#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HOP ON THE INTERSTATE $1000: It's about 2 1/2 hours going west on I-80 from Davenport to this state capital Des Moines |
#9056, aired 2024-03-11 | NATURE $800: Talk about going the distance! The Arctic type of this bird has the longest annual migration of any, a round trip of up to 60,000 miles the (Arctic) tern |
#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 |
#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 |
#9051, aired 2024-03-04 | NONFICTION $400: Michael Lewis' "Going Infinite" focuses on this man, crypto Gatsby Sam Bankman-Fried |
#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 |
#9044, aired 2024-02-22 | ADVERTISING SLOGANS $600: Power up with this brand that today says it's "still going!" Energizer |
#9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP CULTURE $1600: The leg warmers may be gone but 50 years after Judi Sheppard Missett founded this dance & fitness franchise, it's still going strong Jazzercise |
#9035, aired 2024-02-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: Still going in Macon, a college with this Methodist-conscious name was the USA's first chartered to grant degrees to women Wesleyan College |
#9032, aired 2024-02-06 | AVENGERS, WHO SAID IT? $200: Him: "If my aunt finds out I left my class trip, she's going to kill me" Spider-Man |
#9028, aired 2024-01-31 | A SQUARE MEAL $600: This alliterative Japanese food container suggests your fare is going to be delivered within 4 sides a bento box |
#9027, aired 2024-01-30 | CHAINS $600: Andy Bell & Vince Clark make up this British duo that had its biggest hit with the 1988 song "Chains Of Love" Erasure |
#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 | 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 | GOING TO THE DOGS $600: Idiom used of someone who appears fierce but is actually gentle all bark, no bite (bark is worse than their bite) |
#9026, aired 2024-01-29 | GOING TO THE DOGS $800: Also a British game show title, this 3-word command means to let loose a pursuing pack release the hounds |
#9026, aired 2024-01-29 | GOING TO THE DOGS $1000: A sidecar the morning after too many sidecars the hair of the dog |
#9024, aired 2024-01-25 | MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION $1200: Marvin Gaye realized, "I'd been singing too loud"; hence the groove of his 1971 hit that said, "Talk to me, so you can see" this "What's Going On" |
#9023, aired 2024-01-24 | THE ERRORS TOUR $200: HGTV's "25 Biggest Renovating Mistakes" include "Going Too Trendy" & "Excessive Use of" this tape; it "is not a permanent solution" duct tape |
#9022, aired 2024-01-23 | CONSTELLATIONS $400: Going by their Latin names, the 2 3-letter constellations are Ara & this zodiac one Leo |
#26, aired 2024-01-23 | COLLEGE-LEVEL HISTORY COURSES $300: Rice boasts that its "20th Century American Presidents" course covers the span of Theodore Roosevelt to this 42nd president (Bill) Clinton |
#9020, aired 2024-01-19 | LET'S PLAY A GAME $200: OK, so we're actually going to play D&D--guess it's time to select the DM, this person Dungeon Master |
#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 |
#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 |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | IMPORTANT DATES IN U.S. HISTORY $1500: November 11, 1620: before going ashore, Pilgrim leaders sign this agreement outlining self-rule in the New World the Mayflower Compact |
#9016, aired 2024-01-15 | DISNEY FILM TITLES VISUALIZED $1000: Conquer your emotions and tell us what's going on with the soccer ball Inside Out |
#2, aired 2024-01-12 | JUST DESERTS $2,500 (Daily Double): Canteens empty! I'm going to perish in the Chihuahuan Desert!--but look, it's this 1,900-mile-long river! the Rio Grande |
#1, aired 2024-01-12 | HEAR ME ROAR $1200: Written in 1792, this French song asks, "Do you hear in the countryside the roar of those savage soldiers?" "La Marseillaise" |
#24, aired 2024-01-09 | "DIS"CONTINUED $400: In law, it's "a justice's nonconcurrence with a decision of the majority"; it's also the nickname of the collar worn by RBG dissent |
#24, aired 2024-01-09 | ON THE PERIODIC TABLE $5,000 (Daily Double): Going in order on the periodic table, uranium and neptunium are followed by this element named for a dwarf planet plutonium |
#9011, aired 2024-01-08 | IT'S CORN $1600: The murals at the Mitchell Corn Palace in this state are designed by students at a nearby university South Dakota |
#9010, aired 2024-01-05 | LINES IN CLASSIC NOVELS $1000: This Sinclair Lewis guy hears "Preacher... damned if I'm going to watch you seducing the first girl you get your big sweaty hands on" Elmer Gantry |
#9007, aired 2024-01-02 | THE CHARLES III KIND $2,600 (Daily Double): Charles' coronation on May 6, 2023 at this location was the first British coronation in 7 decades Westminster Abbey |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | SOJOURNER TRUTH $1500: Though evidence suggests she never uttered the words, Truth's famous 1851 speech is known by the title "Ain't I a..." this Woman |
#9006, aired 2024-01-01 | IT'S AN EX-CAR FOR A REASON $600: J.D. Power: "Even budget buyers have their standards, so as 2021 dawns", this "Grand" Dodge "is finally going to the last roundup" the Grand Caravan |
#9006, aired 2024-01-01 | TOUGH 7-LETTER WORDS $1200: Going all the way from A to C, this scientific term means not associated with living organisms abiotic |
#9002, aired 2023-12-26 | MUSIC TERMS $2000: Italian for "going", it means to play at a walking pace--not too fast, not too slow andante |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | GOING SOFT $200: Mongolia's once vast grasslands are being degraded by overgrazing of the goats that produce this soft sweater fabric cashmere |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | GOING SOFT $400: A tender feeling leading to kind treatment, or a synonym for the fontanel on babies' heads a soft spot |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | GOING SOFT $600: Often bigger than the objects of previous cuddleable crazes, these soft favorites were only launched in 2017 Squishmallows |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | GOING SOFT $800: Ken Jeong is now a spokesman for this soft bathroom brand with a fiber in its name Cottonelle |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | GOING SOFT $1000: Sand, silt & clay combine to form this other 4-letter type of soil that's rich, soft & good for gardening loam |
#8999, aired 2023-12-21 | A VERY HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIE $800: A bit after going on a bender in "The Breakfast Club", this actor met Santa Jr. in 2002; don't you forget about him Judd Nelson |
#8998, aired 2023-12-20 | GOING TO THE DOG BREED WORDS $400: A pugilist a boxer |
#8998, aired 2023-12-20 | GOING TO THE DOG BREED WORDS $800: Human job of the guard of ewes shepherd |
#8998, aired 2023-12-20 | GOING TO THE DOG BREED WORDS $1200: Gotta think small... Juarez is in this Mexican state Chihuahua |
#8998, aired 2023-12-20 | GOING TO THE DOG BREED WORDS $1600: A short piece of advice on how to do something, or a long stick used to note an item a pointer |
#8998, aired 2023-12-20 | GOING TO THE DOG BREED WORDS $7,300 (Daily Double): Nationality of one from Valletta Maltese |
#8997, aired 2023-12-19 | KING'S CROSSING $400: Hark! the Harald angels sang in 1066 for Harald the Ruthless, king of this country, who was killed going up against Harold II Norway |
#8996, aired 2023-12-18 | PANCHO VILLAGE $2000: This "Devil's Dictionary" author disappeared after going to Mexico, reportedly to write about Pancho Villa Ambrose Bierce |
#8992, aired 2023-12-12 | YES, I'VE ETON $400: He hopefully had a ball at Eton before going on to write "Thunderball" Fleming |
#8991, aired 2023-12-11 | CIRCLE TIME $800: In the U.K., a sign with 3 arrows going around in a circle indicates one of these, also called a traffic circle a roundabout |
#8979, aired 2023-11-23 | PUT ME IN $400: You can't use plain old rice if you're going to make sushi; it's got to be treated with me, the "rice" type of this vinegar |
#8973, aired 2023-11-15 | POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE $200: Have fun going to the top of this 630-foot monument, tallest in the U.S.; we looked east & saw the Mississippi River & Illinois the Gateway Arch |
#8973, aired 2023-11-15 | FINISH THE TERRIBLE RHYME $800: Banyo & Nkambé / No, not Bombay / For your honeymoon / Consider... Cameroon |
#20, aired 2023-11-15 | SIX DEGREES OF ACTUAL BACON $800: Tomato sauce is in Sloppy Joes with beef, & beef is with bacon in this beloved Wendy's burger, introduced in 2007 the Baconator |
#20, aired 2023-11-15 | ROGET'S BUTT $2,000 (Daily Double): Merci! This synonym for "butt" is derived from French, meaning "behind" derrière |
#8971, aired 2023-11-13 | THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE $200: In 1914 this automaker raised the minimum wage for his employees to $5 a day, more than twice the going rate Henry Ford |
#8965, aired 2023-11-03 | GOING THROUGH THE EMOTIONS $400: Emotion that's a homophone of a word meaning "stop!" to a horse woe |
#8965, aired 2023-11-03 | IT JUST SOUNDS QUESTIONABLE $800: "Going to the fair", Simple Simon asked the pieman, "Let me taste your" this ware |
#8965, aired 2023-11-03 | GOING THROUGH THE EMOTIONS $800: These feelings of distress or sorrow are also what you send to decline an invitation regrets |
#8965, aired 2023-11-03 | GOING THROUGH THE EMOTIONS $1200: The adjective "blithe" is closely related to this word meaning "ecstasy" bliss |
#8965, aired 2023-11-03 | GOING THROUGH THE EMOTIONS $1600: This feeling of awe & respect follows "Your" in a form of address for certain clergymen Reverence |
#8965, aired 2023-11-03 | GOING THROUGH THE EMOTIONS $2000: In a poem, Wordsworth was "surprised by" this emotion & "impatient as the wind" joy |
#8964, aired 2023-11-02 | CLIFFS NOTES: DRAMA $800: Martha:
"I'm drunk."
Nick: "I'm confused." Honey: "I'm mousy." George: "I'm going to bed" Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | COMPOSER PLAYLISTS $400: "The Flying Dutchman";
"The Mastersingers of Nuremberg";
"Tristan and Isolde";
"Ring Cycle" Wagner |
#8960, aired 2023-10-27 | QUOTABLE CINEMA $600: 1976:
"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Network |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $1200: Her 80s hits include "Only in My Dreams" & "Electric Youth"
_ E _ _ I E / _ I _ _ O _ Debbie Gibson |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $1500: It's a greatest hits album released by Madonna in 1990
_ _ E / I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I O _ The Immaculate Collection |
#8957, aired 2023-10-24 | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $4,000 (Daily Double): Emma Calvé might have tired of the habanera when she set a Met record singing this role 138 times Carmen |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | CAR MODELS IN OTHER WORDS $300: Honda plan for peaceful relations following conflict Accord |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $200: If train A leaves Oamaru at 9 a.m. at 70 mph & train B leaves Timaru at 1 p.m. going 80, this will still be New Zealand's capital Wellington |
#8949, aired 2023-10-12 | HAPPIER MOVIE ENDINGS $400: "You're not going to drown, Jack." "Why, Rose?" "I have an inflatable life raft. I probably should've said something earlier" Titanic |
#16, aired 2023-10-11 | FRENCH HISTORY $0: Drink up! A famous New Orleans street is named after this dynasty that ruled France for most of the 17th & 18th centuries Bourbon |
#16, aired 2023-10-11 | ALL YOU NEED IS "L-O-V-E" $300: Led Zeppelin warned that this type of wall is "going to break", while Don McLean lamented that it was dry a levee |
#16, aired 2023-10-11 | FASHION FOR ALL $900: Because clasps in the back can be painful to reach, Liberare is a brand that sells front-opening types of this undergarment a bra (brassiere) |
#8947, aired 2023-10-10 | I WROTE THAT LINE $2,000 (Daily Double): "The men upon the floor were going about their work. Neither squeals of hogs nor tears of visitors made any difference to them" Upton Sinclair |
#8946, aired 2023-10-09 | THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD $1000: Rocky before "Rocky", this 1950s legend retired as the sole undefeated heavyweight champ in history, going 49-0 with 43 KOs Rocky Marciano |
#8945, aired 2023-10-06 | THE VIRTUES $200: It's paired with liberty in the Pledge of Allegiance justice |
#8943, aired 2023-10-04 | LOONEY TUNES $2000: In "Hare-Way to the Stars", he informs Bugs that he's going to blow up the Earth because it obstructs his view of Venus Marvin the Martian |
#15, aired 2023-10-04 | ESTATE PLANNING $1,200 (Daily Double): In law, it's one party managing another's property for the benefit of a third; in life, some say it's the key to a good relationship trust |
#8942, aired 2023-10-03 | 4, 4 $400: The Oxford English Dictionary has this synonym for a tie going back to a 1796 horse race a dead heat |
#8922, aired 2023-07-25 | THAT CAN BE A GREEK LETTER $400: The first passenger flight of this airline took off in 1929, going from Dallas to Jackson, Mississippi Delta |
#8922, aired 2023-07-25 | THAT CAN BE A GREEK LETTER $1000: Eastern philosophy calls this a life force; some also spell it with a Q, but we're going with the Greek letter style chi |
#8920, aired 2023-07-21 | THE ROMAINES OF THE DAY $600: The paler, sweeter center of a head of romaine has this anatomical name the heart |
#8915, aired 2023-07-14 | DYING IN THE CAPITAL CITY $2000: August Strindberg, going way heavy on the drama in 1912 Stockholm |
#8909, aired 2023-07-06 | A TV SERIES $400: "Law & Order", 1990; "Law & Order:" this, 1999; "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", 2001; & it just keeps going... SVU |
#8909, aired 2023-07-06 | ROAD $600: In Phoenix the Stack is the name for the interchange where I-17, going north-south, meets this east-west interstate I-10 |
#8904, aired 2023-06-29 | FUN WITH AIRPORT CODES $800: Going straight to HEL? Then you're on a direct flight to this northern European country Finland |
#8902, aired 2023-06-27 | STARTS WITH "Z" $200: If you're focused & performing well, you're "in" this region; keep it going! the zone |
#8899, aired 2023-06-22 | GOING DUTCH $400: Besides the participants, in a Double Dutch competition, you need 2 of these jump ropes |
#8899, aired 2023-06-22 | GOING DUTCH $800: Mary Mapes Dodge won lasting fame for her 1865 novel about this Dutch boy & "the Silver Skates" Hans Brinker |
#8899, aired 2023-06-22 | GOING DUTCH $1200: The majority of people who still speak Pennsylvania Dutch are the Mennonites & this 5-letter group the Amish |
#8899, aired 2023-06-22 | GOING DUTCH $1600: Transmitted by bark beetles & caused by a fungus, it has destroyed thousands of certain trees in the United States Dutch elm disease |
#8899, aired 2023-06-22 | GOING DUTCH $2000: Seen here is a colorful Dutch colonial style building in Oranjestad on this island Aruba |
#8899, aired 2023-06-22 | WRITING ON THE WALLS $2,500 (Daily Double): Alistair Moffat's nonfiction book on this structure is called "Rome's Greatest Frontier" Hadrian's Wall |
#8891, aired 2023-06-12 | BEN & JERRY'S FLAVOR GRAVEYARD $600: A 1980s effort honored a Revolutionary War Vermont hero--not just almond but this first name preceding "Almond" Ethan |
#8891, aired 2023-06-12 | THE WAR OF 1812 $8,400 (Daily Double): In 1814 U.S. forces under Gen. Jacob Brown invaded Canada by crossing this river between Lake Erie & Lake Ontario the Niagara |
#8886, aired 2023-06-05 | THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM $1000: In 1985, the teammates seen here the Edmonton Oilers |
#8885, aired 2023-06-02 | GARDEN PARTY $200: This onion relative helps fight infection & wards off Dracula? It's definitely going in the garden garlic |
#8885, aired 2023-06-02 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $1600: Going up? Going down? He made elevators more secure with his invention of a safety brake Otis |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE GRAMMAR POLICE $200: Do you know how fast you were going you blew past that stop sign you didn't use a period you ended up with this hyphenated error a run-on sentence |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE GRAMMAR POLICE $400: "Herb, with his in-laws, are going to Tahiti". Good for Herb, but here's your ticket for violating subject-verb this agreement |
#17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $400: On "SNL", it was too hot in the hot tub for this performer as James Brown; he also let us know, "I'm Gumby, dammit!" Eddie Murphy |
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 | POP CULTURE 2003 $1600: I'm going to Wichita to tell you Spin magazine's Top Album of the Year was their "Elephant" The White Stripes |
#15, aired 2023-05-22 | SPANISH & PORTUGUESE $1600: The first name of the jazz great seen here Esperanza (Spalding) |
#8875, aired 2023-05-19 | ANAGRAMS $800: Going head over heels:
SOUL MASTER a somersault |
#8874, aired 2023-05-18 | BEFORE & ACTOR $1000: "Who's the Boss?" & "Transparent" actress & oxymoronic pro boxing class going up to 175 pounds Judith Light heavyweight |
#14, aired 2023-05-17 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is said to have coined the name of this American lake from Latin for "truth" & "head" Lake Itasca (in Minnesota) |
#8872, aired 2023-05-16 | DON'T GO ANYWHERE $5,000 (Daily Double): There's a light fixture in this word meaning settled & not going anywhere ensconced |
#11, aired 2023-05-16 | KEN JENNINGS: INTERNATIONAL NERD OF MYSTERY $2000: I am going to have a serious discussion of Asimov's 3 laws with this Mass.-based co. that makes Atlas, a robot that does parkour Boston Dynamics |
#10, aired 2023-05-15 | GREAT SPORTS CALLS $1000: "The slipper still fits!" as this then-Cinderella Spokane school eked out a 1999 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament win Gonzaga |
#9, aired 2023-05-15 | CHESS, MASTERS $800: (Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) Famed for works like "Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2", in the 1920s this great Dadaist all but abandoned art for chess, becoming a master & going on to play for France in four Chess Olympiads Duchamp |
#9, aired 2023-05-15 | MUSICAL THEATER $1000: Set pieces in this Broadway musical include a life-sized helicopter & a giant head of Ho Chi Minh Miss Saigon |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | PHYSICS CHECKUP $1000: According to this cosmologist's law, redshift in light coming from a galaxy is directly proportional to its distance from us Hubble |
#7, aired 2023-05-12 | HANG IN THERE $400: Of this "instinct" that keeps us going, Heinlein wrote, "anything that conflicts with" it "fails to show up in future generations" survival |
#7, aired 2023-05-12 | JOHNNY GILBERT'S MUSICAL THEATER AUDITION $1000: "Stop all the rivers, push, strike & kill/ I'm not gonna leave ya, there's no way I will/ and I am telling you I'm not going" Dreamgirls |
#6, aired 2023-05-10 | WORLD OF WORDS & IDIOMS $2000: Ronald Reagan adapted the Russian saying "Doveryai, no proveryai" into this 3-word maxim about nuclear weapons deals trust but verify |
#8867, aired 2023-05-09 | PEOPLE $600: This 1st female Sec. of State:
"It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, & now that I have it, I am not going to be silent" Albright |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | CONTRONYMS $1600: You can ask for one of these if you wish to delay a trial, but it can also refer to just going on with the trial continuance |
#3, aired 2023-05-09 | 1920s SCIENCE $800: Lewis Fry Richardson proposed doing this with 64,000 computers (those were people then) & data from a world network of balloons forecasting the weather |
#2, aired 2023-05-08 | WOMEN WRITERS $8,000 (Daily Double): Min Jin Lee's novel "Pachinko" follows generations of a Korean immigrant family overcoming bias in this other Asian nation Japan |
#2, aired 2023-05-08 | RELIGION $16,000 (Daily Double): An image of Our Lady makes a yearly trip from the Cathedral of Guadalajara to this other kind of major Catholic church of Zapopan Basilica |
#1, aired 2023-05-08 | 20/23 $200: In the human body most cells normally contain 23 pairs of these chromosomes |
#8861, aired 2023-05-01 | SITTING IN WITH THE ORCHESTRA $3,600 (Daily Double): On xylophone, I'll keep the square dancing going in the Hoe-Down segment of this Aaron Copland ballet Rodeo |
#8857, aired 2023-04-25 | SEPARATION $2000: Financial firms separate analysts who advise clients & these people who get IPOs going, named for when they signed at the bottom underwriters |
#8856, aired 2023-04-24 | WHEREFORE ART, THOU $800: Cast in bronze in 1904, this 6-foot naked dude is seriously going over stuff in his head in the gardens of a Paris museum The Thinker |
#8856, aired 2023-04-24 | MADE GOOD $2000: This company that's still going strong made lanterns for the first night football game in the West & camping stoves for WWII Coleman |
#8856, aired 2023-04-24 | LOCAL BOY $2000: He grew up in Atherton, California, near Stanford, & maybe he's never going back again Lindsey Buckingham |
#8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MOVIE COMEDIES $1600: (I'm Ike Barinholtz.) In 2018, I joined Leslie Mann & this muy macho pro wrestler as parents who don't want their daughters going too far on prom night in the comedy film "Blockers" John Cena |
#8840, aired 2023-03-31 | SWEET CHARITY $400: You can raise money for charity in October by "going" this, which rhymes with October sober |
#8840, aired 2023-03-31 | HEY, BIG SPENDER $800: If you're going to splurge for the Ferrari, get a GTO; the G & T stand for this Italian phrase, also a video game Gran Turismo |
#8839, aired 2023-03-30 | THE HISTORIC 1950s $1200: September 1957 is when Gloria Ray & 8 other kids made news by going to Central High in this state capital Little Rock |
#8836, aired 2023-03-27 | WE QUOTE MR. Ts $800: Who's the boss? In 1871 in NYC, it was certainly him: "As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?" Boss Tweed |
#8835, aired 2023-03-24 | THE FOG OF WAR $1600: "I had no real idea of what was going on", wrote Britain's Admiral Jellicoe after the Battle of Jutland, fought in the fogs of this sea the North Sea |
#8832, aired 2023-03-21 | THE 1980s $600: Erich Honecker, leader of this country, is seen giving a speech in 1986; things weren't going well for him by decade's end East Germany |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | 11-LETTER WORDS $600: This system illustrated here gets your blood & lymph going circulatory system |
#8823, aired 2023-03-08 | LIABLE IN THE BIBLE $1,800 (Daily Double): These paired cities, "going after strange flesh, are... suffering the vengeance of eternal fire" Sodom & Gomorrah |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | MARCH MADNESS $400: We have something in Storrs for you--Maya Moore had a pretty impressive run at this East Coast school, going 150-4 with 2 titles the University of Connecticut |
#8815, aired 2023-02-24 | DESCRIBING THE HORROR FILM FRANCHISE $2000: A high school plane trip to Europe! What could possibly go wrong?; making death mad... problematic; hi, Mr. Bludworth! Final Destination |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $1600: As the title of a John Cusack movie sums up, Martin Blank is a hitman going to his reunion in this Detroit suburb Grosse Pointe |
#8809, aired 2023-02-16 | "PLAIN" & "SIMPLE" $800: Going to the fair, this nursery rhyme guy meets a purveyor of baked goods Simple Simon |
#8806, aired 2023-02-13 | BOB DYLAN LYRICS $400: "Hey", this guy, "play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to" Mr. Tambourine Man |
#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | AN ENDLESS CATEGORY $400: It's from the Latin for "enduring" & used in the threat, "that's going on your" this "record" permanent |
#8800, aired 2023-02-03 | WATER MUSIC $1600: Linda Ronstadt sang of "going back someday" to this colorful body of water "Blue Bayou" |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | GOING UNDERGROUND $200: The shepherd's tree of southern Africa doesn't look like much above ground, but these can go 230 feet down its roots |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | GOING UNDERGROUND $400: Dept. of more than you needed to know: NYC has 7,400 miles of these pipes, most carrying a mix of wastewater & stormwater sewer pipes |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | GOING UNDERGROUND $600: Analysis shows that a 700s B.C. altar excavated in Israel has traces of this psychoactive 3-letter compound found in cannabis THC |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | GOING UNDERGROUND $1000: This city on Puget Sound was largely destroyed by fire in 1889; you can tour the original site under the rebuilt downtown Seattle |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | GOING UNDERGROUND $4,300 (Daily Double): In 1900 an estimated 5 billion of these, not actual canines, lived in underground "towns" in the western United States prairie dogs |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | A SIGN OF SHAME $3,000 (Daily Double): In this Nathaniel Hawthorne novel, single mom Hester Prynne must wear a red "A" on her dress The Scarlet Letter |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | WORLD HISTORY $9,800 (Daily Double): This dynasty that ruled China from 1368 to 1644 was noted for its arts & culture including, of course, ceramics & porcelain vases Ming |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | HOW DO I GET THERE? $1000: This nation:
Head south out of Estonia & you're there, but if you keep going & head into Lithuania, you've gone too far Latvia |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | I AM A CHAMPION! $300: On May 30,1911, Ray Harroun became the first champ of this race, going 75 mph; Marcus Ericsson won it in 2022, going 100 mph faster the Indy 500 |
#8788, aired 2023-01-18 | A COLLEGE / TOWN $200: The University of Georgia, kind of going Greek Athens |
#8788, aired 2023-01-18 | A COLLEGE / TOWN $400: Cornell University, kind of going Greek Ithaca |
#10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE 50 STATES $300: In "Field of Dreams" a question is asked, "Is this heaven?"--No, it's this Midwestern state also known as "the Corn State" Iowa |
#10, aired 2023-01-12 | GLOOMY AUTHORS $800: "The unutterable hideousness that can dwell in absolute silence" is part of the "Country" of this author; how's your day going? Lovecraft |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | THEY WERE TEACHERS $600: (Colby Burnett delivers the clue.) Largely inspired by her mother, a kindergarten teacher, Quinta Brunson created & stars in this ABC sitcom about teachers in an underfunded school in Philadelphia, Quinta's hometown Abbott Elementary |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | OBSCURE MOVIE QUOTES $800: "Really"; in "Avengers: Infinity War", she was going green as Gamora Zoe Saldaña |
#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | FUN WITH 21 $800: Utah ratified the 21st Amendment, ending this on Dec. 5, 1933 around 3:30 PM local time, letting New Yorkers celebrate at dinner Prohibition |
#8773, aired 2022-12-28 | HERE COMES THE BRIBE $200: Swede Risberg of this team took a bribe to lose the World Series & came through, going 2 for 25 with 4 errors the Black Sox |
#8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ECONOMY OF MOVEMENT $1000: In 2008 this alphanumeric Cunard ship set out with its last passengers, with some berths going for more than $40,000 the QEII |
#8771, aired 2022-12-26 | SOUNDS LIKE A UNIVERSITY $1200: Like a road with half the traffic going in one direction & half in the opposite two-lane |
#8768, aired 2022-12-21 | GEOGRAPHY THAT MADE HISTORY $200: On May 29, 1953 2 adventurers finished boldly going where no man had gone before & stood here the top of Mount Everest |
#8763, aired 2022-12-14 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, AUCTION! $600: Coo... coo... cool; the Belgian racing type of this bird is a bit more valuable than one in a city park, going for $1.9 million in 2020 a (homing) pigeon |
#8762, aired 2022-12-13 | SOUNDS $600: As in an old kitchen-based catchphrase meaning things are going well, "Now we're" doing this cooking with gas |
#8760, aired 2022-12-09 | TV FINAL EPISODES $800: "It really seemed like Pied Piper was going to work", said Bill Gates in a cameo as this series wrapped Silicon Valley |
#8756, aired 2022-12-05 | POINTING OUT DECIMALS $600: Ted Williams is the last Major Leaguer to hit more than this fabled average, going .006 above it in 1941 .400 |
#8754, aired 2022-12-01 | ROLE IN COMMON $800: George Takei &
John Cho,
boldly going (Mr.) Sulu |
#8749, aired 2022-11-24 | BIOLOGY $800: In hibernating bears this rate slows much more than a drop in body temp would explain, with heart rate going from 55 to 14 their metabolic rate |
#8744, aired 2022-11-17 | MISCELLANY $1600: A speedometer shows how fast your car is going while this displays the engine's speed in revolutions per minute tachometer |
#8743, aired 2022-11-16 | RAPPERS WHO ACT $800: "I'm going back to Cali"; he's played a Southern Cali law enforcement agent on CBS since 2009 LL Cool J |
#8741, aired 2022-11-14 | TOP OF THE MORNING! $600: Launched in 1831, this Down Under city's Morning Herald is still going strong Sydney |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | GOING THROUGH SOME CYCLES $100: Washing machines use this noisy cycle to extract moisture from freshly laundered clothes the spin cycle |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | GOING THROUGH SOME CYCLES $200: Velocipede a pedale was an Old French term for what we know today as this a bicycle |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | GOING THROUGH SOME CYCLES $300: He focused his "ol' blue eyes" on folk & pop songs for his 1968 album "Cycles" Frank Sinatra |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | GOING THROUGH SOME CYCLES $400: Spots on this appear in 11-year cycles & can be several times the size of the Earth the Sun |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | GOING THROUGH SOME CYCLES $500: In 1953 sir Hans Krebs got this big prize for describing the cycle by which living cells obtain energy the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
#8740, aired 2022-11-11 | ELEGIES $16,800 (Daily Double): 1855's "Haworth Churchyard" was Matthew Arnold's tribute to these literary sisters, written soon after the last one passed the Brontë sisters |
#8738, aired 2022-11-09 | STANFORD ATHLETICS $200: (Haley Jones presents the clue.) In 2018, I signed my Stanford letter of intent on national TV; in 1993, it made news when this teenager, already playing PGA Tour events, declared he was going to Stanford Tiger Woods |
#8737, aired 2022-11-08 | WRONG BUT EXCELLENT $1600: We were going for Hippocrates & a contestant came up with this 5-letter ancient who greatly influenced medieval medicine Galen |
#8736, aired 2022-11-07 | HERBAL & SPICY NAMES $400: In a 1967 tune we hear his band has "been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile" Sgt. Pepper |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | JOHNNY GILBERT SAYS THE NO. 1 HITS $300: "Hot night, wind was blowing, where you think you're going, baby?
Hey, I just met you & this is crazy" "Call Me Maybe" |
#8733, aired 2022-11-02 | SIMON SAYS $1200: Simon Pegg, in this film: If we don't leave, zombies will "tear us to pieces, & that is really going to exacerbate things" Shaun of the Dead |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | GOING GREEN $100: Perhaps something you ate didn't agree with you if you look "green around" these fish parts the gills |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | GOING GREEN $200: In 2020 this company celebrated the 50th anniversary of the culinary delight known as the Shamrock Shake McDonald's |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | GOING GREEN $300: Coach Vince Lombardi took over this NFL team in 1959 & led them to greatness the Green Bay Packers |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | GOING GREEN $400: Seen here, Mahershala Ali won a 2018 Supporting Actor Oscar for this film in which he played a musician touring the South The Green Book |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | GOING GREEN $500: This metropolis in "The Wizard of Oz" had houses built of green marble & window panes made from green glass the Emerald City |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | DIRECTIONAL GEOGRAPHY IN AMERICA $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1802 Congress passed the act establishing the U.S. Military Academy at this site on the banks of the Hudson West Point |
#8728, aired 2022-10-26 | HIDDEN BRAIN PODCAST $800: (Shankar Vedantam presents the clue.) Resilience researcher Lucy Hone shares techniques that helped her cope with a devastating loss of her daughter, going beyond the five stages of this & how to actively deal with it grief |
#8727, aired 2022-10-25 | TV CARTOONS $1000: Going big on many levels, this title guy hung out with "The Masters of the Universe" & holding a sword, bellowed, "I have the power!" He-Man |
#8726, aired 2022-10-24 | "C" BAND LYRICS $800: 1996:
"He's going the distance, he's going for speed" Cake |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | PITCH PERFECT $100: Talk about Go Blue!
Clayton Kershaw pitched well enough for this team in 2014 to win 21 games & the National League MVP award the Dodgers |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | ADVERBS THAT MAKE YOUR DAY $200: You're going about your day in this carefree manner, sung 4 times in "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" merrily |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | BIOLOGY $12,000 (Daily Double): Animals like frogs that can live on land or water are known as these, from the Greek for "both" & "life" an amphibian |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | SHAKESPEARE $200: I'm going over this guy's monologue for an audition... "To be, or not to be", OK... "bare bodkin"... "mortal coil"... I totally got this! Hamlet |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | MASCOTS $300: This battery mascot that's been going & going since the late 1980s has entered the OED to mean something or someone persistent the Energizer Bunny |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | LET'S TAKE A WALK $300: Someone going home early Sunday morning in Saturday night's clothes is taking this stroll the walk of shame |
#8719, aired 2022-10-13 | THE REST, AS THEY SAY... $200: "It's a poor craftsman" who does this; how's a hammer going to respond anyway? blames his tools |
#8719, aired 2022-10-13 | I GOT THE PART! $1200: After a groundbreaking choice to cast her on "Doctor Who", she said "The gender question is now going away" Jodie Whittaker |
#8718, aired 2022-10-12 | MOVIE STUFF $1200: Regina George says, "Gretchen, stop trying to make" this "happen. It's not going to happen" fetch |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | 21 OR UNDER $200: Including the pole vault & hurdles, the athletic contest known as the decathlon comprises this many track & field events 10 |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | THEY'RE JUST LIKE "US" $600: The name of this Bible book is from the Greek for "a going out" Exodus |
#8713, aired 2022-10-05 | YOU'RE ON A ROLL $200: A newspaper covering Congress since 1955, or the act of going down a list as you check class attendance Roll Call |
#8711, aired 2022-10-03 | MEDICAL SPECIALTIES $800: By definition, this field specializes in the use of X-rays, ultrasounds & other images to diagnose whatever is going on inside the body radiology |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | CREATURES GREAT & SMALL $300 (Daily Double): Oddly, opossums are related to kangaroos, as both belong to this group of pouched mammals a marsupial |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | THIS INFORMATION $300: Bill Gates said he & Paul Allen picked this name "even before we had a company" Microsoft |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS $400: In 1970 Binion's Horseshoe Casino hosted the first-ever World Series of this poker |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HATE THIS $300: Ben Franklin assured us that "Nothing is certain but death and" these taxes |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HATE THIS $600: "Blue" this day of the week in January is said to be the most depressing day of the year; none of them are my favorite Monday |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | APOLOGIES $600: "Sorry, Dave... when the crew are dead or incapacitated, the onboard computer must assume control" is a line in this sci-fi novel 2001: A Space Odyssey |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HATE THIS $900: You do this when you want to stop yourself from saying something; doing it by accident can be a painful mouth injury biting your tongue |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HATE THIS $1200: The FCC suggests entering your information on this list if your phone keeps blowing up with extended warranty calls the Do Not Call List |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HATE THIS $1500: These uninvited insects likely make you itch; the Anopheles type can transmit malaria mosquitoes |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | CUTTING BACK ON THE BRAND $200: A shipping company dropped "eral" & "press" from its brand, going by this 5-letter mashed-up name FedEx |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | GOING HOME $200: The Internet loves videos of these people coming home & reuniting with their dogs, like Hannah Foraker with Buddy soldiers |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | GOING HOME $400: In 1965 when this American wrote the song "Homeward Bound", he was really far from home in the north of England Paul Simon |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | GOING HOME $600: In the 1980s TV shows began to promote this person who stays sober & gets you home, of course including "Cheers" a DD (designated driver) |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | SO GALLANTLY STREAMING $800: Going from the movies to Prime Video, he grew as a character, as Alan Ritchson is about 6'2" & Tom Cruise... is not Jack Reacher |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | GOING HOME $800: It means to return someone to his home country & can be a nicer-sounding (& longer) word for deportation repatriate |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | GOING HOME $1000: If Enrique, slave of Magellan, was coming back to this island country where Magellan died, that makes Enrique the 1st circumnavigator the Philippines |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | GOING ON A POWER TRIP $200: This type of energy is sustainable but not yet renewable; it could be if we start getting the uranium from seawater nuclear |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | GOING ON A POWER TRIP $400: Let's dig up the fact that in 2021, this fossil fuel provided about 22% of U.S. electricity generation coal |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | GOING ON A POWER TRIP $600: Power source of the Stanley brothers' 1910 automobiles, per the name steam |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | GOING ON A POWER TRIP $800: The Energy Dept. says of this source, its "turbines don't produce atmospheric emissions that cause acid rain... or greenhouse gases" wind |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | NFL OPENING WEEKEND $1000: (Jamie Erdahl of the NFL Network presents the clue.) The Panthers' opening game in 2011 showed off the arm of this flashy dresser, as he passed for 422 yards, an NFL record for a player's first game Cam Newton |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | GOING ON A POWER TRIP $1000: This dam with the most generation capacity of any U.S. power plant is about a 2-hour drive from Spokane Grand Coulee Dam |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | A CHEM/ PHYSICS/ BIO SAMPLER $5,000 (Daily Double): The standard model of particle physics accounts for 3 of the 4 fundamental forces, skipping this one, important in daily life gravity |
#8695, aired 2022-07-29 | LET'S GO FISHING $1200: Going this type of fishing? Don't forget your auger & your slush scoop ice fishing |
#8692, aired 2022-07-26 | GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES $200: Place your bets! Big wheel keep on turning in this game roulette |
#8692, aired 2022-07-26 | GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES $400: "Circle Of Life" is the opening number of this musical & not so surprisingly, closes it as well The Lion King |
#8692, aired 2022-07-26 | GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES $600: It's the oxymoronic slang term for a wrestling ring a squared circle |
#8692, aired 2022-07-26 | GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES $800: Despite the various colors, the circles of this cereal favored by Toucan Sam were found to have the same flavor Froot Loops |
#8692, aired 2022-07-26 | GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES $1000: Jennifer Jason Leigh was the title Mrs. in a movie about this writer & her "Vicious Circle" Dorothy Parker (Mrs. Parker) |
#8688, aired 2022-07-20 | EATING & DRINKING PLACES $400: The action of going to a drinking establishment located in a basement gave rise to this term for an unsavory tavern a dive bar |
#8685, aired 2022-07-15 | MODEL BEHAVIOR $1600: The cosmetics line for women of color launched by this Somali-born model in 1994 is still going strong Iman |
#8681, aired 2022-07-11 | FAMILIAL PHRASES $800: If things are going swimmingly for you in the U.K., you might exclaim "Bob's your" this uncle |
#8677, aired 2022-07-05 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH "Q" $200: For "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", 2017's "Leatherface" is this, a movie going further back in time a prequel |
#8668, aired 2022-06-22 | ON PLANET POP CULTURE $3,000 (Daily Double): This member of singing royalty said, "Rod Stewart, Elton John & I were going to form a band... called Hair, Nose & Teeth" Freddie Mercury |
#8661, aired 2022-06-13 | TEXTING, TEXTING $600: Online at damnyou this: "How's your day going?"; "Awful. I have a bad case of the manboobs" (followed by) "Omg. The Mondays!" Autocorrect |
#8657, aired 2022-06-07 | A WRITER BY ANY OTHER NAME... $800: Ahead of his time in going by one cool name, 17th century actor-playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin went by this, professionally Molière |
#8654, aired 2022-06-02 | A SHORT GOODBYE $400: In Hawaiian,
A.:
it has you both coming & going aloha |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | GOING "PRO" $400: If they gain the readers' sympathy, even a villain can be this main character of a story a protagonist |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | GOING "PRO" $800: Instead of being passive about the situation, let's be this & take initiative in advance proactive |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | GOING "PRO" $1200: It's the chief dignitary at some cathedrals, or a chief academic officer at a university provost |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | GOING "PRO" $1600: Based on how they move, these single-celled organisms can be divided into 4 major groups, including ciliates & flagellates protozoa |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | GOING "PRO" $2000: In the "Communist Manifesto", it's said that the fall of the bourgeoisie & the victory of this worker class is inevitable the proletariat |
#8641, aired 2022-05-16 | I'VE GOT A BIG BANK ROLE $1600: In "Too Big to Fail", he played Fed chair Ben Bernanke; on "Billions", he's a U.S. attorney going after Wall Street corruption Paul Giamatti |
#8638, aired 2022-05-11 | GOING GLOBAL $400: Called the pearl of the Mediterranean, it's not Egypt's biggest city but is its major seaport Alexandria |
#8638, aired 2022-05-11 | GOING GLOBAL $800: Dongbei is the Chinese name for this historic region of northeast China that borders both Russia & North Korea Manchuria |
#8638, aired 2022-05-11 | GOING GLOBAL $1200: The Penedès wine-producing region is in this independence-minded area of Spain Catalonia |
#8638, aired 2022-05-11 | GOING GLOBAL $2000: Nuku'alofa, the capital of this Pacific nation, was damaged by tsunami waves following a January 2022 volcanic eruption Tonga |
#8638, aired 2022-05-11 | GOING GLOBAL $3,000 (Daily Double): This fifth-largest island in the world is found between the Canadian mainland & Greenland Baffin Island |
#8635, aired 2022-05-06 | HISTORICAL FICTION $1200: The title of this Henryk Sienkiewicz classic that takes place during Nero's reign is Latin for "Where are you going?" Quo Vadis |
#8635, aired 2022-05-06 | 4 "N" $5,000 (Daily Double): The event where Mary found out the Holy Spirit was going to help her conceive the Annunciation |
#8634, aired 2022-05-05 | ART $1000: In the "Education of Achilles" by this Flemish master, a highly cultivated man, the lyre represents music education Rubens |
#8634, aired 2022-05-05 | ASTRONOMY $1600: Going 1,000 mph, it would take more than 2.8 million years to travel the 4.2-light-year distance to this nearest star system Alpha Centauri |
#8624, aired 2022-04-21 | A GOLF COURSE $400: Those drives are going everywhere but the fairway--time to improve them by teeing it up at this practice area the driving range |
#8624, aired 2022-04-21 | LET FREEDOM SING $2000: The opening act at the first Woodstock, he was asked to keep going while other acts were delayed, & improvised his classic "Freedom" Richie Havens |
#8619, aired 2022-04-14 | MUSIC FROM THE NECK UP $200: For some reason Willow Smith in 2010 kept telling us she was going to "whip" this "back and forth" her hair |
#8619, aired 2022-04-14 | CELEBRITIES' FIRSTS $1600: This rapper, pitchman & friend of Martha Stewart said that in 2020, age 49, he was finally going to go out & vote Snoop Dogg |
#8616, aired 2022-04-11 | IN MOM'S FREE TIME $600: Tired of little heads going thunk, a daycare staff wanted something to prop kids up; Susan Henderson created this pillow the Boppy |
#8615, aired 2022-04-08 | R&B MUSIC $1600: Billboard said this late, great singer "redefined R&B/soul" with "the socially themed 1971 landmark album 'What's Going On"' Marvin Gaye |
#8604, aired 2022-03-24 | FAST FACT $3,000 (Daily Double): U.S. postage stamps bearing this word began going on sale in April 2007 Forever |
#8585, aired 2022-02-25 | THAT INVENTION IS ELECTRIC $400: In may 1958 an electronics tinkerer & a doctor kept a dog's heart going with a gizmo they called tiknik & this device was born a pacemaker |
#8582, aired 2022-02-22 | MARK'S "-ISM" $600: Asked about this versus socialism, Mark Cuban says this "is going to win" capitalism |
#17, aired 2022-02-22 | PITHY WORDS & PHRASES $800: This rhyming phrase that means going too quickly can lead to mistakes & loss haste makes waste |
#17, aired 2022-02-22 | PITHY WORDS & PHRASES $1200: If fashion is your "bag", use this 5-letter designer name when you want to say something is "great" or "going well" Gucci |
#8581, aired 2022-02-21 | BAD PEOPLE IN BOOKS $2000: This character tells Paul Sheldon, "You're going to use this typewriter to write a new novel! Your best novel! 'Misery's Return!"' Annie Wilkes |
#16, aired 2022-02-18 | SALTY $200: With a name going back to Quechuan, it's strips of beef or pork that have been dehydrated or dried in the sun jerky |
#15, aired 2022-02-18 | THE FINE ARTS $0: A 1920s trip to France inspired him to compose "An American in Paris" (George) Gershwin |
#11, aired 2022-02-16 | POTPOURRI $1200: George Takei cheekily said of a trip this man made in 2021, "He's boldly going where other people have gone before" William Shatner |
#9, aired 2022-02-15 | GOING GREEK ALPHABET $200: The closest red giant star to Earth is this Crucis, the third-brightest star in the Southern Cross Gamma Crucis |
#9, aired 2022-02-15 | GOING GREEK ALPHABET $400: This sweet 16th letter is also truly a transcendental number pi |
#9, aired 2022-02-15 | GOING GREEK ALPHABET $600: These 3 letters symbolize a fraternity founded in 1998, one of the few that uses its third letter
ΑΙΟ Alpha Iota Omicron |
#9, aired 2022-02-15 | GOING GREEK ALPHABET $800: It sounds like it should be the last letter, but it's 6th in the batting order zeta |
#9, aired 2022-02-15 | GOING GREEK ALPHABET $1000: A 3-letter letter late in the alphabet, it's also a protein that can build abnormally in the brain & lead to Alzheimer's tau |
#8575, aired 2022-02-11 | MY MOVIE OCCUPATION $200: Jimmy Stewart, in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (after going to Washington) a senator |
#8571, aired 2022-02-07 | THE WRATH OF KHAN $600: A shah paid the ultimate price after going back on his word to allow Genghis to trade on this legendary route the Silk Road |
#8569, aired 2022-02-03 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $400: I'm going to get a taste of your profits--not a lot, just to do this, as in the photo here wet my beak |
#8568, aired 2022-02-02 | IN MY WORDS $800: Her "Going There" has stories of her rise in journalism & colleagues like Matt Lauer & Ann Curry Katie Couric |
#8566, aired 2022-01-31 | ON THE "M"AP $1600: Going to Timbuktu? Book passage to this country in which it lies Mali |
#8562, aired 2022-01-25 | WOMEN IN POLITICS $1000: In 2020 Keisha Lance Bottoms, when mayor of this city, said, "You're not going to out-concern me... about where we are in America" Atlanta |
#8559, aired 2022-01-20 | INTERNATIONAL MEN OF MYSTERY $2000: This newspaperman & author of "The Devil's Dictionary" met a mysterious fate after going to Mexico in 1913 Ambrose Bierce |
#8554, aired 2022-01-13 | CUTS FROM THE CLASSIC ALBUM $2000: "Inner City Blues" & "Mercy Mercy Me"
(1971) What's Going On |
#8541, aired 2021-12-27 | THE 4th CENTURY $6,000 (Daily Double): Seen as pagan rituals, these contests were outlawed after going strong (& fast & high) for over 1,100 years the Olympics |
#8531, aired 2021-12-13 | FOSSIL WORDS $400: It meant a stake or a fence made of stakes; going beyond it meant leaving a protected area the pale |
#8530, aired 2021-12-10 | GOING MEDIEVAL $400: Weapons made of this steel named for a Syrian city were highly prized by medieval knights Damascus steel |
#8530, aired 2021-12-10 | GOING MEDIEVAL $800: In the 6th century Dionysius Exiguus began using this system with a 2-word Latin name to date things since Christ's birth Anno Domini |
#8530, aired 2021-12-10 | GOING MEDIEVAL $1200: Before he became a monk & she became a nun, these medieval lovers had a son named Astrolabe Heloise & Abelard |
#8530, aired 2021-12-10 | GOING MEDIEVAL $1600: In the 14th century this Italian poet lost the love of his life, Laura, to the black death Petrarch |
#8530, aired 2021-12-10 | GOING MEDIEVAL $2000: In medieval times this order of monks translated medical texts in their library at Monte Cassino in Italy the Benedictines |
#8526, aired 2021-12-06 | MAGAZINES $200: For your viewing pleasure, the website for this magazine of what to watch has an archive of covers going back to the early 1950s TV Guide |
#8519, aired 2021-11-25 | 4-LETTER BEFORE & AFTER $400: Boat's going down? Try a plea to a WWII organization that was a forerunner of the CIA SOSS |
#8518, aired 2021-11-24 | LATIN PHRASES $600: This 2-word phrase means going on endlessly, as the digits of pi do ad infinitum |
#8515, aired 2021-11-19 | BARRIERS IN LIFE $400: Do you know how fast you were going? 670,616,629 mph, or the speed of this; in theory, you can't go faster, but you still get a ticket light |
#8515, aired 2021-11-19 | SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER COMPANIES $400: Pacific Gas & Electric, we hear you're going to do this with 10,000 miles of power lines to keep them from sparking wildfires bury them |
#8514, aired 2021-11-18 | IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES $400: 7 & 11 can be lucky numbers, but financially, going to this type of U.S. court to file Chapter 7 or 11 is never fun bankruptcy |
#8514, aired 2021-11-18 | TV HUSBANDS $1600: In "For All Mankind" Wayne Cobb is the supporting hubby of Molly, who is really going places working for this agency NASA |
#8508, aired 2021-11-10 | CELEBRITY ENTREPRENEURS $800: Going public in 2021, The Honest Company was founded by this mom & actress (Jessica) Alba |
#8507, aired 2021-11-09 | THE END $800: "Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can't stand it. I been there before" The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
#8491, aired 2021-10-18 | A FORD FIESTA $200: Kevin Costner was going to play the president in "Air Force One" but had to leave the film, so the role went to this star Harrison Ford |
#8486, aired 2021-10-11 | RECENT MOVIES $1600: This word/genre completes the title of a movie with Riz Ahmed as a drummer going deaf, "Sound of..." Metal |
#8477, aired 2021-09-28 | GOING "GREEN" $200: Frogskin is a synonym for this other monetary slang a greenback |
#8477, aired 2021-09-28 | GOING "GREEN" $400: Bring your snips; a conservatory is another name for this place a greenhouse |
#8477, aired 2021-09-28 | GOING "GREEN" $600: This masked TV crimefighter drove a car that shot rockets from the front & put out a smokescreen from the back the Green Hornet |
#8477, aired 2021-09-28 | GOING "GREEN" $800: An old term for a newcomer, especially one unfamiliar with the manners & customs of a new place greenhorn |
#8477, aired 2021-09-28 | GOING "GREEN" $1000: Superficial or insincere activities by a business or other organization intended to show concern for the environment greenwashing |
#8477, aired 2021-09-28 | VOCABULARY $2000: Going back to the Latin for "small worm", it's a bright scarlet color vermilion |
#8476, aired 2021-09-27 | IT'S A SAIL-EBRATION $1200: A report that this ship was going to be broken up led Oliver Wendell Holmes to celebrate it in a poem the Constitution |
#8471, aired 2021-09-20 | A WORD IN SPANISH $400: Lionel Richie sang of celebrations in many languages: "We're going to party, karamu," this Spanish word fiesta |
#8466, aired 2021-09-13 | AUTHORS NOT AUTHORING $1200: During World War II this American was with the 4th Infantry Division in Europe before going home to Cuba Hemingway |
#8465, aired 2021-08-13 | NO EGRETS $200: The peregrine this can really hit the gas going for prey, hitting 200-plus mph a falcon |
#8465, aired 2021-08-13 | CANALS $400: Running from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea, this country's Kiel Canal is 250 miles shorter than going around Jutland Peninsula Germany |
#8461, aired 2021-08-09 | LET'S SEA $400: Don't forget your parka if you're going sailing on the Barents Sea, part of this ocean Arctic |
#8458, aired 2021-08-04 | AUDIBLE $400: Known for nothing, this funny guy narrates his memoir called "Is This Anything?"
"I was a very, very nervous performer when I first began going onstage. But I was encouraged by my Queens College friends Jesse Michnik, Joe Bacino and Mike Costanza." (Jerry) Seinfeld |
#8455, aired 2021-07-30 | FOWL BALLS $1000: Long after Dominique Wilkins, this NBA team flew through a rough 2004-05 season, going 13-69 the Atlanta Hawks |
#8454, aired 2021-07-29 | NAME THAT BEATLES TUNE $600: "They've been going in & out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile" "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" |
#8454, aired 2021-07-29 | NAME THAT BEATLES TUNE $800: "I think I'm gonna be sad; I think it's today, yeah; the girl that's driving me mad is going away" "Ticket To Ride" |
#8451, aired 2021-07-26 | PARTY IN THE BACK $400: Are you going to be shy all night & act like this proverbial yellow perennial plant or are you going to cut loose & dance? wallflower |
#8444, aired 2021-07-15 | & AWAY WE GO! $800: Though this West African country has a word for "lion" in its name, it's the chimpanzees we're going there to see Sierra Leone |
#8442, aired 2021-07-13 | OVER BUDGET $1600: The 1858 $250,000 budget for the Old New York County Courthouse climbed to $12 million, much going into the pocket of this man Tweed |
#8440, aired 2021-07-09 | BEACH-Y KEEN $200: If you're going against popular opinion, you're "swimming against" this; be careful! the tide |
#8439, aired 2021-07-08 | & I TOOK THAT PERSONALLY $600: "All my life, people have said that I wasn't going to make it", said this CNN founder, owner of acreage twice the size of Rhode Island Ted Turner |
#8437, aired 2021-07-06 | AFRICAN AMERICANS PRE-1860 $1600: In 1838, 272 slaves were sold to keep this D.C. Jesuit U. going; now a building is named for one of them, Isaac Hawkins Georgetown |
#8436, aired 2021-07-05 | PUT IN OSCILLATION $400: A dance with one arm out in front of you is named for this oscillating lawn item the sprinkler |
#8436, aired 2021-07-05 | ANIMALS $600: The Indian gray is a type of this mammal that has no problem going after cobras a mongoose |
#8431, aired 2021-06-28 | TALKING HEADS $1000: Attributed to this leader of the Soviet Union in the 1970s: "The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win" Brezhnev |
#8430, aired 2021-06-25 | AROUND THE GARDEN? $800: In a Simon & Garfunkel song, this quartet is in the line after "Are you going to Scarborough Fair?" parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme |
#8423, aired 2021-06-16 | POP MUSIC $1600: Madonna sang in this hit, "I know you're going to be upset, 'cause I was always your little girl" "Papa Don't Preach" |
#8412, aired 2021-06-01 | MAKING FETCH HAPPEN $600: In this movie, Regina says, "Gretchen, stop trying to make 'fetch' happen. it's not going to happen" Mean Girls |
#8405, aired 2021-05-21 | SHE SANG IT IN A MOVIE $800: 2006:
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Jennifer Hudson |
#8401, aired 2021-05-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $3,800 (Daily Double): The 1859 discovery of this near Titusville set off a boom in Pennsylvania oil |
#8397, aired 2021-05-11 | NOTABLE WOMEN $400: She attended the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf before going to Radcliffe, where she graduated cum laude in 1904 Helen Keller |
#8397, aired 2021-05-11 | OUTLAWS & IN-LAWS $400: "Woman in Red" Anna Sage actually wore an orange skirt as this gangster was killed in 1934; hope going to that movie was worth it! John Dillinger |
#8396, aired 2021-05-10 | LATIN OVERLAPPIN' $800: "I think, therefore I am" on Indonesia's second-largest island by area cogito, ergo Sumatra |
#8396, aired 2021-05-10 | SHORT STORIES $1600: This African American who sometimes lived in France wrote a 1965 collection called "Going to Meet the Man" James Baldwin |
#8394, aired 2021-05-06 | ON BASS $600: James Jamerson laid down immortal bass lines on Stevie Wonder's "For Once In My Life" & "What's Going On" by this singer Marvin Gaye |
#8388, aired 2021-04-28 | AUTHORS NOT GOING PLACES $400: When she wrote "Outlander", Diana Gabaldon hadn't been to this U.K. country, the book's main setting Scotland |
#8388, aired 2021-04-28 | AUTHORS NOT GOING PLACES $800: This creator of Tarzan never set foot in Africa (Edgar Rice) Burroughs |
#8388, aired 2021-04-28 | AUTHORS NOT GOING PLACES $1600: This author from Prague never visited the U.S. & it shows when the Statue of Liberty holds aloft a sword on page 1 of his novel "Amerika" (Franz) Kafka |
#8388, aired 2021-04-28 | AUTHORS NOT GOING PLACES $2,000 (Daily Double): Bram Stoker consulted the 1865 book this region: "Its Products and Its People" to write about a place he never went Transylvania |
#8388, aired 2021-04-28 | AUTHORS NOT GOING PLACES $2000: "The Lost City of Z" is about South America explorer Percy Fawcett, who helped Arthur Conan Doyle WFH this "Lost" book The Lost World |
#8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THAT'S BIG BUSINESS $1000: In the mid-1800s he joined up with Luigi Rossi, & their spirits business is still going (Alessandro) Martini |
#8380, aired 2021-04-16 | THE BIRDS $400: Jesus tells his Apostles going out into the world to be as harmless as these birds doves |
#8377, aired 2021-04-13 | GOING STIR CRAZY $200: Use these paired Asian utensils to stir; they break up foods that stick together & wooden ones don't scratch non-stick pans chopsticks |
#8377, aired 2021-04-13 | BATTERY LIFE $200: In 2004 Sony produced the first silver oxide battery that was free of this element, & it's going down in thermometer use, too mercury |
#8377, aired 2021-04-13 | GOING STIR CRAZY $400: To make classic French onion dip, stir a packet of soup mix into this dairy product, maybe from Daisy or Knudsen sour cream |
#8377, aired 2021-04-13 | GOING STIR CRAZY $600: Some prefer stirring this classic cocktail; shaking it, the preferred method of Nick Charles, is said to bruise the gin a martini |
#8377, aired 2021-04-13 | GOING STIR CRAZY $800: A shorter-grain rice like Arborio is the marquee ingredient of this Italian dish that requires constant stirring risotto |
#8377, aired 2021-04-13 | GOING STIR CRAZY $1000: A stirring motion is the worst way to use this implement that comes in balloon & flat types; a side-to-side motion gets better results a whisk |
#8373, aired 2021-04-07 | WHAT A BUNCH OF CHARACTERS! $1200: (Glenn Close presents the clue.) I rank as number 7 on AFI's list of Top Villains, playing Alex Forrest in this 1987 thriller, but I prefer to think of her as a misunderstood woman, who is not going to be ignored Fatal Attraction |
#8369, aired 2021-04-01 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1600: As Effie White in this show, Jennifer Holliday brought the house down with "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Dreamgirls |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | THE "OVER"/"UNDER" $800: The boxing matches just before a featured bout, with up-&-coming or down-&-going fighters the undercard |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | GOING FROM FIRST TO THIRD $400: In a holiday song, this title precedes "the angels did say, was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay" "The First Noel" |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | GOING FROM FIRST TO THIRD $800: You give someone this phrase when you use extreme methods to extract a confession out of them the third degree |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | GOING FROM FIRST TO THIRD $1200: Bo Jackson & Bob Dole are famous for illeism, using this when talking about themselves; it can help kids with speech impediments the third person |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | GOING FROM FIRST TO THIRD $1600: F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, "There are no" these "in American lives" second acts |
#8353, aired 2021-03-10 | GOING FROM FIRST TO THIRD $2000: The U.K.'s House of Commons uses this 4-word electoral system where a simple majority of votes determines the winner of the race first past the post |
#8352, aired 2021-03-09 | YOU LOSE! $1200: Putting the 1908 & 1912 presidential races in Olympic terms, he went from gold to bronze, going from 51% to 23% Taft |
#8347, aired 2021-03-02 | U.S. MUSEUMS $1600: "I'm going to" this city, this city, "here I come" to visit the American Jazz Museum & The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Kansas City |
#8345, aired 2021-02-26 | ROAD TRIP TO THE SAME-NAMED PLACE $200: You'll spend a lot of time on I-95 going from Maine to Georgia, maybe to see a major golf tournament Augusta |
#8342, aired 2021-02-23 | TV SHOW QUOTES $400: Jesse Pinkman: "When the going gets tough, you don't want a criminal lawyer... you want a--criminal--lawyer" Breaking Bad |
#8341, aired 2021-02-22 | CROSSWORD CLUES "T" $1000: Old-fashioned "fool"ishness
(10) tomfoolery |
#8333, aired 2021-02-10 | PAID BY THE WORD: LEGAL EDITION $800: Legally, this known associate of "entering" means going in without permission, so the phrase is a bit repetitive breaking |
#8332, aired 2021-02-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $200: As an adjective, it means secluded; as a noun, it helps get your TV going remote |
#8330, aired 2021-02-05 | "HAND"Y PHRASES $800: Going back just to 1969, this hyphenated experience originally meant learning computers using a keyboard hands-on |
#8329, aired 2021-02-04 | HISTORY ACROSS THE AGES $400: Going by the reign of the person it's named for, this age of history lasted from 1837 to 1901 the Victorian |
#8329, aired 2021-02-04 | NOW LISTEN TO ME $400: I'm going to treat you to this kind of falsetto-&-back singing in the manner of a Tyrolean mountaineer yodeling |
#8325, aired 2021-01-29 | NO. 1 RECORD $400: Going low, Meghan Trainor was "All About That" this in a 2014 No. 1 that Bass |
#8324, aired 2021-01-28 | RESPONSES IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION $800: The illustrator of this series thought "the reason why he was lost was... he was slightly idiotic & didn't know where he was going" Where's Waldo? |
#8323, aired 2021-01-27 | FUNNY BUSINESS $1600: Starting way back in 2003 (& still going strong), he's the longest-tenured cast member of "Saturday Night Live" Kenan Thompson |
#8322, aired 2021-01-26 | FINANCIAL SLANG $200: You aren't stubborn--you just think the market is going to rise if you are this animal-ish bull |
#8322, aired 2021-01-26 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $600: Grab your headlamp, we're going caving, aka this hobby of exploring caves spelunking |
#8322, aired 2021-01-26 | YOU CROSSED THE LINE $600: ...going across Missouri's 300-mile long southern border with this state Arkansas |
#8321, aired 2021-01-25 | NAME THAT MALE AUTHOR $400: "Didn't firemen prevent fires rather than stoke them up & get them going?" Bradbury |
#8320, aired 2021-01-22 | BRUCE WILLIS MOVIE QUOTES $1600: "If you pull that trigger, that bullet is just gonna bounce off me & I'm not going to be hurt" Unbreakable |
#8310, aired 2021-01-08 | ARTISTS IN EUROPE $200: Here's this artist with a tropical vibe going on at his home in Figueres, Spain Dalí |
#8310, aired 2021-01-08 | "BING" POT $800: At the beach this word refers to a tide that is going out ebbing |
#8289, aired 2020-11-26 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT TALK $1000: Going "up the river" originally meant being sent to this prison north on the Hudson River from New York City Sing Sing |
#8287, aired 2020-11-24 | SPEAK NOW $1000: If you are going at a breakneck pace, you may be "hell-bent for" this material leather |
#8285, aired 2020-11-20 | POTPOURRI $1000: In the title of a No. 1 hit by Steam, these 4 words precede "kiss him goodbye" na na hey hey |
#8275, aired 2020-11-06 | GO WEST $800: Go due west on land from Newfoundland & Labrador to this large province Quebec |
#8272, aired 2020-11-03 | GESTURES $200: A kids' book describes this gesture as "a special slap to celebrate when everything is going great" a high five |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | WHAT'S YOUR "I.P." ADDRESS $1200: Dr. Robert Wang helped create this brand of multicooker whose name implies speed Instant Pot |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | THE BOOK OF JOB $400: Louise Fitzhugh:
"Harriet the ____" Spy |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | POP CULTURE $800: This Disney Channel series was originally going to be called "Alexis Texas" Hannah Montana |
#8266, aired 2020-10-26 | BONES $200: This set of curved bones attaches to the sternum the rib bones (the collarbones) |
#8266, aired 2020-10-26 | A QUIET PLACE $3,200 (Daily Double): The phrase "silent running" originated with this type of vessel going quiet to avoid detection a submarine |
#8265, aired 2020-10-23 | IDIOMS $400: An aircraft's limit, not a stationery item, is in this phrase for going beyond the usual range push the envelope |
#8262, aired 2020-10-20 | LET IT ROLL! $200: We're going to "roll out" this cylindrical wooden container a barrel |
#8261, aired 2020-10-19 | INSIDE "MAN" $2000: To reverse a previous military order countermand |
#8260, aired 2020-10-16 | ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE $400: This traditionally yellow large vehicle is going green with orders like 50 electric ones from Daimler by the state of Virginia school buses |
#8251, aired 2020-10-05 | LETTERS FROM AUTHORS $2000: She wrote to husband Leonard before taking her life: "I feel certain that I am going mad again" Virginia Woolf |
#8247, aired 2020-09-29 | GAMES $600: In Charades if you draw a rectangle around your head, you're going to act out the title of one of these a television show |
#8243, aired 2020-09-23 | AROUND THE USA $200: 14,060-foot Mount Bierstadt is a good place to start climbing the "Fourteeners" of this western range the Rockies |
#8243, aired 2020-09-23 | CELEBS COMING & GOING $400: In 2019 he left "The Voice" after 16 seasons Adam Levine |
#8243, aired 2020-09-23 | CELEBS COMING & GOING $800: "I have things to prove to myself," explained Tom Brady about moving to this team after 20 seasons with the Patriots Tampa Bay |
#8243, aired 2020-09-23 | CELEBS COMING & GOING $1200: Tina Fey returned in a 2020 "One-Time Special" of this sitcom; Kenneth the page is now the boss of the network 30 Rock |
#8243, aired 2020-09-23 | CELEBS COMING & GOING $1600: A young Vince Gill turned down a chance to join Dire Straits; a less young Vince Gill replaced Glenn Frey on this band's tour the Eagles |
#8243, aired 2020-09-23 | CELEBS COMING & GOING $2000: Emmy Rossum is no longer the oldest Gallagher daughter on this TV show Shameless |
#8243, aired 2020-09-23 | JOURNALISTS $2000: A longtime newspaperman, this author of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" vanished after going to Mexico in 1913 (Ambrose) Bierce |
#8241, aired 2020-09-21 | THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS $600: West Wing crisis center since 1961 the Situation Room |
#8237, aired 2020-09-15 | KEN JENNINGS ON WINNING STREAKS $200: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) After going 7 and 3 arguing before the Supreme Court, he reeled off an amazing 22 straight wins, including the unanimously decided Brown vs. the Board of Education and would join the court himself in 1967 (Thurgood) Marshall |
#8237, aired 2020-09-15 | KEN JENNINGS ON WINNING STREAKS $1000: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) The Persian Empire fell to him in the 330s B.C., then Western Asia Minor, the Mediterranean coast, Egypt, on into India; not bad for a guy barely over 30 Alexander the Great |
#8232, aired 2020-06-09 | CANSPLAINING $200: Let me stop you there... proverbially, in exposing yourself to a possible problem, you're opening up a giant "can of" these worms |
#8228, aired 2020-06-03 | ABBREVIATIONS $800: When going on a journey, your ETA is this your estimated time of arrival |
#8227, aired 2020-06-02 | GOING ON VACATION $200: This country's Amalfi Coast never fails to impress Italy |
#8227, aired 2020-06-02 | GOING ON VACATION $400: Stop by this landmark & take in the amazing vista from Yavapai Point to the North Rim the Grand Canyon |
#8227, aired 2020-06-02 | GOING ON VACATION $600: Headed to Paris? Check out the Impressionist and Postimpressionist works at this museum in a former train station the Musée d'Orsay |
#8227, aired 2020-06-02 | GOING ON VACATION $800: Chile has a beautiful "district" of mountains & water that shares its name with this similar one in north England the Lake District |
#8227, aired 2020-06-02 | GOING ON VACATION $1000: This B&B island paradise northwest of Tahiti would be a perfect place for some R&R Bora Bora |
#8224, aired 2020-05-28 | THE LANGUAGE OF DE-FEET $200: Directly confront someone & you're going this-to-this with them toe to toe |
#8224, aired 2020-05-28 | CHOIR PRACTICE $800: Get dialogue going between a soloist & the choir in the style "call &" this response |
#8224, aired 2020-05-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: Plutarch wrote that the same day Alexander the Great was born, this temple, a wonder of the world, burned in Ephesus the Temple of Artemis |
#8212, aired 2020-04-28 | DJ, JAZZY $1200: Still going strong, the jazz festival of this bay & aquarium city in California was founded in 1958 by DJ Jimmy Lyons Monterey |
#8206, aired 2020-04-20 | THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT $600: She says, "There's rarely a day that I'm out in the world that somebody doesn't mention '13 Going on 30'" Jennifer Garner |
#8196, aired 2020-04-06 | I'M YOUR NEW PERSONAL TRAINER! $800: Reclining hero pose! Into corpse pose! Oh yeah, you bet we're going heavy on this 4-letter discipline right now! yoga |
#8193, aired 2020-04-01 | GOING PRONOUN $200: In a classic comedy routine, this interrogative pronoun "is on First" Who |
#8193, aired 2020-04-01 | GOING PRONOUN $400: The objective case of we is this other 2-letter word us |
#8193, aired 2020-04-01 | GOING PRONOUN $600: Examples of this kind of pronoun are his & hers, as well as mine & yours a possessive |
#8193, aired 2020-04-01 | GOING PRONOUN $800: This pronoun meaning a small number of things is a homophone of an exclamation of relief few |
#8193, aired 2020-04-01 | GOING PRONOUN $1000: Biblically speaking, it's the nominative pronoun of the 2nd-person singular thou |
#8187, aired 2020-03-24 | WHAT AN IDIOM! $800: I'm going to expose a scandal! So I'll be doing this action involving a device that emits a high-pitched sound a whistle blower, blowing a whistle |
#8182, aired 2020-03-17 | CLASSIC ROCK & ROLL QUOTES $1000: Going through ch-ch-changes at his 50th birthday in 1997, he said, "I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise I won't bore you" David Bowie |
#8179, aired 2020-03-12 | TV TALK $200: Often featuring special programs, sweeps are periods in which these Nielsen numbers are closely watched to set ad prices *ratings (**viewership) |
#8179, aired 2020-03-12 | A CASE OF THE BENDS $2000: West Bend, Wisconsin was originally a midway point for travelers going from Milwaukee to this "bottom of the lake" town Fond du Lac |
#8178, aired 2020-03-11 | PUNNY JOB LOSS REASONS $800: My granddad quit dentistry because he said going to the office was "like" this excruciating 2-word idiom pulling teeth |
#8168, aired 2020-02-26 | WORDS IN PLAIN SIGHT $200: Dude, where's your girlfriend? You're going to the party this way? Oh, deer! stag |
#8165, aired 2020-02-21 | IN THE ARTS WORLD $800: These pieces of artwork took off in value in the 1980s, with one from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" going for $50,600 an individual animation cel |
#8151, aired 2020-02-03 | STATE OF THE ESTATE $1000: James Buchanan's Wheatland Estate Pennsylvania |
#8149, aired 2020-01-30 | THAT'S POLITICS $1600: Pennsylvania's 7th district, shaped like "Goofy kicking Donald Duck", got nixed by a court in 2018 for going too far in this process gerrymandering |
#8147, aired 2020-01-28 | NEWER NECCO CANDY HEARTS $800: In 1998, between "Call me" & "Text me", came this 2-word phrase invoking now-outmoded telecommunications "Fax me" (or "Page me") |
#8146, aired 2020-01-27 | HIT MUSIC OF TODAY $2000: The album "Beerbongs & Bentleys" topped the Billboard 200, going pillar to him Post Malone |
#8144, aired 2020-01-23 | PROVERBIALLY YOURS $800: Things are always going wrong with the proverb "Bread always falls" this way butter side down |
#8142, aired 2020-01-21 | SPORTS DEFINITIONS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) In figure skating, a long backward glide on the outside edge of one foot leads into a Lutz. You face forward before leaping into the air to do one of these an axel |
#8142, aired 2020-01-21 | SPACED-OUT POP CULTURE $1600: Led by Capt. Mercer, this sci-fi series on FOX sees its title ship & crew boldly going where no comedy has gone before The Orville |
#8139, aired 2020-01-16 | ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA $400: Going to federal prison at this Calif. landmark is more fun today than when it actually held inmates from 1934 to 1963 Alcatraz |
#8134, aired 2020-01-09 | MAGAZINE COLLECTION $400: Sports Illustrated has a yearly swimsuit edition; this competing mag is going online-only but will still print its Body Issue ESPN The Magazine |
#6, aired 2020-01-09 | IT COMES THIRD $1200: Beethoven was going to dedicate his 3rd symphony to Napoleon; instead he called it this, for "the memory of a great man" Eroica |
#5, aired 2020-01-09 | ROAD TRIP! $1600: Forget Route 66! We're going north to south on this numerical highway that turns into the "Blues Highway" down south 61 |
#3, aired 2020-01-08 | CLASSIC MOVIE QUOTES $1600: It's the no-nonsense message that comes after the following
"We've never lost an American in space; we're sure as hell not going to lose one on my watch." "Failure is not an option." |
#2, aired 2020-01-07 | LET'S JAZZ UP THIS PLACE $400: Thelonious Monk really gets going "'round" this title hour midnight |
#8125, aired 2019-12-27 | TASTE THE RAINBOW $400: This brand of canned & frozen veggies offers steamcrisp corn niblets Green Giant |
#8124, aired 2019-12-26 | THE SINGER OR BAND IN QUESTION $1200: A Motown legend: "What's Going On", also the name of one of his albums Marvin Gaye |
#8123, aired 2019-12-25 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $800: In early 2001 this Houston energy company had a market cap of $60 billion; by December it had filed for bankruptcy Enron |
#8123, aired 2019-12-25 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $1200: In 2019 some folks in Humble, Texas wanted to get into a time machine & start making this stainless steel car again the DeLorean |
#8123, aired 2019-12-25 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $1600: Western Air Express & Transcontinental Air Transport formed what would be this company in 1930, but it got absorbed by Am. Airlines in 2001 TWA (Trans World) |
#8123, aired 2019-12-25 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $2,000 (Daily Double): Sam Mendes directed a theatrical telling of the story of these brothers who built a financial empire that collapsed in 2008 Lehman Brothers |
#8115, aired 2019-12-13 | MOVIE EXCHANGES $200: Him: "Back up, we don't have enough road to get up to 88." Doc Brown: "Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads" Marty McFly |
#8115, aired 2019-12-13 | MOVIE EXCHANGES $1000: 2 characters: "You're using Bonetti's Defense against me, ah?"; "I thought it fitting considering the rocky terrain" Inigo Montoya & Westley |
#8115, aired 2019-12-13 | NELLIE BLY $2,000 (Daily Double): While famously going around the world in 72 days, Bly met this author who told her how her route differed from Phileas Fogg's Jules Verne |
#8112, aired 2019-12-10 | SPEAK TO ME OF FRUITS & VEGETABLES $1000: If you're wise to what's going on, you didn't just fall off this alliterative root-vegetable transport the turnip truck |
#8105, aired 2019-11-29 | WOMEN OF SCIENCE $1200: Daughter of Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace created one of these for a machine devised by Charles Babbage a code (a computer program) |
#8097, aired 2019-11-19 | HIT TUNES $1200: He first hit the Top 40 in 1964 with 3 pals & was still going strong in 2018 on the adult contemporary chart with "Come On To Me" (Paul) McCartney |
#8094, aired 2019-11-14 | TRANSPORTATION TERMS $1000: This 7-letter activity is the K in the WKA, an association excited about going 100 mph, 1 inch off the ground karting |
#8089, aired 2019-11-07 | BUGLE CALLS $1000: Wondering what's going on back home on the farm? Then you'll be happy hearing the sequence called this "call" "Mail Call" |
#8088, aired 2019-11-06 | "ALL" IN $1000: Scientific term for the innermost digit of a vertebrate's hind foot; we call ours a big toe a hallux |
#8085, aired 2019-11-01 | THE U.N. REPORTS $200: An alarming 2019 environmental report called for action to reduce the 8 million tons of this substance going into oceans every year plastic |
#8073, aired 2019-10-16 | OLD SCHOOL MOVIES $1000: This funnyman got some respect going "Back to School" at Grand Lakes U., I tell ya Rodney Dangerfield |
#8069, aired 2019-10-10 | BOOKS GOING BACK IN TIME $400: Garry Wills' 1992 "Lincoln at" this place examines an event sixscore & nine years previous Gettysburg |
#8069, aired 2019-10-10 | BOOKS GOING BACK IN TIME $800: The New Orleans Advocate reported a "flood of books" for this event's 10th anniversary, including "Cooking Up a Storm" Hurricane Katrina |
#8069, aired 2019-10-10 | BOOKS GOING BACK IN TIME $1200: It's the title town where 2 former Texas Rangers live in the 1870s in a classic novel by Larry McMurtry Lonesome Dove |
#8069, aired 2019-10-10 | BOOKS GOING BACK IN TIME $1600: "I woke to the sound of a mosquito whining in my left ear", begins 2000's "Fever 1793", about an epidemic of this disease yellow fever |
#8069, aired 2019-10-10 | BOOKS GOING BACK IN TIME $2000: His 1815 novel "Guy Mannering" begins in the year "17--" with Guy visiting some ruins in Dumfries Walter Scott |
#8064, aired 2019-10-03 | BASEBALL MANAGERS $800: One of the smallest Major League players ever, Miller Huggins managed this 1927 team, perhaps the greatest of all time the New York Yankees |
#8061, aired 2019-09-30 | IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON $400: Margaret Wise Brown wrote the kids' books "The Runaway Bunny" & this one that features a bunny going to sleep Goodnight Moon |
#8061, aired 2019-09-30 | IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON $4,000 (Daily Double): A novel by him says, "Between me and the moonlight flitted a great bat, coming and going in great whirling circles" Bram Stoker |
#8052, aired 2019-09-17 | HALLEY'S COMET IN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): This author can't have been surprised to die April 21, 1910, the day after Halley's Comet reached perihelion (Mark) Twain |
#8050, aired 2019-09-13 | INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE $800: Born off Queensland, Kath Walker, aka Oodgeroo Noonuccal, wrote "We Are Going", the 1st book of poems by a person of this ethnicity Aboriginal |
#8048, aired 2019-09-11 | HOTELS $1600: The Belmond Hotel Monasterio offers oxygen-enriched rooms because it's in this Peruvian city that's at 11,000 feet Cusco |
#8045, aired 2019-07-26 | 2 VERBS IN ONE $800: To use a foot & a pedal to get a motorcycle going kick-start |
#8044, aired 2019-07-25 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH "F" $600: Going back to the Bible, a minor drawback is sometimes likened to one of these "in the ointment" a fly |
#8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THE "B" THAT POWERS $800: NASA uses "solid rocket" these to help the main engines in the early going; they fall back to Earth & are reused boosters |
#8041, aired 2019-07-22 | audible SUMMER READING $800: She tells humorous anecdotes from her long career on stage & screen
"Yes, yes," she interrupted, "But you're going to be playing Mary Poppins?" Yes, Miss Travers. "Well, you're much to pretty, of course" Julie Andrews |
#8037, aired 2019-07-16 | IT'S ALL IN THE PAST $1000: The 12th c. Knights Hospitallers helped pilgrims in the Holy Land while the Knights this protected 'em coming & going the Templar |
#8036, aired 2019-07-15 | 3-WORD LITERARY TITLES $200: In this novel by Jack Kerouac, Sal Paradise says he'd "often dreamed of going west to see the country" On the Road |
#8030, aired 2019-07-05 | LITERARY MINNESOTA $1000: Minnesotan Tim O'Brien wrote books like "Going After Cacciato" & "Lake of the Woods" about those who fought in this war the Vietnam War |
#8022, aired 2019-06-25 | TRANSPORTATION $400: The Tupolev Tu-144 plane of the 1970s was famous for going faster than this, which moves in waves sound |
#8019, aired 2019-06-20 | WHERE YOU GO FROM HERE $200: You are going to Disney World! Well, at least a stopover at MCO airport in this city Orlando |
#8014, aired 2019-06-13 | "SINGLE" SERVINGS $800: A 1610 legal text is titled "The Duello, or," this, which means going mano-a-mano single combat |
#8007, aired 2019-06-04 | LITERARY GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES $800: "The Asphalt" this is about the mean streets where a jewel heist is going down Jungle |
#8007, aired 2019-06-04 | INTERNAL RHYME VERBS $1200: To keep going on the same course, or to stay at the same weight maintain |
#8006, aired 2019-06-03 | PICTURE THE IDIOM $600: It's what's going on here comparing apples & oranges |
#8004, aired 2019-05-30 | CHILDISH BAMBINO $600: Babe had this player leadership position for only 6 days before being stripped of it for going after a fan in the stands captain |
#7993, aired 2019-05-15 | RECENT POLITICS $400: 3 years after this Ohioan's days as House Speaker ended, he backed a marijuana startup going public in Canada in 2018 John Boehner |
#7992, aired 2019-05-14 | IDIOMS AROUND THE HOUSE $1000: Tertullian's proverb "de calcaria in carbonarium" is said to be the source of this phrase for going from bad to worse out of the frying pan and into the fire |
#7992, aired 2019-05-14 | LET'S PUT ON A MUSICAL $1200: Sets we're going to need for "Carrie":
the White home, the pig farm & this festive event where things get bloody at the end the prom |
#7989, aired 2019-05-09 | THINGS TO DO OUTDOORS $1200: Soar through the air & get your adrenaline going with this sport paragliding |
#7987, aired 2019-05-07 | IN THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK $800: No kid is going to have this in school, even if it is the body spray as opposed to the weapon Axe |
#7983, aired 2019-05-01 | GOING BLANK ON THE TITLE $200: After "Little House", there was "Little Town on the ____" prairie |
#7983, aired 2019-05-01 | GOING BLANK ON THE TITLE $400: By Strunk & White:
"The Elements of ____" style |
#7983, aired 2019-05-01 | GOING BLANK ON THE TITLE $600: A Savannah story:
"____ in the Garden of Good and Evil" midnight |
#7983, aired 2019-05-01 | GOING BLANK ON THE TITLE $800: A reinterpretation of the gospels:
"The Last ____ of Christ" temptation |
#7983, aired 2019-05-01 | GOING BLANK ON THE TITLE $1000: A memoir by Joan Didion:
"The Year of ____ Thinking" Magical |
#7979, aired 2019-04-25 | WHAT'S FOR DINNER? $400: We're going south of the border for homemade these--get 'em while they're hot tamales |
#7969, aired 2019-04-11 | 25 TCM $600: (Ben Mankiewicz gives the clue.) On TCM, I get to talk about my great-uncle Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who won Oscars for writing & directing this 1950 film, the ultimate backstage drama where Bette Davis memorably says, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night" All About Eve |
#7968, aired 2019-04-10 | ACROSS STATE LINES $400: Going due west:
Ohio,
Indiana,
this Illinois |
#7968, aired 2019-04-10 | ACROSS STATE LINES $600: Going south on U.S. 281:
Nebraska,
Kansas,
this Oklahoma |
#7956, aired 2019-03-25 | LET'S HEAD NORTH $200: Going north from Florida on I-95, it's the third state you'll enter & soon you'll reach Fayetteville North Carolina |
#7956, aired 2019-03-25 | 1960s AMERICA $4,400 (Daily Double): In 1964 D.C. residents were allowed to vote for president for the first time, going 85% for this man Lyndon Johnson |
#7950, aired 2019-03-15 | CHANGE MY MIND $400: You're going to have to do this 3-word phrase that involves rotating my ulna twist my arm |
#7950, aired 2019-03-15 | ON THE PGA TOUR $1000: Check out the $10 million putt that won the 2016 FedEx Cup bonus for this man, also known as Wee Mac Rory McIlroy |
#7949, aired 2019-03-14 | THE PLAY'S LAST LINES $400: By Shaw: "Pickering! Nonsense! She's going to marry Freddy! Ha ha! Freddy! Freddy! Ha ha ha ha ha" Pygmalion |
#7949, aired 2019-03-14 | THE PLAY'S LAST LINES $2000: By Woody Allen: "Well, you see, the thing about Bogart that most people don't know is that..." Play It Again, Sam |
#7945, aired 2019-03-08 | I YIELD TO... $200: Temptation, & I'm going to finish the whole package of Double Stuf these Oreos |
#7941, aired 2019-03-04 | "LET" GO $1000: They're on the tips of your shoelaces aglets |
#7935, aired 2019-02-22 | THE ARCTIC $100 (Daily Double): Going from Norway to Alaska, this Scandinavian completed the first trip through the Northwest Passage in 1906 Amundsen |
#7934, aired 2019-02-21 | POLITICIANS $10,000 (Daily Double): Before going to the Supreme Court, he made history by winning 3 straight California gubernatorial elections (Earl) Warren |
#7921, aired 2019-02-04 | LITERARY FIRST LINES $800: "'Where's Papa going with that ax?' said Fern to her mother" Charlotte's Web |
#7921, aired 2019-02-04 | LITERARY FIRST LINES $1200: A New York Times Best Book of the Year from 2010:
"Today I'm five. I was four last night going to sleep in wardrobe" Room |
#7909, aired 2019-01-17 | FER SURE, IT WAS THE '80s $400: AP's Jeff Widener said he thought on June 5, 1989, "(That) guy's going to screw up my picture" in this Beijing Square Tiananmen |
#7906, aired 2019-01-14 | EXOTIC WILDLIFE $800: Polar bear cubs stay with Mom for two and a half years, ultimately going through this process of moving off her milk weaning |
#7905, aired 2019-01-11 | GOING "DUTCH" $200: Jump right in & name this activity seen here double Dutch |
#7905, aired 2019-01-11 | GOING "DUTCH" $400: First identified in the Netherlands around 1920, this malady can kill a large one of the trees in its name in 4 weeks Dutch elm disease |
#7905, aired 2019-01-11 | GOING "DUTCH" $600: In 1935 this man thought hey, let's kill Thomas Dewey; fearing backlash, crime bosses added bullets to his restaurant order Dutch Schultz |
#7905, aired 2019-01-11 | GOING "DUTCH" $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents.) This camera technique we're showing here can be used to convey instability or imbalance in a scene a Dutch angle |
#7905, aired 2019-01-11 | SHARK TANK 10 $800: (Hi, I'm Daymond John.)I made a deal with Mikaila Ulmer when she was only 9 & now she is a teenager selling hundreds of thousands of bottles of lemonade a year with some profits going to save these insects a honeybee |
#7905, aired 2019-01-11 | GOING "DUTCH" $3,000 (Daily Double): Founded in part to help the Dutch gain independence from Spain, this trading company's nearly 200-year run ended in 1799 the Dutch East India Company |
#7902, aired 2019-01-08 | GOING VEGAN $200: In fashion some vegans avoid wool, leather & this fiber that comes from insects silk |
#7902, aired 2019-01-08 | GOING VEGAN $400: Vegans can finally have a proper pint; this Irish brewer completely phased out fish-derived filters in 2017 Guinness |
#7902, aired 2019-01-08 | GOING VEGAN $600: Many vegetarians eat these; vegans don't, so they make swaps like 1 mashed banana for each in a cake recipe eggs |
#7902, aired 2019-01-08 | GOING VEGAN $800: Vegans can't get enough of this B vitamin from plant sources, so they need supplements, injected or otherwise B12 |
#7902, aired 2019-01-08 | GOING VEGAN $1000: The world's most used vegetable oil, this tree oil is vegan-friendly but has been linked to rainforest destruction palm oil |
#7900, aired 2019-01-04 | GOTTA RUN! $800: This kind of sentence has 2 or more clauses with no semicolon in between, it keeps going a run-on |
#7898, aired 2019-01-02 | IN THEIR WILLS $200: Aristotle Onassis left half his fortune to create a foundation to help this country; it's still going Greece |
#7898, aired 2019-01-02 | COUNT $800: If this count in the air is high, your hay fever is going to go haywire the pollen count |
#7896, aired 2018-12-31 | GOING TO SEE AMMAN $800: Can't wait to see Amman's one of these structures, a word from the Greek for "on both sides" amphitheater |
#7896, aired 2018-12-31 | GOING TO SEE AMMAN $1200: After completing my various labors, I'll check out the temple of this son of Zeus Hercules |
#7896, aired 2018-12-31 | GOING TO SEE AMMAN $1600: I'll visit a bird garden to see the national bird, a rosefinch named for its habitat on this Biblical peak Mount Sinai |
#7896, aired 2018-12-31 | GOING TO SEE AMMAN $2000: I'll enjoy a leisurely walk & take in the sights at the 12-acre plaza named for this house of the royal family Hashemite |
#7891, aired 2018-12-24 | WORDS OF COMFORT $400: This triple rhyme phrase could describe a content flea in a type of floor covering snug as a bug in a rug (a snug bug rug accepted) |
#7891, aired 2018-12-24 | LET'S PUT ON A SHOW $600 (Daily Double): No. 5 in this play says, "I'd like to change my vote to not guilty"; the foreman replies, "Are you sure?" 12 Angry Men |
#7888, aired 2018-12-19 | THE FAB FOUR $800: "Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to" this song, recorded in 2 different speeds & keys & combined for an eerie effect "Strawberry Fields Forever" |
#7886, aired 2018-12-17 | 75 YEARS AT THE NEW YORK CITY CENTER $200: A new staging of this Kander & Ebb musical at City Center moved to Broadway, where it's still going 9,000 shows later Chicago |
#7883, aired 2018-12-12 | A.M.A. $1000: In 2018 the AMA told doctors to prepare for these cards redesigned to stop identity theft, going out to 60 million people Medicare cards |
#7881, aired 2018-12-10 | EPONYMS $800: A god of dreams inspired the name of this drowsiness-inducing narcotic morphine |
#7873, aired 2018-11-28 | ACCIDENTS OF HISTORY $600: She was going to fly westward around the world, Pacific first, but an accident taking off from Honolulu made her switch Amelia Earhart |
#7873, aired 2018-11-28 | THE SOUND OF MUSIC $1600: This soul man said he found his signature voice for "What's Going On" after he realized, "I'd been singing too loud" Marvin Gaye |
#7864, aired 2018-11-15 | WHAT'S COOKING? $800: We're going Greek with burgers topped with tzatziki sauce & this crumbly 4-letter Greek cheese feta |
#7863, aired 2018-11-14 | ALLITERATION $1000: Leaving a group of professionals to open our own office is called "going into" this private practice |
#7860, aired 2018-11-09 | PRIMETIME TV $400: Zoey Johnson on "Black-ish" has stepped out into her own show about going to college, this spin-off Grown-ish |
#7860, aired 2018-11-09 | PICTURE THE PREZ $400: This president was a famous actor before going into public politics Ronald Reagan |
#7860, aired 2018-11-09 | WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE YOU? $600: I'm this kind of scientist, a byword for a brainiac, so I study thrust & stability when going into space a rocket scientist |
#7860, aired 2018-11-09 | SCHOLARSHIPS $1000: It's going to take more than a baking soda volcano to win a scholarship from the Google-sponsored contest called this event the Google Science Fair |
#7858, aired 2018-11-07 | A WORD OF ADVICE $2000: I'm going to give you my this, also an access point on a computer or the info that goes through it input |
#7857, aired 2018-11-06 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $800: Trying again after a failure is going "back to" this, a synonym for drafting table or an item on a drafting table a drawing board |
#7853, aired 2018-10-31 | THE FIRST MILLENNIUM $2000: Founded by the Fatimid dynasty c. 970 as a center of Islamic learning, al-Azhar Univ. is still going in this country Egypt |
#7849, aired 2018-10-25 | WHERE YOU GOING? $200: If you're going to Mecca, you know you're going to this country on the Red Sea Saudi Arabia |
#7849, aired 2018-10-25 | WHERE YOU GOING? $400: You're so vain, you're probably going to Halifax in this Canadian province to see that total eclipse of the sun Nova Scotia |
#7849, aired 2018-10-25 | WHERE YOU GOING? $600: Maybe braving this desert referred to as Dorsland or "Thirstland" by the Boers who trekked through it Kalahari |
#7849, aired 2018-10-25 | WHERE YOU GOING? $800: Are you meeting Captain Jean-Luc in this French region that recently merged with Nord-Pas-de-Calais? Picardy |
#7849, aired 2018-10-25 | WHERE YOU GOING? $1000: Are you finally traversing the length of this mountain range that stretches from the Caspian to the Black Sea? the Caucasus |
#7849, aired 2018-10-25 | CONQUISTADORS $1600: Maybe the 1st black African in the New World, Juan Garrido pillaged in Mexico before going to Florida with this man Ponce de León |
#7848, aired 2018-10-24 | THE ROLES OF MY LIFETIME $1600: We'd give an "A" to his work as Oscar Grant & Killmonger, but he's going to get a "B." from you (Michael B.) Jordan |
#7844, aired 2018-10-18 | THEY SING! THEY ACT! $600: This singer ruled records & radio before winning an Academy Award for 1944's "Going My Way" Bing Crosby |
#7844, aired 2018-10-18 | TRAITOROUS ACTIVITY $800: The going rate for selling out America in 1780? For him, 6,315 pounds, but it's not like his name was totally destroyed...oh wait Benedict Arnold |
#7839, aired 2018-10-11 | STOCK SYMBOLS $1000: In Feb. 2018 one "A" share of this, BRK, was going for about $310,000 a pop Berkshire Hathaway |
#7825, aired 2018-09-21 | LINES FROM THE TV COMEDY $800: Dwight:
"I'm all about loyalty... I'm going wherever they value loyalty the most" The Office |
#7825, aired 2018-09-21 | LINES FROM THE TV COMEDY $1200: Alec Baldwin on this show: "Yes, my daughter is Canadian American but I'm going to treat her just like a human baby" 30 Rock |
#7823, aired 2018-09-19 | WHERE "YU" GOIN'? $600: Going to see how Serbia has changed since it was part of this country when I visited in 1988 Yugoslavia |
#7822, aired 2018-09-18 | FIRST LADIES $200: Before she passed away in 2018, she told son Jeb she believed she was going to a "beautiful place" Barbara Bush |
#7809, aired 2018-07-19 | CLASSIC SONGS' FIRST LINES $1000: "You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips" "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" |
#7808, aired 2018-07-18 | THE WEATHER $1000: It's the term for a warm layer above a cool one when going higher in the atmosphere; the reverse is what's normal an inversion layer |
#7799, aired 2018-07-05 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: In 2015 she published "It's Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!" Chelsea Clinton |
#7799, aired 2018-07-05 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1,000 (Daily Double): His crime: joining the Petrashevsky circle; his punishment: many months in prison in 1849, ending with a mock execution Fyodor Dostoevsky |
#7783, aired 2018-06-13 | X-MEN MARK THE LITERARY SPOT $1200: "Going ____" by Sarah Palin Rogue |
#7783, aired 2018-06-13 | IDIOM ORIGINS $1200: Something badly maintained is "going to" this 3-letter word, referring to a vessel for stew where leftovers go pot |
#7779, aired 2018-06-07 | PHOTOGRAPHY $400: Grains of this metal on film react with a developing solution to create a black & white negative silver |
#7773, aired 2018-05-30 | REFRIGERATOR MAGNETS $200: I know I shouldn't keep going back to eat the Concord type of this fruit off the bunch, but they are so plump! grapes |
#7773, aired 2018-05-30 | THE HILL $1,000 (Daily Double): The government work going on in the Gothic revival buildings gives the hill in Ottawa this name Parliament Hill |
#7762, aired 2018-05-15 | FROM "B" TO "Y" $800: If you're having this 3-word episode, you might have to explain that you're not going for a mohawk or mullet a bad hair day |
#7760, aired 2018-05-11 | LET'S HAVE A GARAGE SALE $400: You haven't horsed around for years; these riding pants seen here are going into the sale jodhpurs |
#7757, aired 2018-05-08 | SPEAK EASY $600: Dennis Hopper said this "was never a motorcycle movie to me...a lot of it was about politically what was going on" Easy Rider |
#7746, aired 2018-04-23 | A RuVIEW OF MOVIES $1000: (RuPaul presents the clue.) John Travolta requested that his Edna Turnblad character be made voluptuous like role models Sophia Loren & Elizabeth Taylor for this film set in 1960s Baltimore Hairspray |
#7744, aired 2018-04-19 | GOING UNDERGROUND $400: After an 1889 fire ravaged this city in Wash., streets were raised & what was the ground is now tourable underground Seattle |
#7744, aired 2018-04-19 | GOING UNDERGROUND $800: A setting in "Les Miserables", they were described by Victor Hugo as "fetid, wild, fierce" the sewers |
#7744, aired 2018-04-19 | GOING UNDERGROUND $1200: Marble walls & an image of this distinguished comrade complete the picture of Moscow's metro Lenin |
#7744, aired 2018-04-19 | GOING UNDERGROUND $1600: In these caverns you'll find the Hall of the White Giant & the New Mexico Room the Carlsbad Caverns |
#7744, aired 2018-04-19 | GOING UNDERGROUND $2000: The only one of these still containing human remains in Rome is the one named for Domitilla catacombs |
#7742, aired 2018-04-17 | SEEING RED $800: With origins going back to 1869, this Ohio sports team was named for its players' stockings the Cincinnati Reds |
#7739, aired 2018-04-12 | "ADD"/"DROP" $400: Whenever I talk about going fly-fishing with Leo DiCaprio & LeBron James, people accuse me of doing this dropping names |
#7729, aired 2018-03-29 | BATTLES $400: There were no casualties in this April 12-14, 1861 engagement that got the Civil War going Fort Sumter |
#7726, aired 2018-03-26 | WRONG $600: In 1987 the BBC's Michael Fish said "there isn't" going to be one of these; London got its strongest winds ever recorded a hurricane |
#7725, aired 2018-03-23 | NOVELS WITH CONFLICT $600: Tim O'Brien's "Going After Cacciato" the Vietnam War |
#7724, aired 2018-03-22 | LOCATION VACATION $400: If you want to see the pavilion where Liesl was "16 going on 17" in this movie, head to Salzburg's Hellbrunn Castle The Sound of Music |
#7724, aired 2018-03-22 | LET'S REWRITE THE CLASSIC NOVEL $600: "Hey Jurgis, Packingtown is going vegan! You'll love boxing up carrots at your new ergonomic work station" The Jungle |
#7714, aired 2018-03-08 | WHERE YA FROM, OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST? $200: Going back to 1988 divers from this country, including Gao Min, have taken every gold medal in women's springboard China |
#7714, aired 2018-03-08 | 1918 $600: These 2 teams faced off in the World Series, so one of them was going to win its last title of the 20th century the Cubs and the Red Sox |
#7714, aired 2018-03-08 | I AM NOT A (PRACTICING) LAWYER $1600: Despite going blind at 12, he became a public defender in Italy but chose arias over closing arguments Andrea Bocelli |
#7712, aired 2018-03-06 | OSCAR'S BEST PICTURE RHYME TIME $2000: Brian Bradley tinkered & kept the ship going for James Cameron, so he's the... Titanic mechanic |
#7701, aired 2018-02-19 | THE COMPANY'S ANIMAL MASCOT $400: Wearing flip-flops & sunglasses, this drum-pounding mascot began going & going & going in 1989 the Energizer Bunny |
#7701, aired 2018-02-19 | MILITARY GAME PLANS $1600: This Persian king's going to try to thread the needle through the Greeks defending a narrow strait at Salamis Xerxes |
#7689, aired 2018-02-01 | ADJECTIVES $2000: If you can't pay certain fees, a court may declare you this synonym for needy indigent (destitute accepted) |
#7680, aired 2018-01-19 | TWO-WAY ADJECTIVES $2000: This adjective can describe someone who lives in an eastern U.S. state capital, or in an Adriatic nation Albanian |
#7672, aired 2018-01-09 | THE DONALD $1600: In "Singin' in the Rain", this song-&-dance man made us laugh with "Make 'Em Laugh" Donald O'Connor |
#7670, aired 2018-01-05 | TAKE ME "DOWN" $200: 15,406... 15,405... 15,404... man, this is going to take a while a countdown |
#7666, aired 2018-01-01 | SIKH $1200: It is recommended not to have anything metallic in this traditional Sikh headwear going through TSA security a turban |
#7658, aired 2017-12-20 | AUTHORS' BIOGRAPHIES $400: "Kipling Sahib" details the author's birth in this country, being sent to England, hating it there & going back India |
#7653, aired 2017-12-13 | CONTRONYMS $2000: To delay a trial you ask for one of these, but it can also mean to just keep going a continuance (or stay) |
#7650, aired 2017-12-08 | I SING THE BODY $800: "Look but don't make your eyes strain", raps Cypress Hill in a Top 20 tune about going this insane in the brain |
#7649, aired 2017-12-07 | SPEECH OF PARTS $2000: "Details of your incompetence do not interest me. Tell Simone I'm not going to approve that girl... for the Brazilian layout" Meryl Streep |
#7647, aired 2017-12-05 | A TRIP TO ITALY $400: On Via Port'Alba in Naples you can visit this type of restaurant that opened in 1830--the ovens are still going a pizzeria |
#7646, aired 2017-12-04 | COUNTRIES BY FIRST LETTER $1600: Drink an I, P, A going northwest into central Asia: India & these 2 Pakistan & Afghanistan |
#7639, aired 2017-11-23 | POLITICAL QUOTES $2,000 (Daily Double): Politician seen here in 1984
"'Vice president' has such a nice ring to it..." Geraldine Ferraro |
#7638, aired 2017-11-22 | POE FOLKS $400: Things are not going well when we meet Edgar Allan Poe's Roderick, proprietor of "the house of" this Usher |
#7634, aired 2017-11-16 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $400: A sensitive but minor car accident tender fender bender |
#7633, aired 2017-11-15 | STEPPENWOLF THEATRE ALUMNI $600: Yeah, if you could go ahead & tell me this movie where alumnus Gary Cole played Bill Lumbergh, that'd be great Office Space |
#7632, aired 2017-11-14 | FASHION: 1900 TO 1950 $600: It's the rhyming '40s ensemble seen here a zoot suit |
#7632, aired 2017-11-14 | HIDDEN FIGURES $1200: Pluperfect is one a tense |
#7628, aired 2017-11-08 | RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT $600: The Livonian War not going well & possible treason by boyars led this czar to live up to his name & execute people Ivan the Terrible |
#7627, aired 2017-11-07 | TINDER $800: Our campfire's not going to be that big, so only order 64 cubic feet, half of this measurement of wood a cord |
#7626, aired 2017-11-06 | "FUSION" $1200: This vehicle out of Detroit that debuted with the 2006 model was once going to be called the Futura the Ford Fusion |
#7625, aired 2017-11-03 | OUT ON THE TOWN IN THE 1600s $1200: My date's going bold, fashion-wise, wearing the Millstone type of this 4-letter collar a ruff |
#7624, aired 2017-11-02 | BRIDGE ACROSS THE "C" $800: Going from Delmarva peninsula to S.E. Virginia, you're likely on the bridge & tunnel system that spans this bay the Chesapeake |
#7620, aired 2017-10-27 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $2000: She dedicated her short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" to Bob Dylan Joyce Carol Oates |
#7616, aired 2017-10-23 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS $200: The number of missions Yossarian must fly to complete his service keeps going up in this satirical novel Catch-22 |
#7611, aired 2017-10-16 | WITH YOUR HAND $1000: If you're going to use jazz hands so often, at least credit this "Pippin" choreographer who helped popularize them Bob Fosse |
#7608, aired 2017-10-11 | GOING TO THE MATTRESSES $400: In mattress brand names, it follows "Posture" & "Tempur-" -pedic |
#7608, aired 2017-10-11 | GOING TO THE MATTRESSES $800: The Down & Feather company stuffs its mattress toppers with the Hungarian type of this bird's down goose |
#7608, aired 2017-10-11 | GOING TO THE MATTRESSES $1200: You can adjust the firmness of this maker's separate mattress sections from zero to 100 Sleep Number |
#7608, aired 2017-10-11 | GOING TO THE MATTRESSES $1600: One of these stately mattresses is 72 inches wide by 84 inches long, longer & narrower than its royal cousin California king |
#7608, aired 2017-10-11 | GOING TO THE MATTRESSES $2000: In the 1920s & '30s Eleanor Roosevelt did ads for this manufacturer's Beautyrest mattress Simmons |
#7607, aired 2017-10-10 | EXPLORING THE WORLD $1000: (Sven Lindblad gives the clue.) The rule of thumb for explorers is to not approach wildlife too closely as they can become fearful & angry... but on a lucky day in this Scandinavian nation's Svalbard archipelago a small herd of walrus seemingly welcomed me Norway |
#7601, aired 2017-10-02 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $15,700 (Daily Double): German for "play of bells", it has 2 rows of metal bars with the upper row corresponding to the black keys on a piano a glockenspiel |
#7599, aired 2017-09-28 | GOING 24/7/365 $400: In geometry, it's a plane figure with 7 sides & 7 angles & despite what you may be thinking, it does not begin with "S" a heptagon |
#7599, aired 2017-09-28 | GOING 24/7/365 $800: A nursery rhyme tells of 24 of these European thrushes miraculously surviving a brush with pie blackbirds |
#7599, aired 2017-09-28 | GOING 24/7/365 $1200: This Trader Joe's rival has a 365 value brand Whole Foods |
#7599, aired 2017-09-28 | GOING 24/7/365 $1600: After Bobby Seale got a separate trial, the group including Jerry Rubin & Abbie Hoffman got renamed this the Chicago Seven |
#7599, aired 2017-09-28 | GOING 24/7/365 $2000: The 24th Amendment says the right of U.S. citizens to vote "shall not be denied... by reason of failure to pay" this specific tax a poll tax |
#7595, aired 2017-09-22 | OMAR'S COMIN'! $200: Going Noriega before Noriega, Omar Torrijos led the 1968 coup in this country & ended up as its dictatorial leader Panama |
#7590, aired 2017-09-15 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $600: Writing paper that isn't going anywhere stationary stationery |
#7586, aired 2017-09-11 | BACK IN BLACK $400: On the verge of going bust in 1997, it was saved by a $150 million investment by rival Microsoft Apple |
#7585, aired 2017-07-28 | & OTHER ODD FILMS $1200: In a recent movie Colin Farrell is given 45 days to find love or he's going to be turned into this title animal a lobster |
#7583, aired 2017-07-26 | ELECTRICITY $400: Current in fluids has these charged atoms going in opposite directions depending on if they're positive or negative ions |
#7579, aired 2017-07-20 | AN ECO-CATEGORY $200: Adjective used officially to describe a species that is more than threatened with going extinct endangered |
#7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STAMP COLLECTING $1,000 (Daily Double): Every collection knows the French identify their airmail labels with this 2-word phrase par avion |
#7575, aired 2017-07-14 | YOU CAN SET YOUR WATCH BY IT $400: Boston residents peeved at this ship's twice-a-day cannon blasts should know it's been going on for over 200 years the Constitution |
#7570, aired 2017-07-07 | LARRY $800: He was still going by "Larry" in the credits when he played Cowboy Curtis on "Pee-wee's Playhouse" Laurence Fishburne |
#7568, aired 2017-07-05 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $2000: Jacob Parrott stole a CSA train, going "above and beyond the call of duty" to receive the first of these a Medal of Honor |
#7561, aired 2017-06-26 | INSTRUMENTAL SONG TITLES $1600: "Hey" this person, "play a song for me; I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to" Mr. Tambourine Man |
#7550, aired 2017-06-09 | HART-FELT LYRICS $1200: "We'll have Manhattan and" these 2 boroughs "too, it's lovely going through the zoo" the Bronx and Staten Island |
#7549, aired 2017-06-08 | TRICKY ANIMALS $800: Paul, one of these in a German aquarium, got a lot of ink after going 6-for-6 in World Cup picks in 2010 an octopus |
#7548, aired 2017-06-07 | ORIGINAL "SIN" $600: Capable of going down, unlike Molly Brown sinkable |
#7546, aired 2017-06-05 | CLASSICAL MUSIC AT THE BALLPARK $600: Going Bach, Bach, way Bach...it's No. 3 in the series known as these concertos the Brandenburg Concertos |
#7543, aired 2017-05-31 | GOING DOWN IN HISTORY $400: The first invasion with a main role for these troops was when the Nazi Fallschirmjäger descended from the sky on Crete the paratroopers |
#7543, aired 2017-05-31 | GOING DOWN IN HISTORY $800: In Jan. 2016 in Cortina, Italy, she was fastest down the hill for the 37th time, breaking the women's World Cup record Lindsey Vonn |
#7543, aired 2017-05-31 | GOING DOWN IN HISTORY $1200: From 1940 to 1944 this rate in the U.S. went down from 14.6 to 1.2% the unemployment rate |
#7543, aired 2017-05-31 | GOING DOWN IN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1858 British & American ships laid the first of these, as much as 2 miles down transatlantic cables |
#7543, aired 2017-05-31 | GOING DOWN IN HISTORY $2000: The 1683 siege of Vienna was one example of gaining this lofty 2-word spot so you can sweep downhill on the enemy the high ground |
#7541, aired 2017-05-29 | PAINTERS OF MOTION $400: In a Degas painting, 2 of these are seen going through their motions "At the Barre" ballerinas |
#7539, aired 2017-05-25 | BARBRA STREISAND DUETS $1200: Barbra & this "Miami Vice" star had a thing going when they recorded "Till I Loved You" Don Johnson |
#7534, aired 2017-05-18 | GOING DUTCH $200: The capital city is Amsterdam, but the government of the Netherlands resides in this city The Hague |
#7534, aired 2017-05-18 | GOING DUTCH $400: This potent potable was created in the Netherlands under the name genever gin |
#7534, aired 2017-05-18 | GOING DUTCH $600: A sabot is another name for this type of wooden shoe originally worn by Dutch farmers a clog |
#7534, aired 2017-05-18 | GOING DUTCH $800: This "colorful" dynasty led the Dutch revolt against Spain & later became the royal family the House of Orange |
#7534, aired 2017-05-18 | GOING DUTCH $1000: Before the Netherlands switched to the euro, this was its primary unit of currency the (Dutch) guilder |
#7532, aired 2017-05-16 | ADVERBS $1200: This word for going in a slanting direction sounds just like a Harry Potter location diagonally |
#7528, aired 2017-05-10 | LITERARY INSTRUCTION $600: The typhus epidemic that swept through Lowood School didn't stop this Bronte heroine from going on to teach there Jane Eyre |
#7527, aired 2017-05-09 | I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CONFISCATE THAT $400: You say there's no danger in this scooter that sounds like it moves just off the ground--still, no riding it in class a hoverboard |
#7527, aired 2017-05-09 | I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CONFISCATE THAT $800: No more Words With Friends on your phone, which is now mine; play this tiled Hasbro board game later on your own time Scrabble |
#7527, aired 2017-05-09 | I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CONFISCATE THAT $1200: You love this actress who was the lead in "The Fault in Our Stars" but a poster of her in our class is inappropriate Shailene Woodley |
#7527, aired 2017-05-09 | I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CONFISCATE THAT $1600: Anna Kendrick was cute singing & playing with cups in this movie, but it's annoying during trig class--hand 'em over Pitch Perfect |
#7527, aired 2017-05-09 | I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CONFISCATE THAT $2000: I'm sure the Comedy Central show hosted by this guy is very funny, but you can't watch it on your tablet in class Daniel Tosh |
#7523, aired 2017-05-03 | AN ENVIRONMENTAL CATEGORY $1600: 40% of the world's coal mines use this method also called surface mining, worse for the land than going underground strip mining |
#7521, aired 2017-05-01 | 1940s MOVIE QUOTES $400: Humphrey Bogart:
"If you kill me, how are you going to get the bird?" The Maltese Falcon |
#7520, aired 2017-04-28 | WE'RE GOING LONG $200: 9,900 miles lie between these capitals of Austria & Australia Vienna and Canberra |
#7520, aired 2017-04-28 | WE'RE GOING LONG $400: Guinness recognizes this 7-part Proust work as the longest novel In Search of Lost Time (or Remembrance of Things Past) |
#7520, aired 2017-04-28 | WE'RE GOING LONG $600: The male kudu has up to 5-foot horns, the longest of any of these hoofed mammals antelope |
#7520, aired 2017-04-28 | WE'RE GOING LONG $800: The ileum is the longest portion of this 20-foot internal organ the small intestines |
#7520, aired 2017-04-28 | WE'RE GOING LONG $1000: In China the world's longest bridge spans 102 miles along the high-speed railway between Beijing & this port city Shanghai |
#7519, aired 2017-04-27 | NOT ON THE PERIODIC TABLE $400: Things are going our way; we've got this, also called Big Mo momentum |
#7515, aired 2017-04-21 | SCHWARZENEGGER $400: Going undercover as an elementary school teacher in this film, Arnold has headache but tells the kids, "It's not a tumor!" Kindergarten Cop |
#7510, aired 2017-04-14 | IN THE NEWS $400: Donald Trump's inaugural address declared, "From this day forward, it's going to be only" this 2-word slogan America first |
#7501, aired 2017-04-03 | THE ROCK & ROLL QUINTET $400: This Dave Grohl band, in 2016: "For the millionth time, we're not breaking up. And nobody's going (bleeping) solo!" The Foo Fighters |
#7499, aired 2017-03-30 | TOOL TIME $200: Using compressed air to break up pavement, this portable drill is slightly less noisy than fireworks going off 3' away a jackhammer |
#7498, aired 2017-03-29 | JACQUES COUSTEAU $400: (Céline Cousteau presents.) Learning in 1960 that France was going to dump nuclear waste into the Mediterranean, my grandfather quickly organized opposition to it; after he confronted this French president, the idea was scrapped (Charles) de Gaulle |
#7497, aired 2017-03-28 | A FALLEN CATEGORY $200: If something is inevitably going to happen, you're idiomatically waiting for "the other" one of these "to drop" a shoe |
#7496, aired 2017-03-27 | CONSERVATIVE BOOKSHELF $1200: This former running mate has published "Going Rogue" & the more tender "Sweet Freedom: A Devotional" Sarah Palin |
#7495, aired 2017-03-24 | BLUESY MUSIC $1200: Before going solo, Teddy Pendergrass was the lead singer of Harold Melvin & this group the Blue Notes |
#7489, aired 2017-03-16 | GOT A WIFE & KIDS $200: If you're going to wed 5 times, you might as well have 5 sons, & then you might as well name them all George, like this boxer did George Foreman |
#7483, aired 2017-03-08 | THE SAVAGE BEAST $600: This James Patterson tale of animals going on the attack became a series on CBS Zoo |
#7479, aired 2017-03-02 | MIDDLE X $1000: A saying of general truth, or a mag going "inside Kylie Jenner's ultra lavish $50 million Turks and Caicos party pad" maxim |
#7473, aired 2017-02-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: On this day in 1996 Taco Bell announced it had bought the Liberty Bell & was going to rename it the Taco Liberty Bell April Fools' Day |
#7470, aired 2017-02-17 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $800: If you're only going to publish one novel in your lifetime, make it worth it, like this man did with "Invisible Man" Ralph Ellison |
#7469, aired 2017-02-16 | ENGLISH LIT $200 (Daily Double): "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" is the subtitle of this Oscar Wilde play of mistaken identity The Importance of Being Earnest |
#7462, aired 2017-02-07 | CITIES $600: The song "Seven Nation Army" says, "I'm going to" this city, the most populous in Kansas Wichita |
#7454, aired 2017-01-26 | DON'T WEAR IT OUT $600: If you're going out, make sure to remove the item seen here, used for this grooming process a pedicure |
#7450, aired 2017-01-20 | PARTS OF SPEECH $600: Narf! What are we going to do tomorrow night, Brain?:
narf an interjection |
#7444, aired 2017-01-12 | SQUAD GOALS $600: Boilermakers unite! We're going to raise the money for this university's new lab Purdue |
#7437, aired 2017-01-03 | ANCIENT BABYLON $400: This Babylonian king laid down the law & go things going for the empire around 1792 B.C. Hammurabi |
#7434, aired 2016-12-29 | MY EMMY-WINNING ROLE $200: 2005:
boldly going to the stage to accept for playing Denny Crane William Shatner |
#7433, aired 2016-12-28 | ON SIRIUSXM RADIO $800: Hats off to this country star who "ain't going down 'til the sun comes up" now that he got his own channel in 2016 Garth Brooks |
#7424, aired 2016-12-15 | TO LIVE & DIE IN L.A. $2000: L.A. Times reporter Ruben Salazar was killed during a 1970 protest by this community, a term for Mexican Americans Chicano |
#7421, aired 2016-12-12 | CIRCLE TIME $600: In the U.K., a sign with 3 arrows going around in a circle indicates one of these, also called a traffic circle a roundabout |
#7416, aired 2016-12-05 | GOING TO THE DOG'S BREED $400: Hey blockhead! Snoopy was this, Charlie Brown a beagle |
#7416, aired 2016-12-05 | GOING TO THE DOG'S BREED $800: What is it, Lassie...? Timmy's trapped?! & you've already called the fire department? This breed is amazing! a collie |
#7416, aired 2016-12-05 | GOING TO THE DOG'S BREED $1200: Rooby dooby d--! Ahem. I mean, it's no mystery Scooby-Doo was this big breed a Great Dane |
#7416, aired 2016-12-05 | GOING TO THE DOG'S BREED $1600: You eeeediot! Ren Hoek, partner of Stimpson J. Cat, was theees breed a chihuahua |
#7416, aired 2016-12-05 | GOING TO THE DOG'S BREED $2000: "Air Bud" flew high as this breed a golden retriever |
#7414, aired 2016-12-01 | BUILDING BIG $1200: Going from Virginia Beach to Wilmington, Delaware is 95 miles shorter via this 17.6 mile bridge tunnel the Chesapeake Bay Bridge |
#7411, aired 2016-11-28 | A SAMANTHA BEE $800: Before going "Full Frontal", Samantha Bee was a correspondent for this Comedy Central series The Daily Show |
#7410, aired 2016-11-25 | THIRD IN THE MOVIE SERIES $1000: Ving Rhames & Maggie Q are on the team going after weapons dealer Philip Seymour Hoffman in this "III" Mission: Impossible |
#7403, aired 2016-11-16 | "SHUT" UP $200: I'm going to grab some this, meaning sleep shut-eye |
#7403, aired 2016-11-16 | LET'S GO TO TOGO $200: We're going to the western part of this continent Africa |
#7401, aired 2016-11-14 | I'M LIKE ON PAGE 1 $400: "I don't feel like going into it", says Holden Caulfield on page 1 of this book; we're off to a great start Catcher in the Rye |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | WE'RE GOING TO THE MOVIES $400: My favorite part of going is watching the previews called these, like something a car pulls trailers |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | WE'RE GOING TO THE MOVIES $800: I love this format that gives "up to 40% more image" & "highest quality 3D" IMAX |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | WE'RE GOING TO THE MOVIES $1200: The ticket guy knows me, so I'm front row center for this 2016 monster movie sequel with an address for a title 10 Cloverfield Lane |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | WE'RE GOING TO THE MOVIES $1600: I scream, you scream for these bite-sized chocolate-covered ice cream treats with a double talk name bonbons |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | WE'RE GOING TO THE MOVIES $2000: Before we go, we should check out the ratings on this website that sounds like something you throw at a bad film Rotten Tomatoes (rottentomatoes.com) |
#7391, aired 2016-10-31 | WHERE AM I? $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm going to get deep dish at Gino's East, just off of Michigan Avenue & Superior Street, opened in 1966 by two cab drivers & a pal who were frustrated by rush hour traffic in this city Chicago |
#7391, aired 2016-10-31 | LIKE A ROCK $1,000 (Daily Double): The object of a pursuit, such as a hunted animal quarry |
#7381, aired 2016-10-17 | THE TROPIC OF CANCER $2000: Going from Mumbai to al Fujayrah in the UAE takes you across the Tropic of Cancer in this gulf east of the Persian Gulf the Gulf of Oman |
#7371, aired 2016-10-03 | NOTORIOUS $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on the monitor.) You need more people than there are in the world to keep it going forever, so eventually, there are no new investors to add funds & you get the devastating collapse of the pyramid scheme, named for this Italian man (Charles) Ponzi |
#7367, aired 2016-09-27 | THE 2016 PULITZER PRIZES $400: This paper won the Breaking News Pulitzer for going 60 miles east to cover the San Bernardino terrorist attack The Los Angeles Times |
#7367, aired 2016-09-27 | THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE LADLE $1200: He was totally money in the 2014 film "Chef", going from glamorous head chef to food truck impresario Jon Favreau |
#7364, aired 2016-09-22 | INQUISITIVE WRITERS $1000: This 3-named woman wrote the 1966 short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" Joyce Carol Oates |
#7362, aired 2016-09-20 | FICTIONAL LANGUAGES $1600: Tolkien created these languages whose forms include Quenya before writing his books, not the other way around Elvin (or Elvish) |
#7361, aired 2016-09-19 | MAYOR GARCETTI'S LOS ANGELES $1000: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) Between 1921 & 1955 Italian immigrant Simon Rodia constructed a collection of 17 structures he called Nuestro Pueblo or "Our Town"; today, it's a National Historic Landmark known as this the Watts Towers |
#7355, aired 2016-07-29 | WORD ORIGINS $1,000 (Daily Double): The word for this part of speech is from the Latin for "word" verb |
#7352, aired 2016-07-26 | BOOKS BY CHAPTER TITLES $600: "The Battle of Hogwarts" Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
#7351, aired 2016-07-25 | 7-LETTER WORDS $800: To keep going, or to uphold a lawyer's legal objection sustain |
#7350, aired 2016-07-22 | THINGS TO DO BEFORE $800: Useful books before going on "Jeopardy!" include this type whose name may derive from Arabic for "calendar" almanac |
#7349, aired 2016-07-21 | TV CHARACTERS $600: (Hi, I'm Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan.) I was going to kill off this character at the end of Season 1, but once we cast Aaron Paul, we killed that idea instead Jesse Pinkman |
#7345, aired 2016-07-15 | HYBRID & ELECTRIC CARS $200: Its Accord hybrid gets 47 mpg on the highway, so if you're going 220 mi. from NYC to Boston, it's just under 5 gallons Honda |
#7340, aired 2016-07-08 | ANATOMY $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) The point called the funny bone is a sensitive spot on the pathway beginning in the spine, going through your shoulder, down your arm, to your ring & pinkie fingers, known as this nerve the ulnar nerve |
#7334, aired 2016-06-30 | THE RED AUERBACH TROPHY $400: 1989-90:
Pat Riley of this "Showtime" squad the L.A. Lakers |
#7332, aired 2016-06-28 | METAPHORS BE WITH "U" $800: If you're sent here, it's not a water journey--it means you're going to prison up the river |
#7330, aired 2016-06-24 | WORRIER PRINCESS $400: In a 1980 movie she says, "You're not actually going into an asteroid field" Princess Leia |
#7330, aired 2016-06-24 | LATER IN THE SHAKESPEARE SPEECH $800: Something about "the quality of mercy", going into "It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes" The Merchant of Venice |
#7330, aired 2016-06-24 | WORRIER PRINCESS $2000: Audrey Hepburn as Princess Anne has royal worries that she ditches while going incognito in this city Rome |
#7325, aired 2016-06-17 | GOING ____ ON CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: Part of an 1824 finale is the "Ode To ____" Joy |
#7325, aired 2016-06-17 | GOING ____ ON CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Mendelssohn composed "Lieder ohne Worte", ____ without words songs |
#7325, aired 2016-06-17 | GOING ____ ON CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: In 1951 TV viewers got an opera, "Amahl and the ____ Visitors" Night |
#7325, aired 2016-06-17 | GOING ____ ON CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Eugene Loring choreographed Copland's "____ the ____" Billy the Kid |
#7325, aired 2016-06-17 | GOING ____ ON CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: Mozart's "Missa Brevis" isn't Opus 259 but ____ 259 Köchel |
#7321, aired 2016-06-13 | WORDS WITH SILENT CONSONANTS $1600: It sounds like you're going to a balmy island with this adjective for a drug that alters one's perception, mood or actions psychotropic |
#7320, aired 2016-06-10 | AWARDS $200: (I'm Lin-Manuel Miranda.) In 2008 I won a Tony for Best Original Score for my musical "In the Heights"; that is, Washington Heights, far uptown in this borough Manhattan |
#7302, aired 2016-05-17 | MOVIE QUOTES $2000: 2012:
"I'm going to smoke everybody involved in this op, and then I'm going to kill bin Laden" Zero Dark Thirty |
#7301, aired 2016-05-16 | POP CULTURE $800: He had his "Cher" of success as a singer of "I Got You Babe" before going to Congress Sonny Bono |
#7298, aired 2016-05-11 | A++ $200: I know the material cold--this is what I'm going to do to the test ace |
#7294, aired 2016-05-05 | A VICE PRESIDENT'S SURNAME $2,000 (Daily Double): To collect, hoard or gather (perhaps votes) Garner |
#7289, aired 2016-04-28 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $600: An ax head coming loose during use is said to have inspired this phrase about the loss of self-control flying off the handle (going off the handle accepted) |
#7275, aired 2016-04-08 | "GET" GOING $400: A lump of something, perhaps gold a nugget |
#7275, aired 2016-04-08 | "GET" GOING $800: Old-timey word meaning to procreate to beget |
#7275, aired 2016-04-08 | "GET" GOING $1200: It's about 40 miles southwest of Harrisburg Gettysburg |
#7275, aired 2016-04-08 | "GET" GOING $1600: The L.A. art center named for this tycoon opened in 1997 (Paul) Getty |
#7275, aired 2016-04-08 | "GET" GOING $2000: Figuratively, to sip of nepenthe forget |
#7273, aired 2016-04-06 | SHARED INITIALS $1200: Bill Todman's game show partner & a perestroika pioneer Mark Goodson & Mikhail Gorbachev |
#7273, aired 2016-04-06 | THE HIMALAYAS $1200: Going to Mount Everest? Book a flight to Lukla with this Nepalese airline named for the abominable snowman Yeti |
#7262, aired 2016-03-22 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $600: (Justin Hartley and Christian LeBlanc give the clue as Adam and Michael from The Young and the Restless.) "I can represent myself, Michael; I'm going to tell the whole truth on the witness stand no matter what"
"Listen, Adam, I've been on both sides of those prison bars; if you want to avoid years in jail, you'll be this adjective used in the name of a less vocal swan" mute |
#7259, aired 2016-03-17 | WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEWS? $200: In 2015 a Penn. town cited federal law to stop a man from paying a $25 parking ticket with this many pennies 2,500 |
#7259, aired 2016-03-17 | WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEWS? $400: Glenn Berger estimated he retrieves 1.3 to 1.7 million of these lost sports items a year & sells 'em for $1 each golf balls |
#7259, aired 2016-03-17 | WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEWS? $600: The 4 leaders of Congress asked people not to try to shake the hand of this visitor in the House chamber on Sept. 24, 2015 the Pope (Francis) |
#7259, aired 2016-03-17 | WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEWS? $800: REI, an outdoor & fitness gear co., paid its staff & stayed closed on this "colorful" shopping day Black Friday |
#7259, aired 2016-03-17 | WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEWS? $1000: Scandal in Male! The VP of this Asian nation of islands was busted in 2015 for trying to blow up the president on a speedboat the Maldives |
#7255, aired 2016-03-11 | FROM "C" TO SHINING "C" $400: Type of unit used to measure 3-dimensional volume cubic |
#7254, aired 2016-03-10 | FLOWERY PHRASES $600: In "Gypsy" you can hear this flowery song whose title means it's all going great "Everything's Coming Up Roses" |
#7253, aired 2016-03-09 | DETAILS ON THE BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNER $400: Mumbai's the word; (& much more importantly) going on a game show can make all your dreams come true! Slumdog Millionaire |
#7249, aired 2016-03-03 | TIME OFF $1,000 (Daily Double): It's a peaceful & happy interlude &, perhaps fittingly, a homophone of a word for "lazy" idyll |
#7247, aired 2016-03-01 | IT'S THE BERRIES $200: This berry flavors the part of Neapolitan ice cream that's left after the other 2 parts are eaten strawberry |
#7247, aired 2016-03-01 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: "If You Give a" child this 1985 Laura Numeroff book, he's liable to ask for another If You Give a Mouse a Cookie |
#7245, aired 2016-02-26 | LITERARY MILITARY $400: The 2014 National Book Award for Fiction went to Iraq vet Phil Klay's book with this title, meaning going back to overseas duty Redeployment |
#7243, aired 2016-02-24 | STRIKE OUT $800: Remove "out" from a word meaning sociable & gregarious to get this word of departure going (from outgoing) |
#7242, aired 2016-02-23 | NEVER TOO OLD $1600: Eamon de Valera was still going strong as president of this country at age 90 in 1973 Ireland |
#7228, aired 2016-02-03 | GOING UNDERWATER $200: Sunk at this Honolulu location in 1941, the USS Oklahoma was salvaged but sank again en route to California Pearl Harbor |
#7228, aired 2016-02-03 | GOING UNDERWATER $400: The adjective "antediluvian" means before this biblical event the flood |
#7228, aired 2016-02-03 | GOING UNDERWATER $600: General term for underwater marine plants & algae, such as kelp seaweed |
#7228, aired 2016-02-03 | GOING UNDERWATER $800: This hinged object at the stern below the waterline is controlled to steer a boat a rudder |
#7228, aired 2016-02-03 | GOING UNDERWATER $1000: It's what the "SC" stands for in scuba self-contained |
#7226, aired 2016-02-01 | "EX"s & "OH"s $200: If you're "going to" these, you're heading to the farthest point from a center the extremes |
#7226, aired 2016-02-01 | ELECTION TERMS $600: A wife who jogs with her husband, or that person who is going to be the vice president under you on the ticket a running mate |
#7224, aired 2016-01-28 | "O" IN LITERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): This tale includes the line "Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do you have to kill me too?" The Old Man and the Sea |
#7224, aired 2016-01-28 | LONG TIME $2000: It's longer than a period or era; the Phanerozoic one started 541 million years ago & is still going on an eon |
#7221, aired 2016-01-25 | WHAT'D I SAY? $1,000 (Daily Double): Abe Lincoln:
"If" this general "isn't going to use his army, I'd like to borrow it for a time" George McClellan |
#7208, aired 2016-01-06 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE $200: This British automaker famous for its luxury vehicles was nationalized in 1971 after going bankrupt Rolls-Royce |
#7207, aired 2016-01-05 | COLLEGES BY TEAM NAMES $200: Crimson Tide Alabama |
#7201, aired 2015-12-28 | OTHER STAR TREK CHARACTERS $2000: Going Klingon in "Star Trek III", this actor went back to the future to play an evil commander Christopher Lloyd |
#7199, aired 2015-12-24 | GOING STRAIGHT $200: He followed "Stripes" & "Ghostbusters" with a star turn in the Somerset Maugham drama "The Razor's Edge" Bill Murray |
#7199, aired 2015-12-24 | GOING STRAIGHT $400: Jackie Gleason got serious in "The Hustler" just a few years removed from being Ralph on this show The Honeymooners |
#7199, aired 2015-12-24 | GOING STRAIGHT $600: This "Liar Liar" searched for the truth in the 2007 mystery "The Number 23" Jim Carrey |
#7199, aired 2015-12-24 | WINE, WOMEN & SONG $800: Going from Portland to Eugene, Oregon takes you through this valley known for Pinot noir Willamette |
#7199, aired 2015-12-24 | GOING STRAIGHT $800: Michael Chiklis got laughs as "The Commish" before going straight (& crooked) as Vic Mackey on this cop show The Shield |
#7199, aired 2015-12-24 | GOING STRAIGHT $1000: She came to prominence as a standup comic before earning an Oscar nomination for "The Color Purple" Whoopi Goldberg |
#7194, aired 2015-12-17 | GOOD CAUSES $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2007 he was commemorated on an Australian postage stamp with proceeds going to his Wildlife Warriors charity Steve Irwin |
#7192, aired 2015-12-15 | BAD GRAMMER $1600: "No hand-me-down cowboy doll is going to mess things up" for this stinky prospector in "Toy Story 2" Prospector Pete |
#7192, aired 2015-12-15 | THE SEA "B"s $2,000 (Daily Double): From the mid-1880s to 1914, this sea east of New Guinea was under German control the Bismarck Sea |
#7191, aired 2015-12-14 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: In 1920 going to Palo Alto to this university cost $120 but it's gone up a bit since then Stanford |
#7184, aired 2015-12-03 | SOUNDS MEDICAL $200: Time to get you going again & "back on" these extremities your feet |
#7180, aired 2015-11-27 | "IT" IS A SONG $400: Paul McCartney was going through his own "hour of darkness" when he penned this song "Let It Be" |
#7159, aired 2015-10-29 | GOING BANANAS $200: In 2014 a U.K. zoo banned bananas from these primates' diet; commercially available fruits are too sugary gorillas (or monkeys) |
#7159, aired 2015-10-29 | GOING BANANAS $400: "Fun Facts" at this company's website include "The average American eats 27 pounds of bananas each year!" Chiquita |
#7159, aired 2015-10-29 | GOING BANANAS $600: This "cooking banana" has a mild squashlike flavor a plantain |
#7159, aired 2015-10-29 | GOING BANANAS $800: Runner's World said marathoners have a post-race banana to replenish about 500 mg of this metallic element potassium |
#7159, aired 2015-10-29 | GOING BANANAS $1000: A 2013 Bon Appetit article called this, not apple pie, the "most American diner dessert" banana cream pie |
#7151, aired 2015-10-19 | 2015 ROCK HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES $2000: When this "Lean On Me" singer warned he was going off teleprompter, Stevie Wonder, who inducted him, said, "I didn't use it" Bill Withers |
#7149, aired 2015-10-15 | OLYMPIC DEMON-STRATION SPORTS $800: Sadly, Zabulon got disqualified from his wrestling match after going outside the border of this symbol a pentacle (or pentagram) |
#7147, aired 2015-10-13 | IT'S TACO TUESDAY $800: I'm trying to eat a little lighter, so I'm going for the fish tacos made with this fish with a double-talk Hawaiian name mahi mahi |
#7145, aired 2015-10-09 | SHOW BIZ JOBS $800: They drive vans, carry amps, tune drums & generally keep a rock tour going roadies |
#7143, aired 2015-10-07 | FALL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: National Knock Knock Joke Day coincides with this holiday in which there's a lot of door knocking going on Halloween |
#7141, aired 2015-10-05 | WHERE AM I? $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm in this largest township in Johannesburg, South Africa; once notorious for repression, now setting trends in fashion & art Soweto |
#7138, aired 2015-09-30 | CELEBRITY DATE BOOK $200: May 21, 1999:
This daytime drama star had lost out on 18 straight Emmys, but it isn't going to be 19 Susan Lucci |
#7136, aired 2015-09-28 | BOTANISTS $3,000 (Daily Double): As a professor of botany at Uppsala University, he wrote several works including "Species Plantarum" Linnaeus |
#7135, aired 2015-09-25 | LET'S STOP AT THE GAS STATION $400: Before GPS, gas stations gave these away by the millions; a 1960s one for Indiana was "For People Going Places" a map |
#7126, aired 2015-09-14 | YOU SAID WHAT?! $400: This gonzo journalist wrote, "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" Hunter S. Thompson |
#7119, aired 2015-07-23 | I'M GOING ____ ON THE TITLE $400: The Woody Allen film "Midnight in ____" Paris |
#7119, aired 2015-07-23 | I'M GOING ____ ON THE TITLE $800: TV's "____ Kimmy Schmidt" Unbreakable |
#7119, aired 2015-07-23 | I'M GOING ____ ON THE TITLE $1200: The album "____ the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas" Duck |
#7119, aired 2015-07-23 | LINGO $1600: Sweet music to a pitcher, a double play going from 3rd base to 2nd to 1st is said to go "around" this the horn |
#7119, aired 2015-07-23 | I'M GOING ____ ON THE TITLE $1600: Evelyn Waugh's cemetery satire "The ____ One" Loved |
#7119, aired 2015-07-23 | I'M GOING ____ ON THE TITLE $2000: The classic "SNL" sketch "Unfrozen ____ Lawyer" Caveman |
#7118, aired 2015-07-22 | JULES VERNE $400: Verne drew from Edgar Allan Poe to write his first novel, "Five Weeks in" this aerial transport a Balloon |
#7118, aired 2015-07-22 | SUPPORTING ROLES $2000: Dr. Berger in "Ordinary People" Judd Hirsch |
#7112, aired 2015-07-14 | ANIMAL PARTS $1200: Biologists say snakes do have a distinct one of these, going back from an outlet called the cloaca a tail |
#7107, aired 2015-07-07 | COMIC-CON $400: This cartoonist who won the 2012 Icon Award originally started going to the con to promote his "Life in Hell" strip (Matt) Groening |
#7084, aired 2015-06-04 | MYTHOLOGY $2000: The Romans equated this god with the Norse god Wotan; both lent their names to the same day of the week Mercury |
#7082, aired 2015-06-02 | HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH $1600: Lymphocytic & myeloid are types of this cancer of the bone marrow; help patients fight it by going to bethematch.org leukemia |
#7079, aired 2015-05-28 | 1990--25 YEARS AGO $3,500 (Daily Double): This city, capital of the same-named country, was overrun by Iraqi forces Kuwait |
#7076, aired 2015-05-25 | MOVIE PUNS $1600: In "Mr. Deeds" Adam Sandler asks how this job is going; the response is "It has its ups and downs" an elevator operator |
#7074, aired 2015-05-21 | WORLD LEADER PORTRAIT GALLERY $1200: With a total of nine years, the former TV network exec seen here was the longest-serving post-war prime minister of this country Italy |
#7066, aired 2015-05-11 | LIKE SUNDAY MORNING $200: First things first! Get breakfast going, maybe this egg dish that can have "-te" at the end, or not omelette (or omelet) |
#7063, aired 2015-05-06 | LIGHT THE CANDLES $200: Idiomatically, do this to the candle & you're going too hard by both day & night burning it at both ends |
#7061, aired 2015-05-04 | I SAY IT'S SPINACH $1000: They may be these "greens", kale's cousins with different leaf structure; they're still going in the trash collard greens |
#7059, aired 2015-04-30 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $400: The Annapolis Convention met in 1786 & concluded that the document called these Articles wasn't going to cut it the Articles of Confederation |
#7059, aired 2015-04-30 | THE HUMAN BODY $2000: This gland's main duct, the duct of Wirsung, collects its juices & empties into the duodenum the pancreas |
#7053, aired 2015-04-22 | SOJOURNER $200: Nevada's capital is named for this man who sojourned through the West for 40 years Kit Carson |
#7051, aired 2015-04-20 | THE FIRST PRESIDENT $1000: ...to cross the Atlantic while in office, he did it on a big diplomatic trip to France Woodrow Wilson |
#7048, aired 2015-04-15 | CHAPTER TITLES IN MOBY-DICK $100 (Daily Double): Chapter 32:
This study of whales Cetology |
#7042, aired 2015-04-07 | FILM SCHOOL $800: In this 2003 movie a somewhat inebriated Will Ferrell yells, "We're going streaking! Through the quad!" Old School |
#7040, aired 2015-04-03 | NEW ENDINGS FOR CLASSIC LIT $1000: "...and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes". Then again no maybe not I don't think so I said no Ulysses |
#7036, aired 2015-03-30 | ADJECTIVES $6,400 (Daily Double): Going back to the Greek word for "womb", it can mean uncontrollably emotional or wildly funny hysterical |
#7035, aired 2015-03-27 | PLACES IN SONG $800: Simon & Garfunkel:
"Are you going to ____ Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme" Scarborough |
#7032, aired 2015-03-24 | LETTER-WORD $400: In 2003 American Airlines announced it was only going to issue these to let you board domestic flights an e-ticket |
#7028, aired 2015-03-18 | LAUGHABLE TELEVISION $600: Talking tattoo art with Letterman, this Canadian teen idol said, "I'm not going for the 16th chapel look" Justin Bieber |
#7026, aired 2015-03-16 | THE LONDON STAGE $400: This musical opened in 1986 with Michael Crawford & Sarah Brightman in the lead roles, & it's still going strong Phantom of the Opera |
#7023, aired 2015-03-11 | THE OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTOR $2000: 2012:
"Life of Pi" was his second win, not his 3.14th Ang Lee |
#7021, aired 2015-03-09 | THE SWEET 16 $200: Moving from high noon to 11:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. is going this way counterclockwise |
#7020, aired 2015-03-06 | THE TV "A" $400: Even before going "Celebrity", this Trumped-up show used "For The Love Of Money" by the O'Jays as its theme The Apprentice |
#7002, aired 2015-02-10 | WINDOW TO THE WORLD $800: Looks like a crisp, clear day in the neighborhood called Old this city, its country's second-largest Montreal |
#6991, aired 2015-01-26 | CNN WORLD LANGUAGES $2000: (Jim Bittermann delivers the clue.) Here in Paris this simple phrase, 2 rhyming 2-letter words, is very useful for saying "How's it going?", "I'm good", "Does that work for you?" & more ça va |
#6988, aired 2015-01-21 | WAR $1600: Going quite a few leagues under the sea, it was the first sub powered by a nuclear reactor the Nautilus |
#6977, aired 2015-01-06 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1000: It's the smallest member of the orchestra's brass family & also the one with the highest-pitched notes trumpet |
#6973, aired 2014-12-31 | THUMP! $600: Jimmy Page got this band name from Keith Moon's description of bad gigs going down like one Led Zeppelin |
#6968, aired 2014-12-24 | TV ROOMMATES $1000: After a going-away party for their last roommate, Chrissy & Janet find this next roomie sleeping in their bathtub Jack |
#6959, aired 2014-12-11 | FRENCH LIT $400: In 1845 this pere continued the story of a certain trio in "Twenty Years After" Alexandre Dumas, père |
#6956, aired 2014-12-08 | POST OFFICE $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the U.S. Post Office in Chicago, IL.) The United States Post Office operates one of the largest civilian fleets in the world, & is going greener with many vehicles powered by alternative fuels like propane, ethanol & CNG, the compressed type of this fuel natural gas |
#6945, aired 2014-11-21 | CHANNING TATUM MOVIES BY ROLE $600: Soldier John Tyree, who falls in love while home on leave Dear John |
#6937, aired 2014-11-11 | ABOVE $400: Rumors led Caesar to divorce his wife, who we now proverbially say "must be above" this suspicion |
#6930, aired 2014-10-31 | A MATTER OF WIFE & DEATH $400: In 2014 he said, "anytime I hear that door opening, I still think I'm going to hear" Natasha Richardson Liam Neeson |
#6925, aired 2014-10-24 | STRIKE A (YOGA) POSE $800: The tree pose, in which you stand on one leg, can help relieve this disorder of the longest nerve sciatica |
#6925, aired 2014-10-24 | ADJECTIVES $800: It's the 12-letter adjective meaning characteristic of the comedy of the man seen here chaplinesque |
#6924, aired 2014-10-23 | I'M SEXY $600: imdb.com says this TV "Mad Man" "usually plays intelligent, easy-going, and often handsome characters"--duh! Jon Hamm |
#6921, aired 2014-10-20 | THE BALKANS $400: This nation's name reflects its long history as a province of an ancient empire Romania |
#6921, aired 2014-10-20 | JUST DESERTS $600: Canteens empty! I'm going to perish in the Chihuahuan Desert!--but look, it's this 1,900-mile-long river! the Rio Grande |
#6921, aired 2014-10-20 | LETTERS FROM WRITERS $1,000 (Daily Double): To F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925: "We are going in to Pamplona tomorrow. Been trout fishing here" Ernest Hemingway |
#6908, aired 2014-10-01 | WORLD HIGH & LOW POINTS $1200: High:
Su-Lin, the first of these exhibited in the West, reaches the U.S. in 1936; we've been going crazy ever since a (giant) panda |
#6894, aired 2014-07-31 | YOU WISH YOU'D READ THE SCARLET LETTER $400: The evil Roger Chillingworth practices this profession making use of herbs & roots doctor |
#6894, aired 2014-07-31 | INSIDE INFORMATION $600: It's a Canadian province Ontario |
#6893, aired 2014-07-30 | THE LAW $5,000 (Daily Double): Marbury v. Madison marked the first time that a federal law had been ruled this 16-letter term unconstitutional |
#6891, aired 2014-07-28 | DOUBLE TALK $400: We hope kids never stop "walking the dog" & going "around the world" with this toy a yo-yo |
#6888, aired 2014-07-23 | MEASURE UP $2000: Many horse races are measured in these units that are each equal to 1/8 of a mile furlong |
#6887, aired 2014-07-22 | BOOKS WITH SUBTITLES $800: You're going on an adventure with dwarves & dragons if you're reading this book subtitled "There and Back Again" The Hobbit |
#6887, aired 2014-07-22 | EVERY YEAR $1600: It's the holiday being celebrated in the 1833 Daniel Maclise painting seen here Halloween (All Hallows' Eve accepted) |
#6886, aired 2014-07-21 | ATHLETES $1000: This Yankee SS: "If you're going to play... you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing 'Jeopardy!', I hate to lose" Derek Jeter |
#6883, aired 2014-07-16 | TEXAS WINE $800: Please say you aren't going from this "colorful" river valley that's home to lots of wineries & a wine trail the Red River Valley |
#6877, aired 2014-07-08 | MUST YOU BE GOING? $400: To this French Riviera city, oui! Hit the Promenade de la Croisette & catch a film or 5 Cannes |
#6877, aired 2014-07-08 | MUST YOU BE GOING? $800: Yes, to Ulan Bator in this country to find peace at the Gandan Monastery Mongolia |
#6877, aired 2014-07-08 | MUST YOU BE GOING? $1200: To this troubled peninsula--maybe not, especially after it voted to join Russia in March 2014 Crimea |
#6877, aired 2014-07-08 | MUST YOU BE GOING? $1600: To this Somalian capital, nah, as a local cop said, "We use sticks to stop cars, but they only listen to gun-toting soldiers" Mogadishu |
#6877, aired 2014-07-08 | MUST YOU BE GOING? $2000: To this Dutch dependency that'a the southern third of a Caribbean island, yes; it gets a "double A" rating St. Maarten |
#6876, aired 2014-07-07 | THE AUTHOR WRITES $2,000 (Daily Double): "Stephen Dedalus is my name, Ireland is my nation. Clongowes is my dwellingplace and heaven my expectation" James Joyce |
#6875, aired 2014-07-04 | NATIONAL ANIMALS $800: Bolivia uses this animal for wool, to carry loads &, going back to 1827, on coins a llama |
#6864, aired 2014-06-19 | A SOFT TOUCH $400: Woolite has a version "specially formulated to take care of" this type of garment delicate |
#6863, aired 2014-06-18 | MOVIE TUNES $600: She sang "Do You Know Where You're Going To", the theme from "Mahogany" Diana Ross |
#6862, aired 2014-06-17 | THE BIG BUKOWSKI $1200: "We're all of us going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us" this "each other but it doesn't" love |
#6856, aired 2014-06-09 | EVERYBODY LOOK WHAT'S GOING "DOWN" $200: ...3, 2, 1 is an example of this; so is "American Top 40" a countdown |
#6856, aired 2014-06-09 | EVERYBODY LOOK WHAT'S GOING "DOWN" $400: A division into parts or categories; you don't want a "nervous" one a breakdown |
#6856, aired 2014-06-09 | EVERYBODY LOOK WHAT'S GOING "DOWN" $600: A "pickle" in baseball, or a brief summary of main points a rundown |
#6856, aired 2014-06-09 | EVERYBODY LOOK WHAT'S GOING "DOWN" $800: A community party featuring square dancing a hoedown |
#6856, aired 2014-06-09 | EVERYBODY LOOK WHAT'S GOING "DOWN" $1000: The confining of prisoners to their cells after a riot lockdown |
#6849, aired 2014-05-29 | SHORT STORIES $1600: Completes the title of a Joyce Carol Oates story inspired by a serial killer: "Where Are You Going..." "Where Have You Been?" |
#6847, aired 2014-05-27 | AMERICAN EXPRESS $1200: Going up to 150 mph, this Amtrak train running between Boston & D.C. lives up to its speedy name the Acela |
#6847, aired 2014-05-27 | VISA $1200: A visa is required to travel to this country & its districts such as Bagram, but the State Dept. warns against going Afghanistan |
#6847, aired 2014-05-27 | VISA $3,400 (Daily Double): A visa to Saudi Arabia for this purpose only covers travel in the vicinities of Mecca, Medina & Jiddah the Hajj |
#6845, aired 2014-05-23 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: Initially a barbed wire barrier, it began going up August 13, 1961 the Berlin Wall |
#6845, aired 2014-05-23 | ASIAN AMERICANS $1600: This daughter of Chinese immigrants competed nationally as a figure skater before going into bridal wear design Vera Wang |
#6840, aired 2014-05-16 | NONFICTION $2,000 (Daily Double): The title of this essay collection by David Sedaris refers to his attempt to learn to speak French Me Talk Pretty One Day |
#6837, aired 2014-05-13 | WON THE BATTLE, LOST THE WAR $1000: In 1937 it was the Republicans over the Nationalists at the Jarama River near this European capital, but the Nats won the war Madrid |
#6836, aired 2014-05-12 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $200: In 2013 Variety reported "This is the End" was the last movie rented from this once-mighty chain Blockbuster |
#6836, aired 2014-05-12 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $400: In 2009 service was no longer state of the art at the last brick & mortar stores of this alliterative electronics chain Circuit City |
#6836, aired 2014-05-12 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $600: Let's go back in time--he made 9,000 of the cars named for him before running off the road in 1982 John DeLorean |
#6836, aired 2014-05-12 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $800: In 1991 this "directional" airline flew off into the sunset after 64 years Eastern |
#6836, aired 2014-05-12 | GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $1000: In 2009 Toys "R" Us scooped up the remains of this 2-letter retailer KB Toys |
#6836, aired 2014-05-12 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $4,800 (Daily Double): Adjective for the perfect embodiment of something, or something a Dionne kid must have quintessential |
#6832, aired 2014-05-06 | MUSICAL SPLITS $800: She wrote "I Will Always Love You" for her musical partner Porter Wagoner as they were going separate ways Dolly Parton |
#6831, aired 2014-05-05 | AFRICAN CAPITALS $400: In 1973 this nation voted to move its capital from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma, a move some say is still going on Tanzania |
#6829, aired 2014-05-01 | POINTY ON THE MAP $1600: You'll reach the Seychelles if you keep going north from this island country's Cap d'Ambre Madagascar |
#6813, aired 2014-04-09 | SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCARS $1600: 2006:
Alan Arkin was the darker side of this film Little Miss Sunshine |
#6803, aired 2014-03-26 | PARENTHETICAL SONGS $800: Elton John:
"(I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)" "Rocket Man" |
#6796, aired 2014-03-17 | THE TWO-THOUSAND YEAR OLD MAN $400: (Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks present the clue.)
"What was one of your best times?"
"One of my best times was sitting around with this guy in Venice. He'd tell me stories about going to China, and I'd say, 'Don't mention the part about spaghetti & gunpowder. They don't go good together'" Marco Polo |
#6796, aired 2014-03-17 | LET'S PLAY BRIDGE $1200: In the mid-20th c. contract bridge became big & this formerly most popular form was going once, going twice... auction bridge |
#6795, aired 2014-03-14 | CELEBS CELEBRATING $600: After winning the Super Bowl in 2012, this Giants QB continued the "I'm going to Disney World!" thing Phil Simms began in 1987 Eli Manning |
#6793, aired 2014-03-12 | PHILOSOPHY $2000: Philosophers distinguish between 2 kinds of knowledge: a priori, by thinking, & this, from experience empirical or a posteriori |
#6784, aired 2014-02-27 | ENTERTAINERS $1600: This three-named man is an accomplished musician as well as a unique character actor Harry Dean Stanton |
#6779, aired 2014-02-20 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $200: The name of this type of doctor comes from the Latin for "beast of burden" veterinarian |
#6777, aired 2014-02-18 | COUNTRY MATH $2000: The number of permanent members of the U.N. Security Council times the number of nonpermanent ones 50 |
#6776, aired 2014-02-17 | KIWI FAUNA $1200: Native frogs in New Zealand skip this larval stage, going directly from egg to adult tadpole |
#6772, aired 2014-02-11 | JUST A WORD BEFORE GOING $200: In 1886 this poet said, "I must go in, for the fog is rising"--then death stopped for her (Emily) Dickinson |
#6772, aired 2014-02-11 | JUST A WORD BEFORE GOING $400: At Trafalgar he reportedly said, "Thank God I have done my duty" & then expired Nelson |
#6772, aired 2014-02-11 | JUST A WORD BEFORE GOING $800: This Spanish artist passed away in 1973 but not before asking friends to "Drink to me" Picasso |
#6772, aired 2014-02-11 | JUST A WORD BEFORE GOING $1,000 (Daily Double): A final manifesto attributed to him in 1883 was "Last words are for fools who haven't said enough" (Karl) Marx |
#6772, aired 2014-02-11 | JUST A WORD BEFORE GOING $1000: Concerned about his mistress Nell Gwynn, this restoration king requested, "Let not poor Nelly starve" Charles II |
#6769, aired 2014-02-06 | J.S. BACH $600: 20 kids of his own weren't enough--for 27 years Bach supervised boy singers as this "master" in Leipzig choirmaster |
#6769, aired 2014-02-06 | IN THE COURTROOM $2000: In 2013 District Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled this 2-verb NYPD practice unconstitutional stop and frisk |
#6766, aired 2014-02-03 | LATIN $2000: This 2-word phrase means a reason for going to war casus belli |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | DOUBLE S, DOUBLED $200: We're playing backyard football & I'm going to rush the passer! One this state, two this state... Mississippi |
#6763, aired 2014-01-29 | KISSING COUSINS $600: In 1957 a whole lotta head shakin' was going on after this singer married his 13-year-old cousin Myra Jerry Lee Lewis |
#6756, aired 2014-01-20 | RECENT MOVIE QUOTES $400: "If I'm doing a fake movie, it's going to be a fake hit" Argo |
#6749, aired 2014-01-09 | PARKS $200: Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields in this park & on to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Central Park |
#6738, aired 2013-12-25 | IT'S BEEN A YEAR $800: Last name of the Army private convicted of espionage as Bradley but now going by Chelsea Manning |
#6738, aired 2013-12-25 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1200: He's dead, Jim. --not for long; I'm going to perform this process of restoring breath & heartbeat resuscitation |
#6735, aired 2013-12-20 | ____ING THE ____ $800: Going to sleep, not punching dried grass, as you might think hitting the hay |
#6735, aired 2013-12-20 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Grand Central Terminal in New York.) New Yorkers have loved oysters going back to the Indians who have left piles of shells 4 feet deep. One pile gave this Lower Manhattan street its precious name Pearl Street |
#6730, aired 2013-12-13 | HEY, 4 Is! $200: Anyone who thinks he's going to break up the United States needs to check out this word in the pledge of allegiance indivisible |
#6730, aired 2013-12-13 | THE MOVIE IS COMPLIMENTARY $800: 2010:
"You are probably going to be a very successful computer person" The Social Network |
#6728, aired 2013-12-11 | THAT WORD SMARTS! $1000: "Are you going to Scarborough Fair?" Then you better bring "parsley", this, "rosemary & thyme" sage |
#6725, aired 2013-12-06 | CHIPS $600: After going 46-7 as Oregon's head football coach, he was named coach of the NFL's Eagles in January 2013 Chip Kelly |
#6723, aired 2013-12-04 | GUINNESS $400: 2 guys kept a rally going for over 8 hours in this indoor sport table tennis |
#6723, aired 2013-12-04 | BRITISH NOVELS' FIRST LINES $1600: 1962: "'What's it going to be then, eh?' There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs" A Clockwork Orange |
#6715, aired 2013-11-22 | USER NAME $1000: Man was no longer the one tool-using animal when in 1960 a chimp named David was observed using twigs to fish for these to snack on termites |
#6714, aired 2013-11-21 | NONFICTION $1,000 (Daily Double): This bestseller by Lynne Truss has been described as "a book for people who love punctuation" Eats, Shoots & Leaves |
#6709, aired 2013-11-14 | COLOR TV $1000: "____ Bloods" Blue Bloods |
#6707, aired 2013-11-12 | GOING EMILY POST‑AL $200: The newest edition of "Emily Post's Etiquette" has the helpful table-setting reminder "FOrKS", the K & S being these knives & spoons |
#6707, aired 2013-11-12 | GOING EMILY POST‑AL $400: When a man & a woman are sharing one of these, the one who holds it is the one who's taller an umbrella |
#6707, aired 2013-11-12 | GOING EMILY POST‑AL $600: A letter to a male president should begin "Dear Mr. President"; to a female president, this way Dear Madam President |
#6707, aired 2013-11-12 | GOING EMILY POST‑AL $800: In an e-mail, doing this is "the equivalent of shouting" using caps locks |
#6707, aired 2013-11-12 | GOING EMILY POST‑AL $1000: Never wear black, advised Emily Post to those coming out into society as these debutantes |
#6702, aired 2013-11-05 | TV, SELF-HELP ME! $1000: Bravo! for Ted Allen & Carson Kressley, 2 of the stars who dealt with food, fashion & other issues on this show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy |
#6702, aired 2013-11-05 | ENTERTAINING OCCUPATIONS $1,800 (Daily Double): If you had this job in Japanese Bunraku theater, it was common to spend 15 years as a left arm operator a puppeteer |
#6701, aired 2013-11-04 | LAMPS & LIGHTS $1200: A device called a ballast gets this kind of light going; newer ballasts don't buzz like the older ones a fluorescent light |
#6698, aired 2013-10-30 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $800: (A.O. Scott presents the clue.) I raved about this first-time actress in "Dreamgirls" who upstaged an Oscar winner, a pop diva & a movie star of long standing. She's "not going anywhere, she has arrived" Jennifer Hudson |
#6696, aired 2013-10-28 | WICKED $1000: Fiyero here--I've been the love interest of both Elphaba & Galinda for 10 years, since the show opened on Broadway in 2003, the night before this holiday (fitting for a show about 2 witches) Halloween |
#6692, aired 2013-10-22 | ART $1200: You can have dejeuner at the Musee d'Orsay after seeing this painter's 1860s work "Le dejeuner sur l'herbe" there Édouard Manet |
#6685, aired 2013-10-11 | MOVIES BY THE NUMBERS $1600: Jennifer Garner grows up way too fast:
"_____ Going On _____" 13 Going On 30 |
#6684, aired 2013-10-10 | I'M GOING INTO LABOR $400: This spring day for workers was established in the aftermath of the Chicago Haymarket Square riots in 1886 May Day |
#6684, aired 2013-10-10 | POP CULTURE $600: On the struggles of this Hoosier NBA team, Brad Miller opined, "It's not going to be peaches & gravy all the time" Indiana Pacers |
#6684, aired 2013-10-10 | I'M GOING INTO LABOR $2000: Nurses, doormen, bus drivers & many other who do work for others belong to this union of 2.1 million members SEIU |
#6683, aired 2013-10-09 | WEIRD TOP 40 HITS $1600: In 1967 "Don't Go Out Into The Rain (You're Going To Melt)" charted for this "I'm Henry The Eighth I Am" band Herman's Hermits |
#6681, aired 2013-10-07 | BAND/NAMES $800: Ah, the summers we spent listening to Copeland play in this band took the Sting out of going back to school in September The Police |
#6680, aired 2013-10-04 | SCIENCE $400: Similar to reflex, humans' average for this time is roughly 1/4 second & we're going to test yours... right... now ! reaction |
#6678, aired 2013-10-02 | AIM! $200: Shaq holds the NBA record for most attempts of these in a game without making one, going 0-for-11 on a rough night in 2000 free throws |
#6674, aired 2013-09-26 | WELL-PLAYED, WELL-PAID $600: Kevin VanDam has hooked more than $5 million in prize money going after these game fish bass |
#6668, aired 2013-09-18 | GOING FETAL $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds an appleseed.) The 5-week-old embryo is now the size of an apple seed, and the tubelike structure that will become this organ can be seen on an ultrasound as a tiny flicker the heart |
#6668, aired 2013-09-18 | GOING FETAL $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a rendering of a fetus on the monitor.) Are you talking or playing music for your baby? At 18 weeks, the bones & nerves of the ear may have developed enough that the baby can hear your stomach growling or blood flowing through this fetal lifeline the umbilical cord |
#6668, aired 2013-09-18 | GOING FETAL $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew rubs her tummy.) At the end of the second trimester, the baby's lungs are starting to produce surfactant, a substance that allows the air sacs to inflate; at the same time, the nostrils are opening up, though the baby is still breathing this fluid the amniotic fluid |
#6668, aired 2013-09-18 | GOING FETAL $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gets an ultrasound.) Now that my due date is approaching, I visit my doctor weekly; he's checking the baby's heart rate using technology named for this physicist, who discovered that a moving sound source changes its perceived frequency (Christian) Doppler |
#6665, aired 2013-08-02 | IF ONLY I COULD TELL THEM $1000: Louis XVI--do less hunting & more kinging & maybe you can avoid this event that's going to start in 1789 & overthrow you the French Revolution |
#6665, aired 2013-08-02 | NURSERY RHYME THINGS $1000: These were the wares of the man Simple Simon met going to the fair pie |
#6665, aired 2013-08-02 | TRANSPORTATION $2000: In 2008 this type of bicycle racing that uses a dirt track filled with jumps became an Olympic sport BMX (Motocross accepted) |
#6664, aired 2013-08-01 | CELEBRITIES $600: This NBA shooting guard was named for expensive Japanese beef Kobe Bryant |
#6659, aired 2013-07-25 | WORKING OVERTIME AT THE COMPANY $2000: It's 2 A.M. & I'm going over the specs for a Sedona from this car company; lucky I'm not behind the wheel of one Kia |
#6648, aired 2013-07-10 | NONFICTION $200: "Going Clear" is subtitled this religion, "Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief" Scientology |
#6646, aired 2013-07-08 | TEACH YOUR CHILDREN $1600: It's adding an extra turn in the wide triangular knot that gives this necktie style its royal name Windsor |
#6636, aired 2013-06-24 | RED STATES $200: Going Republican in each presidential race since 1980, it's the second-largest state in both area & population Texas |
#6631, aired 2013-06-17 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $400: It can be a dry spell in the weather or, for a batter, going a long time without a hit a drought |
#6630, aired 2013-06-14 | WEIRD HISTORY $800: In the 1700s, Peter the Great imposed a 100-ruble tax on nobles who wore one of these & a 1-kopeck tax on commoners beard |
#6628, aired 2013-06-12 | ARCHITECTURE $400: Zaha Hadid's Cincinnati building that lets you see all the curating going on is the U.S.A.'s first of these a woman designed a museum |
#6620, aired 2013-05-31 | THE VIETNAM WAR $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Vietnam.) On November 24, 1963, just two days after taking office, this man, who escalated the war, told his advisers, "I'm not going to lose Vietnam. I'm not going to let Vietnam go the way of China" Lyndon Johnson |
#6618, aired 2013-05-29 | NUN $2000: Ingrid Bergman earned an Oscar nomination for her role as a ball-playing nun in this sequel to "Going My Way" The Bells of St. Mary's |
#6615, aired 2013-05-24 | JOCK-ULARITY $200: "I feel like I"m the best, but you're not going to get me to say that", said this 49er, the NFL's career reception leader Jerry Rice |
#6613, aired 2013-05-22 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: A 1955 call from Ray Kroc to Waddy Pratt of this Atlanta-based company began a relationship that's still going Coca-Cola |
#6611, aired 2013-05-20 | CHEMISTRY $2000: In this process, a solid such as dry ice converts directly into a gas without going through the liquid stage sublimation |
#6607, aired 2013-05-14 | ON THE MAP $200: It's the longest river in the world that flows mainly from south to north the Nile |
#6605, aired 2013-05-10 | POP CULTURE $800: A 2013 Internet sensation gets its name from this dance going back to the '80s the Harlem Shake |
#6596, aired 2013-04-29 | SCIENCE IS A 7-LETTER WORD $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew steps on a carpet and taps a metal table.) We all know what it feels like to get shocked... & though the tension of the spark contains several thousand volts... it's harmless due to its small amount of this 7-letter word current (amperes accepted) |
#6594, aired 2013-04-25 | HOME LAND $200: Alexanderplatz, seen here Germany |
#6586, aired 2013-04-15 | LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT $800: This word for an assemblage of items pasted on a single surface was first used to refer to works by Dada & surreal artists collage |
#6584, aired 2013-04-11 | STOCK SYMBOL SHOPPING $800: Guys, "you're going to like the way you look":
MW Men's Wearhouse |
#6582, aired 2013-04-09 | PRETTY COLORS $800: A narrative poem of over 2,500 lines from around 1375 had Sir Gawain going up against this colorful fellow the Green Knight |
#6579, aired 2013-04-04 | OPERA $1600: (Placido Domingo presents the clue from the Metropolitan Opera.) On this stage as Cavaradossi, I sang farewell to Tosca in an opera by this composer (Giacomo) Puccini |
#6578, aired 2013-04-03 | "TAX" TIME $2000: The ranks going from domain & kingdom down to genus & species are part of this aspect of biology taxonomy |
#6573, aired 2013-03-27 | QUOTES/ MAGAZINES $400: The movie "Network":
"I'm as ____ as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" mad |
#6573, aired 2013-03-27 | "I"-PODGE $600: When you cross it going east, you don't adjust your watch but your calendar, back one day the International Date Line |
#6568, aired 2013-03-20 | RELATIONSHIP ISSUES $1600: If things are going wrong, you can visit an MFT, short for this, who'll ask you what drives you crazy about each other a marriage & family therapist |
#6564, aired 2013-03-14 | BEGINS WITH A VOWEL & ENDS IN "I" $1600: This animal is part of the giraffe family, but it has kind of a zebra thing going on with its legs okapi |
#6554, aired 2013-02-28 | THE SPAIN! THE SPAIN! $800: He was criticized in 2012 for going on an elephant hunt during tough financial times Juan Carlos |
#6551, aired 2013-02-25 | 1990s MUSIC $1200: "My conversation has run dry, that's what's going on, nothing's fine I'm" this Natalie Imbruglia adjective torn |
#6548, aired 2013-02-20 | MOVIES: THE LINE OF THE END $400: "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads" Back to the Future |
#6548, aired 2013-02-20 | WE'VE HIT BOTTOM $400: We're going out! Put on your top hat & these, the divided bottom parts of a men's formal jacket tails |
#6544, aired 2013-02-14 | PUNNY & NOT-PUNNY DEFINITIONS $800: "In favor of footballer Howie or actress Shelley", or to keep something going prolong |
#6539, aired 2013-02-07 | CROSSWORD CLUES "E" $400: Enthusiastic, fervent (5) eager |
#6538, aired 2013-02-06 | MAY "B" $600: A European brown bear (who dreams of going to UCLA?) a bruin |
#6533, aired 2013-01-30 | YOU'RE GONNA NEED CAR INSURANCE $800: This Ohio-based company began going with the Flo in 2008 Progressive |
#6533, aired 2013-01-30 | ELECTRICITY $3,000 (Daily Double): Canada's power is 60% from this source, like the water going over Churchill Falls hydroelectric |
#6518, aired 2013-01-09 | SUPERSTARS OF SCIENCE $200: He let his theory evolve for 20 years before going public in 1858 Darwin |
#6512, aired 2013-01-01 | NOTES FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL $200: We are positive David Mark's book "Going Dirty" is subtitled "The Art of" this type of "Campaigning" negative |
#6510, aired 2012-12-28 | SELF-HELP BOOKS $200: Helping you overcome misery, Penelope Russianoff's self-helper is titled "When Am I Going To Be" this Happy |
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
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2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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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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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
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Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
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2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
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Patrick Tucker, a senior from the University of Notre Dame
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
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"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
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Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
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Samira Missaghi, a junior from the University of Minnesota
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Eden Prarie, Minnesota. Samira...
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Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
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"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Anderson Cooper, an anchor from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
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"As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus of Harper's...
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Greg Lichtenstein, a freshman from Vassar College
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 18 and from Plainview, New York...
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Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
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Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
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\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
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Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Springfield, VA at...
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Hope Landsem, from Tualatin, Oregon
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"She likes to win arguments, and that's why she's going to...
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Dan D'Addario, a senior from Columbia University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
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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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Manny Abell, a naval officer from Lacey, Washington
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Season 34 3-time champion: $42,799 + $1,000. Manny appeared on the...
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Curtis Joseph, a sophomore from Scottsdale Community College
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"In 1999, his nickname was 'Curtles the Troll', and he wanted...
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Donna Brown, a customer service representative from Seattle, Washington
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Season 34 1-time champion: $45,600 + $2,000. At the introduction of...
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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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Braden Corkum, a 12-year-old from Niceville, Florida
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"He likes making things, so he's going to be an inventor..."...
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Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
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2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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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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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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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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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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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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Larissa Charnsangavej, a senior from Rice University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Houston, Texas at...
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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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Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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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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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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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
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"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
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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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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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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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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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Robert Gibbs, a former press secretary from the Obama White House
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"In 2004, he joined Barack Obama's senatorial campaign as communications director,...
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Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
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"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
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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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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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Ethan Waldman, a twelve-year-old from West Hills, California
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"This wizard of words wants to be a fantasy author when...
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Emily Jusino, a Ph.D. candidate in Greek literature originally from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000.
Last name pronouned like "hoo-SEE-no".
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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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Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
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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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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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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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Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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"He teaches at a school started by the Dominicans of St....
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Meryl Federman, a senior from Livingston, New Jersey
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games champion (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 18...
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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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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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Brenton Montie, a sixth grade social studies teacher from South Lyon, Michigan
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"He teaches at a school ranked in the top 5% in...
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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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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
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"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
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Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Oceanside, CA at...
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Emily Zhang, from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"A National Science Merit Award recipient, she plans on becoming a...
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Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
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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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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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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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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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Loren Loiacono, a senior from Setauket, New York
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Allan Long, a freshman from Tallahassee, Florida
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 14 at the time of the...
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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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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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Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
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2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
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Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
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"His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
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Raphie Cantor, a sophomore from San Diego, California
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Brandon Hensley, a sophomore from Caltech
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Huntington, WV at...
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Heidi Greimann, a junior from Columbia, Missouri
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Heidi was 15 at the...
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Brady Newell, from Derwood, Maryland
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"She loves diving and gymnastics, but is headed toward being either...
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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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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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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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Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
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"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
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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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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
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"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester 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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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
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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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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Lily Wang, a junior at Columbia University from Plano, Texas
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2004 College Championship 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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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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Celeste DiNucci, a recent graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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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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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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Justin Sausville, a urologist from Baltimore, Maryland
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27/28 6-time champion:...
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Brian Meacham, a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 4-time champion: $90,500...
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Patrick Quinn, a high school German teacher from Chesterfield, Missouri
|
"He teaches at a school whose history goes back to a...
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Zack Terrill, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida
|
2012 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 21 at...
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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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...
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Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
|
"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
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Morgan Flood, a junior from Pequea, Pennsylvania
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 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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Erin Bogart, a junior at Miami University of Ohio from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Erin was 20 at the time...
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Andrew Vogl, from Yonkers, New York
|
"He can ski the slopes with ease, but navigating his own...
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Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
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Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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Lan Djang, a health policy analyst from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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"He was a 5-time champion in 2001. Today he's a health...
|
Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
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Steven Milton, a legal case assistant from San Diego, California
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Season 26 2-time champion: $30,299 + $1,000. Steve Milton San Diego,...
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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.
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Neal Freyman, a ten-year-old from Longmeadow, Massachusetts
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"He's not sure recess counts as a subject, but if it...
|
Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
|
Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
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Charles Shaughnessy, an actor from Mad Men
|
"As Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives, he won three...
|
Tyler Allard, a senior from Garrett Park, Maryland
|
2003 Teen Tournament first runner-up: $28,400.
|
Dan Jensen, a restaurant manager from Reston, Virginia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $58,203 + $1,000.
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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
|
"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
|
Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY
|
"As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
|
Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
|
Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
|
"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
|
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...
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Robin Cheney, a middle school teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
|
"All the students at her school go on a camping trip...
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Marion Penning, a high school science and history teacher from Baltimore, Maryland
|
"She teaches at a Maryland 'green' school that has a solar...
|
Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
|
"He plays Tom Scavo, the sometimes-befuddled husband of Felicity Huffman on...
|
Andrew Goldfein, a 12-year-old from Lincolnwood, Illinois
|
"He likes to argue and help people, so it's off to...
|
Andrew Kreitz, a senior from Huntington Beach, California
|
2006 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000.
|
Wes Kovarik, a senior from Antioch, California
|
2005 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $30,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Anne Shivers, a senior from Peotone, Illinois
|
2005 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $18,000. 17 at...
|
Larry Marshall, a junior at the University of Missouri from Kansas City, Missouri
|
2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
David Hoffelmeyer, a senior from St. Joseph, Missouri
|
2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
|
Jake Houser, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Aptos, California
|
"And this straight-A student would like to become a geneticist so...
|
Joseph Graumann, a junior from Mays Landing, New Jersey
|
2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
|
Katie James, a sophomore from Winchester, Virginia
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
Emily Riippa, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Grand Rapids, Michigan
|
"She is a fast reader, and her mother says she was...
|
Matt Klein, a senior from Pittsford, New York
|
2006 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $15,000. Won $1,000 on Who Wants...
|
Rowan Spake, from Portland, Oregon
|
"He's interested in nanotechnology and robotics to improve surgery. But getting...
|
Emily Sturtz, from Parsippany, New Jersey
|
"Because she would like to help people, she wants to become...
|
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
|
Ryan Fenster, a banker from SeaTac, Washington
|
2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 34 7-time champion: $156,497...
|
Tommy Maranges, a junior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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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...
|
Ann Thurlow, an aspiring novelist and retired salesperson from Mendham, New Jersey
|
Season 28 1-time champion: $26,805 + $1,000.
|
Maddie Harrington, a twelve-year-old from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
|
"She wants to be a theater critic and she gets rave...
|
Brooke Martin, an eleven-year-old from Galway, New York
|
"It looks like smooth sailing for this marine biologist. From Galway,...
|
Mark Richardson, an actor and Internet marketer originally from Staunton, Virginia
|
Season 29 player (2013-04-08).
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Rahul Francis, a twelve-year-old from Flushing, New York
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"This electronic wizard's current plans are to run a technology company....
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Charlotte Scott, a twelve-year-old from Washington, D.C.
|
"Watch out, Diane Sawyer. This future news anchor is ready for...
|
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
|
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...
|
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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Alex Johnson, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"He wants to be a chemist in the future. From Indianapolis,...
|
Clarence Page, a journalist from The Chicago Tribune
|
"His nationally syndicated column began as a local column for the...
|
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...
|
Evan Sandman, a hotel front desk manager from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 28 1-time champion $28,801 + $2,000.
|
Julia Martinez, an 11-year-old from Fairfax, Virginia
|
"Get ready, Pennsylvania Avenue. She wants to be president of the...
|
Injee Hong, a 12-year-old from Metairie, Louisiana
|
"If her dreams of becoming a lawyer don't come true, she...
|
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...
|
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.
|
Anjali Tripathi, a senior from MIT
|
"Math and science were her favorite subjects in seventh grade. We're...
|
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".
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Kate Wadman, a junior from Tucson, Arizona
|
2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jeopartygirl
|
Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand
|
\"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
|
Frank Firke, a junior from Chicago, Illinois
|
2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
|
Stephen Fritz, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2007 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $25,460.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Ryan Elkins, a 12-year-old from Bensalem, Pennsylvania
|
"He wants to study physics and unlock the mysteries of the...
|
Cerulean Ozarow, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, New York
|
"His future is full of options. He wants to become either...
|
Allie Pape, a sophomore from Ponte Vedra, Florida
|
2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Allie was 14 at the time...
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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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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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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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David Rozenson, a lawyer from Newton, Massachusetts
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 21 3-time champion: $76,000 + $1,000.
|
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...
|
Madeline Suchard, from Placentia, California
|
"She has her sights set on becoming the Supreme Court Justice,...
|
Mitchell Vogel, from Madison, Wisconsin
|
"This future governor of Wisconsin enjoys rollerblading, reading, and playing saxophone....
|
Babu Srinivasan, a history professor at Prairie View A&M University from Houston, Texas
|
"A five-time champion in 2001, he's now a history professor at...
|
Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
|
"Winner of both the 2000 Tournament of Champions and the 2001...
|
Marie Braden, a customer service representative from Tempe, Arizona
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $24,800 + $1,000. Marie's boyfriend Kirk's Rock...
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Molly Gier, a twelve-year-old from Chesterfield, Missouri
|
"She is preparing for a teaching career by tutoring her peers....
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Will Walters, a twelve-year-old from Lexington, Kentucky
|
"He wants to follow in the footsteps of his idols, Albert...
|
Surabhi Iyer, a ten-year-old from Franklin, Massachusetts
|
"Her research scientist dad has inspired her to become a neuroscientist....
|
Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
|
Hema Karunakaram, a senior from Saline, Michigan
|
2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Name pronounced like "HAY-ma kah-ROO-nuh-KAH-ram". Jeopardy!...
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Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
|
Dan Katz, a lawyer from Owings Mills, Maryland
|
"Since his five wins in 1990, he's seen Bruce Springsteen 16...
|
Lance Johnson, a model aircraft engine technician from Champaign, Illinois
|
"He was the first to get to the 5-win mark in...
|
India Cooper, a copy editor from Madison, Indiana
|
"She was an actor and copy editor in New York City...
|
Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
|
"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
|
Paul Kursky, a copywriter from San Francisco, California
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
|
Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
|
Wil Curiel, an 11-year-old from Costa Mesa, California
|
"His favorite subject is science, so it's not surprising that this...
|
Alex Silady, an 11-year-old from Edison, New Jersey
|
"He hopes to be an entrepreneur, because he likes doing things...
|
Lizz Mullowney, a senior from Crystal Lake, Illinois
|
2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
|
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.
|
Joel Knight, a freshman from Farmington, Michigan
|
2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Tara Karr, a senior from Laclede, Idaho
|
2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Susan Bellenot, a senior from Lakeview Terrace, California
|
2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Amanda Sonmor, a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $21,501 + $1,000.
|
John Zhang, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Teen...
|
Stephanie Ehresman, a senior from Shirley, New York
|
2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
John Matthews, a senior from Escondido, California
|
2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
|
2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
|
Grace Suh, a writer from New York, New York
|
Season 20 player (2004-03-24).
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Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
|
Robbie Berg, a freshman from the University of Pennsylvania
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
|
James Hill III, a freshman from Santa Clara University
|
2010-A College championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: San Jose, California. [No contestant...
|
Debra Dondrea Galant, a homemaker from Grayslake, Illinois
|
Season 20 player (2004-03-23).
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Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
|
Melanie Baker-Streevy, a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000. Melanie Baker-Streevy - A...
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Danny Vopava, a sophomore from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Brighton, Minnesota. [No contestant...
|
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...
|
Harris Cohen, a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
|
Jonathan Corbblah, a chess teacher from Harlem, New York
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Jonathan appeared as a...
|
Pat Sajak, a game show host from Wheel of Fortune
|
"A former TV weatherman, he's gone on to become the world's...
|
Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
|
Aaron Schroeder, a grad student from San Diego, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions second runner-up: $50,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
|
Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
|
Lisa Klink, a TV writer from Los Angeles, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $70,150...
|
Rachel Millena, a 10-year-old from Concord, California
|
"Her sights are set on becoming a writer, journalist, photographer, or...
|
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...
|
Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
|
Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona
|
2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
|
Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
|
Francesca Leibowitz, a fifth grade English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
|
"She teaches at a school that opened in 1854. From Brooklyn...
|
Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
|
"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
|
Jacob Joyner, an 11-year-old from Quantico, Virginia
|
"As a politician, he plans on improving the lives of Americans....
|
Sarah Nothnagel, a sophomore from the University of Southern California
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
|
Will Schultz, a freshman from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|
2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 19 at the time of the...
|
Brady Cassis, a junior from Yale University
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
|
Joshua Malina, a TV actor and creator/producer from Celebrity Poker Showdown
|
"He created and produced Celebrity Poker Showdown for the Bravo Channel,...
|
Trevor Norris, a management analyst from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
|
Kristiana Henderson, a junior from Kent, Washington
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
|
Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
|
Lindsey Nicolai, a junior from Hampton, Virginia
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
|
Greg Peterson, a senior from Park Ridge, Illinois
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $38,600....
|
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...
|
Meredith Dedopoulos, a 12-year-old from Durham, New Hampshire
|
"This spelling bee champion has also won many sports awards. From...
|
Thomas McIntyre, a 12-year-old from Marino Valley, California
|
"This self-proclaimed Star Wars freak, who has earned star rank in...
|
Michael Glick, a 12-year-old from Smithtown, New York
|
"He's in math honors this year, even though math is one...
|
Josh Lacey, a 10-year-old from Ellicott City, Maryland
|
"The International Olympic Committee does such good work, he would like...
|
Tiffany Wen, a 12-year-old from Exton, Pennsylvania
|
"This figure skater is also on the distinguished honor roll. From...
|
Jared Rothenberg, an 11-year-old from Houston, Texas
|
"When he's not on the mound, he's warming up in the...
|
Amy Fletcher, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Sioux City, Iowa
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
|
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.
|
Papa Chakravarthy, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2006 Teen Tournament champion: $75,000.
|
Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"The 1-day record of $34,000 he set in 1992 stood for...
|
Michael Braun, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2005 Teen...
|
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.
|
John Beck, an associate creative director from Torrance, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000. 2004 Tournament...
|
Regina Merrill, from Lincoln, Nebraska
|
"She's very good at writing stories and poetry, but her love...
|
Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
|
"He was the biggest winner of the 1999-2000 season. A marketing...
|
Cary Williams, from Milton, Massachusetts
|
"She won an award in math, and a letter of commendation...
|
William Carpenter, from Bainbridge Island, Washington
|
"Being the scientist that he is, Mom never knows what she...
|
Ruvani Fonseka, a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
|
2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of...
|
Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
Matt Bushell, a junior at Georgetown University from Fairfield, Connecticut
|
2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
Suzanne Koppelman, a museum education manager from New York, New York
|
Season 34 3-time champion: $63,601 + $2,000.
|
Paul Mitchell Kelleher, a physician from Millington, New Jersey
|
Season 34 player (2018-02-27).
|
Adam Scholze, a tutor from Pasadena, California
|
Season 34 player (2018-07-02).
|
Mary Kalemkerian, a human rights officer from New York, New York
|
Season 34 player (2018-02-23).
|
Ruth Payne, a law school career counselor from Charlottesville, Virginia
|
Season 34 player (2018-06-29).
Wife of Season 35 player Kevin Paquette.
|
Frank Young, an animation writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 34 player (2018-06-28).
|
Nick Hurwitz, a writer from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 34 player (2018-06-29).
|
Kat Long, a journalist from New York, New York
|
Season 34 player (2018-06-28).
|
Catherine Biba, a freelance writer from Geneva, Nebraska
|
Season 34 player (2018-02-22).
Last name pronounced like "BEE-bah".
|
Scott McFadden, a librarian from Muncie, Indiana
|
Season 34 3-time champion: $78,401 + $2,000.
|
Alan Harrison, an administrative assistant from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 34 2-time champion: $23,710 + $1,000.
|
Amy Goodchild, a library youth services associate from Morton Grove, Illinois
|
Season 34 player (2018-06-27).
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Sally Neumann, a mental health counselor from Seattle, Washington
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Season 32 1-time champion: $10,900 + $1,000. Sally won $5,000 on...
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Sean Chong, a medical student from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 34 player (2017-10-12).
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Mary Ann Borer, a marketing coordinator from Pomona, California
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Season 35 4-time champion: $86,500 + $2,000.
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Rain Dunaway, a medical student from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 34 player (2017-10-09).
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Damien Marzocchi, a museum security guard from Kew Gardens, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-02-20).
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Matt Jackson, a paralegal from Washington, D.C.
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2019 All-Star Games member of 1st runner-up...
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Florence Garbini, a pilot from Brighton, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-02-19).
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Diana McInnis, an editor from Playa Vista, California
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Season 34 player (2017-10-06).
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Alex Jacob, a currency trader from Chicago, Illinois
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Rebekah Smith, a library associate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 34 player (2017-10-06). Not to be confused with Season 34...
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Rob Worman, an escalation manager from Edina, Minnesota
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2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 34 6-time champion: $133,900...
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Marguerite Moran, a library director from Webster, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2017-10-04).
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Carlos Garcia, an immigration attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 34 player (2018-02-09). According to his contestant interview, Carlos chose...
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Jay Hancock, a journalist from Ellicott City, Maryland
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Season 34 player (2017-10-04).
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Ryan Hughey, a student from Indianapolis, Indiana
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Season 34 player (2017-10-03).
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Emily Deckenback, a midwife from San Bruno, California
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Season 34 player (2018-02-13).
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Ben Henry-Moreland, a financial planner from Omaha, Nebraska
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Season 34 player (2018-06-25).
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Veryl Gambino, a prosecutor from Berwyn, Illinois
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Season 34 player (2017-10-02).
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Jim Bickford, an attorney from Aurora, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2017-09-29).
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Jordan Nussbaum, a lawyer from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
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Season 34 1-time champion: $15,800 + $2,000.
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Colin O’Bannon, a pool room owner from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 34 player (2017-09-29).
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Dom Granello, a project manager from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 34 player (2018-02-12).
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Marty Cunningham, an accountant and voice artist from Arvada, Colorado
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Season 34 3-time champion: $65,900 + $2,000.
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Pasha Paterson, a senior computer science researcher from Richmond, Virginia
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Season 34 player (2017-09-27).
JBoard user name: zerobandwidth
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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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Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Jennie Floyd, a retired management consultant from Tucson, Arizona
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Season 34 player (2017-09-27).
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Tina Doppler, a small business owner from Crown Point, Indiana
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Season 34 player (2017-09-26).
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Tyler Dilts, a novelist and teacher from Long Beach, California
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Season 34 player (2018-06-20).
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Chris Lastrapes, a business developer originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 32 player (2015-10-28). Last name pronounced like \"la-STRAPS\". Chris won...
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Dennis Fawcett, a painter and handyman from San Diego, California
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Season 34 1-time champion: $24,000 + $1,000.
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Pam Mueller, an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois
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\"Representing Loyola University, she won the College Championship in November, 2000....
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Lorie Gasior, a license director from Gonzales, Louisiana
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Season 34 player (2018-02-05).
Last name pronounced like "GAYSH-zer".
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Lauren Cusitello, a criminal and immigration defense lawyer from San Diego, California
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Season 34 player (2017-09-22).
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Thom Page, an OB/GYN doctor from Auburn, Maine
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Season 34 player (2017-09-21).
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Diane Esemplare, an engineer from Riverdale, New Jersey
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Season 34 player (2017-09-21).
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Caitlin Silberman, an archivist from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 34 player (2018-02-02).
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Justin Torello, a pharmaceutical research associate from Monroe, New York
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Season 34 player (2017-09-20).
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Farhad Mahmoudi, a client services director from Encinitas, California
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Season 34 player (2017-09-19).
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Andy Hyland, a university communications director from Mission, Kansas
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Season 34 player (2017-09-18).
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Erik Johnson, a packaging engineer from Plymouth, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2018-06-18).
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Amanda Graver, a researcher from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 34 player (2018-06-22). JBoard user name: AmandaG Amanda won $20,000...
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Brandey Chandler, an improv actor and library worker from Lee's Summit, Missouri
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Season 34 player (2018-01-30).
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Julien Corven, a math teacher from Parkville, Maryland
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Season 34 player (2017-09-15).
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Jon Brown, a bartender from Los Angeles, California
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Season 34 player (2018-06-15).
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Larry Coben, an archaeologist and foundation executive director from New York, New York
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Season 34 player (2017-09-14).
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Austin Rogers, a bartender from New York, New York
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games captain of...
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Jennifer Tomassi, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 34 1-time champion: $20,401 + $1,000.
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Katherine Pisarro-Grant, a verbal identity consultant from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-06-14).
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Maria Pecoraro, a teacher and learning support specialist from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 34 player (2018-01-29).
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Adam Manning, a senior sales manager from Denver, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-06-14).
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Jen Sosnowski, a high school science teacher from Roanoke, Virginia
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Season 34 1-time champion: $28,801 + $2,000.
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Diana Hsu, a legal records assistant from Malden, Massachusetts
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Season 34 2-time champion: $44,601 + $2,000. Diana won $50,000 on...
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Linda Shaver-Gleason, a musicologist from Lompoc, California
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Season 34 player (2017-09-11). Linda died 2020-01-14 after a battle with...
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Jeff Machusko, a data analyst from Centennial, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-01-25).
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Laura Kelsay, a hotel desk reception clerk from Grand Island, Nebraska
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Season 34 2-time champion: $42,300 + $2,000.
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Andy Richter, an actor/comedian from The Tonight Show
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\"This multitalented actor/comedian is now back on the couch with Conan...
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Andrew Clyne, a lawyer and legal recruiter from Hoboken, New Jersey
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Season 34 player (2017-09-11).
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Adrianne Woodward, an office assistant from Rancho Cucamonga, California
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Season 34 player (2018-01-22). Adrianne appeared on Master Minds on 2020-05-08....
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Rebecca Heide, an economist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 34 player (2018-06-12).
Last name pronounced like "HI-dee".
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Sarah Daly, an attorney from Lakewood, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-01-19).
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Catherine Ono, a software developer from Santa Clara, California
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Season 34 2-time champion: $46,402 + $2,000.
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Ryan Graham, an account manager from Los Angeles, California
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Season 34 player (2018-01-18).
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Tracey Lazareth, a teacher and librarian from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Season 34 player (2018-06-11).
JBoard user name: tlazareth
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David Kleinman, a student from Sharon, Massachusetts
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Season 34 1-time champion: $31,600 + $2,000.
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Lee Quinn, a teacher from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 34 2-time champion: $42,800 + $2,000.
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John Fassola, an attorney from Homer Glen, Illinois
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Season 34 player (2018-06-08).
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Andy Mills, a math instructor from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 34 player (2018-06-07).
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Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
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\"Later this year, she\'ll be inducted into the Women\'s Basketball Hall...
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Tommy Fagin, an English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-06-04).
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David Rosen, a lawyer from Syosset, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-01-16).
JBoard user name: DavidRosen
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Tyler Miksanek, a student from Warrenville, Illinois
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Season 34 player (2018-01-15).
Last name pronounced like "mik-SAN-ek".
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Sharron Jenkins, an online E.S.L. teacher from Missouri City, Texas
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Season 34 player (2018-06-06).
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Michelle Rosen, a Ph.D. candidate from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 34 1-time champion: $18,401 + $2,000.
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Daniel Cohen, an interactive developer originally from Liverpool, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-04-12). Daniel died 2023-09-24 at the age of...
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Alisha Mathalikunnel, a medical student from Alhambra, California
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Season 34 player (2018-01-12).
Name pronounced like "uh-LEE-shah math-uh-LEE-kuh-nul".
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Joe Castro, a comptroller from Pasadena, California
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Season 34 1-time champion: $9,384 + $2,000. Joe won $2,000 on...
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Julia Lee, a pharmacy student from San Bruno, California
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Season 33 1-time champion: $6,599 + $2,000.
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Megan Beesley, a public defender from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 34 player (2018-06-05).
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Lindsay Resnick, an archivist from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 34 1-time champion: $10,001 + $1,000.
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Jamie Rosler, an event host from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-01-08). Jamie won $100,000 on Who Wants to...
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Amy Cuzzolino, an attorney from Bloomfield, New Jersey
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Season 34 player (2018-05-30).
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Steph Bundy, a summer camp director from Oak Park, California
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Season 34 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000.
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Mary Duffy, a games editor from Louisville, Colorado
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Season 33 player (2017-07-28).
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Amanda McClendon, a librarian from Houston, Texas
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Season 34 player (2018-05-30).
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Jeffrey Schwarz, a private investor from New York, New York
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Season 34 3-time champion: $62,300 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "SHWARZ" (no "T" sound).
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Lisa McAndrews, an intellectual property attorney from White Plains, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-01-01).
Sister of Season 37 player Matt McAndrews.
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Deirdre Thomas, an attorney and editor from Seattle, Washington
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Season 34 2-time champion: $33,200 + $1,000. Deirdre\'s father Dr. Nicholas...
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Gwynedd Stuart, a writer and editor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 34 player (2017-12-29).
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Henry Ayoola, a Ph.D. student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 34 1-time champion: $14,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "eye-OH-lah".
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Eric R. Backes, an attorney and government relations professional from Round Rock, Texas
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2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 35 4-time champion: $105,602 + $2,000.
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Vaishali Shetty, an attorney from Melville, New York
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Season 34 player (2017-12-28).
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Seth Cope, a purchasing manager from Savannah, Georgia
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Season 33 player (2017-07-26).
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Andrea Schuelke, a tutor from Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2018-05-28).
Name pronounced like "ahn-DRAY-uh SHULL-kee".
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Virginia Cummings, a geriatrician from Randolph, Massachusetts
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Season 34 2-time champion: $51,200 + $2,000.
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Mackenzie Brooks, an attorney from San Diego, California
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Season 33 player (2017-07-25).
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Ross Belsome, a valuation analyst from Houston, Texas
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Season 34 player (2018-05-25). Last name pronounced like "BELL-sum". JBoard user...
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Luke Devlin, a strategic communications associate from Bronxville, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-05-23).
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Jade Ryan, a student from Gainesville, Florida
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Season 35 player (2019-02-05).
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Tom Campo, a project manager from West Roxbury, Massachusetts
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Season 34 player (2018-05-24).
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Tara Yack, a structural engineer from Denver, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-05-23).
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Shannon Hindahl, a pharmacist from Collinsville, Illinois
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Season 33 player (2017-07-24).
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Zach Heinen, an analyst from Burnsville, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2017-12-22).
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Gary Waters, a college math teacher from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 34 player (2018-05-21).
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Remy Timbrook, a children’s librarian from Oakland, California
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Season 34 player (2017-12-20).
JBoard user name: AcaPulco
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Justin Bourassa, a high school English teacher and coach from Medford, Massachusetts
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Season 34 player (2017-12-20).
Last name pronounced like "bur-AH-sah".
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Doug Groshart, a mechanical engineer and musician from San Luis Obispo, California
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Season 33 player (2017-07-20).
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Lisa Beth Davis, a retired Army master sergeant from Altadena, California
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Season 34 player (2017-12-19).
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Jayanthi Martins, a finance manager from Austin, Texas
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Season 34 player (2017-10-16). Jayanthi appeared on The Chase on 2022-05-31...
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Rachel Schemmel, a teacher from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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Season 34 player (2017-12-13).
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Ian Shin, a professor from Lewiston, Maine
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Season 34 player (2017-12-12).
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Liz Fritz, an intake coordinator from Spring Hill, Kansas
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Season 32 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Liz won $30,000 on...
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Darcy Shapiro, an evolutionary anthropologist from Princeton, New Jersey
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Season 33 player (2017-07-18).
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Kurt Buhring, a professor from Granger, Indiana
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Season 34 player (2018-05-03).
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Charlie Santiuste, a relationship manager from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 34 player (2017-12-11). Last name pronounced like "san-tee-YOO-stay". Charlie wore...
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Graydon Mears, an analytics director from San Antonio, Texas
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Season 33 player (2017-07-17).
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Laura Miller, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 34 player (2017-12-08).
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Deborah Elliott, an educator from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 33 3-time champion: $76,400 + $2,000.
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Jan Brown, an air traffic controller from Warwick, Rhode Island
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Season 34 player (2018-05-01).
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Leslye Laderman, an employee benefits attorney from Creve Coeur, Missouri
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Season 34 player (2018-04-30).
First name pronounced like the name "Leslie".
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Alexandra Henkoff, a college admissions counselor from Houston, Texas
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Season 34 1-time champion: $17,300 + $1,000. Playing as "Alex", Alexandra...
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Matthias Clark, a financial software consultant from River Forest, Illinois
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Season 34 player (2017-12-05).
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Tom McGinnis, a fulfillment associate from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 34 player (2018-04-27).
Brother of Season 34 contestant Jim McGinnis.
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Jerry Tsai, a data scientist from Los Angeles, California
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Season 34 player (2018-07-27). Jerry appeared on Master Minds on 2020-04-13....
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Alice Pelletier, a technical services associate from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 player (2017-12-04).
Last name pronounced like "pell-uh-TEER".
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Robert Marx, a graduate student from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 34 player (2018-04-26).
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Terry Hanlon, a graduate student from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 33 player (2017-07-13).
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Tal Kedem, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 34 player (2017-12-01).
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Jennifer Chang, a journalist from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 player (2017-11-24).
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Krishna Veeraraghavan, a sales analyst from Seattle, Washington
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Season 34 player (2018-04-25).
JBoard user name: kintha
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Jill Staunton, an office associate from Springfield, Illinois
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Season 33 player (2017-07-13).
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Melissa Fall, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 34 player (2017-12-01).
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Gavin Borchert, a writer and editor from Seattle, Washington
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Season 33 3-time champion: $50,200 + $2,000.
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Rex Moroux, a commercial real estate broker from Lafayette, Louisiana
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Season 34 player (2018-04-23).
Last name pronounced like "MORE-oh".
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Lily Gebrenegus, an accounting manager from Seattle, Washington
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Season 34 player (2017-11-30).
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Sara-Jane Whitaker, an office clerk from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 33 player (2017-07-12).
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Burt Westermeier, a Ph.D. candidate from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 34 1-time champion: $14,401 + $2,000.
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Alyssa Abel, a bookseller from Waupaca, Wisconsin
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Season 34 player (2018-04-24).
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Ron Freshour, a copywriter from Austin, Texas
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Season 34 player (2018-07-25). Ron won $10,000 in the second season...
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Hermine Vermeij, a librarian from Tarzana, California
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Season 34 player (2018-05-22).
Name pronounced like \"her-MEEN-uh ver-MAY\".
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Matt Preston, an assets protection leader from Harvest, Alabama
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Season 34 2-time champion: $25,998 + $2,000.
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Kelly Lasiter, an administrative assistant from Granite City, Illinois
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Season 33 1-time champion: $22,800 + $2,000.
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Jim Eckess, a bartender from State College, Pennsylvania
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Season 34 player (2017-11-22).
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Rich Blashka, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 33 1-time champion: $14,500 + $1,000.
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Tara O'Byrne, a senior advisor on aviation security from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Season 34 player (2018-07-24).
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Andrews Landsman, an actor and writer from Sherman Oaks, California
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Season 34 player (2018-04-06).
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Eric Maher, an attorney from Epping, New Hampshire
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Season 34 1-time champion: $31,500 + $2,000.
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Kristin Robbins, an attorney from Red Bank, New Jersey
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Season 34 2-time champion: $44,994 + $2,000.
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Hollie Schmidt, a medical researcher from Lexington, Massachusetts
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Season 34 player (2018-07-23).
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Mario Cantone, an actor and comedian from Sex and the City
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\"He played Anthony Marentino, the wedding planner with an attitude, on...
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Alex Jumper, a graduate student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 34 player (2017-11-20).
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Josh Hamilton, a physician from Pearland, Texas
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Season 33 player (2017-07-07).
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Lori Bailey, a research center coordinator from Arvada, Colorado
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Season 5 player (1989-03-15). Lori won $32,000 on Who Wants to...
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Susan Corica, a journalist from Waterbury, Connecticut
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Season 33 1-time champion: $15,995 + $1,000.
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Ashley Chapman, a history teacher from West Roxbury, Massachusetts
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Season 34 player (2018-04-03).
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Emily Moore, a consultant from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 34 player (2018-07-20).
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Liz Reardon, a health care consultant from Saint Albans Bay, Vermont
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Season 33 player (2017-07-06).
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Jack Dickey, a journalist from New York, New York
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Season 34 2-time champion: $46,802 + $1,000.
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Chloë Zung, a customer experience advisor from Armonk, New York
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Season 33 player (2017-07-05).
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Justin Moody, a paralegal from Durham, North Carolina
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Season 34 player (2018-07-19).
JBoard user name: JMoody
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Sebastian Davis, an independent filmmaker from Los Angeles, California
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Season 33 player (2017-07-05).
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Tyler Morrison, a graduate student from Vienna, West Virginia
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Season 34 player (2018-03-30).
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Alex Lopinto, a veterinary ophthalmologist from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-03-29).
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Robert D'Emilio, a writer from Ridgewood, New York
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Season 33 player (2017-07-04).
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Shannan Younger, a writer from Naperville, Illinois
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Season 34 player (2018-03-29).
Shannan's write-up of her Jeopardy! experience.
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Rose Schaefer, a junior from Portland, Oregon
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2012 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $36,000. 16 at...
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Kyle Adams, a communications manager from Monument, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-07-18).
JBoard user name: mahalo_back
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Vicki Cole, a compliance technician from Denver, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-03-26).
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Caitlion O'Neill, a vegan cheesemaker from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 34 player (2018-07-18).
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Emily Campbell, a social media producer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 33 player (2017-07-03).
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Nicole Jarvis, a graduate student from Seattle, Washington
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Season 34 player (2017-11-03).
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Kelvin Smith, a Ph.D. student from Birmingham, Alabama
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Season 34 player (2017-11-02).
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Niraj Dhami, an I.T. project manager from Redondo Beach, California
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Season 34 player (2018-07-16). Niraj won $1,000 on Best Ever Trivia...
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Johnny Trutor, an instructional technologist from Colchester, Vermont
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Season 34 1-time champion: $14,000 + $1,000.
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Monica Ashar, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Season 34 1-time champion: $12,801 + $1,000.
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Rahul Jain, a corporate strategy manager from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 player (2017-11-01).
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Rebecca Smith, a certified massage therapist from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2018-07-16). Not to be confused with Season 34...
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Vincent Valenzuela, an internal customer service manager from Wheaton, Illinois
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Season 35 player (2018-09-25). Season 34 player (2018-07-13). Vincent returned to...
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Michelle Cabral, an elementary school music teacher from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 34 3-time champion: $46,693 + $2,000.
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Bryan Rucker, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 34 player (2018-07-13).
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Amy Yacorzynski, an attorney from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 34 player (2018-03-15).
Last name pronounced like "yack-kor-ZIN-skee".
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Tracey Hollabaugh, a teacher from Cumming, Georgia
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Season 34 player (2018-03-15).
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George Holcomb, a writer and musician from Harrison, Arkansas
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Season 34 player (2018-07-11).
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Allison Berke, a cybersecurity research director from Half Moon Bay, California
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Season 34 player (2018-03-14).
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Stel Plakas, a project manager from Flushing, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-07-11).
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Hannah Ewing, a teacher from Stamford, Connecticut
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Season 34 player (2018-03-08).
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Anand Kandaswamy, an economist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 34 3-time champion: $57,001 + $1,000.
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Phil Kohn, a retired engineer from Colonia, New Jersey
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Season 34 player (2017-10-26).
JBoard user name: PhilKohn
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Edgar Castillo, a digital media specialist from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 player (2017-10-25).
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Doug Dworkin, a business and technology consultant from New York, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-07-10).
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Lane Flynn, a business owner from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 34 2-time champion: $38,399 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: GoDores
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Mary Grace Buckley, a writer and retail sales associate from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 34 player (2017-10-25). Cousin of Season 28 player Jim Virtel...
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Zach Dark, an investment analyst from Hoover, Alabama
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Season 34 2-time champion: $48,201 + $2,000.
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Traci Mack, a media executive from Campbell, California
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Season 36 player (2020-01-20). Traci appeared on The Chase on 2023-01-05...
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McKayle Bruce, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Season 34 player (2018-03-13).
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Wes Hazard, a standup comic and storyteller from Stoughton, Massachusetts
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Season 34 3-time champion: $51,196 + $2,000.
Wes appeared on The Chase on 2021-01-21.
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Matt Lisiecki, an international development researcher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 2-time champion: $34,551 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "ly-SECK-ee".
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Rob Wivchar, a musician from Denver, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-03-06).
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Marcus Leung, a fashion buyer from San Francisco, California
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Season 34 player (2017-10-23).
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Tim Suba, a public education consultant from Los Angeles, California
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Season 34 player (2017-10-20).
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Beth Feest, a social studies teacher from Franksville, Wisconsin
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Season 34 player (2018-07-06).
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Garan Geist, a strategy consultant from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 34 player (2018-02-28).
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Tom Blake, a video producer from New York, New York
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Season 34 1-time champion: $16,601 + $1,000.
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Marilyn Maher, an administrative specialist from Athens, Ohio
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Season 34 1-time champion: $14,401 + $1,000.
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Lauren Kiehna, a writer from Steeleville, Illinois
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Season 34 1-time champion: $31,601 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "KEE-nah".
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Laura McLean, a data analyst from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 34 2-time champion: $19,598 + $1,000.
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Steve Spriensma, a writer from Port Dover, Ontario, Canada
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Season 34 player (2018-07-05).
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Kate Brandt, a homeschool mom from Carmel, Indiana
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Season 34 player (2018-07-04).
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Liz Howard, an assistant analyst from McLean, Virginia
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Season 34 player (2018-07-04).
Sister of Season 37 1-time champion Hanna Howard.
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Carlos Nobleza Posas, an actor from Salt Lake City, Utah
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Season 34 player (2017-10-17).
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Amy Finkelstein, an editor from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 34 player (2018-02-27).
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Emily Wilson, a nonprofit fundraising operations manager from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 player (2017-10-16).
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Catherine Carson, a fourth grade language arts, math, and social studies teacher from Washington, D.C.
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"She is new to teaching--she's in her second year. From Washington,...
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Kiyana Holderbaum, an instructional designer from Long Beach, California
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Season 32 player (2015-12-18). Kiyana won $103,333.33 of a $310,000 total...
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Erin Schmidt, a freelance writer and editor from Mishawaka, Indiana
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Season 29 player (2013-03-04).
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Kevin Foley, a police captain from Mount Sinai, New York
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Season 34 1-time champion: $16,000 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Lisa McDermott, an arts administrator from Modesto, California
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Season 27 player (2011-07-29).
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Betsy Knudson, an attorney from Salt Lake City, Utah
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Season 34 3-time champion: $61,402 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like \"kuh-NOOD-sun\".
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Anupama Srirangan, a technology director from Aurora, Illinois
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Season 34 player (2017-09-25).
Name pronounced like \"ah-NOO-pah-mah shree-RAHN-gahn\".
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Ivan Plis, a magazine editor from Washington, D.C.
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Season 34 1-time champion: $23,200 + $2,000.
First name pronounced like \"ee-VAHN\".
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Emily Dumas, a project manager from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 34 player (2017-09-28). Emily co-hosts Large Marge Sent Us, a...
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Brian Kato, a State Department contractor from Washington, D.C.
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Season 34 player (2017-10-11).
Last name pronounced like \"KAH-toe\".
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Susan Sexton, an actuary originally from Peachtree Corners, Georgia
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Season 32 player (2016-06-27). Susan is the sister of Season 35...
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Tony Harkin, an eleven-year-old from New Milford, Connecticut
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"Dig this--he wants to be an archaeologist when he grows up....
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Kathleen Kosman, an attorney from Dearborn, Michigan
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Season 34 1-time champion: $20,400 + $2,000. Kathleen played sitting in...
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John Kimball, a software consultant from Parkville, Missouri
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Season 29 player (2013-06-14).
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Emma Johnson, an eleven-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
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"She'll hit a high note in her future musical career as...
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Shelby Malone, a senior from Grayson, Kentucky
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2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: sleeping_stars
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Meg Walker, an eleven-year-old from Brandon, Mississippi
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"She wants to help people with disabilities have a better life...
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Andrew Knebel, a classical violist from Norwalk, Connecticut
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Season 28 player (2012-03-01).
Last name name pronounced like "kuh-NAY-bul".
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Annette Todd, a marketing director from Riverside, California
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Season 28 player (2012-03-02). This was Annette's seventh game show appearance...
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Bradley Silverman, a junior from Alpharetta, Georgia
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2008-B Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $44,600. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Deb Teitelbaum, an educational consultant from Sylva, North Carolina
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Season 29 player (2012-09-24).
Last name pronounced like "TITE-el-baum".
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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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Christopher Short, a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 6-time champion: $94,752...
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Pian Wong, a high school English teacher from New York, New York
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"She teaches at a Bronx school that's been ranked the most...
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Peter Hansen, a project manager from New York, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-09-21).
JBoard user name: Bunkie
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Liz Miles, a doctoral candidate in anthropology from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 32 player (2016-06-01).
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John Krizel, a writer originally from Oceanside, New York
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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Polly Ruf, a zoo docent from Chesterfield, Missouri
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Season 27 player (2011-06-28).
Last name pronounced like "RUFF".
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Tom Kunzen, a geotechnical engineer from Orlando, Florida
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 5-time champion: $133,402...
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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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Lisa Johnston, a fourth and fifth grade reading and religion teacher from East Boston, Massachusetts
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"She teaches at a parish that's focus is to dream big....
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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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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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Duncan Stewart, a research director from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 27 player (2011-03-18).
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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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Neha Embar, a 12-year-old from Alpharetta, Georgia
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"No kidding--she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows up....
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Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
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"With success in films, plays, books, and TV specials, he tours...
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Stephanie Smith, a retired quality engineer and manager from Scarborough, Maine
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Season 22 player (2006-05-04). Not to be confused with Season 1...
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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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Trish Floyd, an actuary from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 33 player (2017-03-03).
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Crista Calderon, an instructional technology specialist from Spokane, Washington
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Season 33 player (2017-03-02).
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Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
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"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
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Darin Brown, a trademark attorney from Louisville, Colorado
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Season 32 player (2015-11-27).
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Bianca Benincasa, a software engineer from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 32 player (2015-11-27).
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Rob Russell, a tutoring and testing director from Johnson City, Tennessee
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Season 32 2-time champion: $43,600 + $1,000.
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Lori Fountain, a homemaker and substitute teacher from Henderson, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-06-28). KJL game 19. Lori later won $50,000...
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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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Marie Halvorsen-Ganepola, a professor from Granger, Indiana
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Season 32 player (2015-11-26).
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Dana Perino, a TV host from Fox News Channel's The Five
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"White House press secretary under George W. Bush, she now appears...
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George Stuart, a payroll professional from Orlando, Florida
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Season 33 1-time champion: $24,801 + $1,000.
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Ricky Hudson, a physical therapist from New York, New York
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Season 32 1-time champion: $17,199 + $2,000.
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Julie Adair, a virtual assistant from Panama City, Florida
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Season 32 1-time champion: $20,000 + $1,000.
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Rick Terpstra, an aspiring English teacher from Havertown, Pennsylvania
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Season 34/35 3-time champion: $60,000 + $2,000. In his Season 34...
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Saadia Mather, a freelance education writer from Playa del Rey, California
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Season 32 player (2015-11-25).
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Susan Logan, a stay-at-home mom from Glenview, Illinois
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Season 33 player (2016-10-24).
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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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Yoey Sacks, a store planner from New York, New York
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Season 33 player (2016-10-25).
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Molly Hewitt, a writer and freelance proofreader from Hollywood, California
|
Season 32 player (2015-11-24).
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Matt Keeshin, an analyst from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 32 player (2015-11-23).
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Norm Burnosky, a corporate tax analyst from Reston, Virginia
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Season 33 player (2016-10-24).
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Katie Landers, a copywriter from Los Angeles, California
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Season 33 player (2016-10-21).
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Liz Hedreen, a stay-at-home mom from Kirkland, Washington
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Season 32 1-time champion: $21,600 + $2,000.
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Joel Goldes, a dialect coach from Oak Park, California
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Season 33 player (2016-10-25).
Last name pronounced like "GOLD-eez".
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Lani Gonzalez, a managing director of an art bazaar from Austin, Texas
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Season 33 3-time champion: $50,600 + $2,000.
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Kevin Yang, a junior from Birmingham, Alabama
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Justin Lucas, a video production specialist from Reston, Virginia
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Season 32 player (2016-07-04). Justin won $50,000 on Who Wants to...
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Caleb Olson, a senior from Chariton, Iowa
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Zach Klitzman, a public historian from Washington, D.C.
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Season 32 1-time champion: $37,601 + $1,000.
Son of Season 19 player Justine Lisser.
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Marianne Novak, an Orthodox rabbinical student from Skokie, Illinois
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Season 33 player (2016-10-17).
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Allex Fambles, a sophomore from Brown University
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"She knew at age eleven that she wanted to be a...
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Kathy Lague, a telecommunications consultant from Sudbury, Massachusetts
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Season 25 player (2005-10-23).
Last name pronounced like "LAY-gyoo".
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Eliza Scruton, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Lynn Hammerlund, a college librarian from Lake in the Hills, Illinois
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Season 28 1-time champion: $22,500 + $1,000.
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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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Anshika Niraj, a sophomore from Beachwood, Ohio
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2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Idrees Kahloon, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
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2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Jennifer Lloyd, a baker from Bloomington, Indiana
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Season 32 player (2016-06-28).
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Shannon Dillmore, a genomics research manager from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 33 2-time champion: $49,062 + $2,000.
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Ben Pirie, a recent law school graduate from Portland, Oregon
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Season 28 player (2012-04-25).
Last name pronounced like "PEER-ree"
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Keely Walker, a manager of scientific writing from Glendora, California
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Season 33 player (2016-10-14).
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Kailyn LaPorte, a sophomore from Decatur, Georgia
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2011 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $42,600. 15 at the time of...
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Tony Orcutt, an analyst from Seattle, Washington
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Season 32 player (2016-06-27).
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Bhaskara Marthi, a researcher from Sunnyvale, California
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Season 33 player (2016-10-13).
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Amy Sumner, an attorney from Denver, Colorado
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Season 33 player (2017-02-27).
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Steven Ho, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Sam Oglesby, a software support rep from Wilmington, Massachusetts
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Season 33 player (2017-02-27).
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Jerry Castro, a retired police captain from College Point, New York
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Season 33 player (2016-10-14).
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Amanda Watson, a medical student from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 33 player (2016-10-13).
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Will Gilbert, a retail manager from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 32 player (2016-06-23).
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Dani Cook, a librarian from Rancho Cucamonga, California
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Season 31 player (2015-04-28).
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Peyton Brown, a laborer from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 32 player (2016-06-24).
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Kalen Meine, a bartender from Littleton, Colorado
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Season 33 player (2016-10-11).
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Laura Ashby, an attorney from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 32 2-time champion: $36,802 + $1,000.
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Marjika Howarth, a mother of 4 from South Jordan, Utah
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Season 32 player (2016-06-23).
Name pronounced like "mar-EYE-kah HOW-warth".
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Charlie Olsky, a film publicist from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 33 player (2016-10-10).
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Erin McLean, a junior at Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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Mike Barrett, a cashier and writer from Medford, Massachusetts
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Season 32 1-time champion: $20,801 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: jeopardymike
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Randi Rae Arnold, a freelance writer from Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Season 33 player (2016-10-06).
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Bryn Keating, an academic director from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 33 player (2016-10-07).
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Cary Finkelstein, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 32 player (2016-06-22).
Last name pronounced like "FINK-ul-steen".
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Rob Liguori, a research editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 33 4-time champion: $72,601 + $2,000.
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Sarah Flamini, an author and administrative assistant from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 33 1-time champion: $21,800 + $1,000.
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Ashley Alley, an attorney from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 31 player (2015-04-22).
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Marcus Lewis, a tutor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 32 1-time champion: $14,399 + $2,000.
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Leanne Vincent, a geospatial analyst from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Season 33 player (2017-02-28).
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Margie Eulner Ott, a consultant and rideshare driver from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 33 1-time champion: $34,000 + $1,000. At the time of...
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Lisa Price, a recent college graduate from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 32 player (2015-11-03).
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Eric Felkey, a kitchen manager from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 33 player (2016-10-05).
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Joe Schneider, a senior index editor from Old Bridge, New Jersey
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Season 33 player (2016-10-04).
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Nikhil Neelakantan, an operations analyst from Richmond, Virginia
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Season 31 player (2015-04-17).
JBoard user name: srt2013
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Justin Morales, a graduate student from Omaha, Nebraska
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Season 32 player (2015-10-30).
JBoard user name: Jjmorales
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Amy Pistone, a graduate student instructor from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 33 player (2016-10-03).
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Katie Walker, a biomedical science teacher from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Season 32 1-time champion: $5,000 + $2,000. Katie appeared on the...
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Erin Steinhart, a clinical research coordinator originally from Worcester, Massachusetts
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Season 31 player (2015-04-16).
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Ben Wynns, a nonprofit coordinator from New York City, New York
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Season 33 player (2016-10-04).
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Laurie MacDougall, a cancer registrar originally from Medford, Massachusetts
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Season 32 3-time champion: $78,000 + $2,000.
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Walt Livingston, a graduate student from Essex, Maryland
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Season 33 player (2016-09-30).
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Joe Mulder, a closed captioner originally from Marshall, Minnesota
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Season 32 player (2016-06-20).
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Damien Martin, a travel adviser from Overland Park, Kansas
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Season 32 player (2015-10-29).
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George Lyle, an I.T. security risk analyst from West Lafayette, Indiana
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Season 33 player (2016-10-03).
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Katia Noll, a director of global food safety from Milford, Connecticut
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Season 34 player (2017-12-07).
First name pronounced like \"KAHT-yah\".
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Doug Butler, a graduate student in medieval history from Columbia, Missouri
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Season 31 player (2015-04-15).
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Tom Kelso, a credit analyst from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 19 3-time champion: $83,402 + $2,000. Namesake of the backronym...
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Corbin Dill, an editor and graduate student in public health from Houston, Texas
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Season 31 player (2015-04-14).
JBoard user name: sbseagle
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Mary Suárez, a writer from New York, New York
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Season 31 player (2015-04-14).
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Erin Post, a statistician from Bettendorf, Iowa
|
Season 33 player (2016-09-28).
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Carlos Capellan, an IT manager from Queens, New York
|
Season 31 player (2015-04-13).
Last name pronounced like cah-pay-YAHN.
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Nikki Grillos, a freelance associate casting director from New York, New York
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Season 32 2-time champion: $30,802 + $2,000.
Wife of Season 34 contestant Paris Themmen.
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Craig Tollin, a professor from Roanoke, Virginia
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Season 34 1-time champion: $22,001 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like \"TOH-lin\".
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Harold Leff, a retired actuary from Bay Shore, New York
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Season 33 player (2016-09-28).
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Dana Thurmond Bruno, a humanities professor from Orlando, Florida
|
Season 32 player (2016-06-14).
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Bing Kao, a business analyst from Houston, Texas
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Season 33 player (2016-09-27).
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Jayne Lady, a web developer from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 32 player (2015-10-27).
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Dave Treptow, a technical project manager from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Season 32 player (2015-10-27).
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Sarah von Riedemann, a medical writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 32 player (2016-06-15).
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Zane Dowty, a pharmacist from Denver, Colorado
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Season 32 player (2016-06-14).
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Brandon Brooks, an HR manager from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 34 2-time champion: $27,401 + $1,000. During his first contestant...
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Tom Flynn, a bartender from Goshen, New York
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Season 32 player (2015-10-26).
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Jocelyn Dorfman, an early childhood educator from Fairfax, Virginia
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Season 33 player (2016-09-26).
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Kellyn Johnson, a student and cultural engagement coordinator from Tempe, Arizona
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Season 33 player (2016-09-22).
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Becky Sullivan, a news producer originally from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 32 player (2015-10-23).
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Philip Clark, a high school librarian from Falls Church, Virginia
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Season 32 player (2015-10-22).
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Charlie Geer, an affordable housing development analyst from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 33 player (2016-09-23).
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Ryan Mill, an intelligence analyst from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Season 33 player (2016-09-22).
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Tom Imler, a data repair technician from Cary, North Carolina
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Season 31 player (2015-04-03).
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Sharren Lee Gibbs, a retired federal employee from Gainesville, Florida
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Season 33 player (2016-09-21).
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Sala Levin, a writer and editor from Washington, D.C.
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Season 33 player (2016-09-21).
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Dorcas Alexander, an analytics consultant from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
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Season 33 player (2016-09-20).
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Dennis Golin, a video editor from New York, New York
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Season 32 2-time champion: $59,099 + $1,000.
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Bryan Hlavinka, a tequila tour manager from Houston, Texas
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Season 33 player (2016-09-20).
Last name pronounced like "lav-INK-ah".
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Seth Wilson, a Ph.D. candidate from Chicago, Illinois
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2019 All-Star Games member of first-eliminated Team Julia: a share of...
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Heidi Fogle, a senior from Overland Park, Kansas
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Peggy Szymeczek, a retired civil servant from Gilbert, Arizona
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Season 32 player (2016-06-09).
Last name pronounced like "suh-MET-zek".
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Kelly Winck, a grants and development manager from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 32 player (2015-10-21).
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Max Henkel, a project manager from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 31 player (2015-04-01).
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Hunter Appler, an attorney originally from Mount Airy, North Carolina
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2017 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 32 6-time champion: $145,603 + $2,000.
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Rachel Lin, a patent attorney from Tuckahoe, New York
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Season 33 player (2016-09-19).
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Alison Saunders, an architectural historian from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Season 32 player (2015-10-20).
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Julio Trujillo, a substitute teacher from Denver, Colorado
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Season 31 player (2015-03-31). Name pronounced like "HOO-lee-oh troo-HEE-oh". Julio appeared...
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Christine Schreck, a writer from Berkeley, California
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Season 33 player (2016-09-16).
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Laura Weiner, a customer service representaive from Quincy, Massachusetts
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Season 31 player (2015-03-26).
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Malavika Jagannathan, a marketing writer from Seattle, Washington
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Season 32 player (2016-06-07).
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Dean Meyer, a scientific editor from Winder, Georgia
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Season 32 1-time champion: $18,700 + $2,000.
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Eric Swanson, a Ph.D. student in experimental pathology from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 31 player (2015-03-27). Not to be confused with Season 14...
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Torrey Livenick, a law student originally from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 32 player (2016-06-08).
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Tyler Johnson, a political science professor from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Season 33 player (2017-02-03). Not to be confused with Season 31...
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Naomi Hinchen, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Cynthia Davis, a patent attorney from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 31 player (2015-03-30).
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Robert Wood, a teacher originally from Twentynine Palms, California
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Season 32 player (2016-06-07).
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Scott Bateman, a filmmaker and author from Beacon, New York
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Season 33 1-time champion: $28,001 + $2,000.
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Zelda Pulliam, an income tax specialist from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 32 player (2015-10-16).
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Stew Latwin, a Navy pilot originally from Rye, New York
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Season 32 2-time champion: $42,601 + $2,000. Stew appeared on the...
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Julie Bradlow, a corporate tax attorney from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 33 player (2017-02-01).
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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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David Gottdenker, a technology consulting manager from Marlboro, New Jersey
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Season 33 player (2016-09-12).
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Myles Jeffrey, a senior from Seal Beach, California
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2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Sean Dennison, a graduate student and teacher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 33 player (2017-02-02).
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Matt Akridge, a program analyst originally from Hardinsburg, Kentucky
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Season 32 player (2015-10-16).
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André Hereford, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 33 player (2016-09-13).
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Joe Di Dio, a daylight engineer and stay-at-home dad from Queens, New York
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Season 33 player (2017-01-30).
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Toby Guebert, a community college instructor from Claremont, California
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Season 20 player (2004-06-01).
Last name pronounced like "GEE-bert".
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Josh Silverman, a graduate student from Miami, Florida
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Season 32 2-time champion: $34,800 + $2,000.
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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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Michael Bilow, a Ph.D. student in computer science originally from Chicago, Illinois
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2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 31 3-time champion: $96,000...
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Michael Baker, a travel media editor from New York, New York
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Season 32 1-time champion: $15,201 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: mikeyb
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Valerie Connors, a relationship marketing specialist and stay-at-home mom from Owings Mills, Maryland
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Season 33 player (2017-01-30).
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Dana Desprois, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 32 player (2015-10-15).
Last name pronounced like "day-PWAH".
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Emma Miller, from San Mateo, California
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"She loves the idea of creating art that people can live...
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Doug Baker, a sustainability specialist from Tecumseh, Michigan
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Season 33 player (2017-01-31).
Husband of Season 29 7-time champion Stephanie Jass.
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Lincoln Hamilton, a writer originally from Irving, Texas
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Season 32 player (2016-06-03). Lincoln won $50,000 on Who Wants to...
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Cindy Garner, a tax accountant from Omaha, Nebraska
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Season 31 player (2015-03-24).
|
Ariel Watkins, a graduate student from Monterey, California
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Season 32 player (2016-06-02).
|
Ben Smolen, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 33 player (2017-01-31).
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Rachel "Steve" Cooke, a senior from Fishers, Indiana
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2008-A Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000. 17 at the time of...
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Neha Rao, from Johns Creek, Georgia
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"She's hoping to become a teacher and inspire her students in...
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Jill Locascio, an academic librarian from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 31 player (2015-03-23).
Last name pronounced like "lo-CASH-ee-oh".
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Zane Ice, a 12-year-old from West Palm Beach, Florida
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"He wants to build a business in emerging technologies to help...
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Kelly Bayles, a librarian from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 32 3-time champion: $62,700 + $2,000.
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Christine Gengaro, a college professor and writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 32 player (2015-10-13).
Last name pronounced like "jen-GARE-oh".
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Nate Burgan, a research manager from Oak Park, Michigan
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Season 31 player (2015-03-23).
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Tyler Van Patten, from Burlington, Wisconsin
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"He's focusing on becoming a corporate attorney, because of his fascination...
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Victor Quillen, a career counselor from Kingsport, Tennessee
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Season 32 player (2015-10-12).
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Brandon Bidlack, a marketing director from Emeryville, California
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Season 31 player (2015-03-19). Brandon won $50,000 on Who Wants to...
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Julia Novakovic, an archivist originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 32 player (2015-10-12). Wife of Season 36 1-time champion Josh...
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Grace Acton, from Harvard, Massachusetts
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"This competitive gymnast is hoping to score a perfect 10 for...
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Olivia Woods, a 12-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio
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"She loves working with little kids and would like to become...
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Emily Rollman, an attorney from Shawneetown, Illinois
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Season 32 player (2015-10-09). Emily won $30,000 on Who Wants to...
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Gina Shaddox, an accounting service representative from Corvallis, Oregon
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Season 31 1-time champion: $11,000 + $2,000.
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Erik Latshaw, a cellar hand from Los Angeles, California
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Season 32 player (2015-10-08). Eric made a "0" with the fingers...
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Alison Burke, a tutor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 32 player (2015-10-07).
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Maria Bennici, a junior from Walkersville, Maryland
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Laurie Corrin, a community volunteer from Kirkland, Washington
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Season 32 player (2016-05-31).
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Wilcley Lima, an I.T. manager originally from Orlando, Florida
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Season 32 player (2016-05-30).
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Sameer Rawal, an internal medicine resident from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 32 player (2015-10-08).
JBoard user name: macsr
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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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Susan Thurman, a scholarship program director from Tucker, Georgia
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Season 32 player (2015-10-07).
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Colin Gleeson, a retail manager from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 31 player (2015-03-17).
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Megan Hauser, an editor and stay-at-home parent from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 32 player (2016-05-27).
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Krissy Brzycki, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"Her love of helping her community and her interest in politics...
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Erin Delaney, an English professor from North Hills, California
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Season 32 2-time champion: $53,999 + $1,000.
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Zia Choudhury, a senior from Paducah, Kentucky
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2008-A Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $18,000. 17 at the time of...
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Victoria Agrinya, a 12-year-old from Woodbridge, Virginia
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"She would like to be a successful entrepreneur when she grows...
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Ben Rudd, a client service specialist from Minneola, Florida
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Season 32 player (2015-10-05).
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Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
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Ted Reinhold, a transportation planner from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 32 player (2016-05-25).
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Heidi Liu, a senior from Plymouth, Minnesota
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Amanda Brock, a biologist from Champaign, Illinois
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Season 32 player (2015-10-05).
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Sarah Trowbridge, a librarian from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 32 player (2016-05-25).
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Lindsay Townes, a Ph.D. candidate in epidemiology from Detroit, Michigan
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Season 32 player (2015-10-02).
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Hank Robinson, a senior from Lithia Springs, Georgia
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Tony Langford, a software engineer from Roswell, Georgia
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Season 32 player (2015-10-02).
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Brian Roberts, an economist from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 32 player (2016-05-24).
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Ezgi Ustundag, a student from Durham, North Carolina
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Season 32 player (2015-10-01).
Last name pronounced like "oo-STOON-dah".
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Taylor Gailliot, from Woodbridge, Virginia
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"When asked what she wanted us to know about her, she...
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Greg Vinton, a ranch hand from North Platte, Nebraska
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Season 32 player (2015-10-01).
JBoard user name: Greg Vinton
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Dominic Clust, from Metairie, Louisiana
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"This future lawyer likes to argue and he's good at it....
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Heidi Eichler, a high school science teacher from Morton Grove, Illinois
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Season 32 player (2016-05-23).
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Dennis Lloyd, a publisher from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 32 player (2015-09-30).
JBoard user name: dlbookman
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Kynan Dias, a film student originally from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 31 player (2015-03-13).
Name pronounced like "KEE-nan DEE-as".
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Amanda Hall, from Farmington, Maine
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"Whether it's writing a biography of Yo-Yo Ma or working on...
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Samantha Budesa, a billing coordinator from Cookeville, Tennessee
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Season 32 player (2015-09-30).
Last name pronounced like "boo-DESS-uh".
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Brad King, an automotive engineer from Hartland, Michigan
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Season 31 player (2015-03-12).
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Shawn Paul, a restaurant manager originally from Waterville, Maine
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Season 31 player (2015-03-13).
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Alan Sherman, a freelance political consultant from Mountain View, California
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Season 32 player (2015-09-29).
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Stephanie Hull, a graduate student of philosophy from Columbia, Missouri
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Season 31 player (2015-03-12). Stephanie's ending score of -$6,800 was the...
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Cam Hoang, an attorney from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 32 player (2015-09-29).
Last name pronounced like "HWANG".
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Jim Luh, an attorney from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 31 player (2015-03-11).
Last name pronounced like "LOO".
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Jedidiah Smith, a technical writer from Denver, Colorado
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Season 32 player (2015-09-28).
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Austin Roberts, a program analyst originally from Spring, Texas
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Season 31 player (2015-03-05).
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Marshall Tan, from Gaithersburg, Maryland
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"His favorite subject is social studies, and he knows a lot...
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Laura Varriale, a government attorney from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 32 player (2015-09-25).
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Rebecca Press Schwartz, a high school administrator from New York, New York
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Season 31 player (2015-03-05).
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Mikki Gibson, a learning architect from Austin, Texas
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Season 31 player (2015-03-10).
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Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
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Penny Reid, a newspaper copy editor from Bloomington, Indiana
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Season 31 1-time champion: $22,400 + $2,000.
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Amanda Fieiras, a registered nurse from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 32 player (2015-09-24).
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Sam Osborne, a graphic design student from Lake City, Florida
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Season 31 player (2015-02-19).
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Mike Ewing, an attorney from Austin, Texas
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Season 31 player (2015-03-09).
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Barbara Gao, an investment analyst from Chandler, Arizona
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Season 32 player (2015-09-23). Barbara won $5,000 on Who Wants to...
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Leatrice Potter, from Olney, Illinois
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"This published poet likes to read at any free moment and...
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Diana Zinser, a lawyer from Berwyn, Pennsylvania
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Season 31 player (2015-02-19).
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Austin Yates, a traffic engineer from Bellevue, Nebraska
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Season 32 player (2015-09-23).
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Meredith Johnson, a senior from University of Minnesota
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Attended the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities...
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Laura Lorson, a newscaster and editor from Perry, Kansas
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Season 31 2-time champion: $33,400 + $2,000. At the time of...
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Jen Jabaily Blackburn, an academic assistant from Northampton, Massachusetts
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Season 31 1-time champion: $19,700 + $2,000.
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Dylan Parson, a student from Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
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Season 32 3-time champion: $29,799 + $2,000.
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Mai Kulkarni, an operations manager from Macon, Georgia
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Season 32 player (2015-09-22).
First name pronounced like "MAY".
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Natalie Kistner, a director of business development from Plano, Texas
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Season 31 player (2015-02-27).
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Rachael Sims, a law school graduate from Sullivan, Illinois
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Season 31 1-time champion: $21,500 + $1,000.
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Richmond Curtiss, a location coordinator from Palm Springs, California
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Season 31 player (2015-02-27).
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Gordon Reid, a project manager from Fort Worth, Texas
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Season 32 player (2015-09-21).
JBoard user name: caknuck
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Lily Foss, a future law student from Manchester, New Hampshire
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Season 31 player (2015-02-26).
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Sue Corbett, a writer from Newport News, Virginia
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Season 32 player (2015-09-21).
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Todd Gonzalez, a paint sales assistant manager from Rochester, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-07-28).
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Eric Matheis, a lecturer from New York, New York
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Season 32 player (2015-09-18).
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Erin Summers, an actuary from Reno, Nevada
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Season 31 player (2015-03-03).
JBoard user name: nuveena
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Gwynne Ash, a university professor from Austin, Texas
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Season 24 1-time champion: $22,400 + $2,000. Gwynne unintentionally tied with...
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Bobby O'Neill, a senior fraud investigator from Andover, Massachusetts
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Season 32 player (2015-09-17).
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Tina Uihlein, a table game dealer originally from Ballwin, Missouri
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Season 32 player (2015-09-18). Last name pronounced like "YOO-line". JBoard user...
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Thomas Phillips, a graduate student originally from Greenville, Alabama
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Season 31 1-time champion: $10,800 + $1,000.
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Jose Garriga, a communications specialist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 31 2-time champion: $38,402 + $2,000.
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Natalie Lips, an office assistant from Lincoln, Nebraska
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Season 32 3-time champion: $57,601 + $1,000.
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Leslie Gordon, a market research analyst originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 31 player (2015-03-02).
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Andy Anderson, a high school math teacher originally from Batavia, Illinois
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Season 32 player (2015-09-15). Andy appeared on the show by winning...
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Kevin Butterfield, a history professor from Norman, Oklahoma
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Season 32 player (2015-09-16).
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Dan Marsh, a supply chain analyst from Corinth, Mississippi
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Season 32 player (2016-07-21).
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Laura Gallo, an internal medicine physician originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 31 1-time champion: $8,799 + $2,000. Laura was a major...
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Sophie Carrell, a graduate student from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 32 player (2016-07-20).
Last name pronounced like "KARE-ul".
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Michael Camiel, a banker and financial analyst from Lutherville, Maryland
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Season 31 player (2015-02-25).
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Kyle Murphy, an I.T. support specialist from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 32 player (2016-07-21).
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Audrey Watkins-Fox, a mortgage coordinator originally from Lockport, New York
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Season 32 2-time champion: $33,000 + $1,000. Audrey won $50,000 on...
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Conor Lastowka, a comedy writer originally from Vienna, Virginia
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Season 32 player (2016-07-20).
Last name pronounced like "lass-TOH-kah".
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Luke Hales, a teacher from Friendswood, Texas
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Season 32 player (2016-07-15).
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Ed Kim, a small business owner from Whittier, California
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Season 32 1-time champion: $17,200 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: mrexley
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Siobhan Quinlan, an Italian instructor and study abroad director from Lexington, Massachusetts
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Season 32 player (2016-07-15).
First name pronounced like "shuh-BAHN".
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Rook Thomas Hine, an operations manager from Brunswick, Maine
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Season 32 player (2015-09-14).
JBoard user name: Rook
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Sue Baker, a medical coder from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 32 1-time champion: $19,000 + $1,000.
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Ken Fischer, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-07-14).
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Ashley Singh, a high school Spanish teacher from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 31 player (2015-02-20).
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Benn Millman, a bank operations manager from Vancouver, British Columbia
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Season 32 player (2016-07-13).
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Shannon Gillard, a certified opthalmic assistant from Lake Charles, Louisiana
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Season 31 player (2015-02-24).
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Jeremy Johnson, a cashier from Pocono Mountain, Pennsylvania
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Season 31 player (2015-02-24).
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Dava-Leigh Brush, a stay-at-home mom from Arnold, Missouri
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Season 31 3-time champion: $31,501 + $2,000.
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Andy Kravis, a freshman from Farmington Hills, Michigan
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Andy was 13 at the...
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Britt Harter, an enviromental sustainability consultant from Dorchester, Massachusetts
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Season 31 player (2015-02-23).
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Gemma Kaneko, a baseball writer originally from Rochester Hills, Michigan
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Season 31 player (2015-02-23).
Name pronounced like "JEM-uh kan-EH-ko".
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Evan Stewart, a sophomore from Frankfort, Kentucky
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2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Evan was 15 at the time...
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Sanjiv Sarwate, a trademark attorney from Round Rock, Texas
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Season 32 player (2016-04-29).
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Tal Nadan, a reference archivist from the Bronx, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-04-29).
Last name pronounced like "NAY-den".
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Megan Selva, a content manager from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 32 player (2016-03-30).
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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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Michelle Bulger Mabery, a management consultant from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 32 player (2016-03-29).
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Ravi Subramanian, a curriculum designer originally from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 31 player (2015-02-18).
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Heather Burnett, an accountant from Orlando, Florida
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Season 32 player (2016-04-28). Not to be confused with 1996 Teen...
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Christina McTighe, a library associate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 31 2-time champion: $36,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "mick-TY".
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Ben Rothenberg, a sportswriter from Washington, D.C.
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Season 32 player (2016-04-28).
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Joan Belen, a homemaker from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-06-26).
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Kent Buxton, a medical student from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 32 player (2016-03-29).
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John Gershkoff, a realtor from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Season 23 player (2006-12-11).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jmgersh
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Stephanie Engel, a children's book managing editor from Douglassville, Pennsylvania
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Season 31 1-time champion: $21,199 + $1,000.
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Ellen Plitt, an emergency room nurse from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 32 player (2016-04-27).
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Doug Behrend, a college professor from Fayetteville, Arkansas
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Season 32 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000.
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Andy Axel, a graduate student in poetry from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 31 1-time champion: $1,599 + $2,000.
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Hans Huizing, a principal from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
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Season 32 player (2016-07-18).
Last name pronounced like "HOW-zing".
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Eamon Doyle, a housekeeper and freelance copy editor from Berkeley, California
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Season 31 player (2015-02-17).
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Sam Gale, a test reader and evaluator from Kernersville, North Carolina
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Season 32 player (2016-03-25).
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Emily DeArdo, a writer from Reynoldsburg, Ohio
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Season 32 player (2016-07-18).
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Susan MacKay Smith, a writer from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 31 player (2015-02-16).
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Vivek Srikrishnan, a graduate student from State College, Pennsylvania
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Season 32 player (2016-03-24).
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Jessica Kiefer, a reference librarian from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 32 player (2016-03-23).
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Stephanie Hunt, a graduate student from Highland Park, New Jersey
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Season 32 player (2016-04-26).
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Jen Kadzie, a technical service manager from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 32 player (2016-03-23).
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Buzzy Cohen, a music executive from Los Angeles, California
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2019 All-Star Games captain of wildcard-match 3rd-place Team Buzzy: a share...
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Carolyn Riegle, a pediatrician from Norfolk, Virginia
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Season 32 player (2016-07-19).
Last name pronounced like the word "regal".
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Michael Koh, a supervisory analyst from Irvine, California
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Season 32 player (2016-04-22).
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Claudia Stucke, a former writer and high school English teacher from Decatur, Georgia
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Season 32 2-time champion: $30,600 + $2,000.
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Lynne Sherwin, a features editor from Akron, Ohio
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Season 23 1-time champion: $22,301 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: barefoot_girl
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Amy Hart, a latent print examiner originally from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 32 player (2016-04-22).
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Steve Stoffle, a leadership trainer from Decatur, Georgia
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Season 32 1-time champion: $17,599 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Melissa Spencer, an adjunct physics instructor and stay-at-home mom from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 32 1-time champion: $13,600 + $2,000.
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Beth Dunn, a product demonstrator from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-04-21). Beth's mother appeared on the original Jeopardy!...
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Tony Nagatani, a junior at Ithaca College from Honolulu, Hawaii
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Tony was 20 at the time...
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Gwen Niksic, a major account manager originally from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 32 1-time champion: $14,000 + $1,000.
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Nikhil Damle, an attorney from Torrance, California
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Season 32 player (2016-04-20). Last name pronounced like "DAHM-lee". Nikhil appeared...
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Chris Horton, a data administrator originally from Manville, Rhode Island
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Season 32 player (2016-03-17).
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Jonpaul Guinn, a quiz host and writer from Providence, Rhode Island
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Season 32 player (2016-04-21). Jonpaul writes and hosts for Geeks Who...
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Geoff Mitelman, a rabbi from Westchester County, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-03-16).
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Amanda Richards, a music teacher from Macon, Georgia
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Season 32 player (2016-04-20).
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Kristen Bancroft, a compliance executive from New York, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-03-15).
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Elena Gray-Blanc, an editor originally from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 32 player (2016-03-16).
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Anne Fritz, an executive director from Memphis, Tennessee
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Season 20 player (2004-06-09).
KJL game 6.
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Sean Cauley, a purchasing manager from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 32 player (2016-03-15).
JBoard user name: SeanC
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Shane Curtis, an assistant professor from Lansing, Kansas
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Season 31 3-time champion: $42,001 + $1,000. Shane was a retired...
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Amanda Darby, a librarian from Frederick, Maryland
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Season 32 player (2016-03-14).
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Hilary Hinzmann, an editor and writer from New York, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-04-19).
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Victor Ferreira, a transplant immunologist from Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
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Season 32 player (2016-03-11).
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David Greenberg, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 32 player (2016-04-18).
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Bob McDonald, an aerospace engineer from San Pedro, California
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Season 22 player (2005-12-26).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: bob_pedro
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Sarah Edwards, a museum docent originally from Richmond, Virginia
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Season 32 player (2016-04-18). Not to be confused with Season 28...
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Katrina Mundinger, a musician from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 32 2-time champion: $22,000 + $2,000.
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Andrew Pau, an assistant professor from Amherst, Ohio
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2017 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 32 6-time champion: $170,202...
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Paul Hoan Zeidler, a writer and director from Los Angeles, California
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Season 32 player (2016-03-08).
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Bill Patschak, a trivia writer from Frederick, Maryland
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Season 32 player (2016-03-09).
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Hannah Gage, an archivist originally from Newport, Oregon
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Season 32 player (2016-04-14).
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Annie Moriondo, a bookseller from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 32 1-time champion: $22,300 + $2,000.
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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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McKinnie Lee Sizemore, a DJ and music journalist from Orlando, Florida
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Season 32 player (2016-04-15). McKinnie won $5,000 on Who Wants to...
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Eric Grebing, an educational researcher from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 32 player (2016-03-07).
Last name pronounced like "GREE-bing".
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Matt Sojot, a firefighter from Mililani, Hawaii
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Season 23 player (2007-04-13). Season 22 player (2006-05-24). Last name pronounced...
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Jason Richards, a pharmacy technician from Old Town, Maine
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 22 4-time champion: $99,200 + $2,000.
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Amy Schmidt, a psychometrician from Doylestown, Pennsylvania
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Season 31 player (2015-01-29).
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Natasha Gainey, an artist from Decatur, Georgia
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Season 32 1-time champion: $14,200 + $1,000.
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Pamela Stewart, an art historian and college professor from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 32 player (2016-04-13).
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Therese Jones, a space policy analyst originally from State College, Pennsylvania
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Season 32 player (2016-03-04).
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Karla Sortland, a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 23 player (2007-06-11). Season 22 player (2006-05-24). Karla was brought...
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Jim Read, a professor of English from Arroyo Grande, California
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Season 31 player (2015-01-30).
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Ted Dorsey, an author and educator from Los Angeles, California
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Season 32 player (2016-03-03).
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Karen Ash, a business analyst from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 31 2-time champion: $49,600 + $2,000.
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Peter Diedrich, an attorney from Sierra Madre, California
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Season 32 player (2016-03-02).
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Cate Hollenbeck, a trust officer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 31 player (2015-01-30).
Sister of Season 36 player Jack McGuire.
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Carter Spires, a law student originally from Birmingham, Alabama
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Season 32 2-time champion: $31,200 + $2,000.
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Soumia Meiyappan, a research associate from Brampton, Ontario, Canada
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Season 32 player (2016-03-03).
Name pronounced like "SOW-mee-ya MAY-yap-pen".
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Kevin Marshall, a student from Metairie, Louisiana
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2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 6-time champion: $98,201...
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John Bozek, an economic development professional from New York, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-03-02).
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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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Marissa Edelman, an attorney from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 31 1-time champion: $9,400 + $2,000.
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Jennifer Hindert, a teacher from San Antonio, Texas
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Season 31 player (2015-01-27).
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Brigid Hannahoe, a pathologist from Buffalo, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-02-29).
JBoard user name: Peachl
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Andrew Smith, an aerospace engineer from Madison, Alabama
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Season 31 player (2015-01-28). Not to be confused with Season 21...
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Neil Sondov, a psychotherapist from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 32 player (2016-07-07).
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Thaddeus Lisowski, a Latin teacher from Alameda, California
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Season 32 player (2016-04-11).
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David Bradley, an author from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 32 2-time champion: $55,000 + $1,000.
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Brian Quinn, a management consultant from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 31 player (2015-01-27).
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Rebecca Harlow, a lawyer from San Francisco, California
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Season 32 player (2016-02-25).
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Catherine Kruchten, an informal educator from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 32 player (2016-04-11).
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Eric Park, a public accountant from Dallas, Texas
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Season 31 player (2015-01-26).
JBoard user name: arekp01
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Ricky Young, a tax accountant originally from Canyonville, Oregon
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Season 32 2-time champion: $40,000 + $2,000.
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Christine Kim, a retired homemaker from Greenwich, Connecticut
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Season 31 2-time champion: $41,401 + $1,000.
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Kim Rohrer, a web production manager from Ossining, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-04-08).
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Matt Hoffer-Hawlik, an investment banker and strategy consultant from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 32 1-time champion: $29,601 + $2,000.
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Sabrina Fritz, an engineering student originally from St. Charles, Missouri
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Season 32 player (2016-04-06).
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Brad Nehring, a copywriter from Federal Way, Washington
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Season 31 1-time champion: $16,001 + $2,000.
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Maggie Schreiter, an artist and stay-at-home mom from Ewing, New Jersey
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Season 31 player (2015-01-22).
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Jen Fiero, a librarian from Jackson, Michigan
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Season 30 2-time champion: $36,000 + $2,000.
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Emily Hillard, a systems coordinator from Evansville, Indiana
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Season 32 player (2016-07-06).
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Mehrun Etebari, a graduate student of international relations from Durham, New Hampshire
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Sarah Boulding, a market research and intelligence senior coordinator from Rockledge, Florida
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Season 31 player (2015-01-23).
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Paul Belin, a business development manager originally from Columbia, Maryland
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Season 32 player (2016-04-06).
Last name pronounced like "BELL-in".
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Mitch Metcalfe, a digital marketer originally from Austin, Texas
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Season 32 player (2016-02-19).
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Todd Coleman, a physics professor from River Falls, Wisconsin
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Season 31 player (2015-01-22).
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TJ Bateman, a software Q.A. lead from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 32 1-time champion: $5,199 + $1,000.
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Joshua Parr, a high school teacher from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Season 32 player (2016-02-22).
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Donna Normington, an office manager from Mesa, Arizona
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Season 31 player (2015-06-23).
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Pat Woodard, a journalist and documentary producer from Denver, Colorado
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Season 32 player (2016-02-19).
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Will Anderson, a senior legislative aide originally from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 31 2-time champion: $23,199 + $1,000.
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Shana Macks, an educator from Arlington, Massachusetts
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Season 32 player (2016-02-18).
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Julie Reynolds, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 22 player (2005-12-26). Not to be confused with Season 29...
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Erin Rhode, a software engineer originally from Plymouth, Minnesota
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Season 31 player (2015-01-21).
Last name pronounced like "ROH-dee".
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Colin Brown, a senior at the University of Rochester from Milwaukie, Oregon
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Daniel Grigg, a beer wholesaler from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 31 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000.
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Leah Turpin, a senior manager of call center operations from Villa Park, Illinois
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Season 31 player (2015-01-19).
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Chris Breen, a sophomore at Princeton University from Springfield, Massachusetts
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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Rebeca Avila, a teacher from Arroyo Grande, California
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Season 31 player (2015-01-20).
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Mehmet Berker, a graphic designer and program manager from Los Angeles, California
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Season 31 player (2015-01-15).
Last name pronounced like "BARE-kare".
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Zach Binney, a Ph.D. student and football analyst from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 32 player (2016-02-16).
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Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
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2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
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Tim Lane, a financial services executive from Montvale, New Jersey
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Season 31 player (2015-01-19).
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Toni Johnson, a retail sales associate from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 32 player (2016-04-05).
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Julie Baker, an attorney from Crestwood, Kentucky
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Season 21 player (2005-07-01).
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Nicholas Bérubé, an architect originally from State College, Pennsylvania
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Season 31 2-time champion: $19,600 + $2,000. Nicholas won $30,000 on...
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Sarah Wright, a school librarian from Plainfield, Indiana
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Season 32 player (2016-02-15).
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Amanda Boitano, a 10th grade English teacher originally from Smithtown, New York
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Season 31 1-time champion: $30,401 + $1,000.
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Patricia Kelvin, an editor of a monthly newspaper from Poland, Ohio
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Season 31 player (2015-01-15).
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Udit Banerjea, an international relations graduate student from Washington, D.C.
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Season 32 1-time champion: $21,300 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "BAN-er-jee".
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Oliver Bundy, an attorney originally from Anchorage, Alaska
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Season 32 player (2016-04-01).
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Joshua Qualls, a theoretical physicist from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 31 player (2015-01-14).
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Fariha Ali, an attorney from Wellesley, Massachusetts
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Season 32 player (2016-03-31).
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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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Jennifer Hartford, an insurance adjuster from West Covina, California
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Season 18 1-time champion: $5,200. Led 5-time champion, 2003 Tournament of...
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Jeremy Reff, a business developer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 31 player (2015-01-13).
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Cheryl Bush, an accountant from Selah, Washington
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Season 21 player (2005-07-06).
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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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Cyndi Pruss, a biochemist from Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Season 31 player (2015-01-14). JBoard user name: cmp146 Husband's JBoard user...
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Abbie Micucci, a stay-at-home mom from Westborough, Massachusetts
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Season 31 player (2015-01-13).
Last name pronounced like "mee-KOO-chee".
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Sita Yerramsetti, an eleven-year-old from Houston, Texas
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"Her heart is set on becoming a cardiac surgeon. From Houston,...
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Lauren Gambier, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 31 player (2015-01-12).
Last name pronounced like "GAM-bee-ay".
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Jack Weisman, a twelve-year-old from Beachwood, Ohio
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"He's considering becoming a lawyer, just like Mom and Dad. From...
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Ricardo Pineres, a government relations professional from Herndon, Virginia
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Season 31 player (2015-01-12).
Last name pronounced like "pin-AIR-ez".
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Alison Jenik, a junior at the University of Maryland from New York, New York
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Brad Shumel, a pharmaceutical medical director from Chappaqua, New York
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Season 33 player (2017-04-07).
Last name pronounced like "SHUM-ull".
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Beth Cimini, a junior at Boston University from East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
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2005 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: BrightStars1212
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Joli Millner, an eleven-year-old from Charlottesville, Virginia
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"No kidding, she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows...
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Raf Noboa y Rivera, a sportswriter from Astoria, New York
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Season 31 player (2015-06-16).
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David Tambling, a strategic planning manager from Menlo Park, California
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Season 21 player (2005-06-23).
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Batya Diamond, a teacher and songwriter from Wilton, Connecticut
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Season 31 player (2015-06-16).
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John Schultz, a computer programmer from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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2015 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 31 5-time champion:...
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David Gatewood, a Ph.D. student from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 33 1-time champion: $21,600 + $1,000.
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Andrea Salt, a twelve-year-old from Gilbert, Arizona
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"This animal lover plans on becoming a veterinarian. From Gilbert, Arizona,...
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Bryce Piotrowski, a twelve-year-old from Madison, Wisconsin
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"He has no idea what he wants to do later in...
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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
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"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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Amy Falconetti, an accountant from Denver, Colorado
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Season 33 player (2017-04-05).
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Rick Knutsen, a musician and stay-at-home dad from Brooklyn, New York
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"A finalist in the 2001 Tournament of Champions, he's a musician...
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Phoebe Juel, a bookseller from Sylva, North Carolina
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"She won the 1993 College Championship while attending Grinnell College. Today...
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Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
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"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
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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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Tom Halpern, a lawyer originally from New York, New York
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"A writer and researcher when he won 5 times in 1991,...
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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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"In 1990, he won the Tournament of Champions. An actuary from...
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Billy Wong, an adjunct professor from Hacienda Heights, California
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Season 33 player (2017-04-03).
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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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Kyle Ziemnick, an eleven-year-old from Purcellville, Virginia
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"He likes logical arguments and debates, so would like to be...
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