#9038, aired 2024-02-14 | SNAKES IN A BOOK $1200: In the 4,000-year-old epic of him, this hero finds a plant that grants immortality, but a snake snatches it away & eats it Gilgamesh |
#8979, aired 2023-11-23 | NORDIC LITERATURE $1200: Sweden is a grim place in this first book of the "Millennium" series in which Lisbeth & Mikael solve a 40-year-old crime The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
#8953, aired 2023-10-18 | ROCK & ROLL BOOKSTORE $1200: A book claims that "the year that rock exploded" was 1971, the year of this Carole King album including "I Feel The Earth Move" Tapestry |
#8942, aired 2023-10-03 | LITERARY BIOGRAPHY $400: A book about Poe "& the forging of American science" points out that in his one year at this school, Edgar was great at math West Point |
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 | BOOK-POURRI $800: An almost 12-year-old girl, last name Simon, is mentioned in the title of this classic by Judy Blume Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret |
#16, aired 2023-05-22 | FAMOUS FOLKS $400: This creator & producer of "Scandal" also wrote the book "Year of Yes" Shonda Rhimes |
#8821, aired 2023-03-06 | HOW OFTEN DOES IT HAPPEN? $1000: A jubilee year as recounted in the book of Leviticus in the Bible every 50 years |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $400: Gavin Menzies' "1434" says a group from China visited this top Catholic & supplied knowledge that made the renaissance happen the pope |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $800: The dashing Elmer Ellsworth, the 1st Union officer killed in the Civil War, is brought to life in Adam Goodheart's book about this year 1861 |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $1600: The Hundred Years' War novel "1356" features this heir to the English throne, known for armor not suited for hot, sunny days Edward the Black Prince |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $2000: "1947: Where Now Begins" naturally takes note of an invention that year by this Russian gun designer Kalashnikov |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $4,800 (Daily Double): Mark Kurlansky wrote a book titled this year of the Tet Offensive & 2 American assassinations 1968 |
#8776, aired 2023-01-02 | HISTORY COMES ALIVE WITH ERIK LARSON $800: (Erik Larson presents the clue.) My book "Thunderstruck" examines how in 1910, Dr. Hawley Crippen nearly committed the perfect murder & fled across the Atlantic, only to be captured later that year with the help of this man's invention of wireless telegraphy Marconi |
#8767, aired 2022-12-20 | DR. SEUSS BAKING CHALLENGE $1000: (Tamera Mowry presents the clue.) This book was written the year of the first Earth Day & our creations pay tribute to the natural world The Lorax |
#8743, aired 2022-11-16 | BEASTLY BOOK TITLES $1000: An extended family of primitive humans adopts 5-year-old Ayla The Clan of the Cave Bear |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $200: "Shakespeare in 1606" is the subtitle of James Shapiro's book rhymingly titled "The Year of" this great tragic play King Lear |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $400: A risque work "written" by one of this queen's ladies in waiting, "1601" was first published anonymously by Mark Twain in 1880 Elizabeth I |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $600: A classic by a fellow Englishman inspired Anthony Burgess to write a book in response whose title is this, one year later 1985 |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $800: Herman Raucher based his coming-of-age novel about the summer of this year on his own experiences on Nantucket island '42 |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $1000: "Daybreak-2250 A.D." is by prolific author Alice Mary Norton, better known to sci-fi fans by this first name Andre |
#8584, aired 2022-02-24 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $200: Gore Vidal's novel with this title follows the presidential election in the year of the nation's centennial 1876 |
#8584, aired 2022-02-24 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $400: Whitley Strieber's "2012" is a thriller based on apocalyptic events supposedly predicted by this Mesoamerican people's calendar the Mayans |
#8584, aired 2022-02-24 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $600: This author's novel "3001" is subtitled "The Final Odyssey" (Arthur C.) Clarke |
#8584, aired 2022-02-24 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $800: Tim Pat Coogan's account of the Easter Rising Rebellion in Ireland has this year for a title 1916 |
#8584, aired 2022-02-24 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $1000: The Maralinga nuclear tests along with the continent's first Olympics are in this: "The Year Australia Welcomed the World" 1956 |
#8419, aired 2021-06-10 | 15 LOVE $200: In a 2003 book this 15-year-old could have "counted the freckles on" Cho Chang's nose as she steals a kiss from him Harry Potter |
#8295, aired 2020-12-04 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE $2000: His first book of poems, "The Black Riders" was published in 1895, the same year as his "Red Badge of Courage" (Stephen) Crane |
#8290, aired 2020-11-27 | PALINDROMES $400: In 2019 Kelley Blue Book named this Honda coupe Best Buy of the Year among compact cars a Civic |
#8125, aired 2019-12-27 | MAIL-ORDER NOVELS $1200: In 1926 "The Sun Also Rises" was one of the first novels mailed by this club that lets you discover new titles 12 times a year the Book of the Month Club |
#8114, aired 2019-12-12 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $400: "Attlee, Clement", "Bergen-Belsen, Liberation of" & "Nagasaki" are index entries in Ian Buruma's book about this year 1945 |
#8114, aired 2019-12-12 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $800: 2 books published 50 years apart identify 1877 as a year of violence & as the end of this post-slavery period in the south Reconstruction |
#8114, aired 2019-12-12 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $1600: A novel by John Dos Passos titled this year includes a look at the negotiation of the Treaty of Versailles 1919 |
#8114, aired 2019-12-12 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $2,000 (Daily Double): A book titled this year is subtitled "The Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry" 1066 |
#8114, aired 2019-12-12 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $2000: "1959" makes much of this Soviet craft, the first to escape Earth's gravity, though it didn't make it to the moon it was named for Luna (or Lunik) |
#8054, aired 2019-09-19 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $4,133 (Daily Double): This 1974 James Michener novel covers centuries, not just 1 significant year, in the history of Colorado Centennial |
#8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THE 40-YEAR-OLD GERMAN $1600: In 1725, 3 years after Book I of the "Well-Tempered Clavier", this 4-decades-old man composed his "Easter Oratorio" (Johann Sebastian) Bach |
#8019, aired 2019-06-20 | BOOKS OF MYSTERY $1200: A book series was launched when 15-year-old Janie, at lunch in the cafeteria, saw her own "Face on" this the milk carton |
#7998, aired 2019-05-22 | COMPLETE THE BOOK TITLE $800: 10-year-old Opal describes all the good things that happen to her "Because of" this dog Winn-Dixie |
#7965, aired 2019-04-05 | BOOK TITLE NAMES $1600: Last name of Ramona, the title 8-year-old in a novel by Beverly Cleary Quimby |
#7950, aired 2019-03-15 | ERAS & AGES $1600: In a book title by historian Eric Hobsbawm, the Age of Revolution began in this year of big doings in France 1789 |
#7921, aired 2019-02-04 | LITERARY FIRST LINES $1200: A New York Times Best Book of the Year from 2010:
"Today I'm five. I was four last night going to sleep in wardrobe" Room |
#7900, aired 2019-01-04 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $1200: David McCullough's book on this year shows Washington in December writing of "the poor remains of our debilitated army" 1776 |
#7900, aired 2019-01-04 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $1600: A 2009 "New History of the Norman Conquest" is titled this year 1066 |
#7900, aired 2019-01-04 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $2000: Roger Crowley has lived in Istanbul & wrote "1453: The Holy War for" this city Constantinople |
#7900, aired 2019-01-04 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $2,500 (Daily Double): Virginia Cowles' book titled this year describes the end of 2 little Balkan wars; the next year, a big one began 1913 |
#7899, aired 2019-01-03 | THAT BOOK IS MAKING ME SICK $1600: Daniel Defoe's account of events in 1664-65 was called "A Journal of the" this "Year" plague |
#7869, aired 2018-11-22 | '99 PROBLEMS $1200: 1599: Per the book "A Year in the Life of" him, his theater company parted ways with master clown Will Kemp Shakespeare |
#7164, aired 2015-11-05 | IT WILL BE OVER IN A YEAR $2000: In the book "The Year of Magical Thinking", she examined the aftermath of losing hubby John Gregory Dunne Joan Didion |
#7087, aired 2015-06-09 | BRIT LIT $1600: His spooky 2013 effort "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" was voted National Book of the Year in England Neil Gaiman |
#7076, aired 2015-05-25 | ____ OF THE ____ $2,400 (Daily Double): The Coffin Texts & the Pyramid Texts were part of this 3,500-year old collection placed in tombs the Book of the Dead |
#7046, aired 2015-04-13 | BOOK SYNOPSES $1200: 13-year-old Theo Decker steals a painting of a yellow bird from a museum The Goldfinch |
#6955, aired 2014-12-05 | BOOKS $800: "Third Grade Angels" is the prequel to this book that mentions the next school year in the title Fourth Grade Rats |
#6949, aired 2014-11-27 | FEMALE BOOK CHARACTERS $1200: If a Judy Blume title were one word longer, it might include Simon, the last name of this 12-year-old girl Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. |
#6864, aired 2014-06-19 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $800: This quarterback who played for BYU & was the NFL's player of the year in 1992 & 1994 Steve Young |
#6849, aired 2014-05-29 | ON THE OLD MAP $1,200 (Daily Double): In the 1939 Britannica Book of the Year, this entry says the king is Ananda Mahidol & a chief town is Bangkok Siam |
#6764, aired 2014-01-30 | BLACK & WHITE & READ $1000: A National Book Award winner, this Don DeLillo novel covers a year in the life of a Midwestern college professor White Noise |
#6661, aired 2013-07-29 | KIDS THESE DAYS $1000: This world-record-keeping organization named 9-year-old Ethan Bortnick youngest to headline a solo concert tour the Guinness Book of World Records |
#6572, aired 2013-03-26 | PULITZER-WINNING BIOGRAPHIES $1000: As far back as 1957, the year it won the Pulitzer, people questioned how much JFK wrote of this book Profiles in Courage |
#6268, aired 2011-12-14 | RELIGIOUS MATTERS $1000: Each year on the Jewish festival Simchat Torah, or "Torah rejoicing", the last part of this book of the Bible is read Deuteronomy |
#6228, aired 2011-10-19 | IT'S IN THE PAPERS $400: A book from Princeton Univ. Press is titled his "Miraculous Year: Five Papers That Changed the Face of Physics" Einstein |
#6146, aired 2011-05-09 | THE BOOKS OF DAVID McCULLOUGH $600: McCullough's book about this title 18th century year was released in 2005 1776 |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | THE BOOK OF THE YEAR $200: "The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the ____ Election" 1948 |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | THE BOOK OF THE YEAR $400: "____"
(Oh, you need more? One word--Orwell) 1984 |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | THE BOOK OF THE YEAR $600: "The Year the Dream Died: Revisiting ____ in America" 1968 |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | THE BOOK OF THE YEAR $800: "All Stations! Distress! April 15, ____" 1912 |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | THE BOOK OF THE YEAR $1000: "____: The Year of Magna Carta" 1215 |
#6102, aired 2011-03-08 | BOOK NUMBERS $1,000 (Daily Double): This Dickens novel opens in the year 1775 A Tale of Two Cities |
#5894, aired 2010-04-08 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $400: The 46 chorales in his "Little Organ Book" were written for various feast days of the church year (Johann Sebastian) Bach |
#5856, aired 2010-02-15 | NONFICTION $200: David McCullough's 2005 book covering the military side of a momentous time is titled this revolutionary year 1776 |
#5771, aired 2009-10-19 | POTPOURRI $400: Norris McWhirter, track announcer at the first sub-4-minute mile, began compiling this book the same year the Guinness Book of World Records |
#5168, aired 2007-02-14 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1200: In a book by Irene Hunt, 9-year-old Jethro Creighton lives during the Civil War, which lasts "Across Five" of these months Aprils |
#5017, aired 2006-06-06 | 1959's BESTSELLERS $1000: Please "state" the name of this James Michener book, No. 3 on Publishers Weekly's list for the year Hawaii |
#5000, aired 2006-05-12 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW $600: "The Year of Magical Thinking", her memoir of life after the death of husband John Gregory Dunne, "is not a downer" Joan Didion |
#4704, aired 2005-02-03 | TEENS IN BOOKS $2000: This 15-year-old Dutch skater is the title character of a classic book by Mary Mapes Dodge Hans Brinker |
#4640, aired 2004-11-06 | ODD ANIMAL FACTS $400: Don't book any chipmunks for a recordings session during this season of the year; they're sleeping winter |
#4593, aired 2004-07-21 | THE HOUSES SEARS BUILT $400: Sears issued its first book of modern homes in 1908, the same year Henry Ford introduced this car to the public the Model T |
#4568, aired 2004-06-16 | THE 60s $1200: A TV anthology series was based on the book "What Really Happened to the Class of" this '65 |
#4235, aired 2003-01-17 | BEASTLY BOOK TITLES $2000: It's Scott O'Dell's Newbery Medal-winning tale of a 12-year-old Native American girl named Karana "Island of the Blue Dolphins" |
#3920, aired 2001-09-21 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWS $400: This author's "One L ", about the first year of law school, read "as if it were the most absorbing of thrillers" Scott Turow |
#3494, aired 1999-11-11 | OLD EGYPT $400: The British Museum has a copy of "The Book of the Dead" on a 3500-year-old roll of this document material papyrus |
#3334, aired 1999-02-18 | ILLUSTRATORS $800: The ALA's medal for the artist of the best children's picture book of the year bears his name Randolph Caldecott |
#3269, aired 1998-11-19 | NOVELIST-PLAYWRIGHTS $800: His first play, "The Silver Box", premiered in 1906, the same year he published Book I of "The Forsyte Saga" John Galsworthy |
#3064, aired 1997-12-18 | THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS $100: According to the book, the number of days a year you should get unbirthday presents 364 |
#2978, aired 1997-07-09 | HISTORY BOOKS $100: In a 1996 book Sophie & Michael Coe trace the 3,000-year history of this sweet Chocolate |
#2964, aired 1997-06-19 | FIRST NOVELS $200: This Dane's first novel "The Improviser", was published the same year as his first book of fairy tales Hans Christian Andersen |
#2927, aired 1997-04-29 | LITERATURE $2,500 (Daily Double): He published "Flappers and Philosophers", his first book of short stories, in 1920, the year he married Zelda F. Scott Fitzgerald |
#2875, aired 1997-02-14 | BOOKS ABOUT TEENS $100: A recent book by Edward Humes covers "A Year in the Life of" this court for young offenders juvenile court |
#2800, aired 1996-11-01 | ECONOMICS $200: John Kenneth Galbraith wrote a 1955 book on "The Great Crash" of this year 1929 |
#1964, aired 1993-03-04 | DEUTERONOMY $400: The book opens in the 11th month of this year of wandering the 40th year |
#1376, aired 1990-09-03 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 Arthur Hailey novels to become the top-selling fiction book of the year Airport (or Wheels) |
#1137, aired 1989-07-11 | FICTION $1,400 (Daily Double): The 1st line of this book is "What can you say about a 25-year-old girl who died?" Love Story |
#940, aired 1988-10-07 | SPEAK OF THE DICKENS $200: Almost every year from 1843 to 1867 Dickens wrote a special story or book for this holiday Christmas |
#643, aired 1987-05-27 | FAMOUS HORSES $300: Crippled & seriously ill, Anna Sewell lived only a year after the printing of this classic, her only book Black Beauty |
#640, aired 1987-05-22 | BY THE NUMBERS $300: Author David Wallechinsky's latest book gives a "Midterm Report" on the class of this year '65 (1965) |
#392, aired 1986-03-11 | BOOK TRIVIA $600: 80-year-old author whose "The Butter Battle Book" was a parable of the nuclear arms race Dr. Seuss |
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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Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
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\"Later this year, she\'ll be inducted into the Women\'s Basketball Hall...
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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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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
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"He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
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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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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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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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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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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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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
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"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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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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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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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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Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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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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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Michael Day, an attorney from Mill Valley, California
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"As an MBA Student, he won 5 games in 1985. Today...
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Patrick Zakem, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Louisville, Kentucky
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"He would like to become an architect because he enjoys visualizing...
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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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Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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"He was a 2002 Teen Champion. He's now a sophomore at...
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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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Tamika Turner, an 11-year-old eighth grader from Sylvania, Ohio
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"She wants to be a journalist, because it’s important for the...
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Michael Braun, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2005 Teen...
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Grace Thomas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Raleigh, North Carolina
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"This captain of the Brain-Bowl team can name all the countries...
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Kelly Scurry, an 11-year-old seventh grader from Lauderhill, Florida
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"It's very convenient that Washington, D.C. is his favorite city, because...
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Edward Lee, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Sacramento, California
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"Of the numerous projects he has completed, making gliders and bottle...
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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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Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
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Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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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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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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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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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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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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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Megan Fraedrich, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Springfield, Virginia
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"And she was recently an evil stepsister in a performance of...
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Theodora Messalas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Brooklyn, New York
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"This future author and illustrator placed second in a regional story-telling...
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Emily Riippa, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Grand Rapids, Michigan
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"She is a fast reader, and her mother says she was...
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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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Dana Delany, an actress from Desperate Housewives
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"She won two Emmys for her work on China Beach. This...
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Matthew Cline, a 12-year-old from Maumelle, Arkansas
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"John Grisham's books have inspired him. He's firm. He wants to...
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Jake Houser, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Aptos, California
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"And this straight-A student would like to become a geneticist so...
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Robin Kutner, from Newtown, Pennsylvania
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"This member of jazz band has a cat that is the...
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Ethan Waldman, a twelve-year-old from West Hills, California
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"This wizard of words wants to be a fantasy author when...
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Crystal Durham, a 12-year-old from Fort Pierce, Florida
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"She would like to be an Irish stepdancing teacher, because dancing...
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Tucker Warner, from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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"At the beginning of the school year, he worked on a...
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Ross Gardiner, an 11-year-old sixth grader from La Plata, Maryland
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"And this self-proclaimed sports fanatic likes all the teams in the...
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Tim Koch, a 12-year-old sixth grader from Cliffwood, New Jersey
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"He would like to be a teacher because you get to...
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Josh Klein, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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"And, his favorite subjects in school are math, social studies, and...
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Michelle Chang, an 11-year-old from Suwanee, Georgia
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"This sixth grader picks the most unusual places to lose her...
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Alex Silady, an 11-year-old from Edison, New Jersey
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"He hopes to be an entrepreneur, because he likes doing things...
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Lorna Johnson, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Willowbrook, Illinois
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"She loves all animals, especially her dogs Duke and Rudy, but...
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Nithya Kubendran, an 11-year-old seventh grader from Quartz Hill, California
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"When asked about her future plans, she said, 'World domination sounds...
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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
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Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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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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Ellen Kimmel, a school nurse from Nanuet, New York
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Season 27 2-time champion: $37,000 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SkoolRN
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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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