| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | CULTURE, POPULARLY $400: Gene Autry's been gone for a while, but he was on the Billboard Hot 100 in late December 2023 with "Here Comes" this fellow Santa Claus |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | AN EMMY-WINNING ROLE $600: Julie Bowen got Emmy bookends in 2011 & '12 for her work as Claire Dunphy on this ABC sitcom Modern Family |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | AND THE ROLE ALMOST GOES TO... $800: Either Sharon Stone or Sarah Jessica Parker, not Jennifer Grey, might've been "Baby" Houseman in this 1987 film Dirty Dancing |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | AN EMMY-WINNING ROLE $1000: Winning an Emmy for being one of "Two & a Half Men" as Alan Harper must have been just Duckie for him Jon Cryer |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | POETS OF LOVE $400: "Love Song" by this Algonquin Round Table member goes full vicious circle: "He is all my heart, & I wish somebody'd shoot him" (Dorothy) Parker |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | POETS OF LOVE $800: This poet who died young in Rome wrote, "Hither, hither, hither / Love this boon has sent-- / If I die & wither / I shall die content" Keats |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | ON GUITAR $1200: Prince could do it all, including the jaw-dropping outro guitar solo on this tune about looking for the purple banana (huh?) "Let's Go Crazy" |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | WHAT A LITERARY CHARACTER $200: This character who married Melanie instead of Scarlett O'Hara was said to have been based on Doc Holliday Ashley (Wilkes) |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | SECOND CITIES $1,800 (Daily Double): The historic site Pedra do Sal in this second city has been called "the birthplace of samba" Rio de Janeiro |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | DON'T EAT THAT! $800: Binney & Smith began selling boxes of these, made from wax, in 1903; colors ranged from black to yellow crayons |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | A "M"EDICAL DICTIONARY $1600: Found in the ear, this small bone connects the tympanic membrane to the incus bone the malleus |
| #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 |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | ROAD SCHOLARLY $2000: Some see this undersea road off Florida's coast as evidence of the lost continent of Atlantis the Bimini Road |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE $400: A jolly good guy, or a grad student who has been awarded for special study fellow |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | MUSICIANS' MEMOIRS $400: His memoir subtitled "40 Songs, One Story" takes us from his Dublin boyhood to superstardom Bono |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES $2,000 (Daily Double): Of this lyric poet's works, almost none have been found complete, one being the 28-line "Ode to Aphrodite" Sappho |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | ASK FORGIVENESS $1000: The offender asking forgiveness is part of this more healing type of justice that has been contrasted with retributive & rehabilitative restorative justice |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN $2000: Radioactivity amounts in a sample have been measured in units called the curie & this, after a different French physicist becquerel |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | SCULPTURE $400: The shining surface of Anish Kapoor's "Cloud Gate", affectionately called "The Bean", reflects the skyline of this city's loop Chicago |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $800: The authenticity of Robert Capa's "Falling Soldier", showing a loyalist in 1936 at the start of this war, has been questioned the Spanish Civil War |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | CLASSIC AD SLOGANS & JINGLES $800: This brand has been advertised as "Two, two, two mints in one" Certs |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: This Venezuelan president said in 2019 that protesters would not go unpunished & accused the U.S. of plotting against him Nicolás Maduro |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ROUND HERE $400: Since 1908, the roundel has been a symbol of this system that also contains "round" the Underground |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | SCIENCE $800: A "false thumb" or enlarged wrist bone on this animal helps it grasp bamboo stalks a panda |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU $400: A twisting injury can cause this type of bone fracture characterized by a helical break a spiral fracture |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | EQUINE WORDS $400: The high version of this hairstyle was worn by Barbara Eden in "I Dream of Jeannie" & has been seen on Ariana Grande a high ponytail |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU $800: It's the outer & narrower bone of the lower leg the fibula |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU $1200: 2 regions of this bone are the manubrium, which joins with the first ribs, & the xiphoid process, which is just fun to say the sternum |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU $1600: This bone extends from the scapula to the ulna the humerus |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU $2000: Overproduction of the hormone somatotropin causes this form of gigantism marked by increased bone size acromegaly |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | SPORTY TALK $600: If you've been placed out of action, you've been benched or this, sent to the edge of the field with the inactive players sidelined |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SAY IT IN LATIN $400: You know, in good faith or the real deal, like a rock star; with an "S" at the end, it means your credentials bona fides |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | FIVE GUYS $1200: In 2023 this entrepreneur called the public face of artificial intelligence was out & back in as the head of OpenAI Sam Altman |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | TRANSPORTATION $200: First opened in 1900, this subway system has been called the lifeline of Paris the Métro |
| #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 |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: Since the 1990s, an organization to save this animal has been entering runners in costume in the London Marathon a rhinoceros |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $400: This 12,000-foot volcano in Japan erupted in 1707 but thankfully has been dormant for the ensuing 300+ years Fujiyama |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | 17th CENTURY WRITING $1600: Loving a good sequel like the rest of us, this author completed "The Pilgrim's Progress Part 2" around 1684 Bunyan |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | THE KNIGHTLY NEWS $400: This holy object has been sought by knights in ancient legend & much more recently by Graham Chapman the Holy Grail |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | DEALING WITH TV REALITY $400: Oh, the Scandoval! Let's say Ariana did not wish Tom well after he cheated on her with Raquel on this show that debuted in 2013 Vanderpump Rules |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | RENAISSANCE WOMEN $1000: Isotta Nogarola is often said to have been the first major female figure of this people-centric intellectual "-ism" humanism |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | WORLD OF LIT $1600: In Hermann Hesse's futuristic final novel, Josef Knecht has long been consumed with mastering this title competition the Glass Bead Game |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $800: This actor could have been a contender for the busiest 1946--he was in at least 4 shows, including "Candida" as Eugene Brando |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | THE MATERIAL WORLD $200: This material that went with feathers in public humiliation from times past might not have been as hot as you'd assume tar |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS $400: In the 1850s a familiar quotation of his may have been "I have a notebook full of famous things people said. Wanna see?" Bartlett |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | SPORTS MASCOT HISTORY $1000: Since the 1990s Fred the Red has been a devil indeed for this team from the north of England Man U (Manchester United) |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BAKER $2000: In Chestnut Hill, Tennessee, you can tour, eat & shop at the visitor center of this alliterative baked bean brand Bush's (Best) |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | COVER ME $800: In 2023 Dolly Parton unveiled a cover of this anthemic Queen hit that should resonate with you, my friends "We Are The Champions" |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $800: In "The Princess Diaries", Mia Thermopolis finds out that she is the crown princess of this (fictional) country Genovia |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | FOOD, FAST $800: Bottom line--it's a burrito that's been deep fried a chimichanga |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | AN ONOMATOPOEIA ROMANCE $600: Darling, they're playing our song, this one by Charli XCX from "The Fault in Our Stars" soundtrack, & the beat goes on & on "Boom Clap" |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | IT'S A PARTY! $800: The North Side Skull & Bone Gang has been waking people up to party for 200+ years on this day down in New Orleans Mardi Gras |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | INAUGURAL ADDRESSES $200: He pointed out that his father might not have been served at a U.S. restaurant less than 60 years earlier Barack Obama |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 1960s FICTION $800: "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction" in 1963 was his last book-length work; he died in 2010 J.D. Salinger |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | THAT BUILDING HAS GREAT BONES $2000: It's the word for a bone depository, like the Wamba one in Spain an ossuary |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | HOW MANY TIMES? $800: Billy Bob Thornton:
6 times, most recently in October 2014 how many times he's been married |
| #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 $400: In a work by John Everett Millais, young Jesus is helping out in the carpentry shop & has prophetically been cut by one of these a nail |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | LOW TECH $200: A seesaw is an example of this simple machine, which is just a long beam on a fulcrum a lever |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | I RAN $1000: This Manchester City goal scoring master from Norway has been clocked at 22.5 miles per hour running down the field Haaland |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | WISTFUL THINKING $400: John Greenleaf Whittier noted, "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these" 4 words it might have been |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | AIRLINE LOGOS $1000: This symbol has been on Air Canada's logo for more than 85 years a maple leaf |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $1200: This adjective can refer to feeling ill due to a lack of liquids, or food that's been preserved by having its water removed dehydrated |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THINKING ABOUT THE ROMAN EMPIRE $1200: Poor Geoffrey was on the menu at Pompeii; archaeologists have dug up a bone of this tall African animal in the ancient city a giraffe |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | DO ME A FLAVOR $400: Jelly Belly makes a jelly bean that tastes like this candy--the black kind, not the red licorice |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | THE "ICK" $600: Naples, Florida has been called the "capital of the world" for this paddle sport rising in popularity pickleball |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | DO ME A FLAVOR $800: Thomas Jefferson was an early fan of this ice cream flavor, making his own with bean pods from France vanilla |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | LAYERS $400: The excavated layers of this ancient city have been numbered I through IX, with VI possibly being from the Homeric Age Troy |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | ACTUALLY, THIS IS MY FIRST RODEO $1000: What better way to start off than a trip to this Alberta city's Stampede that's been a-hootin' & a-hollerin' since 1912 Calgary |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | THE GAME OF LIFE $800: With its ups & downs, life has often been compared to one of these, such as Steel Vengeance or the Twisted Colossus a roller coaster |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | BILLBOARD'S 500 BEST POP SONGS $1200: Can't you hear that boom-badoom-boom of her "Super Bass", making the list's top 20 Nicki Minaj |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | BILLBOARD'S 500 BEST POP SONGS $2000: At No. 5, this 2005 Kelly Clarkson Grammy winner, "the 21st century's greatest contribution to the pop canon so far" "Since U Been Gone" |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET CODE WORDS $400: It's a Peruvian city, old bean Lima |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1600: It's Latin for "bone" os |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | THE ENGLISH PAST $400: This nickname for the Conservative Party has been used for centuries & comes from an Irish word for "outlaw" the Tories |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | STARTS WITH SOFT "G" $800: A punk band fronted by Billy Idol, or the group born following the baby boom Gen X (Generation X) |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | POPE FICTION $4,600 (Daily Double): Andrew Greeley's "Novel of Papal Election" has this colorful title, the signal that a new pope has been chosen the White Smoke |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | BOOZE CLUES $1600: Calling itself "America's original craft vodka", it's been produced in Austin since 1995 Tito's |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION $1200: Marvin Gaye realized, "I'd been singing too loud"; hence the groove of his 1971 hit that said, "Talk to me, so you can see" this "What's Going On" |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BAD BLOOD $200: In the aplastic form of this condition, AA for short, your bone marrow doesn't make enough new blood cells aplastic anemia |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | U.S. CITIES $2000: Most city founders have been gone a while, but the man for whom this Nevada casino town is named, passed away in 2023 Laughlin |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | TAKE IT BACK! $1000: TBTN for short, this movement against sexual violence has been marching since the 1970s Take Back the Night |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | HALF A CATEGORY $400: During this "Show" seen by many on February 3, 2002, U2's Bono flashed his jacket's American flag lining the Super Bowl Halftime Show |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: In 1889 a climber said this African mountain was 19,833 feet; re-measurements have been shrinking it ever since Mount Kilimanjaro |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | SPELLING BIZ $500: In 1972, this brand debuted Red Zinger and Sleepy Time; you can't spell it without spelling...
_ _ _ _ _ T _ _ _
_ E A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Celestial Seasonings |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | YUP, IT'S A PORT-A-POTTY $600: Finally, I've been holding it in forever; it's what the WC stands for on this port-a-potty water closet |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE MOUNT RUSHMORE OF... $1000: Rock drummers: Neil Peart, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon & this legendary Led Zeppelin beat keeper John Bonham |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AUTHORS' BIRTHSTONES $400: L. Frank Baum was born in May, so this was his birthstone--might make a great name for a city emerald |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | DESERT FLORA & FAUNA $1200: This spiny shrub useful for aromatic firewood has been called the "devil with roots"; it hogs water, killing off nearby plants mesquite |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD $1600: The original manuscripts of this religion's "Avesta" were said to have been destroyed when Alexander the Great conquered Persia Zoroastrianism |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | WE HAVE OXY, GIVE US THE MORON $1600: Ecologist Enric Sala & anthropologist Wade Davis have been "Explorers in" this stay-at-home word for National Geographic Residence |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | STOP! $600: In the early 1790s Haydn stopped in Bonn, Germany & met this young musical genius who would become Haydn's pupil Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | ON THE MOVIE BILL $1000: This Brit has been in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", "Shaun of the Dead" & a slew of other films Bill Nighy |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS $400: In 2018 the U.S. moved its embassy to this city from Tel Aviv, where it had been since the late 1960s Jerusalem |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE-MAN BAND $600: In 1989, he "Let Love Rule" as basically a one-man band on that debut album, and he's been "Sittin' On Top Of The World" ever since Lenny Kravitz |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS' OCCUPATIONS $800: Mark Watney, who accidentally gets left behind, & Dave Bowman astronaut |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $1200: Selling more than 10 million copies each, her "Up!", "The Woman In Me" & "Come on Over" albums have all been certified diamond Shania Twain |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | THIS & THAT $400: In 1993 the Supreme Court said "claims of actual" this from new evidence aren't grounds for appeal--you must have been shafted at trial innocence |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | THIS & THAT $1000: Romans, Arabs, Normans etc. have overrun this home of resilient Sicilians that's been called the world's most conquered city Palermo |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | ALLITERATION $1200: Mustarded or not, this L.A. stadium treat has been eaten in Chavez Ravine since the '60s & close to 3 million are sold each year a Dodger Dog |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | FAMOUS OBJECTS $4,000 (Daily Double): Carbon-14 dating tests in 1988 said the fabric of this had been made roughly between 1260 & 1390, not much earlier the Shroud of Turin |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | OF THRONES $200: Howard Carter wrote, "The throne" of this king "was the most beautiful thing that has yet been found in Egypt" Tutankhamun |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | EARTH SCIENCE $4,400 (Daily Double): This word for a landmass that's large but still part of a larger one has been around since 1845 & is often applied to India a subcontinent |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | ____ & ____ BUSINESS $400: This root beer has been around since 1919 & offers "float how-tos" & "float recipes" A&W |
| #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 |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | CHILD PERFORMERS $800: Donnie Dunagan spent 25 years in the Marine Corps, telling no one he'd been the voice of this fawn Bambi |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | ALL THE WORLD'S A SHAKESPEARE STAGE $1,400 (Daily Double): "The Winter's Tale" alternates between Sicily & this Czech region that gave us a word for an unorthodox, often arty person Bohemia |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | TINY DESK CONCERTS $300: Don't call them U2!--Larry Mullen Jr. & Adam Clayton were absent; the Edge did a Tiny Desk Concert with this singer in 2023 Bono |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | SOJOURNER TRUTH $600: Having been raised in an area settled by immigrants from the Netherlands, this was Truth's first language Dutch |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY AIN'T THE ONLY "CJ" $900: Many of these treasures stored at the Tower of London have been on display since 1661 the Crown Jewels |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | FINANCE TERMS $400: Differing by a number & a letter, a 403(B) has been called the lesser-known cousin of this retirement plan a 401(k) |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | HUNT & PECK $600: Simba was kind to Pumbaa, but in real life, lions have been known to hunt these creatures, braving their tusks a warthog |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | REPORTING THE NEWS $800: After a bone marrow transplant, she told viewers on Feb. 20, 2013, "I have been waiting 174 days to say this: Good morning, America!" Robin Roberts |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | LITERAL NATIONAL NAMES $4,400 (Daily Double): Throughout its history, it's been the "island of copper" Cyprus |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | HOBBIES $600: Folks pursuing this -alogy speak of frustrating "burned counties" where courthouse records have been lost genealogy |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | GETTING POSSESSIVE $1000: On January 30, 1968, CBS broadcast the reopening of this D.C. landmark; the stage had been dark for 103 years Ford's Theater |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | I'VE SEEN HER TYPE BEFORE $1200: "Vicki" Baum is best known for her 1929 novel about a group of people thrown together that became this Greta Garbo film Grand Hotel |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | AGES, EPOCHS & ERAS $2000: The name of this period when animal life "exploded" on Earth comes from Cymru, or Wales, where many fossils have been found the Cambrian |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | BOOK TOCK $600: This author created Tik-Tok of Oz, a mechanical man who ran on clockworks L. Frank Baum |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | FOLKLORE & LEGEND $800: This mythical giant whose camp stove was said to cover an acre got credit for creating Puget Sound & the Black Hills Paul Bunyan |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | AUSTRALIAN BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: Patrick White's "The Eye of the Storm", about a matriarch & her children, has been called a Down Under version of this 1608 play King Lear |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | DANCE REVOLUTION $1200: For years partygoers have been flapping their wings doing this dance (not to be confused with the "Funky" version) the "Chicken Dance" |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | FICTIONAL LANGUAGES $800: You can be like Daenerys & actually learn about 4,000 words of this language of Khal Drogo Dothraki |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | COUNTRY ADD A LETTER $1000: Add a letter to the country that's highlighted & you get this word meaning "harmless" benign (from Benin) |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | SAN FRANCISCO, NOW & FOREVER $1600: 28 S.F. restaurants have received a total of 39 of these coveted awards, including 3 for chef Corey Lee's Benu on Hawthorne Street Michelin stars |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | WESTERN TV SHOWS $600: This actor has been on the right side of the law as Seth Bullock in "Deadwood" & Raylan Givens in "Justified" Timothy Olyphant |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | IT WAS AN OLYMPIC YEAR! $2000: The U-2 incident; incidentally, U2's Bono is born 1960 |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | STICKY STUFF $1200: More than 1 million fossil bones have been recovered at this sticky-but-popular LA tourist attraction the La Brea Tar Pits |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | CLASSIC MOVIE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE? $800: "Oh, geez... George, it turns out Bedford Falls would be better off if you'd never been born. Now... this is awkward" It's a Wonderful Life |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | CLASSIC MOVIE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE? $1600: "No. Wilson woulda killed you, Terry. You wouldn't have been a contender, just a bum, which is what you are. Sorry" On the Waterfront |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | SUPER BOWL STARS $400: Only 10 Super Bowl MVPs have been defensive players; 4, like Super Bowl 50 star Von Miller, played this position linebacker |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | LABOR UNIONS $1600: California's CCPOA, representing this type of peace officer, has been known to put the screws to politicians correctional officers |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | DOUBLE TALK $1600: This Washington city famous for its sweet onions has been described as "the town so nice they named it twice" Walla Walla |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | HODGEPODGE $2000: "Deep in my heart, I do believe" this folk song has been called the anthem of the civil rights movement "We Shall Overcome" |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | I WANT MY "M" TV $400: Bryan Cranston said if this Fox sitcom had been renewed for one more season, he wouldn't have been available to play Walter White Malcolm in the Middle |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | "OO"! "OO"! I KNOW! $600: Kevin Bacon once said that when he attends a wedding, he bribes the DJ to not play this song from a 1984 movie he starred in "Footloose" |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | ALSO A TAYLOR SWIFT SONG $1000: While crossing the George Washington Bridge from N.J., drivers are greeted by a sign with these 4 words (it's been waiting for you) Welcome to New York |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE $1200: Music of the Harlem Renaissance included the voice of this jazz legend who has been portrayed by Diana Ross & Andra Day Billie Holliday |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SPELLED RONG ON PURPOSE $1500: This buzzy cryptocurrency's name was inspired by a meme, which may have been inspired by a mistyping of the word "dog" Dogecoin |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FEEDBACK: SANDWICH $400: I love the contrast of the banh mi's julienned veggies with this long, thin French bread, but it's essential you toast it a baguette |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | 2 IN THE BUSH $1600: 2 sons of George H.W. Bush have been governors, of these 2 states Florida & Texas |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | A RED-HOT LATIN LAWYER $400: Meaning "under the penalty", you've been served! (with this word from Latin, right now) subpoena |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | NURSERY RHYME PHOBIAS $400: If Mary's lamb had didaskaleinophobia, it would have been too scared to follow her here school |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | WE SELL FUN $400: It's been Wonder Woman's corporate home since the 1940s DC Comics |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | MAKING WAVES $1200: When you're inside a wave's hollow but still riding, you're said to be in this colorful waiting area the green room |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | HUMAN BODY CLASSIFIED ADS $200: Longest bone in body seeks calcium supply for osteoporosis prevention; no "thigh gap" fetishists please the femur |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | CANDLE CULTURE $200: Though no one on "Friends" knew what his job was, this character's first name suggests he could have been a candlemaker Chandler (Bing) |
| #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 | SKIN CARE $1000: An antioxidant derived from vitamin A, this skincare ingredient has been called the "Holy Grail" of anti-aging Retinol |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | WHISTLING HALL OF FAME $1200: Death by crucifixion has never been faced more cheerfully than in this comic troupe's sing-along, "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" Monty Python |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAIMENT $1600: This fur of a weasel that turns white in winter has been seen on royal raiment for centuries ermine |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $2000: Weighty Camaro tax a heavy Chevy levy |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | CULTURE CLUB $2000: Sienese painter Simone Martini painted a portrait of this poet's love Laura, but, alas, it's been lost Petrarch |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | ONOMATOPOEIA $800: A noise a bomb might make, it can also refer to a period of rapid economic growth a boom |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | SORRY ABOUT THAT $1600: In the 1970s, this ex-Alabama governor said his opposition to integration had been wrong & apologized for his actions George Wallace |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | A PAIN IN THE "R"s $800: A lack of phosphate, vitamin D or calcium can cause this bone disease in children rickets |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | OPUS & OPERA $1000: His Opus 68 is "From the Bohemian Forest", composed around 1883 Dvořák |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | PEOPLE IN THEIR ELEMENT $1600: This physicist born in Ulm, Bavaria just made it into the top 100 elements by a hair; he's No. 99 Einstein |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | THE NAME OF THE LAW $800: 1998's Copyright Term Extension Act was named for this late congressman who penned a 1965 No. 1 pop hit Sonny Bono |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | THAT'S MISLEADING $1200: Hey, yellow fruit, leave, just get on out of here, dig? banana split |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | LET'S TAKE A BATH $400: I've been known to get colorful in the tub with Crayola's version of these alliterative sudsy explosions bath bombs |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | FINISH THE TERRIBLE RHYME $800: Banyo & Nkambé / No, not Bombay / For your honeymoon / Consider... Cameroon |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | THE WARDROBE DEPARTMENT $600: Alicia Silverstone's yellow plaid suit from this comedy went missing & has never been found. Ugh, as if! Clueless |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | ALSO A BEVERAGE $800: It's been used as a synonym for electric current since the 19th century juice |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | OLD NAMES FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS $400: This infectious illness has long been known as the "kissing disease" mononucleosis |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | CITY MUSEUMS $2000: The Museum of Pop Culture in this city has been called "Blobitecture" Seattle |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | WHERE'S THAT? $1000: Founded by William the Conqueror, this royal residence in Berkshire has been home to 40 monarchs Windsor (Castle) |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | ON THE OLD MAP $1000: Since 1964 the former Northern Rhodesia has been this, now second from the end alphabetically Zambia |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | CRITTERS $800: Unlike a human's, a shark's skeleton is made of this elastic tissue, not bone cartilage |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | ART HEISTS $400: Even the "Mona Lisa" has been stolen, pinched from this museum in 1911 & hidden for 2 years until the thief tried to sell the Louvre |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | GROWING PAINS $800: There are more than 300,000 hip fractures annually, many attributable to this porous bone disease osteoporosis |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | UNDER THE HAMMER $300: An anonymous bidder paid over $1.6 million in 2013 for a violin believed to have been played on this doomed ship the Titanic |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | VITAMINS & MINERALS $1200: The unsung hero of bone health, this vitamin directs calcium to your bones & keeps it there; isn't that special? vitamin K |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | THE TOPIC OF CAPRICORNS $800: Capricorn is a goat who scales mountains, like this Capricorn who said in 1968, "I've been to the mountaintop" MLK (Martin Luther King) |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | FASHION STATEMENTS $600: This phrase means a situation has been reversed; in the 19th c. that switch was easier: there weren't right & left ones the shoe is on the other foot |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | "HOUSE" $800: It means an unstable construction, though 25-foot versions have been created a house of cards |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | FASHION STATEMENTS $1000: Napoleon has been credited with coining the phrase "an iron hand in" one of these a velvet glove |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE $800: Nobel laureate Gertrude Elion helped develop drugs to treat herpes, gout & this, cancer of the bone marrow leukemia |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | MIXED GREENS $400: She's been staring at Brooklyn since 1886, and man, her right arm must be tired!:
I FLOUT TERABYTES Statue of Liberty |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | SCULPTURES $1200: Known to selfie-hounds as "The Bean", Anish Kapoor's massive "Cloud Gate" was unveiled in this U.S. city in 2004 Chicago |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | CULINARY QUOTES $200: Fran Lebowitz jokingly said, "My favorite animal is" this, but she didn't specify porterhouse or T-bone a steak |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | CULINARY QUOTES $400: This breakfast goody has been described as "an unsweetened doughnut with rigor mortis" a bagel |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | "UNK" IN THE TRUNK $400: The Siberian species of this small striped squirrel has been carrying ticks & disease across Europe the chipmunk |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | PHILOSOPHIES IN A NUTSHELL $2000: Hobbes followed this -ism, not meaning he was greedy but that he reduced every experience to a physical process materialism |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | PODCASTS $600 (Daily Double): "5-4" is a podcast that calls itself an "occasionally profane take on the ideological battles" of this federal body the Supreme Court |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | ON ANOTHER PLANET $800: The largest known storm in our Solar System, the Great Red Spot, has been swirling across this planet for centuries Jupiter |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | & TAKIN' NAMES $200: World poverty fighter, Time magazine Person of the Year & occasional rock star Paul Hewson Bono |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | A PREQUEL TO WHICH MOVIE? $200: "Friday Night Sniffles" could have been a prequel--to this 1977 film Saturday Night Fever |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | THIS GLAND IS YOUR GLAND $600: This gland in the front of the neck below the larynx makes calcitonin to deal with high levels of calcium in the blood the thyroid gland |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | THE LITERARY CHARACTER WHO SAID... $2000: "Mother, if only you knew how cruelly I've been tricked by a conspiracy of sub-humans. Ironically, the book of Fortuna is itself bad luck" Ignatius J. Reilly |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | HAPPIER MOVIE ENDINGS $1600: "Hold the execution. John Coffey's been found innocent. He is a free man." "Phew. That was close" The Green Mile |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | GRAB A "B"ITE $400: It's just side pork that's been cured & smoked bacon |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | FOOD $400: An energetic person is full of these, maybe the fava type beans |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | I WROTE THAT LINE $400: "Of neither Darcy nor Wickham could she think, without feeling that she had been blind, partial, prejudiced, absurd" Austen |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | BRANDO $1200: Terry Malloy, who could've been a contender On the Waterfront |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | LODGING $1600: A San Diego icon, the Hotel del this has been hosting guests, including presidents, since the 1880s Coronado |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | FOOD $2000: A story or joke that's been repeated often, maybe too often a chestnut |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF THYME $200: Thyme honey from the Iblei Mountains on this large Mediterranean isle has been a delicacy for centuries Sicily |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | CANDLE IN THE WIND $800: Candles have been made of animal fat or this nonglycerine substance used as early as 3000 B.C. beeswax |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | MADEIRA $200: In addition to its famous wine, Madeira farmers grow a dwarf species of this tropical fruit of the genus Musa banana |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | ARCHITECTURE TERMS $2000: The construction technique of vertical posts & crosspieces is called "post & lintel" or "post &" this beam |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | WHAT A LOAD OF B.S. $400: Sticky Fingers and Bone Suckin' are two brands that make this type of condiment barbecue sauce |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | EUROPEAN COUNTRY NICKNAMES $400: "The Land of Count Dracula"
(You've never been to Transylvania in October?
You gotta go!) Romania |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | BYGONE TECH $600: It may have been so long since you've sent a fax that you forgot that "fax" is short for this word facsimile |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | WHAT A LOAD OF B.S. $1000: This slow-moving creature is common in the Pacific Northwest; its name is apt considering its yellow color a banana slug |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | NAME GAME $1000: 16th century queen of Scotland + last name = this actress who plays Joon in 1993's "Benny & Joon" Mary Stuart Masterson |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ATTRACTIONS $400: This iconic venue has been presenting summer concerts for more than 100 years the Hollywood Bowl |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | THE CONGO RIVER $1200: The Boyoma Falls, below which the Congo River becomes more navigable, were once named for this explorer who sought Dr. Livingstone Stanley |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | NATURAL BIOLOGY $1000: This material, such as your stapes, is formed by ossification bone |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | FROM THE GREEK $1600: From Greek for "color", it means pertaining to color, or to a musical scale that's been modified chromatic |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | BRAD TO THE BONE $200: Brad Garrett played Robert Barone from 1996 to 2005, but when it came to the sitcom's title, "Everybody Loves" him Raymond |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | BRAD TO THE BONE $400: From 1999 to 2006 Bradley Whitford worked in the White House as Josh Lyman on this drama The West Wing |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | BRAD TO THE BONE $600: In 2017 this Brad's status was executive producer, rather than leading man, of "Brad's Status" Brad Pitt |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | A SOVIET UNION $800: Friends of Soviet grooms have been known to playfully make him "pay" one of these, something usually given to get a kidnap victim back a ransom |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | BRAD TO THE BONE $800: Brad Bird was totally super as he wrote, directed & won an Oscar for this 2004 Pixar film The Incredibles |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | BRAD TO THE BONE $1000: Beginning in 1971, Brad Whitford played guitar for this band, but that dude does not look like a lady Aerosmith |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | MEDITATION $200: Consistent meditation practice has been shown to shrink the amygdala, known as the "fight or flight" center of this organ the brain |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | CHICKEN FIVE WAYS $200: Said to have been invented in Glasgow in the 1970s, this spiced Indian curry is often called a national dish of Britain chicken tikka masala |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | CHICKEN FIVE WAYS $400: For a flavorful chicken Marsala, chefs recommend using real Marsala, a fortified wine made on this Italian island Sicily |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | AMERICAN ISLANDS $800: In the 1870s Father Damien arrived at the leper colony on this, which has been called the most Hawaiian isle Molokai |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | AMERICAN ISLANDS $1600: Gay Head, on this island off Cape Cod, has been renamed Aquinnah Martha's Vineyard |
| #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 $1600: The governing body for this sport in the U.S. has been based in Indianapolis since 1983 & the IndyStar covers it closely gymnastics |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | A CAPITAL OFFENSE $1200: College town where the 'Noles have been known to pile up the yards Tallahassee |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | JOHNNY GILBERT GOES COUNTRY $1600: "Just two good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm, beats all you never saw, been in trouble with the law since the day they was born" Waylon Jennings |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | YOU BETTER BELIZE IT $200: 1981's constitution set up a bicameral national assembly of these 2 familiar-sounding bodies, but members of each serve 5-year terms the Senate & the House of Representatives |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | PHYSIOLOGY $800: Red blood cells are formed in the red this, also called myeloid tissue bone marrow |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | WHAT COULD IT "B"? $1600: These trees of Africa & Madagascar are often called upside-down trees baobab trees |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | MONET MONET $800: Monet painted a series of these in different colors & though it would've been appropriate, without a sleeping Little Boy Blue haystacks |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | THE 2023 TIME 100 $800: He "has been on the Supreme Court for 17 years. But in 2022, he cemented his legacy" Samuel Alito |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | RECONSTRUCTION $800: This Bronx building has been called "The House that George Built"; it's next to where "The House that Ruth Built" once was Yankee Stadium |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | "I"s IN YOUR STARS $800: James Osterberg has been known as this since his days fronting proto-punk-rockers The Stooges Iggy Pop |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $1000: In May 2019, this mayor of New York threw his hat in the ring to run for president, but by September, the hat had been returned de Blasio |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | "M"MMMM $600: Inject cooked soybeans with a fermented grain called koji & you've got this Japanese bean paste miso |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | SOUNDS LIKE FOOD $600: Not so great with peanut butter on a sandwich, Vaseline has been a brand of this since the 1870s petroleum jelly |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | THAT SONG SLAYS $800: "Mama, just killed a man... life had just begun, but now I've gone & thrown it all away" is part of this tune, & no, we will not let you go "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT $800: This "Song" has been viewed as an allegory of God's love for his chosen people & as simply some steamy love poetry Song of Solomon |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | WORLD OF RELIGION $400: Kept at Chartres Cathedral in France, the "Sancta Camisa" is a garment said to have been worn by this woman in childbirth the Virgin Mary |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | ALL KINDS OF LITERATURE $600: "Bowman could bear no more. He jerked out the last unit, & Hal was silent forever" is a line from this sci-fi work 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | WRITER-DIRECTORS $400: Born while her dad was making "The Godfather", she's won an Oscar for screenwriting & been named best director at Cannes Sofia Coppola |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | UNIFORM NUMBERS $800: You won't see any players from this MLB team wearing a single digit number; they've all been retired, & No. 8, twice the Yankees |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY, ISRAEL! $600: In 1992, Israel got what's been called its finest public building to house this body that the government wanted to overhaul in 2023 the Israeli Supreme Court |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | ENDS IN "X" $1600: Though also called the tailbone, it's not actually one bone but 3 to 5 fused together the coccyx |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | COFFEE, NOW $1,800 (Daily Double): These 2 words on a bag of coffee mean its supply chain has been independently certified as meeting sustainability & labor standards fair trade |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | PAINTER SELFIES $1000: The 1984 "Self-Portrait" by this New York painter inspired by graffiti has been exhibited at the Guggenheim Bilbao Basquiat |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | SHARK! $800: In Australia, this dangerous shark with a 4-letter name has been called a "blue pointer" mako |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | WORLD OF FIRST NAMES $800: For the last several years, this name of a Dickens hero has been the most popular boys' name in New South Wales Oliver |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | SHARK! $1000: Shark skeletons are made not of bone but of this more flexible substance cartilage |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: The daughter of an Italian immigrant, she had been a U.S. representative for 3 terms when tapped in 1984 to be a vice presidential nominee Ferraro |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | WORLD OF FIRST NAMES $2000: "Wave" goodbye to this boys' name & hairstyling term; it hasn't been a popular name in France since the 1920s Marcel |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | AROUND THE HOUSE $1200: Useful in home offices & guest rooms, they've been around for centuries as in the 18th century painting of a lady on one a fainting couch (a chaise, a daybed) |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | SCIENCE $1200: The synthetic slippery resin polytetrafluoro-ethylene, or PTFE for short, has been trademarked under this name Teflon |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | SCIENCE $1600: Your helpful radius bone enables your hand to pronate & to do this opposite motion meaning "to face upward" supinate |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | A GAME OF CARDS $1600: If you've been dealt an 11 in blackjack, consider this alliterative option double down |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | "B" IN MUSIC $2000: This German music festival has been presenting the works of Wagner since 1876 Bayreuth |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | I'VE GOT YOUR ATOMIC NUMBER $200: 20:
It's a major component of bone mineralization calcium |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | EAGLES $800: On the pitch, the Eagles of Crystal Palace have been flying in this league since their most recent promotion in 2013 the Premier League |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SOME "HARD" SONGS $400: A 1964 chart-topper said, "It's been" this, "& I've been working like a dog" "A Hard Day's Night" |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | WORLD OF FOOD $600: Banh mi is a Vietnamese sandwich; nom banh chok is a breakfast-or-anytime noodle dish of this neighbor kingdom Cambodia |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | LADY "A" $1000: One of the original judges on "American Idol", she's also been a panelist on "The Masked Dancer" Paula Abdul |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | U.S. FESTIVALS $1200: The Southwest Louisiana festival for this Creole music of fiddles & scrub boards began in a bean field outside Opelousas zydeco |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | SCIENCE & NATURE $2000: Yes, yes, this rare lemur has been described as having the face of a possum, the teeth of a rat & the ears of a bat an aye-aye |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | BEFORE & AFTER PEOPLE $400: Gunslinger William Bonney who rapped & rolled his way to hits like "Cowboy" & "Redneck Paradise" Billy the Kid Rock |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | AT THE FARMERS MARKET $600: Let's grab some of these tomatoes whose name reflects that the varieties have been around for at least 50 years heirloom |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $800: "A":
this type of interest that has accumulated but not yet been paid accrued |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | METER MADE $800: stamps.com says its service is better than using this device that Pitney Bowes has been making for a century a postage meter |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | OF FUELS $800: The burning of the bituminous type of this has been linked to acid rain coal |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | TRIPLE "A"-RATED FOOD $200: It's squid! Buon appetito! calamari |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | LET'S STICK TOGETHER $400: Director Taylor Hackford seems to treat this woman like a queen as they've been together since 1986 Helen Mirren |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | ROLLING STONES LYRICS $400: "I've been around for a long, long year, stole many a man's soul & faith" "Sympathy For The Devil" |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1200: Also a holiday album by Il Volo, it's how to wish someone merry Christmas in Italian Buon Natale |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | AFTER THE FACT $800: Cows eat grass... but can't digest it until it's been softened into cud, making cows this type of animal ruminant |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | CROP TO IT $2000: Some crops have been genetically altered to be herbicide resistant, especially to Roundup, first made by this company Monsanto |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | 5-LETTER WORDS $800: It's a strong beam used in construction from wall to wall to support a ceiling a joist |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | NARRATOR OF THE NOVEL $1000: This downer of a novel:
14-year-old Susie Salmon, from heaven, because she's been murdered The Lovely Bones |
| #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 | STATE HOLIDAYS $1000: The Boston Marathon has often been held on this, a state holiday in Massachusetts Patriots' Day |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | TV: WHO SAID IT $1200: "I've been involved in a number of cults... you have more fun as a follower, but you make more money as a leader" Creed |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | TV: WHO SAID IT $2000: "We've had vicious kings & we've had idiot kings, but I don't know if we've ever been cursed with a vicious idiot boy king" Tyrion Lannister |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | HISTORY HYSTERIA $1000: In 1483 he was made Grand Inquisitor for Castile & León & by 1498, an estimated 2,000 people had been burned at the stake Torquemada |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | JOIN THE CLUB $1600: Ry Cooder assembled legendary Cuban musicians into this "Club" that was featured in a documentary of the same name The Buena Vista Social Club |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | THIS & THAT $1200: This producer of "The Crazy Heart" & "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtracks has a steak--er, star--on the St. Louis Walk of Fame T Bone Burnett |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | TASK: FORCE $200: The London Metropolitan Police Force has been HQed at a location with this name since 1829 Scotland Yard |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | TASK: FORCE $400: This term for a fictional energy barrier has been traced back to the 1931 sci-fi story "Islands of Space" a force field |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | THE OPERETTAS OF GILBERT & SULLIVAN $1,000 (Daily Double): Despite never having been to sea, Sir Joseph Porter is "rule of the queen's navee" in this shipshape favorite the H.M.S. Pinafore |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | DUDE, HERE'S YOUR CAR $600: Since 2002 this model, with a name from the Japanese word kanmuri, has been the USA's bestselling passenger car the Toyota Camry |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | BARRIERS & DIVIDERS $800: The divider mandated in some restaurants in this state so diners can't see drinks being poured has been called the "Zion Curtain" Utah |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | LANDMARKS OF GREAT BRITAIN $2,000 (Daily Double): It's been peering down on the capital from its 32 rotating capsules for 2 decades the London Eye |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | CZECH IT OUT! $2000: The 3 regions named in the preamble to the Czech Constitution are Bohemia, this one & Silesia Moravia |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | CANNERY $400: Just outside of Porto in this country, Conservas Pinhais has been canning sardines in tomato sauce since 1920 Portugal |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | RESEARCH $800: The always useful JSTOR Digital Library was founded in part by William G. Bowen, a president of this New Jersey Ivy Princeton |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | CURSES! BASEBALL! $1000: The Bobblehead Curse is said to jinx this team's stars who've been thus honored, like Mike Piazza & Johan Santana the New York Mets |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | SHAKESPEARE & HIS WORLD $800: Without the 1623 publication of Shakespeare's plays, today known by this name, half might have been lost forever First Folio |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | MICHAEL J. FOX $200: (Michael J. Fox presents the clue.) The song "At This Moment" became a hit after it was the backdrop on this show to show the romance of my character Alex P. Keaton & Ellen, played by Tracy Pollan, who, at this moment, has been my wife for almost 35 years Family Ties |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE 1960s $800: Last name of Henry, a 19th century governor; it follows "the" in the name of a San Francisco area where 1967 activities would not have pleased Henry Haight |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | ENDS WITH A SILENT CONSONANT $2000: A compote involves slow-cooked fruit & syrup while this sauce seen here has been pureed & strained a coulis |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | CENTURY NOTES $400: 10th century: this Bohemian prince is murdered; later, he would Czech in as a saint King Wenceslas |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | FOR MASTERS ONLY $400: This word for a small amount is often found before "of applause" smattering |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | AMERICANA $800: This building in Pelham, Mass. has been used for meetings since 1743; maybe you can fight it, unlike the city version Town Hall |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | WALKING IN A REDWOOD FOREST $1200: What's 8 inches long, yellow & eating dead plants by your feet? Perhaps it's this slug named for a fruit banana slug |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $600: In 2009 their "Boom Boom Pow" was knocked out of the No. 1 spot by their "I Gotta Feeling" the Black Eyed Peas |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | CITIES & TOWNS $800: Highlighted on the map, it's been a major religious center for more than 1,000 years Canterbury |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | ON A FIRST-NAME BASIS WITH BOOZE $200: A bourbon:
Mr. Beam Jim |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | THE HUMAN BODY $400: The tibia is also called this bone, a part of the lower leg the shin |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | GAITS $800: This supermodel's strut has been deemed one of the fiercest runway walks of all time (Naomi) Campbell |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | THOSE BALLS HAVE "I"s $4,000 (Daily Double): In addition to its volleyballs, this company has been making the official NFL football since 1941 Wilson |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | PANTOMIME HORSE $400: Originally a term used with horses, it happens at the end of most balance beam routines a dismount |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | JEOPARDY! AFTER DARK $400: Throwing unlikely people together, various situations including adversity & politics have been said to "make strange" these bedfellows |
| #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 |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | PODCASTS $1200: (I'm Matt Rogers.) And, yes, I do have a podcast--thank you for asking--it's "Las Culturistas", & rule of culture number one, this co-host of mine is a national treasure & was Emmy-nominated for "Saturday Night Live" in 2022 Bowen Yang |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FAMOUS PAIRS $1000: While they never married, this French existentialist couple did share a lifelong romantic & literary relationship Sartre & de Beauvoir |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | AUTHORS $1600: 1993's "Pigs in Heaven" is a sequel to her first novel, "The Bean Trees" Kingsolver |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | CHILLIN' IN THE R.I.P. LOUNGE $600: It would have been quite appropriate to have draped a flag over her coffin after she passed in Philadelphia on Jan. 30, 1836 Betsy Ross |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | TWISTS $1200: In this 2006 film about uber-competitive magicians, Christian Bale has a twin & Hugh Jackman's been cloning himself the Prestige |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | WOMEN WORLD LEADERS $1200: Sheikh Hasina has been prime minister of this Indian subcontinent nation since 2009 Bangladesh |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | HEAVEN ON EARTH $1600: "House of the Foundation of Heaven on Earth", Babylon's Etemenanki has been associated with this structure from Genesis the Tower of Babel |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | INTERNATIONAL LIT $400: Proust's "À la recherche du temps perdu" has been published as "In Search of" this Lost Time |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | POP CULTURE MASQUERADE $400: Christopher Nolan said this Batman villain wears a mask to deliver anesthetic that mitigates pain from past trauma Bane |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | ALL THE WAY FROM "K" TO "K" $400: Since 2004 this travel website has been helping vacationers find the best prices for their trips Kayak |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | TO THE NINES $600: He's the subject of the movie dialogue "So far this semester he has been absent nine times"
"Nine times?"
"Nine times" Ferris Bueller |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | TO THE NINES $1,600 (Daily Double): Of the 9 current members of the U.S. Supreme Court, this one has been there the longest (Clarence) Thomas |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | ARCHAEOLOGY $800: Wooden furniture & a loaf of bread in an oven have been found preserved in this city 10 miles northwest of Pompeii Herculaneum |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | ARCHAEOLOGY $2000: Named for a mythic place of darkness, this ship commanded by Sir John Franklin has been yielding its secrets from Arctic waters the HMS Erebus |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | CHESS, MASTERS $1200: (Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) Many a seemingly hopeless position has been turned into a draw via this tactic, with the apparently winning side's king unable to escape repeated nagging attacks by an enemy piece perpetual check |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $600: A bird of prey that has been crowned king aboard Darwin's ship a regal Beagle eagle |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | CLASSIC MOVIES $600: "I coulda had class, I could've been a contender", said Marlon Brando in his Oscar-winning role in this film On the Waterfront |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | GAMES, OLD & NEW $1200: Around 1870 the Tenth Hussars faced the Ninth Lancers in this game that's been around for 2,000 years or so polo |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | PRESENT COMPANY ACCEPTED $600: $100 invested in this Midwest-based company in 1965 would have been worth $2.4 million in 2020 Berkshire Hathaway |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | FUNNY LADIES $2000: This comedian & podcaster has been called "one of the true masters of deadpan" (Tig) Notaro |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | WAY BACK IN THE 1900s $1000: Victorious general Giap compared the French position in this decisive 1954 battle in Vietnam to the bottom of a rice bowl Dien Bien Phu |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | BETTER TOMES & GARDENS $1600: After finding a key, Mary in this Frances Hodgson Burnett tale says, "Perhaps it has been buried for ten years" The Secret Garden |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | EPONYMOUS TELEVISION $400: From the '70s, it could have alternately been titled "Defazio & Feeney" Laverne & Shirley |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | MASTERING PASTRY WITH DOMINIQUE ANSEL $600: (Dominique Ansel reads.) It's been ten years since I launched what Time magazine lauded as one of the best inventions of 2013, this signature hybrid pastry with a portmanteau name a cronut |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | TOUGH MOVIE STUFF $1600: James Dean starred in only 3 films--these 3 Rebel Without a Cause, Giant & East of Eden |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | COLONIAL AMERICA $800: In 1607 this colony chose a pres. in what's been called British America's first democratic election--6 of 104 had a vote Jamestown |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | DIANE WARREN $2000: (Diane Warren gives the clue.) I honored my own dad for believing in me & my music when I wrote "Because You Love Me" for this film in which Robert Redford played a news director who believed in Michelle Pfeiffer Up Close & Personal |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | POP MUSIC-PODGE $600: This lead singer of Hole said, "I tried out for 'the Mickey Mouse Club' when I was 11", & that would've been very interesting casting Courtney Love |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | POP CULTURE IN BLACK & WHITE $1200: Seen here are the co-stars of this TV show; one said the other was "the mother I had been looking for" Touched by an Angel |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | 21st CENTURY FILMS $2000: This Brit's 21st century film roles include Mr. Woodhouse in "Emma." & has-been rock star Billy Mack in "Love Actually" Bill Nighy |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | SPORTS GOATs $400: He's been called the GOAT of TV commentary John Madden |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | A REAL BODY BUSY $800: Keepin' busy, this soft, fatty tissue inside your bones makes platelets & oh yeah, billions of new blood cells daily bone marrow |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | "HOLD" UP $1000: Marc Behm's novel about a private detective obsessed with the woman he's trailing is titled this, proverbially what beauty is in The Eye of the Beholder |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | A FINE WINE FILM $800: The 2004 movie "Sideways" has been credited with killing sales of this varietal Merlot |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | FLYING COLORS $400: Fittingly, desert gold is one of the colors that has been used on this U.S. airline's planes Southwest |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | REPTILES $400: Sometimes 30 feet long & 500 pounds, this snake has been known to dine on jaguars, deer & capybara an anaconda |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | A BOX OF MATCHES $1600: This glossy weekly pictorial magazine published in France since 1949 has been compared to Life magazine Paris Match |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | LET'S GUESS YOUR WAIT $800: An elderly woman recognizes this now-old Washington Irving character & asks, "Where have you been these twenty long years?" Rip Van Winkle |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | HOW ARE YOU FEELING? $600: This uneasy adjective has been the second half of a TV soap opera title since March 26, 1973 restless |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | LOST WITH THE TITANIC $1200: "La Circassienne au Bain", an oil painting exhibited at the 1814 edition of this prestigious Paris art show the Salon |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | WHALES $800: These small whales have occasionally been known to grow 2 tusks instead of one narwhals |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | BAD BOYS IN BOOKS $1,200 (Daily Double): "You've been brought up bad... Fagin will make something of you", says this rascal to Oliver Twist the Artful Dodger |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ONE HOT MoMA $5,000 (Daily Double): His "Number 1A, 1948", which includes some of his handprints, has been on exhibit in the David Geffen Galleries Pollock |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | NOVELS BY QUOTE $1600: "Mr. Trask is from New England. He plans to settle here. He's been West before though" East of Eden |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | POP CULTURE $800: Edie Falco thought a 2022 sequel to this 2009 film had flopped, having shot it 4 years prior & not realizing it had never been released Avatar |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | POP CULTURE $1200: The TV series about this character that began NPH-mania has been shown in Latin America as "El Doctorcito" Doogie Howser |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | ANCIENT CITIES $400: In 1687 Venetians besieging Athens hit this temple with a mortar, setting off gunpowder stored inside; it's never been the same the Parthenon |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | WORD PUZZLES $800: A favorite dinner at my house
GEHRY
CAPRA
GARBANZO
PINTO Franks & beans |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | 3-LETTER WORDS $600: Hey, friend! It's been so long, it's been one of these, the longest division of geologic time an eon |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | IN THE MEDICINE CABINET $1000: Weird sleep activities aside, the name of this drug for insomnia might suggest you'll have a "good morning" Ambien |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | PAINT ME A PICTURE $4,400 (Daily Double): This 17th century masterpiece has been called "The Dutch Mona Lisa" the Girl with a Pearl Earring |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | NATIONAL HEROES $3,000 (Daily Double): A hero of this island nation where he was born, Marcus Garvey has been proposed to appear on its $100 bill Jamaica |
| #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 | EUROPEAN NATIONAL NICKNAMES $200: At different times in its history, this nation has been called Hibernia & the Celtic Tiger Ireland |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | EUROPEAN NATIONAL NICKNAMES $1000: Due to its location, this small nation, a grand duchy, has been called the little fortress & the Gibraltar of the North Luxembourg |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | WORLD HISTORY $800: This good guy of Christmas carol fame was actually a duke of Bohemia; he was only declared a king (& a saint) after his death Wenceslas |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | WORDS FROM GREEK & LATIN $1600: The opposite of an iamb, this word for a pattern of stressed-unstressed as in the word "rabbit" is from Greek for "run" a trochee |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $2000: An ad in the Village Voice brought drummer Clem Burke into this band he's been playing with since the '70s Blondie |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | ON THE "J.V." SQUAD $800: He's been nominated for 4 Oscars, winning for 1978's "Coming Home" Jon Voight |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | HANS, SOLO $1200: As of 2022, this composer has been nominated for 12 Oscars, winning for "The Lion King" & for "Dune" Hans Zimmer |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | THE 1980s $200: This woman who joined the British royal family could have been called redheaded Di No. 2 Sarah Ferguson |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | MADE IN PENNSYLVANIA $400: Formerly named for founders Binney & Smith, this brand's colorful products continue to roll out in Easton, Pennsylvania Crayola |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | A.K.A. $800: Also called baleen, this material has been used for corsets & for northern Native peoples' sled runners whalebone |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS $800: His second inaugural marked the first time African Americans had been included in the inaugural parade Lincoln |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHIP OUT $1200: Launched in 1797, this ship in more recent years has been known to fire cannon salutes while tooling around Boston Harbor the Constitution |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | HEAR "YE", HEAR YE $200: A Utah court dismissed a defamation suit by an attorney who'd been called "the worst ever" on this review site Yelp |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | LOVE, IN SO MANY WORDS $600: "That" she "should receive an offer of marriage from Mr. Darcy! That (Darcy) should have been in love with her for so many months!" Elizabeth Bennet |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | A HEAVENLY BODY IN MUSIC $2000: A Tori Kelly tune rhymes, "I've never been to heaven, but it doesn't seem that far, 'cause you're my" this North Star |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | THE MORNING AFTER $200: April 16, 1912 morning editions of some newspapers reported that this had been saved; later editions had worse news the Titanic |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | IN THE COOKIE JAR $600: These "slender" chocolate-covered Girl Scout cookies have been found in America's cookie jars for more than 70 years Thin Mints |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | ADVERTISING ICONS $800: The first 3 female icons on the Madison Ave. Walk of Fame are the Morton Salt Girl, Miss Chiquita Banana & this insurance seller Flo |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | SHOPPING AT THE MALL $600: Love the tropical vibe at the store named for this made-up island guy, perhaps from Nassau Tommy Bahama |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | FUTURE OSCAR WINNERS $2000: He could have been a contender for class clown & incorrigible, so much so that his father sent him away to military school (Marlon) Brando |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | LET'S GET DIRTY $600: Synonymous with handheld vacuum for many, it's been picking up spilled cat litter & coffee grounds since 1979 Dust Buster |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | MOUNTAIN HIGH, VALLEY LOW $600: Cape Town's Table Mountain often has its own cloud cover, which has fittingly been dubbed this tablecloth |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $2,000 (Daily Double): Obesity has been linked to OSA, or obstructive this disorder, where breathing is disrupted while slumbering sleep apnea |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | AUNTIE HERO $2000: Aunt Mary Beton, mentioned in "A Room of One's Own", has been compared to this author's own Aunt Caroline Virginia Woolf |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | POP MUSIC $2000: According to Billboard, the top holiday artist of 2022 was this a cappella group who have been singing together since 2011 Pentatonix |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | 13-LETTER WORDS $400: In geometry this distance has been called a special case of perimeter circumference |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | DANIEL RADCLIFFE ON HARRY POTTER $400: (Daniel Radcliffe presents the clue.) One of my favorite co-stars was this actress; I had a teenage crush on her even though she played one of Harry's nemeses, the vicious Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange Helena Bonham Carter |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | DANIEL RADCLIFFE ON HARRY POTTER $1000: (Daniel Radcliffe presents the clue.) Several people suggested me for Harry Potter, including Maggie Smith, with whom I had just done a miniseries & who had already been cast to play this professor Professor McGonagall |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $200: On Jan. 1, 1920 Harvard beat Oregon 7-6 in this annual game in Pasadena; you may be shocked to learn Harvard has not been back since the Rose Bowl |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | ANNUAL EVENTS $2000: The jazz festival named for these L.A. towers built by Simon Rodia has been grooving annually since 1976 the Watts Towers |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | EUROPEAN CITIES $800: Since 1578 a sacred 14-foot linen shroud has been preserved in a cathedral in this city Turin |
| #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 | HOME COMING $400: Xanadu was the name of a palatial estate in "Citizen Kane"; the estate owned by this Microsoft billionaire has been dubbed Xanadu 2.0 Bill Gates |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | SO, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? $400: On coach Lionel Scaloni's staff for this team at the 2022 World Cup? I thought I saw you celebrating after the final Argentina |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | SO, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? $600: Wait, you became the leader of this Cabinet department that oversees the Transportation Security Admin.? When was that?! the Department of Homeland Security |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | SO, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? $800: In 2022 you were on the U.S. team that made the first nuclear this reaction resulting in a net energy gain... congrats! fusion |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | SO, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? $1000: Becoming fluent in this artificial language constructed by a Polish oculist? Fabela! (Fabulous!) Esperanto |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PARDON MY FRENCH $400: I feel like I've been here before; I have a sense of this, French for "already seen" déjà vu |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | CROSSWORD CLUES "T" $400: Doorway part brides have been carried over
(9 letters) threshold |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | REUNION SHOWS $600: Online during the pandemic, this NBC show's Ron Swanson told Leslie, "I've been practicing social distancing since I was 4" Parks and Recreation |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | A DECADE OF NO. 1 HITS TELLS A STORY $400: "Can't Help Falling In Love", "It Must Have Been Love", "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You" the 1990s |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | TV SHOW TITLES IN SPANISH $200: Starring Anna Paquin, it has been shown as "Sangre verdadera" & "Sangre fresca" True Blood |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | TV SHOW TITLES IN SPANISH $600: This '60s spy spoof has been shown as "El superagente 86" Get Smart |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | THE FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS $2000: In 2011 Dale Dickey won Best Supporting Female for supporting this female who played Ree in "Winter's Bone" (Jennifer) Lawrence |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | WESTERN EUROPE $400: The Temple of La Sagrada Família has been growing tower by tower since 1882 when construction started in this Spanish city Barcelona |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | THE MIAMI VICE SQUAD $1200: Long before her Oscar nom for "The King's Speech", this 3-named British actress was Crockett's drug-addicted girlfriend Helena Bonham Carter |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | PUT IN YOUR ORDINAL $600: Someone who plays a supporting role is this fruit, like a straight man to a comedian second banana |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THE CORPORATE STRUCTURE $400: This Boston tower built by a financial company has been officially renamed 200 Clarendon--much less patriotic the John Hancock Tower |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | HOT TUNES $1600: This Billy Joel song /history lesson references the Rosenbergs, Dien Bien Phu, the Edsel & of course, "Wheel of Fortune" "We Didn't Start The Fire" |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | JUICE BAR $800: You say tomato, I say this juice brand with a touch of seafood broth that's been around since the '60s Clamato |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | EASY MONEY $100: Since the early 20th century, Abraham Lincoln has been on the front of these 2 pieces of U.S. currency, one a coin & one, paper the penny & the $5 bill |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $400: An unbroken series of wins & a T-bone to dine on streak & steak |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | GEOGRAPHY $1200: 2/5 of this nation is made up of areas of land called polders that have been drained & reclaimed from the sea the Netherlands |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | 12 LETTERS OR MORE $8,000 (Daily Double): Søren Kierkegaard has been called the "father of" this philosophy that emphasizes the individual as a free & responsible entity existentialism |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | THE MUSEUM OF FAILURE $400: "Singles" from this baby food co. was adult food, but "it might as well have been called 'I Live Alone & Eat My Meals From a Jar"' Gerber |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $1200: A 2018 USA Today headline: "Rex Tillerson was on the toilet when he was told he'd be fired" from this diplomatic Cabinet job secretary of state |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | 3.7 TRILLION FISH IN THE OCEAN $200: With a distinctly shaped keppy called a cephalofoil, this shark has been known to swim in schools as large as 500 a hammerhead |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | EUROPE A-GO-GO $400: Bounded by 4 mountain ranges, the Bohemian Massif is mostly in this country the Czech Republic |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CITY NAME CHANGES $200: This Arizona city might've been named for Stonewall Jackson, but residents decided that was for the mythical birds Phoenix |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CITY NAME CHANGES $1000: An Irish town once home to a famed medieval book has been known as both Ceanannus Mór & this Kells |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | "D" ADJECTIVES $200: It describes your ego after you've been taken down a peg or literally, a balloon that's lost its air deflated |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | SAFE $1000: The Latin for "holy" gives us this word for a safe place; churches have been known to offer it sanctuary |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE TV CHARACTER $1500: "I gotta get 2 children's life vests, abduct Jonathan Farrow... kill him, cut him to pieces, dump him in the ocean" Dexter |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | LONG-SERVING POLITICIANS $800: Kay Granger has been a House-sitter since 1997 after serving as mayor of this city, part of the metroplex with Dallas Fort Worth |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | NEWSPAPER NAMES $1200: In Communist Russia Pravda translated to this, which may have been stretched from time to time truth |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | "I" ON ART $400: William Merritt Chase whose 1880s art is seen here, has been called the first major one of these working in the United States an impressionist |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | PURE BREAD $1000: Where do we lay our scene? Why, in fair Verona, where this bread named for a slipper may have been born ciabatta |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | SHORT A $1600: Unless you've been indulging with him, this wine god takes a short "A" in his name Bacchus |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | SMALL TOWN AMERICA & CANADA $5,000 (Daily Double): This British Columbia town grew up around a mountain that's been home to Olympians & ski bums; the sound made by local marmots led to the name Whistler |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | 8-LETTER WORDS $400: If you have plenty of freedom, you've been given wide this term from mapmaking latitude |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | WHERE DID I LEAVE MY KEYS? $600: Could've been at the Deerfield, Illinois HQ of this co. (before it moved to Texas) that makes the center-pivot 440 backhoe loader Caterpillar |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | DICTATORS & TYRANTS $1000: Slobodan Milosevic, who had been the despotic leader of this nation, died in custody in 2006 while on trial for war crimes Serbia (Yugoslavia) |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | EXPLOSIVE MUSIC $1200: "Boom Boom Pow" is an explosive track from this group that includes will.i.am the Black Eyed Peas |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | THAT'S SO LAST CENTURY $200: In 1991 Clarence Thomas, the second African American on the Supreme Court, replaced this justice who had been the first (Thurgood) Marshall |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | DOWN YOUR ALLEY $800: Supercells have been known to plague Dixie Alley, a southern offshoot of this region of the Great Plains Tornado Alley |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | POTPOURRI $400: Toss across is basically this pencil-&-paper game but with bean bags tic-tac-toe |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | POTPOURRI $800: Andrew Garfield played composer Jonathan Larson running out of time in this 2021 film Tick, Tick... Boom! |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | AROUND THE GLOBE $7,400 (Daily Double): The most populous city in New Zealand, it hasn't been the capital since 1865 Auckland |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | LET ME NOODLE ON THAT $400: This "national" dish of Thailand includes rice noodles, bean sprouts & peanuts pad thai |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | ARRESTED DEVELOPMENTS $400: Charlie & Emilio's dad, this actor/activist has been arrested 60+ times, including at a nuclear test site Martin Sheen |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | A TOTAL FRAME JOB $500 (Daily Double): Britannica says this Munch painting "can be seen as a symbol of modern spiritual anguish" but it reminds us of a loud "Home Alone" moment The Scream |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $600: This chain of stores opened in 1979 & it seems like since then I've been trying to find an orange-aproned person to help me Home Depot |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | SCIENCE NEWS $800: Following a bone marrow transplant, in 2019 a patient was declared free of this virus, for only the second time ever the AIDS virus (HIV) |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT TO THE MAP $2000: 3 blocks long, the NYC St. called this Gospel man's Place has been home to Alexander Hamilton's widow, Leon Trotsky & Debbie Harry St. Mark's |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | THERE'S A CENSUS EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR $1200: 2010:
The 45-64 population grew 32% since 2000, thanks to this post-WWII phenomenon the baby boom |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | YOU'RE WEARING YOUR FOOD $400: Long associated with the U.S. Navy & even worn by its iconic Lone Sailor memorial, it has been replaced by a parka a pea coat |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | RINGS OF DRAGONS $2000: The largest lizard species, it mostly eats carrion but has been known to ambush a pig or deer the Komodo dragon |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ECONOMY OF MOVEMENT $200: The Smithsonian exhibited a ticket costing a pricey 1,000 reichsmarks for the 1937 last flight of this transport the Hindenburg |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | "T" TIME $1200: This Copenhagen amusement park's famous bubble fountain is said to have been co-designed by Niels Bohr Tivoli |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | AFRICA $400: Firestone has long been an economic anchor of Liberia, running a 120,000-acre plantation for this product rubber |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | OF YOUR HEAD $800: This type of chin that many find attractive is caused by an unfused jaw bone a cleft chin |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | FROM THE PRESIDENT'S MEMOIRS $200: "During the 4 1/2 years of my presidency I had never been able to establish a close relationship with Bobby Kennedy" LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | "IN THE" $2000: The title of this book, published after Hemingway's death, alludes to Bimini & Cuba & inspired a song of the same name Islands in the Stream |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | CAPITAL CITY RIVERS $2000: Petroleum products have been sent downstream from Bamako, the capital of Mali, on this river with the name of a neighbor nation the Niger River |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE $400: The hero of this Stevenson novel finds himself on a ship he had no intention of sailing on--yup, he's been this title Kidnapped |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | THE WORLD OF PATENT MODELS $200: Designed to produce very pure spirits, this 1875 still model was from John & Joseph, uncles of Jim from this first family of bourbon Beam |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $600: It's been called the lowest & richest sound among female voices; Erda in "Siegfried" is a notable role for one a contralto |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | LET'S GET DOWN TO CASES $800: Anderson v. Dunn gave Congress the power to punish nonmembers for this offense; Steve Bannon faced it in 2022 contempt of Congress |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | CLASSIC MOVIE CHARACTERS $800: First name of "2001" astronaut Bowman, who has some tense dialogue with HAL Dave |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | ANIMALS IN BOOKS $800: Mole says this "Wind in the Willows" guy has been in the hospital 3 times after car crashes; maybe amphibians shouldn't drive (Mr.) Toad |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | MY DEAR WATSON $400: At the start of an 1884 novel, he has been adopted by 2 sisters, Widow Douglas & Miss Watson Huckleberry Finn |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | POLITICIANS BACK IN THE DAY $400: He's seen here about age 13 with the glasses he'd been wearing from age 6 Harry Truman |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | GERMAN CITIES $1600: The site of a Roman fortress in the 1st century B.C., this city was the seat of federal government for 50 years until 1999 Bonn |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | FOOT, THE BILL $400: Bumps on your feet known as "bone" these can be treated by a visit to a foot specialist; costs vary spurs |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | A GARDEN PARTY $800: Since the first one of these opened in 1982, the breadsticks have been unlimited Olive Garden |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | STAYIN' ALIVE $1000: Soldiers & civilians have been kept alive with jammers used against RCIED, short for radio controlled these improvised explosive devices |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | CAR ACCESSORIES $800: A travel road kit is sweet, like the one from this beginning-of-the-phone-book organization that's been around since 1902 AAA |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | BATMAN VILLAINS $1600: Raised in a prison & frequently hopped up on venom, this masked enemy broke Batman's back in a 1990s story arc Bane |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | THE NEANDERTHALS $600: Wear from pyrite on tools indicates Neanderthals may have been able to produce this, not just collect it from natural sources fire |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | THE NEANDERTHALS $800: Despite beliefs to the contrary, the discovery & analysis of a Neanderthal hyoid bone suggests that they may have had this ability speech |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: This adjective is used to indicate a novel has been written in the form of letters epistolary |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | RAPPERS WHO ACT $400: In 1991 he had a rap hit with "O.G. Original Gangster"; 9 years later, he began playing a cop on NBC & he's been doing it ever since Ice-T |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | HEARD IN THE MOVIE $2000: "Fred C. Dobbs ain't a guy likes bein' taken advantage of--do the mug in, I say" The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | USA $800: Most of this large swamp in southeastern Georgia has been designated a National Wildlife Refuge Okefenokee |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | FIRST-TIME RESPONSES $2000: An Old French word gives us this term for a cut gem that's rounded & polished but not faceted a cabochon |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | WE'RE IN IT $2000: Choo-choo!
Daveed Diggs,
Sean Bean Snowpiercer |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | AT THE STORE $100: Customers have been known to customize their orders with 25 pumps or more of vanilla or syrup in their cinnamon dolce latte here Starbucks |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THAT BOOK YOU'VE BEEN MEANING TO READ $100: Physicist Stephen Hawking penned 1988's "A Brief History of" this--I'll get to it, briefly Time |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THAT BOOK YOU'VE BEEN MEANING TO READ $300 (Daily Double): You dug the musical with Cosette, Javert & all the sad songs; now it's time to pry open this Victor Hugo novel from 1862 Les miserables |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THAT BOOK YOU'VE BEEN MEANING TO READ $300: Before I can read the "Edge of Reason" sequel about this plucky, single British woman, I've got to read her "Diary" Bridget Jones |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THAT BOOK YOU'VE BEEN MEANING TO READ $400: Over the years, this novel about Holden Caulfield has been frequently challenged for its sex & profanity; I'm in! The Catcher in the Rye |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THAT BOOK YOU'VE BEEN MEANING TO READ $500: David Foster Wallace's weighty tome titled "Infinite" this; we kid you not, it took him 4 years to write it Jest |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $600 (Daily Double): This giant lumberjack & hero of logging camps had a giant blue ox named Babe as a companion Paul Bunyan |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $1200: She's the first Black woman on the Supreme Court & the first justice to have been a federal public defender Justice (Ketanji Brown) Jackson |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | HERBAL & SPICY NAMES $400: In a 1967 tune we hear his band has "been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile" Sgt. Pepper |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | THE TANGLED WEB $400: Forgotify is a place to hear songs that had never been listened to on this other service Spotify |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | SIMON SAYS $400: Actor Simon Callow writes of this "Ring" composer, "Had he been... other than a musical genius, he would have been locked up" Wagner |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | 5, 5 $600: Rick Nielsen & Robin Zander are members of this band that's been around since the 1970s Cheap Trick |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | STAR TRACK: THE NEXT GENERATION $400: For almost 100 years 3 generations of this family, Walter, John & Anjelica, have been lighting up Hollywood screens the Hustons |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | WITH AUTHOR-ITY $500: She showed "Sense & Sensibility" by starting that book with "The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex" Austen |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | THE SECOND CHAPTER $8,000 (Daily Double): Ralph says, "We've been on the mountain top and seen water all around" Lord of the Flies |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | D.C.-AREA ATTRACTIONS $1600: This library has been known to host Renaissance music to honor Shakespeare's birthday the Folger |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | FESTIVALS $800: Since the 1950s towering sculptures have been part of the annual Snow Festival at this Japanese city also known for beer Sapporo |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | McDONALD'S AROUND THE WORLD $800: At the Macca's, as they call it Down Under, this traditional savory spread has been offered with an English muffin Vegemite |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | MISCELLANY $1200: By 1934 the New Deal with its administrative creations like the NRA & CCC had been dubbed this food alphabet soup |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | PLANTCRAFT $1,000 (Daily Double): Practitioners of this 7-letter bushy art have been called tree masons & leafage sculptors topiary |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | ADVANCED CRIMINAL LAW $1500: Ask Steve Bannon--you don't want to ignore one of these writs from a court, commanding you to come in &, you know, testify a subpoena |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $4,700 (Daily Double): Before taking the road to the White House, he hit the "Santa Fe Trail" in the movie role of George Armstrong Custer Ronald Reagan |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | TV $600: This actor has been a presence in TV squad rooms, showrooms, & hospital rooms Andre Braugher |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | POP MUSIC $100: "Easy come, easy go, little high, little low", says "Bohemian Rhapsody" by this group Queen |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | IT ALL STARTS WITH "U" $200: So you saw an E.T.? Then it must have been piloting this, also called a flying saucer a UFO |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | MASCOTS $300: This battery mascot that's been going & going since the late 1980s has entered the OED to mean something or someone persistent the Energizer Bunny |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | COLORFUL RESPONSES $400 (Daily Double): This 2-word fishy term refers to a piece of information that is a distraction from the main issue a red herring |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | MASCOTS $1200: The mascot for this banana brand was a lady banana until 1987, when Oscar Grillo depicted her as a woman in a tutti frutti hat Chiquita |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | COLORFUL RESPONSES $1500: A member of the armed forces who has been wounded in action may receive this medal the Purple Heart |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | JOHNNY GILBERT SPEAKS THE MOVIE LINE $1500: "I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it" On the Waterfront |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | THE BODY HUMAN $400: The fibula is partnered with this bone, also known as the shin tibia |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | MOVIE STUFF $800: 2 days after Sly Stallone left "Beverly Hills Cop", this man got the starring role (Eddie) Murphy |
| #8716, aired 2022-10-10 | HOW DID THEY DIE? $5,000 (Daily Double): His death in Vienna in 1791 has been attributed to rheumatic fever, strep throat, kidney failure & poisoning, among other things Mozart |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | GO BLUE! $400: Known as the little blue pill, it's been suggested audaciously that some men might use it for recreation, not procreation Viagra |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | A LONG RUN ON TV WITH KEN JENNINGS $600: (Ken delivers the clue.) Starting in 1954, it's been Allen, Parr, Carson, Leno, O'Brien & now this funny guy behind the desk on "The Tonight Show" Jimmy Fallon |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | A LONG RUN ON TV WITH KEN JENNINGS $1200: (Ken delivers the clue.) As Olivia Benson on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", this actress has been busting heinous criminals for well over 20 seasons Mariska Hargitay |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | TECHNOLOGY $1200: Since 2019 a feature called Autopilot has been standard on new cars from this company such as Model S & Model 3 Teslas |
| #8713, aired 2022-10-05 | YOU'RE IN A ROLE $800: Josie Geller, who has "Never Been Kissed" & wants to change that (Drew) Barrymore |
| #8713, aired 2022-10-05 | COMPANY TOWNS $1600: Dan Bern's song "Company Town" mentions this Ohio city where Goodyear has been based since 1898 Akron |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | THAT PAINTS A PICTURE $200: Folks hit the Louvre in 1911 to not see this 1500s painting; it had been stolen, & fans took in the empty space where she had smiled-ish Mona Lisa |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS $400: In 1970 Binion's Horseshoe Casino hosted the first-ever World Series of this poker |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | HELPFUL INTERNET ACRONYMS $500 (Daily Double): ICYMI:
You clearly have been living under some sort of rock, so let me catch you up on this tantalizing factoid in case you missed it |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | SANDWICHES $200: A favorite of the King himself, an Elvis sandwich is filled with peanut butter & this fruit banana |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | SANDWICHES $1000: This Vietnamese sandwich, typically with pork or chicken & pickled vegetables on a baguette, has become popular in the U.S. as well bánh mì |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | BORROW $1200: That bathroom hasn't been updated since 1932! Let's take out a HELOC, short for this, & bring things into the 21st century a home equity line of credit |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | STEEL $1600: Damascus steel is made from this kind of "iron", whose name suggests it has been repeatedly worked with a hammer wrought (iron) |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | ONE-NAMED ROCK STARS $200: About the Joshua Tree Tour, he declared, "It's only taken me 30 years to learn how to sing these songs" Bono |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | HATCHET MAN $200: Legend says he dragged his axe behind him & created the Grand Canyon in the process (Paul) Bunyan |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | QUEEN ELIZABETH II $1000: This ceremony took place when Elizabeth had been queen for over a year; she wore the dress on 6 more occasions the coronation |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | THE SKELETAL SYSTEM $1,500 (Daily Double): The patella is the protective flat bone at the front of this lower body joint the knee |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | GEOGRAPHY VIA KOKOMO $1200: Come on, pretty mamas--& papas--& head 60 miles off West Palm Beach to Grand this, where Freeport is a major shipping hub Bahama |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | WORDS BEFORE WORDS $200: Bean,
market,
widow black |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | A HUNGER FOR READING $600: Eric Schlosser's book about this "Nation" estimates that one in 8 workers in the U.S. has been employed by McDonald's Fast Food |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | LONDON $2,000 (Daily Double): Its dome dominating London's skyline, it's been called Christopher Wren's Magnum opus St. Paul's Cathedral |
| #8700, aired 2022-09-16 | FREDS UP $600: This actor & funnyman has been the recipient of 2 Peabody Awards--one for "SNL", the other for "Portlandia" Fred Armisen |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | ISLE, 5 $600: Tiny & crowded, Migingo Island in this lake has been the subject of an ownership dispute between Kenya & Uganda Lake Victoria |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | PHILOSOPHY $800: Antisthenes has been credited with starting this Greek sect, now the -ism that says people are only out for themselves cynicism |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | "CON"s $600: This musical instrument has largely been replaced by the accordion a concertina |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | ENDS WITH 2 VOWELS $1200: This word for a type of pet adoptee implies it has been removed from danger a rescue |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | DISCOVERIES $1200: Seen here is the first known illustration of a dinosaur bone; the lower part of this thigh bone, it baffled scientists on discovery in 1676 the femur |
| #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 | ISLANDS & PENINSULAS $600: The headquarters of the U.S. Pacific fleet has been on this island since February 1941 Oahu |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | TEAM RHYMES $200: A sturdy piece of timber, or a ray of sunshine beam |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | AUTHORS $400: On July 4, 1862 he picnicked with Alice Liddell & her sisters, so it could have been "Edith" or "Lorina in Wonderland" Charles Dodgson (or Lewis Carroll) |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | TRANSPORTATION $800: These alliterative & inflatable recreational vessels are long, narrow & often yellow banana boats |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | ACCEPTABLE 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $800: "Special" is one type of this short form ed |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | SCIENTIFIC LAWS & THEORIES $400: The theory of general relativity has been verified through experiments involving this innermost planet Mercury |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1200: Seen here, Shoshone Falls, on this river in Idaho has been called "The Niagara of the West" the Snake River |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | QUIZ BOWL $400: For decades this venue has been the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic the Hollywood Bowl |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | PLEASE RISE FOR OUR NATIONAL... $400: Motto:
This 4-word phrase, signed into law by Eisenhower in 1956; "E pluribus unum" had been used unofficially In God We Trust |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | QUIZ BOWL $800: Winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1940, "The Grapes of Wrath" has been called "the greatest novel about" this subject the Dust Bowl |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | SAN DIEGO: NEWS CLUES $600: (Sheena Parveen of NBC 7 in San Diego presents the clue.) In 1986, the San Diego Museum of Arts mounted the first ever retrospective exhibit for this longtime La Jolla resident who had recently been named one of San Diego’s living treasures Dr. Seuss |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | LET'S BUILD A HOUSE $2000: "C" if you can come up with this term for a projecting beam that's supported at only one end a cantilever |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | COLOR ME BAD $200: If you've been afflicted by the green-eyed monster, you're guilty of this jealousy |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | GOOD HISTORY $200: Around 400,000 B.C., hominids began to control this; one later use may have been to destroy habitat so as to aid hunting & foraging fire |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | ICE CREAM $200: There's plain this flavor, the epitome of plain, as well as French this & this bean vanilla |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | LET'S TALK ABOUT BITE CLUB $400: Sofonisba Anguissola, called the greatest woman artist of this era, sent Michelangelo her drawing of a boy who's been bitten the Renaissance |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | ROMANCE LANGUAGES $2000: Isolated from its romantic relatives, Romanian has been influenced by this language group of neighbors like Serbia & Bulgaria Slavic |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | SOUNDS SMART $400: It's been said that this is "1% inspiration & 99% perspiration" genius |
| #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 |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | ON THE LABEL $1200: Jim Beam bourbon:
"40% alc/vol" & in parentheses, this number & word 80 proof |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | THE STATE OF DENIAL $400: What has happened to an appeal that won't be heard, or to a class that has been allowed to leave a school room dismissed |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM... $600: California:
This late singer of "I Got You Babe" whose name is on the 1998 copyright extension act Sonny Bono |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | IT HAPPENED IN JULY $1000: The NHS for short, it got started July 5, 1948 & has been making it easier for British people to see doctors ever since the National Health Service |
| #8676, aired 2022-07-04 | SILENT CONSONANT WORDS $800: To bite or chew persistently, like an animal with a bone gnaw |
| #8676, aired 2022-07-04 | IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY $2000: Written by Laurence Sterne, "The Life & Opinions of" this gentleman has been called the greatest shaggy dog story Tristram Shandy |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES IN FRENCH $800: Ananas
(& it's not a banana) pineapple |
| #8674, aired 2022-06-30 | DRINK $800: This has been called "the tiki-est of tiki cocktails" a Mai Tai |
| #8674, aired 2022-06-30 | ONE LETTER MAKES A DIFFERENCE $800: To fracture a bone & a really weird person break & freak |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | DIET HARD WITH A VENGEANCE $400: Capsaicin in these has been shown to increase fat burning & reduce appetite, but maybe lay off the "Red Hot" Red Savina type (chili) peppers |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | SHOE KNOW IT! $800: This Maine company offers men's wicked good moccasins L.L. Bean |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | F1 GRAND PRIX SITES $400: After driver complaints, turn 10 at Marina Bay was made less "brutal & bumpy", as it had been called this Asian city "Sling" Singapore |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | ART LOVERS $3,000 (Daily Double): Jean-Antoine Watteau's "The Perfect Accord" has also been translated as "Perfect" this musical term Harmony |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | 2022 ANNIVERSARIES $800: It's been 50 years since this company named for its 2 founders introduced the first pocket scientific calculator Hewlett-Packard |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | YOU'VE BEEN BOOKED $200: It's an official record of events during the voyage of a ship or aircraft, captain a log |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | YOU'VE BEEN BOOKED $400: Originally it was a book for priests on how to administer the sacraments; today it's a book of operating instructions a manual |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | YOU'VE BEEN BOOKED $600: A classic work of literary criticism is Ian Watt's "The Rise of" this form: "Studies in Defoe, Richardson & Fielding" the novel |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | YOU'VE BEEN BOOKED $800: Debits go on the left side in this book that contains the financial records of a business a ledger |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | YOU'VE BEEN BOOKED $1000: This 4-letter word for an especially weighty scholarly book comes from the Greek for "roll of papyrus" a tome |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | IN THIS ECONOMY? $400: This Far East country has been hurt by sanctions like those imposed by the U.N. starting in 2006 for its nuclear tests North Korea |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | TV FACTOIDS $200: With a knack for predicting plays, he's been a success in the broadcast booth like he was behind center Tony Romo |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | TV FACTOIDS $600: A teaching hospital in this city has been the setting for "Grey's Anatomy" for 18 seasons Seattle |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | "M.R.", AYE! $800: Cooking to about 135 degrees gets your T-bone done this way medium rare |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $2000: This actor/playwright won a Tony for "August: Osage County" & has been seen in "Homeland" & "Ford v Ferrari" Tracy Letts |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | BELGIANS $2000: Victor Horta's 1890s Hôtel Tassel in Brussels has been called the first major building in this French-named style Art Nouveau |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | HIS WIDOW LIVED ON $400: Then in her 70s & a widow for 2 decades, Maud Gage Baum was a consultant on this 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | POP ROCKS $400: In an interview, Frances Bean said of this late father, his "artistry was on another level" Kurt Cobain |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | MARINE BIOLOGY $1200: The movement of invasive species from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean via this waterway has been called Lessepsian migration the Suez Canal |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | WHO WAS WHERE, WHEN $400: On May 5, 1960 Khrushchev informed the Supreme Soviet this alphanumeric U.S. plane had been shot down over the USSR 4 days earlier the U2 |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | THE "O" MEN $600: Dining out as Ron Swanson on "Parks & Rec", he introduced the "turf & turf. It's a 16-ounce T-bone & a 24-ounce porterhouse" Nick Offerman |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | STATE FLORA $3,000 (Daily Double): Also known as the ground laurel, it has been Massachusetts' state flower since 1918, not 1620 the mayflower |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | ISLES OF THE BRITISH ISLES $1600: This isle in the Irish Sea is not part of the U.K. but has been a personal possession of the British monarch since 1828 the Isle of Man |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | TEXTING, TEXTING $400: Although it's been said many times, many ways, in Dec. 1992 a 22-year-old software engineer sent these 2 words in the very 1st text Merry Christmas |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | BIBLICAL WOMEN $800: David's wife & Solomon's mother, she had formerly been married to Uriah the Hittite Bathsheba |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | EARTH SCIENCE $800: Increased seismic activity, especially in Oklahoma, has been linked to wastewater injection & this controversial practice fracking |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | TEXTING ABBREV. $200: Where have you been?
"LTNS", this long time no see |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | SOUND UP! $400: The wingbeats of this bird are heard here; it's been clocked at 50 wingbeats per second a hummingbird |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | LET'S PLAY A GAME $400: Spare Ribs & Wish Bone can be removed in this classic game, but maybe the patient should worry about that glowing red nose Operation |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | THEATER $1600: "Tick, Tick... BOOM!" premiered Off-Broadway in 2001, telling of this late composer & playwright, pre- "Rent" (Jonathan) Larson |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | MUSICIANS SELLING MUSIC $600: Music rights for America (the band) went for $40 million in 2022 in part for having "been through the desert on" this title transport "A Horse With No Name" |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | IT ONLY BORDERS ONE COUNTRY $800: This European nation has been nicknamed "The Land of the 3 F's: Fado, Fatima & Futebol" Portugal |
| #8650, aired 2022-05-27 | EUROPE $2,000 (Daily Double): From 1949 to 1990 this city on the Rhine River was a national capital Bonn |
| #8650, aired 2022-05-27 | THEY SANG SUPER SEXY '70s LYRICS $2000: The Reverend: "Baby, since we've been together, ooh, loving you forever, is what I need... let's stay together" Al Green |
| #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 $2000: In 2021 scientists identified a new species of this based on a 16-foot female that had been washed ashore whale |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | IT'S THE JURASSIC PERIOD $800: From Jurassic times, the Smackover Formation takes its name from an Arkansas town that had a 1920s boom due to this resource oil |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | LENDING TV SUPPORT $2000: Hisham Tawfiq knows if you've been naughty or nice--probably naughty--as Dembe Zuma The Blacklist |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | MED. ABBREV. $1600: A bone marrow transplant may lead to GVHD, this disease of incompatibility graft-versus-host disease |
| #8645, aired 2022-05-20 | THE FARMER $600: Containing planting schedules & astronomical tables, it's been around since 1792 the Farmers' Almanac |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | THE DRUGS OF HUMANITY $200: Lipitor lowers fat in the blood called triglycerides & knows if this lipid has been bad or good & helps make it good for goodness' sake cholesterol |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | MUSEUMS FOR FOODIES $800: In Japan, a museum & mini theme park celebrating this national dish has been called "the Disneyland of noodles" ramen |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | TROJAN WAR HANDBOOK $1600: Abducted by Paris, Helen of Troy had been the queen & wife of Menelaus, king of this Greek city-state Sparta |
| #8642, aired 2022-05-17 | MILITARY HISTORY $2000: An impressment ordinance got this author of "The Pilgrim's Progress" caught up in the English Civil Wars John Bunyan |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | SKELETON CREW $400: The malleus is a tiny bone in the middle part of this sense organ the ear |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | SKELETON CREW $2000: It's also called a zygomatic or malar bone the cheekbone |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | SKELETON CREW $3,000 (Daily Double): This bone fits into the acetabulum, the cup-shaped cavity of the hip the femur |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | RED $200: This fortress on Red Square has been the center of Russian government since 1918 the Kremlin |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | COMMUNICATION $400: Since 2020 Dodger fans have been told that Mookie Betts is coming to bat over a new 62-speaker one of these systems a P.A. (public address) |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Since 1901 Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade has been held in this directional & historically Irish part of town South Boston |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $800: This genre-defying band that broke in 2014 with "Gooey" performed at the BBMAs in 2021
"Sometimes, all I think about is you /
Late nights in the middle of June /
Heat waves been fakin' me out /
Heat waves been fakin' me out..." Glass Animals |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE $400: Sailors have been known to use these to sleep in, but more familiar are the ones tied between 2 trees in your backyard hammocks |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | COLLEGE SPORTS MASCOTS $800: UNLV's teams are the Rebels, but one of these sea creatures has been used as a mascot in honor of a former men's basketball coach a shark |
| #8636, aired 2022-05-09 | THE NUREMBERG TRIALS $1200: (Jimmy presents the clue.) The U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials was former Attorney General Robert H. Jackson who took an 11-month leave from this body to which he'd been appointed by FDR in 1941 the Supreme Court |
| #8636, aired 2022-05-09 | YOU SAID IT! $2000: To the Inquisition: "I have been judged vehemently suspected of heresy... of having held... the Sun is the center of the universe" Galileo |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | ETHNIC GROUPS $600: Meredith Vieira has been named Woman of the Year by PAWA, which stands for this "American Women's Association" Portuguese |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | AMERICAN GRAB BAG $200: Close encounters have been had at the UFO-themed McDonald's in this New Mexico town Roswell |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | NOW FOR THE SECRET WORD $1000: Secret agents have been known to travel this way, from Latin for "unknown" incognito |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | I CREATED THAT FICTIONAL PLACE! $400: Take me down to the Emerald City where the streets are green & the girls are pretty Baum |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | THE REALITY OF TV $600: Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton have been coaches on this competition The Voice |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | BIBLE BELTS $200: In this Bible book named for songs of praise, "Thou hast smitten all my enemies upon the cheek bone" Psalms |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | HISTORY $1600: It's been estimated that around 480 B.C. close to half of the world's population was in this empire founded by Cyrus the Great the Persian Empire |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | MIAMI NEWS CLUES $400: (I'm Louis Aguirre.) The 1980s TV show "Miami Vice" changed the reputation of the city to one of chicness & glitz & made Florida a more desired film & TV location; these two actors, playing Crockett & Tubbs, added to the scenery Don Johnson & Philip Michael Thomas |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY $600: The 1951 Army football team that lost to Navy 42-7 had been decimated by cadet expulsions for this cheating on exams |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | THE ATMOSPHERE $200: Seen here is a comparison of levels in this region of the stratosphere, whose depletion has been an ongoing concern the ozone |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | MIDDLE P $4,000 (Daily Double): 2 linked lines of verse a couplet |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | LANDMARKS $1000: Finn McCool, sort of the Irish Paul Bunyan, was said to have built this as a bridge to a Scottish island Giant's Causeway |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | GETTING A "BA" IN BOTANY $1000: Roots that descend from branches can give one of these tropical & subtropical trees the appearance of a thicket banyan trees |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | LET'S PLAY OLD-TIME PRIVATE EYE $200: I eyed the bartender. This potent potable, I said. "Jim Beam black extra-aged" this. "& don't be stingy on the pour" bourbon |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | LET'S GET SCIENTIFIC $1000: Located in the upper abdomen, this organ can, in some cases, still produce hormones even after 90% has been removed pancreas |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | VIGOROUS VOCAB $400: In physics this word means related to force; it also has been used to describe Batman & Robin as a duo dynamic |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | OUT OF... $800: Since being revived in 1833, Jane Austen's 6 novels have not done this been out of print |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | AIRLINES $3,200 (Daily Double): A shamrock has been the emblem of this airline for over 80 years Aer Lingus |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | SCIENTIFIC CANADIAN $800: Swimming pools have been cleaner since Herbert Dow developed a method of getting this element from brine in the 1890s chlorine |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | FEMALE LITERARY CHARACTERS $1600: In the sci-fi novel "Gideon the Ninth", Gideon is a cavalier bonded to Harrowhark, one of these bone-raising conjurers a necromancer |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | MUSIC FROM THE NECK UP $600: Echo & the Bunnymen sang that they were "like sugar"; in a Meghan Trainor song, they were movin' lips |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | GEOGRAPHIC VERSE $800: A Whitman poem is titled "By Blue" this Great Lake's "Shore"; he could've been in the province of the same name Ontario |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | BOOK 'EM $1000: This James Redfield bestseller about an ancient manuscript that provides 9 key insights to life has been called "a spiritual classic" The Celestine Prophecy |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | FASHION $200: Long flowy dresses are typical of boho fashion, boho being short for this bohemian |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | ROCK ART $400: Andy Warhol's cover for The Velvet Underground's 1967 debut album featured one of these fruits with a peelable sticker a banana |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | A CHRISTIE MYSTERY $800: (Lucy Boynton presents the clue.) Because she worked as a nurse & later as a pharmacy dispenser, Christie frequently used poison as the murder weapon in her writing--strychnine, cyanide, & very often this one, as it would have been easy to obtain in her day as rat poison arsenic |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | A CHRISTIE MYSTERY $1200: (Lucy Boynton presents the clue.) Agatha Christie wrote 12 novels & 20 short stories featuring this woman & regretted making her so old at the outset; she would have been well over 100 by the time Christie finished writing about her Miss Marple |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | NEW TO MERRIAM WEBSTER $1200: This peanut butter & marshmallow creme sandwich has been around for a long time, but only made it into Merriam-Webster's in 2021 a fluffernutter |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | A CHRISTIE MYSTERY $1600: (Will Poulter presents the clue.) This courtroom drama that hinges on the testimony of the mistress of the accused murderer has been adapted for stage & screen, & in 2014 was performed in an actual English courtroom Witness for the Prosecution |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | ROCK ART $2,000 (Daily Double): A national monument in New Mexico is named for its many these, from Greek for "rock" & "carvings" petroglyphs |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | PURPLE REIGN $600: This team went to the Super Bowl 4 times in the 1970s; purple never reigned & they haven't been back the Vikings |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | IT'S A FACT $1000: This yellow gastropod named for its resemblance to a fruit can move about 6 inches per minute a banana slug |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | BEAN THERE $200: Illinois leads the U.S. in production of these sources of tofu soybeans |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | BEAN THERE $400: Chickpeas are also called these beans or just these, their usual name in Spain garbanzo beans |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | MULTIPLE MEANINGS $400: To strike down hard with a foot, or something that's affixed to show a fee has been paid stamp |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | BEAN THERE $600: Navy beans & molasses are traditional ingredients in this baked "metropolitan" offering Boston baked beans |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | BEAN THERE $800: Native to India, mung beans are often used to grow these tender, edible seedlings bean sprouts |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | BEAN THERE $1000: Minnesota's Otter Tail County is a center for growing this bean named for its shape a kidney bean |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | WESTERNS $200: In Italian this Clint Eastwood western was called "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo" The Good, the Bad and the Ugly |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | PHYSIOLOGY $800: Babies have kneecaps that are not made of bone yet; they're this flexible tissue that will become bone via ossification cartilage |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | WOMEN IN MUSIC $1200: Seen here with husband David Foster, she first gained notice on "American Idol" & has been recording & acting ever since Katharine McPhee |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | SCRAMBLED NOVELS $2000: A Colson Whitehead Pulitzer winner:
"BEEN SICKLY HOT" The Nickel Boys |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | THE VERB IN THE NOVEL TITLE $400: 1957:
Ayn been working on the Transcontinental Railroad shrugged |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | JOIN THE CROWD $800: Love was in the air among the 600,000 on this isle in 1970 to see Hendrix & The Who in what's been called the British Woodstock the Isle of Wight |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | JOIN THE CROWD $7,000 (Daily Double): In 1951 7.5 million people came to a Manhattan ticker-tape parade for this general who had recently been fired MacArthur |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | NATIONAL DAYS $1200: This nation celebrates the Grand Duke's birthday every June 23, even though no Grand Duke has been born on June 23 Luxembourg |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | AROUND THE WORLD $6,600 (Daily Double): This island capital is said to have been founded in the 9th century by the Viking Ingólfur Arnarson Reykjavik |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | A SONG & A DANCE $800: For over half a century, partygoers have been flapping their arms to this novelty tune; even Weird Al covered it in a polka medley the "Chicken Dance" |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | THE 1880s $2000: Its eruption on August 27, 1883 has been estimated to have released 10,000 times the power of an atomic bomb Krakatoa |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | BRITISH WRITERS $2000: This author of the "Wolf Hall Trilogy" has been called the queen of historical fiction (Hilary) Mantel |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | WHAT THE HILL? $2000: Pre-Columbian Native Americans of the Mississippi region have been called these builders for their still-standing earthwork mound builders |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE... $1000: ...been more careful on your way to New York City; maybe not have Benedict Arnold's plans of West Point in your boot (Major John) André |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | BRIGHT LIGHTS $800: Dubbed the brightest light on Earth, the sky beam from the top of this Vegas casino can produce 40 billion candlepower Luxor |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | CHILDHOOD HOMES $1200: "There are places I'll remember all my life", & one would have been the home in Liverpool where he lived with Aunt Mimi John Lennon |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS $1000: This agency, the IAEA, has been much in the news in recent years with its inspectors' attempts to monitor nuclear technology the International Atomic Energy Agency |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | MIDDLE E $1600: It's Spanish for "all right" or "good" bueno |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | EUROPE $600: Finally realizing independence in 1993, it had been called "Upper Hungary" Slovakia |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | LITERARY CHARACTER SPOILERS $1000: Gatsby says this woman is "leaving you"; Tom replies, "Nonsense", & Tom is correct Daisy Buchanan |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | TRANSPORTATION $200: The 1886 photo seen here shows that SUP, short for this way of moving around, has been done for a long time stand up paddle |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | THE ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE $400: In a work by L. Frank Baum, the Scarecrow & this character are captured by a female giant & turned into a bear & an owl the Tin Man |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | ARTS NEWS $2000: In France's largest gift of art back to a former colony, the doors of Abomey went back to this country, formerly Dahomey Benin |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | SUNDAY IN THE PARK $600: It's one of these geometric gatherings of joyous sound; one at L.A.'s Griffith Park has been around since the late 1990s a drum circle |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | THE PICKLE BARREL $2000: In this Shakespeare play, Trinculo tells King Alonso, "I have been in such a pickle" (meaning drunk) "since I saw you last" The Tempest |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | COUNTRY NICKNAMES $800: Indonesia has been dubbed the "Emerald" of this great circle the equator |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | FEB BE WARY $800: This sea captain should have been warier in February 1779; he was killed by locals after a kerfuffle at Kealakekua Bay Cook |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | GYMNASTICS $400: In competition this apparatus is 4 feet off the ground & 16.5 feet long; for home practice, it can be half that length the balance beam |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | SALTY $200: With a name going back to Quechuan, it's strips of beef or pork that have been dehydrated or dried in the sun jerky |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | DON'T BE SO THIRSTY $600: A dark mustache on a BYU student may indicate she's been drinking this, the most popular beverage sold there after water chocolate milk |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | AFTER THE WAR $1600: In 1992 the U.N. gave this country that had been occupied in the first Gulf War more land with more oil wells Kuwait |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | OUR AVIAN FRIENDS $400: The claw of a bird of prey is known as one of these, from the Latin for "ankle bone" a talon |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: The West African coast goes Liberia-Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana-Togo-Benin-this country bigger than the other 5 put together Nigeria |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | FROM THE OLD TOOL SHED $400: First made from bone & animal horn, eyed versions of this tool made from iron popped up in the Low Countries in the 15th century a needle |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | A CHAPTER OF IT BEGINS... $800: "My dearest Lucy, --forgive my long delay in writing, but I have been simply overwhelmed with work... your loving Mina" Dracula |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | ANATOMY $400: Fused together in adults, the Ilium, pubis & ischium form the hip bone & the 2 hip bones form this girdle the pelvis (or pelvic girdle) |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | SPOT-IFY $400: See spots. See lots of spots all over the body in outbreaks of this disease that could have been prevented with an MMR vaccine measles |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | CLASSIC NOVELS $400: This classic by Stephen Crane has been called "the first modern war novel" The Red Badge of Courage |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | COMMERCIAL SLOGANS $800: We've been instructed to "Protect this house" with this company's sports apparel Under Armour |
| #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 | ANGLES $200: Due to its narrow beam, the Anglepoise lamp was popular during these, which in WWII Britain were deliberate, not power-company goofs blackouts |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES $200: Since 1909 when it was "bring your own basket", this wholesome outdoor gathering has been a tradition at UC Davis picnic |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | PASS/FAIL $200: Fianna Fáil, or "Soldiers of Destiny", has been one of this country's leading political parties since the 1930s Ireland |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | CELEBRITIES $400: If you've been "Keeping Up with" her, you know she's one of the highest-paid models in the world Kendall Jenner |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | 3-LETTER ANIMALS $1600: As a source of food & as a pack animal, this bovine has long been essential to the people of the Tibetan Plateau a yak |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | WINTER $1000: The game of snow snake has long been played by the Haudenosaunee, also known as this league or confederacy Iroquois |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | JUST "Z" MOVIE FOR YOU $400: Many movies have been made about this title swordsman, but in 1981, he was "The Gay Blade" Zorro |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | SHAKESPEARE $2000: This Roman tragedy premiered Jan. 24, 1594 & the stage blood has been flowing since Titus Andronicus |
| #1, aired 2022-02-08 | THESE WORDS ARE YOUNGER THAN YOU ARE $800: This gendered word for condescendingly expounding has only been around since 2008 mansplaining |
| #1, aired 2022-02-08 | THESE WORDS ARE YOUNGER THAN YOU ARE $1000: Folks have been making these catalogs of things to do before they die since 2006 bucket lists |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | ANGELS & DEMONS & INSURANCE AGENTS $400: The name of this motorcycle club founded in 1948 had been used during World War II by bomber crews Hells Angels |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | MAMMALS $400: Unlike other vertebrates, in mammals this bone is hinged directly to the skull the mandible (lower jawbone) |
| #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 | THE 20th CENTURY $600: Seen here are three random Americans of the 4.3 million born in this year at the tail end of the baby boom 1961 |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | ROCKS & MINERALS $1600: 4.4 billion-year-old deposits have been found of this end-of-the-alphabet mineral, a December birthstone zircon |
| #8568, aired 2022-02-02 | YOU'RE THE DOG $800: Since the 1960s this cartoon pet beagle has been a safety mascot for NASA Snoopy |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $400: A natural history museum, the Koenig is in this city, once the capital of West Germany Bonn |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | INTERNATIONAL GET-TOGETHERS $2000: Billed as the "most influential tech event in the world", this event featuring gizmos & gadgets has been held in Las Vegas since 1978 the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) |
| #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 | HOOK $1600: No mistake, the 4-letter hook seen here has been known to pull in a fish or two a gaff |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | MOVIES THAT MENTION THEIR TITLES $400: Tyler: "I look around, I see a lot of new faces... which means a lot of you have been breaking the first 2 rules of" this Fight Club |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | WOMEN IN POLITICS $800: After her father Frank became Alaska governor in 2002, he appointed her to fill his Senate seat, & she's been there ever since Murkowski |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | A QUICK & DIRTY CATEGORY $1200: "U" know this 7-letter adjective describes hair that hasn't been combed in a while unkempt |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | I WANT 2 B $200: Poor Bart Simpson has been writing on one after school for over 30 years a blackboard |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | DEEP CUTS $400: Would you spin your chair for this country star's "You'll Always Be Beautiful", off the "Hillbilly Bone" EP? Blake Shelton |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE CHARACTERS $1000: Irene Adler is known as the woman who outwitted Sherlock, but she only appears in one story: "A Scandal in" this kingdom Bohemia |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | WE GOT STUCK $400: First produced in the 1950s, this hook-&-loop fastener has been to the Moon, both the actual one & via diapered bottoms Velcro |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | FALLING $2000: You'll sometimes hear, "He went down like he'd been hit" with this 2-function medieval weapon a poleax |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | IT WAS 1970s AMERICA, MAN $600: On May 1, 1971 this service had its 1st run from N.Y. to Philly, just after midnight; really, at that time, it should have been to Georgia Amtrak |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | IT'LL BE MY TWEET $800: This billionaire of the Virgin empire attached an article on "How My Dyslexia Has Been a Great Benefit to Me in Business" Branson |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE $1600: Many anti-Missouri men had been active in this faded party & were accused by opponents of using the issue to make a comeback the Federalists |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | LIT IN THE FUTURE TENSE $400: In 2014's "Station Eleven" most of Earth has been wiped out by a strain of this infectious disease flu |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | YOUR PARADE $3,000 (Daily Double): FTD has been affiliated with this annual parade for more than 60 years the Rose Parade |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | FAMOUS AMERICANS ON STAGE $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1908, this author toured in a stage show called "The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays" L. Frank Baum |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | I'LL "PUNCH" YOU $400: Hotels in St. Louis & in Charleston, South Carolina have been credited with giving this rum drink its name Planter's Punch |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | ON THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM $1200: Winston Churchill's best female friend, Violet Bonham Carter was the first woman pres. of this party, the opposite of Winston's the Liberal Party |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | 1950s TELEVISION $1600: On radio, this soap opera was all about a minister, but he had been written out when it began a 57-year TV run in 1952 Guiding Light |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $1600: A famous 17th c. experiment used a bell inside a jar in which this had been created to prove that air was needed to transmit sound a vacuum |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | NEW YORK-SET FICTION $200: From this novella: "Holly Golightly had been a tenant in the old brownstone; she'd occupied the apartment below mine" Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | TV TALK $800: The "Simpsons" writers thought they'd invented this word meaning to enlarge, but it had actually been coined in the 1880s embiggens |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE $400: He has been hosting the live show from Times Square for more than 15 years
"The clock is ticking off the minutes to the new year. New York is getting ready!" Ryan Seacrest |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | DRAWING $600: "Quick sketches, hilarious guesses", says this board game that's been around since the 1980s Pictionary |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | A PREFIX MENU $600: Arabic for "the", it's been incorporated into many math & science words al |
| #8539, aired 2021-12-23 | FROM THE U.S. CITIZENSHIP TEST $800: Since 1789, there have been this many amendments to the Constitution 27 |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | AVIATION $800: This Israeli airline has been in business since 1948, when the state of Israel was founded El Al |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | FALSE ADVERTISING? $400: Actually, it's the ulnar nerve that causes the tingling sensation known as "hitting" this the funny bone |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH $200: At least back to the 17th century angels have been depicted playing this stringed instrument, still part of the modern orchestra the harp |
| #8535, aired 2021-12-17 | CELEBRITIES $1200: She's been nominated for 3 Oscar so far, & won for "The Help" Octavia Spencer |
| #8534, aired 2021-12-16 | LITERARY MUSEUMS $400: Head to Wamego, Kansas for a museum dedicated to this fictional land created by L. Frank Baum Oz |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | TRANSPORTATION $400: This iconic Ford's agile transmission made shifting gears easy, & by 1927, more than 15 million had been sold the Model T |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | AN AD JUNKED $400: L'Oréal & Lancôme ads have been junked because of the misleading overuse of this, a verb that is also an Adobe brand Photoshop |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | AN INSTRUCTOR $400: At Oxford, personalized learning has long been based on the student this teacher relationship tutor |
| #8531, aired 2021-12-13 | MODERN SHORTHAND $200: Many have been getting business done WFH, this way work from home |
| #8531, aired 2021-12-13 | FOSSIL WORDS $600: From Old French for "good", this adjective meant good but now is mainly a companion to "companion" boon |
| #8528, aired 2021-12-08 | "ENNIAL" RESPONSE WILL DO $400: Jon Ossoff, born in 1987, has been called the first of these in the U.S. Senate millennial |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $600: He defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista Zachary Taylor |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE TURNS 75 $600: This actress came by her all-American image honestly; her hometown of Denison, Iowa has been compared to Bedford Falls Donna Reed |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | WE GET LETTERS $800: Porterhouse bone T |
| #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | NOVELS $400: Based on the author's preface to this book, it could have been "The Last of the Wapanachki" The Last of the Mohicans |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | LET THERE BE ART & MUSIC $1200: The song with this Latin title was one of the few pieces Schubert got published in his lifetime & has been popular since "Ave Maria" |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | SCIENCE: ODD BUT TRUE $400: Fossils of 13-foot types of these pouched mammals that include wombats & koalas have been found in Australia marsupials |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | SCIENCE: ODD BUT TRUE $2000: The so-called whitest paint has been created to help combat global warming by radiating this "colorful" band of the spectrum infrared |
| #8520, aired 2021-11-26 | YOU CAN QUOTE ME $1200: Ralph Waldo Emerson asked, "What is" one of these, but "a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered" a weed |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | WEATHER $2000: Flooding in Venice has been aggravated by these Italian-named winds that originate in northern Africa scirocco |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | NEWS $2000: A 1/16th size "little sister" has been unveiled at the Washington, D.C. residence of this person--in 2021 Philippe Étienne the French ambassador |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BLUE $400: Until 1969 Project Blue Book investigated these phenomena; of the 12,618 sightings, only 701 have not been identified UFOs |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | "M"EDICINE $1200: A common knee injury is a tear in this crescent-shaped pad of cartilage located where the thighbone & the lower leg bone meet the meniscus |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | READERS, DIGEST $400: This character "had been trying to get the honey-jar off his head. The more he shook it, the more tightly it stuck" Winnie-the-Pooh |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | IT'S HISTORY $2000: The 1805 battle of this Austrian empire town has been called "Napoleon's masterpiece" Austerlitz |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | BOOK TITLES EN FRANCAIS $600: It's murder! "Minuit dans le jardin du bien et du mal" Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | EXOPLANETS $1200: One exoplanet thought to be 13 billion years old has been called this, like Noah's grandfather Methuselah |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | EXOPLANETS $1600: So far about 2/3 of all exoplanets discovered have been found by the space telescope named for this German astronomer Kepler |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | 20th CENTURY FICTION $200: This novel could have been called "2 1/2 Days in the Life of Holden Caulfield" The Catcher in the Rye |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | 20th CENTURY FICTION $1000: This novel has been described as "the final, notoriously obscure, wondrously perplexing work of James Joyce" Finnegans Wake |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1200: Stradivarius also made these; about a dozen survive, & the one seen here has been offered by Sotheby's for $45 million violas |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | SOME CREATURES GREAT & SMALL $400: Silk from the orb-weaver type of this animal can be packed so densely that it has been used to make violin strings a spider |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | THE END $800: "Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can't stand it. I been there before" The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| #8506, aired 2021-11-08 | ANIMAL EXPRESSIONS $1000: The lifespans of creatures like Bubbles, said to be 60, may have given rise to this phrase, meaning "it's been a long time" a donkey's age (donkey's year) |
| #8506, aired 2021-11-08 | RUSSIANS $1200: Come on, you've been conditioned to remember this physiologist wrote "Lectures on the Work of the Digestive Glands" Pavlov |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | CHAIR-ISH $200: Not just any old armchair, the Coronation Chair has been used since the 1300s & is in this London abbey Westminster Abbey |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | HONOR $800: Judge Thayer called these defendants "anarchist (bleep)s", so his impartiality in a 1921 trial has been questioned Sacco & Vanzetti |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | THE MAN'S PEN NAME $600: Edith Van Dyne, author of the "Aunt Jane's Nieces" series, wasn't in Kansas anymore, as she didn't exist--"she" was this man L. Frank Baum |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | ANATOMY CLASS $1000: The name of this bone that helps form the elbow is a Latin word for "elbow" the ulna |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | KANSAS CITY: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Hi, I'm Christel Bell.) In 1997, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum opened its new permanent home under the leadership of Buck O'Neill, who had been a star for this Kansas City Negro Leagues team, as had greats like Satchel Paige & Jackie Robinson the Monarchs |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | FAMILY IS EVERYTHING $2,000 (Daily Double): Prominent Boston families like the Cabots & Winthrops have been dubbed with this collective name from a caste of India the Brahmins |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | LANDSCAPING $400: A row of trees that have been pleached is sometimes called this type of green boundary on stilts a hedge |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | 5,5 $600: It might have been Rezin, brother of Texas revolution hero Jim, who invented this type of blade Bowie knife |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | WORDS FROM QUECHUA $2000: This high-protein seed plant has been cultivated for millennia quinoa |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | "BEAN"s $200: A tall, lanky person can be a beanpole or this a string bean |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | "BEAN"s $400: Cornhole involves the hurling of them bean bags |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | "BEAN"s $600: A number cruncher, or someone in the bureaucracy, reluctant to give you funds a bean counter |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | "BEAN"s $800: In "Casablanca" Bogie nobly said, "The problems of 3 little people don't amount to" one of these a hill of beans |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | "BEAN"s $1000: Seen here, Eric Esch was one tough customer fighting under this nickname "Butterbean" |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | STATE YOUR HEADQUARTERS $600: Let's play dress-up with L.L. Bean Maine |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | TELEVISION $800: In 1963, British actor William Hartnell became the first lead on this series; there have been 12 playing it since Doctor Who |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | PUZZLES & GAMES $400: A fine-bladed marquetry tool is thought to have been used to create the first of these around 1760 a jigsaw puzzle |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | META"FOR"S $800: Someone who's been cheated has been this, a metaphorical phrase involving a journey taken for a ride |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | I WANT TO SUCK YOUR BLOOD! $800: These bloodsucking worms have been used in medicine to treat everything from gout to whooping cough leeches |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | DID I MISS ANYTHING? $2,000 (Daily Double): Maybe worried he'd been forgotten, on his return to England after a long time crusading, he had himself re-crowned in 1194 Richard I (Lionheart) |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | HISTORY'S MYSTERIES $800: Dead by her own hand in 30 B.C., she was thought to have been buried in Alexandria, but her tomb has never been found Cleopatra |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | HISTORY'S MYSTERIES $1200: Historians have been confounded by the disappearance of Rome's ninth this, lost in the 2nd century A.D. legion |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | THEATER COMPANIES $2000: Laurie Metcalf, John Malkovich & Gary Sinise can howl with delight about this Chicago theater company they've long been associated with Steppenwolf |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | THE SABBATH $200: For decades, states have been dropping these colorful edicts; the Sunday shopping ban ended by North Dakota was among the last blue laws |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | AT THE ORGAN $200: It precedes "bean" in something you may enjoy & precedes "stone" in something you very much would not kidney |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT AUDIENCE $200: David Copperfield had a standard magic trick where he made this happen to 13 audience members he made them disappear |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT AUDIENCE $400: Broadway theaters have at least 500 seats; off-Broadway ones tend to have 100 to 499 & these with a similar name, under 100 off-off Broadway |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT AUDIENCE $600: Partly to keep the audience awake, he kept the Ed Sullivan Theater at 55 degrees when taping his late-night show that ended in 2015 David Letterman |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT AUDIENCE $800: A Haydn symphony is nicknamed "Miracle" after the tale that one of these fell & smashed in a miraculously empty audience area a chandelier |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT AUDIENCE $1000: Putting down hecklers 1765-style, this Virginia orator responded to cries of "treason" with "If this be treason, make the most of it" Patrick Henry |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | THE ICKIEST OF THE "ICKY" $200: You've been described as fastidious, so you're too this finicky |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | SEEN HERE $800: We all could use some support, & both your clavicles & your ribs get support from this bone seen here sternum |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | WE ARE TV FAMILY $800: Since 2013 Jeff Garlin has been like a father to Hayley Orrantia on this ABC comedy The Goldbergs |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | THAT'S GRAND! $400: Since 1925 the showcase of country music known as the Grand Ole Opry has been broadcast from this city Nashville |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | LADIES & GENTLEMEN $800: The death sentence for treason had been suspended in 1553 for this lady--a teen, really--but after dad rebelled in '54... not so much Lady Jane Grey |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | IN THE TV KITCHEN $2000: Mariska Hargitay & Michelle Obama have been guests on Ina Garten's show called this, also an Ava Gardner title role Barefoot Contessa |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | LIFE & WORK IN ANCIENT ROME $800: A slave who had been trained to be one of these was a paedagogus, related to an English word that ends -ogue teacher |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | MIDDLE NAME, PLEASE $2000: Of Kobe Bryant; it's a shortening of his father's nickname Bean |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | DAYTIME TV $400: Hoda Kotb & Jenna Bush Hager are part of this morning show that's been on since 1952 Today |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Before she married the soon-to-be English King Henry II, this woman of Aquitaine had been married to King Louis VII of France Eleanor |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | SUPERLATIVES $400: Since 1985 People magazine has been pointing out this person, including Sean Connery & Michael B. Jordan Sexiest Man |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | THE FACT OF THE MATTER $2000: Found in 2012, it's been called the "God particle" because its discovery was thought to be key to understanding the structure of matter Higgs boson |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | COMMON BONDS $1000: Cuban,
banh mi,
po' boy sandwich |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | PRIME NUMBERS $400: In "Better Off Dead", Rod Stewart sang, "I might have been" a holder of this U.K. top political office prime minister |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | MUHAMMAD ALI $1000: (Hana Ali presents the clue.) A man of strong beliefs, in 1967, my father was stripped of his title for refusing Army service during the Vietnam War; four years later, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that he had been wrongfully denied this two-word classification as someone morally opposed to war conscientious objector |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | DURING THE WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON ADMINISTRATION $1000: Sworn in on March 4, WHH died on April 4; the official cause, this ailment at "the lower lobe of the right lung", has been debated pneumonia |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | SLOW TALK $2000: You're so slow you've been declared this, once the name for the noble gases on the periodic table inert |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | FAMOUS FAMILIES $400: In this family, Henry was a historian; his grandfather & great-grandfather had both been U.S. presidents Adams |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | TASTY BUSINESS $600: Makes sense: BR Standard is a fashion line from this store Banana Republic |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | SOMEBODY WROTE THAT $600: "How Great" is this beloved hymn that began as a Swedish poem by Carl Boberg & has been recorded by Carrie Underwood & Elvis "How Great Thou Art" |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | LOST $800: Something overlooked has been "lost in" this, a term that originated in dealing cards the shuffle |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | LOST $1200: Art Fleming & Don Pardo were in the video for this Weird Al parody song "I Lost On Jeopardy" |
| #8463, aired 2021-08-11 | HAVE A FEW LAUGHS $400: This late comic, handing out compliments in "Caddyshack": "Hey, baby... you must have been something before electricity" Rodney Dangerfield |
| #8463, aired 2021-08-11 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $1200: Widely grown worldwide, this protein-rich vegetable is seen here an edamame bean (soybean) |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | BOOKS FOR KIDS $400: This 1962 classic by Ezra Jack Keats has been praised for advancing multiculturalism The Snowy Day |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | A VISIT TO THE ISS $600: (Dr. Kate Rubins presents the clue.) ISS crew members have gone on more than 230 of these assembly & maintenance excursions; I've been on four, & in 2019, Jessica Meir & Christina Koch made the first all-female one a spacewalk |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | INAUGURATING A PRESIDENT $1000: A new blueberry variety of this treat was created for Ronald Reagan's 1981 inauguration jelly bean |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | DEM BONES $800: Men do not have more of these bones than women, but some people have extra cervical ones near the collar bone ribs |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | DEM BONES $2000: This colorfully named type of partial fracture is a break on only one side of a bone greenstick |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | DEM BONES $4,000 (Daily Double): Sesamoid bones are found in tendons; the best known is this bone at the lower end of the quadriceps tendon the patella |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | ANCIENT SYMBOLS $800: The 8-armed cross has been associated in Christianity with this often earliest in life of the seven sacraments baptism |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | SOUVENIR $1000: You can bring home the Czech crystal called this type of glass, named after a historical region where Prague is located Bohemian |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | LESSER-KNOWN ARTISTS $1600: Jean Metzinger has been called the third artist in this movement & his 1912 treatise on it was one of the first Cubism |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | LET'S TAKE IT OUTSIDE $400: This term for a pleasant way to take a meal is from the Italian for "in the cool air" al fresco |
| #8458, aired 2021-08-04 | HOWDY, SHERIFF $400: Sheriff Johnny Behan arrested 3 Earp brothers, also lawmen, after a shootout at this place; the 3 were exonerated the O.K. Corral |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | WHAT'S IN THE ENVELOPE? $800: Congratulations! You've been accepted to this oldest college in Virginia William & Mary |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | THE CDC SAYS SO $800: In 2020 the CDC reported there had been nearly 3,000 cases including many deaths due to EVALI, a lung injury caused by this activity vaping |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | "TENDER" $1000: If you've been "left to" someone's this 2-word idiom, you have no protection from whatever they wish to do with you tender mercies |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | LEGAL $1000: If a judge has ruled against a case & said another lawsuit can't be filed on the same grounds, it's been "dismissed with" this prejudice |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | NAME THAT BEATLES TUNE $600: "They've been going in & out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile" "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | TURTLE POWER $600: To stop turtles from being bycatch, L.E.D. lights visible to turtles but not to fish have been put on these nets |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | ACTORS SING $400: Helena Bonham Carter sings about "The Worst Pies In London" in this 2007 movie Sweeney Todd |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | AT THE BEACH $800: Since a 1997 mishap, these toy bricks have been regularly washing up on Devon & Cornwall beaches, so be careful walking barefoot LEGOs |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR $800: A Templar church has been called London's first this type of place; Pilgrims would deposit money there & withdraw it in the Holy Land a bank |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | NAMES IN LITERATURE $1200: In "Gulliver's Travels", some of these greedy & violent humanoids have been tamed by the Houyhnhnms Yahoo(s) |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | POPES $1600: Pope Francis is the first pontiff to have been a member of this religious order that pope Clement XIV abolished in 1773 Jesuits |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | SING "OUT" $800: Bruno Mars sang, "You make me feel like I've been" this title "for too long" "Locked Out Of Heaven" |
| #8447, aired 2021-07-20 | INTERNET BUSINESSES $600: William Shatner has been a longtime advertising pitchman for this site that helps find discounts for travel Priceline |
| #8446, aired 2021-07-19 | A VISIT TO PRAGUE $400: U Fleku in Prague is this type of pub, having been making suds on the premises since 1499 a brewery |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | TODAY I LEARNED $1000: This Vermont senator is not only 3rd in the succession line to the presidency, he was born blind in one eye & has been in 5 "Batman" movies Leahy |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | ODD HISTORY $600: A 1976 mission in which U.S. forces cut a poplar tree in Korea's DMZ was named for this legendary lumberjack Paul Bunyan |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | 2011: 10 YEARS AGO $400: In May President Obama announced on live TV that this man had been killed in a U.S. military operation Osama bin Laden |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | EVERYTHING IS ASSAM $1000: These winds whose "season" begins in Assam in June have been known to cause devastation monsoons |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | LET'S GO TO THE BEACH $1600: The beach Matthew Arnold was talking about must not have been this sunny spot on Barbados' south coast; it's no darkling plain Dover Beach |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | COLD WORDS $200: This cool admonition to calm down has been paired with Netflix chill |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | N.E. PORT $400: Newport in this New England state has been the site of several America's Cup yacht races Rhode Island |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | LOST & FOUND $1,000 (Daily Double): A center of worship for this Greek god, the city of Helike, found in 2001, has been called "the real Atlantis" Poseidon |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | LOST & FOUND $1600: Anne & Helge Ingstad rediscovered this North American Viking settlement thought to have been named for grapes Vinland |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | N.E. PORT $2000: The monument seen here in this Massachusetts port has long been sacred to fishermen Gloucester |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | GETTING CLOCK WISE $800: The world has been a more punctual place since this crystal made its timekeeping debut in the 1920s quartz |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | RESISTING A REST $800: Machines making this "colorful" sound have been helping folks sleep since 1962, but mine isn't blocking out the jackhammers white noise |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME NICKNAMES $2000: This Led Zeppelin drummer & wild man was "Bonzo" Bonham |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | DRUNK HISTORY $400: Still in business today, Japan's Sudo Honke brewery has been turning rice & water into this since the 12th century sake |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: This instrument has been in use since the time of the Crusades a fife |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | THE ART OF THE LIMERICK $400: This nursery rhyme about a rodent & a timepiece has been called an ancestor of the limerick "Hickory Dickory Dock" |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | 3's COMPANY $600: This "national" adhesive from 3M has been keeping things together since 1930 Scotch tape |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | OTHER STUFF HAPPENED IN 1492 $800: Perkin Warbeck was a pretender acclaimed by many as Richard, duke of this royal house that had recently been ousted in England York |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | TRYING ON SOME GENES $800: This "re" adjective for a molecule of genetic material means it's been spliced together using DNA from different sources recombinant |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | BOSTON: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Hi, I'm Steve Burton.) John McCain is among the public officials who've been honored at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library with an award for leadership, named for this Pulitzer Prize-winning book by JFK Profiles in Courage |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | STAR-SPANGLED BANTER $800: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said that this 2013 film should have been named "Angular Momentum" Gravity |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | SPORTS & SOCIETY $1000: Born the summer it became law, USC & WNBA star Lisa Leslie has been called "The First Daughter of" this clause Title IX |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | JOURNALISTS $800: Matt Bai, Judith Crist & Steve Kroft have been honored as distinguished alumni of this university's School of Journalism Columbia |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | 'TIS THE SEASONAL BOOK TITLE $600: Daniel Woodrell's
"____'s Bone" Winter |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | COUNTRY FACTS $1600: In Central Africa, it's been led since 1986 by Yoweri Museveni, elected to a sixth term in 2021 Uganda |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $400: Temperature-based phrase for information that's just been printed in a newspaper hot off the presses |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | BIBLICAL ART $400: For the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo painted "The Fall of Man" & "The Expulsion from" this place the Garden of Eden |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | BEFORE BEAUTY $400: Stew on this! It's a hyphenated term for an accountant a bean-counter |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | EDUCATION $800: This 2-word term has been defined as tools that help to make an issue or lesson clearer visual aids |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1600: This 3-named woman has been called America's Historian-in-Chief Doris Kearns Goodwin |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | BOOK-BORNE WORDS & PHRASES $1200: O. Henry called the fictional Central American country of Anchuria this 2-word entity, referring to an export a banana republic |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | LEMME PITCH THAT FOR YOU $400: For decades, Cocoa Puffs cereal has been repped by Sonny, this type of bird a cuckoo |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | TV COMEDY CHARACTER NAMES $800: Julie Bowen, relating to her relatives Claire Dunphy |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | LEMME PITCH THAT FOR YOU $1000: Dean Winters has been wrecking people's days as "Mayhem" in ads for this company Allstate |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | THE "A" LIST $2000: This great dramatist fought in & may have been wounded at the Battle of Marathon Aeschylus |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | LAKES OF EUROPE $2000: The shores of Hungary's Lake Balaton have been used for this type of agriculture for 2,000 years wine |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | FAILED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS $200: The "Every Vote Counts" amendment tried to abolish this "College" but went nowhere the Electoral College |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | EARS TO YOU $400: The incus bone in the middle ear is also known as this, a blacksmith's implement the anvil |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | POTPOURRI $400: In the 1950s these candy dispensers were adorned with heads; they've now been adorned with almost 2,000 different ones PEZ dispensers |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | THE BIBLE $1000: Not to be confused with Barabbas, this companion of Paul has sometimes been credited with writing the epistle to the Hebrews Barnabas |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | PERU $400: In the late 19th & early 20th centuries, Iquitos was a major shipping port on this river during the rubber boom the Amazon |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: If you take someone into your this, you are trusting them not to reveal what's been said confidence |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | STRAITS $2000: This long, narrow strait between Malaysia & Sumatra has been a hotbed of piracy in recent years the Strait of Malacca |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | CAPITAL HILLS $400: A statue of Bohemian hero Jan Žižka sits atop of Vitkov Hill in this capital Prague |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | ROCK BANDS $1200: Seen here is the core of this band that's been rocking for decades Heart |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | NON-ITALIAN ROMAN EMPEROR $400: The ashes of this Roman emperor who was originally from Spain are said to have been placed in his column in 117 A.D. Trajan |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | "T"-PAIN $400: The pain is instant & severe with a rupture of this type of tissue that connects muscle to bone tendon |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | STEPHEN KING TITLE REFERENCES $800: A small area of Johnny Smith's brain that has been damaged the dead zone |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | U.S. CITIES $200: It's been called Fordtown as well as the Motor City Detroit |
| #8403, aired 2021-05-19 | HERBS $1000: Eating one seed from the castor bean can be fatal due to the presence of this blood-clumping toxin ricin |
| #8403, aired 2021-05-19 | -OLA $1200: George Catlin sketched this Seminole war leader after he'd been captured by U.S. soldiers who had violated a truce Osceola |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1600: A gateway to central Asia, this strategic pass between Kabul & Peshawar has also been a gateway for invaders the Khyber Pass |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $3,800 (Daily Double): The 1859 discovery of this near Titusville set off a boom in Pennsylvania oil |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | LEGUMES $3,400 (Daily Double): The drought-resistant moth bean is high in this, from the Greek for "first" protein |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | COMPOSERS ALL AROUND $400: Music Tim Carleton wrote at age 16 was used by phone maker Cisco & has been heard by millions as this--your call is important to us hold music |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | I'VE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINTOP $400: One look at the mountain scene here, you'll see why this type of connecting ridge between peaks is named for a piece of riding equipment a saddle |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | THEY UN-BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE $800: Loss of sight due to burns has been reversed using amniotic tissue from this organ expelled when a woman gives birth a placenta |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | I'VE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINTOP $800: From the picture seen here, you'd never guess that Cotopaxi in this chain is an active volcano the Andes |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | I'VE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINTOP $1200: You'd celebrate too if you'd reached the summit of a peak in this Wyoming range, with a name from the French the Tetons |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | I'VE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINTOP $1600: One of these stone piles sits atop the summit of High Seat in Northern England's Lake District a cairn |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | THEY UN-BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE $2000: Bypassing the eye, blind subjects have been helped by stimulation of the area of the brain called the visual this the cortex |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | I'VE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINTOP $2000: Hike to Bow Summit to see beautiful Bow Lake in this Canadian national park Banff |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | JUST GOT REAL $1000: Pres. Buchanan & Queen Victoria sent greetings after this, including the name of an ocean, had been laid successfully in 1858 transatlantic cable |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | MONKS $1600: "Celebrity Monk" seems oxymoronic, but Thich Nhat Hanh has been praised by Oprah & is known as Thay, "teacher" in this, his language Vietnamese |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | LAYING DOWN THE SCIENTIFIC LAW $1600: This Frenchman who came up with a law on paramagnetic bodies & temperature may not have been the best scientist in his family Pierre Curie |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | SEE 3 "P", "O" $800: Congratulations! You've been this for a credit card you haven't even applied for preapproved |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | TO YOUR HEALTH $200: Dairy products are high in this element, atomic No. 20, that is vital to bone growth & health calcium |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | AUTHORS NOT GOING PLACES $400: When she wrote "Outlander", Diana Gabaldon hadn't been to this U.K. country, the book's main setting Scotland |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | SINGLE-NAMED SINGERS' LAST NAMES $600: A Nobel Prize nominee: Hewson Bono |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | MOON $400: After Neil & Buzz, Pete Conrad & Alan Bean were next to set foot on the Moon, as part of this mission Apollo 12 |
| #8383, aired 2021-04-21 | QUICK BIBLE BOOKS $400: The Lord lets Satan afflict an upright man, who ends up twice as rich as he'd been Job |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | THE HUMAN BODY $1600: The ankle joint is formed by the talus bone articulating with these two bones that go up the leg the tibia & the fibula |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | HISTORY ON ICE $200: At 9:40 P.M. on April 14, 1912, the Mesaba warned it of an ice field; that message may not have been relayed to the bridge the (RMS) Titanic |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | HISTORY ON ICE $800: Some of these extinct elephant ancestors have been found preserved in the permafrost in Siberia woolly mammoths |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | LATIN PHRASEBOOK $4,000 (Daily Double): Literally "good faith", this 2-word phrase has come to refer to the authenticity of credentials or official documents bona fide |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | HEAD FOR THE LIGHT $400: The Brits use this word to mean a flashlight; to us, it's a stick that's been set aflame a torch |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | DOING MOVIES & TV $800: This actor has been seen in a "Jeopardy!" audience at least twice--in "White Men Can't Jump" & watching Cliff on "Cheers" (Woody) Harrelson |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | GEMS & JEWELRY $2000: Since ancient times, onyx & this banded reddish-brown gemstone that ends in "onyx" have been used to make cameos sardonyx |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | AMERICAN FOOD & DRINK $200: This type of bread made from a starter has been a San Francisco specialty since the gold rush days sourdough |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | SCIENCE NICKNAMES $400: These alliterative organic molecules have been dubbed "the building blocks of life" amino acids |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | SCIENCE NICKNAMES $1200: The humidity loving fungus Botrytis cinerea, which afflicts vineyards, has been nicknamed noble this noble rot |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | MUSICAL GODFATHERS $400: In addition to "The Prince of Darkness", this Black Sabbath man has been called "The Godfather of Heavy Metal" Ozzy Osbourne |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | MUSICAL GODFATHERS $800: Iggy Pop, Lou Reed & Joey Ramone have all been called "The Godfather of" this rock genre punk |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | TOP OF THE BILL $400: "The Godfather Part II", 1974: this actor who could have been nicknamed Fredo himself Alfredo James Pacino |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | THE IVY LEAGUE $600: Woodrow Wilson had been president of Princeton & Dwight Eisenhower had been president of this NYC Ivy League school Columbia |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | WHAT A BUNCH OF CHARACTERS! $400: If Luke had spoken Dutch, he wouldn't have been so surprised, since part of this character's name is "father" in Dutch Darth Vader |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | LITERARY ANIMALS $800: This "Fantastic" character from a 1970 tale is the bane of poultry farmers Boggis & Bunce Fantastic Mr. Fox |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | NAVY JOBS $1000: Whether a priest or a rabbi, you're an officer & have been given this 8-letter job title chaplain |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $2000: From the capital of Italy, he's an archer & an impresario a Roman bowman showman |
| #8367, aired 2021-03-30 | PARK THEMES $400: The carousel that's been in this Manhattan park since 1871 plays the song "Sidewalks Of New York" Central Park |
| #8367, aired 2021-03-30 | FOOD LABELS & FABLES $800: The FDA says these "which have been dyed red, impregnated with sugar & packed" in syrup can be called maraschino cherries |
| #8367, aired 2021-03-30 | SCIENCE CLASS $1600: The masseter muscle closes the jaw by lifting this bone the mandible |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | DURING THE JOHN ADAMS PRESIDENCY $600: This military branch had been disbanded at the end of the Revolution; pugnacious little John re-established it in 1798 the Marines |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $1000: In 2020 our Sec. of State danced around banning this app from Beijing; the problem? It had been downloaded more than 2 billion times TikTok |
| #8365, aired 2021-03-26 | THIS & THAT $1600: The human tibia is also known as this bone the shin bone |
| #8364, aired 2021-03-25 | ICONS OF TECHNOLOGY $400: A 3-letter icon on a piece of technology says that it has been okayed by this government commission the Federal Communications Commission |
| #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 |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | HISTORY $800: This imperial title, which had been around for quite a while, ended when Francis II abdicated it in 1806 Holy Roman Emperor |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | 20th CENTURY ART & ARTISTS $800: This city's Millennium Park is home to Anish Kapoor's "Cloud Gate", also known as the Bean Chicago |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | AN HONORARY KNIGHT TO REMEMBER $400: In 2007 this Irish rocker had a distinct edge in getting a knighthood Bono |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | SMALL MAMMALS $800: A fanged mammal from the age of the dinosaurs has been widely called a sabertooth this, like Scrat in the "Ice Age" movies a squirrel |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | LABORATORIES $1200: Since 1997 multiple Mars rovers have been operated from this Caltech lab JPL (the Jet Propulsion Laboratory) |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | VETO $1200: In 1708 this queen, the last Stuart monarch, vetoed the Scottish militia bill; no bill has been vetoed by a king or queen since Anne |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | SPORTS & GAMES IN SHAKESPEARE $200: Hamlet tells his mother she's been led around as if playing "hoodman-Blind"; we call it this game blind man's bluff |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | SPORTS & GAMES IN SHAKESPEARE $400: This king's fool berates him as a child, saying he's been playing "Bo-Peep", meaning peek-a-boo King Lear |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | NAVY BASES $400: Since the time of Catherine the Great, Sevastopol has been the site of a Russian navy base on this Black Sea peninsula the Crimea |
| #8349, aired 2021-03-04 | TERMS FROM HISTORY $1600: This country has been accused of irredentism, the reclaiming of old territory, over the Nagorno-Karabakh area in Azerbaijan Armenia |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | LONDON MONOPOLY GEOGRAPHY $1000: This 2-word "royal" train station has been suggested as the spot where Queen Boadicea was buried in 60 A.D. King's Cross |
| #8345, aired 2021-02-26 | LARGE & IN CHARGE $1600: This giant female lepidopteran has been terrorizing Japan in monster movies since 1961 Mothra |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | TV SHOW QUOTES $200: Sue Sylvester: "Let's be honest, William. You've been out of ideas since Madonna week" Glee |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | "S" WORDS $1600: Fibrous tissue in the body that can connect muscle to bone sinew |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | RHYME TIME $200: An M&M after it has been dropped at the beach a sandy candy |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | DR. YES (M.D., NO) $800: This man has been operating at a cosmic level since getting his doctorate in astrophysics at Columbia in 1991 Neil deGrasse Tyson |
| #8339, aired 2021-02-18 | TYPES OF NARRATIVE LITERATURE $600: Alliterative 2-word name for fanciful stories about folks like Paul Bunyan with unbelievable elements presented as true & factual a tall tale |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | BABY $200: Baby likes this brand of food that's been around since the 1920s; pear zucchini is a favorite Gerber |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | FRUIT FORWARD $1000: Maybe your Schwinn bicycle had one:
____ seat banana |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | STEM $400: (Dr. Frauke Neuser presents the clue.) Named for the little shelter you draw over the dividend, the "bus stop" is one method in this 2-word exercise that's been called the most difficult basic math process to teach kids long division |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | THE TITLE INSTRUMENT $2000: "The ____ Has Been Drinking (Not Me)" by Tom Waits--it's the instrument Tom plays Piano |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | CROATIA $200: Nicknamed "The City that Flows", Rijeka has also been known as Reka, Fiume & Flumen; all 4 names mean this river |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | CROATIA $600: Many visitors to the island of Krk have been inspired to utter this "Wheel of Fortune" catchphrase Can I buy a vowel? |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | SYNONYM ROLES $800: 1997:
Rowan Atkinson as "Señor Legume" Mr. Bean |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE? $800: Maybe a love that lasts as long as that of this Beatle & wife Barbara Bach, who have been married almost 40 years Ringo Starr |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | POETRY $400: Chicago had Carl Sandburg; this city had Philip Levine, whose "What Work Is" mentions Ford & Cadillac Detroit |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | QUESTIONABLE VERBS $400: A lawyer doing this is generally allowed to ask leading questions, since he or she generally didn't call the witness cross-examining |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | 30 SOMETHING $400: This-millimeter film has long been a standard gauge for photography & motion pictures, but digital has made huge inroads 35-millimeter |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | NOW LISTEN TO ME $800: I'm snapping celery to make the sound of a breaking bone; I'm one of these movie sound "artists" a foley artist |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | THE NORMAN CONQUEST $1600: At the decisive Battle of Hastings, the Normans had many more bowmen than the English, & one of them may have hit this king in the eye King Harold II |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | MIXED BAG $400: Perhaps to ward off vampires or other evil spirits, bulbs of this have been found in the tombs of ancient Egyptians garlic |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | "D_M" $600: To the Aussies, a game that's been played honestly is "fair" this 6-letter slang word dinkum |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1600: An instrument, named for this larger bone of the lower leg, has been reconstructed & as in the ancient artwork, it still bulges your cheeks the tibia |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | ARCHAEOLOGY $2000: Stone tools from Gabon have been dated to 850,000 years ago, the earliest evidence of humans in this African river basin the Congo River |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | LITERATURE $400: Griffin, the main character in this Wells novel, describes himself as "almost an albino", if he could have been seen The Invisible Man |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | LITERATURE $1000: The title of this 14th century work may have been modeled on Hexameron The Decameron |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THAT'S SO GORGE! $2000: Yielding the fossil remains of more than 60 hominins, this gorge in Tanzania has been nicknamed "The Cradle of Mankind" Olduvai Gorge |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | BAD TO THE BONE $200: Often formed in your joints, osteophytes, or bone these, project along the edges of your bones & are definitely not the fun cowboy kind spurs |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | BAD TO THE BONE $400: You're being very bad to your bones if you don't get enough of this "sunshine vitamin"; tuna, egg yolks & mushrooms are good sources vitamin D |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | BAD TO THE BONE $600: Examination of this tissue in your bones can help diagnose leukemia & Gaucher disease bone marrow |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | BAD TO THE BONE $800: Military recruits & runners are prone to this 6-letter fracture, a tiny crack in the bone from overuse stress |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | BAD TO THE BONE $1000: Ouch! You broke this largest arm bone humerus |
| #8321, aired 2021-01-25 | MUSICAL THEATER $3,000 (Daily Double): With its focus on "Tradition" & families, this musical has been one of the most popular in Japan since its 1967 premiere there Fiddler on the Roof |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | HISTORIC COUPLES $400: About their cause, his wife Coretta said, "We had been thrust into the forefront of a movement to liberate oppressed people" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | 5 MORE "C"s OF DIAMONDS $2000: Giant gem seller De Beers has been called "the most successful" this modern commerce cooperative arrangement cartel |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | U.S. BUSINESS FOUNDERS: A 1934 note to him: "Received hunting clothes... and thank you for those wonderful shoes they fit perfect... your friend, Babe Ruth" L.L. Bean |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | ARTISTS: Exhumed in 2017 to settle a paternity suit, his mustache had "preserved its classic 10-past-10 position" according to the Spanish press Salvador Dalí |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | EXPLORERS: Perhaps inspiring a line 2 centuries later, in 1774 he wrote that he was headed "farther than any other man has been before me" Captain James Cook |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | BRITISH HISTORY: At Leicester Cathedral in March 2015, the Archbishop of Canterbury led a religious ceremony for this deceased English monarch Richard III |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | U.S. SENATE HISTORY: In 1805, after 4 years presiding over the Senate, he left the chamber, calling it "a sanctuary; a citadel of law, of order" Aaron Burr |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | COMPOSERS: A fireworks display followed the April 27, 1749 premiere of a work by this man that had been commissioned by George II (George Frideric) Handel |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | OPERA SOURCE MATERIAL: Henri Murger, who was broke & lived in a freezing attic apartment in Paris, wrote the source material for this 1896 opera La bohème |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | FAMOUS PAINTINGS: A German guidebook to a 1937 World's Fair dismissed it as a "hodgepodge of body parts that any four-year-old could have painted" Guernica |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | OLYMPIC TEAMS: A city of about 2.5 million people, since 1984 for political reasons it has been in the name of an Olympic team Taipei |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | MEMORIALS: The Vietnam War crypt at this memorial has been empty since the remains once there were identified & moved to St. Louis the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | LANDMARKS: For more than a millennium, a huge embroidered work known as the Kiswa has been used to adorn & protect this structure the Kaaba |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | 19th CENTURY FIRST LADIES: After her husband left office, a minister wrote the White House was "purer because" this first lady "has been its mistress" Lucy Hayes ("Lemonade Lucy") |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | U.S. LANDMARKS: In April 1975, to symbolize the start of America's Bicentennial, President Ford lit a third lantern at this landmark the Old North Church |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | TV HISTORY: The 1980s "Magnum, P.I." used a soundstage of this long-running drama that had just ended, & even referred to its lead character Hawaii Five-O |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | THE OSCARS: Born in 1932 & the son of a percussionist in the CBS Radio Orchestra, he's been nominated for 53 Oscars John Williams |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | ART EXHIBITIONS: In 1898 what's been called the first blockbuster art show was devoted to him & put on for Queen Wilhelmina's coronation Rembrandt |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WORD ORIGINS: This Sanskrit word referring to a spoken word or phrase comes from a word for "to think" mantra |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | WORLD WAR II: Mimi Reinhard, who never learned to type using more than 2 fingers, produced this with 1,100 names, including hers Schindler's List |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | AMERICA AT WAR: Until the Civil War, the January 8 date of this battle of dubious military importance but big morale value was a national holiday the Battle of New Orleans |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: Its title character is told "By the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off... your eyes drop out & you get... shabby" The Velveteen Rabbit |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | MUSICAL THEATER: The pair at the center of tumult in this long-running show were originally to be a Jewish girl & a Catholic boy West Side Story |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | FAMOUS SHIPS: Its wreck was discovered in 1989, 48 years after it had been sunk & 91 years after the man it was named for had died the Bismarck |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME: Honored in 1998 as part of a rock group & in 2019 as a solo artist, this singer was the first woman to be inducted into the Hall twice Stevie Nicks |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | INAUGURAL BALLS: At the 1993 Tennessee Inaugural Ball, Paul Simon performed this song, his most recent Top 40 hit "You Can Call Me Al" |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | LITERARY CHARACTERS ON SCREEN: Per Guinness, this character who debuted in 1887 is the most portrayed human literary character in film & television Sherlock Holmes |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | DEBUT NOVELS: Published in 1991, this novel, the first in a series, has been described as "historical fiction with a Moebius twist" Outlander |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: First published in French in 1943, this book has been called the most translated non-religious work, rendered into more than 300 languages The Little Prince |
| #8655, aired 2022-06-03 | TECHNOLOGY: Upon the first use of this in 1844, the Baltimore Sun declared that time & space had been annihilated the telegraph |
| #8636, aired 2022-05-09 | NOVEL TITLES: A 1590 poem written for the retirement of Queen Elizabeth's champion knight shares its title with this 1929 novel by an American A Farewell to Arms |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | USA: These 2 mayors gave their names to a facility built on the site of an old racetrack owned by Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler William Hartsfield & Maynard Jackson |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | CENTRAL AMERICA: A small river connects these 2 lakes that combined form close to 10% of their country's area Lake Nicaragua & Lake Managua |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | THE 19th CENTURY: An 1873 book title gave us this phrase for the period in the late 1800s of growth & prosperity & also greed & corruption the Gilded Age |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | HISTORIC EUROPEAN FAMILIES: This family has been traced to the Mugello valley around the year 1200 & the name suggests the trade of physician the Medici |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | LONG-RUNNING TV SHOW CHARACTERS: This character who has been on the air for more than 50 years is only 6 1/2 years old Big Bird |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | WORDS IN AMERICAN HISTORY: The 1890 Census reported that "the unsettled area has been so broken into... that there can hardly be said to be a" this frontier |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | HISTORIC BUILDINGS: Begun in the 1070s with stone from Caen, it was meant to dominate both a skyline & the hearts & minds of a conquered populace the Tower of London |
| #8511, aired 2021-11-15 | MYTHS & LEGENDS: This legendary place has been identified as being in Caerleon, Wales & in Winchester, England Camelot |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | 1970s SONGS: In 1976 "Bohemian Rhapsody" was replaced at No. 1 on the U.K. charts by this Europop song whose title is heard in Queen's lyrics "Mamma Mia" |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | PAINTINGS: In 2021 experts in Oslo concluded that it was the artist who wrote on this painting, "Could only have been painted by a madman" The Scream |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Nazi Germany annexed this nation & divided it into regions of the Alps & the Danube; the Allies later divided it into 4 sectors Austria |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: A 2000 Library of Congress exhibit called this 1900 work "America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale" The Wizard of Oz |
| #8464, aired 2021-08-12 | BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES: Based on a 1974 novel, this film has been described as combining "An Enemy of the People" & "Moby Dick" Jaws |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | 1970s MOVIE SCENES: Writer Dan O'Bannon based a scene in this film on his own Crohn's disease, which felt like things inside him fighting to get out Alien |
| #8438, aired 2021-07-07 | ROCK BANDS: In 2017 this band whose singer goes by a nickname became the first to have No. 1 albums in the U.S. in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s & 2010s U2 |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | FOOD & DRINK PHRASES: A 1951 Time article said, "Since the war," this 2-word term for a period of time "has been written into union contracts" coffee break |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | SHAKESPEARE & HISTORY: Macbeth has a vision of a line of 8 Scottish kings, the 8th holding a mirror to reflect this 9th in line who may have been in the audience James I of England (James VI of Scotland) |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | BOOKS & AUTHORS: In books by him, the Kingdom of Noland, ruled by an orphan named Bud, borders a country called Ix, where Queen Zixi reigns (Lyman Frank) Baum |
| #8378, aired 2021-04-14 | SHAKESPEARE: With 4,042 lines, it's Shakespeare's longest play & it's also the one that's been filmed the most Hamlet |
| #8339, aired 2021-02-18 | 19th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS: The first campaign of this man, who at 36 was the youngest major party nominee ever, was supported by the silver mining industry William Jennings Bryan |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | ARCHITECTURE: Begun in the 1170s on former marshland, it has been called a "perfect imperfection" & a "legendary mistake" the Leaning Tower of Pisa |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: Touching Canada at Boundary County, the northern part of this state's panhandle has been referred to as "The Chimney" Idaho |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | MEN & MACHINES: John Moore-Brabazon, the first pilot licensed by England, had learned about engines working for this man, first half of a famous pair (Charles) Rolls |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | HISTORIC FIGURES: In legend, this real European leader fielded an elite corps called the 12 Peers that included Oliver & Roland Charlemagne |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | WORDS IN THE NEWS: On September 25, 2019, searches on merriam-webster.com for the definition of this 3-word Latin term increased by 5,500% quid pro quo |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | CABINET POSITIONS: Of the 4 jobs in George Washington’s cabinet, the 2 that have been filled by women in the 230 years since Secretary of State & Attorney General |
| #8119, aired 2019-12-19 | SCIENCE & INNOVATION: In her 20+ years working for this company, Audrey Sherman of Saint Paul has been granted more than 130 patents 3M |
| #8078, aired 2019-10-23 | 1930s NOVEL CHARACTERS: Prior to a murder in a 1934 book, he says he hasn't been a detective since 1927 & that his wife inherited a lumber mill Nick Charles |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | 20th CENTURY AMERICAN WOMEN: In her only kids' book, she says, "There was Rose. Rose was her name & would she have been Rose if her name had not been Rose" Gertrude Stein |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: The original title of this 1900 classic included a gem; another working title mentioned a Plains state The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY: A site excavated since 1899, Tell es-Safi has been identified as this Philistine city, home to a giant warrior Gath |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | LANDMARKS: David Livingstone wrote of this discovery of his, "Scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight" Victoria Falls |
| #8039, aired 2019-07-18 | NOTORIOUS: The death penalty has been carried out only once under Israeli law--in 1962, for this man Adolf Eichmann |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | MEDICAL NEWS 2018: For the first time, the FDA approved a drug for the treatment of this, though there hadn't been a new case in 40 years smallpox |
| #8004, aired 2019-05-30 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS: Its anthem was adopted in 1947 to replace one by Joseph Haydn that had been tainted by association with Nazis Austria |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | GAMES: When this game was introduced in 1860, it had squares like Intemperance & Poverty & if you hit the Suicide square your game was over The Game of Life |
| #7982, aired 2019-04-30 | EUROPEAN CITIES: Founded, according to tradition, in 11 B.C., this former capital lies about halfway between Paris & Berlin Bonn |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | PHYSICS TERMS: Ironically, it's a metaphor meaning a huge step forward, but this 2-word process only occurs on a subatomic scale a quantum leap |
| #7946, aired 2019-03-11 | PLAYWRIGHTS: Before his death in 2018 at age 91, he received 4 Tony Awards, a Pulitzer Prize & was nominated for 4 Oscars Neil Simon |
| #7931, aired 2019-02-18 | BRITISH AUTHORS: Born in 1866, he has been called "the Shakespeare of science fiction" H.G. Wells |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | PRESIDENTS & THE MOVIES: 3 presidential films, all directed by Oliver Stone, have a total of only 9 letters in their titles--"Nixon" & these 2 W and JFK |
| #7923, aired 2019-02-06 | INTERNATIONAL BORDERS: Germany has land borders with 9 countries & only maritime boundaries with 2 countries, the U.K. & this one across the Baltic Sweden |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | CONTEMPORARY ART: After it was auctioned in 2018, a work by this artist was renamed "Love is in the Bin" Banksy |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | PEOPLE & PLACES: In 1790 Thursday October Christian became the first child whose birth was recorded on this remote island Pitcairn Island |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | OSCAR HYPHENATES: This actor has never been nominated for acting--he won, though, as a writer for 1997 & as a producer for 2012 Ben Affleck |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | BEFORE THEY WERE PRESIDENT: On October 4, 1940, for the premiere of what's been called his most famous movie role, Ronald Reagan was in this city South Bend, Indiana |
| #7742, aired 2018-04-17 | RUSSIAN CULTURE: This work was over 50 years old & excerpts had been popularized when it had its first full U.S. performance on Christmas Eve 1944 The Nutcracker |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | FIRST LADY FACTS: In 1982, when Bess Truman died, she had been enrolled in this government program for about 17 years, longer than anyone else Medicare |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | EUROPEAN ISLANDS: Once known as the Norman Isles, per the British government this group is "not part of the U.K." & has "never been colonies" the Channel Islands |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS: An "ineffable quality", this 3-word title represents "the ability to go up in a hurtling piece of machinery" day after day The Right Stuff |
| #7684, aired 2018-01-25 | 19th CENTURY EUROPEANS: In an 1889 letter to his brother, he wrote, “I wouldn’t exactly have chosen madness if there had been a choice” Vincent van Gogh |
| #7679, aired 2018-01-18 | SNACK FOODS: The name of this cracker that's been around since 1903 suggests that it was baked 3 times Triscuit |
| #7674, aired 2018-01-11 | THE MOVIES: It's the first Oscar nominee for Best Picture to be produced by an internet streaming service Manchester by the Sea |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | CARS: When it was introduced in 1953, this car model's emblem had a checkered flag & a red flag with a fleur-de-lis a Chevrolet Corvette |
| #7664, aired 2017-12-28 | TRADITIONS: This list of 12 may have been inspired by a Biblical garment decorated in 4 rows, the top being sardius, topaz & carbuncle birthstones |
| #7624, aired 2017-11-02 | U.S. HISTORY: Only 4 men have been both VP & president & served in both houses of Congress; 2 of them shared this last name Johnson |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS: The protagonist of this novel "was fairly sure that his age was 39, and he believed that he had been born in 1944 or 1945" Nineteen Eighty-Four |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | DEADLY CREATURES: The National Ocean Service says one lethal type of this bone-free creature is the most venomous marine animal a jellyfish |
| #7570, aired 2017-07-07 | PEOPLES OF THE WORLD: Living from Norway to Russia, they've been called the only indigenous people of the European Union the Laplanders (or Lapps or Sami) |
| #7464, aired 2017-02-09 | THE OSCARS: Since "The Godfather Part II", this film has been the only sequel to win Best Picture Lord of the Rings: Return of the King |
| #7429, aired 2016-12-22 | LITERARY INSPIRATIONS: Seen here, the White City built for Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition is said to have inspired this author who then lived near it L. Frank Baum |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | LITTLE COUNTRIES: It's the closest nation to the mainland U.S. where cars customarily drive on the left the Bahamas |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | 2016 U.S. OLYMPIANS: If this U.S. state was a country, it would have been in the top 10 in gold medals with 14--9 of them by 1 man & 1 woman Maryland |
| #7416, aired 2016-12-05 | NAME'S THE SAME: Name shared by one of a trio of young chums in a popular book series & the daughter of Menelaus & Helen of Troy Hermione |
| #7370, aired 2016-09-30 | CORPORATE LOGOS: Created in 1971, this company's logo has been likened to a wing & was supposed to connote motion Nike |
| #7350, aired 2016-07-22 | PAINTED LADIES: She's been called the "Mona Lisa of the North" & the poster girl for the Dutch Royal Picture Gallery in The Hague the Girl with the Pearl Earring |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | 19th CENTURY NOTABLES: He died in New Orleans on December 6, 1889, a little over 20 years after his treason case had been dropped Jefferson Davis |
| #7272, aired 2016-04-05 | FOOD & DRINK: This cereal brand that's been with us since the 1920s teamed up with a brewer in 2015 to create a Hefeweizen Wheaties |
| #7271, aired 2016-04-04 | BRITISH NOVELS: Local legend says that Top Withens, the Yorkshire farmhouse seen here, may have been an inspiration for this novel Wuthering Heights |
| #7242, aired 2016-02-23 | SHAKESPEARE: After a royal passing in January 1820, this tragedy that had been little performed got 2 new London productions in April King Lear |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was the only 20th century president who never delivered an inaugural address President Ford |
| #7202, aired 2015-12-29 | FAMOUS LAST NAMES: The first woman space shuttle pilot shares this surname with a man on the 1st manned lunar landing 26 years earlier Collins |
| #7200, aired 2015-12-25 | PLAYWRIGHTS: He wrote the line "Our home has been nothing but a playroom" Henrik Ibsen |
| #7181, aired 2015-11-30 | U.S. HISTORY: It's the only odd-numbered year in which a U.S. presidential election has been held 1789 |
| #7174, aired 2015-11-19 | FRENCH NOVEL TITLE HEROES: He "looked as if he had been shut up for a long time in a tomb and... been unable to recover the... complexion of the living" the Count of Monte Cristo |
| #7144, aired 2015-10-08 | THE EUROPEAN UNION: Since Bulgaria joined in 2007, the E.U.'s 3 official alphabets have been our Latin one & these 2 Greek & Cyrillic |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: The only election year since 1952 in which neither major-party candidate had been president or vice president 2008 |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | FAMOUS WOMEN: On January 5, 1939, in a Los Angeles probate court, this national heroine was declared legally dead Amelia Earhart |
| #7081, aired 2015-06-01 | SPORTS RULES: The Syracuse owner created this in 1954 & it may have helped his team succeed the Lakers as champs the next year the 24-second shot clock |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | LITERATURE: Interestingly, at the start of this novel, Prince Oblonsky, the title character's brother, has been unfaithful Anna Karenina |
| #7003, aired 2015-02-11 | REFERENCE BOOK MAKERS: In 1863 he used the epigraph "I have gathered... other men's flowers, & nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own" John Bartlett |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | 19th CENTURY WRITERS: After his death, he was given full military honors in Greece before his body was returned home for burial at his baronial seat Lord Byron |
| #6996, aired 2015-02-02 | LIBRARIES: The street address of his presidential library is 40 Presidential Drive Ronald Reagan |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | BUSINESS HISTORY: Found near Amsterdam in 2010, a 1606 stock certificate from this long-defunct company has been valued at $750,000 the Dutch East India Company |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | ROYALTY: He was the last English monarch to die in battle Richard III |
| #6929, aired 2014-10-30 | MONARCHS OF ENGLAND: The fifth king & the eighth king of this name share the distinction of both having been proclaimed king but never crowned Edward |
| #6896, aired 2014-09-15 | AUTHORS: In 1937 his sister said he had "hats of every description" which he would use as a "foundation of his next book" Dr. Seuss |
| #6875, aired 2014-07-04 | FICTIONAL LOCALES: Featured in a 1933 novel, it may have been inspired by the 1920s Tibetan travel writings of explorer Joseph Rock Shangri-La |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | WORLD LEADERS: Since 1953 5 consecutive siblings have been this country's head of state Saudi Arabia |
| #6857, aired 2014-06-10 | SCIENTISTS: As a humorous tribute, an astronomical term equivalent to at least 4 billion has been named for him Carl Sagan |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | THE BEATLES: Of The Beatles' 20 U.S. No. 1 hits, this song has the shortest title "Help!" |
| #6850, aired 2014-05-30 | 19th CENTURY POLITICS: A Senate seat from this Southern state sat vacant for 4 years; when it was filled, its ex-occupant had become U.S. president Tennessee |
| #6844, aired 2014-05-22 | TECHNOLOGY: When Apple sued for iPad patent infringement, Samsung cited this 1968 movie as the originator of the design 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | U.S. STATES: Between 2006 & 2013 it went from 39th to 6th in per capita income & its unemployment rate dropped to the nation's lowest North Dakota |
| #6797, aired 2014-03-18 | BRITISH AUTHORS: The author of more than 50 books, he won 6 Hugo awards & was nominated for a 1968 Oscar Arthur C. Clarke |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | BRITISH ROYALTY: He was the last male monarch who had not previously been Prince of Wales George VI |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | ISLANDS: In a satellite photo, volcanic activity can be seen on this 10,000-square-mile island Sicily |
| #6767, aired 2014-02-04 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN AUTHORS: Readers' letters to this author about her 1948 short story asked where the title event was held & if they could go & watch Shirley Jackson |
| #6747, aired 2014-01-07 | THE TITANIC: A member of Parliament said, "Those who have been saved have been saved through one man", this Italian Marconi |
| #6745, aired 2014-01-03 | 20th CENTURY QUOTATIONS: In 1947 Churchill called it "the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried" democracy |
| #6731, aired 2013-12-16 | COUNTRIES FOR SHORT: North Korea is the DPRK; this country is the LPDR Laos |
| #6718, aired 2013-11-27 | GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS: Over 8,000 people have been saved from harm by this program authorized in a 1970 law, but we're not allowed to name any the Witness Protection Program |
| #6697, aired 2013-10-29 | MOVIE COMEDIES: The hero of this 1993 comedy says he's "been stabbed, shot, poisoned, frozen, hung, electrocuted & burned" Groundhog Day |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | 20th CENTURY NAMES: Since his 1988 death, he's been inducted into the U.S. Hockey, World Figure Skating & National Inventors Halls of Fame Zamboni |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | ARTISTS: On his deathbed he told police, "What I have done is nobody else's business"; one theory is he was protecting others (Vincent) van Gogh |
| #6568, aired 2013-03-20 | EUROPEANA: In the 16th century the ancestors of the current president of France fled what is now this country the Netherlands |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: One of its mascots is a restored 1930 Sport Coupe that's been in use at the school since 1961 Georgia Tech |
| #6537, aired 2013-02-05 | SHORT STORIES: It says, "The body of the trooper having been buried in the church yard, the ghost rides forth... in nightly quest of his head" "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" |
| #6486, aired 2012-11-26 | PLACE NAMES: Built in 1911, this Wisconsin home was named for a Welsh bard associated with King Arthur Taliesin |
| #6439, aired 2012-09-20 | 8-LETTER WORDS: This word that means "freedom from narrow restrictions" can also refer to one of a range of imaginary lines latitude |
| #6434, aired 2012-08-02 | BOOK SERIES: In the 8th book in a series by L. Frank Baum, this character begins to speak; he simply chose not to before Toto |
| #6433, aired 2012-08-01 | BRITISH SCIENTISTS: In 1859 a theory was born when he wrote, "from so simple a beginning endless forms... have been, and are being, evolved" Charles Darwin |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | MILITARY MATTERS: In 1934 the lease for this place was increased to $4,085 per year; since 1959 the checks haven't been cashed Guantanamo |
| #6377, aired 2012-05-15 | MUSEUMS: Completed in 1959, it's been variously described as a snail, a concrete tornado, even a giant wedding cake the Guggenheim Museum |
| #6356, aired 2012-04-16 | 2011 MEMOIRS: He titled his 2011 memoir "Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain" Hal Holbrook |
| #6351, aired 2012-04-09 | THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME: His widow Maria Elena & actor Gary Busey were on hand when his star was dedicated outside Capitol Records in 2011 Buddy Holly |
| #6350, aired 2012-04-06 | WORLD LEADERS: Names of the pair seen here, who've been spending a lot of time together Nicolas Sarkozy & Angela Merkel |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | U.S. VICE PRESIDENTS: More VPs have been from this state than any other, including 2 20th century VPs who were its governor New York |
| #6300, aired 2012-01-27 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS: After living in Honduras, O. Henry coined this term for a small country dependent on a single export a banana republic |
| #6267, aired 2011-12-13 | 20th CENTURY LITERATURE: A 50th anniversary edition of this fictionalized biography featured the painting seen here on its cover Lust for Life |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | THE PRESIDENTIAL CABINET: 7 women have been the secretary of this, the most for any department in the president's cabinet Labor |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | FOREIGN-BORN INVENTORS: His 1922 New York Times obituary mentions that his patent No. 174,465 "has been called the most valuable patent ever issued" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #6190, aired 2011-07-08 | THE OLYMPICS: If he had been his own country, at the 2008 Summer Olympics he would have tied for ninth in gold medals Michael Phelps |
| #6180, aired 2011-06-24 | WORLD CAPITALS: Built about 50 years ago, it's the only world capital to start with the letter "I" Islamabad |
| #6164, aired 2011-06-02 | THE TONY AWARDS: There has never been a Tony Award winner for Best Musical set on either of these 2 continents Antarctica & Australia |
| #6152, aired 2011-05-17 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: The first words he ever spoke to his assistant were "How are you?... You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive" Sherlock Holmes |
| #6118, aired 2011-03-30 | INFLUENTIAL 19th CENTURY THINKERS: At the University of Bonn in 1836, he was wounded in a duel with a member of an aristocratic Prussian fraternity Karl Marx |
| #6112, aired 2011-03-22 | GARMENTS OF THE WORLD: The custom of hijab, Arabic for "veiling", can include this garment, mentioned by Kipling the burqa |
| #6104, aired 2011-03-10 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: The last time the Democratic & Republican nominees had once been governor of the same state, this was the state New York |
| #6098, aired 2011-03-02 | LANDMARKS: Completed in 1869, it has also been known by its nickname "the Highway to India" the Suez Canal |
| #6094, aired 2011-02-24 | THE 7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: The smallest Ancient Wonder, it was the only one ever moved, having been transported to Constantinople around 391 A.D. the Statue of Zeus at Olympia |
| #6090, aired 2011-02-18 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: His "story was soon told, for the whole twenty years had been to him but as one night" Rip Van Winkle |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | SKYSCRAPERS: After a construction boom fueled by oil & gas money, this capital city now has Europe's tallest building Moscow |
| #6041, aired 2010-12-13 | COUNTRIES: In only 2 cases can you add 2 letters to one country & get another country: Austria/Australia & this pair Niger/Nigeria |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | THE OSCARS: Only Orson Welles & this man have been nominated for Best Actor & Original Screenplay in the same year while in their 20s Matt Damon |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | SPORTS & THE MEDIA: On February 8, 2010 the headline in a major newspaper in this city read, "Amen! After 43 Years, Our Prayers Are Answered" New Orleans |
| #5966, aired 2010-07-19 | MEN OF PARIS: When the body of this man who died in 1870 was moved in 2002, a cloth with the motto "Un pour tous, tous pour un" was used Alexandre Dumas |
| #5955, aired 2010-07-02 | 5-LETTER LITERARY TERMS: The "History" by Herodotus has been called the earliest surviving European work of this form, from Latin for "straightforward" prose |
| #5919, aired 2010-05-13 | BUSY PRESIDENTS: He had previously been a U.S. senator, minister to France, England & Spain, Secretary of War, Secretary of State & Governor of Virginia James Monroe |
| #5908, aired 2010-04-28 | SCIENCE HISTORY: In August 1971 on the Moon's surface, an astronaut repeated a famous experiment & declared that this man "was correct" Galileo |
| #5890, aired 2010-04-02 | THE MIDDLE AGES: Some say the Dark Ages began when Byzantine Emperor Justinian closed this city's school of philosophy in 529 A.D. Athens |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | AUTHORS: In 1890 he witnessed a mild cyclone in Aberdeen, South Dakota, fodder for his most famous novel L. Frank Baum |
| #5832, aired 2010-01-12 | FAMOUS WOMEN: Halls of fame into which she's been inducted include the California, National Women's, National Aviation & U.S. Astronaut Sally Ride |
| #5807, aired 2009-12-08 | LITERATURE OF THE 1800s: This character said, "I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me" Ebenezer Scrooge |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: On July 11, 1804 he gasped to his doctor, "This is a mortal wound"; he died the next day Alexander Hamilton |
| #5746, aired 2009-09-14 | WORD ORIGINS: This skilled army job may have been named for a bird because soldiers tested their rifle accuracy by shooting them a sniper |
| #5707, aired 2009-06-02 | GEOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE: The first 2 sections of this Hemingway novel, published 9 years after his death, are titled "Bimini" & "Cuba" Islands in the Stream |
| #5688, aired 2009-05-06 | WASHINGTON, D.C.: Since 1974, the official residence of this public servant has been at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue & 34th Street the vice president |
| #5676, aired 2009-04-20 | AMERICAN LEGENDS: Chippewa legend says Nanabojo grew angry at this person for tearing up trees & beat him to death with a fish Paul Bunyan |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | BRITISH PAINTERS: Tennyson called this British painter, Constable's contemporary, the "Shakespeare of Landscape" J.M.W. Turner |
| #5623, aired 2009-02-04 | 20th CENTURY FIRSTS: On Oct. 14, 1947 in the Mojave Desert the first of these sounds was made by man; it was the byproduct of another first sonic boom |
| #5593, aired 2008-12-24 | 19th CENTURY BOOKS: Its author called it "a Ghostly little book... which shall not put my readers out of humour... with the season" A Christmas Carol |
| #5568, aired 2008-11-19 | NONFICTION WRITERS: On July 21, 1944 she wrote, "I'm finally getting optimistic... an assassination attempt has been made on Hitler's life" Anne Frank |
| #5556, aired 2008-11-03 | PULITZER-WINNING NOVELS: From this book's penultimate paragraph: "There had never been a man she couldn't get, once she set her mind upon him" Gone with the Wind |
| #5532, aired 2008-09-30 | PENINSULAR NATIONS: It's the largest country in the world without any permanent natural rivers or lakes Saudi Arabia |
| #5522, aired 2008-09-16 | PRESIDENTIAL LASTS: He was the most recent president who had not previously been a state governor George H.W. Bush |
| #5505, aired 2008-07-11 | BASEBALL HISTORY: For nearly 30 years, California's Catalina Island was the spring training camp for this non-California Major League team the Chicago Cubs |
| #5492, aired 2008-06-24 | WORLD ORGANIZATIONS: It was founded after Portuguese students were jailed for toasting freedom during Salazar's dictatorship Amnesty International |
| #5491, aired 2008-06-23 | PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACES: 4 U.S. presidents serving in 3 different centuries have been born in the same county in this state Massachusetts |
| #5464, aired 2008-05-15 | HISTORIC JOURNALS: On January 18, 1912 he arrived at a tent near the pole & found "a record of five Norwegians having been there" Robert F. Scott |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY: Circled 7 times by the Israelites in Joshua, it's said to be the world's oldest walled city Jericho |
| #5440, aired 2008-04-11 | WORLD HISTORY: Beginning in 1932 all this country's kings have been the country's founder or his sons Saudi Arabia |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | BOOK TITLE REFERENCES: It "had been built... for pigs about to be butchered. Now it was going to serve as a home... for 100 American P.O.W.s" Slaughterhouse 5 |
| #5414, aired 2008-03-06 | '60s MOVIES: The tagline to this movie with a 7-word title was "Everybody who's ever been funny is in it!" It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
| #5358, aired 2007-12-19 | CLASSIC ROCK: As there was another album by that title, this classic from 1973 was at one point going to be called "Eclipse" The Dark Side of the Moon (by Pink Floyd) |
| #5329, aired 2007-11-08 | THE PERSIAN GULF: Its national anthem begins, "O Lord, protect for us Our Majesty the Sultan" Oman |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | GEOMETRY: It's an ellipse with an eccentricity of zero a circle |
| #5304, aired 2007-10-04 | MEET THE PRESS: With 63 appearances, this ex-senator & pres. nominee has been on "Meet the Press" more than any other guest Bob Dole |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD: This Swahili phrase has been said or sung more than 450,000 times in theatres all over the world hakuna matata |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | AFI's TOP MOVIE QUOTES: Prizefighter Roger Donoghue was Marlon Brando's trainer for "On the Waterfront" & inspired this line on the AFI list "I coulda been a contender" |
| #5263, aired 2007-06-27 | LITERATURE: Maris, Lycon, Laogonus, Erymas, Sarpedon, Erylaus & Patroclus die in Book 16 of this work the Iliad |
| #5237, aired 2007-05-22 | SPORTS LEGENDS: Between 1977 & 1980, he won a state high school championship, an NCAA championship, & an NBA championship Magic Johnson |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | 19th CENTURY INVENTORS: He wrote, "Isn't it the irony of fate that I have been prescribed nitroglycerin to be taken internally" Alfred Nobel |
| #5228, aired 2007-05-09 | LINES FROM PLAYS: In an Ibsen play, Nora tells her husband that she's been like one of these to him, just as she was to her father a doll |
| #5209, aired 2007-04-12 | GOVERNORS: Of the 17 state governors who became president, the most from any state, 4, were from this one New York |
| #5205, aired 2007-04-06 | 20th CENTURY BUSINESSMEN: He published "Hunting, Fishing, and Camping" in 1942 & "My Story: The Autobiography of a Down-East Merchant" in 1960 L.L. Bean |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | LITERARY FIGURES: Bono, Jim Sheridan & Liam Neeson were featured in a 2004 documentary honoring the 150th anniversary of the birth of this man Oscar Wilde |
| #5172, aired 2007-02-20 | FILMS OF THE 1950s: In 2006 Albert II of Monaco attended the Newport Jazz Festival's 50th anniv. celebration of this film that's set during the festival High Society |
| #5136, aired 2007-01-01 | WRITERS: A memorial window near his grave at Winchester Cathedral was a gift from the fishermen of England & America Izaak Walton (author of The Compleat Angler) |
| #5103, aired 2006-11-15 | MOVIE HISTORY: Producer David Selznick was fined $5,000 by censors for using this word in a 1939 film damn |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | PRESIDENTIAL DISTINCTIONS: Captured as a 14-year-old soldier in 1781, he was the only president who had ever been a prisoner of war Andrew Jackson |
| #5048, aired 2006-07-19 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTATIONS: He announced to the American public, "The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed..." Harry Truman |
| #5033, aired 2006-06-28 | WORLD EVENTS: In 2003, 120 years after it made headlines, a book on this was subtitled "The Day the World Exploded" the eruption of Krakatoa |
| #5022, aired 2006-06-13 | LITERARY QUOTES: "I would like to take the great DiMaggio fishing" is a line from this 1952 work; like DiMaggio, it's an American classic The Old Man and the Sea (by Ernest Hemingway) |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Had he lived in ancient Greece, this president would have been called Odysseus Ulysses S. Grant |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | LITERARY OBJECTS: In literature from the 1200s to today, it has been depicted as a type of dish, a talismanic stone & a woman the Holy Grail |
| #4976, aired 2006-04-10 | MEMORIALS: Opened in 2002 in Lower Manhattan, a memorial to this 1845-1849 tragedy used Kilkenny limestone the Great Potato Famine in Ireland |
| #4972, aired 2006-04-04 | GERMAN AMERICANS: He famously remarked, "We are all the President's men", giving Woodward & Bernstein their title Henry Kissinger |
| #4965, aired 2006-03-24 | HISTORIC NAMES: When Alexander Hamilton & James Monroe nearly met in a duel, this man interceded & defused the situation Aaron Burr |
| #4962, aired 2006-03-21 | 20th CENTURY LITERATURE: "Annie" Sadilek, an immigrant girl from Bohemia, inspired the title character in this 1918 novel of the Great Plains My Antonia (by Willa Cather) |
| #4936, aired 2006-02-13 | THE 50 STATES: Since 1776, it has been the only U.S. state to be the most populous state for more than a century New York |
| #4894, aired 2005-12-15 | ON THE GLOBE: The way this nation's coastline would fit neatly into the Gulf of Guinea supports the theory of continental drift Brazil |
| #4887, aired 2005-12-06 | NAMES OF THE 1930s: A famous 1936 speech by this man began, "At long last, I am able to say a few words of my own" King Edward VIII |
| #4822, aired 2005-07-19 | WORDS IN LITERATURE: In Webster's, it means either a soldier using a certain muzzle-loading weapon, or a boon companion musketeer |
| #4815, aired 2005-07-08 | OLYMPIC ATHLETES: In 1960 European journalists gave her the nickname "La Gazzella" Wilma Rudolph |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | FAMILIAR PHRASES: This 5-word rule or maxim has been attributed to both H. Gordon Selfridge & John Wanamaker The customer is always right |
| #4761, aired 2005-04-25 | U.S. CITIES: In 1790 this Midwest city was named for a society that had been named for a Roman citizen-soldier Cincinnati |
| #4753, aired 2005-04-13 | 16th CENTURY NAMES: As a foe of the Spanish, he's been called "The Queen's Pirate" & a "Gran Luterano" Sir Francis Drake |
| #4738, aired 2005-03-23 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: The team names of these 2 expansion clubs start with the same 3 letters; one might catch the other the Seattle Mariners & the Florida Marlins |
| #4730, aired 2005-03-11 | HISTORIC BRITS: During the American Revolution, in his last moments he said, "It will be but a momentary pang" Major John André |
| #4726, aired 2005-03-07 | SPORTS PHRASE ORIGINS: In 1939 an Illinois sports official wrote "A little" of this alliterative phrase may "contribute to sanity" March Madness |
| #4722, aired 2005-03-01 | HISTORIC QUOTATIONS: In 1900 Teddy Roosevelt wrote, "I have always been fond of the West African proverb:" this "speak softly and carry a big stick" |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVANTS: With 7 years' service, this man who resigned in June 2004 had the longest tenure in his position in over 4 decades George Tenet (former head of the CIA) |
| #4680, aired 2004-12-31 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM: Objects that pass closer to the Sun than Mercury have been named for this mythological figure Icarus |
| #4663, aired 2004-12-08 | THE CABINET: He's been both the youngest & the oldest U.S. Secretary of Defense in history Donald Rumsfeld |
| #4630, aired 2004-10-22 | THE OLYMPICS: This sport that's also known as whiff-whaff & flim-flam has been an Olympic sport since 1988 table tennis (or ping pong) |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: For his role in writing this 1861 document, Thomas Cobb of Georgia has been compared to James Madison the Confederate Constitution |
| #4564, aired 2004-06-10 | ENTERTAINMENT: This title character who debuted in 1999 was created by former marine biology educator Steve Hillenburg SpongeBob SquarePants |
| #4548, aired 2004-05-19 | TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: It occupies the 78 acres of land where Met Stadium, former home of the Vikings & Twins, once stood the Mall of America |
| #4537, aired 2004-05-04 | GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: Florida is one of these, Michigan is made up of several & Alaska is the biggest one in the Americas peninsula |
| #4512, aired 2004-03-30 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: It contains the line "There stood the Kaatskill Mountains... there was every hill and dale... as it had always been" "Rip Van Winkle" |
| #4474, aired 2004-02-05 | RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: A November 2003 report said better tree trimming may have prevented this event that affected 50 million people in August the power blackout |
| #4467, aired 2004-01-27 | THE BUSINESS BOOKSHELF: F. Paul Pacult's "American Still Life" is the history of this over 200-year-old Kentucky company Jim Beam |
| #4419, aired 2003-11-20 | PEOPLE ON THE MAP: A European city founded in 1703 has at different times been named for these 2 people born 1,800 years apart St. Peter and Lenin |
| #4406, aired 2003-11-03 | CANDY: This person after whom a candy bar may have been named was part of a family on an 1892 Election Day souvenir medal Ruth Cleveland |
| #4402, aired 2003-10-28 | LEGENDARY RULERS: He's been written about by Aneirin in "The Gododdin" around 600 A.D. & by Fay Sampson in the "Daughter of Tintagel" series King Arthur |
| #4384, aired 2003-10-02 | U.S. VICE PRESIDENTS: He served 2 terms as Vice President & was the first Vice President who had been born in the 20th century Richard Nixon |
| #4369, aired 2003-09-11 | OPERETTAS: The subject of this 1879 work may have been inspired by unauthorized productions of the creators' original works The Pirates of Penzance |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | WORLD LEADERS: On June 18, 1940, the day of Churchill's "finest hour" speech, this leader made his first broadcast from London Charles de Gaulle |
| #4292, aired 2003-04-08 | OSCAR-WINNING FILMS: This 1995 double Oscar winner takes its title from a line used by Claude Rains in 1942's "Casablanca" The Usual Suspects |
| #4257, aired 2003-02-18 | NUMERICAL PHRASES: Number & type of musical instruments hanging from a Mason City, Iowa ceiling, a tribute to a native son 76 trombones |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: James Fenimore Cooper based the character of Natty Bumppo on this man who was born in 1734 Daniel Boone |
| #4249, aired 2003-02-06 | HISTORIC AMERICAN PLACES: Over 260,000 people have been buried here, starting in 1864 Arlington National Cemetery |
| #4212, aired 2002-12-17 | SCIENCE: It takes approximately 24,840 mph to achieve this escaping the Earth's gravity (& go off into outer space, on your way to the Moon, for instance) |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | 2002 NEWS: These 2 men, both christened Paul, made news when they visited Africa together in May 2002 Bono & Paul O'Neill |
| #4173, aired 2002-10-23 | AMERICANA: It's made yearly by Tiffany out of 7 pounds of silver; since 2001 one in Baltimore has been touched by some 250,000 fans The Vince Lombardi Trophy (emblematic of winning the Super Bowl) |
| #4172, aired 2002-10-22 | WOMEN AUTHORS: A line in her first novel reads, "I am to replace my mother, whose seat at the mah jong table has been empty" Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club) |
| #4122, aired 2002-07-02 | 1980s BUSINESS: In his job since 1984, this man has been called "the Prince who awakened Sleeping Beauty" Michael Eisner |
| #4118, aired 2002-06-26 | COUNTRY NAME ORIGINS: This country is named for the 5th century Germanic people who invaded it France (or England) |
| #4093, aired 2002-05-22 | RENAISSANCE AUTHORS: In the 16th century he wrote, "Whoever wishes to found a state…must start with assuming that all men are bad…" Machiavelli |
| #4092, aired 2002-05-21 | NEWSMAKERS: In May 2001 he said, "Vermont has always been known for its independence" Jim Jeffords |
| #4076, aired 2002-04-29 | SOUTHERN WRITERS: He said, "My own little postage stamp of native soil was worth writing about... I would never... exhaust it" William Faulkner |
| #4045, aired 2002-03-15 | FAMILIAR PHRASES: The phrase "to turn a blind eye" is said to have been inspired by a 19th century naval incident involving this man Admiral Lord Nelson |
| #3985, aired 2001-12-21 | CHRISTMAS SONGS: The song you're hearing right now was written originally in this language:
"...Tender and mild /
Sleep in heavenly peace /
Sleep in heavenly peace..." German |
| #3977, aired 2001-12-11 | ENTERTAINERS: Interviewed on "60 Minutes" in 2001, he said, "It's been one of my lifelong jobs... to make the world laugh at Adolf Hitler" Mel Brooks |
| #3953, aired 2001-11-07 | LEGENDARY CHARACTERS: Led by Nicholas, a German boy, the Children's Crusade of 1212 may have been the inspiration for this character The Pied Piper (of Hamelin) |
| #3911, aired 2001-09-10 | FAMOUS PEOPLE: In 2001, she produced & hosted the Travel Channel's "Secrets of San Simeon" Patty Hearst |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | INTERNATIONAL LANDMARKS: Its roof has been variously described as sails, clam shells & a huddle of nuns in a high wind the Sydney Opera House |
| #3887, aired 2001-06-26 | PEOPLE IN SONG: A statue of her, seated on a bench in Liverpool, is dedicated "to All the lonely people" Eleanor Rigby |
| #3823, aired 2001-03-28 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: In 1900 he sent the Library of Congress $2.20 to copyright his "The Navy Alphabet" & another, more "Wonderful", book L. Frank Baum |
| #3808, aired 2001-03-07 | LITERATURE & FILM: Nicole Kidman, Helena Bonham Carter & Cybill Shepherd have all starred in films based on this man's works Henry James |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | BRAND NAMES: A 1909 suit said this product must contain enough of the actual bean & leaf in order to claim its distinctive name Coca-Cola |
| #3787, aired 2001-02-06 | JFK: In an interview, Jackie confided that JFK regularly fell asleep listening to the soundtrack of this Broadway play Camelot |
| #3747, aired 2000-12-12 | AMERICAN SPORTS: Called "Little Brother of War", it's the oldest team sport known to have been played in what's now the U.S. Lacrosse |
| #3746, aired 2000-12-11 | CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY: By 1948, all but one of the 9 in this group charged in a 1931 crime had been freed the Scottsboro Boys |
| #3722, aired 2000-11-07 | THE MOVIES: The night before their first mass jump in 1940, paratroopers at Fort Benning saw a Western about this man Geronimo |
| #3711, aired 2000-10-23 | ANATOMY: The petrous temporal bone, the hardest in the body, encases the delicate structures of this organ Inner ear |
| #3695, aired 2000-09-29 | OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS: His 2 acting Oscars have been awarded for playing a tough cop in 1971 & a brutal sheriff in 1992 Gene Hackman |
| #3691, aired 2000-09-25 | THE U.S. POPULATION: An August 1999 government report told of the strain on schools from the "echo" of this The "Baby Boom" |
| #3666, aired 2000-07-10 | FAMOUS NAMES: "The Line King" is a film about this man whose work has been in the New York Times for the last 70 years Al Hirschfeld |
| #3622, aired 2000-05-09 | FAMOUS WOMEN: 1 of the 2 women who've appeared the most on the cover of Time Magazine, they're separated by 2,000 years Princess Diana or The Virgin Mary |
| #3590, aired 2000-03-24 | FUN WITH FIRST FAMILIES: If the mother of the 35th president married the father of the 41st, she would have been named this Rose Bush |
| #3577, aired 2000-03-07 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: Newly discovered, perhaps the oldest playable instrument is one of these, made from a crane's bone Flute |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | MODERN MARRIAGE: He's the only president of the United States who had been divorced Ronald Reagan |
| #3443, aired 1999-07-21 | THE NOBEL PRIZE: It's the only Nobel category in which the prize has not been awarded to a woman Economics |
| #3405, aired 1999-05-28 | '90s TRENDS: This adornment has been seen on Cher, Dennis Rodman & the 5,000-year-old "Iceman" found in 1991 tattoos |
| #3398, aired 1999-05-19 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS: Jan Ullrich, the only German ever to win this event, has been nicknamed "Der Tourminator" the Tour de France |
| #3304, aired 1999-01-07 | AMERICAN BUILDINGS: Once an art gallery, since 1961 it's been a shrine to the musical style said to have originated nearby Preservation Hall (in New Orleans) |
| #3303, aired 1999-01-06 | PEOPLE: He made the cover of Life magazine 3 times in February & March of 1962, & again in October 1998 John Glenn |
| #3298, aired 1998-12-30 | AMERICAN POLITICIANS: This Texas Democrat's funeral was attended by Truman, Eisenhower, JFK & LBJ Sam Rayburn |
| #3283, aired 1998-12-09 | TELEVISION: By September 1985 "A.M. Chicago" had been expanded to an hour & became this show; it's still on The Oprah Winfrey Show |
| #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | 1998: Opened on July 1, the museum devoted to her lies near a classical temple dedicated to her memory Princess Diana |
| #3271, aired 1998-11-23 | FAMOUS NAMES: In a 15-minute-long ceremony, his New York townhouse was designated a "Cultural Landmark" in 1998 Andy Warhol |
| #3262, aired 1998-11-10 | FAMOUS NEW ENGLANDERS: Native New Englander seen here, modeling for his company's catalog sometime before WWI L.L. Bean |
| #3165, aired 1998-05-08 | GEOGRAPHY NEWS: On the initiative of Sen. Patrick Leahy, in 1998 it was designated the sixth Great Lake Lake Champlain |
| #3163, aired 1998-05-06 | WORLD LEADERS: Unopposed, he was elected to his 5th term as president in 1998; he's been in power since 1959 Fidel Castro |
| #3142, aired 1998-04-07 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS & AUTHORS: He also created a 2-letter land called Ix L. Frank Baum (creator of the Wizard of Oz) |
| #3111, aired 1998-02-23 | THE CARIBBEAN: This capital, founded by Columbus' brother, is the oldest European-founded city in the Western Hemisphere Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| #3077, aired 1998-01-06 | THE OSCARS: 1 of the 2 men who have been nominated for acting Oscars 10 times Jack Nicholson or Sir Laurence Olivier |
| #2981, aired 1997-07-14 | WORLD CAPITALS: The Spaniards named it for the Virgin of the Fair Winds for bringing them safely across the Atlantic Buenos Aires |
| #2975, aired 1997-07-04 | COMPOSERS: One of this Russian's best-known works is the fiendishly difficult Piano Concerto No. 3 of 1909 Sergei Rachmaninoff |
| #2938, aired 1997-05-14 | THE ELEMENTS: More than 95% of all known compounds contain this element hydrogen (or carbon) |
| #2920, aired 1997-04-18 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: First sold in 1912, the Maine hunting shoe was his first retail product Leon Leonwood (L.L.) Bean |
| #2880, aired 1997-02-21 | BRITISH STATESMEN: In a 1940 eulogy of this man, Churchill spoke of his "Love of peace... toil for peace... strife for peace" Neville Chamberlain |
| #2777, aired 1996-10-01 | PRESIDENTS: The only 2 consecutive U.S. presidents with the same first name James Madison & James Monroe |
| #2738, aired 1996-06-26 | ISLANDS: Until August 1883 it had an area of 18 square miles; today it's about 6 Krakatoa |
| #2709, aired 1996-05-16 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: On February 6, 1996 Binney & Smith produced its 100 billionth one of these a crayon |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | ANCIENT HISTORY: He started the Third Servile War in 73 B.C. Spartacus |
| #2654, aired 1996-02-29 | AUTHORS: He created his most famous character in 1952 at Goldeneye, a holiday home he bought in Jamaica Ian Fleming |
| #2611, aired 1996-01-01 | DEMOCRATS: In 1995 he cast his 14,000th vote in the Senate, a record for any party Senator (Robert) Byrd |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | THE ELEMENTS: It was discovered in 1898 when 2 scientists in France extracted a minute amount from a ton of pitchblende radium (or polonium) |
| #2423, aired 1995-03-01 | NONFICTION: In the 1870s he wrote "The Molly Maguires and the Detectives" & "Criminal Reminiscences and Det. Sketches" Pinkerton |
| #2408, aired 1995-02-08 | BODIES OF WATER: When Jim Bridger discovered this body of water in 1824, he mistook it for an arm of the Pacific the Great Salt Lake |
| #2383, aired 1995-01-04 | UNIVERSITIES: The golden spike removed after the May 10, 1869 ceremony is now at this university Stanford |
| #2316, aired 1994-10-03 | MODERN QUOTATIONS: In 1962 she wrote, "...the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life" Rachel Carson |
| #2295, aired 1994-07-22 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: 2 of 4 men who served as president without having been elected to another public office (2 of) Ulysses Grant, Zachary Taylor, Dwight David Eisenhower & Herbert Hoover |
| #2264, aired 1994-06-09 | RULERS: Manuel II, deposed in 1910, was this country's last king Portugal |
| #2262, aired 1994-06-07 | SCULPTURE: Since 1948 over 8 million tons of granite have been removed in sculpting this man & he's not finished Chief Crazy Horse |
| #2164, aired 1994-01-20 | INVENTORS: He & his wife are buried on an estate called Beinn Bhreagh on Canada's Cape Breton Island Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2144, aired 1993-12-23 | MAGAZINES: After the TV show premiered in 1964, The New Yorker wouldn't allow this family in its cartoons the Addams family |
| #2126, aired 1993-11-29 | PRESIDENTS: Under an act passed in 1958, they became the first two former presidents eligible for a pension Harry S. Truman & Herbert Hoover |
| #2109, aired 1993-11-04 | RULERS: 1 of the 2 countries that have been ruled by members of the Braganza family (1 of) Portugal or Brazil |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: Founded as a nail enamel co. in 1932, it has been called "the General Motors of beauty" Revlon |
| #2077, aired 1993-09-21 | TREATIES: These were 2 states involved in the 1929 Lateran Treaty Italy & the Vatican |
| #2071, aired 1993-09-13 | LAKES: 2 of this large lake's biggest gulfs are Emin Pasha in the southwest & Speke in the southeast Lake Victoria |
| #2051, aired 1993-07-05 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Chile's Juan Fernandez islands include a pair named for Alexander Selkirk & this fictional character Robinson Crusoe |
| #2022, aired 1993-05-25 | IN THE NEWS: In 1992 he opened his own Institute for Architecture near Regent's Park Prince Charles |
| #1995, aired 1993-04-16 | ASSASSINATIONS: On February 21, 1965 he was killed in the Audubon Ballroom in New York City Malcolm X |
| #1980, aired 1993-03-26 | U.S. STATES: It's the newest state east of the Mississippi River West Virginia |
| #1978, aired 1993-03-24 | GOVERNORS: The first President after Franklin Roosevelt who had also been a state governor Jimmy Carter |
| #1951, aired 1993-02-15 | FLAGS: A flag bearing a white anchor & caduceus on a blue field represents this U.S. government official Surgeon General of the United States |
| #1940, aired 1993-01-29 | BRITISH MONARCHS: 1 of 4 British monarchs whose reigns were longer than Elizabeth I's 45 years (1 of) Victoria, Henry III, Edward III, & George III |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | FOOTBALL: 3 of the 4 California cities in which the Super Bowl has been played (3 of) L.A., Pasadena, San Diego & Palo Alto |
| #1907, aired 1992-12-15 | ANATOMY: You have this bone, snakes don't, & in bats, it's keeled a breastbone (or sternum) |
| #1899, aired 1992-12-03 | PUBLISHING: This publishing company's logo is a dwelling that's been described as half cottage & half mansion Random House |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | POLAND: Laid to rest temporarily at Arlington in 1941, his remains were returned to Poland in 1992 Jan Paderewski |
| #1844, aired 1992-09-17 | U.S. ELECTIONS: He's been on the Republican national ticket more than anyone else, 5 times Richard Nixon |
| #1795, aired 1992-05-22 | COMPOSERS: An anthem that he composed for George II's 1727 coronation has been used for British crownings ever since George Frederick Handel |
| #1788, aired 1992-05-13 | ZOOLOGY: The scientific name of this mammal is abbreviated H. amphibius a hippopotamus |
| #1768, aired 1992-04-15 | AUTHORS: His exact birthday is unknown, but it's believed to be Sept. 29, 1547, the feast day of San Miguel Miguel de Cervantes |
| #1727, aired 1992-02-18 | NOTORIOUS: Some believe the "suicide" of this man on August 17, 1987 in West Berlin was murder Rudolf Hess |
| #1611, aired 1991-09-09 | THE OLYMPICS: This country hoped to get the 1996 games as it would have been 100 years since it last had them Greece |
| #1605, aired 1991-07-19 | POETS: This baron was England's poet laureate from 1850 to 1892, longer than anyone else Alfred Lord Tennyson |
| #1600, aired 1991-07-12 | AFRICA: 2 of the 4 African countries that have been members of the UN since its founding (2 of) Egypt, South Africa, Ethiopia & Liberia |
| #1570, aired 1991-05-31 | TELEVISION: This documentary series was the highest-rated series in PBS history The Civil War |
| #1544, aired 1991-04-25 | PRESIDENTS: The last president to enter office with his party controlling both houses of Congress Jimmy Carter |
| #1532, aired 1991-04-09 | WORLD LEADERS: This woman, elected president of Ireland in 1990, used a 1968 Simon & Garfunkel hit in her campaign Mary Robinson |
| #1425, aired 1990-11-09 | U.S. POLITICS: This city has been the site of more major party presidential nominating conventions than any other Chicago |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | SHAKESPEAREAN QUOTES: The famous line "Out, out, brief candle!" is spoken after the announcement of this woman's death Lady Macbeth |
| #1356, aired 1990-06-25 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: He wrote: "They spell it Vinci & pronounce it Vinchy; foreigners always spell better than they pronounce" Mark Twain |
| #1281, aired 1990-03-12 | THE NOBEL PRIZE: The only peace prize awarded posthumously went to this man in 1961 Dag Hammarskjold (the secretary-general of the UN who was killed in the plane crash in Africa) |
| #1179, aired 1989-10-19 | MONARCHS: Between 1700 & the present all the kings of England have been named George, Edward or this William |
| #1160, aired 1989-09-22 | THE U.S. CONGRESS: As long as Hawaii's been a state, he's represented it in Congress Daniel Inouye |
| #1135, aired 1989-07-07 | ACTRESSES: In 1955, she was the 1st adult actress to win an honorary Oscar, but she didn't attend the ceremony Greta Garbo |
| #1092, aired 1989-05-09 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: This character, created about 1850, has an artificial leg made of white polished bone Captain Ahab |
| #1079, aired 1989-04-20 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: The world's best-selling pen is this company's "Crystal" model BIC |
| #1059, aired 1989-03-23 | FIRST FAMILIES: The last member of a first family to have been married at the White House Tricia Nixon |
| #1043, aired 1989-03-01 | LANDMARKS: de Maupassant & Dumas fils were among those who signed a protest against building this landmark Eiffel Tower |
| #1037, aired 1989-02-21 | HISTORIC LAST LINES: It concludes, "...we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor" the Declaration of Independence |
| #991, aired 1988-12-19 | BEST SELLERS: In 1964, 5 of the top 10 nonfiction best sellers were by or about this man John F. Kennedy |
| #969, aired 1988-11-17 | GEOGRAPHY: Now independent, this island has been ruled by Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs, Normans, French & British Malta |
| #965, aired 1988-11-11 | THE SUPREME COURT: Only member of the current court who has been elected to a public office Sandra Day O'Connor (state senator from Arizona) |
| #931, aired 1988-09-26 | AMERICANA: In 1986 Coke & Kodak were among 19 firms who pledged over $66 mil. to use its image in their ads the Statue of Liberty |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | ASIA: This country has been Communist since 1924, longer than any other except the USSR Mongolia (the Mongolian People's Republic) |
| #877, aired 1988-05-31 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: More than half the free world's commercial jetliners have been assembled in this U.S. state Washington |
| #861, aired 1988-05-09 | RADIO: Now numbering some 320, this group has been heard over national radio weekly since 1929 Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
| #846, aired 1988-04-18 | MAN IN SPACE: The names of the 1st two Space Shuttle orbiters actually launched into space Columbia & Challenger |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | TELEVISION HISTORY: 2 of only 3 women who have been inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame (2 of) Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett & Mary Tyler Moore |
| #803, aired 1988-02-17 | WORLD CAPITALS: More European national capitals begin with this letter than any other, 7 in all B |
| #799, aired 1988-02-11 | QUOTES: President Nixon's words "This has been the greatest week... since the creation" referred to this event the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969 |
| #790, aired 1988-01-29 | AFRICA: This African country has been an independent nation for all but 5 of its 3000 years Ethiopia |
| #730, aired 1987-11-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: For nearly 7 years, it's been the national minimum hourly wage $3.35 |
| #726, aired 1987-11-02 | THE SUPREME COURT: He served the longest on the court, having been an associate justice from 1939 to 1975 William O. Douglas |
| #670, aired 1987-07-03 | MONARCHS: Last 3 reigning monarchs of this European country have all been women the Netherlands |
| #669, aired 1987-07-02 | THE BIBLE: Man of Gath whose height was six cubits & a span Goliath (Raphah or Lahmi) |
| #645, aired 1987-05-29 | THE CABINET: 1st Attorney General under LBJ Robert Kennedy |
| #616, aired 1987-04-20 | 1978: 1978 was 1st time since 1447 that this many men have been pope of the Roman Church in 1 year three |
| #535, aired 1986-12-26 | SCIENTISTS: Called father of the Soviet H-bomb, he's a hero in the West but not in Russia Andrei Sakharov |
| #507, aired 1986-11-18 | U.S. HISTORY: Of 9 "wars" in which the U.S. has been actively involved, these 2 lasted the longest Vietnam and the Revolutionary War |
| #449, aired 1986-05-29 | THE NOBEL PRIZE: It's the only organization to have been awarded 3 Nobel Peace Prizes the Red Cross |
| #387, aired 1986-03-04 | DEMOCRATS: No. of times the Democratic Party has lost the presidential election since WWII 6 |
| #369, aired 1986-02-06 | PRESIDENTS: Of the 25 lawyers who have been President, he served most recently Gerald Ford |
| #333, aired 1985-12-18 | RECENT HISTORY: Total number of men who have been U.S. President during the current British monarch's rule 8 |
| #316, aired 1985-11-25 | BROADCASTING: Though British born, he has been under contract to NBC continuously since 1938 Bob Hope |
| #306, aired 1985-11-11 | THE NOBEL PRIZE: Since it was established in 1901, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to these 2 U.S. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt & Woodrow Wilson |
| #280, aired 1985-10-04 | BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY: Over 1/2 of Fortune 500 and 42% of all N.Y. Stock Exchange companies are incorporated in this state Delaware |
| #261, aired 1985-09-09 | WOMEN IN SPORTS: Among the women prominent in this sport are Rachel McLish, Lori Bowen, & Cory Everson bodybuilding |
| #165, aired 1985-04-26 | FAIRY TALES: Worldwide, this fairy tale has been subject of 58 films, more than any other story Cinderella |
| #161, aired 1985-04-22 | GOVERNMENT: Since the Bill of Rights' ten amendments, only this many more have been added to the Constitution 16 |
| #123, aired 1985-02-27 | WORLD CAPITALS: In less than 40 years, Karachi, Rawalpindi & Islamabad have all been its capital Pakistan |
| #111, aired 1985-02-11 | NEW TESTAMENT: Only New Testament writer believed not to have been originally Jewish Luke |
| #60, aired 1984-11-30 | WORLD CAPITALS: Birthplace of Beethoven, it has been a capital only since 1949 Bonn |
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Holly Flynn, an 11-year-old from Holmes, Pennsylvania
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"She started performing in community theatre when she was just 4...
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Maxwell Baldi, a ten-year-old from Los Angeles, California
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"This future U.S. attorney general has always been interested in the...
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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
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Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer and TV personality from the QVC Network
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"His fashion designs are a favorite among celebrities on the red...
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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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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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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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Emily Kamm, a 12-year-old from Arlington, Virginia
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"This member of Model United Nations has been on the principal's...
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Colin O’Bannon, a pool room owner from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 34 player (2017-09-29).
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Beni Keown, a freshman at Northwestern University from Evanston, Illinois
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2020 College Championship semifinalist by wildcard: $10,000.
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Benoy Chacko, a sophomore from the University of Michigan
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1994 College Championship quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Kathy Casavant, a high school English teacher from Oxford, Massachusetts
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"Originally she wanted to do anything but teach. Well, she's been...
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Mary Ann Stanley, a high school chemistry and physical science teacher from Statesboro, Georgia
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"She's been teaching for 22 years and is now teaching the...
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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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Chuck Todd, a journalist and chief White House correspondent from NBC News and Meet the Press
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"Chief White House correspondent and political director for NBC News, he...
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Kelly O'Donnell, a political reporter from NBC News
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"An Emmy-winning political reporter, she has covered Capitol Hill and the...
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Mary Beam, a Spanish teacher from Loves Park, Illinois
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Season 25 player (2008-11-04).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: torimar
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Dana Perino, a TV host from Fox News Channel's The Five
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"White House press secretary under George W. Bush, she now appears...
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Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
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"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
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Lloyd Baum, an insurance specialist from Long Beach, New York
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Season 29 player (2013-03-07).
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Benni Adkins, a school lunch lady from Glenpool, Oklahoma
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Season 20 1-time champion: $20,600 + $2,000.
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Kyle Baum, an M.B.A. candidate originally from Wildwood, Missouri
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Season 32 player (2015-09-24).
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Zach Binney, a Ph.D. student and football analyst from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 32 player (2016-02-16).
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Sherri Benoun, a planning clerk from Anaheim, California
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Season 21 player (2004-12-02).
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Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
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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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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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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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Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
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"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
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John Bowen, an archivist from Dearborn, Michigan
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Season 23 1-time champion: $11,500 + $1,000.
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Buddy Wright, an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas
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2011 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 26 4-time champion:...
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Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
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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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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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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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Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Dan Jensen, a restaurant manager from Reston, Virginia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $58,203 + $1,000.
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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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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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Celeste DiNucci, a recent graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Brenton Montie, a sixth grade social studies teacher from South Lyon, Michigan
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"He teaches at a school ranked in the top 5% in...
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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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Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
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Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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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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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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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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Pam Mueller, a college student from Wilmette, Illinois
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Drew Joanides, a high school history teacher from Miami, Florida
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"He is one of our four teachers competing in our tournament...
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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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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Manhattan Beach,...
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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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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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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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Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
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Jen McFann, a Peace Corps recruiter from Astoria, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
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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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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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Scott Turow, a bestselling novelist and practicing attorney from Chicago, Illinois
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"He's sold more than 25 million copies of his novels worldwide...
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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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Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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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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Alex Johnson, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"He wants to be a chemist in the future. From Indianapolis,...
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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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Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
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"With success in films, plays, books, and TV specials, he tours...
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Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
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\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
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Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
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"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
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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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Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tarafraney
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Margaret Monroe, a junior from South Plainfield, New Jersey
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Margaret was 16 at the time...
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Susan Haarman, a sophomore at Marquette University from Louisville, Kentucky
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Susan was 19 at the time...
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Bob Verini, a film journalist and test prep teacher from Los Angeles, California
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"A resident of New York City when he won the 1987...
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Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
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"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
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Michael Dupée, an attorney from Gainesville, Florida
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"He was the winner of the 1996 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000. Season...
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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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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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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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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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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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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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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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Sandra McClellan, a granny nanny from Arlington, Texas
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $4,199 + $2,000.
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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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Marion Penning, a high school science and history teacher from Baltimore, Maryland
|
"She teaches at a Maryland 'green' school that has a solar...
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Michael Blake, a 12-year-old from Hamburg, New York
|
"Our top story tonight is this young man, who wants to...
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Alex Stambaugh, a 12-year-old from Paris, Kentucky
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"He feels he can use his talents in math and science...
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Kristin Frankhouser, a 12-year-old from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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"Her future plans include becoming a physical therapist, a wife, and...
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Chuck Forrest, a lawyer and CEO from London, United Kingdom
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\"He became a winner of the second-ever Tournament of Champions in...
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Lori Kissell, a high school Latin teacher from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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"She loves everything about Latin and shares that love with her...
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Joon Pahk, a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 28 7-time champion: $199,000 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: jpahk
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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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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Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,800 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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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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Lindsey Thiesfeld, a sophomore from Clarendon Hills, Illinois
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2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Andrew Van Duyn, a junior from Wheaton, Illinois
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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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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Thomas Zamora, a junior at the University of Southern California from Cypress, California
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2001 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $14,100. Thomas was 20 at the...
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Cathy Lanctot, a law professor from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Kerry Breitenbach, a marketing analyst from Cleveland, Ohio
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 21 5-time champion: $90,400...
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John Krizel, a green community program coordinator from Beckley, West Virginia
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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Leslie Shannon, a manager of a research lab from Sydney, Australia
|
"A recent art history graduate when she became Jeopardy! champion in...
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Mitchell Vogel, from Madison, Wisconsin
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"This future governor of Wisconsin enjoys rollerblading, reading, and playing saxophone....
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Vito Cortese, a software engineer and Italian translator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $68,485 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
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"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
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Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
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Michelle Clum, an executive assistant originally from Wichita, Kansas
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"With her 5-time winnings from 2000, she traveled for a year,...
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Janet Bradlow, an insurance agent from New York, New York
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Season 26 3-time champion: $58,000 + $2,000. Janet Bradlow New York,...
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Josh Charnin-Aker, a twelve-year-old from Lighthouse Point, Florida
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"And, whether in neonatology or as a Navy SEAL, he plans...
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Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
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Jelisa Castrodale, a sportswriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Season 27 1-time champion: $39,399 + $1,000.
Name pronounced like "jell-EES-ah KASS-tro-dale".
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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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Stephen Weingarten, a stay-at-home dad from Portland, Oregon
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
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Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kuh-FONE".
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Jeff Kirby, a math and science teacher from Santa Maria, California
|
Season 26 player (2009-10-12). Season 16 player (1999-12-08). Jeff returned to...
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Tom Jennings, a maintenance mechanic from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $24,000 + $2,000.
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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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Amanda Sonmor, a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $21,501 + $1,000.
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Tyler Allard, a senior from Garrett Park, Maryland
|
2003 Teen Tournament first runner-up: $28,400.
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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
|
2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Robbie Berg, a freshman from the University of Pennsylvania
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
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Ellen Kimmel, a school nurse from Nanuet, New York
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $37,000 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SkoolRN
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Jeff Kirby, an elementary school teacher from Santa Maria, California
|
Season 26 player (2009-10-12). Season 16 player (1999-12-08). Jeff returned to...
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Tim Relihan, a senior from the University of Nebraska from Stromsburg, Nebraska
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from Sherman Oaks, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Jared Rothenberg, an 11-year-old from Houston, Texas
|
"When he's not on the mound, he's warming up in the...
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Allyson Lieberman, a 12-year-old from Whitmore Lake, Michigan
|
"Since she was little, she has truly loved to act. Broadway,...
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Mark Eckard, a software designer from Bedford, Massachusetts
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $35,600. 2001 Tournament...
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Amy Fletcher, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Neha Gokhale, a 10-year-old from Houston, Texas
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"Because she liked 4th and 5th grade so much, she wants...
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Dan Amboy, a 12-year-old from Lapeer, Michigan
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"He hopes to get into the best college that he can....
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Kate Dzurilla, a 12-year-old from Syosset, New York
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"It's a slam dunk for this basketball lover and future WNBA...
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Scott Gillispie, a project manager and expectant father from Atlanta, Georgia
|
"While attending Georgia Tech, he won the 1991 College Championship. Now...
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Diane Siegel, an educational consultant and writer from Northridge, California
|
"A full-time mom when she won five games in 1993, now...
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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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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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Lisa McClain, a history professor and director of gender studies from Boise, Idaho
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Season 23 1-time champion: $20,500 + $2,000.
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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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Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
|
\"Later this year, she\'ll be inducted into the Women\'s Basketball Hall...
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Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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India Cooper, a copy editor from Madison, Indiana
|
\"She was an actor and copy editor in New York City...
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Tina Baybay-Bykov, an AP world history teacher from Orlando, Florida
|
"Ballet used to keep her on her toes. Now it's her...
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Kate Wilson, a high school AP English teacher from Montgomery, Alabama
|
"She is a top-10 AP English language teacher at Alabama's number-one...
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Emma Couture, a twelve-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
|
"Here's a portrait of a smart young girl who sees her...
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Charlotte Scott, a twelve-year-old from Washington, D.C.
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"Watch out, Diane Sawyer. This future news anchor is ready for...
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Christopher Short, a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 6-time champion: $94,752...
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Brooks Humphreys, a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
|
"He teaches at an all-girls Catholic school operated by the Sisters...
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Roger Craig, a computer scientist from Newark, Delaware
|
2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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Greer Mackebee, a senior at Duke University from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 at the time of the...
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Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
|
"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
|
"In January, the State Department named this NBA Hall of Famer...
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David Faber, an anchor and reporter from CNBC's Squawk on the Street and The Faber Report
|
"The winner of Emmy, Peabody, DuPont, and Loeb awards, he's a...
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Mike Nelson, a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Erin Hart, a junior from Benton Harbor, Michigan
|
2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
|
"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
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Sam Leanza, a senior from Laguna Hills, California
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand
|
\"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
|
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Bob Woodward, an assistant managing editor from The Washington Post
|
2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10).
Charity: Sidwell Friends School.
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Tyler Van Patten, from Burlington, Wisconsin
|
"He's focusing on becoming a corporate attorney, because of his fascination...
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Victoria Agrinya, a 12-year-old from Woodbridge, Virginia
|
"She would like to be a successful entrepreneur when she grows...
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Cerulean Ozarow, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, New York
|
"His future is full of options. He wants to become either...
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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
|
2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
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Lindsey Bartlett, a junior from Winter Haven, Florida
|
2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Lindsey was 16 at the time...
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Dan Royles, a senior from Chula Vista, California
|
2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Dan was 17 at the time...
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Graham Gilmer, a senior from Lynchburg, Virginia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Teen...
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Emily Karrs, a junior from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
|
2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Emily was 16 at the time...
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Tom Hartmann, a junior from San Antonio, Texas
|
2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Andy Kravis, a freshman from Farmington Hills, Michigan
|
2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Andy was 13 at the...
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Logan Bell, a senior from Rock Falls, Illinois
|
2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Evan Stewart, a sophomore from Frankfort, Kentucky
|
2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Evan was 15 at the time...
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Liana Walters, a junior from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
|
2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Liana was 16 at the...
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Kevin Keach, an operations manager from St. Ann, Missouri
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Lan Djang, a business analyst from Toronto, Canada
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
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Brittany Rogers, a sophomore at Saddleback College from Lake Forest, California
|
2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brittany was 18 at the...
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Tony Nagatani, a junior at Ithaca College from Honolulu, Hawaii
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Tony was 20 at the time...
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Jaime Green, a sophomore at Brown University from Nanuet, New York
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Jaime was 18 at the time...
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Anna Allie, a junior at the University of Michigan at Dearborn from Dearborn, Michigan
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
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Jayanth Iyengar, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis from Madison, Wisconsin
|
2005 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Jiyen1213
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Frank Spangenberg, a lieutenant in the New York Police Department from Douglaston, New York
|
"He still holds the record for the most money won in...
|
|
Larry Cloud, a bookkeeper and computer consultant from Inglewood, California
|
"He won five times in 2001, allowing him to make a...
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|
Phoebe Juel, a bookseller from Sylva, North Carolina
|
"She won the 1993 College Championship while attending Grinnell College. Today...
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Michael Braun, a high school junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
|
"He is the 2005 Teen Tournament champion. A high school junior...
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Lynne Wexler, a librarian from Evanston, Illinois
|
"She was the first 5-time champion in 1991. A librarian from...
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|
Dave Willis, a business manager from Ventura, California
|
"He was the first to win five shows in 1992. A...
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Craig Barker, an Advanced Placement history teacher from Livonia, Michigan
|
"In 1997 he won the College Championship. Today he's an Advanced...
|
|
Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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John Beck, a creative director from Torrance, California
|
"He played in 2003, and was the last retired 5-time champ...
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Dan Katz, a lawyer from Owings Mills, Maryland
|
"Since his five wins in 1990, he's seen Bruce Springsteen 16...
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Sandra Gore, a corporate researcher from Berkeley, California
|
"After five wins in 1987, she fulfilled her dream of moving...
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Arthur Phillips, an author from Brooklyn, New York
|
"He was a speechwriter from Boston when he won five shows...
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Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Carol Denny, a writer for a non-profit environmental foundation from Arnold, Maryland
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $13,199 + $1,000.
Identical twin sister of Season 29 player Chris O'Toole.
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Mike Scott, an eleven-year-old from Lake Villa, Illinois
|
"He really likes doing challenging projects in school, but hates doing...
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Arthur Gandolfi, a commercial real estate executive from Pleasantville, New York
|
2004 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $25,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
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Mark McDonnell, a triathlon coach and entrepreneur from Miami, Florida
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $27,601 + $1,000.
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Tory Gilliam, a twelve-year-old from Powhatan, Virginia
|
"As a member of his school's debate team, he likes to...
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Anissa Chitour, a ten-year-old from Princeton, New Jersey
|
"Her extracurricular activities include playing violin, playing field hockey and shopping...
|
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Billy Hackenson, an eleven-year-old from Great Falls, Virginia
|
"As a descendant of President Taft, it's no surprise that he's...
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James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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|
Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware
|
2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
|
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Jonathan Gillerman, a senior from Staten Island, New York
|
2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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John Zhang, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Teen...
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Scott Harris, a videographer and elementary school librarian from Las Vegas, Nevada
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $19,201 + $2,000. Scott won $30,000 on...
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John Matthews, a senior from Escondido, California
|
2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
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James Hill III, a freshman from Santa Clara University
|
2010-A College championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: San Jose, California. [No contestant...
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Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
|
2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
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Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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Donna Vogel, a scientist from Bethesda, Maryland
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona
|
2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Thulasi Seshan, a 12-year-old from Draper, Utah
|
"The sky is the limit for this future astronomer. From Draper,...
|
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Sarah Nothnagel, a sophomore from the University of Southern California
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Christopher Meloni, an Emmy-nominated actor from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
|
"He's played challenging roles on both sides of the law, including...
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|
Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
|
"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
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Dean Malec, a junior from Northwestern University
|
2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Lindsey Nicolai, a junior from Hampton, Virginia
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Bobby Bretz, an 11-year-old from Bristol, Rhode Island
|
"It's either archaeology or pro baseball for this sports-loving scientist. From...
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Rachel Beckman, an 11-year-old from Danville, Kentucky
|
"As a member of her school's academic team, she has no...
|
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Meredith Dedopoulos, a 12-year-old from Durham, New Hampshire
|
"This spelling bee champion has also won many sports awards. From...
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Thomas McIntyre, a 12-year-old from Marino Valley, California
|
"This self-proclaimed Star Wars freak, who has earned star rank in...
|
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Michael Glick, a 12-year-old from Smithtown, New York
|
"He's in math honors this year, even though math is one...
|
|
Andrew Goldfein, a 12-year-old from Lincolnwood, Illinois
|
"He likes to argue and help people, so it's off to...
|
|
Michael Schulson, a 12-year-old from Chattanooga, Tennessee
|
"As a member of bug club, it's only natural that he...
|
|
Josh Lacey, a 10-year-old from Ellicott City, Maryland
|
"The International Olympic Committee does such good work, he would like...
|
|
Tiffany Wen, a 12-year-old from Exton, Pennsylvania
|
"This figure skater is also on the distinguished honor roll. From...
|
|
Suzie Lisky, a 12-year-old from Mendham, New Jersey
|
"She's not sure what she wants to be when she grows...
|
|
Lauren Kutner, an 11-year-old from Newtown, Pennsylvania
|
"The best part of middle school for this seventh grader is...
|
|
Dana Delany, an actress from Kidnapped
|
"She won two Emmys for playing Army nurse Colleen McMurphy on...
|
|
John Kelly, a retired Air Force officer from Austin, Texas
|
"In 1992, he was one of the top five money winners...
|
|
Soledad O'Brien, a broadcast journalist from CNN's American Morning
|
"This broadcast journalist has covered stories all over the world. Since...
|
|
Harry Shearer, an actor/writer/producer from The Simpsons and Le Show
|
"His many credits include providing voices for The Simpsons, and he's...
|
|
Lindsey Hargrove, a senior at the University of Texas from Bellaire, Texas
|
2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Mother's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: collegemom
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Eric Webb, a 12-year-old from Austin, Texas
|
"He wants to be a cartoonist so he can make people...
|
|
Nicole Tantoco, a 12-year-old from San Ramon, California
|
"She has two simple dreams: to attend Stanford and then become...
|
|
Jake Houser, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Aptos, California
|
"And this straight-A student would like to become a geneticist so...
|
|
Regina Merrill, from Lincoln, Nebraska
|
"She's very good at writing stories and poetry, but her love...
|
|
Caitlin Cook, a sophomore from Arden, North Carolina
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Whitney Prince, a sophomore from Maryville, Tennessee
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
|
"In 2003, he became the first to win a quarter of...
|
|
Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
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Kelley Burd, a junior at West Virginia University from Bristol, West Virginia
|
2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
|
|
Kevin Bohannon, a cell biologist from Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
Season 35 player (2019-04-15).
JBoard user name: KevinBohannon
|
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Larry Bowman, an attorney from Indian Wells, California
|
1995-A Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
|
|
Joe Murphy, an attorney from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
Season 8 2-time champion: $30,302 + Orrefors stemware + Michael C....
|
|
Charlie Baumann, a contracts approver from Cranford, New Jersey
|
Season 11 player (1995-06-12).
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Ken Jennings, the winner of 74 consecutive games from Seattle, Washington
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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|
Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Ryan Fenster, a banker from SeaTac, Washington
|
2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 34 7-time champion: $156,497...
|
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Andy Richter, from NBC\'s Late Night With Conan O\'Brien
|
\"He\'s a first-rate second banana and the sidekick on NBC\'s Late...
|
|
Suzan Hier, a criminal attorney from Buena Park, California
|
Season 1 player (1985-04-09).
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Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois
|
\"He teaches at a school started by the Dominicans of St....
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|
Brendan Hunt, an actor from Chicago, Illinois
|
\"An actor from Chicago, Illinois, he began his career as a...
|
|
Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
|
• 74-game champion with longest winning streak • Total earnings over...
|
|
Rebecca Zoshak, a language specialist from State College, Pennsylvania
|
Season 34 1-time champion: $14,407 + $2,000. Rebecca returned to the...
|
|
Chuck Forrest, an attorney for the UN IFAD from Marino, Italy
|
\"In 1986, he was a law student living in Grand Blanc,...
|
|
Matt Amodio, a post-doctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
2023 Jeopardy! Masters 3rd place player: $150,000. 2022 Tournament of Champions...
|
|
Matt Amodio, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut
|
2023 Jeopardy! Masters 3rd place player: $150,000. 2022 Tournament of Champions...
|
|
Matt Amodio, a postdoctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
2023 Jeopardy! Masters 3rd place player: $150,000. 2022 Tournament of Champions...
|
|
Ryan Fenster, a graduate student from SeaTac, Washington
|
2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 34 7-time champion: $156,497...
|
|
Alan Jackowitz, an accountant originally from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 2 player (1985-09-11). At the time of his appearance, Alan...
|
|
Pam Mueller, an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois
|
\"Representing Loyola University, she won the College Championship in November, 2000....
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|
Cary Bonnell, a project manager from Oblong, Illinois
|
Season 34 player (2017-12-26).
Last name pronounced like "bahn-ELL".
|
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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York, New York
|
\"She became a 5-time champion in 1991. An actor and copy...
|
|
Dave Bein, a culinary director from Westwood, New Jersey
|
Season 36 player (2019-10-30).
|
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Patrick Dillon, an elementary music teacher from Huntington, New York
|
"He teaches music at a school that has been nationally recognized...
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|
Lionel Goldbart, a retired schoolteacher originally from Brooklyn, New York
|
1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Pat Fine, a retired teacher from Buena Park, California
|
1992 Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Cora Peck, a high school teacher and grad student from Aliso Viejo, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
|
|
Michael Rankins, a minister and writer from Rohnert Park, California
|
\"A 5-show winner from 1988, he has been a minister with...
|
|
Bob Niccum, a school district administrator from Buena Park, California
|
Season 10 player (1994-07-08).
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Michael Bowen, an accountant from Monroe, New York
|
Season 10 1-time champion: $12,900.
|
|
Tom Smolich, a Catholic priest originally from Sacramento, California
|
Season 5 player (1989-04-11). Season 6 3-time champion: $39,802. Last name...
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Tom Smolich, a Catholic priest originally from Sacramento, California
|
Season 5 player (1989-04-11). Season 6 3-time champion: $39,802. Last name...
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Rose Schaefer, a junior from Portland, Oregon
|
2012 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $36,000. 16 at...
|
|
Meghan Bowman, an IT analyst from Mount Prospect, Illinois
|
Season 38 player (2022-04-21).
|
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Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
|
\"A five-time champion in 1994, he used his winnings for a...
|
|
Vincent Valenzuela, an internal customer service manager from Wheaton, Illinois
|
Season 35 player (2018-09-25). Season 34 player (2018-07-13). Vincent returned to...
|
|
Hillary Kwiatek, an employee communication specialist from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
|
Season 30 player (2013-09-19).
Last name pronounced like "KWEE-uh-tek".
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Lindi Bauman, an administrative assistant from Pacifica, California
|
Season 6 player (1990-04-12).
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Sonja Williams, a teacher from Bahama, North Carolina
|
Season 7 player (1990-12-27).
|
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Jean Mead, an office manager from Buena Park, California
|
Season 10 player (1994-03-15).
|
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Tom Bowman, an attorney from Kansas City KCTV audition
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Season 6 player (1990-04-16). The recording used to archive the game...
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Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
|
2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
|
|
Grafton Brown, a high school Spanish teacher from Chicago, Illinois
|
"He teaches at a school whose buildings are named in honor...
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|
Sally Umbach, a third grade special education teacher from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
"She teaches at a school district that has been in operation...
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|
Larry DeMoss, a high school English teacher from Ellettsville, Indiana
|
"He went from short orders to short stories when he switched...
|
|
Christy Gibson, a family medicine physician from Issaquah, Washington
|
Season 28 player (2012-07-09). Christy's ending score of -$6,400 was the...
|
|
Jake Ayres, a law student from San Diego, California
|
Season 29 1-time champion: $28,201 + $2,000.
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|
Charley Tinkham, an eighth grade history and technology teacher from San Bruno, California
|
"He teaches at a school that has been named a California...
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|
Anthony Trifilio, a construction worker from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 19 1-time champion: $8,000 + $2,000. Season 18 1-time champion:...
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Theo Schiller, a school librarian originally from North Fork, California
|
Season 4 player (1988-01-22 & 1988-03-08). Theo was returned to the...
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Marcia Edmundson, a high school French teacher from Chesterfield, Virginia
|
"In the banking world, she checked credit scores. She's much happier...
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Brian Moore, a teacher from Austin, Texas
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
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Paul Nelson, a Senate staff aide originally from Iowa City, Iowa
|
2013 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 29 5-time champion: $54,900 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: PaulNelson2012
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Chuck Beem, an HRIS analyst from Florissant, Missouri
|
Season 39 player (2023-07-04).
|
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Cory Bean, a pediatric resident from Greenville, North Carolina
|
Season 19 player (2003-03-26).
|
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David Epstein, a lawyer from Irvine, California
|
Season 7 4-time champion: $46,101. David is believed to have possibly...
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|
Ann Thurlow, an aspiring novelist and retired salesperson from Mendham, New Jersey
|
Season 28 1-time champion: $26,805 + $1,000.
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Dominic Olivera, a twelve-year-old from Bristow, Virginia
|
"Oh, good heavens! He wants to be a priest when he's...
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Sara Leiber McKinney, a teacher originally from Yonkers, New York
|
Season 5 player (1989-03-27). Sara was returned to the show in...
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Neil Patel, a twelve-year-old from Plano, Texas
|
"He wants to become an environmental scientist and help protect our...
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Casey Clough, a junior from Columbia, South Carolina
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "CLUE".
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Aria Gerson, an eleven-year-old from Orem, Utah
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"Shine an apple for our future teacher. From Orem, Utah, class,...
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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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Deb Teitelbaum, an educational consultant from Sylva, North Carolina
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Season 29 player (2012-09-24).
Last name pronounced like "TITE-el-baum".
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Ellen Lewis, a retired high school math teacher from Mount Vernon, New York
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Season 28 1-time champion: $10,000 + $1,000.
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Pian Wong, a high school English teacher from New York, New York
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"She teaches at a Bronx school that's been ranked the most...
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Mark Runsvold, a student and waiter from Moscow, Idaho
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2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 4-time champion: $153,800 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: markrunsvold
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John Krizel, a writer originally from Oceanside, New York
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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Jessica Dell'Era, a third grade Spanish bilingual teacher from Oakland, California
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"She has wanted to be a teacher since she was 7...
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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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Megan Barnes, a stay-at-home mother from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 27 3-time champion: $103,203 + $2,000. Megan won $16,000 on...
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Elissa Hoffman, a high school biology and anatomy & physiology teacher from Appleton, Wisconsin
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"She is in her lucky 13th year of teaching. From Appleton,...
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Zach McDonnell, a freshman at the College of William and Mary from Harrisonburg, Virginia
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2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
18 at the time of the College Championship.
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Jay Rhee, an oncologist from Annapolis, Maryland
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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Judi Greenberg, a housewife from Northbrook, Illinois
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Season 4 1-time champion: $3,500. Season 3 player (1987-01-08). Judi was...
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Matt Olson, a sophomore at Stanford University from Berkeley, California
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Judi Greenberg, a housewife from Northbrook, Illinois
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Season 4 1-time champion: $3,500. Season 3 player (1987-01-08). Judi was...
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Sarah Bauer, a junior at Indiana University from Carmel, Indiana
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2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Matt Rogers, a comedian from Long Island, New York
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\"A comedian from Long Island, New York, his podcast, Las Culturistas,...
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Zack Terrill, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida
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2012 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 21 at...
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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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Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
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"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
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Ego Nwodim, a comedian from Baltimore, Maryland
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"A comedian from Baltimore, Maryland, her one-woman show enjoyed a sold-out...
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Robert Gibbs, a former press secretary from the Obama White House
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"In 2004, he joined Barack Obama's senatorial campaign as communications director,...
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Morgan Flood, a junior from Pequea, Pennsylvania
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Carl Bradshaw, a financial manager from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 27 2-time champion: $17,899 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
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Caleb Olson, a senior from Chariton, Iowa
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Krishna Bharathala, a sophomore from Fremont, California
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2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Catherine Briley, a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana
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2012 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $31,000. 17 at...
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Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
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"His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
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Anshika Niraj, a sophomore from Beachwood, Ohio
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2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Richard Bannin, a fundraising director from New York City, New York
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Season 8 2-time champion: $27,601.
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Richard Finch, an attorney from Dearborn Heights, Michigan
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Season 19 player (2003-07-14). Season 18 player (2002-02-26). Richard was returned...
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Brad Rutter, a $3.2-million winner from Los Angeles, California
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"In 2000, he became a 5-time champion and went on to...
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Watson, a deep question answering system from IBM
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2011 IBM Challenge winner: $500,000 to World Vision + $500,000 to...
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Ken Jennings, a 74-game champion from Seattle, Washington
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"In 2004, his record-breaking 74-game win streak set a standard for...
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Josh Frumkin, a non-profit assistant director of donor relations from Germantown, Maryland
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Season 29 2-time champion: $43,601 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: jfrumkin
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Kathy Fuller, a graduate student from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 6 player (1990-04-05). Season 5 player (1989-04-17). Kathy was brought...
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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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Laura Sikes Jambon, a graduate student of American history from Rochester, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-07-12). Last name pronounced like "zham-BOHn" (French-style pronunciation)....
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Laura Bowen, an upper-school history teacher from Wilmington, North Carolina
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Season 15 player (1999-03-08).
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Amanda Bain Wysocki, a social worker from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 39 player (2023-04-04).
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Elton Bowen, a Navy physician from Chesapeake, Virginia
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Season 15 player (1999-05-26).
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Tavis Smiley, a talk show host from PBS's The Tavis Smiley Show
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"He's interviewed such diverse personalities as Fidel Castro, Pope John Paul...
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Rod Bain, a physical therapist from Pasadena, California
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Season 18 player (2002-04-22).
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Heidi Fogle, a senior from Overland Park, Kansas
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Mary Boehm, a speech and language pathologist from Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Season 19 player (2003-05-19).
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Gretchen Carlson, a journalist from the CBS Saturday Early Show
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"Since winning the 1989 Miss America crown, she's built an extensive...
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Stephen King, from The Night Flyer
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"Many horror films have been based on his writings, including the...
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Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
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Caroline Bartman, a senior from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Emma Miller, from San Mateo, California
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"She loves the idea of creating art that people can live...
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Maria Bartiromo, a business anchor from CNBC
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Charities: National Italian American Foundation...
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Rachel "Steve" Cooke, a senior from Fishers, Indiana
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2008-A Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000. 17 at the time of...
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Todd Faulkenberry, a junior from Moore, South Carolina
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2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
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Peggy Noonan, a contributing editor from The Wall Street Journal
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10).
Charity: The Sisters of Life.
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Olivia Woods, a 12-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio
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"She loves working with little kids and would like to become...
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Naren Tallapragada, a junior from Burke, Virginia
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2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Lionel Goldbart, a retired schoolteacher from Miami Beach, Florida
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Rachel Bauman, a graduate student from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 33 player (2017-01-19).
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Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Ben Hunt, an educational programs coordinator from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 24 player (2008-03-21).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: BenH
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David Harris, an editor and writer originally from Paramus, New Jersey
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Season 9 1-time champion: $5,401 + a trip to Orlando, Flordia...
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Brad Bean, a web assistant from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 19 2-time champion: $25,200 + $2,000.
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Stephanie Hull, a graduate student of philosophy from Columbia, Missouri
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Season 31 player (2015-03-12). Stephanie's ending score of -$6,800 was the...
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Senator Al Franken, a U.S. senator from Minnesota
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"After a successful career as a comedy writer, author, and radio...
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Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
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Heather Chapman, a news assistant from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 24 player (2008-01-04). Heather appeared on Master Minds on 2020-05-07....
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Lara Logan, a correspondent from 60 Minutes on CBS
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"Her bold, award-winning reporting has earned her a prominent spot among...
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Tom Morris, a retailer and 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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Kerry Benn, a legal news editor from Springfield, New Jersey
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Season 33 1-time champion: $14,000 + $1,000.
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Siobhan Quinlan, an Italian instructor and study abroad director from Lexington, Massachusetts
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Season 32 player (2016-07-15).
First name pronounced like "shuh-BAHN".
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Andy Siegler, a senior from Cinnaminson, New Jersey
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2001 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $15,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Nicole Reimer, a junior from Columbus, Ohio
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2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Bob Boehm, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 1 player (1985-03-04).
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Allie Pape, a sophomore from Ponte Vedra, Florida
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Allie was 14 at the time...
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Jonathan Reinstein, a junior from Dix Hills, New York
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2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Seveen Kannankara, a junior from Bergenfield, New Jersey
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Seveen was 15 at the time...
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Paige Feldman, a sophomore from St. Louis, Missouri
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2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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"He was a software engineer living in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
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Michael Arnone, a reporter from Arlington, Virginia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Ryan Moore, a partner in a start-up company from Venice, California
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2001 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 17 5-time champion: $39,800 + a Corvette.
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Michelle Clum, an executive assistant from Wichita, Kansas
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Andrew Garen, a project manager from Austin, Texas
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Cindy Stowell, a science content developer from Austin, Texas
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Season 33 6-time champion: $103,803 + $2,000. Cindy died 2016-12-05, before...
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Richard Finch, an attorney from Dearborn Heights, Michigan
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Season 19 player (2003-07-14). Season 18 player (2002-02-26). Richard was returned...
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Mysti Kofford, a junior at Boston University from New Orleans, Louisiana
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Mysti was 19 at the...
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Anthony Trifilio, a construction worker from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 19 1-time champion: $8,000 + $2,000. Season 18 1-time champion:...
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Porter Bowman, a junior from Darien, Connecticut
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2016 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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Alan Bone, a high school English teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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Season 15 player (1998-12-02).
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Aaron Thompson, a special assistant from Washington, D.C.
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 21 3-time champion:...
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David Rozenson, a lawyer from Newton, Massachusetts
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 21 3-time champion: $76,000 + $1,000.
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Suzan Reiner, a church office manager originally from Long Island, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-04-05).
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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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Andrew Maly, an environmental engineer from Bel Air, Maryland
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1999 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 15 5-time champion: $44,100...
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Kathy Fuller, a graduate student from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 6 player (1990-04-05). Season 5 player (1989-04-17). Kathy was brought...
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Lizard Hogge, a welder originally from Anderson, Indiana
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Season 22 player (2006-04-04).
Last name pronounced like "HOEG".
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Tom Kavanaugh, a kickball team captain from St. Louis, Missouri
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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Nico Martinez, a college junior from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
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Chris Breen, a sophomore at Princeton University from Springfield, Massachusetts
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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Veronica Fazio, from Roselle, Illinois
|
"She dances, plays softball, and hangs with her friends, but wants...
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Aman Birk, from Irvine, California
|
"He may not be the fastest swimmer on the team, but...
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer and curriculum developer from Atlanta, Georgia
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"She was a research assistant when she won the Tournament of...
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Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
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2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
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Madeline Suchard, from Placentia, California
|
"She has her sights set on becoming the Supreme Court Justice,...
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David Bowen, a scientist originally from London, England
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Season 12 2-time champion: $22,700.
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Joseph Henares, from Avon, Connecticut
|
"Along with group science projects, history club, writing club, and chess...
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Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
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Vivian Lappenbusch, a twelve-year-old from Seattle, Washington
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"She finds other people's stories and cultures fascinating, so anthropology is...
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Dave Ellis, a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $16,000 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Christopher Chilton, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Holly Springs, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Christopher won $5,000 on Who Wants...
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Jack Weisman, a twelve-year-old from Beachwood, Ohio
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"He's considering becoming a lawyer, just like Mom and Dad. From...
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Bob Harris, an author, comedian, and radio commentator from Los Angeles, California
|
"A 5-time champion and a finalist in the Tournament of Champions,...
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David Tambling, a strategic planning manager from Menlo Park, California
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Season 21 player (2005-06-23).
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Bill Dickenson, a college instructor from Richardson, Texas
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"This 5-time champ from 1996 has taught students from over 100...
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Pat Gaynor, a college professor from Buena Park, California
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Season 1 2-time champion: $13,800.
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Tom Halpern, a lawyer originally from New York, New York
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"A writer and researcher when he won 5 times in 1991,...
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Michael Daunt, an accountant from Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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"In 1996, he was a finalist in the Tournament of Champions....
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Kyle Hale, a college senior from Katy, Texas
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"Representing Texas A&M, he won the 2002 College Championship. Now he's...
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Jamie Weiss, a law student from St. Louis, Missouri
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"He won the 1990 Teen Tournament. Today he's a law student....
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Lan Djang, a health policy analyst from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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"He was a 5-time champion in 2001. Today he's a health...
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Andrew Hutchings, a graduate student from Ithaca, New York
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"A senior when he won the 1998 College Championship, he's now...
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Dane Garrett, a lawyer from Collinsville, Illinois
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Season 2 3-time champion: $17,900. Defeated by Chuck Forrest. Dane was...
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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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Matt Drury, a government analyst from New York, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,799 + $2,000. Matthew Drury - A...
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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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Amy Fine, a part-time teacher from Bethesda, Maryland
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"She was the last 5-time winner in the 1993-94 season. A...
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Jerry Harvey, a freelance educator originally from California, Missouri
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Season 20 2-time champion: $70,002 + $1,000. KJL game 1. While...
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Lionel Goldbart, a newsstand clerk from South Miami Beach, Florida
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Brian Wangsgard, from Salt Lake City, Utah
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"He was the biggest winner in the 1988-1989 season, and a...
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Kermin Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky
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"He's the current College Champion. A junior at Carnegie Mellon University...
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Billy Baxter, an attorney from Richmond, Virginia
|
"Representing the College of William & Mary, he won the 1992...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a computer consultant from Flagstaff, Arizona
|
"He was the winner of the 1992 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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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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Lance Johnson, a model aircraft engine technician from Champaign, Illinois
|
"He was the first to get to the 5-win mark in...
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Jeremy Bate, an emergency medical technician and writer from Tujunga, California
|
"A second-place finisher in the 2000 Tournament of Champions, he's now...
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Brian Moore, an astronomer from Houston, Texas
|
"He was the first 5-day champion in the 1993-1994 season. An...
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Tad Carithers, an attorney from New York City, New York
|
"He finished second in the 2001 Tournament of Champions. Today he...
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Steve Robin, a writer and producer from Miami, Florida
|
"He finished second place in the 1991 Tournament of Champions. He's...
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Samantha Reback, a sophomore from Bethesda, Maryland
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Sara Wilkinson, a country club concierge from Athens, Georgia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $72,701 + $2,000.
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Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
|
"A Jeopardy! tournament veteran, her best-known Jeopardy! appearance may be in...
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
|
"In 1994, she was the first female winner of a Tournament...
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Eric Terzuolo, a retired diplomat and university professor from Bergen, Noord-Holland, the Netherlands
|
"When he first appeared in 1990, he was a foreign service...
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Val Nieman, a college professor and writer from Greensboro, North Carolina
|
Season 21 player (2005-01-05).
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Bonny Jain, a senior from Moline, Illinois
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
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Andrew Westney, a sports business writer from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
"He was a high-school student from Atlanta when he won the...
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Anderson Cooper, an anchor from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
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"As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus of Harper's...
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Joanna Stromberg, an attorney from Bethesda, Maryland
|
Season 22 1-time champion: $11,200 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: banana
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Steven Chinn, an attorney originally from London, England
|
Season 4 player (1988-01-04). At the time of his show's taping,...
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Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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"He was a legal assistant living near D.C. when he won...
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Adam Villani, an engineer from Long Beach, California
|
Season 21 player (2004-10-27). KJL game 61. Adam won $80,000 on...
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Tim Koch, a 12-year-old sixth grader from Cliffwood, New Jersey
|
"He would like to be a teacher because you get to...
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David McIntyre, a twelve-year-old from Riverside, California
|
"When this Boy Scout was young, he thought that running from...
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Keith Williams, a college student from Manchester, Vermont
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Wil Curiel, an 11-year-old from Costa Mesa, California
|
"His favorite subject is science, so it's not surprising that this...
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Chris Hardwick, a television personality from Singled Out
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"From the hit show Singled Out, his father has been singled...
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Sam Daub, an eleven-year-old from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
|
"And he finds video games enticing and has made a fantasy...
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Nicole Savin, an eleven-year-old from Lindenhurst, New York
|
"This little 4'4" New York Yankees fan and her friends started...
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Neal Freyman, a ten-year-old from Longmeadow, Massachusetts
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"He's not sure recess counts as a subject, but if it...
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Elena Botella, an eleven-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
"This future journalist loves to find answers, today, she'll have to...
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Zane Li, a ten-year-old from Provo, Utah
|
"He's a chess champion and a two-time Geography Bee winner..." 2002...
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Ben Hom, a defense consultant and Navy Reserve officer from Arlington, Virginia
|
Season 31 player (2015-05-20). Ben held the rank of Commander and...
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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
|
"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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Carl Lewis, a retired track and field athlete from Los Angeles, California
|
"And he's been called the greatest track and field athlete of...
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Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
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Joey Beachum, an Air Force intelligence officer from Conway, Arkansas
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Terry Linwood, a bookseller from North Texas
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $122,705...
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Roger Mueller-Kim, a high school social studies teacher from Dublin, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,401 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "MULL-er KIM".
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Clayton, North Carolina
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Nick Yozamp, a biology student from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Regina Robbins, an arts teacher from New York, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $90,700...
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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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Susan Poorman, an editorial assistant from Anaheim, California
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Season 9 2-time champion: $15,700 + a trip to Nassau, the...
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David Duchovny, an actor from Californication
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"He's won two Golden Globes and stars as troubled novelist Hank...
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Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
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Eureka Nutt, a paralegal from Canoga Park, California
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Season 27 2-time champion: $38,701 + $1,000.
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Lizz Mullowney, a senior from Crystal Lake, Illinois
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2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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Ashley Wilson, an organization development consultant from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 32 2-time champion: $52,402 + $1,000. Ashley returned to the...
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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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Susan Bellenot, a senior from Lakeview Terrace, California
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2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Diane Trap, a librarian and graphics specialist from Athens, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $21,400 + $1,000. Diane Trap - a...
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Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
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Tom Toal, an orthopedic surgeon from Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Season 27 1-time champion: $12,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Jenny Taylor, an office manager and record producer from Plainfield, New Jersey
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Season 20 player (2004-04-05).
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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY
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"As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
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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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Jennifer Quinn, an assistant to the principal from Riverdale, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-02-02).
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Baltazar Pinedo, a bilingual language development specialist from Modesto, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $26,200 + $1,000.
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Lyn Thomas, a library assistant from Redmond, Washington
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,100 + $1,000.
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Sara Terrell, a veterinary technician from Windsor, Connecticut
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Keith Williams, a freshman at Middlebury College from Manchester, Vermont
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
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Graham Nash, a singer-songwriter from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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"He's been a rock legend since the days of the British...
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Craig Westphal, a paramedic from Tucson, Arizona
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Harris Cohen, a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 2-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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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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Al Michaels, a sportscaster from ABC's Monday Night Football
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"Named Sportscaster of the Year in 1996 by the American Sportscasters...
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Peter Bonilla, a nonprofit administrator from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 player (2009-03-27).
Last name pronounced like "BONE-ee-ya".
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Jim Lampley, a sportscaster from TNT Sports
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"He's covered 8 Olympics for 3 networks and will host TNT's...
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Adam Bibler, an economist originally from Lancaster, Ohio
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Season 27 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000.
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Geoff Moore, a screenwriter from Los Angeles, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $55,201 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: GHMoore
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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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Erik Nelson, a grad student originally from Boston, Massachusetts
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 4-time champion: $94,404 + $2,000.
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Aaron Schroeder, a grad student from San Diego, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions second runner-up: $50,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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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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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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Adam Bock, a 13-year-old from St. Louis, Missouri
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"We're pretty sure that he's the only one of our contestants...
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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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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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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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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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Tom Bergeron, an Emmy Award-winning host from Dancing with the Stars
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. "He's...
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Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000. Season...
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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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Bob Kennedy, a college linguistics instructor from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 27 2-time champion: $33,800 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Bobk
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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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Folake Dosu, a senior from Stanford University from Bellwood, Illinois
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Parker Norton, a 12-year-old from Knoxville, Tennessee
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"As a doctor treating infectious diseases, he hopes to heal others....
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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
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"He's appeared on Broadway in Proof, Assassins, and Cabaret. He's now...
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Francesca Leibowitz, a fifth grade English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"She teaches at a school that opened in 1854. From Brooklyn...
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Carol Tierney, an administrative assistant originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 14 player (1998-03-20). Season 14 player (1997-12-05). Jeopardy! returned Carol...
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Anna Han, a sophomore from Penn State University
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Diana North, a first grade teacher from Rock Hill, South Carolina
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"She recently celebrated her silver anniversary of teaching. From Rock Hill,...
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Lionel Goldbart, a part-time newsstand clerk from Miami Beach, Florida
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Kathryn Erbe, an actress from Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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"On stage, she earned a 1991 Tony nomination for Speed of...
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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He plays Tom Scavo, the sometimes-befuddled husband of Felicity Huffman on...
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Harry Shearer, a humorist, Spinal Tap bassist, and voice from The Simpsons
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"He recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap...
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Michelle Bowen-Ziecheck, a film student from Laurel, Maryland
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Season 17 1-time champion: $8,400.
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Alice Luo, a junior from Georgia Institute of Technology
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2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 at the time of...
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Julie Bowen, an actress from Ed
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"She plays English teacher Carol Vessey, Ed Stevens' on-again, off-again object...
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Siobhan McKenney, a systems administrator from Austin, Texas
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Season 26 1-time champion: $10,799 + $2,000. First name pronounced like...
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Lisa Ackerman, a senior from Livermore, California
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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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 Lee, a sales manager from Chicago, Illinois
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $67,500...
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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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Kevin Welber, a lawyer originally from Ramat Gan, Israel
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Season 14 player (1998-01-30). Kevin Amir Welber's biographical sketch, taken from...
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Margaret Kickliter, a catering assistant from Palm Harbor, Florida
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Season 22 player (2006-03-21).
Last name pronounced like "KICK-light-er".
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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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Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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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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Andy Hutchins, a senior from Rockledge, Florida
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
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Justin Budinoff, an administrative coordinator from Framingham, Massachusetts
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Season 22 player (2006-07-18).
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Robin Quivers, a radio and television personality from The Howard Stern Show
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"Howard Stern's news anchor and sidekick for the past 28 years,...
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Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
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"She went from playing a hard-nosed mom in Malcolm in the...
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Dan Avila, a photographer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 7 1-time champion: $5,300 + a Sanyo remote control stereo...
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Nick Dnistrian, an 11-year-old from Webster, New York
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"With a nickname like Elvis, this future chemist is already the...
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Roger Bauman, a financial analyst from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 13 2-time champion: $19,999.
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Lance Johnson, a warehouse associate from Champaign, Illinois
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1999 Tournament...
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Loren Loiacono, a senior from Setauket, New York
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Andrew Maly, an environmental engineer from Bel Air, Maryland
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1999 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 15 5-time champion: $44,100...
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
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"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
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Deborah Slattery, a homemaker from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 22 2-time champion: $28,300 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: The Bee
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Kate Waits, a law professor at the University of Tulsa from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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"A Harvard Law graduate when she competed in the 1988 Tournament...
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Michael McKean, an actor, writer, and director from This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, and The Pajama Game
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"His movies have included This is Spinal Tap and A Mighty...
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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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Hon. Margaret Spellings, a U.S. Secretary of Education from Washington, D.C.
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"As an advisor to President George W. Bush, she helped craft...
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Frank Spangenberg, a police lieutenant from Douglaston, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Paul Shaffer, a composer and musical director from The Late Show with David Letterman
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"David Letterman's musical director for 24 years, he's also musical producer...
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Brad Selvig, a sophomore at Florida State from Jacksonville, Florida
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Martin Short, a multitalented man from Fame Becomes Me
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"Jiminy Glick and Ed Grimley are among his many memorable characters....
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Tad Carithers, an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $41,300. 2001 Tournament...
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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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Dan Bowman, a letter carrier from Dixon, Illinois
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Season 6 2-time champion: $23,802 + Jeopardy! box game from Pressman...
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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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Wendy Brown, a shipping manager from Portland, Oregon
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Season 22 player (2006-04-03).
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Sara Jansson, a 10-year-old from Monmouth Junction, New Jersey
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"She wants to become a singer because she loves music so...
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Brian Cunningham, a 12-year-old from Los Angeles, California
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"It's either fighter pilot or computer technician for this 8th grader....
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Whitney Dearden, an 11-year-old from Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
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"She enjoys working with animals and would like to become a...
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Aki Terasaki, an 11-year-old from Newark, Delaware
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"This future millionaire would like to be a professional writer and...
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William Marengo, an 11-year-old from the Bronx, New York
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"He will be the next Bronx Bomber, maybe--if it's up to...
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Katie Baxter, a 10-year-old from Glenside, Pennsylvania
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"She has already won a presidential award. So why not the...
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Sean Ryan, a graduate student from Whitehall, Pennsylvania
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Keith Williams, a sophomore at Middlebury College from Middlebury, Vermont
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"As a freshman from Middlebury College, he won the 2003 College...
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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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Brian Moore, a Ph.D. candidate originally from Pearland, Texas
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
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Trevor Norris, a budget analyst from Washington, D.C.
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"He can't walk through the Pentagon without someone mentioning his five...
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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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Josh DenHartog, an actuarial technician from Thousand Oaks, California
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"He was the Teen Tournament champion in 1997. Now he's an...
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Roy Holliday, a radiologist from Nyack, New York
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"He was the first to win five games in the 1987-88...
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Phil Yellman, a legal assistant from Seattle, Washington
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"He was an office worker from Albuquerque when he won his...
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Casey Retterer, a sophomore at the University of Maryland from Olney, Maryland
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2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Lara Robillard, a policy analyst from Arlington, Virginia
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"She used the winnings from her 5 shows in 1998 to...
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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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Allison Peña, a junior from Sunrise, Florida
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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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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Lee Lassiter, a data modeler from Topeka, Kansas
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"A 5-time winner from 2000, he used his winnings to take...
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Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"The 1-day record of $34,000 he set in 1992 stood for...
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Kevin Keach, a project administrator from St. Louis, Missouri
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"He considered himself a simple Missouri farm boy when he won...
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Vanamali Compton, a junior from Clarkdale, Arizona
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Bob Shore, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 21 2-time champion: $47,602 + $2,000. Proponent of Shore's Conjecture....
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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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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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Vinita Kailasanath, a recent college graduate originally from Laurel, Maryland
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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John Beck, an associate creative director from Torrance, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Carol Tierney, a program manager originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 14 player (1998-03-20). Season 14 player (1997-12-05). Jeopardy! returned Carol...
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Claire Winkler, from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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"This honor roll student participates on both the year-round and summer...
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Mike Thayer, a mathematics teacher from North Plainfield, New Jersey
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"He was a junior at Rutgers University when he won the...
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Rachel McCool, a sophomore at Dickinson College from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2004 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: rachel_pi
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Brian Weikle, a consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Barbara-Anne Eddy, a civil servant from Vancouver, Canada
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"Her 5-time winnings from 1988 allowed her to go for nearly...
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Allan Long, a freshman from Tallahassee, Florida
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 14 at the time of the...
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Lance Johnson, an event coordinator from Champaign, Illinois
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1999 Tournament...
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Vicky Manos, a sophomore at St. John’s University from Levittown, New York
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2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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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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Chloé White, a senior from Mission Hills, Kansas
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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