#9064, aired 2024-03-21 | NOTABLE NAMES $9,400 (Daily Double): His 1936 "General Theory" suggesting government spending to lower unemployment influenced economic policy for decades Keynes |
#9032, aired 2024-02-06 | LATER, DUDE $1600: This word used for wishing someone well on their upcoming journey sounds like it could be Thor's time in a sprint godspeed |
#9031, aired 2024-02-05 | TOOLS $1000: It's not a magnetic tool to help you detect a virile man, but rather its namesake item as well as nails hidden within a wall a stud detector (stud finder) |
#9024, aired 2024-01-25 | DRINKING VESSELS $800: It can be a small drink as well as a pear-shaped goblet that, as the name suggests, intensifies the aroma of brandy a snifter |
#26, aired 2024-01-23 | I'M JUST KEN $10,400 (Daily Double): In 2023 this documentarian released his latest film, a four-hour series examining the rich history of the American buffalo Ken Burns |
#9009, aired 2024-01-04 | ALL ABOUT AUTHORS $1,200 (Daily Double): This 19th century author of adventure novels suffered from tuberculosis & moved to the South Seas for his health, dying in Samoa Robert Louis Stevenson |
#8996, aired 2023-12-18 | WELL, THEY SOUND THE SAME... $400: To be sick, or a foamy beverage ail (ale) |
#8993, aired 2023-12-13 | AD-JECTIVES $400: In other words this common pair of advertising adjectives could be "novel as well as ameliorated" new & improved |
#8988, aired 2023-12-06 | DECIMALS $1200: Though not required, "trailing" these to the right of a decimal point are often used to show levels of accuracy zeros |
#20, aired 2023-11-15 | SIX DEGREES OF ACTUAL BACON $800: Tomato sauce is in Sloppy Joes with beef, & beef is with bacon in this beloved Wendy's burger, introduced in 2007 the Baconator |
#15, aired 2023-10-04 | ESTATE PLANNING $1,200 (Daily Double): In law, it's one party managing another's property for the benefit of a third; in life, some say it's the key to a good relationship trust |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUT OF BREATH $2,500 (Daily Double): As Taylor Swift knows all too well, this type of person has an intense dislike of something hater |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | BIO PICS $1200: It takes two, baby--well, two intertwined sugar phosphate chains anyway to be this landmark 1953 molecular model for DNA a double helix |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | BANKING & FINANCE $1200: Securities as well as your funds for that new house--congrats!--can be held by a third party on behalf of the 2 others in this escrow |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | THIS IS HOW I WIN $600: Be last off the Battle Bus & land by a quiet spot instead of the Citadel; have a wide range of weapons & a medkit; use headphones Fortnite |
#8802, aired 2023-02-07 | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS $400: Lord Henry tells him, "to get back my youth (I'd) do anything... except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable"; Wilde! Dorian Gray |
#8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WHOA, "O"! $400: 17th century painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo became one of these by age 10 & often painted kids who looked to be ones as well an orphan |
#8800, aired 2023-02-03 | THAT'S A CRIME! $200: Well, it used to be, anyway! As of 2023, if you could cross the street safely in California, this was no longer a ticketable offense jaywalking |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | THERE WILL BE BLOOD $900: As well as 8 arms, this creature in a genus of the same name has 3 hearts to pump its blue blood an octopus |
#8787, aired 2023-01-17 | THE REAL REAL HOUSEWIVES OF... $600: ...this UAE city may well be from the Philippines or know people who are; Filipinos make up 450,000 of its 3 million people Dubai |
#8781, aired 2023-01-09 | LAUNDRY DAY $200: The sodium hypochlorite type of this disinfects as well as whitens but needs to be diluted before using bleach |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | A TOTAL FRAME JOB $500 (Daily Double): Britannica says this Munch painting "can be seen as a symbol of modern spiritual anguish" but it reminds us of a loud "Home Alone" moment The Scream |
#8737, aired 2022-11-08 | NUMBER, PLEASE $200: Matthew 4 says Jesus fasted for this many days & nights in the wilderness, & he was hungry after; well, yeah! 40 |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS $1000: Astronomers use this 3-letter word to refer to a period of time equaling one billion years; to others, it means a really long time an eon |
#8727, aired 2022-10-25 | MISCELLANY $400: You'll be well over a mile high at the top of 714-foot Republic Plaza, this city's tallest building Denver |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | PITCH PERFECT $100: Talk about Go Blue!
Clayton Kershaw pitched well enough for this team in 2014 to win 21 games & the National League MVP award the Dodgers |
#8699, aired 2022-09-15 | SINGERS WHO ACT $2000: This rocker played Jareth, the Goblin King in the 1986 cult classic fantasy "Labyrinth" David Bowie |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | NFL OPENING WEEKEND $1000: (Jamie Erdahl of the NFL Network presents the clue.) The Panthers' opening game in 2011 showed off the arm of this flashy dresser, as he passed for 422 yards, an NFL record for a player's first game Cam Newton |
#8691, aired 2022-07-25 | SLOW $200: We're not sure which is the slowest but this thick sticky syrup can be made from carob or dates as well as from sugar cane molasses |
#8690, aired 2022-07-22 | BRITISH FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $600: Jack, seen at the right in a 19th century illustration, is earning this title the Giant Slayer (a giant killer) |
#8686, aired 2022-07-18 | GIVING YOU THE BOOT $800: As well as pants for horse riding, they can be ankle-high boots with a strap buckled at the side the jodhpur |
#8674, aired 2022-06-30 | BE MERRY $1600: After Helena & Diana get some celebratory closure for their worries, well, this Shakespeare title says it all All’s Well That Ends Well |
#8597, aired 2022-03-15 | WATER, WATER $600: As well as a neighborhood of Queens & the subject of an old joke, it's a river there & the bay it flows into Flushing |
#8597, aired 2022-03-15 | FASHION $1000: As well as a general noun for a loose shirt, it can be a verb meaning "to poof out slightly above the waist" to blouse |
#12, aired 2022-02-16 | THEY'RE MULTI-TALENTED $800: She created & starred in "Fleabag" as well as co-writing "No Time to Die", & what a crossover that would be! Phoebe Waller-Bridge |
#8559, aired 2022-01-20 | A FARCE TO BE RECKONED WITH $2000: This farce by Michael Frayn is a look at what goes on behind the scenes as well as onstage Noises Off |
#8543, aired 2021-12-29 | I AM WOMAN $800: Korea-born Angela Buchdahl is the first Asian-American to be ordained a cantor, as well as this leader of a Jewish congregation rabbi |
#8529, aired 2021-12-09 | LIT CHARACTERS' BAD CHOICES $400: James, don't break up a family's baseball game & try to kill this girl! Edward will be mad & it just won't end well for you! Bella Swan |
#8491, aired 2021-10-18 | HISTORY'S MYSTERIES $2,000 (Daily Double): A real-life drama: this Shakespeare contemporary was killed under mysterious circumstances May 30, 1593 Marlowe |
#8460, aired 2021-08-06 | OCEANOGRAPHIC TERMS $1,000 (Daily Double): Term for the Pacific Ocean zone that forms a band as long as the equator & has about 75% of Earth's active volcanoes Ring of Fire |
#8402, aired 2021-05-18 | WELL VERSED IN POETRY $2000: This Kipling poem ends, "You'll be a man, my son!" "If—" |
#8365, aired 2021-03-26 | "MONKEY" BUSINESS $400: In an expression of astonished surprise, "Well I'll be" this relative a monkey's uncle |
#8273, aired 2020-11-04 | IT'S GONNA BE CLOSE... $400: Steve Kerr joked, "Well, I guess I got to bail Michael out again" describing a game-winning shot for this team in the 1997 NBA Finals the Chicago Bulls |
#8227, aired 2020-06-02 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: 2012 male stripper cinematic saga that went on to be our 70th Secretary of State Magic Mike Pompeo |
#8197, aired 2020-04-07 | FILM CHARACTERS $1200: This mercenary AKA Wade Wilson: "You may be wondering, 'Why the red suit?' Well, that's so bad guys can't see me bleed" Deadpool |
#8105, aired 2019-11-29 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: If they used a well-known brand of kosher hot dogs instead of bats, the Dodgers & Phillies would be in this baseball group the Hebrew National League |
#8077, aired 2019-10-22 | BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS $1000: A giant of 19th century politics as well as a novelist, he was the first man of Jewish ancestry to be prime minister Disraeli |
#8066, aired 2019-10-07 | AROUND THE USA $200: You may be more familiar with the La Brea ones, but there's a sticky batch of these in Carpinteria, California as well tar pits |
#8064, aired 2019-10-03 | BASEBALL MANAGERS $800: One of the smallest Major League players ever, Miller Huggins managed this 1927 team, perhaps the greatest of all time the New York Yankees |
#8047, aired 2019-09-10 | FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE $1000: As well as French, these shirt features can be fringed or hounds' ears cuffs |
#8046, aired 2019-09-09 | KITCHEN ORIGINS $600: The Oster company created recipes so that this appliance would be used in the kitchen as well as the bar a blender |
#8041, aired 2019-07-22 | audible SUMMER READING $800: She tells humorous anecdotes from her long career on stage & screen
"Yes, yes," she interrupted, "But you're going to be playing Mary Poppins?" Yes, Miss Travers. "Well, you're much to pretty, of course" Julie Andrews |
#7903, aired 2019-01-09 | BARTLETT'S, A TO Z $1600: P:
This American-born poet for remarking in a 1915 letter, "Poetry must be as well written as prose" (Ezra) Pound |
#7901, aired 2019-01-07 | WORDS FROM THE MALAY $3,000 (Daily Double): A word from the melee as well as the Malay, to "run" this way is to be wild & frenzied amok |
#7846, aired 2018-10-22 | THRE"E"-LETTER WORDS $400: It can be "de luce" or "de toilette" as well as "de Cologne" eau |
#7831, aired 2018-10-01 | GETTING SPECIFIC AT GENERAL HOSPITAL $200: (Nancy Lee Grahn and Michelle Stafford give the clue as Alexis and Nina from General Hospital.) "You think you're getting away with it, Nina, but I'm on to you"
"Oh, really Alexis? Well your little world, your sterile field, is about to be in this condition, compromised by the introduction of foreign bacteria" infected (or contaminated) |
#7789, aired 2018-06-21 | TELEVISION $1000: In 2017, she could be seen on TV on "Atypical" as well as on "Twin Peaks" Jennifer Jason Leigh |
#7779, aired 2018-06-07 | DECADES OF NO. 1-RATED TV SHOWS $400: Wah! Ricky, I wanna be in the show!--Well, honey, this show of ours got a 67.3 rating in the 1952-53 season, so okay! You're in! I Love Lucy |
#7750, aired 2018-04-27 | LONGTIME RULERS $400: Moscow, how was your 51 years? Terrible, with this man as the city's Grand Prince from 1533 to 1584 Ivan (the Terrible) |
#7735, aired 2018-04-06 | IT'S GOT ELECTROLYTES $200: Well, blow me down! Popeye would be big on New Zealand this, high in nutrients & low in calories & fat spinach |
#7720, aired 2018-03-16 | ANY "PORT" $400: It can be a small window in the side of an airplane as well as a ship a porthole |
#7678, aired 2018-01-17 | GALAPAGOS ADAPTATION $400: (Alex presents the clue from the Galápagos.) The rare Galápagos penguin--remember, we're close to the equator--thrives on the nutrient-rich, cold waters that well up from the depths of the ocean; thus, the warmer waters of this Spanish-named weather phenomenon can be disastrous to it El Niño |
#7648, aired 2017-12-06 | VICTIM OF GRAVITY $2000: As well as to fall, it can mean to be tossed around to get dry tumble |
#7605, aired 2017-10-06 | "B"USINESS $400: Some see a decline in this "loyalty"; used to be when Grandma bought Charmin once, she'd dang well keep buying Charmin brand loyalty |
#7521, aired 2017-05-01 | 1940s MOVIE QUOTES $800: Voice of Evelyn Venable:
"A boy who won't be good might just as well be made of wood" Pinocchio |
#7508, aired 2017-04-12 | HAPPY 70th, DAVID LETTERMAN $800: In 2009 this impeached Ill. gov. wanted "to be on your show in the worst way"; Dave: "Well, you're on in the worst way" Blagojevich |
#7489, aired 2017-03-16 | JACK $400: The Sept. 7 2016 announcement that the headphone jack was out on this device was not 100% well received the iPhone 7 |
#7445, aired 2017-01-13 | STATES BY CITY TRASH-TALKING $200: "Truth or Consequences isn't a choice! & Los Alamos may be the bomb, but it's Roswell that ends well!" New Mexico |
#7376, aired 2016-10-10 | WORLD AIRPORTS $1,000 (Daily Double): The Tenzing-Hillary airport in this country is 9,200 feet above sea level Nepal |
#7232, aired 2016-02-09 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: It can be difficulty in staying asleep as well as falling asleep insomnia |
#7136, aired 2015-09-28 | PLAYING POLITICS $600: Photos taken in this D.C. space that's 36 by 29 feet (well, roughly) may not be used in political campaigns the Oval Office |
#7115, aired 2015-07-17 | ACIDS $1000: This acid also known as vitamin C can be found in tomatoes & potatoes as well as citrus fruit ascorbic acid |
#7070, aired 2015-05-15 | HE GREW UP TO BE PRESIDENT $400: At Eureka College, he was an athlete as well as an actor & student body president Ronald Reagan |
#7068, aired 2015-05-13 | POLITICAL DICTIONARY $800: It's a type of landlord as well as a type of ballot used by a voter who might be out of town on Election Day an absentee ballot |
#7038, aired 2015-04-01 | BODY $1000: When a kid gets his tonsils out, these, aka the pharyngeal tonsils, may be removed too the adenoids |
#6892, aired 2014-07-29 | AT THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Georgia Aquarium.) Sea otters have up to a million hairs of fur per square inch, important, as they don't rely on this as an insulator, unlike a sperm whale blubber |
#6836, aired 2014-05-12 | GARDENING $800: This flower does well in partial shade but can be exposed to full sun the camelia |
#6824, aired 2014-04-24 | FROM "B" TO "Y" $800: It can be a branch of library science dealing with the history of books as well as a list of sources used bibliography |
#6808, aired 2014-04-02 | "SELF-E"s $200: Completes the Founding Fathers' phrase "We hold these truths to be..." self-evident |
#6781, aired 2014-02-24 | WHAT DO I STAND FOR? $3,000 (Daily Double): In BVI, including Tortola Islands |
#6779, aired 2014-02-20 | SOCIAL LIFE $800: Sister Carrie lives in "a moderately well-furnished" this type of "house", not to be confused with a bawdy house boarding house |
#6738, aired 2013-12-25 | ALL THE JINGLE LADIES $800: She sang, "The only place you'll wanna be is underneath my Christmas tree" & may well have dressed up as one Lady Gaga |
#6732, aired 2013-12-17 | GETTIN' YOUR DRINK ON $400: This liquor can be made into a moonrise as well as a sunrise cocktail tequila |
#6701, aired 2013-11-04 | ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL $1,400 (Daily Double): In 1969 the Alabama-born widow of this man became the first woman to preach in St. Paul's Martin Luther King, Jr. |
#6649, aired 2013-07-11 | ANNIVERSARY GIFTS $10,000 (Daily Double): 40th:
A "pigeon's blood" one of these ruby |
#6638, aired 2013-06-26 | YOU MUST BE PRESIDENT TO WIN $200: In 1906 he became the first sitting president as well as the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize Theodore Roosevelt |
#6618, aired 2013-05-29 | "ATH" & YOU SHALL RECEIVE $200: It can be a course of conduct as well as direction path |
#6441, aired 2012-09-24 | RHYME HELL $600: It can be a small room in a monastery as well as in a correctional facility a cell |
#6425, aired 2012-07-20 | MILITARY MATTERS $200: A broad area where explosive devices have been concealed; it can be in water as well as on land a minefield |
#6419, aired 2012-07-12 | LET'S EAT THAI $400: A basic ingredient in Thai cuisine is prik kee noo, a small, spicy one of these named for its resemblance to a mouse dropping pepper |
#6378, aired 2012-05-16 | "BLOW" HARDS $1200: This group was big in the '90s with hits like "Only Wanna Be With You" Hootie & the Blowfish |
#6370, aired 2012-05-04 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $0: Although he doesn't actually appear in "1984", his presence is everywhere--on posters, coins & telescreens Big Brother |
#6335, aired 2012-03-16 | SHAPE UP! $600: Well, he said he'd be back...in 1999 he wrote "The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding", updated from 1985 Schwarzenegger |
#6330, aired 2012-03-09 | A VERY BRIGHT RESPONSE $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a Budweiser Clydesdale at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in St. Louis, MO.) To qualify for a hitch, a Budweiser Clydesdale must be a bay gelding, 6 feet at the shoulder, have four white stockinged feet & a white one of these fiery facial markings a blaze |
#6233, aired 2011-10-26 | DREAMBOATS $400: Time magazine said this blond Bond-shell has shoulders & pecs "so well defined, they could be in Webster's" (Daniel) Craig |
#6213, aired 2011-09-28 | KISMET $1200: This word can be used for one's riches as well as one's lot in life; Twain (& others) have called it "outrageous" fortune |
#6173, aired 2011-06-15 | LITTLE-USED WORDS $800: A congenital mark on the skin may be called a nevus as well as this animal term a mole |
#6142, aired 2011-05-03 | MYSTERY MEAT $400: Well, this filet came from Japanese Wagyu cattle--it must be this type of beef Kobe beef |
#6117, aired 2011-03-29 | BASH-FUL $1200: Emily Post says you can give one of these parties for a single mom-to-be as well as for parents about to adopt a baby shower |
#6109, aired 2011-03-17 | OR THE HIGHWAY $400: U.S. Highway 20 from Boston to the West Coast has this distinction; it used to be No. 2 the longest road in the U.S. |
#6095, aired 2011-02-25 | CURRENT MUSIC $800: You may well be cooler than this "Cooler Than Me" hitmaker; he graduated from Duke with a GPA of 3.6 Mike Posner |
#6036, aired 2010-12-06 | WELL, I NEVER! $800: It may be the Univ. of Michigan's mascot, but I never had this animal as a pet; it attacks reindeer, caribou & almost anything the wolverine |
#5911, aired 2010-05-03 | NO WAY! IT'S NORWAY! $400: In 1814 the Norwegian parliament accepted this country's King Charles XIII to rule Norway as well Sweden |
#5890, aired 2010-04-02 | WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS $1200: As well as a summary of account, it can be an explosive noise, as from a rifle a report |
#5888, aired 2010-03-31 | SWEET WORD OF YOUTH $200: A young person may be shallow as well as this word that rhymes with shallow & means "immature" callow |
#5873, aired 2010-03-10 | FILMMAKING 101 $800: Well, "hello" this wheeled platform on which a camera can be mounted for moving shots dolly |
#5872, aired 2010-03-09 | GOVERNORS $600: He's the first African-American governor of New York, as well as the first to be legally blind (David) Paterson |
#5828, aired 2010-01-06 | THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES $600: (Alex reports from the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) No one knows how it got there, but there is a handprint in the lower left-hand corner of this important national document, just beneath the concluding words, "and our sacred honor" the Declaration of Independence |
#5778, aired 2009-10-28 | THE "H" IT IS $1200: Aw, shucks, it can be a bit of chaff in grass cut for fodder, or an unsophisticated rural person a hayseed |
#5772, aired 2009-10-20 | FAMOUS TRIALS $400: (Jack Ford delivers the clue.) A high school football coach as well as biology teacher, he volunteered to be the defendant in what became a world-famous test case on evolution (John) Scopes |
#5761, aired 2009-10-05 | SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON $1000: (Madam Secretary Hillary Clinton delivers the clue.) The State Department is responsible for treaties, & one of the most important is this one that helps control the spread of nuclear arms, NPT for short the Non-Proliferation Treaty |
#5719, aired 2009-06-18 | TOP 40 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES? $1000: "Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens... & when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance" Lee Ann Womack |
#5709, aired 2009-06-04 | DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS! $400: "Your heart sweats, your teeth grind, another kiss and you'll be mine"; might as well face it, it's this tune "Addicted To Love" |
#5701, aired 2009-05-25 | BEACH VOLLEYBALL $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Hermosa Beach, CA.) It's the lethal term for an attack that results in an immediate point or side-out; it can be a gentle dink as well as a dramatic spike a kill |
#5602, aired 2009-01-06 | MEETING YOUR CAR MAKER $1000: This company's Impreza could very well be your Legacy Subaru |
#5551, aired 2008-10-27 | MOVIES ON MY TiVo DVR $1600: Robert Walker can't be serious about the plan he's proposing to Farley Granger, can he / Well, I guess he was Strangers on a Train |
#5540, aired 2008-10-10 | TRASH TALKING AT THE MEDIEVAL JOUST $800: Thou art lucky this my weapon hath a safety tip called a coronal; else thoud'st be unbreath'd as well as unhors'd a lance |
#5527, aired 2008-09-23 | POP SINGERS $2000: "I don't wanna be a loser", cried this girl singer in 1964; well, it's her party Lesley Gore |
#5485, aired 2008-06-13 | WEAR IT WELL $2000: These shoes that sometimes have a 3" cork sole sound like they were made to be worn waiting for a train platform shoes |
#5386, aired 2008-01-28 | CAN I BUY YOU A DRINK? $400: I know a great little B&B that pours a great classic B&B--Benedictine & this liquor brandy |
#5360, aired 2007-12-21 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED $1000: Oprah... well, everybody knows Oprah, but opah is a large, brightly colored one of these a fish |
#5324, aired 2007-11-01 | JOHNNY GILBERT, ROCK GOD $1000: "In the jungle, welcome to the jungle, watch it bring you to your sha na na na na na na na knees, knees" Guns N' Roses |
#5306, aired 2007-10-08 | FAMOUS MOMS $1000: This scientist is the only woman to be a Nobel Prize winner as well as the mother of a Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie |
#5283, aired 2007-07-25 | U.S. HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): Seen here, he was the earliest president ever to be photographed, & the first to have a middle name John Quincy Adams |
#5238, aired 2007-05-23 | LOOK! $1000: The vast reaches of this country encompass desert lands as well as rain forests Sudan |
#5228, aired 2007-05-09 | ONLINE WORDS $800: An O.S. can be an operating system as well as this type of software like Firefox, GIMP & Thunderbird open source |
#5177, aired 2007-02-27 | WHO SAYS $200: A variant of BSE, a disease of these animals, can be found in mink; we guess that would be mad mink disease cows |
#5174, aired 2007-02-22 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: It's the instrument heard here going solo in a Bach concerto the harpsichord |
#5164, aired 2007-02-08 | YOU'RE NOT GOING OUT WEARING THAT $800: A suit of this, huh? Well, chain mail may be hip now, young man, but we all know the Maximilian type is the way to go! armor |
#5158, aired 2007-01-31 | A KIND OF "USH" $400: Descriptive 6-letter term for a free-flowing oil well that doesn't have to be pumped gusher |
#5158, aired 2007-01-31 | 2 FOR T $2,500 (Daily Double): Any Boy Scout could tell you it's a 10-letter word for "novice" tenderfoot |
#5153, aired 2007-01-24 | BACH IN THE SADDLE $2,000 (Daily Double): A count's insomnia prompted these pieces that were to be played by a 14-year-old harpsichordist the Goldberg Variations |
#5114, aired 2006-11-30 | I LOVE A MOZART OPERA $600 (Daily Double): This 1791 work is considered the greatest example in music history of the Zauberoper, or "magic opera" The Magic Flute |
#5105, aired 2006-11-17 | THE LONG & THE SHORT OF IT $200: Of 25,000, 250,000 or 1 million miles, the one closest to the length of the equator 25,000 miles |
#5101, aired 2006-11-13 | NEIL! PATRICK! HARRIS! $800: This Revolutionary hero said, "If this be treason, make the most of it"--as well as the liberty or death bit Patrick Henry |
#5080, aired 2006-10-13 | CRAGS LIST $3,000 (Daily Double): La Cruz del this bird is a high point in Colca Canyon in the Peruvian Andes the condor |
#5077, aired 2006-10-10 | FREE SPEECH $4,000 (Daily Double): It can be an adjective meaning "slack" or a verb meaning "set free" loose |
#5075, aired 2006-10-06 | EAT WELL $200: Eat a salad with this vegetable that can be classified as butterhead, crisphead, leaf or Romaine lettuce |
#5058, aired 2006-09-13 | WINING & DINING $600: Orange muscat goes well with this feminine-named treat that's doused with orange liqueur & set aflame Crêpe Suzette |
#5052, aired 2006-07-25 | LEFTOVERS $1000: If a boat deal sounds too good to be true, there might be this small, 2-masted vessel that's rigged fore & aft a ketch |
#5051, aired 2006-07-24 | THROW IT HERE $800: From the Latin for "to speak from the belly", it's the art of throwing one's voice ventriloquism (to ventriloquize accepted) |
#5041, aired 2006-07-10 | THE 2005 FORTUNE 500 $1200: Ken Jennings should be well aware this accounting firm founded by 2 brothers landed at 467 H&R Block |
#5023, aired 2006-06-14 | ROYAL LITERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): 1888: By Rudyard Kipling The Man Who Would Be King |
#4976, aired 2006-04-10 | LITERARY TERMS $5,800 (Daily Double): Edmund Spenser coined the term prothalamion for a poem that celebrates the impending one of these events a wedding |
#4934, aired 2006-02-09 | TOOLS OF THE TRADE $600: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports in front of a U.S. Postal Service truck.) One important tool of a letter carrier is a pepper-based spray intended for this purpose dog repellent (defense from dogs accepted) |
#4929, aired 2006-02-02 | ANATOMY $2000: It's the overall name for 3 pairs of glands: parotid, submandibular & sublingual the salivary glands |
#4882, aired 2005-11-29 | CLINT EASTWOOD MOVIE QUOTES $2000: John Quade:
"Well it appears that there can't be too many guys driving around this valley with an ape" Every Which Way But Loose |
#4855, aired 2005-10-21 | BEATLYRICS $1000: "Expert texpert choking smokers
Don't you think the joker laughs at you?" "I Am The Walrus" |
#4776, aired 2005-05-16 | TOURNAMENT $200: Tournament, as well as this 5-letter word, can be used to describe mounted combat between medieval knights joust |
#4746, aired 2005-04-04 | BUCKS $800: Downcast English schoolboys were once told to keep a stiff upper lip & jolly well do this, meaning be cheerful buck up |
#4722, aired 2005-03-01 | MEDICAL MILESTONES $400: Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! In 1940, Karl Landsteiner & his associates discovered this blood factor the Rh |
#4712, aired 2005-02-15 | THE STONES $1,500 (Daily Double): The black type of this October birthstone is quite rare, & more valuable than the fire variety opal |
#4698, aired 2005-01-26 | AT THE ART MUSEUM $400: As well as an establishment that sells art, it can be one room or area in a museum a gallery |
#4689, aired 2005-01-13 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: The last of Henry VIII's wives to be beheaded, she was accused of adultery & 2 of her lovers were beheaded as well Catherine Howard |
#4667, aired 2004-12-14 | SNOWBOARDING $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew snowboards down Mammoth Mountain.) If you're doing well by cutting up the slopes, you could be called one of these, not to be confused with an office machine a shredder |
#4651, aired 2004-11-22 | X GAMES $800: In Britain, if you need these well-placed friends to land a job, they'd be spelled with an X instead of the CT connections |
#4603, aired 2004-09-15 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1,500 (Daily Double): "Sons", the second book in a trilogy begun with this work, traces the destinies of the 3 sons of Wang Lung The Good Earth (by Pearl Buck) |
#4597, aired 2004-09-07 | HODGEPODGE $400: This adjective can be applied to writers like Shelley & Hugo as well as to a "getaway" for 2 Romantic |
#4595, aired 2004-07-23 | DEAR JUNTA $6,200 (Daily Double): The "Juntas Provinciales" organized the Spanish resistance to this man's 1808 invasion Napoleon (Bonaparte) |
#4584, aired 2004-07-08 | HOW 'BOUT A DRINK? $1000: Steely Dan knows you might lose that number after a few of these drinks made with gin, lime juice & club soda a Rickey |
#4580, aired 2004-07-02 | AROUND NEW YORK $2,000 (Daily Double): You don't have to be a monk to visit this branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art that's devoted to Medieval art the Cloisters |
#4575, aired 2004-06-25 | BARTENDING $800: During happy hour these inexpensive, house brands of spirits named for the area where they're kept may be even cheaper the well drinks |
#4567, aired 2004-06-15 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $800: Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle! They're the opposing minds seen here during the 1925 Scopes trial Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan |
#4564, aired 2004-06-10 | THE MIND $1,400 (Daily Double): Leonardo da Vinci supposedly had an eidetic memory, today more commonly called this type a photographic memory |
#4564, aired 2004-06-10 | JUNE BUGGED $4,000 (Daily Double): On June 28, 1914 the Kaiser's yacht race was interrupted by news from this Balkan city Sarajevo |
#4534, aired 2004-04-29 | GROUPS $200: As well as a group in the Old West aiding the sheriff, it can be your bunch of pals from the neighborhood posse |
#4514, aired 2004-04-01 | HOT SPOTS $1,600 (Daily Double): On December 27, 1978 this spot on Earth reached a balmy record high of 7.5 degrees the South Pole |
#4456, aired 2004-01-12 | IN THE BIG INNING $2000: Up 5-3 in the 10th, this team lost game 6 & later the '86 Series after a ball went through Bill Buckner's legs the Boston Red Sox |
#4441, aired 2003-12-22 | TEST YOUR SNOW HOW $200: One of these Inuit dwellings can be made out of sod or wood, as well as snow an igloo |
#4417, aired 2003-11-18 | I'LL BE BACH $800: Bach wrote a well-known set of concertos for Christian Ludwig, the margrave of this region Brandenburg |
#4405, aired 2003-10-31 | "BOO"! $1000: Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! -- the Hamadryas species of this was revered by the ancient Egyptians a baboon |
#4353, aired 2003-07-02 | WELL, I'LL BE A '30s WORD $400: The Oxford English Dictionary traces this term describing a mystery tale back to 1930 whodunit |
#4353, aired 2003-07-02 | WELL, I'LL BE A '30s WORD $800: From 1937, it's an aimless or casual scribble, not necessarily done by a Yankee doodle |
#4353, aired 2003-07-02 | WELL, I'LL BE A '30s WORD $1200: You get more than a pat on the back for identifying this 4-letter word for "belch" that came out in the 1930s burp |
#4353, aired 2003-07-02 | WELL, I'LL BE A '30s WORD $1600: This name for vitamin B2 appeared in the scientific literature in the 1930s riboflavin |
#4353, aired 2003-07-02 | WELL, I'LL BE A '30s WORD $2000: In 1938 Milton Sirotta coined this word for a 1 followed by 100 zeroes googol |
#4324, aired 2003-05-22 | WOMEN OF POP $1000: (Hi, I'm Barbara Mandrell.) I had a pop & a country hit with this 1979 ballad whose title begins "If Loving You Is Wrong..." "I Don't Want To Be Right" |
#4322, aired 2003-05-20 | SECONDARY MEANINGS $800: A person doing it might be making tsimmes; a group doing it is really playing music well cooking |
#4304, aired 2003-04-24 | AD-JECTIVES $400: In other words, this common pair of adjectives could be "novel as well as ameliorated" new and improved |
#4261, aired 2003-02-24 | HERE BE DRAGONS $800: An 8th century poem tells of his battle with a fire-dragon, as well as Grendel & Grendel's mom Beowulf |
#4259, aired 2003-02-20 | WELL SAID $400: We're certain it was Benjamin Franklin who said, "In this world nothing can be...certain except" these 2 things death and taxes |
#4259, aired 2003-02-20 | WELL SAID $1200: Abraham Lincoln said, "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a" this master |
#4248, aired 2003-02-05 | FUN "GUS" $800: A free-flowing oil well that flows without having to be pumped gusher |
#4225, aired 2003-01-03 | LETTER PERFECT $1600: A "baby" one may be worn by a young woman as well as an infant T |
#4210, aired 2002-12-13 | PLANTS $10,800 (Daily Double): In the 1950s pollen grains of this crop plant estimated to be 60,000 years old were found in Mexico City corn (or maize) |
#4135, aired 2002-07-19 | BE WELL $400: A test of this fluid may determine if a person has leukemia or anemia blood |
#4135, aired 2002-07-19 | BE WELL $800: Chiropractors manipulate this part of the body to realign its vertebrae spine |
#4135, aired 2002-07-19 | BE WELL $1200: Hand-held device used in the performance of a pupillary reflex response test a flashlight (ophthalmoscope) |
#4135, aired 2002-07-19 | BE WELL $1600: Like the hip, the shoulder includes this type of joint ball (and socket) |
#4135, aired 2002-07-19 | BE WELL $2000: It's the foot's equivalent of carpal tunnel syndrome tarsal tunnel syndrome |
#4103, aired 2002-06-05 | MUSIC MAKERS $800: The writer of "Once In Love With" her was married twice (one of them had to be the evil of 2 Loessers) Amy |
#4084, aired 2002-05-09 | SWITZERLAND $2,000 (Daily Double): A period of the Mesozoic era was named for this mountain range that straddles the Swiss-French border the Jura |
#4069, aired 2002-04-18 | CLICHES IN OTHER WORDS $600: Far from a well-worn path [*]off the beaten trail [**]off the beaten track |
#4068, aired 2002-04-17 | NURSERY RHYME WOMEN $1000: Container in which Peter, Peter kept his wife; "he kept her very well" a pumpkin shell |
#4052, aired 2002-03-26 | D.C. ABBR. $200: You'll be well endowed if you receive a grant from the NEA, the National Endowment for these the Arts |
#4006, aired 2002-01-21 | PLUS TAX $800: It's a synonym for "tariff" as well as for obligation duty |
#3982, aired 2001-12-18 | "B" ON THE LOOKOUT $400: Edible flower heads of this vegetable may be purple or white as well broccoli |
#3928, aired 2001-10-03 | IF IT'S WEDNESDAY THEY MUST BE BELGIANS $800: David Bowie & Frank Sinatra have recorded songs by this prolific Belgian who is eternally "Alive... in Paris" Jacques Brel |
#3797, aired 2001-02-20 | NANOOK'S WORLD $100: These Eskimo homes can be constructed of sod & stone as well as snow igloos |
#3777, aired 2001-01-23 | NAME THAT NEBULA $1000: This nebula with a Wagnerian name is a planetary nebula, meaning it used to be a red giant star Ring Nebula |
#3750, aired 2000-12-15 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $400: This expression of "relative" simian astonishment dates back to the 1920s Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! |
#3697, aired 2000-10-03 | QUOTATIONS $1,100 (Daily Double): In 1944 she wrote in her diary, "In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart" Anne Frank |
#3642, aired 2000-06-06 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $500: If you wear your DKNY to the DPRK, you'll be well dressed in this east Asian land North Korea |
#3611, aired 2000-04-24 | LEGAL BRIEFS $500: A young do-gooder may be in the Jaycees; a young ne'er-do-well, in the J.C. Juvenile Court |
#3581, aired 2000-03-13 | YES, MAST-ER $400: It can be a lookout point on land as well as on top of a ship's mast Crow's Nest |
#3556, aired 2000-02-07 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $200: Well I'll be a monkey's uncle, in 1859 he shocked the world with his "Origin of Species" Charles Darwin |
#3501, aired 1999-11-22 | YOU MUST BE JOKING $500: Completes Groucho's "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas..." "How he got in my pajamas, I'll never know!" |
#3496, aired 1999-11-15 | 3-LETTER WORDS $100: It can be a female hare as well as a female deer Doe |
#3393, aired 1999-05-12 | BUT IS IT ART? $100: It can be a gamble to hang the well-known image of dogs playing this card game Poker |
#3324, aired 1999-02-04 | THIS MUST BE BELGIUM $1000: A famous musical had this Belgian-born singer-songwriter "Alive and Well and Living in Paris" Jacques Brel |
#3264, aired 1998-11-12 | LET'S SPEAK AUSTRALIAN, MATE $800: If you're "in the nick", you're this, like "The Thinker" the nude |
#3260, aired 1998-11-06 | THE MAP OF EUROPE $200: Of Norway, Sweden & Denmark, this one is the largest in area Sweden |
#3254, aired 1998-10-29 | A PRAIRIE PRIMER $400: Seen here alone, this animal is often found in coteries & colonies a prairie dog |
#3232, aired 1998-09-29 | BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS $800: You might "as well as be hanged for a sheep as" one of these Lamb |
#3217, aired 1998-09-08 | WELL, EXHUME ME! $300: Time asked in 1985 "Is this the Nazi doctor?" when bones dug up in South America were suspected to be his Josef Mengele |
#3212, aired 1998-07-14 | 5' 10" FEMMES $300: Well, I'll be Dharma, she's 5' 10" Jenna Elfman |
#3204, aired 1998-07-02 | A GOOD LAUGH $600: Disrespectful laughter, or a popular candy bar Snickers |
#3196, aired 1998-06-22 | WELL, WELL, WELL $500: Abraham's servant found her at a well & picked her to be Isaac's bride Rebecca |
#1, aired 1998-05-03 | SAN FRANCISCO TREATS $200: (Actress Julie Pinson clears her throat before singing the jingle in person.) It promotes itself as "the San Francisco Treat" Rice-A-Roni |
#3145, aired 1998-04-10 | DRESS UP $100: Well I'll be doggone! These classic suede shoes now come in colors like salad green & Miami coral Hush Puppies |
#3144, aired 1998-04-09 | FLINCHIUS THE GLADIATOR $100: Because he speaks Latin, Flinchius knows that "gladiator" means a "man of" this weapon sword |
#3115, aired 1998-02-27 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $600: She was the first American woman to be pictured on a U.S. stamp & on U.S. paper currency: Martha Washington |
#3114, aired 1998-02-26 | "WELL", WELL, WELL $500: It can be a person for whom ideas flow like water from a fountain a wellspring |
#3075, aired 1998-01-02 | HIE WE TO YON RENAISSANCE FAIRE $200: Among well-beloved faire fare be the leg of this fowl, also much favored in giving thanks Turkey |
#3054, aired 1997-12-04 | CANNIBAL CUISINE $300: A well-stocked cannibal kitchen would be armed with this tubular pasta, a favorite with cannibal kids Elbow macaroni |
#3011, aired 1997-10-06 | SYMBOLS $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Kirsten Dunst.) A communion wafer as well as this better-known Christian symbol can be used against vampires a cross |
#2980, aired 1997-07-11 | SCIENCE $800: Common types of these organisms combining algae & fungi can be fructose, foliose or crustose Lichens |
#2941, aired 1997-05-19 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $0: On Nov. 15, 1777 Congress adopted this constitution but it wasn't ratified by the states until March 1, 1781 the Articles of Confederation |
#2914, aired 1997-04-10 | FRENCH CUISINE $500: Canard sauvage, the "wild" type of this bird, may be covered with sauce chambertin Duck |
#2904, aired 1997-03-27 | HAVE A SEAT $200: It may be fitted with an explosive charge to blow the occupant well clear of the plane Ejection seat |
#2842, aired 1996-12-31 | ODD WORDS $300: A compotator is a person who does this with another person -- how sociable Drinks |
#2808, aired 1996-11-13 | THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Ramfis is the high priest of Egypt in this Verdi opera Aida |
#2806, aired 1996-11-11 | WORLD CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): Ottawa, the capital of Canada, lies in the southeastern part of this province Ontario |
#2622, aired 1996-01-16 | MONEY & FINANCE $400: Despite its name, this type of insurance payout can be made monthly or quarterly as well as yearly Annuity |
#2584, aired 1995-11-23 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $800 (Daily Double): Philip Carey is the central character in this Somerset Maugham novel Of Human Bondage |
#2565, aired 1995-10-27 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $400: Shakespeare play in which Antonio asks, "Well, Shylock, shall we be beholden to you?" The Merchant of Venice |
#2411, aired 1995-02-13 | MARSUPIALS $500: Besides Australia, wallabies can be found on this large island just north of it New Guinea |
#2352, aired 1994-11-22 | BACK OF THE BOOK $1000: It's the supplementary information put into the book after the initial publication Addendum |
#2325, aired 1994-10-14 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $400: He wrote in "The Federalist", "Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as...power" James Madison |
#2305, aired 1994-09-16 | SHADES OF BLUE $100: It should be a sailor's favorite shade of blue as well as his favorite branch of the Service Navy |
#2297, aired 1994-09-06 | TEXTILES $100: This fiber can be obtained from the fleece of camels & llamas as well as from sheep wool |
#2296, aired 1994-09-05 | PROVERBS $400: According to a proverb, it's what you should do with "well enough" leave it alone |
#2229, aired 1994-04-21 | WORLD FLAGS $400: This should be easy as well Mexico |
#2189, aired 1994-02-24 | 19th CENTURY FASHION $400: A crinoline was used to stretch these garments to about 5 feet wide skirts (*a dress) |
#2160, aired 1994-01-14 | GOING TO THE DOGS $300: Ideally, the spots on this coach dog should be round & well-defined without intermingling Dalmatian |
#2077, aired 1993-09-21 | COMPOUND WORDS $500: As a compound word, it describes a previously-owned garment; as 2 words, it's part of your watch secondhand |
#2007, aired 1993-05-04 | COMPUTERS $100: They can be single- or double-sided as well as double- or high-density computer disks |
#1942, aired 1993-02-02 | FOOD $400: This fermented Korean pickle can be made of other vegetables as well as cabbage kimchee |
#1872, aired 1992-10-27 | STATE CAPITALS $200: Queen Liliuokalani died in this city in 1917, 42 years before it became a state capital Honolulu |
#1859, aired 1992-10-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: In 1985, Sears launched this credit card which can be used at its own stores, as well as others the Discover card |
#1847, aired 1992-09-22 | FOOD & DRINK $200: You might well be served paella in the Valencia region of this country, where it originated Spain |
#1842, aired 1992-09-15 | PLANTS & TREES $200: This medical condition can be caused by maples & oaks in spring as well as by ragweed in fall hay fever |
#1617, aired 1991-09-17 | CLOTHING $2,400 (Daily Double): A cloth worn under the chin & a piece of lace worn around the neck & shoulders form this phrase bib and tucker |
#1615, aired 1991-09-13 | WORLD CITIES $400: Well I'll be doggone, under Benito Juarez this city served briefly as capital of Mexico Chihuahua |
#1592, aired 1991-07-02 | LAW $200: It can be defined as action taken to prevent harm to one's property as well as one's person self-defense |
#1554, aired 1991-05-09 | GOVERNMENT $1000: In most states a governor can be removed by impeachment; in some by this petition process as well recall |
#1388, aired 1990-09-19 | BIOLOGY $1000: Because of its short 10-day life cycle this fly is used in genetic research Drosophila melanogaster |
#1295, aired 1990-03-30 | VOCABULARY $400: It can be a spokesman, part of your phone or a protective rubber device worn by a boxer Mouthpiece |
#1256, aired 1990-02-05 | ESKIMOS $400: These homes of Alaskan Eskimos can be made of wood, sod or stone as well as snow igloos |
#1171, aired 1989-10-09 | "W"ORDS $800: From old Norse, "Ves Heill", be well & in good health, it's a spiced wine or the bowl that holds it a wassail |
#1105, aired 1989-05-26 | SHAKESPEARE $400: Villain in "Othello" who says, "Wine is a good familiar creature, if it be well used" Iago |
#1051, aired 1989-03-13 | SPORTS $300: No well-dressed matador would be seen in the ring without this, his "traje de luces" suit of lights |
#1032, aired 1989-02-14 | ROCK STARS $500 (Daily Double): In the following duet, Michael Jackson blends so well with her, it's hard to tell them apart: "My life ain't worth living / If I can't be with you / I just can't stop loving you / I just can't stop loving you / And if I stop / Then tell me just what will I do..." Siedah Garrett |
#1030, aired 1989-02-10 | HEARTTHROBS $1,000 (Daily Double): This heartthrob made hearts throb with the following, the 1st No. 1 Hit of 1988: "Well, I guess it would be nice if I could touch your body / I know not everybody..." George Michael |
#990, aired 1988-12-16 | COUNTRIES $1000: Mournful folk songs called Fados are performed in the popular Fado houses of this country Portugal |
#956, aired 1988-10-31 | U.S. HISTORY $400: In October 1966 it reached a low of 744; October seems to be a bad month for it the Dow Jones |
#913, aired 1988-07-20 | WOMEN $3,400 (Daily Double): Emma Lazarus' most famous sonnet is inscribed on a plaque here (the pedestal at the) Statue of Liberty |
#911, aired 1988-07-18 | GOVERNMENT $1,000 (Daily Double): He was going to run for Ariz. gov. as a write-in for the Wild Party but said his fans can't write:
"I'm your top prime cut of meat, I'm your choice / I wanna be elected / I'm your yankee doodle dandy in a gold Rolls Royce / I wanna be elected..." Alice Cooper |
#904, aired 1988-07-07 | H. G. WELLS $300: J. M. Barrie, it's said, told Wells, "It is very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle" these ears |
#890, aired 1988-06-17 | GAME COOKERY $200: Bear meat should be well-cooked, because it, like pork, can carry the parasite that causes this disease trichinosis |
#888, aired 1988-06-15 | EARLY EMMYS $200: Well I'll be doggone if it wasn't the "Best Children's" program of 1954 & 1955 Lassie |
#864, aired 1988-05-12 | SCIENCE $200: This discharge can be produced in snowstorms, sandstorms & volcanic clouds as well as thunderstorms lightning |
#859, aired 1988-05-05 | LAST WORDS $1000: Dying in 1950, this 94-year-old playwright reportedly said, "Well, it will be a new experience, anyway" George Bernard Shaw |
#825, aired 1988-03-18 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $5 (Daily Double): You can buy a record w/"The Hawaiian Wedding Song" on 1 side & this Andy Williams hit on the other:
"Once I was alone /
So lonely /
And then /
You came..." "Canadian Sunset" |
#809, aired 1988-02-25 | PLANTS & TREES $100: Since this gardening moss absorbs & holds moisture so well, it can be used for dressing wounds peat moss |
#779, aired 1988-01-14 | GEOGRAPHIC COCKTAILS $300 (Daily Double): Title of the following, it's also a cocktail made of Scotch whisky, sugar, & bitters:
"Well you take the high road, and I'll take the low road"
"But I'll be in be in Scotland before ya /
For me and my true love may never meet again..." Loch Lomond |
#750, aired 1987-12-04 | SPORTS LEGENDS $200: She said, "My goal is to be the greatest athlete who ever lived", & she may well have been Babe Zaharias |
#744, aired 1987-11-26 | THE CONTINENTS $100: Continent on which the greatest number of modern Winter Olympic Games have been held Europe |
#733, aired 1987-11-11 | SCANDALS $100: She's doing commercials for No Excuses sportswear following her fling with Gary Hart Donna Rice |
#730, aired 1987-11-06 | FOOD $1,000 (Daily Double): 3 chicken parts that can be referred to as "giblets" heart, the liver and the gizzard |
#663, aired 1987-06-24 | FOREIGN WORDS $400 (Daily Double): Waist-length jacket that might aptly be worn to dance to the following: bolero |
#624, aired 1987-04-30 | NURSERY RHYMES $500: Perhaps Little Tommy Tucker's voice wasn't that great, since all he got for supper was this white bread & butter |
#622, aired 1987-04-28 | AUSTRALIA $500: While Europeans brought cats, sheep and rabbits to the continent, aborigines brought only this carnivore wild dogs |
#568, aired 1987-02-11 | "HALF" WORDS $500: This might well be Hulk Hogan's favorite term in the whole category a half nelson |
#536, aired 1986-12-29 | NEWSPAPERS $800: Though they twice announced they would be folding, the Globe-Democrat is alive & well in this city St. Louis |
#488, aired 1986-10-22 | WEATHER $400: They should reach at least 2' above the structure's highest part & be well grounded a lightning rod |
#486, aired 1986-10-20 | POETRY $800 (Daily Double): Anonymous inspirational poem which was parodied in the following:
"Go placidly amid the noise and waste, / And remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof. / Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep. / Rotate your tires. / Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself, / And heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys." "Desiderata" |
#470, aired 1986-09-26 | WOOD LIVES! $200: Film with line "A boy who won't be good might just as well be made of wood" Pinocchio |
#445, aired 1986-05-23 | RHYMING MYTHOLOGY $500: The witch who poisoned men with wine, she changed Ulysses' crew to swine Circe |
#395, aired 1986-03-14 | DOUBLE MEANINGS $400: Range of country singer Johnny's voice, or the place to ring up sales a Cash register |
#384, aired 1986-02-27 | PREACHERS $500 (Daily Double): He's preached, played a preacher, & has made music a ministry:
"Well, now, everybody's gonna have religion and glory / Everybody's gonna be a-singin' that story / Everybody's gonna have a wonderful time... " Pat Boone |
#374, aired 1986-02-13 | ANIMALS $400: A porcupine's quills are a specially adapted form of these hair |
#351, aired 1986-01-13 | COMEDIANS $600: Crew-cut comic who'd warble, "Well, I'll be a dirty bird!" George Gobel |
#333, aired 1985-12-18 | PROVERBS $1000: This proverb refers to a former penalty for sheep stealing one might as well be hanged for stealing a sheep as a lamb |
#310, aired 1985-11-15 | NEWSPAPER FILLERS $100: Body part which now can be augmented, sculpted, & wrapped, as well as painted, trimmed, & filed nails |
#292, aired 1985-10-22 | RATED "EX" $1000: Excellent authors Henry James, James Joyce, & James Jones also chose to be this "ex" expatriates |
#186, aired 1985-05-27 | PROVERBS $1,100 (Daily Double): A well-rounded person who lacks special expertise can proverbially be called this jack of all trades, master of none |
#182, aired 1985-05-21 | LITERATURE $600: Occupation of Silas, whose "Death" is title & subject of Robert Frost poem hired man |
#176, aired 1985-05-13 | OUTLAWS $200: Stagecoach robber Charles Bolton always left one of these signed "Black Bart, the Po8" a poem |
#158, aired 1985-04-17 | TOYS & GAMES $1,900 (Daily Double): Toy title of the following: "I should have known /
You'd bid me farewell / There's a lesson to be learned from this / And I learned it very well /
Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea /
If I never hear your name again..." a "Red Rubber Ball" |
#142, aired 1985-03-26 | COMIC BOOK HEROES $100: Today they’re Bruce Wayne & Jason Todd Batman & Robin |
#108, aired 1985-02-06 | ANIMALS $1000: Although one of the smallest primates, they can be "lion" as well as "pygmy" marmosets |
#88, aired 1985-01-09 | FOOD $500: This vegetable is the primary ingredient in the Greek dish moussaka eggplant |
#88, aired 1985-01-09 | OSCAR SONGS $800: Rodgers & Hammerstein musical that featured "It Might as Well Be Spring" State Fair |
#70, aired 1984-12-14 | "AC"/"DC" $500: Born Vincent Furnier, this flamboyant singer "welcomed us to his nightmare" in '75 Alice Cooper |
#45, aired 1984-11-09 | MYTHOLOGY $500: Eating this flower made Odysseus’ sailors never want to return home a lotus |
#4, aired 1984-09-13 | ANATOMY $800: The body has over 60,000 miles of them blood vessels |
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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Guy Tabachnick, from New York, New York
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"He wants to be a baseball announcer for the New York...
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Jeff Love, a sophomore at Stanford University from Burlingame, California
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Jeff won $1,000 on Who Wants...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
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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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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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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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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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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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Chuck Todd, a journalist and chief White House correspondent from NBC News and Meet the Press
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"Chief White House correspondent and political director for NBC News, he...
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Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Springfield, VA at...
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Larissa Charnsangavej, a senior from Rice University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Houston, Texas at...
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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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Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
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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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Prashant Raghavendran, a sophomore from the University of Texas, Dallas
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Prashant Raghavendran Blog...
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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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Allan Long, a freshman from Tallahassee, Florida
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 14 at the time of the...
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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
|
"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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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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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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Robbie Berg, a freshman from the University of Pennsylvania
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
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Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
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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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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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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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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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Melanie Baker-Streevy, a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000. Melanie Baker-Streevy - A...
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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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Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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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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Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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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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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
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Rowan Spake, from Portland, Oregon
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"He's interested in nanotechnology and robotics to improve surgery. But getting...
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Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Oceanside, CA at...
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Nico Martinez, a college junior from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
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Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
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Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
|
"With success in films, plays, books, and TV specials, he tours...
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Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
|
"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
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Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
|
2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
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Anderson Cooper, an anchor from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
|
"As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus of Harper's...
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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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Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
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"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
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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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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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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
|
"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
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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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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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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
|
"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
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Samira Missaghi, a junior from the University of Minnesota
|
2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Eden Prarie, Minnesota. Samira...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
|
"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
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Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
|
"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
|
Chris Breen, a sophomore at Princeton University from Springfield, Massachusetts
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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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...
|
Josh Lacey, a 10-year-old from Ellicott City, Maryland
|
"The International Olympic Committee does such good work, he would like...
|
Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
|
"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
|
Crystal Durham, a 12-year-old from Fort Pierce, Florida
|
"She would like to be an Irish stepdancing teacher, because dancing...
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Charles Shaughnessy, an actor from Mad Men
|
"As Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives, he won three...
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Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
|
"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
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Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Wes Kovarik, a senior from Antioch, California
|
2005 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $30,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
|
"He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
|
Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer and TV personality from the QVC Network
|
"His fashion designs are a favorite among celebrities on the red...
|
Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
|
"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
|
Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
|
2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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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...
|
Andy Richter, an actor/comedian from The Tonight Show
|
\"This multitalented actor/comedian is now back on the couch with Conan...
|
Mike Nelson, a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Tim Koch, a 12-year-old sixth grader from Cliffwood, New Jersey
|
"He would like to be a teacher because you get to...
|
Katty Kay, a Washington, D.C. anchor from BBC World News America
|
"She's the Washington, D.C. anchor for BBC World News America, as...
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Veronica Fazio, from Roselle, Illinois
|
"She dances, plays softball, and hangs with her friends, but wants...
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Olivia Colangelo, a junior from the University of Notre Dame from Murrysville, Pennsylvania
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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,...
|
Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
|
"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
|
Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
|
2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
|
Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
|
"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
|
Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Steve Greene, a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Greg Lichtenstein, a freshman from Vassar College
|
2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 18 and from Plainview, New York...
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Meryl Federman, a senior from Livingston, New Jersey
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games champion (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 18...
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Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000. Season...
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Alex Johnson, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"He wants to be a chemist in the future. From Indianapolis,...
|
Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
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Amanda Hall, from Farmington, Maine
|
"Whether it's writing a biography of Yo-Yo Ma or working on...
|
Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
|
"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
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Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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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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Curtis Joseph, a sophomore from Scottsdale Community College
|
"In 1999, his nickname was 'Curtles the Troll', and he wanted...
|
Tom Bergeron, an Emmy Award-winning host from Dancing with the Stars
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. "He's...
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Neha Embar, a 12-year-old from Alpharetta, Georgia
|
"No kidding--she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows up....
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
|
"In January, the State Department named this NBA Hall of Famer...
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Robert Arshonsky, a senior from Cal Poly
|
"As a 12-year-old, he wanted to be the first person on...
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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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Joli Millner, an eleven-year-old from Charlottesville, Virginia
|
"No kidding, she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows...
|
Scott Harris, a videographer and elementary school librarian from Las Vegas, Nevada
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $19,201 + $2,000. Scott won $30,000 on...
|
Julie Bowen, a TV and film actress from Boston Legal, Lost and Modern Family
|
"For two seasons, she played attorney Denise Bauer in Boston Legal....
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Allyson Lieberman, a 12-year-old from Whitmore Lake, Michigan
|
"Since she was little, she has truly loved to act. Broadway,...
|
John Beck, an associate creative director from Torrance, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Anne Boyd, a freelance writer and student from Los Angeles, California
|
2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion: $84,600...
|
Andy Kravis, a freshman from Farmington Hills, Michigan
|
2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Andy was 13 at the...
|
Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
|
"A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
|
Dave Ellis, a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $16,000 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
|
Ethan Waldman, a twelve-year-old from West Hills, California
|
"This wizard of words wants to be a fantasy author when...
|
Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
|
"A Jeopardy! tournament veteran, her best-known Jeopardy! appearance may be in...
|
Keith Williams, a college student from Manchester, Vermont
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
|
Dana Delany, an actress from Desperate Housewives
|
"She won two Emmys for her work on China Beach. This...
|
Matt Klein, a senior from Pittsford, New York
|
2006 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $15,000. Won $1,000 on Who Wants...
|
Pam Mueller, an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois
|
\"Representing Loyola University, she won the College Championship in November, 2000....
|
Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
|
\"Later this year, she\'ll be inducted into the Women\'s Basketball Hall...
|
Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
|
\"A five-time champion in 1994, he used his winnings for a...
|
Kathryn Wendling, a high school social studies teacher from Farmington, Minnesota
|
"Her high school newspaper predicted she would be on Jeopardy! From...
|
Shay Collins, an 11-year-old from Averill Park, New York
|
"His passion for music helps this future rock star to play...
|
Jonathan Corbblah, a chess teacher from Harlem, New York
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Jonathan appeared as a...
|
Tommy Hoyt, from Winnetka, Illinois
|
"Journalism may very well be in his future as he feels...
|
Robin Quivers, a radio and television personality from The Howard Stern Show
|
"Howard Stern's news anchor and sidekick for the past 28 years,...
|
Ed Schiffer, an attorney from San Francisco, California
|
"A champion of five shows, he was the top winner of...
|
Brandon Blackwell, a sophomore from Holliswood, New York
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist:...
|
Ben Davis, an investment specialist from Fort Mitchell, Kentucky
|
Season 22 player (2005-11-24). Not to be confused with Season 26...
|
John Kelly, an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia
|
Season 22 1-time champion: $21,601 + $1,000. Not to be confused...
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Claudia Corriere, a church musician and homemaker from Kennesaw, Georgia
|
Season 32 2-time champion: $29,000 + $2,000. Claudia won show #7195,...
|
Marcus Jackson, a software engineer from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 22 1-time champion: $13,999 + $1,000. Not to be confused...
|
Brad Rutter, a TV quiz show host from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
|
Tamika Turner, an 11-year-old eighth grader from Sylvania, Ohio
|
"She wants to be a journalist, because it’s important for the...
|
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...
|
Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
|
Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
|
Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
|
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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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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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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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...
|
Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
|
Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $43,800 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
|
"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
|
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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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...
|
Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
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Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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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...
|
Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
|
David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
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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Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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Andrew Watkins, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: everyday847
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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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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
|
Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois
|
"He teaches at a school started by the Dominicans of St....
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Vanamali Compton, a junior from Clarkdale, Arizona
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Katie James, a sophomore from Winchester, Virginia
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
|
2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
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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.
|
Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
Paul Kursky, a copywriter from San Francisco, California
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
|
Loren Loiacono, a senior from Setauket, New York
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
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...
|
Tyler Benedict, a junior at Columbia University from Dayton, Ohio
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
21 at the time of the College Championship.
|
Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
|
Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
|
Harris Cohen, a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
|
2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
|
Joseph Henares, from Avon, Connecticut
|
"Along with group science projects, history club, writing club, and chess...
|
Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
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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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...
|
Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
|
"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Caroline Bartman, a senior from Washington, D.C.
|
2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Allie Pape, a sophomore from Ponte Vedra, Florida
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Allie was 14 at the time...
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Dylan Smith, from the Bronx, New York
|
"This honor roll student wants to invent a teleporting system. From...
|
Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
|
Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
|
Eliza Scruton, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Kevin Marshall, a student from Metairie, Louisiana
|
2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 6-time champion: $98,201...
|
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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Lisa Ackerman, a senior from Livermore, California
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
|
Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
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Joon Pahk, a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 28 7-time champion: $199,000 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: jpahk
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
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Elyssa Browning, a junior from St. John's College
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Austin, Texas at...
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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Robin Cheney, a middle school teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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"All the students at her school go on a camping trip...
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Aiden Pink, a freshman from St. Louis Park, Minnesota
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 15 at the time...
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Iddoshe Hirpa, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Ruvani Fonseka, a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of...
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Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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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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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Naomi Hinchen, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Rachel Rothenberg, a senior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. Jeopardy! Message Board...
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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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Sanders Kleinfeld, a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,597 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Bradley Silverman, a junior from Alpharetta, Georgia
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2008-B Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $44,600. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Buddy Wright, an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas
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2011 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 26 4-time champion:...
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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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Injee Hong, a 12-year-old from Metairie, Louisiana
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"If her dreams of becoming a lawyer don't come true, she...
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Kevin Yang, a junior from Birmingham, Alabama
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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India Cooper, a copy editor from Madison, Indiana
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"She was an actor and copy editor in New York City...
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James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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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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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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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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Andrew Goldfein, a 12-year-old from Lincolnwood, Illinois
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"He likes to argue and help people, so it's off to...
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Andrew Kreitz, a senior from Huntington Beach, California
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2006 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000.
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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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Anne Shivers, a senior from Peotone, Illinois
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2005 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $18,000. 17 at...
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Steve Golden, a junior from Brookeville, Maryland
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Drew Joanides, a high school history teacher from Miami, Florida
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"He is one of our four teachers competing in our tournament...
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Aria Gerson, an eleven-year-old from Orem, Utah
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"Shine an apple for our future teacher. From Orem, Utah, class,...
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Justin Hofstetter, a sixth and seventh grade language arts and social studies teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
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"This sixth and seventh grade teacher is in his first year...
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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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Stephen Fritz, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2007 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $25,460.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Marie Braden, a customer service representative from Tempe, Arizona
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Season 27 1-time champion: $24,800 + $1,000. Marie's boyfriend Kirk's Rock...
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Christopher Meloni, an Emmy-nominated actor from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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"He's played challenging roles on both sides of the law, including...
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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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Krishna Bharathala, a sophomore from Fremont, California
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2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tarafraney
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Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Erica Greil, a junior from Princeton University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 and from Hastings, Minnesota at...
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Danny Vopava, a sophomore from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Brighton, Minnesota. [No contestant...
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Will Schultz, a freshman from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Kermin Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
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Catherine Whitten, a high school history teacher from Plano, Texas
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"This gifted teacher primarily teaches gifted students. From Plano, Texas, this...
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Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
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"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
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Ryan Elkins, a 12-year-old from Bensalem, Pennsylvania
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"He wants to study physics and unlock the mysteries of the...
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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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Cathy Lanctot, a law professor from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Zach Blumenfeld, a junior from Lincolnshire, Illinois
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2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
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Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California
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Season 27 3-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000.
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Miguel Ferrer, an actor from Crossing Jordan
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"He began his career as a studio drummer and played on...
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Caitlin Cook, a sophomore from Arden, North Carolina
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Chloé White, a senior from Mission Hills, Kansas
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Rahul Francis, a twelve-year-old from Flushing, New York
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"This electronic wizard's current plans are to run a technology company....
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Morgan Flood, a junior from Pequea, Pennsylvania
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Nikhil Desai, a junior from Fremont, California
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2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
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Taylor Gailliot, from Woodbridge, Virginia
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"When asked what she wanted us to know about her, she...
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Jayanth Iyengar, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis from Madison, Wisconsin
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2005 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Jiyen1213
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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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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor at Prairie View A&M University from Houston, Texas
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"A five-time champion in 2001, he's now a history professor at...
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Matt Drury, a government analyst from New York, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,799 + $2,000. Matthew Drury - A...
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Kennedy Stomps, a junior from St. Louis, Missouri
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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"He was a legal assistant living near D.C. when he won...
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Michelle Chang, an 11-year-old from Suwanee, Georgia
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"This sixth grader picks the most unusual places to lose her...
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Neal Freyman, a ten-year-old from Longmeadow, Massachusetts
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"He's not sure recess counts as a subject, but if it...
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Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Laura Ansley, a senior from Twinsburg, Ohio
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Papa Chakravarthy, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament champion: $75,000.
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Scottie Szewczyk, from Belleville, Illinois
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"He enjoys science and sports, and would like to work as...
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Rose Schaefer, a junior from Portland, Oregon
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2012 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $36,000. 16 at...
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Casey Clough, a junior from Columbia, South Carolina
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "CLUE".
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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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Raynell Cooper, a senior from Rockville, Maryland
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2011 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 16 at the...
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Raya Elias-Pushett, a junior from Aventura, Florida
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2011 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $20,851. First name...
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Myles Jeffrey, a senior from Seal Beach, California
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2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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George Nelson, a senior from Montgomery, Alabama
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2002 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $29,497. George was...
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Doug Dorst, a writer and professor from Austin, Texas
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 22 3-time champion: $66,802...
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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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Charlotte Darby, from West Chester, Pennsylvania
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"Her crafts include crochet, origami, and friendship bracelets. From West Chester,...
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Jack Weisman, a twelve-year-old from Beachwood, Ohio
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"He's considering becoming a lawyer, just like Mom and Dad. From...
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Surabhi Iyer, a ten-year-old from Franklin, Massachusetts
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"Her research scientist dad has inspired her to become a neuroscientist....
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Emily Lever, a junior from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Josh Charnin-Aker, a twelve-year-old from Lighthouse Point, Florida
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"And, whether in neonatology or as a Navy SEAL, he plans...
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Zane Li, a ten-year-old from Provo, Utah
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"He's a chess champion and a two-time Geography Bee winner..." 2002...
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Stephen Weingarten, a stay-at-home dad 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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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Paul Glaser, a research scientist from Albany, New York
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Susan Mitchell, a chemical engineer from Houston, Texas
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2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Aaron Schroeder, a grad student from San Diego, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions second runner-up: $50,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Terry Parker, a high school history teacher from Cutler Bay, Florida
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"Don't try to pin down this wrestling coach, history teacher, and...
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Andy Hutchins, a senior from Rockledge, Florida
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
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Christina Maes, a senior at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay from Green Bay, Wisconsin
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"The 1-day record of $34,000 he set in 1992 stood for...
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Camille Bullock, a senior from New Orleans, Louisiana
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Camille88
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Vinita Kailasanath, a recent college graduate originally from Laurel, Maryland
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
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"He was the biggest winner of the 1999-2000 season. A marketing...
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Claire Winkler, from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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"This honor roll student participates on both the year-round and summer...
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Dan Ford, an editor from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 21 player (2004-11-24). KJL game 71. Dan resides in Tysons...
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Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $62,802 + $2,000. Not be to confused...
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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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Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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Brenton Montie, a sixth grade social studies teacher from South Lyon, Michigan
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"He teaches at a school ranked in the top 5% in...
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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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Emily Zhang, from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"A National Science Merit Award recipient, she plans on becoming a...
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Janet Bradlow, an insurance agent from New York, New York
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $58,000 + $2,000. Janet Bradlow New York,...
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Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
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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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Brooks Humphreys, a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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"He teaches at an all-girls Catholic school operated by the Sisters...
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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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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
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Joshua Malina, a TV actor and creator/producer from Celebrity Poker Showdown
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"He created and produced Celebrity Poker Showdown for the Bravo Channel,...
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Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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Tony Nagatani, a junior at Ithaca College from Honolulu, Hawaii
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Tony was 20 at the time...
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Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
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Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
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James Hill III, a freshman from Santa Clara University
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2010-A College championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: San Jose, California. [No contestant...
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Lindsey Nicolai, a junior from Hampton, Virginia
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Larissa Kelly, a grad student from El Cerrito, California
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2019 All-Star Games member of winning Team...
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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:...
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Eliza Urban, a sophomore from Richmond, Virginia
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
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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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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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Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
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Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
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Steve Unite, a writer from Studio City, California
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Meredith Dedopoulos, a 12-year-old from Durham, New Hampshire
|
"This spelling bee champion has also won many sports awards. From...
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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
|
"He teaches at the smallest public school in North Carolina, and...
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Connie Shi, a junior at the University of Michigan from Okemos, Michigan
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
|
Quinn McDonald, an inventory control manager from Lowville, New York
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $20,600 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Mighty Q
|
Carlee Jensen, a senior from Santa Monica, California
|
2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware
|
2007 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
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Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand
|
\"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
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Bernard Holloway, a junior from Mitchellville, Maryland
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2002 Teen...
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Heidi Greimann, a junior from Columbia, Missouri
|
2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Heidi was 15 at the...
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David Rozenson, a lawyer from Newton, Massachusetts
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 21 3-time champion: $76,000 + $1,000.
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Madeline Suchard, from Placentia, California
|
"She has her sights set on becoming the Supreme Court Justice,...
|
Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
|
"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
|
Steven Milton, a legal case assistant from San Diego, California
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $30,299 + $1,000. Steve Milton San Diego,...
|
Theodora Messalas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Brooklyn, New York
|
"This future author and illustrator placed second in a regional story-telling...
|
Dave Belote, a recently retired base commander from Woodbridge, Virginia
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Lisa Dvorak, a grocery store chain administrative assistant from Millersville, Maryland
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $31,201 + $2,000.
|
Russell Berris, a junior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
2003 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Lisa Klink, a TV writer from Los Angeles, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $70,150...
|
Matt Kohlstedt, a grad student originally from La Grange, Illinois
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 25 5-time champion: $77,803 + $2,000.
|
Sarah Nothnagel, a sophomore from the University of Southern California
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
|
Brad Selvig, a sophomore at Florida State from Jacksonville, Florida
|
2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Soledad O'Brien, a broadcast journalist from CNN's American Morning
|
"This broadcast journalist has covered stories all over the world. Since...
|
Dan Amboy, a 12-year-old from Lapeer, Michigan
|
"He hopes to get into the best college that he can....
|
Kate Dzurilla, a 12-year-old from Syosset, New York
|
"It's a slam dunk for this basketball lover and future WNBA...
|
Casey Retterer, a sophomore at the University of Maryland from Olney, Maryland
|
2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
|
Allison Peña, a junior from Sunrise, Florida
|
2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
|
Michael Braun, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2005 Teen...
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Michela Rodriguez, from Poway, California
|
"This future author created a board game and had to compete...
|
Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Emma Johnson, an eleven-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
|
"She'll hit a high note in her future musical career as...
|
Mark Runsvold, a student and waiter from Moscow, Idaho
|
2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 4-time champion: $153,800 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: markrunsvold
|
Brad Brown, a theater teacher from Nashville, Tennessee
|
"And he is a theater teacher at an international baccalaureate certified...
|
Rob Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Younger brother of 2008-B Teen Tournament...
|
Jeffrey Gerlomes, a freshman from Napa, California
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Dominic Clust, from Metairie, Louisiana
|
"This future lawyer likes to argue and he's good at it....
|
Marshall Tan, from Gaithersburg, Maryland
|
"His favorite subject is social studies, and he knows a lot...
|
Bob Mesko, an arts administrator from Denver, Colorado
|
2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion:...
|
Mehrun Etebari, a graduate student of international relations from Durham, New Hampshire
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Chelsea He, a sophomore at Duke University from Raleigh, North Carolina
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "HEE".
|
John Farley, an eleven-year-old from Marietta, Georgia
|
"This young man has a plan--Notre Dame, professional lacrosse player and...
|
Lance Johnson, a model aircraft engine technician from Champaign, Illinois
|
"He was the first to get to the 5-win mark in...
|
Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
|
Lyn Thomas, a library assistant from Redmond, Washington
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $13,100 + $1,000.
|
Ariel Schneider, a biology student from West Lafayette, Indiana
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $46,300 + $2,000.
|
Charlie Penrod, an assistant professor of law from Natchitoches, Louisiana
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,000 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: CharlieP
|
Bob Kennedy, a college linguistics instructor from Santa Barbara, California
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $33,800 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Bobk
|
Chris Pae, a high school history teacher from Suwanee, Georgia
|
"He studied pre-med, then pre-law, but discovered his passion was teaching....
|
Christine Kennedy, a freshman from the University of Notre Dame
|
2007 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000. 19 at the time of...
|
Zachary Baumgartner, a 10-year-old from Deer Park, New York
|
"He'll hit all the right notes in the future as a...
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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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Scott Turow, a bestselling novelist and practicing attorney from Chicago, Illinois
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"He's sold more than 25 million copies of his novels worldwide...
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Whitney Dearden, an 11-year-old from Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
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"She enjoys working with animals and would like to become a...
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Joseph Graumann, a junior from Mays Landing, New Jersey
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Megan Fraedrich, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Springfield, Virginia
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"And she was recently an evil stepsister in a performance of...
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Lauren Romero, a senior from Denver, Colorado
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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Rachel McCool, a sophomore at Dickinson College from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2004 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: rachel_pi
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Vicky Manos, a sophomore at St. John’s University from Levittown, New York
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2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Matt Bushell, a junior at Georgetown University from Fairfield, Connecticut
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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Neil Patel, a twelve-year-old from Plano, Texas
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"He wants to become an environmental scientist and help protect our...
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Kate Carlyle, a records officer from New Lenox, Illinois
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Season 20 player (2004-07-09). KJL game 28. Kate was announced by...
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Ellen Lewis, a retired high school math teacher from Mount Vernon, New York
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Season 28 1-time champion: $10,000 + $1,000.
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Clarence Page, a journalist from The Chicago Tribune
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"His nationally syndicated column began as a local column for the...
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Sarah Bart, a senior at Goucher College from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2012 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 22 at...
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Partha Purushotham, an 11-year-old from Palo Alto, California
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"He is fair-minded, so he thinks he would make a good...
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Zack Terrill, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida
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2012 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 21 at...
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Kelly O'Donnell, a political reporter from NBC News
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"An Emmy-winning political reporter, she has covered Capitol Hill and the...
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Anna Cambron, a 10-year-old from Louisville, Kentucky
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"Her fascination with the human mind leads her to the field...
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Mandy Berry, an 11-year-old from Baltimore, Maryland
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"She wants to dedicate her life to helping animals by becoming...
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Dana Perino, a TV host from Fox News Channel's The Five
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"White House press secretary under George W. Bush, she now appears...
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Kendra Pettis, a junior from Oberlin College
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\"She hadn\'t settled on a career goal at age 11. Now...
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Erin Hart, a junior from Benton Harbor, Michigan
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2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Grace Acton, from Harvard, Massachusetts
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"This competitive gymnast is hoping to score a perfect 10 for...
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Erin Bogart, a junior at Miami University of Ohio from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Erin was 20 at the time...
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Marques Redd, a sophomore at Harvard University from Macon, Georgia
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2001 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Marques was 18 at the time...
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Malisha Butts, a senior at North Carolina Central University from Durham, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Antonia Wang, a sophomore at Purdue University from Carmel, Indiana
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Andrea Salt, a twelve-year-old from Gilbert, Arizona
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"This animal lover plans on becoming a veterinarian. From Gilbert, Arizona,...
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Will Walters, a twelve-year-old from Lexington, Kentucky
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"He wants to follow in the footsteps of his idols, Albert...
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Craig Barker, an Advanced Placement history teacher from Livonia, Michigan
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"In 1997 he won the College Championship. Today he's an Advanced...
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Samantha Reback, a sophomore from Bethesda, Maryland
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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Katie Orphan, a freshman at Whitworth College from Reno, Nevada
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2002 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Roger Mueller-Kim, a high school social studies teacher from Dublin, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,401 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "MULL-er KIM".
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
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"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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Diane Trap, a librarian and graphics specialist from Athens, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $21,400 + $1,000. Diane Trap - a...
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Steve Gratz, a freelance artist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 2-time champion: $30,999 + $1,000.
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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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Keith Williams, a freshman at Middlebury College from Manchester, Vermont
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Jacob Joyner, an 11-year-old from Quantico, Virginia
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"As a politician, he plans on improving the lives of Americans....
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Regis Philbin, a TV host from Live with Regis and Kelly
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"In 2004 he entered the Guinness Book of Records as having...
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Kriti Gandhi, a senior from Ellicott City, Maryland
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 18 at the time...
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Edward Lee, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Sacramento, California
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"Of the numerous projects he has completed, making gliders and bottle...
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Scott Renzoni, a bartender and actor from Burlington, Vermont
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2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 20 4-time champion: $112,998 + $2,000.
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Tom Baker, a writer from Tokyo, Japan
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2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 20 3-time champion: $102,300 + $2,000.
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Regina Merrill, from Lincoln, Nebraska
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"She's very good at writing stories and poetry, but her love...
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Cary Williams, from Milton, Massachusetts
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"She won an award in math, and a letter of commendation...
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Sarah Marx, a junior from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Karan Takhar, a senior from North Attleborough, Massachusetts
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2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. First name pronounced like "KUR-run". Jeopardy...
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Steven Evenhouse, a junior high school social studies teacher from Orland Hills, Illinois
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"He likes teaching because it gives him a captive audience for...
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Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 5-time champion: $83,401 + $2,000.
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David Faber, an anchor and reporter from CNBC's Squawk on the Street and The Faber Report
|
"The winner of Emmy, Peabody, DuPont, and Loeb awards, he's a...
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Robert Gibbs, a former press secretary from the Obama White House
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"In 2004, he joined Barack Obama's senatorial campaign as communications director,...
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Gabriela Gonzales, a senior from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Caleb Olson, a senior from Chariton, Iowa
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Sam Leanza, a senior from Laguna Hills, California
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Doak Fairey, a computer consultant from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
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Season 5 3-time champion: $33,200. Doak won $9,000 on The Challengers...
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Heidi Liu, a senior from Plymouth, Minnesota
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Oliver North, a radio talk show host from the Oliver North radio show
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"A combat-decorated Marine who now hosts a nationally syndicated radio talk...
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Margaret Monroe, a junior from South Plainfield, New Jersey
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Margaret was 16 at the time...
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Emily Karrs, a junior from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
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2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Emily was 16 at the time...
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Nicole Reimer, a junior from Columbus, Ohio
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2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Kerry Breitenbach, a marketing analyst from Cleveland, Ohio
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 21 5-time champion: $90,400...
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Peggy Till, a teacher from Arlington, Texas
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Season 22 player (2006-04-06).
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Stan Wu, a writer-producer from Los Angeles, California
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"As a Teen Tournament finalist in 1989, his biggest ambition was...
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Bob Harris, an author, comedian, and radio commentator from Los Angeles, California
|
"A 5-time champion and a finalist in the Tournament of Champions,...
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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York City, New York
|
"A semifinalist in the Tournament of Champions in 1992, now an...
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Bryce Piotrowski, a twelve-year-old from Madison, Wisconsin
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"He has no idea what he wants to do later in...
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Larry Cloud, a bookkeeper and computer consultant from Inglewood, California
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"He won five times in 2001, allowing him to make a...
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Solomon Howard, a freshman from St. Petersburg, Florida
|
2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 14 at the time of...
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Jerry Harvey, a freelance educator originally from California, Missouri
|
Season 20 2-time champion: $70,002 + $1,000. KJL game 1. While...
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Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
"He was a 2002 Teen Champion. He's now a sophomore at...
|
Bonny Jain, a senior from Moline, Illinois
|
2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Kelly Scurry, an 11-year-old seventh grader from Lauderhill, Florida
|
"It's very convenient that Washington, D.C. is his favorite city, because...
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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 + $2,000.
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Terry Linwood, a bookseller from North Texas
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $122,705...
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Clayton, North Carolina
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Nick Yozamp, a biology student from St. Cloud, Minnesota
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Kendra Chapman, a sophomore from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Amanda Sonmor, a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $21,501 + $1,000.
|
Jeff Gorham, an accountant from Richmond, Virginia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $14,001 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SpacemanSpiff
|
Sandra McClellan, a granny nanny from Arlington, Texas
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $4,199 + $2,000.
|
Deborah Fitzgerald, a retired government employee from McLean, Virginia
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 24 4-time champion: $55,901 + $1,000.
|
Mark Wales, a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York
|
2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $141,804...
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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".
|
Laura Button, an editor and proofreader from Alpharetta, Georgia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $28,800 + $1,000.
|
Diana North, a first grade teacher from Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
"She recently celebrated her silver anniversary of teaching. From Rock Hill,...
|
Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
|
"He plays Tom Scavo, the sometimes-befuddled husband of Felicity Huffman on...
|
Carson Kressley, a fashion maven from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
|
"This star of TV's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy says...
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Kathy Cassity, a closed captioner from Honolulu, Hawaii
|
2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $59,200....
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Kyle Neblett, a senior from Beaverton, Oregon
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 2nd runner-up: $36,400. 18 at the...
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Amy Varallo, a senior from Aiken, South Carolina
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Tom Waskom, a lawyer from Richmond, Virginia
|
Season 22 player (2006-07-12).
|
Deborah Slattery, a homemaker from New Orleans, Louisiana
|
Season 22 2-time champion: $28,300 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: The Bee
|
Joely Fisher, an actress from 'Til Death
|
"She made her Broadway debut in Grease, and earned rave reviews...
|
Dana Delany, an actress from Kidnapped
|
"She won two Emmys for playing Army nurse Colleen McMurphy on...
|
Tad Carithers, an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $41,300. 2001 Tournament...
|
Sara Jansson, a 10-year-old from Monmouth Junction, New Jersey
|
"She wants to become a singer because she loves music so...
|
Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Sioux City, Iowa
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Brad Williams, a reporter and writer from La Crosse, Wisconsin
|
Season 6 player (1990-06-01). Brad is well-known as one of the...
|
Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
|
"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
|
David Hoffelmeyer, a senior from St. Joseph, Missouri
|
2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Joe Kohake, from Florence, Kentucky
|
"Golf, piano, and euphonium lessons are just a few of his...
|
Mike Thayer, a mathematics teacher from North Plainfield, New Jersey
|
"He was a junior at Rutgers University when he won the...
|
Brian Weikle, a consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Ryan Holznagel, a writer originally from Forest Grove, Oregon
|
"He was the winner of the 1995 Tournament of Champions. Now,...
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