| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | QUITE A FOX $1200: Early in her career this star of hits like "Independence Day" & "Kill Bill" was a dancer on "Soul Train" Vivica Fox |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | ON THE BOARD GAME $1,600 (Daily Double): Start Career,
Pay Day The Game of Life |
| #7690, aired 2018-02-02 | CAREER DAY $200: Perhaps you might be interested in this job that Felix Frankfurter & William O. Douglas both began in 1939 Supreme Court justice |
| #7690, aired 2018-02-02 | CAREER DAY $400: Good evening! Might I interest you in this job? It's from the French... bold, lovely... a steward specializing in wine a sommelier |
| #7690, aired 2018-02-02 | CAREER DAY $600: This word follows "nurse" in a health care job specializing in childbirth midwife |
| #7690, aired 2018-02-02 | CAREER DAY $800: With a career as one of these, you'll be singing those Orkin man's blues an exterminator |
| #7690, aired 2018-02-02 | CAREER DAY $1000: From the Latin for "iron", this worker was similar to a blacksmith & often did a shod-y job a ferrier |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | CAREER DAY $200: This doctor specializes in children & their diseases a pediatrician |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | CAREER DAY $400: Not the automated kind but the human kind, it's a clerk at a bank window a teller |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | CAREER DAY $600: An actuary deals with this hazardous possibility, also the name of a world-conquering Hasbro game risk |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | CAREER DAY $800: This type of officer doesn't work for the military but helps people get money for cars & mortgages at the bank a loan officer |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | CAREER DAY $1000: Despite the name, those in this job don't go door-to-door asking questions; they ascertain property boundaries a surveyor |
| #6295, aired 2012-01-20 | VICKSBURG $600: The CSS Arkansas, one of these ships named for its armor, had a glorious 23-day career in the campaign ironclad |
| #6244, aired 2011-11-10 | THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE $1600: 1989's winner was this novel by Kazuo Ishiguro about a perfect English butler reflecting on his 30-year career The Remains of the Day |
| #5498, aired 2008-07-02 | GO AHEAD, MAKE MY "DAY" $1000: Early in his career, this English chemist & physicist was an assistant to Sir Humphry Davy Michael Faraday |
| #5080, aired 2006-10-13 | POLITICAL CARICATURES $800: Her July 1, 2005 career decision sent shock waves across the country Sandra Day O'Connor |
| #4963, aired 2006-03-22 | THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM, CLASS OF '05 $800: He began his radio career in 1933 at KVOO-AM in Tulsa & we all know "The Rest of the Story" Paul Harvey |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | CAREER DAY $200: Every P.M., I think of how I could have stayed in Canada & had this top government job abbreviated P.M. prime minister |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | CAREER DAY $400: Like to swim underwater? You can train to be one of these lovelies at Weeki Wachee Springs in Florida a mermaid |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | CAREER DAY $600: A Latin word for "beasts of burden" gave us the name of this medical specialty, a dream job for animal lovers veterinarian |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | CAREER DAY $800: If you make candles, you can call yourself one of these (also a character on "Friends") a chandler |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | CAREER DAY $1000: You might really "dig" this job whose name is from the Greek for "the study of antiquities" an archaeologist |
| #4274, aired 2003-03-13 | WRIGLEY FIELD $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew at Wrigley Field in Chicago) It was a great day on May 12, 1970 when this Cub hit his 500th career home run at Wrigley Field Ernie Banks |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | CAREER DAY $100: In general, in this job the person with the tallest white pleated hat rules the kitchen chef |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | CAREER DAY $200: Your local TV weatherman may prefer this job title from the Greek root for "high in the air" meteorologist |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | CAREER DAY $300: "Pufnstuf" creators Sid & Marty Krofft got their start as these, following in the family business puppeteers |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | CAREER DAY $400: Harry Houdini was known as this type of magician who specializes in breaking bonds an escape artist |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | CAREER DAY $500: 15-letter term for a newspaper employee who tells a story mainly through photographs photojournalist |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | JAZZ SINGERS $200: Known as "Lady Day", she began her recording career with Benny Goodman in November 1933 Billie Holiday |
| #2445, aired 1995-03-31 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $800: Faye Greener is a second-rate actress seeking to advance her career in this Nathanael West novel Day of the Locust |
| #598, aired 1987-03-25 | DIFFERENCES $500 (Daily Double): Her 1st Top 100 pop hit, the following made a big difference in this singer's career:
"What a difference a day made, twenty four little hours ..." Dinah Washington |
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
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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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Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
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Dan D'Addario, a senior from Columbia University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
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Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
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"His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
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Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Oceanside, CA at...
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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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Frank Spangenberg, a lieutenant in the New York Police Department from Douglaston, New York
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"He still holds the record for the most money won in...
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Christie Whitman, a former governor from New Jersey
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"She was New Jersey's first woman governor, and later became administrator...
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Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
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"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
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Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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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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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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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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Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
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Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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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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Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
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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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Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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Patrick Tucker, a senior from the University of Notre Dame
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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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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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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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Melanie Baker-Streevy, a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000. Melanie Baker-Streevy - A...
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Diane Siegel, an educational consultant and writer from Northridge, California
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"A full-time mom when she won five games in 1993, now...
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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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Chuck Forrest, an attorney for the UN IFAD from Marino, Italy
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\"In 1986, he was a law student living in Grand Blanc,...
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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
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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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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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Drew Joanides, a high school history teacher from Miami, Florida
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"He is one of our four teachers competing in our tournament...
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Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
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"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
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Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
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"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
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"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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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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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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Steven Evenhouse, a junior high school social studies teacher from Orland Hills, Illinois
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"He likes teaching because it gives him a captive audience for...
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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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Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
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"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
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Keith Olbermann, a news anchor from MSNBC
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"In 2004, this veteran reporter will provide extensive coverage of the...
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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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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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Allie Pape, a sophomore from Ponte Vedra, Florida
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Allie was 14 at the time...
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Paul Thompson, a human resources manager from Cheverly, Maryland
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"He was the first 5-time champion in the 1995-96 season. A...
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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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Mike Thayer, a mathematics teacher from North Plainfield, New Jersey
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"He was a junior at Rutgers University when he won the...
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