| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | REAL NAMES OF UNREAL PEOPLE $600: Robert Underdunk Terwilliger is the real name of this vengeful "Simpsons" character Sideshow Bob |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | LISA, ANN OR WALTER? $400: Arizona State University's Cronkite School is named after this legendary news anchor Walter (Cronkite) |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | HIS 'DO $400: The clean-cut men's style known as the "Ivy League" is also called this, after a New Jersey school a Princeton |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | EVE 6 $800: In this 1978 film Eve Arden plays the principal who threatens a cocky T-Bird with "banging erasers after school" Grease |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | THE CAMERA MAN $600: John Filo, an undergrad at this Ohio school, won a 1971 Pulitzer after capturing an iconic photo of a slain classmate Kent State |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | BACK TO SCHOOL, SPORTS STAR $400: After finishing online, this big sis stopped by Indiana University East to pick up her BS on the way to a nearby tennis tournament Venus Williams |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | BACK TO SCHOOL $200: English: his "Unfinished Tales", a collection of more Middle-earth material, was published 7 years after his death Tolkien |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | SOMETHING'S ROTTEN $1000: After the Sex Pistols, Johnny Rotten, now John Lydon, fronted this band, PiL for short Public Image Ltd |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | AFTER SCHOOL $200: One of the 2 main traditional components of the "Jolly Roger" symbol a skull |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | AFTER SCHOOL $400: Ingredient in a classic two-part cocktail favored by Princess Margaret tonic |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | AFTER SCHOOL $600: Disney canine character who shares on-screen pasta the Tramp |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | AFTER SCHOOL $800: Inevitable certainty, according to Ben Franklin taxes |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | AFTER SCHOOL $1000: Item needed for the classic kids' running race that combines speed & balancing a spoon |
| #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 | THEATER BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Wannabe music star Dewey Finn gets his prep students in tune at the Sunset Strip's Bourbon Room, so "Don't Stop Believin'" School of Rock of Ages |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | JUSTINIAN TIME $7,000 (Daily Double): Justinian didn't "want to thank" this 900-year-old Athenian school, which closed after pagan teachers were banned the Academy |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | FUTURE OSCAR WINNERS $1200: She knew acting was her calling after playing Lady Macbeth in a high school production Frances McDormand |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $800: It's a gathering following the main blowout; the title one on Apple TV+ follows a high school reunion & is marred by murder after party |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | LAST BUT NOT LEAST $400: This type of "kid" spends part of the day after school unsupervised because the parents aren't home a latchkey |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | COLLEGES NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $4,000 (Daily Double): This D.C. university is named for the educator who opened a school for deaf students in 1817 Gallaudet |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | POLITICIANS BACK IN THE DAY $800: After high school it was off to Harvard for this man, but he'd interrupt his education to serve in the Navy after World War II Bobby Kennedy |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $1600: Tart "tot" candy for a sketch comedy group in charge of making sure those in school don't run in the corridors Sour Patch Kids in the Hall monitor |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | AFTER SCHOOL $400: A reporter's exclusive scoop |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | AFTER SCHOOL $800: Sail the 7 seas of suds in one of these big beer glasses a schooner |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | AFTER SCHOOL $1200: The OED includes this alliterative cartoon-derived term for a bite of food given as a reward Scooby snacks |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | AFTER SCHOOL $1600: An upside-down lowercase E is used to represent this vowel sound schwa |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | AFTER SCHOOL $2000: This word for a tiny trace, perhaps of doubt or evidence, is Latin for "spark" scintilla |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | POLITICIANS IN THEIR SCHOOL DAYS $1600: After high school, he became a Navy SEAL; he'd grapple with some bodywork, act a bit, & get to governing after that Jesse Ventura |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | POLITICIANS IN THEIR SCHOOL DAYS $2000: About a decade after high school, he was elected to the Connecticut State Senate in 1970; the U.S. Senate came later (Joseph) Lieberman |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | EDUCATORS $400: I'd like to thank this school founded in the 380s B.C. that employed Aristotle, who left after not getting a big promotion the Academy |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | PLUS $600: Britain's eleven plus exams are basically entrance tests to admits kids to this kind of school that not our writers, obviously grammar school |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | I WANT 2 B $200: Poor Bart Simpson has been writing on one after school for over 30 years a blackboard |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | EDUCATION FIRSTS $1600: The USA's first public teacher training school evolved into Framingham State University in this state Massachusetts |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | OLD-SCHOOL SELFIES $3,000 (Daily Double): After returning to Paris in the 1890s, he took a selfie in his Polynesian-themed studio (Paul) Gauguin |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | A STUDENT OF TELEVISION $800: High school QB Jason Street's life changed forever after he was injured in the very first episode of this show in 2006 Friday Night Lights |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | BEFORE & AFTER $1200: We'll see "The Friendly Confines" & lots of ivy on this group school outing in Chicago Wrigley Field trip |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | 15-LETTER WORDS $400: Adjective for school activities held outside of class & after regular hours extracurricular |
| #8246, aired 2020-09-28 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: More than 1/3 of the courses at the Fort Collins main campus of this state school are sustainability related Colorado State |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | THE OLD UNIVERSITY TRY $1600: In 1884 this private university in New Orleans was renamed after the local merchant who gave the school its first endowment Tulane |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | WORLD HISTORY $800: After escaping from gladiator training school, he led fellow runaway slaves in the Third Servile War Spartacus |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | TV BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Crockett & Tubbs vie with Gamby & Russell for a new school position Miami Vice Principals |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | SHORT RUNS ON BROADWAY $400: Based on a Stephen King novel, this '88 musical featured a high school dance to remember but closed after only 5 performances Carrie |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL: AFTER THE GAME $400: Before starring on a 4-letter TV drama, Mark Harmon starred for this 4-letter school as a QB, averaging 7.2 yards a carry in '73 UCLA |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS $2000: A tournament in this sport named after a school is held yearly among Argentina, South Africa, Australia & New Zealand rugby |
| #7952, aired 2019-03-19 | HATS INCREDIBLE $400: In the old days, students could get a "D" in school--& in fashion--when made to wear this tall, conical cap after failing a dunce cap |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Heman Sweatt integrated the University of Texas Law after the Supreme Court ruled the Negro Law School was separate but not this equal |
| #7760, aired 2018-05-11 | OLD SCHOOL $800: After Sputnik, our schools tried to catch up with the "new" type of this; it was quickly subtracted from the curriculum math |
| #7758, aired 2018-05-09 | CLASS OF 1918 $400: After graduating from the Hunan Normal School in 1918, this future leader took a great leap forward to Beijing Mao |
| #7593, aired 2017-09-20 | THE "EX" FACTOR $400: This 15-letter word describes certain after-school activities or an activity you might not want anyone to know about an extracurricular |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | COLLEGE STADIUMS & ARENAS $400: In 1990, after a $5 million donation, this school's indoor sports facility was renamed Coors Events Center University of Colorado |
| #7473, aired 2017-02-22 | ON TO GRAD SCHOOL $200: Probe the mind with a UCLA Ph.D. after getting trained in clinical, cognitive or social this field psychology |
| #7455, aired 2017-01-27 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $3,000 (Daily Double): After graduating from high school, he worked as a mailroom clerk at the Kansas City Star & made $7 his first week (Harry) Truman |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) After 27 years without a mate, Wilbur the Arizona Wildcat got married to Wilma before the 1986 version of the Duel in the Desert, Arizona's football game against this rival school Arizona State |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: James Joyce's last novel goes back to school at a university in Winston-Salem Finnegans Wake Forest |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | DROPPED OUT OR EXPELLED $800: A politics-dabbling former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, she dropped out of UCLA law school after only one semester Fiorina |
| #7194, aired 2015-12-17 | "I" TUNES $2000: Bob Geldof wrote this song after hearing young Brenda Spencer's motive for a 1979 school shooting "I Don't Like Mondays" |
| #7152, aired 2015-10-20 | FIRST LADIES $800: After graduating from high school, she completed a 2-year secretarial course at Georgia Southwestern College Rosalynn Carter |
| #7076, aired 2015-05-25 | TV-"G" $200: After graduating from high school on this series, Rachel & Kurt headed to New York Glee |
| #7000, aired 2015-02-06 | THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME! $1200: In 1826, shortly after this French hero's last visit to the U.S., a college in Pennsylvania was named in his honor Lafayette |
| #6974, aired 2015-01-01 | TRIBUTE ALBUMS $1600: The Flaming Lips' "After The Gold Rush" is on "The Bridge: A Tribute to" this Bridge School benefactor Neil Young |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | THE MOVIE MAN $2000: Lon Chaney gets infected with a disease:
"The ____ Man" The Wolf Man |
| #6894, aired 2014-07-31 | JOURNALISM $1000: (New York Times reporter Andrea Elliott delivers the clue.) Just 8 years after getting my degree from this university's Graduate School of Journalism, I won one of the Pulitzer Prizes that the school administers Columbia |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | AFTER-SCHOOL CLUBS $200: Listen up & you can hear a member of this club practicing now the bowling club |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | AFTER-SCHOOL CLUBS $400: Hey Mr. Schue! Let's sing the praises of this choral club; the one at Yale is more than 150 years old a glee club |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | AFTER-SCHOOL CLUBS $600: The pair of masks seen here are symbolic of this club; come try out! drama club |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | AFTER-SCHOOL CLUBS $800: Future CEOs & entrepreneurs come together for meetings of the FBLA, BL standing for this business leaders |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | AFTER-SCHOOL CLUBS $1000: It's Greek to me, but you math whizzes might recognize the logo for this national honor society Mu Alpha Theta |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | RECENTLY BANNED OR CHALLENGED BOOKS $1000: A Katy, Texas school district didn't have a Jane Smiley face after complaints about this numerically titled book A Thousand Acres |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $1200: The prince's kiss awakens her with a "Grease" song that says, "No graduation day for you... flunked shampoo" Sleeping Beauty-School Dropout |
| #6707, aired 2013-11-12 | THAT'S TOTALLY HISTORICAL! $600: In the 20s B.C., after Octavian took this imperial name, he established the Praetorian Guard to guard his body Caesar Augustus |
| #6707, aired 2013-11-12 | THE RACE IS TO THE STRONG $1000: The brutal Barkley Marathons came to be after news of this assassin covering only 8 mi. after fleeing a Tenn. prison in 1977 James Earl Ray |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | "LAT"-ERAL $400: A "kid" who lets himself in after school because his parents are working latchkey |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES $200: Get your kicks (& punches) learning Shotokan, a Japanese system of this martial art karate |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES $400: Make some pottery & shape the clay on this revolving device seen here a potter's wheel |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES $600: This art of decorative handwriting is from the Greek for "beautiful writing" calligraphy |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES $800: If you're learning to read music, you'll recognize this symbol, a stylized form of the letter "G" treble clef |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES $1000: The USA's governing body for this sport has a girls' program called TOPs; skills include handstand & leg flexibility gymnastics |
| #6658, aired 2013-07-24 | I READ IT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES $1600: This school "Fires Basketball Coach Mike Rice After Video Goes Public" Rutgers |
| #6624, aired 2013-06-06 | THEY'RE AFTER THE "CHEE"s $600: Hip hip oh no!
It's been called the most dangerous female sport in high school & college cheerleading |
| #6609, aired 2013-05-16 | USING ALGEBRA AFTER HIGH SCHOOL $400: 5/4 = 30/x;
x = this 24 |
| #6609, aired 2013-05-16 | USING ALGEBRA AFTER HIGH SCHOOL $800: Solve for x:
5x + 2x = 14 2 |
| #6609, aired 2013-05-16 | USING ALGEBRA AFTER HIGH SCHOOL $1200: Solve for x in the math problem seen here 1/3 |
| #6609, aired 2013-05-16 | USING ALGEBRA AFTER HIGH SCHOOL $1600: The stadium holds 4,500 seats;
80%, this many, are filled 3600 |
| #6609, aired 2013-05-16 | USING ALGEBRA AFTER HIGH SCHOOL $2000: 3x - y = 8
2x + y = 7;
solve for
x & y x = 3; y = 1 |
| #6575, aired 2013-03-29 | WORKING WITH PLATO $2,000 (Daily Double): In 529 A.D. almost 1,000 years after it was created by Plato, this school was closed by Justinian I the Academy |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | AFTER SCHOOL $400: At Katy (Texas) High School, Renee Zellweger was big into this club, a preview of her career choice drama |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | AFTER SCHOOL $800: These competitions involve a resolution that each team makes speeches for or against debate |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | AFTER SCHOOL $1200: You might learn the exchange variation on the French defense in this club chess club |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | AFTER SCHOOL $1600: This student club is an extension of the Kiwanis Club & provides community service Key Club |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | AFTER SCHOOL $2000: The objective of this association, the FEA, is to help students find out if being a teacher is in their "future" Future Educators Association |
| #6369, aired 2012-05-03 | SHE'S SO COOL $800: After appearing in "High School Musical", she released her cool debut single "Come Back To Me" Vanessa Hudgens |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $600: He rose to the rank of Commodore after graduating from Joliet Township High School in Illinois Lionel Richie |
| #6310, aired 2012-02-10 | COLLEGE BEFORE & AFTER $800: An Ohio school that sounds like a place you'd pick up a spare serves long, thin legumes Bowling Green beans |
| #6310, aired 2012-02-10 | COLLEGE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: The pirates of a Catholic school in New Jersey may need one to get to the bathroom during class hours Seton Hall pass |
| #6306, aired 2012-02-06 | CALL THE POLICE $200: Also an after-school penalty, it's the holding of a suspect in custody to await charges or trial detention |
| #6287, aired 2012-01-10 | ARCHITECTURE $2000: After WWI he became director of the Grand Ducal art school in Weimar; in 1925 he moved the school to Dessau Walter Gropius |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | JFK's CAMELOT $1600: JFK sent 3,000 troops to restore order after black student James Meredith attended this school in 1962 Mississippi |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | BACK TO SCHOOL $200: English: His "Unfinished Tales", a collection of more Middle-earth material, was published 7 years after his death Tolkien |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | FIRST LADIES $800: After meeting her future husband in Sunday school, she enrolled in a Kansas City, Missouri finishing school Bess Truman |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | THERE SHOULD BE PLAYOFFS! $800: After the 1996 slate, 5 teams had but one loss, including the 14-1 Cougars from this Utah school; how about playoffs? BYU (Brigham Young) |
| #6203, aired 2011-07-27 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Learn fiddle & gee-tar at the Blair school of music of this university--it is in Nashville, after all Vanderbilt |
| #6165, aired 2011-06-03 | TV SHOWS ON THE MAP $1600: After "Ally McBeal", David E. Kelley stayed local with this show about a troubled school Boston Public |
| #6137, aired 2011-04-26 | SPORTS-POURRI $600: This MVP from Akron considered petitioning to enter the NBA draft after his junior year... of high school LeBron James |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | THE CAMERA MAN $600: John Filo, an undergrad at this Ohio school, won a 1971 Pulitzer after getting an iconic photo of a slain classmate Kent State |
| #6018, aired 2010-11-10 | COLLEGE BEFORE & AFTER $800: A Utah school stages a black & white Mel Brooks classic Brigham Young Frankenstein |
| #6018, aired 2010-11-10 | COLLEGE BEFORE & AFTER $2000: A Jesuit school in Worcester competes in running that's off-track Holy Cross country |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | CHAMBER MUSIC $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands with a string quartet at the Juilliard School in New York.) His "American Quartet" was written in a Czech community in Iowa soon after his "New World Symphony"; some hear black spirituals in the melodies (Antonin) Dvorak |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | BEFORE & AFTER $600: Bonus work in school that nets you a piece of plastic from Visa extra credit card |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL $600: This 1973 grad gave Harvard's 1989 commencement address shortly after beginning her first term as P.M. of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto |
| #5818, aired 2009-12-23 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: Woody Allen romantic comedy about a student who patrols the corridors of a school Annie Hall Monitor |
| #5780, aired 2009-10-30 | DROP OUT $600: After dropping out of high school, he ran McDonald's & became a McMillionaire Kroc |
| #5710, aired 2009-06-05 | HOLLYWOULDN'T $400: Warner Bros.' "Green Lantern" missed the green light after fan outcry over this "School of Rock" guy as the lead Jack Black |
| #5687, aired 2009-05-05 | SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $200: A merchant's 1919 bequest for music education resulted in this NYC academy's graduate school the Juilliard School |
| #5687, aired 2009-05-05 | SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $400: This religious leader bought a building from the Univ. of Deseret, founded a school & named it for himself Brigham Young |
| #5687, aired 2009-05-05 | SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $600: N.C.'s Trinity College changed its name to this after a tobacco family that gave the school millions Duke |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | ENDS IN "SS" $400: After boarding school, Jane Eyre takes on this title at Thornfield Hall governess |
| #5458, aired 2008-05-07 | OFF TO COLLEGE $1200: This D.C. school adopted the colors gray & blue to symbolize the reunification of the nation after the Civil War Georgetown |
| #5390, aired 2008-02-01 | MEDICAL SCHOOL $1200: In March 2004, UCLA suspended this program after a parts-for-profit scheme came to light body donation |
| #5348, aired 2007-12-05 | GRAPHIC NOVELS ON FILM $2000: Thora Birch & Scarlet Johansson are best friends who move in together after high school in this novel film Ghost World |
| #5282, aired 2007-07-24 | LAW ENFORCEMENT $400: The truant officer may come after you if you fail to do this go to school |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | "EX"ODUS $800: Adjective for school activities held after clases are finished extracurricular |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | A GREAT PAIR $2,000 (Daily Double): He became a Sorbonne professor in 1904; she became the school's first female professor after his death (Pierre & Marie) Curie |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | WE HELP WITH YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATION $200: I revel in the history of this Ivy League school, founded 16 years after the arrival of the Pilgrims Harvard |
| #4926, aired 2006-01-30 | CELEBRITY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK $600: Sadly, this 1949 Fairmount, Indiana high school graduate would live but a few years after his picture was taken James Dean |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | GRADUATE SCHOOL $400: After course work, a grad student may take these very thorough exams known as comps comprehensive exams |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | GRADUATE SCHOOL $1600: Portraitist Chuck Close earned a "Master of" these from Yale in 1964; glass master Dale Chihuly, from RISD in 1968 fine arts |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | LEGAL LINGO $400: Kids kept after school & prisoners awaiting trial are held in it detention |
| #4634, aired 2004-10-28 | FIRST CLASS $600: 5 years after Thomas Clemson died, 446 men started studying in the school named for him in this state South Carolina |
| #4591, aired 2004-07-19 | NAMED AFTER JFK $1,000 (Daily Double): There is a John F. Kennedy prep school in this world capital where JFK made a famous visit in 1963 Berlin |
| #4570, aired 2004-06-18 | JULIA $600: This woman wed a diplomat after WWII, moved to Paris & went on to the Cordon Bleu School & TV fame Julia Child |
| #4519, aired 2004-04-08 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: School of the Seminoles that's an annual speech given by the president Florida State of the Union |
| #4498, aired 2004-03-10 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $2000: (Hi, I'm Keyshawn Johnson of the NFL) In 1996, after playing for this school, I became one of the few wide receivers ever selected the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft USC |
| #4412, aired 2003-11-11 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1000: (Hi, I'm Lauren Graham from the Gilmore Girls.) I was an English major at this women's college in New York City which was named after the president of Columbia--the school, not the country Barnard |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | "JUNIOR" COLLAGE $1000: It was started in 1919 as a collection of small, after-school business clubs in Massachusetts Junior Achievement |
| #4326, aired 2003-05-26 | WHAT'S IN A NAME? $800: A daytime talk show host, he was named after the Catholic high school his father attended Regis Philbin |
| #4293, aired 2003-04-09 | RECENT MOVIE REVIEWS $1600: One review said that "The inspirational hooks" in this 2002 Eminem movie "reek of an After-School Special" 8 Mile |
| #4243, aired 2003-01-29 | MIT $800: After the 2000 election debacle, MIT & this West Coast school said they'd jointly study better voting procedures Caltech |
| #4234, aired 2003-01-16 | "Z" END $1200: After high school, Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran worked on this type of Israeli collective settlement kibbutz |
| #4146, aired 2002-09-16 | ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL $400: One of the noble gases, it's the lightest of all gases after hydrogen helium |
| #4089, aired 2002-05-16 | MATCH GAME '73 $800: Notre Dame won college football's nat'l title after a 24-23 Sugar Bowl win over this school's Crimson Tide University of Alabama |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | K.C. $1600: After high school Harry Truman worked briefly in the mail room of this newspaper The Kansas City Star |
| #3982, aired 2001-12-18 | "OLD" SCHOOL $1200: Dickens' title "Shop" The Old Curiosity Shop |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2000 $400: Lou Holtz coached this school's Gamecocks to an 8-4 record after a winless season in 1999 South Carolina |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $400: Kathleen Turner goes back to high school to wed & become the widow of a Goodfella Peggy Sue Got Married to the Mob |
| #3873, aired 2001-06-06 | BASKETBALL $100: On Sept. 10, 2000 he was fired as coach of the Indiana Hoosiers after a 29-year stay at the school Bobby Knight |
| #3851, aired 2001-05-07 | OLD SCHOOL $500: Founded in 1411, Scotland's oldest university was named after this apostle, Scotland's patron saint St. Andrew |
| #3840, aired 2001-04-20 | NEW JERSEYITES $700 (Daily Double): James Bayley, bishop of Newark, named this Jersey school after his aunt, the first U.S.-born saint Seton Hall (after Elizabeth Ann Seton) |
| #3728, aired 2000-11-15 | SCHOOL MOTTOES $600: Honor & Country come after this in West Point's motto Duty |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | HIGH SCHOOL NAMES $1000: (Hi, I'm Kevin Garnett) My high school was named after this man for whom the rank of full admiral was created in 1866 David Farragut |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | 18th CENTURY THEATER $600: In 1777, over 100 years after Moliere's "The School for Wives", Sheridan wrote "The School" for this Scandal |
| #3562, aired 2000-02-15 | "MED" SCHOOL $100: It's the playing of a series of songs, one right after the other Medley |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | ON THEIR PERMANENT RECORDS $800: Known for his "Common Sense", this revolutionary left school at 13 after refusing to learn Latin Thomas Paine |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | EX-MARINES $100: After his 1959 discharge, he moved to the Dallas area & got a fateful job at the Texas School Book Depository Lee Harvey Oswald |
| #3337, aired 1999-02-23 | FAMOUS EX-TEENAGERS $300: At age 16, this current NBC anchorman had an after-school job as a radio announcer in Yankton, S.D. Tom Brokaw |
| #3231, aired 1998-09-28 | OCCUPATIONAL NAMES $400: This actress who was Pam Ewing on TV is someone you wouldn't mind staying after school with Victoria Principal |
| #3180, aired 1998-05-29 | SCHOOL DAZE $200: In 1993 NYC's schools opened 11 days late after emergency inspection of this building material Asbestos |
| #3117, aired 1998-03-03 | WORLD CINEMA $400 (Daily Double): "Knife in the Water" was this director's first feature after film school at Lodz Roman Polanski |
| #3074, aired 1998-01-01 | "PRE"SCHOOL $600: Term for a novel written after another one, but depicting earlier events a prequel |
| #3069, aired 1997-12-25 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: After the Civil War, Georgetown University chose these school colors to signify the union of the North & South blue & gray |
| #2994, aired 1997-09-11 | BACK TO SCHOOL $800: After leaving school to foment unrest, Castro returned to get a degree in this law |
| #2952, aired 1997-06-03 | "X", "Y", "Z" $300: Its students are nicknamed Elis, after the school's benefactor Yale |
| #2787, aired 1996-10-15 | PAINTERS $1000: After the Nazis closed this design school in 1933, Josef Albers joined the faculty of Black Mountain College Bauhaus |
| #2699, aired 1996-05-02 | SCHOOL DAYS $100: In 1939, after a 2-year study, this school bus color was made a national standard yellow |
| #2670, aired 1996-03-22 | U.S.A. $500: This Ithaca, N.Y. school is the only Ivy League university established after the American Revolution Cornell |
| #2611, aired 1996-01-01 | THE BEATLES $200: After seeing his son Julian's drawing of a school friend named Lucy, John wrote this song "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" |
| #2408, aired 1995-02-08 | SPORTS $100: In January 1995 this school's team was voted No. 1 after defeating Miami in the Orange Bowl Nebraska |
| #2372, aired 1994-12-20 | SINGERS $100: After high school, this singer of "Sweet Caroline" attended NYU on a fencing scholarship Neil Diamond |
| #2365, aired 1994-12-09 | MONEY MATTERS $1000: This school of economics named for a Briton, stresses the role of government in the economy Keynesian |
| #2242, aired 1994-05-10 | FIRST LADIES $200: After graduating from USC, she taught typing, bookkeeping & stenography at Whittier Union High School Pat Nixon |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: A high school dropout, he dropped back in after WWII & later became Cleveland's first black mayor (Carl) Stokes |
| #2033, aired 1993-06-09 | KNIGHT SCHOOL $300: A knight often used his sword after this long weapon shattered or he had been unhorsed a lance |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | PLATO $400: After Plato died his nephew Speusippus took over this school the Academy |
| #1962, aired 1993-03-02 | BLACK AMERICA $800: This Nobel Peace Prize winner died in 1971, just 2 months after retiring from the U.N. Ralph Bunche |
| #1855, aired 1992-10-02 | HARVARD $2,000 (Daily Double): This school was set up in 1817, the year after the divinity school the Harvard Law School |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | NEWSPAPERS $800: After high school Harry Truman worked as a mailroom clerk for this Missouri paper The Kansas City Star |
| #1838, aired 1992-09-09 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: In 1718 Conn.'s Collegiate School was renamed this after a British trader whose donated books raised £562 Yale |
| #1657, aired 1991-11-12 | PLAYWRIGHTS $400: He hated school & left after striking the headmaster but we don't know if he looks back in anger (John) Osborne |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | JAZZ $200: After high school this vocalist known as "The Velvet Fog" played drums in Chico Marx' band Mel Torme |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | ART $100: A school of 19th century U.S. landscape painters is named after this N.Y. river valley the Hudson Valley |
| #1513, aired 1991-03-13 | TV CHARACTERS $400: The role of Heath Barkley in "The Big Valley" was his 1st after completing acting school Lee Majors |
| #1377, aired 1990-09-04 | NEWSPAPERS $1000: After graduating from high school, Ernest Hemingway worked as a reporter of this Kansas City newspaper Kansas City Star |
| #2, aired 1990-06-23 | COOKING $600: This school was founded in 1895 to teach cooking to wealthy young Frenchwomen Le Cordon Bleu |
| #1350, aired 1990-06-15 | EDUCATION $600: After a trip to Germany, Susan Blow established the 1st U.S. public school of this type in St. Louis a kindergarten |
| #1323, aired 1990-05-09 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $1,300 (Daily Double): After college, this future U.S. president taught debating & public speaking at Sam Houston High School Lyndon B. Johnson |
| #1283, aired 1990-03-14 | PLAYS $1000: After he wrote "The School For Husbands", he caused a major scandal with "The School For Wives" Moliere |
| #1262, aired 1990-02-13 | MOVIES $300: Kathleen Turner fainted after she was elected queen of her high school reunion in this 1986 film Peggy Sue Got Married |
| #1197, aired 1989-11-14 | PLAYWRIGHTS $1000: After writing "The School for Scandal", he became an M.P. and an advisor to the future King George IV Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
| #1121, aired 1989-06-19 | WORLD HISTORY $500: After teaching French at a Connecticut girls' school, he served as premier of France during WWI Georges Clemenceau |
| #985, aired 1988-12-09 | PRESIDENTIAL COLLEGES $1000: 17 years after getting a degree from this Pac 10 school in Calif., Herbert Hoover became a trustee Stanford |
| #977, aired 1988-11-29 | THE KENNEDY WOMEN $200: Mrs. Edwin A. Schlossberg, who had her 1st child after graduating from Columbia Law School Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg |
| #579, aired 1987-02-26 | TEEN CUISINE $500: Some types of these after school treats are "Louisiana", "Tahiti", "Brussels" & "Geneva" (Pepperidge Farm) cookies |
| #430, aired 1986-05-02 | MEDICINE $200: It comes after medical school but before residency internship |
| #333, aired 1985-12-18 | MUSIC $1000: U. of Rochester's school of music, it's named after photography giant who originally funded it the Eastman |
| #331, aired 1985-12-16 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $600: Israel's Golda Meir at one time taught school in this U.S. city Milwaukee |
| #141, aired 1985-03-25 | FOOD FACTS $400: Paris cooking school named after ribbons worn by the Order of the Holy Ghost Cordon Bleu |
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Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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Justin Hofstetter, a sixth and seventh grade language arts and social studies teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
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"This sixth and seventh grade teacher is in his first year...
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Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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Brooks Humphreys, a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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"He teaches at an all-girls Catholic school operated by the Sisters...
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Catherine Whitten, a high school history teacher from Plano, Texas
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"This gifted teacher primarily teaches gifted students. From Plano, Texas, this...
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Elisabeth Raab, a high school English teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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"She teaches at a High School of the Future, where all...
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Robin Cheney, a middle school teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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"All the students at her school go on a camping trip...
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Elissa Hoffman, a high school biology and anatomy & physiology teacher from Appleton, Wisconsin
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"She is in her lucky 13th year of teaching. From Appleton,...
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Kori Tyler, a high school history teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
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Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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Lizzie O'Leary, an aviation and regulation correspondent from CNN
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"She broke the news that Chrysler would file for Chapter 11...
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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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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
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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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Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
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2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
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Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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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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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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Prashant Raghavendran, a sophomore from the University of Texas, Dallas
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Prashant Raghavendran Blog...
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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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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
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Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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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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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
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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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Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
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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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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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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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Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
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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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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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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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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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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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Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
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2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
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Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
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"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
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Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Springfield, VA at...
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Michael Dupée, an attorney from Gainesville, Florida
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"He was the winner of the 1996 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
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"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
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Pam Mueller, a college student from Wilmette, Illinois
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Rebecca Maxfield, a freshman from Brown University
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Rochelle, New York. Rebecca...
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Samira Missaghi, a junior from the University of Minnesota
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Eden Prarie, Minnesota. Samira...
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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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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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Ken Basin, a junior at the University of Southern California from Huntington Beach, California
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2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Blog at kbasin.blogspot.org. Appearing as a...
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Theo Schiller, a school librarian originally from North Fork, California
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Season 4 player (1988-01-22 & 1988-03-08). Theo was returned to the...
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
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"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
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Robbie Berg, a freshman from the University of Pennsylvania
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Jeff Kirby, an elementary school teacher from Santa Maria, California
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Season 26 player (2009-10-12). Season 16 player (1999-12-08). Jeff returned to...
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Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
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2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Allison Peña, a junior from Sunrise, Florida
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Brian Lamb, a middle school teacher from Bakersfield, California
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Season 23 player (2007-06-26). Season 22 2-time champion: $39,201 + $1,000....
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Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
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Pam Mueller, an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois
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\"Representing Loyola University, she won the College Championship in November, 2000....
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Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
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"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
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Matt Tick, from Escondido, California
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"Will take violin lessons and loves science, but he really wants...
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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
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Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
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Neha Gokhale, a 10-year-old from Houston, Texas
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"Because she liked 4th and 5th grade so much, she wants...
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Eric Webb, a 12-year-old from Austin, Texas
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"He wants to be a cartoonist so he can make people...
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David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Kathy DeLozier, an elementary school principal from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 29 player (2013-04-29).
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Jesse Tow, an after-school program coach from Austin, Texas
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Season 28 player (2012-04-04). Last name pronounced to rhyme with "OW"...
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Emma Couture, a twelve-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
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"Here's a portrait of a smart young girl who sees her...
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Mike Lewis, a systems engineer from Bloomington, Minnesota
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Season 29 4-time champion: $102,800 + $2,000. Mike was the alternate...
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Josh Charnin-Aker, a twelve-year-old from Lighthouse Point, Florida
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"And, whether in neonatology or as a Navy SEAL, he plans...
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Tom Bergeron, an Emmy Award-winning host from Dancing with the Stars
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. "He's...
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Michael Day, an attorney from Mill Valley, California
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"As an MBA Student, he won 5 games in 1985. Today...
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Joseph Graumann, a junior from Mays Landing, New Jersey
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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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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Sid Chandrasekhar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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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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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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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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Steph Gagelin, a sophomore from the University of North Dakota from Grand Forks, North Dakota
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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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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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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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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Anjali Tripathi, a senior from MIT
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"Math and science were her favorite subjects in seventh grade. We're...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
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\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
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Charles Shaughnessy, an actor from Mad Men
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"As Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives, he won three...
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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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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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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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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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Matt Schnippert, a sophomore at Florida State University from Jacksonville, Florida
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2001 College Championship 1st runner-up: $19,801. Matt was 19 at the...
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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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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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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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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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Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
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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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Tom Cubbage, an attorney from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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"He was the very first College Champion, and the only one...
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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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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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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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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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James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Manhattan Beach,...
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Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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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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James Brown, a physics teacher from El Paso, Texas
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"He teaches at a high school where most of the students...
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Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
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"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
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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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Billy Baxter, an attorney from Richmond, Virginia
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"Representing the College of William & Mary, he won the 1992...
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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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Katie Orphan, a freshman at Whitworth College from Reno, Nevada
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2002 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Erik Larsen, a librarian and a licensed amateur boxing official from Jacksonville, Florida
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"A 5-time champion from 1990, he's a librarian and a licensed...
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Scott Gillispie, a project manager and expectant father from Atlanta, Georgia
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"While attending Georgia Tech, he won the 1991 College Championship. Now...
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Vanamali Compton, a junior from Clarkdale, Arizona
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Jimmy Li, a senior from Chesterfield, Missouri
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of...
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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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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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Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
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Tommy Maranges, a junior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Elliot Shteir, an attorney from Somerville, New Jersey
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1995-A Seniors Tournament 1st runner-up: $10,000. Dr. Elliot Shteir won $8,230...
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Kaitlin Welborn, a sophomore from the University of Pennsylvania
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
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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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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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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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John Ryan, a corporate controller from Richmond, California
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"As a college student, he was the top winner of the...
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Janet Wong, a development officer for a museum from Hoboken, New Jersey
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"As a senior at Drew University, she won the February 2000...
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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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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
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"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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Donna Vogel, a scientist from Bethesda, Maryland
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Andrew Garen, an associate director of consumer marketing from Austin, Texas
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"He was a project manager when he won his 5 shows...
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Paul Boymel, a civil rights attorney from Potomac, Maryland
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"He was the top winner of the 1984-85 season. Now he's...
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Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
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"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
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Anderson Cooper, a host from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11).
Charity: American Heart Association.
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Kweisi Mfume, a president from the NAACP
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Name pronounced like "kwah-EE-see oom-FOO-may"....
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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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Jeff Kirby, a math and science teacher from Santa Maria, California
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Season 26 player (2009-10-12). Season 16 player (1999-12-08). Jeff returned to...
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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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Christian Haines, a college student originally from Newport News, Virginia
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2007 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Charlie Penrod, an assistant professor of law from Natchitoches, Louisiana
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,000 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: CharlieP
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Regis Philbin, a TV host from Live with Regis and Kelly
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"In 2004 he entered the Guinness Book of Records as having...
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David Hoffelmeyer, a senior from St. Joseph, Missouri
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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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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Rachel McCool, a sophomore at Dickinson College from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2004 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: rachel_pi
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Leonard Cooper, a graduate student at Brown University from Little Rock, Arkansas
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• 2013 Teen Tournament winner • Graduated from Brown University 2024...
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Leonard Cooper, a doctoral student from Little Rock, Arkansas
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Pam Mueller, a junior at Loyola University, Chicago from Wilmette, Illinois
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Leonard Cooper, a senior from Little Rock, Arkansas
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Pam Mueller, a justice researcher originally from Chicago, Illinois
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Skyler Hornback, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Sonora, Kentucky
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"Honestly, this Abe Lincoln lover wants to go into politics. From...
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Shelby Malone, a senior from Grayson, Kentucky
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2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: sleeping_stars
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Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
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"With success in films, plays, books, and TV specials, he tours...
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Steve Cartwright, a physicist from Dayton, Ohio
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Season 10 player (1993-10-19). Originally from St. Louis, Steve was, at...
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Connie Shi, a junior at the University of Michigan from Okemos, Michigan
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Curtis Joseph, a sophomore from Scottsdale Community College
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"In 1999, his nickname was 'Curtles the Troll', and he wanted...
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David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
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Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
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Aaron Brown, an Emmy Award-winning newsman from CNN's popular primetime newscast
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"A journalist for over 25 years, he now anchors CNN's popular...
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Hunter Brown, a senior from Wheaton, Illinois
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2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of...
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Tucker Dunn, an ESL teacher from Tucson, Arizona
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Season 33 3-time champion: $39,999 + $1,000. In his first appearance,...
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Giulio Ongaro, a college professor originally from Venice, Italy
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Season 10 player (1993-09-16). At the time of his appearance, Giulio...
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Andrew Nerlinger, a senior at the University of Notre Dame from Wilmington, Delaware
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Andrew was 21 at the time...
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Paige Feldman, a sophomore from St. Louis, Missouri
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2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Lan Djang, a business analyst from Toronto, Canada
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
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Vik Vaz, a medical student from Austin, Texas
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2006 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000. Season 22 3-time champion:...
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Kevin Marshall, a student from Metairie, Louisiana
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2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 6-time champion: $98,201...
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Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
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"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
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Andrew Hutchings, a graduate student from Ithaca, New York
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"A senior when he won the 1998 College Championship, he's now...
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Mark Eckard, an entrepreneur from Bedford, Massachusetts
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"A 2001 5-time champion as a software designer, he has now...
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Dan Melia, a college professor from Berkeley, California
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"He was a 1998 Tournament of Champions winner. Today he's a...
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Michael Galvin, a consultant from Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania
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"He was the first winner of the Teen Tournament back in...
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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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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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Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer and TV personality from the QVC Network
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"His fashion designs are a favorite among celebrities on the red...
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Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
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Tom Zamojcin, a digital marketing manager from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 1-time champion: $22,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "zam-MOH-chin".
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Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Bebe Neuwirth, an actress from Frasier and the Broadway revival of Chicago
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"She won two Emmys for playing Dr. Frasier Crane's acerbic wife...
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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
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"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
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Hayley Clatterbuck, a junior from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of...
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Emily Kamm, a 12-year-old from Arlington, Virginia
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"This member of Model United Nations has been on the principal's...
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Andrew Westney, a singer and actor from Atlanta, Georgia
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"In 1991, he won the Teen Tournament. Today, he's a singer...
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Harry Smith, a broadcast journalist from The Early Show
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"This hard-working host of CBS's The Early Show has interviewed five...
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Steven Popper, an economist from Topanga, California
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"A winner of 5 shows in 1988, he has since founded...
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