#9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENTS $1600: A precursor to this compound, L-DOPA was used by Oliver Sacks to help bring Leonard L. out of 30 years of a coma-like condition dopamine |
#9060, aired 2024-03-15 | EXTINCT ANIMALS $2000: This sirenian of the Bering Sea was unknown until 1741 when Georg Steller first described it; within 30 years, it was extinct Steller's sea cow |
#9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR $800: The ruler with this title was forced by the Young Turk rebels to recall parliament, which he'd suspended 30 years earlier the Ottoman sultan (emperor) |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | YUP, IT'S A PORT-A-POTTY $400: A port-a-potty business for over 30 years, it's also a poker hand consisting of the five highest cards of one suit Royal Flush |
#9010, aired 2024-01-05 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $1600: In 1923, more than 30 years before the talking one, Cecil B. DeMille directed a silent version of this biblical epic The Ten Commandments |
#9001, aired 2023-12-25 | GETTING POSSESSIVE $1000: On January 30, 1968, CBS broadcast the reopening of this D.C. landmark; the stage had been dark for 103 years Ford's Theater |
#16, aired 2023-10-11 | FOR SWEATER OR WORSE $400: For over 30 years, TV's Mister Rogers changed into his iconic red sweater, now in the Smithsonian, as he sang this song "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" |
#8945, aired 2023-10-06 | THE CRIMEAN WAR $400: Historian Yakup Bektas called the war the "most illustrated war to date", mentioning this new tech less than 30 years old photography |
#8926, aired 2023-09-11 | RENAISSANCE LITERATURE $1200: A romantic epic, him "Innamorato" was followed nearly 30 years later by him "Furioso" in 1516 Orlando |
#8918, aired 2023-07-19 | JULIE & JULIA $600: Early in her 30+ years voicing this character, Julie Kavner had it in her contract that she'd never do it live & spoil the illusion Marge Simpson |
#8894, aired 2023-06-15 | THE CZAR $800: This man I, who died in 1855, was dubbed the emperor who froze Russia for 30 years; this man II ensured there'd be no this man III Nicholas |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE GRAMMAR POLICE $1000: 30 years on the force, but I was sickened by "I went to lunch, Tim showed up" --what animal does this act with an innocent comma? splice |
#16, aired 2023-05-22 | PICKING UP THE CZECH $600: This Czech with an alliterative name had 766 NHL goals in a pro hockey career spanning more than 30 years Jaromir Jagr |
#6, aired 2023-05-10 | PITCHERS HAVE BIG YEARS $1000: With a 31-6 record in 1968, this Detroit Tiger became the last MLB pitcher to win 30 games in a season McLain |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | ETHIOPIA $200: 30 years after organizing this huge concert for famine aid in Ethiopia, Bob Geldof led a fund for private equity investing there Live Aid |
#8861, aired 2023-05-01 | DOCTOR: WHO? $1000: Though finished in 1957, the hefty novel about him would not be published in the Soviet Union for 30 years Doctor Zhivago |
#8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THE NATION IN QUESTION $1000: 30 years now free of rule from Prague; the ninth letter of the alphabet is DZ; ski the Tatras Slovakia |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | BANKING & FINANCE $800: Invest $10,000 at 4%, add $100 per month & in 10 years you'll have nearly $30,000; the oft-cited "miracle of" this 2-word phrase compound interest |
#8749, aired 2022-11-24 | REVENGE LIT $1000: In "An Act of Vengeance" by this Chilean author, Dulce Rosa plots for 30 years, gets her chance & things turn out different (Isabel) Allende |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | 1992 IN BOOKS: 30 YEARS AGO $300: In its 625 pages, James Michener's opus about this neighbor nation of the U.S. weaves in bullfighting & the Spanish conquest Mexico |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | 1992 IN BOOKS: 30 YEARS AGO $600: A biography subtitled "Her True Story" is journalist Andrew Morton's look at this princess Princess Diana |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | 1992 IN BOOKS: 30 YEARS AGO $1200: This Terry McMillan bestseller centers on 4 African-American women living in Phoenix & their challenges with men & life Waiting to Exhale |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | 1992 IN BOOKS: 30 YEARS AGO $1500: There are men, women & planets in the title of this John Gray bestseller about relationships Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | 1992 IN BOOKS: 30 YEARS AGO $3,200 (Daily Double): "The Pelican Brief", a 1992 thriller by this author, became a movie starring Denzel Washington & Julia Roberts John Grisham |
#8708, aired 2022-09-28 | ONE-NAMED ROCK STARS $200: About the Joshua Tree Tour, he declared, "It's only taken me 30 years to learn how to sing these songs" Bono |
#8708, aired 2022-09-28 | OFF TO NEW ENGLAND $400: Originally incorporated as Harrington, this city got its name in 1797 & 30 years later, became Maine's capital Augusta |
#8688, aired 2022-07-20 | PLEASE RISE FOR OUR NATIONAL... $200: Bird:
Chosen in 1782, it can live up to 30 years in the wild bald eagle |
#8624, aired 2022-04-21 | WORLD CAPITALS $800: Leveled during World War II, it was replaced as capital for nearly 30 years by Quezon City Manila |
#8607, aired 2022-03-29 | IT HAPPENED IN EGYPT $2000: In 2011 this president who had served Egypt for 30 years stepped down as protesters called for his ouster (Hosni) Mubarak |
#8604, aired 2022-03-24 | FEUD ORIGINS $1200: In 1905 Johnny Evers took a cab to the ballpark & left this double play partner at the hotel; the 2 barely spoke for the next 30 years Joe Tinker |
#8600, aired 2022-03-18 | SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1997, 30 years after his death in Bolivia, the remains of this revolutionary were returned to Cuba "Che" Guevara |
#8597, aired 2022-03-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: Though he'd live to age 91, this "Finlandia" composer pretty much stopped composing for the last 30 years of his life Jean Sibelius |
#8584, aired 2022-02-24 | LIT-POURRI $800: In 1989, 30 years after this "Doctor Zhivago" author had to turn down his Nobel Prize, his son accepted it on his behalf Boris Pasternak |
#8, aired 2022-02-11 | U.S. CITIES $400: Incorporated in 1911, this city 30 miles northwest of Hoover Dam has had a busy 111 years Las Vegas |
#1, aired 2022-02-08 | BIO 101 $1000: Les Payne worked for 30 years on "The Dead are Arising", a 2020 bio of this man who joined & broke with the Nation of Islam Malcolm X |
#8571, aired 2022-02-07 | ANGELS & DEMONS & INSURANCE AGENTS $1600: The agent explains whole life insurance costs more than this 4-letter kind with benefits that expire after you survive 10, 20 or 30 years term |
#8564, aired 2022-01-27 | FATHERS OF THE NATION $1200: Lee Kuan Yew was the first prime minister of this city-state & governed there for 30 years Singapore |
#8557, aired 2022-01-18 | I WANT 2 B $200: Poor Bart Simpson has been writing on one after school for over 30 years a blackboard |
#8555, aired 2022-01-14 | HOLLAND $1000: Willem-Alexander, the son of this woman who reigned for more than 30 years, is the current monarch Queen Beatrix |
#8495, aired 2021-10-22 | YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION $1,800 (Daily Double): Nearly 30 years after the 1989 one in Czechoslovakia, Armenia had its own revolution named for this soft fabric velvet |
#8466, aired 2021-09-13 | AUTHORS NOT AUTHORING $800: Ordained in 1695, Jonathan Swift spent 30 years as Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in this city Dublin |
#8453, aired 2021-07-28 | BURGESSES IN THE HOUSE! $800: In 1759, exactly 30 years before he became president, this man was in the House of Burgesses (George) Washington |
#8450, aired 2021-07-23 | JIMMY CARTER $200: Mediated by Jimmy, these accords ended 30 years of hostility, with an Egypt-Israel peace agreement Camp David |
#8442, aired 2021-07-13 | OVER BUDGET $800: The government of New South Wales held a lottery for 30 years to pay for this building whose budget went from $7 mil. to $102 mil. the Sydney Opera House |
#8419, aired 2021-06-10 | DEUCE $600: Robert Wood Johnson II ran his family co. for 30 years, with special care for this product down to the sprinkle holes' size baby powder |
#8416, aired 2021-06-07 | SOME GOOD NEWS $600: In 2020, a pygmy one of these--an endangered species--was born at the San Diego Zoo for the first time in over 30 years a hippo (a pygmy hippopotamus) |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | LEADERS $1000: In 1938 he was lead chair in the NAACP's legal office; nearly 30 years later, he began making supreme decisions Marshall |
#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 |
#8247, aired 2020-09-29 | LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT GRAMMYS $1200: He got his lifetime award in 1991; almost 30 years later, his 2020 album "Rough and Rowdy Ways" went to No. 1 Bob Dylan |
#8234, aired 2020-06-11 | THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES $400: Eleanor Holmes Norton has been the non-voting delegate for this district for nearly 30 years Washington, D.C. |
#8220, aired 2020-05-22 | YEARBOOK PHOTOS OF PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT $200: Even in high school, it was clear he'd join his dad's business, the U.S. Navy; he also served 30-plus years in the Senate (John) McCain |
#8216, aired 2020-05-18 | "W"ORDS WITH DOUBLE LETTERS $800: Here's the current lineup of this group that's been entertaining kids the world over nearly 30 years The Wiggles |
#8191, aired 2020-03-30 | FETE OFFENSIVE $1600: 30 years after the original concert, this reboot featured overpriced water & arson Woodstock |
#8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ALLITERATIVE ACTRESSES $1600: 30 years after her "Children of a Lesser God" Oscar, she received an award for her work for people with disabilities Marlee Matlin |
#8167, aired 2020-02-25 | AFTER ALL THESE YEARS $200: Nearly 30 years passed between the end of Jerry Brown's 2nd term as governor of this state & the beginning of his 3rd one California |
#8152, aired 2020-02-04 | ADMIRABLE ADMIRALS $3,000 (Daily Double): On July 30, 1588 Admiral, Howard left this city's harbor to meet the Armada; 32 years later, another ship set sail from there Plymouth |
#8083, aired 2019-10-30 | ANIMALS & THEIR FOOD $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the Como Park Zoo.) Flamingos, which can live 20 to 30 years in the wild and even longer in captivity, get their pinkish color from the food they eat, like shrimp or plankton, and at the zoo, nutritionally complete pellets that all contain a red-orange pigment similar to this one found in squash and sweet potatoes beta-carotene |
#8079, aired 2019-10-24 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $1000: About 30 years after the Warren Commission, this future Secretary of State, named Warren, headed the commission on the LAPD (Warren) Christopher |
#8046, aired 2019-09-09 | MOTOR TREND CAR OF THE YEAR $600: 1984:
This Chevy sports car, about 30 years overdue the Corvette |
#8009, aired 2019-06-06 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $800: Morton Sobell, who got 30 years when tried as a spy along with this couple, died in 2018 at age 101 the Rosenbergs |
#8006, aired 2019-06-03 | SOVIETS NOT BORN IN RUSSIA $1200: This man is born in Riga, Latvia in 1898--cut to him directing "Battleship Potemkin" less than 30 years later Eisenstein |
#7925, aired 2019-02-08 | STARGAZERS $400: In the 1920s Harlow Shapley concluded this was not at the center of the Milky Way galaxy but 30,000 light years from there the Sun |
#7907, aired 2019-01-15 | TREATIES $800: In 843, nearly 30 years after his death, the Treaty of Verdun divided his empire among 3 grandsons Charlemagne |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | SENATORS WITH STAMINA $200: In 2009 Joe Biden left the Senate after more than 30 years of service to take this job vice president |
#7875, aired 2018-11-30 | WATCHING THE TV DETECTIVES $800: It's the lead detective role played on TV by Jack Lord & Alex O'Loughlin 30 years apart Steve McGarrett |
#7857, aired 2018-11-06 | ON BROADWAY IN 2018 $1200: More than a mere apparition, this Hal Prince-directed classic celebrated 30 years on Broadway in January Phantom of the Opera |
#7846, aired 2018-10-22 | NO LONGER AROUND $200: In 2010, Sony announced that it was stopping production of this device after 30 years a Walkman |
#7821, aired 2018-09-17 | MAMMALS $2000: Sadly, less than 30 years after it was discovered, Steller's this aquatic mammal was hunted to extinction a sea cow |
#7797, aired 2018-07-03 | STARS FELL FROM ALABAMA $400: She was born in Birmingham in 1964, 30 years before becoming your TV friend Monica Courteney Cox |
#7793, aired 2018-06-27 | MAKING A FEDERAL CASE OUT OF IT $600: Someone who blows up an arsenal in wartime can get 30 years for this, from French for "shoe" sabotage |
#7792, aired 2018-06-26 | YES, PRIME MINISTER $2,400 (Daily Double): Hun Sen, who spent much of the 1970s in exile in Vietnam, became prime minister of this country in 1985 & was still in office 30 years later Cambodia |
#7769, aired 2018-05-24 | AUDIBLE RECENT FICTION $400: More than 30 years after its publication, this dystopian novel read by Claire Danes is a bestseller
"A shape, red with white wings around the face, a shape like mine, a nondescript woman in red carrying a basket..." The Handmaid's Tale |
#7729, aired 2018-03-29 | HIS PANIC $200: Jonathan Knight of this "New" group that's been singing for 30 years now has gone public about his panic attacks New Kids on the Block |
#7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $1000: As Victor Kiriakis on "Days of Our Lives", this father of a TV star has put in 30-plus years of all kinds of villainy John Aniston |
#7625, aired 2017-11-03 | AN EXCELLENT QUESTION $800: The great question he could not answer despite "30 years of research into the feminine soul is, 'What does a woman want?'" Sigmund Freud |
#7597, aired 2017-09-26 | EPONYMS $1600: This scarf worn as a tie is French for a Croatian; Croatians serving France wore them in the 30 Years' War a cravat |
#7560, aired 2017-06-23 | ORANGE $400: Invented 30 years ago, they now account for 2/3 of all carrot sales baby carrots |
#7523, aired 2017-05-03 | AN ENVIRONMENTAL CATEGORY $2000: Nuclear waste sizzles with radioactivity from the 90 isotope of this element, half-life 30 years strontium |
#7501, aired 2017-04-03 | TIME SPANS $1000: A period of about 30 years, whether it's "the greatest" one or not generation |
#7477, aired 2017-02-28 | 1980s BESTSELLERS $1600: His 1987 novel "Texasville" reintroduced the characters of "The Last Picture Show", all 30 years older Larry McMurtry |
#7470, aired 2017-02-17 | SOCIOLOGY $1200: Response rates for these, a vital research tool of sociologists, have fallen from about 30% to 10% in recent years a survey (or public opinion poll) |
#7414, aired 2016-12-01 | JOEL $400: It's been more than 30 years since his 2-album "Greatest Hits", featuring "Big Shot" Billy Joel |
#7332, aired 2016-06-28 | I JUST GOT OUT OF PRISON AFTER 30 YEARS $400: Well, since my Mamiya is outdated now, can I just use the 12-megapixel one of these on your iPhone? a camera |
#7332, aired 2016-06-28 | I JUST GOT OUT OF PRISON AFTER 30 YEARS $800: I still have my blue & gold video card from this store, I'm just gonna go rent a new release... What? No way! Blockbuster |
#7332, aired 2016-06-28 | I JUST GOT OUT OF PRISON AFTER 30 YEARS $1200: All the songs on the radio with this hyphenated pitch correction are making me rethink being on the outside Auto-Tune |
#7332, aired 2016-06-28 | I JUST GOT OUT OF PRISON AFTER 30 YEARS $1600: Wee! I enjoyed riding on this type of bus that's hinged, or more formally does this, meaning it formed a joint an articulated bus |
#7332, aired 2016-06-28 | I JUST GOT OUT OF PRISON AFTER 30 YEARS $2000: I think I'll head to this European city of about 1.2 million... Huh? There's no place called that anymore? East Berlin |
#7318, aired 2016-06-08 | SURROUNDED BY STATISTICS $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew does jumping jacks, lunges, and runs in place.) 30 minutes of exercise a day will improve this measure of vitality, marked for Americans at approximately 79 years lifespan |
#7318, aired 2016-06-08 | SURROUNDED BY STATISTICS $600: In 2014 1/4 of U.S. 16-year-olds had this document; 30 years ago it was nearly half a driver's license |
#7250, aired 2016-03-04 | CAVES $2000: France's Chauvet Cave has lion & rhino paintings from 30,000 years ago in this period also called the Old Stone Age Paleolithic |
#7235, aired 2016-02-12 | YOU BUG ME $1,200 (Daily Double): The queen of this destructive insect of the order Isoptera can lay 30,000 eggs a day for years on end a termite |
#7211, aired 2016-01-11 | SUMMER OLYMPIC CITIES $1200: In 2006, 30 years late, the debt was paid off for the stadium called "The Big Owe" & the rest of this city's games Montreal |
#7177, aired 2015-11-24 | MOTTOES & SLOGANS $400: This defiant motto was launched 30 years ago as a Lone Star State anti-littering slogan "Don't mess with Texas" |
#7136, aired 2015-09-28 | PLAYING POLITICS $800: This Northeastern man was 30, the minimum age for a U.S. senator, when he ran in 1962; he stuck around 47 years Ted Kennedy |
#7136, aired 2015-09-28 | THE BRADY BUNCH $800: She died in April 2015 after 30 years of gun control activism Sarah Brady |
#7082, aired 2015-06-02 | HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH $400: This condition has doubled in the last 30 years in U.S. kids & is linked to increased risk for diabetes obesity |
#7082, aired 2015-06-02 | PHILOSOPHY $1200: In 14 years this 19th century Dane published 30 books, mostly about how to reach God Kierkegaard |
#7037, aired 2015-03-31 | A JOB WITH NO COMMUTE $400: The USA's average age for this job has been rising for 30 years, to 58.3 as of 2012--remember, it's Old MacDonald farmer |
#7037, aired 2015-03-31 | WE'RE ALL JEALOUS $1600: She hit the Top 30 with "Jealousy" in 1996, a few years after splitting up with 9,999 other maniacs Natalie Merchant |
#7034, aired 2015-03-26 | WARBIRDS $600: (Alex delivers the clue aboard a plane at the Aviano Air Base in Italy.) For over 30 years, the United States Air Force has relied on this fighter plane, a single engine, Mach 2 F-16, known as "The Fighting" this; it's a fierce type of hawk "Falcon" |
#7025, aired 2015-03-13 | ADVERTISING & MARKETING $800: At Heinz Field in 2009, this ex-NFL star received the Clio Advertising Award for a TV ad that first aired 30 years before "Mean Joe" Greene |
#7024, aired 2015-03-12 | PRESIDENTIAL SECRETS $1,400 (Daily Double): In the last year of his presidency in 1844, he secretly married a woman 30 years younger John Tyler |
#6968, aired 2014-12-24 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT COMPOSER $1600: For 30 years Alexander Glazunov was associated with the St. Petersburg one of these music schools a conservatory |
#6939, aired 2014-11-13 | 1964 -- 50 YEARS AGO $600: In March this school completed a 30-0 season & won its first NCAA title in men's basketball UCLA |
#6930, aired 2014-10-31 | HENRIK IBSEN $400: Ibsen was born in this country in 1828 but exiled himself in 1864 & didn't return for almost 30 years Norway |
#6852, aired 2014-06-03 | ALASKA'S GLACIERS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us the ice at Margerie Glacier in Alaska.) Today, glaciers cover 11% of the world's surface; 2.6 million years ago during this epoch, they covered 30%. the Pleistocene |
#6852, aired 2014-06-03 | SUN OF A BOOK $1200: Khaled Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns" explores the last 30 years in this Asian nation Afghanistan |
#6850, aired 2014-05-30 | A REAL MAC DADDY $800: After finding a big river in Canada, he went home to Scotland in 1812 & had 3 kids with a lass more than 30 years his junior (Alexander) MacKenzie |
#6817, aired 2014-04-15 | 10-LETTER WORDS $800: A cohort of contemporaries; as a time span, it's often given as 30 years a generation |
#6761, aired 2014-01-27 | EUROPEAN FOUNTAINS $2000: Designed by Nicola Salvi in 1732 & completed 30 years later, it's been called the most famous Baroque fountain in Rome the Trevi Fountain |
#6753, aired 2014-01-15 | 30 YEARS $400: U.S. Treasury bonds reach this, the point at which they come due, after 30 years; some people take a lot longer maturity |
#6753, aired 2014-01-15 | 30 YEARS $800: Having failed to protect JFK, Clint Eastwood tries to thwart a new assassin 30 years later in this 1993 film In the Line of Fire |
#6753, aired 2014-01-15 | 30 YEARS $1200: The sugar type of this popular shade tree takes 30 years to begin to produce seeds a maple |
#6753, aired 2014-01-15 | 30 YEARS $1600: In 2012 he stated that Feb. 1, 2014, the day he marks 30 years as NBA commissioner, would be his last day on the job David Stern |
#6753, aired 2014-01-15 | 30 YEARS $2000: 50% down & a 5-year loan was common before the FHA, short for this, began backing 30-year mortgages the Federal Housing Administration |
#6735, aired 2013-12-20 | ____ING THE ____ $200: A dad may find himself doing this in the delivery room & again 30 years later when he's ending financial support cutting the cord |
#6706, aired 2013-11-11 | AWARDS & HONORS $1000: A violin competition for those 30 & under is held every 5 years in Helsinki & named for this composer Sibelius |
#6699, aired 2013-10-31 | GONE WITH THE WIND $1600: Akin to a manatee, the Steller's sea this reached 30 feet & 20,000 lbs.; it was extinct within 30 years of its 1741 discovery cow |
#6690, aired 2013-10-18 | HERE COMES 30! $1000: The 30 Years' War bloodied Europe in this century the 17th century |
#6689, aired 2013-10-17 | THE ROLLING STONES $800: After 30 years, this bassist retired from the band in 1992 Bill Wyman |
#6681, aired 2013-10-07 | THEY WERE IN CHARGE 30 YEARS AGO $400: India Indira Gandhi |
#6681, aired 2013-10-07 | THEY WERE IN CHARGE 30 YEARS AGO $800: Egypt Mubarak |
#6681, aired 2013-10-07 | THEY WERE IN CHARGE 30 YEARS AGO $1200: North Korea Kim Il-sung |
#6651, aired 2013-07-15 | 1983--30 YEARS AGO $200: Sally Ride rode into history aboard this as the first American woman in space the Challenger |
#6651, aired 2013-07-15 | 1983--30 YEARS AGO $400: This Polish electrician won the Nobel Peace Prize Lech Walesa |
#6651, aired 2013-07-15 | 1983--30 YEARS AGO $600: Jennifer Beals was a "maniac" in this movie; she also sparked a trend for wearing torn sweatshirts Flashdance |
#6651, aired 2013-07-15 | 1983--30 YEARS AGO $1,000 (Daily Double): German con artist Konrad Kujau faked these to fool the world (for a while in the spring of '83) the Hitler Diaries |
#6651, aired 2013-07-15 | 1983--30 YEARS AGO $1000: Chicago elected this man its first African-American mayor Harold Washington |
#6646, aired 2013-07-08 | GOOSE! $2000: Perhaps prepping for flight No. 2, Howard Hughes had a full crew maintain this mammoth plane for nearly 30 years the "Spruce Goose" |
#6595, aired 2013-04-26 | ROME, IF YOU WANT TO $1200: Nicola Salvi won a 1732 competition by designing this Baroque fountain; it took 30 years to complete the Trevi Fountain |
#6542, aired 2013-02-12 | THE WEATHER & GEOGRAPHY REPORT $600: Raindrops won't be fallin' on your head in Arica, in this South American country; it takes 30+ years to get one inch of rain Chile |
#6525, aired 2013-01-18 | THE AMAZING SPIDER $600: A lifespan of 30 years has been recorded for a big, hairy mygalomorph, commonly known as this a tarantula |
#6517, aired 2013-01-08 | WARDROBE $1600: In 2012 this jeans & apparel company founded by Georges Marciano & Brothers celebrated 30 years in retail GUESS |
#6392, aired 2012-06-05 | AN ARMY OF OLIVERS $400: Born in 1599, he started puritanizing parliament about 30 years later Cromwell |
#6391, aired 2012-06-04 | C.D.s $800: After 30 years as a U.S. senator from Connecticut, he now heads the Motion Picture Association of America (Christopher) Dodd |
#6379, aired 2012-05-17 | THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD $200: He entered Congress in 1995, 30 years after he & Cher topped the pop charts Sonny Bono |
#6333, aired 2012-03-14 | LOOK OUT BELOW $600: More than 30 years after it erupted in Washington State, you can see still see the blast & debris zone from this volcano Mount St. Helens |
#6223, aired 2011-10-12 | CHILDHOOD HEALTH $200: (Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) To combat childhood obesity, which has tripled in the last 30 years, in 2010 she launched a program to get kids to eat better & exercise more; it's called "Let's Move" Michelle Obama |
#6176, aired 2011-06-20 | NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HISTORY $400: It was a military prison for over 70 years & a federal prison for less than 30, from 1934 to 1962 Alcatraz |
#6166, aired 2011-06-06 | THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY $1000: Who needs Megan Fox or Eva Mendes? We remember Raquel Welch busting out in this prehistoric potboiler One Million Years B.C. |
#6041, aired 2010-12-13 | THEY CALL ME MISTER... $1600: Oh noooo! his "Disasterpiece Theater" DVD celebrated "30 Years of Sluggo's Greatest Hits" Mr. Bill |
#5928, aired 2010-05-26 | AS TIME GOES BY $1000: In a 19th century bestseller of men & the sea, Richard Henry Dana Jr. told of living this many "Years Before the Mast" Two |
#5912, aired 2010-05-04 | ASTRONOMY & ASTROLOGY $600: This second-largest planet takes almost 30 years for one solar revolution Saturn |
#5781, aired 2009-11-02 | HOW MANY YEARS? $400: Triennial 3 |
#5699, aired 2009-05-21 | THE WORLD AT WAR $600: In 1619 Rene Descartes went to join the army of the Duke of Bavaria during this decades-long war the 30 Years War |
#5664, aired 2009-04-02 | MOVIE TAGLINES $1600: 1985:
"17-year-old Marty McFly got home early last night. 30 years early" Back to the Future |
#5593, aired 2008-12-24 | PEOPLE IN THE ARTS $1200: In 2008 Philippe de Montebello retired after 30 years directing this Fifth Ave. arts temple the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
#5581, aired 2008-12-08 | TIMELINE 1600S $1200: In 1618, 2 Catholic officials were thrown out of a window in this European city, sparking the 30 Years' War Prague |
#5576, aired 2008-12-01 | ROYALTY $1600: This country was still involved in the 30 Years' War when Queen Christina came to power in 1644 Sweden |
#5527, aired 2008-09-23 | IN THE SAND $400: This fanged, hairy spider of the Southwest desert can live up to 30 years a tarantula |
#5513, aired 2008-07-23 | FINANCIAL PLANNING $600: These U.S. Government securities whose term is 30 years are risk free, but they also pay the least interest treasury bonds (savings bonds accepted) |
#5445, aired 2008-04-18 | I'M AN ANIMAL $600: The most abundant species of bear, these "colorful" ones can live for more than 30 years in the wild black bears |
#5432, aired 2008-04-01 | COLD $600: The coldest annual mean temp over 30 years in the U.S. was 9.3° F. in this state's town of Barrow Alaska |
#5407, aired 2008-02-26 | ASIAN CAPITALS $600: It was captured from the Rashid clan by Ibn Saud in January 1902; it became a capital 30 years later Riyadh |
#5406, aired 2008-02-25 | 5 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE BOARD $400: This company's website says it has been "brewed for over 30 years (&) is the first lite beer" Miller |
#5388, aired 2008-01-30 | SOUL FEUD $400: The 30 Years' War began as a struggle between German Protestant princes & this Catholic "Empire" the Holy Roman Empire |
#5368, aired 2008-01-02 | CRAIGS LIST $600: As food editor of this newspaper, Craig Claiborne gave all the recipes that were fit to print for nearly 30 years The New York Times |
#5364, aired 2007-12-27 | AROUND THE WORLD $1600: This African natl. park HQed at Seronera first got elephants 30 years ago, pushed in by encroaching humans Serengeti |
#5341, aired 2007-11-26 | YOU PICKED A FINE TIME $800: Estimated at around 30 years, it's accepted as the average period between birth of parents & their offspring a generation |
#5339, aired 2007-11-22 | THE SCIENCE OF LIQUOR $3,000 (Daily Double): After 15 years of aging, 30% of an original quantity of bourbon (the "angels' share") has been lost to this process evaporation |
#5329, aired 2007-11-08 | THE U.S. SENATE $600: A senator must be a U.S. citizen for 9 years & be at least this age 30 |
#5320, aired 2007-10-26 | IT'S BASEBALL $1000: Over the past 75 years, only one pitcher has won more than 30 games in a season--this Tiger in 1968 Denny McLain |
#5311, aired 2007-10-15 | AUSTRALIAN LIT $1200: Nearly 30 years after "The Female Eunuch", she followed it up with "The Whole Woman" Germaine Greer |
#5273, aired 2007-07-11 | AUSTIN $600: At 30 years, this PBS series from the Austin music scene is the longest-running music showcase now on TV Austin City Limits |
#5270, aired 2007-07-06 | NOTABLE NAMES $1000: In 2006 he became the first Asian in more than 30 years to be elected Secretary General of the U.N. Ban Ki-moon |
#5258, aired 2007-06-20 | PTOLEMY...WHY NOT TAKE PTOLEMY? $200: Ptolemy XII, Egypt's king for nearly 30 years, used bribery to prevent this empire from annexing the country the Roman Empire |
#5256, aired 2007-06-18 | "MOTHER", "FATHER", "SISTER", "BROTHER" $1000: In a Brecht play, she schleps through the 30 Years' War as her children are taken from her one by one Mother Courage |
#5218, aired 2007-04-25 | THE HIGH PRIESTESS $500 (Daily Double): These priestesses vowed 30 years of service, & if they broke the chastity vow, they were buried alive Vestal virgins |
#5153, aired 2007-01-24 | MAYORS $600: Actress Melina Mercouri ran unsuccessfully for mayor of this foreign city, a post her Grandpa held for 30 years Athens |
#5142, aired 2007-01-09 | TO TELL THE TRUCE $1600: In 1648, the Treaties of Munster & Osnabruck, known as the "Peace of" this place, ended the 30 Years' War Westphalia |
#5092, aired 2006-10-31 | RELAX, IT'S MY TREATY $1000: The 843 Treaty of Verdun divided his massive empire into 3 parts, but he didn't mind; he'd been dead about 30 years Charlemagne |
#5067, aired 2006-09-26 | TRANSPORTATION IN SONG $2000: In Kathy Mattea's song these "And A Dozen Roses", a trucker is retiring "after 30 years of drivin' up & down the interstate" "Eighteen Wheels" |
#5042, aired 2006-07-11 | THE GRAMMYS $1600: In 1986 Carl Perkins was given a Hall of Fame award for this recording released 30 years earlier "Blue Suede Shoes" |
#4942, aired 2006-02-21 | EARLY MAN $800: This type of man, reconstructed here, lived in Europe until about 30,000 years ago Neanderthal |
#4863, aired 2005-11-02 | DIANA $600: She was the doyenne of Amer. high fashion as editor of Harper's Bazaar & Vogue for more than 30 years Diana Vreeland |
#4858, aired 2005-10-26 | TENNIS, ANYONE? $600: Before she was stabbed in the back on April 30, 1993, she had won an amazing 32 singles titles in less than 5 years Monica Seles |
#4824, aired 2005-07-21 | TRICKY QUESTIONS $200: It was the total length in years of the Thirty Years' War 30 years |
#4808, aired 2005-06-29 | INVENTIVE MINDS $1000: 30 years after inventing an instant camera, he invented Polavision, instant movies Edwin Land |
#4785, aired 2005-05-27 | QUOTES FROM THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES $400: Despite 30 years of research, this psychoanalyst famously pondered, "What does a woman want?" (Sigmund) Freud |
#4692, aired 2005-01-18 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $1600: 30 years older, this composer was a pal of Vladimir Horowitz, who could really bang out his 3rd Piano Concerto (Sergei Vassilievich) Rachmaninoff |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | IT HAPPENED IN THE '70s $1,000 (Daily Double): His brief 34-day reign as pope in 1978 was a week longer than a predecessor's in 1605 John Paul I |
#4607, aired 2004-09-21 | BASEBALL ROOKIES OF THE YEAR $400: He was the first Japanese player in nearly 30 years to play in the majors when he pitched for the Dodgers in 1995 Nomo |
#4601, aired 2004-09-13 | MUSIC $1200: (Typewriter) keyboardist Paul Ackerman entered the R&R Hall of Fame by editing this music journal for 30 years Billboard |
#4571, aired 2004-06-21 | NONFICTION $600: No question about it, after 30 years this "Practical Manual for Job-Hunters & Career-Changers" is still flying high What Color Is Your Parachute? |
#4561, aired 2004-06-07 | I DID IT! $1000: In 1884, the year of his death, he published the memoir "30 Years a Detective" (Allan) Pinkerton |
#4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NEWSMAKERS $200: This man's been on the job 30 years William Rehnquist |
#4541, aired 2004-05-10 | CROSSWORD CLUES "D" $800: He's the shadowy Watergate source
(4,6) "Deep Throat" |
#4519, aired 2004-04-08 | TIME PERIODS $600: One may be "Beat" or "Lost" or a period of about 30 years generation |
#4504, aired 2004-03-18 | PLEASE TAKE DIRECTION $1000: The treaty that ended the 30 Years' War in 1648 was the Peace of this Prussian province Westphalia |
#4439, aired 2003-12-18 | WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG $2000: Louisa May Alcott's first big crush was on this "Sage of Concord", almost 30 years her senior Ralph Waldo Emerson |
#4427, aired 2003-12-02 | AROUND THE KITCHEN $1200: It took 30 years for this appliance to be in over 50% of U.S. homes; the need to bake a potato in 3 min. wasn't pressing a microwave oven |
#4407, aired 2003-11-04 | JESSE $600: In 2003, after 30 years of service, he retired from the U.S. Senate Jesse Helms |
#4385, aired 2003-10-03 | ART $400: Over 30 years after starting the Sistine Chapel, he made his last paintings for the Vatican's Pauline Chapel Michelangelo |
#4306, aired 2003-04-28 | OSCAR NIGHT 2003 $1600: For "Talk to Her", he became the first man in over 30 years to win with a screenplay in a foreign language Pedro Almodovar |
#4291, aired 2003-04-07 | HISTORIC FRIENDS $1600: Reporter Lorena Hickok (1893-1968) was a friend of this first lady for 30 years Eleanor Roosevelt |
#4231, aired 2003-01-13 | 30 YEARS' WAR CALL-IN $200: (Alex: To start us off in this category, here's a "caller" from Saxony) If Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II keeps trying to impose this religion on everyone, there'll be hell to pay Catholicism |
#4231, aired 2003-01-13 | 30 YEARS' WAR CALL-IN $400: (Alex: Ah, some strange news from Turin now) It's crazy -- the Citadel is under this, similar to a blockade, from an army that's also under this from another army siege |
#4231, aired 2003-01-13 | 30 YEARS' WAR CALL-IN $600: (Alex: Well, on the line right now is General Albrecht von Wallenstein) Hey, King Christian IV of this Scandinavian country give me your best shot, pal. You got nothing! Denmark |
#4231, aired 2003-01-13 | 30 YEARS' WAR CALL-IN $800: (Alex: Ah, a prediction from Antwerp.) I say the Dutch are going to stick it to this country's fleet just like England did back in 1588 Spain |
#4231, aired 2003-01-13 | 30 YEARS' WAR CALL-IN $1000: (Alex: For our last clue, we have a caller from Italy.) If you think this French cardinal really cares for Mantua's welfare, I have some land in Picardy to sell you Cardinal Richelieu |
#4203, aired 2002-12-04 | PLYMOUTH COLONY $2000: Plymouth's governor for over 30 years, he wrote "Plimoth Plantation", the main record of Pilgrim life (William) Bradford |
#4198, aired 2002-11-27 | SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS $1600: Henry Clay Frick organized a coke company in 1871 & was part of this giant company's formation 30 years later U.S. Steel |
#4179, aired 2002-10-31 | WASHINGTON $1600: Nicknamed "Scoop", he represented Washington in the U.S. Senate for 30 years Henry Jackson |
#4178, aired 2002-10-30 | THEATRE $1600: In 2001 this Sondheim musical about a reunion of ex-showgirls returned to Broadway for the 1st time in 30 years Follies |
#4145, aired 2002-09-13 | THE BLUES $2000: This man & Sonny Terry played together 30 years. If you don't like their music, you need to check your ears Brownie McGhee |
#4126, aired 2002-07-08 | 3-NAMED AUTHORS $1600: In 1917, after almost 30 years in love with Maud Gonne, this Irish poet proposed to her daughter William Butler Yeats |
#4109, aired 2002-06-13 | NO DOUBT, IT'S THOMAS $800: John Adams said, "I know not whether any man...has had more influence...for the last 30 years than" this pamphleteer Thomas Paine |
#4090, aired 2002-05-17 | EUROPEAN ART $400: Seen here, Dieric Bouts' version of this event was painted about 30 years before Leonardo's the Last Supper |
#4042, aired 2002-03-12 | "Z" END $1000: Russia's third man-in-space program, it still continues more than 30 years after its inception the Soyuz |
#3992, aired 2002-01-01 | GIVE ME AN "H" $200: For nearly 30 years total, this country was ruled by father & son dictators "Papa Doc" & "Baby Doc" Duvalier Haiti |
#3983, aired 2001-12-19 | DICTATORS & TYRANTS $600: Assassinated in 1961, Rafael Trujillo had been dictator of this Caribbean republic for over 30 years Dominican Republic |
#3970, aired 2001-11-30 | PHILOSOPHERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Expelled from Germany in 1849, he lived his last 30 years in the British kapital Karl Marx |
#3954, aired 2001-11-08 | UCLA ALUMNI $500 (Daily Double): UCLA grad Ted Stevens helped get this state into the Union & has been its senator for over 30 years Alaska |
#3826, aired 2001-04-02 | THAT'LL BE THE DAY $500: For over 30 years ABC has had a prime-time show with this day in the title Monday (Monday Night Football) |
#3810, aired 2001-03-09 | MYTHING PERSONS $1,000 (Daily Double): The priestesses who served this Roman goddess of the hearth took a 30-year vow of chastity Vesta |
#3728, aired 2000-11-15 | THEY ATTENDED UW $1000: He represented Washington in the House for 30 years, including 1989-1995 as speaker Tom Foley |
#3708, aired 2000-10-18 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $400: 17th C. composer Frescobaldi was organist at this Rome basilica for about 30 years -- pretty good gig St. Peter's Basilica |
#3674, aired 2000-07-20 | FERDINAND RULES! $600: Ferdinand II of Bohemia joined this sort-of-lengthy war in 1619 when he fought a usurper 30 Years War |
#3648, aired 2000-06-14 | 4 YEARS $500 (Daily Double): In Julius Caesar's time this month had 30 days once every 4 years February |
#3586, aired 2000-03-20 | MOVIE QUOTES $400: 1997:
"I've been frozen for 30 years. I've got to see if my bits and pieces are still working" Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery |
#3579, aired 2000-03-09 | CLASSIC CINEMA $200: 30 years before "Blair Witch", this Hopper-Fonda biker film was the little movie that shook up Hollywood Easy Rider |
#3505, aired 1999-11-26 | EARLY MAN $400: This animal resembling today's Przewalski's was a source of meat in Europe 30,000 years ago a horse |
#3418, aired 1999-06-16 | QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS $800: Freud called it the great question he couldn't answer "despite 30 years of research into the feminine soul" What do women really want? |
#3375, aired 1999-04-16 | TV GUIDE $200: Nancy Cartwright is over 30 years older than this animated son of Marge she voices Bart Simpson |
#3339, aired 1999-02-25 | 30-SECOND THEATER $1000: Swordsman helps inarticulate rival win the girl of his own dreams; confesses secret years later & dies content Cyrano de Bergerac |
#3327, aired 1999-02-09 | TOWERS $400: They took L.A. tile setter Simon Rodia over 30 years to create Watts Towers |
#3303, aired 1999-01-06 | SRO $200: A song in this Disney musical asks, "How long must this go on?"--4 years & counting Beauty and the Beast |
#3257, aired 1998-11-03 | THE JEFFERSONS $1000: Some biographers believe Thomas fathered several children by this slave 30 years his junior Sally Hemings |
#3252, aired 1998-10-27 | VIRGINIA WOOLF $200: This English newspaper's Literary Supplement carried Virginia's reviews for over 30 years The London Times |
#3245, aired 1998-10-16 | YOU HAVE A PET WHAT? $400: The reticulated one of these may live 20 years & grow to 30 feet Python |
#3220, aired 1998-09-11 | THE 50th ANNUAL EMMY AWARDS $500 (Daily Double): It was here comes the judge when this actor seen here won for his role on this show in 1995:
"I have 30 seconds to tell you that I've been waiting 60 years to get up on this stage..." Picket Fences |
#3190, aired 1998-06-12 | CREATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1975, 30 years after introducing the Bic pen, Baron Marcel Bich introduced this disposable item the disposable razor |
#3165, aired 1998-05-08 | ARMY MAJORS $400: In 1923 he was an obscure major stationed in Panama; 30 years later he was U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower |
#3160, aired 1998-05-01 | JUMBO JOCKS $400: On November 5, 1994, he regained the heavyweight boxing title he lost 20 years & 30 pounds earlier George Foreman |
#3130, aired 1998-03-20 | AIN'T THAT "GRAND" $400: The Republicans had been around less than 30 years when they were dubbed this the Grand Old Party |
#3124, aired 1998-03-12 | 1980s LIT $600: He wrote the 1987 novel "Alnilam" over a period of 30 years, publishing "Deliverance" in the meantime James Dickey |
#3062, aired 1997-12-16 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $500: In 1987, 30 years after they were expelled, the Teamsters were permitted to rejoin this group AFL-CIO |
#3047, aired 1997-11-25 | MONTREALERS $600: Humorist Stephen Leacock taught economics at this Montreal university for over 30 years McGill University |
#3042, aired 1997-11-18 | TALK SHOW HOSTS $1000: Over 30 years, he's gone from San Diego, to L.A., to St. Louis, back to L.A., then to NYC, where he's "Live!" Regis Philbin |
#2995, aired 1997-09-12 | 30 YEARS AGO: SEPTEMBER 1967 $200: Like a rock this dependency voted to remain solidly under British control Gibraltar |
#2995, aired 1997-09-12 | 30 YEARS AGO: SEPTEMBER 1967 $600: On Sept. 6 this French president arrived in Poland on one of his first visits to an east European communist nation Charles de Gaulle |
#2995, aired 1997-09-12 | 30 YEARS AGO: SEPTEMBER 1967 $800: On September 10 the White House announced the engagement of Lynda Bird Johnson & this future senator Charles Robb |
#2995, aired 1997-09-12 | 30 YEARS AGO: SEPTEMBER 1967 $1,000 (Daily Double): In September they reached the Top 40 with the song heard here:
"I dig rock & roll music and I love to get the chance to play..." Peter, Paul & Mary |
#2995, aired 1997-09-12 | 30 YEARS AGO: SEPTEMBER 1967 $1000: Michigan governor George Romney charged that during a trip to this country he was brainwashed by officials Vietnam |
#2961, aired 1997-06-16 | SPORTS $500: This Florida quarterback won the Heisman Trophy in 1996, 30 years after his coach Steve Spurrier won it Danny Wuerffel |
#2921, aired 1997-04-21 | LETTER PERFECT $500 (Daily Double): For 30 years Desmond Llewelyn, the actor seen here, has played this character:
[video clue] "Q" (from the "James Bond" movies) |
#2810, aired 1996-11-15 | PEOPLE $500: John Beradino, who passed away in 1996, played Dr. Steve Hardy on this daytime soap for over 30 years General Hospital |
#2760, aired 1996-09-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: This company has been the world's top commercial aircraft maker for more than 30 years Boeing |
#2718, aired 1996-05-29 | STATUES $200: The statue of this hero in Trafalgar Square on Barbados predates the one in London by 30 years Nelson |
#2695, aired 1996-04-26 | FRENCH LITERATURE $200: His 2 great epic novels, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" & "Les Miserables", were wrriten 30 years apart Hugo |
#2662, aired 1996-03-12 | HISTORY $100: In April 1962 a Cuban court sentenced 1,179 prisoners from this invasion to 30 years in prison the Bay of Pigs invasion |
#2633, aired 1996-01-31 | MUSIC $200: It took 30 years & an album called "Voodoo Lounge" for this British group to win its first Grammy The Rolling Stones |
#2624, aired 1996-01-18 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: He served in the House for 30 years before becoming FDR's first vice president in 1933 John Nance Garner |
#2606, aired 1995-12-25 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1000: Former Speaker of the House Thomas Foley represented this state in Congress for 30 years Washington |
#2572, aired 1995-11-07 | THE 1995 EMMY AWARDS $400: 30 years ago, this singer's 1st TV special won 5 Emmys; in 1995 her HBO special did the same Barbra Streisand |
#2387, aired 1995-01-10 | MYTHOLOGY $200: This founder of Rome reigned for over 30 years before vanishing during a rainstorm Romulus |
#2322, aired 1994-10-11 | TIME $200: Insert these 3 letters into "tricennial" to multiply it from every 30 years to every 300 years T-E-N |
#2315, aired 1994-09-30 | LEGAL "E"s $400: A legal prohibition on commerce, the U.S. imposed one on exports to Cuba over 30 years ago an embargo |
#2294, aired 1994-07-21 | MUSIC $300: Robert Merrill sang with this New York opera company for 30 years the Metropolitan |
#2278, aired 1994-06-29 | WORLD FACTS $400: This large coral structure off the coast of Australia is believed to be over 30 million years old the Great Barrier Reef |
#2242, aired 1994-05-10 | 1993 ROCK $200: In January 1993 Bill Wyman quit this group after 30 years The Rolling Stones |
#2236, aired 1994-05-02 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $500: This son of Jacob was 30 years old when Pharaoh made him ruler of all Egypt Joseph |
#2217, aired 1994-04-05 | GAME SHOWS $500 (Daily Double): Daytime TV's longest- running game show, it has been on the air in various versions for over 30 years The Price Is Right |
#2151, aired 1994-01-03 | TEACHERS $500: This author of "Humboldt's Gift" taught at the University of Chicago for 30 years (Saul) Bellow |
#1996, aired 1993-04-19 | HISTORIC LEADERS $500: After 30 years as president of this North African country, Habib Bourguiba was deposed in 1987 Tunisia |
#1950, aired 1993-02-12 | FAMOUS MILLERS $300: 30 years after "George White's Scandals of 1939", this tap dancer returned to Broadway in "Mame" Ann Miller |
#1936, aired 1993-01-25 | AWARDS $300: For over 30 years the Village Voice has sponsored these awards for off-Broadway theatre the Obies |
#1918, aired 1992-12-30 | "HO"-POURRI $300: This Hawaiian began his singing career more than 30 years ago at his parents' bar on Oahu Don Ho |
#1874, aired 1992-10-29 | MAGAZINES $400: In January 1992 this magazine for men celebrated 30 years of dubious achievements Esquire |
#1864, aired 1992-10-15 | RELIGION $400: The Vestal Virgins who served at Vesta's temple in this city served for 30 years each Rome |
#1744, aired 1992-03-12 | POLITICIANS $400: Nicknamed "Scoop", this Democrat represented Washington state in the U.S. Senate for 30 years Henry Jackson |
#1744, aired 1992-03-12 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $800: In 1991 King Hassan II celebrated 30 years on the throne of this African country Morocco |
#1669, aired 1991-11-28 | LITERATURE $600: 30 years after she wrote "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas", Alice wrote "What is Remembered" Gertrude Stein |
#1658, aired 1991-11-13 | POLITICS $400: At over 30 years, this West Virginian is currently the longest-serving Democrat in the U.S. Senate (Robert) Byrd |
#1651, aired 1991-11-04 | LONDON LANDMARKS $500: The old part of this street with luxury shops was created around 1690; the new, about 30 years later Bond Street |
#1594, aired 1991-07-04 | INSECTS $200: A queen of these wood eaters may live more than 50 years & lay over 30,000 eggs a day a termite |
#1573, aired 1991-06-05 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $400: In 1989, 11 years after retiring, & 30 years after winning the Tchaikovsky Competition, he made a comeback Van Cliburn |
#1456, aired 1990-12-24 | TREATIES $300: Of the Seven, 30 or 100 Years War, the one ended by the Peace of Westphalia Thirty Years' War |
#1412, aired 1990-10-23 | MEN OF MEDICINE $200: He practiced medicine for more than 30 years before publishing his famous thesaurus Roget |
#1405, aired 1990-10-12 | THE 17TH CENTURY $300: The revolt that began in 1618 against the Hapsburg ruler of Austria lasted this many years 30 |
#1383, aired 1990-09-12 | AFRICA $800: This famine stricken country's Eritrea province has been in rebellion for nearly 30 years Ethiopia |
#1345, aired 1990-06-08 | BIRDS $500: Scientists are reintroducing this blue-gray falcon in the eastern U.S. where it's been extinct 30 years perigrine |
#1343, aired 1990-06-06 | ANCIENT ROME $500: Though it was considered unlucky, these priestesses could marry after 30 years of service Vestal Virgins |
#1328, aired 1990-05-16 | TELEVISION $500: 30 years ago she was Mary Stone on "The Donna Reed Show"; today she's Christine on "Coach" Shelley Fabares |
#1311, aired 1990-04-23 | WARS $200: Of 20 years, 30 years or 40 years, the length of time the Wars of the Roses lasted 30 years |
#1284, aired 1990-03-15 | PEOPLE $1000: He studied the Middle Ages for 30 years before writing "The Name of the Rose" Umberto Eco |
#1269, aired 1990-02-22 | TITLE ROLES $800: Robert Donat & Peter O'Toole received Oscar nominations 30 years apart for playing this British teacher Mr. Chips |
#1245, aired 1990-01-19 | AMERICAN WOMEN $800: For more than 30 years Marion Davies was the mistress of this married newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst |
#1228, aired 1989-12-27 | POTPOURRI $200: In March 1989 he announced his retirement as NFL commissioner, a post he held for 30 years Pete Rozelle |
#1212, aired 1989-12-05 | LITERATURE $800: 30 years after the original he wrote "Erewhon Revisited" Samuel Butler |
#1194, aired 1989-11-09 | MEXICO $500: This general was elected president in 1877 & ruled as a dictator for 30 of the next 34 years Porfirio Diaz |
#1117, aired 1989-06-13 | FIRST LADIES $300: Having been an army wife for over 30 years, she considered the Gettysburg house her 1st real home Mamie Eisenhower |
#1056, aired 1989-03-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $200: He was in analysis in "Annie Hall" & has been in real life for more than 30 years Woody Allen |
#1037, aired 1989-02-21 | EUROPE $1,300 (Daily Double): Janos Kadar, who led this country for over 30 years, stepped down in May 1988 Hungary |
#1026, aired 1989-02-06 | AUSTRALIA $100: Now comprising only about 1% of the population, they have lived in Australia for more than 30,000 years the Aborigines |
#996, aired 1988-12-26 | 2 FIRST NAMES $600: This "Bat" had his 1st audition in 30 years when he tried out for the lead in Broadway's "La Cage aux Folles" Gene Barry |
#951, aired 1988-10-24 | COLONIAL AMERICA $500: For 30 years, William Bradford governed this colony Plymouth Colony |
#940, aired 1988-10-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Kim Novak said this "Vertigo" co-star "was the sexiest man who played opposite me in 30 years" James Stewart |
#913, aired 1988-07-20 | EARLY MAN $300: A new find shows man may have reached these continents 30,000 years ago, 20,000 earlier than thought before the Americas |
#896, aired 1988-06-27 | 60 YEARS AGO $400: The British reduced the age for women voters from 30 to this 21 |
#764, aired 1987-12-24 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $500: Still a TV heartthrob, he starred as Uncle Bentley 30 years ago in "Bachelor Father" John Forsythe |
#747, aired 1987-12-01 | SCREEN STARS $800 (Daily Double): He said, "I was a 14-year-old boy for 30 years" Mickey Rooney |
#734, aired 1987-11-12 | THE THIRD WORLD $400: On May 30, 1967, this state declared independence from Nigeria, but surrendered 2 1/2 years later Biafra |
#692, aired 1987-09-15 | WARS $800: Chief battle-ground of the 30-Years War, this country's development was hindered for 200 years due to it Germany |
#651, aired 1987-06-08 | STUPID ANSWERS $100: Of the 6 Day War, the 30 Years' War, & the 100 Years' War, one which lasted the longest the 100 Years' War |
#610, aired 1987-04-10 | SUMMER SONGS $100: This tune by the Percy Faith Orchestra was the biggest instrumental single of the past 30 years "Theme From a Summer Place" |
#608, aired 1987-04-08 | LOVE IN SHAKESPEARE $200 (Daily Double): Shakespearean play from whose musical adaptation comes the following love song:
"Strange dear, but true dear / When I'm close to you, dear" The Taming of the Shrew |
#606, aired 1987-04-06 | TRAINS $600: 1 of 2 films, made some 30 years apart by Buster Keaton & Walt Disney, about Civil War's Andrews Raid The General (or The Great Locomotive Chase) |
#547, aired 1987-01-13 | SPORTS TRIVIA $400: Surprisingly, Encyclopedia International says Aussies took up this sport 30 years before the Swiss skiing |
#515, aired 1986-11-28 | LEFTOVERS $800: Making the national Nielsen "Top 10" 19 times, this film has been shown 27 times in 30 years The Wizard of Oz |
#419, aired 1986-04-17 | THEATER $1000: As prolific as Stephen King, this 19th c. Fr. author wrote over 70 plays in 30 years, including "Christine" Alexander Dumas |
#419, aired 1986-04-17 | U.S. CITIES $1000: Frank Hague was political "boss" & mayor of this New Jersey city for 30 years Jersey City |
#348, aired 1986-01-08 | CARDS $400 (Daily Double): About 30 years ago, this South American game created the biggest fad in card history canasta |
#315, aired 1985-11-22 | HANDICRAFTS $300: Master in this field, Akira Yoshizawa, said it took 30 years to get a paper cicada folded right origami (paper folding) |
#295, aired 1985-10-25 | LABOR UNIONS $400: Over the past 30 years, every president of this union has had problems with the gov't. the Teamsters |
#177, aired 1985-05-14 | TRANSPORTATION $300: Though in '85 it missed the Rose Parade, director Dick Schneider said few would notice loss of its camera position the Goodyear Blimp |
#160, aired 1985-04-19 | WARS $400: Religious side with which Cardinal Richelieu allied France in 30 Years War the Protestants |
#157, aired 1985-04-16 | WORLD HISTORY $600: For 30 years, 1878 to 1908, this African country was Belgian king Leopold's personal colony the Belgian Congo (Zaire) |
#147, aired 1985-04-02 | WARNINGS $300: When you remove your money from a 30 year IRA account after 2 years, you incur this a penalty (for early withdrawal) |
#130, aired 1985-03-08 | HISTORY $600: War which lasted from 1618 to 1648 Thirty Years' War |
#129, aired 1985-03-07 | THE '30S $1000: In 1932, at age 90, he retired after almost 30 years on the Supreme Court Oliver Wendell Holmes |
#61, aired 1984-12-03 | U.S. HISTORY $100: Some 30 years before his cousin's New Deal, he gave us a "Square Deal" Theodore Roosevelt |
#45, aired 1984-11-09 | MYTHOLOGY $400: The dirty job of cleaning the Augean stables was one of his labors Hercules |
#2, aired 1984-01-01 | MOVIES $500: Current comic hit chronicling 30 years of a mother-daughter relationship Terms of Endearment |
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
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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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Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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Olivia Colangelo, a junior from the University of Notre Dame from Murrysville, Pennsylvania
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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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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Joey Beachum, a senior from Mississippi State University
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Brandon Hensley, a sophomore from Caltech
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Huntington, WV at...
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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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Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand
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\"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
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Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Oceanside, CA at...
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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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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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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
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Frank Spangenberg, a police lieutenant from Douglaston, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
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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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Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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"He was a legal assistant living near D.C. when he won...
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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
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"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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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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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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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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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
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Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
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Mark Eckard, a software designer from Bedford, Massachusetts
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $35,600. 2001 Tournament...
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Chuck Forrest, an attorney for the UN IFAD from Marino, Italy
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\"In 1986, he was a law student living in Grand Blanc,...
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Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
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2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
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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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Madeline Suchard, from Placentia, California
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"She has her sights set on becoming the Supreme Court Justice,...
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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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Wes Kovarik, a senior from Antioch, California
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2005 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $30,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Andy Richter, an actor/comedian from The Tonight Show
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\"This multitalented actor/comedian is now back on the couch with Conan...
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Patton Oswalt, a Grammy- and Emmy-award-winning comedian from Portsmouth, Virginia
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\"A Grammy- and Emmy-award-winning comedian from Portsmouth, Virginia, he rose to...
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Randy Gold, a systems analyst and volunteer from Sherman Oaks, California
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Season 25 player (2008-10-27).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Randy G
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Lara Logan, a correspondent from 60 Minutes on CBS
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"Her bold, award-winning reporting has earned her a prominent spot among...
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Sid Chandrasekhar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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Steve Berman, a teacher from Santa Monica, California
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"He was a film executive when he won five shows in...
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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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Dana Delany, an actress from Desperate Housewives
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"She won two Emmys for her work on China Beach. This...
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Meryl Federman, a senior from Livingston, New Jersey
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games champion (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 18...
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Barbara Watkins, a stay-at-home mom and attorney from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 22 player (2006-03-30).
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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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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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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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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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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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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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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
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Anjali Tripathi, a senior from MIT
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"Math and science were her favorite subjects in seventh grade. We're...
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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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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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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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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Kate Rowland, a family doctor from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 27 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000.
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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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Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"The 1-day record of $34,000 he set in 1992 stood for...
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Christie Whitman, a former governor from New Jersey
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"She was New Jersey's first woman governor, and later became administrator...
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Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
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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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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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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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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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Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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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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Jerome Vered, a writer from Studio City, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New York
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"A police officer from Flushing, New York, Frank Spangenberg, who has...
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Jerome Vered, a writer from Studio City, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Allison Peña, a junior from Sunrise, Florida
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Allan Long, a freshman from Tallahassee, Florida
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 14 at the time of the...
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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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Theresa Wrobel, a housewife and student from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 9 player (1992-12-30). Theresa was born in Banbury, England to...
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Mandy Walker, an account tech from Mount Juliet, Tennessee
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Season 38 player (2022-05-30). Mandy appeared on the 1982-83 game show...
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Hasan Minhaj, a comedian from Davis, California
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"A comedian from Davis, California, for years, he was a correspondent...
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Kevin Frear, a U.S. Army captain from Baumholder, Germany
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Season 4 4-time champion: $47,200. Kevin appeared on the show in...
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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia
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"An actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Bob Blake, who has won...
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David Shapiro, an insurance adjuster originally from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 4 player (1987-09-22): Hotpoint refrigerator + Jeopardy! box game or...
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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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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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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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Mark McDonnell, a triathlon coach and entrepreneur from Miami, Florida
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Season 27 1-time champion: $27,601 + $1,000.
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Ellen Kimmel, a school nurse from Nanuet, New York
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Season 27 2-time champion: $37,000 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SkoolRN
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Piper Huguley, a graduate teaching assistant originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 14 player (1998-01-30). In the years since her Jeopardy! appearance,...
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Kevin Welber, a lawyer originally from Ramat Gan, Israel
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Season 14 player (1998-01-30). Kevin Amir Welber's biographical sketch, taken from...
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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1990 Tournament...
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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1990 Tournament...
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