| #9088, aired 2024-04-24 | MOVEMENT $400: Begun in the 1950s, this art movement used everyday objects like comic strips, road signs & (big hint!) soup cans pop art |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | SILENCE! $400: Heavier bells were silenced in this 185-foot landmark in the 1900s to make sure their movement didn't worsen its classic feature the Leaning Tower of Pisa |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | CHANNEL ORANGE $400: In 1568 William I the Silent, Prince of Orange, not so silently led a revolt against Spain by this country that's big on orange the Netherlands |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HEALTH OBSERVANCES $400: The Michael J. Fox Foundation has been a big advocate in designating April as awareness month for this disease Parkinson's |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | FADS $600: Here's our version of this big fad of the 1970s; googly eyes optional a Pet Rock |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WHERE'D YOU "GO"? $7,000 (Daily Double): A city in Colorado was named for this Mexican state that borders Chihuahua Durango |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | NOVEL TITLE CHARACTERS $11,200 (Daily Double): The first name of this title character of a Defoe novel is an old word for a prostitute Moll Flanders |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A CATEGORY MADE OF STEEL $600: In 1983 this 7-foot wrestler defeated Big John Studd in a thrilling steel cage match in the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland André the Giant |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | AN INVITATION TO THE DANCE $800: The Jitterbug & Lindy Hop are this kind of dance that shares its name with the jazzy musical era of the big bands swing |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | THE 14th CENTURY $800: In a big climate switch, the Medieval Warm Period gave way to this "diminutive" era the Little Ice Age |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | TAILOR'S VERSION $1000: Sewn in a double layer, this part of a shirt adds strength & structure at the shoulders, ya big ox! the yoke |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | STATE FLAGS $600: Representations of the North Star & this other night sky feature appear on Alaska's flag the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | TOUGH VOCAB $400: In film when characters explain the plot verbally, it's called this, also the name of a big public fair exposition |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HIP-POP $2000: Hip-hop artist Chris Rivers is the son of this "Big" guy born Christopher Rios, the first Latino solo rapper to go platinum Big Pun |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | THE 3 "R"s $800: Big laxative has made good use in its ads of this word for the problem its products treat irregularity |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | WORDS READ BACKWARDS $600: A word preceding "chart" for a step-by-step guide becomes this big canine wolf (from flow) |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | HISTORIC FIRSTS $600: John Lombe stole silk secrets from Italy & built what's been called the 1st big factory in this period of 18th & 19th century Britain the Industrial Revolution |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | NOTABLE NAMES $1200: This great Italian tenor was in San Francisco when the big earthquake hit in 1906, having sung in "Carmen" the night before Caruso |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $400: It's about 700 arid miles across this country from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf Saudi Arabia |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $800: Its 700,000 square miles of land area are spread across more than 17,000 islands Indonesia |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $1600: It borders Russia, China & nothing else Mongolia |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | 19th CENTURY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $1600: Before he was the big name in New York newspaper publishing, he published "The St. Louis Post-Dispatch" Pulitzer |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $2000: With a population of more than 100 million, it covers about 900,000 square miles in the heart of Africa DRC |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $8,600 (Daily Double): Once claimed by Italy, Cyrenaica is an historic region & former province of this 650,000-square-mile land Libya |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES $200: In 1992 England's top soccer clubs broke away from their historic football league to form this elite entity the Premier League |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES $400: In 2020 MLB gave retroactive major league status to 7 of these leagues that existed from 1920 to 1948 the Negro Leagues |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES $600: In 1924 the NHL added its first U.S. team, this New England squad the Boston Bruins |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES $800: The Indiana Pacers debuted in 1967 in this new big league; it's gone, but the team is still around the ABA |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES $1000: This league's 20-yard-deep end zone means Cody Fajardo has more options close to the goal line than Patrick Mahomes does the CFL (Canadian Football League) |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | UNDERGROUND $1200: Seen here is an old elevated highway in Boston & the same area after the road was buried as part of the huge project called this the Big Dig |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | THE TALLEST ONE $1200: On the 2001 World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks "the Big Unit" Randy Johnson |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | UNUSUAL WORDS $400: Those on the Big Island of Hawaii are familiar with the basaltic lava whose name consists of just this letter twice A |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | 1924 $1600: Published in 1924, her novel "So Big" was so big that it would win a Pulitzer Prize the next year Edna Ferber |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | WORDS IN COLONEL JESSUP'S BIG SPEECH $200: It's said there are "three sides to every story: yours, mine" & this the truth |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $200: Kangaroos & wallabies are members of the Macropodidae family, meaning "big" these big feet |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | GETTING TOGETHER $200: Games played at this type of party include bobbing for pacifiers & guess how big Mom's belly is a baby shower |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | WORDS IN COLONEL JESSUP'S BIG SPEECH $400: The spinal column, or firmness of character backbone |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | WORDS IN COLONEL JESSUP'S BIG SPEECH $600: You don't want plaque building up in these of your arteries walls |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | WORDS IN COLONEL JESSUP'S BIG SPEECH $800: Great material comfort, or anything you enjoy but don't need a luxury |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | WORDS IN COLONEL JESSUP'S BIG SPEECH $1000: Hideous, or the style of art seen here grotesque |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | NUMERIC MOVIE TITLES $2000: Mike Myers played legendary Big Apple nightclub owner Steve Rubell in this drama about a club Steve ran 54 |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | PLACE NAME ETYMOLOGIES $200: In biblical city names, Bethel is Hebrew for "house of God" & this city big in the New Testament means "house of bread" Bethlehem |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | NAME, IMAGE, LIKENESS $400: It's the big-legacy last name of Arch, who signed an NIL deal before throwing his first pass in college football Manning |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | SHALL WE DANCE? $200: This dance music was big in 1977 but by '79 a "Demolition Night" promo at Comiskey Park led to a bonfire in center field & a riot disco |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | INAUGURAL ADDRESSES $2,800 (Daily Double): Taft talked of the building of this "controlled by Colonel Goethals & his fellow Army engineers" the Panama Canal |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | ALL THINGS DISNEY $800: This song from "Three Little Pigs" became a rallying cry against the Great Depression & the rise of Hitler "Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?" |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | MEMORY $800: A vivid memory of learning big news is a this "memory", named for a lighting accessory of mid-20th century news photography flashbulb |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | CONDIMENTS $200: The song "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies says, "Hot like" this Japanese condiment "when I bust rhymes, big like LeAnn Rimes" wasabi |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | HOW MANY TIMES? $1600: Jimmy Connors & Novak Djokovic just before serving a big point:
As many as 30 times or more bounce the ball |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | FUN & GAMES $600: In 2023 Post Malone paid big bucks for a card from this enduring card game that featured the One Ring from "The Lord of the Rings" Magic: The Gathering |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | MR. STEVE MARTIN $1200: This title Daryl Hannah character says to Steve, "You have a big nose! You have a beautiful, great, big, flesh-&-bone nose!" Roxanne |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $1200: Though he depicted a different river in "Rapids of the Susquehanna", Frederic Edwin Church was a big man in this "School" the Hudson River School |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | HEAVY $800: Detroit's big fist honoring this "Brown Bomber" & boxing champ is a heavyweight itself at about 8,000 pounds Joe Louis |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | DEALING WITH THINGS DIPLOMATICALLY $5,000 (Daily Double): The 6th century Peloponnesian League was a coalition of city-states led by this one big on the military Sparta |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | SNAKES IN A BOOK $800: On his third voyage, this hero of "The Arabian Nights" lands on an island home to a man-eating snake as big as a palm tree Sinbad |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | LENDING YOU A POKER HAND $400: Paul Newman uses more than luck & skill to get the 4 jacks that beat Robert Shaw in this 1973 movie about a big con The Sting |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $600: (I'm Boomer Esiason representing left-handed quarterbacks.) Us southpaws need someone solid at right tackle like John Vella for Ken Stabler in Super Bowl XI, to protect this area where we can't see the big guys coming the blind side |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $800: (J.J. Watt here speaking for the defensive linemen.) After leading the NFL in sacks a few times, I love to see 'em in the big games; in 1986, this team had a record-tying seven, including ones by Richard Dent & Dan "The Danimal" Hampton Da Bears |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | AT THE TINY DESK CONCERT $400: This woman + The Machine performed "Ship To Wreck" from their album "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful" Florence |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | TRICKS OF THE SHOW BIZ TRADE $1600: Film composers sync their scores using this measurement that's also big in EDM; 60 goes well with a slow scene, 140 is more pumped BPM (beats per minute) |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | NOTHING BUT MAMMALS $1600: Check out the big feet on this hare, perfect for what it walks & runs on a snowshoe hare |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | SCIENTIFIC & MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS $200: You deserve a big bear hug if you known that UMa is an abbreviation for this constellation Ursa Major |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | RHYMING FOLKS $400: Nicknamed "The Big Aristotle", this big Basketball Hall of Famer hosts "The Big Podcast" Shaquille O'Neal |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS $600: We're one big island! (& several small ones); lemur entertain you! (Disclaimer: Lemurs will not, repeat not, speak to you) Madagascar |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $1600: In the woodblock print "Under the Wave Off Kanagawa", this big peak appears within the hollow of a large wave Mount Fuji |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: The Pritzker School of Law is part of this "directional" Big Ten school Northwestern |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | ENGINEERING $1200: This machine part "ratio" tells you how many times a little wheel has to turn for the big wheel it meshes with to turn once the gear ratio |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | WHIRLED CAPITALS $800: It's big in antiquity: HASTEN Athens |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | ON MY HISTORIC CV $1000: 1351 B.C.: Egyptian queen 1,300 years before Cleopatra; 1912: portrait bust discovered in ruins of Amarna workshop, big hit at museum Nefertiti |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | THE ERRORS TOUR $600: Thank you on behalf of this group, but the 15 songs they cut on Jan. 1, 1962 in London did not pass Decca Records' audition... D'oh! The Beatles |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | CONSTELLATIONS $200: The Autumn Dipper, often mistaken for the big one, has a bowl made of stars in this "winged horse" constellation Pegasus |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | 3-LETTER, 3-LETTER $400: It refers to the main tent of a circus, or the circus itself the big top |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | MOVIES IN REWIND $1200: In 1954 a big new guy in town strolls around a world capital, rebuilding entire structures & repairing broken power stations Godzilla |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | BOX OFFICE SLEEPERS $300: To celebrate the 30th anniversary of "Sleepless in Seattle" in 2023, this Big Apple landmark displayed a heart on its spire the Empire State Building |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | OZZY OSBOURNE'S FAVORITE SONGS $1200: Ozzy is a big fan of The Animals' cover of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", originally recorded by this "High Priestess of Soul" Nina Simone |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | BOX OFFICE SLEEPERS $1,500 (Daily Double): "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" introduced the idea that this household cleaner could cure anything, "from psoriasis to poison ivy" Windex |
| #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 |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WHAT A "DAY" $800: The U.S. Army first used this term in 1918 to designate September 12 for the launch of a big attack in France D-Day |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | IT'S GETTING COLD IN HERRE $3,000 (Daily Double): On Feb. 3, 1996 the Star Tribune & the Pioneer Press headlined a big stat for these 2 adjoining cities: -60 degrees Minneapolis & St. Paul |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | PAINFUL MEMORIES $1600: High in anthocyanins, cherries may ease pain from this arthritis often in the big toe & caused by excess uric acid gout |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | BORN ON JAN. 17 $400: Some point the finger at him in the 1920 whacking of Johnny Torio's boss, "Big Jim" Colosimo Al Capone |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | THE FIST & THE FURIOUS MOVIES $400: Bob Barker throws 8 solid left jabs before putting this title golfer in the water hazard with a big right Happy Gilmore |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | AROUND THE GLOBE $600: The Tian Shan Mountains separate Kyrgyzstan from this big neighbor to the south & east China |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | POLITICS AS UNUSUAL $1000: With saving salmon fishing as her big issue, in 2022 Mary Peltola beat this woman & became the first Alaska native in Congress Sarah Palin |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | BALLET $800: Oddly, Little Red Riding Hood & the Big Bad Wolf appear in the wedding scene of this Tchaikovsky fairy tale ballet Sleeping Beauty |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE MOUNT RUSHMORE OF... $200: Will Ferrell films: "Old School", "Anchorman", "Step Brothers" & this comedy set in the Big Apple & the North Pole Elf |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | KURT RUSSELL FILMS $500: Kurt has said that his most iconic character is "Snake" Plissken, the antihero of this film set in a dystopian Big Apple Escape from New York |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | DOUBLE TALK GEOGRAPHY $400: This community in southeastern Pennsylvania gave its name to a convenience store chain very big in Penn. & nearby Wawa |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | JUST DESERTS $1000: La Guajira desert is connected by gas pipeline to nearby Barranquilla in this South American country Colombia |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | GAME SHOWS IN THE MOVIES $1200: Dev Patel wins big on a game show in this 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | EPISODES OF THE SITCOM $800: "The Hofstadter Isotope" &
"The Wedding Gift Wormhole" The Big Bang Theory |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | OLD YORK, OLD YORK $800: The Sixth, a York-based Roman legion, was big in the making of the wall begun in 122 A.D. on the orders of this emperor Hadrian |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | NATIONAL ANIMALS $600: This big mammal is the national animal of Bangladesh, & please be specific a Bengal tiger |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | WORLD OF FIRST NAMES $800: Many boys in Latin America have names of the big archangels: Gabriel, Rafael & this Spanish name Miguel |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | SPORTS TAKES $1000: An unwritten rule of baseball is to take (not swing) on this count, especially if your team has a big lead 3-0 |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | NUMERICAL PLACE NAMES $300: This strip of land in the Susquehanna River, seen here, was the scene of a big scare in 1979 Three Mile Island |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | ANIMAL IDIOM BRAINTEASERS $400: You are in big trouble:
Y.G.I.C. your goose is cooked |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | KITTY LIT $2,200 (Daily Double): The big cat who frees Narnia from the rule of the White Witch goes by this name Aslan |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | OUR WOMAN IN THE FIELD $800: Pretty big in the legal field, she got judicial appointments from Bush I, Clinton & finally Obama in 2009 Sotomayor |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | LINES IN CLASSIC NOVELS $1000: This Sinclair Lewis guy hears "Preacher... damned if I'm going to watch you seducing the first girl you get your big sweaty hands on" Elmer Gantry |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | BIG & LITTLE GEOGRAPHY $200: Named for a hometown general, MacArthur Park in this Arkansas city contains his birthplace Little Rock |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | BIG & LITTLE GEOGRAPHY $400: Little & Big Diomede islands are found in this strait that separates the U.S. & Russia the Bering Strait |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | BIG & LITTLE GEOGRAPHY $600: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park lies within this scenic California region that's just south of Monterey Big Sur |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | BIG & LITTLE GEOGRAPHY $800: Thought to have been used by Hannibal, Little Saint Bernard Pass lies between the Graian Alps & this 15,800-foot French-Italian peak Mont Blanc |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | BIG & LITTLE GEOGRAPHY $1000: Big Cypress National Preserve abuts this more expansive national park in Florida the Everglades |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | CHILD PERFORMERS $400: Darby Camp was Reese Witherspoon's daughter on "Big Little Lies" & had this dog of problematic size in a 2021 movie Clifford the Big Red Dog |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | THOSE WHO CELEBRATE $800: Just before a big U.S. holiday, our northern neighbors celebrate Canada Day on this date July 1st |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | NATIVE AMERICANS $200: Mescalero Apaches refer to this big predator as "my grandfather" & forbid bringing its claws or skins onto their reservation bears |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | PRESIDENTS NOT PRESIDENTING $200: According to Carl Sandburg, this jacked 6'4" skilled wrestler was known to taunt, "I'm the big buck of this lick" Lincoln |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | PRESIDENTS NOT PRESIDENTING $1000: A big cockfight enthusiast, this man was known to yell "Twenty dollars on my Bernadotte!" outside the Old Nashville Inn Andrew Jackson |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | LITERAL NATIONAL NAMES $400: Almost as big as the continental U.S., it's the "southern" land Australia |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | CHICAGO $200: A big motorboat dyes the Chicago River & a smaller one churns the water to get it green in about 45 minutes to celebrate this annual event St. Patrick's Day |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | A VERY HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIE $200: Danica McKellar is a big-city event planner who goes home to Tenn. to work a "Christmas at" this theme park... & maybe find love Dollywood |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | SAY, "BUSTER" $400: Originally meaning a very big bomb, now it's a movie that's a very big not bomb a blockbuster |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | EUR"O"s $1200: What's that smell? Must be all the industrial pollution in this big river that forms part of the Poland-Germany border the Oder |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | FIRST LADIES' MAIDEN NAMES $2000: A big help to her disabled husband:
Edith Bolling Wilson |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | BROWNIAN NOTIONS $1200: He said he knew "slave-holders" would not give up their slaves "till they felt a big stick about their heads" John Brown |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT $2000: In the final scene of this film, Secondo makes a frittata for Brother Primo in the Paradise restaurant Big Night |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | OSCAR, MEYER, WIENER $400: On the small screen, he starred in "Moon Knight"; on the big screen, "The Force Awakens" & "Inside Llewyn Davis", among others Oscar Isaac |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | OKLAHOMA! $400: It's Oklahoma's leading crop & is especially big in the north, near the Kansas border wheat |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | OUT OF CON TEXT $400: By Stephen King: "The inmates made jokes about the chair... they called it Old Sparky, or the Big Juicy" The Green Mile |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | CELEBRITY TELL-ALLS $600: "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing":
He revealed that future editions of his memoir will not include Keanu Reeves Matthew Perry |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | LITERARY TOURISM $1000: Have a pint at Pete's Tavern in the Big Apple but don't expect to get the booth where O. Henry wrote this poignant Christmas story "The Gift of the Magi" |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | WELCOME TO THE WHITE HOUSE $1500: At the White House during AAPI Heritage Month in 2022, this boy band spoke to the press in English & Korean about Asian inclusion BTS |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | MOVIE DIRECTORS $800: In the '80s this sitcom actress made a successful move to directing with "Jumpin' Jack Flash" & "Big" Penny Marshall |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE… $1600: Georges Seurat painted "A Sunday on" this island, literally "the big platter" La Grande Jatte |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD $200: Pennsport & Northern Liberties are neighborhoods in this big city Philadelphia |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FILMS TURNING THE BIG FOUR-OH $100: Al Pacino permanently damaged his nasal passages from snorting so much fake cocaine in this crime drama Scarface |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FILMS TURNING THE BIG FOUR-OH $200: Three Stephen King novels made it to the big screen in 1983: "The Dead Zone", "Christine", & this film about a rabid St. Bernard Cujo |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FILMS TURNING THE BIG FOUR-OH $300: In "A Christmas Story", Ralphie says the "Queen Mother of dirty words" but this other "F" word is swapped in to keep it clean fudge |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FILMS TURNING THE BIG FOUR-OH $400: Thanks to the Griswolds' pea-green Family Truckster, sales of these plummeted after the release of "Vacation" a station wagon |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FILMS TURNING THE BIG FOUR-OH $500: Meryl Streep & Nora Ephron first worked together on this film about a nuclear facility whistleblower Silkwood |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | COMMUNICATION $400: This "fruity" smartphone was a big hit when it debuted in 2002... then came the iPhone & Android the BlackBerry |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | COMMUNICATION $1600: Before home pay-per-view, if you wanted to see a big fight like Ali-Frazier, you went to a theater to watch it on CCTV, this closed-circuit television |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | SPRINGSTEEN LYRICS $800: "I had a friend was a big baseball player back in high school he could throw that speedball by you..." "Glory Days" |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | GOBS OF GODS $800: A crater on the big island of Hawaii is said to be the home of this goddess, she, who devours the land Pele |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | IN COGNITO $1000: This hybrid offspring of two big cats a tigon |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | GOBS OF GODS $1000: This chief defender of Asgard had a big cult following in Uppsala Thor |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | SCIENCE MUSEUMS $1000: Hey, fulcrum lovers! At Columbus, Ohio's Center of Science & Industry, kids can lift a 2,437-lb. car using this bar a lever |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | '90s MUSIC $400: After years as a backup singer, she hit it big in 1994 with "All I Wanna Do" Sheryl Crow |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | FROM THE ITALIAN $2000: Somewhere along the line this instrument's name lost its big finish of "forte" piano |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: In 2018 Jaap van Zweden left the Dallas Symphony to become the maestro of this Big Apple band the New York Philharmonic |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | DUDE-ER-ONOMY $400: This actor played a Lebowski, not the Big Lebowski, but the dude abides Jeff Bridges |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | HAIKU ABOUT THE POET $1000: A joy forever / Big "into Chapman's Homer" / Tuberculosis Keats |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | BIG-SCREEN ELVIS $200: "King Creole", Elvis' favorite of his 31 films, was the first shot on location--the French Quarter in this city New Orleans |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | BIG-SCREEN ELVIS $400: An ad for this film said, "It's that 'go-go' guy (Elvis) and that 'bye-bye' gal (Ann-Margret) in the fun capital of the world!" Viva Las Vegas |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | BIG-SCREEN ELVIS $600: "Ku-U-I-Po" & "Island Of Love" are on the soundtrack of this "colorful" movie, a No. 1 album for 20 weeks Blue Hawaii |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | BIG-SCREEN ELVIS $800: In 1963 he was the kid who kicked Elvis in "It Happened at the World's Fair"; 16 years later, he played Elvis on TV Kurt Russell |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | BIG-SCREEN ELVIS $1000: Elvis' last feature, with Mary Tyler Moore as a nun, was called "Change of" this--get it? Habit |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | IT JUST SOUNDS QUESTIONABLE $1600: Term for a Buddhist temple, there's a big one in Angkor wat |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | RIGHT "U-R" $300: A purveyor of cowboy equipment, Big Bend Saddlery in Alpine, TX offers many varieties of this cowboy boot accessory spur |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | LET'S GO LOBSTERING $800: The American lobster is basically differentiated from the Pacific one by having these big enough to eat claws |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | PRODUCE $200: Big on vitamins A & C, this leafy vegetable also has a lot of fiber & acts as a mild laxative; look out, sailor man! spinach |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | AMERICAN BRIDGES $600: Seen here, the so-called Bunker Hill Bridge was built as part of this city's Big Dig project Boston |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $600: It's the former boy band of Harry Styles
_ _ E / _ I _ E _ _ I O _ One Direction |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | A CATEGORY FULL OF COR(E)YS $1200: Cory Doctorow's somewhat Orwellian look at the near future isn't called "Big" this but "Little" this Brother |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $4,000 (Daily Double): Emma Calvé might have tired of the habanera when she set a Met record singing this role 138 times Carmen |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | SMART ANSWERS $1200: In a Jay McInerney book title, these 2 words precede "Big City" Bright Lights |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | JUSTIN TIME $600: Him, as Sean Parker in "The Social Network": "You don't even know what the thing is yet, how big it can get, how far it can go" Justin Timberlake |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | FAMILY DRAMA $800: The Pollitts get together to celebrate Big Daddy's 65th birthday in this play; family drama ensues Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | HISTORIC QUOTES REPHRASED $400: Teddy Roosevelt, 1901: "Treat others with respect, but make sure they know your military could still kick their ass" speak softly, and carry a big stick |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $600: After all the gelato, I feel as big as a balena, one of these a whale |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT? $1600: "In the Big Rock Candy Mountain, the jails are made of" this; "you can slip right out again as soon as they put you in" tin |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | THE LITERARY CHARACTER WHO SAID... $3,200 (Daily Double): "What did it matter where you lay once you were dead?... You were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that" Philip Marlowe |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | BACK TO SCHOOL, SPORTS STAR $400: After finishing online, this big sis stopped by Indiana University East to pick up her BS on the way to a nearby tennis tournament Venus Williams |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | AWARDS & HONORS $600: Sign language played a big part in this 1980 Tony Award winner for Best Play Children of a Lesser God |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | YOU NEED TO CLEAR THAT UP $800: "Big" is found within this big word that means "open to interpretation" ambiguous |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | BOOK CLUB $800: Sherlock's big brother, he could be found every evening at the Diogenes Club Mycroft |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | BASEBALL MOVIE HAIKU $1600: Annie's got problems/ Nuke & Crash are enamored/ The "big show" awaits Bull Durham |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | BOOK CLUB $8,000 (Daily Double): A 1989 bestseller begins, "My father has asked me to be the fourth corner at" this the Joy Luck Club |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | BIG DOGS AS LITTLE PUPPIES $200: Once known as the butcher's dog because they protected cattle, this dog breed is also called the Rottie a Rottweiler |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | BIG DOGS AS LITTLE PUPPIES $400: A dog de Bordeaux, like the pup seen here, was Tom Hanks' co-star in this 1989 movie Turner & Hooch |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | BIG DOGS AS LITTLE PUPPIES $600: Here's the great this, a breed named after the mountain range that separates France & Spain Pyrenees |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | FICTIONAL TV TOWNS $800: Capeside, Massachusetts (a small town with a big teen angst problem) Dawson's Creek |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | BIG DOGS AS LITTLE PUPPIES $800: The puppy seen here is a Bernese Mountain Dog, named after one of this country's cantons Switzerland |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | BIG DOGS AS LITTLE PUPPIES $1000: You get a Scooby snack if you know that this large dog breed originated in Germany, not Denmark as its name might suggest a Great Dane |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | TRAVEL TEXAS $3,000 (Daily Double): Named for its location on the Rio Grande, this national park is popular with birders as it is home to over 400 species Big Bend National Park |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | LITERARY POP $1200: This technomusician got his name from a book about a big ocean mammal Moby |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | MOVIES AS TV NEWS STORIES $800: A young man from Mumbai won big on a game show tonight; the winning final answer? Aramis, from "The Three Musketeers"! Slumdog Millionaire |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | BIG-SCREEN BALLADS $200: When she performed "Crazy For You" in the high school wrestling film "Vision Quest" this pop star was virtually unknown Madonna |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | BIG-SCREEN BALLADS $400: Richard Gere sweeps Debra Winger off her feet to the tune of "Up Where We Belong" in the final scene of this '80s tearjerker An Officer and a Gentleman |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | THE MEDI-VERSE $500 (Daily Double): Development of the fighter pilot's G-suit is one of the breakthroughs from this clinic whose name sounds like a deli condiment the Mayo Clinic |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | BIG-SCREEN BALLADS $600: In "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" she rocked a chainmail dress & she sang the film's power ballad "We Don't Need Another Hero" Tina Turner |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | BIG-SCREEN BALLADS $800: A rare pop song that features an oboe solo, this cryptic ballad by Seal became a smash hit after appearing in "Batman Forever" "Kiss From A Rose" |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | BIG-SCREEN BALLADS $1000: At a Hollywood Bowl concert in 2012, Peter Gabriel played this song from "Say Anything" after John Cusack took the stage with a boombox "In Your Eyes" |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | FIGHTERS $200: This MMA champ made her big screen debut among some veteran actions stars in "The Expendables 3" Ronda Rousey |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | NATIVE AMERICANS $600: Big Cypress Reservation is home to this "tribe of Florida" the Seminoles |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | FURNITURE $3,000 (Daily Double): This name was once used for a divan introduced to Europe from Turkey; today it's a low footstool an ottoman |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | BIG-SCREEN BASKETBALL $100: This former "Cheers" bartender is the white man who jumps in "White Men Can't Jump" Woody Harrelson |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | BIG-SCREEN BASKETBALL $200: 1997.
Five words: state championship clinched by dog Air Bud |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | BIG-SCREEN BASKETBALL $300: The title of 2020 documentary "The Last Dance" comes from words emblazoned on the front of this team's 1997-98 playbook the Chicago Bulls |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | BIG-SCREEN BASKETBALL $400: Is there anything Denzel Washington can't do?! Turns out he's even good at basketball, as seen in this 1998 joint He Got Game |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | BIG-SCREEN BASKETBALL $500: Roger Ebert called this 1994 doc the best film of the 1990s, & "one of the great moviegoing experiences of my lifetime" Hoop Dreams |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUT OF BREATH $800: During World War I, Germany deployed a massive, fort-demolishing howitzer nicknamed Big this Bertha |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | WHAT'S IN THAT CHIP $400: The Chinese have apparently been big fans of chips that combine lemon with the flavor of this ubiquitous beverage tea |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | INDIANA WANTS YOU $800: Indiana's 50th governor, he slashed state taxes & in 2017 moved on to a big job in Washington Pence |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | THAT'S JUST OFFAL $200: This organ meat is great for protein, vitamin A & iron, but animal rights activists have big problems with foie gras the liver |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | SCOTLAND $400: A symbol of pride & untameability, & big with "My Little Pony" fans, this national animal is a symbol of the push for independence a unicorn |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | THINKING OF UKRAINE $400: Ukraine produces much of the world's oil from these big yellow flowers, a national symbol sunflowers |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE NEW YORK KNOCKS $800: In their 1979 Top 40 hit "Shattered", this group sang, "Go ahead, bite the Big Apple, don't mind the maggots"... shadoobie The Rolling Stones |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $200: The innermost yellow rings on one in Olympic archery score 9 or 10 points target |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $400: The Lone Star State's sax & violins Texas instruments |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $600: Something belonging jointly to actors Bautista & Keaton Dave & Buster's |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $800: For foreign workers in the states, one might be H-1B or H-2A visa |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $1000: One who is in charge of exam surveillance & make a wager proctor & gamble |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | THIRST $800: A commercial featuring thirsty polar bears called "Northern Lights" was a big hit for this brand Coca-Cola |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | IN YOUR ELEMENT $1000: Time to find out who's got the big mo, & this big Mo helps stimulate chemical reactions that get rid of sulfur in petroleum molybdenum |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | CELEB LIT BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Paul Blart portrayer takes a ride on a really big piece of fruit Kevin James and the Giant Peach |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | POP CULTURE $400: Caroll Spinney was the original puppeteer for both Oscar the Grouch & this feathered resident of "Sesame Street" Big Bird |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | 3 CONSECUTIVE CONSONANTS $400: You're not outta your gourd! You're into this gourd that's big on Oct. 31 a pumpkin |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | STRAIGHT FIRE $1000: Beats by this guy is known for its headphones Dr. Dre |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | WORLD OF BARBIE $200: In 2023 she & Ryan Gosling were the leads for a big-screen live-action "Barbie" adventure Margot Robbie |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | BRITISH LITERATURE $2000: Her scary story "The Birds" became a scary big-screen thriller (Daphne) du Maurier |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | RETITLED MOVIE ADAPTATIONS $600: Peter George's novel "Red Alert" got this title when Stanley Kubrick made it into an apocalyptic big screen black comedy Dr. Strangelove |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | THE BAR MITZVAH BOY $800: Then still named Lifshitz, this man with plenty of fashion sense chose a blue blazer for his big day Ralph Lauren |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | DUAL BIOGRAPHIES $800: Delve into this country's history with "Big Fellow, Long Fellow: A Joint Biography of Collins & de Valera" Ireland |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | THIS AMERICAN LAKE $1200: The name of this freshwater lake shared by 2 western states is from a Washoe word for "lake"; hope you win big at Harrah's too Tahoe |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | OLD HOLLYWOOD SCRIBES $1600: Who killed the chauffeur in this film with Bogie as Philip Marlowe? The screenwriters & Raymond Chandler didn't know either The Big Sleep |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | YOU'VE GOT SOME BAGGAGE $400: At a time when this type of big travel case often had a round top, Louis Vuitton's 1858 Trianon was the first boxy type a trunk |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: The nickname of disease spreader Ms. Mallon gets a big break on Broadway in a show about a nanny for the Banks family Typhoid Mary Poppins |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | FASHION OLD & NEW $200: A bright color palette that was big in the '80s & has made a comeback on the festival scene is called this, like a noble gas neon |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66 $1600: Visit the Mining Museum in Galena, Kansas, a small town that was big in mining this metal obtained from galena lead |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | THE SONGS OF MAX MARTIN $800: The first musical number in "& Juliet" has William Shakespeare performing this Backstreet Boys song
"All you people can't you see, can't you see /
How your love's affecting our reality" "Larger Than Life" |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | COLLEGE TUITION: THEN & NOW $1000: This Big Ten school kept things steady for in-state Indiana residents; general service tuition was $9,992 in 2012 & in '23 Purdue |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | WHO'S THAT POET? $1600: "Big Shoulders" to cry on; Spanish-American War vet; his kind of town, "Chicago" is Sandburg |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | FAMILIES IN U.S. HISTORY $600: Marjorie Durant, who set out to popularize airplane travel in 1931, was the daughter of the founder of this Big 3 car company General Motors |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | ANIMAL EXPRESSIONS $1000: "Un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine" is the French equivalent of this expression featuring a different big animal a bull in a china shop |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | FLOWERY POETRY & PROSE $3,100 (Daily Double): The Spike Jonze film "Adaptation" is about trying to bring this steal of a book by Susan Orlean to the big screen The Orchid Thief |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | READING WITH JENNA BUSH HAGER $400: (Jenna Bush Hager presents the clue.) One of my club picks for 2023 is "Black Candle Women" by Diane Marie Brown, about four generations of women who live under one roof & have a big secret--a love curse relating to a Voodoo sorceress in this Southern city that links the story back to the 1950s New Orleans |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | REVIVAL $1000: A 1949 article said the revival meetings of this male evangelist drew more than 20,000 people "in the big tent" (Billy) Graham |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | DOUBLE-VOWEL PLACES $1,800 (Daily Double): The sea of this, a name big in the Bible, is really a freshwater lake that gets most of its inflow from the Jordan River the Sea of Galilee |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | WALKING & TALKING $2000: A song from this musical says, "The minute you walked in the joint, I could see you were a man of distinction, a real big spender" Sweet Charity |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | 7-LETTER WORDS $800: A type of lettuce, or a big object produced by a process called calving iceberg |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | KANDER & EBB MUSICALS $400: In 2023, at age 96, John Kander put the finishing touches on this musical whose title is the duo's famous ode to the Big Apple New York, New York |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | MYTH MISERY $600: Let's just say Zeus was disappointed this god gave fire to humans, nailing him to a big rock & having his liver eaten repeatedly Prometheus |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | A TV SERIES $1000: This big fella on "Game of Thrones": Conan Stevens, Ian Whyte, Hafthor Julius Bjornsson The Mountain (Gregor Clegane) |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | NAMES IN HISTORY $1200: Last name of Bronson, a teacher & abolitionist who lived in poverty until his daughter made it big in books in the 19th century Alcott |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | U.S. CITY OF THE BOOK $800: "A Confederacy of Dunces":
not so easy for the Big Guy New Orleans |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | ALL SHAPES & SIZES $800: These 2 sizes for coffee at Starbucks are from the Italian for "twenty" & "big" grande & venti |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | RIOTS IN HISTORY $600: The 7th New York Infantry returned from this big battle to help deal with the July 1863 draft riots in New York City Gettysburg |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | WELCOME TO THE BIG URBAN AREA $200: This urban area of about 37 million is also home to Shinjuku Station, the world's busiest train station Tokyo |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | WELCOME TO THE BIG URBAN AREA $400: This Chinese area of about 7.5 million has seen a drop in population accompanying a political crackdown Hong Kong |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | WELCOME TO THE BIG URBAN AREA $600: The biggest urban area in its country, this city has almost 3 times the people of No. 2 Medellín Bogotá |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | WELCOME TO THE BIG URBAN AREA $1000: In the city of 9.3 million, now named for this man, the War Remnants Museum was previously the Museum of Chinese & American War Crimes Ho Chi Minh City |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | WELCOME TO THE BIG URBAN AREA $3,200 (Daily Double): Due south of Egypt, this capital with about 6 million people began as an Egyptian army camp in 1821 Khartoum |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | THE HYPOCRITIC OAF $400: This guy who warned of Big Brother watching you gave a list of suspected Communists to the British government George Orwell |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | PRIDE OF THE MUSEUM $400: The sex of the big T. rex at Chicago's Field Museum is unknown; it's nicknamed this after the woman who discovered it Sue |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | POLICY $400: Based on a quote from him, the "big stick" policy was the popular name for this president's foreign affairs strategy Teddy Roosevelt |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $400: "B":
an especially big payment that comes due at the end of a loan a balloon |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | IT CAME FROM NEW JERSEY $400: Songs in this Broadway show include "Walk Like A Man" & "Big Girls Don't Cry" Jersey Boys |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | WHO REIGNED IN ENGLAND WHEN... $800: Lewis & Clark went on their big walkabout George III |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | OF FUELS $200: The Space Shuttles' engines were powered by liquid this, which was mixed with liquid oxygen to set off a big reaction (liquid) hydrogen |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | MISHEARD LYRICS $600: In "We Will Rock You", this group did not sing, "You got mud on your face, you big disgrace, kicking your cat all over the place" Queen |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | THAT MUSICAL ACT IS UNREAL! $400: As David St. Hubbins of this band, Michael McKean sang, "Big bottom drive me out of my mind, how can I leave this behind?" Spinal Tap |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | THAT MUSICAL ACT IS UNREAL! $800: The Wonders broke into the big time in this 1996 film with the title song, written for real by the late, great Adam Schlesinger That Thing You Do! |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | RANDOM FACTS $1600: Pope Francis was selected for the big job by one of these special assemblies of the College of Cardinals a conclave |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | NIGHT SKIES $200: With a small telescope & averted vision, it's possible to see the galaxy M51 near the handle of this asterism the Big Dipper |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | BIRTHSTONES $400: Big in the Southwest, it's one of the birthstones for December turquoise |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $400: They're the people seen here who help make sure the big day goes off smoothly groomsmen |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | AMERICAN CAVES $1600: The Giant Dome & Twin Domes are quite a sight, & don't miss the Big Room when visiting this national park in New Mexico Carlsbad Caverns |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $2000: Seen here is a work of the Venetian Renaissance by this painter, whose name means "Big George" Giorgione |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | J NOT SOUNDING LIKE JUH $400: This Scandinavian first name that's big in baby carriers means "bear" Bjorn |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | DADJECTIVES $1000: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" features this "Daddy" Big Daddy |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | POP SONGS $600: This NBA big man's 1994 rap song "Biological Didn't Bother" is dedicated to his stepfather Shaq (Shaquille O'Neal) |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | PETS ON FILM $400: Bong Joon Ho's 2017 film "Okja" is about a big one of these who has been genetically engineered by an evil corporation pig |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | PETS ON FILM $1,000 (Daily Double): The title of this 2003 film about a big dog is also a symphony that premiered in 1808 in Vienna Beethoven's 5th |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | STARTS WITH "W" $1600: For a big discovery around 1912, Tom Slick was dubbed a king of this type of speculative oil drilling with a feline name wildcatting |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | HAIRY STYLES $200: The center part was big in this decade, when the photo here was taken the '90s |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $400: Ryan Gosling & Christian Bale see bad times ahead in this 2015 movie about mortgage banking & more The Big Short |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | HAIRY STYLES $400: Big in the '60s, a Beatle haircut is also called by this rhyming name a mop top |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $800: Seen here, Lil Rel Howery eased the tension a bit as Daniel Kaluuya's wisecracking bud in this 2017 horror film Get Out |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $1200: On "Parks & Rec" this 4-legged phenom was Pawnee's biggest star; Andy sang "5,000 Candles In The Wind" at his memorial Li'l Sebastian |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $1600: Before "Everything Everywhere All at Once", Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert directed "Turn Down for What" by DJ Snake & this rapper Lil Jon |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | YES, YOU CANAL $1600: The Moscow Canal links Russia's capital to this big river the Volga |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $2000: Al Capp created this comic strip set in good ol' Dogpatch Li'l Abner |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | NONFICTION TV $800: The final leg of this show had Derek & Claire get their Jack Daniel's on (at the distillery) before winning big after 16 cities The Amazing Race |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | YOU HAVE SELECTED REGICIDE $1000: Welsh foot soldiers wielding halberds are said to be behind the big blow to the base of the skull of this king at Bosworth Richard III |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | 3 THINGS ABOUT THE CITY $800: Had the Olympics; locals call a seasonal stiff wind the "southerly buster" & a big local bridge, the Coat Hanger Sydney |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | DISNEY ENDINGS $1200: Tadashi dies in a fire in this 2014 movie, leaving Hiro devastated, but Baymax is there for him Big Hero 6 |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | DISNEY ENDINGS $1600: In this 1986 classic Basil of Baker Street survives a fall from Big Ben, but the evil Ratigan is not so lucky The Great Mouse Detective |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | MICHAEL J. FOX $1000: (Michael J. Fox presents the clue.) In 1988, I starred in the movie "Bright Lights, Big City," based on the novel this man famously wrote in the second person McInerney |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | HORROR MOVIES $800: This title girl from a 2018 movie came & gave without taking & they took her away from Nic Cage; big mistake--he's good with a chainsaw Mandy |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | A CENTURY OF TIME MAGAZINE COVERS $2000: Wartime cover subjects have included May 18, 1942's "Nimitz, Commander" here--a big place to be in charge of the Pacific |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $800: In a 1984 Wendy's ad Clara Peller was not a fan of big buns, hon & asked this 3-word question; now you will, too Where's the beef? |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $1200: In 1780, this earl won big against Horatio Gates in South Carolina; we can't talk of what happened about a year later at Yorktown Cornwallis |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | PURE POETRY $800: (Ada Limón reads.) I'm a big fan of this strong metrical foot that consists of two stressed syllables, like the title of my poem "Dead Stars" spondee |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | CLASSIC GAME SHOW PHRASES $1000: "Big bucks, no whammies" Press Your Luck |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | Y'KNOW, THE MOVIE WHERE... $600: Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Joseph Mazzello & Ben Hardy are Queen for a big day Bohemian Rhapsody |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | ROCK"ER"S $25,600 (Daily Double): At the Rolling Stones' Rock HoF induction, Keith Richards thanked this guitar maker, himself inducted 3 years later (Leo) Fender |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | 4 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS OR CONSONANTS $1200: This word for brainy or elitist was big in 1949, when Life magazine gave examples: Harris Tweed, Eames chair, ballet & Calder highbrow |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | PAGE TO SCREEN WITH A DIFFERENT TITLE $3,400 (Daily Double): "Vengeance", nonfiction about an Israeli counterterrorist team, came to the big screen under this title Munich |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | AUTOMOTIVE ALLITERATION $800: Sí, it was a real party as one of Detroit's big 3 made 7 generations of this little car from 1976 to 2019 the Ford Fiesta |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | BRITISH MUSICAL GEOGRAPHY $800: The guitarists of Big Country couldn't stand the regular comparison of their guitar sound to this national instrument of their country the bagpipes |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | MOVIE MUSIC WITH HANS ZIMMER $200: (Hans Zimmer reads and plays.) Contrasting with the music from the big action scenes, my theme "Tennessee" refers to the state Ben Affleck & Josh Hartnett come from in this war film Pearl Harbor |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | NONFICTION $600: We "guaranty" a good read with super-biographer Ron Chernow's first book, "The House of" this big name in banking Morgan |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | MOVIE MUSIC WITH HANS ZIMMER $1000: (Hans Zimmer reads.) I'm a big fan of this jack-of-all-trades musician who scored films like "The Master" & "There Will Be Blood"; you may have also heard of his little band called Radiohead (Jonny) Greenwood |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1600: This culture named for a New Mexico city was known for its leaf-shaped spear points used to hunt mammoths & other big game the Clovis Culture |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | LET'S GO ON A SAFARI $1600: National parks are your best bet for spotting the big 5: lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants &, most dangerous, these bovines Cape buffalo |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | I'M LATE, I'M GREAT, I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE $1200: As an investor who didn't want to hear bad things about Theranos, I was played by Sam Waterston in "The Dropout" George Shultz |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | PRESENT COMPANY ACCEPTED $400: The 2023 movie "Air" focuses on a big move this company made in 1984 that worked out well for the brand Nike |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | PITCHERS HAVE BIG YEARS $200: Steve Carlton in 1980 was the last pitcher to log more than 300 of these in a season, & arms have rested easier ever since innings |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | HISTORIC SHIPS $400: In 1922 the USS Langley was commissioned as the first of these big ships in the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | PITCHERS HAVE BIG YEARS $400: In 1973 Nolan Ryan struck out 383 batters, breaking this lefty's 8-year-old record by one Koufax |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | PITCHERS HAVE BIG YEARS $600: Nicknamed "K-Rod", in 2008 this Rodriguez set a single-season record for saves with 62--& careful, there's no "K" Francisco Rodriguez |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | PITCHERS HAVE BIG YEARS $800: Famous for refusing to brush hitters back with his blazing fastball, this "Big Train" had a 1.14 ERA in 1913 with the Senators (Walter) Johnson |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | PITCHERS HAVE BIG YEARS $1000: With a 31-6 record in 1968, this Detroit Tiger became the last MLB pitcher to win 30 games in a season McLain |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | BURT BACHARACH $1600: Burt was married to this actress in the years she made "Point Blank", "Big Bad Mama" & "Dressed to Kill" (Angie) Dickinson |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | LIBRARIES $400: When this big-box retailer moved out, McAllen, Texas moved in to create a 123,000-square-foot public library, complete with a cafe Walmart |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | CONSONANT CRAVING $800: A small item that covers the big bald truth:
OUEE a toupee |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | SING YOU A COUNTRY SONG $200: Big & Rich's "Comin' To Your City" notes this Missouri capital where they "woke up by the river", with Coronas possibly involved Jefferson City |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | SING YOU A COUNTRY SONG $400: He sang, "I'm not big on social graces, think I'll slip on down to the oasis, oh, I've got friends in low places" Garth Brooks |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 ALBUM $400: 7 top 10 singles, a big flag, Bruce's behind Born in the U.S.A. |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | JASON ALEXANDER: MASTER OF MY DOMAIN $1000: (Jason Alexander gives the clue.) Long before winning the first Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Richard Pryor wrote for this '70s sitcom; the star next to Richard is a big hint & man, its theme song was fantastic Sanford and Son |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | IT'S A TV MYSTERY $800: Nicole Kidman played Celeste, whose abusive husband Perry was pushed to his death in this series based on a Liane Moriarty novel Big Little Lies |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THEATER BEFORE & AFTER $800: "76 trombones led the big parade" celebrating "The Impossible Dream" Music Man of La Mancha |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | TV & MOVIE COMEDIES $400: Seen here, Iain Armitage plays the gifted & geeky title character on this sitcom, a prequel to "The Big Bang Theory" Young Sheldon |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | MIND YOUR GRAMMAR $600: A Big Red "S.F." on a term paper stands for this, a sequence of words lacking subject, verb or both a sentence fragment |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | SITTING IN WITH THE ORCHESTRA $2000: It's big fun for an oboist to play "Peter & the Wolf", where I get to be this bird a duck |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | ANIMATED ENTERTAINMENT $400: (I'm Andy Richter.) My voice can get really high, as it did when I voiced rascally Mort, who plagued lemur King Julien in the animated films named for this big island Madagascar |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | READY TO WEAR $600: For the dad bod on the go, try these shorts with a name that says dad can carry a lot of stuff in the big thigh-level pockets cargo shorts |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Built in England in 1916, a prototype of the first operational tank was nicknamed "Big Willie" in mockery of this man Kaiser Wilhelm |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | THE PARENT COMPANY $1600: Its name implies one simple machine, but this big multinational holds the mayo with Hellmann's Unilever |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | WHEREFORE ART, THOU $400: Pop went the art--for a big pop--when "Eight Elvises" by this artist went for $100 million in 2008 Warhol |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | MADE GOOD $2,500 (Daily Double): You've won big playing this game at the casino; now it's time to buy one of the same-named crystal maker's chandeliers baccarat |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS $200: The first of the missions was built by 18th century padres in what is today this big Southern California city San Diego |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | YOU DRIVE $600: In "Cold Pursuit", based on a Norwegian film, Liam Neeson gets revenge on bad guys using his job driving this big winter vehicle a snowplow |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | YOU DRIVE $800: A big heist needs someone to drive this--for the 1950 Boston Brink's job, it was Joseph Banfield a getaway car |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | GO JUMP IN A LAKE $2000: When you dip into this big lake in the Northwest Territories, beware of the ursines for which it was named Great Bear Lake |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | I'M SO PROUD $200: To be excessively proud of oneself is to have this expanded cranium a big head (a swelled head) |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | SAVOIR FAIR $800: A big festival in Menton, France is named for citrons, these, & together with oranges, they are used to craft amazing things lemons |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | ANAGRAMMED SCIENTISTS $1200: Perfect for someone who wrote about the Big Bang:
KNEW THE SHAPING Stephen Hawking |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | FOODSTOCK $200: Jerry Garcia's big pink breakfast citrus fruit jam band was there the Grapefruit-ful Dead (the Grapefruit Dead) |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | LETTER PERFECT $400: Boy bands BTS & GOT7 are big names in the music genre called this pop K-pop |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | TIME FOR A "LITTLE" MUSIC $600: This country quartet has won 3 Grammys, including one in 2016 for "Girl Crush" Little Big Town |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THE NATION IN QUESTION $200: Berbers, the first to carpet the place; discovery of oil near the Algerian border in the late '50s a big plus; care for a sirte? Libya |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | RECENT EVENTS $400: For the first time since 1984, Kilauea & this even bigger big island volcano erupted side by side Mauna Loa |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | RECENT EVENTS $1,400 (Daily Double): Jeff Bezos' 400-foot yacht had big problems getting out of this Dutch city with a shipping & shipbuilding tradition Rotterdam |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | ANIMALISTIC WORDS $2000: Used to describe giraffes & big snakes, it means having net-like markings reticulated |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | BIG AMERICAN LANDOWNERS $200: Owners of many farms in Idaho, the Simplot family is one of McDonald's largest suppliers of these potatoes or French fries |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | BIG AMERICAN LANDOWNERS $400: Brad Kelley's holdings include this state's Calumet Farm, source of many a Derby winner Kentucky |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | BIG AMERICAN LANDOWNERS $600: Among this Amazon founder's major holdings: the Blue Origin sub-orbital launch site in West Texas Bezos |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | BIG AMERICAN LANDOWNERS $800: The island of Niihau belongs to the Robinson family, whose ancestor bought it in the 1860s from the 4th king of this name Kamehameha |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | BIG AMERICAN LANDOWNERS $1000: This Georgia media magnate & former owner of the Atlanta Braves owns the largest private herd of bison on Earth--more than 50,000 Ted Turner |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | GOLDEN GIRLS $2,400 (Daily Double): At the Winter Olympics in 2018, Anna Gasser of Austria became the first woman to win the big air event in this newer sport snowboarding |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: The big one consists of 2 phalanges a toe |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: You'll find the Pompidou Centre not far from this big river the Seine |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | THE LAST BATTLE $1600: A Spartan fleet crushed an Athenian one at the naval battle of Aegospotami, the last big battle of this war the Peloponnesian War |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | TARANTINO FILMS $400: Hitman Samuel L. Jackson gets what he considers "divine intervention", as well as a Big Kahuna burger & a Sprite, in this movie Pulp Fiction |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | HEY, BIG SPENDER $200: If you've really got all that dough, why don't you buy Action Comics #1 from 1938, which saw the debut of this otherworldly hero Superman |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | HEY, BIG SPENDER $400: You've likely moved on from this company's Platinum card & onto its much-esteemed Centurion American Express |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | HEY, BIG SPENDER $600: No wonder it's the most expensive--it takes about 70,000 crocuses to produce just one pound of this spice saffron |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | HEY, BIG SPENDER $800: If you're going to splurge for the Ferrari, get a GTO; the G & T stand for this Italian phrase, also a video game Gran Turismo |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | HEY, BIG SPENDER $1000: Parking is tough in this rhyming region of China; a parking space in a luxury building there sold for $1.3 million Hong Kong |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | LAST LINES OF MOVIES $1600: Spoken by Mark Wahlberg: "I am a star. I'm a star. I'm a star. I'm a star. I am a big bright shining star. That's right" Boogie Nights |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | CELEBRITY MEMOIRS $400: He speaks candidly about his addiction in "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing", with a foreword by Lisa Kudrow Matthew Perry |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | WORLD PLACE NAMES $1200: Seen here is a big sign for the longest place name in Europe, a 58-letter town in this country, starting with "Llanfair" Wales |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | THE GREATEST SNOWMAN $2000: Timothy Hutton & Sean Penn took on the CIA--& lost, big time--as the nicknamed title characters in this 1985 movie The Falcon and the Snowman |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | SCIENCE INITIALS & ACRONYMS $1200: Once big in televisions, CRT is short for this cathode ray tube |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | BRITISH TO AMERICAN LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR $200: A big dipper is more than a cluster of stars, it's also one of these amusement park attractions a roller coaster |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | THE BIBLE $800: The First Book of Samuel recounts the encounter between these 2, big Philistine & smaller Israelite, in the valley of Elah David & Goliath |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CATS: THE NON-MUSICAL $200: Think fast! This big cat can take 3 1/2 strides per second & reach a speed of 70 mph a cheetah |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | BEFORE & ACTORS $400: Will Hunting & Jason Bourne on the big screen who is Roger Murtaugh on the small screen Matt Damon Wayans |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | 6-LETTER RHYMERS $800: Chili con carne is a signature dish of this style of cuisine that's a big hit on both sides of the border Tex-Mex |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | PLATEAUS $1200: The Bolaven Plateau of Laos lies east of this big river that runs the length of the country the Mekong |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | THE 1980s $1000: We're sure Judge Harold Greene loved his own mother, but his orders put an end to this symbol of the telecom industry Ma Bell |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | GIFTS FOR THE SPORTS FAN? $400: This word for any cheap trinket sounds perfect for a Big Apple hoops lover a knickknack |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | ETYMOLOGY $2,000 (Daily Double): Greeks called this beast megas strouthos, "big sparrow", or strouthokamelos, "sparrow-camel"; we know it as this an ostrich |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | U.S. ISLANDS $400: This "Coast" on the Big Island of Hawaii is home to the state's coffee industry Kona |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | SCRAMBLED U.S. HISTORY $800: Big deal in 1803:
A USUAL HIP SCENARIO the Louisiana Purchase |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | LITERARY LONDON $1600: The title woman of this Virginia Woolf novel hears Big Ben strike just as she starts out on a walk Mrs. Dalloway |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | THE BIG BANG THEORY $200: The 1883 Krakatoa eruption was heard 3,000 miles away; that's like hearing something in L.A. when you're in this Rhode Island capital Providence |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | THE BIG BANG THEORY $400: When you wish upon an exploding star, here's Kepler's this 9-letter event--a sudden visitor to our night sky in 1604 a supernova |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | THE BIG BANG THEORY $600: In 2020 improper storage of ammonium nitrate led to an explosion equivalent to 500 tons of TNT in this Mideastern city Beirut |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | CALL ME "CAT" $800: Someone full of big talk without being able to back it up is said to be "all hat, no" this cattle |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | THE BIG BANG THEORY $800: Code-named Castle Bravo, the largest U.S. nuclear bomb test ever was conducted in 1954 on this atoll in the Marshall Islands the Bikini Atoll |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | THE BIG BANG THEORY $1000: In 1669 this Sicilian volcano spit out nearly a billion cubic yards of lava, the flow of which took out a dozen villages Mt. Etna |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | COLLEGE SPORTS STUFF $400: In 2022 this numeric conference announced plans to grow to 16 schools, 2 in Calif.; no word about a possible name change the Big Ten |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | YOU, ROBOT $2000: The motions of the robot Baymax in this 2014 Disney movie were based on the movements of baby penguins Big Hero 6 |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | SEA HERE $1200: Muscat is a port on this sea that shares its name with a big peninsula the Arabian Sea |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | COMPLETE THE PANGRAM $600: "Farmer Jack realized that big yellow" these bed coverings "were expensive" quilts |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | COMPLETE THE PANGRAM $1000: Most birds don't, but "Jackdaws love my big Sphinx of" this mineral quartz |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | BIRDS NEAR WATER $200: This big-billed coastal native is featured on the flag of Louisiana a pelican |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | -POL, -POLI, -POLIS CITIES $800: This Italian name of a big city on a bay is from words meaning "new city" Napoli |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | COURSE DESCRIPTIONS $800: Law 800:
Focusing on the 1735 court case of publisher John Peter Zenger, charged with this, & how freedom of the press won big libel |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | RECENT MOVIES $1000: This animated swashbuckler returned to the big screen in search of "The Last Wish" Puss in Boots |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | THEY WROTE 'EM $2000: "No Country for Old Men" (2005) &
"The Passenger" (2022) Cormac McCarthy |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | DESCRIBING THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $200: It's big, it's brass, it was invented in the 1830s & it goes oompah a tuba |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | SOUTHERNERS $800: He passed for more than 57,000 yards for the Giants before joining his big brother in football commentary Eli Manning |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | POST-GRADUATION $1000: A top music industry award gets its name from this old-time record player with a big horn a gramophone |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | LITERARY MOVEMENTS $1600: Wordsworth & this sometime friend & writing partner were the big stars of the early 19th century Lake School of English poetry Coleridge |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | TV SWITCHEROO $2000: After a big time jump in season 9 of this show, we find a new actress playing young Judith Grimes & she's there to help the survivors The Walking Dead |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | SO, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? $200: A picture of your new dog? Uh, that's this type of canine that's big in LA canyons. Is it in your house? a coyote |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | ON TIKTOK $600: A big food trend a couple of years back was this fluffy baked item made with egg whites, sugar & cornstarch cloud bread |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | TRIOS $2000: "The Immortal Trio" of 19th c. politics were Henry Clay, Daniel Webster & this South Carolinian big on states' rights Calhoun |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | TIME TO GO BIG $400: The university of this Argentine city has an enrollment of more than 300,000 Buenos Aires |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | SOMETIMES A "LITTLE" IS ENOUGH $800: How did junior know grandpa was arrested? Maybe this idiom about what kids overhear little pitchers have big ears |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | TIME TO GO BIG $800: A type of birdeater spider able to grow to a legspan of 12 inches across bears the name of this biblical guy Goliath |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | TIME TO GO BIG $1200: Dubbed "The American Dream", the world's self-proclaimed longest car is a 26-wheeled, 100-foot limousine--naturally, this type a stretch limousine |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | SOMETIMES A "LITTLE" IS ENOUGH $1600: The star Polaris is at one end of it the Little Dipper |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | TIME TO GO BIG $1600: The Waco Surf Park has one of these a mile long; it takes 45 minutes for one round float a lazy river |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | TIME TO GO BIG $2000: Bearing a name from Tlingit, this spruce species of the Pacific Northwest can be 200 feet tall & 15 feet in diameter a Sitka spruce |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | SCIENCE $6,400 (Daily Double): Water boiling & turning into steam is an example of an isobaric process, meaning this remains constant pressure |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | THE FORCE WILL BE WITH YOU $800: It's the measure of a force that makes an object rotate about an axis, & also a big selling point for heavy-duty trucks torque |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | PARTY ON! $600: Gotta say I don't remember much from Joe Jonas' one of these on Ibiza right before Joe's big wedding with Sophie Turner a bachelor party |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | SUPER BOWL HEROES $200: (Mike Pereira of Fox NFL Sunday presents the clue.) Cheeseheads ate it up after this quarterback threw for 304 yards & three touchdowns to lead Green Bay to a win in Super Bowl XLV (Aaron) Rodgers |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | ALL KINDS OF BOOKS $400: The big one of these from National Geographic for kids to pore over first came out in 1963 & is now in its 11th edition an atlas |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | DON'T FALL IN! $400: Kids, don't fall in a big hole being dug for this base of a building; here's the 90-foot deep one for L.A.'s Wilshire Grand foundation |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | LIVIN' ON A PRAIRIE $800: Big on the Oregon Trail, the transport called the prairie this got its name from a white cover resembling part of a sailing ship a schooner |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | WINE TASTING 101 $600: High alcohol content leads to the big mouthfeel called "full-" this, used of wines such as Montepulciano body |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | BIG RIVER $400: In the "Odyssey", it's called the Aegyptus the Nile |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | BIG RIVER $1200: The Yenisei River, one of Russia's biggest, is home to the Siberian species of this big fish sturgeon |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | BIG RIVER $1600: Its drainage basin includes parts of Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Tanzania, Zambia & 2 other countries the Congo |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | BIG RIVER $2000: The name of this great river comes from words meaning "place to paddle" in the language of the Warao of Venezuela the Orinoco |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | BIG RIVER $8,000 (Daily Double): No respect! Though more than 2,300 miles long, this North American river is still just a tributary the Missouri |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | TAKING A GAMBLE WITH JAMES HOLZHAUER $1200: (James Holzhauer presents the clue.) If you want a chance at big cash, try a slot machine with one of these 11-letter jackpots that builds over time until someone wins it all a progressive |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | SINGIN' IN THE RAIN $1200: "Here Comes The Rain Again" was a big 1980s hit for Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart, this duo the Eurythmics |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | "IN" THE RIGHT PLACE $400: In 1815 Mount Tambora on this big archipelago had a huge eruption & lost much of its height Indonesia |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | "IN" THE RIGHT PLACE $800: Southwest of Seoul lies this big port city, site of a historic U.N. troop landing in 1950 Inchon |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | CHANNELING THE TV SHOWS $1000: "Celebrity Beef" & "Celebrity Game Face"; it's big on celebrities E! |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | GRIMM BROTHERS FAIRY TALES $200: Not a fairy godmother but a bird gives this character her dress & slippers for the big event Cinderella |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | A DASH OF FASHION $200: In fashion as boots, loafers or slippers, this big-soled style shares its name with a line of soups Chunky |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | A DASH OF FASHION $800: The name of this stretchy fiber, big with '80s heavy metal bands, is an anagram of the function it performs Spandex |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | GRIMM BROTHERS FAIRY TALES $1000: The Grimms had this animal eat 6 baby goats, then get sliced open as it slept, with the "meal" still alive within a wolf |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | PLACE YOUR BETS $1600: Small & big, these 2 forced bets are placed after the ante & before players have seen their cards in hold 'em poker blinds |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | COUNTRY SONGS $2000: Little Big Town had its first No. 1 country hit singing about partying & catching waves on this title boat the "Pontoon" |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | BOATING AFTER MEALS $600: To slow things down after dinner, find this type of place to stop the boat, also the name of a big Alaskan city anchorage |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | SOUND $1000: Oresund, also called the Sound, features 2 big ports on the Danish side, Copenhagen & this one familiar to Shakespeare fans Elsinore |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | I AM A CHAMPION! $200: Rod Laver is the only 2-time winner of all 4 major tennis singles titles in one year, a feat called this, like a big home run a grand slam |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | THOMAS EDISON $800: Less renowned patents include a swaging machine, a rheotome & a cement-burning one of these big ovens, also a pottery term a kiln |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | SOME SERIOUS SCIENCE $900: This explosive event that kicked off the universe happened some 13.8 billion years ago the Big Bang |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | 2 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $1500: When the pope makes someone a cardinal, he's said to give them this item to wear a red hat |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | SUMMING UP THE SPIELBERG MOVIE $400: Amity Island has a very, very big tourism problem Jaws |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK $1600: Invented by German scientist Justus von Liebig from brewer's yeast, this spread big in the U.K. is an acquired taste & 100% vegetarian Marmite |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | 3 LETTERS, 2 MEANINGS $2000: It can be a big barrier, or the female parent equivalent of sire dam |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | LET'S TALK GALAXIES $600: There are "only" about a billion stars in our closest neighbor galaxy, a dwarf galaxy in this big dog of a constellation Canis Major |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | I SAID DANCE! $800: In "Country Girl (Shake It For Me)" Luke Bryan rhymes, "Spin me around this big ole" building, "Tangle me up like grandma's yarn" barn |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $200: "When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's" this, that's love amore |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | PLENTY OF FISH $400: Originally from the Indo-Pacific, this venomous fish with a big cat in its name has become an invasive species in the Atlantic lionfish |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $2000: The making & selling of watches brought Richard & Alvah together in Chicago in 1893 but the 2 went big into retail as this, this & co. Sears Roebuck |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | SOLVE THE MYSTERY TITLE $400: A Philip Marlowe novel: "The Big" this Sleep |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | RUNS "HOT" & "COLD" $600: They were the Daisy Dukes of the mid-1970s & a big fad hot pants |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | WON THE BATTLE, LOST THE WAR $1600: An early 1943 battle for Kharkov was the one of the last big wins for the Wehrmacht over this army the Red Army |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | BUILDINGS & BRIDGES $2000: The UK's tallest building, this London skyscraper, is so named because it looks like a big piece of glass the Shard |
| #8780, aired 2023-01-06 | A TRIP TO THE ISLANDS $200: The "Big Island" of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago is shared between Argentina & this country Chile |
| #8780, aired 2023-01-06 | NATIVE AMERICAN SELF-NAMES $1200: The Winnebago of this state replaced that name, referring to "stinking water", with Ho-Chunk, "people of the big voice" Wisconsin |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | MANY RIVERS TO CROSS $800: Connecting Rotherhithe & Wapping, the world's first big underwater tunnel was completed in 1843 beneath this river the Thames |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | MANY RIVERS TO CROSS $1600: The Vasco da Gama Bridge was completed in 1998 across this big river in a European capital the Tagus |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | TV: WHO PLAYED 'EM? $2000: Audra Barkley on "The Big Valley" & in the '80s, Krystle Carrington Linda Evans |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | OBSCURE MOVIE QUOTES $400: "Uh...": this actor here; there's an hour-long YouTube clip of him saying it in various roles, such as Michael in "The Big Chill" Jeff Goldblum |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | THEY WERE TEACHERS $900: (Colby Burnett delivers the clue.) Before hitting it big writing novels like "The Da Vinci Code", he pursued a music career & also taught at prep schools in New Hampshire & Beverly Hills (Dan) Brown |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | TREE ANATOMY $400: Rounded projections from the roots of cypress trees are called these, like big leg joints knees |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | THE AGELESS DIANA ROSS $800: Diana's big screen debut as this jazz great in "Lady Sings the Blues" garnered her an Oscar nomination Billie Holiday |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI $800: Have a capital time in this Wisconsin village big on its Swedish heritage that sits on Lake Pepin, the biggest lake on the river Stockholm, Wisconsin |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | WORLD CAPITALS $1600: It's home to Kim Il-sung University Pyongyang |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | SCIENCE $4,000 (Daily Double): Neptune's moon Triton is the only big moon in our solar system that orbits in this 10-letter way, meaning backwards retrograde |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | REMEMBER THE ALAMO BOWL $400: Since 2010 the Alamo Bowl has matched 2 of the top teams from these "12" conferences the Pac-12 & the Big 12 |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | APPS & WEBSITES $800: An "SNL" "ad" for this company included, "I'd never live in North Carolina, but if I did, I could buy a big, gross mansion" Zillow |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | THE OFFICE $800: Labor Day 2022 was a dividing line for several big companies when WFH became RTO, short for this return to office |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | NICOLE KIDMAN SAYS $200: In Monterey on HBO:
"My life isn't perfect, Madeline, bad things have happened to me. I do understand the concept" Big Little Lies |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | BIG BATTLES $400: This pivotal July 1863 battle is depicted here Gettysburg |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | BIG BATTLES $800: Boosting morale, Washington's troops defeated a force of these mercenaries at the Battle of Trenton in 1776 the Hessians |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | BIG BATTLES $1200: Fought from Feb. to Dec. with 700,000 casualties, the Battle of Verdun was the longest of this war World War I |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | BIG BATTLES $1600: 1709's Battle of Poltava in Ukraine saw this czar lead an army to victory over Sweden, spurring the rise of the Russian Empire Peter the Great |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | CLIMATE $2000: One climate provision in 2022's big Democratic bill provides money to protect these "O.G." forests old growth |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | BIG BATTLES $3,000 (Daily Double): Joan of Arc's victory over the English at this French city in 1429 was a turning point in the Hundred Years' War Orleans |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | FOOD & DRINK $1600: Named for a statesman & not a French country house, this thick tenderloin steak served with a sauce is big enough for 2 chateaubriand |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | THAT'S A BIG ANIMAL $400: Forest, one of these at Queensland's Australia Zoo, stands almost 19 feet tall, barefoot a giraffe |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | MUSIC ICONS $600: At the 2022 Newport Folk Festival, she delighted fans with her "Both Sides Now" & "Big Yellow Taxi", among others Joni Mitchell |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | THAT'S A BIG ANIMAL $800: Before the arrival of big cats over a new isthmus, flightless 10-foot terror birds were the apex predators of this continent South America |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | "TIP" $800: A critical time before a big change, like in Gladwell's "The" this: "How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference" Tipping Point |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | THAT'S A BIG ANIMAL $1200: Found in colossal squid, the largest these, 10-plus inches in diameter, are thought to be for detecting predators, not prey eyes (eyeballs) |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | THAT'S A BIG ANIMAL $1600: In 2014 Satao, one of Kenya's biggest elephants, was killed by poachers seeking this material ivory |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | THAT'S A BIG ANIMAL $4,000 (Daily Double): 40 feet long & weighing 11 tons or more, this largest living fish has 2 animals in its name a whale shark |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | HISTORY IN ART $1200: Neoclassical artist Vincenzo Camuccini went big; 13 x 23 feet, to depict this event from 44 B.C. the assassination of Julius Caesar |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | THE PROOF $1000: To prove to Boswell that the material world was real, this English writer & lexicographer kicked a big rock Dr. Johnson |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | THE NONFICTION SECTION $1600: Cathy O'Neil's "Weapons of" this punning kind of "Destruction" looks at how algorithms & big data control us Math |
| #8762, aired 2022-12-13 | OIL THINGS CONSIDERED $800: The 2016 EP "Coconut Oil" was the first major label release for this Big Grrrl rap & pop artist Lizzo |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | THE WORLD OF PATENT MODELS $400: Mary Carpenter earned 17 patents, including for a sewing machine & won a big lawsuit over this, the violation of patent rights (patent) infringement |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | LET'S GET DOWN TO CASES $1600: 1932's Hawaii v. Fortescue was the last big case for this legendary defense lawyer, who needed the fee in the Depression (Clarence) Darrow |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | GINGER ZEE TALKS METEOROLOGY $200: (Ginger Zee presents the clue.) The first big storm that I covered was this hurricane that slammed into the Gulf Coast in 2005 with major impacts in New Orleans, coastal Mississippi & Alabama Katrina |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | BIG BOOK ROYALTY $400: This Carroll royal "had only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small. 'Off with his head!"' the Queen of Hearts |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | BIG BOOK ROYALTY $800: "The Romanov Empress" details the life of Maria, a Danish princess fated to become the mother of this last Russian czar Czar Nicholas II |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | BIG BOOK ROYALTY $1200: Alison Weir's "Innocent Traitor" is a historical novel of this teen who had a solid week-&-a-bit run as queen in the 1550s Lady Jane Grey |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | BIG BOOK ROYALTY $1600: Look for leaping flames on the cover when you seek out "The Splendor Before the Dark", Margaret George's novel about this Roman emperor Nero |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | BIG BOOK ROYALTY $2000: The American author of this 1889 book wrote it after reading Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" but Malory didn't include time travel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES $200: "The Big Pineapple" Honolulu |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | LET'S PLAY QUARTERS $400: "The Big One" was a name under consideration for this creation by 1970s fast food franchisee Al Bernardin a Quarter Pounder |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | STARTS OR ENDS WITH X $1200: There's a big bovine at the end of this 6-letter word for a big clumsy man lummox |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS $2000: A year after being one of 3 signers from this state, Button Gwinnett had 2 big losses: an invasion of Florida & a duel Georgia |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | OF MOVIES $1000: It's Emma vs. Steve as Billie Jean vs. Bobby on the big screen in this title tennis clash Battle of the Sexes |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | IT'S A THANKSGIVING MIRACLE! $800: Sorry to say it's a miracle, fans of this NFL team, but they won! That's big, what with their 37-43-2 all-time record on the day the Lions |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | CHARACTER ACTORS $1000: This veteran of TV comedy & time travel movies picks up a big gun in the 2021 action film "Nobody" (Christopher) Lloyd |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | U.S. CITIES $1000: River surfing is a big deal in this second-largest Montana city that's also home to the University of Montana Missoula |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | HEAD FOR THE HILLS $600: History remembers Bunker Hill as the big battle site, but it was actually this hill that saw most of the action on June 17, 1775 Breed's Hill |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | FAR OUT $2000: The Wilkinson Probe monitored fluctuations in the residue of the Big Bang known as the CMB, short for this cosmic microwave background |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | COLD AROUND THE GLOBE $1600: One of mountain climbing's Seven Summits, Jaya Peak is on the Indonesian part of this big island New Guinea |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | PLAYING THE HITS OF 2022 $1000: A groove from 1981's "Genius Of Love" by this Talking Heads side project found its way into Latto's "Big Energy" Tom Tom Club |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | SHARK TANK $800: The largest shark to ever live, it was an estimated 52' long & had a name meaning "big tooth"; it died out about 3 million years ago megalodon |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | PRIMED FOR PRIME NUMBERS $1200: In 2016 Kellogg's discontinued this "Product", the most delicious cereal it ever made Product 19 |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THE EDWARDIAN ERA $500: Vincent Price's last appearance on the big screen was this 1990 film starring Johnny Depp as the title character with unusual appendages Edward Scissorhands |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | GOING THROUGH SOME CYCLES $500: In 1953 sir Hans Krebs got this big prize for describing the cycle by which living cells obtain energy the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | DRIVING IN L.A. $600: You can tell "The Big Sleep" was written 80+ years ago--the hero drives "through Pasadena & almost at once I was in" groves of these orange trees |
| #8740, aired 2022-11-11 | MANDY PATINKIN $1000: (Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) I was a big fan of the late Stephen Sondheim & I am honored to have originated the role of the artist Seurat in this James Lapine-Sondheim musical that was inspired by a painting Sunday in the Park with George |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | STANFORD ATHLETICS $400: (Haley Jones presents the clue.) In 1896, the first intercollegiate women's basketball game pitted Stanford against this team, our biggest rival; with only women allowed as spectators for modesty, Agnes Morley came up big, & we beat them 2-1 Cal (Berkeley) |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | WRONG BUT EXCELLENT $800: We were surprised to get Pierre Laclede as a response instead of this French explorer with a big U.S. lake named for him Champlain |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BIG ____ $100: Early in the 20th century, New York City was being recognized by this nickname; later, tourists were told to take a bite of it the Big Apple |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BIG ____ $200: Filling in for someone who is known for doing a really good job? Well, idiomatically, you've got these "to fill" big shoes |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BIG ____ $300: Step right up, ladies & gents; from acrobats to clown cars, we've got it all inside this structure the big top |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | ALL ABOUT ALLITERATIVE BOOK CHARACTERS $400: He's the evil dictator who's "watching you" in "1984" Big Brother |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BIG ____ $400: Christian Bale & Steve Carell were in this 2015 Adam McKay movie that detailed the craziness of the 2008 financial crisis The Big Short |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BIG ____ $500: In a 1901 speech regarding U.S. foreign policy, Teddy Roosevelt advised, "Speak softly and carry" this a big stick |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | FUN WITH FLAGS $600: Seen here on Alaska's flag is this star grouping, part of Ursa Major the Big Dipper |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS $800: Fly high in style aboard a big, beefy A380 from this European company Airbus |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $2000: Big in '80s music videos, this portmanteau word means a synthesizer worn with a strap over the shoulder the keytar |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | OBJECTS OF VERSE $600: Perhaps with a humidor nearby, Wallace Stevens made a call for "the roller of big" these in "The Emperor of Ice-Cream" cigars |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE $800: Zipporah was the daughter of Jethro the Midianite & the wife of him, a big name in the Book of Exodus Moses |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | CATCH-2022 $600: USC & UCLA announced a move to this conference, whose teams they've often faced in the Rose Bowl the Big Ten |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | PRETTY LITTLE LIES $300: They'll love the story about how you went to Churchill Downs in 2022 for this big race & put a C-note on 80-1 longshot Rich Strike the Kentucky Derby |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | CLASSIC TV $1200: With its iconic performances, his "really big show" on Sunday nights had a huge impact on American culture & careers Ed Sullivan |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | MYTH-POURRI $400: The sun god & creator god of Egypt, he's said to have created man from his tears & was also big on instant retribution Ra |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | YOU MOVE ME $600: Ramcharger 8 at Montana's Big Sky Resort is the USA's first 8-person one of these uphill transports a ski lift |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | TV LAW $1600: Matthew McConaughey played Mickey Haller in this big screen legal thriller; Manuel Garcia-Rulfo on the Netflix show The Lincoln Lawyer |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | 3 CONSONANTS IN A ROW $1200: This narrow passage connects 2 big bodies of water a strait |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | THE NUMBER IN MUSIC $400: Later an actor & a Grammy winner, he teamed with Big Boi, with whom he went to high school in Atlanta André 3000 |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | TV CARTOONS $1000: Going big on many levels, this title guy hung out with "The Masters of the Universe" & holding a sword, bellowed, "I have the power!" He-Man |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | REVOLTS $1600: Much of Rome's grain came from this large island 300 miles away, so it was a big deal when its slaves revolted in the Servile Wars Sicily |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS $400: A big space for couples dancing; many hotels have a grand one ballroom |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | CRUNCH $800: Supercomputers crunch numbers in the form of this "large" 2-word buzz term for the tidal wave of digital information big data |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | NEWS MAKERS & WRITERS '22 $1600: Josh Gerstein of this news organization-o got the big leaked Supreme Court draft opinion story of the year Politico |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | CATS THROUGH TIME $400: This big name in 19th century nursing cared for cats too--dozens, including Mr. Bismark, who ate rice pudding off china plates Florence Nightingale |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | CATS THROUGH TIME $800: A feline named Trim kept explorer Matthew Flinders company after his boat got stuck on a big mass of this near Australia coral |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | MOVIE & TV DIRECTORS $800: "Austin Powers" director Jay Roach plays himself when this hit man-turned-actor lands a big audition Barry |
| #8724, aired 2022-10-20 | 4-LETTER FOOD & DRINK $200: This slightly leavened flatbread is a big part of Middle Eastern cuisine pita |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | HOME COMPUTING $200: Your laptop's displayport or HDMI port can be hooked up to one of these just like the nice big one you had at the office a computer monitor |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | A PLACE IN HISTORY $600: In the 17th century Cardinal Richelieu began using this as a state prison; in the 18th, it drew a big crowd outside the Bastille |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | FAITH, HOPE & CHARITY $800: His first big solo concert tour was titled "Faith" & took him from Tokyo to Pensacola in 1988 George Michael |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | BROADWAY $1600: This SNL alumna got big laughs in the stage farce "POTUS" Rachel Dratch |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | POKER HANDS $800: If your 2 hole cards are an Ace & a King, you've got "Big" this, like an oil spill Slick |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | AFTER SCHOOL $800: Sail the 7 seas of suds in one of these big beer glasses a schooner |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | IDINA MENZEL ACTS & SINGS $600: (Idina Menzel presents the clue.) In 2022, I released my first children's book, called "Loud Mouse", about a mouse who finds her big voice; and in 2021, I co-starred with some mice playing Camila Cabello's stepmother in this movie Cinderella |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | MOVIE STUFF $2000: In a 2019 film this actor bet big on basketball; in a 2022 film, he played a pro basketball scout; he likes basketball Adam Sandler |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | IT'S A "BIG" PLACE $400: Its great bell clocks in at just over 15 tons Big Ben |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | SUBTITLED NONFICTION $400: Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" was subtitled "From" this alliterative event "to Black Holes" the Big Bang |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | IT'S A "BIG" PLACE $800: Though this nickname for a large American city dates to the 1920s, it really took hold after a '70s tourism campaign Big Apple |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | IT'S A "BIG" PLACE $1200: Located across from Mexico on the Rio Grande, this national park can hit 115 degrees & beep beep! has some roadrunners Big Bend |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | IT'S A "BIG" PLACE $1600: Carmel is the northern gateway to this California region that was home to Henry Miller Big Sur |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | IT'S A "BIG" PLACE $2000: Actually a complex of hills, this Utah formation was named after a song about a hobo living the sweet life Big Rock Candy Mountain |
| #8716, aired 2022-10-10 | AROUND THE HORN $400: This big beast's name means "three-horned face" in Greek Triceratops |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | THEY'RE JUST LIKE "US" $400: A big demolition bomb, or a onetime movie rental chain that still has a store in Bend, Oregon Blockbuster |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | ANAGRAMMED BIBLE PEOPLE $600: Big cats did no harm:
NAILED Daniel |
| #8713, aired 2022-10-05 | HELPFUL HISTORIC FIGURES $600: This man built a big racecar in 1902, & hired bicyclist Barney Oldfield to drive it; together, they would race into history Henry Ford |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | TOYING WITH YOU $400: The National Toy Hall of Fame honored a box made of this; inside a big one, "a child is transported to a world of (their) own" cardboard |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | FILM NOIR $1600: Noir fans debate the merits of Bogie in "The Big Sleep" vs. Dick Powell in "Murder, My Sweet" as this Raymond Chandler hero (Philip) Marlowe |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | CELEBRITY CAMEOS $900: James Earl Jones & Old Sheldon did a ding dong dash on this sitcom; Carrie Fisher was not amused Big Bang Theory |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | CELEBRITY CAMEOS $1200: Bill Murray dresses up like the undead to "blend in" in this 2009 film; Woody Harrelson admits that he's a big fan Zombieland |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | THE ACTOR'S STUDIO $800: She hit the big time with Paramount Pictures in the 1930s Mae West |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | NON-NYE SCIENCE GUYS $800: A big name in thermometers, this 1700s guy discovered the boiling point of liquids varies with atmospheric pressure Fahrenheit |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | POP MUSIC $400: "Wonderwall" was a big hit from their 1995 album "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" Oasis |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $4,000 (Daily Double): "The Big Four" were Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd George, Vittorio Orlando & this American Woodrow Wilson |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | THE RICHTER SCALE $300: A flatboat pilot said an 1812 quake in Missouri was so powerful it made the waves on this big river run backwards the Mississippi |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | CATS & DOGS $400: From Britain's Isle of Man, the Manx cat is distinctive for its lack of this a tail |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | QUEEN ELIZABETH II $600: The Queen loved animals from big (racehorses) to small (these short-legged dogs including Willow & Holly) Corgis |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | FASHION WITH BUZZY COHEN $900: (Buzzy Cohen delivers the clue.) Popular for both men & women, a closed shoe with a wide strap & a big buckle on the side is named for this religious job; since I'm twice as fashionable as most, I'm sporting the kind with a double strap a monk strap shoe |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | CATS & DOGS $1000: This big long-haired breed is the official cat of the state in its name the Maine Coon |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | A HUNGER FOR READING $200: Roald Dahl wrote this book on East 81st Street in New York City, not far from where the journey of the big fruit ends James and the Giant Peach |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | THE LAW $400: 2 main types of this in a divorce are legal (who makes big decisions about the kid's life) & physical (whom the moppet lives with) custody |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | CHUMP CHANGE $200: Change a letter to get this big winner a champ |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | MASHED-UP SITCOM TITLES $400: "King of Theory" King of Queens & The Big Bang Theory |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | JUST TAKE THE L $800: Another term for a merry-go-round loses an L to go party & get its drink on in a big way carousel & carouse |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | ISLANDS & PENINSULAS $1,800 (Daily Double): 55 mi. from Siberia, the westernmost point of the North American continent is on this peninsula named for a man big in Alaskan history the Seward Peninsula |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | YOU CALL YOURSELF A FAN? $400: The "Big Easy Mafia" cheers for this NFL team the New Orleans Saints |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | ACCEPTABLE 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $200: Big bovine ox |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES $200: Place your bets! Big wheel keep on turning in this game roulette |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | FROM FILM TO TV $1200: Nia Vardalos' nuptial hit "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" settled down on TV as "My Big Fat Greek" this Life |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | 8-LETTER WORDS $400: A formal hearing with a big shot, or a group of spectators audience |
| #8689, aired 2022-07-21 | BUILD A BEAR WORKSHOP $400: This "greater bear" constellation contains the group known as the Big Dipper Ursa Major |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | DOUBLE TALK $600: Big in the 1950s, this double- or even triple-speak ballroom dance has roots in the mambo the cha-cha |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | "THE" END $600: To fancy up an argument with big words, or to array with garments to clothe |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | ENDS WITH "I" $400: The name of this famous Russian ballet company means "big" or "grand" Bolshoi |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | U.S. PLACES, EVERYBODY! $600: I like Big Butt Trail & I cannot lie, you other brothers can't deny it's fun to hike it near Asheville in this state North Carolina |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | TERRIBLE SUPERVILLAIN NAMES $600: This insurance duo--the big cost you owe before your insurer kicks in & the money given to your doc as you get services--are just the worst deductible & co-pay |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | HUMAN ANATOMY $200: This big muscle runs from your shoulder to your radius biceps |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | WHO'S IN THAT COMMERCIAL? $1000: She's been seen in many big screen comedies & many TV Jergens ads (Leslie) Mann |
| #8681, aired 2022-07-11 | FAMILIAL PHRASES $400: A big vein in the mining biz, or a valuable source of anything the mother lode |
| #8681, aired 2022-07-11 | HEARING RED $400: Toddlers worldwide know this group sang, "Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car" on their TV show The Wiggles |
| #8681, aired 2022-07-11 | GLACIERS $600: 99% of the world's glacial ice is located on Antarctica & this big island well to the north Greenland |
| #8681, aired 2022-07-11 | HEARING RED $1000: This country star, the son of a big league pitcher, hit the Top 40 in 2002 with "Red Rag Top" Tim McGraw |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | ROLE CALL $200: Hitting the big screen as Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" was an offer this actor couldn't refuse Brando |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | BABY, DON'T HURT ME $800: I hate it when you eat the last one of these ice cream bars with a big polar bear on the wrapper; it's cruel, baby Klondike |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | SALAD DRESSING FOR SUCCESS $1000: Traditionally, this alliterative salad dressing is big on mayonnaise but a viral TikTok used olive oil & nuts green goddess |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | STOCK SYMBOLS $600: BABA:
It's big in China Alibaba |
| #8676, aired 2022-07-04 | THE POWER OF THE DOGE $800: Doge from 1192 to 1205, Enrico Dandolo was big on the 4th this Christian expedition, which doomed the Byzantine Empire Crusade |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | U.S. CITIES $400: Wacker Drive is an impressive double-decker street in this city of big shoulders Chicago |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | FOXES $800: This other animal is in the name of the big-eared fox seen here the bat |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | I DON'T HEAR A SYMPHONY $400: Not quite yet the symphony, the sinfonia was an instrumental part of these stage works, like "Giasone", a big one of the 1600s operas |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | MOVIE INSPIRATIONS $400: These cinematic siblings met a dude named Jeff Dowd who inspired them to make "The Big Lebowski" the Coen brothers |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | BELGIANS $800: In the 1920s, priest & physicist Georges Lemaître formulated the modern version of this sudden expansion model of the universe the big bang (theory) |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | HOME SWEET HOME RENOVATION $800: Out of the barn & into the kitchen for this type of big sink, installed just under the counter-top & a bit in front of cabinets below a farmhouse sink |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | GET OUT $400: Get out to the West Coast for Bottlerock, a festival of big music acts & wine tasting in this California valley Napa Valley |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | MILWAUKEE: NEWS CLUES $200: (Mike Strehlow of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) Years that end in 3 & 8 bring out big celebrations of this company; in 2018, its 115th birthday bash had 6,500 riders roaring down Wisconsin Avenue Harley-Davidson |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | STICKS & STONES $400: Teddy Roosevelt cited what he described as a West African proverb: do this "& carry a big stick; you will go far" speak softly |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | MILWAUKEE: NEWS CLUES $600: (Nicole Koglin of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) It's not as big as Comic-Con, but thousands attend Gary Con in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin where Gary Gygax invented this pioneering role-playing game; you can get your dice blessed near the Riviera Fountain Dungeons & Dragons |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | PRE HISTORIC $200: To rest in a big way for a few months starting around December hibernate |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | BOOK IT! $1000: Her bestsellers include "Big Little Lies" & "Apples Never Fall" Moriarty |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | LAUREL CANYON $1600: An epicenter of the 1960s Laurel Canyon scene was the house of Cass Elliot, big-voiced star of this group The Mamas & the Papas |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | SPANNING THE GLOBE $400: "Big Daddy" is a 1,000-foot one of these in the Namib Desert & quite a climb a sand dune |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | SOUND UP! $800: Chiming in now:
This 15.1-ton great bell, part of a landmark Big Ben |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | THE PACIFIC OCEAN $1,000 (Daily Double): Like a "super" one that hit the region in 2018, a hurricane in the West Pacific is called this, related to Chinese for "big wind" typhoon |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | U.S. GOVERNMENT HISTORY $800: Big from 1834 to 1854, this political party took its name from a British one opposed to royal prerogatives the Whigs |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | SEND A LETTER $800: Big in the 1930s, the "Good Luck of Flanders" one of these mentioned bad luck too, if you didn't pass it on a chain letter |
| #8651, aired 2022-05-30 | VERB + "ER" = NOUN $800: A store's cashier--if there is a big line, there can be a call for a "second" one a checker |
| #8650, aired 2022-05-27 | ALLITERATION ALL AROUND $400: In a dystopian novel he's the supreme ruler of Oceania Big Brother |
| #8650, aired 2022-05-27 | QUICK HISTORY $400: Beijing fell to this big-time conqueror in 1215 Genghis Khan |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | BIG ANIMALS $400: African these have big ears shaped like the continent of Africa; Asian ones have smaller, rounder ears an elephant |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | BIG ANIMALS $800: The biggest of the big cats are these hybrids known by a portmanteau name ligers |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | BIG ANIMALS $1200: The biggest horse breed, the Shire, has been known to reach more than 21 of these horsey units high hands |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | BIG ANIMALS $1600: The green species of this snake can reach 30 feet & 550 pounds an anaconda |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | BIG ANIMALS $2000: In 2021 scientists identified a new species of this based on a 16-foot female that had been washed ashore whale |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | YES, YES, YES $400: If you answer with a big this, a word derived from Hebrew that means "so be it", you truly agree, & not just on Sundays amen |
| #8646, aired 2022-05-23 | WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS FILMS $600: Gene Hackman's first plan for a title-winning shot isn't big with his team but--spoiler alert for this basketball pic--things work out Hoosiers |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | SCIENCE $800: Granite & basalt are this type of rock, one of the big 3 igneous |
| #8642, aired 2022-05-17 | MOVIE TITLE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Steve Martin is alarmed that his daughter has gotten very big hair & is betrothed to Boris Karloff as a monster Father of the Bride of Frankenstein |
| #8642, aired 2022-05-17 | COUNTRIES IN THE U.S. $1600: No one knows why this village in New York, boyhood home of Charles "Pa" Ingalls, shares the name of a big island near Florida Cuba |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | I'VE GOT A BIG BANK ROLE $400: In this movie, Ryan Reynolds is a bank teller; fortunately, it's a video game, as his day usually doesn't go well Free Guy |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | I'VE GOT A BIG BANK ROLE $800: Seen here, this actor used all of his Time Lord wits to rob the Bank of Karabraxos in a Doctor Who thriller Peter Capaldi |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | I'VE GOT A BIG BANK ROLE $1200: In the "Harry Potter" films, Warwick Davis played Griphook, one of the goblins working at this wizarding bank Gringotts |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | I'VE GOT A BIG BANK ROLE $1600: In "Too Big to Fail", he played Fed chair Ben Bernanke; on "Billions", he's a U.S. attorney going after Wall Street corruption Paul Giamatti |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | I'VE GOT A BIG BANK ROLE $2000: Steve Carell & Brad Pitt starred in this Adam McKay comedy that skewered the banking industry & its gambling ways The Big Short |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | TAYLOR'S VERSION $1000: In the 1970s this singer-songwriter had big hits with his cover versions of "You've Got A Friend" & "Handy Man" James Taylor |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | PLACES IN THE BIBLE $2000: This Phoenician city was home to Hiram, who helped Solomon build the first temple by supplying workers & material Tyre |
| #8636, aired 2022-05-09 | YOU SAID IT! $1200: This Big Mac entrepreneur: "Work is the meat in the hamburger of life" (Ray) Kroc |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | 4 "N" $1200: Adjective describing a game in the NCAA when a team from the Pac-12 plays a team from the Big Ten non-conference |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | TRUST FALL $5,000 (Daily Double): This 4-word phrase was used back in 1984 as Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust was rescued by the govt. due to its size too big to fail |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | IT'S YOUR TOP 40 PRESIDENTIAL COUNTDOWN $1200: He had a big debut with "Back To Normalcy" but now he's singing the blues with "Teapot Dome Got Me Down"; at No. 29, here's... Harding |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | BIBLE BELTS $400: After a big Bible belt that kills his brother, he is marked & heads east of Eden Cain |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | STATES' OTHER COMMON LANGUAGES $1200: Hmong is big in this state; both the state & the language were featured in the movie "Gran Torino" Michigan |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY $200: Hail! to the victors valiant--Charles Woodson, Desmond Howard & Tom Harmon, Heisman winners from this Big Ten school the University of Michigan |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $2000: This former state department official & accused spy leaves court in 1949 during one of his perjury trials, a big Cold War story Alger Hiss |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | CATCHING YOU SHORT $1200: "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" is in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1922 collection of short works called "Tales of" this era the Jazz Age |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | THE LEAGUE MVP's TEAM $1000: Cody Bellinger, a big hit on the coast in 2019 the Dodgers |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | AN ANATOMY OF WORDS $8,000 (Daily Double): To gently tease another person rib |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | ONE BIG FAMILY $400: Archie & Quentin & Ted & Alice were children of this American political family the Roosevelts |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | ONE BIG FAMILY $800: Numerous John Jacobs followed the founder of this American family dynasty the Astors |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | ONE BIG FAMILY $1600: In czarist Russia, you didn't want to start a beef with this powerful merchant family that gave its name to a recipe Stroganov |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | ONE BIG FAMILY $2,000 (Daily Double): This performing family toured the United States in the 1940s, then settled on a Vermont farm the von Trapps |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | ONE BIG FAMILY $2000: Stradivarius learned violin making from Nicolo of this great Italian family whose instruments are also highly prized today the Amatis |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | PICTURE THE SONG $400: By Joni Mitchell "Big Yellow Taxi" |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1000: This set of big drums gets its name from the Italian for "kettledrums" timpani |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | TO THE "N"s OF THE EARTH $1200: As well as another nickname for the Big Easy, it's the town in Italy where emperor Augustus died Nola |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | TO THE "N"s OF THE EARTH $2000: Oktoberfest is a big event in this country of southern Africa, which had German overlords from 1884 to 1915 Namibia |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | FIRSTS $400: In 1960 the U.S. launched the U.S.S. Enterprise, the first of these big boats that was nuclear powered an aircraft carrier |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | THINK "BIG" $200: This nickname was first used in connection with New York City in the 1920s the Big Apple |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | THINK "BIG" $400: Type of music & ensemble associated with Duke Ellington & Tommy Dorsey big band |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | THINK "BIG" $600: This national park in Texas has more land area than the state of Rhode Island Big Bend |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | THINK "BIG" $800: The British call this grouping the Plough the Big Dipper |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | THINK "BIG" $1000: Roger Miller wrote the music & lyrics for this musical based on "Huckleberry Finn" Big River |
| #8623, aired 2022-04-20 | BEACH, BAY "B" $800: Add 2 letters to a big European bay to get this big Floridian one Biscayne |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | WORLD LEADERS $400: The "Big 3"--FDR, Churchill & Stalin--had a working vacation at the Feb. 1945 conference at this Black Sea resort Yalta |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | FEMALE LITERARY CHARACTERS $800: This 3-letter Caroline Kepnes novel finds young Guinevere Beck stalked by a Big Apple murderer You |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | GEOGRAPHIC VERSE $400: Langston Hughes "heard the singing" of this big river, "muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset" the Mississippi |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | AMAZON PRIME $200: The Amazon River basin is home to stands of this "national" nut tree; the nuts are big in protein & the oil, big in shampoos Brazil nuts |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | THE ACTOR'S MOVIE LINE $2000: Her in a 1950 classic:
"I am big, it's the pictures that got small" Gloria Swanson |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | PURPLE REIGN $200: You love this big purple dinosaur of public TV (& he loves you) Barney |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | LANDMARK LEGISLATION $5,000 (Daily Double): Congress passed the first of these acts in 1866; Congress passed another big one in 1964 the Civil Rights Act |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | MOVIE CRITICS $1600: A tired & hapless Jeff Bridges expresses some strong dislike for the Eagles in this 1998 Coen Brothers comedy The Big Lebowski |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | HISTORICAL NONFICTION $800: Annalee Newitz' "Four Lost Cities" that flourished & then perished include this one around a big wat or temple Angkor |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | DOESN'T MEAN WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE $400: "A male bovine's nap"? No, it means to move obstacles with a big tractor bulldoze |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | BIG CITY $200: Home to an international airport, it's New Jersey's "Gateway City" Newark |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | BIG CITY $400: The biggest city in North Carolina, it was named for the wife of King George III Charlotte |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | WE READ IT IN THE '80s $800: South American politics & magic realism are big in her novels, like "The House of the Spirits" & "Of Love & Shadows" (Isabel) Allende |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | BIG CITY $800: Missouri's most populous city is Kansas City & Kansas' most populous is this city once part of the Chisholm Trail Wichita |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | BIG CITY $1,000 (Daily Double): This Florida city named for a president has more people than Miami & Tampa combined Jacksonville |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | WE READ IT IN THE '80s $1000: He set the '80s New York literary world on fire with "Bright Lights, Big City" Jay McInerney |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | BIG CITY $1000: Home to the Wernher von Braun Planetarium & the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, this city is now Alabama's most populous Huntsville |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | WOMAN MOVIES $1200: "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" was this actor's first time on the big screen as southern matriarch Mabel Simmons Perry |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | ICE CREAM FLAVORS? $1000: Beginning & ending with the same letter, it's a term for someone from a big city on Italy's West Coast Neapolitan |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | TUNE RIVER $1600: Big Mouth Billy Bass, a fish mounted on a plaque, lip-synched "Don't Worry, Be Happy" & this apt Al Green tune "Take Me To The River" |
| #8594, aired 2022-03-10 | GUYS WHO WEAR GLASSES $800: They're the two guys here who started something big Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak |
| #8594, aired 2022-03-10 | "V"ERBS $800: This word meaning to leave in a hurry ends in a big antlered creature vamoose |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | 3-LETTER MOVIE TITLES $400: A boy wakes up to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult Big |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING $800: A spoken-word poetry event, or a big success playing bridge a slam |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | 3-LETTER INITIALISMS $200: Big Blue is the nickname of this Fortune 500 company IBM |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | TOWERS $400: The Elizabeth Tower in London houses this large bell Big Ben |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | FROM BOOK TO TV $1000: This 2021 miniseries based on a Beth Macy book goes from big pharma boardrooms to the struggles of opioid addicts Dopesick |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | EDUCATORS $400: I'd like to thank this school founded in the 380s B.C. that employed Aristotle, who left after not getting a big promotion the Academy |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | PAST YOUR PRIME $800: Other terms for it include joint, hoosegow & big house a prison |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | SMALL ADJECTIVES $1000: From a word meaning immeasurably big comes this adjective meaning immeasurably small infinitesimal |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | BIG TEN GEOGRAPHY $200: The Hawkeyes' home is this 2-word town Iowa City |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | BIG TEN GEOGRAPHY $400: This Illinois city was originally called West Urbana; here's to it, so say we all! Champaign |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | BIG TEN GEOGRAPHY $600: They're the westernmost & the easternmost Big Ten Schools; the westerners are 5-0 in the football rivalry Nebraska & Rutgers |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | A FEW COLORFUL WORDS $800: Also the name of a big brown potato variety, this 6-letter word refers to a brownish color russet |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | BIG TEN GEOGRAPHY $800: Named for an explorer, this Big Ten capital city is at the junction of the Olentangy & Scioto rivers Columbus |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | BIG TEN GEOGRAPHY $1000: Home to a Big Ten school, this state capital was named for a president who died in the year of its founding, 1836 Madison, Wisconsin |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | FEB BE WARY $600: Farmers beware! In February 2020 a veritable plague of these big insects swarmed Uganda locusts |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | A STATE CAPITOL IDEA $2000: The Capitol in this northern city lacks a dome, big grounds & any road to get there; you can hit the sea & use the marine highway Juneau |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | COLLEGE TEAM NAMES $200: The Jayhawks rock & chalk for this Big 12 school Kansas |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | DESSERT $200: Popular in the South, chess pie is basically this pie without those big brown nuts pecan pie |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | A HARD CATEGORY $800: Known for its hardness, durability & capacity to take a high polish, this heavy, black wood is big in cabinets & knife handles ebony |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | WHITHER THE WEATHER? $1600: Big fluffy snowflakes result from relative humidity of over 100%, this condition of water in the atmosphere supersaturation |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | THE LYIN' IN WINTER $400: In the Himalayas, you bet we saw the big creature of myth who got this anglicized name from a journalist in the '20s; no pics though the Abominable Snowman |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | TV MOMS $800: Here are the stars who all play moms with secrets on this HBO series Big Little Lies |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | NAVAL CONFLICT $1000: Octavian cut the communications of this fellow second triumvirate member & handed him a big L at the Battle of Actium Mark Antony |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | THEY'RE MULTI-TALENTED $600: Onscreen, this big guy was "Kazaam"; on the music scene, he knew "You Can't Stop the Reign"; on the court, he won 4 NBA titles Shaquille O'Neal |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | PICK A MAJOR $800: Also known as the Hourglass Sea & the Atlantic Canale, Syrtis Major is a big dark spot on the surface of this planet Mars |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | THE FUTURE'S NOT SO BRIGHT... $1200: On this Amazon show set in the 24th c., a terrorist faction among the asteroid belt drops a big rock on Earth with devastating effect The Expanse |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | PICK A MAJOR $1600: These 2 "majors" are the big muscles of the upper chest pectorals |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | POTPOURRI $400: Limited edition Oreos with designs of these fictional beings are selling for big bucks; the exceedingly rare Mew is highly coveted Pokémon |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | OUR GOVERNMENT $400: Set at $28 trillion since August 2021, this "D.C." is a big topic in D.C. & limits the amount the Treasury can borrow the debt ceiling |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | COOKING WITH DAVID CHANG $800: (David Chang delivers the clue.) For convenience, I'm a big fan of the microwave & the most basic thing you can make for dinner or a late-night snack is a baked potato; poke a few holes in this most common brown variety & cook about five minutes on each side a russet potato |
| #9, aired 2022-02-15 | ISLAND FOLK $5,000 (Daily Double): The people of this island live between Padar & Banta Islands & around some very big lizards Komodo |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | CLASSIC NOVELS $200: It gave us the phrase "Big Brother is watching you" 1984 |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | HISTORY BOOKS $1200: "Blood & Iron", a history of Germany 1871-1918, gets its title from a quote by this chancellor who's big in the book Bismarck |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $600: He was big, he was blue & one story said his footprints filled with water & became Minnesota's 10,000 lakes, so to repeat... he was big Babe (the Blue Ox) |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | OR TAKE THE "M" CATS $2000: Seen here, this lovely little cat is often referred to as a miniature version of the big cat called the clouded leopard the marbled cat |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | THEIR 2021 COLLEGE CONFERENCE $600: Ohio State, actually one of 14 schools the Big Ten |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | THEIR 2021 COLLEGE CONFERENCE $800: The University of Texas, actually one of 10 schools the Big 12 |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | SINGING ABOUT THE WEATHER $1600: Making some big noise, AC/DC "Got Some Rock & Roll" this, while Kiss staked a claim with "God Of" it Thunder |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | RECENT BOOKS $2000: With four Hugo Awards on her mantel, this author wrote about the Big Apple in "The City We Became" N.K. Jemisin |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | COMEDIANS' ROLES $400: Awkwafina's time growing up in this Big Apple borough inspired her character Nora in a Comedy Central series Queens |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | CELEBRITIES $1200: This big screen "Wonder Woman" served 2 years in the Israeli Defense Forces (Gal) Gadot |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | LITTLE, MEDIUM OR BIG DOG ON CAMPUS $400: The AKC says the Old English this "is the archetypical shaggy dog, famous for his... peek-a-boo hairdo" a sheepdog |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | LITTLE, MEDIUM OR BIG DOG ON CAMPUS $800: This black-masked breed is pugilistic in name but great with kids a boxer |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | LITTLE, MEDIUM OR BIG DOG ON CAMPUS $1200: The silky coat of this hound, seen here, protected it from the rough climate of its Central Asian origin an Afghan |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | LITTLE, MEDIUM OR BIG DOG ON CAMPUS $1600: This type of horn is a low-pitched clarinet; this type of hound is a low-to-the-ground fellow with a sad face & long ears a basset hound |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | LITTLE, MEDIUM OR BIG DOG ON CAMPUS $2000: The hackney gait of the min Pin, short for this breed, is a high-stepping one, much like a trotting hackney horse a miniature Pinscher |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | A CONFRONTATION OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS $200: The bigger they are, the harder they fall, & this big guy falls hard, via a "stone sunk into his forehead" Goliath |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | HIS BIG PAINT SALE $400: This Spaniard's 1955 "Les Femmes d'Alger" sold for $179 million in 2015 Picasso |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | HIS BIG PAINT SALE $800: In 2015 the Dutch government pledged $90 million to bring home 2 works by this local 17th century man who needed but one name Rembrandt |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | HIS BIG PAINT SALE $1200: In 2021 this well-heeled L.A. museum paid a cool $53 million for a painting by Gustave Caillebotte the Getty |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | HIS BIG PAINT SALE $2000: In 2020 more than $100 million bought "Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump", a 1982 piece by this New York painter who died young in 1988 Basquiat |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | TITLE WORD PUZZLES $800: This musical about Huck & Jim made safe passage to Broadway
RIVER Big River |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | THE STAGE MANAGER $1000: One job of a Broadway stage manager is rehearsing understudies for their big break; this understudy got hers in 1954 Shirley MacLaine |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | TITLE WORD PUZZLES $2000: A disaster film that could have been called "The Big Chill"
TOMORROW DAY The Day After Tomorrow |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | IT'S A NATIONAL THING $1,000 (Daily Double): The Feb. 1588 death of its admiral, the Marquis de Santa Cruz, would loom large in the coming disaster that befell this big group the Spanish Armada |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | LITTLE THINGS IN A BIG WORLD $400: Krill differ from true shrimp in that these respiratory organs are externally visible gills |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | LITTLE THINGS IN A BIG WORLD $800: The buzz is true--the smallest hummingbird is this one named for an insect the bee hummingbird |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | LITTLE THINGS IN A BIG WORLD $1200: Also called a light quantum, this bit of radiation travels at the speed of light a photon |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | LITTLE THINGS IN A BIG WORLD $1600: Aspergillus niger, also known as black mold, is one of these organisms & may be found widely in a home a fungus |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | LITTLE THINGS IN A BIG WORLD $2000: Latin for "whips", these appendages in some protozoa help them get around flagella |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | BIG NAMES ON CAMPUS $200: A Wesleyan residence is named for this African-American leader; a cultural center at Mount Holyoke, for his wife Betty Shabazz Malcolm X |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | BIG NAMES ON CAMPUS $400: At Stanford, this presidential family has its name on a pavilion, a memorial building, a tower & an institute Hoover |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | BIG NAMES ON CAMPUS $600: A USC cinema building is named for this director who was rejected 3 times by the school & attended Cal State Long Beach instead (Steven) Spielberg |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | BIG NAMES ON CAMPUS $800: In 2021 this S.E.C. school in Alabama renamed Eagle Hall to honor Dr. Josetta Brittain Matthews, its first African-American graduate Auburn University |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | BIG NAMES ON CAMPUS $1000: The Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering goes above & beyond at this school in West Lafayette, Indiana Purdue |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | ALLITERATION $1200: It's written below the big "G" on the trademarked motion picture rating--that's who gets in all ages |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | ON THE "M"AP $5,600 (Daily Double): Known for coffee before 1917, this Venezuelan port city struck oil & became a big deal Maracaibo |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | AMERICANA $200: A bit confusingly, the first big attraction in the history of Florida's Gatorland was Bone Crusher, a 1/2-ton one of these a crocodile |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | ONE-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES $400: Meaning immense, it can come before cheese or Mac big |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | HOOK $2000: The fast ferry at Hoek van Holland, aka "The Hook", shuttles people to this big port city Rotterdam |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | TIME TO GET A "HEAD" $400: If the editor says to set this in 72-point type, there's big news happening a headline |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | "BIG" TALK $400: He's seen here in an old illustration meeting his end the Big Bad Wolf |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | "BIG" TALK $800: In 1958 the Fresno Bee reported that this had a 50-inch stride & traveled only at night Bigfoot |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | "BIG" TALK $1200: As its name indicates, it's a retailer noted for a certain architectural style big box |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | MEXICO BEFORE 1600 $1600: This people, the first big civilization in Mexico, left behind figures called werejaguars the Olmecs |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | "BIG" TALK $1600: A 1962 article said JFK's Democratic Party was like one of these, "sheltering liberals and conservatives" a big tent |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | "BIG" TALK $3,000 (Daily Double): Ironically, it was cosmologist Fred Hoyle, a leading advocate of the steady-state theory, who coined this term the big bang |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | IT WAS 1970s AMERICA, MAN $400: In 1973 he was minority leader of the House of Representatives but got 2 big job promotions by the end of the next year Ford |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | IT WAS 1970s AMERICA, MAN $800: Paul Gann & Howard Jarvis led a revolt against these taxes that upset many Californians with big jumps every October property taxes |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | IT'LL BE MY TWEET $200: At exactly 3 a.m. London time on October 28, 2021, an unofficial account of this landmark let us know, "bong bong bong" Big Ben |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | TV SCIENCE $800: The Cooper-Hofstadter paper about space-time & superfluidity was co-authored by characters on this CBS show The Big Bang Theory |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | MY SINGLE JUST DROPPED $600: 1895 was a big year for this man; he defended his thesis on magnetism & was drawn to wed Marie Sklodowska, also a towering intellect Curie |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | ISLANDS $800: Only about 3 miles divide Little & Big Diomede, but this line runs between, hence the nicknames Yesterday Island & Tomorrow Island the International Date Line |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | RAIN $1000: For big raindrops, this fatal-sounding top speed reached at equilibrium between gravity & air resistance can approach 25 mph terminal velocity |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | PLANTS & ANIMALS $2000: Native to South America & Southeast Asia, these big mammals are relatives of the rhino a tapir |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | PANTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This type of short pant inspired the name of a Big Apple sports team knickerbockers |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | GLOBAL LIT $1200: Miles Franklin's sequel to "My Brilliant Career", called "My Career Goes Bung", is set among the literati of this big city Sydney |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | QUICK HISTORY $2000: A big assembly or diet took place in this German city in 1521 Worms |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | STREETS OF AMERICA $200: This raucous Big Easy street wasn't named for a liquor, but rather for the ruling French family of the time in 1721 Bourbon Street |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | PAINTINGS $1200: 1964's "Picture of a Hollywood Swimming Pool" was the first of many pool paintings by this Brit who made a big splash in the USA David Hockney |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | HOW GREEN WAS MY FLAG $800: In 1992 the flag of this South American nation was revised, but its big green background stayed Brazil |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | SKIING AROUND THE WORLD $4,000 (Daily Double): Soldeu, El Tarter & Pas de la Casa are part of a big ski resort in this tiny European nation Andorra |
| #8534, aired 2021-12-16 | GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES $200: This longest tributary of the Mississippi River is known as "Big Muddy" the Missouri |
| #8534, aired 2021-12-16 | SNOW-POURRI $1200: Mount Snow, Vermont calls itself these mountains' most accessible ski resort from the big cities south of it the Green Mountains |
| #8533, aired 2021-12-15 | WHIRLED MENU $600: In India it's the big cheese:
ERA PEN paneer |
| #8533, aired 2021-12-15 | WORLD CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): The name of this second-largest city in Wales starts with a big bird Swansea |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | BIG MOVIE ON CAMPUS $400: M.I.T.'s domed Maclaurin Building is where this actor works as a janitor in a 1997 film (Matt) Damon |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | BIG MOVIE ON CAMPUS $800: This 1973 film follows a first-year student's clashes with his contracts prof at Harvard Law School The Paper Chase |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | BIG MOVIE ON CAMPUS $1200: Set at a fictional Ivy League university, "Dear White People" was filmed at this school's Twin Cities campus the University of Minnesota |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | BIG MOVIE ON CAMPUS $1600: Georgia's Emory University was one of the locations for this 2016 movie about NASA's female "human computers" Hidden Figures |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | BIG MOVIE ON CAMPUS $2000: 2 films shot at Notre Dame were "Knute Rockne: All American" & this one starring Sean Astin as an unlikely football player Rudy |
| #8529, aired 2021-12-09 | COLLEGE SPORTS $800: "On", this Big Ten school! Coached by "Miracle on Ice" team member Mark Johnson, the women's hockey team won the 2021 NCAA title Wisconsin |
| #8528, aired 2021-12-08 | COMPANY COLORS $200: Home Depot is known as "Big" this Orange |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | POP CULTURE $600: In 2019, this young rapper moseyed onto the scene in a really big way Lil Nas X |
| #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | TRENDING $800: This ankle wear was big with young female Sinatra fans in the 1940s bobby socks |
| #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | DENNIS QUAID MOVIE ROLES $2000: Smooth-talking New Orleans police detective Remy McSwain The Big Easy |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | FICTION $1,600 (Daily Double): Emily is imprisoned in a gloomy castle--that tells you "The Mysteries of Udolpho" is a classic of this big 1790s genre gothic fiction (a gothic romance) |
| #8521, aired 2021-11-29 | HE HAD A HAT $400: He famously wore a Vivienne Westwood hat to the Grammys in 2014 Pharrell Williams |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | PRESIDENTIAL THIS & THAT $200: Presidential brother Edgar Eisenhower was called "Big" this; Dwight was the "Little" version Ike |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | YOU GOT A LOT OF IRV, PAL! $1600: New Hampshire & Vienna have played big roles in the works of this '80s bestselling novelist who attended the universities of both John Irving |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | YOU GOT A LOT OF IRV, PAL! $2000: After getting 17 publisher rejections, Irving Stone hit it big in 1934 with this "bio-history" of van Gogh Lust for Life |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | DANCE IN HISTORY $400: With 27 straight hours of waltzing, Alma Cummings started this fad with an athletic contest name, big in the desperate 1930s dance marathons |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | A PHRASE OF TURN $400: Do this on the same-named device to bring in that big fish you've just hooked reel |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT $1600: One of the original "Big Four" civil rights groups, CORE, founded in 1942, stands for the Congress of this Racial Equality |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | MOVIES BY OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $2000: "Thanks For The Memory", from "The Big" this "of 1938" Broadcast |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | FERRIES $400: The Belle Chasse Ferry takes people from Belle Chasse, Louisiana across this big river the Mississippi |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | THE END $200: "He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother" 1984 |
| #8505, aired 2021-11-05 | JOKERS $600: Mitch Hedberg: this snack brand's "initial intention was to make tennis balls but... a big truck of potatoes arrived" Pringles |
| #8505, aired 2021-11-05 | PLAYING "CARD"s $1000: Crawdad ends with a parent, as does this spice, a ginger family member that's big in Scandinavia cardamom |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | FAIRY TALES: A CLOSER LOOK $600: A wild animal who's pretty good at deception attempts 2 homicides, that of a girl & her grandmother, but ends up dead "Little Red Riding Hood" |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | TRIPLE ALLITERATION $600: The movie "A Christmas Story" used this canine phrase to up the ante in a big challenge double dog dare |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | MISMATCHED PAIRS $800: A nickname for the circus & a Tennessee state song big top & "Rocky Top" |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | SATELLITES $800: A big balloon made to reflect radio waves, the first communications satellite was aptly named this, this, this Echo |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | WORDS FROM QUECHUA $800: Makes sense that this big Andean vulture has a name from Quechua a (Andean) condor |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | THE VILLAIN OF THE PIECE $1200: Nobody cries when this big bad Bill comes to a bad end in "Oliver Twist" Sikes |
| #8496, aired 2021-10-25 | WHAT HAPPENED WHEN $4,200 (Daily Double): While surveying the night sky in 1781, William Herschel made this big discovery Uranus |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | WHAT'S IN A GEOGRAPHIC NAME $600: Tribeca in the Big Apple stands for the "triangle below" this street Canal Street |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | META"FOR"S $1200: If you "can't see" this, you're too involved in the details of a subject to understand the big picture the forest for the trees |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | THIS IS THE WAY $400: You leave Big Sky on Route 64 but may cut some of the 4-hour drive on I-15 to Great Falls, as you can legally go 80 in this state Montana |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | THE IMPASSABLE DREAM $2000: This 90-mile stretch of California south of Monterey is known for its scenic highway that sometimes does become impassble Big Sur |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | OLD SLANG $600: If someone said you had beetle-crushers, it meant big these body parts feet |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $1600: The cost to ship a really big wooden box, determined by how heavy it is the crate freight rate |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | MAKING A SHORT STORY LONG $1600: "Big Creek Missile Agency", Homer Hickam's article about his childhood, became this book that became the movie "October Sky" Rocket Boys |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | SPORTY ANAGRAMS $600: A big shot in basketball:
HERE TO RIP NET three pointer |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | WE LOOK DOWN ON THAT STATE $600: A big chunk of South Dakota is upstairs from it Nebraska |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE PEOPLE $600: "The ears aren't quite as big", said President Obama of this SNLer who regularly portrayed him Fred Armisen |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | 30 SOMETHING $1000: Sir John Buchan wrote this spy novel that Hitchcock made into a big screen thriller 39 Steps |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | ____ & ____ $200: This cat & mouse duo were at odds in the Big Apple in a 2021 live action/animated film Tom & Jerry |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | 1800s U.S. HISTORY $800: Duties on imported goods upon entry, they were a big issue all century; an 1890 bill jacked them up tariff |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | SO VERY COLD $1200: When this current of high-speed winds moves in big waves, Arctic air can spill into mid-latitude regions, bringing winter cold snaps jet stream |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | CULT MOVIES $1200: An angry girlfriend, a mutant baby & a man with big hair all add up to "Eraserhead", this surreal director's first feature film Lynch |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | THE AMERIC-ANNS $1200: In the 18th century "Mother Ann" Lee was a big mover in this offshoot of the Quakers whose name rhymes with Quakers Shakers |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | BASEBALL HALL OF FAMERS BY INITIALS $1000: He took a big lead & slid into the H.O.F. in 2009: R.H. Henderson |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | THAT'S A BIG BOOK $400: If you're not a fan of long, long fiction, this 1862 Victor Hugo work will make you... what's the word... unhappy? Wretched? Les Misérables |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | NAME CALLING $800: This large Howitzer was named for the woman who once owned the Krupp Armaments Company Big Bertha |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | THAT'S A BIG BOOK $1200: Might seem that way, but it won't take a hundred years to read this 1974 James Michener bestseller about the American West Centennial |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | THAT'S A BIG BOOK $1600: There's a synonym for "dreary" in the title, then 67 chapters of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce court action in this Dickens work Bleak House |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | THAT'S A BIG BOOK $2000: Book 10 of this Thomas Malory work has 88 chapters, & there are 21 books--just sayin' Le Morte d'Arthur |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | THAT'S A BIG BOOK $6,000 (Daily Double): "Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit" is the first of this poem's more than 10,000 lines Paradise Lost |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | LADIES & GENTLEMEN $1000: We're big fans of this 1892 Oscar Wilde title character who has some serious mother issues Lady Windermere |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | THEY'RE SORT OF A BIG DEAL $200: General & colonel are higher up in the army, but an informal title is this rank "of industry" captain |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | IT'S A SAIL-EBRATION $400: 228 sailing ships, 53 naval vessels & assorted ships from 40+ countries sailed across New York Harbor to celebrate this big birthday the Bicentennial |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | "CITY" $400: Its flag features 2 big keys that are mentioned in the New Testament Vatican City |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | THEY'RE SORT OF A BIG DEAL $400: A Japanese word for "squad leader" gives us the alliterative term "head" this honcho |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | THEY'RE SORT OF A BIG DEAL $600: "The whole" this tortilla-&-sauce food item evolved into "the big" one for somebody in charge enchilada |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | THEY'RE SORT OF A BIG DEAL $800: Once applied to nobility, this word from Latin for "great" now means a powerful business leader magnate |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | THEY'RE SORT OF A BIG DEAL $1000: When it means a ski slope feature, this word comes from German; spelled the same & referring to an executive, it comes from Urdu mogul |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | WHAT A WEEK! $1000: Late June brings Awareness Week for the big ants named for this occupation; they damage homes by removing wood for their nests carpenter |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | CAN I SELL YOU SOME INSURANCE (ON TV)? $800: He's a 5-star insurance pitch cartoon with a big mustache the General |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | CENTRAL AMERICAN CAPITALS $400: 1776 wasn't just a big year for us--Guatemala City was founded, 3 years after Antigua Guatemala was felled by one of these an earthquake |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | NO MAN $400: Andrew Volstead gave a big "no" with the National this act, which enforced the 18th Amendment Prohibition |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | THINK BIG! $200: With almost 2 miles of paths, Longleat is the largest of these in Britain; allow about 2 hours a maze |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | FOUNDRY $400: This hefty noisemaker from Whitechapel Foundry began tolling for Londoners in 1859 Big Ben |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | THINK BIG! $400: As part of a 2017 promotion, a pair of briefs with a 76-foot-wide waistband was made for this Dav Pilkey kids' book character Captain Underpants |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | THINK BIG! $600: With eight lanes for cars & two for trains, this Down Under city's iconic bridge seen here is one of the world's widest Sydney |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | THINK BIG! $800: Stretching almost a mile, one of the longest railway platforms is at Gorakhpur Junction in this Indian state, the U.P. Uttar Pradesh |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | THINK BIG! $1000: The tallest of these structures towers 870 feet over the Great Mosque of Algiers minaret |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | MYTH RUN-ONS $400: Roman fire god, now a big orange melon Vulcantaloupe |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | TALK SHOWS $1600: There are A-list stars, but the audience makes "The Big Red Chair" segment from this host, seen on BBC America Graham Norton |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | SITCOM EXITS $200: After 12 years, this actor said no to a reported $50 million to continue on "The Big Bang Theory", which then decided to implode (Jim) Parsons |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | AT THE BEACH $1200: Big Major Cay in this multi-island nation near Florida is famous for its beach of swimming pigs Bahamas |
| #8450, aired 2021-07-23 | HISTORICAL NONFICTION $800: "American Rebels" recounts the Revolutionary roles of John Adams & this man famed for his big signature John Hancock |
| #8450, aired 2021-07-23 | BUTTE OF COURSE $1200: Providing millions of gallons a day, Big Butte Springs is the main water supply for the Medford region in this state Oregon |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | SOMETHING BIG IS COMING! $800: The wingspan of the royal species of this seabird of the South Pacific can reach more than 10 feet albatross |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | SOMETHING BIG IS COMING! $1200: 555 passengers can fly comfortably aboard the A380 from this European manufacturer Airbus |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | SOMETHING BIG IS COMING! $1600: The term "juggernaut" comes from a massive vehicle pulled by thousands of pilgrims to honor this avatar of Vishnu Jagannath (Krishna) |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | SOMETHING BIG IS COMING! $2000: 2/3 of a mile long, the world's longest passenger train, the Ghan, travels 1,850 miles coast to coast across this continent Australia |
| #8446, aired 2021-07-19 | WHAT'S IN THE CAVE? $800: In 1991 a Vietnamese forager discovered a cave so big that these form within it; he saw them billowing out clouds |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | HIGH $2000: The high pressure system known as the Siberian High is centered on this big Russian body of water Lake Baikal |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | WHILE "E" $800: Long ago, it had a curved shape, but now it's basically a big oboe the English horn |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | ODD HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): The Great Emu War of 1932 proved disastrous for this country's army; the big birds were no chickens Australia |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | YOU CAN'T $400: ...move this kind of big rock if it's on public property in the Colorado city of the same name; the municipal code says no a boulder |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | EVERYTHING IS ASSAM $600: Assam's Kaziranga National Park is a reserve for the royal Bengal species of this big predator a tiger |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1000: The farming equivalent of Big Pharma is not Big Farm but big this Ag |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | SUN & MOON $2000: In 5 billion years, out of hydrogen, the Sun will become this big, colorful type of star & start engulfing planets a red giant |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | EPONYMOUS FOOD $200: In 1859 David Jack, a big landowner in this California town, began selling its white cheese under his name Monterey Jack |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | IN A STORM $1600: Use most of the letters from "typhoon" to spell out this creature whose reticulated version can get pretty big a python |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | COMPLETES THE IDIOM $200: Give it your all:
"Go big or..." go home |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | TV SPIN-OFFS $400: "Young Sheldon" The Big Bang Theory |
| #8438, aired 2021-07-07 | THE DUKE & DUCHESS OF SUFFIX $1000: Add -er to one-syllable adjectives like "big" or "hot" to get adjectives of this degree comparative |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | BORDERING THE USA $200: About 20 minutes after crossing the border into British Columbia, you can be in this big city exploring Stanley Park Vancouver |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | THEY DON'T LIVE ON SESAME STREET $800: Big birds of the world include the 6-foot, 30-pound Dalmatian variety of this avian with a large bill & an elastic throat pouch a pelican |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | NONFICTION $400: In her book about this punctuation mark, Cecelia Watson wrote, "Big ideas are distilled down to a few winking drops of ink" the semicolon |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | MAGAZINES $800: Now owned by Bloomberg, this financial magazine debuted 7 weeks before the big stock market crash of 1929 Business Week |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | THEY ARE QUITE THE CHARACTERS! $200: Madeline Martha MacKenzie on the small screen, June Carter Cash on the big (Reese) Witherspoon |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | THEY ARE QUITE THE CHARACTERS! $1000: Tami Taylor of little Dillon, Texas; Rayna Jaymes of big Nashville, Tennessee Connie Britton |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | OFFICIAL STATE FOSSILS $400: For its fossil, Alabama chose 70-foot Basilosaurus, now classified as this big marine mammal a whale |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | ENDS IN "A-D-O" $800: Borrowed from Spanish, it's a big fan or devotee of something, perhaps sports aficionado |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | OFFICIAL STATE FOSSILS $1600: Maryland goes big & small with its state dinosaur, a sauropod, & state fossil, a type of this shelled gastropod snail |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | A CATEGORY IN 5 ACTS $600: Britain's Constitution Act of 1982 gave complete independence to this big country Canada |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | TV-POURRI $2000: Since 2017 this Netflix cartoon for adults has chronicled early adolescence--basically, Nick Kroll's Big Mouth |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | IN THE SCI-FI & FANTASY SECTION $400: One big difference between this 1963 Pierre Boulle novel & the film version--no half-buried Statue of Liberty at the end Planet of the Apes |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | PLAIN-NAMED MALADIES $1000: Similar to carpal tunnel syndrome, "baby" this joint affects the parents, not the baby wrist |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | POP CULTURE $1200: In 2020 the plastic crown worn by this "Big Poppa" rapper in his final photo shoot sold at auction for nearly $600,000 the Notorious B.I.G. |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | CINEMAPOURRI $800: In this film Bogie's character says that Katharine Hepburn's had "ten absurd ideas for my one" The African Queen |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | TOUGH VOCABULARY $1200: This word containing a synonym for "big" means "generosity" & was shouted in France when lords were giving gifts to the people largesse |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | CITY FILL IN $800: ____ Slugger: It's used to hit in the big leagues Louisville |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | THAT'S HEAVY, MAN $800: A 4-year restoration plan begun in 2017 stopped this 15.1-ton great hour bell from chiming, save for special occasions Big Ben |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | MUSICAL SEQUELS $2000: "Of Thee I Sing" was such a big hit for these brothers, George & Ira, that they came up with "Let 'Em Eat Cake" (which bombed) the Gershwins |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | BASEBALL'S BIG NUMBERS $200: This legendary Braves slugger who's first on the all-time RBI list with 2,297 passed away in 2021 Hank Aaron (Hammerin' Hank) |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | EDUCATION $400: ESL programs, short for this, got a big push in Florida in the 1960s as Cubans fled their country English as a second language |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | BASEBALL'S BIG NUMBERS $400: During his career he had a record 14,053 official at-bats; maybe that's why he's also the career hits leader Pete Rose |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | BASEBALL'S BIG NUMBERS $600: In 1973 & 1974 this California Angels pitcher hurled a total of 750 strikeouts, the most ever in 2 straight years Nolan Ryan |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | BASEBALL'S BIG NUMBERS $800: He is the only player in MLB history to walk more than 200 times in one season; he got 232 free passes in 2004 Barry Bonds |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | BASEBALL'S BIG NUMBERS $1000: With Negro League stats now part of Major League history, this slugger may claim the title of "last .400 hitter" Josh Gibson |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | LATE $800: In Italy the late Gothic period of art was centered in Siena & this big city just to the north Florence |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | ANIMAL-NAMED ANIMALS $2000: There's a big cat in the name of these colorful Pacific reef dwellers with venomous spines lionfish |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | BARNS $200: The big barn seen here in Lexington, Kentucky was built to house this breed named for their unmixed stock Thoroughbreds |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | NOBEL PRIZE ODDITIES $800: Physics winners Penzias & Wilson had to shoo pigeons from their antenna to pick up background radiation from this "Big" event the Big Bang |
| #8411, aired 2021-05-31 | NOT QUITE A CONSTELLATION $400: This pair of "Big" & "Little" star clusters can be found in Ursa Major & Minor, respectively the Big Dipper & the Little Dipper |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | GEOGRAPHY $200: Málaga & Murcia are 2 big cities in the southern part of this nation Spain |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | MUSICAL MENAGERIE $200: One of Dave Matthews' first big hits was about these little guys "marching, red and black antennae waving" ants |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER FOOTBALL TEAM $800: After a big scramble, this guy "of Athens" retires to the wilderness & coaches Alcibiades on sacking the city Timon |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS $1000: Riverfest is a big annual celebration in Wichita, Kansas & this is the river the Arkansas River |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | MEDICAL MILESTONES $5,000 (Daily Double): File under "S": in the 1950s these 2 microbiologists each developed a polio vaccine Salk & Sabin |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | CHINESE THEATRE HAND & FOOTPRINTS $400: A bit over "Four Christmases" this 6'5" actor put his big shoes in the theater's cement Vince Vaughn |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | CORPORATE JARGON $1200: Cherry-picking is similar to plucking this, meaning do easy tasks with the big rewards first; you reach for the higher stuff later plucking the low-hanging fruit |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | SAME FIRST NAME $200: Olsen of "WandaVision" & "Big" actress Perkins Elizabeth |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | THAT'S MY AIRPORT $7,000 (Daily Double): This Dallas airport is named for a lieutenant killed in a plane crash while practicing for a military aviator test Love Field |
| #8402, aired 2021-05-18 | I'M ON A BOAT! $600: You're in a big argument with someone when you're "at" these, also posts found on 19th century whaling boats loggerheads |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | POP CULTURE $400: Playing himself, William Shatner made a guest appearance in "The D & D Vortex" episode of this sitcom The Big Bang Theory |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | THE STOCK MARKET $600: In 2021 the wild ride of GameStop stock pitted small investors against the big boys who use this method & hope the price will fall short selling |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | MONTANA $600: The vastness of the wild blue yonder gave Montana the nickname this "Country", which appears on its state quarter Big Sky |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | CREATURE FROM $1200: This big black buffalo is named for a bit of land in way southern Africa Cape buffalo |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | FROM TV SHOW TO FILM $200: Not Jim Phelps but Ethan Hunt is the team leader played by this actor in the big screen versions of "Mission Impossible" Tom Cruise |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | FROM TV SHOW TO FILM $800: When this TV show magically came to the big screen, Nicole Kidman played Samantha Stephens Bewitched |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | DRESSES $600: This word for a big, billowy skirt is a homophone of a word meaning "disappear" poof |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | TV TITLE ANIMALS $800: From 2000 until 2003 John Ritter was the voice of this colorful canine on PBS Clifford the Big Red Dog |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | FORMER CHILD STARS $200: Now in his 30s, he grew up playing Harry Potter on the big screen Daniel Radcliffe |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | LET'S VISIT THE CITY $400: The big attraction in this city's Piazza dei Miracoli (Square of Miracles) is a bell tower that's 4 degrees from perpendicular Pisa |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | 18th CENTURY STUFF $600: Born on the Big Island, this king known as "the Great" set out to unify the Hawaiian Islands Kamehameha |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $200: You'll find this fast food chain's golden arches at more than 14,000 locations in the U.S. & more than 36,000 worldwide McDonald's |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $400: In 2017 this shipping company celebrated the opening of its 5,000th "store" UPS |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | MUSIC SCALES $400: These 2 "big" & "little" types of scale give contrasting happy & sad feelings to compositions major & minor scales |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $600: In January 2020 this Texas-based convenience store chain announced the opening of its 70,000th location 7-Eleven |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $800: Founded in Virginia in the 1950s, K&K 5&10 experienced some inflation while growing into this nationwide "Tree" Dollar Tree |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $1000: In the mid-1800s he joined up with Luigi Rossi, & their spirits business is still going (Alessandro) Martini |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | 3 O's $1200: Little Big Town sings about "makin' waves and catchin' rays up on the roof" of this type of boat a pontoon |
| #8383, aired 2021-04-21 | D PLUS $1000: A word found before "pool" & a use for a big armful of cotton wading & wadding |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | RELAX $400: Maybe I'll relax by throwing the ball around with this big breed of dog, seen here a Great Dane |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | SELF-HELP YOURSELF $1000: This "Eat, Pray, Love" author also offered "Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear" (Elizabeth) Gilbert |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES $800: To make a big deal out of something minor is to make a mountain out of this a molehill |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | ART & ARTISTS $600: The subject of a 2014 film, Margaret Keane was noted for her paintings of waifs with this distinction, the film's title big eyes |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | HEAVY METAL $1000: A 14-ton replica coin in Sudbury, Ontario, is called the Big this, an element long mined there Nickel |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | WOMEN ON STAMPS $1200: As part of a Great American series, this artist who made a big impression in France appeared on a 1988 stamp Cassatt |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | WOMEN ON STAMPS $1600: This Latin American icon who made a big splash in U.S. movies appeared with her tutti-frutti hat on a 2011 stamp Carmen Miranda |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE $800: Members of this party founded by Alexander Hamilton weren't big fans of the purchase & questioned its constitutionality the Federalists |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | A SWAMPY SITUATION $800: Florida's Seminole & Miccosukee peoples have reservations near the immense swamp named for these "big" trees cypress trees |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | THE WORLD IN 1900 $800: Jean Sibelius' "Finlandia" premiered in this capital but ruling Russia had big problems with the patriotism within Helsinki |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | SCULPTURE MATERIALS $1600: A big attraction of Taiwan's National Palace Museum is a tiny green & white bok choy carved from this gemstone jade |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | APRIL FOOL! $800: In 1980 the BBC (those cheeky Brits!) said this landmark, to keep up with the times, would be given a digital readout Big Ben |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | ANIMALS $600: Fish fear the paws of these big brown bears grizzly bears |
| #8367, aired 2021-03-30 | HISTORY $1000: Around 3000 B.C. the Sumerian settlement of Uruk was the first big city in this historic region, at its southeast end Mesopotamia |
| #8364, aired 2021-03-25 | IN A TEACUP $400: In an idiom, a big to-do over a tiny matter is described as this "in a teacup" or "teapot" a tempest |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | THE NEBULA AWARDS $400: It's no big shocker that this book set on Arrakis was Best Novel in 1965 Dune |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | WORDS THAT START WITH 2 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS $1200: The Ilium is the upper part of this big bone the hip bone |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | BODIES OF WATER FILED UNDER B $2000: This "large animal" lake is a center of skiing, fishing & more in California's San Bernardino National Forest Big Bear Lake |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | BAY WATCH $1200: Named for a local titan of dredging, Ben T. Davis Beach is on this big bay of West Florida Tampa Bay |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | LAKES $1600: Big bull sharks are thought to use the San Juan River to make the 120-mile journey inland to this largest lake of Central America Lake Nicaragua |
| #8358, aired 2021-03-17 | '90s NONFICTION $800: Adlai Stevenson & big fins on cars appear in David Halberstam's '90s book about this earlier decade the '50s |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | A COLLEGE CONFERENCE CALL $400: Big Sky: Of course the conference includes the U. of this--alumni include Pulitzer winner A.B. Guthrie Jr., author of "The Big Sky" Montana |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | ALLITERATIVE LIT $1200: He was known as a writer of political pamphlets before he hit it big with the 1719 tale of a castaway Daniel Defoe |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | THE "OVER"/"UNDER" $1200: Toronto has an innovative park named for this type of area, even making use of the big columns supporting the highway above the underpass |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | FERRIS & OBSERVATION WHEELS $600: Las Vegas' observation wheel, currently the world's tallest, has this 2-word name, like a gambler who bets big on craps High Roller |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | FERRIS & OBSERVATION WHEELS $800: The Big O wheel in Tokyo Dome City has an open center without spokes so this other type of ride can pass through a roller coaster |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | HISTORY ACCORDING TO HERODOTUS $400: Herodotus wrote that this ancient capital on the Euphrates was so big it had 100 gates (it had 8) Babylon |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | TV SHOWS IN 2 WORDS $600: Brainiacs,
Bazinga! The Big Bang Theory |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | PORT "L" $2000: This big port was once the capital of Nigeria Lagos |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | MAKING & REMAKING ROBIN HOOD $800: Alan Hale Sr. played this big buddy opposite Errol Flynn & Douglas Fairbanks Little John |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | F IS FOR FAMILY $1600: He took over dad's jewelry biz in St. Petersburg in 1870 & landed a big gig 15 years later--Russian imperial court jeweler & goldsmith Fabergé |
| #8345, aired 2021-02-26 | BASEBALL NICKNAMES $400: "The Big Unit" Randy Johnson |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | SHEDDING LIGHT $1,000 (Daily Double): Visit San Antonio, & you can see a big mosaic of the Virgin Mary, shaped like one of these prayer candles votive |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | FILMS OF THE '80s $2,600 (Daily Double): Its ensemble cast included William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Glenn Close & Meg Tilly The Big Chill |
| #8343, aired 2021-02-24 | "T-N-T" $1200: A friend & collaborator of Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden had this musical job a trombonist |
| #8343, aired 2021-02-24 | MOVIES $1600: Josh Brolin & Sean Astin made their big screen debuts in this film about a group of misfits searching for pirate treasure The Goonies |
| #8343, aired 2021-02-24 | CITIES OF THE MIDWEST $2,000 (Daily Double): This home city to Kansas State University shares its name with a Big Apple borough Manhattan |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | THE LEGEND OF BAGGY PANTS $200: It's a general term for goods carried on a ship, or big-pocketed baggy pants that can carry their fair share cargo |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | PHYSICS $400: Symbol Co, this element is big in the field of nanomagnetism, which could lead to huge steps in information technology cobalt |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | THROWING THE BOOK AT YOU $1200: The billions made & lost in the real estate crash are detailed in this "large" Michael Lewis bestseller, later a film in 2015 The Big Short |
| #8339, aired 2021-02-18 | WAR $1000: This prime minister successfully schemed to start the 1866 Seven Weeks' War & make Prussia Europe's big dog Bismarck |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | YUKON $200: Mining is big in the Yukon, including zinc, copper, precious metal & this abundant metal ore from the Crest deposit iron |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | HOOPS $1000: Recently, this baller-barista launched Big Face Coffee & turned his new team, the Miami Heat, into a title contender Jimmy Butler |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | ALL THE "RAGE" $800: A place for a ship to drop a big weight anchorage |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | STEM $1200: (Dr. Frauke Neuser presents the clue.) John Frank Stevens, who designed the Panama Canal, & of course, Gustave Eiffel, are big names in this branch of engineering that focuses on major public works civil engineering |
| #8332, aired 2021-02-09 | SQUID PRO QUO $1000: This pupil of Plato was a big fan of zoology & called the giant squid teuthos Aristotle |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | POP CULTURE $600: Folk singer Llewyn Davis was one of this actor's first big roles Oscar Isaac |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | POETRY $1,000 (Daily Double): Charles Baudelaire wrote a poem about these "vast birds of the sea" who famously show up in an English poem albatrosses |
| #8328, aired 2021-02-03 | LET'S GO SNORKELING $600: Hawaii's Big Island is renowned for its night snorkeling with these gentle giants nicknamed devil fish manta rays |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | FILMS WITH SMALL CASTS $1600: This acting legend plays the only character in 2013's "All Is Lost", about a solo sailor in big trouble on the high seas Robert Redford |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | CARPET $400: Princess Leia callously refers to him as a "big walking carpet" Chewbacca |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | VIDEO GAMES $400: Hey, trainers! Take on gym leaders of the Galar region for your next big battle in this series that offers "Sword" & "Shield" Pokémon |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | THE 1971 EMMY AWARDS $800: This sitcom won big, for Best New Show, for Best Comedy Series & for Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker All in the Family |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | BIG STAR $400: The closest star to our sun, Proxima this has an Earth-like planet that was discovered in 2016 & could possibly support life Proxima Centauri |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | BIG STAR $800: Castor & Pollux are the 2 brightest stars in this constellation that's also a sign of the zodiac Gemini |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | BIG STAR $1200: In the top 5 brightest stars, Arcturus is found in this constellation in the northern sky; oh, shake shake shake, shake your... Bootes |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | BIG STAR $1600: When you see this Down Under constellation for the 1st time, check out Alpha Crucis & the Coalsack molecular cloud the Southern Cross |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | BIG STAR $2,600 (Daily Double): The name of this bright red star in the constellation Scorpius denotes it as a rival of the Greek god of war Antares |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | BIOGRAPHIES $400: "Last Night at the Viper Room" is the story of this actor, Joaquin's big bro, who died tragically in 1993 River Phoenix |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THE SONG TITLE ON MY RADIO DISPLAY $400: Fergie:
"Big Girls Don't" "Big Girls Don't Cry" |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THE SONG TITLE ON MY RADIO DISPLAY $1000: Joni Mitchell:
"Big Yell" "Big Yellow Taxi" |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | STATE CAPITALS $200: This southern capital is known as "The Big Peach" Atlanta |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | TV-POURRI $800: Before he was Mr. Big on "Sex and the City" & the bad husband to "The Good Wife", he was Detective Mike Logan on "Law & Order" Chris Noth |
| #8320, aired 2021-01-22 | SECRETARIES OF STATE $200: This secretary for James Monroe succeeded his boss in the big job John Quincy Adams |
| #8320, aired 2021-01-22 | SECRETARIES OF STATE $400: This secretary for Barack Obama did not succeed her boss in the big job HIllary Clinton |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | ALMOST RHYMES WITH PURPLE $2000: Playtex was once a big name in this undergarment that has mostly given way to shapewear a girdle |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | HODGEPODGE $800: In Europe moose are known as these, our word for a different big North American deer elk |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | HODGEPODGE $1200: From 2007 to 2019 Kunal Nayyar played Raj Koothrappali on this sitcom The Big Bang Theory |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: To pull, or a big clumsy oaf a lug |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | HEAVY MEDALS $2,000 (Daily Double): The president of Morehouse College was on the first committee to award the Spingarn Medal of this organization the NAACP |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | EARTH AT NIGHT IN COLOR $1000: Prey animals usually avoid predators, but at night these big African antelopes actually follow cheetahs to keep them in sight wildebeests |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | A TRIP AROUND THE LIBRARY $400: Over in the kids' section, we'll read this 1930 book where the title transport says, "I'm not very big" but tries to help anyway The Little Engine That Could |
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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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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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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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Kweisi Mfume, a president from the NAACP
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Name pronounced like "kwah-EE-see oom-FOO-may"....
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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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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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Lisa Johnston, a fourth and fifth grade reading and religion teacher from East Boston, Massachusetts
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"She teaches at a parish that's focus is to dream big....
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David Faber, an anchor and reporter from CNBC's Squawk on the Street and The Faber Report
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"The winner of Emmy, Peabody, DuPont, and Loeb awards, he's a...
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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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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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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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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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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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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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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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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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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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David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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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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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Deborah White, a marketing manager from Woodstock, Georgia
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Season 20 player (2004-04-09).
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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
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"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Jessica Liese, a contract coordinator originally from Havre, Montana
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Season 22 player (2006-03-23).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: bittysoda
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Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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Allison Peña, a junior from Sunrise, Florida
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Katie James, a sophomore from Winchester, Virginia
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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Melissa Rauch, an actor from Marlboro Township, New Jersey
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"An actor from Marlboro Township, New Jersey, she starred as Bernadette...
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Sergio Llorian, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 28 1-time champion: $29,201 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: Serge
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Dave Simpson, a pastor from Belcamp, Maryland
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Damian Yu, an executive compensation consultant originally from West Vancouver, Canada
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Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
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Amanda Wallwin, a creative project manager from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $19,000 + $1,000.
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Christopher Short, a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 6-time champion: $94,752...
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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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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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Makeen Huda, a lab assistant from Metairie, Louisiana
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Season 27 player (2011-06-09).
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Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
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2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
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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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David Weiss, a professor from Billings, Montana
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Season 25 player (2008-10-17).
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Jennifer Nield Cameron, an executive assistant from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-03-01).
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Keith Olbermann, a news anchor from MSNBC
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"In 2004, this veteran reporter will provide extensive coverage 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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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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Dan Royles, a senior from Chula Vista, California
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Dan was 17 at the time...
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Caley Anderson, a junior from Santee, California
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2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Michael Salerno, a law student from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2005-12-08). Michael won $25,000 on Who Wants to...
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Kevin Marshall, a student from Metairie, Louisiana
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2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 6-time champion: $98,201...
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Mehrun Etebari, a graduate student of international relations from Durham, New Hampshire
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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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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Emily Bryk, an elementary school science teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-04-06). Last name pronounced to rhyme with "bike"....
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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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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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Kurt Bray, a scientist from Oceanside, California
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"A 5-time winner in 1994, he used some of his winnings...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Lisa Klink, a TV writer from Los Angeles, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $70,150...
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Matt Kohlstedt, a grad student originally from La Grange, Illinois
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 25 5-time champion: $77,803 + $2,000.
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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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Seyi Fayanju, an environmental advocate from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-10). Name pronounced like "SHAY-yee fy-ANN-joo". Seyi was...
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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 Watkins, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: everyday847
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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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Zachary Tomanelli, an online organizer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-01-22).
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Seth Tribble, a statistician from New York, New York
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Season 30 1-time champion: $26,488 + $2,000.
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Lyrka Lawler, a digital media specialist from Big Rock, Illinois
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Season 37 player (2021-04-26).
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Susan Cannon, a homemaker from Big Horn, Wyoming
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Season 10 player (1993-09-07).
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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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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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Graig Zethner, a computer engineer from East Meadow, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-07-26). \"Graig\" rhymes with \"Craig\". Graig won $1,000...
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Brian Adams, an educator from Big Bear Lake, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 37 3-time champion: $44,901 +...
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Brian Adams, a retired public educator from Big Bear Lake, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 37 3-time champion: $44,901 +...
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David Garcia, an IT communications strategy team lead from Troy, Michigan
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Season 38 player (2021-10-06). David appeared on Who Wants to Be...
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Armand Kachigian, a podiatrist from Granite City, Illinois
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Season 10 player (1994-02-10). Armand won $500,000 on Who Wants to...
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Ray Romano, an actor from Queens, New York
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"An actor from Queens, New York, for nine seasons, he starred...
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Joel Kim Booster, a comedian from Chicago, Illinois
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"A comedian from Chicago, his movie Fire Island, which he wrote,...
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A.J. Motley, a student of diagnostic sonography from Wylie, Texas
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Season 28 2-time champion: $56,002 + $2,000. Alex skipped A.J.'s contestant...
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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
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"He teaches at the smallest public school in North Carolina, and...
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Melissa Leanza, a bookkeeper from Laguna Hills, California
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Season 29 player (2013-03-01).
Mother of 2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist Sam Leanza.
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Tim Crockett, a casino worker from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-07-19).
KJL game 34.
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Viki Radden, a high school English and literacy teacher from Bakersfield, California
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"She teaches at the largest high school district in California. From...
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John Simpson, an advertising creative director from Providence, Rhode Island
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Season 29 player (2013-06-25).
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Catie Fletcher, a municipal court clerk from Bozeman, Montana
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Season 28 player (2012-03-28).
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Darcy Smith, a copywriter from New York, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-07-14).
KJL game 31.
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Greg Narver, a lawyer from Seattle, Washington
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Season 20 player (2004-07-14).
KJL game 31.
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Phil Goldstein, a benefits consultant from Decatur, Georgia
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Season 29 player (2013-04-19).
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Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
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Season 25 2-time champion: $62,802 + $2,000. Not be to confused...
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Jay Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
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2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Older brother of 2012 Teen Tournament...
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Tom Hanson, a Ph.D. candidate in finance from Kent, Ohio
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Season 29 player (2013-06-20).
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Ricky Leiter, a resident physician in internal medicine from New York, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-10-15).
Last name pronounced like "LEE-ter".
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Melanie Spratford, a caterer from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 28 1-time champion: $19,601 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: Miss Mellie
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Marjorie Parker, a stay-at-home mom and freelance designer from Austin, Texas
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Season 28 player (2012-06-20).
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Erik Dresner, an Internet marketer from Elmhurst, New York
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Season 29 1-time champion: $22,401 + $1,000. Erik appeared on Master...
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Heather Montanye, an environmental resource manager from Monticello, Florida
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Season 29 player (2013-01-28).
Last name pronounced like "mon-tan-AY".
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Katie Houghton, a senior from Ewing, New Jersey
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "HOW-ton".
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Sean Link, a non-profit communications coordinator originally from Terryville, Connecticut
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Season 29 player (2013-01-25).
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Rachel Donegan, a graduate student in English literature from Mount Juliet, Tennessee
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Season 28 player (2012-06-04).
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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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Richard Block, an editor and writer from Diamond Bar, California
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Season 28 2-time champion: $17,601 + $2,000.
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Greg Draves, an MBA student from New York, New York
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Season 29 1-time champion: $22,800 + $2,000.
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Tom Kunzen, a geotechnical engineer from Orlando, Florida
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 5-time champion: $133,402...
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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2011 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000.
JBoard user name: lonesomeseagull
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Patrick Quinn, a high school German teacher from Chesterfield, Missouri
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"He teaches at a school whose history goes back to a...
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Jody Clark, a retail associate from Garretson, South Dakota
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Season 28 player (2012-05-23).
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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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Chris O. Cook, a college English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 29 player (2013-05-27).
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Tyler Benedict, a junior at Columbia University from Dayton, Ohio
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
21 at the time of the College Championship.
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Chris Frankel, a bartender from Houston, Texas
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Season 25 player (2008-09-22).
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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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Weston Mangin, a freshman at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo from Arroyo Grande, California
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
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"In January, the State Department named this NBA Hall of Famer...
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Emily Kelly, a university librarian from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 28 player (2012-01-27).
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Curtis Joseph, a sophomore from Scottsdale Community College
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"In 1999, his nickname was 'Curtles the Troll', and he wanted...
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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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Leigh Wishner, an antique textile and costume specialist from the Bronx, New York
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Season 28 player (2011-10-12).
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Carlee Jensen, a senior from Santa Monica, California
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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Rick Faulkner, a law student from Orange, California
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Season 20 player (2004-06-22).
KJL game 15.
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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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Roberta Candalino, a homemaker from Bedford, Texas
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Season 27 player (2011-05-30).
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Dan Burke, a high school theology teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 28 1-time champion: $26,798 + $1,000.
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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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Erin McLean, a junior at 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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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Dan Adkison, a copy editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 3-time champion: $37,400 + $1,000.
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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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Evan Nolan, a contract attorney from Winchester, Massachusetts
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Season 28 player (2012-04-17).
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Emma Shirato Almon, a government effectiveness associate manager from Sunnyside, New York
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Season 38 player (2022-01-12). At the age of 4, Emma appeared...
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Sue Saunders, an oncology dietician from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 23 player (2007-02-21).
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Debra Walsh, a retired accounting instructor from Morehead City, North Carolina
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Season 30 player (2014-06-02).
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Josh Vittor, a law student from New York, New York
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Season 31 player (2014-12-16).
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Al Franken, an author and radio talk show host from New York City
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"One of the original writers on Saturday Night Live, he's done...
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Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand
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\"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
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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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Jeffrey Gerlomes, a freshman from Napa, California
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Gabby Fusco, an 11-year-old from Maspeth, New York
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"She's loved everything about science she was a little kid, so...
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Katie Gill, a sophomore from Jackson, Mississippi
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2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Clayton Walker, an airline operations specialist from Dallas, Texas
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Season 30 player (2014-05-20).
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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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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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Dawn Alsvary, a cost accountant from Richardson, Texas
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Season 23 player (2007-01-22).
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Linda Schildkraut, an art historian from Bayside, New York
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Season 23 2-time champion: $57,802 + $2,000.
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Al Franken, an author and comedian from Lateline
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"His latest book hit the New York Times bestseller list in...
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Mark Horner, a truck driver from Big Bear Lake, California
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Season 17 player (2001-07-06).
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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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Kyle Murphy, an I.T. support specialist from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 32 player (2016-07-21).
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E.A. Srere, an attorney and municipal judge from Dallas, Texas
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Season 30 player (2014-04-18). Last name pronounced like "SRER-ee". E.A. wore...
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Kelly Isenor, a TV news producer from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 23 2-time champion: $31,800 + $1,000. According to the official...
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Heidi Greimann, a junior from Columbia, Missouri
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Heidi was 15 at the...
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Ryan Ballengee, a senior from Pasadena, Maryland
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2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Ruth Comer, an executive director from Chariton, Iowa
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Season 23 player (2006-11-30).
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Mariann Buonadonna, a homemaker from Barnegat, New Jersey
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Season 23 player (2006-12-19).
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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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Douglas Beeler, a fertilizer market manager from Roanoke, Virginia
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Season 30 player (2014-03-28).
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Luis Sandoval, a production scheduler from Los Angeles, California
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Season 22 player (2006-04-18).
First name pronounced like "LOO-ees".
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Terri Pous, a social media editor from New York, New York
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Season 31 2-time champion: $36,801 + $2,000. Terri produced a podcast...
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Matt Garbett, a graduate student from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 22 player (2006-05-02).
Last name pronounced like "gar-BET".
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Jason Richards, a pharmacy technician from Old Town, Maine
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 22 4-time champion: $99,200 + $2,000.
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Winston Nguyen, a health aide from New York, New York
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Season 30 1-time champion: $10,067 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "NWENN".
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Christi Beard, a flight attendant originally from Gulfport, Mississippi
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Season 22 player (2005-12-07). Christi won $25,000 on Who Wants to...
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Beth Doner, a homemaker from Dearborn, Michigan
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Season 22 player (2005-11-28).
Jeopardy Message Board user name: bethanne
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Mark Levin, a retired dentist from Wellington, Florida
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Season 22 player (2005-12-16).
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Brady Newell, from Derwood, Maryland
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"She loves diving and gymnastics, but is headed toward being either...
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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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Dylan Smith, from the Bronx, New York
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"This honor roll student wants to invent a teleporting system. From...
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Aman Birk, from Irvine, California
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"He may not be the fastest swimmer on the team, but...
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Pranita Ramakrishnan, from Centreville, Virginia
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"Not only does this future neurologist enjoy swimming, drawing and spelling,...
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Olivia Colangelo, a junior from the University of Notre Dame from Murrysville, Pennsylvania
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Shloka Ananthanarayanan, a compliance analyst from New York, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-07-01).
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Andrew Vogl, from Yonkers, New York
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"He can ski the slopes with ease, but navigating his own...
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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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Hope Landsem, from Tualatin, Oregon
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"She likes to win arguments, and that's why she's going to...
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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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Sita Yerramsetti, an eleven-year-old from Houston, Texas
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"Her heart is set on becoming a cardiac surgeon. From Houston,...
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Matt Tick, from Escondido, California
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"Will take violin lessons and loves science, but he really wants...
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Jon Er, from Williamsville, New York
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"This musician always argues for his fairness, so he wants to...
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Brian Algra, a doctoral student from Torrance, California
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Season 21 player (2005-06-10).
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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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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
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"Winner of both the 2000 Tournament of Champions and the 2001...
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Laura Spadanuta, a trade magazine reporter and editor originally from Floral Park, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-10-26).
Last name pronounced like "spad-a-NOOT-a".
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Paul Gutowski, an alcohol and drug counselor from Rockford, Illinois
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"He was the first 5-time winner in 1997. An alcohol and...
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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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Bernie Cullen, a biologist from Santa Barbara, California
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"He was the first 5-time champion of the 1996-97 season. A...
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Ayofemi Stowe, a design engineer originally from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 2 player (1985-09-26). Ayofemi was a big winner on Tic...
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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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Gabe Orlet, a senior from Belleville, Illinois
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2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Robert Slaven, a technical products specialist originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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"He won 5 times in 1992. Today, he's a technical products...
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student and newlywed from Fort Collins, Colorado
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"He won the most recent Tournament of Champions. A graduate student...
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Jesse Yu, a math student from Staten Island, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-06-25).
JBoard user name: GhostStalker
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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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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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Michael Arnone, a writer and editor from Alexandria, Virginia
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"He was the largest 1-day winner in the 2000-2001 season. Today...
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Kerry Smith, a baking and pastry art student from Midland, Michigan
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Season 26 player (2010-03-26).
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John Beck, a creative director from Torrance, California
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"He played in 2003, and was the last retired 5-time champ...
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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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Lance Johnson, a model aircraft engine technician from Champaign, Illinois
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"He was the first to get to the 5-win mark in...
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David Sampugnaro, a writer and internet specialist from North White Plains, New York
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"A 5-time winner from 1996, he's now a writer and internet...
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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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Michael Galvin, a consultant from Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania
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"He was the first winner of the Teen Tournament back in...
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Jessica Harry, an attorney originally from Jackson, Wisconsin
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Season 25 player (2009-07-06).
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Alex Rubington, a marketing communication coordinator from Natick, Massachusetts
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Season 21 1-time champion: $6,800 + $1,000.
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Desirée Zicko, a marketing manager from Reading, Massachusetts
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Season 30 player (2014-06-18).
Last name pronounced like "ZEE-ko".
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she was the first female winner of a Tournament...
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Sarah Bright, a radiology resident from Metairie, Louisiana
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Season 26 player (2010-03-19).
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Chris Hernandez, a biology student originally from Wharton, New Jersey
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Season 25 1-time champion: $23,000 + $2,000.
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Ed Perez-Giz, a tutor from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-10-29). Last name pronounced like "PARE-ezz GIZZ". Ed...
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Jessica Shafer, a graduate student of English literature from Austin, Texas
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Season 26 player (2010-03-17).
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Steve Reynolds, a loan accounting clerk from Norman, Oklahoma
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Jacob Johnson, an actor from Murray, Utah
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Season 31 1-time champion $17,201 + $1,000.
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Bob Watts, a poet from Taylorsville, North Carolina
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Season 21 player (2004-09-07). KJL game 40. Bob won $125,000 on...
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Lois Petzold, an ombudsman from Anderson, South Carolina
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Season 27 player (2010-10-04).
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Laura White, an English professor from Lincoln, Nebraska
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Season 26 player (2010-06-16).
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Anne Triolo, a screenwriter and bookstore manager from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $27,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "tree-OH-lo".
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Nick Gorski, a journalist from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2010-03-15). Nick wore a Regis High School tie...
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Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
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Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
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Wil Curiel, an 11-year-old from Costa Mesa, California
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"His favorite subject is science, so it's not surprising that this...
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Lori Karman, a marketing consultant from Farmingdale, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-01-19).
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Dan Katz, an assistant professor of mathematics from Greensboro, North Carolina
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Season 26 player (2010-06-09). Not to be confused with Season 6...
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Tim McMahon, a lawyer originally from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,500 + $2,000.
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Destiny Lilly, a casting director from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-09-22).
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Russ Porter, a water systems engineer from Seattle, Washington
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
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Marisa Tam, an archives assistant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 27 player (2010-09-20).
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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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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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Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
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Graham Norris, an actor and writer originally from Berkeley, California
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Season 26 player (2010-02-24).
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Marianne Fichtel, an investor relations manager from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 25 2-time champion: $24,888 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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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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Tanya Hayes, an auction house manager from New York, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-02-18).
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Dave Belote, a recently retired base commander from Woodbridge, Virginia
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Patrick Tucker, a graduate student of public policy from St. Louis, Missouri
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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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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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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Terry Linwood, a bookseller from Plano, Texas
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $122,705...
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Alyssa Morgan, a museum collections manager from Pasadena, California
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Season 26 player (2010-07-28).
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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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Markus Iturriaga, an IT administrator from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 26 player (2010-07-29). Markus was formerly married to Season 28...
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Amanda Sonmor, a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
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Season 27 2-time champion: $21,501 + $1,000.
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Linda Garvin, a systems analyst from Tenafly, New Jersey
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Season 20 player (2004-03-31).
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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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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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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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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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Beth Ford, a professor of African-American literature from Wellesley, Massachusetts
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Season 25 player (2009-06-11).
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Amy Wilson, a creative writing and women's studies student originally from Portland, Oregon
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,999 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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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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Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
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"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
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Richard Wiggs, an architect from Memphis, Tennessee
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Season 25 1-time champion: $15,200 + $2,000.
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Sarah Smee, a medical editor from Beltsville, Maryland
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Season 25 player (2009-02-10).
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Sue Romberg, a homemaker and volunteer from Grapevine, Texas
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Season 25 player (2009-04-21). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Sue in...
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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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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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Whitney Manzo, a Ph.D. student in political science from Garland, Texas
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Season 27 player (2010-12-30).
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Matt Creamer, an editor from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-12-30).
Last name pronounced like "KREE-mer".
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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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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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Bethlehem Lema, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
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"Either being an astrophysicist or a pediatrician is in her future..."...
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William Garrett, a 12-year-old from Greenfield, Indiana
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"Serving his country as an officer in the military is his...
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Jackson Ruzzo, a 12-year-old from Waccabuc, New York
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"He wants to be a Broadway actor, because he likes to...
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Shay Collins, an 11-year-old from Averill Park, New York
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"His passion for music helps this future rock star to play...
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Michelle Cinguina, an 11-year-old from Stamford, Connecticut
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"Her favorite things to do are act, play the piano and...
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Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
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"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
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Garrett Laws Weinberg, a software engineer from Arlington, Massachusetts
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Season 25 player (2009-02-02).
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Andrew Sullivan, a corporate attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-12-21).
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Adam Swensek, an attorney from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 24 player (2007-11-29).
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Bob Fulmer, an eco-tour guide from Fort Pierce, Florida
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Season 27 player (2010-12-20).
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Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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Judy Shulman, a school social worker from Goldens Bridge, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-04-01).
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Adam Pan, a graduate student originally from Amarillo, Texas
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Season 25 player (2009-03-31).
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
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"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
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Jonathan Corbblah, a chess teacher from Harlem, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Jonathan appeared as a...
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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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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He met and then married his wife while both were costarring...
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Robert Kennedy, an affordable housing analyst from Sunnyside, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-05-29). Not to be confused with 1997 Power...
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Braden Corkum, a 12-year-old from Niceville, Florida
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"He likes making things, so he's going to be an inventor..."...
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Danny Brylow, a 12-year-old from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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"A theologian, an actor, or a playwright? This young man has...
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Melinda Hautala, an arts administrator from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 25 player (2009-01-26). Last name pronounced like "HOW-tah-lah". (In her...
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Nicole Yoon, a 12-year-old from Asbury, New Jersey
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"She has set her sights on becoming a medical doctor or...
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Justin Otor, a 12-year-old from Texarkana, Texas
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"His chosen profession will be something in the field of science...
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William Coats, a 12-year-old from Ada, Oklahoma
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"He's mowing lawns now, but he's thinking big bucks, he's thinking...
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Charlie Blatt, an 11-year-old from Scarsdale, New York
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"Besides cooking, working on the computer, and tap dancing, she likes...
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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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Eddie Kwiatkowski, a 10-year-old from Cumberland, Rhode Island
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"His interests in presidents and their history could lead to a...
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Tom Zamojcin, a digital marketing manager from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 1-time champion: $22,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "zam-MOH-chin".
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Rachel Millena, a 10-year-old from Concord, California
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"Her sights are set on becoming a writer, journalist, photographer, or...
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Tom Morris, a substitute teacher and grad student from Irvine, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 4-time champion: $100,801...
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Kizzle Cote, a 12-year-old from Ludlow, Massachusetts
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"This future ichthyologist has a 30-gallon aquarium in his bedroom..." 2007...
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Nicole Karrow, an 11-year-old from Lewes, Delaware
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"Her goals are to be a horse breeder and trainer..." 2007...
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Marty Moran, a property manager from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 25 player (2009-07-22).
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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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Rebecca O'Brien, a writer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-11-24).
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Marta Bowman, a sales assistant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 23 player (2007-06-08).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SwedeGirl
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Charles Soule, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-01-04).
Last name pronounced like "SOLE".
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Kevin Yokum, a 12-year-old from New Orleans, Louisiana
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"He plans on becoming an engineer just like both his mom...
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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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Barbara Frascelli, a housewife and mother from Staten Island, New York
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Season 24 player (2007-10-19).
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John Hines, a high school social studies teacher from Tacoma, Washington
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"He teaches at Todd Beamer High School, named for a heroic...
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Shad Small, an office assistant from Lafayette, California
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Season 24 3-time champion: $59,101 + $2,000.
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Michelle Schrier, an 11-year-old from Potomac, Maryland
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"She plans on being a news reporter while waiting for her...
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Marion Penning, a high school science and history teacher from Baltimore, Maryland
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"She teaches at a Maryland 'green' school that has a solar...
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Ethan Russo, an 11-year-old from Austin, Texas
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"He really likes a big challenge. He wants to be the...
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Chris Pae, a high school history teacher from Suwanee, Georgia
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"He studied pre-med, then pre-law, but discovered his passion was teaching....
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Joseph Thompson, an assistant professor from Fairbanks, Alaska
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Season 24 player (2007-09-28). Joseph died 2014-08-04 at the age of...
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Ron Grant, a consulting company president from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 23 1-time champion: $19,001 + $1,000.
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Scotty Ballard, a 12-year-old from Murphy, Texas
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"When he grows up, he hopes to serve justice as a...
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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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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
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"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
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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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Betsy Bangs, a retired art teacher from Fraser, Michigan
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Season 23 player (2007-03-27).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MagicMarker
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Haritha Sudanagunta, a junior from University of California-San Diego
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2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of...
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Travis Troyer, a software engineer from Hereford, Maryland
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2003 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 5-time champion:...
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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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2014 Battle of the Decades quarterfinalist: $10,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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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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Kyle Neblett, a senior from Beaverton, Oregon
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 2nd runner-up: $36,400. 18 at the...
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Lorraine Stalberg, a writer from Malibu, California
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Season 20 player (2004-02-06).
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Misha Dashevsky, a grocery clerk from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 23 player (2007-04-25).
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Amy Varallo, a senior from Aiken, South Carolina
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Jamil Muhammad, a marriage educator originally from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 23 player (2007-05-16).
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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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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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Gerald McClanahan, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 22 player (2006-03-13).
Instant Films.
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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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Sebastian Johnson, a senior from Takoma Park, Maryland
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Listed as "Sebi" on the...
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Jacob Cytryn, a Jewish studies teacher from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-11-24).
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Kate Sendegeya, a payroll manager from Antioch, California
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Season 21 player (2005-05-26).
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Andrew Westney, a singer and actor from Atlanta, Georgia
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"In 1991, he won the Teen Tournament. Today, he's a singer...
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Brad Selvig, a sophomore at Florida State from Jacksonville, Florida
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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Rick Knutsen, a musician from Brooklyn, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $33,201. 2001 Tournament...
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Steve Schirripa, an actor from The Sopranos
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"Once the entertainment director at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas,...
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David Grant, a freelance communications business consultant from the Bronx, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-01-13).
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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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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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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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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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David Hoffelmeyer, a senior from St. Joseph, Missouri
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Scott Gillispie, a project manager and expectant father from Atlanta, Georgia
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"While attending Georgia Tech, he won the 1991 College Championship. Now...
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Jim McMurtry, a letter carrier from Tallahassee, Florida
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Season 23 2-time champion: $58,401 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: raoulhubris
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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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Kenny Schlax, a junior from Deerfield, Illinois
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Listed as "Kenneth" on the official web site.
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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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Iddoshe Hirpa, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Ryan Cook, a graduate student originally from Eveleth, Minnesota
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Season 21 player (2004-11-06).
KJL game 68.
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Matt Klein, a senior from Pittsford, New York
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2006 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $15,000. Won $1,000 on Who Wants...
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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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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student from Fort Collins, Colorado
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2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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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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Dennis Donohue, a general manager from Janesville, Wisconsin
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"He was administrative services officer from Arizona when he became 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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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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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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Anne Boyd, a freelance writer and student from Los Angeles, California
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2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion: $84,600...
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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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