#9063, aired 2024-03-20 | MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $800: Solve the this TV host problem: 3 shut doors, new car-junk-junk. You pick A. He shows you B is junk. Do you switch to C? Monty Hall |
#9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THE MOURNING NEWS $800: After this 19th c. royal was widowed, the "nightly longing to die... for the first 3 years never left"; nearly 47 remained Queen Victoria |
#8975, aired 2023-11-17 | LIFE OF PI $400: Dating to circa 1650 B.C., the Rhind Papyrus, a scroll from this civilization, put the value of pi at about 3.16 the Egyptians |
#8919, aired 2023-07-20 | B.C.-ING YOU $2,000 (Daily Double): 3 times was not the charm for Carthage which lost all 3 of these wars against Rome between 264 & 146 B.C. the Punic Wars |
#8895, aired 2023-06-16 | GO TELL IT ON THE FOUNTAIN $1600: Fed by an aqueduct built in 19 B.C., this fountain in Italy got its name from its location at the convergence of 3 roads the Trevi |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | 3 THINGS ABOUT THE CITY $600: Inhale the scents of the Fragrance Museum; 25 miles from Dusseldorf; see the 15th c. art of Stefan Lochner Cologne |
#8837, aired 2023-03-28 | 3 MEN $200: Formed around 60 B.C., the First Roman Triumvirate was made up of Crassus, Pompey & this guy Julius Caesar |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | GOING UNDERGROUND $600: Analysis shows that a 700s B.C. altar excavated in Israel has traces of this psychoactive 3-letter compound found in cannabis THC |
#8790, aired 2023-01-20 | WHIRLED EVENTS $200: 3-word name for an infamous date in 44 B.C.:
SCARED OF HIM Ides of March |
#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++ |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | 2, 3 OR 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $1200: Ancient Mesopotamian city of 3500 B.C., in ruins today & known as Tell el-Muqayyar Ur |
#8756, aired 2022-12-05 | POINTING OUT DECIMALS $1000: At Princeton, if you get straight C+es, this is your semester GPA & you might want to do a bit more studying 2.3 |
#8747, aired 2022-11-22 | A PINEAPPLE $600: One cup of pineapple chunks provides 1/3 of your daily value of this scurvy-preventing vitamin C |
#8741, aired 2022-11-14 | POETRY $2000: The "Terrible Sonnets" of this 3-named 19th c. poet aren't bad but sad, like "No Worst, There is None" & "Carrion Comfort" Gerard Manley Hopkins |
#8725, aired 2022-10-21 | FROM C TO D $200: In music it's 3 or more notes sounded together a chord |
#8712, aired 2022-10-04 | A "C" IN LITERATURE $600: Anthony Burgess claimed this, his best-known book, was "knocked off for money in 3 weeks" A Clockwork Orange |
#8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 FOR THE SHOW $400: CBS cops (or C.O.P.S.?) Lina Esco, David Lim & Alex Russell S.W.A.T. |
#8657, aired 2022-06-07 | THE CABINET $400: In 1966 Robert C. Weaver became the first African-American cabinet member, heading this department known by a 3-letter acronym the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) |
#8636, aired 2022-05-09 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): Besides Boston & D.C., they're the 3 largest cities by population in the megalopolis known as the BosWash Corridor New York City, Philadelphia & Baltimore |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | DYNASTIES OF CHINA $2000: This 3-letter dynasty ruled from around 200 B.C. to 200 A.D. & saw the invention of paper & the introduction of Buddhism the Han dynasty |
#8553, aired 2022-01-12 | IRON MAN $1000: Called the NBA's Iron Man, A.C. Green played 1,192 consecutive games & also collected 3 championship rings with this team the L.A. Lakers |
#8538, aired 2021-12-22 | MAMMALS $4,000 (Daily Double): Its milk, a popular Saharan beverage, has 3 times the vitamin C of a cow's a camel |
#8378, aired 2021-04-14 | 3-NAMED CELEBRITIES $1200: When he first rocked out to "Pink Houses" & "R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.", he was using these 3 names John Cougar Mellencamp |
#8366, aired 2021-03-29 | DURING THE JOHN ADAMS PRESIDENCY $200: Adams was sworn in as president at Congress Hall in this city; 3 years later the capital & Adams would move to D.C. Philadelphia |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | NBA LOGOS $400: This team's logo has 3 stars for D.C., Maryland & Virginia the Washington Wizards |
#8291, aired 2020-11-30 | 3 C's $400: Adjective meaning so small it can't be seen with the naked eye microscopic |
#8291, aired 2020-11-30 | 3 C's $800: 3-"c" word for the thin red feature on top of a rooster's head cockscomb |
#8291, aired 2020-11-30 | 3 C's $1200: It's a pastoral letter written by the pope on matters of doctrine encyclical |
#8291, aired 2020-11-30 | 3 C's $1600: In Italian cuisine, this preparation of thinly sliced beef makes for appetizing appetizers carpaccio |
#8291, aired 2020-11-30 | 3 C's $2000: Adjective for a letdown, like the end of "The Epic of Gilgamesh"--the hero's quest for a magic plant... ends without it anticlimactic |
#8263, aired 2020-10-21 | THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $400: 3-letter aka for a hole in one ace |
#8256, aired 2020-10-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: Ranging from about 2600 to 1000 B.C., its 3 major kingdoms are termed the Old, the Middle & the New Egypt |
#8198, aired 2020-04-08 | STRAIGHT C'S $2000: After the second, each term is the sum of its 2 predecessors in this sequence that begins 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5... Fibonacci |
#8190, aired 2020-03-27 | LATIN PHRASES $1600: Julius Caesar summed up his victory in a 47 B.C. campaign with these 3 Latin words "Veni, vidi, vici" |
#8128, aired 2020-01-01 | UNCOMMON $800: There are 3 C's in this word for someone who has a truly unconventional personality eccentric |
#8116, aired 2019-12-16 | C'MON, THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $400: Protected on 3 sides by mountains, this Greek city-state not big on luxury was on the bank of the Eurotas River Sparta |
#8043, aired 2019-07-24 | LETTER IMPERFECT $2000: It was one of the 3 original blood groups discovered in 1900 but got changed to O C |
#8026, aired 2019-07-01 | VILE QUOTES $1200: An 18th c. quote says, "A man who could make so vile" this 3-letter play on words "would not scruple to pick a pocket" a pun |
#8018, aired 2019-06-19 | THE D.C. UNIVERSE $1200: Between 1825 & 1834 this frontiersman from Tennessee went 3-3 running for Congress; now, remember the Alamo Crockett |
#8014, aired 2019-06-13 | HISTORY $600: The 3 centuries from 323 to 30 B.C. are called this era, reflecting the spread of Greek culture in Europe & Asia Hellenistic |
#7943, aired 2019-03-06 | TALK LIKE AN OLD SAILOR $1600: This term for the forward section of the upper deck can be shortened & spelled with 3 apostrophes the forecastle (or fo'c's'le) |
#7938, aired 2019-02-27 | ART & ARTISTS $800: Last name of the family that includes 3 generations of artists--illustrator N.C., Andrew & Jamie Wyeth |
#7935, aired 2019-02-22 | LET'S "C" SOME DANCING $2000: "La Bayadere" has 40 arabesques in the entrance for this group, a 3-word French term for a dance troupe's non-soloists the corps de ballet |
#7878, aired 2018-12-05 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1200: Danish archaeologist C.J. Thomsen split prehistory into these 3 ages named for tool materials Stone, Bronze, and Iron |
#7867, aired 2018-11-20 | HISTORIC TRIOS $400: In the early 20th c. the 3 top-of-the-White Star Line ocean liners were the Olympic, the Britannic & this doomed one the Titanic |
#7704, aired 2018-02-22 | PLACES TO "C" $1000: For more than 3 centuries, this "Garden" in the city of Westminster was home to London's flower market Covent Garden |
#7671, aired 2018-01-08 | NATIONAL COATS OF ARMS $800: (Alex presents the clue from the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C.) Adopted in 1921, Canada's coat of arms bears the symbols of 4 of its founding nations: 3 lions for England, 1 lion for Scotland, the fleur-de-lis for France & the harp of Tara for this country Ireland |
#7614, aired 2017-10-19 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $1,000 (Daily Double): This 3-word motto is on D.C. license plates to protest its lack of voting rights; a 2016 proposal is start the motto "end" "Taxation Without Representation" |
#7587, aired 2017-09-12 | TRAVEL FRANCE $1600: The 3,000 granite megaliths at Carnac in this farthest-west region of France may date back to 4000 B.C. Brittany |
#7482, aired 2017-03-07 | STARTS WITH 3 CONSONANTS $400: En francais, c'est l'ecole school |
#7452, aired 2017-01-24 | DEEP BLUE "C" $600: A greenish-blue, this 4-letter shade is one of the 3 primary colors used by printers cyan |
#7448, aired 2017-01-18 | THE BIG 3-0 $1000: The 30 Tyrants were appointed to administer Athens after its defeat by this city in 404 B.C. Sparta |
#7418, aired 2016-12-07 | NOTHING BUT NET $1600: In July 1996 these 3 letters first preceded .ca & you could get online news from P.E.I. to B.C. CBC |
#7416, aired 2016-12-05 | MOTTOES $200: (I'm D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser.) The official motto of the District of Columbia translates to these 3 words that follow the word "and" in the Pledge of Allegiance justice for all |
#7415, aired 2016-12-02 | THE PACHEBEL CANON IN D $400: The Canon was written for 3 violins & continuo, the 17th c. version of this instrument of Sting, Flea & Paul McCartney the bass |
#7314, aired 2016-06-02 | OF COURSE $800: Adding these 3 letters to the beginning of "course" creates something that can be walked upon C-O-N |
#7259, aired 2016-03-17 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows two medical illustrations on the monitor.) At birth, most babies are set to come out head-first; however, 3 to 4 percent present with their feet or buttocks against the cervix in this position & may need a C-section delivery breech |
#7255, aired 2016-03-11 | FROM "C" TO SHINING "C" $400: Type of unit used to measure 3-dimensional volume cubic |
#7197, aired 2015-12-22 | WE 3 "ING"S $800: All beginning with "C", the 3 ways to win in rock, paper, scissors are crushing, covering, & this cutting |
#7178, aired 2015-11-25 | QUOTES OF 2015 $600: 3 words completing George W. Bush's commencement speech line "C students, you too..." can be president |
#7123, aired 2015-07-29 | "I. C." $800: 3 inch by 5 inch piece of paper used to file information index card |
#7115, aired 2015-07-17 | "C" + 3 $200: Cajole or persuade by flattery coax |
#7115, aired 2015-07-17 | "C" + 3 $600: The pointed projection on the chewing surface of a tooth cusp |
#7115, aired 2015-07-17 | "C" + 3 $800: In "Richard III", the Duke of Clarence is stabbed & put in this wine container cask |
#7115, aired 2015-07-17 | "C" + 3 $1000: The heroic trumpet is an attribute of this muse Clio |
#7114, aired 2015-07-16 | WE 3 $400: Octavian, Marcus Lepidus & Mark Antony, formed the second one of these in 43 B.C. a triumvirate |
#7097, aired 2015-06-23 | ALPHANUMERICS $1200: This section of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code sets out the requirements for tax exempt status for charities 501(c)(3) |
#7079, aired 2015-05-28 | ISLANDS IN THE "C"s $1000: The flag of these islands has a lot in common with the flag of New Zealand the Cook Islands |
#6985, aired 2015-01-16 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $2000: In area this European coastal principality is about 3 times the size of the Mall in Washington, D.C. Monaco |
#6962, aired 2014-12-16 | GETTING LUCKY WORDS $1600: Hmm... "propitious"--let's swap the first 3 letters for new ones, replace the "T" with a "C" &, lucky for us, get this synonym auspicious |
#6862, aired 2014-06-17 | AT THE MALL $1000: Stock up on vitamins from this chain with a 3-letter name, the largest specialty retailer of nutrition products GNC |
#6809, aired 2014-04-03 | THE LONG & THE SHORT OF IT $800: Not much time--so I'll be this word with 3 C's succinct |
#6803, aired 2014-03-26 | LET'S GO "C" A PLAY $3,000 (Daily Double): This 1904 Russian play ends with the sound of an axe striking a tree The Cherry Orchard |
#6800, aired 2014-03-21 | FLYING INTO HISTORY $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ.) C-54 Skymasters carried most of the 2.3 million tons of cargo delivered between June 1948 & October 1949 as part of this Cold War program, nicknamed "Operation Vittles" the Berlin Airlift |
#6759, aired 2014-01-23 | SCANDAL $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1991 he went to prison on drug charges; 3 years later, he was reelected mayor of D.C. Marion Barry |
#6688, aired 2013-10-16 | WASHINGTON, NOT D.C. $2000: General W. passed 3 times through what's now Washington in this state's Litchfield County Connecticut |
#6685, aired 2013-10-11 | SAILING THE 3 C's $400: Wow, that's so weird--I was just thinking about this word for a striking occurrence of 2 events at 1 time a coincidence |
#6685, aired 2013-10-11 | SAILING THE 3 C's $800: This college degree is total B.S. a Bachelor of Sciences |
#6685, aired 2013-10-11 | SAILING THE 3 C's $1200: These household pests targeted by Raid have lived on earth for 250 million years cockroaches |
#6685, aired 2013-10-11 | SAILING THE 3 C's $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the last of the "5 stages of grief" acceptance |
#6685, aired 2013-10-11 | SAILING THE 3 C's $2000: From the Latin for "to cook together", it means to devise or contrive concoct |
#6678, aired 2013-10-02 | ROBOTS $400: Anthony Daniels & Kenny Baker, who played these 2 robots, are the only actors to appear in all 6 "Star Wars" films R2-D2 & C-3PO |
#6639, aired 2013-06-27 | GO "C" THE COUNTRY $200: With a population of 1.3 billion, it has about 20% of all the people in the world China |
#6583, aired 2013-04-10 | PINTEREST $800: In his Nobel Prize lecture, Pinter said he always started a play with 3 characters called these--must have sped up the typing A, B & C |
#6482, aired 2012-11-20 | GIFTED & TALENTED $2000: By 8, this 3-named 19th c. English philosopher had read all of Herodotus' work--in the original Greek John Stuart Mill |
#6430, aired 2012-07-27 | DEMOCRA "C" $200: They're paired with "balances" as the way our 3 branches of government share power checks |
#6430, aired 2012-07-27 | DEMOCRA "C" $800: After talk of moving them to December, Iowa's first in the nation these were held January 3, 2012 caucuses |
#6423, aired 2012-07-18 | "C" MONSTERS $800: Hesiod said this beast that guarded the entrance to Hades had 50 heads, not just 3 Cerberus |
#6416, aired 2012-07-09 | LIFE OF PI $400: Dating to c. 1650 B.C., the Rhind Papyrus, a scroll from this civilization, put the value of pi at about 3.16 Egypt |
#6324, aired 2012-03-01 | LET'S GET IN THE RV $1200: Class C motor homes have a cozy bunk above this 3-letter structure where the driver sits the cab |
#6298, aired 2012-01-25 | PRESIDENTIAL RE-ELECTIONS $400: This man won D.C. & (by 3,700 votes) Minnesota & that's it as Reagan won re-election Mondale |
#6280, aired 2011-12-30 | ON DECK $1600: This term for a sailor's quarters near the bow can be said using either 2 or 3 syllables forecastle (or fo'c's'le) |
#6139, aired 2011-04-28 | WAR! $2,400 (Daily Double): The 431 to 421 B.C. Archidamian war, named for a Spartan king, was the first of 3 parts of this war the Peloponnesian War |
#6138, aired 2011-04-27 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $1000: In 392 B.C. Isocrates founded a school to teach this skill of using language effectively & persuasively rhetoric |
#6128, aired 2011-04-13 | AN AUTHOR IS BORN $2000: He was born at home Oct. 3, 1900 in Asheville, N.C. & later found out you can't go home again Thomas Wolfe |
#6077, aired 2011-02-01 | SOMETHING "MORE" $1000: This 250-room estate in Asheville, N.C. was modeled on 3 chateaux built in 16th century France Biltmore |
#6056, aired 2011-01-03 | TECHNOLOGY OF THE PAST $1000: A Sumerian pictograph shows one in 3500 B.C.: the oldest are wooden disks with 3 carved planks clamped by struts a wheel |
#5876, aired 2010-03-15 | A PIECE OF HISTORY $1000: The oldest artifact in D.C.'s Newseum is a 3,200-year-old Sumerian brick that spread the news using this writing system cuneiform |
#5874, aired 2010-03-11 | WOMEN'S GROUPS $200: Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. is part of a 3-building complex owned & operated by this lineage society the Daughters of the American Revolution |
#5860, aired 2010-02-19 | THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.) A Quincy, Massachusetts ship inspector was the likely source of this 3-word phrase which was seen everywhere, often accompanying a cartoon figure during World War II Kilroy was here |
#5815, aired 2009-12-18 | PREY LATER $600: 3-letter name for the Egyptian snake that played a deadly role in world affairs back in 30 B.C. the asp |
#5772, aired 2009-10-20 | FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $1000: Oh well! That's life!
(4, 2, 3) C'est la vie |
#5771, aired 2009-10-19 | "C"OUNTRIES $400: 14 countries border this country that's more than 3,000 miles long & wide China |
#5695, aired 2009-05-15 | LITERARY CHARACTERS ON TWITTER $1600: Having a red-letter day--been sentenced to stand for 3 hours on a pillory platform; the 17th c. stinks! Hester Prynne |
#5691, aired 2009-05-11 | HODGEPODGE $400: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a geometric diagram on the monitor.) If side a equals 3 & side B equals 4, it's the length of side C 5 |
#5624, aired 2009-02-05 | FUNDRAISING $400: This service's code says donors to a 501 (c)(3) organization can generally take a tax deduction the IRS |
#5590, aired 2008-12-19 | "C"-SECTION $1600: This viral inflammation of the larynx & trachea is common in kids, especially from 6 months to 3 years croup |
#5534, aired 2008-10-02 | "PAR"TY TIME $3,000 (Daily Double): It's equal to 3.26 light years parsec |
#5473, aired 2008-05-28 | RANKS & TITLES $400: Going down the ranks of the Royal Navy, remember your 3 C's: commodore, captain, this commander |
#5454, aired 2008-05-01 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $200: Have a bawl
(3) cry |
#5374, aired 2008-01-10 | AN ART "C" CATEGORY $2000: Here we see mastery of this technique from the Italian for "bright and dark", used to create a 3-D effect chiaroscuro |
#5366, aired 2007-12-31 | UNDER THE "C" $2000: Found in South Africa in 1905, this 3,106-carat diamond went to Amsterdam for cutting the Cullinan |
#5362, aired 2007-12-25 | GREEK & ROMAN POTPOURRI $800: By the 400s B.C. the Greeks had perfected 3 orders of architecture: Ionic, Corinthian & this oldest one Doric |
#5328, aired 2007-11-07 | MIND MY WORDS $1600: 44 B.C.:
"All Gaul is divided into 3 parts" (Julius) Caesar |
#5321, aired 2007-10-29 | THEY COME IN THREES $600: The 3 members of ancient Rome's First Triumvirate in 60 B.C. were Crassus, Pompey & him Julius Caesar |
#5276, aired 2007-07-16 | YOU TUBE $600: Season 3 of this MTV reality series introduced us to Breanna, L.C.'s younger sister Laguna Beach |
#5229, aired 2007-05-10 | I BEFORE E, AFTER C $400: There's a 3,200-square-mile one of these masses in Vatnajokull, Iceland glacier |
#5228, aired 2007-05-09 | FIGHT ON! $800: 300 Spartans led by Leonidas held off Persian troops for 3 days, until a traitor betrayed them, in this 480 B.C. battle Thermopylae |
#5207, aired 2007-04-10 | THE 3rd CENTURY B.C. $1000: Beginning more than 4 centuries of rule, this 3-letter dynasty is founded in China Han |
#5174, aired 2007-02-22 | THE SUPREME COURTSHIP $1200: In a c. 1380 work, Chaucer wrote these Trojan War lovers had 3 great years together before she met Diomede Troilus & Cressida |
#5157, aired 2007-01-30 | YOU DO THE MATH $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows on the monitor a figure of a right triangle with sides marked "3" and "4" and a hypotenuse marked "C".) According to the theorem made famous by Pythagoras, it's the value of C in the figure seen here 5 |
#5007, aired 2006-05-23 | A "C"OUNTRY MILE $600: This country is about 3,000 miles long N. to S. but 3/4 of its people live within 200 miles of its southern border Canada |
#4965, aired 2006-03-24 | AMERICANA $800: You don't have to be in spitting distance to know that N.C. has 3 official festivals; 2 of them honor this fruit the watermelon |
#4903, aired 2005-12-28 | GET YOUR GROUP TOGETHER $1,000 (Daily Double): In the 500s B.C. the 3 main groups in Rome were the Sabines, the Etruscans & these, who left us a language the Latins |
#4901, aired 2005-12-26 | MEN OF THE "C" $2,000 (Daily Double): He was one of 3 taken aboard the U.S.S. Hornet July 24, 1969 & immediately put into quarantine Michael Collins |
#4851, aired 2005-10-17 | SOUTH OF THE BORDER $1200: Known as J.C., this boxing champion won titles in 3 weight divisions & more than 100 pro fights Julio Cesar Chavez |
#4794, aired 2005-06-09 | C'MON, YOU HAD TO EXPECT NEBRASKA $1000: Serving the state as a U.S. Congressman in the early 1890s, he "Scoped" out 3 runs at the presidency William Jennings Bryan |
#4742, aired 2005-03-29 | FOUND IN SPACE $800: A.C. Crommelin proved that 3 of these, seen in 1818, 1873 & 1928, were really 1 of these visiting 3 times comets |
#4732, aired 2005-03-15 | THE "C"ROSSWORD PUZZLE $1000: Used in atomic clocks, it melts at 83.3 degrees F.
(6) cesium |
#4725, aired 2005-03-04 | FARMING MATH $2000: Ga. & N.C., each producing $3 million of grapes a year, combine to total this percentage of New York's $50 million 12 percent |
#4717, aired 2005-02-22 | 3 Es PLEASE $200: Federal post held by Ramsey Clark & Philander C. Knox Attorney General |
#4702, aired 2005-02-01 | BRAIN TEASE $1200: Brain waves are measured using the instrument known by these 3 letters for short E.E.G. |
#4569, aired 2004-06-17 | A "LITTLE" LIT $400: Katharine Weber's retelling of this 19th c. novel features just 3 sisters, & Beth is a pet turtle who dies Little Women |
#4568, aired 2004-06-16 | MARRIED $3,800 (Daily Double): 19th c. humorist Artemus Ward called this Utahan "dreadfully married... the most married man I ever saw" Brigham Young |
#4545, aired 2004-05-14 | "D.C." $800: This epic poem by Dante is divided into 3 sections: the Inferno, the Purgatorio & the Paradiso the Divine Comedy |
#4497, aired 2004-03-09 | FILE UNDER "C" $1200: No, this one of the 3 major types of soil has not changed its name to Ali clay |
#4379, aired 2003-09-25 | PIANO LESSONS $1200: (Sofia at the piano) I'm going to play the major chord named for this letter (hits 3 white keys simultaneously with her thumb, middle finger, & pinky) C |
#4335, aired 2003-06-06 | VIETNAM $6,800 (Daily Double): Of the 3 countries that border Vietnam, the one whose name does not begin with the same letter as the other 2 Laos |
#4300, aired 2003-04-18 | SOMETIME, B.C. $800: He died violently around 3,000 B.C. & lay in a glacier until he was found in 1991 the Iceman |
#4112, aired 2002-06-18 | MILITARY PROMOTIONS $1000: Going down the ranks on the 7 seas, remember your 3 C's: commodore, captain, this commander |
#4036, aired 2002-03-04 | UNDER THE "C" $2000: This horse set a reord in 1950, running the mile in 1 minute 33 3/5 seconds Citation |
#4014, aired 2002-01-31 | THE LAW $1,200 (Daily Double): In 621 B.C. this Greek introduced Athens' first written code of law; most crimes were punishable by death Draco |
#3955, aired 2001-11-09 | 2 OUT OF 3 AIN'T BAD $600: Of 1001, 2001 & 3001, only 2 were odyssey years for this author's space tales Arthur C. Clarke |
#3942, aired 2001-10-23 | LET'S "C" WHAT YOU KNOW $1000: The fact that 9 plus 3 is equal to 3 plus 9 demonstrates this property, from the Latin for "exchange" commutative |
#3793, aired 2001-02-14 | IT'S A SMALL WORLD $100: This country on the Mediterranean coast of France is about 3 times the size of the Mall in Washington, D.C. Monaco |
#3783, aired 2001-01-31 | "WHEEL" OF FORTUNE $200: This toy line helps Mattel claim it makes more cars each year than the big 3 automakers combined Hot Wheels |
#3764, aired 2001-01-04 | "C" PLUS $400: The 3 pigments in these optic cells enable us to distinguish scores of colors Cones |
#3676, aired 2000-09-04 | TREES $400: In April 1999 a family of 3 of these rodents was "arrested" for attacking cherry trees in Washington, D.C. beavers |
#3655, aired 2000-06-23 | FUN FACTS ABOUT STATES & CAPITALS $800 (Daily Double): The only state capital whose name ends in 3 consonants, namely R, C & K Bismarck, North Dakota |
#3585, aired 2000-03-17 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: A "C" on a faucet in Mexico stands for caliente, which translates as this hot |
#3583, aired 2000-03-15 | YOU SHOULD "C" $200: Name shared by the mother of 3 kings of France & a "Great" Russian empress Catherine |
#3571, aired 2000-02-28 | 3-LETTER ANIMALS $500: In India the tail of this wild ox is used to swat flies Yak |
#3446, aired 1999-09-06 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME! $400: Don't spell it 3 times, but do spell... T-R-I-P-L-I-C-A-T-E |
#3406, aired 1999-05-31 | "WHOLE"SOME $300: In a joking W.C. Fields epitaph, these 3 words precede "I'd rather be in Philadelphia" On the whole |
#3404, aired 1999-05-27 | AMERICANA $500: It was incorporated as a city May 3, 1802 with its mayor to be appointed by the president Washington, D.C. |
#3380, aired 1999-04-23 | CANADIAN BORN $400: 3 days after her death in 1991, this ex-wife of George C. Scott won an Emmy for playing Murphy Brown's mom Colleen Dewhurst |
#3352, aired 1999-03-16 | TROUBLE $500: In 1797 3 French agents later known by these 3 letters asked U.S. trade representatives for a bribe "X", "Y" & "Z" |
#3337, aired 1999-02-23 | STAR WARS $200: At times integral parts of the plot, they're the 2 main droids in the first 3 "Star Wars" films C-3PO & R2-D2 |
#3321, aired 1999-02-01 | MAKING A LIST $400: Nos. 1,3 & 77 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best 20th c. English-language novels are this Dubliner's works James Joyce |
#3302, aired 1999-01-05 | CATCHPHRASES $600: The male heroes of early 20th C. British romance novels were often described with this 3-adjective cliche "Tall, dark and handsome" |
#3247, aired 1998-10-20 | MUSIC $800: The 3 clef signs in current use are C, F & this, also known as treble G |
#2968, aired 1997-06-25 | MAMMALS $800: The pygmy species of this amphibious mammal reaches a mere 3' high, 6' long & 400 lbs. Hippopotamus |
#2965, aired 1997-06-20 | TEA POTPOURRI $200: The 3 main kinds of tea are green, oolong & this "dark", fully fermented one Black tea |
#2961, aired 1997-06-16 | HISTORY $100: In June 1987 she became the first British prime minister in the 20th c. elected to 3 straight terms Margaret Thatcher |
#2880, aired 1997-02-21 | PEOPLE $800: This PBS late night talk show host previously worked for Bill Moyers on 3 series Charlie Rose |
#2738, aired 1996-06-26 | DECORATIVE ARTS $1000: These "Jugs" resembling a seated, drinking figure in a 3-cornered hat were 1st made in the 18th c. a Toby Jug |
#2733, aired 1996-06-19 | GIFTS $400: Italy donated 3,700 tons of marble for this D.C. performing arts complex that opened in 1971 the Kennedy Center |
#2665, aired 1996-03-15 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $500: They were based on 3 real people: Armand de Sillegue, Isaac de Portau & Henri d'Aramitz the Three Musketeers |
#2644, aired 1996-02-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In 72 B.C. this gladiator & slave defeated 3 Roman armies & reached Cisalpine Gaul Spartacus |
#2637, aired 1996-02-06 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $800: In the 1840s this frontiersman guided John C. Fremont's 3 expeditions into the West Kit Carson |
#2570, aired 1995-11-03 | MIDDLE INITIAL C. $100: By 1909 he owned a chain of 3 department stores; at his death at age 95 in 1971, his firm had 1,660 stores J.C. Penney |
#2518, aired 1995-07-12 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: When Lincoln took office, the Union held 4 forts in Confederate terr.: 3 in Fla. & this one in S.C. Fort Sumter |
#2501, aired 1995-06-19 | EXPLOSIVES $500: C-4 & A-3 are types of this moldable military explosive plastic explosive |
#2377, aired 1994-12-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $500: Since the 15th c., it's had 3 main parts: the soundbox, neck & pillar; the pedals are 18th c. the harp |
#2357, aired 1994-11-29 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: It was built in 16 months between 1941 & 1943, which works out to 3.2 months per side the Pentagon |
#2341, aired 1994-11-07 | ANCIENT TIMES $500: At his death in 323 B.C., Alexander the Great's empire covered parts of these 3 continents Europe, Asia & Africa |
#2322, aired 1994-10-11 | TIME $200: Insert these 3 letters into "tricennial" to multiply it from every 30 years to every 300 years T-E-N |
#2315, aired 1994-09-30 | ART $800: In the last half of the 19th c., this American pair's firm was producing 3 new lithographic prints a week Currier & Ives |
#2311, aired 1994-09-26 | WORLD HISTORY $200: After his death in 323 B.C., wars divided his empire into 3 parts: Egypt, the Seleucid Empire & Macedon Alexander the Great |
#2180, aired 1994-02-11 | COOKING "A", "B", "C"s $200: Cookbooks advise sticking 3 or 4 of these spice buds in an onion to flavor meat dishes clove |
#2176, aired 1994-02-07 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $200: He was called "Baby" the first 3 months of his life, until he was named for family friend W.C. Linden Lyndon Johnson |
#2015, aired 1993-05-14 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $2,000 (Daily Double): This group won 3 1992 Billboard Music Awards for the single heard here Boyz II Men |
#1983, aired 1993-03-31 | "C" HERE $100: Fear, Horn & Cod are 3 of these capes |
#1973, aired 1993-03-17 | "C" IN FASHION $100: Button-down, nehru & sailor are 3 styles of these collars |
#1601, aired 1991-07-15 | WORLD HISTORY $800: 1 of 3 present-day countries beside Colombia that were part of the 19th c. Republic of Gran Colombia (1 of) Panama (Venezuela, Ecuador) |
#1557, aired 1991-05-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2,100 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 men who formed Rome's First Triumvirate in 60 B.C. Julius Caesar*, Pompey the Great, & Marcus Licinius Crassus |
#1556, aired 1991-05-13 | LEFTOVERS $1000: On the street sign for "Sesame Street", the 3 letters in the little space on top CTW (Children's Television Workshop) |
#1432, aired 1990-11-20 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: On May 3, 1802 it was incorporated as a city by an act of Congress Washington, D.C. |
#11, aired 1990-08-25 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: C. Auguste Dupin is an amateur detective who appears in 3 of his short stories (Edgar Allan) Poe |
#1359, aired 1990-06-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY $100: This city was incorporated May 3, 1802, its mayor to be appointed by the president Washington, D.C. |
#1322, aired 1990-05-08 | THE 3 R's $300: The Romans gave us this letter by adding a small stroke to the letter C G |
#1216, aired 1989-12-11 | MYTHOLOGY $600: Some say this infamous guard dog had 3 heads; some say he had 50 Cerberus |
#1214, aired 1989-12-07 | U.S. CITIES $100: This city's tidal basin is ringed by some 3,000 Yoshino cherry trees donated by the mayor of Tokyo in 1912 Washington, D.C. |
#1139, aired 1989-07-13 | NORTH CAROLINA $300: 2 of 3 universities that combined resources to create N.C. Research Triangle Park (2 of) North Carolina, Duke (or N.C. State) |
#1137, aired 1989-07-11 | FOOD $200: Mix 3 eggs & 3/4 c. sugar; add 1 c. thick cream,
2 c. half & half
& 2 tsps. vanilla;
simmer; then freeze with ice vanilla ice cream |
#1030, aired 1989-02-10 | PRESIDENTS $200: During Taft's administration over 3,000 of these were imported from Japan to plant in Washington, D.C. cherry trees |
#1013, aired 1989-01-18 | THE 3 "B"s $200: C.P.E. Bach, J.C. Bach or J.S. Bach, the 1 responsible for the birth of the other 2 Johann Sebastian Bach |
#899, aired 1988-06-30 | POTENT POTABLES $600: Originally a 16th c. medicine made by a monk, it's said only 3 people at a time know its complete formula Benedictine |
#863, aired 1988-05-11 | PEOPLE & PLACES $200: Someone originally from Naples, or a 3-flavored brick of ice cream originally from 19th c. America Neapolitan |
#855, aired 1988-04-29 | "C" HERE $1000: Origin of this 3-syllable synonym for a crusty, crabby old man is unknown, so go away curmudgeon |
#778, aired 1988-01-13 | ODD SPELLING $600: It's how that 3-part picture of a playmate in the middle of a British Playboy is spelled C-E-N-T-R-E-F-O-L-D |
#773, aired 1988-01-06 | 19TH C. AMERICA $2,000 (Daily Double): 1st heard in an 1823 play, this soon became America's most popular song as well as a popular 3-word sampler: "Home, Sweet Home" |
#769, aired 1987-12-31 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: From 51-30 B.C., this queen ruled along with 3 different Ptolemys Cleopatra |
#750, aired 1987-12-04 | PRESIDENTS' RELIGIONS $400: 1 of 3 20th c. presidents who have been Baptists (1 of ) Jimmy Carter (Truman or Harding) |
#714, aired 1987-10-15 | POE-POURRI $1000: 1 of the 3 Poe stories in which the detective C. Auguste Dupin appears (1 of) "The Purloined Letter"[*], "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" or "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" |
#622, aired 1987-04-28 | AUSTRALIA $100: Reportedly, 2/3 of the 330.000 Australians who served in this 20th C. war wounded or killed World War I |
#622, aired 1987-04-28 | SCIENCE $600: In 1834, Christian Thomsen divided early human history into these 3 ages Stone, Bronze, and Iron |
#543, aired 1987-01-07 | U.S. STATES $600: Its 3 largest cities all begin with the letter "C" Ohio (Columbus, Cleveland & Cincinnati) |
#538, aired 1986-12-31 | SCIENCE $400: Base 10 equivalent to the binary number "11" 3 |
#525, aired 1986-12-12 | ANCIENT RUMORS $100: Though it contradicts the meaning of "B.C.", it's said he was born some time before 3 B.C. Jesus Christ |
#463, aired 1986-09-17 | SCULPTURE $500: Highest price ever for a sculpture, $3,900,000 for a 4th century B.C. bronze, was paid by this Malibu, Calif. museum The Getty Museum |
#417, aired 1986-04-15 | HISTORY $1000: 2 of the 3 countries which in the late 18th c. partitioned Poland out of existence (2 of) Russia, Prussia (or Austria) |
#412, aired 1986-04-08 | FOOD & DRINK $500: A basic recipe for this gravy-like mixture is 3 c. milk, 2/3 c. flour, & 1/4 c. melted butter a cream sauce (white sauce) |
#343, aired 1986-01-01 | NUMBERS $500: When it's 12 noon in Washington state, it's this time in Washington, D.C. 3:00 PM |
#268, aired 1985-09-18 | FIRSTS $100: The Sumerians, not Fred Flintstone, got this rolling around 3.500 B.C. a wheel |
#148, aired 1985-04-03 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $400: The 23rd Amendment, ratified in 1961, gave 3 electoral votes to this region Washington, D.C. (the District of Columbia) |
#143, aired 1985-03-27 | WORLD CAPITALS $1,500 (Daily Double): The only U.S. state capital with 3 words Salt Lake City |
#100, aired 1985-01-25 | INSIGNIAS $100: 3 C's or a double H on a cowboy's cow a brand |
J.C. Turner, a pharmacy student from Amelia, Virginia
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Season 3 2-time champion: $15,800.
The J.C. stands for "James Clay".
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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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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Aaron Thompson, an executive 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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Pam Mueller, an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois
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\"Representing Loyola University, she won the College Championship in November, 2000....
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Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
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Richard Cordray, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from Grove City, Ohio and Washington, D.C.
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\"He had just graduated from law school and was clerking for...
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Elaine Filadelfo, a data researcher from Washington, D.C.
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-06-18).
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Elaine Filadelfo, a consumer insights researcher from Washington, D.C.
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-06-18).
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Will Dawson, a tour guide from Washington, D.C.
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Season 35 3-time champion: $70,601 + $1,000.
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Steve Hayes, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 3 player (1986-10-24).
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Scott Cooper, an Army lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 3 player (1986-12-23): an Emerson audio rack system.
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Kathie Hite, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Season 3 player (1987-07-20). Spelling of last name, occupation and hometown...
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John Podhoretz, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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1987 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 3 5-time champion: $45,600....
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John Podhoretz, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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1987 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 3 5-time champion: $45,600....
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Anand Kandaswamy, an economist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 34 3-time champion: $57,001 + $1,000.
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Kristin Hucek, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 3-time champion: $24,808 + $1,000.
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Ben Macrory, a law student originally from Washington, D.C.
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Season 11 3-time champion: $40,402.
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Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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Neil Quarterman, a foreign service officer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 11 3-time champion: $40,803.
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Paul Carlson, a transit policy analyst from Washington, D.C.
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Season 12 3-time champion: $47,806.
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Dava-Leigh Brush, a stay-at-home mom from Arnold, Missouri
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Season 31 3-time champion: $31,501 + $2,000.
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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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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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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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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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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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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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Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
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Paul Boymel, a civil rights attorney from Potomac, Maryland
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"He was the top winner of the 1984-85 season. Now he's...
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Pam Mueller, a junior at Loyola University, Chicago from Wilmette, Illinois
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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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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Pam Mueller, a justice researcher originally from Chicago, Illinois
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Risa Lapidow, a technical writer originally from Vermont
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Season 3 player (1987-07-14). At the time of her appearance, Risa...
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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Larissa Charnsangavej, a senior from Rice University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Houston, Texas at...
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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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