| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | ALSO A BASKETBALL TERM $200: A group of notes on which a musical composition is based, such as C major & F-sharp minor key |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | AN EMMY-WINNING ROLE $200: You will rue the day & be far from "Euphoria" if you don't remember she took home a 2022 statue for starring as Rue Zendaya |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | BOOKED IN BOOKS $200: In an 1862 work he is chained by the neck & taken to a prison in Toulon after stealing some bread Jean Valjean |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | THE SUNDAY SCARIES $400: Mr. & Mrs. Jones are nervous about the haggling coming up on Monday but look forward to getting a new SUV, a Sorento from this company Kia |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | ALSO A BASKETBALL TERM $400: The ghost of Hamlet's father tells Hamlet he was murdered, "murder most" this, "as in the best it is" foul |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS $400: An octopus bearing the name of this ocean can grow from the size of a grain of rice to the size of a bus, measured arm tip to arm tip the Pacific octopus |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | AN EMMY-WINNING ROLE $400: Lee Yoo-mi was a winner as Ji-yeong on this game show-set Netflix drama where second place definitely wasn't three grand Squid Game |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | TAKE ME TO THE BRIDGE! $400: Begun in 1787, the Pont de la Concorde used remnants of the Bastille as a source for masonry to help span this river the Seine |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | ALSO A BASKETBALL TERM $600: "Expedition Bigfoot" & "Destination Fear" are TV shows on this channel Travel |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | LAST NAME'S THE SAME $600: Of these two women, a first lady & an actress who has portrayed first ladies Nixon |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | ZIMBABWE $800: A group called Zimas combats the stigma of this pigment-lacking condition unusually common in Zimbabwe; sunscreen & hats can help albinism |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | ALSO A BASKETBALL TERM $800: This word can follow twilight, buffer or comfort zone |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS $800: A species of octopus is named for this fruit; it used the shell as a hiding place coconut |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | AN EMMY-WINNING ROLE $800: His wife said the posthumous Emmy won by this actor for voicing T'Challa in Marvel's "What If...?" was "a beautiful alignment" Boseman |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | LAST NAME'S THE SAME $800: Of an accused ax murderer & her distant cousin who invented a process for condensing milk Borden |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | BOOKED IN BOOKS $800: In this Donn Pearce novel, later turned into a Paul Newman film, the title convict bets society red he can eat 50 eggs Cool Hand Luke |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | ALSO A BASKETBALL TERM $1000: Type of grant in which the federal government gives an annual sum of money to a state or local government to aid in a project a block grant |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | AN EMMY-WINNING ROLE $1000: Winning an Emmy for being one of "Two & a Half Men" as Alan Harper must have been just Duckie for him Jon Cryer |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: The PV in HPV; there's a vaccine for that papillomavirus |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | LIBRARIES $1200: The building of this country's José Martí National Library was funded by a tax on sugar Cuba |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | ZIMBABWE $1200: Niagara Falls is a city in New York at the Canadian border; similarly, this is a town in Zimbabwe at the Zambian border Victoria Falls |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS $1200: An octopus can change the pigment of its skin in one fifth of a second, despite the fact that all octopuses have this vision deficiency color blindness |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | AND THE ROLE ALMOST GOES TO... $1600: After a phone call with Peter Jackson, Russell Crowe turned down this role (& a ton of money) that went to Viggo Mortensen Aragorn |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1600: From the Latin for "conversation", it's an informal or regional expression like "bodacious" a colloquialism |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | LIBRARIES $1600: A Monaco library named for her is dedicated to the culture of Ireland, her ancestral land, & includes her private collections (Grace) Kelly |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS $2000: A species of octopus is named for this trait, it can make itself resemble other animals, like a sea snake or lionfish mimicry |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $3,300 (Daily Double): 19th c. liberation fighter José de San Martín got about as high in the military as possible, named this of the republic of Peru the generalissimo |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | BOWLING $200: Hope Gramly rolled a spare & 9 of these to lead the McKendree University Bearcats to the 2022 NCAA women's bowling title strikes |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | FUN FACTS $200: On April 1, 1979 David Kirke used an elastic rope & plunged from a bridge in Bristol, England, inventing this extreme sport bungee jumping |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | ANATOMY A TO Z $200: L:
Sprains of them range from grade 1 to grade 3 ligaments |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | PLUMBING $400: Other names for this plumbing stalwart include force cup & plumber's friend or helper a plunger |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $400: Pesade describes this animal rearing up on its hind legs with its front legs in the air--perhaps in a statue a horse |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | ORDINAL PHRASES $400: Trump did it over 400 times in a 2022 deposition took the Fifth |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | ANATOMY A TO Z $400: J:
The upper one is also known as the maxilla your jaw |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | ANATOMY A TO Z $600: O:
They're the major source of estrogen ovaries |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | SILENCE! $600: This letter--repeat, this letter!--is silent in the name of a partridge-like grouse of the genus Lagopus that lives in the Arctic P |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | FUN FACTS $600: Mei Xiang, Tian Tian & their cub flew from Dulles to China on a flight nicknamed this, like an American Chinese restaurant chain Panda Express |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | PLUMBING $800: Cobra fittingly makes this type of tool that can extend to a plumber-friendly 15 feet a snake |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $800: If you're a quidnunc, Latin for "what now?", you have this quality of excess curiosity, from a body part nosy |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | SILENCE! $800: "There's a weapon that we must use in our defense--silence" in this song by Jane Wiedlin & Terry Hall about their secret romance "Our Lips Are Sealed" |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | ORDINAL PHRASES $800: Addressing the audience directly in a play is an example of doing this breaking the fourth wall |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | FUN FACTS $800: During a yacht trip, a captain told Ringo Starr about the creatures beneath the waves, inspiring Ringo to write this Beatles song "Octopus's Garden" |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | ANATOMY A TO Z $800: T:
Adenoids are a type of these tonsils |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: Located in a caldera in the Cascade Mountains, it's the USA's deepest lake Crater Lake |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | ANATOMY A TO Z $1000: P:
Part of the alimentary canal, this passageway is between the esophagus & mouth the pharynx |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | THE DEPTHS $1200: Herbert Nitsch is renowned in this activity & has gone more than 700 feet underwater on a single breath free diving |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | PLUMBING $1200: The Energy Dept. lauds this type of water heater, aka "instantaneous", as it's more energy efficient than the storage kind a tankless water heater |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $1200: In South Asia, you might give your dhoti, seen here, to a dhoby, a person with this job laundry (washing clothes) |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | THE DEPTHS $1600: This odd name chosen by the McPublic is now borne by a submersible that has gone deep under the Thwaites Glacier to study its ice loss Boaty McBoatface |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | PLUMBING $1600: This rhyming device helps suck water from basements or crawl spaces a sump pump |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | ON GUITAR $1600: A 1961 Stratocaster helped this guitarist & singer make the solos on "Sultans Of Swing" immortal Knopfler |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | AFRICAN HISTORY $1600: After a pilgrimage in 1324, Mali emperor Mansa Musa built the Great Mosque in this trading post Timbuktu |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | ON GUITAR $2000: Rolling Stone's 250 Greatest Guitarists put this Sleater-Kinney axewoman at No. 64 & called her a "shameless guitar hero" (Carrie) Brownstein |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | THE DEPTHS $2000: "B" is for this type of map that uses contour lines to show the ocean's depths a bathymetric map |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | POETS OF LOVE $4,500 (Daily Double): Percy Shelley wrote, "Nothing in the world is single; / All things by a law divine / In one spirit meet &" this, like at a mixer mingle |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENCE $200: For most, birthdays come once a year, except for those born on this date, who in a way, get older slower than the rest of us February 29th |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | WHAT A LITERARY CHARACTER $200: This character who married Melanie instead of Scarlett O'Hara was said to have been based on Doc Holliday Ashley (Wilkes) |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENTS $400: Barney Clark lived 112 days after becoming the first recipient of a permanent artificial this in 1982 an artificial heart |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $400: An Olympic gold medal is required to be at least 92.5% this metal & plated with a minimum of 6 grams of gold silver |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENCE $400: Walter Mischel devised a test of kids' ability to delay gratification: eat one of these treats now, or be patient & get 2 marshmallows |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $400: Type of sporting dog that makes fetch happen
(9 letters) a retriever |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | WHAT A LITERARY CHARACTER $400: A 2023 movie was titled "The Three Musketeers--Part I:" this newcomer to Paris in the original 1844 novel D'Artagnan |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | AT THE START OF THE SPORT $400: In 1883 an Englishman patented equipment for playing a form of this "indoors, say upon a billiard or dining table" table tennis |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | WHAT A LITERARY CHARACTER $600: A handmaid in the republic of Gilead, she lives in the home of the commander & his bitter wife Serena Joy Offred |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | AT THE START OF THE SPORT $600: Discovered in a pond in Scotland, the oldest known stone for this sport is inscribed with the date 1511 curling |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENTS $800: In movies like "The Notebook", they're a cinematic technique; in PTSD patients, they're memories so vivid it's like reliving the event flashbacks |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ACTING UP AT JUILLIARD $800: Group 1 included David Ogden Stiers, Patti LuPone & him, far from stupid as an Oscar winner for "A Fish Called Wanda" (Kevin) Kline |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: Let's take a pregnant pause for this term of 3 months trimester |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENCE $800: On July 4, 1795 Paul Revere & Sam Adams buried one of these; a 1652 shilling was in the contents dug up 220 years later a time capsule |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | WHAT A LITERARY CHARACTER $800: This fairy in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" causes no end of trouble with his mischievous deeds Puck |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $800: After the investment bank of these brothers went Chapter 11 in 2008, retirement plans & investment funds took a $700 bil. hit the Lehman Brothers |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | WHAT A LITERARY CHARACTER $1000: In "1984", Julia meets with this man secretly, bringing him contraband chocolate & stirring forgotten memories Winston Smith |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $1000: This massive holding co. was not named for a single crowbar but from the 1929 merger of a Dutch co. with one run by British brothers Unilever |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENTS $1200: On July 6, 1885 Louis Pasteur took a bite out of this disease with a new vaccination for 9-year-old victim Joseph Meister rabies |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | BIBLICAL GARB $1200: For interpreting the handwriting on the wall, he was clothed "with scarlet" & given "a chain of gold about his neck" Daniel |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $1200: Cuba's Order of Playa Giron, a beach near this bay, commemorates the 1961 victory over anti-Communist invaders the Bay of Pigs |
| #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 |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | BIBLICAL GARB $1600: John the Baptist wore a garment made of the hair of this animal while in the wilderness & eating "locusts and wild honey" camel hair |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ACTING UP AT JUILLIARD $1600: A Tony for "King Hedley II" & an Oscar for "Fences" are part of this Group 22 woman's EGOT Viola Davis |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | BOOKS IN HISTORY $1600: This 5-word phrase about people in a different income bracket from you is the title of an 1890 Jacob Riis expose of NYC's slums how the other half lives |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | BOOKS IN HISTORY $2000: This Dutch scholar put out a 1516 translation of the Bible that made it more accessible & helped lead to the Reformation Erasmus |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | BIBLICAL GARB $2000: In several verses this uncomfortable goat hair fabric is worn with ashes as a sign of mourning sackcloth |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ACTING UP AT JUILLIARD $2000: Alum Robin Williams set up a scholarship won by this woman, who made it from Group 32 to the lead in "Zero Dark Thirty" Jessica Chastain |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: You could "transcend blockchain barriers" at 2023's Icon Hyperbuild, this type of event for computer programmers a hackathon |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | BOOKS IN HISTORY $2,900 (Daily Double): Economist F.A. Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom" came out in 1944 when this woman was at Oxford & was a huge influence on her later policies (Margaret) Thatcher |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $3,600 (Daily Double): This verb can mean to create through skill, or to construct a lie or forgery fabricate |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | CHANNEL ORANGE $200: Does this creature seen here amuse you, it makes you laugh? Come to think of it, yeah, in a Pixar movie it did amuse me, quite a bit a clownfish |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $200: In 1953 David Mullany invented this erratic toy with 8 holes that's often sold with its own bat a Wiffle ball |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | PUTTING THE GORY IN A MOVIE CATEGORY $200: David Arquette & Courteney Cox starred in this 1996 film about a killer named Ghostface Scream |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | "F" IS FOR FOOD $400: Originally a way of using stale leftovers, this breakfast item is also called pain perdu ("lost bread") French toast |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ANIMAL LIFE $400: You can see why a tanooki is also called this nocturnal mammal dog raccoon |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY $400: Laze poolside on a yacht, enjoy the Gulf of Napoule, hit the Palais des Festivals for its film fest, re-laze at the yacht pool Cannes |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ENDS WITH "B" $400: Don't let your book go out without one of these publicity notices on its jacket a blurb |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | CHANNEL ORANGE $400: In 1568 William I the Silent, Prince of Orange, not so silently led a revolt against Spain by this country that's big on orange the Netherlands |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | PUTTING THE GORY IN A MOVIE CATEGORY $400: Tim Curry played this demon that appears as a clown in a miniseries of "It"; Bill Skarsgård had the role in the 2017 film Pennywise |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | CHANNEL ORANGE $600: Frank Ocean's album "Channel Orange" ranges from "Sierra Leone" to a song titled after this Tom Hanks guy--"Run, 44!" Forrest Gump |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $600: Perhaps generating more business, dentist William Morrison co-invented a machine that heated & spun sugar, creating this treat cotton candy |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | PUTTING THE GORY IN A MOVIE CATEGORY $600: Subtitles of this slasher series include "Dream Warriors",
"The Dream Master" & "Freddy's Revenge" A Nightmare on Elm Street |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | HISTORY OF YOSEMITE $600: A Native American village in Yosemite has one of these dwellings named for their circular shape; it's still used by local tribes a roundhouse |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY $800: You are getting very sleepy... your eyelids are getting heavy... I am using this to put you in a trance hypnosis |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ANIMAL LIFE $800: In 2022 killer whales were filmed removing this organ from a shark; no word if it was eaten with fava beans & a nice Chianti the liver |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY $800: Deal with 77º temps in its cold season & get your kicks above the waistline, sunshine, with a mussel omelet at Daeng Racha Hoi Tod Bangkok |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ENDS WITH "B" $800: It can collectively refer to the three boards that a door is directly mounted to a jamb |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $800: Hiram Maxim wrote that inventing a killing machine gets you more credit than easing suffering after this type of gun made him rich a machine gun |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | PUTTING THE GORY IN A MOVIE CATEGORY $800: This 1974 film set in the Lone Star State was loosely inspired by serial killers Ed Gein & Elmer Henley The Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Many great ships once communicated with the world from a room named for this Italian inventor Marconi |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ENDS WITH "B" $1000: It's a jester's red cap possibly named for its resemblance to a male chicken's crest a coxcomb |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | PUTTING THE GORY IN A MOVIE CATEGORY $1000: As Dr. Gordon, Cary Elwes was not in an "as you wish" kind of mood in this 2004 film, cutting through some serious issues Saw |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE $1000: Of
the "Analects", a collection of sayings dating back to around the fifth century B.C. Chinese |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | HISTORY OF YOSEMITE $1000: This man wrote of his ecological findings with a quill made from an eagle's feather found on Yosemite's Mount Hoffmann John Muir |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY $1200: This word for a sudden fear that comes over you is from the name of a Greek god who could cause it panic |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | TV MUSIC $1200: Alyson Hannigan made Joss Whedon aware of a group called Nerf Herder, who got the nod to come up with the opening theme for this series Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ANIMAL LIFE $1200: More than half of Mexico's population of this large kitty cat is found in the Yucatán region a jaguar |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | OUR FLOUNDERING FATHERS $1200: Pre-"Give me liberty or give me death", he ran a failing store for his dad, didn't make it as a tobacco farmer & his house burned down Henry |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | TV MUSIC $1600: Done with a slew of whistlin', "Fishin' Hole" is the theme from this down-home show The Andy Griffith Show |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | "F" IS FOR FOOD $1600: Fern fronds, eaten as a vegetable, have this instrumental name fiddlehead |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY $2000: A woman of stately beauty is sometimes described by this 9-letter adjective, after the Roman queen of the gods Junoesque |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ANIMAL LIFE $2000: This species of sea turtle is named for its unique beak-like mouth, said to resemble a predatory avian a hawksbill |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | JUST FOR FUN "Z"s $200: At the Fremont St. Experience, take a thrill ride on one of these, 7 stories high & 2 blocks long; the zoom one is even bigger a zip line |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | PAGING THE FICTIONAL DRIVER $200: Paging this 1925 title character who owns a cream Rolls-Royce "terraced with a labyrinth of windshields"; you're blocking a Prius Gatsby |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | LIVED PAST 100 $200: Tom Morello's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech on this band's behalf thanked Tom's mom, a centenarian teacher & activist Rage Against the Machine |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | A "M"EDICAL DICTIONARY $400: The dilation of blood vessels is associated with this type of recurring vascular headache migraine |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | JUST FOR FUN "Z"s $400: As a 5-year-old hockey fan, Ariana Grande got hit twice with a puck & got to ride on one of these at a Florida Panthers game a Zamboni |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | DON'T EAT THAT! $400: A rook is a type of this, another 4-letter fowl crow |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | THE MOVIES $400: In 2023 this book by Judy Blume finally became a movie, with Rachel McAdams as the title girl's mom Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | JUST FOR FUN "Z"s $600: Shigeru Miyamoto designed a video game in which players try to defeat the evil Ganon & rescue this princess Zelda |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | PAGING THE FICTIONAL DRIVER $600: Can you hear me, Stephen King teen Arnie Cunningham? Your 1958 Plymouth Fury nicknamed this has a bad muffler--& other issues Christine |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | LAND OF MILK & HONEY $800: Known for healthy honey, the Greek isle Ikaria is this type of "colorful" place named for its population's longevity a blue zone |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SAY IT IN SPANISH $800: Meaning "aunt", it precedes Maria in a liqueur order Tia |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | MAKING NOISE $800: Residents of East Hampton on this island have waged a battle against the noise of weekenders' helicopters Long Island |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $800: They set the film "A Serious Man" in their native Minnesota the Coen brothers |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | VAL, HISTORY'S CLUMSIEST TIME TRAVELER $800: Val wanted to visit the Moorish city in Spain in the 1400s but one misspelled letter has him on this isle of spice & a 1983 U.S. invasion Grenada |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | JUST FOR FUN "Z"s $800: This rum cocktail was created in the 1930s for a tiki bar called Don the Beachcomber; it might be less fun after too many the Zombie |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | THE MOVIES $800: The first DVD that Netflix mailed was this spirited film starring Alec Baldwin & Geena Davis as a deceased married couple Beetlejuice |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | THE MOVIES $1000: Elvis hangs loose in Honolulu after a stint in the Army in this 1961 film Blue Hawaii |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | JUST FOR FUN "Z"s $1000: Down South, Cher, this traditional music heard here is also known as chanky-chank zydeco |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | A "M"EDICAL DICTIONARY $1200: This type of neuron conveys impulses from the brain or nervous system to a muscle, organ or gland to trigger an action a motor neuron |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | LAND OF MILK & HONEY $1200: Not far from the skyscrapers of this emirate metropolis is Camelicious, a company that provides camel milk, ghee & chocolate Dubai |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | MAKING NOISE $1200: OK, smart kid... the dog goes woof & the river-dwelling giant type of this weasel family member goes what? Coo, scream & many others is what! the giant river otter |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | VAL, HISTORY'S CLUMSIEST TIME TRAVELER $1200: Val's not at the 1922 discovery of Tut's tomb in this 4-word area but 100 later, sees Rüfüs Du Sol win a Grammy for "Alive" the Valley of the Kings |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | A "M"EDICAL DICTIONARY $1600: Found in the ear, this small bone connects the tympanic membrane to the incus bone the malleus |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | MAKING NOISE $1600: This state dance of Kentucky is a bit like tap but most of the noise is made with the heels clogging |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $1600: In a 2001 film, these siblings played siblings Elizabeth & Donnie Darko Jake & Maggie Gyllenhaal |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | LAND OF MILK & HONEY $1600: From Australia & New Zealand, this honey with a Maori name is said to have antibacterial properties Manuka honey |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | A "M"EDICAL DICTIONARY $2000: Term for a type of large white blood cell that digests invading micro-organisms & also "eats" cell debris a macrophage |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | LAND OF MILK & HONEY $2000: India, the leading milk producer in the world, gets almost half of it from this beast not considered cattle a water buffalo |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SAY IT IN SPANISH $2000: This beloved indie rock band took its name in 1984 from the way a Spanish-speaking outfielder says, "I got it" Yo La Tengo |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $2000: Sid & Marty Krofft produced '70s Saturday morning TV like "H.R. Pufnstuf" & this one where a family ends up in a time with dinosaurs Land of the Lost |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | VAL, HISTORY'S CLUMSIEST TIME TRAVELER $2000: "Where's the president?" a blundering Val asks this senator from Louisiana with a different middle name, church & party John Kennedy |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | A "M"EDICAL DICTIONARY $2,400 (Daily Double): Swelling of the parotid glands is a symptom of this acute viral disease the mumps |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SAY IT IN SPANISH $4,000 (Daily Double): A song often heard in Spanish-speaking countries at Christmastime is this "Sabanero", meaning "My Little Savannah Donkey" Burrito |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HODGEPODGE $200: A footstool can be called one of these, like a certain empire ottoman |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | PLACES THAT ARE ALSO FIRST NAMES $200: A 2022 population estimate by the Census Bureau lists this Lone Star capital as the 10th-largest U.S. city Austin |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | BOATS $200: In 1956 Malcom McLean revolutionized shipping when he launched Ideal X, a ship with 50+ of these large boxes containers |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | PLACES THAT ARE ALSO FIRST NAMES $400: A bust of the brawl-loving Renaissance goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini graces the Ponte Vecchio in this city Florence |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | "P"EOPLE $400: In 1878 this French scientist observed, "It is a terrifying thought that life is at the mercy of... minute bodies" Pasteur |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | A LOVE FOR BOOKS $400: The Hazard & Main families are divided by this conflict in "Love & War", part of John Jakes' "North & South" trilogy the Civil War |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HEALTH OBSERVANCES $400: The Michael J. Fox Foundation has been a big advocate in designating April as awareness month for this disease Parkinson's |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HODGEPODGE $400: Let's not procrastinate because, according to a proverb, these 2 things "wait for no man" time & tide |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | THE VOICE OF TELEVISION $600: Paul F. Tompkins gave voice to Mr. Peanutbutter, a dog with gubernatorial aspirations on this Netflix show BoJack Horseman |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HODGEPODGE $600: An oda was a room in this type of house for women; an odalisque was a female slave or concubine in one a harem |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | 3-LETTER SPELLING BEE $600: Popular today, it's the greeting seen here that was developed by Black service members in Vietnam D-A-P |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | BOATS $600: Now used as a ferry between N.Y. & Connecticut, the Cape Henlopen hit the beach in this French region in June 1944 Normandy |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | THE VOICE OF TELEVISION $800: Jeff Fischer got the role he was born to play: Jeff Fischer, Hayley Smith's hubby & pal to a talking fish & an alien on this TBS cartoon American Dad! |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | THAT BAND'S AN INSTITUTION $800: Formed in 1976, they're turning the Venetian in Vegas into a love shack with a 2024 residency The B-52s |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | ROAD SCHOLARLY $800: These 3 letters came before Appia, Aurelia & Popilia in the Latin names of Roman roads V-I-A (Via) |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | A LOVE FOR BOOKS $800: A shy librarian's quiet passion for a researcher shines through in Sophie Divry's "The Library of" this kind of not reciprocated "Love" unrequited |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: On the sign, "impasse" doesn't mean a stalemate in negotiations, but this other French word for a street with no exit cul-de-sac |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $800: Famous for his redistricting plan while governor, he became vice president in 1813 & died in office a year later (Elbridge) Gerry |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | THE VOICE OF TELEVISION $1000: Seen here, but not heard from 2015 to 2021, he learned "F is for Family" & if you don't know him, "I'm gonna put you through a wall" (Bill) Burr |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | 3-LETTER SPELLING BEE $1000: It's placed in parentheses after a misspelled word to show it was meant to be printed that way (but spell this word correctly!) S-I-C |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | A LOVE FOR BOOKS $1200: An outbreak of a certain disease features in this 1985 novel by Gabriel García Márquez Love in the Time of Cholera |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1200: Two meanings of this word are a serving of meat in a circular shape & a permit needed by taxi drivers medallion |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | THAT BAND'S AN INSTITUTION $1600: In 2024 this band set a record with its 59th Top 40 album, a 1985 live performance featuring "Truckin"' the Grateful Dead |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | A LOVE FOR BOOKS $2000: His novel "Women in Love" recounts the lives & romances of the Brangwen sisters D.H. Lawrence |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: It's the type of item seen here; government-funded arts & crafts in the '30s led to the newer meaning, wasteful project a boondoggle |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | A LOVE FOR BOOKS $5,000 (Daily Double): Roddy Doyle's novel "Love" finds 2 old friends reconnecting in this world capital for a revealing evening of drinking Dublin |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | STOCK PHOTOS, KINDA $200: A NASDAQ stock, this company produces tens of billions of non-edible chips every year Texas Instruments |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | KIDDY LIT $200: The title boy makes a fishtail from curtains in "Julián is" this creature a mermaid |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WE'VE GOT TODAY'S HITS $200: Tim McGraw hit the Hot 100 wanting to "live a life so when I die, there's" this crowd situation, SRO for short standing room only |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THAT'S SO CRINGE $400: If you're sensitive to a certain touch, you'll giggle, but this adjective also describes a tricky situation that needs a sensitive touch (a) ticklish (situation) |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WE'VE GOT TODAY'S HITS $400: With a Bananarama-riffic title, this Taylor Swift song dominated the fall in 2023, staying at No. 1 for weeks "Cruel Summer" |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | ANYTIME $400: These spies aren't tired; they function ordinarily in a population until activated for vital reasons at any time sleepers (sleeper agents) |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $400: From a word for a bug to get this often small but enthusiastic type of religious group sect |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | AMERICAN BIRDS $400: Warily circling as hunters freeze & swear, the pintail type of this water bird is one of the most difficult to lure with a decoy a duck |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | KIDDY LIT $400: In 1987 illustrator Martin Handford began challenging readers to find a guy in a striped shirt & cap in this series of books Where's Waldo? |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | FADS $400: At the height of this craze, a man dashed across the stage during the Oscars "showing his shortcomings", as David Niven put it streaking |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THAT'S SO CRINGE $600: From the Latin for "death", it can indeed mean to render necrotic but it's more associated as a word meaning to embarrass mortify |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | FADS $600: Here's our version of this big fad of the 1970s; googly eyes optional a Pet Rock |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WE'VE GOT TODAY'S HITS $600: "Now & then, I miss you, oh, now & then, I want you to be there for me", sang this band in a 2023 song written in the '70s The Beatles |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | STOCK PHOTOS, KINDA $800: In 2022, this brand had a price point initiative that was $0.25 above what you'd think, its first price change in over 36 years Dollar Tree |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | ANYTIME $800: Southwest airlines has put this query in front of certain fares that let you fly on a whim Wanna get away? |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $800: From a word meaning certainly to get this legal contract "of trust" or "of sale" a deed |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT $800: A poem by Askia M. Touré refers to this "Giant Steps" saxophonist as a "Black priest prophet" Coltrane |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | FADS $800: Focus now, a few years back, these gizmos were all the rage a fidget spinner |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | KIDDY LIT $1,000 (Daily Double): This beloved book about a stuffed animal is subtitled "Or, How Toys Become Real" The Velveteen Rabbit |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THAT'S SO CRINGE $1000: Anxious? Uncomfortable? You're this 3-word phrase that sounds like a sick military command ill at ease |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | AMERICAN BIRDS $1200: The Cooper's type of this bird of prey is soon to be the TBD type as American birds will no longer have people in their common names hawk |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT $1200: After a famous memoir, this poet found success with her collection "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie" Maya Angelou |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | FAKE MOVIES IN MOVIES $1200: Gene Kelly dances up a storm in this musical about folks working on the film "The Dueling Cavalier" in the new talking pictures era Singin' in the Rain |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | FAKE MOVIES IN MOVIES $1600: A woman on death row is the focus of "Habeas Corpus", a project within this film about a movie exec played by Tim Robbins The Player |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $1600: From a word meaning penniless to get this word for a liquid in chemistry like an ester or ketone solvent |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | AMERICAN BIRDS $1600: The long-billed curlew is nicknamed this bird & its Bay Area habitat is said to have lent that name to a point & a ballpark candlestick |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $2,000 (Daily Double): From a word involving respiration to get this word meaning healthy hale |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $2000: From a legal word compelling one to cease activities to get this word where choo-choos meet junction |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT $2000: The star of a 2023 HBO doc, this poet & her work "Black Judgment" helped take the Black Arts Movement to national prominence Nikki Giovanni |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | FAKE MOVIES IN MOVIES $2000: Fake previews for "Werewolf Women of the SS" & "Hobo with a Shotgun" are within this Tarantino-Rodriguez double feature Grindhouse |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | AMERICAN BIRDS $2000: John Cassin, from a Quaker family in Delaware County, became a famed ornithologist in this city & named a vireo after it the Philadelphia vireo |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WHERE'D YOU "GO"? $7,000 (Daily Double): A city in Colorado was named for this Mexican state that borders Chihuahua Durango |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE $200: Misquoting Shakespeare, a wise proverb tells us, "All that" does this "is not gold" glitters |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | A YEAR ENDING IN 4 $200: Apple introduced its Macintosh computer 1984 |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | UNREAL ESTATE $200: Several of this author's works like "A Time to Kill" take place in Clanton, Mississippi John Grisham |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | "T.P." $200: In the 1960s, Freedomland in the Bronx was built to rival Disneyland as a history-focused one of these a theme park |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | A YEAR ENDING IN 4 $400: Mark Zuckerberg launched what was then called TheFacebook 2004 |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE $400: A jolly good guy, or a grad student who has been awarded for special study fellow |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | FOOD TALK $400: This French term means to turn solid food into a paste or thick liquid, & you'll find a setting for it on many a blender purée |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | "T.P." $400: Kyle MacLachlan was the clean-cut FBI agent investigating a murder in the very strange title town of this series Twin Peaks |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE $600: One of these in economics refers to an unsustainable period in investments or property a bubble |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | A YEAR ENDING IN 4 $600: The Continental Congress met for the first time 1774 |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | ABBREVIATED TELEVISION $600: A comedy with a bright disposition:
"IASIP" It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | THE MANHATTAN PROJECT $600: Mafioso Fat Tony Lauria (a real-life Fat Tony!) repurposed this inn into the gay bar that made headlines in 1969 the Stonewall Inn |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | THE MANHATTAN PROJECT $800: A structure called the "Vessel" has 2,500 individual steps & 80 landings, in the yards named this, the river it overlooks Hudson |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | SOME TIMELY WORDS $800: You've probably seen this adjective meaning delayed past the proper time on a birthday card or 2 belated |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES $800: A papyrus dated to 35 B.C. calls her Philopatris, "she who loves her country", the country being Egypt Cleopatra |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | MUSICIANS' MEMOIRS $800: In the title of a 1970 No. 1 hit & of Sly Stone's long-awaited memoir, it precedes "Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin" Thank You |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | A YEAR ENDING IN 4 $800: In the case of Brown v. Board of Education, racial segregation in public schools was declared unconstitutional 1954 |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE $1000: No soaring weapon, it's a term for a Catholic prayer book missal |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | A YEAR ENDING IN 4 $1000: Shakespeare turned 50 & the Globe Theatre reopened after it burned down a year earlier 1614 |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | ABBREVIATED TELEVISION $1000: A period comedy:
"TMMM" The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | "T.P." $1000: It precedes "Memo" in the title of a political news website Talking Points |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | MUSICIANS' MEMOIRS $1200: This Atlanta rapper with a stage name that's always in fashion got kudos for the honesty of his 2017 autobiography Gucci Mane |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | SOME TIMELY WORDS $1200: This 6-letter word means to go back in fictional time & rewrite the past of a character or narrative for a new work retcon |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY $1200: You can swim with the dolphins on this island in the Bahamas that shares its name with a 1980 Brooke Shields film the Blue Lagoon |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | FOOD TALK $1200: It gets its name because its flavor resembles a combination of cinnamon, cloves & nutmeg allspice |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | MUSICIANS' MEMOIRS $1600: In 2023 Barbra Streisand put the corners of her mind in a book, including how in 2023 she added back 2 scenes to this 1973 film The Way We Were |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): This eastern Alabama city was named for a line in an Oliver Goldsmith poem about the "loveliest village of the plain" Auburn |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | THE MANHATTAN PROJECT $2,000 (Daily Double): On July 4th, 1929, Governor FDR dedicated a new building with this name, the infamous headquarters of Manhattan Democrats Tammany Hall |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES $2000: During his reign over Rome, he had a coin minted with the depictions of his 3 sisters:
Drusilla, Livilla & Agrippina Caligula |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | SOME TIMELY WORDS $2000: In 2004 Colin Powell called Fidel Castro one of these, a person or thing incongruously out of place in time an anachronism |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | FOOD TALK $2000: It's the technique of butterflying a whole bird before cooking: faster roasting, crispier skin spatchcocking |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | THE MANHATTAN PROJECT $2000: A program chief & a friend of J. Robert Oppenheimer's from Berkeley days, this Nobel Prize winner was played on screen by Josh Hartnett Ernest Lawrence |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | NOT PERSIMMON $200: Mexico is one of the world's top producers of this fruit that's a standard sight in the neck of a Corona lime |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | SLANGIN' WITH MR. JENNINGS $200: Spending long hours on the sofa watching TV? You've become this tuberous term a couch potato |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | DOES THAT RING A "BELL"? $400: This word means to dress up a story with fictional information to make it more interesting, or to beautify with ornamentation embellish |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | '70s TV DRAMA $400: Ed Asner moved from TV news on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" to working in this form of media on "Lou Grant" a newspaper |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | IT'S A FACT $400: This organization's New York City HQ was built on land bought in 1946 with an $8.5 million gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr. the U.N. |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | NOT PERSIMMON $400: It's genetically identical to a peach except for one recessive gene that makes its skin smooth a nectarine |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | ASK FORGIVENESS $400: An older Elwin Wilson, once part of this notorious white-klad group, asked John Lewis to forgive him for a 1961 assault in S.C. the Ku Klux Klan |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | FLAG TIME! $400: Mary Pickersgill made the flag that was flying over this fort in 1814; it inspired a patriotic poem Fort McHenry |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MUSIC TERMS $400: On sheet music this symbol on the left side of a staff indicates the pitch, most commonly treble or bass the clef |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | NOT PERSIMMON $600: Also called the paste type, this type of tomato is named for a rounder fruit a plum tomato |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | ASK FORGIVENESS $600: Heretics, Jews, women & minorities were some of the groups whom this pope asked to forgive the church in a 2000 speech John Paul II |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | FLAG TIME! $600: Scotland's flag has a white cross on a blue background; the colors are reversed for the flag of this Canadian province Nova Scotia |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL $600: More agile than the nickname "Pudge" suggests, catcher Iván Rodriguez won 13 of these awards as the best fielder at his position a Gold Glove |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MUSIC TERMS $600: A barcarole is a type of song originally sung by or in imitation of these Venetian boatmen gondola men (gondoliers) |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | SLANGIN' WITH MR. JENNINGS $600: You "take" this letter when you suffer a defeat the L |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | DOES THAT RING A "BELL"? $800: Named for its bulging middle, this cast-iron stove was developed in the 19th century for heat & cooking the potbellied stove |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | '70s TV DRAMA $800: Simians in this adaptation of a movie included Roddy McDowall & Mark Lenard, Spock's father from "Star Trek" Planet of the Apes |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | IT'S A FACT $800: Groundhogs are called these type of "pigs" due to the high-pitched sound they make when alarmed whistle pigs |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | NOT PERSIMMON $800: We think this hybrid fruit would sound great as a Jell-O flavor tangelo |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | FLAG TIME! $800: In 1876 lumberjacks nailed a U.S. flag to this alliterative type of pine, giving Flagstaff, Arizona its name a ponderosa pine |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL $800: National League pitchers' feeble swings became a thing of the past in 2022 as both leagues now have this position a designated hitter |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MUSIC TERMS $800: These liturgical songs of the Catholic Church bear the name of a 6th century pope said to have formulated & organized them Gregorian chants |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | SLANGIN' WITH MR. JENNINGS $800: It can refer to a person with expensive tastes; "Bad &" this hit No. 1 for Migos Boujee |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | NOT PERSIMMON $1000: Despite the similar name, this fruit is of a different family from the kumquat a loquat |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | FLAG TIME! $1000: A rainbow is featured on the flag of this environmental group that has the Rainbow Warrior as its flagship Greenpeace |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | DOES THAT RING A "BELL"? $1200: This equipment originated in Russia & was popularized in the U.S. by former Soviet special forces instructor Pavel Tsatsouline a kettlebell |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1200: In 1945 Steinbeck took us to Monterey with this book whose title is now a street name Cannery Row |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | IT'S A FACT $1200: In poker some wonder if this hand beats 2 pair; with a 2.87% chance of it in a 52-card deck vs. 2 pair's 7.62%, yes 3 of a kind |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL $1,600 (Daily Double): In the 1950s this NL team temporarily changed its name so as not to be associated with communism the (Cincinnati) Reds |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | THE 6 MOTHERS-IN-LAW OF HENRY VIII $1600: The mother of Anne of Cleves was Maria of Jülich, a duchy of this thousand-year empire of West & Central Europe the Holy Roman Empire |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | '70s TV DRAMA $1600: Former L.A. Rams star Merlin Olsen played Jonathan Garvey, a neighbor of the Ingalls family on this series Little House on the Prairie |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | DOES THAT RING A "BELL"? $1600: In a Longfellow poem, the children "love to see the flaming forge, and hear" these "roar" the bellows |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | IT'S A FACT $1600: The CIA's forested complex in this Virginia place has a Starbucks, but names are not put on cups Langley |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | IT'S A FACT $1,800 (Daily Double): 9 of the 10 highest mountains in the world are in the Himalayas, while the other is part of this nearby range the Karakoram |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | DOES THAT RING A "BELL"? $2000: Originally meaning the lead sheep of a flock, it now usually refers to an indicator of trends a bellwether |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | '70s TV DRAMA $2000: Before he enjoyed his lollipops as Kojak, this actor got an Oscar nom for playing a prisoner in "Birdman of Alcatraz" Telly Savalas |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS $200: In July 2023 this company averted a strike by agreeing to a new deal with more than 300,000 Teamsters UPS |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | KNEEL BEFORE ZED $400: Equus quagga crawshayi is a Crawshay's this zebra |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | OPERA SETTINGS $400: This 1893 classic cooked up by Engelbert Humperdinck is largely set in a dark German forest Hansel and Gretel |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN $400: Measuring electricity? In the U.S., we use this unit that honors an Italian count a volt |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | REBOOTS & REMAKES $400: "Aloha" was the final episode of this rebooted TV series that said aloha after a 10-year run Hawaii Five-0 |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Now it's a structure where Olympic events are held; in early ancient Olympics, it was the 600-foot distance of the only event, a footrace a stadium |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LITERARY LINES $400: Maggie, to Brick in this play: "We mustn't scream at each other. The walls in this house have ears" Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $400: After WWII a new country music style was named for this kind of roadside joint & Hank Williams was its biggest star honky-tonk |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORDS THAT GO UP TO 11 $400: A 2012 documentary named for this pitch follows Tim Wakefield & R.A. Dickey the knuckleball |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | VAN LIFE $400: The phrase "in the van" means to be in the lead, "van" being a shortened form of this word vanguard |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS $600: Founded in 1965 as a mail-order veterinary supply company in San Diego, it now has its name on a stadium there Petco |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORDS THAT GO UP TO 11 $600: Popular in the 1800s, these meaty-named side whiskers were rocked by folks who didn't wanna grow a full beard muttonchops |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORLD CITIES $800: An Azerbaijani oil baron built a replica of a Parisian palace for his wife in this capital city Baku |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | KNEEL BEFORE ZED $800: A fanatic, or a member of an ancient anti-Roman Jewish sect a zealot |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | OPERA SETTINGS $800: Long before the play & film, an 1898 opera about Mozart & this composer takes place in a room in Vienna & lasts all of 40 minutes Salieri |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN $800: A degree on this other temperature scale has the same magnitude as a Celsius degree Kelvin |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | REBOOTS & REMAKES $800: Maybe CBS execs used a Swiss Army knife, a paper clip & a stick of gum to reboot this spy series MacGyver |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | VAN LIFE $800: Gillette calls this beard style named for a European artist "a full goatee with a floating mustache" a Van Dyke |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORDS THAT GO UP TO 11 $1000: Change the first 3 letters in a fancy word for "blessing" to get this, a curse malediction |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN $1200: This device used to measure your feet at the shoe store is named for its inventor Charles a Brannock Device |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | REBOOTS & REMAKES $1200: Her character is still psychic, but now a single mother in San Francisco; she's home at "that's so" her Raven |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | KNEEL BEFORE ZED $1600: A large mustache that curves down at the corners of the mouth is named for this early 20th century Guerrilla Zapata |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | OPERA SETTINGS $1600: Scenes in this Mussorgsky opera take place in the czar's quarters & in a square outside of St. Basil's Cathedral Boris Godunov |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | KNEEL BEFORE ZED $2000: Compadrazgo, a ritual kinship system involving godparents, plays an important role for this people of Oaxaca the Zapotec |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN $2000: Radioactivity amounts in a sample have been measured in units called the curie & this, after a different French physicist becquerel |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | REBOOTS & REMAKES $2000: "Heaven Can Wait" was a remake of this 1941 film Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: Their name sounds like they wielded a reaping blade, but this people wowed ancient Asia with their riding prowess the Scythians |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN $6,000 (Daily Double): You only need letters on the left side of the keyboard to type this unit of capacitance that's named for an English chap the farad |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | WORKING HARD, HARDLY WORKING $200: A 2022 study said this state had the longest average work week, 41.4 hours; commercial fishing & drilling for oil ain't easy Alaska |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | "A" TO "A" COUNTRIES $200: The official language of this small country is Catalan Andorra |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | PARENTING $400: Young Burt Bacharach hated taking these with Miss Raymond & they're a source of conflict in many a home piano lessons |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | IT PLEASED THE LORD $400: Lord Denning was pleased to report no security risk in a scandal of this decade, involving a government minister & Christine Keeler the 1960s |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | DAVID PLAYED $400: In 2007 David Beckham signed a $250 million contract to play for this MLS team the L.A. Galaxy |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | A SECRET CHORD $400: Wagner shook up people's ideas of harmony with the chord named for this lover of Isolde Tristan |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | NOVEL TITLE CHARACTERS $400: In a novel by Stephen King, she's a senior at Ewen High who is bullied by her peers (at their own peril) Carrie |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | "A" TO "A" COUNTRIES $400: First millennium monk Mesrop Mashtots is credited with creating this nation's alphabet, seen here Armenia |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | ACHES & PAINS $600: Many aches & pains are treated with NSAIDs, these non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | "A" TO "A" COUNTRIES $600: In 1967 this Balkan nation was declared the world's first atheist state Albania |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | DAVID PLAYED $800: This 40-year-old slugger retired after a 2016 season in which he hit .315, with 38 home runs & 127 RBIs Ortiz |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | A SECRET CHORD $800: He lived until 1827 but his last time as soloist with an orchestra was in 1808, opening his 4th piano concerto with a gentle chord Beethoven |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | CONSONANT-VOWEL x3 $800: Boze-dee-boze-dee-bop! Ziddy bop! It's just this old-time term for a male escort a gigolo |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $800: Asked to describe a perfect date, a pageant contestant in this film says, "April 25 because it's not too hot, not too cold" Miss Congeniality |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | PARENTING $800: A tough question for parents; Dr. Ellen Libby wrote a book on the issue & says it can rotate from kid to kid, if that's any help Who is your favorite child? |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | "A" TO "A" COUNTRIES $800: Not soccer, but pato, a combination of polo & basketball, was declared the national sport there in 1953 Argentina |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | WORKING HARD, HARDLY WORKING $1000: In 1963 this company known for synthetic materials came out with a shoe "leather" called Corfam, & dang, my feet are still hot! DuPont |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | SLANGUAGE $1000: Akin to friends with benefits, this portmanteau word is an undefined & noncommittal romantic arrangement a situationship |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | ACHES & PAINS $1000: This word for achy inflammation of the fluid sacs around a joint comes from Latin for "bag" or "purse" bursitis |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | "A" TO "A" COUNTRIES $1000: The desert-dwelling fennec fox is its national animal Algeria |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | A SECRET CHORD $1200: This 1959 Miles Davis album begins with Bill Evans' piano, including a famous pair of chords Kind of Blue |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1200: A Scottish Terrier is the fitting mascot of this Pittsburgh school Carnegie Mellon |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | A SECRET CHORD $1600: A mighty, anguished chord in his 10th symphony might have something to do with his wife Alma's affair with Walter Gropius Mahler |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | A SECRET CHORD $2000: Something called a tritone substitution is found in the chords of "Lush Life", a classic by this Duke Ellington collaborator Strayhorn |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | CONSONANT-VOWEL x3 $2000: Related to the word lagoon is this one meaning a gap, as in historical records a lacuna |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | WORKING HARD, HARDLY WORKING $4,400 (Daily Double): This traditional term for Japan's famously hard-laboring male office workers references both wages & gender a salaryman |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | NOVEL TITLE CHARACTERS $11,200 (Daily Double): The first name of this title character of a Defoe novel is an old word for a prostitute Moll Flanders |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | CONSONANT-VOWEL x3 $12,000 (Daily Double): Catholics hoping for special grace may pray this, said for 9 consecutive days a novena |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | YOU'RE A FINAL"IST" $200: By definition it's a person who does not believe in the existence of God an atheist |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | SPORTS $200: Hail, yes! After turning roses blue in Pasadena, Jim Harbaugh led this U. to a national title with a win over Washington in 2024 Michigan |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | FARMING HISTORY $200: The 7-spotted type of this beetle was brought to North America in the mid-20th c. to control aphids & other plant-eating pests a ladybug |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? $200: Today a standard for buttoned shirts is a cloth with the name of this university Oxford |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | IN THE PAST $400: A city in Mexico that borders El Paso bears the name of this man, often called the first indigenous president of Mexico Juárez |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | THINGS PEOPLE SAY $400: "Right from" this, meaning from the start, is occasionally corrupted to mention a type of lizard the get-go |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | YOU'RE A FINAL"IST" $400: For skillfully combining ingredients, a bartender is sometimes called this a mixologist |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? $400: There's no place like Sherlock Holmes for this hat a deerstalker |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | ALLITERATIVE LIT $400: This Vonnegut title refers to a game played with string Cat's Cradle |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | YOU'RE A FINAL"IST" $600: In the Middle Ages, this person tried to turn ordinary metals into gold an alchemist |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | FARMING HISTORY $600: The mold Phytophthora infestans caused this mid-19th c. farming disaster that resulted in a million deaths the Irish Potato Famine |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? $600: A midriff-baring top called a choli is worn under this women's outer garment a sari |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | IN THE PAST $600: Her son Jean Baptiste served as a military guide in the American West before his 1866 death Sacagawea |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | 20th CENTURY LASTS $800: The 1998 Lada Niva was the last model started using this; U.S. carmakers abandoned it after a 1908 injury led to a fatality a hand crank |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | FARMING HISTORY $800: In 1889 William Murchland forever changed the dairy industry by inventing a vacuum type of this apparatus a milker (a milking machine) |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $800: "What ever happened to my Transylvania twist?" is a lyric from this novelty horror song the "Monster Mash" |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | IN THIS ECONOMY?! $800: Why use money or credit cards when there's this system where a mechanic might trade a tuneup to a farmer for some apples barter |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | THINGS PEOPLE SAY $800: Something that you can't get past is stuck here, a word for a part of bird anatomy your craw |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | YOU'RE A FINAL"IST" $800: A synonym for beautician that's 3 letters longer cosmetologist |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | YOU'RE A FINAL"IST" $1000: A bumposopher was another word for one of these head-examining pseudoscientists a phrenologist |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? $1000: Kinda like an apron, this garment is named for how it was once affixed to a dress pinafore |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | 20th CENTURY LASTS $1200: The last of these psychosurgeries in the U.S. was done in 1967 & the patient died a lobotomy |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $1200: A man sees a ghostly version of himself in Schubert's lied (song) with this German title "Doppelganger" |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | SCULPTURE $1200: Bernini's mid-17th century work "Ecstasy of" this saint was inspired by a Spanish nun St. Teresa |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $1600: In a song by the goth rock band Bauhaus, this horror movie legend is "Dead, undead, undead, undead" Bela Lugosi |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | IN THIS ECONOMY?! $1600: 2 individuals deal with each other directly vs. using a 3rd party in buying goods & services in this economy, P2P for short peer-to-peer |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | ON THE MAP $1600: On a peninsula of the same name, this town in southern Italy is known for limoncello & its great views of the Bay of Naples Sorrento |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | THINGS PEOPLE SAY $2000: This phrase meaning "completely" includes 2 key parts of a tree; Sojourner Truth spoke of wanting slavery destroyed that way root and branch |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $200: Frankie Valli, of course, is a character in this musical about the Four Seasons Jersey Boys |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A CATEGORY MADE OF STEEL $200: The steelhead, a variety of the rainbow type of this fish, can reach a weight of 55 pounds a trout |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $200: A layer of paint
&
a score of 7-7 coat & tie |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS $200: One of this Swiss city's most famous landmarks is a bear pit that displays live specimens; the original pit dates to 1513 Bern |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | TRAIN TALES $400: A book of timetables for railways & steamers helped the protagonist make his less-than-3-month journey in this 1873 novel Around the World in Eighty Days |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | "C-U" LATER $400: What we Yanks call a cookie, the Brits call this a biscuit |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $400: This famed Western landscape photographer wrote a 1947 essay for the Encyclopedia Britannica on "Photographic Art" Adams |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A BEACON IN THE NIGHT $400: Dating from the first century, the tower of this mythical strongman in Spain is said to be the oldest working lighthouse Hercules |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | HISTORICAL QUOTES $400: In a memorandum to his fleet off Cádiz in 1805, he wrote, "Nothing is sure in a sea fight" Nelson |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $400: In 2004 Michael McKean donned a dress to play Edna Turnblad in this show Hairspray |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A CATEGORY MADE OF STEEL $400: Using modified oil barrels as instruments, steel bands of Trinidad are particularly associated with this pre-Lent celebration Carnival |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY $400: From Greek for "snail", it's a tube in the inner ear that's coiled like a snail's shell cochlea |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A CATEGORY MADE OF STEEL $600: In 1983 this 7-foot wrestler defeated Big John Studd in a thrilling steel cage match in the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland André the Giant |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $600: Food word for "bonkers"
&
makes a swift escape nuts & bolts |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | "C-U" LATER $800: In 1882 Robert Koch discovered a germ that ended the debate of whether this disease that claimed the life of Chopin is hereditary tuberculosis |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | '90s MOVIE FUN $800: Fred Gwynne's final film appearance came as a frustrated judge in this 1992 comedy My Cousin Vinny |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $800: The authenticity of Robert Capa's "Falling Soldier", showing a loyalist in 1936 at the start of this war, has been questioned the Spanish Civil War |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | HISTORICAL QUOTES $800: In Cairo in 1978 he said, "Peace is much more precious than a piece of land" Sadat |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A CATEGORY MADE OF STEEL $800: Using an old steel saw in 1837, he created one of the 1st successful steel plows & his company was soon making 1,000 plows a year (John) Deere |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $800: A master teacher of the lotus position
&
a double talk term for a toddler injury a yogi & boo-boo |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY $800: From the Greek word for "kidney", these units, about a million per kidney, filter waste from the blood nephrons |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | YOU CAN'T SPELL... $1000: This word for a tract or canal in your digestive system without "lime" alimentary |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A CATEGORY MADE OF STEEL $1000: Charles M. Schwab was the 1st pres. of this Pennsylvania-based steel corp. founded in 1904 & one of the world's largest in its time Bethlehem Steel |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $1000: An umpire's call
&
an inlet of a sea safe & sound |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS $1000: This city on the Danube that became a national capital in 1993 lies near Austria & Hungary & once served as Hungary's capital Bratislava |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | '90s MOVIE FUN $1200: Raul Julia & Anjelica Huston got a hand playing a loving couple in this 1991 flick The Addams Family |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $1200: Frank Powolny took a 1943 photo of this actress with the "million-dollar legs" & it became a top World War II pin-up poster Grable |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A BEACON IN THE NIGHT $1200: The Bell Rock Lighthouse outside the Firth of Forth warns ships of navigation dangers in this sea the North Sea |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | HISTORICAL QUOTES $1200: In a 1790 speech in Dublin, John Curran said the price of liberty is "eternal" this vigilance |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | "C-U" LATER $1600: Nov. 25, the date the British cleared out of New York City in 1783, was once a blowout holiday called this day Evacuation Day |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $1600: The 1996 book "Down in the Garden" was a bestseller for this Australian-born photographer known for her baby pictures Geddes |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A BEACON IN THE NIGHT $1600: Barnegat Lighthouse on Long Beach Island in this state's Ocean County was designed by future hero of Gettysburg George Meade New Jersey |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | TRAIN TALES $1600: A commuter named Rachel sees something suspicious in this Paula Hawkins psychological thriller The Girl on the Train |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | "C-U" LATER $2000: Fancy word from French meaning a glimpse or an outline aperçu |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $2000: Known for his black & white photos, he was a consultant for the film "Funny Face" & Fred Astaire's character was based on him Avedon |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A BEACON IN THE NIGHT $2000: Old Baldy, protecting the entrance to this river since 1817, is North Carolina's oldest standing lighthouse the Cape Fear River |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | TRAIN TALES $2000: The theft of a fortune in gold in Victorian England is "The Great Train Robbery" by this late American thriller master Crichton |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A BEACON IN THE NIGHT $9,000 (Daily Double): The Lanterna of this Italian port is the Mediterranean's tallest lighthouse; Antonio Columbo was a keeper in 1449 of the first ones there Genoa |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | ENDS IN A BODY PART $200: An object said to bring good luck, or a type of bracelet with meaningful trinkets attached charm |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | HISTORIC REFUSALS $200: A British delegate refused to sit for a painting of the 1782 talks ending this; John Quincy Adams said it's OK, he's ugly anyway the Revolutionary War |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | AS HEARD ON TV $200: In an "Office" meeting, Kelly Kapoor, played by her, had "a lot of questions. Number one: How dare you?" Mindy Kaling |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | STARS & CONSTELLATIONS $200: An asterism within the Bootes constellation appears to form this object, tail & all a kite |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | ENDS IN A BODY PART $400: Once a cask of drinking water on a ship's deck, today it refers to rumors or gossip scuttlebutt |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | HISTORIC REFUSALS $400: His birth name was Fernão; the king of his native Portugal refused him a reward for military service & said go sail for Spain Magellan |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | BABY TALK $400: Small pink or red patches on a baby's face or neck are playfully called these, perhaps from the bird that delivered them stork's bites |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | CLASSICAL LITERATURE $400: Plutarch quoted this Greek philosopher as saying he was not "an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world" Socrates |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | MATH TALK $400: It's a demonstrably true mathematical statement; calculus has a "fundamental" one theorem |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | BEFORE THEY WERE CONGRESSWOMEN $400: Before beating Joe Crowley in a primary election, she worked at a restaurant & bar in Manhattan called Coffee Shop AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | ENDS IN A BODY PART $600: A handspring rotated sideways a cartwheel |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | BABY TALK $600: This Jewish circumcision rite is typically performed 8 days after birth by a specialist called a mohel a bris |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | CLASSICAL LITERATURE $800: Menander, known for his comedic plays, wrote that "Marriage, if one will face the truth, is" this, "but a necessary" this an evil |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | ENDS IN A BODY PART $800: "If You Could Read My Mind", you'd know this last name of the Canadian hitmaker seen here (Gordon) Lightfoot |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | HISTORIC REFUSALS $800: In a famous photo taken in Hamburg in 1936, August Landmesser stands arms folded in a sea of people making this gesture the Nazi salute |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | BABY TALK $800: TV host & author Art Linkletter was one of these, a baby abandoned by its parents & adopted & raised by others a foundling |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | AS HEARD ON TV $800: On this ABC show Junior Johnson said he was called "a less cool Steve Urkel" & was "like if Drake never left 'Degrassi"' black-ish |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | FILM COMPOSERS $800: This "Jurassic Park" composer was a studio pianist on such films as "West Side Story" & "To Kill a Mockingbird" John Williams |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | MATH TALK $800: Fire up the engine of your mind & name this solid figure with equal & parallel circles at either end a cylinder |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | BEFORE THEY WERE CONGRESSWOMEN $800: She recalled meeting Maine senator Margaret Chase Smith as a senior in high school & now holds her seat Susan Collins |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | ENDS IN A BODY PART $1000: This geographical term refers to a spring that's the source of a stream, or any main source the fountainhead |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | AS HEARD ON TV $1000: Due to an afterlife quirk on this NBC sitcom, Eleanor says, "Girl, you are a messy bench who loves drama & I am into it" The Good Place |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | STARS & CONSTELLATIONS $1000: This brightest star in Scorpius has a name meaning "rival of Mars" & is sometimes mistaken for the planet Antares |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | STARTS WITH 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $1200: The Achille Lauro was infamously beset by a group of these criminals hijackers |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | FILM COMPOSERS $1200: This Australian bard is also a cinematic composer with scores for "Blonde" & "Hell or High Water" (Nick) Cave |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: Serpent's Mouth is a channel separating this island's southwestern coast from Venezuela Trinidad |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | MATH TALK $1600: See if you can pick off this term for the point at which a line or curve crosses an axis the intercept |
| #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 |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | NAMED FOR A PLACE $200: This humorous poem of 5 lines takes its name from a city in Ireland a limerick |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | U.S. HISTORY $200: At the Democratic Convention in 1932, FDR promised one of these, part of a "crusade to restore America to its own people" a New Deal |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | MOVIES & MYTH $400: In a 2017 film Chris Hemsworth says it's the hall "where the brave shall live forever" Valhalla |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | ASTRONOMY $400: This type of pollution refers to the human-generated glow that impairs a stargazer's view of the heavens light pollution |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | SONG SIMILES $400: Simile-titled hit by Foreigner about a lover who'll someday "pay the price" "Cold As Ice" |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | NAMED FOR A PLACE $400: Though more closely associated with Mexico, these hot chlii peppers are named for a city across the Yucatán Channel habanero |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | FICTION $400: Scientist Elizabeth Zott ends up hosting a cooking show called "Supper at Six" in this 1960s-set novel Lessons in Chemistry |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | SONG SIMILES $600: The video for this Maroon 5 / Christina Aguilera hit features plenty of dancing by a certain other rock star "Moves Like Jagger" |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | NAMED FOR A PLACE $600: It's not just any plaid fabric, it's woven cotton known by the former name of a city in India Madras |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | FICTION $600: Erich Segal wrote this tearjerking 1970 novel set at Harvard & was also a translator of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus Love Story |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | U.S. HISTORY $600: McLean House, the site of a famous surrender, is part of this Virginia site that's now a national historical park Appomattox Court House |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | MOVIES & MYTH $800: In a 1969 film Maria Callas starred as this tragic woman that the Greek hero Jason discards Medea |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | MOUNTAIN HIGH, VALLEY LOW $800: In 2023 Hurricane Hilary caused flooding in Badwater Basin in this Calif. national park, creating a temporary lake Death Valley |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | "J-I-T" WORDS $800: Once the site of a state prison, this city near Chicago has an economy today based on tourism & casinos Joliet |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | SONG SIMILES $800: "In the droptop ride with you, I feel like Scarface", says SZA on this tune, winner of a Grammy in 2024 for Best R&B Song "Snooze" |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | FICTION $800: Her historical fiction includes "Burning Bright", "The Lady & the Unicorn" & of course, "Girl with a Pearl Earring" Tracy Chevalier |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | NAMED FOR A PLACE $1000: Popularly used for drapery & upholstery, this lustrous fabric is named for a city in the Middle East damask |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | SONG SIMILES $1000: This Top 10 title from 2001 precedes "I'll only fly away / I don't know where my soul is / I don't know where my home is" "I'm Like A Bird" |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | FICTION $1000: The title of this 2023 bestseller by Ann Patchett refers to a theater company, not a body of water Tom Lake |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | 3 TOUGH LITTLE LETTERS $1200: A bog is fed by rainwater; this type of marshy area is fed by groundwater a fen |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | MOVIES & MYTH $1200: In "Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets", this serpent of myth harms many with its gaze a basilisk |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | AN INVITATION TO THE DANCE $1200: It's the chill term for when a breakdancer hits & holds a shape for a few seconds freeze |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | 3 TOUGH LITTLE LETTERS $1600: A cog is a fixed part of a gear or wheel; this linking part rotates or slides a cam |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | PHILOSOPHY $1600: Medieval philosophy's "Doctor Invincibilis" was this man who used a "razor" to eliminate unnecessary entities Ockham |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | MOUNTAIN HIGH, VALLEY LOW $2,000 (Daily Double): Most of what was once the Nubian Valley is now this lake Lake Nasser |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | MOVIES & MYTH $2000: In this Guillermo del Toro tale set in the 1940s, a faun believes a girl named Ofelia is a mythical princess Pan's Labyrinth |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | ASTRONOMY $2000: This word with a non-spacey meaning of "preference" refers to the angle between the orbital & ecliptic planes inclination |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | PHILOSOPHY $2000: This 1781 work includes "pure knowledge à priori is that with which no empirical element is mixed up" Critique of Pure Reason |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | NAMED FOR A PLACE $3,000 (Daily Double): This word meaning to ramble comes from the name of a winding river in Turkey meander |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS $200: Animal you "play" when feigning death
&
a brief & succinct explanation of an event possum & summary |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS $200: A section of I-75 in Florida is alliteratively known as this animal "Alley" Alligator |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | CURRENT EVENTS $200: On April 8th, a total this will be seen across the heart of the U.S.; it will be the last visible from the contiguous U.S. until 2044 an eclipse |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | TAILOR'S VERSION $200: Not quite full bespoke, MTM is this type of custom suit & also describes a type of tailoring made-to-measure |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | ART & CRIME $400: "Vanished Smile", a true crime book by R.A. Scotti, is subtitled "The Mysterious Theft of" this artwork the Mona Lisa |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | IN MY FEELINGS $400: 4-letter delight; in the 17th century it was first used for a sung musical work glee |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | THE 14th CENTURY $400: One cause of the 1337 start of the Hundred Years' War was when the III king of this name made a claim for the French throne Edward |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS $400: The way a softball pitch is thrown
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having both male & female characteristics underhand & androgynous |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | AUTHORS AT WAR $400: As a 2nd lieutenant in the czar's army, he saw the siege of Sevastopol & wrote about it in his "Sevastopol Sketches" Tolstoy |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | TAILOR'S VERSION $400: Hooks & bars are a popular alternative to hooks & these, because the bars can go closer to the garment's edge eyes |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS $600: United one piece of film with another
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wood used in a chest to help repel moths spliced & cedar |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | AUTHORS AT WAR $600: During World War II Frank Herbert served as a photographer in this U.S. Navy group that builds bases, airfields & bridges the Seabees |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS $600: The fire kind of this amphibian defends itself from predators by spraying poison from behind its eyes a salamander |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? $800: We have "High Hopes" you'll know that this group's name is not from a Smiths song but one by an obscure group called Name Taken Panic! at the Disco |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | THE 14th CENTURY $800: In a big climate switch, the Medieval Warm Period gave way to this "diminutive" era the Little Ice Age |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS $800: Preceder of fasciitis in a foot problem
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plaid Scottish cloth plantar & tartan |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | TAILOR'S VERSION $800: This measurement can be about 30" on a 5'10" man an inseam |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS $1000: 1890s job title of the German seen here
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8-letter type of parrot seen here a chancellor & lorikeet |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | AUTHORS AT WAR $1000: This author of "Going After Cacciato" was wounded by shrapnel from a grenade in Vietnam & received a Purple Heart Tim O'Brien |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS $1000: French for "servant", in pro cycling it's a rider whose job is to help a team's leader win, not to win individually a domestique |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS $1000: From a Latin word for "blind", this worm-like amphibian spends most of its life underground the caecilian |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | CURRENT EVENTS $1000: A 40-foot-high replica of a 300s A.D. statue of this Roman emperor was unveiled by the Capitoline Museums Constantine |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | TAILOR'S VERSION $1000: Sewn in a double layer, this part of a shirt adds strength & structure at the shoulders, ya big ox! the yoke |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | "G"OING PLACES $1200: The International Civil Rights Center & Museum in this city is housed in a former Woolworth's, a site of a nonviolent protest Greensboro |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? $1200: This group of anarchists with a nonsensical name gained fame with its pro-drinking earworm "Tubthumping" Chumbawamba |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | LONG WORDS $1200: 13 letters:
An adjective meaning outside of the power of a court of law extrajudicial |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | ART & CRIME $1200: Art forger Elmyr de Hory is included as a subject in "F for Fake", a rare documentary by this film auteur Orson Welles |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | IN MY FEELINGS $1200: It was "Primal" in the title of a Richard Gere & Edward Norton film Fear |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? $1600: A statuary store on Route 46 in New Jersey unwittingly bestowed its name on this power pop group Fountains of Wayne |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | ART & CRIME $1600: A painting by Vermeer was one of the works stolen from this Boston museum in 1990 the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | THE 14th CENTURY $1600: What is today this seaport on a peninsula was captured by the Ottomans in 1354, their first foothold in Europe Gallipoli |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | AUTHORS AT WAR $1,800 (Daily Double): As a P.O.W., Kurt Vonnegut survived the 1945 Allied firebombing of this German city because he was working underground Dresden |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | "G"OING PLACES $2000: This place in India was dubbed "the Rome of the Orient", since it was a center for the Roman Catholic Church in the East Goa |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? $2000: This band with songs like "1985" & "Today Is Gonna Be A Great Day", the "Phineas & Ferb" theme, riffed on a Steve Martin sketch for its name Bowling for Soup |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | LONG WORDS $2000: 14 letters:
A sequence of fantastic & weird images, as seen perhaps in a dream or while hallucinating phantasmagoria |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | ART & CRIME $2000: After he caught a body in 1606, this artist fled Rome & took his chiaroscuro skills to Malta Caravaggio |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | IN MY FEELINGS $5,000 (Daily Double): Freud's works helped popularize this loanword for a general sense of dread or unease angst |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | 13-LETTER WORDS $200: From the Latin for "ask", it's the formal & systematic questioning of a suspect interrogation |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PENALTIES & BONUSES $200: A "quicker picker upper", or a bonus given at some poker tournaments after knocking out specific players a bounty |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A STANDOUT STAND-UP $200: Roy Wood Jr.: "If they can make a documentary about your time" in this post held by Spiro Agnew, you did the job "incorrectly" vice president |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | THE ANCIENTS SPEAK $200: You get an "A" if you know that Horace described this emotion as "a short madness" anger |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | CLASSIC AD SLOGANS & JINGLES $400: "I don't wanna grow up, I'm" this kind of "kid" a Toys "R" Us kid |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | EPONYMS $400: A French aerialist gave us this name for a tight-fitting one-piece worn today by everyone from dancers to pro wrestlers a leotard |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | MR. OR MRS. SONG $400: (It was only a hit) it was only a hit over a year after its release; now this song by the Killers is called a "millennial anthem" "Mr. Brightside" |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A WARMING TREND $400: Consider your heart (but really, these) warmed in song via "roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose" chestnuts |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $400: "A":
This clear fluid surrounds a baby in its mother's womb amniotic fluid |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | 13-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the type of photo seen here; what do we gotta do, put it on a silver plate for you a daguerreotype |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A STANDOUT STAND-UP $400: What to do with Wanda Sykes' ashes? "Spread 'em over" this actress, Storm in "X-Men"; "she don't even have to be at the funeral" Halle Berry |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | 13-LETTER WORDS $600: In this type of democracy, the political party with the most legislative seats forms a government parliamentary |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PENALTIES & BONUSES $600: Look out below! CEO severance from a company may be in the form of this 2-word type with a precious metal in its name a golden parachute |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A STANDOUT STAND-UP $600: His early stand-up bits like the over-chatty ventriloquist are part of what made him a legend Albert Brooks |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A WARMING TREND $800: After deep torpor, a Rivoli's this, known for wing speed, can see its body temperature rise 50 degrees up to 100-plus a hummingbird |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A STANDOUT STAND-UP $800: On "Rolling Stone's 500 Worst Albums", from Blaine Capatch: "2 Foot 2 Loose" by Kenny Loggins & "Idahoication" by this bunch of Flea's the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | STATE FLAGS $800: This state's flag features the frigate Raleigh, built in Portsmouth in 1776 & the first ship to fly the U.S. flag in a sea battle New Hampshire |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | CLASSIC AD SLOGANS & JINGLES $1000: "Quick, Henry," this old-time insecticide that also means to move quickly from place to place Flit |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PENALTIES & BONUSES $1000: Mark Twain loved this Louisiana French word for something extra given after a transaction is completed a lagniappe |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A STANDOUT STAND-UP $1000: A chapter in Laurie Kilmartin's "Dead People Suck" is "Home Hospice: Die Surrounded by Stuff You Meant to Take to" this charity Goodwill |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | STATE FLAGS $1000: This state's flag bears the words "Battle Born", referring to it becoming a state during the Civil War Nevada |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | EPONYMS $1200: Last name of Belgian inventor Adolphe, who lent his name to a brass wind instrument that ranges in type from sopranino to bass Sax |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | MR. OR MRS. SONG $1200: Paul Simon said this Yankee was baffled by a lyric in "Mrs. Robinson", telling Paul, "I haven't gone anywhere" Joe DiMaggio |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A WARMING TREND $1200: This "official blanket with sleeves" sold 4 million in the 2008 holiday season after its fall introduction a Snuggie |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $1200: "A":
You get one set of these alternative forms of genes from mom & one from dad alleles |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $1200: 1887's "Ivanov", an early work by this playwright, centers on a depressed young man who considers suicide Chekhov |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | EPONYMS $1600: A Kochel number, used to list this composer's works, is named for the Austrian who indexed them Mozart |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A WARMING TREND $1600: One recipe from the Russian Tea Room for hot this soup includes 5 ounces of beets as well as short ribs & pork butt borscht |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $1600: "B":
This pigment gives bile its yellowish color & can lead to gallstones bilirubin |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $1600: Teleplaywright J.P. Miller first gave us these "Days" of an alcoholic couple, later a movie & then a Broadway musical in 2024 the Days of Wine and Roses |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | EPONYMS $2000: The name of this Trojan hero made it into the lexicon as a verb meaning to bully or harass Hector |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | MR. OR MRS. SONG $2000: Bob Dylan wrote, "Drugs never played a part" in the creation of this song about a percussionist "Mr. Tambourine Man" |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A WARMING TREND $2000: In this Bible book once alluded to by Samuel L. Jackson, "Another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord" Ezekiel |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $2000: "C" "C":
2-word term for the multistage process via which the basic unit of life reproduces itself the cell cycle |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $6,400 (Daily Double): "C":
In myth, it's a fire-breathing hybrid monster, in genetics, it's an organism with 2 distinct sets of DNA chimera |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ALPHANUMERICS $200: A mix of tomatoes, oranges, garlic & more, this bills itself as "the perfect complement to burgers, steak, chicken..." A.1. |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY $200: Under C:
"A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head" a cabbage |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | FREE FOR ALL $200: Monopoly once added a few house rules, including all fees & taxes stashed in the middle of the board are yours when you land on this spot Free Parking |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HIP-POP $400: Cordell Broadus, son of this rapper who, like us, asked "Who am I?", was a WR for UCLA & became a streetwear fashion designer Snoop Dogg |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | TOUGH VOCAB $400: In film when characters explain the plot verbally, it's called this, also the name of a big public fair exposition |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ROUND HERE $400: Since 1908, the roundel has been a symbol of this system that also contains "round" the Underground |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | SCIENCE $400: Eccentricity measures how much this planetary path deviates from a circle its orbit (an ellipse) |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ART TERMS $400: A painting on 2 panels, often hinged together; London's National Gallery of Art has the Wilton one a diptych |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | BRITISH EXPLORERS $400: William Baffin was the first to determine degrees of this by watching the Moon pass in front of a star in 1615 longitude |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS $400: "The House of Hidden Meanings" is a 2024 memoir from this TV host & pop culture icon, both far from & totally a drag RuPaul |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY $600: Under P:
"A play in which the story is told without violence to the language" a pantomime |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | FREE FOR ALL $600: R.E.M. titled a 1981 song for this broadcasting service that aimed to inform people under the grasp of the Soviets Radio Free Europe |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS $600: This writer's "test" on gender disparity in Hollywood movies began as "The Rule" in a 1985 comic strip (Alison) Bechdel |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ROUND HERE $800: This numeral is topmost center on a standard circular dartboard 20 |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | SCIENCE $800: A "false thumb" or enlarged wrist bone on this animal helps it grasp bamboo stalks a panda |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ART TERMS $800: It means a picture made of inlaid tile, or pertaining to the guy to whom the 10 Commandments were revealed mosaic |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $800: This memorable 1997 Apple ad campaign notably didn't end with a "-ly" Think Different |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | FREE FOR ALL $800: The Wilmot Proviso, which wanted no slavery in newly acquired Mexican lands, was a precursor to this political party the Free Soil Party |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS $800: Oscar Wilde wrote 2 plays of "importance" but sadly, also a "Ballad" about this place of confinement Reading Gaol |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY $1000: Under Q:
"A sufficient number of members of a deliberative body to have their own way and their own way of having it" a quorum |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ALPHANUMERICS $1000: The Russian creator of this ubiquitous weapon was quoted as saying, "I would prefer to have invented... a lawnmower" an AK-47 |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | FREE FOR ALL $1000: The "free" type of this refers to an atom or molecule with a loose electron that can destabilize other molecules a free radical |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ROUND HERE $1200: In legend, the Siege Perilous was a seat at King Arthur's round table reserved for the knight destined to do this find the Grail |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | TOUGH VOCAB $1200: It can mean a horse carriage for rent; add -ed to mean made commonplace by frequent use a hackney |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ART TERMS $1200: Sculptors sometimes use heat & chemicals to produce this green surface film on their bronzes a patina |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | BRITISH EXPLORERS $1200: In 1776 James Cook received the Copley Medal for a paper on preventing this disease by feeding his crew cress & an orange extract scurvy |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | TOUGH VOCAB $1600: An attorney doesn't need to establish cause to exclude a prospective juror with this type of challenge peremptory |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | TOUGH VOCAB $2000: Meaning reverse or opposite, it's also a rhetorical device using contrast, such as "Give me liberty or give me death" antithesis |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ART TERMS $2000: Marcel Duchamp used mass-produced items for objects called these, like a bicycle wheel on a stool readymade |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | SCIENCE $2,200 (Daily Double): Devised by a 19th century German scientist, this scale measures a mineral's resistance to abrasion Mohs hardness scale |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | CRUISE LINES $200: As this character, Tom Cruise radioed the tower, "This is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby" but was told the pattern was full Maverick |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | AUTO PARTS 101 $200: When driving a pal's treasured 1964 Pontiac GTO, go easy on this pedal that releases the crankshaft the clutch |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: A modification of a Portuguese guitar, it became popular in Hawaii in the late 19th century ukulele |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | TRENDING $200: In 2024 a 40-ounce quencher tumbler from this company seemed harder to get than the same-named NHL trophy Stanley |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU $400: A twisting injury can cause this type of bone fracture characterized by a helical break a spiral fracture |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSIC COLLABS $400: He had a collab with Miles Davis called "Can I Play With U?", included on a "Sign o' the Times" reissue Prince |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | WORLD LITERATURE $400: This French novelist's 1843 swashbuckling book "Georges" follows a mixed-race adventurer who leads a slave rebellion Dumas |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | EQUINE WORDS $400: The high version of this hairstyle was worn by Barbara Eden in "I Dream of Jeannie" & has been seen on Ariana Grande a high ponytail |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | TRENDING $400: Oxford dictionaries once defined this 2-word event as when a group of strangers "perform a pointless act & then disperse" a flash mob |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | TRENDING $600: The manual for this robotic '90s toy says, "You can feed me by inserting your fingertip into my mouth" a Furby |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | EQUINE WORDS $600: This equine term refers to an old veteran such as a politician or soldier who's served a long time & has a lot of experience a war horse |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $600: Ben Franklin made a "glass" type of this instrument, totally different from the "mouth organ" type a harmonica |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU $800: It's the outer & narrower bone of the lower leg the fibula |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | DURING JAMES BUCHANAN'S PRESIDENCY $800: In 1860 California mountain man John Adams, nicknamed this, died from a head wound suffered while wrestling one of his pet bears Grizzly |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | EQUINE WORDS $800: These vertical pieces of wood, usually 2x4s, form the framework of an interior wall a stud |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Also known as an etherophone, this boxy electronic instrument was used by The Beach Boys a theremin |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | AUTO PARTS 101 $1000: A seal between 2 mechanisms, the "head" one seals the combustion part of an engine to allow oil & coolant to circulate properly a gasket |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | EQUINE WORDS $1000: Asked by Herod what she wanted, the daughter of Herodias replied, "Give me here John Baptist's head in" one of these platters a charger |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | TRENDING $1000: This 4-letter photo-editing app has given rise to a meme that describes a person with a specific fashion aesthetic VSCO |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU $1200: 2 regions of this bone are the manubrium, which joins with the first ribs, & the xiphoid process, which is just fun to say the sternum |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSIC COLLABS $1200: In 1986 Run-DMC collabed with Aerosmith on a version of this song that VH1 called history making "Walk This Way" |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | WORLD LITERATURE $1200: Made into a Scorsese film with Andrew Garfield, this novel by Shusaku Endo follows 17th century Jesuit priests in Japan Silence |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | ARCHITECTS $1200: He saw himself as a trimtab, a small but powerful rudder, for humanity, & his tombstone says, "'Call me Trimtab'-Bucky" Fuller |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | THE 3 "R"s $1600: Also a tropical cocktail, it's a person who transports illegal liquor, no matter what type a rumrunner |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU $1600: This bone extends from the scapula to the ulna the humerus |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSIC COLLABS $1600: 1990s hip-hop duo, Black Star, was a collaboration between Talib Kweli & this rapper, also known as Yasiin Bey Mos Def |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | WORLD LITERATURE $1600: In 1905 Henryk Sienkiewicz, author of this tale of ancient Rome, became the first Polish person to win a Nobel Prize in lit Quo Vadis |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | THE 3 "R"s $2000: From the Latin for "earth" & meaning to make a planet suitable for human habitation, it dates back to a 1942 sci-fi story terraforming |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU $2000: Overproduction of the hormone somatotropin causes this form of gigantism marked by increased bone size acromegaly |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | DURING JAMES BUCHANAN'S PRESIDENCY $5,000 (Daily Double): On December 2, 1859 he rode to the gallows on his coffin & remarked, "This is a beautiful country" John Brown |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | WORLD LITERATURE $11,400 (Daily Double): In this Hermann Hesse novel, Harry Haller reads a treatise about his dual inner self, caught between a man & a lupine creature Steppenwolf |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | SPORTY TALK $200: Basketball terms for a sure thing include layup & this 2-word extremely high-percentage shot slam dunk |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MAMMALS $200: Today Native Americans use Styrofoam pads to collect its quills a porcupine |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $200: On "SNL" as Stefon, Bill Hader often broke into on-air laughter reading John Mulaney's late script changes written on these cue cards |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | FEELING JITTERY $400: If you're this, you're tense with excitement, you're over-caffeinated or you're a technology news magazine wired |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MUSEUMS SPREAD THEIR WINGS $400: It would be a cardinal sin to miss the Assyrian Temple in this museum's Richelieu Wing the Louvre |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $400: So far, Samuel Chase is the only justice to face these proceedings; his acquittal was a victory for judicial independence impeachment |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | SPORTY TALK $400: To delay or avoid making a decision, or to kick the ball to the other team punt |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MAMMALS $400: Bloat is the word for a group of these huge mammals & Uganda's Kazinga Channel has plenty of bloats a hippo |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $400: On your special day, know that this company got away from selling postcards & into greeting cards after a 1915 office fire Hallmark |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | FLAT EARTH $400: Today lending its name to a salt flats region, this 20,000-square-mile ancient lake once covered a quarter of Utah Bonneville |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MAGAZINES $600: Eustace Tilley, a dandy with a monocle, is the mascot of this magazine The New Yorker |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MAMMALS $600: The spider type of this whinnies like a horse a monkey |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $600: One of 31 known to exist & the only one listed gem mint, a 1995 card featuring Charizard from this game went for $493,000 in 2021 Pokémon |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | FEELING JITTERY $800: This 4-letter word can mean tense or provocative, like a daring work of art edgy |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | RELIGIOUS RANKS & TITLES $800: Also called a hazan, it's the person who leads a synagogue congregation in song a cantor |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | SPORTY TALK $800: Someone who comes in to finish a job, or Joe Torre in the Cardinals lineup a cleanup man (a cleanup hitter) |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MAGAZINES $800: Celebrating an anniversary in 2020, this publication devoted to a single sport congratulated itself on breaking 70 Golf Digest |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MAMMALS $800: The dwarf one of these is one of the smallest members of the kangaroo family a wallaby |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $800: Jeopardy! isn't a card in this deck but Wheel of Fortune is; Judgement & Temperance also await a tarot deck |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | FLAT EARTH $1,000 (Daily Double): The Alkali Flat can be found in this New Mexico national park that's surrounded by a famous missile range White Sands |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $1000: Not in many wallets today but still a brand of Discover, in 1950 it was the first universal credit card Diners Club |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MUSEUMS SPREAD THEIR WINGS $1200: The complex called these museums, with crossed keys as its symbol, has a 19th century "new wing" full of Roman art the Vatican Museum |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | RELIGIOUS RANKS & TITLES $1200: The Quorum of Twelve these are a governing body in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Apostles |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | WORLD STAR $1600: Italian actor Roberto Benigni won a Best Actor Oscar in 1999 for this film about the Holocaust Life Is Beautiful |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $1600: As a Boston lawyer, he was known as the "people's attorney"; he went on to become the first Jewish Supreme Court justice Brandeis |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MUSEUMS SPREAD THEIR WINGS $2000: The Rasmuson Wing contains the art of the North Galleries in the museum named for this U.S. city a 2,200-mile drive from Seattle Anchorage |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | WORDS READ BACKWARDS $200: A ruminant races backwards & becomes this last name of actor Oliver & musician Lou Reed (from deer) |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SO NICE, WE NEED THE ANSWER TWICE $200: Noelia performs a solo trapeze act at this Vegas venue Circus Circus |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | LET'S GET A DRINK $200: A regular B & B is Bénédictine & brandy; if you're drinking a Kentucky B & B, this other "B" is an ingredient bourbon |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THE THEATER $200: In ancient Greek theater, where these were often characters, they appeared on a platform called the theologeion gods |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THE THEATER $400: Inspired by the drama of "The Winner Takes It All", this musical premiered in London in 1999 & played its 9,000th show there in 2022 Mamma Mia! |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SO NICE, WE NEED THE ANSWER TWICE $400: Jimi Hendrix' "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" opens with riffs using this pedal a wah-wah pedal |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SAY IT IN LATIN $400: You know, in good faith or the real deal, like a rock star; with an "S" at the end, it means your credentials bona fides |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | IAMB A POET $400: Bill Shakespeare here! Prithee complete my line, "Shall I compare thee to" this? a summer's day |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | MARINE BIOLOGY $400: In 2022 the deepest fish, a snailfish, was found at over 27,000 feet in the Izu-Ogasawara one of these deep ocean depressions a trench |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THE GRAMMYS' GREAT MOMENTS $400: In 1988 he gave an iconic performance of "Man In The Mirror" backed by a gospel choir Michael Jackson |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | WORDS READ BACKWARDS $400: Read backwards, a Japanese word for dried seaweed becomes this metal iron (from nori) |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | LET'S GET A DRINK $400: This potent potable is not just the star ingredient of a Caruso; it's also a winning declaration in a card game gin |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $400: Established within the Holy Roman Empire in 1719, this principality boasts a population of about 40,000 Liechtenstein |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | PANHANDLE STATES $400: This state's 100-mi. Emerald Coast is a stretch of white sand beaches along the emerald-green waters of the Gulf of Mexico Florida |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | NAME THAT TOON $600: This character who debuted in 1967 was sort of a clueless Tarzan George of the Jungle |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | WORDS READ BACKWARDS $600: A word preceding "chart" for a step-by-step guide becomes this big canine wolf (from flow) |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THE THEATER $600: Barbara Loden, seen here, played a character based on Marilyn Monroe when this playwright's "After the Fall" premiered Arthur Miller |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $600: Ill-behaved Holy Roman Empire troops sacked Magdeburg in 1631 in this war that lasted for a certain time the Thirty Years' War |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | LET'S GET A DRINK $600: Real Madagascar vanilla is one of the spices in this "original spiced rum" brand, & I totally mean to pull rank here Captain Morgan |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | IAMB A POET $800: In Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken", "I took the one" that was this less traveled by |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | MARINE BIOLOGY $800: The Venus sea fan, a soft type of this, has numerous polyps that grow together in a fanlike pattern, with each polyp having 8 tentacles a coral |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | WORDS READ BACKWARDS $800: A set of enzymes from a cow's stomach lining becomes this, slang for what might buy you a plate of fish & chips tenner (from rennet) |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | NAME THAT TOON $800: In a 2008 film, the rotund character with this 2-letter name joins a tiger, crane, mantis, viper & monkey to defeat a snow leopard Po |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | LET'S GET A DRINK $800: Motorcyclists know this name for the cocktail of Cognac, triple sec & lemon juice a Sidecar |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $800: Frederick III of this royal family had a good Holy Roman run, ruling from 1452 to 1493 the Habsburgs |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | MARINE BIOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): The heaviest bony fish at a weight of more than 6,050 pounds, it has a celestial name & dines mainly on jellyfish a sunfish |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | WORDS READ BACKWARDS $1000: A runner who sets the tempo of a race rewinds & becomes this shortened word for a TV opening that might begin "previously on" a recap (from pacer) |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $1000: The 1648 peace of this region said "peace out" to a lot of the power of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III Westphalia |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SAY IT IN LATIN $1200: As a legal term, this 3-word phrase can be a status prohibiting a diplomat to enter a foreign country persona non grata |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | FIVE GUYS $1200: In 2023 this entrepreneur called the public face of artificial intelligence was out & back in as the head of OpenAI Sam Altman |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | IAMB A POET $1200: Iam the "I" in "I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain", & what do you mean I'm obsessed with death? Dickinson |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | LET'S GET A DRINK $1,600 (Daily Double): One origin story of this cocktail involves the early morning hours after a long night in Sausalito a Tequila Sunrise |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THE GRAMMYS' GREAT MOMENTS $1600: "Lady Marmalade" was originally a hit for this legend, who in 2002, joined P!nk, Christina Aguilera & others on a rendition of it LaBelle |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SAY IT IN LATIN $1600: Literally "without which not", this phrase means "a necessity" sine qua non |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | FIVE GUYS $1600: In 1959, this Japanese crown prince broke a 1,400-year tradition by choosing his own wife Akihito |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | IAMB A POET $1600: I, William Wordsworth, wrote this iambic line that precedes "that floats on high o'er vales and hills" I wandered lonely as a cloud |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | MARINE BIOLOGY $1600: This member of the weasel family is the only marine mammal that catches fish with its forepaws, not its mouth a sea otter |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | IAMB A POET $2000: Aye, I did write "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" & many another bonny iambic work, & ye needn't call me sir! (Walter) Scott |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | PANHANDLE STATES $2000: Watching humpback whales is a must in this Alaska panhandle national park, the state's southeasternmost Glacier Bay |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESSERT $200: Erupting with flavor, it's the yummy dessert seen here, named for its center a lava cake |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS $200: He received a total of 1,876 Electoral College votes for president, a likely unbreakable record FDR |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $400: "When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff, and I'm so strung out, I'm high as a kite, I just might stop to check you out" Violent Femmes |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESSERT $400: Bad when it's caused by heavy rain, good when it's a dessert cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur & Irish cream a mudslide |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TURNING 60 IN 2024 $400: This computer language whose full name tells you it's for beginners was introduced at 4 a.m. on May 1, 1964 BASIC |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | NONFICTION $400: The 2023 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction went to a book about this man, whose 2020 death in Minneapolis sparked protests worldwide Floyd |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESERT $400: In the Sahara, avoid the deathstalker, an extremely dangerous & venomous variety of this arachnid a scorpion |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TURNING 60 IN 2024 $600: A perfect line from this satiric film: "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room" Dr. Strangelove |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | WORDS IN INVITATIONAL $800: French inventor & engineer Louis Bleriot was a pioneer in this field aviation |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | NONFICTION $800: Stephen Hawking gave us "A Brief History of Time" & this American-born writer gave us "A Short History of Nearly Everything" (Bill) Bryson |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESERT $800: In 1873 a team using camels became the first Europeans to cross this continent's Great Sandy Desert Australia |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | COMPOSERS $800: Rimsky-Korsakov was a private tutor & mentor to this "Firebird", er, firebrand, of a composer Stravinsky |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | "HOUSE" OF ENTERTAINMENT $800: After dozens of movies, this TV series took Robin Wright to a new level of stardom House of Cards |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $1000: "I got a woman, way over town, that's good to me, oh yeah. Say, I got a woman way over town that's good to me, oh yeah" Ray Charles |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | WORDS IN INVITATIONAL $1000: The seeds of this tropical tree yield a yellowish-red dye that's used as a food coloring, especially for cheese & margarine annatto |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESERT $1200: In 2016, NASA began testing a new prototype rover & its life-detecting instruments in this South American desert the Atacama |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | COMPOSERS $1200: Felix Mendelssohn composed music to accompany this Shakespeare comedy, including the familiar "Wedding March" A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | "HOUSE" OF ENTERTAINMENT $1200: The Talking Heads were "fighting fire with fire" in this song that may result in a call to your insurance guy "Burning Down The House" |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1600: For hair color, it can describe Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner, or it can be an iconic series of Ferrari models a Testarossa |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | IN THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME $1600: This photographer with a hyphenated name, one of the first photojournalists hired by Life magazine Bourke-White |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | "HOUSE" OF ENTERTAINMENT $1600: Called America's defining Celtic hip-hop group, they hit the Top 5 with a 1990s party anthem House of Pain |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | 4-LETTER HOMOPHONES $200: Money paid to release one from the hoosegow
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a large bundle of goods bail/bale |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS $200: This standardized test widely used in college admissions since 1926 is introducing a digital version in March 2024 the SAT |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | CHARACTERS IN BOOK SERIES $200: Glamorous Jessica & good-natured Elizabeth are the teenage twins in this Y.A. series set at a suburban California school Sweet Valley High |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | HISTORIC FIRSTS $200: In 1993 cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov was the first to play a video game in space, this one created by a countryman Tetris |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | ON THE NOSE $400: Obstructed breathing can result from a deviated one of these nasal partitions a septum |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | NOTABLE NAMES $400: On her passing in 2005, Bill Clinton said she "sparked a movement that broke the back of Jim Crow" Rosa Parks |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | IN YOUR ELEMENT $400: Br:
A possessive adjective mine (in bromine) |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | 4-LETTER HOMOPHONES $400: An adjective meaning twofold
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a deadly contest dual/duel |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THE CINEMA IN 2023 $400: In "Dumb Money", Paul Dano plays an investor who led a surge in value for this stock, & Anthony Ramos plays an employee there GameStop |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS $400: An evasive maneuver test for cars in Sweden bears the name of these deer you would definitely want to avoid when driving moose |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | 4-LETTER HOMOPHONES $600: A warning on the links
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what Vier means in German fore/four |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS $600: The NCAA's drug testing program covers stimulants, masking agents & these, such as androstenedione steroids |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | CHARACTERS IN BOOK SERIES $600: At different times across more than 80 books, this quizzical simian "Takes a Train" & "Visits the Zoo" Curious George |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $800: This 4-word idiom meaning angry suggests a rope is needed fit to be tied |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | 4-LETTER HOMOPHONES $800: To quote an author
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the location of a proposed building cite/site |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THE CINEMA IN 2023 $800: In a 2023 film Jacob Elordi invites Barry Keoghan to his family estate called this; the visit is... unusual Saltburn |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | TRANSPORTATION $800: In 2002, Porsche spiced up its line of vehicles with the introduction of this model, its first SUV a Cayenne |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THE CINEMA IN 2023 $1000: Adam Driver stars as this title automaker who tries to save his company via the Mille Miglia, a 1,000-mile race across Italy Ferrari |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS $1000: In 1915 Emil Truog developed a test to measure the level of this property in soil, leading to restored fields & increased yields pH (acidity) |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | CHARACTERS IN BOOK SERIES $1000: The first Sherlock Holmes novel was this one involving a message written in blood A Study in Scarlet |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THE LOCALS $1200: B.R. Ambedkar was a leader of the people called Untouchables, Dalits or SC, short for "Scheduled" this; he urged them to move to cities Castes |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $1600: In Rabelais' "Gargantua", a drinker demands that an empty cup be filled because of this scientific principle nature abhors a vacuum |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | NOTABLE NAMES $1600: A 1920 book by Thomas Looney & the movie "Anonymous" pushed the theory that this earl was the real Shakespeare the Earl of Oxford (Edward de Vere) |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $2000: JFK said it's a Cape Cod saying & added, "and a partnership, by definition, serves both partners" a rising tide lifts all boats |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | ON THE NOSE $2000: In "The Nose" by this 19th century Russian author, a civil servant chases his schnozz around St. Petersburg Gogol |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | IN YOUR ELEMENT $2000: Sb:
A title name from Shakespeare Timon (in AnTimony) |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS $4,600 (Daily Double): Used to determine if a computer can "think", the Turing test was originally known as this, also the name of a 2014 movie about Turing the imitation game |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $200: Mayhem is classified as this type of crime, which kinda rhymes with "dope melody" a felony |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | BESTSELLING BOOKS $200: "Over a period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. The last tribute standing wins" in this novel The Hunger Games |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | WHEATIES ATHLETES $200: When this team won Super Bowl XXXI, Wheaties produced a special 24-ounce regional box that was sold in Wisc. & parts of Minnesota the Green Bay Packers |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | VIOLENT ART $400: A 17th century work depicts David with the rather giant head of this man, bearing the wound on his forehead that killed him Goliath |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $400: It's about 700 arid miles across this country from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf Saudi Arabia |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | UNDENIABLE CHEMISTRY $400: Chemists won an Ig Nobel for finding the right airborne amount of a compound from this Japanese horseradish to wake sleepers wasabi |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | 19th CENTURY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $400: Harrison Gray Otis served briefly as a brigadier-general in this 1898 war while still publisher of the Los Angeles Times the Spanish-American War |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $400: "Check out the" this attention-getter in a song the hook |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $400: A 35-year Broadway run--unlikely, but Thelma Pollard did, doing makeup for the face behind the mask of this show's title character The Phantom of the Opera |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $600: Stay pregnant for a year! Plausible for you, no, but for the Florida type of this aquatic mammal that can weigh 3,600 pounds? No prob a (Florida) manatee |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $600: Time to rock a mic, like a this, perhaps Gaiseric, a 5th century king of that Germanic people a vandal |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | BESTSELLING BOOKS $600: Chapter 1 of "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" is about the changes caused by this New York Giant who terrified quarterbacks Lawrence Taylor |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE HISTORIC 1990s $600: It didn't end well in 1997 for this cult that believed a flying saucer was following comet Hale-Bopp Heaven's Gate |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | VIOLENT ART $800: Sanguine, a blood-red chalk, is apt for the category; in the 1790s this Spaniard used it to sketch Saturn eating his son Goya |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $800: Its 700,000 square miles of land area are spread across more than 17,000 islands Indonesia |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE DIRECTING BROTHERS $800: 20 years later, Jim Carrey & Jeff Daniels were back for more Farrelly-directed fun in a sequel titled this "To" Dumb and Dumber |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | 19th CENTURY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $800: In 1889 the new owners of this paper had John Philip Sousa write a march about it for an awards ceremony The Washington Post |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $800: Slang for a convertible car with a soft cover a ragtop |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | BESTSELLING BOOKS $800: By Feb. 2024 this juvenile journal, the first of almost 20, had spent 778 weeks on the N.Y. Times children's series list Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | WHEATIES ATHLETES $800: Joan Benoit Samuelson, an Olympic champion of this race, was honored on a box in 1996 the marathon |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $800: Solve the this TV host problem: 3 shut doors, new car-junk-junk. You pick A. He shows you B is junk. Do you switch to C? Monty Hall |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | FIRST NAMES $800: Borrowed from Sanskrit & reflecting her Indian heritage, this first name of a D.C. VIP means "lotus flower" Kamala |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE HISTORIC 1990s $800: A Special Counsel looked into Pres. Clinton's dealings with this real estate co. founded by the Clintons & the McDougals Whitewater |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $1000: Vanilla Ice mysteriously can "flow like" one; it's also wielded by Tashtego a harpoon |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | BESTSELLING BOOKS $1000: Rhonda Byrne wrote this 2006 book, a hidden "principle of the universe", but don't tell anyone; scratch that. Tell me, now The Secret |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | WHEATIES ATHLETES $1000: This Floridian tennis superstar appeared on a box in 1987, the year she won the first & only Wheaties Champions Award (Chris) Evert |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | FIRST NAMES $1000: Girls' names derived from the color white include Alba & this one, like a character in "The Taming of the Shrew" Bianca |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | OVERLAPS $1200: A holy church table made from a hairy arachnid an altarantula |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | VIOLENT ART $1600: Napoleon's go-to guy, he also sort of directed a horror pic, an oil of Marat in the bath in 1793 done soon after the killing David |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $1600: It borders Russia, China & nothing else Mongolia |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE DIRECTING BROTHERS $1600: These brothers co-directed "Uncut Gems" & one is also a busy actor from "Oppenheimer" & "The Curse" the Safdie brothers |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | OVERLAPS $2000: Metronomic measure of music used for the medical study of tootsies tempodiatry |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $2000: With a population of more than 100 million, it covers about 900,000 square miles in the heart of Africa DRC |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | UNDENIABLE CHEMISTRY $2000: The number of variables that must be fixed to define a physical state is expressed in "degrees of" this, also a noble concept freedom |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | 19th CENTURY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $2000: Joseph Medill, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, was a founder of the G.O.P. & helped make these debates happen in 1858 the Lincoln-Douglas debates |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $8,600 (Daily Double): Once claimed by Italy, Cyrenaica is an historic region & former province of this 650,000-square-mile land Libya |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: Since the 1990s, an organization to save this animal has been entering runners in costume in the London Marathon a rhinoceros |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | NEWER MACHINES & INVENTIONS $200: 3D printers aren't great for mass production but excel with these models, whose name is partly from the Greek for "first" a prototype |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | DIRECTORS ACTING $400: Steven Spielberg showed up for a second or 2 in this John Landis comedy playing a Cook County tax assessor The Blues Brothers |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | JEOPORTMANTEAU! $400: Buttercup in "Toy Story" films
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item symbolizing an endless supply of food a unicornucopia |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | SILENCE, LETTERS! $400: Make no mistake--you don't pronounce either the "X" or the "S" in this French term for a slip-up a faux pas |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: The voice of CEOs in Washington is the organization called Business this, also what's seen here a roundtable |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | NEWER MACHINES & INVENTIONS $400: A major advantage of using hydrogen fuel cells to generate electricity is that their only byproducts are heat & this water (water vapor) |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | SPEECHMAKING $400: In a 1951 speech General Douglas MacArthur shared that "Old soldiers never die, they just" do this fade away |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | SILENCE, LETTERS! $600: I accuse the only "C" in this word meaning to charge with a crime of being useless indict |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | ORGANIZATIONS $600: Helping preserve a heritage, the British group Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg is also known as this Language Society Welsh |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | MIND THE GAP $800: Diastema is the clinical term for a gap between these teeth |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | UNDERGROUND $800: Running underground for much of its course, this river with the same name as a desert ends at Soda Dry Lake Mojave |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | JEOPORTMANTEAU! $800: Pill that cures nothing
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Spanish dance a placebolero |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: A former chairman of CNN, he has written biographies of Steve Jobs & Elon Musk Isaacson |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | NEWER MACHINES & INVENTIONS $800: With a name like another musical instrument, the "O-" this uses an optical sensor & keyboard to make violin music the O-bow (an optical bow) |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | SILENCE, LETTERS! $1000: Remember, only the first "M" is silent in this memory aid a mnemonic |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | ORGANIZATIONS $1000: 2024 marks 100 years of this group with a mission "to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke" the American Heart Association |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | NEWER MACHINES & INVENTIONS $1000: It's the alliterative term for a computer system based on the brain a neural network |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | DIRECTORS ACTING $1200: This director of "Her" donned a dress in "Bad Grandpa .5", playing the elderly Gloria Spike Jonze |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | JEOPORTMANTEAU! $1200: A temporary stay
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a writer for a newspaper or magazine a sojournalist |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1200: This author born Lula Carson Smith earned fame at the keyboard as a novelist under this married name Carson McCullers |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | UNDERGROUND $1600: It's a homophone of a word meaning the opposite of easy or soft, but this soft rock made possible the ancient tunnel city of Derinkuyu tuff |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $1600: The New York Times called this piece with a name in the title "Beethoven's trifle... featured on Baby Einstein albums" "Für Elise" |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1600: A dessert made from a family recipe is the title of this Charmaine Wilkerson novel that became a Hulu series in 2023 Black Cake |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | UNDERGROUND $2000: You can go under this square, the heart of Old Seattle, to see bits of what the city looked like before a great fire in 1889 Pioneer Square |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | JEOPORTMANTEAU! $2000: Mysterious object that propels a movie plot
+
extremely fastidious MacGuffinicky |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $2000: There is a sense of foreboding in the overture to his 1862 opera "La forza del destino", or "The Force of Destiny" Verdi |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $2000: Max Brod edited this author's letters & diaries & published a 1937 biography of him Kafka |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | JEOPORTMANTEAU! $4,200 (Daily Double): A buffet in Stockholm +
a house of ill repute a smorgasbordello |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | MIND THE GAP $9,600 (Daily Double): Near where Virginia, Kentucky & Tennessee meet, you'll find this pass named for a son of George II the Cumberland Gap |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | CHOOSE A PROTEIN $200: This cone-shaped body organ produces blood proteins & stores glycogen for you, so easy on the Lagavulin the liver |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | 21st CENTURY WORDS $200: To post a message originally posted by someone else on the service now known as X retweet |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | MUSICAL FILMS $200: In a 2023 origin story, Timothée Chalamet shows off his singing & dancing skills as this iconic candy man Wonka |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | MUSICAL FILMS $400: Norman Jewison directed the 1973 film version of this musical about the most famous Jew & son of all Jesus Christ Superstar |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | HORRORS! $400: Catriona Ward's "The Last House on Needless Street" is partly narrated by Olivia, one of these animals, & that can't be good luck black cat |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | STATUES OF THE WORLD $400: Any statue substantially larger than life-size is one of these, like the Daibutsu or Great Buddha a colossus |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | INTRODUCTORY WORDS $400: A state of decay can be described as "rack &" this ruin |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | CHOOSE A PROTEIN $400: The Murchison meteorite that hit Earth in 1969 was found to contain organic compounds like these building blocks of proteins amino acids |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | 21st CENTURY WORDS $400: This word for a now-ubiquitous form of entertainment program comes in part from an Apple product a podcast |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $400: Bucyrus, Ohio's festival honoring this German sausage includes a pigtail contest for youngsters bratwurst |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | CHOOSE A PROTEIN $600: Rhinos don't have true horns; they're primarily composed of this fibrous protein found in hair keratin |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | 21st CENTURY WORDS $600: What used to be a "buddy movie" depicting an affectionate relationship between 2 guys is now this blended word a bromance |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | MUSICAL FILMS $600: Judy Garland was originally cast to play the title sharpshooter in this musical but was let go a month into filming Annie Get Your Gun |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $600: Named for a stalagmite, each December the Rock of Ages Lantern Tours take visitors through this New Mexico national park Carlsbad Caverns |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $800: Each June Nebraskaland Days in North Platte features a golf classic & a rodeo named for this Wild West showman Buffalo Bill |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $800: After meeting Rick Rubin at a party, Russell Simmons became his partner in this record label that soon took off Def Jam |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | STATUES OF THE WORLD $800: Atop Massachusetts' Captain's Hill is a statue of this Pilgrim whose "Courtship" is the subject of a famous poem Miles Standish |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | INTRODUCTORY WORDS $800: With 58.33% of the letters in "introductory", it's a pipe to carry wiring or a person to carry information between 2 others conduit |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | & 5 SIDES $800: Carl Friedrich Gauss solved a math puzzle by constructing a regular-sided heptadecagon, a figure with this many sides 17 |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | CHOOSE A PROTEIN $800: In 1921 Banting & Best first isolated this hormone, a protein composed of 2 chains linked by sulfur atoms insulin |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | 21st CENTURY WORDS $800: You hit this annoying thing when a website demands a fee to read content kept "behind" it a paywall |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | CHOOSE A PROTEIN $1000: It's high in proline so we're giving this most abundant protein in the body that's in tendons, bones & skin some lip service collagen |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | MUSICAL FILMS $1000: In this 1963 musical a teen idol's fans sing, "We love you, Conrad, oh yes, we do, we love you Conrad, and we'll be true" Bye Bye Birdie |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: "The ride. The roar. The rally" is a motto for the annual motorcycle rally in this South Dakota city Sturgis |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | STATUES OF THE WORLD $1200: A monument to this Canadian Legend known for his Marathon of Hope event stands in Burnaby, British Columbia (Terry) Fox |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $1200: Raised in the LDS Church, Paul Walker gained worldwide fame in this movie series before dying in a car accident in 2013 Fast & Furious (The Fast & the Furious) |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $1600: Before launching a wellness studio, Elizabeth Cutler & Julie Rice co-founded this fitness company for indoor spinning SoulCycle |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | STATUES OF THE WORLD $1600: In 1600 Tycho Brahe asked this German astronomer to join him in Prague; a statue there honors the pair Kepler |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | INTRODUCTORY WORDS $1600: It refers to the first note of a scale, bringing harmony to a piece of music tonic |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $2000: In 2011 this lead singer of the Killers was part of the "I'm a Mormon" campaign Flowers |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | INTRODUCTORY WORDS $2000: It can mean a legal right in English or right in French droit |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $2000: In a 1942 speech this progressive V.P. of FDR called the coming post-war period "the century of the common man" Henry Wallace |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | HORRORS! $15,200 (Daily Double): The title of this 1962 Ray Bradbury novel is a Shakespeare line that rhymes with "by the pricking of my thumbs" Something Wicked This Way Comes |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | CHAMP CHANGE $200: An Olympic award changes a letter & becomes this lever a pedal (from medal) |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | TV DRAMA $200: At the Golden Globes in 2024, he said, "This is a nice moment for me", when he won for "Succession" Kieran Culkin |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | FOOD & DRINK $400: A caffè Americano is this dark strong coffee diluted with hot water espresso |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | EXTINCT ANIMALS $400: The Narragansett pacer, a breed of this, became extinct sometime in the 19th century a horse |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | MOVIE SONGS $400: A non-"Let It Go" song from "Frozen" says these "are better than people. Sven, don't you think that's true?" reindeer |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | LOST WORKS $400: According to one guy who read the lost memoirs of this 19th century poet & lord, the book was "fit only for a brothel" Byron |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | MAKING A PASS $400: Winter storms sometimes close the over-8,000' Sylvan Pass located in the Wyoming part of this national park Yellowstone |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | CHAMP CHANGE $400: A 4-games-to-0 result in the World Series changes its second letter to "T" & becomes this adjective steep (from sweep) |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | ON THE WEB $400: This site "enables anyone to be a creator", as Noah Beck found out when 9 seconds of lip-syncing made him famous TikTok |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | FOOD & DRINK $600: With spinach as a star ingredient, the dish seen here goes by this 2-word name, partly after a city quiche Florentine |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | CHAMP CHANGE $600: Satisfaction taken in winning trades a "D" for a "Z" & becomes this award for winning prize (from pride) |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | ON THE WEB $600: This "in the gaming community is the problem we are trying to solve", said a founder of the platform of that name Discord |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | MOVIE SONGS $800: "Now I'm laughing to the bank", rap$ thi$ man in "Am I Dreaming" over the end credits of "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" A$AP Rocky |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | ON THE WEB $800: This search engine with a double-talk animal name emphasizes privacy, saying it doesn't track searches or collect user info DuckDuckGo |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | EXTINCT ANIMALS $800: The Sumatran type of this predator is still around, but the Javan & Bali subspecies are no more a tiger |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | LOST WORKS $800: In 1903 this "Maple Leaf Rag" composer lost a trunk worth of music scores that possibly contained a ragtime opera Joplin |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | CHAMP CHANGE $800: A championship flag trades one of its "N"s for a "D" & becomes this dangling thing pendant (from pennant) |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $800: On May 1, 1776, Adam Weishaupt founded the Perfectibilists, a branch of this "enlightened" secret society... oh dear, I may've said too much the Illuminati |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | TYPES OF POEMS $1,000 (Daily Double): A villanelle is a 19-line poem consisting of 5 tercets & a concluding (do the math) one of these a quatrain |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | CHAMP CHANGE $1000: A verb meaning to admit, as into a hall of fame, changes a letter & becomes this verb meaning to infer from reasoning induce (from induct) |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | TYPES OF POEMS $1000: For this grave work, Yeats chose words he had already written: "Cast a cold eye, on life, on death. Horseman, pass by" his epitaph |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | WHAT THE "H"? $1200: A classic song says, "waiting 'round the bend, my" this person, "Moon River & me" huckleberry friend |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | LOST WORKS $1200: The lost 9-hour cut of this Erich von Stroheim silent film with a deadly sin as its title likely showed money can't buy happiness Greed |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | MAKING A PASS $1200: A group of ill-fated pioneers gave this pass near Truckee in California its name the Donner Pass |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | EXTINCT ANIMALS $1600: The Stephens Island wren on an isle just off this country's South Island was eaten to extinction by a lighthouse keeper's cats New Zealand |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1600: Subject of a 2023 film, in 2013, she became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage for protection Nyad |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | WHAT THE "H"? $1600: It's a fancy 9-letter way to say a forerunner or an omen, as of spring harbinger |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | MAKING A PASS $1600: Located near the foot of Mount Kallidromo, this Greek mountain pass has a name that means "hot gates" Thermopylae |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | WHAT THE "H"? $2000: The Beach Boys mentioned these Mexican sandals in "Surfin' U.S.A." huaraches |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | LOST WORKS $2000: This Frenchman's controversial urinal from a 1917 show is lost; you can look at (but not use) a replica at the Tate Modern Duchamp |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | MAKING A PASS $2000: Rudyard Kipling referred to this Asian pass as a "narrow sword-cut in the hills" the Khyber Pass |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | LOST WORKS $5,000 (Daily Double): In the lost ancient epic "Aethiopis", the Ethiopian king Memnon fights for Troy & is killed by this Greek hero Achilles |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | MAKING A PASS $14,000 (Daily Double): The first major U.S.-German battle of World War II took place in February 1943 at Kasserine Pass on this continent Africa |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | KHAN YOU DIG IT? $200: To improve London's natural biodiversity Mayor Sadiq Khan released a family of these dam rodents into a wetland in West London beavers |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $200: Doing this lifesaving procedure to the beat of "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees can help keep a proper rate CPR |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | ENDS IN "IX" $400: To make a new version of something, like The Chemical Brothers' adaptation of "Voodoo People" by The Prodigy a remix |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | IT'S A FACT! $400: As of January 1, 2024, California has a new state this, a golden chanterelle a mushroom |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS $400: A real high point of this city is the nearly 360-foot-tall memorial to José Martí in Revolution Square Havana |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | BOOKS BY REPORTERS $400: In 1923 E.B. White was fired by the Seattle Times; he'd later find success with this 1945 tale about a mouselike boy Stuart Little |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $400: A clever trick or stratagem
(4 letters) ruse |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | FESTIVALS $400: It's held for about 2 weeks each May, & in 2023 awarded its Palme d'Or to "Anatomy of a Fall" the Cannes Film Festival |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $600: A spinning spit for cooking meat
(10 letters) rotisserie |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | KHAN YOU DIG IT? $600: This singer lent her voice to the band Rufus in the 1970s; as a solo performer, she had a hit with "I'm Every Woman" Chaka Khan |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $600: Jaundice can be a symptom of this liver inflammation that has 5 main viruses labeled A-E hepatitis |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | ENDS IN "IX" $800: This 2-syllable word means to attach, like a postscript to a letter or a label to a package affix |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | IT'S A FACT! $800: Unlike other cats, this fastest one doesn't have fully retractable claws a cheetah |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | SONGS OF YOUTH $800: Nate Ruess & this band implored, "We are young so let's set the world on fire" fun. |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | KHAN YOU DIG IT? $800: According to a 13th century "Secret History", this leader was born clutching "a clot of blood the size of a knucklebone" Genghis Khan |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $1000: Fishie doing a ridealong on a shark
(6 letters) a remora |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | THE NAME ON THE OSCAR $1200: Best Supporting Actor, 2019, for "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" Brad Pitt |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | IT'S A FACT! $1200: Belize, in Central America, was formerly a colony called this British Honduras |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS $1200: Native American leaders want the name of this first U.S. natl. monument changed, saying it's offensive & based on a mistranslation Devils Tower |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | IT'S A FACT! $1600: In the U.S. a quadrillion has this many zeros 15 |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | BOOKS BY REPORTERS $2000: This scribe worked the baseball beat for a N.Y. paper but got his potatoes with the story collection "Guys & Dolls" & whatnot Runyon |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | IT'S A FACT! $2000: Stepping down in 2024 after 52 years on the throne, she had the longest reign of any Danish monarch Margrethe (II) |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | ENDS IN "IX" $12,200 (Daily Double): This town at the foot of Mont Blanc hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924 Chamonix |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON $200: A 1992 Pulitzer went to the Morning News of this city for its reporting on extensive misconduct by Texas police Dallas |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | VIRTUO-SO GOOD $200: Berlioz mastered this 6-string instrument but said the sound of a dozen of them playing in unison "is almost absurd" the guitar |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | THE CLOCK & THE CALENDAR $400: Months on the Islamic calendar traditionally begin when this type of moon is sighted in the western sky the crescent moon |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | DIACRITICAL THINKING $400: To be fully correct in this language, you have to put a little hook over the R in the name of its native speaker Antonin Dvořák Czech |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SINGERS $400: This singer's 2023 N.Y. Times obituary said her biggest hit was "a breathtaking rendition of... 'Nothing Compares 2 U"' Sinéad O'Connor |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SKY & SEA $400: Not always circular, this type of coral reef encloses a lagoon an atoll |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $400: Connecticut likes this burly beast as its state animal; Mocha Dick was a notorious 19th century one a sperm whale |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON $400: A 1957 issue of Apparel Arts Magazine had this subtitle, which would eventually be shortened--or refitted?--to GQ Gentlemen's Quarterly |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "BIT"TING AT THE CHAMPS $400: A substance that suppresses the activity of another; the protease type combats HIV an inhibitor |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | VIRTUO-SO GOOD $400: Improvising woodwind virtuoso Eric Dolphy was a pioneer in the genre known as free this jazz |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | REAL NAMES OF UNREAL PEOPLE $600: Robert Underdunk Terwilliger is the real name of this vengeful "Simpsons" character Sideshow Bob |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON $600: This publication that later Rockwell & rolled was named for being printed in time to make a weekend mail delivery in Philly The Saturday Evening Post |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | VIRTUO-SO GOOD $600: Like members of the Bach family, Marcel Dupré was a master of this weighty instrument & wrote extensively on technique the organ |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | THE CLOCK & THE CALENDAR $800: On the French Revolutionary calendar, Dec. 21 was the 1st day of Nivôse, a month named for this weather condition snow |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | DIACRITICAL THINKING $800: In Hawaiian, the single open quote mark called the 'okina is a this stop, a sound made by opening & closing a certain body part a glottal stop |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SINGERS $800: This Spanish singer with a flamenco background has hits like "Malamente" & "Con Altura", a collab with J. Balvin Rosalía |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "H" IS FOR HISTORY $800: "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" was perhaps sung by citizens of these ramshackle areas named for a Depression-era prez Hoovervilles |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "BIT"TING AT THE CHAMPS $800: "Geographic" term for an array of binary data used to create an image a bitmap |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | DIACRITICAL THINKING $1200: This mark under the C in soupçon (a little bit) softens that sound & makes things much classier than saying "soup-con" a cedilla |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SINGERS $1200: In 1999 she had a hit with "Candy" & would later get to sing as the voice of Rapunzel in "Tangled" Mandy Moore |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $1200: Oregon's state fish is this type of salmon, also a name for a wind that blows in the Rockies chinook |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | DIACRITICAL THINKING $1600: I'm getting a sense of déjà vu; I feel like I've said it's l'accent grave over the A & l'accent this over the E, like, a second ago aigu |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SINGERS $1600: This singer's "Dance The Night" appears in "Barbie"; she also makes an appearance in the movie as a mermaid Dua Lipa |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | 17th CENTURY WRITING $1600: Loving a good sequel like the rest of us, this author completed "The Pilgrim's Progress Part 2" around 1684 Bunyan |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $1600: Alaska's state gem is this green one, a historically important crafting item to the Inupiaq jade |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | DIACRITICAL THINKING $2000: Umlaut is a German word; this, for the 2 dots as in Zoë to show a vowel is in a separate syllable, comes from Greek diaeresis |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SINGERS $2000: Michelle Zauner, lead vocalist of this band, named it for a meal that might include tamago kake gohan (rice mixed with raw egg) Japanese Breakfast |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SKY & SEA $2000: The Arabic for "wind" gives us this 2-syllable word for a Sudanese wind that produces violent sandstorms haboob |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | 17th CENTURY WRITING $2000: In "To Althea, from Prison", poet Richard Lovelace wrote, "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars" one of these a cage |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | 17th CENTURY WRITING $9,200 (Daily Double): In his 1624 history of Virginia & New England, he included the famous story of his rescue John Smith |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $21,800 (Daily Double): Arizona's state fossil is this tree product; Arizona is also home to a forest full of it petrified wood |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | LITERARY TITLE ADJECTIVES $200: A "Jane Eyre" prequel:
"____ Sargasso Sea" Wide |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | SOUP'S ON $200: The name of caldo verde, a hearty Portuguese soup, means this color broth green |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | FROM THE NEWSPAPERS $200: A subhead from 1929: "Istanbul, not found in recent atlases, has replaced" this old name Constantinople |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $400: It's a long, hooded jacket; Patagonia sells a nano puff one a parka |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $400: In 1997, Pathfinder parachuted onto Mars, and cushioned its land with these, also a safety feature in your Buick airbags |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | LITERARY TITLE ADJECTIVES $400: Third in a series:
"Rabbit Is ____" Rich |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $400: A principle based on experience or practice gave rise to this 3-word phrase mentioning a part of the hand a rule of thumb |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | INVESTING & BUSINESS TERMS $400: A part of profits paid to shareholders, the scrip type is basically a promissory note a dividend |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | LITERARY TITLE ADJECTIVES $600: A classic 1924 short story:
"The Most ____ Game" Dangerous |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $600: 2021 called & wants this phrase back that means evaluating someone's mood or energy a vibe check |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | SOUP'S ON $600: Vichyssoise, made with a base of potatoes & this onion relative, is said to date back to 1917 at the Ritz-Carlton leek |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | INVESTING & BUSINESS TERMS $600: For a sales team, the number of contracts signed per quarter might be one of these indicators, KPI for short a key performance indicator |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $800: Also known as the caveman diet, it's a shortened word for a diet that emphasizes lean meats & veggies paleo |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $800: In the 1990s this spacecraft named for a Portuguese explorer mapped almost the entire surface of Venus Magellan |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | LITERARY TITLE ADJECTIVES $800: A Tony winner by Larry Kramer:
"The ____ Heart" Normal |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | ONE-WORD BEATLES SONG TITLES $800: A "Glorious" one occurred in England in 1688 when one monarch was replaced with a pair Revolution |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | INVESTING & BUSINESS TERMS $800: A military order that keeps troops in the service, in investing, it orders a broker to sell if a stock price falls to a certain point stop-loss |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | SOUP'S ON $1000: This alliterative soup made with tripe is historically a symbol of the city of Philadelphia pepper pot soup |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | INVESTING & BUSINESS TERMS $1000: The VIX, short for this, is a predictor of how fast stock market prices change volatility index |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $1200: A fun color "hiding" in the bottom layer of hair is known as this, named like a game played with an infant peekaboo |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | THE KNIGHTLY NEWS $1200: This "colorful" poem dates to the 14th century & includes the main character being tempted by a lord's wife Sir Gawain and the Green Knight |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $1200: On July 4, 2005 Deep Impact slammed a probe into Tempel 1, one of these, creating a giant crater & a brilliant flash of light a comet |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | PROSE & CONGRESS $1200: JFK won a Pulitzer for this book that detailed the lives of 8 fearless political leaders Profiles in Courage |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | PLAIN GEOGRAPHY $1200: Ian Frazier's travel journal "Great Plains" culminates in Montana at this kind of non-agricultural silo a nuclear silo (a missile silo) |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $1600: It's a line of steep bluffs like the cliffs along part of the western shore of the Hudson River a palisade |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | WHO'S THE BIOPIC SUBJECT? $2000: "A Man for All Seasons" Thomas More |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $2000: The Dawn spacecraft found a peak over 12 miles high when it reached this second-largest object in the asteroid belt (after Ceres) Vesta |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $6,000 (Daily Double): Part of this word for a long, rambling journey nearly spells out a type of falcon peregrination |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | PROSE & CONGRESS $9,000 (Daily Double): In 2011 this senator published his "The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed & the Decline of Our Middle Class" Bernie Sanders |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | ENIGMATIC ANAGRAMS $200: A mind puzzle:
DR. DELI a riddle |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | RESISTANCE IS FUTILE $200: When it's time for right hand red but your left foot's on green & a player is in your way, you're about to hit vinyl & lose this game Twister |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $400: Jackson Browne's "The Load-Out" is a thank you to these folks who move & set up equipment--"Let" them "Take the Stage" roadies |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | ON WHEELS $400: The wheels on this hippie-mobile go round & round, like on the one George Carlin voiced in "Cars" a VW Microbus |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | RENAISSANCE WOMEN $400: A contemporary described Isabella d'Este as the this "of the World", though she was the wife of a marquess, not a president the First Lady |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | IT'S CURTAINS $400: While Europe had its Iron Curtain, this curtain was a political barrier between China & the noncommunist countries of Asia the Bamboo Curtain |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | NATURE $400: Seen here is a lovely one of these hollow earth-like rocks lined with crystals of pink amethyst a geode |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: 3-letter last name of Johnny, a symbol of the typical southern soldier; in a 1905 book by a war veteran, he's paired with Billy Yank Reb |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | RESISTANCE IS FUTILE $400: This canvas over-garment will make you keep your hands to yourself, but one used by Houdini sold for nearly $50,000 in 2011 a straitjacket |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | DOWN IN THE VALLEY $400: The "Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes" in this U.S. state was created by a gigantic volcanic eruption in 1912 Alaska |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | RESISTANCE IS FUTILE $600: Just try to resist the cuteness of the Pomsky, a hybrid of these 2 dog breeds a Pomeranian & a Husky |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | ON WHEELS $600: The Cozy Coupe is a classic from this company whose 2-word name refers to its young customers Little Tikes |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | RENAISSANCE WOMEN $600: Sofonisba Anguissola depicted herself as a working artist in "Self-portrait at" this supporting frame the easel |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | DEALING WITH TV REALITY $800: From 2012 to 2020 Dave Navarro hosted this series that had episodes like "Drill Baby, Drill" Ink Master |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | IT'S CURTAINS $800: Tiffany made a curtain of glass featuring the peaks of Iztaccíhuatl & Popocatépetl for this capital's national theatre Mexico City |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | NATURE $800: Talk about going the distance! The Arctic type of this bird has the longest annual migration of any, a round trip of up to 60,000 miles the (Arctic) tern |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | RENAISSANCE WOMEN $800: Victor Hugo's play about this woman popularized her image as a poisoner, though there's no real evidence she was one Lucrezia Borgia |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | ON WHEELS $1000: Made without brakes, track bicycles are designed for this type of building & here they are going around inside one a velodrome |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | "AI" $1200: A wagon or cart, like the one for carrying "Hay" in a painting by John Constable a wain |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | WORLD OF LIT $1200: Following the publication of this controversial 1988 novel, the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie The Satanic Verses |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | IT'S CURTAINS $1200: Thinking it was Claudius, Hamlet takes his sword & pierces through a curtain, killing this father of Ophelia Polonius |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | THE CIVIL WAR $1200: In 1863 John Esten Cooke rushed into print with a biography of this Confederate general killed in May of that year Stonewall Jackson |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | "AI" $1600: Heads up! It's this South American cousin of the crocodile a caiman |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $1600: A 2008 documentary tells the story of the legendary group of L.A. studio musicians known by this destructive nickname The Wrecking Crew |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | THE CIVIL WAR $1600: Patented in 1862, this new weapon of war featured multiple barrels rotated by a crank a Gatling gun |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | "AI" $2,000 (Daily Double): A contemporary of Buddha, Mahavira is revered as a leader & organizer of this religion Jainism |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | WORLD OF LIT $2000: The short story collection "Face to Face" was the first book by this South African woman who won a 1991 Nobel Prize Nadine Gordimer |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | IT'S CURTAINS $2000: Her first short story collection, "A Curtain of Green", contains her most famous story, "Why I Live at the P.O." Welty |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | NATURE $2000: Also called a scaly anteater, this exotic animal of Africa & Asia is sadly among the most trafficked mammals in the world a pangolin |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | DOWN IN THE VALLEY $2,600 (Daily Double): You'll find this Scots word for a valley before "Eagles", "Mor" & "Coe", among many others Glen |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | THE CIVIL WAR $6,800 (Daily Double): When the war started, this future general was helping drill a volunteer company in Galena, Illinois Grant |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | TRAIL $200: Great Bend, Kansas was a stopping point on this historic trail that went from Missouri to the capital of New Mexico the Santa Fe Trail |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | PAPER $200: The general direction of the fibers in a sheet of paper is called this, also a term for things like rye or millet the grain |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $200: "A View from the Bridge" saw this woman win a 2010 Tony for Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Scarlett Johansson |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SUFFIXES $200: It's the very short, Arabic-influenced suffix that makes a demonym (a nationality noun) from Yemen or Pakistan I |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LITERARY AWARDS $200: The first of his 4, count 'em, 4 Pulitzers, was for "New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes & Grace Notes" Robert Frost |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | 150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y $400: In 1883 it was still the 42nd St. Y & at a further downtown branch, this poet taught immigrants the year she wrote "The New Colossus" (Emma) Lazarus |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | FILM BROS $400: Ciarán Hinds & Richard Coyle have portrayed Aberforth, a brother of this Hogwarts honcho Dumbledore |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | TRAIL $400: Now a National Historic Trail, it began in Nauvoo, Illinois & ended at the Great Salt Lake the Mormon Trail |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | PAPER $400: Made from silicon carbide, flint or garnet, this abrasive can have a grit level anywhere from 12 to 1000 sandpaper |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SUFFIXES $400: It's the British spelling of the suffix that makes a verb out of "industrial" I-S-E |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | TRAIL $600: A trail that runs some 3,100 miles from Canada to Mexico is named for this demarcation that splits North America in 2 the Continental Divide |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SUFFIXES $600: As early as 1973 this suffix from a D.C. building was tacked onto "Wine" to describe a scandal involving fake Bordeaux gate |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $800: One activity if, you're in Gurue in northern Mozambique is a hike to the Cascata, this feature, a good place to cool off a waterfall |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SHADES OF BLUE $800: A lovely shade of blue is named for these objects seen here robin's eggs |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Far ahead of Europe, China developed this advance in communications; the Diamond Sutra of 868 A.D. is an example of it woodblock printing |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | PAPER $800: Some cardboard goes through this process with a name from the Latin for "wrinkle" corrugation |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $800: This actor could have been a contender for the busiest 1946--he was in at least 4 shows, including "Candida" as Eugene Brando |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SUFFIXES $800: The -ary suffix often means "place of", as in this type of place a dispensary |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LITERARY AWARDS $800: This 18th century publisher who helped usher Mother Goose into the world is the namesake of a lauded medal Newbery |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $1000: A story told in reverse, this Sondheim musical that ran 16 performances in 1981 returned to B'way in triumph in 2023 Merrily We Roll Along |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | FILM BROS $1200: After 2 brothers are killed in Normandy & one brother in New Guinea, a rescue mission goes to save the 4th brother in this film Saving Private Ryan |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $1200: Named for an earl, not a duke, this major New Zealand port has the country's largest concentration of Maori Auckland |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SHADES OF BLUE $1200: Some call it a bachelor's button, others call it this, also a shade of blue a cornflower |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's another name for a bachelor's degree a baccalaureate |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: In 1043 this lady & her husband Leofric, Earl of Mercia, founded a monastery in Coventry Lady Godiva |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | 150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y $1600: In 1948 this actor-singer of Caribbean heritage made his Off-Broadway debut at the Y in a play about Sojourner Truth Belafonte |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1600: If you register a domain name solely with the intention of selling it for profit, sit down, you're this type of intruder a cybersquatter |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | TRAIL $1,800 (Daily Double): Surname of settler John, who blazed a trail to Montana & left his name on a city there Bozeman |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | 150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y $2000: "Revelations", a signature work that this choreographer set to spirituals had its world premiere at the Y in 1960 Alvin Ailey |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: Not Peter the Apostle nor Peter the Great but this preacher led the People's Crusade in filthy garments & riding a donkey Peter the Hermit |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: A venue for volleys & lobs where violators of military law are prosecuted a tennis court-martial |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | UNUSUAL NICKNAMES $200: You can see why BMW E24 6 cars were dubbed this predatory creature's nose a shark |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | GETTING HISTORICAL $200: John Knox was the best-known leader of this country's Reformation, made official by a 1560 act of its parliament Scotland |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS $400: In the 1850s a familiar quotation of his may have been "I have a notebook full of famous things people said. Wanna see?" Bartlett |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BAKER $400: The thrill & amazement of a 1921 balloon race over Indianapolis inspired the name of this not just white bread brand Wonder |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BRIDGERS $400: RO&AD Architects built a Dutch bridge that parts the waters rather than going over them, so it's named for this biblical man Moses |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | GITALONG, OLD PAINT $400: Her interest in Mexican folk art can be seen in a 1931 portrait of herself with her new husband, a fellow artist Frida Kahlo |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: Actor lookalike who does the dangerous action scenes as an iconic red London vehicle a stunt double decker (bus) |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | UNUSUAL NICKNAMES $400: This first name of Herr Mendelssohn means "happy", but his manner got him the nickname "discontented Polish count" Felix |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | SPORTS MASCOT HISTORY $400: From 1979 to 1981 the Yankees fittingly had a mascot named this, also a word for a well-dressed man Dandy |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | GETTING HISTORICAL $400: To defend against missiles, Roman legions linked shields in a formation called the testudo, Latin for this land animal a turtle (a tortoise) |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | GETTING HISTORICAL $600: A 1493 papal decision split the New World between these 2 nations, or so they thought Spain & Portugal |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BEFORE & AFTER $600: A Knoxville color that's also a hit country song is served as a high grade tea from Sri Lanka & India Tennessee Orange Pekoe |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BOOKS BY CHARACTERS $600: In a children's book, Stanley Yelnats &
Zero Holes |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | UNUSUAL NICKNAMES $800: Oxford is "city of dreaming" these topmost parts of some of its buildings, a phrase from a poem by Matthew Arnold spires |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BAKER $800: A special one of these baked at Passover 2022 for the president of Israel was 20' long by 3 1/2' wide by not very thick matzah |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS $800: This type of heart surgery involves taking a blood vessel from elsewhere & creating a new pathway around a blockage bypass |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | GETTING HISTORICAL $800: Calling himself an admiral in a bit of self-promotion, in 1853 he sailed 4 warships into the harbor of Uraga & refused to leave Commodore Matthew Perry |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | THE MATERIAL WORLD $1000: This fabric with a raised design gets its name from a word for "twisted thread" brocade |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | SPORTS MASCOT HISTORY $1000: Since the 1990s Fred the Red has been a devil indeed for this team from the north of England Man U (Manchester United) |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BOY GENIUS $1200: By age 15, Flynn McGarry had created a culinary classic, changing one letter in a dish named for a duke to make this vegetarian creation the beet Wellington |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BAKER $1200: When his wife baked these, often served with gravy, Calvin Coolidge would drop one & stomp a foot to show its heaviness a biscuit |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS: Best known for a novel, she wrote at least 6 full-length plays & collaborated with Moms Mabley on a 1931 Broadway revue Zora Neale Hurston |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS: Featured in a 2020 film, she gets her name from a 16th c. Italian stock character who often wore diamond-patterned outfits Harley Quinn |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALPHABETICAL AMERICA: Until Alabama became the 22nd state, this one was first alphabetically Connecticut |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ORGANIZATIONS: The press called the donations received after this org.'s 1938 founding "a silver tide which actually swamped the White House" the March of Dimes |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | WORDS & THEIR MEANINGS: Churchill gave a word a new meaning when he called for a "talk with Soviet Russia upon the highest level... a parley at" this the summit |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | GREAT BRITS: From 1689 to 1690 & 1701 to 1702, he served as a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Cambridge University (Isaac) Newton |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | AUTHORS' AFTERLIVES: After his death his son Michel reworked & published manuscripts like one about a meteor made of gold heading for Earth Jules Verne |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | ANIMATED FILM CHARACTERS: In this 2017 film Dante is a hairless breed known as a Xolo dog Coco |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | BODIES OF WATER: The smallest inland sea in the world, it's completely within the territory of a single country & connects 2 other larger seas the Sea of Marmara |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | MYTHOLOGY: A peasant who became the king of Phrygia created this intricate problem that was solved in 333 B.C. the Gordian Knot |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | STATE CAPITALS: It was named for a nearby river that explorer Gabriel Moraga named for one of a religious grouping of 7 Sacramento |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | PHYSICISTS: This man with a force named after him published an 1835 scientific treatise on the physics of billiard balls (Gaspard-Gustave de) Coriolis |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | NOVEL TITLE OBJECTS: A girl in a 1950 novel walks into this & "got in among the coats and rubbed her face against them" a wardrobe |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS: TIME mentioned "cruelty & enforced conformity" when summing up this novel with a "stonily silent narrator" One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | OLD WORDS: First appearing in an English dictionary in 1623, mesonoxian means pertaining to this word midnight |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | NOTORIOUS FIGURES: Never even a soldier, this man lied that his nickname came from a shrapnel wound while fighting in the Argonne Al Capone |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS: Virginia Woolf disliked this book that was "cutting out the explanations and putting in the thoughts between dashes" Ulysses |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | TRAILBLAZERS: The foremost member of the "Sochi Six", which was similar to a previous U.S. group, he died in a plane crash in 1968 (Yuri) Gagarin |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | EURASIA: Zvartnots International Airport serves this capital & has the code EVN, all letters found in the city's name Yerevan, Armenia |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: Near Kirkbean on Solway Firth, U.S. Vice Admiral Jerauld Wright presented a memorial plaque honoring this man John Paul Jones |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | THE UNITED NATIONS: Of the 9 countries that have produced a U.N. Secretary-General, this nation is the only one from its hemisphere Peru |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | BOOKS OF THE BIBLE: This book is named for a tribe of Israel that carried out judgment of the idolaters of the golden calf Leviticus |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | WORLD THEATER: This 1867 play has a reindeer hunt & a king dwelling in snowy mountains but its title character also spends time in Morocco & Egypt Peer Gynt |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | WORD ORIGINS: A radical in an 1833 failed uprising in Germany, Ludwig von Rochau coined this term for acts taken for practical reasons not ethics Realpolitik |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LITERATURE & RELIGION: This city now in Turkey is the addressee of one of the New Testament epistles & the setting for "The Comedy of Errors" Ephesus |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | ANCIENT DRAMA: From the 470s B.C., Aeschylus' earliest surviving work has this title; he'd fought them repeatedly in the preceding years The Persians |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | CHEMICAL ELEMENTS: Isolated in 1945 during uranium fission research, it was named for an ancient deity to suggest humans gaining a new power promethium |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | POETS OF ANCIENT ROME: Far from Rome, this first century poet wrote, "The leader's anger done, grant me the right to die in my native country" Ovid |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Fearful of independence in 1975, around 120,000 of this country's people, a third of the population, fled to the Netherlands Suriname |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | 1950s POLITICS: In 1959 Bob Bartlett & Hiram Fong each won a coin flip to gain this alliterative title senior senator |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | MILITARY HISTORY: A prototype of this craft was deployed in August 1955; it made headlines in May 1960 the U-2 |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | FRENCH AUTHORS: Trained as a priest & a physician, in 1532 he published his first novel under the pen name Alcofribas Nasier (François) Rabelais |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | ON VACATION IN ITALY: About 30 miles from Florence, a little hill gives this tiny Tuscan town its name, familiar to American visitors Monticello |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1896, 15 years after a famous showdown, this man was accused of fixing a championship boxing match Wyatt Earp |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | CANADIAN MEDICINE: Nova Scotian William Knapp Buckley devised a widely used antitussive, meaning a drug used against this cough(ing) |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | THEATER: A 1955 play review noted "restless Delta folk" & "lives as uncomfortable & insecure as the proverbial" this title Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | LANDMARKS: The distance between its 2 legs at ground level is 630 feet, making it as wide as it is tall the Gateway Arch |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | U.S. STAMPS: This Roman numeral appeared on stamps in a 2022 series for the 50th anniversary of an anti-discrimination law IX |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC: "It was kind of a prodding to myself to play it straight", said Johnny Cash of this 1956 hit "I Walk The Line" |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: Achilles Tatius wrote that it "was like a mountain... at the top of this mountain rose a second sun" the Lighthouse at Alexandria |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: A 1902 work says an enigmatic character has a half-English mom & a half-French dad, but this name of his is German for "short" Kurtz |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | WORLD FLAGS: The flag of this Asian nation features part of a World Heritage Site built in the 12th century Cambodia |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | LANDMARKS: Then 71, a reluctant Michelangelo took on the design of this building "only for the love of God and in honor of the Apostle" St. Peter's Basilica |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | ARMY TECHNOLOGY: Bearing the name of a man who died in Iowa in 1838, these began service in 1979 & today number in the thousands Black Hawk helicopters |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | GEOGRAPHY: The first city in Australia with a municipal government, this state capital bears the name of a queen Adelaide |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | AMERICAN MUSICIANS: Also an author, this singer who had 5 Top 40 hits in the 1970s was called the "Pirate Laureate" Jimmy Buffett |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | HISTORICAL FICTION: Stan Lee said the alias-using title character of this novel set during the French Revolution "was the 1st superhero I... read about" The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | LEADING LADIES: NEXT IN LINE: Janet Gaynor,
Judy Garland,
Barbra Streisand,
her Lady Gaga |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | CLASSIC LITERATURE: An intended sequel to this 1869 work centered on the Decembrists, a group of veterans who largely served in the Napoleonic Wars War and Peace |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | U.S. BUSINESS FOUNDERS: A 1934 note to him: "Received hunting clothes... and thank you for those wonderful shoes they fit perfect... your friend, Babe Ruth" L.L. Bean |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | LITERARY CLICHÉS: Many mystery fans blame "The Door", a 1930 Mary Roberts Rinehart novel in which a servant kills a nurse, for this 4-word cliché the butler did it |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | AMERICAN ARTISTS: In the 1920s he used wire, string & other materials to fabricate "models in motion" for a miniature circus scene (Alexander) Calder |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY: After the Vietnam War, Vietnam got bogged down in a campaign against this leader whom it managed to overthrow in 1979 Pol Pot |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA: An 1884 article calls this newly completed structure "the highest work of man" & disagrees with those who call it "a great chimney" the Washington Monument |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | ICONIC DESIGNERS: Once married to a publishing heir who owned citrus groves, her brightly printed dresses were originally designed to hide juice stains Lilly Pulitzer |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | TOURIST SPOTS: Originally known as Longacre, it got its name after a newspaper moved its offices there in 1904 Times Square |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | LITERARY INSPIRATION: A book by historian Thomas Carlyle that Dickens said he'd read 500 times has this title subject that Charles would write about himself the French Revolution |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | RIVERS: A European capital got its name as a consequence of flooding on this river the Amstel River |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | SPACE: Since it has caused spacecraft to malfunction, a region called the South Atlantic Anomaly is known as this area "of space" Bermuda Triangle |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | TELEVISION HISTORY: According to the BBC, this 1953 event "did more than any other to make television a mainstream medium" the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | THE ANCIENT WORLD: This text helped the soul, or ka, navigate a journey into a region called Amenti the Book of the Dead |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: A 2020 edition of this beloved 1911 novel came with a glossary of horticultural terms & a location guide The Secret Garden |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: They went their separate ways in 1806 & both became territorial governors: one of Upper Louisiana, the other of Missouri Lewis & Clark |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | FROM THE FRENCH: With murder, shadows, a nosy reporter & Peter Lorre, 1940's "Stranger on the Third Floor" is the first example of this, some say film noir |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | AWARD-WINNING ACTRESSES: Her 2019 Oscar win & 2021 Emmy win were both for portraying a British queen Olivia Colman |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | LANDMARKS: During Pope John Paul II's 1987 visit to Los Angeles, pranksters covered up this letter in a local landmark L |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | FAMOUS NAMES: In 2023, shortly after his death, his name was added to a Brazilian dictionary to describe one who's superior or out of the ordinary Pelé |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | THOSE ZANY ANCIENT ROMANS: In the 20s B.C. the emperor's sister Octavia had a sitcom-worthy home including the boy & girl twin children of this man & woman Antony & Cleopatra |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | AMERICANA: After "Black Monday" in 1987, sculptor Arturo Di Modica put a statue of one of these in Manhattan to symbolize strength & power a bull |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | BOOK CHARACTERS: Early on in a 1966 novel, this title character beats the protagonist in maze races; later on he bites him Algernon |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | FAMOUS NAMES IN AMERICA: The name of this animal that died in 1885 after being struck by a train that subsequently derailed lives on as an adjective Jumbo |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | THE 20th CENTURY: On July 19, 1940 Hitler called this man a warmonger & wrongly predicted he would flee to Canada Winston Churchill |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | FROM PAGE TO STAGE: The opera based on this 1993 memoir was staged at a prison for the first time in 2023, at Sing Sing with a chorus of 14 inmates Dead Man Walking |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | COUNTRIES: Of the 14 countries that border China, it's the only monarchy & the only one with a population under 1 million Bhutan |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | INVENTIONS: Invented in 1816, it takes its name from Greek for "chest" & "observe" a stethoscope |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Designated in 2016, a New York City monument named for this place of business includes nearby Christopher Park (the) Stonewall (Inn) |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | THE WILD WEST: In 1888's "Ranch Life & the Hunting-Trail" Teddy Roosevelt wrote his 2 ranch hands were "able to travel" like this animal a bull moose |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | MOVIE MUSICALS: Of the musicals to win an Oscar for Best Picture, 1 of the 2 with one-word titles based on & named for literary characters (1 of) Gigi or Oliver! |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: Chapter 100 of this novel introduces the one-armed Captain Boomer of the Samuel Enderby Moby-Dick |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY: Before visiting Achilles' tomb, this man threw his spear onto the ground in Asia & declared the continent "spear-won" Alexander the Great |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | LANGUAGES: Since it can make someone "Japanese laugh as heartily as a Dane", Lillian Gish saw film as an aesthetic this, the name of a language Esperanto |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | FAMOUS NAMES: Subject of a 2003 film, his 1947 obituary said he fathered at least 100 & died of a heart attack at 14, at a California ranch Seabiscuit |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | APPLIED GEOMETRY: Thomas Hales proved hexagonal structures are the most compact way to fill a plane, a centuries-old theory based on the behavior of these honeybees |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | BODIES OF WATER: The Goshute, a Western people, called this vast body of water Teittse Paa, meaning "bad water" the Great Salt Lake |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY: Established in 1963, this group had its conclusions questioned in books, reports & a special 1970s congressional committee the Warren Commission |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A BIT OF BRITAIN: In disarray, it was sold at auction in 1915 to a local Wiltshire man, who would donate it to the British government 3 years later Stonehenge |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | BRITISH CITIES: Over the motto "Fortis est Veritas", the coat of arms of this city features a beast of burden crossing over some water Oxford |
| #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | SCIENCE ETYMOLOGY: First detected in the Sun's atmosphere in 1868, it got its name from an old word for sun helium |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | MUSICIANS: An Esquire profile said, "The most distinguishing thing" about the face of this singer "are his eyes, clear blue & alert" Frank Sinatra |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | TELEVISION: This series grew out of a screenplay titled "Murdoch" Succession |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: In his first appearance in 1902, he was described as "betwixt-and-between" a boy & a bird Peter Pan |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POETS: 1793 reports of the killing of Hector Munro by a wild animal in India may have inspired one of this man's best-known poems William Blake |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | ARTISTS: Exhumed in 2017 to settle a paternity suit, his mustache had "preserved its classic 10-past-10 position" according to the Spanish press Salvador Dalí |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | WASHINGTON, D.C.: It was proposed in Congress in 1926 in honor of a big 150th anniversary; it opened 17 years later the Jefferson Memorial |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | ICONIC BRANDS: In 1916 it began packaging its flagship product in a variety of glass called Georgia green Coca-Cola |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: In 1950 the Swedish Academy said this Nobel Prize winner "is a regional writer" but called "his regionalism universal" William Faulkner |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | EXPLORERS: Perhaps inspiring a line 2 centuries later, in 1774 he wrote that he was headed "farther than any other man has been before me" Captain James Cook |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | BRITISH HISTORY: At Leicester Cathedral in March 2015, the Archbishop of Canterbury led a religious ceremony for this deceased English monarch Richard III |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY: Britain became an island less than 10,000 years ago, as warming weather & melting ice filled in this sea the North Sea |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | PLAY TITLES: This 1959 play's title was taken from a Langston Hughes poem that begins, "What happens to a dream deferred?" A Raisin in the Sun (by Lorraine Hansberry) |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | 21st CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: It was the first election since 1952 in which neither the incumbent president nor the incumbent vice president was a candidate 2008 (Barack Obama & John McCain) |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | NAME'S THE SAME: This first name is shared by a character introduced in 1941 & a member of royalty who is sixth in line to the British throne Archie |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | DRIVING THE USA: It's the state with the most miles of Interstate Highway, more than 3,200; one Interstate accounts for 1/4 of that mileage Texas |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: On March 23, 1779 he became the first U.S. diplomat to serve overseas by presenting his credentials to a foreign government Benjamin Franklin |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | FAMOUS FAMILIES: In 2020 a former U.S. ambassador to Ireland, the last of 9 siblings in this dynastic family, died at 92 Kennedy |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | TWEEN LIT: Referring to the lengthy title of her much-discussed novel, this author lamented that she didn't just call the book "Margaret" Judy Blume |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | HISTORIC LETTERS: A letter from him begins, "On the thirty-third day after I had left Cadiz, I reached the Indian Ocean" (Christopher) Columbus |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | AWARDS & HONORS: As of 2023 the only 2 to win a Nobel Prize in Literature & an Academy Award were George Bernard Shaw & this singer-songwriter Bob Dylan |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | MUSIC MEN: Before creating this record label in 1959, its founder worked on a Lincoln-Mercury assembly line Motown |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | LANGUAGES OF ASIA: Meaning "palace", this word in the name of a UNESCO World Heritage Site follows Jal & Lal in the names of other historic structures Mahal |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | NAMES: The name Jennifer is an alteration of this name that in early Welsh literature belonged to the "first lady of the island" Guinevere |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | MILITARY HISTORY: A 1918 article titled "Do Not Shoot at" these said hunters were interfering with the U.S. Signal Corps' training of them (carrier or homing) pigeons |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS: Barry Barish, who shared the 2017 Prize for detecting gravitational waves, called his award "a win for" this predecessor (Albert) Einstein |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | ROYALTY: Before his death in 2005, he said he was "probably the last head of state to be able to recognize all his compatriots in the street" Prince Rainier (III of Monaco) |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | WORD ORIGINS: Though it meant "seasickness" in Latin, this 6-letter word now refers to a more general feeling of sickness nausea |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | RALLYING CRIES: Don't mess with Texas: Sam Houston's troops shouted this 3-word battle cry while attacking Santa Anna's army at San Jacinto Remember the Alamo! |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | NEW ZEALAND: Christchurch is the largest city in this New Zealand region that shares its name with an English city known for a church begun in the 6th century Canterbury |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | WOMEN AUTHORS: In "A Room of One’s Own", the "four famous names" are Austen, 2 Brontës & this author who died closest to Virginia Woolf’s own time George Eliot |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | COMPOSERS: He was given piano lessons by Madame Mauté de Fleurville, the mother-in-law of Paul Verlaine, whose poetry he would later set to music (Claude) Debussy |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | WORLD LANDMARKS: Also famously cracked like the Liberty Bell, this 14-ton landmark still sounds its distinctive bong every hour Big Ben |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | THE 1500s: In the early 1500s he produced a codex in words & pictures on the flight of birds, one of many subjects that interested him Leonardo da Vinci |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | U.S. SENATE HISTORY: In 1805, after 4 years presiding over the Senate, he left the chamber, calling it "a sanctuary; a citadel of law, of order" Aaron Burr |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | SYMPHONIES: Debuting at Carnegie Hall in 1893, it was written by a European living in New York & partly inspired by "The Song of Hiawatha" the New World Symphony |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | PUBLICATIONS: A collection of achievements bearing this name was established in the early 1950s to help resolve pub disputes The Guinness Book of World Records (The Guinness Book of Records) |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | SCIENTISTS: A 1953 article by this pair says, "The specific pairing we have postulated... suggests a... copying mechanism for the genetic material" (James) Watson & (Francis) Crick |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | COMPOSERS: A fireworks display followed the April 27, 1749 premiere of a work by this man that had been commissioned by George II (George Frideric) Handel |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE: In 2022 the Dept. of Energy noted "a flawed process" & vacated a 1954 commission's decision "in the matter of" this man (J. Robert) Oppenheimer |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | AUTHORS: He dedicated books to each of his 4 wives, including Hadley Richardson & Martha Gellhorn Ernest (Papa) Hemingway |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | WORLD CAPITALS: In English, name of 1 of the 2 4-letter capitals with the same first & last letter, one in the N. & one in the S. Hemisphere Apia or Oslo |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | MYTHOLOGICAL PLACES: "Paradise Lost" says it's "abhorred" & "the flood of deadly hate" & in Dante's "Inferno" it's fed by a "gloomy brook" the River Styx |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | BRITISH MONARCHS: The most recent British monarch not to succeed a parent or a sibling was this ruler who succeeded an uncle Queen Victoria |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | WORD ORIGINS: Theories on the origin of this, a style of journalism, include Cajun slang for unhinged jazz & Boston slang for a person on a bender gonzo |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | OPERA SOURCE MATERIAL: Henri Murger, who was broke & lived in a freezing attic apartment in Paris, wrote the source material for this 1896 opera La bohème |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | COMPOUND WORD ORIGINS: This compound word meant an astronomical object of exceptional brightness in 1910; it was soon applied to actors & athletes superstar |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | FAMOUS PAINTINGS: A German guidebook to a 1937 World's Fair dismissed it as a "hodgepodge of body parts that any four-year-old could have painted" Guernica |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | MAN-MADE OBJECTS: Around since 1998, it's now roughly the length of a football field & travels at about 5 miles per second the International Space Station (the ISS) |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | BOOKS & AUTHORS: In 1930 this author wrote "Murder at Full Moon", a horror-mystery novel set in a fictional town in Central California (John) Steinbeck |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | NAME'S THE SAME: A 1931 Charlie Chaplin film & a West Coast bookstore open since 1953 both bear this name City Lights |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | OLYMPIC TEAMS: A city of about 2.5 million people, since 1984 for political reasons it has been in the name of an Olympic team Taipei |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | ART HISTORY: At the 1865 Paris Art Salon, the elder of these 2 men said if the younger were successful, it would be "because his name sounds like mine" Manet & Monet |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | 20th CENTURY LIT: Squashing the allegory theory, the daughters of the author of this novel say it's "just a story about rabbits" Watership Down |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: Composed around 1720, this group of instrumental works was dedicated to a younger brother of Prussian king Frederick I the Brandenburg Concertos |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | FASHION: The name of these items that became a 1940s fad derives in part from a word meaning "to cut short" bobby socks |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS: The name of this country's national anthem translates as "His Majesty's Reign" & its lyrics come from a 1,000-year-old poem Japan |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | THE MEDICAL WORLD: He created a chest drain valve that aided breathing in wounded soldiers in Vietnam but is better known for a lifesaving measure (Henry) Heimlich |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: In 1896 new spider species were named for a wolf, a panther & a snake from a work published 2 years earlier by this man (Rudyard) Kipling |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | FEMALE AUTHORS: At age 9 in 1883 she moved west, where she met Annie Pavelka, a young pioneer on whom she would later model a title character Willa Cather |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | THE OLYMPICS: This sport that made its Olympic debut in 1988 has a playing surface of only about 45 square feet table tennis |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: Native Americans called it Okwa-ta, or "wide water"; Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville would rename it for a countryman Lake Pontchartrain |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | HISTORIC ORGANIZATIONS: A senator called the 1949 pact that formed this a "fraternity of peace" that "makes the obligation plain... for us & others" NATO |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | ACRONYMS: It was originally a code word used by telegraph operators; Barack Obama used it in his Twitter handle POTUS |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA: In bold letters, it was the 2-word historic N.Y. Times headline for August 9, 1974, followed by "He urges a time of 'healing"' "Nixon Resigns" |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | SPORTS & THE MOVIES: A Geena Davis Institute study found shortly after a 2012 franchise film's release, women's participation in this sport rose 105% archery |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | LITERARY GROUPS: Windermere, Thirlmere & Grasmere are 3 of the sites that helped give a 19th century literary group this name the Lake Poets |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | ASIA: Trained as an engineer, premier Li Peng championed this in 1992; it would ultimately displace over a million people the Three Gorges Dam |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | AFRICA: A major seaport & formerly a world capital, this city has a name from Arabic for "house of peace" Dar es Salaam |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | LATIN IN LITERATURE: A work by this 15th century English writer quotes the phrase "rex quondam rexque futurus" Thomas Malory |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: When the opera "Lohengrin" premiered in 1850, this man, a future in-law of the composer, was the conductor Franz Liszt |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | OPERA & HISTORY: Appropriately, the last performance at the Vienna State Opera before it was destroyed in 1945 by Allied bombs was this opera from 1876 Götterdämmerung |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | REAL PEOPLE IN SHAKESPEARE: In Shakespeare this man is a rival of Prince Hal; in real life he was older than Hal's father Hotspur |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | SHAKESPEARE'S CHARACTERS: Both of the names of these 2 lovers in a Shakespeare play come from Latin words for "blessed" Beatrice & Benedick |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | HISTORIC SHIPS: This 16th century ship got its name from the crest of patron Christopher Hatton, which featured a deer the Golden Hind |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: The original 1900 printing of this book was in a pale green dust jacket stamped in a vivid jewel tone of green The Wizard of Oz (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | BILLBOARD NO. 1 HITS: Billy Joel said, "I think the one time I didn't write the music" before the lyrics was for this 1989 hit, "and I think it shows" "We Didn't Start The Fire" |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | U.S. NATIONAL MEMORIALS: Efforts recently began to reintroduce 2 species of oyster to help restore the contaminated waters of this, a national memorial Pearl Harbor |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | 20th CENTURY FRENCH AUTHORS: He said a famous book of his was inspired by a visit to the zoo, where he observed the gorillas' humanlike expressions Pierre Boulle (author of Planet of the Apes) |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | LANDMARKS: For more than a millennium, a huge embroidered work known as the Kiswa has been used to adorn & protect this structure the Kaaba |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | AUTHORS: In 1960 Jean-Paul Sartre wrote of this man's "victorious attempt... to snatch every instant of his existence from his future death" (Albert) Camus |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | 19th CENTURY FIRST LADIES: After her husband left office, a minister wrote the White House was "purer because" this first lady "has been its mistress" Lucy Hayes ("Lemonade Lucy") |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | THE U.S. GOVERNMENT: Not a department head but of Cabinet rank, the person in this post has had an official residence in a 42nd floor Park Avenue penthouse ambassador to the United Nations |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | PUBLICATIONS: The co-founder of this magazine that began in 1967 said its name comes primarily from a song title but noted a band name as well Rolling Stone |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | FICTIONAL PLACES: The dominions of this land "extend five thousand blustrugs (about twelve miles in circumference)" Lilliput |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | NEW ENGLAND WOMEN: At her funeral in 1936, it was said that "The touch of her hand... literally emancipated a soul" Annie Sullivan |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | HISTORY: His epitaph, in a church in England, reads, "Sometime general in the army of George Washington" Benedict Arnold |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | HISTORIC HOMES: This residence is part of an estate that includes Ballochbuie Forest, a remnant of the ancient Caledonian pine forest Balmoral |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | 21st CENTURY AUTHORS: Once a journalist himself, he began his first novel with his hero being fined 150,000 kronor for aggravated libel Stieg Larsson |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | ACTRESSES & THEIR ROLES: She made her big screen debut as a teen named Laurie in a 1978 film & in 2022 she played that role for the 7th & last time Jamie Lee Curtis |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE HISTORY: In 1915 the assassination of President Sam brought Uncle Sam to this country, beginning a 19-year military occupation Haiti |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | USA: Opened in 1909 & less famous than an older neighbor, it connects Brooklyn & Chinatown the Manhattan Bridge |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | NUMERICAL BOOK TITLES: This 2007 bestselling novel takes its title from a line in the poem "Kabul" by the 17th century Persian poet Saib A Thousand Splendid Suns |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | POETRY: A colossal head of Ramses II brought to the British Museum inspired this 1818 poem "Ozymandias" |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | TEAM NAMES: An MLB team got this name in 1902 after some of its players defected to a new crosstown rival, leaving young replacements the (Chicago) Cubs |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | BODIES OF WATER: Formed some 10,000-15,000 years ago & with an average depth of only about 150 feet, it's named for a man who sailed through it in 1728 the Bering Strait |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | BUSINESS & SOCIAL MEDIA: On Twitter in 2023, this food franchise followed an exact total of 11 accounts that included Victoria Beckham, Mel B & Herb Alpert KFC |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | MEDICAL HISTORY: A vaccine against this respiratory illness came out in the U.S. in 1914 & eventually combined with 2 other vaccines whooping cough (pertussis) |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | U.S. LANDMARKS: In April 1975, to symbolize the start of America's Bicentennial, President Ford lit a third lantern at this landmark the Old North Church |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | HISTORIC FIGURES: Dante gives him, born to a Kurdish family in the 12th century, a place of honor in limbo along with the war heroes of Rome & Troy Saladin |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | HOLLYWOOD HISTORY: Last name of 3 men who missed the 1927 premiere of "The Jazz Singer" because a 4th of that name had died hours before Warner |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | TV HISTORY: The 1980s "Magnum, P.I." used a soundstage of this long-running drama that had just ended, & even referred to its lead character Hawaii Five-O |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | HISTORIC GROUPS: Originally a term for security escorts for commanders, in 27 B.C. this group was designated an official imperial force the Praetorian Guard |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | MODERN WORDS: Neal Stephenson coined this word in his 1992 novel "Snow Crash"; it was later shortened by a company to become its new name metaverse |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | LIVES OF THE POETS: At a seminary that classified students' degree of faith, Emily Dickinson was "without" this, which she compares to a bird in a poem hope |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | THE OSCARS: Born in 1932 & the son of a percussionist in the CBS Radio Orchestra, he's been nominated for 53 Oscars John Williams |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | ENGLISH LITERATURE: It says, "The mind is its own place, & in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same" Paradise Lost |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | EXPLORATION: James Cook's account of a 1774 visit here records an object "near 27 feet long, and upwards of 8 feet over the breast or shoulders" Easter Island |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS: England's "Bloody Assizes" & a 1685 life sentence for perjury were 2 main origins of this amendment to the U.S. Constitution the 8th Amendment |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | FASHION HISTORY: These decorative items get their name from their origin in the port city of Strasbourg, on the border of France & Germany rhinestones |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | NOVELISTS: A 2012 book review noted subjects that "sparked his ire": capital punishment, big tobacco & "the plight of the unjustly convicted" John Grisham |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | 20th CENTURY EPONYMS: A 1940 headline about this included "failure", "liability when it came to offense" & "stout hearts no match for tanks" the Maginot Line |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | CITY HISTORY: Over 700 years after its traditional 1252 founding date, this port city became associated with a psychological response Stockholm |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | BRAND NAMES: The success of this brand has its roots with a hydrotherapy pump its cofounder created for his son, who had arthritis Jacuzzi |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: In a periodical in 1807, he called New York City "Gotham, Gotham! most enlightened of cities" Washington Irving |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | TRANSPORTATION USA: This public agency runs the USA's busiest bus terminal, opened in 1950 for commuters awed by its polished steel & stone the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | SYMBOLS: In math, it's a rotated V; in society, it's a feeling of some marginalized or underrepresented people less than |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | MOVIE THEME SONGS: Monty Norman, the composer of this character's theme, said the staccato riff conveyed sexiness, mystery & ruthlessness (James) Bond |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | MEDIEVAL PLACES: One of the participants in an 1170 event at this place said, "Let us away, knights; he will rise no more" Canterbury Cathedral |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | COUNTRIES OF AFRICA: At one time a province of the Roman Empire, this kingdom is known to Arabic scholars as Al-Maghrib Al-Aqsa, "the far west" Morocco |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | 1980s MOVIES: A writer & producer of this movie said he wanted it to be like a Western or James Bond film, "only it takes place in the '30s" Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | ART EXHIBITIONS: In 1898 what's been called the first blockbuster art show was devoted to him & put on for Queen Wilhelmina's coronation Rembrandt |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | LITERATURE: A 2006 book was titled "The Poem That Changed America:" this "Fifty Years Later" "Howl" |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | INVASIONS: Backed by 14,000 troops, he invaded England to restore, in his words, its "religion, laws, and liberties" William of Orange |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | LANDMARKS: After its completion in the late 19th c., it was called a "truly tragic street lamp" & a "high & skinny pyramid of iron ladders" the Eiffel Tower |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME'S THE SAME: The busiest passenger port in the U.K., it shares its name with a capital of one of the original 13 states Dover |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | NAMES IN THE BOOKSTORE: This man made lists, perhaps to cope with depression; a set of lists he published in 1852 made his name synonymous with a type of book (Peter Mark) Roget |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | U.S. HISTORY: An 1869 presidential pardon was granted to this man, due in part to a plea by the Medical Society of Harford County, Maryland Dr. Samuel Mudd |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: Letters, pocket knives, C rations & steel helmets are among the tangible items referred to in the title of this modern war classic The Things They Carried |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | LAWS IN U.S. HISTORY: A Radical Republican championed this 1875 act but the Supreme Court struck it down in 1883; a new version was passed 81 years later the Civil Rights Act |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | NAMES OF MYTH: Her brothers, Castor & Pollux, saved her after Theseus stole her away as a kid; a larger force would seek her later in life Helen of Troy |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES: Once Africa's largest country in area, it dropped to third in 2011 when a portion of it declared independence Sudan |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | FAMOUS NAMES: For a special 1970s cookbook, he provided one simple recipe--a can of Campbell's tomato soup & 2 cans of milk Andy Warhol |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | CURRENT WORLD LEADERS: In office from 2022, the president of this country has taken so many foreign trips a play on his name is "Ferdinand Magellan Jr." the Philippines |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | NATIONAL PARKS: It's named for a river indigenous people called Mi tse a-da-zi, translated by French-speaking trappers as "Pierre Jaune" Yellowstone |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | SPORTS: In 2010 they introduced the 4-point shot, 35 feet from the basket the Harlem Globetrotters |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | THE U.S. MILITARY: Losses over Asia in the 1960s led to the establishment of the program known as this at a San Diego naval base in 1969 Top Gun |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | ART & SCIENCE: A craft that visited it was named for Giotto, based on the story that 680 years earlier, the painter depicted it as the Star of Bethlehem Halley's Comet |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | WORDS FROM WORLD WAR I: "Cistern" & "reservoir" were suggested names for a secret invention, but the British preferred this less clumsy monosyllable a tank |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | THEATER HISTORY: In 1904, wearing a harness, actress Nina Boucicault became the first to play this character onstage Peter Pan |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WORD ORIGINS: This Sanskrit word referring to a spoken word or phrase comes from a word for "to think" mantra |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | MYTHOLOGY: Poseidon carried off the maiden Theophane & turned her into a ewe; their offspring was the source of this mythical object the Golden Fleece |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | LITERATURE: Published in 2011, P.D. James' final novel, "Death Comes to Pemberley", was a sequel to this novel from 200 years earlier Pride and Prejudice |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | WORD ORIGINS: Originally relating to a story of suffering, this word now more commonly refers to strong emotion of any kind passion |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | WORLD CINEMA: The 2007 biopic called "La Môme" in France, meaning "The Kid", was released in the U.S. under this other French title La Vie en rose |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | NOVELS: "Breeders, Wives and Unwomen" was the headline of the New York Times' 1986 review of this novel The Handmaid's Tale |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | LANDMARKS: Pskov & Nizhny Novgorod are 2 of the cities that have a fortress called this the Kremlin |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | FOREIGN-BORN AUTHORS: In the 1950s the New York Times said this author "is writing about all lust" & his lecherous narrator "is all of us" (Vladimir) Nabokov |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | ASTRONOMY & GEOGRAPHY: At the winter solstice, the Sun is in Sagittarius; it once appeared in this constellation, giving a geographic feature its name Capricorn |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | TELEVISION: Mike Post combined the sound of a slamming jail door, an anvil & 100 men stomping on a floor for this series that debuted in 1990 Law & Order |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | NOTORIOUS PLACES: Al Capone played banjo in a band called the Rock Islanders at this notorious spot Alcatraz |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | BRITISH LANDMARKS: Like Sir Thomas More, 3 16th century English queens are buried at this location the Tower of London |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY: In 1692 Increase Mather wrote, "It were better that ten suspected" these "escape, than that one innocent person... be condemned" witches |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | GEOGRAPHY MNEMONICS: MIMAL, sometimes said to be the silhouette of a chef or elf, stands for Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, these 2 states Arkansas & Louisiana |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | BUSINESS MILESTONES: These were first sold in 1908, at a price equivalent to about $27,000 today Ford Model T |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | IN THE BOOKSTORE: The name of this author dead since 2013 now appears on books written by a former U.S. marshal & a former Apache helicopter pilot Tom Clancy |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | CORPORATE MASCOTS: Born on an island in a sea of milk, this pitchman was jokingly disavowed by the U.S. Navy by saying he is not in personnel records Cap'n Crunch |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | HISTORIC ART: The artwork once known in France as "la tapisserie de la reine Mathilde" is better known as this the Bayeux Tapestry |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | POP STARS: In 2022 she became the first woman to have a Billboard Top 10 album in 5 decades starting with the 1980s Madonna |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | CLASSIC TALE CHARACTERS: In one 19th century translation, she "perceived the dawn of day and ceased" speaking nearly 1,000 times Scheherazade |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | USA: Ironically, though this company founded in the 1860s is Moore county, Tennessee's largest employer, Moore is a dry county Jack Daniel's |
| #8780, aired 2023-01-06 | HISTORIC PEOPLE: After a 1789 event, he wrote, "My first determination was to seek a supply of... water at Tofoa, & afterwards to sail for Tongataboo" (Captain) Bligh |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | CONTINENTAL GEOGRAPHY: Until a 1903 secession, this country's contiguous territory spanned 2 continents Colombia |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER: Continuing a downward trend, in July 2022 it was at 27% capacity, its lowest level since 1937 when it was first being filled Lake Mead |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | AMERICA AT WAR: Until the Civil War, the January 8 date of this battle of dubious military importance but big morale value was a national holiday the Battle of New Orleans |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | TV FINALES: In a reunion over 40 years in the making, Dolly Parton appeared as an angel named Agnes in the final episode of this comedy in 2022 Grace and Frankie |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | AMERICAN POEMS: In an 1847 poem this character sees her town of Grand-Pré burned, but finally reunites with her beau for a kiss before his death Evangeline |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | FAMOUS NAMES: In 2001 he published a book called "Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall"; in 2002, "Existencilism" Banksy |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | CLASSIC SONGS: The shouts of excited children at a 1946 holiday parade are said to have inspired this perennial favorite "Here Comes Santa Claus" |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | BRAND NAMES: Unable to make these candies perfectly round, the confectioner embraced this flawed name for the product Milk Duds |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: It's home to 58 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, more than any other country; the sites include a volcano & a lagoon Italy |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | ACTION MOVIES: Its last line is "If this is their idea of Christmas, I gotta be here for New Year's" Die Hard |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | PRESIDENTIAL FACTS: Only 3 presidents have married while in office--John Tyler was the first & he was the last (Woodrow) Wilson |
| #8762, aired 2022-12-13 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS: Demonstrating the dignity & humanity of Black Americans, he sat for 160 known photographs, the most of any American in the 19th century Frederick Douglass |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | LATIN PHRASES: Originally, this 3-word phrase referred to when a doctor or apothecary substituted one medicine for another quid pro quo |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | 1970s MOVIES: A 1975 premiere of this comedy advertised free coconuts for the first thousand in the audience Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | NAME'S THE SAME: A cocktail, an island & a WWII venture originally called "Development of Substitute Materials" all bear this name Manhattan |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was sworn in twice as president within 2 years, first by his father & then later by a former U.S. President (Calvin) Coolidge |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | PLAYS: A 1609 story in which an exiled king of Bulgaria creates a sea palace with his magic may have inspired the plot of this play The Tempest |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | LANDMARKS: In 2009, during a 20th anniversary celebration, it was called "an edifice of fear. On November 9, it became a place of joy" the Berlin Wall |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | WORLD CAPITALS: Among its nicknames are the "City of Classical Music" &, possibly in honor of a famous resident from 1860 to 1938, the "City of Dreams" Vienna |
| #8754, aired 2022-12-01 | LANGUAGE & ITS MEANINGS: Now meaning someone with nocturnal habits, it catches a sleeping dove in Shakespeare's "The Rape of Lucrece" a night owl |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | NAMES IN U.S. HISTORY: This father was the only man among the 13 plaintiffs in a class-action case filed in 1951 Brown |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | STATES & THE CENSUS: The 2020 Census gave Montana a second U.S. House seat; its most populous county, this one that attracts tourists, grew 11% Yellowstone |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | MUSICAL THEATER: The pair at the center of tumult in this long-running show were originally to be a Jewish girl & a Catholic boy West Side Story |
| #8746, aired 2022-11-21 | PLAYS: The January 12, 1864 Washington Evening Star reported on a performance of this "dashing comedy" to "a full and delighted house" Our American Cousin |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | ENGLISH CITIES: William the Conqueror's son built a fortress on a key northern river in 1080, giving this city its name Newcastle (upon Tyne) |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | MOVIES & LITERATURE: Ridley Scott's first feature film, "The Duellists", was based on a story by this author to whom Scott's film "Alien" also pays tribute Joseph Conrad |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | NAME'S THE SAME: Name shared by a Victorian novelist & an 1805 flagship captain whose name is heard in a famous phrase (Thomas) Hardy |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | GEOGRA-FLEE: In July 2022 the ousted president of this country fled west across the Indian Ocean to the Maldives Sri Lanka |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | GEOGRAPHIC PAIRS: By ferry, the distance between these 2 paired Mediterranean islands is about 40 miles from Alcudia to Ciutadella Mallorca (Majorca) & Menorca (Minorca) |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS: A trip to El Paso with his young son & wondering what the city might look like years in the future inspired a novel by this author Cormac McCarthy |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | CHEMICAL ELEMENT NAMES: The 3 elements whose names begin with 2 vowels are iodine & these 2, one synthetic & one natural einsteinium & europium |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | PHRASES FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD: Cicero wrote that a tyrant ordered this to be hung from the ceiling "by a horse-hair"; his guest begged to leave the sword of Damocles |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BRANDS: With wood becoming more difficult to source, this company turned to plastic for its automatic binding bricks, introduced in 1949 Lego |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | WORLD CITIES: The name of this city may come from "dur", meaning water, a reference to the Helvetian people's settlement on a lake Zurich |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | NOVEL LOCALES: This place from a 1933 novel lies in the Valley of Blue Moon, below a peak called Karakal Shangri-La |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | PHRASES IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Andrew Johnson vetoed a bill that gave reparations to formerly enslaved people, hence this phrase for an unfulfilled promise forty acres and a mule |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | PLACES IN AMERICAN HISTORY: A Native American story says this creek got its name from an injury suffered by a Sioux warrior in a fight with the Crow Wounded Knee |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE: In 1863 Walt Whitman wrote that this politician "has a face like a Hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly it becomes beautiful" Lincoln |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | ARTISTS: Sabena Airlines commissioned a painting by this artist, "L'Oiseau de Ciel", a bird whose body is filled with clouds in a blue sky René Magritte |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS: He turned to opera with the 1903 work "Guest of Honor", likely inspired by Booker T. Washington's dinner at the White House (Scott) Joplin |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | CHARITY: A Catholic charity called Caritas Rome is the beneficiary of money collected from here, over the years averaging about $3,500 daily the Trevi Fountain |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | AUTHORS: When Esquire began as a men's lifestyle magazine in the 1930s, he was asked for manly content & wrote in 28 of the first 33 issues (Ernest) Hemingway |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | 19th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS: This character from an 1859 novel symbolizes the Fates, who in mythology spin the web of life, measure it & cut it off Madame Defarge |
| #8724, aired 2022-10-20 | INTERNATIONAL BORDERS: 2 of the 3 countries that share land borders with Russia & China (2 of) Kazakhstan, Mongolia, or North Korea |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY: Ben Franklin, John Adams & John Jay succeeded as a trio in this city, though Adams wrote of fearing the other 2 would gang up on him Paris |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | FAMOUS ANIMALS: In September 1964 the New York Times announced the passing of this pet, a gift, "used as symbol of honesty in 1952" Checkers |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | ANNUAL EVENTS: In 1986 Larry Harvey called a friend & said, let's do this, no one knows exactly why; it evolved into an annual festival in the desert Burning Man |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | AUTHORS: Featuring a statue of a man escaping his grave, his tomb in Amiens contrasts with the title of his 1864 adventure novel (Jules) Verne |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | DOCUMENTARIES: In this 1970 film, Max Yasgur says, "I'm a farmer... I don't know how to speak to 20 people... let alone a crowd like this" Woodstock |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | 20th CENTURY LEADERS: In a September 3, 1939 speech, he said, "Everything that I have worked for... has crashed into ruins" Neville Chamberlain |
| #8716, aired 2022-10-10 | BRAND NAMES: A neighbor's charcoal drawing of Ann Turner Cook at age 4 or 5 months won a 1928 contest to appear in ads for this brand Gerber |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: A New York Times headline about this disaster included "866 rescued" & "noted names missing" the Titanic |
| #8713, aired 2022-10-05 | TRAVEL: The 1948 edition of this publication said, "There will be a day... in the near future when this guide will not have to be published" the Green Book |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | 20th CENTURY POEM ENDINGS: These 5 words that end a poem are also a proverb; one citation across the centuries includes a reminder not to make the wall too high Good fences make good neighbors |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: William Brodie, an upstanding Scottish tradesman by day & leader of a gang of burglars by night, helped inspire these 2 title characters Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde |
| #8709, aired 2022-09-29 | INNOVATIONS: Seen by a worldwide audience in 1970, black pentagons were added to these to help viewers follow them better on TV soccer balls |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | MAGAZINES: A now-annual issue of this magazine was inspired by the high society parties of Caroline Astor, whose ballroom fit about 400 people Forbes |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: In a later part of the epic named for him, this character becomes king after his cousin Heardred dies in battle Beowulf |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | POP CULTURE: In 2011 Leland, Mississippi, where Jim Henson grew up, honored Henson & his Muppets by renaming a bridge this, also a song title Rainbow Connection |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: Delivered on January 8, 1790, the first of these was also the shortest, at 1,089 words the State of Union Address |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS: The governor of Massachusetts wrote, it "is a poor document, but a mighty act... wrong in its delay till January, but grand & sublime after all" the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #8700, aired 2022-09-16 | DISNEY SONGS: "We Don't Talk About Bruno" from "Encanto" is the first song from an animated Disney film to hit No. 1 since this duet in 1993 "A Whole New World" |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | U.S. COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Founded as a technical institute in 1900, its sports teams are the Tartans & its official mascot is a Scottish Terrier Carnegie Mellon |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS: "This bell was named Marie... alone in the southern tower, with her sister Jacqueline, a bell of lesser size", says this novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | COUNTRIES OF EUROPE: It's the only independent survivor of the Spanish March, buffer states created to protect Christian Europe from the Moors Andorra |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | REAL PEOPLE IN POETRY: Milton wrote of this contemporary: "When by night the glass of" him "observes imagined lands and regions in the Moon" Galileo |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | LITERARY ANIMALS: This children's book character, introduced in 1926 & a friend of the title creature, gets his name from the sound he might make Eeyore |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME: Honored in 1998 as part of a rock group & in 2019 as a solo artist, this singer was the first woman to be inducted into the Hall twice Stevie Nicks |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | INAUGURAL BALLS: At the 1993 Tennessee Inaugural Ball, Paul Simon performed this song, his most recent Top 40 hit "You Can Call Me Al" |
| #8689, aired 2022-07-21 | CONSTELLATIONS: The brightest star of this constellation is Deneb Algedi, or "Kid's Tail" Capricorn |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | HISTORIC AMERICAN ROADS: Originally a Native American trail, the Dutch made it a main road & today it runs 33 miles from State Street to Sleepy Hollow Broadway |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | ART & THEATRE: Asked to design a new set for a restaging of this 1952 play, Alberto Giacometti came up with one scraggly plaster tree Waiting for Godot |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING: Its definitions include containing the metallic element No. 22, pertaining to a group of Greek gods & having great strength or size titanic |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | STATE MOTTOS: This motto is the name of a city in that state & is a famous quote by an ancient Greek from the 3rd century B.C. Eureka |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | SCIENCE & THE BIBLE: A 2021 study suggested that an asteroid that struck the Jordan Valley c. 1650 B.C. gave rise to the story of this city in Genesis 19 Sodom |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | AGRICULTURE: Being brought to the U.S. by a ship docking at San Francisco in 1851 helped lead to it now being a major crop in the Midwest soybeans |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | TELEVISION HISTORY: In the opening scene of its July 21, 1969 pilot episode, a man carves the letter D into wet cement Sesame Street |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | POETS' CORNER AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY: At his 1892 burial, fit for a baron, the organist put music to his words, "I hope to see my Pilot face to face, when I have crost the bar" Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | THE WORLD OF TODAY: Partly because it was a monosyllable, this word was chosen as "a noun that conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission" meme |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS: Each of the 3 films for which he won an Oscar, from 1975, 1983 & 1997, also garnered a Best Lead Actress Oscar Jack Nicholson |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | CLASSIC ALBUMS: This classic album by a Southern rocker gets its title from a Civil War quote by a Union admiral Damn the Torpedoes |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: This author first thought of a parrot before choosing another bird "equally capable of speech" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | DEBUT NOVELS: Published in 1991, this novel, the first in a series, has been described as "historical fiction with a Moebius twist" Outlander |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 1972: In June he said, "Don't lie to them to the extent to say there is no involvement, but just say this is... a comedy of errors" Richard Nixon |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY: A participant in this 1773 event recalled, "Some of our numbers jumped into the hold... I never labored harder in my life" the Boston Tea Party |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | WRITING OLD & NEW: This 2013 bestseller shares its title with the first section of a poem from 7 centuries before Inferno |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES: Known as the female Lawrence of Arabia, Gertrude Bell called this place "a fairy tale city, all pink & wonderful" Petra |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | NOVEL QUOTES: Referring to the book's title, this character says, "I know it's a poem by Robert Burns" Holden Caulfield |
| #8651, aired 2022-05-30 | IN MEMORIAM 2022: On the death of this trailblazing man, friend & mentor, Oprah said, "For me, the greatest of the 'great trees' has fallen" Sidney Poitier |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: A 1946 speech declared the terminuses of the Iron Curtain to be port cities serving these 2 seas the Baltic & Adriatic Seas |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | FAMOUS SPEECHES: In a draft of FDR's speech of December 8, 1941, the words "world history" were changed to this one word infamy |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | THE ANCIENT WORLD: New research suggests a device now called the Archimedes screw helped maintain this one of the 7 Wonders of the World the Hanging Gardens (of Babylon) |
| #8642, aired 2022-05-17 | LITERATURE: A contemporary review of a novel by this man said he "commands attention as a kind of literary James Dean" (Jack) Kerouac |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: The USA's smallest national park is a 91-acre site on the Mississippi River, home to this 630-foot landmark the St. Louis Arch (the Gateway Arch) |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | STATE NAMES: This state was named for a man born in Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover in 1683 Georgia |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | SAY IT IN ITALIAN: It's an Italian word for "mercy", but also the name of a movie character who kills Stracci & Carlo clemenza |
| #8636, aired 2022-05-09 | NOVEL TITLES: A 1590 poem written for the retirement of Queen Elizabeth's champion knight shares its title with this 1929 novel by an American A Farewell to Arms |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | USA: These 2 mayors gave their names to a facility built on the site of an old racetrack owned by Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler William Hartsfield & Maynard Jackson |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | 20th CENTURY CINEMA: A black & white newsreel in this film begins: "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree" Citizen Kane |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | THE CIVIL WAR: A Union soldiers' song said General McClellan, who let a Confederate Army escape after this battle, "was too slow to beat 'em" Antietam |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | THEATER: In November 1864 John Wilkes Booth & his brothers were fittingly part of a performance of this Shakespeare play Julius Caesar |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | BOOKS OF THE 1970s: Aptly, members of a Black family in this novel have biblical names: Pilate, Hagar & the title one, an ancestor of the protagonist Song of Solomon |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | NAMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Capable of freighting about 180 tons of cargo, in 1624 it was in disrepair & appraised at a total value of 128 pounds the Mayflower |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | HISTORIC NAMES: DNA from 2 living descendants of Anne of York was used to identify the remains of this man Richard III |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | FILMS OF THE 1950s: The title character of this film has the same name as the Roman goddess of the dawn Sleeping Beauty |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS: In 2019 he won his first competitive Oscar, 36 years after a Student Academy Award for a film about a Brooklyn barbershop Spike Lee |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | WOMEN IN BRITISH HISTORY: The orphaned future Queen Elizabeth I was devoted to this stepmother who died 2 days before Elizabeth's 15th birthday Catherine Parr |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | WORDS OF THE YEAR: Oxford's word of the year for 2021 was this 3-letter one, short for a word that goes back to the Latin for "cow" vax |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: The Strand Union Workhouse, whose rules prohibited second helpings of food, inspired a setting in this 1838 novel Oliver Twist |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | SMALL COUNTRIES: French, Italian & Swiss nationals make up about half of its population of 38,000 Monaco |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | CLASSIC GAMES: Reuben Klamer, who passed away in 2021 at age 99, developed this game relatable to "literally everyone on Earth" The Game of Life |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | HISTORIC PLACES: Following a raid at this establishment in 1969, protesters confronted police by forming a Rockette-style kickline the Stonewall Inn |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN: It is said of her, "Infected minds to their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets: more needs she the divine than the physician" Lady Macbeth |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | SPORTS HISTORY: Taking the mound for Cleveland in 1948, he was the first African American to pitch in a World Series Satchel Paige |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | U.S. CITY NAMES: Adopted in 1845, the name of this state capital is a feminized form of a big body of water Atlanta, Georgia |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | DISNEY CHARACTERS: In the source material from more than 3 centuries ago, her name was badr al-budur, "full moon of full moons" (Princess) Jasmine |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | POEMS: The title of this poem comes from a 1920 book that refers to its possible "restoration to fruitfulness" The Waste Land |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | SINGERS: In 2021 at age 95, this singer achieved a Guinness World Record for the oldest person to release an album of new material Tony Bennett |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | NEWSPAPER TALK: Meaning an important part of a story, this distinctive spelling helped distinguish the word from a substance used in typesetting the lede |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | METEOROLOGY: It was feared this word caused panic, but in 1950 the U.S. Weather Bureau ended a ban on it in forecasts, saying prediction wasn't impossible tornado |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | SYMBOLS: This U.S. politician asked for a multicolored pennant for a parade; demand increased after his death in 1978 Harvey Milk |
| #8594, aired 2022-03-10 | FAMOUS TRIALS: On her acquittal in 1893, a reporter cited nearby events 2 centuries earlier, saying the days of witch trials are over Lizzie Borden |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | EPITAPHS: Her epitaph, from a 1925 poem by her, ends, "She knows that her dust is very pretty"; "dust" was in another she wrote for herself Dorothy Parker |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | CENTRAL AMERICA: A small river connects these 2 lakes that combined form close to 10% of their country's area Lake Nicaragua & Lake Managua |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: Dostoyevsky wrote that this title man in an earlier European novel is "beautiful only because he is ridiculous" Don Quixote |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | ART MUSEUMS: Before its 1959 opening, 21 artists protested its design, saying it would make paintings look tilted & askew the Guggenheim |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | THE SILVER SCREEN: He was the first actor to star in 3 films that won the Oscar for Best Picture: those of 1934, 1935 & 1939 Clark Gable |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | MODERN WAR: Called the longest siege of a capital in modern history, the assault on this city lasted from 1992 to 1996 Sarajevo |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | AWARDS: These awards have a retro version & winners include the novel "The Sword in the Stone" & "The War of the Worlds" radio broadcast the Hugo Awards |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | PLAY CHARACTERS: A 1949 review noted the "wrong formulas for success" of this character & "fatal misconceptions about his place in the scheme of things" Willy Loman |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | AMERICAN WOMEN: In 1914 she received a patent on a trefoil emblem, which she would transfer to an organization a few years later Juliette Gordon Low |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | CHARACTERS IN BANNED BOOKS: Introduced in 1928, this character has a disappointing affair with a writer before she begins a more satisfying relationship Lady Chatterley |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | HISTORIC STRUCTURES: In 1100 the Bishop of Durham became the first prisoner here &, after plying his guards with wine, became the first to escape the Tower of London |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE COUNTRIES: In 1882, when these 2 countries' border was settled, a minister in the southern one quit in protest out of loyalty to Central America Mexico & Guatemala |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY: A 1525 textbook on anatomy says this, being "so different of colours", could also be called "rain bowys" iris |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | LONG-RUNNING TV SHOW CHARACTERS: This character who has been on the air for more than 50 years is only 6 1/2 years old Big Bird |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | COMPOUND WORDS: The OED says this 9-letter word is literary & poetic, & it appears 11 times in an 1845 American poem, including as the last word nevermore |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: The first national observance of Memorial Day was held May 30, 1868 at this site, on land that had belonged to Robert E. Lee's wife Arlington National Cemetery |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | 18th CENTURY HISTORY: The stated aim of this period was using violence to achieve political goals; its success aided in its demise in under a year the Reign of Terror |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | RECENT BIOGRAPHIES: A 2021 book about his "Misunderstood Reign" argues that he hated slavery & actually suffered from bipolar disorder George III |
| #9, aired 2022-02-15 | PHYSICISTS: A 1927 principle by this Nobel Prize winner says that some knowledge is inaccessible Werner Heisenberg |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS: Early in his career he worked for a newspaper whose style guide said, "use short sentences" & "use vigorous English" (Ernest) Hemingway |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS: A piece of writing advice from this man who died in 1904 concludes, "Otherwise don't put it there" (Anton) Chekhov |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | WORD ORIGINS: In 1793 a French clergyman called the destruction of libraries & sculptures this, using the name of a 5th century tribe vandalism |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE: In 1946 she was aboard a train to Darjeeling when she heard what she later described as "the call within a call" Mother Teresa |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | 20th CENTURY LEADERS: He's called "a flame of inspiration in freedom's darkest hour" in the proclamation making him an honorary U.S. citizen Winston Churchill |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | AMERICAN CITIES: Recorded on a visit to this California city, YouTube's first video featured a man saying, "They have really, really, really long trunks" San Diego |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | BIOLOGICAL ETYMOLOGY: Dionaea, the genus of this plant, is a reference to the Greek goddess Aphrodite, the daughter of Dione the Venus flytrap |
| #1, aired 2022-02-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY: One theory says Charles T. Torrey, a worker on this, coined its name, which appeared in The Liberator on October 14, 1842 the Underground Railroad |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | BEHIND THE DISNEY ATTRACTION: The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror utilizes technology developed by this company founded in 1853 the Otis (Company) |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: This city on the Rhone River that is partly a World Heritage Site was papal property until the French Revolution Avignon |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | WOMEN WHO WRITE: Mimicking her style, a 1912 rejection note read: "Only one look, only one look is enough. Hardly one copy would sell here. Hardly one" Gertrude Stein |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | 1970s SINGER-SONGWRITERS: While speaking to Congress in 1985, he explained that his 1973 hit, now a state song, wasn't about drugs John Denver |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | 18th CENTURY NAMES: In 1793 he left Dublin for the United States, saying, "I expect to make a fortune" off George Washington, & he did Gilbert Stuart |
| #8563, aired 2022-01-26 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The only nation in the world whose name in English ends in an H, it's also one of the 10 most populous Bangladesh |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | SEA LIFE: In 2018 National Geographic reported that half of this was dead, "akin to a forest after a devastating fire" the Great Barrier Reef |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | U.S. MUSEUMS: Named for a benefactor, it was established in 1893 to house artifacts from the nearby World's Columbian Exposition the Field Museum |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | WORDS IN AMERICAN HISTORY: The 1890 Census reported that "the unsettled area has been so broken into... that there can hardly be said to be a" this frontier |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | FILMS OF THE 2000s: One of the screenwriters of this 2001 film described it as "'Clueless' meets 'The Paper Chase"' Legally Blonde |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | AWARDS AROUND THE WORLD: France's national theater award, it's named for a man who died in Paris in 1673 the Molière Award |
| #8555, aired 2022-01-14 | CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS: 60,000 are at rest in a National Memorial Cemetery opened in 1949 in the crater of an extinct volcano in this state Hawaii |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: In 1838 he took a new last name, of a family in Walter Scott's "The Lady of the Lake"; for distinction he added a 2nd "S" to the end (Frederick) Douglass |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | BROADWAY MUSICALS: Each in a show that ran more than 2 years, Ethel Merman & Sarah Jessica Parker played 2 different characters with this first name Annie |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | 20th CENTURY NONFICTION: "Norwegian Independence Day" & "a vast blue sea" are mentioned in Chapter 1 of a 1948 book by this man (Thor) Heyerdahl |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | HISTORIC BUILDINGS: Begun in the 1070s with stone from Caen, it was meant to dominate both a skyline & the hearts & minds of a conquered populace the Tower of London |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | WORD ORIGINS: From the Greek for "ring", the first ones were built by the Romans, including one that could hold 250,000 circus |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | SCULPTORS: Los Angeles artist George Stanley sculpted this, first handed out at a private banquet on May 16, 1929 the Oscar |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | MUSIC LEGENDS: Of their July 1957 first meeting at a church fair, one of this pair recalled: "I was a fat schoolboy and… he was drunk" John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | EXPLORERS: Confirming a theory, fossils found with this explorer in 1912 included a plant from more than 250 million years ago (Robert Falcon) Scott |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | INTERNATIONAL LANDMARKS: In December 2020 an international agreement added nearly 3 feet to this; one surveyor lost half a toe in the effort Mount Everest |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | 3-NAMED WOMEN: Not primarily known as a suffragist, in 1879 she became the first female resident of Concord, Mass. to register to vote in local elections Louisa May Alcott |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Introduced in 1938 & inspired by movie character Torchy Blane of the Morning Herald, she has since gone on to win a fictional Pulitzer Lois Lane |
| #8535, aired 2021-12-17 | FRENCH ARTISTS: The catalog of MoMA's first exhibition called this artist who died in 1891 a "man of science" & "inventor of a method" (Georges) Seurat |
| #8529, aired 2021-12-09 | 1950s PUBLIC WORKS: Dubbed "The Greatest Construction Show on Earth", when completed it connected Minnesota to Montreal the St. Lawrence Seaway |
| #8528, aired 2021-12-08 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE: Gen. MacArthur said this man's death by "violence is one of those bitter anachronisms that seems to refute all logic" "Mahatma" Gandhi |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | OLD GEOGRAPHIC NAMES: This term once used for western North Africa is still used today in the name of a primate from that region Barbary |
| #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | ORGANIZATIONS: In the U.S. & its territories, this nonprofit whose roots trace to 1980 fulfills a word in its name every 34 minutes the Make-A-Wish Foundation |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | JOURNALISTS IN HISTORY: Bismarck Tribune correspondent Mark Kellogg died June 25, 1876 while on a field assignment covering this man (General George) Custer |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | PLANNED CITIES: A recent immigrant, Lady Denman, wife of the governor-general, announced the name of this new national capital at a 1913 ceremony Canberra, Australia |
| #8521, aired 2021-11-29 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: Its first line says, "The good people of Paris were awakened by a grand peal from all the bells in the three districts of the city" The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | FAMOUS DO'S & DON'TS: In 1964 Berkeley alum Jack Weinberg, age 24, told a San Francisco chronicle reporter this now-famous "Don't" "Don't trust anyone over 30" |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | WORLD CAPITALS: An annual event called Winterlude includes skating on the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO world heritage site in this city Ottawa, Canada |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | 20th CENTURY AMERICAN AUTHORS: The Old Courthouse Museum in Monroeville, Alabama has exhibits devoted to these 2 authors & childhood friends (Harper) Lee & (Truman) Capote |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | HISTORY: In 1985 the mayor of Rome went to a suburb of Tunis to sign a treaty ending this after more than 2,100 years the (Third) Punic War(s) (Carthaginian Wars) |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | FINAL RESTING PLACES: A cemetery on this island has the graves of Robert Fulton & 2 of the first 4 Treasury Secretaries Manhattan |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | MOVIE QUOTES: This 3-word phrase was the protagonist's second line of dialogue in a 1962 movie, the first in a 25-film series "Bond, James Bond" |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | CONTEMPORARY PLAYWRIGHTS: "The Murder of Gonzago" is used as a play within a 1966 play by this man who was inspired by Shakespeare (Tom) Stoppard |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | PRICELESS OBJECTS: It dates back to the "French Blue", which was set in gold & suspended from a neck ribbon when Louis XIV wore it on ceremonial occasions the Hope Diamond |
| #8506, aired 2021-11-08 | NAMES IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY: He was Virginia's 1st African-American congressman, whose grandnephew, a famous poet, used his last name as a first name (John Mercer) Langston |
| #8505, aired 2021-11-05 | TOYS: Introduced in 1964, he fell out of favor in changing times & in 1970 was marketed as a "Land Adventurer" G.I. Joe |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | PAINTINGS: In 2021 experts in Oslo concluded that it was the artist who wrote on this painting, "Could only have been painted by a madman" The Scream |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | 1960s HISTORY: After around 8 PM EDT on July 21, 1969 a major part of a transport known by this 1-word name was never seen again Eagle |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | SONGS & U.S. HISTORY: Victory in 1805's Battle of Derna on the coast of North Africa inspired a lyric in this song made official in 1929 the "Marines' Hymn" |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | 1970s TOP 40 HITS: Seeing a poster for a production of "Cyrano de Bergerac" in a seedy Paris hotel & ladies of the evening nearby inspired this hit "Roxanne" |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: This country of 16,600 square miles has a possession that's more than 50 times as large Denmark |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS: He has studied Cordon Bleu cooking, but is known for his 1981 creation of a character with unconventional taste in cuisine Thomas Harris |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | SPORTS LEGENDS: When Johnny Bench broke his record, this man wrote, "I always thought the record would stand until it was broken" Yogi Berra |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Nazi Germany annexed this nation & divided it into regions of the Alps & the Danube; the Allies later divided it into 4 sectors Austria |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: British zoologist George Shaw looked for stitches when he first saw this mammal in 1799, thinking he was being tricked (the) duck-bill(ed) platypus |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | HISTORIC CALENDARS: Following Messidor, this summer month in the 18th century French Revolutionary calendar had a name meaning "heat gift" Thermidor |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | POPULAR PHRASES: This phrase relating nutrition & health was popularized by fruit scientist J.T. Stinson at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair an apple a day keeps the doctor away |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | RENAISSANCE MEN: 10 years before a more famous work, he wrote in 1503 that the way to deal with rebels is to placate them or eliminate them (Niccolò) Machiavelli |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY: The April 26, 1906 edition of The Call, a newspaper in this city, reported on the heroic death of hoseman James O'Neil San Francisco |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: A 2000 Library of Congress exhibit called this 1900 work "America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale" The Wizard of Oz |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | MYTHOLOGY: The Hippocrene Spring, sacred to the Muses, was so named because this offspring of Medusa brought it into being Pegasus |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | ROCK LEGENDS: A new studio album in 2020 gave him a Top 5 album in 6 consecutive decades, his first in 1975 (Bruce) Springsteen |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | HISTORY OF THE 19-TEENS: Saying he ignored warnings of enemy vessels, the British admiralty sought to blame William Turner, this ship's last captain in 1915 the Lusitania |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | FOOD & DRINK IN THE BIBLE: In the King James Version, these creatures are a plague in Exodus 10, but deemed okay to eat in Leviticus 11 locusts |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: A book by her says, "It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'... but then I am not a rabbit" (Beatrix) Potter |
| #8470, aired 2021-09-17 | 19th CENTURY U.S. POLITICS: Named after a U.K. political party that helped depose a king, the U.S. Whig Party was formed to oppose this man (Andrew) Jackson |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | SCIENTIFIC ETYMOLOGY: 2 of the 3 men for whom armalcolite, a dark gray mineral discovered in 1969, is named (2 of) (Neil) Armstrong, (Buzz) Aldrin or (Michael) Collins |
| #8464, aired 2021-08-12 | BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES: Based on a 1974 novel, this film has been described as combining "An Enemy of the People" & "Moby Dick" Jaws |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | FICTIONAL PLACES: A savage people called Zapoletes are contrasted with the inhabitants of the title place of this 16th century work Utopia |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | BEASTLY EPONYMS: A penguin species found in southern South America is named for this 16th century man whose crew were the first from Europe to see them (Ferdinand) Magellan |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | LITERATURE & THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: In 2020 scientists named Trimeresurus salazar, a new species of this, after a character in a book series a snake |
| #8458, aired 2021-08-04 | THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: The first published announcement of the Declaration was by a Philadelphia paper that reported it in this foreign language German |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | HISTORIC BUSINESSMEN: Born in the village of Waldorf, Germany in 1763, he arrived in the U.S. in 1784 (John Jacob) Astor |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | COMEDY & SPORTS: These are the 2 of a reporter's 5 W's that are not on the baseball team in Abbott & Costello's "Who's on First?" Where & When |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS: "Let's all sink with the king" is a line from the opening scene of this play The Tempest |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS: After being born this creature would bring the remains of its forebear to Heliopolis & put them on the altar of the sun god the phoenix |
| #8450, aired 2021-07-23 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: This owner of a large estate in Derbyshire is described as "proud" at least half a dozen times (Mr. Fitzwilliam) Darcy |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | 1970s MOVIE SCENES: Writer Dan O'Bannon based a scene in this film on his own Crohn's disease, which felt like things inside him fighting to get out Alien |
| #8447, aired 2021-07-20 | THE 20th CENTURY: The code name for a historic meeting at this city was Argonaut, after the heroes who searched for the Golden Fleece on the Black Sea Yalta |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | HISTORY: Completed around 1455, it sometimes gets another name because a famous copy was found in the library of Cardinal Mazarin the Gutenberg Bible |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | BOOK CHARACTERS: Trying to emulate the title character, he fails & is told "You lack a set of spinnerets, & you lack know-how" Wilbur |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | ANIMATION: These characters first seen onscreen in a 1938 film are known in Spain as Juanito, Jorgito & Jaimito Huey, Dewey & Louie |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS: In 1899 James Atkinson patented his new & improved one of these, including its spring-powered snapping action a mousetrap |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | COLLEGE LIFE: This dish associated with Harvard goes back to the start of the school; the wife of the first headmaster made an awful version hasty pudding |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | 1980s BESTSELLERS: The title of this 1985 novel by a Canadian author partly alludes to the similarly named stories in a 14th century work The Handmaid's Tale |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | MUSICAL LANDMARKS: A cleft in limestone in England sheltered Reverend Augustus Toplady from a storm & inspired this popular hymn "Rock Of Ages" |
| #8438, aired 2021-07-07 | ROCK BANDS: In 2017 this band whose singer goes by a nickname became the first to have No. 1 albums in the U.S. in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s & 2010s U2 |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | HIT SONGS: Written in 1930, this song was a No. 1 hit in 1960 & was covered by The Band to support a 1976 presidential candidate "Georgia On My Mind" |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | COLORS & HISTORY: A blue pigment & a shade of blue popular in shirts are named for these, the 2 opposing nations in an 1870-71 war France & Prussia |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | NEW YORK CITY: Bright new lighting installed in 1880 on a street that crosses Manhattan diagonally led to this 3-word nickname the Great White Way |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: "Camelot", "The Pilgrims" & "A Postscript by Clarence" are chapters in a classic novel by this author Mark Twain |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | FAMOUS WOMEN: In 1983, 20 years after her famous first, she was honored on a one-ruble coin Valentina Tereshkova |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | 19th CENTURY LITERARY CREATURES: The author said the name of this 10-letter creature in his poem meant "the result of much excited discussion" the Jabberwock |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | REFERENCE BOOKS: Emily Dickinson made frequent use of a work by this family friend & said that for several years, it was "my only companion" (Noah) Webster |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | FICTION: In a 1915 story by this European, a woman finds a corpse & says, "It's gone & croaked--just lying there, dead as a doornail!" (Franz) Kafka |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | MOVIE CHARACTERS: A character who was going to be called Lunar Larry became him, inspired by the name of a real person Buzz Lightyear |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | AMERICAN WOMEN: During her second marriage, she split her time among homes in New York, New Jersey, Paris & Greece & a yacht Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | GEOGRAPHY WORDS: From the Latin for "key", this word for a type of isolated country applies to Vatican City, which has keys on its flag an enclave |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | 1960s SINGERS: In 2002 Macon, Georgia, where he grew up, unveiled a statue of this man who sits overlooking the water, a nod to his posthumous No. 1 hit Otis Redding |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | FOOD & DRINK PHRASES: A 1951 Time article said, "Since the war," this 2-word term for a period of time "has been written into union contracts" coffee break |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | GOLDEN AGE ACTRESSES: In 2013 the Victoria & Albert Museum acquired her archives, including letters from Laurence Olivier & Tennessee Williams Vivien Leigh |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | 17th CENTURY FRENCHMEN: Pope Urban VIII once said, "if there is a God," this French minister "will have much to answer for. If not, he had a successful life" (Cardinal) Richelieu |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | NEWSPAPER NAMES: Used as a newspaper name from New York to San Diego, it was an ancient Roman official who represented the people's interests Tribune |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | AROUND THE WORLD: In the 1860s a zoologist proposed that this island was once part of a lost continent he dubbed Lemuria Madagascar |
| #8411, aired 2021-05-31 | THE BUSINESS OF TELEVISION: The day it debuted in 1980, this network with an Italian name aired a Carnegie Hall celebration of Aaron Copland's 80th birthday Bravo |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | MUSIC & GEOGRAPHY: In a British folk tune, the title lass Maggie May is sentenced to go way down south to this penal colony that rhymes with her name Botany Bay |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | NOBEL-WINNING NOVELISTS: Falsely accused of murder, a character in his 1948 novel becomes "tyrant over the whole county's white conscience" (William) Faulkner |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: The year before his 1809 birth, his parents acted in "King Lear", leading scholars to believe he was named for a "Lear" character Edgar Allan Poe |
| #8402, aired 2021-05-18 | ANIMALS: German settlers in Texas called this animal "Panzerschwein" armadillo |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | WORLD CAPITALS: A national capital for less than 100 years, it's the westernmost capital in mainland Asia Ankara, Turkey |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: The last book Dr. Seuss published in his lifetime, it climbs bestseller lists every spring Oh, the Places You'll Go! |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | U.S. HISTORY: On April 7, 1789 Charles Thomson & Sylvanus Bourne left New York City to tell these 2 men the results of a vote taken the day before George Washington & John Adams |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | SHAKESPEARE & HISTORY: Macbeth has a vision of a line of 8 Scottish kings, the 8th holding a mirror to reflect this 9th in line who may have been in the audience James I of England (James VI of Scotland) |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | COUNTRIES' NATIONAL ANTHEMS: With words written by a Bishop of Urgell, its anthem praises Charlemagne & says it "was born a princess... between two nations" Andorra |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | WORLD LITERATURE: This 1970s memoir told of harsh places that metaphorically were like an island chain "from the Bering Strait almost to the Bosporus" The Gulag Archipelago |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | BOOKS & AUTHORS: In books by him, the Kingdom of Noland, ruled by an orphan named Bud, borders a country called Ix, where Queen Zixi reigns (Lyman Frank) Baum |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | ODD WORDS: A homophone of a letter in the alphabet, this 5-letter word sounds the same if you remove its last 4 vowels queue |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS: This director was quoted as saying, "I believe I can take any 60 pages of the Bible and make a great picture" Cecil B. DeMille |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | U.S. NATIONAL PARKS: This subtropical region is a biosphere reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, &, as of 1947, a National Park the Everglades |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | MOVIE TITLE CHARACTERS: In this 2012 film set just before the Civil War, a German dentist declares that the title character's surname is Freeman Django Unchained |
| #8384, aired 2021-04-22 | CONTINENTAL GEOGRAPHY: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea & Somalia make up this region named for its resemblance to a part of a native animal the Horn of Africa |
| #8383, aired 2021-04-21 | AMERICAN BUSINESS: In 2004, after a century as a household name, its last model rolled off the assembly line in Lansing, Michigan Oldsmobile |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | AMERICAN NAMES: One of the luminaries who drove in the "Golden Spike" in Utah in 1869 was this man who later founded a university (Leland) Stanford |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | ASTRONOMY: As Huygens observed in 1656, a weapon in this constellation contains a nebula, one of a few that can be seen with the naked eye Orion |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: One edition of this 1930s novella shows a farm within the silhouette of a rabbit Of Mice and Men |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | NOTORIOUS: In 1897 she was accused of a much lesser crime, shoplifting in Rhode Island Lizzie Borden |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | 20th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY: A biography of him: "In a sweltering, dimly lit cabin, its window shades closed... his first presidential decisions were made" Lyndon Johnson |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | DAYTIME TV PERSONALITIES: Accepting a Lifetime Achievement Emmy, he said, "Just take... 10 seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are" Mr. (Fred) Rogers |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM: A real-life antidisestablishmentarian, William Bridgeman opposed the 1920 disestablishment of this in Wales church |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | LOGOS: After 9/11, designer Milton Glaser modified this iconic logo of his, adding a bruise & the words "More Than Ever" I Heart New York (I Love New York) |
| #8367, aired 2021-03-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY: While performing in Philadelphia, the future father of this man sent a letter threatening to slit Andrew Jackson's throat (John Wilkes) Booth |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | AUTHORS: BOOK TO SCREEN: Horrified by the 1964 movie musical from her work, she okayed a U.K. stage version as long as "no Americans" were involved (P.L.) Travers |
| #8365, aired 2021-03-26 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1869 he moved to Yosemite Valley & was the first to say the area was formed by glacial erosion, a theory generally accepted today (John) Muir |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: The "effect" named for this company founded in 1943 refers to increased value of a product to a consumer whose own labor is needed IKEA |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | SHAKESPEAREAN REFERENCES: This name given to U.K. labor strife in December 1978 & January 1979 was taken from the first line of a Shakespeare history play the Winter of (our) Discontent |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | TRIPLE-"A" GEOGRAPHY: Home to the Piazza Alberica, this Italian city is better known for what it supplied to works by Henry Moore & Michelangelo Carrara |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | FICTIONAL PLACES: Introduced to readers in 2008, its name comes from a Latin phrase for "bread & circuses", offerings used to appease the masses Panem |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | HISTORIC PLACES: 8 presidents have visited this battle site with an Algonquian name about 50 miles from Washington; for McKinley, it was a return visit Antietam |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS: Representing its outspoken tone, this newspaper founded in the 19th century has the name of a free-spirited opera character Le Figaro |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | SCIENCE FICTION: In a 1952 sci-fi story, a time traveler returning to the present finds a dead one of these insects on his shoe a butterfly |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | RADIO HISTORY: A 1949 broadcast in Spanish of this drama from 11 years before caused mass panic in Ecuador & the destruction of the radio station "The War of the Worlds" |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS: In "Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes" Charles de Brosses coined this term for the many islands of the region Polynesia |
| #8345, aired 2021-02-26 | EARLY U.S. HISTORY: Elbridge Gerry, Charles Pinckney & John Marshall were the diplomats in this 1797 incident that led to a quasi-war with France the XYZ Affair |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES: Losing its ocean access in 1993, this African Union member is the most populous landlocked nation, with 110 million people Ethiopia |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | MOVIE DIRECTORS: Along with his writing partner, this director is the only person to win screenwriting Oscars for both a film & its sequel Francis Ford Coppola |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHERS: Asked to describe this 4th century B.C. member of the Cynics, Plato called him "a Socrates gone mad" Diogenes |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | THE OSCARS: The first time an individual won 4 awards at a single ceremony was in 1954, when his wins included Best 2-Reel Short Subject Walt Disney |
| #8332, aired 2021-02-09 | THE 50 STATES: While it has only 31 miles of coastline on the Atlantic, its shoreline is almost 3,200 miles thanks to a large estuary & its tributaries Maryland |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | WORLD LITERATURE: In a classic novel from 1866, the murders of 2 women take place in this city St. Petersburg |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | POPES & HISTORY: Late 16th century Pope Sixtus V regarded this invasion force as a crusade & promised indulgences to all who participated the Spanish Armada |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | WRITERS FOR CHILDREN: The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine gave "rejoice" as a rhyme for the correct pronunciation of his name Dr. Seuss |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | SCIENCE WORDS: This word used to denote an irreversible dispersion of energy was coined in the 1860s to sound a bit like "energy" entropy |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS: In a 1959 article he wrote, "People began to call themselves beatniks, beats... bugniks &... I was called the 'avatar' of all this" Jack Kerouac |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | THE WILD WEST: These 2 legends both known for buckskin clothes & long, flowing hair met violent ends 38 days apart, in Montana & South Dakota (George Armstrong) Custer & (Wild Bill) Hickok |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | POP MUSIC: First released as a single in 1982, this song was re-released & charted again 17 years later & 17 years after that "1999" |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | BRITISH WRITERS: When Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days in 1926, this British fellow writer tried to find her with the help of a spiritual medium Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #8314, aired 2021-01-14 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: This 1969 book was first printed in Japan because no U.S. company would then make a book with so many holes in the pages The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | FAMOUS ANIMALS: When she first came to the world's attention in 1957, she was dubbed "Muttnik" by U.S. journalists Laika |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | 1960s SONGS: The name of this title song from a 1964 movie can be translated from Spanish as "Long Live The Meadows" "Viva Las Vegas" |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | WOMEN & SCIENCE: Dr. Margaret Todd gave science this word for different forms of one basic substance; it's from the Greek for "equal" & "place" isotope |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES: Released in 2017, this movie is the highest-grossing film in the U.S. that's set during World War I Wonder Woman |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | STATE NAME ORIGINS: The names of these 2 states honor a king & his father, who was executed in 1649 North & South Carolina |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | LITERARY CHARACTERS OF THE 1600s: When the title character tells him that a great adventure may win him an island he can govern, he leaves his family Sancho Panza |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | PLAY CHARACTERS: This title character says, "Who find my visage's center ornament a thing to jest at--it is my wont... to let him taste my steel" Cyrano de Bergerac |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | BROADWAY REVIVALS: Ads for the 2020 revival of this musical said, "Something's coming. Something good"; a new movie version is also coming West Side Story |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: Once a residence of rulers of Austria, this city on the Danube less than 20 miles from Vienna became a national capital in 1993 Bratislava |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | AMERICAN LIT: A book by him says, "From the forest came the call…distinct and definite as never before--a long-drawn howl" Jack London |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | THE ANCIENT WORLD: He got to propose his own sentence & joked that since he was actually a benefactor of the state, he should get free meals! Socrates |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | FANTASTIC BEASTS: Symbols of strength in the Bible include behemoth & this horned creature, perhaps an extinct wild ox, which the King James Version mentions 9 times a unicorn |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | SINGER/ACTRESSES: This California-born woman won a Best Leading Actress Academy Award in 1988, when she had 2 Top 20 hit songs Cher |
| #8287, aired 2020-11-24 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS: One of the liberties listed in this: "No man shall be forced to perform more service for a knight's 'fee'... than is due from it" the Magna Carta |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | DOG BREEDS: Alpendog was a proposed name for this dog breed St. Bernard |
| #8283, aired 2020-11-18 | COUNTRY NAME ORIGINS: This island country was named for a 16th century Spanish king whose name comes from the Greek for "lover of horses" the Philippines |
| #8279, aired 2020-11-12 | WORLD FLAGS: Both Wales & Bhutan have flags bearing one of these mythical creatures a dragon |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | HISTORY OF MEDICINE: 2020 marks the 55th birthday of the first piece of equipment dedicated to this process, now used for regular screenings mammogram |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | HISTORY IN THE MOVIES: Vehicles in "2001: A Space Odyssey" featured this airline's logo, but the company went bankrupt in 1991 Pan Am |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | WORD ORIGINS: This word for a type of building or institution comes from Greek for a place sacred to a mythical group of 9 museum |
| #8273, aired 2020-11-04 | COUNTRY NAMES: 5 U.N. member countries have one-syllable names: Chad, Laos & these 3 in Europe Spain, France & Greece |
| #8271, aired 2020-11-02 | POLITICAL SPEECHES: At the 2004 DNC, Barack Obama used a fairly new metaphor, saying, "Pundits... slice & dice our country into" these 2 types of states red & blue |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | PHRASES OF THE 1950s: A 1954 book review said of this colorful 2-word term, also applied to the post-WWI era, "the underlying hysteria lives on" Red Scare |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | AWARDS & HONOREES: He used his 1983 Pritzker Prize money on a scholarship fund for Chinese students to study their profession in the United States I.M. Pei |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | THE 13 COLONIES: Pride in the document under which this future state was governed from 1639 to 1662 led to its official state nickname Connecticut |
| #8266, aired 2020-10-26 | ANCIENT TEXTS: Developed in the 18th century B.C. & named for a ruler, it aimed to "settle all disputes & heal all injuries" the Code of Hammurabi |
| #8264, aired 2020-10-22 | 20th CENTURY ART: In occupied Paris, a German officer asked Picasso if he had done this masterpiece; he replied, "No, you did" Guernica |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | SCREENWRITERS: This once-blacklisted screenwriter of "Spartacus" got a posthumous credit & an Oscar for a 1953 film Dalton Trumbo |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | 20th CENTURY AMERICAN MUSIC: The composer of this 1944 ballet piece said it "concerned a pioneer celebration... around a newly built farmhouse in the... hills" Appalachian Spring |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | PSYCHOLOGICAL TERMS: Physician "Cannonball Mike" Friedman defined this behavioral type & admitted the term applied to himself Type A personality |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | MOVIE APPEARANCES: Not an actor, this man who died in 2018 appeared briefly in some 40 mainly action films with a combined $30 billion worldwide gross Stan Lee |
| #8257, aired 2020-10-13 | LITERARY PRONOUNS: Thanks to a horror film, this novel returned to the bestseller lists in 2017, some 30 years after reaching No. 1 It |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | BOOKS OF THE 1950s: A special edition of this 1953 novel came with an asbestos binding Fahrenheit 451 |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | ARCHITECTURE: Begun in the 1170s on former marshland, it has been called a "perfect imperfection" & a "legendary mistake" the Leaning Tower of Pisa |
| #8249, aired 2020-10-01 | LITERARY TERMS: In medieval times it was a long tale of a hero like Gisli or Njall; today it means any story of epic length saga |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | HISTORIC FIGURES: In a 1912 telegram to his wife, he said, "Am feeling fine. Have bullet in chest, but...talked for hour and half after being shot" Teddy Roosevelt |
| #8247, aired 2020-09-29 | THE GREAT LAKES: An 1855 poem gives us this Native American name for the 1 Great Lake not known to us today by a Native American word or a tribe's name Gitche Gumee |
| #8246, aired 2020-09-28 | ON THE OLD MAP: On the U.N. website's map of the world in 1945, these 2 initials of a member state appear 13 times on continental Africa U.K. |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | DIPLOMACY: The book "The Eagle & the Elephant" is about the relationship between the U.S. & this Asian country beginning in 1833 Thailand (Siam) |
| #8240, aired 2020-09-18 | ENGLISH POETS: An 1816 poem by him says, "That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome!" Coleridge |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS: Obituaries called this man who died in 1820 a celebrated colonel, the first settler in Kentucky & a man who delighted in perils & battle Daniel Boone |
| #8237, aired 2020-09-15 | THE MUSIC BIZ: In 2019, at a 60th anniversary event in Detroit, this producer announced his retirement saying he had "come full circle" Berry Gordy |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | FAMOUS BUILDINGS: This Rome building with a name from the Greek was described by Michelangelo as coming from "angelic and not human design" the Pantheon |
| #8235, aired 2020-06-12 | AUTHORS: On this woman's passing in 2019, Oprah Winfrey called her "a magician with language, who understood the power of words" Toni Morrison |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | 18th CENTURY NOVELS: The title character of this 1726 novel reaches 4 different lands as a result of a shipwreck, a storm at sea, pirates & a mutiny Gulliver's Travels |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | NOTABLE BRITS: On this man's death in a 1935 motorcycle accident, Churchill said, his "pace of life was faster & more intense than the ordinary" Lawrence of Arabia |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | EUROPEAN LANDMARKS: As described in an 1831 book, it has "three recessed and pointed doorways... immense central rose window... two dark and massive towers" Notre-Dame |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES & MUSEUMS: Of the 15 U.S. presidential libraries or museums, 3 are in this state, more than any other Texas |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | FAIRY TALES: A familiar chant in this fairy tale continues, "Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread" "Jack and the Beanstalk" |
| #8219, aired 2020-05-21 | MILITARY SLANG: This word for high-ranking officials comes from a metal used in 19th century military insignia brass |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | CLASSIC TV SITCOMS: "I Love Lucy" used the French word "enceinte" in a 1952 episode title because CBS didn't want this word used pregnant |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | ADVENTURE NOVELS: In this novel the surname of a pastor, his wife & 4 sons is not given in the text; the title was meant to evoke a 1719 novel The Swiss Family Robinson |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | AMERICA IN THE 1700s: "Every state shall always keep up a well regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and accoutred" is in No. 6 of these the Articles of Confederation |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | NATIONS OF THE WORLD: On the English-language list of member states at un.org, it's the only nation with a Spanish-language article in its name El Salvador |
| #8214, aired 2020-04-30 | ADVERTISING: Copywriter Keith Goldberg wrote this question in 1999 for a financial services company; they're still using it What's in your wallet? |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS: Its first line ends, "the period was so far like the present period... for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only" A Tale of Two Cities |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | 1950s FILMS: The last line of this epic film was "Go--proclaim liberty throughout all the lands unto all the inhabitants thereof" The Ten Commandments |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE: Before they were photographed together in 1862, Lincoln wryly noted this general "should have no problem" sitting still for it George McClellan |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | MEN & MACHINES: John Moore-Brabazon, the first pilot licensed by England, had learned about engines working for this man, first half of a famous pair (Charles) Rolls |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | WORLD ELECTIONS: In 2014 this democratic nation broke the record for total turnout in a single election with more than 500 million voters India |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | RECENT MOVIE SONGS: In October 2019 this song, a duet, was still in the Top 10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart after spending a year on the chart "Shallow" |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | HISTORIC FIGURES: In legend, this real European leader fielded an elite corps called the 12 Peers that included Oliver & Roland Charlemagne |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS: An account of a deposed Duke of Genoa in a 1549 "History of Italy" is a presumed source for this play The Tempest |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | PRESIDENTIAL GEOGRAPHY: This Midwest city is the burial place of one 19th century president & was named for a relative of another Cleveland, Ohio |
| #8201, aired 2020-04-13 | RELIGIOUS WORDS: This word for a concept in Eastern religions comes from Latin roots for "made in flesh" & "again" reincarnation |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | WORDS IN THE NEWS: On September 25, 2019, searches on merriam-webster.com for the definition of this 3-word Latin term increased by 5,500% quid pro quo |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | EUROPEAN BORDERS: Barely changed since a 1297 agreement, the border between these 2 countries is called La Raya on one side & A Raia on the other Spain & Portugal |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY: A 1711 bill cleared the names of 22 people who were tried in this town, including Rebecca Nurse, Giles Corey & John Proctor Salem, Massachusetts |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | CLASSIC AMERICAN NOVELS: Lady Duff Twysden was the basis for a character in this 1926 novel set partly in Spain The Sun Also Rises |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | GEOGRAPHIC NAMESAKES: A county in England has an ocean coastline roughly twice as long as the 18 miles of this U.S. state named for it New Hampshire |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | ADVERTISING CHARACTERS: Jack Keil's team created this animal character rolled out in 1980, the year of the USA's highest recorded murder rate McGruff (the Crime Dog) |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | ALLITERATIVE LEGISLATION: Signed into law in March 1941, House Resolution 1776 was this act that provided aid to a foe from 1776 the Lend-Lease Act |
| #8186, aired 2020-03-23 | 1970s SITCOMS: A warning on early episodes said this show "seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices and concerns" All in the Family |
| #8185, aired 2020-03-20 | WOMEN AUTHORS: 2 events figure prominently in her 2003 memoir: a coup in Chile on September 11, 1973 & the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 Isabel Allende |
| #8184, aired 2020-03-19 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY: 1946 was the last year this place, now a country, was represented in the U.S. House of Representatives the Philippines |
| #8183, aired 2020-03-18 | FAIRS & EXPOSITIONS: To celebrate the 500th anniversary of a major event, Seville, Spain & Genoa, Italy both had expositions in this year 1992 |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | U.N. MEMBERS: It incorporated the "one country, two systems" principle in its constitution in 1982 & put it into practice after a 1997 reunification China |
| #8179, aired 2020-03-12 | ACTORS: Speaking of his role in a 1964 film, he apologized for "the most atrocious Cockney accent in the history of cinema" Dick Van Dyke |
| #8178, aired 2020-03-11 | BOOK WORDS: A 1964 essay coined this 2-word term for "artistically serious" comic books & endorsed it over "illustories" & "picto-fiction" graphic novels |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | 19th CENTURY PLAYS: From the title of a British-set comedy, it completes the final line "I've now realized for the first time in my life the vital..." The Importance of Being Earnest |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | BRITISH NOVELS: A laboratory known as the House of Pain is on Noble's Isle, the title setting of this novel The Island of Doctor Moreau |
| #8173, aired 2020-03-04 | 20th CENTURY ARTISTS: This artist who lived from 1904 to 1989 had a first name that means "savior" in Spanish (Salvador) Dali |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | FROM THE DESK OF THE POPE: A 1919 letter quotes Jesus, "Go into the whole world and preach the gospel" & notes the vigilance, energy & hardships of these workers missionaries |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | THE CIVIL WAR: The Chicago Tribune called Clement Vallandigham, an anti-war Ohio Democrat, a "traitor" & a "hissing" one of these creatures Copperhead |
| #8168, aired 2020-02-26 | SCIENCE WORDS: In 1611 Kepler used this word from the Latin for "attendant" to describe the discoveries of Galileo satellite |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | MUSIC STARS: On July 26, 1972 he testified before a Senate subcommittee on national penitentiaries Johnny Cash |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | INTERNATIONAL AWARD TROPHIES: La Maison Chopard crafts this annual award’s crystal base & 118-gram, 18-carat frond Palme d'Or |
| #8164, aired 2020-02-20 | THE RACE TO SPACE: In the 1960s this Mideast country had a space program & one of its rocket launches, the Cedar IV, is commemorated on a stamp Lebanon |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | FAMOUS FIRST LINES: These 7 words precede, "The rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals" "It was a dark and stormy night" |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | 20th CENTURY EUROPEAN LEADERS: In a 1930s broadcast, this man spoke of “A quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing” Neville Chamberlain |
| #8157, aired 2020-02-11 | AMERICAN HISTORY: After statesman & banker Robert Morris turned down a job offer from George Washington, this man took the job Alexander Hamilton |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | SPORTS TERMS: A member of the British Amateur Athletic Club wrote this 1867 set of 12 regulations whose name honors nobleman John Sholto Douglas the 12 rules of Queensberry |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | QUOTES ABOUT 19th CENTURY AUTHORS: This author "showed that abysses may exist inside a governess", a heroine who was a "commonplace spinster" Charlotte Brontë |
| #8154, aired 2020-02-06 | RANKS & TITLES: Canada, Belgium & the U.S. are among nations that bestow this artistic title that dates to the Greeks & a tree sacred to Apollo (Poet) Laureate |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY: At Harpers Ferry, John Brown & his rebels were defeated by troops commanded by this man who 2 years later led a rebel army himself Robert E. Lee |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | WORLD MAMMALS: A drawing of it by John Hunter, naturalist & governor of New South Wales, published in 1802 labels it Ornithorhyncus paradoxus a (duck-billed) platypus |
| #8150, aired 2020-01-31 | FRENCH TOWNS: Legend says local farm wife Marie Harel & a priest from Brie created the famous product of this Normandy village Camembert |
| #8149, aired 2020-01-30 | ADVERTISING & MUSIC: In 2008, 34 years after it made Billboard’s Top 10, this song title was used by a southern state in a tourism campaign "Sweet Home Alabama" |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | POETS: A Dartmouth dropout, he received 2 honorary degrees from Dartmouth--in 1933 & 1955 Robert Frost |
| #8145, aired 2020-01-24 | BESTSELLING AUTHORS: Now in her 70s, this author splits her time between Paris & San Francisco, often writing 20 to 22 hours a day on an old typewriter Danielle Steel |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | FAMOUS NAMES: A new Election Day ritual is leaving “I Voted” stickers on the headstone of this historic woman at a Rochester, New York cemetery Susan B. Anthony |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | CLASSIC MOVIES: This 1939 film was loosely based on Senator Burton Wheeler, victim of a sham investigation for looking into the Justice Department Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: Einstein's theory of relativity & Max Planck's quantum theory inspired this book that won a 1963 Newbery Medal A Wrinkle in Time |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDIES: He has 272 speeches, the most of any non-title character in a Shakespeare tragedy Iago |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | IT'S ALL GREECE TO ME: This area of Greece, home to Pan, is synonymous with a rural paradise; it's a setting for Virgil's shepherd poems the "Eclogues" Arcadia |
| #8137, aired 2020-01-14 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: About the size of West Virginia, Devon Island is the largest uninhabited island in the world & a possession of this country Canada |
| #6, aired 2020-01-09 | 21st CENTURY OSCAR WINNERS: These 2 foreign-born directors have each won 2 Best Director Oscars, but none of their films has won Best Picture Ang Lee & Alfonso Cuarón |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | INFLUENTIAL WRITING: Its second line is "All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope & Czar, Metternich & Guizot..." The Communist Manifesto |
| #2, aired 2020-01-07 | ASTRONOMERS: This man's name was given to a comet that crashed into Jupiter in 1994; he's the only human whose remains lie on the Moon Shoemaker |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | PRESIDENTS & THE BIBLE: "Silent" Calvin Coolidge was inaugurated in 1925 on a Bible open to this 6-word first line of the Gospel According to John "In the beginning was the Word" |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | 1960s NOVELS: This book defines its own title as "concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers... was the process of a rational mind" Catch-22 |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: Until a 1913 amendment allowed this, 1/3 of U.S. government revenue came from liquor income tax |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | SCIENTISTS: About 100 years before Darwin, this naturalist put orangutans & humans in a group with the Latin name "Homo" (Carolus) Linnaeus |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | BUSINESS & INNOVATION: Stuck with 260 tons of unused turkey in late 1953, this company ordered aluminum trays & sold 10 million units of a new item in 1954 Swanson |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | 1950s PEOPLE: In a New Yorker profile, he said, "Where I like it is out west in Wyoming, Montana, & Idaho, & I like Cuba & Paris" Ernest Hemingway |
| #8122, aired 2019-12-24 | HISTORIC AMERICAN CITIES: Damage from Hurricane Matthew in this city in 2016 revealed a plot of colonist graves from perhaps as long as 430 years ago St. Augustine, Florida |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | CLASSIC FICTION: A 1902 work says of a riverboat journey, "We penetrated deeper and deeper into" this, the work's title Heart of Darkness |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | TV THEME MUSIC: A short piece for 2 guitars called "Strange No. 3" was the first part of the theme music for this drama series that debuted in 1959 The Twilight Zone |
| #8114, aired 2019-12-12 | WOMEN AUTHORS: In 1947 she testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee on how the film "Song of Russia" was Communist propaganda Ayn Rand |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARKS: Established in 2015, the Manhattan Project National Historical Park has sites in Hanford, Washington; Los Alamos, N.M. & this Tennessee city Oak Ridge |
| #8110, aired 2019-12-06 | EUROPE: A tourism website for this country noted its colorful history "filled with barbarians", royalty, "& even a movie star" Monaco |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | HOLIDAY SONGS: This song had its beginnings as a book handed out to children at Christmas at Montgomery Ward "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
| #8108, aired 2019-12-04 | OPERA TITLE NAMES: Before being consumed in flames, he flirts with a bride on her wedding day & a list of his amorous conquests is sung Don Giovanni |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | WORD ORIGINS: From a Sanskrit word for "descent", it's the form a god takes upon descending to Earth avatar |
| #8102, aired 2019-11-26 | POLITICAL PHRASES: Speechwriter Samuel Rosenman said FDR "attached no importance to" this phrase, "two monosyllables" in a 1932 speech New Deal |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY: One a Civil War hero & one a U.S. Senator, brothers with this last name were both considered for the 1884 Republican presidential nomination Sherman |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | MOVIE & BOOK TITLES: This title of a 1962 novel & 1975 film refers to the direction the last of 3 geese took in an old nursery rhyme One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES: A dispute over Etorofu, Habomai, Kunashiri & Shikotan has kept these 2 countries from ever signing a WWII peace treaty Japan & Russia |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS: By Hebrew word count, the longest book bears this name that led to a word for a long complaint or rant Jeremiah |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | ITALIAN INVENTORS: In a 1644 letter he wrote, "We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air", which is what his invention measures Torricelli |
| #8092, aired 2019-11-12 | U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS: In 2018 Forbes said this "Belt's Demographic Delight is" this other "Belt's Demographic Dilemma" the Sun Belt & the Rust Belt |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | FAMOUS PHRASES: In the title of a groundbreaking 1890 expose of poverty in New York City slums, these 3 words follow "How the" Other Half Lives |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: From an 1894 work, his name literally translates to "tiger king" Shere Khan |
| #8089, aired 2019-11-07 | 20th CENTURY ART: A derisive description of the shape of the houses in the 1908 painting "Houses at l'Estaque" gave this art style its name Cubism |
| #8086, aired 2019-11-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY: According to Herodotus, a messenger was sent 150 miles from Athens to Sparta, just before this 490 B.C. battle the Battle of Marathon |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | NOVELISTS: In a 1952 novel, he wrote, "But there were dry years too, & they put a terror on the valley. The water came in a thirty-year cycle" John Steinbeck |
| #8083, aired 2019-10-30 | WORLD CAPITALS: In 1865 this city named for an early 19th century British hero became a British colonial capital Wellington |
| #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | 1950s CINEMA: Objects of attention in this suspenseful film include a digging dog, a scantily clad dancer & a possible murderer Rear Window |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA: Before its official opening on May 24, 1883 Emily Roebling became the first person to cross it in a carriage the Brooklyn Bridge |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | BRITISH HISTORY: In 2018 Parliament Square got its first statue of a woman, Millicent Fawcett, a founding member of the London Society for Women's this Suffrage |
| #8078, aired 2019-10-23 | 1930s NOVEL CHARACTERS: Prior to a murder in a 1934 book, he says he hasn't been a detective since 1927 & that his wife inherited a lumber mill Nick Charles |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | WORLD LEADERS: This man who ruled from 1949 to 1976 was sometimes called "the Red Sun" Mao Zedong (Mao) |
| #8069, aired 2019-10-10 | ENGLISH HISTORY: In 1600 a royal charter authorized it to set forth to "parts of Asia and Africa" in search of "trade and traffic" British East India Company |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | OBSERVANCES: Washington made the very first presidential proclamation in response to a request for "a day of public" this Thanksgiving |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | WORLD LITERATURE: Some parts were translated from a 15th century Syrian manuscript when this work was introduced to Europe around 1700 One Thousand and One Nights |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | PHRASE ORIGINS: The OED's first citation for this phrase referring to a region of the U.S. is from a Durant, Oklahoma newspaper in 1936 Dust Bowl |
| #8062, aired 2019-10-01 | MOUNTAIN RANGES: A chain of volcanoes is named for this mountain range where the continental USA's deadliest eruption took place Cascades |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | SYMBOLIC OBJECTS: To complete one of its regular trips, in 1948 it took a boat across the English Channel; in 1952 it took a plane en route to Finland Olympic torch (Olympic flame) |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | MUSICAL THEATRE INSPIRATIONS: The title of this musical that opened on Broadway in 1964 was inspired by a Marc Chagall painting Fiddler on the Roof |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | TOYS & GAMES: Invented in 1974 as a model to teach 3-D problems, it became one of the bestselling toys of all time Rubik's Cube |
| #8053, aired 2019-09-18 | THE 1940s: This nickname for a history-changing weapon of 1945 came from a character in "The Maltese Falcon" Fat Man |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS: With lyrics by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier, it debuted on June 24, 1880, at a celebration of St. Jean Baptiste Day "O Canada" |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | AMERICAN MUSEUMS: President Johnson signed a law that added 2 words to the name of this museum established in 1946, D.C.'s most popular the Air & Space Museum |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: The original title of this 1900 classic included a gem; another working title mentioned a Plains state The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| #8047, aired 2019-09-10 | 1960s TV HISTORY: The 1967 finale of "The Fugitive" drew in 78 million viewers, surpassing the 73 million who tuned into this show Sunday, February 9, 1964 The Ed Sullivan Show |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY: A site excavated since 1899, Tell es-Safi has been identified as this Philistine city, home to a giant warrior Gath |
| #8045, aired 2019-07-26 | HISTORIC SHIPS: 215 passengers were rescued when it sank in July 1918, about 500 fewer than it had rescued 6 years earlier the Carpathia |
| #8044, aired 2019-07-25 | 1970s ALBUM REVIEWS: Rolling Stone said this 1976 album had "the best & worst tendencies of L.A.-situated rock" & was an "unflattering portrait of the milieu" Hotel California |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | TOYS & GAMES: The prototype for this game that was introduced in 1948 was called Lexiko Scrabble |
| #8038, aired 2019-07-17 | 17th CENTURY NAMES: In the 1670s English author Charles Cotton built a fishing cabin on the banks of the River Dove to honor this friend & author Izaak Walton |
| #8037, aired 2019-07-16 | EUROPEAN COUNTRY NAMES: Resolving a decades-long dispute with its neighbor to the south, in 2019 this 28-year-old republic added "North" to its name North Macedonia |
| #8036, aired 2019-07-15 | WOMEN AUTHORS: An award for works of horror, dark fantasy & psychological suspense honors this author who came to fame with a 1948 short story Shirley Jackson |
| #8035, aired 2019-07-12 | WORD ORIGINS: 19th c. boots made with India rubber made one quieter, leading to this slang term for one whose job involves surveillance a gumshoe |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | WOMEN ON TV: This character featured in a 1992 Time magazine cover story on "Hollywood & Politics" returned to television in 2018 Murphy Brown |
| #8032, aired 2019-07-09 | ANCIENT TIMES: In 1955 King Paul of Greece unveiled a statue of this hero near the cliffs where he died in the 5th century B.C. Leonidas |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | 16th CENTURY NAMES: Hoping to stop Dominican friar Johannes Tetzel from preaching for indulgences, in 1517 he wrote a series of debate topics Martin Luther |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | WORD ORIGINS: Meaning cobbled together, it once referred to a temporary fix replacing a broken mast on a ship jury-rigged or jerry-rigged |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | ON THE MAP: 9-letter name for an area of 10 million square miles--4/5 the size of Africa--but only about 120,000 square miles of it is dry land Polynesia |
| #8021, aired 2019-06-24 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Starting a university after his only son died in 1884, this man said, "The children of California shall be our children" Leland Stanford |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | COMPOUND WORDS: This 8-letter word can follow nuclear to refer a dangerous accident, or mean a total loss of emotional control meltdown |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | MEDICAL NEWS 2018: For the first time, the FDA approved a drug for the treatment of this, though there hadn't been a new case in 40 years smallpox |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | WORD HISTORY: This word for a bug or malfunction was popularized in the 1962 book "Into Orbit" by the Mercury astronauts glitch |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | POPULAR PRODUCTS: This product that brought virtual tourism into homes in 1939 introduced its first virtual reality device in 2015 View-Master |
| #8012, aired 2019-06-11 | LANDMARKS: Poet Rabindranath Tagore compared this landmark to a teardrop glistening on the cheek of time the Taj Mahal |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | 20th CENTURY THEATER: The final scene of this play takes place by a grave & includes the line "He had the wrong dreams" Death of a Salesman |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | AMERICAN MUSIC LEGENDS: Steinbeck called him "just a voice and a guitar" but said his songs embodied "the will of a people to endure and fight against oppression" Woody Guthrie |
| #8008, aired 2019-06-05 | THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET: This discovery of November 8, 1895 by a German physicist represents a letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet X rays |
| #8007, aired 2019-06-04 | WORLD TIME ZONES: This European country is still an hour ahead of GMT, a move made in 1940 to be on the same time as Nazi Germany Spain |
| #8006, aired 2019-06-03 | SHAKESPEARE'S TIME: The line "a great reckoning in a little room" in "As You Like It" is usually taken to refer to this author's premature death Christopher Marlowe |
| #8005, aired 2019-05-31 | OSCAR-NOMINATED FAMILIES: It's the last name of Alfred, Lionel, David, Emil, Thomas & Randy, who with 90 nominations, are the most Oscar-nominated family Newman |
| #8002, aired 2019-05-28 | ANIMATED CHARACTERS: This cartoon character was based on a character in the educational comic "The Intertidal Zone" SpongeBob SquarePants |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | GAMES: When this game was introduced in 1860, it had squares like Intemperance & Poverty & if you hit the Suicide square your game was over The Game of Life |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | AROUND THE USA: Astronomy buffs visit Idaho for the USA's first dark sky reserve; oddly, part of it is this resort area with a bright name Sun Valley |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | JAZZ CLASSICS: In one account, this song began as directions written out for composer Billy Strayhorn to Duke Ellington's home in Harlem "Take The "A" Train" |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | 19th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY: In 1832, by a narrow margin, this state's legislature rejected considering abolition; a split was completed in 1863 Virginia |
| #7997, aired 2019-05-21 | POETRY & THE MOVIES: Robert Lowell's "For the Union Dead" honored the 54th Massachusetts, the infantry unit in this 1989 film that won 3 Oscars Glory |
| #7996, aired 2019-05-20 | NAME THE FRENCH AUTHOR: "I am making myself liable to Articles 30 & 31 of the law of 29 July 1881 regarding the press, which make libel a punishable offense" Émile Zola |
| #7994, aired 2019-05-16 | 20th CENTURY BESTSELLING AUTHORS: He once said, "In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage...who we are and where we have come from" Alex Haley |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | RUSSIAN COMPOSERS: A 1913 piece by him was conceived of as the symphonic equivalent of a pagan ritual, to be titled "Great Sacrifice" Igor Stravinsky |
| #7991, aired 2019-05-13 | AMERICANA: John & Priscilla Alden lie in the USA's oldest maintained cemetery, which like a poem about the couple, is named for this person Myles Standish |
| #7987, aired 2019-05-07 | TEACHERS: As a teenager this woman regained her sight thanks to 2 surgeries in 1881 & 1882 Annie Sullivan |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | POETS: A poem by him includes, "It was grassy and wanted wear;/
though...the passing there/
had worn them really about the same" Robert Frost |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | WORDS OF THE 2000s: In 2008 Time magazine described this new practice as "one part social networking and one part capital accumulation" crowdfunding |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | AMERICAN PLAYS: A character in this 1944 play is said to be like a piece in her own collection, "too exquisitely fragile to move from the shelf" The Glass Menagerie |
| #7981, aired 2019-04-29 | ORGANIZATIONS: The oldest of these business booster groups, formed in Marseille in 1599, uses "de" instead of "of" in the name a chamber of commerce |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS: The title character of this 1841 novel says he got his name because he kills bucks & does, but not people The Deerslayer |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | THE ELEMENTS: Oddly, mining of this rare earth element with a geographic name, atomic no. 63, is mostly in Asia & with some in South America & Australia europium |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES: This term for an area of the Atlantic originated in 1964 in Argosy, a pulp magazine the Bermuda Triangle |
| #7977, aired 2019-04-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY: On May 1, 1869 these 2 men met at the White House, 4 years & 3 weeks after a more historic meeting between them Ulysses S. Grant & Robert E. Lee |
| #7976, aired 2019-04-22 | 19th CENTURY BRITS: In a poem Lord Byron, a lover of Greece, calls this diplomat & fellow lord a "plunderer" (Lord) Elgin |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | BRITISH MONARCHS: A "VI" has followed these 3 royal names of English kings George, Edward & Henry |
| #7973, aired 2019-04-17 | 20th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS: His first name refers to the ancient district in which you'd find the Greek capital; his surname is a bird Atticus Finch |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | STAMPS: Living people are rarely seen on a stamp, but in July 1945 the USPS issued one depicting this military event raising the flag on Iwo Jima |
| #7969, aired 2019-04-11 | CELEBRITIES: This inductee into the Video Hall of Fame sold 17 million copies of a videocassette she released in 1982 Jane Fonda |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | PHYSICS TERMS: Ironically, it's a metaphor meaning a huge step forward, but this 2-word process only occurs on a subatomic scale a quantum leap |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS: Remove 2 letters from within the 6-letter name of this capital & you get the name of a capital from a neighboring country Berlin |
| #7964, aired 2019-04-04 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER: The Jordan, Bear & Weber Rivers deposit over a million tons of minerals into it annually, much of that chloride & sodium the Great Salt Lake |
| #7961, aired 2019-04-01 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: In a 1947 collection he solved 12 mysteries, including "The Cretan Bull" & "The Girdle of Hyppolita" Hercule Poirot |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: This 1883 classic ends with the words "A well-behaved little boy!" Pinocchio |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | FAMOUS PHRASE ORIGINS: One theory says a phrase for euphoria comes from plate No. 9 in an 1896 meteorological "atlas" of these clouds |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS: Though he became a Cabinet secretary & chief justice, once he wanted to change his name because of its "awkward, fishy" sound Salmon Chase |
| #7956, aired 2019-03-25 | FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION: Operating for only one week a year, a train line to this city moves over half a million people a day Mecca |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | NOVEL QUOTES: A boy at the end of this 1952 novel says to the main character, "Say it ain't true, Roy" The Natural |
| #7947, aired 2019-03-12 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY: Constructed in the 1930s, it extended from La Ferté to the Rhine River, though it also had sections along the Italian frontier Maginot Line |
| #7946, aired 2019-03-11 | PLAYWRIGHTS: Before his death in 2018 at age 91, he received 4 Tony Awards, a Pulitzer Prize & was nominated for 4 Oscars Neil Simon |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | 20th CENTURY NEWSMAKERS: In 1982 a probate judge in his home state of Michigan declared him legally dead Jimmy Hoffa |
| #7944, aired 2019-03-07 | ART: This famous work of art was damaged in 1652 when a door was cut into a wall, removing Jesus' feet The Last Supper |
| #7943, aired 2019-03-06 | WORD ORIGINS: This 8-letter word for a reaction against a trend comes from an engineering term for a jolt caused by a gap in machine parts backlash |
| #7942, aired 2019-03-05 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT MATH: Total of the numbers of the amendments banning state-sponsored official religion, ending slavery & repealing Prohibition 35 |
| #7941, aired 2019-03-04 | ANCIENT WRITINGS: Its principles still used today, this treatise has chapters called "Weak Points & Strong" & "Tactical Dispositions" The Art of War |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | BRITISH LITERATURE: A chapter of "The Jungle Book" has this double-talk title, echoing the opening line of a Brit's poem some 100 years prior "Tiger! Tiger!" |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY: Interpreting for Vaclav Havel, future ambassador Rita Klimova gave us this phrase for a smooth change of government the velvet revolution |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | EUROPEAN ARTISTS: His seldom-used last name reflects his birth near the mouth of a river that flows from the Alps to the North Sea Rembrandt van Rijn |
| #7932, aired 2019-02-19 | BROADWAY MUSICALS: The title of this musical that opened in 1956 came from the last line of a nursery rhyme about a structure that spanned the Thames My Fair Lady |
| #7930, aired 2019-02-15 | 19th CENTURY INVENTORS: He spent his life improving a plant-based substance he described as a "vegetable leather" or "elastic metal" Charles Goodyear |
| #7929, aired 2019-02-14 | COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY: Named for a soldier killed in 1846 at the start of a war, it was in the news again as a port of entry to the U.S. in 2018 Brownsville |
| #7928, aired 2019-02-13 | POETS: He gave his pets names like Wiscus, Pettipaws, George Pushdragon & Jellylorum, the last of which he used in a poem T.S. Eliot |
| #7927, aired 2019-02-12 | ISLANDS: 650 miles off the U.S., it was the site of a 1609 shipwreck of colonists bound for Jamestown that may have inspired "The Tempest" Bermuda |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | PRIMETIME TV: "Complications" was a suggested title for this ABC drama that was renewed for a 15th season in 2018 Grey's Anatomy |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | PRESIDENTS & THE MOVIES: 3 presidential films, all directed by Oliver Stone, have a total of only 9 letters in their titles--"Nixon" & these 2 W and JFK |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE 19th CENTURY: In his autobiography, Buffalo Bill Cody remembered this venture as "a relay race against time" the Pony Express |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | THE U.S. SENATE: An 1890 resolution by Senator Aldrich was killed by this, the very technique it sought to limit; a 1917 rule set some boundaries on it the filibuster |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM: For a while in the 1840s, the French wanted to name this new discovery "Le Verrier" & the British wanted "Oceanus" Neptune |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | WOMEN WRITERS: One of her circle described her as "a lacy sleeve with a bottle of vitriol concealed in its folds" Dorothy Parker |
| #7916, aired 2019-01-28 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS: Ambrose Bierce, a Civil War veteran, said of this 1895 book, the author "knows nothing of war, yet he is drenched in blood" The Red Badge of Courage |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | COMIC STRIP TITLE CHARACTERS: These 2 were named for a European "theologian who believed in predestination" & a "philosopher with a dim view of human nature" Calvin & Hobbes |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | TV PERSONALITIES: In 2000 this man was the host of a No. 1 rated network show & a No. 2 rated syndicated talk show Regis Philbin |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | CONTEMPORARY ART: After it was auctioned in 2018, a work by this artist was renamed "Love is in the Bin" Banksy |
| #7907, aired 2019-01-15 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES: He said, "Victory over (the) Depression will be... by the resolution of our people to fight their own battles in their own communities" Herbert Hoover |
| #7906, aired 2019-01-14 | FAMILIAR PHRASES: Originally a folk term for a chronic rash, this phrase got a new meaning as a title for a 1952 stage comedy & later a movie seven year itch |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | TV DRAMAS: So that viewers wouldn't think it was about opera, the "R" in this show's logo was turned into a gun The Sopranos |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | 1950s TRAVEL: In March 1958 Hilton opened a hotel in this Western Hemisphere capital but 2 1/2 years later was out of business there Havana |
| #7898, aired 2019-01-02 | BRITISH MEMOIRS: Before his death in 1996, this famous son wrote the memoirs "The Enchanted Places" & "The Hollow on the Hill" Christopher Robin Milne |
| #7896, aired 2018-12-31 | 21st CENTURY OSCARS: Before she was 25, she became the youngest performer to receive a second Best Actress nomination Jennifer Lawrence |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY: Most of the land fighting in the first Punic war between Rome & Carthage was on this island Sicily |
| #7890, aired 2018-12-21 | GEOGRAPHY & THE MOVIES: Named the first U.S. national monument in 1906, it was featured prominently in a blockbuster movie 71 years later Devils Tower |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | NORSE MYTHOLOGY: After turning himself into a mare, he gave birth to an 8-legged horse that was later the prized steed of Odin Loki |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | 19th CENTURY AUTHORS: In the preface to a book of his stories, he thanks a herpetologist of upper India & an elephant named Bahadur Shah Rudyard Kipling |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | BIBLE BOOKS: The title of this Old Testament book is from the Greek for "song sung to a harp" Psalms |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | OPERA: In Act I of this opera, a messenger says, "Barbarous Ethiopians" have invaded & "are already marching on Thebes" Aida |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | WORLD AFFAIRS 2018: An Arab League summit final statement rejected "interference" by this country often mistakenly called an Arab land itself Iran |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | THE NFL: For the 2018 draft this team tried to use a parrot to make a pick; the bird got stage fright the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| #7875, aired 2018-11-30 | THE OLD WEST: On October 27, 1881 this town's local newspaper reported on "a day when blood flowed as water" Tombstone, Arizona |
| #7874, aired 2018-11-29 | CATHOLICISM: A liturgical year begins on the first Sunday of Advent, which is the Sunday closest to the feast day of this "first apostle" St. Andrew |
| #7873, aired 2018-11-28 | HISTORICAL FIRSTS: In a tribute with no precedent, the band played this at the Buckingham Palace changing of the guard on September 13, 2001 "The Star-Spangled Banner" (or the U.S. national anthem) |
| #7872, aired 2018-11-27 | ACTRESSES: In 1997 she became the first to win an Oscar for a film directed by her husband; her brother-in-law produced the film Frances McDormand |
| #7871, aired 2018-11-26 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: The 1877 novel "Garth", about a New Hampshire family cursed by an ancestor's crime, is by Julian, son of this novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | 1980s MOVIES: Ebert: This film "works as science fiction, it's sometimes as scary as a monster movie & at the end...not a dry eye in the house" E.T. |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | AMERICAN WRITERS: In a twist of irony, he accidentally set fire to some 300 acres of woods at Fair Haven Pond near the Concord River in 1844 Henry David Thoreau |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | MAMMALS: Scientific name Mellivora capensis, this 2-word weasel family member was named "most fearless mammal" a honey badger |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | 19th CENTURY NAMES: In the 1870s he wrote that "man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits" Charles Darwin |
| #7854, aired 2018-11-01 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: A northern limit of the Roman Empire was a fortified road in Germany stretching 350 miles between these 2 rivers the Danube and the Rhine |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | SHAKESPEARE: Aptly, Shakespeare used "moon" & "moonlight" more times in this play than in any other A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | AFRICAN CITIES: Also a judicial capital, this aptly named city is known for an annual rose festival that began in 1976 Bloemfontein |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | PLACES IN THE NEWS: In a hint of the future, in 1973 Marjorie Post gave it to the U.S. govt. as a warm-weather presidential retreat, but it was returned Mar-a-Lago |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | SPORTS: A low center of gravity is a key to success in this sport with moves including gaburi-yori & uwate-dashinage sumo wrestling |
| #7843, aired 2018-10-17 | WORLD CITIES: The northernmost city with a population over 5 million, it was founded in 1703 & its name was changed 3 times in the 20th century St. Petersburg |
| #7842, aired 2018-10-16 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM: Features on this body include Tombaugh Regio & Sleipnir Fossa, named for a horse that carried Odin to the underworld Pluto |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | AMERICA IN THE 1930s: In March 1933 CBS Radio's Robert Trout said, "The president wants to come into your home... for a little" this a fireside chat |
| #7840, aired 2018-10-12 | CHARLES DICKENS: Both "Barnaby Rudge" & this other famous Dickens novel begin in 1775 & deal with mob violence A Tale of Two Cities |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | OSCAR HYPHENATES: This actor has never been nominated for acting--he won, though, as a writer for 1997 & as a producer for 2012 Ben Affleck |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | WORLD LITERATURE: In a recent poll of 125 authors, this long 1870s novel about a woman ranked as the greatest work of fiction of all time Anna Karenina |
| #7830, aired 2018-09-28 | CLASSIC FILMS: In this '70s Oscar-winning film, the title character's 1st words are "Why did you go to the police? Why didn't you come to me first?" The Godfather |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | U.S. LANDMARKS: In 1883 a Catholic diocese sold this to the state of Texas for $20,000 the Alamo |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | AUTHORS: After this woman's death, her daughter wrote, "As far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends at Y" Sue Grafton |
| #7825, aired 2018-09-21 | COLOR ETYMOLOGY: This word for a gem & a shade of blue derives from the name of a Eurasian country from which gems came to Western Europe turquoise |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | FOLKLORE: In legend, he called all the animals together but only 12 came, including a rat & a dragon the Buddha |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | 18th CENTURY AMERICANS: In a famous 1775 speech, he said, "Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston!" Patrick Henry |
| #7821, aired 2018-09-17 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS: "I've killed my brother" is said near the end of this 1952 book with a Biblical title & a plot echoing a Biblical story East of Eden |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | BEFORE THEY WERE PRESIDENT: On October 4, 1940, for the premiere of what's been called his most famous movie role, Ronald Reagan was in this city South Bend, Indiana |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | DESIGN: Switching the syllables in the German word for building of a home gave this design & architecture school its name Bauhaus |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: To set a record for longest solo journey by kayak, 2,010 miles, Helen Skelton traveled through this nation for a month Brazil |
| #7815, aired 2018-07-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY: The last survivor of this battle that started a war died in 1854 & more men marched at his funeral than fought with him the Battle of Lexington |
| #7812, aired 2018-07-24 | FASHION: Debuting in 1946, it was deemed "four triangles of nothing"; some critics even found it sinful a bikini |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | EXPLORERS: In 1513 the son of a local chief told this man, when you cross the mountains, "You shall see another sea" Vasco Núñez de Balboa |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | MODERN LANGUAGE: This slang term for an environmentalist is literally true of groups that used passive resistance vs. deforestation, as in India in 1973 a tree hugger |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | 1970s BESTSELLERS: The author of this novel thought of calling it "Silence in the Water" Jaws |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | FROM BOOKS TO BROADWAY: "Son of a Witch” & “A Lion Among Men” are sequels to the book that inspired this musical Wicked |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | BUSINESS: Promising "value", which partly gives it its name, this Pennsylvania-based retailer did $7,400 in sales on its opening day in 1986 QVC |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | CLASSIC ROCK: 25 years after these 3 men played a huge festival, they went to play again & ended the set with a tune about the 1st show Crosby, Stills and Nash |
| #7797, aired 2018-07-03 | THE EUROPEAN UNION: Like UNESCO, the EU has heritage sites; 2 of the first 4, a WWII internment camp & a Peace Palace, were in this occupied country the Netherlands |
| #7796, aired 2018-07-02 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS: In a 1989 novel, Jing-Mei Woo says, "My father has asked me to be the fourth corner" in this title group the Joy Luck Club |
| #7795, aired 2018-06-29 | 18th CENTURY NOTABLES: Researchers in London & Vienna now speculate that his 1791 death was due to a strep infection, not poisoning Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| #7794, aired 2018-06-28 | SHAKESPEARE: The prologue of this tragedy is a sonnet whose rhymes include dignity & mutiny; scene & unclean; & life & strife Romeo and Juliet |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | INTERNATIONAL CINEMA: Getting its nickname from a capital, Dhallywood is the name for the film industry in this Asian country Bangladesh |
| #7791, aired 2018-06-25 | STATE NAME ORIGINS: Though it doesn't have "island" in its name, it's named after a European island New Jersey |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | MEDICINE & THE MOVIES: Vestibular rehabilitation is one treatment for a condition that is also the title of this 1958 suspense film Vertigo |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Australia's fourth-largest city, it's at the southern end of the road called Indian Ocean Drive Perth |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: Not in the initial score, the feature giving this symphony its byname was a whim added by the composer close to its 1792 debut the "Surprise" Symphony |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | 20th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY: On Nov. 3, 1948 he sent a congratulatory telegram, then told reporters, "I was just as surprised as you" Thomas Dewey |
| #7786, aired 2018-06-18 | CLASSIC TOYS: This toy was patented in the 1960s as a "liquid filled die agitator" Magic 8-Ball |
| #7785, aired 2018-06-15 | ISLAND NAMES: A Portuguese explorer gave this name to an island he sighted off Africa's coast 40 days after Easter Ascension Island |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | CONSTELLATIONS: This Zodiac constellation includes 2 lines (or strings) that terminate in a star called Alrescha, the knot Pisces |
| #7781, aired 2018-06-11 | BRASS INSTRUMENTS: In playing this instrument whose early version was called a sackbut, it's about 6" from A to B, about 7" from C to D a trombone |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | LITERARY SETTINGS: Ashdown Forest in Sussex inspired this fictional setting for a 1926 collection of stories for children the Hundred Acre Wood |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: He got a real N.Y. Times obit in 1975; it said he wore "false mustaches to mask signs of age that offended his vanity" Hercule Poirot |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | AMERICAN QUOTES: In a 1789 letter, Benjamin Franklin relates the durability of the new Constitution to these 2 things death & taxes |
| #7771, aired 2018-05-28 | 19th CENTURY AUTHORS: This author whom Helen Keller could identify by his cigar scent was the first to call Anne Sullivan a "miracle worker" Mark Twain |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | OSCAR-NOMINATED ACTORS: He was nominated twice for playing Oscar winners--a real one in a 1992 biopic & a fictional one in a 2008 combat comedy Robert Downey Jr. |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: For a link between oceans, the U.S. signed an 1859 treaty with Mexico giving us rights to this 2-syllable strip of land "of Tehuantepec" isthmus |
| #7767, aired 2018-05-22 | FAMOUS RUSSIANS: In November 1836 this writer got a letter naming him to the Most Serene Order of Cuckolds; in February 1837 he was dead Alexander Pushkin |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | U.S. GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY: In 1794 George Washington selected this spot, where today 3 states meet, for the site of a new armory Harpers Ferry |
| #7765, aired 2018-05-18 | GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY: 230 miles long, it defined a boundary between a colony founded by Quakers & one founded by Catholics the Mason-Dixon line |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | SCHOOL SUPPLY WORDS: Adding "P" to a word for a chronic back condition gets you this synonym for graphite or pencil lead plumbago |
| #7763, aired 2018-05-16 | MYTHOLOGY: Ulysses & Menelaus were among those who emerged from the "womb" of this, called "tall as a mountain, ribbed with pine" the Trojan Horse |
| #7762, aired 2018-05-15 | U.N. LANGUAGES: Of the 6 official U.N. languages, it's the one that is written in a cursive form only Arabic |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | CITIES IN LITERATURE: In "Gone With the Wind", Rhett Butler says this city named for a monarch "is the South, only intensified" Charleston |
| #7760, aired 2018-05-11 | U.S. POLITICAL HISTORY: President Madison is credited with the 1st of these 2-word actions; he didn't sign an 1812 bill after Congress had adjourned a pocket veto |
| #7758, aired 2018-05-09 | OPERA: A 12-minute piece of music from this opera depicts Alpine dawn, a storm & the calm, & ends in a section called a galop William Tell |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | LONDON LANDMARKS: Built in the 1990s, it's the only permanent structure permitted in London with a thatched roof since the Great Fire of 1666 the Globe Theatre |
| #7756, aired 2018-05-07 | U.S. CITIES: This city, also the title of a film that won 2 Oscars, was named for a businessman known for 19th c. transportation Fargo |
| #7755, aired 2018-05-04 | LITERARY HELPERS: Passepartout, whose name means "go everywhere", is the fittingly named aide in an 1873 tale by this author Jules Verne |
| #7753, aired 2018-05-02 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS: On July 10, 1804 he wrote a letter of goodbye, just in case, to "my dearest Theodosia"; he lived until 1836 Aaron Burr |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | FASHION BRANDS: Translated from Roman numerals, "55" appears in luggage & watch product names from a company founded by this man Louis Vuitton |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | AUTHORS ON AUTHORS: Whitman said this man's poetry has "a propensity toward nocturnal themes, a demoniac undertone behind every page" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #7750, aired 2018-04-27 | LEGENDARY PEOPLE: Leodegrance, king of Cameliard, gave the newlyweds a piece of furniture on the marriage of this daughter Guinevere |
| #7749, aired 2018-04-26 | SPORTS IN COURT: This athlete lost a 1931 lawsuit against the Curtiss Candy Company Babe Ruth |
| #7748, aired 2018-04-25 | GEOGRAPHY: In 1871 the official addition of this as a province gave Canada coasts on both the Atlantic & the Pacific Oceans British Columbia |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA: Congress met in June 1778 to sign these but found errors in the official copy; it had to reconvene with a new set in July the Articles of Confederation |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | CLASSIC LITERARY CHARACTERS: He declares that one of the people he is trying to emulate is a medieval knight known as Amadís of Gaul Don Quixote de la Mancha |
| #7744, aired 2018-04-19 | U.S. HISTORIC SITES: Its official seal includes the year 1864 for when it was established, a folded flag & a scroll inscribed "our most sacred shrine" Arlington National Cemetery |
| #7740, aired 2018-04-13 | U.S. PLACE NAMES: It's the only state named for a woman & whose capital is also named for a woman Maryland |
| #7738, aired 2018-04-11 | EXPLORATION NAME'S THE SAME: The deepest part of the Mariana Trench & a submersible that went there share the name of this space shuttle Challenger |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | CENTRAL AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: One active, one dormant, Madera & Concepcion are volcanoes in this body of water that shares its name with a country Lake Nicaragua |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | FILMS OF THE 1990s: Tommy Lee Jones won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this movie based on a TV series that premiered in 1963 The Fugitive |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | 19th CENTURY CLASSICAL MUSICIANS: The father of this future composer was a French teacher at the Warsaw Lyceum, where the child would later attend Frederic Chopin |
| #7732, aired 2018-04-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY: In 1899, a reunion of this alliterative squad took place, with the governor of New York fittingly on horseback the Rough Riders |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: The portrait here hangs in the building of this Cabinet department & depicts a man who once ran it the Department of Justice |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENTS: In 2017 this govt. agency dedicated a new computational facility named in honor of 99-year-old ex-employee Katherine Johnson NASA |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | 1960s NO. 1 SONGS: Complaints about heavy workloads inspired the titles of 2 songs by this group, No. 1 hits 7 months apart The Beatles |
| #7722, aired 2018-03-20 | ROMAN HISTORY: Of this battle in 31 B.C., Virgil wrote, "Neptune's fields grow red with fresh slaughter" the Battle of Actium |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | THE U.S. GOVERNMENT: Before signing the bill creating this, President George W. Bush noted its "nearly 170,000 employees" & "a new kind of war" the Department of Homeland Security |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | MYTHOLOGICAL BEASTS: Hesiod said it fawns on all who enter "with actions of... tail & both ears", but when people try to exit it "eats them up" the hound of Hades (or Cerberus) |
| #7719, aired 2018-03-15 | EUROPEAN RIVERS: Of the 10 countries the Danube touches, this one is alphabetically last & is the only one that doesn't end in "Y" or "A" Ukraine |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | 1950s FICTION: The New York Times called this 1,000-page novel by a woman "one of the most influential business books ever written" Atlas Shrugged |
| #7714, aired 2018-03-08 | BESTSELLING NOVELS: This 1990 novel made into a blockbuster film says the Hammond Foundation "has spent $17 million on amber" Jurassic Park |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | CLASSIC BRITISH NOVELS: A preface to this novel calls it "a loud hee-haw at all who yearn for utopia...& a pretty good fable in the Aesop tradition" Animal Farm |
| #7710, aired 2018-03-02 | SPORTS TEAM MASCOTS: Echoing a rock band with 8 platinum albums, the teams of the Ark. School for the Deaf are named for this animal a leopard |
| #7707, aired 2018-02-27 | AMERICANA: A 1931 story in the New Yorker said this "weighs 600,000,000 pounds (&)... contains 37,000,000 cubic feet" the Empire State Building |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | NAME THE NOVEL: "I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet" Frankenstein |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | MODERN WORDS: In 1994 Wired magazine described this 4-letter word as an idea leaping "from mind to mind... as viruses leap from body to body" a meme |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | ACTRESSES: Already an Emmy winner, in 2017 she won an Oscar for the same role that had won her a Tony Viola Davis |
| #7702, aired 2018-02-20 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: In Portuguese this bird is known as beija flor, or "flower kisser" a hummingbird |
| #7699, aired 2018-02-15 | MEDIEVAL ASIA: Though it means "one who serves", in medieval Japan it was a property holder who received rent from serfs samurai |
| #7698, aired 2018-02-14 | HIT SONGS OF THE '90s: The title of this dance hit, No. 1 for 14 weeks in the '90s, can refer to a Seville, Spain neighborhood or a woman from there "Macarena" |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | AMERICAN BUSINESS: A 2007 headline said after being ridiculed since the 1950s, it "takes its victory lap" & noted the auction of one for $184,000 the Edsel |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS: An "ineffable quality", this 3-word title represents "the ability to go up in a hurtling piece of machinery" day after day The Right Stuff |
| #7694, aired 2018-02-08 | UNIVERSITIES: Famed for its health care system & medical school, it also sold 15 acres for $10 in 1947 to build CDC headquarters Emory University |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | FLAG COLORS: They're the 3 colors of New York City's flag & of the Knicks & Mets teams; 2 are on the Dutch flag & 1 used to be blue, white & orange |
| #7691, aired 2018-02-05 | CABLE TV HISTORY: "You need us... for everything you do" was a slogan used by this channel, one of the first to customize content by location The Weather Channel |
| #7690, aired 2018-02-02 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF: Composers of this state's various official songs include Richard Rodgers & Woody Guthrie Oklahoma |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | U.S. AUTHORS: In his 1958 essay "Essentials of Spontaneous Prose", he compared a writing technique to a jazz musician's style Jack Kerouac |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | LITERATURE & MYTHOLOGY: The "very name embodies the idea of flight", says one analysis of a 20th century novel in describing this main character Stephen Dedalus |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | THE 1960s: It was already a crime to alter one of these; a 1965 law passed 393-1 in the House criminalized burning one too a draft card |
| #7684, aired 2018-01-25 | 19th CENTURY EUROPEANS: In an 1889 letter to his brother, he wrote, “I wouldn’t exactly have chosen madness if there had been a choice” Vincent van Gogh |
| #7679, aired 2018-01-18 | SNACK FOODS: The name of this cracker that's been around since 1903 suggests that it was baked 3 times Triscuit |
| #7678, aired 2018-01-17 | SPECIAL DAYS: A 1954 act amended a 1938 one by striking out this word & replacing it with "Veterans" armistice |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | NOVELS OF THE 1960s: The line "Once when you are born & once when you look death in the face" follows this title of a 1964 novel & an action-packed 1967 film You Only Live Twice |
| #7674, aired 2018-01-11 | THE MOVIES: It's the first Oscar nominee for Best Picture to be produced by an internet streaming service Manchester by the Sea |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | THE FIRST CENTURY A.D.: Letters written by this Roman recount the events of a natural disaster, like the death of his uncle, a famous scholar Pliny the Younger |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He became an ex-president while flying over a point 13 miles southwest of Jefferson City, Missouri Richard Nixon |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | CARS: When it was introduced in 1953, this car model's emblem had a checkered flag & a red flag with a fleur-de-lis a Chevrolet Corvette |
| #7668, aired 2018-01-03 | OPERA: This character's famed entrance aria actually introduces him as a handyman, repeats his name & adds "la-la-la-la-las" Figaro |
| #7667, aired 2018-01-02 | NOVELISTS: A 2015 BBC list of the 25 greatest British novels included 12 by women, 3 of them by this woman who died in 1941 Virginia Woolf |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | BROADWAY: Following a show's success in 2011, this group began advertising, "You've seen the play... now read the book" the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| #7664, aired 2017-12-28 | TRADITIONS: This list of 12 may have been inspired by a Biblical garment decorated in 4 rows, the top being sardius, topaz & carbuncle birthstones |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | PRESIDENTIAL HOMES: Originally called Rural Retreat, this 19th century presidential home has a name that's a synonym for "retreat" Hermitage |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | CANADA: As a response to new developments there, this territory was carved out of the Northwest Territories in 1898 the Yukon Territory |
| #7661, aired 2017-12-25 | AUTHORS: A prefatory poem he wrote to one of his novels tells of "the dream-child moving through a land of wonders wild and new" Lewis Carroll |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | RECORD LABELS: This label, home to U2 & Bob Marley, was created, fittingly, in Jamaica with an investment of 1,000 pounds sterling Island Records |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | ADVERTISING CHARACTERS: This brand was looking for a Hemingway type when it hired Jonathan Goldsmith for its commercials Dos Equis |
| #7656, aired 2017-12-18 | ART: Perhaps bought from a Sears catalog, a window for an 1880s farmhouse inspired the name of this 1930 painting American Gothic |
| #7654, aired 2017-12-14 | AMERICANA: In 2016 the Wingfoot Two, one of these, was christened near Akron a blimp |
| #7653, aired 2017-12-13 | WORLD LITERATURE: In a 1967 novel this Nobel Prize winner wrote, "The secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude" Gabriel García Márquez |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | PRIMETIME TV ACTRESSES: On the beat since 1999, she plays the longest-running female character currently on TV in a primetime non-animated series Mariska Hargitay |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | REFERENCE BOOKS: This manual resulted from a military engineer's attendance at an unruly 1860s church meeting Robert's Rules of Order |
| #7645, aired 2017-12-01 | HISTORIC WORLD BUILDINGS: Rome's Colosseum may have gotten its name because of a colossal circa 65 A.D. statue of this emperor erected nearby Nero |
| #7644, aired 2017-11-30 | WORLD FLAGS & THE BIBLE: The central image on the flag of this nation is a symbol of strength in Psalm 92 & a prized building material in I Kings 5 Lebanon |
| #7643, aired 2017-11-29 | FAMILIAR PHRASES: In the 1870s this phrase meant a hairdo, using a British word for bangs; now it's an extreme group on the edge of a cause a lunatic fringe |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | GERMAN GEOGRAPHY: Of Germany's 16 states, these 2 at opposite ends of the country begin with the same letter & are the largest & smallest Bavaria & Bremen |
| #7635, aired 2017-11-17 | STATE CAPITALS: A state capital since 1805, its name begins with the last 4 letters of the state's name Montpelier |
| #7633, aired 2017-11-15 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 2013 the village of Belrain renamed the last street in France that bore the name of this hero who became a traitor Maréchal Philippe Petain |
| #7632, aired 2017-11-14 | THEATRE: Despite objections from the playwright's estate, a 1991 French production of this 1952 play had a small all-female cast instead of male Waiting for Godot |
| #7631, aired 2017-11-13 | VICE PRESIDENTS: A biography of this 19th century VP traces his family to a German town made famous in a folk tale about children Hannibal Hamlin |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | AWARDS & HONORS: The Victoria Cross is for military bravery; this cross first given in 1940 & named for Victoria's great-grandson is for civilian bravery the George Cross |
| #7629, aired 2017-11-09 | THE GREAT DEPRESSION: A street-corner occupation that saved many in the Depression was aided by a 1930 tops-in-the-U.S. crop in this state Washington |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | 19th CENTURY POETS: In 1824 he was refused burial in Westminster Abbey for "questionable morality"; in 1969 he got a memorial stone there Lord Byron |
| #7623, aired 2017-11-01 | THE OSCARS: For 1992, this New Yorker was the first man with 2 acting Oscar nominations in the same year for different films Al Pacino |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | LETTER PERFECT: George Eastman called it "a strong, incisive sort of letter" K |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: This 1870 novel has a ship whose name is from the Greek for "sailor" & a captain whose name is Latin for "no one" Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |
| #7618, aired 2017-10-25 | AMERICANA: The tiny town of Cayce, Kentucky was the home & supplied the nickname of a man famous in this job an engineer |
| #7617, aired 2017-10-24 | ETYMOLOGY: This 8-letter word meaning "cultured" or "intellectual" originated with a phrenology concept highbrow |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | BRITISH MONARCHS: Her marriage to a European crown prince in the 16th century added Queen of Naples & Queen of Jerusalem to her titles Queen Mary I |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | OSCAR WINNERS: He's the only actor to win 3 Best Actor Oscars, the most recent for his portrayal of a U.S. president Daniel Day-Lewis |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | HISTORIC CONNECTIONS: A 1796 medical experiment with an English farm girl ultimately led to this breakthrough announced in Geneva May 8, 1980 the eradication of smallpox |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY: It's the only country that borders both the Caspian Sea & the Persian Gulf Iran |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | FLAGS OF THE WORLD: The flag of Laos shows the white circle of the moon over the blue band, representing this river the Mekong River |
| #7609, aired 2017-10-12 | MOVIE HISTORY: A 1947 FBI study chided this holiday film's "attempt to discredit bankers ...a common trick used by Communists" It's A Wonderful Life |
| #7608, aired 2017-10-11 | VISUAL VOCABULARY: A Latin word for a sea creature, in photography, it's a color that conveys nostalgia sepia |
| #7606, aired 2017-10-09 | HISTORICAL AREAS: An ancient quote mentions this area & 3 population groups, the Belgae, Aquitani & Celts Gaul |
| #7602, aired 2017-10-03 | 20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS: He said, "Never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another" Nelson Mandela |
| #7601, aired 2017-10-02 | AMERICAN ARTISTS: This artist from Iowa once said, "All the really good ideas I'd ever had came to me while I was milking a cow" Grant Wood |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE: On June 28, 1838 an archbishop jammed a ring made for her little finger onto her 4th; she had to soak it in ice water to get it off Queen Victoria |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | THE NORTHEASTERN U.S.: Once its own city, it joined with a neighbor in 1898; today on its own it would be the 4th most populous city in the U.S. Brooklyn, New York |
| #7598, aired 2017-09-27 | AMERICAN WOMEN: A collection of her writings includes letters to her famous husband & articles like "Eulogy on the Flapper" Zelda Fitzgerald |
| #7597, aired 2017-09-26 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: At the Women in I.T. Awards in 2017, the head of MI-6 said today the real version of the character known by this letter is female Q |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | BRITISH POETS: The statue of a sailor seen here in Watchet, England is based on a famous poem by this man Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | COMIC BOOKS: Told to create a character called this, Len Wein learned the real animal is short, hairy & will attack an enemy 10 times its size Wolverine |
| #7593, aired 2017-09-20 | U.S. POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS: In 1969 the "B" in this state's abbreviation was changed to an "E" to avoid confusion with a Canadian province Nebraska |
| #7592, aired 2017-09-19 | POTENT & NONPOTENT POTABLES: Reverse the 2 words in the name of this Canadian whisky brand & you get the name of a cola Crown Royal or Royal Crown |
| #7590, aired 2017-09-15 | GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS: "Connecting police for a safer world" is the motto of this 190-member organization Interpol |
| #7585, aired 2017-07-28 | 21st CENTURY THOUGHT: The title subject of a 2007 bestseller, it was discovered in Australia where today it's a state emblem the black swan |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | NOVELS: "A man can be destroyed but not defeated" is a line from this 1952 book, later a Spencer Tracy film The Old Man and the Sea |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | EUROPE: Once a feudal state, it has the highest capital city in Europe at an elevation of about 3,300 feet Andorra |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | AMERICANA: This official U.S. government song traces its roots to a song about Roderick Dhu, the leader of a Highland clan "Hail To The Chief" |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STATE CAPITALS: In 1932 a 4,700-pound piece of the object that gave this capital its "small" name was moved to city hall Little Rock |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | HISTORIC EVENTS: In June 1986 a bakers union expressed regret for a disaster in this European city 320 years before London |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | 20th CENTURY FAMOUS NAMES: In a 1905 diary entry, Nicholas II wrote of this man, "We have made the acquaintance of a man of God" Rasputin |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | DEADLY CREATURES: The National Ocean Service says one lethal type of this bone-free creature is the most venomous marine animal a jellyfish |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN AUTHORS: This Pulitzer winner changed his first name to that of an Irish king, avoiding associations with a famous ventriloquist's dummy Cormac McCarthy |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | WORLD LEADERS: A landmark 1957 New York Times story called him "a powerful six-footer, olive-skinned...with a straggly beard" Fidel Castro |
| #7571, aired 2017-07-10 | THE HUMAN BODY: Often considered appealing, these features are a genetic defect of the zygomaticus muscles of the face dimples |
| #7568, aired 2017-07-05 | SMALL COUNTRIES: This tiny island nation 700 miles northeast of Madagascar makes a great addition to a classic tongue twister Seychelles |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | CLASSIC CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: A 2016 biography of a children's author is titled "In the Great Green Room", a line from this classic book Goodnight Moon |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | PLANTS: Made famous by a 1959 musical, the flower seen here graces a coin of this European country Austria |
| #7562, aired 2017-06-27 | LITERARY REFERENCES: An homage to a 1953 novel, this number appears as an error code when a user tries to access a web page with censored content 451 |
| #7561, aired 2017-06-26 | OSCAR WINNERS: Later an Oscar winner, she appeared as the child baptized towards the end of "The Godfather" Sofia Coppola |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: Scholars think this 1810 piano piece was dedicated to Elisabeth Röckel or Therese Malfatti, a student of the composer "Für Elise" |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | RECENT OSCAR WINNERS: For his portrayal of a famous man born in the 1940s, he was the first actor born in the '80s to win the Best Actor Oscar Eddie Redmayne |
| #7553, aired 2017-06-14 | BOOKS & AUTHORS: His first novel, from 1920, incorporated some of his pieces from The Nassau, a Princeton literary magazine F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | 16th CENTURY NAMES: In his 1557 almanac this French doctor predicted, "Immortal I shall be in life, and in death even more so" Nostradamus |
| #7550, aired 2017-06-09 | CONSTELLATIONS: The brightest star in Scorpius is named this, meaning "rival" of the god equivalent to Mars Antares |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | THE OSCARS: This man received 2 honorary Oscars in his career, & the actor who played him on film received a 1992 nomination for the role Charlie Chaplin |
| #7546, aired 2017-06-05 | WORLD TRANSPORTATION: It traverses hundreds of bridges, the longest stretching 2 miles across the Amur River the Trans-Siberian Railroad |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | AFRICAN CAPITALS: This port city on the Congo River was founded in 1883 & is named for a European explorer Brazzaville |
| #7543, aired 2017-05-31 | COMMUNICATION: Shigetaka Kurita designed the original set of 176 of these, which included the zodiac glyphs, hearts & a pair of googly eyes emojis |
| #7541, aired 2017-05-29 | 19th CENTURY BRITISH AUTHORS: Cliffs Notes says a book by this man "was the work of a mathematician and logician who wrote as both a humorist and as a limerist" Lewis Carroll |
| #7537, aired 2017-05-23 | CLASSIC ROCK SONGS: Jonathan Cain was a struggling musician when his father told him to keep at it & never give up, inspiring this 3-word 1981 title "Don't Stop Believin'" |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | U.S. CITIES: In 2015 it returned to the list of the 50 most populous U.S. cities, 10 years after dropping off New Orleans |
| #7534, aired 2017-05-18 | WOMEN AUTHORS: A 1936 New York Times review called the debut novel by this author "in all probability, the biggest book of the year: 1,037 pages" Margaret Mitchell |
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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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E.A. Srere, an attorney and municipal judge from Dallas, Texas
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Season 30 player (2014-04-18). Last name pronounced like "SRER-ee". E.A. wore...
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A.J. Motley, a student of diagnostic sonography from Wylie, Texas
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Season 28 2-time champion: $56,002 + $2,000. Alex skipped A.J.'s contestant...
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A.K. Subramanian, a high school history teacher from Villa Park, California
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Season 22 player (2006-07-04). A.K. also appeared on Weakest Link on...
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Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Springfield, VA at...
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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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Steve Newman, a partner in a small computer company from Rockville, Maryland
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"He was the first player to win 5 games in the...
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Leslie Shannon, a manager of a research lab from Sydney, Australia
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"A recent art history graduate when she became Jeopardy! champion in...
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Janet Wong, a development officer for a museum from Hoboken, New Jersey
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"As a senior at Drew University, she won the February 2000...
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Bob Verini, a director of academics for a national test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Erik Larsen, a librarian and a licensed amateur boxing official from Jacksonville, Florida
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"A 5-time champion from 1990, he's a librarian and a licensed...
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Michael McKean, an actor, writer, and director from This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, and The Pajama Game
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"His movies have included This is Spinal Tap and A Mighty...
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Oliver Stone, a screenwriter and director from A Child's Night Dream
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"The winner of three Academy Awards for his work as a...
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Ryan Moore, a partner in a start-up company from Venice, California
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2001 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 17 5-time champion: $39,800 + a Corvette.
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A.C. Hawley, a graduate student in media studies from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 30 player (2013-10-04).
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A.J. Monaco, a law student originally from Newark, New Jersey
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Season 20 player (2004-01-09).
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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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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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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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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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Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,800 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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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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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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Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
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"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
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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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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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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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Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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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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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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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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Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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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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Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
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Season 25 2-time champion: $62,802 + $2,000. Not be to confused...
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Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
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\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
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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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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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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
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"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
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James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Manhattan Beach,...
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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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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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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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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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Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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Charles Shaughnessy, an actor from Mad Men
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"As Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives, he won three...
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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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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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Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
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Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
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Dan D'Addario, a senior from Columbia University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
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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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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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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
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"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
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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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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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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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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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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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Steph Gagelin, a sophomore from the University of North Dakota from Grand Forks, North Dakota
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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"In 2003, he became the first to win a quarter 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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Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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\"He teaches at a school started by the Dominicans of St....
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Roger Craig, a computer scientist 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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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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Clarence Page, a journalist from The Chicago Tribune
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"His nationally syndicated column began as a local column for the...
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Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
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"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
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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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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
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"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
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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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Anderson Cooper, an anchor from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
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"As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus of Harper's...
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James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
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"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
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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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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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"Once a presidential speechwriter, he's had his own political talk show...
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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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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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Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
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2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
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"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
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"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
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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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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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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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Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
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\"A five-time champion in 1994, he used his winnings for a...
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Justin Hofstetter, a sixth and seventh grade language arts and social studies teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
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"This sixth and seventh grade teacher is in his first year...
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Brad Brown, a theater teacher from Nashville, Tennessee
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"And he is a theater teacher at an international baccalaureate certified...
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Chuck Todd, a journalist and chief White House correspondent from NBC News and Meet the Press
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"Chief White House correspondent and political director for NBC News, he...
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
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"He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
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Dana Perino, a TV host from Fox News Channel's The Five
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"White House press secretary under George W. Bush, she now appears...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
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"In January, the State Department named this NBA Hall of Famer...
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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"He served as a speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, and later as...
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Curtis Joseph, a sophomore from Scottsdale Community College
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"In 1999, his nickname was 'Curtles the Troll', and he wanted...
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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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Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
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"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
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Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
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"His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
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Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Steve Greene, a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Bob Verini, a film journalist and test prep teacher from Los Angeles, California
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"A resident of New York City when he won the 1987...
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Bob Harris, an author, comedian, and radio commentator from Los Angeles, California
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"A 5-time champion and a finalist in the Tournament of Champions,...
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Eugene Finerman, a writer from Northbrook, Illinois
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"A finalist in the 1987 Tournament of Champions, he's a writer....
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Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
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"Legislative work in his home state was suspended so that lawmakers...
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student and newlywed from Fort Collins, Colorado
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"He won the most recent Tournament of Champions. A graduate student...
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Dan Melia, a college professor from Berkeley, California
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"He was a 1998 Tournament of Champions winner. Today he's a...
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Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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"He was a 2002 Teen Champion. He's now a sophomore at...
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Lance Johnson, a model aircraft engine technician from Champaign, Illinois
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"He was the first to get to the 5-win mark in...
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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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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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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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David Duchovny, an actor from Californication
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"He's won two Golden Globes and stars as troubled novelist Hank...
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Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
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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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Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
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Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer and TV personality from the QVC Network
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"His fashion designs are a favorite among celebrities on the red...
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Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
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"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
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Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Tom Bergeron, an Emmy Award-winning host from Dancing with the Stars
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. "He's...
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Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Harry Shearer, a humorist, Spinal Tap bassist, and voice from The Simpsons
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"He recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap...
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Joshua Malina, a TV actor and creator/producer from Celebrity Poker Showdown
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"He created and produced Celebrity Poker Showdown for the Bravo Channel,...
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Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
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"She went from playing a hard-nosed mom in Malcolm in the...
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Scott Turow, a bestselling novelist and practicing attorney from Chicago, Illinois
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"He's sold more than 25 million copies of his novels worldwide...
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Miguel Ferrer, an actor from Crossing Jordan
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"He began his career as a studio drummer and played on...
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Andrew Garen, an associate director of consumer marketing from Austin, Texas
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"He was a project manager when he won his 5 shows...
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Diane Siegel, an educational consultant and writer from Northridge, California
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"A full-time mom when she won five games in 1993, now...
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John Beck, an associate creative director from Torrance, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Brian Weikle, a consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Ryan Holznagel, a writer originally from Forest Grove, Oregon
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"He was the winner of the 1995 Tournament of Champions. Now,...
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Pam Mueller, an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois
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\"Representing Loyola University, she won the College Championship in November, 2000....
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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York City, New York
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\"A semifinalist in the Tournament of Champions in 1992, now an...
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Brenton Montie, a sixth grade social studies teacher from South Lyon, Michigan
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"He teaches at a school ranked in the top 5% in...
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Jessica Dell'Era, a third grade Spanish bilingual teacher from Oakland, California
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"She has wanted to be a teacher since she was 7...
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Brooks Humphreys, a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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"He teaches at an all-girls Catholic school operated by the Sisters...
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Catherine Whitten, a high school history teacher from Plano, Texas
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"This gifted teacher primarily teaches gifted students. From Plano, Texas, this...
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Alex Johnson, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"He wants to be a chemist in the future. From Indianapolis,...
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Kelly O'Donnell, a political reporter from NBC News
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"An Emmy-winning political reporter, she has covered Capitol Hill and the...
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Katty Kay, a Washington, D.C. anchor from BBC World News America
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"She's the Washington, D.C. anchor for BBC World News America, as...
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David Faber, an anchor and reporter from CNBC's Squawk on the Street and The Faber Report
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"The winner of Emmy, Peabody, DuPont, and Loeb awards, he's a...
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Erin McLean, a junior at 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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Al Franken, an author and radio talk show host from New York City
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"One of the original writers on Saturday Night Live, he's done...
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Gretchen Carlson, a journalist from the CBS Saturday Early Show
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"Since winning the 1989 Miss America crown, she's built an extensive...
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Nico Martinez, a college junior from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
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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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Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
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"A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer with an international law firm from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she became the first woman ever to win the...
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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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Larry Cloud, a bookkeeper and computer consultant from Inglewood, California
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"He won five times in 2001, allowing him to make a...
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Phoebe Juel, a bookseller from Sylva, North Carolina
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"She won the 1993 College Championship while attending Grinnell College. Today...
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Lan Djang, a health policy analyst from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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"He was a 5-time champion in 2001. Today he's a health...
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Robert Slaven, a technical products specialist originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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"He won 5 times in 1992. Today, he's a technical products...
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Craig Barker, an Advanced Placement history teacher from Livonia, Michigan
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"In 1997 he won the College Championship. Today he's an Advanced...
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from North Hills, California
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"This playwright and director became a 5-time winner in 2001. Today,...
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Sandra Gore, a corporate researcher from Berkeley, California
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"After five wins in 1987, she fulfilled her dream of moving...
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Michael Dupée, an attorney from Gainesville, Florida
|
"He was the winner of the 1996 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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Anthony Fox, an account executive from Arlington Heights, Illinois
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Season 27 4-time champion: $51,998 + $1,000. Playing as "Tony", Anthony...
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Steve Unite, a writer from Studio City, California
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Jonathan Corbblah, a chess teacher from Harlem, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Jonathan appeared as a...
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Kyle Hale, a college student from Katy, Texas
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Travis Troyer, a software engineer from Hereford, Maryland
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2003 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 5-time champion:...
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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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Julie Bowen, a TV and film actress from Boston Legal, Lost and Modern Family
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"For two seasons, she played attorney Denise Bauer in Boston Legal....
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Robin Quivers, a radio and television personality from The Howard Stern Show
|
"Howard Stern's news anchor and sidekick for the past 28 years,...
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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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"The reigning Tournament of Champions winner, he attended Johns Hopkins University...
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Kate Waits, a law professor at the University of Tulsa from Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
"A Harvard Law graduate when she competed in the 1988 Tournament...
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Ben Lyon, an industrial scaleman from Dallas, Texas
|
"Representing the University of Oklahoma, he won the 1995 College Championship....
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Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
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\"Later this year, she\'ll be inducted into the Women\'s Basketball Hall...
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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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Pam Mueller, a college student from Wilmette, Illinois
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
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Lisa Johnston, a fourth and fifth grade reading and religion teacher from East Boston, Massachusetts
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"She teaches at a parish that's focus is to dream big....
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Kendra Pettis, a junior from Oberlin College
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\"She hadn\'t settled on a career goal at age 11. Now...
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Aaron Brown, an Emmy Award-winning newsman from CNN's popular primetime newscast
|
"A journalist for over 25 years, he now anchors CNN's popular...
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Zane Ice, a 12-year-old from West Palm Beach, Florida
|
"He wants to build a business in emerging technologies to help...
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Brady Newell, from Derwood, Maryland
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"She loves diving and gymnastics, but is headed toward being either...
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Vermillion, South Dakota
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"He won both the 1989 Teen Tournament and the 1998 Teen...
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Rick Knutsen, a musician and stay-at-home dad from Brooklyn, New York
|
"A finalist in the 2001 Tournament of Champions, he's a musician...
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Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
|
"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
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Bernie Cullen, a biologist from Santa Barbara, California
|
"He was the first 5-time champion of the 1996-97 season. A...
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Andrew Hutchings, a graduate student from Ithaca, New York
|
"A senior when he won the 1998 College Championship, he's now...
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Kurt Bray, a scientist from Oceanside, California
|
"A 5-time winner in 1994, he used some of his winnings...
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Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
|
"His 5 wins in 1999 made him one of the most...
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John Beck, a creative director from Torrance, California
|
"He played in 2003, and was the last retired 5-time champ...
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Arthur Phillips, an author from Brooklyn, New York
|
"He was a speechwriter from Boston when he won five shows...
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Andrew Westney, a sports business writer from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
"He was a high-school student from Atlanta when he won the...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
|
"He's one of the greatest NBA players in history. Here's Hall...
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Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000. Season...
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
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Shay Collins, an 11-year-old from Averill Park, New York
|
"His passion for music helps this future rock star to play...
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Nicole Yoon, a 12-year-old from Asbury, New Jersey
|
"She has set her sights on becoming a medical doctor or...
|
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Regis Philbin, a TV host from Live with Regis and Kelly
|
"In 2004 he entered the Guinness Book of Records as having...
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Jill Bunzendahl Chimka, a speech and language pathologist from Washington, D.C.
|
2003 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $85,099...
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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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Frank Spangenberg, a police lieutenant from Douglaston, New York
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Keith Williams, a sophomore at Middlebury College from Middlebury, Vermont
|
"As a freshman from Middlebury College, he won the 2003 College...
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Grace Veach, a librarian from Lakeland, Florida
|
"After winning 5 games in 1997, she was the grand marshall...
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Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
|
"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
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Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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Paul Boymel, a civil rights attorney from Potomac, Maryland
|
"He was the top winner of the 1984-85 season. Now he's...
|
|
Jimmy Li, a senior from Chesterfield, Missouri
|
2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of...
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
|
"He was the biggest winner of the 1999-2000 season. A marketing...
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|
Elaine Zollner, a physician from Glendale, California
|
"A winner of 5 shows in 1990, she used her Jeopardy!...
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Jay Rosenberg, a college professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
\"After winning 5 times in 1985, he became the moderator for...
|
|
Chuck Forrest, a lawyer and CEO from London, United Kingdom
|
\"He became a winner of the second-ever Tournament of Champions in...
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|
Monica Thieu, a sophomore at the University of North Texas from Dallas, Texas
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
|
|
India Cooper, a copy editor from Madison, Indiana
|
\"She was an actor and copy editor in New York City...
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|
Lizzie O'Leary, an aviation and regulation correspondent from CNN
|
"She broke the news that Chrysler would file for Chapter 11...
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Robert Arshonsky, a senior from Cal Poly
|
"As a 12-year-old, he wanted to be the first person on...
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Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
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Aman Birk, from Irvine, California
|
"He may not be the fastest swimmer on the team, but...
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Emily Zhang, from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"A National Science Merit Award recipient, she plans on becoming a...
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
|
"Winner of both the 2000 Tournament of Champions and the 2001...
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Bill Dickenson, a college instructor from Richardson, Texas
|
"This 5-time champ from 1996 has taught students from over 100...
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Jeff Stewart, an executive from Los Alamos, New Mexico
|
"After winning the 1994 College Championship, he went on to finish...
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Pat Healy, an index supervisor from Vallejo, California
|
"His five wins in 1998 helped him land a dream job...
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|
John Ryan, a corporate controller from Richmond, California
|
"As a college student, he was the top winner of the...
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Tom Halpern, a lawyer originally from New York, New York
|
"A writer and researcher when he won 5 times in 1991,...
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|
Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
|
"In 1990, he won the Tournament of Champions. An actuary from...
|
|
Kyle Hale, a college senior from Katy, Texas
|
"Representing Texas A&M, he won the 2002 College Championship. Now he's...
|
|
Paul Thompson, a human resources manager from Cheverly, Maryland
|
"He was the first 5-time champion in the 1995-96 season. A...
|
|
Amy Fine, a part-time teacher from Bethesda, Maryland
|
"She was the last 5-time winner in the 1993-94 season. A...
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Jack Archey, an actor and writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"He was a CPA and comedian when he won his 5th...
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Mark Eckard, an entrepreneur from Bedford, Massachusetts
|
"A 2001 5-time champion as a software designer, he has now...
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Carolyn Cracraft, a grad student at the University of California-Berkeley from Berkeley, California
|
"She was a junior at the University of Chicago when she...
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Tom Cubbage, an attorney from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
"He was the very first College Champion, and the only one...
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
|
"In 1994, she was the first female winner of a Tournament...
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Carol Denny, a writer for a non-profit environmental foundation from Arnold, Maryland
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $13,199 + $1,000.
Identical twin sister of Season 29 player Chris O'Toole.
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Keith Williams, a college student from Manchester, Vermont
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Jeff Kirby, a math and science teacher from Santa Maria, California
|
Season 26 player (2009-10-12). Season 16 player (1999-12-08). Jeff returned to...
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Diane Trap, a librarian and graphics specialist from Athens, Georgia
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $21,400 + $1,000. Diane Trap - a...
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James Hill III, a freshman from Santa Clara University
|
2010-A College championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: San Jose, California. [No contestant...
|
|
Samira Missaghi, a junior from the University of Minnesota
|
2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Eden Prarie, Minnesota. Samira...
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CCH Pounder, an actress from Avatar and Brothers
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"She earned an Emmy nomination for her role as Claudette Wyms...
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Ken Basin, a junior at the University of Southern California from Huntington Beach, California
|
2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Blog at kbasin.blogspot.org. Appearing as a...
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Jackson Ruzzo, a 12-year-old from Waccabuc, New York
|
"He wants to be a Broadway actor, because he likes to...
|
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Rachel Millena, a 10-year-old from Concord, California
|
"Her sights are set on becoming a writer, journalist, photographer, or...
|
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Tom Morris, a substitute teacher and grad student from Irvine, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 4-time champion: $100,801...
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Kizzle Cote, a 12-year-old from Ludlow, Massachusetts
|
"This future ichthyologist has a 30-gallon aquarium in his bedroom..." 2007...
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Nicole Karrow, an 11-year-old from Lewes, Delaware
|
"Her goals are to be a horse breeder and trainer..." 2007...
|
|
Folake Dosu, a senior from Stanford University from Bellwood, Illinois
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
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Bebe Neuwirth, an actress from Frasier and the Broadway revival of Chicago
|
"She won two Emmys for playing Dr. Frasier Crane's acerbic wife...
|
|
Jacob Hambalek, a 12-year-old from Fresno, California
|
"If he had to choose a career right now, he'd be...
|
|
Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
|
2014 Battle of the Decades quarterfinalist: $10,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Grace Thomas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Raleigh, North Carolina
|
"This captain of the Brain-Bowl team can name all the countries...
|
|
Ed Schiffer, an attorney from San Francisco, California
|
"A champion of five shows, he was the top winner of...
|
|
Josh DenHartog, an actuarial technician from Thousand Oaks, California
|
"He was the Teen Tournament champion in 1997. Now he's an...
|
|
Scott Gillispie, a project manager and expectant father from Atlanta, Georgia
|
"While attending Georgia Tech, he won the 1991 College Championship. Now...
|
|
Lara Robillard, a policy analyst from Arlington, Virginia
|
"She used the winnings from her 5 shows in 1998 to...
|
|
Lee Lassiter, a data modeler from Topeka, Kansas
|
"A 5-time winner from 2000, he used his winnings to take...
|
|
Kevin Keach, a project administrator from St. Louis, Missouri
|
"He considered himself a simple Missouri farm boy when he won...
|
|
Emily Riippa, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Grand Rapids, Michigan
|
"She is a fast reader, and her mother says she was...
|
|
Mike Thayer, a mathematics teacher from North Plainfield, New Jersey
|
"He was a junior at Rutgers University when he won the...
|
|
Michela Rodriguez, from Poway, California
|
"This future author created a board game and had to compete...
|
|
Brad Rutter, a TV quiz show host from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
|
|
Frank Epstein, a police officer from Los Angeles, California
|
\"He was a 5-time champion in 1992, and is still serving...
|
|
Michael Rankins, a minister and writer from Rohnert Park, California
|
\"A 5-show winner from 1988, he has been a minister with...
|
|
Dillon McCormick, a twelve-year-old from Erlanger, Kentucky
|
"A politician, maybe. An archaeologist, perhaps. Or a psychologist like grandpa....
|
|
Mary Ann Stanley, a high school chemistry and physical science teacher from Statesboro, Georgia
|
"She's been teaching for 22 years and is now teaching the...
|
|
Tom Kunzen, a geotechnical engineer from Orlando, Florida
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 5-time champion: $133,402...
|
|
Allex Fambles, a sophomore from Brown University
|
"She knew at age eleven that she wanted to be a...
|
|
Gabby Fusco, an 11-year-old from Maspeth, New York
|
"She's loved everything about science she was a little kid, so...
|
|
Katie Gill, a sophomore from Jackson, Mississippi
|
2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Leatrice Potter, from Olney, Illinois
|
"This published poet likes to read at any free moment and...
|
|
Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Kermin Fleming, a student from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
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|
Tom Kavanaugh, a kickball team captain from St. Louis, Missouri
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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|
Nico Martinez, a junior at Stanford University from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
|
|
Thomas Horn, a twelve-year-old from Piedmont, California
|
"He plans on making the world a better place as an...
|
|
Shane Whitlock, a resident physician from Little Rock, Arkansas
|
"As a junior at the University of Arkansas, he won the...
|
|
John Cuthbertson, an investment analyst from San Diego, California
|
"He was the highest money winner of the 1993-94 season. An...
|
|
Crystal Durham, a 12-year-old from Fort Pierce, Florida
|
"She would like to be an Irish stepdancing teacher, because dancing...
|
|
Danny Vopava, a sophomore from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Brighton, Minnesota. [No contestant...
|
|
Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
|
"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
|
|
Justin Otor, a 12-year-old from Texarkana, Texas
|
"His chosen profession will be something in the field of science...
|
|
Charlie Blatt, an 11-year-old from Scarsdale, New York
|
"Besides cooking, working on the computer, and tap dancing, she likes...
|
|
Ben Tritle, an apartment manager from Los Angeles, California
|
2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 5-time champion: $78,600...
|
|
Andrew Westney, a singer and actor from Atlanta, Georgia
|
"In 1991, he won the Teen Tournament. Today, he's a singer...
|
|
Michael Day, an attorney from Mill Valley, California
|
"As an MBA Student, he won 5 games in 1985. Today...
|
|
John Kelly, a retired Air Force officer from Austin, Texas
|
"In 1992, he was one of the top five money winners...
|
|
Kristin Frankhouser, a 12-year-old from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
"Her future plans include becoming a physical therapist, a wife, and...
|
|
Michael Braun, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2005 Teen...
|
|
Matt Klein, a senior from Pittsford, New York
|
2006 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $15,000. Won $1,000 on Who Wants...
|
|
Anne Boyd, a freelance writer and student from Los Angeles, California
|
2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion: $84,600...
|
|
Larissa Kelly, a grad student from El Cerrito, California
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
|
|
Chuck Forrest, a lawyer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
|
|
India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York, New York
|
\"She became a 5-time champion in 1991. An actor and copy...
|
|
Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
|
\"A Jeopardy! champion in 1991, she\'s now a Spanish teacher listed...
|
|
Dan Crosby, a middle school history teacher from Santa Monica, California
|
"He teaches at a school named for a renowned scholar, doctor,...
|
|
Kate Wilson, a high school AP English teacher from Montgomery, Alabama
|
"She is a top-10 AP English language teacher at Alabama's number-one...
|
|
Pian Wong, a high school English teacher from New York, New York
|
"She teaches at a Bronx school that's been ranked the most...
|
|
Kathryn Wendling, a high school social studies teacher from Farmington, Minnesota
|
"Her high school newspaper predicted she would be on Jeopardy! From...
|
|
Nate Rice, a high school ACT prep teacher from Catlettsburg, Kentucky
|
"This is his first year in the family business. His mother's...
|
|
John Botti, a high school history and English teacher from Bethesda, Maryland
|
"He says he keeps his spirit young by spending time with...
|
|
Neha Embar, a 12-year-old from Alpharetta, Georgia
|
"No kidding--she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows up....
|
|
Injee Hong, a 12-year-old from Metairie, Louisiana
|
"If her dreams of becoming a lawyer don't come true, she...
|
|
Todd Faulkenberry, a junior from Moore, South Carolina
|
2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
|
|
Olivia Woods, a 12-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
"She loves working with little kids and would like to become...
|
|
Mollie Haycock, a senior from Rocklin, California
|
2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Taylor Gailliot, from Woodbridge, Virginia
|
"When asked what she wanted us to know about her, she...
|
|
Michael Falk, a meteorologist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
|
|
Mehrun Etebari, a graduate student of international relations from Durham, New Hampshire
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
|
Chris Breen, a sophomore at Princeton University from Springfield, Massachusetts
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
|
|
Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
|
2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
|
|
Jeremy Bate, an emergency medical technician and writer from Tujunga, California
|
"A second-place finisher in the 2000 Tournament of Champions, he's now...
|
|
John Genova, a teacher from Granada Hills, California
|
"From 1984, he was the earliest 5-time champion in the tournament....
|
|
Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
|
"He was a legal assistant living near D.C. when he won...
|
|
Joey Beachum, an Air Force intelligence officer from Conway, Arkansas
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
|
|
Patrick Tucker, a graduate student of public policy from St. Louis, Missouri
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
|
|
Scott Harris, a videographer and elementary school librarian from Las Vegas, Nevada
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $19,201 + $2,000. Scott won $30,000 on...
|
|
Dana Delany, an actress from Desperate Housewives
|
"She won two Emmys for her work on China Beach. This...
|
|
Rebecca Maxfield, a freshman from Brown University
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Rochelle, New York. Rebecca...
|
|
Bethlehem Lema, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
|
"Either being an astrophysicist or a pediatrician is in her future..."...
|
|
Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
|
"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
|
|
Braden Corkum, a 12-year-old from Niceville, Florida
|
"He likes making things, so he's going to be an inventor..."...
|
|
Eddie Kwiatkowski, a 10-year-old from Cumberland, Rhode Island
|
"His interests in presidents and their history could lead to a...
|
|
Ethan Russo, an 11-year-old from Austin, Texas
|
"He really likes a big challenge. He wants to be the...
|
|
Zachary Baumgartner, a 10-year-old from Deer Park, New York
|
"He'll hit all the right notes in the future as a...
|
|
Carson Kressley, a fashion maven from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
|
"This star of TV's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy says...
|
|
Michael Blake, a 12-year-old from Hamburg, New York
|
"Our top story tonight is this young man, who wants to...
|
|
Kate Dzurilla, a 12-year-old from Syosset, New York
|
"It's a slam dunk for this basketball lover and future WNBA...
|
|
Roy Holliday, a radiologist from Nyack, New York
|
"He was the first to win five games in the 1987-88...
|
|
David Venderbush, a lawyer from New York, New York
|
"His 5 wins in 1993 came just in time to pay...
|
|
Jake Houser, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Aptos, California
|
"And this straight-A student would like to become a geneticist so...
|
|
Megan Fraedrich, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Springfield, Virginia
|
"And she was recently an evil stepsister in a performance of...
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Dennis Donohue, a general manager from Janesville, Wisconsin
|
"He was administrative services officer from Arizona when he became a...
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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Kermin Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
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Catherine Ramen, a database developer and writer from New York, New York
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $44,000. 1998 Tournament...
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Sally Umbach, a third grade special education teacher from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
"She teaches at a school district that has been in operation...
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Judd Hess, a high school English teacher from Huntington Beach, California
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"In college, he volunteered to help in a classroom and was...
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Elisabeth Raab, a high school English teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
"She teaches at a High School of the Future, where all...
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John Shoe, a third and fourth grade teacher from Lakewood, Colorado
|
"He teaches at a school for gifted children who choose their...
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Jonathan Groff, a writer and producer for television from Los Angeles, California
|
\"A 5-show winner in 1995, he\'s now a writer and producer...
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Steven Evenhouse, a junior high school social studies teacher from Orland Hills, Illinois
|
"He likes teaching because it gives him a captive audience for...
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Cliff Galiher, a student from Half Moon Bay, California
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand
|
\"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
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Tyler Van Patten, from Burlington, Wisconsin
|
"He's focusing on becoming a corporate attorney, because of his fascination...
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Anne Boyd, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
|
2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion: $84,600...
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Guy Tabachnick, from New York, New York
|
"He wants to be a baseball announcer for the New York...
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Vik Vaz, a medical student from Austin, Texas
|
2006 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000. Season 22 3-time champion:...
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Dylan Smith, from the Bronx, New York
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"This honor roll student wants to invent a teleporting system. From...
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Andrew Vogl, from Yonkers, New York
|
"He can ski the slopes with ease, but navigating his own...
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April McManus, a homemaker from Hertfordshire, England
|
"A high school senior from Minnesota when she won the 1992...
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Lynne Wexler, a librarian from Evanston, Illinois
|
"She was the first 5-time champion in 1991. A librarian from...
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Graham Gilmer, a senior at Stanford University from Stanford, California
|
"He was the Teen Tournament champion in 2001. Now he's a...
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Michelle Clum, an executive assistant originally from Wichita, Kansas
|
"With her 5-time winnings from 2000, she traveled for a year,...
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Kermin Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky
|
"He's the current College Champion. A junior at Carnegie Mellon University...
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David Sampugnaro, a writer and internet specialist from North White Plains, New York
|
"A 5-time winner from 1996, he's now a writer and internet...
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Jeff Richmond, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
|
"He used his 1988 5-game winnings to pay for law school....
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Michael Galvin, a consultant from Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania
|
"He was the first winner of the Teen Tournament back in...
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Melissa Seal, a law student from Kingston, Ontario, Canada
|
"She was a senior when she became the Teen Tournament champion...
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|
Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
|
"A Jeopardy! tournament veteran, her best-known Jeopardy! appearance may be in...
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William Garrett, a 12-year-old from Greenfield, Indiana
|
"Serving his country as an officer in the military is his...
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Sam Waterston, an actor from Law & Order
|
"A Best Actor Oscar nominee for The Killing Fields, he's now...
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from Sherman Oaks, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Mark Brown, an administrative assistant and father from Peoria, Arizona
|
2003 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 5-time champion: $68,094...
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Greg Peterson, a senior from Park Ridge, Illinois
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $38,600....
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Lorna Johnson, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Willowbrook, Illinois
|
"She loves all animals, especially her dogs Duke and Rudy, but...
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Mark Eckard, a software designer from Bedford, Massachusetts
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $35,600. 2001 Tournament...
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|
Martin Short, a multitalented man from Fame Becomes Me
|
"Jiminy Glick and Ed Grimley are among his many memorable characters....
|
|
Neha Gokhale, a 10-year-old from Houston, Texas
|
"Because she liked 4th and 5th grade so much, she wants...
|
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Whitney Dearden, an 11-year-old from Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
|
"She enjoys working with animals and would like to become a...
|
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John LeDonne, a bookstore manager from Concord, New Hampshire
|
"He was the last person to win 5 shows in 1990....
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|
Brandon Blackwell, a sophomore from Holliswood, New York
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist:...
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|
Bill Pitassy, a lawyer from Roselle Park, New Jersey
|
\"After winning 5 games in 1994, he took his family on...
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|
Grafton Brown, a high school Spanish teacher from Chicago, Illinois
|
"He teaches at a school whose buildings are named in honor...
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|
Charley Tinkham, an eighth grade history and technology teacher from San Bruno, California
|
"He teaches at a school that has been named a California...
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|
Emma Couture, a twelve-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
|
"Here's a portrait of a smart young girl who sees her...
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Emma Johnson, an eleven-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
|
"She'll hit a high note in her future musical career as...
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Elissa Hoffman, a high school biology and anatomy & physiology teacher from Appleton, Wisconsin
|
"She is in her lucky 13th year of teaching. From Appleton,...
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Arjun Malhotra, a 12-year-old from Sammamish, Washington
|
"He says he's not naturally inclined to be an athlete, so...
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Bruce Ikawa, a college professor from Hillsdale, Michigan
|
\"He says his 5 wins in 1990 increases his credibility with...
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|
Neha Rao, from Johns Creek, Georgia
|
"She's hoping to become a teacher and inspire her students in...
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|
Rachel "Steve" Cooke, a senior from Fishers, Indiana
|
2008-A Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000. 17 at the time of...
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|
Courtney Jones, a 12-year-old from Largo, Maryland
|
"She wants to dedicate her life to building things that benefit...
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Ryan Elkins, a 12-year-old from Bensalem, Pennsylvania
|
"He wants to study physics and unlock the mysteries of the...
|
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Krissy Brzycki, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"Her love of helping her community and her interest in politics...
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Melissa Luttmann, a freshman from Memphis, Tennessee
|
2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 14 at the time of...
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|
Oliver North, a radio talk show host from the Oliver North radio show
|
"A combat-decorated Marine who now hosts a nationally syndicated radio talk...
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Amanda Hall, from Farmington, Maine
|
"Whether it's writing a biography of Yo-Yo Ma or working on...
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Marshall Tan, from Gaithersburg, Maryland
|
"His favorite subject is social studies, and he knows a lot...
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Okey Chikezie, from Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
|
"He wants to be a professional soccer player when he grows...
|
|
Andy Kravis, a freshman from Farmington Hills, Michigan
|
2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Andy was 13 at the...
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|
Bernard Holloway, a junior from Mitchellville, Maryland
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2002 Teen...
|
|
Jonathan Reinstein, a junior from Dix Hills, New York
|
2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
|
Kevin Keach, an operations manager from St. Ann, Missouri
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
|
|
Maria Wenglinsky, a teacher from Brooklyn, New York
|
2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion: $122,300...
|
|
Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
|
2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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|
Veronica Fazio, from Roselle, Illinois
|
"She dances, plays softball, and hangs with her friends, but wants...
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|
Hope Landsem, from Tualatin, Oregon
|
"She likes to win arguments, and that's why she's going to...
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|
Jack Weisman, a twelve-year-old from Beachwood, Ohio
|
"He's considering becoming a lawyer, just like Mom and Dad. From...
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|
Will Walters, a twelve-year-old from Lexington, Kentucky
|
"He wants to follow in the footsteps of his idols, Albert...
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Surabhi Iyer, a ten-year-old from Franklin, Massachusetts
|
"Her research scientist dad has inspired her to become a neuroscientist....
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|
Bill Sloan, a realtor from Mission Viejo, California
|
"Since winning five shows in 1996, he has gone on to...
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|
Billy Baxter, an attorney from Richmond, Virginia
|
"Representing the College of William & Mary, he won the 1992...
|
|
Leszek Pawlowicz, a computer consultant from Flagstaff, Arizona
|
"He was the winner of the 1992 Tournament of Champions. Today...
|
|
John Zhang, a freshman at MIT originally from Lexington, Kentucky
|
"He won the 2003 Teen Tournament. Today he's a freshman at...
|
|
Jean Grewe, a graphic designer from Oak Park, Illinois
|
"She was the last 5-time champion in 1993. Today she's a...
|
|
Leslie Frates, a retired Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
|
"She was a Spanish teacher at Cal State-Hayward when she became...
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Theodora Messalas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Brooklyn, New York
|
"This future author and illustrator placed second in a regional story-telling...
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Holly Flynn, an 11-year-old from Holmes, Pennsylvania
|
"She started performing in community theatre when she was just 4...
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|
Kyle Hale, a senior at Texas A&M University from Katy, Texas
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 2003 Tournament...
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|
Tory Gilliam, a twelve-year-old from Powhatan, Virginia
|
"As a member of his school's debate team, he likes to...
|
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Terry Linwood, a bookseller from North Texas
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $122,705...
|
|
Gitta Neufeld, a Judaic teacher trainer from Far Rockaway, New York
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $18,300 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "GEE-ta...
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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
|
"He met and then married his wife while both were costarring...
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|
Ben Bishop, a college student originally from Seattle, Washington
|
2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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|
Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona
|
2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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|
Robin Cheney, a middle school teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
|
"All the students at her school go on a camping trip...
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|
Dianisbeth Acquie, from Brooklyn, New York
|
"This ballet, jazz, and tap dancing Girl Scout would like to...
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|
Kathryn Erbe, an actress from Law & Order: Criminal Intent
|
"On stage, she earned a 1991 Tony nomination for Speed of...
|
|
Robbi Rogers, a respiratory therapist from Corsicana, Texas
|
Season 22 1-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Robbi won her first...
|
|
Tad Carithers, an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $41,300. 2001 Tournament...
|
|
Michael Rooney, a college professor from Pasadena, California
|
"He was a winner of 5 games in 1999, and is...
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|
Jeff Love, a sophomore at Stanford University from Burlingame, California
|
2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Jeff won $1,000 on Who Wants...
|
|
Trevor Norris, a budget analyst from Washington, D.C.
|
"He can't walk through the Pentagon without someone mentioning his five...
|
|
Steven Popper, an economist from Topanga, California
|
"A winner of 5 shows in 1988, he has since founded...
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|
Bruce Borchardt, a metrologist from Washington, D.C.
|
"A winner of five shows in 1995, he spent most of...
|
|
Nithya Kubendran, an 11-year-old seventh grader from Quartz Hill, California
|
"When asked about her future plans, she said, 'World domination sounds...
|
|
Regina Merrill, from Lincoln, Nebraska
|
"She's very good at writing stories and poetry, but her love...
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|
Rowan Spake, from Portland, Oregon
|
"He's interested in nanotechnology and robotics to improve surgery. But getting...
|
|
Cary Williams, from Milton, Massachusetts
|
"She won an award in math, and a letter of commendation...
|
|
Emily Sturtz, from Parsippany, New Jersey
|
"Because she would like to help people, she wants to become...
|
|
Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
|
|
Barbara-Anne Eddy, a civil servant from Vancouver, Canada
|
"Her 5-time winnings from 1988 allowed her to go for nearly...
|
|
Celeste DiNucci, a manager of corporate and foundation relations at a music school from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
\"She was a graduate student when she won the 2007 Tournament...
|
|
Mario Cantone, an actor and comedian from Sex and the City
|
\"He played Anthony Marentino, the wedding planner with an attitude, on...
|
|
Dave Simpson, a pastor from Belcamp, Maryland
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
|
|
Brendan Barnwell, a grad student and tutor from Santa Barbara, California
|
Season 28 player (2011-12-05). Although Brendan played the Jeopardy! and Double...
|
|
Leslie Decker, a high school German and ESL teacher from Austin, Texas
|
"She taught English to Europeans. Now she teaches German to Americans....
|
|
Lee Ann Roberts, a homemaker from Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
Season 29 player (2013-01-08). Lee Ann won $1,000 on Who Wants...
|
|
Mandy Berry, an 11-year-old from Baltimore, Maryland
|
"She wants to dedicate her life to helping animals by becoming...
|
|
Naren Tallapragada, a junior from Burke, Virginia
|
2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
|
|
Jake McCrory, an 11-year-old from Pueblo, Colorado
|
"He wants to make a positive change in our nation's future...
|
|
Adam Barrow, an 11-year-old from Greensboro, North Carolina
|
"And he wants to be a sportswriter, so he can combine...
|
|
Janelle Lambert, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
|
2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Will Harter, a 12-year-old from Park Ridge, Illinois
|
"He would like to be a professional athlete. If that doesn't...
|
|
Victoria Agrinya, a 12-year-old from Woodbridge, Virginia
|
"She would like to be a successful entrepreneur when she grows...
|
|
Bill Maher, a comedian and author from Politically Incorrect
|
"A comedian and author, he hosts the lively discussion group called...
|
|
Robin Kutner, from Newtown, Pennsylvania
|
"This member of jazz band has a cat that is the...
|
|
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an attorney and professor from Pace University School of Law
|
"A crusading attorney for the environment and a professor at Pace...
|
|
Rosie O'Donnell, a comedienne from the hit film A League of Their Own
|
"From the hit film A League of Their Own, comedienne..." 1999-B...
|
|
Vinita Kailasanath, a sophomore at Stanford University from Laurel, Maryland
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Matt Tick, from Escondido, California
|
"Will take violin lessons and loves science, but he really wants...
|
|
Ethan Waldman, a twelve-year-old from West Hills, California
|
"This wizard of words wants to be a fantasy author when...
|
|
Michael Braun, a high school junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
|
"He is the 2005 Teen Tournament champion. A high school junior...
|
|
Elliot Yates, an opera producer from New York, New York
|
2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 31 4-time champion: $65,000...
|
|
Dave Willis, a business manager from Ventura, California
|
"He was the first to win five shows in 1992. A...
|
|
Chacko George, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin from Austin, Texas
|
"He won the November 1999 Teen Tournament. Now he's a senior...
|
|
Brian Wangsgard, from Salt Lake City, Utah
|
"He was the biggest winner in the 1988-1989 season, and a...
|
|
Michael Arnone, a writer and editor from Alexandria, Virginia
|
"He was the largest 1-day winner in the 2000-2001 season. Today...
|
|
Vinita Kailasanath, a consultant from San Mateo, California
|
"She represented Stanford University when she won the 2001 College Tourney....
|
|
Dan Katz, a lawyer from Owings Mills, Maryland
|
"Since his five wins in 1990, he's seen Bruce Springsteen 16...
|
|
Bob Verini, an academic director for a test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
|
"He was a playwright and an actor living in New York...
|
|
Tad Carithers, an attorney from New York City, New York
|
"He finished second in the 2001 Tournament of Champions. Today he...
|
|
Matt Morris, a financial analyst originally from Louisville, Kentucky
|
"In 1994, he won the Teen Tournament. Today, he's a financial...
|
|
Eric Terzuolo, a retired diplomat and university professor from Bergen, Noord-Holland, the Netherlands
|
"When he first appeared in 1990, he was a foreign service...
|
|
Tim Koch, a 12-year-old sixth grader from Cliffwood, New Jersey
|
"He would like to be a teacher because you get to...
|
|
Michelle Chang, an 11-year-old from Suwanee, Georgia
|
"This sixth grader picks the most unusual places to lose her...
|
|
Wil Curiel, an 11-year-old from Costa Mesa, California
|
"His favorite subject is science, so it's not surprising that this...
|
|
Priscilla Ball, a federal contractor from Montgomery Village, Maryland
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $45,200 + $2,000. Priscilla was due to...
|
|
Billy Hackenson, an eleven-year-old from Great Falls, Virginia
|
"As a descendant of President Taft, it's no surprise that he's...
|
|
Alan Rachins, an actor from L.A. Law
|
"An Emmy nominee for the role of Douglas Brackman on L.A....
|
|
Keith Williams, a freshman at Middlebury College from Manchester, Vermont
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
|
|
John Hines, a high school social studies teacher from Tacoma, Washington
|
"He teaches at Todd Beamer High School, named for a heroic...
|
|
Tayonna Jones, a 12-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"She hopes to have her law degree by her 18th birthday...
|
|
Marion Penning, a high school science and history teacher from Baltimore, Maryland
|
"She teaches at a Maryland 'green' school that has a solar...
|
|
Jimmy Miotto, an 11-year-old from Northborough, Massachusetts
|
"He wants to be a Disney Imagineer and the president of...
|
|
Emily Love, from Overland Park, Kansas
|
"This future chef wants to run her own restaurant and have...
|
|
Tommy Hoyt, from Winnetka, Illinois
|
"Journalism may very well be in his future as he feels...
|
|
Michael Schulson, a 12-year-old from Chattanooga, Tennessee
|
"As a member of bug club, it's only natural that he...
|
|
Lauren Kutner, an 11-year-old from Newtown, Pennsylvania
|
"The best part of middle school for this seventh grader is...
|
|
David Siegel, a paralegal from Los Angeles, California
|
"He was a finalist in the 1995 Tournament of Champions. A...
|
|
Hill Harper, an actor from CSI: NY
|
"He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University. He has a...
|
|
Brian Stokes Mitchell, an actor from the Broadway musical Ragtime
|
"His Broadway credits include Ragtime and Kiss Me, Kate, for which...
|
|
Edward Lee, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Sacramento, California
|
"Of the numerous projects he has completed, making gliders and bottle...
|
|
Alex Stambaugh, a 12-year-old from Paris, Kentucky
|
"He feels he can use his talents in math and science...
|
|
Sara Jansson, a 10-year-old from Monmouth Junction, New Jersey
|
"She wants to become a singer because she loves music so...
|
|
Alex Nutman, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Chevy Chase, Maryland
|
"This future investment banker won 'best in grade' in a state...
|
|
Jennifer Wu, a high school junior from Arkadelphia, Arkansas
|
"She won the 2004 Teen Tournament at age 15. Now 17,...
|
|
Vinita Kailasanath, a recent college graduate originally from Laurel, Maryland
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Patrick Zakem, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Louisville, Kentucky
|
"He would like to become an architect because he enjoys visualizing...
|
|
Tamika Turner, an 11-year-old eighth grader from Sylvania, Ohio
|
"She wants to be a journalist, because it’s important for the...
|
|
Chris Ward, a foreign service officer from Johannesburg, South Africa
|
"A 5-game winner in 1998, he was living in Peru when...
|
|
Josh Klein, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
"And, his favorite subjects in school are math, social studies, and...
|
|
Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
|
|
Barbara Lowe, a writer and a researcher from Anaheim, California
|
Season 2 5-time champion: $35,192. Barbara did not participate in the...
|
|
Kevin Finn, a university lecturer from Miami, Florida
|
Season 25 player (2008-10-15). As an accommodation for a disability, Kevin...
|
|
Dominic Olivera, a twelve-year-old from Bristow, Virginia
|
"Oh, good heavens! He wants to be a priest when he's...
|
|
Andrew Zazzera, a twelve-year-old from Virginia Beach, Virginia
|
"He has a sunny future as a meteorologist. From Virginia Beach,...
|
|
Meg Walker, an eleven-year-old from Brandon, Mississippi
|
"She wants to help people with disabilities have a better life...
|
|
Megan Barnes, a stay-at-home mother from Baltimore, Maryland
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $103,203 + $2,000. Megan won $16,000 on...
|
|
Brendan Graham, a soldier and a physician from San Antonio, Texas
|
Season 28 2-time champion: $46,602 + $1,000. Brendan appeared in uniform....
|
|
Hunter Brown, a senior from Wheaton, Illinois
|
2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of...
|
|
Becky Kralle, a senior from Runnemede, New Jersey
|
2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Grace Acton, from Harvard, Massachusetts
|
"This competitive gymnast is hoping to score a perfect 10 for...
|
|
Zia Choudhury, a senior from Paducah, Kentucky
|
2008-A Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $18,000. 17 at the time of...
|
|
Dominic Clust, from Metairie, Louisiana
|
"This future lawyer likes to argue and he's good at it....
|
|
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., a congressman from the U.S. House of Representatives
|
"And he led a voter registration drive for the national Rainbow...
|
|
Brian Dennehy, from the play Death of a Salesman
|
"He's the film and television star who won a Tony Award...
|
|
Aimee Seligstein, a recruiter originally from Memphis, Tennessee
|
Season 30 player (2014-04-25). Last name pronounced like "SEE-lig-stine". Aimee joined...
|
|
Michelle Clum, an executive assistant from Wichita, Kansas
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
|
|
John Campbell, a romance novelist from Weymouth, Massachusetts
|
Season 31 2-time champion: $35,400 + $2,000. John (middle initial P.)...
|
|
Terri Pous, a social media editor from New York, New York
|
Season 31 2-time champion: $36,801 + $2,000. Terri produced a podcast...
|
|
Emily Herndon, a bakery owner from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
Season 31 1-time champion: $8,100 + $2,000. Emily won $5,000 on...
|
|
Joey Bland, an actor and improviser from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 22 2-time champion: $48,200 + $2,000. Joey appeared as a...
|
|
Joli Millner, an eleven-year-old from Charlottesville, Virginia
|
"No kidding, she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows...
|
|
Kay Thanaporn, a health care consultant from Decatur, Georgia
|
Season 30 1-time champion: $33,199 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "TAN-a-porn".
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John Schultz, a computer programmer from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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2015 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 31 5-time champion:...
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Laura Spadanuta, a trade magazine reporter and editor originally from Floral Park, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-10-26).
Last name pronounced like "spad-a-NOOT-a".
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Michael Daunt, an accountant from Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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"In 1996, he was a finalist in the Tournament of Champions....
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Stephanie Radke, a senior from McLean, Virginia
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. As an accommodation for a disability,...
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Brad Plovan, an attorney from Baltimore, Maryland
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"With the money from his five wins in 1995, he bought...
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Leah Greenwald, an architect from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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"A winner of 5 games in 1988, she has since become...
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Al Lin, a law professor from Davis, California
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"A law student when he won five times in 1993, he's...
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Josh Charnin-Aker, a twelve-year-old from Lighthouse Point, Florida
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"And, whether in neonatology or as a Navy SEAL, he plans...
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Ross Gardiner, an 11-year-old sixth grader from La Plata, Maryland
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"And this self-proclaimed sports fanatic likes all the teams in the...
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Sam Daub, an eleven-year-old from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
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"And he finds video games enticing and has made a fantasy...
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Zane Li, a ten-year-old from Provo, Utah
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"He's a chess champion and a two-time Geography Bee winner..." 2002...
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Scott Wells, a medievalist from Los Angeles, California
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Season 27 player (2010-09-13). Season 26 player (2009-11-16). Scott was returned...
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Nick Yozamp, a biology student from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Kim Taylor, a professor and scientist from Falls Church, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2009-10-07). Not to be confused with Season 18...
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Michelle Cinguina, an 11-year-old from Stamford, Connecticut
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"Her favorite things to do are act, play the piano and...
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Julián Altschul, a math and science tutor from Jackson Heights, New York
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Season 24 1-time champion: $19,200 + $2,000. First name pronounced like...
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Parker Norton, a 12-year-old from Knoxville, Tennessee
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"As a doctor treating infectious diseases, he hopes to heal others....
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Francesca Leibowitz, a fifth grade English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"She teaches at a school that opened in 1854. From Brooklyn...
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Michelle Schrier, an 11-year-old from Potomac, Maryland
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"She plans on being a news reporter while waiting for her...
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Jacob Joyner, an 11-year-old from Quantico, Virginia
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"As a politician, he plans on improving the lives of Americans....
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Scotty Ballard, a 12-year-old from Murphy, Texas
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"When he grows up, he hopes to serve justice as a...
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Curt Schilling, a pitcher from the Boston Red Sox
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"In helping the Red Sox to win the 2004 World Series,...
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Mark Lee, a sales manager from Chicago, Illinois
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $67,500...
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Linda Sue Park, a children's author from Rochester, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-10-20). Linda Sue won the 2002 Newbery Medal...
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Rachel Beckman, an 11-year-old from Danville, Kentucky
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"As a member of her school's academic team, she has no...
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Nick Dnistrian, an 11-year-old from Webster, New York
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"With a nickname like Elvis, this future chemist is already the...
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Steve Kaltenbaugh, a sailor originally from Columbia, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2005-09-19). Steve split $35,000 with Season 27 5-time...
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Harry Smith, a broadcast journalist from The Early Show
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"This hard-working host of CBS's The Early Show has interviewed five...
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Eric Webb, a 12-year-old from Austin, Texas
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"He wants to be a cartoonist so he can make people...
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Aki Terasaki, an 11-year-old from Newark, Delaware
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"This future millionaire would like to be a professional writer and...
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Phil Yellman, a legal assistant from Seattle, Washington
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"He was an office worker from Albuquerque when he won his...
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Oz Vazquez, a law student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 23 player (2006-10-12). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Scottie Szewczyk, from Belleville, Illinois
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"He enjoys science and sports, and would like to work as...
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Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
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"In 2004, he became a 5-time champion, and for Halloween, dressed...
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Bobby Millison, from Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania
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"He's an award-winning diver, and would like to serve his country...
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Reggie Austin, an actor from Culver City, California
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Season 30 player (2013-12-31). Reggie appeared on Celebrity Name Game on...
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Josh Vincent, a waiter and a chef from Brigantine, New Jersey
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Season 8 4-time champion: $58,800. The recording used to archive the...
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Julia Collins, an administrator of a female-centric website from Wilmette, Illinois
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• 20-game champion • 2nd longest winning streak The official Jeopardy!...
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A.Z. Madonna, a music journalist from Malden, Massachusetts
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Season 39 player (2022-12-08).
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Stuart Anderson, a JAG originally from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 30 3-time champion: $51,601 + $1,000. Stuart was a captain...
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Kathy Casavant, a high school English teacher from Oxford, Massachusetts
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"Originally she wanted to do anything but teach. Well, she's been...
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Dave Simpson, a pastor from Belcamp, Maryland
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Beau Henson, a test prep teacher and actor originally from Mt. Carmel, Illinois
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Season 28 3-time champion: $51,203 + $2,000. Beau won $250,000 on...
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Rahul Francis, a twelve-year-old from Flushing, New York
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"This electronic wizard's current plans are to run a technology company....
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Drew Scheeler, a senior from Sandusky, Ohio
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Drew won $25,000 on Who Wants...
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Fran Frederick, a school counselor and member of the Air National Guard from West Springfield, Massachusetts
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Season 28 player (2012-06-05). Fran was a sergeant in the Air...
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Graham Doskoch, a twelve-year-old from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
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"He wants to put his love of design and building to...
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Kurt Weldon, a comedian and a writer from Beverly Hills, California
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Season 2 2-time champion: $14,200 + a Frigidaire 18 cubic-foot refrigerator....
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Barbara Sheridan, an attorney and law clerk to a judge from Yonkers, New York
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Season 29 1-time champion: $17,999 + $1,000.
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Diva Bole, a law student from Elkton, Maryland
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Season 29 player (2013-01-17). Last name pronounced like "BOWL". Diva won...
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Katie O'Meara, an 11-year-old from Plano, Texas
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"This future kindergarten teacher is straight-A's in our book. From Plano,...
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Scott Goldstein, a director and writer of a sketch comedy theater from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 27 player (2011-06-21).
Last name pronounced like "GOLD-steen".
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Les Chun, a property manager from San Francisco, California
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Season 29 player (2013-05-30). Les won $5,000 on Who Wants to...
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Hallie Fox, a 12-year-old from Ypsilanti, Michigan
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"It's elementary. She wants to be a teacher when she's older....
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Marie McGraw, a senior at MIT from Cleveland, Ohio
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2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Partha Purushotham, an 11-year-old from Palo Alto, California
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"He is fair-minded, so he thinks he would make a good...
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Lori Fountain, a homemaker and substitute teacher from Henderson, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-06-28). KJL game 19. Lori later won $50,000...
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Joey Gutmann, a law student from New York, New York
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Season 29 player (2013-01-02). Joey won $25,000 on Who Wants to...
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S.A. Shenoy, a student originally from Newark, Delaware
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Season 37 player (2021-06-30).
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Amy Paull, a stay-at-home mom from The Woodlands, Texas
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Season 28 player (2012-06-28). Amy won $30,000 on Who Wants to...
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Cecilia Boudreau, a lawyer for a nonprofit from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 player (2011-03-03).
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Bryan Givens, a history lecturer originally from Dallas, Texas
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Season 20 player (2004-06-24). KJL game 17. At the time of...
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Nikhil Desai, a junior from Fremont, California
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2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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A.V. Greene, a project manager from Durham, North Carolina
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Season 19 player (2003-07-17).
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Julie Bratvold Ghanbari, a stay-at-home mom from San Diego, California
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Season 28 1-time champion: $18,001 + $1,000. JBoard user name: jkbrat...
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Saidi Chen, an attorney for a legal nonprofit from New York, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-12-12).
First name pronounced like "SIGH-dee".
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Gay Haubner, a fund raiser for a non-profit from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-05-24). Gay pronounced her last name with a...
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Jaldhar Vyas, a software developer and Hindu priest from Jersey City, New Jersey
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Season 28 player (2012-01-04). Last name pronounced like "VYAS" (in 1...
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Beverly Jones, an attorney for a nonprofit originally from Spokane, Washington
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Season 27 player (2011-05-19).
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Nick Philip, a junior from Plainfield, Indiana
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Phil Hornbostel, a physician from Sedalia, Missouri
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Season 24 player (2008-03-11). Won $1,000 on Who Wants to Be...
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Arianna Kelly, a law student from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 24 player (2008-01-30). Season 24 player (2008-07-08). Sister of Season...
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Allison Solomon, a management consultant originally from Brooksville, Florida
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Season 31 1-time co-champion: $20,200 + $1,000. Allison and Ryan Alley...
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Michael Arnone, a reporter from Arlington, Virginia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Steve Unite, a writer from Studio City, California
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Amy Nienaber, an aspiring student from Bettendorf, Iowa
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Season 30 2-time champion: $51,000 + $1,000. Won $5,000 on Who...
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Tricia Barreiro, an interactive project manager from Santa Monica, California
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Season 22 2-time champion: $24,398 + $1,000. Won $100,000 on Who...
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Tod Macofsky, a massage therapist from West Hollywood, California
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Season 31 player (2014-09-26). Tod won $5,000 on Who Wants to...
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Missy Carlson, a teacher and a speech coach from Naperville, Illinois
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Season 21 1-time champion: $23,300 + $2,000.
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Pam Maine, a mutual fund accountant from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 21 player (2005-06-28). Won $32,000 on Who Wants To Be...
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Catherine Hardee, a hotel front desk clerk and recent college graduate from Kinston, North Carolina
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2015 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 31 4-time champion: $95,201...
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Sita Yerramsetti, an eleven-year-old from Houston, Texas
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"Her heart is set on becoming a cardiac surgeon. From Houston,...
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Christopher Chilton, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Holly Springs, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Christopher won $5,000 on Who Wants...
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Sarah Sumadi, a director of volunteers at a community center from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 26 player (2010-04-09). Sarah was introduced as "the director of...
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Jessica Anderson, a twelve-year-old from Cranston, Rhode Island
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"She's known she wanted to be a teacher for six years--that's...
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Scott Wells, a medievalist from Los Angeles, California
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Season 27 player (2010-09-13). Season 26 player (2009-11-16). Scott was returned...
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Molly Gier, a twelve-year-old from Chesterfield, Missouri
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"She is preparing for a teaching career by tutoring her peers....
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Andrea Salt, a twelve-year-old from Gilbert, Arizona
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"This animal lover plans on becoming a veterinarian. From Gilbert, Arizona,...
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Morgan Saxby, a research associate from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 26 3-time champion: $66,401 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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John Farley, an eleven-year-old from Marietta, Georgia
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"This young man has a plan--Notre Dame, professional lacrosse player and...
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Gary Gambino, a refinery planning manager from Oregon, Ohio
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Season 26 player (2010-04-02). Gary won $500,000 on Who Wants to...
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Matt Zielenski, a research analyst originally from Broadview Heights, Ohio
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"He became the Teen Tournament champ in 1995. Today he's a...
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Steve Robin, a writer and producer from Miami, Florida
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"He finished second place in the 1991 Tournament of Champions. He's...
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David Traini, a high school administrator from Moorestown, New Jersey
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"This 5-time champ finished second in the 1987 Tournament of Champions....
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Rick Pernod, a teacher from the Bronx, New York
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Season 21 player (2005-01-10).
Last name pronounced with a silent "D".
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Brad Rodriguez, an assistant general manager of a minor league baseball team from Jacksonville, Florida
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Season 27 player (2010-10-08).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: J!FAIL
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Amy Helmes, a writer originally from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 21 player (2004-09-10). KJL game 42. A resident of Beverly...
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Nick Gorski, a journalist from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2010-03-15). Nick wore a Regis High School tie...
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Alex Silady, an 11-year-old from Edison, New Jersey
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"He hopes to be an entrepreneur, because he likes doing things...
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Tui Sutherland, a children's book author from Watertown, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $44,200 + $2,000. First name pronounced like...
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Neal Freyman, a ten-year-old from Longmeadow, Massachusetts
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"He's not sure recess counts as a subject, but if it...
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Cathy Melocik, an editor for a business school from Wilder, Vermont
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Season 26 2-time champion: $46,002 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "MELL-oh-sik".
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Mandy Strine, a DMV administrator for a used car retailer from Hendersonville, Tennessee
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Season 27 player (2010-09-14).
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Gordon Purcell, a comic book artist from Plymouth, Minnesota
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Season 26 player (2010-05-24). Won $50,000 on Who Wants to Be...
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Kori Tyler, a high school history teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
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Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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John Zhang, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Teen...
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Judy Nakamura, a stay-at-home wife from Seattle, Washington
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,400 + $1,000. Judy laughed incredulously during...
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Melanie Leon, an Army wife from Peachtree City, Georgia
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Season 20 player (2004-01-07). Melanie forgot to complete the word "Ironman"...
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Ashley Walker, a senior from Dartmouth College
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Fort Pierce, Florida. [No contestant...
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Rajeev Gorowara, a chemical engineer from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 26 player (2010-01-26). Husband of Season 25 2-time champion Christine...
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Heather Menzel, a high school history teacher from South Fork, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $15,599 + $1,000. Won $68,500 on Who...
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Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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Doug Meyer, an editor from Newton, Massachusetts
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Season 21 player (2005-06-09). Season 20 player (2004-03-11). Doug later returned...
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Natalie Tindall, a senior at Florida A&M from Tallahassee, Florida
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2000-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 21 at the time of...
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Jack Archey, a C.P.A. and comedian from Los Angeles, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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Tim Woodward, a teacher from Salem, New Hampshire
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Season 23 player (2007-04-11). Won $61,500 on Paranoia on 2000-04-14. Won...
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Brian Lamb, a teacher from Bakersfield, California
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Season 23 player (2007-06-26). Season 22 2-time champion: $39,201 + $1,000....
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Sophia Marianiello, an 11-year-old from Newark, Delaware
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"She plans on putting her love of building with cardboard and...
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Ross Brown, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 23 1-time champion: $12,300 + $2,000. Ross appeared as a...
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Vivica A. Fox, an actress from Boat Trip
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"She stars with Cuba Gooding, Jr. in his latest comedy, Boat...
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Scott Weiss, a computer science professor from Walkersville, Maryland
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Season 23 3-time champion: $61,001 + $2,000. Through a generous wager,...
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Jack Archey, a C.P.A. and comedian from Los Angeles, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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Bruce Lin, a research scientist originally from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Season 22 3-time champion: $54,599 + $2,000. On his first appearance,...
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Lou Bayard, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 23 1-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Lou later appeared in...
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Dorothy Gilmartin, a teacher from Weehawken, New Jersey
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Season 24 player (2007-09-10). Dorothy's turn against IBM's Jeopardy!-playing computer Watson...
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Lisa Peabody, a coffee shop manager and trainer from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 22 player (2006-01-20). In her contestant interview, Lisa said that...
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Ivan Kleinfeld, an 11-year-old from Arlington, Virginia
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"He would like to be a doctor so that he can...
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Katie Baxter, a 10-year-old from Glenside, Pennsylvania
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"She has already won a presidential award. So why not the...
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Nicole Tantoco, a 12-year-old from San Ramon, California
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"She has two simple dreams: to attend Stanford and then become...
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Ellyn Ritterskamp, a prepress technician and ethics instructor from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 21 player (2005-07-20). Won $32,000 on Who Wants To Be...
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Reggie Jackson, a former pro baseball player originally from Wyncote, Pennsylvania
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"Twice a World Series MVP, his powerhouse hitting earned him the...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a former pro basketball player and actor originally from Brooklyn, New York
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"Three decades in the NBA netted him six championship rings and...
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Caren Chancey, a graduate student from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2005-10-05). Won $125,000 on Who Wants To Be...
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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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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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Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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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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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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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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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Sanders Kleinfeld, a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,597 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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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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Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
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Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Melanie Baker-Streevy, a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000. Melanie Baker-Streevy - A...
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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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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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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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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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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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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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Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
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"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
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Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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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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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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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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Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
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Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
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Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
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Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
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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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Paul Kursky, a copywriter from San Francisco, California
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
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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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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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Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
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"He's appeared on Broadway in Proof, Assassins, and Cabaret. He's now...
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Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
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"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
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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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Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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• 74-game champion with longest winning streak • Total earnings over...
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Celeste DiNucci, a recent graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Amanda Walker, a junior at Gonzaga University from East Wenatchee, Washington
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Buddy Wright, an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas
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2011 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 26 4-time champion:...
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Ken Jennings, a 74-game champion from Seattle, Washington
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"In 2004, his record-breaking 74-game win streak set a standard for...
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Kweisi Mfume, a president from the NAACP
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Name pronounced like "kwah-EE-see oom-FOO-may"....
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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"He was a software engineer living in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
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Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
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Steven Milton, a legal case assistant from San Diego, California
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Season 26 2-time champion: $30,299 + $1,000. Steve Milton San Diego,...
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Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
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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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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Sioux City, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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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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Bob Shore, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 21 2-time champion: $47,602 + $2,000. Proponent of Shore's Conjecture....
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Ken Jennings, the winner of 74 consecutive games from Seattle, Washington
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Rose Schaefer, a junior from Portland, Oregon
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2012 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $36,000. 16 at...
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Christopher Weis, a sophomore from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "WISE". Jeopardy!...
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Joon Pahk, a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 28 7-time champion: $199,000 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: jpahk
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Peggy Noonan, a contributing editor from The Wall Street Journal
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10).
Charity: The Sisters of Life.
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Jason Richards, a pharmacy technician from Old Town, Maine
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 22 4-time champion: $99,200 + $2,000.
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Kerry Breitenbach, a marketing analyst from Cleveland, Ohio
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 21 5-time champion: $90,400...
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Kevin Marshall, a student from Metairie, Louisiana
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2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 6-time champion: $98,201...
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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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John Krizel, a green community program coordinator from Beckley, West Virginia
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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Rachel Rothenberg, a senior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. Jeopardy! Message Board...
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Sara Wilkinson, a country club concierge from Athens, Georgia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $72,701 + $2,000.
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Aaron Schroeder, a grad student from San Diego, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions second runner-up: $50,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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Mark Wales, a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $141,804...
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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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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Tommy Maranges, a junior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Brian Meacham, a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 4-time champion: $90,500...
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Mike Nelson, a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois
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Season 27 2-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Robert Gibbs, a former press secretary from the Obama White House
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"In 2004, he joined Barack Obama's senatorial campaign as communications director,...
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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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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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Anderson Cooper, a host from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11).
Charity: American Heart Association.
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Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tarafraney
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Cerulean Ozarow, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, New York
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"His future is full of options. He wants to become either...
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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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S.E. Cupp, a political commentator from CNN, New York Daily News, and Glamour
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"She writes for the New York Daily News, is a contributor...
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Blake Hernandez, a senior from Burke, Virginia
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Blake was 16 at the time...
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Susan Haarman, a sophomore at Marquette University from Louisville, Kentucky
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Susan was 19 at the time...
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Colin Brown, a senior at the University of Rochester from Milwaukie, Oregon
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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Paul Gutowski, an alcohol and drug counselor from Rockford, Illinois
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"He was the first 5-time winner in 1997. An alcohol and...
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Mike Hodel, a bartender from Bellingham, Washington
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Season 27 2-time champion: $20,200 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "ho-DELL".
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Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
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Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kuh-FONE".
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Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
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Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
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Tom Toal, an orthopedic surgeon from Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Season 27 1-time champion: $12,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Steve Gratz, a freelance artist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 2-time champion: $30,999 + $1,000.
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Daniel Stauss, a federal claims examiner from Seattle, Washington
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Season 25 1-time champion: $25,500 + $2,000. Daniel Stauss - A...
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Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California
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Season 27 3-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000.
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Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Sebastian Johnson, a senior from Takoma Park, Maryland
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Listed as "Sebi" on the...
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Mark Lowenthal, an assistant director for the Central Intelligence Agency from Reston, Virginia
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"The winner of the 1988 Tournament of Champions, he's an assistant...
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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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Lauren Romero, a senior from Denver, Colorado
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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Burns Cameron, a realtor from Standish, Maine
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. Burns appeared on the original version...
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Pam Mueller, a graduate student in psychology from Princeton, New Jersey
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\"She was a student at Loyola University when she won the...
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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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Casey Clough, a junior from Columbia, South Carolina
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "CLUE".
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 5-time champion: $83,401 + $2,000.
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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2011 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000.
JBoard user name: lonesomeseagull
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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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Elliot Shteir, an attorney from Somerville, New Jersey
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1995-A Seniors Tournament 1st runner-up: $10,000. Dr. Elliot Shteir won $8,230...
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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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Frank Firke, a junior from Chicago, Illinois
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2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
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Ashleigh Banfield, a TV correspondent originally from Canada
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"She's covered such various stories as the Clinton/Yeltsin summit, the War...
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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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Eliza Urban, a sophomore from Richmond, Virginia
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Mysti Kofford, a junior at Boston University from New Orleans, Louisiana
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Mysti was 19 at the...
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Brittany Rogers, a sophomore at Saddleback College from Lake Forest, California
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brittany was 18 at the...
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Tony Nagatani, a junior at Ithaca College from Honolulu, Hawaii
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Tony was 20 at the time...
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Chris Mazurek, an assistant professor from Columbia, Missouri
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Aaron Thompson, a special assistant from Washington, D.C.
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 21 3-time champion:...
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Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
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Gabe Orlet, a senior from Belleville, Illinois
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2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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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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Arthur Gandolfi, a commercial real estate executive from Pleasantville, New York
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2004 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $25,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Steve Reynolds, a loan accounting clerk from Norman, Oklahoma
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
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Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
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Jelisa Castrodale, a sportswriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Season 27 1-time champion: $39,399 + $1,000.
Name pronounced like "jell-EES-ah KASS-tro-dale".
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Clayton, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Dave Belote, a recently retired base commander from Woodbridge, Virginia
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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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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Christian Haines, a college student originally from Newport News, Virginia
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2007 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Susan Mitchell, a chemical engineer from Houston, Texas
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2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Donna Vogel, a scientist from Bethesda, Maryland
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Matt Kohlstedt, a grad student originally from La Grange, Illinois
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 25 5-time champion: $77,803 + $2,000.
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Christopher Meloni, an Emmy-nominated actor from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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"He's played challenging roles on both sides of the law, including...
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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He plays Tom Scavo, the sometimes-befuddled husband of Felicity Huffman on...
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Jason McCune, an actor originally from Jasper, Indiana
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 18 4-time champion: $90,041.
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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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Dan Avila, a photographer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 7 1-time champion: $5,300 + a Sanyo remote control stereo...
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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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Loren Loiacono, a senior from Setauket, New York
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Dana Delany, an actress from Kidnapped
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"She won two Emmys for playing Army nurse Colleen McMurphy on...
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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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Lindsey Hargrove, a senior at the University of Texas from Bellaire, Texas
|
2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Mother's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: collegemom
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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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Camille Bullock, a senior from New Orleans, Louisiana
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Camille88
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Iddoshe Hirpa, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Katie James, a sophomore from Winchester, Virginia
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Caitlin Cook, a sophomore from Arden, North Carolina
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Ruvani Fonseka, a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of...
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Whitney Prince, a sophomore from Maryville, Tennessee
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Chloé White, a senior from Mission Hills, Kansas
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Kelley Burd, a junior at West Virginia University from Bristol, West Virginia
|
2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Sarah Marx, a junior from Chevy Chase, Maryland
|
2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Christopher Short, a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 6-time champion: $94,752...
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Jay Rhee, an oncologist from Annapolis, Maryland
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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Evan Sandman, a hotel front desk manager from Los Angeles, California
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Season 28 1-time champion $28,801 + $2,000.
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Zack Terrill, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida
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2012 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 21 at...
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Carl Bradshaw, a financial manager from St. Louis, Missouri
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $17,899 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
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Eliza Scruton, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Watson, a deep question answering system from IBM
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2011 IBM Challenge winner: $500,000 to World Vision + $500,000 to...
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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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Brett Dvorak, a junior at Indiana University from Granger, Indiana
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brett was 20 at the...
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Ben Goldman, a sophomore at New York University from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Son of Season 17 1-time champion Marjorie Goldman.
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Mitchell Vogel, from Madison, Wisconsin
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"This future governor of Wisconsin enjoys rollerblading, reading, and playing saxophone....
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Kennedy Stomps, a junior from St. Louis, Missouri
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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Robert Wargo, a student from Fairfield, Connecticut
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Season 2 player (1986-05-29). Robert appeared on seven episodes of Connecticut...
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Paul Glaser, a research scientist from Albany, New York
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Lisa Klink, a TV writer from Los Angeles, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $70,150...
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Bob Kennedy, a college linguistics instructor from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 27 2-time champion: $33,800 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Bobk
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Jeff Kirby, an elementary school teacher from Santa Maria, California
|
Season 26 player (2009-10-12). Season 16 player (1999-12-08). Jeff returned to...
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Diana North, a first grade teacher from Rock Hill, South Carolina
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"She recently celebrated her silver anniversary of teaching. From Rock Hill,...
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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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Rachel Gottesman, a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Harry Shearer, an actor/writer/producer from The Simpsons and Le Show
|
"His many credits include providing voices for The Simpsons, and he's...
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Pam Mueller, a think tank researcher from Culver City, California
|
• 2000 College Championship winner • Semifinalist in all other tournaments...
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Pam Mueller, a junior at Loyola University, Chicago from Wilmette, Illinois
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Pam Mueller, a justice researcher originally from Chicago, Illinois
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
|
"He teaches at the smallest public school in North Carolina, and...
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Catherine Carson, a fourth grade language arts, math, and social studies teacher from Washington, D.C.
|
"She is new to teaching--she's in her second year. From Washington,...
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Matt Polazzo, a high school U.S. government teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"He teaches at one of the most selective high schools in...
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Haley Batz, a senior from Charlotte, North Carolina
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "BOTS". Jeopardy!...
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Ann Thurlow, an aspiring novelist and retired salesperson from Mendham, New Jersey
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Season 28 1-time champion: $26,805 + $1,000.
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Ellen Lewis, a retired high school math teacher from Mount Vernon, New York
|
Season 28 1-time champion: $10,000 + $1,000.
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John Krizel, a writer originally from Oceanside, New York
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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Raynell Cooper, a senior from Rockville, Maryland
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2011 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 16 at the...
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Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania
|
2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
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Dan Royles, a senior from Chula Vista, California
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Dan was 17 at the time...
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Evan Stewart, a sophomore from Frankfort, Kentucky
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2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Evan was 15 at the time...
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Roger Craig, a data scientist from Brooklyn, New York
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"He was a graduate student in computer science living in Newark,...
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Matt Schnippert, a sophomore at Florida State University from Jacksonville, Florida
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2001 College Championship 1st runner-up: $19,801. Matt was 19 at the...
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Erin Bogart, a junior at Miami University of Ohio from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Erin was 20 at the time...
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Seth Alcorn, a bookstore supervisor from Alexandria, Virginia
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 19 3-time champion: $106,400 + $1,000.
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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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Russ Porter, a water systems engineer from Seattle, Washington
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
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Stephen Weingarten, a stay-at-home dad from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Regina Robbins, an arts teacher from New York, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $90,700...
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Andrea Michaels, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 4 player (1988-07-05): Gibson's Keytek professional keyboard + a Krayco...
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Joel Knight, a freshman from Farmington, Michigan
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2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Amanda Sonmor, a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
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Season 27 2-time champion: $21,501 + $1,000.
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Robby Schrum, a junior at Yale University from Crown Point, Indiana
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2003 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy!...
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Sandra McClellan, a granny nanny from Arlington, Texas
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Season 27 1-time champion: $4,199 + $2,000.
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George Tsuji, a software engineer from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Dean Malec, a junior from Northwestern University
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2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Lisa Ackerman, a senior from Livermore, California
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Kristiana Henderson, a junior from Kent, Washington
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Amy Levine, a freshman from North Potomac, Maryland
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time...
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Hon. Margaret Spellings, a U.S. Secretary of Education from Washington, D.C.
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"As an advisor to President George W. Bush, she helped craft...
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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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Steve Golden, a junior from Brookeville, Maryland
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Jim Stalley, a crime data specialist from Denver, Colorado
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2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19 4-time champion: $84,100 + $2,000.
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Papa Chakravarthy, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament champion: $75,000.
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Tom Baker, a writer from Tokyo, Japan
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2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 20 3-time champion: $102,300 + $2,000.
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Claire Winkler, from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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"This honor roll student participates on both the year-round and summer...
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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...
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Maggie Brown, a junior at the University of West Florida from Pensacola, Florida
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\"A sophomore from Pensacola, Florida in the 2018 Teen Tournament, she\'s...
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Armand Kachigian, a podiatrist from Granite City, Illinois
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Season 10 player (1994-02-10). Armand won $500,000 on Who Wants to...
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Larry DeMoss, a high school English teacher from Ellettsville, Indiana
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"He went from short orders to short stories when he switched...
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Skyler Hornback, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Sonora, Kentucky
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"Honestly, this Abe Lincoln lover wants to go into politics. From...
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Greer Mackebee, a senior at Duke University from Knoxville, Tennessee
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 at the time of the...
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Tyler Benedict, a junior at Columbia University from Dayton, Ohio
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
21 at the time of the College Championship.
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Harvey Becker, a writer from Venice, California
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $55,400....
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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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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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Brad Rutter, a $3.2-million winner from Los Angeles, California
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"In 2000, he became a 5-time champion and went on to...
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Tavis Smiley, a talk show host from PBS's The Tavis Smiley Show
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"He's interviewed such diverse personalities as Fidel Castro, Pope John Paul...
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David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
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Emma Miller, from San Mateo, California
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"She loves the idea of creating art that people can live...
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Maria Bartiromo, a business anchor from CNBC
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Charities: National Italian American Foundation...
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Ana Navarro, a Republican commentator from CNN, ABC News, and Telemundo
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"Born in Nicaragua, she is one of the leading Hispanic Republican...
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Anderson Cooper, a host from AC360°
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"He covers major news stories from around the world and plays...
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Lan Djang, a business analyst from Toronto, Canada
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
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Cathy Lanctot, a law professor from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Bob Mesko, an arts administrator from Denver, Colorado
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion:...
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Chelsea He, a sophomore at Duke University from Raleigh, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "HEE".
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Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
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"He was a sportswriter living in Reston, Virginia, when he won...
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Joseph Henares, from Avon, Connecticut
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"Along with group science projects, history club, writing club, and chess...
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Malisha Butts, a senior at North Carolina Central University from Durham, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Jayanth Iyengar, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis from Madison, Wisconsin
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2005 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Jiyen1213
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Fraser Woodford, an investment banker from New York, New York
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"In 1993, winner of the Teen Tournament, he's now an investment...
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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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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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Erica Greil, a junior from Princeton University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 and from Hastings, Minnesota at...
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Lisa Dvorak, a grocery store chain administrative assistant from Millersville, Maryland
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Season 27 1-time champion: $31,201 + $2,000.
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Eureka Nutt, a paralegal from Canoga Park, California
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Season 27 2-time champion: $38,701 + $1,000.
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Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
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2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Terry Parker, a high school history teacher from Cutler Bay, Florida
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"Don't try to pin down this wrestling coach, history teacher, and...
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Kaitlin Welborn, a sophomore from the University of Pennsylvania
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Amy Varallo, a senior from Aiken, South Carolina
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Lindsey Nicolai, a junior from Hampton, Virginia
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Ben Noe, a sophomore from Flushing, Michigan
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time...
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John Beck, a copywriter from Torrance, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Thomas McIntyre, a 12-year-old from Marino Valley, California
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"This self-proclaimed Star Wars freak, who has earned star rank in...
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Emily Kamm, a 12-year-old from Arlington, Virginia
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"This member of Model United Nations has been on the principal's...
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Steve Schirripa, an actor from The Sopranos
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"Once the entertainment director at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas,...
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Soledad O'Brien, a broadcast journalist from CNN's American Morning
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"This broadcast journalist has covered stories all over the world. Since...
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Larry Marshall, a junior at the University of Missouri from Kansas City, Missouri
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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Vanamali Compton, a junior from Clarkdale, Arizona
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Joseph Graumann, a junior from Mays Landing, New Jersey
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Orlando Zambrano, a junior from Tampa, Florida
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Neville Fogarty, an 11-year-old from Kingwood, Texas
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\"This chess player is planning his career moves very carefully. From...
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Larissa Kelly, an editor for academic competitions from Richmond, California
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\"She was a graduate student at U.C. Berkeley in Season 24...
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Joanna Rom, a docent from Washington, D.C.
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Season 35 player (2018-10-22). Joanna appeared on the original version of...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Preston Nicholson, a pre-law program director and attorney originally from Hominy, Oklahoma
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Season 28 player (2012-01-13). JBoard user name: okstater04 Preston won $10,950...
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Brad Rutter, an actor and producer from Los Angeles, California
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• Highest all-time winnings (over $4.3 million) • Has never lost...
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Karen Muranaka, from Lomita, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $8,600. Trebek pilot 1 player. Karen was...
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Karen Muranaka, an administration assistant from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $8,600. Trebek pilot 1 player. Karen was...
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Muffy Morris, a sophomore from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
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1992 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000. Sister of 1989 Teen Tournament semifinalist...
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Chris Sullivan, a naval flight officer from Manama, Bahrain
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Season 11 player (1995-03-22). Not to be confused with Season 15...
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Lori Kissell, a high school Latin teacher from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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"She loves everything about Latin and shares that love with her...
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Brooke Martin, an eleven-year-old from Galway, New York
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"It looks like smooth sailing for this marine biologist. From Galway,...
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Ben Chuchla, a senior from Calabasas, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Last name pronounced like "HOO-kla"....
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Audrey Hosford, a junior from Annapolis, Maryland
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2008-B Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,400. Jeopardy! Message...
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Jalen Rose, a basketball star from Detroit, Michigan
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"A basketball star from Detroit, Michigan, he revolutionized the sport as...
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Bradley Silverman, a junior from Alpharetta, Georgia
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2008-B Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $44,600. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Mark Runsvold, a student and waiter from Moscow, Idaho
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2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 4-time champion: $153,800 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: markrunsvold
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Paul Kursky, an online marketing producer from San Francisco, California
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
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Connie Shi, a junior at the University of Michigan from Okemos, Michigan
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Rob Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Younger brother of 2008-B Teen Tournament...
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Andrew Van Duyn, a junior from Wheaton, Illinois
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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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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Heidi Fogle, a senior from Overland Park, Kansas
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Butch Malec, a freshman at Reed College from Edinboro, Pennsylvania
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1999 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. In Butch's game, the entire Double...
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Tucker Carlson, an author and co-host from Crossfire
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10). Charities: American Camping Association &...
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Heidi Liu, a senior from Plymouth, Minnesota
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Tucker Dunn, an ESL teacher from Tucson, Arizona
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Season 33 3-time champion: $39,999 + $1,000. In his first appearance,...
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David Gregory, a political analyst and author from CNN and How's Your Faith?
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"An NBC correspondent and anchor for nearly 20 years, he recently...
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Louie C.K., a comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer from Louie and Horace and Pete
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"This multitalented actor, writer, producer, and director is also the star...
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Jonathan Capehart, a journalist from The Washington Post
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"This Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist is a member of the Washington Post...
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Margaret Monroe, a junior from South Plainfield, New Jersey
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Margaret was 16 at the time...
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Emily Karrs, a junior from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
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2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Emily was 16 at the time...
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Ryan Ballengee, a senior from Pasadena, Maryland
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2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Doug Dorst, a writer and professor from Austin, Texas
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 22 3-time champion: $66,802...
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Jaime Thomson, an administrative assistant from Denton, Texas
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Season 22 player (2006-04-27).
First name pronounced like "JAY-mee".
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Ken Hinton, a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 22 player (2006-05-30). As an accommodation for a disability, Ken...
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Brad Rutter, an actor and producer from Hollywood, California
|
"He was a college student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, when he won...
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Mark Dawson, a writer and editor for the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge from Chamblee, Georgia
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"He was a business manager when he won the Tournament of...
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Claudia Perry, a worker for an e-learning company from Evanston, Illinois
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"She was a pop music critic living in San Jose, California...
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Dan Melia, a retired professor from Berkeley, California
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"He was a professor at U.C. Berkeley when he won the...
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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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Antonia Wang, a sophomore at Purdue University from Carmel, Indiana
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Pam Jones-Pigott, a farmers' market coordinator from Pflugerville, Texas
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Season 27 1-time champion: $16,800 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "johnz-PIE-gut".
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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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Forrest Sturgill, a senior from Kingsport, Tennessee
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "STIR-jill".
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Zach Blumenfeld, a junior from Lincolnshire, Illinois
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2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Emily Lever, a junior from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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