| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | I'M CUBAN $600: Born in Cuba, this "Havana" singer came to the U.S. at age 6 (Camila) Cabello |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | "J" LAW $800: The Fifth Amendment ensures no person can be convicted twice of the same offense; it inspired the term "double" this jeopardy |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LET'S GET MEDICAL $600: A yellow or orange coloration to the skin is caused by an excess of this pigment, perhaps after eating too many carrots beta carotene (carotin) |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | FOWL PLAY $1000: Something easily done is said to be this "shoot", which does seem less than sporting a turkey shoot (a duck shoot) |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE 1960s $1,000 (Daily Double): U.S. Solicitor General J. Lee Rankin was its general counsel & is credited with smoothing the prose in its 1964 report the Warren Commission |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | JEOPARDY! AFTER DARK $800: You wouldn't let your kids see a movie rated this nickname of 1930s baseball star Jimmie Foxx double X |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FAMOUS PAIRS $1000: While they never married, this French existentialist couple did share a lifelong romantic & literary relationship Sartre & de Beauvoir |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | 12-LETTER WORDS $600: It's now pretty much lights out for this once-standard type of light bulb, as its filament is less efficient incandescent |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | SCIENCE $1600: A theoretical construction with no inside is called his "bottle"; cut it in half & you have 2 Mobius strips Klein |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | 1920s SCIENCE $800: Lewis Fry Richardson proposed doing this with 64,000 computers (those were people then) & data from a world network of balloons forecasting the weather |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | 20/23 $200: In the human body most cells normally contain 23 pairs of these chromosomes |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | WE ARE PRO-ANTONYMS $600: The 5th Amendment prohibits double safety, trying you twice for the same crime jeopardy |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | LET'S GET DOWN TO CASES $400: Davis v. Beason ruled that a Mormon couldn't use this amendment as a defense for polygamy the First Amendment |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | FIGURES OF SPEECH $600: I have no idea what you said--it was this language to me, a phrase used by Shakespeare Greek |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | ENDS IN "S-T-Y" $2000: Also called a vestry, it's a room in a church where clergy change into their robes & where holy objects are kept sacristy |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | A WORD TO THE WISE $400: An herb, or a profound philosopher a sage |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | CORRECT THAT NUMBER $200: Go home, you're drunk: to be very precise, you're 46 "sheets to the wind" three sheets to the wind (or two sheets to the wind) |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | WHAT'S YOUR UNSAFE WORD? $800: It can refer to one who is fearful & lacking self-confidence, or a password that can be easily hacked insecure (or weak) |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | LAW SLAW $1200: Res judicata, "a thing already judged", is the civil law version of this 2-word action banned by the Bill of Rights double jeopardy |
| #8320, aired 2021-01-22 | BRUCE WILLIS MOVIE QUOTES $400: "Sorry, Hans. Wrong guess. Would you like to go for Double Jeopardy!, where the scores can really change?" Die Hard |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | ADVERBS $1000: This 4-letter word is an adverb when found before a number to mean "about", as in "we had to drive ____ 50 miles to get there" some (like) |
| #8039, aired 2019-07-18 | LARD ALMIGHTY $1000: Not the healthiest, lard is this type of fat made from 3 fatty acids & glycerol triglyceride (or a saturated fat) |
| #7990, aired 2019-05-10 | IT'S NOT RHESUS $800: File this marmoset relative, not a rhesus, under the letter "T" tamarin |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | THE ELEMENTS $1000: This element precedes carbonate in a compound used to treat gastric ulcers & is definitely some of your... bismuth (or calcium) |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | BEER $400: These bitter buds added for flavor belong to the Cannabaceae family, making them a cousin of marijuana hops |
| #7940, aired 2019-03-01 | INVENTORS $200: Nicolas-Jacque Conté mixed graphite & clay to make this writing tool easily produceable for the masses a pencil (or a crayon) |
| #7916, aired 2019-01-28 | INSURANCE $1,200 (Daily Double): A life insurance clause paying twice the face value of the policy for an accidental death is called this, also a film title double indemnity |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | POET IDENTIFICATION, PLEASE $400 (Daily Double): "Death, be not proud, though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so" (John) Donne |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | THE OLD WEST $400: The pseudonymous Ned Buntline sensationalized the old West in these novels with a price in their name dime novels |
| #7844, aired 2018-10-18 | THE GOAL OF THE GAME $1000: Form a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line of a quartet of your own colored discs Connect Four (or Drop Four) |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | "BLACK" JEOPARDY $800: With a vertical drop of 500 feet, the Heathen is a tough ski run with a double this rating a black diamond |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | GETTING SPECIFIC AT GENERAL HOSPITAL $0 (Daily Double): (Steve Burton gives the clue as Jason from General Hospital.) "It's all coming back to me now, I'm a twin, but dizygotic or monozygotic, also known as this type" identical |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | GO FLY A KITE! $600: The 1822 "Charvolant" was this type of passenger vehicle pulled at up to 20 MPH by kites instead of horses a carriage (or chariot) |
| #7815, aired 2018-07-27 | FOUND IN TRANSLATION $1600: To lean or tilt to one side list (or slant) |
| #7797, aired 2018-07-03 | "F" STOP $600: It's the rhyming brand name of the Christmas helper seen here The Elf on the Shelf |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | THE B.G.s $1000: This Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence was as cute as a small clothing fastener Button Gwinnett |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | POTPOURR-KNEE $200: Recipients kneel on a special footstool before Queen Elizabeth to be dubbed a dame or this male equivalent a knight |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | RITE $1000: This rite is a solo vigil by a Plains Indian boy to seek spiritual power & knowledge through an apparition a vision quest (or spirit quest) |
| #7719, aired 2018-03-15 | '80s MUSIC $2,800 (Daily Double): Him: "Well, I knew I was in trouble now
my hope of winning sank 'cause I got the Daily Double now & then my mind went blank" Weird Al |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | THE WORDS OF H.G. WELLS $600: Wells preached & definitely practiced this 2-word phrase for ignoring the conventional constraints of marriage free love (or an open marriage) |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | DOG BREEDS $800: This breed is an English greyhound in miniature a whippet (or an Italian greyhound) |
| #7682, aired 2018-01-23 | SOUNDS, INTERESTING $400: The noise level of this type of cold-weather recreational item has been reduced by over 90% since the 1960s a Ski-Doo (or a snowmobile or skimobile) |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | CHRISTMAS MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $400: (Film critic Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) I found the laughs mild & sparse in this reworking of "A Christmas Carol" starring Bill Murray as a vernal TV executive Scrooged |
| #7635, aired 2017-11-17 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "H" $400: For lunch, how about this 2-word filler-upper? a hero sandwich (or a ham sandwich) |
| #7624, aired 2017-11-02 | HEAVENLY BODIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Whirlpool, Sombrero galaxies (or nebulas) |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | CEREALS $600: The goodness of barley includes being the source of this partly fermented product used in the brewing of beer malt (or wort) |
| #7546, aired 2017-06-05 | FAMILIAR PHRASES FLIPPED $600: And the ammunition Lord pass the praise praise the Lord and pass the ammunition |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | MORTAL MATTERS $200: It's the elected medical official whose job it is to investigate deaths not due to natural causes a coroner |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM $600: Beginning in the 1850s, a machine like this one was used to put these holes between stamps for easier separation perforations |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | IT COMES ONCE A YEAR $800: This spring festival involves a different kind of pole dancing with ribbons May Day |
| #7468, aired 2017-02-15 | "EV"ERYTHING $200: YouTube has several clips of professors reading mean these written by students evaluations (or reviews) |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | SILENT "O" $400: The Fifth Amendment prohibits double this, a second prosecution for the same crime jeopardy |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | YAS QUEEN $1000: A 16th century queen of Castile was known as Juana La Loca, which translates to this in English Joan the Mad (or Crazy) |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | MATH MEN, MYTH MEN $600: We're 100/100ths sure that Simon Stevin introduced the concept of "decimal" these to Europe in 1585 fractions |
| #7404, aired 2016-11-17 | TEXTING $1000: While working for Microsoft, Dean Hachamovitch invented this texting feature that suggests words for you autocorrect |
| #7350, aired 2016-07-22 | THINGS TO DO BEFORE $400: "Seasonal" verb meaning to prepare a car for cold weather by adding antifreeze, or to prep a house, using insulation winterizing |
| #7337, aired 2016-07-05 | BATTLE OF BRITAIN $400: This invader's army defeated Harold II on the Sussex coast in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings William the Conqueror |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | THE RED AUERBACH TROPHY $400: 1989-90:
Pat Riley of this "Showtime" squad the L.A. Lakers |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | OF COURSE $600: Adding this 5-letter word in front of "course" creates a term meaning "brief intense instruction " a crash course |
| #7298, aired 2016-05-11 | DRINKS IN THE FRIDGE $800: I didn't bring in pineapple juice, but the pineapple type of this godly drink nectar |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | ROCKS & MINERALS $2000: A prized variety of this ornamental stone mined in the American Southwest is robin's egg blue turquoise |
| #7248, aired 2016-03-02 | WHAT'S YOUR MOVIE PROFESSION? $800: The non-brunette, non-redheaded Elle Woods a lawyer |
| #7192, aired 2015-12-15 | CAROLS $1000: This song title precedes "bearing gifts we traverse afar" "We Three Kings (Of Orient Are)" or "We Three Kings From Orient Are" |
| #7163, aired 2015-11-04 | SPEAK "UP"! $600: To transfer data from a smaller device to a larger one upload |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH "A" $800: French term meaning "with the" au |
| #7136, aired 2015-09-28 | DOUBLE THAT LETTER! $2000: Carried on a war & moved like some tails waged & wagged |
| #7104, aired 2015-07-02 | SOLE MEN $200: A German army medic named Klaus was the "Doc" behind this boot brand Doc Martens |
| #7074, aired 2015-05-21 | FUN WITH WOMEN'S CLOTHING $600: The duchesse type of this fabric is often used for formal dresses satin |
| #7073, aired 2015-05-20 | THAT MOVIE TITLE IS LEGAL $800: Ashley Judd learns the meaning of a 5th Amendment protection in this thriller whose title is near & dear to me Double Jeopardy |
| #6990, aired 2015-01-23 | SHIPS DON'T LIE $600: A portion of the CSS Georgia, one of these "metallic" Civil War ships, was recovered in 2013 from a Georgia river an ironclad |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | RIBBONS $400: Pack your ribbons if you're competing in this sport, an Olympic medal event since 1984 rhythmic gymnastics |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | THE NICK OF TIME $800: In 1938 Dashell Hammett created this amateur detective & husband in "The Thin Man" Nick & Nora Charles |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | VOCABULARY $11,000 (Daily Double): This instrument measures atmospheric pressure: its name is used to mean anything that indicates change a barometer |
| #6924, aired 2014-10-23 | 3 "T"s $1600: For their operettas, Sullivan was the composer & Gilbert was this librettist |
| #6907, aired 2014-09-30 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL STADIUM NICKNAMES $600: This school's Gamecocks rough it up in "The Cockpit" the University of South Carolina |
| #6899, aired 2014-09-18 | FAIRY TALES $1000: A poem by Goethe is one of the earlier uses of this tale about a pupil who conjures up more magic than he can handle "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" |
| #6837, aired 2014-05-13 | ACTRESSES $4,400 (Daily Double): This portrayer of the screen's classic Southern belle was born in India to British parents Vivien Leigh |
| #6819, aired 2014-04-17 | HISTORIC DAYS $1000: Jan, 24, 1848
(out West) gold discovered in California |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | DETROIT ROCKS! $800: A controversial idea to help the city out of bankruptcy is to sell pieces from the DIA, the Detroit Institute of these Arts |
| #6774, aired 2014-02-13 | VIDEO GAME VAULT $400: You don't need to be a spelunker to enjoy this Sega game named for the place spelunkers explore The Cave |
| #6715, aired 2013-11-22 | USER NAME $1000: Man was no longer the one tool-using animal when in 1960 a chimp named David was observed using twigs to fish for these to snack on termites |
| #6703, aired 2013-11-06 | BEASTLY WORDS & PHRASES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows some clouds on the monitor.) Long, wispy cirrus clouds are sometimes referred to by this name from their resemblance to a certain equine body part mares' tails |
| #6695, aired 2013-10-25 | JEOPARDY! IN 3-D $800: Capable of having 2 opposite effects, like a proverbial type of sword double-edged |
| #6656, aired 2013-07-22 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $800: Mary Anning, who hawked her fossil discoveries along the dorset coast, inspired this tongue twister "She sells seashells by the seashore." |
| #6630, aired 2013-06-14 | I HAVE A PARTICULAR SET OF SKILLS $200: The act of parachuting into a forest fire gives this job its name smokejumper (or firejumper) |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS $1000: "As a Peace-Loving Global Citizen" is the autobiography of this Korean reverend who died in 2012 Sun Myung Moon |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | POETIC VERBS $800: "I ____ the body electric" sing |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | COMMON BONDS $800: Redwood,
Mammoth Cave,
Mesa Verde national parks |
| #6395, aired 2012-06-08 | PROVERBIAL NUMBERS $400: The last possible moment for doing something is called this hour eleventh hour |
| #6373, aired 2012-05-09 | HE'S QUITE THE SPORTSMAN $200: He's the recent Super Bowl MVP seen here Eli Manning |
| #6365, aired 2012-04-27 | NOVELTY SONG LYRICS $1,500 (Daily Double): 1984:
"My hope of winning sank, 'cause I got the Daily Double now, and then my mind went blank" "I Lost On Jeopardy" |
| #6357, aired 2012-04-17 | COWBOY TALK $1,600 (Daily Double): As a verb, it meant to shoot someone; as a noun it referred to a rectangular bar of chewing tobacco plug |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | SOLVE FOR "EX" $1000: If the murderer had blood type A, finding that a suspect has type O is this kind of evidence exculpatory (exclusionary also accepted) |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | POE'S PROSE $1200: Prince Prospero & 1,000 knights & dames retired to a castle to escape a fatal pestilence in this story "The Masque of the Red Death" |
| #6314, aired 2012-02-16 | CENTRAL AMERICAN WILDLIFE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Golfo Dulce in Costa Rica.) Macaws use their powerful beaks as a third foot when climbing trees & as a tool when opening nuts; inside their tongue is a little one of these structures that they use to dislodge nutmeat bone in their tongue (lever accepted) |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | RECENT BOOKS $1000: Book club alert--"Then Came You" is the latest novel by this author of "Good in Bed" & "In Her Shoes" Jennifer Weiner |
| #6280, aired 2011-12-30 | ON DECK $2000: As its name indicates, this 3-letter deck on old warships had cannons end to end the gun deck |
| #6277, aired 2011-12-27 | FOOD PREPARATION $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a payapa in a forest in Molokai, HI.) An enzyme called papain in the leaves & green skin of raw papaya can be used as one of these food preparations as it breaks down the connective tissue of meats a tenderizer |
| #6272, aired 2011-12-20 | CHECKING IT TWICE $2,500 (Daily Double): This constitutional amendment uses the phrase "twice put in jeopardy of life or limb" the Fifth Amendment |
| #6231, aired 2011-10-24 | COME TO OUR AIDE $1600: In 1948 White House aide Lauchlin Currie told this committee he wasn't a Soviet spy; today we know he was the House Un-American Activities Committee |
| #6180, aired 2011-06-24 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR GENERALS $3,000 (Daily Double): This last surviving general who died in 1832 at 98, gave his name to a South Carolina site that later made big news (Thomas) Sumter |
| #6149, aired 2011-05-12 | VENDING MACHINES $1000: It's the term for a metal imitation coin used to fool a vending machine a slug |
| #6140, aired 2011-04-29 | STUPID ANSWERS $1000: In Dutch, this royal was known as Willem Hendrik, Prins van Oranje William of Orange |
| #6112, aired 2011-03-22 | LET THERE BE LIGHT BEER $400: It's produced at all 12 of Anheuser-Busch's U.S.-based breweries Bud Light |
| #6074, aired 2011-01-27 | FICTIONAL TV CITIES $1000: New New York, New York Futurama |
| #6068, aired 2011-01-19 | SHE WAS IN THAT? $800: In between "Saturday Night Live" & "Seinfeld", she had a small role in "Hannah and Her Sisters" Dreyfus |
| #6052, aired 2010-12-28 | COMPLETE THE BOOK TITLE $2000: James Patterson: "Double ___" Cross |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | HELLO, I'M JOHNNY CASH $200: I kept a close watch on this hit of mine as it climbed into the Top 20 in 1956 "I Walk The Line" |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | MAKE IT RIGHT $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.) The "E" in insulated "Low-E windows" stands for this; the windows allow light through but prevent solar heat gain & block UV rays emission |
| #5970, aired 2010-07-23 | GETTING COZY WITH SARKOZY $800: In 2009 Sarkozy called to eliminate this garment worn by some Muslim women, saying it was a symbol of enslavement burqa |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | FINISH THE PALINDROME $1000: "Drab as a fool, aloof as a" this bard |
| #5876, aired 2010-03-15 | HYBRIDS $800: Tangelo a tangerine & a pomelo |
| #5866, aired 2010-03-01 | 3 OF A KIND $1,000 (Daily Double): Draco,
Lyra,
Mensa constellations |
| #5862, aired 2010-02-23 | VEGAS CASINOS $800: Enjoy rock star lemonades & world famous DJs at the rehab poolside party at this hotel the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino |
| #5860, aired 2010-02-19 | MOVIN' ON "UP" $1,200 (Daily Double): A pair of successive lines of verse that rhyme & are of the same length & meter a couplet |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | PICK A PLANET $800: It's the third largest in our solar system Neptune (Uranus also accepted) |
| #5816, aired 2009-12-21 | FARM AID $1600: Tomatoes sometimes come in this "old" variety, meaning they're open-pollinated & not grown widely heirloom |
| #5811, aired 2009-12-14 | SPORTS NUMBER, PLEASE $1000: Number of minutes in a regulation NHL period 20 |
| #5805, aired 2009-12-04 | MOVIE NAME DROPPERS $800: "____ Getting Married" Rachel |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $200: This branch of mathematics uses letters to symbolize numbers in equations algebra |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | GET SOME HELP $1000: Not only did she play the nanny on "The Nanny", she created the show as well Fran Drescher |
| #5792, aired 2009-11-17 | FINLANDIA $800: Finland forms a symbolic N. border between Eastern & Western Europe: to the east is Russia; to the west, these 2 nations Norway & Sweden |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | REAL PEOPLE IN BEATLES SONGS $1000: "Man, you should have seen them kicking" this American poet in "I Am The Walrus" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #5738, aired 2009-07-15 | KIDS ON THE NET $800: At the website for the CDC, the Centers for this, kids can learn about diabetes & toxic chemicals Disease Control |
| #5709, aired 2009-06-04 | THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM $2000: (Alex reads from the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.) One of the first history paintings of recent events was Benjamin West's "The Death of" this general at Quebec shortly after his 1759 victory sealed Britain's control over Canada General Wolfe |
| #5684, aired 2009-04-30 | YOU'RE A JEOPARDY! FAN IF… $1000: At the Preakness horse race in this state, you hear "daily double" & make a tsyoo-tsyoo-tsyoo noise Maryland |
| #5596, aired 2008-12-29 | WHERE AM I? $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a New Mexico amphitheater.) I'm at this New Mexico national park, where every night from April to October 300,000 to 400,000 hungry flying mammals delight the crowds with an amazing bat flight Carlsbad Caverns |
| #5524, aired 2008-09-18 | KIDS IN LIT $800: A book by a great-great-uncle shows Jared, Simon & Mallory the hidden world around them in this series The Spiderwick Chronicles |
| #5415, aired 2008-03-07 | BRAZILIAN FOOD $800: Everyone snacks on pao de queijo, a cheese puff made with manioc flour, which is ground from this tropical tuber cassava |
| #5386, aired 2008-01-28 | WHO'S RUNNING THIS OPERATION? $600: (With some help)
Brian Cashman makes the personnel decisions in this job with the New York Yankees general manager |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | DEATH SENTENCES $2000: In his "Holy Sonnets", he wrote, "Death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful" (John) Donne |
| #5353, aired 2007-12-12 | FILMS OF THE '90s $1600: We had to mention this movie in which Ashley Judd turns being framed for murder to her advantage Double Jeopardy |
| #5273, aired 2007-07-11 | LULLABIES THAT ROCK $200: This lullabye will either "rock" your little ones or make them acrophobic "Rock-a-bye Baby" |
| #5273, aired 2007-07-11 | LULLABIES THAT ROCK $800: This song is for parents who believe in bribery "Hush Little Baby (Don't You Cry)" |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | BEANY $600: "Noisy" name for a crisp bean pod easily broken into pieces for cooking snap beans |
| #5233, aired 2007-05-16 | BOTANY $400: Canada wild rye isn't liquor from Yukon but this type of plant of the genus Elymus a grass (grain accepted) |
| #5185, aired 2007-03-09 | TRY, TRY AGAIN $800: In 1969 the Supreme Court ruled that the Fifth Amendment's ban on this practice is binding on states double jeopardy |
| #5143, aired 2007-01-10 | EDWARD R. MURROW $400: In 1961 Murrow left CBS to become Director of the U.S.I.A., this agency the United States Information Agency |
| #5138, aired 2007-01-03 | YOU, ME & DUE PROCESS $400: The 2000 Supreme Court decision in this case, him v. him, involved vote-counting guidelines & due process of law Bush v. Gore |
| #5138, aired 2007-01-03 | COLA $400: Sadly, the "breakfast drink", Pepsi A.M., didn't last long, even though it had 25% more of this than regular Pepsi caffeine |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | BIG BUSINESS $400: In 1988, this FedEx rival got its own airline, now among the USA's 10 largest UPS |
| #5088, aired 2006-10-25 | "OCK"-TOBER $200: An enclosure for the temporary housing of cattle a paddock (stockyard or stockade also acceptable) |
| #5017, aired 2006-06-06 | BIBLICAL PERSON, PLACE OR THING $400: Cana place |
| #4989, aired 2006-04-27 | SLOW DOWN $800: The animal seen here is loaded up with this saccharine secretion nectar |
| #4976, aired 2006-04-10 | LET'S PLAY "TAG" $1000: It's the 2-dimentional figure seen here a heptagon (septagon accepted) |
| #4962, aired 2006-03-21 | SPORTSMEN $400: He spent 5 seasons with the Shanghai Sharks before becoming the Houston Rockets' center in 2002 Yao Ming |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | TV TEENS $1000: Stacey Farber & Aubrey Graham play Ellie Nash & Jimmy Brooks, 2 of the teens on this Canadian series Degrassi |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME $600: The name of these sometimes nasty microscopic life forms is from the Greek for "little rod" bacteria (bacilla later accpted) |
| #4892, aired 2005-12-13 | NFL NICKNAMES $800: "Too Tall" (Ed) Jones |
| #4882, aired 2005-11-29 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: "Singin' in the Rain" star who once worked as an office temp Gene Kelly Girl (or Gene Kelly Services) |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | MISCELLANY $1600: In the Cajun vernacular, this double-talk term refers to a Voodoo spell, good or bad gris-gris (juju accepted) |
| #4846, aired 2005-10-10 | WHERE WE WENT ON SUMMER VACATION $1000: …to New York City where we visited the Museum of Modern Art & saw this man's famous painting, "Starry Night" Vincent van Gogh |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | ON OLD MAPS $1,500 (Daily Double): Part of this country was once Kievan Rus the Ukraine |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | ENDS IN "TU" $2,000 (Daily Double): 2-word Latin phrase meaning located in the original or existing place or position in situ |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | ATTILA THE HUN $400: In 451 Attila conquered, then abandoned, this town in Gaul where 961 years later a certain "maid" was born Orléans |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | BEHOLD THE POWER OF CHEESE $800: It's wonderful to do this to cheese, reducing it to fragments by rubbing it against an abrasive surface grating (or shredding) |
| #4665, aired 2004-12-10 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $800: Life story of a black rights activist & religious leader who shows where treasure is buried on a map The Autobiography of Malcolm X Marks the Spot |
| #4654, aired 2004-11-25 | DOUBLE DOWN $200: This constitutional provision protects you from self-incrimination & double jeopardy the Fifth Amendment |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | THAT'S SO RANDOM! $600: It's prohibited by the 5th Amendment, but you'll be facing it in the next round double jeopardy |
| #4642, aired 2004-11-09 | EITHER/OR $200: This question about grocery bags could also apply to how you're paying for those groceries Paper or plastic? |
| #4639, aired 2004-11-05 | CREAM $1000: Teutonic name for a mousse made with whipped cream & set in a towering mold Bavarian cream |
| #4620, aired 2004-10-08 | TOOL TIME $1000: This term for forceps or pliers also refers to little kids nippers |
| #4598, aired 2004-09-08 | SHORTWAVE $1000: To catch the BBC at 1700 UTC, or Universal Time Coordinated, tune in at this morning hour Pacific Standard time 9:00 AM |
| #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 |
| #4570, aired 2004-06-18 | INSECTS $2,600 (Daily Double): About 30% of all animal species are these insects which include the whirligig & weevil families beetles |
| #4569, aired 2004-06-17 | FLEX YOUR "AB"S $1000: Self-denial abstinence (or abstention) |
| #4560, aired 2004-06-04 | MY DEER $2,800 (Daily Double): When running, this deer species seen here shows off the feature for which it is named a white-tail (deer) |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | SO. CAL. $400: On the Warner Bros. lot tour you can see the water tower that this cartoon trio calls home the Animaniacs |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | 3 LETTERS LONG $800: Between April & October, the hour of the day in Maine may be followed by these 3 letters E.D.T. |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents the clue, using a small piece of wood, a nail, and a hammer.) Meaning to do or say exactly the right thing is the phrase I'm demonstrating here to hit the nail on the head (or hit the hammer on the head) |
| #4477, aired 2004-02-10 | THE BODY HUMAN $2,600 (Daily Double): As opposed to ball-&-socket, your knee is this type of joint moving backwards & forwards hinge joint |
| #4457, aired 2004-01-13 | MEDICAL MATTERS $1000: In 1997 dieters who'd taken this drug combination were advised to get checked for heart damage Fen-phen |
| #4447, aired 2003-12-30 | CELL BLOCK CINEMA $1000: Ashley Judd finds out that she can't be convicted twice for killing her husband in this 1999 drama Double Jeopardy |
| #4427, aired 2003-12-02 | VERBS $600: It's a synonym for "efface" that also rhymes with it deface (erase) |
| #4410, aired 2003-11-07 | UNPOPULAR MECHANICS $1000: Appropriate 4-letter term for the space in a gallows floor through which a hangee fell drop or trap |
| #4381, aired 2003-09-29 | CLOCKED $400: In 1992 Iniki, one of these, had gusts clocked at 175 mph a hurricane |
| #4346, aired 2003-06-23 | SOUTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE $800: The black markings on the tawny coat of this South American wild cat are called rosettes the jaguar (ocelot accepted) |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | FUN WITH THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM $1000: The 500s cover science; the 600s cover this, defined as the application of science technology (or engineering) |
| #4268, aired 2003-03-05 | QUOTATIONS $800: Genius has been famously defined as "1% inspiration and" this 99% perspiration |
| #4249, aired 2003-02-06 | AUSTEN POWERS $800: It's the main reason why 19-year-old Anne Elliot's family won't let her marry Frederick Wentworth he doesn't have enough money |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | AROUND THE WORLD $1000: This Iraqi capital was founded on the western bank of the Tigris River in 762 A.D. by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur Baghdad |
| #4203, aired 2002-12-04 | THAT'S GOTTA HURT $200: A "separated" one of these refers to a dislocation at the acromioclavicular joint collarbone or shoulder |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | AUTOMOTIVE METAPHORS $600: When you're totally exhausted but your boss makes you keep working anyway, you're "running" this way on empty (on fumes) |
| #4120, aired 2002-06-28 | WIZARDS $600: In July of 1973 this game show, my first in America, debuted on NBC The Wizard of Odds |
| #4118, aired 2002-06-26 | DOUBLE TALK ROCK $400: (Hi, I'm Jeff Probst, host of Rock and Roll Jeopardy!) In a Neil Young song, it precedes "Rock and roll is here to stay" "Hey Hey, My My" |
| #4052, aired 2002-03-26 | D.C. ABBR. $600: The CAB was concerned with these craft that taxi; it was dissolved back in 1984 aircraft |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | LET THE GAMES BEGIN $800: Auction & contract are 2 types of this game, one of the most popular card games in the U.S. bridge |
| #4016, aired 2002-02-04 | GOING TO COLLEGE $600: This microchip-making company gives a $100,000 college scholarship in its science talent search Intel |
| #3998, aired 2002-01-09 | RHYME TIME $800: The Impaler's apartments Vlad's pads |
| #3981, aired 2001-12-17 | CLASSICAL CLASSICS $2000: This man's sixth symphony is known as the Pastoral Symphony Beethoven |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | "UM" $400: The sound-transmitting membrane in your hearing organ eardrum |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | USES FOR ARSENIC $800: Gallium arsenide is used in the semiconductor type of this device found in CD players a laser |
| #3921, aired 2001-09-24 | WHAT I DID ON SUMMER VACATION $500: Loved the Gown Gallery--an exhibit about the First Ladies--in this Smithsonian museum the Museum of American History |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | WATCH THIS SPACE $500: (Hi, I'm Kevin Sorbo of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda.) Using an earthbound telescope, he determined the Andromeda galaxy is 900,000 light years from Earth Edwin Hubble |
| #3860, aired 2001-05-18 | JEOPARDY PLACES $400: U.S. prisoners facing execution are booked into the line of cells known by this 2-word phrase death row (death house accepted) |
| #3853, aired 2001-05-09 | WILLIAM PENNED $800: "Lyrical Ballads", a poetry collection by Coleridge & this man, includes his famous "Tintern Abbey" William Wordsworth |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | WOMEN OF THE WORLD $600: Madeleine Albright Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia) |
| #3655, aired 2000-06-23 | MARSHMALLOW CUISINE $500: Adding almonds & marshmallows to chocolate ice cream, this "grand" ice cream company created Rocky Road Dreyer's (Edy's accepted) |
| #3640, aired 2000-06-02 | WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN $300: One of the signs that things aren't working correctly is when you get one of these "exceptions" a fatal exception (or a Windows exception) |
| #3604, aired 2000-04-13 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $400: This amendment protects the individual from double jeopardy 5th Amendment |
| #3587, aired 2000-03-21 | RECENT FILMS $200: We love the name of this 1999 Ashley Judd thriller (no need to ask why) Double Jeopardy |
| #3562, aired 2000-02-15 | PRE-MED $400: Latin:
If your Latin class seems to go on ad infinitum, it goes on this way Infinity/forever |
| #3516, aired 1999-12-13 | IRAQ $500: It's the only one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World once found in Iraq the Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
| #3514, aired 1999-12-09 | FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD $500: Only well-trained sushi chefs can clean & prepare this poisonous puffer fish fugu (blowfish accepted) |
| #3496, aired 1999-11-15 | BRIDGE OF SIZE $400: You'll cross over this bay when taking the Sunshine Skyway Bridge to St. Petersburg, Florida Tampa Bay |
| #3495, aired 1999-11-12 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $400: Convince me you can spell... P-E-R-S-U-A-S-I-V-E |
| #3477, aired 1999-10-19 | "ALLEY" WAYS $500: A mistaken course or direction may take you up one of these a blind alley |
| #3450, aired 1999-09-10 | OPPOSITES $1000: If you don't want to be attractive to insects, use this, the opposite of "attractive" repellent |
| #3429, aired 1999-07-01 | "GENERAL" KNOWLEDGE $400: "Towering" P.T. Barnum talent seen here General Tom Thumb |
| #3417, aired 1999-06-15 | THE SHORT VERSION $1000: In medicine:
HIV human immunodeficiency virus |
| #3381, aired 1999-04-26 | "C.D."s $1000: He wrote the following in the 1890s Claude Debussy |
| #3365, aired 1999-04-02 | ON THE "DOUBLE" $600 (Daily Double): The Fifth Amendment protects against it Double jeopardy |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | QUECHUA CATCHWORDS $400: The word for this kind of South American cowboy is derived from Quechua gaucho |
| #3313, aired 1999-01-20 | ON THE GO $500: From Latin for "place" & "moving", it may be steam, electric or diesel-electric locomotive (or locomotion) |
| #3287, aired 1998-12-15 | THE BODY HUMAN $400: Drumroll please... the eardrum is also known as this membrane the tympanic membrane |
| #3282, aired 1998-12-08 | "LAND"s OF THE WORLD $900 (Daily Double): It's the only U.S. state that fits the category Maryland (or Rhode Island) |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | SCI FI IDENTIFY $400: 1996:
"Welcome to Earth!" Independence Day (or Mars Attacks!) |
| #3247, aired 1998-10-20 | STATE DEPT. TRAVEL WARNINGS $200: Say so long to Sarajevo; the U.S. has been warning people about visiting this country since 1992 Bosnia (or Yugoslavia) |
| #3237, aired 1998-10-06 | FROM PRUSSIA WITH LOVE $300: After WWI once-mighty Prussia became just another state under this "republic" Weimar Republic (German Republic accepted) |
| #3210, aired 1998-07-10 | "DOUBLE" OR "NOTHING" $200: Its arrival is heralded by the following: a Daily Double (on Jeopardy!) |
| #3203, aired 1998-07-01 | POTPOURRI $100: Related to the fear of falling, climacophobia is the fear of climbing these stairs |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | REALLY BIG $500: With a net capacity of 1,380 MW, the single largest one of these is the Ignalina station in Lithuania nuclear reactor |
| #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 |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | LET'S PLAY POKER $500: The biggest annual poker game there is, it's held at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas each spring the World Series of Poker |
| #3147, aired 1998-04-14 | WORK TIME $100: Specific term for an investigator of insurance claims a claims adjuster |
| #3128, aired 1998-03-18 | ALL EARS $400: According to folklore, if your ears are doing this, someone is talking about you burning |
| #3028, aired 1997-10-29 | "C" THE WORLD $500: The name of this African country comes from camaroes, a Portuguese word for shrimp Cameroon |
| #3020, aired 1997-10-17 | ART SUPPLIES $500: It's the clear plastic sheet on which a cartoon image is painted Cel |
| #3010, aired 1997-10-03 | "DOUBLE" JEOPARDY $200: Grammatical error committed by the Rolling Stones when they sang, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" Double negative |
| #3010, aired 1997-10-03 | "DOUBLE" JEOPARDY $600: In this form of jumping rope, 2 people twirl 2 jump ropes in the opposite direction simultaneously Double Dutch |
| #3010, aired 1997-10-03 | "DOUBLE" JEOPARDY $800: In "1984" George Orwell coined this term for the acceptance of 2 contradictory ideas at the same time Doublethink |
| #3010, aired 1997-10-03 | "DOUBLE" JEOPARDY $1000: Line preceding "Fire burn and cauldron bubble" "Double double, toil and trouble" (from "Macbeth") |
| #3010, aired 1997-10-03 | "DOUBLE" JEOPARDY $1,500 (Daily Double): Action seen here:
[Curly Howard]
"Hey you, this is no time to play games--ewww!" Double take |
| #2828, aired 1996-12-11 | TV CHARACTERS $200: On "The Beverly Hillbilles" this cantankerous character's real name was Daisy Moses Granny (Moses) |
| #2827, aired 1996-12-10 | THE UNEXPLAINED $300: An explanation for these areas of flattened grain is that they're saucer-shaped UFO landing sites Crop Circles |
| #2815, aired 1996-11-22 | ANATOMY $200: 2 muscles, the brachialis & this one, allow you to bend your arm at the elbow the biceps |
| #2807, aired 1996-11-12 | "DOUBLE" JEOPARDY $200: In 1914 Wrigley introduced this new chewing gum packaged in a green wrapper Doublemint |
| #2807, aired 1996-11-12 | "DOUBLE" JEOPARDY $400: In golf it's a score of 2 strokes over par on a hole double bogey |
| #2807, aired 1996-11-12 | "DOUBLE" JEOPARDY $600: This clause in an insurance policy provides for the payment of twice the face value in the event of accidental death double indemnity |
| #2807, aired 1996-11-12 | "DOUBLE" JEOPARDY $800: An oboe is an example of this type of wind instrument double reed |
| #2807, aired 1996-11-12 | "DOUBLE" JEOPARDY $1000: It's the spiral arrangement of the 2 complementary strands of DNA double helix |
| #2753, aired 1996-07-17 | STARTS WITH "J" $100: She was Romeo's beloved Juliet |
| #2732, aired 1996-06-18 | POTPOURRI $1000: If John Chapman, better known as this, lived today, he might keep track of his plantings on a Macintosh Johnny Appleseed |
| #2663, aired 1996-03-13 | INSECTIVORES $400: Porcupines are rodents; these "spiny" mammals that resemble them are insectivores hedgehogs (echidna accepted) |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | POLYNESIA $600: The word Polynesia means this "many islands" |
| #2615, aired 1996-01-05 | POLITICAL SCIENCE $400: Though the person in this post leads the Senate in the VP's absence, the majority leader has more power president pro tem of the Senate |
| #2584, aired 1995-11-23 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $800 (Daily Double): Philip Carey is the central character in this Somerset Maugham novel Of Human Bondage |
| #2531, aired 1995-09-11 | THE 1950s $500 (Daily Double): Introduced in 1952, an example of one is seen here: oil painting by numbers |
| #2505, aired 1995-06-23 | BASED ON A TRUE STORY $100: In a 1994 TV biopic, Terumi Matthews played this Material girl Madonna |
| #2490, aired 1995-06-02 | WRITING $400: 19th century French Abbe Hypolite Michon named this science of analyzing people from their writing graphology |
| #2458, aired 1995-04-19 | MARRIAGE $100: Paranymph is another term for this woman who attends the bride, often as one of a group a bridesmaid (the maid of honor) |
| #2430, aired 1995-03-10 | THE CONGRESS $1,500 (Daily Double): In April 1994 this Senate majority leader withdrew from consideration for a Supreme Court seat George Mitchell |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | AROUND THE ART STUDIO $500: A mordant is the acid mixture used in creating these images etchings (photoengravings) |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | AFRICA $800: African leaders met in 1963 in Addis Ababa to form the OAU, which stands for this The Organization of African Unity |
| #2406, aired 1995-02-06 | ABBREVIATIONS $200: Those of you who are preparing for the SAT should know that SAT stands for this Scholastic Aptitude Test |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | PROVERBS $400: "The more cooks the worse potage" is a variation of this proverb "too many cooks spoil the broth" |
| #2218, aired 1994-04-06 | GREEK MYTHOLOGY $400: Hercules' 11th labor was to bring this fruit to King Eurystheus of Mycenae the Golden Apples of the Hesperides |
| #2176, aired 1994-02-07 | GRAMMAR $300: One of the principal uses of this punctuation mark is to set off coordinate clauses the comma |
| #2150, aired 1993-12-31 | COOKING $300: These soft-dough quick breads may be baking powder, drop or buttermilk types biscuits |
| #2088, aired 1993-10-06 | ____ THE ____ $300: Look after a military installation while the troops are out guard the fort (hold the fort) |
| #2031, aired 1993-06-07 | ODDS & ENDS $500: Equipment used in this sport includes crampons, pitons & carabiners mountain climbing |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | ETIQUETTE $400: Vogue's Book of Etiquette says a bride's silver should include at least 4 of these demitasse utensils spoons |
| #1932, aired 1993-01-19 | THE CONSTITUTION $1000: This amendment requires due process of law & prohibits double jeopardy the 5th Amendment |
| #1923, aired 1993-01-06 | HOMOPHONES $200: The hereditary units found on a chromosome, or pants made of heavy, twilled cotton genes (jeans) |
| #1794, aired 1992-05-21 | GENERAL SCIENCE $300: Chalk & limestone are naturally occurring forms of this compound, CaCO3 calcium carbonate |
| #1784, aired 1992-05-07 | KIDDIE LIT $400: In 1970 this Russian count's story "How Varinka Grew Up in a Single Night" was published as a children's book Leo Tolstoy |
| #1774, aired 1992-04-23 | 12-LETTER WORDS $300: This Spanish word was used to describe explorers such as Cortez who claimed land for Spain the conquistadors |
| #1699, aired 1992-01-09 | LOS ANGELES $400: L.A.'s Century City district is built on land once part of this movie studio's back lot 20th Century |
| #1635, aired 1991-10-11 | LOUISIANA $500: The state's first railroad was begun in 1831 by a company named for this large lake Lake Pontchartrain |
| #1615, aired 1991-09-13 | FURNITURE $400: A chair back's central support; it sounds like the noise spilled soup makes when it hits the floor a splat |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: This biggest computer company is biggest also among companies in philanthropic contributions IBM |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | DOGS $500: The Keeshond, or barge dog, is considered the national dog of this country the Netherlands |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | SPELLING $200: A creamy salad dressing made with raw egg yolk, oil, vinegar or lemon juice & seasonings M-A-Y-O-N-N-A-I-S-E |
| #1353, aired 1990-06-20 | FASHION $200: In ancient times the women of this country wore the peplos, a tunic secured at the waist by a girdle Greece |
| #1304, aired 1990-04-12 | POLITICS & GOVERNMENT $100: Constitutional amendment that protects against self-incrimination & double jeopardy 5th |
| #1274, aired 1990-03-01 | AMERICAN PLAYS $800: This playwright dedicated "A Delicate Balance" to J. Steinbeck with "affection and admiration" Edward Albee |
| #1194, aired 1989-11-09 | MEXICO $400: Established in 1929, this political party has won every presidential election since PRI (or IRP) |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BROADWAY LYRICS $300: According to the title of a song from "State Fair", "It's a grand night for" doing this singing |
| #1167, aired 1989-10-03 | MEN'S FASHION $400: Men's shirts come in sizes like 15 ½/34, based on measurements of these 2 body parts neck & arm |
| #1115, aired 1989-06-09 | "LAST" $1000: Completes the title of the unauthorized biography of G. Vanderbilt's childhood "Little Gloria..." Little Gloria...Happy at Last |
| #1106, aired 1989-05-29 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: A dot on a die pip |
| #1106, aired 1989-05-29 | LEGAL LINGO $600: From the Latin for "crime", evidence indicating you committed the crime is considered this incriminating |
| #1089, aired 1989-05-04 | BEES $100: A queen bee's job is to rule but to do this to produce young, to fertilize eggs |
| #1026, aired 1989-02-06 | GOVERNMENT $500: This Bill of Rights amendment prohibits double jeopardy as well as self-incrimination the Fifth Amendment |
| #990, aired 1988-12-16 | FAMOUS COUSINS $800 (Daily Double): In 1894, shortly after ascending the throne, he married his distant cousin, a German princess named Alix Czar Nicholas II |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | AMERICAN REVOLUTION $600: Ben Franklin told his fellow patriots, "We must indeed all hang together" or this shall happen we shall all hang separately |
| #970, aired 1988-11-18 | CORPORATE AMERICA $300: The "Al" in Alcoa stands for this aluminum |
| #958, aired 1988-11-02 | SKUNKS $300: Name of zee skunk in zee popular Warner Brothers cartoons Pepé Le Pew |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | "DARK" $500: In a commercial for this beer, Martin Mull advised, "Don't be afraid of the dark" Michelob |
| #913, aired 1988-07-20 | EUROPE $400: According to an old Dutch saying, "God created the world, but the Dutch" did this created Holland |
| #902, aired 1988-07-05 | ASTRONOMY $5,000 (Daily Double): Among planets in our solar system whose size is known, these 2 are closest in diameter Venus & the Earth |
| #891, aired 1988-06-20 | BIRD OF PREY $600: New World vultures lack this ability because, unlike most birds, they ha\ve no syrinx they cannot call (or sing) |
| #872, aired 1988-05-24 | DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS $200: Yours, mine & ours are this type of pronoun possessive |
| #822, aired 1988-03-15 | CARTOONS $600 (Daily Double): His niece & nephew are Knothead & Splinter Woody Woodpecker |
| #820, aired 1988-03-11 | ANTONYMS $400: Antonyms, both beginning with "A", referring to conscious & unconscious states awake (or alert or aware) & asleep (or anesthetized) |
| #815, aired 1988-03-04 | MUSICAL MILES $100: In a '60s song, this folk-singing trio was "500 Miles" away from home Peter, Paul and Mary |
| #803, aired 1988-02-17 | GOVERNMENT $1000: This well-known Bill of Rights amendment also prohibits double jeopardy 5th Amendment |
| #803, aired 1988-02-17 | "K"s IN LITERATURE $1000: This famous Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem about Xanadu was never finished "Kubla Khan" |
| #789, aired 1988-01-28 | COMPOSERS $800: This native of Washington, D.C. wrote several novels & an autobiography called "Marching Along" (John Philip) Sousa |
| #788, aired 1988-01-27 | "OUNCE" FOR OUNCE $400: In many wedding ceremonies, the preacher says this as he declares the couple married "I now pronounce you man and wife" |
| #776, aired 1988-01-11 | THIS IS JEOPARDY! $500: On the original version, this was the highest dollar value on the Double Jeopardy! board $100 |
| #772, aired 1988-01-05 | TIME $600: Total, in years, of a millennium, a century, a decade & a year 1,111 |
| #756, aired 1987-12-14 | "T" TIME $500: Examples are damask, donegal & denim textiles (twills accepted) |
| #673, aired 1987-07-08 | POT LUCK $200: While the Knights of Pythias are a fraternal order, "knights of the road" are these tramps (or hobos or truck drivers) |
| #672, aired 1987-07-07 | FIRSTS $300: Introduced by brother of famed Civil War general, it was America's 1st antitrust law the Sherman Act |
| #599, aired 1987-03-26 | TAKE A GUESS $200: Letter of the alphabet with which 5 of the Double Jeopardy! categories in this game will begin B |
| #574, aired 1987-02-19 | FAIRIES $400 (Daily Double): Role danced by a ballerina to the following music: the Sugar Plum Fairy |
| #570, aired 1987-02-13 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $1000: Named for its feeding habit, this tree-boring bird's tongue doesn't extend past its beak woodpecker* (sapsucker) |
| #562, aired 1987-02-03 | NEW TESTAMENT $1,000 (Daily Double): 1 of the 3 Roman emperors specifically mentioned by name in the New Testament Augustus, Tiberius or Claudius |
| #526, aired 1986-12-15 | THE CALENDAR $200: A month was originally calculated to be the time between these astronomical events full moons |
| #524, aired 1986-12-11 | BEER $500: In composition, malt liquor is the same as beer except for this has a higher alcohol content |
| #510, aired 1986-11-21 | THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS $500: Fufluns was the Etruscan counterpart of this Greco-Roman god of grape guzzling Dionysus |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | EGYPT $200: Nefertari & Nefertiti were 2 of them queens of Egypt |
| #479, aired 1986-10-09 | WORD PLAY $0 (Daily Double): Word formed by combining the symbols for barium, sulphur, iodine, & nitrogen basin |
| #468, aired 1986-09-24 | RELIGION $200: When Nero tried to make this group the scapegoat for the fire in Rome, he was lyin' the Christians |
| #465, aired 1986-09-19 | ROADSIDE AMERICA $500: Near Audubon, Iowa, you'll find world's largest statue of this farm animal, Iowa's largest money maker a bull |
| #433, aired 1986-05-07 | BUSINESS ETIQUETTE $200: At an interview, this person should make the 1st gesture to shake hands the interviewer |
| #371, aired 1986-02-10 | AMERICAN INDIANS $200: Imposing Duwamish Indian chief for whom Washington State's largest city was named Seattle |
| #363, aired 1986-01-29 | NONPOTENT POTABLES $200: Calistoga, Saratoga, & "a nice glass seltzer" sparkling water (or mineral water) |
| #347, aired 1986-01-07 | GOLDEN OLDIES $500: '60s British group led by this drummer was called "London's answer to the Mersey Sound" Dave Clark |
| #304, aired 1985-11-07 | FIRST LINES $400: "When in the course of human events" the Declaration of Independence |
| #278, aired 1985-10-02 | THE LAW $200: The 5th amendment guards against both self-incrimination & this segment of our show double jeopardy |
| #266, aired 1985-09-16 | U.S.A. $400 (Daily Double): In 1918, the Post Office issued stamps in 6¢, 16¢ & 24¢ denominations for this new service air mail |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | UTILITIES $100: Both the U.S. & Canada draw electricity by harnessing this natural wonder on their border Niagara Falls |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Pharaoh Ikhnaton caused an uproar by allowing the worship of only this many gods 1 |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | FAMOUS QUOTES $400: According to Noel Coward, they "go out in the midday sun" mad dogs & Englishmen |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | ODDS & ENDS $800: The Bessemer method is the oldest modern process for making this steel |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | TV NOSTALGIA $800: Crime show which ran 21 yrs. on radio, but only 1 year on TV, failing to "come on like" its name Gang Busters |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | FAMOUS QUOTES $1,000 (Daily Double): Phrase 1st used in 1461 to proclaim death of French king & arrival of his successor the king is dead, long live the king |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | FAMOUS QUOTES $1000: The first 7 words ever spoken over a telephone "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you" |
| #262, aired 1985-09-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1000: His riches didn't prevent this last king of Lydia from being subjugated by the Persians Croesus |
| #182, aired 1985-05-21 | CHILD STARS $400: In '74 she became the youngest person ever to win an acting Oscar Tatum O'Neal |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | SHIPS $100: Second in command to the captain first mate (executive officer accepted) |
| #172, aired 1985-05-07 | MAMMALS $100: This bushy-tailed tree top rodent can take falls up to 100 feet without injury a squirrel (a flying squirrel) |
| #144, aired 1985-03-28 | "HO" & "HUM" $400: Something dull, boring, monotonous, hackneyed, pointless, banal or uninspired humdrum |
| #130, aired 1985-03-08 | WEATHER $200: Roman greeting to the emperor, or telling him what the bad weather is Hail, Caesar! |
| #124, aired 1985-02-28 | SCIENCE $1000: From Greek meaning "breath", it's what an anemometer measures wind speed |
| #91, aired 1985-01-14 | POETRY $600: 2-letter title of a Kipling poem, it begins 11 lines of it "If" |
| #63, aired 1984-12-05 | HOTEL NAMES $1,300 (Daily Double): Muppets commenting from the balcony in the following
"That was wonderful!"
"Bravo!"
"I loved it!"
"Ah, it was great!"
"Well, it was pretty good."
"Well, it wasn't bad..."
"Uh, there were parts of it that weren't very good though."
"It could have been a lot better."
"I didn't really like it."
"It was pretty terrible."
"It was bad."
"It was awful!"
"It was terrible!"
"Take 'em away!"
"Hey, boo!"
"Boo!" Statler and Waldorf |
| #44, aired 1984-11-08 | NOTORIOUS $200: He was such a sadist, they coined the word for him the Marquis de Sade |
| #12, aired 1984-09-25 | LAW $200: A second prosecution for the same offense, or this round double jeopardy |
| #8, aired 1984-09-19 | BEST PICTURES $4,100 (Daily Double): Prior to its '68 win, Hollywood had filmed this Victorian novel 8 times before Oliver! |
| #3, aired 1984-09-12 | WORLD OF FOOD $1000: Stem of a variety of lily, known in Old England as "sparrow grass" asparagus |
| #1, aired 1984-09-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $800 (Daily Double): River in this famous song: the Volga River |
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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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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
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2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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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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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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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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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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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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Amy Wilson, a creative writing and women's studies student originally from Portland, Oregon
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,999 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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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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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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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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Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tarafraney
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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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Jen McFann, a Peace Corps recruiter from Astoria, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
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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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Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Justin Hofstetter, a sixth and seventh grade language arts and social studies teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
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"This sixth and seventh grade teacher is in his first year...
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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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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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Greg Lichtenstein, a freshman from Vassar College
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 18 and from Plainview, New York...
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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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Christy Gibson, a family medicine physician from Issaquah, Washington
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Season 28 player (2012-07-09). Christy's ending score of -$6,400 was the...
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Stephanie Hull, a graduate student of philosophy from Columbia, Missouri
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Season 31 player (2015-03-12). Stephanie's ending score of -$6,800 was the...
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Heather Chapman, a news assistant from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 24 player (2008-01-04). Heather appeared on Master Minds on 2020-05-07....
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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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Robbi Rogers, a respiratory therapist from Corsicana, Texas
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Season 22 1-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Robbi won her first...
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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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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Harris Cohen, a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 2-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Mike Nelson, a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois
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Season 27 2-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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Bob Verini, a film journalist and test prep teacher from Los Angeles, California
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"A resident of New York City when he won the 1987...
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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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Matt Drury, a government analyst from New York, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,799 + $2,000. Matthew Drury - A...
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Kathleen Mikulis, a stay-at-home mom from Mountain View, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $25,201 + $2,000. Kathleen's contestant experience blog....
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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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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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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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Robbie Berg, a freshman from the University of Pennsylvania
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
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Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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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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Brendan Barnwell, a grad student and tutor from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 28 player (2011-12-05). Although Brendan played the Jeopardy! and Double...
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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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Mitchell Vogel, from Madison, Wisconsin
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"This future governor of Wisconsin enjoys rollerblading, reading, and playing saxophone....
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David Traini, a high school administrator from Moorestown, New Jersey
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"This 5-time champ finished second in the 1987 Tournament of Champions....
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Bob Kennedy, a college linguistics instructor from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 27 2-time champion: $33,800 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Bobk
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Frank Spangenberg, a police lieutenant from Douglaston, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Raynell Cooper, a senior from Rockville, Maryland
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2011 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 16 at the...
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Donna Brown, a customer service representative from Seattle, Washington
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Season 34 1-time champion: $45,600 + $2,000. At the introduction of...
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Chris Mullins, a computer programmer from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 21 player (2005-01-04). Chris's wife, Scheri Mullins, an administrative assistant...
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Ruvani Fonseka, a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of...
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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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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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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
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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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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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Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
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"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
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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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Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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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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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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Brooks Humphreys, a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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"He teaches at an all-girls Catholic school operated by the Sisters...
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Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
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"His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
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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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Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
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"A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
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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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Daniel Stauss, a federal claims examiner from Seattle, Washington
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Season 25 1-time champion: $25,500 + $2,000. Daniel Stauss - A...
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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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Stephen Weingarten, a stay-at-home dad 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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Philip Tiu, an educator from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 32 3-time champion: $96,598 + $1,000. Philip’s $19,000 Daily Double...
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Molly Dobbins, a nurse from Double Oak, Texas
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Season 30 player (2014-07-16).
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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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Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
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Janet Bradlow, an insurance agent from New York, New York
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Season 26 3-time champion: $58,000 + $2,000. Janet Bradlow New York,...
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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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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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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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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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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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David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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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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Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
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"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand
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\"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
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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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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor at Prairie View A&M University from Houston, Texas
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"A five-time champion in 2001, he's now a history professor at...
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer with an international law firm from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she became the first woman ever to win the...
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Bernie Cullen, a biologist from Santa Barbara, California
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"He was the first 5-time champion of the 1996-97 season. A...
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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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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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James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
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Dan D'Addario, a senior from Columbia University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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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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Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
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Mark Wales, a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $141,804...
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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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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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Bob Verini, a director of academics for a national test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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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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Charlie Penrod, an assistant professor of law from Natchitoches, Louisiana
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,000 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: CharlieP
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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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Roger Craig, a computer scientist from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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Gabriela Gonzales, a senior from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Butch Malec, a freshman at Reed College from Edinboro, Pennsylvania
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1999 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. In Butch's game, the entire Double...
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Kermin Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky
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"He's the current College Champion. A junior at Carnegie Mellon University...
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Jackie Harrison, a surgeon from Chicago, Illinois
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19 4-time champion: $66,602 + $2,000.
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Jennifer Wu, a high school junior from Arkadelphia, Arkansas
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"She won the 2004 Teen Tournament at age 15. Now 17,...
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Brian Weikle, a consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Patrick Pearce, a product specialist from Fountain Valley, California
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Season 37 player (2021-07-26). Patrick's ending score of -$7,400 is the...
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Joan Kantor, a controller originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 1 player (1985-04-26). Joan's ending score of -$5,100 is the...
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Rick Knutsen, a musician and stay-at-home dad from Brooklyn, New York
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"A finalist in the 2001 Tournament of Champions, he's a musician...
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Al Lin, a law professor from Davis, California
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"A law student when he won five times in 1993, he's...
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Ben Wiles, a minister from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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Season 21 player (2004-11-01). KJL game 64. On 2010-04-26, Ben appeared...
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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
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"He's appeared on Broadway in Proof, Assassins, and Cabaret. He's now...
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Mark Brown, an administrative assistant and father from Peoria, Arizona
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2003 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 5-time champion: $68,094...
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Ellyn Ritterskamp, a prepress technician and ethics instructor from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 21 player (2005-07-20). Won $32,000 on Who Wants To Be...
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Steven Popper, an economist from Topanga, California
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"A winner of 5 shows in 1988, he has since founded...
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Jimmy Li, a senior from Chesterfield, Missouri
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of...
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Anthony Chiu, a sophomore from Louisville, Kentucky
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1996 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Anthony tied for the 4th wildcard...
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Talisha Burton, a senior from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1996 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000. Talisha tied Anthony Chiu at $9,000...
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Rose Schaefer, a junior from Portland, Oregon
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2012 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $36,000. 16 at...
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Mark Richardson, an actor and Internet marketer originally from Staunton, Virginia
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Season 29 player (2013-04-08).
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Kendra Pettis, a junior from Oberlin College
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\"She hadn\'t settled on a career goal at age 11. Now...
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Bob Mesko, an arts administrator from Denver, Colorado
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion:...
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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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Bob Mesko, an arts administrator from Denver, Colorado
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion:...
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Pam Jones-Pigott, a farmers' market coordinator from Pflugerville, Texas
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Season 27 1-time champion: $16,800 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "johnz-PIE-gut".
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Eureka Nutt, a paralegal from Canoga Park, California
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Season 27 2-time champion: $38,701 + $1,000.
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Dan Jensen, a restaurant manager from Reston, Virginia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $58,203 + $1,000.
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Burns Cameron, a realtor from Standish, Maine
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. Burns appeared on the original version...
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Zack Terrill, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida
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2012 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 21 at...
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Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
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2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
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Janelle Lambert, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Cerulean Ozarow, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, New York
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"His future is full of options. He wants to become either...
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Lisa Dvorak, a grocery store chain administrative assistant from Millersville, Maryland
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Season 27 1-time champion: $31,201 + $2,000.
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Paul Boymel, a civil rights attorney from Potomac, Maryland
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"He was the top winner of the 1984-85 season. Now he's...
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Matt Schnippert, a sophomore at Florida State University from Jacksonville, Florida
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2001 College Championship 1st runner-up: $19,801. Matt was 19 at the...
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Chelsea He, a sophomore at Duke University from Raleigh, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "HEE".
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Matt Kohlstedt, a grad student originally from La Grange, Illinois
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 25 5-time champion: $77,803 + $2,000.
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Dennis Donohue, a general manager from Janesville, Wisconsin
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"He was administrative services officer from Arizona when he became a...
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Elliot Shteir, an attorney from Somerville, New Jersey
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1995-A Seniors Tournament 1st runner-up: $10,000. Dr. Elliot Shteir won $8,230...
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Colin Brown, a senior at the University of Rochester from Milwaukie, Oregon
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Christopher Chilton, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Holly Springs, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Christopher won $5,000 on Who Wants...
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Alison Meermans, a fundraising project manager from Lakewood, Ohio
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Season 30 2-time champion: $33,600 + $1,000.
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Elizabeth Pearce, a freelance editor and writer from New York City, New York
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Season 8 1-time champion: $13,300. Elizabeth appeared on the original Jeopardy!...
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John Coulter, a creative director from Henderson, Nevada
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Season 30 player (2014-01-01).
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Barbara Noyes, a police officer from Blauvelt, New York
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Season 22 player (2005-12-23). Barbara, as a member of the Fornario...
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Gary Giardina, an opera singer from New York City, New York
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1986 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000....
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Gary Giardina, an opera singer from New York City
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1986 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000....
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Rohit Dewan, a financial analyst originally from Federal Way, Washington
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Season 30 player (2013-10-03).
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Freddy Bee, a teacher from La Verne, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $17,600 + $2,000.
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Farah Zolghadr, a sophomore from Springfield, Illinois
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2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Michael Arnone, a writer and editor from Alexandria, Virginia
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"He was the largest 1-day winner in the 2000-2001 season. Today...
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Carol Tierney, an administrative assistant originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 14 player (1998-03-20). Season 14 player (1997-12-05). Jeopardy! returned Carol...
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Elise Burton, a freshman from the University of California-Berkeley
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 18 at the time of the...
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Gary Giardina, an opera singer from New York City, New York
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1986 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000....
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Jesse Liu, a grad student from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 22 player (2006-01-12).
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Paul Shaffer, a composer and musical director from The Late Show with David Letterman
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"David Letterman's musical director for 24 years, he's also musical producer...
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Sam Ott, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California
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2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19/20 4-time champion: $67,102 + $1,000.
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Carol Tierney, a program manager originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 14 player (1998-03-20). Season 14 player (1997-12-05). Jeopardy! returned Carol...
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