| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $200: It's the company that made the 717 for mass passengers as well as the F-22 Raptor for very, very specific passengers Boeing |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENCE $200: For most, birthdays come once a year, except for those born on this date, who in a way, get older slower than the rest of us February 29th |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | BIBLICAL GARB $400: At Jericho, this leader was told to "loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy" Joshua |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $400: Told, "Take it to the house" in an ad for this co. that "knows home improvement", Christian McCaffrey says, "I will, that's where I live" Lowe's |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | AT THE START OF THE SPORT $400: In 1883 an Englishman patented equipment for playing a form of this "indoors, say upon a billiard or dining table" table tennis |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENCE $600: Sculptor Gutzon Borglum chose this landmark for its solid granite rock face; it would take 14 years for it to be completed Mount Rushmore |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | AT THE START OF THE SPORT $600: Discovered in a pond in Scotland, the oldest known stone for this sport is inscribed with the date 1511 curling |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ACTING UP AT JUILLIARD $800: Group 1 included David Ogden Stiers, Patti LuPone & him, far from stupid as an Oscar winner for "A Fish Called Wanda" (Kevin) Kline |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $800: Let's take a pregnant pause for this term of 3 months trimester |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $1000: This massive holding co. was not named for a single crowbar but from the 1929 merger of a Dutch co. with one run by British brothers Unilever |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | AT THE START OF THE SPORT $1000: These landmark boxing rules are named for the British nobleman who sponsored their 1867 publication the Queensberry rules |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENTS $1200: On July 6, 1885 Louis Pasteur took a bite out of this disease with a new vaccination for 9-year-old victim Joseph Meister rabies |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | BIBLICAL GARB $1200: For interpreting the handwriting on the wall, he was clothed "with scarlet" & given "a chain of gold about his neck" Daniel |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ACTING UP AT JUILLIARD $1600: A Tony for "King Hedley II" & an Oscar for "Fences" are part of this Group 22 woman's EGOT Viola Davis |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: You could "transcend blockchain barriers" at 2023's Icon Hyperbuild, this type of event for computer programmers a hackathon |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ENDS WITH "B" $200: The OED notes the name of this skewered meat dish is "used in India for roast meat in general" kebab |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | HISTORY OF YOSEMITE $200: In the early 1900s the park put up bleachers for folks to watch these cuddly carnivores eat from leftover picnic baskets bears |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | "F" IS FOR FOOD $400: Originally a way of using stale leftovers, this breakfast item is also called pain perdu ("lost bread") French toast |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY $400: Laze poolside on a yacht, enjoy the Gulf of Napoule, hit the Palais des Festivals for its film fest, re-laze at the yacht pool Cannes |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | HISTORY OF YOSEMITE $400: In 1919, the Sierra Club installed cables for climbers to get to the views of this landmark at 8,800 feet above sea level Half Dome |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | HISTORY OF YOSEMITE $600: A Native American village in Yosemite has one of these dwellings named for their circular shape; it's still used by local tribes a roundhouse |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | OUR FLOUNDERING FATHERS $800: Feeling lousy about work, John Adams wrote, "My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office"... this job the vice presidency |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | TV MUSIC $800: Composer Bear McCreary used tremolo strings to evoke the horror of zombies for the theme of this show that debuted in 2010 The Walking Dead |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | "F" IS FOR FOOD $800: This crumbly Greek cheese is typically made from sheep's or goat's milk & preserved in brine feta |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Many great ships once communicated with the world from a room named for this Italian inventor Marconi |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ENDS WITH "B" $1000: It's a jester's red cap possibly named for its resemblance to a male chicken's crest a coxcomb |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY $1200: This word for a sudden fear that comes over you is from the name of a Greek god who could cause it panic |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | TV MUSIC $1200: Alyson Hannigan made Joss Whedon aware of a group called Nerf Herder, who got the nod to come up with the opening theme for this series Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | "F" IS FOR FOOD $1200: The name of this corkscrew-shaped pasta is from Italian for "spindle" fusilli |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | OUR FLOUNDERING FATHERS $1200: Pre-"Give me liberty or give me death", he ran a failing store for his dad, didn't make it as a tobacco farmer & his house burned down Henry |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | "F" IS FOR FOOD $1600: Fern fronds, eaten as a vegetable, have this instrumental name fiddlehead |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | TV MUSIC $2000: That's TLC doing the theme for this '90s Nickelodeon sketch show that starred Kenan Thompson All That |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | "F" IS FOR FOOD $2000: The national dish of Brazil is this stew of black beans cooked with fresh & smoked meats feijoada |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ANIMAL LIFE $2000: This species of sea turtle is named for its unique beak-like mouth, said to resemble a predatory avian a hawksbill |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY $2000: Ride one of Africa's first metros or visit the Casbah & feel like Charles Boyer in the movie named for this city Algiers |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | JUST FOR FUN "Z"s $200: At the Fremont St. Experience, take a thrill ride on one of these, 7 stories high & 2 blocks long; the zoom one is even bigger a zip line |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | MAKING NOISE $400: Some travel through the Arctic requires watching out for growlers, smallish but dangerous pieces of this ice |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | VAL, HISTORY'S CLUMSIEST TIME TRAVELER $400: Trying to go to 1492 but ending up in 1429, Val watches this peasant girl set out for the siege of Orléans--& glory--on April 27 Joan of Arc |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | JUST FOR FUN "Z"s $400: As a 5-year-old hockey fan, Ariana Grande got hit twice with a puck & got to ride on one of these at a Florida Panthers game a Zamboni |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | JUST FOR FUN "Z"s $600: Shigeru Miyamoto designed a video game in which players try to defeat the evil Ganon & rescue this princess Zelda |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | LAND OF MILK & HONEY $800: Known for healthy honey, the Greek isle Ikaria is this type of "colorful" place named for its population's longevity a blue zone |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | JUST FOR FUN "Z"s $800: This rum cocktail was created in the 1930s for a tiki bar called Don the Beachcomber; it might be less fun after too many the Zombie |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | JUST FOR FUN "Z"s $1000: Down South, Cher, this traditional music heard here is also known as chanky-chank zydeco |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | VAL, HISTORY'S CLUMSIEST TIME TRAVELER $1200: Val's not at the 1922 discovery of Tut's tomb in this 4-word area but 100 later, sees Rüfüs Du Sol win a Grammy for "Alive" the Valley of the Kings |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | A "M"EDICAL DICTIONARY $2000: Term for a type of large white blood cell that digests invading micro-organisms & also "eats" cell debris a macrophage |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | PLACES THAT ARE ALSO FIRST NAMES $400: A bust of the brawl-loving Renaissance goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini graces the Ponte Vecchio in this city Florence |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | A LOVE FOR BOOKS $400: The Hazard & Main families are divided by this conflict in "Love & War", part of John Jakes' "North & South" trilogy the Civil War |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HEALTH OBSERVANCES $400: The Michael J. Fox Foundation has been a big advocate in designating April as awareness month for this disease Parkinson's |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HODGEPODGE $400: Let's not procrastinate because, according to a proverb, these 2 things "wait for no man" time & tide |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HODGEPODGE $600: An oda was a room in this type of house for women; an odalisque was a female slave or concubine in one a harem |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | THAT BAND'S AN INSTITUTION $800: Formed in 1976, they're turning the Venetian in Vegas into a love shack with a 2024 residency The B-52s |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | A LOVE FOR BOOKS $800: A shy librarian's quiet passion for a researcher shines through in Sophie Divry's "The Library of" this kind of not reciprocated "Love" unrequited |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: On the sign, "impasse" doesn't mean a stalemate in negotiations, but this other French word for a street with no exit cul-de-sac |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HEALTH OBSERVANCES $800: May is awareness month for this chronic autoimmune disease whose name is Latin for "wolf" lupus |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $800: Famous for his redistricting plan while governor, he became vice president in 1813 & died in office a year later (Elbridge) Gerry |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | THE VOICE OF TELEVISION $1000: Seen here, but not heard from 2015 to 2021, he learned "F is for Family" & if you don't know him, "I'm gonna put you through a wall" (Bill) Burr |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | A LOVE FOR BOOKS $1200: An outbreak of a certain disease features in this 1985 novel by Gabriel García Márquez Love in the Time of Cholera |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HEALTH OBSERVANCES $1200: November is awareness month for this disease, which our beloved Alex Trebek helped raise awareness for pancreatic cancer |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | "P"EOPLE $1600: What you earn on your savings account & what you pay for groceries are partly in the hands of this man, Fed chair since 2018 Jerome Powell |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | ROAD SCHOLARLY $1600: This king known for his building projects created the Persian Royal Road that Alexander the Great used to invade Persia Darius |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | A LOVE FOR BOOKS $2000: His novel "Women in Love" recounts the lives & romances of the Brangwen sisters D.H. Lawrence |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HEALTH OBSERVANCES $2000: June 19 is the world day for this inherited blood disease that occurs mainly among people of African descent sickle cell anemia |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | A LOVE FOR BOOKS $5,000 (Daily Double): Roddy Doyle's novel "Love" finds 2 old friends reconnecting in this world capital for a revealing evening of drinking Dublin |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THAT'S SO CRINGE $200: It can mean to lack dexterity but it doesn't lack for Ws, with 2; well, this is... awkward |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WE'VE GOT TODAY'S HITS $200: Tim McGraw hit the Hot 100 wanting to "live a life so when I die, there's" this crowd situation, SRO for short standing room only |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WE'VE GOT TODAY'S HITS $400: With a Bananarama-riffic title, this Taylor Swift song dominated the fall in 2023, staying at No. 1 for weeks "Cruel Summer" |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | ANYTIME $400: These spies aren't tired; they function ordinarily in a population until activated for vital reasons at any time sleepers (sleeper agents) |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $400: From a word for a bug to get this often small but enthusiastic type of religious group sect |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THAT'S SO CRINGE $600: From the Latin for "death", it can indeed mean to render necrotic but it's more associated as a word meaning to embarrass mortify |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WE'VE GOT TODAY'S HITS $600: "Now & then, I miss you, oh, now & then, I want you to be there for me", sang this band in a 2023 song written in the '70s The Beatles |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | NEW YORK GOVERNORS $800: George Pataki's governorship 1995-2007 included environmental protection for this body of water, shared with Connecticut Long Island Sound |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THAT'S SO CRINGE $800: Spelled differently, one of the Moon's is waxing crescent, but for category purposes, it means to dismay or confuse to faze |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | ANYTIME $1200: This synonym for anytime is in the title of Shakira's first U.S. Top 40 hit whenever |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $1600: From a word meaning penniless to get this word for a liquid in chemistry like an ester or ketone solvent |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $2,000 (Daily Double): From a word involving respiration to get this word meaning healthy hale |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | FAKE MOVIES IN MOVIES $2000: Fake previews for "Werewolf Women of the SS" & "Hobo with a Shotgun" are within this Tarantino-Rodriguez double feature Grindhouse |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WHERE'D YOU "GO"? $7,000 (Daily Double): A city in Colorado was named for this Mexican state that borders Chihuahua Durango |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE $400: A jolly good guy, or a grad student who has been awarded for special study fellow |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | FOOD TALK $400: This French term means to turn solid food into a paste or thick liquid, & you'll find a setting for it on many a blender purée |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | A YEAR ENDING IN 4 $600: The Continental Congress met for the first time 1774 |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE $800: Poetic word for the day after today morrow |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | ABBREVIATED TELEVISION $800: Don't space out (or do) with "FAM" For All Mankind |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE $1000: No soaring weapon, it's a term for a Catholic prayer book missal |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | MUSICIANS' MEMOIRS $1200: This Atlanta rapper with a stage name that's always in fashion got kudos for the honesty of his 2017 autobiography Gucci Mane |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | SOME TIMELY WORDS $1200: This 6-letter word means to go back in fictional time & rewrite the past of a character or narrative for a new work retcon |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES $1200: For obvious reasons these Roman priestesses faced dire consequences if found unchaste, like Aemilia, Licinia & Marcia in 114 B.C. the Vestal Virgins |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | THE MANHATTAN PROJECT $1200: In 1942 it was my kind of town--for the first controlled nuclear chain reaction Chicago |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): This eastern Alabama city was named for a line in an Oliver Goldsmith poem about the "loveliest village of the plain" Auburn |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MUSIC TERMS $200: From Latin for "to hold", this male vocal range once had the task of "holding" the main melody tenor |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | NOT PERSIMMON $400: It's genetically identical to a peach except for one recessive gene that makes its skin smooth a nectarine |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | ASK FORGIVENESS $400: An older Elwin Wilson, once part of this notorious white-klad group, asked John Lewis to forgive him for a 1961 assault in S.C. the Ku Klux Klan |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | NOT PERSIMMON $600: Also called the paste type, this type of tomato is named for a rounder fruit a plum tomato |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | FLAG TIME! $600: Scotland's flag has a white cross on a blue background; the colors are reversed for the flag of this Canadian province Nova Scotia |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | DOES THAT RING A "BELL"? $800: Named for its bulging middle, this cast-iron stove was developed in the 19th century for heat & cooking the potbellied stove |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | ASK FORGIVENESS $800: In the last chapter of Genesis, this man is asked for forgiveness by his brothers, who seriously wronged him Joseph |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | SLANGIN' WITH MR. JENNINGS $800: It can refer to a person with expensive tastes; "Bad &" this hit No. 1 for Migos Boujee |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MUSIC TERMS $1000: Beethoven felt Italians were ill-suited to dramatic opera & should stick with this, Italian for "comic opera" opera buffa |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | SLANGIN' WITH MR. JENNINGS $1000: This 3-word phrase can refer to both something excellent & being free from getting blamed for something off the hook |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL $1,600 (Daily Double): In the 1950s this NL team temporarily changed its name so as not to be associated with communism the (Cincinnati) Reds |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | '70s TV DRAMA $2000: Before he enjoyed his lollipops as Kojak, this actor got an Oscar nom for playing a prisoner in "Birdman of Alcatraz" Telly Savalas |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | VAN LIFE $200: It's the monetary term for an unofficial shuttle often serving urban transit deserts dollar vans |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | NOBEL PRIZES $400: Arthur Ashkin's 2018 prize was for inventing optical these, which use laser beams to grab particles & cells rather than hairs tweezers |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $400: After WWII a new country music style was named for this kind of roadside joint & Hank Williams was its biggest star honky-tonk |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS $400: An 8-year-old girl was the namesake of this frozen dessert brand known for pound cake, cheesecake & more Sara Lee |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORDS THAT GO UP TO 11 $400: A 2012 documentary named for this pitch follows Tim Wakefield & R.A. Dickey the knuckleball |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORLD CITIES $800: An Azerbaijani oil baron built a replica of a Parisian palace for his wife in this capital city Baku |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Cultivation of this fruit dates back at least to the very pre-Columbian Mokaya people & it stood for the 14th month on the Maya calendar the avocado |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORDS THAT GO UP TO 11 $800: Admiration for England & the way they do things there Anglophilia |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | VAN LIFE $800: Gillette calls this beard style named for a European artist "a full goatee with a floating mustache" a Van Dyke |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS $1000: William W. of this last name founded his eponymous "for the ones who get it done" industrial supply company in Chicago in 1927 Grainger |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | WORDS THAT GO UP TO 11 $1000: Change the first 3 letters in a fancy word for "blessing" to get this, a curse malediction |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN $1200: This device used to measure your feet at the shoe store is named for its inventor Charles a Brannock Device |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | NOBEL PRIZES $1200: 2 scientists shared the 2023 Medicine Prize for enabling development of this type of COVID vaccine made by Pfizer & Moderna mRNA |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | KNEEL BEFORE ZED $1600: A large mustache that curves down at the corners of the mouth is named for this early 20th century Guerrilla Zapata |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | NOBEL PRIZES $1600: This American took home the 2023 Economics Prize for her studies on women in the workforce & the wage gap (Claudia) Goldin |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | KNEEL BEFORE ZED $2000: Compadrazgo, a ritual kinship system involving godparents, plays an important role for this people of Oaxaca the Zapotec |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | OPERA SETTINGS $2000: Better known for "Faust", this French composer set his last opera, "The Tribute of Zamora", in Moorish Spain Gounod |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | NOBEL PRIZES $2000: The 2013 Lit Prize went to this Canadian for her mastery of the short story (Alice) Munro |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN $6,000 (Daily Double): You only need letters on the left side of the keyboard to type this unit of capacitance that's named for an English chap the farad |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | WORKING HARD, HARDLY WORKING $200: A 2022 study said this state had the longest average work week, 41.4 hours; commercial fishing & drilling for oil ain't easy Alaska |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | DAVID PLAYED $400: In 2007 David Beckham signed a $250 million contract to play for this MLS team the L.A. Galaxy |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | A SECRET CHORD $400: Wagner shook up people's ideas of harmony with the chord named for this lover of Isolde Tristan |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | ACHES & PAINS $400: More common in women, this type of sharp, stabbing headache is named for what it feels like is stabbing your eye or head an ice pick headache |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | WORKING HARD, HARDLY WORKING $600: In 2003 an 80-hour work week & 24-hour shifts were established as upper limits for these post-first-year internship doctors residents |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | CONSONANT-VOWEL x3 $800: Boze-dee-boze-dee-bop! Ziddy bop! It's just this old-time term for a male escort a gigolo |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Coca-Cola tycoon Asa Candler donated $1 million & 75 acres of land for what became this Atlanta university Emory |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | SLANGUAGE $800: This 4-letter slang word for excellent actually goes back to the 1960s; some say its first letter stands for "pretty" phat |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | ACHES & PAINS $800: Lord Byron rhymed this old-time word for feverish pain with "plague you" ague |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | PARENTING $800: A tough question for parents; Dr. Ellen Libby wrote a book on the issue & says it can rotate from kid to kid, if that's any help Who is your favorite child? |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | WORKING HARD, HARDLY WORKING $1000: In 1963 this company known for synthetic materials came out with a shoe "leather" called Corfam, & dang, my feet are still hot! DuPont |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $1000: Duncan Sheik & Steven Sater won Tonys for the score of this musical about 19th century students Spring Awakening |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | ACHES & PAINS $1000: This word for achy inflammation of the fluid sacs around a joint comes from Latin for "bag" or "purse" bursitis |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | NOVEL TITLE CHARACTERS $2000: George Eliot's works named for title characters include "Adam Bede", "Silas Marner" & this alliterative one Daniel Deronda |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | WORKING HARD, HARDLY WORKING $4,400 (Daily Double): This traditional term for Japan's famously hard-laboring male office workers references both wages & gender a salaryman |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | NOVEL TITLE CHARACTERS $11,200 (Daily Double): The first name of this title character of a Defoe novel is an old word for a prostitute Moll Flanders |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | CONSONANT-VOWEL x3 $12,000 (Daily Double): Catholics hoping for special grace may pray this, said for 9 consecutive days a novena |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? $200: Today a standard for buttoned shirts is a cloth with the name of this university Oxford |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | YOU'RE A FINAL"IST" $400: For skillfully combining ingredients, a bartender is sometimes called this a mixologist |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? $400: There's no place like Sherlock Holmes for this hat a deerstalker |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | IN THIS ECONOMY?! $800: Why use money or credit cards when there's this system where a mechanic might trade a tuneup to a farmer for some apples barter |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | THINGS PEOPLE SAY $800: Something that you can't get past is stuck here, a word for a part of bird anatomy your craw |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | ON THE MAP $800: Petrified Forest National Park sits within this area named for its colorful badlands the Painted Desert |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | YOU'RE A FINAL"IST" $800: A synonym for beautician that's 3 letters longer cosmetologist |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? $800: Used for evening dresses & shoes, peau de soie means "skin of" this material silk |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | YOU'RE A FINAL"IST" $1000: A bumposopher was another word for one of these head-examining pseudoscientists a phrenologist |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | SPORTS $1000: We're cuckoo for this woman, who defeated Venus Williams at age 15 & later won the U.S. Open (Coco) Gauff |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? $1000: Kinda like an apron, this garment is named for how it was once affixed to a dress pinafore |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | IN THE PAST $1000: Dwight Eisenhower & John Diefenbaker were there for the opening of this North American waterway in 1959 the St. Lawrence Seaway |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | IN THIS ECONOMY?! $1600: 2 individuals deal with each other directly vs. using a 3rd party in buying goods & services in this economy, P2P for short peer-to-peer |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | SCULPTURE $1600: In 2013 his "Balloon Dog (Orange)" sold at Christie's for $58.4 million (Jeff) Koons |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | ON THE MAP $1600: On a peninsula of the same name, this town in southern Italy is known for limoncello & its great views of the Bay of Naples Sorrento |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY $200: Fittingly, these teeth used to grind food take their name from the Latin for "millstone" molars |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | TRAIN TALES $400: A book of timetables for railways & steamers helped the protagonist make his less-than-3-month journey in this 1873 novel Around the World in Eighty Days |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $400: This famed Western landscape photographer wrote a 1947 essay for the Encyclopedia Britannica on "Photographic Art" Adams |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | YOU CAN'T SPELL... $400: This term for the column here without another instrument--the lute fluted column |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY $400: From Greek for "snail", it's a tube in the inner ear that's coiled like a snail's shell cochlea |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $600: Food word for "bonkers"
&
makes a swift escape nuts & bolts |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY $600: The name of these neck veins goes back to Latin words for throat & yoke jugular |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $800: A master teacher of the lotus position
&
a double talk term for a toddler injury a yogi & boo-boo |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY $800: From the Greek word for "kidney", these units, about a million per kidney, filter waste from the blood nephrons |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | YOU CAN'T SPELL... $1000: This word for a tract or canal in your digestive system without "lime" alimentary |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY $1000: Used when sitting cross-legged, this longest muscle derives its name from Latin for "tailor", as tailors often sat that way the sartorius |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $1600: The 1996 book "Down in the Garden" was a bestseller for this Australian-born photographer known for her baby pictures Geddes |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $2000: Known for his black & white photos, he was a consultant for the film "Funny Face" & Fred Astaire's character was based on him Avedon |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | HISTORIC REFUSALS $200: A British delegate refused to sit for a painting of the 1782 talks ending this; John Quincy Adams said it's OK, he's ugly anyway the Revolutionary War |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | HISTORIC REFUSALS $400: His birth name was Fernão; the king of his native Portugal refused him a reward for military service & said go sail for Spain Magellan |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | AS HEARD ON TV $400: From our pals down the hall came the puzzle here; instead of an M, this letter got called for, saucy but wrong K |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | SPRINKLE, SPRINKLE $600: Often sprinkled on fresh fruit, this spice mix of chili, lime & salt is named for an archaeological site in Veracruz, Mexico Tajin |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | STARS & CONSTELLATIONS $600: Constellations named for birds include Cygnus, the swan, & Columba, this bird the dove |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | CLASSICAL LITERATURE $800: Menander, known for his comedic plays, wrote that "Marriage, if one will face the truth, is" this, "but a necessary" this an evil |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | STARS & CONSTELLATIONS $1000: This brightest star in Scorpius has a name meaning "rival of Mars" & is sometimes mistaken for the planet Antares |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | FILM COMPOSERS $1200: This Australian bard is also a cinematic composer with scores for "Blonde" & "Hell or High Water" (Nick) Cave |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | BEFORE THEY WERE CONGRESSWOMEN $1200: Before repping Florida, Maria Salazar was an anchor for this "worldly" Spanish network now part of NBCUniversal Telemundo |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | FILM COMPOSERS $1600: He wrote scores for 8 Hitchcock films in 9 years, his most memorable being the screeching strings in the shower scene in "Psycho" Bernard Herrmann |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | MATH TALK $1600: See if you can pick off this term for the point at which a line or curve crosses an axis the intercept |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | CLASSICAL LITERATURE $2000: In 66 A.D. he took part in the Jewish revolt against Rome; later, he worked for the Romans writing the history of it Josephus |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | FILM COMPOSERS $2000: This British composer won 5 Oscars but not one for the 11 James Bond films he scored John Barry |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | STARS & CONSTELLATIONS $3,600 (Daily Double): If you're really smart, you should know that this constellation was named for South Africa's Table Mountain Mensa |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | NAMED FOR A PLACE $200: This humorous poem of 5 lines takes its name from a city in Ireland a limerick |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | NAMED FOR A PLACE $400: Though more closely associated with Mexico, these hot chlii peppers are named for a city across the Yucatán Channel habanero |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | "J-I-T" WORDS $600: From the Latin for "close by", it's the placement of different elements side by side juxtaposition |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | SONG SIMILES $600: The video for this Maroon 5 / Christina Aguilera hit features plenty of dancing by a certain other rock star "Moves Like Jagger" |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | NAMED FOR A PLACE $600: It's not just any plaid fabric, it's woven cotton known by the former name of a city in India Madras |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | SONG SIMILES $800: "In the droptop ride with you, I feel like Scarface", says SZA on this tune, winner of a Grammy in 2024 for Best R&B Song "Snooze" |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | NAMED FOR A PLACE $1000: Popularly used for drapery & upholstery, this lustrous fabric is named for a city in the Middle East damask |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | AN INVITATION TO THE DANCE $1200: It's the chill term for when a breakdancer hits & holds a shape for a few seconds freeze |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | ASTRONOMY $1200: These gas vortices on the Sun can be Earth-sized or larger & last for months sunspots |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | NAMED FOR A PLACE $3,000 (Daily Double): This word meaning to ramble comes from the name of a winding river in Turkey meander |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | ASTRONOMY $5,000 (Daily Double): The "E" in NASA's T.E.S.S. satellite stands for these that it's actively looking for, whether they can support life or not exoplanets |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | SAME LAST 3/ FIRST 3 LETTERS $200: Animal you "play" when feigning death
&
a brief & succinct explanation of an event possum & summary |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS $200: Germany defeated Serbia in the final of the 2023 FIBA World Cup for men's national teams in this sport basketball |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | "G"OING PLACES $400: This Scottish city is known for local slang such as "gallus", which means bold or daring Glasgow |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? $400: This band's name was the nickname that Rivers Cuomo's biological dad used for him Weezer |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | IN MY FEELINGS $400: 4-letter delight; in the 17th century it was first used for a sung musical work glee |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | THE 14th CENTURY $400: One cause of the 1337 start of the Hundred Years' War was when the III king of this name made a claim for the French throne Edward |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | CURRENT EVENTS $600: Will it be "How soon they forget" or "Always remembered"? He caught the Super Bowl 58-winning pass for Kansas City Mecole Hardman |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | LONG WORDS $800: 14 letters:
Newish nonmedical umbrella term for people whose brains work or develop differently neurodivergent |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS $800: Pogona is the genus name for the 8 species of this lizard lovingly known as "beardies" the bearded dragons |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS $1000: French for "servant", in pro cycling it's a rider whose job is to help a team's leader win, not to win individually a domestique |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS $1000: From a Latin word for "blind", this worm-like amphibian spends most of its life underground the caecilian |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | ART & CRIME $1200: Art forger Elmyr de Hory is included as a subject in "F for Fake", a rare documentary by this film auteur Orson Welles |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | "G"OING PLACES $2000: This place in India was dubbed "the Rome of the Orient", since it was a center for the Roman Catholic Church in the East Goa |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? $2000: This band with songs like "1985" & "Today Is Gonna Be A Great Day", the "Phineas & Ferb" theme, riffed on a Steve Martin sketch for its name Bowling for Soup |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | IN MY FEELINGS $5,000 (Daily Double): Freud's works helped popularize this loanword for a general sense of dread or unease angst |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | 13-LETTER WORDS $200: From the Latin for "ask", it's the formal & systematic questioning of a suspect interrogation |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | CLASSIC AD SLOGANS & JINGLES $200: "Double your pleasure, double your fun" with this brand Doublemint |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | EPONYMS $400: A French aerialist gave us this name for a tight-fitting one-piece worn today by everyone from dancers to pro wrestlers a leotard |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | 13-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the type of photo seen here; what do we gotta do, put it on a silver plate for you a daguerreotype |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PENALTIES & BONUSES $400: In the Gospel of John, the Pharisees told Jesus that this was the penalty for adultery; he told them to be cautious judging death by stoning |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | CLASSIC AD SLOGANS & JINGLES $600: This chain promised "We'll leave the light on for you" Motel 6 |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | MR. OR MRS. SONG $800: Rapper Nas, aka Nasir Jones, claims to be the inspiration for this woman's "Me & Mr. Jones" from "Back to Black" Winehouse |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A WARMING TREND $800: After deep torpor, a Rivoli's this, known for wing speed, can see its body temperature rise 50 degrees up to 100-plus a hummingbird |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PENALTIES & BONUSES $800: There are fines & fees & then there's this other "F" word referring to property seized by the po-po for criminal reasons forfeiture |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | CLASSIC AD SLOGANS & JINGLES $1000: "Quick, Henry," this old-time insecticide that also means to move quickly from place to place Flit |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1000: From the Latin for "to take away secretly", it means secret or sneaky surreptitious |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PENALTIES & BONUSES $1000: Mark Twain loved this Louisiana French word for something extra given after a transaction is completed a lagniappe |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | THE ANCIENTS SPEAK $1000: We're not sure if he found him, but this cynic, lantern in tote, was quoted as saying he was "looking for an honest man" Diogenes |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | EPONYMS $1600: A Kochel number, used to list this composer's works, is named for the Austrian who indexed them Mozart |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A WARMING TREND $1600: One recipe from the Russian Tea Room for hot this soup includes 5 ounces of beets as well as short ribs & pork butt borscht |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Simon Iturri Patiño was once Bolivia's rey del estaño, king of this metal in which the land is rich tin |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $2000: "C" "C":
2-word term for the multistage process via which the basic unit of life reproduces itself the cell cycle |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: This Venezuelan president said in 2019 that protesters would not go unpunished & accused the U.S. of plotting against him Nicolás Maduro |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | FREE FOR ALL $200: Monopoly once added a few house rules, including all fees & taxes stashed in the middle of the board are yours when you land on this spot Free Parking |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS $200: "Tomorrow Will Be Different" is by Sarah McBride, the first openly trans state senator from this state, known for being first Delaware |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HIP-POP $400: Cordell Broadus, son of this rapper who, like us, asked "Who am I?", was a WR for UCLA & became a streetwear fashion designer Snoop Dogg |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | FREE FOR ALL $400: The nonprofit Free Software Foundation promotes this hyphenated type of software that, by definition, can be modified & shared open source |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | FREE FOR ALL $600: R.E.M. titled a 1981 song for this broadcasting service that aimed to inform people under the grasp of the Soviets Radio Free Europe |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY $800: Under N:
"Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party" nepotism |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | FREE FOR ALL $800: The Wilmot Proviso, which wanted no slavery in newly acquired Mexican lands, was a precursor to this political party the Free Soil Party |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HOP ON THE INTERSTATE $800: Enjoy 1,700 miles of the I-95 system, south from Bangor to this 2-word city whose name comes from Spanish for "mouse's mouth" Boca Raton |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $1000: Written by Sia, this Shakira song from "Zootopia" can be heard in commercials for Disney World "Try Everything" |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | FREE FOR ALL $1000: The "free" type of this refers to an atom or molecule with a loose electron that can destabilize other molecules a free radical |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS $1000: This playwright has used his uniquely gravelly voice to speak about gay rights & wrote the book for "La Cage aux Folles" Fierstein |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ROUND HERE $1200: In legend, the Siege Perilous was a seat at King Arthur's round table reserved for the knight destined to do this find the Grail |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | TOUGH VOCAB $1200: It can mean a horse carriage for rent; add -ed to mean made commonplace by frequent use a hackney |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | BRITISH EXPLORERS $1200: In 1776 James Cook received the Copley Medal for a paper on preventing this disease by feeding his crew cress & an orange extract scurvy |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | SCIENCE $1600: In thermodynamics this letter stands for entropy S |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ART TERMS $2,000 (Daily Double): Jean Arp coined this term for Alexander Calder's inert sculptures, often made from sheet metal stabiles |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | SCIENCE $2000: CMEs for short, these blasts from the aura of plasma around the Sun can occur with solar flares coronal mass ejections |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ART TERMS $2000: Marcel Duchamp used mass-produced items for objects called these, like a bicycle wheel on a stool readymade |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: The double-action type of this instrument has 2 reeds tuned to the same note for extra fun when using the bellows an accordion |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | TRENDING $600: The manual for this robotic '90s toy says, "You can feed me by inserting your fingertip into my mouth" a Furby |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | THE 3 "R"s $800: Big laxative has made good use in its ads of this word for the problem its products treat irregularity |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: The Greek for "wood" gives us the name of this instrument that's struck with padded mallets xylophone |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | ARCHITECTS $1200: He saw himself as a trimtab, a small but powerful rudder, for humanity, & his tombstone says, "'Call me Trimtab'-Bucky" Fuller |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | THE 3 "R"s $2000: From the Latin for "earth" & meaning to make a planet suitable for human habitation, it dates back to a 1942 sci-fi story terraforming |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | SPORTY TALK $200: Basketball terms for a sure thing include layup & this 2-word extremely high-percentage shot slam dunk |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $400: So far, Samuel Chase is the only justice to face these proceedings; his acquittal was a victory for judicial independence impeachment |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MAMMALS $400: Bloat is the word for a group of these huge mammals & Uganda's Kazinga Channel has plenty of bloats a hippo |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $600: One of 31 known to exist & the only one listed gem mint, a 1995 card featuring Charizard from this game went for $493,000 in 2021 Pokémon |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MAMMALS $1000: This type of deer, often seen in British parks, gets its name from an old word for brownish yellow, not for lying unseeded fallow |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | WORLD STAR $1600: Italian actor Roberto Benigni won a Best Actor Oscar in 1999 for this film about the Holocaust Life Is Beautiful |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | FEELING JITTERY $2000: Italian gives us this word for upset or jitters; Junior Soprano tells Livia, "I'm all" this "all the time" agita |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MUSEUMS SPREAD THEIR WINGS $2000: The Rasmuson Wing contains the art of the North Galleries in the museum named for this U.S. city a 2,200-mile drive from Seattle Anchorage |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | RELIGIOUS RANKS & TITLES $5,000 (Daily Double): Familiar from Monty Python sketches, this word for an Anglican or Episcopal priest is from the Latin for "substitute" vicar |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | WORDS READ BACKWARDS $400: Read backwards, a Japanese word for dried seaweed becomes this metal iron (from nori) |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | WORDS READ BACKWARDS $600: A word preceding "chart" for a step-by-step guide becomes this big canine wolf (from flow) |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SO NICE, WE NEED THE ANSWER TWICE $600: Jacques Offenbach composed music for this lively dance as part of an 1858 operetta the can-can |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $600: Ill-behaved Holy Roman Empire troops sacked Magdeburg in 1631 in this war that lasted for a certain time the Thirty Years' War |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | LET'S GET A DRINK $600: Real Madagascar vanilla is one of the spices in this "original spiced rum" brand, & I totally mean to pull rank here Captain Morgan |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | WORDS READ BACKWARDS $800: A set of enzymes from a cow's stomach lining becomes this, slang for what might buy you a plate of fish & chips tenner (from rennet) |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | LET'S GET A DRINK $800: Motorcyclists know this name for the cocktail of Cognac, triple sec & lemon juice a Sidecar |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | WORDS READ BACKWARDS $1000: A runner who sets the tempo of a race rewinds & becomes this shortened word for a TV opening that might begin "previously on" a recap (from pacer) |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THE THEATER $1000: Teatro Astor Piazzolla, named for the composer & musician seen here, is in this South American capital city Buenos Aires |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THE GRAMMYS' GREAT MOMENTS $1200: In 2024 Joni Mitchell performed at the Grammys for the very first time, singing this classic that begins, "Rows & floes of angel hair" "Both Sides, Now" |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THE GRAMMYS' GREAT MOMENTS $1600: "Lady Marmalade" was originally a hit for this legend, who in 2002, joined P!nk, Christina Aguilera & others on a rendition of it LaBelle |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SAY IT IN LATIN $2000: Q.E.D. is short for this, meaning "which was to be demonstrated" quod erat demonstrandum |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | MARINE BIOLOGY $2000: When buried in the sand, skates & rays rely on these holes near the eyes for breathing oxygen spiracles |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESSERT $200: Erupting with flavor, it's the yummy dessert seen here, named for its center a lava cake |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | NONFICTION $200: His dedication for his memoir "Spare" reads: "For Meg and Archie and Lili... and, of course, my Mother" Prince Harry |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS $200: He received a total of 1,876 Electoral College votes for president, a likely unbreakable record FDR |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESSERT $400: Bad when it's caused by heavy rain, good when it's a dessert cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur & Irish cream a mudslide |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TURNING 60 IN 2024 $400: This computer language whose full name tells you it's for beginners was introduced at 4 a.m. on May 1, 1964 BASIC |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | NONFICTION $400: The 2023 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction went to a book about this man, whose 2020 death in Minneapolis sparked protests worldwide Floyd |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS $400: Vying for re-election, he did not treat his Minnesota opponent nicely, winning 525-13 Reagan |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESERT $400: In the Sahara, avoid the deathstalker, an extremely dangerous & venomous variety of this arachnid a scorpion |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESSERT $600: These cakes were immortalized by Proust in his "Remembrance of Things Past" madeleines |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESSERT $800: Made with egg whites & coconut but needing no flour, these cookies are traditional during the Jewish Passover macaroons |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESERT $800: In 1873 a team using camels became the first Europeans to cross this continent's Great Sandy Desert Australia |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $800: This masculine plural form of the word for "all" means all the instruments playing together tutti |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESSERT $1000: Italian for "cooked cream", this eggless custard can be garnished with raspberries panna cotta |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | WORDS IN INVITATIONAL $1000: The seeds of this tropical tree yield a yellowish-red dye that's used as a food coloring, especially for cheese & margarine annatto |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESERT $1200: In 2016, NASA began testing a new prototype rover & its life-detecting instruments in this South American desert the Atacama |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1200: The mafia was sometimes called this, Italian for "our thing"; for the Jewish mob, replace the first word with "kosher" Cosa Nostra |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | IN THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME $1200: This Swiss-born psychiatrist known for identifying 5 stages of grief Kübler-Ross |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1600: For hair color, it can describe Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner, or it can be an iconic series of Ferrari models a Testarossa |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESERT $2000: The brown hyena & the bat-eared fox both make their home in this largest desert of southern Africa the Kalahari |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | "HOUSE" OF ENTERTAINMENT $2000: Ben Kingsley got an Oscar nomination for playing an Iranian immigrant with dreams of home ownership in this drama House of Sand and Fog |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TIME FOR DESERT $4,000 (Daily Double): Parts of Texas are covered by this vast desert named for Mexico's largest state the Chihuahuan Desert (Chihuahua) |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THE CINEMA IN 2023 $200: One of the new songs for the live-action remake of this 1989 animated film was "Wild Uncharted Waters", sung by Prince Eric The Little Mermaid |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THE CINEMA IN 2023 $400: In "Dumb Money", Paul Dano plays an investor who led a surge in value for this stock, & Anthony Ramos plays an employee there GameStop |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS $400: An evasive maneuver test for cars in Sweden bears the name of these deer you would definitely want to avoid when driving moose |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | CLASSIC TV $800: The classic overture heard here became the theme song for this Western series The Lone Ranger |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THE LOCALS $1200: B.R. Ambedkar was a leader of the people called Untouchables, Dalits or SC, short for "Scheduled" this; he urged them to move to cities Castes |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | NOTABLE NAMES $9,400 (Daily Double): His 1936 "General Theory" suggesting government spending to lower unemployment influenced economic policy for decades Keynes |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | UNDENIABLE CHEMISTRY $400: Chemists won an Ig Nobel for finding the right airborne amount of a compound from this Japanese horseradish to wake sleepers wasabi |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $400: A 35-year Broadway run--unlikely, but Thelma Pollard did, doing makeup for the face behind the mask of this show's title character The Phantom of the Opera |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | FIRST NAMES $400: This Spanish name for boys & old fishermen literally means "Saint James" Santiago |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $600: Stay pregnant for a year! Plausible for you, no, but for the Florida type of this aquatic mammal that can weigh 3,600 pounds? No prob a (Florida) manatee |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | FIRST NAMES $600: Owl tell you right now, Hedy, as in Hedy Lamarr, was short for this German name Hedwig |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE HISTORIC 1990s $600: It didn't end well in 1997 for this cult that believed a flying saucer was following comet Hale-Bopp Heaven's Gate |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | VIOLENT ART $800: Sanguine, a blood-red chalk, is apt for the category; in the 1790s this Spaniard used it to sketch Saturn eating his son Goya |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | UNDENIABLE CHEMISTRY $800: C22H24N2O8 is the formula of this antibiotic that's known for fighting acne but can take on cholera too tetracycline |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE DIRECTING BROTHERS $800: 20 years later, Jim Carrey & Jeff Daniels were back for more Farrelly-directed fun in a sequel titled this "To" Dumb and Dumber |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | 19th CENTURY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $800: In 1889 the new owners of this paper had John Philip Sousa write a march about it for an awards ceremony The Washington Post |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $800: Slang for a convertible car with a soft cover a ragtop |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | UNDENIABLE CHEMISTRY $1600: Let's see if your Os is running properly; this element, No. 76, is used to make hard alloys for phonograph needles osmium |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | OVERLAPS $2000: Metronomic measure of music used for the medical study of tootsies tempodiatry |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES $200: In 1992 England's top soccer clubs broke away from their historic football league to form this elite entity the Premier League |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | SILENCE, LETTERS! $200: The terminal "S" in this word for pieces of trash is really just garbage debris |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | NEWER MACHINES & INVENTIONS $200: 3D printers aren't great for mass production but excel with these models, whose name is partly from the Greek for "first" a prototype |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | UNDERGROUND $400: SNOLAB, the "SNO" for Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, is way down under this Canadian province Ontario |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | MIND THE GAP $400: The Gap stores hit Wall Street in 1976 with an IPO, short for this, of $18 an initial public offering |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | DIRECTORS ACTING $400: Steven Spielberg showed up for a second or 2 in this John Landis comedy playing a Cook County tax assessor The Blues Brothers |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | SILENCE, LETTERS! $400: Make no mistake--you don't pronounce either the "X" or the "S" in this French term for a slip-up a faux pas |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | NEWER MACHINES & INVENTIONS $600: The IoT is short for this, which connects commonplace items to the web & collects data the Internet of Things |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | MIND THE GAP $800: Diastema is the clinical term for a gap between these teeth |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | UNDERGROUND $800: Running underground for much of its course, this river with the same name as a desert ends at Soda Dry Lake Mojave |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $800: Premiering in 1749, "Music for the Royal" these got set off to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession fireworks |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: The headquarters for this global law enforcement group are found at 200 Charles de Gaulle Road in Lyon, France INTERPOL |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | NEWER MACHINES & INVENTIONS $1000: It's the alliterative term for a computer system based on the brain a neural network |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | JEOPORTMANTEAU! $1200: A temporary stay
+
a writer for a newspaper or magazine a sojournalist |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | DIRECTORS ACTING $1600: This director of "Out of Africa" went in front of the screen for Stanley Kubrick in "Eyes Wide Shut" (Sydney) Pollack |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | MIND THE GAP $1600: To shuck properly, look for the gap between the oyster's shell & use your knife to sever this muscle the adductor |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | MIND THE GAP $9,600 (Daily Double): Near where Virginia, Kentucky & Tennessee meet, you'll find this pass named for a son of George II the Cumberland Gap |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | & 5 SIDES $200: Perfect for the category, this landmark has 6.5 million sq. feet of office space but until 2011, had but 1 passenger elevator the Pentagon |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | CHOOSE A PROTEIN $200: This cone-shaped body organ produces blood proteins & stores glycogen for you, so easy on the Lagavulin the liver |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $200: Oulu, Finland hosts the world championships for this; contestants strut their stuff with invisible instruments air guitar |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | 21st CENTURY WORDS $400: This word for a now-ubiquitous form of entertainment program comes in part from an Apple product a podcast |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $400: Bucyrus, Ohio's festival honoring this German sausage includes a pigtail contest for youngsters bratwurst |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $600: Named for a stalagmite, each December the Rock of Ages Lantern Tours take visitors through this New Mexico national park Carlsbad Caverns |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $800: Each June Nebraskaland Days in North Platte features a golf classic & a rodeo named for this Wild West showman Buffalo Bill |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: "The ride. The roar. The rally" is a motto for the annual motorcycle rally in this South Dakota city Sturgis |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | STATUES OF THE WORLD $1200: A monument to this Canadian Legend known for his Marathon of Hope event stands in Burnaby, British Columbia (Terry) Fox |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $1600: Before launching a wellness studio, Elizabeth Cutler & Julie Rice co-founded this fitness company for indoor spinning SoulCycle |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | TV DRAMA $200: At the Golden Globes in 2024, he said, "This is a nice moment for me", when he won for "Succession" Kieran Culkin |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | TYPES OF POEMS $200: Pindar was famed for these poems; Alexander Pope wrote one "On Solitude" odes |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | WHAT THE "H"? $400: This word is medical speak for really bad breath halitosis |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | LOST WORKS $400: According to one guy who read the lost memoirs of this 19th century poet & lord, the book was "fit only for a brothel" Byron |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $400: This 12,000-foot volcano in Japan erupted in 1707 but thankfully has been dormant for the ensuing 300+ years Fujiyama |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | CHAMP CHANGE $600: Satisfaction taken in winning trades a "D" for a "Z" & becomes this award for winning prize (from pride) |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | FAMOUS WOMEN $800: For over 15 years, she was one of the most powerful people in the world Merkel |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | CHAMP CHANGE $800: A championship flag trades one of its "N"s for a "D" & becomes this dangling thing pendant (from pennant) |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | FOOD & DRINK $800: Aubergine caviar is another name for this smoky Mediterranean spread made with roasted eggplant baba ghanoush |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | TYPES OF POEMS $1000: For this grave work, Yeats chose words he had already written: "Cast a cold eye, on life, on death. Horseman, pass by" his epitaph |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1200: In 1924 she began working with the American Foundation for the Blind & for over 40 years was its leading ambassador Keller |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | MOVIE SONGS $1600: "All Is Love", "Rumpus" & "Food Is Still Hot" are numbers by Karen O & the Kids for this kids' book adaptation Where the Wild Things Are |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1600: Subject of a 2023 film, in 2013, she became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage for protection Nyad |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | MOVIE SONGS $2000: Irish singer Glen Hansard starred in this 2007 movie & won an Oscar for co-writing "Falling Slowly" Once |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | LOST WORKS $5,000 (Daily Double): In the lost ancient epic "Aethiopis", the Ethiopian king Memnon fights for Troy & is killed by this Greek hero Achilles |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | THE NAME ON THE OSCAR $400: Best Actor, 2012, for "Lincoln" Daniel Day-Lewis |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | SONGS OF YOUTH $400: Inspired by her bestie, Tay Tay sang when "somebody tells you they love you" at this title age "you're gonna believe them" 15 |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | FESTIVALS $400: It's held for about 2 weeks each May, & in 2023 awarded its Palme d'Or to "Anatomy of a Fall" the Cannes Film Festival |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | KHAN YOU DIG IT? $400: In 2021 Lina Khan began serving as chair of this agency, FTC for short the Federal Trade Commission |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | LOOK AT THE MAP $400: This Mediterranean capital has endured for more than two millennia Algiers |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $600: A spinning spit for cooking meat
(10 letters) rotisserie |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | FESTIVALS $600: An art studio called Poetic Kinetics created the ginormous floating astronaut for the 2014 edition of this SoCal music festival Coachella |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS $800: This national monument & natural wonder attracts people from all over to Utah; the one for our dearly departed pets is different Rainbow Bridge |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | BOOKS BY REPORTERS $800: Newspaperman Ben Hecht wrote the novel "Erik Dorn" & then wrote for the movies with this director's "Spellbound" Hitchcock |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | SONGS OF YOUTH $800: Nate Ruess & this band implored, "We are young so let's set the world on fire" fun. |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | LOOK AT THE MAP $800: It's the geographically appropriate name for the troubled country seen here East Timor |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | FESTIVALS $1000: Blue for Krishna is just one of the hues in this festival of colors on the day of the full moon Holi |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $1000: Most recover fully from this syndrome, GBS for short, that affects the peripheral nervous system & is named for 2 French Drs. Guillain-Barré |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | THE NAME ON THE OSCAR $1200: Best Supporting Actor, 2019, for "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" Brad Pitt |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | BOOKS BY REPORTERS $1200: Willard Motley wrote novels as well as Bud Billiken newspaper columns for this city's Black weekly The Defender Chicago |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: Praising the defense of democracy, Pericles' funeral oration of 431 B.C. was given for soldiers fallen in this conflict the Peloponnesian War |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | THE NAME ON THE OSCAR $1600: Best Supporting Actress, 1973, for "Paper Moon" Tatum O'Neal |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | BOOKS BY REPORTERS $2000: This scribe worked the baseball beat for a N.Y. paper but got his potatoes with the story collection "Guys & Dolls" & whatnot Runyon |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | THE NAME ON THE OSCAR $2000: Best Director, 2014, for "Birdman" & 2015, for "The Revenant" (González) Iñárritu |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON $200: A 1992 Pulitzer went to the Morning News of this city for its reporting on extensive misconduct by Texas police Dallas |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "H" IS FOR HISTORY $400: The period of time from March to July of 1815 when Napoleon escaped Elba & ran wild in France is known as this the Hundred Days |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON $600: This publication that later Rockwell & rolled was named for being printed in time to make a weekend mail delivery in Philly The Saturday Evening Post |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | THE CLOCK & THE CALENDAR $800: On the French Revolutionary calendar, Dec. 21 was the 1st day of Nivôse, a month named for this weather condition snow |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SKY & SEA $800: The EPA gives us the AQI, short for this index, which goes from "good" to "hazardous" Air Quality Index |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "H" IS FOR HISTORY $800: "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" was perhaps sung by citizens of these ramshackle areas named for a Depression-era prez Hoovervilles |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "BIT"TING AT THE CHAMPS $800: "Geographic" term for an array of binary data used to create an image a bitmap |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON $1000: Roger Ebert was just 24 when he began to light up the Chicago movie scene as the film critic for this newspaper the Chicago Sun-Times |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $1200: Oregon's state fish is this type of salmon, also a name for a wind that blows in the Rockies chinook |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "H" IS FOR HISTORY $1200: It's the term for the migration of Muhammad & his followers to Medina before Mecca's fall in the year 630 the Hijrah |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "H" IS FOR HISTORY $1600: What's known as this New England city's "Convention" was spurred by dissatisfaction in the War of 1812 Hartford |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | DIACRITICAL THINKING $2000: Umlaut is a German word; this, for the 2 dots as in Zoë to show a vowel is in a separate syllable, comes from Greek diaeresis |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SINGERS $2000: Michelle Zauner, lead vocalist of this band, named it for a meal that might include tamago kake gohan (rice mixed with raw egg) Japanese Breakfast |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SKY & SEA $2000: The Arabic for "wind" gives us this 2-syllable word for a Sudanese wind that produces violent sandstorms haboob |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "H" IS FOR HISTORY $2000: The "March of the 10,000" involved the heavily armored Greek soldiers known by this name, trapped behind enemy lines Hoplites |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | INVESTING & BUSINESS TERMS $600: For a sales team, the number of contracts signed per quarter might be one of these indicators, KPI for short a key performance indicator |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $800: Also known as the caveman diet, it's a shortened word for a diet that emphasizes lean meats & veggies paleo |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $800: In the 1990s this spacecraft named for a Portuguese explorer mapped almost the entire surface of Venus Magellan |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $1000: The version with "pipe" is later, this original phrase for something headed your way is from the type of road seen here (coming) down the pike |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | INVESTING & BUSINESS TERMS $1000: The VIX, short for this, is a predictor of how fast stock market prices change volatility index |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | PROSE & CONGRESS $1200: JFK won a Pulitzer for this book that detailed the lives of 8 fearless political leaders Profiles in Courage |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | THE KNIGHTLY NEWS $1600: An equestrian knight is the longtime logo of this British brand known for its trench coats Burberry |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | PLAIN GEOGRAPHY $1600: Covering around 300 square miles in Wiltshire County, England, this plain is known for its monuments including Stonehenge Salisbury |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | WHO'S THE BIOPIC SUBJECT? $2000: "A Man for All Seasons" Thomas More |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | PROSE & CONGRESS $2000: He won an NAACP Image Award for his autobiography "Across That Bridge" Lewis |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $6,000 (Daily Double): Part of this word for a long, rambling journey nearly spells out a type of falcon peregrination |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | RESISTANCE IS FUTILE $200: When it's time for right hand red but your left foot's on green & a player is in your way, you're about to hit vinyl & lose this game Twister |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | RESISTANCE IS FUTILE $400: This canvas over-garment will make you keep your hands to yourself, but one used by Houdini sold for nearly $50,000 in 2011 a straitjacket |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | DEALING WITH TV REALITY $600: Jennifer Lawrence said she'd give her Oscar to Heather Gay, Monica Garcia & "The Real Housewives of" here for that season finale in '24 Salt Lake City |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | IT'S CURTAINS $800: Tiffany made a curtain of glass featuring the peaks of Iztaccíhuatl & Popocatépetl for this capital's national theatre Mexico City |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $800: Before he was infamous, Phil Spector was famous for this elaborate production style of many '60s hits the Wall of Sound |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | ENIGMATIC ANAGRAMS $1000: Adjective for specialized knowledge:
SO RECITE esoteric |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | ON WHEELS $1000: Made without brakes, track bicycles are designed for this type of building & here they are going around inside one a velodrome |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | DOWN IN THE VALLEY $1000: During the Civil War North & South battled for control of this fertile valley that extends southwest from Harpers Ferry the Shenandoah |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | "AI" $1200: A wagon or cart, like the one for carrying "Hay" in a painting by John Constable a wain |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | NATURE $1200: Ecdysis is another name for this process by which certain animals, such as snakes, shed their skin molting |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $1200: The many Grammys of this legendary musician & producer include Best R&B Song for "Cuff It" in 2023 Nile Rodgers |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | DOWN IN THE VALLEY $2,600 (Daily Double): You'll find this Scots word for a valley before "Eagles", "Mor" & "Coe", among many others Glen |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | PAPER $200: The general direction of the fibers in a sheet of paper is called this, also a term for things like rye or millet the grain |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $200: "A View from the Bridge" saw this woman win a 2010 Tony for Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Scarlett Johansson |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LEFTOVERS $200: This organization is the first to tell us that "animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment..." PETA |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LITERARY AWARDS $200: The first of his 4, count 'em, 4 Pulitzers, was for "New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes & Grace Notes" Robert Frost |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $400: Durban, South Africa was once named Port Natal; Natal is Portuguese for this holiday Christmas |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Who knows how long this country would have stayed heathen if not for the Christianizing of its 10th c. King Olaf Tryggvason Norway |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | TRAIL $600: A trail that runs some 3,100 miles from Canada to Mexico is named for this demarcation that splits North America in 2 the Continental Divide |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LEFTOVERS $600: Partly from Greek for "horse", it was an oval track for horse & chariot races in ancient Greece the hippodrome |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | FILM BROS $800: John C. Reilly & Will Ferrell bond over their love for John Stamos in this 2008 film Step Brothers |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SHADES OF BLUE $800: A lovely shade of blue is named for these objects seen here robin's eggs |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | PAPER $800: Some cardboard goes through this process with a name from the Latin for "wrinkle" corrugation |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $800: This actor could have been a contender for the busiest 1946--he was in at least 4 shows, including "Candida" as Eugene Brando |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | TRAIL $1000: The Oregon Trail ended in this Oregon river valley now famed for its wine the Willamette Valley |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | PAPER $1000: Collectors love prints made on this type of photographic paper from the 19th century named for the egg whites used to treat it albumen paper |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SUFFIXES $1000: This 4-letter suffix goes on words for types of medical exams, or on Beatrix Potter rabbits -opsy |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | FILM BROS $1200: After 2 brothers are killed in Normandy & one brother in New Guinea, a rescue mission goes to save the 4th brother in this film Saving Private Ryan |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $1200: Named for an earl, not a duke, this major New Zealand port has the country's largest concentration of Maori Auckland |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's another name for a bachelor's degree a baccalaureate |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | FILM BROS $1600: Nicolas Cage got one Oscar nomination for 2 roles when he played brothers Charlie & Donald Kaufman in this 2002 film Adaptation |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $1600: Ready for some golf? Head to this very remote South Atlantic island & its 9-hole Longwood golf course St. Helena |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1600: If you register a domain name solely with the intention of selling it for profit, sit down, you're this type of intruder a cybersquatter |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | 13-LETTER WORDS $2000: The international museum for this in Maine has exhibits on Bigfoot & the Loch Ness Monster cryptozoology |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: A venue for volleys & lobs where violators of military law are prosecuted a tennis court-martial |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BRIDGERS $400: RO&AD Architects built a Dutch bridge that parts the waters rather than going over them, so it's named for this biblical man Moses |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | THE MATERIAL WORLD $400: For sheets, the Egyptian type of this feels real good, but the extra-long-staple kind is the best of the best cotton |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | SPORTS MASCOT HISTORY $400: From 1979 to 1981 the Yankees fittingly had a mascot named this, also a word for a well-dressed man Dandy |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | GETTING HISTORICAL $400: To defend against missiles, Roman legions linked shields in a formation called the testudo, Latin for this land animal a turtle (a tortoise) |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | SPORTS MASCOT HISTORY $600: In 1979 Youppi! suited up for this MLB squad, prior to moving across town (& sports leagues) to the Canadiens the Montreal Expos |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BAKER $800: A special one of these baked at Passover 2022 for the president of Israel was 20' long by 3 1/2' wide by not very thick matzah |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BRIDGERS $800: Named for their designer, Bailey Bridges moved Allied troops, trucks & tanks; an 1,800-foot one was built over this German river in 1945 the Rhine |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | THE MATERIAL WORLD $1000: This fabric with a raised design gets its name from a word for "twisted thread" brocade |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | SPORTS MASCOT HISTORY $1000: Since the 1990s Fred the Red has been a devil indeed for this team from the north of England Man U (Manchester United) |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BRIDGERS $1200: Samuel Lancaster built the scenic Benson Bridge across Multnomah Creek in this state but Simon Benson paid for it Oregon |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BOY GENIUS $1200: By age 15, Flynn McGarry had created a culinary classic, changing one letter in a dish named for a duke to make this vegetarian creation the beet Wellington |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | GITALONG, OLD PAINT $1200: This painter who was totally for the birds gave us the oil-on-canvas "Washington Sea Eagle" around 1839 John James Audubon |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BRIDGERS $1600: You might guess that Gustave Eiffel of tower fame built the Maria Pia Bridge over the Douro River in this Portuguese city famous for wine Oporto |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS $2000: This line on the hull of a ship that indicates the depth to which it can be loaded is named for a 19th century British merchant the Plimsoll |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE! $200: To sum things up, this title guy passes over a very vengeful dude for the chief Lt. gig & does not get to live to regret it Othello |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | MIDDLE X $400: Term for reproduction by an organism making copies of itself, or an orientation without carnal desire asexual |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE! $400: This character says, "Make thick my blood; stop up the access & passage to remorse"; it's not her last experience with blood Lady Macbeth |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | MEASURES $600: For a measured pour, a bartender might rely on this double-sided metal cup; a versatile one is 2 oz. on one side, 1 on the other a jigger |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE! $600: Awaking, this weaver says, "I have had a dream... man is but an ass if he go about to expound this dream" Bottom |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | MEASURES $800: A blood test to measure cholesterol should calculate total cholesterol, LDLs, HDLs & these, named for a trio of molecules triglycerides |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | UNUSUAL WORDS $800: Don't be stingy with the Cabernet at one of these parties of mass revelry named for everyone's favorite wine god a bacchanal |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE! $1,000 (Daily Double): Her last speech includes "Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper... thy sovereign" Katherina |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | MEASURES $1000: A unit of weight in the apothecaries' system, it equals 20 grains; in another sense, it's a synonym for a moral principle a scruple |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | WAITS $1000: Clifford Odets got it right with his one-act play "Waiting for" him Lefty |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE! $1000: This early play features Proteus & Valentine in the title roles (& it's not "Proteus & Valentine Take Manhattan") The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | THE HEAVENS & EARTH $1200: The name of this volcanic vent through which steam & gas are emitted comes from the Latin for "smoke chamber" a fumarole |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | MOVIE TAGLINES $1200: It was "No goats. No glory" for "The Men Who Stare at Goats", starring him as out-there Army officer Lyn Cassady George Clooney |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | UNUSUAL WORDS $1200: You'll need 3 "F"s to spell this word for a disorderly confusion given to us by the Scots a kerfuffle |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | OCCUPATIONS $1600: Longshoreman or this word that begins with a male name can be used for a worker who loads & unloads ships in a port a stevedore |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | OCCUPATIONS $2000: Terms for shoemakers include cobbler & this more archaic one derived from a type of Spanish leather a cordwainer |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | THE ARTS $2000: Ooh! The romantic 1841 ballet named for this doomed heroine always gives me "the Wilis" Giselle |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | OCCUPATIONS $4,000 (Daily Double): With a name from Latin for "copyist", this type of insurance specialist calculates risks & premiums an actuary |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | 5 FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS $200: George III & George Washington figure prominently in the David McCullogh bestseller entitled this pivotal year 1776 |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | GETTING TOGETHER $200: Games played at this type of party include bobbing for pacifiers & guess how big Mom's belly is a baby shower |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $400: Looking sharp there! Espandon is another name for this creature swordfish |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | GETTING TOGETHER $400: Dropping -ulation gave us this informal word for a chat or a conference a confab |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | 5 FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS $400: A recent bestseller by Kate Moore chronicles the struggles of the "Girls" who applied this element to watch dials radium |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | 5 FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS $600: With 1920's "The Outline of History", this "Time Machine" man went from bestselling novelist to bestselling educator H.G. Wells |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | "O-U-R" SOMETHING $800: It's the French-derived word for a device used to stop severe bleeding; a belt or strong piece of cloth can do in a pinch a tourniquet |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | POETS & POETRY $800: Wilfred Owen's poems about this conflict include "Spring Offensive" & "Anthem for Doomed Youth"--of which, sadly, he was one World War I |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $800: Found in the rainforests & grasslands of Asia, this feline is named for the distinctive spots on its coat the clouded leopard |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | NAMES IN FASHION $800: Sure to please your little girl is a pair of kids' sneakers for $2,400, with rhinestones & a red rubber sole from this designer (Christian) Louboutin |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | 5 FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS $800: "The Broken Heart of America", about St. Louis & American violence, ends with a 2014 police shooting in this Missouri city Ferguson |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | GETTING TOGETHER $1000: This type of formal discussion is from Latin for "together" & "speak"; one "of Marburg" in 1529 included a debate on Matthew 26:26 a colloquium (colloquy) |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | 5 FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS $1000: Edward Gibbon wrote "The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire"; William Shirer wrote "The Rise & Fall of" this sinister regime the Third Reich |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | PEOPLE NAMED ALEX $1200: This Moscow-born captain of the Washington Capitals is seen with the only man ahead of him--for now--in career NHL goals Ovechkin |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | HAVE FAITH $2000: In a Hindu temple men perform ashtanga pranama, doing this to oneself, from the Latin for "lay flat" prostrating themselves |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | HAVE FAITH $4,400 (Daily Double): After writing the name of a prophet, English-speaking Muslims write this, "PBUH" for short peace be upon him |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | COCKTAILS $200: Perhaps you will be fresh as a daisy after imbibing this tequila cocktail whose name is Spanish for "daisy" a margarita |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $200: An apiarist is someone who raises & cares for these bees |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | HAPPY HOUR $400: She won a Grammy for her song "If It Makes You Happy" & later wrote a cookbook, "If It Makes You Healthy" Sheryl Crow |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $600: "RC" on a baseball card is used to stand for this & often makes it more sought after by collectors a rookie card |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | I HEARD A RUMOR $1000: It's a shortened version of a word for info; in a web article, "Jennifer Lopez Drops" them on "Achieving Celebrity Status" deets |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | NONFICTION $1,600 (Daily Double): In 1513 this Florentine civil servant knocked out a handbook for rulers of his time called "Il Principe" Machiavelli |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $2000: From the Latin for "beauty", it's an adjective meaning having great beauty pulchritudinous |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | A LI'L BALLET, A LI'L OPERA $2000: A word for a slender woman sometimes followed by "like", or an air-dwelling being that Scotland is full of, per a classic ballet a sylph |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | FRENCH HISTORY $2000: In 1598 this edict named for the city where it was signed gave religious freedom to the French Protestants called Huguenots Nantes |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | LANGUAGES $8,000 (Daily Double): Hindi & this language named for a region are the 2 most spoken first languages in India Bengali |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | RHYMES WITH RHYME $200: Shoplifting or arson, for example a crime |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | DECADES $200: This old-timey nickname for the 2000-to-2009 years contains an old-timey word for zero the aughts (the aughties) |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | PLACE NAME ETYMOLOGIES $200: In biblical city names, Bethel is Hebrew for "house of God" & this city big in the New Testament means "house of bread" Bethlehem |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | "N"OWLEDGE $400: The town of Arad in this desert is a common stopover for visitors to the Dead Sea the Negev |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | DECADES $400: The Philadelphia Daily News used this alliterative term for a decade long before miniskirts took over London the Swinging Sixties |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | GETTING SEAL-Y $400: The seal for this U.S. capital near Troy & Schenectady includes the word "assiduity" Albany |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | GENDERED LANGUAGE $800: This term for a woman in charge is the title of a book by entrepreneur Sophia Amoruso a girlboss |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | PLACE NAME ETYMOLOGIES $800: The name of this capital city derives from a Maasai expression for "cool water" Nairobi |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | PLACE NAME ETYMOLOGIES $1,000 (Daily Double): A conquistador combined the name of a local people & the Spanish word for water to name this country Nicaragua |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | GETTING SEAL-Y $1000: These large pinnipeds are named for the trunk-like schnozz of the adult male; they make more of a belch noise than an awooga elephant seals |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | PLACE NAME ETYMOLOGIES $1000: This port city at the southeast tip of the Korean Peninsula comes from words for "cauldron" & "mountain" Pusan |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | GENDERED LANGUAGE $1200: Change the second syllable in the alter ego of Princess Adora to get this word for a powerful female a shero |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | CHEMISTRY CLASS $1200: This silvery-white element, atomic number 31, takes its name from an old name for France gallium |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | GENDERED LANGUAGE $1600: This word combines slang for a man & a type of cosmetic guyliner |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | CHEMISTRY CLASS $1600: The Arrhenius equation shows the rate of collisions of particles increasing with this measure for the solution they're in temperature |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | ARCHITECTURE $1600: Frank Lloyd Wright worked for 5 years with the Chicago firm of Dankmar Adler & this "father of skyscrapers", leaving in 1893 Sullivan |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | GENDERED LANGUAGE $2000: Gynoid is another word for this type of automaton that Austin Powers confronts a fembot |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: On this November holiday in Mexico, families gather to celebrate & remember their loved ones who have passed on Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | NAME $400: By the 1910s he had adopted a last name derived from the Russian for steel Stalin |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | SCI. ABBR. $400: Biologically speaking, it's what the N-A stands for in RNA & DNA nucleic acid |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | IT'S A PARTY! $400: This president was gifted with a 1,400-pound block of cheese; on Feb. 22, 1837 he threw a party for the public to chow down Jackson |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | AROUND THE WORLD $600: Part of a British overseas territory, this huge limestone monolith is a habitat for Europe's only wild monkey, the Barbary ape the Rock of Gibraltar |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | SCI. ABBR. $800: sec is short for this trig function secant |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | IT'S A PARTY! $800: The North Side Skull & Bone Gang has been waking people up to party for 200+ years on this day down in New Orleans Mardi Gras |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | DETECTIVE FICTION $1000: In 1972 this British woman "initially" introduced Cordelia Gray in "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman"; a follow-up came 10 years later P.D. James |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | AROUND THE WORLD $1000: You can get a good feeling for Denmark, literally, with a this & happiness tour, this being a Danish concept for coziness & comfort hygge |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | IMAGE $1600: This self-taught naïve painter was known for his lush, tropical images, though he never left France Rousseau |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | SCI. ABBR. $1600: If you're a web developer, you probably use HTML (HyperText Markup Language) & CSS, short for this Cascading Style Sheets |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | SCI. ABBR. $2000: PTX can be short for this condition of air in the pleural space a pneumothorax |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | SCI. ABBR. $3,200 (Daily Double): C
is short for this unit of electric charge named for a French physicist a coulomb |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | COLORS OF THE RAINBOW $4,000 (Daily Double): Judo practitioners should know this term for land where building is prohibited & nature flourishes a green belt |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | A LITTLE HISTOR"E" $200: The U.S. sent 10,000 troops to Lebanon in 1958 as part of the anti-Soviet doctrine named for him Eisenhower |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | THE EMMYS $200: He won a 1974 Emmy for his role in "M*A*S*H"; he'd also win for writing & directing that series Alan Alda |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | THAT'S IN ASIA $200: Col. H.H. Godwin Austen is a bit of a mouthful for a name, so a 28,000-foot mountain keeps it alphanumeric with this K2 |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | LESSER-KNOWN SCIENCES $400: Here, a man holds this item fallen from the skies; call an expert in aerolithology, an old word for the study of them meteorites |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: Aputiak is another name for this snowy domed dwelling whose name means "house" an igloo |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NEW U.S. STAMPS FOR 2024 $400: Harriet Tubman & Harriet Jacobs are pictured on a set of stamps celebrating this; its general route is depicted on the back of the pane the Underground Railroad |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | FEELING CHARITABLE $400: This Children's Hospital is named for the patron saint of hopeless causes St. Jude |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | THE EMMYS $400: He's got a 50% success rate, winning 4 out of 8 nominations for playing the same supporting role (Peter) Dinklage |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | ALLITERATIVE PHRASES $400: It's a telescoping rod for taking turnaround photos from a distance a selfie stick |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | SHALL WE DANCE? $400: Dating to around 1927, the Hop, with this new hero's nickname, had folks jitterbugging out the Lindy Hop for Lindbergh |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | LESSER-KNOWN SCIENCES $800: Love ticks & these other little parasites with a minuscule name? Then acarology is for you! mites |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: Alex Trebek said he worked behind one of these, from the Latin for "to read" a lectern |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | WOMEN IN LIT $800: The Widow Steavens helps care for the newborn baby of this Willa Cather title heroine Ántonia |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NEW U.S. STAMPS FOR 2024 $800: A guitar, fiddle, banjo & mandolin are all featured on the 2024 stamp celebrating this uniquely American genre of music bluegrass |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | THE EMMYS $800: Long live the queen; she won two Emmys for playing Queen Elizabeth in "The Crown" Claire Foy |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | SHALL WE DANCE? $1000: "España Cañi", a song with 2/4 marching rhythm that builds slowly, is a traditional choice for this "two-step" dance pasodoble |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | THE EMMYS $1000: This series set at the Boston firm of Cage, Fish & Associates won as Best Comedy Series for 1999 Ally McBeal |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | ALLITERATIVE PHRASES $1000: In 1911 the Kenosha, Wisconsin Bijou advertised its new nitro this "for projecting motion pictures" on the silver screen |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NEW U.S. STAMPS FOR 2024 $1200: On the 250th anniv. of the 1st of these bodies, a stamp quotes its letter to King George III: "We ask but for peace, liberty & safety" the Continental Congress |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NEW U.S. STAMPS FOR 2024 $1600: Captured by the James Webb Space Telescope & featured on a new stamp, are these pillars in the Eagle Nebula the Pillars of Creation |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NEW U.S. STAMPS FOR 2024 $2000: This Nobel Prize-winning author of "The Adventures of Augie March" wears a jaunty hat on his 2024 stamp Bellow |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: Head to the end of the alphabet, past yarmulke, for this skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy; the pope wears a white one zucchetto |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | LITTLE GNOME FACTS $400: In 2023 gnomes were a popular shape for these alliterative baking items whose name implies uniformity cookie cutters |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | TELEVISION $600: Natasha Lyonne solves a mystery a week in this 2023 series named for a useful feature when playing cards Poker Face |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | CLOTHES $600: Made from heavier material than a polo, the shirt named for this sport usually has stripes, long sleeves & a white collar a rugby shirt |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | LITTLE GNOME FACTS $800: On December 10, 1961 Project Gnome in this state's Eddy County became the first nuclear test designed for peaceful purposes New Mexico |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY $800: Known for his wisdom, this centaur instructed some of the greatest heroes, including Jason Chiron |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | "B"EGINNINGS $800: A toothed hair-untangling tool is in this word for someone who hits up the playa with a metal detector a beachcomber |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | ANTONYMIC PAIRS $800: On the front of a dollar bill, it says it is legal tender for all debts owed in these 2 ways public & private |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY $1000: After her daughter Persephone was abducted, she roamed the Earth for 9 days without eating, drinking or bathing Demeter |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | CLOTHES $1000: If the fellas are wearing lederhosen, the gals are wearing this type of dress with a name from a German word for "girl" a dirndl |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | AWARDS & HONORS $1200: A humanitarian award presented at the Oscars is named for this actor who played the grandfather in the 1937 film "Heidi" Jean Hersholt |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | WHERE IS THAT? $10,000 (Daily Double): A research center established by Jane Goodall: a national park in Tanzania named for this stream Gombe |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | MEMORY $200: So you have a good memory for these? So do chimps, who in a 2023 study could recognize ones they hadn't seen for 25 years faces |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | ALLOYS $400: Magnalium is a strong, lightweight alloy of these 2 elements magnesium & aluminum |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | DOUBLE THE SAME VOWEL $400: Polartec pioneered this fabric perfect for sweaters & blankets, a synthetic material despite its sheep-ish name fleece |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | THE NEW TESTAMENT $400: St. Paul wrote his epistle to the Philippians from here, also a creative spot for Martin Luther King Jr. jail |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | THE NEW TESTAMENT $600: John 15:13 says, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for" these people his friends |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | ALL THINGS DISNEY $600: Inspired by "The Princess and the Frog", Disneyland has a new eatery featuring southern dishes & named for this character Tiana |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | LET'S AUDIT A COLLEGE COURSE $600: Taking 340.612.01, epidemiologic basis for tuberculosis control at this U. in Baltimore? Thank you, as that sounds kinda important Johns Hopkins |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | MEMORY $800: A vivid memory of learning big news is a this "memory", named for a lighting accessory of mid-20th century news photography flashbulb |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | THE NEW TESTAMENT $800: Acts 7 reports that he was stoned to death for speaking what the council thought was blasphemy against God Stephen |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | MEMORY $1000: In comparing computer memory info, think before you give us this, the number of megabytes in a gigabyte 1,024 |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | ALL THINGS DISNEY $1000: "A Spoonful Of Sugar" & "It's A Small World" are among the more than 200 songs these siblings wrote for Disney the Shermans |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $1200: He's in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his ice rink resurfacing machine Zamboni |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $2000: In 1984 she made history as the first woman to be nominated for vice president by a major political party Ferraro |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | ALLOYS $5,000 (Daily Double): This 7-letter word for an alloy used in dentistry is also used to mean any combination of 2 or more substances amalgam |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | SLEEP-POURRI $200: It's what REM stands for when you're fast asleep & dreaming rapid eye movement |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 2020s & 1920s SLANG $400: This word used in the 1920s for cash also means a foul in billiards where the cue ball is pocketed scratch |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | POP CULTURE DRAGONS $400: Stuff the Magic Dragon is the name of the mascot for the NBA team that plays home games in this city Orlando |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $400: Counterfeit currency for Bugs or Thumper bunny funny money |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | SLEEP-POURRI $400: The British say someone is "sleeping" this 5-letter adjective if they're on the street for the night, or longer rough |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 2020s & 1920s SLANG $800: This shortened word precedes "check" in a term used on social media for reviewing one's attire before hitting the town fit |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | JUDGES $800: In 1955 Texas judge Drummond W. Bartlett allowed this for the 1st time in a murder trial, & presumably combed his hair & adjusted his robe television cameras |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ERA $800: In the early hours of April 19, 1775, Capt. John Parker & his militia waited for the British at Buckman Tavern in this town Lexington |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | ELECTION LINGO $1000: Candidates for local posts like school board president are often elected without a ballot by this, from the Latin for "shout" acclamation |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 2020s & 1920s SLANG $1200: Oxford's word of the year for 2023, it's what someone has if they spit fire game to the hunks or the honeys rizz |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | POP CULTURE DRAGONS $1200: "Where Dragons Dwell" is a swell song from this band that took its name from the Japanese word for Godzilla Gojira |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 2020s & 1920s SLANG $1600: A part of an animal is in this 1920s slang word for a dancer, someone ungulating & undulating to that hot jazz a hoofer |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | JUDGES $1600: In 2016, the law school of George Mason University was renamed for this late Supreme Court Justice Scalia |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 2020s & 1920s SLANG $2000: Showing your significant other's hands but no face on the IG is known as this 2-word term, like a preview for a new product a soft launch |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | THAT BUILDING HAS GREAT BONES $2000: It's the word for a bone depository, like the Wamba one in Spain an ossuary |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | TV CHARACTERS $200: (Jason Alexander presents the clue.) I worked for 9 wonderful seasons with Julia-Louis Dreyfus who danced into politics as this veep in 2012; Julia is truly queen of the castle with 11 Emmys to prove it Selina Meyer |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BUILDING A NEW WORD $200: Poet Robert stops by the woods on a snowy evening to chomp on a synonym for chomp & develops this chilly condition frostbite |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | FROM PAGE TO SCREAM $400: Author Ira Levin claimed credit for first suggesting Mia Farrow as the lead in this 1968 adaptation of his horror novel Rosemary's Baby |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BRIT SPEAK $800: It's the British name for the professional seen here a barrister |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BUILDING A NEW WORD $1000: A harbor for a ship docks with a loose coat or robe to be this type of word, like spork or mockumentary portmanteau |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | FROM PAGE TO SCREAM $1200: Both this 2002 Naomi Watts film & the 1991 Japanese novel on which it is based are firm arguments for streaming over VHS The Ring |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BLOWIN' IN THE WIND $1600: In 1944, this specific type of tropical storm that damaged dozens of Navy ships was named for Admiral Halsey a typhoon |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BLOWIN' IN THE WIND $2000: The Tehuantepecer is named for the gulf just south of the same-named isthmus, this country's narrowest point Mexico |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | SHALL THE PEOPLE DANCE $2000: English Morris dancing has a form named for this area of rolling hills & lovely towns like Tetbury & Tewkesbury the Cotswolds |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BRIT SPEAK $5,000 (Daily Double): Also the last name of an English painter, it's Brit-speak for a police officer constable |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR $7,400 (Daily Double): The history book "The Sleepwalkers" says this event not only stirred war fever in Austria but ended the life of an advocate for peace the assassination of Ferdinand (Archduke Ferdinand's death) |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | BOOZY $200: When it comes to this potent potable, go for one labeled "100% blue agave" tequila |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | 1990s MUSIC $200: "Shakedown" is the first word of this Smashing Pumpkins song named for a year 1979 |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | ENDS IN "IR" $400: It's a tchotchke or doodad, perhaps the "Virginia is for lovers" key chain picked up on a vacation souvenir |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | IT'S REIGNING MEN! $400: The I didn't even rule Egypt for a year & a half, but this pharaoh II of the 19th dynasty clocked in for 66, 1279-1213 B.C. Ramses |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | FUN & GAMES $400: Scott Salvadore won the "mane event" for the championships of this hairstyle with his 'do named "The Lord's Drapes" a mullet |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | FUN & GAMES $600: In 2023 Post Malone paid big bucks for a card from this enduring card game that featured the One Ring from "The Lord of the Rings" Magic: The Gathering |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | SCIENCE QUIZ $600: Most snapping turtles are this type of equal-opportunity eater, happy to eat any old animal or vegetable for brunch an omnivore |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | HALLELUJAH! $800: American music fans best know the band Blur for their song that starts with this shriek of triumph woo-hoo! |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | FUN & GAMES $800: "Baldur's Gate 3" is a 2023 video game juggernaut based on the 5E rules for this tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | 1990s MUSIC $800: Clips from the show "Happy Days" were used in this band's video for the song "Buddy Holly" Weezer |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | BOOZY $1000: Many a classic cocktail calls for a wee bit o' this Scotch whisky liqueur flavored with heather honey Drambuie |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | MR. STEVE MARTIN $1600: OK, so it's complicated--in "It's Complicated", Steve's co-star was this man, also Steve's co-host for the Oscars Alec Baldwin |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | ENDS IN "IR" $1600: This word for a slaughterhouse is borrowed from French abattoir |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | PLACES TO VISIT $2000: Among China's many tourist offerings is this temple in Hunan, famous for its kung fu monks Shaolin |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | JEWELRY $400: This fancy synonym for a fancy pin sounds like a word that means "to introduce a subject" brooch |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | THE 13 COLONIES $400: Its city of Pawtucket was founded in 1671, in time to come in for some burning during King Philip's War Rhode Island |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE $600: The stamp seen here is sold at a surcharge to help raise money to find a cure for this breast cancer |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | HANSEL CULTURE $800: This actor had a "Hawkeye" for hunting evil as Hansel in the 2013 film "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" Jeremy Renner |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | JEWELRY $800: This synonym for "forever" is used for a ring with diamonds all the way around the band to symbolize everlasting love eternity |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | WHAT'S THAT SMELL? $1000: This word for a wine's smell is most appropriate before, for example, "of honeysuckle" or "of geranium" bouquet |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | TAKING FLIGHT $1200: For its defensive firepower, World War II's B-17 was alliteratively nicknamed the "Flying" this Fortress |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | 4, 4 $2,000 (Daily Double): "Pray for us sinners" is a line from it Hail Mary |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: This deepest lake in Africa has a name that may come from Swahili words for "Sail" & "wilderness" Lake Tanganyika |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | BODIES OF WATER $6,800 (Daily Double): Extending for about 135 miles, the Yucatan Channel links these 2 smaller-than-an-ocean bodies of water the Gulf of Mexico & the Caribbean Sea |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | HEAVY $200: Fully loaded, this ship launched in 1911 weighed, or displaced, more than 52,000 tons--no match for a monster iceberg the Titanic |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | POTENT QUOTABLES $200: The New Testament's I Timothy says, "Drink no longer water, but use a little" of this "for thy stomach's sake" wine |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | ON STATES' HIGHWAY WELCOME SIGNS $200: Drivers entering from Maryland once saw the welcome signs for this state that called it "Small Wonder" Delaware |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | GEOGRAPHIC BOOK TITLES $400: Beautiful spy Tatiana Romanova is the perfect bait for this man in "From Russia with Love" James Bond |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | NATIONAL STATUARY HALL $400: In 2003 Kansas became the first state to replace a statue, swapping out Gov. George Washington Glick for this president Eisenhower |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | IT'S ALL "SMALL" STUFF $400: This type of special tribunal is set up for simplified litigation of damages below a certain amount of money small claims court |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | IT'S ALL "SMALL" STUFF $600: A group of young fish, or a dismissive term for the young or insignificant small fry |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | THE QUESTION? $800: Used for 2 decades on Monday nights, a reworked version of "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" asked this question Are you ready for some football? |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: Max Dale Cooper got a Robert Koch Award & 100,000 euros in part for figuring out how leukocytes, also called these cells, work & fail white blood cells |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | POTENT QUOTABLES $1000: It's the line in "Treasure Island" that precedes & follows "drink and the devil had done for the rest" yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | HEAVY $1000: Benedictine, this breed of dog known for its rescues, was reported to weigh in at 357 pounds... woof! a St. Bernard |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | TV COACHES $1000: On "Friday Night Lights", this actor played a coach with a simple message for his players, "Clear eyes, full heart, can't lose" Kyle Chandler |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | GEOGRAPHIC BOOK TITLES $1200: In this Giles Foden novel, a doctor working for Idi Amin is a witness to much of the dictator's madness The Last King of Scotland |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | AWARDS & HONORS $2,000 (Daily Double): In the early 20th c. these were given out for literature; Baron Pierre de Coubertin won one under a pen name for "Ode to Sport" Olympic medals |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | PLANT LORE $2000: The wreath named for this 6-letter religious season has 4 candles that symbolize the 4 Sundays before Christmas Advent |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | NATIONAL STATUARY HALL $2000: Charleston took down a statue of him in 2020, but this pro-slavery VP still stands in the Hall for South Carolina John C. Calhoun |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | A DOG'S LIFE $400: Theobromine in this substance is toxic to dogs; the darker & more bitter kinds are more dangerous for the pooch chocolate |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | TRANSPORTATION $600: The special locomotives used to guide ships through the Panama Canal are nicknamed this, for a hybrid pack animal a mule |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | A DOG'S LIFE $600: This word for pellets of dry dog food comes from a verb meaning "to grind coarsely" kibble |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | OH, "MY" WORD! $800: This Asian critter is known for its ability to mimic human speech the mynah |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | SCIENCE STUFF $800: A 1926 issue of Nature proposed this name for a quantum of light a photon |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | THAT'S GOT 2 HYPHENS $800: It's a brawl with no rules & for our purposes, no cost a free-for-all |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | FICTION & NONFICTION $800: Marjane Satrapi used the name of an ancient Persian city for the title of this graphic memoir of her childhood in Iran Persepolis |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: Known for its yellow planes, this low-cost airline began flying gamblers from Detroit to Atlantic City in 1992 Spirit |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | MYTHOLOGY $1200: This nymph's unrequited love for Narcissus made her fade away until all that was left of her was her voice Echo |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | "F"8 $200: Collective term for the traditional legends of a culture handed down orally folklore |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | "F"8 $400: A retailer's primary location, or for Sir Francis Drake, the Pelican a flagship |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $400: Sir Alec Guinness won a Tony for his performance in this play about poet Thomas, not musician Bob Dylan |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? $400: In 1956 Harry Coover received a patent for "alcohol-catalyzed cyano-acrylate adhesive compositions" or just "Super" this Glue |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | DEALING WITH THINGS DIPLOMATICALLY $400: Jefferson sent James Monroe to France to buy this port city & West Florida for $10 mil, max; Napoleon said how about all of Louisiana for 15? New Orleans |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | SAFE MODE $400: Dating back to the 1870s, it's the usual term for a burglar specializing in opening safes a safe cracker |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP MUSIC $600: Of course fireworks burst across the sky-y-y in her video for "Firework" Katy Perry |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | CHEMISTRY TEST $600: It's the general term for a chemical process that converts a substance into a different one; give us your gut... reaction |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $800: In this play named for a Danish city, the spirits of Heisenberg & Niels Bohr come together to discuss a meeting they once had there Copenhagen |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP CULTURE $800: He briefly played in the minors in Baltimore before the Red Sox & his 1914 rookie card recently sold for more than $7 million Babe Ruth |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | "F"8 $1000: The theme for "Bolero" came to Ravel while on vacation, but he originally titled it this other dance fandango |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | AROUND THE WORLD $1000: The name of this fortress in Granada, Spain gets its name from Arabic for "the red one" the Alhambra |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | THOSE WORDS PACKED SOMETHING TO EAT $1200: There's lunch meat nestled in this cloth used for polishing a chamois |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? $1200: Inventor Dan Klitsner said he was working on a zany remote control for kids when he came up with this '90s hit toy Bop It |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | THOSE WORDS PACKED SOMETHING TO EAT $1600: The English word for unagi is inside this old pirate torture where you got dragged by ropes under the ship keelhauling |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | MISCELLANEOUS KNOWLEDGE $2000: The youngest veep at 36, John Breckinridge served under this president before running against Lincoln for president Buchanan |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 5 FOR THE ROAD $200: The road to hell is proverbially paved with these, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to be nice good intentions |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | THE COMPOSER CONDUCTS $400: Hear tunes from "E.T.". "Jaws" & "Always" on the album he "Conducts His Classic Scores for the Films of Steven Spielberg" John Williams |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | THE AIR THAT I BREATHE $400: In the 1970s Nik-O-Lok, pioneer of pay toilets, began making folks pay for air at these facilities a gas station |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | TOUGH 10-LETTER WORDS $400: To shorten so that a part stands for the whole abbreviate |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | I RAN $400: In 1995 Emmitt Smith ran for 25 touchdowns for this team but was far from its Lone Star the Cowboys |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 5 FOR THE ROAD $400: Now an idiom for any sort of adventurous path, this colorful route in a 1900 novel was "very uneven" at times the Yellow Brick Road |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | LOW TECH $400: One book in the "Fold & Fly" series teaches how to make these; a 2007 M.I.A. song is named for them paper planes |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | I RAN $600: In 2011 this Jamaican sprinter was too fast for some school zones, hitting a top speed of 27.33 mph in a race Usain Bolt |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 5 FOR THE ROAD $600: Ray Charles started off a song with these 4 words; now it means scram! Hit the road, Jack |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | TOUGH 10-LETTER WORDS $800: Geometric name for an open square found on many a campus quadrangle |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | "AMERICAN" ORGANIZATIONS $800: The third Thursday in November is the Great American Smokeout, hosted by this organization for more than 40 years the American Cancer Society |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 5 FOR THE ROAD $800: A child's game fronts this phrase used in politics for postponing a needed action to kick the can down the road |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | LOW TECH $800: The original cover for The Rolling Stones album "Sticky Fingers" came with a functioning one of these fasteners a zipper |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | LOW TECH $1,000 (Daily Double): A French word for "hook" gives us the name of this craft that uses a hooked needle crochet |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 5 FOR THE ROAD $1000: You may have an enlightening moment on the "road to" this city, like Saul did in the Bible Damascus |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | "AMERICAN" ORGANIZATIONS $1200: This organization, the AOS for short, is literally for the birds the American Ornithological Society |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 1970s MOVIES $1200: Reaching for a gun to take on Mongo, Sheriff Bart gets warned in this film: "No, no... if you shoot him, you'll just make him mad" Blazing Saddles |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | TOUGH 10-LETTER WORDS $1200: The artwork seen here is titled this, a weird-looking baby substituted by fairies for a newborn a Changeling |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | THE AIR THAT I BREATHE $1600: 140 bucks worth of propane will keep you aloft in this specific type of craft for about 2 hours a hot air balloon |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | TOUGH 10-LETTER WORDS $1600: This 10-letter word for a means for producing copies comes from the Greek for "dry" & "written" xerography |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | IT HAPPENED IN CONGRESS $200: In 1870 Congress censured Tennessee's Roderick Butler for selling an appointment to this academy West Point |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | DUCK SOUP $200: In 2015 Kim Kardashian told NPR she was "too cool" for this puckering selfie expression duck face |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | THERE'S A VACCINE FOR THAT $400: Biothrax protects against this disease that's transmitted to humans from farm animals anthrax |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | WISTFUL THINKING $400: John Greenleaf Whittier noted, "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these" 4 words it might have been |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | 50 GREATEST RAPPERS OF ALL TIME $400: In 1986 it was "6 'N The Mornin"' for him in the studio but in 2000 it was "SVU" for him on TV Ice-T |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | IT HAPPENED IN CONGRESS $400: In 1789 Congress hotly debated "a day of public" this for the new Constitution; a November day was eventually chosen Thanksgiving |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | OH, THE PLACES YOU "CAN" GO! $600: Named for a German travel guide, the "Baedeker raids" were bombing attacks on historic British sites like this cathedral city Canterbury |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | RHYMING PHRASES $600: Definitions of this include a country at war, a new night club, a good place for Wi-Fi a hot spot |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | THERE'S A VACCINE FOR THAT $1200: Breathe easy! We'll only make you identify the "R" in RSV, this syncytial virus, & let you know there's a vaccine available respiratory |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | DOCUMENTARIES $1200: "The Quiet Epidemic" makes the case for the existence of the chronic kind of this disease named for a New England town Lyme disease |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | THERE'S A VACCINE FOR THAT $1600: There are vaccines to protect against this inflammation of the lining of the brain & spinal cord meningitis |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | THERE'S A VACCINE FOR THAT $2000: A vaccine by any other name: both DTaP & Tdap offer sweet protection against tetanus, pertussis & this diphtheria |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | SIBLINGS OF NOTE $2000: A new method of prostate surgery was pioneered by & punningly nicknamed for Robert, brother of this 20th century French novelist Proust |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | WISTFUL THINKING $2000: One benefit of reading this Stephen Chbosky book: "Things change. And friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody" The Perks of Being a Wallflower |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | THERE'S A VACCINE FOR THAT $7,000 (Daily Double): The CDC wants you to know that the 4 vaccine shots for this are fairly painless & now given in the arm, not the stomach rabies |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | SIBLINGS OF NOTE $11,000 (Daily Double): Marcel's kid sister Suzanne Duchamp caught the bug for this movement with artworks like "Accordion Masterpiece" Dada |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | POP CULTURE VS. $200: In 1966 The Royal Guardsmen set the scene "in the clear blue skies over Germany" for a song titled "Snoopy Vs." this guy the Red Baron |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | OCEANOGRAPHY $400: Launched in 1978, the Seasat satellite took measurements such as the height of these, but not for the benefit of surfers waves |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | LIFE IN THE 1920s $400: Referring to a new kind of music & popularized by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it was a nickname for the decade the Jazz Age |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | OCEANOGRAPHY $800: These ecosystems consisting of polyps provide a habitat & food for about 25% of the world's marine life coral reefs |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | AIRLINE LOGOS $1000: This symbol has been on Air Canada's logo for more than 85 years a maple leaf |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | OCEANOGRAPHY $1200: The current named for these Spanish islands off northwest Africa helps lessen the heating effect of the Sahara the Canary Islands |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | RHYMING SYNONYMS $1600: Sounds that are fit for a mouse or old bones squeak & creak |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | HOMES $2000: In 1879 Jefferson Davis paid $5,500 for this Biloxi home whose name suggests its "beautiful view" Beauvoir |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | OCEANOGRAPHY $2000: At 27,480 feet, Milwaukee Depth, the deepest point in the Atlantic, lies in a trench named for this island the Puerto Rico Trench |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $200: During the Vietnam War, this toy of 80 feet of wire was sometimes used as a portable antenna for radios a Slinky |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | ENDS IN "X" $200: This secretion is slang for a person's unwanted concern, as in "none of your..." beeswax |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | ____ OF ____ $400: So the story goes, Ponce de León was searching for this legendary spring when he landed in Florida in 1513 the Fountain of Youth |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $800: In 1963 the original model of this came packaged with pans & mixes for cake & cookies the Easy-Bake Oven |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | NUMERICAL TELEVISION $800: Working for the CTU, this character played by Kiefer Sutherland raced against time, often with just "24" hours to save the day (Jack) Bauer |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | LET'S HAVE A WORD $800: Want the perk of being respected for your vocabulary? Then show us you know that "perk" is short for this small privilege perquisite |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | 21st CENTURY SCIENCE $800: Honored in 2007, Frances E. Allen was the first woman to win the Turing Award for work in this science computer science |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | ENDS IN "X" $1000: It's the collective name for a flower's sepals calyx |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: A century before she was on a dollar coin, she was convicted & fined for casting a vote in the 1872 pres. election Anthony |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | 21st CENTURY SCIENCE $1200: Before its mission ended in 2017, the spacecraft named for this astronomer gave us a view of Saturn's moon Enceladus Cassini |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | LET'S HAVE A WORD $1600: Cicatrix is a fancy word for one of these souvenirs of something you may not want to remember a scar |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | 21st CENTURY SCIENCE $1600: Casgevy for sickle cell disease is the first FDA-approved therapy using the genome editing therapy known by this acronym CRISPR |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | ____ OF ____ $2000: Yom Kippur is also known by this name because it's set aside to repent & ask for forgiveness the Day of Atonement |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MILITARY SLANG $200: Many in the military prefer "bird", not "chopper", for this type of transport helicopter |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $400: (I'm Phil Simms for the right-handed QBs.) In 1987, I led the Giants to a Super Bowl win; two decades later this other righty would win one for the Giants, making it two brothers in the family with rings Eli Manning |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MEDICAL SPECIALTIES $400: An M.D. in this medical branch deals in the treatment of mental, emotional & behavioral disorders psychiatry |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THE MOURNING NEWS $400: A 10,000-talent funeral pyre--we can only assume that was expensive--burned in 324 B.C. for Hephaestion, a dear pal of this leader Alexander the Great |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $600: (I'm Boomer Esiason representing left-handed quarterbacks.) Us southpaws need someone solid at right tackle like John Vella for Ken Stabler in Super Bowl XI, to protect this area where we can't see the big guys coming the blind side |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $800: (J.J. Watt here speaking for the defensive linemen.) After leading the NFL in sacks a few times, I love to see 'em in the big games; in 1986, this team had a record-tying seven, including ones by Richard Dent & Dan "The Danimal" Hampton Da Bears |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THE MOURNING NEWS $800: After this 19th c. royal was widowed, the "nightly longing to die... for the first 3 years never left"; nearly 47 remained Queen Victoria |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THINKING ABOUT THE ROMAN EMPIRE $800: To bring in water from distant sources, the Romans were great builders of these structures, partly from the Latin for "water" aqueducts |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | A REGIONAL TREASURE $800: A commission for this 13-state region that gave us Joe Manchin & Loretta Lynn uses the map seen here Appalachia |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $1000: (I'm Bill Cowher.) In 2006, I coached a spunky Steelers squad to a Super Bowl win, the first win for Pittsburgh since this legendary coach won 4 titles beginning in 1975 Chuck Noll |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MILITARY SLANG $1000: This title of a 2012 film is military slang for "so late it's early" Zero Dark Thirty |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | A REGIONAL TREASURE $1000: Want to get to the BMW Museum? Get your motor running, head out on the Autobahn & go looking for adventure in this region Bavaria |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THINKING ABOUT THE ROMAN EMPIRE $2000: Before Rome found Jesus, emperors in the 3rd century evangelized for the god Sol Invictus, meaning this Invincible Sun |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MEDICAL SPECIALTIES $9,200 (Daily Double): From Greek & Latin for "new birth", this type of doctor specializes in the care of newborns & premature babies a neonatologist |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | WHAT DO YOU COLLECT? $200: Obviously someone fully prepared for squalls, a brolliologist collects these umbrellas |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | LITERATURE BINGO $200: "N", 2005: Llewelyn Moss decides to take off with millions in drug money in this Cormac McCarthy tale; Llewelyn comes to regret that No Country for Old Men |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | NUMERICALLY PREFIXED $400: Longer word for the temperature scale with 100 as the boiling point of water centigrade |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | SPORTS PROFESSORS $400: Brainy Italian soccer star Gianluca "Il Professorino" Pessotto got his nickname for wearing these, though not on the pitch eyeglasses |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | LITERATURE BINGO $400: "G", 1992: "G" is for this mystery writer who wrote "I Is for Innocent" Sue Grafton |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | THE "ICK" $600: Naples, Florida has been called the "capital of the world" for this paddle sport rising in popularity pickleball |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | SPORTS PROFESSORS $600: For years a star on the Red Army team, in 1989 Igor "The Professor" Larionov became one of the first Soviets to play in this league the NHL |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | AHHH, THE FRENCH $600: We fell for Audrey Tautou after seeing her in the title role of this 2001 film about a lonely waitress who falls in love Amélie |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | THE "ICK" $800: This noun is used for pranksters of myth like Anansi & Loki trickster |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | SPORTS PROFESSORS $800: Nicknamed "The Professor" for her intelligent shotmaking, Agnieszka Radwanska won 20 titles on the WTA, this tour the Women's Tennis Association |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | DO ME A FLAVOR $1200: It's the 2-word registered name for Cheetos' super spicy, tongue-scorching snacks Flamin' Hot |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | QUOTING THE OLD TESTAMENT $1200: "Take us the" these "the little" these "that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes" foxes |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | IT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY $1600: Calling for the abolition of private property & for workers of the world to unite, it was published in February 1848 The Communist Manifesto |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | DO ME A FLAVOR $2000: For baking, you can buy a purple extract that tastes like this purple yam from the Philippines ube |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | ACTUALLY, THIS IS MY FIRST RODEO $200: Who knew? These on footwear have dulled rowels designed not to puncture the animal's skin spurs |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | SOONER $400: Born in Tulsa in 1962, this country singer known for "The Dance" once tried his hand at baseball while already famous Garth Brooks |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | 13-LETTER WORDS $600: If you know what a hungry Liz is, thank Jesse Sheidlower & colleagues in this job for the "Historical Dict. of American Slang" lexicographer |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | AVENGERS, WHO SAID IT? $600: Stepping up in "Endgame":
"The radiation's mostly gamma, it's like... I was made for this" the Incredible Hulk |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | FAMOUS PAIRS $600: They were first paired up in the RKO film "Flying Down to Rio"; "Top Hat" was a more successful venture for them & the studio Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | ACTUALLY, THIS IS MY FIRST RODEO $600: No joke, bullfighter (not that kind) is another name for this rodeo performer who helps out when a rider hits the dirt rodeo clown |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | THE 1970s $800: A 1971 Supreme Court decision opened the road for this transit-based method of integrating U.S. schools busing |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | IT'S A BIRD! IT'S A PLANE! $800: This Grumman & amphibious plane, essential to the defenders of Bataan, is not named for an amphibian, but for a water bird the Duck |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | 2 BOOKS IN 1 $1000: "A Prayer for Garp" A Prayer for Owen Meany & The World According to Garp |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | SOONER $1200: This Oklahoma-born guy nicknamed "Gordo" & "Hot Dog" had the "right stuff" for NASA's Mercury & Gemini program Gordon Cooper |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | LATER, DUDE $1600: This word used for wishing someone well on their upcoming journey sounds like it could be Thor's time in a sprint godspeed |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | LAYERS $1600: This outermost layer of the Sun can't be seen with the naked eye, unless you use an instrument that adds -graph to the end of the word corona |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | SOONER $2000: This radio legend, famous for giving us "The Rest of the Story", received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 Paul Harvey |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | SOONER $4,000 (Daily Double): This folk singer was born in Okemah in 1912 & named for President Wilson Woody Guthrie |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | IT'S GIVING... $200: In 1997 Kofi Annan thanked Ted Turner for the $1 billion given to this org., which was meant to invite other individual donations the United Nations |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | THE "ARE" YOU BREATHE $200: This type of drum is named for the strings often made of coiled wire that stretch across the lower head snare |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | TRICKS OF THE SHOW BIZ TRADE $400: For an acting scene where you find out your grandma, dog & dreams are all dead, menthol applied under the eye will help you do this cry |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | HISTORICAL AMERICAN CURRENCY $600: Between 1837 & 1840 this republic & future state issued a paper currency called star money for the small star on the bill's face Texas |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | SOME LAZY WORDS $800: The mid-1800s gave us this hyphenated word for an employee who keeps a close eye on the hour & minute hands a clockwatcher |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | IT'S GIVING... $1000: Named for an athlete whose brother was a doctor, this Seattle cancer center has gotten gifts, like $700 million from Jeff Bezo's parents the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | NOTHING BUT MAMMALS $1600: Check out the big feet on this hare, perfect for what it walks & runs on a snowshoe hare |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | SOME LAZY WORDS $1,800 (Daily Double): A prefix meaning "bad" begins this word for feigning illness in order to avoid work malingering |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | SOME LAZY WORDS $2000: Meaning inert or drowsy, it comes from Greek for "forget", like the name of a mythological river lethargic |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | THE "ARE" YOU BREATHE $3,000 (Daily Double): "Ruffles And Flourishes" is one of these short pieces of music played prior to "Hail To The Chief" for the president fanfare |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | THE GAME OF LIFE $200: Life can be like putting together one of these, invented in the 1760s though the tool didn't exist for another century a jigsaw puzzle |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | BUILDING IN LAGOS $400: Nigeria's tallest building is NECOM House, the "COM" for this industry telecom |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION $400: For nerve injuries, a transplant surgery uses this technique that shares its name with a horticultural one grafting |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | THE GAME OF LIFE $600: The first Saturday in August is a national day for these, which get washed away despite our work, so go build another one! sandcastles |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION $600: Swann-Morton notes that the No. 10 size of this surgical tool is used "for making varying sizes of incision in skin" a scalpel |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | A LONG SESSION OF MONOPOLY $600: Having gotten a 20-year monopoly for steamboat navigation in New York, Robert Livingston paired with him to, y'know, build a boat in 1802 Fulton |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | EXPLORING U.S. CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Area 15 in Las Vegas houses art installations originally built for this annual festival held in the Black Rock Desert Burning Man |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $2000: In this system used for precious metals, an ounce is heavier than a standard ounce, but a pound is lighter than a standard pound troy |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | WE'VE GOT HISTORY $2000: While searching for the Northwest Passage, this British explorer & his crew perished during an expedition in 1847 Sir John Franklin |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $3,600 (Daily Double): This unit of force named for a 17th century man is equal to about .225 pound-force a Newton |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET CODE WORDS $200: The official formal one for a U.S. Marine is known as "dress blues" uniform |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | SCIENTIFIC & MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS $200: You deserve a big bear hug if you known that UMa is an abbreviation for this constellation Ursa Major |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS $200: 3.9 million square miles in area; about 10 people per square mile; goin' to Saskatoon? We got room for ya Canada |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | LITERATURE $400: Geoffrey Chaucer told "Tales" from this English town known for its cathedral Canterbury |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | H.P. SAUCE $400: This small measure was Pa's nickname for Laura on "Little House on the Prairie" Half Pint |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | OCCUPATIONS $400: Plumbers take their job name from plumbum, this element in Latin & an early material for making water pipes lead |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | SCIENTIFIC & MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS $400: Fast or slow, HR or HRT is short for this heart rate |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | BROADWAY HIT ALIASES $400: "Instruction for Corporate Advancement Requiring Little Effort" How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS $400: Vatnajokull Glacier calls to you, & we'll throw in a 50/50 shot at seeing Bjork somewhere Iceland |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | SCIENTIFIC & MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS $600: Vegetables that have had their DNA altered are known as GM foods, standing for this genetically modified |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS $600: We're one big island! (& several small ones); lemur entertain you! (Disclaimer: Lemurs will not, repeat not, speak to you) Madagascar |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | PICK YOUR POISON $800: One source of atropine is this plant, which, as its name suggests, is dangerous for poultry, & can also be toxic to people henbane |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS $800: A few balboas is a small price to explore a bridge between two continents Panama |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | SCIENTIFIC & MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS $1000: CP is an abbreviation for chest pain, as well as for this crippling disorder caused by damage to the brain cerebral palsy |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS $1000: 3 decades free from being the second name in a paired country, see the Gate of Freedom Monument near the Morava River Slovakia |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | H.P. SAUCE $1,200 (Daily Double): This phrase is Greek for "the many" hoi polloi |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | WHEN I'M 64 $1600: It's the more popular & timely name for Chopin's "Opus 64 No. 1" "The Minute Waltz" |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I LIKE THE CUT OF YOUR JOB $200: Shotcut is free, open-source software for this sort of video professional an editor |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | NONFICTION $200: Helen MacDonald's memoir of adopting a predatory bird is called "H Is for" this raptor hawk |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | RAP WORDS & PHRASES $200: An early citation for this term for jewelry goes back to a song featuring Lil Wayne bling |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | FROM THE FRENCH $200: Prioritizing care for the wounded is the goal of the start method, a type of this, from the French for "sorting" triage |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $400: A man called Krazy George Henderson claims he introduced the wave during a 1981 A.L. playoff game for this Bay Area team the Oakland A's |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | FOLLOW THE WORLD LEADER $400: He succeeded Stephen Harper up north in 2015 Justin Trudeau |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | RAP WORDS & PHRASES $400: There is no need to have a dental item for doing this, a word meaning showing off; Dr. Dre rhymed it with slauson flossin' |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: The French for "change direction" gives us this word referring to an alternate route a detour |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I LIKE THE CUT OF YOUR JOB $600: This word for a type of cut used by chefs is from French for round a rondelle |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | BONDS OF COMMONALITY $600: Cleaning up cow manure for a king, collecting golden fruit, swiping a girdle... sounds like scenes in "Animal House", but no the labors of Hercules |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | FROM THE FRENCH $600: A term for an architectural exterior, it can also refer to any deceptive illusion a facade |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $800: This wavy hairstyle is named for the way the ridges of hair go around in a circle one time a 360 wave |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | NONFICTION $800: Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen began ladling out advice in this book in 1993 Chicken Soup for the Soul |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | MOUNTAIN HIGH $800: Mount Pinatubo volcano erupted in this nation in 1991 for the first time in 600 years, producing a column of ash more than 20 miles high the Philippines |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I LIKE THE CUT OF YOUR JOB $1000: Cutting fabric for hats is all part of the job for this worker whose name derives from an Italian city a milliner |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $1200: "Heat Waves" was a 2022 No. 1 hit for this British band Glass Animals |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | FOLLOW THE WORLD LEADER $1200: In 1783 this man the Younger took over for the could-not-possibly-be-more-Britishly-named William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Pitt |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1600: It's Latin for "bone" os |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | "N" SCIENCE $2000: A BYU study on microscopic worms revealed that there are 57 billion of these roundworms for every living human nematodes |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | FOLLOW THE WORLD LEADER $2000: This minister of propaganda led Germany after Hitler... for a day (Joseph) Goebbels |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | FOLLOW THE WORLD LEADER $11,200 (Daily Double): She followed Gulzarilal Nanda in 1966 & Charan Singh in 1980 Indira Gandhi |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | QUESTIONABLE MOVIES $400: Ashton Kutcher & Seann William Scott search for a jalopy while aliens look for the continuum transfunctioner in this film Dude, Where's My Car? |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | THE ENGLISH PAST $400: This nickname for the Conservative Party has been used for centuries & comes from an Irish word for "outlaw" the Tories |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | MOUNTAINS OF LITERATURE $800: After accepting a drink of liquor in a Washington Irving tale, Rip Van Winkle falls asleep for 20 years in these mountains the Catskills |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | THE ENGLISH PAST $1000: This "List" loosened up in 1965 as the 4 Beatles each got an MBE, being made members of the Order of the British Empire the Queen's Honors List |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | MOUNTAINS OF LITERATURE $1200: In the novel "Lost Horizon", the Kunlun Range is thought to be home to this lamasery whose name has become a synonym for utopia Shangri-La |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | MOUNTAINS OF LITERATURE $1600: "Der Zauberberg" in German, this Thomas Mann novel tells the story of a man who stays in a TB clinic for 7 years Magic Mountain |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | OPERA $2,000 (Daily Double): Benjamin Britten composed the music for an opera based on this sailor who shared Ben's initials Billy Budd |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | TECH TALK $3,000 (Daily Double): This word, from the Greek for "life" & "measure", enabled Apple to introduce Face ID on the iPhone X biometrics |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | SILENT H $3,200 (Daily Double): From the Dutch for "permission", it's a leave of absence granted to a member of the military a furlough |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | HOT FOR CREATURE $200: Elementary, dromedary! This mammal can hoof it through 120-degree desert temps & then spit on you for making it do that a camel |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS $400: (Robin Roberts presents the clue.) A celebrity-musician turned soldier, who fought for the Harlem Hellfighters, James Reese Europe's work as a bandleader is credited with showing an early version of this music genre to France jazz |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | HOT FOR CREATURE $400: Part of this mammalian group, the greater bilby survives 157-degree days in Queensland using elaborate burrow systems marsupial |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | VAN HALEN $400: Turns out his tongue had an eye for talent! This KISS bassist was an early Van Halen supporter, producing a demo for the band in 1976 Gene Simmons |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS $600: (Robin Roberts presents the clue.) After facing racial discrimination near their training facility in South Carolina in 1917, the Harlem Hellfighters were among the first U.S. units to ship to France as they joined this vast body of troops--AEF for short the American Expeditionary Force |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | HOT FOR CREATURE $600: Birds don't have these glands, so they take heat out of their bodies using a version of panting sweat glands |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | ENGINEERING $800: Maxwell Upson's mastery of the prestressed type of this material for support made the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway possible concrete |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | CHAINS $800: In August 1500 he & his brothers were sent back to Spain in chains for mismanagement & brutality in Hispaniola Columbus |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | HOT FOR CREATURE $800: The warming Atlantic is driving the tiger type of this apex predator farther & farther north, altering the food chain a (tiger) shark |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS $1000: (Robin Roberts presents the clue.) With the French army on the brink of collapse & in need of reinforcements, this American general, also known as "Black Jack" lent the 369th Infantry to fight for France Pershing |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | HOT FOR CREATURE $1000: 100° spring water is no problem for the Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish in this morbid Western U.S. national park Death Valley |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | STARTS WITH SOFT "G" $1200: I don't have time for your whole idea--just give me this, the essential part gist |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | ENGINEERING $1200: This machine part "ratio" tells you how many times a little wheel has to turn for the big wheel it meshes with to turn once the gear ratio |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | TELEVISION $1200: For 5 seasons Idris Elba played this title BBC detective, struggling with his own demons while hunting down murderers in London Luther |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | STARTS WITH SOFT "G" $8,400 (Daily Double): In part this herb's name is from the Chinese for "human being" & its roots make it look like one ginseng |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | IT ENDS WITH "U" $200: The name of this swampy section of a river is from the Choctaw for "small stream" a bayou |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | GOING TO THE DOGS $200: Adjective for book pages turned down at one corner dog-eared |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | WHERE THERE'S A WILL $200: Not very frugal, but romantic: Jack Benny left provisions for the delivery of one of these flowers to his widow every day (one long-stemmed) rose |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | GOING TO THE DOGS $400: A small canvas or nylon wedge-shaped dwelling with room for only one or 2 campers a pup tent |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $400: In 2019 FIFA named her Women's Player of the Year; in 2020 she proposed to girlfriend Sue Bird Megan Rapinoe |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $800: As an impact player for this Phoenix WNBA team, Brittney Griner led the league in blocks per game in 2021 & was second in scoring the Mercury |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | "D.D." $1200: It's the somewhat devilish name for the sports teams at North Carolina's Wake Forest University the Demon Deacons |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | TV THEME SONGS $1200: "Superman" by Five for Fighting was on its soundtrack, but "Save Me" by Remy Zero got the nod Smallville |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | 19th CENTURY AUTHORS $3,800 (Daily Double): The riverboat in Frontierland at Disneyland is named for him Mark Twain |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | COACHING BASKETBALL $200: Tex Winter, mentor to Phil Jackson, became famous for this type of offense with a geometric name a triangle |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | SILENT-CONSONANT WORDS $400: This verb is used for working on dough, clay or muscles knead |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | DASHIELL HAMMETT $400: Hammett is famous for his 1930 novel about this coveted title object that was made by Turkish slaves in the castle of St. Angelo the Maltese Falcon |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | HISTORIC BATTLES $400: The first major combat engagement for helicopter-transported U.S. troops was the battle of Ia Drang in this conflict the Vietnam War |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | THAT'S JUST TEARABLE! $600: Shred, split & sever are 5-letter synonyms for tear that begin with S; so is this, which doubles as a name of a noted guitarist slash |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | "C" IN THE MIDDLE $600: You get to stick people with 1-inch needles & for their own good too if you become this specialist an acupuncturist |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | HISTORIC BATTLES $800: 490 B.C.'s Battle of Marathon showed the Greeks for the first time that they could defeat a force of this mighty empire the Persian Empire |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | WHAT'S IN A NAME $800: Put this letter at the beginning of "organization" to get a monopolization technique named for a turn of the 20th century financier M |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | THAT'S JUST TEARABLE! $800: After tearing this, aka the calcaneal tendon: 3 or 4 weeks of immobilization, then high-heeled shoes should be a no-no for a while the Achilles |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | COACHING BASKETBALL $1000: Real first name Glenn, this man had the prescription for the Celtics in 2008, taking them to the championship Doc Rivers |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | 2-3 ZONE $1000: When what's now this country was South West Africa, its southern 2/3 was a "police zone" set aside for white settlers Namibia |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | "C" IN THE MIDDLE $1000: Spanish for a place to board a ship; San Francisco has one on its eastern shore embarcadero |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | HISTORIC BATTLES $1200: During the Battle of Britain, the air force with this German name tried to smash England's defenses to prep for an invasion the Luftwaffe |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | DASHIELL HAMMETT $2000: Hammett's long-time love, this playwright of "The Little Foxes", was happy to hear she was the inspiration for Nora Charles (Lillian) Hellman |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | WHAT'S IN A NAME $2000: The Comtesse du Cayla rose, seen here, was named for a mistress of this king who survived Napoleon's Hundred Days Louis XVIII |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | GAS EVERYWHERE $2000: Emitted from trash mountains, these gases, LFGs for short, are a natural byproduct of organic decomposition landfill gases |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | WHAT DO "U" STAND FOR? $400: It's the "U" in u-235, a radioactive isotope uranium |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | NICKNAMES $400: "Garden of the Gulf" & simply "The Island" are nicknames for this Canadian province Prince Edward Island |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | WHAT DO "U" STAND FOR? $800: Have you got assets of more than $30 million? Then you are not just a high net worth individual but a UHNWI, "U" for this ultra |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | NICKNAMES $800: A Beethoven piano sonata evoked a boat on Lake Lucerne at night for a German poet, leading to this nickname for the piece the "Moonlight Sonata" |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | WHAT DO "U" STAND FOR? $1200: Found on most everything you buy, UPC stands for this a universal product code |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | WHAT DO "U" STAND FOR? $1600: Fujairah is one of the constituent members of the UAE, this federation the United Arab Emirates |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION $1600: Walking through a Budapest park, he had the idea that became the basis for alternating current & began drawing in the dirt with a stick Nikola Tesla |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | WHAT DO "U" STAND FOR? $2000: What used to be called UFOs are now UAPs short for this 3-word phrase unidentified aerial (anomalous) phenomena |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER $200: Closeness of kinship & duress are 2 grounds for this invalidation of a marriage often associated with Catholicism annulment |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | SHAKE IT OFF $200: Shake "it" off a word for a number or a finger to exhume this verb that makes a hole in the ground dig (from digit) |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BAD BLOOD $200: In the aplastic form of this condition, AA for short, your bone marrow doesn't make enough new blood cells aplastic anemia |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | FROM THE LATIN $400: The jury has reached one:
It's from the Latin for "true" & "say" a verdict |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | THE ERRORS TOUR $400: In myth, he fell for the ol' "just hold that for me for a sec" trick when Hercules got him to retake his spot of holding the heavens Atlas |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | SHAKE IT OFF $400: Shake "it" off a fundamental force & it's all this, sauce for turkey & mashed potatoes gravy (from gravity) |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | ISLAND COUNTRIES $800: The George Cross on its flag dates to the 1940s when Britain's king gave it the decoration for bravery in World War II Malta |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | ONE-TERM PRESIDENTS $800: Opting for peace vs. war with France alienated his own party & helped make this man the very first one-termer John Adams |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | THE ERRORS TOUR $800: Examples of this oopsy with -ism or without include "chicken pops", "he took her for granite" & "decapitated coffee" a malapropism |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BAD BLOOD $800: To prevent bleeding problems due to a deficiency, newborn babies are given a shot of this vitamin vital for blood clotting vitamin K |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | LOVE STORY $800: In "Love in the Time of Cholera" by him, Florentino has thought of a love affair for 51 years, 9 months & 4 days, not that he's counting Gabriel García Márquez |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | FROM THE LATIN $1,000 (Daily Double): This adjective meaning the ultimate or most perfect form of is partially derived from the Latin word for "fifth" quintessential |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | LOVE STORY $1000: A lovesick nurseryman, a women's music fest & a retreat for rich men are in the 5th of his "Tales of the City" (Armistead) Maupin |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | SHAKE IT OFF $1,200 (Daily Double): Drop "it" from a word for a hollow space to get this South American rodent a cavy (from cavity) |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BALD IS BEAUTIFUL $1200: This St. Louis Cardinals great slugged his 700th home run in 2022, his last season in Major League Baseball Albert Pujols |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | FROM THE LATIN $1600: From Latin for "knee" & "bend", it means to bend down on one knee, especially in worship genuflect |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | ART & ARTISTS $1600: His painting of "Olympia" traveled to the U.S. for the first time for a 2023 exhibit on this French painter & his frenemy Degas Édouard Manet |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | FROM THE LATIN $2000: From Latin for "to die", this fifth plague in the Bible killed "all the cattle of Egypt" murrain |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BUSINESS TRAVEL $2000: A 1920s airship passenger said, "On a plane, you fly, but on" this 2-word craft named for a count, "you voyage" the Graf Zeppelin |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | CONSTELLATIONS $200: The Autumn Dipper, often mistaken for the big one, has a bowl made of stars in this "winged horse" constellation Pegasus |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | MOVIES IN REWIND $400: A young couple lost at sea miraculously piece an ocean liner together & head for Europe, where they separate as she gets engaged to another Titanic |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | GO IVth & RULE $400: This British king served as regent for his father, the III, for nearly a decade before reigning himself 1820 to 1830 King George IV |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | A "FAST" CATEGORY $400: Founded in 1995, this media brand says it's "written for & about the most progressive business leaders" Fast Company |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | THESE STARS SOUND LIKE CARS $800: She's known for her roles in TV comedies like "Ally McBeal" & "Arrested Development" Portia de Rossi |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | SQUEAKER OF THE HOUSE $800: If these lose their characteristic squeak when bitten, try microwaving them for a few seconds cheese curds |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | A "FAST" CATEGORY $1000: Epithets for the 16th century sultan Selim I included "the Grim" from his haters & "the" this word for loyal by his day ones the Steadfast |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | YOUNG PEOPLE'S NONFICTION $1000: Indigenous wisdom is passed on to the TikTok generation in "Braiding", this plant, made into baskets in the South for centuries sweetgrass |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | U.S. CITIES $1200: A small city of about 10,000, Wapakoneta, Ohio is famous for being the birthplace of this astronaut Armstrong |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | GO IVth & RULE $1600: Elector Frederick IV's efforts to unite Protestants against Catholics in Germany helped set the stage for this 17th c. war the Thirty Years' War |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | GREEK CUISINE $1600: A vegan version of this spinach pie can be made by substituting tofu for the cheese spanakopita |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | POETS & POETRY $2000: Tennyson's poem about the land of these people, named for their diet, in which it seemed always afternoon, inspired a painting the Lotus Eaters |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | GREEK CUISINE $2000: From the Greek for "skewer", this fast food consists of marinated meat grilled & served on a skewer souvlaki |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | U.S. CITIES $2000: Most city founders have been gone a while, but the man for whom this Nevada casino town is named, passed away in 2023 Laughlin |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | GO IVth & RULE $3,000 (Daily Double): Peter IV was king of this region of northeastern Spain for 50 years & often at odds with Majorca & Castile Aragon |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ADVANCED CINEMATOGRAPHY $100: That's what I call range! Rodrigo Prieto was behind the lens for Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" & this 2023 Martin Scorsese drama Killers of the Flower Moon |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $200: He followed up his "Pietà" by sculpting "Day", "Dawn" , "Dusk" & "Night" for the tomb of the Medicis in Florence Michelangelo |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ADVANCED CINEMATOGRAPHY $200: Evocative images like Andy Dufresne standing in the rain savoring his freedom earned Roger Deakins an Oscar nom for his work on this film The Shawshank Redemption |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | OZZY OSBOURNE'S FAVORITE SONGS $300: Said to be inspired by Judy Garland, this Elton John hit is actually about giving up the fast lane for a quieter life "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ALSO A GOOD STARTER WORD FOR WORDLE $300: Dim the lights before asking this "talking board" questions at a sleepover; Hasbro says it's just a game... or is it? Ouija |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | WACKY FAD OBITUARIES $400: An ineffective & oddly suggestive workout will be held for this fitness gimmick; oscillating dumbbells will be provided the Shake Weight |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | COLLEGE-LEVEL HISTORY COURSES $500: "The Wealth of Nations" & "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" are two texts assigned for a Duke seminar on this economist Adam Smith |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ____ & ____ $600: They're names for pointy implements used in sewing & for a feeling like you're getting pricked by them pins & needles |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | SCIENCE IS COOL $600: The recipe for this type of winter storm: snow, winds over 35 mph, and low visibility for at least 3 hours a blizzard |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ALSO A GOOD STARTER WORD FOR WORDLE $600: The metaphorical divide between political parties; savvy lawmakers learn to reach across it aisle |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | WACKY FAD OBITUARIES $600: Funeral services for this line dance will be held on the nearest cruise ship, featuring a special performance by Los del Rio the "Macarena" |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | BEST TIME TO VISIT $600: Get to Edinburgh in August for this festival billed as the "world's greatest platform for creative freedom" the Fringe Festival |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | PEAK TV $600: A yearslong FBI investigation that exposed a deep-cover Russian spy ring was the inspiration for this FX drama The Americans |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | MO ROCCA DRINKING VODKA WITH CHEWBACCA $600: If Mo Rocca was unblocking a chakra in Opa-locka, he'd be doing yoga in a city in this southeasternmost U.S. state Florida |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | KINDA RHYMES WITH KATIE $600: She's the pampered cocker spaniel who falls for a stray mutt in a 1955 animated film Lady |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | LISA, ANN OR WALTER? $600: The child of Steve Jobs for whom an early Apple computer was named Lisa |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ALSO A GOOD STARTER WORD FOR WORDLE $900: Hey Maine-iacs! Should I boil my lobstah or do this to it in a basket, which I've heard gets the meat more tendah steam |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | BEST TIME TO VISIT $1000: Dry season months like November are ideal for hiking "the Roof of Africa" at Simien National Park in this country on Africa's horn Ethiopia |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ALSO A GOOD STARTER WORD FOR WORDLE $1200: Emily Dickinson,
Pablo Neruda &
T.S. Eliot,
to name a few poets |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ALSO A GOOD STARTER WORD FOR WORDLE $1500: It's the edible lining of an animal's stomach, or slang for a worthless piece of writing tripe |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | I'M JUST KEN $1500: While working the night shift at a hospital, Ken Kesey got the idea for this novel, which later became a Best Picture winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | I'M JUST KEN $10,400 (Daily Double): In 2023 this documentarian released his latest film, a four-hour series examining the rich history of the American buffalo Ken Burns |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | IT'S GETTING COLD IN HERRE $200: In Norwegian, this local town's name means "luck", but for us, it sounds like it can literally freeze over Hel |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WORD ORIGINS $200: The solar system has 8 of these, from Greek for "wanderer" planets |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | SO PUT ON ALL YOUR CLOTHES $400: The 1920s were a time of popularity for this feather scarf with a serpentine name boa |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | THE JOB IS THE MOVIE TITLE $400: Shockingly, belting out "Love Stinks" at the reception doesn't go over so well for Adam Sandler in this film The Wedding Singer |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WORD ORIGINS $400: The word for this liquid derived from crushing fruit like apples comes from Hebrew for "strong drink" cider |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WHAT A "DAY" $400: Reporting on this event, the Chicago Tribune said the victims "paid the penalty for being followers of George Moran" the St. Valentine's Day Massacre |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | SO PUT ON ALL YOUR CLOTHES $600: This luxurious velvet jacket is named for an activity you probably shouldn't do whether you wear one or not smoking |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | THE JOB IS THE MOVIE TITLE $600: & Iiiiiiiiiiiiiii... will always love this 1992 film with Kevin Costner looking out for Whitney Houston The Bodyguard |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | SO PUT ON ALL YOUR CLOTHES $800: Sea if you can name this open-mesh weave, used for undershirts by the Norwegian army; it's better for stockings fishnet |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WORD ORIGINS $800: This "status" an athlete might want to keep is from Latin for "lover" amateur |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WHAT A "DAY" $800: The U.S. Army first used this term in 1918 to designate September 12 for the launch of a big attack in France D-Day |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WORD ORIGINS $1000: An Old English word for "sea" gave us this word for the creatures whose singing J. Alfred Prufrock has heard mermaids |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | TEMPERA-MENTAL ARTISTS $1200: This title of Edward Wadsworth's 1937 surrealistic work is a word for mystery & riddle used about Russia by Churchill around the same time Enigma |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | AVIATION PIONEERS $1600: Elrey Jeppesen made the first navigation charts for U.S. pilots, who until then had used this Illinois co.'s road maps Rand McNally |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | SHORT STORIES $1600: "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" & "The Laughing Man" are some of his stories featuring the Glass family, not the Caulfields Salinger |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | TEMPERA-MENTAL ARTISTS $2000: Learning to make it from his artist brother-in-law, he used tempera for the detailed brushwork of his iconic "Christina's World" Andrew Wyeth |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | THIS CATEGORY IS "MID" $3,000 (Daily Double): "The demon of noon" is the translation of the French term for this, which may lead to buying a red sports car midlife crisis |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | IT'S GETTING COLD IN HERRE $3,000 (Daily Double): On Feb. 3, 1996 the Star Tribune & the Pioneer Press headlined a big stat for these 2 adjoining cities: -60 degrees Minneapolis & St. Paul |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | BRITISH TV $400: One of the many hats Phoebe Waller-Bridge wore for this Brit-com is writer; in 2019, she took home an Emmy for those efforts Fleabag |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | THE BOOK TITLE ANIMAL $400: A Stark tale indeed:
"A Feast for ____" Crows |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | FROM S TO Y $600: It's the kind of school where one trains for the priesthood a seminary |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | AMERICA BEFORE 1800 $1000: In 1579, during his circumnavigation of the world, he dropped anchor near San Francisco & claimed the region for England Drake |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | THE BOOK TITLE ANIMAL $1000: Not just for the birds, & a Man Booker Prize finalist:
"____ English" Pigeon |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | NEWER WORDS & PHRASES $1200: Similar to LOL, IJBOL is short for "I just" did this burst out laughing |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | FAMOUS FORGERIES $2000: On trial for selling a work by this Delft master to the Nazis, a Dutch artist avoided a death sentence by proving he'd forged it Vermeer |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: Keyboard specialist Domenico Scarlatti spent years making church music for this basilica, specifically for its Julian Choir St. Peter's Basilica |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | AN "H" & "R" BLOCK $400: Many state laws reduce liability for defamation if a newspaper issues this statement of withdrawal in a timely way a retraction |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | MOVIE TITLES WITH NUMBERS IN THEM $400: The producers of "Tak3n" had a very particular set of skills to get this man back for time 3 in the role of Bryan Mills Liam Neeson |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | A WOMAN'S PLACE $400: Monica Seles says the locker room for the top women players here looks like it's in Buckingham Palace Wimbledon |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | WHAT IN THE WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS...? $400: Goalie Patrick Roy said he couldn't hear what Jeremy Roenick said, due to "my 2" rings for winning this trophy plugging my ears the Stanley Cup |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | TAKE IT BACK! $600: Campaigns called Take Back the Tap, aiming to reduce Americans' passion for this, say it's not specially safe & bad for the planet bottled water |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | WHAT IN THE WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS...? $600: In 1900 the U.S. beat the Brits in the first match for this international team tennis "Cup" the Davis Cup |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: This type of musical mass for the dead has a Latin name; Benjamin Britten wrote a "War" one incorporating poetry & Latin prayers a requiem |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | TAKE IT BACK! $1000: TBTN for short, this movement against sexual violence has been marching since the 1970s Take Back the Night |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | THE PAST, PRESENTLY $1000: Numerical nickname for Mao's wife & her allies arrested after Mao's death for actions during the Cultural Revolution the Gang of Four |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | AN "H" & "R" BLOCK $1200: It's the "tranquil" musical term for the combination of pitches heard here harmony |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | A WOMAN'S PLACE $1600: Open for 10 days until the cops came in 1916, the Brownsville Clinic in Brooklyn was the USA's first to offer guidance about this birth control |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | ON THE MAP $1600: The central town of the 100,000-square-mile area of Australia called the Red Centre is this community, named for Alice Todd Alice Springs |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | ON THE MAP $2000: Lying between Italy's "heel" & "toe", the Gulf of Taranto is an inlet of this sea named for a nymph of Greek mythology the Ionian Sea |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | POLITICS AS UNUSUAL $200: Patrick McHenry was in the news, as he filled in in this job for 3 tumultuous weeks in the fall of 2023 Speaker of the House (pro tem) |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | U.S. STAMPS $200: Showing a wreath, a ribbon & 2 candles, the first USPS stamp celebrating this was controversial in 1962 for mixing church & state Christmas |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | POLITICS AS UNUSUAL $400: This movement named for a 1773 event arrived in 2010 starting with the election of newbie Dean Murray to the N.Y. State Assembly the Tea Party movement |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | POLITICS AS UNUSUAL $600: More governors of New Jersey have resigned than of any other state--mostly for positive reasons like when he quit in 1913 to be president Wilson |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | IF FOOD BE THE LOVE OF MUSIC $800: Formed in Seattle, not Atlanta, The Presidents of the United States of America nevertheless desired "Millions Of" these Peaches |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | ALLITERATIVE TERMS $800: In the classic "Miracle on 34th Street", Edmund Gwenn goes by this alternate name for Santa Claus Kris Kringle |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED $800: Carvel is known for ice cream cakes; a caravel is a light sailing ship, like these 2 used on Columbus' 1492 voyage the Nina & the Pinta |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | SUMMER OF OUR DISCONTENT $1200: On the gallows for witchery in August 1692, George Burroughs recited this, thought to be impossible for one such accused the Lord's Prayer |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | U.S. STAMPS $1,600 (Daily Double): A 1989 stamp drew criticism from paleontologists for labeling a dinosaur not Apatosaurus but this Brontosaurus |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | ALLITERATIVE TERMS $1600: Coming up with this chemical name for aspirin is enough to give you a headache acetylsalicylic acid |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED $2000: A caret shows where to insert something; claret is another name for red wine from this French region Bordeaux |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | SUMMER OF OUR DISCONTENT $3,200 (Daily Double): In August 1957 Strom Thurmond filibustered for over 24 hours railing against this, signed into law the next month the Civil Rights Act |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | A MATTER OF LAW $200: From Latin for "to let in", it describes evidence that may be considered by a judge or jury admissible |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | A MATTER OF LAW $400: It's the kinetic term for a litigant's request to a judge for a decision on an issue a motion |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | MAJOR "KEY" ALERT $600: Lester "The Long Fellow" Piggott & Steve Cauthen, "The Kentucky Kid", were these track stars--a different kind of track jockeys |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS $600: For decades, these songbirds were employed in mining to detect toxic gases before miners were overcome canaries |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | 1980s PRO WRESTLING $800: Randy Savage went by this nickname, also the first Top 40 hit for the Village People in 1978 "Macho Man" |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS $800: Many North American lakes are named for this bird; in 1892 Pres. Harrison stayed at one in the Adirondacks & heard the bird's mad laugh a loon |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | HATS IN OTHER WORDS $1000: A tin or container for tablets or lozenges a pill box |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | 1980s PRO WRESTLING $1000: Time to get rowdy, this wrestler who was from Canada, but had the right ancestry for the get up, hit the ring in a kilt Roddy Piper |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | TV CLIFFHANGERS $1600: This Apple TV+ show employed a time jump to 2003 & the reveal that a NASA director was now in... Russia For All Mankind |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS $1,800 (Daily Double): With a wingspan of about 7 feet, the largest eagle in the Amazon is this species named for foul bird-like women of Greek myth (the) harpy (eagle) |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | "LOL" $200: Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell got the name for this Chicago music festival from the Three Stooges Lollapalooza |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | YUP, IT'S A PORT-A-POTTY $400: A port-a-potty business for over 30 years, it's also a poker hand consisting of the five highest cards of one suit Royal Flush |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | "LOL" $500: This 1998 German crowd-pleaser is 80 minutes long; for most of that time, Franka Potente is out of breath Run Lola Run |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | SPELLING BIZ $500: In 1972, this brand debuted Red Zinger and Sleepy Time; you can't spell it without spelling...
_ _ _ _ _ T _ _ _
_ E A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Celestial Seasonings |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | DR. SEUSS EN ESPAÑOL $500: "Un Pez, Dos Peces, Pez Rojo, Pez Azul" One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | TRAIN STATIONS $600: No Muggles allowed on Platform 9 3/4, the fictional boarding site for this train at London's King's Cross Station the Hogwarts Express |
| #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 |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE MOUNT RUSHMORE OF... $600: Celebrity chefs: Wolfgang Puck, Julia Child, Anthony Bourdain & this N'awlins legend known for his catchphrase "Bam!" Emeril Lagasse |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | TRAIN STATIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): LA's Union Station would be the likely point of departure for this train, the title of a 1973 hit for Gladys Knight & The Pips "Midnight Train To Georgia" |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AROUND THE UNUSUAL HOUSE $200: So you got one of these as a pet, like Smaug or Viserion in books; well, at least you won't need any matches for the fireplace a dragon |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This largest Caribbean island's struggle for independence led to the Spanish-American War Cuba |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALPHABETICAL AMERICA: Until Alabama became the 22nd state, this one was first alphabetically Connecticut |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ORGANIZATIONS: The press called the donations received after this org.'s 1938 founding "a silver tide which actually swamped the White House" the March of Dimes |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | WORDS & THEIR MEANINGS: Churchill gave a word a new meaning when he called for a "talk with Soviet Russia upon the highest level... a parley at" this the summit |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | AUTHORS' AFTERLIVES: After his death his son Michel reworked & published manuscripts like one about a meteor made of gold heading for Earth Jules Verne |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | SPACE SHUTTLES: 2 space shuttles were named for craft commanded by this man who died far from home in 1779 (Captain) Cook |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | STATE CAPITALS: It was named for a nearby river that explorer Gabriel Moraga named for one of a religious grouping of 7 Sacramento |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | HISTORIC GROUPS: The Kipchak Khanate is another name for this group that was eventually defeated by Tamerlane in 1395 the Golden Horde |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | U.S.S.R.I.P.: Of the 15 countries formed by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, this one is alphabetically last Uzbekistan |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | ELEMENTS: In his "Natural History" Pliny described it as "argentum vivum" mercury |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD: "Captured in Egypt by the British Army 1801" is painted on the side of this artifact named for the city where it was found the Rosetta Stone |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | THE HUMAN BODY: This glandular organ that starts to shrink at puberty is known for being where the cells key to adaptive immunity develop the thymus |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | BOOKS OF THE BIBLE: This book is named for a tribe of Israel that carried out judgment of the idolaters of the golden calf Leviticus |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | WORD ORIGINS: A radical in an 1833 failed uprising in Germany, Ludwig von Rochau coined this term for acts taken for practical reasons not ethics Realpolitik |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LITERATURE & RELIGION: This city now in Turkey is the addressee of one of the New Testament epistles & the setting for "The Comedy of Errors" Ephesus |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | CHEMICAL ELEMENTS: Isolated in 1945 during uranium fission research, it was named for an ancient deity to suggest humans gaining a new power promethium |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | POETS OF ANCIENT ROME: Far from Rome, this first century poet wrote, "The leader's anger done, grant me the right to die in my native country" Ovid |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | ON VACATION IN ITALY: About 30 miles from Florence, a little hill gives this tiny Tuscan town its name, familiar to American visitors Monticello |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | U.S. STAMPS: This Roman numeral appeared on stamps in a 2022 series for the 50th anniversary of an anti-discrimination law IX |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC: "It was kind of a prodding to myself to play it straight", said Johnny Cash of this 1956 hit "I Walk The Line" |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: A 1902 work says an enigmatic character has a half-English mom & a half-French dad, but this name of his is German for "short" Kurtz |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | WORLD FLAGS: The flag of this Asian nation features part of a World Heritage Site built in the 12th century Cambodia |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | LANDMARKS: Then 71, a reluctant Michelangelo took on the design of this building "only for the love of God and in honor of the Apostle" St. Peter's Basilica |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | U.S. BUSINESS FOUNDERS: A 1934 note to him: "Received hunting clothes... and thank you for those wonderful shoes they fit perfect... your friend, Babe Ruth" L.L. Bean |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | LITERARY CLICHÉS: Many mystery fans blame "The Door", a 1930 Mary Roberts Rinehart novel in which a servant kills a nurse, for this 4-word cliché the butler did it |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | AMERICAN ARTISTS: In the 1920s he used wire, string & other materials to fabricate "models in motion" for a miniature circus scene (Alexander) Calder |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | NEW NATIONS: In September 2023 the U.S. recognized 2 new nations in free association with New Zealand: Niue & this archipelago the Cook Islands |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | TOURIST SPOTS: Originally known as Longacre, it got its name after a newspaper moved its offices there in 1904 Times Square |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | RIVERS: A European capital got its name as a consequence of flooding on this river the Amstel River |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | BRAND NAMES: Originally called Fruit Scones, the name of this food brand introduced in 1964 was influenced by an art movement of that time Pop-Tarts |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | TELEVISION HISTORY: According to the BBC, this 1953 event "did more than any other to make television a mainstream medium" the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | AWARD-WINNING ACTRESSES: Her 2019 Oscar win & 2021 Emmy win were both for portraying a British queen Olivia Colman |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | LANDMARKS: During Pope John Paul II's 1987 visit to Los Angeles, pranksters covered up this letter in a local landmark L |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | LANDMARKS: 213 feet wide, this late 18th c. European structure has 5 portals, the middle of which was--at first--for royals only the Brandenburg Gate |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | FAMOUS NAMES: In 2023, shortly after his death, his name was added to a Brazilian dictionary to describe one who's superior or out of the ordinary Pelé |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | BOOK CHARACTERS: Early on in a 1966 novel, this title character beats the protagonist in maze races; later on he bites him Algernon |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | FROM PAGE TO STAGE: The opera based on this 1993 memoir was staged at a prison for the first time in 2023, at Sing Sing with a chorus of 14 inmates Dead Man Walking |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | INVENTIONS: Invented in 1816, it takes its name from Greek for "chest" & "observe" a stethoscope |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Designated in 2016, a New York City monument named for this place of business includes nearby Christopher Park (the) Stonewall (Inn) |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | MOVIE MUSICALS: Of the musicals to win an Oscar for Best Picture, 1 of the 2 with one-word titles based on & named for literary characters (1 of) Gigi or Oliver! |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | ANCIENT HISTORY: Before visiting Achilles' tomb, this man threw his spear onto the ground in Asia & declared the continent "spear-won" Alexander the Great |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS: The Atlanta History Center says this novel was "both beloved & condemned from almost the moment of its publication" in 1936 Gone with the Wind |
| #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | SCIENCE ETYMOLOGY: First detected in the Sun's atmosphere in 1868, it got its name from an old word for sun helium |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | MUSICIANS: An Esquire profile said, "The most distinguishing thing" about the face of this singer "are his eyes, clear blue & alert" Frank Sinatra |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | ARTISTS: Exhumed in 2017 to settle a paternity suit, his mustache had "preserved its classic 10-past-10 position" according to the Spanish press Salvador Dalí |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | WASHINGTON, D.C.: It was proposed in Congress in 1926 in honor of a big 150th anniversary; it opened 17 years later the Jefferson Memorial |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | HISTORIC OBJECTS: The inscription on this, made in 1753, concludes, "unto all the inhabitants thereof" the Liberty Bell |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | EXPLORERS: Perhaps inspiring a line 2 centuries later, in 1774 he wrote that he was headed "farther than any other man has been before me" Captain James Cook |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | BRITISH HISTORY: At Leicester Cathedral in March 2015, the Archbishop of Canterbury led a religious ceremony for this deceased English monarch Richard III |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY: Britain became an island less than 10,000 years ago, as warming weather & melting ice filled in this sea the North Sea |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | 21st CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: It was the first election since 1952 in which neither the incumbent president nor the incumbent vice president was a candidate 2008 (Barack Obama & John McCain) |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | DRIVING THE USA: It's the state with the most miles of Interstate Highway, more than 3,200; one Interstate accounts for 1/4 of that mileage Texas |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | AWARDS & HONORS: As of 2023 the only 2 to win a Nobel Prize in Literature & an Academy Award were George Bernard Shaw & this singer-songwriter Bob Dylan |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | MUSIC MEN: Before creating this record label in 1959, its founder worked on a Lincoln-Mercury assembly line Motown |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | NATURAL LANDMARKS: The Washburn-Langford-Doane expedition happened upon it in 1870 & named it for the regularity of its activity Old Faithful |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | MILITARY HISTORY: A 1918 article titled "Do Not Shoot at" these said hunters were interfering with the U.S. Signal Corps' training of them (carrier or homing) pigeons |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS: Barry Barish, who shared the 2017 Prize for detecting gravitational waves, called his award "a win for" this predecessor (Albert) Einstein |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | NEW ZEALAND: Christchurch is the largest city in this New Zealand region that shares its name with an English city known for a church begun in the 6th century Canterbury |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS: His 1904 will stipulated that "all the sums hereinbefore specified for prizes shall be used for prizes only" Joseph Pulitzer |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | SCIENTISTS: A 1953 article by this pair says, "The specific pairing we have postulated... suggests a... copying mechanism for the genetic material" (James) Watson & (Francis) Crick |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | COMPOSERS: A fireworks display followed the April 27, 1749 premiere of a work by this man that had been commissioned by George II (George Frideric) Handel |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | AUTHORS: He dedicated books to each of his 4 wives, including Hadley Richardson & Martha Gellhorn Ernest (Papa) Hemingway |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | ASTRONOMY: The only dwarf planet located in the inner Solar System, it's named for an ancient deity of planting & harvests Ceres |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | ARTISTS: On October 26, 1886 he said, "The dream of my life is accomplished... I see the symbol of unity & friendship between 2 nations" Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | WORD ORIGINS: Theories on the origin of this, a style of journalism, include Cajun slang for unhinged jazz & Boston slang for a person on a bender gonzo |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | OPERA SOURCE MATERIAL: Henri Murger, who was broke & lived in a freezing attic apartment in Paris, wrote the source material for this 1896 opera La bohème |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | OLYMPIC TEAMS: A city of about 2.5 million people, since 1984 for political reasons it has been in the name of an Olympic team Taipei |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | HISTORY & NATURE: In March 1519, these were again seen in mainland North America for the first time in 10,000 years with the arrival of 16 of them horses |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | THE MEDICAL WORLD: He created a chest drain valve that aided breathing in wounded soldiers in Vietnam but is better known for a lifesaving measure (Henry) Heimlich |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: In 1896 new spider species were named for a wolf, a panther & a snake from a work published 2 years earlier by this man (Rudyard) Kipling |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | FEMALE AUTHORS: At age 9 in 1883 she moved west, where she met Annie Pavelka, a young pioneer on whom she would later model a title character Willa Cather |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: Native Americans called it Okwa-ta, or "wide water"; Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville would rename it for a countryman Lake Pontchartrain |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | HISTORIC ORGANIZATIONS: A senator called the 1949 pact that formed this a "fraternity of peace" that "makes the obligation plain... for us & others" NATO |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA: In bold letters, it was the 2-word historic N.Y. Times headline for August 9, 1974, followed by "He urges a time of 'healing"' "Nixon Resigns" |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | AFRICA: A major seaport & formerly a world capital, this city has a name from Arabic for "house of peace" Dar es Salaam |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | OPERA & HISTORY: Appropriately, the last performance at the Vienna State Opera before it was destroyed in 1945 by Allied bombs was this opera from 1876 Götterdämmerung |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | SHAKESPEARE'S CHARACTERS: Both of the names of these 2 lovers in a Shakespeare play come from Latin words for "blessed" Beatrice & Benedick |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | LITERATURE: In reviewing this novel, Carl Jung said it took place in one single & senseless day "on which, in all truth, nothing happens" Ulysses |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | THE USA: People going north on this route say they're traveling "GAME", an acronym regarding their beginning & ending points the Appalachian Trail |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | BILLBOARD NO. 1 HITS: Billy Joel said, "I think the one time I didn't write the music" before the lyrics was for this 1989 hit, "and I think it shows" "We Didn't Start The Fire" |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | THE LAKE SHOW: 12 years before meeting Stanley at Lake Tanganyika, David Livingstone reached this national body of water in 1859 Lake Malawi |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | LANDMARKS: For more than a millennium, a huge embroidered work known as the Kiswa has been used to adorn & protect this structure the Kaaba |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | AUTHORS: In 1960 Jean-Paul Sartre wrote of this man's "victorious attempt... to snatch every instant of his existence from his future death" (Albert) Camus |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | THE FIRST MILLENNIUM: In 303, to celebrate 20 years of his reign, the emperor Diocletian visited this city for the first time Rome |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | 21st CENTURY AUTHORS: Once a journalist himself, he began his first novel with his hero being fined 150,000 kronor for aggravated libel Stieg Larsson |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | ACTRESSES & THEIR ROLES: She made her big screen debut as a teen named Laurie in a 1978 film & in 2022 she played that role for the 7th & last time Jamie Lee Curtis |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE HISTORY: In 1915 the assassination of President Sam brought Uncle Sam to this country, beginning a 19-year military occupation Haiti |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | POETRY: A colossal head of Ramses II brought to the British Museum inspired this 1818 poem "Ozymandias" |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | BODIES OF WATER: Formed some 10,000-15,000 years ago & with an average depth of only about 150 feet, it's named for a man who sailed through it in 1728 the Bering Strait |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | BUSINESS & SOCIAL MEDIA: On Twitter in 2023, this food franchise followed an exact total of 11 accounts that included Victoria Beckham, Mel B & Herb Alpert KFC |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | 18th CENTURY LITERATURE: The first name of this title character is from Hebrew for "devoted to God"; his last name suggests he can be easily duped (Lemuel) Gulliver |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | TV HISTORY: The 1980s "Magnum, P.I." used a soundstage of this long-running drama that had just ended, & even referred to its lead character Hawaii Five-O |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | HISTORIC GROUPS: Originally a term for security escorts for commanders, in 27 B.C. this group was designated an official imperial force the Praetorian Guard |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | THE OSCARS: Born in 1932 & the son of a percussionist in the CBS Radio Orchestra, he's been nominated for 53 Oscars John Williams |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | WRITERS' LESSER-KNOWN WORKS: Known for more philosophical works, he wrote the play "La Mandragola", in which Florentines are rewarded for immoral actions (Niccolò) Machiavelli |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS: England's "Bloody Assizes" & a 1685 life sentence for perjury were 2 main origins of this amendment to the U.S. Constitution the 8th Amendment |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | FAMOUS NAMES: In 1966, the year of his death, he shared plans for an experimental prototype community in Florida Walt Disney |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | NOVELISTS: A 2012 book review noted subjects that "sparked his ire": capital punishment, big tobacco & "the plight of the unjustly convicted" John Grisham |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | 20th CENTURY EPONYMS: A 1940 headline about this included "failure", "liability when it came to offense" & "stout hearts no match for tanks" the Maginot Line |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | BRAND NAMES: The success of this brand has its roots with a hydrotherapy pump its cofounder created for his son, who had arthritis Jacuzzi |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: In a periodical in 1807, he called New York City "Gotham, Gotham! most enlightened of cities" Washington Irving |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | TRANSPORTATION USA: This public agency runs the USA's busiest bus terminal, opened in 1950 for commuters awed by its polished steel & stone the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | CHEMICAL NAMES: The name of this pungent gaseous compound is ultimately derived from the top god of the ancient Egyptians ammonia |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | ART EXHIBITIONS: In 1898 what's been called the first blockbuster art show was devoted to him & put on for Queen Wilhelmina's coronation Rembrandt |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | INVASIONS: Backed by 14,000 troops, he invaded England to restore, in his words, its "religion, laws, and liberties" William of Orange |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME'S THE SAME: The busiest passenger port in the U.K., it shares its name with a capital of one of the original 13 states Dover |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | NONFICTION: It has the line, "The discovery of America... opened up fresh ground for the rising bourgeoisie" The Communist Manifesto |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | FAMOUS NAMES: For a special 1970s cookbook, he provided one simple recipe--a can of Campbell's tomato soup & 2 cans of milk Andy Warhol |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | NATIONAL PARKS: It's named for a river indigenous people called Mi tse a-da-zi, translated by French-speaking trappers as "Pierre Jaune" Yellowstone |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | ART & SCIENCE: A craft that visited it was named for Giotto, based on the story that 680 years earlier, the painter depicted it as the Star of Bethlehem Halley's Comet |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | WORDS FROM WORLD WAR I: "Cistern" & "reservoir" were suggested names for a secret invention, but the British preferred this less clumsy monosyllable a tank |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | EUROPEAN HISTORY: Until 1806, some German nobles included among their honors the title of "Elector" for their role in selecting this personage Holy Roman Emperor |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WORD ORIGINS: This Sanskrit word referring to a spoken word or phrase comes from a word for "to think" mantra |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | MYTHOLOGY: Poseidon carried off the maiden Theophane & turned her into a ewe; their offspring was the source of this mythical object the Golden Fleece |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | WORD ORIGINS: Originally relating to a story of suffering, this word now more commonly refers to strong emotion of any kind passion |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | WORLD CINEMA: The 2007 biopic called "La Môme" in France, meaning "The Kid", was released in the U.S. under this other French title La Vie en rose |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | TELEVISION: Mike Post combined the sound of a slamming jail door, an anvil & 100 men stomping on a floor for this series that debuted in 1990 Law & Order |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | GEOGRAPHY MNEMONICS: MIMAL, sometimes said to be the silhouette of a chef or elf, stands for Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, these 2 states Arkansas & Louisiana |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | BUSINESS MILESTONES: These were first sold in 1908, at a price equivalent to about $27,000 today Ford Model T |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | HISTORIC ART: The artwork once known in France as "la tapisserie de la reine Mathilde" is better known as this the Bayeux Tapestry |
| #8780, aired 2023-01-06 | HISTORIC PEOPLE: After a 1789 event, he wrote, "My first determination was to seek a supply of... water at Tofoa, & afterwards to sail for Tongataboo" (Captain) Bligh |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE: Calling him "the embodiment of pure intellect", in December 1999 Time magazine named him Person of the Century Albert Einstein |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | THE MOVIES: Laurence Olivier & Ernest Borgnine were considered for the lead role & Sergio Leone to direct for this film that turned 50 in 2022 The Godfather |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | FOREIGN-BORN AUTHORS: Early in her career she translated romance novels into Spanish, often changing the dialogue to make the heroines smarter (Isabel) Allende |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | AMERICA AT WAR: Until the Civil War, the January 8 date of this battle of dubious military importance but big morale value was a national holiday the Battle of New Orleans |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | AMERICAN POEMS: In an 1847 poem this character sees her town of Grand-Pré burned, but finally reunites with her beau for a kiss before his death Evangeline |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | FAMOUS NAMES: In 2001 he published a book called "Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall"; in 2002, "Existencilism" Banksy |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | BRAND NAMES: Unable to make these candies perfectly round, the confectioner embraced this flawed name for the product Milk Duds |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: It's home to 58 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, more than any other country; the sites include a volcano & a lagoon Italy |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | ACTION MOVIES: Its last line is "If this is their idea of Christmas, I gotta be here for New Year's" Die Hard |
| #8762, aired 2022-12-13 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS: Demonstrating the dignity & humanity of Black Americans, he sat for 160 known photographs, the most of any American in the 19th century Frederick Douglass |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | LATIN PHRASES: Originally, this 3-word phrase referred to when a doctor or apothecary substituted one medicine for another quid pro quo |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | 1970s MOVIES: A 1975 premiere of this comedy advertised free coconuts for the first thousand in the audience Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | PLAYS: A 1609 story in which an exiled king of Bulgaria creates a sea palace with his magic may have inspired the plot of this play The Tempest |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | SECONDS IN HISTORY: The Fortune, the 2nd ship to land at this harbor, disappointed those already there, carrying 35 new residents & "not so much as bisket-cake" Plymouth |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | MUSICAL THEATER: The pair at the center of tumult in this long-running show were originally to be a Jewish girl & a Catholic boy West Side Story |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | ENGLISH CITIES: William the Conqueror's son built a fortress on a key northern river in 1080, giving this city its name Newcastle (upon Tyne) |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | PHRASES FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD: Cicero wrote that a tyrant ordered this to be hung from the ceiling "by a horse-hair"; his guest begged to leave the sword of Damocles |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BRANDS: With wood becoming more difficult to source, this company turned to plastic for its automatic binding bricks, introduced in 1949 Lego |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | PHRASES IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Andrew Johnson vetoed a bill that gave reparations to formerly enslaved people, hence this phrase for an unfulfilled promise forty acres and a mule |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | AUTHORS: When Esquire began as a men's lifestyle magazine in the 1930s, he was asked for manly content & wrote in 28 of the first 33 issues (Ernest) Hemingway |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | WORLD LANDMARKS: Built of more than 18,000 metal parts & 2.5 million rivets, it was the world's tallest manmade structure from 1889 to 1930 the Eiffel Tower |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | 20th CENTURY LEADERS: In a September 3, 1939 speech, he said, "Everything that I have worked for... has crashed into ruins" Neville Chamberlain |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | FAMOUS SHIPS: Its wreck was discovered in 1989, 48 years after it had been sunk & 91 years after the man it was named for had died the Bismarck |
| #8716, aired 2022-10-10 | BRAND NAMES: A neighbor's charcoal drawing of Ann Turner Cook at age 4 or 5 months won a 1928 contest to appear in ads for this brand Gerber |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: It has the most water area of any country, nearly 350,000 square miles, about 9% of its total area Canada |
| #8713, aired 2022-10-05 | TRAVEL: The 1948 edition of this publication said, "There will be a day... in the near future when this guide will not have to be published" the Green Book |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | BEFORE THEY WERE AUTHORS: While working for British naval intelligence during World War II, he was code-named 17F Ian Fleming |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: In a later part of the epic named for him, this character becomes king after his cousin Heardred dies in battle Beowulf |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS: The governor of Massachusetts wrote, it "is a poor document, but a mighty act... wrong in its delay till January, but grand & sublime after all" the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #8700, aired 2022-09-16 | DISNEY SONGS: "We Don't Talk About Bruno" from "Encanto" is the first song from an animated Disney film to hit No. 1 since this duet in 1993 "A Whole New World" |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | ARTISTS: He said, "The Seine! I have painted it all my life, at all hours, in all seasons, from Paris to the sea" (Claude) Monet |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | TECH HISTORY: For about 20 years after its invention, it had few practical uses; then suddenly it revolutionized grocery checkouts & home audio the laser |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME: Honored in 1998 as part of a rock group & in 2019 as a solo artist, this singer was the first woman to be inducted into the Hall twice Stevie Nicks |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | ART & THEATRE: Asked to design a new set for a restaging of this 1952 play, Alberto Giacometti came up with one scraggly plaster tree Waiting for Godot |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | PAIRS IN ASTRONOMY: Discovered in 1877, they were named for siblings of the Greek god of love Phobos & Deimos |
| #8674, aired 2022-06-30 | U.S. CITIES: This U.S. city now has 10 times the population of the other U.S. city for which it was named in 1845 Portland, Oregon |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | POETS' CORNER AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY: At his 1892 burial, fit for a baron, the organist put music to his words, "I hope to see my Pilot face to face, when I have crost the bar" Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS: Each of the 3 films for which he won an Oscar, from 1975, 1983 & 1997, also garnered a Best Lead Actress Oscar Jack Nicholson |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | GEOGRAPHY WORDS: From Greek for "chief" & "sea", this word originally referred to the Aegean, known for its many island groups archipelago |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | BRITISH HISTORY: From the Greek for "alone", it was nixed by Parliament in 1649 after being deemed "unnecessary, burdensome & dangerous" the monarchy |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | 19th CENTURY CONTEMPORARIES: Congratulating her on the 1869 release of her biography, Frederick Douglass wrote, "I have wrought in the day--you in the night" Harriet Tubman |
| #8651, aired 2022-05-30 | IN MEMORIAM 2022: On the death of this trailblazing man, friend & mentor, Oprah said, "For me, the greatest of the 'great trees' has fallen" Sidney Poitier |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | STATE NAMES: This state was named for a man born in Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover in 1683 Georgia |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | SAY IT IN ITALIAN: It's an Italian word for "mercy", but also the name of a movie character who kills Stracci & Carlo clemenza |
| #8636, aired 2022-05-09 | NOVEL TITLES: A 1590 poem written for the retirement of Queen Elizabeth's champion knight shares its title with this 1929 novel by an American A Farewell to Arms |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | USA: These 2 mayors gave their names to a facility built on the site of an old racetrack owned by Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler William Hartsfield & Maynard Jackson |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | AFRICAN SURNAMES: Adetokunbo, "the crown has returned from overseas", is fitting for the Adetokunbo family who left Nigeria for this country in 1991 Greece |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | FILMS OF THE 1950s: The title character of this film has the same name as the Roman goddess of the dawn Sleeping Beauty |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | COUNTRIES OF AFRICA: Old maps depicting what's now this 125,000-square-mile country labeled the area with the French word for "teeth" Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | WORLD LITERATURE: Befitting the title, Antoine Galland, the first Western translator of this collection, worked on it only "after dinner" Arabian Nights (the One Thousand and One Nights) |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS: In 2019 he won his first competitive Oscar, 36 years after a Student Academy Award for a film about a Brooklyn barbershop Spike Lee |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | WORDS OF THE YEAR: Oxford's word of the year for 2021 was this 3-letter one, short for a word that goes back to the Latin for "cow" vax |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | CURRENT TELEVISION: Fittingly, the last name of the family at the center of this drama is from French for "king" Succession |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | SPORTS HISTORY: Taking the mound for Cleveland in 1948, he was the first African American to pitch in a World Series Satchel Paige |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | U.S. CITY NAMES: Adopted in 1845, the name of this state capital is a feminized form of a big body of water Atlanta, Georgia |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES: Napoleon's troops gave him this nickname not to mock him but for showing the courage of an infantryman in battle "The Little Corporal" |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | SINGERS: In 2021 at age 95, this singer achieved a Guinness World Record for the oldest person to release an album of new material Tony Bennett |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | SYMBOLS: This U.S. politician asked for a multicolored pennant for a parade; demand increased after his death in 1978 Harvey Milk |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | EPITAPHS: Her epitaph, from a 1925 poem by her, ends, "She knows that her dust is very pretty"; "dust" was in another she wrote for herself Dorothy Parker |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | CENTRAL AMERICA: A small river connects these 2 lakes that combined form close to 10% of their country's area Lake Nicaragua & Lake Managua |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | ART MUSEUMS: Before its 1959 opening, 21 artists protested its design, saying it would make paintings look tilted & askew the Guggenheim |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | THE SILVER SCREEN: He was the first actor to star in 3 films that won the Oscar for Best Picture: those of 1934, 1935 & 1939 Clark Gable |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | AWARDS: These awards have a retro version & winners include the novel "The Sword in the Stone" & "The War of the Worlds" radio broadcast the Hugo Awards |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | PLAY CHARACTERS: A 1949 review noted the "wrong formulas for success" of this character & "fatal misconceptions about his place in the scheme of things" Willy Loman |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | THE 19th CENTURY: An 1873 book title gave us this phrase for the period in the late 1800s of growth & prosperity & also greed & corruption the Gilded Age |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | THE PERIODIC TABLE: By 1890, discoveries of 3 "nationalist elements" filled table gaps: scandium in Sweden, germanium in Germany, this in France gallium |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | HISTORIC EUROPEAN FAMILIES: This family has been traced to the Mugello valley around the year 1200 & the name suggests the trade of physician the Medici |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | HISTORIC STRUCTURES: In 1100 the Bishop of Durham became the first prisoner here &, after plying his guards with wine, became the first to escape the Tower of London |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | LONG-RUNNING TV SHOW CHARACTERS: This character who has been on the air for more than 50 years is only 6 1/2 years old Big Bird |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | COMPOUND WORDS: The OED says this 9-letter word is literary & poetic, & it appears 11 times in an 1845 American poem, including as the last word nevermore |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | 18th CENTURY HISTORY: The stated aim of this period was using violence to achieve political goals; its success aided in its demise in under a year the Reign of Terror |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS: Early in his career he worked for a newspaper whose style guide said, "use short sentences" & "use vigorous English" (Ernest) Hemingway |
| #1, aired 2022-02-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY: One theory says Charles T. Torrey, a worker on this, coined its name, which appeared in The Liberator on October 14, 1842 the Underground Railroad |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: He was buried in 1969 in one of the World War II uniform jackets named for him Dwight Eisenhower |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | 18th CENTURY NAMES: In 1793 he left Dublin for the United States, saying, "I expect to make a fortune" off George Washington, & he did Gilbert Stuart |
| #8563, aired 2022-01-26 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The only nation in the world whose name in English ends in an H, it's also one of the 10 most populous Bangladesh |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | U.S. MUSEUMS: Named for a benefactor, it was established in 1893 to house artifacts from the nearby World's Columbian Exposition the Field Museum |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | AWARDS AROUND THE WORLD: France's national theater award, it's named for a man who died in Paris in 1673 the Molière Award |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: In 1838 he took a new last name, of a family in Walter Scott's "The Lady of the Lake"; for distinction he added a 2nd "S" to the end (Frederick) Douglass |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | WORD ORIGINS: From the Greek for "ring", the first ones were built by the Romans, including one that could hold 250,000 circus |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | 20th CENTURY THEATER: In 1955 Peter Hall directed the first production of this play in English without having "the foggiest idea what some of it means" Waiting for Godot |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | 19th CENTURY BRITISH AUTHORS: She called herself "the daughter of two persons of distinguished literary celebrity" in an introduction to one of her novels (Mary) Shelley |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | OLD GEOGRAPHIC NAMES: This term once used for western North Africa is still used today in the name of a primate from that region Barbary |
| #8520, aired 2021-11-26 | FICTIONAL LANGUAGES: Lapine is the name of the language created for this 1972 book beloved by children Watership Down |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | MOVIE QUOTES: This 3-word phrase was the protagonist's second line of dialogue in a 1962 movie, the first in a 25-film series "Bond, James Bond" |
| #8505, aired 2021-11-05 | TOYS: Introduced in 1964, he fell out of favor in changing times & in 1970 was marketed as a "Land Adventurer" G.I. Joe |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | AUTHORS: These 2 men who both died in Boston in the mid-20th century each won 4 Pulitzers, one man for Poetry & the other for Drama (Robert) Frost & (Eugene) O'Neill |
| #8496, aired 2021-10-25 | NOTABLE WOMEN: Of the 3 pioneering women in their field to be dubbed the "Trimates", this one got her PhD from Cambridge in 1966 (Jane) Goodall |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | 1970s TOP 40 HITS: Seeing a poster for a production of "Cyrano de Bergerac" in a seedy Paris hotel & ladies of the evening nearby inspired this hit "Roxanne" |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS: He has studied Cordon Bleu cooking, but is known for his 1981 creation of a character with unconventional taste in cuisine Thomas Harris |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | NAMES ON THE MAP: From 1824 to 1825 this hero toured all 24 states & an Indiana city was named for him (the Marquis de) Lafayette |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN: These stories got their collective title because little Josephine Kipling insisted they be told exactly the same way each time Just So Stories |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | U.S. HISTORY: On Sept. 30, 1788 William Maclay & Robert Morris, both of Pennsylvania, were chosen as the first 2 these (U.S.) senators |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | SPORTS LEGENDS: When Johnny Bench broke his record, this man wrote, "I always thought the record would stand until it was broken" Yogi Berra |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Nazi Germany annexed this nation & divided it into regions of the Alps & the Danube; the Allies later divided it into 4 sectors Austria |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: British zoologist George Shaw looked for stitches when he first saw this mammal in 1799, thinking he was being tricked (the) duck-bill(ed) platypus |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | RENAISSANCE MEN: 10 years before a more famous work, he wrote in 1503 that the way to deal with rebels is to placate them or eliminate them (Niccolò) Machiavelli |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | HISTORY OF THE 19-TEENS: Saying he ignored warnings of enemy vessels, the British admiralty sought to blame William Turner, this ship's last captain in 1915 the Lusitania |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | AUTHORS: In addition to knowing many languages & making up his own, he also taught language at the universities of Leeds & Oxford J.R.R. Tolkien |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | SCIENTIFIC ETYMOLOGY: 2 of the 3 men for whom armalcolite, a dark gray mineral discovered in 1969, is named (2 of) (Neil) Armstrong, (Buzz) Aldrin or (Michael) Collins |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | BEASTLY EPONYMS: A penguin species found in southern South America is named for this 16th century man whose crew were the first from Europe to see them (Ferdinand) Magellan |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | 1930s AMERICA: Unpopular at the time, the man for whom it is named wasn't invited to the September 30, 1935 dedication of this landmark Hoover Dam |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | WORLD CITIES: This Colombian port of 1 million people gets its name from Phoenician for "new town" Cartagena |
| #8447, aired 2021-07-20 | THE 20th CENTURY: The code name for a historic meeting at this city was Argonaut, after the heroes who searched for the Golden Fleece on the Black Sea Yalta |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | 1980s BESTSELLERS: The title of this 1985 novel by a Canadian author partly alludes to the similarly named stories in a 14th century work The Handmaid's Tale |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | MUSICAL LANDMARKS: A cleft in limestone in England sheltered Reverend Augustus Toplady from a storm & inspired this popular hymn "Rock Of Ages" |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: In 2019 this public university attempted to trademark the word "the" for use on clothing & hats (the) Ohio State University |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | HIT SONGS: Written in 1930, this song was a No. 1 hit in 1960 & was covered by The Band to support a 1976 presidential candidate "Georgia On My Mind" |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | COLORS & HISTORY: A blue pigment & a shade of blue popular in shirts are named for these, the 2 opposing nations in an 1870-71 war France & Prussia |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | REFERENCE BOOKS: Emily Dickinson made frequent use of a work by this family friend & said that for several years, it was "my only companion" (Noah) Webster |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: On this country's National Day, August 15, all 39,000 residents are invited to Vaduz Castle for festivities & drinks Liechtenstein |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA: 2-word term for the statement saying U.S. policy is "to leave the parties to themselves, in the hope... other powers will (do) the same" the Monroe Doctrine |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | GEOGRAPHY WORDS: From the Latin for "key", this word for a type of isolated country applies to Vatican City, which has keys on its flag an enclave |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | FOOD & DRINK PHRASES: A 1951 Time article said, "Since the war," this 2-word term for a period of time "has been written into union contracts" coffee break |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | 17th CENTURY FRENCHMEN: Pope Urban VIII once said, "if there is a God," this French minister "will have much to answer for. If not, he had a successful life" (Cardinal) Richelieu |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | AROUND THE WORLD: In the 1860s a zoologist proposed that this island was once part of a lost continent he dubbed Lemuria Madagascar |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | MUSIC & GEOGRAPHY: In a British folk tune, the title lass Maggie May is sentenced to go way down south to this penal colony that rhymes with her name Botany Bay |
| #8408, aired 2021-05-26 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS: Monsieur Crescendo & Signor Vaccarmini ("Mr. Racket") were derisive nicknames for this composer whose last opera dates from 1829 (Gioachino) Rossini |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: The year before his 1809 birth, his parents acted in "King Lear", leading scholars to believe he was named for a "Lear" character Edgar Allan Poe |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | ANCIENT GREEKS: Plutarch quotes this man who sentenced many to death: "Small ones deserve that, and I have no higher for the greater crimes" Draco |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | WORLD CAPITALS: A national capital for less than 100 years, it's the westernmost capital in mainland Asia Ankara, Turkey |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | WORLD'S FAIRS: The theme of Seattle's 1962 World's Fair was "Man in the" this era Space Age |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | BOOKS OF THE BIBLE: Its last chapter includes wisdom from King Lemuel, taught to him by his mother, as well as the famous "Virtuous Woman" passage Proverbs |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | CITY ORIGIN STORIES: The mythical founder Byzas consulted the Oracle of Delphi before establishing what's now known as this city Istanbul |
| #8384, aired 2021-04-22 | CONTINENTAL GEOGRAPHY: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea & Somalia make up this region named for its resemblance to a part of a native animal the Horn of Africa |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | DAYTIME TV PERSONALITIES: Accepting a Lifetime Achievement Emmy, he said, "Just take... 10 seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are" Mr. (Fred) Rogers |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM: A real-life antidisestablishmentarian, William Bridgeman opposed the 1920 disestablishment of this in Wales church |
| #8367, aired 2021-03-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY: While performing in Philadelphia, the future father of this man sent a letter threatening to slit Andrew Jackson's throat (John Wilkes) Booth |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: The "effect" named for this company founded in 1943 refers to increased value of a product to a consumer whose own labor is needed IKEA |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | THE OLYMPICS: The "City of Angels" hosted the Olympics twice, the second time this many years after the first 52 |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | SHAKESPEAREAN REFERENCES: This name given to U.K. labor strife in December 1978 & January 1979 was taken from the first line of a Shakespeare history play the Winter of (our) Discontent |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | ARTISTS: The February 17, 1901 death of his friend Carles Casagemas made this grief-stricken artist change his color palette (Pablo) Picasso |
| #8358, aired 2021-03-17 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: In the 1912 election these 2 parties on the left of the political spectrum finished 2nd & 4th, totaling 1/3 of the votes Bull Moose Progressive & Socialist |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | TRIPLE-"A" GEOGRAPHY: Home to the Piazza Alberica, this Italian city is better known for what it supplied to works by Henry Moore & Michelangelo Carrara |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | FICTIONAL PLACES: Introduced to readers in 2008, its name comes from a Latin phrase for "bread & circuses", offerings used to appease the masses Panem |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | HISTORIC PLACES: 8 presidents have visited this battle site with an Algonquian name about 50 miles from Washington; for McKinley, it was a return visit Antietam |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS: Representing its outspoken tone, this newspaper founded in the 19th century has the name of a free-spirited opera character Le Figaro |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS: In "Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes" Charles de Brosses coined this term for the many islands of the region Polynesia |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | MOVIE DIRECTORS: Along with his writing partner, this director is the only person to win screenwriting Oscars for both a film & its sequel Francis Ford Coppola |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | MUSIC: Just 24 notes, this piece is nicknamed "Butterfield's Lullaby" for the U.S. Army general who arranged it "Taps" |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | WORLD SURNAMES: In 2019, for the first time, this nation allowed for non-gendered last names with the suffix -bur Iceland |
| #8339, aired 2021-02-18 | 19th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS: The first campaign of this man, who at 36 was the youngest major party nominee ever, was supported by the silver mining industry William Jennings Bryan |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | HISTORIC NAMESAKES: This aircraft was named for the second president of the Weimar Republic Hindenburg |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | WORLD LITERATURE: In a classic novel from 1866, the murders of 2 women take place in this city St. Petersburg |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | POPES & HISTORY: Late 16th century Pope Sixtus V regarded this invasion force as a crusade & promised indulgences to all who participated the Spanish Armada |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | WRITERS FOR CHILDREN: The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine gave "rejoice" as a rhyme for the correct pronunciation of his name Dr. Seuss |
| #8323, aired 2021-01-27 | THE WILD WEST: These 2 legends both known for buckskin clothes & long, flowing hair met violent ends 38 days apart, in Montana & South Dakota (George Armstrong) Custer & (Wild Bill) Hickok |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | POP MUSIC: First released as a single in 1982, this song was re-released & charted again 17 years later & 17 years after that "1999" |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | BRITISH WRITERS: When Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days in 1926, this British fellow writer tried to find her with the help of a spiritual medium Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #8317, aired 2021-01-19 | THE BUSINESS OF TRAVEL: Adjusted for inflation, the nightly rate this company put in its name in 1962 is now $51 Motel 6 |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | WOMEN & SCIENCE: Dr. Margaret Todd gave science this word for different forms of one basic substance; it's from the Greek for "equal" & "place" isotope |
| #8309, aired 2021-01-07 | MUSICALS: 4 songs from this 1968 musical made the Billboard Top 10, including one with an astrological theme that was No. 1 for 6 weeks Hair |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES: Released in 2017, this movie is the highest-grossing film in the U.S. that's set during World War I Wonder Woman |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | INNOVATIONS: This company takes credit for inventing modern gift wrap, dating to its sale of fancy decorated envelope linings at Christmas in 1917 Hallmark |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | FAMOUS PLACES: Opened in 1973, it includes the Joan Sutherland Theatre, named for the singer, & the Utzon Room, named for the architect the Sydney Opera House |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | BROADWAY REVIVALS: Ads for the 2020 revival of this musical said, "Something's coming. Something good"; a new movie version is also coming West Side Story |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | NOVEL CHARACTERS: This character from an 1851 novel "was intent on an audacious, immitigable, and supernatural revenge" Captain Ahab |
| #8292, aired 2020-12-01 | AVIATORS: Roland Garros, for whom the French Open stadium is named, gained fame with the 460-mile 1st solo flight across this body of water the Mediterranean Sea |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | COMEDY MOVIES: In the original script for this 1975 film, the title object was finally found in London's Harrods department store Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #8287, aired 2020-11-24 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS: One of the liberties listed in this: "No man shall be forced to perform more service for a knight's 'fee'... than is due from it" the Magna Carta |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | SECRETARIES OF STATE: Dirk Stikker, Dutch foreign minister 1948-1952, wrote, "Churchill's words won the war"; this American's "words won the peace" (George) Marshall |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | DOG BREEDS: Alpendog was a proposed name for this dog breed St. Bernard |
| #8283, aired 2020-11-18 | COUNTRY NAME ORIGINS: This island country was named for a 16th century Spanish king whose name comes from the Greek for "lover of horses" the Philippines |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | HISTORY OF MEDICINE: 2020 marks the 55th birthday of the first piece of equipment dedicated to this process, now used for regular screenings mammogram |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | WORD ORIGINS: This word for a type of building or institution comes from Greek for a place sacred to a mythical group of 9 museum |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | FAIRY TALE CHARACTERS: In French, this fairy tale character is La Petite Poucette, in Spanish, Pulgarcita & in English, this Thumbelina |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | AWARDS & HONOREES: He used his 1983 Pritzker Prize money on a scholarship fund for Chinese students to study their profession in the United States I.M. Pei |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | THE 13 COLONIES: Pride in the document under which this future state was governed from 1639 to 1662 led to its official state nickname Connecticut |
| #8266, aired 2020-10-26 | ANCIENT TEXTS: Developed in the 18th century B.C. & named for a ruler, it aimed to "settle all disputes & heal all injuries" the Code of Hammurabi |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | SCREENWRITERS: This once-blacklisted screenwriter of "Spartacus" got a posthumous credit & an Oscar for a 1953 film Dalton Trumbo |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: Part of this famous 12-minute opening piece is called "March of the Swiss Soldiers" "William Tell Overture" |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | MOVIE APPEARANCES: Not an actor, this man who died in 2018 appeared briefly in some 40 mainly action films with a combined $30 billion worldwide gross Stan Lee |
| #8256, aired 2020-10-12 | WORLD LICENSE PLATES: Around 2010 the state license plate for Michoacan, Mexico featured these insects (monarch) butterflies |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | WHO SAID IT IN THE BIBLE?: He tells his son not to worry about the lamb for the burnt offering--God will provide it Abraham |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | HISTORIC FIGURES: In a 1912 telegram to his wife, he said, "Am feeling fine. Have bullet in chest, but...talked for hour and half after being shot" Teddy Roosevelt |
| #8247, aired 2020-09-29 | THE GREAT LAKES: An 1855 poem gives us this Native American name for the 1 Great Lake not known to us today by a Native American word or a tribe's name Gitche Gumee |
| #8246, aired 2020-09-28 | ON THE OLD MAP: On the U.N. website's map of the world in 1945, these 2 initials of a member state appear 13 times on continental Africa U.K. |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | DIPLOMACY: The book "The Eagle & the Elephant" is about the relationship between the U.S. & this Asian country beginning in 1833 Thailand (Siam) |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | IVY LEAGUE GEOGRAPHY: This state borders 3 other states with Ivy League schools, but doesn't have one itself Vermont |
| #8219, aired 2020-05-21 | MILITARY SLANG: This word for high-ranking officials comes from a metal used in 19th century military insignia brass |
| #8214, aired 2020-04-30 | ADVERTISING: Copywriter Keith Goldberg wrote this question in 1999 for a financial services company; they're still using it What's in your wallet? |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS: Its first line ends, "the period was so far like the present period... for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only" A Tale of Two Cities |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE: Before they were photographed together in 1862, Lincoln wryly noted this general "should have no problem" sitting still for it George McClellan |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | MEN & MACHINES: John Moore-Brabazon, the first pilot licensed by England, had learned about engines working for this man, first half of a famous pair (Charles) Rolls |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | WORLD ELECTIONS: In 2014 this democratic nation broke the record for total turnout in a single election with more than 500 million voters India |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS: An account of a deposed Duke of Genoa in a 1549 "History of Italy" is a presumed source for this play The Tempest |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | PRESIDENTIAL GEOGRAPHY: This Midwest city is the burial place of one 19th century president & was named for a relative of another Cleveland, Ohio |
| #8201, aired 2020-04-13 | RELIGIOUS WORDS: This word for a concept in Eastern religions comes from Latin roots for "made in flesh" & "again" reincarnation |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | WORDS IN THE NEWS: On September 25, 2019, searches on merriam-webster.com for the definition of this 3-word Latin term increased by 5,500% quid pro quo |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | CLASSIC AMERICAN NOVELS: Lady Duff Twysden was the basis for a character in this 1926 novel set partly in Spain The Sun Also Rises |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | GEOGRAPHIC NAMESAKES: A county in England has an ocean coastline roughly twice as long as the 18 miles of this U.S. state named for it New Hampshire |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | BIRDS: Black-footed & black-browed are 2 species of this seabird whose name was influenced by the Latin word for "white" albatross |
| #8179, aired 2020-03-12 | ACTORS: Speaking of his role in a 1964 film, he apologized for "the most atrocious Cockney accent in the history of cinema" Dick Van Dyke |
| #8178, aired 2020-03-11 | BOOK WORDS: A 1964 essay coined this 2-word term for "artistically serious" comic books & endorsed it over "illustories" & "picto-fiction" graphic novels |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | 19th CENTURY PLAYS: From the title of a British-set comedy, it completes the final line "I've now realized for the first time in my life the vital..." The Importance of Being Earnest |
| #8168, aired 2020-02-26 | SCIENCE WORDS: In 1611 Kepler used this word from the Latin for "attendant" to describe the discoveries of Galileo satellite |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | INTERNATIONAL AWARD TROPHIES: La Maison Chopard crafts this annual award’s crystal base & 118-gram, 18-carat frond Palme d'Or |
| #8164, aired 2020-02-20 | THE RACE TO SPACE: In the 1960s this Mideast country had a space program & one of its rocket launches, the Cedar IV, is commemorated on a stamp Lebanon |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY: At Harpers Ferry, John Brown & his rebels were defeated by troops commanded by this man who 2 years later led a rebel army himself Robert E. Lee |
| #8148, aired 2020-01-29 | 21st CENTURY OSCAR WINNERS: This man won Best Supporting Actor twice, both for films that won Best Picture Mahershala Ali |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | CLASSIC MOVIES: This 1939 film was loosely based on Senator Burton Wheeler, victim of a sham investigation for looking into the Justice Department Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDIES: He has 272 speeches, the most of any non-title character in a Shakespeare tragedy Iago |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | IT'S ALL GREECE TO ME: This area of Greece, home to Pan, is synonymous with a rural paradise; it's a setting for Virgil's shepherd poems the "Eclogues" Arcadia |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | 19th CENTURY LEADERS: Tall, lanky Joel Barlow was an ambassador carrying messages between these 2 world leaders, both mocked for being short Napoleon & Madison |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | INFLUENTIAL WRITING: Its second line is "All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope & Czar, Metternich & Guizot..." The Communist Manifesto |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | 1960s NOVELS: This book defines its own title as "concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers... was the process of a rational mind" Catch-22 |
| #8128, aired 2020-01-01 | SINGLE-NAMED PERFORMERS: The last single-named actress to win an Oscar was this woman who won for her supporting role in "Precious" Mo'Nique |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | 1950s PEOPLE: In a New Yorker profile, he said, "Where I like it is out west in Wyoming, Montana, & Idaho, & I like Cuba & Paris" Ernest Hemingway |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | ORGANIZATIONS: Founded by students at William & Mary in 1776; its members include 17 U.S. Presidents, 41 Supreme Court Justices & more than 140 Nobel laureates Phi Beta Kappa |
| #8119, aired 2019-12-19 | SCIENCE & INNOVATION: In her 20+ years working for this company, Audrey Sherman of Saint Paul has been granted more than 130 patents 3M |
| #8118, aired 2019-12-18 | PLANTS & TREES: One of Britain's few native evergreen trees, it's prized for bringing color to winter, & its foliage is often hung in homes holly |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | TV THEME MUSIC: A short piece for 2 guitars called "Strange No. 3" was the first part of the theme music for this drama series that debuted in 1959 The Twilight Zone |
| #8110, aired 2019-12-06 | EUROPE: A tourism website for this country noted its colorful history "filled with barbarians", royalty, "& even a movie star" Monaco |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | LITERARY NEW YORK CITY: An insider described the scene there: "Just...loudmouths showing off, saving their gags for days, waiting to spring them" Algonquin Round Table |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | WORD ORIGINS: From a Sanskrit word for "descent", it's the form a god takes upon descending to Earth avatar |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | MOVIE QUOTES: The 2 single-word quotes on AFI's list of the top 100 movie quotes; 1 is from 1941, the other from 1967 "Rosebud" and "Plastics" |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | BUSINESS 2019: The New York Stock Exchange allowed jeans on the trading floor for the initial public offering of the stock with this 4-letter symbol LEVI |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY: One a Civil War hero & one a U.S. Senator, brothers with this last name were both considered for the 1884 Republican presidential nomination Sherman |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS: By Hebrew word count, the longest book bears this name that led to a word for a long complaint or rant Jeremiah |
| #8088, aired 2019-11-06 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA: In 1939, turned down by 2 local theaters, Howard University was able to get an outdoor venue for this singer's yearly concert Marian Anderson |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | RELIGION: This denomination takes its name from the day, as told in the New Testament, when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles Pentecostalism |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | NOVELISTS: In a 1952 novel, he wrote, "But there were dry years too, & they put a terror on the valley. The water came in a thirty-year cycle" John Steinbeck |
| #8083, aired 2019-10-30 | WORLD CAPITALS: In 1865 this city named for an early 19th century British hero became a British colonial capital Wellington |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | BRITISH HISTORY: In 2018 Parliament Square got its first statue of a woman, Millicent Fawcett, a founding member of the London Society for Women's this Suffrage |
| #8076, aired 2019-10-21 | U.S. CITIES: Named for the ore once mined there, this city at an altitude of 10,152 feet is home to the National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum Leadville |
| #8071, aired 2019-10-14 | CHEMICAL SYMBOL WORDPLAY: Fittingly, the symbols for the 4 elements in sodium citrate, which can make cheese melt easier, spell this 5-letter food nacho |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | HIT 1980s ALBUMS: This American singer-songwriter briefly landed on the U.N.'s apartheid blacklist for his 1986 multi-platinum album Paul Simon |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | OBSERVANCES: Washington made the very first presidential proclamation in response to a request for "a day of public" this Thanksgiving |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | PHRASE ORIGINS: The OED's first citation for this phrase referring to a region of the U.S. is from a Durant, Oklahoma newspaper in 1936 Dust Bowl |
| #8062, aired 2019-10-01 | MOUNTAIN RANGES: A chain of volcanoes is named for this mountain range where the continental USA's deadliest eruption took place Cascades |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | NATURAL GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES: Timely for 2018, in 1866 Mark Twain wrote of this landmark's "sputtering jets of fire" & "heat from Pele's furnaces" (Mount) Kilauea |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | AMERICAN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: The 1862 Morrill Act gave states federal acreage to sell for school funds, leading to the creation of 69 of these land-grant universities (land-grant colleges) |
| #8053, aired 2019-09-18 | THE 1940s: This nickname for a history-changing weapon of 1945 came from a character in "The Maltese Falcon" Fat Man |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | TOYS & GAMES: The prototype for this game that was introduced in 1948 was called Lexiko Scrabble |
| #8039, aired 2019-07-18 | NOTORIOUS: The death penalty has been carried out only once under Israeli law--in 1962, for this man Adolf Eichmann |
| #8036, aired 2019-07-15 | WOMEN AUTHORS: An award for works of horror, dark fantasy & psychological suspense honors this author who came to fame with a 1948 short story Shirley Jackson |
| #8035, aired 2019-07-12 | WORD ORIGINS: 19th c. boots made with India rubber made one quieter, leading to this slang term for one whose job involves surveillance a gumshoe |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | BESTSELLING NOVELS: For help with research, the author of this 2003 novel acknowledged the Louvre, Catholic World News & "five members of Opus Dei" The Da Vinci Code |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | 16th CENTURY NAMES: Hoping to stop Dominican friar Johannes Tetzel from preaching for indulgences, in 1517 he wrote a series of debate topics Martin Luther |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | MYTHOLOGY: In Homer there's only one of these, from the Greek for "terrible"; later they became 3 scary sisters the Gorgons |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | ON THE MAP: 9-letter name for an area of 10 million square miles--4/5 the size of Africa--but only about 120,000 square miles of it is dry land Polynesia |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | ANCIENT LITERATURE: If you were using an alternate name, the title of this work could be translated as "Troy Story" the Iliad |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | MEDICAL NEWS 2018: For the first time, the FDA approved a drug for the treatment of this, though there hadn't been a new case in 40 years smallpox |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | WORD HISTORY: This word for a bug or malfunction was popularized in the 1962 book "Into Orbit" by the Mercury astronauts glitch |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | GAMES: When this game was introduced in 1860, it had squares like Intemperance & Poverty & if you hit the Suicide square your game was over The Game of Life |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | AROUND THE USA: Astronomy buffs visit Idaho for the USA's first dark sky reserve; oddly, part of it is this resort area with a bright name Sun Valley |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | JAZZ CLASSICS: In one account, this song began as directions written out for composer Billy Strayhorn to Duke Ellington's home in Harlem "Take The "A" Train" |
| #7997, aired 2019-05-21 | POETRY & THE MOVIES: Robert Lowell's "For the Union Dead" honored the 54th Massachusetts, the infantry unit in this 1989 film that won 3 Oscars Glory |
| #7996, aired 2019-05-20 | NAME THE FRENCH AUTHOR: "I am making myself liable to Articles 30 & 31 of the law of 29 July 1881 regarding the press, which make libel a punishable offense" Émile Zola |
| #7991, aired 2019-05-13 | AMERICANA: John & Priscilla Alden lie in the USA's oldest maintained cemetery, which like a poem about the couple, is named for this person Myles Standish |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | WORDS OF THE 2000s: In 2008 Time magazine described this new practice as "one part social networking and one part capital accumulation" crowdfunding |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES: This term for an area of the Atlantic originated in 1964 in Argosy, a pulp magazine the Bermuda Triangle |
| #7974, aired 2019-04-18 | COMIC BOOK SUPERHEROES: During his years with the Justice League of America, this superhero sometimes used the secret identity "C. King" Aquaman |
| #7973, aired 2019-04-17 | 20th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS: His first name refers to the ancient district in which you'd find the Greek capital; his surname is a bird Atticus Finch |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: From the name of the world capital it serves, DEL is the 3-letter code for the Asian airport named for her Indira Gandhi |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | FAMOUS PHRASE ORIGINS: One theory says a phrase for euphoria comes from plate No. 9 in an 1896 meteorological "atlas" of these clouds |
| #7956, aired 2019-03-25 | FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION: Operating for only one week a year, a train line to this city moves over half a million people a day Mecca |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | 19th CENTURY NAMES: In 1854 he became official musical instrument maker to Emperor Napoleon III; an instrument he invented is named for him Adolphe Sax |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | STATE CAPITALS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI: The last 2 letters of this city's name are the U.S. postal abbreviation for the state that it's the capital of Albany |
| #7947, aired 2019-03-12 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY: Constructed in the 1930s, it extended from La Ferté to the Rhine River, though it also had sections along the Italian frontier Maginot Line |
| #7946, aired 2019-03-11 | PLAYWRIGHTS: Before his death in 2018 at age 91, he received 4 Tony Awards, a Pulitzer Prize & was nominated for 4 Oscars Neil Simon |
| #7943, aired 2019-03-06 | WORD ORIGINS: This 8-letter word for a reaction against a trend comes from an engineering term for a jolt caused by a gap in machine parts backlash |
| #7942, aired 2019-03-05 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT MATH: Total of the numbers of the amendments banning state-sponsored official religion, ending slavery & repealing Prohibition 35 |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY: Interpreting for Vaclav Havel, future ambassador Rita Klimova gave us this phrase for a smooth change of government the velvet revolution |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | WOMEN IN U.S. HISTORY: In 1901 this activist was jailed for inspiring the assassination of William McKinley, but the charge was later dropped Emma Goldman |
| #7929, aired 2019-02-14 | COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY: Named for a soldier killed in 1846 at the start of a war, it was in the news again as a port of entry to the U.S. in 2018 Brownsville |
| #7927, aired 2019-02-12 | ISLANDS: 650 miles off the U.S., it was the site of a 1609 shipwreck of colonists bound for Jamestown that may have inspired "The Tempest" Bermuda |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | PRIMETIME TV: "Complications" was a suggested title for this ABC drama that was renewed for a 15th season in 2018 Grey's Anatomy |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM: For a while in the 1840s, the French wanted to name this new discovery "Le Verrier" & the British wanted "Oceanus" Neptune |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | COMIC STRIP TITLE CHARACTERS: These 2 were named for a European "theologian who believed in predestination" & a "philosopher with a dim view of human nature" Calvin & Hobbes |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | TV PERSONALITIES: In 2000 this man was the host of a No. 1 rated network show & a No. 2 rated syndicated talk show Regis Philbin |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | CONTEMPORARY ART: After it was auctioned in 2018, a work by this artist was renamed "Love is in the Bin" Banksy |
| #7906, aired 2019-01-14 | FAMILIAR PHRASES: Originally a folk term for a chronic rash, this phrase got a new meaning as a title for a 1952 stage comedy & later a movie seven year itch |
| #7899, aired 2019-01-03 | 1940s HISTORY: Air Force pilot Gail Halvorson earned the nickname "Candy Bomber" for his actions during this 1948-49 event the Berlin airlift (or Berlin air drop) |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | U.S. NAVY SHIPS: "Peace through strength" is the motto of the U.S. aircraft carrier named for this man who professed the same policy Ronald Reagan |
| #7894, aired 2018-12-27 | COASTLINES: At 3,700 miles, the longest ocean trench is named for these 2 nations that share most of South America's Pacific coast Chile and Peru |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | BIBLE BOOKS: The title of this Old Testament book is from the Greek for "song sung to a harp" Psalms |
| #7878, aired 2018-12-05 | NAMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY: In 1999 the U.S. government was ordered to pay his family $16 million for less than 30 seconds of film Abraham Zapruder |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | THE NFL: For the 2018 draft this team tried to use a parrot to make a pick; the bird got stage fright the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| #7872, aired 2018-11-27 | ACTRESSES: In 1997 she became the first to win an Oscar for a film directed by her husband; her brother-in-law produced the film Frances McDormand |
| #7855, aired 2018-11-02 | SURNAMES: Evoking speed & luxury, this one of the 10 most common Italian surnames goes back to the Latin word for iron Ferrari |
| #7849, aired 2018-10-25 | STATE BIRDS: The 2-word name of this black & orange or black & golden state bird derives in part from the Latin for "golden" Baltimore oriole |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | AFRICAN CITIES: Also a judicial capital, this aptly named city is known for an annual rose festival that began in 1976 Bloemfontein |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | PLACES IN THE NEWS: In a hint of the future, in 1973 Marjorie Post gave it to the U.S. govt. as a warm-weather presidential retreat, but it was returned Mar-a-Lago |
| #7842, aired 2018-10-16 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM: Features on this body include Tombaugh Regio & Sleipnir Fossa, named for a horse that carried Odin to the underworld Pluto |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | AMERICA IN THE 1930s: In March 1933 CBS Radio's Robert Trout said, "The president wants to come into your home... for a little" this a fireside chat |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | WORLD LEADERS: He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice & the Literature Prize 7 times, winning for the latter in 1953 Winston Churchill |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | OSCAR HYPHENATES: This actor has never been nominated for acting--he won, though, as a writer for 1997 & as a producer for 2012 Ben Affleck |
| #7830, aired 2018-09-28 | CLASSIC FILMS: In this '70s Oscar-winning film, the title character's 1st words are "Why did you go to the police? Why didn't you come to me first?" The Godfather |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | U.S. LANDMARKS: In 1883 a Catholic diocese sold this to the state of Texas for $20,000 the Alamo |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | AUTHORS: After this woman's death, her daughter wrote, "As far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends at Y" Sue Grafton |
| #7827, aired 2018-09-25 | 20th CENTURY PLAYS: From its preface:
"It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman...hate him" Pygmalion |
| #7825, aired 2018-09-21 | COLOR ETYMOLOGY: This word for a gem & a shade of blue derives from the name of a Eurasian country from which gems came to Western Europe turquoise |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | SPORTS HALLS OF FAME: Posthumously, Axel Paulsen was among the first group of inductees into the World Hall of Fame for this in 1976 figure skating |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | BEFORE THEY WERE PRESIDENT: On October 4, 1940, for the premiere of what's been called his most famous movie role, Ronald Reagan was in this city South Bend, Indiana |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | DESIGN: Switching the syllables in the German word for building of a home gave this design & architecture school its name Bauhaus |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: To set a record for longest solo journey by kayak, 2,010 miles, Helen Skelton traveled through this nation for a month Brazil |
| #7812, aired 2018-07-24 | FASHION: Debuting in 1946, it was deemed "four triangles of nothing"; some critics even found it sinful a bikini |
| #7811, aired 2018-07-23 | FRENCH PHRASES: Paramnesia is another term for this French-named phenomenon--sound familiar? déjà vu |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | MODERN LANGUAGE: This slang term for an environmentalist is literally true of groups that used passive resistance vs. deforestation, as in India in 1973 a tree hugger |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | 1970s BESTSELLERS: The author of this novel thought of calling it "Silence in the Water" Jaws |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | AGRICULTURE: Turkey is the world's largest producer of these fruits; its town of Cerasus was famous for them cherries |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | INTERNATIONAL CINEMA: Getting its nickname from a capital, Dhallywood is the name for the film industry in this Asian country Bangladesh |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | MEDICINE & THE MOVIES: Vestibular rehabilitation is one treatment for a condition that is also the title of this 1958 suspense film Vertigo |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Australia's fourth-largest city, it's at the southern end of the road called Indian Ocean Drive Perth |
| #7782, aired 2018-06-12 | CHILDREN'S LIT: In 2017 the Maine farm & barn that inspired this classic 1952 novel were put up for sale Charlotte's Web |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | LITERARY SETTINGS: Ashdown Forest in Sussex inspired this fictional setting for a 1926 collection of stories for children the Hundred Acre Wood |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | GAMES: Names used in other languages for this chess piece include malka, rainha & rouva the queen |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | OSCAR-NOMINATED ACTORS: He was nominated twice for playing Oscar winners--a real one in a 1992 biopic & a fictional one in a 2008 combat comedy Robert Downey Jr. |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: For a link between oceans, the U.S. signed an 1859 treaty with Mexico giving us rights to this 2-syllable strip of land "of Tehuantepec" isthmus |
| #7767, aired 2018-05-22 | FAMOUS RUSSIANS: In November 1836 this writer got a letter naming him to the Most Serene Order of Cuckolds; in February 1837 he was dead Alexander Pushkin |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | U.S. GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY: In 1794 George Washington selected this spot, where today 3 states meet, for the site of a new armory Harpers Ferry |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | SCHOOL SUPPLY WORDS: Adding "P" to a word for a chronic back condition gets you this synonym for graphite or pencil lead plumbago |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | CITIES IN LITERATURE: In "Gone With the Wind", Rhett Butler says this city named for a monarch "is the South, only intensified" Charleston |
| #7756, aired 2018-05-07 | U.S. CITIES: This city, also the title of a film that won 2 Oscars, was named for a businessman known for 19th c. transportation Fargo |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | FASHION BRANDS: Translated from Roman numerals, "55" appears in luggage & watch product names from a company founded by this man Louis Vuitton |
| #7747, aired 2018-04-24 | AFRICA: Markers for this geog. designation are on Lake Victoria's Lwaji Island & at Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the Equator |
| #7744, aired 2018-04-19 | U.S. HISTORIC SITES: Its official seal includes the year 1864 for when it was established, a folded flag & a scroll inscribed "our most sacred shrine" Arlington National Cemetery |
| #7740, aired 2018-04-13 | U.S. PLACE NAMES: It's the only state named for a woman & whose capital is also named for a woman Maryland |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | FILMS OF THE 1990s: Tommy Lee Jones won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this movie based on a TV series that premiered in 1963 The Fugitive |
| #7718, aired 2018-03-14 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE: Each state has as many electors as its total of senators & reps.; D.C. has this many, the minimum for any state 3 |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | FIRST LADY FACTS: In 1982, when Bess Truman died, she had been enrolled in this government program for about 17 years, longer than anyone else Medicare |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | CLASSIC BRITISH NOVELS: A preface to this novel calls it "a loud hee-haw at all who yearn for utopia...& a pretty good fable in the Aesop tradition" Animal Farm |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | OSCAR HISTORY: In the 1940s he became the first person to receive nominations as actor, director & writer for the same film Orson Welles |
| #7710, aired 2018-03-02 | SPORTS TEAM MASCOTS: Echoing a rock band with 8 platinum albums, the teams of the Ark. School for the Deaf are named for this animal a leopard |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | ACTRESSES: Already an Emmy winner, in 2017 she won an Oscar for the same role that had won her a Tony Viola Davis |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | WORLD WAR I: Site of an arduous WWI campaign, this town on the Dardanelles gets its name from the Greek for "beautiful city" Gallipoli |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | FICTIONAL PLACES: Some residents of the place with this name came from Kensington Gardens, where they had fallen out of their perambulators Never Never Land |
| #7698, aired 2018-02-14 | HIT SONGS OF THE '90s: The title of this dance hit, No. 1 for 14 weeks in the '90s, can refer to a Seville, Spain neighborhood or a woman from there "Macarena" |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | CLASSIC TV HOMES: In 2017 the Bel-Air estate used in this '60s TV show was listed for $350 million The Beverly Hillbillies |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | AMERICAN BUSINESS: A 2007 headline said after being ridiculed since the 1950s, it "takes its victory lap" & noted the auction of one for $184,000 the Edsel |
| #7695, aired 2018-02-09 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS: An "ineffable quality", this 3-word title represents "the ability to go up in a hurtling piece of machinery" day after day The Right Stuff |
| #7694, aired 2018-02-08 | UNIVERSITIES: Famed for its health care system & medical school, it also sold 15 acres for $10 in 1947 to build CDC headquarters Emory University |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | FLAG COLORS: They're the 3 colors of New York City's flag & of the Knicks & Mets teams; 2 are on the Dutch flag & 1 used to be blue, white & orange |
| #7691, aired 2018-02-05 | CABLE TV HISTORY: "You need us... for everything you do" was a slogan used by this channel, one of the first to customize content by location The Weather Channel |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | WORLD CITY NAMES: Novosibirsk, the 3rd-largest city in Russia, translates as this "city": the 1st word for its more recent founding, the 2nd for its location New Siberia |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | THE THEATER: In 1915 this play opened for the last time on Broadway, ironically at the Booth Theatre Our American Cousin |
| #7674, aired 2018-01-11 | THE MOVIES: It's the first Oscar nominee for Best Picture to be produced by an internet streaming service Manchester by the Sea |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | PRESIDENTIAL HOMES: Originally called Rural Retreat, this 19th century presidential home has a name that's a synonym for "retreat" Hermitage |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | RECORD LABELS: This label, home to U2 & Bob Marley, was created, fittingly, in Jamaica with an investment of 1,000 pounds sterling Island Records |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | ADVERTISING CHARACTERS: This brand was looking for a Hemingway type when it hired Jonathan Goldsmith for its commercials Dos Equis |
| #7656, aired 2017-12-18 | ART: Perhaps bought from a Sears catalog, a window for an 1880s farmhouse inspired the name of this 1930 painting American Gothic |
| #7655, aired 2017-12-15 | MOVIE SETTINGS: The setting for this 1994 Oscar-winning animated film was inspired by Kenya's Hell's Gate National Park The Lion King |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | FRENCH CITIES: The name of this city in the Département du Nord comes from the Flemish for "church of the dunes" Dunkirk |
| #7649, aired 2017-12-07 | TIME MAGAZINE'S PERSON OF THE YEAR: Since "Man of the Year" became "Person of the Year" in 1999, only 1 individual woman has won: this European for 2015 Angela Merkel |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | 19th CENTURY EUROPE: This 1814-1815 gathering of leaders prompted Beethoven to compose the cantata "The Glorious Moment" the Congress of Vienna |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: For this series of picture books that started in 1987, each crowd scene takes about 8 weeks to illustrate Where's Waldo? |
| #7643, aired 2017-11-29 | FAMILIAR PHRASES: In the 1870s this phrase meant a hairdo, using a British word for bangs; now it's an extreme group on the edge of a cause a lunatic fringe |
| #7635, aired 2017-11-17 | STATE CAPITALS: A state capital since 1805, its name begins with the last 4 letters of the state's name Montpelier |
| #7633, aired 2017-11-15 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 2013 the village of Belrain renamed the last street in France that bore the name of this hero who became a traitor Maréchal Philippe Petain |
| #7632, aired 2017-11-14 | THEATRE: Despite objections from the playwright's estate, a 1991 French production of this 1952 play had a small all-female cast instead of male Waiting for Godot |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | AWARDS & HONORS: The Victoria Cross is for military bravery; this cross first given in 1940 & named for Victoria's great-grandson is for civilian bravery the George Cross |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | 19th CENTURY POETS: In 1824 he was refused burial in Westminster Abbey for "questionable morality"; in 1969 he got a memorial stone there Lord Byron |
| #7623, aired 2017-11-01 | THE OSCARS: For 1992, this New Yorker was the first man with 2 acting Oscar nominations in the same year for different films Al Pacino |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: This 1870 novel has a ship whose name is from the Greek for "sailor" & a captain whose name is Latin for "no one" Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |
| #7618, aired 2017-10-25 | AMERICANA: The tiny town of Cayce, Kentucky was the home & supplied the nickname of a man famous in this job an engineer |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | OSCAR WINNERS: He's the only actor to win 3 Best Actor Oscars, the most recent for his portrayal of a U.S. president Daniel Day-Lewis |
| #7608, aired 2017-10-11 | VISUAL VOCABULARY: A Latin word for a sea creature, in photography, it's a color that conveys nostalgia sepia |
| #7602, aired 2017-10-03 | 20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS: He said, "Never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another" Nelson Mandela |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE: On June 28, 1838 an archbishop jammed a ring made for her little finger onto her 4th; she had to soak it in ice water to get it off Queen Victoria |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | THE NORTHEASTERN U.S.: Once its own city, it joined with a neighbor in 1898; today on its own it would be the 4th most populous city in the U.S. Brooklyn, New York |
| #7597, aired 2017-09-26 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: At the Women in I.T. Awards in 2017, the head of MI-6 said today the real version of the character known by this letter is female Q |
| #7590, aired 2017-09-15 | GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS: "Connecting police for a safer world" is the motto of this 190-member organization Interpol |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | THE OSCARS: This Brit is the only actor to get Oscar nominations for playing 2 real-life U.S. presidents, both for 1990s films Anthony Hopkins |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | COLLEGES: When this school opened in 1845, the curriculum for the class of 50 had math & navigation, chemistry & gunnery & steam the U.S. Naval Academy |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | HISTORIC EVENTS: In June 1986 a bakers union expressed regret for a disaster in this European city 320 years before London |
| #7574, aired 2017-07-13 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: He holds the record for time between acting nominations for the same role, 39 years between 1976 & 2015 films Sylvester Stallone |
| #7569, aired 2017-07-06 | SPORTS TRADITIONS: Since 1986, reaching the quarterfinals of this event has entitled you to free tickets & free tea for life Wimbledon |
| #7559, aired 2017-06-22 | EUROPE 1962: Rudolf Abel & this American are most associated with Germany's Glienicke Bridge on February 10, 1962 Francis Gary Powers |
| #7557, aired 2017-06-20 | SHAKESPEARE TITLES: The verse from the Sermon on the Mount following "Judge not, that ye be not judged" inspired this Bard comedy title Measure for Measure |
| #7554, aired 2017-06-15 | RECENT OSCAR WINNERS: For his portrayal of a famous man born in the 1940s, he was the first actor born in the '80s to win the Best Actor Oscar Eddie Redmayne |
| #7550, aired 2017-06-09 | CONSTELLATIONS: The brightest star in Scorpius is named this, meaning "rival" of the god equivalent to Mars Antares |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | BRITISH KINGS: Bearing Roman numeral I, he subdued Wales & was called the "English Justinian" for his legal reforms Edward I |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | THE OSCARS: This man received 2 honorary Oscars in his career, & the actor who played him on film received a 1992 nomination for the role Charlie Chaplin |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | AFRICAN CAPITALS: This port city on the Congo River was founded in 1883 & is named for a European explorer Brazzaville |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | DOG BREEDS: This popular small dog breed is named for the man who was the Vicar of Swimbridge for almost 50 years, beginning in 1832 the Jack Russell Terrier |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | U.S. CITIES: In 2015 it returned to the list of the 50 most populous U.S. cities, 10 years after dropping off New Orleans |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | ERAS IN U.S. HISTORY: On April 11, 1865 Abraham Lincoln spoke of "the mode, manner, and means of" this, which he would not live to see Reconstruction |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | THE PULITZER PRIZES: In 1947 a journalist from the Washington Post became the last to win a Pulitzer for national reporting by this means telegraph (or telegram) |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | PLACE NAMES: A town named for its location where a river in Devon meets the English Channel, it's also the name of a college in New Hampshire Dartmouth |
| #7527, aired 2017-05-09 | FAMOUS TEACHERS: W.J. Bryan gave the keynote speech at this man's high school graduation in 1919; 6 years later their paths would cross again John Scopes |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | MONARCHS: In 2016 Elizabeth II became the world's longest-reigning living monarch when this country's king died after a 70-year reign Thailand |
| #7522, aired 2017-05-02 | MYTHOLOGY: This woman was created & given to Epimetheus as punishment for his brother's actions Pandora |
| #7511, aired 2017-04-17 | UNIVERSITIES: This university on John C. Calhoun's former plantation is named for Calhoun's son-in-law, who gave the land Clemson |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: A 2010 study of this country is subtitled "Inside the Land of Milk and Money" Switzerland |
| #7507, aired 2017-04-11 | AMERICANA: There are rest stops named for Edison, Lombardi & Woodrow Wilson on this road mentioned in the 1968 song "America" the New Jersey Turnpike |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | FAMOUS BRITISH NAMES: He used the coat of arms granted to his father in 1596; it depicts a long-shafted weapon, a visual pun on the family name William Shakespeare |
| #7497, aired 2017-03-28 | HISTORIC ANNIVERSARIES: In July 1938 about 2,000 people with an average age of 94 gathered at this site for a 75th & final reunion Gettysburg |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | SCIENTISTS: This European's 1751 "Philosophia Botanica" gave rules of nomenclature & said don't change generic names Carl Linnaeus |
| #7494, aired 2017-03-23 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: The word that gave us "picaresque" may also have inspired the name of this clever valet featured in a 1786 opera Figaro |
| #7493, aired 2017-03-22 | BUSINESS: This company founded in 1945 offers a special deal on the last day of January, March, May, July, August, October & December Baskin-Robbins |
| #7489, aired 2017-03-16 | INTERNATIONAL BEVERAGE BRANDS: The name of this popular beer brand founded in 1897 is a reference to the 20th century Dos Equis |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | WORLD AIRPORTS: This city's international airport is named for Antonio Carlos Jobim, who co-wrote a 1964 hit song Rio de Janeiro |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | THE OSCARS: Jimmy Stewart starred in 3 of the 6 films for which this Italian immigrant was nominated for Best Director Frank Capra |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | RELIGION: Famous Catholics who've publicly answered this question include Susan Boyle (sweets) & Paul Ryan (beer) What did you give up for Lent? |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | U.S. LANDMARKS: In 1942 a Maryland area was named for the Tibetan paradise in "Lost Horizon" but in 1953 was renamed this, for a young boy Camp David |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | 17th CENTURY GERMANS: Astronomer who began his epitaph, "I used to measure the heavens, now I shall measure the shadows of Earth" Johannes Kepler |
| #7473, aired 2017-02-22 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN YEARS: Year the New York World lamented, "The age of statesmen is gone... The age of rail-splitters and tailors... has succeeded" 1864 |
| #7470, aired 2017-02-17 | WORLD LANDMARKS: Completed in 1884, the Washington Monument became the tallest manmade structure but 4 years later was surpassed by this the Eiffel Tower |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | MYTHOLOGICAL NAMES: With depths of up to 30,000 feet, ocean trenches make up a zone named for this brother of Poseidon & his domain Hades |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | ACTRESSES: From 1959 to 1968, she made only 4 films but received Oscar nominations for Best Actress for all 4 Katharine Hepburn |
| #7456, aired 2017-01-30 | NAMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY: He headed a British committee on prison reform, which gave him the idea for founding a colony in America in 1732 James Oglethorpe |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | RELIGIOUS GROUPS: Their name comes from the Greek word for "Egyptian" the Copts (or Coptics) |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS: Her husband won in 1927; in 1934 she was the 1st woman to win the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal for exploration Anne Morrow Lindbergh |
| #7448, aired 2017-01-18 | U.S. HISTORY: On Dec. 7, 1787 30 delegates at Battell's Tavern gathered & made history in what's now this state capital Dover |
| #7437, aired 2017-01-03 | WORLD CITIES: Named for a saint & built in 1348, Vaclavske Namesti is the main square & center of cultural life in this capital city Prague |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Of the 5 countries with the lowest population density, this U.N. member is the only one named for a desert Namibia |
| #7432, aired 2016-12-27 | THE CIVIL WAR: Made from a boiler at a Mobile, Alabama machine shop, it was deemed a success though it went down off Charleston 3 times the Hunley |
| #7429, aired 2016-12-22 | LITERARY INSPIRATIONS: Seen here, the White City built for Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition is said to have inspired this author who then lived near it L. Frank Baum |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | LITTLE COUNTRIES: It's the closest nation to the mainland U.S. where cars customarily drive on the left the Bahamas |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | NYC TV: In 2010, in its fourth season, this TV show shifted its primary setting to 6th Avenue, 2 blocks west Mad Men |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: Nominated 8 previous times, he finally won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962, 6 years before his death John Steinbeck |
| #7421, aired 2016-12-12 | SCIENTISTS: In a 1694 Royal Society lecture, he suggested an astronomical cause for the biblical flood in Genesis Edmond Halley |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | PRINTING: The 3 major Western typefaces are Gothic, Roman & this one first used in an entire book in 1501 for a work by Virgil italics |
| #7418, aired 2016-12-07 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: 1 of 2 states whose first-ever electoral votes were cast for Woodrow Wilson (1 of) Arizona & New Mexico |
| #7416, aired 2016-12-05 | NAME'S THE SAME: Name shared by one of a trio of young chums in a popular book series & the daughter of Menelaus & Helen of Troy Hermione |
| #7410, aired 2016-11-25 | ENTERTAINERS: He won a Tony & later an Oscar for the same role & decades later, published a memoir called "Master of Ceremonies" Joel Grey |
| #7409, aired 2016-11-24 | FOOD HISTORY: In 1525 Spanish New World official Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo wrote, "The flesh of these peacocks is very good" turkeys |
| #7407, aired 2016-11-22 | EARLY AMERICA: William Bradford wrote that this document was partly inspired by the "mutinous speeches" of some passengers the Mayflower Compact |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | SCIENCE & MATH VOCABULARY: These 2 words are just 1 letter different; one is a whirlpool & the other a geometry term for a meeting point vertex & vortex |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | MEN OF SCIENCE: The symbols for 6 chemical elements spell out his name, beginning with cobalt, phosphorus & erbium Copernicus |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | TECHNOLOGY: In 2005 Steve Jobs used "It's sort of like TiVo for radio" to describe this new form podcasting |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | WORDS IN THE NEWS 2016: The Centre for European Reform is one of the sources credited with coining this new 6-letter portmanteau word Brexit |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | EUROPEAN ANNIVERSARIES: In 2006 for the 500th anniversary of this group, members trekked from the Canton of Ticino to St. Peter's Square the Swiss Guard |
| #7380, aired 2016-10-14 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: This character says, "Let me then tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee" Captain Ahab |
| #7379, aired 2016-10-13 | THE OSCARS: In 2005 he lost for Best Actor but won for directing, at 74 becoming the oldest winner ever in that category Clint Eastwood |
| #7363, aired 2016-09-21 | COLLEGE DISCIPLINES: Embracing the future & new technology in 1962, Purdue established the 1st college dept. in the U.S. for this 2-word discipline computer science |
| #7361, aired 2016-09-19 | AUTHORS: In 1948 he wrote he had an idea for a novel in which 2 guys hitchhike to California "in search of something they don't really find" Jack Kerouac |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: This Catholic university gets its name from the Latin for “new” & “house” & was in the news in Spring 2016 Villanova |
| #7350, aired 2016-07-22 | PAINTED LADIES: She's been called the "Mona Lisa of the North" & the poster girl for the Dutch Royal Picture Gallery in The Hague the Girl with the Pearl Earring |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | POLITICAL WORDS: Hamilton began & ended the Federalist Papers warning of this type of person, Greek for "people's leader" a demagogue |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | DISNEYLAND: This attraction was originally built for the New York World's Fair in 1964, with proceeds going to UNICEF It's a Small World |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | BUSINESSES: An 1860 ad for this business that only lasted 19 months sought "ten or a dozen men, familiar with the management of horses" the Pony Express |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS: Released in 2011, it's the only film that has won both the Oscar & France's Cesar for Best Film of the Year The Artist |
| #7333, aired 2016-06-29 | U.S. STATE GEOGRAPHY: Of the contiguous states, these 2 coastal states have elevation changes within them of more than 14,000 feet California & Washington |
| #7331, aired 2016-06-27 | FRENCH MONARCHS: His reign was interrupted for "100 days" in the 19th century before he was restored & reigned for 9 years more Louis XVIII |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | ACTRESSES: She won a 2006 Oscar & a 2015 Tony for playing the same monarch, though in different productions Helen Mirren |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | BEATLES SONGS: Later a book title, the 2-word title of this 1968 song is a British name for a spiral slide seen at fairgrounds "Helter Skelter" |
| #7318, aired 2016-06-08 | STATE CAPITALS: This Midwestern capital was named for a man who was born in what is now Turkey over 2,000 years ago St. Paul |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | 20th CENTURY NOTABLES: Despite protests in 2009 some of his personal effects as seen here were sold at auction Mohandas Gandhi |
| #7310, aired 2016-05-27 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS: "The Gold Bug", Edgar Allan Poe's story about the search for Captain Kidd's buried loot, helped inspire this 1883 novel Treasure Island |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | ADVERTISING ICONS: This spokes-animal created in 1951 got a wife & a daughter, Antoinette, in the 1970s Tony the Tiger |
| #7305, aired 2016-05-20 | U.S. HISTORY: In 1790 a deal made Washington the nation's capital; the room where it happened was at Jefferson's house & negotiators included Madison & this Cabinet member Alexander Hamilton |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: He was awarded a DFC in WWII for a combat mission as pilot of the B-24 bomber he named the "Dakota Queen" George McGovern |
| #7298, aired 2016-05-11 | STATE SONGS: Its state song rhymes "patriotic gore" with the name of its largest city Maryland |
| #7297, aired 2016-05-10 | ART MODELS: Seen here in 1942 are the real-life models for this painting American Gothic |
| #7296, aired 2016-05-09 | LEGISLATION: The original law called this was passed in 1944; today, there's a "Post-9/11" version that also pays for 36 months of university education the G.I. Bill |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | AUTHORS: She wrote in her journal in 1867 that a publisher "asked me to write a girls book. Said I'd try." Louisa May Alcott |
| #7293, aired 2016-05-04 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM: Its surface features include ones named for Margaret Mead, Josephine Baker & Cleopatra Venus |
| #7291, aired 2016-05-02 | WORD ORIGINS: From the Greek for "all views", this word was 1st used to describe a large 1787 painting of Edinburgh by artist Robert Barker panorama |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: In 1929 London's Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital was given all rights to this character created 27 years earlier Peter Pan |
| #7284, aired 2016-04-21 | CITY NAME ORIGINS: This city that's home to an NFL team is named for an 18th century British prime minister Pittsburgh |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | 18th CENTURY BRITISH SCIENTISTS: In 1705 he wrote, "And, if it should then return, we shall have no reason to doubt but the rest must return too" (Edmond) Halley |
| #7272, aired 2016-04-05 | FOOD & DRINK: This cereal brand that's been with us since the 1920s teamed up with a brewer in 2015 to create a Hefeweizen Wheaties |
| #7271, aired 2016-04-04 | BRITISH NOVELS: Local legend says that Top Withens, the Yorkshire farmhouse seen here, may have been an inspiration for this novel Wuthering Heights |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | OBITUARIES: On his death in 2015, his New York Times obit said he "built his stardom 90 percent on skill and half on wit" Yogi Berra |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | 20th CENTURY INVENTIONS: In the 1950s physicist Louis Essen built the 1st practical one of these, noting that it wouldn't give you the time of day an atomic clock |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1872 he wrote his thesis "Diseases of the Teeth" & soon after moved west to a drier climate for his health Doc Holliday |
| #7262, aired 2016-03-22 | CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOK CHARACTERS: The name of this character who lives in a forest is a shortening of an Italian word for a newborn Bambi |
| #7259, aired 2016-03-17 | GREAT BRITONS: A pair of shoes that he wore when making history in 1954 sold at auction in 2015 for more than $400,000 Roger Bannister |
| #7258, aired 2016-03-16 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: The last prisoner moved before the Bastille was stormed, this nobleman left behind the manuscript for his most infamous work the Marquis de Sade |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | 19th CENTURY DOCUMENTS: Its preamble substituted the words "a permanent federal government" for "a more perfect union" the Confederate Constitution |
| #7254, aired 2016-03-10 | WORDS & THEIR USE: Originally an electronics word for an output signal returning as input, today it means "criticism" or "evaluation" feedback |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | LITERARY GEOGRAPHY: Shelley subtitled a poem named for this famous geographic feature "Lines Written in the Vale of Chamouni" Mont Blanc |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | SPORTS NICKNAMES: Collective nickname for the group who "formed the crest of the South Bend Cyclone" the Four Horsemen |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | 20th CENTURY POETS: It was said "his accent which started out as pure American Middle West" became "quite British U" T.S. Eliot |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS: This 1,400-square-mile tourist destination's name comes from a Latin word for "greater" Majorca |
| #7239, aired 2016-02-18 | PEN NAMES: This children's author considered using the anagrams Edgar Cuthwellis & Edgar U.C. Westhill for his pen name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) |
| #7235, aired 2016-02-12 | THE U.S. SENATE: During his Senate service, which lasted from 1973 to January 2009, this man cast 12,810 votes Joe Biden |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: When this man joined Twitter in September 2015, his first follow was the National Security Agency's account Edward Snowden |
| #7231, aired 2016-02-08 | ROYALTY: In 1604, for a special project, he approved a list of scholars to work at Westminster, Cambridge & Oxford James I |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was the only 20th century president who never delivered an inaugural address President Ford |
| #7227, aired 2016-02-02 | ETYMOLOGY: This word referring to someone who is not an expert is from the Latin for "love" amateur |
| #7223, aired 2016-01-27 | THE EMMYS: It's the first show nominated for both Outstanding Comedy Series (2014) & Outstanding Drama Series (2015) Orange is the New Black |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | WORLD RELIGION: From a word meaning "tradition", this branch has over a billion followers, many in the Middle East Sunni |
| #7213, aired 2016-01-13 | 20th CENTURY LITERATURE: For factual details, the author of this 1972 tale drew on a book called "The Private Life of the Rabbit" Watership Down |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | BRITISH NOVELS: In some countries the subtitle "A Contemporary Satire" was used for this 1945 parable Animal Farm |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | THE 18th CENTURY: In 1765 Britain's PM said, after all we've done for the colonies, if they whine about this law, they'll whine about anything the Stamp Act |
| #7203, aired 2015-12-30 | GERMAN SCIENTISTS: Best known for his theories about planetary orbits, in 1604 he became the first to explain how eyeglasses correct vision Johannes Kepler |
| #7201, aired 2015-12-28 | TOP 40 SONGS: The first 2 Top 40 hits for this late singer--one in 1971, the other in 1973--ended up becoming official state songs John Denver |
| #7198, aired 2015-12-23 | BABY GIRLS' NAMES: In 2014 it was No. 1 in Sweden &, thanks to an animated movie, in the top 300 for U.S. baby girls for the first time in decades Elsa |
| #7195, aired 2015-12-18 | AMERICANA: While working for a plastics company, Don Featherstone created this iconic lawn decor, basing it on photos in National Geographic a pink flamingo |
| #7188, aired 2015-12-09 | DOG BREEDS: This small breed is named for a member of the 17th century House of Stuart the King Charles spaniel |
| #7187, aired 2015-12-08 | STATE CAPITALS: It's the only capital named for a signer of the Constitution Madison |
| #7186, aired 2015-12-07 | U.S. LEGISLATION: The website for this '60s act says, "First look to see if the information you are interested in is already publicly available" the Freedom of Information Act |
| #7185, aired 2015-12-04 | RELIGION IN AMERICA: The Dakotas & Minnesota are the 3 states with the largest % of residents identifying as this denomination Lutherans |
| #7180, aired 2015-11-27 | AUTHORS: In 1990 he said, "I would like to do what Faulkner did; carve out a little piece of Mississippi territory & claim it for my own" John Grisham |
| #7177, aired 2015-11-24 | THE OSCARS: For films of 2005 through 2012, he received nominations for Best Picture, Director, Writing & Acting George Clooney |
| #7174, aired 2015-11-19 | FRENCH NOVEL TITLE HEROES: He "looked as if he had been shut up for a long time in a tomb and... been unable to recover the... complexion of the living" the Count of Monte Cristo |
| #7173, aired 2015-11-18 | SPACE EXPLORATION: The first man to travel into space began his journey on that fateful day in what is today this country Kazakhstan |
| #7172, aired 2015-11-17 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES: These 2 6-letter rhyming countries both derive their names from rivers & were both once controlled by Great Britain Zambia & Gambia |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Famous mother of Pyrrha, who survived the Great Flood & with her husband repopulated the Earth Pandora |
| #7165, aired 2015-11-06 | CHILDREN'S LIT: As she arrived at the house of her new employer, "the wind seemed to catch her up into the air and fling her" at the door Mary Poppins |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Founded in 1873, it was endowed by & named for the richest man in America Vanderbilt University |
| #7155, aired 2015-10-23 | FLOWERS: The flower pictured here is called this, also a disparaging term for people on the political left a bleeding heart |
| #7151, aired 2015-10-19 | TODAY'S INTERNATIONAL FILM STARS: The first 2 Spanish actors to win acting Academy Awards, they got married soon after they both had won Penélope Cruz & Javier Bardem |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | U.S. LANDMARKS: For its 50th anniversary in 2012, the roof of this landmark was temporarily repainted its original color, Galaxy Gold the Space Needle (in Seattle) |
| #7143, aired 2015-10-07 | MOVIE CHARACTERS: Charlton Heston's wardrobe in 1954's "Secret of the Incas" inspired the clothes worn by this adventurous character 27 years later Indiana Jones |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | WORD HISTORY: From the Latin for "buy back", it once referred to buying a slave's freedom & today can refer to being saved from sin redeem (or redemption) |
| #7140, aired 2015-10-02 | NOTABLE AMERICAN WOMEN: U.N. delegate was one role of this woman who wrote, "I could not... be contented to take my place in a warm corner by the fireside" Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #7134, aired 2015-09-24 | FOREIGN PHRASES: This French phrase refers to part of the Order of the Holy Ghost; its knights became known for serving superb dinners Cordon Bleu |
| #7121, aired 2015-07-27 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: The first movement of the 1888 suite named for her is titled "The Sea and Sindbad's Ship" Scheherazade |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: The mission of this Western university founded in 1875 is "to assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life" Brigham Young University |
| #7117, aired 2015-07-21 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 1909 this Oxford student surveyed Crusader castles in the Mideast; a few years later he returned for less peaceful activities T.E. Lawrence |
| #7112, aired 2015-07-14 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: The debate team at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire is named for this man who entered the academy in 1796 Daniel Webster |
| #7107, aired 2015-07-07 | INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS: Due to developments in 2012, this annual summer contest now lists no winner from the years 1999-2005 the Tour de France |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | FAMOUS WOMEN: On January 5, 1939, in a Los Angeles probate court, this national heroine was declared legally dead Amelia Earhart |
| #7100, aired 2015-06-26 | NOVEL CHARACTERS: This lawyer from a famed 1960 novel shares a name with an ancient Roman renowned for his wisdom Atticus Finch (from To Kill a Mockingbird) |
| #7099, aired 2015-06-25 | POP STARS: She won the 1984 Grammy for Best New Artist & in 2013 became the first solo woman to win a Tony Award for Best Score Cyndi Lauper |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: Published for the first time in 2014, her "Pioneer Girl" was initially rejected, revised & transformed into a fictional series Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| #7093, aired 2015-06-17 | THE OSCARS: In her 30s, this Texan was up for Best Actress in 2002 & 2003; she won Best Supporting in 2004 in a Civil War drama Renée Zellweger |
| #7090, aired 2015-06-12 | SHIPS IN THE NEWS: In 2012 Nature magazine ran an obituary for this ship, which "died after a long struggle with bad publicity" the Exxon Valdez |
| #7088, aired 2015-06-10 | HISTORIC QUOTES: During the 1976 presidential campaign, Ronald Reagan said of this, "We built it, we paid for it, it's ours & we are going to keep it" the Panama Canal |
| #7087, aired 2015-06-09 | HUMANITIES & HISTORY: Echoing the Morse code for V, in WWII the BBC's "V for Victory" campaign used this classical work as a theme Beethoven's Fifth Symphony |
| #7086, aired 2015-06-08 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: This name made famous in a 17th century novel is derived from the Spanish for "sweet" Dulcinea |
| #7085, aired 2015-06-05 | MOTTOES: Though the 2 men were very different, this 4-word motto came to represent both Oscar Wilde & Louis B. Mayer "Art for art's sake" |
| #7081, aired 2015-06-01 | SPORTS RULES: The Syracuse owner created this in 1954 & it may have helped his team succeed the Lakers as champs the next year the 24-second shot clock |
| #7072, aired 2015-05-19 | EUROPEAN CITIES: The European Central Bank is based in this city sometimes called "Mainhattan" Frankfurt |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | THE OSCARS: Last name of the only family to have a father & daughter receive Academy Award nominations for Best Director Coppola |
| #7064, aired 2015-05-07 | MASCOTS: For the first time in almost 100 years, this pro team has an official mascot, a bear named Clark the Chicago Cubs |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | LITERATURE: Interestingly, at the start of this novel, Prince Oblonsky, the title character's brother, has been unfaithful Anna Karenina |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | BODIES OF WATER: The Finnish call it Itameri & the Germans call it Ostsee the Baltic Sea |
| #7051, aired 2015-04-20 | BUSINESS: This social media company launched in October 2010; in 2012, with about a dozen employees & no revenue, it sold for $1 billion Instagram |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | GEOGRAPHY: The Caucasian Isthmus lies between these 2 large inland bodies of water the Caspian Sea & the Black Sea |
| #7044, aired 2015-04-09 | REFERENCE WORKS: Now in its fourth edition, the book with this title first appeared in 1918 as a 43-page guide for Cornell English students The Elements of Style |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | EUROPEAN HISTORY: A 3-letter 9th century tribe is in the names of 2 21st century countries: the world's most vast, & this one Belarus |
| #7038, aired 2015-04-01 | ETYMOLOGY: From the Latin for "to walk before", a famous example of this 8-letter word was written in 1787 preamble |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | COMEDY INSPIRATIONS: Rodney Dangerfield credited this 1972 Best Picture Oscar winner for inspiring his most famous line The Godfather |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | ACTRESSES: For playing a legal assistant in a 2000 film, she became the first actress to crash the $20 million salary barrier Julia Roberts |
| #7030, aired 2015-03-20 | UNWANTED FIRSTS: Jean Valliere, burned in 1523, is considered the first martyr of this religious group the Huguenots |
| #7019, aired 2015-03-05 | PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM WINNERS: She was called a "Trailblazer for America's daughters" when she won in 2012, a century after founding an organization Juliette Gordon Low |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | WORD ORIGINS: Describing anything very showy, in architecture it refers to a style using curves like tongues of fire flamboyant |
| #7007, aired 2015-02-17 | CALIFORNIA CITIES: A park, elementary school & medical pavilion named for Herbert Hoover are found in this 2-word California city Palo Alto |
| #7004, aired 2015-02-12 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Not in the 10 longest, this 1,560-mile river in a fertile basin flows by 29 cities of over 100,000 people the Ganges |
| #7003, aired 2015-02-11 | REFERENCE BOOK MAKERS: In 1863 he used the epigraph "I have gathered... other men's flowers, & nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own" John Bartlett |
| #7002, aired 2015-02-10 | BROADWAY MUSICALS: Winner of a Tony for Best Musical, it culminates with an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Jersey Boys |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | 19th CENTURY WRITERS: After his death, he was given full military honors in Greece before his body was returned home for burial at his baronial seat Lord Byron |
| #6999, aired 2015-02-05 | LISTS: Efforts to save historic treasures threatened by the creation of the Aswan High Dam led UNESCO to create this list the World Heritage (Sites) list |
| #6997, aired 2015-02-03 | MATH TERMS: This word for a process that leads to the solution to a problem comes from the Arabic name of a 9th century mathematician algorithm |
| #6995, aired 2015-01-30 | INVENTORS: In 1702 Thomas Savery wrote of one of his designs, "Such an engine will do the work or labour of ten or twelve" these horses |
| #6992, aired 2015-01-27 | BEST ACTOR OSCARS: 1 of 2 performers to win 2 Best Actor Oscars for films that won Best Picture Marlon Brando or Dustin Hoffman |
| #6990, aired 2015-01-23 | RIVERS: This North American river first sailed by Europeans in 1534 is named for a man who was martyred in Rome in the 3rd century the St. Lawrence River |
| #6989, aired 2015-01-22 | CANDY: An early TV ad for this candy bar featured a fleur-de-lis flag & a song with the lyrics "fun for all" 3 Musketeers |
| #6987, aired 2015-01-20 | LAST WORDS: In 1170 he said, "I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace" St. Thomas Becket |
| #6983, aired 2015-01-14 | U.S. STATES: The difference of this Southern state's highest & lowest points is only 345 feet, the smallest disparity among the states Florida |
| #6978, aired 2015-01-07 | HISTORICAL NICKNAMES: In the Red Star in 1976, Capt. Yuri Gavrilov coined this nickname for a U.K. politician who had made a speech against the USSR the "Iron Lady" |
| #6970, aired 2014-12-26 | AFRICAN FLAGS: The flag of Burundi has stars representing the Twa & these 2 other ethnic groups much in the news in the 1990s the Hutu & the Tutsi |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | WORD ORIGINS: In the mid-1960s, a decade after it first appeared in a holiday tale, this word came to be used for any mean killjoy grinch |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | 20th CENTURY SCULPTURE: Its sculptor asked for prayer that this work would "endure until the wind and the rain alone shall wear them away" Mount Rushmore |
| #6961, aired 2014-12-15 | POETRY: The narrator mistakes the presence of this title creature for the wind & later calls it prophet the raven |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | MOVIE TITLE REFERENCES: For this 1971 film the reference is to the 1948 film "Red River" The Last Picture Show |
| #6955, aired 2014-12-05 | HEALTH & MEDICINE: In 1985 the Surgeon General called this "the best rescue technique in any choking situation" the Heimlich maneuver |
| #6954, aired 2014-12-04 | TOY BRANDS: This product's website has stated, "Helping imagination take shape for over 50 years!" & "Fun to (use), not to eat" Play-Doh |
| #6953, aired 2014-12-03 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: This city of 650,000 people is the most populous U.S. city not found in a U.S. state Washington, D.C. |
| #6950, aired 2014-11-28 | ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY: The remains for Arlington's first monument to unknown soldiers mostly came from this battlefield 30 miles away Bull Run |
| #6947, aired 2014-11-25 | PEOPLE IN THE ARTS: He once said, "It is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things" Maurice Sendak |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | SHAKESPEAREAN GEOGRAPHY: Of the 5 cities mentioned in Shakespeare play titles, it's the only one not found in Europe Tyre |
| #6943, aired 2014-11-19 | 21st CENTURY BOOKS: Set in the Great Depression, this 2006 novel has an epigraph from "Horton Hatches the Egg" Water for Elephants |
| #6941, aired 2014-11-17 | THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE: This capital city, which at 12,330 miles is farthest from Madrid, is named for a soldier who spent time in Madrid Wellington |
| #6936, aired 2014-11-10 | STATE HOLIDAYS: This is the only state that honors a former U.S. Secretary of State with his own legal holiday Alaska |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | SPORTS LOGOS: This NFL team's logo is the only one that is a plant the New Orleans Saints (the Fleur de Lis) |
| #6933, aired 2014-11-05 | ARTISTS: Illustrations by this man show why his name has become the standard for children's book artistry (Randolph) Caldecott |
| #6928, aired 2014-10-29 | AMERICAN-BORN AUTHORS: In 1915 his reasons for naturalization included "having lived and worked in England for the best part of forty years" Henry James |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | TONY NOMINATIONS: Although she has appeared in only 2 Broadway musicals, she got Tony nominations for both, for 1962 & 1964 Barbra Streisand |
| #6924, aired 2014-10-23 | FRENCH FOOD HISTORY: A popular product was born when Jean Naigeon of this city substituted the juice of unripe grapes for vinegar Dijon |
| #6919, aired 2014-10-16 | LITERATURE: This title 1864 adventure is embarked upon by a descent into Iceland's Mount Sneffels Journey to the Center of the Earth |
| #6916, aired 2014-10-13 | SPORTS FIGURES: He was featured on the September 22, 1947 cover of Time with the caption "He and the boss took a chance" Jackie Robinson |
| #6914, aired 2014-10-09 | HISTORICAL FIGURES: A 2012 poll by Britain's National Army Museum voted this man, born in 1732, as the nation's greatest military enemy George Washington |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | MUSIC: John Williams said his music for this event, not a film, tried to capture "the spirit of cooperation, of heroic achievement" the (1984 Summer) Olympics (in Los Angeles) |
| #6905, aired 2014-09-26 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: In 1936 at age 79, he published an article in Esquire magazine in which he described how to pick a jury Clarence Darrow |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHARTS: 11 movie soundtrack albums by this performer hit the Billboard Top 10, with 4 hitting No. 1 Elvis Presley |
| #6898, aired 2014-09-17 | MUSICAL THEATER: In "Godspell" this character leads the company in singing, "Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord" John the Baptist (or Judas Iscariot) |
| #6896, aired 2014-09-15 | AUTHORS: In 1937 his sister said he had "hats of every description" which he would use as a "foundation of his next book" Dr. Seuss |
| #6895, aired 2014-08-01 | AWARDS & HONORS: There were no winners for this award from 1939 through 1943; in 1944, it was won by the International Committee of the Red Cross the Nobel Peace Prize |
| #6894, aired 2014-07-31 | BESTSELLING BOOKS: This novel is dedicated to Esther Earl, who died of thyroid cancer at 16 & never got to read it The Fault in Our Stars |
| #6893, aired 2014-07-30 | GREAT MOMENTS IN 19th CENTURY SCIENCE: Matthias Schleiden found plants are made up of these; at dinner he told Theodor Schwann who said, hey, so are animals cells |
| #6892, aired 2014-07-29 | DAYS OF THE WEEK: In Spanish & French, the word for Friday comes from Latin for "day of" this goddess Venus |
| #6890, aired 2014-07-25 | WEBSITES: A slang term for Harvard's freshman register gave this website its name Facebook |
| #6889, aired 2014-07-24 | NOVEL WORDS: This word for a person without certain abilities has made it from the realm of fantasy to the OED a muggle |
| #6888, aired 2014-07-23 | LITERARY HEROINES: Fittingly, this character is named for a plant also known as arrowhead that belongs to the genus Sagittaria Katniss Everdeen |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | WORLD LANDMARKS: Built for a World's Fair in 1889, its visitors that year included the Prince of Wales & Buffalo Bill; it still gets 7 million a year the Eiffel Tower |
| #6877, aired 2014-07-08 | SCIENCE WORDS: Appropriately, this word from Latin for "unfold" isn't in the first edition of "Origin of Species", but does appear in later editions evolution |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | FAMOUS OBJECTS: In 1950 the England-Scotland border was closed for the first time in 400 years to try to recover this stolen item the Stone of Scone |
| #6871, aired 2014-06-30 | 1970s FILMS: In 2013 Mario Cuomo said he finally saw this film, which he had boycotted for personal reasons, & called it "maybe... a masterpiece" The Godfather |
| #6864, aired 2014-06-19 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: Founded in 1908, this big company was removed from the S&P 500 in 2009 after filing for bankruptcy but returned in 2013 General Motors |
| #6861, aired 2014-06-16 | WORD ORIGINS: This noun meaning a secret plan comes from the Latin for "to breathe together" conspiracy |
| #6857, aired 2014-06-10 | SCIENTISTS: As a humorous tribute, an astronomical term equivalent to at least 4 billion has been named for him Carl Sagan |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1911 Glenn Curtiss received this document Number 1 a pilot's license |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | OSCAR-WINNING WRITERS: Winning for 1999, this New England writer is the last person to win an Oscar for adapting his own novel John Irving |
| #6850, aired 2014-05-30 | 19th CENTURY POLITICS: A Senate seat from this Southern state sat vacant for 4 years; when it was filled, its ex-occupant had become U.S. president Tennessee |
| #6848, aired 2014-05-28 | OPERA: In a bit of foreshadowing, the title character's dad has committed suicide before the action of this 1904 opera Madame Butterfly |
| #6847, aired 2014-05-27 | 20th CENTURY PLAY TITLES: This play's title comes from the name of a Greek king said to have carved a statue of a woman & fallen in love with it Pygmalion |
| #6846, aired 2014-05-26 | TITLE MOVIE ROLES: In 1984, in the first of the films featuring this character, he only has 21 lines, for a total of 133 words the Terminator |
| #6844, aired 2014-05-22 | TECHNOLOGY: When Apple sued for iPad patent infringement, Samsung cited this 1968 movie as the originator of the design 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #6843, aired 2014-05-21 | ORGANIZATIONS: The full name of this scholarly group founded after a lecture in 1660 includes "of London for Improving Natural Knowledge" the Royal Society |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | SECRETARIES OF STATE: Serving 160 years apart, these 2 Secretaries of State are the only ones who never married Condoleezza Rice & James Buchanan |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: 1 of the 2 movies in the last 30 years, one a drama & one a comedy, to win Oscars for Best Actor & Best Actress The Silence of the Lambs or As Good as It Gets |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | NAMES ON THE MAP: Visited by Jacques Cartier in 1534, it was later renamed for Queen Victoria's father, the Duke of Kent Prince Edward Island |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | 19th CENTURY POEMS: Written about the U.S. occupation of the Philippines, a Kipling poem said, "Take up" this now-controversial phrase the White Man's burden |
| #6835, aired 2014-05-09 | FAMOUS BOOKS: It was published March 26, 1830; a very popular work with the same name premiered March 24, 2011 The Book of Mormon |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | WORD ORIGINS: This word for a timid person comes from the last name of a character in a 1920s newspaper comic called "The Timid Soul" milquetoast |
| #6825, aired 2014-04-25 | COMPUTERS: The creator of this computer command called it "a 5-minute job"; in 2013 Bill Gates called it "a mistake" Ctrl-Alt-Delete |
| #6824, aired 2014-04-24 | DIARIES & JOURNALS: This archaeologist's diary for November 26, 1922 mentions 2 "ebony-black effigies of a king, gold sandalled" Howard Carter |
| #6819, aired 2014-04-17 | 19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS: Good looks weren't enough as he became the only full-term president rejected in a bid for his party's 2nd term nomination Franklin Pierce |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | HISTORIC IRONY: Theodor Herzl was inspired to begin the work that's the foundation for modern Zionism by an opera by this composer Richard Wagner |
| #6811, aired 2014-04-07 | FOOD & DRINK: The corporate website for this product says it leaves its container at .028 miles per hour Heinz ketchup |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | FAMOUS WOMEN: This crusader, in 1906: "More than 60 years of hard struggle for a little liberty, & then to die without it seems so cruel" Susan B. Anthony |
| #6806, aired 2014-03-31 | LITERATURE & OPERA: An aria in this Shakespeare-based opera says, "Di scozia a te promettono le profetesse il trono... Che tardi?" Macbeth |
| #6802, aired 2014-03-25 | MEDICAL ETYMOLOGY: Because of where in the body it is produced, this hormone's name comes from the Latin for "island" insulin |
| #6798, aired 2014-03-19 | THE MUSIC INDUSTRY: She beat out newcomers like Bieber & Gaga to top Forbes' list of the highest-paid people in music for 2013 Madonna |
| #6797, aired 2014-03-18 | BRITISH AUTHORS: The author of more than 50 books, he won 6 Hugo awards & was nominated for a 1968 Oscar Arthur C. Clarke |
| #6795, aired 2014-03-14 | ACTORS & OSCARS: He was nominated for Oscars in 5 consecutive decades; the last nod was for his 1978 role as a Nazi hunter Sir Laurence Olivier |
| #6789, aired 2014-03-06 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHORS: He's the most recent winner of 2 Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction, winning in 1982 & 1991 for books in the same series John Updike |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | MODERN DAY SUFFIXES: Dating from 1973, this 4-letter suffix indicates a person or thing that has become associated with public scandal -gate |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE: Frederick Douglass said this man's "zeal in the cause of my race was far greater than mine" John Brown |
| #6776, aired 2014-02-17 | 19th CENTURY NAMES: In preparation for a work he published in 1828 that was over 20 years in the making, he learned 26 languages Noah Webster |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | ISLANDS: In a satellite photo, volcanic activity can be seen on this 10,000-square-mile island Sicily |
| #6770, aired 2014-02-07 | WORLD POLITICS: When these 2 men swapped jobs in 2012, their country's media described the move as "castling" Putin & Medvedev |
| #6768, aired 2014-02-05 | THE PERIODIC TABLE: Of the element symbols that don't match the element's English name, this element's symbol is alphabetically 1st silver |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | INVENTORS: In an 1854 demonstration, he said, "Cut the rope"; his invention kicked in, then he said, "All safe, gentlemen" Elisha Otis |
| #6764, aired 2014-01-30 | COMEDIC ACTRESSES: She's won Emmys for 3 different TV shows & in 2013 she broke Lucille Ball's record for most nominations by a comedic actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
| #6761, aired 2014-01-27 | THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT: This office is named for a tablecloth imprinted with squares that was once used as an abacus the Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| #6753, aired 2014-01-15 | 16th CENTURY PEOPLE: This non-Brit said in 1532, "I advised (Henry VIII) that it would be better for him to take a concubine than to ruin his people" Martin Luther |
| #6747, aired 2014-01-07 | THE TITANIC: A member of Parliament said, "Those who have been saved have been saved through one man", this Italian Marconi |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | ACTORS: In the '50s he won a Tony for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical & a Best Actor Oscar for playing the same role, a monarch Yul Brynner |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: This intellectual forum started in 1984, bringing together people from 3 different industries, hence its 3-letter name TED |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | TECH TERMS: In a July 1990 post Yisrael Radai called this 7-letter term "a word I just coined for Trojans, viruses, worms etc." malware |
| #6734, aired 2013-12-19 | TV CHARACTERS: Jerry Jones, Mark Cuban & Mayor Mike Rawlings were 3 of the real folks at the 2013 memorial for this TV character J. R. Ewing |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: Joy, Nellie & Aranea are 3 of the many children of this title character Charlotte |
| #6731, aired 2013-12-16 | COUNTRIES FOR SHORT: North Korea is the DPRK; this country is the LPDR Laos |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | HEALTH & MEDICINE 2013: There's news of the first lab test for this 10-letter condition the NIH calls the leading cause of disability for Americans 15 to 44 depression |
| #6727, aired 2013-12-10 | STATE CAPITALS: It's the Southern city in which the building seen here is located; counting the panels may help Austin |
| #6725, aired 2013-12-06 | HISTORIC LETTERS: In April 1865 she wrote to Mary Lincoln, "I cannot remain silent... brokenhearted by the loss of my own beloved husband" Queen Victoria |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | AUTHORS: An international airport in Jamaica is named for this author who set many of his stories of the 1950s & 1960s there Ian Fleming |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The second man to become president who was never elected to the job, he twice ran for the position unsuccessfully Millard Fillmore |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | NOVEL TITLES: These are not found in the Koran, & the angel Gabriel told Muhammad that they were not revealed by God the Satanic Verses |
| #6711, aired 2013-11-18 | BUILDINGS: Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for this building on October 13, 1932 & got to work in it for about 6 years the U.S. Supreme Court Building |
| #6709, aired 2013-11-14 | SYMBOLS: One legend says Clovis, king of the Franks, adopted this symbol after flowers revealed a safe river crossing for his army the fleur-de-lis |
| #6706, aired 2013-11-11 | 2013 NEWSMAKERS: The name of this woman who achieved a long-held goal in 2013 is a homophone of a word for a water nymph Diana Nyad |
| #6702, aired 2013-11-05 | FIRST FAMILIES: Sasha & Malia Obama are the first presidential children who were not old enough to vote for Dad since this one Chelsea Clinton |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | FOOD & DRINK: This soft drink was named for a digestive enzyme & a native African plant Pepsi-Cola |
| #6700, aired 2013-11-01 | NATIONS OF THE WORLD: The only 2 countries in the Americas that border each other & begin with the same letter Brazil & Bolivia |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | INTERNET FIRSTS: A broken laser pointer for $14.83 in 1995 holds this distinction the first item sold on eBay |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | FOREIGN CURRENCY: Iran's 50,000 rial note includes an international symbol for one of these, featuring 3 well-defined orbits an atom |
| #6690, aired 2013-10-18 | CARS: Introduced as a 2-seater & later celebrated in song, it was Motor Trend's Car of the Year for 1958, 1987, 1989 & 2002 the T-Bird |
| #6689, aired 2013-10-17 | TRADEMARKS: Facebook & TiVo have both claimed trademarks for an icon representing this gesture thumbs-up |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | WORLD CAPITALS: It's the capital city of the only country that borders both the Mediterranean Sea & the Black Sea Ankara |
| #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | CHILDREN'S BOOK SERIES: The impetus for these books came from a vision the author had "of a faun carrying an umbrella & parcels in a snowy wood" (The Chronicles of) Narnia |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | INVENTORS: Last name of the man whose 1934 patent application for a tool is seen here Phillips |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: With 3 each, "On the Waterfront" is tied with this film & its sequel for most Best Supporting Actor nominations The Godfather |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | THE INTERNET: The animal for which this computer program is named is actually a red panda Firefox |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | CLASSIC ALBUMS: This 1960s album ends with the line "I'd love to turn you on" Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | WORLD WAR II: Because time was short, only this ship's starboard side, used for boarding, was repainted September 1, 1945 the USS Missouri |
| #6663, aired 2013-07-31 | THE CIVIL WAR: Abraham Lincoln called this document, which took effect in 1863, "a fit and necessary war measure" the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #6657, aired 2013-07-23 | OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS: They're the only 2 Best Actor winners with the same last name; one was a winner for 1979 & 1988, the other for 2005 Dustin Hoffman & Philip Seymour Hoffman |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | VIDEO GAME HISTORY: The title princess of this game, which launched a best-selling franchise, was named for F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife The Legend of Zelda |
| #6640, aired 2013-06-28 | 1950s FICTION: John Updike wrote "Rabbit, Run" partly in reaction to this more carefree novel that was published 3 years earlier On the Road |
| #6638, aired 2013-06-26 | MOVIES & THE BIBLE: In this crime drama, a 1994 Oscar nominee for Best Picture, a character misquotes Ezekiel 25:17 twice Pulp Fiction |
| #6634, aired 2013-06-20 | WORLD LEADERS: Since 1991 this country has had only 3 different presidents; the current one took over in 2012 for the second time Russia |
| #6627, aired 2013-06-11 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: This 1884 novel begins in the fictional town of St. Petersburg & ends in Pikesville, 1,100 miles down the Mississippi Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| #6623, aired 2013-06-05 | SPORTING EVENTS: An old name for this Olympic sporting event is the quinquertium the pentathlon |
| #6618, aired 2013-05-29 | AMERICAN MILITARY MEN: In April 1951 he told Congress, "In war there can be no substitute for victory" General MacArthur |
| #6617, aired 2013-05-28 | AMERICAN ACTORS: Reflecting a long friendship dating to a 1962 film they did together, Brock Peters gave the eulogy at this star's 2003 funeral Gregory Peck |
| #6603, aired 2013-05-08 | FAMOUS ENGLISHMEN: On the eve of his 200th birthday in 2009, the Church of England offered him "an apology for misunderstanding you" Charles Darwin |
| #6601, aired 2013-05-06 | STATE QUARTERS: The back of the quarter for this state is the only one that features a monarch Hawaii |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | SCIENCE: For a 1953 paper Odile Crick drew the diagram showing the structure of this DNA |
| #6591, aired 2013-04-22 | BEST ACTRESS OSCAR NOMINEES: Her nomination in 1987 was the first Best Actress nomination for a science fiction film Sigourney Weaver |
| #6579, aired 2013-04-04 | AT THE GROCERY STORE: The national promotion board for this food, Citrullus lanatus, lists hydration as a primary health benefit watermelon |
| #6577, aired 2013-04-02 | AUTHORS: This author who passed away in 2012 quipped, "For those who haven't read the books, I am known best for my hair preparations" Gore Vidal |
| #6573, aired 2013-03-27 | AWARDS: For 2012, the front of these awards shows Nike stepping out of the Parthenon & the reverse depicts the Thames the Olympic medals |
| #6570, aired 2013-03-22 | SCIENCE WORDS: This biological term for cell division was borrowed in 1939 to describe a form of energy release fission |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | THE OSCARS: Brother & sister who were both nominated for 1969 Oscars: he for a screenplay, she for Best Actress; they didn't win Jane Fonda & Peter Fonda |
| #6555, aired 2013-03-01 | BUSINESS HISTORY: In 1938 his company began installing instruments in U.S. homes to record the frequencies to which a radio was tuned A.C. Nielsen |
| #6553, aired 2013-02-27 | SPEECHWRITERS: To the question "Did you write the best-known line in JFK's inaugural?", Ted Sorensen would smile & say these 2 words Ask not |
| #6550, aired 2013-02-22 | ITALY: The Italian word for "shadow" is used as a local variation on the name of this region midway between Rome & Florence Umbria |
| #6548, aired 2013-02-20 | CLASSIC JAZZ SONGS: The title of this 1959 instrumental is a synonym for "Time Out", the album on which it first appeared "Take Five" |
| #6542, aired 2013-02-12 | MILITARY MEN: On June 6, 1944 he said, "The eyes of the world are upon you" Dwight David Eisenhower |
| #6541, aired 2013-02-11 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: In the 1st chapter of this 1939 novel, "When the night came again it was black night, for the stars could not pierce the dust" The Grapes of Wrath |
| #6540, aired 2013-02-08 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: Recently in the news, this agency traces its origins to an 1803 act helping Portsmouth, N.H. after a fire FEMA |
| #6537, aired 2013-02-05 | SHORT STORIES: It says, "The body of the trooper having been buried in the church yard, the ghost rides forth... in nightly quest of his head" "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" |
| #6525, aired 2013-01-18 | MILITARY SLOGANS: In 1779 U.S. Marine Corps Captain William Jones advertised for these, later a 1992 movie title A Few Good Men |
| #6524, aired 2013-01-17 | 19th CENTURY LITERARY INTRODUCTIONS: Title character who's "clad in black from head to foot, without a single speck of colour about him anywhere" Dracula |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | U.S. LANDMARKS: Design artist Iwao Takamoto said the exterior for the Skypad Apartments on "The Jetsons" was inspired by a landmark in this city Seattle |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: 2 of the 3 countries that are completely encircled by one other country (2 of) San Marino, Vatican City & Lesotho |
| #6520, aired 2013-01-11 | RIVERS: It's the world's longest river whose outflow is into an entirely inland body of water the Volga River |
| #6519, aired 2013-01-10 | LEGAL TERMS: This term for a type of decision is from Old French for "to speak the truth" verdict |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | PRESIDENTIAL DISTINCTIONS: Record holder for the longest time lived after leaving office Jimmy Carter |
| #6515, aired 2013-01-04 | IMAGINARY CHARACTERS: For a 1912 play they were dubbed Blick, Flick, Glick, Snick, Plick, Whick & Quee; 25 years later, they got new names the Seven Dwarfs |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | BASEBALL STADIUMS: This Major League Baseball team's current stadium was built for a 20th century Olympics the Atlanta Braves |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA: Held in 1857, America's first national landscape design contest was for the creation of this place Central Park |
| #6497, aired 2012-12-11 | BUSINESSMEN: Thomas Watson Jr. appeared on the March 28, 1955 cover of Time with the caption "Clink, Clank," this Think |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | PHRASE ORIGINS: This 2-word adjective for "going against accepted speech or conduct" first appeared in a 1933 translation from Izvestia politically incorrect |
| #6488, aired 2012-11-28 | COUNTRIES: It was created in the early 1700s from 2 counties purchased by an Austrian prince; he named the nation for his family Liechtenstein |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | BILLBOARD NO. 1 ALBUMS: The soundtrack for this film based on a play holds the record for the most weeks at No. 1, 54 weeks in 1962 & '63 West Side Story |
| #6486, aired 2012-11-26 | PLACE NAMES: Built in 1911, this Wisconsin home was named for a Welsh bard associated with King Arthur Taliesin |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | NUTRITION: The word coined for these substances in 1912 was meant to suggest they were essential to life & contained nitrogen vitamins |
| #6480, aired 2012-11-16 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: This 1890 piece was named for a Verlaine poem that begins, "Your soul is as a moonlit landscape fair" "Clair de Lune" |
| #6478, aired 2012-11-14 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The only 2 presidents never to present a State of the Union address are William Henry Harrison & this man James Garfield |
| #6477, aired 2012-11-13 | BORN & DIED: He was born in 1728 in Yorkshire, England & died in a skirmish February 14, 1779 in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii Captain James Cook |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | U.S. CITIES: The seal of this historic New England city has the phrase "What a glorious morning for America" & the date "April 19" Lexington |
| #6473, aired 2012-11-07 | PLAYS: Referring to its 2 acts, an Irish critic described it as "a play in which nothing happens, twice" Waiting for Godot |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS: "A Cry of Children" & "Nightmare Island" were proposed titles for this novel Lord of the Flies |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | WORLD LANGUAGES: Of the Romance languages, it has the greatest number of native speakers in a single country Portuguese |
| #6459, aired 2012-10-18 | PLACE NAMES: From 1953 until 1990 Chemnitz, Germany was named for this man Karl Marx |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | FICTION: A proposed title for this novel sounded too much like a Vegas heist movie, so the number in the title was doubled Catch-22 |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | OSCAR NOMINEES: One of his first Oscar nominations was for Best Actor; none of his 22 other Oscar nominations was for acting Woody Allen |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | POETRY: Her most famous poem was written for a December 1883 art & literary auction to benefit the Pedestal Fund Emma Lazarus |
| #6442, aired 2012-09-25 | THE BIBLE: This term for a final resting place got its name because clay was dug up there for craftsmen potter's field |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | FIRST NAMES: A wife of King David & 2 of our early first ladies shared this name derived from Hebrew for "my father's joy" Abigail |
| #6420, aired 2012-07-13 | BRITISH HISTORY: This appointed position first held by John Dryden echoes a "Versificator Regis" of Richard I in the 12th century Poet Laureate |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | OPERA CHARACTERS: In a play subtitle, she's called "the Chinese Sphinx"; in a later opera her suitor calls her "Principessa di Morte" Turandot |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | 1950s MOVIES: "The Man on Lincoln's Nose" was a working title for this 1959 film North by Northwest |
| #6408, aired 2012-06-27 | EARLY FILMS OF OSCAR WINNERS: The 1995, 2003 & 2006 winners for Best Actor all appeared in this 1982 teen comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| #6407, aired 2012-06-26 | HISTORIC U.S. CITIES: A 1905 treaty named for this U.S. city ended a foreign war 7,000 miles away & was actually signed at Kittery, Maine Portsmouth |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | THE PRESIDENCY: Between January 1, 1841 & December 31, 1850 the U.S. had this many presidents, the most in a 10-year period 6 |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | WORD ORIGINS: From the French for "to set in the woods", this word refers to a type of attack ambush |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | MILITARY MATTERS: In 1934 the lease for this place was increased to $4,085 per year; since 1959 the checks haven't been cashed Guantanamo |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | ANIMALS: A 2005 study reported that this animal named for an island has, pound-for-pound, the most powerful bite of any mammal Tasmanian devil |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: In 1777 an opponent wrote of him "Money is this man's God, and to get enough of it he would sacrifice his country" Benedict Arnold |
| #6366, aired 2012-04-30 | U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: Its seal shows a 16-pointed star, symbolizing the search for information, on a shield symbolizing defense the CIA |
| #6363, aired 2012-04-25 | WEBSITES: It launched its first offer on October 22, 2008: a two-for-one pizza deal in Chicago Groupon |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY: This state is known as the "Cockpit of the Revolution" for all the battles there, including a pivotal one in December 1776 New Jersey |
| #6357, aired 2012-04-17 | MUSEUMS: For 2010 & 2011, it's gotten more visitors than any other single museum in the U.S. the National Air & Space Museum |
| #6356, aired 2012-04-16 | 2011 MEMOIRS: He titled his 2011 memoir "Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain" Hal Holbrook |
| #6354, aired 2012-04-12 | SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS: The only 2 plays whose titles repeat a word, excluding articles & prepositions, are "Measure for Measure" & this All's Well that Ends Well |
| #6353, aired 2012-04-11 | ART STYLES: Printmaker Richard Hamilton is credited with coining the name of this style, calling it "designed for a mass audience" Pop Art |
| #6340, aired 2012-03-23 | TOYS & GAMES: In 1953 the maker of this board game was flooded with letters with ideas for timing devices, turntables & bags to hold game pieces Scrabble |
| #6338, aired 2012-03-21 | FAMOUS NAMES: At his death in January 2010, he was called "the Garbo of letters, famous for not wanting to be famous" J.D. Salinger |
| #6330, aired 2012-03-09 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: An entertainer born in 1888 whose original first name was Adolph was one of the best-known players of this instrument the harp |
| #6329, aired 2012-03-08 | TONY-WINNING MUSICALS: These 2 back-to-back Tony winners for Best Musical (1987 & 1988) were both set in Paris Les Miserables & The Phantom of the Opera |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | BOOK VILLAINS: The first time we meet this man in a 1981 novel, he's in his cell holding "Le Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine" Hannibal Lecter |
| #6322, aired 2012-02-28 | THE 1960s: On nominating this man in 1967, LBJ said "It is the right thing to do, the right time to do it, the right man & the right place" Thurgood Marshall |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | LITERARY BIOGRAPHIES: Quoting a famous line of his, a 2011 biography of this man was titled "And So It Goes" Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| #6316, aired 2012-02-20 | FRENCH PAINTERS: This French painter wrote, "I am good for nothing except painting and gardening" Monet |
| #6314, aired 2012-02-16 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY: The name of this assassin is Latin for heavy, dull, insensitive, oafish Brutus |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The 14 countries that border China run alphabetically from this to Vietnam Afghanistan |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | CHARACTERS IN POETRY: The name of this title heroine of an 1847 poem is from the Greek for "good news" Evangeline |
| #6308, aired 2012-02-08 | COMIC BOOKS: An inspiration for this character introduced in 1929 was 15-year-old Palle Huld's 1928 44-day voyage around the world Tintin |
| #6306, aired 2012-02-06 | COLONIAL HISTORY: A 1763 letter said that these 2 men were equipped with "instruments... to look at the posts in the line for ten or twelve miles" Mason & Dixon |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | WORD ORIGINS: From the Arabic for "storehouse", in 1731 it was first used to refer to a monthly storehouse of information magazine |
| #6302, aired 2012-01-31 | 1870s PEOPLE: Preserved in the West Point library, his last message reads, "Benteen. Come on. Big village. Be quick. Bring packs" General Custer |
| #6300, aired 2012-01-27 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS: After living in Honduras, O. Henry coined this term for a small country dependent on a single export a banana republic |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | HEALTH MATTERS: This term for sudden severe head pain that typically lasts only a few minutes was trademarked by 7-Eleven in 1994 brain freeze |
| #6298, aired 2012-01-25 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STARS: In 2002 his No. 10 jersey from the 1970 World Cup finals sold at auction for a record $220,850 Pelé |
| #6296, aired 2012-01-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY: This volunteer group was born in May 1898 near the bar in San Antonio's Menger Hotel; it existed for just 133 days the Rough Riders |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | SPORTS & THE MOVIES: When asked for a home address in "The Blues Bros." Elwood gives 1060 W. Addison St., the home of this facility Wrigley Field |
| #6293, aired 2012-01-18 | FATHERS & SONS: The island where this man's son washed ashore was later named Ikaria Daedalus |
| #6290, aired 2012-01-13 | PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATES: The traditional inaugural lunch for this president & V.P. featured boiled stuffed lobster & prime ribs of beef au jus JFK & LBJ |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | WOMEN AUTHORS: 1 of the 2 American women authors nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938 (1 of) Pearl Buck & Margaret Mitchell |
| #6288, aired 2012-01-11 | FOOD ETYMOLOGY: Keith Downey developed rapeseed into this cooking product, now a huge cash crop for farmers in Saskatchewan canola |
| #6287, aired 2012-01-10 | RULERS IN HISTORY: Born in 1672 & named for a saint, in 1703 he founded a city whose name represents both of them Peter the Great |
| #6285, aired 2012-01-06 | ANCIENT WEIGHTS & MEASURES: The Hebrew word for this Biblical unit of measurement is Ammah, aptly meaning "elbow" or "forearm" a cubit |
| #6282, aired 2012-01-03 | ASTRONOMY: In July 2011 it completed its first orbit around the Sun since its discovery in 1846 Neptune |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | '70s OSCARS: This film whose title refers to an establishment holds the record for most wins, 8, without winning Best Picture Cabaret |
| #6275, aired 2011-12-23 | POLITICAL WORDS: 16th century British farmers notching their livestock for identification led to this term for an item set aside for a specific purpose earmark |
| #6270, aired 2011-12-16 | WORD HISTORY: A Roman legal term for a debtor sentenced to servitude is the origin of this term for a slave to a vice addict |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: He was born in NYC on April 3, 1783, toward the end of the Revolutionary War, & named for one of the war's heroes Washington Irving |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | POPULAR BABY NAMES: Character names in a book & movie series, the top names for 2009 & 2010 were Isabella for girls & this biblical one for boys Jacob |
| #6267, aired 2011-12-13 | 20th CENTURY LITERATURE: A 50th anniversary edition of this fictionalized biography featured the painting seen here on its cover Lust for Life |
| #6261, aired 2011-12-05 | PLAYWRIGHTS: For a 1953 play, he spent time in Salem doing research at the courthouse & at the Witch House Arthur Miller |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | WORD ORIGINS: This word for a friend comes from the Latin for "with whom you would eat bread" companion |
| #6250, aired 2011-11-18 | ACTOR-DIRECTORS: It's rare to get Oscar nominations for Best Director & Best Actor for the same film; he is 1 of the 2 who did it twice (1 of) Clint Eastwood & Warren Beatty |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | THE PRESIDENTIAL CABINET: 7 women have been the secretary of this, the most for any department in the president's cabinet Labor |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | BUSINESS: A 2005 sale of 14,159,265 shares prompted the headline "Google offers shares, seeks global piece of" this pi |
| #6244, aired 2011-11-10 | HOLLYWOOD HISTORY: They were the first 2 sisters ever nominated for the same acting Oscar in the same year Joan Fontaine & Olivia de Havilland |
| #6241, aired 2011-11-07 | FROM THE GREEK: The word for a song element you won't find in instrumentals comes from the name of this instrument a lyre |
| #6240, aired 2011-11-04 | NOTABLE GROUPS: Harpo Marx was among this group when it met in NYC's Rose Room for its final time, in 1943, & found there was nothing left to say the Algonquin Round Table |
| #6238, aired 2011-11-02 | WORLD CITIES: A member of the Hanseatic League, this city with a 4-letter name was once known as the "Paris of the Baltic" Riga |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | INVENTORS: In 1823 this Scot obtained a patent for a process that made silk, paper & "other substances impervious to water and air" Charles Macintosh |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | FOREIGN-BORN INVENTORS: His 1922 New York Times obituary mentions that his patent No. 174,465 "has been called the most valuable patent ever issued" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #6225, aired 2011-10-14 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: This nation lost its direct access to the Pacific around 1880 but retains a navy that patrols its rivers & a large lake Bolivia |
| #6224, aired 2011-10-13 | THE OSCARS: This performer is the only person to win Oscars for acting & also songwriting Barbra Streisand |
| #6222, aired 2011-10-11 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: "'How are you getting on?' said" this animal character, "as soon as there was mouth enough for it to speak with" the Cheshire Cat |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | OSCAR NOMINATIONS: The only time 3 actors from the same movie were nominated for Best Actor was for this high seas film Mutiny on the Bounty |
| #6208, aired 2011-09-21 | OSCAR WINNERS: The most recent father & daughter to win acting Oscars: he won for playing a veteran, she for playing a mental patient Jon Voight & Angelina Jolie |
| #6206, aired 2011-09-19 | AMERICAN WRITERS: In the 1840s he wrote, "I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government" Henry David Thoreau |
| #6195, aired 2011-07-15 | TRADEMARKS: In 1987 a maker of fiberglass insulation became the first company to trademark a color--this color pink |
| #6190, aired 2011-07-08 | THE OLYMPICS: If he had been his own country, at the 2008 Summer Olympics he would have tied for ninth in gold medals Michael Phelps |
| #6180, aired 2011-06-24 | WORLD CAPITALS: Built about 50 years ago, it's the only world capital to start with the letter "I" Islamabad |
| #6176, aired 2011-06-20 | MOVIE CHARACTER NAMES: This last name of the speech therapist in the 2010 Oscar winner for Best Picture is also a suffix meaning "speech" Logue |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | CRUSADING WOMEN: A judge's directed verdict of guilty for her action in Rochester in 1872 was written before her trial began Susan B. Anthony |
| #6171, aired 2011-06-13 | SHOW BUSINESS FAMILIES: The car company that sponsored the radio show for which his father worked inspired the middle name of this filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | BESTSELLERS: In the beginning this 2005 novel was simply titled "Forks" Twilight |
| #6164, aired 2011-06-02 | THE TONY AWARDS: There has never been a Tony Award winner for Best Musical set on either of these 2 continents Antarctica & Australia |
| #6161, aired 2011-05-30 | SCIENCE TERMS: This term for the lowest level of the ocean that the Sun's rays can reach shares its name with a classic 1960s TV show the twilight zone |
| #6158, aired 2011-05-25 | FEMALE SINGERS: She's tied with Mariah Carey for most No. 1 hits by a female with 18: 12 as a member of a group & 6 as a solo act Diana Ross |
| #6151, aired 2011-05-16 | COLLEGE: From the Latin for "free", this 2-word term for a type of college refers to the old belief of what a free man should be taught liberal arts |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS: "A Girl from a Different World" & "Train to the Urals" are chapters in this 1957 work Doctor Zhivago |
| #6138, aired 2011-04-27 | TV THEME SONGS: A 1984 country hit, "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" is the basis for its theme song Monday Night Football |
| #6137, aired 2011-04-26 | PLAYWRIGHTS: This Brit won Tonys for Best Play in 1968, 1976, 1984 & 2007; in the '90s he settled for the 1998 Best Screenplay Oscar Tom Stoppard |
| #6132, aired 2011-04-19 | AUTHORS: He died in 1995, the day before the opening of a Glasgow veterinary library named for him James Herriot |
| #6127, aired 2011-04-12 | BASEBALL & THE PRESIDENCY: As both vice president & president, he threw out a season's 1st pitch, each time for a different Senators franchise Richard Nixon |
| #6120, aired 2011-04-01 | BILLBOARD'S HOT 100: In 2010 they broke The Beatles' record for having had the most songs on the Hot 100 chart by a non-solo act the cast of Glee |
| #6115, aired 2011-03-25 | PHILANTHROPY: The Pink Pony Fund, for breast cancer care & prevention, is a philanthropic initiative of this fashion company Ralph Lauren |
| #6112, aired 2011-03-22 | GARMENTS OF THE WORLD: The custom of hijab, Arabic for "veiling", can include this garment, mentioned by Kipling the burqa |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS: Although capital of its country, it is not the capital of the province in which it's located, nor is it the seat of government Amsterdam |
| #6090, aired 2011-02-18 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: His "story was soon told, for the whole twenty years had been to him but as one night" Rip Van Winkle |
| #6087, aired 2011-02-15 | U.S. CITIES: Its largest airport is named for a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle Chicago |
| #6084, aired 2011-02-10 | THE LAW: Asked in 1966 to write a concise statement for arresting officers to recite, California D.A. Harold Berliner started with these 7 words You have the right to remain silent |
| #6082, aired 2011-02-08 | ANCIENT QUOTES: He said, "to leave this stream uncrossed will breed manifold distress for me; to cross it, for all mankind" Julius Caesar |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS: Chapters in this 1953 thriller include "Dossier for M", "Pink Lights and Champagne" & "The Game is Baccarat" Casino Royale |
| #6080, aired 2011-02-04 | BRITISH BUSINESS: For decades Rolls-Royce also owned this luxury brand named for its founder; now both are produced by German companies Bentley |
| #6069, aired 2011-01-20 | WORLD LEADERS: At his 1994 inaugural, he called for "a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world" Nelson Mandela |
| #6067, aired 2011-01-18 | STATE NAMES: These are the 2 U.S. states with only one consonant in their names Iowa & Ohio |
| #6065, aired 2011-01-14 | THE PRESIDENCY: From the same state, they're the 2 presidents whose occupations are listed by World Book as "planter" George Washington & Thomas Jefferson |
| #6059, aired 2011-01-06 | WORLDWIDE MEDIA: The name for this news agency means "peninsula", referring to the Arabian peninsula Al Jazeera |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | COUNTRIES: By area, it's the world's largest country that's named for a river India |
| #6050, aired 2010-12-24 | AMERICANA: Finding the spot for this memorial caused its creator to say, "America will march along that skyline" Mount Rushmore |
| #6046, aired 2010-12-20 | 20th CENTURY NOVELISTS: A critic said that a character of his, "yearning for the moon... never saw the sixpence at his feet"; he made that into a title Somerset Maugham |
| #6045, aired 2010-12-17 | AMERICANA: Riding the subway in New York in 1908, Jack Norworth saw a sign for the Polo Grounds & was inspired to write this song "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" |
| #6043, aired 2010-12-15 | BRITISH ROYALTY: From the Latin for "greatest", this form of address was introduced by the narcissistic King Richard II majesty |
| #6027, aired 2010-11-23 | HORSE BREEDS: This American breed was named for its ability to race a distance of 1,320 feet quarter horse |
| #6019, aired 2010-11-11 | THE 1930s: In April 1935 in Oklahoma, when blowing soil darkened the sky, a reporter coined this term for the region the Dust Bowl |
| #6018, aired 2010-11-10 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: During his tenure, he never threw out an opening day first pitch, but before he was president, he did it for the Braves Jimmy Carter |
| #6016, aired 2010-11-08 | AMERICAN BUSINESS: The mailing address for this company is P.O. Box 57, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 Heinz |
| #6009, aired 2010-10-28 | WORD ORIGINS: This 4-letter term for a religious group that holds distinctive beliefs comes from the Latin for "follow" a sect |
| #6007, aired 2010-10-26 | SPORTS VENUES: In 2000 the Centre Court Arena in Melbourne, Australia was renamed for him Rod Laver |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | THE OSCARS: Only Orson Welles & this man have been nominated for Best Actor & Original Screenplay in the same year while in their 20s Matt Damon |
| #5996, aired 2010-10-11 | PRISONS: Nazi Rudolf Hess in 1941 & the notorious Kray twins in 1952 were among the last people briefly held here the Tower of London |
| #5993, aired 2010-10-06 | 2010 SCIENCE NEWS: The IUPAC named an element for this man born in 1473 to "highlight the link between astronomy and... nuclear chemistry" Copernicus |
| #5992, aired 2010-10-05 | BROADWAY STARS: In 1955 she became the first & so far only actress to win a Tony for playing a male role in a musical Mary Martin |
| #5990, aired 2010-10-01 | WORD ORIGINS: Like the name of a minor Roman god, this word for a caretaker comes from the Latin for "door" janitor |
| #5985, aired 2010-09-24 | PRESIDENTS: He served the shortest amount of time as president before running for & winning reelection to the job LBJ |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | LITERARY & MOVIE TITLE OBJECTS: The inspiration for this title object in a novel & a 1957 movie actually spanned the Mae Khlung River "The Bridge on the River Kwai" |
| #5974, aired 2010-07-29 | THE SUPER BOWL: As of 2010 it's the only current NFC team that has never played in the Super Bowl the Detroit Lions |
| #5970, aired 2010-07-23 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS: In the "World Almanac" list of notable third party candidates, 1 of the 2 for whom the main issue was "states' rights" (1 of) Governor George Wallace & Strom Thurmond |
| #5966, aired 2010-07-19 | MEN OF PARIS: When the body of this man who died in 1870 was moved in 2002, a cloth with the motto "Un pour tous, tous pour un" was used Alexandre Dumas |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | NO. 1 POP HITS: A 1987 remake of this 1959 hit was the first song with all Spanish lyrics to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 "La Bamba" |
| #5960, aired 2010-07-09 | BOOKS FOR KIDS: In Wonderland, Alice comes upon a mad tea-party attended by the Hatter, March Hare, & this creature, who's asleep the dormouse |
| #5959, aired 2010-07-08 | U.S. GOVERNMENT FIRSTS: The first of these was authorized in 1790, "providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States" a census |
| #5955, aired 2010-07-02 | 5-LETTER LITERARY TERMS: The "History" by Herodotus has been called the earliest surviving European work of this form, from Latin for "straightforward" prose |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | BOTANICAL ETYMOLOGY: This plant's name may have come from its use by Italian Renaissance women to dilate pupils, which, they felt, augmented beauty belladonna |
| #5945, aired 2010-06-18 | SPORTS VENUES: Built in 1914 & named for the club's owner in 1926, it's the oldest National League ballpark still in use Wrigley Field |
| #5944, aired 2010-06-17 | AMERICANA: Made for only 19 years, it sold for $825 in 1908 & $360 in 1927 the Model T |
| #5941, aired 2010-06-14 | MOONS & MYTHOLOGY: This planet is named for a Roman god; its only moons are named for the sons of his Greek counterpart Mars |
| #5937, aired 2010-06-08 | U.S. MILITARY HISTORY: This general commanded the first official American force to fight on the European continent John Pershing |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | METEOROLOGY: Low- & high-pressure systems & tropical moisture set the stage for a 1991 nor'easter nicknamed these 2 words "Perfect Storm" |
| #5930, aired 2010-05-28 | AWARDS & HONORS: A trophy named for this author is awarded to anyone who breaks the record for sailing a yacht around the world Jules Verne |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | PEDIATRICS: In 1943 Drs. Leo Kanner & Hans Asperger each used this word for the then-unnamed disorder they were studying autism |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | AFRICAN CAPITALS: This West Central African capital grew out of a settlement that France established for freed slaves in 1849 Libreville |
| #5923, aired 2010-05-19 | OPERA: The aria "Pour mon ame" by Donizetti includes 9 of these; a few tenors have earned the nickname "King of" them high Cs |
| #5921, aired 2010-05-17 | 20th CENTURY THINKERS: Refusing to imprison this man for demonstrating during the 1960s, de Gaulle said, "One does not arrest Voltaire" Jean-Paul Sartre |
| #5920, aired 2010-05-14 | THE 50 STATES: It's the only state from which rainwater flows to the Pacific, the Atlantic & Hudson Bay Montana |
| #5918, aired 2010-05-12 | 18th CENTURY SCOTSMEN: A relative of this inventor described him as a boy staring at the tea kettle for an hour watching it boil James Watt |
| #5916, aired 2010-05-10 | ENGLISH LITERARY HISTORY: Immediately before the Caroline era came this one, also from the monarch's Latin name Jacobean |
| #5914, aired 2010-05-06 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: A contemporary review of this 1851 novel said, "Who would have looked for... poetry in blubber?" Moby-Dick |
| #5913, aired 2010-05-05 | MOVIE HISTORY: During the making of this classic, sets from "King Kong" & "The Garden of Allah" were intentionally burned down Gone with the Wind |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | OFFICIAL STATE SONGS: In 1953 it became the only state whose official song was written for a Broadway musical Oklahoma |
| #5910, aired 2010-04-30 | TOYS: Original sets of this toy that was first sold in 1918 included plans for building Uncle Tom's Cabin Lincoln Logs |
| #5907, aired 2010-04-27 | CANADIAN HISTORY: A river is named for this man born in Scotland in 1764, the first European known to have crossed Canada Alexander Mackenzie |
| #5905, aired 2010-04-23 | WORDS FROM THE FRENCH: The first known use of this word in the U.S. was in an obituary for wealthy banker Pierre Lorillard in 1843 millionaire |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | FASHION HISTORY: It was unveiled July 5, 1946, at Paris' Piscine Molitor & created a scandal the bikini |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | INTO AFRICA: James Bruce taught himself Arabic & Amharic to prepare for his 1768 journey upriver in search of this spot the source of the Nile |
| #5886, aired 2010-03-29 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: In an 1877 novel Mrs. Gordon initially suggests the name Ebony for this title character Black Beauty |
| #5885, aired 2010-03-26 | PHRASE ORIGINS: In 1945 George Orwell coined this 2-word phrase for "an epoch as horribly stable as the slave empires of antiquity" cold war |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | 1940s MUSIC HISTORY: While writing for Billboard, legendary producer Jerry Wexler coined this phrase to replace "race music" rhythm & blues |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | AUTHORS: In 1890 he witnessed a mild cyclone in Aberdeen, South Dakota, fodder for his most famous novel L. Frank Baum |
| #5875, aired 2010-03-12 | FILM LEGENDS: His only competitive Oscar win was for Best Score in 1973 for a 1952 film in which he had starred as a washed-up comic Charlie Chaplin |
| #5873, aired 2010-03-10 | U.S. PLACES IN LITERATURE: This fishing port is the setting for Kipling's "Captains Courageous" & the wreck of the Hesperus was nearby Gloucester, Massachusetts |
| #5872, aired 2010-03-09 | THE INTERNET: Words regularly censored out of Chinese blogs include minzhu, which means this, from the Greek word for "people" democracy |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | WORLD TRAVEL: If you want to visit this country, you can fly into Sunan International Airport or... or not visit this country North Korea |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | PLAYS: Dialogue from this play: "He didn't say for sure he'd come." "And if he doesn't come?" "We'll come back tomorrow" Waiting for Godot |
| #5863, aired 2010-02-24 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: He was nominated for 8 Best Actor Oscars, including one for a 1961 film; his only win came for its 1986 sequel Paul Newman |
| #5862, aired 2010-02-23 | MONARCHS: In 2001 Bulgaria elected as prime minister its former child monarch, the only person now living to have held this royal title czar |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | ENTREPRENEURS: When he passed away in December 1980, flags in Kentucky flew at half-staff for 4 days Colonel Sanders |
| #5854, aired 2010-02-11 | COLLEGE HISTORY: The Pittsburgh university named for Andrew Carnegie is the USA's first to offer a degree in this musical instrument the bagpipes |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | AMERICAN HEROES: He said, "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way" John Paul Jones |
| #5849, aired 2010-02-04 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE: The July 1, 1946 cover of Time magazine depicted him with the caption, "All matter is speed and flame" Albert Einstein |
| #5845, aired 2010-01-29 | PRO SPORTS: The official address of the Atlanta Braves is No. 755 on the drive named for this man Hank Aaron |
| #5844, aired 2010-01-28 | 19th CENTURY ARTISTS: This Frenchman once said, "I will astonish Paris with an apple"--here are a few of them Paul Cézanne |
| #5838, aired 2010-01-20 | CITIES IN ENGLAND: The Roman name for this city was Aquae Sulis Bath |
| #5826, aired 2010-01-04 | AUTHORS' QUOTATIONS: "I had no idea of originating an American flapper... I simply took girls whom I knew very well" & "used them for my heroines" F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #5820, aired 2009-12-25 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: A chorus in this 1741 work says, "King of kings and Lord of lords and He shall reign forever and ever" Handel's Messiah |
| #5819, aired 2009-12-24 | SPORTSWOMEN: Referring to a 1999 incident, her autobiography is titled "It's Not About the Bra" Brandi Chastain |
| #5818, aired 2009-12-23 | -ISMS: This term for an economic system first appeared in English in Thackeray's "The Newcomes", about the rise of a family capitalism |
| #5815, aired 2009-12-18 | HEALTH & FITNESS: Dr. Kenneth Cooper added "S" to a medical adjective to coin this word for the kind of exercise he advocated in a 1968 book aerobics |
| #5814, aired 2009-12-17 | FADS: It was inspired by a piece of Australian physical education equipment & 100 million were sold worldwide in 1958 the hula hoop |
| #5812, aired 2009-12-15 | NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS: This bird is known for its size (5 feet tall), its call (carries 2 miles) & its rarity; in 1941 there were only 21 in the wild the whooping crane |
| #5811, aired 2009-12-14 | SPACE NEWS: In 2009 NASA named the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill for this man Stephen Colbert |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS: A state since the 1700s but not in the original 13, it ends with its own 2-letter postal abbreviation Kentucky |
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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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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
|
2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
|
|
CCH Pounder, an actress from Avatar and Brothers
|
"She earned an Emmy nomination for her role as Claudette Wyms...
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|
Clarence Page, a journalist from The Chicago Tribune
|
"His nationally syndicated column began as a local column for the...
|
|
Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
|
"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
|
|
Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
|
"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
|
|
Sid Chandrasekhar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California
|
2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Jen McFann, a Peace Corps recruiter from Astoria, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
|
|
Greg Lichtenstein, a freshman from Vassar College
|
2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 18 and from Plainview, New York...
|
|
Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
|
2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
|
|
Dan D'Addario, a senior from Columbia University
|
2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
|
|
Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY
|
"As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
|
|
Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
|
|
Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
|
2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
|
|
Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
|
"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
|
|
Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
|
2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
|
|
David Duchovny, an actor from Californication
|
"He's won two Golden Globes and stars as troubled novelist Hank...
|
|
Dana Delany, an actress from Desperate Housewives
|
"She won two Emmys for her work on China Beach. This...
|
|
Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer and TV personality from the QVC Network
|
"His fashion designs are a favorite among celebrities on the red...
|
|
Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
|
"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
|
|
Steph Gagelin, a sophomore from the University of North Dakota from Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
|
|
Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
|
"He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
|
|
Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
|
"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
|
|
Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
|
|
Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
|
|
Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
|
2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
|
|
Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
|
"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
|
|
Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
|
"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
|
|
Joshua Malina, a TV actor and creator/producer from Celebrity Poker Showdown
|
"He created and produced Celebrity Poker Showdown for the Bravo Channel,...
|
|
Chuck Todd, a journalist and chief White House correspondent from NBC News and Meet the Press
|
"Chief White House correspondent and political director for NBC News, he...
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|
Katty Kay, a Washington, D.C. anchor from BBC World News America
|
"She's the Washington, D.C. anchor for BBC World News America, as...
|
|
Robert Gibbs, a former press secretary from the Obama White House
|
"In 2004, he joined Barack Obama's senatorial campaign as communications director,...
|
|
Madeline Suchard, from Placentia, California
|
"She has her sights set on becoming the Supreme Court Justice,...
|
|
Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
|
|
James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Charles Shaughnessy, an actor from Mad Men
|
"As Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives, he won three...
|
|
Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
|
|
David Faber, an anchor and reporter from CNBC's Squawk on the Street and The Faber Report
|
"The winner of Emmy, Peabody, DuPont, and Loeb awards, he's a...
|
|
Keith Olbermann, a news anchor from MSNBC
|
"In 2004, this veteran reporter will provide extensive coverage of the...
|
|
Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
|
"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
|
|
Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
|
"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
|
|
Tom Bergeron, an Emmy Award-winning host from Dancing with the Stars
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. "He's...
|
|
Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
|
|
Julie Bowen, a TV and film actress from Boston Legal, Lost and Modern Family
|
"For two seasons, she played attorney Denise Bauer in Boston Legal....
|
|
Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
|
"She went from playing a hard-nosed mom in Malcolm in the...
|
|
Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
|
\"Later this year, she\'ll be inducted into the Women\'s Basketball Hall...
|
|
Dana Perino, a TV host from Fox News Channel's The Five
|
"White House press secretary under George W. Bush, she now appears...
|
|
Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
|
"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
|
|
Lizzie O'Leary, an aviation and regulation correspondent from CNN
|
"She broke the news that Chrysler would file for Chapter 11...
|
|
Christie Whitman, a former governor from New Jersey
|
"She was New Jersey's first woman governor, and later became administrator...
|
|
Gretchen Carlson, a journalist from the CBS Saturday Early Show
|
"Since winning the 1989 Miss America crown, she's built an extensive...
|
|
Frank Spangenberg, a lieutenant in the New York Police Department from Douglaston, New York
|
"He still holds the record for the most money won in...
|
|
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
|
"He's one of the greatest NBA players in history. Here's Hall...
|
|
Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
|
"He plays Tom Scavo, the sometimes-befuddled husband of Felicity Huffman on...
|
|
Frank Spangenberg, a police lieutenant from Douglaston, New York
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
|
\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
|
|
Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
|
|
Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
|
"In 1990, he won the Tournament of Champions. An actuary from...
|
|
Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
|
|
Paul Shaffer, a composer and musical director from The Late Show with David Letterman
|
"David Letterman's musical director for 24 years, he's also musical producer...
|
|
Dana Delany, an actress from Kidnapped
|
"She won two Emmys for playing Army nurse Colleen McMurphy on...
|
|
Kelly O'Donnell, a political reporter from NBC News
|
"An Emmy-winning political reporter, she has covered Capitol Hill and the...
|
|
Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
|
"He served as a speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, and later as...
|
|
Curtis Joseph, a sophomore from Scottsdale Community College
|
"In 1999, his nickname was 'Curtles the Troll', and he wanted...
|
|
Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
|
"His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
|
|
Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University
|
2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Springfield, VA at...
|
|
Michael Dupée, an attorney from Gainesville, Florida
|
"He was the winner of the 1996 Tournament of Champions. Today...
|
|
Pat Sajak, a game show host from Wheel of Fortune
|
"A former TV weatherman, he's gone on to become the world's...
|
|
Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
|
"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
|
|
Sam Waterston, an actor from Law & Order
|
"A Best Actor Oscar nominee for The Killing Fields, he's now...
|
|
Harry Shearer, a humorist, Spinal Tap bassist, and voice from The Simpsons
|
"He recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap...
|
|
Robin Quivers, a radio and television personality from The Howard Stern Show
|
"Howard Stern's news anchor and sidekick for the past 28 years,...
|
|
Michael Rankins, a minister and writer from Rohnert Park, California
|
\"A 5-show winner from 1988, he has been a minister with...
|
|
Mario Cantone, an actor and comedian from Sex and the City
|
\"He played Anthony Marentino, the wedding planner with an attitude, on...
|
|
Mary Ann Stanley, a high school chemistry and physical science teacher from Statesboro, Georgia
|
"She's been teaching for 22 years and is now teaching the...
|
|
Alex Johnson, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"He wants to be a chemist in the future. From Indianapolis,...
|
|
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
|
"In January, the State Department named this NBA Hall of Famer...
|
|
Aaron Brown, an Emmy Award-winning newsman from CNN's popular primetime newscast
|
"A journalist for over 25 years, he now anchors CNN's popular...
|
|
Rachel "Steve" Cooke, a senior from Fishers, Indiana
|
2008-A Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000. 17 at the time of...
|
|
Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
|
|
Bob Mesko, an arts administrator from Denver, Colorado
|
2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion:...
|
|
Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
|
"A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
|
|
Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000. Season...
|
|
Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
|
"Once a presidential speechwriter, he's had his own political talk show...
|
|
Ken Basin, a junior at the University of Southern California from Huntington Beach, California
|
2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Blog at kbasin.blogspot.org. Appearing as a...
|
|
Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Susan Lucci, an actress from All My Children
|
"One of daytime TV's most beloved actresses, she's played Erica Kane...
|
|
Martin Short, a multitalented man from Fame Becomes Me
|
"Jiminy Glick and Ed Grimley are among his many memorable characters....
|
|
Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"The 1-day record of $34,000 he set in 1992 stood for...
|
|
Anne Boyd, a freelance writer and student from Los Angeles, California
|
2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion: $84,600...
|
|
Larissa Kelly, an editor for academic competitions from Richmond, California
|
\"She was a graduate student at U.C. Berkeley in Season 24...
|
|
Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
|
\"A Jeopardy! champion in 1991, she\'s now a Spanish teacher listed...
|
|
John Shoe, a third and fourth grade teacher from Lakewood, Colorado
|
"He teaches at a school for gifted children who choose their...
|
|
B.D. Schwarz, a twelve-year-old from Oakland, California
|
"He wants to make others happy by opening a little game...
|
|
Aria Gerson, an eleven-year-old from Orem, Utah
|
"Shine an apple for our future teacher. From Orem, Utah, class,...
|
|
Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
|
2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
|
|
Ashley Walker, a senior from Dartmouth College
|
2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Fort Pierce, Florida. [No contestant...
|
|
Samira Missaghi, a junior from the University of Minnesota
|
2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Eden Prarie, Minnesota. Samira...
|
|
Jim Lampley, a sportscaster from TNT Sports
|
"He's covered 8 Olympics for 3 networks and will host TNT's...
|
|
Folake Dosu, a senior from Stanford University from Bellwood, Illinois
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Bebe Neuwirth, an actress from Frasier and the Broadway revival of Chicago
|
"She won two Emmys for playing Dr. Frasier Crane's acerbic wife...
|
|
Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
|
"He's appeared on Broadway in Proof, Assassins, and Cabaret. He's now...
|
|
Kathryn Erbe, an actress from Law & Order: Criminal Intent
|
"On stage, she earned a 1991 Tony nomination for Speed of...
|
|
Regis Philbin, a TV host from Live with Regis and Kelly
|
"In 2004 he entered the Guinness Book of Records as having...
|
|
Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer from the Style Network
|
"Known for bringing high fashion to American women everywhere, and now...
|
|
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a former pro basketball player and actor originally from Brooklyn, New York
|
"Three decades in the NBA netted him six championship rings and...
|
|
Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
|
|
Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Chuck Forrest, a lawyer and CEO from London, United Kingdom
|
\"He became a winner of the second-ever Tournament of Champions in...
|
|
Brandon Blackwell, a sophomore from Holliswood, New York
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist:...
|
|
Pam Mueller, a college student from Wilmette, Illinois
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
|
|
Beverly Sills, a coloratura soprano from the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
|
\"World-famous coloratura soprano and chairman of the board of the Lincoln...
|
|
Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
|
\"A five-time champion in 1994, he used his winnings for a...
|
|
Ari Fleischer, a former White House Press Secretary from the current Bush administration
|
"For the first two years of the current Bush administration, he...
|
|
Tyler Van Patten, from Burlington, Wisconsin
|
"He's focusing on becoming a corporate attorney, because of his fascination...
|
|
Ryan Elkins, a 12-year-old from Bensalem, Pennsylvania
|
"He wants to study physics and unlock the mysteries of the...
|
|
Wolf Blitzer, a reporter from CNN
|
"An Emmy Award-winning reporter for CNN and host of Inside Politics...
|
|
Guy Tabachnick, from New York, New York
|
"He wants to be a baseball announcer for the New York...
|
|
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an attorney and professor from Pace University School of Law
|
"A crusading attorney for the environment and a professor at Pace...
|
|
Aman Birk, from Irvine, California
|
"He may not be the fastest swimmer on the team, but...
|
|
Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Vermillion, South Dakota
|
"He won both the 1989 Teen Tournament and the 1998 Teen...
|
|
Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
|
"His 5 wins in 1999 made him one of the most...
|
|
Billy Baxter, an attorney from Richmond, Virginia
|
"Representing the College of William & Mary, he won the 1992...
|
|
Jeremy Bate, an emergency medical technician and writer from Tujunga, California
|
"A second-place finisher in the 2000 Tournament of Champions, he's now...
|
|
Lance Johnson, a model aircraft engine technician from Champaign, Illinois
|
"He was the first to get to the 5-win mark in...
|
|
Carol Denny, a writer for a non-profit environmental foundation from Arnold, Maryland
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $13,199 + $1,000.
Identical twin sister of Season 29 player Chris O'Toole.
|
|
Holly Robinson Peete, an actress from For Your Love
|
"She finds comedy and married life as newlywed Malena Ellis on...
|
|
Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona
|
2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Joely Fisher, an actress from 'Til Death
|
"She made her Broadway debut in Grease, and earned rave reviews...
|
|
Brian Stokes Mitchell, an actor from the Broadway musical Ragtime
|
"His Broadway credits include Ragtime and Kiss Me, Kate, for which...
|
|
Harry Shearer, an actor/writer/producer from The Simpsons and Le Show
|
"His many credits include providing voices for The Simpsons, and he's...
|
|
Brian Cunningham, a 12-year-old from Los Angeles, California
|
"It's either fighter pilot or computer technician for this 8th grader....
|
|
Reggie Jackson, a former pro baseball player originally from Wyncote, Pennsylvania
|
"Twice a World Series MVP, his powerhouse hitting earned him the...
|
|
Catherine Ramen, a database developer and writer from New York, New York
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $44,000. 1998 Tournament...
|
|
Pam Mueller, an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois
|
\"Representing Loyola University, she won the College Championship in November, 2000....
|
|
Dan Crosby, a middle school history teacher from Santa Monica, California
|
"He teaches at a school named for a renowned scholar, doctor,...
|
|
Philip Tiu, an educator from Atlanta, Georgia
|
Season 32 3-time champion: $96,598 + $1,000. Philip’s $19,000 Daily Double...
|
|
Charlotte Scott, a twelve-year-old from Washington, D.C.
|
"Watch out, Diane Sawyer. This future news anchor is ready for...
|
|
Tom Kunzen, a geotechnical engineer from Orlando, Florida
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 5-time champion: $133,402...
|
|
Robert Arshonsky, a senior from Cal Poly
|
"As a 12-year-old, he wanted to be the first person on...
|
|
Sam Leanza, a senior from Laguna Hills, California
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
|
Zane Ice, a 12-year-old from West Palm Beach, Florida
|
"He wants to build a business in emerging technologies to help...
|
|
Grace Acton, from Harvard, Massachusetts
|
"This competitive gymnast is hoping to score a perfect 10 for...
|
|
Rebecca Maxfield, a freshman from Brown University
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Rochelle, New York. Rebecca...
|
|
Danny Vopava, a sophomore from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Brighton, Minnesota. [No contestant...
|
|
Al Michaels, a sportscaster from ABC's Monday Night Football
|
"Named Sportscaster of the Year in 1996 by the American Sportscasters...
|
|
Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000. Season...
|
|
Thulasi Seshan, a 12-year-old from Draper, Utah
|
"The sky is the limit for this future astronomer. From Draper,...
|
|
Parker Norton, a 12-year-old from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
"As a doctor treating infectious diseases, he hopes to heal others....
|
|
Bob Verini, a director of academics for a national test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
John Kelly, a retired Air Force officer from Austin, Texas
|
"In 1992, he was one of the top five money winners...
|
|
Martina Navratilova, a former tennis pro and novelist originally from Prague, Czechoslovakia
|
"With 9, she's won more singles titles at Wimbledon than any...
|
|
Kate Dzurilla, a 12-year-old from Syosset, New York
|
"It's a slam dunk for this basketball lover and future WNBA...
|
|
Cary Williams, from Milton, Massachusetts
|
"She won an award in math, and a letter of commendation...
|
|
Larissa Kelly, an editor for academic competitions from Richmond, California
|
• Top 10 regular season winnings • Co-founder of National Academic...
|
|
Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Sarah McNitt, a study-abroad advisor originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
2014 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 30 5-time champion: $89,398...
|
|
Jay Rosenberg, a college professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
\"After winning 5 times in 1985, he became the moderator for...
|
|
Justin Sausville, a urologist from Baltimore, Maryland
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27/28 6-time champion:...
|
|
Diane Mezzanotte, an analyst for the federal government from Laurel, Maryland
|
Season 29 player (2013-04-11).
Last name pronounced like "mez-zan-NOT-tee".
|
|
Brooke Martin, an eleven-year-old from Galway, New York
|
"It looks like smooth sailing for this marine biologist. From Galway,...
|
|
Rahul Francis, a twelve-year-old from Flushing, New York
|
"This electronic wizard's current plans are to run a technology company....
|
|
Justin Sausville, a urologist from Baltimore, Maryland
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27/28 6-time champion:...
|
|
Jonathan Groff, a writer and producer for television from Los Angeles, California
|
\"A 5-show winner in 1995, he\'s now a writer and producer...
|
|
Steven Evenhouse, a junior high school social studies teacher from Orland Hills, Illinois
|
"He likes teaching because it gives him a captive audience for...
|
|
Nate Rice, a high school ACT prep teacher from Catlettsburg, Kentucky
|
"This is his first year in the family business. His mother's...
|
|
Greg Boscaiu, a 12-year-old from Brea, California
|
"As an urban planner, he wants to help build greener communities....
|
|
Tom Kunzen, a geotechnical engineer from Orlando, Florida
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 5-time champion: $133,402...
|
|
Partha Purushotham, an 11-year-old from Palo Alto, California
|
"He is fair-minded, so he thinks he would make a good...
|
|
Jeff Dufour, an online editor from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 28 player (2011-10-17).
Last name pronounced like "doo-FOR".
|
|
Sean Norris, a hockey arena announcer from Portland, Oregon
|
Season 28 player (2012-01-09). Brother of Season 26 player Becki Norris....
|
|
Julie Podlesni, a law clerk for a federal judge from Chattanooga, Tennessee
|
Season 28 player (2012-01-09).
|
|
Beverly Jones, an attorney for a nonprofit originally from Spokane, Washington
|
Season 27 player (2011-05-19).
|
|
Tim Matheson, an actor from For the Love of My Daughter
|
1994 Celebrity Jeopardy! player (1994-11-11). Playing for the Earth Communications Office,...
|
|
Krissy Brzycki, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"Her love of helping her community and her interest in politics...
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Oliver North, a radio talk show host from the Oliver North radio show
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"A combat-decorated Marine who now hosts a nationally syndicated radio talk...
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Oliver Stone, a screenwriter and director from A Child's Night Dream
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"The winner of three Academy Awards for his work as a...
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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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Ken Hinton, a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 22 player (2006-05-30). As an accommodation for a disability, Ken...
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Mark Dawson, a writer and editor for the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge from Chamblee, Georgia
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"He was a business manager when he won the Tournament of...
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Jessica Anderson, a twelve-year-old from Cranston, Rhode Island
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"She's known she wanted to be a teacher for six years--that's...
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Michael Daunt, an accountant from Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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"In 1996, he was a finalist in the Tournament of Champions....
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Michelle Clum, an executive assistant originally from Wichita, Kansas
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"With her 5-time winnings from 2000, she traveled for a year,...
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Janet Wong, a development officer for a museum from Hoboken, New Jersey
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"As a senior at Drew University, she won the February 2000...
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Bob Verini, an academic director for a test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
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"He was a playwright and an actor living in New York...
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Jeff Richmond, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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"He used his 1988 5-game winnings to pay for law school....
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Andrew Westney, a sports business writer from Charlotte, North Carolina
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"He was a high-school student from Atlanta when he won the...
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Naomi Senbet, an 11-year-old from Washington, D.C.
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"This sixth grader doesn't like to be late for anything; maybe...
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David Abolafia, a writer from Fishkill, New York
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Season 20 2-time champion: $42,000 + $2,000. David appeared on The...
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Shay Collins, an 11-year-old from Averill Park, New York
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"His passion for music helps this future rock star to play...
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Andrew Rostan, a writer and script reader originally from Boardman, Ohio
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Tayonna Jones, a 12-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"She hopes to have her law degree by her 18th birthday...
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Ethan Russo, an 11-year-old from Austin, Texas
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"He really likes a big challenge. He wants to be the...
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Zachary Baumgartner, a 10-year-old from Deer Park, New York
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"He'll hit all the right notes in the future as a...
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Bobby Bretz, an 11-year-old from Bristol, Rhode Island
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"It's either archaeology or pro baseball for this sports-loving scientist. From...
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Lauren Kutner, an 11-year-old from Newtown, Pennsylvania
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"The best part of middle school for this seventh grader is...
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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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Mark Lowenthal, an assistant director for the Central Intelligence Agency from Reston, Virginia
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"The winner of the 1988 Tournament of Champions, he's an assistant...
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David Venderbush, a lawyer from New York, New York
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"His 5 wins in 1993 came just in time to pay...
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Nithya Kubendran, an 11-year-old seventh grader from Quartz Hill, California
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"When asked about her future plans, she said, 'World domination sounds...
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Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
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"In 2004, he became a 5-time champion, and for Halloween, dressed...
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Barbara-Anne Eddy, a civil servant from Vancouver, Canada
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"Her 5-time winnings from 1988 allowed her to go for nearly...
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Tamika Turner, an 11-year-old eighth grader from Sylvania, Ohio
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"She wants to be a journalist, because it’s important for the...
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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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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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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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Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
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Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
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Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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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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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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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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Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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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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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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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Melanie Baker-Streevy, a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000. Melanie Baker-Streevy - A...
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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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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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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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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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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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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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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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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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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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Al Franken, an author and radio talk show host from New York City
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"One of the original writers on Saturday Night Live, he's done...
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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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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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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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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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Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
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"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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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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Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
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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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Prashant Raghavendran, a sophomore from the University of Texas, Dallas
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Prashant Raghavendran Blog...
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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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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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Anderson Cooper, a host from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11).
Charity: American Heart Association.
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Joon Pahk, a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 28 7-time champion: $199,000 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: jpahk
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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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Maria Bartiromo, a business anchor from CNBC
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Charities: National Italian American Foundation...
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student and newlywed from Fort Collins, Colorado
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"He won the most recent Tournament of Champions. A graduate student...
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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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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California
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Season 27 3-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000.
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Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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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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Kate Wilson, a high school AP English teacher from Montgomery, Alabama
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"She is a top-10 AP English language teacher at Alabama's number-one...
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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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Catherine Whitten, a high school history teacher from Plano, Texas
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"This gifted teacher primarily teaches gifted students. From Plano, Texas, this...
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Ashleigh Banfield, a TV correspondent originally from Canada
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"She's covered such various stories as the Clinton/Yeltsin summit, the War...
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Kweisi Mfume, a president from the NAACP
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Name pronounced like "kwah-EE-see oom-FOO-may"....
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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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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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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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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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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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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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"In 2003, he became the first to win a quarter of...
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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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Carl Bradshaw, a financial manager from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 27 2-time champion: $17,899 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
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Watson, a deep question answering system from IBM
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2011 IBM Challenge winner: $500,000 to World Vision + $500,000 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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Tim Russert, a moderator from Meet the Press
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"He's the Washington Bureau Chief of NBC News and the longtime...
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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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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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Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
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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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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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Scott Turow, a bestselling novelist and practicing attorney from Chicago, Illinois
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"He's sold more than 25 million copies of his novels worldwide...
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John Beck, an associate creative director from Torrance, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Monica Thieu, a sophomore at the University of North Texas from Dallas, Texas
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Buddy Wright, an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas
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2011 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 26 4-time champion:...
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Patrick Quinn, a high school German teacher from Chesterfield, Missouri
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"He teaches at a school whose history goes back to a...
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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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Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
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"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
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Peggy Noonan, a contributing editor from The Wall Street Journal
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10).
Charity: The Sisters of Life.
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Jaime Green, a sophomore at Brown University from Nanuet, New York
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Jaime was 18 at the time...
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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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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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Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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"He was a 2002 Teen Champion. He's now a sophomore at...
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Mike Hodel, a bartender from Bellingham, Washington
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Season 27 2-time champion: $20,200 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "ho-DELL".
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Jonathan Gillerman, a senior from Staten Island, New York
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2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Ellen Kimmel, a school nurse from Nanuet, New York
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Season 27 2-time champion: $37,000 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SkoolRN
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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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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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Miguel Ferrer, an actor from Crossing Jordan
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"He began his career as a studio drummer and played on...
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Michael Braun, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2005 Teen...
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Orlando Zambrano, a junior from Tampa, Florida
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
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"He teaches at the smallest public school in North Carolina, and...
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Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
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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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Connie Shi, a junior at the University of Michigan from Okemos, Michigan
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Catherine Briley, a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana
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2012 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $31,000. 17 at...
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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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Lara Logan, a correspondent from 60 Minutes on CBS
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"Her bold, award-winning reporting has earned her a prominent spot among...
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Bernard Holloway, a junior from Mitchellville, Maryland
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2002 Teen...
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Brett Dvorak, a junior at Indiana University from Granger, Indiana
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brett was 20 at the...
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John Krizel, a green community program coordinator from Beckley, West Virginia
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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Leslie Shannon, a manager of a research lab from Sydney, Australia
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"A recent art history graduate when she became Jeopardy! champion in...
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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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Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
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Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
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Andrew Hutchings, a graduate student from Ithaca, New York
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"A senior when he won the 1998 College Championship, he's now...
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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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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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Curt Schilling, a pitcher from the Boston Red Sox
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"In helping the Red Sox to win the 2004 World Series,...
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Andrew Kreitz, a senior from Huntington Beach, California
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2006 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000.
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
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"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Sioux City, Iowa
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Josh DenHartog, an actuarial technician from Thousand Oaks, California
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"He was the Teen Tournament champion in 1997. Now he's an...
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Whitney Prince, a sophomore from Maryville, Tennessee
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Ike Barinholtz, an actor from Chicago, Illinois
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\"An actor from Chicago, Illinois, he appeared on Fox\'s Mad TV,...
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Emma Couture, a twelve-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
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"Here's a portrait of a smart young girl who sees her...
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Matt Olson, a sophomore at Stanford University from Berkeley, California
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Sarah Bauer, a junior at Indiana University from Carmel, Indiana
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2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Neha Embar, a 12-year-old from Alpharetta, Georgia
|
"No kidding--she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows up....
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Sarah Bart, a senior at Goucher College from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2012 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 22 at...
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Matthew Cline, a 12-year-old from Maumelle, Arkansas
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"John Grisham's books have inspired him. He's firm. He wants to...
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Bob Woodward, an assistant managing editor from The Washington Post
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10).
Charity: Sidwell Friends School.
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Katie Gill, a sophomore from Jackson, Mississippi
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2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
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David Gregory, a political analyst and author from CNN and How's Your Faith?
|
"An NBC correspondent and anchor for nearly 20 years, he recently...
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Ana Navarro, a Republican commentator from CNN, ABC News, and Telemundo
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"Born in Nicaragua, she is one of the leading Hispanic Republican...
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Jonathan Capehart, a journalist from The Washington Post
|
"This Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist is a member of the Washington Post...
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Seth Disner, a senior from Los Angeles, California
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2002 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $28,900. Seth was 17 at the...
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Caley Anderson, a junior from Santee, California
|
2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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George Nelson, a senior from Montgomery, Alabama
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2002 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $29,497. George was...
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Thomas Zamora, a junior at the University of Southern California from Cypress, California
|
2001 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $14,100. Thomas was 20 at the...
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Brittany Rogers, a sophomore at Saddleback College from Lake Forest, California
|
2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brittany was 18 at the...
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Tony Nagatani, a junior at Ithaca College from Honolulu, Hawaii
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Tony was 20 at the time...
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Sara Dean, a junior at Syracuse University from Olney, Maryland
|
2001 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Sara was 19 at the time...
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Marques Redd, a sophomore at Harvard University from Macon, Georgia
|
2001 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Marques was 18 at the time...
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Michael Falk, a meteorologist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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Vik Vaz, a medical student from Austin, Texas
|
2006 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000. Season 22 3-time champion:...
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Mehrun Etebari, a graduate student of international relations from Durham, New Hampshire
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Colin Brown, a senior at the University of Rochester from Milwaukie, Oregon
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
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Steve Greene, a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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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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|
Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
|
"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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|
Phoebe Juel, a bookseller from Sylva, North Carolina
|
"She won the 1993 College Championship while attending Grinnell College. Today...
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|
Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
|
"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
|
|
Kathleen Mikulis, a stay-at-home mom from Mountain View, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $25,201 + $2,000. Kathleen's contestant experience blog....
|
|
Rachel Rothenberg, a senior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2009 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. Jeopardy! Message Board...
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Sara Wilkinson, a country club concierge from Athens, Georgia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $72,701 + $2,000.
|
|
Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
|
"A Jeopardy! tournament veteran, her best-known Jeopardy! appearance may be in...
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Mark McDonnell, a triathlon coach and entrepreneur from Miami, Florida
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $27,601 + $1,000.
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|
Stephen Weingarten, a stay-at-home dad from Portland, Oregon
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
|
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Nick Yozamp, a biology student from St. Cloud, Minnesota
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Susan Bellenot, a senior from Lakeview Terrace, California
|
2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Stephanie Ehresman, a senior from Shirley, New York
|
2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Lyn Thomas, a library assistant from Redmond, Washington
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $13,100 + $1,000.
|
|
Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
|
|
Craig Westphal, a paramedic from Tucson, Arizona
|
2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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|
Will Schultz, a freshman from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|
2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 19 at the time of the...
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|
Christopher Meloni, an Emmy-nominated actor from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
|
"He's played challenging roles on both sides of the law, including...
|
|
Nancy Grace, a TV legal expert from Headline News/Court TV
|
"She hosts her own legal analysis program on Headline News and...
|
|
Jeffrey Baer, a senior from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
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Kristiana Henderson, a junior from Kent, Washington
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
|
|
Amy Levine, a freshman from North Potomac, Maryland
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time...
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|
Kate Waits, a law professor at the University of Tulsa from Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
"A Harvard Law graduate when she competed in the 1988 Tournament...
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|
Brad Selvig, a sophomore at Florida State from Jacksonville, Florida
|
2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Amy Fletcher, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Diane Siegel, an educational consultant and writer from Northridge, California
|
"A full-time mom when she won five games in 1993, now...
|
|
Lauren Romero, a senior from Denver, Colorado
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
|
|
Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
|
"He was the biggest winner of the 1999-2000 season. A marketing...
|
|
Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois
|
\"He teaches at a school started by the Dominicans of St....
|
|
Michael Menkhus, a data analyst from Kansas City, Missouri
|
2024 Champions Wildcard 2nd runner-up: $25,000. Season 39 2-time champion: $48,402...
|
|
India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York City, New York
|
\"A semifinalist in the Tournament of Champions in 1992, now an...
|
|
Tommy Maranges, a junior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
|
|
Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
|
|
Celeste DiNucci, a recent graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
|
|
Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
2024 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000. Season 39 9-time champion:...
|
|
David Peterman, an area manager from Laguna Nigel, California
|
Season 3 3-time champion: $7,300. David was an area manager for...
|
|
Wil Wheaton, an actor from Burbank, California
|
"An actor from Burbank, California, he burst on to the scene...
|
|
Viki Radden, a high school English and literacy teacher from Bakersfield, California
|
"She teaches at the largest high school district in California. From...
|
|
Andrew Zazzera, a twelve-year-old from Virginia Beach, Virginia
|
"He has a sunny future as a meteorologist. From Virginia Beach,...
|
|
Greer Mackebee, a senior at Duke University from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 at the time of the...
|
|
Matt Rogers, a comedian from Long Island, New York
|
\"A comedian from Long Island, New York, his podcast, Las Culturistas,...
|
|
Zack Terrill, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida
|
2012 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 21 at...
|
|
Weston Mangin, a freshman at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo from Arroyo Grande, California
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
|
|
Brandon Welch, a senior from Grayson, Georgia
|
2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Caroline Jones, a senior from Silver Spring, Maryland
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Frank Firke, a junior from Chicago, Illinois
|
2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
|
|
Myles Jeffrey, a senior from Seal Beach, California
|
2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Mollie Haycock, a senior from Rocklin, California
|
2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Kristin Briggs, a senior from Parkland, Florida
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Meredith Johnson, a senior from University of Minnesota
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Attended the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities...
|
|
S.E. Cupp, a political commentator from CNN, New York Daily News, and Glamour
|
"She writes for the New York Daily News, is a contributor...
|
|
Anna Gohmann, a senior from Westlake Village, California
|
2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Anna was 17 at the time...
|
|
Mysti Kofford, a junior at Boston University from New Orleans, Louisiana
|
2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Mysti was 19 at the...
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|
Susan Haarman, a sophomore at Marquette University from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Susan was 19 at the time...
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Erin Bogart, a junior at Miami University of Ohio from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Erin was 20 at the time...
|
|
Cathy Lanctot, a law professor from Wilmington, Delaware
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
|
Jason Richards, a pharmacy technician from Old Town, Maine
|
2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 22 4-time champion: $99,200 + $2,000.
|
|
Kerry Breitenbach, a marketing analyst from Cleveland, Ohio
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 21 5-time champion: $90,400...
|
|
Kevin Marshall, a student from Metairie, Louisiana
|
2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 6-time champion: $98,201...
|
|
Doug Dorst, a writer and professor from Austin, Texas
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 22 3-time champion: $66,802...
|
|
Maria Wenglinsky, a teacher from Brooklyn, New York
|
2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion: $122,300...
|
|
Kermin Fleming, a student from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
|
|
Anna Allie, a junior at the University of Michigan at Dearborn from Dearborn, Michigan
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Dylan Smith, from the Bronx, New York
|
"This honor roll student wants to invent a teleporting system. From...
|
|
Tom Halpern, a lawyer originally from New York, New York
|
"A writer and researcher when he won 5 times in 1991,...
|
|
Bernie Cullen, a biologist from Santa Barbara, California
|
"He was the first 5-time champion of the 1996-97 season. A...
|
|
Kyle Hale, a college senior from Katy, Texas
|
"Representing Texas A&M, he won the 2002 College Championship. Now he's...
|
|
Amy Fine, a part-time teacher from Bethesda, Maryland
|
"She was the last 5-time winner in the 1993-94 season. A...
|
|
Jack Archey, an actor and writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"He was a CPA and comedian when he won his 5th...
|
|
Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"He was a writer living in Studio City, California, when he...
|
|
Frank Spangenberg, a transit cop from Douglaston, New York
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from New York City, New York
|
"He was a New York City cop when he won five...
|
|
Arthur Gandolfi, a commercial real estate executive from Pleasantville, New York
|
2004 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $25,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
|
|
Emily Jusino, a Ph.D. candidate in Greek literature originally from Fredericksburg, Virginia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000.
Last name pronouned like "hoo-SEE-no".
|
|
Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
|
|
Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
|
|
Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kuh-FONE".
|
|
Kevin Sorbo, an actor from Andromeda
|
"For 6 seasons, he starred as TV's Hercules; he now plays...
|
|
Andrea Michaels, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 4 player (1988-07-05): Gibson's Keytek professional keyboard + a Krayco...
|
|
Anthony Valente, a senior from Staten Island, New York
|
2003 Teen Tournament second runner-up: $24,799.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Gitta Neufeld, a Judaic teacher trainer from Far Rockaway, New York
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $18,300 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "GEE-ta...
|
|
Ben Swartz, a senior from Manassas, Virginia
|
2003 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
|
Scott Harris, a videographer and elementary school librarian from Las Vegas, Nevada
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $19,201 + $2,000. Scott won $30,000 on...
|
|
Sally O'Rourke, a freelance copywriter originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $33,601 + $1,000.
|
|
Daniel Stauss, a federal claims examiner from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $25,500 + $2,000. Daniel Stauss - A...
|
|
Jonathan Corbblah, a chess teacher from Harlem, New York
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Jonathan appeared as a...
|
|
Sandra McClellan, a granny nanny from Arlington, Texas
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $4,199 + $2,000.
|
|
Matt Kohlstedt, a grad student originally from La Grange, Illinois
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 25 5-time champion: $77,803 + $2,000.
|
|
Nicole Karrow, an 11-year-old from Lewes, Delaware
|
"Her goals are to be a horse breeder and trainer..." 2007...
|
|
Bob Kennedy, a college linguistics instructor from Santa Barbara, California
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $33,800 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Bobk
|
|
Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New York
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Diana North, a first grade teacher from Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
"She recently celebrated her silver anniversary of teaching. From Rock Hill,...
|
|
Sarah Nothnagel, a sophomore from the University of Southern California
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
|
|
Pete Troyan, a senior from the University of Michigan
|
2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 at the time of the...
|
|
Lindsey Nicolai, a junior from Hampton, Virginia
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
|
|
Meryl Federman, a senior from Livingston, New Jersey
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games champion (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 18...
|
|
Greg Peterson, a senior from Park Ridge, Illinois
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $38,600....
|
|
Andy Hutchins, a senior from Rockledge, Florida
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
|
|
Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
|
|
Emily Kamm, a 12-year-old from Arlington, Virginia
|
"This member of Model United Nations has been on the principal's...
|
|
Jerome Vered, a writer from Studio City, California
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Michael McKean, an actor, writer, and director from This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, and The Pajama Game
|
"His movies have included This is Spinal Tap and A Mighty...
|
|
Hon. Margaret Spellings, a U.S. Secretary of Education from Washington, D.C.
|
"As an advisor to President George W. Bush, she helped craft...
|
|
Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New York
|
"A police officer from Flushing, New York, Frank Spangenberg, who has...
|
|
Jerome Vered, a writer from Studio City, California
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New York
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Michael Blake, a 12-year-old from Hamburg, New York
|
"Our top story tonight is this young man, who wants to...
|
|
Alex Stambaugh, a 12-year-old from Paris, Kentucky
|
"He feels he can use his talents in math and science...
|
|
Lindsey Hargrove, a senior at the University of Texas from Bellaire, Texas
|
2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Mother's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: collegemom
|
|
Aki Terasaki, an 11-year-old from Newark, Delaware
|
"This future millionaire would like to be a professional writer and...
|
|
Casey Retterer, a sophomore at the University of Maryland from Olney, Maryland
|
2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
|
|
Laura Ansley, a senior from Twinsburg, Ohio
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Andrew Garen, an associate director of consumer marketing from Austin, Texas
|
"He was a project manager when he won his 5 shows...
|
|
Allison Peña, a junior from Sunrise, Florida
|
2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
|
|
Matt Klein, a senior from Pittsford, New York
|
2006 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $15,000. Won $1,000 on Who Wants...
|
|
Rachel McCool, a sophomore at Dickinson College from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2004 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: rachel_pi
|
|
Allan Long, a freshman from Tallahassee, Florida
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 14 at the time of the...
|
|
Kelley Burd, a junior at West Virginia University from Bristol, West Virginia
|
2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
|
|
Andy Richter, a comedian from Yorkville, Illinois
|
\"A comedian from Yorkville, Illinois, he was Conan O\'Brien\'s sidekick on...
|
|
Patton Oswalt, a Grammy- and Emmy-award-winning comedian from Portsmouth, Virginia
|
\"A Grammy- and Emmy-award-winning comedian from Portsmouth, Virginia, he rose to...
|
|
India Cooper, a copy editor from Madison, Indiana
|
\"She was an actor and copy editor in New York City...
|
|
Catherine Carson, a fourth grade language arts, math, and social studies teacher from Washington, D.C.
|
"She is new to teaching--she's in her second year. From Washington,...
|
|
Hasan Minhaj, a comedian from Davis, California
|
"A comedian from Davis, California, for years, he was a correspondent...
|
|
Patrick Pearce, a product specialist from Fountain Valley, California
|
Season 37 player (2021-07-26). Patrick's ending score of -$7,400 is the...
|
|
John Michael Higgins, an actor from Boston, Massachusetts
|
"An actor from Boston, Massachusetts, since 2018, he's hosted the popular...
|
|
Jalen Rose, a basketball star from Detroit, Michigan
|
"A basketball star from Detroit, Michigan, he revolutionized the sport as...
|
|
Graham Doskoch, a twelve-year-old from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
|
"He wants to put his love of design and building to...
|
|
Brian Meacham, a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 4-time champion: $90,500...
|
|
Evan Sandman, a hotel front desk manager from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 28 1-time champion $28,801 + $2,000.
|
|
Tyler Benedict, a junior at Columbia University from Dayton, Ohio
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
21 at the time of the College Championship.
|
|
Rob Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Younger brother of 2008-B Teen Tournament...
|
|
Raynell Cooper, a senior from Rockville, Maryland
|
2011 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 16 at the...
|
|
Christian Ie, a senior from Renton, Washington
|
2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "EE".
|
|
Kate Wadman, a junior from Tucson, Arizona
|
2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jeopartygirl
|
|
Dan Jansen, a world record holder and gold medal winner in speed skating from the 1994 Olympics
|
1995 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $10,000 for the Dan Jansen Foundation. "World...
|
|
Butch Malec, a freshman at Reed College from Edinboro, Pennsylvania
|
1999 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. In Butch's game, the entire Double...
|
|
Tucker Carlson, an author and co-host from Crossfire
|
2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10). Charities: American Camping Association &...
|
|
Heidi Liu, a senior from Plymouth, Minnesota
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Amanda Hall, from Farmington, Maine
|
"Whether it's writing a biography of Yo-Yo Ma or working on...
|
|
Matthew Weiner, a series creator and executive producer from Mad Men
|
"He is the creator and executive producer of one of the...
|
|
Sunny Hostin, a senior legal correspondent and analyst from ABC News
|
"She recently joined ABC News as their senior legal correspondent and...
|
|
Al Franken, an author and comedian from Lateline
|
"His latest book hit the New York Times bestseller list in...
|
|
Dee Dee Myers, a journalist from Vanity Fair
|
"The first woman ever to hold the post of White House...
|
|
Louie C.K., a comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer from Louie and Horace and Pete
|
"This multitalented actor, writer, producer, and director is also the star...
|
|
Vinita Kailasanath, a sophomore at Stanford University from Laurel, Maryland
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
|
Graham Gilmer, a senior from Lynchburg, Virginia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Teen...
|
|
Margaret Monroe, a junior from South Plainfield, New Jersey
|
2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Margaret was 16 at the time...
|
|
Heidi Greimann, a junior from Columbia, Missouri
|
2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Heidi was 15 at the...
|
|
Ryan Ballengee, a senior from Pasadena, Maryland
|
2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Kevin Keach, an operations manager from St. Ann, Missouri
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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|
Michael Arnone, a reporter from Arlington, Virginia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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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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Jayce Newton, a senior at UCLA from Long Beach, California
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Jayce was 22 at the...
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Sam Weaver, a sophomore at Bradley University from Pleasanton, California
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Sam was 20 at the time...
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Chris Mazurek, an assistant professor from Columbia, Missouri
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Aaron Thompson, a special assistant from Washington, D.C.
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 21 3-time champion:...
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David Rozenson, a lawyer from Newton, Massachusetts
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 21 3-time champion: $76,000 + $1,000.
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Tom Kavanaugh, a kickball team captain from St. Louis, Missouri
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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Nico Martinez, a college junior from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
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Nico Martinez, a junior at Stanford University from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
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Emily Zhang, from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"A National Science Merit Award recipient, she plans on becoming a...
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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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Joseph Henares, from Avon, Connecticut
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"Along with group science projects, history club, writing club, and chess...
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Røb Severson, a custodial facilitator from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 26 player (2009-11-17). Name pronounced like "ROB SEE-ver-sun". Røb wore...
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Bob Harris, an author, comedian, and radio commentator from Los Angeles, California
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"A 5-time champion and a finalist in the Tournament of Champions,...
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
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"Winner of both the 2000 Tournament of Champions and the 2001...
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Paul Gutowski, an alcohol and drug counselor from Rockford, Illinois
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"He was the first 5-time winner in 1997. An alcohol and...
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John Cuthbertson, an investment analyst from San Diego, California
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"He was the highest money winner of the 1993-94 season. An...
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Fraser Woodford, an investment banker from New York, New York
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"In 1993, winner of the Teen Tournament, he's now an investment...
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Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
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"Legislative work in his home state was suspended so that lawmakers...
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Robert Slaven, a technical products specialist originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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"He won 5 times in 1992. Today, he's a technical products...
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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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Solomon Howard, a freshman from St. Petersburg, Florida
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2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 14 at the time of...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a computer consultant from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was the winner of the 1992 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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Mike Scott, an eleven-year-old from Lake Villa, Illinois
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"He really likes doing challenging projects in school, but hates doing...
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Tim Koch, a 12-year-old sixth grader from Cliffwood, New Jersey
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"He would like to be a teacher because you get to...
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Steve Reynolds, a loan accounting clerk from Norman, Oklahoma
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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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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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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Tory Gilliam, a twelve-year-old from Powhatan, Virginia
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"As a member of his school's debate team, he likes to...
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Maxwell Baldi, a ten-year-old from Los Angeles, California
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"This future U.S. attorney general has always been interested in the...
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Katie Orphan, a freshman at Whitworth College from Reno, Nevada
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2002 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Sandra Bernhard, a comedienne from Los Angeles
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"Described as author, actress, humorist, singer and outrageous comedienne..." Playing for...
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Roger Mueller-Kim, a high school social studies teacher from Dublin, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,401 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "MULL-er KIM".
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Erica Greil, a junior from Princeton University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 and from Hastings, Minnesota at...
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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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Dana Delany, an actress from China Beach
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"She won 2 Emmys for her role as Army nurse Colleen...
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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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Shuyu Wang, a junior from Okemos, Michigan
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2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Tara Karr, a senior from Laclede, Idaho
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2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Amanda Sonmor, a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
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Season 27 2-time champion: $21,501 + $1,000.
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Charles Barkley, a former pro basketball player from Turner Network Television
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"He won 2 Olympic gold medals while playing for America's "Dream...
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Anthony Fox, an account executive from Arlington Heights, Illinois
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Season 27 4-time champion: $51,998 + $1,000. Playing as "Tony", Anthony...
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Bob Costas, a commentator and anchorman from NBC Sports
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"He's covered all the major sports for NBC, most recently providing...
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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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Jim Fitzpatrick, a senior at Wake Forest University from Colts Neck, New Jersey
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2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. According the the official Jeopardy! web...
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Paul Glaser, a research scientist from Albany, New York
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Susan Mitchell, a chemical engineer from Houston, Texas
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2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Adam Bibler, an economist originally from Lancaster, Ohio
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Season 27 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000.
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Donna Vogel, a scientist from Bethesda, Maryland
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Francesca Leibowitz, a fifth grade English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"She teaches at a school that opened in 1854. From Brooklyn...
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Terry Parker, a high school history teacher from Cutler Bay, Florida
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"Don't try to pin down this wrestling coach, history teacher, and...
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Chris Pae, a high school history teacher from Suwanee, Georgia
|
"He studied pre-med, then pre-law, but discovered his passion was teaching....
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Kaitlin Welborn, a sophomore from the University of Pennsylvania
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Alice Luo, a junior from Georgia Institute of Technology
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2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 at the time of...
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Kyle Hale, a college student from Katy, Texas
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 2003 Tournament...
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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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Rachel Gottesman, a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Trevor Norris, a management analyst from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Max Levaren, a personal success coach from San Diego, California
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2003 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 4-time champion:...
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Kevin Welber, a lawyer originally from Ramat Gan, Israel
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Season 14 player (1998-01-30). Kevin Amir Welber's biographical sketch, taken from...
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Kriti Gandhi, a senior from Ellicott City, Maryland
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 18 at the time...
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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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Ann Rupel, a medical research assistant from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-07-18).
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Meredith Dedopoulos, a 12-year-old from Durham, New Hampshire
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"This spelling bee champion has also won many sports awards. From...
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Sebastian Johnson, a senior from Takoma Park, Maryland
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Listed as "Sebi" on the...
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Loren Loiacono, a senior from Setauket, New York
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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"The reigning Tournament of Champions winner, he attended Johns Hopkins University...
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Steve Newman, a partner in a small computer company from Rockville, Maryland
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"He was the first player to win 5 games in the...
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Andrew Westney, a singer and actor from Atlanta, Georgia
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"In 1991, he won the Teen Tournament. Today, he's a singer...
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Hill Harper, an actor from CSI: NY
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"He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University. He has a...
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Christina Maes, a senior at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay from Green Bay, Wisconsin
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Soledad O'Brien, a broadcast journalist from CNN's American Morning
|
"This broadcast journalist has covered stories all over the world. Since...
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Harry Smith, a broadcast journalist from The Early Show
|
"This hard-working host of CBS's The Early Show has interviewed five...
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Jeff Love, a sophomore at Stanford University from Burlingame, California
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Jeff won $1,000 on Who Wants...
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Larry Marshall, a junior at the University of Missouri from Kansas City, Missouri
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Whitney Dearden, an 11-year-old from Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
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"She enjoys working with animals and would like to become a...
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William Marengo, an 11-year-old from the Bronx, New York
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"He will be the next Bronx Bomber, maybe--if it's up to...
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Steve Golden, a junior from Brookeville, Maryland
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Scott Gillispie, a project manager and expectant father from Atlanta, Georgia
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"While attending Georgia Tech, he won the 1991 College Championship. Now...
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Andrew Watkins, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: everyday847
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Jim Stalley, a crime data specialist from Denver, Colorado
|
2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19 4-time champion: $84,100 + $2,000.
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Vanamali Compton, a junior from Clarkdale, Arizona
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Joseph Graumann, a junior from Mays Landing, New Jersey
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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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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Iddoshe Hirpa, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Katie James, a sophomore from Winchester, Virginia
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Scott Renzoni, a bartender and actor from Burlington, Vermont
|
2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 20 4-time champion: $112,998 + $2,000.
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student from Fort Collins, Colorado
|
2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Vinita Kailasanath, a recent college graduate originally from Laurel, Maryland
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Mike Thayer, a mathematics teacher from North Plainfield, New Jersey
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"He was a junior at Rutgers University when he won the...
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Brian Weikle, a consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Kermin Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
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Sean Ryan, a cab driver from State College, Pennsylvania
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Frank Epstein, a police officer from Los Angeles, California
|
\"He was a 5-time champion in 1992, and is still serving...
|
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Larissa Kelly, a grad student from El Cerrito, California
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Larissa Kelly, a grad student from El Cerrito, California
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Andy Richter, from NBC\'s Late Night With Conan O\'Brien
|
\"He\'s a first-rate second banana and the sidekick on NBC\'s Late...
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Lilly Chin, a robotics Ph.D. student at MIT from Decatur, Georgia
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2017 Tournament of Champions wildcard...
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Lilly Chin, a senior at MIT from Decatur, Georgia
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2017 Tournament of Champions wildcard...
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Mark Duplass, a filmmaker and actor originally from New Orleans, Louisiana
|
2023 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $30,000 for Blink Now. Mark won...
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Lilly Chin, a robotics professor from Decatur, Georgia
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2017 Tournament of Champions wildcard...
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Richard Cordray, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from Grove City, Ohio and Washington, D.C.
|
\"He had just graduated from law school and was clerking for...
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|
Brendan Hunt, an actor from Chicago, Illinois
|
\"An actor from Chicago, Illinois, he began his career as a...
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|
India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York, New York
|
\"She became a 5-time champion in 1991. An actor and copy...
|
|
Matt Brannagan, a high school history teacher from Bowie, Maryland
|
Season 34 player (2018-01-10). Matt wore a patterened tie for his...
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Katie Nolan, a sports comedy host originally from Framingham, Massachusetts
|
2023 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! 2nd runner-up: $100,000 for the Association for...
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John Pearson, a 4th grade math teacher from Richardson, Texas
|
"His school's theme this year is superheroes. It's a bird! It's...
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Muffy Morris, a sophomore from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
|
1992 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000. Sister of 1989 Teen Tournament semifinalist...
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Steve Moulds, a playwright from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2021 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 36 3-time champion: $85,603...
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Charlie Santiuste, a relationship manager from Charlottesville, Virginia
|
Season 34 player (2017-12-11). Last name pronounced like "san-tee-YOO-stay". Charlie wore...
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Cora Peck, a high school teacher and grad student from Aliso Viejo, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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John Mahoney, an actor from Frasier
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\"A Tony Award winner who now plays Martin Crane on the...
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Eartha Kitt, an actress and singer from New York City
|
\"An acclaimed international star of stage, screen, television and cabaret, the...
|
|
Sheryl Underwood, a single stand-up comedian from Studio City, California
|
2023 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $30,000 for the Pack Rat Foundation for Education.
|
|
Jason Alexander, a Tony Award winner from Jerome Robbins\' Broadway and Seinfeld
|
1994 Celebrity Jeopardy! player (1994-11-09). Playing for Anti-Defamation League. Jason won...
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Ike Barinholtz, a producer, writer, and actor from Chicago, Illinois
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2024 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. 2022 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! winner:...
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Rose Schaefer, a junior from Portland, Oregon
|
2012 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $36,000. 16 at...
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Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1994 Tournament...
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Tom Nichols, a political science professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1994 Tournament...
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Fred Ketteman, a purser from San Francisco, California
|
Season 7 1-time champion: $22,500 + Lalura pure parfum in Baccarat...
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Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1994 Tournament...
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Ray Romano, an actor from Queens, New York
|
"An actor from Queens, New York, for nine seasons, he starred...
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Mira Sorvino, an actress and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador born in New York, raised in New Jersey
|
2023 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! semifinalist: $50,000 for the UN Trust Fund...
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Sally Umbach, a third grade special education teacher from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
"She teaches at a school district that has been in operation...
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Larry DeMoss, a high school English teacher from Ellettsville, Indiana
|
"He went from short orders to short stories when he switched...
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Christy Gibson, a family medicine physician from Issaquah, Washington
|
Season 28 player (2012-07-09). Christy's ending score of -$6,400 was the...
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Josiah Washington, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Columbia, South Carolina
|
"Fasten your seat belts for this future CEO of a roller-coaster...
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Lori Kissell, a high school Latin teacher from Fredericksburg, Virginia
|
"She loves everything about Latin and shares that love with her...
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Matt Polazzo, a high school U.S. government teacher from Brooklyn, New York
|
"He teaches at one of the most selective high schools in...
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Caitlin Millat, a kindergarten teacher from Brooklyn, New York
|
"She receives support from Teach for America and works for Achievement...
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Marcia Edmundson, a high school French teacher from Chesterfield, Virginia
|
"In the banking world, she checked credit scores. She's much happier...
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Brenton Montie, a sixth grade social studies teacher from South Lyon, Michigan
|
"He teaches at a school ranked in the top 5% in...
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Drew Joanides, a high school history teacher from Miami, Florida
|
"He is one of our four teachers competing in our tournament...
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Aisha Tyler, an actor from San Francisco, California
|
"An actor from San Francisco, California, she won an Emmy for...
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Thomas Hurley, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Newtown, Connecticut
|
"Watch out, Alex. This kid wants to host Jeopardy! He says...
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Paul Nelson, a Senate staff aide originally from Iowa City, Iowa
|
2013 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 29 5-time champion: $54,900 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: PaulNelson2012
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Jessamine Price, a graduate student in creative writing from Greenbelt, Maryland
|
Season 28 3-time champion: $26,803 + $2,000.
First name pronounced like "JESS-min".
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Candace Parker, a basketball player from Naperville, Illinois
|
"A basketball player from Naperville, Illinois, she was the number one...
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Neil Patel, a twelve-year-old from Plano, Texas
|
"He wants to become an environmental scientist and help protect our...
|
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Shelby Malone, a senior from Grayson, Kentucky
|
2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: sleeping_stars
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Karan Takhar, a senior from North Attleborough, Massachusetts
|
2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. First name pronounced like "KUR-run". Jeopardy...
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Meg Walker, an eleven-year-old from Brandon, Mississippi
|
"She wants to help people with disabilities have a better life...
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Casey Clough, a junior from Columbia, South Carolina
|
2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "CLUE".
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Bradley Silverman, a junior from Alpharetta, Georgia
|
2008-B Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $44,600. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Katie Houghton, a senior from Ewing, New Jersey
|
2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "HOW-ton".
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|
Christopher Short, a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 6-time champion: $94,752...
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Penn Jillette, a magician and illusionist from Las Vegas
|
\"Known for his outrageous blend of magic and comedy, his act...
|
|
Mark Runsvold, a student and waiter from Moscow, Idaho
|
2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 4-time champion: $153,800 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: markrunsvold
|
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Brad Brown, a theater teacher from Nashville, Tennessee
|
"And he is a theater teacher at an international baccalaureate certified...
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|
Kathryn Wendling, a high school social studies teacher from Farmington, Minnesota
|
"Her high school newspaper predicted she would be on Jeopardy! From...
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Wes Pierce, a financial planner from Anaheim Hills, California
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $47,199 + $2,000.
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|
Mary Ann Eitler, a geologist from Alexandria, Virginia
|
Season 20 player (2004-07-02). KJL game 23. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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|
Reggie Watts, a comedian from Great Falls, Montana
|
"A comedian from Great Falls, Montana, since 2015, he's worked alongside...
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|
Elissa Hoffman, a high school biology and anatomy & physiology teacher from Appleton, Wisconsin
|
"She is in her lucky 13th year of teaching. From Appleton,...
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John Botti, a high school history and English teacher from Bethesda, Maryland
|
"He says he keeps his spirit young by spending time with...
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|
Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 5-time champion: $83,401 + $2,000.
|
|
Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2011 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000.
JBoard user name: lonesomeseagull
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Joan Kantor, a controller originally from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 1 player (1985-04-26). Joan's ending score of -$5,100 is the...
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Sue Korosa, a teacher from Akron, Ohio
|
Season 7 player (1990-09-06). Sue, then of Copley High School, won...
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Marcus Gresham, a WRAP facilitator from Corydon, Indiana
|
Season 34 2-time champion: $46,802 + $1,000. WRAP stands for Wellness...
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Arjun Malhotra, a 12-year-old from Sammamish, Washington
|
"He says he's not naturally inclined to be an athlete, so...
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Anne Rozek, a junior at Eastern Illinois University from Perry, Illinois
|
2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Michael Cera, an actor from Brampton, Canada
|
"An actor from Brampton, Canada, he's perhaps best known for playing...
|
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Quinn McDonald, an inventory control manager from Lowville, New York
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $20,600 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Mighty Q
|
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Evan Eschliman, a sophomore from Olathe, Kansas
|
2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Gabriela Gonzales, a senior from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Kevin Yang, a junior from Birmingham, Alabama
|
2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Bruce Ikawa, a college professor from Hillsdale, Michigan
|
\"He says his 5 wins in 1990 increases his credibility with...
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|
Cosi Audi, a junior from North Canton, Ohio
|
2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Nikhil Desai, a junior from Fremont, California
|
2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
|
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Lindsey Thiesfeld, a sophomore from Clarendon Hills, Illinois
|
2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Raya Elias-Pushett, a junior from Aventura, Florida
|
2011 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $20,851. First name...
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Kyra Sedgwick, an actor and director originally from New York City
|
2023 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $30,000 for the Food Bank for NYC.
|
|
Andrew Van Duyn, a junior from Wheaton, Illinois
|
2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Amanda Seales, a comedian and social justice advocate from Los Angeles, California
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2023 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $30,000 for the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors...
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Dan Burke, a high school theology teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 28 1-time champion: $26,798 + $1,000.
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Ken Jennings, a 74-game champion from Seattle, Washington
|
"In 2004, his record-breaking 74-game win streak set a standard for...
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Kate Rowland, a family doctor from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000.
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Noah Wyle, from ER
|
"He's earned 5 Emmy nominations for his portrayal of Dr. John...
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LeVar Burton, a distinguished actor and TV host from the Emmy-winning children's program Reading Rainbow
|
1995 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $14,500 for the Somalia Foundation. "A distinguished...
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David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
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Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania
|
2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
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Caroline Bartman, a senior from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Jeffrey Gerlomes, a freshman from Napa, California
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Stephen Fritz, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2007 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $25,460.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Eliza Urban, a sophomore from Richmond, Virginia
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Kathy Mattea, a singer from "Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses"
|
1994 Celebrity Jeopardy! player (1994-11-10). Playing for American Foundation for AIDS...
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Camille Calman, a researcher and writer from New York City, New York
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Season 9 2-time champion: $30,701 + Towle silversmiths beaded antique stainless...
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Olivia Woods, a 12-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
"She loves working with little kids and would like to become...
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Will Casper, a senior from Basin City, Washington
|
2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of...
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Anne Boyd, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
|
2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion: $84,600...
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Michael Sabatino, an actor from The Bold and the Beautiful
|
1994 Celebrity Jeopardy! player (1994-11-10).
Playing for Shelter for the Homeless.
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Janelle Lambert, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
|
2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Lieutenant Commander Alan Echt, an industrial hygienist from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 10 1-time champion: $14,001. Johnny announced Alan\'s rank, but the...
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Tim Russert, a journalist from Meet the Press
|
"The host of the longest-running show in the history of television,...
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Hank Robinson, a senior from Lithia Springs, Georgia
|
2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Bill Maher, a comedian and author from Politically Incorrect
|
"A comedian and author, he hosts the lively discussion group called...
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Melissa Harris-Perry, a professor and editor-at-large from Elle.com
|
"She is the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University,...
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Stephanie Hull, a graduate student of philosophy from Columbia, Missouri
|
Season 31 player (2015-03-12). Stephanie's ending score of -$6,800 was the...
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Pat Schroeder, a former congresswoman from the Association of American Publishers
|
"Former congresswoman, member of the Women's Hall of Fame and current...
|
|
Senator Al Franken, a U.S. senator from Minnesota
|
"After a successful career as a comedy writer, author, and radio...
|
|
Bill Maher, a 1995 CableACE winner from Politically Incorrect
|
1995 Celebrity Jeopardy! player (1995-11-09). Playing for People for the Ethical...
|
|
Heather Chapman, a news assistant from Lexington, Kentucky
|
Season 24 player (2008-01-04). Heather appeared on Master Minds on 2020-05-07....
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Chuck Todd, a political director and host from NBC News and NBC's Meet the Press
|
"He is the political director of NBC News, the host of...
|
|
Jonathan Franzen, a best-selling author from Purity and The Corrections
|
"His best-selling novels are critically acclaimed and have won numerous honors,...
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John Pearson, a fifth grade math teacher from Richardson, Texas
|
2014 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2013 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000....
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Michael Shutterly, a bank officer from Elkridge, Maryland
|
Season 4 4-time champion: $49,200. Michael won $500,000 appearing on Who...
|
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Andy Siegler, a senior from Cinnaminson, New Jersey
|
2001 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $15,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Emily Karrs, a junior from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
|
2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Emily was 16 at the time...
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Tom Hartmann, a junior from San Antonio, Texas
|
2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Blake Hernandez, a senior from Burke, Virginia
|
2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Blake was 16 at the time...
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Andy Kravis, a freshman from Farmington Hills, Michigan
|
2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Andy was 13 at the...
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Logan Bell, a senior from Rock Falls, Illinois
|
2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Allie Pape, a sophomore from Ponte Vedra, Florida
|
2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Allie was 14 at the time...
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Jonathan Reinstein, a junior from Dix Hills, New York
|
2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Evan Stewart, a sophomore from Frankfort, Kentucky
|
2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Evan was 15 at the time...
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Seveen Kannankara, a junior from Bergenfield, New Jersey
|
2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Seveen was 15 at the time...
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Ryan Moore, a partner in a start-up company from Venice, California
|
2001 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 17 5-time champion: $39,800 + a Corvette.
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Michelle Clum, an executive assistant from Wichita, Kansas
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Gracie Studdard, a 12-year-old from Locust Grove, Georgia
|
"When this contestant's father was on the show, he couldn't think...
|
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Lynne Sherwin, a features editor from Akron, Ohio
|
Season 23 1-time champion: $22,301 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: barefoot_girl
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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia
|
"An actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Bob Blake, who has won...
|
|
Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
|
2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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Faith Love, a systems analyst from Boyds, Maryland
|
Season 19 4-time champion: $40,801 + $1,000. Faith was the alternate...
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Brady Newell, from Derwood, Maryland
|
"She loves diving and gymnastics, but is headed toward being either...
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Chris Breen, a sophomore at Princeton University from Springfield, Massachusetts
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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Elise Beraru, an insurance underwriter from Los Angeles, California
|
1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000....
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Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
|
2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
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Pranita Ramakrishnan, from Centreville, Virginia
|
"Not only does this future neurologist enjoy swimming, drawing and spelling,...
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Chelsea He, a sophomore at Duke University from Raleigh, North Carolina
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "HEE".
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a superstar from the NBA
|
2012 Power Players Week player. 2009-2010 Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational quarterfinalist....
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Peter Ellis, a senior at North Carolina State University from Cary, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
|
"He was a sportswriter living in Reston, Virginia, when he won...
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Ben Goldman, a sophomore at New York University from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
|
2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Son of Season 17 1-time champion Marjorie Goldman.
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Malisha Butts, a senior at North Carolina Central University from Durham, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Vivian Lappenbusch, a twelve-year-old from Seattle, Washington
|
"She finds other people's stories and cultures fascinating, so anthropology is...
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Christopher Chilton, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Holly Springs, North Carolina
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Christopher won $5,000 on Who Wants...
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Matt Tick, from Escondido, California
|
"Will take violin lessons and loves science, but he really wants...
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Jack Weisman, a twelve-year-old from Beachwood, Ohio
|
"He's considering becoming a lawyer, just like Mom and Dad. From...
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Caroline Evans, a twelve-year-old from Bethesda, Maryland
|
"The sky's not the limit. She wants to be the first...
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Antonia Wang, a sophomore at Purdue University from Carmel, Indiana
|
2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Doug Meyer, an editor originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
Season 21 player (2005-06-09). Season 20 player (2004-03-11). Doug previously appeared...
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Bryce Piotrowski, a twelve-year-old from Madison, Wisconsin
|
"He has no idea what he wants to do later in...
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Rick Knutsen, a musician and stay-at-home dad from Brooklyn, New York
|
"A finalist in the 2001 Tournament of Champions, he's a musician...
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Lynne Wexler, a librarian from Evanston, Illinois
|
"She was the first 5-time champion in 1991. A librarian from...
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Will Walters, a twelve-year-old from Lexington, Kentucky
|
"He wants to follow in the footsteps of his idols, Albert...
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Lan Djang, a health policy analyst from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
"He was a 5-time champion in 2001. Today he's a health...
|
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Pam Jones-Pigott, a farmers' market coordinator from Pflugerville, Texas
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $16,800 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "johnz-PIE-gut".
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Regina Fitzsimmons, a homemaker from Springfield, Virginia
|
Season 20 player (2004-01-19).
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Kyle Ziemnick, an eleven-year-old from Purcellville, Virginia
|
"He likes logical arguments and debates, so would like to be...
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Paul Thompson, a human resources manager from Cheverly, Maryland
|
"He was the first 5-time champion in the 1995-96 season. A...
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Tommy Jordan, a pastor from Sylvania, Arkansas
|
Season 27 player (2010-10-20).
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Brad Plovan, an attorney from Baltimore, Maryland
|
"With the money from his five wins in 1995, he bought...
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Mark Eckard, an entrepreneur from Bedford, Massachusetts
|
"A 2001 5-time champion as a software designer, he has now...
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Lindsay Oxx, a senior from Longmeadow, Massachusetts
|
2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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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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Sandra Gore, a corporate researcher from Berkeley, California
|
"After five wins in 1987, she fulfilled her dream of moving...
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Samantha Reback, a sophomore from Bethesda, Maryland
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Matt Morris, a financial analyst originally from Louisville, Kentucky
|
"In 1994, he won the Teen Tournament. Today, he's a financial...
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John Genova, a teacher from Granada Hills, California
|
"From 1984, he was the earliest 5-time champion in the tournament....
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Melissa Seal, a law student from Kingston, Ontario, Canada
|
"She was a senior when she became the Teen Tournament champion...
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
|
"His aggressive wagering helped him become the biggest winner from the...
|
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Roger Storm, a teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
|
1990 Super Jeopardy! semifinalist: $10,000. 1987 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist:...
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Suzanne Rorick, a stay-at-home mom from Stevenson Ranch, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $12,900 + $2,000.
|
|
Bonny Jain, a senior from Moline, Illinois
|
2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
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Josh Charnin-Aker, a twelve-year-old from Lighthouse Point, Florida
|
"And, whether in neonatology or as a Navy SEAL, he plans...
|
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Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
|
"He was a legal assistant living near D.C. when he won...
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Kelly Scurry, an 11-year-old seventh grader from Lauderhill, Florida
|
"It's very convenient that Washington, D.C. is his favorite city, because...
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Keith Williams, a college student from Manchester, Vermont
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
|
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Seth Alcorn, a bookstore supervisor from Alexandria, Virginia
|
2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 19 3-time champion: $106,400 + $1,000.
|
|
Nina Ginocchio, a school librarian from Park Ridge, Illinois
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $56,700 + $1,000.
|
|
Kirsten Dunst, an actress from Jumanji
|
"She starred in Jumanji and Little Women; earned the Golden Globe...
|
|
Crystal Durham, a 12-year-old from Fort Pierce, Florida
|
"She would like to be an Irish stepdancing teacher, because dancing...
|
|
Benjamin Salisbury, an actor from The Nanny
|
"He won the Young Artists Award for Best Performance in a...
|
|
Holly Flynn, an 11-year-old from Holmes, Pennsylvania
|
"She started performing in community theatre when she was just 4...
|
|
Sharon Lawrence, an actress from Fired Up
|
"From NYPD Blue & her new series Fired Up, she just...
|
|
Sam Daub, an eleven-year-old from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
|
"And he finds video games enticing and has made a fantasy...
|
|
Robin Quivers, a radio personality from The Howard Stern Show
|
"From the hit movie Private Parts, she was an Air Force...
|
|
Mark McEwen, a weatherman from CBS This Morning
|
"Before he became a mainstay on CBS News This Morning, he...
|
|
Beau Bridges, an actor from Without Warning: The James Brady Story
|
"And winner of the 1992 Emmy, Golden Globe & ACE Awards...
|
|
Elena Botella, an eleven-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
"This future journalist loves to find answers, today, she'll have to...
|
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Jelisa Castrodale, a sportswriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $39,399 + $1,000.
Name pronounced like "jell-EES-ah KASS-tro-dale".
|
|
Laura Innes, an actress from ER
|
"She's Dr. Kerry Weaver, attending physician on the top-rated TV drama...
|
|
Zachary Quinto, an actor from 24, Heroes, American Horror Story, Star Trek, and The Glass Menagerie
|
"He has won acclaim for roles on TV's 24, Heroes, and...
|
|
Josh Gad, a comedian from The Book of Mormon, Frozen, The Comedians, and Pixels
|
"Nominated for a Tony for The Book of Mormon, he was...
|
|
Carl Lewis, a retired track and field athlete from Los Angeles, California
|
"And he's been called the greatest track and field athlete of...
|
|
Roger Storm, a teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
|
1990 Super Jeopardy! semifinalist: $10,000. 1987 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist:...
|
|
Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
|
|
Lisa Dvorak, a grocery store chain administrative assistant from Millersville, Maryland
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $31,201 + $2,000.
|
|
Tom Jennings, a maintenance mechanic from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $24,000 + $2,000.
|
|
Lizz Mullowney, a senior from Crystal Lake, Illinois
|
2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
|
|
Joel Knight, a freshman from Farmington, Michigan
|
2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Robert Wargo, a student from Fairfield, Connecticut
|
Season 2 player (1986-05-29). Robert appeared on seven episodes of Connecticut...
|
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Jen Fick, a records manager from Bethesda, Maryland
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $9,300 + $2,000.
|
|
John Zhang, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Teen...
|
|
Brittany McCants, a junior from Winnsboro, South Carolina
|
2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Elise Beraru, an insurance underwriter from Los Angeles, California
|
1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000....
|
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Tyler Allard, a senior from Garrett Park, Maryland
|
2003 Teen Tournament first runner-up: $28,400.
|
|
John Matthews, a senior from Escondido, California
|
2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Nathan Lane, an actor from The Producers
|
"He's won rave reviews for his screen role in The Birdcage...
|
|
Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
|
|
Robin Roberts, an anchorwoman from ESPN
|
"This ESPN anchor and commentator was once a star basketball player...
|
|
Wallace Langham, an actor from Veronica's Closet
|
"He plays a sarcastic, but efficient personal assistant on Veronica's Closet..."...
|
|
Genaro Lopez, a contract administrator from Portland, Oregon
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $29,001 + $2,000.
First name pronounced like "heh-NAR-o".
|
|
Jeff Greenfield, a journalist from Newsstand: CNN & Time
|
"He's CNN's senior analyst and the co-anchor of the weekly magazine...
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|
Sara Terrell, a veterinary technician from Windsor, Connecticut
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
|
Robby Schrum, a junior at Yale University from Crown Point, Indiana
|
2003 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy!...
|
|
Jackson Ruzzo, a 12-year-old from Waccabuc, New York
|
"He wants to be a Broadway actor, because he likes to...
|
|
Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
|
2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
|
|
Camryn Manheim, an actress from The Practice
|
"She won an Emmy for her portrayal of Ellenor Frutt on...
|
|
Catherine Bell, an actress from JAG
|
"Her Marine Corps attorney, Major Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie, plays by the...
|
|
Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
|
"He met and then married his wife while both were costarring...
|
|
Greg Gumbel, a sportscaster from NBC Sports
|
"He covers baseball, basketball and football for NBC; he hosted the...
|
|
Donna D'Errico, a model and actress from Baywatch
|
"She's starring in 2 hit TV series at the same time,...
|
|
Sam Waterston, an actor from Law & Order
|
Playing for Refugees International, an advocacy group for refugees.
|
|
Summer Sanders, a TV personality and former Olympic swimmer from Figure It Out
|
"She swam her way to 4 medals in Barcelona and now...
|
|
Rebecca Lobo, a basketball player from the New York Liberty
|
"The youngest member of the 1996 gold medal Olympic women's basketball...
|
|
Charlie Blatt, an 11-year-old from Scarsdale, New York
|
"Besides cooking, working on the computer, and tap dancing, she likes...
|
|
Doug Meyer, an editor from Newton, Massachusetts
|
Season 21 player (2005-06-09). Season 20 player (2004-03-11). Doug later returned...
|
|
Tom Zamojcin, a digital marketing manager from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $22,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "zam-MOH-chin".
|
|
Laura Button, an editor and proofreader from Alpharetta, Georgia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $28,800 + $1,000.
|
|
Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
|
|
Robin Cheney, a middle school teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
|
"All the students at her school go on a camping trip...
|
|
Michelle Schrier, an 11-year-old from Potomac, Maryland
|
"She plans on being a news reporter while waiting for her...
|
|
Elise Burton, a freshman from the University of California-Berkeley
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 18 at the time of the...
|
|
Marion Penning, a high school science and history teacher from Baltimore, Maryland
|
"She teaches at a Maryland 'green' school that has a solar...
|
|
Christine Kennedy, a freshman from the University of Notre Dame
|
2007 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000. 19 at the time of...
|
|
Elise Beraru, a lawyer from Los Angeles, California
|
1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000....
|
|
Savannah Morgan, a 12-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
"Her future recipe for success is as the star of her...
|
|
Todd Leopold, a student from New Orleans, Louisiana
|
Season 4 player (1988-01-13). Won $1,000 on Who Wants to Be...
|
|
Ashley Grand, a freshman from Harvard University
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
|
|
CCH Pounder, an actress from The Shield
|
"Now co-starring in the critically acclaimed FX series The Shield..." Playing...
|
|
Jane Kaczmarek, an Emmy-nominated actress from Help Me Help You
|
"As Lois on Malcolm in the Middle, she earned seven straight...
|
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Linda Park, an actress from Star Trek: Enterprise
|
"She plays communications officer Hoshi Sato, the youngest member of the...
|
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Brady Cassis, a junior from Yale University
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
|
|
Craig Boge, a senior from Stanford University
|
2007 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. 21 at the time of...
|
|
Hayley Clatterbuck, a junior from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
|
2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of...
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Vivica A. Fox, an actress from Boat Trip
|
"She stars with Cuba Gooding, Jr. in his latest comedy, Boat...
|
|
Julie Bowen, an actress from Ed
|
"She plays English teacher Carol Vessey, Ed Stevens' on-again, off-again object...
|
|
Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from Sherman Oaks, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
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|
Patrick Macaraeg, a software engineer from Largo, Florida
|
Season 20 3-time champion: $83,002 + $1,000.
|
|
Mark Brown, an administrative assistant and father from Peoria, Arizona
|
2003 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 5-time champion: $68,094...
|
|
Lisa Ackerman, a senior from Livermore, California
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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|
Travis Troyer, a software engineer from Hereford, Maryland
|
2003 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 5-time champion:...
|
|
David Hudson, Jr., an 11-year-old from Richmond, Virginia
|
"If the L.A. Lakers don't have a spot for him, he'll...
|
|
Brandi Chastain, a professional soccer player from the U.S. Olympic Women's Soccer Team
|
"She scored the memorable winning goal for the U.S. women's soccer...
|
|
Kyle Neblett, a senior from Beaverton, Oregon
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 2nd runner-up: $36,400. 18 at the...
|
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Roger Storm, a teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
|
1990 Super Jeopardy! semifinalist: $10,000. 1987 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist:...
|
|
Amy Varallo, a senior from Aiken, South Carolina
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
|
|
Ben Noe, a sophomore from Flushing, Michigan
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time...
|
|
Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1990 Tournament...
|
|
Naomi Judd, a singer from The Judds
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"She's one of country music's most popular stars..." Playing for the...
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Jane Curtin, an actress from 3rd Rock from the Sun
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"She stars in the hit comedy 3rd Rock from the Sun..."...
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Lance Johnson, a warehouse associate from Champaign, Illinois
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1999 Tournament...
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Adam Blau, a composer and musician from Los Angeles, California
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Season 24 player (2007-09-19).
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Billy Baxter, a grad student and 1992 College Tournament champion from Richmond, Virginia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. Eliminated from...
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Mark Eckard, a software designer from Bedford, Massachusetts
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $35,600. 2001 Tournament...
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Keli Jackson, a software testing manager originally from Fort Washington, Maryland
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Season 24 1-time champion: $22,001 + $1,000.
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Larry Cloud, a computer consultant from Inglewood, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Ari Schoenholtz, a senior at Williams College from Bethesda, Maryland
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2004 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Jeopardy! Message...
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Lily Wang, a junior at Columbia University from Plano, Texas
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2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Steve Schirripa, an actor from The Sopranos
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"Once the entertainment director at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas,...
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Erik Larsen, a librarian and a licensed amateur boxing official from Jacksonville, Florida
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"A 5-time champion from 1990, he's a librarian and a licensed...
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Michael Rooney, a college professor from Pasadena, California
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"He was a winner of 5 games in 1999, and is...
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Amanda Nowotny, a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh from New Castle, Pennsylvania
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Wes Kovarik, a senior from Antioch, California
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2005 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $30,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Sara Jansson, a 10-year-old from Monmouth Junction, New Jersey
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"She wants to become a singer because she loves music so...
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Ivan Kleinfeld, an 11-year-old from Arlington, Virginia
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"He would like to be a doctor so that he can...
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Eric Webb, a 12-year-old from Austin, Texas
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"He wants to be a cartoonist so he can make people...
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Katie Baxter, a 10-year-old from Glenside, Pennsylvania
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"She has already won a presidential award. So why not the...
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Sean Ryan, a graduate student from Whitehall, Pennsylvania
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Ben Goggins, a retired marine biologist from Tybee Island, Georgia
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Season 22 2-time champion: $46,800 + $2,000.
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Grace Veach, a librarian from Lakeland, Florida
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"After winning 5 games in 1997, she was the grand marshall...
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Kristin Frankhouser, a 12-year-old from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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"Her future plans include becoming a physical therapist, a wife, and...
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Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
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"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
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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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Roy Holliday, a radiologist from Nyack, New York
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"He was the first to win five games in the 1987-88...
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Amory Jendrek, a freshman at Davidson College from Knoxville, Tennessee
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2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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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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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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Papa Chakravarthy, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament champion: $75,000.
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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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Bob Shore, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 21 2-time champion: $47,602 + $2,000. Proponent of Shore's Conjecture....
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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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Jeff Hoppes, a graduate student from El Cerrito, California
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Season 21 player (2004-11-09). KJL game 70. Last name pronounced like...
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Tom Baker, a writer from Tokyo, Japan
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2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 20 3-time champion: $102,300 + $2,000.
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Joe Kohake, from Florence, Kentucky
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"Golf, piano, and euphonium lessons are just a few of his...
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Regina Merrill, from Lincoln, Nebraska
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"She's very good at writing stories and poetry, but her love...
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Claire Winkler, from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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"This honor roll student participates on both the year-round and summer...
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William Carpenter, from Bainbridge Island, Washington
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"Being the scientist that he is, Mom never knows what she...
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Tom Cilla, from Kings Park, New York
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"He wants to join the Coast Guard or the Navy, but...
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Mallory Banks, from Summerville, South Carolina
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"And this future physicist loves figuring out the underlying components of...
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Emily Sturtz, from Parsippany, New Jersey
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"Because she would like to help people, she wants to become...
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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1990 Tournament...
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Bobby Millison, from Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania
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"He's an award-winning diver, and would like to serve his country...
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Dan Ford, an editor from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 21 player (2004-11-24). KJL game 71. Dan resides in Tysons...
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Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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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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Lance Johnson, an event coordinator from Champaign, Illinois
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1999 Tournament...
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Billy Baxter, a senior from the College of William & Mary
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. Eliminated from...
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Chris Ward, a foreign service officer from Johannesburg, South Africa
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"A 5-game winner in 1998, he was living in Peru when...
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Chloé White, a senior from Mission Hills, Kansas
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Geoff Hatchard, a senior from Reese, Michigan
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1996 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Geoff won a $15,000 college scholarship...
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Joe Murphy, an attorney from Indianapolis, Indiana
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Season 8 2-time champion: $30,302 + Orrefors stemware + Michael C....
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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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Neville Fogarty, an 11-year-old from Kingwood, Texas
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\"This chess player is planning his career moves very carefully. From...
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Matt Jackson, a paralegal from Washington, D.C.
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Jennifer Cross Miller, a communications manager from Pacheco, California
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Season 30 player (2014-01-23).
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Bob Winthrop, a technical writer originally from Hannibal, Missouri
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1988 Senior Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000. Bob and Tom Wickham each had...
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Maggie Brown, a sophomore from Pensacola, Florida
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2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2018 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist:...
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Chip Bell, a telecom engineer from Marysville, Ohio
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Season 30 2-time champion: $29,300 + $2,000. Chip won $5,000 on...
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Maggie Brown, a junior at the University of West Florida from Pensacola, Florida
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\"A sophomore from Pensacola, Florida in the 2018 Teen Tournament, she\'s...
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Justin Cosgrove, an assistant principal at a high school for the blind from St. Augustine, Florida
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Season 34 player (2018-06-21).
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Ken Jennings, the winner of 74 consecutive games from Seattle, Washington
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Larissa Kelly, an editor from Richmond, California
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Macaulay Culkin, an actor originally from New York City
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2023 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $30,000 for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
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Doug Petersen, a dentist originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 8 player (1991-12-25). Doug played in a white Navy uniform....
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Becky Lynch, a WWE superstar and author originally from Dublin, Ireland
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2023 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $30,000 for the V Foundation, supporting...
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Mary Ellen LaRubbio, a legal secretary originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 8 player (1992-06-12): a collection of Armitron All-Sport water-resistant sport...
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Chris Dellicarpini, a screenwriter from South Huntington, New York
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Season 23 1-time champion: $25,199 + $2,000. Chris was a high...
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Elizabeth Connor, an art director from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-01-31). Elizabeth wore a necklace that said "UGH"...
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Catherine Ramen, an assistant editor from New York City, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $44,000. 1998 Tournament...
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Catherine Ramen, an assistant editor from New York, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $44,000. 1998 Tournament...
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Nathan Walpow, a data processor originally from Queens, New York
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1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 1 5-time champion: $38,900....
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Michelle DeGrothy, a Navy helicopter pilot from Neptune Beach, Florida
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Season 30 2-time champion: $25,900 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Bob Majeska, a research scientist from Danbury, Connecticut
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Season 10 4-time champion: $33,300. Bob was likely the alternate for...
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Jeff Goldstein, a law student originally from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 2 player (1986-03-26). Jeff fainted during the Final Jeopardy! Round...
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Julia Dye, a vice president of production from North Hills, California
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Season 30 player (2014-01-08).
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Melissa Joan Hart, from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
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\"She works her magic as the star of Sabrina, the Teenage...
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Richard Cordray, a judicial clerk from Grove City, Ohio
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000 (prize declined as a...
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Emily Fiasco, a middle school band director from St. Louis, Missouri
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 38 3-time champion: $87,201 +...
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Emily Fiasco, a middle school band director from Saint Louis, Missouri
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 38 3-time champion: $87,201 +...
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Richard Cordray, a judicial clerk from Grove City, Ohio
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000 (prize declined as a...
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