, a medical biller from Ronkonkoma, New York
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Season 16 player (1999-11-29).
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Serge Botsaris, a psychiatrist from Worcester, Massachusetts
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Season 16 player (1999-11-26).
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Ryan Gravilla, a technical supervisor from Detroit, Michigan
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Season 16 player (1999-11-25).
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Maureen Yeager, an information systems manager from New York City, New York
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Season 16 player (1999-11-25).
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Tracy Burrell, a computer help desk manager from Mystic, Connecticut
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Season 16 player (1999-11-24).
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Robert Guzzo, a teaching assistant from Los Angeles, California
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Season 16 player (1999-11-22).
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Laura Sternberg, a software engineer from Parkland, Florida
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Season 16 player (1999-11-23).
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Brenda Shafer, a writer from Glendale, California
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Season 16 player (1999-10-29).
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Patti Sturr, a collection agent from Tempe, Arizona
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Season 16 player (1999-10-28).
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Mike Sharkey, a management consultant originally from Albany, New York
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Season 16 player (1999-10-29).
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Kathy Trice, a media buyer from Columbia, South Carolina
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Season 16 player (1999-10-27).
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Jon Muir, a lawyer originally from Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
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Season 16 player (1999-10-28).
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Bill Tomber, a truck driver from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 16 player (1999-10-27).
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Eli Cotham, an advertising executive from Los Angeles, California
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Season 16 player (1999-12-24).
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Matt Cunningham, a public relations and political consultant from Orange, California
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Season 16 player (1999-12-23).
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Debbie Ream, a corporate affairs manager from Covina, California
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Season 16 player (1999-12-23).
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Sarah Bagby, a student from Las Cruces, New Mexico
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Season 16 player (1999-12-22).
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Susan Kahn, a part-time bookkeeper from Los Angeles, California
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Season 16 player (1999-12-21).
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Jennifer Junnila, an Army family practice physician originally from Seattle, Washington, now stationed at Heidelberg, Germany
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Season 15/Armed Forces Week player (1999-06-28).
Rank: Captain
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Mike Gardner, a stock analyst from Denver, Colorado
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Season 16 player (1999-12-20).
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Bridget Bue, a high school teacher originally from Chelmsford, Massachusetts
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Season 16 player (1999-12-20).
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Michael Greer, an Air Force information manager originally from Chicago, Illinois, now stationed at Ramstein, Germany
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Season 15/Armed Forces Week player (1999-06-28). Rank: Technical Sergeant Not to...
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John Trzaska, a fleet service clerk from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 16 player (1999-12-17).
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Leslie Glover, a graduate student from Conyers, Georgia
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Season 16 player (1999-12-16).
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Roy Flynn, a public television producer from Centerville, Ohio
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Season 16 player (1999-12-17).
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Ryan Rupe, a Lutheran pastor from Pearland, Texas
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Season 16 player (1999-12-16).
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Wellington Lee, a photographer from New York City, New York
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Season 16 player (1999-12-15).
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Lynda Tuennerman, a housewife from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 16 player (1999-12-15).
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Kathleen Victor Wyatt, a translator from Buffalo, New York
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Season 16 player (1999-12-14).
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Carter Paige, a nonprofit fundraiser from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 16 player (1999-12-14).
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Tate Garrett, a venture capitalist from Tampa, Florida
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Season 16 player (1999-12-13).
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Mike Bartley, a social studies teacher originally from New Berlin, Wisconsin
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Season 16 player (1999-12-10).
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Brian Padian, a screenwriter from Los Angeles, California
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Season 16 player (1999-12-13).
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Shala Carlson, a news editor from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 16 player (1999-12-31).
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Catherine Smythe Zajc, a director of prospect development from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 16 player (1999-12-09).
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Matthew McCarthy, a college sophomore from Miami, Florida
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Season 16 player (1999-12-30).
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Rosemarie Rinaldi, an attorney from Miami, Florida
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Season 16 player (1999-12-30).
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Logan Beckwith, a payroll accountant from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 16 player (1999-12-07).
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Terri Jones, an auditor from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 16 player (1999-12-29).
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Dave Abbott, a musician and contract manager from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Justin Oppmann, a political consultant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 16 player (1999-12-28).
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Morris Morgentaler, a rental car agent from Poway, California
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Season 16 player (1999-12-27).
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Doug Szafran, a math teacher from Frederick, Maryland
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Season 13 2-time champion: $24,001. Won $64,000 on Who Wants to...
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Elise Beraru, a lawyer from Los Angeles, California
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000....
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Steve Rogitz, an operations manager from Torrance, California
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Kathryn Erbe, an actress from Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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"On stage, she earned a 1991 Tony nomination for Speed of...
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Sam Waterston, an actor from Law & Order
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"A Best Actor Oscar nominee for The Killing Fields, he's now...
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Carol Burnett, an actress, comedienne, and star from stage, screen and television
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"Actress, comedienne, star of stage, screen and television..." Charity: amfAR (American...
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Brandi Chastain, a professional soccer player from the U.S. Olympic Women's Soccer Team
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"She scored the memorable winning goal for the U.S. women's soccer...
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Jeff Cary, a senior from Leavenworth, Kansas
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1999 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Kitty Roberts, a junior from Columbia, South Carolina
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1999 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
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Nate Budde, a senior from Brush Prairie, Washington
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1999 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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Lara Robillard, a director of health policy from Arlington, Virginia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 1999 Tournament...
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Carolyn Cracraft, a college senior from Chicago, Illinois
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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Melizza Zygmunt, a stay-at-home mom from Valparaiso, Indiana
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1999 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $2,500.
Season 15 4-time champion: $23,599.
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Dan Cordas, a medical student from Long Beach, California
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Season 10 player (1999-09-06).
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Juliet Wiley, a stay-at-home mom from Plano, Texas
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1999 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $10,000.
Season 15 4-time champion: $30,749.
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Bob Harris, a writer originally from Cleveland, Ohio
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $34,400. 2002 Million...
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Dan Avila, a photographer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 7 1-time champion: $5,300 + a Sanyo remote control stereo...
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Dan Girard, a landscape artist from Altadena, California
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1999 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 14 5-time champion: $37,800 + a Chevrolet Tahoe.
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J.J. Todor, a law student from Pataskala, Ohio
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1999 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $20,600. Season...
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John Skelton, a lawyer and real estate appraiser from Seattle, Washington
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1999 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Season 14 3-time champion:...
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Allyson Lieberman, a 12-year-old from Whitmore Lake, Michigan
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"Since she was little, she has truly loved to act. Broadway,...
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Carolyn White, a retired management consultant from Tucson, Arizona
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1999 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $2,500.
Season 15 4-time champion: $38,800.
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Chris Ward, a foreign service officer from Lima, Peru
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1999 Tournament...
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Lance Johnson, a warehouse associate from Champaign, Illinois
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1999 Tournament...
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John Skelton, an attorney and real estate appraiser from Seattle, Washington
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1999 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Season 14 3-time champion:...
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J.J. Todor, an attorney from Pataskala, Ohio
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1999 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $20,600. Season...
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Carolyn White, a retired management consultant from Tucson, Arizona
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1999 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $2,500.
Season 15 4-time champion: $38,800.
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Pat Healy, an index editor from Vallejo, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1999 Tournament...
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David Bagley, an attorney from San Diego, California
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1999 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 14/15 4-time champion: $56,900.
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Dave Abbott, a musician and contract manager from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Juliet Wiley, a stay-at-home mom from Plano, Texas
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1999 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $10,000.
Season 15 4-time champion: $30,749.
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Becky Benjamin, a law student from Miami, Florida
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Season 16 player (1999-10-20).
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Andrew Hutchings, a college champion from Tucson, Arizona
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1999 Tournament...
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Lara Robillard, a health policy director from Arlington, Virginia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 1999 Tournament...
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Susan Lucci, an actress from All My Children
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"One of daytime TV's most beloved actresses, she's played Erica Kane...
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Chris Ward, a foreign service officer from Lima, Peru
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1999 Tournament...
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Peter Senkbeil, a college theater professor from Irvine, California
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Season 15 player (1999-07-23).
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Geoff Morley, an attorney originally from Jefferson City, Missouri
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Season 15 player (1999-07-23).
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Jason Scupine, an attorney from Woodland Hills, California
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Season 15 player (1999-07-22).
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Robin Black, a legal assistant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 16 player (1999-09-16).
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Rachel Schneider, an undergraduate student from Bergenfield, New Jersey
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Season 16 player (1999-09-17).
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Crystal Reed, a pension assistant from Miami, Florida
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Season 16 player (1999-09-15).
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Larry Reynolds, a professor of speech communication from Shawnee, Kansas
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Season 16 player (1999-09-14).
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Leni Sumich, a physician from River Ridge, Louisiana
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Season 16 player (1999-09-13).
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Andy Miller, a foreign service officer from Tel Aviv, Israel
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Season 15 player (1999-05-25).
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Elena McFann, a vice president of network management from Long Beach, California
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Season 15 player (1999-05-25).
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Chacko George, a high school student from Slidell, Louisiana
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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Abby Knight, a stay-at-home mom from Rainbow City, Alabama
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Season 15 player (1999-05-24).
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Don Kaufman, a bartender from Harlan, Iowa
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Season 15 player (1999-05-24).
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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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Lara Robillard, a policy analyst from Arlington, Virginia
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"She used the winnings from her 5 shows in 1998 to...
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
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"He was the biggest winner of the 1999-2000 season. A marketing...
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Christian De Jong, a customer service representative from Los Angeles, California
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Season 15 player (1999-04-28).
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Lance Johnson, an event coordinator from Champaign, Illinois
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1999 Tournament...
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Bob Harris, a political humorist originally from Cleveland, Ohio
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $34,400. 2002 Million...
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David Bagley, an attorney from San Diego, California
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1999 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 14/15 4-time champion: $56,900.
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Chris Ward, a foreign service officer from Johannesburg, South Africa
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"A 5-game winner in 1998, he was living in Peru when...
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