| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | CLASSIC AD SLOGANS & JINGLES $1000: "Quick, Henry," this old-time insecticide that also means to move quickly from place to place Flit |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | CANADIANS INVADE OUR LIVING ROOM! $2000: The CBC launched the careers of stars like this "Bonanza" actor, known as the "Voice of Doom" on CBC Radio Lorne Greene |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS $500: In 1790, this smallest of the 13 original colonies became the last to ratify the Constitution Rhode Island |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | PEW! PEW! PEW! $3,000 (Daily Double): Derived from the French word for "flea", it's a dark shade of red similar to burnt sienna puce |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | FUN & GAMES $400: Black & white pieces in this game are often called stones, which you want to get back home & then "bear off" to win the game backgammon |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | THE SCIENCE OF POETRY $2,000 (Daily Double): In a 1920s limerick, "There was a young lady named Bright/ Whose speed was far" these 3 words; she gets back home before she left faster than light |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | BRITISH MUSICAL GEOGRAPHY $1200: The lead singer is seen here in 2022 when this band performed back home in Birmingham at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremonies Black Sabbath |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | KEN JENNINGS: INTERNATIONAL NERD OF MYSTERY $1600: This Paris-trained artist's painting of the marketplace back home in Vitebsk is okay, but John Byrne's "X-Men" art? Perfection Chagall |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | NEED! COFFEE! NOW! $1000: Company legend says Teddy Roosevelt praised Maxwell House coffee with these 5 words, a slogan they still use today good to the last drop |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | LITERATURE $1200: Lewis Carroll was the pen name of this mathematician turned children's author Charles Dodgson |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | BACK IN THE 12th CENTURY $1600: This Welsh abbey on the River Wye was founded for Cistercian monks in 1131 Tintern |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | THE 18th CENTURY $600: 6 men arrived in what's now Yemen in 1762 on Europe's first scientific expedition to this peninsula; one made it back home the Arabian Peninsula |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | GOING HOME $1000: If Enrique, slave of Magellan, was coming back to this island country where Magellan died, that makes Enrique the 1st circumnavigator the Philippines |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | REEL ESTATE $800: Pasadena, California's historic Gamble House was the exterior of Doc Brown's home in this 1985 smash Back to the Future |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | SPLITTING HAIRS $800: A bouffant goes back to the 1950s, but this hairstyle that emphasized height in a rounded peak & a "home" to stingers built up in the '60s a beehive |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BROADWAY IS BACK $800: Kristin Chenoweth welcomed the audience at the reopening of "Wicked" with these 5 words, a line from "The Wizard of Oz" There's no place like home |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | 12-LETTER WORDS $1000: This word for a guy who stays home & takes care of kids & chores dates back to the 19th century, but then it was a fictional idea a househusband |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICA $1000: To bring home dinner, hunters back in the day had to kill mammoths & these relatives a mastodon |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | YOU KNOW, I LEARNED SOMETHING TODAY $400: In an epic by Homer, when this guy gets back home after a long absence, his faithful dog Argus is among the first to recognize him Odysseus |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | I'M JUST THE "GO" BETWEEN $1600: The town where you grew up won't be the way you remember it, as we learn from this 1940 novel title You Can't Go Home Again |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | STATE OF THE ESTATE $1000: James Buchanan's Wheatland Estate Pennsylvania |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | WELCOME BACK BOYS! $400: He's the party hearty family member who returns home & gets a nifty meal in Luke 15 the Prodigal Son |
| #8089, aired 2019-11-07 | BUGLE CALLS $1000: Wondering what's going on back home on the farm? Then you'll be happy hearing the sequence called this "call" "Mail Call" |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | PLACES OF BUSINESS $1,000 (Daily Double): Despite the state found in the name of this airline, its home offices are in Seattle Alaska Airlines |
| #8008, aired 2019-06-05 | NEW ON TV IN THE YEAR 2000 $1600: This TLC home improvement show premiered in 2000 & was back in 2018 with host Paige Davis & carpenter Ty Pennington Trading Spaces |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | "C" WHO SALUTES $800: Though his surrender basically ended the American Revolution, this general got little blame for the defeat back home in Britain Cornwalis |
| #7821, aired 2018-09-17 | REINSTATE SONGS $1600: "I just called to say I love you, come back home", she duetted with Kid Rock in the 2002 hit "Picture" Sheryl Crow |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | ENDANGERED ANIMALS $1600: The Badlands in South Dakota are home to the black-footed type of this weasel, back from the brink of extinction ferrets |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | I'LL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT $400: So, you fled over the state border, got caught & were sent back via the 1878 clause regarding this; welcome home! the extradition clause |
| #7713, aired 2018-03-07 | HUMANS IN THE GALAPAGOS $1000: (Alex presents the clue from the Galapagos.) I'm at Post Office Bay on the island of Floreana--when sailors' messages to their families back home were intercepted right here by U.S. Navy captain David Porter & his crew, they indicated the positions of their ships, & that information helped destroy the British Pacific whaling fleet during this war the War of 1812 |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | C.C. & ME $400: 1500 was a bad year for this explorer: he was sent back home in chains by Francisco de Bobadilla, his replacement Christopher Columbus |
| #7651, aired 2017-12-11 | HOME SWEET HOME $400: It's pictured on the back of a nickel Monticello |
| #7617, aired 2017-10-24 | COME SAIL AWAY $400: He sailed from China around 1292, arriving back home in Venice in 1295 at about age 41 Marco Polo |
| #7511, aired 2017-04-17 | THIS CATEGORY IS JUST FLUFF $400: In "The Princess & the Pea", the princess has to deal with one of these that isn't as fluffy as her one back home a mattress |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS $1200: In 1867 he took a 5-month cruise to the Mediterranean; his newspaper articles sent back home became "The Innocents Abroad" Mark Twain |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | BASIC GEOGRAPHY $1000: Canada's easternmost province is Newfoundland & this Labrador |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | BALLPARK FACTS & FIGURES $1000: A 1963 Mickey Mantle home run hit the upper deck of this stadium & bounced back nearly to second base Yankee Stadium |
| #7180, aired 2015-11-27 | ABOUT THAT FAR $800: From the front of the pitcher's rubber to the back of home plate in MLB:
Exactly this far 60 feet, 6 inches |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | 1990s SITCOM SUMMARIES $200: A radio psychiatrist moves back home & lives with his father Frasier |
| #7091, aired 2015-06-15 | A VISIT WITH KATIE COURIC $800: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) Prior to the 2004 Olympics, I conducted a fascinating interview with King Constantine II, the exiled ruler of this country who was back home to watch the games Greece |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | NEW ENDINGS FOR CLASSIC LIT $400: Samwise was back home. But then he remembered an awful thing. He'd left his keys at Mount Doom! With a sigh, he turned The Return of the King |
| #7032, aired 2015-03-24 | HANNIBAL LECTURE $2000: Hannibal specialized in killing these chief magistrates of Rome; he later got the equivalent office back home consul |
| #7024, aired 2015-03-12 | INTERIOR DESIGN $2000: In 2013 this interior decorator & HGTV personality published her first book, "The Well-Traveled Home" Sandra Espinet |
| #7000, aired 2015-02-06 | HOME FURNISHINGS $400: In your man cave sit back & relax in one of these chairs that makes you feel kneaded & pummels you in a good way massage |
| #6791, aired 2014-03-10 | ALFRED HITCHCOCK SAID $200: "Television has brought" this crime "back into the home, where it belongs" murder |
| #6769, aired 2014-02-06 | IN THE COURTROOM $2000: In 2013 District Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled this 2-verb NYPD practice unconstitutional stop and frisk |
| #6712, aired 2013-11-19 | FRONT TO BACK, BACK TO FRONT $2,200 (Daily Double): Beastly home & Mideast currency lair & rial |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | POINT "A" TO POINT "B" $3,600 (Daily Double): It's about a 30-hour drive between these 2 rhyming state capitals Austin & Boston |
| #6687, aired 2013-10-15 | THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS $400: In this building, home to a church choir, a pin dropped at the pulpit can be heard at the back of the hall Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | HOME SWEET MOTOR HOME $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the RV/MH Hall of Fame.) One of the earliest RVs in existence is a 1913 custom-built wooden trailer that went on the back of this famous car of the day Model T |
| #6485, aired 2012-11-23 | FRENCH EPONYMS $400: This addictive substance in tobacco was named for a French ambassador who sent leaves back home nicotine |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | THE GREAT & POWERFUL OZ $200: Dorothy asks the Great Oz to send her back home to this place, "where my Aunt Em and Uncle Henry are" Kansas |
| #6273, aired 2011-12-21 | STATE CAPITAL FUN FESTS $400: In summer 2011 Abraham Lincoln was back at home in this state capital during its "History Comes Alive" program Springfield |
| #6106, aired 2011-03-14 | DUMB CRIMINALS $400: A man called the home he just robbed in this Arkansas capital to say he dropped his wallet there & wanted it back Little Rock |
| #5994, aired 2010-10-07 | ANCIENT GREEKS $1200: Leonidas' wins at this place got him the title "triple crowned" & brought him worship back home on Rhodes Olympia |
| #5992, aired 2010-10-05 | A QUIET EVENING AT HOME $800: Researching the family tree, Grandpa's back on the Swenson family forum on the website called this -alogy.com genealogy |
| #5931, aired 2010-05-31 | HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS $200: Bo knows that this Auburn running back & Heisman winner played MLB for 8 years, hitting 141 home runs Bo Jackson |
| #5922, aired 2010-05-18 | DARWIN IN THE GALAPAGOS $400: (Alex reports from a field of flowers in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) Specimens of finches from different parts of the Galapagos gave Darwin a deep insight into evolution; later, back home in England, he figured out its mechanism, this 2-word term natural selection |
| #5897, aired 2010-04-13 | BACK HOME $400: In 1979 the exiled Ayatollah Khomeni made a triumphant return to this country after 14 years of exile Iran |
| #5897, aired 2010-04-13 | BACK HOME $800: There was much rejoicing in 2005 as taikonauts from this country returned from space China |
| #5897, aired 2010-04-13 | BACK HOME $1200: The man known as the Lockerbie Bomber stirred emotions when he returned to this, his native country, in 2009 Libya |
| #5897, aired 2010-04-13 | BACK HOME $1600: Gen. Wainwright surrendered Corregidor as commander of U.S. forces in this country, but came home a hero the Philippines |
| #5897, aired 2010-04-13 | BACK HOME $2,000 (Daily Double): In 2000 Nawaz Sharif was forced out of this country where he'd been prime minister; in 2007 he came back Pakistan |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | ULYSSES $1200: After two decades waiting for ol' Uly to haul his tush back home, she decides to marry the winner of an archery contest Penelope |
| #5664, aired 2009-04-02 | MOVIE TAGLINES $1600: 1985:
"17-year-old Marty McFly got home early last night. 30 years early" Back to the Future |
| #5634, aired 2009-02-19 | PRO FOOTBALL $400: In 2002 this NFL team moved its home games to the University of Illinois; in 2003 it moved back to Soldier Field the Chicago Bears |
| #5559, aired 2008-11-06 | THE CIVIL WAR: A FILM BY KEN BURNS $1600: (Ken Burns reads.) The surrender took place at Wilmer McLean's home; years earlier & 130 miles away, his back yard had been part of this first Civil War battle Manassas (or Bull Run) |
| #5540, aired 2008-10-10 | HARDY $1000: Clym Yeobright comes back home to Egdon Heath & marries Eustacia Vye, with tragic results, in this novel The Return of the Native |
| #5517, aired 2008-09-09 | U.S. COINS $800: It should be easy to "home" in on this longest of the 10 words on the back of a current nickel Monticello |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1271 he left Venice for the Far East with his father & uncle; 24 years later, he finally made it back home Marco Polo |
| #5381, aired 2008-01-21 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: If you're walking your baby back home in London, it won't be in a stroller but in this 4-letter synonym a pram |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | MY DREAM HOUSE $800: Why hold back--tower, stone, ornamentation, I want a home in the style of one of these French mansions a château |
| #5006, aired 2006-05-22 | MOVIE TERMS $200: Now common in movie & home theaters, the "surround" type of this was used way back in 1941's "Fantasia" sound |
| #4996, aired 2006-05-08 | FIRST LADIES $1200: In her early 20s, she studied dance under Martha Graham in NYC; she moved back home to Grand Rapids in 1941 Mrs. (Betty) Ford |
| #4846, aired 2005-10-10 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1,400 (Daily Double): The only continent that fits the category Antarctica |
| #4807, aired 2005-06-28 | WORLD WAR II $1200: The battle for this island in the Ryukyus resulted in 12,500 U.S. deaths, the heaviest toll in the Pacific war Okinawa |
| #4781, aired 2005-05-23 | TAKE ME TO THE RIVER $800: The name of this Pennsylvania river is from the Dutch for "hidden channel" the Schuylkill |
| #4762, aired 2005-04-26 | THINKERS $2,222 (Daily Double): His 1830s work on democracy in America suggested giving it a try back home in France de Tocqueville |
| #4719, aired 2005-02-24 | ISLAND HOPPING $400: This Caribbean nation was named because it reminded Spanish sailors of a province back home in Spain Grenada |
| #4712, aired 2005-02-15 | 1970s TV $2000: Tom Bosley voiced Harry Boyle, the dad referred to in the title of this animated series Wait Till Your Father Gets Home |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | "EMP" TV $400: Richard Mulligan had to deal with his 2 grown daughters moving back home on this sitcom Empty Nest |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | STAY-AT-HOME MOMS $1200: This globetrotting U.S. statesman always came back for the baking of his mom, born Paula Stern Henry Kissinger |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | POP MUSIC $2000: "Come Back Home" is the first single from his 2003 album "Day I Forgot" Pete Yorn |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | SO. CAL. $400: On the Warner Bros. lot tour you can see the water tower that this cartoon trio calls home the Animaniacs |
| #4439, aired 2003-12-18 | SCREEN PLAYS $400: Jason Miller went back home to Scranton in this state to make the '82 film of his play "That Championship Season" Pennsylvania |
| #4330, aired 2003-05-30 | HISTORIC HOMES $200: Name of the famous home that's depicted on the back of our current 5-cent coin Monticello |
| #4293, aired 2003-04-09 | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $200: In 2001 he was "Bringing It All Back Home": a Golden Globe & an Oscar for "Things Have Changed" Bob Dylan |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $2,000 (Daily Double): Clym Yeobright comes back home & is killed by Bigger Thomas in this Thomas Hardy-Richard Wright work Return of the Native Son |
| #4179, aired 2002-10-31 | BEATLES LYRICS $1000: "Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona for some California grass" "Get Back" |
| #4046, aired 2002-03-18 | BACK TO THE 1960s $800: The big sports news of 1961 was the battle between these 2 New York Yankees for the league home run crown Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris |
| #3933, aired 2001-10-10 | COLONIAL COLLEGES $400: This Providence university that dates back to 1764 is home to a NASA research center Brown |
| #3899, aired 2001-07-12 | ON THE BEAT WITH ANDY SIPOWICZ $300: (Franz reads the clue.) Dating back to the 1700s, it's the court order that authorizes police to enter a home to look for evidence search warrant |
| #3855, aired 2001-05-11 | STATE CAPITALS $300: The capitol building in this city was designed by Thomas Jefferson Richmond |
| #3798, aired 2001-02-21 | "BACK" WORDS $300: In baseball, it's a barrier behind home plate, or slang for a catcher backstop |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | WAY BACK IN 1999 $100: A 20-year-long restoration of this chapel, home to Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment", was wrapped up the Sistine Chapel |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | HOME $200: In new houses, when all your lights go out, you flip the circuit breaker back; in old houses, you change these Fuses |
| #3490, aired 1999-11-05 | STAR TREK: VOYAGER $200: Voyager in the Delta Quadrant is trying to get back to this quadrant, its home the Alpha Quadrant |
| #3432, aired 1999-07-06 | THE MEXICAN WAR $400: This exiled Mexican general headed back home from Cuba in August 1846 to aid in the fight Santa Anna |
| #3307, aired 1999-01-12 | SPELL IT OUT $600: Phone home & then spell.... E-X-T-R-A-T-E-R-R-E-S-T-R-I-A-L |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | BACK TO LITERARY BRITAIN $200: In Wilmcote, near Stratford, you may visit the family home, seen here, of this author's mother William Shakespeare |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | BACK TO LITERARY BRITAIN $600: Fans of this Lake poet flock to Dove Cottage, his home near Grasmere in the Lake District William Wordsworth |
| #3191, aired 1998-06-15 | PROVERBS $200: In "The Wizard of Oz", Dorothy clicks her heels & repeats this before she's whisked back to Kansas "There's no place like home" |
| #3187, aired 1998-06-09 | COMING TO AMERICA $800: People who emigrate to America from this country are known as Issei back home Japan |
| #1, aired 1998-05-03 | I LEFT MY HEART $300: Brokenhearted singer heard here:
"Where do broken hearts go? / Can they find their way home / Back to..." Whitney Houston |
| #2961, aired 1997-06-16 | FILMS OF THE '70s $3,000 (Daily Double): This 1971 film featured the memorable debut seen here:
"Whatcha all comin' back here in the dark?" The Last Picture Show (Cybill Shepherd) |
| #2494, aired 1995-06-08 | BASEBALL HISTORY $500: In 1893, due to the power of pitchers Amos Rusie & this man, the mound was moved back to 60'6" from home Cy Young |
| #2431, aired 1995-03-13 | PIERRES CELEBRES $400: In April 1968, less than 3 years after taking his first public office, he was made P.M. of Canada Pierre Trudeau |
| #2197, aired 1994-03-08 | HOME FURNISHINGS $300: A folding armchair with a canvas back & bottom is named for this job in the film industry a director |
| #1937, aired 1993-01-26 | ZONES $300: In October 1979 the U.S. government gave back about 65% of this zone to its home country the Panama Canal zone |
| #1904, aired 1992-12-10 | SONGS OF THE '60s $100: In 1966 The Left Banke told this girl to just walk away... you won't see me follow you back home" Renée |
| #1743, aired 1992-03-11 | AUTHORS' BIRTHPLACES $400: Alex Haley's roots go back to this city, the home of Cornell University Ithaca |
| #1679, aired 1991-12-12 | ACTRESSES $200: Hayley Carr, who was named for this actress, played her daughter in the TV movie "Back Home" Hayley Mills |
| #1547, aired 1991-04-30 | MOVIE TRIVIA $500: At the end of this 1952 film, Burt Lancaster told Shirley Booth, "It's good to be home" Come Back, Little Sheba |
| #1541, aired 1991-04-22 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $200: After Telemachus found him, they went back home & slew Penelope's suitors Odysseus |
| #1460, aired 1990-12-28 | FIRE $400: During WWI a popular song urged families to keep these burning to welcome back the doughboys home fires |
| #1392, aired 1990-09-25 | STATE LICENSE PLATES $400: Dan Quayle is "Back Home Again" when he's in this state Indiana |
| #1372, aired 1990-07-17 | RULERS $1000: King of Sparta who brought his wife, Helen, back home again after the Trojan War Menelaus |
| #1317, aired 1990-05-01 | LITERARY CLASSICS $200: The home Lassie went back to in the 1940 novel "Lassie Come Home" was in this country England |
| #1239, aired 1990-01-11 | TRANSPORTATION $1,000 (Daily Double): Mode of transportation mentioned in the following folk song:
"Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name /
Lord, I can't go home this way..." train (or railroad) |
| #1167, aired 1989-10-03 | OHIO $200: If this state insect is insulted, she just might "fly away home" a ladybug |
| #904, aired 1988-07-07 | DID YOU NOTICE? $400 (Daily Double): Reason you probably didn't see this box of Wheaties at your local supermarket: because the Redskins won the Super Bowl |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | "ANGEL"IC SONGS $500: Charley Pride advised 1st to do this, then "Love her like the devil when you get back home" "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" |
| #746, aired 1987-11-30 | ONE-WORD SONGS $200 (Daily Double): A time of rest, or title of the following lively Go-Go's hit:
"Can't seem to get my mind off of you / Back here at home, there's nothin' to do / Now that I'm away..." "Vacation" |
| #672, aired 1987-07-07 | PICK "COTTON" $400: In song, they were located "Down in Louisiana just a mile from Texarkana" old cotton fields back home |
| #660, aired 1987-06-19 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: Free rides back home are offered to runaway youngsters by this 2nd-largest U.S. bus company Trailways |
| #621, aired 1987-04-27 | TRANSPORTATION $400 (Daily Double): Group which topped the country charts with the following song about a truck driver:
[Truck noises]
"Roll on, highway /
Roll on along /
Roll on, Daddy, 'til you get back home /
Roll on family /
Roll on crew /
Roll on, Mama, like I asked you to do /
And roll on eighteen wheeler, roll on /
(Roll on!)..." Alabama |
| #550, aired 1987-01-16 | POLI SCI $800: Nickname for appropriation bills that are "pieces of bacon" for a congressman's "folks back home" pork barrel |
| #546, aired 1987-01-12 | TRANSPORTATION $800: After record-setting flight to Paris, Lindbergh got back home from France this way by ship |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $600: An elephant visiting London might make this, a long distance phone call, to the folks back home a trunk call |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | NUMBER PLEASE $100: Call directory assistance for this state, 808-555-1212, & the operator will say "What island, please?" Hawaii |
| #45, aired 1984-11-09 | MYTHOLOGY $500: Eating this flower made Odysseus’ sailors never want to return home a lotus |
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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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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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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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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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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Ellen Kimmel, a school nurse from Nanuet, New York
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Season 27 2-time champion: $37,000 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SkoolRN
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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 Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Kristin Frankhouser, a 12-year-old from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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"Her future plans include becoming a physical therapist, a wife, and...
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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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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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Carl Bradshaw, a financial manager from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 27 2-time champion: $17,899 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
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Mike Hodel, a bartender from Bellingham, Washington
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Season 27 2-time champion: $20,200 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "ho-DELL".
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Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
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Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kuh-FONE".
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Ariel Schneider, a biology student from West Lafayette, Indiana
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Season 27 2-time champion: $46,300 + $2,000.
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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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Patrick Quinn, a high school German teacher from Chesterfield, Missouri
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"He teaches at a school whose history goes back to a...
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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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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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Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
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2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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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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Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
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"Legislative work in his home state was suspended so that lawmakers...
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Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
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"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
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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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Celeste DiNucci, a recent graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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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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Matt Olson, a sophomore at Stanford University from Berkeley, California
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Greer Mackebee, a senior at Duke University from Knoxville, Tennessee
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 at the time of the...
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Quinn McDonald, an inventory control manager from Lowville, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,600 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Mighty Q
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Ben Greenho, a junior from Plano, Texas
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Kate Rowland, a family doctor from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 27 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000.
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Silvio Menzano, a psychologist and university counseling center director from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 1-time champion: $10,300 + $1,000.
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Carolyn Cracraft, a grad student at the University of California-Berkeley from Berkeley, California
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"She was a junior at the University of Chicago when she...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a computer consultant from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was the winner of the 1992 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she was the first female winner of a Tournament...
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Carol Denny, a writer for a non-profit environmental foundation from Arnold, Maryland
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,199 + $1,000.
Identical twin sister of Season 29 player Chris O'Toole.
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Mark McDonnell, a triathlon coach and entrepreneur from Miami, Florida
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Season 27 1-time champion: $27,601 + $1,000.
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Russ Porter, a water systems engineer from Seattle, Washington
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
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Lisa Dvorak, a grocery store chain administrative assistant from Millersville, Maryland
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Season 27 1-time champion: $31,201 + $2,000.
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Tom Jennings, a maintenance mechanic from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 1-time champion: $24,000 + $2,000.
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Jeff Gorham, an accountant from Richmond, Virginia
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Season 27 1-time champion: $14,001 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SpacemanSpiff
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Genaro Lopez, a contract administrator from Portland, Oregon
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Season 27 1-time champion: $29,001 + $2,000.
First name pronounced like "heh-NAR-o".
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Lyn Thomas, a library assistant from Redmond, Washington
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,100 + $1,000.
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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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Craig Westphal, a paramedic from Tucson, Arizona
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
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"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
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Sandra McClellan, a granny nanny from Arlington, Texas
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Season 27 1-time champion: $4,199 + $2,000.
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Liz Maziarz, an English professor and mom from Seattle, Washington
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "MAY-zee-ar".
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Adam Bibler, an economist originally from Lancaster, Ohio
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Season 27 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000.
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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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Bob Kennedy, a college linguistics instructor from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 27 2-time champion: $33,800 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Bobk
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Michael Blake, a 12-year-old from Hamburg, New York
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"Our top story tonight is this young man, who wants to...
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Alex Stambaugh, a 12-year-old from Paris, Kentucky
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"He feels he can use his talents in math and science...
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Kate Dzurilla, a 12-year-old from Syosset, New York
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"It's a slam dunk for this basketball lover and future WNBA...
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Kate Wilson, a high school AP English teacher from Montgomery, Alabama
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"She is a top-10 AP English language teacher at Alabama's number-one...
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Michael Vance, an information security analyst from Fishers, Indiana
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Season 20 player (2004-07-07).
KJL game 26.
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Weston Mangin, a freshman at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo from Arroyo Grande, California
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Evan Eschliman, a sophomore from Olathe, Kansas
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
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2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
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Michael Philpy, a policy analyst originally from Lafayette, Indiana
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Season 27 1-time champion: $33,601 + $2,000.
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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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Kristin Sausville, a stay-at-home mom from Newark, Delaware
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2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 31 5-time champion: $94,201...
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Leslie Shannon, a manager of a research lab from Sydney, Australia
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"A recent art history graduate when she became Jeopardy! champion in...
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Drusha Mussmann, a homemaker from Spencerville, Indiana
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Season 26 player (2009-11-18).
Name pronounced like "DROO-sha MUSS-man".
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Dave Ellis, a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $16,000 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer with an international law firm from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she became the first woman ever to win the...
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Doug Meyer, an editor originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 21 player (2005-06-09). Season 20 player (2004-03-11). Doug previously appeared...
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Hema Karunakaram, a senior from Saline, Michigan
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2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Name pronounced like "HAY-ma kah-ROO-nuh-KAH-ram". Jeopardy!...
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Emily Jusino, a Ph.D. candidate in Greek literature originally from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000.
Last name pronouned like "hoo-SEE-no".
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Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
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Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
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Jelisa Castrodale, a sportswriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Season 27 1-time champion: $39,399 + $1,000.
Name pronounced like "jell-EES-ah KASS-tro-dale".
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Roger Mueller-Kim, a high school social studies teacher from Dublin, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,401 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "MULL-er KIM".
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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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Eureka Nutt, a paralegal from Canoga Park, California
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Season 27 2-time champion: $38,701 + $1,000.
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Gitta Neufeld, a Judaic teacher trainer from Far Rockaway, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,300 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "GEE-ta...
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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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Scott Harris, a videographer and elementary school librarian from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 27 1-time champion: $19,201 + $2,000. Scott won $30,000 on...
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Melanie Leon, an Army wife from Peachtree City, Georgia
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Season 20 player (2004-01-07). Melanie forgot to complete the word "Ironman"...
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Sally O'Rourke, a freelance copywriter originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Season 27 1-time champion: $33,601 + $1,000.
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Sara Terrell, a veterinary technician from Windsor, Connecticut
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Christian Haines, a college student originally from Newport News, Virginia
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2007 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Rachel Millena, a 10-year-old from Concord, California
|
"Her sights are set on becoming a writer, journalist, photographer, or...
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Tom Zamojcin, a digital marketing manager from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $22,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "zam-MOH-chin".
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Kyle Hale, a college student from Katy, Texas
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Matthew Mitchell, a literacy tutor from Richland, Washington
|
Season 22 player (2006-07-26).
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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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Chloé White, a senior from Mission Hills, Kansas
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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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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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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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...
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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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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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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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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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Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - 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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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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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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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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Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
|
2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Larissa Charnsangavej, a senior from Rice University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Houston, Texas at...
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Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Oceanside, CA at...
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Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $43,800 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
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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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Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
|
2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
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Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
|
"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
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David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware
|
2007 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
|
2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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Harris Cohen, a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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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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Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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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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Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
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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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Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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Greg Lichtenstein, a freshman from Vassar College
|
2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 18 and from Plainview, New York...
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Amy Wilson, a creative writing and women's studies student originally from Portland, Oregon
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $19,999 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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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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Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
|
"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
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Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
|
2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
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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...
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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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Brenton Montie, a sixth grade social studies teacher from South Lyon, Michigan
|
"He teaches at a school ranked in the top 5% in...
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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Vito Cortese, a software engineer and Italian translator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $68,485 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
|
"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
|
"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
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Andrew Westney, a sports business writer from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
"He was a high-school student from Atlanta when he won the...
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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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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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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
|
2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
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Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
|
2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Diane Siegel, an educational consultant and writer from Northridge, California
|
"A full-time mom when she won five games in 1993, now...
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Elaine Zollner, a physician from Glendale, California
|
"A winner of 5 shows in 1990, she used her Jeopardy!...
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Neville Fogarty, an 11-year-old from Kingwood, Texas
|
\"This chess player is planning his career moves very carefully. From...
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Caitlin Millat, a kindergarten teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"She receives support from Teach for America and works for Achievement...
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Justin Hofstetter, a sixth and seventh grade language arts and social studies teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
|
"This sixth and seventh grade teacher is in his first year...
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Brooks Humphreys, a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
|
"He teaches at an all-girls Catholic school operated by the Sisters...
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Caleb Olson, a senior from Chariton, Iowa
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Zane Ice, a 12-year-old from West Palm Beach, Florida
|
"He wants to build a business in emerging technologies to help...
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Ryan Elkins, a 12-year-old from Bensalem, Pennsylvania
|
"He wants to study physics and unlock the mysteries of the...
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Senator Al Franken, a U.S. senator from Minnesota
|
"After a successful career as a comedy writer, author, and radio...
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Vinita Kailasanath, a sophomore at Stanford University from Laurel, Maryland
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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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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Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
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2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
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Paul Gutowski, an alcohol and drug counselor from Rockford, Illinois
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"He was the first 5-time winner in 1997. An alcohol and...
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Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
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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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Seth Alcorn, a bookstore supervisor from Alexandria, Virginia
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 19 3-time champion: $106,400 + $1,000.
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Dave Belote, a recently retired base commander from Woodbridge, Virginia
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Marc Sacks, an international development manager from Washington, D.C.
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Season 25 1-time champion: $23,601 + $2,000.
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Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
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Jonathan Corbblah, a chess teacher from Harlem, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Jonathan appeared as a...
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Andrea Ozment, a nurse and freelance writer from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 23 player (2007-04-19).
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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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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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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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Tommy Hoyt, from Winnetka, Illinois
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"Journalism may very well be in his future as he feels...
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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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Josh Lacey, a 10-year-old from Ellicott City, Maryland
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"The International Olympic Committee does such good work, he would like...
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Kevin Keach, a project administrator from St. Louis, Missouri
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"He considered himself a simple Missouri farm boy when he won...
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Emily Sturtz, from Parsippany, New Jersey
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"Because she would like to help people, she wants to become...
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Bobby Millison, from Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania
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"He's an award-winning diver, and would like to serve his country...
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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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