| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | QUITE A FOX $400: From 2000 to 2006, Vicente Fox was in the news as president of this country Mexico |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | KANSAS CITY: NEWS CLUES $200: (Hi, I'm John Holt.) It was an exciting but sobering event in 2006 when Kansas City opened the USA's official museum of this event, with features for visitors to ponder like a field of 9,000 silk poppies World War I |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $200: In 2006 Julian Assange founded this secret-busting group, much in the news in later years WikiLeaks |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | SPY STUFF $2000: A company called Narus was in the news in 2006 for its product that let this U.S. agency monitor web traffic & emails the NSA |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | JEFF BRIDGES $1000: In 2006's "Stick It", Jeff plays a very grumpy coach of girls in this sport gymnastics |
| #6824, aired 2014-04-24 | IT WAS AN ACCIDENT $600: It's the accident that got 78-year-old Texas lawyer Harry Whittington into political news in 2006 getting shot in the face by Dick Cheney |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $1600: (I'm Chuck Todd of NBC News.) In 2006 I broke the story that this man, the ex-governor of Virginia, had decided not to run for president in 2008--he went for the U.S. Senate instead & won Mark Warner |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | BREAKING NEWS $3,600 (Daily Double): Senator Obama attended the 2006 groundbreaking for this man's memorial, 1/2 mile from Lincoln's Martin Luther King |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | KATIE COURIC, WITNESS TO HISTORY $200: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) In 2006, on my first broadcast as anchor of the CBS Evening News, I reported that this group that formerly ruled Afghanistan was "back with a vengeance" the Taliban |
| #5852, aired 2010-02-09 | 21st CENTURY WOMEN $800: In 2006 she left the "Today" show to anchor the CBS evening news Couric |
| #5530, aired 2008-09-26 | ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER $1600: September 2006 brought news of a "Unity Deal" between Hamas & this other 5-letter Palestinian group Fatah |
| #5233, aired 2007-05-16 | 2006 NEWS $400: Lopez Obrador narrowly lost this country's presidency to Calderon--or vice versa, if you ask Lopez Obrador Mexico |
| #5233, aired 2007-05-16 | 2006 NEWS $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew indicates the monitor.) The Democrats gained 6 of these, including a win in Massachusetts by Deval Patrick, the second African-American ever elected to one the gubernatorial seat |
| #5233, aired 2007-05-16 | 2006 NEWS $1,200 (Daily Double): On Nov. 23 a former Russian spy died in London, poisoned by the 210 isotope of this element polonium |
| #5233, aired 2007-05-16 | 2006 NEWS $1600: IAU Resolution 5A defined this 2-word term as a body "that has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit" a dwarf planet |
| #5233, aired 2007-05-16 | 2006 NEWS $2000: This murderous leader of al Qaeda in Iraq was killed by an air strike in a house in June Al-Zarqawi |
| #5227, aired 2007-05-08 | NEWS QUIZ $400: Per the Energy Policy Act of 2005, this began March 11, 2007, 3 weeks earlier than in 2006 Daylight Savings Time |
| #5227, aired 2007-05-08 | NEWS QUIZ $800: The 2006 firing of 8 people in this position came back to haunt the Justice Department in 2007 U.S. attorneys |
| #5201, aired 2007-04-02 | I'LL BE YOUR HOST $200: Rosie O'Donnell made news in 2006 when she returned to TV as a co-host of this morning chatfest The View |
| #5148, aired 2007-01-17 | KIDNAPPED $200: In 2006 Olaf Wiig & Steve Centanni, 2 reporters working for this cable channel, were released from Gaza Fox News Channel |
| #5128, aired 2006-12-20 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1200: With his "Rabbit At Rest", he turned to today's news for his 2006 novel "Terrorist" John Updike |
| #5072, aired 2006-10-03 | IN THE NEWS $600: A notorious head butt helped France lose the 2006 final of this sporting event the World Cup |
| #5072, aired 2006-10-03 | IN THE NEWS $1000: On April 18, 2006 this actress became the mother of Tom Cruise's new little baby, Suri Katie Holmes |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS OF 2006 $200: There was gold in the hills of this host city as the Times noted the start of the Winter Olympics there on Feb. 10 Turin |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS OF 2006 $400: On Feb. 13, the Times reported Dick Cheney shot a man hunting, the first shooting by a sitting veep since this man Aaron Burr |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS OF 2006 $600: "G.O.P. UNREST OVER PORTS" read a headline when this emirate's control of some U.S. ports was opposed by Congress in March Dubai |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS OF 2006 $800: Riots in this Ugandan capital city were reported in the Times on Feb. 26 following presidential elections there Kampala |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS OF 2006 $1000: "A DRAMA STRAIGHT FROM THE TABLOIDS" blared the Times in a story on her appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court in March Anna Nicole Smith |
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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
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Liz Channon, a copy editor from Newport News, Virginia
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Season 23 player (2006-11-01).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Lizardchannon
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Allison Peña, a junior from Sunrise, Florida
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Katie James, a sophomore from Winchester, Virginia
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Matt Klein, a senior from Pittsford, New York
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David Hoffelmeyer, a senior from St. Joseph, Missouri
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Papa Chakravarthy, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament champion: $75,000.
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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Peter Booker, an Army officer from Fort Monroe, Virginia
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Season 22 player (2006-01-25). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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