#9064, aired 2024-03-21 | CHARACTERS IN BOOK SERIES $200: Glamorous Jessica & good-natured Elizabeth are the teenage twins in this Y.A. series set at a suburban California school Sweet Valley High |
#9061, aired 2024-03-18 | MUSICAL FILMS $800: Reneé Rapp plays Regina George, head of the Plastics, in this 2024 high school musical Mean Girls |
#9059, aired 2024-03-14 | SONGS OF YOUTH $1000: Fresh out of high school, this R&B singer's smash debut album "American Teen", had songs like "Young Dumb & Broke" Khalid |
#9058, aired 2024-03-13 | REAL NAMES OF UNREAL PEOPLE $600: Robert Underdunk Terwilliger is the real name of this vengeful "Simpsons" character Sideshow Bob |
#9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "BIT"TING AT THE CHAMPS $1000: Grossly excessive, like tuition at the Ken Jennings School of Necromancy & Horticulture exorbitant |
#9048, aired 2024-02-28 | ALLITERATIVE PHRASES $200: Pete Davidson told Teen Vogue, "I was" this "in high school, but I always took it too far" class clown |
#9045, aired 2024-02-23 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $200: An ebony-colored commemorative tablet celebrating your running & hurdling during high school a black track plaque |
#9035, aired 2024-02-09 | NUMERICAL TELEVISION $200: On the first episode of this show, a family moves to a new city where brother & sister meet new friends at the posh high school Beverly Hills, 90210 |
#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 |
#22, aired 2023-12-06 | PIZZA AT THE MOVIES $400: Burnout surfer Jeff Spicoli orders a pizza to history class but Mr. Hand is having none of it in this 1982 teen comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
#8975, aired 2023-11-17 | SPRINGSTEEN LYRICS $800: "I had a friend was a big baseball player back in high school he could throw that speedball by you..." "Glory Days" |
#8969, aired 2023-11-09 | FAMOUS FORMER TEACHERS $200: This "Mad Men" star taught drama at his old high school Jon Hamm |
#8969, aired 2023-11-09 | FAMOUS FORMER TEACHERS $800: He taught English at his former high school before finding fame with the musicals "In the Heights" & "Hamilton" Lin-Manuel Miranda |
#8963, aired 2023-11-01 | I'M ON THE CASE $1600: Peruse the appeal that successfully fought the $100 fine this Tenn. high school teacher got in 1925 for teaching evolution Scopes |
#16, aired 2023-10-11 | FICTIONAL TV TOWNS $400: Sunnydale, California (FYI, the local high school sits on top of a portal to a demonic dimension) Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
#15, aired 2023-10-04 | BIG-SCREEN BALLADS $200: When she performed "Crazy For You" in the high school wrestling film "Vision Quest" this pop star was virtually unknown Madonna |
#8936, aired 2023-09-25 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS $200: It's the deportation of a diplomat, or the removal of a troublesome high school student expulsion |
#8933, aired 2023-09-20 | "HIGH" NOTES $2000: Fittingly, Swoosie Kurtz, Joel McCrea & Tuesday Weld are alumni of it Hollywood High |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $200: He helped computerize his high school's scheduling system, went to Harvard in the '70s, dropped out & was a billionaire by 1987 Bill Gates |
#8925, aired 2023-07-28 | MESSIN' WITH TEXAS $200: In 2014 Decatur, Texas rescheduled this holiday back to the 30th, as it conflicted with Friday night high school football Halloween |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | YOU SPEAK LATIN, RIGHT? $1000: Want to start a war? You'd better have this 2-word justification casus belli |
#8864, aired 2023-05-04 | U.S. FACTS & FIGURES $400: 1.5 million high school students took this test in 2021, with an average score of 1060 the SAT |
#8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THAT'S A GOOD SPOT FOR A BREAK $600: The GYA is this association that facilitates an interlude of experience between high school & college the Gap Year Association |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | SCHOOL OF MUSIC $400: All hail Dana Owens, better known by this moniker, who was voted Most Popular at her New Jersey high school Queen Latifah |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | SCHOOL OF MUSIC $800: Hip-hip hooray for this superstar who got into the groove as a cheerleader at her Michigan high school Madonna |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | SCHOOL OF MUSIC $1600: At L.A.'s Fairfax High, he showed a flair for poetry, later heard in his Red Hot Chili Peppers songs Anthony Kiedis |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | SCHOOL OF MUSIC $2000: A member of his Ohio high school drama club, he'd get roles on TV & in films, but he's better known for his own brand of honky-tonk Dwight Yoakam |
#8829, aired 2023-03-16 | COMIC INFLUENCES $200: (I'm Patton Oswalt.) In high school I couldn't get enough of this comedy troupe who had it all--SPAM, the Spanish Inquisition, a dead parrot, the dirty fork--nudge, nudge, wink, wink; know what I mean, say no more Monty Python |
#8828, aired 2023-03-15 | POP CULTURE $800: Prior to being the silent half of a magic duo, he taught high school Teller |
#8825, aired 2023-03-10 | FUTURE OSCAR WINNERS $800: Once upon a time at his Kickapoo High School in Missouri, he was on the student council & was also voted Best Dressed Brad Pitt |
#8825, aired 2023-03-10 | FUTURE OSCAR WINNERS $1200: She knew acting was her calling after playing Lady Macbeth in a high school production Frances McDormand |
#8816, aired 2023-02-27 | HOME FROM COLLEGE $4,000 (Daily Double): Home in Jersey City, stroll with your high school crush in Liberty State Park on the banks of this river the Hudson River |
#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 |
#8815, aired 2023-02-24 | LITERARY REUNIONS $2000: Some 20 books in, he won a Pulitzer for "American Pastoral", which delves deep into the psyche at a 45th high school reunion Philip Roth |
#8813, aired 2023-02-22 | WELCOME BACK! $600: Set in a high school, the '70s TV series "Welcome Back, Kotter" made this no-longer-high school-age star a star (John) Travolta |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $400: This actress from an iconic TV show played the latter airhead in "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" Lisa Kudrow |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $800: It's a gathering following the main blowout; the title one on Apple TV+ follows a high school reunion & is marred by murder after party |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $1200: This Showtime series about soccer players lost in the woods ended season 1 with the main 4 as adults heading to their high school reunion Yellowjackets |
#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 |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $2000: In the reunion movie "10 Years", she played the girlfriend of her then-husband Jenna Dewan (formerly Jenna Dewan-Tatum) |
#8803, aired 2023-02-08 | SHOW ME MISSOURI SHOW BIZ PEOPLE $200: On "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt", Ellie Kemper put her ex-St. Louis high school teacher, this star here, to work as a cult leader Jon Hamm |
#8781, aired 2023-01-09 | ALL THE RIGHT MOVIES $400: "All the Right Moves" starred a young Tom Cruise as a Pennsylvania high school kid desperate for a scholarship in this sport football |
#8768, aired 2022-12-21 | GEOGRAPHY THAT MADE HISTORY $1000: You can visit the Central High School National Historic Site at 2120 West Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive in this city Little Rock |
#8765, aired 2022-12-16 | TV & MOVIE PLACES $1200: TV's Buffy Summers attends high school in this town Sunnydale |
#8758, aired 2022-12-07 | TV SIDEKICKS $600: Ron Stoppable is the trusted sidekick of this animated high school crime fighter Kim Possible |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | POLITICIANS BACK IN THE DAY $200: Yes, it really is this ex-veep in a pic from his Indiana high school, where he chaired the Funday Talent Committee (Mike) Pence |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | POLITICIANS BACK IN THE DAY $600: In his high school yearbook this ex-Jersey governor noted his special friendship with Jill was special & shouted out someone named Fat Jack Christie |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | POLITICIANS BACK IN THE DAY $800: After high school it was off to Harvard for this man, but he'd interrupt his education to serve in the Navy after World War II Bobby Kennedy |
#8731, aired 2022-10-31 | TELEVISION $800: Clark Kent's high school years & time at Central Kansas A&M were covered in this show named for Clark's hometown Smallville |
#8731, aired 2022-10-31 | BOOK SEQUELS $1600: In Tom Perrotta's 2022 sequel, this ambitious teenage girl from "Election" is now a high school assistant principal Tracy Flick |
#8728, aired 2022-10-26 | THE NUMBER IN MUSIC $400: Later an actor & a Grammy winner, he teamed with Big Boi, with whom he went to high school in Atlanta André 3000 |
#8723, aired 2022-10-19 | TV $1000: Paul Feig created this beloved but short-lived series about high school burnouts & nerds Freaks and Geeks |
#8700, aired 2022-09-16 | THINK FAST $400: For a 1982 film this title school home to "fast times" was played by Van Nuys high school & Canoga Park High School Ridgemont High |
#8687, aired 2022-07-19 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $800: In 1925, this high school teacher was put on trial for teaching evolution in his Tennessee classroom Scopes |
#8687, aired 2022-07-19 | KEY $1000: This community service & leadership organization has Key Club International, for high school students Kiwanis International |
#8656, aired 2022-06-06 | MOVIE TITLES OF A LIFETIME (NETWORK) $1000: A high school vampire tale punned on "Eat, Pray, Love" with "Drink", this synonym for murder, "Love" slay |
#8643, aired 2022-05-18 | SETTING, THE BROADWAY STAGE $200: This show is set in & around Rydell High School Grease |
#8639, aired 2022-05-12 | OCCUPATIONAL HOMONYMS $400: It can mean highest in rank or value, as well as someone of high rank at your school principal |
#8630, aired 2022-04-29 | POLITICIANS IN THEIR SCHOOL DAYS $800: Hair's--uh, make that here's this ex-congressman & now MSNBC host in his high school days Scarborough |
#8630, aired 2022-04-29 | POLITICIANS IN THEIR SCHOOL DAYS $1600: After high school, he became a Navy SEAL; he'd grapple with some bodywork, act a bit, & get to governing after that Jesse Ventura |
#8630, aired 2022-04-29 | POLITICIANS IN THEIR SCHOOL DAYS $2000: About a decade after high school, he was elected to the Connecticut State Senate in 1970; the U.S. Senate came later (Joseph) Lieberman |
#8619, aired 2022-04-14 | NUMBER WORDS $1600: This slang number for a certain crop is thought to date to a San Rafael, California high school in the early 1970s 420 |
#8605, aired 2022-03-25 | POP MUSIC PHILLY-STYLE $800: Fabian & this "Twist" sensation attended South Philadelphia High School together in the '50s Chubby Checker |
#8601, aired 2022-03-21 | FILMS OF THE 1990s $1000: Kat & Bianca Stratford attend Padua High School in this 1999 film loosely based on "The Taming of the Shrew" 10 Things I Hate About You |
#8552, aired 2022-01-11 | MOVIES BY ANTAGONIST $400: 1986:
Chicago-area high school dean of students Ed Rooney Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
#8540, aired 2021-12-24 | ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL MOVIES? $800: As a high school football star in a Pennsylvania steel town, this actor had "All the Right Moves" Cruise |
#8525, aired 2021-12-03 | DENNIS QUAID MOVIE ROLES $1600: High school baseball coach Jimmy Morris, who makes the Major Leagues The Rookie |
#8510, aired 2021-11-12 | THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT $2000: Seen here is this numerical group plus their NAACP adviser who integrated Arkansas' Central High School in 1957 the Little Rock Nine |
#8491, aired 2021-10-18 | DISNEY SONGS $600: Sung by Troy & the gang, a song from this TV movie says, "We're all in this together, once we know that we are we're all stars..." High School Musical |
#8488, aired 2021-10-13 | THE SABBATH $800: NFLer Davion Taylor held onto his football dreams though this Christian faith kept him from playing high school football Seventh-day Adventist |
#8487, aired 2021-10-12 | OUR LEAD SINGER $400: Before Maroon 5, his high school band called Kara's Flowers appeared in an episode of "Beverly Hills 90210" Adam Levine |
#8480, aired 2021-10-01 | ALLITERATION $800: Drew Brees, who didn't put on pads until high school, started an organization to promote this coed, non-contact game flag football |
#8454, aired 2021-07-29 | SOMETHING $400: Not surprisingly, this future host of "The Daily Show" was voted Best Sense of Humor at his New Jersey high school Jon Stewart |
#8444, aired 2021-07-15 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $200: We will always love this late, great singer who got her first record offer while still in high school Whitney Houston |
#8444, aired 2021-07-15 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $400: As a high schooler in Freehold, New Jersey, he played with a group called The Castiles Bruce Springsteen |
#8435, aired 2021-07-02 | TV IS SO HIGH SCHOOL $200: Sunnydale High seems like hell & sits atop an actual hellmouth Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
#8435, aired 2021-07-02 | TV IS SO HIGH SCHOOL $400: Will Schuester & Sue Sylvester were on staff at William McKinley High in Lima, Ohio Glee |
#8435, aired 2021-07-02 | TV IS SO HIGH SCHOOL $600: Both on the Upper East Side, Constance Billard School for Girls & St. Jude's School for Boys Gossip Girl |
#8435, aired 2021-07-02 | TV IS SO HIGH SCHOOL $800: Zack & A.C. roamed the halls of Bayside High in Palisades, California Saved By the Bell |
#8435, aired 2021-07-02 | TV IS SO HIGH SCHOOL $1000: Neptune High, where mysteries abounded Veronica Mars |
#8423, aired 2021-06-16 | DEAR DIARY $1200: Jim Carroll recounted his youth as a drug-addicted high school sports star in the "Diaries" named for this sport basketball |
#8421, aired 2021-06-14 | MUSICAL SEQUELS $1200: Zac, Vanessa & the gang spend a summer vacation working at Lava Springs Country Club in 2007's this movie "2" High School Musical |
#8419, aired 2021-06-10 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $1600: This Army major & his 21 associates were recognized with congressional gold medals for their work on yellow fever Walter Reed |
#8383, aired 2021-04-21 | THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME $200: MSD Strong, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in this southern state know it was named for a writer & activist Florida |
#8383, aired 2021-04-21 | THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME $600: In 2020 Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield, Virginia was renamed for this late congressman & civil rights icon John Lewis |
#8382, aired 2021-04-20 | MOVIE TO STAGE $1000: Tina Fey wrote the book for this musical adaptation about surviving high school cliques Mean Girls |
#8372, aired 2021-04-06 | A STUDENT OF TELEVISION $200: Kevin McHale sang strong as high school student Artie Abrams on this FOX show Glee |
#8372, aired 2021-04-06 | A STUDENT OF TELEVISION $800: High school QB Jason Street's life changed forever after he was injured in the very first episode of this show in 2006 Friday Night Lights |
#8360, aired 2021-03-19 | DOES THAT RING A BELL? $600: Also the name of a high school-set sitcom, this phrase for timely intervention comes from boxing Saved By the Bell |
#8350, aired 2021-03-05 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: The current CEOs of Adobe & MasterCard went to the same high school in Hyderabad in this country India |
#8340, aired 2021-02-19 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $1600: 1988: A high school teacher successfully inspires some students to learn advanced math Stand and Deliver |
#8307, aired 2021-01-05 | FICTIONAL SCHOOLS $1200: In a Y.A. series identical twins Jessica & Elizabeth Wakefield attend this fictional high school in Southern California Sweet Valley High |
#8307, aired 2021-01-05 | FICTIONAL SCHOOLS $4,000 (Daily Double): Chamberlain, Maine's Thomas Ewen Consolidated High School hosts a memorable prom in this 1974 novel Carrie |
#8280, aired 2020-11-13 | CELEBRITY CLASS OF 1980 $2000: At her Connecticut high school most of this lawyer and conservative media pundit's jabs were as a member of the fencing team Ann Coulter |
#8246, aired 2020-09-28 | MOVIN' ON "UP" $800: Traditionally this 13-letter word was used to refer to a junior or senior in high school or college an upperclassman |
#8238, aired 2020-09-16 | TV SHOWS BASED ON BOOKS BY WOMEN $800: 3 young E.T.s appear as humans & attend a New Mexico high school in books by Melinda Metz, the basis for this TV show Roswell |
#8224, aired 2020-05-28 | CHOIR PRACTICE $200: Choral Director Magazine says in high school this Italian term "is all the rage", fueled by the "Pitch Perfect" movies a cappella |
#8220, aired 2020-05-22 | YEARBOOK PHOTOS OF PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT $200: Even in high school, it was clear he'd join his dad's business, the U.S. Navy; he also served 30-plus years in the Senate (John) McCain |
#8220, aired 2020-05-22 | YEARBOOK PHOTOS OF PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT $1000: When this Kentucky man was in high school, his dad was in Congress; nice bow tie, senator (Rand) Paul |
#8204, aired 2020-04-16 | ON THE RECENT BESTSELLER LIST $600: High school detention leads to murder in Karen McManus' "One of Us Is" doing this Lying |
#8198, aired 2020-04-08 | THE DRAKE PASSAGE $800: On this TV series Drake played Jimmy Brooks, a high school basketball star confined to a wheelchair Degrassi: The Next Generation |
#8188, aired 2020-03-25 | SHORT RUNS ON BROADWAY $400: Based on a Stephen King novel, this '88 musical featured a high school dance to remember but closed after only 5 performances Carrie |
#8185, aired 2020-03-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2,000 (Daily Double): This march by Sir Edward Elgar is commonly played at high school & college graduations "Pomp And Circumstance" |
#8179, aired 2020-03-12 | TV TALK $800: In the unaired one of these for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", Buffy is a brunette & goes to Berryman High School a pilot |
#8169, aired 2020-02-27 | A LITTLE ALLITERATION $1600: In high school, courses such as history, geography & civics come under this heading social studies |
#8163, aired 2020-02-19 | FAMOUS TEXANS $800: Like a good Texan, he played high school football but an injury put him in a cast for six months so he turned to other pursuits (Patrick) Swayze |
#8155, aired 2020-02-07 | SLANG TERMS $1200: To garner extremely high marks in a school examination is more slangily to do this 3-letter word to "that test" ace |
#8148, aired 2020-01-29 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2020 $400: In 2017 19% of U.S. high school students experienced this type of intimidation by peers while on school property bullying |
#8139, aired 2020-01-16 | ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA $1600: In 1957 the integration of Central High School in this state capital became international news Little Rock |
#5, aired 2020-01-09 | COMEDIANS $800: Seen here, this Brit played a high school director in "Hamlet 2" & got blown to bits as a director in "Tropic Thunder" Steve Coogan |
#4, aired 2020-01-08 | I JUST TOOK A DNA TEST $800: (Glenn Close delivers the clue.) I'm a co-founder of Bring Change to Mind, an organization working to end stigma & normalize conversations around mental health; we are changing attitudes & behavior through science- & evidence-based high school club programs which are expanding across the country. Because I love science, I had this, my full set of chromosomes, sequenced to better understand my family's history of mental illness a genome |
#1, aired 2020-01-07 | SCHOOL DAYS $800: High school math! These equations that don't use exponents are so named because of the way they can be graphed linear equations |
#8131, aired 2020-01-06 | FOREIGN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2000: A university in the Netherlands is named for this Dutch humanist; a Brooklyn high school is called his "Hall" Erasmus |
#8126, aired 2019-12-30 | TV MOVIES $400: In 2006, the first "High School Musical" gave this actor his breakout role Zac Efron |
#8120, aired 2019-12-20 | ON A FIRST NAME BASIS WITH THAT SHOW $1000: About Ms. Porter, who impulsively goes to college in New York City to be with high school crush Ben Felicity |
#8095, aired 2019-11-15 | CLASSIC AMERICAN PLAYS $1200: In this Jason Miller drama, members of a high school basketball team celebrate the 20th anniversary of their state title That Championship Season |
#8047, aired 2019-09-10 | 36 TIMES THE FUN $600: As a young man, this 36th president taught debate & public speaking at Sam Houston High School LBJ |
#8044, aired 2019-07-25 | TV SPINOFFS $400: This animated MTV series about 2 high school numbskulls featured a cynical female foil named Daria, who got her own series Beavis and Butthead |
#8020, aired 2019-06-21 | AWARDS & HONORS $200: A society that honors high school journalism students is called this fancy feather pen "and Scroll" quill |
#8020, aired 2019-06-21 | AWARDS & HONORS $600: Regeneron has taken over sponsorship from Intel of the STS, short for this, a competition for high school seniors the Science Talent Search |
#8008, aired 2019-06-05 | NEW ON TV IN THE YEAR 2000 $2000: This David E. Kelley series focused on the lives of teachers & students at a Beantown high school Boston Public |
#8004, aired 2019-05-30 | WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA? $400: Developed by 2 17th century thinkers & rivals, it's used to calculate rates of change & to torment high school students calculus |
#7999, aired 2019-05-23 | LOS ANGELES IN THE MOVIES $400: Interiors of Grant High School (OMG, totally in the Valley!) were used in this film with Alicia Silverstone as Cher Clueless |
#7965, aired 2019-04-05 | BOOK TITLE NAMES $400: High school is complicated for "Me and" him "and the Dying Girl" Earl |
#7947, aired 2019-03-12 | COLORFUL BANDS $400: Flea & Anthony Kiedis of this group first met when they were in high school the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
#7938, aired 2019-02-27 | RECENT BOOKS $1000: He wrote "Little Children", covered high school in "Election", then gave us "Mrs. Fletcher", whose son is off to college Tom Perotta |
#7916, aired 2019-01-28 | NONFICTION $800: This hashtag is the title of a memoir by David & Lauren Hogg, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School #NeverAgain |
#7877, aired 2018-12-04 | FEMALE PLAYWRIGHTS $2000: This 1988 play by Wendy Wasserstein records the life of a woman from her high school years into middle adulthood The Heidi Chronicles |
#7873, aired 2018-11-28 | DENZEL WASHINGTON FILMS BY ROLE $200: Virginia high school football coach Herman Boone Remember the Titans |
#7858, aired 2018-11-07 | A WORD OF ADVICE $800: Advice on where to go; you might get it from the same type of high school counselor guidance |
#7855, aired 2018-11-02 | THE GENDER-FREE OPTION $200: How about "first year" instead of this term for students entering high school freshmen |
#7852, aired 2018-10-30 | ART FOR ART'S SAKE $800: A high school's painting from his "Willie Gillis" WWII series became a $1.9 million windfall for students in 2014 (Norman) Rockwell |
#7847, aired 2018-10-23 | I GO TO FAMOUS PERSON HIGH SCHOOL $600: Kensington, Md. kids! No pressure living up to this scientist who had an annus mirabilis ("year of marvels") in 1905 Albert Einstein |
#7847, aired 2018-10-23 | I GO TO FAMOUS PERSON HIGH SCHOOL $800: Los Angeles St. in the city of angels boasts a school named for this woman, one of Mexico's most notable painters (Frida) Kahlo |
#7831, aired 2018-10-01 | COUNTRY, HIP-HOP & JAZZ $2000: Just out of high school in 1944, this "Kind of Blue" trumpeter sat in with a band that had Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker Miles Davis |
#7795, aired 2018-06-29 | DEATH OF A SALESMAN $1600: Characters in the play include Willy's wife Linda & 2 sons, Happy & him, a former high school football star Biff |
#7773, aired 2018-05-30 | POLITICO $600: In high school this U.S. senator played soccer & basketball & was named Most Likely to Become the Next Geraldo Rivera Ted Cruz |
#7773, aired 2018-05-30 | VISITORS FROM SPACE $1200: This WB TV series about high school students, some with powers not of this Earth, bore the name of a town in the Southwest Roswell |
#7762, aired 2018-05-15 | MUSIC $1000: In a Khalid song about high school kids, these 2 title adjectives follow "Young" dumb and broke |
#7761, aired 2018-05-14 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $200: The title of this Taylor Swift hit is the age of many high school freshmen "Fifteen" |
#7751, aired 2018-04-30 | THE B.G.s $400: He co-founded a company called Traf-O-Data while still in high school Bill Gates |
#7744, aired 2018-04-19 | FICTIONAL STUDENTS $400: The "Me" of this novel title is "a senior a Benson High School in lovely inner-city Pittsburgh" Me and Earl and the Dying Girl |
#7744, aired 2018-04-19 | FICTIONAL STUDENTS $1200: High school kid Charlie realizes being shy has its "Perks" in this Stephen Chbosky novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower |
#7741, aired 2018-04-16 | DISNEY CHANNEL MOVIES FLASHBACK $400: It featured Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay & some catchy tunes; 'nuff said High School Musical |
#7723, aired 2018-03-21 | I'VE SEEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT ON BROADWAY $1000: As the song says, "They'll pass you by", & this musical about former high school pals opened & closed May 6, 2008 Glory Days |
#7717, aired 2018-03-13 | IT'S TRADEMARKED $400: Don't use this 3-letter abbrev. for a high school equivalency exam or diploma generically--it's a trademark a GED |
#7665, aired 2017-12-29 | MATH $600: In 3x = 5 + y, if x = 4, then y = this; having high school flashbacks yet? 7 |
#7656, aired 2017-12-18 | PHILIP K. DICK $1200: Both PKD & Ursula K. Le Guin were class of 1947 at the same high school in this university city near Oakland Berkeley |
#7628, aired 2017-11-08 | BROADWAY 2017 $1600: Ben Platt won the 2017 Tony for his performance as a high school senior coping with a classmate's death in this hit musical
"'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass / Waving through a window..." Dear Evan Hansen |
#7623, aired 2017-11-01 | KEVIN $1600: Before his 21-year NBA career, this big man (then big kid) led his high school team to the Chicago city title in 1995 Kevin Garnett |
#7616, aired 2017-10-23 | REMEMBER THE... $800: T.C. Williams High School football--
"Remember the ____" Titans |
#7609, aired 2017-10-12 | HELLO, DOLLY! $1000: This line of dolls includes First Day of School Frankie Stein Monster High |
#7576, aired 2017-07-17 | SCHOOLS ON SCREENS $200: Judge Reinhold & Jennifer Jason Leigh had some "Fast Times" at this school Ridgemont High |
#7562, aired 2017-06-27 | NET FLICKS $200: The high school basketball team from Hickory, Indiana is trying to win the state championship in this favorite Hoosiers |
#7545, aired 2017-06-02 | CANDIDATE $400: Vying for high school president, Tracy Flick must be stopped in this 1999 movie, & Matthew Broderick is on the job Election |
#7526, aired 2017-05-08 | THE "A.P." $200: A.P. is this type of course taught in high school with an exam for college credit Advanced Placement |
#7508, aired 2017-04-12 | BACK TO SCHOOL WITH POLITICIANS $400: Though he lost his bid to become U.S. president, he was class president at his Brooklyn high school Bernie Sanders |
#7508, aired 2017-04-12 | BACK TO SCHOOL WITH POLITICIANS $600: He graduated from his Baton Rouge high school with a 4.62 grade point average & was voted most likely to succeed Bobby Jindal |
#7508, aired 2017-04-12 | BACK TO SCHOOL WITH POLITICIANS $800: A star debater at her Oklahoma high school, she would get a full debate scholarship to George Washington University Elizabeth Warren |
#7508, aired 2017-04-12 | BACK TO SCHOOL WITH POLITICIANS $1000: In his senior year at his Columbus, Georgia high school, he was voted most intellectual Newt Gingrich |
#7494, aired 2017-03-23 | BIG SCREEN LITERARY ADAPTATIONS $400: "Easy A" reimagined this Hawthorne tale in a modern high school The Scarlet Letter |
#7455, aired 2017-01-27 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $3,000 (Daily Double): After graduating from high school, he worked as a mailroom clerk at the Kansas City Star & made $7 his first week (Harry) Truman |
#7400, aired 2016-11-11 | A STUDENT OF FILM $800: Imagine you're this 2008 film guy; you're an immortal vampire! Bella has caught your eye! But you're in high school... forever! Edward |
#7400, aired 2016-11-11 | A STUDENT OF FILM $1200: 4 high school friends decide to make their own kind of fashion statement in 2005's "The Sisterhood of" these the Traveling Pants |
#7399, aired 2016-11-10 | IT HAPPENED IN THE 20th CENTURY $200: On May 18, 1954 The New York Times headlined, "High Court Bans School" this divisive practice segregation |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | TV GUIDES $200: Giles, the librarian at Sunnydale High School, served as the watcher to this title student Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
#7362, aired 2016-09-20 | FRIENDS $400: Then known as Lew Alcindor, this 7'2" basketball star was a high school friend of not 7'2" funnyman Billy Crystal Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
#7319, aired 2016-06-09 | BEVERLY HILLS $600: Lenny Kravitz let love rule along with Maria McKee & this Guns N' Roses guitarist as classmates at B.H. high school Slash |
#7309, aired 2016-05-26 | MY FIRST CAR $400: This Cleveland hoops star had a first car fit for a king--a Hummer that he got while in high school LeBron James |
#7294, aired 2016-05-05 | TEACHERS $800: This magician must have spoken when he taught Latin at a New Jersey high school (Raymond) Teller |
#7294, aired 2016-05-05 | TEACHERS $1600: Seen here, former Philly high school teacher Jesse Williams is Dr. Jackson Avery on this TV drama Grey's Anatomy |
#7281, aired 2016-04-18 | U.S. GOVERNORS $200: This future governor led her high school basketball team to the 1982 Alaska state championship Sarah Palin |
#7280, aired 2016-04-15 | TV SHOWS BASED ON MOVIES $400: Billy Bob Thornton played a high school football coach in this 2004 film; Kyle Chandler in the TV series Friday Night Lights |
#7260, aired 2016-03-18 | TOM, DICK & HARRY $1600: Named for a 5-time All Pro, this award goes to the best linebacker in high school, college & pro football the Dick Butkus Award |
#7215, aired 2016-01-15 | 2 WORDS, 7 LETTERS $1600: Some who graduate high school in 2016 will start college in 2017 & take this time off school in between a gap year |
#7205, aired 2016-01-01 | SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $2000: This seminal NYC punk band performed the title track for the 1979 cult film "Rock 'N' Roll High School" The Ramones |
#7159, aired 2015-10-29 | WHAT'S YOUR MOVIE NUMBER? $1200: 1999:
"The Taming of the Shrew" goes to high school 10 Things I Hate About You |
#7152, aired 2015-10-20 | FIRST LADIES $800: After graduating from high school, she completed a 2-year secretarial course at Georgia Southwestern College Rosalynn Carter |
#7152, aired 2015-10-20 | CHARACTERS ON STAGE $1600: High school science teacher Bertram Cates, defense attorney Henry Drummond, prosecutor Matthew Brady Inherit the Wind |
#7138, aired 2015-09-30 | A FEW GOOD "MEN" $200: Term for first-year high school or college students freshmen |
#7131, aired 2015-09-21 | SCHOOL DAYS $200: A member of the high school band, he turned down a music scholarship to pursue another dream... Bam! Emeril Lagasse |
#7131, aired 2015-09-21 | SCHOOL DAYS $600: It's now or never to name this rocker seen here in his high school freshman year in New Jersey Jon Bon Jovi |
#7129, aired 2015-09-17 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $200: Here's something about this "There's Something About Mary" star: she went to high school with Snoop Dogg Cameron Diaz |
#7102, aired 2015-06-30 | DOCTOR WHO $400 (Daily Double): ...came out of Cornell med school & revolutionized dieting with his high-protein, low-carb system (Robert) Atkins |
#7098, aired 2015-06-24 | BASKETBALL: SCREEN & ROLE $1600: This Bucks, Celtics & Heat sharpshooter played a high school phenom in Spike Lee's "He Got Game" Ray Allen |
#7096, aired 2015-06-22 | FIORELLO LaGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMS $200: Gene Anthony Ray went to LaGuardia's precursor, the School of Performing Arts, & won renown in this movie about it Fame |
#7096, aired 2015-06-22 | FIORELLO LaGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMS $400: We wonder how many times this "Cabaret" star had to tell teachers at roll call, "Yes, it's spelled with a 'Z'" Liza Minnelli |
#7096, aired 2015-06-22 | FIORELLO LaGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMS $600: Once Mariah Carey's "Idol" co-judge, she wanted to speak at her old school, but the principal nixed the cameras Nicki Minaj |
#7096, aired 2015-06-22 | FIORELLO LaGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMS $800: She made friends at Fiorello before making "Friends" serving coffee at "Central Perk" Jennifer Aniston |
#7096, aired 2015-06-22 | FIORELLO LaGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMS $1000: Whether you take the red pill or the blue one, this alum opened Neo's eyes to reality in "The Matrix" (Laurence) Fishburne |
#7089, aired 2015-06-11 | DIFFERS BY A VOWEL $1200: Formal high school dance &
British baby buggy prom & pram |
#7076, aired 2015-05-25 | TV-"G" $200: After graduating from high school on this series, Rachel & Kurt headed to New York Glee |
#7070, aired 2015-05-15 | HE GREW UP TO BE PRESIDENT $2000: In 1924, at the age of 15, he graduated from his Texas high school, then worked as a grape picker Lyndon Baines Johnson |
#7060, aired 2015-05-01 | TV "NIGHT" $400: "Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can't lose" was a motto on this series about high school football Friday Night Lights |
#7050, aired 2015-04-17 | SPORTS MOVIES $200: This 1986 movie tells the story of how a small-town high school basketball team became Indiana state champions Hoosiers |
#7049, aired 2015-04-16 | 2014 ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY $800: "Felicia", a 1965 documentary about a high school student living in this L.A. neighborhood before the riots Watts |
#7045, aired 2015-04-10 | LITERARY LANDMARKS $400: Philip Roth bus tours take you to his boyhood home & high school in this largest New Jersey city Newark |
#7000, aired 2015-02-06 | THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME! $1600: A high school for health professions near the Texas Medical Center campus is named for this heart surgeon Michael DeBakey |
#6998, aired 2015-02-04 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $1000: The Percheron is a large horse; this is a large bird heron (in Percheron) |
#6997, aired 2015-02-03 | THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION $600: Laurence Olivier wants an answer to this 3-word question in "Marathon Man", then he strikes a nerve Is it safe? |
#6997, aired 2015-02-03 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2015 $1000: "On July 14, 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will fly by" this "on its way to the Kuiper belt" Pluto |
#6996, aired 2015-02-02 | IN THE STATE CAPITAL $400: Central High School, site of a 1957 clash on desegregation Little Rock |
#6996, aired 2015-02-02 | TEXT TALK $1000: On dating sites, discerning types may want to stay away from the acronym NSA, meaning this no strings attached |
#6962, aired 2014-12-16 | PICTURE THE POLITICAN $600: Class president & prom king, he doesn't look much different today than he did in high school Paul Ryan |
#6934, aired 2014-11-06 | AT THE MOVIES 10 YEARS AGO $800: Cady moves from the jungles of Africa to those of high school & gets in with an A-list clique in this film Mean Girls |
#6928, aired 2014-10-29 | THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW SCHOOL $400: Its law school is named for Utah native J. Reuben Clark, who rose to high posts in the State & Justice Departments Brigham Young |
#6916, aired 2014-10-13 | THE CAST OF FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH $400: Anthony Edwards went from Ridgemont on to medical school to play doctor Mark Greene on this NBC drama E.R. |
#6914, aired 2014-10-09 | EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION $800: Gleeks will speak of William McKinley High School & this singing star Emmy-nominated for her role of Rachel Berry Lea Michele |
#6914, aired 2014-10-09 | EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION $1200: Weeks & weeks at William McKinley High School were seen on this coming-of-age Fred Savage sitcom on ABC The Wonder Years |
#6914, aired 2014-10-09 | EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION $2000: She was high-school coach's wife Tami Taylor before moving to another down-home show Connie Britton |
#6890, aired 2014-07-25 | NONFICTION $1200: This book about high school football, "a town, a team, and a dream" inspired a movie & a TV series; go Panthers! Friday Night Lights |
#6863, aired 2014-06-18 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAYS $500 (Daily Double): This Wendy Wasserstein play follows the life of an art historian from high school through her 30s The Heidi Chronicles |
#6857, aired 2014-06-10 | TV & MOVIE SCHOOLS $2000: On "Glee", music's in the air at this Ohio high school that bears a presidential name McKinley High |
#6854, aired 2014-06-05 | PSYCHOLOGY $1600: This psychiatrist became enamored with inkblots in high school & later published his research in a 1921 book (Hermann) Rorschach |
#6833, aired 2014-05-07 | READ"ING" $10,000 (Daily Double): Squire Allworthy is a character in a 1749 novel by this man (Henry) Fielding |
#6827, aired 2014-04-29 | THE NEW YORK TIMES YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST $600: (I'm Andrew R. Sorkin.) I wrote my first article for the Times in 1995 when I was still in high school about "Why You Still Can't Buy a Flaming Pink Computer"; this Apple model came along 3 years later the iMac |
#6826, aired 2014-04-28 | GERMAN CITIES $1600: In Augsburg, home of these "elder" & "younger" portrait artists, a high school bears their name Holbein |
#6809, aired 2014-04-03 | MUSIC OF THE 2000s $600: The video for this 2005 song is bananas, featuring Harajuku Girls & the Fountain Valley High School marching band "Hollaback Girl" |
#6802, aired 2014-03-25 | MOVIE SOURCE MATERIAL $1600: This Shakespeare play was updated to a high school in 1999 & hit cinemas as "10 Things I Hate About You" Taming of the Shrew |
#6801, aired 2014-03-24 | FOREST KNOWLEDGE $800: Playing tackle for Palisades High was good practice for the role of sack-happy Charles Jefferson for this title school in 1982 Ridgemont High |
#6779, aired 2014-02-20 | FEMALE FANTASY CHARACTERS $600: She's a recently relocated & torn-between-2-creatures Forks High School student Bella Swan |
#6778, aired 2014-02-19 | SORORITY SISTERS $2000: Chi O! & Roll Tide! This author won a Pulitzer for fiction in 1961 Harper Lee |
#6767, aired 2014-02-04 | JOHN HUGHES MOVIES $600: This film takes place entirely on a single Saturday in a high school The Breakfast Club |
#6746, aired 2014-01-06 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1200: In a bestselling tale about high school, Bel Kaufman took us "Up the Down" this Staircase |
#6731, aired 2013-12-16 | LET'S ROCK! $1600: The Ramones:
"Rock 'n' Roll ____ ____" High School |
#6714, aired 2013-11-21 | FAMOUS FORMER TEACHERS $400: This "Mad Men" star taught drama at his old high school in Missouri Jon Hamm |
#6710, aired 2013-11-15 | ON HIS PRESIDENCY'S SECRET SERVICE $200: Counterfeiting was its target when the Secret Service was created July 5, 1865, early in this new president's term Andrew Johnson |
#6709, aired 2013-11-14 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1988 it became the first Canadian city to host the winter Olympics Calgary |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | TV SHOWS BY NERD $800: Jefferson High School student Potsie Weber Happy Days |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | T.P., YOUR HOUSE $1000: Tony Parker, your house in this state contained an autographed MJ jersey until one of your security men swiped it Texas |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | TALKIN' MATH $1000: In calculus, it's what the notation df/dx represents; don't try to be original derivative (differentiation accepted) |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | TV SHOWS BY NERD $2000: Bayside High School student Samuel "Screech" Powers Saved by the Bell |
#6707, aired 2013-11-12 | THE RACE IS TO THE STRONG $1000: The brutal Barkley Marathons came to be after news of this assassin covering only 8 mi. after fleeing a Tenn. prison in 1977 James Earl Ray |
#6700, aired 2013-11-01 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $400: The traditional number of days in a U.S. school year, it's the title of a PBS "Inside An American High School" program 180 |
#6693, aired 2013-10-23 | SPORTS BOOK $200: "Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream" high school football |
#6684, aired 2013-10-10 | PLAY BALL MUSIC $400: This Springsteen song starts "I had a friend was a big baseball player back in high school" "Glory Days" |
#6665, aired 2013-08-02 | 8-LETTER WORDS $400: A first-year high school student a freshman |
#6664, aired 2013-08-01 | AT THE TOY STORE $1000: Dolls that are part of the student body of this school include Frankie Stein & Draculaura Monster High |
#6644, aired 2013-07-04 | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $800: (CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary delivers the clue.) I'm having a flashback to my high school days lately, listening to the hip-hop trio known as "A Tribe Called" this Quest |
#6624, aired 2013-06-06 | THEY'RE AFTER THE "CHEE"s $600: Hip hip oh no!
It's been called the most dangerous female sport in high school & college cheerleading |
#6609, aired 2013-05-16 | USING ALGEBRA AFTER HIGH SCHOOL $400: 5/4 = 30/x;
x = this 24 |
#6609, aired 2013-05-16 | USING ALGEBRA AFTER HIGH SCHOOL $800: Solve for x:
5x + 2x = 14 2 |
#6609, aired 2013-05-16 | USING ALGEBRA AFTER HIGH SCHOOL $1200: Solve for x in the math problem seen here 1/3 |
#6609, aired 2013-05-16 | USING ALGEBRA AFTER HIGH SCHOOL $1600: The stadium holds 4,500 seats;
80%, this many, are filled 3600 |
#6609, aired 2013-05-16 | USING ALGEBRA AFTER HIGH SCHOOL $2000: 3x - y = 8
2x + y = 7;
solve for
x & y x = 3; y = 1 |
#6608, aired 2013-05-15 | SOWETO $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Soweto, South Africa.) Bringing Soweto to the world's attention, a march beginning here at Naledi High School was one of the dramatic moments in the 1976 protests against the forced teaching of this language Afrikaans |
#6608, aired 2013-05-15 | TECHIE DROPOUTS $1600: Never mind college--David Karp, founder of this "acrobatic" blogging site, didn't finish high school Tumblr |
#6604, aired 2013-05-09 | WHATEVER $400: This is how he looked in high school; today he's a talented actor & director as well Ben Affleck |
#6537, aired 2013-02-05 | HIGH SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY $400: State where you'd find Cambridge Rindge & Latin School, dating back to 1648 Massachusetts |
#6537, aired 2013-02-05 | HIGH SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY $800: It's the closest river to Carver High in Memphis, Tennessee the Mississippi River |
#6537, aired 2013-02-05 | HIGH SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): This Alabama city, the first Confederate capital, has a Jefferson Davis High Montgomery |
#6537, aired 2013-02-05 | HIGH SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY $1200: Claire Danes went to the Dalton School in this New York City borough Manhattan |
#6537, aired 2013-02-05 | HIGH SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY $2000: The Indians play sports for Central High in this Wyoming city Cheyenne |
#6535, aired 2013-02-01 | AMERICAN NOVELISTS $1600: Ernest Gaines made high school reading lists with this novel about a man awaiting execution A Lesson Before Dying |
#6534, aired 2013-01-31 | AFTER SCHOOL $400: At Katy (Texas) High School, Renee Zellweger was big into this club, a preview of her career choice drama |
#6493, aired 2012-12-05 | POPULAR MECHANICS $400: Aaaaaay! This "Happy Days" mechanic got out of the garage to be Dean of Boys at a vocational high school the Fonz |
#6482, aired 2012-11-20 | TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL $800: Batman's chilly foe "Mr." this commits crimes to help his love Nora; we can't allow that at Jeopardy! High Mr. Freeze |
#6466, aired 2012-10-29 | 2-LETTER RESPONSES $400: High school students can often earn college credits by taking this type of course or exam AP |
#6424, aired 2012-07-19 | PUT ME IN, MOVIE COACH! $1000: He played an Indiana high school hoops coach in 1986 & a Washington pro football coach in 2000 Gene Hackman |
#6421, aired 2012-07-16 | NO. 1 AT THE BOX OFFICE $1000: In the third entry in this series, from 2008, Troy & Gabriella might be headed for different colleges--time to sing! High School Musical |
#6421, aired 2012-07-16 | I'M ON THE CASE $2,000 (Daily Double): Peruse the appeal that successfully fought the $100 fine this Tenn. high school teacher got in 1925 for teaching evolution (John) Scopes |
#6371, aired 2012-05-07 | THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME $200: A high school in north Hollywood, California is named for this aviator who lived nearby before she disappeared Amelia Earhart |
#6371, aired 2012-05-07 | "V"OCABULARY $400: In high school "Weird Al" Yankovic was this highest-ranking member of the class academically valedictorian |
#6369, aired 2012-05-03 | SHE'S SO COOL $800: After appearing in "High School Musical", she released her cool debut single "Come Back To Me" Vanessa Hudgens |
#6369, aired 2012-05-03 | POP MUSIC $800: Ontario native seen here
back in high school. We hear she had a thing
for "Sk8er Bois" Avril Lavigne |
#6366, aired 2012-04-30 | ABBREV. $2000: Before starting high school you might have had a DPAT booster that protects against tetanus, diphtheria & this "P" pertussis |
#6325, aired 2012-03-02 | I GOT 3 LETTERS! $400: This 3-letter credential equal to a high school diploma, dating back to the 1940s G.E.D. |
#6318, aired 2012-02-22 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $400: We wonder if he was a heartbreaker back at his Gainesville, Florida high school Tom Petty |
#6318, aired 2012-02-22 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $600: He rose to the rank of Commodore after graduating from Joliet Township High School in Illinois Lionel Richie |
#6318, aired 2012-02-22 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $800: She faced many hurdles at her Missouri high school before hitting it big with songs like "If It Makes You Happy" Sheryl Crow |
#6318, aired 2012-02-22 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $1000: In 2011 this rap-rocker, seen here without his hat, made a surprise visit to his alma mater, Romeo High School Kid Rock |
#6313, aired 2012-02-15 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE CLINTON $200: Young Bill won so many honors, the high school principal barred him from running for student body pres in this Arkansas town Hot Springs |
#6308, aired 2012-02-08 | THE 21st CENTURY $1,500 (Daily Double): Named for this San Franciscan, the USA's first public high school for gay students opened in 2003 Harvey Milk |
#6299, aired 2012-01-26 | SPORTS BY MOVIE $800: "Remember the Titans" high school football |
#6288, aired 2012-01-11 | CATHOLIC PRIESTS $1000: This spiritual "director" doesn't arrange your holiday, he helps young men pursue their calling to the priesthood a vocation director |
#6267, aired 2011-12-13 | CHAMBER MUSIC $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in a practice room with a string quartet at the Juilliard School in New York.) In a tragic moment in Smetana's quartet titled "From My Life" a high note depicts the ringing that preceded this affliction, a terror for composers deafness |
#6238, aired 2011-11-02 | YOU'RE A "CHAMP"! $800: 4 old buddies relive glory days of high school hoops in this play That Championship Season |
#6226, aired 2011-10-17 | PRO TEENS $200: This 2008 NBA MVP jumped to the Lakers straight from a Pennsylvania high school (Kobe) Bryant |
#6217, aired 2011-10-04 | EMMY-WINNING GUEST APPEARANCES $1,200 (Daily Double): In 2010 Neil Patrick Harris won for playing Mr. Schuester's former high school nemesis on this series Glee |
#6212, aired 2011-09-27 | EDUCATION $600: Since the 1950s the College Board has administered this program that lets high school kids study closer to college level the AP (or Advanced Placement) |
#6203, aired 2011-07-27 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2000: This university in a borough named State College was founded in 1855 as a 4-year college called Farmers' High School Penn State |
#6159, aired 2011-05-26 | AUTHORS $200: While attending Lisbon Falls High School in Maine, this horror author published a newspaper, The Village Vomit Stephen King |
#6150, aired 2011-05-13 | NOTABLE EDUCATORS $2,000 (Daily Double): This high school teacher was involved in a little trial in Dayton, Tennessee in July 1925 (John T.) Scopes |
#6148, aired 2011-05-11 | CELEBRITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL $200: No big shock--he's the radio personality seen here in his senior year Howard Stern |
#6148, aired 2011-05-11 | CELEBRITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL $400: She's the future Oscar winner seen here in her senior year Meryl Streep |
#6148, aired 2011-05-11 | CELEBRITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL $600: Had he bragged to fellow students that he was going to be an American rock idol, they might have said "Dream On" (Steven) Tyler |
#6148, aired 2011-05-11 | CELEBRITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL $800: This actor, whose earliest ambition was to become President, still entertains thoughts of a political run Alec Baldwin |
#6148, aired 2011-05-11 | CELEBRITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL $1000: We're happy to "report" that this young pundit, seen here, was voted wittiest student Stephen Colbert |
#6143, aired 2011-05-04 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $1600: The Ramones, about this title institute of learning: "Well, I don't care about history" "Rock 'n' Roll High School" |
#6141, aired 2011-05-02 | BIG-SCREEN EDUCATORS $400: 1995: Michelle Pfeiffer as ex-Marine & inner city high school teacher Louanne Johnson Dangerous Minds |
#6137, aired 2011-04-26 | SPORTS-POURRI $600: This MVP from Akron considered petitioning to enter the NBA draft after his junior year... of high school LeBron James |
#6093, aired 2011-02-23 | CELEBRITEENS $2000: In 2010, this actress seen here celebrated her sweet 16 & was voted homecoming queen at her high school Dakota Fanning |
#6041, aired 2010-12-13 | "1", "2", "3" $1200: In 1978, for a Texas high school football team, Geral Fauss made the 1st big hands representing this 3-word phrase We're Number One |
#6031, aired 2010-11-29 | HOLLYWOOD UGLY $1000: Rachael Leigh Cook, the "ugly duckling", is pursued by Freddie Prinze Jr. in this high school comedy She's All That |
#5982, aired 2010-09-21 | ZAC(H/K) ATTACK $800: He'll forever be remembered as Troy Bolton, the captain of his high school's basketball team who can sing Zac Efron |
#5975, aired 2010-07-30 | IT'S GOOD TO BE HIM $600: Nice H.S. grad present! Nike signed him to a $90 million contract before he'd even played 1 game as a Cleveland Cavalier LeBron James |
#5965, aired 2010-07-16 | CONAN THE DOCUMENTARIAN $800: 2 high school basketballers were the subjects of this 1994 Oscar-nominated film; that game is boring without swords Hoop Dreams |
#5947, aired 2010-06-22 | REAL NAMES IN SPORTS $1000: Brooklyn Pope was a McDonald's High School All-American before playing for this state university of New Jersey Rutgers |
#5895, aired 2010-04-09 | CELEBRITY MEMOIRS $2000: "Shooting Stars" tells of his meteoric rise from high school ball to one of the highest paid players in the NBA LeBron James |
#5880, aired 2010-03-19 | HISTORIC WOMEN $400: She was a teacher & administrator at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta for about 17 years until 1946 Mother Teresa |
#5853, aired 2010-02-10 | OBAMAMANIA $400: In high school Barack was known as "O'bomber", due to his skills in this sport basketball |
#5846, aired 2010-02-01 | FRATERNITIES $1200: Key Club is a high school branch of the fraternal organization begun in 1915 the Kiwanis |
#5828, aired 2010-01-06 | YOU'VE BEEN TRADED $400: In 1996 the Hornets traded the rights to this then-H.S. scoring phenom to the Lakers for Vlade Divac; ouch Kobe Bryant |
#5801, aired 2009-11-30 | FILM SCHOOL $400: 1982:
Dudes! Sean Penn has a pizza delivered during class Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
#5791, aired 2009-11-16 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $1600: A 2009 book by David Cullen looks at the myths surrounding the April 1999 shootings at this high school Columbine |
#5789, aired 2009-11-12 | HIGH SCHOOL -- ON FILM $400: This character is on a high school field trip when he's bitten by a radioactive arachnid Spider-Man |
#5789, aired 2009-11-12 | HIGH SCHOOL -- ON FILM $800: Jon Heder played this lovable, unpopular high schooler helping a friend win an election to class president Napoleon Dynamite |
#5789, aired 2009-11-12 | HIGH SCHOOL -- ON FILM $1200: In "She's the Man", this actress was the young woman pretending to be her brother at a boarding school Amanda Bynes |
#5789, aired 2009-11-12 | HIGH SCHOOL -- ON FILM $1600: Channing Tatum played rebellious street dancer Tyler Gage in this film about reaching higher for your dreams Step Up |
#5789, aired 2009-11-12 | HIGH SCHOOL -- ON FILM $2000: A secret school in the clouds for superhero kids is the main location of this film starring Michael Angarano Sky High |
#5788, aired 2009-11-11 | HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL $200: The Alabama High School Athletic Association says the most important health safeguard during workouts is plenty of this water |
#5788, aired 2009-11-11 | HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL $400: In 1985 Dirk Borgognone of Reno High set a record that still stands with a 68-yard one of these a field goal |
#5788, aired 2009-11-11 | HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL $600: In this state, high school football is a big deal & Longview vs, Marshall is one of the great rivalries Texas |
#5788, aired 2009-11-11 | HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL $800: Total number of regulation minutes in most high school football games 48 |
#5788, aired 2009-11-11 | HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL $1000: In 2007 the Supreme Court ruled high school coaches can be kept from contacting 8th graders for this purpose recruitment |
#5787, aired 2009-11-10 | THE CW $200: How embarrassing! Annie & Dixon's dad is the principal of West Beverly, their high school, on this soapy series 90210 |
#5785, aired 2009-11-06 | CELEBS $200: Sharpay in "High School Musical", she voices Candace on "Phineas and Ferb" Ashley Tisdale |
#5780, aired 2009-10-30 | DROP OUT $600: After dropping out of high school, he ran McDonald's & became a McMillionaire Kroc |
#5780, aired 2009-10-30 | DROP OUT $800: This fur mogul & high school dropout has been called America's first multimillionaire (John Jacob) Astor |
#5773, aired 2009-10-21 | ARE YOU TOYING WITH ME? $1600: You can get Troy & Gabriella dolls dressed for the prom from this TV/film series High School Musical |
#5772, aired 2009-10-20 | FAMOUS TRIALS $400: (Jack Ford delivers the clue.) A high school football coach as well as biology teacher, he volunteered to be the defendant in what became a world-famous test case on evolution (John) Scopes |
#5763, aired 2009-10-07 | THE BOOK OF JOHN $800: He departed from legal thrillers with "Bleachers", about the impending death of a high school football coach John Grisham |
#5741, aired 2009-07-20 | CELEBRITY YEARBOOK SUPERLATIVES $200: Voted most popular at her East Nashville high school, in the '80s, she'd become the talk of the town Oprah Winfrey |
#5741, aired 2009-07-20 | CELEBRITY YEARBOOK SUPERLATIVES $400: In 1994 his California high school voted him "most likely to succeed"; you watch golf? Tiger Woods |
#5741, aired 2009-07-20 | CELEBRITY YEARBOOK SUPERLATIVES $600: At her New York high school in 1999, she was voted most likely to appear on "Jeopardy!"; we'd love to have her Natalie Portman |
#5741, aired 2009-07-20 | CELEBRITY YEARBOOK SUPERLATIVES $800: At her Virginia high school, this "Speed" star was voted "most likely to brighten your day" Sandra Bullock |
#5741, aired 2009-07-20 | CELEBRITY YEARBOOK SUPERLATIVES $1000: At his Longview, Texas high school in 1988, this actor was voted most handsome Matthew McConaughey |
#5691, aired 2009-05-11 | TAKE A "SHOT" $800: For olympians, the ball weighs 16 pounds; for high school boys, 12, in this event the shotput |
#5676, aired 2009-04-20 | BEHIND THE SEUSS-IC $1,500 (Daily Double): This book sells about 300,000 copies each year because so many people give it to college & high school graduates Oh, the Places You'll Go! |
#5666, aired 2009-04-06 | A SALUTE TO SALLY FIELD $800: America first fell in love with Sally when she played this role shortly out of high school Gidget |
#5654, aired 2009-03-19 | FIRST LADIES $200: She was valedictorian of Plains High School, class of 1944 (Rosalynn) Carter |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | SPORTS ON THE 8s $200: One explanation for this Laker's jersey switch from 8 to 24 was that 24 was his high school number Kobe Bryant |
#5585, aired 2008-12-12 | A ROLE IN THE HAY $800: Meryl Streep played this beautiful blonde bumpkin in her high school's production of "Li'l Abner" Daisy Mae |
#5570, aired 2008-11-21 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENS $400: It's all been uphill for this "Grey's Anatomy" hunk since he was a downhill skiing champ in high school (Patrick) Dempsey |
#5568, aired 2008-11-19 | AMERICAN NOVELISTS $400: He wrote "Carrie" while teaching high school English at Hampden Academy in Maine (Stephen) King |
#5566, aired 2008-11-17 | BALLETS THAT TEENS LIKE $1200: A high school is one of the settings for "Blue Suede Shoes", a ballet danced to this singer's hits Elvis Presley |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | GOSSIP GIRLS $1200: She returned for "Senior Year", reprising her role as Gabriella Montez in "High School Musical 3" Vanessa Hudgens |
#5556, aired 2008-11-03 | THE "7"-YEAR ITCH $2,600 (Daily Double): Federal troops enforced integration at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in this year 1957 |
#5551, aired 2008-10-27 | GET YOUR GHOST $200: A ghost sighted at a Malaysian high school in 2002 had this odd distinction, like a Washington Irving horseman headless |
#5543, aired 2008-10-15 | AT THE MOVIES $600: Richard Dreyfuss & Ron Howard are 1962 high school grads cruising around town in this 1973 film American Graffiti |
#5525, aired 2008-09-19 | WE LOVE THE THEATRE $800: A long-running Off-Broadway hit revolves around an "Awesome '80s" one of these high school dances a prom |
#5514, aired 2008-07-24 | ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL STARS $1000: Before he was in Middle-earth as Aragorn in "Lord of the Rings", he was on ABC as Tim in "High School Narc" Viggo Mortensen |
#5513, aired 2008-07-23 | STORIED HOTELS $1200: Tragedy strikes a high school student staying at the Waldorf in this Nebraska woman's 1905 story "Paul's Case" Willa Cather |
#5508, aired 2008-07-16 | TELEVISION $200: Kyle Chandler is the coach of a small-town high school football team on this critically acclaimed TV show Friday Night Lights |
#5496, aired 2008-06-30 | THE ONION'S GLOSSARY OF ELECTION TERMS $400: This type of ballot doesn't "involve... having to get up off the couch & walk to a high school gymnasium" an absentee ballot |
#5475, aired 2008-05-30 | CHEMISTRY $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Jeopardy! lab.) Putting dry ice in water shows a solid transforming directly into a gas, a process called this sublimation |
#5458, aired 2008-05-07 | COLLEGE SPORTS FILMS $600: Shot at University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Back to School" features Rodney Dangerfield competing in this aquatic sport high-diving |
#5427, aired 2008-03-25 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $600: A high school equivalency diploma is referred to by these 3 letters G.E.D. |
#5426, aired 2008-03-24 | THE PURSUIT OF HAPPY DAYS $200: Before he directed Rene Russo in "Ransom", this "Happy Days" actor went to high school with her Ron Howard |
#5403, aired 2008-02-20 | HIGH SCHOOL $200: The friendship of this rock band's Anthony Kiedis & Flea began at L.A.'s Fairfax High the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
#5403, aired 2008-02-20 | HIGH SCHOOL $400: French, Spanish & Italian are in this branch of languages Romance languages |
#5403, aired 2008-02-20 | HIGH SCHOOL $600: "Unlock" the future by joining this public service club, a member of the Kiwanis International family a Key Club |
#5403, aired 2008-02-20 | HIGH SCHOOL $800: In Lewiston, Idaho there's a college named for Lewis & Clark & a junior high named for this Indian guide Sacagawea |
#5403, aired 2008-02-20 | HIGH SCHOOL $1000: From the Latin for "to call", this type of high school is for those who plan to enter a trade, not college a vocational high school |
#5403, aired 2008-02-20 | 3 CHEERS FOR CHEERLEADERS $1200: She led cheers at her New Jersey high school before acting in "Brothers & Sisters" Calista Flockhart |
#5401, aired 2008-02-18 | ADJECTIVES $1200: A style of sofa, or an adjective preceding "playoffs" in high school sports sectional |
#5398, aired 2008-02-13 | HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALS $400: Tracy Turnblad learns a new style of dancing when she's sent to detention in this 2007 movie musical Hairspray |
#5398, aired 2008-02-13 | HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALS $800: As Gabriella, this gal sang "When There Was Me And You" in "High School Musical" (Vanessa) Hudgens |
#5398, aired 2008-02-13 | HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALS $1200: I'm "Hopelessly Devoted" to this 1978 musical that's set at Rydell High Grease |
#5398, aired 2008-02-13 | HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALS $1600: In "Raise Your Voice", this teen idol leaves her small town to go to a prestigious California music school Hilary Duff |
#5398, aired 2008-02-13 | HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALS $2000: This 1980 film was set at the N.Y. High School for Performing Arts; a TV show, reality show & musical followed Fame |
#5348, aired 2007-12-05 | GRAPHIC NOVELS ON FILM $2000: Thora Birch & Scarlet Johansson are best friends who move in together after high school in this novel film Ghost World |
#5284, aired 2007-07-26 | MUSIC CLASS $600: In 1890 this composer wrote a rousing number called "The High School Cadets", heard here (John Philip) Sousa |
#5283, aired 2007-07-25 | OPERAS TEENS LOVE $2000: A high school graduation party leads to romance in "The Tender Land" by this "Appalachian Spring" composer Aaron Copland |
#5281, aired 2007-07-23 | THEY USED TO BE CHEERLEADERS $200: She probably wrote about her cheerleading days at Katy High School in Texas in her own diary, not Bridget Jones's (Renée) Zellweger |
#5281, aired 2007-07-23 | THEY USED TO BE CHEERLEADERS $800: These 2 stars of "Desperate Housewives" were high school cheerleaders (hint: they're both brunettes) Eva Longoria & Teri Hatcher |
#5276, aired 2007-07-16 | WHEN THEY WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL $400: He ran track at Skyline High in Oakland--good practice for the role of Forrest Gump Tom Hanks |
#5276, aired 2007-07-16 | WHEN THEY WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL $800: As a teen in B.C., she said her goal was "to be a California beach bum"--she got her wish on "Baywatch" Pamela Anderson |
#5276, aired 2007-07-16 | WHEN THEY WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL $1200: To make extra money, she sometimes cleaned out the tour bus for her mom Naomi & sister Wynonna Ashley Judd |
#5276, aired 2007-07-16 | WHEN THEY WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL $1600: As a high school basketball star in Irvington, N.J., this "Royal" rapper led her team to 2 state championships Queen Latifah |
#5276, aired 2007-07-16 | WHEN THEY WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL $2000: He played quarterback for the Terrell High School tigers before we won an Oscar for playing Ray Charles Jamie Foxx |
#5244, aired 2007-05-31 | AMERICANA $600: As in the title of a movie & a TV series, it's game night for U.S. high school football Friday night |
#5231, aired 2007-05-14 | A DREW BARRYMORE FILM FESTIVAL $1600: In this 1999 romantic comedy, Drew went undercover as a high school student to get a news story Never Been Kissed |
#5202, aired 2007-04-03 | AMERICAN FACES $1200: This actress & director seen here was the valedictorian at her French-language high school in Los Angeles (Jodie) Foster |
#5198, aired 2007-03-28 | 2-LETTER RESPONSES $1200: High school students can earn college credit by taking this type of course & passing the exam AP |
#5169, aired 2007-02-15 | WELCOME TO "HIGH" SCHOOL $200: It's the "HD" in HDTV (in which I look fabulous) high definition |
#5169, aired 2007-02-15 | WELCOME TO "HIGH" SCHOOL $400: Common 2-word term also known as "haute couture" high fashion |
#5169, aired 2007-02-15 | WELCOME TO "HIGH" SCHOOL $600: Got a haughty attitude? I'd advise you to get off this 2-word metaphorical beast high horse |
#5169, aired 2007-02-15 | WELCOME TO "HIGH" SCHOOL $800: Also known as hypertension, this condidtion affects far more African Americans on average than white Americans high blood pressure |
#5169, aired 2007-02-15 | WELCOME TO "HIGH" SCHOOL $1000: Cymbal-ically, it's the drum kit piece that fits the category high hat |
#5168, aired 2007-02-14 | THE CW $600: Taking buses from Bed-Stuy to Corleone Junior High School is an adventure in hilarity on this show Everybody Hates Chris |
#5166, aired 2007-02-12 | SCREEN TEENS $400: A karaoke contest unites Gabriella & Troy in this song-&-dance fest from Disney High School Musical |
#5164, aired 2007-02-08 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENS $400: This First Lady was on her high school's debating team--good practice for her Senate career Hillary Rodham Clinton |
#5164, aired 2007-02-08 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENS $2000: In the '70s she was a high school cheerleader in Virginia; "Today" she anchors the network news (Katie) Couric |
#5141, aired 2007-01-08 | WRESTLING $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew grapples with another clue from the University of Iowa.) To get one of these--& win the match--the shoulders have to be pinned to the mat for 1 second--2 seconds in high school a fall |
#5071, aired 2006-10-02 | DISNEY CHANNEL $400: The song heard here was on the soundtrack to this 2006 Disney Channel movie
"This could be the start of something new /
It feels so right..." High School Musical |
#5068, aired 2006-09-27 | 1970s ROCK $200: In 1972 the band White Clover changed to this "state"ly name; its members went to Topeka West High School Kansas |
#5059, aired 2006-09-14 | TV THEMES THAT HIT THE CHARTS $2000: This sitcom taught us to laugh at high school adversity Welcome Back, Kotter |
#5045, aired 2006-07-14 | HOMETOWN ATHLETES $600: Known as "Junior", this Cincinnati high school superstar joined the Reds in 2000 Ken Griffey, Jr. |
#5022, aired 2006-06-13 | SEE FOR YOURSELF $400: Oh, the horror of this 1966 Lisbon Falls, Maine high school graduate seen here Stephen King |
#5008, aired 2006-05-24 | THE JEOPARDY! MOVIE "CLUB" $1200: 1985:
5 high school students endure a daylong detention The Breakfast Club |
#4998, aired 2006-05-10 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN $600: This hit off "Born in the U.S.A." begins, "I had a friend was a big baseball player back in high school" "Glory Days" |
#4996, aired 2006-05-08 | NO. 1 ALBUMS $1200: 2006:
The first TV movie soundtrack to ever hit No. 1, from this Disney Channel movie High School Musical |
#4989, aired 2006-04-27 | WHAT A GOOD IDEA! $200: Tofu or not tofu: in 2004 Grady High School in Atlanta introduced a lunch line for those who eat this kind of diet vegetarian |
#4969, aired 2006-03-30 | TV TITLE REFERENCES $1600: Opening in 2005, a look back at some members of the high school class of 1986 Reunion |
#4966, aired 2006-03-27 | FAKE ROCK BANDS & SINGERS $800: Not The Who but The Why played the Polk High School Reunion on this sitcom that featured Al & Peg Bundy Married... with Children |
#4938, aired 2006-02-15 | THEIR TEEN YEARS $2000: This politician met his future wife, Tipper, at a high school dance in the 1960s Al Gore |
#4937, aired 2006-02-14 | KEANU, ASHTON OR EINSTEIN $600: A high school dropout but later graduated from college Einstein |
#4926, aired 2006-01-30 | CELEBRITY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK $200: This comedian was once suspended for three days from his Andover, Massachusetts high school for burning rubber in the parking lot Jay Leno |
#4926, aired 2006-01-30 | CELEBRITY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK $400: A cheerleader & 1980 graduate of Van Nuys High School; years later, she'd be "Idol"ized by millions Paula Abdul |
#4926, aired 2006-01-30 | CELEBRITY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK $600: Sadly, this 1949 Fairmount, Indiana high school graduate would live but a few years after his picture was taken James Dean |
#4926, aired 2006-01-30 | CELEBRITY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK $800: This actress has total recall of her high school days in Pennsylvania, as a self-described uber-geek & outsider Sharon Stone |
#4926, aired 2006-01-30 | CELEBRITY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK $1000: He's the 12-time Grammy-winning country music legend & 1950 Dyess High School graduate seen here Johnny Cash |
#4913, aired 2006-01-11 | CLEVELAND ATHLETES $200: In 2003 he went directly from high school to the Cleveland Cavaliers & became the NBA's Rookie of the Year LeBron James |
#4867, aired 2005-11-08 | STATE "NC" $1200: High school math may include these, a term first used by Descartes in 1637 & involving variables functions |
#4863, aired 2005-11-02 | MOOSE-PODGE $1200: In Archie comics Moose is the dimwitted football hero who attends this high school along with Archie Riverdale High |
#4860, aired 2005-10-28 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1600: It's an alternate name for a high school yearbook an annual |
#4824, aired 2005-07-21 | UNKNOWN SPANIARDS $800: He was named for his sub-high school level of formal education El Ementary |
#4808, aired 2005-06-29 | WHO PLAYED 'EM $1200: 2004:
Cady Heron, who loves & hates the "Mean Girls" at her high school Lohan |
#4771, aired 2005-05-09 | EDUCATION $200: The 89% high school graduation rate of this "Garden State" is the USA's highest New Jersey |
#4769, aired 2005-05-05 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT... $800: He taught debate & public speaking at a Houston, Texas high school Lyndon B. Johnson |
#4762, aired 2005-04-26 | MOVIE PORTRAYALS $800: In a 2005 film it's tough love for a high school basketball team when Samuel L. Jackson plays this coach Coach Carter |
#4736, aired 2005-03-21 | NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $200: In 1998 Congress designated this Little Rock high school a National Historic Site Central High |
#4702, aired 2005-02-01 | RECENT CINEMA $800: This film tells the story of the 1988 championship football season of the Permian High School Panthers Friday Night Lights |
#4700, aired 2005-01-28 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENS $400: This TV "Friend" was a cheerleader at Mountain Brook High School in Alabama Courteney Cox |
#4700, aired 2005-01-28 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENS $1600: This "boulder" sized wrestler & movie star was a star football player at Freedom High School in Bethlehem, Pa. The Rock |
#4681, aired 2005-01-03 | EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION $400: This show focused on the escapades of Zack, Screech & their friends at Bayside High School Saved by the Bell |
#4677, aired 2004-12-28 | ONWARD CHRISTIAN SLATER $200: 1989: Christian & Winona Ryder plot to kill their high school classmates Heathers |
#4652, aired 2004-11-23 | POP CULTURE 2004 $2000: A 2004 comedy starred Jon Heder as high school geek Napoleon, with this explosive last name Dynamite |
#4636, aired 2004-11-01 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: High school & college graduates should know that this march by Elgar is also known as "Land Of Hope And Glory" "Pomp And Circumstance" |
#4626, aired 2004-10-18 | BOOK SERIES $1000: Junior High, High School & University are included in this Francine Pascal series known as "SV" Sweet Valley |
#4624, aired 2004-10-14 | HUMANITARIAN LADIES $400: Throughout the 1930s, she taught geography at St. Mary's High School in Eastern India Mother Teresa |
#4559, aired 2004-06-03 | EDUCATION $800: Restored to its original look, the USA's first public one of these opened in St. Louis in 1873 a kindergarten |
#4544, aired 2004-05-13 | "G" FORCE $800: In a word, it's the rock 'n' roll musical set at Rydell High School Grease |
#4524, aired 2004-04-15 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $2000: A Falls Church, VA. high school is named for this 3-initialed Confederate cavalryman J.E.B. Stuart |
#4496, aired 2004-03-08 | JOHNNY DEPP ROLES $1600: Undercover high school policeman Tom Hanson 21 Jump Street |
#4481, aired 2004-02-16 | TV TEEN DRAMAS $600: Smallville High School reporter Chloe has written for this big city newspaper The Daily Planet |
#4480, aired 2004-02-13 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENS $400: Sandra Bullock is no Bozo, but in high school she was voted class this clown |
#4477, aired 2004-02-10 | TALES OUT OF SCHOOL $400: In a high school football rivalry going back to 1907, Kirkwood & Webster Groves, Mo. play on this day each year Thanksgiving |
#4477, aired 2004-02-10 | TALES OUT OF SCHOOL $800: In 1997, to commemorate the events of 1957, this Arkansan ceremonially opened Central High in Little Rock (Bill) Clinton |
#4477, aired 2004-02-10 | TALES OUT OF SCHOOL $2000: 1979 Nobel Laureates Steven Weinberg & Sheldon Glashow were classmates at the Bronx High School of this Science |
#4471, aired 2004-02-02 | NOTED BLACK AMERICANS $2000: A junior high school in Harvey, Illinois is named for this "In the Mecca" poet Gwendolyn Brooks |
#4450, aired 2004-01-02 | HOOP-LA $800: ( Hi, I'm Malik Rose of the NBA.) I attended the same Philadelphia high school as this late, great 7 foot 1 center Wilt Chamberlain |
#4446, aired 2003-12-29 | TELEVISION & THE '60s $400: By the time this series ended, it was set in the '60s & The Fonz had become Dean of Boys at a high school Happy Days |
#4439, aired 2003-12-18 | WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG $400: During his summers in high school, Ronald Reagan worked as one of these, maybe inspiring David Hasselhoff lifeguard |
#4381, aired 2003-09-29 | "UP THE" $1000: Sandy Dennis starred in the film version of this Bel Kaufman tale set in a high school Up the Down Staircase |
#4376, aired 2003-09-22 | "R" MOVIES $800: In this 2002 film Dennis Quaid played a high school baseball coach who tries out for the big leagues The Rookie |
#4364, aired 2003-07-17 | -OLOGIES $200: A high school requirement for many, it's the scientific study of life biology |
#4349, aired 2003-06-26 | LAWYERS, GUNS & MONEY $800: This lawyer went to high school with Dustin Hoffman, repped Michael Jackson &, from time to time, indulges in rhyme Johnnie Cochran |
#4337, aired 2003-06-10 | EDUCATION $1,800 (Daily Double): From the Latin for "citizen", it's a high school class that studies politics & government civics |
#4335, aired 2003-06-06 | TOUR OF JUDY $800: This animated girl attends Orbit High School Judy Jetson |
#4327, aired 2003-05-27 | STUFF FROM HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH $200: A short essay, or the basic message students are asked to extract from a literary work theme |
#4327, aired 2003-05-27 | STUFF FROM HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH $400: A simile is defined as a comparison usually containing either of these 2 words as or like |
#4327, aired 2003-05-27 | STUFF FROM HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH $600: Also a measure, it's the "measure" of stress patterns in a line of poetry meter |
#4327, aired 2003-05-27 | STUFF FROM HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH $1,000 (Daily Double): This faulty type of sentence is classified as either a comma splice or a fused sentence run-on sentence |
#4327, aired 2003-05-27 | STUFF FROM HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH $1000: "Dark" term for hints in a story that suggest what's going to happen later foreshadowing |
#4326, aired 2003-05-26 | WHAT'S IN A NAME? $800: A daytime talk show host, he was named after the Catholic high school his father attended Regis Philbin |
#4326, aired 2003-05-26 | 1957 $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Little Rock, Arkansas) In 1957, federal troops had to escort the first black students to this Little Rock high school Central High School |
#4273, aired 2003-03-12 | BASKETBALL MOVIES $1000: Gene Hackman coached a small-town Indiana high school team right to the state championship in this 1986 film Hoosiers |
#4267, aired 2003-03-04 | 2 "P"s $1,200 (Daily Double): A particular personal annoyance commonly listed in high school yearbooks pet peeve |
#4258, aired 2003-02-19 | DINNER THEATER $400: A beloved high school musical, it's also what the buffet home fries are dripping with Grease |
#4254, aired 2003-02-13 | FEMALE ATHLETES $600: A student at Great Neck North High School, she's the golden girl of the ice seen here Sarah Hughes |
#4239, aired 2003-01-23 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: This 15-year-old E.L. Doctorow high school dropout joins gangster Dutch Schultz' mob Billy Bathgate |
#4234, aired 2003-01-16 | "Z" END $1200: After high school, Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran worked on this type of Israeli collective settlement kibbutz |
#4226, aired 2003-01-06 | WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG $800: In high school this director seen here used filmmaking to keep him away from studying algebra & French Steven Spielberg |
#4224, aired 2003-01-02 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $1000: In 1996 this "Heidi Chronicles" playwright wrote a children's book, "Pamela's First Musical" Wendy Wasserstein |
#4191, aired 2002-11-18 | ON THE WEB $1200: Looking for old high school friends? Try this site, "The World's Best Place to Reunite" Classmates.com |
#4184, aired 2002-11-07 | THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME $1200: Ralph Lauren & James Baldwin are alumni of the NYC high school named for this Erie Canal builder DeWitt Clinton |
#4141, aired 2002-09-09 | U.S. UNIVERSITIES $200: High school buddies might want to apply to Friends University, based in Wichita in this state Kansas |
#4103, aired 2002-06-05 | CELEBRITY WEDDINGS $600: In Nov. 2001 it was one wedding & no funeral for this actress who wed her former high school pal Rhett Hartzog (Andie) MacDowell |
#4097, aired 2002-05-28 | STOP STAIR-ING AT ME! $800: This Bel Kaufman novel set at Calvin Coolidge High School has become a modern classic Up the Down Staircase |
#4090, aired 2002-05-17 | THE TV VAULT $2000: Ken Howard played inner city high school basketball coach Ken Reeves on this late '70s TV series The White Shadow |
#4073, aired 2002-04-24 | K.C. $1600: After high school Harry Truman worked briefly in the mail room of this newspaper The Kansas City Star |
#4064, aired 2002-04-11 | ROCK & ROLL CINEMA $600: A high school boy gets a chance to tag along with an up & coming rock band in this 2000 film directed by Cameron Crowe Almost Famous |
#4064, aired 2002-04-11 | BRIT LIT $2000: G.K. Chesterton is remembered for creating this mild-mannered priest & detective Father Brown |
#4051, aired 2002-03-25 | PETER, PAUL OR MARY $400: In 1988 he dropped out of high school to play pro tennis Pete Sampras |
#4031, aired 2002-02-25 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $800: This '50s high school love story that's thrilled people since the '70s got its own episode Grease |
#4021, aired 2002-02-11 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS $600: This "Frasier" star was bitten by the acting bug when he appeared in "The Little Foxes" at Pine Crest High School Kelsey Grammer |
#4021, aired 2002-02-11 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS $800: Sheryl Swopes was named Texas 3-A Player of the Year in this sport at Brownfield High School basketball |
#4021, aired 2002-02-11 | KNOW YOUR CONGRESS $2000: In 1976 this future Speaker of the House was Illinois' High School Wrestling Coach of the Year Dennis Hastert |
#4016, aired 2002-02-04 | GOING TO COLLEGE $1000: 800,000 people a year take this high school equivalency test a GED |
#4015, aired 2002-02-01 | THAT'S A PAULING $200: Linus Pauling received this in 1962; he was short a requirement when he was supposed to get it back in 1917 at 16 high school diploma |
#4015, aired 2002-02-01 | WOODY ALLEN $800: Woody graduated from Midwood High School in this NYC borough Brooklyn |
#3983, aired 2001-12-19 | YOU WEREN'T "THERE" $400: Ben & Cameron headlined this 1998 film about a guy who never stopped loving his high school crush There's Something About Mary |
#3954, aired 2001-11-08 | "FOR"-LETTER WORDS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a fluid-filled jar.) In high school, I just couldn't cut up my frog, so I've still got him--preserved in this formaldehyde |
#3928, aired 2001-10-03 | THE THEATRE $300: It's the high school attended by Danny & Sandy in "Grease" Rydell High |
#3883, aired 2001-06-20 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $400: Kathleen Turner goes back to high school to wed & become the widow of a Goodfella Peggy Sue Got Married to the Mob |
#3870, aired 2001-06-01 | "GEO" PARTY! $100: Type of math comparing lines & angles that the writer of this clue nearly failed in high school Geometry |
#3861, aired 2001-05-21 | SCHOOL DAYS $500: Ken Griffey Jr. attended this city's Moeller High, most famous as a football powerhouse Cincinnati |
#3855, aired 2001-05-11 | BROADWAY TEENS $400: Brooke Shields & Lucy Lawless played Rizzo in the '90s revival of this rockin' high school musical Grease |
#3826, aired 2001-04-02 | PIGSKIN PIX $500: High school football player Tom Cruise has these, the title of a 1983 film co-starring Lea Thompson All The Right Moves |
#3800, aired 2001-02-23 | THE NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES $400: This college coach's obit said his nickname came from a high school bear-wrestling incident Paul "Bear" Bryant |
#3770, aired 2001-01-12 | "POMP" IT UP! $100: At a high school or college graduation, you might hear this popular Elgar composition "Pomp and Circumstance" |
#3761, aired 2001-01-01 | CHEMISTRY $600: She had high school chemistry with Peter Jacobson, whom she married in 1978 & later helped create "The Nanny" Fran Drescher |
#3690, aired 2000-09-22 | CONGRESS $1000: High school students can use this only with a note from their principal saying other sources didn't pan out Library of Congress |
#3666, aired 2000-07-10 | CALVIN-ISM $100: He attended the High School of Art & Design & graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 1962 Calvin Klein |
#3649, aired 2000-06-15 | HIGH SCHOOL NAMES $200: L.A.'s Alain Leroy Locke High is named for the first black student to get this scholarship to Oxford Rhodes Scholarship |
#3649, aired 2000-06-15 | HIGH SCHOOL NAMES $400: Many schools are named for Lincoln; one in Orland Park, Illinois is named for this poet & Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg |
#3649, aired 2000-06-15 | HIGH SCHOOL NAMES $600: In 1999 a school was named for Governor Lawton Chiles in this state capital Tallahassee, Florida |
#3649, aired 2000-06-15 | HIGH SCHOOL NAMES $800: A Washington-area high school bears the name of this Senators pitcher, "The Big Train" Walter Johnson |
#3649, aired 2000-06-15 | HIGH SCHOOL NAMES $1000: (Hi, I'm Kevin Garnett) My high school was named after this man for whom the rank of full admiral was created in 1866 David Farragut |
#3641, aired 2000-06-05 | GIRL SCOUTING $400: Girls in high school participate in this highest level of Girl Scouting Senior Girl Scouts |
#3641, aired 2000-06-05 | HE WAS IN THAT? $800: Jim Carrey played one of Kathleen Turner's high school chums in this film about time-traveling Peggy Sue Got Married |
#3615, aired 2000-04-28 | SUM-MERS $300: "Algorithm" came from Al-Khwarizmi, the name of the Arab mathematician who named this branch of high school math Algebra |
#3606, aired 2000-04-17 | HIGH SCHOOL TV $100: John Travolta & Gabe Kaplan starred in this series about a classroom of remedial students Welcome Back, Kotter |
#3606, aired 2000-04-17 | HIGH SCHOOL TV $200: Robin Givens & Howard Hesseman were featured in this series about a classroom of honors students Head of the Class |
#3606, aired 2000-04-17 | HIGH SCHOOL TV $300: You might want to hang with this title high school teacher played by Mark Curry Mr. Cooper |
#3606, aired 2000-04-17 | HIGH SCHOOL TV $500 (Daily Double): This series that debuted in the '70s was set in the '50s & featured students of Jefferson High Happy Days |
#3606, aired 2000-04-17 | HIGH SCHOOL TV $500: In 1952 Wally Cox was this title science teacher Mister Peepers |
#3589, aired 2000-03-23 | SMALL-TOWN CINEMA $600: Aliens inhabit the bodies of the staff of a small-town high school in this 1998 horror flick The Faculty |
#3567, aired 2000-02-22 | CELEBS $200: This author was a high school English teacher in Maine when his first book was published in 1974 Stephen King |
#3567, aired 2000-02-22 | CELEBS $500: As Dana Owens this rap "Queen" played on 2 state championship basketball teams in high school Queen Latifah |
#3564, aired 2000-02-17 | CLASSIC TEEN CINEMA $1000: Honoring a rock idol of 1959, it's the school John Travolta attends in "Grease" Rydell High |
#3558, aired 2000-02-09 | 1999 FILMS $100: In this film high school teacher Matthew Broderick gets involved with the campaign for student council Election |
#3555, aired 2000-02-04 | FIRST LADIES $200: In the late 1930s, she taught typing & shorthand at Whittier High School in California Pat Nixon |
#3545, aired 2000-01-21 | ARCHIE-OLOGY $300: Archie lives & attends high school in this town Riverdale |
#3545, aired 2000-01-21 | ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE $500: (Hi, I'm Kevin Garnett) This 76er known as "Chocolate Thunder" was 1 of only 3 players before me to go from high school to the NBA Darryl Dawkins |
#3534, aired 2000-01-06 | "NEVER" AT THE MOVIES $400: (Hi, I'm Garry Marshall) I sent copy editor Drew Barrymore back to high school for an undercover assignment in this 1999 comedy Never Been Kissed |
#3530, aired 1999-12-31 | SONS $400: This famous son gave his name to a Dearborn, Michigan high school & a car flop of the 1950s Edsel Ford |
#3528, aired 1999-12-29 | LITTLE-KNOWN ELEMENTS $400: This element has the distinctive aroma of high school assemblies & basketball games Gymnasium |
#3506, aired 1999-11-29 | DOCTORS $400: A high school friend who was "The Professor" helped give this Philadelphia 76ers star his nickname, Dr. J. Julius Erving |
#3487, aired 1999-11-02 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENS $200: This "Speed" star, a cheerleader at her Arlington, VA. high school, also "Net"ted the title "Class Clown" Sandra Bullock |
#3458, aired 1999-09-22 | "YEAR" $100: It's an annual publication documenting the preceding months at a high school Yearbook |
#3452, aired 1999-09-14 | HOMOPHONES $200: The head of a high school, or a fundamental truth he or she believes in Principal/principle |
#3450, aired 1999-09-10 | SCHOOL PICTURE DAY $200: You'll score a hole-in-one if you can identify this "A" student of Anaheim's Western High Tiger Woods |
#3450, aired 1999-09-10 | SCHOOL PICTURE DAY $800: The photo of her "On the 6" CD is a little different from the 1987 high school yearbook photo seen here Jennifer Lopez |
#3450, aired 1999-09-10 | SCHOOL PICTURE DAY $1000: This "Party of Five" star was part of the class of '86 at West Orange High in New Jersey Scott Wolf |
#3396, aired 1999-05-17 | PEOPLE $200: Geena Davis must like smorgasbords -- she spent her senior year in high school as an exchange student in this country Sweden |
#3394, aired 1999-05-13 | KILLER MUSICALS $600: The musical based on this Stephen King novel featured an incendiary high school prom Carrie |
#3388, aired 1999-05-05 | SCHOOLS IN TV & FILM $100: The school in the movie "High School High" is named for this ex-mayor of Washington, D.C. Marion Barry |
#3384, aired 1999-04-29 | THE MOVIES $300: "Can't Hardly Wait", about a blow-out high school graduation party starred this "Party of Five" actress Jennifer Love Hewitt |
#3357, aired 1999-03-23 | CELEBRITIES $200: Coy is his real first name, but he's hardly coy: his real-life high school voted him "Biggest Flirt" Luke Perry |
#3345, aired 1999-03-05 | HIGH SCHOOLS $400: In 1989 students at a Cambridge, Mass. school boycotted Coca-Cola to protest its ties to this formerly racist country South Africa |
#3345, aired 1999-03-05 | HIGH SCHOOLS $600: In 1998 a San Antonio, Texas school was named in honor of this first woman on the Supreme Court Sandra Day O'Connor |
#3345, aired 1999-03-05 | HIGH SCHOOLS $800: Students at a real high school, Aviation High in Queens, fix planes at this "presidential" airport JFK |
#3345, aired 1999-03-05 | HIGH SCHOOLS $1000: You can join Junior ROTC at Kemper, the oldest school of this type west of the Mississippi a military school |
#3341, aired 1999-03-01 | FAMOUS FACES $500: TV host seen here as a high school student in the '70s; he looks different "Today" Matt Lauer |
#3340, aired 1999-02-26 | ABBREVIATIONS $100: An important high school exam:
SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test |
#3337, aired 1999-02-23 | FAMOUS EX-TEENAGERS $500: Kathie Lee knows this co-host is a proud graduate of Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx Regis Philbin |
#3311, aired 1999-01-18 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $400: At age 15, Martin graduated from a high school named for this first head of Tuskegee Institute Booker T. Washington |
#3309, aired 1999-01-14 | U2 $100: The band's members were still in high school in this city in 1978 when they won a talent show Dublin |
#3281, aired 1998-12-07 | EDUCATION $400: This "Green Mountain" state leads all other states with a high school graduation rate of 89% Vermont |
#3269, aired 1998-11-19 | THEY USED TO BE TEENAGERS $600: Meryl Streep played Laurey in her high school production of this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! |
#3269, aired 1998-11-19 | THEY USED TO BE TEENAGERS $1000: In the '40s this Supreme Court justice was a cute cheerleader at her high school in Brooklyn Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
#3260, aired 1998-11-06 | MUSICAL THEATER $200: You have our word it's Broadway's longest-running nostalgic musical set in a high school Grease |
#3253, aired 1998-10-28 | LETTERS & NUMBERS $400: Abbreviation for the period of one's education from age 4 to 6 through high school K-12 |
#3248, aired 1998-10-21 | IN THE YEARBOOK $200: This Mississippi native's high school activities included Speech Club, History Club & ROTC Elvis Presley |
#3248, aired 1998-10-21 | IN THE YEARBOOK $600: This man's first name is misspelled "Donald" in his 1928 high school yearbook Ronald Reagan |
#3235, aired 1998-10-02 | FIRESTARTER $100: This man who started some major fires in physics was a high school dropout Albert Einstein |
#3229, aired 1998-09-24 | HUMORISTS $400: Former "SNL" writer Anne Beatts created this 1980s sitcom about out-of-place high school girls Square Pegs |
#3209, aired 1998-07-09 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTS $400: Long before he was president, he taught debate & public speaking at Sam Houston High School from 1930 to 1931 Lyndon Johnson |
#3183, aired 1998-06-03 | FOUNDERS $400: In 1958 former high school principal Dr. Ethel Andrus founded this group, the AARP American Association of Retired Persons |
#3177, aired 1998-05-26 | WHAT'S "UP"? $1000: The granddaughter of Sholem Aleichem, Bel Kaufman wrote this 1964 bestseller set in a NYC high school Up The Down Staircase |
#3167, aired 1998-05-12 | POET-POURRI $600: This "Mending Wall" poet & his wife, Elinor, were co-valedictorians at Lawrence High School in Massachusetts Robert Frost |
#3166, aired 1998-05-11 | TV FRIENDS ON FILM $200: "Clockwatchers",
"Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" Lisa Kudrow |
#3151, aired 1998-04-20 | JOHN CUSACK MOVIES $1000: Cusack starred with Minnie Driver in this 1997 movie about a Michigan high school reunion Grosse Pointe Blank |
#3140, aired 1998-04-03 | STARS BEHIND BARS $100: His high school nickname "Bruno" stayed with him while he was a "Die Hard" bartender Bruce Willis |
#3122, aired 1998-03-10 | AROUND THE FARM WITH CLEM $500: Back in high school, Clem slept through the meetings of the FFA, which then stood for this Future Farmers of America |
#3120, aired 1998-03-06 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: Central High School in this state capital was forcibly desegregated on September 25, 1957 Little Rock, Arkansas |
#3091, aired 1998-01-26 | NOTABLE AMERICANS $600: This first lady graduated from Chicago's Maine South High School in 1965, in the top 50% of her class Hillary Rodham Clinton |
#3074, aired 1998-01-01 | PAUL, MEET PAULA $500: He was in high school when he got his first radio job at KVOO in Tulsa, & that's "The Rest of the Story" Paul Harvey |
#3057, aired 1997-12-09 | & THOU BESIDE ME SINGING $200: These "Boyz" whose hits include "End of the Road" began performing together while in high school Boyz II Men |
#3039, aired 1997-11-13 | HIGH SCHOOL ORIENTATION $200: Some high schools have parties where students trade signatures in these annual publications yearbooks |
#3039, aired 1997-11-13 | HIGH SCHOOL ORIENTATION $400: This student with the highest academic ranking traditionally speaks at graduation the valedictorian |
#3039, aired 1997-11-13 | HIGH SCHOOL ORIENTATION $800: It's a tradition for girls to ask guys to this dance, which bears a woman's name Sadie Hawkins Dance |
#3039, aired 1997-11-13 | HIGH SCHOOL ORIENTATION $1,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Ben Savage.) Football games are common at these high school celebrations for returning graduates homecomings |
#3039, aired 1997-11-13 | HIGH SCHOOL ORIENTATION $1000: From the Latin for "within walls", it's a sports activity played by teams from the same school intramurals |
#3036, aired 1997-11-10 | "HIGH" SCHOOL $200: Chuck Taylor, from whom Converse named a line of these shoes, was a basketball star of the 1910s high-tops |
#3036, aired 1997-11-10 | "HIGH" SCHOOL $400: The L.A. Dodgers & the U. of Louisville basketball team pioneered this gesture in the late '70s the high five |
#3036, aired 1997-11-10 | "HIGH" SCHOOL $800: The HD in the new digital format HDTV stands for this high definition |
#3036, aired 1997-11-10 | "HIGH" SCHOOL $1000: Acolytes, a subdeacon & a choir take part in this Catholic service high mass |
#3036, aired 1997-11-10 | "HIGH" SCHOOL $2,000 (Daily Double): Coastal waters beyond national jurisdiction, or the tops of some sopranos' ranges High seas/C's |
#3035, aired 1997-11-07 | BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER $400: Giles, who holds this post at Buffy's high school, hit old books to analyze the latest demonic foe librarian |
#3034, aired 1997-11-06 | the small screen $500: This 1980 film about a high school for the performing arts has inspired 2 TV series Fame |
#3025, aired 1997-10-24 | THE MOVIES $400: Pair played by Mira Sorvino & Lisa Kudrow who return to Arizona for their 10-year high school reunion Romy & Michele |
#2980, aired 1997-07-11 | EDUCATION $600: Since the 1960s many communities have replaced junior high with this for the 6th-8th grades Middle school |
#2966, aired 1997-06-23 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: This school in University Park, Pennsylvania was chartered in 1855 as Farmers' High School Penn State University |
#2952, aired 1997-06-03 | BOOKS INTO MOVIES $800: Cameron Crowe returned to high school to research the book that became this 1982 Sean Penn film Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
#2941, aired 1997-05-19 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $600: This future president graduated from Abilene High School in 1909 Dwight D. Eisenhower |
#2928, aired 1997-04-30 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS $200: She may have honed her vampire-interviewing skills while working on her Texas high school paper Anne Rice |
#2928, aired 1997-04-30 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS $300: This leading lady of "The Bridges of Madison County" was homecoming queen at her New Jersey high school Meryl Streep |
#2928, aired 1997-04-30 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS $500: This magician was still in high school when he taught a magic course at NYU in 1972 David Copperfield |
#2918, aired 1997-04-16 | MOVIE DEBUTS $800: Amy Irving & Betty Buckley debuted in this 1976 Brian De Palma film about horror at a high school prom Carrie |
#2913, aired 1997-04-09 | HIGH SCHOOLS $200: This L.A. high school attended by Lana Turner & other stars stands on famous Sunset Boulevard Hollywood High |
#2913, aired 1997-04-09 | HIGH SCHOOLS $300: Sidwell Friends School, attended by Chelsea Clinton, was founded by members of this religious group Quakers (Society of Friends) |
#2912, aired 1997-04-08 | POLITICS '96 $800: High school teacher Victor Morales challenged this incumbent Texas senator Phil Gramm |
#2906, aired 1997-03-31 | NOTABLE WOMEN $800: This Nicaraguan president studied for 4 years at a Roman Catholic high school for girls in San Antonio, Texas Violeta Chamorro |
#2901, aired 1997-03-24 | STATE CAPITALS $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1957 this capital's Central High School was under court order to integrate Little Rock, Arkansas |
#2879, aired 1997-02-20 | SINGERS "R" US $200: He formed the Miracles, then called the Matadors, while in high school Smokey Robinson |
#2861, aired 1997-01-27 | MOVIE DEBUTS $600: Meg Tilly made her screen debut in a bit role in this film about NYC's High School for the Performing Arts Fame |
#2832, aired 1996-12-17 | OKLAHOMANS $100: Signing him out of high school, you might say the Yankees grabbed him right in "The Mick" of time Mickey Mantle |
#2827, aired 1996-12-10 | NEW JERSEYANS $200: This legendary Green Bay Packers leader coached high school football in Englewood until he was 34 Vince Lombardi |
#2824, aired 1996-12-05 | THEATRE $400: In this musical members of the Class of '59 recall their days at Rydell High School "Grease" |
#2809, aired 1996-11-14 | SCHOOLS $200: Father Flanagan High School is operated by this facility just west of Omaha Boys Town |
#2784, aired 1996-10-10 | DRAMA $2,000 (Daily Double): In this 1955 Lawrence & Lee play, high school teacher Bertram Cates is based on John Scopes Inherit the Wind |
#2774, aired 1996-09-26 | "WILD" MOVIES $1000: Goldie Hawn coached a high school football team in this 1986 film Wildcats |
#2746, aired 1996-07-08 | SONGS FROM MUSICALS $200: "Shakin' at the High School Hop" & "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" Grease |
#2725, aired 1996-06-07 | FOOD & DRINK $400: Food from the 'Hood is a brand of salad dressing developed by Crenshaw High School Students in this city Los Angeles |
#2725, aired 1996-06-07 | FIRST LADIES $400: She was voted the student most likely to succeed by her high school graduating class of 1965 Hillary Clinton |
#2722, aired 1996-06-04 | OHIOANS $100: This senator & former astronaut grew up in New Concord, Ohio, where a high school is now named for him John Glenn |
#2720, aired 1996-05-31 | PARTY TIME! $300: It's a formal high school dance, though its name is from a word for a walk a prom |
#2701, aired 1996-05-06 | POP MUSIC $200: Members of this "Joshua Tree" band began playing together as Dublin high school students U2 |
#2642, aired 1996-02-13 | THE MOVIES $300: She portrayed former Marine turned high school teacher Louanne Johnson in "Dangerous Minds" Michelle Pfeiffer |
#2626, aired 1996-01-22 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: Hi-Y clubs for high school-age boys & girls are sponsored by this organization the YMCA |
#2606, aired 1995-12-25 | FILMS OF THE '50s $400: Clare Boothe Luce protested the 1955 Venice showing of this Glenn Ford-Sidney Poitier high school film Blackboard Jungle |
#2604, aired 1995-12-21 | SPORTSWOMEN $100: This woman nicknamed "Babe" was an All-American high school basketball player at age 16 Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
#2558, aired 1995-10-18 | CELEBRITY CHEERLEADERS $200: We wonder what accent this "Sophie's Choice" star used when shouting her high school cheers Meryl Streep |
#2507, aired 1995-06-27 | 1931 $600: This future U.N. Secretary- General was made headmaster of Pantanaw National High School in Burma U Thant |
#2459, aired 1995-04-20 | CELEBRITIES $100: This TV talk show host was named for his father's alma mater, Regis High School Regis Philbin |
#2434, aired 1995-03-16 | BOBs & ROBERTs $500: He taught at NYC's High School of Performing Arts before forming his own ballet school & company Robert Joffrey |
#2432, aired 1995-03-14 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $600: Chartered in 1919, this U.S. veterans' organization awards medals to elementary & high school students the American Legion |
#2372, aired 1994-12-20 | SINGERS $100: After high school, this singer of "Sweet Caroline" attended NYU on a fencing scholarship Neil Diamond |
#2370, aired 1994-12-16 | CONGRESS $200: These young people who carry messages around the Capitol are all high school juniors pages |
#2359, aired 1994-12-01 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $300: In 1965 teenage Meryl Streep played Marian the Librarian in her high school's production of this musical The Music Man |
#2342, aired 1994-11-08 | ABBREVIATIONS $100: In high school P.E. stands for this class physical education |
#2297, aired 1994-09-06 | "UNDER" $300: This term refers to a freshman or sophomore in high school or college an underclassman (or undergraduate) |
#2297, aired 1994-09-06 | THE CINEMA $500: "Fast Times at" this high school was the 1982 feature film debut of director Amy Heckerling Ridgemont High |
#2243, aired 1994-05-11 | 1980s MOVIES $400: In this 1986 film, Gene Hackman played the basketball coach of a small Indian high school Hoosiers |
#2242, aired 1994-05-10 | FIRST LADIES $200: After graduating from USC, she taught typing, bookkeeping & stenography at Whittier Union High School Pat Nixon |
#2234, aired 1994-04-28 | ROOMS $200: "Residential" name of the classroom many high school students report to in the morning homeroom |
#2227, aired 1994-04-19 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $300: In 1966 Meryl Streep played Daisy Mae in her high school's production of this musical Li'l Abner |
#2190, aired 1994-02-25 | COMPOSERS $600: His famous march "The High School Cadets" may be a favorite of your high school band (John Philip) Sousa |
#2188, aired 1994-02-23 | HEARTTHROBS $300: Jay R. Ferguson plays Burt Reynolds' son Taylor, an ex-high school quarterback on this TV series Evening Shade |
#2187, aired 1994-02-22 | YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS $600: This high school program trains students for commission in the U.S. military reserves ROTC |
#2182, aired 1994-02-15 | THE SUPREME COURT $800: James F. Byrnes, appointed by this president in 1941, hadn't graduated from high school FDR |
#2151, aired 1994-01-03 | TEACHERS $400: While teaching at a high school in Brunn, he began his experiments in the heredity of peas Mendel |
#2130, aired 1993-12-03 | U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL $800: He served as headmaster of the National High School in his hometown of Pantanaw, Burma U Thant |
#2113, aired 1993-11-10 | WOMEN IN TELEVISION $1000: Last name of the creator of "Murphy Brown", or the subject she once taught in high school Diane English |
#2077, aired 1993-09-21 | LITERATURE $200: In 1892 this poet & his future wife were co-valedictorians of their Lawrence, Mass. high school class Robert Frost |
#2050, aired 1993-07-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: A high school dropout, he dropped back in after WWII & later became Cleveland's first black mayor (Carl) Stokes |
#2009, aired 1993-05-06 | POTPOURRI $200: Voted "Biggest Flirt" when he was a high school senior, he inspired "Luke-Mania" a few years later Luke Perry |
#2009, aired 1993-05-06 | POTPOURRI $1000: This famous wife who campaigned to put warning labels on rock records was in a rock band in high school Tipper Gore |
#1992, aired 1993-04-13 | WORDS WITHIN WORDS $400: This was Bartholomew's favorite subject in high school art (in Bartholomew) |
#1987, aired 1993-04-06 | THE 20th CENTURY $600 (Daily Double): In 1957 this governor called in the National Guard to stop the integration of a Little Rock high school Orval Faubus |
#1985, aired 1993-04-02 | FILE UNDER "H" $400: This high school subject deals with day-to-day living: food & nutrition, child care, etc. home economics |
#1955, aired 1993-02-19 | TV TEENS $500: Lara Flynn Boyle played high school senior Donna Hayward, Laura Palmer's best friend on this series Twin Peaks |
#1935, aired 1993-01-22 | EVEN MORE MOOSE POTPOURRI $500: In Archie Comics, Moose attends this high school Riverdale |
#1919, aired 1992-12-31 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $300: In 1984 Janet Jackson joined the cast of this series set at the High School for the Performing Arts Fame |
#1909, aired 1992-12-17 | TV TRIVIA $200: Burt Reynolds plays Wood Newton, a high school football coach in this Arkansas town Evening Shade |
#1900, aired 1992-12-04 | PEOPLE $500: While in high school, this costumer to the stars designed clothes for schoolmate Vikki Carr (Bob) Mackie |
#1887, aired 1992-11-17 | EDUCATION $200: America's first public high school was opened in 1821 in this New England capital Boston |
#1883, aired 1992-11-11 | HISTORIC HOMES $600: This frontier hero's reconstructed log cabin now stands on the grounds of a Tennessee high school Davy Crockett |
#1876, aired 1992-11-02 | BARBIE $300: A Barbie board game introduced in 1961 had players vying to become queen of this high school dance the prom |
#1850, aired 1992-09-25 | NEWSPAPERS $800: After high school Harry Truman worked as a mailroom clerk for this Missouri paper The Kansas City Star |
#1787, aired 1992-05-12 | PEOPLE $400: The Quill and Scroll, an honor society for high school journalists, was founded by this American pollster George Gallup |
#1739, aired 1992-03-05 | CELEBRITIES $400: This actress won 1st place in her high school science fair long before she started "Moonlighting" Cybill Shepherd |
#1731, aired 1992-02-24 | HEADS $100: The head of a high school, its name is from the same root as the titles of Charles & Diana principal |
#1653, aired 1991-11-06 | JAZZ $200: After high school this vocalist known as "The Velvet Fog" played drums in Chico Marx' band Mel Torme |
#1577, aired 1991-06-11 | POETS $200: Joyce Kilmer taught Latin for a year at Morristown High School in this, his home state New Jersey |
#1556, aired 1991-05-13 | COLLEGE FILMS $100: This comedian had 3 stunt divers performing his high dives in "Back to School" Rodney Dangerfield |
#1556, aired 1991-05-13 | AGRICULTURE $600: This organization founded in 1928 prepares high school students for careers in agriculture the Future Farmers of America |
#1521, aired 1991-03-25 | EDUCATION $800: In England it's equivalent to high school; in the U.S. it's another name for an elementary school a grammar school |
#1517, aired 1991-03-19 | PRESIDENTS $2,000 (Daily Double): His 1909 Abilene, Kansas high school yearbook said his brother Edgar would be President Eisenhower |
#1507, aired 1991-03-05 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: This school at University Park, Pennsylvania was founded in 1855 as Farmers High School Penn State |
#1492, aired 1991-02-12 | FIRST LADIES $400: In 1944 this first lady graduated from Plains High School as valedictorian of her class Rosalynn Carter |
#1388, aired 1990-09-19 | #1 HITS $1,000 (Daily Double): Both of these singers, heard in the following, attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn:
"Well, you'd think I could learn how to tell you goodbye..." Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond |
#1378, aired 1990-09-05 | MAGAZINES $200: A film about a performing arts high school, or a magazine whose name is a synonym for "celebrity" Fame |
#1377, aired 1990-09-04 | NEWSPAPERS $1000: After graduating from high school, Ernest Hemingway worked as a reporter of this Kansas City newspaper Kansas City Star |
#1329, aired 1990-05-17 | MAGAZINES $100: Modern Bride now publishes a magazine devoted to this annual high school event Prom |
#1323, aired 1990-05-09 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $1,300 (Daily Double): After college, this future U.S. president taught debating & public speaking at Sam Houston High School Lyndon B. Johnson |
#1309, aired 1990-04-19 | EDUCATION $200: Type of American school that's equivalent to a European gymnasium high school |
#1282, aired 1990-03-13 | HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE $100: An electric current generates this type of field a magnetic field |
#1282, aired 1990-03-13 | HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE $200: Negatively charged, it was the 1st subatomic particle discovered an electron |
#1282, aired 1990-03-13 | HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE $300: Anagram of "clan" that's a formula for salt NaCl |
#1282, aired 1990-03-13 | HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE $400: A star that's collapsed in upon itself creating a gravity field so strong not even light escapes a black hole |
#1282, aired 1990-03-13 | HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE $500: The reason cyclones spin clockwise in the S. Hemisphere & the other way in the north is this "effect" the Coriolis effect |
#1281, aired 1990-03-12 | IT'S "MAGIC" $200: A Lansing, Mich. sportswriter gave this future superstar his nickname when he was in high school Earvin "Magic" Johnson |
#1273, aired 1990-02-28 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $200: In jr. high school this "Rambo" star was voted the student most likely to end up in the electric chair Sylvester Stallone |
#1262, aired 1990-02-13 | MOVIES $300: Kathleen Turner fainted after she was elected queen of her high school reunion in this 1986 film Peggy Sue Got Married |
#1241, aired 1990-01-15 | EDUCATION $200: This term for a secondary school came from Edinburgh, Scotland a high school |
#1226, aired 1989-12-25 | HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY $100: Some rulers of the German empire used this title derived from the Latin "Caesar" Kaiser |
#1226, aired 1989-12-25 | HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY $200: If the Genoese had waited 1 year before selling this island to France, Napoleon would have been an Italian Corsica |
#1226, aired 1989-12-25 | HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY $400: The terms commando & concentration camp were 1st widely used in this 1899-1902 war in Africa the Boer War |
#1226, aired 1989-12-25 | HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): It's considered the world's 1st industrial nation England (Great Britain) |
#1226, aired 1989-12-25 | HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY $500: Before the French Revolution both the peasants & the bourgeoisie belonged to this "Estate" the Third Estate |
#1206, aired 1989-11-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In 1982 Central High School was made a national landmark in memory of 1957 events there Little Rock, AR |
#1188, aired 1989-11-01 | LITERARY TRIVIA $200: Evan Hunter's "The Blackboard Jungle" dealt with violence in 1 of these institutions a high school |
#1181, aired 1989-10-23 | FIRST LADIES $300: She met her future husband while she was a teacher at Whittier High School in California Pat Nixon |
#1180, aired 1989-10-20 | COLORFUL TV SHOWS $600: It featured a caucasian basketball coach at L.A.'s racially-mixed Carver High School The White Shadow |
#1160, aired 1989-09-22 | MOVIE TRIVIA $600: This film was based on the experiences of Joe Clark, the principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, N.J. Lean on Me |
#1063, aired 1989-03-29 | LANGUAGES $1,000 (Daily Double): More high school & college students in the U.S. study this foreign language than any other Spanish |
#1060, aired 1989-03-24 | SPORTS $400: He won the title of "Prom King" in high school, & in 1980 won 5 gold medals for speed skating Eric Heiden |
#1051, aired 1989-03-13 | ROCK 'N' ROLL FILMS $200: Country-rock "Killer" who sang the title tune to "High School Confidential" Jerry Lee Lewis |
#1033, aired 1989-02-15 | FIRST LADIES $200: She was valedictorian of her high school class in Plains, Georgia Rosalynn Carter |
#1027, aired 1989-02-07 | CURRENT EVENTS $600: 1938 Wadowice High School grad Karol Wojtyla hosted his 50th anniversary class reunion here the Vatican |
#1004, aired 1989-01-05 | POLITICIANS $600: Voted "Most Energetic" in high school, he's been an energetic senator from Wisc. for 30 yrs. William Proxmire |
#998, aired 1988-12-28 | 1972 $100: This high school dropout became the 1st American world chess champion Bobby Fischer |
#971, aired 1988-11-21 | FAMOUS WOMEN $300: She played on a championship high school basketball team before becoming a senator from Maine Margaret Chase Smith |
#921, aired 1988-09-12 | AMERICANA $400: He's the fearsome mascot of Tarrytown, New York's Sleepy Hollow High School the Headless Horseman |
#915, aired 1988-07-22 | SPELLING $200: The second year in college or high school S-O-P-H-O-M-O-R-E |
#863, aired 1988-05-11 | "HIGH" & "DRY" $200: Grades 9-12, or a in some places, 10-12 high school |
#821, aired 1988-03-14 | AUTHORS $200: Famous for Klondike stories, this early 20th c. writer didn't start high school until age 19 Jack London |
#802, aired 1988-02-16 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $800: At 20, this future anticommunist Wisc. senator finished 4 years of high school in just 9 months Joseph McCarthy |
#768, aired 1987-12-30 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $800: He said, "I must have centered the ball 500,000 times in high school & college" Gerald Ford |
#765, aired 1987-12-25 | "BIG" $600: While in high school in Beaumont, Texas, J.P. Richardson became a DJ & began calling himself this The Big Bopper |
#761, aired 1987-12-21 | ALABAMA $600: In 1958 the Mobile Jaycees began this beauty pageant for high-school girls America's Junior Miss |
#724, aired 1987-10-29 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $300: A high school dropout, at only 20 he won a Best Supporting Actor for "Ordinary People" Timothy Hutton |
#716, aired 1987-10-19 | 10-LETTER WORDS $200: My dear Watson, it's the type of school one attends before junior high or middle school elementary |
#705, aired 1987-10-02 | FAMOUS FLEMINGS $600: She went straight from Beverly Hills High School into films, at least 2 of which had "Redhead" in title Rhonda Fleming |
#644, aired 1987-05-28 | TENNIS $300: A high school dropout, this great Swedish star dropped out of the pro tour at only 26 Björn Borg |
#602, aired 1987-03-31 | POP MUSIC $200: She taught in a segregated high school before hitting #1 with "The 1st Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Roberta Flack |
#579, aired 1987-02-26 | PHYS. ED. $200: Form of football popular with the Kennedy clan & high school gym teachers touch football |
#575, aired 1987-02-20 | STUDENTS ON TV $100: His 1st continuing series role was as a high school student named Vinnie Barbarino John Travolta |
#561, aired 1987-02-02 | WOMEN $400: Concord High School principal Foley said of her, "She would want us to keep reaching for the stars" Christa McAuliffe |
#552, aired 1987-01-20 | PEANUTS $200: Though even his high school yearbook rejected his work, he went on to draw "Peanuts" Charles Schulz |
#503, aired 1986-11-12 | TEACHERS ON TV $200: You could tell the name of this school in which "Room 222" was set by the leaves of grass outside Whitman High School |
#489, aired 1986-10-23 | FIRST LADIES $200: She was a Whittier, California high school teacher when she met the future president Pat Nixon |
#488, aired 1986-10-22 | DAVID LETTERMAN $200: It's the lifelong dream, decided on in a high school speech class, that David has now fulfilled to be a talk show host |
#479, aired 1986-10-09 | WEAPONS $200: '86 film about a high school student in New York who makes his own atomic bomb for a science fair The Manhattan Project |
#467, aired 1986-09-23 | TV NOSTALGIA $500: Leroy the high school coach drowned in a bowl of her chicken soup Mary Hartman |
#459, aired 1986-09-11 | 1957 $600: Federal court orders & troops integrated Little Rock's Central High School against wishes of this governor Faubus |
#444, aired 1986-05-22 | TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA $1,000 (Daily Double): High school whose T-shirt was worn by character whose theme was the following:
["Axel F" plays.] Mumford High |
#421, aired 1986-04-21 | SPORTS $300: In 1984, it was the team sport with the most high-school girl participants basketball |
#387, aired 1986-03-04 | G.W. CARVER $200: It wasn't until his late twenties that he completed this level of education high school |
#372, aired 1986-02-11 | SPORTS DATES $400: At a Penn. high school in Feb. 1938, this athletic event was called due to fog--in the gym! a basketball game |
#350, aired 1986-01-10 | PSYCH 101 $1000: 1982 sitcom about "fitting in" in high school, its title is from a prop in a visual motor intel. test Square Pegs |
#288, aired 1985-10-16 | GIRLS IN SONG $200: Neil Sedaka wrote "Oh, Carol" for this singer/ songwriter whom he'd dated in high school Carole King |
#148, aired 1985-04-03 | SCHOOL DAYS $500: In America a gymnasium is a gym, but in Germany it's this a high school |
#109, aired 1985-02-07 | SCHOOL DAYS $100: In college & high school, a second year student a sophomore |
#92, aired 1985-01-15 | U.S. HISTORY $300: In September '57, city where guardsmen barred Black students from an all-White high school Little Rock, Arkansas |
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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Patrick Quinn, a high school German teacher from Chesterfield, Missouri
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"He teaches at a school whose history goes back to a...
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Larry DeMoss, a high school English teacher from Ellettsville, Indiana
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"He went from short orders to short stories when he switched...
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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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Viki Radden, a high school English and literacy teacher from Bakersfield, California
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"She teaches at the largest high school district in California. From...
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Lori Kissell, a high school Latin teacher from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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"She loves everything about Latin and shares that love with her...
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Elisabeth Raab, a high school English teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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"She teaches at a High School of the Future, where all...
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Matt Polazzo, a high school U.S. government teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"He teaches at one of the most selective high schools in...
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Kathryn Wendling, a high school social studies teacher from Farmington, Minnesota
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"Her high school newspaper predicted she would be on Jeopardy! From...
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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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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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Grafton Brown, a high school Spanish teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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"He teaches at a school whose buildings are named in honor...
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Judd Hess, a high school English teacher from Huntington Beach, California
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"In college, he volunteered to help in a classroom and was...
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Kathy Casavant, a high school English teacher from Oxford, Massachusetts
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"Originally she wanted to do anything but teach. Well, she's been...
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Marcia Edmundson, a high school French teacher from Chesterfield, Virginia
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"In the banking world, she checked credit scores. She's much happier...
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Leslie Decker, a high school German and ESL teacher from Austin, Texas
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"She taught English to Europeans. Now she teaches German to Americans....
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Mary Ann Stanley, a high school chemistry and physical science teacher from Statesboro, Georgia
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"She's been teaching for 22 years and is now teaching the...
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Steven Evenhouse, a junior high school social studies teacher from Orland Hills, Illinois
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"He likes teaching because it gives him a captive audience for...
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Nate Rice, a high school ACT prep teacher from Catlettsburg, Kentucky
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"This is his first year in the family business. His mother's...
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Elissa Hoffman, a high school biology and anatomy & physiology teacher from Appleton, Wisconsin
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"She is in her lucky 13th year of teaching. From Appleton,...
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Sean Priest, a high school vice principal from San Francisco, California
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Season 27 player (2011-02-09). Sean is the Dean of Students at...
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Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
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"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
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"He teaches at the smallest public school in North Carolina, and...
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John Botti, a high school history and English teacher from Bethesda, Maryland
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"He says he keeps his spirit young by spending time with...
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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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Drew Joanides, a high school history teacher from Miami, Florida
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"He is one of our four teachers competing in our tournament...
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David Traini, a high school administrator from Moorestown, New Jersey
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"This 5-time champ finished second in the 1987 Tournament of Champions....
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Chris Pae, a high school history teacher from Suwanee, Georgia
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"He studied pre-med, then pre-law, but discovered his passion was teaching....
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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"He served as a speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, and later as...
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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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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
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Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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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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Brad Brown, a theater teacher from Nashville, Tennessee
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"And he is a theater teacher at an international baccalaureate certified...
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Ryan Presler, a senior at Brandon Valley High School from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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"He was only in 8th grade when he became a finalist...
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Tom Kavanaugh, a writer from St. Louis, Missouri
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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Kori Tyler, a high school history teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
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Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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John Hines, a high school social studies teacher from Tacoma, Washington
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"He teaches at Todd Beamer High School, named for a heroic...
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Jon Lovitz, an actor from the movie High School High
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"He's a two-time Emmy nominee and star of the Columbia TriStar...
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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"Once a presidential speechwriter, he's had his own political talk show...
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Mary Beth Hammerstrom, a high school social studies teacher from Anchorage, Alaska
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"This former lawyer sets the bar high for her students. From...
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Maryanne Lewell, a high school history teacher from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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"She teaches at the oldest publicly funded school in Canada. From...
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Casey LaPlante, a high school media specialist from Enfield, Connecticut
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Season 31 1-time champion: $5,000 + $1,000.
Casey appeared on Master Minds on 2023-10-30.
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Jonathan Kuehnle, a high school campus director from Springfield, Ohio
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Season 30 player (2014-04-07).
Last name pronounced like "keenly".
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Matt Brannagan, a high school history teacher from Bowie, Maryland
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Season 34 player (2018-01-10). Matt wore a patterened tie for his...
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Justin Vossler, a high school history teacher from Homer, New York
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2017 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 33 5-time champion: $110,000 + $2,000.
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Scott Montanaro, a high school history and psychology teacher from Portland, Oregon
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2018 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a $2,500 grant. At...
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Eli Barrieau, a high school history teacher from Hardwick, Massachusetts
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"He found working in a window factory a 'pain'. Now it's...
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Claire Bishop, a high school Latin teacher from Lexington, Kentucky
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2018 Teachers Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 + a...
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Dave Rowswell, a high school art teacher from Cheyenne, Wyoming
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2019 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. At the time of the...
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Ellie Walsh, a high school world history and U.S. government teacher from Nashville, Tennessee
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2019 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. At the time of the Teachers...
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Conor Quinn, a high school world history teacher from Albany, New York
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2019 Teachers Tournament 1st runner-up: $50,000. At the time of the...
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Vicki Leibeck-Owsley, a high school English teacher from Columbia, Kentucky
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2019 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. At the time of the Teachers...
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Tara Baxter, a high school English teacher from Tucson, Arizona
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2019 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. At the time of the Teachers...
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Trevor Crowell, a high school Spanish teacher from Mountain View, California
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2019 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. At the time of the Teachers...
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Peter Allen, a high school chemistry teacher from Fresno, California
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Season 28 player (2012-04-13).
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Meg Khavari, a high school biology and religion teacher from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 27 player (2011-03-08).
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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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Robert Furtney, a high school math teacher from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 20 player (2004-05-20).
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Dave Perkins, a high school assistant principal from Wenatchee, Washington
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Season 31 player (2015-03-04).
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Terrie Trebilcock, a high school history and economics teacher from Glen Rock, Pennsylvania
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2016 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 education grant to...
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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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Ian Miller, a high school history, government, and economics teacher from Woodland Hills, California
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2016 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 education grant to...
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Greg Greenzweig, a high school art teacher from Pennsville, New Jersey
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2016 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 education grant to...
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Lauren Gilmore, a high school history teacher from Lake Wales, Florida
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2016 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a $2,500 education grant...
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Holly Cannon, a high school chemistry teacher from Klein, Texas
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2017 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. At the time of the...
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Michael Camp, a high school Spanish teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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2017 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. At the time of the...
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Michael Falk, a junior high school math teacher from West Allis, Wisconsin
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"And he was a meteorologist when he won the Tournament of...
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Cody Vest, a high school English teacher from Fayetteville, Arkansas
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2017 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Cody won $90,000 on ABC's The...
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Mary Parker, a high school French and English teacher from Rogers, Arkansas
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2017 Teachers Tournament 2nd runner-up: $25,000. At the time of the...
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Sara Holub, a high school choir teacher from Green Bay, Wisconsin
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2017 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. At the time of the...
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George Deane, a high school humanities teacher from Colchester, Vermont
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2017 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. At the time of the Teachers...
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Jay Singleton, a high school government and social studies teacher from Waynesboro, Virginia
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2015 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Jay taught social studies and government...
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Chris Grinvalds, a high school history teacher and coach from Bennington, Nebraska
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2014 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Chris taught world history and computer...
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Tracy Alexander, a high school AP Language teacher from Tucson, Arizona
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2015 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Tracy taught AP English at Walden...
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MaryLou McKenna, a high school math teacher from Harwich, Massachusetts
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2015 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Marylou taught algebra at Barnstable High...
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Lydia Cuffman, a high school history teacher from Redwood City, California
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2015 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Lydia taught world, U.S., and Latin...
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Cathy Farrell, a high school science teacher from Wyandotte, Michigan
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2015 Teachers Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Cathy taught...
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Martha Jackson, a high school math teacher from Tabor, Iowa
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2015 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Martha taught math and speech at...
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Colin O'Grady, a high school English teacher from Alexandria, Virginia
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2015 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Colin taught English at West Potomac...
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Corinth Matéra, a high school English teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 21 player (2005-06-09).
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Maresha Mead, a high school English teacher from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 33 player (2017-04-06).
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Michael Braun, a high school junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
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"He is the 2005 Teen Tournament champion. A high school junior...
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Susie Sisson, a high school English teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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Season 21 player (2005-06-08).
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Tessa Fleming, a high school history teacher from Mission Viejo, California
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Season 31 player (2014-09-16). Tessa's father was a 2-time champion on...
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Dave Fuller, a high school teacher from Midlothian, Virginia
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Season 20 1-time co-champion: $32,000 + $1,000.
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Stan Brown, a high school history teacher from Macon, Georgia
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Season 20 2-time champion: $40,600 + $2,000.
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Ralph Dellanno, a high school theology teacher from Edison, New Jersey
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Season 24 player (2007-11-30).
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Rose Pate, a high school librarian from Pittsboro, North Carolina
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Season 25 player (2008-11-28).
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Bobbie Fulton, a high school French teacher from Middletown, Connecticut
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Season 26 player (2009-12-18).
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Rebecca Watt, a high school social studies teacher from Vienna, Virginia
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Season 24 player (2007-12-13).
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Randy Logan, a high school English teacher from Mesquite, Texas
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Season 22 2-time champion: $31,200 + $1,000.
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Carol Hager, a high school librarian from Peoria, Arizona
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Season 22 player (2005-09-21).
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Jamie Weiss, a high school senior and winner of last year's Teen Tournament from Fairfax, Virginia
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"A high school senior and winner of last year's teen tournament,...
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Larry Clow, a high school teacher from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 23 player (2006-10-18).
Last name pronounced to rhyme with "blow."
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Jennifer Wu, a high school junior from Arkadelphia, Arkansas
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"She won the 2004 Teen Tournament at age 15. Now 17,...
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Terry Parker, a high school history teacher from Cutler Bay, Florida
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"Don't try to pin down this wrestling coach, history teacher, and...
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Robin Cheney, a middle school teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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"All the students at her school go on a camping trip...
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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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Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
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2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
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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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Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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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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Marie McGraw, a senior at MIT from Cleveland, Ohio
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2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 at the time of the...
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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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Robbie Berg, a freshman from the University of Pennsylvania
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
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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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Judy Shewmake, a retired middle school history teacher from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,801 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "SHOO-make".
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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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Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer from the Style Network
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"Known for bringing high fashion to American women everywhere, and now...
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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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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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Marion Penning, a high school science and history teacher from Baltimore, Maryland
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"She teaches at a Maryland 'green' school that has a solar...
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Timothy Shuker-Haines, a high school history teacher from Williamstown, Massachusetts
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"He teaches at a small school where the students chop the...
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Cora Peck, a high school teacher and grad student from Aliso Viejo, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
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"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
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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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Ashley Grand, a freshman from Harvard University
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Pam Mueller, a college student from Wilmette, Illinois
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Taylor Norwood, a high school speech and debate teacher from Dallas, Texas
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Season 28 player (2012-07-02).
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Cory Harris, a high school English teacher from Mystic, Connecticut
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2016 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000 + a $2,500 education grant to...
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Hannah Krug, a high school math and physics teacher from Laurel, Maryland
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2016 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 education grant to...
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Susannah Nichols, a high school English teacher from Ferndale, Michigan
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2017 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. At the time of the Teachers...
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Nan Cohen, a high school English teacher from Van Nuys, California
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2017 Teachers Tournament 1st runner-up: $50,000. At the time of the...
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Roger Mueller-Kim, a high school social studies teacher from Dublin, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,401 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "MULL-er KIM".
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Clayton, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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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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Joann Mariani, a high school English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,500 + $2,000.
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
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"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
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Elise Burton, a freshman from the University of California-Berkeley
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 18 at the time of the...
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
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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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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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Tim Relihan, a senior from the University of Nebraska from Stromsburg, Nebraska
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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Maggie Brown, a sophomore from Pensacola, Florida
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2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2018 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist:...
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Maggie Brown, a junior at the University of West Florida from Pensacola, Florida
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\"A sophomore from Pensacola, Florida in the 2018 Teen Tournament, she\'s...
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Christopher Weis, a sophomore from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "WISE". Jeopardy!...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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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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Steph Gagelin, a sophomore from the University of North Dakota from Grand Forks, North Dakota
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Anjali Tripathi, a senior from MIT
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"Math and science were her favorite subjects in seventh grade. We're...
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Anish Maddipoti, a junior at the University of Texas at Austin from Austin, Texas
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\"In the 2018 Teen Tournament, he was a high school junior...
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Audrey Satchivi, a senior at Indiana University-Bloomington from Carmel, Indiana
|
\"She made it to the semifinals as a high school senior,...
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Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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"He was a 2002 Teen Champion. He's now a sophomore at...
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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
|
2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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Olivia Colangelo, a junior from the University of Notre Dame from Murrysville, Pennsylvania
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Rhea Sinha, a Cornell University graduate from Chatham, New Jersey
|
\"She first appeared as a high schooler from Chatham, New Jersey,...
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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
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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...
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Claire Sattler, a senior from Bonita Springs, Florida
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2018 Teen Tournament winner...
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Isabella Pagano, a freshman from Libertyville, Illinois
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quaterfinalist: $5,000. 2018 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist:...
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Anish Maddipoti, a junior from Austin, Texas
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2018 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist:...
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Dan Oxman, a senior at the University of Maryland from South Orange, New Jersey
|
\"He was a senior from South Orange, New Jersey when he...
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Maya Wright, a senior from Peachtree City, Georgia
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament 2nd runner-up: $25,000. 2018 Teen Tournament...
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Tim Cho, a senior at Columbia University from Champaign, Illinois
|
\"When he first appeared on Jeopardy!, he was a senior in...
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Justin Bolsen, a public policy economics student at Brown University from Canton, Georgia
|
2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. \"He was a high school...
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Justin Bolsen, a first-year student at Brown University from Canton, Georgia
|
2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. \"He was a high school...
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Teagan O'Sullivan, a first-year student at American University from Watertown, Massachusetts
|
"A high school freshman from Charlotte, North Carolina, when she became...
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Stephanie Pierson, a junior at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill from Macon, Georgia
|
"Originally competing as a high school junior from Macon, Georgia, she's...
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Sreekar Madabushi, a junior at the Georgia Institute of Technology from Basking Ridge, New Jersey
|
"In 2019, he was a high school junior at Basking Ridge,...
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Alison Purcell, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin from Bellaire, Texas
|
"She originally competed as a high school senior from Bellaire, Texas....
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Audrey Sarin, a senior at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo from Seattle, Washington
|
"In the 2019 Teen Tournament, she competed as a high school...
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Autumn Shelton, a junior from Lamar, Missouri
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2018 Teen Tournament semifinalist:...
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Rohan Kapileshwari, a senior from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2018 Teen Tournament wildcard...
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Jack Izzo, a senior from San Diego, California
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2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2018 Teen Tournament wildcard...
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Tim Cho, a senior from Champaign, Illinois
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2018 Teen Tournament semifinalist:...
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Rhea Sinha, a senior from Chatham, New Jersey
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2018 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist:...
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Audrey Satchivi, a senior from Carmel, Indiana
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2018 Teen Tournament semifinalist:...
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Dan Oxman, a senior from South Orange, New Jersey
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2018 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist:...
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Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
|
2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
|
Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
|
"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
|
Claire Sattler, a senior at Yale University from Bonita Springs, Florida
|
\"She won the 2018 Teen Tournament as a senior from Bonita...
|
Tom Kavanaugh, a personal trainer, filmmaker, and singer from St. Louis, Missouri
|
"He was a writer when he won eight games in Season...
|
Tom Kavanaugh, a kickball team captain from St. Louis, Missouri
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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Nico Martinez, a junior at Stanford University from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
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Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
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Brice Sunderland, a teacher and athletic director from San Bernardino, California
|
Season 21 1-time champion: $14,200 + $1,000.
|
Janet Bradlow, an insurance agent from New York, New York
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $58,000 + $2,000. Janet Bradlow New York,...
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Anderson Cooper, an anchor from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
|
"As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus of Harper's...
|
Robert Wargo, a student from Fairfield, Connecticut
|
Season 2 player (1986-05-29). Robert appeared on seven episodes of Connecticut...
|
Jeff Gorham, an accountant from Richmond, Virginia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $14,001 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SpacemanSpiff
|
A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
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Dan Jensen, a restaurant manager from Reston, Virginia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $58,203 + $1,000.
|
Ariel Schneider, a biology student from West Lafayette, Indiana
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $46,300 + $2,000.
|
Regis Philbin, a TV host from Live with Regis and Kelly
|
"In 2004 he entered the Guinness Book of Records as having...
|
Steve Newman, a partner in a small computer company from Rockville, Maryland
|
"He was the first player to win 5 games in the...
|
Brad Rutter, a TV quiz show host from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
|
Catherine Briley, a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana
|
2012 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $31,000. 17 at...
|
Ben Chuchla, a senior from Calabasas, California
|
2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Last name pronounced like "HOO-kla"....
|
Caleb Olson, a senior from Chariton, Iowa
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
|
Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
|
2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
|
Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
|
2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Laura Ansley, a senior from Twinsburg, Ohio
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
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"He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
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Elliot Shteir, an attorney from Somerville, New Jersey
|
1995-A Seniors Tournament 1st runner-up: $10,000. Dr. Elliot Shteir won $8,230...
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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
|
"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
|
Chris Breen, a sophomore at Princeton University from Springfield, Massachusetts
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
|
Aman Birk, from Irvine, California
|
"He may not be the fastest swimmer on the team, but...
|
Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
|
Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
|
Joshua Malina, a TV actor and creator/producer from Celebrity Poker Showdown
|
"He created and produced Celebrity Poker Showdown for the Bravo Channel,...
|
Jackson Jones, a junior at Vanderbilt University from Louisville, Kentucky
|
"He was a semifinalist in the 2019 Teen Tournament as a...
|
Avi Gupta, a senior at Stanford University from Portland, Oregon
|
"He was a high schooler in Portland, Oregon when he won...
|
Rohit Kataria, a junior at Vanderbilt University from Wheelersburg, Ohio
|
"In his first appearance on Jeopardy!, he was a high schooler...
|
Katherine Bushey, a junior from Wilmington, Delaware
|
2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer and TV personality from the QVC Network
|
"His fashion designs are a favorite among celebrities on the red...
|
Donna Vogel, a scientist from Bethesda, Maryland
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
|
Dorothy Gilmartin, a teacher from Weehawken, New Jersey
|
Season 24 player (2007-09-10). Dorothy's turn against IBM's Jeopardy!-playing computer Watson...
|
Joel Serna, originally from Fort Worth, Texas
|
\"His 1999 appearance on Kids Week earned him an invitation to...
|
Cathy Bloedorn, a chemistry and forsenics teacher from Ellicott City, Maryland
|
"She teaches at a green school, where the environment is part...
|
Mary Alice Korth, a 6th-12th grade choir teacher from Dowagiac, Michigan
|
2018 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 grant. At the...
|
James Brown, a physics teacher from El Paso, Texas
|
"He teaches at a high school where most of the students...
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Emma Johnson, an eleven-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
|
"She'll hit a high note in her future musical career as...
|
Sam Leanza, a senior from Laguna Hills, California
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
Anderson Cooper, a host from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
|
2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11).
Charity: American Heart Association.
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Kathy Maurer, a physics teacher from Manassas, Virginia
|
Season 24 player (2008-07-07).
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Andy Siegler, a senior from Cinnaminson, New Jersey
|
2001 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $15,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Matt Schnippert, a sophomore at Florida State University from Jacksonville, Florida
|
2001 College Championship 1st runner-up: $19,801. Matt was 19 at the...
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Erin Bogart, a junior at Miami University of Ohio from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Erin was 20 at the time...
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Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
|
2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
|
Lynne Wexler, a librarian from Evanston, Illinois
|
"She was the first 5-time champion in 1991. A librarian from...
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Fraser Woodford, an investment banker from New York, New York
|
"In 1993, winner of the Teen Tournament, he's now an investment...
|
Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
|
2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
|
Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
|
Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
|
2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
|
Charlie Penrod, an assistant professor of law from Natchitoches, Louisiana
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,000 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: CharlieP
|
Andrew Kreitz, a senior from Huntington Beach, California
|
2006 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000.
|
Mark Eckard, a software designer from Bedford, Massachusetts
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $35,600. 2001 Tournament...
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Drew Lachey, a singer and actor from Dancing with the Stars
|
"He was working as an emergency medical technician when brother Nick...
|
David Hoffelmeyer, a senior from St. Joseph, Missouri
|
2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
|
Ruvani Fonseka, a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
|
2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of...
|
Kristen Seigel, a high school Spanish teacher from Columbus, Ohio
|
Season 37 player (2021-01-29).
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Claire Theoret, a high school registrar from Essex, Vermont
|
Season 39 player (2023-01-03).
Last name pronounced like "THEE-o-ret".
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Sandy Olive, a high school English teacher from St. Louis, Missouri
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 2-time champion: $52,200 + $2,000.
|
Caleb Richmond, a sophomore from Bedford, New Hampshire
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2018 Teen Tournament semifinalist:...
|
Sandy Olive, a high school English teacher from Saint Louis, Missouri
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 2-time champion: $52,200 + $2,000.
|
Shari Meyer, a high school English teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts
|
Season 35 player (2019-07-25).
|
Eesha Sohail, a UCLA graduate from Bakersfield, California
|
\"In the 2019 Teen Tournament, she claimed a spot in the...
|
Hannah Nekritz, a senior at Brandeis University from Stamford, Connecticut
|
\"A semifinalist from Stamford, Connecticut in the 2019 Teen Tournament, she\'s...
|
Caleb Richmond, a sophomore at Georgetown University from Bedford, New Hampshire
|
\"In 2018, he became a semifinalist representing Bedford, New Hampshire. He\'s...
|
Carolyn Meek, a high school English teacher from Houston, Texas
|
1992 Seniors Tournament 2nd runner-up: $9,500.
|
Tim Doyle, a high school teacher from Lawrenceville, New Jersey
|
Season 11 player (1995-02-22).
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Justin Cosgrove, an assistant principal at a high school for the blind from St. Augustine, Florida
|
Season 34 player (2018-06-21).
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Debra Elarbee, a high school teacher from Carrollton, Georgia
|
Season 10 player (1994-01-04).
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Michael Parmer, a high school principal from Downey, California
|
Season 11 player (1995-01-04).
|
Chris Dellicarpini, a screenwriter from South Huntington, New York
|
Season 23 1-time champion: $25,199 + $2,000. Chris was a high...
|
Rosemary Lewis, a junior high school teacher originally from Doylestown, Pennsylvania
|
Season 1 player (1985-01-08).
|
Jen Sosnowski, a high school science teacher from Roanoke, Virginia
|
Season 34 1-time champion: $28,801 + $2,000.
|
Maureen Block, a high school English and film studies teacher from Rancho Cucamonga, California
|
Season 35 player (2018-10-05). Maureen won $1,000 on Who Wants to...
|
Bill Roche, a junior high school teacher from Ashland, Montana
|
Season 9 player (1993-03-01).
|
Kian Barry, a high school history teacher from Hopewell, New Jersey
|
Season 35 player (2018-10-04).
|
Barb Fecteau, a high school librarian from Beverly, Massachusetts
|
2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000.
Season 37 player (2021-07-27).
|
Barb Fecteau, a high school librarian from Beverly, Massachusetts
|
2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000.
Season 37 player (2021-07-27).
|
Mike Willard, a high school teacher from Oceanside, New York
|
Season 11 player (1995-06-14).
|
Armand Sanchez, a high school teacher from San Jose, California
|
Season 38 player (2022-06-27). Armand won $1,000 on Master Minds on...
|
Allen Rudolph, a high school teacher from Los Gatos, California
|
Season 12 player (1995-10-18).
|
Nancy Edelman, a high school English teacher from Teaneck, New Jersey
|
Season 38 player (2021-11-25).
|
Jon Stordahl, a high school teacher from Laguna Niguel, California
|
Season 9 player (1992-12-29).
|
Nancy Schoppa, a retired high school teacher from Saint Jo, Texas
|
Season 35 2-time champion: $35,000 + $1,000.
|
Justin Bolsen, a freshman from Canton, Georgia
|
2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 High School Reunion Tournament...
|
Frank Dillon, a part-time high school sports writer originally from Cleveland, Ohio
|
1987 Senior Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Frank won $1,000 on Jeopardy! on...
|
Alex Cook, a consultant from Saint Paul, Minnesota
|
Season 34 player (2018-01-12).
|
Mary Gildea, a retired high school English teacher from Marietta, Pennsylvania
|
Season 30 player (2013-12-19).
Last name pronounced like "gill-DAY".
|
Seema Dahlheimer, a professor of technical writing from St. Louis, Missouri
|
Season 36 player (2019-11-22). Seema had Jon Hamm as her high...
|
Rachel Hirsch, a high school history teacher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
Season 30 player (2013-12-12).
|
Erin Portman, a high school English teacher from Naperville, Illinois
|
2024 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 39 1-time champion: $31,201 + $2,000.
|
Doug Wilham, a high school athletic director from Louisville, Kentucky
|
Season 35 player (2019-02-18).
|
Erin Portman, a high school English teacher from Naperville, Illinois
|
2024 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 39 1-time champion: $31,201 + $2,000.
|
Matt Amodio, a post-doctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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2023 Jeopardy! Masters 3rd place player: $150,000. 2022 Tournament of Champions...
|
Matt Amodio, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut
|
2023 Jeopardy! Masters 3rd place player: $150,000. 2022 Tournament of Champions...
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Matt Amodio, a postdoctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
2023 Jeopardy! Masters 3rd place player: $150,000. 2022 Tournament of Champions...
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Cecilia Cuevas, a high school dean of students from Kansas City, Missouri
|
Season 30 player (2013-12-05). Sister of Season 27 champion Jesse Cuevas,...
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Shadi Peterman, a high school history teacher from St. Louis, Missouri
|
Season 33 2-time champion: $18,000 + $2,000.
|
Bryan Coyle, a high school English teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
Season 35 player (2019-02-06).
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Hannah Nekritz, a senior from Stamford, Connecticut
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2019 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
|
Cary Bonnell, a project manager from Oblong, Illinois
|
Season 34 player (2017-12-26).
Last name pronounced like "bahn-ELL".
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Avi Gupta, a senior from Portland, Oregon
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
2019 Teen Tournament winner: $100,000.
|
Maggie Sharpe, a high school math teacher from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 38 player (2022-06-08).
|
Emily Bridges, a communications director from Laurel, Maryland
|
Season 33 player (2017-07-24).
|
Jackson Jones, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament 1st runner-up: $50,000.
2019 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
|
Randy Waite, a high school teacher from Salina, Kansas
|
Season 4 player (1988-06-30).
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Shriya Yarlagadda, a sophomore from Grand Blanc, Michigan
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quaterfinalist: $5,000.
2019 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Gus Splittorf, a senior from North Canton, Ohio
|
1995 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000. Gus was 17 and attended North...
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Sreekar Madabushi, a junior from Basking Ridge, New Jersey
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist:...
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Audrey Sarin, a senior from Redmond, Washington
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2019 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
Justin Bourassa, a high school English teacher and coach from Medford, Massachusetts
|
Season 34 player (2017-12-20).
Last name pronounced like "bur-AH-sah".
|
Rohit Kataria, a junior from Wheelersburg, Ohio
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2019 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
Ranjani Sheshadri, a 10th and 11th grade English teacher from Friendswood, Texas
|
2018 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 grant. At the...
|
Katherine Saxby, a high school English and French teacher from Alameda, California
|
2018 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000 + a $2,500 grant. At the...
|
Alison Purcell, a senior from Bellaire, Texas
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2019 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
Lucas Miner, a junior from Miami, Florida
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
2019 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
|
Eesha Sohail, a senior from Bakersfield, California
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2019 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
|
Hugh Zegers, a high school teacher originally from The Hague, Netherlands
|
Season 11 player (1995-03-30): Krups appliances + the Jeopardy! home game.
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Stephanie Pierson, a junior from Macon, Georgia
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
2019 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
Doug Grimshaw, a high school economics teacher from Burbank, California
|
Season 37 player (2020-11-11).
|
Karen Cafaro, an English literature and composition teacher from Georgetown, South Carolina
|
"She recently celebrated her silver anniversary of teaching. From Georgetown, South...
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Ryan Presler, an eighth grader from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quaterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 Teen Tournament 1st...
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Teagan O'Sullivan, a freshman from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament quaterfinalist: $5,000.
2019 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
|
Kris Olson, a high school music teacher from Lexington, Kentucky
|
Season 38 player (2022-05-25).
|
Sarah Woodring, a crafter from Sturgis, Kentucky
|
Season 34 player (2017-12-12).
|
Howard Kaufman, a junior high school teacher originally from New York
|
Season 1 X-time champion: $X.
|
LaKedra Pam, a physician from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
Season 34 2-time champion: $32,800 + $2,000. First name pronounced like...
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Larissa Dizon, an academic advisor from San Diego, California
|
Season 33 player (2017-07-14).
Name pronounced like "lar-EE-sah DEE-zon".
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Margot Cameron, a junior high school teacher originally from Kimberly, Nevada
|
1990 Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
|
Lindsay Norsworthy, a small business owner from Linthicum Heights, Maryland
|
Season 34 player (2017-12-06).
|
Ollie Savage, a high school English and film studies teacher from Burbank, California
|
2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 37 player (2021-02-26).
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David Kaye, a high school English teacher from Scottsdale, Arizona
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-01-04).
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Martin Kane, a high school teacher from Martin, Tennessee
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Season 35 1-time champion: $35,601 + $2,000.
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David Kaye, a high school English teacher from Scottsdale, Arizona
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 37 player (2021-01-04).
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Isabella Pagano, a first-year student at Caltech from Libertyville, Illinois
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"In 2018, she competed as a freshman from Llibtertyville, Illinois. She's...
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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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Shriya Yarlagadda, a sophomore at Harvard University from Grand Blanc, Michigan
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"She first appeared in 2019 as a Teen Tournament semifinalist from...
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Shawn Adler, a high school English teacher from Hackensack, New Jersey
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Season 34 player (2017-11-29).
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Joan Voss, a high school teacher from Fort Lee, New Jersey
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Season 7 player (1990-10-23).
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Autumn Shelton, a junior at Princeton University from Lamar, Missouri
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"In the 2018 Teen Tournament, she advanced to the semifinals as...
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Dan Wohl, a high school history teacher from Brooklyn New York
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 1-time champion: $26,799 + $2,000.
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Dan Wohl, a high school history teacher from Forest Hills, New York
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 1-time champion: $26,799 + $2,000.
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Jonathan Greenstein, a high school social studies teacher from Mount Laurel, New Jersey
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Season 35 player (2019-06-05).
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Jack Izzo, a senior at Northwestern University from San Diego, California
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"He was a senior in San Diego when he became a...
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Justin Yaeger, a high school history teacher from Studio City, California
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Season 37 player (2021-03-08).
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Ann Mazzaferro, a high school English and drama teacher from San Andreas, California
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Season 37 player (2021-03-05).
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Maya Wright, a senior at Emory University from Peachtree City, Georgia
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"She first played in the 2018 Teen Tournament, and became a...
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Mike Becker, a senior at Jesuit High School from Gretna, Louisiana
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1987 Teen Tournament semfinalist: $5,000.
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David Simon, a senior at Jonathan Dayton High School from Mountainside, New Jersey
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1987 Teen Tournament semfinalist: $5,000.
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Kelly Flynn, a high school English teacher from Exeter, New Hampshire
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Season 38 player (2022-05-04).
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Felicia Corralez, a junior at Belmont High School from Los Angeles, California
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1987 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Anne Pulju, a high school English teacher from Sandy Spring, Maryland
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2020 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Jong Ho Kim, a high school math teacher from Lombard, Illinois
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2020 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Dana Venator, a junior at Briarcliff High School from Decatur, Georgia
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1998 Teen Reunion Tournament fourth place finisher: $7,500.
1987 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $5,000.
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Lisa Patterson, a junior at Pasadena High School from Pasadena, Texas
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1987 Teen Tournament semfinalist: $5,000.
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Matt Joyal, a high school history teacher from Hampstead, New Hampshire
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2020 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Brian Kalt, a freshman at Southfield Lathrup High School from Southfield, Michigan
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1987 Teen Tournament semfinalist: $5,000.
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Justin Vossler, a high school history teacher from Homer, New York
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2017 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 33 5-time champion: $110,000 + $2,000.
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Mary Kate Trausch, a high school science teacher from Vernon Hills, Illinois
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2020 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Rotimi Kukoyi, a freshman from Hoover, Alabama
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2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000. 2018 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist:...
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Jenna Hall, a high school English teacher from Seaside, California
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2020 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Rotimi Kukoyi, a sophomore health policy and management major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Hoover, Alabama
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2023 Second Chance competition 2nd runner-up: $10,000. 2018 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist:...
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Lauren Schneider Lipton, a high school health teacher from Seattle, Washington
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2020 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Sara Stanchina, a freshman at Lionville Junior High School from Downington, Pennsylvania
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1987 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Katie Labarge, a high school science teacher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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2020 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Brittany Franckowiak, a high school biology teacher from Laurel, Maryland
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Season 33 player (2017-06-23).
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Cres Formey, a junior at Windsor Forest High School from Savannah, Georgia
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1998 Teen Reunion Tournament participant: $5,000.
1987 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Sam Matson, a high school English teacher from Cookeville, Tennessee
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2020 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Joey DiNardi, a substitute teacher from Newington, Connecticut
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Season 34 player (2018-03-28).
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Amy Wilson, a junior at McGuinness High School from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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1998 Teen Reunion Tournament participant: $5,000. 1987 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000....
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Michael Galvin, a senior at Shaker Heights High School from Shaker Heights, Ohio
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1987 Tournament...
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Ivory Johnson, a high school social studies teacher from Hollandale, Mississippi
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2020 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Mitch Epner, a senior at Half Hollow Hills West High School from Dix Hills, New York
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1987 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $13,800.
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Molly Lower, a high school history teacher from Pasadena, California
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Season 37 player (2020-09-29).
Last name pronounced like "Lauer".
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Mary Peace, a high school teacher from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Season 35 player (2019-05-22).
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Lynn Harvey, a high school teacher from Mantua, Ohio
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Season 12 player (1996-02-26).
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Kristen Rucki, a high school English teacher from Astoria, New York
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Season 38 player (2022-04-14).
Last name pronounced like "ROOK-ee".
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Chris Jacobs, a sophomore from Orefield, Pennsylvania
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1995 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Chris attended Allentown Central Catholic High...
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Mike Kennedy, a former high school teacher from Torrance, California
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Season 8 player (1991-11-27). Introductions missing from archiving tape. Player information...
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Francois Barcomb, an 11th grade physics teacher from New Paltz, New York
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2019 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. 2019 Teachers Tournament winner:...
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John Bizal, a retired high school English teacher from Scottsdale, Arizona
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Season 34 player (2018-03-20).
No Hometown Howdy was published for John.
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Alexandra Bicks, a high school ESL teacher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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2019 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. At the time of the Teachers...
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Pam Warren, a high school science teacher from Petersburg, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-09-30).
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Mariah Minges Klusman, a 12th grade English language arts teacher from Wyncote, Pennsylvania
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2019 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. At the time of the Teachers...
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Pam Warren, a high school science teacher from Petersburg, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-09-30).
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Julia Rosinski Bailey, a 10th grade chemistry teacher from Austin, Texas
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2019 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. At the time of the...
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Michael Kremer, a high school drama teacher from La Verne, California
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Season 12 player (1996-02-05).
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Jim Weir, a high school mathematics teacher from Germantown, Maryland
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Season 19 player (2003-03-21).
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Samantha Slama, a high school English teacher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 36 player (2020-01-21).
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Glenn Styles, a high school teacher from Medomak, Maine
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Season 9 player (1993-03-26).
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Daniel Nguyen, a high school math teacher from San Jose, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 38 2-time champion: $25,199 + $1,000.
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Kate Veksler, a senior from Lower Merion High School
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1990 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Alex gave Kate's full first name as Ekaterina.
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Jennifer Dikes, a junior from Eleanor Roosevelt High School
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1990 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Daniel Nguyen, a high school math teacher and doctoral student from San Jose, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 38 2-time champion: $25,199 + $1,000.
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Justin Broughman, a high school social studies teacher from Strasburg, Virginia
|
Season 34 player (2017-10-19).
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Jan Van Faasen, a high school library secretary from Holland, Michigan
|
1995-A Senior Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
Jan appeared on Jeopardy! in 1965.
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Chris Fleitas, a high school college prep counselor from San Francisco, California
|
Season 28 2-time champion: $82,901 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "FLEE-tas".
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Sharon Bishop, a high school Spanish teacher from Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-07-28).
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Diana Cobos, a high school Spanish teacher from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 10 player (1994-01-26).
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Sharon Bishop, a high school Spanish teacher from Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2023-07-28).
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Gladys Brass, a high school librarian from Pilesville, Maryland
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Season 5 1-time champion: $1,599.
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Margaret Wheeler, a high school librarian originally from Phoenix, Arizona
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Season 3 player (1987-01-29).
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Jeannine DuBois, a junior high school teacher from Rockford, Illinois
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Season 13 player (1997-02-18).
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Tina Baybay-Bykov, an AP world history teacher from Orlando, Florida
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"Ballet used to keep her on her toes. Now it's her...
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Patrick Quinn, a high school German teacher from Chesterfield, Missouri
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2013 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2012-A Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000.
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Aubrey Gilleran, a high school English teacher from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
Season 39 player (2023-07-05).
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Chris Sullivan, a high school Spanish teacher from Westhaven, Connecticut
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Season 15 player (1999-07-06). Not to be confused with Season 11...
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Doris Click, a high school Spanish teacher from Durham, North Carolina
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Season 19 player (2003-04-09).
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Robin Woolsey, a high school English teacher from Oxford, Alabama
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Season 27 1-time champion: $5,500 + $2,000.
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Catherine Perino, a high school English teacher from Montclair, New Jersey
|
Season 7 player (1991-06-07).
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Jennifer Bernstein, a social worker from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 28 player (2011-12-07).
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Lisa Rhae Burgess, a retired high school teacher from Surfside Beach, South Carolina
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Season 34 player (2017-10-11).
Middle name pronounced like \"RAY\".
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Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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2019 All-Star Games captain of 2nd runner-up Team Colby: a share...
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Camron Conners, a high school social studies teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 38 1-time champion: $24,200 + $1,000.
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Tori Amos, a sophomore from Englewood, Ohio
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2013 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
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Camron Conners, a high school social studies teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 38 1-time champion: $24,200 + $1,000.
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Ira Fishman, a high school teacher from Daly City, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $7,400.
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Jeff Thompson, a high school teacher from Lake Forest, Illinois
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Season 19 1-time champion: $19,000 + $1,000.
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Jordan Villanueva, a senior from Moweaqua, Illinois
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2013 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Emily Greenberg, a senior from Westport, Connecticut
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2013 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of...
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Barrett Block, a senior from Lexington, Kentucky
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2013 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $35,600. 17 at the time of...
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Joe Vertnik, a senior from Mound, Minnesota
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2013 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of...
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William Crouch, a sophomore from Warner Robins, Georgia
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2013 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Brittany Poppen, a junior from Goodyear, Arizona
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2013 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Olivia Hummer, a senior from Covina, California
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2013 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Celia Green, a high school English teacher from Fresno, California
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Season 15 player (1999-01-01).
|
Laura Whittle, a retired high school English teacher from Sacramento, California
|
Season 28 player (2012-03-06).
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Katie Stone, a senior from El Paso, Texas
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2013 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Kelton Ellis, a junior from Macon, Georgia
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2013 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Erica Mines, a high school English teacher originally from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 29 1-time champion: $18,000 + $2,000.
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Ben Wong, a high school history teacher originally from San Francisco, California
|
Season 27 player (2011-07-01). Ben won $64,000 on the College Edition...
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Brock Putnam, a high school teacher from East Litchfield, Connecticut
|
Season 12 player (1996-06-17).
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Ellen Lewis, a retired high school math teacher from Mount Vernon, New York
|
Season 28 1-time champion: $10,000 + $1,000.
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Josh Cabat, a high school English teacher from New York, New York
|
Season 27 player (2011-07-01).
|
Salil Kumar, a senior at Isidore Newman High School from Harahan, Louisiana
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1987 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Patrick Mooney, a high school math teacher from St. Louis, Missouri
|
Season 29 player (2013-01-18).
Partner of Season 26 player Greg Lyon.
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Erin Maxwell, a high school English and drama teacher from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 27 player (2011-03-21).
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Michelle Bemis, a high school history teacher from Allen Park, Michigan
|
Season 38 player (2022-02-09).
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Vicki Reynolds, a high school technology teacher from Lanham, Maryland
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Season 20 player (2004-07-01).
KJL game 22.
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Patti Duplaga, a high school librarian from Akron, Ohio
|
Season 29 player (2013-06-03).
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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2011 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000.
JBoard user name: lonesomeseagull
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Matt Olson, a sophomore at Stanford University from Berkeley, California
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Jacqueline Hawkins, an English professor from Louisville, Kentucky
|
Season 31 2-time champion: $34,101 + $1,000.
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Lanny Springs, a retiree and high school coach from Ruxton, Maryland
|
Season 25 player (2008-11-07).
|
Sam Fleming, a retired high school science teacher from Chickasaw, Alabama
|
Season 27 player (2011-06-20).
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Sue Korosa, a teacher from Akron, Ohio
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Season 7 player (1990-09-06). Sue, then of Copley High School, won...
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Marcus Gresham, a WRAP facilitator from Corydon, Indiana
|
Season 34 2-time champion: $46,802 + $1,000. WRAP stands for Wellness...
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Steve Cartwright, a physicist from Dayton, Ohio
|
Season 10 player (1993-10-19). Originally from St. Louis, Steve was, at...
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Crista Calderon, an instructional technology specialist from Spokane, Washington
|
Season 33 player (2017-03-02).
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Michael Vlach, a high school technology teacher from Vacaville, California
|
Season 27 player (2011-06-15).
Last name pronounced like "vuh-LAHTCH".
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Ana Peso, a high school librarian from Wheeling, Illinois
|
Season 29 player (2012-12-31).
First name pronounced like "AH-na".
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Susan Logan, a stay-at-home mom from Glenview, Illinois
|
Season 33 player (2016-10-24).
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Paula Menasche, a high school social studies teacher from Coral Gables, Florida
|
Season 29 3-time champion: $55,100 + $1,000.
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Jonathan Shulman, a high school history teacher from San Diego, California
|
Season 29 player (2013-03-20).
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Matthew McElroy, a high school history teacher from Wildwood, New Jersey
|
Season 38 player (2022-01-31).
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Prudence Plunkett, a high school librarian from Wasilla, Alaska
|
Season 28 player (2012-07-24).
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Ernie Sykes, a high school English teacher from Nolensville, Tennessee
|
Season 33 player (2017-03-06).
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Tom Stetina, a high school math teacher from Millsboro, Delaware
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $29,353 + $1,000.
|
Tom Witek, a high school math teacher from Gurnee, Illinois
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $51,001 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "WYE-tek".
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Afam Onyema, a nonprofit co-founder and leader originally from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 32 player (2016-06-28).
|
Renee Huff, a high school English teacher from Olney, Maryland
|
Season 27 player (2011-05-27).
|
Dan Burke, a high school theology teacher from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 28 1-time champion: $26,798 + $1,000.
|
Frances Garrison, a high school English teacher from Hemet, California
|
Season 38 player (2022-01-17).
|
Will Gilbert, a retail manager from St. Louis, Missouri
|
Season 32 player (2016-06-23).
|
Salvatore Parente, a glazier from Sunrise, Florida
|
Season 31 player (2015-04-28).
JBoard user name: mrsal67
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Kalen Meine, a bartender from Littleton, Colorado
|
Season 33 player (2016-10-11).
|
Jenn Hilley, a high school English teacher from Orlando, Florida
|
Season 19 player (2003-06-12).
|
David Hillinck, a high school principal from Sacramento, California
|
1994 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $7,500.
Season 10 4-time champion: $47,401.
|
Winter Mead, a high school drama teacher from Oakland, California
|
Season 24 player (2008-05-30).
|
Steve Frappier, a high school college counselor from Miami, Florida
|
Season 24 player (2008-05-29).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: bjorkchop
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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.
|
Anne Campbell, a homeschool educator from Frederick, Maryland
|
Season 33 player (2016-09-29).
|
Tim House, a high school teacher from Lancaster, California
|
Season 8 1-time champion: $2,599 + a Yorx 6-CD changer stereo...
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Laura Kohlenberg, a global talent management associate originally from Pemberville, Ohio
|
Season 31 player (2015-04-10).
|
Melissa Applebee, a high school teacher from Urbana, Illinois
|
Season 31 player (2014-12-24).
|
Dawn Marie Nolan, a senior at Fletcher Senior High School from Jacksonville Beach, Florida
|
1987 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
|
Travis Miscia, an attorney from Jersey City, New Jersey
|
Season 31 player (2015-04-08).
Last name pronounced like "MISH-ah".
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Paul Egendorf, a senior at Tustin High School from Tustin, California
|
1987 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Curt King, a junior at Eleanor McMain Magnet High School from New Orleans, Louisiana
|
1987 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
|
Kate Reed Hauenstein, a high school history teacher from Cedar Park, Texas
|
Season 33 player (2017-02-09).
|
Tim Russert, a moderator from Meet the Press
|
"He's the Washington Bureau Chief of NBC News and the longtime...
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Doug Wager, a high school English teacher from Huntington Beach, California
|
Season 19 1-time champion: $9,999 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "WAY-ger."
|
Erica Rosengart, an advertising executive originally from New York, New York
|
Season 31 player (2015-03-31).
|
Erin Topping, a high school English teacher from Santa Ana, California
|
Season 20 player (2003-12-16).
|
Hunter Appler, an attorney originally from Mount Airy, North Carolina
|
2017 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 32 6-time champion: $145,603 + $2,000.
|
Mark Adams, a health benefits advisor from Johnstown, Pennsylvania
|
Season 32 player (2016-06-09).
|
Dan Inloes, a high school English and math teacher from Huntington Woods, Michigan
|
Season 15 1-time champion: $9,200.
|
Torrey Livenick, a law student originally from Las Vegas, Nevada
|
Season 32 player (2016-06-08).
|
Zelda Pulliam, an income tax specialist from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 32 player (2015-10-16).
|
Robert Wood, a teacher originally from Twentynine Palms, California
|
Season 32 player (2016-06-07).
|
Stew Latwin, a Navy pilot originally from Rye, New York
|
Season 32 2-time champion: $42,601 + $2,000. Stew appeared on the...
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Jeremy Eaton, a graduate student and instructor originally from Gambrills, Maryland
|
Season 32 player (2016-06-03).
|
Aaron Brown, an Emmy Award-winning newsman from CNN's popular primetime newscast
|
"A journalist for over 25 years, he now anchors CNN's popular...
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Renie Sotiropoulos, a high school teacher from Crownsville, Maryland
|
Season 20 1-time champion: $12,400 + $1,000.
|
Hunter Brown, a senior from Wheaton, Illinois
|
2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of...
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Kevin Fielder, a high school teacher from Long Beach, California
|
Season 15 player (1999-06-24).
|
Nafis Abdullah, a high school teacher from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 24 player (2008-01-15).
|
Daniel Watkins, a music teacher from Fort Worth, Texas
|
Season 31 player (2015-03-18).
|
Rohan Kapileshwari, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
\"This Teen Tournament semifinalist first competed in 2018. He\'s now in...
|
Allen Collins, a high school English teacher from Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
|
Season 9 player (1993-07-02).
|
Alex Navissi, a business development associate originally from Katy, Texas
|
Season 31 2-time champion: $26,901 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "nah-VEE-see".
|
Robert Morgan, a high school teacher from San Juan Capistrano, California
|
Season 20 1-time champion: $23,500 + $2,000.
|
Lucas Miner, a junior at Yale University from Miami, Florida
|
\"He finished third in the 2019 Teen Tournament as a junior...
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Esther Walling, a junior high school teacher originally from Redding, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-09).
|
Jim Wilson, a high school teacher from Midlothian, Virginia
|
Season 20 player (2003-12-01).
|
Aaron Ellis, a high school physics teacher from Whitestown, Indiana
|
Season 33 player (2017-01-18).
|
Wanda Berthelot, a high school teacher from Lafayette, Louisiana
|
Season 18 player (2002-04-03).
Last name pronounced like "BERTH-uh-lot".
|
Christine Schmidt, a high school teacher from Miami, Florida
|
Season 19 2-time champion: $33,801 + $1,000.
|
Heidi Eichler, a high school science teacher from Morton Grove, Illinois
|
Season 32 player (2016-05-23).
|
Samantha Budesa, a billing coordinator from Cookeville, Tennessee
|
Season 32 player (2015-09-30).
Last name pronounced like "boo-DESS-uh".
|
Shawn Paul, a restaurant manager originally from Waterville, Maine
|
Season 31 player (2015-03-13).
|
Claudia Shanaman, a high school teacher from York, Pennsylvania
|
Season 12 player (1996-01-03).
|
Alan Sherman, a freelance political consultant from Mountain View, California
|
Season 32 player (2015-09-29).
|
Cheryl Guy, a high school principal from Columbia, South Carolina
|
Season 33 1-time champion: $20,600 + $2,000.
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Scott Schneider, a high school teacher from Louisville, Kentucky
|
Season 18 1-time champion: $17,100.
|
Austin Roberts, a program analyst originally from Spring, Texas
|
Season 31 player (2015-03-05).
|
Melissa Hodges, a part-time mechanical engineer and full-time mom from Allen, Texas
|
Season 31 player (2015-07-28).
|
Rebecca Press Schwartz, a high school administrator from New York, New York
|
Season 31 player (2015-03-05).
|
James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Manhattan Beach,...
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Dylan Parson, a student from Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
|
Season 32 3-time champion: $29,799 + $2,000.
|
Cameron Soulis, a high school chemistry teacher from Baltimore, Maryland
|
Season 15 player (1999-03-18).
|
Lily Foss, a future law student from Manchester, New Hampshire
|
Season 31 player (2015-02-26).
|
Linda Flammer, a high school English teacher from Valencia, California
|
Season 18 player (2002-03-15).
|
Todd Gonzalez, a paint sales assistant manager from Rochester, New York
|
Season 32 player (2016-07-28).
|
Thomas Phillips, a graduate student originally from Greenville, Alabama
|
Season 31 1-time champion: $10,800 + $1,000.
|
Andy Anderson, a high school math teacher originally from Batavia, Illinois
|
Season 32 player (2015-09-15). Andy appeared on the show by winning...
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Dan Marsh, a supply chain analyst from Corinth, Mississippi
|
Season 32 player (2016-07-21).
|
Bill Knuth, a high school special education teacher from East Lansing, Michigan
|
2016 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a $2,500 education grant...
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Tenaya Snider, a 10th grade English teacher from Tucson, Arizona
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2016 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 education grant to...
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Jennifer Casey, a high school drama teacher originally from Sonoma, California
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Season 22 1-time champion: $6,600 + $1,000.
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Amy Kobrzynski, a high school history teacher from Bridgeport, Pennsylvania
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Season 18 player (2002-06-05).
Last name pronounced like "ko-BRIN-skee."
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Jack Breschard, a high school teacher from Santa Monica, California
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Season 17 1-time champion: $4,990.
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John Drymiller, a high school teacher from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 17 1-time champion: $13,700.
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A.K. Subramanian, a high school history teacher from Villa Park, California
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Season 22 player (2006-07-04). A.K. also appeared on Weakest Link on...
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Erik Russell, a high school tutor from Westminster, California
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Season 11 player (1994-10-20).
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Dave Traini, a high school administrator from Medford Lakes, New Jersey
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 1990 Super...
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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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Lee Raskin, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 6 player (1989-10-25).
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Tom Hartmann, a junior from San Antonio, Texas
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2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Nicole Throckmorton, an 11th grade English and creative writing teacher from Williamsburg, Virginia
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2016 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a $2,500 education grant...
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Val Narehood, a theater technician from Tyrone, Pennsylvania
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Season 31 player (2015-07-15).
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Logan Bell, a senior from Rock Falls, Illinois
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2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Doug Rodgers, a high school teacher from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 18 player (2002-03-05).
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Bridget Derbyshire, a high school English teacher from Meraux, Louisiana
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Season 17 player (2001-05-24).
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Stephanie Mitchell, an 8th grade language arts teacher from Effingham, Illinois
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2017 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. At the time of the Teachers...
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Jane Glass, a high school librarian from Portland, Maine
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Season 23 player (2006-12-21).
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David Clemmons, an 11th grade U.S. history teacher from Fort Worth, Texas
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2017 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2017 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000....
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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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Lisa Carotenuto, a high school social studies teacher from Tucson, Arizona
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Season 17 player (2001-07-19).
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Jonathan Bill, a high school teacher from Gig Harbor, Washington
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Season 33 player (2016-12-19).
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George Nelson, a senior from Montgomery, Alabama
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2002 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $29,497. George was...
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Carl Brownell, a high school teacher from Evanston, Illinois
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Season 17 1-time champion: $3,000.
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Perry Gentry, a high school religion teacher from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 23 player (2006-12-12).
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Sam Lerner, a sophomore from Indianapolis, Indiana
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2014 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 15 at the time of...
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Joe Taglic, a senior from Valley Stream, New York
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2014 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of...
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David Tiemann, a high school teacher from Brunswick, Maine
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1993 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 9 3-time champion: $37,999....
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Sydney Mokel, a senior from South Windsor, Connecticut
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2014 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Lan Djang, a business analyst from Toronto, Canada
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
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Maria Wenglinsky, a teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"She was a high-school teacher when she became a five-game champion...
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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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Susan MacKay Smith, a writer from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 31 player (2015-02-16).
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Jim Costello, a high school English teacher from Long Beach, California
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Season 4 player (1988-02-01).
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Tom Flemma, a high school history teacher from Lakeville, Connecticut
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Season 17 2-time champion: $13,800.
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Colby Burnett, an AP world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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"He won the Teacher's Tournament and the Tournament of Champions last...
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Kevin Huang, a senior from Irvine, California
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2014 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Ananya Nrusimha, a sophomore from East Amherst, New York
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2014 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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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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Matt Heller, a high school teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 18 player (2002-06-13).
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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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Julie Sandel, a high school teacher from Dallas, Texas
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Season 18 player (2002-06-12).
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Nikki Airi, a junior from Worthington, Ohio
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2014 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
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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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Eva Holmberg, a high school teacher from Gothenburg, Sweden
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1997 International Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Kat Deabill, a junior from New Boston, New Hampshire
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2014 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
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Mary Bayer, a middle and high school drama teacher from Hoffman Estates, Illinois
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2015 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Mary taught drama at Elgin...
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Ellen Rourke, a high school social studies teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 18 1-time champion: $1,601.
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Erin Christopher, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2014 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Josiah Takang, a junior from Douglasville, Georgia
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2014 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Scott Zimmerman, a high school director from West Grove, Pennsylvania
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Season 22 player (2005-11-23).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SAZ
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Jeff Xie, a junior from Edison, New Jersey
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2014 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
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Eric Hack, a high school Latin teacher from Cape Charles, Virginia
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2015 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Eric taught Latin at Broadwater Academy...
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Selena Groh, a junior from Arlington Heights, Illinois
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2014 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Linda Fraley, a retired physician from Santa Rosa, California
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Season 31 player (2014-10-06).
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Andrea Yanes, a high school biology teacher from Brookline, Massachusetts
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Season 18 player (2001-10-09).
Name pronounced like "AHN-drey-ah YAHNS."
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Diane Wakefield, a high school Spanish teacher originally from Titusville, Pennsylvania
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Season 15 player (1998-12-04).
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Kathy Lester, a high school teacher from Harrisburg, Kentucky
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Season 15 player (1998-12-15).
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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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David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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2019 All-Star Games member of winning Team Brad: a share of...
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Vicki Deniston Reed, a high school teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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Season 19 player (2003-04-16).
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Karen Spinale, a high school teacher from Duxbury, Massachusetts
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Season 22 player (2005-12-21). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Debbie Chuba, a high school guidance counselor from Johnstown, Pennsylvania
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Season 22 player (2005-12-20).
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Alan Bone, a high school English teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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Season 15 player (1998-12-02).
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Dan Schaffer, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-19): an Admiral refrigerator + Radio Flyer wagons.
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Rachel Zoch, a writer and editor from Deer Park, Texas
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Season 32 3-time champion: $42,699 + $1,000.
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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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Maria Wenglinsky, a teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion: $122,300...
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Matt Kish, a high school history teacher from Brunswick, Ohio
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Season 30 1-time champion: $23,201 + $2,000.
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Stefanie Wulfestieg, an MBA candidate from London, England
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"And from high school in Tacoma, Washington to college at Swarthmore,...
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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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Joshua Parr, a high school teacher from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Season 32 player (2016-02-22).
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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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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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Andy King, a high school principal originally from Chatham Center, New York
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Season 31 1-time champion: $20,200 + $2,000.
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Tim Kutz, a data conversion manager from Ogden, Utah
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Season 32 4-time champion: $107,000 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Madeline Suchard, from Placentia, California
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"She has her sights set on becoming the Supreme Court Justice,...
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Randy Childs, a high school teacher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 20 player (2003-10-24).
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Jeff Combe, a high school teacher from Temple City, California
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Season 18 player (2001-09-12).
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Vince Mohan, a high school teacher from Englewood, New Jersey
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Season 12 player (1996-04-04).
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Al Lusher, a high school teacher from North Hollywood, California
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Season 2 player (1985-10-25). Al was the all-time winning contestant on...
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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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Andy Sanderson, a high school English teacher from Mount Morris, New York
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Season 21 player (2005-06-27).
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Chris Sánchez, a high school language arts teacher from Chaparral, New Mexico
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Season 30 player (2014-02-27).
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David Tiemann, a high school teacher from Brunswick, Maine
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1993 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 9 3-time champion: $37,999....
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Maria Wenglinsky, a teacher originally from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion: $122,300...
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Debbie Russell, a retired high school teacher from Mayodan, North Carolina
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Season 26 player (2010-04-12).
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Stephanie Monaghan, a high school humanities teacher from Seattle, Washington
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Season 21 player (2005-06-20).
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John Colterman, a high school physics teacher from Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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Season 21 player (2005-07-05).
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Juliet Chase, a high school English teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 18 player (2001-09-17).
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Jason Flowers, a high school teacher originally from Morgan City, Louisiana
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Season 20 player (2003-10-03).
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April McManus, a homemaker from Hertfordshire, England
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"A high school senior from Minnesota when she won the 1992...
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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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Graham Gilmer, a senior at Stanford University from Stanford, California
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"He was the Teen Tournament champion in 2001. Now he's a...
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Paul Gutowski, an alcohol and drug counselor from Rockford, Illinois
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"He was the first 5-time winner in 1997. An alcohol and...
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John Ryan, a corporate controller from Richmond, California
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"As a college student, he was the top winner of the...
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Pam Jones-Pigott, a farmers' market coordinator from Pflugerville, Texas
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Season 27 1-time champion: $16,800 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "johnz-PIE-gut".
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Nancy West, a high school guidance counselor from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 26 player (2010-04-05).
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Lori Drummond, a high school teacher from Rockford, Illinois
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Season 13 player (1997-04-01).
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student and newlywed from Fort Collins, Colorado
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"He won the most recent Tournament of Champions. A graduate student...
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Manny Maldonado III, a high school chemistry teacher from Horizon City, Texas
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,500 + $2,000.
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Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
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Mark Eckard, an entrepreneur from Bedford, Massachusetts
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"A 2001 5-time champion as a software designer, he has now...
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Janet Wong, a development officer for a museum from Hoboken, New Jersey
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"As a senior at Drew University, she won the February 2000...
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Sonam Shah, a healthcare consultant originally from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 32 player (2016-01-26).
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Michael Galvin, a consultant from Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania
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"He was the first winner of the Teen Tournament back in...
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Liz Slaby, a high school teacher from North East, Pennsylvania
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Season 20 player (2004-01-15).
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Sheree Nelson, a high school teacher from La Verne, California
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Season 1 player (1985-03-15). Sheree's exact occupation not known (introduction not...
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Terrill Wilkins, a high school history teacher from Spartanburg, South Carolina
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Season 26 player (2010-06-21).
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Andrew Smith, an online high school teacher from Lake Elizabeth, California
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Season 21 player (2004-11-26). KJL game 73. Not to be confused...
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Megan Loyd, a stay-at-home mom originally from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 32 player (2016-01-20).
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Andrew Westney, a sports business writer from Charlotte, North Carolina
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"He was a high-school student from Atlanta when he won the...
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Lisa Ellis, a high school teacher from Shaker Heights, Ohio
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Season 21 player (2004-11-01).
KJL game 64.
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José Ruiz Jr., a high school teacher from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 21 player (2004-10-15).
KJL game 58.
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Hans Kamm, a supply chain analyst from Fayetteville, Arkansas
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Season 32 player (2016-01-19).
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Jamison Hedin, a high school librarian from Chicopee, Massachusetts
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Season 26 player (2009-10-27).
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Sandy Hall, a nurse residency program manager originally from Evansville, Indiana
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Season 32 player (2016-01-29).
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Stephen Stiegel, a high school English teacher from Elon, North Carolina
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Season 25 player (2009-05-27).
Last name pronounced like "STEE-gul".
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Jenn Frohlich, a veterinarian from San Diego, California
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Season 32 player (2016-01-15).
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Nick Gorski, a journalist from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2010-03-15). Nick wore a Regis High School tie...
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Heather Ross-Arters, a high school teacher from Ashton, Pennsylvania
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Season 19 player (2002-12-12).
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Cyn Mayo, a high school librarian from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 25 player (2009-06-24). First name pronounced like "SIN". Jeopardy! Message...
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Laura Sparrow, a high school English teacher from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 13 player (1996-10-30).
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Elizabeth Schmitt, a high school English and drama teacher from Dallas, Texas
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Season 26 player (2010-05-28).
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Liz Rapelye, a mother and writer from South Plainsfield, New Jersey
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Season 31 player (2015-05-19).
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Alice Rote, a high school teacher from Doylestown, Ohio
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Season 13 2-time champion: $22,800.
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Elliott Rountree, a high school history and government teacher from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 player (2009-05-18).
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Terry McElhennon, a customer service representative from New Bern, North Carolina
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Season 32 1-time champion: $14,801 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "MAC-el-hen-on".
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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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Annette Meier, a high school science teacher from Nederland, Texas
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Season 25 player (2009-02-17).
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Tammy Queen, a high school English teacher from Adairsville, Georgia
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Season 26 player (2009-10-09).
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Eureka Nutt, a paralegal from Canoga Park, California
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Season 27 2-time champion: $38,701 + $1,000.
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Linda Smith, a high school English teacher from Springfield, Arkansas
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Season 26 player (2010-04-29).
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Emily Poole, a musician from Hendersonville, North Carolina
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Season 32 player (2015-12-25).
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Meg Miller, a high school Latin teacher from Milton, Massachusetts
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Season 26 2-time champion: $29,299 + $2,000.
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Stephen Byrd, a hardware store manager from Hartsville, South Carolina
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Season 32 player (2015-12-28).
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Ed Rozmiarek, a high school assistant principal from Beverly, Massachusetts
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Season 25 player (2008-12-29).
Last name pronounced like "rose-MARE-ik".
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John Zhang, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Teen...
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Ted Johnson, a job seeker from Shoreview, Minnesota
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Season 32 player (2015-12-22). Ted appeared on Master Minds on 2020-05-04....
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Claudia Kasvin, a high school English tutor from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 27 player (2011-01-17).
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Kathy Kenny, a high school math teacher from Park Ridge, New Jersey
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $18,201 + $2,000.
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Larry Sullivan, a high school assistant principal from Fairfield, Connecticut
|
Season 25 player (2009-04-30).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: lsull
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Phil Bucska, a high school history teacher originally from Woodhaven, Michigan
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Season 26 2-time champion: $32,401 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "BUSH-ka".
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Brandon Haschke, an inside sales engineer originally from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Season 32 player (2015-12-11).
Last name pronounced like "HASS-kee".
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Ian Silverman, a high school social studies teacher from San Diego, California
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $16,000 + $2,000.
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Jen Bradbury, a high school teacher from Burlington, Washington
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Season 19 1-time champion: $6,400 + $1,000.
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Rice Whaley, a high school history teacher from Hermitage, Pennsylvania
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Season 20 player (2004-02-02).
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Barbara Krause, a high school teacher from Redlands, California
|
Season 16 player (1999-12-02).
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Eric Wagner, a high school English teacher from Corona, California
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Season 16 1-time champion: $12,001.
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Lynne Bruschetti, a high school English teacher from Peachtree City, Georgia
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Season 20 player (2003-10-20).
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Eric LaForest, a high school history teacher originally from Jacksonville, Florida
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Season 25 1-time champion: $9,762 + $2,000.
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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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Milt Hathaway, a high school librarian originally from Newport, Rhode Island
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Season 25 2-time champion: $70,002 + $2,000.
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Cheryl Larson, a high school librarian from Pittsburg, Kansas
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Season 16 player (2000-01-28).
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Heather Menzel, a high school history teacher from South Fork, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $15,599 + $1,000. Won $68,500 on Who...
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Valerie Reyna, a high school chemistry teacher from Austin, Texas
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Season 19 1-time champion: $10,800 + $1,000.
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Jim Stevens, a high school math teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 6-time champion: $140,600 + $2,000.
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Andrew Chrzanowski, a high school history teacher from Dover, Delaware
|
Season 26 player (2010-01-14).
Last name pronounced like "sher-NOV-skee".
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Thomas Meringolo, a high school language arts teacher from Wilton Manors, Florida
|
Season 26 player (2010-01-13).
Last name pronounced like "mare-in-GO-lo".
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Peter Pinnow, a high school English teacher from Oxford, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $39,200 + $1,000.
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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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Bridget Bue, a high school teacher originally from Chelmsford, Massachusetts
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Season 16 player (1999-12-20).
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Annie Bienvenue, a high school history teacher from Lowell, Massachusetts
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Season 17 player (2000-10-17).
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Denise Mikrut, a high school teacher from Manteno, Illinois
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Season 14 1-time champion: $10,700.
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William Thill, a teacher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 23 player (2007-04-06).
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Rod Jackson, a high school history teacher from Jacksonville, Florida
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Season 13 player (1997-04-07).
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Susan Holmes-Garrity, an ESL high school teacher from Collingswood, New Jersey
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Season 26 player (2009-12-25).
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Gina Morse, a high school librarian from Elmira, New York
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Season 17 2-time champion: $17,100.
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Lynne Kenyon, a high school teacher from Olympia, Washington
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Season 14 player (1998-01-22).
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Joe Bellas, a high school teacher from Troy, Ohio
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Season 16 player (2000-04-20).
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Jason Scull, a teacher and brewer originally from Vestal, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-09-29).
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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
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"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
|
Daphna Atias, a high school English teacher originally from Kentwood, Michigan
|
Season 25 player (2009-07-09).
Last name pronounced like "ah-TEE-us".
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Heather Doyle, a high school English teacher from St. Louis, Missouri
|
Season 24 player (2007-12-28).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Mambo Queen
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Regis Philbin, a TV host from Live with Regis and Kathie Lee
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"The co-host of television's Live with Regis and Kathie Lee..." Charity:...
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Monica Sousa, a junior high school teacher from Fremont, California
|
Season 23 player (2006-10-30).
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Mark Venezia, a high school teacher from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
Season 17 player (2001-01-05).
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Scott Masters, a high school teacher from Toronto, Ontario Canada
|
Season 13 player (1997-03-26).
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Matt McDonell, a high school math teacher from San Francisco, California
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Season 20 player (2004-02-23).
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Carly Sporer, a high school English teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 16 player (2000-05-25).
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Steve Douches, a high school math teacher from Fairfax, Virginia
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Season 13 3-time champion: $30,000.
Last name pronounced "DOW-ches".
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Eric Grunden, a high school teacher from Gainesville, Florida
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Season 13 player (1997-03-17).
|
Andrew Rostan, a student originally from Boardman, Ohio
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Ken Boulton, a high school teacher from Imperial Beach, California
|
Season 17 1-time champion: $11,400.
|
Mike Kelley, a high school physics teacher from Newburgh, Indiana
|
Season 14 1-time champion: $15,300.
|
Denise Hay, a high school administrator and teacher from Crystal Lake, Illinois
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Season 22 player (2006-03-09). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Denise Hay,...
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Darlyne Delaney, a high school teacher from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 14 player (1997-10-10).
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Tim Appling, a high school teacher from Fort Worth, Texas
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Season 15 player (1998-10-01).
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Amy Vandenberg, a high school English teacher from Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Season 14 player (1997-10-09).
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Linda Lipkin, a high school teacher and administrator from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 24 player (2007-09-21).
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Chad Pridgen, a high school science teacher from Camarillo, California
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Season 14 player (1997-10-02).
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Matt Whitney, a high school English teacher from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 21 player (2005-05-30).
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Linda Fabrizio, a high school teacher from Denver, Colorado
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Season 13 2-time champion: $22,700.
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Monica Lenhard, a teacher from Royal Oak, Michigan
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Season 23 1-time champion: $21,000 + $2,000. Won $32,000 on Who...
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David Wyatt, a high school French teacher from Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
|
Season 13 player (1997-05-28).
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Andrew Sims, a high school social studies teacher from Laguna Niguel, California
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Season 18 player (2002-02-01).
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Andrew Westney, a singer and actor from Atlanta, Georgia
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"In 1991, he won the Teen Tournament. Today, he's a singer...
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Joann Chan, a senior from Richmond, Virginia
|
1991 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Player on high school team in...
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Fritz Torp, a high school English teacher from Santa Cruz, California
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Season 14 player (1997-12-25).
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John Zappacosta, a teacher from Springfield, Pennsylvania
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Season 12 player (1996-01-15). During his contestant interview, John revealed that...
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Carrie Pfeiffer, a high school history and government teacher from Columbia, Tennessee
|
Season 18 player (2001-09-04).
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Chacko George, a high school student from Slidell, Louisiana
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
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"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
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Sid Chandrasekhar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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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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Christine Kennedy, a freshman from the University of Notre Dame
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2007 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000. 19 at the time of...
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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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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
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Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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Andrew Bryson, a 12-year-old from Durham, North Carolina
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"He plays on the school soccer team, but he wins his...
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Leonard Cooper, a senior from Little Rock, Arkansas
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Leonard Cooper, a graduate student at Brown University from Little Rock, Arkansas
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• 2013 Teen Tournament winner • Graduated from Brown University 2024...
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Leonard Cooper, a doctoral student from Little Rock, Arkansas
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Nicole Reimer, a junior from Columbus, Ohio
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2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
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Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Scott Turow, a bestselling novelist and practicing attorney from Chicago, Illinois
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"He's sold more than 25 million copies of his novels worldwide...
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Dan Amboy, a 12-year-old from Lapeer, Michigan
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"He hopes to get into the best college that he can....
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Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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