| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | SCIENCE $1600: Seismic waves suddenly change speed in the D'' layer, the lowest 150 miles of this, just above the core the mantle |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE $2000: Called the first female M.D. in modern times, she helped found the London School of Medicine for Women in 1875 Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | SOCIAL SCIENCE $400: Growing out of its 1970s women's studies program, in 2006 Indiana University began the USA's first Ph.D. program in this gender studies |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | "D" IN SCIENCE $200: Term for a volcano that hasn't erupted in many, many years but still might dormant |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: If your lab has a tile counter, don't use it to place solid carbon dioxide, aka this; the adhesive will be destroyed dry ice |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | "D" IN SCIENCE $800: Still mysterious but described as a "repulsive force", it makes up 70% of the universe, way more than the same-named "matter" dark energy |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1000: Embryonic stem cells divide & give rise to more specialized ones, like neurons for the brain, in this process differentiation |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | "D" IN SCIENCE $3,400 (Daily Double): Knowing what the D in DNA stands for should tell you this noun, the sugar found in DNA deoxyribose |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | AUTHORS $1600: Asked whether she'd call "A Wrinkle in Time" science fiction or fantasy, this author suggested "science fantasy" Madeleine L'Engle |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | DR. YES (M.D., NO) $3,000 (Daily Double): One of the 1st women to get a doctorate in this 2-word field, Barbara Jane Liskov won a Turing Award, the field's highest honor computer science |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | SCIENCE "D"ICTIONARY $400: Shipworms have bacteria in their gills, not guts, that allow them to do this to wood digest |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | SCIENCE "D"ICTIONARY $800: Term for the temperature at which water vapor in the air begins to condense & fall the dew point |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | SCIENCE "D"ICTIONARY $1600: A standard term in statistics, it's the difference between one of a set of values & the mean value of the same set deviation |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | SCIENCE "D"ICTIONARY $2000: In physics it's the study of objects whose motion or speed are affected by other forces dynamics |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | AUTHORS' ALMA MATERS $1600: It's no science fiction that in 1948 this prolific Russian-born author received a Ph.D in chemistry from Columbia University Isaac Asimov |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | SCIENCE FRICTION $2,800 (Daily Double): In a 19th c. spat in this field, O.C. Marsh won a round when it turned out E.D. Cope had put an elasmosaurus skull on the tail paleontology |
| #7411, aired 2016-11-28 | EARTH SCIENCE $400: Way back in the 2nd century A.D., Chinese scholar Zhang Heng made a device called a seismoscope to detect these earthquakes |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: The mass of a substance divided by volume gives you this density |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | "D" IN SCIENCE $800: A common form of glucose, it's also known as grape sugar or corn sugar dextrose |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1200: It's the term for the bending of light waves around the edge of an object diffraction |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1600: In 1898 this chemist known for his flask liquefied hydrogen gas James Dewar |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | "D" IN SCIENCE $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows wildlife images on the monitor.) Physical differences between males & females of the same species, like the large male lion with his mane or the coloring of a peacock versus a peahen, is called "sexual" this, from Greek for "having two shapes" dimorphism |
| #7124, aired 2015-07-30 | MEDICAL HISTORY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Dittrick Medical History Center in Cleveland, OH.) 19th-century doctors thought that the brain shrank & grew with use, leaving corresponding contours on the skull, which were read to determine a person's abilities and traits, using the 3-D bust as a reference guide in this pseudo-science phrenology |
| #7101, aired 2015-06-29 | THE APOLLO MISSIONS $400: Apollo 17's Harrison Schmitt collected moon rocks as the first scientist on the Moon; his Ph.D. is in this science geology |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT BEST OF 2014 $1000: When it comes to a computer science Ph.D. program, this university in Pittsburgh leads the field Carnegie Mellon |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: Cover your ears! A jet taking off has a sound level of about 140 of these units decibels |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | "D" IN SCIENCE $800: This fin on the backs of dolphins helps them balance as they swim. dorsal fins |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1200: Big breath, now--it's what DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates in the science lab.) To find the volume of an odd-shaped object like a rock, submerge it in water & then measure the difference in the water level; the rise is equal to the volume of the added object, & the difference is known by this term displacement |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | "D" IN SCIENCE $2000: Ironically, hurricanes originate in these ocean regions known for their calm air & light winds the doldrums |
| #6505, aired 2012-12-21 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: To astronomers, the presence of this type of "matter" is descerned from its gravitational pull dark |
| #6505, aired 2012-12-21 | "D" IN SCIENCE $800: This principal muscle of respiration contracts when you breathe in & relaxes when you breathe out the diaphragm |
| #6505, aired 2012-12-21 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): The name of this part of a neuron comes from the Greek for "pertaining to a tree" a dendrum (dendrite also acceptable) |
| #6505, aired 2012-12-21 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1600: (I'm Dr. Oz.) Replace half your sugary drink with water; sugar releases this neurotransmitter that travels along reward pathways in the brain, making you crave more sugar dopamine |
| #6505, aired 2012-12-21 | "D" IN SCIENCE $2000: This "D"-man noted that the frequency of sound waves is afctby the relative motion of the source & detector (Christian) Doppler |
| #6406, aired 2012-06-25 | "D" SCIENCE $400: Because it loses its leaves in the autumn, the maple is this type of tree deciduous |
| #6406, aired 2012-06-25 | "D" SCIENCE $1200: In dogs & some other animals, this vestigial digit does not reach the ground when walking the dewclaw |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | SCIENCE TERMS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew performs a science demonstration.) You'd expect the paper to fly up when extreme pressure is applied, but instead... the wood breaks; air couldn't flow in quickly enough between the paper, the wood & the table, so a partial this 6-letter term was formed a vacuum |
| #5834, aired 2010-01-14 | SCIENCE GUYS $1600: In 1943 he chose Los Alamos as the site for the Manhattan project lab; he'd gone to a boarding school nearby Oppenheimer |
| #5780, aired 2009-10-30 | SCIENCE $800: Polarized lenses are one method used in these items that make some movie theater experiences more exciting 3-D movies |
| #5616, aired 2009-01-26 | FICTION SCIENCE $400: In 1989 Fleischmann & Pons claimed they'd found a "cold" way to start this process--nope cold fusion |
| #5611, aired 2009-01-19 | SCIENCE FICTION $200: In "The Time Ships", Stephen Baxter's sequel to this H.G. Wells novel, the hero travels to 802,701 A.D. to rescue Weena The Time Machine |
| #5493, aired 2008-06-25 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: Children with this genetic disease have 3 No. 21 chromosomes instead of the usual 2 Down syndrome |
| #5493, aired 2008-06-25 | "D" IN SCIENCE $800: This chemist discovered several elements, including magnesium, & also invented a miner's safety lamp Sir Humphry Davy |
| #5493, aired 2008-06-25 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1200: Sharks first inhabited the waters during this period of the Paleozoic era named for an English county Devonian |
| #5493, aired 2008-06-25 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1600: Named for a German mathematician, it's a process for eliminating or neutralizing a magnetic field degaussing |
| #5493, aired 2008-06-25 | "D" IN SCIENCE $2000: The atomic mass unit is also called this, after a 19th century British scientist the dalton |
| #5417, aired 2008-03-11 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: It's the more common name for solid CO2 dry ice |
| #5417, aired 2008-03-11 | "D" IN SCIENCE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew mimics the monitor. This particular exercise strengthens & tones this large muscle that covers the shoulder the deltoid |
| #5417, aired 2008-03-11 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1200: Ah, well, it's the area of light winds & calms in equatorial regions--how depressing doldrums |
| #5417, aired 2008-03-11 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1600: With a diameter averaging about 7 miles, it's the smaller of Mars' 2 moons Deimos |
| #5417, aired 2008-03-11 | "D" IN SCIENCE $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew adds drops to a beaker.) When you add food coloring to water, the motions of the dye's molecules causes it to disperse, eventually filling the glass evenly through a process called this diffusion (dilution accepted) |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: A 1761 work by the great anatomist Morgagni has records of 640 of these procedures dissections |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | "D" IN SCIENCE $800: Gold leads all metals in this property, the ability to be drawn into wires without breaking ductility |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a science lab.) The melting of ice doesn't raise the level of water because ice does this to a volume of water equivalent to its own volume when it melts to displace |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1600: The Flintstones' pet could tell you that these parts of plankton are named in part for appendages called flagella dinoflagellates |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | "D" IN SCIENCE $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a micrograph of an organism with radial symmetry on the monitor.) A grungy type of earth used as industrial filler is named for these beautiful symmetrical algae from which it's made diatoms |
| #5178, aired 2007-02-28 | SCIENCE $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a formula on a monitor.) In Newton's law, "F" is the attractive force, "G" is the gravitational constant, "m" is the masses of two bodies, & "d" stands for this distance |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: To remove poisonous substances, or to purge an addict's body of harmful substances detox (or detoxification) |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | "D" IN SCIENCE $800: A direct current generator, or a person with lots of energy a dynamo |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1200: The mountain ash & honey locust trees share this quality, as becomes evident in autumn deciduous |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1600: Coulomb's law says the force between 2 charges is inversely proportional to the square of this the distance between them |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | "D" IN SCIENCE $2000: About 1 hydrogen atom in 6,500 is this isotope deuterium |
| #4761, aired 2005-04-25 | SCIENCE & NATURE $2000: The Crab Nebula in this Zodiac constallation is the remains of the supernova of 1054 A.D. Taurus |
| #4694, aired 2005-01-20 | SCIENCE GUYS $600: In 1929 this Berkeley physicist bought a cabin in New Mexico; he'd spend lots of time in the state in the early '40s (Robert) Oppenheimer |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Eli Whitney Museum in New Haven, Connecticut) In the 1940s, Dr. William Sewell created an artificial one of these, using parts from an erector set an artificial heart |
| #4285, aired 2003-03-28 | SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE $2000: Called the first female M.D. in modern times, she helped found the London School of Medicine for Women in 1875 Elizabeth Blackwell |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | A "DOCTOR" IN THE HOUSE $200: D.D.S. doctor of dental science |
| #3197, aired 1998-06-23 | PERRY THE PUNDIT $600: Perry earned a Ph.D. in this "science", like Woodrow Wilson, who was the subject of Perry's thesis Political science |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | "D" IN SCIENCE $100: The material left behind by a retreating glacier or the slow movement of the continents drift |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | "D" IN SCIENCE $200: How loud you're playing your Aerosmith album is indicated by this number decibel |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | "D" IN SCIENCE $300: In 1837 this French theatrical designer invented a new type of photography Louis Daguerre |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: Sailing ships may experience days of calm in this ocean region near the equator the doldrums |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | "D" IN SCIENCE $500: Hey, man!--that's heavy hydrogen deuterium |
| #2636, aired 1996-02-05 | CLASSIC TELEVISION $500: Mid-1960s science fiction series in which you'd hear The Robot exclaim, "Warning. Warning." Lost in Space |
| #2482, aired 1995-05-23 | SCIENCE $600: Calciferol is a form of this vitamin, which regulates calcium metabolism in the body Vitamin D |
| #2402, aired 1995-01-31 | MEN OF SCIENCE $400: At his 1829 death this Brit. chemist left money for the founding of a scientific institution in Washington, D.C. (James) Smithson |
| #2021, aired 1993-05-24 | "D" IN SCIENCE $200: The highest temperature recorded in North America was 134° F. at this California site Death Valley |
| #2021, aired 1993-05-24 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: It's a ridge or mound of loose sand heaped up by the wind a dune |
| #2021, aired 1993-05-24 | "D" IN SCIENCE $600: Alcohol & carbolic acid are 2 examples of this type of solution used to kill microorganisms a disinfectant |
| #2021, aired 1993-05-24 | "D" IN SCIENCE $800: These cleaning agents usually consist of surfactants detergents |
| #2021, aired 1993-05-24 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1000: Also called grape sugar, this is naturally occurring glucose dextrose |
| #1694, aired 1992-01-02 | "D" IN SCIENCE $100: The barchan is among the commonest forms of this hillock of sand built up by wind dunes |
| #1694, aired 1992-01-02 | "D" IN SCIENCE $200: Liquid produced by condensation of water vapor in the air is called this dew |
| #1694, aired 1992-01-02 | "D" IN SCIENCE $300: This medical specialty is concerned with diseases of the skin dermatology |
| #1694, aired 1992-01-02 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: This branch of sociology studies the distribution, composition, etc. of human populations demographics |
| #1694, aired 1992-01-02 | "D" IN SCIENCE $500: For hosiery, this is the unit used to describe the mass per unit length of nylon thread denier |
| #1512, aired 1991-03-12 | "D" IN SCIENCE $100: The 2 orders of these extinct reptiles are Saurischia & Ornithischia dinosaurs |
| #1512, aired 1991-03-12 | "D" IN SCIENCE $200: It's the breakdown of food into simpler substances that can be absorbed by body tissues digestion |
| #1512, aired 1991-03-12 | "D" IN SCIENCE $300: This fin on a fish's back helps it to remain upright dorsal |
| #1512, aired 1991-03-12 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: The larch, a member of the pine family, is this type of tree since it drops its needles each fall deciduous |
| #1512, aired 1991-03-12 | "D" IN SCIENCE $500: In cases of kidney failure this process of removing waste from the blood is done by a machine dialysis |
| #1070, aired 1989-04-07 | SCIENCE $100: In the 1st century A.D. the Chinese invented the 1st seismometer to detect these earthquakes |
| #910, aired 1988-07-15 | SCIENCE $500: Environment in which you'd find the hairy blenny at home the ocean (tropical waters) |
| #824, aired 1988-03-17 | "D" IN SCIENCE $200: The conversion of salt water into useable fresh water distillation (or desalination or desalinzation) |
| #824, aired 1988-03-17 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: Another name for a generator, especially a small one supplying direct current a dynamo |
| #824, aired 1988-03-17 | "D" IN SCIENCE $600: The study of the distribution & composition of human population demography |
| #824, aired 1988-03-17 | "D" IN SCIENCE $800: Name for the temperature at which at which air becomes saturated with water vapor and condensation takes place the dew point |
| #824, aired 1988-03-17 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1000: His theory stated that all things are composed of atoms & tried to explain chemical compositions (John) Dalton |
| #804, aired 1988-02-18 | "D" IN SCIENCE $200: The natural crystalline allotropic form of carbon diamond |
| #804, aired 1988-02-18 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: Term for an electric current that only flows one way direct |
| #804, aired 1988-02-18 | "D" IN SCIENCE $600: In 1986, a rare celestial pair was discovered: a neutron star & 1 of these smaller "white" stars dwarf |
| #804, aired 1988-02-18 | "D" IN SCIENCE $800: "Regolith" refers to this on the surface of the moon dust |
| #804, aired 1988-02-18 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1000: 1 example of this effect is a train whistle that rises in pitch as it approaches the listener Doppler Effect |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | "D" IN SCIENCE $200: An electric current that flows only one way DC (direct current) |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | "D" IN SCIENCE $400: In 1825, at 16, this evolutionist-to-be left school & went to Edinburgh U. to study medicine (Charles) Darwin |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | "D" IN SCIENCE $600: Term for the ratio of mass to volume for a material or object density |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | "D" IN SCIENCE $800: The elastic strength of your skin is provided by this, the inside layer of cells the dermis |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1000: This word describes a molecule made up of just 2 atoms diatomic |
| #622, aired 1987-04-28 | SCIENCE $600: In 1834, Christian Thomsen divided early human history into these 3 ages Stone, Bronze, and Iron |
| #494, aired 1986-10-30 | SCIENCE $2,000 (Daily Double): Of argon, ozone, & CO2,
the one of highest concentration in our air, making up nearly 1% of the atmosphere argon |
| #385, aired 1986-02-28 | EASY SCIENCE $400: An M.D. who specializes in the eye an ophthalmologist |
| #310, aired 1985-11-15 | PHYSICS $800: Invented in 1947 to improve electron microscope images, this science created a 3-D picture holography |
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Dylan Smith, from the Bronx, New York
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"This honor roll student wants to invent a teleporting system. From...
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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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Claire Winkler, from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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"This honor roll student participates on both the year-round and summer...
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Ben Chuchla, a senior from Calabasas, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Last name pronounced like "HOO-kla"....
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Evan Eschliman, a sophomore from Olathe, Kansas
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Keith Williams, a freshman at Middlebury College from Manchester, Vermont
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Anna Allie, a junior at the University of Michigan at Dearborn from Dearborn, Michigan
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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Veronica Fazio, from Roselle, Illinois
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"She dances, plays softball, and hangs with her friends, but wants...
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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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Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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Weston Mangin, a freshman at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo from Arroyo Grande, California
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Anderson Cooper, a host from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11).
Charity: American Heart Association.
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Krishna Bharathala, a sophomore from Fremont, California
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2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Kermin Fleming, a student from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
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Michael Braun, a high school junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
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"He is the 2005 Teen Tournament champion. A high school junior...
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Charlotte Darby, from West Chester, Pennsylvania
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"Her crafts include crochet, origami, and friendship bracelets. From West Chester,...
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Mallory Banks, from Summerville, South Carolina
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"And this future physicist loves figuring out the underlying components of...
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Michael Bilow, a Ph.D. student in computer science from Los Angeles, California
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2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 31 3-time champion: $96,000...
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Michael Bilow, a Ph.D. student in computer science originally from Chicago, Illinois
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2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 31 3-time champion: $96,000...
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Joe Kohake, from Florence, Kentucky
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"Golf, piano, and euphonium lessons are just a few of his...
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