#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 |
#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 |
#9045, aired 2024-02-23 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $2,400 (Daily Double): A clever little song about any metropolis a witty city ditty |
#9038, aired 2024-02-14 | ALSO A MAGAZINE TITLE $200: Lizzo sang, "It's About Damn" this Time |
#9032, aired 2024-02-06 | AT THE TINY DESK CONCERT $2000: This acerbic songwriter sang about "Putin puttin' his pants on one leg at a time” Randy Newman |
#9023, aired 2024-01-24 | ONE-TERM PRESIDENTS $400: This president was the focus of a Time magazine article about the 1976 "SNL" episode "that changed American politics" Ford |
#9021, aired 2024-01-22 | TEMPERA-MENTAL ARTISTS $1200: This title of Edward Wadsworth's 1937 surrealistic work is a word for mystery & riddle used about Russia by Churchill around the same time Enigma |
#9020, aired 2024-01-19 | EXISTENTIALISM $1200: In 1927 Martin Heidegger wrote about this "& Time"; Jean-Paul Sartre later pondered this same word "& Nothingness" Being |
#9015, aired 2024-01-12 | BOOK TITLES $2000: According to an old spiritual, "no more water," this title of James Baldwin's 1963 bestseller about racial tensions in America The Fire Next Time |
#24, aired 2024-01-09 | FAIRY TALE ADAPTATIONS $600: "Me and You" tells the story of a family of these animals who go for a walk and is narrated by the littlest one bears |
#9005, aired 2023-12-29 | MOVIE SCORES $2000: (Hans Zimmer presents the clue.) An all-time great for me was Giorgio Moroder's haunting score for this 1978 Alan Parker drama about a prisoner in a hopeless situation in a Turkish jail the Midnight Express |
#9003, aired 2023-12-27 | POETRY ABOUT PROSE $800: Doubles! they're doubles! / But they're thought quite insane / A royal mistake / Time to catch an old Twain The Prince and the Pauper |
#9003, aired 2023-12-27 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: A certain ancient civilization that men obsess over in a TikTok trend time travels & becomes a Jay-Z song about NYC "The Roman Empire State Of Mind" |
#21, aired 2023-11-29 | WHISTLING HALL OF FAME $2,000 (Daily Double): Along with "wastin' time", add whistling to the list of things Otis Redding was doing in a 1968 hit about "Sittin"' here "On The Dock Of The Bay" |
#16, aired 2023-10-11 | HI, I'M J.LO $2,100 (Daily Double): You can buy a copy of "The Call of the Wild" at the gift shop in the California state park dedicated to this "J.Lo" Jack London |
#15, aired 2023-10-04 | SCIENTISTS' RHYME TIME $600: Danish physicist Niels' small openings in skin Bohr's pores |
#8937, aired 2023-09-26 | SAILING THE 3 Cs $400: Wow, that's so weird--I was just thinking about this word for a striking occurrence of 2 events at 1 time a coincidence |
#8935, aired 2023-09-22 | SCHOOL RHYME TIME $400: A guess about what they're serving in the cafeteria a lunch hunch |
#8929, aired 2023-09-14 | THE 2023 TIME 100 $400: This novelist "was able to describe the attack on him" in 2022 "as he was speaking about the U.S. as a safe place for exiled writers" Salman Rushdie |
#8924, aired 2023-07-27 | PLAY TIME $800: Plays by Jean Anouilh include "Antigone", "Becket" & "The Lark", about this 15th century French heroine Joan of Arc |
#8924, aired 2023-07-27 | PLAY TIME $2000: In this "small" Lillian Hellman drama about greed & ambition, a southern family plots to make a fortune by fair means or foul The Little Foxes |
#8919, aired 2023-07-20 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: A phrase about the return of bovines that means to wait a long time gets around to founding a house improvement chain in 1978 wait until the cows come Home Depot |
#8902, aired 2023-06-27 | WHAT ARE YOU MADE OF? $600: Piano keys, once upon a time, both later mentioned in a song about racial equality ebony & ivory |
#8878, aired 2023-05-24 | SCIENCE $1600: Lasting about 4 billion years & encompassing Earth's first 3 eons is this time period that "pre"cedes everything else Precambrian |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | CLASSIC MOVIES $800: This 1979 film about a small group of friends who cycle to victory was ranked by AFI as one of the most inspiring of all time Breaking Away |
#5, aired 2023-05-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC CLASSICS $400: Ferde Grofé's account of his first time at this place, about which he wrote a suite, includes "All of a sudden, bingo! There it was" the Grand Canyon |
#3, aired 2023-05-09 | TIME TO LAWYER UP $200: For not complying with a court order in 1995, a Philly lawyer was jailed for this; he kept not complying & was in jail for 14 years contempt (of court) |
#8863, aired 2023-05-03 | MIX -OLOGY $800: It's about time:
OOH GLORY horology |
#8850, aired 2023-04-14 | POTENT POTABLE RHYME TIME $600: Opera text about an almond liqueur amaretto libretto |
#8844, aired 2023-04-06 | NOT MAKING IT TO THE END OF THE MOVIE $200: Tina Fey said "Gravity" was about how this actor would rather float away & die in space than spend time with a woman his own age George Clooney |
#8821, aired 2023-03-06 | POP MUSIC $400: Turn up the music, specifically her "About Damn Time", the lead single off her 2022 album "Special" Lizzo |
#8821, aired 2023-03-06 | BOOK SEQUELS $800: "Closing Time" is Joseph Heller's sequel to this satirical novel about the absurdities of war Catch-22 |
#8808, aired 2023-02-15 | ACC SCHOOL HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1926 this southern school enrolled about 650 full-time students, but of all things, a hurricane nearly put it out of business the University of Miami |
#8806, aired 2023-02-13 | BOB DYLAN LYRICS $3,000 (Daily Double): Singing about this comic who died in 1966:
"He didn't commit any crime, he just had the insight to rip off the lid before its time" Lenny Bruce |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | FORMIDABLE FANTASY $500: "Dragonfly in Amber" is the sequel to this novel about Claire Randall traveling through time in Scotland Outlander |
#8789, aired 2023-01-19 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $200: Jainism views time as one of these, with 12 spokes corresponding to eras a wheel |
#8789, aired 2023-01-19 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $400: The Piraha people of the Amazon have limited conjugation of verbs, which as a result lack these time-indicating properties tenses |
#8789, aired 2023-01-19 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $600: "Time is a measure of motion and of being moved", said this student of Plato Aristotle |
#8789, aired 2023-01-19 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $800: In "The Tempest", Antonio says, "What's past is" this, also a word meaning preface prologue |
#8789, aired 2023-01-19 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $1000: This word follows "space-time" to describe the 4-dimensional universe suggested by relativity theory continuum |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | 2 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $900: Someone who cares a lot about their body & spends a lot of time at 24 Hour Fitness is this rodent a gym rat |
#8783, aired 2023-01-11 | THE EX-STATE CAPITAL $1600: It's about time you found your way to this city, part of Silicon Valley & California's first state capital San Jose |
#8771, aired 2022-12-26 | WRITE PLACE $800: This 19th century author & satirist wrote the travel book "Roughing It" about spending time out West & away from the Civil War Twain |
#8771, aired 2022-12-26 | STAGE MUSICALS BY SONG LYRICS $1600: "There is a sucker born every minute, each time the second hand sweeps to the top like dandelions up they pop" Barnum |
#8765, aired 2022-12-16 | TIME FOR READING $1000: About the Doolittle raid: ____ ____Over Tokyo" Thirty Seconds |
#8760, aired 2022-12-09 | SCIENCE! $200: A measurement of distance, not time, it's equal to about 6 trillion miles, you know, give or take a light year |
#8760, aired 2022-12-09 | SCIENCE! $600: Let's change the subject & talk about this class of rocks including gneiss & soapstone that gets changed atom by atom over time metamorphic |
#8757, aired 2022-12-06 | WOULDN'T IT BE RUBBERY $800: Cultivated rubber trees are "tapped" about once every 2 days, yielding around a cup of this sap each time latex |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | DOG-GONE WORDS $600: Elvis had a No. 1 hit about this kind of dog, "cryin' all the time" a hound dog |
#8735, aired 2022-11-04 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $400: A clever, short song about a young cat a witty kitty ditty |
#8730, aired 2022-10-28 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: Years before "The Color Purple", she published a volume of poetry called "Once", about her time in Africa & her 1960s activism (Alice) Walker |
#8730, aired 2022-10-28 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: This Pulitzer Prize winner by Colson Whitehead begins, "The first time Caesar approached Cora about running north, she said no" The Underground Railroad |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | BIOLOGY $12,000 (Daily Double): Animals like frogs that can live on land or water are known as these, from the Greek for "both" & "life" an amphibian |
#8724, aired 2022-10-20 | THERE'S A SEQUEL $1200: Danny Boyle took his time making "T2", the 2017 sequel to this 1996 film about Scottish junkies Trainspotting |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: People who entered the Oklahoma District before the designated time were first called this about 6 months after the Land Run of 1889 Sooners |
#8704, aired 2022-09-22 | OLD FASHIONED $1600: In dictionaries O.E. is Old English & O.H.G. is this European language used until about 1200 Old High German |
#8691, aired 2022-07-25 | BREAKFAST TIME $800: How about a spot of this? Espresso with a thin foam of steamed milk, from Italian for "spotted" a macchiato |
#8690, aired 2022-07-22 | BOOKS OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA $4,000 (Daily Double): In addition to fiction portraying herself & her sisters, she penned "Hospital Sketches" from her time as a Civil War nurse Louisa May Alcott |
#8634, aired 2022-05-05 | IT'S TV MOTHER'S DAY $1200: Now this is a story all about how Janet Hubert split time with Daphne Reid as Vivian Banks on this '90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air |
#8617, aired 2022-04-12 | A CHRISTIE MYSTERY $1200: (Lucy Boynton presents the clue.) Agatha Christie wrote 12 novels & 20 short stories featuring this woman & regretted making her so old at the outset; she would have been well over 100 by the time Christie finished writing about her Miss Marple |
#18, aired 2022-02-22 | IT'S JUST ABOUT TIME $400: Playbill says this period lasts 10 to 15 minutes intermission |
#18, aired 2022-02-22 | IT'S JUST ABOUT TIME $800: The American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology applies this 2-word phrase starting at exactly 39 weeks of pregnancy full term |
#18, aired 2022-02-22 | IT'S JUST ABOUT TIME $1200: Often a dubious purchase, it gives you peace of mind for a longer time & is also called a service contract an extended warranty |
#18, aired 2022-02-22 | IT'S JUST ABOUT TIME $1600: Coal was not a dying industry in this part of the Carboniferous Period that succeeded the Mississippian 323 mil. years ago the Pennsylvanian |
#18, aired 2022-02-22 | IT'S JUST ABOUT TIME $2000: One reason they eat so late in Spain is they're on Central European time, an hour ahead of the more logical GMT, short for this Greenwich Mean Time |
#12, aired 2022-02-16 | AROUND THE TIME YOU WERE BORN $400: It took 11 years & about $25 million, but in 2001 this landmark was reopened with its tilt reduced by about 16 inches the Leaning Tower of Pisa |
#12, aired 2022-02-16 | AROUND THE TIME YOU WERE BORN $600: Released in 2003, this Pixar film about a dad trying to locate his son earned nearly $1 billion worldwide Finding Nemo |
#5, aired 2022-02-10 | HOME ECONOMICS WITH TOPHER GRACE $200: (Topher Grace delivers the clue.) College cost has tripled in 20 years & averages about $36,000 a year; parents might win 2 games on "Jeopardy!", like our show's co-creator actually did, or invest in this numeric option, legally known as a qualified tuition plan a 529 |
#8573, aired 2022-02-09 | THE BUSINESS OF TELEVISION $400: Think back, & remember a time when Don Draper made a beautiful & poignant pitch about Kodak's Carousel on this drama Mad Men |
#4, aired 2022-02-09 | ASSIGNED READING MATH $1200: A textbook titled this process covers "The Tree of Life" & "Mutation and Variation"; readers spend 62% more time on "All About Sex" Evolution |
#8556, aired 2022-01-17 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $800: At one time, a nook was a measure of land equal to about 20 of these acres |
#8549, aired 2022-01-06 | TV SCIENCE $800: The Cooper-Hofstadter paper about space-time & superfluidity was co-authored by characters on this CBS show The Big Bang Theory |
#8527, aired 2021-12-07 | POP CULTURE $400: 2021 saw the first stand-alone movie about this Marvel-ous title female, set during the time of "Captain America: Civil War" Black Widow |
#8520, aired 2021-11-26 | STORY TIME $200: In this 1818 classic a Swiss scientist isn't neutral about playing mix-&-match with some corpse parts Frankenstein |
#8518, aired 2021-11-24 | PERIODS OF TIME $200: The period in which a monarch rules; a 2020 book about Plantagenet England is "In" this "of King John" the Reign |
#8518, aired 2021-11-24 | PERIODS OF TIME $600: Poet Stéphane Mallarmé wrote about one of these time periods "of a Faun" The Afternoon |
#8509, aired 2021-11-11 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1200: This Susanna Kaysen memoir about her time in a mental hospital was made into a film starring Winona Ryder & Angelina Jolie Girl, Interrupted |
#8448, aired 2021-07-21 | 15 MINUTES OR LESS $1000: For plutonium-228, this interval of time of decay is thought to be about 1.1 seconds a half-life |
#8444, aired 2021-07-15 | IT'S LIGHT OUT $1000: How about some applause for this light-killing device that debuted in 1984, one of Time magazine's top 100 all-time gadgets the Clapper |
#8428, aired 2021-06-23 | RHYME TIME $2000: A stage play about the Hindu creator god a Brahma drama |
#8363, aired 2021-03-24 | ABOUT THAT SONG $600: Dan Wilson of Semisonic said this song is about a baby leaving the womb as much as it is about the end of the night at a bar "Closing Time" |
#8361, aired 2021-03-22 | WORDS IN BOOKS $400: This word for someone with a need to toil all the time was popularized in the title of a 1971 book about addiction workaholic |
#8361, aired 2021-03-22 | SLEEPY TIME $1,000 (Daily Double): A joke about how dull the Anglican 39 Articles are is an early reference to this phrase for a short doze 40 winks |
#8280, aired 2020-11-13 | A NOVEL CATEGORY $2000: This Donna Tartt bestseller begins, "While I was still in Amsterdam, I dreamed about my mother for the first time in years" The Goldfinch |
#8278, aired 2020-11-11 | 21st CENTURY BROADWAY $400: Time Out New York called "The Lightning Thief", a musical about this son of Poseidon, "worthy of the gods" Percy Jackson |
#8276, aired 2020-11-09 | ACRONYMS $2000: This acronymic period takes up about 25% of our sleep time & is when we have our most vivid dreams REM |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | PLATFORMS $200: Many an old-time hobo song includes a lyric about "standing on a platform" waiting for one of these a train |
#8248, aired 2020-09-30 | THEATER TIME $400: Time to head to ancient Greece for the Sophocles play about this king of Thebes who gets a revelation that Rex his life Oedipus |
#8245, aired 2020-09-25 | WJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $1000: Time to liven up your commute with the overture to this 1866 Smetana opera about a young woman's marriage prospects The Bartered Bride |
#8232, aired 2020-06-09 | CANSPLAINING $800: What you have to understand about an old-time kids' game is that hiders try to free others from jail by performing this title task kicking the can (kick the can) |
#8207, aired 2020-04-21 | JAMES TAYLOR: HIS LIFE & MUSIC $1200: (James Taylor presents the clue.) In my new audio memoir "Break Shot" I talk about my early days, including my time in London in the '60s & my association with The Beatles; in fact, my song "Something In The Way She Moves" inspired this Beatle to write his own song that begins with the same line George Harrison |
#8200, aired 2020-04-10 | RHYME TIME $2000: A back-&-forth talk about certain types of instruments including drums & gongs a percussion discussion |
#8198, aired 2020-04-08 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM $2000: Equal to about 230 million of our years, a galactic year is the time it takes for the solar system to make this trip a trip around the Milky Way |
#8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ON TIME $400: "An American Tragedy" & "System Failure" were September 2005 cover lines about this Louisiana disaster Hurricane Katrina |
#8147, aired 2020-01-28 | SHAKESPEARE BY NIGHT $2000: Marcellus asks this friend of Hamlet "to watch the minutes of this night, that if again this apparition come, he may...speak to it" Horatio |
#2, aired 2020-01-07 | GREATEST OF ALL TIME TRAVELERS $1000: "Kindred", about an African-American woman transported back to a plantation in antebellum Maryland, is a novel by this author (Octavia) Butler |
#8119, aired 2019-12-19 | NATIVE AMERICANS: THE REALITY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.) The Americans exhibit highlights Native Americans' role in American identity. One legend is Pocahontas' famous 1607 rescue of this man, a story some doubt, as he didn't tell it until 1624, though he had written about his time in Virginia before then John Smith |
#8118, aired 2019-12-18 | THE SPORTING LIFE $400: Eliud Kipchoge averaged about 4:35 per mile to be the first to finish a marathon under this amount of time (by exactly 20 secs.) two hours |
#8100, aired 2019-11-22 | IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT GREEN, BABY $4,000 (Daily Double): Last name of brothers Charles & David, worth around a combined $100 billion at the time of David's death in 2019 Koch |
#8099, aired 2019-11-21 | THE BOOK OF LAKE (& POND & RIVER) $400: Thoreau's goal in writing about his time by this body of water was to "front only the essential facts of life" Walden |
#8096, aired 2019-11-18 | COMEDIANS ON AUDIBLE $400: She talks about her childhood in "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?": I don't remember a time when I wasn't chubby. Like being Indian, being chubby feels like it is just part of my permanent deal Mindy Kaling |
#8088, aired 2019-11-06 | THIS TIME, IT'S PERSONAL $2000: This playwright's semi-autobiographical "Chapter Two" is about a writer who remarries after his first wife's death Neil Simon |
#8080, aired 2019-10-25 | ANCIENT ROME FICTION $400: Thornton Wilder's novel about the time of Julius Caesar in Rome has this title, like an unlucky date for Julius The Ides of March |
#8074, aired 2019-10-17 | ENFANTS TERRIBLES $1000: Little Antoine can think about his ways, during une mise à l'écart temporaire, what we in the States know as this a time-out |
#8073, aired 2019-10-16 | SHIP OF THE LINE $2000: "Long time ago, from Amsterdam a vessel sailed away", begins John Boyle O'Reilly's poem about this spooky title ship the Flying Dutchman |
#8069, aired 2019-10-10 | BOOKS GOING BACK IN TIME $1600: "I woke to the sound of a mosquito whining in my left ear", begins 2000's "Fever 1793", about an epidemic of this disease yellow fever |
#8065, aired 2019-10-04 | BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS $1000: Milo learns about time from a watchdog named Tock after driving through this mysterious title object The Phantom Tollbooth |
#8063, aired 2019-10-02 | PART-TIME WRITERS $1600: Long after she was Winnie Cooper on this show, Danica McKellar wrote the book "Girls Get Curves" about geometry The Wonder Years |
#8063, aired 2019-10-02 | PART-TIME WRITERS $2000: James Lipton wrote "An Exaltation of Larks", about animal group names, before he hosted this Bravo acting show Inside the Actors Studio |
#8061, aired 2019-09-30 | TIME FOR A SNACK $400: Even if it's not October, how about some of these, also called pepitas pumpkin seeds |
#8061, aired 2019-09-30 | TIME FOR A SNACK $800: How about a couple of these, first sold under the Honey Maid name in 1925 Graham crackers |
#8041, aired 2019-07-22 | LET'S TALK ABOUT FLAGS $800: A 2017 article written in June--not Aug. or Sept.!--asked, at 31-41, "Is it time for the Mets to wave" this? the white flag |
#8025, aired 2019-06-28 | IT'S TIME FOR TIME $1,000 (Daily Double): Jet lag is a disruption in these rhythms of the body, from Latin words for "about the day" circadian |
#8015, aired 2019-06-14 | TRIPLE-A RATED $1600: John Barth has a novel called this, about a professor who takes time off from work Sabbatical |
#8000, aired 2019-05-24 | THE BIG UNIT OF MEASURE $1000: In geologic time it's smaller than an eon or era, but the Eocene one still lasted about 20 million years an epoch |
#7987, aired 2019-05-07 | THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY $2,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.) To curate the best images, music & messages to put on the two golden records, time capsules of info about Earth the two Voyagers would send outside the solar system, the project created a committee headed by this astronomer & author (Carl) Sagan |
#7961, aired 2019-04-01 | MISCELLANY $1600: An estimated 1 in 6 U.S. adults indulge in this dangerous type of drinking 4 times a month, each time consuming about 7 drinks binge drinking |
#7931, aired 2019-02-18 | TELL ALLS $600: He dishes about being a Brat Packer & his time on "The West Wing" in "Stories I Only Tell My Friends" (Rob) Lowe |
#7920, aired 2019-02-01 | CITIES THROUGH TIME $2000: About 1,000 years ago, Casablanca was a village of these double-talk people the Berbers |
#7882, aired 2018-12-11 | THE SUN'S GETTING REAL LOW $400: The harvest moon rises about the same time as the sun sets in the days around this equinox the autumnal |
#7876, aired 2018-12-03 | ART BOOKS $400: "A Life Discovered" is the subtitle of a book about this enigmatic woman, the most famous portrait sitter of all time the Mona Lisa |
#7842, aired 2018-10-16 | BIBLICALLY INSPIRED LITERATURE $1200: She took time off from vampires to write "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt" about Jesus' youth (Anne) Rice |
#7840, aired 2018-10-12 | "TIME" FOR A TUNE $1200: It's the "Rocky Horror" tune about "a jump to the left" & "a step to the right" "The Time Warp" |
#7831, aired 2018-10-01 | NEWSY PUNS $200: About Pyongyang's nuclear duplicity, Time magazine asked, "How do you solve a problem like" this place Korea |
#7829, aired 2018-09-27 | "G" IS FOR... $600: This small sac that store about 1 1/2 ounces of bile at a time the gallbladder |
#7817, aired 2018-09-11 | AUTHORS' SECOND NOVELS $400: John Grisham followed "A Time to Kill" with this novel about a Harvard Law grad joining a shady Southern practice The Firm |
#7814, aired 2018-07-26 | SAINTS ON EARTH $200: From 1815 to 1821 Napoleon had a lot of time to sit right there & think about what he'd done on this island 1,200 mi. off Africa Saint Helena |
#7800, aired 2018-07-06 | UN-BELIEVABLE $1200: Part of his "Unfinished Symphony" became the "Song Of Love" in a Broadway show about him, "Blossom Time" Schubert |
#7784, aired 2018-06-14 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $200: The D.O.E. found that 4 extra weeks added to this period in 2007 saved 0.5% of electricity per day, 1.3 billion KWH in total Daylight Savings Time |
#7784, aired 2018-06-14 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $400: Also called "New Style", this calendar was proclaimed by the pope in 1582 as a reform of the Julian one Gregorian |
#7784, aired 2018-06-14 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $600: In 1883 the scheduling of these made the adoption of standard time zones a necessity the railroad |
#7784, aired 2018-06-14 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $800: The moving shadow of a gnomon on this is what led to the use of the word clockwise a sundial |
#7784, aired 2018-06-14 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $1000: The Pleistocene is an example of this subdivision of a period, itself subdivided into ages an epoch |
#7762, aired 2018-05-15 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $1600: The mother in a movie about a guy & a girl overcoming obstacles to end up together a mom rom-com |
#7759, aired 2018-05-10 | QUOTES ABOUT MUSIC $2000: Pablo Casals compared this instrument to "a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time" the cello |
#7738, aired 2018-04-11 | TIME FOR CLASS $800: For 2013, the IRS said you had to make about $429,000 to be in this elite statistical segment the one percent |
#7736, aired 2018-04-09 | A STITCH IN TIME $1000: Brr! This two-word name for a look that's recently on-trend comes from a distinct feature of the sleeve open shoulder |
#7725, aired 2018-03-23 | TIME MAGAZINE'S PERSON OF THE YEAR $1200: 2017:
"The Silence Breakers" about harassment & assault, including this actress, a singer's daughter Ashley Judd |
#7723, aired 2018-03-21 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $800: Serious stage play about the 44th president & an alpaca relative Obama llama drama |
#7709, aired 2018-03-01 | GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER $2000: This band's Black Francis said of reunions, "This ain't about the art anymore...now it's time to talk about the money" the Pixies |
#7705, aired 2018-02-23 | RHYME TIME $200: Reddening of the face in the presence of someone you're crazy about a crush blush |
#7703, aired 2018-02-21 | SITCOMEDY TONIGHT $1200: The first sound of a toilet bowl flush in U.S. prime time was on this show about Archie & Edith Bunker All in the Family |
#7681, aired 2018-01-22 | MYOPIC BIOPICS $200: Queen Isabella was about 5 & in France at the time this 1995 film has her in a relationship with William Wallace Braveheart |
#7676, aired 2018-01-15 | THE END OF TIME $200: This period during the Mesozoic Era ended about 145 million years ago, but it's still ripping up the box office today! Jurassic |
#7669, aired 2018-01-04 | FAUX PAS $200: Time magazine published a 2009 article about why it's uncouth to wear white after this holiday Labor Day |
#7664, aired 2017-12-28 | GET "INN" HERE $400: You got a hole in one the first time you golfed? & that deflected in off a tree?! Talk about this 2-word phrase beginner's luck |
#7653, aired 2017-12-13 | MUSIC DOC SUBJECTS $2000: "Time is Illmatic", about the making of this rapper's debut album Nas |
#7619, aired 2017-10-26 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $600: Though it sounds like a measure of time,it's a measure of distance, about 32,000 round trips from the Earth to the sun a lightyear |
#7610, aired 2017-10-13 | TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE 2017 $1200: Rahm Emanuel writes about this ex-Trump White House Chief of Staff--both started on day one for their president (Reince) Priebus |
#7603, aired 2017-10-04 | TIMELY TALK $1000: Before singing about "The Time Warp", Riff Raff intones, "Time is" this, meaning it passes quickly fleeting |
#7602, aired 2017-10-03 | MELLOW FELLOWS $400: This physicist: "It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability... people won't have time for you if you are always angry" Stephen Hawking |
#7576, aired 2017-07-17 | HODGEPODGE $1000: Around the time of the American revolution a "Brown Bess", weighing about 10 pounds, was this type of firearm a musket |
#7572, aired 2017-07-11 | FILE UNDER "OZ" $2,000 (Daily Double): From the Greek for "ancient" & "animal", this era of geologic time began about 540 million years ago Paleozoic |
#7555, aired 2017-06-16 | A LONG TIME AGO IN AMERICA $1600: By about 9,000 B.C., many large animals in North America were extinct, including this "breast tooth" species a mastodon |
#7548, aired 2017-06-07 | HISTORICAL FICTION $1000: Billy the Kid is a minor character in "Time for Outrage", about this future state's Lincoln County War New Mexico |
#7536, aired 2017-05-22 | THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL $400: (Karla Mosley and Jacob Young give the clue as Maya and Rick from The Bold and the Beautiful.)
"Rick, if you keep obsessing about taking over the company, you're gonna make yourself sick."
"No, Maya, it's time to strike like this bold U.S. commander during the Korean War who cut off & surrounded the enemy with his brilliant Inchon landing" (Douglas) MacArthur |
#7517, aired 2017-04-25 | SHE'S GOT CONTRACTIONS $400: The "Mommy docs" 5-1-1 rule says if contractions are every 5 mins., for about 1 min., over this time span... get to the hospital one hour |
#7501, aired 2017-04-03 | TIME SPANS $1000: A period of about 30 years, whether it's "the greatest" one or not generation |
#7491, aired 2017-03-20 | CURRENT BIOGRAPHIES $1200: "Hero of the Empire" is about young Winston Churchill's life-changing time in 1899 & 1900 in this war the Boer War |
#7491, aired 2017-03-20 | CURRENT BIOGRAPHIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Ashlee Vance subtitled her book about this entrepreneur "Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future" Elon Musk |
#7489, aired 2017-03-16 | ZODIAC RHYME TIME $400: Song refrain about a bull Taurus chorus |
#7396, aired 2016-11-07 | PARTY TIME! $1,000 (Daily Double): Dissolved in 1991:
At its height, this party had about 19 million members the Communist Party |
#7395, aired 2016-11-04 | THE LIVES OF AUTHORS $800: After the Civil War this bestselling author spent time in the South & "Palmetto Leaves" is a book about her life in Florida Harriet Beecher Stowe |
#7391, aired 2016-10-31 | HOW NOVEL $2000: In addition to Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote about dinosaurs in the pulp novel "The Land that" this happened to The Land that Time Forgot |
#7375, aired 2016-10-07 | MUSIC FOR THE DENTIST'S CHAIR $2000: Should I worry about hearing this novelty holiday song that says, "Every time I try to speak all I do is whistle" "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" |
#7370, aired 2016-09-30 | "OOT" & ABOUT $800: An Australian marsupial a bandicoot |
#7362, aired 2016-09-20 | I AM CURIOUS ABOUT YELLOW $2,000 (Daily Double): This world capital straddles the Han River, which flows into the Yellow Sea Seoul (Korea) |
#7348, aired 2016-07-20 | WOMEN OF NOTE $800: Here's "Something To Talk About"; this redhead entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, in the "Nick Of Time" Bonnie Raitt |
#7348, aired 2016-07-20 | WOMEN OF NOTE $1200: Tina Weymouth joined David Byrne, Jerry Harrison & Chris Frantz as this band reunited for the 1st time in about 20 yrs. in '02 Talking Heads |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | AND I QUOTE $1200: In 2013 he said of contraception & related topics, "It is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time" Pope Francis |
#7291, aired 2016-05-02 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $200: P.M. is short for "post meridiem" & A.M. is short for "ante meridiem", meaning "after" & "before" this time noon |
#7291, aired 2016-05-02 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $400: We really, really like this term for the increase in value of a real estate property over time appreciation |
#7291, aired 2016-05-02 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $600: 2-word beverage term for a short period of rest at work; What? It's over already? a coffee break |
#7291, aired 2016-05-02 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $800: Don't wait until tomorrow to tell me this word, Spanish for "tomorrow" mañana |
#7291, aired 2016-05-02 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $1000: A movie showing an 18th c. pirate checking his email is an example of this, from Greek for "against time" anachronism |
#7251, aired 2016-03-07 | MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS $1600: (Alex Trebek reports from the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City.) The inscription "No day shall erase you from the memory of time" is from this work by Virgil about the legendary founder of what would become Rome the Aeneid |
#7248, aired 2016-03-02 | DOGGONE GOOD WRITING $400: This 1902 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tale about a ghostly canine was based on local legend The Hound of the Baskervilles |
#7215, aired 2016-01-15 | TURN ON YOUR T-V $800: In 1920 Gimbels in Philadelphia staged a parade of about 50 people on this holiday Thanksgiving |
#7199, aired 2015-12-24 | COMPLETES THE NONFICTION TITLE $600: Hillary Clinton's memoir about her time in the State Department:
"Hard ____" Choices |
#7176, aired 2015-11-23 | WELL-SEASONED BOOKS $1600: "Drums of Autumn" is the 4th book in this series about a woman traveling through time using an ancient Scottish stone circle Outlander |
#7171, aired 2015-11-16 | HE WAS THE POPE... $3,000 (Daily Double): When the Arab Spring pro-democracy protests began in Tunisia Benedict XVI |
#7169, aired 2015-11-12 | BOOKS ABOUT POLITICS $2000: "Mayor for a New America" is a memoir by this late beloved long-time mayor of Boston Thomas Menino |
#7107, aired 2015-07-07 | CROCODILE $1000: Crocodiles first appeared around the same time as dinosaurs, about 240 million years ago during this "3-layered" era the Triassic period |
#7093, aired 2015-06-17 | FOOTBALL HEROES $400: Seattle's Russell Wilson is a long-time fan of this Saints QB; at about 6', the 2 are among the shortest starting NFL QBs Drew Brees |
#7065, aired 2015-05-08 | FADS & FASHIONS $1000: In the 1920s folks got all fired up about sitting at the top of these, sometimes for weeks at a time flagpoles |
#7054, aired 2015-04-23 | THE LAST TIME THE CUBS WON THE WORLD SERIES $1600: Some people were tooling about in a luxurious touring car made by this company--one of the three P's Packard |
#7045, aired 2015-04-10 | TAX TIME $400: This basic human need comes after "tax" when you're talking about a 401k shelter |
#7035, aired 2015-03-27 | TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE $1200: (Former Vice President Al Gore delivers the clue.) In 2007 the European Space Agency reported that polar ice had melted to such an extent that this fabled shortcut from the Atlantic to the Pacific was fully navigable for the first time the Northwest Passage |
#7022, aired 2015-03-10 | TIME FOR ART $200: The age of the great cathedrals, about 1150 to 1250, helped form this architectural style Gothic |
#7022, aired 2015-03-10 | TIME FOR ART $600: Op art--the term & the movement--came about in this decade the 60s |
#7022, aired 2015-03-10 | TIME FOR ART $1000: When talking about great Trecento art, like the example seen here, Trecento means this period the 1300s |
#7012, aired 2015-02-24 | 1950s BESTSELLERS $1600: Mac Hyman's comedic book about Air Force life was "No Time for" these Sergeants |
#7000, aired 2015-02-06 | TIME FOR "T" $400: It's a newspaper concentrating on lurid news or whose pages are about half the standard size a tabloid |
#6994, aired 2015-01-29 | ABOUT TIME $200: In non-military time 2015 is this on the clock 8:15 P.M. |
#6994, aired 2015-01-29 | ABOUT TIME $400: The oldest surviving examples of these time-telling devices date from about 1500 B.C. in Egypt a sundial |
#6994, aired 2015-01-29 | ABOUT TIME $600: In the NBA it's continually reset to 24; in men's college hoops, to 35 the shot clock |
#6994, aired 2015-01-29 | ABOUT TIME $800: This religious observance is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox Easter |
#6994, aired 2015-01-29 | ABOUT TIME $1000: In 1752 calendars in Britain jumped forward 11 days following the switch to this the Gregorian calendar |
#6992, aired 2015-01-27 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS LISTS $400: The first weekly list, Aug. 9, 1942, was topped by "The Last Time I Saw" this city, about living on the rue de la Huchette Paris |
#6957, aired 2014-12-09 | E.T.'s ON TV $800: Long-running show about a Time Lord from Gallifrey Doctor Who |
#6943, aired 2014-11-19 | REAL ESTATE $800: Homes that are dressed up with this theatrical-sounding method sell in about 1/5 the time of homes that aren't staging |
#6877, aired 2014-07-08 | OH, LOOK AT THE TIME $800: The first birds "park"ed themselves about 150 million years ago in this period the Jurassic |
#6827, aired 2014-04-29 | STATISTICS $600: A Logitech survey found that about half the time, that TV remote you can't locate is actually here in the couch cushions |
#6826, aired 2014-04-28 | GETTING POSSESSIVE $200: Have a "grape" time
at this resort island about four miles off the coast Martha's Vineyard |
#6809, aired 2014-04-03 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $400: Piper Kerman played on a cliche about fashion trends for this title of her memoir of her time in jail Orange Is the New Black |
#6780, aired 2014-02-21 | JOHNNY GILBERT PERFORMS TODAY'S HITS $1000: "I'm beginning to feel like a rap god, rap god, all my people from the front to the back nod, back nod" Eminem |
#6779, aired 2014-02-20 | AGES & AGES $2,400 (Daily Double): An 1870s novel about greed & corruption gave us the name of this "age" The Gilded Age |
#6772, aired 2014-02-11 | RHYME TIME $2000: Fun, little-known facts about a landlocked country in South America Bolivia trivia |
#6754, aired 2014-01-16 | SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES $2000: 1962's "La Jetee", about a man sent back in time to avert apocalypse, was remade as this numeric Bruce Willis film 12 Monkeys |
#6736, aired 2013-12-23 | IT'S MAGIC TIME! $800: Talk about a "Mindfreak"! A YouTube video of this Vegas star walking on water across a pool has 46 million views Criss Angel |
#6714, aired 2013-11-21 | ALL ABOUT ALGERIA $800: In the 2010 World Cup, the U.S. dueled with Algeria & stayed alive on an extra-time goal by this player Landon Donovan |
#6700, aired 2013-11-01 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $200: In geologic time, of epoch, period & era, the one that's the longest era |
#6700, aired 2013-11-01 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $400: The traditional number of days in a U.S. school year, it's the title of a PBS "Inside An American High School" program 180 |
#6700, aired 2013-11-01 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $800: A geisha's fee is figured in "sticks", about a stick an hour; the term originated as the time it took a stick of this to burn incense |
#6700, aired 2013-11-01 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $1000: Used instead of B.C. as a secular date reference, B.C.E stands for this Before Common Era |
#6698, aired 2013-10-30 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $800: (A.O. Scott presents the clue.) I raved about this first-time actress in "Dreamgirls" who upstaged an Oscar winner, a pop diva & a movie star of long standing. She's "not going anywhere, she has arrived" Jennifer Hudson |
#6685, aired 2013-10-11 | SAILING THE 3 C's $400: Wow, that's so weird--I was just thinking about this word for a striking occurrence of 2 events at 1 time a coincidence |
#6667, aired 2013-09-17 | POTENT POTABLES $200: (Kathie Lee and Hoda give the clue.) As Nick Charles says in "The Thin Man", it's all about the rhythm in the shaking--you shake a Manhattan to fox trot time but you use waltz time to shake a dry one of these gin drinks a martini |
#6655, aired 2013-07-19 | A "TELL"-ALL CATEGORY $2000: It's the IP in WIPO, a world organization protecting copyrights & such intellectual property |
#6644, aired 2013-07-04 | RHYME TIME $600: A magazine story about a neutron or proton particle article |
#6631, aired 2013-06-17 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $400: It can be a dry spell in the weather or, for a batter, going a long time without a hit a drought |
#6630, aired 2013-06-14 | TV TIME $2000: Lena Dunham stars in this HBO series about 4 females in their 20s Girls |
#6625, aired 2013-06-07 | TIME FOR SOME HAIR CARE $400: Chocolate goes into a type of this post-shampoo product from Robert Max conditioner |
#6625, aired 2013-06-07 | THE END "ZONE" $1600: Each one of these is about 15 degrees of longitude wide a time zone |
#6622, aired 2013-06-04 | ALASKAN AQUATIC LIFE $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us a jellyfish swimming in Alaska.) Arctic Lion's Mane Jellyfish can be 120 feet long, impressive due to the fact they only live for about a year, most of its time in the fully developed stage named for this serpent headed Greek woman Medusa |
#6592, aired 2013-04-23 | ALL-TIME 100 SONGS $400: Her "Bad Romance" "is an infectiously catchy dance song about all of the... messed-up feelings people have for one another" Lady Gaga |
#6567, aired 2013-03-19 | AROUND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE $1200: Named for a 17th century British explorer, this country's Baffin Island is about the size of Spain Canada |
#6543, aired 2013-02-13 | FROM ZORBA THE GREEK $800: Authors, take note: "All those who actually live the mysteries of life haven't the time to" do this write about it |
#6523, aired 2013-01-16 | STATES' MOST POPULOUS CITIES $400: Missouri:
population about 463,000 Kansas City |
#6514, aired 2013-01-03 | RHYME TIME $2000: Curt Gentry co-authored this true crime book about the Tate-LaBianca murders Helter Skelter |
#6470, aired 2012-11-02 | SCIENCE "C" STUFF $1600: It's the most recent era of geologic time, from about 65 million years ago to the present the Cenozoic |
#6418, aired 2012-07-11 | OXYMORONS $2000: At any time about 200,000 Americans are these, on the way to educating our youth student teachers |
#6397, aired 2012-06-12 | DRINKS $1600: The book spawned a TV show:
"Are You There, ____? It's Me, Chelsea" Vodka |
#6354, aired 2012-04-12 | INTERVIEWING THE INTERVIEWER $400: (Hi. I'm Anderson Cooper.) Hosting a 2009 special on the Time 100, I got to interview Barbara Walters & her co-hosts on this show about their influence The View |
#6340, aired 2012-03-23 | LET'S TALK ABOUT "SEX" $400: Half a dozen born at the same time sextuplets |
#6316, aired 2012-02-20 | NOW GO WRITE THAT NOVEL ALREADY $1000: Herman Hesse took 11 years to pen this novel about an Indian boy during the time of Buddha Siddhartha |
#6296, aired 2012-01-23 | SCIENCE-FICTION TV $2000: This show about a very old time lord from the planet Gallifrey debuted on the BBC in 1963 Doctor Who |
#6218, aired 2011-10-05 | SONGS ABOUT GIRLS $1600: In 1983 Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney duetted, "Don't waste your time, because the doggone" this "because the doggone girl is mine" |
#6170, aired 2011-06-10 | 1923 TIME COVERS $800: At the end of 1923, this Irish author graced Time's cover & inside discussed his new play about Joan of Arc (George Bernard) Shaw |
#6136, aired 2011-04-25 | TIME FOR A SOLO $1600: Try acting out in prison & you may get sent to this solitary place; Humble Pie sang about "30 Days" in it the hole |
#6111, aired 2011-03-21 | OFFBEAT MUSEUMS $400: Next time you're roaming through North Dakota, visit the museum of this animal & its herd of about 30 buffalo |
#6110, aired 2011-03-18 | 1911 $200: This race was held for the first time in May with Ray Harroun winning with an average speed of about 75 mph the Indianapolis 500 |
#6066, aired 2011-01-17 | OPRAH GETS HISTORICAL $2000: (Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) I'd ask this Polish-American patriot, for whom my home town is named, about the time he tried to sell his estates & use the money to free Thomas Jefferson's slaves Thaddeus Kosciuszko |
#6048, aired 2010-12-22 | HOLIDAY ALBUMS $200: Vince Guaraldi's LP from a 1965 TV special about this title animated boy featured "Christmas Time Is Here" Charlie Brown |
#6000, aired 2010-10-15 | 6,000 $400: In Julius Caesar's time, this standard Roman military unit comprised about 6,000 men a legion |
#5994, aired 2010-10-07 | IF THE TV SERIES HAD A DOWNER ENDING $600: The one-armed man says, "It's about time I finished the job" & shoots Richard Kimble The Fugitive |
#5993, aired 2010-10-06 | GAME TIME $600: Milton Bradley's first game was about vice & virtue: it evolved into this game with teeny station wagons Life |
#5988, aired 2010-09-29 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $400: Official written records of proceedings at a meeting the minutes |
#5988, aired 2010-09-29 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $800: It's what you call an attendant or representative of a duelist a second |
#5988, aired 2010-09-29 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $1200: A unit of measure of longitude equal to 15 degrees or 1/24 of a great circle an hour |
#5988, aired 2010-09-29 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $1600: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings title fawn The Yearling |
#5988, aired 2010-09-29 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $2000: From the Latin for "motion" comes this word for an indefinite but short period of time a moment |
#5985, aired 2010-09-24 | THE RAZZIES FOR 2009 $400: She showed up to claim her acting Razzie for "All About Steve"; she also showed up to accept an Oscar a short time later (Sandra) Bullock |
#5985, aired 2010-09-24 | WHO SAID IT, SHAKESPEARE? $800: "Signior Antonio, many a time and oft in the Rialto you have rated me about my moneys and my usances" Shylock |
#5903, aired 2010-04-21 | MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS $2000: Blink-182:
"That's about the time she walked away from me, nobody likes you when you're ___" 23 |
#5878, aired 2010-03-17 | "LA" STORY $800: Edgar Rice Burroughs pulp novel about a lost world of dinosaurs The Land that Time Forgot |
#5874, aired 2010-03-11 | PLAY TIME $400: Plays about driving include Paula Vogel's "How I Learned to Drive" & this Alfred Uhry work Driving Miss Daisy |
#5847, aired 2010-02-02 | TV TIME $600: In 2009 this show about the Griffins was the first animated one in decades nominated for the Best Comedy Emmy Family Guy |
#5836, aired 2010-01-18 | IT'S ALL ABOUT "U" $600: It's his business to embalm you when the time comes undertaker |
#5825, aired 2010-01-01 | PICK A PLANET $1,500 (Daily Double): It's never observable when the sky is fully dark Mercury |
#5797, aired 2009-11-24 | COMMON SIMILES $1000: (Here's Jimmy.) He is depicting this common simile about a criminal who's been at it a long time & isn't good at not getting caught a rap sheet as long as your arm |
#5784, aired 2009-11-05 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE $1200: This time it's about "Salvation" from the evil cyborgs in this 2009 film Terminator Salvation (Terminator accepted) |
#5760, aired 2009-10-02 | COME SEE ABOUT "ME" $1600: "Back at the ranch", you might know this adverb denoting at the same time but in another place meanwhile |
#5751, aired 2009-09-21 | FIX THE SPOONERISM $1000: It's about time you showed up & don't give me that better nate than lever better late than never |
#5734, aired 2009-07-09 | QUOTES ABOUT SPORTS TEAMS? $1200: Jefferson:
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of ____ and tyrants" patriots |
#5702, aired 2009-05-26 | U.S. STAMPS $1000: In 1998 this magazine publisher who died in 1967 appeared on a 32-cent stamp; it was about "Time" (Henry) Luce |
#5613, aired 2009-01-21 | BOOK REVIEWS BY TARZAN $200: 2005, it return to bestseller list after long time, about 1959 Kansas murders, Tarzan horrified yet can't put book down In Cold Blood |
#5593, aired 2008-12-24 | WE'RE MAP-HAPPY $400: Marked in red on the map are these geographic features; at any given time, about 20 of them are extremely active volcanoes |
#5586, aired 2008-12-15 | COUNTRY TIME $1,600 (Daily Double): In a 1948-49 war, this Middle Eastern country increased the territory it controlled by about 50% Israel |
#5577, aired 2008-12-02 | MEDICAL "T" TIME $1,400 (Daily Double): Mozart wrote about eating pork cutlets before his final illness, which led to a 2001 theory that he died of this trichinosis |
#5569, aired 2008-11-20 | TIME FLIES $2000: Because the earth rotates as it orbits, a sidereal day, based on the stars, is about 4 minutes shorter than this day a solar day |
#5471, aired 2008-05-26 | QUASI-PRESIDENTIAL CINEMA $1200: Peter Weir got an Oscar nomination for directing this 1998 film about a man trapped in a real-time 24-hour-a-day documentary The Truman Show |
#5454, aired 2008-05-01 | TOM TIME $1000: "Ambushing the audience is what theater is all about", asserted this author of "The Real Thing" Tom Stoppard |
#5447, aired 2008-04-22 | PSYCHOLOGY $1600: Psychologists classify phobias as this type of disorder; phobic people spend much time worrying about their fears anxiety (disorder) |
#5431, aired 2008-03-31 | IS IT "TEA" TIME YET? $400: I see in my crystal ball that Bill Hewitt wrote a book about how to read these tea leaves |
#5431, aired 2008-03-31 | IS IT "TEA" TIME YET? $1600: When Lady Diana had doubts about marrying Prince Charles, she was told: Too late. "Your face is on" these cloth items tea towels |
#5404, aired 2008-02-21 | RHYME TIME $400: A stage play about a woolly South American beast of burden a llama drama |
#5396, aired 2008-02-11 | PARENTAL PAST LIVES $1000: Mom doesn't talk about her time at this government agency--but there is a picture of her & co-worker Valerie Plame the CIA |
#5341, aired 2007-11-26 | YOU PICKED A FINE TIME $1600: We had pleasant sensations learning about this era in U.S. history covering President Monroe's 2 terms "Era of Good Feelings" |
#5341, aired 2007-11-26 | KENNY $2000: This British director loves the classics; he's directed films about Liszt, Mahler & Tchaikovsky Ken Russell |
#5326, aired 2007-11-05 | "THINK" ABOUT IT $800: Title question in a 1979 No. 1 hit by Rod Stewart, & the answer ahead of time is "Yes" "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" |
#5314, aired 2007-10-18 | RHYME TIME $1600: Just about every 365 days nearly yearly |
#5314, aired 2007-10-18 | RHYME TIME $2000: A note on a book jacket about parsley, sage or rosemary herb blurb |
#5261, aired 2007-06-25 | "TWO" NIGHT $800: Play stops on or about this official time-out near the end of each half in an NFL game the two-minute warning |
#5225, aired 2007-05-04 | RHYME TIME $800: A query about the process by which food is broken down, absorbed & assimilated by the body a digestion question |
#5220, aired 2007-04-27 | YOU CAN CZECH OUT ANY TIME YOU LIKE $1200: Though this Czech was not known for humor, his 1927 comic novel was about a young European's life in "Amerika" Franz Kafka |
#5190, aired 2007-03-16 | AT THE MARK TWAIN HOUSE $1200: (Alex Trebek delivers the clue from the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT.) Appropriately, Mark Twain resided here in Hartford while he worked on this 1889 novel about a Hartford man who travels back in time to medieval England A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#5186, aired 2007-03-12 | SPEAK OF THE DICKENS! $1600: "Night is generally my time for walking", begins Dickens' novel about this title store The Old Curiosity Shop |
#5152, aired 2007-01-23 | A YEAR TO REMEMBER $800: British government makes Pitt stop; castrato Caffarelli's life ends on high note; Revol. War ends 1783 |
#5133, aired 2006-12-27 | MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S NEW WORDS FOR 2006 $200: It's about time this double-talk term for flashy & expensive jewelry was added bling-bling |
#5110, aired 2006-11-24 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $200: Theaters in the district named for this NYC road increased from about 20 in 1900 to an all-time high of 80 in 1925 Broadway |
#5107, aired 2006-11-21 | STOCK SYMBOLS $2,000 (Daily Double): This company, TWX, likes initials such as AOL, HBO & TBS Time Warner |
#5106, aired 2006-11-20 | THE TOP TEN OF EVERYTHING $800: Worldwide, the top ten highest grossing movies of all time include 3 films about this boy wizard Harry Potter |
#5095, aired 2006-11-03 | CONTROVERSIAL SPORTS CELEBS $200: "Game of Shadows" is a 2006 book about this man who is second on the all-time home run list (Barry) Bonds |
#5050, aired 2006-07-21 | ALL ABOUT THE BOOK $400: A book's preface, or presenting one person to another for the first time an introduction |
#5001, aired 2006-05-15 | BOHEMIAN RHAPSODIES $1200: Josef Suk arranged a meditation on an old carol about this Bohemian "King", the Czech patron saint Wenceslas ("Wen'slas" accepted) |
#4944, aired 2006-02-23 | RHYME TIME $2000: Goneril & Cordelia's sister, after eschewing eating all animal products Vegan Regan (Regan Vegan accepted) |
#4941, aired 2006-02-20 | LET'S PLAY JEOPARDY! $800: Like Freudian analysis, it uses dreams a lot, but it's not so much about the sex all the time Jungian (analysis) |
#4900, aired 2005-12-23 | COFFEE TIME $1000: T.S. Eliot wrote, "I have measured out my life with" these coffee spoons |
#4877, aired 2005-11-22 | AMERICAN WOMAN $1000: The former editor & Playboy bunny seen here, she spent time in India & learned about nonviolent activism (Gloria) Steinem |
#4844, aired 2005-10-06 | ON THE BATTLEFIELD $2000: (Jon shows a map on a monitor.) In 1879 at Isandlwana, a maneuver called "Horns of the Beast" allowed this African group to get close enough to overrun the British the Zulu |
#4843, aired 2005-10-05 | ASTRONOMICAL RHYME TIME $200: Any song about Earth's natural satellite a Moon tune |
#4820, aired 2005-07-15 | DOUBLE U $1200: "Star Trek" shows always seemed to be worried about messing up the space-time one continuum |
#4814, aired 2005-07-07 | RHYME TIME $200: A sentimental song about a Waldorf or Caesar a salad ballad |
#4814, aired 2005-07-07 | RHYME TIME $600: A story with a moral about Adam & Eve's second son an Abel fable |
#4806, aired 2005-06-27 | START SPREADING THE "NEW"s $1200: The "March of Time" was a famous series of these short films about recent historic events a newsreel |
#4771, aired 2005-05-09 | CNN 25: NATIONAL NEWS $2000: The lieutenant colonel seen here is about to testify about his time on this government body from 1981 to 1986 the NSC (the National Security Council) |
#4767, aired 2005-05-03 | MY FANTASY WRITER TEAM $400: Paul Gallico owned 23 of these animals at a time & wrote a fantasy about a boy who's changed into a white one cats |
#4766, aired 2005-05-02 | PHILOSOPHERS $2000: This 20th century German wondered about the nature of being in works like "Being and Time" Martin Heidegger |
#4724, aired 2005-03-03 | FEMINISM $1,000 (Daily Double): The profession of Mary Prance in Henry James' 1886 "The Bostonians", it was about 1/5 female in Boston at the time a physician (or medicine or a doctor) |
#4699, aired 2005-01-27 | RHYME TIME $800: Written text of a movie about an underground burial chamber a crypt script |
#4677, aired 2004-12-28 | RHYME TIME $200: Term used about a baseball team that's hot until the end of May then collapses June swoon |
#4642, aired 2004-11-09 | EITHER/OR $200: This question about grocery bags could also apply to how you're paying for those groceries Paper or plastic? |
#4621, aired 2004-10-11 | THE ADLER PLANETARIUM $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands outside the dome of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.) The first modern planetarium in the Western Hemisphere, the Adler, opened in 1930, about the time of this planet's discovery Pluto |
#4618, aired 2004-10-06 | FROM A TO E $800: It's an amusing yarn or reminiscence; in fact, did I ever tell you about the time... an anecdote |
#4618, aired 2004-10-06 | LITERARY PAIRS $12,000 (Daily Double): The film title "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" comes from a poem about these ill-fated medieval lovers Heloise & Abelard |
#4574, aired 2004-06-24 | WEIRD & WONDERFUL GUINNESS RECORDS $1000: You'll need about 1,400 close friends to all sit down on these "cushions" at the same time to claim the record whoopee cushions |
#4543, aired 2004-05-12 | PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES $400: This 2-time winner of the Best Actor Oscar is related to Abe Lincoln (whose mother was Nancy Hanks) Tom Hanks |
#4519, aired 2004-04-08 | TIME PERIODS $600: One may be "Beat" or "Lost" or a period of about 30 years generation |
#4509, aired 2004-03-25 | NEFERTITI TIME $400: Nefertiti's stepson was this boy king who became pharaoh at about the age of 9 Tut |
#4499, aired 2004-03-11 | TEA TIME $800: Long favored by Asians, this type of tea gives the body an antioxidant boost green tea |
#4479, aired 2004-02-12 | FASCINATING BIBLE FACTS $800: Talk about taking your time--this Biblical man who lived to be 969 didn't even have kids until he was 187 Methuselah |
#4474, aired 2004-02-05 | A TIME TO DIE $600: This well-known princess tragically died after a car crash in 1982 Princess Grace |
#4442, aired 2003-12-23 | BOOKS ABOUT SCIENCE $400: Alan Lightman meditated on the nature of time in this physicist's "Dreams" Einstein |
#4411, aired 2003-11-10 | GRADE $2000: Tenth grade? Time for this 1840s French novel about a man falsely imprisoned who wants revenge The Count of Monte Cristo |
#4400, aired 2003-10-24 | IT'S TIME FOR SPORTS $200: Maria Sharapova has had complaints about the loudness of her grunting while playing this tennis |
#4400, aired 2003-10-24 | IT'S TIME FOR SPORTS $800: This surprise 2003 British Open winner said that Tiger Woods has "this aroma about him" Ben Curtis |
#4392, aired 2003-10-14 | GOOD "TIME"s $1600: This Charles Dickens work is about the tough living & working conditions brought about by industrialization Hard Times |
#4318, aired 2003-05-14 | LITERARY FIRST LINES $1000: About an Irish Catholic Youth:
"Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow..." Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man |
#4287, aired 2003-04-01 | THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION $2000: This sect associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls numbered about 4,000 -- not for long, due to their celibacy Essenes |
#4277, aired 2003-03-18 | ESOTERICA $400: The Pleistocene Epoch was the last time about 1/3 of the Earth's land surface was covered by these glaciers |
#4242, aired 2003-01-28 | ITALIAN GEOGRAPHY $800: The play "Much Ado About Nothing" takes place in the port city of Messina on this Italian island Sicily |
#4215, aired 2002-12-20 | CAN'T LIVE WITH 'EM $800: Ernie K-Doe sang about her, "Every time I open my mouth she steps in and tries to put me out" "Mother-in-Law" |
#4194, aired 2002-11-21 | WATCH OUT FOR ALLIGATORS! $200: While an alligator has about 80 of these at any one time, they wear down & are eventually replaced teeth |
#4192, aired 2002-11-19 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $200: It's the year in which the U.S. will celebrate its tricentennial 2076 |
#4192, aired 2002-11-19 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $400: In the U.S. in 2000 it was 74.1 for men & 79.5 for women average life expectancy |
#4192, aired 2002-11-19 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $600: According to the proverb, it "saves nine" a stitch in time |
#4192, aired 2002-11-19 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $800: Traditionally, sabbatical leave, which teachers take for study or travel, comes once every this many years 7 |
#4192, aired 2002-11-19 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $1000: In English, it's the only day of the week that's named for a Roman god Saturday (for Saturn) |
#4178, aired 2002-10-30 | THEATRE $1600: In 2001 this Sondheim musical about a reunion of ex-showgirls returned to Broadway for the 1st time in 30 years Follies |
#4154, aired 2002-09-26 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Proverb about repeating a task until it becomes flawless that turns into a Bronson Pinchot sitcom Practice makes Perfect Strangers |
#4100, aired 2002-05-31 | A TIME FOR "US" $2000: Talk about the hound from hell! This one who guarded Hades had 3 heads, a serpent's tail & a mane of snakes Cerberus |
#4058, aired 2002-04-03 | MEL GIBSON MOVIES $2000: If you're looking for a thriller about a tough ex-con out for revenge, "it's" this film "time" Payback |
#3985, aired 2001-12-21 | JUDY, JUDI, JUDIE $1000: Talk about quality time; though only onscreen for 8 minutes, this dame won an Oscar for "Shakespeare in Love" Judi Dench |
#3975, aired 2001-12-07 | BOOKS OF THE BIBLE $1200: This book talks about "A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace" Ecclesiastes |
#3855, aired 2001-05-11 | ANIMAL RHYME TIME $200: An informal talk about flying mammals bat chat |
#3800, aired 2001-02-23 | RHYME TIME $500: Rae Dawn Chong starred in this 1984 film about urban kids who breakdance & rap Beat Street |
#3641, aired 2000-06-05 | HE WAS IN THAT? $800: Jim Carrey played one of Kathleen Turner's high school chums in this film about time-traveling Peggy Sue Got Married |
#3637, aired 2000-05-30 | MERRY YACHTS $1000: In 1988 Gary Hart had a merry time with Donna Rice aboard this yacht Monkey Business |
#3605, aired 2000-04-14 | PLAYING DUMB $200: (Hi, I'm Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go's) I played Joan of Arc in this 1989 film about 2 clueless time travelers Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure |
#3547, aired 2000-01-25 | MODERN "TIME"S $1000: Bob Dylan's 1964 hit song about the inevitable passing of the years "The Times They Are A-Changin'" |
#3542, aired 2000-01-18 | READERS $300: Edward Herrmann, known for playing this president on TV, reads "No Ordinary Time", a book about him FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt) |
#3537, aired 2000-01-11 | THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC $1000: (Hi, I'm Jane Wiedlin) Among my credits is this song that starts, "Can you hear them? Talkin' about us, telling lies..." "Our Lips are Sealed" |
#3518, aired 1999-12-15 | TV TIME TRAVEL $1000: Irwin Allen created & produced this '60s show about time-traveling scientists led by James Darren The Time Tunnel |
#3511, aired 1999-12-06 | TIME FOR A CZECH UP $300: At about 40 percent, this Christian denomination is the largest religious group in the country Roman Catholic |
#3509, aired 1999-12-02 | PLAY TIME $400: In 1999 a play based on this Amy Tan book about mothers & daughters opened off-Broadway "The Joy Luck Club" |
#3417, aired 1999-06-15 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $200: 0 degrees longitude, this line passes through Greenwich Observatory in England Prime Meridian |
#3417, aired 1999-06-15 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $400: In 1752 Great Britain imposed this calendar on all its possessions, including the American colonies Gregorian Calendar |
#3417, aired 1999-06-15 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $600: Timepiece mentioned in the introduction to "Days of Our Lives" Hourglass |
#3417, aired 1999-06-15 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $1000: Time in the U.S. is determined by the National Institute of Standards & Technology whose atomic clock is in this Colorado city Boulder |
#3417, aired 1999-06-15 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $1,500 (Daily Double): The world is divided into 23 full time zones & 2 half zones; the half zones are separated by this International Date Line |
#3365, aired 1999-04-02 | HOLIDAY CLIP ART $500: It's about "time" we did this holiday New Year's Eve |
#3319, aired 1999-01-28 | RHYME TIME $800: A serious play about one of the 3 Hindu gods Brahma drama |
#3266, aired 1998-11-16 | IT'S ALL ABOUT "YOU", ISN'T IT? $600: It's the first line of the first verse in the song, "As Time Goes By", sweetheart You must remember this |
#3253, aired 1998-10-28 | THIS IS OUR COUNTRY $900 (Daily Double): About 1/3 of this state's visitors arrive by cruise ship, many from Vancouver, British Columbia Alaska |
#3242, aired 1998-10-13 | MUSIC & LITERATURE $100: "Rip-Rip" is a comic opera about this sleepy head who killed time in the Catskills Rip Van Winkle |
#3232, aired 1998-09-29 | 20th CENTURY OPERA $600: Appropriately, Scottish composer Thea Musgrave wrote an opera about this Scottish queen Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart) |
#3174, aired 1998-05-21 | PIG-OUT $500: The Walrus said it was time "To talk of many things", about "why the sea is boiling hot and whether" this Pigs have wings |
#3169, aired 1998-05-14 | A LONG TIME AGO $600: This Cretan civilization dominated the Aegean world until about 1450 B.C. Minoan |
#1, aired 1998-05-03 | LITERARY LANDMARKS $200: This "Call of the Wild" author had some wild times at Heinold's First & Last Chance Saloon in Oakland Jack London |
#3126, aired 1998-03-16 | ELMORE LEONARD $600: One of the top Western novels of all time, Paul Newman starred in the 1967 film version Hombre |
#3125, aired 1998-03-13 | LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX $200: In 1972 this French star called herself "the most important sex symbol of all time" Brigitte Bardot |
#3125, aired 1998-03-13 | LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX $400: "Sex is the biggest nothing of all time", said this pop artist, perhaps preferring soup Andy Warhol |
#3101, aired 1998-02-09 | TV FROM THE NEXT ROOM $300: "Sweetie, can I say something: I grew up in this city, let me tell ya, here's what you do: from the time you're eight, you run, you just run... any way you look, there's someone who wants to hurt you..." Mad About You |
#3099, aired 1998-02-05 | NEXT LINE, PLEASE $100: "I've come to help you."
"We'll, it's about time somebody did!"
"The Witch Doctor is a bad man."
"You can say that again!" "The Witch Doctor is a bad man." |
#3092, aired 1998-01-27 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $100: The title time of day when everybody deserted Gary Cooper in a classic 1952 western High Noon |
#3092, aired 1998-01-27 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $200: When it's 2300 hours to a soldier, it's this to a civilian 11 P.M. |
#3092, aired 1998-01-27 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $300: According to the Greenwich Observatory, this date will be the first day of the next millennium January 1, 2001 |
#3092, aired 1998-01-27 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $400: The Beatles' first No. 1 single of 1965 had this impossible title "Eight Days a Week" |
#3092, aired 1998-01-27 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $500: In a marvelous poem, he wrote, "At my back I always hear time's winged chariot hurrying near" Andrew Marvell |
#3091, aired 1998-01-26 | ODDS $300: The odds against throwing a 6 with one die, or a Doors song that announced, "No one here gets out alive" 5 to 1 |
#3082, aired 1998-01-13 | TIME ZONE PROBLEMS $400: If you board a 1-hour flight from Detroit to Chicago at 3 P.M., you'll land at about this hour 3 P.M. (Detroit is one hour ahead) |
#3079, aired 1998-01-08 | BRITISH HODGEPODGE $1000: In celebration of George III's birthday in 1805, the horse guards performed this ceremony for the first time Trooping the Colour |
#3075, aired 1998-01-02 | HIE WE TO YON RENAISSANCE FAIRE $1,000 (Daily Double): Thinking themselves the elect, these fellows you see go about denouncing the faire's pleasures: Puritans |
#3066, aired 1997-12-22 | TIME PHRASES $1000: A span much longer than 30 days, or a John Updike novel about an adulterous minister A Month Of Sundays |
#3059, aired 1997-12-11 | GREAT-GRANDPAPPY SAID $300: Wherever he was he'd say, "Don't waste time complaining about" this, "It will soon change" the Weather |
#3015, aired 1997-10-10 | BOOKS ABOUT TV SHOWS $900 (Daily Double): Colin Dexter & Dick Francis contributed to a book about this PBS anthology series Mystery! |
#3005, aired 1997-09-26 | PRIME TIME TV $500: This Melanie Griffith film about a spunky secretary spawned a 1990 sitcom starring Sandra Bullock Working Girl |
#2808, aired 1996-11-13 | THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY $400: French for "again", it's the word audiences shout to get a diva to sing one more time "Encore!" |
#2802, aired 1996-11-05 | TIME SPANS $300: Though not as regular as once thought, this Yellowstone attraction erupts about every 30-90 minutes Old Faithful |
#2782, aired 1996-10-08 | THE 1996 TONY AWARDS $500 (Daily Double): This acclaimed show, featuring the song heard here, earned 4 Tonys, including Best Musical & Original Score:
"La vie Boheme! /
La vie Boheme! /
To days of inspiration, playing hooky, making
something out of nothing..." Rent |
#2762, aired 1996-09-10 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $200: Running time in silent films was measured in these, each about 10 minutes long reels |
#2757, aired 1996-09-03 | PHYSICIANS $200: About 5 years after writing his first Sherlock Holmes novel, he quit medicine to write full time Conan Doyle |
#2725, aired 1996-06-07 | SCI-FI TV $400: "Set Piece" by Kate Orman is one of the New Adventures books continuing this British show about a Time Lord Doctor Who |
#2602, aired 1995-12-19 | SOAP OPERA HISTORY $400: In "Mommie Dearest", she wrote about the time her mother Joan subbed for her on "The Secret Storm" Christina (Crawford) |
#2574, aired 1995-11-09 | NUTRITION $1,000 (Daily Double): About 70% of this mineral absorbed by the body ends up in hemoglobin iron |
#2571, aired 1995-11-06 | RHYME TIME $400: Exaggerated tale about a farm structure barn yarn |
#2530, aired 1995-09-08 | CRIME TIME $1000: L.A.'s 1st syndicate boss, his 1st California murder victim was Harry Greenberg, November 22, 1939 "Bugsy" Siegel |
#2513, aired 1995-07-05 | ALL ABOUT AUTHORS $400: "The Remains of the Day" author Kazuo Ishiguro was a grouse beater for this grandmother of Prince Charles the Queen Mother |
#2425, aired 1995-03-03 | QUOTES ABOUT AUTHORS $200: Henry James said, "Whatever" this author of "The Time Machine" "writes is not only alive, but kicking" H.G. Wells |
#2367, aired 1994-12-13 | CHEMISTS $800: Scheele & Priestley told of discovering this gas at about the same time, so they're both credited oxygen |
#2360, aired 1994-12-02 | CONTEMPORARIES $100: At about the time Richelieu became a bishop this captain was saved by Pocahontas John Smith |
#2224, aired 1994-04-14 | AUTHORS $600: Arthur Koestler's novel about the Moscow trials of the 1930s was called "Darkness at" this time Noon |
#2190, aired 1994-02-25 | THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS $400: Of about 2 minutes, 20 minutes or 2 hours, the length of time it took to deliver 2 minutes |
#2141, aired 1993-12-20 | FEMININE NAMES $300: This name, a pet form of Mary, came into use about the time "La Boheme" was first staged Mimi |
#2063, aired 1993-07-21 | WINSTON CHURCHILL $600: Completes Churchill's line about the RAF "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed..." by so many to so few |
#2043, aired 1993-06-23 | RHYME TIME $400: An Aesop fable about an animal that forms reefs would end with one of these a coral moral |
#2030, aired 1993-06-04 | "GREAT" GEOGRAPHY $300: Fodor's says the No. 1 law for people viewing this Aussie landmark is "don't remove the coral" the Great Barrier Reef |
#1984, aired 1993-04-01 | GENERAL SCIENCE $400: About 70% of this pungent gas produced is converted into fertilizer ammonia |
#1975, aired 1993-03-19 | PARTY TIME! $400: On the Mexican kids' TV show "TVO", Gaby Ruffo sings about this, Spanish for the party or festival fiesta |
#1939, aired 1993-01-28 | DE GUYS $600: He died May 21, 1542, about a year after seeing the Mississippi for the first time de Soto |
#1939, aired 1993-01-28 | TIME $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the only country on the continent of Europe that's in the same time zone as England Portugal |
#1937, aired 1993-01-26 | ZONES $600 (Daily Double): They're about 15 degrees of longitude wide time zones |
#1913, aired 1992-12-23 | THE ORIENT $400: In Japan this time-honored ritual known as Sado usually lasts about 40 minutes the tea ceremony |
#1909, aired 1992-12-17 | THE "I"s HAVE IT $100: It often precedes crusher or cream cone ice |
#1890, aired 1992-11-20 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: This musical about married life is an adaptation of "The Fourposter" I Do! I Do! |
#1872, aired 1992-10-27 | WORLD HISTORY $100: This Irish castle famous for its "stone" was built by Cormac MacCarthy about 1446 the Blarney |
#1854, aired 1992-10-01 | THE 1991 OSCARS $1,000 (Daily Double): These "Rambling Rose" co-stars were the first mother & daughter ever nominated in the same year Laura Dern & Diane Ladd |
#1851, aired 1992-09-28 | RHYME TIME $300: A class that teaches you all about equines a horse course |
#1851, aired 1992-09-28 | RHYME TIME $500: She played the beauty in a classic 1933 film about a beast Fay Wray |
#1710, aired 1992-01-24 | BEST SELLERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Time Magazine called this Anne Tyler novel about a travel writer one of the '80s' best books The Accidental Tourist |
#1668, aired 1991-11-27 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $200: To the nearest minute, the time it takes blood to go from the heart thru the body & back to the heart about a minute |
#1644, aired 1991-10-24 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $300: He opened an eye practice in London in 1891; no one came, so he wrote full-time about a private eye Conan Doyle |
#1601, aired 1991-07-15 | CRIME TIME $800: This hideout used by Butch Cassidy was about a day's ride from Casper, Wyoming the Hole-in-the-Wall |
#1599, aired 1991-07-11 | ANATOMY $200: By the time of birth, this tube connecting the fetus to the placenta is about 2 feet long the umbilical cord |
#1595, aired 1991-07-05 | THE 1850s $500 (Daily Double): This man wrote that he was "worth inconceivably more to hang than for any other purpose" John Brown |
#1550, aired 1991-05-03 | BLACK AMERICA $400: The popularity of ragtime ended about the same time that this composer died in 1917 Joplin |
#1550, aired 1991-05-03 | INVENTIONS $500: It was about the time of the Civil War that he introduced his cylinder lock (Linus) Yale |
#1537, aired 1991-04-16 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $100: Canine term for the days from mid-July to early September the dog days |
#1537, aired 1991-04-16 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $200: In German, this day is called Mittwoch, meaning middle of the week Wednesday |
#1537, aired 1991-04-16 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $300: Bissextile is another term for this kind of year a leap year |
#1537, aired 1991-04-16 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $400: India's Samrat Yantra, built in 1724 & 118' high, is the largest of these time pieces a sundial |
#1537, aired 1991-04-16 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $500: The measurement of time by the apparent motion of fixed stars sidereal time |
#1481, aired 1991-01-28 | GREGORY PECK $800: Peck said of his role in this "time"ly 1949 film about WWII, "I think I'm a bit young to be a general" Twelve O'Clock High |
#1474, aired 1991-01-17 | MUSICAL RHYME TIME $200: Brian Hyland hit #1 in 1960 singing about this type of "yellow, polka-dot bikini" itsy bitsy teenie weenie |
#1474, aired 1991-01-17 | MUSICAL RHYME TIME $400: Freddy Cannon had a 1959 hit singing about this "Lassie" "Tallahassee Lassie" |
#1438, aired 1990-11-28 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $100: A huge one in Seward, Nebraska with an auto & a motorcycle in it isn't to be opened until 2025 a time capsule |
#1438, aired 1990-11-28 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $200: This timepiece is named for a sailor's or sentinel's cycle of duty a watch |
#1438, aired 1990-11-28 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $300: Congress enacted it to save energy in WWI but the farmers forced its repeal in 1919 Daylight Savings Time |
#1438, aired 1990-11-28 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $400: Longfellow called it "a pause in the day's occupations" the children's hour |
#4, aired 1990-07-07 | SAINTS & SINNERS $200: He expected a debate but didn't expect to start a new church when he posted his "95 Theses" in 1517 Martin Luther |
#4, aired 1990-07-07 | STATE CAPITALS $800: These 2 capitals both end in "-polis" Annapolis & Indianapolis |
#1362, aired 1990-07-03 | THE SUN & THE MOON $600: The illumination in the atmosphere just after sunset, the Platters sang about it twilight time |
#1265, aired 1990-02-16 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $400: The first teddy bears were marketed at about the same time by Ideal Toy Corp. & this German firm Steiff |
#1265, aired 1990-02-16 | PEOPLE $1,100 (Daily Double): Performer heard here talking about his craft; you may never have heard him before:
"If I want to mime a flower, I take the shape of the flower..." Marcel Marceau |
#1241, aired 1990-01-15 | THE OLD WEST $400: He wrote about the time he spent seeking hides on the West Coast in "Two Years Before the Mast" (Richard) Dana |
#1197, aired 1989-11-14 | TIME $600: In the Queen's English, the phrase "Time, gentlemen, please!" refers to this the pub is about to close |
#1141, aired 1989-07-17 | SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA $800: About the time Shakespeare was plotting King Lear, this man was arrested in a plot to kill James I Guy Fawkes |
#1119, aired 1989-06-15 | BEST SELLERS $1000: This man illustrated "Dear Mili", a newly discovered 19th century story by Wilhelm Grimm Maurice Sendak |
#1104, aired 1989-05-25 | POTPOURRI $800: This publication says it's "no more a magazine about NYC than Time is a magazine about wristwatches" The New Yorker |
#1039, aired 1989-02-23 | RHYME TIME $600: The Andrews Sisters & Bette Midler have had hits singing about this type of bugle boy boogie-woogie |
#1029, aired 1989-02-09 | 1986 $1,200 (Daily Double): Viewed for the 1st time in 74 years, it was found about 500 miles south of Newfoundland wreck of the Titanic |
#961, aired 1988-11-07 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: Of about 200, 700 or 1,200 years, length of time Ireland was ruled by England 700 |
#909, aired 1988-07-14 | THE 17th CENTURY $100: “Timetables of History" says this hand 1st appeared on watches in 1670; about time! the minute hand |
#909, aired 1988-07-14 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $500: "Once Upon a Time" contains this designer's own story about her notorious 1934 custody trial Gloria Vanderbilt |
#842, aired 1988-04-12 | EARLY MAN $1000: Species whose time span ran from about 1.6 million to 150,000 years ago Homo erectus |
#837, aired 1988-04-05 | THE BEATLES $1,000 (Daily Double): On his latest album, he reminisced about the good old days with the following:
"Back then long time ago when grass was green /
Woke up in a daze..." George Harrison |
#807, aired 1988-02-23 | ASTROLOGY $400: To cast a chart, an astrologer must know these 3 things about you your birthdate, the time you were born & where you were born |
#797, aired 1988-02-09 | FAMOUS QUOTES $800: Completes Will Rogers' line, "I joked about every prominent man of my time, but..." I never met a man I didn't like |
#780, aired 1988-01-15 | MAN IN SPACE $400: Craft aboard which U.S. astronauts spent the longest time in space, about 2000 hours Skylab |
#746, aired 1987-11-30 | ONE-WORD SONGS $200 (Daily Double): A time of rest, or title of the following lively Go-Go's hit:
"Can't seem to get my mind off of you / Back here at home, there's nothin' to do / Now that I'm away..." "Vacation" |
#739, aired 1987-11-19 | SCIENCE $300: After about eight weeks, a human embryo develops into this a fetus |
#709, aired 1987-10-08 | PERSONAL QUOTES $800: "I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true", stated this 4-time Oscar winner Katharine Hepburn |
#689, aired 1987-09-10 | PETS $300 (Daily Double): Requiring very little exercise, this breed of dog is popular among apartment dwellers a Yorkshire terrier |
#671, aired 1987-07-06 | INVENTIONS $400: Joseph Swan invented this in England about the same time Edison invented it here the lightbulb |
#568, aired 1987-02-11 | MARINE BIOLOGY $400: Time-Life says only about 1 in 10 million sea creatures escapes this fate being eaten |
#553, aired 1987-01-21 | CELEBRITY QUOTES $600: 8-time Oscar winner who said, "what I need is a script about a girl who isn't poor & doesn't hate clothes" Edith Head |
#519, aired 1986-12-04 | RHYME TIME $300: Spring holiday of Druid tree worship, it's when Soviets seem to worship missiles May Day |
#519, aired 1986-12-04 | WORD ORIGINS $1,000 (Daily Double): It's about time we told you this word's from Old English "waeccan", to "stay awake or keep vigil" watch |
#513, aired 1986-11-26 | TIME TRAVELERS $200: Now in its 23rd year, this BBC series about a Time Lord is longest-running S-F series in the world Doctor Who |
#503, aired 1986-11-12 | QUOTES $600: "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes," he wrote from the pond Thoreau |
#496, aired 1986-11-03 | THE GREAT DEPRESSION $1,000 (Daily Double): Ironically, this song was introduced about the same time that the stock market crashed "Happy Days Are Here Again" |
#470, aired 1986-09-26 | MOVIES $200: Of about 2 hours, 3 hours, or 4 hours, the original running time of the Elizabeth Taylor "Cleopatra" 4 hours |
#457, aired 1986-09-09 | TOUCHDOWN TOPICS $100: During actual playing time, pros replace it about every 6 minutes a football |
#423, aired 1986-04-23 | ROCK ‘N ROLL $200: Beatles song about purchasing affection that was 1st to hit #1 in U.S. & Britain at same time "Can’t Buy Me Love" |
#370, aired 1986-02-07 | "TIME"LY SONGS $200: "Does anybody really care" about this Chicago song? "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" |
#351, aired 1986-01-13 | TELEVISION $200 (Daily Double): Cable network that adopted this Pointer Sisters song as its jingle:
"We shouldn't even think about tomorrow / Sweet memories will last a long, long time / We'll have a good time, baby, don't you worry / And if we're still playing 'round, boy, that's just fine / Let's get excited, we just can't hide it" Showtime |
#331, aired 1985-12-16 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $600: Israel's Golda Meir at one time taught school in this U.S. city Milwaukee |
#272, aired 1985-09-24 | MAGAZINES $400: Magazine featured on the Feb. 4, 1985 "Newsweek" cover about Ariel Sharon Time |
#165, aired 1985-04-26 | LITTLE BIG MEN $400: Early in his career, his short stature gave him title, "Le petit caporal," "the Little Corporal" Napoleon |
#156, aired 1985-04-15 | TELEVISION $300: Ed Asner, Cloris Leachman, & Valerie Harper all starred in spin-offs from it The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
#151, aired 1985-04-08 | BUTLERS $400: The valet given to Bertie Wooster by P.G. Wodehouse Jeeves |
#48, aired 1984-11-14 | "DAY" TIME $800: Truffaut's movie about making a movie Day for Night |
#48, aired 1984-11-14 | "DAY" TIME $1,400 (Daily Double): John Reed's story of the Russian Revolution 10 Days that Shook the World |
#45, aired 1984-11-09 | BEST SELLERS $100: Not only world’s all-time best seller, but 1 of the oldest the Bible |
Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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Charles Shaughnessy, an actor from Mad Men
|
"As Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives, he won three...
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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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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
|
"In January, the State Department named this NBA Hall of Famer...
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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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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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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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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
|
Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
|
2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
|
2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
|
Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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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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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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Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Oceanside, CA at...
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Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
|
2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
|
2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
|
"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
|
Anjali Tripathi, a senior from MIT
|
"Math and science were her favorite subjects in seventh grade. We're...
|
Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
|
2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
|
2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
|
Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
|
Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
|
Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
|
"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
|
Larissa Charnsangavej, a senior from Rice University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Houston, Texas at...
|
Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
|
\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
|
Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
|
"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
|
James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Manhattan Beach,...
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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
|
Prashant Raghavendran, a sophomore from the University of Texas, Dallas
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Prashant Raghavendran Blog...
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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Steph Gagelin, a sophomore from the University of North Dakota from Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
|
"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
|
Sid Chandrasekhar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California
|
2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
|
Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
|
Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
|
2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
|
Robbie Berg, a freshman from the University of Pennsylvania
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
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Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
|
"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
|
Michael Dupée, an attorney from Gainesville, Florida
|
"He was the winner of the 1996 Tournament of Champions. Today...
|
Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
|
"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
|
Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware
|
2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
|
Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
|
"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
|
Celeste DiNucci, a recent graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
|
Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
|
"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
|
Anderson Cooper, an anchor from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
|
"As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus of Harper's...
|
Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
|
Caitlin Cook, a sophomore from Arden, North Carolina
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
|
Sara Wilkinson, a country club concierge from Athens, Georgia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $72,701 + $2,000.
|
Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
|
"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
|
Dan Jensen, a restaurant manager from Reston, Virginia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $58,203 + $1,000.
|
Frank Spangenberg, a police lieutenant from Douglaston, New York
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
|
Andy Richter, an actor/comedian from The Tonight Show
|
\"This multitalented actor/comedian is now back on the couch with Conan...
|
Jay Rhee, an oncologist from Annapolis, Maryland
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
|
Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
|
"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
|
Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania
|
2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
|
Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
|
"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
|
Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
|
Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
|
Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
|
Roger Craig, a computer scientist from Newark, Delaware
|
2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
|
Ryan Elkins, a 12-year-old from Bensalem, Pennsylvania
|
"He wants to study physics and unlock the mysteries of the...
|
Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
|
"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
|
Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
|
Russ Schumacher, a graduate student and newlywed from Fort Collins, Colorado
|
"He won the most recent Tournament of Champions. A graduate student...
|
Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
|
"In 1994, she was the first female winner of a Tournament...
|
Amanda Sonmor, a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $21,501 + $1,000.
|
Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
|
"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
|
Mark Brown, an administrative assistant and father from Peoria, Arizona
|
2003 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 5-time champion: $68,094...
|
Anne Shivers, a senior from Peotone, Illinois
|
2005 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $18,000. 17 at...
|
Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
|
"He was the biggest winner of the 1999-2000 season. A marketing...
|
Orlando Zambrano, a junior from Tampa, Florida
|
2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
|
"With success in films, plays, books, and TV specials, he tours...
|
David Rozenson, a lawyer from Newton, Massachusetts
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 21 3-time champion: $76,000 + $1,000.
|
Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
|
"His 5 wins in 1999 made him one of the most...
|
Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
|
Shay Collins, an 11-year-old from Averill Park, New York
|
"His passion for music helps this future rock star to play...
|
Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois
|
"He teaches at a school started by the Dominicans of St....
|
John Kelly, a retired Air Force officer from Austin, Texas
|
"In 1992, he was one of the top five money winners...
|
Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
|
Naren Tallapragada, a junior from Burke, Virginia
|
2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
|
Kevin Marshall, a student from Metairie, Louisiana
|
2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 6-time champion: $98,201...
|
Larry Cloud, a bookkeeper and computer consultant from Inglewood, California
|
"He won five times in 2001, allowing him to make a...
|
Pat Sajak, a game show host from Wheel of Fortune
|
"A former TV weatherman, he's gone on to become the world's...
|
Tom Baker, a writer from Tokyo, Japan
|
2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 20 3-time champion: $102,300 + $2,000.
|
Alex Johnson, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"He wants to be a chemist in the future. From Indianapolis,...
|
Olivia Woods, a 12-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
"She loves working with little kids and would like to become...
|
Dan Katz, a lawyer from Owings Mills, Maryland
|
"Since his five wins in 1990, he's seen Bruce Springsteen 16...
|
Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
|
"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
|
William Garrett, a 12-year-old from Greenfield, Indiana
|
"Serving his country as an officer in the military is his...
|
Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
|
"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
|
John Beck, an associate creative director from Torrance, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000. 2004 Tournament...
|
Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
Mike Nelson, a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
Paul Gutowski, an alcohol and drug counselor from Rockford, Illinois
|
"He was the first 5-time winner in 1997. An alcohol and...
|
Erik Larsen, a librarian and a licensed amateur boxing official from Jacksonville, Florida
|
"A 5-time champion from 1990, he's a librarian and a licensed...
|
Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
|
David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware
|
2007 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
|
Mike Hodel, a bartender from Bellingham, Washington
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $20,200 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "ho-DELL".
|
Dave Simpson, a pastor from Belcamp, Maryland
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
|
Matt Polazzo, a high school U.S. government teacher from Brooklyn, New York
|
"He teaches at one of the most selective high schools in...
|
Ellen Lewis, a retired high school math teacher from Mount Vernon, New York
|
Season 28 1-time champion: $10,000 + $1,000.
|
Zack Terrill, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida
|
2012 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 21 at...
|
Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University
|
2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Springfield, VA at...
|
Cathy Lanctot, a law professor from Wilmington, Delaware
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
|
Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
|
2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
|
Lisa Klink, a TV writer from Los Angeles, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $70,150...
|
Amy Fletcher, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Whitney Prince, a sophomore from Maryville, Tennessee
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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...
|
Justin Hofstetter, a sixth and seventh grade language arts and social studies teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
|
"This sixth and seventh grade teacher is in his first year...
|
Bonnie Cao, a senior from Arcadia, California
|
2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
Brittany Rogers, a sophomore at Saddleback College from Lake Forest, California
|
2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brittany was 18 at the...
|
Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
|
"He was a legal assistant living near D.C. when he won...
|
Jeff Gorham, an accountant from Richmond, Virginia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $14,001 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SpacemanSpiff
|
Kate Waits, a law professor at the University of Tulsa from Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
"A Harvard Law graduate when she competed in the 1988 Tournament...
|
Andrew Garen, an associate director of consumer marketing from Austin, Texas
|
"He was a project manager when he won his 5 shows...
|
Russ Schumacher, a graduate student from Fort Collins, Colorado
|
2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
|
\"Later this year, she\'ll be inducted into the Women\'s Basketball Hall...
|
Buddy Wright, an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas
|
2011 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 26 4-time champion:...
|
Connie Shi, a junior at the University of Michigan from Okemos, Michigan
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
|
Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
|
2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
|
Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
|
"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
|
Jeffrey Gerlomes, a freshman from Napa, California
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Ben Goldman, a sophomore at New York University from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
|
2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Son of Season 17 1-time champion Marjorie Goldman.
|
Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
|
"Winner of both the 2000 Tournament of Champions and the 2001...
|
Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
|
"A Jeopardy! tournament veteran, her best-known Jeopardy! appearance may be in...
|
Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kuh-FONE".
|
Jonathan Gillerman, a senior from Staten Island, New York
|
2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Anthony Fox, an account executive from Arlington Heights, Illinois
|
Season 27 4-time champion: $51,998 + $1,000. Playing as "Tony", Anthony...
|
Eddie Kwiatkowski, a 10-year-old from Cumberland, Rhode Island
|
"His interests in presidents and their history could lead to a...
|
Nicole Karrow, an 11-year-old from Lewes, Delaware
|
"Her goals are to be a horse breeder and trainer..." 2007...
|
Laura Button, an editor and proofreader from Alpharetta, Georgia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $28,800 + $1,000.
|
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...
|
Ben Tritle, an apartment manager from Los Angeles, California
|
2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 5-time champion: $78,600...
|
Robin Quivers, a radio and television personality from The Howard Stern Show
|
"Howard Stern's news anchor and sidekick for the past 28 years,...
|
Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
Vanamali Compton, a junior from Clarkdale, Arizona
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
|
Barbara-Anne Eddy, a civil servant from Vancouver, Canada
|
"Her 5-time winnings from 1988 allowed her to go for nearly...
|
Jay Rosenberg, a college professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
\"After winning 5 times in 1985, he became the moderator for...
|
Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
|
"He served as a speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, and later as...
|
Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer with an international law firm from Washington, D.C.
|
"In 1994, she became the first woman ever to win the...
|
Lan Djang, a health policy analyst from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
"He was a 5-time champion in 2001. Today he's a health...
|
Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
|
Tom Bergeron, an Emmy Award-winning host from Dancing with the Stars
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. "He's...
|
Travis Troyer, a software engineer from Hereford, Maryland
|
2003 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 5-time champion:...
|
Steve Newman, a partner in a small computer company from Rockville, Maryland
|
"He was the first player to win 5 games in the...
|
Brad Rutter, a TV quiz show host from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
|
Pam Mueller, an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois
|
\"Representing Loyola University, she won the College Championship in November, 2000....
|
Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
|
"He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
|
Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
|
David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
|
2019 All-Star Games member of winning Team Brad: a share of...
|
Mehrun Etebari, a graduate student of international relations from Durham, New Hampshire
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
Bill Dickenson, a college instructor from Richardson, Texas
|
"This 5-time champ from 1996 has taught students from over 100...
|
John Ryan, a corporate controller from Richmond, California
|
"As a college student, he was the top winner of the...
|
Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
|
Arthur Phillips, an author from Brooklyn, New York
|
"He was a speechwriter from Boston when he won five shows...
|
Dana Delany, an actress from Desperate Housewives
|
"She won two Emmys for her work on China Beach. This...
|
Steve Gratz, a freelance artist from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $30,999 + $1,000.
|
Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
|
Kyle Hale, a college student from Katy, Texas
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 2003 Tournament...
|
Michael Day, an attorney from Mill Valley, California
|
"As an MBA Student, he won 5 games in 1985. Today...
|
Sean Ryan, a graduate student from Whitehall, Pennsylvania
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
|
"In 2004, he became a 5-time champion, and for Halloween, dressed...
|
Cora Peck, a high school teacher and grad student from Aliso Viejo, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
|
John Krizel, a writer originally from Oceanside, New York
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
|
Matt Olson, a sophomore at Stanford University from Berkeley, California
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 at the time of the...
|
Maria Bennici, a junior from Walkersville, Maryland
|
2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Lan Djang, a business analyst from Toronto, Canada
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
|
Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
|
2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
|
Babu Srinivasan, a history professor at Prairie View A&M University from Houston, Texas
|
"A five-time champion in 2001, he's now a history professor at...
|
Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
|
"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
|
Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
"Legislative work in his home state was suspended so that lawmakers...
|
Lance Johnson, a model aircraft engine technician from Champaign, Illinois
|
"He was the first to get to the 5-win mark in...
|
Leah Greenwald, an architect from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
"A winner of 5 games in 1988, she has since become...
|
Al Lin, a law professor from Davis, California
|
"A law student when he won five times in 1993, he's...
|
Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
|
"His aggressive wagering helped him become the biggest winner from the...
|
Erica Greil, a junior from Princeton University
|
2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 and from Hastings, Minnesota at...
|
Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer and TV personality from the QVC Network
|
"His fashion designs are a favorite among celebrities on the red...
|
Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY
|
"As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
|
Ellen Kimmel, a school nurse from Nanuet, New York
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $37,000 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SkoolRN
|
Steve Unite, a writer from Studio City, California
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
Jonathan Corbblah, a chess teacher from Harlem, New York
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Jonathan appeared as a...
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Sarah Nothnagel, a sophomore from the University of Southern California
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Jackie Harrison, a surgeon from Chicago, Illinois
|
2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19 4-time champion: $66,602 + $2,000.
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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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Brian Weikle, a consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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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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Morgan Flood, a junior from Pequea, Pennsylvania
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Bruce Ikawa, a college professor from Hillsdale, Michigan
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\"He says his 5 wins in 1990 increases his credibility with...
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Caleb Olson, a senior from Chariton, Iowa
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Steven Ho, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Caroline Jones, a senior from Silver Spring, Maryland
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Myles Jeffrey, a senior from Seal Beach, California
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2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Zia Choudhury, a senior from Paducah, Kentucky
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2008-A Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $18,000. 17 at the time of...
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Kristin Briggs, a senior from Parkland, Florida
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Allie Pape, a sophomore from Ponte Vedra, Florida
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Allie was 14 at the time...
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Evan Stewart, a sophomore from Frankfort, Kentucky
|
2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Evan was 15 at the time...
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Heidi Greimann, a junior from Columbia, Missouri
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Heidi was 15 at the...
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Vito Cortese, a software engineer and Italian translator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $68,485 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
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Aidan Mehigan, a sophomore from McLean, Virginia
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2009 Teen Tournament second runner-up: $15,000. Name pronounced like "AY-den MEE-gan"....
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Bev Schwartzberg, an adult literacy program coordinator from Santa Barbara, California
|
"She finished second in the 1993 Tournament of Champions. Today, she's...
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Mike Scott, an eleven-year-old from Lake Villa, Illinois
|
"He really likes doing challenging projects in school, but hates doing...
|
Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
|
Zane Li, a ten-year-old from Provo, Utah
|
"He's a chess champion and a two-time Geography Bee winner..." 2002...
|
Lisa Dvorak, a grocery store chain administrative assistant from Millersville, Maryland
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $31,201 + $2,000.
|
Sara Terrell, a veterinary technician from Windsor, Connecticut
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Christian Haines, a college student originally from Newport News, Virginia
|
2007 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
Charlie Penrod, an assistant professor of law from Natchitoches, Louisiana
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,000 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: CharlieP
|
Will Schultz, a freshman from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|
2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Pete Troyan, a senior from the University of Michigan
|
2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 at the time of the...
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Rachel Gottesman, a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Mark Lowenthal, an assistant director for the Central Intelligence Agency from Reston, Virginia
|
"The winner of the 1988 Tournament of Champions, he's an assistant...
|
Wes Kovarik, a senior from Antioch, California
|
2005 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $30,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Grace Veach, a librarian from Lakeland, Florida
|
"After winning 5 games in 1997, she was the grand marshall...
|
Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"The 1-day record of $34,000 he set in 1992 stood for...
|
Jimmy Li, a senior from Chesterfield, Missouri
|
2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of...
|
Allan Long, a freshman from Tallahassee, Florida
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 14 at the time of the...
|
Ruvani Fonseka, a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
|
2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of...
|
Elaine Zollner, a physician from Glendale, California
|
"A winner of 5 shows in 1990, she used her Jeopardy!...
|
Chloé White, a senior from Mission Hills, Kansas
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Susan Mitchell, a chemical engineer from Houston, Texas
|
2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
|
Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000.
|
Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
|
\"A five-time champion in 1994, he used his winnings for a...
|
Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 5-time champion: $83,401 + $2,000.
|
Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand
|
\"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
|
Bernie Cullen, a biologist from Santa Barbara, California
|
"He was the first 5-time champion of the 1996-97 season. A...
|
Aaron Schroeder, a grad student from San Diego, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions second runner-up: $50,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
|
Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
|
"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
|
Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
|
Larissa Kelly, a grad student from El Cerrito, California
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2019 All-Star Games member of winning Team...
|
Jason Richards, a pharmacy technician from Old Town, Maine
|
2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 22 4-time champion: $99,200 + $2,000.
|
Bob Verini, a film journalist and test prep teacher from Los Angeles, California
|
"A resident of New York City when he won the 1987...
|
Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
|
"A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
|
Bob Harris, an author, comedian, and radio commentator from Los Angeles, California
|
"A 5-time champion and a finalist in the Tournament of Champions,...
|
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...
|
India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York, New York
|
"She became a 5-time champion in 1991. An actor and copy...
|
Robert Slaven, a technical products specialist originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
|
"He won 5 times in 1992. Today, he's a technical products...
|
Paul Thompson, a human resources manager from Cheverly, Maryland
|
"He was the first 5-time champion in the 1995-96 season. A...
|
Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from North Hills, California
|
"This playwright and director became a 5-time winner in 2001. Today,...
|
Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
|
Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Clayton, North Carolina
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
|
Tom Jennings, a maintenance mechanic from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $24,000 + $2,000.
|
Craig Westphal, a paramedic from Tucson, Arizona
|
2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
Donna Vogel, a scientist from Bethesda, Maryland
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
|
Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from Sherman Oaks, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
|
Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
|
"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
|
Steven Popper, an economist from Topanga, California
|
"A winner of 5 shows in 1988, he has since founded...
|
Diane Siegel, an educational consultant and writer from Northridge, California
|
"A full-time mom when she won five games in 1993, now...
|
Lee Lassiter, a data modeler from Topeka, Kansas
|
"A 5-time winner from 2000, he used his winnings to take...
|
Dennis Donohue, a general manager from Janesville, Wisconsin
|
"He was administrative services officer from Arizona when he became a...
|
Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
|
\"A Jeopardy! champion in 1991, she\'s now a Spanish teacher listed...
|
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...
|
Justin Sausville, a urologist from Baltimore, Maryland
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27/28 6-time champion:...
|
Lindsey Bartlett, a junior from Winter Haven, Florida
|
2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Lindsey was 16 at the time...
|
Kerry Breitenbach, a marketing analyst from Cleveland, Ohio
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 21 5-time champion: $90,400...
|
Maria Wenglinsky, a teacher from Brooklyn, New York
|
2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion: $122,300...
|
Leslie Shannon, a manager of a research lab from Sydney, Australia
|
"A recent art history graduate when she became Jeopardy! champion in...
|
Pat Healy, an index supervisor from Vallejo, California
|
"His five wins in 1998 helped him land a dream job...
|
John Cuthbertson, an investment analyst from San Diego, California
|
"He was the highest money winner of the 1993-94 season. An...
|
Tom Halpern, a lawyer originally from New York, New York
|
"A writer and researcher when he won 5 times in 1991,...
|
Dave Willis, a business manager from Ventura, California
|
"He was the first to win five shows in 1992. A...
|
Kathleen Mikulis, a stay-at-home mom from Mountain View, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $25,201 + $2,000. Kathleen's contestant experience blog....
|
Jack Archey, an actor and writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"He was a CPA and comedian when he won his 5th...
|
John Beck, a creative director from Torrance, California
|
"He played in 2003, and was the last retired 5-time champ...
|
Frank Epstein, a police officer from Los Angeles, California
|
"He was a 5-time champion in 1992, and is still serving...
|
Dan Melia, a college professor from Berkeley, California
|
"He was a 1998 Tournament of Champions winner. Today he's a...
|
Jeremy Bate, an emergency medical technician and writer from Tujunga, California
|
"A second-place finisher in the 2000 Tournament of Champions, he's now...
|
Jean Grewe, a graphic designer from Oak Park, Illinois
|
"She was the last 5-time champion in 1993. Today she's a...
|
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...
|
Terry Linwood, a bookseller from North Texas
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $122,705...
|
Eureka Nutt, a paralegal from Canoga Park, California
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $38,701 + $1,000.
|
Mark Wales, a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York
|
2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $141,804...
|
Trevor Norris, a management analyst from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
|
Kathy Cassity, a closed captioner from Honolulu, Hawaii
|
2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $59,200....
|
David Siegel, a paralegal from Los Angeles, California
|
"He was a finalist in the 1995 Tournament of Champions. A...
|
Bob Verini, a director of academics for a national test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
Mark Eckard, a software designer from Bedford, Massachusetts
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $35,600. 2001 Tournament...
|
John LeDonne, a bookstore manager from Concord, New Hampshire
|
"He was the last person to win 5 shows in 1990....
|
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...
|
Jim Stalley, a crime data specialist from Denver, Colorado
|
2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19 4-time champion: $84,100 + $2,000.
|
Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
|
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...
|
Sean Ryan, a cab driver from State College, Pennsylvania
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
Chuck Forrest, an attorney for the UN IFAD from Marino, Italy
|
\"In 1986, he was a law student living in Grand Blanc,...
|
Pam Mueller, a college student from Wilmette, Illinois
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
|
Tommy Maranges, a junior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
|
Michael Rankins, a minister and writer from Rohnert Park, California
|
\"A 5-show winner from 1988, he has been a minister with...
|
Mark Runsvold, a student and waiter from Moscow, Idaho
|
2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 4-time champion: $153,800 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: markrunsvold
|
Paul Kursky, an online marketing producer from San Francisco, California
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
|
Brian Meacham, a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 4-time champion: $90,500...
|
Greer Mackebee, a senior at Duke University from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 at the time of the...
|
Tyler Benedict, a junior at Columbia University from Dayton, Ohio
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
21 at the time of the College Championship.
|
Carl Bradshaw, a financial manager from St. Louis, Missouri
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $17,899 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
|
Catherine Briley, a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana
|
2012 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $31,000. 17 at...
|
Idrees Kahloon, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Eliza Urban, a sophomore from Richmond, Virginia
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
|
Brett Dvorak, a junior at Indiana University from Granger, Indiana
|
2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brett was 20 at the...
|
Aaron Thompson, a special assistant from Washington, D.C.
|
2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 21 3-time champion:...
|
Brian Wangsgard, from Salt Lake City, Utah
|
"He was the biggest winner in the 1988-1989 season, and a...
|
Leszek Pawlowicz, a computer consultant from Flagstaff, Arizona
|
"He was the winner of the 1992 Tournament of Champions. Today...
|
Brian Moore, an astronomer from Houston, Texas
|
"He was the first 5-day champion in the 1993-1994 season. An...
|
Jeff Richmond, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
|
"He used his 1988 5-game winnings to pay for law school....
|
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...
|
Arthur Gandolfi, a commercial real estate executive from Pleasantville, New York
|
2004 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $25,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
|
Steve Reynolds, a loan accounting clerk from Norman, Oklahoma
|
2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
|
Seth Alcorn, a bookstore supervisor from Alexandria, Virginia
|
2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 19 3-time champion: $106,400 + $1,000.
|
Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799 + $2,000.
|
Sally O'Rourke, a freelance copywriter originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $33,601 + $1,000.
|
Paul Glaser, a research scientist from Albany, New York
|
2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
Adam Bibler, an economist originally from Lancaster, Ohio
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000.
|
Erik Nelson, a grad student originally from Boston, Massachusetts
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 4-time champion: $94,404 + $2,000.
|
Hayley Clatterbuck, a junior from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
|
2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of...
|
Haritha Sudanagunta, a junior from University of California-San Diego
|
2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of...
|
Jason McCune, an actor originally from Jasper, Indiana
|
2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 18 4-time champion: $90,041.
|
Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
|
2014 Battle of the Decades quarterfinalist: $10,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
Trevor Norris, a budget analyst from Washington, D.C.
|
"He can't walk through the Pentagon without someone mentioning his five...
|
Phil Yellman, a legal assistant from Seattle, Washington
|
"He was an office worker from Albuquerque when he won his...
|
Paul Boymel, a civil rights attorney from Potomac, Maryland
|
"He was the top winner of the 1984-85 season. Now he's...
|
Rose Schaefer, a junior from Portland, Oregon
|
2012 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $36,000. 16 at...
|
Lori Kissell, a high school Latin teacher from Fredericksburg, Virginia
|
"She loves everything about Latin and shares that love with her...
|
George McAleese, a political researcher from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 29 2-time champion: $56,402 + $2,000.
|
Catherine Whitten, a high school history teacher from Plano, Texas
|
"This gifted teacher primarily teaches gifted students. From Plano, Texas, this...
|
Jaime Alayon, a sophomore at the George Washington University from Miami, Florida
|
2012 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
|
Julie Reynolds, a medical transcriptionist from Waterville, Ohio
|
Season 29 1-time champion: $10,005 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
|
Quinn McDonald, an inventory control manager from Lowville, New York
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $20,600 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Mighty Q
|
Evan Eschliman, a sophomore from Olathe, Kansas
|
2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Gabriela Gonzales, a senior from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Rob Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Younger brother of 2008-B Teen Tournament...
|
Krishna Bharathala, a sophomore from Fremont, California
|
2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Eliza Scruton, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Erin Hart, a junior from Benton Harbor, Michigan
|
2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
|
Ben Greenho, a junior from Plano, Texas
|
2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Nikhil Desai, a junior from Fremont, California
|
2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
|
Raphie Cantor, a sophomore from San Diego, California
|
2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Allison Dziuba, a junior from Ridgefield, Connecticut
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
Caroline Bartman, a senior from Washington, D.C.
|
2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Rachel "Steve" Cooke, a senior from Fishers, Indiana
|
2008-A Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000. 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.
|
Will Casper, a senior from Basin City, Washington
|
2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of...
|
Katie Gill, a sophomore from Jackson, Mississippi
|
2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Janelle Lambert, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
|
2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Melissa Luttmann, a freshman from Memphis, Tennessee
|
2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 14 at the time of...
|
Nick Philip, a junior from Plainfield, Indiana
|
2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Cindi Winstead, a homemaker and student from Villa Rica, Georgia
|
Season 23 1-time champion: $14,999 + $1,000.
|
Andrew Nerlinger, a senior at the University of Notre Dame from Wilmington, Delaware
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Andrew was 21 at the time...
|
Margaret Monroe, a junior from South Plainfield, New Jersey
|
2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Margaret was 16 at the time...
|
Andy Siegler, a senior from Cinnaminson, New Jersey
|
2001 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $15,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Amanda Trujillo, a junior from Carson, California
|
2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Andy Kravis, a freshman from Farmington Hills, Michigan
|
2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Andy was 13 at the...
|
Bernard Holloway, a junior from Mitchellville, Maryland
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2002 Teen...
|
Logan Bell, a senior from Rock Falls, Illinois
|
2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
|
Liana Walters, a junior from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
|
2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Liana was 16 at the...
|
Seth Disner, a senior from Los Angeles, California
|
2002 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $28,900. Seth was 17 at the...
|
George Nelson, a senior from Montgomery, Alabama
|
2002 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $29,497. George was...
|
Caley Anderson, a junior from Santee, California
|
2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
|
Alexis Stephens, a senior from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Kevin Keach, an operations manager from St. Ann, Missouri
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
|
Ryan Moore, a partner in a start-up company from Venice, California
|
2001 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 17 5-time champion: $39,800 + a Corvette.
|
Mysti Kofford, a junior at Boston University from New Orleans, Louisiana
|
2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Mysti was 19 at the...
|
Thomas Zamora, a junior at the University of Southern California from Cypress, California
|
2001 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $14,100. Thomas was 20 at the...
|
Tony Nagatani, a junior at Ithaca College from Honolulu, Hawaii
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Tony was 20 at the time...
|
Sam Weaver, a sophomore at Bradley University from Pleasanton, California
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Sam was 20 at the time...
|
Chris Mazurek, an assistant professor from Columbia, Missouri
|
2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Dan Sander, a trust officer from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Season 22 3-time champion: $65,202 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: pundint
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Tom Kavanaugh, a writer from St. Louis, Missouri
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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Rex Babiera, a learning consultant from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 22 2-time champion: $32,200 + $1,000.
Web site at rexicon.net.
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Michael Lapthorn, an exhibition designer from New York, New York
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Season 22 1-time champion: $27,400 + $1,000.
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Silvio Menzano, a psychologist and university counseling center director from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 1-time champion: $10,300 + $1,000.
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Margaret Meehan, a medical records supervisor from Brick, New Jersey
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Season 20 2-time champion: $52,000 + $2,000.
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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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"In 1990, he won the Tournament of Champions. An actuary from...
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Dylan Payne, a psychiatrist from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-10-11). Husband of Season 25 4-time champion and...
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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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Elyssa Browning, a junior from St. John's College
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Austin, Texas at...
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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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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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Brittany McCants, a junior from Winnsboro, South Carolina
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2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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John Matthews, a senior from Escondido, California
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2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Jim Stevens, a high school math teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 6-time champion: $140,600 + $2,000.
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Ariel Schneider, a biology student from West Lafayette, Indiana
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Season 27 2-time champion: $46,300 + $2,000.
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Elise Burton, a freshman from the University of California-Berkeley
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 18 at the time of the...
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Christine Kennedy, a freshman from the University of Notre Dame
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2007 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000. 19 at the time of...
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Jesse Berry, a tax analyst from Little Rock, Arkansas
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Season 23 3-time champion: $41,500 + $1,000.
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Alice Luo, a junior from Georgia Institute of Technology
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2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 at the time of...
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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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Jeffrey Baer, a senior from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
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Kyle Neblett, a senior from Beaverton, Oregon
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 2nd runner-up: $36,400. 18 at the...
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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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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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Greg Peterson, a senior from Park Ridge, Illinois
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $38,600....
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Inie Park, a research associate from Los Angeles, California
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Season 22 1-time champion: $10,800 + $1,000.
First name pronounced like "EE-nee".
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Tad Carithers, an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $41,300. 2001 Tournament...
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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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Michael Braun, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2005 Teen...
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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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Chris Ward, a foreign service officer from Johannesburg, South Africa
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"A 5-game winner in 1998, he was living in Peru when...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Jen McFann, a Peace Corps recruiter from Astoria, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Madeline Suchard, from Placentia, California
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"She has her sights set on becoming the Supreme Court Justice,...
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
|
"Once a presidential speechwriter, he's had his own political talk show...
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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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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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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
|
"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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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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Julie Bowen, a TV and film actress from Boston Legal, Lost and Modern Family
|
"For two seasons, she played attorney Denise Bauer in Boston Legal....
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Alex Stambaugh, a 12-year-old from Paris, Kentucky
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"He feels he can use his talents in math and science...
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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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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
|
"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
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Scott Gillispie, a project manager and expectant father from Atlanta, Georgia
|
"While attending Georgia Tech, he won the 1991 College Championship. Now...
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Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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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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Dana Delany, an actress from Kidnapped
|
"She won two Emmys for playing Army nurse Colleen McMurphy on...
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Emily Sturtz, from Parsippany, New Jersey
|
"Because she would like to help people, she wants to become...
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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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Jay Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
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2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Older brother of 2012 Teen Tournament...
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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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Daniel Stauss, a federal claims examiner from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $25,500 + $2,000. Daniel Stauss - A...
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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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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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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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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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Ben Lyon, an industrial scaleman from Dallas, Texas
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"Representing the University of Oklahoma, he won the 1995 College Championship....
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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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Jason Block, an Internet researcher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 17 4-time champion: $36,701. Won $125,000 on Who Wants to...
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Mary Ellen LaRubbio, a legal secretary originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 8 player (1992-06-12): a collection of Armitron All-Sport water-resistant sport...
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Rex Schultz, a trial lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 3 2-time champion: $19,800. Rex won about $80,000 on Tic...
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Neil Patel, a twelve-year-old from Plano, Texas
|
"He wants to become an environmental scientist and help protect our...
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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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Leslie Decker, a high school German and ESL teacher from Austin, Texas
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"She taught English to Europeans. Now she teaches German to Americans....
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Injee Hong, a 12-year-old from Metairie, Louisiana
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"If her dreams of becoming a lawyer don't come true, she...
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Lara Logan, a correspondent from 60 Minutes on CBS
|
"Her bold, award-winning reporting has earned her a prominent spot among...
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Chris Breen, a sophomore at Princeton University from Springfield, Massachusetts
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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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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Hema Karunakaram, a senior from Saline, Michigan
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2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Name pronounced like "HAY-ma kah-ROO-nuh-KAH-ram". Jeopardy!...
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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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Tom Cubbage, an attorney from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
"He was the very first College Champion, and the only one...
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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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Kevin Yokum, a 12-year-old from New Orleans, Louisiana
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"He plans on becoming an engineer just like both his mom...
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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
|
"He's appeared on Broadway in Proof, Assassins, and Cabaret. He's now...
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Sebastian Johnson, a senior from Takoma Park, Maryland
|
2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Listed as "Sebi" on the...
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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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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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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He met and then married his wife while both were costarring...
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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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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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Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
|
"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Stuart Anderson, a JAG originally from New Orleans, Louisiana
|
Season 30 3-time champion: $51,601 + $1,000. Stuart was a captain...
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Tavis Smiley, a talk show host from PBS's The Tavis Smiley Show
|
"He's interviewed such diverse personalities as Fidel Castro, Pope John Paul...
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Keith Olbermann, a news anchor from MSNBC
|
"In 2004, this veteran reporter will provide extensive coverage of the...
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Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
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Steve Greene, a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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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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Bonny Jain, a senior from Moline, Illinois
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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Crystal Durham, a 12-year-old from Fort Pierce, Florida
|
"She would like to be an Irish stepdancing teacher, because dancing...
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Harry Shearer, a humorist, Spinal Tap bassist, and voice from The Simpsons
|
"He recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap...
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Matt Klein, a senior from Pittsford, New York
|
2006 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $15,000. Won $1,000 on Who Wants...
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Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida
|
2024 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 39 6-time champion:...
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Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida
|
2024 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 39 6-time champion:...
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Mat Ahn, a law student originally from North Royalton, Ohio
|
Season 30 player (2013-10-16). Mat was a student at New York...
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Caitlin Millat, a kindergarten teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"She receives support from Teach for America and works for Achievement...
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Marcia Edmundson, a high school French teacher from Chesterfield, Virginia
|
"In the banking world, she checked credit scores. She's much happier...
|
Bradley Silverman, a junior from Alpharetta, Georgia
|
2008-B Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $44,600. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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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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Julia Martinez, an 11-year-old from Fairfax, Virginia
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"Get ready, Pennsylvania Avenue. She wants to be president of the...
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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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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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Dylan McKenna, an actor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 16 3-time champion: $25,900. Dylan won about $75,000 in cash...
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Matthew Weiner, a series creator and executive producer from Mad Men
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"He is the creator and executive producer of one of the...
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Terri Pous, a social media editor from New York, New York
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Season 31 2-time champion: $36,801 + $2,000. Terri produced a podcast...
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Diana Peloquin, a graduate student of law and social work from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 30 1-time champion: $15,700 + $2,000.
Article about Diana's defeat of Arthur Chu.
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Veronica Fazio, from Roselle, Illinois
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"She dances, plays softball, and hangs with her friends, but wants...
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Jeff Stewart, an executive from Los Alamos, New Mexico
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"After winning the 1994 College Championship, he went on to finish...
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Sahir Islam, an investment analyst from Somers, New York
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"The champion of the 1997 Teen Tournament, he's now an investment...
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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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Samantha Reback, a sophomore from Bethesda, Maryland
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Steven Chinn, an attorney originally from London, England
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Season 4 player (1988-01-04). At the time of his show's taping,...
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Patrick Tucker, a graduate student of public policy from St. Louis, Missouri
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Genevieve Sheehan, a private equity professional from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 26 player (2009-10-08). First name pronounced like "JEN-uh-veev". Genevieve won...
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Diane Trap, a librarian and graphics specialist from Athens, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $21,400 + $1,000. Diane Trap - a...
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student from Fort Collins, Colorado
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2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Steven Silver, a technical writer from Northbrook, Illinois
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Season 16 2-time champion: $15,001.
Steven's article about his Jeopardy! experiences.
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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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Brian Robin, a public relations executive from Lancaster, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $8,599 + $2,000. Brian won $5,000 on...
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Sam Waterston, an actor from Law & Order
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"A Best Actor Oscar nominee for The Killing Fields, he's now...
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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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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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Phil Klinkner, a political science professor originally from Clinton, Iowa
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Season 9 1-time champion: $3,200. Philip Klinkner was a guest panelist...
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Susan Lucci, an actress from All My Children
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"One of daytime TV's most beloved actresses, she's played Erica Kane...
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Whitney Dearden, an 11-year-old from Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
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"She enjoys working with animals and would like to become a...
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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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Papa Chakravarthy, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament champion: $75,000.
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Mike Thayer, a mathematics teacher from North Plainfield, New Jersey
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"He was a junior at Rutgers University when he won the...
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Matt Bushell, a junior at Georgetown University from Fairfield, Connecticut
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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