| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $600: The split-adjusted share price of the 1986 IPO of this graphics software co. was 17 cents but here's an update; in 2023 it hit $634 Adobe |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | AT THE START OF THE SPORT $800: Long said to have invented baseball, this military man didn't, but he was definitely at Fort Sumter when the first shots were fired Doubleday |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $1000: This massive holding co. was not named for a single crowbar but from the 1929 merger of a Dutch co. with one run by British brothers Unilever |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY $400: It's any long, eventful journey, but it doesn't have to last 10 years an odyssey |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | OUR FLOUNDERING FATHERS $1600: Taking on 700 men with but 350 on July 3, 1754, colonel George Washington surrendered at Fort Necessity during this war the French and Indian War |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | MAKING NOISE $400: Some travel through the Arctic requires watching out for growlers, smallish but dangerous pieces of this ice |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | VAL, HISTORY'S CLUMSIEST TIME TRAVELER $400: Trying to go to 1492 but ending up in 1429, Val watches this peasant girl set out for the siege of Orléans--& glory--on April 27 Joan of Arc |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | VAL, HISTORY'S CLUMSIEST TIME TRAVELER $800: Val wanted to visit the Moorish city in Spain in the 1400s but one misspelled letter has him on this isle of spice & a 1983 U.S. invasion Grenada |
| #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 | VAL, HISTORY'S CLUMSIEST TIME TRAVELER $1200: Val's not at the 1922 discovery of Tut's tomb in this 4-word area but 100 later, sees Rüfüs Du Sol win a Grammy for "Alive" the Valley of the Kings |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | MAKING NOISE $1600: This state dance of Kentucky is a bit like tap but most of the noise is made with the heels clogging |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | VAL, HISTORY'S CLUMSIEST TIME TRAVELER $1600: Not great with numbers, val doesn't end up in 1966 watching the launch of Gemini 10 but in London, in this year of the Great Fire 1666 |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $2000: Sid & Marty Krofft produced '70s Saturday morning TV like "H.R. Pufnstuf" & this one where a family ends up in a time with dinosaurs Land of the Lost |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | BOATS $400: The Cutty Sark was built in the 1860s not to carry scotch but this cargo from China to England as fast as possible tea |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: On the sign, "impasse" doesn't mean a stalemate in negotiations, but this other French word for a street with no exit cul-de-sac |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | THE VOICE OF TELEVISION $1000: Seen here, but not heard from 2015 to 2021, he learned "F is for Family" & if you don't know him, "I'm gonna put you through a wall" (Bill) Burr |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | 3-LETTER SPELLING BEE $1000: It's placed in parentheses after a misspelled word to show it was meant to be printed that way (but spell this word correctly!) S-I-C |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THAT'S SO CRINGE $200: It can mean to lack dexterity but it doesn't lack for Ws, with 2; well, this is... awkward |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THAT'S SO CRINGE $400: If you're sensitive to a certain touch, you'll giggle, but this adjective also describes a tricky situation that needs a sensitive touch (a) ticklish (situation) |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WE'VE GOT TODAY'S HITS $400: With a Bananarama-riffic title, this Taylor Swift song dominated the fall in 2023, staying at No. 1 for weeks "Cruel Summer" |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $400: From a word for a bug to get this often small but enthusiastic type of religious group sect |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THAT'S SO CRINGE $600: From the Latin for "death", it can indeed mean to render necrotic but it's more associated as a word meaning to embarrass mortify |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THAT'S SO CRINGE $800: Spelled differently, one of the Moon's is waxing crescent, but for category purposes, it means to dismay or confuse to faze |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WE'VE GOT TODAY'S HITS $1000: People were "lovin on me"... well, not me, but him when he took that tune to No. 1 Jack Harlow |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | THE MANHATTAN PROJECT $800: Nuclear facilities were built in Oak Ridge, Tennessee & Hanford, Wash. but the main assembly plant was in this New Mexico locale Los Alamos |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | SLANGIN' WITH MR. JENNINGS $400: It's become controversial, but earlier, this word simply described one whose eyes have become more opened to social injustice woke |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | THE 6 MOTHERS-IN-LAW OF HENRY VIII $1,600 (Daily Double): Not the Cromwells but this family lived in Wolf Hall; when Henry visited in 1535, Margery no doubt pointed out lovely daughter Jane the Seymours |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | IT'S A FACT $1600: The CIA's forested complex in this Virginia place has a Starbucks, but names are not put on cups Langley |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORLD CITIES $200: Village-sized but billed as Britain's smallest city, St. Davids is in this U.K. country with David as its patron saint Wales |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORDS THAT GO UP TO 11 $1000: Change the first 3 letters in a fancy word for "blessing" to get this, a curse malediction |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | REBOOTS & REMAKES $1200: Her character is still psychic, but now a single mother in San Francisco; she's home at "that's so" her Raven |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | REBOOTS & REMAKES $2000: "Heaven Can Wait" was a remake of this 1941 film Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: Their name sounds like they wielded a reaping blade, but this people wowed ancient Asia with their riding prowess the Scythians |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | ACHES & PAINS $600: Many aches & pains are treated with NSAIDs, these non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | A SECRET CHORD $800: He lived until 1827 but his last time as soloist with an orchestra was in 1808, opening his 4th piano concerto with a gentle chord Beethoven |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | "A" TO "A" COUNTRIES $800: Not soccer, but pato, a combination of polo & basketball, was declared the national sport there in 1953 Argentina |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | IT PLEASED THE LORD $2000: This lord was pleased to be the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, but not to be mysteriously killed in 1567 Lord Darnley |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | ON THE MAP $4,200 (Daily Double): Tourists can swim in Devil's Pool adjacent to Livingstone Island & atop this natural wonder Victoria Falls |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | YOU CAN'T SPELL... $600: This word without "once", but I do not think it means what you think it means inconceivable |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS $600: This nation's capital, Ljubljana, was destroyed by Attila the Hun in the 5th century but eventually rebuilt 700 years later Slovenia |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | YOU CAN'T SPELL... $2,600 (Daily Double): You can't spell this word meaning to belittle without "spar" disparage |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | SPRINKLE, SPRINKLE $200: This 3-letter flavor enhancer used in Chinese cooking is found naturally in tomatoes & some cheeses MSG |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | AS HEARD ON TV $400: From our pals down the hall came the puzzle here; instead of an M, this letter got called for, saucy but wrong K |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | CLASSICAL LITERATURE $400: Plutarch quoted this Greek philosopher as saying he was not "an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world" Socrates |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | CLASSICAL LITERATURE $800: Menander, known for his comedic plays, wrote that "Marriage, if one will face the truth, is" this, "but a necessary" this an evil |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | FILM COMPOSERS $2000: This British composer won 5 Oscars but not one for the 11 James Bond films he scored John Barry |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | STARS & CONSTELLATIONS $3,600 (Daily Double): If you're really smart, you should know that this constellation was named for South Africa's Table Mountain Mensa |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | LONG WORDS $400: 14 letters:
Christian doctrine laid out by Paul in Romans 8:29-30, so god doesn't just know all but foreknows all predestination |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS $400: The African clawed variety is an exception, but most frogs use this body part to catch their prey the tongue |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS $600: The team version of this is an Olympic sport that somewhat resembles soccer, but players throw the ball rather than kick it handball |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? $800: We have "High Hopes" you'll know that this group's name is not from a Smiths song but one by an obscure group called Name Taken Panic! at the Disco |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | STATE FLAGS $200: Not "E pluribus unum" but this national motto appears on the flags of Georgia & Mississippi In God We Trust |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A WARMING TREND $400: Consider your heart (but really, these) warmed in song via "roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose" chestnuts |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | THE ANCIENTS SPEAK $600: In his "Histories", he quoted Solon as saying, "Before he dies, call no man happy--he is at best but fortunate" Herodotus |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | THE ANCIENTS SPEAK $1000: We're not sure if he found him, but this cynic, lantern in tote, was quoted as saying he was "looking for an honest man" Diogenes |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS $800: Oscar Wilde wrote 2 plays of "importance" but sadly, also a "Ballad" about this place of confinement Reading Gaol |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HIP-POP $1600: This Compton rapper died in 1995, but his son Lil this is carrying on the hip-hop name Eazy-E |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ART TERMS $2,000 (Daily Double): Jean Arp coined this term for Alexander Calder's inert sculptures, often made from sheet metal stabiles |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | CRUISE LINES $200: As this character, Tom Cruise radioed the tower, "This is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby" but was told the pattern was full Maverick |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | DURING JAMES BUCHANAN'S PRESIDENCY $400: In January 1861 President Buchanan sent supplies & reinforcements to this fort, but the ship turned back when fired upon Fort Sumter |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | ARCHITECTS $1200: He saw himself as a trimtab, a small but powerful rudder, for humanity, & his tombstone says, "'Call me Trimtab'-Bucky" Fuller |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $800: Jeopardy! isn't a card in this deck but Wheel of Fortune is; Judgement & Temperance also await a tarot deck |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $1000: Not in many wallets today but still a brand of Discover, in 1950 it was the first universal credit card Diners Club |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | FEELING JITTERY $1200: It starts with the same 4 letters & seems like it would mean the opposite of "restless", but it means the same restive |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | NAME THAT TOON $1000: Voiced by John Mulaney in "Into the Spider-Verse", Spider Ham isn't called Peter Parker, but rather Peter this Peter Porker |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESSERT $800: Made with egg whites & coconut but needing no flour, these cookies are traditional during the Jewish Passover macaroons |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $800: "Say it ain't so, I will not go, turn the lights off, carry me home, na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na na" Blink-182 |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS $1000: Andrew Jackson "won" the E.C. 99-84-41-37 but having no majority there, lost the election in the House to this man John Quincy Adams |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | CLASSIC TV $1200: More recently, it was Jay Leno, but back in the '50s, "You Bet Your Life" was hosted by this funnyman Groucho Marx |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | NOTABLE NAMES $9,400 (Daily Double): His 1936 "General Theory" suggesting government spending to lower unemployment influenced economic policy for decades Keynes |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $400: A 35-year Broadway run--unlikely, but Thelma Pollard did, doing makeup for the face behind the mask of this show's title character The Phantom of the Opera |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $600: Stay pregnant for a year! Plausible for you, no, but for the Florida type of this aquatic mammal that can weigh 3,600 pounds? No prob a (Florida) manatee |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | UNDENIABLE CHEMISTRY $800: C22H24N2O8 is the formula of this antibiotic that's known for fighting acne but can take on cholera too tetracycline |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | BESTSELLING BOOKS $1000: Rhonda Byrne wrote this 2006 book, a hidden "principle of the universe", but don't tell anyone; scratch that. Tell me, now The Secret |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | NEWER MACHINES & INVENTIONS $200: 3D printers aren't great for mass production but excel with these models, whose name is partly from the Greek for "first" a prototype |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES $800: The Indiana Pacers debuted in 1967 in this new big league; it's gone, but the team is still around the ABA |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | UNDERGROUND $1600: It's a homophone of a word meaning the opposite of easy or soft, but this soft rock made possible the ancient tunnel city of Derinkuyu tuff |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | & 5 SIDES $200: Perfect for the category, this landmark has 6.5 million sq. feet of office space but until 2011, had but 1 passenger elevator the Pentagon |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | MUSICAL FILMS $400: Norman Jewison directed the 1973 film version of this musical about the most famous Jew & son of all Jesus Christ Superstar |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | MUSICAL FILMS $600: Judy Garland was originally cast to play the title sharpshooter in this musical but was let go a month into filming Annie Get Your Gun |
| #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 |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | EXTINCT ANIMALS $800: The Sumatran type of this predator is still around, but the Javan & Bali subspecies are no more a tiger |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | FOOD & DRINK $1000: They're not lemons, but this 4-letter citrus fruit from Asia, whose juice & zest are used in Japanese cuisine yuzu |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | LOST WORKS $2000: This Frenchman's controversial urinal from a 1917 show is lost; you can look at (but not use) a replica at the Tate Modern Duchamp |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | BOOKS BY REPORTERS $2000: This scribe worked the baseball beat for a N.Y. paper but got his potatoes with the story collection "Guys & Dolls" & whatnot Runyon |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | VIRTUO-SO GOOD $200: Berlioz mastered this 6-string instrument but said the sound of a dozen of them playing in unison "is almost absurd" the guitar |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | 17th CENTURY WRITING $800: As you see, there are geese in France but Jean La Fontain's book of fables included the hen that laid these valuables golden eggs |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $400: It's a long, hooded jacket; Patagonia sells a nano puff one a parka |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | FROM THE NEWSPAPERS $600: 1963: this civil rights leader "survived the Normandy invasion but died of an assassin's bullet in Mississippi" (Medgar) Evers |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | DEALING WITH TV REALITY $200: This Netflix show: "The Challenge" used bits based on the drama series, but with one important difference: players did not really die Squid Game |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | RESISTANCE IS FUTILE $200: When it's time for right hand red but your left foot's on green & a player is in your way, you're about to hit vinyl & lose this game Twister |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | RESISTANCE IS FUTILE $400: This canvas over-garment will make you keep your hands to yourself, but one used by Houdini sold for nearly $50,000 in 2011 a straitjacket |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LEFTOVERS $1000: This book about Natty Bumppo's youth was chronologically first of the "Leatherstocking Tales" but was written last The Deerslayer |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LITERARY AWARDS $1000: The Hugo Award isn't named after Victor Hugo, but this Hugo who founded the sci-fi magazine Amazing Stories Hugo Gernsback |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | FILM BROS $2000: In "The Kissing Booth", Elle Evans may be best friends with Lee but gets her smooch on with his bro Noah, played by this actor Elordi |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: Not Peter the Apostle nor Peter the Great but this preacher led the People's Crusade in filthy garments & riding a donkey Peter the Hermit |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | 150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y $2,800 (Daily Double): In his U.S. reading debut, in June 1966, this S. Amer. poet said his country was in full winter but his welcome was like spring (Pablo) Neruda |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | THE MATERIAL WORLD $400: For sheets, the Egyptian type of this feels real good, but the extra-long-staple kind is the best of the best cotton |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | UNUSUAL NICKNAMES $400: This first name of Herr Mendelssohn means "happy", but his manner got him the nickname "discontented Polish count" Felix |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | SPORTS MASCOT HISTORY $800: This NFL team notes mascot Captain Fear lamented his lost ship, but friends, it was found & rebuilt at Raymond James Stadium! the Buccaneers |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BRIDGERS $1200: Samuel Lancaster built the scenic Benson Bridge across Multnomah Creek in this state but Simon Benson paid for it Oregon |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BRIDGERS $2000: Peter Wyss designed a sky bridge not to go anywhere but to attract tourists to Langkawi Island off the peninsular part of this country Malaysia |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE! $600: Awaking, this weaver says, "I have had a dream... man is but an ass if he go about to expound this dream" Bottom |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | OCCUPATIONS $2000: Terms for shoemakers include cobbler & this more archaic one derived from a type of Spanish leather a cordwainer |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | GETTING TOGETHER $600: John Sayles wrote a comic story about a convention of these people opposed to government, but they do happen, since the 1800s anarchists |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | WORDS IN COLONEL JESSUP'S BIG SPEECH $800: Great material comfort, or anything you enjoy but don't need a luxury |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | GETTING TOGETHER $800: These corporate meetings are often dull, but not when Ross Perot challenged GM's leadership in November 1985 a board (of directors) meeting |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | JAZZ' GREAT DAY IN HARLEM $2000: A Jazz Messenger, but with a touch of "Flash Dance", this Pittsburgh drummer once worked in steel mills by day, jazz clubs by night Art Blakey |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | A LI'L BALLET, A LI'L OPERA $800: In 1967 this man joined the Kirov as a soloist but 8 years later, decided to stop Russian around & defected in Canada Baryshnikov |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | FOOD, FAST $400: This cool Indian side dish is often made with cucumber & a yogurt or curd called dahi raita |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | "N"OWLEDGE $800: Let's get down to business--this 3-country pact went into effect on Jan. 1, 1994 but was replaced in 2020 NAFTA |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | THAT'S A LONG STORY $1200: This 1996 David Foster Wallace novel isn't quite as long as its title suggests but does run 1,000+ pages Infinite Jest |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE $200: Love:
This Greek goddess of beauty had a thang goin' on with Adonis, but sadly, he got boar-ed Aphrodite |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: On this November holiday in Mexico, families gather to celebrate & remember their loved ones who have passed on Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | ALLITERATIVE PHRASES $200: Pete Davidson told Teen Vogue, "I was" this "in high school, but I always took it too far" class clown |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | SHALL WE DANCE? $200: This dance music was big in 1977 but by '79 a "Demolition Night" promo at Comiskey Park led to a bonfire in center field & a riot disco |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | SHALL WE DANCE? $800: Spelled with an I you have a delicious dessert, but with an E, it's this 3-syllable dance that began in the Dominican Republic merengue |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NEW U.S. STAMPS FOR 2024 $1200: On the 250th anniv. of the 1st of these bodies, a stamp quotes its letter to King George III: "We ask but for peace, liberty & safety" the Continental Congress |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NAME THAT TOMB $5,800 (Daily Double): Cyrus the Great's tomb still stands at Pasargadae in this country, but his gold sarcophagus is gone Iran |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | A NICE SHORT STORY SPOILED $400: After a long, unplanned but very restful nap away from the fam in an 1819 tale, he finds he just likes being single again Rip Van Winkle |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | A NICE SHORT STORY SPOILED $1600: In this John Cheever story, Neddy makes his way pool by pool to his own home but like his life, it's dark & empty "The Swimmer" |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | THAT BUILDING HAS GREAT BONES $400: The Hearst museum of this -ology at Cal Berkeley has many Native American remains but is giving some of them back to tribes anthropology |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | TV COMEDY $1000: Jack & Chrissy are gone, but "Three's Company" lives as the nation's partygoers dress up like this character Mrs. Roper |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 2020s & 1920s SLANG $2000: Showing your significant other's hands but no face on the IG is known as this 2-word term, like a preview for a new product a soft launch |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BRIT SPEAK $400: Can we level with you? A British landlord doesn't rent out an apartment but lets one of these a flat |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BRIT SPEAK $2000: We associate it more with a type of wax but it's what the Brits call kerosene paraffin |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR $7,400 (Daily Double): The history book "The Sleepwalkers" says this event not only stirred war fever in Austria but ended the life of an advocate for peace the assassination of Ferdinand (Archduke Ferdinand's death) |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | IT'S REIGNING MEN! $400: The I didn't even rule Egypt for a year & a half, but this pharaoh II of the 19th dynasty clocked in for 66, 1279-1213 B.C. Ramses |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | HALLELUJAH! $600: dictionary.com has 3 consecutive A's in this slang word, but you can draw it out even more before queen if you want to really show elation yaaas |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE $200: Stronger than dogs but hard to train, these animals took time off from Santa to pull sleds of mail in Alaska in the early 1900s reindeer |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | LITERARY HELPERS $2000: Frank helps Cora kill her hubby but is wrongly convicted of a murder he didn't commit in this James M. Cain novel The Postman Always Rings Twice |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | TV COACHES $200: Who else but this Apple TV+ coach would say, "If God wanted games to end in a tie, she wouldn't have invented numbers" Ted Lasso |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | POTENT QUOTABLES $200: The New Testament's I Timothy says, "Drink no longer water, but use a little" of this "for thy stomach's sake" wine |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | PLANT LORE $400: You've heard of their fungal rings, but this supernatural being finds its name in front of flax & foxglove fairy |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | TV COACHES $600: Bill Fagerbakke had a nice 9-year run on "Coach" as Dauber, an assistant coach, but an even longer one voicing this cartoon starfish Patrick |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | NATIONAL STATUARY HALL $2000: Charleston took down a statue of him in 2020, but this pro-slavery VP still stands in the Hall for South Carolina John C. Calhoun |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | DESCRIBING THE SONG $800: Drake remembers an ex who used to call him all the time but now is living her best life "running out of pages" in her passport "Hotline Bling" |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | "F"8 $1000: The theme for "Bolero" came to Ravel while on vacation, but he originally titled it this other dance fandango |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP CULTURE $1600: The leg warmers may be gone but 50 years after Judi Sheppard Missett founded this dance & fitness franchise, it's still going strong Jazzercise |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 5 FOR THE ROAD $200: The road to hell is proverbially paved with these, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to be nice good intentions |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | I RAN $400: In 1995 Emmitt Smith ran for 25 touchdowns for this team but was far from its Lone Star the Cowboys |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 1970s MOVIES $800: 2 things about this 1971 guy--he's "the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about" & "no one understands him but his woman" Shaft |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | SO FAR AWAY $1000: This wedge-shaped country seems small next to its 2 giant S. Amer. neighbors, but it has 5x more land than Holland & 5x fewer people Uruguay |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | THE AIR THAT I BREATHE $1200: The main gas from an erupting volcano is this 2-word one that also forms clouds, but there's also less benign sulfur dioxide water vapor |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | SNAKES IN A BOOK $1200: In the 4,000-year-old epic of him, this hero finds a plant that grants immortality, but a snake snatches it away & eats it Gilgamesh |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | 50 GREATEST RAPPERS OF ALL TIME $400: In 1986 it was "6 'N The Mornin"' for him in the studio but in 2000 it was "SVU" for him on TV Ice-T |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | DUCK SOUP $600: Not the Muscovy duck, but this other "M" duck is thought to be the ancestor of most domestic duck breeds a mallard |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | IT HAPPENED IN CONGRESS $1000: After the close Nixon-Humphrey race, the House passed a resolution to abolish this system, 338-70, but the Senate didn't the electoral college |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | WISTFUL THINKING $1600: This Angeleno poet & barfly wrote, "I felt like crying, but nothing came out" Bukowski |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | HOMES $400: You can visit his home in Vienna, but if you want to see the famous couch, you have to go to his London home Sigmund Freud |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | OCEANOGRAPHY $400: Launched in 1978, the Seasat satellite took measurements such as the height of these, but not for the benefit of surfers waves |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | POETRY $600: In a famous line from Maya Angelou, "You may kill me with your hatefullness, but still, like air, I'll" do this rise |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | NUMERICAL TELEVISION $600: There was a new family in the neighborhood on this sitcom, not from another city, but from another planet 3rd Rock from the Sun |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THE MOURNING NEWS $200: This songwriter did not compose "God Bless Cuba", where his 20-year-old wife fell fatally ill on their honeymoon Irving Berlin |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T $400: Anne Hathaway is tortured, but not in that way, by a nonetheless vicious Meryl Streep in this 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T $800: There's not haunting in "Ghosts of the Abyss", a documentary by this director James Cameron |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T $1200: Grisly ghost? No, this Bond title from 2015 refers to the criminal organization that's vexing him Spectre |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T $1600: Jane Fonda had no bolts in her neck as the title family relation in this 2005 flick, but J. Lo wanted to scream anyway Monster-in-Law |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | END OF STORY $1600: A dystopian first-person tale: "But you, O my brothers, remember sometimes thy little Alex that was. Amen. And all that cal" A Clockwork Orange |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T $2000: Daniel Day-Lewis dealt with frocks, not frights, in this 2017 Paul Thomas Anderson period piece Phantom Thread |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | SPORTS PROFESSORS $1000: You don't see a lot of players nicknamed both "The Professor" & "Mad Dog", but this Hall of Fame Braves pitcher of the '90s pulled it off Greg Maddux |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | AHHH, THE FRENCH $1000: Barely over 5 feet tall but a giant in his field, this artist gave us "Au Salon de la rue des Moulins" in the 1890s Toulouse-Lautrec |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | ACTUALLY, THIS IS MY FIRST RODEO $200: Who knew? These on footwear have dulled rowels designed not to puncture the animal's skin spurs |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | ACTUALLY, THIS IS MY FIRST RODEO $800: I thought it would be longer, but a male rider only has to stay on a bronc this long to get a score in a rough stock event 8 seconds |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | IT'S A BIRD! IT'S A PLANE! $800: This Grumman & amphibious plane, essential to the defenders of Bataan, is not named for an amphibian, but for a water bird the Duck |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1000: It's part of the full name of JFK, but not of LGA International |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | TOOLS $200: Dewalt's 20v Max XR lithium-ion cordless compact 1/2-inch is a lot of words but bottom line, it's a power type of this a drill |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | NOTHING BUT MAMMALS $400: It has webbed feet & a bill, lays eggs & is venomous--but yes, it's a mammal! a platypus |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | NOTHING BUT MAMMALS $800: Popular as pets, most of the golden type of these rodents descend from a single group caught in Syria in the 1930s hamsters |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | TOOLS $1000: It's not a magnetic tool to help you detect a virile man, but rather its namesake item as well as nails hidden within a wall a stud detector (stud finder) |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $1200: This director's tombstone at Westwood Memorial Park in L.A. reads, "I'm a writer but then nobody's perfect" Billy Wilder |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | NOTHING BUT MAMMALS $1600: Check out the big feet on this hare, perfect for what it walks & runs on a snowshoe hare |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | NOTHING BUT MAMMALS $2,000 (Daily Double): These Pacific pinnipeds get their name from the roars they emit while defending their harems sea lions |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | NOTHING BUT MAMMALS $2000: Secretions from the glands of these catlike carnivores are used in perfumes civet |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | A LONG SESSION OF MONOPOLY $1000: Founded in 1851 stop this company dominated the telegraph biz in the early 1900s stop but the telephone changed things stop Western Union |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $2000: In this system used for precious metals, an ounce is heavier than a standard ounce, but a pound is lighter than a standard pound troy |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | BONDS OF COMMONALITY $600: Cleaning up cow manure for a king, collecting golden fruit, swiping a girdle... sounds like scenes in "Animal House", but no the labors of Hercules |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | CANADIANS INVADE OUR LIVING ROOM! $1200: From 1994 to 2000, she made 3 "Scream" movies, but always came back to the Salinger house on "Party of Five" Neve Campbell |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | QUESTIONABLE MOVIES $200: In "Why Him?" this "Breaking Bad" star does not understand the appeal of James Franco (but his daughter does) Cranston |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | THE ENGLISH PAST TENSE $1600: This word meaning "said not to do that thing" rhymes with "had" to traditionalists but with "maid" to many others forbade |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | SILENT H $3,200 (Daily Double): From the Dutch for "permission", it's a leave of absence granted to a member of the military a furlough |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | VAN HALEN $600: Attributed to this original Van Halen frontman: "I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass" David Lee Roth |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | POPE FICTION $2000: 18 years later but not exactly like "Clockwork", this novelist used his "Earthly Powers" to create Pope Gregory XVII Anthony Burgess |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | WHERE THERE'S A WILL $200: Not very frugal, but romantic: Jack Benny left provisions for the delivery of one of these flowers to his widow every day (one long-stemmed) rose |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | GOING TO THE DOGS $600: Idiom used of someone who appears fierce but is actually gentle all bark, no bite (bark is worse than their bite) |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | WHERE THERE'S A WILL $600: Princess Diana left the bulk of her assets to her sons, but also a 50,000-pound bequest to Paul Burrell, this manservant of hers her butler |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | TV THEME SONGS $1200: "Superman" by Five for Fighting was on its soundtrack, but "Save Me" by Remy Zero got the nod Smallville |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | FULL-COURT PRESS $1000: The Pittsburgh Courier told of Justice Harlan's lone dissenting opinion on this "separate but equal" case from 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | QUESTIONABLE SCIENCE IN POP SONGS $200: Poison sang, "Every rose has its" this, but "smooth touch" varieties do exist thorn |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | DRINKING VESSELS $600: It sounds like an acrobat, but it's any flat-bottomed glass with no handle or stem a tumbler |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | WHAT DO "U" STAND FOR? $800: Have you got assets of more than $30 million? Then you are not just a high net worth individual but a UHNWI, "U" for this ultra |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION $800: Late one night in her lab in 1981, Patricia Bath had the aha! that led to a method of eye surgery using not scalpels but these lasers |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | QUESTIONABLE SCIENCE IN POP SONGS $1000: We're not sure how Adele pulled off this title trick in a 2011 song, but she definitely wanted to "let it burn" "Set Fire To The Rain" |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER $400: Hard to imagine them apart, but in 1957 Abbott & Costello did this, also a chemical process, to their partnership dissolve |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | THE ERRORS TOUR $600: Thank you on behalf of this group, but the 15 songs they cut on Jan. 1, 1962 in London did not pass Decca Records' audition... D'oh! The Beatles |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BUSINESS TRAVEL $2000: A 1920s airship passenger said, "On a plane, you fly, but on" this 2-word craft named for a count, "you voyage" the Graf Zeppelin |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | CONSTELLATIONS $1000: Not Crux Australis but this is the title of a Crosby, Stills & Nash tune that mentions Papeete & the Marquesas "Southern Cross" |
| #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 |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | PEAK TV $200: Due to a mix-up, the giant robot doll from this South Korean series was briefly displayed in front of a museum Squid Game |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ADVANCED CINEMATOGRAPHY $400 (Daily Double): Erik Messerschmidt shot the film "Mank" primarily in deep focus as a nod to this Orson Welles opus that pioneered the technique Citizen Kane |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | WACKY FAD OBITUARIES $600: Funeral services for this line dance will be held on the nearest cruise ship, featuring a special performance by Los del Rio the "Macarena" |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ____ & ____ $1500: They're "F" words, but not the bad kind; they refer to a region's native plant & animal life flora & fauna |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | SCIENCE IS COOL $1500: Unlike most solids, dry ice doesn't melt into a liquid, but turns directly into a gas, a process known as this sublimation |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | I'M JUST KEN $10,400 (Daily Double): In 2023 this documentarian released his latest film, a four-hour series examining the rich history of the American buffalo Ken Burns |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | IT'S GETTING COLD IN HERRE $200: In Norwegian, this local town's name means "luck", but for us, it sounds like it can literally freeze over Hel |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WHOSE WHAT $400: In mythology all of the world's troubles escaped from this object, but hope remained Pandora's box |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | THIS CATEGORY IS "MID" $3,000 (Daily Double): "The demon of noon" is the translation of the French term for this, which may lead to buying a red sports car midlife crisis |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | NEWER WORDS & PHRASES $400: Well, it makes sense that this directional term would refer to a right-handed person a northpaw |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | MUSICAL THEATER $1600: This corny musical that garnered 9 Tony nominations in 2023 takes place, where else, but in Cob County Shucked |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | THE PAST, PRESENTLY $400: This Germanic people were separated from the Ostrogoths & in 378, not only defeated the Roman army but killed the emperor the Visigoths |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | THE WRITER'S STRIKE $6,000 (Daily Double): Ken Kesey's "Sometimes a Great Notion" concerns a timber strike in Wakonda--not in Africa but in this state, Kesey's home Oregon |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | BORN ON JAN. 17 $1000: The youngest of the Brontes, she wrote "Agnes Grey" at 27 but would die only 2 years later Anne (Brontë) |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | FRAILTY, THY NAME IS MAN $1200: Lying about in bed all day, this 96-year-old was "delicate & weak", but spry enough to glom on to a Wonka tour Grandpa Joe |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | U.S. STAMPS $1,600 (Daily Double): A 1989 stamp drew criticism from paleontologists for labeling a dinosaur not Apatosaurus but this Brontosaurus |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | A MATTER OF LAW $600: Chapter 12 of this federal code covers its application to family farmers & family fishermen the Bankruptcy Code |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANS $800: Not Mr. Fortune, but this flamboyant publisher of a major business magazine is seen here (Malcolm) Forbes |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | 1980s PRO WRESTLING $1000: Time to get rowdy, this wrestler who was from Canada, but had the right ancestry for the get up, hit the ring in a kilt Roddy Piper |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | "LOL" $100: An oldie but goodie, this 1958 Chordettes hit features the line, "sweeter than candy on a stick" "Lollipop" |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE FRENCH HORN $200: A French horn's name is technically just "horn"-- & the modern version was born not in France, but in this land of Oktoberfest Germany |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | KURT RUSSELL FILMS $400: Kurt Russell's Santa is the gift that keeps on giving! He even speaks a fake language called "Elvish" in this holiday romp The Christmas Chronicles |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE MOUNT RUSHMORE OF... $800: Masterpieces: "Mona Lisa", "The Last Supper", "the starry night" & this Botticelli work of a goddess standing in a scallop shell (The) Birth of Venus |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | NAME THAT '90s HIT $1200: Red Hot Chili Peppers: "I don't ever wanna feel like I did that day, but take me to the place I love, take me all the way" "Under The Bridge" |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE FRENCH HORN $2,000 (Daily Double): In one of the least alluring rituals of horn maintenance, players must invert their instruments routinely to drain them of this spit |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AROUND THE UNUSUAL HOUSE $400: It's a choice to install a 20,000-seat arena featuring a cage in this shape but hosting UFC 852 could help with the mortgage an octagon |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AROUND THE UNUSUAL HOUSE $800: I don't know if this proverbially rattled item here belongs in the kitchen cutlery, but, hey, you do you a saber |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | "G" WHIZ $1200: It sounds like it means to play games of chance, but with the -ol spelling, it means to leap around joyously gambol |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | DESERT FLORA & FAUNA $10,400 (Daily Double): Like the Australian marsupial it's named for, this rodent has a pouch, but for carrying seeds, not babies a kangaroo rat |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY $200: This oxymoronic dress code for the office usually means dressier than jeans but less formal than a suit & tie business casual |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | WE HAVE OXY, GIVE US THE MORON $2000: Milton wrote, "No light, but rather darkness" this adjective, later the title of William Styron's memoir of depression visible |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | HISTORIC AMERICAN WOMEN $10,600 (Daily Double): She was the star of a 1903 vaudeville play titled "Hatchetation" Carrie Nation |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | KIDDY LIT $600: This feline friend of Winnie-the-Pooh appears in "The House at Pooh Corner", but not in the original book Tigger |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | JUST DESERTS $2,500 (Daily Double): Canteens empty! I'm going to perish in the Chihuahuan Desert!--but look, it's this 1,900-mile-long river! the Rio Grande |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | BREAK-UPS $400: This plastic couple got together in 1961; they split in 2004, but in 2011 she welcomed him back to her dream house Barbie & Ken |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | IAMB WOMAN $800: Lady Mary Chudleigh's "To the Ladies" warns fiancees that this "and servant are the same / But only differ in the name" wives |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | LETTER PERFECT $1000: It looks just like the Greek letter rho, but it's not "R" P |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION $400: The convention was originally called to revise these, but delegates soon created a new framework for government the Articles of Confederation |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | OLD YORK, OLD YORK $1000: Born in York in 1570, he would have an annual day in November named for him, but he probably would not appreciate it Guy Fawkes |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | U.S. MONEY $400: The Feds still issue bills of this denomination but in a much smaller quantity than the others $2 bill |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | YOU GET NOTHING! YOU LOSE! $600: Full house! Not a bad Texas hold'em hand, but not so fast! I've got this hand--not a royal or straight flush, but I still win four of a kind |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE-MAN BAND $800: Many have played in this "Head Like a Hole" band but Trent Reznor was the only official member until Atticus Ross got the call in 2016 Nine Inch Nails |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | U.S. MONEY $800: The highest U.S. denomination ever issued, $100,000 gold certificates, were not meant for public use, but for use by these banks |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE MAN, BANNED $1200: This politician, who passed away in 2023, was banned from office in 2013, but remained the head of Forza Italia Berlusconi |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | WORD HISTORIES $1200: An adjective meaning gigantic, it came into English in the 1700s to describe huge elephant-like bones found in Siberia mammoth |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | WORLD OF FIRST NAMES $1600: Malik is Arabic for this high title, but don't call yourself Malik al-Amlak, or this of these--vainglory makes Allah angry king |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | TEX & THE CITY $3,600 (Daily Double): This city of over one million is named for a man born in 1195 San Antonio |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | U.S. NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $2000: His name is on a pact with Aristide Briand, but Aristide had won a Nobel Prize a few years before, so he got the 1929 prize alone Frank Kellogg |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | ON THE PERIODIC TABLE $300: It may seem bananas, but the letter K is the symbol for this element whose name actually begins with another letter potassium |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | NON-MUSICAL THEATER $600: This famous author isn't a character in Edward Albee's best-known play, but her name is in the title Virginia Woolf |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | NON-MUSICAL THEATER $800: Vladimir & Estragon wait and wait, but (spoiler alert!) the title character of this Samuel Beckett play never shows up Waiting for Godot |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | FAIRY TALE ADAPTATIONS $5,000 (Daily Double): "Ash," based on this fairy-tale character, falls for a huntress & not a prince so she'll need more practical footwear Cinderella |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | PRESIDENTIAL DOGS $600: George W. Bush is seen here with his pal Barney, this national type of terrier a Scottie |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | THE ANNALS OF HISTORY $13,200 (Daily Double): Around 1,000 years ago, this island's parliament, the Althing, said everyone is getting baptized Iceland |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | THE OCEAN $400: The historical average of these Titanic menaces is about 500 entering N. Atlantic shipping lanes, but there are recent 4-digit years icebergs |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | LINES IN CLASSIC NOVELS $400: In a 17th century classic, he tells the title character, "What we see there are not giants but windmills" Sancho Panza |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | WEIGHT, WEIGHT, DON'T TELL ME $600: Heavyweight Tyson Fury was 277 pounds for a 2021 fight; this character weighed but 190 against heavyweight Apollo Creed in 1976 Rocky |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | THE OCEAN $800: Harmonic analysis helps predict the rise & fall of these, but it's tough to account for local variations in shore & seafloor tides |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | WEIGHT, WEIGHT, DON'T TELL ME $800: These clouds are associated with blue skies, especially the humilis type; they look all fluffy but weigh over a million pounds cumulus |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | OUR WOMAN IN THE FIELD $2000: This American woman went pro in 1916, founded a dance company in 1926, retired at 70 but choreographed until her death in 1991 Martha Graham |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | I SENSE SOME NEGATIVITY $400: "Bh" is a somewhat unusual combo of letters within a word, but this synonym for detest has it abhor |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | STATE CAPITALS OF INDIA $1600: This capital of Madhya Pradesh state is known as the City of Lakes, but sadly also as the site of a Union Carbide disaster Bhopal |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | EARTH SCIENCE $2000: An aquifer, which contains this 11-letter stuff, can be depleted but can also be overfilled like in pumping for gas extraction groundwater |
| #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 | JOHN GREEN $400: (John Green presents the clue.) Two books that I often recommend & that inspired me to write for teens are "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson & one by Walter Dean Myers; Steve is on trial for murder, but is he really this, the title of the book? a monster |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS $400: This empire of the Andes had some 25,000 miles of roads & a relay system that was like the Pony Express but on foot the Inca |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | 11-LETTER WORDS $1600: Flammable, but with 2 more letters, & if you even think of saying inflammable, I'm coming over there combustible |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | CHILD PERFORMERS $1600: In this movie child actor Jonathan Lipnicki told Tom Cruise the human head weighs 8 pounds Jerry Maguire |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | WHAT'S "NEW"? $2000: It sounds like the latest fad, but it means using the Gregorian calendar for reckoning dates New Style |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | THE CHARLES III KIND $2,600 (Daily Double): Charles' coronation on May 6, 2023 at this location was the first British coronation in 7 decades Westminster Abbey |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | URANUS, SHMURANUS $200: With a name like Janus, you'd think it would orbit Uranus, but it's a moon that orbits this ringed planet Saturn |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | MISHEARD LYRICS $400: This Beatles song has a lot of levels, but it's "a girl with kaleidoscope eyes" rather than "a girl with colitis goes by" "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | MOVIES BY GOOGLE SEARCH $600: "Vegas flight for bachelorette but cheap"; "stomach hurts trying on dresses, why?"; "'Hold On' by Wilson Phillips lyrics" Bridesmaids |
| #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 |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | HEY, WHERE'S THAT? $800: In Greek myth: this river with Charon as the ferryman, but where could Charon ever spend the coins on the corpses? Bed Bath & Beyond? the Styx |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | WOMEN ON TRIAL $800: As well as high this crime, there's petty this, like by a wife against a husband; Catherine Bevan was tried for it in 1731 Delaware treason |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | TRIPLE INITIAL WRITERS $2000: The "A" that's the 3rd initial of this German writer was originally W--for Wilhelm--but he changed it to honor Mozart's Amadeus E.T.A. Hoffmann |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | REPORTING THE NEWS $400: In 2003 this neurosurgeon of Indian & Pakistani descent reported for CNN in Iraq but also did brain surgery on wounded soldiers (Dr. Sanjay) Gupta |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | 2023 SPORTS HIGHLIGHT REEL $600: He won 3 of 4 men's Grand Slam singles titles, but lost at Wimbledon to young Carlos Alcaraz Djokovic |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | IN MY CEILINGS $800: In 1508 Pope Julius II commissioned some frescoes for the ceiling of this place; took 5 years to paint, but yeah... worth it the Sistine Chapel |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | POETRY ABOUT PROSE $800: Doubles! they're doubles! / But they're thought quite insane / A royal mistake / Time to catch an old Twain The Prince and the Pauper |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | POETRY ABOUT PROSE $1000: A disfigured guy / Falls for a woman in Paris, it's true / Sounds like it's "Hunchback" / But it's by a man named Leroux The Phantom of the Opera |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | IN MY CEILINGS $1,800 (Daily Double): In 2016 Hillary Clinton said, "We have still not shattered that highest & hardest" this, "but someday someone will" the glass ceiling |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | BIBLE QUOTES $3,000 (Daily Double): Matthew 21: "My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it" this burrow for burglars a den of thieves |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | JUST "E"AT IT $200: In the U.S., this French word signifies the main course, but in France it means the first course the entrée |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | LITERAL NATIONAL NAMES $800: Not Italy's but this other country's name means "people from Rome" Romania |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | JUST "E"AT IT $1000: These can be purple to black in color, sour right off the tree, but good in a jam or pie elderberries |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS $4,800 (Daily Double): In 1997, picking up her first of 3 Oscars for Best Actress, she thanked her son Pedro & her husband Joel Frances McDormand |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | TOLD YOU "SO" $1200: A form of talc, it's used by tailors not to wash their hands but, in the form of "French chalk", to mark cloth soapstone |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | SCIENCE & NATURE $5,000 (Daily Double): This plant whose Italian name means "beautiful woman" produces beautiful but poisonous berries belladonna |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | HISTORICAL AMERICAN GOVERNORS $800: Not much is named for Eliot Spitzer, but the Hall of Human Origins in this Central Park West museum is named for his parents the Museum of Natural History |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: More than 300 rivers & streams flow into this deep Russian lake, but only one flows out--the Angara Lake Baikal |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | A VERY HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIE $1000: It's not the Magi--nor Selleck, Danson & Guttenberg--but a trio of brothers who find themselves caring for a tot in this 2022 film Three Wise Men and a Baby |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | FOLKLORE & LEGEND $1200: There's a statue of this guy, hammer in hand, outside the Great Bend Tunnel in West Virginia John Henry |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | WORDS & THEIR CHANGING MEANINGS $1200: An Italian word for "baby boy", it meant a man, especially one who was inept or dumb, before it meant an attractive but dumb woman bimbo |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | MOVIE VIEWING $400: She auditioned for "Twilight", but said she didn't even get a callback; eh, she's done okay since then Jennifer Lawrence |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | MOVIE VIEWING $600: The line in the script for this 1942 classic was "Here's good luck to you, kid", but Bogie made a slight adjustment Casablanca |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | A REAL SOB STORY $800: Fern Arable bawls her eyes out after this runty pig is marked for the axe in a 1952 book, but her dad relents & Fern is happy Wilbur |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | IT'S A VISION BOARD $800: The prophet Zechariah envisions 4 of these, pulled by horses of different colors, but they don't race each other chariots |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | CAUTIONARY RHYMES $600: Do this "in white, you will have chosen all right" but do it "in green, ashamed to be seen" & worse, "in red, you'll wish yourself dead" marry |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $600: In a set of standard Staunton-style pieces, not bishops but these pieces are topped with crosses kings |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | ODDS & "N"s $800: Australia also has a region called this, but theirs doesn't include Vermont & Connecticut New England |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | SAN FRANCISCO, NOW & FOREVER $800: It's a 1.7-mile walk across this; it's windy, so wear layers--& remember, there are restrooms at both ends, but none in the middle the Golden Gate Bridge |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | STATE OF THE COLLEGE $200: Weber State is near a "Great" lake in this state Utah |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | BROWNIAN NOTIONS $400: He soulfully sang it's a "man's world, but it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl" James Brown |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | HIGH WATER $800: The Zuiderzee Flood of 1287 killed 50,000 but also connected this then-village to the sea, & the rest is Dutch history Amsterdam |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS $1000: The way this dad of Venus & Serena managed their careers brought some criticism, but turned out pretty well (King) Richard Williams |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | BROWNIAN NOTIONS $5,000 (Daily Double): She ran Vanity Fair & the Daily Beast but said, "I didn't see myself as an editor. I wanted to be a playwright" Tina Brown |
| #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 |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | HOME ON THE RANGE $800: This creamy pasta dish was created in the early 1900s; the Italian chef created it for his wife, but put his own first name on it Alfredo |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | IT'S RAINING MENSA $400: Nolan Gould played less than Mensa-esque Luke Dunphy on this sitcom but Nolan's 150 IQ made the grade Modern Family |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | OKLAHOMA! $600: Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the tribal capital of this Native American nation Cherokee |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | SUPER BOWL STARS $1000: Tom Brady threw 2 interceptions in Super Bowl 49 but ended up MVP after this Seahawk tossed his one interception in the last minute Russell Wilson |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | DURING LOU GEHRIG'S CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK $1600: In 1928 he won the general election for Louisiana governor using the slogan "Every man a king, but no one wears a crown" (Huey) Long |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | AMPHIBIANS $1600: Snakes have these on the outside of their skin, but caecilians, which resemble snakes, have them embedded in folds in the skin scales |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | WATERY SONGS $200: Arthur Freed published the lyrics to this in the 1920s but it took another 2 decades plus for Gene Kelly to immortalize it "Singin' In The Rain" |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | PIZZA AT THE MOVIES $400: Burnout surfer Jeff Spicoli orders a pizza to history class but Mr. Hand is having none of it in this 1982 teen comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SHOUT IT OUT! $500: Of this school's iconic fight cheer, ESPN once wrote, "'Hotty Toddy' has no real meaning, but it means everything in Oxford" Ole Miss (Mississippi) |
| #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 | CELEBRITY TELL-ALLS $600: "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing":
He revealed that future editions of his memoir will not include Keanu Reeves Matthew Perry |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | A CHANGE OF "PACE" $900: In a hit song, the Weeknd sang, "I can't feel my" this "when I'm with you, but I love it" face |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE $1,000 (Daily Double): Historians cite this event that began in 1929 as one of the main reasons for the demise of the Harlem renaissance the Great Depression |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE MOON $1000: The Apollo astronauts didn't fire muskets on the Moon, but they did report that moondust smells of this burnt explosive gunpowder |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | LITERARY TOURISM $1000: Have a pint at Pete's Tavern in the Big Apple but don't expect to get the booth where O. Henry wrote this poignant Christmas story "The Gift of the Magi" |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | WELCOME TO THE WHITE HOUSE $1500: At the White House during AAPI Heritage Month in 2022, this boy band spoke to the press in English & Korean about Asian inclusion BTS |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | CHORUS LINES $1500: "I don't need sunshine now to turn my skies to blue, I don't need anything but you" Annie |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | CHORUS LINES $6,000 (Daily Double): "I like to be in America, okay by me in America, everything free in America, for a small fee in America" West Side Story |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FEEDBACK: SANDWICH $200: The Connecticut, not the Maine, version of the sandwich called this roll gets my vote but why use a hot dog bun? a lobster roll |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FROM DAWN 'TIL DUSK $400: You may feel one in the room, but we're talking about military conscription a draft |
| #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 |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FEEDBACK: SANDWICH $600: I like the sweet marshmallow creme with savory peanut butter in this sammy, a New England fave, but don't love the texture a fluffernutter |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FEEDBACK: SANDWICH $800: You can count on enjoying this ham, turkey & Swiss sandwich, dipped in an egg & milk mix & then fried, but must you dip it in jam? a Monte Cristo |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | A BIRD IN THE HAND $800: That's not a chick in the hand but this bird with a longer name a chickadee |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | LANDMARKS FOR SALE $200: It cost $1.5 million to build by 1889 but now can be yours! We'll even throw in its antenna! Say oui to this while you can! the Eiffel Tower |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | MACBETH'S WITCHES ON FOOD NETWORK $200: Use a whole toad but only the toe of this similar creature--you want that subtle flavor a frog |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | LANDMARKS FOR SALE $1000: Sure, it's 1,815 feet tall, but its elevators can rise at 20 feet per second! You'll be home in Toronto in no time! the CN Tower |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | FUN WITH GEOMETRY $1200: This term meaning "having two equal sides" usually refers to triangles but can also be used of trapezoids isosceles |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | WELL, I'M WARM-BLOODED $400: This porcupine-like mammal doesn't turn into a ball to roll quickly & gain video game points, but it does eat snakes & bird eggs a hedgehog |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | CHECK IT & SEE $600: This San Francisco street gets all the press, but technically, Vermont St. is more crooked Lombard St. |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | ISLANDS & PENINSULAS $1200: Not pokeland or protrudeland but this peninsula forms the continental part of Denmark Jutland |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS $800: 2-word term for something supposedly confidential but actually known quite generally open secret |
| #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 | FAIRY TALE ELEVATOR PITCHES $300: "Lost & hungry, two siblings stumble upon a house made of gingerbread but the owner is a lunatic who wants to eat them" "Hansel and Gretel" |
| #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 | WOMEN & SPORTS $900: Go watch women's sports at this bar in Portland, OR; its name is like "The Sports Bar" but the last word is an anagram of "BAR" (The Sports) Bra |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | SLINGING ARROWS $400: The cruel but cowardly King Joffrey liked the heft of a crossbow on this HBO drama Game of Thrones |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | THE 23rd PSALM $200: They're the first 5 words of the Psalm The Lord is my shepherd |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | RIBS $200: In Genesis he wakes up to find himself minus one rib but plus one female Adam |
| #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 |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $1200: His surname sounds French, but this Yank ended up in Paris by winning the Tour de France in 1986, 1989 & 1990 LeMond |
| #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | COACH $800: They may have tried to win one for the Gipper, but Notre Dame won a lot for this coach, too: he went 105-12-5 Knute Rockne |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | THE INSTRUMENT OF DEATH $400: In 1914 Franz Ferdinand didn't say "take me out" but was anyway, via this a gun |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | BELGIUM $800: Long ruled by others, in 1815 Belgium was merged with this northern neighbor but became its own kingdom at last in 1830 the Netherlands |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | COMPANY NAME ORIGINS $2000: The "Aerial Services" of this state & this territory of Australia gave Qantas its name Queensland & Northern Territory |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | SPEAK OF THE DEVIL $2,600 (Daily Double): This 17th c. work says, "Abashed the devil stood, and felt how awful goodness is... saw, and pined his loss" Paradise Lost |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | ETCHED IN STONE $400: The inscription on the London statue of this man seen here reads, "There is no darkness but ignorance" William Shakespeare |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | PITHY QUOTES $400: After recanting his belief that the Earth orbits the Sun, he's said to have muttered, "But it does move" Galileo |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | SOUNDS LIKE A LANGUAGE $600: In Louisiana, Beauregard isn't a county but this corresponding unit a parish |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | MORE TRICKY QUESTIONS $800: If a British farmer has 22 sheep & all but 9 die in a tragic shearing incident, this is how many he has left 9 |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | NAME THE JAMES $1200: After this author's death on January 13th, 1941, the wake wasn't for Finnegan, but for him Joyce |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | SCIENCE MUSEUMS $1000: Hey, fulcrum lovers! At Columbus, Ohio's Center of Science & Industry, kids can lift a 2,437-lb. car using this bar a lever |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | OLD NAMES FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS $800: An old name for influenza wasn't grab or clutch but this, from French for "seize" the grippe |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LIFE SCIENCE $1600: Transporting this protein is the main job of your body's erythrocytes hemoglobin |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | GREENS $200: Joe Raposo wrote the words & music, but this character first sang, "It's Not Easy Being Green" Kermit the Frog |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | DESIGNERS $200: We know that the devil wears this designer, but did you know she has a doctorate in political science & studied mime? Prada |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | LITERARY E-MAIL ADDRESSES $400: fake_leg@moby-dick.net Ahab |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | SHIPS $800: Perhaps the greatest loss of life at sea, over 5,000, came in 1945 when this type of vessel sank the Wilhelm Gustloff a submarine |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | DUDE-ER-ONOMY $400: This actor played a Lebowski, not the Big Lebowski, but the dude abides Jeff Bridges |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | CRITTERS $600: Not tabbies or flabbies, but these house cats are known as Abys Abyssinians |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | YOU'RE GETTING VERY SLEEPY $1200: Robert Frost wrote, "The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have" this obligation "and miles to go before I sleep" promises to keep |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | DUDE-ER-ONOMY $2000: He didn't say much as Silent Bob in "Clerks", but no one in the film could say anything without him; he wrote the pic too Kevin Smith |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | TALK ABOUT... PUP MUSIC $1200: This "Peace Train" writer was direct, "I love my dog / Love my dog as much as I love you / But you may fade / My dog will always come through" Cat Stevens |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | SOUSED $800: Korbel Brut calls itself "America's favorite California" this champagne |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | SOUSED $1200: This tequila relative can make you see things, but isn't the same as the similarly spelled hallucinogen mescal |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | MISNOMERS $1600: What's called India ink didn't come from India, but from this country China |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | NAME THAT TUNESTER $600: "But I set fire to the rain, watched it pour as I touched your face, well, it burned while I cried" Adele |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | I'M ON THE CASE $1200: Look into why these two Italian anarchists were tried in 1921, but not sentenced to death until 1927 Sacco & Vanzetti |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | I'M ON THE CASE $2000: See how on Earth the justices voted 7-1 in this man v. Ferguson in 1896, advancing the "separate but equal" doctrine Plessy |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS $100: Fittingly, this number of the amendment that repealed prohibition is also the legal drinking age in the U.S. the 21st Amendment |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | G-I TRACT $200: 2003 film Richard Roeper deemed "one of the worst movies I've ever seen"; at least it didn't keep Ben & J.Lo from reuniting Gigli |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | G-I TRACT $400: Celeb chef Giada De Laurentiis has a recipe for this dish that calls for salt, pepper, flour, an egg and 1 1/2 pounds of Russet potatoes gnocchi |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | PENINSULAS $800: Close but no cigar: "peninsula" derives from the Latin roots "paene" & "insula", meaning "almost" and this an island |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | COMPOSER PLAYLISTS $3,000 (Daily Double): "Treemonisha";
"Maple Leaf Rag";
"The Ragtime Dance";
"The Entertainer" Scott Joplin |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | SHOW ME THE MONKEY $200: Eagles & leopards are known to hunt De Brazza's monkeys, but intrusion by these primates is their biggest threat humans |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | THE TOPIC OF CAPRICORNS $1600: Capricorns like privacy, but this ultra-rich man born Dec. 24, 1905 took that love of privacy to an unhealthy extreme Howard Hughes |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | FABRICS $400: It sounds like hammerheads provide the material for this, but it's usually a worsted fabric for men's suits sharkskin |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | FASHION STATEMENTS $200: You take these "off" to praise someone, but keep something "under" one to keep a secret a hat |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | MOB HITS $600: "But I'm funny how? Funny like a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh?" says Tommy De Vito in this film Goodfellas |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | "HOUSE" $1600: The AMA says, "physicians making" these "may sound like fabled history", but they have a place in medicine today house calls |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | "HOUSE" $2000: This European songbird takes its name from its habit of building nests in the eaves of homes a house martin |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | PRODUCE $2000: "Top Gun" & "CSI" are just two of the projects of this last of Hollywood's mega producers Jerry Bruckheimer |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | BY THE NUMBERS $200: Dialing it for directory assistance may be old news, but as slang for "information", this number is still in service 411 |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | THE NOBEL PRIZE $200: The presidency may have eluded him in 2000, but on the bright side, he won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 Al Gore |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | PLEASE, ANYTHING BUT "MATH" $300: Seen here, the U.S. Constitution says the president must take one of these before entering office an oath |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | FIX THE MOVIE QUOTE $300: Patrick Swayze:
"Nobody puts Jay-Z in a corner" Baby |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | FAILING HISTORY $300: Understandably, noted traitor Benedict Arnold isn't buried in the U.S., but at St. Mary's church in this city London |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | PLEASE, ANYTHING BUT "MATH" $600: A popular British dish of sausage & potatoes is called bangers & this mash |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | PLEASE, ANYTHING BUT "MATH" $900: A common way to greet a friend in Australia is to say "G'day," this Mate |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | PLEASE, ANYTHING BUT "MATH" $1200: Seen here, the Romans really soaked up in this English city, named one of the great spa towns of Europe Bath |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | FUNGUS AMONG US $1500: Scientists use this internet-inspired pun name for the vast network of fungi swapping nutrients beneath the forest floor the wood wide web |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | PLEASE, ANYTHING BUT "MATH" $1500: This number is the measure of an aircraft's speed compared to the speed of sound--the Concorde's was as high as 2.04 Mach |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | THE NOBEL PRIZE $2,000 (Daily Double): The Peace Prize is the only Nobel Prize awarded not in Stockholm, but in this fjord-tastic neighboring capital Oslo |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | CONTRONYMS $400: It's the mildest type of burn but the harshest type of murder first degree |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLINER? $800: It's up to you, but the Merino & worsted types of this fabric are highly regarded in our trade wool |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | CONTRONYMS $1200: If you get it on your food, it's a little bonus; if a court does it to your wages, it's anything but garnish |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | A CATEGORY FULL OF COR(E)YS $1200: Cory Doctorow's somewhat Orwellian look at the near future isn't called "Big" this but "Little" this Brother |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | NO, I DON'T NEED A DOCTOR $400: No, it's not a metallic sensory organ but a phrase meaning I'm insensitive to music & can't carry a tune a tin ear |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | STUPID PROVERBS $400: An American proverb says, "Money begets" this money |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | ALWAYS SAY NEVER $600: "He that fights and runs away may" these 5 words "but he that is in battle slain will never rise to fight again" live to fight another day |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | JUST KIDDING $600: A. Whitney Brown:
"I'm a" this "not because I love animals, but because I hate plants" a vegetarian |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | ALWAYS SAY NEVER $1000: Shelley said of this, "Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert"; Wordsworth said they "soar, but never roam" skylark |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | NO, I DON'T NEED A DOCTOR $1200: No, this is not a symptom of hepatitis but a deli appetizer smeared on rye bread; what am I...? chopped liver |
| #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 | ISMs $200: The belief in the need to secure rights & opportunities for women equal to those of men feminism |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | CULINARY QUOTES $600: Mark Twain said that cauliflower "is nothing but" this vegetable "with a college education" cabbage |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | ROCKET MAN $600: Jason Candle coaches football for the Rockets of this university that's in Ohio but sounds like it could be in Spain Toledo |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | PHILOSOPHIES IN A NUTSHELL $800: Henri Bergson saw this not as a series of moments but as a flow he called duration time |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | LET'S PLAY CARDS $1000: You play gin with 52 cards but pinochle with this many 48 |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | CULINARY QUOTES $1000: Thackeray's "Ballad of" this dish calls it "a sort of soup or broth... or hotchpotch of all sorts of fishes" bouillabaisse |
| #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 |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | DINING OUT IN NEW YORK $200: There are likely fewer sheep there nowadays, but Sheep Meadow is in this 843-acre area, not far from Tavern on the Green Central Park |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | DINING OUT IN NEW YORK $800: Robert De Niro co-owns this grill named for the neighborhood it's in Tribeca |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | THE 1600s $1000: In the early 1600s this British king said that he could make a man a lord but "only God almighty can make a gentleman" James I |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | ON ANOTHER PLANET $200: This planet is often called Earth's evil twin because it's similar in size & density, but it's a hot toxic mess Venus |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | HISTORIC QUOTES REPHRASED $400: Teddy Roosevelt, 1901: "Treat others with respect, but make sure they know your military could still kick their ass" speak softly, and carry a big stick |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | POPULAR BABY NAMES OF THE 2010s $400: #2 for girls: it refers to a type of tree whose branches are symbols of peace Olivia |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | THE QURAN $600: Referenced several times, but not by name is this woman who eats from the forbidden tree along with her husband Eve (Hawwa) |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | DENZEL WASHINGTON $1000: In a 2021 film adaptation of "Macbeth", Washington delivers the famous line "Out, out, brief" this candle |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | HISTORIC QUOTES REPHRASED $1000: John Paul Jones, 1779: "Surrender? I'm just getting started" "I have not yet begun to fight" |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | THE QURAN $15,000 (Daily Double): The Quran has gone through dozens of translations but was originally written in the classical form of this language Arabic |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $1000: Farfalle are these creatures, but please don't eat them butterflies |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | 3-LETTER WORDS $2000: Not sew, but you do this to make lace using knots & loops to tat |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SUMMER OLYMPIC CITIES $2000: It took until 1956, but finally a Southern Hemisphere city hosted--this one Melbourne |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | ASTROLOGY TIME $6,000 (Daily Double): According to astrology, we are influenced not only by the planets but also by these objects, like Pallas & Vesta asteroids |
| #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... $1200: "Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, & I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life" Jay Gatsby |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | THE LITERARY CHARACTER WHO SAID... $3,200 (Daily Double): "What did it matter where you lay once you were dead?... You were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that" Philip Marlowe |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LET'S GET MEDICAL $200: Yes, these parasitic annelids of the class Hirudinea can actually help drain a hematoma, but yeeeesh! leeches |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | 'ROUND MIDNIGHT $1200: Her: "Drink & dance & laugh & lie, love the reeling midnight through, for tomorrow we shall die! (but, alas, we never do)" Dorothy Parker |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | VOCABULARY $2,500 (Daily Double): Having all 5 vowels in alphabetical order, it means cleverly amusing, but it can also be snarky in tone facetious |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $200: Jennifer Aniston won one in September 2002; her then-husband Brad was nominated, but didn't win Emmy (M-E) |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | LET'S PLAY SPORTSBALL $200: Down 3 match points in 2012, Sam Groth hit one of these balls a record 163 mph & won the point--but lost the match a tennis ball |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | SPOOKY LITERATURE $400: (Justin Long presents the clue.) On the way home at midnight Ichabod Crane thinks this alliterative specter is in pursuit & has thrown its cranium at the schoolmaster; in the morning, a broken pumpkin shell is found, but not Ichabod Crane the Headless Horseman |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | HAPPIER MOVIE ENDINGS $800: "I see dead people, Dr. Crowe... but you're not one of 'em. You're very, very much alive & happily married" The Sixth Sense |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | LET'S PLAY SPORTSBALL $1,000 (Daily Double): The guy who invented this sport in 1895 called it mintonette, but the over-the-net exchanges soon got it a new name volleyball |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | STATE THE ITEM $200: You get your hole cards & then deal with the flop in this card game, but you're far from done Texas hold 'em |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | WORDS WITHIN WORDS $400: I'm antireligious, but I prayed when this blew out at 90 miles per hour a tire (in antireligious) |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL $800: Imelda, you're a 1950s Manila beauty queen! Nice! But marry me & be my first lady (& you'll get shoes! Lots of shoes!) Marcos |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! $1000: Take this role in "Fiddler on the Roof"; I wanted to play it, but Bea Arthur's old Broadway costume doesn't fit me Yenta |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL $1200: Sorry about your hubby Marcellus' death, Octavia! But it's 40 B.C. & I love Y--no, I'm not into Egyptian girls. Why? Mark Antony |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | BOOK CLUB $8,000 (Daily Double): A 1989 bestseller begins, "My father has asked me to be the fourth corner at" this the Joy Luck Club |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | DEMONYMS $300: This country has no nickname for its residents, perhaps because there aren't very many; but on the plus side... Pope sightings! Vatican City |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S WORDS OF THE YEAR $400: In 2015, the word was the suffix "-ism" and 2 years later it was this "-ism" associated with Betty Friedan feminism |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | DEMONYMS $500: It's how you might refer to a resident of Tirana, a capital city near the Adriatic coast--or to a resident of NY's state capital an Albanian |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | PEW! PEW! PEW! $900: Henry David Thoreau pondered why a bucket of water becomes this foul word "but frozen remains sweet forever" putrid |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | YOU'RE A HOMOPHONE, DIANE $1,000 (Daily Double): In her 1983 book's acknowledgements, primatologist Dian Fossey thanks mostly humans but also these animals mountain gorillas |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | PEW! PEW! PEW! $3,000 (Daily Double): Derived from the French word for "flea", it's a dark shade of red similar to burnt sienna puce |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD $200: A wild day for this ex-champ in 1997: "I lost my last professional boxing match, but I received a check for $1 million for the grill" George Foreman |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | THOMAS AQUINAS, ADVICE COLUMNIST $600: Dear Struggling: Sorry, but the poor must pay these, whether the traditional tenth of income or more tithe |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | SWORDS $2000: The national flag of Sri Lanka depicts one of these animals holding a sword a lion |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | FRANKLY $200: The Imperial Hotel he designed in Tokyo survived quakes & wars but was demolished in 1968 Frank Lloyd Wright |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $400: Spanish nun María de Gaucin is said to have left her convent to become a matadora, one of these, & then returned a bullfighter |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | I DON'T GIVE A... $800: Wrestling throw that puts an opponent on the canvas back-first a body slam (a powerslam) |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $800: In 1831 Catherine McAuley founded the Sisters of Mercy in this world capital to care for the poor & destitute Dublin, Ireland |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $1600: Dating back to 1609, the Loreto nuns use the same "rule" as this male teaching order founded in 1534 the Jesuits |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $2000: It's the classic work in which you'll find "The Nun's Priest's Tale" The Canterbury Tales |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $3,000 (Daily Double): 3-word title of Sister Helen Prejean's powerful account of being a death row counselor Dead Man Walking |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | WAXING PHILOSOPHICAL $1600: In "Metaphysics of Morals", this 18th c. man wrote that one who makes himself a worm can't complain if he's stepped on Immanuel Kant |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | WAXING PHILOSOPHICAL $2000: This philosopher's foundation convened an international war crimes tribunal to publicize U.S. atrocities in Vietnam Bertrand Russell |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ESTATE PLANNING $600: It doesn't have actual "power" to make you a lawyer, but this document does give you legal authority to act on another's behalf power of attorney |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | WHAT A LOAD OF B.S. $600: No more "European Pink" for Misty Copeland; in 2017, Gaynor Minden began making this footwear with darker skin tones ballet shoes (or ballet slippers) |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ESTATE PLANNING $1,200 (Daily Double): In law, it's one party managing another's property for the benefit of a third; in life, some say it's the key to a good relationship trust |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | SCIENTISTS' RHYME TIME $1,500 (Daily Double): Physicist Isaac's proteins that celiac disease sufferers avoid Newton's glutens |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | HEY, LAD-"E" $200: Flying "may not be all plain sailing... but the fun of it is worth the price", said this woman, who would know Earhart |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | 20th CENTURY FOX HISTORY $2000: In this 1952 film assassins gun down the title Mexican revolutionary but miss his horse Viva Zapata! |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | PROVERB VS. PROVERB $400: I'm supposed to "beware of Greeks bearing gifts"--but if they bring me a gift one of these, I shouldn't look in its mouth... hmmm a horse |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | A CATEGORY ABOUT NOTHING $800: William Cowper: "What peaceful hours I once enjoyed... but they have left an aching" this void |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | PROVERB VS. PROVERB $800: OK, OK--"He who hesitates is lost"... but aren't I supposed to do this before I leap? look |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | PROVERB VS. PROVERB $1600: Wait a minute--"Opposites attract", but these "flock together"? huh? birds of a feather |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | PROVERB VS. PROVERB $2000: So do I need a bigger kitchen, or not? "Many hands make light work", but "Too many cooks spoil" this stuff the stew (the broth) |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | THE SHIP OF STATE $200: Designated SSN-780, the current USS Missouri isn't a battleship but a nuclear-powered one of these a submarine |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | WORDS THAT END WITH "E" $400: The phrase "stay in your" this is bad advice if you're being told not to try new things but good advice if you're driving lane |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | POEMS ABOUT POETRY $1200: Youth poet laureate of L.A. in 2014 / Already quite the sensation / But she made her name / & rocketed to fame at the '21 inauguration (Amanda) Gorman |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | POEMS ABOUT POETRY $2000: In 1816 he wrote "Mont Blanc" / & there'd be other gems / But you try rhyming "Ozymandias" / Do I look like Eminem?! Shelley |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | MARVEL VILLAINS $400: This actor seems bad at the outset of "Deadpool 2", but there was no question about his alignment in "Infinity War" Brolin |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | MARVEL VILLAINS $800: He was a good "Birdman", but in "Homecoming" he preyed upon Spider-Man Michael Keaton |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | NEW WORDS IN THE 1600s $1000: My anatomist doth dub it the "hipbone basin" but I must inform him that it is now known by this word of 6 letters the pelvis |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | INVEST $1200: If you invest in a "CD" down at the bank, it's not music, but one of these a certificate of deposit |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | AROUND THE HORN $1600: In 1910 he said he was sailing from Norway to the Arctic Ocean via Cape Horn, but he was really headed to the South Pole Amundsen |
| #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 | TRICKY QUESTIONS $800: Of Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney or Colin Clive, the one who played the title role in the 1931 film "Frankenstein" Colin Clive |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | LAW & ORDER $800: This other "A" word is an accomplice or abettor in a crime but is not there when it is committed an accessory |
| #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 | BIG-SCREEN BASKETBALL $200: 1997.
Five words: state championship clinched by dog Air Bud |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | ANTS $200: Considered a delicacy by the Aztecs, escamoles, or ant larvae, is a dish that originated in this country Mexico |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | MEDITATION $400: "The Atlantic" described this 4-letter meditation app as "one of the most popular apps in existence, full stop" Calm |
| #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 |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | AIRPORT STORES $1500: There's a Louisville Slugger store in Louisville Muhammad Ali Intl. Airport; there's also a store named after this racetrack Churchill Downs |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUT OF BREATH $2,500 (Daily Double): As Taylor Swift knows all too well, this type of person has an intense dislike of something hater |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | TRANSLATE THE BRITISHISM $1600: A limerick generally consists of 5 anapestic queues lines |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | NEXT STOP, VENUS $2,000 (Daily Double): We're not sure if it was "ancient" or not, but the first U.S. flyby of Venus was by this space probe in 1962 the Mariner (2) |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE LYRICS SAY! $400: "Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane" is in "Blank Space" but her mom heard it as "got a lot of Starbucks lovers" Taylor Swift |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS $600: What is this place to do? After Brexit it became part of a non-EU country, but shares an island with an EU country Northern Ireland |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | SHAKESPEARE -LOGUES ON $600: "I know not that; but such a handkerchief--I am sure it was your wife's--did I today see Cassio wipe his beard with" Iago |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | THAT'S JUST OFFAL $200: This organ meat is great for protein, vitamin A & iron, but animal rights activists have big problems with foie gras the liver |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | DO I WANT THAT NAMED FOR ME? $2000: Who exactly Norman was is lost to history, but Norman's Woe is the reef made famous in the poem "The Wreck of" this ship the Hesperus |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $400: This capital city sits on both sides of the Spree River but the river isn't what divided it politically for decades Berlin |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | WELCOME TO FANTASY ISLAND $400: A tropical island seems nice for a new post-apocalyptic society, but I fear a few British boys won't see the end of this 1954 book Lord of the Flies |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | WORLD SOCCER $600: In 2010, this plastic horn infamously made its presence known among World Cup crowds in South Africa the vuvuzela |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | WELCOME TO FANTASY ISLAND $800: He was left "alone in an un-inhabited island", but after 28 years, 2 months & 19 days, what world will this man return to now? Robinson Crusoe |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | WELCOME TO FANTASY ISLAND $2000: The pain of beast folk creations such as Leopard-Man means nothing to this 1896 title character, but that could prove... costly Dr. Moreau |
| #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 | THE ASIAN GAMES $600: In sepak takraw, or "kick" this, teams of three use feet, knees, chest & heads but no hands to hit the ball over the net (kick) volleyball |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | PHRASES & IDIOMS $2000: A James Thurber character who's full of expressions not only uses "the catbird seat" but "tearing up" this garden area the pea patch |
| #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 | LET'S SEE HOW YOU DO WITH AMERICAN FOOTBALL $1000: Last name of the man who said, "Better to have died as a small boy than to fumble" but whose trophy carries the ball with one hand Heisman |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | RECONSTRUCTION $1000: In 2023, USS Chancellorsville was renamed after this Black Civil War hero & Reconstruction-era congressman Robert Smalls |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | STRAIGHT FIRE $400: Your new PlayStation 4 is the bomb, but a couple extra DualShock these for your crew would rock a controller |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $600: Billy Joel's time playing a lounge in L.A. led to this, Billy's first Top 40 hit; great tune, but "tonic & gin" still sounds weird "Piano Man" |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $800 (Daily Double): William Thomson is a fine name for a physicist, but after developing the absolute temp. scale, Lord this had a nice ring (Lord) Kelvin |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | & WE HAVE A NOVEL TITLE $800: "'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin"' to do this To Kill a Mockingbird |
| #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 |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | PUEBLOS MÁGICOS $1200: The beautiful town of Cholula lies near the foot of Popocatépetl, not just a mountain but one of these a volcano |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | "C"s THE DAY $1200: "Dedication" in Hebrew, it can be spelled without a "C" & actually spans 8 days, but you still need to know it now Chanukah |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | TO SIR PAUL, WITH LOVE $2000: The Beatles won a music Oscar for this 1970 doc., but finding itself in times of trouble, the band didn't accept in person Let It Be |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | SOUNDS LIKE FOOD $200: Types of these include http-only, session & zombie, but none of them go very well with a glass of cold milk a cookie |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | SOUNDS LIKE FOOD $800: While playing, Ginger Baker would hold one of these in each hand, but he'd get little nutrition from them drumsticks |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | KIN $1000: (Jenna Bush Hager presents the clue.) I descend from two U.S. presidents, my father & grandfather, but I'm also related to this 19th century president from New Hampshire though my grandmother, Barbara Bush; just think of her maiden name Franklin Pierce |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | MISSISSIPPI LEARNING $1200: Central location--huge! In 1821 Miss. put the capital at LeFleur's Bluff but would rename it this, honoring a future president Jackson |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | WORKING WORDS $200: Sounds gruesome, but it's actually a person who recruits candidates for top-level jobs a headhunter |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | "CC" ME $400: The American Cancer Society says, "Stay away from" this, "quitting... is not easy but it can be done" tobacco |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | ACTORS $800: This redhead was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "The Help" but lost out to castmate Octavia Spencer Chastain |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | BREEDS OF SHEEP $800: Sheep like the Dorper that shed & don't need shearing are called not wool, but this type, also a word before "trigger" or "raising" hair |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU $1600: Short on time but want to get in a good workout? Some people enjoy this form of exercise, HIIT for short, but don't overdo it high intensity interval training |
| #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 | THE FORBES 2023 BILLIONAIRES $800: He founded his sports shoe company "in 1964, with just $500" & he & family are now No. 25 at $45.1 billion Phil Knight |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | HERE BE PIRATES! $1200: Not named for pirate William, but for an admiral who died on the Arizona at Pearl Harbor, here's the USS this, flying the Jolly Roger the USS Kidd |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | HERE BE PIRATES! $2000: Let's raise a glass of branded rum to this captain, a Welsh buccaneer who somehow ended up as deputy governor of Jamaica in 1674 Captain Morgan |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | PHYSICS $100 (Daily Double): (Spiros Michalakis presents the clue.) A quantum is basically a small & defined unit of energy; this is the term for a light quantum, also called the quantum of the electromagnetic field a photon |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | CROOKS $200: Chinatown gangster Mock Duck snitched on gambling dens but got a 1912 gambling charge himself & was sent to this double-talk prison Sing Sing |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | "DA" OR "BA" OR "DEE" $600: Its name origin is African but this instrument is now widely associated with the music of Latin America marimba |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | BRACE FOR LANDING $800: 20 million live in this Brazilian city founded by Jesuits, but its domestic airport has only two runways? Tricky São Paulo |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | PHYSICS $2000: In the early 1900s the "plum pudding" model for the internal structure of these was replaced by the planetary model the atom |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | JUST GOOGLY IT $400: Check out this planet checking you out; it was once known as Hermes, but times & beliefs changed Mercury |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | THAT CAN BE A GREEK LETTER $1000: Eastern philosophy calls this a life force; some also spell it with a Q, but we're going with the Greek letter style chi |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | STATE THE 19th CENTURY SENATOR $1600: John C. Calhoun & John E. Colhoun, but what's in a name, Y'all? South Carolina |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | SOMEBODY WROTE THAT $4,000 (Daily Double): "I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me" Ralph Ellison |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | UNIFORM NUMBERS $600: Joe Namath offered his retired 12 to this new Jets QB, but he said that'd always be Broadway Joe's & went with his college No. 8 Aaron Rodgers |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | WELCOME TO OUR FRUIT STAND $800: Fresh these are only in U.S. markets from September to January but they keep in your freezer for a year cranberries |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY, ISRAEL! $200: Adopted in 1949, 9 months after statehood, the emblem of Israel features this symbol of Hanukkah, but with only 7 branches the menorah |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | THAT HOLLOW FEELING $400: In Greek myth, master carpenter Epeius built this hollow item; Cassandra warned her peeps, but... they didn't listen the Trojan horse |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | INTERNALLY YOURS $1,200 (Daily Double): It sounds like an old name for Troy, but it's the lowest section of the small intestine where certain vitamins salts are absorbed ileum |
| #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 |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | STATELY DEMONYMS $2000: Some New Englanders aren't Connecticuties but these, which mentions a spice Nutmeggers |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | COFFEE, NOW $400: On the tree, coffee berries aren't called beans but these, rhyming with berries cherries |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | SHARK! $200: Most sharks have 5 of these openings on either side of their heads, but some species have 7 gills |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | COLLEGE TUITION: THEN & NOW $400: It may get your Irish up to know in 1977 this Indiana private U. cost about $3,000 but tuition & fees now go for 62 grand Notre Dame |
| #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 | THE SONGS OF MAX MARTIN $1000: The finale of "& Juliet" features the cast performing this Justin Timberlake hit
"Come on /
All those things I shouldn't do /
But you dance, dance, dance /
And ain't nobody leavin' soon, so keep dancin'" "Can't Stop The Feeling!" |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT TV SHOW? $800: From 2004 to 2012 Hugh Laurie played this crusty but skillful title M.D. House |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | OPPENHEIMER $1,000 (Daily Double): (Matt Damon presents the clue.) Oppenheimer wasn't sure why he chose this name for a nuclear test site, but he did recall thinking of John Donne's poems of death & resurrection, including the sonnet that begins, "Batter my heart, three-person'd God" the Trinity test site |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | WHO'S THAT POET? $1200: "I shall not be moved"... quite moving; got a Tony nom for a 1973 performance; gone since 2014, but still she rises Maya Angelou |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | GOOD AFTERNOON! $400: Most African cats are nocturnal hunters, but these fastest ones can be "spotted" on the prowl in the late afternoon cheetahs |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | GOOD AFTERNOON! $600: In "Anchorman" Will Ferrell sang "Afternoon Delight"; in 2022 Will & Ryan Reynolds sang "Good Afternoon" in this Dickens of a film Spirited |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | 3,3 $1000: This Scottish outlaw spent time in Newgate Prison but was pardoned before he was to be sent to Barbados Rob Roy |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | FLOWERY POETRY & PROSE $1200: Completes A.E. Housman's "Lent Lily" rhyme: "Find the windflower playing with every wind at will, but not the" this the daffodil |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | SLANG $800: Also the title of a song by DJ Mustard, Ty Dolla $ign & Ashanti, these 2 words may sound rude but just mean "I understand" say less |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | STATE INSECTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This industrious insect important to agriculture was chosen by Nebraska & Missouri a honeybee |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | WALKING & TALKING $1200: The title character of this play says, "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player" Macbeth |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | MOMENTOUS DATES $200: The Easter Rising began not on a Sunday but on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916 in this Irish city Dublin |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | WALLPAPER $1200: Mount Vernon has a room named for this type of wallpaper that may sound cheap or stingy, but its name reflects its origins in India chintz |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | STITCH INCOMING $2000: Recovering from knee surgery on the ligament seen here can take a year, but the dissolving stitches should be gone in three weeks the ACL |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | HOTEL CALIFORNIA $200: In 1929 the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel hosted the first one of these, but of course, it wasn't televised the Oscars |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE $200: In 2002, he got 100% of the presidential vote of his country, but the next year, he was out of power for good Saddam Hussein |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | COUNTRY SINGERS IN COUNTRY SONGS $400: "Yeah, I kinda need to wash my truck but hell, I kinda don't care. I think old Alan Jackson said it best: It's" this:00 "somewhere" 5:00 |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | EAGLES $400: Sure, this Marquette Golden Eagle here is a Miami Heat legend & won Olympic gold, but his real career highlight--he became a game show host (Dwyane) Wade |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | SEEING RIGHT THROUGH YOU $800: ...Literally! This thin, transparent membrane covers the front part of the eye; scratching it may be painful, but it can heal fast the cornea |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | EAGLES $1000: "The Emus" was right there for E.M.U., this "directional" university in Ypsilanti, but it soars proudly as the Eagles Eastern Michigan University |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | MYTH MISERY $200: She was a beautiful mortal, but after making Athena angry, which you should definitely never do, this Gorgon got a reptile hairdo Medusa |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SO I'M READING THIS BOOK $600: A fictional journal: "129 lbs. (but post-Christmas), alcohol units 14... cigarettes 22, calories 5424" Bridget Jones's Diary |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | GEOGRAPHIC ANAGRAMS $800: I love learning new dances, but traveling to this Pacific nation for the tango contest was too far Tonga (from tango) |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | ALL SHAPES & SIZES $200: Snowflakes come in all types, but they initially form in prisms based on this shape, from the Greek for "six" a hexagon |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | ART & ARTISTS $600: He was a committed revolutionary, but this Frenchman's paintings of Napoleon are among his best known works David |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | WORLD OF FOOD $800: Under this local name, the fish seen here is a delicacy in Japan, but can be deadly if not properly prepared the fugu |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | NATIONS' LAST MONARCHS $1600: Túpac Amaru led a 1570s resistance against the Spanish but was captured & killed as the last ruler of this New World people the Inca |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WESTMINSTER-WINNING DOG BREEDS $400: The Smooth Fox this won Westminster's first 4 Best in Shows, but the Wire Fox version has the most victories, with 15 Terrier |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | ART"S" $800: Melting clocks, yeah, yeah, we get it, but this art movement included poetry by Pierre Reverdy & was influenced by Bosch surrealism |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | U.S. FESTIVALS $800: At the Urbanna, Va. Oyster Festival, this contest is mainly about speed but shell fragments & clean separation also count (oyster) shucking |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | A BIBLICAL BURIAL $800: In the King James Bible, when a man said he'd follow Jesus but first had to bury his dad, Jesus said these 6 words let the dead bury their dead |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WHERE'S MY FOOD? $1,500 (Daily Double): This dessert of sponge cake, ice cream & meringue that's finished in the oven was created to honor an 1867 land purchase a baked Alaska |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: It's Spanish for "everybody", but it literally translates to "all the world" todo el mundo |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | NATURE $400: Early in the alphabet of domesticated camelids, it's related to the llama but smaller & more prized for its wool an alpaca |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | NO CAP $1600: California has legal marijuana but no limit on the level in a driver's blood of this chemical whose name has 3- & 20-letter versions THC |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | NATURE $1600: The Arctic reindeer moss isn't really moss but this algae/fungus hybrid lichen |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | NUMBERS IN THE NEWS $400: The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank reminded us this is the FDIC deposit insurance limit, but Uncle Sam made good on SVB losses $250,000 |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | WRITING: MUSIC $800: Joan Didion wrote of a 1968 recording session, "There were 3 of the 4 Doors", a producer, girls, a dog, cheeseburgers, everything but him Jim Morrison |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | AT THE FARMERS MARKET $1000: I didn't know people still did this craft but I saw someone creating a wall hanging macrame |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | THE NAME OF THE DAME $400: This classy dame was nominated for 12 acting Emmys for "Murder, She Wrote" but never won; she did nab an honorary Oscar & some Tonys Angela Lansbury |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | OPEN DOOR $1000: Gandalf initially struggles to open the door to this place, but after speaking the Elvish word for "friend", he gets it right the Mines of Moria |
| #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 |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | IT CAME FROM NEW JERSEY $800: It was actually a trio of brothers who founded this New Brunswick-based healthcare company in 1886, but it goes by this & this Johnson & Johnson |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | UNITED KINGDOM ELECTION CONSTITUENCIES $200: Acting brothers Chris & Liam should love this constituency, about midway between Manchester & Kingston upon Hull Hemsworth |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | UNITED KINGDOM ELECTION CONSTITUENCIES $600: Know that Orkney & these islands in the northernmost part of Scotland are a district & we may give you a small pony! (But we won't) Shetland |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | WAR OF THE WORDS $800: Not the Pickwick but the Garrick Club was the site of conversations that caused a falling out between Thackeray & this author Dickens |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | ANIMAL CHANGE A LETTER $200: These two creatures are only one letter different but not really similar otherwise lion & loon |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | VAMPIRE-POURRI $1200: In the "Twilight" saga, the Cullens avoid the Sun not because it would kill them but because this happens twinkle (sparkle) |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | WRITING ON THE WALLS $2000: This title Melville office drudge notices dead brick walls early on, but ends up staring at the high walls of prison Bartleby |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | THAT MUSICAL ACT IS UNREAL! $2000: Later a movie, Roddy Doyle's first novel is about this soulful but imaginary Irish band The Commitments |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | LOVE ISLAND U.K. $2000: In 1493 Columbus named this volcanic island in the West Indies; the French had it for a bit, but the U.K. has had it since 1783 Montserrat |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $400: The ribbon moray species of this fish is born male but later changes its color & its sex an eel |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | FIRST SPEECHES IN SHAKESPEARE $1,000 (Daily Double): "Take but good note & you shall see in him the triple pillar of the world transformed into a strumpet's fool" Antony and Cleopatra |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | FIRST SPEECHES IN SHAKESPEARE $1600: "It did always seem so to us: but now, in the division of the kingdom, it appears not which of the dukes he values most" King Lear |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | THAT EUROPEAN LANGUAGE $1600: Rz is usually a single sound, but surprise! Not in Marznac Polish |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | CUFFING SEASON $2000: It was lit when this Titan hung with mankind but it got real dark after Zeus cuffed him to that mountain Prometheus |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | ROLLING STONES LYRICS $200: "But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas" "Jumpin' Jack Flash" |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | THE CZAR $400: A true great, in 1721 he dumped "czar" for "emperor of all Russia" to help with primacy over the church but the old title stuck Peter the Great |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | DATING/APPS $1000: Oh, you like to travel? I'd love to visit Myanmar but the closest I've gotten is this geographic cream cheese & crab app crab Rangoon |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | MEDICINE $400: Most of us do this several times a day, but it's also the most common tuberculosis symptom coughing |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | LATINO ACTORS & ACTRESSES $2000: This actor who starred in "Summer of Sam" & "Spawn" also voiced Bruno in "Encanto", but we don't talk about that Leguizamo |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | THE YEAR OF THE HORSE $200: 1973:
He didn't run the United Nations, but he did run the Belmont in record time Secretariat |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | 4-LETTER WORLD CITIES $400: Tradition says this city was founded in 753 B.C., but it wasn't built in a day Rome |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | SILENT K WORDS $800: In a Chumbawamba song, this happens, "but I get up again" (I get) knocked down |
| #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 | FLOWERS $800: The American this Plant Society says nowadays these are affordable--spend as little as you like, but you won't be able to own just one orchids |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | BEN & JERRY'S FLAVOR GRAVEYARD $200: Fresh Georgia this flavor "tasted great but couldn't last, 'cuz Georgia's quite a-ways away & trucks don't go that fast" peach |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | BEN & JERRY'S FLAVOR GRAVEYARD $600: A 1980s effort honored a Revolutionary War Vermont hero--not just almond but this first name preceding "Almond" Ethan |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | HANG UP YOUR TV REBOOTS $1600: "New Blood" was a fitting title for the Showtime reboot of the antics of this serial killer, but it was cut short after one season Dexter |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | HANG UP YOUR TV REBOOTS $2000: This sitcom won a ton of Emmys during its first run, 1998-2006, but ended in 2020 after a brief reboot & a few more trophies Will & Grace |
| #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 |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | STARTS WITH "W" $2000: It sounds bad, but it's a type of firm fabric made from twisted, compacted yarn & often used for suits & pleated skirts worsted |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | HAIRY STYLES $600: In the 1940s, women wore victory these, a synonym for curls, but also a popular airplane maneuver rolls |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | YES, YOU CANAL $800: It's a tight squeeze getting by in this country's Corinth Canal, but seems like fun Greece |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | HISTORY HYSTERIA $800: In 1950 this senator said 205 Communists worked in the state department but later testifying in the Senate, couldn't document one McCarthy |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A '90s KID $800: Some kids in the '90s really loved this guy's style, seen here on Mark McGrath; not icy caps, but... frosted tips |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A NOVEL CHARACTER BREAKDOWN $1200: An inspector never stops inspecting; a 19th century Gerard; the fugitive saves his life, he lets the guy go but meets a tragic end Javert |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | THE PRESIDENTIAL LINE OF SUCCESSION, TODAY $1200: Al Haig once said, "I am in control here in the White House" but like this man, Haig was batting fourth Antony Blinken |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | RIAA TOP-SELLING ARTISTS $800: Syd Barrett was in this band when it sold its first of tens of millions of albums in 1967, but Dave Gilmour soon replaced him Pink Floyd |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | 21st CENTURY STUFF $800: This general turned around the Iraq War, leading a troop surge & later headed the CIA but was brought down by scandal Petraeus |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | WATERFOWL-POURRI $1000: This Tchaikovsky ballet premiered in 1877 but was not a success & was dropped from the repertoire Swan Lake |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS $800: Today we might call it phrogging, but in a title by Mary Norton, the tiny Clock family, living beneath a kitchen floor, are these The Borrowers |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | CITY HAPPENINGS $800: It was chosen as Upper Canada (Ontario)'s capital in 1793 but its name became York; in 1834 it got re-renamed back to the original Toronto |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM $1000: In 1985, the teammates seen here the Edmonton Oilers |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | MOVIE CONTINENTS $1200: Africa:
Not James VI but Idi Amin is the subject The Last King of Scotland |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | MYTHOLOGY $2000: Not just Odysseus but his son visits this nymph who shares her name with a music style; Angelica Kauffman depicted his welcome Calypso |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | WORDS ENDING IN "Y" $800: It sounds like a place where chimps & gorillas are kept, but as you can see, it's not an apiary |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | GARDEN PARTY $1000: George H.W. Bush was famously not a fan of this veggie but it grows fast, is high in vitamins A, C & K, so it gets planted broccoli |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | POTPOURRI $800: Pour one out for "Mr." this, gone too soon in 2001; it was first named Peppo but Dr Pepper's lawyers had issues with that Mr. Pibb |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | LANDMARKS OF GREAT BRITAIN $400: Druids didn't build this stone circle begun around 3000 B.C., but modern-day Druids gather there at solstice time Stonehenge |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | DUDE, HERE'S YOUR CAR $400: It seemed a bit excessive, but in 2018 one of this company's roadsters was sent into space Tesla |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | HAMMER $400: You can look like a gunslinger but instead of a pistol, draw a hammer from one of these tool belt accessories a holster |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | THE BAND'S SONGS TELL A STORY $600: "One Of These Nights", I'll tell you this band did "Pretty Maids All In A Row", but "I Can't Tell You Why" the Eagles |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | DISNEY ENDINGS $1200: Tadashi dies in a fire in this 2014 movie, leaving Hiro devastated, but Baymax is there for him Big Hero 6 |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | DISNEY ENDINGS $1600: In this 1986 classic Basil of Baker Street survives a fall from Big Ben, but the evil Ratigan is not so lucky The Great Mouse Detective |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | POETIC SUBJECTS $600: In haiku, hana are blossoms in general but most likely these, as in Buson's these "having fallen the temple belongs to the branches" cherry blossoms |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | MONTHLY PEOPLE, REAL & IMAGINED $1600: This was revealed as Offred's real name on TV's "The Handmaid's Tale", but not in the novel June |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | THAT'S ADORABLE $400: Its giant cousin is more famous for being adorable, but this bamboo eater is pretty cute a red panda |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | FOOD STUFF $600: Americans think of this dish as a stew, but the authentic Budapest version is more of a soup goulash |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | MUSIC OF THE MONTH $400: "Gloria" & maybe fittingly "I Fall Down" are but 2 of the rock & roll servings on the U2 album named for this month October |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | GALACTIC VACATIONS $800: Take a pic for the Gram by the supermassive one of these at the core of the M87 galaxy--but don't get too close! a black hole |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | STATE OF THE UNION $600: The CSA wanted this 31st state to join--it had recently come into some gold & had an unblockaded harbor--but it went Union California |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | STATE OF THE UNION $800: The 39th New York Infantry had soldiers from many lands, but was called the Guard of this Italian hero of the 19th century Garibaldi |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE 1960s $200: When Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first of these, the patient lived less than a month, but Dr. B.'s 2nd try got a guy 18 months a heart transplant |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE GRAMMAR POLICE $400: "Herb, with his in-laws, are going to Tahiti". Good for Herb, but here's your ticket for violating subject-verb this agreement |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | NOM NOM NOMINATIONS $400: From 2001 to 2006, Emmy voters didn't quite get the "essence of" this chef, but in 2017... bam! he got a trophy for "Eat the World" Emeril Lagasse |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | YOU KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS $400: Lovers of the game like Ken Burns & Bill "Spaceman" Lee have observed there's no this in baseball, but as of 2023 there is a clock |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | NOM NOM NOMINATIONS $800: "Beat" this chef? as a 1991 & '92 nominee for Beard's rising chef of the year, yes, but in '93? Winner winner barbecue dinner! Bobby Flay |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE GRAMMAR POLICE $1000: 30 years on the force, but I was sickened by "I went to lunch, Tim showed up" --what animal does this act with an innocent comma? splice |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | YOU KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS $2000: Bacteria, parasites & viruses inside you sound bad, but they're now seen as this 10-letter realm essential to gut & overall health microbiome |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | RECENT EVENTS $800: Subheads in a piece on this N.Y. rep.: "lied about where he went to... college"; "allegedly swindled a disabled vet whose dog was dying" George Santos |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | SO YOU THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS $800: He fought the chimera and was on top of the world riding Pegasus, but rode him too high and fell to Earth Bellerophon |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | HORROR MOVIES $1600: She stars in Fresh, which seems like a rom-com at first, but thanks to Sebastian Stan, she soon learns there's more on the menu Daisy Edgar Jones |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | ANIMALS IN LITERATURE $200: In Dodie Smith's tale, Pongo & Missis are the parents of 15 puppies, but the 17 of them becomes this title number by the end 101 (Dalmatians) |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | "G"-RATED WORDS $800: Derived from Spanish but sounding a bit French, it's a wire used to strangle someone, or the act itself garrote |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | THE UNIVERSE WITH NEIL deGRASSE TYSON $200: (Neil deGrasse Tyson presents the clue.) It was controversial, but I supported the downgrading of Pluto to dwarf planet status by this body, the IAU for short the International Astronomical Union |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | BARONS & BARONESSES $400: This Shakespearean actor was knighted in 1947 and became Baron of Brighton in 1970 for his theater work Laurence Olivier |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | THE UNIVERSE WITH NEIL deGRASSE TYSON $800: (Neil deGrasse Tyson presents the clue.) "Jeopardy!" folks are unquestionably bright, but these phenomena are the most luminous objects in the universe, capable of emitting one trillion times the energy of our Sun quasars |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | IN THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME $200: Elias Howe, but not Isaac Singer, for this invention sewing machine |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $600: As Roger Murtaugh in this 1987 film, Danny Glover got a catchphrase--"I'm too old for this (stuff)" (but Danny didn't say "stuff") Lethal Weapon |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | SCULPTORS $1200: Weird, it's abstract but it's also a chicken--it's this, from words for "Life" & "shape", maybe by Jean Arp or Anish Kapoor biomorphic sculpture |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | FOR MASTERS ONLY $1600: He wrote the novel "True Grit" but his funnier books like "The Dog of the South" won him a cult following (Charles) Portis |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM $200: This "king of the tyrant lizards" was a heavyweight at up to 15,000 pounds but did have a problem throwing jabs T. rex (Tyrannosaurus rex) |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | "YO", I'LL SOLVE IT $600: This type of carnivorous canine is found in all states but Hawaii a coyote |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | POP CULTURE 2003 $2,200 (Daily Double): In this film, the emperor of Japan wants Algren (Tom Cruise) to modernize his army but Algren deeply respects the old ways The Last Samurai |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | ART IMITATING LIFE $2,800 (Daily Double): Jan Willem Pieneman's painting of this 1815 event was to go to the Duke of Wellington, but stayed in Holland the Battle of Waterloo |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | PICKING UP THE CZECH $400: In 1968 a city & a season described this brief time of Czechoslovakian liberalization under Dubcek but the USSR said nyet to that the Prague Spring |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | A LIFE IN SCIENCE $400: James Chadwick won a 1935 Nobel Prize for discovering this subatomic particle that's part of every atomic nucleus but ordinary hydrogen a neutron |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | LOVE LETTERS $400: In 1919 she wrote to F. Scott Fitzgerald, "there's nothing in all the world I want but you--and your precious love" Zelda Fitzgerald |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $1000: An oldie-but-goodie says, "But don't forget who's taking you home & in whose arms you're gonna be, so darlin"' do this save the last dance for me |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | PURE POETRY $400: (Ada Limón reads.) NASA has commissioned me to write a poem to be engraved on its Europa Clipper probe, which will travel 1.8 billion miles on its way to inspect an icy but possibly life-friendly moon of this planet Jupiter |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | SPANISH & PORTUGUESE $800: When talking to one person in Spanish, you use the pronoun tú with a pal but this other pronoun for a more formal encounter usted |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | PERILS OF JOURNALISM $800: There aren't federal types of these, but most states have ones that won't force me to reveal chili recipe competitors' secrets shield laws (for journalists) |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | ALL AROUND THE WORLD $1,000 (Daily Double): A gigantic 3/4 dome, Montreal's biosphere was designed by this American for the city's 1967 Expo (Buckminster) Fuller |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | ORGANIZATIONS $1600: She died in 1980 but her organization's address labels can show your support for fighting breast cancer--& you might donate, too Susan Komen |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | "X" IN THE CITY $800: Indicated on the map & named for the 2 states it straddles, it functions as one community but two separate cities Texarkana |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | JEOPARDY! AFTER DARK $1600: Nuta was the given first name of the creator of the dazzling country & Western style worn here, but he was better known as this Nudie |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | MEDICAL TERMS $800: It's the medical term for baldness, partial or complete & usually on the scalp, but it can be over the entire body alopecia |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD WITH PADMA LAKSHMI $600: (Padma Lakshmi reads.) It may surprise you, but a cherished dish of mine involves something salty, spicy, crunchy & cheesy known as this "pie" that's often served in the snack products bag Frito pie |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | 1990s EMMY AWARDS $800: Several times, Dennis Franz went head-to-head with Jimmy Smits for their roles on this cop show, but only Dennis won NYPD Blue |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | 1990s EMMY AWARDS $1600: A college football player, he scored an Emmy for coaching the game as Wood Newton on "Evening Shade" Burt Reynolds |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | COLLEGE: THE DROP/ADD PERIOD $600: Add this name after "Washington and" but before "University" Lee |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | TWISTS $800: The titular "Book of Eli" turns out to be a Bible, but it's basically useless to Gary Oldman because it's in this format braille |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | DON'T GO ANYWHERE $800: Jane Austen used this twice-hyphenated term not about a mom, but an indolent "man" stay-at-home |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | "B" IS THE FIRST LETTER $1000: It means "in a state of confusion", but many misuse it because it sounds so much like "finding something funny" bemused (bemusement) |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | DON'T GO ANYWHERE $1600: Loiter is similar to but more frowned-upon than this other 6-letter "L" word linger |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | BRITISH MUSICAL GEOGRAPHY $800: The guitarists of Big Country couldn't stand the regular comparison of their guitar sound to this national instrument of their country the bagpipes |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | INTERNATIONAL LIT $800: He wrote more than 50 plays, but his most famous is "Six Characters in Search of an Author" Pirandello |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | NEW WORLD EXPLORATION $800: In 1673 these 2 men, one a missionary, sought the mouth of the Mississippi but turned back at Arkansas Marquette & Joliet |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | A NEW HOPE $800: In 1848, crickets swarmed Salt Lake Valley's crops but these birds miraculously showed up, saving the day seagulls |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | A NEW HOPE $1000: Subject of the bio "Man of Hope", Padre Pio received these holy wounds not once but twice in his life, attracting numerous pilgrims stigmata |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | NEW WORLD EXPLORATION $2000: In 1500 this sailor headed to India but made a right turn & landed in Brazil, claiming it for Portugal Cabral |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | KEN JENNINGS: INTERNATIONAL NERD OF MYSTERY $1600: This Paris-trained artist's painting of the marketplace back home in Vitebsk is okay, but John Byrne's "X-Men" art? Perfection Chagall |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | PUTTING THE "MM" IN YUMMY $800: That's not a tomato but the Japanese variety of this fruit a persimmon |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | QUICK OPERA $7,000 (Daily Double): 3 ladies give Tamino this title item, but no lessons the Magic Flute |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & ACCESSORIES $200: Despite the rumors, David Mamet said he doesn't actually use this musical device to mark time, but does count syllables metronome |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | ESSAYS $800: Nora Ephron mentions ones that are loose, crepey, wrinkled & turkey gobbler in her essay "I Feel Bad About My" this Neck |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | GREAT SPORTS CALLS $1000: "The slipper still fits!" as this then-Cinderella Spokane school eked out a 1999 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament win Gonzaga |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $1000: The biggest celebration of the Revolution was held on July 14, 1790, not on the Champs-Élysées, but on this Champ Champ de Mars |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | TECH TALK $600: It follows "self-" to describe a modest person & it's what happens to an app feature that's being eliminated but still works for now deprecating |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | CHESS, MASTERS $800: (Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) Famed for works like "Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2", in the 1920s this great Dadaist all but abandoned art for chess, becoming a master & going on to play for France in four Chess Olympiads Duchamp |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | ABBREV. $800: The dealer is legally free to sell at a lower or higher cost, but cars have an MSRP, short for this manufacturer's suggested retail price |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | LET'S GO ON A SAFARI $11,800 (Daily Double): A unique way to see wildlife in the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is to take a sunset cruise on this river above Victoria Falls Zambezi |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | A BIRTHDAY TO REMEMBER $400: On St. Helena in 2022, Jonathan, one of these animals, moved slowly at his 190th birthday fete--but then again, he's always slow a tortoise |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | THIS 20th CENTURY WORLD LEADER... $800: ...was born in Georgia in 1878 (but not the first Georgia you'd think of) Stalin |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | 2-LETTER RESPONSES $400: He's not the 11th general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since Mao, but the 6th Xi |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | AUTHORS' PRETTY DECENT REVIEWS $600: The Detroit Free Press said "The Mummy" was "vintage" this novelist; "elegantly erotic & full of enchanting terror" Anne Rice |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | WORLD COINS $1,000 (Daily Double): Though Mount Ararat is in Turkey, this neighboring country issued a 500-dram coin featuring the mountain along with Noah's Ark & a dove Armenia |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | 2-LETTER RESPONSES $1600: The arboreal aerialist seen here gets this alternate name from its high-pitched cry ai |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | I'M LATE, I'M GREAT, I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE $9,400 (Daily Double): I messed up saying I was "in control" in the White House, but earlier I really was as a shaky Richard Nixon's last Chief of Staff (Alexander) Haig |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | TV TITLE REFERENCES $9,600 (Daily Double): Slang meaning undergoing the terrible agony of withdrawal from opiates like Oxycontin dopesick |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | JOHNNY GILBERT'S MUSICAL THEATER AUDITION $200: "But the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky/ Keeps great & small on the endless round/ It's the circle of life" The Lion King |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | PRESENT COMPANY ACCEPTED $800: After 8 years as CEO of this tech company following its split from eBay, Dan Schulman is stepping down, but no need to send Dan any $$$ PayPal |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: After moving to Nashville, he joined a band called The Ranch, but soon had a solo No. 1 country hit with "But For The Grace Of God" Keith Urban |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: This country superstar seen here studied advertising at Oklahoma State, but ended up changing his career path a little bit Garth Brooks |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | BETTER TOMES & GARDENS $1200: Alice finds a marvelous garden in Wonderland but has trouble managing this bird while playing croquet there a flamingo |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | NOLAD SON OF AFRAL, BIBLICAL OB/GYN $200: In Genesis she was told, "In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children", but I assured her epidural anesthesia is very effective Eve |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | LITTLE $1,000 (Daily Double): This city in Java gave its name to small chickens, boxers & books Bantam |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | WORLD OF WORDS & IDIOMS $2000: Ronald Reagan adapted the Russian saying "Doveryai, no proveryai" into this 3-word maxim about nuclear weapons deals trust but verify |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | MASTERING PASTRY WITH DOMINIQUE ANSEL $200: (Dominique Ansel reads.) These savory appetizers are made with puff pastry & Parmesan; twist the pastry end back, but don't sip your drink with them cheese straws |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | MASTERING PASTRY WITH DOMINIQUE ANSEL $400: (Dominique Ansel reads.) It's not actually a thousand, despite the name, but usually three layers of puff pastry that are spread with cream & jam to make this dessert mille-feuille |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | GOOD NAME FOR A BREAKFAST CEREAL? $400: These exercises are similar to sit-ups, but you don't lift up as far crunches |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | DON'T CONFUSE THE TWO $2000: As seen here, one is a metalloid, atomic No. 32, & the other a flowering plant germanium & geranium |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | LESS-THAN-STELLAR SCIENTIFIC POETRY $800: We have no pic of Margaret Mead / Sporting a blue feather boa / But things were great in 1928 / With "Coming of Age in"... Samoa |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | PRESIDENTS WHO SERVED $4,000 (Daily Double): Eisenhower did not go overseas for WWI, but earned a medal in part for battling an epidemic of this disease at Camp Colt in Pennsylvania influenza |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | RHYMINGLY NAMED CELEBS $400: In 1997 he was up for a Grammy, made a cameo in "Good Burger" & ended the season shooting 48% from the free throw line Shaquille O'Neal (Shaq accepted) |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | CONTRONYMS $1600: You can ask for one of these if you wish to delay a trial, but it can also refer to just going on with the trial continuance |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | BIBLICAL PLACES $800: Joseph of this place took the crucified Jesus & placed his body in a "new tomb" Arimathea |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | 1920s SCIENCE $1000: The Stern-Gerlach experiment gave insight into this, electrons' angular momentum, sort of like what planets do but also sort of not spin |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | ____ OF THE ____ $1600: From this Broadway song, "Cunning little brain, regular Voltaire, thinks he's quite a lover but there's not much there" "Master Of The House" (from Les Mis) |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | GONE FISHIN' $400: Succulent but potentially lethal, Japan's specially prepared delicacy known as fugu uses a variety of this type of fish a puffer fish |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | YEET! $600: In "2001" this computer yeets Frank Poole off into space but still has Dave to contend with HAL 9000 |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | YEET! $800: Truman: "I didn't fire" him "because he was a dumb son of a (bleep), although he was, but that's not against the law for generals" MacArthur |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | YEET! $1000: In Greek myth, after he was born lame, his mom yeeted him out of heaven, but he returned & made Hermes' winged helmet Hephaestus |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | FUTILITY $1200: In the "Odyssey", Homer wrote this man was "in violent torment, seeking to raise a monstrous stone" but ever failing Sisyphus |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | BACK IN THE 12th CENTURY $800: King Suryavarman II built this religious complex in Cambodia as a Hindu temple, but it became a Buddhist shrine Angkor Wat |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | WOMEN WRITERS $1600: This magazine contributor, short-story author & poet once said, "I can't write five words but that I change seven" Dorothy Parker |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | RELIGION $2000: In slang, "a whole" this means a long story, but in the Hebrew Bible, it's a scroll or the book of Esther megillah |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $2000: Sounding like a word from taxonomy, this word describes an argument that looks true on the surface, but isn't specious |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | WOMEN WRITERS $8,000 (Daily Double): Min Jin Lee's novel "Pachinko" follows generations of a Korean immigrant family overcoming bias in this other Asian nation Japan |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | SPOONERISM PAIRS $200: A grand overall scheme & a stucco guy a master plan & a plaster man |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | 20/23 $200: In the human body most cells normally contain 23 pairs of these chromosomes |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | A TRIP TO ASIA $400: We'll enjoy Oskemen on the Irtysh River when we're in this country, but we will not make one Borat joke when we're there. Very nice! Kazakhstan |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | 20/23 $400: Atomic No. 20, it's good when it's in the bones but bad when it builds up in the arteries calcium |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | LITERARY DEMISES $600: In "The Green Mile", this death row inmate who has healing powers is innocent but is resigned to his fate Coffey |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | STOCK SYMBOLS $1200: Not DING, not DONG, but TWNK is this maker of Twinkies & other baked goodies Hostess |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | REVOLUTION $1600: After a speech by Khrushchev in 1956, this country revolted, but the Soviets intervened before year's end Hungary |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | SCIENCE $400: Table salt isn't made up of molecules but of lattices composed of ions of these 2 elements sodium & chlorine |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | 21st CENTURY FILMS $800: (I'm Reggie Watts.) In addition to music, I had done some stand-up & sketch work but found the type of comedy I wanted to perform in this 2001 "wet hot" movie starring Paul Rudd & Elizabeth Banks Wet Hot American Summer |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | A BIBLE THUMPIN' $800: The jawbone of an ass is an unusual choice for a weapon, but this guy "slew a thousand men" with one in Judges 15 Samson |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | MIND YOUR GRAMMAR $200: "To happily follow wherever you may lead" employs this, once verboten but less so today a split infinitive |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE $400: This wild dog of Australia rarely barks but it does howl like a wolf a dingo |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | A JR. IN ENTERTAINMENT $600: Tha (Dwayne) Carter Jr. went platinum at age 17 when he was with the Hot Boys, but you may know him under this nom de rap Lil Wayne |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | MIND YOUR GRAMMAR $800: This grammatical case doesn't mean blaming someone but indicates that a noun is a direct object of a verb accusative |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | MYTHOLOGY $1200: She used her magic to help Jason, but after 10 years of marriage, he wed another; she killed her own children & the second wife Medea |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | DOCTOR: WHO? $400: He made it out of the O.K. Corral, but after Nov. 8, 1887, he could no longer be anybody's huckleberry Doc Holliday |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | A REAL BODY BUSY $4,000 (Daily Double): Most of your digestion doesn't take place in the stomach but rather in this organ that includes the ileum the small intestine |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | RECENT LITERARY BIOGRAPHY $400: "An Elusive Woman" is the subtitle of a biography of this mystery writer, born a proper Victorian but later an avid surfer Agatha Christie |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | CONFIDENCE $400: Ask with confidence in this classic game, "Was it Plum with the dagger in the study?"; you might be wrong, but be confident! Clue |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | BRIT LIT $600: In "A Room with a View", the view isn't of England but of this country Italy |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | TOP TO BOTTOM $1000: This 6-letter word refers to the zenith or farthest point, such as the point where the Moon is farthest from the Earth the apogee |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | THE PARENT COMPANY $1600: Its name implies one simple machine, but this big multinational holds the mayo with Hellmann's Unilever |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | READING MUSIC $400: In "Me", his Donald Duck costume's "padded bum" made it hard to sit; he tried "to play 'Your Song' but... couldn't stop laughing" Elton John |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | SHARPS & FLATS $1000: In Greek myth, the 3 stone-cold ladies collectively known as this were famed for their reptilian hairstyle but also had sharp fangs the Gorgons |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | GREEK HISTORY $800: In 1967 Greece's politicians worried about a coup by generals, but a group of this lower rank took over for 7 years the colonels |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | MADE GOOD $1200: An ad with an ape abusing very durable luggage wasn't for Samsonite as some recall but for this all-"American" competitor American Tourister |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | GO JUMP IN A LAKE $400: A "Windy City" dip into this lake might prove challenging during winter, but we have faith in you Lake Michigan |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS $400: Founded in 1791, the mission in this central coast U.C. city is the only one named not for a saint, but for the cross Santa Cruz |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS $1000: Native Americans who converted to Christianity at the missions were called these, from Greek for "newly planted" neophytes |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | SCIENTIFIC NUMBERS $1600: Sure, you all know pi approximated to 3.14, but it's also approximated by this fraction 22/7 |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MY KID GOT INTO AN IVY LEAGUE MUSEUM $200: My kid says Brown's Haffenreffer Museum bans smoking, but has items like Native American stems & bowls of these pipes |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MUSIC-"O"-LOGY $800: Our Facts on File Dictionary of Music says it is "a direction implying a faster speed than allegro", but has nothing for "chango" presto |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | HOROSCOPES $600: It sounds like a water sign, but it's an air sign & those born under it, such as Abraham Lincoln, are intellectual & highly social Aquarius |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | OK MILLENNIAL $1000: Born in Moore, Oklahoma in 1981, Randy Wayne starred as Bo's cousin Luke in the 2007 TV movie titled them: "The Beginning" The Dukes of Hazzard |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $1600: Maggie Kuhn's anti-ageism group had a long, dignified name but this moniker from a TV newsman is the one that stuck the Gray Panthers |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | IN THE AIR TONIGHT $200: Earth's atmosphere is mostly nitrogen & oxygen, but the next most abundant gas is this one, symbol Ar argon |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: To play this is literally being done here, but can also mean to go too easy on someone patty cake |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | LOST WITH THE TITANIC $400: No "Heart of the Ocean", but a pink 6 7/16-carat diamond from this New York jeweler Tiffany |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | IN THE DICTIONARY $1600: When this word precedes slavery, one person is not just in effect but legally the private property of another chattel |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | I GOT THE RECEIPTS $400: Folks were not happy he went electric at 1965's Newport Folk Festival but in 2013 the Fender Strat he used went for $965,000 Bob Dylan |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | NO, PRIME MINISTER $400: On live TV, Dutch PM Mark Rutte said don't perform this greeting ritual due to COVID, but forgot & put 'er there moments later a handshake |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | NO, PRIME MINISTER $1600: In 1973 Luis Carrero Blanco became PM, taking power in Spain from this man, but was assassinated 6 months later Franco |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ADAPTERS $2000: This novelist did not adapt his own novel "About a Boy" as a movie but did adapt other writers' "Wild" & "Brooklyn" Nick Hornby |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | AIR TRAVEL $400: American Airlines recently announced it was phasing out first class on international flights but expanding this class business class |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Known for ruling Egypt in the 30s B.C., she was of Macedonian descent but still staked a claim as the new Isis on Earth Cleopatra |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: Mental Floss summed up the difference: "Neanderthals are more primitive but stronger"; these prehistoric humans "are us" Cro-Magnons |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | NOVELS BY QUOTE $4,000 (Daily Double): "What you see there are not giants, but windmills" Don Quixote |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | AMERICANA $400: A 1952 song inserted "the" into this character's name, but the Forest Service insists it's just two words Smokey Bear |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | YOU TOTALLY RULED! $800: The Aztec Empire was expanding under this 9th emperor in 1519, but the Spanish showed up; he's dead by 1520 & the empire, in 1521 Montezuma |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | YOU TOTALLY RULED! $3,000 (Daily Double): He finally got the crown he craved on July 6, 1483 but just 2 years later, Henry VII would open the very first Tudor garage Richard III |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | ANCIENT CITIES $600: Circa 330 A.D. the city once known as this got a new name under new emperor Constantine Byzantium |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | AT THREES & FOURS $1000: The sole-horned one gets all the press, but this describes an animal having four horns, like the antelope seen here a quadricorn |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | SPEECHES $1200: In 1588 she declared, "I know I have the body... of a weak & feeble woman, but I have the heart & stomach of a king" Queen Elizabeth I |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | THE LAST BATTLE $400: The last Western Hemisphere action of the Spanish-American War wasn't on Cuba but on this island Puerto Rico |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: An expression for close but wrong is "right church, wrong" this pew |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | SCHOOL OF MUSIC $2000: A member of his Ohio high school drama club, he'd get roles on TV & in films, but he's better known for his own brand of honky-tonk Dwight Yoakam |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | THE WORLD OF MIDDLE-EARTH $600: This peak is where the ring was forged & the only place it can be destroyed Mount Doom |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | PAINT ME A PICTURE $800: His "Symphony in White, No. 1" isn't of his mother, but of his mistress & frequent companion, Joanna Hiffernan Whistler |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | LOOKS GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT $1000: It's a popular street food in Bangkok, but you don't have to go that far to get it pad thai |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | THE SUPERLATIVE EARTH $1600: The largest proven reserves of crude oil lie not in the Mideast but belong to this country Venezuela |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | SONGS FROM '60s MUSICALS $1000: "The Lees Of Old Virginia" & "But, Mr. Adams" 1776 |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | SPOUSAL SUPPORT $400: A 1931 family portrait influenced by Mexican folk art depicts these 2 painters & spouses (but she did the piece) Kahlo & Rivera |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | A SALT $600: Savvy cooks prefer this salt, not for religious purposes but because its coarse texture makes it easier to pinch & dispense kosher salt |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | THE HISTORIC 1950s $800: Gamal Abdel Nasser was part of not one but 2 coups in the 1950s in this country Egypt |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | STATE MOTTO TRANSLATIONS $800: Fatti maschii parole femine is literally "manly deeds, womanly" these but Maryland now prefers "strong deeds, gentle" these words |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | SPOUSAL SUPPORT $800: Nominated to become Transportation Secy. in 2017, Elaine Chao got "yes"es from 93 senators but not from this majority leader, her husband McConnell |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | STATE MOTTO TRANSLATIONS $1000: Massachusetts has ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem, "by" this weapon "we seek peace, but only peace under liberty" the sword |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | WORLD PLACE NAMES $4,000 (Daily Double): Legend says this sea is named for Theseus' father, who flung himself into the waters when he thought his son was dead the Aegean |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | A REAL LONG SHOT $200: In game 3 of the 1970 NBA finals, Jerry West hit a 60-footer to force overtime against the Knicks--but this team still lost the Lakers |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | DALÍ GOES HOLLYWOOD $800: Dalí designed a deck of these cards for the James Bond film "Live & Let Die", but they weren't used tarot |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | EUROPEAN NATIONAL NICKNAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): Hungarians know their country not as the land of the Huns, but as the land of this nomadic people who settled there in the 9th c. the Magyars |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | WRITERS OF THE CLOTH $800: This transcendentalist essayist & poet was ordained a Unitarian minister in Boston in 1829, but resigned in 1832 Emerson |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | '80s MOVIE COMEDIES $1000: In this holiday film Randy Quaid's Eddie used to have a metal plate in his head, but use of a microwave made him forget who he was Christmas Vacation |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | TOUGH TOUGH-GUY TV $1600: Tough on the streets of Austin, tender with his boyfriend, officer Carlos Reyes is on this show with an emergency number in its title 9-1-1: Lone Star |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | WHAT A BUNCH OF CARICATURES! $400: It's not Tarzan the Ape Man, but this Brit, depicted in a satirical magazine in 1871 Darwin |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | BRITISH TO AMERICAN LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR $600: In Britain, a caravan behind your car isn't a line of vehicles, but just this one, & some pensioners choose to live in one a trailer |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | FANTASY SPORTS $600: Katniss & Peeta are about to eat poisonous berries when they learn they can't both win this, but they get a reprieve the Hunger Games |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | THE STATUE OF LIBERTY $1,000 (Daily Double): The statue's internal flexible skeletal system was designed by this Frenchman, known for his iron work Gustave Eiffel |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | BRITISH TO AMERICAN LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR $1000: A child's catapult may sound like an ancient war machine, but it's just one of these implements for flinging small projectiles a slingshot |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | REJECTED AUTHORS $400: Working at a publishing house, T.S. Eliot wrote George Orwell a letter rejecting this novel but did praise the pigs Animal Farm |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CATS: THE NON-MUSICAL $400: In 1878 this short-haired breed was imported into the U.S. from what is today Thailand, but not then Siamese |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | FINNISH HIM! $1000: "The Kullervo Symphony" sounds like a thriller novel but in 1892, was this man's first large-scale orchestral piece Sibelius |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | AT "LAST" $400: "Last" is last but not least in this heavy material carried by ships to keep them stabilized ballast |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | IT'S A JOKE $600: Hosting those very awards, this cheeky Brit said the Golden Globes are "like the Oscars, but without all that esteem" Ricky Gervais |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | A.K.A. $1000: Deadly nightshade sounds sorta scary, but it's also known as this, meaning beautiful woman, which sounds rather charming belladonna |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | THE 1980s $1000: We're sure Judge Harold Greene loved his own mother, but his orders put an end to this symbol of the telecom industry Ma Bell |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | MYSELF $800: His autobio said in 1835 Mr. Freeland hired him from his master, but he wanted "to live upon free land as well as with Freeland" Frederick Douglass |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | QUITE THE FISH STORY $800: Michael Caine said he never saw himself in this 4: "The Revenge", "but I've seen the house it bought for my mum. It's fantastic" Jaws |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS $1200: FDR's 1st inaugural gave us this 10-word statement, a "firm belief" about "nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror" "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | OUT & ABOUT THE UNIVERSE $600: A class of objects the size of asteroids but resembling comets in composition is named for these man-horse hybrids centaurs |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | TV, YOU SAY! $600: This sitcom's Dr. Spaceman, delivering Tracy some tough news: "I don't know how to say this... D.A. but eez?" 30 Rock |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | TV, YOU SAY! $1000: Darius, on this FX show: "I would say nice to meet you but I don't believe in time as a concept. So I'll just say we always met" Atlanta |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | THE CARIBBEAN $2000: These islands, the northwesterly section of the Lesser Antilles, are the Îles Sous-le-Vent in French the Leeward Islands |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | COMIC INFLUENCES $800: (I'm Ray Romano.) When we did "Everybody Loves Raymond" this legend was a huge influence; as sitcoms can be, hers was hilarious & at times broad, but her style was always real & that's what we tried to emulate Mary Tyler Moore |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | COMIC INFLUENCES $1000: (I'm Aisha Tyler.) In college I decided to make comedy my career after seeing this deadpan comic who once noted, "It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it." (Steven) Wright |
| #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 |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | U.S. ISLANDS $5,000 (Daily Double): Despite its name, this island doesn't actually have any wineries, but there are a couple of liquor stores in Edgartown Martha's Vineyard |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | TOUGH SCIENCE $1200: Drive the distance from New York City to Denver but straight down & you'll reach the CMB, these 2 regions' boundary the core & the mantle |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | BIBLICAL FIRST NAMES $1200: Not the one who was raised from the dead but a beggar of this name became a patron saint of lepers Lazarus |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | DISEASES $400: The fatal scourge bovine spongiform encephalopathy was identified in 1986 but most people remember it better as this mad cow disease |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | TOOL TALK $400: Hand-tool name for a potent potable with but 2 ingredients a screwdriver |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $2000: James Joyce's last book becomes a WHAM! song whose first word is "Jitterbug" Finnegans Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | LIABLE IN THE BIBLE $800: He is imprisoned on a false allegation when a woman grabs his garment (but not his coat of many colors) & says he made advances Joseph |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | AUNTIE HERO $1200: Early on in a book from 1900, we learn that she came to the Kansas prairies as a "young, pretty wife" but sun & wind had turned her gray Auntie Em |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | "Y" ON THE MAP $400: If you know "owt" about England, you know this historic county with its own accent & vocabulary (Yorkshire) York |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | MARCH MADNESS $600: Students at this ACC school might have had a devil of a time spelling Krzyzewski, but Coach K's 5 national titles were worth it Duke |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | MERMAIDS $1000: We don't know how many mermaids live in the Rhine River, but the most famous one is this temptress Lorelei |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | "A"DJECTIVES $800: Be! Be! This, not in the physically threatening to others sense, but in the determined go-getter vibe aggressive |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | POP MUSIC $1600: In a No. 1 Michael Jackson hit, "She's just a girl who claims that I am the one, but the kid is not my son" "Billie Jean" |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | COMPLETE THE PANGRAM $1000: Most birds don't, but "Jackdaws love my big Sphinx of" this mineral quartz |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | A LOVELY ACCENT $1200: This Québécoise singer has an accent on her first "E" on some French-language albums, but not on English ones like "One Heart" Celine Dion |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | U.S. HISTORY $200: The U.S. had this kind of convention in 1787; the states later held hundreds, but the last full one was Rhode Island's of 1986 (a) constitutional (convention) |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | DOCUMENTARY SUBJECTS $400: The CBS crew, not a news team but this kind of street artists, are the subject of "Can't Be Stopped" graffiti artists |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | ART SUPPLIES $800: These days, Banksy doesn't draw freehand out on the street but uses this type of template & spray paint a stencil |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | THE NOSE KNOWS $600: Not just Great-Uncle Fred, but even you likely have nasal vibrissae, these (nose) hairs |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | STAY CLASSY, CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: He was born in 1756, created more than 600 works of music before his 36th birthday but never got to his 36th birthday Mozart |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | PURE POETRY $5 (Daily Double): Namechecking herself, this Lesbos poet "Asked myself what, (her), can you give one who has everything, like Aphrodite?" Sappho |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | DANIEL RADCLIFFE ON HARRY POTTER $800: (Daniel Radcliffe presents the clue.) My favorite Harry Potter film to watch is "Deathly Hallows: Part 2", but my favorite to act in was this 5th film whose title refers to a group formed to fight Voldemort Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | SOCIAL SCIENCE $2000: In poli-sci, it doesn't refer to the image here, but to any legislature with two separate houses bicameral |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: It's the world's second-longest river, but the longest in the Western Hemisphere the Amazon |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | LITERARY REUNIONS $400: In the "Odyssey" Odysseus has a brief but memorable reunion with Argus, one of these, as he returns to Ithaca his dog |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | VERY ARTISTIC $400: In 1505 this 1-named artist planned to make 12 marble Apostles for a local cathedral, but he'd be called to Rome by pope-ular demand Michelangelo |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | VERY ARTISTIC $800: Praise this painting from the early 1500s on its use of sfumato, the use of fine shading, but please don't tell her to smile more the Mona Lisa |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | LITERARY REUNIONS $3,600 (Daily Double): This title woman finally returns to Rochester, blinded after a fire; but fear not! He regains some sight after they marry Jane Eyre |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | ASTRONOMY & SPACE $400: It's known as Earth's twin but it has surface temperatures over 800 degrees Fahrenheit Venus |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | YOU SEEM UPSET $1200: You can leave in a cab or in an Uber but please, not in this bad mood, also a verb meaning to blow huff |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | TV SWITCHEROO $1200: Lacey Chabert voiced this character on the first season of "Family Guy", but Mila Kunis picked up the ball & ran with it Meg |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | THE PRESIDENTIAL VICTOR $2000: Samuel J. Tilden beat him in the popular vote but did not become President Tilden Rutherford B. Hayes |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | ADJECTIVES $800: A kind of deep chasm gives us this adjective that can mean "bottomless" or "profound" but also "incompetently bad" abysmal |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | FROM "E" TO "Y" $1200: Arthur Conan Doyle had Sherlock Holmes say this word, but didn't ever follow it with "my dear Watson" elementary |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN $1600: They're King Lear's 3 daughters; the youngest is virtuous, but the other 2, not so much Goneril, Regan & Cordelia |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | A CRASH COURSE IN JOHN GREEN $200: (John Green presents the clue.) "The Fault in Our Stars" was largely inspired by a young friend, Esther Earl, who died of cancer at 16; & the title was inspired by a line in this Shakespeare play--"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves" Julius Caesar |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | RELIGION HAS ITS PLACE $800: This type of house of worship can be decorated with inscriptions of Koranic verses, but no human figures a mosque |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PALINDROMES IN POP CULTURE $800: Anna Faris wasn't there to see the end of this CBS sitcom in 2021, but Allison Janney was Mom |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | TECH TALK $800: Windows users do not want to encounter BSOD, this colorful but fatal-sounding error the blue screen of death |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PALINDROMES IN POP CULTURE $1200: Ice Cube wasn't Xander but Darius in this film sequel subtitled "State of the Union" XXX |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | MYTH CONGENIALITY $1600: Frigga got an oath from fire, water, iron, you name it, to not hurt her son, this Norse god of light, but things got hairy anyway Balder |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | CELEBRITY RELATIVES $1000: "The Many Saints of Newark" starred him as a younger version of Tony Soprano, a role originated on TV by his dad, James (Michael) Mike Gandolfini |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY $2000: This river rises in the Czech Republic but nearly 500 of its 724 miles flow through Germany to the North Sea the Elbe |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | LANDMARKS $600: What has the face of a man but the body of a recumbent lion, is 240 feet long & is carved out of limestone? This the Sphinx |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | ACC SCHOOL HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1926 this southern school enrolled about 650 full-time students, but of all things, a hurricane nearly put it out of business the University of Miami |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | I HAVE AN IDEA $2000: The institute named for this 18th c. Scot says his radical insight was that national wealth isn't gold but productive capacity Adam Smith |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | THE FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS $800: His 2015 acceptance speech for Best Male Lead did not, but should have, included him saying in a threatening way, "I'm Birdman" Michael Keaton |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | AIRPORTS NAMED FOR PEOPLE $800: Mother Teresa Airport doesn't serve Calcutta but Tirana, the capital of this nation Albania |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | TV CATCHPHRASES $1000: Mork:
This double-talk Orkan signoff nanu nanu |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | BOB DYLAN LYRICS $2000: "We never did too much talkin' anyway, but don't" do this, "it's all right" think twice |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Approved by Congress in 1861 but not ratified, a proposed this number amendment would instead have protected slavery the 13th |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | LIFE LINES $1000: This Danish philosopher agreed that "Life can only be understood backwards, but... it must be lived forwards" Kierkegaard |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | LIVIN' ON A PRAIRIE $200: The "Little House on the Prairie" was in this state, a 2-hour drive to Wichita but a bit longer by horse Kansas |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WHOA, "O"! $200: A small, fertile area in the desert, or a band that wanted to "Live Forever" (but did not) Oasis |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | NUTS TO YOU! $200: Cashews are tasty but take it easy; they have a high this content--about 12 grams per ounce fat |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | ROLE: MODEL $400: Former model Channing Tatum didn't cast fireballs as the title dancer in this 2012 film, but did generate heat Magic Mike |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WHICH WAR? $400: The destroyer HMS Sheffield is sunk by a missile but Argentina loses at least 20% of its planes the Falklands War |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | LIVIN' ON A PRAIRIE $600: A Cree word for a local red berry is the source of the name of Saskatoon but not of the name of this prairie province it's in Saskatchewan |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WE'RE HALFWAY THERE $800: A half bath, with toilet & sink but no bath or shower, is also called this "room" where you can at least touch up your face a powder room |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $2000: Previously he had built theremins, but in 1964, introduced his first synthesizer (Robert) Moog |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | THE ILIAD & THE ODYSSEY $2000: This Cyclops traps Odysseus & his men in a cave to eat them, but is blinded when they make their escape Polyphemus |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | THAT'S A CRIME! $400: It's knowingly lying after taking the oath to tell the truth in court, but it also applies to lying on a driver's license application perjury |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | THAT'S A CRIME! $600: Those Allstate ads with Dean Winters in this role are funny, but it's also the crime of maliciously injuring a person's body Mayhem |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | NOW, WE DUEL $1600: It came to shove in 1837 with a duel featuring Georges d'Anthès & this poetic but unfortunate Russian Pushkin |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | PLAY THAT GAME $200: It's gotta be hard to catch 'em all when new video games keep coming out, but in 2022 folks gave it a shot with this "Legends: Arceus" Pokémon |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | GOING UNDERGROUND $200: The shepherd's tree of southern Africa doesn't look like much above ground, but these can go 230 feet down its roots |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | NOTABLE NAMES $300: His given name was Mohandas but he also was known as Mahatma, or "great soul" Gandhi |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | EASY MONEY $400: It's no longer made up of 20 shillings, but it's still the unit of currency of Great Britain the pound |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | SINGIN' IN THE RAIN $600: Here's a thoughtful offer from Rihanna: "Now that it's raining more than ever... you can stand under my" this umbrella |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | IT'S ALSO A GREEK LETTER $600: This letter got some bad publicity when it became a COVID variant first detected in South Africa in 2021 omicron |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | THERE WILL BE BLOOD $1200: cancer.gov says this blood disease occurs most often in adults over 55 but is also the most common cancer in kids younger than 15 leukemia |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | IRAQ $400: In 2003 the USA's 75th Exploitation Task Force searched Iraq for these, WMDs for short, but didn't find any weapons of mass destruction |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $400: Britain's Air Ministry ridiculed Frank Whittle's idea for this type of engine in the 1920s, but by the 1950s no one was laughing a jet engine |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | TV CHARACTER FIRST NAMES $800: "Mad Men":
once naive but intrepid copywriter Ms. Olson Peggy |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | IF ANCIENT GREEK DEITIES WERE AROUND TODAY $800: On the reality show "My Life is Hell!", this wife of Hades wants to stay in Key West but packs for her 1/3 of the year underworld trip Persephone |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | SCI-FI & FANTASY $200: The orphan Rin in R.F. Kuang's "The Poppy War" escapes her foster family, dealers of this drug, but she's just getting started opium |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | A CAPITAL OFFENSIVE $800: In December 1941 Hitler's armies reached the suburbs of this capital, but that's as far as they got Moscow |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | NURSERY RHYMES $400: Kissing the girls made them cry, but when the boys came out to play, Georgie Porgie did this ran away |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | SCARY MOVIES $800 (Daily Double): Bram Stoker's widow got a court order to have this 1922 German silent classic destroyed--but it survived, as vampires do Nosferatu |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | 4, 4 $1,000 (Daily Double): With someone outwardly gentle but forceful, you'll find this "in a velvet glove" an iron hand |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | GRIMM BROTHERS FAIRY TALES $200: Not a fairy godmother but a bird gives this character her dress & slippers for the big event Cinderella |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | GRIMM BROTHERS FAIRY TALES $800: Not the tailor but this worker & his wife make clothes & other items for some helpful elves, who dance & leave, never to return a cobbler |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | WORKING 9 2 5 $1000: A standard 88-key piano has this many white keys 52 |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | FAMOUS AMERICAN QUOTES $200: "There's a sucker born every minute" is attributed to this circus showman, but there's no proof he ever really said or wrote it P.T. Barnum |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | THE MUSEUM OF FAILURE $200: Shake it like a this picture? Great! But its Instant Video Camera System? That "could only record 2 1/2 minutes of murky, dark video" Polaroid |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | "G"EOGRAPHY $300: Officially, it's known as the Hellenic Republic, but this is the name we usually use for it Greece |
| #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 | THE MUSEUM OF FAILURE $500: "A severely underpowered engine" made this '80s car "painfully slow", but it was a massive success as a time machine DeLorean |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | A SIGN OF SHAME $600: We can bleep out what you said when you forgot that state capital, but you still owe a buck in this container the swear jar |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | WHAT AN ANIMAL! $600: The bottlenose species of this critter looks like it's smiling, but that's just the way its mouth is shaped a dolphin |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | FAMOUS AMERICAN QUOTES $600: This movie star purred lines like "Goodness had nothing to do with it" & "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted" Mae West |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | REAL ESTATES $800: This London palace has 775 rooms, but it didn't have a ballroom until the 1850s (how did the royals ever manage without one?) Buckingham Palace |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | A SIGN OF SHAME $3,000 (Daily Double): In this Nathaniel Hawthorne novel, single mom Hester Prynne must wear a red "A" on her dress The Scarlet Letter |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | UNDER STUDY $5,000 (Daily Double): It sounds like it might be the study of shooting stars, but it's the science of the atmosphere, weather & weather forecasting meteorology |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | WE GRADE THAT H-PLUS $200: Insert an "H" in a word meaning identical & you get a feeling of disgrace shame & same |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | WE'RE ALL COUNTING ON YOU $400: 18th century composer Luigi Boccherini numbered his works using this Latin word but Yves Gérard's numbered list is much better opus |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | HOW DO I GET THERE? $600: This river:
Head to southern Idaho & enjoy Twin Falls but don't try to jump it like Evel Knievel & Eddie Braun (Eddie did make it in 2016) the Snake River |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | HOW DO I GET THERE? $1000: This nation:
Head south out of Estonia & you're there, but if you keep going & head into Lithuania, you've gone too far Latvia |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | HOW MANY DOTTED LETTERS? $1600: 5:
"Unbeatability" may not be a word, but this one, which basically means that, sure is invincibility |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | SAY IT WITH ADVERTISING $200: This chain has rolled out a new "You rule" slogan but the commercials still say you can "have it your way" Burger King |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | LAST BUT NOT LEAST $400: This type of "kid" spends part of the day after school unsupervised because the parents aren't home a latchkey |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | LAST BUT NOT LEAST $800: Meaning "to the side", it's also a type of football pass lateral |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | LAST BUT NOT LEAST $1200: This plant of the mint family is used to make potpourri & herbal medicines lavender |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | LAST BUT NOT LEAST $1600: It's the "L" in the SCLC, the Atlanta-based agency co-created by Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | LAST BUT NOT LEAST $2000: The Industrial Revolution saw this machine tool used for shaping wood turn its attention to metals a lathe |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CHESS PAINS $200: Alexander Alekhine was said to have resigned a game not by tipping this piece over but by hurling it across the room the king |
| #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 | NOW THAT'S NOVEL $1200: This James Patterson cop was back on the bestselling beat but on the wrong side of a murder trial in "The People vs." him Alex Cross |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | HEY... WHERE'D YA GO? $1600: In 1913 Ambrose Bierce went to this nation during a revolution but soon disappeared; some say Bierce fell at the Siege of Ojinaga Mexico |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | POTENT "P"OTABLES $1600: Bourbon fans go crazy for the sought-after whiskey named not for Rip but for Julian, better known by this fatherly nickname Pappy Van Winkle |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN $1600: In 2022 the new Taliban regime banned growing these flowers that sustain many Afghan farmers, but 2022 was a bumper crop poppies |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | HEY... WHERE'D YA GO? $2000: On Nov. 24, 1971 this hijacker bought a $20 ticket on Northwest Orient flight 305 but after parachuting out, was never seen again D.B. Cooper |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CITY NAME CHANGES $3,200 (Daily Double): This Moroccan port city was built over a villa named Anfa, but that wouldn't have looked as good on a movie marquee Casablanca |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | HEY... WHERE'D YA GO? $5,000 (Daily Double): A shelter possibly built by this alliterative capt. was found in the 1630s but he was never seen again after a 1611 mutiny Henry Hudson |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | STREET SMARTS $2000: Alliterative & splendiferous name for part of North Michigan Ave. in Chicago--actually just 13 blocks, but with 60 hotels the Magnificent Mile |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | COACH: BEARD $400: Guys, you may be able to spur beard growth with exercise & more sleep, possibly aiding in production of this 12-letter hormone testosterone |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | A TRASHY CATEGORY $500: A 2012 first-in-the-nation Vermont law says scraps from home cooking may not go in regular trash but must become this compost |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | COACH: BEARD $500: Beard growers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your razors to emulate the beard of this "Communist Manifesto" author Marx |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | VACATION SPOTS $900: Escondido, Calif. has a park named for this animal-spotting adventure, but for a more authentic version, you might try Tanzania a safari |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | WHAT'S NEW IN HISTORY $2,500 (Daily Double): In January 1959 moderate liberal Manuel Urrutia was Cuba's new president, but by July, this man was fully in charge Fidel Castro |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | 2 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $3,000 (Daily Double): It doesn't sound super-medical, but Queen Elizabeth II's death certificate lists the cause as this, at 96 old age |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | BLANK VERSE $400: "Candy is dandy but ____ is quicker" liquor |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | BLANK VERSE $1200: "But there is no joy in ____--Mighty Casey has struck out" Mudville |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | SCIENCEY STUFF $1600: You'll get an "A", but won't give one by naming this computer programming language with a name 3 characters long C++ |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | THE COLORS OF SCIENCE $400: Untreated wastewater from domestic uses like showers & sinks (but not toilets) is classed as this gray water |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | ROYAL HISTORY $800: Sultan Mehmed V, seen here, was ruling this empire in 1914, but time would soon be running out for both the Ottoman Empire |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | & EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH IT $800: In the world of nutritional supplements, G&T isn't a refreshing cocktail but this plant & turmeric, its relative ginger |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | HISTORICAL MOVEMENTS $2000: A year before the Arab Spring came the Green Movement which protested for democracy in this city's Azadi Square, but was suppressed Tehran |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | 8-LETTER WORDS $2000: You may think of data as words & numbers, but digital images are also data & this term can mean information about an image metadata |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | YOU'RE MY INSPIRATION $200: The ideas of Édouard de Laboulaye, president of the French anti-slavery society, inspired this gift from France to America Liberty Enlightening the World (the Statue of Liberty) |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | DICTATORS & TYRANTS $400: He ruled Libya as dictator for 40 years, but Muammar Qaddafi styled himself as this less-than-highest military rank colonel |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | YOU'RE MY INSPIRATION $400: Martin Luther King never had a chance to meet this man who inspired him, but he did meet with his son Ramdas Gandhi |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | DICTATORS & TYRANTS $600: He prepared his sons Uday & Qusay to succeed him in power, but they predeceased him in 2003 Saddam Hussein |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | A TORY PARTY $100: Jonathan Boucher was a Loyalist or Tory during this event, but dedicated his history of it to his friend George Washington the American Revolution |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | O CANADA $300: (Mattea Roach presents the clue.) In the 1960s, the Pearson Pennant was one of three finalists to be our national flag, but the Flag Committee went with a design using a single one of these leaves instead a maple leaf |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE 50 STATES $500: Hells Canyon & Snake River sound daunting, but Sun Valley & its ski lodges in this state offer respite Idaho |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | "MIS"INFORMATION $1500: It's a 7-letter word for an often long, handwritten letter missive |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | WE'VE GOT CHEMISTRY $1500: Atoms combine to make these larger but still tiny particles, the smallest that make up identifiable substances molecules |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | THE EX-STATE CAPITAL $400: When Louisiana joined the Union in 1812, this city was the capital, but still decades away from its first Mardi Gras parades New Orleans |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | NYC SUBWAY STOPS $200: The S train has but 2 stops, shuttling across 42nd Street between Times Square & this landmark with much train activity Grand Central Station |
| #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 | SPORTS TROPHIES $600: The NHL's Selke Trophy goes to the forward who's best not at scoring but at this defense |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $2000: The making & selling of watches brought Richard & Alvah together in Chicago in 1893 but the 2 went big into retail as this, this & co. Sears Roebuck |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | DELEGATES $200: This delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 voted against a Bill of Rights, but later drafted the one we know Madison |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | LAUNDRY DAY $200: The sodium hypochlorite type of this disinfects as well as whitens but needs to be diluted before using bleach |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | DELEGATES $600: Maryland & these 2 states that split in 1863 don't have a House of Representatives but a House of Delegates Virginia & West Virginia |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | LAUNDRY DAY $600: Backpacking tip: sinks are everywhere but dryers can be tough to find, so bring a rope & you'll have one of these a clothesline |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | BODIES OF WATER: The smallest inland sea in the world, it's completely within the territory of a single country & connects 2 other larger seas the Sea of Marmara |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | STATE CAPITALS: It was named for a nearby river that explorer Gabriel Moraga named for one of a religious grouping of 7 Sacramento |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | OLD WORDS: First appearing in an English dictionary in 1623, mesonoxian means pertaining to this word midnight |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD: "Captured in Egypt by the British Army 1801" is painted on the side of this artifact named for the city where it was found the Rosetta Stone |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | WORLD THEATER: This 1867 play has a reindeer hunt & a king dwelling in snowy mountains but its title character also spends time in Morocco & Egypt Peer Gynt |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LITERATURE & RELIGION: This city now in Turkey is the addressee of one of the New Testament epistles & the setting for "The Comedy of Errors" Ephesus |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Fearful of independence in 1975, around 120,000 of this country's people, a third of the population, fled to the Netherlands Suriname |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1896, 15 years after a famous showdown, this man was accused of fixing a championship boxing match Wyatt Earp |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: A 1902 work says an enigmatic character has a half-English mom & a half-French dad, but this name of his is German for "short" Kurtz |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | HISTORICAL FICTION: Stan Lee said the alias-using title character of this novel set during the French Revolution "was the 1st superhero I... read about" The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | PRESIDENTS & VICE PRESIDENTS: The first vice president & the first president not born in one of the original 13 states were both born in this state Kentucky |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | AMERICAN ARTISTS: In the 1920s he used wire, string & other materials to fabricate "models in motion" for a miniature circus scene (Alexander) Calder |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | ON THE STAGE: Paul Robeson said that even as this character "kills, his honor is at stake... the honor of his whole culture is involved" Othello |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | STATE CAPITALS: The 2 closest state capitals, at about 40 miles apart, one was founded by someone no longer allowed in the other Providence & Boston |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: A 2020 edition of this beloved 1911 novel came with a glossary of horticultural terms & a location guide The Secret Garden |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | LANDMARKS: During Pope John Paul II's 1987 visit to Los Angeles, pranksters covered up this letter in a local landmark L |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | THOSE ZANY ANCIENT ROMANS: In the 20s B.C. the emperor's sister Octavia had a sitcom-worthy home including the boy & girl twin children of this man & woman Antony & Cleopatra |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY: Before visiting Achilles' tomb, this man threw his spear onto the ground in Asia & declared the continent "spear-won" Alexander the Great |
| #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | SCIENCE ETYMOLOGY: First detected in the Sun's atmosphere in 1868, it got its name from an old word for sun helium |
| #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 |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: In 1950 the Swedish Academy said this Nobel Prize winner "is a regional writer" but called "his regionalism universal" William Faulkner |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | 21st CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: It was the first election since 1952 in which neither the incumbent president nor the incumbent vice president was a candidate 2008 (Barack Obama & John McCain) |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | DRIVING THE USA: It's the state with the most miles of Interstate Highway, more than 3,200; one Interstate accounts for 1/4 of that mileage Texas |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | HISTORIC LETTERS: A letter from him begins, "On the thirty-third day after I had left Cadiz, I reached the Indian Ocean" (Christopher) Columbus |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | AWARDS & HONORS: As of 2023 the only 2 to win a Nobel Prize in Literature & an Academy Award were George Bernard Shaw & this singer-songwriter Bob Dylan |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | NAMES: The name Jennifer is an alteration of this name that in early Welsh literature belonged to the "first lady of the island" Guinevere |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | MILITARY HISTORY: A 1918 article titled "Do Not Shoot at" these said hunters were interfering with the U.S. Signal Corps' training of them (carrier or homing) pigeons |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS: Barry Barish, who shared the 2017 Prize for detecting gravitational waves, called his award "a win for" this predecessor (Albert) Einstein |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | RALLYING CRIES: Don't mess with Texas: Sam Houston's troops shouted this 3-word battle cry while attacking Santa Anna's army at San Jacinto Remember the Alamo! |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | FINE ART: An early owner of this 1889 painting full of blue & green noted how well the artist "understood the exquisite nature of flowers!" Irises |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATIONS: Both issued in April, 80 years apart, the first proclamations by these 2 presidents each declared national days of mourning Andrew Johnson & Harry Truman |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: Of Spain's colonial possessions in the Americas, this 3,400 square mile one in the Antilles never gained independence, but did change hands Puerto Rico |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | AUTHORS: He dedicated books to each of his 4 wives, including Hadley Richardson & Martha Gellhorn Ernest (Papa) Hemingway |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | ARTISTS: On October 26, 1886 he said, "The dream of my life is accomplished... I see the symbol of unity & friendship between 2 nations" Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | MYTHOLOGICAL PLACES: "Paradise Lost" says it's "abhorred" & "the flood of deadly hate" & in Dante's "Inferno" it's fed by a "gloomy brook" the River Styx |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | FAMOUS SHIPS: This first U.S. battleship ever built was launched in 1889 but lasted less than 9 years the Maine |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | 20th CENTURY LIT: Squashing the allegory theory, the daughters of the author of this novel say it's "just a story about rabbits" Watership Down |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | THE MEDICAL WORLD: He created a chest drain valve that aided breathing in wounded soldiers in Vietnam but is better known for a lifesaving measure (Henry) Heimlich |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | LATIN IN LITERATURE: A work by this 15th century English writer quotes the phrase "rex quondam rexque futurus" Thomas Malory |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | THE USA: People going north on this route say they're traveling "GAME", an acronym regarding their beginning & ending points the Appalachian Trail |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | THE U.S. GOVERNMENT: Not a department head but of Cabinet rank, the person in this post has had an official residence in a 42nd floor Park Avenue penthouse ambassador to the United Nations |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | PUBLICATIONS: The co-founder of this magazine that began in 1967 said its name comes primarily from a song title but noted a band name as well Rolling Stone |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | FICTIONAL PLACES: The dominions of this land "extend five thousand blustrugs (about twelve miles in circumference)" Lilliput |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | HISTORIC FIGURES: Dante gives him, born to a Kurdish family in the 12th century, a place of honor in limbo along with the war heroes of Rome & Troy Saladin |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | HOLLYWOOD HISTORY: Last name of 3 men who missed the 1927 premiere of "The Jazz Singer" because a 4th of that name had died hours before Warner |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS: England's "Bloody Assizes" & a 1685 life sentence for perjury were 2 main origins of this amendment to the U.S. Constitution the 8th Amendment |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS: At times they each lived on Vilakazi St. in Soweto, so it claims to be the world's only street home to 2 Nobel Peace Prize winners Nelson Mandela & Archbishop Desmond Tutu |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | GEOGRAPHY: Of the 13 nations through which the equator passes, it's the only one whose coastline borders the Caribbean Sea Colombia |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | 20th CENTURY EPONYMS: A 1940 headline about this included "failure", "liability when it came to offense" & "stout hearts no match for tanks" the Maginot Line |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | INVASIONS: Backed by 14,000 troops, he invaded England to restore, in his words, its "religion, laws, and liberties" William of Orange |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | LANDMARKS: After its completion in the late 19th c., it was called a "truly tragic street lamp" & a "high & skinny pyramid of iron ladders" the Eiffel Tower |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | NAMES IN THE BOOKSTORE: This man made lists, perhaps to cope with depression; a set of lists he published in 1852 made his name synonymous with a type of book (Peter Mark) Roget |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | LAWS IN U.S. HISTORY: A Radical Republican championed this 1875 act but the Supreme Court struck it down in 1883; a new version was passed 81 years later the Civil Rights Act |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | SPORTS: In 2010 they introduced the 4-point shot, 35 feet from the basket the Harlem Globetrotters |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | ART & SCIENCE: A craft that visited it was named for Giotto, based on the story that 680 years earlier, the painter depicted it as the Star of Bethlehem Halley's Comet |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | WORDS FROM WORLD WAR I: "Cistern" & "reservoir" were suggested names for a secret invention, but the British preferred this less clumsy monosyllable a tank |
| #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 |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | ARTISTS: Despite how he's known, he was probably actually born in Anchiano, near Florence Leonardo da Vinci |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | WORD ORIGINS: Originally relating to a story of suffering, this word now more commonly refers to strong emotion of any kind passion |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | HISTORY: Returning home in 1493, Columbus stopped in the Azores at an island with this name, also something he'd lost off the Haiti coast Santa Maria |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | BUSINESS MILESTONES: These were first sold in 1908, at a price equivalent to about $27,000 today Ford Model T |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | CORPORATE MASCOTS: Born on an island in a sea of milk, this pitchman was jokingly disavowed by the U.S. Navy by saying he is not in personnel records Cap'n Crunch |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | THE MOVIES: Laurence Olivier & Ernest Borgnine were considered for the lead role & Sergio Leone to direct for this film that turned 50 in 2022 The Godfather |
| #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 |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | AMERICAN POEMS: In an 1847 poem this character sees her town of Grand-Pré burned, but finally reunites with her beau for a kiss before his death Evangeline |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | BRAND NAMES: Unable to make these candies perfectly round, the confectioner embraced this flawed name for the product Milk Duds |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: It's home to 58 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, more than any other country; the sites include a volcano & a lagoon Italy |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | FLAGS OF OUR HEMISPHERE: The stars on this country's flag represent states, 26 of them; unlike the USA's, its "federal district" gets its own 27th star Brazil |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS: Reversing the story of this heroine she created, Patricia MacLachlan was born on the prairie but spent much of her life in New England Sarah (Wheaton) |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | NAME'S THE SAME: Name shared by a Victorian novelist & an 1805 flagship captain whose name is heard in a famous phrase (Thomas) Hardy |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS: A trip to El Paso with his young son & wondering what the city might look like years in the future inspired a novel by this author Cormac McCarthy |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | PHRASES FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD: Cicero wrote that a tyrant ordered this to be hung from the ceiling "by a horse-hair"; his guest begged to leave the sword of Damocles |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | WORLD CITIES: The name of this city may come from "dur", meaning water, a reference to the Helvetian people's settlement on a lake Zurich |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | NOVEL LOCALES: This place from a 1933 novel lies in the Valley of Blue Moon, below a peak called Karakal Shangri-La |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | POETS: Inspired by stories from his grandfather, his "Battle of Lovell's Pond" appeared in the Portland Gazette in 1820 when he was 13 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | 19th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS: This character from an 1859 novel symbolizes the Fates, who in mythology spin the web of life, measure it & cut it off Madame Defarge |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | ASIAN COUNTRY NAMES: Like the T-U-V in Tuvalu, this landlocked country has 3 consecutive letters in its English name in alphabetic sequence Afghanistan |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS: The governor of Massachusetts wrote, it "is a poor document, but a mighty act... wrong in its delay till January, but grand & sublime after all" the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY: Prince Philip's titles included Baron Greenwich & Duke of Edinburgh, but not Prince Consort, last used by this royal Prince Albert |
| #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" |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | HISTORIC AMERICAN ROADS: Originally a Native American trail, the Dutch made it a main road & today it runs 33 miles from State Street to Sleepy Hollow Broadway |
| #8676, aired 2022-07-04 | THE EASTERN U.S.: At its peak, this state had 6 seats in the House of Representatives; since the 1930s, it has had just 1 Vermont |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | BRITISH HISTORY: From the Greek for "alone", it was nixed by Parliament in 1649 after being deemed "unnecessary, burdensome & dangerous" the monarchy |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | 19th CENTURY CONTEMPORARIES: Congratulating her on the 1869 release of her biography, Frederick Douglass wrote, "I have wrought in the day--you in the night" Harriet Tubman |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 1972: In June he said, "Don't lie to them to the extent to say there is no involvement, but just say this is... a comedy of errors" Richard Nixon |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | SAY IT IN ITALIAN: It's an Italian word for "mercy", but also the name of a movie character who kills Stracci & Carlo clemenza |
| #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 |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS: "Terre de nos aïeux" follows the title in the French version of this anthem "O Canada" |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | THEATER: In November 1864 John Wilkes Booth & his brothers were fittingly part of a performance of this Shakespeare play Julius Caesar |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | POETS: In 1939 he was buried near his last residence in France, but his body arrived in Galway en route to final burial on September 17, 1948 William Butler Yeats |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | WORLD LITERATURE: Befitting the title, Antoine Galland, the first Western translator of this collection, worked on it only "after dinner" Arabian Nights (the One Thousand and One Nights) |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | WOMEN IN BRITISH HISTORY: The orphaned future Queen Elizabeth I was devoted to this stepmother who died 2 days before Elizabeth's 15th birthday Catherine Parr |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | INVENTIONS: Patented in 1955, it did not go over well in the high-end fashion world but the then-new aerospace industry found it very useful Velcro |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES: Napoleon's troops gave him this nickname not to mock him but for showing the courage of an infantryman in battle "The Little Corporal" |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | METEOROLOGY: It was feared this word caused panic, but in 1950 the U.S. Weather Bureau ended a ban on it in forecasts, saying prediction wasn't impossible tornado |
| #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 |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: Dostoyevsky wrote that this title man in an earlier European novel is "beautiful only because he is ridiculous" Don Quixote |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | AWARDS: These awards have a retro version & winners include the novel "The Sword in the Stone" & "The War of the Worlds" radio broadcast the Hugo Awards |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | THE PERIODIC TABLE: By 1890, discoveries of 3 "nationalist elements" filled table gaps: scandium in Sweden, germanium in Germany, this in France gallium |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | AMERICAN WOMEN: In 1914 she received a patent on a trefoil emblem, which she would transfer to an organization a few years later Juliette Gordon Low |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | THE MIDWEST: At about 90,000 it's the most populous U.S. city on North America's biggest lake Duluth, Minnesota |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: This country, the largest in area entirely within Europe, borders the largest country in the world Ukraine |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | TOYS & GAMES: Its co-creator said adding an "L" to the end of the 1st word in the original title of this board game invented in 1979 "made it" Trivial Pursuit |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: In 1838 he took a new last name, of a family in Walter Scott's "The Lady of the Lake"; for distinction he added a 2nd "S" to the end (Frederick) Douglass |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | 20th CENTURY THEATER: In 1955 Peter Hall directed the first production of this play in English without having "the foggiest idea what some of it means" Waiting for Godot |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | AWARDS & HONORS: First awarded in 1731 to electricity pioneer Stephen Gray, the Copley Medal is awarded annually by this organization the Royal Society |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | WORLD CAPITALS: An annual event called Winterlude includes skating on the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO world heritage site in this city Ottawa, Canada |
| #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" |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS: He has studied Cordon Bleu cooking, but is known for his 1981 creation of a character with unconventional taste in cuisine Thomas Harris |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: British zoologist George Shaw looked for stitches when he first saw this mammal in 1799, thinking he was being tricked (the) duck-bill(ed) platypus |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | FOOD & DRINK IN THE BIBLE: In the King James Version, these creatures are a plague in Exodus 10, but deemed okay to eat in Leviticus 11 locusts |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: A book by her says, "It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'... but then I am not a rabbit" (Beatrix) Potter |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | LITERATURE & THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: In 2020 scientists named Trimeresurus salazar, a new species of this, after a character in a book series a snake |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | 1980s BESTSELLERS: The title of this 1985 novel by a Canadian author partly alludes to the similarly named stories in a 14th century work The Handmaid's Tale |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: In 2019 this public university attempted to trademark the word "the" for use on clothing & hats (the) Ohio State University |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | EUROPEAN BORDERS: It's still there, but none of the countries that bordered this country at the beginning of 1990 exist anymore Poland |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | NOTORIOUS: In 1897 she was accused of a much lesser crime, shoplifting in Rhode Island Lizzie Borden |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | DAYTIME TV PERSONALITIES: Accepting a Lifetime Achievement Emmy, he said, "Just take... 10 seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are" Mr. (Fred) Rogers |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | LOGOS: After 9/11, designer Milton Glaser modified this iconic logo of his, adding a bruise & the words "More Than Ever" I Heart New York (I Love New York) |
| #8364, aired 2021-03-25 | LITERARY INSPIRATIONS: The now-debunked theories of Luigi Galvani influenced the science in this 1818 novel Frankenstein |
| #8349, aired 2021-03-04 | U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT: The U.S. Army's tradition of naming these began with the Sioux, used in the Korean War helicopters |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | WORLD SURNAMES: In 2019, for the first time, this nation allowed for non-gendered last names with the suffix -bur Iceland |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | WORLD LITERATURE: In a classic novel from 1866, the murders of 2 women take place in this city St. Petersburg |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | CABLE NETWORKS: In March 1979 Tip O'Neill & then-Representative Al Gore were the first politicians to speak on this new cable channel C-SPAN |
| #8321, aired 2021-01-25 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, these 2 on opposite sides of it are the smallest & largest in area Algeria & Monaco |
| #8317, aired 2021-01-19 | THE BUSINESS OF TRAVEL: Adjusted for inflation, the nightly rate this company put in its name in 1962 is now $51 Motel 6 |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | FAMOUS ANIMALS: When she first came to the world's attention in 1957, she was dubbed "Muttnik" by U.S. journalists Laika |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | WOMEN & SCIENCE: Dr. Margaret Todd gave science this word for different forms of one basic substance; it's from the Greek for "equal" & "place" isotope |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: Once a residence of rulers of Austria, this city on the Danube less than 20 miles from Vienna became a national capital in 1993 Bratislava |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | HISTORY IN THE MOVIES: Vehicles in "2001: A Space Odyssey" featured this airline's logo, but the company went bankrupt in 1991 Pan Am |
| #8273, aired 2020-11-04 | COUNTRY NAMES: 5 U.N. member countries have one-syllable names: Chad, Laos & these 3 in Europe Spain, France & Greece |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | HISTORIC FIGURES: In a 1912 telegram to his wife, he said, "Am feeling fine. Have bullet in chest, but...talked for hour and half after being shot" Teddy Roosevelt |
| #8246, aired 2020-09-28 | ON THE OLD MAP: On the U.N. website's map of the world in 1945, these 2 initials of a member state appear 13 times on continental Africa U.K. |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | DIPLOMACY: The book "The Eagle & the Elephant" is about the relationship between the U.S. & this Asian country beginning in 1833 Thailand (Siam) |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | 18th CENTURY NOVELS: The title character of this 1726 novel reaches 4 different lands as a result of a shipwreck, a storm at sea, pirates & a mutiny Gulliver's Travels |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | IVY LEAGUE GEOGRAPHY: This state borders 3 other states with Ivy League schools, but doesn't have one itself Vermont |
| #8214, aired 2020-04-30 | ADVERTISING: Copywriter Keith Goldberg wrote this question in 1999 for a financial services company; they're still using it What's in your wallet? |
| #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 |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | INTERNATIONAL AWARD TROPHIES: La Maison Chopard crafts this annual award’s crystal base & 118-gram, 18-carat frond Palme d'Or |
| #6, aired 2020-01-09 | 21st CENTURY OSCAR WINNERS: These 2 foreign-born directors have each won 2 Best Director Oscars, but none of their films has won Best Picture Ang Lee & Alfonso Cuarón |
| #8128, aired 2020-01-01 | SINGLE-NAMED PERFORMERS: The last single-named actress to win an Oscar was this woman who won for her supporting role in "Precious" Mo'Nique |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | 1950s PEOPLE: In a New Yorker profile, he said, "Where I like it is out west in Wyoming, Montana, & Idaho, & I like Cuba & Paris" Ernest Hemingway |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES: A dispute over Etorofu, Habomai, Kunashiri & Shikotan has kept these 2 countries from ever signing a WWII peace treaty Japan & Russia |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: From an 1894 work, his name literally translates to "tiger king" Shere Khan |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | NOVELISTS: In a 1952 novel, he wrote, "But there were dry years too, & they put a terror on the valley. The water came in a thirty-year cycle" John Steinbeck |
| #8083, aired 2019-10-30 | WORLD CAPITALS: In 1865 this city named for an early 19th century British hero became a British colonial capital Wellington |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | BRITISH HISTORY: In 2018 Parliament Square got its first statue of a woman, Millicent Fawcett, a founding member of the London Society for Women's this Suffrage |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | AMERICAN MUSEUMS: President Johnson signed a law that added 2 words to the name of this museum established in 1946, D.C.'s most popular the Air & Space Museum |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | ON THE MAP: 9-letter name for an area of 10 million square miles--4/5 the size of Africa--but only about 120,000 square miles of it is dry land Polynesia |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | AMERICAN MUSIC LEGENDS: Steinbeck called him "just a voice and a guitar" but said his songs embodied "the will of a people to endure and fight against oppression" Woody Guthrie |
| #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 |
| #7996, aired 2019-05-20 | NAME THE FRENCH AUTHOR: "I am making myself liable to Articles 30 & 31 of the law of 29 July 1881 regarding the press, which make libel a punishable offense" Émile Zola |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | WORDS OF THE 2000s: In 2008 Time magazine described this new practice as "one part social networking and one part capital accumulation" crowdfunding |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS: The title character of this 1841 novel says he got his name because he kills bucks & does, but not people The Deerslayer |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | STAMPS: Living people are rarely seen on a stamp, but in July 1945 the USPS issued one depicting this military event raising the flag on Iwo Jima |
| #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 |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: This 1883 classic ends with the words "A well-behaved little boy!" Pinocchio |
| #7955, aired 2019-03-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: This day created in the U.S. in 1872 is observed in Florida & Louisiana in January, but Maine & Alaska hold it in May Arbor Day |
| #7947, aired 2019-03-12 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY: Constructed in the 1930s, it extended from La Ferté to the Rhine River, though it also had sections along the Italian frontier Maginot Line |
| #7942, aired 2019-03-05 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT MATH: Total of the numbers of the amendments banning state-sponsored official religion, ending slavery & repealing Prohibition 35 |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY: Interpreting for Vaclav Havel, future ambassador Rita Klimova gave us this phrase for a smooth change of government the velvet revolution |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | WOMEN IN U.S. HISTORY: In 1901 this activist was jailed for inspiring the assassination of William McKinley, but the charge was later dropped Emma Goldman |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | SHAKESPEARE COMEDIES: At the end of this play: "Why are our bodies soft & weak... but that our... hearts should well agree with our external parts?" The Taming of the Shrew |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | BROADWAY MUSICALS: Premiering in 2005, its story is divided into spring, summer, fall & winter, each narrated by one of the 4 male leads Jersey Boys |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | TV PERSONALITIES: In 2000 this man was the host of a No. 1 rated network show & a No. 2 rated syndicated talk show Regis Philbin |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | FAMOUS DOCTORS: Not an artist himself, he inspired the Surrealists but thought them "absolute cranks" until he met Dali in London in 1938 Sigmund Freud |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | 1950s TRAVEL: In March 1958 Hilton opened a hotel in this Western Hemisphere capital but 2 1/2 years later was out of business there Havana |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | PLACES IN THE NEWS: In a hint of the future, in 1973 Marjorie Post gave it to the U.S. govt. as a warm-weather presidential retreat, but it was returned Mar-a-Lago |
| #7825, aired 2018-09-21 | COLOR ETYMOLOGY: This word for a gem & a shade of blue derives from the name of a Eurasian country from which gems came to Western Europe turquoise |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | FOLKLORE: In legend, he called all the animals together but only 12 came, including a rat & a dragon the Buddha |
| #7818, aired 2018-09-12 | 18th CENTURY NAMES: In 1789 this doctor proposed 6 articles on penal reform to the French Assembly, including one on capital punishment Joseph Guillotin |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | PRESIDENTS: Of the presidents who served more than 4 years, but less than 2 full terms, he served the longest:
7 years, 9 months, 8 days Harry Truman |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Australia's fourth-largest city, it's at the southern end of the road called Indian Ocean Drive Perth |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | AMERICAN QUOTES: In a 1789 letter, Benjamin Franklin relates the durability of the new Constitution to these 2 things death & taxes |
| #7768, aired 2018-05-23 | GREEK MYTHOLOGY: This pair who accompanied their father into battle were called Timor & Formido, "Fear" & "Terror", by the Romans Phobos & Deimos |
| #7759, aired 2018-05-10 | WOMEN WRITERS: On her 2012 passing this Oscar nominee was described as "an essayist and humorist in the Dorothy Parker mold" (but funnier) Nora Ephron |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA: Congress met in June 1778 to sign these but found errors in the official copy; it had to reconvene with a new set in July the Articles of Confederation |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | MYTHOLOGICAL BEASTS: Hesiod said it fawns on all who enter "with actions of... tail & both ears", but when people try to exit it "eats them up" the hound of Hades (or Cerberus) |
| #7710, aired 2018-03-02 | SPORTS TEAM MASCOTS: Echoing a rock band with 8 platinum albums, the teams of the Ark. School for the Deaf are named for this animal a leopard |
| #7667, aired 2018-01-02 | NOVELISTS: A 2015 BBC list of the 25 greatest British novels included 12 by women, 3 of them by this woman who died in 1941 Virginia Woolf |
| #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 |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: They begin with the same 3 letters: the most densely populated country in Europe & the least densely populated in Asia Monaco and Mongolia |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | COMIC BOOKS: Told to create a character called this, Len Wein learned the real animal is short, hairy & will attack an enemy 10 times its size Wolverine |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | THE OSCARS: This Brit is the only actor to get Oscar nominations for playing 2 real-life U.S. presidents, both for 1990s films Anthony Hopkins |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | NOVELS: "A man can be destroyed but not defeated" is a line from this 1952 book, later a Spencer Tracy film The Old Man and the Sea |
| #7553, aired 2017-06-14 | BOOKS & AUTHORS: His first novel, from 1920, incorporated some of his pieces from The Nassau, a Princeton literary magazine F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | BRITISH KINGS: Bearing Roman numeral I, he subdued Wales & was called the "English Justinian" for his legal reforms Edward I |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | U.S. CITIES: In 2015 it returned to the list of the 50 most populous U.S. cities, 10 years after dropping off New Orleans |
| #7534, aired 2017-05-18 | WOMEN AUTHORS: A 1936 New York Times review called the debut novel by this author "in all probability, the biggest book of the year: 1,037 pages" Margaret Mitchell |
| #7528, aired 2017-05-10 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS: "I felt his spurs in my side & I heard his battle cry" is a line from this 1982 book that became a stage sensation & later a movie War Horse |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | MONARCHS: In 2016 Elizabeth II became the world's longest-reigning living monarch when this country's king died after a 70-year reign Thailand |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | HISTORIC U.S. LAWS: By barring holding positions at competing firms, 1914's Clayton Act plugged gaps in this law the Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
| #7508, aired 2017-04-12 | SCARY MOVIES: A remake of this scary movie was released on 6/6/2006, 30 years to the day after the release of the original The Omen |
| #7489, aired 2017-03-16 | INTERNATIONAL BEVERAGE BRANDS: The name of this popular beer brand founded in 1897 is a reference to the 20th century Dos Equis |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | U.S. LANDMARKS: In 1942 a Maryland area was named for the Tibetan paradise in "Lost Horizon" but in 1953 was renamed this, for a young boy Camp David |
| #7474, aired 2017-02-23 | SHAKESPEARE CHARACTERS: About himself he says, "Since the heavens have shap'd my body so, let hell make crook'd my mind to answer it" Richard III |
| #7470, aired 2017-02-17 | WORLD LANDMARKS: Completed in 1884, the Washington Monument became the tallest manmade structure but 4 years later was surpassed by this the Eiffel Tower |
| #7469, aired 2017-02-16 | SOUTH AMERICA: This capital's name is a Latinized form of the name of its country Brasilia |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | ACTRESSES: From 1959 to 1968, she made only 4 films but received Oscar nominations for Best Actress for all 4 Katharine Hepburn |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | SHAKESPEARE: With a backdrop of war, the 1609 play titled "The History of" this pair takes place earlier than any Shakespeare history play Troilus and Cressida |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | SCIENCE & MATH VOCABULARY: These 2 words are just 1 letter different; one is a whirlpool & the other a geometry term for a meeting point vertex & vortex |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | BRITISH POP MUSIC: This song released on July 11, 1969 to coincide with the Apollo 11 mission was used in the BBC's coverage of the Moon landing "Space Oddity" (by David Bowie) |
| #7384, aired 2016-10-20 | QUOTABLE NOTABLES: She once said that death "is no more than passing from one room into another" but "in that other room, I shall be able to see" Helen Keller |
| #7379, aired 2016-10-13 | THE OSCARS: In 2005 he lost for Best Actor but won for directing, at 74 becoming the oldest winner ever in that category Clint Eastwood |
| #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 |
| #7369, aired 2016-09-29 | MYTHOLOGY: Banished from Athens, this inventor found trouble on Crete too, but escaped Daedalus |
| #7366, aired 2016-09-26 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: This European company uses about 1% of the world's lumber each year; it aims to make that 100% sustainable by 2020 IKEA |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | FILM ADAPTATIONS: In a 2011 slate.com survey of movie credits, of the top 25 most adapted writers, this novelist is the only one living Stephen King |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | U.S. MONUMENTS: Tuskegee Institute president Robert Moton couldn't sit with the other speakers at its 1922 dedication the Lincoln Memorial |
| #7344, aired 2016-07-14 | CIVIL WAR HISTORY: Of the 4 prewar states that permitted slavery but did not secede, it was the largest in area & latest to join the Union Missouri |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | BILLBOARD CHART-TOPPERS: This singer's first studio album came out in 1955, but a 2011 duets release was his first album to hit No. 1 Tony Bennett |
| #7285, aired 2016-04-22 | 19th CENTURY BRITS: In May 1810 during one of his more famous exploits, he employed the breaststroke Byron |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | 18th CENTURY BRITISH SCIENTISTS: In 1705 he wrote, "And, if it should then return, we shall have no reason to doubt but the rest must return too" (Edmond) Halley |
| #7275, aired 2016-04-08 | SPORTS MASCOTS: This Major League team has no mascot today, but from 1979 to 1981 used a mustachioed fella named Dandy the Yankees |
| #7224, aired 2016-01-28 | BRITISH MUSICAL THEATRE: A critic said, "I doubt if there is a single joke in" this 1885 work "that fits the Japanese. But all the jokes... fit the English" The Mikado |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY: Pantites, sent to recruit troops, & Aristodemus, sent off to treat his eye disease, were the only known Greeks to survive this event the Battle of Thermopylae |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | WORLD RELIGION: From a word meaning "tradition", this branch has over a billion followers, many in the Middle East Sunni |
| #7211, aired 2016-01-11 | AMERICANA: This poem includes the line “But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all” "Casey at the Bat" |
| #7200, aired 2015-12-25 | PLAYWRIGHTS: He wrote the line "Our home has been nothing but a playroom" Henrik Ibsen |
| #7195, aired 2015-12-18 | AMERICANA: While working for a plastics company, Don Featherstone created this iconic lawn decor, basing it on photos in National Geographic a pink flamingo |
| #7193, aired 2015-12-16 | 19th CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE: The theft alluded to in the title of this 1844 Poe story is committed by a government minister "The Purloined Letter" |
| #7179, aired 2015-11-26 | NATO COUNTRIES: With a population of under 400,000, this founding member of NATO remains the smallest of the member nations Iceland |
| #7172, aired 2015-11-17 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES: These 2 6-letter rhyming countries both derive their names from rivers & were both once controlled by Great Britain Zambia & Gambia |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | U.S. LANDMARKS: For its 50th anniversary in 2012, the roof of this landmark was temporarily repainted its original color, Galaxy Gold the Space Needle (in Seattle) |
| #7138, aired 2015-09-30 | UNITED NATIONS NATIONS: This nation of 55 million is the only one to provide a secretary-general but never to have a seat on the Security Council Burma (or Myanmar) |
| #7129, aired 2015-09-17 | CONTEMPORARIES: On an 1851 visit to Europe, Mathew Brady had hoped to meet this man who inspired him, but he died just as Brady set sail Louis Daguerre |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: The mission of this Western university founded in 1875 is "to assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life" Brigham Young University |
| #7110, aired 2015-07-10 | 19th CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE: "I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel" is spoken to this title character by his creation Frankenstein |
| #7106, aired 2015-07-06 | THE OSCARS: "Gladiator" is close, but this film has the earliest historical setting of any Best Picture Oscar winner Ben-Hur |
| #7105, aired 2015-07-03 | NORTH AMERICAN RIVERS: At about 100 miles it's not one of Canada's 100 longest rivers, but in the 1890s it became perhaps the most famous the Klondike River |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | QUOTABLE PAINTERS: "A reviewer... wrote that my pictures didn't have any beginning or any end. He didn't mean it as a compliment, but it was" Jackson Pollock |
| #7086, aired 2015-06-08 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: This name made famous in a 17th century novel is derived from the Spanish for "sweet" Dulcinea |
| #7084, aired 2015-06-04 | NOTORIOUS 20th CENTURY NAMES: Morton Sobell, a co-defendant with these 2, was also convicted but received a lighter sentence: 30 years in prison Julius & Ethel Rosenberg |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | CELEBRITY MEMOIRS: Memoirs by Righteous Brothers singer Bill Medley & this late actor share the title "The Time of My Life" Patrick Swayze |
| #7042, aired 2015-04-07 | CELEBRITY FATHERS & DAUGHTERS: He won a Grammy in 1959, she won 3 in the 1970s & a song by both was 1991's Song & Record of the Year Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole |
| #7028, aired 2015-03-18 | COMPOSERS: 2 of the world's greatest Baroque composers, they were born within a month of each other in Germany in 1685 but never met Johann Sebastian Bach & George Frederic Handel |
| #7019, aired 2015-03-05 | PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM WINNERS: She was called a "Trailblazer for America's daughters" when she won in 2012, a century after founding an organization Juliette Gordon Low |
| #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 |
| #6995, aired 2015-01-30 | INVENTORS: In 1702 Thomas Savery wrote of one of his designs, "Such an engine will do the work or labour of ten or twelve" these horses |
| #6992, aired 2015-01-27 | BEST ACTOR OSCARS: 1 of 2 performers to win 2 Best Actor Oscars for films that won Best Picture Marlon Brando or Dustin Hoffman |
| #6981, aired 2015-01-12 | 20th CENTURY BRITS: Dr. Hugh Cairns, who tried but couldn't save the life of this man in May 1935, became a pioneer in the use of motorcycle helmets T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | SOUTH AMERICA: In 2004 the dollar replaced the guilder as the monetary unit of this country Suriname |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | THE BIBLE: The first birthday celebration mentioned in the Bible takes place in Genesis 40 & is in honor of this ruler the Pharaoh in Egypt |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | SHAKESPEAREAN GEOGRAPHY: Of the 5 cities mentioned in Shakespeare play titles, it's the only one not found in Europe Tyre |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: In this year, there were no pres's or VPs running, but 3 of the 4 men on the 2 major party ballots would become president 1920 |
| #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 |
| #6919, aired 2014-10-16 | LITERATURE: This title 1864 adventure is embarked upon by a descent into Iceland's Mount Sneffels Journey to the Center of the Earth |
| #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 |
| #6877, aired 2014-07-08 | SCIENCE WORDS: Appropriately, this word from Latin for "unfold" isn't in the first edition of "Origin of Species", but does appear in later editions evolution |
| #6864, aired 2014-06-19 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: Founded in 1908, this big company was removed from the S&P 500 in 2009 after filing for bankruptcy but returned in 2013 General Motors |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1911 Glenn Curtiss received this document Number 1 a pilot's license |
| #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 |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | NAMES ON THE MAP: Visited by Jacques Cartier in 1534, it was later renamed for Queen Victoria's father, the Duke of Kent Prince Edward Island |
| #6835, aired 2014-05-09 | FAMOUS BOOKS: It was published March 26, 1830; a very popular work with the same name premiered March 24, 2011 The Book of Mormon |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | ALBUM COVERS: This band used a picture of the Hindenburg disaster on the cover of its eponymous debut album Led Zeppelin |
| #6810, aired 2014-04-04 | 20th CENTURY NOVEL QUOTES: "It was one of those pictures... so contrived that the eyes follow you... beneath" the picture was this 5-word quote Big Brother is watching you |
| #6803, aired 2014-03-26 | AGRICULTURE: Prunus dulcis, this snack high in calcium & vitamin E, is native to the Mideast, but 80% of the world crop comes from California almonds |
| #6795, aired 2014-03-14 | ACTORS & OSCARS: He was nominated for Oscars in 5 consecutive decades; the last nod was for his 1978 role as a Nazi hunter Sir Laurence Olivier |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | BRITISH ROYALTY: He was the last male monarch who had not previously been Prince of Wales George VI |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE: Frederick Douglass said this man's "zeal in the cause of my race was far greater than mine" John Brown |
| #6780, aired 2014-02-21 | THE BRITISH EMPIRE: 1713's Treaty of Utrecht concluding the War of the Spanish Succession granted this small 2.3-square-mile area to Great Britain Gibraltar |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | ISLANDS: In a satellite photo, volcanic activity can be seen on this 10,000-square-mile island Sicily |
| #6759, aired 2014-01-23 | NOTABLE NAMES: During a jubilee celebration in 2003, he became the first foreigner to be made an honorary citizen of Nepal (Edmund) Hillary |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS: Lord Henry tells him, "What an exquisite life you have had!... It has not marred you. You are still the same" Dorian Gray |
| #6727, aired 2013-12-10 | STATE CAPITALS: It's the Southern city in which the building seen here is located; counting the panels may help Austin |
| #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 |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | LITERARY INFLUENCES: The "Gossip Girl" series of books was inspired by this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel also set in New York City but 120 years earlier The Age of Innocence |
| #6700, aired 2013-11-01 | NATIONS OF THE WORLD: The only 2 countries in the Americas that border each other & begin with the same letter Brazil & Bolivia |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | BIG COUNTRIES: In area, it's the largest former Soviet republic after Russia & the largest nation that doesn't border an ocean Kazakhstan |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HISTORY: In 1948 he won South Carolina with 72% of the vote & 3 other states but finished a distant third overall Strom Thurmond |
| #6658, aired 2013-07-24 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE: Born in what's now Maine in 1807, he's honored with a bust in a special section of Westminster Abbey Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| #6657, aired 2013-07-23 | OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS: They're the only 2 Best Actor winners with the same last name; one was a winner for 1979 & 1988, the other for 2005 Dustin Hoffman & Philip Seymour Hoffman |
| #6648, aired 2013-07-10 | AUTHORS: He quit pursuing a Ph.D. in 1926 to pursue drawing, but you might say he gave himself the degree anyway Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) |
| #6647, aired 2013-07-09 | NATIONAL OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: This country has an area of only 275 square miles but has 4 official languages: English, Tamil, Chinese & Malay Singapore |
| #6637, aired 2013-06-25 | PLANTS: Economically speaking, this plant family with about 10,000 species is by far the most important the grass family |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | FOOD & DRINK: A sign of a trend, in 2010 this product passed Pepsi to move into the No. 2 spot in U.S. soft drink popularity Diet Coke |
| #6611, aired 2013-05-20 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE: In a PS to an April 12, 1945 letter, he wrote, "This was dictated before the world fell in on me... what a blow it was, but--I must meet it" Harry Truman |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | 1960s TELEVISION: Jackie Gleason considered, but then decided against, suing this show that premiered September 30, 1960 The Flintstones |
| #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 |
| #6555, aired 2013-03-01 | BUSINESS HISTORY: In 1938 his company began installing instruments in U.S. homes to record the frequencies to which a radio was tuned A.C. Nielsen |
| #6536, aired 2013-02-04 | MOUNT RUSHMORE: It's the only U.S. state that has more than one native-born son honored on Mount Rushmore Virginia |
| #6520, aired 2013-01-11 | RIVERS: It's the world's longest river whose outflow is into an entirely inland body of water the Volga River |
| #6508, aired 2012-12-26 | LITERARY FIRST LINES: "You better not never tell nobody but God", begins this 1982 novel, whose film version garnered 11 Oscar nominations The Color Purple |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | BILLBOARD NO. 1 ALBUMS: The soundtrack for this film based on a play holds the record for the most weeks at No. 1, 54 weeks in 1962 & '63 West Side Story |
| #6485, aired 2012-11-23 | BIOGRAPHIES ABOUT AUTHORS: Chapters in a biography on this author include "Declaring His Genius" and "A Late Victorian Love Affair" Oscar Wilde |
| #6478, aired 2012-11-14 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The only 2 presidents never to present a State of the Union address are William Henry Harrison & this man James Garfield |
| #6475, aired 2012-11-09 | DISASTERS: In 2012 the National Postal Museum marked the 75th & 100th anniversaries of these 2 disasters with an exhibit called "Fire & Ice" the Titanic sinking & the Hindenburg |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | U.S. CITIES: The seal of this historic New England city has the phrase "What a glorious morning for America" & the date "April 19" Lexington |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | WORLD LANGUAGES: Of the Romance languages, it has the greatest number of native speakers in a single country Portuguese |
| #6447, aired 2012-10-02 | FAMILIAR PHRASES: OED's earliest citation of this 5-word phrase is "Now, Monsieur Poirot, you would without doubt like to visit" this place the scene of the crime |
| #6427, aired 2012-07-24 | '80s SITCOM CHARACTERS: Creator Gary David Goldberg wrote this Republican character as unsympathetic, but the actor made him lovable Alex Keaton |
| #6413, aired 2012-07-04 | NUCLEAR NATIONS: On May 18, 1974 this country tested its first nuclear device, nicknamed "Smiling Buddha" India |
| #6398, aired 2012-06-13 | POLITICAL TERMS: 19th c. reports on horse races used this 2-word term to mean horses that were in the field but didn't finish high also rans |
| #6394, aired 2012-06-07 | THE ARTS: Formed in 1909, it performed to great acclaim in Paris, London, New York & Monte Carlo, but never in Moscow Ballet Russe (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo) |
| #6380, aired 2012-05-18 | INVENTORS: The National Inventors Hall of Fame said his work "brought the South prosperity", but he was out of business within 5 years Eli Whitney |
| #6378, aired 2012-05-16 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: In 2011, in the preface to the 75th anniversary edition, Pat Conroy called this novel "the last great... victory of the Confederacy" Gone with the Wind |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: In 1777 an opponent wrote of him "Money is this man's God, and to get enough of it he would sacrifice his country" Benedict Arnold |
| #6367, aired 2012-05-01 | FICTIONAL BEINGS: These fictional beings are also called Periannath & Halflings, but this familiar term means "hole-builders" Hobbits |
| #6364, aired 2012-04-26 | INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS: It's the constitutional kingdom of more than 6 million whose road vehicle sticker is seen here
HKJ the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | LITERARY BIOGRAPHIES: Quoting a famous line of his, a 2011 biography of this man was titled "And So It Goes" Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The 14 countries that border China run alphabetically from this to Vietnam Afghanistan |
| #6295, aired 2012-01-20 | ENGLISH LITERATURE: This title character of an 18th century novel was the son of a man named Kreutznaer, but his name gets Anglicized Robinson Crusoe |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | FRENCH HISTORY: She said, "I told my plans to no one. I was not killing a man, but a wild beast that was devouring the French people" Charlotte Corday |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | 18th CENTURY AUTHORS: In a poem he named himself Cadenus, an anagram of Decanus, or "Dean" Jonathan Swift |
| #6240, aired 2011-11-04 | NOTABLE GROUPS: Harpo Marx was among this group when it met in NYC's Rose Room for its final time, in 1943, & found there was nothing left to say the Algonquin Round Table |
| #6238, aired 2011-11-02 | WORLD CITIES: A member of the Hanseatic League, this city with a 4-letter name was once known as the "Paris of the Baltic" Riga |
| #6225, aired 2011-10-14 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: This nation lost its direct access to the Pacific around 1880 but retains a navy that patrols its rivers & a large lake Bolivia |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR: He was executed in 1780 & buried in Tappan, New York; his remains were moved to Westminster Abbey in 1821 Major John André |
| #6217, aired 2011-10-04 | EUROPEAN TRAVEL & TOURISM: Visited by 15 million people a year, this spot in Britain honors an 1805 battle fought elsewhere Trafalgar Square |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | AMERICAN BUSINESS: In the 1880s he developed Crystal A Caramels; a product under his own name came out in 1900 Hershey |
| #6209, aired 2011-09-22 | PHILOSOPHY: Nietzsche wrote, "Once you said 'God' when you gazed upon distant seas; but now I have taught you to say" this word superman |
| #6206, aired 2011-09-19 | AMERICAN WRITERS: In the 1840s he wrote, "I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government" Henry David Thoreau |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS: "A Girl from a Different World" & "Train to the Urals" are chapters in this 1957 work Doctor Zhivago |
| #6136, aired 2011-04-25 | BRITISH LANDMARKS: Completed in 1858, it was to be named St. Stephen, but was nicknamed this, honoring the chief commissioner of the works Big Ben |
| #6127, aired 2011-04-12 | BASEBALL & THE PRESIDENCY: As both vice president & president, he threw out a season's 1st pitch, each time for a different Senators franchise Richard Nixon |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | COMPOSERS: His first name means "happy", but 3 of his 5 symphonies are in gloomy minor keys Felix Mendelssohn |
| #6097, aired 2011-03-01 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS: A novel set during the Depression earned this author a 1940 Pulitzer Prize & contributed to him winning a Nobel Prize in 1962 John Steinbeck |
| #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 |
| #6085, aired 2011-02-11 | 1930s FILMS: In this classic film, one of the characters tries to quote the Pythagorean theorem but gets it wrong The Wizard of Oz |
| #6065, aired 2011-01-14 | THE PRESIDENCY: From the same state, they're the 2 presidents whose occupations are listed by World Book as "planter" George Washington & Thomas Jefferson |
| #6052, aired 2010-12-28 | CABINET OFFICERS: He was the last Secretary of State to serve in the post under 2 presidents Henry Kissinger |
| #6040, aired 2010-12-10 | MOVIES & LANGUAGE: A 2010 article from Slate called this language created by Paul Frommer "the new Klingon" Na'vi |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He is the only president of the United States to be awarded the Purple Heart John F. Kennedy |
| #6023, aired 2010-11-17 | PHRASES: In ancient Rome it was a post where racers changed direction; since 1836 it's meant a moment change occurs turning point |
| #6022, aired 2010-11-16 | OPERA: The title character of this opera addresses his son in the aria "Sois immobile" ("hold yourself still") William Tell |
| #6018, aired 2010-11-10 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: During his tenure, he never threw out an opening day first pitch, but before he was president, he did it for the Braves Jimmy Carter |
| #6014, aired 2010-11-04 | BURIED AT ARLINGTON: His grave notes his 1842 West Point graduation, his time at Ft. Sumter, Gettysburg & 2nd Bull Run, but does not mention sports Abner Doubleday |
| #6002, aired 2010-10-19 | HOLIDAY HISTORY: Cuba removed Christmas from its list of national holidays in 1969 & restored it in 1997 in anticipation of a visit by this man Pope John Paul II |
| #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 |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | RUSSIAN COMPOSERS: His first name means "moderate"; sadly, immoderate drinking helped kill him in 1881 at age 42, but not on Bald Mountain Modest Mussorgsky |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | BOTANICAL ETYMOLOGY: This plant's name may have come from its use by Italian Renaissance women to dilate pupils, which, they felt, augmented beauty belladonna |
| #5942, aired 2010-06-15 | THE 50 STATES: It's the only 2-word state name in which neither word appears in the name of any other state Rhode Island |
| #5925, aired 2010-05-21 | FROM NOVEL TO FILM: First published in 1880 & made into a film in 1907, 1925 & 1959, it was the first work of fiction blessed by a pope Ben-Hur |
| #5904, aired 2010-04-22 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERMINOLOGY: In 1992 New York got the first one: 917 an overlay area code |
| #5898, aired 2010-04-14 | POLITICALLY CORRECT POP CULTURE: The violence goes on, but in 2006 Time Warner TV removed depictions of this activity from old "Tom and Jerry" cartoons smoking |
| #5892, aired 2010-04-06 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: The coelacanth & the ivory-billed woodpecker are sometimes referred to as this biblical man "species" Lazarus |
| #5881, aired 2010-03-22 | SHAKESPEARE TITLES: It's not one of the Bard's better-known comedy titles, but has the distinction of containing the most apostrophes Love's Labour's Lost |
| #5875, aired 2010-03-12 | FILM LEGENDS: His only competitive Oscar win was for Best Score in 1973 for a 1952 film in which he had starred as a washed-up comic Charlie Chaplin |
| #5845, aired 2010-01-29 | PRO SPORTS: The official address of the Atlanta Braves is No. 755 on the drive named for this man Hank Aaron |
| #5840, aired 2010-01-22 | THE CABINET: Created by the Continental Congress in 1775, this officer joined the Cabinet in 1829 but was removed from it in 1971 the Postmaster General |
| #5828, aired 2010-01-06 | COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS: Before he was found dead January 1, 1953, the last single he released was "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" Hank Williams |
| #5812, aired 2009-12-15 | NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS: This bird is known for its size (5 feet tall), its call (carries 2 miles) & its rarity; in 1941 there were only 21 in the wild the whooping crane |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS: A state since the 1700s but not in the original 13, it ends with its own 2-letter postal abbreviation Kentucky |
| #5788, aired 2009-11-11 | THE WORLD AFTER WWII: This peninsula was divided when Japan surrendered to the U.S. below the 38th parallel & to the Soviet Union north of it the Korean Peninsula |
| #5786, aired 2009-11-09 | THE OLD TESTAMENT: This man was given the armor, helmet & sword of the first king of Israel, but refused to use them David |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | STATE CAPITALS: It's the only 3-word state capital Salt Lake City |
| #5774, aired 2009-10-22 | U.S. SCIENCE CITIES: This California city has the honor of being the only one in the U.S. to have an element named for it Berkeley |
| #5770, aired 2009-10-16 | SCIENTIFIC FIRSTS: The first object in our solar system discovered by telescope was not a planet but one of these a moon |
| #5735, aired 2009-07-10 | THE CALENDAR: This U.S. event was set after the harvest, on a day when rural folk could get there without having to travel on Sunday Election Day |
| #5726, aired 2009-06-29 | THE BEATLES: Fittingly, the cover of this Beatles album shows the Fab Four engaging in a semaphore message Help! |
| #5723, aired 2009-06-24 | EXPLORERS: On March 29, 1912 he wrote, "We are getting weaker, of course, and the end cannot be far... I do not think I can write more" Robert Scott |
| #5700, aired 2009-05-22 | 20th CENTURY POLITICS: On September 23, 1952 some 60 million people, the largest TV audience to that time, tuned in for this live address the Checkers Speech |
| #5689, aired 2009-05-07 | B.C. THINKERS: The name we know him by was actually a nickname given him for his wide, disc-like shoulders Plato |
| #5686, aired 2009-05-04 | THE 50 STATES: An 1881 resolution established that this state's name was to be spelled one way but pronounced another Arkansas |
| #5683, aired 2009-04-29 | THE U.S. MONEY MAP: The 3 richest U.S. counties, by median household income, are not in N.Y. or Calif. but are suburbs of this city Washington, D.C. |
| #5681, aired 2009-04-27 | MOVIE DIRECTORS: Since 1971 he has directed only 6 films, but those 6 have averaged more than $283 million each at the box office George Lucas |
| #5673, aired 2009-04-15 | EXPLORERS: In 1611 Henry Greene led a successful mutiny against this captain, but soon after was killed by Eskimos Henry Hudson |
| #5658, aired 2009-03-25 | AUTHORS: In 1865 he wrote the line "You're nothing but a pack of cards!" Lewis Carroll |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | BRITISH PAINTERS: Tennyson called this British painter, Constable's contemporary, the "Shakespeare of Landscape" J.M.W. Turner |
| #5635, aired 2009-02-20 | ANCIENT WORKS: Astronomers used clues in the text of this epic to figure out the date of its archery contest: April 16, 1178 B.C. The Odyssey |
| #5626, aired 2009-02-09 | HOLIDAYS: Some believe a Roman celebration of the coming of spring, including fertility rites, led to the holiday we observe on this date February 14 |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | WRITER/DIRECTORS: His headstone, using a line from one of his scripts, says, "I'm a writer but then nobody's perfect" Billy Wilder |
| #5600, aired 2009-01-02 | EUROPEAN HISTORY: On April 13, 1895 he entered the Devils Island penal colony to serve a life sentence, but he was out by 1899 Alfred Dreyfus |
| #5574, aired 2008-11-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: The only public state holiday in the U.S. honoring a monarch is one honoring this ruler King Kamehameha |
| #5560, aired 2008-11-07 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: One of the 2 presidents to win the national popular vote 3 times but only be elected president twice (1 of) Grover Cleveland & Andrew Jackson |
| #5547, aired 2008-10-21 | PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS: The first president to cross the Atlantic Ocean while in office, he did so to meet with other world leaders Wilson |
| #5523, aired 2008-09-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: It's 277 miles long, it's up to 18 miles wide, it's 6 million years old & at a given time temperatures within it can vary by 25 degrees the Grand Canyon |
| #5519, aired 2008-09-11 | LINES FROM 19th CENTURY NOVELS: "My two natures had memory in common, but all other faculties were most unequally shared between them" Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde |
| #5516, aired 2008-09-08 | THE VATICAN: A statue of this man is being erected inside the Vatican's walls near where he was locked up in 1633 Galileo |
| #5510, aired 2008-07-18 | CHARACTERS IN SHAKESPEARE: This character is described as "a howling monster", "a most scurvy monster" & "some monster of the isle" Caliban |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | 1970s HITS: In 1970 2 performers reached the Top 20 with this hit whose 6-word title was inspired by Boys Town "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" |
| #5486, aired 2008-06-16 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: In 1958 he wrote, "Brazil was beastly but Buenos Aires was the best. Not Tiffany's, but almost" Truman Capote |
| #5475, aired 2008-05-30 | WWII: FDR liked to rest near water, but because of fears after Pearl Harbor, this inland place was created for him Camp David |
| #5474, aired 2008-05-29 | ANNUAL SPORTING EVENTS: With an estimated sellout crowd of 267,925 people, it claims to be the best-attended single-day sporting event in the U.S. the Indy 500 |
| #5460, aired 2008-05-09 | ANCIENT TIMES: Plutarch's chapter on Romulus quotes this much later man as saying, "I love treason but hate a traitor" Julius Caesar |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | ROYAL WIVES: Her marriage to Henry VIII lasted less than a year, but she had the last laugh, surviving him by 10 years Anne of Cleves |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | STATE CAPITALS: This Plains State capital of only 14,000 people is the only U.S. capital with no letters of its state in its name Pierre, South Dakota |
| #5423, aired 2008-03-19 | BEATLES TUNES: It's the Beatles' only U.S. No. 1 hit single whose title is the name of an actual place "Penny Lane" |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | ACTORS: He never won an Oscar, but this 1960s movie star got a patent for a low-slung bucket seat for race cars Steve McQueen |
| #5415, aired 2008-03-07 | HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS: According to its earliest ads, .56% of this product was made up of carbonates, mineral matter & uncombined alkali Ivory soap |
| #5409, aired 2008-02-28 | THE NFL: It's the only NFL team to play its home games out-of-state in a stadium named for another team the New York Jets |
| #5407, aired 2008-02-26 | 1910s HISTORY: World Book said it "ranks as one of the greatest engineering achievements in the world" the Panama Canal |
| #5404, aired 2008-02-21 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: In 1733 he wrote, "The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart" Benjamin Franklin |
| #5394, aired 2008-02-07 | EUROPE: Its use dates back to 1360; on January 1, 2002 Belgium dropped it but Switzerland kept it the franc |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | WORLD AUTHORS: In 1898 he wrote, "As for the persons I have accused... they are... embodiments of social malfeasance" Émile Zola |
| #5383, aired 2008-01-23 | FAMOUS ENGLISHMEN: Andrew Carnegie's future fortune & career were inspired by an 1873 visit with this inventor & engineer Henry Bessemer |
| #5378, aired 2008-01-16 | FOREIGN FILMS: A series of novels includes "Iron Knight, Silver Vase", "Precious Sword, Golden Hairpin" & this one, made into a film in 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| #5373, aired 2008-01-09 | THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: First mentioned in a letter by Clement IV in 1265, this item worn by the Pope features an image of St. Peter in a boat a ring |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | U.S. TRADE: It's the country from which the U.S. imports the most oil Canada |
| #5362, aired 2007-12-25 | FRENCHMEN IN HISTORY: He was nicknamed "The Robespierre of the Brush", but unlike his friend Robespierre, he was jailed but not guillotined Jacques-Louis David |
| #5353, aired 2007-12-12 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES: In 1921 he got a patent for a diving suit that allowed one to quickly discard the suit & escape to the surface Harry Houdini |
| #5339, aired 2007-11-22 | FAMOUS NAMES: In the 19th century he created a new type of reference work, a dictionary named from the Greek for "treasury" Roget |
| #5332, aired 2007-11-13 | THE MOVIES: The title of this award-winning 1963 film refers to the number of films its director felt he had made to that point 8½ |
| #5328, aired 2007-11-07 | EARLY AMERICAN SHORT STORIES: This short story, written around 1820, contains the line "If I can but reach that bridge... I am safe" "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" |
| #5326, aired 2007-11-05 | THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: Referring to the Great Bear constellation, this area's name is from the Greek meaning "opposite the bear" Antarctica |
| #5291, aired 2007-09-17 | AMERICAN PUBLISHING: The 1860 frontier novel "Malaeska", the first of its kind, sold 300,000 copies for total sales revenue of this $30,000 |
| #5272, aired 2007-07-10 | MYTHICAL HEROES: In a play by Euripides, he goes mad & thinks he's tearing down the walls of Mycenae but destroys his own house Hercules |
| #5269, aired 2007-07-05 | MEDICAL HISTORY: A patient who told this Frankfurt doctor "I have lost myself" was the basis for a paper he gave in 1906 Alois Alzheimer |
| #5267, aired 2007-07-03 | SCULPTORS: Charles Niehaus sculpted McKinley for Canton, Ohio; Farragut for Muskegon, Mich.; & a record 8 men in this collection Statuary Hall |
| #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 |
| #5224, aired 2007-05-03 | PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION: It's the name of the person next in the line of presidential succession after Robert Byrd Condoleezza Rice |
| #5221, aired 2007-04-30 | STATES OF MEXICO: It's Mexico's northernmost state, but part of its name means "low" Baja California |
| #5210, aired 2007-04-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: Decreed by Congress in 1989, National Tap Dance Day falls on the May 25th birthday of this man born in 1878 Bill Robinson |
| #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 |
| #5200, aired 2007-03-30 | '60s OSCAR-WINNING FILMS: Although 216 minutes long, this 1962 film had no women in credited speaking roles Lawrence of Arabia |
| #5157, aired 2007-01-30 | IT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK CITY: On August 10, 2004, 2 days after her death at the age of 96, the Empire State Building dimmed its lights for 15 minutes in her memory Fay Wray |
| #5140, aired 2007-01-05 | PRO FOOTBALL: In 1947 this team chose not to be called the "Nickels" but instead paid homage to a Western hero the Buffalo Bills |
| #5138, aired 2007-01-03 | NOVEL INSPIRATIONS: Novel inspired by a vision of a "pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together" Frankenstein |
| #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) |
| #5127, aired 2006-12-19 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: When this man won, Richard Dreyfuss said goodbye to being the youngest ever to win the Best Actor Oscar Adrien Brody |
| #5125, aired 2006-12-15 | POEM TITLES: This poem says, "For all averred, I had killed the bird that made the breeze to blow" The Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
| #5122, aired 2006-12-12 | CHIEF JUSTICES: He wrote that if a person in custody "cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for him... if he so desires" Earl Warren |
| #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 |
| #5096, aired 2006-11-06 | AUTHORS: John Dryden in 1683 was the first to use the term "biography"--appropriately, while writing about this Greek Plutarch |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | GOVERNMENT FORMS: The title of form OSC-12 says it is used by this type of person, who's asked to "describe the agency wrongdoing" a whistleblower |
| #5055, aired 2006-07-28 | AMERICANA: A monument at this Nebraska site bears the words "He ain't heavy, Father... he's m' brother" Boys Town |
| #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 |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | NATIONAL NAMES: 2 of 3 European Union member nations whose names are only one syllable in English (2 of) France, Greece, & Spain |
| #5023, aired 2006-06-14 | POLITICAL QUOTATIONS: It was said that being with these 2 leaders, born 1874 & 1882, "was like sitting between 2 lions roaring at the same time" Winston Churchill & Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| #5021, aired 2006-06-12 | U.S. NEWSPAPERS: During the American Revolution, this New England newspaper had the USA's highest circulation; it's still in the top 50 the Hartford Courant |
| #5018, aired 2006-06-07 | CANADIAN POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS: It's the only Canadian province or territory whose 2-letter postal abbreviation is a preposition Ontario |
| #5007, aired 2006-05-23 | THE GLOBE: If you dig straight through the Earth's center from Canton, Ohio you'll end up not in China but in this body of water the Indian Ocean |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | CHARACTERS IN SHAKESPEARE: Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge referred to the "motiveless malignity" of this character Iago |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Had he lived in ancient Greece, this president would have been called Odysseus Ulysses S. Grant |
| #4994, aired 2006-05-04 | MEMOIRS: Chapters in this 1937 memoir include "A Kikuyu Chief", "War-Time Safari" & "Old Knudsen" Out of Africa (by Isak Dinesen) |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | PEOPLE IN SPACE: In 2005, as the shuttle Discovery prepared for landing, NASA played a Dexys Midnight Runners song in her honor Eileen Collins |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | POETS: She wrote, "From her beacon-hand glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command the air-bridged harbor" Emma Lazarus |
| #4977, aired 2006-04-11 | THE EARLY 1900s: These 2 nations fought a war on neither nation's soil; the decisive battle came at present-day Shen-Yang Russia & Japan |
| #4972, aired 2006-04-04 | GERMAN AMERICANS: He famously remarked, "We are all the President's men", giving Woodward & Bernstein their title Henry Kissinger |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | 20th CENTURY THEATER: This play ends with 1 character asking, "Well? Shall we go?"; the other replies, "Yes, let's go", but they do not move Waiting for Godot |
| #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 |
| #4960, aired 2006-03-17 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS: Chapter I of this book tells us: "Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood..." Angela's Ashes (by Frank McCourt) |
| #4957, aired 2006-03-14 | WORD ORIGINS: The word "toxic" comes from the ancient Greek for this weapon an arrow |
| #4954, aired 2006-03-09 | ISLANDS: Despite landmines dating from 1982, penguins use these islands for mating grounds, being too light to set them off the Falkland Islands |
| #4951, aired 2006-03-06 | AMERICAN HISTORY: This legislative body first met on March 4, 1789 in New York City, but only 8 of its 22 members were present the U.S. Senate |
| #4950, aired 2006-03-03 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: This 1906 novel says, "Now & then a visitor wept, to be sure; but this slaughtering machine ran on, visitors or no..." The Jungle |
| #4948, aired 2006-03-01 | WORD ORIGINS: This word regarding infidelity came from a certain bird leaving its eggs in other nests to be raised cuckold |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | LITERARY ANIMALS: In an 1877 novel, he tells us that he was originally called Darkie, & later, Old Crony Black Beauty |
| #4935, aired 2006-02-10 | AMERICANA: Originally beardless, Uncle Sam got his chin whiskers from images depicting this real-life man Abraham Lincoln |
| #4929, aired 2006-02-02 | CHARACTERS IN 18th CENTURY PLAYS: This Englishwoman's name comes from the French for "badly suited to the purpose" Mrs. Malaprop |
| #4923, aired 2006-01-25 | WORD ORIGINS: This word that has come to mean "sudden prosperity" means "good weather" in Spanish bonanza |
| #4918, aired 2006-01-18 | U.S. COMMERCE: Huntington, considered the USA's busiest inland port & largely shipping coal, is on this river the Ohio River |
| #4913, aired 2006-01-11 | NEWSMAKERS: In April 2005, during his first 2 days on the job, he received more than 56,000 e-mails Pope Benedict XVI |
| #4891, aired 2005-12-12 | 19th CENTURY LIT: This work says, "Man is not truly one, but truly two... I learned to recognize the... primitive duality of man" Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS: This 1955 novel was originally titled "The Kingdom by the Sea", an allusion to Poe's "Annabel Lee" Lolita |
| #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 |
| #4884, aired 2005-12-01 | GEOGRAPHY: 10 million people live in this country that is almost bisected by the second-longest river in Europe Hungary |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | BILLBOARD MAGAZINE: Launched in 2004, Billboard's first Top 20 chart for these included "My Boo", the "Halloween" theme & "Ice Ice Baby" ringtones |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | SWEET TREATS: Once known as fairy floss in the U.S., it's "papa's beard" in France & "sugar wool" in Germany cotton candy |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | THE 1980s: On May 18, 1980 its height was reduced from 9,677 feet to 8,364 feet Mount Saint Helens |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | MILITARY TRADITIONS: At a military funeral, the American flag is folded this many times to resemble a Revolutionary War soldier's hat 13 |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | RANKS & TITLES: In 1950 Pius XII was Pontifex Maximus; exactly 2,000 years earlier, this man held a title of the same name Julius Caesar |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN: A group chaired by her produced a system that President Bush says now needs "wise and effective reform" Frances Perkins |
| #4829, aired 2005-09-15 | EUROPEAN RULERS: This man who became a ruler in April 2005 is the great-nephew of the 1926 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama Prince Albert II of Monaco |
| #4823, aired 2005-07-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: It's the roughly 70-minute work that includes the sung words "Alle menschen werden bruder" Beethoven's 9th Symphony |
| #4811, aired 2005-07-04 | TERMS IN SCIENCE: Sky & Telescope magazine's contest to replace this term for a single event got 13,000 entries, but chose none the Big Bang |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | OSCAR NOMINEES: In a 1964 film, he played 3 characters but received only one nomination for Best Actor Peter Sellers |
| #4804, aired 2005-06-23 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He's the only president to have held 2 different cabinet posts: Secretary of State & Secretary of War James Monroe |
| #4797, aired 2005-06-14 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS: In an August 1989 protest, a 2-million-person human chain stretched from Tallinn to Riga to this city Vilnius |
| #4784, aired 2005-05-26 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS: Its name is from the Greek for "to bind", which in turn may come from the Egyptian shesep-ankh, "living image" the sphinx |
| #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 |
| #4770, aired 2005-05-06 | FICTIONAL ANIMALS: The name of this character, introduced in 1894, is from the Hindi for "bear" Baloo |
| #4765, aired 2005-04-29 | 19th CENTURY AMERICAN ART: Some versions of this painting based on a Bible verse show William Penn making a treaty with the Indians in the background Hicks's Peaceable Kingdom |
| #4764, aired 2005-04-28 | BRITISH MILITARY HISTORY: He commanded the forces that rescued the survivors of the infamous Black Hole of Calcutta in 1756 Robert Clive |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | 20th CENTURY ASIA: In 1942 Aung San, commander of this country's Independence Army, married nurse Khin Kyi Burma |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | LITERARY INSPIRATIONS: This real man inspired a 1719 novel character & a poem that says, "I am monarch of all I survey" Alexander Selkirk |
| #4756, aired 2005-04-18 | INVENTED WORDS: In works by Lewis Carroll, this word means "four in the afternoon; the time when you begin broiling things for dinner" brillig |
| #4740, aired 2005-03-25 | 12-LETTER WORDS: A chemist in the 1920s coined this term after finding lavender oil not only hid the odor of his burnt hand but also healed it aromatherapy |
| #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 |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | EUROPEAN LANGUAGES: In this language spoken by 120 million worldwide, all of the days of the week but one end with the same 3 letters German |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | ARTISTIC MASTERPIECES: "Shouldn't the shining dots of the sky be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France?" the artist wrote of this work The Starry Night (by Vincent van Gogh) |
| #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 |
| #4721, aired 2005-02-28 | COLLEGE LIBRARIES: Built in memory of a victim of this tragedy, Harvard's Widener Library was opened in 1915 the sinking of the Titanic |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | SINGERS: This man who often criticized the government was named for the president elected in 1912, his birth year Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie |
| #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) |
| #4686, aired 2005-01-10 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS: This Russian-born author & scientist who died in 1992 said, "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them" Isaac Asimov |
| #4683, aired 2005-01-05 | 1920s NOSTALGIA: A poor couple window-shopping a diamond bracelet at this store inspired the song "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" Tiffany's |
| #4666, aired 2004-12-13 | BUSINESS HISTORY: Last names of the 2 men, both engineers, who met & formed a partnership at England's Midland Hotel in May 1904 Rolls and Royce |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | THE 18th CENTURY: In 1790 the HMS Pandora sailed thousands of miles specifically to bring back this man, but failed Fletcher Christian |
| #4657, aired 2004-11-30 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year H&R Block |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | COMPANY ORIGINS: This Fortune 100 company got its name from what it bought from sailors & sold to natural history collectors Shell Oil |
| #4636, aired 2004-11-01 | SEMIANNUAL PUBLICATIONS: It began in 1886 as an extension of an upper crust family's list of whose house they'd visit & who they'd receive The Social Register |
| #4635, aired 2004-10-29 | FILMS OF THE '70s: "The Babysitter Murders" was the working title for this 1978 thriller Halloween |
| #4620, aired 2004-10-08 | MEN OF SCIENCE: "Somnium", an early work of science fiction, was written by this German & published posthumously in 1634 Johannes Kepler |
| #4618, aired 2004-10-06 | 2004: On Monday, December 13, 3 people designated these will meet in Cheyenne, Wyoming to help decide the world's future electors |
| #4598, aired 2004-09-08 | HISTORIC MEDIUMS: In the '20s the alleged spirit powers of Margery caused a rift between these 2 men, a magician & a writer Harry Houdini & Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #4595, aired 2004-07-23 | SHAKESPEARE: 2 of the 4 Shakespeare plays in which ghosts appear on stage (2 of) Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth & Richard III |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | FOOD: Experts believe that 16th century Dutch growers, through breeding, gave this vegetable its color to honor their ruling house the carrot |
| #4587, aired 2004-07-13 | HEADLINES OF THE LAST 40 YEARS: The first 2 New York Times headlines set in 96-point type were in these 2 years, 5 years apart 1969 & 1974 |
| #4582, aired 2004-07-06 | HISTORIC ENGLISHMEN: Ironically, he might have saved himself from death in 1779 if he had known how to swim Captain Cook |
| #4578, aired 2004-06-30 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 1899 he was released from Devil's Island & pardoned for "treason under extenuating circumstances" Captain Alfred Dreyfus |
| #4569, aired 2004-06-17 | COMMUNICATIONS: In the NATO phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, etc.), the 2 that are title Shakespearean characters Romeo & Juliet |
| #4567, aired 2004-06-15 | CLASSIC LITERATURE: "Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man..." is the epigraph to this 1818 novel Frankenstein |
| #4558, aired 2004-06-02 | THE 2000 OLYMPICS: She's the first female track & field athlete to win medals in 5 different events at a single Olympics Marion Jones |
| #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 |
| #4543, aired 2004-05-12 | POP CULTURE: In 2004 a spokesman announced the "break-up" of this "couple" who had "dated" for 43 years Ken & Barbie |
| #4538, aired 2004-05-05 | CLASSIC MOVIES: A 35-foot-long muslin stocking was used to create the cyclone for this 1939 film The Wizard of Oz |
| #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 |
| #4533, aired 2004-04-28 | '80s FILMS: The first film rated PG-13, its colorful title was used as the code name for a 2003 capture mission in Iraq Red Dawn |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: Since 1820, 1 of 3 men to lose a presidential election but win the rematch with the same individual 4 years later (1 of 3) Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison or Grover Cleveland |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | SONGS: One of the first to sing it publicly was Baltimore actor Fredinand Durang at Captain McCauley's tavern in October 1814 "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| #4475, aired 2004-02-06 | 19th CENTURY PHILOSOPHY: This 3-word quote, originally in German, comes soon after "We have killed him--you and I, all of us are his murderers" "God is dead" |
| #4470, aired 2004-01-30 | PRESIDENTIAL FAMILIES: The Time Almanac lists only the children from his 1772 marriage, but says there's DNA evidence of more Thomas Jefferson |
| #4461, aired 2004-01-19 | RANKS & TITLES: Queen Victoria & Indira Gandhi each held this title, though only one was official Empress of India |
| #4458, aired 2004-01-14 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: This country's coastline, on the Gulf of Aden & the Indian Ocean, is the longest on the African continent Somalia |
| #4444, aired 2003-12-25 | CLASSIC SONGS: This song begins, "The sun is shining, the grass is green. But it's December 24th and I am longing to be up north" "White Christmas" |
| #4361, aired 2003-07-14 | MAGAZINES: For its 1st swimsuit edition in 2003, it covered 100 years of the swimsuit & included a 1917 photo of topless island women National Geographic |
| #4354, aired 2003-07-03 | OPERA: Title character of a 1787 opera who says he needs women "more than the food I eat,... than the very air I breathe" Don Juan (or Don Giovanni) |
| #4348, aired 2003-06-25 | TELEVISION: In Apple's I-Movie program, the effect seen here that's done with photos is named for this TV filmmaker Ken Burns |
| #4298, aired 2003-04-16 | THE SECRET SERVICE: This 20th century U.S. president was the first to receive full-time protection from the Secret Service Theodore Roosevelt |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | THE MOVIES: The DVD of this 1961 film includes "picture-in-picture commentary on how to make the trick shots" The Hustler |
| #4269, aired 2003-03-06 | AGRICULTURE: The Norse were impressed by these in North America, but they weren't grown profitably in North America until around 1850 grapes |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: By size, it's the largest country that borders only one other country Canada (borders only the United States) |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | THE GLOBE: Of the more than a dozen countries through which the equator passes, this country stretches farthest south Brazil |
| #4217, aired 2002-12-24 | U.S. STATES: This state is 2nd in blueberry production, 3rd in cranberries, 4th in peaches but 1st in chemical production New Jersey |
| #4158, aired 2002-10-02 | BROADWAY STARS: This Tony-winning actor with the real name Joseph took part of his stage name from a role in "Guys and Dolls" Nathan Lane |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | TECHNOLOGY: After a demonstration of this, the April 8, 1927 New York Times said, "Commercial use in doubt" television |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: "May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof" is from this man's 1800 prayer John Adams |
| #4124, aired 2002-07-04 | CONTEMPORARY WOMEN: According to the London Times she was England's highest-earning British woman in 2001, followed by Queen Elizabeth II J.K. Rowling |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | LITERARY HEROINES: This literary character was inspired by Delphine Delamare, whose adultery led to her 1848 suicide Madame Bovary |
| #4111, aired 2002-06-17 | LANGUAGES: Besides English & Spanish, 2 of the 4 other languages in which the U.S. census 2000 questionnaires were printed (2 of) Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog & Korean |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | EUROPE: Among countries entirely within Europe, this nation has the highest percentage of Muslims Albania |
| #4101, aired 2002-06-03 | FRANCE: Of France's 22 official regions, this one extends the farthest west Brittany |
| #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 |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | VICE PRESIDENTS: He was the only vice president to be elected to, & serve, 2 full terms as president Thomas Jefferson |
| #4067, aired 2002-04-16 | 5-LETTER WORDS: In 1898 the word "telephone" made its debut in the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, as did this related word hello |
| #4059, aired 2002-04-04 | AMERICAN BUSINESS: 5 beekeepers near this Iowa city formed a honey co-op in 1921; they named it for the city, but later respelled it Sioux City |
| #4003, aired 2002-01-16 | THE 50 STATES: The 2 states whose names each contain 3 sets of double letters; they border each other Mississippi & Tennessee |
| #3994, aired 2002-01-03 | FAMILIAR PHARASES: This 2-word term entered the English language after a pilot reported seeing 9 of them near Mt. Rainier in June 1947 flying saucers |
| #3993, aired 2002-01-02 | 1970s GAMES: Of this ground-breaking game, its creator said, "We knew a square ball wasn't cool" but "It was all we could do" Pong |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | BESTSELLING AUTHORS: One of the world's bestselling novelists, he created TV's "I Dream of Jeannie" Sidney Sheldon |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | ANCIENT ROMANS: According to tradition, he was descended from the clan of the Pontii & killed himself in 39 A.D. Pontius Pilate |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | SPORTS MARKETING: Tiger Woods' 22-page booklet "The Making of a Champion" came free on one million boxes of this product Wheaties |
| #3956, aired 2001-11-12 | THE EARLY 20th CENTURY: A 1904 issue of Popular Science Monthly reported their success in North Carolina the previous year the Wright Brothers |
| #3946, aired 2001-10-29 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: Upon this nation's independence in 1903, it was "moved" from one continent to another Panama |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | SPORTS ON TV: The highest-rated sports program in TV history, other than a Super Bowl, took place on February 23, 1994, in this sport ladies' figure skating |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | FAMOUS PHRASES: This expression comes from a 1956 novel about Frank Skeffington's final run for mayor "the last hurrah" |
| #3905, aired 2001-07-20 | POP MUSIC: The special November 2000 TV Guide cover seen here was part of its tribute to this rock group The Beatles (tribute to their 1968 album, "The White Album") |
| #3895, aired 2001-07-06 | HISTORIC MONARCHS: This monarch, who sold the United States its 2nd-largest piece of territory, was the second to bear his name Alexander II |
| #3822, aired 2001-03-27 | BUSINESS HISTORY: By the time it was disbanded in 1858, this company controlled an area the size of Europe & home to 200 million people The British East India Company |
| #3790, aired 2001-02-09 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: First line of the poem thought to be based on Mary Sawyer's experience at a Massachusetts school-house around 1815 "Mary had a little lamb" |
| #3783, aired 2001-01-31 | -OLOGIES: In 1908 Hermann Ebbinghaus said this field "has a long past, but only a short history" Psychology |
| #3765, aired 2001-01-05 | LIFE SCIENCE: A study done in South Africa put these non-primates above chimpanzees, making them the world's second-smartest species Dolphins |
| #3758, aired 2000-12-27 | THE CIVIL WAR: For his service in the Civil War Congress made him General in Chief of the Armies Ulysses S. Grant |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | SCIENCE NEWS: Made available for download in July 2000 by UCSC, the 739MB file of this "Project" consists of As, Ts, Gs & Cs The Human Genome Project |
| #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 |
| #3690, aired 2000-09-22 | THE THEATRE: The inspiration for this 1913 play was taken in part from the life of an Edwardian philologist named Henry Sweet Pygmalion |
| #3604, aired 2000-04-13 | INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: Winner of the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize, this group once used the slogan "We Have Two Billion People in our Waiting Room" Doctors Without Borders |
| #3563, aired 2000-02-16 | OSCAR-WINNING MOVIES: Its final scene includes the line "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner" The Silence of the Lambs |
| #3527, aired 1999-12-28 | ARTISTS: Looking at kids' art, he said at "Their age I could draw like Raphael, but it took me a lifetime to learn to draw like them" Pablo Picasso |
| #3481, aired 1999-10-25 | THE CABINET: The seal of this cabinet department has an anvil on it Department of Labor |
| #3460, aired 1999-09-24 | OLYMPICS 2000: Name of the new Olympic event that will cover a total of 51.5 kilometers the triathlon |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: On July 20, 1999 it was 30 years since this man said, "Houston... the Eagle has landed" Neil Armstrong |
| #3353, aired 1999-03-17 | IRISH-BORN AUTHORS: Once a drama critic in his native Dublin, he toured the U.S. as an actor's manager, but never visited Romania Bram Stoker |
| #3343, aired 1999-03-03 | THE PRESIDENCY: In 1998, the highest-ranking person in the line of presidential succession who could not legally be president Madeleine Albright (Secretary of State) |
| #3340, aired 1999-02-26 | THE TITANIC: This man whose invention was used to call for help held a ticket for the voyage but changed his plans Guglielmo Marconi |
| #3336, aired 1999-02-22 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: It's the only body of water with shores on the continents of Asia, Africa & Europe Mediterranean Sea |
| #3300, aired 1999-01-01 | THE CALENDAR: Of the 12 animals that represent years in the Chinese calendar, 2 of the 3 that are not mammals (2 of) dragon, rooster or snake |
| #3280, aired 1998-12-04 | AWARDS: In 1927 Cedric Gibbons designed this award that he went on to win 11 times The Academy Award (Oscar) |
| #3270, aired 1998-11-20 | THE SUPREME COURT: At the time of his 1902 nomination to the Supreme Court, he was Chief Justice of Massachusetts Oliver Wendell Holmes |
| #3266, aired 1998-11-16 | THESE UNITED STATES: This body meets on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December, but only once every 4 years The Electoral College |
| #3254, aired 1998-10-29 | TV CHARACTERS: Dozens of web sites are devoted to picking on this Sheryl Leach creation who only gives love Barney |
| #3219, aired 1998-09-10 | U.S. POLITICS: In a popular 1928 gubernatorial campaign slogan, it preceded "but no man wears a crown" "Every man a king" |
| #3215, aired 1998-07-17 | STATUES: In 1820 a man named Yorgos unearthed 3 statues: 2 of Hermes & one of Aphrodite, later renamed this Venus de Milo |
| #3181, aired 1998-06-01 | SHIPS: It was refloated, towed to Matauri Bay & sunk there Dec. 12, 1987, with full Maori ceremony The Rainbow Warrior (of Greenpeace) |
| #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 |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | QUOTATIONS: In 1883 he wrote, "Your true pilot cares nothing about anything on Earth but the river" Mark Twain ("Life on the Mississippi") |
| #3128, aired 1998-03-18 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES: The French call him "Le Roi du Crazy" Jerry Lewis |
| #3105, aired 1998-02-13 | EUROPEAN CITIES: City where Goethe & Nietzsche died, & a republic & a breed of dog were born Weimar (Weimar Republic & Weimaraner dog) |
| #3059, aired 1997-12-11 | AFRICAN WILDLIFE: It can attain a speed of about 40 mph, but has only 2 toes on each of its 2 feet the ostrich |
| #2973, aired 1997-07-02 | VICE PRESIDENTS: 1 of 2 men who served as U.S. vice president & also won a Nobel Peace Prize Charles Dawes or Theodore Roosevelt |
| #2945, aired 1997-05-23 | GENESIS: The final word in Genesis is the name of this country Egypt |
| #2816, aired 1996-11-25 | NOTORIOUS: A corrections museum in Trenton, New Jersey contains the chair in which he was executed in 1936 Bruno Richard Hauptmann |
| #2807, aired 1996-11-12 | AMERICAN HISTORY: Lincoln said it was "the central act of my administration & the greatest event of the 19th century" the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #2782, aired 1996-10-08 | AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES: French Catholic missionaries led by Father Edward F. Sorin founded this university in 1842 Notre Dame |
| #2712, aired 1996-05-21 | WORLD MAGAZINES: The name of this German newsweekly means "The Mirror" Der Spiegel |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | FAMOUS NOVELS: Published in 1605, the first part of this novel was dedicated to the Duque de Bejar, Marques de Gibraleon... Don Quixote |
| #2694, aired 1996-04-25 | HISTORIC NAMES: The name of this ancient ruler translates as "It is well with the sun disk" Akhenaten |
| #2660, aired 1996-03-08 | AUTHORS: He adapted a rejected treatise on exploring Africa by balloon into an 1863 novel, his first big success Jules Verne |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | THE CONTINENTS: The 3 longest rivers in the world are on these 3 continents Africa, South America, and Asia |
| #2652, aired 1996-02-27 | FAMOUS FAMILIES: The 1st man named this was a violinist, the 2nd, an actor & the 3rd, CEO at Times Mirror Magazines Efrem Zimbalist |
| #2651, aired 1996-02-26 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Olga Ivinskaya, who passed away in Moscow in 1995, was the inspiration for this character Lara |
| #2650, aired 1996-02-23 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1941 & 1942 he served as a photo-muralist for the Department of the Interior Ansel Adams |
| #2621, aired 1996-01-15 | POLITICIANS: In 1961, Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as vice president by this mentor Sam Rayburn |
| #2617, aired 1996-01-09 | ENGLISH POETS: "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind" precedes a famous line from his works (John) Donne |
| #2614, aired 1996-01-04 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: He was born Newton Leroy McPherson in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 17, 1943 Newt Gingrich |
| #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 |
| #2597, aired 1995-12-12 | HISTORIC QUOTES: In 1945 this Frenchman told his countrymen, "If I treated with the enemy, it was to spare you" Philippe Pétain |
| #2571, aired 1995-11-06 | BUSINESS & LITERATURE: On March 24, 1994 this store held a breakfast to announce the new Truman Capote Literary Trust Tiffany's |
| #2566, aired 1995-10-30 | ANNUAL EVENTS: Between 1903 & the present, this event took place every year but 2: 1904 & 1994 the World Series |
| #2565, aired 1995-10-27 | BIRTHSTONES: 1 of the 2 months with the same first letter as their traditional birthstones (1 of) September or October |
| #2561, aired 1995-10-23 | FAMOUS NAMES: As British ambassador to Turkey he was allowed to take away "any pieces of stone with old inscriptions" (Lord) Elgin |
| #2554, aired 1995-10-12 | FAMOUS NOVELS: The first of the 7 commandments in this 1945 novel is "Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy" Animal Farm |
| #2545, aired 1995-09-29 | 19th CENTURY ARTISTS: He sued a man for libel over a criticism of his painting "Nocturne in Black and Gold"--& won (James Abbott McNeil) Whistler |
| #2520, aired 1995-07-14 | NOVEL CHARACTERS: The next-to-last line spoken by this man is "I wish I could care what you do or where you go, but I can't" Rhett Butler |
| #2515, aired 1995-07-07 | NOTORIOUS: Oscar Collazo, serving a life sentence for his assassination attempt on this president, was released in 1979 Harry Truman |
| #2505, aired 1995-06-23 | THE SUPER BOWL: With 7 appearances, this team has played in more Super Bowls than any other the Dallas Cowboys |
| #2469, aired 1995-05-04 | POLITICAL TERMS: In a 1906 speech Teddy Roosevelt said he agreed with their aims but their methods were sensational & irresponsible muckrakers |
| #2460, aired 1995-04-21 | FAMOUS FAMILIES: Between 1680 & 1765, 5 members of this family were elders of the town of Ajaccio, Corsica the Bonapartes |
| #2442, aired 1995-03-28 | COLONIAL AMERICA: President of the Continental Congress 1775-77, he was reelected in 1785 but didn't serve due to illness John Hancock |
| #2431, aired 1995-03-13 | WORLD CURRENCY: On an alphabetical list of the world's basic monetary units, this one is last the złoty |
| #2413, aired 1995-02-15 | COMPOSERS: Hans von Bulow said his favorite key was E-flat major because it had 1 flat for each of these composers Bach, Brahms & Beethoven (The Three Bs) |
| #2406, aired 1995-02-06 | PHILANTHROPISTS: A college & an oceanographic institution are named for this newspaper family the Scripps family |
| #2378, aired 1994-12-28 | ETYMOLOGY: Until 1946, this word usually meant a mathematician; since then, it's come to mean a machine a computer |
| #2355, aired 1994-11-25 | AMERICAN POLITICAL TERMS: This phrase first appeared in 1845, followed by "to overspread the continent alloted by providence" Manifest Destiny |
| #2344, aired 1994-11-10 | FAMOUS SHIPS: It left Spithead, England December 23, 1787 & arrived in Tahiti October 26, 1788 the Bounty |
| #2342, aired 1994-11-08 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: In his 1913 autobiography, he said "Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly" Teddy Roosevelt |
| #2325, aired 1994-10-14 | RULERS: In the Mayflower Compact this king was called a "dread sovereign lord" King James I of England (or King James VI of Scotland) |
| #2300, aired 1994-09-09 | LANDMARKS: This barrier is situated in the British Isles about 100 miles south of the Antonine Wall Hadrian's Wall |
| #2259, aired 1994-06-02 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: In 1912 he organized the Keystone Company Mack Sennett |
| #2244, aired 1994-05-12 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST: Among the men who have walked on the Moon, his last name is alphabetically first (Buzz) Aldrin |
| #2202, aired 1994-03-15 | AFRICA: The French Foreign Legion was created in 1831 to occupy this country Algeria |
| #2190, aired 1994-02-25 | FAMOUS NAMES: In 1970 he made his first visit to a Tennessee classroom since his conviction 45 years earlier John Scopes |
| #2180, aired 1994-02-11 | ISLANDS: Henry Hudson named this island for the Dutch legislature Staten Island |
| #2146, aired 1993-12-27 | FAMOUS NAMES: This English innkeeper kept 40 horses ready for customers but gave them no choice in the one they got Hobson |
| #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 |
| #2143, aired 1993-12-22 | ORGANIZATIONS: This organization was dissolved in 1956 after its last member, Albert Woolson, died at age 109 the Grand Army of the Republic |
| #2130, aired 1993-12-03 | WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS: 1 of 3 women who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in the 1980s (1 of) Beth Henley (for Crimes of the Heart), Marsha Norman (for 'night, Mother) & Wendy Wasserstein (for The Heidi Chronicles) |
| #2127, aired 1993-11-30 | 1990s GEOGRAPHY: In area, it's now the largest country whose boundaries are wholly within Europe Ukraine |
| #2124, aired 1993-11-25 | 20th CENTURY LEADERS: At age 13 in 1926, he was accepted as a novice at the abbey of Kykkos; he later taught there Archbishop Makarios |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: It's the northernmost mountain in the world over 20,000 feet in elevation Mt. McKinley (Denali) |
| #2117, aired 1993-11-16 | LITERARY TERMS: Jonathan Swift defined it as a "glass wherein beholders... discover everybody's face but their own" satire |
| #2095, aired 1993-10-15 | FAMOUS HOMES: The ticket office at this presidential home hands out dozens of $2 bills as change every day Monticello |
| #2077, aired 1993-09-21 | TREATIES: These were 2 states involved in the 1929 Lateran Treaty Italy & the Vatican |
| #2076, aired 1993-09-20 | STATE CAPITALS: It's the only state capital whose name ends with 3 vowels Juneau |
| #2074, aired 1993-09-16 | TELEVISION: 1993's "Skylark" with Glenn Close was a sequel to this highest-rated "Hallmark Hall of Fame" film Sarah, Plain and Tall |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | LANDMARKS: The Sceptre with the Dove & the Sword of Mercy are part of a collection housed here the Tower of London |
| #2015, aired 1993-05-14 | ANCIENT ROME: General Publius Scipio won the surname "Africanus" for beating this man at the 202 B.C. Battle of Zama Hannibal |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: For his unconventional but effective use of the media, Advertising Age named him its 1992 Adman of the Year Ross Perot |
| #1995, aired 1993-04-16 | ASSASSINATIONS: On February 21, 1965 he was killed in the Audubon Ballroom in New York City Malcolm X |
| #1979, aired 1993-03-25 | ISLANDS: After its ruler left February 26, 1815, this island was restored to Tuscany Elba |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | FRENCH DRAMA: This 1897 play contains the line "I never loved but one man in my life, and I have lost him-- twice" Cyrano de Bergerac |
| #1968, aired 1993-03-10 | ISLANDS: These islands about 400 miles from Cape Horn were named for a British treasurer of the Navy the Falklands |
| #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 |
| #1941, aired 1993-02-01 | ORGANIZATIONS: This service organization's name comes from American Indian dialect meaning "we make ourselves known" Kiwanis International |
| #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 |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | HISTORIC NAMES: For his licentious behavior, monk Grigori Yefimovich Novykh earned this nickname meaning "debauched one" Rasputin |
| #1828, aired 1992-07-08 | NATIONS OF THE WORLD: In one of its official languages, this country is called Repiblik Dayti Haiti |
| #1779, aired 1992-04-30 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was the first Navy veteran to become president Kennedy |
| #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 |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | 20th CENTURY VICE PRESIDENTS: The only VP to become president not immediately after his vice presidential term Richard Nixon |
| #1708, aired 1992-01-22 | ISLAND GROUPS: The last place Columbus stopped for supplies before reaching the New World the Canary Islands |
| #1689, aired 1991-12-26 | FAMOUS ADDRESSES: His home address is the Admiral's House, 34th Street & Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC the Vice President of the U.S. (Dan Quayle) |
| #1674, aired 1991-12-05 | U.S. MONUMENTS: Commissioned in 1916 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, it was finally completed in 1972 Stone Mountain |
| #1673, aired 1991-12-04 | ORGANIZATIONS: It grew out of vigilance committees set up by local advertising clubs to monitor false advertising the Better Business Bureau |
| #1609, aired 1991-09-05 | ACTRESSES: She was the special guest at the Empire State Building's 60th anniversary celebration on May 1, 1991 Fay Wray |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | STATE CAPITALS: 1 of 2 state capitals that formerly served as capital of the U.S. (1 of) Annapolis or Trenton |
| #1589, aired 1991-06-27 | COMPOSERS: He originally titled his work "How Petya Outwitted the Wolf", but that gave away the end Prokofiev |
| #1585, aired 1991-06-21 | AMERICAN POLITICS: He was the only man to preside over both the House & the Senate on the same day, March 4, 1933 John Nance Garner |
| #1584, aired 1991-06-20 | MUSEUMS: Since 1899 this museum of decorative arts has borne the names of two first cousins the Victoria and Albert Museum |
| #1567, aired 1991-05-28 | BEST SELLERS: 1 of 2 authors to have 3 books among the Top 10 Fiction Best Sellers of the 1980s (1 of) Stephen King or Tom Clancy |
| #1561, aired 1991-05-20 | WORLD POLITICS: The 2 island nations that are members of NATO Iceland & United Kingdom (England) |
| #1546, aired 1991-04-29 | WORLD POPULATION: The World Bank estimates that by the year 2100, this country will have more people than China India |
| #1544, aired 1991-04-25 | PRESIDENTS: The last president to enter office with his party controlling both houses of Congress Jimmy Carter |
| #1543, aired 1991-04-24 | ROYALTY: He was sixth in line to the Greek throne when he renounced his claim in 1947 Prince Philip |
| #1524, aired 1991-03-28 | PROVERBS: It's sometimes completed with "but satisfaction brought it back" Curiosity killed the cat |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: 1 of 2 men elected president while serving as a U.S. senator Warren G. Harding or John F. Kennedy |
| #1495, aired 1991-02-15 | LANDMARKS: The inscription on this U.S. monument ends with the words "known but to God" the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (the Tomb of the Unknown) |
| #1471, aired 1991-01-14 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The 2 U.S. Presidents who served in the military in World War I Harry Truman & Dwight Eisenhower |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | OPERA: Verdi eliminated all of the Venetian scenes in this opera based on a Shakespearean play Otello |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | U.S. HISTORY: After Virginia, more Civil War battles were fought in this state than in any other Tennessee |
| #1423, aired 1990-11-07 | SHAKESPEARE: The 3-word title of this play begins & ends with the same 7-letter word Measure for Measure |
| #1412, aired 1990-10-23 | ANIMALS: The Columbian white-tailed deer isn't native to Colombia but to these 2 U.S. states Oregon & Washington |
| #1411, aired 1990-10-22 | FAMOUS NAMES: The former Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon is now known by this title the Queen Mother (Queen Mum) |
| #1393, aired 1990-09-26 | FRANCE: Its construction was begun in 1546 by Francis I, but it wasn't opened to the public until 1793 the Louvre |
| #1391, aired 1990-09-24 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He's the only president to ask the U.S. Congress to declare war on Great Britain (James) Madison |
| #1382, aired 1990-09-11 | RELIGION: More popes have taken this name than any other, but only the first one was declared a saint John |
| #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 |
| #1364, aired 1990-07-05 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: He was in charge of the band training center at Great Lakes Naval Base during WWI John Philip Sousa |
| #3, aired 1990-06-30 | EXPLORERS: When he died in 1957, he was buried with full military honors at Arlington Cemetery Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd |
| #1347, aired 1990-06-12 | REPUBLICANS: This California Senator was the first Republican nominee for president, but he lost (John Charles) Fremont |
| #1328, aired 1990-05-16 | GEOGRAPHY: It's the only country whose name begins with "A", but doesn't end with "A" Afghanistan |
| #1316, aired 1990-04-30 | PRESIDENTS: The first U.S. president who had served as a governor of a state Thomas Jefferson |
| #1312, aired 1990-04-24 | PLAYWRIGHTS: His most famous play was first produced in 1895, the year he was sent to jail, & he never wrote another Oscar Wilde (The Importance of Being Earnest) |
| #1270, aired 1990-02-23 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: Simultaneously on the covers of Time, Newsweek & S.I. in 1973, he was buried in 1989 in a 6' X 6' casket Secretariat |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Of the 1st 7 presidents, only these 2 were not re-elected John Adams & John Quincy Adams |
| #1232, aired 1990-01-02 | THE OSCARS: Of Cecil B. De Mille's 70 films, only this non-Biblical one won "Best Picture" The Greatest Show on Earth |
| #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 |
| #1122, aired 1989-06-20 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 1916 he was poisoned & shot, but died by drowning Rasputin |
| #1103, aired 1989-05-24 | WORLD CITIES: Linked by the world's 5th longest suspension bridge, it lies in both Europe & Asia Istanbul |
| #1087, aired 1989-05-02 | SLANG: The credit for coining this slang word goes to Alben W. Barkley's grandson veep |
| #1065, aired 1989-03-31 | PLAYWRIGHTS: The son of an actor, he won 4 Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, more than any other playwright Eugene O'Neill |
| #1046, aired 1989-03-06 | EXPLORERS: Henry & David are the 1st names of these men who are often paired but mainly worked separately Stanley & Livingstone |
| #1038, aired 1989-02-22 | WORLD POLITICS: 2 countries whose governments are headed by a chancellor (West) Germany & Austria |
| #1002, aired 1989-01-03 | LEADING LADIES: The 2 blonde sex symbols who made their last films with Gable, 1 released in 1937, 1 in 1961 Jean Harlow & Marilyn Monroe |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: By June 30, 1988 every U.S. residence should have received a gov't booklet w/this man's photo on the cover C. Everett Koop |
| #882, aired 1988-06-07 | PROVERBS: "Nature needs but 5, custom gives thee 7, laziness takes 9, & wickedness 11" refers to this hours of sleep |
| #862, aired 1988-05-10 | FAMOUS ATHLETES: In her 1st Olympics, she finished last but later won 3 consecutive gold medals in figure skating Sonja Henie |
| #860, aired 1988-05-06 | BODIES OF WATER: It has the largest surface area of any lake south of the equator Lake Victoria |
| #846, aired 1988-04-18 | MAN IN SPACE: The names of the 1st two Space Shuttle orbiters actually launched into space Columbia & Challenger |
| #830, aired 1988-03-25 | CENTRAL AMERICA: Some 18 years before starting Panama Canal, the U.S. began a canal in this country but abandoned it Nicaragua |
| #822, aired 1988-03-15 | COLONIAL AMERICA: 1 of 3 colonies which as late as 1775 was still controlled by a proprietary family (1 of) Pennsylvania, Delaware or Maryland |
| #791, aired 1988-02-01 | POP MUSIC: Solo or in a duet or group, this artist has had more Billboard #1 hits than any other, 29 in all Paul McCartney |
| #790, aired 1988-01-29 | AFRICA: This African country has been an independent nation for all but 5 of its 3000 years Ethiopia |
| #778, aired 1988-01-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: As the Constitutional bicentennial reminded us, the Constitution was signed on this date in 1787 September 17th |
| #770, aired 1988-01-01 | TRAVEL & TOURISM: The 2 major cities you'd 'fly to, 1 in the USA, 1 in the USSR, to visit landmarks called "The Hermitage" Leningrad & Nashville |
| #752, aired 1987-12-08 | U.S. STATES: The names of these 2 adjacent states are Choctaw for "red people" & Spanish for "red" Colorado & Oklahoma |
| #748, aired 1987-12-02 | THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION: With N.H. delegates signing 1st, Constitution wasn't signed in alphabetical order, but in this order geographically north to south |
| #706, aired 1987-10-05 | ISLANDS: Most populous island in the U.S., it has more people than 41 of the 50 states Long Island |
| #672, aired 1987-07-07 | GAMBLING: 3 of the 4 states with the highest lottery sales in dollars in calendar year 1986 (3 of) California, New York, Illinois & Pennsylvania |
| #666, aired 1987-06-29 | N. AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: Only state east of the Mississippi that borders Canada but not the Atlantic or a Great Lake Vermont |
| #650, aired 1987-06-05 | 20th CENTURY ELECTIONS: Only year in which the winner defeated not only the incumbent but the previous president, too 1912 |
| #643, aired 1987-05-27 | CANDY: Of brown, green, orange, tan, or yellow, the color you'll find in plain M&Ms but not peanut M&Ms tan |
| #623, aired 1987-04-29 | MOUNTAINS: Rising to 8651 feet, Mount Sinai is the highest point in this country Egypt |
| #621, aired 1987-04-27 | CODES OF HONOR: As bushido was to 16th century samurai, this was to 12th century knights chivalry |
| #613, aired 1987-04-15 | IN THE NEWS: FDR was named this 3 times, Ike, Truman & Churchill twice; but for 1966 it was the 25 & under generation Time Man of the Year |
| #563, aired 1987-02-04 | THE OSCARS: 3 actors, including Kim Hunter & Karl Malden, won Oscars for this film but Brando didn't A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | ANIMALS: It's believed elephants rarely lived beyond 60, about the age the last of these wear out teeth |
| #539, aired 1987-01-01 | AMERICAN INDIANS: America's largest reservation houses mainly members of this tribe Navajo |
| #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 |
| #496, aired 1986-11-03 | VICE PRESIDENTS: Last vice president who was not elected, but nominated by the president & confirmed by Congress Nelson Rockefeller |
| #492, aired 1986-10-28 | NEWSPAPERS: With the weekday circulation close to that of "The N.Y. Times" & the "L.A. Times" combined, this is the largest-selling U.S. daily The Wall Street Journal |
| #470, aired 1986-09-26 | GAMES: The 4 corners on a Monopoly board are "Go", "Free Parking" & these 2 Jail & Go To Jail |
| #448, aired 1986-05-28 | The '40s: This world leader did not complete the Potsdam Conference, but was replaced by his successor Winston Churchill |
| #403, aired 1986-03-26 | THE OLYMPICS: The games held in this city were the only ever staged in the Southern Hemisphere Melbourne |
| #397, aired 1986-03-18 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: 1 year after winning an Oscar, she was honored on a postage stamp, but not for her acting Grace Kelly |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | THE '70s: Due to '73 energy crisis, Congress stopped the environmental impact review & ordered its construction the Alaska Pipeline |
| #394, aired 1986-03-13 | SPORTING EVENTS: Established in 1911, this yearly event has largest single day attendance in sports the Indy 500 |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | LANGUAGES: Of the Teutonic family of languages, the one most widely spoken English |
| #366, aired 1986-02-03 | THE SUPREME COURT: This 20th century president was only 1 in history to serve full term but appoint no Supreme Court justice Jimmy Carter |
| #358, aired 1986-01-22 | SPORTS: Only U.S. Major League Baseball team in which both city & team names are in a foreign language San Diego Padres |
| #331, aired 1985-12-16 | U.S. CURRENCY: Up to & including the $100 bill, the sum total of all U.S. paper currency denominations in current use $188 |
| #295, aired 1985-10-25 | SCIENCE: From name of Greek sun god, it is the 2nd most abundant element in the universe helium |
| #285, aired 1985-10-11 | TELEVISION: For 2 years, NBC didn’t call it “Saturday Night Live” because of 18 wk. ABC “SNL” series starring him Howard Cosell |
| #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 |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | MISS AMERICA: He replaced Bert Parks as host of Miss America pageant for 1980 Ron Ely |
| #184, aired 1985-05-23 | REPUBLICANS: The 2 who were presidents during the Centennial and Bicentennial years Ulysses Grant & Gerald Ford |
| #152, aired 1985-04-09 | THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: In the Websters 3rd International Dictionary, it's the letter with the most entries S |
| #120, aired 1985-02-22 | THE WORLD: Nation that is not a member of the United Nations, but is home to U.N. European headquarters Switzerland |
| #112, aired 1985-02-12 | FAIRY TALES: Number of characters who sang the song "Heigh Ho" in '37 Disney film 6 |
| #106, aired 1985-02-04 | WORLD CAPITALS: A major foreign tourist center with many American-owned hotels & businesses, but only til '59 Havana |
| #97, aired 1985-01-22 | THE THEATER: The musical "Hello Dolly!" was based on this Thornton Wilder play The Matchmaker |
| #94, aired 1985-01-17 | STATE CAPITALS: Most populous state capital, it falls alphabetically between Olympic & Pierre Phoenix, Arizona |
| #69, aired 1984-12-13 | DANCE: American who founded dance schools in Fra., Ger. & Russia, but was played by Brit. actress in '68 film Isadora Duncan |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | EUROPE: The Soviet army was welcome in this capital in May of '45 but unwelcome in August '68 Prague |
| #45, aired 1984-11-09 | ROYALTY: This king became the Duke of Windsor after he abdicated Edward VIII |
| #30, aired 1984-10-19 | ASTRONOMY: After the Sun & the Moon, the brightest astronomical object regularly seen in our sky the planet Venus |
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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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Brandon Hensley, a sophomore from Caltech
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Huntington, WV at...
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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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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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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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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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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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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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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
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"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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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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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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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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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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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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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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Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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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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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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Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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\"He teaches at a school started by the Dominicans of St....
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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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Roger Craig, a computer scientist from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
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"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
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"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
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Steven Milton, a legal case assistant from San Diego, California
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Season 26 2-time champion: $30,299 + $1,000. Steve Milton San Diego,...
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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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Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
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Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
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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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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
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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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Rose Schaefer, a junior from Portland, Oregon
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2012 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $36,000. 16 at...
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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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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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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
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"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
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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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David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
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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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Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
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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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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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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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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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Andrew Kreitz, a senior from Huntington Beach, California
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2006 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000.
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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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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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Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
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Evan Eschliman, a sophomore from Olathe, Kansas
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Cerulean Ozarow, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, New York
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"His future is full of options. He wants to become either...
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Brittany Rogers, a sophomore at Saddleback College from Lake Forest, California
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brittany was 18 at the...
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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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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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Sid Chandrasekhar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Vermillion, South Dakota
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"He won both the 1989 Teen Tournament and the 1998 Teen...
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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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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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Paul Kursky, a copywriter from San Francisco, California
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
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Emily Jusino, a Ph.D. candidate in Greek literature originally from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000.
Last name pronouned like "hoo-SEE-no".
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Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
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Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
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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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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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Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
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Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
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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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Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
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2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Amy Levine, a freshman from North Potomac, Maryland
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time...
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Aiden Pink, a freshman from St. Louis Park, Minnesota
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 15 at the time...
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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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Loren Loiacono, a senior from Setauket, New York
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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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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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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Ruvani Fonseka, a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Jay Rosenberg, a college professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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\"After winning 5 times in 1985, he became the moderator for...
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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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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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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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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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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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Matthew Cline, a 12-year-old from Maumelle, Arkansas
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"John Grisham's books have inspired him. He's firm. He wants to...
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Anshika Niraj, a sophomore from Beachwood, Ohio
|
2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Eliza Urban, a sophomore from Richmond, Virginia
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
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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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Ryan Elkins, a 12-year-old from Bensalem, Pennsylvania
|
"He wants to study physics and unlock the mysteries of the...
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Chris Mazurek, an assistant professor from Columbia, Missouri
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Vik Vaz, a medical student from Austin, Texas
|
2006 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000. Season 22 3-time champion:...
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David Rozenson, a lawyer from Newton, Massachusetts
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 21 3-time champion: $76,000 + $1,000.
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Doug Dorst, a writer and professor from Austin, Texas
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 22 3-time champion: $66,802...
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Leslie Shannon, a manager of a research lab from Sydney, Australia
|
"A recent art history graduate when she became Jeopardy! champion in...
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Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
|
"A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
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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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Bernie Cullen, a biologist from Santa Barbara, California
|
"He was the first 5-time champion of the 1996-97 season. A...
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Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
"He was a 2002 Teen Champion. He's now a sophomore at...
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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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Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
|
"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
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Anderson Cooper, an anchor from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
|
"As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus of Harper's...
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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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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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Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
|
"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
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Greg Lichtenstein, a freshman from Vassar College
|
2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 18 and from Plainview, New York...
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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
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Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
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Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer and TV personality from the QVC Network
|
"His fashion designs are a favorite among celebrities on the red...
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Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
|
"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
|
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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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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
|
"He's appeared on Broadway in Proof, Assassins, and Cabaret. He's now...
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Jason McCune, an actor originally from Jasper, Indiana
|
2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 18 4-time champion: $90,041.
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Kristiana Henderson, a junior from Kent, Washington
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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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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Greg Peterson, a senior from Park Ridge, Illinois
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $38,600....
|
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Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Jeff Love, a sophomore at Stanford University from Burlingame, California
|
2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Jeff won $1,000 on Who Wants...
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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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Emily Sturtz, from Parsippany, New Jersey
|
"Because she would like to help people, she wants to become...
|
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
|
\"A five-time champion in 1994, he used his winnings for a...
|
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Amanda Walker, a junior at Gonzaga University from East Wenatchee, Washington
|
2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Brooke Martin, an eleven-year-old from Galway, New York
|
"It looks like smooth sailing for this marine biologist. From Galway,...
|
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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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Sarah Bart, a senior at Goucher College from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
2012 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 22 at...
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Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
|
\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
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Connie Shi, a junior at the University of Michigan from Okemos, Michigan
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
|
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Injee Hong, a 12-year-old from Metairie, Louisiana
|
"If her dreams of becoming a lawyer don't come true, she...
|
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
|
"He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
|
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Kevin Yang, a junior from Birmingham, Alabama
|
2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Eliza Scruton, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Kate Wadman, a junior from Tucson, Arizona
|
2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jeopartygirl
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Erin McLean, a junior at Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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Cliff Galiher, a student from Half Moon Bay, California
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
|
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Naren Tallapragada, a junior from Burke, Virginia
|
2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
|
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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
|
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Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
|
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Seth Disner, a senior from Los Angeles, California
|
2002 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $28,900. Seth was 17 at the...
|
|
Lan Djang, a business analyst from Toronto, Canada
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
|
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Thomas Zamora, a junior at the University of Southern California from Cypress, California
|
2001 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $14,100. Thomas was 20 at the...
|
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Susan Haarman, a sophomore at Marquette University from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Susan was 19 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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Cathy Lanctot, a law professor from Wilmington, Delaware
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
|
Tom Kavanaugh, a kickball team captain from St. Louis, Missouri
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
|
|
Nico Martinez, a college junior from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
|
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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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Bob Verini, a film journalist and test prep teacher from Los Angeles, California
|
"A resident of New York City when he won the 1987...
|
|
Steve Greene, a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
|
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Mitchell Vogel, from Madison, Wisconsin
|
"This future governor of Wisconsin enjoys rollerblading, reading, and playing saxophone....
|
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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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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer with an international law firm from Washington, D.C.
|
"In 1994, she became the first woman ever to win the...
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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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Lan Djang, a health policy analyst from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
"He was a 5-time champion in 2001. Today he's a health...
|
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student and newlywed from Fort Collins, Colorado
|
"He won the most recent Tournament of Champions. A graduate student...
|
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Rachel Rothenberg, a senior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2009 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. Jeopardy! Message Board...
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Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
|
"His 5 wins in 1999 made him one of the most...
|
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Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
|
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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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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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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799 + $2,000.
|
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Patrick Tucker, a graduate student of public policy from St. Louis, Missouri
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
|
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Ashley Walker, a senior from Dartmouth College
|
2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Fort Pierce, Florida. [No contestant...
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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
|
"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
|
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Steve Gratz, a freelance artist from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $30,999 + $1,000.
|
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Erik Nelson, a grad student originally from Boston, Massachusetts
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 4-time champion: $94,404 + $2,000.
|
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Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000.
|
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Matt Kohlstedt, a grad student originally from La Grange, Illinois
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 25 5-time champion: $77,803 + $2,000.
|
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Will Schultz, a freshman from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|
2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 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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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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"The reigning Tournament of Champions winner, he attended Johns Hopkins University...
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Michael Day, an attorney from Mill Valley, California
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"As an MBA Student, he won 5 games in 1985. Today...
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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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Mark Eckard, a software designer from Bedford, Massachusetts
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $35,600. 2001 Tournament...
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Larry Marshall, a junior at the University of Missouri from Kansas City, Missouri
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Sioux City, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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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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Laura Ansley, a senior from Twinsburg, Ohio
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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Papa Chakravarthy, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament champion: $75,000.
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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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Iddoshe Hirpa, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Tom Baker, a writer from Tokyo, Japan
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2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 20 3-time champion: $102,300 + $2,000.
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
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"He was the biggest winner of the 1999-2000 season. A marketing...
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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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Caitlin Cook, a sophomore from Arden, North Carolina
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Ken Jennings, the winner of 74 consecutive games from Seattle, Washington
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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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...
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
|
• 74-game champion with longest winning streak • Total earnings over...
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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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Bill Pitassy, a lawyer from Roselle Park, New Jersey
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\"After winning 5 games in 1994, he took his family on...
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Christy Gibson, a family medicine physician from Issaquah, Washington
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Season 28 player (2012-07-09). Christy's ending score of -$6,400 was the...
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Matt Polazzo, a high school U.S. government teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"He teaches at one of the most selective high schools in...
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Jay Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
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2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Older brother of 2012 Teen Tournament...
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John Matthews, a camp counselor and law student from McLean, Virginia
|
Season 29 player (2012-10-15).
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Brendan Barnwell, a grad student and tutor from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 28 player (2011-12-05). Although Brendan played the Jeopardy! and Double...
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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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Ben Chuchla, a senior from Calabasas, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Last name pronounced like "HOO-kla"....
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Christopher Weis, a sophomore from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "WISE". Jeopardy!...
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Pian Wong, a high school English teacher from New York, New York
|
"She teaches at a Bronx school that's been ranked the most...
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Jessica Dell'Era, a third grade Spanish bilingual teacher from Oakland, California
|
"She has wanted to be a teacher since she was 7...
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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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Joon Pahk, a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts
|
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
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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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: $83,401 + $2,000.
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Jay Rhee, an oncologist from Annapolis, Maryland
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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Evan Sandman, a hotel front desk manager from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 28 1-time champion $28,801 + $2,000.
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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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Tyler Benedict, a junior at Columbia University from Dayton, Ohio
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
21 at the time of the College Championship.
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Krishna Bharathala, a sophomore from Fremont, California
|
2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
|
2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
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Raynell Cooper, a senior from Rockville, Maryland
|
2011 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 16 at the...
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Ken Jennings, a 74-game champion from Seattle, Washington
|
"In 2004, his record-breaking 74-game win streak set a standard for...
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Doak Fairey, a computer consultant from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
|
Season 5 3-time champion: $33,200. Doak won $9,000 on The Challengers...
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Naomi Hinchen, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
|
2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Allison Dziuba, a junior from Ridgefield, Connecticut
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Stephen Fritz, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2007 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $25,460.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Grace Acton, from Harvard, Massachusetts
|
"This competitive gymnast is hoping to score a perfect 10 for...
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Katie Gill, a sophomore from Jackson, Mississippi
|
2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University
|
2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tarafraney
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Allie Pape, a sophomore from Ponte Vedra, Florida
|
2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Allie was 14 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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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
|
"He was a software engineer living in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
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Tony Nagatani, a junior at Ithaca College from Honolulu, Hawaii
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Tony was 20 at the time...
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Sara Dean, a junior at Syracuse University from Olney, Maryland
|
2001 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Sara was 19 at the time...
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Jayce Newton, a senior at UCLA from Long Beach, California
|
2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Jayce was 22 at the...
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Jason Richards, a pharmacy technician from Old Town, Maine
|
2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 22 4-time champion: $99,200 + $2,000.
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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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John Krizel, a green community program coordinator from Beckley, West Virginia
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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Beth Cimini, a junior at Boston University from East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
|
2005 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: BrightStars1212
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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...
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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
|
"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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Ethan Waldman, a twelve-year-old from West Hills, California
|
"This wizard of words wants to be a fantasy author when...
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Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
|
"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
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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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John Ryan, a corporate controller from Richmond, California
|
"As a college student, he was the top winner of the...
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Andrew Hutchings, a graduate student from Ithaca, New York
|
"A senior when he won the 1998 College Championship, he's now...
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Hema Karunakaram, a senior from Saline, Michigan
|
2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Name pronounced like "HAY-ma kah-ROO-nuh-KAH-ram". Jeopardy!...
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Paul Thompson, a human resources manager from Cheverly, Maryland
|
"He was the first 5-time champion in the 1995-96 season. 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...
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Kathleen Mikulis, a stay-at-home mom from Mountain View, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $25,201 + $2,000. Kathleen's contestant experience blog....
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from North Hills, California
|
"This playwright and director became a 5-time winner in 2001. Today,...
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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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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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Sandra Gore, a corporate researcher from Berkeley, California
|
"After five wins in 1987, she fulfilled her dream of moving...
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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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Bonny Jain, a senior from Moline, Illinois
|
2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
|
"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
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Keith Williams, a college student from Manchester, Vermont
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
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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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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
|
"He's one of the greatest NBA players in history. Here's Hall...
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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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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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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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Nick Yozamp, a biology student from St. Cloud, Minnesota
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Dave Belote, a recently retired base commander from Woodbridge, Virginia
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Lisa Dvorak, a grocery store chain administrative assistant from Millersville, Maryland
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $31,201 + $2,000.
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Amanda Sonmor, a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
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Season 27 2-time champion: $21,501 + $1,000.
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
|
"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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Diane Trap, a librarian and graphics specialist from Athens, Georgia
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $21,400 + $1,000. Diane Trap - a...
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James Hill III, a freshman from Santa Clara University
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2010-A College championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: San Jose, California. [No contestant...
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Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY
|
"As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
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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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Christian Haines, a college student originally from Newport News, Virginia
|
2007 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
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Steve Unite, a writer from Studio City, California
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Priscilla Ball, a government contractor from Montgomery Village, Maryland
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $45,200 + $2,000. Priscilla was due to...
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Craig Westphal, a paramedic from Tucson, Arizona
|
2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
|
"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
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Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
|
2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Susan Mitchell, a chemical engineer from Houston, Texas
|
2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
|
|
Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
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Aaron Schroeder, a grad student from San Diego, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions second runner-up: $50,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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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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Charlie Penrod, an assistant professor of law from Natchitoches, Louisiana
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,000 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: CharlieP
|
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Laura Button, an editor and proofreader from Alpharetta, Georgia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $28,800 + $1,000.
|
|
Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Christine Kennedy, a freshman from the University of Notre Dame
|
2007 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000. 19 at the time of...
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Sophia Marianiello, an 11-year-old from Newark, Delaware
|
"She plans on putting her love of building with cardboard and...
|
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Regis Philbin, a TV host from Live with Regis and Kelly
|
"In 2004 he entered the Guinness Book of Records as having...
|
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Craig Boge, a senior from Stanford University
|
2007 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. 21 at the time of...
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Hayley Clatterbuck, a junior from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
|
2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of...
|
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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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Kyle Hale, a college student from Katy, Texas
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Lisa Ackerman, a senior from Livermore, California
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Rachel Gottesman, a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Andy Hutchins, a senior from Rockledge, Florida
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
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Julie Bowen, a TV and film actress from Boston Legal, Lost and Modern Family
|
"For two seasons, she played attorney Denise Bauer in Boston Legal....
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Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
|
"She went from playing a hard-nosed mom in Malcolm in the...
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Rishi Bhandari, a first-year law student from New York City, New York
|
Season 16 player (2000-04-18). Won $100,000 on Who Wants to Be...
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Sebastian Johnson, a senior from Takoma Park, Maryland
|
2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Listed as "Sebi" on the...
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Kate Waits, a law professor at the University of Tulsa from Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
"A Harvard Law graduate when she competed in the 1988 Tournament...
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Frank Spangenberg, a police lieutenant from Douglaston, New York
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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|
Bob Verini, a director of academics for a national test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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|
Tad Carithers, an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $41,300. 2001 Tournament...
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Anne Shivers, a senior from Peotone, Illinois
|
2005 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $18,000. 17 at...
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Alex Stambaugh, a 12-year-old from Paris, Kentucky
|
"He feels he can use his talents in math and science...
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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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Steve Golden, a junior from Brookeville, Maryland
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Kenny Schlax, a junior from Deerfield, Illinois
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Listed as "Kenneth" on the official web site.
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Matt Klein, a senior from Pittsford, New York
|
2006 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $15,000. Won $1,000 on Who Wants...
|
|
Lauren Romero, a senior from Denver, Colorado
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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|
Michela Rodriguez, from Poway, California
|
"This future author created a board game and had to compete...
|
|
Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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|
Brian Weikle, a consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Allan Long, a freshman from Tallahassee, Florida
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 14 at the time of the...
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|
Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
|
Orlando Zambrano, a junior from Tampa, Florida
|
2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Vincent Soatikee, a musician and actor from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 8 player (1991-10-11). Johnny Gilbert introduced Vince as "Vince Soatikee",...
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Vicki Rodabaugh, a homemaker from Northridge, California
|
Season 1 player (1985-06-03). Last name pronounced like "ROD-uh-baw". (Johnny Gilbert...
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Maggie Brown, a sophomore from Pensacola, Florida
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2018 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist:...
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Maggie Brown, a junior at the University of West Florida from Pensacola, Florida
|
\"A sophomore from Pensacola, Florida in the 2018 Teen Tournament, she\'s...
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|
Rock Wayda, a bond analyst from Dana Point, California
|
Season 35 player (2018-10-24). Rock's real first name is Erik, but...
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Jen Aprahamian, a computer science teacher from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 30 player (2014-01-17). Jen appeared on The Chase on 2021-02-11...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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|
David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
|
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David Madden, an academic competition director from Ridgewood, New Jersey
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
|
|
David Madden, an academic competition director from Ridgewood, New Jersey
|
• 19-game champion • 3rd longest winning streak 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational...
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Wayne Cypen, a lawyer from Miami Beach, Florida
|
Season 2 player (1985-09-13). Last name pronounced like \"SY-pen\". Johnny Gilbert...
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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...
|
|
India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York City, New York
|
\"A semifinalist in the Tournament of Champions in 1992, now an...
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|
Tommy Maranges, a junior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Chuck Forrest, a lawyer and CEO from London, United Kingdom
|
\"He became a winner of the second-ever Tournament of Champions in...
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|
Julia Collins, an administrator of a female-centric website from Wilmette, Illinois
|
• 20-game champion • 2nd longest winning streak The official Jeopardy!...
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Matt Brannagan, a high school history teacher from Bowie, Maryland
|
Season 34 player (2018-01-10). Matt wore a patterened tie for his...
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Brandon Blackwell, a sophomore from Holliswood, New York
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist:...
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Matt Amodio, a post-doctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
2023 Jeopardy! Masters 3rd place player: $150,000. 2022 Tournament of Champions...
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Matt Amodio, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut
|
2023 Jeopardy! Masters 3rd place player: $150,000. 2022 Tournament of Champions...
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Arthur Chu, a writer originally from Cleveland, Ohio
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Tournament of Champions 1st...
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|
Arthur Chu, a compliance analyst and voiceover artist from Broadview Heights, Ohio
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Tournament of Champions 1st...
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|
Matt Amodio, a postdoctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
2023 Jeopardy! Masters 3rd place player: $150,000. 2022 Tournament of Champions...
|
|
Arthur Chu, a compliance analyst, voiceover artist, and blogger from Broadview Heights, Ohio
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Tournament of Champions 1st...
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|
Talisha Burton, a senior from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
1996 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000. Talisha tied Anthony Chiu at $9,000...
|
|
Jim Vercolen, a part-time teacher from Rochester, New York
|
Season 11 4-time champion: $40,200. The official web site\'s ToC Yearbook,...
|
|
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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Jim Vercolen, a part-time teacher from Rochester, New York
|
1995 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 11 4-time champion: $40,200....
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Sara Trautner, a publisher's assistant originally from New Ulm, Minnesota
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Season 2 1-time champion: $7,800 + a Carrera Action recliner by...
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Karen Muranaka, from Lomita, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $8,600. Trebek pilot 1 player. Karen was...
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Karen Muranaka, an administration assistant from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $8,600. Trebek pilot 1 player. Karen was...
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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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Charlie Santiuste, a relationship manager from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 34 player (2017-12-11). Last name pronounced like "san-tee-YOO-stay". Charlie wore...
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James Fraser, a naval aviator from Norfolk, Virginia
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2022 Second Chance 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 37 player (2021-03-10). James...
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James Fraser, a naval aviator from Newport Beach, California
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2022 Second Chance 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 37 player (2021-03-10). James...
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David Garcia, an IT communications strategy team lead from Troy, Michigan
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Season 38 player (2021-10-06). David appeared on Who Wants to Be...
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Ira Levine, a plastic surgeon from Newport Beach, California
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Season 3 player (1987-05-29): Speed Queen washer & dryer. Johnny Gilbert...
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Kathleen Merryman Archbold, a features reporter from Tacoma, Washington
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Season 6 player (1990-03-07). Kathleen was announced by Johnny Gilbert as...
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Alison Purcell, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin from Bellaire, Texas
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"She originally competed as a high school senior from Bellaire, Texas....
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Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
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\"A Jeopardy! champion in 1991, she\'s now a Spanish teacher listed...
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Mario Cantone, an actor and comedian from Sex and the City
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\"He played Anthony Marentino, the wedding planner with an attitude, on...
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Armand Kachigian, a podiatrist from Granite City, Illinois
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Season 10 player (1994-02-10). Armand won $500,000 on Who Wants to...
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David Peterman, an area manager from Laguna Nigel, California
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Season 3 3-time champion: $7,300. David was an area manager for...
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Claudia Perry, a pop music critic from San Jose California
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Season 13 player (1996-09-11). 2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000....
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Isaac Applebaum, a junior at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2022 National College Championship 3rd runner-up...
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Isaac Applebaum, a corporate development analyst from Mountain View, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2022 National College Championship 3rd runner-up...
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Kamal Foreman, an attorney from Smyrna, Georgia
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Season 30 player (2013-09-25). Kamal's Hometown Howdy gave her name as...
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Susannah Brooks, a communications assistant from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 22 2-time champion: $56,001 + $2,000. Susannah competed under a...
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Kate Jay Zweifler, a Realtor and stay-at-home mom from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 35 player (2019-05-01). Daughter of Season 7 player Roz Jay....
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D.J. Smith, a computer business analyst from Garland, Texas
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1988 Senior Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000. D.J.'s quarterfinal score was high enough...
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Chris Fleitas, a high school college prep counselor from San Francisco, California
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Season 28 2-time champion: $82,901 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "FLEE-tas".
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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
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"He teaches at the smallest public school in North Carolina, and...
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Jason Shore, a medical student from Plano, Texas
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2013 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 29 4-time champion:...
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Catherine Carson, a fourth grade language arts, math, and social studies teacher from Washington, D.C.
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"She is new to teaching--she's in her second year. From Washington,...
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Dylan Wint, a neurologist and psychiatrist from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 29 1-time champion: $7,199 + $1,000.
First name pronounced like "DY-lan".
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Michael Jaeger, a freelance director from Los Angeles, California
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Season 20 player (2004-07-22).
KJL game 37.
Last name pronounced like "YAY-ger".
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Amit Kurlekar, an attorney from Oakland, California
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Season 28 1-time champion: $16,801 + $2,000.
First name pronounced like "ah-MEETH".
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Rex Schultz, a trial lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 3 2-time champion: $19,800. Rex won about $80,000 on Tic...
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Andrew Robinson, a graduate student of international science and technology policy from Washington, D.C.
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Season 28 player (2011-12-27).
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Craig Sallinger, a government librarian from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 player (2013-03-01).
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Caitlin Millat, a kindergarten teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"She receives support from Teach for America and works for Achievement...
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Dan Crosby, a middle school history teacher from Santa Monica, California
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"He teaches at a school named for a renowned scholar, doctor,...
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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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Patrick Pearce, a product specialist from Fountain Valley, California
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Season 37 player (2021-07-26). Patrick's ending score of -$7,400 is the...
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Dave Simpson, a pastor from Belcamp, Maryland
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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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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Kate Wilson, a high school AP English teacher from Montgomery, Alabama
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"She is a top-10 AP English language teacher at Alabama's number-one...
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Haley Batz, a senior from Charlotte, North Carolina
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "BOTS". Jeopardy!...
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Jean MacKay Jackson, an online researcher from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 25 player (2008-11-24).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: pinkfreud
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Sarah Marx, a junior from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Ashok Poozhikunnel, an underwriter from Wheaton, Illinois
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2013 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 29 4-time champion: $69,002...
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Glenn Fleishman, a technology journalist from Seattle, Washington
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Season 29 2-time champion: $28,398 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: glennfleishman
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Megan Sullivan, a junior at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia
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2022 National College Championship semifinalist: $20,000. Megan was majoring in classics....
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Michael Gurshtein, a thin films engineer from Thornton, Colorado
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Season 28 1-time champion: $25,000 + $2,000. Michael pronounced his last...
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Clint Stiffler, an attorney from Dallas, Texas
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Season 29 player (2012-10-08).
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Ann Thurlow, an aspiring novelist and retired salesperson from Mendham, New Jersey
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Season 28 1-time champion: $26,805 + $1,000.
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Michelle Princi, a government analyst from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 29 player (2012-10-03).
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Daniel Pasquini-Salazar, a non-profit project coordinator from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 29 player (2012-10-02). Johnny and Alex pronounced Daniel's first name...
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Marion Baumgarten, a human resources evaluator from River Forest, Illinois
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Season 28 player (2012-03-09).
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Charlie Carbery, a senior from Oak Park, Illinois
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Sarah Fowlkes, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 1-time champion: $9,800 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "FOLKS".
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Shelby Malone, a senior from Grayson, Kentucky
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2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: sleeping_stars
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Caroline Wilkins, an arts writing university teacher from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 28 player (2011-11-21).
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Karan Takhar, a senior from North Attleborough, Massachusetts
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2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. First name pronounced like "KUR-run". Jeopardy...
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Dillon McCormick, a twelve-year-old from Erlanger, Kentucky
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"A politician, maybe. An archaeologist, perhaps. Or a psychologist like grandpa....
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Kate Carlyle, a records officer from New Lenox, Illinois
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Season 20 player (2004-07-09). KJL game 28. Kate was announced by...
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Jennifer Lajewski, a stay-at-home mom from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 20 player (2004-07-12).
KJL game 29.
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Allison Swanberg, a pet store operations manager from Falls Church, Virginia
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Season 29 player (2013-01-29).
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Annette Todd, a marketing director from Riverside, California
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Season 28 player (2012-03-02). This was Annette's seventh game show appearance...
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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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Ed Hanlon, a graphic designer from Santa Monica, California
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Season 28 player (2012-06-05).
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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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Stuart Davidson, an investment analyst from Smyrna, Georgia
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Season 25 player (2008-10-01).
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Jim Walke, a project manager from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 29 player (2012-09-20).
Last name pronounced like "WALLK".
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Vanessa Osborne, a graduate student from Woodland Hills, California
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Season 20 player (2004-07-07).
KJL game 26.
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Kathryn Wendling, a high school social studies teacher from Farmington, Minnesota
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"Her high school newspaper predicted she would be on Jeopardy! From...
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Tom Aquino, a lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 20 player (2004-07-06). KJL game 25. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Barbara Sheridan, an attorney and law clerk to a judge from Yonkers, New York
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Season 29 1-time champion: $17,999 + $1,000.
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Joan Kossack, a pre-K teacher from Carol Stream, Illinois
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Season 29 player (2013-03-29).
Last name pronounced like "KO-sak".
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Cal Mason, a lawyer from Arlington, Massachusetts
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Season 29 player (2013-07-19).
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Brian Meacham, a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 4-time champion: $90,500...
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Mary Ann Eitler, a geologist from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 20 player (2004-07-02). KJL game 23. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Catherine Whitten, a high school history teacher from Plano, Texas
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"This gifted teacher primarily teaches gifted students. From Plano, Texas, this...
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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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Patti Duplaga, a high school librarian from Akron, Ohio
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Season 29 player (2013-06-03).
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Brian Daner, a Congressional attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 player (2013-03-28).
Last name pronounced like "DAY-ner".
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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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Wade Lee, a vice president of marketing from Exton, Pennsylvania
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Season 14 player (1997-11-26). Father of Season 39 player Travis Lee...
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Joan Kantor, a controller originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 1 player (1985-04-26). Joan's ending score of -$5,100 is the...
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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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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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Hallie Fox, a 12-year-old from Ypsilanti, Michigan
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"It's elementary. She wants to be a teacher when she's older....
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Marie McGraw, a senior at MIT from Cleveland, Ohio
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2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Jaime Alayon, a sophomore at the George Washington University from Miami, Florida
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2012 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Jeffrey Wachs, an attorney from Irvine, California
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Season 29 player (2013-07-16).
Last name pronounced like "WAX".
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Pat Clevenger, a civil engineer from Chalfant Borough, Pennsylvania
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Season 29 1-time champion: $16,100 + $1,000. Pat was living in...
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John Mingey, a physician from Erie, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 player (2011-06-15).
Last name pronounced like "MIN-jee".
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Katty Kay, a Washington, D.C. anchor from BBC World News America
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"She's the Washington, D.C. anchor for BBC World News America, as...
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Weston Mangin, a freshman at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo from Arroyo Grande, California
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Mike Lewis, a systems engineer from Bloomington, Minnesota
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Season 29 4-time champion: $102,800 + $2,000. Mike was the alternate...
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Ashok Poozhikunnel, an underwriter from Wheaton, Illinois
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2013 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 29 4-time champion: $69,002...
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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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Mary Jo Shoop, an associate program manager from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 29 player (2013-03-22).
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David Faber, an anchor and reporter from CNBC's Squawk on the Street and The Faber Report
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"The winner of Emmy, Peabody, DuPont, and Loeb awards, he's a...
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Ellen Ciompi, a surgical nurse from Durham, North Carolina
|
Season 28 player (2012-01-31).
Last name pronounced like "CHOMP-ee".
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Mike Nelson, a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois
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Season 27 2-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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Cecilia Boudreau, a lawyer for a nonprofit from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 player (2011-03-03).
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Taylor Cope, a financial analyst from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 28 1-time champion: $28,000 + $2,000.
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Bruce Ikawa, a college professor from Hillsdale, Michigan
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\"He says his 5 wins in 1990 increases his credibility with...
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Carl Bradshaw, a financial manager from St. Louis, Missouri
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $17,899 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
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Jeff Haylon, a sophomore from Newtown, Connecticut
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Ted Simmons, an executive compensation consultant from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 28 player (2011-10-06).
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Sam Leanza, a senior from Laguna Hills, California
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Carlee Jensen, a senior from Santa Monica, California
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Rob Groves, a classics lecturer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 29 2-time champion: $41,701 + $2,000.
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Nikhil Desai, a junior from Fremont, California
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2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Raya Elias-Pushett, a junior from Aventura, Florida
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2011 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $20,851. First name...
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Raphie Cantor, a sophomore from San Diego, California
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Jacob Silverman, an arts and culture journalist from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 28 3-time champion: $35,998 + $2,000.
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Brandon Welch, a senior from Grayson, Georgia
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2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Karen O'Donnell, a website manager from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 player (2013-07-04).
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Carly Gramer, an associate editor of textbooks from Orlando, Florida
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Season 29 player (2012-12-14).
Wife of Season 35 player Imar DaCunha.
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Daniel Okobi, Jr., a medical student from Freeport, New York
|
Season 28 player (2011-10-05).
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Deborah Smith, a project manager from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 29 player (2013-05-01).
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Jacob Laux, an administrative assistant from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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Season 29 player (2013-07-01).
Last name pronounced like "LOW".
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Matt Heimer, a magazine editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-07-25).
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Dan Jansen, a world record holder and gold medal winner in speed skating from the 1994 Olympics
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1995 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $10,000 for the Dan Jansen Foundation. "World...
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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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Frank Firke, a junior from Chicago, Illinois
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2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
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Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand
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\"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
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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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Courtney Jones, a 12-year-old from Largo, Maryland
|
"She wants to dedicate her life to building things that benefit...
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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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Maria Bennici, a junior from Walkersville, Maryland
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Dave Sikula, an Internet search editor from Pacifica, California
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Season 24 1-time champion: $15,000 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Sujit Roy, a tour guide from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 24 player (2008-06-16).
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Lieutenant Commander Alan Echt, an industrial hygienist from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 10 1-time champion: $14,001. Johnny announced Alan\'s rank, but the...
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Krissy Brzycki, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"Her love of helping her community and her interest in politics...
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Will Harter, a 12-year-old from Park Ridge, Illinois
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"He would like to be a professional athlete. If that doesn't...
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Steve Cirelli, an emergency room physician from New Hartford, New York
|
Season 18 player (2002-04-04). Steve's name was printed as "Steve Cirelli"...
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Carl Cope, a credit agent from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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Season 12 player (1995-12-11). Carl appeared on the 2000-06-01 episode of...
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Mollie Haycock, a senior from Rocklin, California
|
2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Heidi Liu, a senior from Plymouth, Minnesota
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Tim MacGowan, a pastor from Haymarket, Virginia
|
Season 20 player (2004-05-19).
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Hank Robinson, a senior from Lithia Springs, Georgia
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Taylor Gailliot, from Woodbridge, Virginia
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"When asked what she wanted us to know about her, she...
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Amanda Hall, from Farmington, Maine
|
"Whether it's writing a biography of Yo-Yo Ma or working on...
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Stephanie Hull, a graduate student of philosophy from Columbia, Missouri
|
Season 31 player (2015-03-12). Stephanie's ending score of -$6,800 was the...
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Heather Chapman, a news assistant from Lexington, Kentucky
|
Season 24 player (2008-01-04). Heather appeared on Master Minds on 2020-05-07....
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Che Smith, a consultant and Ph.D. candidate from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 31 player (2014-11-06). ché wrote her name as such on...
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Meredith Johnson, a senior from University of Minnesota
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Attended the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities...
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Matt Scarpino, an electrical engineer for the United States Air Force from Dayton, Ohio
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Season 18 1-time champion: $22,000. Matt's name was printed as "Matt...
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Kathy Maurer, a physics teacher from Manassas, Virginia
|
Season 24 player (2008-07-07).
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Tom Morris, a retailer and student from Irvine, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 4-time champion: $100,801...
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S.E. Cupp, a political commentator from CNN, New York Daily News, and Glamour
|
"She writes for the New York Daily News, is a contributor...
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Vinita Kailasanath, a sophomore at Stanford University from Laurel, Maryland
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Andrew Nerlinger, a senior at the University of Notre Dame from Wilmington, Delaware
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Andrew was 21 at the time...
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Linda Flink, a healthcare consultant from Scottsdale, Arizona
|
Season 23 1-time champion: $8,201 + $1,000.
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Michael Shutterly, a bank officer from Elkridge, Maryland
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Season 4 4-time champion: $49,200. Michael won $500,000 appearing on Who...
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Cait Murphy, an editor originally from Cos Cob, Connecticut
|
Season 22 player (2006-06-28).
First name pronounced like "KAT".
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Lindsey Bartlett, a junior from Winter Haven, Florida
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2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Lindsey was 16 at the time...
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Dom Ochotorena, an Air Force officer from Altadena, California
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Season 23 player (2007-01-12). Dom is a captain in the Air...
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Val Adamcyk, a foreign services officer originally from Manhasset, New York
|
Season 23 player (2007-01-12).
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Graham Gilmer, a senior from Lynchburg, Virginia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Teen...
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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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Bret Bradigan, a newspaper publisher from Ojai, California
|
Season 20 player (2004-06-18).
KJL game 13.
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Emily Karrs, a junior from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
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2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Emily was 16 at the time...
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Blake Hernandez, a senior from Burke, Virginia
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Blake was 16 at the time...
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Andy Kravis, a freshman from Farmington Hills, Michigan
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Andy was 13 at the...
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Bernard Holloway, a junior from Mitchellville, Maryland
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2002 Teen...
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Evan Stewart, a sophomore from Frankfort, Kentucky
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2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Evan was 15 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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Heidi Greimann, a junior from Columbia, Missouri
|
2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Heidi was 15 at the...
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Laura Mogul, an executive director from Port Washington, New York
|
Season 32 player (2016-03-31). Laura appeared on the original Jeopardy! with...
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Ryan Ballengee, a senior from Pasadena, Maryland
|
2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Lorraine Mariz, a coffeehouse owner from Ojai, California
|
Season 23 1-time champion: $7,198 + $1,000.
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George Nelson, a senior from Montgomery, Alabama
|
2002 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $29,497. George was...
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Doug O'Brien, a public health official from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 22 player (2006-06-15).
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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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Ken Beckrich, a consultant from Lawton, Michigan
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Season 17 1-time champion: $11,400. Ken also appeared on the original...
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John Gershkoff, a realtor from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Season 23 player (2006-12-11).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jmgersh
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Peter Gordon, an advertising account supervisor from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 8 player (1991-09-23). Not to be confused with Season 6...
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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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Frank Liu, an anesthesiologist from Los Angeles, California
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Season 23 player (2006-12-29).
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John Campbell, a romance novelist from Weymouth, Massachusetts
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Season 31 2-time champion: $35,400 + $2,000. John (middle initial P.)...
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Jeff Rozen, a sales consultant from Sarasota, Florida
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Season 23 player (2006-12-27).
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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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Clinton Wieden, a college student from Fairview, Oklahoma
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Season 20 player (2004-06-07). KJL game 4. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Chris Knight, a copywriter from Birmingham, Alabama
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Season 22 1-time champion: $20,800 + $2,000.
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Paul McCrane, an actor from ER
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[As Paul is introduced, a clip of ER plays, with Dr....
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Rich Rosenlof, a sales representative from Sacramento, California
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Season 18 3-time champion: $80,800 + $2,000. Alex erroneously reported Rich's...
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Sam Weaver, a sophomore at Bradley University from Pleasanton, California
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Sam was 20 at the time...
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Erin Bogart, a junior at Miami University of Ohio from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Erin was 20 at the time...
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Marques Redd, a sophomore at Harvard University from Macon, Georgia
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2001 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Marques was 18 at the time...
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Jim Burkhard, an automotive engineer from Chili, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-01-04). The official Jeopardy! web site lists Jim's...
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Terri Pous, a social media editor from New York, New York
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Season 31 2-time champion: $36,801 + $2,000. Terri produced a podcast...
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Gigi Gilman, a homemaker and attorney from Seattle, Washington
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Season 22 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Gigi's actual first name...
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Josh Danson, a marketing communications consultant from San Francisco, California
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Season 22 player (2005-11-30).
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Claudia Perry, a pop music critic from San Jose, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2002 Million Dollar Masters...
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Matt Sojot, a firefighter from Mililani, Hawaii
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Season 23 player (2007-04-13). Season 22 player (2006-05-24). Last name pronounced...
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Karen Spinale, a high school teacher from Duxbury, Massachusetts
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Season 22 player (2005-12-21). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Kerry Breitenbach, a marketing analyst from Cleveland, Ohio
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 21 5-time champion: $90,400...
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Lisa Loiselle, an investigator and lawyer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 22 player (2005-12-22). Last name pronounced like "loy-ZELL" (Johnny Gilbert's...
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Karla Sortland, a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 23 player (2007-06-11). Season 22 player (2006-05-24). Karla was brought...
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Jonathan Spencer, a box office manager from Alameda, California
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Season 22 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000.
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Jamie Hodari, a law student originally from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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Season 22 player (2006-01-02).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Jhodari
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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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Stacy McKnight, a nanny from Fairfax, Virginia
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Season 22 player (2006-04-06).
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William Lee, a software engineer from South San Francisco, California
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Season 22 2-time champion: $62,500 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Marianna Johnson, a trademark consultant originally from Marietta, Oklahoma
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Season 22 player (2005-12-06).
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Kevin Gomes, a training and educational design specialist originally from Grand Island, Nebraska
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Season 22 player (2005-12-28).
Last name pronounced like "GOAMS".
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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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Tony Knechtges, an engineering manager from Grafton, Ohio
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Season 30 player (2014-03-11).
Last name pronounced like "kon-EKT-guess".
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Julie Robichaux, a web producer from New York City, New York
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"10 years ago she said disco music scared her, but today...
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Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
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2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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Steve Rogitz, a letter carrier from Gardena, California
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Mark Dawson, a writer and editor for the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge from Chamblee, Georgia
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"He was a business manager when he won the Tournament of...
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Nico Martinez, a junior at Stanford University from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
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Colin Brown, a senior at the University of Rochester from Milwaukie, Oregon
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Sacha Samotin, a student from Naples, Florida
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Season 31 1-time champion: $19,600 + $1,000. According to a news...
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Claudia Perry, a worker for an e-learning company from Evanston, Illinois
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"She was a pop music critic living in San Jose, California...
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Veronica Fazio, from Roselle, Illinois
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"She dances, plays softball, and hangs with her friends, but wants...
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Dylan Smith, from the Bronx, New York
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"This honor roll student wants to invent a teleporting system. From...
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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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Pranita Ramakrishnan, from Centreville, Virginia
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"Not only does this future neurologist enjoy swimming, drawing and spelling,...
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Peter Nielsen, a teacher from Austin, Texas
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Season 13 player (1996-12-17). Peter died 2005-07-31 at the age of...
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Donna Brutkoski, a newspaper copy editor originally from Brandon, Vermont
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Season 21 2-time champion: $30,900 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: dbvt
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Ben Nuckols, a journalist from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 21 1-time champion: $13,200 + $2,000.
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Hope Landsem, from Tualatin, Oregon
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"She likes to win arguments, and that's why she's going to...
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Marcia Johnson, from Michigan
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Season 5 player (1988-09-26). Occupation and hometown unknown because the recording...
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Steve O'Connor, a communications consultant from Naperville, Illinois
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Season 22 2-time champion: $33,401 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SteveO
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Ben Goldman, a sophomore at New York University from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Son of Season 17 1-time champion Marjorie Goldman.
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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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2014 Battle of the Decades quarterfinalist: $10,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Jeanne Breen, a physician from Old Saybrook, Connecticut
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Season 27 player (2010-11-05).
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Jayanth Iyengar, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis from Madison, Wisconsin
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2005 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Jiyen1213
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Charlotte Darby, from West Chester, Pennsylvania
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"Her crafts include crochet, origami, and friendship bracelets. From West Chester,...
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Sita Yerramsetti, an eleven-year-old from Houston, Texas
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"Her heart is set on becoming a cardiac surgeon. From Houston,...
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Matt Tick, from Escondido, California
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"Will take violin lessons and loves science, but he really wants...
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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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Amanda Lahan, an account manager from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 player (2010-04-12).
Last name pronounced like "LAY-un".
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Molly Adams, a radio host and producer from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 27 player (2010-11-01).
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Jessica Anderson, a twelve-year-old from Cranston, Rhode Island
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"She's known she wanted to be a teacher for six years--that's...
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
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"Winner of both the 2000 Tournament of Champions and the 2001...
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David Tambling, a strategic planning manager from Menlo Park, California
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Season 21 player (2005-06-23).
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Matthew Harney, a research assistant and student originally from Springfield, Illinois
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Season 30 player (2014-07-02).
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April McManus, a homemaker from Hertfordshire, England
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"A high school senior from Minnesota when she won the 1992...
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Rick Knutsen, a musician and stay-at-home dad from Brooklyn, New York
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"A finalist in the 2001 Tournament of Champions, he's a musician...
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Phoebe Juel, a bookseller from Sylva, North Carolina
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"She won the 1993 College Championship while attending Grinnell College. Today...
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Graham Gilmer, a senior at Stanford University from Stanford, California
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"He was the Teen Tournament champion in 2001. Now he's a...
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Eric Westra, a middle school humanities teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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Season 31 player (2015-01-05).
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Shane Whitlock, a resident physician from Little Rock, Arkansas
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"As a junior at the University of Arkansas, he won the...
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Paul Gutowski, an alcohol and drug counselor from Rockford, Illinois
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"He was the first 5-time winner in 1997. An alcohol and...
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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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Pam Jones-Pigott, a farmers' market coordinator from Pflugerville, Texas
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Season 27 1-time champion: $16,800 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "johnz-PIE-gut".
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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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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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"In 1990, he won the Tournament of Champions. An actuary from...
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Eugene Finerman, a writer from Northbrook, Illinois
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"A finalist in the 1987 Tournament of Champions, he's a writer....
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Fraser Woodford, an investment banker from New York, New York
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"In 1993, winner of the Teen Tournament, he's now an investment...
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Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
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"Legislative work in his home state was suspended so that lawmakers...
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Bill Sloan, a realtor from Mission Viejo, California
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"Since winning five shows in 1996, he has gone on to...
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Solomon Howard, a freshman from St. Petersburg, Florida
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2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 14 at the time of...
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Michael Daunt, an accountant from Canada
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
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Jack Archey, an actor and writer from Los Angeles, California
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"He was a CPA and comedian when he won his 5th...
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Bev Schwartzberg, an adult literacy program coordinator from Santa Barbara, California
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"She finished second in the 1993 Tournament of Champions. Today, she's...
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John Beck, a creative director from Torrance, California
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"He played in 2003, and was the last retired 5-time champ...
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Mark Eckard, an entrepreneur from Bedford, Massachusetts
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"A 2001 5-time champion as a software designer, he has now...
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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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Dan Katz, a lawyer from Owings Mills, Maryland
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"Since his five wins in 1990, he's seen Bruce Springsteen 16...
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Steve Rogitz, a trucking company manager from Gardena, California
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Lindsay Oxx, a senior from Longmeadow, Massachusetts
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2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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David Sampugnaro, a writer and internet specialist from North White Plains, New York
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"A 5-time winner from 1996, he's now a writer and internet...
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Tom Cubbage, an attorney from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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"He was the very first College Champion, and the only one...
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Gerry Matatics, a speaker and writer from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Season 32 player (2016-01-26). First name pronounced like "Jerry". Johnny Gilbert...
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Jeff Richmond, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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"He used his 1988 5-game winnings to pay for law school....
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Zach Blumenfeld, a junior from Lincolnshire, Illinois
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2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Tad Carithers, an attorney from New York City, New York
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"He finished second in the 2001 Tournament of Champions. Today he...
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Tessa Fleming, a high school history teacher from Mission Viejo, California
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Season 31 player (2014-09-16). Tessa's father was a 2-time champion on...
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Leah Greenwald, an architect from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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"A winner of 5 games in 1988, she has since become...
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John Hashop, an actor from Astoria, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-07-07).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jhashop
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she was the first female winner of a Tournament...
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Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
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"A Jeopardy! tournament veteran, her best-known Jeopardy! appearance may be in...
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
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"His aggressive wagering helped him become the biggest winner from the...
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Chris Mullins, a computer programmer from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 21 player (2005-01-04). Chris's wife, Scheri Mullins, an administrative assistant...
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Elizabeth Salinas, a historic interpreter from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 14 3-time champion: $31,300. Appeared in game #3000. (Because of...
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Tom Nosek, an aerospace consultant from Torrance, California
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"He was an aerospace engineer who had just moved to California...
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Ali Moss, a college student from Great Neck, New York
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Season 21 player (2005-01-19).
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Jerod Klein, a biology teacher originally from Fullerton, California
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Season 14 player (1997-09-19). Appeared in game #3000. (Because of the...
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Emily Lever, a junior from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Tom Nichols, a process engineer originally from Lemont, Illinois
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Season 14 player (1997-09-19). Appeared in game #3000. (Because of the...
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Carol Denny, a writer for a non-profit environmental foundation from Arnold, Maryland
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,199 + $1,000.
Identical twin sister of Season 29 player Chris O'Toole.
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Josh Kolchins, a homeland security consultant from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 21 player (2004-12-02).
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Nathan Gordon, a bar manager from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 21 player (2004-10-25).
KJL game 59.
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Ross Gardiner, an 11-year-old sixth grader from La Plata, Maryland
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"And this self-proclaimed sports fanatic likes all the teams in the...
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Lori Ann Tennant, a homemaker from Fairmont, West Virginia
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Season 21 player (2004-10-28). KJL game 62. Lori's name appeared on...
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Larry Bellinger, a journalist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 21 player (2004-10-13).
KJL game 56.
Last name pronounced like "BEL-lin-jer".
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K.C. Backer, a graduate student from Bloomington, Indiana
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Season 21 player (2004-10-14). KJL game 57. The "K.C." stands for...
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Tim Koch, a 12-year-old sixth grader from Cliffwood, New Jersey
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"He would like to be a teacher because you get to...
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Mike Scott, an eleven-year-old from Lake Villa, Illinois
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"He really likes doing challenging projects in school, but hates doing...
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Bill Scheller, a writer from Waterville, Vermont
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Season 21 player (2004-09-10).
KJL game 43.
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Steve Reynolds, a loan accounting clerk from Norman, Oklahoma
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Sam Ott, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California
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2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19/20 4-time champion: $67,102 + $1,000.
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Seth Alcorn, a bookstore supervisor from Alexandria, Virginia
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 19 3-time champion: $106,400 + $1,000.
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Amy Helmes, a writer originally from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 21 player (2004-09-10). KJL game 42. A resident of Beverly...
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Kate Duffy, a reporter from Lebanon, New Hampshire
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Season 21 player (2004-09-14).
KJL game 45.
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Adam Meyer, a college professor from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 21 player (2004-09-08).
KJL game 41.
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Allison Lesh, an attorney from Eugene, Oregon
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Season 25 player (2009-05-27).
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Michelle Chang, an 11-year-old from Suwanee, Georgia
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"This sixth grader picks the most unusual places to lose her...
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Crystal Durham, a 12-year-old from Fort Pierce, Florida
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"She would like to be an Irish stepdancing teacher, because dancing...
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Mark McDonnell, a triathlon coach and entrepreneur from Miami, Florida
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Season 27 1-time champion: $27,601 + $1,000.
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Naomi Senbet, an 11-year-old from Washington, D.C.
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"This sixth grader doesn't like to be late for anything; maybe...
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Sam Daub, an eleven-year-old from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
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"And he finds video games enticing and has made a fantasy...
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Priscilla Ball, a federal contractor from Montgomery Village, Maryland
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Season 25 2-time champion: $45,200 + $2,000. Priscilla was due to...
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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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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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Frank Dempsey, a government attorney from Bagdad, Kentucky
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Season 20 1-time champion: $29,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Augustwest
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Charles Murphy, a health care and financial services advisor from Westmont, Illinois
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Season 25 player (2009-02-27).
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Ina Jazic, an eleven-year-old from Bolingbrook, Illinois
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"She doesn't have a least favorite subject now, but in elementary...
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Buzz Aldrin, a retired astronaut and author from the book Encounter with Tiber
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"He's an entry in every encyclopedia, author of the book Encounter...
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James Rogers, a musician and computer programmer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 20 player (2004-04-22).
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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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Joey Beachum, an Air Force intelligence officer from Conway, Arkansas
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Terry Linwood, a bookseller from North Texas
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $122,705...
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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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Molly Rosenbusch, a night court clerk from Twin Lakes, Idaho
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Season 27 1-time champion: $19,601 + $2,000.
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Clayton, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Neil Flynn, a comedic actor from The Middle
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"On the hit series The Middle, he's patriarch Mike Heck, who...
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Erica Greil, a junior from Princeton University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 and from Hastings, Minnesota at...
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General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, a retired general from the U.S. Army
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"Commander of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm... ...United States Army,...
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Jeff Kirby, a math and science teacher from Santa Maria, California
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Season 26 player (2009-10-12). Season 16 player (1999-12-08). Jeff returned to...
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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"Once a presidential speechwriter, he's had his own political talk show...
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Annette Meier, a high school science teacher from Nederland, Texas
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Season 25 player (2009-02-17).
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Geoff Strain, an electronics broker from Imperial Beach, California
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Season 20 1-time champion: $21,155 + $1,000.
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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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Elyssa Browning, a junior from St. John's College
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Austin, Texas at...
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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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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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Shuyu Wang, a junior from Okemos, Michigan
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2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Brittany McCants, a junior from Winnsboro, South Carolina
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2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Jeff Gorham, an accountant from Richmond, Virginia
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Season 27 1-time champion: $14,001 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SpacemanSpiff
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Claxton Graham, a business analyst from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 26 player (2009-09-18).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: ClaxtonG
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Tyler Allard, a senior from Garrett Park, Maryland
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2003 Teen Tournament first runner-up: $28,400.
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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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Mike Smith, a litigation technology specialist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 20 1-time champion: $16,100 + $1,000.
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Sharon Beattie, a music teacher from Stuttgart, Germany
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Season 4 player (1988-05-30). She was announced as being from Stuttgart,...
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Claudia Corriere, a church musician and homemaker from Kennesaw, Georgia
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Season 32 2-time champion: $29,000 + $2,000. Claudia won show #7195,...
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Judy Nakamura, a stay-at-home wife from Seattle, Washington
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,400 + $1,000. Judy laughed incredulously during...
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Diana Wynne, a writer and producer from San Francisco, California
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Season 20 player (2004-04-07).
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Michael Rose, a labor relations journalist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 player (2011-01-10).
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Sally O'Rourke, a freelance copywriter originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Season 27 1-time champion: $33,601 + $1,000.
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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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Bruce Williams, a production manager from Los Angeles, California
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Season 20 player (2004-04-05).
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Jeffrey Niblack, a government accountability office analyst from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 player (2009-09-28).
Last name pronounced like "NIB-lick".
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Brian G. Hartz, a director and actor from Indianapolis, Indiana
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Season 20 player (2004-03-22).
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Wallace Langham, an actor from Veronica's Closet
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"He plays a sarcastic, but efficient personal assistant on Veronica's Closet..."...
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Danny Vopava, a sophomore from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Brighton, Minnesota. [No contestant...
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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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Kristin Schleicher, a graduate student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 25 player (2008-12-22).
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Steven Rogitz, a letter carrier from Gardena, California
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Jim Fitzpatrick, a senior at Wake Forest University from Colts Neck, New Jersey
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2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. According the the official Jeopardy! web...
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Louisa Kreider, a research assistant from Northfield Center, Ohio
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Season 25 player (2009-04-10).
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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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Ken Basin, a junior at the University of Southern California from Huntington Beach, California
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2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Blog at kbasin.blogspot.org. Appearing as a...
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Robby Schrum, a junior at Yale University from Crown Point, Indiana
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2003 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy!...
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Bethlehem Lema, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
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"Either being an astrophysicist or a pediatrician is in her future..."...
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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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Shay Collins, an 11-year-old from Averill Park, New York
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"His passion for music helps this future rock star to play...
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Stevie Benson, a chocolatier from El Centro, California
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Season 25 1-time champion: $28,000 + $2,000. Stevie played his games...
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Heather Fach, a creative director from La Vergne, Tennessee
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Season 24 player (2007-11-27).
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Penny Asay, an assistant professor of clinical psychology from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 24 player (2007-11-26).
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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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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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Mark Wales, a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $141,804...
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Justin Otor, a 12-year-old from Texarkana, Texas
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"His chosen profession will be something in the field of science...
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Ariel Schneider, a biology student from West Lafayette, Indiana
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Season 27 2-time champion: $46,300 + $2,000.
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Charlie Blatt, an 11-year-old from Scarsdale, New York
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"Besides cooking, working on the computer, and tap dancing, she likes...
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William Coats, a 12-year-old from Ada, Oklahoma
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"He's mowing lawns now, but he's thinking big bucks, he's thinking...
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Kathleen Lohmann, a benefits coordinator originally from Yuma, Arizona
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Season 24 player (2007-10-29).
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Jennifer Gilbert, an 11-year-old from Fairfax, Virginia
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"She co-hosts a game show at school, but today, she's here...
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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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John Munson, a self-proclaimed gadabout originally from Lakeland, Florida
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Season 25 player (2009-07-24). John managed to write his name on...
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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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Nicole Karrow, an 11-year-old from Lewes, Delaware
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"Her goals are to be a horse breeder and trainer..." 2007...
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Harry Haghanegi, a 10-year-old from Chicago, Illinois
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"Extracting DNA was one project this future geneticist enjoyed..." 2007 Kids...
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Bobby Goldstein, a database administrator from Arlington, Massachusetts
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Season 20 3-time champion: $42,200 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: GoBobbyGo
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Sue Heitzman, a teacher from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
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Season 23 player (2007-05-14).
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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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Anastasia Knasiak, a 12-year-old from Brookfield, Illinois
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"We don't know if there's a doctor in the house, but...
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Harry Barker, a computer applications specialist originally from Bloomington, Indiana
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Season 13 1-time champion: $5,399. Harry originally appeared on 1996-09-10, but...
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Karla Sortland, a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 23 player (2007-06-11). Season 22 player (2006-05-24). Karla was brought...
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William Lee, a software engineer originally from Vero Beach, Florida
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Season 23 1-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Not to be confused...
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Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Andrew Bryson, a 12-year-old from Durham, North Carolina
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"He plays on the school soccer team, but he wins his...
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Cate Heine, a 12-year-old from Louisville, Kentucky
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"She's leaving her career path open, but wants to use the...
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Andrew Rostan, a writer and script reader originally from Boardman, Ohio
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Jacob Hambalek, a 12-year-old from Fresno, California
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"If he had to choose a career right now, he'd be...
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Matt Sojot, a firefighter from Mililani, Hawaii
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Season 23 player (2007-04-13). Season 22 player (2006-05-24). Last name pronounced...
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Tayonna Jones, a 12-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"She hopes to have her law degree by her 18th birthday...
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Nikhil Bumb, an 11-year-old from Greer, South Carolina
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"He's a world traveler, but he can always be found on...
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Chris Parsons, an undergraduate student from Wabasso, Florida
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Season 20 1-time champion: $18,801 + $2,000. The official Jeopardy! web...
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Susan Kelleher, a stagehand from Washington, D.C.
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Season 24 player (2007-10-16).
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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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Elise Burton, a freshman from the University of California-Berkeley
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 18 at the time of the...
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Chris Pae, a high school history teacher from Suwanee, Georgia
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"He studied pre-med, then pre-law, but discovered his passion was teaching....
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Rachel Mills, a 12-year-old from Lexington, Kentucky
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"She spent her summer vacation babysitting, but frankly, she'd much rather...
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Don Stewart, a teacher from Belmont, Massachusetts
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Season 23 player (2007-06-21).
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Steve Rogitz, an operations manager from Torrance, California
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Tom Cohen, a fur broker from Hewlett Harbor, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-21).
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Tommy Hoyt, from Winnetka, Illinois
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"Journalism may very well be in his future as he feels...
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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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Tyler Crosby, a barista and bookseller from Ithaca, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-07-09). Tyler won $100,000 on Who Wants to...
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Samantha Ross, a student from Hillsdale, New Jersey
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Season 23 1-time champion: $14,000 + $1,000. Won $1,000 on Who...
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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
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"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
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Nancy Grace, a TV legal expert from Headline News/Court TV
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"She hosts her own legal analysis program on Headline News and...
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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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Daphna Atias, a high school English teacher originally from Kentwood, Michigan
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Season 25 player (2009-07-09).
Last name pronounced like "ah-TEE-us".
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Carson Kressley, a fashion maven from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
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"This star of TV's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy says...
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Dean Malec, a junior from Northwestern University
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2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Tony Fernandez-Vinas, a human resources specialist from West Hollywood, California
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Season 23 player (2007-03-26).
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Haritha Sudanagunta, a junior from University of California-San Diego
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2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of...
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Seyi Fayanju, an environmental advocate from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-10). Name pronounced like "SHAY-yee fy-ANN-joo". Seyi was...
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Trevor Norris, a management analyst from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Jeffrey Baer, a senior from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
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Max Levaren, a personal success coach from San Diego, California
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2003 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 4-time champion:...
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Janice Dooner Lynch, a homemaker from New York, New York
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Season 20 1-time co-champion: $27,600 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: yankeefanjan
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Ben Tritle, an apartment manager from Los Angeles, California
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 5-time champion: $78,600...
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Kathy Cassity, a closed captioner from Honolulu, Hawaii
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $59,200....
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Megan Maxwell, a paralegal from Lawrenceville, New Jersey
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Season 24 player (2007-12-21).
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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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Cynthia Grove, from Toledo, Ohio
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Trebek pilot 1 player. While Cynthia was introduced as being "from...
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Jack Campion, from Los Angeles, California
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Trebek pilot 1 player. Jack was introduced without an occupation, but...
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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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Carol Gerber, a legal technology manager from Red Bank, New Jersey
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Season 23 player (2007-05-15).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Carolgrbr
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Linda Sue Park, a children's author from Rochester, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-10-20). Linda Sue won the 2002 Newbery Medal...
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Jill Bunzendahl Chimka, a speech and language pathologist from Washington, D.C.
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2003 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $85,099...
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Sheila Runyon, a retired programmer from Omaha, Nebraska
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Season 23 player (2007-07-11).
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Samantha Kaji, a supervisor from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 22 1-time champion: $18,900 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Samkaji
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Rachel Beckman, an 11-year-old from Danville, Kentucky
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"As a member of her school's academic team, she has no...
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Dom Nguyen, a freelance writer from Redwood City, California
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Season 22 player (2006-02-21). Last name pronounced like "noo-WIN". Dom is...
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Andrew Goldfein, a 12-year-old from Lincolnwood, Illinois
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"He likes to argue and help people, so it's off to...
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Alicia Aho, a bookseller from Seattle, Washington
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Season 22 1-time champion: $28,000 + $1,000.
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Margaret J. McCarthy, a retired attorney originally from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 22 player (2006-07-24).
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Tom Traylor, a hospice chaplain from San Francisco, California
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Season 23 player (2007-07-10).
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Ann Gavaghan, a congressional staffer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 24 1-time champion: $12,399 + $1,000. Ann is a current...
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Jim Mainguy, a customer service representative from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 22 player (2006-07-21). Last name pronounced like "MAIN-gee" (with a...
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Dave Halliday, a travel marketer from Williamsburg, Virginia
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Season 22 player (2006-02-01).
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Steve Newman, a partner in a small computer company from Rockville, Maryland
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"He was the first player to win 5 games in the...
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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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Hill Harper, an actor from CSI: NY
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"He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University. He has a...
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Tawney Pearson, a teacher originally from Peoria, Illinois
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Season 22 player (2006-02-02).
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Christina Maes, a senior at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay from Green Bay, Wisconsin
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Peter Booker, an Army officer from Fort Monroe, Virginia
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Season 22 player (2006-01-25). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Lorna Johnson, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Willowbrook, Illinois
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"She loves all animals, especially her dogs Duke and Rudy, but...
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Al Lindke, a pastor from Montrose, Michigan
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Season 21 player (2004-10-08).
KJL game 53.
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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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Dana Delany, an actress from Kidnapped
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"She won two Emmys for playing Army nurse Colleen McMurphy on...
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Miguel Ferrer, an actor from Crossing Jordan
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"He began his career as a studio drummer and played on...
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Lily Wang, a junior at Columbia University from Plano, Texas
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2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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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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Edward Lee, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Sacramento, California
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"Of the numerous projects he has completed, making gliders and bottle...
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Nathalie Henderson, a housewife from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Season 23 1-time champion: $30,400 + $1,000.
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Michael Daunt, an accountant from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
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Mark Lowenthal, an assistant director for the Central Intelligence Agency from Reston, Virginia
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"The winner of the 1988 Tournament of Champions, he's an assistant...
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Erik Larsen, a librarian and a licensed amateur boxing official from Jacksonville, Florida
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"A 5-time champion from 1990, he's a librarian and a licensed...
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Harry Shearer, an actor/writer/producer from The Simpsons and Le Show
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"His many credits include providing voices for The Simpsons, and he's...
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Michael Rooney, a college professor from Pasadena, California
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"He was a winner of 5 games in 1999, and is...
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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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Grace Thomas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Raleigh, North Carolina
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"This captain of the Brain-Bowl team can name all the countries...
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Doc Hamilton, an advanced customer care agent from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 22 1-time champion: $14,401 + $2,000.
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Dan Tick, a technical support manager from Escondido, California
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Season 21 player (2005-07-22). Dan's son Matt Tick later appeared on...
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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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Claudia Perry, a pop music critic from Jersey City, New Jersey
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2002 Million Dollar Masters...
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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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Michael Dupee, an attorney from Cleveland, Ohio
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $32,500. Lost his...
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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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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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Trisha Murai, a teacher originally from San Bruno, California
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Season 22 player (2006-03-27).
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Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
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"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
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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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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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David Hoffelmeyer, a senior from St. Joseph, Missouri
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2006 Teen Tournament 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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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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Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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"In 1991, he was the winner of the Tournament of Champions....
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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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Michael Braun, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2005 Teen...
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Joseph Graumann, a junior from Mays Landing, New Jersey
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Jimmy Li, a senior from Chesterfield, Missouri
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of...
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Mike Dupée, an attorney from Gainesville, Florida
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $32,500. Lost his...
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Michael Kalk, a retired programmer from Austin, Texas
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Season 21 player (2004-12-20).
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Katie James, a sophomore from Winchester, Virginia
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Emily Riippa, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Grand Rapids, Michigan
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"She is a fast reader, and her mother says she was...
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Scott Renzoni, a bartender and actor from Burlington, Vermont
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2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 20 4-time champion: $112,998 + $2,000.
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Regina Merrill, from Lincoln, Nebraska
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"She's very good at writing stories and poetry, but her love...
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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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William Carpenter, from Bainbridge Island, Washington
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"Being the scientist that he is, Mom never knows what she...
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Tom Cilla, from Kings Park, New York
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"He wants to join the Coast Guard or the Navy, but...
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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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Patrick Zakem, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Louisville, Kentucky
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"He would like to become an architect because he enjoys visualizing...
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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Brad Rutter, a TV quiz show host from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Whitney Prince, a sophomore from Maryville, Tennessee
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Kermin Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
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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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Sean Ryan, a cab driver from State College, Pennsylvania
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Willy Jay, an attorney originally from Churchville, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2005-09-12).
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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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Kelley Burd, a junior at West Virginia University from Bristol, West Virginia
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2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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