#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HOP ON THE INTERSTATE $400: Put Kingman in your rear view, cruise I-40 & you'll be in Standin' on the Corner Park in this Arizona city in 3 hours Winslow |
#9068, aired 2024-03-27 | EQUINE WORDS $200: 3-letter word meaning to hound with continued fault-finding nag |
#9068, aired 2024-03-27 | THE 3 "R"s $400: Types of this household tool include slotted, hex & Robertson screwdriver |
#9068, aired 2024-03-27 | THE 3 "R"s $800: Big laxative has made good use in its ads of this word for the problem its products treat irregularity |
#9068, aired 2024-03-27 | THE 3 "R"s $1200: This type of pilot in the early days of aviation would travel the country giving stunt-flying exhibitions barnstormer |
#9068, aired 2024-03-27 | THE 3 "R"s $1600: Also a tropical cocktail, it's a person who transports illegal liquor, no matter what type a rumrunner |
#9068, aired 2024-03-27 | THE 3 "R"s $2000: From the Latin for "earth" & meaning to make a planet suitable for human habitation, it dates back to a 1942 sci-fi story terraforming |
#9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SAY IT IN LATIN $1200: As a legal term, this 3-word phrase can be a status prohibiting a diplomat to enter a foreign country persona non grata |
#9064, aired 2024-03-21 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: The national airline of Poland is known by this 3-letter name LOT |
#9064, aired 2024-03-21 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $1200: Alexander Pope said "To err is human", then these 3 words to forgive divine |
#9063, aired 2024-03-20 | MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $600: Stay pregnant for a year! Plausible for you, no, but for the Florida type of this aquatic mammal that can weigh 3,600 pounds? No prob a (Florida) manatee |
#9063, aired 2024-03-20 | MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $800: Solve the this TV host problem: 3 shut doors, new car-junk-junk. You pick A. He shows you B is junk. Do you switch to C? Monty Hall |
#9061, aired 2024-03-18 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $1600: Dubbed the "Empress of Soul", this singer has won 7 competitive Grammys--4 solo & 3 with the Pips Knight |
#9060, aired 2024-03-15 | MOVIE SONGS $1200: This song shot to No. 1, 2, 3 o'clock after being featured in the 1955 film "Blackboard Jungle" "Rock Around The Clock" |
#9057, aired 2024-03-12 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $400: A principle based on experience or practice gave rise to this 3-word phrase mentioning a part of the hand a rule of thumb |
#9057, aired 2024-03-12 | PLAIN GEOGRAPHY $2000: 3,000 years ago Mexico's Tabasco Plain was part of the trading network of these people & later the home of the Maya the Olmecs |
#9056, aired 2024-03-11 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: 3-letter last name of Johnny, a symbol of the typical southern soldier; in a 1905 book by a war veteran, he's paired with Billy Yank Reb |
#9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LEFTOVERS $400: In 1861, 3 years after the publication of this classic medical textbook, its author died of smallpox at age 34 Gray's Anatomy |
#9055, aired 2024-03-08 | TRAIL $600: A trail that runs some 3,100 miles from Canada to Mexico is named for this demarcation that splits North America in 2 the Continental Divide |
#9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BAKER $800: A special one of these baked at Passover 2022 for the president of Israel was 20' long by 3 1/2' wide by not very thick matzah |
#9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BEFORE & AFTER $1000: Siam-set musical adaptation of Asimov's book about machines that follow 3 laws The King and I, Robot |
#9053, aired 2024-03-06 | MOVIE TAGLINES $800: The title male fashion model in this comedy had "3% body fat. 1% brain activity" Zoolander |
#9053, aired 2024-03-06 | UNUSUAL WORDS $1200: You'll need 3 "F"s to spell this word for a disorderly confusion given to us by the Scots a kerfuffle |
#9050, aired 2024-03-01 | "N"OWLEDGE $800: Let's get down to business--this 3-country pact went into effect on Jan. 1, 1994 but was replaced in 2020 NAFTA |
#9048, aired 2024-02-28 | SHALL WE DANCE? $600: Ländler, a traditional dance of Germany & Austria, evolved into this originally scandalous dance of 1, 2, 3... & 1, 2, 3 the waltz |
#9048, aired 2024-02-28 | SHALL WE DANCE? $800: Spelled with an I you have a delicious dessert, but with an E, it's this 3-syllable dance that began in the Dominican Republic merengue |
#9048, aired 2024-02-28 | THAT'S IN ASIA $1000: Lake Tengiz is in this large -stan that's on the northern border of 3 other -stans Kazakhstan |
#9046, aired 2024-02-26 | WORLD CITIES $800: This Latvian capital is pretty much at the geographic center of the 3 Baltic states Riga |
#9045, aired 2024-02-23 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ERA $400: The Sugar Act of 1764 included a 3-pence tax on each gallon of this imported from outside the British Empire molasses |
#9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 1960s FICTION $400: The "Dolls" in this Jacqueline Susann novel are the pills taken by 3 young women as they cope with their lives & careers in NYC Valley of the Dolls |
#9045, aired 2024-02-23 | THAT BUILDING HAS GREAT BONES $7,000 (Daily Double): You'll think of mortality in a Rome church housing 3,500 skulls of friars in this order that makes me think of Italian coffee the Capuchins |
#9044, aired 2024-02-22 | TV CHARACTERS $600: This 3-namer turns it up to eleven playing a superpower character of that name on "Stranger Things" Millie Bobby Brown |
#9044, aired 2024-02-22 | HOW MANY TIMES? $2000: Ohio's Sherrod Brown:
3 times, starting in 2006 be elected to the Senate |
#9043, aired 2024-02-21 | HALLELUJAH! $600: dictionary.com has 3 consecutive A's in this slang word, but you can draw it out even more before queen if you want to really show elation yaaas |
#9043, aired 2024-02-21 | FUN & GAMES $800: "Baldur's Gate 3" is a 2023 video game juggernaut based on the 5E rules for this tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons |
#9042, aired 2024-02-20 | HANSEL CULTURE $600: In 1991 3-year-old Hansel won this race, the third leg of the Triple Crown the Belmont |
#9042, aired 2024-02-20 | TAKING FLIGHT $800: 3 major airports serve New York City including this one that's not even in the same state Newark |
#9040, aired 2024-02-16 | THAT'S GOT 2 HYPHENS $1,600 (Daily Double): Charles V chose to put 3 of these floral symbols on France's royal emblem a fleur-de-lis |
#9040, aired 2024-02-16 | MYTHOLOGY $2000: He was just a shepherd when he was asked to judge which of 3 goddesses was the most beautiful Paris |
#9037, aired 2024-02-13 | 50 GREATEST RAPPERS OF ALL TIME $800: Some numbers: 3 years after taking 9 bullets, he had a Billboard 200 No. 1 debut with "Get Rich Or Die Tryin"' in 2003 50 Cent |
#9037, aired 2024-02-13 | IT HAPPENED IN CONGRESS $800: Congress first did this March 3, 1845 in the waning hours of John Tyler's presidency, by votes of 41-1 & 127-30 to override a veto |
#9036, aired 2024-02-12 | RHYMING SYNONYMS $400: 3 & 4 letters long, these 2 words refer to the foremost part of a ship the bow or the prow |
#9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $200: (I'm Nate Burleson representing wideouts.) I set an NFL record with 3 punt returns of 90 yards or more; in 2023 speedy Kadarius Toney's 65-yard punt return broke a Super Bowl record & helped this team prevail the Chiefs |
#9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MILITARY SLANG $600: These days, an enlisted U.S. soldier is this 3-letter first name rather than G.I. a Joe |
#9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THE MOURNING NEWS $800: After this 19th c. royal was widowed, the "nightly longing to die... for the first 3 years never left"; nearly 47 remained Queen Victoria |
#9033, aired 2024-02-07 | IT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY $1200: Following a conference, these 3 leaders signed the Yalta agreement in February 1945 Churchill, FDR & Stalin |
#9031, aired 2024-02-05 | THE "ARE" YOU BREATHE $800: These tenant farmers, about 1/3 of whom were Black, gave their proceeds to the landowners in a post-Civil War system sharecroppers |
#9030, aired 2024-02-02 | BILLBOARD'S 500 BEST POP SONGS $1600: No. 3 was this Temptations classic about a lover, "immediately recognizable from the opening bass line" "My Girl" |
#3, aired 2024-02-02 | IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS $200: 3.9 million square miles in area; about 10 people per square mile; goin' to Saskatoon? We got room for ya Canada |
#3, aired 2024-02-02 | IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS $1000: 3 decades free from being the second name in a paired country, see the Gate of Freedom Monument near the Morava River Slovakia |
#9029, aired 2024-02-01 | NONFICTION $600: She recently released volume 3 of her "Magnolia Table Cookbooks" Joanna Gaines |
#9029, aired 2024-02-01 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: An aid to meditation, when spoken as 3 sounds, it can be symbolic of the 3 major Hindu gods om |
#9029, aired 2024-02-01 | CANADIANS INVADE OUR LIVING ROOM! $1200: From 1994 to 2000, she made 3 "Scream" movies, but always came back to the Salinger house on "Party of Five" Neve Campbell |
#9028, aired 2024-01-31 | A SQUARE MEAL $200: The "original" flavor of this century-old woven cracker brand has 3 ingredients: whole grain wheat, canola oil & sea salt Triscuit |
#9028, aired 2024-01-31 | ARTFUL ROGERS $2000: This B-movie maven of "Attack of the Crab Monsters" fame filmed "The Little Shop of Horrors" in 3 days Roger Corman |
#9026, aired 2024-01-29 | GOING TO THE DOGS $800: Also a British game show title, this 3-word command means to let loose a pursuing pack release the hounds |
#9026, aired 2024-01-29 | LOST IN SPACE $2000: A 2007 Chinese missile test to destroy one of these in orbit added more than 3,000 pieces of trackable debris an artificial satellite (a weather satellite) |
#9025, aired 2024-01-26 | 2-3 ZONE $200: Billings & Albuquerque are in this time zone centered on the 105-degree west meridian Mountain |
#9025, aired 2024-01-26 | 2-3 ZONE $400: Recently, the Green Zone, a fortified area with government buildings & the U.S. embassy, has opened up to this Mideast city's people Baghdad |
#9025, aired 2024-01-26 | 2-3 ZONE $600: Losing other habitat, the Asiatic black bear & the monk vulture are surviving in this 155-mile-long strip with few humans the Korean DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) |
#9025, aired 2024-01-26 | 2-3 ZONE $800: In the 1970s, a section of Boston had this name more suited to a place where wars are fought the Combat Zone |
#9025, aired 2024-01-26 | THAT'S JUST TEARABLE! $800: After tearing this, aka the calcaneal tendon: 3 or 4 weeks of immobilization, then high-heeled shoes should be a no-no for a while the Achilles |
#9025, aired 2024-01-26 | 2-3 ZONE $1000: When what's now this country was South West Africa, its southern 2/3 was a "police zone" set aside for white settlers Namibia |
#9025, aired 2024-01-26 | HISTORIC BATTLES $1600: A cavalry force of 3,000 Polish Hussars helped break the 1683 Siege of Vienna by forces of this empire & to win the ensuing battle the Ottoman Empire |
#9024, aired 2024-01-25 | NICKNAMES $1600: George Gershwin worked as a "song plugger" in the musical New York City area with this 3-word nickname Tin Pan Alley |
#9024, aired 2024-01-25 | WHAT DO "U" STAND FOR? $2000: What used to be called UFOs are now UAPs short for this 3-word phrase unidentified aerial (anomalous) phenomena |
#9022, aired 2024-01-23 | 3-LETTER, 3-LETTER $200: It comes between "on your mark" & "go!" get set |
#9022, aired 2024-01-23 | 3-LETTER, 3-LETTER $400: It refers to the main tent of a circus, or the circus itself the big top |
#9022, aired 2024-01-23 | CONSTELLATIONS $400: Going by their Latin names, the 2 3-letter constellations are Ara & this zodiac one Leo |
#9022, aired 2024-01-23 | 3-LETTER, 3-LETTER $600: Our team is this! Also the name of a spicy Frank's condiment red hot |
#9022, aired 2024-01-23 | 3-LETTER, 3-LETTER $1000: An excellent retort may be described as one of these, from the French a bon mot |
#9022, aired 2024-01-23 | POETS & POETRY $1200: The entire poem by Strickland Gillilan titled "On the Antiquity of Microbes" consists of these 3 words Adam had 'em |
#9022, aired 2024-01-23 | 3-LETTER, 3-LETTER $3,400 (Daily Double): Melatonin disruption plays a role in this time zone desynchronization jet lag |
#26, aired 2024-01-23 | SCIENCE IS COOL $600: The recipe for this type of winter storm: snow, winds over 35 mph, and low visibility for at least 3 hours a blizzard |
#9021, aired 2024-01-22 | IT'S GETTING COLD IN HERRE $600: In 1991 this island that's 3 times the size of Texas hit -93 at a weather station Greenland |
#9021, aired 2024-01-22 | IT'S GETTING COLD IN HERRE $3,000 (Daily Double): On Feb. 3, 1996 the Star Tribune & the Pioneer Press headlined a big stat for these 2 adjoining cities: -60 degrees Minneapolis & St. Paul |
#9020, aired 2024-01-19 | LET'S PLAY A GAME $400: On a Monopoly board, a question mark marks the 3 spaces labeled this Chance |
#9020, aired 2024-01-19 | FROM S TO Y $800: The Apennines are mainly made up of this, one of the 3 basic kinds of rock sedimentary |
#9019, aired 2024-01-18 | MOVIE TITLES WITH NUMBERS IN THEM $400: The producers of "Tak3n" had a very particular set of skills to get this man back for time 3 in the role of Bryan Mills Liam Neeson |
#9019, aired 2024-01-18 | WHAT IN THE WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS...? $1000: Deferred payments in a 2000 MLB contract had this 53-year-old "Jr." making $3.6 million as the Reds' 4th-highest paid player in 2023 Ken Griffey Jr. |
#9018, aired 2024-01-17 | POLITICS AS UNUSUAL $200: Patrick McHenry was in the news, as he filled in in this job for 3 tumultuous weeks in the fall of 2023 Speaker of the House (pro tem) |
#9017, aired 2024-01-16 | HALF A CATEGORY $400: During this "Show" seen by many on February 3, 2002, U2's Bono flashed his jacket's American flag lining the Super Bowl Halftime Show |
#9017, aired 2024-01-16 | TV CLIFFHANGERS $2000: When Picard is assimilated by the Borg at the end of Season 3 of "Star Trek: TNG", this 1st officer gives the order to fire at him Riker |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | 3-WORD SUMMARIES OF 3-WORD FILMS $300: 1994:
Simba defeats Scar The Lion King |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | TRAIN STATIONS $600: No Muggles allowed on Platform 9 3/4, the fictional boarding site for this train at London's King's Cross Station the Hogwarts Express |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | 3-WORD SUMMARIES OF 3-WORD FILMS $600: 1997:
Wicked smart janitor Good Will Hunting |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE ONE AND ONLY... $900: Element on the periodic table whose name is 3 letters long: this silvery metal tin |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | 3-WORD SUMMARIES OF 3-WORD FILMS $1200: 1985:
Emilio in detention The Breakfast Club |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | 3-WORD SUMMARIES OF 3-WORD FILMS $1500: 2001:
John Nash hallucinates A Beautiful Mind |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | 3-WORD SUMMARIES OF 3-WORD FILMS $3,000 (Daily Double): 1998:
Two Lindsay Lohans The Parent Trap |
#9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AFRICAN CITIES $800: South Africa has 3 capitals; Pretoria (executive), Bloemfontein (judicial) & this one (legislative) Cape Town |
#9015, aired 2024-01-12 | A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY $400: This 3-named French fashion designer popularized a trouser suit for women, appropriate for days & "Yves" Yves Saint Laurent |
#9015, aired 2024-01-12 | FLAGS $1600: You can get a Yale pennant that includes this 3-word Latin motto, light & truth in English Lux et Veritas |
#9015, aired 2024-01-12 | BOOK TITLES $1600: This 1997 history bestseller postulates that the 3 things in its title enabled the European conquest of the Americas Guns, Germs and Steel |
#2, aired 2024-01-12 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $400: In 2001 it merged with Time Warner AOL |
#2, aired 2024-01-12 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $800: Yasir Arafat was the head of it from 1969 to 2004 the PLO |
#2, aired 2024-01-12 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $1200: Russia's Tupolev Tu-144 was the world's first type of this speedy jet an SST |
#2, aired 2024-01-12 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $2000: The Honda Fourtrax Recon is this type of transport that can give you a real lift in the desert an ATV |
#2, aired 2024-01-12 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $3,400 (Daily Double): Headquartered in Atlanta, this agency, established in 1946, grew out of a U.S. anti-malaria program the CDC |
#1, aired 2024-01-12 | GAME SHOWS IN THE MOVIES $2000: In "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind", a woman has the choice of Brad Pitt, Matt Damon or Bachelor No. 3 on this classic show The Dating Game |
#9014, aired 2024-01-11 | CLOCKS $2000: A clock keeping this time, from Latin for "starry", gains 3 minutes, 56 seconds a day over a standard clock sidereal |
#9013, aired 2024-01-10 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $200: It's the less-than-enthusiastic sound delivered here a raspberry |
#9013, aired 2024-01-10 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: Half the world (divided by the equator) or half the brain hemisphere |
#9013, aired 2024-01-10 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $600: They say this, the spirit & manners of knighthood, "is not dead", so it's okay to be courteous chivalry |
#9013, aired 2024-01-10 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: It describes raccoons & bats & comes from the Latin for "of the night" nocturnal |
#9013, aired 2024-01-10 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $1000: A term for a medieval philosopher like Thomas Aquinas, or a large children's book publisher scholastic |
#9012, aired 2024-01-09 | DISASTER $200: The earthquake & ensuing fire that struck this U.S. city in 1906 had a 7.9 magnitude & claimed more than 3,000 lives San Francisco |
#9012, aired 2024-01-09 | 3 OF THE SAME LETTER $200: To thumb a ride hitchhike |
#9012, aired 2024-01-09 | 3 OF THE SAME LETTER $400: Creepy, like an unsettling coincidence eerie |
#9012, aired 2024-01-09 | 3 OF THE SAME LETTER $600: Less common, or less well-done rarer |
#9012, aired 2024-01-09 | 3 OF THE SAME LETTER $800: Derived from an initialism, it means to act as host for an entertainment emcee |
#9012, aired 2024-01-09 | 3 OF THE SAME LETTER $1000: A 7-letter cure for everything panacea |
#9012, aired 2024-01-09 | SPORTS TAKES $1000: An unwritten rule of baseball is to take (not swing) on this count, especially if your team has a big lead 3-0 |
#24, aired 2024-01-09 | NUMERICAL PLACE NAMES $400: This north African capital's name reflects its history as one of 3 ancient neighboring cities Tripoli |
#9011, aired 2024-01-08 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $800: Lorenzo Da Ponte wrote the librettos to 3 of this man's most famous operas, including "Cosi fan tutte" Mozart |
#9011, aired 2024-01-08 | PRESIDENTIAL DOGS $1,000 (Daily Double): Portie for short, it's the 3-word breed of the Obamas' beloved Sunny the Portuguese Water Dog |
#9010, aired 2024-01-05 | ALLITERATION $1200: Mustarded or not, this L.A. stadium treat has been eaten in Chavez Ravine since the '60s & close to 3 million are sold each year a Dodger Dog |
#9009, aired 2024-01-04 | NEW JAZZ $400: Jazz, uh, finds a way with this actor who has released 3 jazz albums with the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra Jeff Goldblum |
#9009, aired 2024-01-04 | EARTH SCIENCE $400: One of the 3 principal classes of rock, it's formed by solidification from a molten state igneous |
#9009, aired 2024-01-04 | STATE CAPITALS OF INDIA $2000: Panaji is the capital of this 3-letter state, one of India's smallest & a possession of Portugal for more than 4 centuries Goa |
#9006, aired 2024-01-01 | IT'S AN EX-CAR FOR A REASON $1000: Road & Track said this 3-letter brand's Gremlin, launched on April Fools' Day 1970, "stretched the definition of car" AMC (American Motors) |
#9006, aired 2024-01-01 | RETIRED $1600: 2 of the 3 Space Shuttles that were retired in 2011, ending the 30-year Space Shuttle program (2 of) Endeavour, Discovery or Atlantis |
#9005, aired 2023-12-29 | FINANCE TERMS $1000: The Invesco this letter times 3 is an ETF that tracks the NASDAQ 100 index QQQ |
#9004, aired 2023-12-28 | TOUCH TYPE $600: Italian caro, "dear", is related to this tender touch & starts with the same 3 letters caress |
#9004, aired 2023-12-28 | NBA NICKNAMES $1000: James Harden fans have worn T-shirts with this 3-word phrase incorporating James' fairly obvious nickname fear the beard |
#9003, aired 2023-12-27 | PRESIDENTS NOT PRESIDENTING $600: He read "Anna Karenina" aboard a boat while chasing 3 thieves down a river in the Dakota Territory Teddy Roosevelt |
#9003, aired 2023-12-27 | 2023 SPORTS HIGHLIGHT REEL $600: He won 3 of 4 men's Grand Slam singles titles, but lost at Wimbledon to young Carlos Alcaraz Djokovic |
#9002, aired 2023-12-26 | TIMES: NEW ROMAN $800: Talk about a circus! In 2023 historians were not happy after fans caused a 1.3 shake at a Travis Scott show at this Rome landmark the Circus Maximus |
#9002, aired 2023-12-26 | BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS $4,800 (Daily Double): In 1997, picking up her first of 3 Oscars for Best Actress, she thanked her son Pedro & her husband Joel Frances McDormand |
#9001, aired 2023-12-25 | THE MANGER ZONE $600: "When they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts": these 3 items gold, frankincense & myrrh |
#9001, aired 2023-12-25 | AGES, EPOCHS & ERAS $1200: Last & longest of the 3 periods of the Mesozoic era the Cretaceous |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | CAROLS $800: Like her brother, Carl, Carol Lewis excelled in this field event & set a U.S. indoor record of 22' 3" in 1985 the long jump |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | HISTORICAL AMERICAN GOVERNORS $1000: On that fateful 1963 day in Dallas, this Texas governor suffered 3 broken ribs, a shattered wrist & a punctured lung Governor Connally |
#8999, aired 2023-12-21 | A VERY HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIE $600: Writer of many a Christmas film, Anna White got down to business in 2021 with "Christmas" this 3-letter top job at a company CEO |
#8998, aired 2023-12-20 | IT'S A VISION BOARD $200: 3 children in Fatima, Portugal in 1917 are among those who have had visions of this place of much fire & groaning hell |
#8997, aired 2023-12-19 | COUNTRIES INSIDE OTHER COUNTRY NAMES $1200: 2 of the 3 countries that carry the nation of Guinea within their own names (2 of) Papua New Guinea, Guinea-Bissau & Equatorial Guinea |
#8995, aired 2023-12-15 | SAN FRANCISCO, NOW & FOREVER $1600: 28 S.F. restaurants have received a total of 39 of these coveted awards, including 3 for chef Corey Lee's Benu on Hawthorne Street Michelin stars |
#8994, aired 2023-12-14 | TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS $800: In 2003 Serena completed a "Serena Slam", beating Venus 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 at this event in Melbourne the Australian Open |
#8993, aired 2023-12-13 | WESTERN TV SHOWS $1000: A Paramount+ series follows this Black lawman of the Wild West who in real life apprehended more than 3,000 outlaws, including his son Bass Reeves |
#8993, aired 2023-12-13 | SLANG FOR LIQUOR $1000: Most Hawaiian Punch labels say, "contains 3%" this juice |
#8992, aired 2023-12-12 | ANIMALS $800: The Chinese zodiac's 12-year cycle begins & ends with these 2 3-letter animals rat & pig |
#8991, aired 2023-12-11 | CIRCLE TIME $800: In the U.K., a sign with 3 arrows going around in a circle indicates one of these, also called a traffic circle a roundabout |
#8989, aired 2023-12-07 | AMPHIBIANS $2000: This 3-letter term is the terrestrial juvenile stage of development of the eastern newt when the body turns bright orange an eft |
#8988, aired 2023-12-06 | I JUST WANT A LOVER LIKE ANY OTHER $400: Despite the pandemic & post-#MeToo caution, the organization SHRM says 1/3 of American workers have found love here at work (at the office) |
#8988, aired 2023-12-06 | DEWEY $800: They're Donald Duck's 3 nephews Huey, Dewey & Louie |
#8988, aired 2023-12-06 | DECIMALS $1600: One of the 2 baseball statistics, both expressed to 3 decimal places, that make up the stat OPS slugging percentage (or on base percentage) |
#22, aired 2023-12-06 | THREESOMES $200: If your clothing catches fire (though hopefully it won't), this 3-pronged fire safety mantra will remind you what to do stop, drop & roll |
#22, aired 2023-12-06 | THREESOMES $300: According to the carol, it's what "my true love gave to me" on the third day of Christmas; I just hope he wasn't regifting 3 French hens |
#8987, aired 2023-12-05 | THEY COME IN THREES $800: Through WWII, this candy bar had 3 pieces in one package, flavored chocolate, vanilla & strawberry; now it's all chocolate 3 Musketeers |
#8987, aired 2023-12-05 | THEY COME IN THREES $1600: This name for 3 wars between Rome & Carthage comes from the Greek for "Phoenician" Punic |
#8987, aired 2023-12-05 | THEY COME IN THREES $2000: In Greek & Roman myth, 3 goddesses who determined human destinies were called these, a synonym for destinies the Fates |
#8986, aired 2023-12-04 | GIVE THE "DEVIL" $400: 3-word hyphenated term for an "attitude" with a tendency to take risks devil-may-care |
#8985, aired 2023-12-01 | A RED-HOT LATIN LAWYER $600: If you're "not of sound mind" to stand trial, you're this 3-word Latin phrase non compos mentis |
#8983, aired 2023-11-29 | METRICKY PROBLEMS $400: 32,000 ounces make a short one; 3,274 more make a metric one a ton |
#8982, aired 2023-11-28 | A CAPITAL IDEA? $400: Her father Francis says at about age 3 she heard him in a long argument & said, "Cut" Sofia Coppola |
#8976, aired 2023-11-20 | A MATTER OF TASTE $1200: 1 of the 3 zesty ingredients of the original Tabasco brand sauce (1 of) red pepper, salt or vinegar |
#8975, aired 2023-11-17 | LIFE OF PI $400: Dating to circa 1650 B.C., the Rhind Papyrus, a scroll from this civilization, put the value of pi at about 3.16 the Egyptians |
#8975, aired 2023-11-17 | LIFE OF PI $1600: In the 100s A.D. this Alexandrian astronomer calculated a more precise value of pi, the equivalent of about 3.14167 Ptolemy |
#8975, aired 2023-11-17 | LIFE OF PI $5,000 (Daily Double): I Kings 7:23 implies that pi equals 3, describing a round object 10 of these ancient units wide & 30 in circumference a cubit |
#8974, aired 2023-11-16 | BRIDGE ON THE RIVER $1600: The 3,580-foot-long Peace Bridge the Niagara River |
#20, aired 2023-11-15 | SIX DEGREES OF ACTUAL BACON $200: Mozzarella is in caprese salad with tomato, & tomato is with bacon in this 3-initial sandwich a BLT |
#20, aired 2023-11-15 | CRINGEWORTHY OFFICE LINGO $500: It's a 3-word phrase meaning "at one's own expense"--& a needlessly wordy way of saying "unavailable" out of pocket |
#8972, aired 2023-11-14 | ALSO A BEVERAGE $400: 3-hole is one type of this piece of office equipment a punch |
#8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LETTER & WORD $1000: Violinist August Wilhelmj's arrangement of the 2nd movement of Bach's "Suite No. 3 in D major" is known as "Air On" this the G String |
#8970, aired 2023-11-10 | GOLF $400: It's the 3-letter position of the ball & may be "good" or "bad" depending on the height of the grass the lie |
#8970, aired 2023-11-10 | GOLF $800: A rare old gold coin, or an even rarer 3 under par on a single hole a double eagle |
#8969, aired 2023-11-09 | A LITTLE LEGALESE $400: This 3-word Latin phrase means "something for something ", like one action being exchanged for another of value quid pro quo |
#8969, aired 2023-11-09 | MATH SYMBOLS $2000: This extreme symbol indicates a square root; when used with a raised 3, a cube root a radical |
#8967, aired 2023-11-07 | TAXES $400: Informal 3-letter name for a tax on alcohol, tobacco & other activities considered not beneficial to users or society a sin tax |
#8966, aired 2023-11-06 | MESSAGE IN A BATTLE $400: 3 legions were massacred in the 9 A.D. Battle of the Teutoburg Forest; message to this empire:
Don't cross the Rhine! the Roman Empire |
#8965, aired 2023-11-03 | HOSPITALS $200: This Rochester, Minnesota clinic is around 15 million square feet, about 3 times the size of the Mall of America the Mayo Clinic |
#8964, aired 2023-11-02 | ALL THE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN $400: That's Abraham Lincoln looking at a book with son Thomas, who was better known by this 3-letter nickname Tad |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | ICONIC MAN-PERMS $500: Every day, it took 3 hours and 110 pink curlers to create Bradley Cooper's tight 'do for this Oscar-nominated film American Hustle |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | HORSE, HOG, OR DOG $1500: The large black
&
the large white hog |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | UNDER THE HAMMER $1500: Auctioned for $15.3 million in 2022, the painting "The Sugar Shack" appears in the credits of this '70s sitcom starring Jimmie Walker Good Times |
#8962, aired 2023-10-31 | THE WORLD SERIES $2000: In 1981 there were 3 World Series MVPs: Ron Cey, Steve Yeager & Pedro Guerrero, all of this team the Los Angeles Dodgers |
#8960, aired 2023-10-27 | THE LAST SUPPER $200: According to 3 of the Gospels, this Jewish holiday was being celebrated during the Last Supper the Passover |
#8960, aired 2023-10-27 | THE LAST SUPPER $600: During the meal Jesus predicts that this man will deny knowing him 3 times Peter |
#8959, aired 2023-10-26 | LET'S GO LOBSTERING $2000: A legal Maine lobster must measure at least 3 1/4 inches along this, the bony back shell the carapace |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | SIGMUND FREUD $600: Freud's personality theory divides the human psyche into 3 parts: the ego, the superego, and this, the seat of our most primitive instincts the id |
#8956, aired 2023-10-23 | JUST KIDDING $800: The irreplaceable Robin Williams said, "To a 3-year-old" this guy "is a 6-foot rat!" Mickey Mouse |
#8954, aired 2023-10-19 | HOUSE HUNTERS INTERGALACTIC $400: This ex-planet's average distance of 3.7 billion miles from Earth could pose commuting problems Pluto |
#8954, aired 2023-10-19 | LET'S PLAY CARDS $800: Energy & Trainer cards are 2 of the 3 types in the trading card version of this game; make sure you have a good fit Pokémon |
#8954, aired 2023-10-19 | HOUSE HUNTERS INTERGALACTIC $7,200 (Daily Double): Want land? Buying on this moon of Saturn is a no-brainer; its 3,200-mile diameter is bigger than Mercury! Titan |
#8953, aired 2023-10-18 | 3 LITTLE WORDS $400: In prayer this phrase traditionally follows "Hail Mary" full of grace |
#8953, aired 2023-10-18 | A DAY AT THE RACES $600: Age of a sophomore horse, it's also the usual age of horses in a derby race 3 |
#8953, aired 2023-10-18 | 3 LITTLE WORDS $800: I'm on your side; I'll always do this, the same as "step up to home plate", for you go to bat |
#8953, aired 2023-10-18 | 3 LITTLE WORDS $1200: In a 1988 political speech, they came before "no new taxes" read my lips |
#8953, aired 2023-10-18 | 3 LITTLE WORDS $1600: Proverbially, it "is better than none" half a loaf |
#8953, aired 2023-10-18 | 3 LITTLE WORDS $2000: This phrase for a non-working appliance contains a diminutive of "Friedrich" on the fritz |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | HISTORICAL MARKERS $400: A marker in Martinez, CA hails the town as the "birthplace of the martini"; it recommends 2/3 gin and 1/3 this vermouth |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | MEDICAL MNENOMICS $1500: Pediatricians look for "The 3 S's"--stridor, subglottic swelling and a seal-like cough--before diagnosing this infant ailment croup |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | COUNTDOWN $200: British Hanoverian kings: 4. George IV
3. George III
2. this king George II |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: A pig's digs a sty |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $400: Sally has 1/3 of a 5th Avenue candy bar, Eddie has 7/8 of a Mr. Goodbar; both are made by this company Hershey |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | COUNTDOWN $400: The presidents:
5. Monroe
4. Madison
3. this guy Jefferson |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $600: Mr. Jenkins has 3 nickels, 13 dimes & 54 pennies; he can't afford a Phantom from this car company Rolls-Royce |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | COUNTDOWN $600: The periodic table:
4. beryllium
3. lithium
2. this element helium |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | 3-LETTER WORDS $800: 40 winks a nap |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | THE MOUNTAIN WEST $800: Shira is the westernmost of the 3 volcanic cones that make up this highest peak in Africa Kilimanjaro |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $1000: Bo makes 86 snow-balls in 1 3/4 hrs.; when will Bo know he has this 9-letter problem where ice crystals form in body tissues? frostbite |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1200: Anonymous John's last name Doe |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1600: A small child, or a form of tater a tot |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | 3-LETTER WORDS $2000: Not sew, but you do this to make lace using knots & loops to tat |
#8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES $1200: This large landlocked Asian country starts with the same 3 letters as a day of the week Mongolia |
#8949, aired 2023-10-12 | LET'S PLAY SPORTSBALL $200: Down 3 match points in 2012, Sam Groth hit one of these balls a record 163 mph & won the point--but lost the match a tennis ball |
#16, aired 2023-10-11 | PEW! PEW! PEW! $3,000 (Daily Double): Derived from the French word for "flea", it's a dark shade of red similar to burnt sienna puce |
#8947, aired 2023-10-10 | COMPOSERS & THEIR KIN $600: At the age of 3 in Salzburg, he began to mimic the keyboard playing of his 7-year-old sister Nannerl Mozart |
#8946, aired 2023-10-09 | THOMAS AQUINAS, ADVICE COLUMNIST $400: Dear Baffled: As St. Augustine says, the image of this in man is in the 3 parts--mind, knowledge & love the Trinity |
#8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE $2000: A classic logic puzzle from 1962 deals with the surnames of 3 train employees: the brakeman, the fireman & him the engineer |
#8945, aired 2023-10-06 | THIS OR THAT $1200: The organ that weighs around 3 pounds in an adult, or Pinky's cartoon pal voiced by Maurice LaMarche the brain |
#8945, aired 2023-10-06 | TRY "TRI" AGAIN $2000: A group of 3 men collectively responsible for the administration of ancient Rome triumvirate |
#8944, aired 2023-10-05 | FRANKLY $800: He won 3 Oscars as a director, including one for "It Happened One Night" (Frank) Capra |
#8944, aired 2023-10-05 | I DON'T GIVE A... $1000: Unit of weight; it's equal to 3.89 grams a dram |
#8944, aired 2023-10-05 | NUMBERS 4 LETTERS $2000: A shade of blue:
3-25-1-14 cyan |
#8944, aired 2023-10-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $3,000 (Daily Double): 3-word title of Sister Helen Prejean's powerful account of being a death row counselor Dead Man Walking |
#8943, aired 2023-10-04 | ART, FOR ART'S SAKE $600: Dali's "Persistence of Memory" features 3 of these objects appearing to wilt watches (clocks) |
#8942, aired 2023-10-03 | FOOD FOR THOUGHT $800: Deep-water fish like wild salmon are rich in omega-3 these, essential to brain function fatty acids |
#8941, aired 2023-10-02 | FIGHTERS $200: This MMA champ made her big screen debut among some veteran actions stars in "The Expendables 3" Ronda Rousey |
#8938, aired 2023-09-27 | RIVERS OF AFRICA $400: The Nile has 3 main sections: the Atbara & the ones known by these 2 colors Blue & White |
#8938, aired 2023-09-27 | THE PIPE ORGAN $1600: Organ music is often written on 3 of these sets of lines, the lowest one for the pedal part a staff |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | AIRPORT STORES $900: Pacific Coast News and Thinking Canada are two stores at YVR, the 3-letter code for an airport serving this major city Vancouver |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | POST-APOCALYPTIC POP CULTURE $1000: Kevin Costner starred in two post-apocalyptic films in the 1990s: "Waterworld" and this misfire about a nameless drifter The Postman |
#8937, aired 2023-09-26 | SAILING THE 3 Cs $400: Wow, that's so weird--I was just thinking about this word for a striking occurrence of 2 events at 1 time a coincidence |
#8937, aired 2023-09-26 | SAILING THE 3 Cs $800: This college degree is total B.S. bachelor of science |
#8937, aired 2023-09-26 | SAILING THE 3 Cs $1200: These household pests targeted by Raid have lived on Earth for 250 million years cockroaches |
#8937, aired 2023-09-26 | SAILING THE 3 Cs $1600: It's the last of the "5 stages of grief" acceptance |
#8937, aired 2023-09-26 | SAILING THE 3 Cs $2000: From the Latin for "to cook together", it means to devise or contrive to concoct |
#8935, aired 2023-09-22 | ALL'S WHALE THAT ENDS WHALE $600: One of the 2 3-letter terms for a group of whales a pod (a gam) |
#8933, aired 2023-09-20 | OPERA $1200: The plot of this comic opera by Mozart centers on 2 sisters & their soldier boyfriends; the 3-word title is fun to say Così fan tutte |
#8933, aired 2023-09-20 | "HIGH" NOTES $1600: A 3-word phrase for drug-free happiness, or a video game with an alien cartel threatening humanity high on life |
#8932, aired 2023-09-19 | THE ASIAN GAMES $400: The 2018 games in Indonesia saw the debut of 3 on 3 half-court this in addition to full-court 5 on 5 basketball |
#8932, aired 2023-09-19 | MAILED IT! $800: Oops... on a stamp in 2010--& 3 billion stamps, eventually--the USPS used a replica in Vegas instead of this New York landmark the Statue of Liberty |
#8931, aired 2023-09-18 | ENEMIES--NOT A LOVE STORY $200: This 3-letter enemy completes the query "Friend or...?" a foe |
#8931, aired 2023-09-18 | ACTIVISTS $800: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men & women are created equal", said this 3-named woman in 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
#8930, aired 2023-09-15 | FROM "B" TO "F" $400: 3... 2... 1! Mission Control, we've achieved this success, also known as a rocket launch blastoff |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | 3 CONSECUTIVE CONSONANTS $200: The sovereign's seat a throne |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | TO SIR PAUL, WITH LOVE $400: Sir Paul McCartney was born on June 18, 1942 in this city--3 very important co-workers of his were born there, too Liverpool |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | 3 CONSECUTIVE CONSONANTS $400: You're not outta your gourd! You're into this gourd that's big on Oct. 31 a pumpkin |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | 3 CONSECUTIVE CONSONANTS $600: Money granted to a student to pursue studies a scholarship |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | 3 CONSECUTIVE CONSONANTS $800: Past participle of seek sought |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | 3 CONSECUTIVE CONSONANTS $1000: Geometry term for triangles that can be exactly superimposed, one on the other congruent |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | 15-LETTER WORDS $1200: Described in 3 of the gospels, it's the term for Jesus' change in appearance to divine form up on a mountain transfiguration |
#8927, aired 2023-09-12 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WORD WITH YOU $1200: In the sequence 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 4 is this, like a highway strip median |
#8927, aired 2023-09-12 | THE SPORTING LIFE $1200: Named for the 3-decade president of its gov. body, this tourney's top prize was once called the Jules Rimet Trophy the (FIFA) World Cup |
#8926, aired 2023-09-11 | SCIENCE CLASS $200: In natural form a mixture of 3 isotopes, this element is the most abundant in the Earth's crust & in the human body oxygen |
#8926, aired 2023-09-11 | WORLD OF BARBIE $800: In 2016 Barbie got 3 new & diverse body types in addition to her original: tall, petite & this 5-letter adjective curvy |
#8926, aired 2023-09-11 | GREEK GEOGRAPHY $1200: Greece's 3 main geographic areas are the islands, the mainland & joined by an isthmus, this peninsula, that lent its name to a war the Peloponnesian (Peninsula) |
#8924, aired 2023-07-27 | TRIPLE TIME $800: As told in Genesis, these are the 3 sons of Noah Ham, Shem & Japheth |
#8924, aired 2023-07-27 | TRIPLE TIME $1000: The 1805 Battle of Austerlitz is also called the Battle of the 3 Emperors, who led these 3 current countries Austria, France & Russia |
#8924, aired 2023-07-27 | THAT SONG SLAYS $1200: "Murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3, it's as easy to learn as your ABC", sang this group in 1983; someone should call them about that The Police |
#8924, aired 2023-07-27 | PLAY TIME $1200: This alliterative 3-word Shakespeare comedy begins with 4 friends swearing off women & romance Love's Labour's Lost |
#8923, aired 2023-07-26 | LONG MOVIES $800: This man directed, co-wrote, produced & starred in the nearly 3 1/2 hour movie "Reds" Warren Beatty |
#8922, aired 2023-07-25 | THE IDIOMS GO THATAWAY $800: Meaning somewhat liberal, this 3-word phrase describes how you've moved from the median left of center |
#8921, aired 2023-07-24 | UNIFORM NUMBERS $200: In 2017 the Lakers retired both his No. 8 & 24; tragically, 3 years later, he was gone Kobe Bryant |
#8921, aired 2023-07-24 | STARTS WITH 3 CONSONANTS $400: Doctors' duds scrubs |
#8921, aired 2023-07-24 | UNIFORM NUMBERS $800: You won't see any players from this MLB team wearing a single digit number; they've all been retired, & No. 8, twice the Yankees |
#8921, aired 2023-07-24 | STARTS WITH 3 CONSONANTS $800: This-ing "the gnar" means skiing difficult terrain; this-ing on a guitar is what Eddie Van Halen did shredding (thrashing) |
#8921, aired 2023-07-24 | STARTS WITH 3 CONSONANTS $1200: It's a machine that removes husks from grain; Andrew Meikle patented one in 1788 a threshing machine |
#8921, aired 2023-07-24 | STARTS WITH 3 CONSONANTS $1600: It's a device for artists to make canvas taut & ready to be painted; the word also refers to something you carry an injured person on a stretcher |
#8921, aired 2023-07-24 | STARTS WITH 3 CONSONANTS $2000: Franz Joseph Gall developed this discredited pseudoscience that attempted to discern personality by skull shape phrenology |
#8920, aired 2023-07-21 | INTERNALLY YOURS $400: The right one of these organs has 3 lobes, while the left has 2 (to make room for your heart) the lung(s) |
#8920, aired 2023-07-21 | TRACK & FIELD $1000: This Finnish track star won an amazing 9 gold medals across 3 Olympic games in the 1920s Paavo Nurmi |
#8920, aired 2023-07-21 | THAT HOLLOW FEELING $1000: From Russia with love, this plucky 3-stringed instrument has a hollow, triangular body the balalaika |
#8920, aired 2023-07-21 | ENDS IN "X" $1600: Though also called the tailbone, it's not actually one bone but 3 to 5 fused together the coccyx |
#8919, aired 2023-07-20 | B.C.-ING YOU $2,000 (Daily Double): 3 times was not the charm for Carthage which lost all 3 of these wars against Rome between 264 & 146 B.C. the Punic Wars |
#8917, aired 2023-07-18 | 3-WORD RESPONSES $400: Feathers flew in the business world in 1991 when a fast food chain slimmed down to 3 letters from this name Kentucky Fried Chicken |
#8917, aired 2023-07-18 | COLLEGE TUITION: THEN & NOW $400: It may get your Irish up to know in 1977 this Indiana private U. cost about $3,000 but tuition & fees now go for 62 grand Notre Dame |
#8917, aired 2023-07-18 | 3-WORD RESPONSES $800: In 1737 Boston held its first parade celebrating what became this annual event St. Patrick's Day |
#8917, aired 2023-07-18 | 3-WORD RESPONSES $1200: This 2018 film had a wealth of talent that included Awkwafina, Gemma Chan & Lisa Lu Crazy Rich Asians |
#8917, aired 2023-07-18 | 3-WORD RESPONSES $1600: The Natl. Highway Traffic Safety Admin.'s family of these includes 50th percentile adult male & 6-year-old weighted child crash test dummy |
#8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: The daughter of an Italian immigrant, she had been a U.S. representative for 3 terms when tapped in 1984 to be a vice presidential nominee Ferraro |
#8917, aired 2023-07-18 | 3-WORD RESPONSES $2000: This Elizabeth Gilbert title/set of commands spent 57 weeks as a No. 1 on the N.Y. Times paperback nonfiction bestseller list Eat Pray Love |
#8916, aired 2023-07-17 | TOM SWIFT TALES $800: Tom Swift Jr. had "his outpost in space" in 1955, 3 years before his "Race to" this the Moon |
#8915, aired 2023-07-14 | 3,3 $200: The Pleistocene glacial epoch is also known as the great this ice age |
#8915, aired 2023-07-14 | 3,3 $400: The CDC describes it as "a temporary sleep problem that usually occurs when you travel across more than three time zones" jet lag |
#8915, aired 2023-07-14 | 3,3 $600: A killer for hire, like TV's Barry Berkman a hit man |
#8915, aired 2023-07-14 | FAMILIES IN U.S. HISTORY $600: Marjorie Durant, who set out to popularize airplane travel in 1931, was the daughter of the founder of this Big 3 car company General Motors |
#8915, aired 2023-07-14 | 3,3 $800: Beastly term for someone who religiously works out at, let's say, Planet Fitness a gym rat |
#8915, aired 2023-07-14 | 3,3 $1000: This Scottish outlaw spent time in Newgate Prison but was pardoned before he was to be sent to Barbados Rob Roy |
#8914, aired 2023-07-13 | "R" SONG $400: An Ariana Grande song has this 3-letter title, an abbreviation for a phase of sleep "R.E.M." |
#8914, aired 2023-07-13 | MEDICINE $1600: Beginning with 3 consonants, it's the word for a professional who is trained to draw blood a phlebotomist |
#8913, aired 2023-07-12 | SLANG $200: This 3-letter word can refer to a state of intoxication, making a person incandescent lit |
#8912, aired 2023-07-11 | A CENTURY AGO: 1923 $400: This facility hosts its first game, with Babe Ruth hitting a 3-run homer to beat the Red Sox Yankee Stadium |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | MOMENTOUS DATES $1,000 (Daily Double): On January 3, 1521 the Catholic Church excommunicated this man Martin Luther |
#8909, aired 2023-07-06 | "SHOW" $1000: 3-word name for Buffalo Bill's turn-of-the-century rootin'-tootin', sharpshootin' arena extravaganza the Wild West Show |
#8908, aired 2023-07-05 | MATH ABBREVIATIONS & SYMBOLS $2000: 3 x 2 x 1 can also be expressed as 3!, & the ! refers to this factorial |
#8908, aired 2023-07-05 | RELIGION $2000: Jesus was about 30 when he underwent this ritual described in Luke 3 baptism |
#8907, aired 2023-07-04 | ART"S" $2000: Teddy Roosevelt said of his official White House portrait by this 3-named painter: "I like his picture immensely" John Singer Sargent |
#8906, aired 2023-07-03 | NATURE $800: One of the 3 basic types of rock, it's formed when preexisting rocks are weathered & deposited elsewhere sedimentary |
#8906, aired 2023-07-03 | NO CAP $1600: California has legal marijuana but no limit on the level in a driver's blood of this chemical whose name has 3- & 20-letter versions THC |
#8905, aired 2023-06-30 | WELCOME TO THE BIG URBAN AREA $600: The biggest urban area in its country, this city has almost 3 times the people of No. 2 Medellín Bogotá |
#8905, aired 2023-06-30 | WELCOME TO THE BIG URBAN AREA $1000: In the city of 9.3 million, now named for this man, the War Remnants Museum was previously the Museum of Chinese & American War Crimes Ho Chi Minh City |
#8904, aired 2023-06-29 | FUN WITH AIRPORT CODES $200: Also used by texters, it's the "divine" 3-letter code for Namibia's Omega Airport OMG |
#8904, aired 2023-06-29 | WRITING: MUSIC $800: Joan Didion wrote of a 1968 recording session, "There were 3 of the 4 Doors", a producer, girls, a dog, cheeseburgers, everything but him Jim Morrison |
#8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $1200: 3 nations have territory on this large island mentioned in Ptolemy's "Guide to Geography" Borneo |
#8902, aired 2023-06-27 | ONLY FANS $400: Lady Gaga has at least 3 tattoos honoring her biggest fans, called these the Little Monsters |
#8902, aired 2023-06-27 | SOME THOUGHTS ON THE BOOK $600: Though my memory is Fogg-y, that guy may have a serious gambling problem; far to travel & under 3 months to do it... go! Around the World in Eighty Days |
#8902, aired 2023-06-27 | A SPACE ODYSSEY $1200: Because it ranges from about magnitude 9 to magnitude 3, the pulsating Mira Ceti is said to be this type of star variable |
#8902, aired 2023-06-27 | WAR FILMS $1,800 (Daily Double): The title of this 1962 film starring John Wayne refers to June 6, 1944; clocking in at almost 3 hours, the title's accurate The Longest Day |
#8901, aired 2023-06-26 | 7-LETTER WORDS $800: This delicate word is stretched out to 3 syllables by Darren McGavin in "A Christmas Story" fragile |
#8901, aired 2023-06-26 | NAMES OF THE 1990s $1200: He won a 3-way race for party leadership & became prime minister of Great Britain in 1990 John Major |
#8901, aired 2023-06-26 | WAR OF THE WORDS $2000: In 1976, Mario Vargas Llosa gave this other 3-named South American Nobelist a literal black eye Gabriel García Márquez |
#8900, aired 2023-06-23 | I LEARNED IT ON SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $1000: This man "made a deal with Napoleon: how'd you like to sell a mile or 2 (or 3, or a hundred, or a thousand)"? (Thomas) Jefferson |
#8898, aired 2023-06-21 | COLLECT 'EM ALL! $200: In a significant markup, an 1856 British Guiana one-cent magenta this went for $8.3 million in 2021 a stamp |
#8897, aired 2023-06-20 | LOVE ISLAND U.K. $1200: George Town is the capital of this 3-island territory known for low taxes &--how to put it?--interesting handling of intl. money the Cayman Islands |
#8895, aired 2023-06-16 | 3-LETTER WORDS ENDING IN X $200: Suit for a formal a tux |
#8895, aired 2023-06-16 | 3-LETTER WORDS ENDING IN X $400: To dishonestly influence something to reach a predetermined outcome fix |
#8895, aired 2023-06-16 | 3-LETTER WORDS ENDING IN X $600: To bewitch someone or cast a spell upon them is to do this hex |
#8895, aired 2023-06-16 | 3-LETTER WORDS ENDING IN X $800: To disturb with minor irritations vex |
#8895, aired 2023-06-16 | 3-LETTER WORDS ENDING IN X $1000: No war, for a Roman pax |
#8895, aired 2023-06-16 | GO TELL IT ON THE FOUNTAIN $1600: Fed by an aqueduct built in 19 B.C., this fountain in Italy got its name from its location at the convergence of 3 roads the Trevi |
#8895, aired 2023-06-16 | GO TELL IT ON THE FOUNTAIN $2000: The world's longest bridge fountain at 3,740 feet, Seoul's Moonlight Rainbow shoots water recycled from this river below the Han |
#8894, aired 2023-06-15 | FACT: NONFICTION $2000: These 3 words complete the title of Stephen R. Covey's "The 7 Habits of..."; be one of them now highly effective people |
#8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $200: A sacred oath; in Catholicism, one can be for chastity, poverty or obedience a vow |
#8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $400: Before singing "He's my brother", The Hollies noted that "He ain't" this heavy |
#8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $600: The Duke of Sussex is familiar with this verb meaning to pester a military foe with repeated attacks harry |
#8893, aired 2023-06-14 | A NOVEL CATEGORY $600: Book 3 of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels is "The Cardinal of" this place The Cardinal of the Kremlin |
#8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $800: The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet, it can also mean a very small amount iota |
#8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $1000: Meaning to improve or perfect a skill, it comes from the Middle English for whetstone hone |
#8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC $600: Stephen Sondheim composed most of the score of "A Little Night Music" in 3/4 time, also known as this dance "time" waltz time |
#8886, aired 2023-06-05 | FIRST & LAST NAME'S THE SAME $800: All 3 names the same: U.S. naval hero awarded a Congressional Gold Medal & Led Zeppelin bassist/Kennedy Center honoree John Paul Jones |
#8886, aired 2023-06-05 | THE SCIENCE OF POETRY $2,000 (Daily Double): In a 1920s limerick, "There was a young lady named Bright/ Whose speed was far" these 3 words; she gets back home before she left faster than light |
#8885, aired 2023-06-02 | WOMEN AUTHORS $2000: She recently took the 3 top spots on the paperback trade fiction list with "It Ends with Us", "It Starts with Us" & "Heart Bones" Colleen Hoover |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | 3 THINGS ABOUT THE CITY $200: Brigham Young's grave is there; at the foot of the Wasatch Range; somehow known for its jazz Salt Lake City |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | 3 THINGS ABOUT THE CITY $400: Home to 20 million; used to be synonymous with sailor kidnappings; has its name on a 128-story tower Shanghai |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | 3 THINGS ABOUT THE CITY $600: Inhale the scents of the Fragrance Museum; 25 miles from Dusseldorf; see the 15th c. art of Stefan Lochner Cologne |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | 3 THINGS ABOUT THE CITY $800: Had the Olympics; locals call a seasonal stiff wind the "southerly buster" & a big local bridge, the Coat Hanger Sydney |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | 3 THINGS ABOUT THE CITY $1000: A world capital; on the shore of the Río de la Plata; has a stadium called "The Cathedral of Polo" Buenos Aires |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): In "A Wrinkle in Time", Meg's scientist dad likes to extend "Meg" into this nickname equal to 3.26 million light years a megaparsec |
#8883, aired 2023-05-31 | "V"ERBS $400: This 3-letter verb means to evaluate for approval vet |
#8883, aired 2023-05-31 | "V"ERBS $1200: This 3-syllable verb means to expose to air ventilate |
#8883, aired 2023-05-31 | BARRIERS & DIVIDERS $1200: Seen here is a bit of a 3,500-mile fence across Australia's outback to protect sheep & other animals from this type of dog dingo |
#8882, aired 2023-05-30 | THE YEAR THAT WAS $400: Horrible moments: the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, followed 3 months later by the Chernobyl disaster 1986 |
#8882, aired 2023-05-30 | CZECH IT OUT! $2000: The 3 regions named in the preamble to the Czech Constitution are Bohemia, this one & Silesia Moravia |
#8881, aired 2023-05-29 | TREES COMPANY $400: FBI is shorthand for 3 common decomposers of dead trees: fungi, bacteria & these insects |
#8881, aired 2023-05-29 | TREES COMPANY $800: One of the 3 gifts of the Magi, this aromatic resin whose very name suggests sweet aroma comes from trees of the genus Boswellia frankincense |
#8880, aired 2023-05-26 | "REE" SEARCH $2000: The first ballet choreographed by Jerome Robbins, it's about 3 footloose sailors "On the Town" Fancy Free |
#8879, aired 2023-05-25 | SHAKESPEARE & HIS WORLD $400: Shakespeare wrote 3 main types of plays: comedies, tragedies & these, like "Henry IV, Part 1" histories |
#8879, aired 2023-05-25 | SHAKESPEARE & HIS WORLD $1600: This 3-word nickname for Shakespeare is based in part on his place of birth in 1564 the Bard of Avon |
#8878, aired 2023-05-24 | SCIENCE $400: Of the 6 essential nutrients, 3 provide calories: proteins, fats & these, which come in simple & complex forms carbohydrates |
#8878, aired 2023-05-24 | SCIENCE $1600: Lasting about 4 billion years & encompassing Earth's first 3 eons is this time period that "pre"cedes everything else Precambrian |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $400: In command of the Bonhomme Richard, he said, "I have not yet begun to fight" John Paul Jones |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $800: Stop the presses! Here's a picture of this newspaper publisher (William Randolph) Hearst |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $1200: Books by this historian include "Team of Rivals" & "Leadership in Turbulent Times" (Doris Kearns) Goodwin |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $1600: The evolutionary theory known as punctuated equilibrium was developed by this paleontologist (Stephen Jay) Gould |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $2000: Besides painting many portraits of George Washington, he founded a museum in Philadelphia as much for science as for art Charles Wilson Peale |
#19, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS $400: In ancient Athens, it was a class of informers; today, it's a total suck-up sycophant |
#19, aired 2023-05-24 | WHAT'S ALL THIS? $800: 3 oxygen atoms, one single coordinate covalent bond, one double covalent bond an ozone molecule |
#19, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS $800: It's the S in S.L.E., the most common type of lupus, an autoimmune disease systemic |
#19, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS $1200: The seat of Onondaga County, it's on the south end of Onondaga lake Syracuse |
#19, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS $1600: Voluptuary & sensualist are synonyms for this word for someone devoted to luxury a sybarite |
#19, aired 2023-05-24 | NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARKS $2000: The Manhattan Project Historical Park's 3 locations are Los Alamos, Oak Ridge & this site near Richland, Washington the Hanford Nuclear Site |
#19, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS $7,200 (Daily Double): A lack of blood flow to the brain & a drop in blood pressure cause this, the medical term for fainting syncope |
#8877, aired 2023-05-23 | TV SITCOMS BY FAMILY $1600: Mike Baxter, outnumbered by his wife & 3 daughters Last Man Standing |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | FICTIONAL CASTLES $200: The real-life Alnwick castle was used for this reel-life fortress built by Godric Gryffindor & 3 others Hogwarts (Castle) |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | COOKING WEIGHTS & MEASURES $800: It's one itty-bitty branch of an herb plant; one of rosemary is about 3 inches long a sprig |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | LABOR $1200: Becky Pringle is president of this union, America's largest with about 3 million members the NEA (National Education Association) |
#17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $800: In a 1984 Wendy's ad Clara Peller was not a fan of big buns, hon & asked this 3-word question; now you will, too Where's the beef? |
#16, aired 2023-05-22 | PICKING UP THE CZECH $200: The govt. sold the rights to Czech Otto Wichterle's soft type of these vision aids for $330,000 & a company then paid $3 million contact lenses |
#16, aired 2023-05-22 | THE REST IS HISTORY $400: These 3 words, a cliché about our first president, are really on a plaque about what he did at a Georgia inn on May 16, 1791 Washington slept here |
#15, aired 2023-05-22 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $400: Perhaps a reference to the Medici family, 3 gold balls have become the symbol of this type of shop a pawn shop |
#15, aired 2023-05-22 | ALL AROUND THE WORLD $1,000 (Daily Double): A gigantic 3/4 dome, Montreal's biosphere was designed by this American for the city's 1967 Expo (Buckminster) Fuller |
#8874, aired 2023-05-18 | BEFORE & ACTOR $600: "Gidget" TV actress who counts for 3 points in football Sally Field goal |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS $400: In 1892 this party probably didn't raise a glass to getting 2.2% of the popular vote; 3 decades later, its cause was law the Prohibition Party |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | WE'RE FULL OF QUESTIONS $600: So, do any of you 3 really want to be a "Jeopardy!" champ? is this 10-letter type of question rhetorical |
#14, aired 2023-05-17 | BRING WHAT? $800: This 3-chapter section of the Gospels includes "A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit" the Sermon on the Mount |
#14, aired 2023-05-17 | ROCK"ER"S $25,600 (Daily Double): At the Rolling Stones' Rock HoF induction, Keith Richards thanked this guitar maker, himself inducted 3 years later (Leo) Fender |
#13, aired 2023-05-17 | 3 "O"s $200: At a certain age, someone wanting to have a baby may feel this ticking biological clock |
#13, aired 2023-05-17 | 3 "O"s $400: Borrowed from Greek, it means the masses or common people hoi polloi |
#13, aired 2023-05-17 | 3 "O"s $600: Seen here is "The Music Lesson" by François Boucher, one of the leading painters in this style Rococo |
#13, aired 2023-05-17 | 3 "O"s $800: When you're offered one option or nothing at all, it's this 2-word term Hobson's choice |
#13, aired 2023-05-17 | 3 "O"s $1000: From Latin for "call together", it's a group of people called together for an assembly, be it of clergy or college students a convocation |
#13, aired 2023-05-17 | FAMOUS NAME OVERLAPS $5,000 (Daily Double): The 3-named British P.M. from 1916 to 1922 & the 3-named American scientist granted a 1925 patent for cosmetics made from peanuts David Lloyd George Washington Carver |
#8872, aired 2023-05-16 | AUTOMOTIVE ALLITERATION $800: Sí, it was a real party as one of Detroit's big 3 made 7 generations of this little car from 1976 to 2019 the Ford Fiesta |
#12, aired 2023-05-16 | EPISODE IV $1000: Season 3 in 2007:
"Sokka's Master" Avatar: The Last Airbender |
#11, aired 2023-05-16 | SCIENCE $800: The caustic compound potassium hydroxide has the 3-letter formula KOH & this 3-letter common name lye |
#11, aired 2023-05-16 | KEN JENNINGS: INTERNATIONAL NERD OF MYSTERY $1200: That "Battlestar Galactica" Viper helmet will pair well with my $3,200 black peak satin tux by this designer from Piacenza, Italy Armani |
#11, aired 2023-05-16 | KEN JENNINGS: INTERNATIONAL NERD OF MYSTERY $2000: I am going to have a serious discussion of Asimov's 3 laws with this Mass.-based co. that makes Atlas, a robot that does parkour Boston Dynamics |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | "SPECIAL" DELIVERY $1600: With unemployment at 25% & banks on the verge of collapse, in 1933 FDR called Congress into the first of 3 of these gatherings a special session |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | SOUNDS SPOOKY $3,000 (Daily Double): There are 3 species of this mammal, which uses echolocation & feeds on livestock vampire bats |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | QUICK OPERA $7,000 (Daily Double): 3 ladies give Tamino this title item, but no lessons the Magic Flute |
#10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $400: April 23 is an annual celebration of a local hero in this Warwickshire town--& by the way, that middle word has 4 letters Stratford-upon-Avon |
#10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $800: Pétionville is a wealthy suburb of this Caribbean capital Port-au-Prince |
#10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $1600: This spot northwest of Philly got its name from a tavern named for Frederick II King of Prussia |
#10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $2000: This sun-dappled city of southern France is home to famed hot springs & the atelier of Paul Cézanne Aix-en-Provence |
#10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $9,200 (Daily Double): A South American cidade & estado both go by this name Rio de Janeiro |
#9, aired 2023-05-15 | MUSICAL THEATER $200: In the "Guns and Ships" number in this musical, Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette hit an amazing 6.3 words per second Hamilton |
#8870, aired 2023-05-12 | ARMY "ANT"s $600: A 3-star general is also known as this type & somewhat surprisingly, outranks a major one lieutenant (lieutenant general) |
#8870, aired 2023-05-12 | LESSER-KNOWN FILM TRILOGIES $800: Krzysztof Kieslowski's classic 3 Colors trilogy contains these 3 films, named for the colors of the French flag Red, White & Blue |
#8870, aired 2023-05-12 | LESSER-KNOWN FILM TRILOGIES $1200: Before Marvel really started trilogizing, this hero of theirs sunk his teeth into 3 films, the last being 2004's "Trinity" Blade |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | WORLD COINS $400: In 2023, to celebrate the current lunar new year, the Solomon Islands issued 3 coins featuring this animal a rabbit |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | PHYSICS CHECKUP $800: Newton's second law is commonly summarized as this simple 3-letter equation F = ma |
#7, aired 2023-05-12 | MNEMONIC POSSESSION $1600: "Dear King Philip claps often for good science" begins with this--all life can be divided into 3, including bacteria domain |
#8869, aired 2023-05-11 | HISTORIC ERAS & AGES $800: No. 2 of the 3 periods of the Mesozoic era, it began about 201.3 million years ago; welcome...! to this Jurassic |
#8868, aired 2023-05-10 | BELIEVE IT OR NOT... $400: Octopuses have 3 of these: 2 send blood to the gills, one sends blood to the rest of the body hearts |
#8868, aired 2023-05-10 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: The pecan pie seen here is served this 3-word way à la mode |
#8868, aired 2023-05-10 | MISSION: IMPASSABLE $800: Sit, this 3-headed doggy of myth! You snacked on anyone who tried to escape Hades! Who's a bad boy? You are! You are! Cerberus |
#6, aired 2023-05-10 | SOME ELEMENTARY CLUES $400: Elements in the nitrogen group have an outer shell of 5 of these, 2 in an S orbital & 3 in P orbitals electrons |
#6, aired 2023-05-10 | WORLD OF WORDS & IDIOMS $2000: Ronald Reagan adapted the Russian saying "Doveryai, no proveryai" into this 3-word maxim about nuclear weapons deals trust but verify |
#5, aired 2023-05-10 | DEALING WITH THE GOVERNMENT $200: This agency was born in 1865 to combat counterfeiting, as at the Civil War's end, nearly 1/3 of currency in circulation was fake the Secret Service |
#5, aired 2023-05-10 | TOUGH MOVIE STUFF $1600: James Dean starred in only 3 films--these 3 Rebel Without a Cause, Giant & East of Eden |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | THE OTHER MASTERS $1000: The annual champions dinner began in 1952 when he hosted, a year after his first Masters win & 3 years after a near-fatal car wreck Ben Hogan |
#3, aired 2023-05-09 | TIME TO LAWYER UP $800: Your Honor, the defendant is incompetent, or if I may get fancy, this 3-word phrase, Latin for "not master of one's mind" non compos mentis |
#3, aired 2023-05-09 | THE MAP OF EUROPE $2000: & quiet flows this 3-letter river, mostly south about 1,200 miles to the Sea of Azov the Don |
#3, aired 2023-05-09 | PLAY: THE GAME $2,400 (Daily Double): Teach evolution to your science class; get arrested; be prosecuted by a 3-time presidential candidate; guilty card, pay $100 Inherit the Wind |
#8866, aired 2023-05-08 | GONE FISHIN' $200: At nearly 3 pounds a year per capita, salmon has passed this as the most commonly consumed fish in the U.S.; sorry, Charlie tuna |
#8866, aired 2023-05-08 | YEET! $400: In 2003 the board of directors decided to jettison these 3 letters that preceded Time Warner AOL |
#1, aired 2023-05-08 | A REAL FONT OF KNOWLEDGE $1600: Stanley Morison co-designed this font with a 3-word name; it debuted in a certain London newspaper on October 3, 1932 Times New Roman |
#8864, aired 2023-05-04 | ATHLETES NAMED FOR $600: Last name of Luke, a player or coach with 3 California NBA teams; he was named for his father's teammate Maurice Lucas Walton |
#8861, aired 2023-05-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $200: It follows Ice & Stone Age |
#8861, aired 2023-05-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $400: Perhaps you learned to type with the phrase "Now is the time for all good men to come to the" this "of the party" aid |
#8861, aired 2023-05-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $600: In the early 2000s the Israeli army phased out use of this submachine gun the uzi |
#8861, aired 2023-05-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $800: Wrath or fury packed into 3 letters ire |
#8861, aired 2023-05-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $1000: This symbol of Australia ranks as the world's second-tallest bird the emu |
#8860, aired 2023-04-28 | A REAL BODY BUSY $400: The largest internal organ, it weighs about 3 pounds & breaks down substances like alcohol the liver |
#8860, aired 2023-04-28 | THE 3-DIGIT YEARS $400: After this prophet's death in 632, armies spreading his word conquered large parts of the Middle East & North Africa Mohammed |
#8860, aired 2023-04-28 | THE 3-DIGIT YEARS $800: Developed around the 9th century, this Slavic alphabet is used in as many as 50 languages today Cyrillic |
#8860, aired 2023-04-28 | THE 3-DIGIT YEARS $1200: The Pyramid of the Magician is found at Uxmal, a city built on this peninsula in the mid-first millennium the Yucatan |
#8860, aired 2023-04-28 | THE 3-DIGIT YEARS $1600: Around 970 Al-Azhar University was established in this North African capital as a center of Islamic learning Cairo |
#8860, aired 2023-04-28 | THE 3-DIGIT YEARS $2000: After the fall of Rome, this eastern branch of the Goths founded a kingdom in Italy led by Theodoric the Great in 493 the Ostrogoths |
#8858, aired 2023-04-26 | COMEDIANS $1200: Inducting him with just 3 others in a new Comedy Hall of Fame, John Mulaney said this "Fisher King" star never once phoned it in Robin Williams |
#8857, aired 2023-04-25 | SHARPS & FLATS $1000: In Greek myth, the 3 stone-cold ladies collectively known as this were famed for their reptilian hairstyle but also had sharp fangs the Gorgons |
#8856, aired 2023-04-24 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: About the size of France, this ex-French colony is seen here living up to 2 of the 3 words in its name the Central African Republic |
#8856, aired 2023-04-24 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: 3 of South Africa's 9 provinces, making up more than half the country's area, are called Eastern, Western & Northern this Cape |
#8856, aired 2023-04-24 | Y IS THE ONLY VOWEL $2000: Y is the only vowel in this odd word for an alignment of 3 heavenly bodies syzygy |
#8855, aired 2023-04-21 | SCIENTIFIC NUMBERS $400: The atomic numbers of hydrogen & helium add up to this number 3 |
#8855, aired 2023-04-21 | GO JUMP IN A LAKE $800: You could jump in Lake Tanganyika from the shore of this country that starts with the same first 3 letters Tanzania |
#8855, aired 2023-04-21 | SCIENTIFIC NUMBERS $1600: Sure, you all know pi approximated to 3.14, but it's also approximated by this fraction 22/7 |
#8853, aired 2023-04-19 | TV $400: On this TLC series couples have 3 months to get married before a visa expires 90-Day Fiancé |
#8853, aired 2023-04-19 | A BOX OF MATCHES $800: A superstition perhaps with military origins says it's bad luck to light this many cigarettes on a match 3 |
#8853, aired 2023-04-19 | I'M SO PROUD $800: Change the last 3 letters in the word for the inch/ounce system of measure to get this word for proudly domineering imperious |
#8853, aired 2023-04-19 | A EUROPEAN VACATION $1600: We'll take a castle tour of this nation, the northernmost of the 3 Baltic states; Narva's is an impressive one Estonia |
#8851, aired 2023-04-17 | MEASURE FOR MEASURE $200: One tablespoon =
3 of these a teaspoon |
#8851, aired 2023-04-17 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $400: Some use their pencil to do this in textbooks to remind themselves of salient points; it can also mean to strongly assert underscore (or underline) |
#8851, aired 2023-04-17 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $800: It can mean to think or focus really, really hard, or to rally all forces towards one specific goal concentrate |
#8851, aired 2023-04-17 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $1200: To demonstrate the causes & reasons for having done what you did; it can also mean to make righteous in the sight of God justify |
#8851, aired 2023-04-17 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $1600: Pronounced one way it's an adjective describing a close friend; pronounced as a verb, it means to imply indirectly or suggest intimate |
#8851, aired 2023-04-17 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $2000: Meaning to understand or take into custody; we hope the police don't do it to you apprehend |
#8850, aired 2023-04-14 | YOU LOSE $400: In 2010 a valiant Nicolas Mahut fell to John Isner in the 5th set, 70-68, in a match that spread across 3 days at this tournament Wimbledon |
#8847, aired 2023-04-11 | TIME FOR A "LITTLE" MUSIC $600: This country quartet has won 3 Grammys, including one in 2016 for "Girl Crush" Little Big Town |
#8847, aired 2023-04-11 | WHALES $600: After about a year in its mother's womb, a baby of this whale species is born weighing up to 3 tons & as long as 25 feet a blue whale |
#8847, aired 2023-04-11 | QUEEN VICTORIA GEOGRAPHY $1200: Victoria Peak rises nearly 3,700 feet in this English-speaking Central American nation Belize |
#8844, aired 2023-04-06 | AT THREES & FOURS $800: Unroll the thread; it's your destiny to know it's the collective name for Zeus' 3 daughters--Clotho, Lachesis & Atropos the Fates |
#8844, aired 2023-04-06 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: A single serving of a November dessert
☮UMPKIN 3.141592 a piece of pumpkin pie |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: The big one consists of 2 phalanges a toe |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: An expression for close but wrong is "right church, wrong" this pew |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | 3-LETTER WORDS $600: Hey, friend! It's been so long, it's been one of these, the longest division of geologic time an eon |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | 3-LETTER WORDS $800: The letter "A" in Morse Code is dot-dash, also called "dit" this dah |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: Just one letter different, these 2 rhyming words both mean to soak up spilled liquid sop & mop |
#8842, aired 2023-04-04 | SHALL FOLLOW ME $200: All the kids in the line must do what the one in front does in this children's game with a 3-word name follow the leader |
#8842, aired 2023-04-04 | GOODNESS & MERCY $400: Benevolence, or an organization that has 3,000 stores where you can get a tax-deductible receipt when you donate there good will |
#8842, aired 2023-04-04 | GOODNESS & MERCY $800: In 2022 Oklahoma's pardon & parole board made a 3-1 recommendation of this to the governor about an execution; the gov said OK clemency |
#8841, aired 2023-04-03 | YOU'RE GONNA SING $200: She won 3 Grammys in 2020, including Best Pop Solo Performance for the song "Truth Hurts" Lizzo |
#8841, aired 2023-04-03 | HORRORS! $200: Relax, all you need to make this "undead creature" cocktail is 3 different kinds of rum a Zombie |
#8840, aired 2023-03-31 | VERMONT $600: At 2:47 a.m. on August 3, 1923, this man was sworn in as president in the Vermont farmhouse seen here President Coolidge |
#8840, aired 2023-03-31 | HEY, BIG SPENDER $1000: Parking is tough in this rhyming region of China; a parking space in a luxury building there sold for $1.3 million Hong Kong |
#8840, aired 2023-03-31 | POLITICS TALK $1200: The first time Congress did this to a president was to lame duck John Tyler on March 3, 1845 the first time a veto was overridden |
#8839, aired 2023-03-30 | THE HISTORIC 1950s $1600: In 1951 the ANZUS Pact united these 3 countries against aggressors Australia, New Zealand & the U.S. |
#8838, aired 2023-03-29 | A REAL LONG SHOT $200: In game 3 of the 1970 NBA finals, Jerry West hit a 60-footer to force overtime against the Knicks--but this team still lost the Lakers |
#8838, aired 2023-03-29 | Ps OUT! $600: Cut all 3 Ps from a flower of remembrance to get this Yiddish interjection oy (from poppy) |
#8838, aired 2023-03-29 | SCIENCE INITIALS & ACRONYMS $1600: Of the 3 words that combine to make LORAN, it's last, admiral navigation |
#8837, aired 2023-03-28 | 3 MEN $200: Formed around 60 B.C., the First Roman Triumvirate was made up of Crassus, Pompey & this guy Julius Caesar |
#8837, aired 2023-03-28 | 3 MEN $400: This biblical man had 3 sons; the oldest, Shem, gave us the word "Semitic" Noah |
#8837, aired 2023-03-28 | 3 MEN $600: These 2 West Point alums filled out the Apollo 11 crew with Neil Armstrong Collins & Aldrin |
#8837, aired 2023-03-28 | A BABY $600: 3 common positions for a baby to whom you're doing this are over your shoulder, sitting on your lap & facedown on your lap burping |
#8837, aired 2023-03-28 | 3 MEN $800: This classical trio whose name is French for "fine arts" lasted for 53 years with pianist Menahem Pressler joined by different musicians Beaux Arts |
#8837, aired 2023-03-28 | 3 MEN $1000: The 2022 Nobel econ prize went to 3 men who had researched financial crises; this winner had faced one IRL as Fed chair in 2007 & '08 Ben Bernanke |
#8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CATS: THE NON-MUSICAL $200: Think fast! This big cat can take 3 1/2 strides per second & reach a speed of 70 mph a cheetah |
#8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CATS: THE NON-MUSICAL $800: A statistic commonly cited about this alliterative cat with a blotched, tortoiseshell-&-white coat is only one of 3,000 is male calico |
#8834, aired 2023-03-23 | SCIENCE $800: There are more than 3,000 species of this insect in 3 main genera; genus Culex carries encephalitis mosquitoes |
#8834, aired 2023-03-23 | SCIENCE $1600: Of the 3 main types of rock, it's what shale is sedimentary |
#8834, aired 2023-03-23 | PULITZER PRIZES $2000: Early in his career, this playwright won 3 Obies; he also won a Pulitzer for his play "Buried Child" Sam Shepard |
#8833, aired 2023-03-22 | 4-LETTER SPORTS TERMS $800: Forwards in hockey come in 3 types:
The center & a left & right this wing |
#8833, aired 2023-03-22 | APPLY THE RAINBOW COLOR $1,500 (Daily Double): The highest point in South Carolina, the 3,560-foot Sassafras Mountain is part of this Appalachian range the Blue Ridge Mountains |
#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 |
#8831, aired 2023-03-20 | WALK, THE LINE $1200: Vanessa Carlton was nominated for 3 Grammys for her song that said, "You know I'd walk" this far to "just see you tonight" a thousand miles |
#8830, aired 2023-03-17 | IRISH AUTHORS $1600: This 3-named Irish author was a goner for actress Maud Gonne, who starred in his play "Cathleen ni Houlihan" (William Butler) Yeats |
#8829, aired 2023-03-16 | LETTER PERFECT $1200: It's the most significant letter of the 3 seen in a row on a baseball scoreboard the R |
#8826, aired 2023-03-13 | THE BIG BANG THEORY $200: The 1883 Krakatoa eruption was heard 3,000 miles away; that's like hearing something in L.A. when you're in this Rhode Island capital Providence |
#8826, aired 2023-03-13 | 'TIS SHAKESPEARE $200: In Act 3 Hamlet tells this other character to "Get thee to a nunnery" Ophelia |
#8826, aired 2023-03-13 | DEEP THOUGHTS $800: Nietzsche said that he who has a this 3-letter word to live for can put up with almost any "how" why |
#8826, aired 2023-03-13 | ADVERTISING ICONS $800: The first 3 female icons on the Madison Ave. Walk of Fame are the Morton Salt Girl, Miss Chiquita Banana & this insurance seller Flo |
#8826, aired 2023-03-13 | A STONE GROOVE $1200: Naturally, strings are featured on "Turn To Stone", a 1977 hit for this band known by a 3-letter abbreviation ELO |
#8826, aired 2023-03-13 | GOVERNORS $2000: Worth over $3 billion, this Illinois governor is America's wealthiest (J.B.) Pritzker |
#8825, aired 2023-03-10 | HODGEPODGE $200: Per the 1960 census, women's median age at this life event: 20.3 marriage |
#8823, aired 2023-03-08 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $1600: As of July 2022 help is only a short phone call away with this 3-digit number to the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline 988 |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | THIS IS HOW I WIN $800: Pick up the 1-3-6-10 "picket fence"; rolling 2 turkeys should probably do it bowling |
#8821, aired 2023-03-06 | THE TECH BEAT $1200: A word plus 3 letters, this product from OpenAI is eerily good at traditionally human tasks like writing essays ChatGPT |
#8819, aired 2023-03-02 | RANDOM STUFF $1000: The national park of this U.S. territory is located on 3 separate islands: Tutuila, Ofu & Ta'u American Samoa |
#8818, aired 2023-03-01 | I'M SORRY, THERE'S MORE MATH $200: For 3 & 5, 15 is the LCM, short for this least common multiple |
#8818, aired 2023-03-01 | I'M SORRY, THERE'S MORE MATH $600: 4πr2 gives the surface area of one of these 3-dimensional shapes a sphere |
#8818, aired 2023-03-01 | ENERGY GLOSSARY $1600: The 3 types of heat energy transfer are conduction, convection & this type like that from the Sun to the Earth radiation |
#8818, aired 2023-03-01 | POP MUSICIANS $2000: "Expensive Pain" by this Philly rapper debuted at No. 3 in 2021 Meek Mill |
#8816, aired 2023-02-27 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: 3 of a kind plus a pair for the family that lost England's Wars of the Roses full House of York |
#8815, aired 2023-02-24 | VERY ARTISTIC $600: Used as a doorstop in Long Island, a vase from this Chinese dynasty eventually sold for $1.3 million at auction in 2012 the Ming Dynasty |
#8814, aired 2023-02-23 | FIGHT SONGS $2000: "Who the baddest? It don't matter 'cause we at your throat", this 3-letter guy raps on "Enemy", his collaboration with Imagine Dragons JID |
#8813, aired 2023-02-22 | TRAVEL FACTS $400: Mainland Australia has 3 of these, ranging from UTC +8 to UTC +10 time zones |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | TRIOS $400: He's alphabetically first of the 3 Rice Krispies mascots Crackle |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | ON TIKTOK $400: The 12-3-30 viral workout had people walking on this at a 12% incline at 3 mph for 30 minutes a treadmill |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | TRIOS $800: It's the smallest in area of the 3 nations on the island of Britain Wales |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN $1600: They're King Lear's 3 daughters; the youngest is virtuous, but the other 2, not so much Goneril, Regan & Cordelia |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | TRIOS $5,000 (Daily Double): In Catholicism, bell, book & candle were the 3 things once needed to conduct this rite of exclusion from the sacraments excommunication |
#8811, aired 2023-02-20 | AN "F" IN HISTORY $1600: The son of Japanese immigrants, he was the president of Peru from 1990 to 2000; his daughter ran for the job 3 times Fujimori |
#8809, aired 2023-02-16 | CARS BY THE NUMBER $800: This company has made 7 generations of its 3 series, including the 330i sedan BMW |
#8809, aired 2023-02-16 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY $1600: This largest island in Alaska covers nearly 3,600 square miles & yes, I'll have some of its abundant salmon, please Kodiak |
#8808, aired 2023-02-15 | SERVING T FOR 3 $200: The chirping noise of a bird, or the app where people do a lot of chirping Twitter |
#8808, aired 2023-02-15 | LOVE $400: The 3 title elements of this Elizabeth Gilbert book take place in Italy, India & Indonesia Eat, Pray, Love |
#8808, aired 2023-02-15 | SERVING T FOR 3 $400: If you can name another 28-letter word with 3 Ts besides this church-related one, we will also accept it with absolute awe antidisestablishmentarianism |
#8808, aired 2023-02-15 | SERVING T FOR 3 $600: Sounding like it will hold up to legal scrutiny, this walk is taken daily to keep healthy a constitutional |
#8808, aired 2023-02-15 | SERVING T FOR 3 $800: One is said to die this way if they did not make a valid will intestate |
#8808, aired 2023-02-15 | SERVING T FOR 3 $1000: From the Latin for "abandoned", it means lacking food, clothing & shelter destitute |
#8808, aired 2023-02-15 | ALL $1600: Wrestling gave us this 3-word phrase meaning everything & anything is legal no holds barred |
#8807, aired 2023-02-14 | THE FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS $400: Apparently alright times 3 with the voters, he won Best Supporting Male for "Magic Mike" in 2013 McConaughey |
#8807, aired 2023-02-14 | PORTRAIT OF A LADY $1000: This 3-named American painter who lived abroad considered his portrait of "Madame X" to be his masterpiece John Singer Sargent |
#8807, aired 2023-02-14 | BORN TO RUN $2000: In 1965 he entered politics & won a seat as the member for Mount Royal; 3 years later he was prime minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau |
#8806, aired 2023-02-13 | WORD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Reviewing a murder mystery in 1930, Donald Gordon coined this inquisitive 3-words-in-one word for a detective story a whodunnit |
#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | HOTELS NAMED FOR PEOPLE $200: 3 palazzi make up the Hotel Danieli in this city, with great views of the Grand Canal Venice |
#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | THE MIAMI VICE SQUAD $1200: Long before her Oscar nom for "The King's Speech", this 3-named British actress was Crockett's drug-addicted girlfriend Helena Bonham Carter |
#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | AN ENDLESS CATEGORY $2000: In the King James Bible John 3:16 says, "Whosoever believeth in him" will have this life everlasting |
#8802, aired 2023-02-07 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE GLOBE $800: September 3 is this Asian island country's Armed Forces Day; some say it'll need its armed forces at some point Taiwan |
#8800, aired 2023-02-03 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $1000: Part classicist, part romantic, this is the only one of the 3 "B"s of classical music who lived entirely in the 19th century Brahms |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | "B" + 3 $200: A light on a radar screen a blip |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | NOBEL-WINNING SCIENTISTS $400: In 1986 3 physics winners were honored for designing the electron & scanning tunneling types of these a microscope |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | "B" + 3 $400: A prison on a ship brig |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | "B" + 3 $600: To cheat out of money bilk |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | "B" + 3 $800: To stay or wait bide |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | TOUCAN $1000: A macaw named Blu heads to Brazil & meets a toucan named Rafael in the animated movie with this 3-letter title Rio |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | "B" + 3 $1000: A coffin stand a bier |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | NOBEL-WINNING SCIENTISTS $1200: Aptly, 3 scientists shared the 1995 chemistry prize for work on this atmospheric gas made of 3 oxygen atoms ozone |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | IKE & PATTON $200: Irving Berlin wrote Dwight Eisenhower's 1952 campaign song with this rhyming 3-word title, which became a popular slogan "I Like Ike" |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | GOING UNDERGROUND $600: Analysis shows that a 700s B.C. altar excavated in Israel has traces of this psychoactive 3-letter compound found in cannabis THC |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | IT'S ALSO A GREEK LETTER $800: It's letter No. 3 in the Greek alphabet; the same-named "rays" hulked out Bruce Banner gamma |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | THERE WILL BE BLOOD $900: As well as 8 arms, this creature in a genus of the same name has 3 hearts to pump its blue blood an octopus |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | IT'S ALSO A GREEK LETTER $1000: It comes before 3 in a term for healthful fatty acids found in fish (the 6 type is found in meat, the 9 in almonds) omega |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW $1000: We got the Beat! Here's the 120-foot scroll of paper that this writer used to type out 1957's "On the Road" in just 3 weeks Kerouac |
#8798, aired 2023-02-01 | HODGEPODGE $200: The crimson flag of this Ivy League university features 3 books & the motto veritas Harvard |
#8798, aired 2023-02-01 | IF ANCIENT GREEK DEITIES WERE AROUND TODAY $800: On the reality show "My Life is Hell!", this wife of Hades wants to stay in Key West but packs for her 1/3 of the year underworld trip Persephone |
#8798, aired 2023-02-01 | IRAQ $2,200 (Daily Double): About 20% of Iraq's population is this ethnic group that today administers 3 northern provinces there the Kurds |
#8797, aired 2023-01-31 | 3-LETTER PALINDROMES $400: Kim & Jon use it to front their names in the rap game Lil |
#8797, aired 2023-01-31 | A CAPITAL OFFENSIVE $400: Burning the U.S Capitol building in 1814, the British fueled the fire with 3,000 books from this institution, small at the time the Library of Congress |
#8797, aired 2023-01-31 | MEDICAL FOLKS $400: 3rd century physician Wang Shuhe pioneered diagnosis based on this, measuring it at 3 spots on each wrist pulse |
#8797, aired 2023-01-31 | 3-LETTER PALINDROMES $800: It's found before "squad" in the name of a cheer-y group pep |
#8797, aired 2023-01-31 | 3-LETTER PALINDROMES $1200: Hildegard of Bingen was a noted one a nun |
#8797, aired 2023-01-31 | 3-LETTER PALINDROMES $1600: It's "here" in French ici |
#8797, aired 2023-01-31 | 3-LETTER PALINDROMES $2000: The wahoo seen here is known as this to Hawaiian fishers the ono |
#8796, aired 2023-01-30 | NURSERY RHYMES $1000: The black sheep's not so bad; he's got 3 bags full of wool for these 3 recipients the master, the dame & the little boy who lives down the lane |
#8796, aired 2023-01-30 | OUT ON A BOOK TOUR $2000: The Jason Segel film "The End of the Tour" was an adaptation of a book subtitled "A Road Trip with" this 3-named author David Foster Wallace |
#8795, aired 2023-01-27 | SOIL $200: The 3 main types of soil particles are sand, silt & this one, popular with sculptors & potters clay |
#8795, aired 2023-01-27 | TV TIME $400: Season 3 of this sitcom had episode titles like "Louie's Rival" & "Latka's Cookies" Taxi |
#8795, aired 2023-01-27 | PLACE YOUR BETS $2000: A horn bet in craps pays a sizeable amount due to the fact that these 4 numbers you're betting on are quite hard to hit a 2, 3, 11 & 12 |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS $300: (Amy Schneider presents the clue.) The Warriors helped usher in the NBA's 3-point era behind the accuracy of the Splash Brothers, Klay Thompson & this record-setting sharpshooter Steph Curry |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS $600: (Amy Schneider presents the clue.) Beginning in 2015, the Warriors squared off in 4 straight NBA Finals, with LeBron & these Eastern Conference champs, winning 3 out of 4 the (Cleveland) Cavaliers |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | WORLD HISTORY $900: This French peasant girl is seen here as 3 saints appear to tell her to fight the English; now, she's a saint herself Joan of Arc |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | A SIGN OF SHAME $3,000 (Daily Double): In this Nathaniel Hawthorne novel, single mom Hester Prynne must wear a red "A" on her dress The Scarlet Letter |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | 3-LETTER RESPONSES $200: An agency of Homeland Security, it tells you what you can & can't take on a plane the TSA |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | 3-LETTER RESPONSES $400: Elon Musk holds this 3-letter title at both Tesla & SpaceX CEO |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | 3-LETTER RESPONSES $600: This federal agency has its headquarters in Atlanta largely because the South was once the epicenter of malaria outbreaks the CDC |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | 3-LETTER RESPONSES $1000: The police will put out one of these to other law enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for a suspect an APB |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | WE'RE ALL COUNTING ON YOU $2000: The sequence named for this Italian mathematician begins 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 Fibonacci |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | 3-LETTER RESPONSES $3,400 (Daily Double): When it comes to food labeling, the word bioengineered is frequently replacing these 3 letters GMO |
#8792, aired 2023-01-24 | 3.7 TRILLION FISH IN THE OCEAN $200: With a distinctly shaped keppy called a cephalofoil, this shark has been known to swim in schools as large as 500 a hammerhead |
#8792, aired 2023-01-24 | 3.7 TRILLION FISH IN THE OCEAN $400: To live in frigid waters, the icefish has blood glycoproteins that function as this, also a product made by Valvoline antifreeze |
#8792, aired 2023-01-24 | 3.7 TRILLION FISH IN THE OCEAN $600: Similar to the puffer fish, this fish, named for a spiny land dweller, can puff itself up to twice its size when alarmed a porcupine fish |
#8792, aired 2023-01-24 | 3.7 TRILLION FISH IN THE OCEAN $800: Called "the tiger of the sea", this predator of tropical oceans takes its name from an American Spanish word barracuda |
#8792, aired 2023-01-24 | 3.7 TRILLION FISH IN THE OCEAN $1000: This colorful food fish of the deep ocean may live to be 150 years old orange roughy |
#8791, aired 2023-01-23 | MEDICATIONS $200: The WHO's essential medicines list has 3 non-opioids for pain: acetaminophen, ibuprofen & this medicine cabinet veteran aspirin |
#8791, aired 2023-01-23 | MEDICATIONS $400: If restless, these body parts get their own syndrome affecting 3 million Americans yearly & the doctor may prescribe gabapentin legs |
#8790, aired 2023-01-20 | WHIRLED EVENTS $200: 3-word name for an infamous date in 44 B.C.:
SCARED OF HIM Ides of March |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | A TRASHY CATEGORY $200: You can't spell "garbage" without this kind of boat; the Mobro wandered around the Atlantic in 1987 with 3,000 tons of New York trash a barge |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | 2 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $300: A scoundrel who wins his victims' trust & then swindles them a con man |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | VACATION SPOTS $300: At the Six Flags in Jackson, New Jersey, visitors go from zero to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds on Kingda Ka, the USA's tallest this roller coaster |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | 2 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $600: Like Fifth & Madison Avenues in New York City, since 1966 one way |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | 2 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $900: Someone who cares a lot about their body & spends a lot of time at 24 Hour Fitness is this rodent a gym rat |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | 2 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $1500: When the pope makes someone a cardinal, he's said to give them this item to wear a red hat |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | 2 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $3,000 (Daily Double): It doesn't sound super-medical, but Queen Elizabeth II's death certificate lists the cause as this, at 96 old age |
#8787, aired 2023-01-17 | 3 LETTERS, 2 MEANINGS $400: A glass container, or to shock jar |
#8787, aired 2023-01-17 | THE REAL REAL HOUSEWIVES OF... $600: ...this UAE city may well be from the Philippines or know people who are; Filipinos make up 450,000 of its 3 million people Dubai |
#8787, aired 2023-01-17 | EMMY WINNERS $800: Jean Stapleton won 3 Emmys for playing Edith Bunker, Archie's wife on this '70s sitcom All in the Family |
#8787, aired 2023-01-17 | 3 LETTERS, 2 MEANINGS $1200: To steal, or the person who might arrest you cop |
#8787, aired 2023-01-17 | SCIENCEY STUFF $1600: You'll get an "A", but won't give one by naming this computer programming language with a name 3 characters long C++ |
#8787, aired 2023-01-17 | 3 LETTERS, 2 MEANINGS $2000: It can be a big barrier, or the female parent equivalent of sire dam |
#8787, aired 2023-01-17 | 3 LETTERS, 2 MEANINGS $5,000 (Daily Double): A body of water, or a deep, drawn-out howl a bay |
#8786, aired 2023-01-16 | ROYAL HISTORY $1600: Under the Kalmar Union, these 3 Scandinavian countries were under the rule of a single monarch from 1397 to 1523 Denmark, Norway & Sweden |
#8785, aired 2023-01-13 | A SIDE OF FABERGÉ EGGS $600: Made in 1885, the egg seen here has a yolk that held this 3-letter creature with its own ruby pendant egg a hen |
#8785, aired 2023-01-13 | 8-LETTER WORDS $1200: Put an "S" in front of a 3-pronged spear to get this word meaning annoyingly assertive strident |
#8782, aired 2023-01-10 | NYC SUBWAY STOPS $800: Head downtown on the 1, 2 or 3 train to hit this street, the "Ho" in SoHo, & note its pronunciation Houston (Street) |
#8782, aired 2023-01-10 | SPORTS TROPHIES $800: Serena Williams is a 3-time winner of the Coupe Suzanne-Lenglen, given to the women's singles champ at this Grand Slam event the French Open |
#8781, aired 2023-01-09 | RANDOM FACTS $1200: Just like magic, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker & Kathy Najimy were back for this movie "2", 3 decades after the original Hocus Pocus |
#8780, aired 2023-01-06 | LEGALLY SPEAKING $1600: Misdiagnosis, bad prescribing & childbirth errors are 3 of the most common claims of this alliterative wrongful act medical malpractice |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | LET ME NOODLE ON THAT $500: This 3-letter Vietnamese dish is a flat rice noodle served in clear broth; you can slurp it year-round, any time of day phở |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $800: The first 3 kings of Israel were Saul, David & this wise ruler Solomon |
#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | FUN WITH 21 $800: Utah ratified the 21st Amendment, ending this on Dec. 5, 1933 around 3:30 PM local time, letting New Yorkers celebrate at dinner Prohibition |
#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $1200: Alejandro Fernández' 2009 release "Dos Mundos", meaning this, held not one, not 2, but 3 spots on the Billboard Latin Album charts two worlds |
#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | SCIENCE NEWS $1600: In 2019 the IAU announced the discovery of 20 new moons of this planet, putting it 3 ahead of Jupiter's total Saturn |
#8776, aired 2023-01-02 | 3 LETTERS, STARTS WITH "A" $200: Brew made with a top-fermenting yeast an ale |
#8776, aired 2023-01-02 | 3 LETTERS, STARTS WITH "A" $400: Yellowfin in Hawaii ahi |
#8776, aired 2023-01-02 | 3 LETTERS, STARTS WITH "A" $600: Toward the stern aft |
#8776, aired 2023-01-02 | 3 LETTERS, STARTS WITH "A" $800: "No Exit" has but one act |
#8776, aired 2023-01-02 | 3 LETTERS, STARTS WITH "A" $1000: Khan you tell me it was a military commander in Ottoman times aga |
#8776, aired 2023-01-02 | FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT TO THE MAP $2000: 3 blocks long, the NYC St. called this Gospel man's Place has been home to Alexander Hamilton's widow, Leon Trotsky & Debbie Harry St. Mark's |
#8775, aired 2022-12-30 | TALK DERBY TO ME $800: In the 19th century Edward Stanley, the 14th Earl of Derby, was British prime minister 3 times as a leader of this political party the Tory Party (Conservatives) |
#8775, aired 2022-12-30 | U.S. TERRITORIES $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1927 the U.S. granted citizenship to residents of this territory in the West Indies whose 3 main islands all bear saintly names the U.S. Virgin Islands |
#8775, aired 2022-12-30 | THERE'S A CENSUS EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR $2000: Census talk! 1950:
The first post-enumeration survey revealed this shortfall, more than 3 million people an undercount |
#8774, aired 2022-12-29 | 3-NAMED WRITERS $200: Not surprisingly this author of "Little Women" was an early feminist Louisa May Alcott |
#8774, aired 2022-12-29 | 3-NAMED WRITERS $400: His short story collection "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque" was published in 1839 (Edgar Allan) Poe |
#8774, aired 2022-12-29 | SHEER MISERY $600: 2 of its 3 letters are vowels, it's a state of misery, & feel free to Bill & Ted up your response woe |
#8774, aired 2022-12-29 | 3-NAMED WRITERS $600: "I do not worry about dying" were the prophetic words of Federico García Lorca, who was put to death in 1936 during this conflict the Spanish Civil War |
#8774, aired 2022-12-29 | 3-NAMED WRITERS $1000: Shortly before her death in 1924, this author of "The Secret Garden" wrote, "As long as one has a garden, one has a future" (Frances Hodgson) Burnett |
#8774, aired 2022-12-29 | 3-NAMED WRITERS $3,000 (Daily Double): In his 1843 essay "A Winter Walk", he mentions "the wonderful purity of nature at this season" Henry David Thoreau |
#8773, aired 2022-12-28 | 6-LETTER VERBS $200: There are 3 Es in this verb meaning to come into view or rise from water emerge |
#8773, aired 2022-12-28 | WORLD CAPITALS $3,000 (Daily Double): Of South Africa's 3 capitals, this judicial one is alphabetically first Bloemfontein |
#8771, aired 2022-12-26 | APPS & WEBSITES $200: Sales for the last 3 months of 2020 for this video conferencing co. were up 370% from the same time in 2019, for... reasons Zoom |
#8771, aired 2022-12-26 | YOUR ELEMENTAL HIT PARADE $400: A mood stabilizer, it comes in at a helpful No. 3 (but it didn't crack the Top 40 for Nirvana) lithium |
#8768, aired 2022-12-21 | GEOGRAPHY THAT MADE HISTORY $1,600 (Daily Double): N.E. of Bilbao, this town was the site of tragedy on April 26, 1937, when 1/3 of its people were killed or wounded in a German attack Guernica |
#8767, aired 2022-12-20 | WHAT A STEAL! $600: & for his next trick... this Laker made basketballs disappear, leading the NBA in steals with 3.4 per game in the 1980-81 season Magic Johnson |
#8767, aired 2022-12-20 | SOUTH AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL $800: Paradoxically, this cataract in Venezuela drops 3,200 feet from a plateau called Devils Mountain Angel Falls |
#8767, aired 2022-12-20 | MYTHOLOGY $2,000 (Daily Double): Typhon, a monster with 100 heads, was the father of these 2 monsters:
a 9-headed water snake & 3-headed hellhound the Hydra & Cerberus |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | 2, 3 OR 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $400: This sacred mount is the highest peak in Japan Fuji |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | 2, 3 OR 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $800: Large country between Niger & Sudan Chad |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | BIRDS ARE REAL $1000: Facts about this seabird: Its 3-letter name has 2 vowels, it has short wings & webbed feet & it stands upright on land an auk |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | 2, 3 OR 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $1200: Ancient Mesopotamian city of 3500 B.C., in ruins today & known as Tell el-Muqayyar Ur |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | 2, 3 OR 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $1600: I want you to show me this city in Vietnam, or at least its arena, where elephant versus tiger fights were staged long ago Hue |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | 2, 3 OR 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $2000: Longtime Portuguese colony of India Goa |
#8764, aired 2022-12-15 | HISTORY IN ART $2000: Some depictions show the 1st century A.D. Trung sisters riding elephants to launch a Vietnamese revolt against this 3-letter dynasty the Han Dynasty |
#8763, aired 2022-12-14 | THE PROOF $600: In civil law, a plaintiff usually shoulders this 3-word responsibility to establish disputed facts the burden of proof |
#8761, aired 2022-12-12 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE $1200: This oldest member of the 3 Musketeers in Dumas' novel is revealed to be the Comte de la Fere Athos |
#8759, aired 2022-12-08 | 1990s VOCAB TEST $2,000 (Daily Double): You can spell this word for a type of business with 6 letters or a period & 3 letters dotcom |
#8759, aired 2022-12-08 | LET'S GET DOWN TO CASES $2000: In 1944's Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court upheld the legality of this by a 6-3 margin Japanese internment |
#8758, aired 2022-12-07 | TV SIDEKICKS $400: Computer whiz Chloe O'Brian was introduced on Season 3 (or Day 3) of this drama 24 |
#8758, aired 2022-12-07 | ANGLES AMONG US $1200: Also 3 letters, this feature is similar to a bow window, but with sharp angles instead of a gentle sweep a bay window |
#8756, aired 2022-12-05 | POINTING OUT DECIMALS $800: It's easy as pie to take pi to 2 decimal places (there's even a day for it) but take it to 3.these 5 digits 3.14159 |
#8756, aired 2022-12-05 | ANIMALS IN BOOKS $800: Mole says this "Wind in the Willows" guy has been in the hospital 3 times after car crashes; maybe amphibians shouldn't drive (Mr.) Toad |
#8756, aired 2022-12-05 | A PACK OF LIES $1000: One Direction sang of these title 3-word fibs, "you like playing games" "Little White Lies" |
#8756, aired 2022-12-05 | POINTING OUT DECIMALS $1000: At Princeton, if you get straight C+es, this is your semester GPA & you might want to do a bit more studying 2.3 |
#8755, aired 2022-12-02 | FIZZ-ICS $600: In 1982 this 3-letter soda began losing a lot of weight in sales after the debut of a fellow Coca-Cola item, Diet Coke Tab |
#8754, aired 2022-12-01 | 1, 2 & 3 $200: In 1735 Ben Franklin wrote, "Early to bed & early to rise, makes a man" this, this & this healthy, wealthy & wise |
#8754, aired 2022-12-01 | 1, 2 & 3 $400: This legal trio--& lethal, at the end--can describe just one person who takes the law into their own hands judge, jury & executioner |
#8754, aired 2022-12-01 | 1, 2 & 3 $600: In 1969 this sweet-sounding trio gave us "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" & an appeal to Nos. 2 & 3; 1 says he's sorry; please sing together again! Crosby, Stills & Nash |
#8754, aired 2022-12-01 | 1, 2 & 3 $800: In a patriotic George M. Cohan tune, "Every heart beats true" under this trio red, white & blue |
#8754, aired 2022-12-01 | 1, 2 & 3 $1000: Writer Stoppard, comedian & civil rights activist Gregory & the present Duke of Sussex Tom, Dick & Harry |
#8753, aired 2022-11-30 | YOU CAN QUOTE "ME" $400: Relax & quote this 3-word catchphrase of Mad Magazine's Alfred E. Neuman What, me worry? |
#8753, aired 2022-11-30 | A GIANT CATEGORY $1200: 3 words that fill in the King James Bible quote from Genesis--"There were giants... in those days" in the earth |
#8753, aired 2022-11-30 | YOU CAN QUOTE "ME" $2000: In the King James version of the Old Testament, this 3-word lamentation of personal suffering occurs 7 times woe is me |
#8753, aired 2022-11-30 | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS $2000: A year after being one of 3 signers from this state, Button Gwinnett had 2 big losses: an invasion of Florida & a duel Georgia |
#8753, aired 2022-11-30 | YOU CAN QUOTE "ME" $4,000 (Daily Double): After hearing an orator speak in a foreign language, a Shakespeare character admits, "It was" these 3 words Greek to me |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | MOLECULES $400: This is the type of bond where 2 atoms share an electron pair equally; in the acetylene molecule, 2 atoms share 3 pairs covalent |
#8751, aired 2022-11-28 | PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT $800: Before playing your second-to-last card in this 3-letter game, you must say the name of the game; you draw 4 if you get caught Uno |
#8750, aired 2022-11-25 | DO THE MATH $200: It's the square root of the square root of 81 3 |
#8750, aired 2022-11-25 | DO THE MATH $400: If the legs of a right triangle are 3 inches & 4 inches, this is the length of the hypotenuse 5 |
#8749, aired 2022-11-24 | DOUBLE-T WORDS $1200: In the movie "White Nights", Mikhail Baryshnikov does a 3,960-degree turn, 11 of these spins in a row a pirouette |
#8747, aired 2022-11-22 | A PINEAPPLE $600: One cup of pineapple chunks provides 1/3 of your daily value of this scurvy-preventing vitamin C |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | SPORTS $200: It was said, "2/3 of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Garry Maddox", specialist at this MLB position center field |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | GESTURES $400: Here's the ASL sign for this 3-word phrase I love you |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | GESTURES $600: During World War II Churchill held up 2 fingers to signify this 3-syllable word victory |
#8745, aired 2022-11-18 | PAINT SAMPLES $400: It's a 3-part painting, like Francis Bacon's "3 Studies of Lucian Freud" a triptych |
#8743, aired 2022-11-16 | MAKING AN ASSONANCE OF YOURSELF $800: Gamers know it's replacing letters with similar-looking numbers, like when using 3 instead of "E" leetspeak |
#8743, aired 2022-11-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: The work of this New Deal program, CCC for short, included planting trees--more than 3 billion in all Civilian Conservation Corps |
#8742, aired 2022-11-15 | FACTS & FIGURES $400: The framework of this statue weighs 125 tons; its 31 tons of copper are 3/32 of an inch thick the Statue of Liberty |
#8742, aired 2022-11-15 | WHAT CAN I BRING IN MY CARRY ON? $600: This eggplant spread with a name meaning "pampered daddy"? 3.4 ounces or less baba ganoush |
#8742, aired 2022-11-15 | TALKIN' ECON $1600: This adjective describes the influential economics theory set forth by a 3-named Englishman in the 1930s Keynesian |
#8741, aired 2022-11-14 | SHARK TANK $800: The largest shark to ever live, it was an estimated 52' long & had a name meaning "big tooth"; it died out about 3 million years ago megalodon |
#8741, aired 2022-11-14 | POETRY $2000: The "Terrible Sonnets" of this 3-named 19th c. poet aren't bad but sad, like "No Worst, There is None" & "Carrion Comfort" Gerard Manley Hopkins |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | THE "A" LIST $200: In 2021 fugitive Brian Laundrie ended his days in Fla.'s Myakkahatchee Creek area, home to these long & toothy critters alligators |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH MATT AMODIO $600: (Matt Amodio delivers the clue.) Able to recognize patterns & help solve problems, neural networks are designed in imitation of this roughly 3-pound item the (human) brain |
#8740, aired 2022-11-11 | CARATS $1600: Catherine the Great owned a 107-carat one of these gems from Colombia; a necklace with a 75-carat version sold for $4.3 mil. an emerald |
#8739, aired 2022-11-10 | SCIENTIFIC TRIOS $400: The 3 main shapes of these are rod, sphere & spiral, the last causing things like syphilis & rat-bite fever bacteria |
#8739, aired 2022-11-10 | NUTRITION $600: It may be Greek to you, but this essential fatty acid found in salmon & tuna is good for your skin & may help with depression omega-3 fatty acids |
#8739, aired 2022-11-10 | SOMETHING THAT IS... $800: Red:
The storm system known by these 3 words is more than 10,000 miles wide the Great Red Spot |
#8739, aired 2022-11-10 | SOMETHING THAT IS... $1200: Yellow:
The ripe skin on the Hawaiian variety of this tropical fruit that like Hawaiian also has 3 A's a papaya |
#8739, aired 2022-11-10 | SCIENTIFIC TRIOS $1200: Based on how many growing seasons they live, these are the 3 types of flowering plants annuals, biennials & perennials |
#8739, aired 2022-11-10 | SCIENTIFIC TRIOS $1600: The 3 major processes of the hydrologic cycle are evaporation, then condensation, then this 13-letter one precipitation |
#8739, aired 2022-11-10 | SCIENTIFIC TRIOS $2000: The 3 fundamental forces currently described at the quantum level are the strong, the weak & this one electromagnetic |
#8739, aired 2022-11-10 | SCIENTIFIC TRIOS $6,000 (Daily Double): Of the 3 main sections of an insect's body, this one is from the Latin for "breastplate" thorax |
#8738, aired 2022-11-09 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $400: Elected to Congress in 1830, he wrote, "My election as President of the United States was not half so gratifying" John Quincy Adams |
#8738, aired 2022-11-09 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $800: Many students learn the history of African Americans from John Hope Franklin's antonym-titled history "From ____ to ____" From Slavery to Freedom |
#8738, aired 2022-11-09 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $1200: She's the first Black woman on the Supreme Court & the first justice to have been a federal public defender Justice (Ketanji Brown) Jackson |
#8738, aired 2022-11-09 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $1600: 2022 is the 150th birthday of Ralph Vaughan Williams, the British composer of beloved works like this bird "Ascending" Lark |
#8738, aired 2022-11-09 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $2000: This 3-named naturalist came up with the natural selection theory around the same time as Darwin, spurring Darwin to go public Alfred Russel Wallace |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS $1000: Astronomers use this 3-letter word to refer to a period of time equaling one billion years; to others, it means a really long time an eon |
#8735, aired 2022-11-04 | GIVE US SOME DIRECTION $1000: These 3 words precede "Terrier" in the name of the super cute Scottish breed seen here West Highland White |
#8735, aired 2022-11-04 | HISTORY $1200: In the 18th century the Apache lost dominance to this other people whose name ends with the same 3 letters a Comanche |
#8734, aired 2022-11-03 | GOTTA KNOW YOUR SCIENCE $400: Contained on a microprocessor, the heart of your computer goes by these 3 initials CPU |
#8734, aired 2022-11-03 | GOTTA KNOW YOUR SCIENCE $2000: The machine seen here is used to perform x-ray this, which helps create a 3-D molecular structure of a substance crystallography |
#8733, aired 2022-11-02 | THE LAW $800: In New Hampshire every pet dog & cat must be vaccinated against this disease at 3 months--oh, & every ferret, too rabies |
#8732, aired 2022-11-01 | BRIDGE $1600: Magdalene Bridge, also called the Great Bridge, crosses this 3-letter river in a British university city the Cam River |
#8731, aired 2022-10-31 | HOBBY SUPPLIES $400: Calligraphy enthusiasts may spring for special wipes & pliers for this 3-letter tip of the pen a nib |
#8731, aired 2022-10-31 | CONDUCTING THE HISTORIC JOB INTERVIEW $800: In 1874 you were president of the Freedman's Bank & 3 years later, became the first Black U.S. marshal... extensive résumé! Frederick Douglass |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | STAR TRACK: THE NEXT GENERATION $400: For almost 100 years 3 generations of this family, Walter, John & Anjelica, have been lighting up Hollywood screens the Hustons |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | PRETTY LITTLE LIES $500: How's this for a flex? You just got back from the gym, & get this, you dead-lifted a ton & a half, this many pounds 3,000 |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | CLASSIC TV $900: It originally opened with "Once upon a time there were 3 little girls who went to the police academy" Charlie's Angels |
#8730, aired 2022-10-28 | IN THE SCIENCE DICTIONARY $600: Neutrons consist of 3 of these:
2 down, one up quarks |
#8730, aired 2022-10-28 | MYTH-POURRI $7,000 (Daily Double): Allecto, or "unceasing in anger", was one of the 3 vengeance goddesses really living up to this collective name the Furies |
#8729, aired 2022-10-27 | 3 CONSONANTS IN A ROW $400: Job of the person hired to renovate your house, perhaps after you find an architect contractor |
#8729, aired 2022-10-27 | 3 CONSONANTS IN A ROW $800: If you see Socrates wearing a wristwatch in a play, it's one of these, partly from the Greek for "time" an anachronism |
#8729, aired 2022-10-27 | 3 CONSONANTS IN A ROW $1200: This narrow passage connects 2 big bodies of water a strait |
#8729, aired 2022-10-27 | 3 CONSONANTS IN A ROW $1600: The test seen here actually has 4 straight consonants but we're pretty sure you're human CAPTCHA |
#8729, aired 2022-10-27 | 3 CONSONANTS IN A ROW $2000: This 6-letter word means to bud or germinate sprout |
#8728, aired 2022-10-26 | SCULPTURE $400: Not far from the New York Stock Exchange is Arturo di Modica's over-3 1/2-ton sculpture of a charging this a bull |
#8728, aired 2022-10-26 | ANIMAL-TITLED MOVIES $400: Truffle hunter Nicolas Cage searches for his kidnapped foraging animal in this 2021 film with a 3-letter title Pig |
#8728, aired 2022-10-26 | A STANDING MIDDLE O $1600: A camera's one-legged support, as opposed to 3 a monopod |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | YES, CHEF! $500: I said use 1.5 lbs. of white button mushrooms for the duxelles, a 3-pound tenderloin & puff pastry to make "Beef" this! Gogogo! Wellington |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | A LITTLE POETRY $13,000 (Daily Double): Poe used this 3-syllable word 11 times in "The Raven", including as the last word nevermore |
#8725, aired 2022-10-21 | FROM C TO D $200: In music it's 3 or more notes sounded together a chord |
#8725, aired 2022-10-21 | SHAVE & A HAIRCUT $400: Andreas Anastasis spends about 20 minutes a day with Anna Wintour maintaining this 3-letter haircut of hers a bob |
#8725, aired 2022-10-21 | IN THE BIBLE BOOK $400: 3:16: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son" John |
#8724, aired 2022-10-20 | POETS & POETRY $400: How meta--Dante is a character in this 3-part epic poem of his The Divine Comedy |
#8723, aired 2022-10-19 | WHAT A BUTTE! $3,699 (Daily Double): Grizzly Bear Lodge is another name for this butte that rises 1,267 feet above Wyoming Devils Tower |
#8722, aired 2022-10-18 | ASTRONOMY $600: The distance from Alpha Centauri to our sun is 4.2 light years or just 1.3 of these; sounds quick! parsecs |
#8721, aired 2022-10-17 | BUT I HAVE THIS HISTORIC MEETING $1200: On May 30, 1593 4 men met in Deptford: 3 were associated with the Elizabethan spy service & 1 was this playwright, who ended up dead Marlowe |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | CURRENT EVENTS $400: This 3-digit national hotline phone number for suicide prevention went live in 2022 988 |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | SHAKESPEARE $1000: After killing the King & the Prince of Wales in "Henry VI, Part 3", this king with body image issues gets his own play King Richard III |
#8720, aired 2022-10-14 | POKER HANDS $400: The lowest straight you can get is A-2-3-4-5, known as a "bicycle" or this, a fundamental part of a bike a wheel |
#8720, aired 2022-10-14 | TV AS OF LATE $1200: "Sailing Yacht" is an iteration of this Bravo show, & hats off to chef Marcos for that 3-tiered gluten-free wedding cake Below Deck |
#8720, aired 2022-10-14 | ISLAND COUNTRIES $3,000 (Daily Double): The Sinhalese people make up about 3/4 of its population Sri Lanka |
#8719, aired 2022-10-13 | HODGEPOURRIPODGE $600: You never escape algebra! It's what x equals in 2x + 3 = 11 4 |
#8718, aired 2022-10-12 | HAIR $200: The name of this fairy tale girl who breaks into the home of the 3 bears suggests her hair color Goldilocks |
#8718, aired 2022-10-12 | WAIST UP, NECK DOWN $400: The cecum is part of the large intestine; animals use it to digest this kind of food, so in koalas, it's 3 times body length plants (vegetation) |
#8717, aired 2022-10-11 | IT'S JUST A GEOMETRIC FIGURE OF SPEECH $400: A literary example of this 3-sided romantic problem: Mr. Darcy,
Elizabeth Bennet,
George Wickham a love triangle |
#8717, aired 2022-10-11 | THE WAIT OF THE WORLD $800: You'll wait a bit for xenon-124 to decay; this stat bangs in around 18 sextillion years, or 18, then 7 sets of 3 zeroes half-life |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | IN THE PARK $300: Strolling through New Orleans' City Park, you can see the oldest grove of the "live" type of this 3-letter tree oak |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | TECHNOLOGY $1200: Since 2019 a feature called Autopilot has been standard on new cars from this company such as Model S & Model 3 Teslas |
#8712, aired 2022-10-04 | A "C" IN LITERATURE $600: Anthony Burgess claimed this, his best-known book, was "knocked off for money in 3 weeks" A Clockwork Orange |
#8712, aired 2022-10-04 | WAIT JUST A MINERAL! $3,000 (Daily Double): Mais oui, calcium sulfate hemihydrate is a mouthful, so a fast-setting-after-drying gypsum product goes by these 3 words plaster of Paris |
#8711, aired 2022-10-03 | PLANE TALK $3,000 (Daily Double): Great flying weather with no major clouds or haze is CAVU, "ceiling and" this "unlimited" visibility |
#8711, aired 2022-10-03 | GEOGRAPHY $4,800 (Daily Double): Of the 3 longest rivers in Africa, the 2 that begin with the same 2 letters the Nile & the Niger |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $200: At a restaurant you may want the steak but not the side dishes, so you order this 3-word way a la carte |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | AROUND THE HOUSE $300: Here's this 3-letter jar; it happens to be Grecian, but other countries make them an urn |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $400: The "R" in RSVP stands for "repondez", while the last 3 letters stand for this, French for "if you please" s'il vous plait |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | MYTHOLOGY $1,200 (Daily Double): From Greek for "the unseen", he ruled way downtown & had a 3-headed doggie named Cerberus who ate anyone that tried to leave Hades |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | CELEBRITY CAMEOS $1500: In "Expendables 3" this Austrian pops in, shoots a few baddies & says, "Let's get to the chopper" Arnold Schwarzenegger |
#8710, aired 2022-09-30 | AS CREDITED ON THEIR IMDb PAGE $800: Outcome #3 in "The Bourne Legacy" & Poe Dameron in "The Last Jedi" Oscar Isaac |
#8710, aired 2022-09-30 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Divided from the Baltic Sea by the Muhu archipelago, this gulf bears the name of one of the 3 Baltic national capitals the Gulf of Riga |
#8709, aired 2022-09-29 | RELIGION $200: These 2 main branches of Islam separated before 1000 A.D.; one has about 1.3 billion followers to the other's 200 million Sunni & Shiite Islam |
#8709, aired 2022-09-29 | THE EX-COUNTRY $200: On October 3, 1990 this Communist country in Europe lost its direction after reunification East Germany |
#8709, aired 2022-09-29 | STAY HEALTHY $600: This 3-letter cholesterol is the "bad" kind; ways to lower it include physical activity, limiting trans fats & taking statins LDL |
#8709, aired 2022-09-29 | MAKING THE ROUNDS $800: It's the value of pi rounded to 2 decimal places 3.14 |
#8709, aired 2022-09-29 | THE BEATLE'S NON-BEATLES SONG $1600: 3-word title of George's song of Krishnas & hallelujahs "My Sweet Lord" |
#8708, aired 2022-09-28 | ONE-NAMED ROCK STARS $800: This Guns N' Roses guitarist said he has flat-lined at least 3 times & has an internal defibrillator in his heart Slash |
#8708, aired 2022-09-28 | THE ACTOR'S STUDIO $2,000 (Daily Double): Charlie Chaplin banded together with 3 other moviemakers to found this studio in 1919 United Artists |
#8706, aired 2022-09-26 | MOUNTAIN WORLD $1200: 3,500-foot Table Mountain overlooks this South African city of more than 4 million people Cape Town |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | ALPHABETICALLY LAST $600: ...of James Dean's 3 major films; he would die a month before its release Rebel Without a Cause |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | TINY 3-LETTER WORDS $200: Musically, it precedes Wayne & Uzi Vert Lil |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | TINY 3-LETTER WORDS $400: The Havanese & the Brussels Griffon are part of this tiny dog group the toy |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | TINY 3-LETTER WORDS $600: A synonym for a magical creature like a pixie, it can also refer to a mischievous person an imp (elf) |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | TINY 3-LETTER WORDS $800: A brief period, or an item straight from the horse's mouth a bit |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | CUTTING BACK ON THE BRAND $800: In 2012 this company dropped "Pizza" from its logo, which features a 3-pipped game tile Domino's |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | TINY 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: This quick dance move using your arms was popularized by Migos & Cam Newton a dab |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: This 1797 "Affair" in which 3 French diplomats demanded bribes led to the cry "millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute" the XYZ Affair |
#8704, aired 2022-09-22 | MUST BE NICE $200: Nice! You've got the Strottarga Bianco type of this fancy fishy treat ($3,000 an ounce or so) & a new box of Triscuits to serve it on caviar |
#8704, aired 2022-09-22 | FARMING $400: Driving 20-ton vehicles on farmland can mean that the next year you'll get "stuck in" one of these, defined as a wheel track 3" deep a rut |
#8704, aired 2022-09-22 | SOUNDS JUST LIKE AN ANIMAL $800: 3-letter word meaning to intimidate, perhaps with a Guernsey cow |
#8702, aired 2022-09-20 | CURRENT SLANG $1200: A drama queen might be described with this 3-letter word, also a music genre emo |
#8701, aired 2022-09-19 | TL;DW $600: We cut out after Jack said he was king of the world; this 1997 film is 3 hours & 14 minutes long, & what could possibly go wrong? Titanic |
#8700, aired 2022-09-16 | TELEVISION $400: A 3-part documentary from Ken Burns titled "The U.S. &" this dispels the myth that Americans were unaware of Nazi atrocities the Holocaust |
#8700, aired 2022-09-16 | MAGNETS! $1200: This 3-letter medical procedure involves the patient lying in a hollow, cylindrical magnet & getting their atoms scanned an MRI |
#8699, aired 2022-09-15 | LETTER-PERFECT BOOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): Lin Haire-Sargeant's novel "H" imaginatively fills in the blanks in this character's 3-year absence from a Bronte novel Heathcliff |
#8698, aired 2022-09-14 | AFRICA $400: The semiarid Sahel Region is on the southern edge of this straight-up arid desert of more than 3 million square miles the Sahara Desert |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | NEW TO THE OED $200: This 3-word inquiry was already a catchphrase when Bugs Bunny first asked it in 1940 What's up, doc? |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | DO YOU FEEL A FIRST DRAFT? $800: F. Scott Fitzgerald called his 1922 short story "Winter Dreams" "a sort of first draft" of the idea for this novel from 3 years later The Great Gatsby |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | A CHEM/ PHYSICS/ BIO SAMPLER $5,000 (Daily Double): The standard model of particle physics accounts for 3 of the 4 fundamental forces, skipping this one, important in daily life gravity |
#8696, aired 2022-09-12 | FINANCE & INVESTING $400: The 3 headline indexes are the Dow Industrials, the S&P 500 & this stock exchange's composite NASDAQ |
#8696, aired 2022-09-12 | ON THE ROAD AGAIN $800: In a song by Phantom Planet, this 3-digit highway that takes you from L.A. to S.F. sort of rhymes with "California Here We Come" the 101 |
#8694, aired 2022-07-28 | PLANT PARTS $400: Listen, pal, this 3-letter protuberance on a stem may develop into a flower or leaf a bud |
#8694, aired 2022-07-28 | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS $1600: It's not exactly the same but for a quick, easy way to make this, combine mayo, garlic & lemon juice aioli |
#8693, aired 2022-07-27 | TENNIS ACES $400: This Czech-born woman had a pretty good 1983, winning 86 of 87 matches & 3 Grand Slam titles Martina Navratilova |
#8693, aired 2022-07-27 | TENNIS ACES $800: In women's tennis, 1930s star Alice Marble pioneered this 3-word aggressive style named for a way to begin a point serve and volley |
#8690, aired 2022-07-22 | SPELLING THEIR EGOTS $800: 3 Es as Outstanding Guest Actor for
"Mad About You";
a Comedy Album G for "The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000" Mel Brooks |
#8690, aired 2022-07-22 | SPELLING THEIR EGOTS $1600: One of Marvin Hamlisch's 3 Os: Best Original Song for the memorable theme to this Redford-Streisand pairing The Way We Were |
#8689, aired 2022-07-21 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: About 3/4 of Mongolia is made up of the forest, desert, mountain & grass types of these plains steppes |
#8686, aired 2022-07-18 | AMERICANA $800: Georgia is a leading producer of the 3 Ps: peaches, peanuts & these praline nuts pecans |
#8686, aired 2022-07-18 | GIVING YOU THE BOOT $2,400 (Daily Double): This Bolshevik got exiled to Siberia twice, expelled from the Politburo in 1926 & the Soviet Union itself 3 years later Trotsky |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | WORD "L" $800: A marine one of these equals 3 nautical miles a league |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | IN DISPOSABLE $200: Despicable Little Bunny Foo Foo does this 3-letter action to the heads of all the little field mice bop |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | THE LYIN' KING $200: The False Dmitrys were 3 men who tried to rule Russia by pretending to be sons of this brutal czar Ivan the Terrible |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | WHO'S IN THAT COMMERCIAL? $400: Those are NBA buddies "Bobi & Tobi" selling these crackers; turns out 7'3" Bobi can grab quite a handful Goldfish crackers |
#8681, aired 2022-07-11 | TRIAL & ERA $400: A Synodus Horrenda of 897 saw Pope Formosus guilty; 3 fingers were lopped off, but he felt nothing as he was in this state he was dead |
#8681, aired 2022-07-11 | CHEERY-"O" $1000: Greeks of good cheer will exclaim this 3-letter word, perhaps after breaking a plate opa |
#8681, aired 2022-07-11 | WOOD $1600: This strong, durable 3-letter conifer is commonly used for building walls, floors & ceilings fir |
#8680, aired 2022-07-08 | BABY, DON'T HURT ME $2000: You know my ex wore Opium perfume from this 3-named designer; why do you torture me so? Yves St. Laurent |
#8679, aired 2022-07-07 | WHICH NEW YORK CITY BOROUGH? $1000: Is the location of Pelham Bay Park, which is more than 3 times larger than Central Park the Bronx |
#8677, aired 2022-07-05 | IT HAPPENED IN JULY $400: Killed while making bread on July 3, 1863, Jennie Wade was the only civilian to perish in this battle (the Battle of) Gettysburg |
#8675, aired 2022-07-01 | GAME PLAN $200: Determine 3 things:
In what room, with what weapon & whodunit Clue |
#8674, aired 2022-06-30 | TALES FROM THE UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE CENTER $400: One of only 3 made, an early digital camera designed for the Space Shuttle got sent back to this organization NASA |
#8674, aired 2022-06-30 | "STAN" COUNTRIES $600: Home to about 3 million, this country's capital of Tashkent is the largest city in Central Asia Uzbekistan |
#8673, aired 2022-06-29 | CHUCK D, TIMES 3 $200: Charles Dickens began writing this ghostly tale in October 1843 & published it, of course, in December A Christmas Carol |
#8673, aired 2022-06-29 | CHUCK D, TIMES 3 $400: Charles Darwin was just 22 when he boarded this ship to begin his 5-year round-the-world voyage the Beagle |
#8673, aired 2022-06-29 | STANNING THAT SHIP $400: Ocean... the nonfinal frontier. These are the voyages of this; the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, it didn't refuel for 3+ years the Enterprise |
#8673, aired 2022-06-29 | CHUCK D, TIMES 3 $600: In the 1980s Chuck D began fighting the power in this hip-hop group with Flavor Flav, a man who always knew what time it was Public Enemy |
#8673, aired 2022-06-29 | CHUCK D, TIMES 3 $800: Charles Darwin acknowledged Herbert Spencer as the father of this 4-word phrase later used to describe natural selection survival of the fittest |
#8673, aired 2022-06-29 | CHUCK D, TIMES 3 $1000: At first, "Martin Chuzzlewit" had poor sales, so Dickens added a section set in this country he'd just visited the United States |
#8672, aired 2022-06-28 | OTHELLO, MACBETH OR HAMLET SAYETH... $200: Macbeth says this word 3 times as he speechifies about everything being boring & useless tomorrow |
#8672, aired 2022-06-28 | NEVER WON AN EMMY $1000: 3 noms for "Modern Family" but no wins for Ed O'Neill & no noms at all as this other sitcom dad, despite 11 seasons in the role Al Bundy |
#8672, aired 2022-06-28 | ARCHAEOLOGY GLOSSARY $2,000 (Daily Double): Published in 1836, Christian Thomsen's "Three Age System" refers to the progression of early crafters using these 3 materials stone, bronze & iron |
#8670, aired 2022-06-24 | 2022 ANNIVERSARIES $200: 100 years ago, in November 1922 Howard Carter made this discovery, some 3,000 years after the death that caused its creation King Tut's tomb (King Tut's body as a mummy) |
#8670, aired 2022-06-24 | BASEBALL BABES $600: In 1909 Pittsburgh's Babe Adams became the only rookie ever to pitch & win 3 games in one of these the World Series |
#8669, aired 2022-06-23 | IT CAME FROM A GRAPHIC NOVEL $1600: Adaptations of the "Kick-Ass" series gave this 3-named actress her breakout role as a spunky character named "Hit-Girl" Chloë Grace Moretz |
#8667, aired 2022-06-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW, ALPHABETICALLY $200: Making money by doing what some considered foolish? You're doing this "all the way to the bank" laughing |
#8667, aired 2022-06-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW, ALPHABETICALLY $400: It's the 2-word family relationship you have with the child of your mom's brother first cousin |
#8667, aired 2022-06-21 | GEOGRAPHIC SUPERLATIVES $400: At about 3.3 million square miles, this largest desert covers an area that's almost equal to that of the United States the Sahara |
#8667, aired 2022-06-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW, ALPHABETICALLY $600: To libel or slander (but it doesn't mean to make less well known) defame |
#8667, aired 2022-06-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW, ALPHABETICALLY $800: It's the traditional response to "are too!" am not |
#8667, aired 2022-06-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW, ALPHABETICALLY $1000: It's where a river's mouth meets the ocean an estuary |
#8667, aired 2022-06-21 | TRANSPLANTS $1200: In 1986 this Philippine president & his pals stuffed $7.7 million into suitcases & fled to Hawaii, where he died 3 years later (Ferdinand) Marcos |
#8664, aired 2022-06-16 | EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES $800: She starred in the movie "The Rose" & had a No. 3 hit with the title song in 1980 Bette Midler |
#8664, aired 2022-06-16 | ALL ALLITERATIVE FAMILIAR PHRASES $800: Per the Farmers' Almanac, the hot period from July 3 to August 11 the dog days |
#8664, aired 2022-06-16 | WHO WAS WHERE, WHEN $1200: Harlon Block, Michael Strank, Ira Hayes & 3 other servicemen were famously pictured on this island on Feb. 23, 1945 Iwo Jima |
#8664, aired 2022-06-16 | IT'S ALL RELATIVITY $2000: This hyphenated term linking 3 dimensions with a fourth is a key concept in relativistic theory the space-time continuum |
#8664, aired 2022-06-16 | WHO WAS WHERE, WHEN $2000: He was inaugurated as president on Nov. 3, 1970 in Chile but 3 years later, fell in a military coup Allende |
#8663, aired 2022-06-15 | MILWAUKEE: NEWS CLUES $200: (Mike Strehlow of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) Years that end in 3 & 8 bring out big celebrations of this company; in 2018, its 115th birthday bash had 6,500 riders roaring down Wisconsin Avenue Harley-Davidson |
#8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 FOR THE SHOW $200: Kevin Costner, Kelly Reilly & Mo brings plenty landed in Montana Yellowstone |
#8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 LETTERS, E IN THE MIDDLE $400: To request alms of a stranger beg |
#8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 FOR THE SHOW $400: CBS cops (or C.O.P.S.?) Lina Esco, David Lim & Alex Russell S.W.A.T. |
#8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 FOR THE SHOW $600: Ming-na Wen, Jennifer Beals & Temuera Morrison, who opens "The Book of" this mysterious title sci-fi guy Boba Fett |
#8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 LETTERS, E IN THE MIDDLE $800: A floral necklace a lei |
#8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 FOR THE SHOW $800: Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna & Garcelle Beauvais get "Real" The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills |
#8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 FOR THE SHOW $1000: John Cena (not exactly living up to the title), Danielle Brooks & Jennifer Holland Peacemaker |
#8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 LETTERS, E IN THE MIDDLE $1200: It means cool; a 1990s & 2000s hip-hop music label was "So So" this Def |
#8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 LETTERS, E IN THE MIDDLE $1600: To cut something down with a broadsword, or build something up with tough effort hew |
#8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 LETTERS, E IN THE MIDDLE $2000: It's used in photography & filmmaking to adjust color a gel |
#8661, aired 2022-06-13 | HUNGARY $200: Under a treaty following WWI, Hungary lost about 2/3 of its territory, including Transylvania, to this country Romania |
#8661, aired 2022-06-13 | PRE HISTORIC $600: A set of people who rob on a public road, or in a more fun sense, a side project for Willie Nelson & 3 other legends highwaymen |
#8660, aired 2022-06-10 | SECRET SERVICES $1600: This 3-letter agency was created in 1954 as "the sword & shield of the Communist Party" the KGB |
#8658, aired 2022-06-08 | LAUREL $200: Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London won the max 3 stars from this guide as "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey!" Michelin |
#8658, aired 2022-06-08 | STORIES OF THE SAINTS $2000: St. Francisco Marto, one of 3 children who saw the Virgin Mary in this Portuguese town in 1917, died in the flu pandemic in 1919 Fátima |
#8657, aired 2022-06-07 | THE CABINET $400: In 1966 Robert C. Weaver became the first African-American cabinet member, heading this department known by a 3-letter acronym the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) |
#8656, aired 2022-06-06 | MOVIE TITLES OF A LIFETIME (NETWORK) $800: Oh dear... a college student finds her own way to pay her expensive tuition in "From Straight A's to" this 3-letter movie rating XXX |
#8655, aired 2022-06-03 | IN THE WORLD CAPITAL $1000: We'd love to take one of the cars in its Royal Automobile Museum for a spin, maybe 3 hours north to another capital, Damascus Amman |
#8655, aired 2022-06-03 | WORDS WITH FIENDS $2000: This hyphenated 3-word synonym for a fiend has an apostrophe for the "V" in the first word a ne'er-do-well |
#8655, aired 2022-06-03 | CALLING FOR A MEASUREMENT $2000: The energy used to lift an apple about 3 feet is 1 watt-second, which equals this "gem" a joule |
#8654, aired 2022-06-02 | ROCK & ROLL $2000: In 2000 3 Doors Down had a hit with this song that mentions Superman & "my superhuman might" "Kryptonite" |
#8654, aired 2022-06-02 | THEATER $2000: His "Long Day's Journey into Night" didn't debut on Broadway until 3 years after his death Eugene O'Neill |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | IT ONLY BORDERS ONE COUNTRY $800: This European nation has been nicknamed "The Land of the 3 F's: Fado, Fatima & Futebol" Portugal |
#8650, aired 2022-05-27 | YOUR MIND $800: According to Freudian theory, this one of the 3 divisions of the mind acts as a sort of moral conscience super-ego |
#8646, aired 2022-05-23 | IT'S MAY 23rd! $800: On May 23, 1618 3 guys were thrown out of a castle window in what is called this incident "of Prague" defenestration |
#8645, aired 2022-05-20 | SOME LEGAL "A"s $800: 3-word term in a contract for an unpreventable natural catastrophe an act of God |
#8643, aired 2022-05-18 | FROM THE GREEK FOR... $400: "3-footed": this device a tripod |
#8643, aired 2022-05-18 | SCIENCE $800: Granite & basalt are this type of rock, one of the big 3 igneous |
#8641, aired 2022-05-16 | LET'S GAMBLE $800: One step beyond an exacta is this type of wager in which you have to pick the top 3 horses in the exact order they finish a trifecta |
#8641, aired 2022-05-16 | LET'S GAMBLE $1600: This "royal" gaming company began in 2012 when 3 co-workers thought, why can't fantasy sports have daily payouts? DraftKings |
#8638, aired 2022-05-11 | THIS & THAT $600: Yellowfin tuna also goes by this 3-letter name ahi |
#8638, aired 2022-05-11 | "4"! $1000: When a website is "not found", it may be a broken link & result in this palindromic 3-digit number code 404 |
#8637, aired 2022-05-10 | FROM SHE TO SHINING SHE $1000: This 3-named woman's novel "Rubyfruit Jungle" is a landmark in gay & lesbian fiction Rita Mae Brown |
#8636, aired 2022-05-09 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): Besides Boston & D.C., they're the 3 largest cities by population in the megalopolis known as the BosWash Corridor New York City, Philadelphia & Baltimore |
#8634, aired 2022-05-05 | COME TO "IT" $400: The IRS generally has 3 years to initiate this proceeding an audit |
#8634, aired 2022-05-05 | ART $800: It was for the USA's centennial that Archibald Willard painted this work showing 3 marching musicians Spirit of '76 |
#8634, aired 2022-05-05 | TRUST FALL $2000: This 3-letter event has ruined trusts as well as banks; in 1907 an $8 mil. one on the Knickerbocker Trust led to the panic of 1907 a run |
#8633, aired 2022-05-04 | AFRICA $400: The island of Roda in the Nile is connected to this suburb with a population of about 3 million & Great Pyramids nearby Giza |
#8633, aired 2022-05-04 | HUNDREDS $1000: The Dewey decimal system puts history & geography in the group starting with this 3-digit number the 900s |
#8631, aired 2022-05-02 | REPTILES $800: The 3-horned type is one of these lizards with pigment-containing cells that react to temperature & lizard emotions chameleons |
#8630, aired 2022-04-29 | WAITS & MEASURES $600: A 2019 study found that Newark Airport had the longest average wait time, 23 minutes, in this 3-letter agency's lines the TSA |
#8630, aired 2022-04-29 | SITCOMS $800: Setting out for a 3-hour tour, it was the "fishy" boat on "Gilligan's Island" the Minnow |
#8628, aired 2022-04-27 | THE LEAGUE MVP's TEAM $800: 3-time winner Alex Ovechkin, a power player in a city full of 'em the Washington Capitals |
#8627, aired 2022-04-26 | ____, ____ & ____ $400: Oddly, only one of the 3 "R's" in this foundation of education actually begins with an "R" reading, writing & arithmetic |
#8626, aired 2022-04-25 | MULTIPLE HYPHENS $800: Meaning "reckless", this 3-word phrase begins with a denizen of hell devil-may-care |
#8626, aired 2022-04-25 | TO THE "N"s OF THE EARTH $4,000 (Daily Double): 3 of Canada's 4 Atlantic provinces start with "N": Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador, this one New Brunswick |
#8624, aired 2022-04-21 | A GOLF COURSE $600: It's the 3-letter word for the spot where a golfer's ball has come to rest a lie |
#8624, aired 2022-04-21 | SIMPLY STELLAR $1200: You can still get the 3-pointed star hood ornament if you buy this brand's S-Class Sedan Mercedes-Benz |
#8624, aired 2022-04-21 | SIMPLY STELLAR $1600: Moving up in the U.S. Army, it goes brigadier general, major general, this 3-star guy lieutenant general |
#8621, aired 2022-04-18 | AIRLINES $400: Its roots go back to 1932 when a pilot started flying his 3-seat plane between Anchorage & Bristol Bay Alaska Airlines |
#8621, aired 2022-04-18 | SMITH & JONES $400: There is nothing like this dame who won 3 Emmys for her role as Violet Crawley, Countess of Grantham on "Downton Abbey" Maggie Smith |
#8621, aired 2022-04-18 | WORLD LEADERS $400: The "Big 3"--FDR, Churchill & Stalin--had a working vacation at the Feb. 1945 conference at this Black Sea resort Yalta |
#8620, aired 2022-04-15 | TRIOS $400: In 1949 TV's first animated cereal commercial was from this rival of Kellogg's & featured 3 bears, Dandy, Handy & Candy Post |
#8620, aired 2022-04-15 | FEMALE LITERARY CHARACTERS $800: This 3-letter Caroline Kepnes novel finds young Guinevere Beck stalked by a Big Apple murderer You |
#8619, aired 2022-04-14 | BIBLICAL TRANSLATIONS $200: In the Common English Bible, the first 3 words of the first verse of this book are "When God began" Genesis |
#8619, aired 2022-04-14 | BIBLICAL TRANSLATIONS $1000: In some translations of Isaiah 40:3, a voice is crying in the desert; in the King James version, it's crying in this wilderness |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 2 & 115 $200: The sequence of triangular numbers goes 3, 6, this 10 |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | BOOK 'EM $400: A series of instructional books was launched in 1991 with the title this 3-letter computer acronym "for Dummies" DOS |
#8617, aired 2022-04-12 | GAME CHANGERS $400: In 1990 this classic card game was included as part of Windows 3.0, turning millions of casual computer users into gamers solitaire |
#8617, aired 2022-04-12 | MEDICINE $400: The A1C test measures average blood sugar over the past 3 months; at 5.7% you're pre-this, at 6.5 you're this diabetic |
#8615, aired 2022-04-08 | WRITING--IT'S A LIVING $2000: Help write a memoir & your name may follow these 3 words, as in "Third Base is My Home" by Brooks Robinson ____ ____ ____ Jack Tobin as told to |
#8613, aired 2022-04-06 | TOMBSTONES $400: Mel Blanc, long the voice of Porky Pig, has this 3-word catchphrase of Porky's as his epitaph That's All Folks |
#8613, aired 2022-04-06 | PHYSIOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): This type of joint with a 3-word name allows for the greatest range of motion--forwards, backwards, sideways & rotating ball-and-socket |
#8613, aired 2022-04-06 | PARTS OF THE WHOLE $2000: The tumba, made of a gourd, about 20 parda or frets, a 3-foot-long neck, main & sympathetic strings a sitar |
#8611, aired 2022-04-04 | CHANGES ON THE U.S. MAP $2,000 (Daily Double): The coastal town of Manchester, Massachusetts had these 3 words added to its name in 1989 by-the-Sea |
#8610, aired 2022-04-01 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: Mount Vernon displays the 1-pound, 3-ounce key to this prison, a gift from the Marquis de Lafayette the Bastille |
#8609, aired 2022-03-31 | IN MEMORIAM 2021 $400: A heart attack claimed the life of '90s rapper Earl Simmons, better known by this 3-letter moniker DMX |
#8608, aired 2022-03-30 | JOIN THE CROWD $400: This city saw its population rise temporarily by around 3 million in 2012, a record peak during its annual hajj Mecca |
#8607, aired 2022-03-29 | IT HAPPENED IN EGYPT $1200: In 1895 Pope Leo XIII divided the Catholics in Egypt that were known by this name into 3 dioceses the Coptics |
#8606, aired 2022-03-28 | CROSBY $600: Captain & center Sidney Crosby has led this NHL team to 3 Stanley Cup championships since 2009 the (Pittsburgh) Penguins |
#8606, aired 2022-03-28 | THE 1880s $800: 1887 saw the collapse of the Dreikaiserbund, or 3 Emperors' League, among Germany, Russia & this dual monarchy Austria-Hungary |
#8605, aired 2022-03-25 | LAWN TOMORROW $200: 3" is a good height for most grasses; cutting too short messes with these, which go down proportionally to the grass' length roots |
#8605, aired 2022-03-25 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: It's a tooth on a gear or on a rim of a wheel cog |
#8605, aired 2022-03-25 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: The flowing back of a tide ebb |
#8605, aired 2022-03-25 | 3-LETTER WORDS $600: It describes a gradation of color, or color itself hue |
#8605, aired 2022-03-25 | 3-LETTER WORDS $800: To regret a choice, perhaps not learning it's also French for "street" rue |
#8605, aired 2022-03-25 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: To cause a blemish on something that was perfect mar |
#8604, aired 2022-03-24 | FAST FACT $200: These are the first 3 words in the first book of the King James Bible In the beginning |
#8602, aired 2022-03-22 | FOOTBALL AND FOOTBALL $600: This Premier League system of sending the 3 bottom-finishers to a 2nd-tier league is like sending 3 MLB teams down to AAA relegation |
#8602, aired 2022-03-22 | INVESTING $800: Not risk-averse? Buy into a special purpose acquisition company, formed to get investors while avoiding this 3-letter process an IPO |
#8602, aired 2022-03-22 | 1860s AMERICA $800: This oldest & northernmost leg of horse racing's Triple Crown was first run in 1867, with Ruthless winning in 3:05 the Belmont Stakes |
#8601, aired 2022-03-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW ALPHABETICALLY $400: By the 1930s, its tokens included a battleship, a top hat & a shoe Monopoly |
#8601, aired 2022-03-21 | BOATING GLOSSARY $600: It's a rope attached to the lower corner of a sail to control it; if you're 3 of them "to the wind", you're drunk sheet |
#8601, aired 2022-03-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW ALPHABETICALLY $800: A failure to pay money on a loan default |
#8601, aired 2022-03-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW ALPHABETICALLY $1,000 (Daily Double): Apparel for a thespian a costume |
#8601, aired 2022-03-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW ALPHABETICALLY $1600: Traditional head covering worn by Muslim women a hijab |
#8601, aired 2022-03-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW ALPHABETICALLY $2000: He led the Greeks against Troy Agamemnon |
#8600, aired 2022-03-18 | SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1822 Brazil declared independence from this country, which recognized that action 3 years later Portugal |
#8600, aired 2022-03-18 | EASY PEASY $800: After "The Fly", Jeff Goldblum reunited with Geena Davis in this comedy about 3 aliens who want to party in L.A. Earth Girls Are Easy |
#8597, aired 2022-03-15 | EVERYWHERE $400: Barclays Bank in London installed one of the first of these machines in 1967; now there are an estimated 3 million worldwide an ATM |
#8597, aired 2022-03-15 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $2000: Fancy synonym for silent
(9 letters) quiescent |
#8596, aired 2022-03-14 | I LOVE YOU 3,000 $200: "U" know it's the designation for radio frequencies between 300 & 3,000 megahertz UHF (ultra high frequency) |
#8596, aired 2022-03-14 | I LOVE YOU 3,000 $400: He's not a total outcast; he's a musical & fashion trendsetter Andre 3000 |
#8596, aired 2022-03-14 | '70s TELEVISION $600: Jan, Cindy & this eldest were the 3 daughters in "The Brady Bunch" Marcia |
#8596, aired 2022-03-14 | I LOVE YOU 3,000 $600: This shortstop was the first of all the team's superstars to join the 3,000-hit club as a Yankee, doing so with a home run in 2011 Jeter |
#8596, aired 2022-03-14 | I LOVE YOU 3,000 $800: Beginning where the Lualaba & Luvua meet, this river flows almost 3,000 miles through West Central Africa to the Atlantic the Congo |
#8596, aired 2022-03-14 | I LOVE YOU 3,000 $1000: In 2021 a trader's "fat-finger" error led to a sale price of $3,000 instead of $300,000 for an NFT, short for this a non-fungible token |
#8595, aired 2022-03-11 | AB-WORK $400: Adding "AB" to a 3-letter type of poem gets you this type of housing an abode |
#8595, aired 2022-03-11 | 6-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS $2000: 3 A's are the only vowels in the name of this capital of Eritrea Asmara |
#8594, aired 2022-03-10 | VACCINES $400: Prior to the vaccine, 3 to 4 million people a year in the U.S. got this disease also called rubeola measles |
#8594, aired 2022-03-10 | SPORTS $400: In 2021 he swished yet another to break Ray Allen's record for all-time NBA 3-pointers Steph Curry |
#8594, aired 2022-03-10 | VACCINES $1200: After boiling the syringes & needles in his own kitchen in 1953, Jonas Salk gave his 3 sons his vaccine for this polio |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | 3-LETTER MOVIE TITLES $200: To seek out the bird of his dreams, a domesticated avian travels to Brazil Rio |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | 3-LETTER MOVIE TITLES $400: A boy wakes up to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult Big |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | 3-LETTER MOVIE TITLES $600: A man must choose between his girlfriend & his stuffed animal Ted |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | 3 CONSECUTIVE CONSONANTS $800: It's a journey to a shrine or holy place like the Golden Temple in India a pilgrimage |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | 3-LETTER MOVIE TITLES $800: A New Orleans district attorney investigates an assassination JFK |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | 3-LETTER MOVIE TITLES $1000: A retired CIA assassin reunites with his old team to expose a conspiracy Red |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | 3 CONSECUTIVE CONSONANTS $1200: This word is part of the official names of Cambodia & Denmark Kingdom |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | 3 CONSECUTIVE CONSONANTS $1600: From Yiddish, it means to make small talk or chat someone up to schmooze |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | DYNASTIES OF CHINA $2000: This 3-letter dynasty ruled from around 200 B.C. to 200 A.D. & saw the invention of paper & the introduction of Buddhism the Han dynasty |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | 3 CONSECUTIVE CONSONANTS $2000: It's the 14-letter term for the arrangement of sedimentary rocks in distinct layers, as seen here stratification |
#8592, aired 2022-03-08 | THE AT LEAST 5 LABORS OF HERCULES $200: We wonder who would adopt this 3-headed dog as a rescue after Hercules grabbed him away from his underworld post Cerberus |
#8592, aired 2022-03-08 | ANTHROPOLOGIST'S DICTIONARY $400: 3-word term for recurring traditions in a society marking important transition points, like baptisms, marriages or funerals a rite of passage |
#8592, aired 2022-03-08 | OCEANS $1000: 300 million years ago, a giant ocean called Panthalassa surrounded this landmass with the same first 3 letters Pangaea |
#8591, aired 2022-03-07 | 3-LETTER INITIALISMS $200: Big Blue is the nickname of this Fortune 500 company IBM |
#8591, aired 2022-03-07 | 3-LETTER INITIALISMS $400: The emoji seen here is commonly used in place of this exclamation of astonishment that actually goes back to the early 1900s OMG (Oh, my God) |
#8591, aired 2022-03-07 | 3-LETTER INITIALISMS $600: The electric i4 is one of its ultimate driving machines BMW |
#8591, aired 2022-03-07 | 3-LETTER INITIALISMS $800: Garmin is a leader in this technology that keeps you on track, wherever you go GPS |
#8591, aired 2022-03-07 | 3-LETTER INITIALISMS $1000: Managed by Caltech for NASA, this facility was originally created in the 1930s for rocket research the JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) |
#8590, aired 2022-03-04 | THE ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE $800: D'Artagnan & the 3 Musketeers are up for adventure again in this 1850 work about a mysterious prisoner The Man in the Iron Mask |
#8590, aired 2022-03-04 | SAMS CLUB $1000: 3 years before his death in a car crash, he made the cover of Rolling Stone as "Comedy's Wild Thing" Sam Kinison |
#8589, aired 2022-03-03 | EARTH SCIENCE $400: Seen here, the formation known as an alluvial this 3-letter word is formed by the detritus deposited by a river a fan |
#8589, aired 2022-03-03 | DETROIT: NEWS CLUES $600: (I'm Devin Scillian.) On October 3, 1997, the International Hockey League's Detroit Vipers welcomed a new teammate playing in his sixth decade; this 69-year-old ex-Red Wing, Alex Trebek's hero, took a 46-second shift in his very last pro game Gordie Howe |
#8589, aired 2022-03-03 | WHAT'S MY NAME? $1000: In the Marine Corps, it's also called an E-3:
____ corporal a lance corporal |
#8588, aired 2022-03-02 | FITS & STARTS $400: The Luxe & the Ace 3 are wearable trackers from this brand Fitbit |
#8588, aired 2022-03-02 | "WISE" WORDS $1000: 3-word phrase meaning no smarter or unaware, as in "I borrowed his astrolabe when he wasn't looking & he's" this none the wiser |
#8588, aired 2022-03-02 | ROAD TRIP $3,000 (Daily Double): Vital during World War II, this road runs from Kunming, China to Lashio in Myanmar the Burma Road |
#8587, aired 2022-03-01 | BLISSFUL STANZAS $2000: Bliss Carman wrote of the bliss of being this type of wanderer similar to "vagrant" & with the same first 3 letters a vagabond |
#8586, aired 2022-02-28 | AROUND THE WORLD $1,600 (Daily Double): 11,200-foot Mount Koussi in northern Chad is the highest summit in this area of more than 3 million square miles the Sahara Desert |
#8585, aired 2022-02-25 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $400: To dig beneath, or to subvert via nefarious activity undermine |
#8585, aired 2022-02-25 | A FEW COLORFUL WORDS $400: This 3-letter word follows "golden" in a lustrous type of paper rod |
#8585, aired 2022-02-25 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $800: "Mission: Impossible" often said the secretary might do this, deny knowledge of the team's actions disavow |
#8585, aired 2022-02-25 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $1200: The Latin for "speak against" gives us this verb of refutation contradict |
#8585, aired 2022-02-25 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $1600: In electronics, it means to increase the current or voltage of something; it can also mean to make anything stronger amplify |
#8585, aired 2022-02-25 | TV CATCHPHRASES $1600: This 3-word catchphrase gives audience members the chance to play on "The Price Is Right" "Come on down" |
#8585, aired 2022-02-25 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $2000: This word that ends with violence means to rid of misguided notions disabuse |
#8584, aired 2022-02-24 | SENATE COMMITTEES $1000: There are 3 "P"s in the name of this committee that is responsible for allocating federal funds the Appropriations Committee |
#8583, aired 2022-02-23 | PUTTING THE CARBS $600: It's not surprising there are plenty of carbs in the Post cereal called "Honey" these 3 words Bunches of Oats |
#8582, aired 2022-02-22 | FREE STUFF $1000: In 2009, Todd Bol made a model full of books in tribute to his mother, a teacher; it became this 3-word concept with more than 100,000 worldwide a (the) Little Free Library |
#18, aired 2022-02-22 | FOOD COMBOS $200: They're the 3 flavors in Neapolitan ice cream vanilla, chocolate & strawberry |
#17, aired 2022-02-22 | & NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT $200: A nephrologist said it was not "a harmful condition" after a Brazilian man was found to have 3 of these organs instead of 2 kidneys |
#8581, aired 2022-02-21 | LAS VEGAS HOTEL NAMES $600: Like America, this northern African desert is about 3,000 miles from east to west the Sahara |
#8581, aired 2022-02-21 | SPACE: KIND OF HUGE $800: NASA reported the wingspan of this insect-named nebula covers 3 light-years & ejects layers of gas from a dying star at the center butterfly |
#8581, aired 2022-02-21 | SPACE: KIND OF HUGE $1200: The nearest example of a red supergiant is this bright star; it's still 724 light-years away, & don't say it 3 times Betelgeuse |
#8580, aired 2022-02-18 | HISTORIC MEN $800: It was no minor feat that in 1990, he emerged victorious in a 3-person race to succeed Margaret Thatcher as prime minister John Major |
#8580, aired 2022-02-18 | GYMNASTICS $800: This apparatus that sends competitors 3 stories high was added to Olympic gymnastics in 2000 the trampoline |
#16, aired 2022-02-18 | SCIENCE FACT $400: 3 types of this single-stranded stuff in our bodies are messenger, transfer & ribosomal RNA |
#15, aired 2022-02-18 | BETWEEN 10 & 20 $400: This number becomes palindromic when written with 3 letters in Roman numerals 19 (XIX) |
#8579, aired 2022-02-17 | PLUS $200: At the University of Chicago & other schools, the grading system consists of 5 letters, 3 that can have + added & these 2 that can't A & F |
#14, aired 2022-02-17 | A LITTLE BODY ENGLISH $400: 3-word way to wish a performer good luck break a leg |
#8578, aired 2022-02-16 | 4 WORDS $1200: In Genesis 1:3, "and God said" these 4 words, & there was Let there be light |
#11, aired 2022-02-16 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $200: A business, or people who come over to visit company |
#11, aired 2022-02-16 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: Time & width are examples of these measurements dimensions |
#11, aired 2022-02-16 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $600: Title partner of "Pomp" in a walking song at graduation Circumstance |
#11, aired 2022-02-16 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: This is happening when prices are high but the value of cash is lessened inflation |
#11, aired 2022-02-16 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $1000: From Greek for "a general view", it's a brief summary of a book in a few paragraphs synopsis |
#11, aired 2022-02-16 | THE HARDER THEY FALL $1000: Sadly, on May 3, 2003, this beloved New Hampshire granite landmark seen here collapsed & fell the Old Man of the Mountain |
#8577, aired 2022-02-15 | FROM THE OLD TOOL SHED $1600: This 3-letter hole-poking tool can be used on hides or leather; Africa's Blombos Cave has Stone Age ones an awl |
#10, aired 2022-02-15 | TV CHARACTER ANALYSIS $400: Headin' Westeros;
a mother of 3 (dragons) Daenerys |
#10, aired 2022-02-15 | I BRAIN RADIO $400: At 14 this future DNA double helix discoverer went on radio's "Quiz Kids" for 3 weeks, beaten by 8-year-old Ruth Duskin (James) Watson |
#9, aired 2022-02-15 | COURSE SYLLABLES $600: 3 syllables:
This type of small, in-depth class, with a name from Latin seminar |
#9, aired 2022-02-15 | GOING GREEK ALPHABET $600: These 3 letters symbolize a fraternity founded in 1998, one of the few that uses its third letter
ΑΙΟ Alpha Iota Omicron |
#9, aired 2022-02-15 | A SEMESTER ABROAD $600: This biological reservoir is 2.3 million square miles in area & stretches to the Andes; when there, feel free to save it the Amazon |
#9, aired 2022-02-15 | GOING GREEK ALPHABET $1000: A 3-letter letter late in the alphabet, it's also a protein that can build abnormally in the brain & lead to Alzheimer's tau |
#9, aired 2022-02-15 | I DO DECLARE $2000: The Declaration of Sentiments read at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention was primarily the work of this 3-named New York suffragist (Elizabeth Cady) Stanton |
#8575, aired 2022-02-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $800: "Stand in front of the bathroom mirror with a... candle & say" this witch's name "3 times"; if it works, you'll need that drink, too Bloody Mary |
#8575, aired 2022-02-11 | A PLACE IN THE SUN $1200: Take the 3:10 to this city at the southwestern tip of Arizona that frequently ranks as the sunniest city in the United States Yuma |
#6, aired 2022-02-10 | 4 LETTERS, 3 VOWELS $400: It's a light greenish-blue aqua |
#6, aired 2022-02-10 | 4 LETTERS, 3 VOWELS $800: It's a woodwind instrument with a double reed oboe |
#6, aired 2022-02-10 | 4 LETTERS, 3 VOWELS $1200: "In" this means instead lieu |
#6, aired 2022-02-10 | 4 LETTERS, 3 VOWELS $1600: This synonym for boyfriend comes from French beau |
#6, aired 2022-02-10 | 4 LETTERS, 3 VOWELS $2000: On a ship, "put the helm" this way means to turn away from the wind alee |
#5, aired 2022-02-10 | YOU'LL HAVE PEAKS & VALLEYS $800: In Israel, not Hawaii, the Hula Valley is where 3 tributaries join to form this river the Jordan |
#5, aired 2022-02-10 | GAME SHOW HOSTS $1000: This 3-time NBA champion hosts "The Cube" Dwyane Wade |
#8573, aired 2022-02-09 | 3-LETTER ANIMALS $400: 58 million years ago, a thankfully extinct relative of this constrictor could reach 2,500 pounds & 40 feet in length boa |
#8573, aired 2022-02-09 | 3-LETTER ANIMALS $800: This species of deer crossed into North America about 12,000 years ago using the Bering land bridge elk |
#8573, aired 2022-02-09 | 3-LETTER ANIMALS $1200: Related to sharks, this cartilaginous fish has more than 500 species, including the blue-spotted ribbontail a ray |
#8573, aired 2022-02-09 | 3-LETTER ANIMALS $1600: As a source of food & as a pack animal, this bovine has long been essential to the people of the Tibetan Plateau a yak |
#8573, aired 2022-02-09 | 3-LETTER ANIMALS $2000: Native to the southern U.S., the "alligator" this can grow 10' long, making it one of the largest freshwater fish a gar |
#4, aired 2022-02-09 | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES $600: It's a word for layers of thickness; paper towels & face masks can each be 2- or 3- ply |
#4, aired 2022-02-09 | ASSIGNED READING MATH $800: "Still Mad", feminist criticism by Gilbert & Gubar, is 3/5 as many pages as their 1979 book this person "in the Attic" The Madwoman |
#4, aired 2022-02-09 | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES $800: 3-letter word for very small or very early, as in these "hours of the morning" wee |
#4, aired 2022-02-09 | ASSIGNED READING MATH $1600: 2 hours for this work where Jonathan Swift satirically suggests cooking Irish babies; it's "a modest" 3,400 words, 1,700 an hour A Modest Proposal |
#4, aired 2022-02-09 | PREFIXES $3,000 (Daily Double): It's a shortcut used to generate a whole sequence of keystrokes; it was a prefix for "instruction" but broke free macro |
#3, aired 2022-02-09 | WHO'S UP FOR SOME SEAFOOD? $200: Sushi can be pricey; at a 2019 auction a 612-pound bluefin this went for $3.1 million tuna |
#3, aired 2022-02-09 | A FEW FINAL WORDS $2000: Nothing to do with a military takeover, this 3-word French phrase is a final blow coup de grâce |
#8572, aired 2022-02-08 | JUST "Z" MOVIE FOR YOU $800: Some of the rules for surviving in this 2009 post-apocalyptic comedy include: No. 1: cardio & No. 3: beware of bathrooms Zombieland |
#2, aired 2022-02-08 | AN "A" IN MATH $400: This property says that the order in which you multiply 3 or more numbers doesn't matter; the product will be the same the associative property |
#8571, aired 2022-02-07 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $1200: Walter Iooss took a classic shot of reporters including Brent Musburger around this Jets QB lounging poolside before Super Bowl 3 (Joe) Namath |
#8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A BIT OF BRITAIN: In disarray, it was sold at auction in 1915 to a local Wiltshire man, who would donate it to the British government 3 years later Stonehenge |
#8961, aired 2023-10-30 | DRIVING THE USA: It's the state with the most miles of Interstate Highway, more than 3,200; one Interstate accounts for 1/4 of that mileage Texas |
#16, aired 2023-10-11 | RALLYING CRIES: Don't mess with Texas: Sam Houston's troops shouted this 3-word battle cry while attacking Santa Anna's army at San Jacinto Remember the Alamo! |
#8932, aired 2023-09-19 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: Of Spain's colonial possessions in the Americas, this 3,400 square mile one in the Antilles never gained independence, but did change hands Puerto Rico |
#8882, aired 2023-05-30 | LITERARY GROUPS: Windermere, Thirlmere & Grasmere are 3 of the sites that helped give a 19th century literary group this name the Lake Poets |
#8858, aired 2023-04-26 | HOLLYWOOD HISTORY: Last name of 3 men who missed the 1927 premiere of "The Jazz Singer" because a 4th of that name had died hours before Warner |
#8856, aired 2023-04-24 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: Interstate 25 connects these 2 state capitals, 1st & 2nd in elevation, & in between runs through No. 3, Denver Cheyenne & Santa Fe |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | MOVIES OF THE '80s: Based on an off-Broadway play with just 3 characters, it won the Best Picture Oscar & the actors in all 3 roles were nominated Driving Miss Daisy |
#8813, aired 2023-02-22 | PEOPLE & PLACES: Thought to descend from people of Southeast Asia, the Chamorro make up this U.S. territory's largest ethnic group Guam |
#8789, aired 2023-01-19 | BRITISH LANDMARKS: Like Sir Thomas More, 3 16th century English queens are buried at this location the Tower of London |
#8763, aired 2022-12-14 | PRESIDENTIAL FACTS: Only 3 presidents have married while in office--John Tyler was the first & he was the last (Woodrow) Wilson |
#8761, aired 2022-12-12 | LATIN PHRASES: Originally, this 3-word phrase referred to when a doctor or apothecary substituted one medicine for another quid pro quo |
#8737, aired 2022-11-08 | CHEMICAL ELEMENT NAMES: The 3 elements whose names begin with 2 vowels are iodine & these 2, one synthetic & one natural einsteinium & europium |
#8728, aired 2022-10-26 | CHARITY: A Catholic charity called Caritas Rome is the beneficiary of money collected from here, over the years averaging about $3,500 daily the Trevi Fountain |
#8724, aired 2022-10-20 | INTERNATIONAL BORDERS: 2 of the 3 countries that share land borders with Russia & China (2 of) Kazakhstan, Mongolia, or North Korea |
#8718, aired 2022-10-12 | 20th CENTURY LEADERS: In a September 3, 1939 speech, he said, "Everything that I have worked for... has crashed into ruins" Neville Chamberlain |
#8712, aired 2022-10-04 | ASIAN COUNTRY NAMES: Like the T-U-V in Tuvalu, this landlocked country has 3 consecutive letters in its English name in alphabetic sequence Afghanistan |
#8670, aired 2022-06-24 | OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS: Each of the 3 films for which he won an Oscar, from 1975, 1983 & 1997, also garnered a Best Lead Actress Oscar Jack Nicholson |
#8623, aired 2022-04-20 | ON THE INTERNET: This website launched in 2015 with 3 offerings, from James Patterson, Dustin Hoffman & Serena Williams MasterClass |
#8616, aired 2022-04-11 | WORDS OF THE YEAR: Oxford's word of the year for 2021 was this 3-letter one, short for a word that goes back to the Latin for "cow" vax |
#8604, aired 2022-03-24 | DISNEY CHARACTERS: In the source material from more than 3 centuries ago, her name was badr al-budur, "full moon of full moons" (Princess) Jasmine |
#8587, aired 2022-03-01 | THE SILVER SCREEN: He was the first actor to star in 3 films that won the Oscar for Best Picture: those of 1934, 1935 & 1939 Clark Gable |
#17, aired 2022-02-22 | THE PERIODIC TABLE: By 1890, discoveries of 3 "nationalist elements" filled table gaps: scandium in Sweden, germanium in Germany, this in France gallium |
#8540, aired 2021-12-24 | INTERNATIONAL LANDMARKS: In December 2020 an international agreement added nearly 3 feet to this; one surveyor lost half a toe in the effort Mount Everest |
#8537, aired 2021-12-21 | 3-NAMED WOMEN: Not primarily known as a suffragist, in 1879 she became the first female resident of Concord, Mass. to register to vote in local elections Louisa May Alcott |
#8512, aired 2021-11-16 | MOVIE QUOTES: This 3-word phrase was the protagonist's second line of dialogue in a 1962 movie, the first in a 25-film series "Bond, James Bond" |
#8496, aired 2021-10-25 | NOTABLE WOMEN: Of the 3 pioneering women in their field to be dubbed the "Trimates", this one got her PhD from Cambridge in 1966 (Jane) Goodall |
#8473, aired 2021-09-22 | LANDMARKS: 96 miles in total during its 3-decade existence, the most well-known part of this was about the same length as an Olympic marathon the Berlin Wall |
#8467, aired 2021-09-14 | SCIENTIFIC ETYMOLOGY: 2 of the 3 men for whom armalcolite, a dark gray mineral discovered in 1969, is named (2 of) (Neil) Armstrong, (Buzz) Aldrin or (Michael) Collins |
#8465, aired 2021-08-13 | 19th CENTURY AMERICAN WOMEN: 2 of the 3 women depicted on the first statue of real women in Central Park, unveiled in August 2020 (2 of) (Sojourner) Truth, (Susan B.) Anthony, or (Elizabeth Cady) Stanton |
#8430, aired 2021-06-25 | NEW YORK CITY: Bright new lighting installed in 1880 on a street that crosses Manhattan diagonally led to this 3-word nickname the Great White Way |
#8374, aired 2021-04-08 | SOUTH AMERICA: 2 of the 3 national capitals on the continent whose metro areas have more than 10 million people (2 of) Buenos Aires, Bogotá, or Lima |
#8358, aired 2021-03-17 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: In the 1912 election these 2 parties on the left of the political spectrum finished 2nd & 4th, totaling 1/3 of the votes Bull Moose Progressive & Socialist |
#8347, aired 2021-03-02 | WORLD LEADERS ADDRESS CONGRESS: The 2 to address 3 joint sessions are Churchill & this leader, his non-European country's longest-serving PM, in 1996, 2011 & 2015 Benjamin Netanyahu |
#8332, aired 2021-02-09 | THE 50 STATES: While it has only 31 miles of coastline on the Atlantic, its shoreline is almost 3,200 miles thanks to a large estuary & its tributaries Maryland |
#8315, aired 2021-01-15 | QUEEN ELIZABETH II: Of the last 12 sitting U.S. presidents, the only one Elizabeth never met; she had her youngest child 3 months into his presidency Lyndon Johnson |
#8273, aired 2020-11-04 | COUNTRY NAMES: 5 U.N. member countries have one-syllable names: Chad, Laos & these 3 in Europe Spain, France & Greece |
#8272, aired 2020-11-03 | AFRICA: After the removal of the dictator, in 2011 3 broad colored stripes & 2 white symbols were restored to this country's flag Libya |
#8254, aired 2020-10-08 | THE AMERICAS: Home to more than 20 million people & 3 different official languages, this island is about 600 miles from the continental U.S. Hispaniola (Hispañola) |
#8225, aired 2020-05-29 | PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES & MUSEUMS: Of the 15 U.S. presidential libraries or museums, 3 are in this state, more than any other Texas |
#8220, aired 2020-05-22 | IVY LEAGUE GEOGRAPHY: This state borders 3 other states with Ivy League schools, but doesn't have one itself Vermont |
#8200, aired 2020-04-10 | WORDS IN THE NEWS: On September 25, 2019, searches on merriam-webster.com for the definition of this 3-word Latin term increased by 5,500% quid pro quo |
#8189, aired 2020-03-26 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE GEOGRAPHY: The Yucatan Peninsula is shared by these 3 countries Mexico, Guatemala & Belize |
#8130, aired 2020-01-03 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: Until a 1913 amendment allowed this, 1/3 of U.S. government revenue came from liquor income tax |
#8116, aired 2019-12-16 | TV THEME MUSIC: A short piece for 2 guitars called "Strange No. 3" was the first part of the theme music for this drama series that debuted in 1959 The Twilight Zone |
#8098, aired 2019-11-20 | MOVIE & BOOK TITLES: This title of a 1962 novel & 1975 film refers to the direction the last of 3 geese took in an old nursery rhyme One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
#8091, aired 2019-11-11 | FAMOUS PHRASES: In the title of a groundbreaking 1890 expose of poverty in New York City slums, these 3 words follow "How the" Other Half Lives |
#8070, aired 2019-10-11 | AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS: In 1963 the Pulitzer Advisory Board vetoed his controversial play & gave no award; he would go on to win 3 Pulitzers Edward Albee |
#8054, aired 2019-09-19 | TOYS & GAMES: Invented in 1974 as a model to teach 3-D problems, it became one of the bestselling toys of all time Rubik's Cube |
#8040, aired 2019-07-19 | STATES' GOVERNORS: It's the only state to have had 4 female governors, 3 of whom served consecutively between 1997 & 2015 Arizona |
#8028, aired 2019-07-03 | MYTHOLOGY: In Homer there's only one of these, from the Greek for "terrible"; later they became 3 scary sisters the Gorgons |
#7997, aired 2019-05-21 | POETRY & THE MOVIES: Robert Lowell's "For the Union Dead" honored the 54th Massachusetts, the infantry unit in this 1989 film that won 3 Oscars Glory |
#7977, aired 2019-04-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY: On May 1, 1869 these 2 men met at the White House, 4 years & 3 weeks after a more historic meeting between them Ulysses S. Grant & Robert E. Lee |
#7975, aired 2019-04-19 | BRITISH MONARCHS: A "VI" has followed these 3 royal names of English kings George, Edward & Henry |
#7963, aired 2019-04-03 | INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: From the name of the world capital it serves, DEL is the 3-letter code for the Asian airport named for her Indira Gandhi |
#7958, aired 2019-03-27 | WORLD WAR II: In 1943 millions of matchbooks were distributed in the Philippines with this 3-word quote to boost morale "I shall return" |
#7924, aired 2019-02-07 | PRESIDENTS & THE MOVIES: 3 presidential films, all directed by Oliver Stone, have a total of only 9 letters in their titles--"Nixon" & these 2 W and JFK |
#7917, aired 2019-01-29 | 20th CENTURY DISASTERS: On the radio in 1937 this 3-word exclamation came after "the smoke and the flames now...not quite to the mooring mast" "Oh, the humanity!" |
#7894, aired 2018-12-27 | COASTLINES: At 3,700 miles, the longest ocean trench is named for these 2 nations that share most of South America's Pacific coast Chile and Peru |
#7887, aired 2018-12-18 | U.S. LANDMARKS: The 1st segment of this was dedicated on July 4, 1930; the next, August 30, 1936; section 3, on September 17, 1937 & the last, on July 2, 1939 Mt. Rushmore |
#7843, aired 2018-10-17 | WORLD CITIES: The northernmost city with a population over 5 million, it was founded in 1703 & its name was changed 3 times in the 20th century St. Petersburg |
#7798, aired 2018-07-04 | CLASSIC ROCK: 25 years after these 3 men played a huge festival, they went to play again & ended the set with a tune about the 1st show Crosby, Stills and Nash |
#7787, aired 2018-06-19 | 20th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY: On Nov. 3, 1948 he sent a congratulatory telegram, then told reporters, "I was just as surprised as you" Thomas Dewey |
#7766, aired 2018-05-21 | U.S. GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY: In 1794 George Washington selected this spot, where today 3 states meet, for the site of a new armory Harpers Ferry |
#7743, aired 2018-04-18 | THE LATIN VULGATE BIBLE: In Latin Jesus says, I am "via et veritas et vita"--in English, these 3 words way, truth, life |
#7718, aired 2018-03-14 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE: Each state has as many electors as its total of senators & reps.; D.C. has this many, the minimum for any state 3 |
#7713, aired 2018-03-07 | COUNTRIES OF THE U.N.: The 3 U.N. member states that begin with the letter "J"; 2 are island nations & one is nearly landlocked Jamaica, Japan, and Jordan |
#7695, aired 2018-02-09 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS: An "ineffable quality", this 3-word title represents "the ability to go up in a hurtling piece of machinery" day after day The Right Stuff |
#7693, aired 2018-02-07 | FLAG COLORS: They're the 3 colors of New York City's flag & of the Knicks & Mets teams; 2 are on the Dutch flag & 1 used to be blue, white & orange |
#7679, aired 2018-01-18 | SNACK FOODS: The name of this cracker that's been around since 1903 suggests that it was baked 3 times Triscuit |
#7667, aired 2018-01-02 | NOVELISTS: A 2015 BBC list of the 25 greatest British novels included 12 by women, 3 of them by this woman who died in 1941 Virginia Woolf |
#7658, aired 2017-12-20 | EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: This country's last 3 queens abdicated in favor of their children the Netherlands |
#7633, aired 2017-11-15 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 2013 the village of Belrain renamed the last street in France that bore the name of this hero who became a traitor Maréchal Philippe Petain |
#7614, aired 2017-10-19 | OSCAR WINNERS: He's the only actor to win 3 Best Actor Oscars, the most recent for his portrayal of a U.S. president Daniel Day-Lewis |
#7612, aired 2017-10-17 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY: It's the only country that borders both the Caspian Sea & the Persian Gulf Iran |
#7606, aired 2017-10-09 | HISTORICAL AREAS: An ancient quote mentions this area & 3 population groups, the Belgae, Aquitani & Celts Gaul |
#7605, aired 2017-10-06 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: They begin with the same 3 letters: the most densely populated country in Europe & the least densely populated in Asia Monaco and Mongolia |
#7582, aired 2017-07-25 | EUROPE: Once a feudal state, it has the highest capital city in Europe at an elevation of about 3,300 feet Andorra |
#7537, aired 2017-05-23 | CLASSIC ROCK SONGS: Jonathan Cain was a struggling musician when his father told him to keep at it & never give up, inspiring this 3-word 1981 title "Don't Stop Believin'" |
#7506, aired 2017-04-10 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: Leviathan is a journal put out 3 times a year by an organization dedicated to this author & his works Herman Melville |
#7495, aired 2017-03-24 | NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES: You have to go through military security to reach this town with a Marine base on 3 sides & the Potomac on the other Quantico |
#7478, aired 2017-03-01 | THE OSCARS: Jimmy Stewart starred in 3 of the 6 films for which this Italian immigrant was nominated for Best Director Frank Capra |
#7474, aired 2017-02-23 | SHAKESPEARE CHARACTERS: About himself he says, "Since the heavens have shap'd my body so, let hell make crook'd my mind to answer it" Richard III |
#7472, aired 2017-02-21 | WORLD POLITICS: In August 2015 3 retired Marines helped raise the U.S. flag in this city where they'd hauled it down 54 years earlier Havana, Cuba |
#7446, aired 2017-01-16 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY: Villages like Zalesye, Kopachi & Lubyanka remain abandoned 3 decades after this event nuclear disaster at Chernobyl |
#7432, aired 2016-12-27 | THE CIVIL WAR: Made from a boiler at a Mobile, Alabama machine shop, it was deemed a success though it went down off Charleston 3 times the Hunley |
#7419, aired 2016-12-08 | PRINTING: The 3 major Western typefaces are Gothic, Roman & this one first used in an entire book in 1501 for a work by Virgil italics |
#7394, aired 2016-11-03 | LITERARY ANIMALS: In a 1926 book, he "is in a very sad condition, because it's his birthday, & nobody has taken any notice of it, & he's very gloomy" Eeyore |
#7382, aired 2016-10-18 | FUNNYMEN: He's won 4 Emmys, 3 Grammys, an Oscar & 3 Tonys, & 3 of his films rank on AFI's list of funniest movies of all time Mel Brooks |
#7367, aired 2016-09-27 | 21st CENTURY MUSIC: The title of a Frida Kahlo painting inspired the 3-word name of this 2008 No. 1 hit by a British group "Viva La Vida" |
#7185, aired 2015-12-04 | RELIGION IN AMERICA: The Dakotas & Minnesota are the 3 states with the largest % of residents identifying as this denomination Lutherans |
#7144, aired 2015-10-08 | THE EUROPEAN UNION: Since Bulgaria joined in 2007, the E.U.'s 3 official alphabets have been our Latin one & these 2 Greek & Cyrillic |
#7048, aired 2015-04-15 | THE GREEK ALPHABET: When spelled out as words in English, 2 of the 3 longest Greek letters (2 of) epsilon, upsilon & omicron |
#7042, aired 2015-04-07 | CELEBRITY FATHERS & DAUGHTERS: He won a Grammy in 1959, she won 3 in the 1970s & a song by both was 1991's Song & Record of the Year Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole |
#7040, aired 2015-04-03 | EUROPEAN HISTORY: A 3-letter 9th century tribe is in the names of 2 21st century countries: the world's most vast, & this one Belarus |
#7021, aired 2015-03-09 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: The first story in which he appeared began, "The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at 3 in the morning" James Bond |
#6989, aired 2015-01-22 | CANDY: An early TV ad for this candy bar featured a fleur-de-lis flag & a song with the lyrics "fun for all" 3 Musketeers |
#6965, aired 2014-12-19 | INTERNATIONAL MOTORING: One of the 3 European Union countries besides the United Kingdom that have not switched to driving on the right (1 of) Ireland, Malta & Cyprus |
#6944, aired 2014-11-20 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: In this year, there were no pres's or VPs running, but 3 of the 4 men on the 2 major party ballots would become president 1920 |
#6938, aired 2014-11-12 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION: The 3 Latin phrases found in the Constitution are "pro tempore", "ex post facto" & this legal 2-word phrase habeas corpus |
#6937, aired 2014-11-11 | THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY: As of 2013 this 3-letter verb common in sports, theater & politics has the largest entry in the online OED run |
#6927, aired 2014-10-28 | THE BIBLE: The first conversation recounted in the Bible is in Genesis 3, between these 2; it leads to trouble Eve & the Serpent (or Satan) |
#6852, aired 2014-06-03 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Team nicknames of the 8 Ivy League schools include 4 animals, 3 colors & this Christian denomination the Quakers (of the University of Pennsylvania) |
#6823, aired 2014-04-23 | HOLIDAYS IN OTHER COUNTRIES: William Tubman's nearly 3 decades of leadership is celebrated on his birthday, November 29, in this country Liberia |
#6780, aired 2014-02-21 | THE BRITISH EMPIRE: 1713's Treaty of Utrecht concluding the War of the Spanish Succession granted this small 2.3-square-mile area to Great Britain Gibraltar |
#6778, aired 2014-02-19 | SHAKESPEARE CHARACTERS: He has the most speeches of any character with 471 in 3 plays, of which 2 are histories & 1 is a comedy Falstaff |
#6764, aired 2014-01-30 | COMEDIC ACTRESSES: She's won Emmys for 3 different TV shows & in 2013 she broke Lucille Ball's record for most nominations by a comedic actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
#6743, aired 2014-01-01 | NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: This intellectual forum started in 1984, bringing together people from 3 different industries, hence its 3-letter name TED |
#6734, aired 2013-12-19 | TV CHARACTERS: Jerry Jones, Mark Cuban & Mayor Mike Rawlings were 3 of the real folks at the 2013 memorial for this TV character J. R. Ewing |
#6733, aired 2013-12-18 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: Joy, Nellie & Aranea are 3 of the many children of this title character Charlotte |
#6707, aired 2013-11-12 | HISTORIC OBJECTS: In 1802, 3 years after it was discovered, it was moved to London under the terms of the surrender of Alexandria the Rosetta Stone |
#6693, aired 2013-10-23 | FOREIGN CURRENCY: Iran's 50,000 rial note includes an international symbol for one of these, featuring 3 well-defined orbits an atom |
#6682, aired 2013-10-08 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HISTORY: In 1948 he won South Carolina with 72% of the vote & 3 other states but finished a distant third overall Strom Thurmond |
#6677, aired 2013-10-01 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: With 3 each, "On the Waterfront" is tied with this film & its sequel for most Best Supporting Actor nominations The Godfather |
#6658, aired 2013-07-24 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE: Born in what's now Maine in 1807, he's honored with a bust in a special section of Westminster Abbey Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
#6643, aired 2013-07-03 | 20th CENTURY MUSIC: European music has "3 Bs"; 20th c. American music's "3 Cs" were John Cage, Elliott Carter & this composer/conductor Aaron Copland |
#6640, aired 2013-06-28 | 1950s FICTION: John Updike wrote "Rabbit, Run" partly in reaction to this more carefree novel that was published 3 years earlier On the Road |
#6634, aired 2013-06-20 | WORLD LEADERS: Since 1991 this country has had only 3 different presidents; the current one took over in 2012 for the second time Russia |
#6630, aired 2013-06-14 | THE UNITED NATIONS: Of nations in the World Almanac, 3 are not U.N. members: Taiwan, Vatican City & this European one that gained independence in 2008 Kosovo |
#6592, aired 2013-04-23 | GEOGRAPHIC MATH: North America's 3 mainland countries have a total of 91 states & provinces; Mexico has this many states 31 |
#6582, aired 2013-04-09 | THE TONY AWARDS: Winner of Best Play in 1949, it's the only play to win the Best Revival Tony 3 different times Death of a Salesman |
#6575, aired 2013-03-29 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: Since 1850, 1 of the 2 Republicans to appear on the ticket as president or vice president 3 elections in a row Richard Nixon or George H.W. Bush |
#6563, aired 2013-03-13 | NEWSPAPERS: The circulation of the Times of New York & London totals about 1/2 the "Times of" this place, largest of any English daily India |
#6552, aired 2013-02-26 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA: One of the 2 years in which 3 men served as president of the United States 1841 or 1881 |
#6537, aired 2013-02-05 | SHORT STORIES: It says, "The body of the trooper having been buried in the church yard, the ghost rides forth... in nightly quest of his head" "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" |
#6521, aired 2013-01-14 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: 2 of the 3 countries that are completely encircled by one other country (2 of) San Marino, Vatican City & Lesotho |
#6507, aired 2012-12-25 | ART & ACTIVISM: Though being added to much more slowly than 20 years ago, it's now 1.3 million sq. ft., too big to display in one place the AIDS quilt |
#6505, aired 2012-12-21 | WORLD CAPITALS: One of the 3 national capitals made up of 2 words that begin with the same letter (1 of) Addis Ababa, San Salvador, or Phnom Penh |
#6494, aired 2012-12-06 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Though it consists entirely of islands, this populous country borders 3 other nations Indonesia |
#6482, aired 2012-11-20 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION: Found in Article 3, Section 3, & requiring the testimony of 2 witnesses to prove, it's the only crime defined in the Constitution treason |
#6468, aired 2012-10-31 | THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION: New York's delegates were John Lansing, Robert Yates & this Founding Father, the only one of the 3 who signed Alexander Hamilton |
#6392, aired 2012-06-05 | WOMEN IN ENTERTAINMENT: 1 of the first 2 women in Hollywood to own a studio (according to the official bio of No. 3, Oprah) (1 of) Mary Pickford or Lucille Ball |
#6388, aired 2012-05-30 | PRESIDENTIAL RESTING PLACES: Only 3 sites have the remains of 2 presidents: 1 at Quincy, Massachusetts, 1 at Arlington & 1 in this state capital Richmond, Virginia |
#6372, aired 2012-05-08 | ANCIENT LANDMARKS: It's believed that its nose was about 3 feet wide when it was first constructed around 2500 B.C. the Sphinx |
#6352, aired 2012-04-10 | AWARDS & PRIZES: Designed by Norwegian Gustav Vigeland, it depicts 3 naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders the Nobel Peace Prize |
#6277, aired 2011-12-27 | PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS: His second inauguration marked the first time that women officially participated in the inaugural parade Woodrow Wilson |
#6273, aired 2011-12-21 | THE NFL: This team that joined the NFL in the mid-1970s is the only one whose name starts with the same 3 letters as its city's name the Seattle Seahawks |
#6269, aired 2011-12-15 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: He was born in NYC on April 3, 1783, toward the end of the Revolutionary War, & named for one of the war's heroes Washington Irving |
#6245, aired 2011-11-11 | BUSINESS: A 2005 sale of 14,159,265 shares prompted the headline "Google offers shares, seeks global piece of" this pi |
#6232, aired 2011-10-25 | CLASSIC GAMES: Monopoly creator Charles Darrow's sole quote in "the Yale Book of Quotations" includes this 3-digit number 200 |
#6229, aired 2011-10-20 | TOP OF THE POP CHARTS: In 1978 he replaced his brothers at No. 1, who then replaced him; one of the brothers was a writer on all 3 songs Andy Gibb |
#6219, aired 2011-10-06 | OSCAR NOMINATIONS: The only time 3 actors from the same movie were nominated for Best Actor was for this high seas film Mutiny on the Bounty |
#6196, aired 2011-07-18 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Of the 4 largest Asian countries in area, it's the only one that borders the other 3 China |
#6188, aired 2011-07-06 | U.S. STATE NAMES: Of the 4 states that begin & end with the same vowel, the one that doesn't begin & end with the same letter as the other 3 states Ohio |
#6146, aired 2011-05-09 | THE TITANIC: When the RMS Titanic sank in 1912, its cargo included more than 7 million pieces of this, in some 3,400 sacks mail |
#6125, aired 2011-04-08 | THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: 64 paintings from the Met's founding purchase are still in its collection; over 1/3 of them are from this current European nation the Netherlands |
#6123, aired 2011-04-06 | COMPOSERS: His first name means "happy", but 3 of his 5 symphonies are in gloomy minor keys Felix Mendelssohn |
#6121, aired 2011-04-04 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: These 3 nations each border the world's largest & smallest oceans Russia, the United States & Canada |
#6101, aired 2011-03-07 | OLYMPIC HOST COUNTRIES: 3 of the 6 countries that have hosted both the Summer & Winter Olympics (3 of) United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy & Japan |
#6100, aired 2011-03-04 | SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES: In 1919, barely 20 years after its discovery, it was the world's most expensive substance at $3 million an ounce radium |
#6078, aired 2011-02-02 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Of the 20 presidents elected to a second term, 2 of the 3 who failed to complete that term (2 of) Lincoln, Nixon & McKinley |
#5973, aired 2010-07-28 | RELIGION: An aid to the faithful since the 13th century, one standard version has parts arranged in groups of 1, 3 or 10 the rosary |
#5927, aired 2010-05-25 | FAMILIAR PHRASES: This 3-word phrase originated with a signal sent by General Sherman; today it means to be in charge temporarily hold the fort |
#5825, aired 2010-01-01 | ROSE BOWL HISTORY: The only time the game wasn't held in Calif. was 1942, when it was in N.C., amidst fears of another event like this one Pearl Harbor |
#5800, aired 2009-11-27 | PLANET EARTH: Despite its name, this ocean current outdoes any river; at maximum flow off the Carolinas, its flow is 3,500 times the Mississippi's the Gulf Stream |
#5792, aired 2009-11-17 | MOVIES & DANCE: Derived from other traditional dances & still popular today, the syrtaki was created for this 1964 movie Zorba the Greek |
#5785, aired 2009-11-06 | STATE CAPITALS: It's the only 3-word state capital Salt Lake City |
#5683, aired 2009-04-29 | THE U.S. MONEY MAP: The 3 richest U.S. counties, by median household income, are not in N.Y. or Calif. but are suburbs of this city Washington, D.C. |
#5677, aired 2009-04-21 | BOOKS ABOUT ACTORS: Stefan Kanfer's 2008 biography of this star is titled "Somebody", a nod to one of his most famous lines Marlon Brando |
#5653, aired 2009-03-18 | ELVIS PRESLEY: Though Elvis was known as the King of Rock & Roll, the only 3 Grammy Awards he ever won were in this Grammy genre gospel music |
#5576, aired 2008-12-01 | FRENCH: A sequence of 3 vowels creates this common French word, a homophone of a different vowel altogether eau |
#5560, aired 2008-11-07 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: One of the 2 presidents to win the national popular vote 3 times but only be elected president twice (1 of) Grover Cleveland & Andrew Jackson |
#5550, aired 2008-10-24 | PEOPLE ON CURRENCY: Though born 4,000 miles from Havana, he adorns the Cuban 3-peso note Che Guevara |
#5545, aired 2008-10-17 | ORGANIZATIONS: The co-founder of this respected organization refused to appear on the cover of Time magazine, even with his back turned Alcoholics Anonymous |
#5534, aired 2008-10-02 | MODERN MONARCHIES: Of the 3 African countries ruled by monarchs, it's the farthest north Morocco |
#5530, aired 2008-09-26 | ROYALTY: Since 1066, the only British monarch to have 3 children ascend to the British throne Henry VIII |
#5521, aired 2008-09-15 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS: Created in 1970 & made up of 3 arrows, the universal symbol for this was based on the Mobius strip recycling |
#5514, aired 2008-07-24 | FAMOUS NAMES: In 1906 he launched Conjurer's Monthly, a magazine that he pretty much wrote & edited himself Harry Houdini |
#5491, aired 2008-06-23 | PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACES: 4 U.S. presidents serving in 3 different centuries have been born in the same county in this state Massachusetts |
#5483, aired 2008-06-11 | MOVIE STARS: No. 18 on the AFI's list of the greatest American screen actors, he starred in just 3 films James Dean |
#5445, aired 2008-04-18 | THE OSCARS: They're the only 2 trilogies in which all 3 of the films were nominated for Best Picture Oscars The Godfather & The Lord of the Rings |
#5430, aired 2008-03-28 | PROS & CONS IN HISTORY: The two 3-letter words applied to those for & against the 18th Amendment, & states with differing laws on the issue dry & wet |
#5423, aired 2008-03-19 | BEATLES TUNES: It's the Beatles' only U.S. No. 1 hit single whose title is the name of an actual place "Penny Lane" |
#5354, aired 2007-12-13 | AFRICAN RIVERS: The course of this river that's almost 3,000 miles long is an immense counter-clockwise semi-circle the Congo |
#5292, aired 2007-09-18 | MUSICAL HISTORY: It's the nursery rhyme that inspired the title of a famous musical based on a 1913 G.B. Shaw work London Bridge |
#5270, aired 2007-07-06 | THE BALKANS: On June 3, 2006 this nation of 600,000 proclaimed its independence, making it the world's newest country Montenegro |
#5254, aired 2007-06-14 | FICTION: This 1953 novel contains the famous recipe 3 measures of Gordon's, 1 of vodka; shake it until it's ice-cold Casino Royale |
#5251, aired 2007-06-11 | ENTERTAINERS OF THE '60s: He won 3 straight Emmys for dramatic acting & a record 6 straight Grammys for comedy albums Bill Cosby |
#5232, aired 2007-05-15 | TRAVEL EUROPE: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue while aboard the Orient Express.) Today, the Orient Express' Paris-Istanbul run crosses 5 countries between France & Turkey; these are 3 of them (3 of) Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Romania & Bulgaria |
#5190, aired 2007-03-16 | WOMEN OF THE 1930s: 1 of the men who shot her realized when he saw her body that she'd often waited on him at a cafe in Dallas Bonnie Parker |
#5174, aired 2007-02-22 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: As of 2006, 1 of only 3 women to be nominated for best director, for 1976, 1993 & 2003 (1 of) Lina Wertmüller, Jane Campion & Sofia Coppola |
#5073, aired 2006-10-04 | THE SPACE SHUTTLE: 2 of the 3 states where astronauts have landed the Space Shuttle (2 of) Florida, California & New Mexico |
#5050, aired 2006-07-21 | NYC TICKER-TAPE PARADE HONOREES: Of the 3 men honored August 13, 1969, the one who spent part of July 20th miles from the other 2 Michael Collins |
#5041, aired 2006-07-10 | ISLANDS: Of the world's 10 largest islands, 3 belong all or in part to Indonesia & 3 belong to this country Canada |
#5029, aired 2006-06-22 | WASHINGTON, D.C.: Originally housed in a boarding house & then in the Capitol, today it occupies 3 buildings named for presidents the Library of Congress |
#5027, aired 2006-06-20 | NATIONAL NAMES: 2 of 3 European Union member nations whose names are only one syllable in English (2 of) France, Greece, & Spain |
#5024, aired 2006-06-15 | THE OSCARS: 2 of the 3 Westerns to win the Oscar for Best Picture (2 of) Cimarron, Unforgiven, & Dances with Wolves |
#4972, aired 2006-04-04 | GERMAN AMERICANS: He famously remarked, "We are all the President's men", giving Woodward & Bernstein their title Henry Kissinger |
#4959, aired 2006-03-16 | FOOD LORE: In food lore, the design of this treat symbolizes arms folded in prayer & the 3 holes stand for the Trinity the pretzel |
#4953, aired 2006-03-08 | SHAKESPEARE: Oddly enough, this 3-word phrase is the only Latin phrase spoken in the play "Julius Caesar" "Et tu, Brute?" |
#4949, aired 2006-03-02 | THE VICE PRESIDENCY: In the 20th century, 2 of the 3 men who served less than 1 year as VP before becoming president (2 of) Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Truman & Gerald Ford |
#4911, aired 2006-01-09 | BODIES OF WATER: This sea's south boundary is a line from the southern tip of India to the eastern tip of Africa the Arabian Sea |
#4910, aired 2006-01-06 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTRESSES: The only time 3 African-American women were nominated for Oscars for work in the same movie was for this film The Color Purple |
#4845, aired 2005-10-07 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE: A Gospel & a book of the Old Testament each start with these same 3 words In the beginning |
#4819, aired 2005-07-14 | VOLCANOES: In the last 400 years, over 2/3 of all the deaths caused by volcanoes occurred in what is now this nation Indonesia |
#4814, aired 2005-07-07 | ON THE GLOBE: Moving west from Canada, the next 3 countries through which the Arctic Circle passes USA, Russia, & Finland |
#4809, aired 2005-06-30 | OSCAR NOMINEES: In a 1964 film, he played 3 characters but received only one nomination for Best Actor Peter Sellers |
#4795, aired 2005-06-10 | PRESIDENTS: The last time there were no living ex-presidents was when this man was president Richard Nixon |
#4738, aired 2005-03-23 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: The team names of these 2 expansion clubs start with the same 3 letters; one might catch the other the Seattle Mariners & the Florida Marlins |
#4735, aired 2005-03-18 | EUROPEAN LANGUAGES: In this language spoken by 120 million worldwide, all of the days of the week but one end with the same 3 letters German |
#4698, aired 2005-01-26 | LANDMARKS: Located SE of Charlottesville, Virginia, it has 3 stories, an octagonal dome & 33 rooms of varying shapes Monticello |
#4697, aired 2005-01-25 | 18th CENTURY POETRY: 18th c. poem that says, "Forever cursed be this detested day, Which snatched my best, my favorite curl away!" "The Rape of the Lock" |
#4692, aired 2005-01-18 | BRANDS: This brand's airtight seal, introduced in 1946, was patterned after the inverted rim of a paint can Tupperware |
#4687, aired 2005-01-11 | ENGLISH ROYALTY: One of the 3 years in which 3 different kings reigned (1 of) 1936, 1483, or 1066 |
#4671, aired 2004-12-20 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: Last names of the 2 famous families in which 3 generations have won Oscars Huston and Coppola |
#4655, aired 2004-11-26 | 19th CENTURY U.S. HISTORY: Of the 5 times Congress has declared war, the 3 during the 19th century were against these 3 nations Britain, Spain & Mexico |
#4618, aired 2004-10-06 | 2004: On Monday, December 13, 3 people designated these will meet in Cheyenne, Wyoming to help decide the world's future electors |
#4599, aired 2004-09-09 | PRESIDENTS: 2 of the 3 men who went from being either a U.S. senator or congressman directly to the presidency (2 of) Kennedy, Garfield, and Harding |
#4556, aired 2004-05-31 | THE MIDWEST: To journey through 3 adjacent states that start with the same letter, you have to go through these 3 Iowa, Illinois & Indiana |
#4546, aired 2004-05-17 | THE 50 STATES: The USA's most-climbed mountain, Monadnock, is in this state associated with rock New Hampshire |
#4538, aired 2004-05-05 | CLASSIC MOVIES: A 35-foot-long muslin stocking was used to create the cyclone for this 1939 film The Wizard of Oz |
#4532, aired 2004-04-27 | STATE CAPITALS: In 2003 a famous marker on the steps of this city's capitol got an altitude adjustment, being lowered by 3 feet Denver, Colorado |
#4506, aired 2004-03-22 | FAMOUS FELINES: He made his debut in the 1945 short film "Life with Feathers" Sylvester |
#4486, aired 2004-02-23 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: Since 1820, 1 of 3 men to lose a presidential election but win the rematch with the same individual 4 years later (1 of 3) Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison or Grover Cleveland |
#4475, aired 2004-02-06 | 19th CENTURY PHILOSOPHY: This 3-word quote, originally in German, comes soon after "We have killed him--you and I, all of us are his murderers" "God is dead" |
#4468, aired 2004-01-28 | LATIN LINGO: This 3-word phrase familiar in the U.S. originated in an ancient poem & described assembling foods to make salad E pluribus unum |
#4448, aired 2003-12-31 | STATE CAPITALS: In 2000, 1 of only 3 state capitals that had a population of less than 20,000 (1 of) Augusta, Pierre or Montpelier |
#4441, aired 2003-12-22 | FRUIT: Its name is from the Portuguese for "goblin", referring to the facelike appearance of its 3 depressions the coconut |
#4425, aired 2003-11-28 | TONY-WINNING MUSICALS: 2 of the 3 Tony winners for Best Musical with titles just 4 letters long (2 of) Cats, Rent & Nine |
#4415, aired 2003-11-14 | STATE CAPITALS: 2 of the 3 state capitals with 5-letter names (2 of) Boise, Salem & Dover |
#4358, aired 2003-07-09 | COMPUTERS: In 2003 Dell made this computer part on its PCs an option; Apple had stopped including it on Macintoshes 5 years earlier floppy (or 3 1/2 inch) disk drive |
#4320, aired 2003-05-16 | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS: On the list of the signers, 2 of the 3 last names that appear twice (2 of) Adams, Lee & Morris |
#4296, aired 2003-04-14 | MOUNTAINS: All of the mountains in the U.S. over 14,500 feet are in this state Alaska |
#4295, aired 2003-04-11 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES: 2 of the 3 4-letter countries of Africa (2 of) Chad, Mali, & Togo |
#4273, aired 2003-03-12 | TELEVISION: Milli Vanilli was the first subject of this series, which came from questions like whatever happened to Milli Vanilli Behind the Music |
#4264, aired 2003-02-27 | ADVERTISING ICONS: Of Advertising Age's Top 10 Advertising Icons of the 20th Century, one of the 3 that are animals Elsie the Cow, the Energizer Bunny or Tony the Tiger |
#4229, aired 2003-01-09 | WORLD CAPITALS: 1 of the 3 national capitals in the Western Hemisphere that have "City" in their English names (1 of 3) Guatemala City, Mexico City or Panama City |
#4225, aired 2003-01-03 | CLASSIC LITERATURE: In this 3-part work, the main character encounters Nimrod, Ulysses, Muhammad & Thomas Aquinas "The Divine Comedy" |
#4223, aired 2003-01-01 | U.S. STATES: It only has 3 communities with a population over 15,000 & is the least populous state east of the Mississippi Vermont |
#4198, aired 2002-11-27 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: 1 of the 3 U.S. Presidents to run on a third-party ticket after having already served as president (1 of) Teddy Roosevelt, Martin Van Buren & Millard Fillmore |
#4182, aired 2002-11-05 | FAMOUS PHRASES: Phrase associated with very dissimilar events of April 19, 1775 & October 3, 1951 the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" |
#4174, aired 2002-10-24 | HISTORIC PHRASES: Sidney Sherman, who died in Texas in 1873, is credited with coining this 3-word phrase "Remember the Alamo" |
#4143, aired 2002-09-11 | BASEBALL: It's the only team to win World Series titles in 3 different cities for which it played the Braves (Boston, Milwaukee & Atlanta) |
#4129, aired 2002-07-11 | THE OSCARS: 1 of only 3 movies to be nominated for both Best Picture & Best Foreign Language Film in the same year (1 of) Life is Beautiful, Z, or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
#4126, aired 2002-07-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY: When Washington took office on April 30, 1789, it was the largest state in area, covering what is now 3 states Virginia |
#4120, aired 2002-06-28 | THE OSCARS: 1 of only 3 pairs of mothers & daughters to receive Oscar nominations for their acting (1 of) Diane Ladd & Laura Dern, Goldie Hawn & Kate Hudson, or Judy Garland & Liza Minnelli |
#4076, aired 2002-04-29 | SOUTHERN WRITERS: He said, "My own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about... I would never... exhaust it" William Faulkner |
#4030, aired 2002-02-22 | SPORTS TEAMS: This pro sports team has 3 official mascots: Edgar, Allan & Poe Baltimore Ravens |
#4003, aired 2002-01-16 | THE 50 STATES: The 2 states whose names each contain 3 sets of double letters; they border each other Mississippi & Tennessee |
#3995, aired 2002-01-04 | 19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS: Other than FDR, he's the only Democrat to receive his party's nomination in 3 straight elections Grover Cleveland |
#3963, aired 2001-11-21 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: It's the only island whose territory makes up parts of 3 different independent nations Borneo (Malaysia, Indonesia & Brunei) |
#3959, aired 2001-11-15 | YOUNG STARS: In the past 3 years she's played film roles based on Shakespeare's Katharina, Ophelia & Desdemona Julia Stiles |
#3928, aired 2001-10-03 | TRANSPORTATION: The 3 bases for these in the U.S. are at Pompano Beach, Fla., Carson, Calif. & Suffield, Oh., just east of Akron the Goodyear Blimps |
#3919, aired 2001-09-20 | ON THE MAP: 2 of the 3 countries classified as extending across 2 continents (2 of) Turkey, Russia, or Egypt |
#3876, aired 2001-06-11 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: This man was nearby at the assassination of 3 U.S. presidents, one of whom was his father Robert Todd Lincoln |
#3874, aired 2001-06-07 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: 3 of the countries that make up this land are Gillikin, Winkie & Quadling Oz |
#3863, aired 2001-05-23 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: 3 of this federation's constituent parts are Ash Shariqah, Al Fujayrah & Umm Al Qaywayn United Arab Emirates |
#3812, aired 2001-03-13 | WORLD CAPITALS: Lucio Costa designed this new capital in 1957 to hold 500,000 people; today it has more than 3 times that number Brasilia, Brazil |
#3804, aired 2001-03-01 | RECENT INNOVATIONS: Known by a 3-letter abbreviation, it was first proposed in 1989 by software developer Tim Berners-Lee World Wide Web (www) |
#3797, aired 2001-02-20 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: 2 of 3 presidents who took their oaths of office in New York state Chester Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt and/or George Washington |
#3748, aired 2000-12-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE: Currently, this show is performed by 3 troupes; the Liffey & Lagan Companies on tour & the Shannon Company on B'way "Riverdance" |
#3734, aired 2000-11-23 | STATE CAPITALS: This Midwest city is the only state capital whose unabbreviated name starts with 3 consonants Springfield, Illinois |
#3714, aired 2000-10-26 | '90s NONFICTION: Around 3 years on the bestseller list, this book is subtitled "An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson" "Tuesdays With Morrie" |
#3707, aired 2000-10-17 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES: Gary Sinise & Meg Ryan have each co-starred in 3 feature films with this actor Tom Hanks |
#3693, aired 2000-09-27 | THE SUPREME COURT: 2 of the 3 current Supreme Court justices appointed from the D.C. Court of Appeals (2 of) Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia & Clarence Thomas |
#3675, aired 2000-07-21 | HISTORIC CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: It includes 3 present Atlantic provinces, & in the 18th C. 4,000 inhabitants of it took a long trip southwest Acadia |
#3648, aired 2000-06-14 | AIRPORT CODES: The 3-letter code for this airport came from what was on the site before it -- Orchard Place O'Hare Airport, Chicago - ORD |
#3614, aired 2000-04-27 | STATE NAME ORIGINS: 3 of the 4 states whose names come from the first names of European kings (3 of) Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina & South Carolina |
#3593, aired 2000-03-29 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: The title of this novella that won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize consists of 6 words, each of which is 3 letters long "The Old Man and the Sea" |
#3583, aired 2000-03-15 | ARTISTS: As of Oct. 1999, of the 10 most expensive paintings sold at public auction, these 2 artists had 4 each on the list Pablo Picasso & Vincent van Gogh |
#3560, aired 2000-02-11 | MAMMALS: The 2 mammals that live at the highest altitude on a permanent basis are the pika & this animal Yak |
#3528, aired 1999-12-29 | THE 1970s: A change of procedure in 1979 led to 3 of these being named Bob, David & Frederic Hurricanes |
#3525, aired 1999-12-24 | RELIGION: A 1999 study concluded that this 13-foot-long, 3-foot-wide holy relic dates back to pre-8th century Jerusalem Shroud of Turin |
#3468, aired 1999-10-06 | ON THE MONEY: Of the 7 men pictured on the front of currently printed U.S. currency, the 3 who never lived in the White House Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton & George Washington |
#3460, aired 1999-09-24 | OLYMPICS 2000: Name of the new Olympic event that will cover a total of 51.5 kilometers the triathlon |
#3459, aired 1999-09-23 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA: This politician died on June 3, 1861, 39 days after giving a speech in Springfield, Illinois supporting the Union Stephen Douglas |
#3421, aired 1999-06-21 | AFRICA: 1 of the 3 African countries that are still kingdoms Lesotho, Morocco or Swaziland |
#3409, aired 1999-06-03 | WORLD EVENTS: The 3 people who did this most recently were Midori Ito, Muhammad Ali & Crown Prince Haakon of Norway Lighting the Olympic flame at the Olympic Games |
#3400, aired 1999-05-21 | MOVIE CHARACTERS: Rand Brooks, Carroll Nye & Clark Gable played this character's 3 husbands Scarlett O'Hara |
#3366, aired 1999-04-05 | ANIMALS: There are only 3 of these animals in U.S. zoos: a 28-year-old in D.C.'s National Zoo & 2 younger ones in San Diego pandas |
#3352, aired 1999-03-16 | SINGERS & THEIR MUSIC: 6 of his albums landed on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Chart for May 30, 1998, including 3 in the Top 10 Frank Sinatra |
#3350, aired 1999-03-12 | MOVIE QUOTES: First uttered in 1962, this 3-word self-introduction tops Guinness' list of the most famous movie quotes ever "Bond, James Bond" |
#3314, aired 1999-01-21 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: In 1998 America's second-largest federal building was named in his honor Ronald Reagan |
#3309, aired 1999-01-14 | ISLANDS: At 3,600 square miles, it's the largest island in the Mediterranean where Italian is not an official language Cyprus |
#3303, aired 1999-01-06 | PEOPLE: He made the cover of Life magazine 3 times in February & March of 1962, & again in October 1998 John Glenn |
#3300, aired 1999-01-01 | THE CALENDAR: Of the 12 animals that represent years in the Chinese calendar, 2 of the 3 that are not mammals (2 of) dragon, rooster or snake |
#3290, aired 1998-12-18 | PRESIDENTS: 2 of the 3 successive presidents who were Republicans, born in Ohio & generals in the Union army (2 of) Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes & James A. Garfield |
#3267, aired 1998-11-17 | SPORTS & RECREATION: Pioneered by pro hockey player Scott Olsen, it had 3 million U.S. participants in 1989 & has 30 million now rollerblading |
#3215, aired 1998-07-17 | STATUES: In 1820 a man named Yorgos unearthed 3 statues: 2 of Hermes & one of Aphrodite, later renamed this Venus de Milo |
#3200, aired 1998-06-26 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: He's the only individual to be named Time magazine's Man of the Year 3 times Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
#3190, aired 1998-06-12 | ORGANIZATIONS: This women's organization founded in 1890 was chartered by Congress in 1896 the Daughters of the American Revolution |
#3187, aired 1998-06-09 | BASKETBALL: 2 of the 3 NBA teams whose names don't end with the letter S (2 of) Miami Heat, Orlando Magic & Utah Jazz |
#3179, aired 1998-05-28 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The 3 most populous countries, they added up to an estimated 2.42 billion people in 1996 China, India, & the USA |
#3155, aired 1998-04-24 | ACTRESSES & ROLE: Kathy Bates played her in 1997; Debbie Reynolds played her in 1964 ("The Unsinkable") Molly Brown |
#3151, aired 1998-04-20 | WORLD BUSINESS: The offices of N.M. Rothschild in London fix this twice every weekday, at 10:30 A.M. & 3 P.M. the price of gold |
#3127, aired 1998-03-17 | STATE CAPITALS: It's the only state capital whose name has 3 sets of double letters Tallahassee |
#3122, aired 1998-03-10 | EPITAPHS: They're the 3 words found at the top of Mel Blanc's gravestone "That's All Folks" |
#3111, aired 1998-02-23 | THE CARIBBEAN: This capital, founded by Columbus' brother, is the oldest European-founded city in the Western Hemisphere Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
#3058, aired 1997-12-10 | WOMEN: 1 of the 3 women in the only statue that depicts women in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda (1 of) Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott & Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
#3008, aired 1997-10-01 | AMERICANA: The first 24-hour 7-Eleven opened in 1963 in this city Las Vegas |
#3002, aired 1997-09-23 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: In 1756 Voltaire said of this political entity that none of the 3 parts of its name was accurate the Holy Roman Empire |
#2999, aired 1997-09-18 | FAMOUS NAMES: The Washington Post once described him as "the mother of all embarrassing brothers" Billy Carter |
#2989, aired 1997-09-04 | REPUBLICANS: He died in Topeka October 12, 1987, a month after his 100th birthday Alf Landon |
#2975, aired 1997-07-04 | COMPOSERS: One of this Russian's best-known works is the fiendishly difficult Piano Concerto No. 3 of 1909 Sergei Rachmaninoff |
#2965, aired 1997-06-20 | 19th CENTURY POLITICS: These 7 events occurred between August 21 & October 15, 1858 & each lasted 3 hours the Lincoln-Douglas Debates for Senator in Illinois |
#2924, aired 1997-04-24 | SPORTS: Last awarded in 1970, the Jules Rimet Cup was replaced by this trophy in 1974 The World Cup (of soccer) |
#2917, aired 1997-04-15 | NONFICTION: This reference set's 1768 first edition was published by "A Society of Gentlemen in Scotland" the Encyclopædia Britannica |
#2870, aired 1997-02-07 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: The former kingdom of Saxony is now located in this country Germany |
#2869, aired 1997-02-06 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The last names of 8 different presidents end with this 3-letter combination Son (Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, W.H. Harrison, A. Johnson, B. Harrison, Wilson & L. Johnson) |
#2835, aired 1996-12-20 | REPUBLICANS: 2 of the 3 Republicans elected vice president twice (2 of) Spiro Agnew, George (H.W.) Bush & Richard Nixon |
#2780, aired 1996-10-04 | 15th CENTURY MEN: In 1482 he told the Duke of Milan that he could "make armored wagons to carry artillery" Leonardo da Vinci |
#2778, aired 1996-10-02 | ACTOR-DIRECTORS: This 1990 winner is the most recent to win the Best Director Oscar for his directorial debut Kevin Costner |
#2776, aired 1996-09-30 | GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL GROUPS: 2 groups, 1 of 9 & 1 of 3, that include a member named Thalia The Muses and the Graces |
#2748, aired 1996-07-10 | MODERN HISTORY: The airlift of aid to this city, which ran from July 3, 1992 to January 9, 1996, was the world's longest Sarajevo |
#2699, aired 1996-05-02 | THE EMMYS: He won Emmys for teleplay writing 3 years in a row, 1955-57 Rod Serling |
#2685, aired 1996-04-12 | ARTISTS: At a May 1995 auction, a painting by her sold for $3.2 million, barely topping one by her husband Frida Kahlo |
#2664, aired 1996-03-14 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: 1 of 3 presidential candidates who lost an election in which they received over 200 electoral votes Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford or Charles Evans Hughes |
#2655, aired 1996-03-01 | THE CONTINENTS: The 3 longest rivers in the world are on these 3 continents Africa, South America, and Asia |
#2624, aired 1996-01-18 | MEDICAL FIRSTS: The death of Denise Darvall in a traffic accident permitted this historic December 3, 1967 event the first heart transplant |
#2585, aired 1995-11-24 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: 1 of 3 U.S. presidents in the 20th c. who never had a house of Congress controlled by his party (1 of) Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford & George Bush |
#2547, aired 1995-10-03 | FAMOUS NAMES: Born June 27, 1880, she called March 3, 1887, the day she met her teacher, the birthday of her soul Helen Keller |
#2517, aired 1995-07-11 | FAMOUS NAMES: "The Great Gatsby" author's 3-letter middle name Key |
#2512, aired 1995-07-04 | THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: 1 of the 3 things "we mutually pledge to each other" at the end of the Declaration (1 of) our lives, our fortunes, & our sacred honor |
#2499, aired 1995-06-15 | THE PRESIDENCY: Annual salary of the first 17 presidents; double it 3 times for today's salary $25,000 |
#2486, aired 1995-05-29 | SPORTS: This race first run in 1903 covers 2,500-3,000 miles & includes at least 1 mountain over 7,500 The Tour de France |
#2444, aired 1995-03-30 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Part of the largest archipelago, it consists of more than 13,600 islands & is 3,200 miles long Indonesia |
#2361, aired 1994-12-05 | THE BIBLE: Ehud, Jephthah & Gideon are 3 of the people for whom this Old Testament book is named Judges |
#2340, aired 1994-11-04 | VICE PRESIDENTS: This Republican was the first V.P. to succeed to the presidency and then win the office by election Theodore Roosevelt |
#2339, aired 1994-11-03 | PLAYWRIGHTS: He's won 3 Pulitzer Prizes for drama--in 1967, 1975 & 1994 Edward Albee |
#2336, aired 1994-10-31 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Excluding the U.S. Canada, these 2 countries share the longest continuous border in the world, nearly 3,300 miles Chile & Argentina |
#2324, aired 1994-10-13 | LITERARY AWARDS: 2 of 3 men from Ireland awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (2 of) (William Butler) Yeats, (George Bernard) Shaw or (Samuel) Beckett |
#2311, aired 1994-09-26 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: It has the shortest coastline of any independent country, 3.49 miles Monaco |
#2286, aired 1994-07-11 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: 2 of the 3 countries in the Western Hemisphere that have a "Z" in their names (2 of) Venezuela, Brazil & Belize |
#2263, aired 1994-06-08 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: 2 of the 3 presidents elected with over 500 electoral votes (2 of) Nixon, Reagan or Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
#2256, aired 1994-05-30 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: 3 of the last 5 presidents have earned degrees from this university Yale |
#2239, aired 1994-05-05 | THE BIBLE: Although blind, he killed 3,000 at a religious festival Samson |
#2219, aired 1994-04-07 | THE OLD TESTAMENT: Nahum 1:3 describes these as the dust of God's feet clouds |
#2212, aired 1994-03-29 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: 2 of the 3 presidents elected in a year ending with "0" who did not die in office (2 of) Ronald Reagan, Thomas Jefferson, or James Monroe |
#2181, aired 1994-02-14 | THE 1970s: In August 1993 the last of the contaminated water from this 1979 accident site was evaporated Three Mile Island |
#2152, aired 1994-01-04 | COMPOSERS: He had 3 children: Eva, Isolde & Siegfried Richard Wagner |
#2142, aired 1993-12-21 | THE 1990 CENSUS: According to the 1990 census this state now contains 3 of the 10 most populous U.S. cities Texas |
#2130, aired 1993-12-03 | WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS: 1 of 3 women who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in the 1980s (1 of) Beth Henley (for Crimes of the Heart), Marsha Norman (for 'night, Mother) & Wendy Wasserstein (for The Heidi Chronicles) |
#2108, aired 1993-11-03 | REPUBLICANS: 2 of only 3 Republican Presidents who completed 2 full terms in office (2 of) U.S. Grant, Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan |
#2107, aired 1993-11-02 | PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS: Since 1952 he's hosted a weekday talk & interview show on Chicago's fine arts radio station WFMT Studs Terkel |
#2078, aired 1993-09-22 | THE U.S. CONGRESS: This state lost the most seats in the House of Representatives, 3, after the 1990 census New York |
#2076, aired 1993-09-20 | STATE CAPITALS: It's the only state capital whose name ends with 3 vowels Juneau |
#2038, aired 1993-06-16 | THE 1950s: June 2, 1953 event telecast worldwide & filmed in Technicolor Queen Elizabeth II's coronation |
#2008, aired 1993-05-05 | IN THE NEWS: In January 1993 he was elected president of a country 2/3 the size of the one he led 7 months earlier Vaclav Havel |
#1982, aired 1993-03-30 | MEDICAL HISTORY: The first triple transplant, performed in 1986, involved these 3 different organs the heart, the lungs & the liver |
#1940, aired 1993-01-29 | BRITISH MONARCHS: 1 of 4 British monarchs whose reigns were longer than Elizabeth I's 45 years (1 of) Victoria, Henry III, Edward III, & George III |
#1921, aired 1993-01-04 | FOOTBALL: 3 of the 4 California cities in which the Super Bowl has been played (3 of) L.A., Pasadena, San Diego & Palo Alto |
#1885, aired 1992-11-13 | THE AUTO INDUSTRY: This automaker's trademark symbolizes the 3 places where its engines were used: land, air & water Mercedes-Benz |
#1839, aired 1992-09-10 | SHIPS: This British navy ship left Devenport Dec. 27, 1831 & went around the world on a 5-year survey mission the HMS Beagle |
#1774, aired 1992-04-23 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS: The 3 characters who die in the last scene of "Romeo and Juliet" are Romeo, Juliet & this person Paris |
#1741, aired 1992-03-09 | THE U.S.A.: With 8, this state has the most national parks Alaska |
#1738, aired 1992-03-04 | U.S. STATES: 2 of only 3 U.S. states which have all straight-line boundaries (2 of) Colorado, Utah, & Wyoming |
#1700, aired 1992-01-10 | AMERICAN DRAMA: This 1938 play's 3 acts are titled "Daily Life", "Love and Marriage" & "Death" Our Town |
#1628, aired 1991-10-02 | STAMPS & COINS: 2 of the 3 countries in whose currencies United Nations stamps are issued (2 of) United States, Switzerland & Austria |
#1582, aired 1991-06-18 | EUROPE: 2 of the 3 European countries officially called principalities (2 of) Monaco, Liechtenstein or Andorra |
#1567, aired 1991-05-28 | BEST SELLERS: 1 of 2 authors to have 3 books among the Top 10 Fiction Best Sellers of the 1980s (1 of) Stephen King or Tom Clancy |
#1542, aired 1991-04-23 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: 3 of the 5 jurisdictions that send non-voting representatives to the House (3 of) District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and U.S. Virgin Islands |
#1475, aired 1991-01-18 | THE POST OFFICE: 2 of the 1st 3 men depicted on U.S. stamps (2 of) George Washington, Benjamin Franklin & Thomas Jefferson |
#1466, aired 1991-01-07 | ISLANDS: 3 of the world's 10 largest islands are in the Arctic Ocean & belong to this country Canada |
#1458, aired 1990-12-26 | THE 50 STATES: 3 of the 5 states which, along with part of Minnesota, were formed from the Northwest Territory (3 of) Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio |
#1423, aired 1990-11-07 | SHAKESPEARE: The 3-word title of this play begins & ends with the same 7-letter word Measure for Measure |
#1420, aired 1990-11-02 | THE 50 STATES: The only state whose name ends with 3 consonants Massachusetts |
#1409, aired 1990-10-18 | THE ZODIAC: Besides the archer, who can be a centaur, 2 of the 3 signs symbolized by human figures (2 of) Gemini, Virgo & Aquarius |
#1345, aired 1990-06-08 | THE CALENDAR: The 3 days named after a mythological father & 2 of his sons Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday |
#1277, aired 1990-03-06 | PRESIDENTS: Black Jack was the riderless horse at the funerals of these 3 presidents JFK, LBJ & Eisenhower |
#1273, aired 1990-02-28 | WORLD TRADE: 3 of the 5 founding members of OPEC (3 of) Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia & Venezuela |
#1267, aired 1990-02-20 | GOVERNMENT: This man resigned his Senate seat January 3, 1989 Dan Quayle |
#1252, aired 1990-01-30 | EUROPE: 2 of the 3 countries which today share the region of ancient Macedonia (2 of) Bulgaria, Greece & Yugoslavia |
#1231, aired 1990-01-01 | SHAKESPEARE: Act I, Scene III of this play involves a heated discussion about 3,000 ducats The Merchant of Venice |
#1210, aired 1989-12-01 | LANGUAGES: To have taken the 1st modern IQ test in 1905 you had to understand this language French (the Binet-Simon test) |
#1201, aired 1989-11-20 | THE CENSUS: 3 of the 6 U.S. states averaging fewer than 10 people per square mile (3 of) Alaska, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota & Wyoming |
#1200, aired 1989-11-17 | U.S. HISTORY: The states admitted to the Union in the 20th century were Alaska, Hawaii & these 3 Arizona, New Mexico & Oklahoma |
#1196, aired 1989-11-13 | STATE CAPITALS: 2 of the 3 state capitals lying on the Missouri River (2 of) Jefferson City (MO), Bismarck (ND) & Pierre (SD) |
#1187, aired 1989-10-31 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 1805 he was named Gov. of New South Wales & was overthrown in a mutiny 3 years later Captain William Bligh |
#1184, aired 1989-10-26 | WORD ORIGINS: Where you'd naturally find armalcolite, named for the 3 men who 1st handled it the Moon |
#1175, aired 1989-10-13 | SHAKESPEARE: He appears in 3 of Shakespeare's plays & his death is reported in "King Henry V" Sir John Falstaff |
#1168, aired 1989-10-04 | TELEVISION: This NBC special was performed live in 1955 & 1956; videotaped in 1960; & re-run in '63, '66, '78 & '89 Peter Pan |
#1126, aired 1989-06-26 | WOMEN: 1 of 3 states that currently has a woman governor (1 of) Vermont, Nebraska, or Arizona |
#1121, aired 1989-06-19 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: In a Eugene Field poem, the wooden shoe stands for a trundle bed, & these 3 for 2 eyes & a head Wynken, Blynken, and Nod |
#1078, aired 1989-04-19 | THE PULITZER PRIZE: 3 years after this William Kennedy novel won a Pulitzer Prize, it came out as a film starring Meryl Streep Ironweed |
#1074, aired 1989-04-13 | EUROPE: 3 of the 6 original members of the European Common Market (3 of) Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Italy & West Germany |
#1070, aired 1989-04-07 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The 3 presidents, besides Bush, whose last names contain only 4 letters William Taft, Gerald Ford & James Polk |
#1066, aired 1989-04-03 | WORLD AFFAIRS: In 1963 these 3 nations signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty the U.S., U.S.S.R. & the U.K. |
#1056, aired 1989-03-20 | BRITISH HISTORY: Since 1700 Britain has had only 3 reigning queens: Victoria, Elizabeth II, & this woman Queen Anne |
#1031, aired 1989-02-13 | FILMS OF THE '80s: Oscar-winning film whose title character was played at age 3 by Richard Vuu & as an adult by John Lone The Last Emperor |
#1025, aired 1989-02-03 | GREAT BRITAIN: 1 of the 3 former prime ministers currently sitting in the British House of Lords (1 of) James Callaghan, Harold Wilson & Alexander Douglas-Home |
#1019, aired 1989-01-26 | U.S. STATES: It's the only state besides Hawaii whose name has 3 adjacent vowels Louisiana |
#974, aired 1988-11-24 | ACADEMY AWARDS: 2 of the 3 "Best Picture" winners of the '80s with 1-word titles (2 of) Gandhi, Amadeus or Platoon |
#970, aired 1988-11-18 | ELECTIONS: 3 twentieth century presidents who were defeated when running to retain the office (3 of) Taft, Hoover, Carter, & Ford |
#968, aired 1988-11-16 | MAN IN SPACE: 3 months after John Glenn, he became the second American to orbit the Earth (Malcolm) Scott Carpenter |
#942, aired 1988-10-11 | 1988: In April the late Dr. Paul D. White became familiar to many people who saw his portrait on this A stamp |
#932, aired 1988-09-27 | THE BIBLE: The only 3 men to reign as king over all 12 tribes of Israel Saul, David & Solomon |
#926, aired 1988-09-19 | MYTHOLOGY: 2 of the 3 goddesses who were contestants in the famous beauty contest judged by Paris (2 of) Aphrodite, Athena or Hera |
#868, aired 1988-05-18 | RIVERS: 2 of the 3 European rivers that begin with "T" on which a national capital is located (2 of) Thames, Tiber or Tagus |
#862, aired 1988-05-10 | FAMOUS ATHLETES: In her 1st Olympics, she finished last but later won 3 consecutive gold medals in figure skating Sonja Henie |
#855, aired 1988-04-29 | COMMUNICATION: While the U.S. has the most telephones by far, this country is 2nd Japan |
#848, aired 1988-04-20 | INTERNATIONAL TRADE: From 1820-1860, this accounted for a least 2/3 of U.S. exports cotton |
#839, aired 1988-04-07 | ISLANDS: This island of 5 million has 3 million fewer people now than it had 150 years ago Ireland |
#838, aired 1988-04-06 | WORLD TRADE: Of all fresh fruits, the U.S. imports more of this one than any other bananas |
#831, aired 1988-03-28 | TELEVISION HISTORY: 2 of only 3 women who have been inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame (2 of) Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett & Mary Tyler Moore |
#825, aired 1988-03-18 | THE OLYMPICS: Due to war, the modern Olympic Games were canceled 3 times, in these years 1916, 1940 & 1944 |
#822, aired 1988-03-15 | COLONIAL AMERICA: 1 of 3 colonies which as late as 1775 was still controlled by a proprietary family (1 of) Pennsylvania, Delaware or Maryland |
#815, aired 1988-03-04 | AFRICA: 1 of 3 countries that make up the "horn" of Africa Ethiopia, Somalia, or Djibouti |
#805, aired 1988-02-19 | VICE PRESIDENTS: 2 of 3 men in the 20th century who became president within a year of becoming vice president (2 of) Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Truman & Gerald Ford |
#793, aired 1988-02-03 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: According to the Constitution, minimum number of electoral votes to which a state is entitled 3 |
#782, aired 1988-01-19 | TV WESTERNS: 2 of only 3 westerns to achieve the #1 rating for a season (2 of) Bonanza, Gunsmoke or Wagon Train |
#772, aired 1988-01-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS: 2 of the 3 19th c. authors on whose stories the last 3 Tony Award winning musicals were based (2 of) Victor Hugo (Les Misérables), Charles Dickens (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), & Mark Twain (Big River) |
#763, aired 1987-12-23 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA: 2 of the 3 cities that served as capitals of the U.S. while also serving as state capitals (2 of) New York City, Philadelphia & Annapolis |
#751, aired 1987-12-07 | PRESIDENTS: This letter begins the last names of 3 20th century presidents, more than any other R |
#747, aired 1987-12-01 | OLD TESTAMENT: Number of books in the Old Testament which precede the book of Numbers 3 |
#730, aired 1987-11-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: For nearly 7 years, it's been the national minimum hourly wage $3.35 |
#727, aired 1987-11-03 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: 3 of the states that have areas known as "panhandles" (3 of) Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, West Virginia, Idaho, Alaska & Maryland |
#711, aired 1987-10-12 | CONGRESS: 2 of 3 20th c. presidents who had previously served in both the House & the Senate (2 of) (Richard) Nixon, (John) Kennedy or (Lyndon) Johnson |
#688, aired 1987-09-09 | EASTERN EUROPE: 1 of only 2 landlocked countries behind the Iron Curtain Hungary or Czechoslovakia |
#672, aired 1987-07-07 | GAMBLING: 3 of the 4 states with the highest lottery sales in dollars in calendar year 1986 (3 of) California, New York, Illinois & Pennsylvania |
#670, aired 1987-07-03 | MONARCHS: Last 3 reigning monarchs of this European country have all been women the Netherlands |
#656, aired 1987-06-15 | YOUNG WOOD: Monthly, over 3 boxcars of ponderosa pine become this toy invented in 1916 by F.L. Wright's son John Lincoln Logs |
#653, aired 1987-06-10 | TRAINS: 1 of 3 other European capitals thru which route of original Paris to Istanbul "Orient Express" pass (1 of) Vienna, Budapest or Bucharest |
#641, aired 1987-05-25 | GEOLOGY: 3 of the 5 U.S. states with volcanoes active within the last two centuries (3 of) Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon & California |
#613, aired 1987-04-15 | IN THE NEWS: FDR was named this 3 times, Ike, Truman & Churchill twice; but for 1966 it was the 25 & under generation Time Man of the Year |
#603, aired 1987-04-01 | SITCOMS: On the final episode of "My 3 Sons", 1 of only 2 grown male characters that remained unmarried Ernie or Uncle Charley |
#583, aired 1987-03-04 | LETTER PERFECT: All the letters that appear on the top row across on a standard touch-tone phone ABC, DEF |
#581, aired 1987-03-02 | ISLANDS: Of Canada's 3 largest cities, the one that's on an island Montreal |
#563, aired 1987-02-04 | THE OSCARS: 3 actors, including Kim Hunter & Karl Malden, won Oscars for this film but Brando didn't A Streetcar Named Desire |
#547, aired 1987-01-13 | THE CENSUS: Of the 10 largest cities in population in the U.S., 3 are in this state Texas (Dallas, Houston & San Antonio) |
#543, aired 1987-01-07 | MOVIES: Charlton Heston, who's played "3 presidents, 3 saints & 2 geniuses", won his Oscar for this role Ben-Hur |
#534, aired 1986-12-25 | WORLD CAPITALS: 2 of the 3 European capitals on the banks of the Danube (2 of) Vienna, Budapest or Belgrade |
#527, aired 1986-12-16 | THE MONTHS: It's only month that can start on the same day of the week as the month before it March |
#518, aired 1986-12-03 | SPORTS: 1 of 3 state capitals which have an NFL team (1 of) Atlanta, Indianapolis & Denver |
#515, aired 1986-11-28 | TOYS & GAMES: 2 of 3 point values from 1-10 not represented on Scrabble tiles (2 of) 6, 7 & 9 |
#513, aired 1986-11-26 | THE OLYMPICS: The U.S.A. has hosted the Summer & Winter Olympic games this many times each 3 |
#501, aired 1986-11-10 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES: 2 of 3 performers to win three or more Academy Awards for acting (2 of) Katharine Hepburn, Walter Brennan or Ingrid Bergman |
#499, aired 1986-11-06 | TELEVISION: In 1986, 3 stars of this Emmy winning 1966 comedy series went on a 20th anniversary tour The Monkees |
#491, aired 1986-10-27 | THE OSCARS: Only family in which 3 generations have won Oscars the Hustons |
#464, aired 1986-09-18 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The number of U.S. presidents in the 20th century to serve out at least 2 full terms 3 |
#459, aired 1986-09-11 | ACTORS & ROLES: In a 3-year period, 2 actors won Oscars for playing this character in different films The Godfather |
#449, aired 1986-05-29 | THE NOBEL PRIZE: It's the only organization to have been awarded 3 Nobel Peace Prizes the Red Cross |
#431, aired 1986-05-05 | FLAGS: The 3 objects on the Soviet Union's red national flag hammer, sickle & star |
#425, aired 1986-04-25 | MAN IN SPACE: With the new Vandenberg spaceport, total number of manned-flight launch sites in the world 3 |
#422, aired 1986-04-22 | GAMBLING: Next to slots, Nevada casinos make more money from this game than any other, nearly $3/4 billion in 1985 blackjack |
#417, aired 1986-04-15 | THE MILITARY: With MacArthur & Eisenhower, 1 of 3 WWII generals who were only men to ever hold 5-star rank (Omar) Bradley, (George) Marshall or (Henry) Arnold |
#416, aired 1986-04-14 | MEDICINE: Accounting for 3.9 million visits last year, it's the leading reason for a hospital stay childbirth (giving birth) |
#413, aired 1986-04-09 | HISTORIC NAMES: 2 of the 3 men--a Frenchman, an Englishman, & a Swede--to receive honorary citizenship in the U.S. (2 of) Lafayette, Churchill or Raoul Wallenberg |
#410, aired 1986-04-04 | TELEVISION: In each TV season from 1958 to 1961, the 3 top-rated shows were of this genre Westerns |
#381, aired 1986-02-24 | ELECTIONS: Total of senators & congressman, plus vote of D.C., it's # of electors in Electoral College 538 |
#368, aired 1986-02-05 | ACTORS & ROLES: 1 of 3 actors who won Best Actor Oscar for playing an actor Jimmy Cagney (for George M. Cohan), Ronald Colman, or Richard Dreyfuss |
#367, aired 1986-02-04 | ENERGY: While U.S. is #2 petroleum producer in the world, this country produces the most the Soviet Union |
#365, aired 1986-01-31 | POP MUSIC: This singer had 3 number 1 hits in 1957, & 20 years later his daughter had one Pat Boone |
#364, aired 1986-01-30 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: 2 of 3 world capitals on the Danube River (2 of) Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade |
#349, aired 1986-01-09 | VICE PRESIDENTS: 2 of the 3 Vice Presidents to serve under FDR (2 of) Harry S. Truman, Henry A. Wallace, and John Nance Garner |
#343, aired 1986-01-01 | ELECTIONS: 2 of 6 states that cast only 3 electoral votes for president in 1984 (2 of) Wyoming, Alaska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Vermont, and Delaware |
#332, aired 1985-12-17 | THE 50 STATES: Besides X, Y, & Z, 3 other letters that do not begin the name of an American state (3 of) B, E, J & Q |
#312, aired 1985-11-19 | LITERATURE: 1952 novel that begins off the coast of Cuba, & ends on shore 3 days later The Old Man and the Sea |
#305, aired 1985-11-08 | MISS AMERICA: More Miss Americas have come from this populous state than any other California |
#304, aired 1985-11-07 | MATHEMATICS: The only positive whole number that is the sum of the two whole numbers before it 3 |
#301, aired 1985-11-04 | LANGUAGES: Of Switzerland's 3 official languages, the one used by about 70% of the population German |
#263, aired 1985-09-11 | EXPLORERS: Of Columbus' 3 ships on his 1st voyage, the one that never returned to Spain the Santa Maria |
#191, aired 1985-06-03 | RIVERS: 2 of the 3 "rivers" which surround Manhattan (2 of) East River, Hudson River & Harlem River |
#182, aired 1985-05-21 | THE MILITARY: Maintaining the world's largest army, this country has about 3½ million troops on active duty China |
#175, aired 1985-05-10 | TOYS AND GAMES: Of the six different chess pieces, the only two which can make the opening move pawn & knight |
#125, aired 1985-03-01 | THE ARMED SERVICES: Defense Dept. that in wartime controls 3 of the 5 armed services the Navy |
#124, aired 1985-02-28 | TELEVISION: Number of children originally in the Howard & Marion Cunningham family of Milwaukee, WI 3 |
#97, aired 1985-01-22 | THE THEATER: The musical "Hello Dolly!" was based on this Thornton Wilder play The Matchmaker |
#23, aired 1984-10-10 | DANCE: Introduced in 1650 at court of Louis XIV, it’s a slow, dignified dance done in 3/4 time the minuet |
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Season 34 3-time champion: $78,401 + $2,000.
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Season 3 3-time champion: $15,100.
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Season 34 3-time champion: $45,001 + $1,000.
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Jerry Salzman, a systems analyst originally from Akron, Ohio
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Season 3 3-time champion: $35,582.
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Sally Mason, a writer from Santa Monica, California
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Season 3 3-time champion: $19,298. In her fourth game, Sally was...
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Meg Shreve, an attorney from Bolinas, California
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Season 3 3-time champion: $29,799. Meg is an Edgar Award-winning thriller...
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Joel Nathanson, a dentist from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 3 3-time champion: $20,801.
Joel's dentistry bio.
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Jorge Miyares, a college recruiter originally from Havana, Cuba
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Season 3 3-time champion: $19,095.
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Linda Williams, an engineering reports clerk from Pasadena, California
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Season 3 3-time champion: $19,500.
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Susan Cole, a legislative librarian from Bowie, Maryland
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Season 33 3-time champion: $67,800 + $2,000.
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Dan Jensen, a restaurant manager from Reston, Virginia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $58,203 + $1,000.
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Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California
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Season 27 3-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000.
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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
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Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Ira Levine, a writer originally from Denver, Colorado
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Season 3 player (1986-09-17). Not to be confused with Season 3...
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Ira Levine, a plastic surgeon from Newport Beach, California
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Season 3 player (1987-05-29): Speed Queen washer & dryer. Johnny Gilbert...
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Ira Levine, a banker from Studio City, California
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Season 3 player (1987-04-30). Not to be confused with Season 3...
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Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
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Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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Brad Rutter, an actor and producer from Los Angeles, California
|
• Highest all-time winnings (over $4.3 million) • Has never lost...
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Karen Muranaka, from Lomita, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $8,600. Trebek pilot 1 player. Karen was...
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Karen Muranaka, an administration assistant from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $8,600. Trebek pilot 1 player. Karen was...
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Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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Bonnie Schiffer, a writer and actress from New York City, New York
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-29). Bonnie won 3 games and over $12,100...
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Judi Greenberg, a housewife from Northbrook, Illinois
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Season 4 1-time champion: $3,500. Season 3 player (1987-01-08). Judi was...
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Judi Greenberg, a housewife from Northbrook, Illinois
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Season 4 1-time champion: $3,500. Season 3 player (1987-01-08). Judi was...
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Blair Pethel, a journalist from Greensboro, North Carolina
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $3,700.
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Justin Culkowski, a college administrator originally from Buffalo, New York
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Season 3 1-time champion: $3,100.
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Ben Studdard, a trial judge from Henry County, Georgia
|
Season 18 player (2002-04-01). Ben wrote "Who is Gracie Studdard" for...
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David Tiemann, a high school teacher from Brunswick, Maine
|
1993 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 9 3-time champion: $37,999....
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David Tiemann, a high school teacher from Brunswick, Maine
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1993 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 9 3-time champion: $37,999....
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Elizabeth Salinas, a historic interpreter from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 14 3-time champion: $31,300. Appeared in game #3000. (Because of...
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Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Jen McFann, a Peace Corps recruiter from Astoria, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
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Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
|
2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
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Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
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Greg Lichtenstein, a freshman from Vassar College
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 18 and from Plainview, New York...
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Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
|
2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Paul Boymel, a civil rights attorney from Potomac, Maryland
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"He was the top winner of the 1984-85 season. Now he's...
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Jim Lewis, a student body president from Syracuse, New York
|
Season 1 1-time champion: $3,199.
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Suzanne Williams, a dentist from Richmond, Virginia
|
Season 3 player (1987-02-11).
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Michael Todaro, a real estate broker originally from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 player (1986-11-07). Last name pronounced: \"Toh-DAH-ro\". Michael won $99,613...
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Suzanne Koppelman, a museum education manager from New York, New York
|
Season 34 3-time champion: $63,601 + $2,000.
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Liz MacGillicuddy-Lucas, an actress originally from Hollywood, California
|
Season 8 3-time champion: $26,798.
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Laurie Reyen, a registered nurse from Santa Monica, California
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Season 1 1-time champion: $3,199.
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Carole Blatchford, a dental assistant from Tomball, Texas
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Season 1 3-time champion: $22,199.
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Jon Scott, a kindergarten teacher from Los Osos, California
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Season 1 1-time champion: $3,300 + Armstrong bedroom furniture + 2...
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Matt Handel, a marketing analyst from Wayne, Pennsylvania
|
Season 11 3-time champion: $63,401.
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Rob Worman, an escalation manager from Edina, Minnesota
|
2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 34 6-time champion: $133,900...
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Emalie Brooks, a former teacher from Memphis, Tennessee
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-22).
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Dan Alves, an engineering supervisor from Santa Maria, California
|
Season 2 3-time champion: $36,100. Last name pronounced as one syllable,...
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Al Lewis, a marketing consultant from Westing, Massachusetts
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-22).
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Neville Fogarty, an 11-year-old from Kingwood, Texas
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\"This chess player is planning his career moves very carefully. From...
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Alan Cook, a senior chief petty officer from San Diego, California
|
Season 1 1-time champion: $3,599.
|
Allison Pistorius, an actor and assistant professor from Houston, Texas
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-07-19).
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Maryellen Cyr, a registered nurse from Boston, Massachusetts
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-15).
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Dave Jordan, an engineer from Niles, Michigan
|
Season 11 1-time champion: $3,401.
|
Pam Mueller, a junior at Loyola University, Chicago from Wilmette, Illinois
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Emily Frey, a professor from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
|
Season 35 3-time champion: $62,503 + $2,000. Emily appeared on Master...
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Burns Cameron, a realtor from Standish, Maine
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. Burns appeared on the original version...
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Sarah Frommer, an attorney from Santa Monica, California
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $6,199.
|
Pam Mueller, a college student from Wilmette, Illinois
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Peggy Kroencke, a personnel manager originally from Long Beach, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-30).
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Michael Donlon, a teacher originally from Wilmington, Delaware
|
Season 3 player (1987-01-12).
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David McIlwraith, a law student from San Diego, California
|
Season 1 1-time champion: $3,900.
|
Paul Waters, a fashion photographer originally from Portland, Oregon
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-17).
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Marty Cunningham, an accountant and voice artist from Arvada, Colorado
|
Season 34 3-time champion: $65,900 + $2,000.
|
Virginia Tyson, a copyeditor originally from Houston, Texas
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-17).
|
Brad Rutter, the biggest money winner from Los Angeles, California
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Steve Sosensky, a photographer originally from New Haven, Connecticut
|
Season 11 1-time champion: $3,999.
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Steve Moulds, a playwright from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2021 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 36 3-time champion: $85,603 + $1,000.
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Pam Mueller, a graduate student in psychology from Princeton, New Jersey
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\"She was a student at Loyola University when she won the...
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Pam Mueller, an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois
|
\"Representing Loyola University, she won the College Championship in November, 2000....
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Babs McClellan, an art student from Clearwater, Florida
|
1991 Seniors Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 1965 Tournament of Champions winner:...
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Pam Mueller, a think tank researcher from Culver City, California
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• 2000 College Championship winner • Semifinalist in all other tournaments...
|
Erik Agard, a puzzlemaker from Gaithersburg, Maryland
|
Season 35 3-time champion: $66,802 + $2,000.
|
Mark Zickel, a hammock salesman from San Diego, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-09-26).
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Toby Muller, a freelance copywriter originally from Hewlett, New York
|
Season 8 3-time champion: $40,800.
Last name pronounced like "MULL-er".
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Steve Herron, a letter carrier from Shawnee, Oklahoma
|
Season 4 3-time champion: $18,200.
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Mary Ellen LaRubbio, a legal secretary originally from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 8 player (1992-06-12): a collection of Armitron All-Sport water-resistant sport...
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Pam Mueller, a justice researcher originally from Chicago, Illinois
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Bob Chauls, a composer and professor from Westlake Village, California
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Season 5 3-time champion: $36,798. Bob won $5,000 on Win Ben...
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Irwin Moskowitz, a marketing manager originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 player (1987-01-30). Irwin appeared on Sale of the Century...
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Ali Hasan, a secondary school teacher from New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 34 3-time champion: $67,801 + $2,000. Ali was given (only)...
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Yogesh Raut, a social and personality psychologist from Vancouver, Washington
|
2024 Tournament of Champions winner: $250,000.
Season 39 3-time champion: $96,403 + $2,000.
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Yogesh Raut, a blogger, podcaster, and freelance writer originally from Springfield, Illinois
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2024 Tournament of Champions winner: $250,000.
Season 39 3-time champion: $96,403 + $2,000.
|
Linda Lyle, an educational travel coordinator originally from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
Season 3 player (1987-02-03).
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Marji Hanson, a salesperson from San Diego, California
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Season 3 X-time champion: $X.
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Brandon Deutsch, a student from Long Beach, California
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 3-time champion: $70,026 + $1,000.
|
Michael Tanner, a piano tuner from New York, New York
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Season 3 player (1986-10-22).
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Brandon Deutsch, a law student from Long Beach, California
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 3-time champion: $70,026 + $1,000.
|
Matthew Lee, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-05-01).
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Alec Binnie, a student originally from Des Moines, Iowa
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-13).
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Jackie Giles, a real estate appraiser from San Diego, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-13).
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Bob Skutelsky, a computer graphic designer from Topanga, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-03-04).
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Chuck Wessel, a graduate teaching assistant from Perry, North Carolina
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-01).
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Brian Henegar, a guest services agent from LaFollette, Tennessee
|
2024 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 39 3-time champion: $68,202...
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Wenzel Jones, a word processor originally from Orlando, Florida
|
Season 3 player (1986-11-05).
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Brian Henegar, a guest services agent from LaFollette, Tennessee
|
2024 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 39 3-time champion: $68,202...
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Emily Sands, a vice president of operations from Chanhassen, Minnesota
|
2024 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. 2023 Champions Wildcard winner: $100,000...
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Richard Cordray, a judicial clerk from Grove City, Ohio
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000 (prize declined as a...
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Emily Sands, a project manager from Chanhassen, Minnesota
|
2024 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. 2023 Champions Wildcard winner: $100,000...
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Emily Fiasco, a middle school band director from St. Louis, Missouri
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 38 3-time champion: $87,201 +...
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Richard Cordray, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from Grove City, Ohio and Washington, D.C.
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\"He had just graduated from law school and was clerking for...
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Emily Sands, a project manager from Chanhassen, Minnesota
|
2024 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. 2023 Champions Wildcard winner: $100,000...
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Richard Cordray, a judicial clerk from Grove City, Ohio
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000 (prize declined as a...
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Emily Fiasco, a middle school band director from Saint Louis, Missouri
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 38 3-time champion: $87,201 +...
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Shani Ahronowitz, originally from Baltimore, Maryland
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-04). The introduction was missing from the recording...
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Claudia Courtney, a systems analyst from San Diego, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-04).
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Bev Praver, an entertaining educator from Covina, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-04-13).
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Jared Watson, a quality control specialist from Greenville, Texas
|
2024 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 39 3-time champion: $56,202 + $2,000.
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John Bear, a college president from Nashville, Tennessee
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-04).
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Chris Walkey, a jeweler originally from Boston, Massachusetts
|
Season 3 2-time champion: $14,801.
|
Jared Watson, a quality control specialist from Greenville, Texas
|
2024 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 39 3-time champion: $56,202 + $2,000.
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John Pine, a journalist originally from New York City
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-05).
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Sandy Falck, a physical therapist from South Euclid, Ohio
|
Season 12 3-time champion: $28,201.
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Doug Dodson, a classical singer from Boston, Massachusetts
|
Season 35 3-time champion: $52,799 + $2,000.
|
Drew Browning, a teacher from Dumfries, Virginia
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-03).
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Andrew Cramer, a program manager from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 36 1-time champion: $3,599 + $1,000.
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Carson Anderson, a city planner originally from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-04). The introduction was missing from the recording...
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Michael Bilow, a Ph.D. student in computer science from Los Angeles, California
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2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 31 3-time champion: $96,000...
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Damien Reynolds, a computer illustrator from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 12 1-time champion: $3,100.
|
Alison Comey, a property manager from Brighton, Massachusetts
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-03).
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Allison Pistorius, an actress and college professor from Dallas, Texas
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-07-19).
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Sean McShane, a nonprofit membership associate originally from West Islip, New York
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 39 3-time champion: $80,401...
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Les Friedman, a humanities teacher from Manlius, New York
|
Season 7 1-time champion: $3,590.
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Sean McShane, a tour guide from South Boston, Massachusetts
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 39 3-time champion: $80,401...
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Tom Bestor, a writer originally from Eureka, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-03).
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Rick Vernier, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 2-time champion: $15,600.
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Russ Tolman, a graduate business student from Hollywood, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-03-25).
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Bonnie Brown, a personnel coordinator from San Diego, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-03-25).
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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• 74-game champion with longest winning streak • Total earnings over...
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Emmett Stanton, a freelance writer from Baltimore, Maryland
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 3-time champion: $72,600 + $2,000.
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Alex Damisch, a data scientist from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 36 3-time champion: $33,549 + $2,000. Alex rendered her name...
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Kelly Donohue, a bank examiner from Winthrop, Massachusetts
|
Season 37 3-time champion: $79,601 + $1,000.
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Mike Nibley, a multimedia writer and producer from Laurel, Maryland
|
Season 11 3-time champion: $36,101.
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Mitch Fujita, a student from Kaneohe, Hawaii
|
Season 3 player (1986-09-16).
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Emmett Stanton, a freelance writer from Baltimore, Maryland
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 3-time champion: $72,600 + $2,000.
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Sam Balko, an operations assistant from Venice, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-02).
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Melissa Klapper, a professor from Merion Station, Pennsylvania
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 3-time champion: $59,100 + $1,000.
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Eve Belson, a freelance writer originally from Australia
|
Season 3 player (1986-09-16).
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Mike Nelson, an actor originally from Chesterton, Indiana
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Season 37 3-time champion: $55,000 + $1,000. Not to be confused...
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Todd Russell, a buyer from Santa Ana, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-11-07).
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Elaine Filadelfo, a data researcher from Washington, D.C.
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-06-18).
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Melissa Klapper, a professor from Merion Station, Pennsylvania
|
2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 3-time champion: $59,100 + $1,000.
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Elaine Filadelfo, a consumer insights researcher from Washington, D.C.
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-06-18).
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Kate Kahn, a Secretary originally from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
Season 3 player (1987-03-27).
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Pam Quillan, a technical manager from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 3 2-time champion: $14,800.
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Josh Saak, a traffic engineer from Boise, Idaho
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Champions Wildcard winner: $100,000...
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Catherine Laatz, an office manager originally from Hoquiam, Washington
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Season 5 3-time champion: $20,100.
|
Dale Webster, a sales representative originally from Omaha, Nebraska
|
Season 3 player (1987-03-27).
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Gary Smith, a lawyer from Toronto, Ontario
|
Season 5 1-time champion: $3,600.
|
Josh Saak, a traffic engineer from Boise, Idaho
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Champions Wildcard winner: $100,000...
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Josh Saak, a traffic engineer from Boise, Idaho
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Champions Wildcard winner: $100,000...
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Dana Wayne, an educator from North Hollywood, California
|
Season 35 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000.
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Tiffany Gholar, an abstract painter from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 30 1-time champion: $6,399 + $2,000. No returning champion Hometown...
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Kevin Belle, a trail planner from Silver Spring, Maryland
|
2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 3-time champion: $42,798 + $1,000.
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Randy Kaplan, a taxi driver originally from New York City
|
Season 1 player (1984-09-25). Randy appeared on 50 Grand Slam prior...
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Randy Kaplan, a commodities broker from Los Angeles, California
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Season 8 3-time champion: $49,800. Not to be confused with Season...
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Elise Nussbaum, a financial counselor from Jersey City, New Jersey
|
Season 36 3-time champion: $79,600 + 1,000. Elise appeared on The...
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Kathleen Hagen, a registered nurse originally from Ottawa, Canada
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-24): a Fultron car stereo.
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Kevin Belle, a trail planner from Silver Spring, Maryland
|
2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 3-time champion: $42,798 + $1,000.
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Morgan Sloane, a writer and director originally from New York City
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Season 3 player (1986-12-24): a Tappan electric range + a Zenith...
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Charlene Hofferstad, a housewife from North Haven, Connecticut
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Season 3 player (1987-01-05).
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Dale Butland, a press secretary originally from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 3 1-time co-champion: $1,000 + a trip to New Orleans...
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Sandra Wilde, a teacher from Tucson, Arizona
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Season 3 player (1986-12-01).
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Brian Ross, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2020-09-21).
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Martin Dodge, a training manager originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Season 3 player (1986-11-27).
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Jake DeArruda, a delivery dispatcher originally from Ludlow, Vermont
|
2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 3-time champion: $68,661 + $2,000.
JBoard username: threearruda
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Jeffrey Schwarz, a private investor from New York, New York
|
Season 34 3-time champion: $62,300 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "SHWARZ" (no "T" sound).
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Jake DeArruda, a delivery routing assistant originally from Ludlow, Vermont
|
2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 3-time champion: $68,661 + $2,000.
JBoard username: threearruda
|
Tim Berry, a secretary from Baltimore, Maryland
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-01).
|
Kathy Miller, a homemaker from Irvine, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-11-27).
|
Brian Ross, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2020-09-21).
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Elizabeth Devereaux, a middle school teacher from Lawrence, Kansas
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-07-21).
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Yungsheng Wang, a deputy public defender originally from Lafayette, Louisiana
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Champions Wildcard winner: $100,000...
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Elizabeth Devereaux, a middle school teacher from Lawrence, Kansas
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-07-21).
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Yungsheng Wang, a public defender from Los Angeles, California
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Champions Wildcard winner: $100,000...
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Yungsheng Wang, a deputy public defender originally from Lafayette, Louisiana
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Champions Wildcard winner: $100,000...
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Kelly Shannon-Henderson, a classics professor from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-09-20).
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Carlos Ross, a customer service representative from Austin, Texas
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Season 30 3-time champion: $89,774 + $1,000. Carlos appeared on The...
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Emma Boettcher, a user experience librarian from Chicago, Illinois
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2019 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000. Season 35 3-time champion:...
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Matt Walks, a digital journalist originally from Billings, Montana
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 37 player (2021-03-18). Son...
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Matt Walks, a digital journalist originally from Billings, Montana
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 37 player (2021-03-18). Son...
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Paul Bondor, an engineer from Bakersfield, California
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Season 11 3-time champion: $38,401.
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Bif Reiser, a mathematician from Portland, Oregon
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Season 35 3-time champion: $69,400 + $2,000.
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Benita Boxerman, a stockbroker from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 3 player (1986-10-09).
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Susan Kaisler, a French teacher from Mesa, Arizona
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Season 3 player (1987-02-09).
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Jack Horan, a school vice principal from Califon, New Jersey
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Season 10 3-time champion: $29,601.
Last name pronounced like \"hor-ANN\".
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David Weintraub, an assistant professor of travel and tourism from Middletown, New York
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Season 3 player (1987-01-02): a Panasonic dishwasher.
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Matt Wierman, an aerospace engineer from La Palma, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-03-08).
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Mike Harris, a physician from Mill Valley, California
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Season 4 3-time champion: $31,600. Not to be confused with Season...
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Matt Wierman, an aerospace engineer originally from Lake Mary, Florida
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-03-08).
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Susan Schulman, a baker from Greensboro, Vermont
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-05-13).
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Robert Rolle, a radio producer originally from Terre Haute, Indiana
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Season 3 player (1986-10-29).
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Keith Chun, an actuary from Parsippany, New Jersey
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Season 3 1-time champion: $12,801.
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Dave Maley, a public relations specialist from Ithaca, New York
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Season 10 3-time champion: $35,401.
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Bob Von Bargen, a law student from Torrance, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $4,100.
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Zanete Barons, a freelance writer from Roseville, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $4,300. First name pronounced like \"zan-ETT\". Zanete\'s...
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Susan Schulman, a baker from Alexandria, Virginia
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-05-13).
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Lee Pritchard, a writer originally from East Lansing, Michigan
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Season 3 1-time champion: $7,000. Lee won $7,565 on The Challengers...
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Will Dawson, a tour guide from Washington, D.C.
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Season 35 3-time champion: $70,601 + $1,000.
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Kate O'Connor, an insurance salesperson from Florence, New Jersey
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Season 34 3-time champion: $61,800 + $1,000.
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Bob White, a teacher from Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Season 3 player (1987-02-12).
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Mark Torma, a college student from Alliance, Ohio
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Season 13 player (1996-12-27). Mark appeared on Stump the Schwab in...
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Jessica Babbitt, a personal stylist from Austin, Texas
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Season 36 3-time champion: $71,598 + $2,000. Jessica won $10,600 in...
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Debora Flury-Kick, a bookstore manager from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 3 1-time co-champion: $9,600.
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Ursula Ziegler-Sullivan, a writer originally from Media, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 1-time champion: $14,100. Ursula's IMDb page, with TV writing...
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Derek Allen, an accountant originally from Cassopolis, Michigan
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-06-07).
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Carolyn Fox, a student from Redondo Beach, California
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Season 3 player (1986-10-24).
Spelling of first name uncertain.
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Mark Bennett, a lawyer and federal prosecutor from Honolulu, Hawaii
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Season 3 1-time champion: $10,000.
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Brian Adams, an educator from Big Bear Lake, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 37 3-time champion: $44,901 +...
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Brian Aronson, a public defender from Sacramento, California
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Season 4 player (1988-06-28): Ricardo Beverly Hills Tower Drive luggage collection...
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Derek Allen, an accountant from Cassopolis, Mighigan
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-06-07).
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Brian Adams, a retired public educator from Big Bear Lake, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 37 3-time champion: $44,901 +...
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Kurt Arthur, a quality specialist from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 3 player (1986-10-23).
Spelling of first name uncertain.
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Risa Lapidow, a technical writer originally from Vermont
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Season 3 player (1987-07-14). At the time of her appearance, Risa...
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Paula Weissman, a social worker from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 3 player (1987-02-10).
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Dan Stewart, a college professor from Sligo, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 player (1987-06-16).
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Steve Moulds, a playwright from Louisville, Kentucky
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2021 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 36 3-time champion: $85,603...
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Steve Hayes, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-24).
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Larry Day, a journalist originally from Saskatchewan, Canada
|
Season 3 player (1987-07-14). At the time of his appearance, Larry...
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Mary Hammond, a homemaker originally from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 3 1-time champion: $9,000. Mary won $1,500 on Scrabble on...
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Lucy Sweeney, an apprentice baker from San Bruno, California
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Season 3 2-time champion: $11,199.
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Jake Harle, a law student from La Palma, California
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Season 3 2-time champion: $8,400.
Last name pronounced: "Harlee".
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Robin Ditzler, a homemaker from Poway, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-16).
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Terry Turner, a public health investigator originally from Lubbock, Texas
|
Season 1 3-time champion: $13,100.
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Beve Byer, a controller from Framingham, Massachusetts
|
Season 3 player (1987-05-29).
First name pronounced like \"BEV\".
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Vaughn West, a merchandising specialist from New York City
|
Season 3 player (1987-07-06). Vaughn's full-time job was portraying Garfield the...
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Judi Chamberlin, a program administrator originally from New York City
|
Season 3 player (1987-07-13).
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Tobe Benz, a business executive from Germantown, Maryland
|
Season 7 3-time champion: $34,801.
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Mikel Borg, a firefighter from Austin, Texas
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-15). First name pronounced like \"MIKE-ul\". Mikel clearly...
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Charlie Garfink, a cafe owner from San Rafael, California
|
Season 11 3-time champion: $25,400.
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Mary Ellis, a senior information center consultant from Randolph, Massachusetts
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Season 3 player (1987-07-06).
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Scottie Ross, a systems analyst from Mill Valley, California
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Season 3 player (1986-10-20). Spelling of first name uncertain. Scottie indicated...
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Deborah Elliott, an educator from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 33 3-time champion: $76,400 + $2,000.
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Doug Smith, a casting assistant from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 3 player (1986-10-21).
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Josh Hill, a network engineer from North Little Rock, Arkansas
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2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 34 7-time champion: $163,721...
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Jeff Smyth, an audio-visual manager from Richmond, Virginia
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-20).
Spelling of first and last names uncertain.
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Nancy Kool, a managing editor from Phoenix, Arizona
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-05): Maytag JetClean dishwasher.
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Dennis Owens, an attorney from Kansas City, Missouri
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-07).
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Ginny Manuel, a radio station salesperson originally from New York City
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-21).
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Gale Mackey, a measurement office supervisor originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-07).
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Doug Grimes, an attorney from Waukegan, Illinois
|
Season 11 3-time champion: $34,101.
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Matthew Hubbard, a computer game designer from Palo Alto, California
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Season 1 3-time champion: $25,550. In his first appearance, Matthew was...
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Keith Lindloff, an attorney from Houston, Texas
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-05): Marcy Fitness Products home exercise module +...
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Jim Ryan, a writer from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 3 4-time champion: $30,250.
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Bill Johnston, an aerospace engineer from Rancho Palos Verdes, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-04-17): an Emerson video recorder + Karl-Lorimar home videos.
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E.J. Wolborsky, a freelance project manager from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 35 3-time champion: $66,700 + $2,000.
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Pat Neilsen, a personnel administrator from Gales Ferry, Connecticut
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-02).
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Claire Dujardin, a bookkeeper from Myakka City, Florida
|
Season 3 player (1987-04-16): a Marcy exercise bike.
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Eileen Dreyer, a housewife from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 3 player (1987-07-16).
|
Dave Rapp, a writer from Valley Village, California
|
2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 38 3-time champion: $69,200 + $2,000.
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Mark Dunn, an eligibility worker from Sherman Oaks, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-04-16): a vacation in Palm Springs + a...
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Eugene Finerman, a writer from Chicago, Illinois
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,600. 1990 Super...
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Rob Thais, a teacher from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-02).
Last name pronounced like "TICE".
|
Dave Rapp, a writer from Valley Village, California
|
2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 38 3-time champion: $69,200 + $2,000.
|
David Kaye, a high school English teacher from Scottsdale, Arizona
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-01-04).
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Amy Goldrich, an administrative assistant from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-07-16).
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Bob Butler, a social worker originally from Erlanger, Kentucky
|
Season 3 player (1987-03-03).
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Steve Kallaugher, a promotion director from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 3 player (1987-05-29).
Last name pronounced like \"KALE-uh-her\".
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David Kaye, a high school English teacher from Scottsdale, Arizona
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-01-04).
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Nancy Adams, a medical business manager from Albany, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-04-28): an Ensoniq digital piano.
|
Peggy Johnson, a teacher from San Diego, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-04-28): a trip to New York.
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Linda Leipheimer, a homemaker from Encino, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-09-17).
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Anne Summers, a housewife originally from Calgary, Canada
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $7,000.
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Stephen Bradshaw, a graduate student from Fayetteville, Arkansas
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Season 3 2-time champion: $20,000. Stephen was defeated by eventual 5-time...
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Anne Hallerman, a nursery school teacher from Richmond, Virginia
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Season 3 1-time champion: $10,601.
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John Waukechon, a teacher originally from Lafayette, Indiana
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-02).
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Elaine Iannotti, a graduate student originally from Penn Yan, New York
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-06).
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Thomas Bernhard, a technical writer from Fremont, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-09-15).
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Chuck Doskow, an attorney and law professor from Claremont, California
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Season 3 player (1987-04-20): an Oneida crystal gift certificate.
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Kay Guesdon, a housewife from Sherman Oaks, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-09-15).
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Jessica Garsed, a librarian from Augusta, Maine
|
Season 36 3-time champion: $52,199 + $1,000.
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Shirley Petras, a college professor from Phoenix, Arizona
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-06).
|
Emma Boettcher, a user experience librarian from Chicago, Illinois
|
2019 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000. Season 35 3-time champion:...
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Theon Banos Cross, a writer and educator originally from Boston, Massachusetts
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-17).
|
Todd Lefkowitz, a physician from Scottsdale, Arizona
|
Season 8 3-time champion: $28,200 + a Delta Airlines trip for...
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Bill Tolany, a marketing executive from Austin, Texas
|
Season 30 3-time champion: $44,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Michael Rankins, a minister and writer from Rohnert Park, California
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\"A 5-show winner from 1988, he has been a minister with...
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Scott Cooper, an Army lawyer from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-23): an Emerson audio rack system.
|
Dave Cearley, a public relations consultant from Palm Desert, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-04-08).
Last name pronounced like \"CUR-lee\".
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Mark Stitham, a physician from Kailua, Hawaii
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $10,100.
Last name pronounced like "STYE-thum".
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Susan Powell-Turton, a retail manager originally from Fort Worth, Texas
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-23). Announced by Johnny as Susan Powell-Turton, while...
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Steve Faber, a mail order executive from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-30): Alsy lamps.
|
Kevin Boettcher, a university administrator from Binghamton, New York
|
Season 36 3-time champion: $59,402 + $2,000.
|
Sharon Miyasato, an attorney from Oakland, California
|
Season 3 2-time champion: $16,998. Sharon was returned to the show...
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Jesse Green
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $X. Missing occupation and hometown because the...
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Michael Aronson, a graduate student from Needham, Massachusetts
|
Season 3 player (1987-05-08).
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Gerry Shefler, a tax preparer from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-30): a trip to Puerto Vallarta.
|
Dave Prechtl, a warehouse manager from Rosemead, California
|
Season 4/5 3-time champion: $29,200.
|
Randy Jackson, a branch sales manager originally from Memphis, Tennessee
|
Season 3 player (1987-01-01): a Smith-Corona typewriter.
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Joe Baldanza
|
Season 3 X-time champion: $X. Missing occupation and hometown because the...
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Mark Winburne, a copywriter from Memphis, Tennessee
|
Season 3 player (1987-01-13).
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Marjorie Kelly, a student from Santa Monica, California
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Season 3 player (1987-01-01): a trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands....
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Kathie Hite, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 3 player (1987-07-20). Spelling of last name, occupation and hometown...
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Janet Weymouth, a professional mother from Newport News, Virginia
|
Season 3 player (1987-01-13).
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Stuart Anderson, a JAG originally from New Orleans, Louisiana
|
Season 30 3-time champion: $51,601 + $1,000. Stuart was a captain...
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Tom Smolich, a Catholic priest originally from Sacramento, California
|
Season 5 player (1989-04-11). Season 6 3-time champion: $39,802. Last name...
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Mike Harris, a teacher and graduate student from Hermon, California
|
Season 4 player (1988-07-07). Not to be confused with Season 4...
|
Lori McFalls, a library clerk from Memphis, Tennessee
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-08).
|
Dave Mattingly, a director of technology from Old Forge, Pennsylvania
|
Season 34 3-time champion: $77,400 + $2,000.
|
Maureen Mahoney, a claims representative from Kansas City, Kansas
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-08).
|
Tom Smolich, a Catholic priest originally from Sacramento, California
|
Season 5 player (1989-04-11). Season 6 3-time champion: $39,802. Last name...
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Linda Christiano, a teacher from Alto Loma, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-04-10).
|
Burton Boxerman, a retired teacher from St. Louis, Missouri
|
Season 3 player (1987-04-10).
|
Mike Berkowitz, a computer programmer from Van Nuys, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-07-08).
|
Jim Breed, a mechanical engineer from Kansas City, Missouri
|
Season 5 3-time champion: $40,897.
|
Vinny Byju, a student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
Season 36 1-time champion: $3,399 + $1,000.
|
Roger Solberg, a college professor from Edinboro, Pennsylvania
|
Season 10 3-time champion: $37,299.
|
Judy Weightman, a puzzle editor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Season 10 3-time champion: $46,000.
|
David Kraut, a writer from Roosevelt Island, New York
|
Season 10 3-time champion: $33,002.
|
Tom Grexa, an assistant dean of admissions from Charlottesville, Virginia
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-15).
|
Jean Billingham, a systems consultant originally from Boston, Massachusetts
|
Season 3 player (1987-01-20).
|
John Krahulec, a computer consultant originally from Buffalo, New York
|
Season 3 player (1988-10-11): an Emerson video camcorder + Easy-Rest recliner...
|
John Podhoretz, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
1987 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 3 5-time champion: $45,600....
|
JoAnn Lum, an engineering writer from Carlsbad, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-15).
|
John Podhoretz, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
1987 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 3 5-time champion: $45,600....
|
Susan Newburger, a teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
|
Season 3 player (1987-03-24).
|
Hank Jones, a genealogist from Toluca Lake, California
|
Season 3 2-time champion: $18,201.
|
Claudia Perry, a pop music critic from San Jose California
|
Season 13 player (1996-09-11). 2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000....
|
Patty Godon-Tann, a teacher from Santa Monica, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-01-09).
|
Steve Grant, a sales consultant originally from Newton, Massachusetts
|
Season 1 3-time champion: $28,900.
|
Craig Heyamoto, an attorney from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 3 player (1987-03-24). Craig won $1,000 on Who Wants to...
|
Kerry Ogata, a computer coordinator from San Diego, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-11-28).
|
George Neil, a copywriter from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-01-09).
|
John Guszkowski, a planning consultant from Pomfret, Connecticut
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 39 player (2023-01-26). Father...
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Carol Jackson, a teacher originally from Glasgow, Scotland
|
Season 3 player (1987-04-14).
|
Michelle Cabral, an elementary school music teacher from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 34 3-time champion: $46,693 + $2,000.
|
Travis Gaylord, a management consultant from Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
|
Season 36 3-time champion: $37,203 + $2,000.
|
Jim Jonsson, an English professor from Long Beach, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-11-26).
|
Mark Palmer, a financial proofreader from Long Beach, California
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $10,999.
|
Lance King, a teacher originally from Buffalo, New York
|
Season 3 player (1987-04-30).
|
John Lackner, a teacher originally from Florida
|
Season 3 player (1986-11-26).
|
Neal Pollack, a writer from Austin, Texas
|
Season 30 3-time champion: $60,798 + $2,000. No challenger Hometown Howdy...
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John Guszkowski, a planning consultant from Pomfret, Connecticut
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 39 player (2023-01-26). Father...
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Vince Scott, a physician originally from Detroit, Michigan
|
Season 3 player (1987-04-14).
|
Carol Ann Krug, a software design engineer from Sunnyvale, California
|
Season 12 3-time champion: $39,002.
|
Dorothy Regner, a costumer from Honolulu, Hawaii
|
Season 3 player (1987-02-10).
|
Fran Oney, a retired chemist originally from Newark, New Jersey
|
Season 3 player (1987-01-07).
|
Michael Seiler, a marketing manager originally from Redwood City, California
|
Season 3 2-time champion: $10,199.
|
Leigh Colitre, a volunteer worker from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-01-07).
|
Michael Cowell, a superior court commissioner originally from Calcutta, India
|
Season 3 player (1987-02-10).
|
Denise Carlon, an attorney from Seaside Heights, New Jersey
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-01-02).
|
Peg Serenyi, a school librarian from Potomac, Maryland
|
Season 11 3-time champion: $37,100.
|
Denise Carlon, an attorney from Seaside Heights, New Jersey
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-01-02).
|
David Dickman, a magazine editor from North Hollywood, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-01-06): Daniel Mink watches.
|
Rosalie Hill, a bookkeeper from Arroyo Grande, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-10): a Vitamaster Monitor 500M Luxury exercise cycle...
|
Rosalie Hill, a bookkeeper from Arroyo Grande, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-10): a Vitamaster Monitor 500M Luxury exercise cycle...
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Pam Warren, a high school science teacher from Petersburg, Illinois
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-09-30).
|
Pam Warren, a high school science teacher from Petersburg, Illinois
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-09-30).
|
Steve Smith, a senior from the University of Notre Dame
|
1995 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $12,400. Not to be confused with...
|
Anand Kandaswamy, an economist from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 34 3-time champion: $57,001 + $1,000.
|
Kristin Hucek, an attorney from San Francisco, California
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 3-time champion: $24,808 + $1,000.
|
Kristin Hucek, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 3-time champion: $24,808 + $1,000.
|
John Ling, a radiologist originally from Chongqing, China
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-10).
|
Brian Adams, a technical editor from Santa Clara, California
|
Season 17 player (2000-09-14). Not to be confused with Season 37...
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Steve Smith, a linguist interpreter originally from Medway, Ohio
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-11). Not to be confused with 1995 College...
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David Epperson, a waiter originally from Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-10).
|
Dennis Coffey, a bartender from Old Orchard Beach, Maine
|
Season 36 3-time champion: $51,203 + $1,000.
|
Lary Ohlson, a stage actor from Van Nuys, California
|
Season 1 1-time champion: $3,200. First name pronounced like \"Larry\". Lary...
|
Traci Mack, a media executive from Campbell, California
|
Season 36 player (2020-01-20). Traci appeared on The Chase on 2023-01-05...
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Steve Saum, a writer originally from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 9 3-time champion: $35,001. Steve was the alternate for the...
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Wes Hazard, a standup comic and storyteller from Stoughton, Massachusetts
|
Season 34 3-time champion: $51,196 + $2,000.
Wes appeared on The Chase on 2021-01-21.
|
Lucy Ricketts, an illustrator originally from Atlanta, Georgia
|
2023 Champions Wildcard 1st runner-up: $50,000. Season 37 3-time champion: $79,499...
|
Maria Lasalvia-Seliga, a teacher from Metuchen, New Jersey
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-16): a Speed Queen washer & dryer.
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Chris Strom, an actuary from Greenville, South Carolina
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-15): a Technics compact disc player.
|
Eric Balaban, a student from Silver Spring, Maryland
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-16): a trip to New Orleans.
|
Lucy Ricketts, a book designer and freelance illustrator from Atlanta, Georgia
|
2023 Champions Wildcard 1st runner-up: $50,000. Season 37 3-time champion: $79,499...
|
Nan Bauer, a writer from Brooklyn, Michigan
|
Season 34 3-time champion: $36,601 + $2,000.
|
Greg Shepherd, from Honolulu, Hawaii
|
Season 8 3-time champion: $25,802.
|
Joseph D'Hippolito, a freelance writer from Fullerton, California
|
Season 8 3-time champion: $34,000.
|
Jonathan Oren, a pedicab operator originally from Honolulu, Hawaii
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $9,613.
|
Kelly Shannon-Henderson, a classics professor from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-09-20).
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Jim Flowers, a computer scientist originally from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 3 player (1986-09-30).
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Peter Guekguezian, a Ph.D. student in linguistics from Fresno, California
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Season 33 3-time champion: $44,800 + $2,000.
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Jeff Richmond, a city planner from West Hollywood, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $33,300. 1990 Super...
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Rachel Cohen, a consultant originally from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-12-29).
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Tom Bendycki, a copy editor originally from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 4 player 3-time champion: $39,400.
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Gordon Nash, a teacher originally from New York City, New York
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Season 7 3-time champion: $41,000. Gordon was introduced as \"a teacher\"...
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Rachel Cohen, a consultant from Denver, Colorado
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-12-29).
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Teresa Anderson, an accounts receivable clerk originally from Deerfield, Illinois
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Season 9 1-time champion: $3,400.
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Jonathan Fellows, a legislative assistant originally from Bellevue, Washington
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1987 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Season 3 4-time champion: $39,201.
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Sue Gouldley, an underwriter from Somers Point, New Jersey
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Season 3 player (1987-06-12).
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Cathy Gahn, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 8 1-time champion: $3,500.
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Charlie Orlowek, a marketing consultant from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 3 player (1987-02-05).
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Adam Goldberg, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 11 1-time champion: $3,200.
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Charley Horan, a photographic representative from Manhattan Beach, California
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Season 6 3-time champion: $25,400 + either the Jeopardy! box game...
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Sheryl Krieger, an advertising executive from San Diego, California
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Season 4 1-time champion: $3,599.
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Kay Kipling, a journalist from Bradenton, Florida
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Season 7 3-time champion: $36,000.
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Kimberly Kallsen King, a legal clerk originally from Cottonwood, Arizona
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Season 9 3-time champion: $17,202.
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Maggie Moe, a law clerk and student from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 1-time co-champion: $8,600.
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Eric Gustafson, a computer programmer from Vienna, Virginia
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Season 7 player (1990-12-06). In his contestant interview, Eric said he...
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Sharon Bishop, a high school Spanish teacher from Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-07-28).
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Sharon Bishop, a high school Spanish teacher from Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-07-28).
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Rex Schultz, a trial lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 3 2-time champion: $19,800. Rex won about $80,000 on Tic...
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Anne Conable, a director of marketing from Attica, New York
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Season 3 player (1987-01-27).
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Lindsay Franco-Ferreira, a store manager originally from Surrey, England
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Season 3 player (1987-01-29).
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Christy Gibson, a family medicine physician from Issaquah, Washington
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Season 28 player (2012-07-09). Christy's ending score of -$6,400 was the...
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Suzanne Peck, a domestic engineer from Annandale, Virginia
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Season 3 1-time champion: $7,200.
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Bob Menaker, a journalist from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 3 1-time champion: $9,000. Bob died of brain cancer 2006-11-08...
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Melissa Meisel, a writer and editor originally from Highland Park, Illinois
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Season 3 player (1987-01-19). Player information comes from the chat as...
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Margaret Wheeler, a high school librarian originally from Phoenix, Arizona
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Season 3 player (1987-01-29).
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Janet DeLand, a research editor from Marina Del Rey, California
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Season 3 player (1986-10-08).
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Tom Rutledge, a freelance journalist originally from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 3 1-time champion: $5,201.
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Joe Ingoglia, a Boys & Girls Club director from Bellingham, Washington
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Season 19 1-time champion: $3,799 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "Ingolia".
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Stephanie Fontaine, an analyst from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 28 3-time champion: $54,500 + $2,000.
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Lawrence Long, a nursing student and stay-at-home uncle from East Bend, North Carolina
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 38 3-time champion: $74,792 + $1,000.
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Betsy Knudson, an attorney from Salt Lake City, Utah
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Season 34 3-time champion: $61,402 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like \"kuh-NOOD-sun\".
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Paul Raymond, a professor of political science originally from Buffalo, New York
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Season 3 player (1986-09-29).
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Dave Maney, a student originally from Binghamton, New York
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $9,400.
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Bob McGreevy, an attorney from South Salem, New York
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Season 3 1-time champion: $11,150. Bob, being from New York, declined...
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Nancy Zende, a homemaker from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 3 player (1986-11-04).
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Sara Garnett, a graduate student of zoology originally from Okemos, Michigan
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Season 29 3-time champion: $75,403 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: ComingUpMilhouse
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Lawrence Long, a nursing student and stay-at-home uncle from East Bend, North Carolina
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 38 3-time champion: $74,792 + $1,000.
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Steve Cowie, an actor from New York City, New York
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Season 3 1-time champion: $14,801.
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Richard Rasmussen, a probation officer from Walnut Creek, California
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Season 11 3-time champion: $40,600. Richard was the alternate for the...
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Sherman Allen, an actor originally from Dallas, Texas
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Season 3 1-time champion: $11,200 + a trip to Freeport on Eastern Airlines.
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Don Tracy, a lawyer originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 2-time champion: $18,300.
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Diane Margolis, an acupuncturist from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 3 player (1987-05-27).
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Patrick Pearce, a product specialist from Fountain Valley, California
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Season 37 player (2021-07-26). Patrick's ending score of -$7,400 is the...
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Joey Falco, a writer from Santa Monica, California
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Season 28 3-time champion: $53,999 + $2,000.
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Brad Geagley, a writer and game designer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $4,399.
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Heidi Yorkshire, a freelance writer from Beverly Hills, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $8,900.
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Lee-Ann Rubenstein, a banker from Sherman Oaks, California
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Season 3 player (1987-05-06).
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Raquel Matta, a copy editor from San Pablo, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 39 player (2023-05-09). Raquel...
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Carl Brady, a U.S. Navy flight officer originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 4-time champion: $24,900.
Carl appeared on the show in uniform.
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Colleen Yarnell, a homemaker originally from Minnesota
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Season 3 player (1986-11-03).
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Pat Van Hartesveldt, a music contract administrator originally from New York
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Season 3 player (1986-09-24).
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Lynn Taylor, a director of harbor development from Seattle, Washington
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Season 3 player (1987-05-07).
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Sharon Miyasato, an attorney originally from Hawaii
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Season 3 player (1986-10-03). Sharon was returned to the show after...
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Wade Ballard, an attorney from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 3 player (1986-09-12).
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Raquel Matta, a copy editor from San Pablo, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 39 player (2023-05-09). Raquel...
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Leonard Kendall, a hotel night auditor from The Bronx, New York
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Season 3 player (1987-05-06).
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Ty Walker, a management analyst originally from Middletown, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 player.
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Fern Cogar, a registered nurse from Pasadena, California
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Season 3 2-time champion: $20,700.
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Virginia Sielen, a homemaker from Oakton, Virginia
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Season 3 2-time champion: $17,600.
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Pat Howe, a homemaker from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 1-time champion: $2,400.
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Diane Seifert, a teacher from Jacksonville, Florida
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Season 3 player (1987-05-26).
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Paula Wilhelm-Naughtin, a neighborhood association coordinator from Lawrence, Kansas
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Season 3 player (1987-03-02).
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David Goldstein, a criminal lawyer from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 3 1-time champion: $6,400.
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Beau Henson, a test prep teacher and actor originally from Mt. Carmel, Illinois
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Season 28 3-time champion: $51,203 + $2,000. Beau won $250,000 on...
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Barbara Cann, from Huntington Beach, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-18). Player introduction missing on recording used to...
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Tim Casey, a graphic artist from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 3 2-time champion: $23,799.
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Tom Olsen, an assistant professor of physics originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 3 player (1986-12-18). Player introduction missing on recording used to...
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Joanne Skelly-Gearhart, a nursing instructor from East Aurora, New York
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Season 3 player (1987-05-05). The introduction was missing from the recording...
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Linda Percy, a retired emergency room physician from Connellsville, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 3-time champion: $70,401 + $2,000. Won $32,000 on Who...
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Matt Samberg, an attorney from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 28 3-time champion: $61,402 + $2,000.
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Phil Marino, a dentist from Clearwater, Florida
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Season 3 2-time champion: $20,540.
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Ben Hebert, a shipping manager from Chicago, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 39 player (2022-12-05). Last...
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Ed Gardner, a reference librarian from Hoboken, New Jersey
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Season 3 player (1987-03-23).
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Jean Volk, an attorney from North Brunswick, New Jersey
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Season 3 1-time champion: $10,900.
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Ben Hebert, a shipping manager from Chicago, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 39 player (2022-12-05). Last...
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Jay DeBoer, an attorney and state legislator from Petersburg, Virginia
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Season 3 1-time champion: $6,000.
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Tracy Bernstein, a book publishing editor from New York City, New York
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Season 3 player (1987-03-23).
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Shannon Carrero, from San Diego, California
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Season 3 player (1987-05-04). The introduction was missing from the recording...
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Tom Guymon, a business manager from Anaheim, California
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Season 19 3-time champion: $45,800 + $2,000.
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Suzanne Duggan, an educational consultant from San Diego, California
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Season 3 player (1987-04-15).
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Betty Furdell, a college professor from Jacksonville, Florida
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Season 3 player (1987-04-15). During her contestant interview, Betty was announced...
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Emily Kawaler, a bioinformatician from New York, New York
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-12-29).
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Bruce Harris, from San Rafael, California
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Season 6 3-time champion: $25,600. Player information comes from the chat...
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Peg Smith, a housewife from Madeira Beach, Florida
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Season 3 player (1987-04-09).
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Emily Kawaler, a bioinformatician from New York, New York
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-12-29).
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Clara Poplin, an attorney from Tampa, Florida
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Season 3 player (1987-05-25).
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Maxine Paley, an auto body and paint shop owner originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 3 player (1987-03-18). Maxine won $1,160 on Jeopardy! in the...
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Susan Sackett, a writer from Studio City, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $6,400.
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Robin Gillen, a graduate student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 player (1987-05-25).
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Philip Tiu, an educator from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 32 3-time champion: $96,598 + $1,000. Philip’s $19,000 Daily Double...
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Abby Roseman, an attorney from Georgetown, California
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Season 3 player (1987-04-08).
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Seth Alcorn, a bookseller from Placentia, California
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 19 3-time champion: $106,400 + $1,000.
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Brent Minor, a fundraising consultant originally from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 3 player (1987-03-17).
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Sandra Cheltenham, a singer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 player (1986-09-08).
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Eric Oberhand, a computer consultant from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 player (1987-06-18). Eric appeared on Art Linkletter's House Party...
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Florence Cohen, a teacher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 player (1986-09-08).
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Brad Colgate, a college health physician from Grove City, Ohio
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Season 7 3-time champion: $37,351. During the chat with Alex in...
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Margaret Swanson, a graduate student of architecture from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 28 3-time champion: $48,000 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: mswanson
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Maggie Baker, a flight attendant from Hermosa Beach, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-03-17).
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Vilma Garven, a consultant from New York City, New York
|
Season 3 player (1987-04-03).
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Cindy Skalsky, a writer originally from Royal Oak, Michigan
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Season 3 player (1987-06-26).
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Joe Pipp, an engineering graduate from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 2 3-time champion: $20,100.
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Sara Fox, a playwright from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 3 player (1987-03-16).
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Stu Silverstein, an attorney and foreign affairs writer originally from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 3 player (1987-06-11).
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Grace Harris, an attorney from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 player (1987-06-10).
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Jackson Wheeler, a program manager from Ventura, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-03-16).
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Jeff Jena, a comedy writer originally from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-10).
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Scott Burd, a program manager from Camarillo, California
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Season 3 player (1987-04-01).
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Charles Beall, a public relations administrator from Duncanville, Texas
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Season 1 3-time champion: $30,600.
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Ira Fishman, a high school teacher from Daly City, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $7,400.
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Meredith Caliman, a law clerk from Gardena, California
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Season 3 player (1987-04-01).
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John Ryan, a student from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 3 5-time champion: $61,800.
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Henry Ohrtman, a traveling salesman from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 3 player (1987-01-23).
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Manny Abell, a naval officer from Lacey, Washington
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Season 34 3-time champion: $42,799 + $1,000. Manny appeared on the...
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Elizabeth Souders, a student originally from Stanley, Kansas
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Season 3 player (1987-03-13).
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Wendy Scott-Williams, a computer operator originally from Williamsville, New York
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Season 3 player (1987-03-31).
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Fran La Bruto, a chiropractor from Bayonne, New Jersey
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Season 3 1-time co-champion: $5,800. Alex called him Francesco several times....
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Jeffrey Ellis, a consulting scientist originally from London, England
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Season 3 player (1986-09-23).
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Judith Kallen Dry, a dental hygienist from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 3 player (1987-03-12).
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Jessamine Price, a graduate student in creative writing from Greenbelt, Maryland
|
Season 28 3-time champion: $26,803 + $2,000.
First name pronounced like "JESS-min".
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Sarah Richter Fridman, a speech-language pathologist originally from New Orleans, Louisiana
|
Season 3 player (1986-09-22).
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Karen Morris, a veterinary student from Christiansburg, Virginia
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-03-22).
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Ed Zimmerman, a textbook supervisor from San Diego, California
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Season 3 player (1987-01-22).
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Bruce Adelstein, a research consultant from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $5,700.
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Adam Holquist, an environmental engineer from Erie, Pennsylvania
|
Season 29 3-time champion: $76,299 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: kickerofelves
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Jake Garrett, a football coach and teacher from Trussville, Alabama
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-03-20).
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Brenda Clark, a sales manager from Phenix City, Alabama
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $7,100. In her first appearance, Brenda was...
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Sam Claussen, a history professor from Santa Clarita, California
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-04-20).
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Maryanne Cerra, a teacher from Cooper City, Florida
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Season 3 player (1987-01-22).
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Richard Heft, a screenwriter from North Hollywood, California
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Season 3 player (1987-04-29). Richard won $xx,xxx on Sale of the...
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Sam Claussen, a history professor from Santa Clarita, California
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-04-20).
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Linda Shewey, a housewife from Richmond, Virginia
|
Season 3 2-time champion: $14,000.
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Susie Macksey, a stand-up comic from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 9 3-time champion: $27,100. Susie won $1,050 on Win Ben...
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Francis Lansangan, a military analyst from Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Season 28 3-time champion: $78,401 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: nagnasnalf
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Art Vespignani, a compliance officer from Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey
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Season 11 3-time champion: $38,599.
Last name pronounced like \"ves-pin-YAHN-ee\".
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Salvo Candela, a university administrator from New York, New York
|
Season 29 3-time champion: $66,195 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: svocan
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Michael Hesse, a computer consultant originally from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-27).
Last name pronounced like \"hess-EE\".
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Eva Thomas, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-06-01).
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Eva Thomas, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-06-01).
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Sue Chepikian, a consultant from Van Nuys, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-25).
|
Gail Scheer, a restaurateur and housewife originally from New York City
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Season 3 player (1986-10-28).
Spelling of last name uncertain.
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David Brown, a fundraising intern from Palo Alto, California
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Season 29 2-time champion: $32,600 + $1,000. Son of Season 25...
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Claudia Gray, a substitute teacher from Monrovia, California
|
Season 28 3-time champion: $45,202 + $2,000.
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Curtis Warren, an air traffic controller from Palm Springs, California
|
Season 2 player (1986-01-03). Curtis won $136,288 in cash & prizes...
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Mary Ann Seawell, a writer from Menlo Park, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-25).
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Betsey Kay, an alcohol and drug abuse counselor from Carson City, Nevada
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $7,200.
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Alan Levin, an aerospace engineer originally from Los Altos, California
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Season 3 player (1987-06-09).
Last name pronounced like "LUH-vinn".
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Erin Zwiener, a conservation journalist and pet-sitter from Abiquiu, New Mexico
|
Season 29 3-time champion: $53,399 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Tim Anderson, a Spanish professor from Rockford, Illinois
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Season 29 3-time champion: $56,001 + $2,000.
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Diana Blaney, a graduate student originally from Ashville, Ohio
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-09).
Last name pronounced like "BLAY-nee".
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Wes Pierce, a financial planner from Anaheim Hills, California
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $47,199 + $2,000.
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Laurence Braude, an actor and casting assistant from Venice, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-01-21).
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Matt Caruso, a director of market research from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 19 3-time champion: $79,399 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: mattcaruso
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Liz Voss, a legal assistant from Walnut, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-01-21).
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Krystal Askew, a computer operations manager from Memphis, Tennessee
|
Season 3 player (1987-03-26).
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Amanda Ganske, a product marketing manager from Austin, Texas
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 3-time champion: $53,199 + $2,000.
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Barry Charles, a senior tax consultant from Plainview, New York
|
Season 3 player (1987-03-26).
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Megan Barnes, a stay-at-home mother from Baltimore, Maryland
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $103,203 + $2,000. Megan won $16,000 on...
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Amanda Ganske, a product marketing manager from Austin, Texas
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 3-time champion: $53,199 + $2,000.
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Steven Goldstein, a sales manager from Rancho Palos Verdes, California
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Season 3 2-time champion: $11,299.
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Nancy Neff, a teacher from Chattanooga, Tennessee
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $13,000.
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Mike Stafford, a radio newscaster originally from Toronto, Canada
|
Season 3 player (1987-02-02).
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Debbie Sherry, a nurse from Yuba City, California
|
Season 3 2-time champion: $16,500.
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Frank Ferguson, an assistant attorney general from Richmond, Virginia
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Season 3 player (1987-01-14). The introduction was missing from the recording...
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Claude Welch, a professor from Buffalo, New York
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $6,800.
|
Bill Blum, a freelance writer from Studio City, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-11).
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David Shear, a copy editor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 2-time champion: $24,402.
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Patty Young, an accountant from Azusa, California
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Season 3 X. It is unknown whether Patty was only a...
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Kathy Robbins, a bed-and-breakfast owner from Denver, Colorado
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Season 13 3-time champion: $35,900.
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Diane Levinson, a book publicist from Astoria, New York
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Season 30 1-time champion: $16,800 + $1,000. Diane is the cousin...
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George Romero, Jr., a middle school principal originally from Quezon City, Philippines
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-26). George was introduced as George Romero, Jr....
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Joan Kantor, a controller originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 1 player (1985-04-26). Joan's ending score of -$5,100 is the...
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Jeff Ramsey, a news director from Medford, Oregon
|
Season 3 X. It is unknown whether Jeff was only a...
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Brian Levinson, a writer from Queens, New York
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Season 25 3-time champion: $72,801 + $1,000. Brian is the cousin...
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Anne Ellis, a managing editor originally from Madison, New Jersey
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Season 9 3-time champion: $21,900 + the Jeopardy! '92 home game...
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Frank Ford, a teacher from Santa Monica, California
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Season 3 2-time champion: $15,400. Frank was introduced as a teacher...
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Ben Macrory, a law student originally from Washington, D.C.
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Season 11 3-time champion: $40,402.
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Bob Beers, an attorney from Fairfax, Virginia
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Season 4 3-time champion: $41,799. Bob's $10,000 Daily Double wager in...
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Barbara Smith, an elementary educator from Yuba City, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $4,000.
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Tim McCoy, an executive chef from Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Season 13 3-time champion: $16,201.
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Craig Schuman, an attorney from Seattle, Washington
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Season 3 player (1986-11-25).
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Sally Hermsdorfer, a daycare center director from Memphis, Tennessee
|
Season 3 player (1987-07-09).
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Kathy Stawicki, a secretary from McKeesport, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 player (1987-07-09).
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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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Garrett Marcotte, a software engineer from Santa Monica, California
|
2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 37 3-time champion: $63,700 + $1,000.
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Nick Condon, a research chemist originally from Lakewood, Colorado
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $80,101 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: NJCondon
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Garrett Marcotte, a software engineer from Boulder, Colorado
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 37 3-time champion: $63,700 + $1,000.
|
Patrick Morrison, a student of Slavic Studies from Northville, Michigan
|
Season 28 3-time champion: $80,701 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: PatMorrison
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Emma Saltzberg, a consultant from Brooklyn, New York
|
2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 38 3-time champion: $54,199 + $2,000.
|
Rick Terpstra, an aspiring English teacher from Havertown, Pennsylvania
|
Season 34/35 3-time champion: $60,000 + $2,000. In his Season 34...
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Mike Nelson, a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois
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Season 27 2-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Elliot Shteir, an attorney from Somerville, New Jersey
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1995-A Seniors Tournament 1st runner-up: $10,000. Dr. Elliot Shteir won $8,230...
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Emma Saltzberg, a campaigns director from Brooklyn, New York
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 38 3-time champion: $54,199 + $2,000.
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Paula Menasche, a high school social studies teacher from Coral Gables, Florida
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Season 29 3-time champion: $55,100 + $1,000.
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Doug Miller, an assignment editor from Houston, Texas
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Season 1 3-time champion: $16,000.
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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Grant McSheffrey, a software developer from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Season 33 3-time champion: $69,201 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: mcsheffrey
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Lani Gonzalez, a managing director of an art bazaar from Austin, Texas
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Season 33 3-time champion: $50,600 + $2,000.
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Leo Cullum, a magazine cartoonist originally from North Bergen, New Jersey
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Season 1 3-time champion: $17,800.
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Kathleen Haider, a computer designer from Escondido, California
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Season 3 player (1987-06-18).
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Marty Gertsman, a retail manager originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 3 1-time champion: $15,000.
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Andy Baggarly, a journalist and author from Palo Alto, California
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Season 28 3-time champion: $60,402 + $1,000. Andy won $200 on...
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Alison Roberts, an attorney originally from Port Sulphur, Louisiana
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Season 5 3-time champion: $27,099.
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Kris Hamilton, a computer technician from Dublin, Ohio
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Season 29 3-time champion: $60,301 + $2,000.
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Carmela Chan, a biotech researcher from San Diego, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 3-time champion: $55,401 + $2,000.
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Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Scott Zielan, a real estate appraiser from Los Angeles, California
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Season 8 1-time champion: $3,999.
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Carmela Chan, a researcher from San Diego, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 3-time champion: $55,401 + $2,000.
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Bill Klippel, a pricing specialist originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Season 1 3-time champion: $4,400.
Bill died at age 63 on 2011-04-06. Obituary.
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Mike Williams, a teacher originally from Huntington, West Virginia
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Season 3 1-time champion: $8,000.
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David Stauffer, a carpenter and contractor from Macungie, Pennsylvania
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Season 11 3-time champion: $23,800.
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Jim Alverson
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Season 8 3-time champion: $28,000. Player added to Archive from an incomplete recording.
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Jacob Silverman, an arts and culture journalist from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 3-time champion: $35,998 + $2,000.
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Jim Crawford, a letter carrier from Seal Beach, California
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Season 3 2-time champion: $15,200.
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JoFrannye Reichert, a logistician from Yellow Springs, Ohio
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Season 3 player (1987-01-16).
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Clint Swett, a newspaper copy editor from Sacramento, California
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Season 2 3-time champion: $17,200. Clint was the first champion after...
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Mary Frances Smith, a homemaker from Memphis, Tennessee
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Season 3 player (1987-01-28).
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Sheryl Stein, a program analyst from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 9 3-time champion: $11,599 + Jeopardy! '92 home game.
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Leonard Stoehr, a truck driver from Norcross, Georgia
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Season 19 3-time champion: $37,599 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "STARE".
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Susan Jann, an operations coordinator from Bristol, Pennsylvania
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Season 29 3-time champion: $53,800 + $2,000. Susan won $5,000 on...
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Harris Stutman, a medical informaticist from Huntington Beach, California
|
Season 32 3-time champion: $63,500 + $2,000.
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Patrick Hume, a project manager originally from Stoneham, Massachusetts
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 3-time champion: $60,500 + $2,000.
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Kevin Cummins, a computer operator from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-09-09).
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Patrick Hume, a client operations director from Van Nuys, California
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 3-time champion: $60,500 + $2,000.
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Alistair Bell, a computer chip designer from Berlin, Massachusetts
|
Season 29 3-time champion: $56,800 + $2,000. JBoard user name: ThreeIfByAir...
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Glenn Kane, an emergency physician from Venice, California
|
Season 5 3-time champion: $26,898.
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Abraham Aig, a banker from Jamaica, New York
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Season 9 3-time champion: $33,000.
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Dan McShane, a baseball game logger from West Islip, New York
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2013 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 28 4-time champion:...
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Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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Kate Rowland, a family doctor from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000.
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Lance Lawson, a product manager originally from Moline, Illinois
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $8,410.
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Erin McLean, a junior at Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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Ethan Lowry, a software designer from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 19 3-time champion: $31,401 + $2,000.
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Sheila Halko, a sales representative from Depew, New York
|
Season 3 player (1987-01-15).
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Dan Seiden, a computer consultant originally from New York City, New York
|
Season 11 3-time champion: $29,401 + Jeopardy! Sports Edition video game.
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Matt Neville, a deli clerk from Hamden, Connecticut
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $65,400 + $2,000.
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Dan Adkison, a copy editor from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 28 3-time champion: $37,400 + $1,000.
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Pam Bearce, a commercial property manager from Kaneohe, Hawaii
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-22).
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John Anneken, a postdoctoral researcher from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
Season 29 3-time champion: $60,112 + $1,000. John appeared on The...
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Cliff Miles Katskee, an actor from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 2 3-time champion: $19,000.
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David Albrecht, a student from Kansas City
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-22).
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Wendy Keebler, a book manuscript editor from Oakland, New Jersey
|
Season 3 player (1987-02-05).
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Bill Ryan, a national sales representative from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 1-time champion: $7,400.
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Jason Dizon, an attorney from Woodside, New York
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Season 24 3-time champion: $49,900 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Steve Latourette, a 3-D animator from Arlington, Virginia
|
Season 15 1-time champion: $8,001.
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Annette Freestone, a graduate student from Clovis, New Mexico
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-08) Annette had multiple sclerosis and played sitting...
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Darryl Tahirali, a proposal writer originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 24 3-time champion: $84,003 + $2,000.
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Laurie MacDougall, a cancer registrar originally from Medford, Massachusetts
|
Season 32 3-time champion: $78,000 + $2,000.
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Tom Kelso, a credit analyst from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 19 3-time champion: $83,402 + $2,000. Namesake of the backronym...
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Barry Rubinowitz, a writer from West Hollywood, California
|
Season 10 3-time champion: $26,001.
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Jim Berkowitz, a teacher originally from Cranston, Rhode Island
|
Season 4 3-time champion: $32,901.
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John Hunt, a jazz musician from San Francisco, California
|
Season 10 3-time champion: $37,601.
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Warren Usui, a computer programmer from Pacific Palisades, California
|
Season 19 3-time champion: $59,990 + $2,000. Warren appeared as a...
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Melissa Prusi, a marketing writer originally from Negaunee, Michigan
|
Season 24 3-time champion: $80,796 + $1,000.
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Al Davis, a software test engineer from Everett, Washington
|
Season 20 3-time champion: $65,800 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Tacticus68
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Jeff Richmond, a law student from West Hollywood, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $33,300. 1990 Super...
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Doak Fairey, a computer consultant from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
|
Season 5 3-time champion: $33,200. Doak won $9,000 on The Challengers...
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Bronson Messer, an astrophysicist from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
Season 19 3-time champion: $29,599 + $2,000.
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Marty Brophy, a physicist from Urbana, Illinois
|
Season 9 3-time champion: $34,202.
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Dylan McKenna, an actor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 16 3-time champion: $25,900. Dylan won about $75,000 in cash...
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Sean Anderson, a law professor from Champaign, Illinois
|
Season 32 3-time champion: $71,600 + $1,000. Sean was the alternate...
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Dorothy Farrell, a researcher originally from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 24 3-time champion: $64,401 + $2,000.
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Erika Rogers, a bartender from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
Season 20 3-time champion: $40,599 + $1,000.
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Ken Sandler, an environmental protection specialist from Arlington, Virginia
|
Season 16 1-time champion: $3,200.
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Bill Jacobs, a doctor from Wellington, Florida
|
Season 15 3-time champion: $28,195.
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Kirstin Cutts, a graduate student from Austin, Texas
|
Season 33 4-time champion: $49,403 + $2,000.
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Hunter Appler, an attorney originally from Mount Airy, North Carolina
|
2017 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 32 6-time champion: $145,603 + $2,000.
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Katie Sekelsky, a graphic designer from Kent, Ohio
|
2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 37 3-time champion: $35,899 + $2,000.
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Su Kim, an accountant from Elgin, Illinois
|
Season 23 3-time champion: $45,901 + $1,000.
|
Bryan Johnson, a teacher and doctoral student from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 24 3-time champion: $68,803 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: colonelhomer
|
Kit Sekelsky, a freelance graphic designer from Kent, Ohio
|
2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 37 3-time champion: $35,899 + $2,000.
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Ben Bass, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 18 3-time champion: $54,801. Ben won $15,300 on Wheel of...
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Michael Bilow, a Ph.D. student in computer science originally from Chicago, Illinois
|
2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 31 3-time champion: $96,000...
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Lynne Bruchet, a behavior specialist from Tallahassee, Florida
|
Season 16 1-time champion: $9,601. Last name pronounced like "broo-SHAY". Lynne's...
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Elizabeth Troyer, a pastor from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
Season 33 1-time champion: $3,399 + $1,000.
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Adrienne Bell, a teacher from San Diego, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-12).
|
Maria Bartiromo, a business anchor from CNBC
|
2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Charities: National Italian American Foundation...
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Kelly Bayles, a librarian from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 32 3-time champion: $62,700 + $2,000.
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Steve Baker, a professor of international politics from Pacific Grove, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-12).
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Patrick Fernan, a government manager from Madison, Wisconsin
|
Season 20 3-time champion: $56,200 + $2,000.
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Neil Quarterman, a foreign service officer from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 11 3-time champion: $40,803.
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Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Esther Walling, a junior high school teacher originally from Redding, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-09).
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Paul Carlson, a transit policy analyst from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 12 3-time champion: $47,806.
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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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Craig Campbell, an advertising executive from Victorville, California
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Season 5 3-time champion: $25,999.
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John Avila, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
|
Season 33 3-time champion: $40,600 + $2,000.
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Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
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John Lindquist, an attorney from Marietta, Georgia
|
Season 20 3-time champion: $43,000 + $1,000.
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Albina Moran, an administrative assistant from Cleveland Heights, Ohio
|
Season 12 3-time champion: $36,900.
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Dominic Clust, from Metairie, Louisiana
|
"This future lawyer likes to argue and he's good at it....
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Tucker Dunn, an ESL teacher from Tucson, Arizona
|
Season 33 3-time champion: $39,999 + $1,000. In his first appearance,...
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Kristina Caffrey, a college student from Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
Season 24 3-time champion: $57,400 + $2,000.
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Chris Zane, a benefits administrator from Westminster, Maryland
|
Season 24 3-time champion: $57,201 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: cztop
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Stephanie Hull, a graduate student of philosophy from Columbia, Missouri
|
Season 31 player (2015-03-12). Stephanie's ending score of -$6,800 was the...
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Chas Wilson, an artillery officer from Watertown, New York
|
Season 3 player (1986-09-25).
Pictured on page 82 of The Jeopardy! Book.
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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
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2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
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Ajuan Mance, an English professor from Eugene, Oregon
|
Season 15 3-time champion: $15,100.
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Jim Bell, a student from Branford, Connecticut
|
Season 3 player (1986-09-25).
Pictured on page 83 of The Jeopardy! Book.
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Joey Beachum, a senior from Mississippi State University
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Jason Kaczor, an insurance specialist from Syracuse, New York
|
Season 24 3-time champion: $55,000 + $2,000.
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Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
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James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Manhattan Beach,...
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Carole Denton, an administrative assistant from New Carrollton, Maryland
|
Season 11 3-time champion: $20,799.
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Heather Chapman, a news assistant from Lexington, Kentucky
|
Season 24 player (2008-01-04). Heather appeared on Master Minds on 2020-05-07....
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Steve Brown, a chief petty officer from Twentynine Palms, California
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Season 5 3-time champion: $32,598.
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Rob Pold, a graduate student from Downers Grove, IL
|
Season 4 1-time champion: $9,450 + a 3-night trip to San...
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Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University
|
2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Springfield, VA at...
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Dylan Parson, a student from Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
|
Season 32 3-time champion: $29,799 + $2,000.
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Ann Antell, a teacher from Ypsilanti, Michigan
|
Season 2 3-time champion $18,110.
|
Elaine Brewer, a music publishing executive originally from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
Season 3 player (1987-07-03).
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Jack Koenig, an actor and househusband from New York City, New York
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Season 4 3-time champion: $23,599 + Jeopardy! box game.
|
Bill Wray, an institutional investor from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 3 player (1987-07-03). Bill's mother appeared on Jeopardy! in 1969,...
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Robert Windeler, a writer from Beverly Hills, California
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Season 5 3-time champion: $19,701.
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Ryan Thiel, a sign language interpreter from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
Season 15 3-time champion: $34,702.
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Stephen Mitchell, a marketing manager from Los Angeles, California
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Season 17 3-time champion: $36,400.
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Natalie Lips, an office assistant from Lincoln, Nebraska
|
Season 32 3-time champion: $57,601 + $1,000.
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Judy Goodnight, a pre-kindergarten teacher from Memphis, Tennessee
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $6,800.
|
Barbara Platz, a microbiologist from Hendersonville, North Carolina
|
Season 3 player (1987-03-05).
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Keith Walker, an attorney from Pomona, California
|
1990 Super Jeopardy! semifinalist: $10,000.
1987 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Season 3 5-time champion: $40,700.
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Rand Owen, a librarian originally from Nashville, Tennessee
|
Season 8 3-time champion: $39,301.
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Joe Nguyen, an attorney from New York, New York
|
Season 33 3-time champion: $77,202 + $2,000.
Joe won $1,000 on Master Minds on 2020-04-07.
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Matthew Wiehr, a geology student from Eugene, Oregon
|
Season 17 1-time champion: $3,400.
|
Leslie Quickley, a sous chef from New York City, New York
|
Season 16 3-time champion: $31,003.
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Ryan Alley, a patent attorney from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 31 3-time champion: $56,800 + $1,000. Ryan and Allison Solomon...
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Tom Lawrence, a performing waiter from Davenport, Iowa
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Season 4 3-time champion: $28,401.
Tom died on 2019-05-29.
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Dave Traini, a high school administrator from Medford Lakes, New Jersey
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 1990 Super...
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Neil Thom, an attorney from Columbus, Georgia
|
Season 20 player (2004-06-04).
KJL game 3.
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Jon Groubert, a former attorney from Denver, Colorado
|
Season 33 3-time champion: $76,191 + $1,000.
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John Cuthbertson, a physicist from San Diego, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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David Nixon, a personnel supervisor from San Antonio, Texas
|
Season 6 3-time champion: $31,400.
|
Dane Petersen, a public relations and marketing manager from Arlington, Virginia
|
Season 20 player (2004-06-04).
KJL game 3.
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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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Ben Sternberg, an investment banker from San Francisco, California
|
Season 18 3-time champion: $79,600. In his 3rd game (#4076, aired...
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Sue O'Donnell, a registered nurse from DeWitt, New York
|
Season 3 player (1987-02-13).
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Carol Center, a teacher from El Cajon, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-07-02).
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Dava-Leigh Brush, a stay-at-home mom from Arnold, Missouri
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Season 31 3-time champion: $31,501 + $2,000.
|
Lew Fox, a retired businessman originally from Floral Park, New York
|
Season 3 player (1987-02-13).
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Andy Kravis, a freshman from Farmington Hills, Michigan
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Andy was 13 at the...
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Michael Klaper, a physician from Umatilla, Florida
|
Season 3 2-time champion: $11,975.
|
Dale Schweinsberg, a U.S. Army officer from Rome, New York
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Season 3 2-time champion: $24,600. Dale held the rank of major...
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Dan McShane, a bartender from West Islip, New York
|
2013 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 28 4-time champion:...
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James Hyder, a systems manager from Columbia, Maryland
|
Season 7 1-time champion: $7,201 + a trip to Miami on...
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Lennie Magida, a journalist from Baltimore, Maryland
|
Season 3 player (1987-07-15).
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Sam Scovill, a G.I.S. technician from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
Season 33 3-time champion: $56,201+ $2,000.
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Michael Falk, a junior high school math teacher from West Allis, Wisconsin
|
"And he was a meteorologist when he won the Tournament of...
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Carl Brownell, a high school teacher from Evanston, Illinois
|
Season 17 1-time champion: $3,000.
|
Don Sloan, a composer and music professor from Wadsworth, Ohio
|
Season 12 3-time champion: $36,000.
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Julie Dunlevy, a technology specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 23 3-time champion: $73,800 + $2,000. Julie was the alternate...
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Travis Brazil, a waiter and actor from North Hollywood, California
|
Season 17 3-time champion: $14,599.
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Paul Tidwell, a tutor from Mission Hills, California
|
Season 4 3-time champion: $40,200.
|
Peg Pruitt, a retired teacher from Swansea, Massachusetts
|
Season 23 1-time champion: $8,100 + $2,000. The official Jeopardy! website...
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Pat Phillips, an administrative assistant from Brea, California
|
Season 17 3-time champion: $15,302.
|
Michael Backes, a puzzle designer originally from Tucson, Arizona
|
Season 1 3-time champion: $31,300. Michael won $1,300 on Win Ben...
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Kevin Scott, a graduate student from Columbus, Ohio
|
Season 18 3-time champion: $44,001.
|
Alexander Persaud, a Ph.D. student in economics originally from Dubuque, Iowa
|
Season 31 3-time champion: $61,000 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "per-SAWD".
|
Ragavan Ramsubramani, a financial analyst from New York, New York
|
Season 33 3-time champion: $54,603 + $1,000.
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Ellen Corrigan, a law clerk from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Season 32 3-time champion: $40,000 + $2,000.
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Jeff Suto, a law student originally from Hacienda Heights, California
|
Season 3 1-time champion: $7,000.
|
Ulhas Rajurkar, a human resources specialist from Lorton, Virginia
|
Season 18 3-time champion: $28,799. Season 18 5-time champion Trevor Norris,...
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Rosemary Woodlock, an attorney originally from Texas
|
Season 3 player (1986-10-31).
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Ryan Friedman, a GIS planner from Londonderry, New Hampshire
|
Season 23 3-time champion: $61,700 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: NHRy
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Patti Demerirjian, a housewife from Dayton, Ohio
|
Season 3 player (1987-07-01).
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Jerry Standlee, an air traffic controller from Fort Worth, Texas
|
Season 7 3-time champion: $22,500.
|
Bob Rome, a music teacher from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-07-01).
|
Rich Rosenlof, a sales representative from Sacramento, California
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Season 18 3-time champion: $80,800 + $2,000. Alex erroneously reported Rich's...
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Tanya Knight, an immigration counselor from Toronto, Canada
|
Season 18 1-time champion: $3,500.
|
Alex Boisvert, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California
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Season 18 3-time champion: $47,400. Last name pronounced like "bwah-VAIR". Alex...
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Debbie Ordas, an office manager from Maplewood, New Jersey
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Season 3 player (1987-06-29).
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Shane Curtis, an assistant professor from Lansing, Kansas
|
Season 31 3-time champion: $42,001 + $1,000. Shane was a retired...
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Roberta Hyman, a manufacturer from Atlantic City, New Jersey
|
Season 10 player (1993-09-29). Roberta won $17,500 on Trump Card in...
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Dave Eubanks, a teacher from Simi Valley, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-29).
|
Marsha Allen, an astronomer originally from St. Louis, Missouri
|
Season 14 3-time champion: $27,100.
|
Doug Molitor, a writer from Brentwood, California
|
Season 3 4-time champion: $51,001.
|
Chris Desser, an attorney from Santa Monica, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-01-08).
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Michael Falk, a meteorologist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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Keith Bell, a personnel specialist from Alexandria, Virginia
|
Season 3 5-time champion: $41,952.
|
Dan Sander, a trust officer from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
|
Season 22 3-time champion: $65,202 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: pundint
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Claudia Perry, a pop music critic from San Jose, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2002 Million Dollar Masters...
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Jim Diggins, a legal editor from South Euclid, Ohio
|
Season 13 3-time champion: $19,901.
|
Steve Kravitz, a trust and estate attorney from West Palm Beach, Florida
|
Season 4 3-time champion: $35,400 + either the Jeopardy! box game or computerized version.
|
Myra Backner, an office worker from Stoughton, Massachusetts
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-25).
|
Vik Vaz, a medical student from Austin, Texas
|
2006 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000. Season 22 3-time champion:...
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Ray Allex, a ticket seller from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $7,000.
|
Renee Pennington, a word processing center supervisor from New York City, New York
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-25).
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Pat Rounds, a sales trainer from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 3 player (1986-12-19): Kosta Boda crystal stemware.
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Aaron Thompson, a special assistant from Washington, D.C.
|
2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 21 3-time champion:...
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David Rozenson, a lawyer from Newton, Massachusetts
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 21 3-time champion: $76,000 + $1,000.
|
Rachel Zoch, a writer and editor from Deer Park, Texas
|
Season 32 3-time champion: $42,699 + $1,000.
|
Dan Schaffer, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-19): an Admiral refrigerator + Radio Flyer wagons.
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Shane Pederson, a statistician originally from Fulda, Minnesota
|
Season 7 3-time champion: $18,100.
|
Doug Dorst, a writer and professor from Austin, Texas
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 22 3-time champion: $66,802...
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Vik Vaz, a medical student from Austin, Texas
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2006 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000. Season 22 3-time champion:...
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Eric Berman, a journalist from Crown Point, Indiana
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1987 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 3 4-time champion: $37,101...
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Maria Wenglinsky, a teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion: $122,300...
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Keith Walker, an attorney from Pomona, California
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1990 Super Jeopardy! semifinalist: $10,000.
1987 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Season 3 5-time champion: $40,700.
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Adriana Bate, an office manager from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 15 3-time champion: $22,810.
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Craig Miller, a pastor from San Bernardino, California
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Season 3 player (1987-07-07).
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Mary Frechette, a registered nurse from Smithfield, Rhode Island
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Season 3 player (1987-07-07).
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Jon Woodman, an attorney from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 13 3-time champion: $32,000.
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Linda Dragas, a freelance journalist from North Bergen, New Jersey
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Season 3 player (1987-06-19).
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Alan Rosenberg, a newspaper editor from Warwick, Rhode Island
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Season 3 player (1987-06-19).
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Barbara Jackson, an attorney from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 13 player (1996-12-23). Not to be confused with Season 3...
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Mehrun Etebari, a graduate student of international relations from Durham, New Hampshire
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Matt Pressman, a graduate student in history from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 31 3-time champion: $46,700 + $2,000.
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Tim Singer, a writer originally from Tyrone, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 player (1986-09-19). Tim won $52,600 on Super Password from...
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Doug Dorst, a writer and professor from Austin, Texas
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 22 3-time champion: $66,802...
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Michael Falk, a meteorologist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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Ed Coyne, an airline pilot from Mission Viejo, California
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Season 3 player (1986-09-19).
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Jim Fahner, a pediatric oncologist from Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Season 13 3-time champion: $30,801.
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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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Brad Rutter, an actor and producer from Hollywood, California
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"He was a college student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, when he won...
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Eugene Finerman, a writer from Evanston, Illinois
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,600. 1990 Super...
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Bob Verini, a playwright, actor, and director from New York City, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Claudia Perry, a worker for an e-learning company from Evanston, Illinois
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"She was a pop music critic living in San Jose, California...
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Gay Mollette, a procurement manager originally from Detroit, Michigan
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Season 13 3-time champion: $24,001.
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Fran Pipp, a psychologist from Dexter, Michigan
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Season 6 player (1989-11-03). Brother(?) Joe was a 3-time champion back...
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Barbara Jackson, a sales support manager from Reseda, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-24). Not to be confused with Season 13...
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J.C. Turner, a pharmacy student from Amelia, Virginia
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Season 3 2-time champion: $15,800.
The J.C. stands for "James Clay".
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Bob Verini, a film journalist and test prep teacher from Los Angeles, California
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"A resident of New York City when he won the 1987...
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Joseph Henares, from Avon, Connecticut
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"Along with group science projects, history club, writing club, and chess...
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Van Lane, an ATM support technician from Denver, Colorado
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Season 26 3-time champion: $69,128 + $1,000.
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Charlotte Darby, from West Chester, Pennsylvania
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"Her crafts include crochet, origami, and friendship bracelets. From West Chester,...
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Marty Sade, a math teacher from Tucson, Arizona
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Season 12 3-time champion: $40,001.
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Vito Cortese, a software engineer and Italian translator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 3-time champion: $68,485 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Matt Tick, from Escondido, California
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"Will take violin lessons and loves science, but he really wants...
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Maria Wenglinsky, a teacher originally from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion: $122,300...
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor at Prairie View A&M University from Houston, Texas
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"A five-time champion in 2001, he's now a history professor at...
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Marie Braden, a customer service representative from Tempe, Arizona
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Season 27 1-time champion: $24,800 + $1,000. Marie's boyfriend Kirk's Rock...
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Sandy Siegel, a writer from Playa Del Rey, California
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Season 13 1-time champion: $3,400.
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Morgan Saxby, a research associate from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 26 3-time champion: $66,401 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Frank Spangenberg, a lieutenant in the New York Police Department from Douglaston, New York
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"He still holds the record for the most money won in...
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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
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"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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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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Shane Whitlock, a resident physician from Little Rock, Arkansas
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"As a junior at the University of Arkansas, he won the...
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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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Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
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Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
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John Ryan, a corporate controller from Richmond, California
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"As a college student, he was the top winner of the...
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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
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Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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Russ Woodford, a guidance counselor from Sharpsburg, Maryland
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Season 11 3-time champion: $17,995. Russ lost his 4th game to...
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Bernie Cullen, a biologist from Santa Barbara, California
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"He was the first 5-time champion of the 1996-97 season. A...
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Michael Daunt, an accountant from Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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"In 1996, he was a finalist in the Tournament of Champions....
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Kyle Hale, a college senior from Katy, Texas
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"Representing Texas A&M, he won the 2002 College Championship. Now he's...
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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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"In 1990, he won the Tournament of Champions. An actuary from...
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Eugene Finerman, a writer from Northbrook, Illinois
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"A finalist in the 1987 Tournament of Champions, he's a writer....
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Jennifer Blanton, an attorney from San Diego, California
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Season 30 3-time champion: $57,000 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: Tigershark
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Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
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"Legislative work in his home state was suspended so that lawmakers...
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Robert Slaven, a technical products specialist originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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"He won 5 times in 1992. Today, he's a technical products...
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Dane Garrett, a lawyer from Collinsville, Illinois
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Season 2 3-time champion: $17,900. Defeated by Chuck Forrest. Dane was...
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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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Darren Harris-Fain, an English professor from Prattville, Alabama
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Season 31 3-time champion: $63,000 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: dharrisf
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Chris McKillop, a management consultant from Toronto, Canada
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Season 5 3-time champion: $34,851.
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Paul Thompson, a human resources manager from Cheverly, Maryland
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"He was the first 5-time champion in the 1995-96 season. A...
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Chris Becker, a bus driver and trainer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 32 3-time champion: $52,999 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: cbec
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Kurt Bray, a scientist from Oceanside, California
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"A 5-time winner in 1994, he used some of his winnings...
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Brad Plovan, an attorney from Baltimore, Maryland
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"With the money from his five wins in 1995, he bought...
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Richard Gelb, a writer from New York City
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Season 3 1-time champion: $2,800.
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Michael Daunt, an accountant from Canada
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
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Chuck Champagne, a vice president of finance from Cumberland, Rhode Island
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Season 20 3-time champion: $49,002 + $1,000.
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Ken Harrison, a computer programmer from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 3 player (1986-11-06).
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Doug Molitor, a writer from Altadena, California
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1987 Tournament of Champions wildcard...
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Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"He was a writer living in Studio City, California, when he...
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Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
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Dan Melia, a college professor from Berkeley, California
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"He was a 1998 Tournament of Champions winner. Today he's a...
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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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Bob Verini, an academic director for a test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
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"He was a playwright and an actor living in New York...
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Jeff Richmond, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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"He used his 1988 5-game winnings to pay for law school....
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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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David Traini, a high school administrator from Moorestown, New Jersey
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"This 5-time champ finished second in the 1987 Tournament of Champions....
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Frank Spangenberg, a transit cop from Douglaston, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Sara Wilkinson, a country club concierge from Athens, Georgia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $72,701 + $2,000.
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Janet Bradlow, an insurance agent from New York, New York
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Season 26 3-time champion: $58,000 + $2,000. Janet Bradlow New York,...
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Doug Molitor, a writer from Brentwood, California
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1987 Tournament of Champions wildcard...
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Frank Amanat, an attorney from South Orange, New Jersey
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Season 20 3-time champion: $55,900 + $1,000. Season 20 player (2003-11-03)....
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Bill Cossen, a Ph.D. candidate in history originally from Lexington, South Carolina
|
Season 31 3-time champion: $50,602 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: JeopardyBill
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Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from New York City, New York
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"He was a New York City cop when he won five...
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John Ryan, an economist from Santa Barbara, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1987 Tournament...
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Roger Storm, a teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
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1990 Super Jeopardy! semifinalist: $10,000. 1987 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist:...
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Jerod Klein, a biology teacher originally from Fullerton, California
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Season 14 player (1997-09-19). Appeared in game #3000. (Because of the...
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Bud Humphrey, an editor from Park Ridge, Illinois
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Season 21 3-time champion: $56,599 + $2,000. Bud was the alternate...
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Tom Nichols, a process engineer originally from Lemont, Illinois
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Season 14 player (1997-09-19). Appeared in game #3000. (Because of the...
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Kyle Webb, a veterinary clinical pathologist originally from Boyertown, Pennsylvania
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Season 32 3-time champion: $45,200 + $1,000. Kyle appeared on The...
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Seth Alcorn, a bookstore supervisor from Alexandria, Virginia
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 19 3-time champion: $106,400 + $1,000.
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Elizabeth Baxter, a college student from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
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Season 19 3-time champion: $39,900 + $2,000.
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Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
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Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
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Nina Ginocchio, a school librarian from Park Ridge, Illinois
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Season 25 3-time champion: $56,700 + $1,000.
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Amelia Hershberger, a management analyst from Albany, New York
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Season 32 3-time champion: $43,000 + $2,000. Amelia won $30,000 on...
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James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Choyon Manjrekar, an urban planner from Providence, Rhode Island
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Season 31 3-time champion: $56,700 + $1,000. Choyon won $5,000 on...
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Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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Sanders Kleinfeld, a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,597 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Kalyan Farrington, a retired engineer from Honolulu, Hawaii
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Season 13 3-time champion: $26,955.
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Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
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Tom LaPorta, a web designer from Jacksonville, Florida
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Season 26 3-time champion: $50,501 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: fattom23
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Steve Belding, an engineer from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 32 3-time champion: $58,801 + $2,000.
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Frank Hughes, an account executive from Torrance, California
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1987 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Season 3 5-time champion: $30,900.
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Phyllis McDonald, a homemaker from Kentfield, California
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Season 3 2-time champion: $7,299 + Longines his & hers watches...
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Kathleen Ellis, a registered nurse from Red Oak, Texas
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Season 19 3-time champion: $78,501 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: ellis1992
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Tom Baker, a writer from Tokyo, Japan
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2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 20 3-time champion: $102,300 + $2,000.
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Judy Kilbane Koch, an attorney originally from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 3 player (1986-12-10). Last name pronounced like "COOK". Judy later...
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Fran Strykowski, a teacher originally from Albany, New York
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Season 3 player (1987-06-24).
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Roger Storm, a teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
|
1990 Super Jeopardy! semifinalist: $10,000. 1987 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist:...
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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
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Larry Brown, a product manager from Newport Beach, California
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Season 3 player (1987-06-24).
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Karin Hofland, a novelist from Santa Monica, California
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Season 3 player (1986-09-18).
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Elizabeth Charland, a water engineer originally from Mount Vernon, Indiana
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Season 3 player (1986-10-16).
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Marc Wade, a systems analyst originally from Sacramento, California
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Season 3 2-time champion: $8,099.
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Patrick Tucker, a senior from the University of Notre Dame
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Dave Traini, a teacher from Medford Lakes, New Jersey
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 1990 Super...
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Brian Barrett, a carpenter from Venice, California
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Season 3 player (1986-10-16).
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Larissa Charnsangavej, a senior from Rice University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Houston, Texas at...
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David Abolafia, a writer from Fishkill, New York
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Season 20 2-time champion: $42,000 + $2,000. David appeared on The...
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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Bob Verini, a playwright and actor from New York City, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Scott Ylinen, a draftsman and college student from Morgantown, West Virginia
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Season 31 3-time champion: $62,705 + $2,000.
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Linda Marshall, a housewife from Great Falls, Virginia
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Season 3 player (2009-06-23).
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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
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J.J. Fowell, a part-time pizza maker from Hollywood, California
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Season 3 player (2009-06-23).
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Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
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Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
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Laura Mitchell, a technical editor from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 25 player (2008-12-29).
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David Juliano, a casino dealer from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 9 1-time champion: $8,000 + a week's vacation at Murrieta...
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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Dan D'Addario, a senior from Columbia University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
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Lee Weber, a consultant from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 19 1-time champion: $3,200 + $1,000.
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Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
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Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
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Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Amy Wilson, a creative writing and women's studies student originally from Portland, Oregon
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,999 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Todd Simkin, a derivatives trader from Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
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Season 19 1-time champion: $3,201 + $2,000.
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CCH Pounder, an actress from Avatar and Brothers
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"She earned an Emmy nomination for her role as Claudette Wyms...
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Melanie Baker-Streevy, a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000. Melanie Baker-Streevy - A...
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Jeff Kuhn, an attorney from Fairport, New York
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Season 20 3-time champion: $48,702 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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Pat Grady, a computer analyst from Palatine, Illinois
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Season 17 3-time champion: $24,600.
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Alex Maggio, a writer originally from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 32 3-time champion: $63,401 + $1,000.
Alex appeared on Master Minds on 2020-12-09.
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Tim Morton, a military analyst from Stevensville, Maryland
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Season 17 1-time champion: $3,099.
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Tony Barreto, a deputy district attorney originally from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Season 3 player (1986-09-11): Ricci's Art Deco Collection heavy silver-plated flatware...
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Steve Lipman, a teacher from Fullerton, California
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Season 3 player (1986-09-11): a week's stay for 2 at Bluebeard's...
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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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Kevin Joyce, a customer service representative from Leominster, Massachusetts
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Season 25 3-time champion: $111,299 + $2,000. Kevin was the alternate...
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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
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Anna Tschetter, a legal assistant from Danvers, Massachusetts
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Season 26 1-time champion: $3,400 + $1,000.
|
Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Kathy Holden, an attorney from Chula Vista, California
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Season 16 1-time champion: $3,600.
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Harris Cohen, a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 2-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Joyce Hshieh, an actress and writer from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 32 3-time champion: $39,403 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "SHAY".
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Gila Stadler, a molecular epidemiologist from New York, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $3,000 + $2,000.
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Jonathan Vaughan, a graphics design student originally from Hong Kong
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Season 3 2-time champion: $13,000.
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Steve Frost, a technology salesman from Mountain View, California
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Season 19 3-time champion: $34,100 + $2,000.
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Woods Gleason, a film industry analyst originally from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 3 player (1987-04-07).
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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
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"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
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David Roussel, an accountant from Sunland, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $9,500 + Colortyme's traditional-style console color TV....
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Jonathan Corbblah, a chess teacher from Harlem, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Jonathan appeared as a...
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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He met and then married his wife while both were costarring...
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Joel Lewin, a telemarketing representative from Van Nuys, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $7,799. Joel competed on the U.S. version...
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Carol Childs, a lawyer from Studio City, California
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Season 3 player (1987-04-06). Carol won $2,700 on The Challengers on...
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Jack Feerick, a freelance writer from Churchville, New York
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Season 25 3-time champion: $108,200 + $2,000.
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Michele Harvey, a software engineer from Centreville, Virginia
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Season 16 3-time champion: $25,000.
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Jim Lampley, a sportscaster from TNT Sports
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"He's covered 8 Olympics for 3 networks and will host TNT's...
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Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Michael Falk, an attorney from Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania
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Season 9 player (1992-10-13). Not to be confused with Season 22...
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Janet Leach, a production control specialist from Greenland, New Hampshire
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Season 16 3-time champion: $29,800.
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Jason Benton, a teacher from Amenia, New York
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Season 13 3-time champion: $27,100
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Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York
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Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
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Peter Pinnow, a high school English teacher from Oxford, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $39,200 + $1,000.
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Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000. Season...
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Bobby Goldstein, a database administrator from Arlington, Massachusetts
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Season 20 3-time champion: $42,200 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: GoBobbyGo
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Justin T. Bradford, Jr., an educator from Canyon Country, California
|
Season 16 1-time champion: $3,001.
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Amanda Potocky, a senior clinical data coordinator from Cary, North Carolina
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Season 19 3-time champion: $38,200 + $2,000.
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Alonso Duralde, a film critic from West Hollywood, California
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Season 26 player (2010-01-11). Alonso won $14,200 on Trivial Pursuit: America...
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Michael Forrest, an actor from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 14 1-time champion: $3,700.
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Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New York
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Michel Phillips, a lawyer from Smyrna, Georgia
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Season 17 3-time champion: $34,001. At Mercer University, Michel was a...
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Rahul Ranadive, a lawyer from Miami, Florida
|
Season 16 1-time champion: $3,000.
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Laura Wimberley, a college teaching assistant originally from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 23 3-time champion: $23,999 + $1,000.
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Tim Relihan, a senior from the University of Nebraska from Stromsburg, Nebraska
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Ian Barondess, a salesperson originally from Great Neck, New York
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Season 3 player (1986-10-14). Ian won a $58,000 jackpot on Sale...
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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Paul Schindler Jr., a journalist originally from Portland, Oregon
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Season 3 player (1986-10-14).
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Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Sue Keller, a ragtime piano player from Staten Island, New York
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Season 13 3-time champion: $28,400.
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Tricia McKinney, a TV news writer from Secaucus, New Jersey
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Season 23 3-time champion: $50,800 + $1,000.
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Shad Small, an office assistant from Lafayette, California
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Season 24 3-time champion: $59,101 + $2,000.
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Carol Tierney, an administrative assistant originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 14 player (1998-03-20). Season 14 player (1997-12-05). Jeopardy! returned Carol...
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Steve Cook, a medical student from San Mateo, California
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Season 13 3-time champion: $34,401.
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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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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Curt Schilling, a pitcher from the Boston Red Sox
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"In helping the Red Sox to win the 2004 World Series,...
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