| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | DEALING WITH TV REALITY $400: Oh, the Scandoval! Let's say Ariana did not wish Tom well after he cheated on her with Raquel on this show that debuted in 2013 Vanderpump Rules |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $1200: Selling more than 10 million copies each, her "Up!", "The Woman In Me" & "Come on Over" albums have all been certified diamond Shania Twain |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | AUSTRALIAN BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: Patrick White's "The Eye of the Storm", about a matriarch & her children, has been called a Down Under version of this 1608 play King Lear |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | "OO"! "OO"! I KNOW! $600: Kevin Bacon once said that when he attends a wedding, he bribes the DJ to not play this song from a 1984 movie he starred in "Footloose" |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | NURSERY RHYME PHOBIAS $400: If Mary's lamb had didaskaleinophobia, it would have been too scared to follow her here school |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | MIXED GREENS $400: She's been staring at Brooklyn since 1886, and man, her right arm must be tired!:
I FLOUT TERABYTES Statue of Liberty |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | WRITER-DIRECTORS $400: Born while her dad was making "The Godfather", she's won an Oscar for screenwriting & been named best director at Cannes Sofia Coppola |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | CHILLIN' IN THE R.I.P. LOUNGE $600: It would have been quite appropriate to have draped a flag over her coffin after she passed in Philadelphia on Jan. 30, 1836 Betsy Ross |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | LOVE, IN SO MANY WORDS $600: "That" she "should receive an offer of marriage from Mr. Darcy! That (Darcy) should have been in love with her for so many months!" Elizabeth Bennet |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THAT BOOK YOU'VE BEEN MEANING TO READ $300: Before I can read the "Edge of Reason" sequel about this plucky, single British woman, I've got to read her "Diary" Bridget Jones |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | MASCOTS $300: This battery mascot that's been going & going since the late 1980s has entered the OED to mean something or someone persistent the Energizer Bunny |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | JOHNNY GILBERT SPEAKS THE MOVIE LINE $1500: "I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it" On the Waterfront |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | AUTHORS $400: On July 4, 1862 he picnicked with Alice Liddell & her sisters, so it could have been "Edith" or "Lorina in Wonderland" Charles Dodgson (or Lewis Carroll) |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | LET'S TALK ABOUT BITE CLUB $400: Sofonisba Anguissola, called the greatest woman artist of this era, sent Michelangelo her drawing of a boy who's been bitten the Renaissance |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | A CHRISTIE MYSTERY $800: (Lucy Boynton presents the clue.) Because she worked as a nurse & later as a pharmacy dispenser, Christie frequently used poison as the murder weapon in her writing--strychnine, cyanide, & very often this one, as it would have been easy to obtain in her day as rat poison arsenic |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | A CHRISTIE MYSTERY $1200: (Lucy Boynton presents the clue.) Agatha Christie wrote 12 novels & 20 short stories featuring this woman & regretted making her so old at the outset; she would have been well over 100 by the time Christie finished writing about her Miss Marple |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | CELEBRITIES $400: If you've been "Keeping Up with" her, you know she's one of the highest-paid models in the world Kendall Jenner |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | WOMEN IN POLITICS $800: After her father Frank became Alaska governor in 2002, he appointed her to fill his Senate seat, & she's been there ever since Murkowski |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE TURNS 75 $600: This actress came by her all-American image honestly; her hometown of Denison, Iowa has been compared to Bedford Falls Donna Reed |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | 20th CENTURY FICTION $200: This novel could have been called "2 1/2 Days in the Life of Holden Caulfield" The Catcher in the Rye |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | HISTORY'S MYSTERIES $800: Dead by her own hand in 30 B.C., she was thought to have been buried in Alexandria, but her tomb has never been found Cleopatra |
| #8266, aired 2020-10-26 | FILL IN THE ANIMAL MOVIE QUOTES $1600: "Splash": "All my life I've been waiting for someone and when I find her... she's a ___" a fish |
| #8265, aired 2020-10-23 | DAME YANKEES $800: Honored for her AIDS charity work, this Oscar-winning actress: "I've always been a broad...it's (great) to be a dame" Elizabeth Taylor |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | RAPPER'S DELIGHT $1200: This Cadillac has been a favorite ride of many rappers; in 2018 Remy Ma got one from her husband Papoose after giving birth an Escalade |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | WOMEN ON TV $800: Initially the only woman in her class at law school, she's been holding court on TV since 1996 Judge Judy |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | CANADIAN TV SHOWS $800: After witnessing the death of her double, a hustler is drawn into a clone-spiracy on this drama Orphan Black |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | COUNTRY MUSIC $6,000 (Daily Double): (Ken Burns delivers the clue.) Before her untimely death, she saw her career take off beginning with her first No. 1 hit that she had been reluctant to record
"I fall to pieces /
Each time..." Patsy Cline |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | BAD ROMANCE $1000: In this novel, Lady Brett Ashley & Jake Barnes could have been great together, if not for her affairs & his war wounds The Sun Also Rises |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | HERSTORY $600: Britannica notes that this Russian "would not have become empress if her husband had been at all normal" Catherine the Great |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $1200: You could say her whole career has been a high wire act but she performed a literal one at the AMAs Pink |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | NURSERY RHYMES $800: "Little girl, little girl, where have you been? Gathering roses to give to" her the queen |
| #7624, aired 2017-11-02 | WHERE'D YOU DISAPPEAR TO? $400: One of her last transmissions was "Have been unable to reach you by radio. We are flying at 1,000 feet" Amelia Earhart |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $2000: She dedicated her short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" to Bob Dylan Joyce Carol Oates |
| #7523, aired 2017-05-03 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1200: Her historical time travel "Outlander" series has been a worldwide hit both in book form & on TV Gabaldon |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | GERMAN SURNAMES $1600: An ancestor of this actress seen here must've been a knight--that's what her last name means Krysten Ritter |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | GHOSTLY ACTORS $2000: Nicole Kidman finds out in this 2001 movie that the ghosts her family has been dealing with are a little closer to home The Others |
| #7437, aired 2017-01-03 | LITERATURE IN ACTION $1000: Brian Garfield's wife had her purse stolen, so Brian wrote this novel about a vigilante whose wife has been murdered Death Wish |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | WHO FIRST SANG THOSE WORDS? $800: "And they say she's in the Class A team, stuck in her daydream, been this way since 18" Ed Sheeran |
| #7299, aired 2016-05-12 | BEEN HER $400: Cherilyn Sarkisian Cher |
| #7299, aired 2016-05-12 | BEEN HER $800: Norma Jeane Mortenson Marilyn Monroe |
| #7299, aired 2016-05-12 | BEEN HER $1200: Robyn Fenty Rihanna |
| #7299, aired 2016-05-12 | BEEN HER $1600: Greta Gustafsson Greta Garbo |
| #7299, aired 2016-05-12 | BEEN HER $2000: Dana Owens Queen Latifah |
| #7297, aired 2016-05-10 | LITERARY POTPOURRI $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Lake Geneva in Switzerland.) Lake Geneva has long been a place of literary pilgrimage; this writer called it "blue as the heavens" when she lived here with her poet husband, who almost drowned one night on the lake & did drown in Italy a few years later Mary Shelley |
| #7011, aired 2015-02-23 | A "LITTLE" LITERATURE $1600: This Dickens title character sews to earn money to help her father, who's been imprisoned for debt Little Dorrit |
| #6979, aired 2015-01-08 | FASHION $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows off her shirt.) Named after a French town, chambray fabric has been called a lightweight cousin to this fabric, also named for a French town denim |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | THE NICK OF TIME $800: In 1938 Dashell Hammett created this amateur detective & husband in "The Thin Man" Nick & Nora Charles |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $200: This Carolyn Keene character has been solving crimes for more than 80 years; her latest books are her diaries Nancy Drew |
| #6808, aired 2014-04-02 | WOMEN ON U.S. STAMPS $5,000 (Daily Double): In 2005, for what would have been her 100th birthday, the U.S. & Sweden issued stamps featuring this movie legend Greta Garbo |
| #6798, aired 2014-03-19 | MOVIE QUOTES $800: "All my life I've been waiting for someone & when I find her, she's... she's a fish" Splash |
| #6761, aired 2014-01-27 | WOMEN $1200: Model, pop singer & First Lady of France have been among her jobs Carla Bruni |
| #6732, aired 2013-12-17 | 1939 BEST PICTURE OSCAR NOMINEES $1600: Her "Eyes" have been noted in song, but it was the brain of this actress that gave her big problems Bette Davis |
| #6706, aired 2013-11-11 | BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO $600: That must have been some exorcism when Jesus cast 7 devils out of her Mary Magdalene |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR $2000: (Justice Sandra Day O'Connor presents the clue.) From Robert Jackson in Youngstown v. Sawyer to, some say, myself in the church & state case McCreary County v. the American Civil Liberties Union, some important opinions have been this type in which a justice agrees with the majority but for his or her own reasons concurring opinions |
| #6654, aired 2013-07-18 | THE CHARACTER'S NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED $1600: "Dimmesdale, on the very day when Lady Gaga first wore her ignominious badge, had begun a course of penance" Hester Prynne |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | 3-NAMED ACTRESSES $800: She was Oscar-nominated for a 1980 movie, won a 1980 Tony Award & has been known to turn the world on with her smile Mary Tyler Moore |
| #6429, aired 2012-07-26 | QUOTES OF THE 2010s $200: She told her daytime audience, "You and this show have been the great love of my life" Oprah |
| #6324, aired 2012-03-01 | HEY, MARTHA $1200: An actress since her teens, she's been Emmy nominated as the mom on "Raising Hope" Martha Plimpton |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $4,000 (Daily Double): In this 1950 play, a dressmaker's deceased husband & her new boyfriend both sport the title art on their chests The Rose Tattoo |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | WE RETITLE TV SHOWS $1200: "Lieutenant Van Buren"--the show should have been just about her Law & Order |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | FASHION DESIGNERS $600: She launched her label in 1995 & was named chief designer at Chloe in '97; she must've been working "8 days a week" Stella McCartney |
| #6042, aired 2010-12-14 | JACKIE PAPER $1200: Her paperback novels like "Hollywood Wives" have been bestsellers Jackie Collins |
| #5994, aired 2010-10-07 | McCARTNEY $800: Originally, the first 2 lines of this Beatles song were "she was just 17, never been a beauty queen" "I Saw Her Standing There" |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | MUSEUMS $200: The Amsterdam house where this diarist & her family hid during WWII has been a museum since 1960 Anne Frank |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | REAL "PA"s $1000: On her first visit to NYC in 1964, signs for a big musical made her say, "They must have been waiting for me!" Dolly Parton |
| #5909, aired 2010-04-29 | HEY, THAT'S SHARP! $200: Some of the hatchets she used in her saloon-smashing have been donated to the Kansas historical society Carrie Nation |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | HYPHENATES $2000: This American woman is seen here with the tools of her trade Margaret Bourke-White |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | 5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN $800: This Food Network chef who runs Savannah's Lady & Sons has been in her own kitchen plenty, but never in mine (Paula) Deen |
| #5706, aired 2009-06-01 | ART $1600: "Revelations", an exhibit of her photos of '50s & '60s weirdos, has been seen in San Francisco, L.A. & New York (Diane) Arbus |
| #5676, aired 2009-04-20 | THE CELEBRITY BLING BIZ $200: A 4-leafed one of these has been lucky for Heidi Klum; it's a symbol of her jewelry collection a clover |
| #5527, aired 2008-09-23 | POP SINGERS $400: Despite her name, this woman who replaced Kim Hill in the Black Eyed Peas has never been married to Prince Andrew Fergie |
| #5468, aired 2008-05-21 | POTPOURRI $800: She was born Martha Jane Canary in Missouri; the original "calamity" in her life may have been her parents' death Calamity Jane |
| #5347, aired 2007-12-04 | HISTORIC NAMES $1600: Margaret Roper, who died in 1544, is said to have been buried with the head of this "Utopia" author, her father Saint Thomas More |
| #5330, aired 2007-11-09 | FASHION FUN $600: Attention, Mr. Big: this actress has been bitten by the fashion bug, so she has her own clothing line, called Bitten Sarah Jessica Parker |
| #5327, aired 2007-11-06 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1200: More than 20 of her novels, including "Zoya" & "Jewels", have been adapted for TV or film Danielle Steel |
| #5302, aired 2007-10-02 | USA NETWORK $800: This Emmy-winning series is one of the network's most popular
"And I've been thinking about Natalie. I've become so dependent on her, too dependent." Monk |
| #5273, aired 2007-07-11 | LULLABIES THAT ROCK $200: This lullabye will either "rock" your little ones or make them acrophobic "Rock-a-bye Baby" |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | '60s MUSIC $2000: This 1961 hit by Dion begins, "Here's my story, sad but true, it's about a girl that I once knew" "Runaround Sue" |
| #5193, aired 2007-03-21 | MAJOR LEES $800: As of 1975, this Pulitzer Prize-winner was said to be working on her second novel but it hasn't been published yet Harper Lee |
| #5180, aired 2007-03-02 | HEADS UP! $400: It would have been ironic if the guillotine used for her Oct. 16, 1793 execution was also used to cut some cake Marie Antoinette |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $400: This photographer famous for her Rolling Stone covers has been called the "portraitist of the rock generation" Annie Leibovitz |
| #5121, aired 2006-12-11 | KITCHEN: IMPOSSIBLE $800: Beware this Food Network woman seen here, Jim--she's been known to limit her meals to 30 minutes Rachael Ray |
| #5103, aired 2006-11-15 | THE SOPRANOS $1600: Maria Jeritza must have been lovely to have Strauss write the role of this beauty of Troy for her--see for yourself Helen (of Troy) |
| #5075, aired 2006-10-06 | CELEBS $1200: She must have been in "7th Heaven" when her "Autobiography" & "I Am Me" CDs both reached No. 1 Ashlee Simpson |
| #5050, aired 2006-07-21 | SOUNDS LIKE A SNACK CHIP $1600: It's been said that this painter changed her birth year to 1910 to coincide with the Mexican Revolution Frida Kahlo |
| #5033, aired 2006-06-28 | ROCK LEGENDS $400: His solo in Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven" has been called the greatest guitar solo ever Jimmy Page |
| #4912, aired 2006-01-10 | WOMEN POETS $1200: Having been replaced by her as leader of the Imagists, Ezra Pound began calling them "Amygists" Amy Lowell |
| #4880, aired 2005-11-25 | SPICE GIRLS (AND BOYS) $1600: Barbara Bain's "bark" may have been worse than her bite as this spicy character on "Mission: Impossible" Cinnamon (Carter) |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | HELLO KITTY $400: She would've been First Lady if her husband had won 158 more electoral votes in 1988 Kitty Dukakis |
| #4817, aired 2005-07-12 | I PROMISED YOU THE ROSE GARDEN $800: Many Supreme Court justices have been introduced in the Rose Garden, including her, Clinton's 1st pick (Ruth) Ginsburg |
| #4801, aired 2005-06-20 | JOHN/PAUL $400: For this Beatles song, Paul rhymed "She was just 17, never been a beauty queen"; John made it "you know what I mean" "I Saw Her Standing There" |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | CONTEMPORARY ART $800: Her large installations "The Dinner Party" & "The Holocaust Project" have been published in book form Judy Chicago |
| #4729, aired 2005-03-10 | BAND NAMES $600: Debbie Harry had often been called this, so it was "a natural" for the name of her band Blondie |
| #4721, aired 2005-02-28 | OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES $2000: "I have remained consistently and nauseatingly adorable. In fact, I have been known to cause diabetes" Meg Ryan |
| #4557, aired 2004-06-01 | 1995 $600: A postage stamp featuring this blonde premiered on June 1, which would have been her 69th birthday Marilyn Monroe |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | WOMEN WITH 40-TUDE $1200: In her 40 years she's married a Brinkman & a Boxleitner & been president of the Screen Actors Guild (Melissa) Gilbert |
| #4468, aired 2004-01-28 | WOMEN WRITERS $400: Some skeptics said that her novel "Wuthering Heights" must have been actually written by her brother Branwell Emily Bronte |
| #4276, aired 2003-03-17 | JIMMY, CHERYL, SOFIA OR SARAH $800: This sassy singer must have been jazzed when she won a Grammy for her album "Gershwin Live!" Sarah Vaughan |
| #4262, aired 2003-02-25 | NURSERY RHYME PHOBIAS $400: If Mary's lamb had didaskaleinophobia, it would have been too scared to follow her here school |
| #4124, aired 2002-07-04 | ALCATRAZ-A-MATAZZ $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gets put in her place on Alcatraz.) From the Latin for "alone", it's the type of cell I've been put into, either for punishment or for my own protection solitary |
| #4091, aired 2002-05-20 | ON A PRINCESS CRUISE $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew takes her place as captain of the ship.) It's my turn to take over steering the boat or take the, this wheel or helm |
| #4071, aired 2002-04-22 | THEY'VE BEEN HONORED $1200: In 1988 this "Shipping News" co-star received her honorary title of Dame Commander of the British Empire Judi Dench |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | A CHRISTIE MYSTERY $400: Agatha regretted making this spinster sleuth so old in her first cases -- she'd have been about 110 in "Nemesis" Miss Marple |
| #3972, aired 2001-12-04 | CANADA LEFTOVERS $800: Emily Dickinson could have been "The Belle of" this Nova Scotia city; it was named for the same lord as her city Amherst |
| #3944, aired 2001-10-25 | FIRST LADIES $2,800 (Daily Double): Her feelings about thespians might have been improved when Sarah Bernhardt reportedly saved her life in 1880 Mary Todd Lincoln |
| #3875, aired 2001-06-08 | THE WOMEN OF BAYWATCH $400: As C.J. Parker, she's been in the opening credits with several variations of her name Pamela Anderson Lee |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | MYTHOLOGICAL MISTAKES $400: If Paris hadn't run off with her, there wouldn't have been a Trojan War Helen |
| #3692, aired 2000-09-26 | ROYALTY $300: This 18th dynasty queen's painted limestone bust is in a museum, but her real body has never been found Nefertiti |
| #3581, aired 2000-03-13 | LITERARY HEROINES $200: Jill, the tomboyish heroine of her story "Jack And Jill", has been compared to her famous character Jo March Louisa May Alcott |
| #3574, aired 2000-03-02 | NAME THAT FLICK $100: 1984:
"All my life I've been waiting for someone, and when I find her, she's a fish" Splash |
| #3572, aired 2000-02-29 | REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE $300: Her lines include "All the time I've been looking for someone to love me, and now I love somebody" Natalie Wood |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | ROOFS $200: By her last name, this 20th century British prime minister might have been a roofer Margaret Thatcher |
| #3497, aired 1999-11-16 | POTPOURRI $800: The original "Calamity" in her life may have been her parents' death while settling Salt Lake City Calamity Jane |
| #3438, aired 1999-07-14 | CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS $200: Among the items that have been sold on her website are a Coven party fan & Lestat cologne & wine Anne Rice |
| #3403, aired 1999-05-26 | FAIRY TALE FEMMES $300: She would have been popular in the '60s; she was always letting her hair down Rapunzel |
| #3341, aired 1999-03-01 | FAMOUS FACES $300: "Girls Rule" could have been her slogan in the 1980s Margaret Thatcher |
| #3315, aired 1999-01-22 | MANY "NATION"s $200: This fiery temperance activist believed her name had been divinely preordained Carry Nation |
| #3253, aired 1998-10-28 | '90s MUSIC $600: Her album "Pieces Of You" has been on Billboard's top pop catalog album charts for over 100 weeks Jewel |
| #3077, aired 1998-01-06 | TOUGH TV $400: Her 3 regular roles on TV have been Zena Sherman, Carla Tortelli & Pearl Caraldo Rhea Perlman |
| #3051, aired 1997-12-01 | EVERYONE'S A CRITIC $400: Movie critics heavily influenced by her work have been dubbed "Paulettes" Pauline Kael |
| #3017, aired 1997-10-14 | ATHLETES $400: World champion runner Hassiba Boulmerka of this north African country has been denounced for showing her legs Algeria |
| #2956, aired 1997-06-09 | SINGERS $500: She's been "A Little Bit Country" since she had her first solo hit with "Paper Roses" at age 13 Marie Osmond |
| #2910, aired 1997-04-04 | EUROPEOPLE $800: Like Neil Kinnock in 1983, he was 41 when he became leader of Britain's Labour Party in 1994 Tony Blair |
| #2878, aired 1997-02-19 | NOTABLE WEDDINGS $500: This "Mayflower Madam" wore pale pink at her wedding, saying, "White would have been ludicrous" Sydney Biddle Barrows |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: The body of this wife of Akhenaten has never been found, but her bust is in Berlin Nefertiti |
| #2825, aired 1996-12-06 | POETS $800: Her "I Heard a Fly Buzz" may have been based on a chapter in "The House of the Seven Gables" Emily Dickinson |
| #2761, aired 1996-09-09 | ART $200: She may have been Botticelli's favorite goddess; he placed her at the center of his famous painting "Primavera" Venus |
| #2721, aired 1996-06-03 | PEOPLE $1000: The furor over Prince Charles' relationship with her has been dubbed "Camillagate" Camilla Parker-Bowles |
| #2649, aired 1996-02-22 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $200: In his "General Historie", Capt. John Smith said he would have been killed if not for her Pocahontas |
| #2323, aired 1994-10-12 | WOMEN AUTHORS $600: Clifford Henry, her fiance who died in WWI, may have been the model for Ashley Wilkes Margaret Mitchell |
| #2263, aired 1994-06-08 | WOMEN IN SCIENCE $200: A friend whose bird sanctuary had been sprayed with DDT sparked her to write "Silent Spring" Rachel Carson |
| #2245, aired 1994-05-13 | COMIC BOOKS $300: "The Witching Hour" is among her novels that have been adapted into comics Anne Rice |
| #2236, aired 1994-05-02 | HELEN KELLER $200: Her father, Arthur H. Keller, had been a captain on this side in the Civil War Confederacy |
| #2219, aired 1994-04-07 | THEATRE $1000: Her 1951 play "The Autumn Garden" has been called "a Chekhovian drama" Lillian Hellman |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | QUOTES $2,000 (Daily Double): "We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves", she wrote in "Adam Bede" George Eliot |
| #2185, aired 1994-02-18 | WORLD LEADERS $600: Evita must have been his good luck charm; he became president of Argentina 4 months after he married her Peron |
| #2173, aired 1994-02-02 | LITERATURE $400: In "Great Expectations", this spinster has been jilted on her wedding day by a Mr. Compeyson Miss Havisham |
| #2121, aired 1993-11-22 | ADVICE COLUMNISTS $200: Listen to her marriage advice; this "dear" columnist has been married to Morton Phillips for over 50 years Abigail Van Buren |
| #1982, aired 1993-03-30 | AUTHORS $200: This "Gone with the Wind" author's second husband had been best man at her first wedding Margaret Mitchell |
| #1937, aired 1993-01-26 | BIRTHSTONES $100 (Daily Double): Cleopatra is said to have been fond of this November stone because it reminded her of honey topaz |
| #1905, aired 1992-12-11 | FULL HOUSE $200: Last name of Candace, who plays the eldest Tanner daughter; her brother Kirk has been a guest star Cameron |
| #1886, aired 1992-11-16 | FASHION HISTORY $600: Had she kept her maiden name, these full trousers would have been called Jenkses Bloomers |
| #1826, aired 1992-07-06 | DIARY & JOURNAL KEEPERS $1,000 (Daily Double): 11 volumes of her diaries have been published as well as her letters to Henry Miller Anais Nin |
| #1618, aired 1991-09-18 | BOOKS ON AUDIOTAPE $400: She taped her novel "Postcards from the Edge"; according to the box, "She has been known to act in films" Carrie Fisher |
| #1531, aired 1991-04-08 | COLUMNISTS $200: A column of “Hints” has been written under this name shared by a mother & the daughter who succeeded her Heloise |
| #1521, aired 1991-03-25 | THE JACKSONS $300: She could have been our first bigamist first lady but she died before her husband took office Rachel Jackson (Mrs. Andrew Jackson) |
| #1507, aired 1991-03-05 | POCAHONTAS $600: A mantle that may have been worn by this man, her father, is at Oxford's Ashmolean Museum Powhatan |
| #1391, aired 1990-09-24 | COUNTRY MUSIC $5 (Daily Double): She made her TV debut on "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" January 21, 1957, singing the following:
"I go out walkin' after midnight / Out in the moonlight / Just like we used to do / I'm always walkin'" Patsy Cline |
| #1312, aired 1990-04-24 | ROYALTY $400: She may have been a cousin of her husband Akhenaton; you can see the resemblance in her bust Nefertiti |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS $1000: Until the night he drowned, Leander swam across the Hellespont every night to meet her Hero |
| #1245, aired 1990-01-19 | 1989 $100: She revealed in her book, "First Father, First Daughter" that she had been a victim of marital abuse Maureen Reagan |
| #1206, aired 1989-11-27 | QUOTES $400: Those who knew this actress agreed with her statement "I've been on a calendar, but never on time" Marilyn Monroe |
| #1195, aired 1989-11-10 | QUOTES $500: Pascal said if her "nose had been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed" Cleopatra (of Egypt) |
| #1172, aired 1989-10-10 | '50s SONGS $500: About her, Paul Anka sang, "I'm so young and you're so old, this my darling I've been told" Diana |
| #1138, aired 1989-07-12 | KISSES $2,000 (Daily Double): Pete Seeger wrote this folk ballad which was a big hit in the 50s:
”When I was a young man and never been kissed /
I got to thinking it over what I had missed /
I got me a girl, I kissed her and then /
Oh Lord, I kissed her again..." "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" |
| #1117, aired 1989-06-13 | FIRST LADIES $300: Having been an army wife for over 30 years, she considered the Gettysburg house her 1st real home Mamie Eisenhower |
| #1060, aired 1989-03-24 | FICTION $400: She may have been a "dame", but you'd never say that about her famous character Miss Jane Marple Agatha Christie |
| #1040, aired 1989-02-24 | FAMOUS FOLKS $100: She now thinks she may have been too frank in her autobiography "Past Imperfect" Joan Collins |
| #1029, aired 1989-02-09 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: The 1985 movie "Smooth Talk" was based on her short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" Joyce Carol Oates |
| #1008, aired 1989-01-11 | CELEBRITY ROMANCES $400: Silent screen star Pola Negri collapsed at the 1926 funeral of this sex symbol who had been her lover Rudolph Valentino |
| #996, aired 1988-12-26 | GUINNESS RECORDS $100: Eileen Foucher did this dance for 106 hours, which must have been hard on her stomach belly dancing |
| #967, aired 1988-11-15 | SILENT MOVIES $100: This film could have been called "Little Lady Fauntleroy" since it starred her, "America's sweetheart" Mary Pickford |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | JOANNES, JOANNAS, ETC. $600: Her trademark has been an ear-splitting operatic vocalization Jo Anne Worley |
| #921, aired 1988-09-12 | WORDY SONGS $500 (Daily Double): It's the only hit song by The Mamas & The Papas to fit this category:
"If you love her then you must send her / Somewhere where she's never been before / Worn out phrases and longing gazes / Won't get you where you want to go..." "Words Of Love" |
| #819, aired 1988-03-10 | TEXANS $1000: Miriam Ferguson, who became governor 7 yrs. after her husband had been impeached, had this nickname "Ma" |
| #745, aired 1987-11-27 | BEST SELLERS $1000: Perhaps her 1987 best seller "Fine Things" reflects the fine things all her best sellers have given her Danielle Steel |
| #743, aired 1987-11-25 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $200: It's said a man in Boston was put in public stocks in 1656 for doing this to his wife in public on the Sabbath kissing her |
| #706, aired 1987-10-05 | MAE WEST $600: "I've been in 'Who's Who' & I know what's what, but it's 1st time I've made the dictionary" refers to this her entry as a life preserver (the Mae West life jacket) |
| #701, aired 1987-09-28 | FICTIONAL DETECTIVES $200: This late 1st lady has been turned into a murder-solving detective by her son-the-writer, Elliott Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #666, aired 1987-06-29 | WOMEN $1000: Named Republican Nat'l Committee Co-chair in 1987, she's been a Republican longer than her father Maureen Reagan |
| #626, aired 1987-05-04 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1000: Dian Fossey's '85 murder might have been due to her torturing poachers who threatened these animals gorillas |
| #553, aired 1987-01-21 | STOP THE PRESSES!!! $500: Another 1600 pairs of her shoes have been found, bringing the total up to 4600 Imelda Marcos |
| #533, aired 1986-12-24 | INDIA $300 (Daily Double): While India & Pakistan have been disputing this region, China's grabbed part of it Kashmir |
| #510, aired 1986-11-21 | GIRLS IN SONG $100: In "I've Been Working On The Railroad", "someone's in the kitchen with" her Dinah |
| #490, aired 1986-10-24 | PEOPLE ON THE MAP $600 (Daily Double): She learned songwriting in a class taught by Paul Simon in New York, not New Hampshire:
"I ain't tellin' tales, anybody else / Could repeat the things that I've heard / She's been talkin' sweet and it's on the street / How the girl's been spreadin' the word / Ahh, you should hurry, / You should let her know how you feel" Melissa Manchester |
| #479, aired 1986-10-09 | PEOPLE $1000: In April '86, 33-year-old mother of 2 Kathy Shower was selected this out of a field of 12 Playmate of the Year |
| #406, aired 1986-03-31 | PEOPLE $100: Her name is now on a line of luggage, which is apt, since she's been missing since 1937 Amelia Earhart |
| #386, aired 1986-03-03 | THE ROMAN EMPIRE $200: Father of Cleopatra's child, he's believed to have been her first lover Caesar |
| #384, aired 1986-02-27 | MS. MUSIC $100: Petite rocker who's been hittin' the charts with her "Best Shots" since 1979 Pat Benatar |
| #347, aired 1986-01-07 | GOLDEN OLDIES $400: Paul Anka told her, "I'm so young & you're so old" when he was 15, while she was 20 Diana |
| #263, aired 1985-09-11 | FIRST LADIES $800: Her 54-year marriage to our 2nd president has been called a "love feast" Abigail Adams |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Pharaoh Ikhnaton caused an uproar by allowing the worship of only this many gods 1 |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | FAMOUS QUOTES $400: According to Noel Coward, they "go out in the midday sun" mad dogs & Englishmen |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | HAMLET $400: Tom Stoppard wrote a version of Hamlet in which these 2 minor characters are central & "Dead" Rosencrantz & Guildenstern |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | U.S. STATES $600: With NYC & Philadelphia in mind, Ben Franklin called this state "a rum keg tapped at both ends" New Jersey |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | ODDS & ENDS $800: The Bessemer method is the oldest modern process for making this steel |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | U.S. STATES $800: State with highest average wage, $9,000 higher than 2nd-highest state Alaska |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | TV NOSTALGIA $800: Crime show which ran 21 yrs. on radio, but only 1 year on TV, failing to "come on like" its name Gang Busters |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | FAMOUS QUOTES $1,000 (Daily Double): Phrase 1st used in 1461 to proclaim death of French king & arrival of his successor the king is dead, long live the king |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | FAMOUS QUOTES $1000: The first 7 words ever spoken over a telephone "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you" |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: His riches didn't prevent this last king of Lydia from being subjugated by the Persians Croesus |
| #2, aired 1984-01-01 | MOVIES $200: Her film "Yentl" has been called "Tootsie on the Roof" Barbra Streisand |
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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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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
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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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Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
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2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
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"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
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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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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
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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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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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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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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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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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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
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Tina Baybay-Bykov, an AP world history teacher from Orlando, Florida
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"Ballet used to keep her on her toes. Now it's her...
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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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Celeste DiNucci, a recent graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Dana Delany, an actress from Desperate Housewives
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"She won two Emmys for her work on China Beach. This...
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
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"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
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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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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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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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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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Michael Rankins, a minister and writer from Rohnert Park, California
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\"A 5-show winner from 1988, he has been a minister with...
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Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
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"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
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Sid Chandrasekhar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Kristin Frankhouser, a 12-year-old from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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"Her future plans include becoming a physical therapist, a wife, and...
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Lori Kissell, a high school Latin teacher from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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"She loves everything about Latin and shares that love with her...
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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"He served as a speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, and later as...
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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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Steve Greene, a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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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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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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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
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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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Emma Couture, a twelve-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
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Charlotte Scott, a twelve-year-old from Washington, D.C.
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"Watch out, Diane Sawyer. This future news anchor is ready for...
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Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
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"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
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Rachel "Steve" Cooke, a senior from Fishers, Indiana
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2008-A Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000. 17 at the time of...
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Sandra Gore, a corporate researcher from Berkeley, California
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"After five wins in 1987, she fulfilled her dream of moving...
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Anissa Chitour, a ten-year-old from Princeton, New Jersey
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"Her extracurricular activities include playing violin, playing field hockey and shopping...
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David Duchovny, an actor from Californication
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"He's won two Golden Globes and stars as troubled novelist Hank...
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Ashley Wilson, an organization development consultant from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 32 2-time champion: $52,402 + $1,000. Ashley returned to the...
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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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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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Rachel Beckman, an 11-year-old from Danville, Kentucky
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"As a member of her school's academic team, she has no...
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Lara Robillard, a policy analyst from Arlington, Virginia
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"She used the winnings from her 5 shows in 1998 to...
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Brian Weikle, a consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Barbara-Anne Eddy, a civil servant from Vancouver, Canada
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"Her 5-time winnings from 1988 allowed her to go for nearly...
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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York, New York
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\"She became a 5-time champion in 1991. An actor and copy...
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Elissa Hoffman, a high school biology and anatomy & physiology teacher from Appleton, Wisconsin
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"She is in her lucky 13th year of teaching. From Appleton,...
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Sarah Bauer, a junior at Indiana University from Carmel, Indiana
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2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Veronica Fazio, from Roselle, Illinois
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"She dances, plays softball, and hangs with her friends, but wants...
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Madeline Suchard, from Placentia, California
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"She has her sights set on becoming the Supreme Court Justice,...
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Vivian Lappenbusch, a twelve-year-old from Seattle, Washington
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Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
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"A Jeopardy! tournament veteran, her best-known Jeopardy! appearance may be in...
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Nicole Savin, an eleven-year-old from Lindenhurst, New York
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"This little 4'4" New York Yankees fan and her friends started...
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Nicole Yoon, a 12-year-old from Asbury, New Jersey
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Grace Veach, a librarian from Lakeland, Florida
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"After winning 5 games in 1997, she was the grand marshall...
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Vinita Kailasanath, a recent college graduate originally from Laurel, Maryland
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
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Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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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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Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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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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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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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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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York
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Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
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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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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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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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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
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Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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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 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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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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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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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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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,800 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Manhattan Beach,...
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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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Sanders Kleinfeld, a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
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Ryan Holznagel, a writer originally from Forest Grove, Oregon
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"He was the winner of the 1995 Tournament of Champions. Now,...
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Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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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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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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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
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Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
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\"Later this year, she\'ll be inducted into the Women\'s Basketball Hall...
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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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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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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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Janet Bradlow, an insurance agent from New York, New York
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Season 26 3-time champion: $58,000 + $2,000. Janet Bradlow New York,...
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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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Tom Jennings, a maintenance mechanic from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 1-time champion: $24,000 + $2,000.
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Tyler Allard, a senior from Garrett Park, Maryland
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2003 Teen Tournament first runner-up: $28,400.
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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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Mark Eckard, a software designer from Bedford, Massachusetts
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $35,600. 2001 Tournament...
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Jake Houser, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Aptos, California
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"And this straight-A student would like to become a geneticist so...
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Lara Logan, a correspondent from 60 Minutes on CBS
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"Her bold, award-winning reporting has earned her a prominent spot among...
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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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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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Tom Halpern, a lawyer originally from New York, New York
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"A writer and researcher when he won 5 times in 1991,...
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Frank Spangenberg, a lieutenant in the New York Police Department from Douglaston, New York
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"He still holds the record for the most money won in...
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Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
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Dana Delany, an actress from Kidnapped
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"She won two Emmys for playing Army nurse Colleen McMurphy on...
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Soledad O'Brien, a broadcast journalist from CNN's American Morning
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"This broadcast journalist has covered stories all over the world. Since...
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Peggy Noonan, a contributing editor from The Wall Street Journal
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10).
Charity: The Sisters of Life.
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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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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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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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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Charles Shaughnessy, an actor from Mad Men
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"As Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives, he won three...
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Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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Anthony Fox, an account executive from Arlington Heights, Illinois
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Season 27 4-time champion: $51,998 + $1,000. Playing as "Tony", Anthony...
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Michael Blake, a 12-year-old from Hamburg, New York
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"Our top story tonight is this young man, who wants to...
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Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Maria Bartiromo, a business anchor from CNBC
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Charities: National Italian American Foundation...
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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
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Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
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Jeremy Bate, an emergency medical technician and writer from Tujunga, California
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"A second-place finisher in the 2000 Tournament of Champions, he's now...
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Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
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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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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Kathryn Erbe, an actress from Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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"On stage, she earned a 1991 Tony nomination for Speed of...
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from Sherman Oaks, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Julie Bowen, a TV and film actress from Boston Legal, Lost and Modern Family
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"For two seasons, she played attorney Denise Bauer in Boston Legal....
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Kate Waits, a law professor at the University of Tulsa from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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"A Harvard Law graduate when she competed in the 1988 Tournament...
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Frank Spangenberg, a police lieutenant from Douglaston, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Neha Gokhale, a 10-year-old from Houston, Texas
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"Because she liked 4th and 5th grade so much, she wants...
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Ben Lyon, an industrial scaleman from Dallas, Texas
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"Representing the University of Oklahoma, he won the 1995 College Championship....
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Christy Gibson, a family medicine physician from Issaquah, Washington
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Season 28 player (2012-07-09). Christy's ending score of -$6,400 was the...
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Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
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"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
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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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Kathy Fuller, a graduate student from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 6 player (1990-04-05). Season 5 player (1989-04-17). Kathy was brought...
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Stephanie Hull, a graduate student of philosophy from Columbia, Missouri
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Season 31 player (2015-03-12). Stephanie's ending score of -$6,800 was the...
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Heather Chapman, a news assistant from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 24 player (2008-01-04). Heather appeared on Master Minds on 2020-05-07....
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Paige Feldman, a sophomore from St. Louis, Missouri
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2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Cindy Stowell, a science content developer from Austin, Texas
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Season 33 6-time champion: $103,803 + $2,000. Cindy died 2016-12-05, before...
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Kathy Fuller, a graduate student from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 6 player (1990-04-05). Season 5 player (1989-04-17). Kathy was brought...
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John Krizel, a green community program coordinator from Beckley, West Virginia
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer and curriculum developer from Atlanta, Georgia
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"She was a research assistant when she won the Tournament of...
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Phoebe Juel, a bookseller from Sylva, North Carolina
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"She won the 1993 College Championship while attending Grinnell College. Today...
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Dan Katz, a lawyer from Owings Mills, Maryland
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"Since his five wins in 1990, he's seen Bruce Springsteen 16...
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Carol Denny, a writer for a non-profit environmental foundation from Arnold, Maryland
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,199 + $1,000.
Identical twin sister of Season 29 player Chris O'Toole.
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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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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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Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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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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Carol Tierney, an administrative assistant originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 14 player (1998-03-20). Season 14 player (1997-12-05). Jeopardy! returned Carol...
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Lindsey Nicolai, a junior from Hampton, Virginia
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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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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Robin Quivers, a radio and television personality from The Howard Stern Show
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"Howard Stern's news anchor and sidekick for the past 28 years,...
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Nicole Tantoco, a 12-year-old from San Ramon, California
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"She has two simple dreams: to attend Stanford and then become...
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Carol Tierney, a program manager originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 14 player (1998-03-20). Season 14 player (1997-12-05). Jeopardy! returned Carol...
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Whitney Prince, a sophomore from Maryville, Tennessee
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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"In 2003, he became the first to win a quarter of...
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Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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\"He teaches at a school started by the Dominicans of St....
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Rebecca Zoshak, a language specialist from State College, Pennsylvania
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Season 34 1-time champion: $14,407 + $2,000. Rebecca returned to the...
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Cora Peck, a high school teacher and grad student from Aliso Viejo, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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Theo Schiller, a school librarian originally from North Fork, California
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Season 4 player (1988-01-22 & 1988-03-08). Theo was returned to the...
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Sara Leiber McKinney, a teacher originally from Yonkers, New York
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Season 5 player (1989-03-27). Sara was returned to the show in...
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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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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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Ego Nwodim, a comedian from Baltimore, Maryland
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"A comedian from Baltimore, Maryland, her one-woman show enjoyed a sold-out...
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Catherine Briley, a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana
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2012 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $31,000. 17 at...
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Heidi Fogle, a senior from Overland Park, Kansas
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Gretchen Carlson, a journalist from the CBS Saturday Early Show
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"Since winning the 1989 Miss America crown, she's built an extensive...
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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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Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
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2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
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Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
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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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Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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"He was a 2002 Teen Champion. He's now a sophomore at...
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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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Daniel Stauss, a federal claims examiner from Seattle, Washington
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Season 25 1-time champion: $25,500 + $2,000. Daniel Stauss - A...
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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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Deborah Slattery, a homemaker from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 22 2-time champion: $28,300 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: The Bee
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Hon. Margaret Spellings, a U.S. Secretary of Education from Washington, D.C.
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"As an advisor to President George W. Bush, she helped craft...
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Paul Shaffer, a composer and musical director from The Late Show with David Letterman
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"David Letterman's musical director for 24 years, he's also musical producer...
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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