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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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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Joey Beachum, a senior from Mississippi State University
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
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"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
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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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Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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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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Pat Sajak, a game show host from Wheel of Fortune
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"A former TV weatherman, he's gone on to become the world's...
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Roger Craig, a computer scientist from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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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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Monica Thieu, a sophomore at the University of North Texas from Dallas, Texas
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Jeffrey Baer, a senior from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
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Kristiana Henderson, a junior from Kent, Washington
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Rachel "Steve" Cooke, a senior from Fishers, Indiana
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2008-A Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000. 17 at the time of...
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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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Ben Noe, a sophomore from Flushing, Michigan
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time...
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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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Rachel Gottesman, a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Kyle Neblett, a senior from Beaverton, Oregon
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 2nd runner-up: $36,400. 18 at the...
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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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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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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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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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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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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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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
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Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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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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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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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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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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Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
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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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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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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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Harry Shearer, a humorist, Spinal Tap bassist, and voice from The Simpsons
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"He recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap...
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Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
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Frank Spangenberg, a lieutenant in the New York Police Department from Douglaston, New York
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"He still holds the record for the most money won in...
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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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Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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\"He teaches at a school started by the Dominicans of St....
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Krissy Brzycki, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"Her love of helping her community and her interest in politics...
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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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Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
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\"A five-time champion in 1994, he used his winnings for a...
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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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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Anna Han, a sophomore from Penn State University
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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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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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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Amanda Walker, a junior at Gonzaga University from East Wenatchee, Washington
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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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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Hank Robinson, a senior from Lithia Springs, Georgia
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Bill Dickenson, a college instructor from Richardson, Texas
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"This 5-time champ from 1996 has taught students from over 100...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
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\"Later this year, she\'ll be inducted into the Women\'s Basketball Hall...
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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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Katie James, a sophomore from Winchester, Virginia
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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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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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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Cerulean Ozarow, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, New York
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"His future is full of options. He wants to become either...
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Lindsey Nicolai, a junior from Hampton, Virginia
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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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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Jackson Ruzzo, a 12-year-old from Waccabuc, New York
|
"He wants to be a Broadway actor, because he likes to...
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Alex Johnson, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"He wants to be a chemist in the future. From Indianapolis,...
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Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
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Will Schultz, a freshman from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|
2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Doug Dorst, a writer and professor from Austin, Texas
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 22 3-time champion: $66,802...
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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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Scott Renzoni, a bartender and actor from Burlington, Vermont
|
2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 20 4-time champion: $112,998 + $2,000.
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Partha Purushotham, an 11-year-old from Palo Alto, California
|
"He is fair-minded, so he thinks he would make a good...
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Roy Holliday, a radiologist from Nyack, New York
|
"He was the first to win five games in the 1987-88...
|
Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
|
• 74-game champion with longest winning streak • Total earnings over...
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Naren Tallapragada, a junior from Burke, Virginia
|
2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
|
"He was a software engineer living in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
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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...
|
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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Michael Rooney, a college professor from Pasadena, California
|
"He was a winner of 5 games in 1999, and is...
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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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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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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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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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Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
|
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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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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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
|
A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
|
Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
|
Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
|
Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $43,800 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
|
"In 2003, he became the first to win a quarter of...
|
Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
|
Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
|
2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
|
Bob Verini, a director of academics for a national test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
|
Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
|
Janet Bradlow, an insurance agent from New York, New York
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $58,000 + $2,000. Janet Bradlow New York,...
|
Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
|
Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
|
Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
|
"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
|
Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
|
Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
|
Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
|
Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
|
"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
|
Jen McFann, a Peace Corps recruiter from Astoria, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
|
Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
|
2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
|
Melanie Baker-Streevy, a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000. Melanie Baker-Streevy - A...
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Sara Wilkinson, a country club concierge from Athens, Georgia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $72,701 + $2,000.
|
Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
|
Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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Chuck Forrest, an attorney for the UN IFAD from Marino, Italy
|
\"In 1986, he was a law student living in Grand Blanc,...
|
Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
|
Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
Carl Bradshaw, a financial manager from St. Louis, Missouri
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $17,899 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
|
Paul Kursky, a copywriter from San Francisco, California
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
|
Joon Pahk, a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts
|
2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 28 7-time champion: $199,000 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: jpahk
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Justin Sausville, a urologist from Baltimore, Maryland
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27/28 6-time champion:...
|
Harris Cohen, a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
Will Casper, a senior from Basin City, Washington
|
2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of...
|
Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
|
Jason Richards, a pharmacy technician from Old Town, Maine
|
2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 22 4-time champion: $99,200 + $2,000.
|
Russ Schumacher, a graduate student and newlywed from Fort Collins, Colorado
|
"He won the most recent Tournament of Champions. A graduate student...
|
Steven Milton, a legal case assistant from San Diego, California
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $30,299 + $1,000. Steve Milton San Diego,...
|
Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
|
David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
Kurt Bray, a scientist from Oceanside, California
|
"A 5-time winner in 1994, he used some of his winnings...
|
Steve Gratz, a freelance artist from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $30,999 + $1,000.
|
Paul Kursky, an online marketing producer from San Francisco, California
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
|
Blake Hernandez, a senior from Burke, Virginia
|
2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Blake was 16 at the time...
|
Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand
|
\"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
|
Christina Maes, a senior at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay from Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
Jay Rosenberg, a college professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
\"After winning 5 times in 1985, he became the moderator for...
|
Matt Drury, a government analyst from New York, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $18,799 + $2,000. Matthew Drury - A...
|
Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
|
Michelle Clum, an executive assistant originally from Wichita, Kansas
|
"With her 5-time winnings from 2000, she traveled for a year,...
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