| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | TV MOMS $400: Lauren Graham was 30-something single mom Lorelai on this series Gilmore Girls |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | 30 SOMETHING $200: In the Gospels, Judas Iscariot receives this payoff for betraying Jesus 30 pieces of silver |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | 30 SOMETHING $400: To save gas during World War II, a national 35 mph standard was dubbed this "speed limit", like "gardens" of the day victory |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | 30 SOMETHING $600: The Houston Astros & Texas Rangers have both retired the No. 34 jersey of this pitching "Express" (Nolan) Ryan |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | 30 SOMETHING $800: There are this many months of the year with 31 days 7 |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | 30 SOMETHING $1000: Sir John Buchan wrote this spy novel that Hitchcock made into a big screen thriller 39 Steps |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | 30 SOMETHING $200: A university in this U.K. city consists of 38 colleges, including All Souls, St. John's & Trinity Oxford |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | 30 SOMETHING $400: This-millimeter film has long been a standard gauge for photography & motion pictures, but digital has made huge inroads 35-millimeter |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | 30 SOMETHING $600: The NBA's most-retired number is 32, including for this Utah Jazz "Mailman" Karl Malone |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | 30 SOMETHING $800: Extending playing time to more than 20 minutes a side, Columbia Records released its first LP record at this speed in 1948 33 1/3 |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | 30 SOMETHING $1000: Render unto us the name of this Caesar whose reign ended in 37 A.D. & was followed by Caligula's Tiberius |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | PRIMATES $3,200 (Daily Double): About 30,000 years old, an early Homo sapiens skull called this "1" was discovered in 1868 at the French site of the same name Cro-Magnon |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | 30 SOMETHING $400: Of the 34 states in the U.S. before the Civil War, eleven seceded to form this new entity the Confederate States of America |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | 30 SOMETHING $800: If you drink 32 ounces of milk, you've guzzled 1 of this unit a quart |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | 30 SOMETHING $1200: Most people are born with 33 of these bones, but reach maturity with fewer because some of them fuse vertebrae |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | 30 SOMETHING $1600: When Parliament approved the 39 Articles in 1571, this newish church had a statement of doctrine the Church of England |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | 30 SOMETHING $2000: In 1975 35 nations signed these accords designed to reduce tensions between the USSR & the West the Helsinki Accords |
| #7559, aired 2017-06-22 | THE YOUNG POPE $2000: The III pope of this adjectival name, elected in 1198 at 30-something, has been called the most important of the middle ages Innocent |
| #7118, aired 2015-07-22 | THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE AIR $200: Sure, this 5-letter item has a "death from above" rap, but Amazon plans to use it to achieve 30-minute delivery times a drone |
| #7058, aired 2015-04-29 | 500 $1000: The S&P of the S&P 500 index stands for this; half of it sounds like something a businessman tries to avoid Standard & Poor's |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | 30 SOMETHING $200: It's 3/4 of the number of weeks in a year, & a common number of weeks for a pregnancy to last 39 |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | 30 SOMETHING $400: Standard RPM speed of your old long-playing record albums 33 1/3 |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | 30 SOMETHING $600: "Miracle" street in a 1947 holiday classic 34th Street |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | 30 SOMETHING $800: Youngest age at which you can be sworn in for the U.S. Senate 30 |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | 30 SOMETHING $1000: Total number of pieces including pawns at the start of a chess game 32 |
| #5008, aired 2006-05-24 | PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew sits in the chamber of the State House in Concord, NH.) In 1975, the New Hampshire House introduced an electronic system for this type of vote, which can now be tabulated in 30 seconds a roll call vote |
| #4450, aired 2004-01-02 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $800: With help from Helen Fielding, this 30-something singleton & diarist also has a published "Guide to Life" Bridget Jones |
| #4383, aired 2003-10-01 | THIRTY SOMETHING $200: When a sailor is on "watch" at sea, the bells are tolled at intervals of this many minutes 30 |
| #3432, aired 1999-07-06 | LET'S GROW SOMETHING! $200: In Holland in the 1630s, a single bulb of this plant was sold for the equivalent of over $30,000 Tulip |
| #2990, aired 1997-09-05 | BORN IN THE '60s $400: 1 of the 2 30-something female leads of "The English Patient" (1 of) Juliette Binoche & Kristin Scott Thomas |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 30-SOMETHING $100: At age 33 in 1804, he started a new symphony, his 5th, with a Da-Da-Da-Duh Beethoven |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 30-SOMETHING $200: These comedians were both in their 30th when paired by Hal Roach in the 1920s Laurel & Hardy |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 30-SOMETHING $300: In need of money in 1835, this 30-year-old Dane published 4 fairy tales Hans Christian Andersen |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 30-SOMETHING $400: Of the 4 regular hosts of "The Tonight Show", he's the only one who didn't start when he was 30-something Jay Leno |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 30-SOMETHING $500: Madonna was 34 in 1992, when she published "Sex", & this actress was 34 in 1926, when she produced the play "Sex" Mae West |
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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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Anjali Tripathi, a senior from MIT
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
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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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Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
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Prashant Raghavendran, a sophomore from the University of Texas, Dallas
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Prashant Raghavendran Blog...
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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Tim Relihan, a senior from the University of Nebraska from Stromsburg, Nebraska
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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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