| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | IT'S A FACT $1200: In poker some wonder if this hand beats 2 pair; with a 2.87% chance of it in a 52-card deck vs. 2 pair's 7.62%, yes 3 of a kind |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | FULL-COURT PRESS $200: In 2000 the New York Daily News printed "Bush wins" after the Supremes rejected a recount in this state Florida |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | LET'S PLAY A GAME $400: On a Monopoly board, a question mark marks the 3 spaces labeled this Chance |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | RHYME TIME $800: A random cursory look a chance glance |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | SCIENCE $400: Ocean sediment may be made up of coccolithophores, these tiny organisms, 6 billion to the square foot algae |
| #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" |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | ALONG FOR THE RIDE $900: Based in Cairo, Anton's Egypt Tours provides visitors a chance to see the pyramids atop this desert mammal a camel |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS $1600: His name came from the Latin for "dispute" & he would drag you into court any chance he got Litigious |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | THE "LONG" & "SHORT" OF IT $800: Tinker, of "Tinker to Evers to Chance", was one of these a shortstop |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $600: The cloud type of this releases a substance such as silver iodide into clouds to increase the chance of rain cloud seeding |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | GO SEE A MOVIE ABOUT A HORSE $1200: In 2010 Diane Lane played the real-life owner who took a chance that paid off with this 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | WINE BIZ $400: There's a chance your favorite vino might be made from this most widely grown red wine grape with a two-word name Cabernet Sauvignon |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA $500: Darth Vader's cheery banter with the hero of this Disney+ series includes, "You should've killed me when you had the chance" Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | WEIRD AL PARODIES $600: Encyclopedias & a case of Turtle Wax were among the prizes Al didn't win in this song & video that's near & dear to our hearts "I Lost On Jeopardy" |
| #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 |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | MESSIN' WITH TEXAS $400: Allemande left & take a chance / As you do this state folk dance / Swing yer partner & do-si-do / That's it for now, I got to go square dance |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | JOHN LENNON $1000: In 1969 a crowd of journalists & celebrities joined John & Yoko in a Montreal hotel room to record this anthem "Give Peace A Chance" |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | ALLITERATION $1,400 (Daily Double): In 2022 getting a chance to see Taylor Swift in concert was the definition of this challenging phrase a tough ticket |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | RETRONYMS $600: There's more than a 2% chance you'll know this retronym for a full-fat dairy beverage a whole milk |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | LITERARY MISMATCHES $400: In this classic novel, Cathy's marriage to Edgar doesn't stand a chance against Cathy's love for Heathcliff Wuthering Heights |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is said to have coined the name of this American lake from Latin for "truth" & "head" Lake Itasca (in Minnesota) |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | A BIRTHDAY TO REMEMBER $800: A birthday fete for Herod Antipas gave his wife Herodias a chance for revenge against this man; his head ended up on a platter John the Baptist |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | FUTILITY $2000: Harry Potter might have a better chance of turning metals to gold using this medieval substance from alchemy, also called the tincture the philosopher's stone |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | NON-VIDEO GAMES $400: Drawn cards in Monopoly include Community Chest & this type that could tell you to "Advance token to Boardwalk" Chance |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | RANDOM STUFF $400: About the size of a grain of rice, one of these embedded in your pet maximizes the chance of it being returned if lost a microchip |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | TAKING A GAMBLE WITH JAMES HOLZHAUER $1200: (James Holzhauer presents the clue.) If you want a chance at big cash, try a slot machine with one of these 11-letter jackpots that builds over time until someone wins it all a progressive |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | GOOD LUCK $2000: Not surprisingly, a wheel was the symbol of this Roman goddess of luck or chance Fortuna |
| #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 |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | A CATEGORY OF CHANCE $400: You'll need luck to find a 4-leaf clover as the gene responsible is this, not dominant recessive |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | A CATEGORY OF CHANCE $800: Tetrodotoxin can make eating this fish a dicey proposition, so make sure your sushi chef is no slouch fugu (blowfish or pufferfish) |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | A CATEGORY OF CHANCE $1200: Since 2016 this musical has had an online lottery that's allowed lucky winners to purchase tickets for the fitting sum of $10 Hamilton |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | A CATEGORY OF CHANCE $1600: Yungas Road looks a little bit scary but to drive from Coroico to this Bolivian administrative capital, you might have to risk it La Paz |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | A CATEGORY OF CHANCE $2000: An aging film star has a lover named Chance in this playwright's "Sweet Bird of Youth", set in a small southern town Tennessee Williams |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | QUOTABLE SHAKESPEARE PLAYS $600: "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me" Macbeth |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | REVENGE LIT $1000: In "An Act of Vengeance" by this Chilean author, Dulce Rosa plots for 30 years, gets her chance & things turn out different (Isabel) Allende |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | TEAM OF THE MLB HALL OF FAMERS $1000: Ron Santo,
Frank Chance the Chicago Cubs |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | SECOND CHANCE SONGS $400: In an Adele hit, this one-word title precedes, "It's me, I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet" "Hello" |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | SECOND CHANCE SONGS $800: "Oh, baby, give me one more chance to show you that I love you", this quintet sang in 1969 The Jackson 5 |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | SECOND CHANCE SONGS $1200: "I just need one more shot at second chances", sang this Ontario-born heartthrob in his 2016 chart-topper "Sorry" Justin Bieber |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | SECOND CHANCE SONGS $1600: A Grammy winner by Toni Braxton implored an ex to do this to her heart un-break |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | SECOND CHANCE SONGS $2000: "If we loved again, I swear I'd love you right", sang Taylor Swift in this hit in which she mentally revisits a certain month "Back To December" |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | HELPFUL INTERNET ACRONYMS $1500: CMV:
I believe one thing but am open to your perspective, so now is your chance to explain to me my error change my view |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | TELLING A BEDTIME STORY $500: Her cupboard, bare; she found her dog dead, left to buy a coffin, then found the pup laughing... sounds more like Stephen King Old Mother Hubbard |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | NEW HARLEQUIN ROMANCES IN 2022 $400: "Taking a Chance on" this person who hands the rings over during a wedding ceremony the Best Man |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | THE CALL OF THE WILD $2,000 (Daily Double): Named for its call, it's the tall North American bird heard here a whooping crane |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | SYNONYMS $1600: Literally, your upper canines; figuratively, something of great value eyeteeth |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | TFW... $400: You get good results purely by chance, 'cause you were "born under" this kind of "Star" lucky |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $400: Adjective for see-through material or an excuse that has no chance of being believed transparent |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | BENJAMIN FRANKLIN $1000: (Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) Many Europeans visited Franklin in France, asking for a chance to fight with the Americans; General Washington had to ask him not to send more losers, but Ben did also recommend great contributors, like this Frenchman who became like a son to George Lafayette |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $800: Speeding fine $15 & You inherit $100 are examples of these paired board game elements Chance & Community Chest |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | TV CATCHPHRASES $1600: This 3-word catchphrase gives audience members the chance to play on "The Price Is Right" "Come on down" |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | TWEETS $600: Dionne Warwick asked him, "If you are very obviously a rapper why did you put it in your stage name? I cannot stop thinking about this" Chance the Rapper |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | PASS/FAIL $600: Explosive word for a long pass in football bomb |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | OPERA $800: Alberich is very fond of that ring he has crafted in an opera by this composer Richard Wagner |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | THIS PARTY IS LIT $2,000 (Daily Double): At his wake, this title character is laid out with a barrel of Guinness at his head & a bottle of whiskey at his feet Tim Finnegan |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | NOT AN ANSWER $800: Strumming this instrument, Einer Bankz has teamed up with hip-hop artists like Chance the Rapper a ukulele |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | READ IT OR EAT IT? $800: A grandfather tells a story about a town called Chewandswallow where food falls from the sky Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | SOME TRAVELIN' MUSIC, PLEASE $800: Here's a traffic update from this icon: "The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive" Bruce Springsteen |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | METAPHORS $1000: President Eisenhower saw Stalin's death as a chance "to crack" this barrier & thaw out the Cold War the Iron Curtain |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | THE GIFT OF GRAB $600: This birthday party place "Where a kid can be a kid" gives guests a chance to grab toys out of the crane claw machine Chuck E. Cheese |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS & AUTHORS $2000: Characters in this novel include Chance the gardener & the President of the United States Being There |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | A CINEMATIC WEDDING ABROAD $200: ABBA, dabba do! A wedding in Greece with "Take A Chance On Me" playing is the climax of this 2008 musical Mamma Mia! |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | LINCOLN BLOGS $1,000 (Daily Double): June 16, 1858: I'm gonna use "A house divided against itself cannot stand" as I begin taking him on for Senate! He's got no chance Stephen Douglas |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $1000: A humorist wrote, "Why not go" here, take a chance in unknown territory? "Isn't that where the fruit is?" out on a limb |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | WHAT ARE THE ODDS? $800: The ESA said there was a 1 in 7,299 chance that 2006 QV89, one of these, would hit earth in 2019 (Spoiler alert: It didn't) an asteroid |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | WHAT ARE THE ODDS? $1000: A $2 ticket buys you about a 1 in 300 million chance of hitting the jackpot in this alliterative 45-state lottery the Mega Millions |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | THE NOT-SO-WILD WEST $600: Located then as now on Last Chance Gulch, the Lewis & Clark Library in this state capital was Montana's first Helena |
| #8273, aired 2020-11-04 | ANIMATED TV $200: This title Springfield family doesn't seem to have aged a bit in 31 years the Simpsons |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | ANIMATED FILMS $1000: This animated film was "Cloudy..." in the U.S. but in Israel "It's Raining Falafel" Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | CELEBS COMING & GOING $1600: A young Vince Gill turned down a chance to join Dire Straits; a less young Vince Gill replaced Glenn Frey on this band's tour the Eagles |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | POLITICAL CONVENTIONS $800: In 1880 this former president lost a chance for a 3rd term when Garfield topped the 36th ballot at the GOP convention (Ulysses) Grant |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | MOVIE VILLAIN QUOTES $400: Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman): "Do you really think you have a chance against us, Mr. Cowboy?" Die Hard |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | RAPPER'S DELIGHT $400: Chance the Rapper said his 2019 album "The Big Day" was inspired by how he was dancing on this day his wedding day |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARDS $200: Detroit's Andre Drummond has led the NBA 6 times in these rebounds that come off his own team's miss offensive |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | ON A FIRST NAME BASIS WITH THAT SHOW $600: About Ms. Morgenstern, who leaves Minneapolis to give New York one last chance Rhoda |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | TAKING A VOWEL OF SILENCE $800: E: In this chance occurrence, which your hole-in-one was, you lucky so-&-so a fluke |
| #8089, aired 2019-11-07 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: An ability to find good fortune by chance occurrence serendipity |
| #8076, aired 2019-10-21 | QUOTABLE NOTABLES $800: This French microbiologist said, "Chance favors only the prepared mind" Pasteur |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | FUN FACTS $800: If you know how I can get a chance to play with one of these super fun dogs, I'm all ears a corgi |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | WHISKEY BUSINESS $400: Most scotch is distilled twice; this type of whiskey, like Bushmills & Tullamore D.E.W., 3 times Irish whiskey |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | APPLE $1000: Ironically, the name of this iPhone video chat app means a chance to be in the same room FaceTime |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | DOCTORS & LAWYERS $1600: The late 2010s have given this CNN analyst & Harvard Law grad the chance to explain many interesting legal issues Jeffrey Toobin |
| #8022, aired 2019-06-25 | HITMAKERS $1600: This singer with '80s hits like "Dress You Up" brought in Diplo & Chance the Rapper for her album "Rebel Heart" Madonna |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | A LIL RAP CATEGORY $1000: Skippa da Flippa mentions Vikings on "Minnesota" by this lil Atlanta rapper Lil Yachty |
| #8008, aired 2019-06-05 | SLEEPWALKING THROUGH LIFE $1600: A 2012 study found that 30% of Americans sleepwalk at some point & this condition where breathing pauses raises your chance sleep apnea |
| #7987, aired 2019-05-07 | ANAGRAM THE LAST WORD $200: Adjective for the chance of being struck by a meteor remote |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | APRIL FOOLERY $400: A "fool's" one of these refers to a quest that has no chance of success errand |
| #7940, aired 2019-03-01 | TRAVEL $1600: Named for a statesman, this largest national park in South Africa offers the chance to see amazing wildlife up close Kruger |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | FAR OUT, MAN $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows the Pacific Ocean on the monitor.) A spot in the Pacific is so remote that world space agencies use it as a dumping area because there's little chance of endangering humans; it's named Point this after a literary captain whose name means "no one" in Latin Point Nemo |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | TV FROM THE NEXT ROOM $800: "4 chefs, 3 courses, only one chance to win" Chopped |
| #7876, aired 2018-12-03 | THEIR TRIBUTE BAND $1000: Take a chance on their tribute band, Bjorn Again ABBA |
| #7849, aired 2018-10-25 | GEOGRAPHY OF THE MOON $1600: The Moon even has marshes--there's the Marsh of Epidemics, the Marsh of Decay & this marsh, aka Palus Somnii the Marsh of Sleep |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | C'EST LA TV $200: In 2017 he brought "All-Star" chefs back for a second chance to run one of his Vegas restaurants Gordon Ramsay |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | POP CULTURE POPS $600: On this sitcom clan patriarch George Bluth said, "There's a good chance I may have committed some light treason" Arrested Development |
| #7827, aired 2018-09-25 | QUEEN CONSORT $200: Catherine of Aragon had a second chance as queen consort when Prince Arthur died--she married this brother Henry VIII |
| #7821, aired 2018-09-17 | REINSTATE SONGS $800: "Oh, baby, give me one more chance", the Jackson 5 sang in this plea, their first No. 1 hit "I Want You Back" |
| #7812, aired 2018-07-24 | A HALL OF FAME INFIELD $400: This Cubbie first baseman caught a lot of throws from Tinker & Evers (Frank) Chance |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | O'BOY $600: "Give War a Chance" is among the contrarian works of this political satirist P.J. O'Rourke |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | CLASSIC SONGS' FIRST LINES $1000: "You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips" "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" |
| #7808, aired 2018-07-18 | NEW PHONE $1200: Whether or not it has a silver back, there's a good chance your phone has Corning's this ape "glass" for its screen Gorilla |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | FRENCH TOASTS $200: "Bonne chance" means this good luck |
| #7748, aired 2018-04-25 | CHAIN $800: Markov chains are studied in this statistical branch of math theory, the study of chance & random phenomena probability |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | BETTING AT THE TRACK $600: This 2-word term denotes a horse with little chance to win; its posted odds can run as high as 99-1 a long shot |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | ON THE BOARD GAME $400: Just Visiting,
Chance Monopoly |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | ____ OF THE ____ $600: In Monopoly, a Chance card says, "You have been elected" to this position; "pay each player $50" chairman of the board |
| #7702, aired 2018-02-20 | 4 "F" $200: Hyphenated adjective for an even chance fifty-fifty |
| #7694, aired 2018-02-08 | THE RULES OF THE GAME $600: If you decide not to take a chance & attack with your armies in this Hasbro game, you pass the dice to your left Risk |
| #7619, aired 2017-10-26 | SONGS ON LIP SYNC BATTLE $800: Craig Ferguson took a chance on blue eyeshadow & this group, lip syncing to their "Take A Chance On Me" ABBA |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | WEST VIRGINIA $600: This yellow apple had its origin in 1890 as a chance seedling in the Clay County farm of A.H. Mullins Golden Delicious |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | YOU GET A "D" $200: A situation with no chance for progress, or a street with no exits dead end |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | POLITICAL CONVENTIONS $400: Conventions are a chance for the party to discuss this, what it stands for, though it sounds like what it stands on a platform |
| #7517, aired 2017-04-25 | TV ROLES THEN & NOW $800: Virginia Chance of "Raising Hope" & "Real O'Neal" Eileen Martha Plimpton |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE $200: The moose never stood a chance on "Weekend Update" when this "Sisters" star did a hard-core gangsta rap about Sarah Palin Amy Poehler |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | BILLBOARD'S ALL-TIME TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS $400: Take a chance on this 1978 Kenny Rogers album The Gambler |
| #7504, aired 2017-04-06 | A LIBERAL LIBRARY $400: "A Fighting Chance" is the story of Elizabeth Warren's journey from small town mom to U.S. senator from this state Massachusetts |
| #7490, aired 2017-03-17 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $1000: In 1903 she starred in the play "Hatchetation" & got the chance to smash a saloon in one scene Carry Nation |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | CLICHES $200: Take a chance on something risky & you "throw caution to" this the wind |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | FACTS ON FEBRUARY $400: A baby has a 1-in-1,461 chance of being this & having his 20th birthday also be his 5th being born on February 29th |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | A "B"-PLUS STUDENT $1200: Term for a chance onlooker, perhaps an innocent one bystander |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $2000: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) The tape recorder was used by this man, whose ideas for black activism couldn't be contained by the Nation of Islam, leading to the sad correctness of his prediction in his autobiography that, "I, too, will die by violence" Malcolm X |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | ____ THE ____ $1200: In 2016 this disciple of Kanye West released his "Coloring Book" mixtape Chance the Rapper |
| #7346, aired 2016-07-18 | MUSIC FROM THE 2000s $1000: "Stand Up" in 2005 was the 4th No. 1 studio album in a row by the band named for this S. Afr.-born man; they're big live too The Dave Matthews Band |
| #7313, aired 2016-06-01 | PRESIDENTS FROM OHIO $500 (Daily Double): His earlier career included stints as U.S. Solicitor General & judge of the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court Taft |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $800: In 1998 author Gloria Naylor revisited this title "Place", this time giving "The Men" a chance to be heard from Brewster Place |
| #7285, aired 2016-04-22 | CHILDREN'S BOOK TITLES $200: "Cloudy with a Chance of" these edibles Meatballs |
| #7275, aired 2016-04-08 | ME & MY LITERARY ARROW $2000: In the "Odyssey", for a chance to marry this woman, you will have to first string her husband Odysseus' bow Penelope |
| #7262, aired 2016-03-22 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $1000: (Eric Braeden and Melody Thomas Scott give the clue as Victor and Nikki from The Young and the Restless.) "You expect me to believe you? Give you yet another chance? Are you serious?"
"I mean it this time, Victor; I'm off the booze for good. From this day forward I will be these 2 adjectives in the title of a 1988 Michael Keaton film" clean and sober |
| #7258, aired 2016-03-16 | A GRIP ON IT $400: The chance to be chief construction grip on 1990's Part III of this was an offer Louis Petraglia couldn't refuse The Godfather |
| #7212, aired 2016-01-12 | OSCAR WINNERS ON TV $2000: Post-Oscar, Holly Hunter played Detective Grace Hanadarko, offered a chance at redemption on this TV series Saving Grace |
| #7168, aired 2015-11-11 | FAMILIAR SOUNDING TRIPLES $800: A mender of pots & pans,
activist Medgar &
an orange Monopoly card tinker, Evers & Chance |
| #7153, aired 2015-10-21 | NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS $800: Here's the logo of this foundation that works to give every baby a fighting chance the March of Dimes |
| #7117, aired 2015-07-21 | "BORN" TO BE A SONG $400: "The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last-chance power drive" in this Springsteen classic "Born To Run" |
| #7116, aired 2015-07-20 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $600: No trial & little chance of appeal when you agree to binding this regarding a financial dispute arbitration |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | BASKETBALL: SCREEN & ROLE $400: "They needed a second chance to finish first" was a tagline for this 1986 Gene Hackman film Hoosiers |
| #7078, aired 2015-05-27 | THE OTHER ACTING BROTHER $600: There's a "Ghost" of a chance you know his kid brother Don appeared with him in 2009's "Powder Blue", his last film (Patrick) Swayze |
| #7076, aired 2015-05-25 | MOVIE PUNS $400: In "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2", screams occur when this onion relative is found "in the boat" a leek |
| #7069, aired 2015-05-14 | MOVIES ABOUT WEATHER? $1200: This 2009 title sounds like a very odd forecast Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs |
| #7049, aired 2015-04-16 | 2014 ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY $600: "Rio Bravo", a Howard Hawks Western starring this tough guy as sheriff John T. Chance (John) Wayne |
| #7014, aired 2015-02-26 | OF THE GAME $800: A little-known rule in Monopoly is that this "Chance" card usually kept until needed may be sold to another player get-out-of-jail-free card |
| #6995, aired 2015-01-30 | GUILTY $2,500 (Daily Double): His 1982 "not guilty by reason of insanity" verdict led states to pass laws that allowed "guilty but mentally ill" John Hinckley |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $1600: Type of horse altered to never have a chance to be father of the year gelding |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER $800: A mobile home & a second chance in court trailer & retrial |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | KIDS IN LIT $4,800 (Daily Double): This 19th century character asked, "Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?" Tom Sawyer |
| #6939, aired 2014-11-13 | SCIENTIFICALLY RELATED $1200: Allergic to shellfish? Good chance you are also allergic to their kin, the dust type of these tiny arthropods mites |
| #6934, aired 2014-11-06 | ENTERTAINMENT: FIVE RHYMES $800: In "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2," the tooth of the baked potato hippo
consists of a single this chive |
| #6912, aired 2014-10-07 | "IST" GOOD, "IST" GOOD $800: Someone who takes advantage of a chance when it knocks an opportunist |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | DRAWING THE "LINE" $800: On a classic Monopoly board, it's between Pennsylvania Ave. & Chance the Short Line (Railroad) |
| #6896, aired 2014-09-15 | THE HUNT IS ON! $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a video on the monitor.) Scientists who studied foxes hunting in the snow found that, when the mammals align themselves properly with this field, they have a 73% chance of catching prey a magnetic field |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | DOUBLE TALK $600: To mean an equal chance, you could say 1 to 1, but most people use this number combination 50-50 |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $4,800 (Daily Double): Adjective for the perfect embodiment of something, or something a Dionne kid must have quintessential |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | THE MISSING MAN $200: In a famous double-play combo:
Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers Frank Chance |
| #6798, aired 2014-03-19 | KIDDY LIT TITLE ADJECTIVES $200: "____ with a Chance of Meatballs" Cloudy |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | "FOR" WORDS & "BACK" WORDS $400: One could be "rainy with a chance of hail" a forecast |
| #6732, aired 2013-12-17 | TV $200: Aspiring chefs on this Fox series endure the wrath of Gordon Ramsay for a chance to work at a top restaurant Hell's Kitchen |
| #6724, aired 2013-12-05 | MODERN DRUNKARD RULES $1000: "Whoever buys the shot gets the first chance to offer" one of these a toast |
| #6720, aired 2013-11-29 | THE LEAST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD $800: He knows all the lyrics to this British singer's solo hit "While You See A Chance" Steve Winwood |
| #6715, aired 2013-11-22 | THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Guggenheim Museum in New York.) Jean Arp turned to abstraction as a founding member of this movement that rejected traditional values & embraced chance, even in how its name was supposedly chosen randomly from the dictionary Dada |
| #6709, aired 2013-11-14 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1988 it became the first Canadian city to host the winter Olympics Calgary |
| #6706, aired 2013-11-11 | AWARDS & HONORS $1000: A violin competition for those 30 & under is held every 5 years in Helsinki & named for this composer Sibelius |
| #6700, aired 2013-11-01 | ALSO A CLASSIC MONOPOLY SPACE $200: Randomness Chance |
| #6675, aired 2013-09-27 | 30 MINUTES OF EXERCISE A DAY $800: ...reduces the chance of apoplexy, this brain event that can be hemorrhagic, embolic or ischemic a stroke |
| #6634, aired 2013-06-20 | I SEE A "GHOST" $400: Idiom meaning "a faint possibility" a ghost of a chance |
| #6617, aired 2013-05-28 | FISH $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is snorkeling in the water off Baja California, Mexico.) The black spots at the rear of the butterflyfish act as a decoy set of these organs. They trick predators into attacking the tail rather than the head, allowing the fish a better chance to get away. eyes |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | A PLACE IN THE SUN $200: There's a 71% chance of sun in this city's neighborhoods, like Makiki & Waikiki Honolulu |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | A PLACE IN THE SUN $600: Take the 3:10 to this Arizona town where there's a 90% chance of sunshine, tops in the country Yuma |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | A PLACE IN THE SUN $1000: There's a 76% chance of sun in this Colorado town that's Spanish for, um, "town" Pueblo |
| #6547, aired 2013-02-19 | WHO'S ON FIRST? $200: Cubs, 1898-1912--
the third of a famous trio Chance |
| #6514, aired 2013-01-03 | "TIN" MEN $400: You can't mention this shortstop without mentioning his double-play associates Evers & Chance (Joe) Tinker |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | AMERICAN WOMAN $400: "Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor", this future first lady wrote in 1780 Abigail Adams |
| #6433, aired 2012-08-01 | POP MUSIC $1200: No more waiting outside the lines for this kid seen here Greyson Chance |
| #6423, aired 2012-07-18 | NO BED BUT BATH & BEYOND $400: Take a Chance...or a Coco Mademoiselle; both are women's fragrances from this company Chanel |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | THE BAND'S 10th TOP 40 HIT $400: 1978:
"Take A Chance On Me" ABBA |
| #6403, aired 2012-06-20 | I MANAGE $600: It wasn't Tinker or Evers but this man who led the Cubs to consecutive World Series wins in 1907 & '08 Frank Chance |
| #6401, aired 2012-06-18 | PLAYWRIGHTS $200: This "Odd Couple" writer said, "if he did not take a big chance, Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor" Neil Simon |
| #6401, aired 2012-06-18 | TERMS OF ENDANGERMENT $1200: This 4-letter word is insurance-speak for the chance of loss (perhaps in a certain board game) risk |
| #6378, aired 2012-05-16 | THE AUDACITY OF HOPE $200: Bob Hope on this man's win in a 1960 primary: "It proves that a millionaire has just as good a chance as anybody else" JFK |
| #6359, aired 2012-04-19 | OTHER USPS ABBREV. $1000: Spgs:
They're cold in the 89506 & hot in the 71901 springs |
| #6356, aired 2012-04-16 | QUOTE "UN"QUOTE $1200: In 1875 William Ernest Henley wrote, "Under the bludgeonings of chance my head is bloody, but" this unbowed |
| #6333, aired 2012-03-14 | A DAZZLING INTERNAL ORGAN SOLO $5 (Daily Double): (I'm Dr. Oz.) One reason to always wear your seat belt is for the protection of this organ under the diaphragm, which creates vital antibodies the spleen |
| #6333, aired 2012-03-14 | THEY GO BY THIER FIRST INITIAL $2,000 (Daily Double): H is for Henry:
Billionaire who had a Reform Party Ross Perot |
| #6324, aired 2012-03-01 | AMERICAN "H"ISTORY $200: To provide poor & minority children a better chance for success in school, this 1965 program was directed at preschoolers Head Start |
| #6317, aired 2012-02-21 | DEATH ON A SITCOM $1600: Brendan Fraser didn't get a chance to check out of Sacred Heart Hospital as Dr. Cox' brother-in-law on this show Scrubs |
| #6293, aired 2012-01-18 | & HONEY $400: & Honey, if you get a chance, could you wash my favorite pants? You know, the ones named for that 19th century woman bloomers |
| #6291, aired 2012-01-16 | TV GUIDE SAYS $400: "Rachel and Finn decide to throw a duet competition to give Sam a better chance to win" Glee |
| #6286, aired 2012-01-09 | BEATLEWOMANIA $200: Lady Gaga was among the stars who joined her new "Plastic" band for a 2010 rendition of "Give Peace A Chance" Yoko Ono |
| #6258, aired 2011-11-30 | GREAT COMEBACKS WITH DAN PATRICK $200: (Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.) He was given less than a 50% chance of survival after a 1996 cancer diagnosis; 3 years later, he won the 1st of 7 straight Tour de France titles Lance Armstrong |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | AS I RECALL $800: In 2010 Legacy propane infrared plaque heaters were recalled due to the chance of poisoning by this odorless gas carbon monoxide |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $4,000 (Daily Double): In this 1950 play, a dressmaker's deceased husband & her new boyfriend both sport the title art on their chests The Rose Tattoo |
| #6212, aired 2011-09-27 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $1600: (Hi. I'm David Duchovny.) I advise you to take a chance on this Peter Sellers movie about a simple gardener who knows a lot about TV & maybe about life Being There |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | CHANCE $400: The U.S. golf register says the chances of this have been estimated north of 1 in 20,000 a hole-in-one |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | CHANCE $800: Theoretically, a U.S. casino's ability to make money on roulette relies on the presence of these 2 green figures 0 & 00 |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | CHANCE $1600: His 1742 "A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist" was a prelude to writings on other games (Edmond) Hoyle |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | CHANCE $2000: To figure out the chance of a given roll with 2 dice, take the number of ways that total can come up & divide by this 36 |
| #6186, aired 2011-07-04 | WHATCHA WATCHIN'? $800: This "so random!" Disney series starring Demi Lovato Sonny with a Chance |
| #6115, aired 2011-03-25 | ALL ONE SYLLABLE $800: Luck; you need it for a game of it chance |
| #6114, aired 2011-03-24 | THE YUCKS STOP HERE $1200: Chance the gardener, he stopped "Being There" in London in 1980 Peter Sellers |
| #6069, aired 2011-01-20 | THE "LONG" & "SHORT" OF IT $800: Tinker, of "Tinker to Evers to Chance", was one of these a shortstop |
| #6052, aired 2010-12-28 | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $400: Pasta falls from the sky in this 2009 animated film based on a kids' book by Ron & Judi Barrett Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs |
| #6045, aired 2010-12-17 | LOOK AT THAT IDIOM $200: Hold on to this idiom; don't take a chance on finding a better one a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush |
| #6007, aired 2010-10-26 | AT THE MOVIE THEATER $1200: If you're seeing a picture tonight, good chance it's on one of this "kingly" company's 6,761 U.S. screens Regal |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $2000: (Dana Delany gives the clue.) Humphrey Bogart plays a tough Hollywood writer who loses his last chance at love with Gloria Grahame in this 1950 film In a Lonely Place |
| #5964, aired 2010-07-15 | JONAH'S DRUTHERS $200: Aboard ship in a storm, the men "cast" these items of chance; Jonah's came up, but he'd rather it didn't lots |
| #5963, aired 2010-07-14 | BORN ON THE 14th OF JULY $400: In 1912 this folk music legend had his 1st chance to say "This land is your land" (which he did not do, as he was a newborn) (Woody) Guthrie |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | "LAST" CHANCE $200: Hawkeye shows up in this 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | "LAST" CHANCE $400: It's not the final Club Med, it's the ultimate option to solve a difficult problem the last resort |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | "LAST" CHANCE $600: The last 3 words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, they also appear in his epitaph "Free at last" |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | "LAST" CHANCE $800: Bravo! It's a final performance or effort before retirement & also the title of a 1958 Spencer Tracy film the last hurrah |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | "LAST" CHANCE $1000: It's Alaska's nickname "The Last Frontier" |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $600: Pal, you've got no chance at trial; take this reduction of charges in exchange for admitting guilt to a lesser offense a plea bargain |
| #5906, aired 2010-04-26 | THE 19th FIRST ANNUAL IG NOBEL PRIZE $1000: A math prize to this African country's reserve bank, for giving folks the chance to use big numbers like 100 trillion Zimbabwe |
| #5832, aired 2010-01-12 | OBSCURE JANUARY HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Mmmmmmmmmm, January 23 is a chance to show off your baking skills as it's the day for this; shoofly, anyone? pie |
| #5828, aired 2010-01-06 | LET'S HAVE A "BALL" $600: Proverbially, it doesn't stand a chance in hell a snowball |
| #5799, aired 2009-11-26 | BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Teddy Roosevelt's policy that promises fairness & a chance to win cash on a game show hosted by Howie Mandel Square Deal or No Deal |
| #5774, aired 2009-10-22 | OTHER PLANETS IN MOVIES $2000: "Forbidden Planet":
___ 4 (just like the first PC) Altair |
| #5764, aired 2009-10-08 | HISTORIC FIGURES SPEAK $800: France, you refused my proposals for constitutional changes in 1969, so I quit as pres.! Bonne chance! de Gaulle |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON $400: (Madam Secretary Hillary Clinton delivers the clue.) In March 2009 I got the chance to meet with a female counterpart, Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa, when I visited this country Mexico |
| #5708, aired 2009-06-03 | ON BOARD GAME BOARDS $200: Luxury Tax,
Chance,
Jail/Just visiting Monopoly |
| #5702, aired 2009-05-26 | WHAT A KNOCKOUT! $400: Her 2008 marriage to Jay-Z made millions of single men sad (like you guys really had a chance!) Beyoncé |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | TAKE A "SHOT" $600: The odds of you not saying this term for a horse with little chance of winning must be 100 to 1 a longshot |
| #5639, aired 2009-02-26 | DOUBLE TALK $800: Zurich & Paris were centers of this early 20th C, art movement based on chance & spontaneity Dada |
| #5600, aired 2009-01-02 | "F" I DO SAY SO $800: It can be a parasitic flatworm or a lucky, chance occurrence a fluke |
| #5589, aired 2008-12-18 | PLANET "EARTH" $200: It's been estimated there's a 63% chance of a 6.7 or greater one of these in the Bay Area by 2037 an earthquake |
| #5583, aired 2008-12-10 | ABBA LYRICS $1600: "If you change your mind I'm the first in line, honey I'm still free" do this take a chance on me |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | A SPORTING CHANCE $400: When 2 bowling pins are separated & you need to knock them down to get a spare, it's called one of these a split |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | A SPORTING CHANCE $800: He was NBA Coach of the Year 3 times in the 1990s with 3 different teams (Pat) Riley |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | A SPORTING CHANCE $1200: In 2008 Minnesota's final deadline for removing the shelters used in this activity was March 15 ice fishing |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | A SPORTING CHANCE $1600: A coach for this Tallahassee-based college football team directed, "You guys line up alphabetically by height" Florida State University |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | A SPORTING CHANCE $2000: Peter Handke wrote a novel called this position's "Fear of the Penalty Kick" goalkeeper (or goalie) |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $200: It can be corporal or capital punishment |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $400: By tradition, no pope ever chooses this name Peter |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $600: To beat or strike repeatedly, or the skin of a fur-bearing animal pelt |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $800: Angola & Mozambique both use this Romance language as an official one Portuguese |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.) The fossils in Carlsbad Caverns include sponges, snails & trilobites, all from the Permian period, the tail end of this era whose name means "ancient life" Paleozoic |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | HOW'S THE WEATHER? $1200: The forecast is cloudy with a 30% chance of these, characterized by the sudden start & stop of light rainfall showers |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | LET'S PLAY BLACKJACK $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew takes her turn reading the clue.) When you get a pair of 8's, it's recommended you do this, giving yourself a chance at 2 winning hands splitting |
| #5410, aired 2008-02-29 | RATED "R" $200: It's a form of a lottery in which people buy a chance to win a prize a raffle |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | WHEN YOU WERE A TEENAGER, ALEX $800: I was 15 when Joe DiMaggio & this blonde movie legend were divorced on October 31, 1955; it was my big chance! Marilyn Monroe |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | SHORT STORIES $400: The terrible title game of chance in this Shirley Jackson story takes place on June 27 "The Lottery" |
| #5385, aired 2008-01-25 | PRESIDENTIAL FACTS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the George H.W. Bush Library in College Station, TX.) George H.W. Bush's Library has the mitt he used as captain of this school's baseball team; he also got a chance to meet Babe Ruth Yale |
| #5380, aired 2008-01-18 | TOUGH TUNES $800: Vanessa Williams sang, "Just when I thought our chance had passed, you go and" do this save the best for last |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | LEONARD MALTIN ON DISNEY $800: (Leonard Maltin reads the clue.) A chance meeting with Leopold Stokowski led Walt to hire him for a "Sorcerer's Apprentice" short; Stokowski prodded him into making a longer film, this 1940 epic Fantasia |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | PRESIDENTIAL CREATIONS $800: In 1964 LBJ said, "This nation, this generation, in this hour has man's first chance to build" this a Great Society |
| #5355, aired 2007-12-14 | MONOPOLY $600: A question mark is on the space in which you draw one of these cards Chance |
| #5303, aired 2007-10-03 | FUN WITH PROBABILITY $400: High rollers get to play roulette on single-zero wheels, where the chance of hitting your lucky number is 1 in this 37 |
| #5303, aired 2007-10-03 | FUN WITH PROBABILITY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew flips a coin.) The chance of getting heads on any given coin flip is 1 in 2, so the chance of getting heads 5 times in a row is 1 in this 32 |
| #5303, aired 2007-10-03 | FUN WITH PROBABILITY $1600: Offspring of heterozygous parents have a 50-50 chance of getting a dominant vs. this type of allele recessive |
| #5287, aired 2007-09-11 | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES $400: You can support train travel in Monopoly when you chance to "take a ride on" this railroad Reading Railroad |
| #5269, aired 2007-07-05 | THE DENVER MINT $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Denver Mint.) Presses put designs on coins; a die called the hammer imprints the head side while one appropriately called this imprints the tail the anvil |
| #5267, aired 2007-07-03 | I'LL BE YOUR WAITER $1,500 (Daily Double): On Nov. 4, 1605 this Brit was lying in wait to use more than 20 barrels of gunpowder on Parliament; never got the chance Guy Fawkes |
| #5263, aired 2007-06-27 | SYMBOLOGY $800: On a Monopoly board, the 3 squares called this each include a large question mark Chance |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | GIVE WAR AND PEACE A CHANCE $200: In Book 3 of "War and Peace", this city is famously abandoned & burned Moscow |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | GIVE WAR AND PEACE A CHANCE $600: Appropriately, Tolstoy wrote "War and Peace" in these 2 languages French & Russian |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | GIVE WAR AND PEACE A CHANCE $800: The novel opens at a party given by Anna Pavlova in this city, the capital at the time St. Petersburg |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | GIVE WAR AND PEACE A CHANCE $1,000 (Daily Double): In "War and Peace", this man is described as the Antichrist scourging Europe Napoleon |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | GIVE WAR AND PEACE A CHANCE $1000: Real life figures in "War and Peace" include this man who was the czar from 1801 to 1825 Czar Alexander I |
| #5188, aired 2007-03-14 | EL "CID" $1200: You happened to study "cid" words like this, defined as 2 events occuring at once by chance; that's a funny... a coincidence |
| #5186, aired 2007-03-12 | IT'LL BE A COLD DAY IN HELENA $400: Helena sprang up after 1864, when this was found in Last Chance Gulch; the gulch is now the main street of Helena gold |
| #5127, aired 2006-12-19 | TRIOS $1200: To experiment with, activist Medgar & Peter Sellers' "Being There" role tinker, Evers & Chance |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | ...AND HOWE! $400: A poster shows the Three Stooges as members of the law firm Dewey, this and Howe Cheatem |
| #5088, aired 2006-10-25 | MOTION IN POETRY $400: Pope rhymed, "True ease in writing comes from art, not chance / as those move easiest who have learned to" this dance |
| #5068, aired 2006-09-27 | CIVIL WAR TIMES $1000: His "charge" was the Confederacy's last chance effort to win the Battle of Gettysburg--didn't work Pickett |
| #5020, aired 2006-06-09 | CREW CLUES $1600: If you missed an Olympic berth at the Worlds, your last chance is at this qualification racing event the Regatta |
| #5014, aired 2006-06-01 | WAS HIS NAME O' $1600: Bestsellers by this political satirist include "Parliament of Whores" & "Give War a Chance" (P.J.) O'Rourke |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | THE STARTING INFIELD $600: The 1908 Chicago Cubs featured Harry Steinfeldt & these 3 guys of yore Tinker, Evers & Chance |
| #4978, aired 2006-04-12 | DURING THE PIERCE ADMINISTRATION $1,600 (Daily Double): This act of 1854 named for 2 future states allowed the new territories to decide the slavery issue themselves the Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | PARTLY CLOUDY, CHANCE OF RAIN $200: This island state has the wettest point on Earth, with an average of 460" of rain a year Hawaii |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | PARTLY CLOUDY, CHANCE OF RAIN $400: Latin for "heap" or "mass" & typically in puffs or mounds, this type of cloud may reach up to 43,000 feet cumulus |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | PARTLY CLOUDY, CHANCE OF RAIN $600: Usually found below 8,000 feet, this 7-letter cloud class has a gray, horizontal layer & produces drizzle stratus |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | PARTLY CLOUDY, CHANCE OF RAIN $800: .03" a year of rain falls on Arica in this South American country whose name sounds like a weather condition Chile |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | PARTLY CLOUDY, CHANCE OF RAIN $1000: In botany, it's a tendril; it's also this class of cloud noted for its thin white filaments & ice crystals cirrus |
| #4926, aired 2006-01-30 | WORDS ABOUT WRITING $1200: "True ease in writing comes from art, not chance", this poet wrote in "An Essay on Criticism" (Alexander) Pope |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | CHANCE $200: The Natl. Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin. says the chance of this happening to you in a given year is 1 in 240,000 getting struck by lightning |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | CHANCE $400: A random group must contain 23 people for there to be an over 50% chance that 2 of them will have the same one of these a birthday |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | CHANCE $600: In this 12-state lottery selling "Mega Jackpots, Mega Fun", your chance at the top prize is 1 in 175,711,536 Mega Millions |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | CHANCE $800: There's a 1 in 10,000 chance of being born with situs inversus with dextrocardia, dextrocardia meaning this heart on the right side |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | CHANCE $1000: The 2 main types of object whose danger is gauged on the Torino scale; a 3 means a 1% chance of destructive impact comets & asteroids |
| #4881, aired 2005-11-28 | RENAISSANCE MEN $400: Machiavelli addressed "The Prince" to this man who he hoped would give him a position to support his family Lorenzo de Medici |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | OPERA $2,000 (Daily Double): In a Richard Strauss opera, the princess sends one of these to her cavalier--hence the title a rose |
| #4867, aired 2005-11-08 | HE'S A REBEL $800: "Pickett's Charge" up Cemetery Ridge was the Rebels' last chance in this battle Gettysburg |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | MISCELLANY $800: The chance of getting this on a single deal in poker is 1 in 649,740 a royal flush |
| #4765, aired 2005-04-29 | THE NAME OF THE GAME $1000: You had a ghost of a chance in this 1980 video game; a "Ms." version launched in 1982 Pac-Man |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | BEASTLY BUSINESS $200: Of the Gabbro, the goldendoodle, or the gadroon, the one that's a real breed of dog the goldendoodle |
| #4762, aired 2005-04-26 | THINKERS $2,222 (Daily Double): His 1830s work on democracy in America suggested giving it a try back home in France de Tocqueville |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | OCCUPATIONAL NAMES $6,600 (Daily Double): This common English last name indicates an ancestor who rounded wood on a lathe Turner |
| #4738, aired 2005-03-23 | ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN $800: "Betrayed in the hope of getting better", Beethoven was "forced to face the prospect of a permanent malady"--this deafness |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | "HA"! $800: C'mon, take a chance, just for this flatfish, genus Hippoglossus the halibut |
| #4719, aired 2005-02-24 | THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851 $1000: Chance Brothers supplied the glass for this centerpiece building of the exhibition the Crystal Palace |
| #4710, aired 2005-02-11 | WORLD CAPITALS $5,400 (Daily Double): Emperor Menelik II established this city whose name means "new flower" Addis Ababa |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | 19th CENTURY NOTABLES $1600: Clausewitz said the atmosphere for this is composed of danger, chance, exertion, & uncertainty war |
| #4688, aired 2005-01-12 | IT'S AUSTRALIA, MATE $3,800 (Daily Double): For this holiday, schoolchildren in Australia receive a 6-week summer vacation Christmas |
| #4674, aired 2004-12-23 | THE BARNES COLLECTION $2000: (Alex points to a prominent painting in the Barnes Collection.) In the Barnes Collection, there are 46 Picassos, 59 Matisses & 69 works by this artist, whose famous "Card Players" is seen here Paul Cézanne |
| #4634, aired 2004-10-28 | THAT DON'T SOUND RIGHT $2000: Franklin P. Adams probably didn't think the verse flowed describing, in scoring order, a 3-6-4 DP by these 1910 Cubs Chance to Tinker to Evers |
| #4602, aired 2004-09-14 | RHYME TIME $400: In "Through the Looking Glass" he tells Alice there's no chance he'd ever fall off his wall Humpty Dumpty |
| #4592, aired 2004-07-20 | GIMME THE 5th $400: The letters O, I, B, G & this go across the top of a popular game of chance N |
| #4586, aired 2004-07-12 | BUSY HANDS $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew sits at a laptop while looking at a paper sheet labeled "Exercise No. 1".) It's the alliterative 2-word term for the skill I'm trying to master touch typing |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | RONALD REAGAN $3,000 (Daily Double): The first of Reagan's several historic meetings with this man came in Geneva in 1985 Gorbachev |
| #4544, aired 2004-05-13 | OH, THE THINGS I KNOW! $1600: In 1876 this "Wild" West man was killed in the Dakota Territory holding aces & 8s, later known as a dead man's hand Wild Bill Hickok |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | FAMOUS, LIKE, QUOTATIONS $1200: Samuel Johnson was all, "Being in" one of these "is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned" a ship |
| #4464, aired 2004-01-22 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $200: On his last of 3 live appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show", he was only shown from the waist up Elvis Presley |
| #4464, aired 2004-01-22 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $400: You might need "jacks or better" to open when playing this game poker |
| #4464, aired 2004-01-22 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $600: Since 1954, the Blue Angels' home base has been this Florida naval air station known as the "Annapolis of the Air" Pensacola |
| #4464, aired 2004-01-22 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $800: Ceramic name for the type of enamel used in bathroom fixtures porcelain |
| #4464, aired 2004-01-22 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $1000: A verb & the words modifying it make up this syntactic unit that's part of a complete sentence predicate |
| #4461, aired 2004-01-19 | A WHALE OF A CATEGORY $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew in Cape Cod) A chance happening, perhaps, but it's also the flattened tail of the whale fluke |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | A BRITISH MONOPOLY SET $600: Between a Chance space & Trafalgar Square you'll find this street, home to a demon barber Fleet Street |
| #4427, aired 2003-12-02 | FAMOUS VALEDICTORIANS $800: This game show host might have offered the Yale Law class of 1970 a chance to win his Valedictorian speech Ben Stein |
| #4420, aired 2003-11-21 | LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS $3,600 (Daily Double): His name came from the Latin for "dispute" & he would drag you into court any chance he got Litigious |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | "FAT" CHANCE $200: Informal military uniforms fatigues |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | "FAT" CHANCE $400: The prodigal son's father serves it up for him in the Book of Luke the fatted calf |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | "FAT" CHANCE $600: He's the early rock & roll legend heard here:
"I found my thrill / On Blueberry Hill..." Fats Domino |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | "FAT" CHANCE $800: Salman Rushdie had one issued against him in 1989 a fatwa |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | "FAT" CHANCE $1000: It's believed the Virgin Mary appeared near this Portuguese village in 1917 Fatima |
| #4373, aired 2003-09-17 | THE SUMMER OLYMPICS $1600: At the 1924 games Finland barred him from defending his 10,000 m gold to give teammate Ville Ritola a chance Paavo Nurmi |
| #4357, aired 2003-07-08 | CELEBRATE JULY $600: The Naturist Society sponsors this type of recreation week, a chance for you to let it all hang out nude |
| #4322, aired 2003-05-20 | THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP $800: Don't miss the chance to have a drink with him, the name of the drinking vessel seen here Toby mug |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | THE MOVIES $400: A chance at a bounty brings retired killer Clint Eastwood back into service in this 1992 film Unforgiven |
| #4257, aired 2003-02-18 | TIME TO P"UNT" $2000: A group of new rulers after a coup junta |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | OLD TESTAMENT NAMES $1,500 (Daily Double): On Passover, it's traditional to set aside a special cup of wine for this prophet who went to heaven in a chariot of fire Elijah |
| #4206, aired 2002-12-09 | SHAKESPEARE'S EARLY DRAFTS $2000: "If playing that lute will increase my chance of getting some action around here, play on!" Twelfth Night |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | GAME SHOWS $200: In old titles this word preceded "a Chance", "a Guess" & "My Word for It" "Take" |
| #4175, aired 2002-10-25 | HOPE YOU'RE NOT CLAUSTROPHOBIC $800: You stood a good chance of drowning if you worked on the Tanna, a Japanese one of these dug in the 1920s a railroad tunnel (subject to flooding) |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME $800: Jean-Claude starred as Chance Boudreaux in "Hard Target", this acclaimed Asian director's U.S. debut John Woo |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | WAR & PEACE SONGS $600: John Lennon's 1st Top 40 hit without the Beatles was this 1969 song "Give Peace A Chance" |
| #4080, aired 2002-05-03 | KING ME! $3,000 (Daily Double): He was deposed by the Bavarian government in 1886; must've made him really "Mad" Ludwig II |
| #4071, aired 2002-04-22 | A SPORTING CHANCE $200: When 2 bowling pins are separated & you need to knock them down to get a spare, it's called one of these a split |
| #4071, aired 2002-04-22 | A SPORTING CHANCE $400: Once won by UCLA 7 times in a row, this tournament begins with 64 teams & ends with 1 champion the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament |
| #4071, aired 2002-04-22 | A SPORTING CHANCE $600: The Green Bay Packers retired this bruising defensive lineman's No. 92 in 1999 Reggie White |
| #4071, aired 2002-04-22 | A SPORTING CHANCE $800: In area, it's the largest country in the world ever to host the Commonwealth Games Canada |
| #4071, aired 2002-04-22 | A SPORTING CHANCE $1000: In 1931 this European city was awarded the Olympics, 2 years before a change in government there Berlin |
| #4068, aired 2002-04-17 | FRANKS & BEENS $800: He has been forever linked with Joseph Tinker & John Evers Frank Chance of the Cubs |
| #4064, aired 2002-04-11 | ROCK & ROLL CINEMA $600: A high school boy gets a chance to tag along with an up & coming rock band in this 2000 film directed by Cameron Crowe Almost Famous |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | WORD PUZZLES $1600: An old, unlucky superstition three on a match |
| #4029, aired 2002-02-21 | YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LINK $1600: We presume the weak link in this team's 1906 infield wasn't Tinker, Evers or Chance but third baseman Harry Steinfeldt Chicago Cubs |
| #4018, aired 2002-02-06 | MONOPOLY $400: Players often draw from these 2 decks of cards during game play Community Chest & Chance |
| #4001, aired 2002-01-14 | AUTHOR! AUTHOR! $400: Oakland, Calif.'s Heinold's First & Last Chance Saloon was a favorite bar of this "White Fang" author Jack London |
| #3977, aired 2001-12-11 | SELLERS' BEST $1200: Besides blankly watching TV, it's the original occupation of Chance, Sellers' character in "Being There" gardener |
| #3936, aired 2001-10-15 | PRESIDENTIAL LIFETIMES $200: 1882-1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | GIVE PEAS A CHANCE $100: In his heredity experiments this 19th century monk cross-pollinated garden pea plants Mendel |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | GIVE PEAS A CHANCE $200: It's the husk that peas come in & may be edible the pod |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | GIVE PEAS A CHANCE $300: This sea-faring fashion seen here is popular with sailors & fishermen a pea coat |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | GIVE PEAS A CHANCE $400: In an Edward Lear nonsense poem, this title duo goes to sea in a pea-green boat the Owl and the Pussycat |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | GIVE PEAS A CHANCE $500: Widely cultivated for their edible seeds, these peas are also called garbanzos chickpeas |
| #3906, aired 2001-09-03 | BALLS $300: We bet you know the balls seen here are used in this game of chance the lottery |
| #3889, aired 2001-06-28 | ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE QUOTES $100: Franklin P. Adams:
"Words that are weighty with nothing but trouble: 'Tinker to Evers to'" him Chance |
| #3877, aired 2001-06-12 | CHOREOGRAPHERS $600: Nijinsky, Massine & Wigman all jumped at the chance to choreograph this 1913 Stravinsky work The Rite of Spring |
| #3785, aired 2001-02-02 | ELECTION 2000 $200: A joke had it that this Green Party nominee was furious at Al Gore for ruining his chance at the presidency Ralph Nader |
| #3784, aired 2001-02-01 | ART MUSEUMS $600 (Daily Double): If you get a chance, visit the Munch Museum in this world capital; it's a real scream! Oslo, Norway |
| #3764, aired 2001-01-04 | BIG SCREEN BUNNIES $800: If you were in this 1951 Disney film you'd have had a chance to chase a rabbit along with a little girl Alice in Wonderland |
| #3739, aired 2000-11-30 | SHAKESPEAREAN BEFORE & AFTER $1000: Hero of Agincourt who goes solo on a date with 2 other couples Henry V Wheel |
| #3720, aired 2000-11-03 | TROPICAL ISLANDS $2,000 (Daily Double): Antigua is part of this island group named for its position sheltered from the trade winds the Leeward Islands |
| #3705, aired 2000-10-13 | "E" MALE $200: Double-play partner to Tinker & Chance Johnny Evers |
| #3699, aired 2000-10-05 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: This title character in an 1876 novel asks, "Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?" Tom Sawyer |
| #3633, aired 2000-05-24 | CONTAINERS $100: This "chest" holds the clothing & linens of a woman holding on to the chance she'll someday be married Hope chest |
| #3630, aired 2000-05-19 | NEW GAME SHOWS? $300: The Buybidwin website offers websurfers a chance to play this Monty Hall game for prizes Let's Make a Deal |
| #3606, aired 2000-04-17 | FILE UNDER "B" $200: A chance spectator; one may be innocent Bystander |
| #3555, aired 2000-02-04 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $200: It means to sound a bell Peal |
| #3555, aired 2000-02-04 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $300: This slang term for a jail shares its name with Gumby's buddy Pokey |
| #3555, aired 2000-02-04 | GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $400: From the Latin for "boxer", it's a synonym for boxing Pugilism |
| #3508, aired 1999-12-01 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $300: This monk might have said, "Give peas a chance"; he used pea plants to discover the laws of heredity Gregor Mendel |
| #3504, aired 1999-11-25 | PICARESQUE NOVELS $1,000 (Daily Double): It's Jerzy Kosinski's tale of Chance (Chance the gardener, that is) "Being There" |
| #3496, aired 1999-11-15 | THE TONY AWARDS $600 (Daily Double): (Jane Bodle sings part of a song from "Les Miserables") The Tony-winning musical "Les Miserables" is set mainly in this city Paris |
| #3496, aired 1999-11-15 | NEW YORK CITY SONGS $1,000 (Daily Double): In "I Am...I Said", he sang, "I'm New York City born and raised" Neil Diamond |
| #3439, aired 1999-07-15 | GAME SHOWS $1000: The "Chance of a Lifetime" in 1986 was to win this top prize; 9 couples did $1 million |
| #3425, aired 1999-06-25 | SOAPS $1,000 (Daily Double): Originally, this bar's pumice was imported from the Italian island of Lipari Lava |
| #3409, aired 1999-06-03 | GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY $300: Roll out these "bones", boys, so we can play some games of chance Dice |
| #3338, aired 1999-02-24 | GAMES PEOPLE PLAY $400: They're the 2 piles of cards from which players draw during a Monopoly game Chance & Community Chest |
| #3287, aired 1998-12-15 | HAPPY HANUKKAH $200: This spinning top is used by both children & adults to play games of chance Dreidel |
| #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | CHANCE $200: Some of these "one-armed bandits" pay out more often; casinos put those where you'll notice them Slot machines |
| #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | CHANCE $500 (Daily Double): The name of this game rhymes with Nevada's second-largest city Keno (rhymes with Reno) |
| #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | CHANCE $600: Grambling coach Eddie Robinson participated in this event before the 1998 Super Bowl kickoff the coin toss |
| #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | CHANCE $800: Stendhal could tell you that they're the 2 main colors on a roulette wheel Red & black |
| #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | CHANCE $1000: In 1998 13 Ohio blue-collar workers won the $295.7 million jackpot of this lottery Powerball |
| #3275, aired 1998-11-27 | TRAVEL EUROPE $1000: While in this city, stop by its beautiful Boboli Gardens behind the Pitti Palace for a picnic lunch Florence |
| #3188, aired 1998-06-10 | THE GREAT ABBA $200: "If you change your mind, I'm the first in line, honey I'm still free..." do this "Take a Chance on Me" |
| #3171, aired 1998-05-18 | "LITTLE" WOMEN $500 (Daily Double): Once Carole King's babysitter, she's the singer heard here:
"I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now /
Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion..." Little Eva |
| #1, aired 1998-05-03 | LITERARY LANDMARKS $200: This "Call of the Wild" author had some wild times at Heinold's First & Last Chance Saloon in Oakland Jack London |
| #3155, aired 1998-04-24 | RIGHT HAND MEN $400: Tinker,
Evers,
_____ Chance |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | A "B" CITY $500: The center of the Czech Republic's wool industry, it looks like it needs to buy a vowel Brno |
| #3129, aired 1998-03-19 | AFTER THEY LEFT OFFICE $800: Taft reconciled with this man, his predecessor, after a chance meeting in a Chicago restaurant Theodore Roosevelt |
| #3129, aired 1998-03-19 | IN THE "KEY" $1,600 (Daily Double): Named for the studio that produced their films, it's the group seen here: the Keystone Kops |
| #3116, aired 1998-03-02 | ACTORS $200: He reportedly said he would've paid the studio for the chance to direct his first film, "Play Misty for Me" Clint Eastwood |
| #3035, aired 1997-11-07 | DON'T PICK ME! $400: After 5 Emmys, this "Murphy Brown" star took herself out of the running for 1996 to give others a chance Candice Bergen |
| #3027, aired 1997-10-28 | THE COD $300: Most of the cod caught is of the species named for this body of water Atlantic Ocean |
| #3017, aired 1997-10-14 | HORSE SENSE $100: Genetically, it's the most dominant coat color, so it's what the old mare had the best chance to be Gray |
| #2995, aired 1997-09-12 | 30 YEARS AGO: SEPTEMBER 1967 $1,000 (Daily Double): In September they reached the Top 40 with the song heard here:
"I dig rock & roll music and I love to get the chance to play..." Peter, Paul & Mary |
| #2955, aired 1997-06-06 | HISTORIC NAMES $1,500 (Daily Double): They were the parents of England's Queen Elizabeth I Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn |
| #2904, aired 1997-03-27 | '90s MUSIC $100: In 1991 an updated version of his "Give Peace A Chance" was released with new lyrics by his son Sean John Lennon |
| #2878, aired 1997-02-19 | THE 1980s $100: In 1986 scientists had their first chance to explore in depth this sunken luxury liner Titanic |
| #2878, aired 1997-02-19 | THE ELEMENTS $1000: Terbium & Yttrium were both named for the village of Ytterby in this Scandinavian country Sweden |
| #2841, aired 1996-12-30 | GAMES OF CHANCE $100: In craps, it's a hardway roll of six double threes |
| #2841, aired 1996-12-30 | GAMES OF CHANCE $200: Play Honeymoon In Vegas or anywhere & you're playing a variation of this card game Bridge |
| #2841, aired 1996-12-30 | GAMES OF CHANCE $300: In blackjack you can only make an insurance bet if the dealer's up card is one of these Ace |
| #2841, aired 1996-12-30 | GAMES OF CHANCE $400: Jimmy the Greek defined it as a place "where the windows clean you" Racetrack |
| #2841, aired 1996-12-30 | GAMES OF CHANCE $500: In bingo the "B" numbers run 1-15; the "O" numbers run from 61 to this 75 |
| #2816, aired 1996-11-25 | WORD ORIGINS $400: This term for a chance spectator innocently came into our language by 1620 Bystander |
| #2732, aired 1996-06-18 | SPORTS FIGURES $1000: He formed a famous combination with Joe Tinker & Frank Chance (John) Evers |
| #2730, aired 1996-06-14 | STATE CAPITALS $300: In 1864 gold was discovered at Last Chance Gulch, now the main street of this Montana capital Helena |
| #2730, aired 1996-06-14 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $600: Chance, an idiotic gardener, is propelled to fame in this Jerzy Kosinski novel Being There |
| #2717, aired 1996-05-28 | LITERATURE $600: In this Dickens novel, escaped convict Abel Magwitch tries to give Pip a better chance in life than he had Great Expectations |
| #2591, aired 1995-12-04 | THE PLANETS $1000: With a diameter of 25 miles, Cordelia is the smallest known moon of this planet; Titania is the largest Uranus |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | STATE CAPITALS $400: You can visit the Last Chance Mining Museum in this capital of "The Last Frontier" Juneau, Alaska |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | WORLD HISTORY $1,111 (Daily Double): For his independence of Soviet influence, Imre Nagy was removed as this country's premier in 1955 Hungary |
| #2556, aired 1995-10-16 | ANAGRAMS $300: There's a remote chance a deadly one will hit the Earth a meteor (from remote) |
| #2520, aired 1995-07-14 | QUOTABLE WOMEN $600: In 1923 this M.P. wrote, "The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on woman" Lady Astor |
| #2431, aired 1995-03-13 | MAMMALS $600: The Bedlington terrier is named for a coal-mining area in this country England |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $4,000 (Daily Double): This Hungarian who died in 1886 invented the modern piano recital Liszt |
| #2415, aired 1995-02-17 | GAMES $200: In Monopoly a question mark appears in each of the 3 spaces marked this Chance |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1901 this Scottish-American sold his steel company to U.S. Steel for more than $250 million Andrew Carnegie |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | SCI-FI TV $500 (Daily Double): Popular group of heroes seen here: the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | TOMS IN LITERATURE $400: Thomas Franklin is the lawyer who evicts Chance in this Jerzy Kosinski book Being There |
| #2266, aired 1994-06-13 | CLICHES $400: "Spectral" phrase for what a lost cause doesn't have a ghost of a chance |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | SONG LYRICS $500: "The winds grow colder and suddenly you're older and all because of" this the man that got away |
| #2127, aired 1993-11-30 | ROCK GROUPS $500: This group, formed by John Lennon, was introduced in 1969 on his "Give Peace A Chance" single The Plastic Ono Band |
| #2100, aired 1993-10-22 | IN THE MIDDLE $400: He was the famous second baseman between Tinker & Chance Evers |
| #2094, aired 1993-10-14 | SHAKESPEARE $1000: Rosalind is the daughter of a banished duke in this pastoral comedy As You Like It |
| #2092, aired 1993-10-12 | MOVIE SONGS $1000: Title following "Here I go again, I hear those trumpets blow again, all aglow again..." "Taking A Chance On Love" |
| #2025, aired 1993-05-28 | STATE CAPITALS $300: The site of Last Chance Gulch, where gold was discovered in 1864, is now the main street of this Montana city Helena |
| #1996, aired 1993-04-19 | NOVELS & NOVELISTS $1,000 (Daily Double): At the beginning of this Jerzy Kosinski novel, Chance is watering flowers Being There |
| #1985, aired 1993-04-02 | THE WAR OF 1812 $500: In April 1813 Americans briefly captured this capital of Upper Canada, then called York Toronto |
| #1928, aired 1993-01-13 | TV GUIDE SAYS $100: "A firm's merger... gives McKenzie food for thought and offers Becker the chance to buy his dream home" L.A. Law |
| #1922, aired 1993-01-05 | ARCHAEOLOGY $800: In 1709 this buried city named for a son of Zeus was discovered by chance when a well was dug Herculaneum |
| #1905, aired 1992-12-11 | COMPOSERS $800: He wrote "Peter and the Wolf" for a Moscow Children's Theatre Sergei Prokofiev |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | ANATOMY $2,900 (Daily Double): You have at least 9,000 of these, made up of supporting & gustatory cells taste buds |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | SONG STANDARDS $700 (Daily Double): It's the question asked in "I Got Rhythm" Who could ask for anything more? |
| #1851, aired 1992-09-28 | 1953 $1000: He had 2 firsts in his life in 1953, reaching the top of Everest & seeing the sea Tenzing Norgay (Tenzing the Sherpa accepted) |
| #1843, aired 1992-09-16 | GIRL SCOUT BADGES $400: Scouts going for the Art in the Round badge have a chance to learn this Japanese art of paper folding origami |
| #1843, aired 1992-09-16 | SPORTS NICKNAMES $500: This Boston Bruins center was called "The Garbage Man" Phil Esposito |
| #1756, aired 1992-03-30 | HODGEPODGE $800: United recently let frequent flyers exchange mileage for a chance to "fly" & "land" a jet in one of these simulator |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | ZOOS $200: To visit the New York Zoological Park, go to this NYC borough the Bronx |
| #1706, aired 1992-01-20 | CELEBRITIES $400: He played Chance Wayne in the original 1959 production of "Sweet Bird of Youth" & in the 1962 film Paul Newman |
| #1702, aired 1992-01-14 | 1942 $200: The Army bombed lava flows that endangered the city of Hilo on this island Hawaii |
| #1688, aired 1991-12-25 | WORD ORIGINS $100: A variety show, from the French meaning "song of vau de vire", a region in France Vaudeville |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | INVENTORS $200: He was inspired to invent the telegraph after a chance conversation on the steamship Sully in 1832 Morse |
| #1633, aired 1991-10-09 | FIRST AID $400: Butter should never be used to treat these; it may increase the chance of infection a burn |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | CLOTHING $2,400 (Daily Double): A cloth worn under the chin & a piece of lace worn around the neck & shoulders form this phrase bib and tucker |
| #1565, aired 1991-05-24 | COMETS & ASTEROIDS $1000: In 1973 Skylab astronauts had a chance to study this comet, which appears every 75,000 years Kohoutek |
| #1553, aired 1991-05-08 | SINGERS $200: In 1991 his 15-year-old son, Sean, wrote some timely new lyrics for his song "Give Peace A Chance" John Lennon |
| #1539, aired 1991-04-18 | THE 1970s $1,000 (Daily Double): One of the most successful groups of the 1970s, they had a million-seller with the following:
"You can change your mind / I'm the first in line / Honey, I'm still free / Take a chance on me" ABBA |
| #1535, aired 1991-04-12 | FAMOUS WOMEN $500: In the 1930s, this cosmetics queen opened a health resort at Main Chance Farm, her former country home Elizabeth Arden |
| #1474, aired 1991-01-17 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: The Jerzy Kozinski novel that opens with, "It was Sunday. Chance was in the garden" "Being There" |
| #1468, aired 1991-01-09 | MOVIE SONGS $500: Title line that follows, "Here I go again, I hear those trumpets blow again, all aglow again" "Taking A Chance On Love" |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | NUMBER, PLEASE $300 (Daily Double): Number of the Beethoven symphony heard here the 9th |
| #1356, aired 1990-06-25 | COLORFUL PHRASES $800 (Daily Double): "George White's Scandals" gave us this dance craze of the 1920s: the black bottom |
| #1344, aired 1990-06-07 | MONTANA $400: The main street in this capital city is called Last Chance Gulch Helena |
| #1311, aired 1990-04-23 | JEWELRY $400: Many of these gems, one of June's birthstones, come from Sri Lanka, not the lunar surface moonstones |
| #1289, aired 1990-03-22 | SCIENCE & NATURE $800: Einstein's famous equation states energy equals mass times this squared the speed of light |
| #1274, aired 1990-03-01 | AMERICAN PLAYS $800: This playwright dedicated "A Delicate Balance" to J. Steinbeck with "affection and admiration" Edward Albee |
| #1225, aired 1989-12-22 | SONGS OF THE '70s $100: Rick Nelson "went to" this "to reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share old memories" a garden party |
| #1194, aired 1989-11-09 | PHYSICS $800: The apparent change in the pitch of the whistle from a moving train is due to this effect the Doppler effect |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | MEDICINE $300: Parasitic worms in undercooked pork can cause this disease in humans trichinosis |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | QUOTE "UN"QUOTE $800: Completes William Ernest Henley's line, "Under the bludgeonings of chance my head is bloody, but..." unbowed |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | CARS $100: In 1973 this motorcycle manufacturer created a splash in the U.S. with the Civic car Honda |
| #1125, aired 1989-06-23 | JEWELRY $1,000 (Daily Double): Named for a Russian czar, it's one of the birthstones worn by people born in June alexandrite |
| #1074, aired 1989-04-13 | QUOTE "UN"QUOTE $800: William Ernest Henley wrote, "under the bludgeonings of chance my head is bloody, but" this unbowed |
| #1003, aired 1989-01-04 | SPORTSCASTERS $100: Set to anchor prime time TV coverage of the '80 Olympics, he finally got his chance 8 years later Bryant Gumbel |
| #976, aired 1988-11-28 | BONANZA $300: When Ben & the boys got hungry, he would jump at the chance to cook up a meal Hop Sing |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | SWEETS $400: Pralines are most commonly made with this nut pecans |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | THE BEATLES $1,000 (Daily Double): Tommy Smothers, Timothy Leary & others joined this Beatle & his new wife in the following 1969 hit:
Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, ism, ism, ism
All we are saying is give peace a chance John Lennon |
| #872, aired 1988-05-24 | INDIANS $400: In 1778, the 1st U.S.-Indian treaty gave the Delaware tribe the chance to join the Union as this a state |
| #869, aired 1988-05-19 | BIG BAND THEMES $100: Instrumental music plays Glenn Miller |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | NAME THAT TEAM $500: Joe Tinker,
Johnny Evers, &
Frank Chance the Chicago Cubs |
| #859, aired 1988-05-05 | RUSSIAN COMPOSERS $400 (Daily Double): Composer of following, it's now believed he poisoned himself in 1893 to avoid a sex scandal: Tchaikovsky |
| #847, aired 1988-04-19 | HOMONYMS $500 (Daily Double): It could be mere chance or a stroke of good luck if you caught this flatfish fluke |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | SEE THE USA $300: According to American Express, this state draws the most visitors from other states Florida |
| #800, aired 1988-02-12 | GAMES $500: The man who brought you bingo, Edwin S. Lowe, 1st marketed this 5-dice game of skill & chance Yahtzee |
| #776, aired 1988-01-11 | GIRLS IN SONG $100: "Went to a dance lookin' for romance, saw" this girl, "so I thought I'd take a chance" Barbara Ann |
| #773, aired 1988-01-06 | MATHEMATICS $1000: Whenever the product of two fractions equals 1, we call them these reciprocals (or inverses) |
| #772, aired 1988-01-05 | BRITISH TRIVIA $100: Samuel Pepys recorded having his 1st cup of this September 25, 1660; there was no mention of crumpets tea |
| #772, aired 1988-01-05 | LAW $200: A proverb says "he that is his own lawyer has" this "for a client" a fool |
| #770, aired 1988-01-01 | LITERATURE $1000: A chance meeting in 1794 led to a strong friendship between Schiller & this German literary giant (Johann Wolfgang von) Goethe |
| #767, aired 1987-12-29 | GAMES $300: To have pinball machines considered games of skill, not chance, makers began adding these in 1947 flippers |
| #747, aired 1987-12-01 | BRITISH GHOSTS $800: Film in which cowardly Chas. Laughton was considered to haunt a castle, awaiting a chance to be brave The Canterville Ghost |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | STAMPS & COINS $500: Till caught in 1987, CIA employees plotted to profit from a poster misprint featuring this design Candleholder |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | MUSIC PEOPLE $100: This "Gambler" took a chance & recently published a book of his photos of America Kenny Rogers |
| #671, aired 1987-07-06 | TV DETECTIVES $500: Occupation of Fenton Hardy, father of "The Hardy Boys" a private detective |
| #644, aired 1987-05-28 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $400: "Sybil" is one of the many novels written by this man, Queen Victoria's prime minister Disraeli |
| #641, aired 1987-05-25 | GAME SHOWS $100: The "Chance of a Lifetime" is to win this prize million dollars |
| #635, aired 1987-05-15 | QUOTES $400: Architect Le Corbusier said this "is a machine for living in" a house |
| #617, aired 1987-04-21 | GOING IN STYLE $300: Perhaps rehearsing for death, this "divine" 19th c. star slept in a satin-lined casket Sarah Bernhardt |
| #612, aired 1987-04-14 | NAME THAT TEAM $300: Reggie Jackson, Nolan Ryan, & Dean Chance California Angels |
| #606, aired 1987-04-06 | GOLDEN OLDIES $300: S/Sgt. Barry Sadler's song not about the hats, but the men beneath them "The Ballad Of The Green Berets" |
| #567, aired 1987-02-10 | ASTROLOGY $500 (Daily Double): According to the following Kris Kristofferson song, it's Jesus' sun sign:
"He ate organic food / He believed in love and peace / And never wore no shoes / Long hair, beard and sandals / And a funky bunch of friends..." Capricorn |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | TOYS & GAMES $500: Played in court of Mogul Emperor Akbar with slave girls as pawns, it's the "Royal Game of India" parcheesi |
| #550, aired 1987-01-16 | HOMOPHONES $500: To discover by chance, or penalized monetarily find/fined |
| #479, aired 1986-10-09 | TV THEMES $300: [Theme plays] the theme from Captain Kangaroo |
| #345, aired 1986-01-03 | COMPLETE A PHRASE $100: Taking a chance on a purchase is like buying "a pig in" this a poke |
| #343, aired 1986-01-01 | SPORTS $1000: In 1953, Tenley Albright became the 1st U.S. woman to win a world title in this figure skating |
| #333, aired 1985-12-18 | STARTS WITH "REC" $400: This show is little Gary's big chance to show off his singing lessons to Auntie Barbara a recital |
| #315, aired 1985-11-22 | STARTS WITH "U" $800: From old French "non" & "per" meaning "not equal", a person who decides when things are not equal umpire |
| #305, aired 1985-11-08 | TRIOS $1000: Sparkly stuff extolled in "Kismet" song baubles, bangles & bright, shiny beads |
| #301, aired 1985-11-04 | QUOTES $600: Accepting presidential nomination, he said, "this nation... has man's 1st chance to build a Great Society" Lyndon Johnson |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | PLANTS $2,000 (Daily Double): This plant family ranges from 1-celled varieties to 200 ft. long giant kelp brown algae |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | UTILITIES $100: Both the U.S. & Canada draw electricity by harnessing this natural wonder on their border Niagara Falls |
| #152, aired 1985-04-09 | NOBEL PRIZE $800: Winners receive a cash award, a medal & this to mark their graduation into the Nobel Prize ranks a diploma |
| #143, aired 1985-03-27 | STARTS WITH "C" $500: Where a spelunker spelunks caves |
| #135, aired 1985-03-15 | U.S. STATES $400: "Last Chance Gulch" is now the main street of its capital, Helena Montana |
| #121, aired 1985-02-25 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: He played the 8 murder victims of Dennis Price in "Kind Hearts and Coronets" Alec Guinness |
| #104, aired 1985-01-31 | RAILROADS $100: If you take a "Chance" in Monopoly you may "take a ride" on this R.R. the Reading Railroad |
| #30, aired 1984-10-19 | PROTEST SONGS $400: In John Lennon's song, it's "all we are saying" "Give Peace A Chance" |
| #24, aired 1984-10-11 | INVENTORS $400: Unable to make money on his patent for vulcanized rubber, he died $200,000 in debt Charles Goodyear |
| #6, aired 1984-09-17 | SPACE $200: Last planet discovered & last chance for gas in the solar system Pluto |
| #3, aired 1984-09-12 | ROYALTY $300: Temporarily exiled in '53, this Islamic ruler was permanently banished in '79 Shah of Iran |
| #2, aired 1984-01-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $50: It scrapes the sky at 5th Avenue & 34th Street, New York City the Empire State Building |
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Chance Persons, a sophomore at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska
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2022 National College Championship quarterfinalist: $10,000. Chance was majoring in physics...
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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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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
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2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
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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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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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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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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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Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,800 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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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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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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Joey Beachum, a senior from Mississippi State University
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
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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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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
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Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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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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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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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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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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Jessica Stephens, a statistical research specialist from Nashville, Tennessee
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2022 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2022 Second Chance competition winner:...
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Jessica Stephens, a statistical research specialist from Nashville, Tennessee
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2022 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2022 Second Chance competition winner:...
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Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
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"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
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Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
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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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Craig Barker, an Advanced Placement history teacher from Livonia, Michigan
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"In 1997 he won the College Championship. Today he's an Advanced...
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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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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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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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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
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Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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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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Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
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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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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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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Ryan Holznagel, a writer originally from Forest Grove, Oregon
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"He was the winner of the 1995 Tournament of Champions. Now,...
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Jack Weller, a law student from Stanford, California
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2022 Second Chance 2nd runner-up: $10,000.
Season 37 player (2021-01-22).
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Allison Pistorius, an actor and assistant professor from Houston, Texas
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-07-19).
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Matt Harvey, a healthcare administrator from Providence, Rhode Island
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Matt Harvey, a healthcare administrator from Providence, Rhode Island
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Matt Harvey, a healthcare administrator from Providence, Rhode Island
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Patton Oswalt, a Grammy- and Emmy-award-winning comedian from Portsmouth, Virginia
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\"A Grammy- and Emmy-award-winning comedian from Portsmouth, Virginia, he rose to...
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Michalle Gould, a librarian from Laguna Beach, California
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 37 player (2021-03-12)....
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Michalle Gould, a librarian originally from Austin, Texas
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 37 player (2021-03-12)....
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Barb Fecteau, a high school librarian from Beverly, Massachusetts
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2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000.
Season 37 player (2021-07-27).
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Barb Fecteau, a high school librarian from Beverly, Massachusetts
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2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000.
Season 37 player (2021-07-27).
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Mark Lucas, a strategist from Redondo Beach, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 37 player (2021-07-05).
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Mark Lucas, a corporate and career strategist from Redondo Beach, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 37 player (2021-07-05).
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Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
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\"Later this year, she\'ll be inducted into the Women\'s Basketball Hall...
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Allison Pistorius, an actress and college professor from Dallas, Texas
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-07-19).
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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York, New York
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\"She became a 5-time champion in 1991. An actor and copy...
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Elliott Goodman, a history and Latin teacher from Culver City, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 37 player (2021-05-05).
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Sadie Goldberger, an interpreter from Columbia, Maryland
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2022 Second Chance 1st runner-up: $20,000.
Season 38 player (2022-06-17).
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Colin Beazley, a private investment professional from West Palm Beach, Florida
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 37 player (2021-04-29).
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Colin Beazley, a private investment professional from West Palm Beach, Florida
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 37 player (2021-04-29).
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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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Pam Sung, a physician-scientist from Amherst, New York
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000.
Season 37 player (2021-02-16).
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Pam Schoenberg, a dentist and entrepreneur from South Salem, New York
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2022 Second Chance semifinalist: $2,000. Season 38 player (2021-11-30). JBoard user...
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Pam Sung, a physician scientist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000.
Season 37 player (2021-02-16).
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Rob Kim, an attorney from Portland, Oregon
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2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000.
Season 37 player (2021-02-05).
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Rob Kim, an attorney from Portland, Oregon
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2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000.
Season 37 player (2021-02-05).
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Alex Lamb, a data scientist from Lake Forest, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000. Season 37 player (2021-07-13). Alex...
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Alex Lamb, a data scientist from Lake Forest, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000. Season 37 player (2021-07-13). Alex...
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Brian Ross, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2020-09-21).
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Morgan Halvorsen, a chief copy editor from Silver Spring, Maryland
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 37 player (2021-02-09).
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Brian Ross, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2020-09-21).
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Morgan Halvorsen, a news editor from Silver Spring, Maryland
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 37 player (2021-02-09).
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Elizabeth Devereaux, a middle school teacher from Lawrence, Kansas
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-07-21).
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Elizabeth Devereaux, a middle school teacher from Lawrence, Kansas
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-07-21).
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Kelly Shannon-Henderson, a classics professor from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-09-20).
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Elliott Goodman, a history and Latin teacher from Culver City, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 37 player (2021-05-05).
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Matt Walks, a digital journalist originally from Billings, Montana
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 37 player (2021-03-18). Son...
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Matt Walks, a digital journalist originally from Billings, Montana
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 37 player (2021-03-18). Son...
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David Maybury, a magnetics engineer originally from Richmond, Virginia
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 37 player (2021-02-22)....
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Jill Tucker, a development director from Mulino, Oregon
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2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000.
Season 37 player (2021-01-28).
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David Maybury, a magnetics engineer originally from Richmond, Virginia
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 37 player (2021-02-22)....
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Jill Tucker, an operations manager from Mulino, Oregon
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2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000.
Season 37 player (2021-01-28).
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Donna Vorreyer, a writer and retired teacher from Willowbrook, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000. Season 37 player (2021-04-19). Last...
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Jilana Rose-Silverberg, a data analyst originally from Madison, Wisconsin
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2023 Champions Wildcard 2nd runner-up: $25,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner:...
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Donna Vorreyer, a writer and retired educator from Willowbrook, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000. Season 37 player (2021-04-19). Last...
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Matt Wierman, an aerospace engineer from La Palma, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-03-08).
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Jilana Cotter, a senior data analyst from Dade City, Florida
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2023 Champions Wildcard 2nd runner-up: $25,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner:...
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Jilana Cotter, a senior data analyst from Dade City, Florida
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2023 Champions Wildcard 2nd runner-up: $25,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner:...
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Matt Wierman, an aerospace engineer originally from Lake Mary, Florida
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-03-08).
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Cody Lawrence, an assistant editor from Sherman Oaks, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000. Season 37 player (2020-12-08). Cody...
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Susan Schulman, a baker from Greensboro, Vermont
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-05-13).
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Susan Schulman, a baker from Alexandria, Virginia
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-05-13).
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Xanni Brown, a postdoctoral researcher originally from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Cody Lawrence, an assistant editor from Sherman Oaks, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000. Season 37 player (2020-12-08). Cody...
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Xanni Brown, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Xanni Brown, a postdoctoral researcher originally from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Gabriel Ostler, a script writer from Orinda, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 37 player (2020-11-27).
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Gabriel Ostler, a swim instructor from Orinda, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 37 player (2020-11-27).
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Derek Allen, an accountant originally from Cassopolis, Michigan
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-06-07).
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Derek Allen, an accountant from Cassopolis, Mighigan
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-06-07).
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Timothy Hsieh, a physician from Elk Grove, California
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Season 13 player (1997-03-06). Timothy won on the PAX pop-culture game...
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Jake Garrett, a football coach and teacher from Trussville, Alabama
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2023-03-20).
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Molly Karol, a CPA from Austin, Texas
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2022 Second Chance 2nd runner-up: $10,000.
Season 38 player (2021-11-15).
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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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Ollie Savage, a high school English and film studies teacher from Burbank, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 37 player (2021-02-26).
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David Kaye, a high school English teacher from Scottsdale, Arizona
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-01-04).
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Ollie Savage, an English and film studies teacher from Burbank, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 37 player (2021-02-26).
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David Kaye, a high school English teacher from Scottsdale, Arizona
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-01-04).
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Hari Parameswaran, a college student from Xenia, Ohio
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Hari Parameswaran, a hardware engineer from Cupertino, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Hari Parameswaran, a hardware engineer from Cupertino, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Roy Camara, a grocery specialist from Crawfordville, Florida
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 39 player (2023-03-13)....
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Rotimi Kukoyi, a freshman from Hoover, Alabama
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2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000. 2018 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist:...
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Roy Camara, a grocery specialist from Crawfordville, Florida
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 39 player (2023-03-13)....
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Rotimi Kukoyi, a sophomore health policy and management major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Hoover, Alabama
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2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000. 2018 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist:...
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Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2024 Champions Wildcard winner: $100,000...
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Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2024 Champions Wildcard winner: $100,000...
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Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2024 Champions Wildcard winner: $100,000...
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Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2024 Champions Wildcard winner: $100,000...
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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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John Guszkowski, a planning consultant from Pomfret, Connecticut
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 39 player (2023-01-26). Father...
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Allison Strekal, a nonprofit development director from Missoula, Montana
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2023-06-08).
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Allison Strekal, a nonprofit development director from Missoula, Montana
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2023-06-08).
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John Guszkowski, a planning consultant from Pomfret, Connecticut
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 39 player (2023-01-26). Father...
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Michael Vallely, a data analyst from Somerville, Massachusetts
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2023-06-12).
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Denise Carlon, an attorney from Seaside Heights, New Jersey
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-01-02).
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Michael Vallely, a program analyst from Cleveland, Ohio
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2023-06-12).
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Denise Carlon, an attorney from Seaside Heights, New Jersey
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-01-02).
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Pam Warren, a high school science teacher from Petersburg, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-09-30).
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Pam Warren, a high school science teacher from Petersburg, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-09-30).
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April Marquet, a digital production artist from Oakland, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2022-09-13).
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April Marquet, a digital production artist from Oakland, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2022-09-13).
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Christopher Pennant, a sports journalist and announcer from Chicago, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000. Season 39 player (2022-09-21)....
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Michael Cavaliere, a consultant from New York, New York
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 39 player (2023-01-13)....
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Randall Rayford, a solar project developer from Houston, Texas
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2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000.
Season 39 player (2022-11-30).
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Randall Rayford, a solar project developer from Houston, Texas
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2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000.
Season 39 player (2022-11-30).
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Michael Cavaliere, a consultant from New York, New York
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 39 player (2023-01-13)....
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Jessica Stephens, a statistical research specialist from Nashville, Tennessee
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2022 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2022 Second Chance competition winner:...
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Rowan Ward, a chart caller and freelance writer from Chicago, Illinois
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2022 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2022 Second Chance winner: $35,000...
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Max Davison, a writer from Studio City, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000. Season 39 player (2023-01-10). Son...
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Max Davison, a writer from Studio City, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000. Season 39 player (2023-01-10). Son...
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Kelly Shannon-Henderson, a classics professor from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-09-20).
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Rachel Cohen, a consultant originally from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-12-29).
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Rachel Cohen, a consultant from Denver, Colorado
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-12-29).
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Rowan Ward, a chart caller, writer, and editor from Chicago, Illinois
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2022 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2022 Second Chance winner: $35,000...
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Andrew Whatley, an academic administrator originally from Beauregard, Alabama
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2023-01-11).
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Andrew Whatley, an academic administrator from Chicago, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2023-01-11).
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Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
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2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
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Long Nguyen, a retired engineer from Las Vegas, Nevada
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Long Nguyen, a retired engineer from Las Vegas, Nevada
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Sophia Weng, a junior from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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2023 Second Chance semifinalist: $2,000.
2019 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Long Nguyen, a retired engineer from Las Vegas, Nevada
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Sharon Bishop, a high school Spanish teacher from Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-07-28).
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Sophia Weng, a senior social studies major at Harvard College from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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2023 Second Chance semifinalist: $2,000.
2019 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Sharon Bishop, a high school Spanish teacher from Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-07-28).
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Christopher Pennant, a sports journalist from Chicago, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000. Season 39 player (2022-09-21)....
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Greg Czaja, a cardiologist from San Diego, California
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 39 player (2023-04-14)....
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Greg Czaja, a cardiologist from San Diego, California
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 39 player (2023-04-14)....
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Marcia Edmundson, a high school French teacher from Chesterfield, Virginia
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"In the banking world, she checked credit scores. She's much happier...
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Nikkee Porcaro, an educational consultant and business owner from Silver Spring, Maryland
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2022 Second Chance semifinalist: $1,000.
Season 37 player (2021-06-25).
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Rowan Ward, a chart caller, writer, and editor from Chicago, Illinois
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2022 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2022 Second Chance winner: $35,000...
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Do Park, a sportswriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2022 Second Chance semifinalist: $2,000. Season 38 player (2021-12-20). First name...
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Mitch Cutter, a salmon conservation associate from Boise, Idaho
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2022-12-22).
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Raquel Matta, a copy editor from San Pablo, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 39 player (2023-05-09). Raquel...
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Tom Philipose, a writing professor from Forest Hills, New York
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2022 Second Chance semifinalist: $2,000. Season 38 player (2022-06-02). Tom won...
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Mitch Cutter, a salmon conservation associate from Boise, Idaho
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2022-12-22).
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Raquel Matta, a copy editor from San Pablo, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 39 player (2023-05-09). Raquel...
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Alicia O'Hare, a social worker from Long Beach, New York
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2022 Second Chance semifinalist: $1,000.
Season 38 player (2022-07-06).
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Myles Karp, a journalist and consultant from Weston, Florida
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2023-02-10).
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Sarah Snider, a middle school humanities teacher from Fishers, Indiana
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2022 Second Chance semifinalist: $1,000.
Season 38 player (2022-05-05).
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Jack Weller, a law student originally from San Diego, California
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2022 Second Chance 2nd runner-up: $10,000.
Season 37 player (2021-01-22).
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Sadie Goldberger, an interpreter from Columbia, Maryland
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2022 Second Chance 1st runner-up: $20,000.
Season 38 player (2022-06-17).
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Jeff Smith, a music educator from San Diego, California
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2022 Second Chance semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 38 player (2021-11-05).
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Tammy Groner, a legal assistant from Hamilton, New Jersey
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2022-12-07).
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Ben Hebert, a shipping manager from Chicago, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 39 player (2022-12-05). Last...
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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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Ben Hebert, a shipping manager from Chicago, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 39 player (2022-12-05). Last...
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Tammy Groner, a legal assistant from Hamilton, New Jersey
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2022-12-07).
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Myles Karp, a journalist and consultant from Weston, Florida
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2023-02-10).
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Emily Kawaler, a bioinformatician from New York, New York
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-12-29).
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Emily Kawaler, a bioinformatician from New York, New York
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-12-29).
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Renée Russell, a branch office administrator from Baltimore, Maryland
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2022 Second Chance semifinalist: $1,000.
Season 38 player (2022-04-28).
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Erica Weiner-Amachi, an elementary teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2022 Second Chance semifinalist: $2,000. Season 38 player (2022-07-18). Last name...
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Iris Masucci, a pharmacist from Rockville, Maryland
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2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000.
Season 39 player (2023-03-29).
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Tracy Pitzel, an accountant from Ellensburg, Washington
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2022 Second Chance semifinalist: $1,000.
Season 38 player (2021-09-20).
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Iris Masucci, a pharmacist from Rockville, Maryland
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2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000.
Season 39 player (2023-03-29).
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Cindy Zhang, a user experience designer from New York, New York
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2022 Second Chance Competition semifinalist: $2,000. Season 38 player (2021-11-04). JBoard...
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Jason Carpenter, a fast food worker and stand-up comedian from Santa Rosa Valley, California
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000.
Season 39 player (2023-02-15).
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Molly Karol, a CPA from Austin, Texas
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2022 Second Chance 2nd runner-up: $10,000.
Season 38 player (2021-11-15).
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Aaron Gulyas, a community college history instructor from Grand Blanc, Michigan
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2022 Second Chance Competition semifinalist: $1,000.
Season 38 player (2022-05-27).
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Jason Carpenter, a stand-up comic from Santa Rosa Valley, California
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000.
Season 39 player (2023-02-15).
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Michael Vaz, a tutor from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000. Season 39 player (2022-12-21). Last...
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Michael Vaz, a tutor from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000. Season 39 player (2022-12-21). Last...
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Karen Morris, a veterinary student from Christiansburg, Virginia
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2023-03-22).
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Karen Morris, a veterinary student from Christiansburg, Virginia
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-03-22).
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Jake Garrett, a football coach and teacher from Trussville, Alabama
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-03-20).
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Sara Lehmann, a retail sales associate from Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Season 29 1-time champion: $24,800 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Sam Claussen, a history professor from Santa Clarita, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-04-20).
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Sam Claussen, a history professor from Santa Clarita, California
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-04-20).
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Mike Elliott, a meat cutter originally from Derry, New Hampshire
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2022-10-11).
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Mike Elliott, a meat cutter originally from Derry, New Hampshire
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 39 player (2022-10-11).
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Eva Thomas, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-06-01).
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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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Eva Thomas, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-06-01).
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John Botti, a high school history and English teacher from Bethesda, Maryland
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"He says he keeps his spirit young by spending time with...
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Clarence Page, a journalist from The Chicago Tribune
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"His nationally syndicated column began as a local column for the...
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Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
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\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
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Tyler Benedict, a junior at Columbia University from Dayton, Ohio
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
21 at the time of the College Championship.
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Lee Ann Roberts, a homemaker from Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Season 29 player (2013-01-08). Lee Ann won $1,000 on Who Wants...
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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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Curtis Joseph, a sophomore from Scottsdale Community College
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"In 1999, his nickname was 'Curtles the Troll', and he wanted...
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Anjali Tripathi, a senior from MIT
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"Math and science were her favorite subjects in seventh grade. We're...
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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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Andrew Van Duyn, a junior from Wheaton, Illinois
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Matt Ottinger, a telecommunications coordinator from Okemos, Michigan
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Season 20 player (2004-06-21). KJL game 14. Last name pronounced like...
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Steven Ho, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Deanna Bolio, a communications specialist from Campbell, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Deanna Bolio, a community outreach supervisor from Campbell, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Deanna Bolio, a community outreach supervisor from Campbell, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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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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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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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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Zia Choudhury, a senior from Paducah, Kentucky
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2008-A Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $18,000. 17 at the time of...
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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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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Manhattan Beach,...
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Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Springfield, VA at...
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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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John Perez, an Air Force officer originally from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 22 player (2006-06-23).
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Jeff Lawrence, a limousine driver from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 22 2-time champion: $26,200 + $1,000.
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Olivia Colangelo, a junior from the University of Notre Dame from Murrysville, Pennsylvania
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Tony Jonick, a publisher and house dad from Oakland, California
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Season 21 player (2005-06-29).
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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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Myfanwy Davies, a retired china shop manager and volunteer from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Season 30 player (2014-02-25). First name pronounced like "muh-VAN-wee" (Johnny announced...
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David Tambling, a strategic planning manager from Menlo Park, California
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Season 21 player (2005-06-23).
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Bill Dickenson, a college instructor from Richardson, Texas
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"This 5-time champ from 1996 has taught students from over 100...
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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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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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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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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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Julie Meister, a mom from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
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Season 21 player (2005-06-02).
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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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Robert Slaven, a technical products specialist originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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"He won 5 times in 1992. Today, he's a technical products...
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Kurt Bray, a scientist from Oceanside, California
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"A 5-time winner in 1994, he used some of his winnings...
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Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
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Sara Wilkinson, a country club concierge from Athens, Georgia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $72,701 + $2,000.
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Michael Dupée, an attorney from Gainesville, Florida
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"He was the winner of the 1996 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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John Genova, a teacher from Granada Hills, California
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"From 1984, he was the earliest 5-time champion in the tournament....
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Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Carol Denny, a writer for a non-profit environmental foundation from Arnold, Maryland
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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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Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
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"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
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Andrew Westney, a sports business writer from Charlotte, North Carolina
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"He was a high-school student from Atlanta when he won the...
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Arianna Haut, a junior at Washington University at St. Louis from Topanga, California
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2002 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Arianna's parents Bob and Judith won...
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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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Russ Porter, a water systems engineer from Seattle, Washington
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
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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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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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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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Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
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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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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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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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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
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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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Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
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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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Diane Trap, a librarian and graphics specialist from Athens, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $21,400 + $1,000. Diane Trap - a...
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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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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Rebecca Maxfield, a freshman from Brown University
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Rochelle, New York. Rebecca...
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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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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
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"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
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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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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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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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Christian Haines, a college student originally from Newport News, Virginia
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2007 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Jackson Ruzzo, a 12-year-old from Waccabuc, New York
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"He wants to be a Broadway actor, because he likes to...
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Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
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2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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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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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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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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Nicole Yoon, a 12-year-old from Asbury, New Jersey
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"She has set her sights on becoming a medical doctor or...
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Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York
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Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
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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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Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000. Season...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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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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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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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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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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Tim Relihan, a senior from the University of Nebraska from Stromsburg, Nebraska
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Steph Gagelin, a sophomore from the University of North Dakota from Grand Forks, North Dakota
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
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"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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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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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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Jack Campion, a sales executive from Los Angeles, California
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Trebek pilot 2 player. Jack appeared in both known Trebek pilots,...
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Rachel Gottesman, a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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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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Ben Noe, a sophomore from Flushing, Michigan
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time...
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
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"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
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Joanne Platt, a waitress from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 24 2-time champion: $6,999 + $1,000. Won $16,000 on Who...
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Andrew Garen, an associate director of consumer marketing from Austin, Texas
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"He was a project manager when he won his 5 shows...
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Caren Chancey, a graduate student from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2005-10-05). Won $125,000 on Who Wants To Be...
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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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Joseph Graumann, a junior from Mays Landing, New Jersey
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Vinita Kailasanath, a recent college graduate originally from Laurel, Maryland
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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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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Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Anne Boyd, a freelance writer and student from Los Angeles, California
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2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion: $84,600...
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