| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | OPERA SETTINGS $6,200 (Daily Double): Verdi's "Falstaff" is set in this town during the reign of Henry IV Windsor |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | SPORTS $400: In 2024 this Iowa athlete sunk one of her trademark logo 3-pointers & set the all-time NCAA women's scoring record (Caitlin) Clark |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | SONGS OF YOUTH $800: Nate Ruess & this band implored, "We are young so let's set the world on fire" fun. |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | IT'S ALL "SMALL" STUFF $400: This type of special tribunal is set up for simplified litigation of damages below a certain amount of money small claims court |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | ALL THE WORLD'S A SHAKESPEARE STAGE $1200: "Pericles" is partly set in a palace in this ancient Phoenician seaport, now a World Heritage Site in Lebanon Tyre |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL $600: In 1982, he set a modern record by stealing 130 bases; Hugh Nicol has the all-time record with 138 set in 1887 (Rickey) Henderson |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | SURELY YOU JOUST $200: King Arthur set up the diamond jousts, a series of 9 annual tournaments all won by this knight Lancelot |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | RECENT POP MUSIC $1200: "This Is A Life" is on the soundtrack of this 2022 film set in an IRS office & in the multiverse Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THERE'S GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS $1600: In this 1948 film set in Mexico, Walter Huston says he's mined all over the world & warns, "I know what gold does to men's souls" The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | GARDEN VARIETY STORIES $200: Deborah Moggach's "Tulip Fever" is set in this European city in the 17th century, when lust for the bulbs was all too real Amsterdam |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | ALL ABOUT ALLITERATIVE BOOK CHARACTERS $500: Billy Bibbit & Charles Cheswick are fellow inmates with Randle McMurphy in this Ken Kesey novel set in a mental hospital One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | OUT OF THIS WORLD $3,600 (Daily Double): Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the Moon; a few minutes later, this man became the second Buzz Aldrin |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | ENDS IN "ETTE" $1600: It's a set of all the needed clothes & accessories for a newborn infant a layette |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | ALL SORTS OF BOOKS $400: Anchee Min's "Wild Ginger" is set against the backdrop of this revolution launched by Mao in his final years the Cultural Revolution |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | AN "A" IN MATH $200: Total up all the numbers in a set & divide by the number of numbers to get this, also called the mean the average |
| #8529, aired 2021-12-09 | ALL ON YOUR HEAD NOW $600: The Donnersmarck emerald & diamond this, a semi-circular crown, went for $12.7 million in 2011 & it would set off your eyes a tiara |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | ANNE RICE $200: Anne Rice set her book "The Feast of all Saints" in this city where she was born & raised New Orleans |
| #8470, aired 2021-09-17 | A MORE PERFECT UNION $800: Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos first met on the set of this daytime soap in 1995 & eloped a year later All My Children |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD & HANDS $400: Have the good sense to know if you have jaw pain & swollen gums, this third set of molars may have impacted your life, & they'll have to go the wisdom teeth |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $1000: The 2 "Property Brothers" could help Steve Carell's "Office" role set up a new plasma TV in his condo (we need all 3 names) Jonathan, Drew & Michael Scott |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | DRAMA SERIES WRITING EMMYS $2000: In 1994, all 5 nominees were for episodes of this police series set in the fictional 15th Precinct in Manhattan NYPD Blue |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | SCIENCE $800: The human this is all of the 3 billion base pairs of DNA that make up the entire set of a person's chromosomes genome |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE $800: On International Women's Day 2020 the Celebrity Edge set sail as the first cruise ship with an all-female this control center the bridge |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | ALL KINDS OF BARS $400: The bars are set about 6 feet apart & 8 & 5 1/2 feet above the floor in this female gymnastics event the uneven parallel bars |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | JOHN BROWN $400: Zainab Jah plays this woman who tried to recruit supporters for John Brown; he called her "The General"
"I will come with all the bees I can hive, but once that date is set, do not change it, not for anything." (Harriet) Tubman |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | LET'S LOOK AT SOME MATH $1200: In a Venn diagram, an upside down "U" is used to represent this set that contains all elements in common to both "A" and "B" the intersection |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | COMPLETE THE BRIT PHRASE $200: If you're all set, this guy is "your uncle"--perhaps Mr. Ross or Mr. Saget Bob |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | ALL-AMERICAN STAMPS $1000: In 1999, a set of stamps celebrated the nature of this large desert in Mexico and the Southwestern U.S. the Sonoran Desert |
| #8179, aired 2020-03-12 | TV TALK $200: Often featuring special programs, sweeps are periods in which these Nielsen numbers are closely watched to set ad prices *ratings (**viewership) |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | QUOTABLE BOOKS $2000: A recent Pulitzer Prize winner set during WWII: "Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever" All the Light We Cannot See |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | TONY-WINNING ROLES $800: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers & Nathan Lane all won Tonys for playing Pseudolus in this "Funny" musical set in Rome A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| #8035, aired 2019-07-12 | LET'S MAKE A NEW DEAL $400: The Federal Theater Project mounted an all-African-American version of this Shakespeare play set in Haiti instead of Scotland Macbeth |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | MATH, TEACHERS $1200: Math-minded cows might graze over this, the set of all the possible values that a function can take the range |
| #7958, aired 2019-03-27 | SET IN THE CITY $200: As of 2019 its "Med", "Fire" & "P.D." were all serving Chicago |
| #7958, aired 2019-03-27 | SET IN THE CITY $600: The heroine of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was gonna make it there after all Minneapolis |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | "L"AKES $400: Lakes all over the U.S. are named for this bird with an eerie call; E.L. Doctorow wrote a novel set at one in the Adirondacks a loon |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | A RuVIEW OF MOVIES $1000: (RuPaul presents the clue.) John Travolta requested that his Edna Turnblad character be made voluptuous like role models Sophia Loren & Elizabeth Taylor for this film set in 1960s Baltimore Hairspray |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | ELITE ATHLETES $600: "Gronk" is all fans need to identify this man who set the Patriots' career touchdown record at age 27 Rob Gronkowski |
| #7602, aired 2017-10-03 | LITERA-CHURCH $1000: The title of this play set in 1170 comes to fruition when a priest defies the king Murder in the Cathedral |
| #7597, aired 2017-09-26 | LET'S SET SOME BOUNDARIES $6,500 (Daily Double): The Mason-Dixon Line was originally the boundary between these 2 states Pennsylvania & Maryland |
| #7467, aired 2017-02-14 | ALL KINDS OF TV $1200: In 2017 Kaitlin Olson of this show set in a Pennsylvania bar got a new sitcom as "The Mick" It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | POP CULTURE "VICE" $1600: School administrator Danny McBride helps set his new boss' house on fire in this HBO comedy Vice Principals |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | ALMOST BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Chicken & noodle dish from L.A.'s Chao Krung restaurant served when a tennis set goes to 6-all pad Thai-breaker |
| #7408, aired 2016-11-23 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $600: Set Emeril, Wolfgang Puck & Alton Brown all to making vichyssoise & you'll sadly see the truth of this too many cooks spoil the broth |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS $400: The Library was originally housed in this building, which the British set on fire in 1814, destroying almost all its books the Capitol Building |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | BESTSELLING BOOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): Skeeter, Hilly & Aibileen are all characters in this Kathryn Stockett novel set in 1962 Mississippi The Help |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | TV IN ALL FORMS $2000: The 101st Airborne's Easy Company didn't have it so easy in this 2001 miniseries set during World War II Band of Brothers |
| #7223, aired 2016-01-27 | AIR QUOTES $1,000 (Daily Double): "These our actors, as I foretold you, were all spirits and are melted into air" in this island-set Shakespeare play The Tempest |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2016 EDITION $600: In 2012 Libya's all-time world record high temp. was invalidated & replaced by this U.S. spot's 134 degrees set in 1913 Death Valley |
| #6999, aired 2015-02-05 | THE MATH & NOTHING BUT THE MATH $200: This spiteful word is the average of all the numbers in a data set mean |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD $1200: In your first set of teeth, these puppies are between your lateral incisors & first molars the canines |
| #6897, aired 2014-09-16 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: Partly from the Greek for "all", it once meant a complete set of arms & armor but now refers to a striking array panoply |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | A CHEMISTRY SET $800: By definition this type of chemistry deals with the reactions & properties of all the elements except carbon inorganic |
| #6802, aired 2014-03-25 | ALL ALLITERATION $400: Urging by a teen's set of pals to conform to be socially accepted peer pressure |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | CINDERELLA ON BROADWAY $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew strolls through the set of Cinderella in the Broadway Theatre in New York.) While Broadway's "Cinderella" has a clever & witty new book by Douglas Carter Beane, he drew on the original story by this French fairy tale author Charles Perrault |
| #6589, aired 2013-04-18 | MINNE-CODA $400: "You're gonna make it after all" is how the theme to this Minneapolis-set '70s sitcom ends The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
| #6574, aired 2013-03-28 | I LOVE THE CORE $400: At Columbia University, the "core" this is the "set of common courses required of all undergraduates" curriculum |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | ALL ABOUT AUTHORS $2000: He was born in Czechoslovakia but moved to England; his play "Rock 'N' Roll" is set in both places (Tom) Stoppard |
| #6557, aired 2013-03-05 | STARTS WITH A PIECE OF CLOTHING $800: In tennis, a 6-all set is decided this way a tiebreaker |
| #6551, aired 2013-02-25 | NELSON MANDELA $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Cape Town, South Africa.) When Mandela walked out of prison, he set off a celebration here in Cape Town & all of South Africa, but he asked the international community to keep pressure on South Africa's regime by not abandoning these punitive economic measures sanctions |
| #6531, aired 2013-01-28 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: Like much of her Vampire Chronicles, her "Feast of All Saints" is set in New Orleans Anne Rice |
| #6501, aired 2012-12-17 | MATH FUN $1,600 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) The Venn diagram here contains three sets: A, B & C, but, there's another set that includes all possible things that's called this the universal set |
| #6169, aired 2011-06-09 | JOHN PHILIP SOUSA $2000: In 1896 Sousa wrote an operetta set in Peru during Spanish occupation that featured this title march "El Capitan" |
| #6047, aired 2010-12-21 | THE RING CYCLE $400: It's the lonely name for a gem, often a diamond, set all by itself in a ring a solitaire |
| #6039, aired 2010-12-09 | OPRAH'S FAVORITE BOOKS $800: (Oprah gives the clue from a chair) One of my favorite novels of all time is this Pulitzer Prize-winner set in Alabama & narrated by Scout Finch To Kill a Mockingbird |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | ALL IN A DAY'S "WORK" $1600: 2-word phrase for a set of values based on diligence; it often follows "Protestant" a work ethic |
| #5923, aired 2010-05-19 | SONNETS & SONNETEERS $2000: No. XVII of these begins, "My poet, thou canst touch on all the notes God set between his after and before" Sonnets from the Portuguese |
| #5846, aired 2010-02-01 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: In 1864 this NYC politician set up a printing company, then assigned all city printing to it Boss Tweed |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | IS THIS A RERUN? $600: This spinoff set in a bar was a continuation of "All in the Family" with the same main character Archie Bunker's Place |
| #5754, aired 2009-09-24 | BYRON $1600: Byron set "Beppo" in this Italian city, writing, "At the moment when I fix my story, that sea-born city was in all her glory" Venice |
| #5649, aired 2009-03-12 | ALL ABOUT AUTHORS $1200: This author who set "The Return of the Native" in Wessex had a terrier named Wessex (Thomas) Hardy |
| #5619, aired 2009-01-29 | IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR $800: By presidential proclamation, October 9 is set aside to honor this Viking & all Americans of Nordic heritage Leif Ericson |
| #5533, aired 2008-10-01 | KING OF THE IMPOSSIBLE $800: Vincent Pilkington set a record by plucking one of these in 1 min. 30 sec., but no word if he fell asleep soon after a turkey |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | ALL "SET" $200: In summer, when this happens just after 8 p.m. in Los Angeles, it happens after 11:30 p.m. in Anchorage sunset |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | ALL "SET" $400: Species of this small monkey include the common, buffy tufted-ear & pygmy a marmoset |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | ALL "SET" $600: It can be a useful quality, or any item of value that is owned an asset |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | ALL "SET" $800: Hebrew for "assembly", it's the parliament of Israel the Knesset |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | ALL "SET" $1000: An element that balances another, or a type of printing that takes ink from plate to blanket to paper offset |
| #5397, aired 2008-02-12 | THE TEENS $600: Rack all your pins in bowling & 10 are set up; rack your balls in a game of 8-ball & this many are set up 15 |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | CRESCENT CITY ROLES $2000: One of the great poker movies of all time is this New Orleans-set period piece with Steve McQueen in the title role The Cincinnati Kid |
| #5314, aired 2007-10-18 | LEONARD MALTIN'S FAVORITE FILMS $200: (Leonard Maltin reads the clue.) This WWII classic set in war-torn Morocco is my candidate for the best Hollywood movie of all time Casablanca |
| #5204, aired 2007-04-05 | THE 800 NUMBER IS... $800: You can get all set up with merchandise from the U.S. Chess Federation at 800-388-this piece (5464) KING |
| #5099, aired 2006-11-09 | ORSON WELLES $200: This 1941 Orson Welles film has set a standard by which all other films made since are judged Citizen Kane |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | PALINDROMIC WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): An important article of religious faith a tenet |
| #4933, aired 2006-02-08 | MATH $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a Venn diagram on a monitor.) An intersection contains elements common to two sets; this set, symbolized here, contains all the elements in either set the union |
| #4617, aired 2004-10-05 | IN THE SMITHSONIAN $800: The Pulsar was the first all-electronic one of these, & in 1972 it would have set you back $2,100 a (wrist)watch |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRACTION $600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew wears a pink hat.) Of all the fashion trends set by First Lady Jackie Kennedy, she may be remembered most for this style of hat pillbox |
| #4585, aired 2004-07-09 | GREAT SPORTS $1600: At the 1980 Winter Olympics, this speed skater won gold in all 5 events he entered & set Olympic records in each Eric Heiden |
| #4358, aired 2003-07-09 | OLD AMERICAN THEATER $600: As one of these performers in the 1890s, Herrmann the Great set all nature's laws aside magician |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | OLD TESTAMENT NAMES $1,500 (Daily Double): On Passover, it's traditional to set aside a special cup of wine for this prophet who went to heaven in a chariot of fire Elijah |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL $1200: In 1982 he set a modern record by stealing 130 bases; Hugh Nicol has the all-time record with 138 set in 1887 Rickey Henderson |
| #4182, aired 2002-11-05 | SURELY YOU JOUST $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew attends a jousting tourney.) King Arthur set up the Diamond Jousts, a series of 9 annual tournaments, all won by this knight Sir Lancelot |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW $8,000 (Daily Double): Mother of mercy! Is this 1970 federal law the end of us wiseguys? the RICO |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | PLAY BALL! $200: MLB's all-time stolen base leader, in 2001 he also set a record for most career walks Rickey Henderson |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | IT'S A GIRL! $1,200 (Daily Double): This 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is set in a small Alabama town & narrated by a young girl To Kill a Mockingbird |
| #4059, aired 2002-04-04 | WHERE, OH WHERE? $400: This vast bay can be considered an arm of the Atlantic or of the Arctic Ocean, to which it's linked by Foxe Basin Hudson Bay |
| #3868, aired 2001-05-30 | MATTERS MATHEMATICAL $600: A quantity, such as the set of all natural numbers; its symbol is seen here Infinity |
| #3863, aired 2001-05-23 | FLORIDUDS $200: Pastel jackets worn over T-shirts were all the rage in the '80s because of this Florida-set TV show Miami Vice |
| #3769, aired 2001-01-11 | ALL THE KING'S SONGS $400: "Bright light city gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire" "Viva Las Vegas" |
| #3728, aired 2000-11-15 | DORM LIFE $800: You're all set to meet the Swedish students moving in across the hall with records like "Dancing Queen" by this band ABBA |
| #3653, aired 2000-06-21 | BASEBALL LIT $400: "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings" is set in the segregated leagues called these Negro Leagues |
| #3610, aired 2000-04-21 | TRIANGLES $200: Term for the process of putting all your billiard balls in a triangle to set them for a break Racking |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | NEW YORK CITY TELEVISION $200: Issued in November of '99, the stamp seen here honors a classic sitcom set in this NYC borough Queens |
| #3374, aired 1999-04-15 | SCIENCE $1,500 (Daily Double): It's the 3-dimensional figure that is a set of points all equidistant from the center point Sphere |
| #3370, aired 1999-04-09 | HEY HEY WE'RE THE MOUNTIES! $600: Not all Mounties are as stiff as Benton Fraser on this '90s TV show set in Chicago Due South |
| #3270, aired 1998-11-20 | POET-TREE $600: "O my palm-tree…rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare", she wrote in "Sonnets from the Portuguese" Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
| #3217, aired 1998-09-08 | ANAGRAMMED U.S. CITIES $500: LATE SET, Washington Seattle |
| #3194, aired 1998-06-18 | TELEVISION $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Julie Pinson.) "Port Charles" is a spin-off from this soap that's also set in Port Charles General Hospital |
| #3186, aired 1998-06-08 | '90s FICTION $500: This "Beloved" author set her latest novel "Paradise" in the fictional all-black town of Ruby, Oklahoma Toni Morrison |
| #1, aired 1998-05-03 | SAN FRAN CINEMA $600: This 1961 film set in San Francisco's Chinatown features the song heard here
"When I have a brand new hairdo / With my eyelashes all..." Flower Drum Song |
| #3030, aired 1997-10-31 | ALL THAT JAZZ $400: '90s jazzmen like Joshua Redman play '30s music in Robert Altman's film set in this Missouri city Kansas City |
| #3030, aired 1997-10-31 | ALL THAT JAZZ $1000: This 1960s style pioneered by Ornette Coleman "liberated" improvisers from set melodies free jazz |
| #2988, aired 1997-09-03 | TELEVISION $800: "General Hospital" is set in Port Charles & "All My Children" is set in this fictional town Pine Valley |
| #2862, aired 1997-01-28 | OPERA $1000: This "Turandot" composer's opera "Sister Angelica" is set in a convent & has an all-female cast Giacomo Puccini |
| #2523, aired 1995-07-19 | FILE UNDER "D" $200: A set of these game tiles has all the combinations from double blank to double six dominoes |
| #2495, aired 1995-06-09 | TV TRIVIA $400: In the 1960s David Canary & Ruth Warrick of "All My Children" acted in this evening soap set in New England Peyton Place |
| #2222, aired 1994-04-12 | SHAKESPEARE $200: Part of this play is set in "that same ancient vault where all the kindred of the Capulets lie" Romeo and Juliet |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $300: Term for the marks used to indicate that something is the same as the item above it ditto marks |
| #1844, aired 1992-09-17 | FAMOUS NAMES $800: In the 1940s, this photographer set out to photograph all the national parks in the U.S. Ansel Adams |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | KING ARTHUR $300: Arthur set up the diamond jousts, a series of 9 annual tournaments all won by this knight Lancelot |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | THE U.N. $200: "Health for All by the Year 2000" is the goal set by this U.N. agency based in Geneva World Health Organization |
| #1537, aired 1991-04-16 | POTENT POTABLES $400: A "widow's dream" is a cocktail that contains this B&B ingredient benedictine |
| #1494, aired 1991-02-14 | 1990 MOVIES $200: Though set in the sewers of New York City, almost all of it was filmed in North Carolina Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| #1444, aired 1990-12-06 | THE OLYMPICS $500: In 1980, he set an Olympic record winning all five men's speed skating races Eric Heiden |
| #1167, aired 1989-10-03 | ELVIS FILMS $500 (Daily Double): 1964 movie musical where Elvis sang the following:
"Bright light city gonna set my soul / Set my soul on fire / Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn / So get those stakes up higher..." Viva Las Vegas |
| #1119, aired 1989-06-15 | PRISONS $600 (Daily Double): The following was the first No. 1 song of the rock era to be set in a prison:
"Sad sack was sittin' on a block of stone / Way over in the corner weepin' all alone / The warden said, 'Hey, buddy, don't you be no square'..." "Jailhouse Rock" |
| #1012, aired 1989-01-17 | THEATER $200: In this play set in an English psychiatric hospital, all the horses are played by actors Equus |
| #966, aired 1988-11-14 | "A" IN LITERATURE $4,100 (Daily Double): Set in the forest of Arden, this comedy has more songs than any other Shakespeare play As You Like It |
| #906, aired 1988-07-11 | TV TRIVIA $400: With 99 Emmy nominations, this show set in Asia was the most nominated series of all time M*A*S*H |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | MILITARY MOVIES $200: Set aboard a sub, this 1982 German film has been called an aquatic "All Quiet on the Western Front" Das Boot |
| #534, aired 1986-12-25 | SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA $400: All of "Macbeth" is set in Scotland except for a single scene in this country England |
| #347, aired 1986-01-07 | GOLDEN OLDIES $500: '60s British group led by this drummer was called "London's answer to the Mersey Sound" Dave Clark |
| #44, aired 1984-11-08 | NOTORIOUS $400: In ’27, this gangster set all-time record for highest gross income in a year, some $105 million Al Capone |
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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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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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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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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
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"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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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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Madeline Suchard, from Placentia, California
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"She has her sights set on becoming the Supreme Court Justice,...
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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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Sita Yerramsetti, an eleven-year-old from Houston, Texas
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"Her heart is set on becoming a cardiac surgeon. From Houston,...
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Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
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"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
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"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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Nicole Yoon, a 12-year-old from Asbury, New Jersey
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"She has set her sights on becoming a medical doctor or...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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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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Ken Jennings, a 74-game champion from Seattle, Washington
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"In 2004, his record-breaking 74-game win streak set a standard for...
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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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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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Diane Siegel, an educational consultant and writer from Northridge, California
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"A full-time mom when she won five games in 1993, now...
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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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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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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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James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada
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2023 Jeopardy! Masters winner: $500,000 + $100,000 to Project 150 +...
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James Holzhauer, the setter of 20 Jeopardy! records from Las Vegas, Nevada
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2023 Jeopardy! Masters winner: $500,000 + $100,000 to Project 150 +...
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James Holzhauer, a self-described game show villain from Las Vegas, Nevada
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2023 Jeopardy! Masters winner: $500,000 + $100,000 to Project 150 +...
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James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada
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2023 Jeopardy! Masters player: $X. 2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All...
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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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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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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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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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Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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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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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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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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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He plays Tom Scavo, the sometimes-befuddled husband of Felicity Huffman on...
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Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Patrick Tucker, a senior from the University of Notre Dame
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Prashant Raghavendran, a sophomore from the University of Texas, Dallas
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Prashant Raghavendran Blog...
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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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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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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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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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Roger Craig, a data scientist from Brooklyn, New York
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"He was a graduate student in computer science living in Newark,...
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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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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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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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Ken Jennings, the winner of 74 consecutive games from Seattle, Washington
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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• 74-game champion with longest winning streak • Total earnings over...
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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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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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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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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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"He was a software engineer living in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
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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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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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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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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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Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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"In 2003, he became the first to win a quarter of...
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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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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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Julie Bowen, a TV and film actress from Boston Legal, Lost and Modern Family
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"For two seasons, she played attorney Denise Bauer in Boston Legal....
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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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Roger Craig, a machine learning consultant from Newark, Delaware
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• 3rd highest earning player • Highest single-day winnings 2019 All-Star...
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Chuck Forrest, an attorney for the UN IFAD from Marino, Italy
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\"In 1986, he was a law student living in Grand Blanc,...
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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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Jessica Dell'Era, a third grade Spanish bilingual teacher from Oakland, California
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"She has wanted to be a teacher since she was 7...
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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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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
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"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
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Cathy Lanctot, a law professor from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
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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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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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Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California
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Season 27 3-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000.
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Will Schultz, a freshman from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Larissa Kelly, an editor for academic competitions from Richmond, California
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\"She was a graduate student at U.C. Berkeley in Season 24...
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Andrew He, a stay-at-home dad from Concord, California
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2nd runner up: $25,000. 2023 Jeopardy! Masters...
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Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, California
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2nd runner up: $25,000. 2023 Jeopardy! Masters...
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Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, California
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2nd runner up: $25,000. 2023 Jeopardy! Masters...
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Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, California
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2nd runner up: $25,000. 2023 Jeopardy! Masters...
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Jay Rosenberg, a college professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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\"After winning 5 times in 1985, he became the moderator for...
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Frank Epstein, a police officer from Los Angeles, California
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\"He was a 5-time champion in 1992, and is still serving...
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Larry DeMoss, a high school English teacher from Ellettsville, Indiana
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"He went from short orders to short stories when he switched...
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Matthew Cline, a 12-year-old from Maumelle, Arkansas
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"John Grisham's books have inspired him. He's firm. He wants to...
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Adam Barrow, an 11-year-old from Greensboro, North Carolina
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"And he wants to be a sportswriter, so he can combine...
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Brittany Rogers, a sophomore at Saddleback College from Lake Forest, California
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brittany was 18 at the...
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Alaric Smith, a songwriter, vocalist, and graduate student from Sacramento, California
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Season 22 player (2005-10-28).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: LastVisigoth
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Hope Landsem, from Tualatin, Oregon
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"She likes to win arguments, and that's why she's going to...
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Craig Barker, an Advanced Placement history teacher from Livonia, Michigan
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"In 1997 he won the College Championship. Today he's an Advanced...
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Jeremy Bate, an emergency medical technician and writer from Tujunga, California
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"A second-place finisher in the 2000 Tournament of Champions, he's now...
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Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
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Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kuh-FONE".
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Amanda Sonmor, a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
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Season 27 2-time champion: $21,501 + $1,000.
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Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY
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"As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
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Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
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"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
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Matt Kohlstedt, a grad student originally from La Grange, Illinois
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 25 5-time champion: $77,803 + $2,000.
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