| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | THE MOVIES $400: In 2023 this book by Judy Blume finally became a movie, with Rachel McAdams as the title girl's mom Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | DESCRIBING THE SONG $400: Michael Jackson warns about evil "lurking in the dark" & Vincent Price waxes poetic about grisly ghouls "Thriller" |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | POLITICS AS UNUSUAL $800: The 1974 Senate race in N.H., with 220,000 votes cast, was won by 355, then after the first of these, by 10, then after another, by 2 recounts |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | YUP, IT'S A PORT-A-POTTY $600: Finally, I've been holding it in forever; it's what the WC stands for on this port-a-potty water closet |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | OUR WOMAN IN THE FIELD $800: Pretty big in the legal field, she got judicial appointments from Bush I, Clinton & finally Obama in 2009 Sotomayor |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | IT'S AN EX-CAR FOR A REASON $600: J.D. Power: "Even budget buyers have their standards, so as 2021 dawns", this "Grand" Dodge "is finally going to the last roundup" the Grand Caravan |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | ADVENTUROUS WOMEN $300: Intrepid writer Eliza Scidmore lobbied for years to bring these Japanese trees to Washington; Mrs. Taft finally listened cherry trees |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SUMMER OLYMPIC CITIES $2000: It took until 1956, but finally a Southern Hemisphere city hosted--this one Melbourne |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | THE CRIMEAN WAR $1600: Much of the war focused on an 11-month siege of this seaport that finally fell after the Russians retreated Sevastopol |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | ALSO AN ANIMAL SOUND $300: A Dutch term for a seller of ineffective medicines led to this word for an incompetent physician a quack |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | THE U.S. IN 1964 $200: A Jan. 11 report from Luther Terry in his capacity in this job said (finally), "Cigarette smoking is causally related to lung cancer" the Surgeon General |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | TOUCHED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME $5,000 (Daily Double): Finally touched with goodness, this literary character says, "I will live in the past, the present, and the future!" Ebenezer Scrooge |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | CURSES! BASEBALL! $400: The Curse of the Bambino loomed over this team from 1920, after it traded Babe Ruth, until 2004, when it finally won a World Series the Red Sox |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $200: On Nov. 21, 1980 76% of Americans watching television tuned in to finally find out "who shot" this character J.R. |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | OVERWROUGHT HISTORY $200: March 1, 1781: Finally!
The states fully ratified this document! No way it isn't a document guiding U.S. democracy forever! the Articles of Confederation |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | PEOPLE IN BOOKS $600: In this novel Winston Smith finally gets in line with the party & learns to think like everyone else 1984 |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | OLD WAR $800: To gain a port, Florence leaned hard into this nearby 4-letter city in the 14th century, finally taking it in 1406 Pisa |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | YOU TOTALLY RULED! $3,000 (Daily Double): He finally got the crown he craved on July 6, 1483 but just 2 years later, Henry VII would open the very first Tudor garage Richard III |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY $1200: (Amor Towles presents the clue.) Near the end of the book, Emmett & Billy finally set out for the Western Terminus of the highway, which is still at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in this city San Francisco |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | HISTORY $1000: In 1522 this "Magnificent" Ottoman man used more than 100,000 troops to besiege & finally capture Rhodes Suleiman the Magnificent |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | LITERARY REUNIONS $3,600 (Daily Double): This title woman finally returns to Rochester, blinded after a fire; but fear not! He regains some sight after they marry Jane Eyre |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | CHAO! $300: Y.R. Chao, a pioneering Chinese language professor in the U.S., wrote primers on both Cantonese & this other major form Mandarin |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | ROMANTIC MOVIE LINES $600: In "The Princess Bride", Westley says this phrase to Buttercup over & over, which she finally realizes means "I love you" As you wish |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | FLYOVER COUNTRIES $1200: We're next in line for departure; we'll head south out of Ecuador into this nation & finally touch down in Chile Peru |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | SHE BLINDED ME $800: One of this conniving group, Delilah alerts them that Samson is finally at their mercy; next comes some gouging a Philistine |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS $7,600 (Daily Double): After losing 4 times running for governor of Massachusetts, he finally won, then got seriously into redistricting issues (Elbridge) Gerry |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | ANOTHER SHOT AT THE TITLE $600: After 5 previous World Series losses to these crosstown rivals, in 1955 the Brooklyn Dodgers finally beat them for the title the New York Yankees |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | MISCELLANY $1600: This Italian's 1867 opera "Don Carlos" was written in French, & in 2022 the Metropolitan Opera finally sang it that way Verdi |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | SO YOU BLEW IT THE FIRST TIME $1600: Legend has it that in Dec. 1916, Prince Felix Yusupov & friends poisoned this guy... shot this guy... & finally had to drown this guy Rasputin |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | ACTORS GET THEIR ROLES MIXED UP $800: Here I am, just a lowly Hobbit from the Shire who finally took the field for Notre Dame; hey! I got a sack Sean Astin |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | 21 OR UNDER $600: A bar mitzvah is traditionally celebrated when a Jewish boy has reached this age 13 |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | WRITERS & THEIR WORKS $200: One-name title of Alexandra Ripley's sequel to "Gone with the Wind"; Ashley finally proposes, but she says no Scarlett |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | '80s & '90s NONFICTION $400: Begun nearly 20 years earlier, Nelson Mandela's autobiography was finally published in 1994 under the title "Long Walk to" this Freedom |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | MOVIE SUPERVILLAINS $600: "Kneel before" this general! In a 1980 film, he finally gets his wish that Superman does so, but things go south real fast (General) Zod |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | AFFAIRS $400: Fittingly, in 2015 on this TV drama, Olivia Pope finally admitted to the press that she was the president's mistress Scandal |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | PETS $800: Spoiler alert: the answer is finally yes in the kids' book about a boy who pleads, "I wanna" this reptile Iguana |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | CELEBRITIES' FIRSTS $1600: This rapper, pitchman & friend of Martha Stewart said that in 2020, age 49, he was finally going to go out & vote Snoop Dogg |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | JOIN THE CROWD $200: When this team finally won the World Series again in 2016, 5 million people attended the parade & rally the (Chicago) Cubs |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | TRIPLE THE DOUBLE LETTERS $400: This is a more informal term for insomnia sleeplessness |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | EUROPE $600: Finally realizing independence in 1993, it had been called "Upper Hungary" Slovakia |
| #8594, aired 2022-03-10 | WOMEN MAKE PASSES $1200: On a 2015 episode of this Comedy Central show, Abbi finally asks out her hot neighbor Jeremy Broad City |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | TV FINALES $1600: As this show wrapped up in 2021, Sam, a young man on the autism spectrum, finally made it to see the penguins Atypical |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | LOST $2000: The body of this English climber who went missing on Everest in 1924 was finally discovered in 1999 George Mallory |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | ASIAN HISTORY $200 (Daily Double): Into the 20th century, Uzbekistan had rulers with this title reminiscent of the Mongols; the Soviets finally got rid of them khan |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | PLANETARY SCIENCE $800: Ancient astronomers finally realized Phosphorus, seen in the morning, & Hesperus, in the evening--both this planet Venus |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | THE BOOK OF WHO $1600: Finally published in its entirety in 2021, "The Man Who Lived Underground" is by this late author of "Native Son" Richard Wright |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | THE 16th CENTURY $1,000 (Daily Double): In the 1540s he wrote, "Finally, we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the universe" Copernicus |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | "H" IS FOR HISTORY $800: In 1825 Charles X of France finally recognized this nation, 21 years after it declared its independence Haiti |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | MOVIE TIME $1000: This legendary Italian composer was 87 when he finally won his first competitive Oscar for "The Hateful Eight" (Ennio) Morricone |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | WHAT'S IN THE ENVELOPE? $1200: Finally, Nana's recipe for these cookies--you can't help but laugh when you say their name snickerdoodle |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | FIRST NOVELS $1200: Written in 1943, this beatnik's "The Sea is My Brother" took a long road to publication, finally seeing print in 2011 Jack Kerouac |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | FORE! NO, 5 GOLF MOVIES $1600: In "Tin Cup", this actor finally makes it over the water to take a memorable 12 on the final hole (Kevin) Costner |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | TV FINALES $400: The Welcome to Sunnydale sign collapses into the crater that was once the city as the hellmouth finally closes Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | GOOD DAY, SIR! $1200: After 21 seasons as a head coach, in 2019, this Kansas City Chiefs leader finally got to enjoy the last game of the season Andy Reid |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1871 Henry Stanley finally tracked down Dr. David Livingstone along the shores of this 2nd-largest lake in Africa Tanganyika |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | AUTHORS $800: Finally out in 2020, this feminist's "The Inseparables" was not published in part because Jean-Paul Sartre didn't like it Simone de Beauvoir |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | TAKE NOTE $200: From this actress to Andy Warhol: "I'm so proud I finally have your 'Liz' and thank you for signing it so sweetly to me" Liz Taylor |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | REALITY TV $400: Kandi Burruss, under wraps as the Night Angel, was finally revealed to be the season 3 winner of this musical competition The Masked Singer |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A DAY AT THE RACES $400: It took 3 days of looking at news pics, but Lee Petty was finally named the winner of the 1st 500 at this Fla. speedway in 1959 Daytona |
| #8264, aired 2020-10-22 | EXPLORERS $400: In 1905 Roald Amundsen finally conquered this Atlantic-to-Pacific route explorers had sought for centuries the Northwest Passage |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | I'M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY $400: One of FDR's closest advisors, Harry Hopkins helped shape this "novel" umbrella program of economic relief & stimulus the New Deal |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | CONGRESS $1000: Originally to be in the Bill of Rights, the amendment regulating this action by Congress was finally ratified in 1992 as the 27th Congress raising its own pay |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | AFTER ALL THESE YEARS $600: "The Other Side of the Wind", made by this "Citizen Kane" legend who died in 1985, was finally completed & shown in 2018 (Orson) Welles |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | PLAYING REAL PEOPLE $2000: (Ryan Reynolds presents the clue.) In the 2015 film "Woman in Gold", I played Randy Schoenberg, the lawyer who finally got the Austrian government to return Nazi-looted art to the relatives of Adele Bloch-Bauer whose portrait was painted by this Austrian known for his use of gold leaf (Gustav) Klimt |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | & FINALLY... $200: On Aug. 22, 2019 this band ended their set at the Rose Bowl with "Gimme Shelter" & "Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | & FINALLY... $400: Gene Cernan's final words before leaving this place in 1972, per Walter Cunningham: "Let's get this mother out of here" the Moon |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | & FINALLY... $600: This musical about an audition for Broadway ended its initial 15-year run at the Shubert in 1990; now, 5-6-7-8...respond! A Chorus Line |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | & FINALLY... $800: Of the 56 men to do this, Thomas McKean of Delaware was the last, sometime between 1777 & 1781 sign the Declaration of Independence |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | & FINALLY... $1000: After 442 years, the flag of Portugal came down over this newly Chinese territory in December 1999 Macau |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | SHE MARRIED THAT ROCK STAR $1000: Shannon Tweed, finally, in 2011 Gene Simmons |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | RHYME FIGHTER $200: You "pull" one of these by staying up very late until that term paper is finally finished an all-nighter |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | RED ALERT $400: 1948's Battle of Huaihai left Communist forces finally & firmly in control during this country's civil war China |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO $400: The first attempt to break up this communications company was in 1949; it finally happened in the '80s AT&T |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO $2000: After other failed attempts, a 1911 federal lawsuit finally split this oil trust into more than 30 companies Standard Oil |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | THE LONG & THE SHORT OF BATTLE $1200: The 1781 Battle of Yorktown lasted for 21 days before this fenced-in general finally surrendered Cornwallis |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | IN THE TV ROOM $800: In the second-to-last episode of this ABC Family series, Charlotte's killer is finally revealed Pretty Little Liars |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | 2018 ESPY WINNERS $800: Alexander Ovechkin was 2018's Best Male Athlete for finally winning the Stanley Cup with this team the Washington Capitals |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | OUR PLANET $200: After 2 years of trying, "Our Planet" finally got images on film of the shy, elusive tiger named for this remote region of Russia the Siberian tiger |
| #8010, aired 2019-06-07 | RISE TO THE OCCASION $800: At the end of this film, Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan finally meet on the observation deck of the Empire State Building Sleepless in Seattle |
| #7907, aired 2019-01-15 | CLASSIC ALBUMS $1200: "Smile", which stalled out as a Beach Boys album in the '60s, finally came out in 2004 as a solo release from him Brian Wilson |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | FOREIGN FILM AWARDS $800: In 2016 this monster finally got his due when a film featuring him won the Japanese Academy Award Godzilla |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | GOING VEGAN $400: Vegans can finally have a proper pint; this Irish brewer completely phased out fish-derived filters in 2017 Guinness |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | IN THE '90s $200: In 1990, 7 years after it was supposed to be launched, this telescope finally made it into space Hubble |
| #7849, aired 2018-10-25 | WHERE YOU GOING? $1000: Are you finally traversing the length of this mountain range that stretches from the Caspian to the Black Sea? the Caucasus |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | WAY BACK IN THE '60s, MAN $400: This anti-discriminatory act of 1964 finally passed after a more than 2-month filibuster in the Senate the Civil Rights Act |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | ITALY BEFORE THE ROMANS $800: According to legend, refugees of this 1200 B.C. conflict first fled to Thrace, then north Africa & finally Italy the Trojan War |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | PULITZER PRIZE MUSICALS $400: He had plenty of Tonys by then, but this composer finally won a Pulitzer in 1985 for "Sunday in the Park with George" Sondheim |
| #7771, aired 2018-05-28 | THE BODY HUMAN $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of the human body.) It takes three main muscles to raise the arm above the head: first, the superspinatus; next, the deltoid to about 90 degrees & finally, this large, flat, triangular muscle of the upper back the trapezius |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | FIRST-TIME EMMY NOMINEES 2017 $400: Someone finally recognized Robert De Niro's talent, in his performance as this swindler Bernie Madoff |
| #7624, aired 2017-11-02 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT TRAVELS THROUGH TIME $600: (Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonight present the clue.)
(Kevin) It's November 21, 1980, with an actors' strike pushing the TV season back, it's been 8 months since we saw this character get shot
(Nancy) Tonight, 80 million viewers around the country will finally find out who done it--
(Kevin) My money's on the sister-in-law J.R. |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: Forces of this nation held off Vietminh attacks at Dien Bien Phu for 56 days but finally surrendered on May 7, 1954 French forces |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | BROADWAY COMPOSERS $1200: Jerry Herman turned down every project for 6 months until he was finally asked to adapt this film about 2 gay men La Cage aux Folles |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | REJECTED GREETING CARDS $800: "Nice surgery! You finally vented" this soft, purplish organ, that filters blood & stores platelets spleen |
| #7569, aired 2017-07-06 | LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU $2000: I've finally mastered Ian Anderson's flute part on this art rock band's "Thick As A Brick" Jethro Tull |
| #7526, aired 2017-05-08 | RELIGION $800: It took over 40 years to build, but their temple in Temple Square was finally completed in 1893 the Mormons |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | A MARBLE-OUS CATEGORY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the National Mall.) Today, the Washington Monument unites us in patriotism, but as you can see from the different colors of marble used, it took many contentious decades to build, finally being dedicated 20 years after the end of this major historical event the U.S. Civil War |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | BEST DAY OF MY LIFE $200: While in Iceland, I finally saw this phenomenon the Northern Lights |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1693 people jailed for this in Salem were finally free; families later got reparations witchcraft |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | THE MIND $400: As 2 words, it's what a light bulb will finally do; as one word, it's extreme stress & emotional fatigue burnout |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | THE MUSICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $2000: "I took a pill in Ibiza to show Avicii I was cool and when I finally got sober, felt 10 years older" Mike Posner |
| #7415, aired 2016-12-02 | BREAK-UPS $400: The hardships of the Civil War & the death of daughter Bonnie Blue finally took their toll on this iconic couple of page & screen Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | LIKE A ROCK $1,000 (Daily Double): The object of a pursuit, such as a hunted animal quarry |
| #7362, aired 2016-09-20 | FRIENDS $2000: In 1961 this "J. Alfred Prufrock" poet became pen pals with Groucho; the 2 finally met just before the poet's 1965 death T.S. Eliot |
| #7340, aired 2016-07-08 | CATCH THESE MEN $800: Wanted for 19 murders, this Bostonian went on the run in 1995 & was finally nabbed in Santa Monica in 2011 Whitey Bulger |
| #7313, aired 2016-06-01 | LEFTOVERS $2000: After nearly 28 years in a coma, this heiress & "Reversal of Fortune" subject finally succumbed on Dec. 6, 2008 Sunny von Bülow |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | THE OLD MAN & THE "C" $800: It's finally time to open that 1964 Pomerol, so he'll need this implement a corkscrew |
| #7293, aired 2016-05-04 | BESTSELLERS $400: When it was finally published in the U.S. in 1959, this D.H. Lawrence novel promptly became a bestseller Lady Chatterley's Lover |
| #7281, aired 2016-04-18 | THEATRICAL QUOTES $400: In this play, Arthur Miller wrote of Willy Loman, "Attention must be finally paid to such a person" Death of a Salesman |
| #7274, aired 2016-04-07 | THE FINAL CHAPTER $200: 1837:
"In Which the Pickwick Club is Finally Dissolved" The Pickwick Papers |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | WE LOVE MEL BROOKS $1000: Mel's scheme to finally close "The Producers" on B'way by casting Larry David failed on this TV show Curb Your Enthusiasm |
| #7252, aired 2016-03-08 | ALL THE GLITTERING PRIZES $400: Finally in 1983, after 132 years, Australia II became the first foreign yacht to win this prize the America's Cup |
| #7211, aired 2016-01-11 | SUMMER OLYMPIC CITIES $2000: It took until 1956, but finally a Southern Hemisphere city hosted--this one Melbourne, Australia |
| #7131, aired 2015-09-21 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $400: The lawyer for this Yankee legend asserts he went out with, "I'll finally get to see Marilyn" Joe DiMaggio |
| #7016, aired 2015-03-02 | AMERICAN MUSIC $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents.) His roamin' & ramblin' took him from the Oklahoma of his birth to Texas, California, the Columbia River Valley & finally, Coney Island; after he died his ashes were scattered in the water of the Gulf Stream (Woody) Guthrie |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | THE TRANSPORTER $1200: On July 20, 1969 the world held its breath as 2 guys finally found a parking spot for this transport at 4:17 P.M. EDT the Eagle |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $200: Dream no more--"White Christmas", featuring the songs of this beloved composer, finally came to Broadway in 2008 (Irving) Berlin |
| #6953, aired 2014-12-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Ratified in December 1865, the 13th Amendment finally & formally abolished this slavery |
| #6932, aired 2014-11-04 | THE BIG RED WON $1600: In February 1940 a Soviet barrage finally broke the Mannerheim Line of this plucky northeastern neighbor Finland |
| #6846, aired 2014-05-26 | EMPIRE $400: In the 20th century the sun finally set on this empire that at its peak included 1/5 of the world & its peoples the British Empire |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $400: A jet uses it finally
_ _ N _ I N G
G _ _ _ landing gear |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | SHAKESPEARE WITH SPOILER ALERTS $1,000 (Daily Double): King Lear has 3 daughters; (spoiler alert) this youngest one lasts the longest but is finally hanged Cordelia |
| #6808, aired 2014-04-02 | BINGE WATCHING $600: Bartender Howard da Silva finally cuts off Ray Milland early in this film The Lost Weekend |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | FLYING INTO HISTORY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ.) In the P-51 Mustang, the Allies finally had a fighter with the range to fly from England into the heart of Germany & back; when he saw mustangs over Berlin, this Luftwaffe chief reportedly said he knew that World War II was lost Hermann Goering |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | THE 2nd CENTURY $400: After more than 600 years, the temple of this Olympian ruler of the gods was finally completed in Athens Zeus |
| #6798, aired 2014-03-19 | WAIT FOR IT! $200: After we finally see it again around 2061, the next time will be 2137-ish Halley's Comet |
| #6780, aired 2014-02-21 | COUPLING ON TV $1200: Agent Booth & Dr. Brennan, who finally got married on a 2013 episode Bones |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | THE PREVIOUS WORLD LEADER $400: Gordon Brown finally got his turn after this man left Tony Blair |
| #6761, aired 2014-01-27 | WOMEN $3,000 (Daily Double): The recordings she made with Arthur Schlesinger Jr. in March 1964 were finally made available to the public in 2011 Jacqueline Kennedy |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | FILM COMPOSERS $2,000 (Daily Double): In March 2002, on his 16th nomination, he finally won his first Oscar, for "Monsters, Inc." Randy Newman |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | ALL ABOUT ALGERIA $600: Ruled by this country for more than 100 years, Algeria finally won independence in 1962 France |
| #6709, aired 2013-11-14 | U.S. HISTORY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS $800: In 1823 the U.S. finally paid off its 20-year loans for the money to buy this at less than 5 cents an acre Louisiana Territory (or Purchase) |
| #6661, aired 2013-07-29 | SPORTS STUFF $800: In an interview with Oprah, he finally admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France Lance Armstrong |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | FEEL NOT-SO-GOOD MOVIES $3,000 (Daily Double): Title guy loses best friend in Vietnam; his mom dies, too; finally gets his dream girl but guess what? She dies! Forrest Gump |
| #6613, aired 2013-05-22 | AFRICA $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Departing Zanzibar in March to find Dr. Livingstone, & in November finally making contact in Ujiji, was the 1871 journey that helped make this man famous (Sir Henry) Stanley |
| #6610, aired 2013-05-17 | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY $2000: Jonah finally made it to this capital of Assyria & preached there Nineveh |
| #6597, aired 2013-04-30 | I WATCH THAT SHOW RELIGIOUSLY $400: I pray Carrie & Brody can somehow end up together on this drama... & that he finally turns out to be a good guy Homeland |
| #6578, aired 2013-04-03 | NORTH CAROLINA $400: Established in 1837 by Quakers, Guilford College did not allow this until 1887; finally, glee club! singing |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | & FINALLY $200: You'll find the French word for "day" in this word that signifies the end of a court session adjournment |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | & FINALLY $400: The C&D in a C&D order stand for these 2 words, though either one would make the point cease & desist |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | & FINALLY $600: It can refer to the preparatory motion of a baseball pitcher or the final action of any event the wind-up |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | & FINALLY $800: "Yours faithfully" at the end of a letter is an example of a "complimentary" one of these close |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | & FINALLY $1000: There's nothing lower case about this 2-word term for the death penalty capital punishment |
| #6519, aired 2013-01-10 | VICTOR HUGO $1000: In 1841, after 3 unsuccessful attempts, Hugo was finally elected to this literary group Académie Française |
| #6471, aired 2012-11-05 | FUNNYMEN $200: He finally got some respect when he made his "Ed Sullivan Show" debut in 1967 & appeared more than a dozen times Rodney Dangerfield |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | LITERARY LOVERS $800: In this Ayn Rand novel, the chilly Dominique Francon finally throws herself at heroic architect Howard Roark The Fountainhead |
| #6463, aired 2012-10-24 | THE GUNFIGHT AT... $2000: Frank Loving finally got his in an 1882 gunfight with John Allen in Trinidad, Colorado, along this trail the Santa Fe Trail |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | KEYBOARD CATS $2000: In 1986 this piano virtuoso finally returned home to the USSR after 60 years for recitals in Moscow & Leningrad Vladamir Horowitz |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | WHOLE SALE $400: The film "Lord of War" was inspired by Victor Bout, a notorious seller of these finally convicted in 2011 arms |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | HOLLYWOOD FAMILY VALUES $1200: Maybe Matthew Broderick kept calling & kept calling until this on-screen sis from "Ferris Bueller" (finally) dated him Jennifer Grey |
| #6386, aired 2012-05-28 | "A"UTHORS $1,500 (Daily Double): Written in 1866, "A Long Fatal Love Chase", a Gothic novel by this American woman, was finally published in 1995 (Louisa May) Alcott |
| #6362, aired 2012-04-24 | A BYZANTINE CATEGORY $5,000 (Daily Double): After enduring for more than a thousand years, the Byzantine Empire finally fell to this one in 1453 the Ottoman Empire |
| #6333, aired 2012-03-14 | WOMEN DIRECTORS $400: In 2010, Kathryn Bigelow finally broke the male hold on the directing Oscar, winning for this film The Hurt Locker |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | RUSSIA THEN & NOW $1200: In 1916 Prince Yusupov poisoned & shot this Svengali before finally drowning him Rasputin |
| #6222, aired 2011-10-11 | TV SERIES FINALES $1000: Lois & Clark had a wedding; Clark finally got the Superman suit, which he donned to save Lois aboard Air Force One Smallville |
| #6194, aired 2011-07-14 | JOHN MARSHALL $600: Marshall was a cousin, friend & finally adversary of this president who raged at his pro-Federalist rulings Jefferson |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | & IN OTHER NEWS... $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1914 James Joyce finally found a publisher for this collection of stories about the people of his native city Dubliners |
| #6170, aired 2011-06-10 | NYSE $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from inside the New York Stock Exchange.) Share prices on the Big Board have been listed in decimals since 2001, when the 200-year-old practice of trading in these numerical units was finally ended fractions |
| #6166, aired 2011-06-06 | WE'RE ANIMATED ABOUT BOOKS $800: I finally caved & read this 1924 British novel A Passage to India |
| #6153, aired 2011-05-18 | MOVIE DEMISES $400: In this 2010 Coen Brothers Western, Hailee Steinfeld as young Mattie finally catches up with Josh Brolin True Grit |
| #6127, aired 2011-04-12 | 1990s TV $200: Will Smith rapped, "Looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the prince of" this Bel-Air |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | UP IN THE AIR $400: It decreases for the first 6 miles of the atmosphere, then goes way up, way down & finally up again around 55 miles high the temperature |
| #6093, aired 2011-02-23 | BIOLOGY GLOSSARY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us some photos in the science lab.) After a butterfly goes through four life stages, from egg to larva to pupa, & finally, to adult, it's said to have undergone complete this, Greek for "transformation" metamorphosis |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | THE 1880s $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from New York.) Though ridiculed at first, the Salvation Army's work was finally recognized in 1886 when this president invited them to the White House & endorsed their work Grover Cleveland |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | YANKEES, NO! $400: "Next year" finally came to this team's fans in 1955, when its "Bums" beat the Yanks in the Series for the first time in 6 tries the Brooklyn Dodgers |
| #5969, aired 2010-07-22 | OF ARK $1200: After finally resting on dry land, Noah built one of these raised platforms on which to thank God an altar |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | ANIMATED FILMS $800: 2008:
A dog thinks he has superpowers, but is just the star of a TV show; off the set, he finally realizes the truth Bolt |
| #5882, aired 2010-03-23 | MUSICIANS $800: In 2000 Melissa Etheridge finally revealed who was the father of her children: this singer David Crosby |
| #5828, aired 2010-01-06 | REMEMBER 2009? $1600: On Sept. 3 Michael Jackson was finally laid to rest at the Glendale branch of this cemetery Forest Lawn |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | SUPER 8 $800: In 2006 Mike Brown of Caltech declared, "there are finally, officially, 8" of these planets |
| #5820, aired 2009-12-25 | TV TITLE REFERENCES $400: Type of old crime that the Philadelphia Homicide Squad endeavors to finally solve Cold Case |
| #5816, aired 2009-12-21 | "BB" BOOKS $2000: John Updike was in the money with this 1981 novel, the third in a series, winning a Pulitzer for it Rabbit is Rich |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR $800: The Civil War ended in March 1939 when Fascist forces finally succeeded in taking this city Madrid |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | 2009 TV FAREWELLS $400: After 15 seasons & lots of changes, this venerable medical drama about a Chicago hospital finally flatlined ER |
| #5739, aired 2009-07-16 | BIBLE BASICS $800: After he was swallowed by a great fish, he finally obeyed God's orders to go to Nineveh Jonah |
| #5709, aired 2009-06-04 | THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM $1600: (Alex reads from the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.) The museum has the war shirt & war bonnet of this Sioux chief who led his followers to Canada after the Little Bighorn, but who finally surrendered to U.S. authorities Sitting Bull |
| #5685, aired 2009-05-01 | ANGELS $400: After 200 years Clarence Oddbody finally gets his wings in this 1946 movie It's a Wonderful Life |
| #5684, aired 2009-04-30 | BATTLES OF THE BULGE $1600: Since losing 40 pounds on Jenny Craig, she said she can finally go on tour like her son Wolfie Valerie Bertinelli |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | SEINFELD $1000: It took 97 episodes to finally reveal that this was Kramer's first name; it was also that of "Topper" Cosmo |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS $1600: The Berliner Ensemble founded by this man in the 1940s finally made its U.S. debut in '99 with a staging of his "Arturo Ui" Bertolt Brecht |
| #5622, aired 2009-02-03 | WHO'S ON FIRST? $1200: Sundays from 1984 to 1995, "60 Minutes" led into this CBS crime drama--guess Jessica finally got tired of writing Murder, She Wrote |
| #5618, aired 2009-01-28 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $2000: Germany's worst terrorist gang finally disbanded in 1998, though Baader died in 1977 & this co-leader in 1976 Ulrike Meinhof |
| #5611, aired 2009-01-19 | SCIENCE FICTION $800: After almost 300 books, he finally reached the N.Y. Times bestseller list in 1982 with "Foundation's Edge" (Isaac) Asimov |
| #5561, aired 2008-11-10 | I'LL GIVE YOU MY IMPRESSIONS $1000: "That's right, Minnie, my first animated talkie was 1928's 'Steamboat Willie'" Mickey Mouse |
| #5539, aired 2008-10-09 | LET'S HAVE SOME "PH"UN! $1200: It took nearly a hundred years, but women were finally admitted to this Greek letter society in 1875 Phi Beta Kappa |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS $200: Alice finally decides that her journey through the looking-glass was one of these but doesn't know whose it was a dream |
| #5497, aired 2008-07-01 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: A third, more sexually explicit version of this 1928 D.H. Lawrence novel was finally published in the U.S. in 1959 Lady Chatterley's Lover |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1271 he left Venice for the Far East with his father & uncle; 24 years later, he finally made it back home Marco Polo |
| #5468, aired 2008-05-21 | PHYSICISTS $1200: In 2000 a group of physicists finally found evidence of the tau type of this subatomic particle a neutrino |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | FELINE FINE AT THE MOVIES $400: This A.A. Milne feline finally earned his stripes: he got his own movie in 2000 Tigger |
| #5452, aired 2008-04-29 | SITCOM CENTRAL $400: Viewers finally got to see Wilson's face when the cast took their bows on this sitcom's last episode Home Improvement |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | SMORGASBORD $600: In 2006, Rep. Dave Reichert marked the anniversary of this 1989 wreck by asking that $4.5 billion finally be paid to Alaskans the Exxon Valdez |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | WRITERS AT REST $2,000 (Daily Double): A little detective work in a Hampshire churchyard & you'll find the grave of this "PATRIOT, PHYSICIAN & MAN OF LETTERS" Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #5378, aired 2008-01-16 | CHECKING IN, CHECKING OUT $1,000 (Daily Double): Feb. 23, 1633--Dear diary, He's finally here!; no entry for May 26, 1703 (Samuel) Pepys |
| #5349, aired 2007-12-06 | BEVERLY HILLS 90210 $600: (Alex: Let's go back to Tori.)
On the series finale of "90210", my character Donna finally married David Silver, played by this 3-named actor Brian Austin Green |
| #5347, aired 2007-12-04 | THE BIG APPLE $600: In 1865 NYC, already home to 800,000, finally abandoned this type of fire department volunteer |
| #5340, aired 2007-11-23 | 1960s TV $1600: On August 29, 1967 he finally caught up with the one-armed man Richard Kimble (the "Fugitive") |
| #5336, aired 2007-11-19 | WOLF GANG $1600: This Jack London character survives years of dog fighting & finally finds a compassionate human owner White Fang |
| #5271, aired 2007-07-09 | A WORLD OF PLAYWRIGHTS $1,600 (Daily Double): In 2006 he finally picked up 2 Obie awards he'd won decades ago when he was under house arrest in Czechoslovakia Václav Havel |
| #5231, aired 2007-05-14 | THE 1700s $2000: In the war of this "Succession", the candidate who finally succeeded was Louis XIV's grandson the Spanish Succession |
| #5218, aired 2007-04-25 | TV ROLES $400: (I'm Susan Lucci.) In 1999 I finally won that Emmy for playing this role on "All My Children" Erica Kane |
| #5218, aired 2007-04-25 | FOOD PHRASES $600: The theme song to "The Jeffersons" ends, "we finally got a" this 4-word treat a "piece of the pie" |
| #5159, aired 2007-02-01 | TO MAKE A SHORT STORY SHORT $2,746 (Daily Double): In "In the Penal Colony" by this Czech master, a torture device is finally used on its operator Franz Kafka |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS? $400: Finally, this 1963 Betty Friedan book hits the theaters--and wait 'til you see the car chases The Feminine Mystique |
| #5138, aired 2007-01-03 | TECH SUPPORT $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew inserts a cable into a port on the front of a computer case.) To hook up a new digital camera, you'll want to use this 3-letter type of port USB |
| #5121, aired 2006-12-11 | THE DUKES OF HAZARD $800: We learn that the Duke of Milan set young Miranda & her usurped father adrift at sea in this Shakespeare work The Tempest |
| #5085, aired 2006-10-20 | THE NASTY CRITIC REVIEWS THE 19th CENTURY $800: In 1843 Congress granted $30,000 for a line to test his new telegraph; finally, some brilliance in the competition! Morse |
| #5062, aired 2006-09-19 | A SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER $800: After 72 years on the throne, he finally died on September 1, 1715 in Versailles, France Louis XIV |
| #5056, aired 2006-09-11 | STATE INSECTS $600: It wasn't until 1983 that Utah finally made this its state insect the honeybee |
| #5034, aired 2006-06-29 | FAUX FRAGRANCES $200: So natural... so real... this salty, watery fluid secreted by sweat glands is finally here Perspiration |
| #5028, aired 2006-06-21 | COOK ME UP! $1000: I couldn't do anything until he finally showed up except sit there & do this, like slow-simmered meat stew |
| #5004, aired 2006-05-18 | VICE PRESIDENT... THE SITCOM! $400: After serving from 1857 to 1861, tonight he finally tells President Buchanan, "For the last time, my name's not Myra!" John Breckinridge |
| #4952, aired 2006-03-07 | BRIT LIT $1600: At the end of this novel, the contents of the note that George secretly gave Becky Sharp are finally revealed Vanity Fair |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Birmingham, AL in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.) It took three tries, but finally, several thousand crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965 on a Civil Rights march from Selma to this state capital Montgomery |
| #4894, aired 2005-12-15 | HOOKED ON PHOENICIA $400: The end finally came for the Phoenicians when this man's forces defeated them in 332 B.C. Alexander the Great |
| #4891, aired 2005-12-12 | TV THEME SONG ENDINGS $800: "We finally got a piece of the pie" The Jeffersons |
| #4874, aired 2005-11-17 | PIERCED NAVAL HISTORY $800: Even though the mortally wounded James Lawrence on the Chesapeake cried, "Don't" do this, his crew finally had to give up the ship |
| #4858, aired 2005-10-26 | SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE $800: Elinor Dashwood finally marries Edward Ferrars in an autumn wedding at the end of this Austen novel Sense and Sensibility |
| #4852, aired 2005-10-18 | THE GREAT & NEAR-GREAT $1200: In 1792 this British captain finally managed to bring breadfruit to the Americas Bligh |
| #4836, aired 2005-09-26 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $1000: Encyclopedia Britannica says this amphibian was originally an eft, then its name evolved into neft, & finally to this a newt |
| #4833, aired 2005-09-21 | THE WORLD SERIES $200: The Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series in 4 straight games, finally exorcising this man's "curse" The Bambino (The Babe accepted) |
| #4832, aired 2005-09-20 | MAN IN SPACE $800: Deke Slayton, grounded from this program in 1962 for medical reasons, finally went into space in 1975 the Mercury program |
| #4816, aired 2005-07-11 | THE PERE LACHAISE LOUNGE $1000: Finally finishing his performance in "The Imaginary Invalid", it's this great 17th century playwright (Jean Baptiste Poquelin) Molière |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | "N" THE KNOW $800: This long sought-after route was finally traversed between 1903 & 1906 by Roald Amundsen the Northwest Passage |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $400: This Goodfella finally hit Broadway in the 2004 play "Match" Ray Liotta |
| #4774, aired 2005-05-12 | CNN 25: INTERNATIONAL NEWS $800: Held hostage in Lebanon, this AP correspondant was finally freed in 1991, ending his 7-year ordeal Terry Anderson |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | WE'RE TALKING BROADWAY $800: An off-Broadway hit in 1987 & then a film, this play set in a Louisiana beauty parlor finally blossomed on B'way in 2005 Steel Magnolias |
| #4749, aired 2005-04-07 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $400: In July 1959, the U.S. & the U.K. finally agreed that an inch was equivalent to 2.54 of these a centimeter |
| #4737, aired 2005-03-22 | GERMAN COMPOSERS $400: In 1874, after more than 20 years, he finally completed his entire "Ring" cycle with "The Twilight of the Gods" Wagner |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | CONTEMPORARY ART $900 (Daily Double): Christo had the idea for the Central Park project with this title in 1979; it was finally realized in 2005 The Gates |
| #4733, aired 2005-03-16 | ROLLING STONE'S 500 GREATEST SONGS $2000: And finally... their 1976 hit with "More Than A Feeling" just made the list at No. 500 Boston |
| #4715, aired 2005-02-18 | THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE $1600: The Ottoman Empire was finally abolished due to the efforts of this president of the National Assembly Ataturk |
| #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | WRITERS JOURNAL $1600: Rejected in 1863 when its autos & subways seemed too fantastic, his "Paris au XXIeme Siecle" was finally published in 1994 Jules Verne |
| #4672, aired 2004-12-21 | TV SERIES FINALES $200: As many hoped, on the final episode of "Friends", these 2 characters finally got back together Ross & Rachel |
| #4668, aired 2004-12-15 | HERE BE MONSTERS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Brooklyn Bridge.) In 1998 after terrorizing New York, this movie monster is finally brought down on the Brooklyn Bridge Godzilla |
| #4651, aired 2004-11-22 | CLIFFS NOTES $1600: Unlike Pangloss, this title character finally wises up, like you did when you got our version of this classic Candide |
| #4648, aired 2004-11-17 | A QUICKIE WITH SUPERMAN $800: In 1996 in the comics, Superman finally married her Lois Lane |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | TAKE IN ORDER! $1000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew wears a warm, woolly coat.) Finally add these four letters to get the type of coat I'm wearing L-I-N-G |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | A CAJUN CATEGORY $1200: If we covered everything Cajun from A to Z, we'd finally come to this accordion-based musical style heard here zydeco |
| #4573, aired 2004-06-23 | RICHARD III $800: The century in which Richard lived all 32 years of his scheming life the 15th |
| #4565, aired 2004-06-11 | "TOUCH" ME $800: The ability to appeal to the interests & sensibilities of the ordinary person the common touch (or the human touch) |
| #4563, aired 2004-06-09 | SCOTLAND $1200: In March 1328, in the Treaty of Northampton, the English finally recognized him as King of the Scots Robert the Bruce |
| #4557, aired 2004-06-01 | 1995 $1000: John Filo finally met Mary Ann Vecchio Gillum, 25 years after taking a famous photo of her at this university Kent State |
| #4551, aired 2004-05-24 | MAGAZINES $1000: In 2002, this magazine finally tracked down & ID'ed Sharbat Gula as the subject of its most famous cover from 1985 National Geographic |
| #4544, aired 2004-05-13 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $200 (Daily Double): "Brooklyn Bridge" was one of the last of her NYC paintings before she moved permanently to New Mexico Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #4468, aired 2004-01-28 | COUNTRY TIME $1,000 (Daily Double): In 2002 this country shifted out of neutral & finally joined the U.N. Switzerland |
| #4417, aired 2003-11-18 | CLIFFS NOTES $2000: Finally, a Hardy book that (sorta) ends happily! Bathsheba marries Gabriel! (everyone else is dead or institutionalized) Far from the Madding Crowd |
| #4415, aired 2003-11-14 | HISTORIC QUOTES $200: In 1543 this Polish astronomer wrote, "Finally we shall place the sun himself at the center of the universe" Copernicus |
| #4406, aired 2003-11-03 | SHOE BUSINESS $2000: And finally, it's a form in the shape of a foot, used by cobblers in making shoes a last |
| #4391, aired 2003-10-13 | DOORS $1000: In 1424, after 20 years of work, Ghiberti's famed doors in this city finally had their opening Florence, Italy |
| #4307, aired 2003-04-29 | WAYNE'S WORLD $800: He headlines at the Stardust in Las Vegas 40 weeks a year Wayne Newton |
| #4301, aired 2003-04-21 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $1000: Leo Szilard & this man finally got a patent for a nuclear reactor in 1955, but it was assigned to the U.S. Enrico Fermi |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | SOMETIME, B.C. $600: Dying in 149 B.C. finally stopped Roman statesman Cato from nagging, this African city "must be destroyed" Carthage |
| #4258, aired 2003-02-19 | A CAPITAL IDEA $1000: In 1898, 10 years after inheriting the throne, 18-year-old Queen Wilhelmina was finally crowned in this city Amsterdam |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2,400 (Daily Double): The Ionian War was the last phase of this war in which Sparta finally conquered Athens in 404 B.C. the Peloponnesian War |
| #4246, aired 2003-02-03 | THE 1400s $1200: In 1453 this country's warriors won the Battle of Castillon & the Hundred Years' War was finally over France |
| #4195, aired 2002-11-22 | BIBLE HEROES $400: God warned him to get ready, which this man did, even though he was 600 years old when the flood finally came Noah |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: It took a lot of "work" but Grover Cleveland finally signed a bill making this a national holiday in 1894 Labor Day |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | BROADCAST NEWS $400: 1981: 52 Americans are finally free after spending over a year captive in this country Iran |
| #4113, aired 2002-06-19 | RUSSIAN LITERATURE $600: This 1957 Pasternak novel was finally published in the USSR in 1987 Doctor Zhivago |
| #4107, aired 2002-06-11 | BEN $600: In 1783 Franklin asked Congress to recall him from this country; he finally made it home in 1785 France |
| #4044, aired 2002-03-14 | BRIDGES $1000: This famous bridge in Venice was first planned in 1524 & finally opened in 1591 the Rialto |
| #3981, aired 2001-12-17 | DESERTS $500 (Daily Double): I'll "bet" you know that most of this U.S. state is covered by the Great Basin Desert Nevada |
| #3951, aired 2001-11-05 | ENTERTAINMENT MILESTONES $200: His "Albert Hall" concert of 1966 was finally released in 1998 after decades of bootlegging Bob Dylan |
| #3945, aired 2001-10-26 | PHYSICISTS $800: In 2000 a group of physicists finally found evidence of the Tau type of this subatomic particle neutrino |
| #3911, aired 2001-09-10 | PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS $800: The end finally came for this president in Elberon, N.J. from blood poisoning after being shot Garfield |
| #3879, aired 2001-06-14 | BO, MOE OR PO $200: "Kid Gorgeous", "Kid Presentable", "Kid Gruesome" & finally "Kid" this were boxing nicknames of this "Simpsons" barkeep Moe (Szyslak) |
| #3860, aired 2001-05-18 | ANN-A-GRAMS $800: The New Yorker finally published my short story (stop) it's all "Falling In Place" (stop) "Love Always" (stop) Ann Beattie |
| #3844, aired 2001-04-26 | 49ers $300: This 49er seen here, one of the Bay's most eligible bachelors, finally wed in 2000 Steve Young |
| #3835, aired 2001-04-13 | WILLIAM & MARY $1,000 (Daily Double): This dreaded disease, finally eradicated in the 20th century, killed Mary at age 32 Smallpox |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | CLASSIC KIDDY LIT $100: Character who finally discovered breaking & entering suspect Goldilocks Baby Bear |
| #3757, aired 2000-12-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: After journeying 4,000 miles, this pair's expedition finally reached the Pacific Ocean in November 1805 Lewis & Clark |
| #3754, aired 2000-12-21 | WISH YOU WERE HERE! $200: Dear Harry, finally made it to this city. Saw the Van Gogh Museum & the Anne Frank House--wish you were here! Amsterdam |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | PUBLISH $100: Hurd & Houghton became Houghton, Osgood & finally Houghton him Mifflin |
| #3728, aired 2000-11-15 | THEATRE $1000: This actor-playwright's acclaimed 1980 drama "True West" was finally produced on Broadway in 2000 Sam Shepard |
| #3718, aired 2000-11-01 | FAMOUS NAMES IN FASHION $200: This famous ex-intern has finally found her bag: she designs bags like the one seen here: Monica Lewinsky |
| #3708, aired 2000-10-18 | '90s SITCOMS $300: Viewers finally got to see Wilson's face when the cast took their bows on this sitcom's last episode Home Improvement |
| #3682, aired 2000-09-12 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $200: A third, more sexually explicit version of this 1928 D.H. Lawrence novel was finally published in the U.S. in 1959 "Lady Chatterley's Lover" |
| #3624, aired 2000-05-11 | WORLD LITERATURE $400: This Frenchman spent 5 years writing "Madame Bovary" which was finally published in 1857 Gustave Flaubert |
| #3586, aired 2000-03-20 | NOTABLE NAMES $400: He finally "faded away" at age 84 in 1964: Douglas MacArthur |
| #3572, aired 2000-02-29 | REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE $100: The studio wanted Tab Hunter, but finally agreed to let this man play the lead James Dean |
| #3531, aired 2000-01-03 | TV PERSONALITIES $100: The 19th time was the charm for this soap star, who finally won her first Emmy in 1999 Susan Lucci |
| #3514, aired 1999-12-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: After 3 previous acquittals, this reputed crime family boss was finally convicted in New York City on April 2, 1992 John Gotti |
| #3501, aired 1999-11-22 | LITERARY EPITAPHS $400: "Run", "Redux", "Rich", finally "At Rest" Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom |
| #3499, aired 1999-11-18 | BROADWAY STARS $500: A broken foot delayed her, but Sandy Duncan finally joined the cast of this murderous musical in August 1999 Chicago |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | WARNER BROS. $500: He outlasted his brothers Sam, Albert & Harry in the company, finally selling out in 1967 Jack Warner |
| #3403, aired 1999-05-26 | TOM JONES $600: Tom finally learns the true identity of this person; he thought it was Jenny the maid his mother |
| #3302, aired 1999-01-05 | NAME THAT ROYAL $400: This czar was finally brought home in honor in 1998 Nicholas II |
| #3299, aired 1998-12-31 | COURAGEOUS CAPTAINS $200: He finally won an Oscar in 1952 for playing a raffish yet courageous riverboat captain Humphrey Bogart (The African Queen) |
| #3298, aired 1998-12-30 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $800: In 1827 it was finally revealed that this Edinburgh native had written the "Waverley Novels" Sir Walter Scott |
| #3250, aired 1998-10-23 | I'LL CRY IF I WANT TO $100: This tearful tough guy seen here finally won the big award in 1970 John Wayne (won Oscar) |
| #3231, aired 1998-09-28 | "DOWN" THE HATCH $500: In 1902 Battling Nelson inflicted 42 of these on Christy Williams, who finally stayed on the canvas Knockdowns |
| #3181, aired 1998-06-01 | ACTS $1000: Finally in act 2, Dr. Dysart solves the riddle of the blinded horses in this Peter Shaffer masterpiece Equus |
| #3178, aired 1998-05-27 | MOVIE LOVE THEMES $1000: Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams:
"I Finally Found Someone" The Mirror Has Two Faces |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | CLIFFS NOTES $200: Greek sailor wanders around for 10 years & finally finds his way home; his wife isn't angry "The Odyssey" |
| #3158, aired 1998-04-29 | 20 YEARS FROM NOW $400: I'm rich! After 20 years I finally cashed my IRA, which stands for this individual retirement account |
| #3139, aired 1998-04-02 | POP GOES THE EASEL $1000: Born in 1869, he excelled as a pointillist, a fauvist & finally, as a collagist Henri Matisse |
| #3138, aired 1998-04-01 | BRIT BITS & PIECES $400: First discussed in 1802, this British-French project was finally opened to the public in 1994 the Chunnel (the channel tunnel) |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT... $600: Talk about dry! In 1971, after 400 years, parts of this Chilean desert finally got some rain the Atacama Desert |
| #3067, aired 1997-12-23 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $300: "The Senator's Daughter" is a crime novel by Victoria, daughter of this finally-convicted "Teflon Don" John Gotti |
| #3038, aired 1997-11-12 | TV FRIENDS $200: In 1995 it was finally revealed that this kooky character does have a first name: it's Cosmo Kramer |
| #3021, aired 1997-10-20 | WHAT'S THE QUESTION? $1,200 (Daily Double): In this drama's last line, Martha finally answers the title question with, "I am, George, I am." Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| #2934, aired 1997-05-08 | COOKING $200: The soup of these split vegetables is popular in the Middle East as well as in colder areas peas/beans |
| #2928, aired 1997-04-30 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS $500: This magician was still in high school when he taught a magic course at NYU in 1972 David Copperfield |
| #2923, aired 1997-04-23 | EDGAR ALLAN POE $600: In "A Predicament", a woman's head becomes stuck in a large clock & the minute hand finally does this Decapitates her |
| #2907, aired 1997-04-01 | LOSE A TURN $200: Chillicothe was this state's capital twice, losing out to Zanesville once & finally to Columbus Ohio |
| #2886, aired 1997-03-03 | HISTORY $100: After years of construction, this canal finally opened for business August 15, 1914 Panama Canal |
| #2864, aired 1997-01-30 | TELEVISION $300: This sitcom ended the 1995-96 season with Jamie discovering she's finally pregnant Mad About You |
| #2831, aired 1996-12-16 | 1996 $200: This CBS News show finally aired its interview with former tobacco executive Jeffrey Wigand "60 Minutes" |
| #2763, aired 1996-09-11 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: Criticisms of this first lady were so vicious that the Chicago Tribune finally protested, "Hold enough!" Mary Todd Lincoln |
| #2735, aired 1996-06-21 | SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES $100: You could say this comedy "ends well" -- Helena finally wins the love of her husband Bertram All's Well That Ends Well |
| #2732, aired 1996-06-18 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400: In 1792 Captain Bligh finally managed to get a load of these trees to Jamaica breadfruit |
| #2696, aired 1996-04-29 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: It finally proved vincible August 8, 1588 The Spanish Armada |
| #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | MOVIE VILLAINS $1000: In this film Holly Martins finally meets the mysterious Harry Lime on a Ferris wheel The Third Man |
| #2688, aired 1996-04-17 | LITERARY WOMEN $200: "A Long Fatal Love Chase", an adult novel by this "Little Women" author, was finally published in 1995 (Louisa May) Alcott |
| #2671, aired 1996-03-25 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $800: The Romans finally defeated this Carthaginian general at Zama in 202 B.C. Hannibal |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $200: On "The Andy Griffith Show", George Lindsey played Goober, this Jim Nabors character's cousin Gomer |
| #2551, aired 1995-10-09 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: In "The Old Man and the Sea", this Cuban fisherman finally hooks a marlin after almost 3 months Santiago |
| #2400, aired 1995-01-27 | ELEPHANT ODDS & ENDS $100: For years an elephant of this color was on Thailand's flag; then we guess they finally unloaded it white |
| #2257, aired 1994-05-31 | CLASSIC TELEVISION $500: After 4 years of going steady, this character finally married schoolteacher Helen Crump in 1968 Sheriff Andy Taylor |
| #2241, aired 1994-05-09 | TRANSPORTATION $800: When railroads finally crossed the Appalachians in the 1850s, this covered "Dutch wagon" became obsolete Conestoga |
| #2204, aired 1994-03-17 | DATES IN HISTORY $400: After more than 15 years of effort, he finally reached the North Pole April 6, 1909 (Robert) Peary |
| #2158, aired 1994-01-12 | NOBEL SCIENTISTS $800: It took 50 years but in 1986 Ernest Ruska was finally honored for his development of this microscope the electron microscope |
| #2153, aired 1994-01-05 | NUMBER, PLEASE $500: Number of sides on home plate 5 |
| #2126, aired 1993-11-29 | TV CARTOONS $300: After years as the movies' No. 1 son, Keye Luke finally played this detective in a cartoon series Charlie Chan |
| #2106, aired 1993-11-01 | TELEVISION $500: In a February 1987 episode of this series, Lee Stetson & Amanda King finally married Scarecrow and Mrs. King |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $1,200 (Daily Double): Originally to be part of the Bill of Rights, the amendment concerning this was finally passed in 1992 congressional pay raises |
| #2018, aired 1993-05-19 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: On June 3, 1937, at a French chateau, this American woman finally married an ex-king Wallis Warfield Simpson (Duchess of Windsor) |
| #1944, aired 1993-02-04 | SPORTS $200: After 9 attempts, jockey Pat Day finally won this horse race on May 2, 1992 riding Lil E. Tee, a 16-1 long shot the Kentucky Derby |
| #1887, aired 1992-11-17 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $1,500 (Daily Double): Due to successful vaccines, this viral disease was finally declared extinct in 1980 Smallpox |
| #1869, aired 1992-10-22 | FICTIONAL FEMALES $200: In Alexandra Ripley's sequel to the story, she & Rhett Butler finally have a happy ending Scarlett O'Hara |
| #1856, aired 1992-10-05 | 1992 WOMEN OLYMPIANS $100: It was a fine moment in "summer" swimming when she finally got the gold after a silver & bronze Summer Sanders |
| #1795, aired 1992-05-22 | WASHINGTON STATE $500: Once head of the Atomic Energy Commission, she became the state's 1st woman governor in 1977 Dixy Lee Ray |
| #1779, aired 1992-04-30 | THE CIVIL WAR $800: This Secretary of the Treasury tried to resign 4 times before Lincoln finally let him (Salmon P.) Chase |
| #1676, aired 1991-12-09 | 18th CENTURY BRITAIN $200: 11 days of the year 1752, September 3-13, were omitted when this was finally adopted Gregorian calendar |
| #1627, aired 1991-10-01 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: This Thracian slave & gladiator was finally defeated by Crassus in 71 B.C. Spartacus |
| #1624, aired 1991-09-26 | NOTORIOUS $1000: This legendary highwayman was finally hanged as a horse thief at York in 1739 Dick Turpin |
| #1604, aired 1991-07-18 | ACTRESSES $400: This actress said, "I could have died when I finally saw ("The Outlaw")...I was terrible" Jane Russell |
| #1573, aired 1991-06-05 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: In 1973 this Hashemite kingdom finally gave women the right to vote Jordan |
| #1546, aired 1991-04-29 | IN THE NEWS $300: A colonel & 8 others were finally charged in the 1989 killing of 6 Jesuits in this country El Salvador |
| #1545, aired 1991-04-26 | BIBLICAL ZOO $1000: The animal Abraham finally sacrificed as a burnt offering instead of his son Isaac a ram (a sheep) |
| #1491, aired 1991-02-11 | IN THE NEWS $400: In November 1990 he finally married Jerry Hall, on the island of Bali Mick Jagger |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400: In 1792, Captain Bligh finally managed to get a load of these trees to Jamaica breadfruit |
| #1438, aired 1990-11-28 | GO FISH $800 (Daily Double): As a tadpole is a young frog, an elver is a young one of these an eel |
| #1388, aired 1990-09-19 | RECENT HISTORY $400: In 1985 researchers finally found the wreckage of this unsinkable ship the Titanic |
| #1300, aired 1990-04-06 | CINEMA $400: This '84 film about the horrors of the Khmer Rouge was finally shown in a Cambodian theater in 1989 The Killing Fields |
| #1299, aired 1990-04-05 | SINGERS $1,500 (Daily Double): Singer of the following 1989 hit, he's said he's finally put his teen idol image to rest:
"Like a thief in the night who can't get enough /
I am willing to fight 'cause I'm a soldier of love /
Like a shot in the dark when the going gets rough /
It's a state of the heart, you're a soldier of love..." Donny Osmond |
| #1271, aired 1990-02-26 | WORLD HISTORY $100: This tribunal flourished in Spain for centuries until it was finally suppressed in 1834 The Spanish Inquisition |
| #1264, aired 1990-02-15 | RHYME TIME $100: A person who finally arrives at midnight to take you to the prom late date |
| #1170, aired 1989-10-06 | RUSSIAN HISTORY $400: In 1920 the Red Army finally defeated the anti-Communists, known by this colorful name the Whites |
| #1150, aired 1989-09-08 | THE EMMYS $200: After losing 3 straight years to Tyne Daly, she finally won for "Best Dramatic Actress" in 1986 Sharon Gless |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | HISTORY $200: After years of war, Spain finally recognized this neighbor's independence in 1668 Portugal |
| #1136, aired 1989-07-10 | LEATHER $300: Until the 14th C. introduction of paper into Europe, this specially-treated leather was used for writing sheepskin (parchment) |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | CELEBRITY BOOKS $200: In 1987 Jill St. John published this type of book, which you might expect from Julia Child cook book |
| #1117, aired 1989-06-13 | MOVIES IN TV GUIDE $400: "Paul Newman finally racked up an Oscar reprising his role from 'The Hustler'" The Color of Money |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | GONE WITH THE WIND $400: George Cukor, Sam Wood & finally, Victor Fleming the director |
| #1029, aired 1989-02-09 | SPAIN $400: 1492 was a banner year for Spain; Columbus reached America & these invaders were finally defeated Moors |
| #1003, aired 1989-01-04 | SPORTSCASTERS $100: Set to anchor prime time TV coverage of the '80 Olympics, he finally got his chance 8 years later Bryant Gumbel |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | HISTORIC DATES $1000: These went into effect March 1, 1781 after delegates from Maryland finally signed the Articles of Confederation |
| #977, aired 1988-11-29 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "O" $200: It was 1st called a biscuit, then a sandwich & finally in 1974, a chocolate sandwich cookie Oreo |
| #972, aired 1988-11-22 | LITERATURE $800: Novel in which Sally Athelny finally frees Philip Carey of his hopeless love for Mildred Rogers Of Human Bondage |
| #944, aired 1988-10-13 | WORLD HISTORY $200: 1 year before Robert the Bruce died, he was finally recognized by Edward III as king of this Scotland |
| #936, aired 1988-10-03 | 1983 $200: After 11 years, the cast of this show finally got to go home from the Korean War M*A*S*H |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | FAMOUS RIDERS $300: Famous fictional sidekick whose horse was called "White Feller", "Paint", & finally, "Scout" Tonto |
| #903, aired 1988-07-06 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: A constitutional amendment to allow this, defeated by the Senate in 1954, was finally ratified in 1971 the vote for 18-year-olds |
| #863, aired 1988-05-11 | POTPOURRI $100: On their 99th birthday, Britons are eligible to receive a birthday telegram from her her majesty (Queen Elizabeth) |
| #830, aired 1988-03-25 | U.S. HISTORY $600: This was finally ratified 3/4 of the states & went into force in December 1791 the Bill of Rights |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | ARTISTS $200: When he was shot in '68, he said, "I wish I had died...& gotten the whole thing over with" Andy Warhol |
| #823, aired 1988-03-16 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $100: After marrying at least 82 times for money, Giovanni Vigliotto was finally convicted of this bigamy |
| #806, aired 1988-02-22 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: The Knights of St. John were established in Jerusalem, moved to Cyprus, then to Rhodes, & finally to here Malta |
| #803, aired 1988-02-17 | FASHION $300: "People" finally gave Madonna a fashion thumbs up -- for a "legitimate sports outfit" for riding this bicycle |
| #770, aired 1988-01-01 | HOLLYWOOD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Harvey Henderson Wilcox, a real estate developer, in 1887, but his wife, Daeida, named it the founder of Hollywood |
| #766, aired 1987-12-28 | GOVERNMENT $400: In 1986, Congress finally declared this our "National Floral Emblem" rose |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | GERALDINE PAGE $200: Page lost more of these awards than any other actress before finally winning in 1986 for "The Trip to Bountiful" the Academy Award |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1924 Congress finally passed a law making all these first Americans US citizens Indians |
| #728, aired 1987-11-04 | MAMMALS $100: Bad news; rats now live on all continents, having finally spread to this 1 Antarctica |
| #722, aired 1987-10-27 | THE 17th CENTURY $800: Thru mediation of England's Charles II, in 1668 Spain finally recognized this country's independence Portugal |
| #705, aired 1987-10-02 | WORLD LITERATURE $600: In this early 19th c. novel, Elizabeth Bennet 1st rejects Darcy but finally marries him Pride and Prejudice |
| #671, aired 1987-07-06 | INVENTIONS $1000: At least 20 companies turned down this Chester Carlson invention, finally sold to Haloid of Rochester, N.Y. xerography (or photocopying) |
| #650, aired 1987-06-05 | FAMOUS CATTLE $400: It's what finally made Ferdinand fighting mad stung by a bee |
| #648, aired 1987-06-03 | SONGS THAT "DON'T" $800: After struggling for years to reach stardom, Thelma Houston finally made it in '77 with this #1 hit "Don't Leave Me This Way" |
| #645, aired 1987-05-29 | JUNE $400: On June 21, 1788, it was finally ratified by the required number of states the U.S. Constitution |
| #603, aired 1987-04-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: "Remember the Alamo" became the vengeful battle cry of this leader who finally captured Santa Anna Sam Houston |
| #581, aired 1987-03-02 | PRESIDENTS $200: At age 33, Harry Truman finally left the family farm to join the army for this war the First World War |
| #575, aired 1987-02-20 | COMIC BOOKS $100: In 1986, DC Comics finally explained why costume of this Amazon princess looks like the U.S. flag Wonder Woman |
| #558, aired 1987-01-28 | 1951 $200: On Oct. 24,1951, Truman declared our state of war with this country had finally ended Germany |
| #545, aired 1987-01-09 | RED SHOES $500: "Wicked Witch of the West" who finally wore the ruby slippers in 1971's "Brewster McCloud" Margaret Hamilton |
| #540, aired 1987-01-02 | 1960 $400: After a record 8 stays of execution, this author of "Cell 2455 Death Row" was finally executed (Caryl) Chessman |
| #515, aired 1986-11-28 | AUTHORS $1000: In 1831, having worked on it for over 58 years, Goethe finally completed this, his masterpiece Faust |
| #481, aired 1986-10-13 | MYTHOLOGY $600: It was he who finally freed Prometheus from the rock to which he was chained Hercules |
| #472, aired 1986-09-30 | INITIALS $500: Deciding in 1849 to set up board "to analyze quack remedies & nostrums", it finally did so in 1905 the AMA |
| #446, aired 1986-05-26 | MODERN HISTORY $100: It was 1956 before a German court finally & officially declared him dead Adolf Hitler |
| #417, aired 1986-04-15 | PRISONS $400: After winning 8 stays in over 11 years, Caryl Chessman was finally executed May 2, 1960 in this California prison San Quentin |
| #416, aired 1986-04-14 | TV GALS $300: Character 1st played on TV by Loretta Swit, then Meg Foster & finally by Sharon Gless (Detective Chris) Cagney |
| #408, aired 1986-04-02 | TRADE NAMES $200: Supposedly, C.L. Griggs came up with this soft drink name after a half-dozen other tries 7-Up |
| #401, aired 1986-03-24 | 1958 $100: After years of being 39, he finally admitted he was 40 Jack Benny |
| #394, aired 1986-03-13 | RIVER SONGS $200: The middle of the river was where he & Little White Dove finally met Running Bear |
| #389, aired 1986-03-06 | 1879 $600: Though unable to vote, women lawyers could finally argue cases before it the Supreme Court |
| #369, aired 1986-02-06 | FICTIONAL HEROINES $800: Charlotte Bronte's hard-luck heroine who finally finds happiness with Mr. Rochester Jane Eyre |
| #359, aired 1986-01-23 | '40s FILMS $1000: Howard Hughes fought a censorship battle for this '41 "sex Western", finally released years later The Outlaw |
| #348, aired 1986-01-08 | KNOTS TO YOU $500: Not tightness per se, but this kinetic force gives knots their holding power friction |
| #347, aired 1986-01-07 | DOUBLE “P”s $1000: Besides Upper Volta, this island nation is the only other country to fit this category the Philippines |
| #335, aired 1985-12-20 | FUNNY LADIES $800: Toothless, raspy-voiced raconteur, she finally broke racial barriers in the '60s Moms Mabley |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | MS. $200: Joan Benoit was 1st to win this Olympic event, finally offered for women in '84 marathon |
| #304, aired 1985-11-07 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: Cookie character who finally fell victim to the wily fox the Gingerbread Man |
| #293, aired 1985-10-23 | '50's TV $400: In 1954, mysterious periodic rises in Toledo, Oh. water usage were finally linked to these times the commercial breaks |
| #289, aired 1985-10-17 | 1946 $600: On April 18, this ineffective world body was finally dissolved the League of Nations |
| #289, aired 1985-10-17 | SOVIET UNION $800: After being expelled in 1929, Leon Trotsky lived in Turkey, France, Norway, & finally this country Mexico |
| #286, aired 1985-10-14 | 1885 $200: Begun on July 4, 1848, this monument in Washington was finally dedicated the Washington Monument |
| #273, aired 1985-09-25 | SPORTS $100: To do this, you fly to a drop zone & fall free skydiving |
| #183, aired 1985-05-22 | GOVERNMENT $400: A representative government, or what Plato called his ideal state the republic |
| #179, aired 1985-05-16 | RUSSIAN REVOLUTION $600: Fed enough poison to kill a cow, then shot & stabbed, Rasputin finally died of this drowning |
| #166, aired 1985-04-29 | CLASSIC CINEMA $200: Originally planned for Laughton & Lanchester, this film finally featured Bogart & Hepburn The African Queen |
| #161, aired 1985-04-22 | AMERICAN REVOLUTION $800: In 1783, the last Redcoats finally left the 13 states, sailing from this port New York City |
| #153, aired 1985-04-10 | CURRENT EVENTS $100: After years of neglect, the world finally responded to the famine raging on this continent Africa |
| #66, aired 1984-12-10 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Asia's population giant, finally admitted to U.N. in 1971 (The People's Republic of) China |
| #22, aired 1984-10-09 | FIRST NAME BASIS $400: Their 3rd partner was in turn: Shemp, Curly, Shemp, Joe & finally Curly Joe Moe & Larry |
| #17, aired 1984-10-02 | "FRIDAYS" $400: Mad killer Jason finally gets his in this film's final chapter Friday the 13th |
| #15, aired 1984-09-28 | THE COMICS $200: This bow-tied redhead's been going to Riverdale High for over 40 years Archie Andrews |
| #7, aired 1984-09-18 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Atlanta-based firm that owns Minute Maid, Hi-C & Columbia Pictures Coca-Cola |
| #2, aired 1984-01-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $50: It scrapes the sky at 5th Avenue & 34th Street, New York City the Empire State Building |
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Chris O. Cook, a college English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 29 player (2013-05-27).
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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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Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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David 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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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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Randy Gold, a systems analyst and volunteer from Sherman Oaks, California
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Season 25 player (2008-10-27).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Randy G
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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
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"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
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Cheryl Grothaus, a computer programmer from New York, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-07-23).
Last name pronounced like "GROAT-house".
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Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
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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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Graham Gilmer, a senior from Lynchburg, Virginia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Teen...
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Lisa Loiselle, an investigator and lawyer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 22 player (2005-12-22). Last name pronounced like "loy-ZELL" (Johnny Gilbert's...
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Kevin Marshall, a student from Metairie, Louisiana
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2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 6-time champion: $98,201...
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Anne McFadden, an antitrust attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 player (2010-11-03).
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Vito Cortese, a software engineer and Italian translator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 3-time champion: $68,485 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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David Tambling, a strategic planning manager from Menlo Park, California
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Season 21 player (2005-06-23).
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Frank Spangenberg, a lieutenant in the New York Police Department from Douglaston, New York
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"He still holds the record for the most money won in...
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Larry Cloud, a bookkeeper and computer consultant from Inglewood, California
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"He won five times in 2001, allowing him to make a...
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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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Forrest Sturgill, a senior from Kingsport, Tennessee
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "STIR-jill".
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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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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she was the first female winner of a Tournament...
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Val Nieman, a college professor and writer from Greensboro, North Carolina
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Season 21 player (2005-01-05).
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Paul Boyer, a bartender originally from Schenectady, New York
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Season 21 player (2004-12-24).
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Maureen McKay, a systems engineer from Potomac Falls, Virginia
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Season 21 player (2004-12-15).
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Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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"He was a legal assistant living near D.C. when he won...
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Arthur Gandolfi, a commercial real estate executive from Pleasantville, New York
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2004 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $25,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
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Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
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Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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Mark McDonnell, a triathlon coach and entrepreneur from Miami, Florida
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Season 27 1-time champion: $27,601 + $1,000.
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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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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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Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
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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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Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
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Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kuh-FONE".
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Dave Belote, a recently retired base commander from Woodbridge, Virginia
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan 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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Suzan Hyssen, a stay-at-home mom from Livonia, Michigan
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Season 20 player (2004-03-29).
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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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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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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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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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Rebecca Maxfield, a freshman from Brown University
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Rochelle, New York. Rebecca...
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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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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Steve Gratz, a freelance artist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 2-time champion: $30,999 + $1,000.
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Priscilla Ball, a government contractor from Montgomery Village, Maryland
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Season 25 2-time champion: $45,200 + $2,000. Priscilla was due to...
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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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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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Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
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"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
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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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Jonathan Corbblah, a chess teacher from Harlem, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Jonathan appeared as a...
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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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Tom Zamojcin, a digital marketing manager from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 1-time champion: $22,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "zam-MOH-chin".
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Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000. Season...
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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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Matthew Silski, an 11-year-old from Laurel, Maryland
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"He has wanted to be on the show since he was...
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Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
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"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
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"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
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Jason McCune, an actor originally from Jasper, Indiana
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 18 4-time champion: $90,041.
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Lindsey Nicolai, a junior from Hampton, Virginia
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Ben Noe, a sophomore from Flushing, Michigan
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time...
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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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Steve Toffler, a travel marketing executive from Boca Raton, Florida
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Season 22 player (2006-02-22).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: StevieT
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Amanda Pompili, a transcriber from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 22 player (2006-01-18).
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Sioux City, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Ben Lyon, an industrial scaleman from Dallas, Texas
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"Representing the University of Oklahoma, he won the 1995 College Championship....
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Kevin Keach, a project administrator from St. Louis, Missouri
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"He considered himself a simple Missouri farm boy when he won...
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Camille Bullock, a senior from New Orleans, Louisiana
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Camille88
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
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"He was the biggest winner of the 1999-2000 season. A marketing...
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Caitlin Cook, a sophomore from Arden, North Carolina
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Trevor Pritchard, a freelance writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 22 player (2006-02-24).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tcp909
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