| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | CLASSICAL LITERATURE $2000: In 66 A.D. he took part in the Jewish revolt against Rome; later, he worked for the Romans writing the history of it Josephus |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | BLACK HISTORY YEAR $400: Martin Luther King Jr. gives his immortal "I Have a Dream" speech in D.C. 1963 |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | HISTORY $800: In recent history, he announced in December 2016 that he'd run against Vladimir Putin; as it turned out, a dangerous decision Alexei Navalny |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | A LITTLE WORLD HISTORY $6,000 (Daily Double): He reunited the Eastern & Western Roman Empires in 324 A.D., & the new capital soon bore his name Constantine the Great |
| #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 |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | HISTORY $1600: To decide important matters of faith, in 325 A.D. this emperor called the Council of Nicaea Constantine the Great |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | HISTORIC HISTORY OF YESTERDAY: A LOOK BACK $600: In 2010 this nation paid off its war debt--that'd be its WWI debt--forking over the last 70 million euro in reparations Germany |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | JAPANESE HISTORY $400: According to tradition, this religion was introduced to Japan in 552 A.D. Buddhism |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | JAPANESE HISTORY $800: In 946 A.D. Suzaku abdicated in favor of his brother Murakami, who became the 62nd of these the emperor |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | DETROIT: NEWS CLUES $1000: (I'm Kimberly Gill.) December 10, 2014 was a bright day in a long saga as Detroit officially exited the largest municipal one of these in the history of the United States, & emergency manager Kevyn Orr's resignation took effect a bankruptcy |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | NIGHTTIME NEWS WITH WORLD NEWS NOW $800: (Andrew Dymburt delivers the clue.) At a little before 2:00 AM on June 17, 1972, sharp-eyed security guard Frank Wills noticed tape across a door latch in this Washington, D.C. office complex, changing the course of American history Watergate |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | ASIAN HISTORY $2000: Today the victims of persecution in China, this Muslim group had a Central Asian empire from about 750 to 850 A.D. the Uyghurs |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | EXAM TIME $600: These exams are required for many Ph.D. degrees; for a Stanford history doctorate, you take them in your third year oral exams |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | HISTORY'S MYSTERIES $1200: Historians have been confounded by the disappearance of Rome's ninth this, lost in the 2nd century A.D. legion |
| #8464, aired 2021-08-12 | HISTORIC GROUPS $1200: Rome was sacked at least 7 times in its history, including by Alaric & this Germanic people in 410 A.D. Goths |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: This barbarian ruler who had terrorized Europe died on his wedding night in 453 A.D. Attila the Hun |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | HISTORY $400: The Virginia Company was chartered by this king in 1606; he'd later have a New World colony named for him James I |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | POTENT HISTORY $1200: Vodka was involved in 1994 as this white-haired Russian leader was found on a D.C. street in his underwear hailing cabs to go get pizza Yeltsin |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | HISTORY $1200: This writing system arose in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium B.C. & disappeared early in the 1st millennium A.D. cuneiform |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | HISTORY $800: In 1609 this English navigator sailed into the yet-to-be-named Delaware Bay; he'd sail in a river named for him the same year Hudson |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: Pliny the Elder was among those who perished following the catastrophic eruption of this in 79 A.D. Mount Vesuvius |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | "D" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: Kansas Territory had this man as governor in 1858 and what's now a state capital is named for him (James) Denver |
| #8164, aired 2020-02-20 | HISTORY TIMELINE $2000: In 73 A.D., during a siege of this fortress, Jewish Zealots took their own lives rather than be captured by the Romans Masada |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) One of the most memorable moments in Olympic history was when track stars Tommie Smith & John Carlos raised their fists in a Black Power salute in Mexico City in this year of escalated racial tensions six months after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968 |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Say hey! This was used in the 1965 All Star Game by this Giant center fielder; in a 2016 85th birthday message, President Obama called him the greatest living ballplayer Willie Mays |
| #8112, aired 2019-12-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: This man's 1825 inaugural address had to compete with a traveling circus performing in D.C. (John) Quincy Adams |
| #8010, aired 2019-06-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In August 1963 Martin Luther King gave his "I Have A Dream" speech at this Washington, D.C. landmark the Lincoln Memorial |
| #8007, aired 2019-06-04 | THE PARKER HOUSE: A HOTEL IN HISTORY $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Omni Parker House hotel.) Moving to Boston in 1941, he found work here as a busboy; busted for burglary, he'd convert to Islam in prison and emerged with this new name Malcolm X |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | WORLD HISTORY $600: A church in Greenland dating from around 1000 A.D. is named for Thjodhild, wife & mom of these 2 famous explorers Erik and Leif Erikson |
| #7601, aired 2017-10-02 | HISTORY OF MEDICINE WITH DR. OZ $400: (Dr. Oz presents the clue.) Realizing those who'd had cowpox didn't contract smallpox, Edward Jenner saw causality & took material from the arm of a dairy maid who had cowpox, making the first of these recorded in Western medicine an inoculation (or a vaccine) |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | "D" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $200: You name it, they have it in these retail palaces like Wanamaker's, shown here, that saw big growth after the Civil War a department store |
| #7550, aired 2017-06-09 | GERMAN HISTORY $200: In 9 A.D. this empire tried to conquer the Germanic tribes but got crushed at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest the Roman Empire |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $200: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Dismantled at its original location on Edisto Island, South Carolina, & now restored & a centerpiece of the museum, this cabin dates back to the early days of slavery but was used well into the 20th century, with residents picking as much as 100 pounds a day of this crop cotton |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $400: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Guests at the opening ceremony for the museum included these men who trained in Alabama as part of this World War II group of aviators who escorted over 200 bombing missions with the loss of just a handful of bombers the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $600: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) He was known to always carry a Bible, & the small one displayed here likely belonged to this preacher & slave rebellion leader, who may have been carrying it when he was captured in 1831 Nat Turner |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $800: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Among the museum's largest artifacts is a railroad car whose colored section had no luggage racks & smaller bathrooms--just a reminder of these laws of segregation that persisted until the 1960s Jim Crow laws |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $2,000 (Daily Double): (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) On Easter in 1939, after she was denied permission to sing at Constitution Hall, this contralto put on her Sunday best clothes & sang "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee" to a crowd of over 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial Marian Anderson |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $400: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) At the gift shop, you can pick up a kinara, a candleholder that represents African roots; it'll hold candles in the symbolic colors of black for the people, red for their struggle & green for hope, all to help you celebrate this late December holiday Kwanzaa |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $800: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) Thomas Jefferson wrote that "all men are created equal", yet, as seen from the names on the bricks, he was a major slaveholder, owning hundreds at this home & plantation in Virginia Monticello |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $1200: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) Among Harriet Tubman's most treasured possessions was a lace shawl she received in recognition of her heroic efforts from this woman, who was celebrating her diamond jubilee Queen Victoria |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $1600: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) "Our feet are tired, but our souls are rested", said Martin Luther King, & then soaked his feet in the bucket on display here after leading thousands on a 5-day, 54-mile freedom march from Selma to the steps of the Capitol in this city Montgomery |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $2000: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) The tape recorder was used by this man, whose ideas for black activism couldn't be contained by the Nation of Islam, leading to the sad correctness of his prediction in his autobiography that, "I, too, will die by violence" Malcolm X |
| #7302, aired 2016-05-17 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $1200: For this notorious Hun, the honeymoon was over before it began; he died in 453 A.D. on his wedding night Attila the Hun |
| #7172, aired 2015-11-17 | HISTORY 101 $1200: Famous for his triumphal column, this emperor began an expansion of the Roman Empire in 101 A.D. Trajan |
| #7142, aired 2015-10-06 | I AM HISTORY! $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Rhine, Danube & Volga Rivers provided the approximate empire borders of this ruthless warrior king in the 400s A.D. Attila the Hun |
| #7124, aired 2015-07-30 | MEDICAL HISTORY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Dittrick Medical History Center in Cleveland, OH.) 19th-century doctors thought that the brain shrank & grew with use, leaving corresponding contours on the skull, which were read to determine a person's abilities and traits, using the 3-D bust as a reference guide in this pseudo-science phrenology |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN $600: (Alex delivers the clue from the Nat'l Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.) The museum has one of the original stuffed animals named for this president & avid hunter, after a story spread about him letting a bear go; although, in reality, all he did was refuse to shoot the bear when it was wounded Theodore Roosevelt |
| #6859, aired 2014-06-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: The first Roman emperor born outside Italy, this slightly deaf & limping man took power in 41 A.D. Claudius |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | A BRIEF TIME OF HISTORY $800: In Rome, 69 A.D. was "The Year of the Four" these, including Galba & Otho Emperors |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | LESS-THAN-GENTEEL MEN OF HISTORY $1600: In 38 A.D. this "little boot" emperor executed the Praetorian Guard prefect to whose support he owed his accession Caligula |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY $200: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.) Thomas Jefferson designed this small portable desk; he used it for decades & then attached a note to it saying it might someday be of value because this important national document had been composed on it the Declaration of Independence |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY $400: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.) The first transcontinental car trip was made by Horatio Nelson Jackson in this 1903 Winton at a time when America had few roads & little support for cars, so, whenever he had a breakdown & needed repairs, he would often have to rely on these workers that the automobile would soon put out of business blacksmiths |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY $600: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.) A sit-in by four young African-Americans in 1960 in Greensboro, North Carolina, sparked nationwide interest & activity in the civil-rights movement & also led this five-and-dime store to desegregate its lunch counters just about six months later Woolworth's |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.) Old 091 here took part in Operation Cedar Falls in January 1967, the largest offensive of the Vietnam War up to that point; she's a Bell UH-1, the workhorse helicopter of the war, known affectionately by this nickname a Huey |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): In 439 A.D. Genseric the Vandal captured this North African city, which became the Vandal capital Carthage |
| #6572, aired 2013-03-26 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: (Alex gives us the clue from the stage of the Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.) I'm on the set of a Sherman Edwards musical set in this very significant year in American history 1776 |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | THE 50 STATES $1600: (Alex Trebek walks along a river with grass, a bridge and a building in the background.) I'm in Cumberland, in this state; this city of 20,000 has a long history as a vital transport hub; it was the site of the first national road & also the terminus of the C&O Canal, which goes all the way to Washington, D.C. Maryland |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | HISTORY $1600: In June 38 A.D. this third Roman emperor had his dead sister Drusilla deified, the first Roman woman so honored Caligula |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $200: Around 447 B.C. this group led by the "Scourge of God" devastated the Balkans & drove south into Greece the Huns |
| #6220, aired 2011-10-07 | HISTORY $1000: In 62 A.D. this Roman emperor had his wife Octavia put to death, then he got remarried the same year... coincidence? Nero |
| #6130, aired 2011-04-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 337 A.D. this first Christian Roman emperor abolished crucifixion as a form of execution Constantine |
| #6130, aired 2011-04-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In 439 A.D. the Vandals established their capital in this North African city founded by the Phoenicians Carthage |
| #6113, aired 2011-03-23 | AMERICAN RED CROSS HISTORY $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands with a grey uniform on a mannequin at the American Red Cross.) Named for their dresses, gray lady volunteers provided hospitality services, especially to sick & wounded soldiers beginning in 1918 at this Washington, D.C. hospital Walter Reed |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | A MAJOR IN HISTORY $200: Hired to design this area in 1791, Major Pierre L'Enfant turned into a major pain & was fired a year later Washington, D.C. (the District of Columbia) |
| #5876, aired 2010-03-15 | A PIECE OF HISTORY $1000: The oldest artifact in D.C.'s Newseum is a 3,200-year-old Sumerian brick that spread the news using this writing system cuneiform |
| #5855, aired 2010-02-12 | AFRICAN HISTORY $1600: Aksum, centered in Ethiopia, became a great trading empire around 100 A.D. by controlling this sea the Red Sea |
| #5654, aired 2009-03-19 | A STORIED HISTORY $1000: People might see a theme in his "Washington, D.C.", "Hollywood" & "Julian", about restoring paganism in Rome Gore Vidal |
| #5554, aired 2008-10-30 | HISTORY CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $1600: Italian edict city, in 313 A.D.
(5) Milan |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | BATTLES THAT CHANGED HISTORY $400: Remnants of the falling Roman Empire somehow halted an invasion by this man & his Huns in 451 A.D. near Chalons Attila |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | BATTLES THAT CHANGED HISTORY $800: The annihilation of 3 legions at Teutoburger Wald in 9 A.D. made this German river the limit of Roman expansion the Rhine |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | BATTLES THAT CHANGED HISTORY $2000: At the Battle of Tours in 732 A.D. this French leader "hammered" the Muslims, halting their conquest of Europe Charles Martel |
| #5303, aired 2007-10-03 | U.S. CITY HISTORY $1600: Indianapolis was laid out in a wheel pattern inspired by this other major city some 500 miles away Washington, D.C. |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | TAKE ME OUT TO THE HISTORY GAME $800: It's going back, back... & it's over this 73-mile-long wall built in the 120s A.D.; "the Emperor" has done it again! Hadrian's Wall |
| #5260, aired 2007-06-22 | CHARLES GOT CHARGED $400: Onetime L.A. D.A. Bugliosi said this man has "received more mail than any other inmate in the history of the...system" Charles Manson |
| #5251, aired 2007-06-11 | RADCLIFFE GRADS $400: Graduating cum laude with a degree in American history, she'd later become First Lady--on "The West Wing" Stockard Channing |
| #5157, aired 2007-01-30 | HISTORY A LA HARLEQUIN $1200: She'd never sold herself for a piece of jewelry to a Cardinal in 1785! Never for less than 5! She was queen! Marie Antoinette |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: In May 1844 he sent a telegraph message using the code he'd also invented Morse |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | A "D" IN HISTORY $200: To keep Delaware's capital away from the invading British, it was moved to this city in 1777 Dover |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | A "D" IN HISTORY $400: James Oglethorpe founded Georgia in 1733 as a haven for people in trouble for this back in Britain debt |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | A "D" IN HISTORY $600: In 1868 & again in 1880, he was succeeded as British Prime Minister by William Gladstone Disraeli |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | A "D" IN HISTORY $800: In 1952 the U.N. started a commission on this to make the world a less lethal place disarmament |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | A "D" IN HISTORY $1000: In the 16th century these assemblies of German potentates took place at Speyer, Augsburg & (yummy!) Worms a diet |
| #4891, aired 2005-12-12 | THE HISTORY OF FLIGHT $400: In 1903 Samuel Langley attempted to fly an engine-powered plane launched from a houseboat on this D.C. river the Potomac River |
| #4829, aired 2005-09-15 | FROM THE VAULTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.) This bit of mold played its part in history when this London scientist noticed it destroying a bacterial sample (Alexander) Fleming |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | A "D" IN HISTORY $400: He took office as the mayor of Chicago in 1989 (Richard) Daley |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | A "D" IN HISTORY $800: Alcatraz has been called America's version of this notorious French island prison Devil's Island |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | A "D" IN HISTORY $1200: This order of inquisitorial monks, aka the Black Friars, could have been called the Black "Fryers" the Dominicans |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | A "D" IN HISTORY $1600: On the summit of this hill in Scotland are the remains of Macbeth's castle Dunsinane |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | A "D" IN HISTORY $2000: During World War II, the Japanese repeatedly bombed this city on Australia's northern coast Darwin |
| #4375, aired 2003-09-19 | HISTORY $600: In 67 A.D. Nero began building a canal across this country's Isthmus of Corinth; a canal was completed in 1893 Greece |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | HISTORY 101 $400: In 101 A.D., the Romans invaded what's now this country that's named for them Romania |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 5 $400: In this country in 1992, extremists destroyed a 400-year-old Muslim mosque built on the believed site of Rama's birth India |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $300: In 1957 it became the USA's first major city with a black majority Washington, D.C. |
| #3847, aired 2001-05-01 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: Thousands, including Pliny the Elder, perished after this volcano blew its top in 79 A.D. Mount Vesuvius |
| #3751, aired 2000-12-18 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $400: This young man put his savings into a small Cleveland refinery in 1862 & eventually had an oil monopoly John D. Rockefeller |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 2 $800: In 900 A.D. Gorm the Old became this Scandinavian country's first monarch Denmark |
| #3632, aired 2000-05-23 | "D" IN HISTORY $200: In 1578 a Mongolian ruler first gave the leader of Tibet's Yellow Hat sect of Buddhism this title Dalai Lama |
| #3632, aired 2000-05-23 | "D" IN HISTORY $400: The Vikings founded this city in the mid-800s, probably naming it for a black pool in the river Liffey Dublin |
| #3602, aired 2000-04-11 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $300: Alaric II, king of this branch of the Goths. was defeated in battle & slain in 507 A.D. Visigoths |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART 1 $300: In 325 A.D. this "Great" leader presided over the Religious Council of Nicaea Constantine |
| #3419, aired 1999-06-17 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 439 A.D. this north African city-state was conquered by the Vandals under Genseric Carthage |
| #3419, aired 1999-06-17 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In 303 A.D. Diocletian forbade Christian worship; this man, his "Great" successor, revoked the edict 10 years later Constantine |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Until abolished in 404 A.D., gladiatorial games had been held at this Rome site for over 300 years The Colosseum |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Stephen I, the son of a Magyar prince, became king of this country in 1000 A.D. Hungary |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Born in 12 A.D., this cruel & unbalanced Roman emperor was a great-grandson of Mark Antony Caligula |
| #2732, aired 1996-06-18 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: This man who began as a clerk in a Cleveland commission house formed his first trust by 1882 John D. Rockefeller |
| #2708, aired 1996-05-15 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: This current Speaker of the House received a Ph.D. in European history from Tulane Newt Gingrich |
| #2662, aired 1996-03-12 | HISTORY $200: Condemned by the Senate, this "fiddling" emperor took his own life in 68 A.D.; he was 30 Nero |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1615 this explorer who has a large island & bay named for him searched for the Northwest Passage William Baffin |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): In 54 A.D. Claudius was poisoned by his wife, Agrippina; this man, her son, became emperor Nero |
| #2256, aired 1994-05-30 | U.S. HISTORY $900 (Daily Double): In August 1826 this famed orator eulogized Thomas Jefferson & John Adams, who'd died a month earlier Daniel Webster |
| #2142, aired 1993-12-21 | MODERN HISTORY $100: In 1963 a hot line was established between Washington. D.C. & this world capital Moscow |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | HISTORY $400: 1 of the 7 ancient wonders, the statue of this Greek god was destroyed by fire c. 475 A.D. in Constantinople Zeus |
| #2002, aired 1993-04-27 | RELIGIOUS HISTORY $300: After going through all the trouble of conquering this city in 630 A.D., Muhammad only stayed a couple of weeks Mecca |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: For reasons unknown, this "Metamorphoses" author was banished by Augustus in 8 A.D. Ovid |
| #1912, aired 1992-12-22 | MATH HISTORY $200: Around 190 A.D. the Chinese calculated it to 5 places; in 1989 a computer did it to 1,011,196,691 places pi |
| #1855, aired 1992-10-02 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This Israeli mountaintop fortress, site of a 73 A.D. battle, was excavated by archaeologists in the 1960s Masada |
| #1829, aired 1992-07-09 | U.S. HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): Russell, Waddell & Majors, the men who started this service April 3, 1860, went bankrupt with it in 1861 the Pony Express |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | HISTORY $400: In 395 A.D. the Roman Empire split; Rome remained capital in the West & this was the capital in the East Byzantium |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Jewish patriots called Sicarii, meaning dagger men, captured this fortress in 66 A.D. Masada |
| #1594, aired 1991-07-04 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: In 1944 plans for the UN were laid down at a conference at this Washington, D.C. estate Dumbarton Oaks |
| #1585, aired 1991-06-21 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 4 A.D., this man adopted Tiberius, who succeeded him as Emperor Augustus |
| #1492, aired 1991-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: In 60 A.D. Queen Boudicca led a revolt against their rule in southern Britain the Romans |
| #1378, aired 1990-09-05 | WORLD HISTORY $2,100 (Daily Double): Many say his coronation in 800 A.D. marked the end of the Dark Ages Charlemagne |
| #1270, aired 1990-02-23 | HISTORY $400: The eruption of this mountain really gave folks in 79 A.D. something to talk about Vesuvius |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $2,300 (Daily Double): Begun by Vespasian & completed in 80 A.D. by his son Titus, it's Rome's best-known ruin the Colosseum |
| #1210, aired 1989-12-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Ancient fort that was the site of the last stand of the Jewish zealots against Rome in 73 A.D. Masada |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: The Aqua Claudia, completed in 52 A.D., brought this to Rome from over 60 km away Water |
| #1168, aired 1989-10-04 | FRENCH HISTORY $100: After a coup d'etat in 1789, he took the title "First Consul" Napoleon |
| #1143, aired 1989-07-19 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: He was emperor of Rome when a great fire destroyed much of the city in 64 A.D. Nero |
| #1108, aired 1989-05-31 | U.S. HISTORY $100: A Phila. square is named for D. Rittenhouse, an astronomer who built the 1st of these in America a telescope |
| #956, aired 1988-10-31 | U.S. HISTORY $800: In 1978 a group of Indians began a 2,700 mile trek to Washington, D.C. after occupying this Calif. island Alcatraz |
| #870, aired 1988-05-20 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: In 1st century A.D., the areas of Aquitania, Lugdunensis & Belgica were collectively called this Gaul |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 363 A.D., this oracle's last prediction was that it would never again make a prediction the Delphic oracle |
| #622, aired 1987-04-28 | SCIENCE $600: In 1834, Christian Thomsen divided early human history into these 3 ages Stone, Bronze, and Iron |
| #552, aired 1987-01-20 | U.S. HISTORY $200: If we'd bought this Spanish island in 1848 as Polk wanted to, we'd have avoided a missile crisis Cuba |
| #399, aired 1986-03-20 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: Ancient times are defined as extending until 476 A.D., date of this pivotal event the fall of Rome (the fall of the Roman Empire in the west) |
| #381, aired 1986-02-24 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: This 20th century president is the only president buried in Washington, D.C. proper Woodrow Wilson |
| #283, aired 1985-10-09 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Prime minister de Gasperi of this Mediterranean country was K.O.'d in a 1950 parliamentary brawl Italy |
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
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"His aggressive wagering helped him become the biggest winner from the...
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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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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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Drew Joanides, a high school history teacher from Miami, Florida
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"He is one of our four teachers competing in our tournament...
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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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Patrick Quinn, a high school German teacher from Chesterfield, Missouri
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"He teaches at a school whose history goes back to a...
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Bev Schwartzberg, an adult literacy program coordinator from Santa Barbara, California
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"She finished second in the 1993 Tournament of Champions. Today, she's...
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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
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"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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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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Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
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2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
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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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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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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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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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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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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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Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
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"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
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Dan Crosby, a middle school history teacher from Santa Monica, California
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"He teaches at a school named for a renowned scholar, doctor,...
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
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Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY
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"As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
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Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
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"With success in films, plays, books, and TV specials, he tours...
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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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Robbie Berg, a freshman from the University of Pennsylvania
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
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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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Bill Dickenson, a college instructor from Richardson, Texas
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"This 5-time champ from 1996 has taught students from over 100...
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Surabhi Iyer, a ten-year-old from Franklin, Massachusetts
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"Her research scientist dad has inspired her to become a neuroscientist....
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Maxwell Baldi, a ten-year-old from Los Angeles, California
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"This future U.S. attorney general has always been interested in the...
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Charlotte Scott, a twelve-year-old from Washington, D.C.
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"Watch out, Diane Sawyer. This future news anchor is ready for...
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Zane Ice, a 12-year-old from West Palm Beach, Florida
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"He wants to build a business in emerging technologies to help...
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Jeff Pandin, a history teacher from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 22 1-time champion: $18,000 + $2,000.
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William Garrett, a 12-year-old from Greenfield, Indiana
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"Serving his country as an officer in the military is his...
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Chris Pae, a high school history teacher from Suwanee, Georgia
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"He studied pre-med, then pre-law, but discovered his passion was teaching....
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Chris Capozzola, a graduate student from Washington, D.C.
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"Ten years ago, he was a junior in Worcester, New York....
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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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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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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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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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Ben Greenho, a junior from Plano, Texas
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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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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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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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
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"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
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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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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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Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
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"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
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Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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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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Tim Russert, a moderator from Meet the Press
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"He's the Washington Bureau Chief of NBC News and the longtime...
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Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
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2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
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Judy Shewmake, a retired middle school history teacher from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,801 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "SHOO-make".
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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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Alison Jenik, a junior at the University of Maryland from New York, New York
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Catherine Briley, a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana
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2012 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $31,000. 17 at...
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Emily Jusino, a Ph.D. candidate in Greek literature originally from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000.
Last name pronouned like "hoo-SEE-no".
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Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
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2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
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Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
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"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
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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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Pat Sajak, a game show host from Wheel of Fortune
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"A former TV weatherman, he's gone on to become the world's...
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Matt Drury, a government analyst from New York, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,799 + $2,000. Matthew Drury - A...
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Rachel McCool, a sophomore at Dickinson College from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2004 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: rachel_pi
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Ken Basin, a junior at the University of Southern California from Huntington Beach, California
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2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Blog at kbasin.blogspot.org. Appearing as a...
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Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
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"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
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Zachary Baumgartner, a 10-year-old from Deer Park, New York
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"He'll hit all the right notes in the future as a...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a computer consultant from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was the winner of the 1992 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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Anne Shivers, a senior from Peotone, Illinois
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2005 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $18,000. 17 at...
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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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Kelly Scurry, an 11-year-old seventh grader from Lauderhill, Florida
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"It's very convenient that Washington, D.C. is his favorite city, because...
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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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Jeff Love, a sophomore at Stanford University from Burlingame, California
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Jeff won $1,000 on Who Wants...
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Regina Merrill, from Lincoln, Nebraska
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"She's very good at writing stories and poetry, but her love...
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Tim Russert, a journalist from Meet the Press
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"The host of the longest-running show in the history of television,...
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Nithya Kubendran, an 11-year-old seventh grader from Quartz Hill, California
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"When asked about her future plans, she said, 'World domination sounds...
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Darryl Scott, an Air Force lieutenant colonel originally from Washington, D.C.
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Season 9 2-time champion: $13,402 + the Jeopardy! '92 home game....
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Diane Armstrong, a consultant and retired Navy officer from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2009-09-21).
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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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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - 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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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Andrew Watkins, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: everyday847
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Stephen Fritz, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2007 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $25,460.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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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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Matthew Cline, a 12-year-old from Maumelle, Arkansas
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"John Grisham's books have inspired him. He's firm. He wants to...
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Aria Gerson, an eleven-year-old from Orem, Utah
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"Shine an apple for our future teacher. From Orem, Utah, class,...
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Andrew Kreitz, a senior from Huntington Beach, California
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2006 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000.
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Amy Fletcher, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Jeff Haylon, a sophomore from Newtown, Connecticut
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Casey Retterer, a sophomore at the University of Maryland from Olney, Maryland
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2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Laura Ansley, a senior from Twinsburg, Ohio
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Sam Leanza, a senior from Laguna Hills, California
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Jeffrey Gerlomes, a freshman from Napa, California
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Krishna Bharathala, a sophomore from Fremont, California
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2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
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David Rozenson, a lawyer from Newton, Massachusetts
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 21 3-time champion: $76,000 + $1,000.
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Peter Ellis, a senior at North Carolina State University from Cary, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Katie Orphan, a freshman at Whitworth College from Reno, Nevada
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2002 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Will Schultz, a freshman from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Elyssa Browning, a junior from St. John's College
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Austin, Texas at...
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