#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | SCIENCE $400: Eccentricity measures how much this planetary path deviates from a circle its orbit (an ellipse) |
#9067, aired 2024-03-26 | PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $800: Jeopardy! isn't a card in this deck but Wheel of Fortune is; Judgement & Temperance also await a tarot deck |
#9040, aired 2024-02-16 | I'M CUBAN $600: Born in Cuba, this "Havana" singer came to the U.S. at age 6 (Camila) Cabello |
#26, aired 2024-01-23 | PEAK TV $200: Due to a mix-up, the giant robot doll from this South Korean series was briefly displayed in front of a museum Squid Game |
#9017, aired 2024-01-16 | MAJOR "KEY" ALERT $200: It's also called a love bite a hickey |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | NAME THAT '90s HIT $600: Coolio: "I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like, on my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight" "Gangsta's Paradise" |
#24, aired 2024-01-09 | "J" LAW $800: The Fifth Amendment ensures no person can be convicted twice of the same offense; it inspired the term "double" this jeopardy |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY AIN'T THE ONLY "CJ" $300: Written in 1908, "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" features the lyric "Buy me some peanuts and" this ballpark treat Cracker Jacks |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY AIN'T THE ONLY "CJ" $600: As an April Fools' prank in 2023, Michael Che directed the audience at "SNL" to not laugh at this co-anchor's jokes Colin Jost |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY AIN'T THE ONLY "CJ" $900: Many of these treasures stored at the Tower of London have been on display since 1661 the Crown Jewels |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY AIN'T THE ONLY "CJ" $1200: She ran in a special election for California governor in 2021; who knows how many Kardashians voted for her Caitlyn Jenner |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY AIN'T THE ONLY "CJ" $1500: The image here depicts Verdi's version of this type of entertainer the court jester |
#8992, aired 2023-12-12 | I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE $200: He was the host of "Jeopardy!" back in 1964 Art Fleming |
#20, aired 2023-11-15 | COMPETITIVE CHEERLEADING $800: It's no picnic being a flyer in this flashy stunt where teammates lock hands, fling you into the air, and hopefully catch you a basket toss |
#8968, aired 2023-11-08 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $2000: If your left brain hemisphere needs to "cc" your right, it's a good thing they're connected by this "cc" corpus callosum |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | MARRIAGE STORY $300: 1932:
"Rosa McCauley! Any activism today?"
"I just got married"
"Do I know him?"
"His last name is" this Parks |
#8959, aired 2023-10-26 | JACQUES OF ALL TRADES $1600: Last name of French papermaking brothers Jacques & Joseph, who pioneered the hot air balloon Montgolfier |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | LIBRARIES $600: The initialism of the New York public library is NYPL; as an acronym, some enjoy pronouncing it like this body part nipple |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | REPETITIVE SONG TITLES $200: The "explosive" trio of Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj collaborated on this 2014 hit "Bang Bang" |
#8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LET'S GET MEDICAL $600: A yellow or orange coloration to the skin is caused by an excess of this pigment, perhaps after eating too many carrots beta carotene (carotin) |
#8949, aired 2023-10-12 | THE JEOPARDY! WORLD ORCHESTRA $200: Heard here is the Vietnamese version of this "wood voice" instrument a xylophone |
#8949, aired 2023-10-12 | THE JEOPARDY! WORLD ORCHESTRA $400: Used in pairs, these instruments are heard in many kinds of Latin music maracas |
#8949, aired 2023-10-12 | THE JEOPARDY! WORLD ORCHESTRA $600: The didgeridoo heard here originated on this continent Australia |
#8949, aired 2023-10-12 | THE JEOPARDY! WORLD ORCHESTRA $800: This ancient instrument is sounded on a New Year's Day a shofar |
#8949, aired 2023-10-12 | THE JEOPARDY! WORLD ORCHESTRA $1000: The best thing about using this instrument is that you can do your laundry when you're done a washboard |
#8948, aired 2023-10-11 | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE $1000: In a real "Celebrity Jeopardy!" game, this "SNL" actress blew us away with her knowledge of the Hanseatic League Jane Curtin |
#8942, aired 2023-10-03 | 4, 4 $800: It's slang for the offspring of a celeb who becomes a celeb too a nepo baby |
#8940, aired 2023-09-29 | WEIRD AL PARODIES $600: Encyclopedias & a case of Turtle Wax were among the prizes Al didn't win in this song & video that's near & dear to our hearts "I Lost On Jeopardy" |
#8939, aired 2023-09-28 | WE'VE GOT TO STOP MEETING LIKE THIS $2000: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V called the 1521 meeting of this assembly at Worms the Diet (of Worms) (the Council at Worms) |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | AIRPORT STORES $600: Hungry? Many restaurants at Incheon airport serve bibimbap as well as this, the national dish of South Korea kimchi |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUI, OUI, HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): After being given the key to this prison overthrown in 1789, the Marquis de Lafayette re-gifted it to his pal George Washington the Bastille |
#8932, aired 2023-09-19 | FOWL PLAY $1000: Something easily done is said to be this "shoot", which does seem less than sporting a turkey shoot (a duck shoot) |
#8926, aired 2023-09-11 | HONORARY HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS $1600: This co-anchor of "Good Morning America" & former guest host of "Jeopardy!" was made an honorary Globetrotter in 2015 Robin Roberts |
#8921, aired 2023-07-24 | UNIFORM NUMBERS $600: Joe Namath offered his retired 12 to this new Jets QB, but he said that'd always be Broadway Joe's & went with his college No. 8 Aaron Rodgers |
#8921, aired 2023-07-24 | STARTS WITH 3 CONSONANTS $800: This-ing "the gnar" means skiing difficult terrain; this-ing on a guitar is what Eddie Van Halen did shredding (thrashing) |
#8915, aired 2023-07-14 | AROUND THE HOUSE $2000: Also a word for mosaics, it refers to a distinctive flooring pattern of teeny squares or tiles tessellated (tesserae) |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | LATE NIGHT TALKING $400: This host's Top Ten rejected "Jeopardy!" categories included "Things that Ooze", "Doorknob Lore" & "Moist Things" (David) Letterman |
#8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A '90s KID $1600: Every "Jeopardy!" staff member who was a kid in the '90s still keeps one of these digital pets from Bandai, seen here Tamagotchi |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE 1960s $1,000 (Daily Double): U.S. Solicitor General J. Lee Rankin was its general counsel & is credited with smoothing the prose in its 1964 report the Warren Commission |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | THE UNIVERSE WITH NEIL deGRASSE TYSON $800: (Neil deGrasse Tyson presents the clue.) "Jeopardy!" folks are unquestionably bright, but these phenomena are the most luminous objects in the universe, capable of emitting one trillion times the energy of our Sun quasars |
#17, aired 2023-05-23 | FOR MASTERS ONLY $400: This word for a small amount is often found before "of applause" smattering |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | JEOPARDY! AFTER DARK $400: Throwing unlikely people together, various situations including adversity & politics have been said to "make strange" these bedfellows |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | WE'RE FULL OF QUESTIONS $600: So, do any of you 3 really want to be a "Jeopardy!" champ? is this 10-letter type of question rhetorical |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | JEOPARDY! AFTER DARK $800: You wouldn't let your kids see a movie rated this nickname of 1930s baseball star Jimmie Foxx double X |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | JEOPARDY! AFTER DARK $1200: Meaning made impure by additions, it's in the full name of the 1906 Pure Food & Drug Act adulterated |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | JEOPARDY! AFTER DARK $1600: Nuta was the given first name of the creator of the dazzling country & Western style worn here, but he was better known as this Nudie |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | RECENT POP MUSIC $2000: Possessive title of the third solo album by Mr. Styles Harry's House |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | JEOPARDY! AFTER DARK $2000: This name for a Beethoven symphony is the sexy section of the bookstore with one letter removed Eroica |
#14, aired 2023-05-17 | COMIC STRIPS $400: Bill Watterson received 2 Reuben Awards for best cartoonist for this beloved strip Calvin and Hobbes |
#13, aired 2023-05-17 | FAMOUS PAIRS $1000: While they never married, this French existentialist couple did share a lifelong romantic & literary relationship Sartre & de Beauvoir |
#12, aired 2023-05-16 | 12-LETTER WORDS $600: It's now pretty much lights out for this once-standard type of light bulb, as its filament is less efficient incandescent |
#12, aired 2023-05-16 | GO TO YOUR ROOM $800: Children can go wild in a rec room or this other alliterative one whose name suggests it need not be quiet rumpus room (or romp room) |
#11, aired 2023-05-16 | GERMAN WORDS & PHRASES $800: In English slang this German word is added after a skill or a topic to indicate someone with expertise Meister |
#11, aired 2023-05-16 | SCIENCE $1600: A theoretical construction with no inside is called his "bottle"; cut it in half & you have 2 Mobius strips Klein |
#9, aired 2023-05-15 | ABBREV. $200: Eph. is one way to abbreviate this Bible book Ephesians |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | TV TITLE REFERENCES $9,600 (Daily Double): Slang meaning undergoing the terrible agony of withdrawal from opiates like Oxycontin dopesick |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | PLEASE LOOK THROUGH THE TELESCOPE $400: Here is the nebula that makes up part of the sword in this constellation Orion |
#3, aired 2023-05-09 | 1920s SCIENCE $800: Lewis Fry Richardson proposed doing this with 64,000 computers (those were people then) & data from a world network of balloons forecasting the weather |
#3, aired 2023-05-09 | THE MAP OF EUROPE $1600: It's the largest & southernmost of Ireland's counties Cork |
#2, aired 2023-05-08 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $1600: This verb can mean to weaken or disembowel, figuratively & literally eviscerate (or gutting) |
#1, aired 2023-05-08 | 20/23 $200: In the human body most cells normally contain 23 pairs of these chromosomes |
#8865, aired 2023-05-05 | IT'S A TV MYSTERY $600: (I'm Zoë Chao.) I just murdered it on Apple TV+ in "The Afterparty", or did I? Either way, my character of Zoe was a suspect as well as the ex-wife of Brett, played by this man who was a "Celebrity Jeopardy!" champion in 2022 (Ike) Barinholtz |
#8850, aired 2023-04-14 | "B"ANDS $800: "One Sweet Day" had 16 sweet weeks at No. 1 for Mariah & this vocal group from Philly, back again doin' a little "Jeopardy!" swing Boyz II Men |
#8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ARCHITECTURALLY SPEAKING $800: Curiosity, a good memory & some wagering skill are this colorful plan "for success" on "Jeopardy!" a blueprint |
#8835, aired 2023-03-24 | THE WWE $400: (Alexa Bliss presents the clue.) Dave Bautista went 282 days to destroy the record for the longest single reign as world heavyweight champ before suiting up, or really stripping down, to play Drax the Destroyer in this 2014 Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy |
#8823, aired 2023-03-08 | WE ARE PRO-ANTONYMS $600: The 5th Amendment prohibits double safety, trying you twice for the same crime jeopardy |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | WIL(L), WILLEM OR WILLIAM $100: Playing Alex Trebek hosting "Celebrity Jeopardy!", he noted, "Mr. Reynolds has apparently changed his name to Turd Ferguson" Will Ferrell |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | COACH: BEARD $400: Guys, you may be able to spur beard growth with exercise & more sleep, possibly aiding in production of this 12-letter hormone testosterone |
#8785, aired 2023-01-13 | YOU BROUGHT ME FAME & FORTUNE $200: A widely known person; you may find it in the title of a primetime TV show like, say, I don't know, preceding the word "Jeopardy!" celebrity |
#8772, aired 2022-12-27 | RHYMING RESPONSES $600: A response (well, other than on "Jeopardy!") &
a terpsichorean an answer & a dancer |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | TELEVISION THEN & NOW $200: Everybody who was anybody appeared on the talk show hosted by this man, near & dear to "Jeopardy!" Merv Griffin |
#8761, aired 2022-12-12 | THE MOVIE'S TITLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES $1000: Japan got right down to it for a Nevada-set film: "I'm Drunk & You're a Prostitute" Leaving Las Vegas |
#8759, aired 2022-12-08 | LET'S GET DOWN TO CASES $400: Davis v. Beason ruled that a Mormon couldn't use this amendment as a defense for polygamy the First Amendment |
#8742, aired 2022-11-15 | FIRST-TIME RESPONSES $2000: An Old French word gives us this term for a cut gem that's rounded & polished but not faceted a cabochon |
#8739, aired 2022-11-10 | CELEBS $1000: His HBO series teaches viewers "How To" do things, like cook the perfect risotto John Wilson |
#8737, aired 2022-11-08 | NUMBER, PLEASE $200: Matthew 4 says Jesus fasted for this many days & nights in the wilderness, & he was hungry after; well, yeah! 40 |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS $1000: Astronomers use this 3-letter word to refer to a period of time equaling one billion years; to others, it means a really long time an eon |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | FIGURES OF SPEECH $600: I have no idea what you said--it was this language to me, a phrase used by Shakespeare Greek |
#8729, aired 2022-10-27 | DANIEL RADCLIFFE COLLAGE $400: (Daniel Radcliffe presents the clue.) In what didn't seem like the most obvious choice for me, I was handpicked by this musical parodist to portray him in the 2022 biopic spoof "Weird" Yankovic |
#8724, aired 2022-10-20 | THERE'S A SEQUEL $400: After doing America in 1996, this pair of probably-not-"Jeopardy!" fans returned in 2022 to "Do the Universe" Beavis and Butt-Head |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | COLORFUL RESPONSES $400 (Daily Double): This 2-word fishy term refers to a piece of information that is a distraction from the main issue a red herring |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | 21 OR UNDER $200: Including the pole vault & hurdles, the athletic contest known as the decathlon comprises this many track & field events 10 |
#8714, aired 2022-10-06 | HISTORICAL TV ROLES $400: Gillian Anderson as this prime minister on "The Crown" (Margaret) Thatcher |
#8712, aired 2022-10-04 | FILMS BY CHARACTERS $1600: Raymond Babbitt, a fan of "Jeopardy!" Rain Man |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS $400: In 1970 Binion's Horseshoe Casino hosted the first-ever World Series of this poker |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | JEOPARDY! & THE 10 RINGS $100: In a book by this man, the hobbit Frodo gets a ring granting invisibility from his cousin Bilbo Tolkien |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | JEOPARDY! & THE 10 RINGS $200: "Five golden rings" is a line from this holiday song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | JEOPARDY! & THE 10 RINGS $300: In the late 1990s Galileo images revealed that this largest planet has a ring made of dust particles Jupiter |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | CATS & DOGS $400: From Britain's Isle of Man, the Manx cat is distinctive for its lack of this a tail |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | JEOPARDY! & THE 10 RINGS $400: As Ernestine the telephone operator on "Laugh-In", she would say, "One ringy-dingy, two ringy-dingies" Lily Tomlin |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | JEOPARDY! & THE 10 RINGS $500: When it was first published in 1922, The Ring called itself "The world's foremost" magazine about this sport boxing |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | APOLOGIES $600: "Sorry, Dave... when the crew are dead or incapacitated, the onboard computer must assume control" is a line in this sci-fi novel 2001: A Space Odyssey |
#8699, aired 2022-09-15 | SINGERS WHO ACT $800: This late rapper played Lucky, a single father & love interest of Janet Jackson in "Poetic Justice" Tupac |
#8698, aired 2022-09-14 | ENDS WITH 2 VOWELS $800: Where TV shows like "Jeopardy!" are taped; it's also a one-room apartment a studio |
#8687, aired 2022-07-19 | SAN DIEGO: NEWS CLUES $200: (Sheena Parveen of NBC 7 in San Diego presents the clue.) At San Diego’s Grant Hotel back in 1970, sci-fi master Ray Bradbury & superhero artist Jack Kirby, greeted the 300 fans who attended the first of these; now, it’s an annual event drawing more than 130,000 each year Comic-Con |
#8684, aired 2022-07-14 | RIVER NAMES $800: In Sanskrit, the name of this river comes from "sindhu", which means "river" the Indus River (the Sindh) |
#8678, aired 2022-07-06 | THE STATE OF DENIAL $800: Adjective for an absolute denial; it could also refer to the way clues are divided up on a "Jeopardy!" board categorical |
#8677, aired 2022-07-05 | THE III $400: Celebrity "Jeopardy!" pitted Lloyd Bridges III (aka Beau) against Coy Perry III (aka Luke), Dylan McKay on this Fox drama (Beverly Hills) 90210 |
#8671, aired 2022-06-27 | ENDS IN "S-T-Y" $2000: Also called a vestry, it's a room in a church where clergy change into their robes & where holy objects are kept sacristy |
#8661, aired 2022-06-13 | ROCK DOCS $2000: 4-time "Jeopardy!" champ Jackie Fuchs has a J.D. from Harvard; as Jackie Fox, she played bass in this all-female Joan Jett band The Runaways |
#8635, aired 2022-05-06 | INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER GLOSSARY $400: For our show, jeopardy.com is this, heimasíða in Icelandic the homepage |
#8633, aired 2022-05-04 | KEEPIN' UP WITH NASA $200: In 2016 NASA detected this key-to-life element in a comet's tail, suggesting that comets may have brought it to Earth carbon |
#8631, aired 2022-05-02 | MIAMI NEWS CLUES $1000: (I'm Kristi Krueger.) A Miami custody battle became national news in 2000 with a struggle to keep this young boy in America; a raid by federal agents settled the issue by taking the boy & returning him to his Cuban father Elián González |
#8625, aired 2022-04-22 | DRAFTING THE CONSTITUTION $800: The final draft added the phrase "be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb" to this the Fifth Amendment |
#8617, aired 2022-04-12 | FASHION $2,000 (Daily Double): This portmanteau word is used of casual clothes for exercise & for just hanging out athleisure |
#8602, aired 2022-03-22 | A WORD TO THE WISE $400: An herb, or a profound philosopher a sage |
#8598, aired 2022-03-16 | CALL ME SOMETIME $600: She plays the owner of a cat cafe on the sitcom "Call Me Kat" Mayim Bialik |
#14, aired 2022-02-17 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS $400: Our favorite: this number, which says a person can't "be twice put in jeopardy" for the same offense the Fifth Amendment |
#5, aired 2022-02-10 | HOME ECONOMICS WITH TOPHER GRACE $200: (Topher Grace delivers the clue.) College cost has tripled in 20 years & averages about $36,000 a year; parents might win 2 games on "Jeopardy!", like our show's co-creator actually did, or invest in this numeric option, legally known as a qualified tuition plan a 529 |
#8558, aired 2022-01-19 | CORRECT THAT NUMBER $200: Go home, you're drunk: to be very precise, you're 46 "sheets to the wind" three sheets to the wind (or two sheets to the wind) |
#8552, aired 2022-01-11 | FALLING $1600: Sometimes used of the stock market, it's a plunge by an aircraft with the forward part pointing down a nosedive (tailspin) |
#8523, aired 2021-12-01 | BACKWARDS & FORWARDS $2000: Interlacings of strings & a slangy word for one share in a company knots & stonk |
#8515, aired 2021-11-19 | LIKE A NATURALIZED WOMAN $2000: This South African-born woman got a one-way ticket to California from her mom, so her 2007 naturalization was kind of inevitable Charlize Theron |
#8514, aired 2021-11-18 | AMEND THE AMENDMENT $200: 5th:
"Nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in Pictionary of life or limb" jeopardy |
#8511, aired 2021-11-15 | ISLANDS OF EUROPE $400: You'll find plenty of small silver herring off the shores of this second-largest Italian island Sardinia |
#8507, aired 2021-11-09 | MOVIE REWARDS $1000: At the end of a 2009 movie this title guy is offered his dream job but instead continues to protect shoppers at the West Orange Pavilion Paul Blart: Mall Cop |
#8494, aired 2021-10-21 | SPOKEN WORDS IN CLASSIC SONGS $800: In the video: "These 3 people will compete today on 'Jeopardy!"' "Weird Al" Yankovic |
#8469, aired 2021-09-16 | A LOOK AT BOOKS $2000: "Girl with curious hair", with a tale of a "Jeopardy!" win streak, is a story collection by this late author of a looong novel (David Foster) Wallace |
#8465, aired 2021-08-13 | LOST $1200: Art Fleming & Don Pardo were in the video for this Weird Al parody song "I Lost On Jeopardy" |
#8465, aired 2021-08-13 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $1600: Not "Jeopardy! "-like, but puzzled
(9 letters) quizzical |
#8460, aired 2021-08-06 | WHAT'S YOUR UNSAFE WORD? $800: It can refer to one who is fearful & lacking self-confidence, or a password that can be easily hacked insecure (or weak) |
#8428, aired 2021-06-23 | TV-POURRI $800: He was still catching deviant scum on "Law & Order: SVU" when he appeared on "Celebrity Jeopardy!" Christopher Meloni |
#8426, aired 2021-06-21 | PLAIN-NAMED MALADIES $600: Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome is also known as Grinch syndrome because this organ is too small the heart |
#8409, aired 2021-05-27 | LAW SLAW $1200: Res judicata, "a thing already judged", is the civil law version of this 2-word action banned by the Bill of Rights double jeopardy |
#8386, aired 2021-04-26 | RADIO ON THE TV $800: Regis Philbin & Stephen King went up against this pal of Howard Stern's on "Celebrity Jeopardy!" in 1998; she won Robin Quivers |
#8379, aired 2021-04-15 | DOING MOVIES & TV $800: This actor has been seen in a "Jeopardy!" audience at least twice--in "White Men Can't Jump" & watching Cliff on "Cheers" (Woody) Harrelson |
#8377, aired 2021-04-13 | SCOTT LAND $800: Here's this astronaut with his identical twin brother Mark Scott Kelly |
#8350, aired 2021-03-05 | RYAN GOSLING MOVIE ROLES $1600: A mysterious stuntman who moonlights as a getaway chauffeur Drive |
#8346, aired 2021-03-01 | 1984 TV SHOW DEBUTS $1600: In addition to "Jeopardy!", that year saw a new "Super" version of this game show that used one-word clues between players Password |
#8341, aired 2021-02-22 | THERE'S A BOOK IN MY MOVIE $600: In this film that's near & dear to us, Rosie Perez reads the World Almanac to study for "Jeopardy!" White Men Can't Jump |
#8328, aired 2021-02-03 | TV & MOVIE PAIRS $800: Mike Judge voiced this title pair of crude animated teens during their run on MTV that began in 1993 Beavis & Butt-Head |
#8320, aired 2021-01-22 | BRUCE WILLIS MOVIE QUOTES $400: "Sorry, Hans. Wrong guess. Would you like to go for Double Jeopardy!, where the scores can really change?" Die Hard |
#8307, aired 2021-01-05 | ADVERBS $1000: This 4-letter word is an adverb when found before a number to mean "about", as in "we had to drive ____ 50 miles to get there" some (like) |
#8284, aired 2020-11-19 | CHARACTERS WHO SHOULD PLAY JEOPARDY! $400: This title janitor played by Matt Damon could run categories from linear algebra to American Revolution historians Will Hunting |
#8284, aired 2020-11-19 | CHARACTERS WHO SHOULD PLAY JEOPARDY! $800: Brilliant German historian Oswald Spengler inspired the name of Egon Spengler in this 1984 movie Ghostbusters |
#8284, aired 2020-11-19 | CHARACTERS WHO SHOULD PLAY JEOPARDY! $1200: Maybe ANAGRAMS or BEFORE & AFTER would challenge this omniscient guy Rick |
#8284, aired 2020-11-19 | CHARACTERS WHO SHOULD PLAY JEOPARDY! $1600: The evil genius from the world of the "Watchmen" can sign in as Adrian Veidt or with this other name, whatever he likes Ozymandias |
#8284, aired 2020-11-19 | CHARACTERS WHO SHOULD PLAY JEOPARDY! $2000: Arthur Dietrich was the brilliant police detective played by Steve Landesberg on this 1970s sitcom Barney Miller |
#8281, aired 2020-11-16 | JEOPARDY! WORLD TOUR $400: We wish you a merry isthmus as we travel from Las Tablas to Los Pozos in this Central American country Panama |
#8281, aired 2020-11-16 | JEOPARDY! WORLD TOUR $800: We'll start in Irkutsk, go past Lake Baikal, then up into the Arctic Circle; all are a part of this Russian region Siberia |
#8281, aired 2020-11-16 | JEOPARDY! WORLD TOUR $1200: We've landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport for a stay in this capital; we hear one night there makes a hard man humble Bangkok |
#8281, aired 2020-11-16 | JEOPARDY! WORLD TOUR $1600: We'll head out of Regina, hit Moose Jaw, then head up to catch some northern pike at Wollaston Lake in this prairie province Saskatchewan |
#8281, aired 2020-11-16 | JEOPARDY! WORLD TOUR $2000: Head from Mongo to Koro Toro, then cross the northern border of this landlocked African nation into Libya... or maybe not Chad |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | THE BOOK OF JOB $400: Louise Fitzhugh:
"Harriet the ____" Spy |
#8265, aired 2020-10-23 | HYBRIDS $2,400 (Daily Double): A favorite decorative motif of the Middle East, this mythical creature is also an in-house favorite at "Jeopardy!" a griffin |
#8250, aired 2020-10-02 | CLUES FROM A 1965 JEOPARDY! HOME GAME $200: ASTRONOMY: "Only planet not named for Greek or Roman figure" Earth |
#8250, aired 2020-10-02 | CLUES FROM A 1965 JEOPARDY! HOME GAME $400: COPS & ROBBERS: "Slang for police because they stick like lint" fuzz |
#8250, aired 2020-10-02 | CLUES FROM A 1965 JEOPARDY! HOME GAME $600: TIME: "Traditional bath & date night" Saturday |
#8250, aired 2020-10-02 | CLUES FROM A 1965 JEOPARDY! HOME GAME $800: AWARDS: "Movie for which Brando won his Oscar" On the Waterfront |
#8250, aired 2020-10-02 | CLUES FROM A 1965 JEOPARDY! HOME GAME $1000: NUMBERS: "Unlucky way to light cigarettes" third on a match (three on a match) |
#8237, aired 2020-09-15 | KEN JENNINGS ON WINNING STREAKS $1000: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) The Persian Empire fell to him in the 330s B.C., then Western Asia Minor, the Mediterranean coast, Egypt, on into India; not bad for a guy barely over 30 Alexander the Great |
#8204, aired 2020-04-16 | SONGS OF YOUR OLDER SIBLINGS $2000: Hey! This Train song wonders, "Ain't that Mr. Mister on the radio, stereo" "Hey, Soul Sister" |
#8198, aired 2020-04-08 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM $6,200 (Daily Double): Believed to be made of metallic hydrogen, not water, the largest ocean in the solar system is on this planet Jupiter |
#8169, aired 2020-02-27 | SHAKESPEAREAN JEOPARDY! $400: "O Jeopardy!, Jeopardy!, wherefore art thou Jeopardy!?" Romeo |
#8169, aired 2020-02-27 | SHAKESPEAREAN JEOPARDY! $800: "Get thee to a Jeopardy!" nunnery |
#8169, aired 2020-02-27 | SHAKESPEAREAN JEOPARDY! $1200: "The better part of Jeopardy! is discretion" valor |
#8169, aired 2020-02-27 | SHAKESPEAREAN JEOPARDY! $1600: "Life's but a walking Jeopardy!" shadow |
#8169, aired 2020-02-27 | SHAKESPEAREAN JEOPARDY! $2000: "Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Jeopardy!" Colossus |
#8161, aired 2020-02-17 | SURVIVOR $800: (Jeff Probst, the host of Survivor, presents the clue.) A fan favorite from "Survivor: The Australian Outback", she went on to co-host "The View" & "Fox & Friends" (Elisabeth) Hasselbeck |
#8133, aired 2020-01-08 | JEOPARDY! IN 2-D $400: This synonym for "expanded" is often used of a widened pupil dilated |
#8133, aired 2020-01-08 | JEOPARDY! IN 2-D $800: When describing 2 people who are simpatico, it precedes "spirits" kindred |
#8133, aired 2020-01-08 | JEOPARDY! IN 2-D $1200: A solid shaft lock engaged by turning a knob or key a deadbolt |
#8133, aired 2020-01-08 | JEOPARDY! IN 2-D $1600: Perseus rescues this mythological beauty from becoming sea monster food & then marries her Andromeda |
#8133, aired 2020-01-08 | JEOPARDY! IN 2-D $2,000 (Daily Double): This ancient priestly class had mostly died out by the 400s because most Celts had become Christians the Druids |
#8117, aired 2019-12-17 | THE JEOPARDY! SCHOOL OF ENLIGHTENMENT $200: Boundless capacity, or a number greater than any countable quantity infinity |
#8117, aired 2019-12-17 | THE JEOPARDY! SCHOOL OF ENLIGHTENMENT $400: Another word for compassion; Jesus said those who practice it will have it shown to them mercy |
#8117, aired 2019-12-17 | THE JEOPARDY! SCHOOL OF ENLIGHTENMENT $600: A learned, venerable person; it sounds like an aromatic herb of the mint family used to season food sage |
#8117, aired 2019-12-17 | THE JEOPARDY! SCHOOL OF ENLIGHTENMENT $800: As taught by Lao Tzu, this is "the way", the religion of living a virtuous life of humility & piety Taoism |
#8117, aired 2019-12-17 | THE JEOPARDY! SCHOOL OF ENLIGHTENMENT $1000: It can mean the lighting used to decorate a building, or someone's spiritual or intellectual understanding illumination |
#8103, aired 2019-11-27 | THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME $200: In 2007, the actors who played this small-statured group in "The Wizard of Oz" got a collective star the Munchkins |
#8096, aired 2019-11-18 | RHYME TIME $1000: "Jeopardy! " categories include Potpourri & this 10-letter synonym for "potpourri" Hodgepodge |
#8089, aired 2019-11-07 | JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS, NOT! $400: This "Paul McCartney band" had hits with "Helen Wheels" & "Band on the Run" Wings |
#8089, aired 2019-11-07 | JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS, NOT! $800: This "Dairy State" is the USA's top milk producer, with lots coming from Tulare County in the Central Valley California |
#8089, aired 2019-11-07 | JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS, NOT! $1200: Born in Braintree, this John was a "Founding Father & president"--of the Continental Congress John Hancock |
#8089, aired 2019-11-07 | JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS, NOT! $1600: He's the "March King"--at least of England, based on his 5 "Pomp And Circumstance" marches (Sir Edward) Elgar |
#8089, aired 2019-11-07 | JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS, NOT! $2000: Works like the one seen here were created by this Barcelona-born Spanish surrealist Miró |
#8073, aired 2019-10-16 | FLOWER POWER $2000: If only "Jeopardy!" had Smell-O-Vision, then you could really enjoy the star type of this fragrant flowering shrub jasmine |
#8070, aired 2019-10-11 | WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE $200: Female patas monkeys are dominant; facing a predator, the male runs away, acting as this 5-letter lure a decoy |
#8070, aired 2019-10-11 | KURT VONNEGUT $2,800 (Daily Double): Sci-fi author Theodore Sturgeon was the inspiration for this recurring Vonnegut character who also had a fishy name (Kilgore) Trout |
#8048, aired 2019-09-11 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $1000: "Jeopardy!" contestants have cool hobbies--here's one summarizing this activity she enjoys
"...where you look for hidden treasures based on the GPS locations that you find on a website..." geocaching |
#8048, aired 2019-09-11 | CLASSICAL DANCE $3,000 (Daily Double): Jean-Baptiste Lully pioneered music for this dance whose name, from the Latin for "small", comes from its small, dainty steps a minuet |
#8048, aired 2019-09-11 | NUMERIC LIT $5,400 (Daily Double): The cover of the first edition of this 1961 military novel included a dancing figure & a little airplane Catch-22 |
#8041, aired 2019-07-22 | ALLITERATIVE ACTORS & ACTRESSES $1600: This "Celebrity Jeopardy!" champion informed movie viewers that St. Hubbins was the patron saint of quality footwear Michael McKean |
#8039, aired 2019-07-18 | LARD ALMIGHTY $1000: Not the healthiest, lard is this type of fat made from 3 fatty acids & glycerol triglyceride (or a saturated fat) |
#8018, aired 2019-06-19 | EXTRACURRICULAR $1200: Get your box or delta ones of these soaring--just be sure not to fly them over an airport or power lines kites (or drones) |
#7996, aired 2019-05-20 | A PRINCE AMONG MEN $2000: Charlemagne had a son with this name who found he had "Magic To Do" in Italy Pepin |
#7996, aired 2019-05-20 | A SHAPELY CATEGORY $2000: In TV & movies, the shape of the screen is measured by this 2-word term--standard HDTV is 16:9 aspect ratio (or display ratio) |
#7994, aired 2019-05-16 | BOOKS $200: Here at "Jeopardy!", a TOC is a Tournament of Champions; in a book, it's one of these a table of contents |
#7990, aired 2019-05-10 | IT'S NOT RHESUS $800: File this marmoset relative, not a rhesus, under the letter "T" tamarin |
#7989, aired 2019-05-09 | AN APP FOR TEACHER $800: StudyBlue simulates these little rectangles used by kids to study for tests & by contestants to prep for "Jeopardy!" flash cards |
#7988, aired 2019-05-08 | THE ELEMENTS $1000: This element precedes carbonate in a compound used to treat gastric ulcers & is definitely some of your... bismuth (or calcium) |
#7981, aired 2019-04-29 | LODGEPODGE $200: AMC's "Lodge 49" was created by ex-"Jeopardy!" staffer Jim Gavin & stars Wyatt Russell, son of Goldie Hawn & this actor Kurt Russell |
#7967, aired 2019-04-09 | BEER $400: These bitter buds added for flavor belong to the Cannabaceae family, making them a cousin of marijuana hops |
#7963, aired 2019-04-03 | QUOTES FROM SHAKESPEARE $800: In "Richard III", "Now is" this 5-word season "made glorious summer by this sun of York" the winter of our discontent |
#7940, aired 2019-03-01 | INVENTORS $200: Nicolas-Jacque Conté mixed graphite & clay to make this writing tool easily produceable for the masses a pencil (or a crayon) |
#7939, aired 2019-02-28 | YOU'RE AN ALL-STAR $200: He appeared a record 18 times in NBA All-Star games, and 4 times on "Celebrity Jeopardy!" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
#7931, aired 2019-02-18 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Key phrases in this amendment: "Witness against himself" & "twice put in jeopardy" the Fifth Amendment |
#7927, aired 2019-02-12 | FINAL JEOPARDY $400: Each side's lawyer makes this argument as a final statement to a jury closing |
#7927, aired 2019-02-12 | FINAL JEOPARDY $800: This Belgian locale can mean a downfall, especially from the French perspective Waterloo |
#7927, aired 2019-02-12 | FINAL JEOPARDY $1200: This single-digit bankruptcy is also known as "liquidation bankruptcy" Chapter 7 |
#7927, aired 2019-02-12 | FINAL JEOPARDY $1600: From the Latin for "nothing" comes this word meaning to reduce something to nothing annihilate |
#7927, aired 2019-02-12 | FINAL JEOPARDY $2000: This French word means the final resolution of the plot lines of a drama denouement |
#7920, aired 2019-02-01 | SULFUR $1600: The amount of sulfur present determines the grade of this lamp fuel kerosene (or butane) |
#7916, aired 2019-01-28 | INSURANCE $1,200 (Daily Double): A life insurance clause paying twice the face value of the policy for an accidental death is called this, also a film title double indemnity |
#7911, aired 2019-01-21 | POET IDENTIFICATION, PLEASE $400 (Daily Double): "Death, be not proud, though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so" (John) Donne |
#7910, aired 2019-01-18 | FROM THE FRENCH $2000: For many of us, "Jeopardy!" is this, our "reason for being" raison d'être |
#7909, aired 2019-01-17 | FER SURE, IT WAS THE '80s $1000: 1984, a big year:
"Jeopardy!" premiered & these 2 met up in the first vice presidential debate to feature a female candidate (George H.W.) Bush and Ferraro |
#7903, aired 2019-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $200: A board for when you are bored
_ _ C K _ _ M M _ _ backgammon |
#7903, aired 2019-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $400: Three or more giving mutual support
A G R _ _ P
_ _ G a group hug |
#7903, aired 2019-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $600: Insomniac's activity
T _ _ _ _ N _
_ N _
T _ _ N _ N _ tossing and turning |
#7903, aired 2019-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $800: Precursor to the SUV
S T _ T _ _ _
W _ G _ _ station wagon |
#7903, aired 2019-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $1000: One of a twin in the Midwest
S _ _ N _
_ A U _ Saint Paul |
#7902, aired 2019-01-08 | THE OLD WEST $400: The pseudonymous Ned Buntline sensationalized the old West in these novels with a price in their name dime novels |
#7850, aired 2018-10-26 | 1984 AT THE MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $1000: (Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) Real life refugee Haing S. Ngor won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as a translator in this film set in war-torn Cambodia The Killing Fields |
#7849, aired 2018-10-25 | GEOGRAPHY OF THE MOON $1600: The Moon even has marshes--there's the Marsh of Epidemics, the Marsh of Decay & this marsh, aka Palus Somnii the Marsh of Sleep |
#7844, aired 2018-10-18 | THE GOAL OF THE GAME $1000: Form a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line of a quartet of your own colored discs Connect Four (or Drop Four) |
#7841, aired 2018-10-15 | "BLACK" JEOPARDY $200: Extortion blackmail |
#7841, aired 2018-10-15 | "BLACK" JEOPARDY $400: You'd think they'd make the entire plane out of the material used in a nigh-indestructible flight recorder AKA this the black box |
#7841, aired 2018-10-15 | "BLACK" JEOPARDY $600: A fruit, or a phone a blackberry |
#7841, aired 2018-10-15 | "BLACK" JEOPARDY $800: With a vertical drop of 500 feet, the Heathen is a tough ski run with a double this rating a black diamond |
#7841, aired 2018-10-15 | "BLACK" JEOPARDY $1000: A drink, or one of 7,000 British soldiers sent to Ireland in the early 1920s Black and Tan |
#7837, aired 2018-10-09 | CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR $1000: (Christiane Amanpour gives the clue.) Following his election victory in 2013, I interviewed this country's president Hassan Rouhani & elicited from him a condemnation of the Holocaust Iran |
#7831, aired 2018-10-01 | GETTING SPECIFIC AT GENERAL HOSPITAL $0 (Daily Double): (Steve Burton gives the clue as Jason from General Hospital.) "It's all coming back to me now, I'm a twin, but dizygotic or monozygotic, also known as this type" identical |
#7828, aired 2018-09-26 | OPERATION $2000: Your surgeon could choose to take a look inside you with this type of fiber optic instrument laparoscope |
#7819, aired 2018-09-13 | CONTRACTIONS $1600: Don't confuse a 5-letter possessive pronoun with this contraction, its homophone who's (or they're) |
#7817, aired 2018-09-11 | GO FLY A KITE! $600: The 1822 "Charvolant" was this type of passenger vehicle pulled at up to 20 MPH by kites instead of horses a carriage (or chariot) |
#7815, aired 2018-07-27 | FOUND IN TRANSLATION $1600: To lean or tilt to one side list (or slant) |
#7806, aired 2018-07-16 | IT'S ALWAYS "ME", "ME" $400: 5 of them work each "Jeopardy!" taping to bring you the pictures cameramen |
#7797, aired 2018-07-03 | "F" STOP $600: It's the rhyming brand name of the Christmas helper seen here The Elf on the Shelf |
#7797, aired 2018-07-03 | TIME FOR OPERA $800: 13th century Switzerland:
this opera, Rossini's last William Tell (or Wilhelm Tell) |
#7797, aired 2018-07-03 | COASTAL TERMINOLOGY $2000: A tombolo is one of these that connects an island to the mainland or 2 islands together a sandbar (or isthmus) |
#7767, aired 2018-05-22 | ART & ARTISTS $800: Whistler gave musical titles to his paintings; twilight & night scenes were called this, from the French for "night" a Nocturne |
#7751, aired 2018-04-30 | THE B.G.s $1000: This Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence was as cute as a small clothing fastener Button Gwinnett |
#7728, aired 2018-03-28 | POTPOURR-KNEE $200: Recipients kneel on a special footstool before Queen Elizabeth to be dubbed a dame or this male equivalent a knight |
#7726, aired 2018-03-26 | RITE $1000: This rite is a solo vigil by a Plains Indian boy to seek spiritual power & knowledge through an apparition a vision quest (or spirit quest) |
#7719, aired 2018-03-15 | '80s MUSIC $2,800 (Daily Double): Him: "Well, I knew I was in trouble now
my hope of winning sank 'cause I got the Daily Double now & then my mind went blank" Weird Al |
#7718, aired 2018-03-14 | PERFECT RESPONSES FOR JEOPARDY! $200: Abbott & Costello first performed this baseball-themed routine on the radio in 1938 "Who's On First?" |
#7718, aired 2018-03-14 | PERFECT RESPONSES FOR JEOPARDY! $400: The song "Over The Rainbow" ends with this 3-word question "Why can't I?" |
#7718, aired 2018-03-14 | PERFECT RESPONSES FOR JEOPARDY! $600: In a Longfellow poem, Priscilla Mullins asks this question of John Alden "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?" |
#7718, aired 2018-03-14 | PERFECT RESPONSES FOR JEOPARDY! $800: It's the title question of P.D. Eastman's classic kids' book featuring a just-hatched baby bird Are You My Mother? |
#7718, aired 2018-03-14 | PERFECT RESPONSES FOR JEOPARDY! $1000: This question from "The Merchant of Venice" mentions a bridge on the Grand Canal "What news on the Rialto?" |
#7716, aired 2018-03-12 | QUOTH THE AMENDMENT $600 (Daily Double): "No person shall... be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb" the Fifth Amendment |
#7686, aired 2018-01-29 | THE WORDS OF H.G. WELLS $600: Wells preached & definitely practiced this 2-word phrase for ignoring the conventional constraints of marriage free love (or an open marriage) |
#7686, aired 2018-01-29 | DOG BREEDS $800: This breed is an English greyhound in miniature a whippet (or an Italian greyhound) |
#7682, aired 2018-01-23 | SOUNDS, INTERESTING $400: The noise level of this type of cold-weather recreational item has been reduced by over 90% since the 1960s a Ski-Doo (or a snowmobile or skimobile) |
#7677, aired 2018-01-16 | DOC TALK $2,000 (Daily Double): I've got tinea pedis, this condition, so stop calling me a couch potato athlete's foot (or ringworm) |
#7676, aired 2018-01-15 | JEOPARDY! WRITERS' ONLINE GO-TOs $400: This agency may be clandestine, but its World Factbook is online & the writers love its up-to-date info on nations the CIA |
#7676, aired 2018-01-15 | JEOPARDY! WRITERS' ONLINE GO-TOs $800: Biblehub is a good source to compare translations of passages from many different Bibles, like this one, the KJV the King James Version |
#7676, aired 2018-01-15 | JEOPARDY! WRITERS' ONLINE GO-TOs $1200: We have many fine books from this U.K. enterprise, OUP for short, & we can also access more than 400 of them online the Oxford University Press |
#7676, aired 2018-01-15 | JEOPARDY! WRITERS' ONLINE GO-TOs $1,600 (Daily Double): For legends & suspect claims, the writers may check snopes.com, named for a family in this man's novels William Faulkner |
#7676, aired 2018-01-15 | JEOPARDY! WRITERS' ONLINE GO-TOs $1600: The Tech, a newspaper at this eastern college, maintains the first online edition of Shakespeare's works & we love it MIT (or Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
#7657, aired 2017-12-19 | CHRISTMAS MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $400: (Film critic Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) I found the laughs mild & sparse in this reworking of "A Christmas Carol" starring Bill Murray as a vernal TV executive Scrooged |
#7635, aired 2017-11-17 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "H" $400: For lunch, how about this 2-word filler-upper? a hero sandwich (or a ham sandwich) |
#7624, aired 2017-11-02 | HEAVENLY BODIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Whirlpool, Sombrero galaxies (or nebulas) |
#7615, aired 2017-10-20 | AROUND THE JEOPARDY! LIBRARY $200: We still browse Encyclopedia Britannica, last printed in 2010 & first printed in this U.K. country in 1768 Scotland |
#7615, aired 2017-10-20 | AROUND THE JEOPARDY! LIBRARY $400: We hope violating a commandment is not how we came to have a Bible from this group that provides them free to hotels Gideon |
#7615, aired 2017-10-20 | AROUND THE JEOPARDY! LIBRARY $600: The more than 6,000 entries in the "Food Lover's Companion" include this dish made by stirring hot stock into sauteed rice risotto |
#7615, aired 2017-10-20 | AROUND THE JEOPARDY! LIBRARY $800: "Veni, vidi, vici" is a quote from Caesar out of the 18th edition of this man's quotations, first published in 1855 (John) Bartlett |
#7615, aired 2017-10-20 | AROUND THE JEOPARDY! LIBRARY $1000: The latest World Almanac keeps us up on changes like this new name with no "Republic" for the land where Prague is located Czechia |
#7606, aired 2017-10-09 | CLASSICS ON AUDIBLE $600: Kenneth Branagh captures the horror of this story
"There were rumors that a very important station was in jeopardy, and its chief, Mr. Kurtz, was ill" Heart of Darkness |
#7602, aired 2017-10-03 | PSYCHIC JEOPARDY! $200: Current U.S. coin (the smallest across) dime |
#7602, aired 2017-10-03 | PSYCHIC JEOPARDY! $400: AKC recognized breed (the only one that begins with a "Y") a Yorkie (or Yorkshire terrier) |
#7602, aired 2017-10-03 | PSYCHIC JEOPARDY! $600: NFL starting quarterback (for the Seahawks) Russell Wilson |
#7602, aired 2017-10-03 | PSYCHIC JEOPARDY! $800: Wife of Henry VIII (died from childbirth in 1537) Jane Seymour |
#7602, aired 2017-10-03 | PSYCHIC JEOPARDY! $1000: British drummer (in the Beatles before Ringo) (Pete) Best |
#7598, aired 2017-09-27 | THE SIMPLER 4-LETTER SYNONYM $600: Bogus or counterfeit fake |
#7594, aired 2017-09-21 | WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KELVIN $1200: Kelvin was the driving force in the laying of the transatlantic one of these in 1866 telegraph cable |
#7583, aired 2017-07-26 | BRITANNICA BYLINES $800: Noted anarchist Prince Peter Alexeivitch Kropotkin wrote a 19th century entry on this capital Moscow (or Saint Petersburg) |
#7568, aired 2017-07-05 | HERE'S FINAL JEOPARDY $200: On April 21, 1910 reports of this author's death were not greatly exaggerated Mark Twain |
#7568, aired 2017-07-05 | HERE'S FINAL JEOPARDY $400: In London on August 13, 1910, it was good night, this nurse Florence Nightingale |
#7568, aired 2017-07-05 | HERE'S FINAL JEOPARDY $600: This 83-year-old revolutionary war hero took his last ride on May 10, 1818 (Paul) Revere |
#7568, aired 2017-07-05 | HERE'S FINAL JEOPARDY $800: He's dead Jim; remember the Alamo & know this Kentuckian didn't make it out of the landmark on March 6, 1836 James Bowie |
#7568, aired 2017-07-05 | HERE'S FINAL JEOPARDY $1000: The last page of "The Autobiography of" this companion of Gertrude Stein was turned on March 7, 1967 Alice B. Toklas |
#7562, aired 2017-06-27 | NET FLICKS $800: Basketball hustlers + "Jeopardy!" = this film with Wesley Snipes & Rosie Perez White Men Can't Jump |
#7547, aired 2017-06-06 | CEREALS $600: The goodness of barley includes being the source of this partly fermented product used in the brewing of beer malt (or wort) |
#7546, aired 2017-06-05 | FAMILIAR PHRASES FLIPPED $600: And the ammunition Lord pass the praise praise the Lord and pass the ammunition |
#7539, aired 2017-05-25 | MORTAL MATTERS $200: It's the elected medical official whose job it is to investigate deaths not due to natural causes a coroner |
#7538, aired 2017-05-24 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM $600: Beginning in the 1850s, a machine like this one was used to put these holes between stamps for easier separation perforations |
#7536, aired 2017-05-22 | WORLD TOUR $400: The 4,500-year-old pyramids of Giza are today just 10 minutes from the center of this capital Cairo |
#7513, aired 2017-04-19 | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE $600: We enjoy this recurring sketch with categories like "BYE, FELICIA!" & "THEY OUT HERE SAYING" "Black Jeopardy!" |
#7498, aired 2017-03-29 | IT COMES ONCE A YEAR $800: This spring festival involves a different kind of pole dancing with ribbons May Day |
#7488, aired 2017-03-15 | PRO TEAMS ARE FOR THE BIRDS $400: Jose Bautista went north to become Joey Bats, author of an iconic 2016 bat flip for this team the Toronto Blue Jays |
#7487, aired 2017-03-14 | WOMEN ON TELEVISION $400: (I'm Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner.) A few good things happened in the '90s: I was a "Jeopardy!" champ in 1992 & in '97 I got to write for "The Naked Truth" with this woman, now "Madam Secretary" Téa Leoni |
#7468, aired 2017-02-15 | "EV"ERYTHING $200: YouTube has several clips of professors reading mean these written by students evaluations (or reviews) |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | NBA GREATS $200: Alphabetically first on the NBA's list of its 50 greatest players is this Bucks, Lakers & Celebrity "Jeopardy!" star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
#7462, aired 2017-02-07 | BOOTS $800: In 1958 Frank Marugg received a patent for a wheel clamp for "use in immobilizing a vehicle"; we now call it this a Denver boot |
#7460, aired 2017-02-03 | THE JEOPARDY! SORTING HAT $200: Well done! You've been selected to this major branch of the U.S. government whose top members are appointed for life the judicial branch |
#7460, aired 2017-02-03 | THE JEOPARDY! SORTING HAT $400: You are now welcome to join us in this group, the highest USDA grade for beef Prime |
#7460, aired 2017-02-03 | THE JEOPARDY! SORTING HAT $600: You're in the high dollar club now, the one named for this largest currency U.S. bill being issued today the $100 |
#7460, aired 2017-02-03 | THE JEOPARDY! SORTING HAT $800: The balls have spoken--welcome to this group, the last position to have a member in the Pro Football Hall of Fame punter |
#7460, aired 2017-02-03 | THE JEOPARDY! SORTING HAT $1000: The hat is all abuzz; you are now a member of this tiniest insect variety of hummingbirds bee hummingbirds |
#7449, aired 2017-01-19 | SILENT "O" $400: The Fifth Amendment prohibits double this, a second prosecution for the same crime jeopardy |
#7444, aired 2017-01-12 | YAS QUEEN $1000: A 16th century queen of Castile was known as Juana La Loca, which translates to this in English Joan the Mad (or Crazy) |
#7441, aired 2017-01-09 | BRAZILIAN CUISINE $1600: Pao de queijo, or cheese puffs, are a popular accompaniment to meals made from Parmesan cheese & this cassava flour tapioca |
#7406, aired 2016-11-21 | MATH MEN, MYTH MEN $600: We're 100/100ths sure that Simon Stevin introduced the concept of "decimal" these to Europe in 1585 fractions |
#7404, aired 2016-11-17 | TEXTING $1000: While working for Microsoft, Dean Hachamovitch invented this texting feature that suggests words for you autocorrect |
#7402, aired 2016-11-15 | MTV $1200: In September 1984 we aired our first episode of "Jeopardy!" & MTV debuted the awards called these the Video Music Awards |
#7378, aired 2016-10-12 | NEWS TERMINOLOGY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads while text scrolls at the bottom of the screen.) As its name implies, the feature seen here at the bottom of the screen has to go slowly enough to be readable a crawl |
#7374, aired 2016-10-06 | THE NEW JEOPARDY! "APP" $400: The work seen here is titled "The Young" this lad "Learning a Skilled Trade" Apprentice |
#7374, aired 2016-10-06 | THE NEW JEOPARDY! "APP" $800: Placating another's demands to pacify him appease |
#7374, aired 2016-10-06 | THE NEW JEOPARDY! "APP" $1200: 3-syllable word for any court considering the reversal of legal decisions appellate |
#7374, aired 2016-10-06 | THE NEW JEOPARDY! "APP" $1600: The act of taking something for one's own use appropriate |
#7374, aired 2016-10-06 | THE NEW JEOPARDY! "APP" $2000: Hardy breed & official state symbol seen here an Appaloosa |
#7350, aired 2016-07-22 | THINGS TO DO BEFORE $400: "Seasonal" verb meaning to prepare a car for cold weather by adding antifreeze, or to prep a house, using insulation winterizing |
#7350, aired 2016-07-22 | THINGS TO DO BEFORE $800: Useful books before going on "Jeopardy!" include this type whose name may derive from Arabic for "calendar" almanac |
#7337, aired 2016-07-05 | BATTLE OF BRITAIN $400: This invader's army defeated Harold II on the Sussex coast in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings William the Conqueror |
#7335, aired 2016-07-01 | WORDS IN JEOPARDY $400: Highly esteemed or regarded, it's often used in the salutation of a letter dear |
#7335, aired 2016-07-01 | WORDS IN JEOPARDY $800: This youngest Disney dwarf can't talk because he has never tried Dopey |
#7335, aired 2016-07-01 | WORDS IN JEOPARDY $1200: Cover or decorate with cloth in loose folds drape |
#7335, aired 2016-07-01 | WORDS IN JEOPARDY $1600: Verily, in the King James Bible, the 23rd Psalm says this word, "though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death" yea |
#7335, aired 2016-07-01 | WORDS IN JEOPARDY $2000: "50 Shades of Chicken", a cookbook with 50 chicken recipes, is a literary example of one of these parody |
#7334, aired 2016-06-30 | THE RED AUERBACH TROPHY $400: 1989-90:
Pat Riley of this "Showtime" squad the L.A. Lakers |
#7324, aired 2016-06-16 | TIME FOR FRENCH $800: I hope "Jeopardy!" is still on after un siecle, this period of time a century |
#7324, aired 2016-06-16 | WHOSE WHAT? $2000: This first of the 7 parts of "Remembrance of Things Past" had to be published at author Marcel Proust's expense Swann's Way |
#7314, aired 2016-06-02 | OF COURSE $600: Adding this 5-letter word in front of "course" creates a term meaning "brief intense instruction " a crash course |
#7311, aired 2016-05-30 | THE CONSTITUTION $1000: Congress has power to "fix the standard of" these 2 items, which make up a classic "Jeopardy!" category weights & measures |
#7309, aired 2016-05-26 | WHAT IS IT? $400: Googolplex a number |
#7299, aired 2016-05-12 | SHAKESPEAREAN JEOPARDY! $200: "Now is the Jeopardy! of our discontent" winter |
#7299, aired 2016-05-12 | SHAKESPEAREAN JEOPARDY! $400: "Something is rotten in the state of Jeopardy!" Denmark |
#7299, aired 2016-05-12 | SHAKESPEAREAN JEOPARDY! $600: "The quality of Jeopardy! is not strain'd" mercy |
#7299, aired 2016-05-12 | SHAKESPEAREAN JEOPARDY! $800: "It is the green-eyed Jeopardy! which doth mock the meat it feeds on" monster |
#7299, aired 2016-05-12 | SHAKESPEAREAN JEOPARDY! $1000: "It is the east & Jeopardy! is the sun" Juliet |
#7299, aired 2016-05-12 | PUT IT THERE! $1600: If the reactor is getting too hot, put these "rods" into the core to absorb neutrons & shut it down control rods |
#7298, aired 2016-05-11 | DRINKS IN THE FRIDGE $800: I didn't bring in pineapple juice, but the pineapple type of this godly drink nectar |
#7294, aired 2016-05-05 | THE COMMON "CORE" $400: It's found in the e-mail address seen here an underscore |
#7270, aired 2016-04-01 | OSCARS $1200: Author Oscar Hijuelos created this group who "Play Songs of Love" the Mambo Kings |
#7270, aired 2016-04-01 | ROCKS & MINERALS $2000: A prized variety of this ornamental stone mined in the American Southwest is robin's egg blue turquoise |
#7248, aired 2016-03-02 | WHAT'S YOUR MOVIE PROFESSION? $800: The non-brunette, non-redheaded Elle Woods a lawyer |
#7242, aired 2016-02-23 | CELEBRATIONS & GATHERINGS $1200: Party on, "Jeopardy!" fans! Dictionary Day, October 16, is celebrated on the birthday of this lexicographer (Noah) Webster |
#7192, aired 2015-12-15 | CAROLS $1000: This song title precedes "bearing gifts we traverse afar" "We Three Kings (Of Orient Are)" or "We Three Kings From Orient Are" |
#7190, aired 2015-12-11 | A 3-D CATEGORY $1600: A book parody of the Crawley family & their estate uses this word meaning "trampled upon" before "Abbey" in its title downtrodden |
#7163, aired 2015-11-04 | SPEAK "UP"! $600: To transfer data from a smaller device to a larger one upload |
#7160, aired 2015-10-30 | COSTUMES AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $1,000 (Daily Double): (Alex delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) The Imperial Commissioner is the one who reads the marriage agreement of Cio-Cio-San & Lieutenant Pinkerton in Act I of this opera Madame Butterfly |
#7152, aired 2015-10-20 | JEOPARDY! ON THE MOVIE MARQUEE $200: 1968:
"Night of the Living Jeopardy!" Night of the Living Dead |
#7152, aired 2015-10-20 | JEOPARDY! ON THE MOVIE MARQUEE $400: 1935:
"Bride of Jeopardy!" Frankenstein |
#7152, aired 2015-10-20 | JEOPARDY! ON THE MOVIE MARQUEE $600: 2013:
"Jeopardy! the Great and Powerful" Oz the Great and Powerful |
#7152, aired 2015-10-20 | JEOPARDY! ON THE MOVIE MARQUEE $800: 2007:
"There Will Be Jeopardy!" There Will Be Blood |
#7152, aired 2015-10-20 | JEOPARDY! ON THE MOVIE MARQUEE $1000: 1998:
"Jeopardy! is Beautiful" Life is Beautiful |
#7148, aired 2015-10-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH "A" $800: French term meaning "with the" au |
#7136, aired 2015-09-28 | COMPUTER HISTORY $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew clicks the signaling device from behind a familiar lectern at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California; Jimmy is her sole human competitor.) The museum has an homage to this "Jeopardy!" cyber contestant, whose brilliance is now being put to work diagnosing illnesses, recommending better investments & helping researchers around the world find information faster Watson |
#7136, aired 2015-09-28 | DOUBLE THAT LETTER! $2000: Carried on a war & moved like some tails waged & wagged |
#7119, aired 2015-07-23 | TODAY'S TENNIS STARS $800: This Russian-born player's portfolio includes 30+ WTA titles, a career Grand Slam & an S.I. Swimsuit Edition feature Maria Sharapova |
#7104, aired 2015-07-02 | SOLE MEN $200: A German army medic named Klaus was the "Doc" behind this boot brand Doc Martens |
#7097, aired 2015-06-23 | 3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS $2000: The higher number in 120/80 represents this type of blood pressure systolic |
#7094, aired 2015-06-18 | NBA ALL-STARS $200: A record 19 times:
This Buck, Laker & Celebrity "Jeopardy!" contestant Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
#7093, aired 2015-06-17 | PUZZLERS $800: In these, there are infinite other Alex Trebeks parallel universes |
#7086, aired 2015-06-08 | ONLY THE LONELY $400: In the 500s B.C. the Jews were in the Babylonian this type of expulsion from one's land exile |
#7084, aired 2015-06-04 | MYTHOLOGY $4,000 (Daily Double): This Egyptian god's evil brother Set tricked him into lying down in a box that was thrown into the river Osiris |
#7074, aired 2015-05-21 | FUN WITH WOMEN'S CLOTHING $600: The duchesse type of this fabric is often used for formal dresses satin |
#7073, aired 2015-05-20 | NEW TWISTS ON JEOPARDY! FAVORITES $200: In more than 500 clues about this Shakespeare play, it's never come up that one of its sources was "Gesta Danorum" Hamlet |
#7073, aired 2015-05-20 | "EBB" & "FLO" $400: A Flintstone family member Pebbles |
#7073, aired 2015-05-20 | NEW TWISTS ON JEOPARDY! FAVORITES $400: 250+ clues on this German-American physicist, but none mentioned that he didn't wear socks (the big toe always makes a hole) Einstein |
#7073, aired 2015-05-20 | THAT MOVIE TITLE IS LEGAL $800: Ashley Judd learns the meaning of a 5th Amendment protection in this thriller whose title is near & dear to me Double Jeopardy |
#7073, aired 2015-05-20 | NEW TWISTS ON JEOPARDY! FAVORITES $800: The first mention of him: Season 16; some 170 clues later, we'll tell you Prof. Binns taught him the history of magic Harry Potter |
#7073, aired 2015-05-20 | NEW TWISTS ON JEOPARDY! FAVORITES $1,400 (Daily Double): Nearly 500 clues about this English king, & yet none said that one of his favorite horses was named Canicida Henry VIII |
#7073, aired 2015-05-20 | GUARDIANS $2000: In Arthurian legend this wounded monarch is the guardian of the Holy Grail the Fisher King |
#7069, aired 2015-05-14 | MOVIES ABOUT WEATHER? $800: Dustin Hoffman played a savant with autism who watches "Jeopardy!" in this film Rain Man |
#7044, aired 2015-04-09 | BARTENDING GLOSSARY $1000: On a champagne label, brut equals this wine term, as the grapes used to make it contained little or no sugar dry |
#7040, aired 2015-04-03 | IN LIFE $800: In Catholicism this sacrament, administered on baptized persons at least age 7, allows you to take communion confirmation |
#7039, aired 2015-04-02 | WITH LOVE $1200: On the back of the envelope of a love letter, write "S.W.A.K.", short for this sealed with a kiss |
#7036, aired 2015-03-30 | JEOPARDY! AROUND THE WORLD $200: On Russian "Jeopardy!" the clues, like the one here about guacamole, are written in this alphabet Cyrillic |
#7036, aired 2015-03-30 | JEOPARDY! AROUND THE WORLD $400: This country enjoys a good game of "Kuldvillak", & in the clue here, mentions its capital of Tallinn Estonia |
#7036, aired 2015-03-30 | JEOPARDY! AROUND THE WORLD $600: You might be able to play along with TIM ELLER TOM on Swedish "Jeopardy!"--check out a clue about this director Tim Burton |
#7036, aired 2015-03-30 | JEOPARDY! AROUND THE WORLD $800: Players on Danish "Jeopardy!" don't play for the big bucks; as seen here, they play for the big these krone |
#7036, aired 2015-03-30 | JEOPARDY! AROUND THE WORLD $1000: "Buyuk Risk" is in this language, written in a form of the Latin alphabet that replaced Arabic script in 1928 Turkish |
#7035, aired 2015-03-27 | TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew uses the monitor to wrap up the category and round.) By exchanging heat between colder & warmer latitudes, ocean currents such as this one off the coast of South America have important effects on local climates the Humboldt current |
#7027, aired 2015-03-17 | "QUAD"-RUPLE JEOPARDY! $400: Meet me in the quad, this 10-letter area on campus the quadrangle |
#7027, aired 2015-03-17 | "QUAD"-RUPLE JEOPARDY! $800: On "Star Trek", the federation's planets are mostly in the Alpha one Quadrant |
#7027, aired 2015-03-17 | "QUAD"-RUPLE JEOPARDY! $1200: Davenport & Bettendorf, Iowa, plus 3 (huh?) places in Illinois the Quad Cities |
#7027, aired 2015-03-17 | "QUAD"-RUPLE JEOPARDY! $1600: A French square dance for 4 couples, with or without lobsters a quadrille |
#7027, aired 2015-03-17 | "QUAD"-RUPLE JEOPARDY! $2000: Like Munchkin, it's one of the fictional lands of Oz Quadling |
#7026, aired 2015-03-16 | SPORTS JEOPARDY $200: In 2007 at a track & field event in Rome, a Finnish athlete impaled a long jumper 90 yards away with one of these javelin |
#7026, aired 2015-03-16 | SPORTS JEOPARDY $400: After a 0-17 start in 2014, this NBA team with a numeric name was in serious jeopardy of not making the playoffs! (Philadelphia) 76ers |
#7026, aired 2015-03-16 | SPORTS JEOPARDY $600: A runner breaking for the plate on the pitch as the batter tries to bunt is this "deadly" type of squeeze play a suicide squeeze |
#7026, aired 2015-03-16 | SPORTS JEOPARDY $800: In 2009 Gilbert Arenas pulled a gun on a teammate on this squad, though it was no longer called the Bullets (Washington) Wizards |
#7026, aired 2015-03-16 | SPORTS JEOPARDY $1000: On "Wild World of Sports", ski jumper Vinko Bogataj's crash exemplified this 4-word phrase in the show's intro the agony of defeat |
#7017, aired 2015-03-03 | OH "NO"! $800: A referee's 2-word ruling that a boxing match doesn't count no contest |
#7000, aired 2015-02-06 | FROM BOOK TO FILM $1000: William Peter Blatty's novel "Legion" provided the basis for the third film in this diabolical movie series The Exorcist |
#6999, aired 2015-02-05 | 1-LETTER STOCK SYMBOLS $200: S:
This 3rd-largest wireless telecom company in the United States Sprint |
#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 |
#6990, aired 2015-01-23 | SHIPS DON'T LIE $600: A portion of the CSS Georgia, one of these "metallic" Civil War ships, was recovered in 2013 from a Georgia river an ironclad |
#6985, aired 2015-01-16 | OPPOSITES $400: The opposite of straighten, as a noun it's found in a river bend (crook accepted) |
#6972, aired 2014-12-30 | RIBBONS $400: Pack your ribbons if you're competing in this sport, an Olympic medal event since 1984 rhythmic gymnastics |
#6967, aired 2014-12-23 | NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD $400: Indonesia has a national park with over 5,000 of these 300-pound lizards Komodo dragons |
#6956, aired 2014-12-08 | THE NICK OF TIME $800: In 1938 Dashell Hammett created this amateur detective & husband in "The Thin Man" Nick & Nora Charles |
#6953, aired 2014-12-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: Before he was killed in the War of 1812, Zebulon Pike discovered a famous mountain peak in this state Colorado |
#6951, aired 2014-12-01 | VOCABULARY $11,000 (Daily Double): This instrument measures atmospheric pressure: its name is used to mean anything that indicates change a barometer |
#6949, aired 2014-11-27 | YOU, PRONOUNS & ME $200: 4-letter word following "watch" or "now hear"; it's just about the most important word we use in "Jeopardy!" clues this |
#6934, aired 2014-11-06 | TRANSPORTATION $2000: L.A.'s Angels Flight
is an example of this short cable-drawn
cliff railway funicular |
#6932, aired 2014-11-04 | THE BIG RED WON $1600: In February 1940 a Soviet barrage finally broke the Mannerheim Line of this plucky northeastern neighbor Finland |
#6927, aired 2014-10-28 | OSCAR SONGS IN OTHER WORDS $800: 2005:
Things are difficult in regards to the call-girl management industry "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" |
#6924, aired 2014-10-23 | 3 "T"s $1600: For their operettas, Sullivan was the composer & Gilbert was this librettist |
#6907, aired 2014-09-30 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL STADIUM NICKNAMES $600: This school's Gamecocks rough it up in "The Cockpit" the University of South Carolina |
#6899, aired 2014-09-18 | FAIRY TALES $1000: A poem by Goethe is one of the earlier uses of this tale about a pupil who conjures up more magic than he can handle "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" |
#6886, aired 2014-07-21 | DINOSAURS $800: The first dinosaurs appeared during this period named for the division of rock strata into 3 units Triassic |
#6886, aired 2014-07-21 | ATHLETES $1000: This Yankee SS: "If you're going to play... you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing 'Jeopardy!', I hate to lose" Derek Jeter |
#6870, aired 2014-06-27 | IN THE "ZONE" $1600: Martin Landau had 3 hours to find a hidden bomb in "The Jeopardy Room", a 1964 episode of this series The Twilight Zone |
#6857, aired 2014-06-10 | SWITCH THE FIRST & LAST LETTERS $2000: ...of a good way to begin a "Jeopardy!" response & you get this gradual warming thaw (from what) |
#6840, aired 2014-05-16 | THE COSTUME DESIGNS OF WILLIAM IVEY LONG $200: For "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," Long used original illustrations from this author's books
for inspiration Dickens |
#6837, aired 2014-05-13 | ACTRESSES $4,400 (Daily Double): This portrayer of the screen's classic Southern belle was born in India to British parents Vivien Leigh |
#6833, aired 2014-05-07 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $400: A jet uses it finally
_ _ N _ I N G
G _ _ _ landing gear |
#6833, aired 2014-05-07 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $800: Pac-12 powerhouse
U _ _ V _ _ _ _ _ Y
O _
_ _ _ Z _ _ _ the University of Arizona |
#6833, aired 2014-05-07 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $1200: A friendship is born of common discomfort
M _ _ _ _ _
_ _ V _ _
_ _ _ P _ _ Y misery loves company |
#6833, aired 2014-05-07 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $1600: Product of a thinker from Crotone
_ Y T _ _ G _ _ _ _ N
T _ _ _ _ _ _ Pythagorean theorem |
#6833, aired 2014-05-07 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $2000: Classic hot wheels of the 1920s
V _ _ X _ _ _ _
R _ _ D _ _ _ R Vauxhall Roadster |
#6830, aired 2014-05-02 | SEOUL $1600: Trendy districts of Seoul include Dongdaemun & this "style"-ish one of song Gangnam |
#6819, aired 2014-04-17 | HISTORIC DAYS $1000: Jan, 24, 1848
(out West) gold discovered in California |
#6810, aired 2014-04-04 | VIDEO GAMES $1600: Tom Clancy lent his name to this shooter series that might leave your finger smarting Splinter Cell |
#6794, aired 2014-03-13 | DETROIT ROCKS! $800: A controversial idea to help the city out of bankruptcy is to sell pieces from the DIA, the Detroit Institute of these Arts |
#6793, aired 2014-03-12 | NEW ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS? $800: We're not sure if Mr. Gilliam or Mr. Jones inspired this award for British comedy troupe members the Terrys |
#6783, aired 2014-02-26 | PIX-"R" $200: Our favorite part of this 1988 film is Dustin Hoffman saying, "Course I got 'Jeopardy!' at 5 o'clock. I watch 'Jeopardy!'" Rain Man |
#6774, aired 2014-02-13 | VIDEO GAME VAULT $400: You don't need to be a spelunker to enjoy this Sega game named for the place spelunkers explore The Cave |
#6771, aired 2014-02-10 | THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT TERM $400: In taxonomy:
Kingdom, phylum... class |
#6757, aired 2014-01-21 | RETAIL THERAPY $800: "Jeopardy!" has the Clue Crew; this electronics retailer has the Geek Squad Best Buy |
#6735, aired 2013-12-20 | IT'S SNOWING $800: In skiing, this basic method of turning or stopping is also called the wedge snowplow |
#6715, aired 2013-11-22 | USER NAME $1000: Man was no longer the one tool-using animal when in 1960 a chimp named David was observed using twigs to fish for these to snack on termites |
#6710, aired 2013-11-15 | RAP STAGE NAMES $1000: To distance himself from his absent father, Dwayne Carter Jr. dropped a letter from his name to arrive at this rap name Lil Wayne |
#6709, aired 2013-11-14 | SPANISH CLASS $200: Oh no! Temblor de tierra, this! earthquake |
#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 |
#6707, aired 2013-11-12 | THAT'S TOTALLY HISTORICAL! $600: In the 20s B.C., after Octavian took this imperial name, he established the Praetorian Guard to guard his body Caesar Augustus |
#6707, aired 2013-11-12 | QUOTABLE QUOTES $2,000 (Daily Double): At the Brandenburg Gate in 1987, President Reagan gave "Mr. Gorbachev" this 4-word challenge "Tear down this wall" |
#6706, aired 2013-11-11 | CARBONATION NATION $1000: This energy drink wants you to "Unleash the beast", perhaps with options like M-80 or Assault Monster |
#6703, aired 2013-11-06 | BEASTLY WORDS & PHRASES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows some clouds on the monitor.) Long, wispy cirrus clouds are sometimes referred to by this name from their resemblance to a certain equine body part mares' tails |
#6702, aired 2013-11-05 | TV, SELF-HELP ME! $1000: Bravo! for Ted Allen & Carson Kressley, 2 of the stars who dealt with food, fashion & other issues on this show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy |
#6702, aired 2013-11-05 | ENTERTAINING OCCUPATIONS $1,800 (Daily Double): If you had this job in Japanese Bunraku theater, it was common to spend 15 years as a left arm operator a puppeteer |
#6698, aired 2013-10-30 | SUE GRAFTON TEACHES THE ALPHABET $1200: "'P' Is for" this, grave risk, danger or--dare we say it?!--jeopardy Peril |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | JEOPARDY! IN 3-D $400: Cut or torn into small pieces, like some wheat for breakfast shredded |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | JEOPARDY! IN 3-D $800: Capable of having 2 opposite effects, like a proverbial type of sword double-edged |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | JEOPARDY! IN 3-D $1200: An arachnid of the order Opiliones a daddy longlegs |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | JEOPARDY! IN 3-D $1600: Aborigines place the end of this instrument in a hollow in the ground to add resonance a didgeridoo |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | JEOPARDY! IN 3-D $2000: It's the showy member of the Heath family seen here the rhododendron |
#6691, aired 2013-10-21 | "DI" NO Y $1200: It's what A.M. stands for (it ends with "M", by the way) ante meridiem |
#6685, aired 2013-10-11 | WET BAR GLOSSARY $400: Here come the "Jeopardy!" writers; better tap this cask that can hold 165 12-ounce beers a keg |
#6673, aired 2013-09-25 | STARTS WITH AN ANTONYM OF... $800: Skinny:
Tiredness fatigue |
#6667, aired 2013-09-17 | BALLET DANCERS IN THE CINEMA $800: Zizi Jeanmaire played Doro, Danny Kaye's love interest, in a 1952 musical about this Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen |
#6666, aired 2013-09-16 | CARE TO DANCE? $1000: Also a haircut style, it's the R&B-based state dance of South Carolina the shag |
#6656, aired 2013-07-22 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $800: Mary Anning, who hawked her fossil discoveries along the dorset coast, inspired this tongue twister "She sells seashells by the seashore." |
#6630, aired 2013-06-14 | I HAVE A PARTICULAR SET OF SKILLS $200: The act of parachuting into a forest fire gives this job its name smokejumper (or firejumper) |
#6624, aired 2013-06-06 | SCIENCE IN SPORTS $1600: A curveball curves because this is unequal on different sides where the ball's surface meets the air pressure (or wind resistance) |
#6601, aired 2013-05-06 | THE OFFICE $400: ...gossip center is traditionally this device; at "Jeopardy!" we have an oasis one the water cooler |
#6554, aired 2013-02-28 | YOU KNOW, THE MOVIE WHERE... $600: Rosie Perez is amazing on "Jeopardy!" (but we really wouldn't take "Mt. Suvius") & oh yes, basketball is played White Men Can't Jump |
#6525, aired 2013-01-18 | TV SHOWS IN SONG $800: Sadly, this singer "lost on 'Jeopardy!'" "Weird Al" Yankovic |
#6522, aired 2013-01-15 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS $1000: "As a Peace-Loving Global Citizen" is the autobiography of this Korean reverend who died in 2012 Sun Myung Moon |
#6515, aired 2013-01-04 | "CAT" OR "DOG"? $200: On "Jeopardy!", it consists of 5 clues the category |
#6485, aired 2012-11-23 | USING YOUR JEOP-PS $600: (Sarah's voice reads the clue in a monotone fashion.) You have arrived at 50 West North Temple St. in Salt Lake City, home to this 3-word singing group the Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
#6483, aired 2012-11-21 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $1000: (Hi. I'm Jane Kaczmarek.) I sometimes need a hankie watching the love of Warren Beatty & Natalie Wood hit every kind of obstacle in this 1961 film Splendor in the Grass |
#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 |
#6480, aired 2012-11-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Financial vultures beware! In 2012 "Jeopardy!" champ Richard Cordray became 1st head of the CFPB, helping these "C"s consumers |
#6474, aired 2012-11-08 | JEOPARDY! ENNUI $200: Ennui means this; Schopenhauer calls it the feeling of the emptiness of existence, & I feel it when I read Schopenhauer boredom |
#6474, aired 2012-11-08 | JEOPARDY! ENNUI $400: 20,000 times a day these paired organs expand & contract, in & out; how tedious lungs |
#6474, aired 2012-11-08 | JEOPARDY! ENNUI $600: I tire of the rows & columns of this Microsoft spreadsheet program introduced in 1985 Excel |
#6474, aired 2012-11-08 | JEOPARDY! ENNUI $800: Calling sit-ups & push-ups by this word from the Greek for "beautiful" doesn't make them interesting calisthenics |
#6474, aired 2012-11-08 | JEOPARDY! ENNUI $1000: This government agency with a lightning bolt logo says sunshine all next week; will it never end? the National Weather Service |
#6472, aired 2012-11-06 | WE'VE GOT TO STOP MEETING LIKE THIS $400: In the 1920s & '30s this literary group that included Dorothy Parker met daily for lunch at a NYC hotel the Round Table at the Algonquin |
#6461, aired 2012-10-22 | CRIME $2,000 (Daily Double): In 2011 a renegade group was accused of doing this to fellow Amish, a heinous crime in that culture cutting off their beards |
#6458, aired 2012-10-17 | "OCC"-UPY JEOPARDY! $200: This vegetable that your kid may shun is a variety of cabbage broccoli |
#6458, aired 2012-10-17 | "OCC"-UPY JEOPARDY! $400: Be careful dialing 212; you could get Manhattan or this North African country Morocco |
#6458, aired 2012-10-17 | "OCC"-UPY JEOPARDY! $600: I'm jealous--more letters come to my house addressed to this person than to me occupant |
#6458, aired 2012-10-17 | "OCC"-UPY JEOPARDY! $800: Cousin to the copperhead, it lives in Southern swamps the water moccasin |
#6458, aired 2012-10-17 | "OCC"-UPY JEOPARDY! $1000: Staph is short for this infectious bacterium & easier to say too staphylococcus |
#6438, aired 2012-09-19 | TRUE DAILY DOUBLES $400: July 4, 1826:
These 2 former presidents face final jeopardy Jefferson & John Adams |
#6423, aired 2012-07-18 | FILL IN THE BEST PICTURE TITLE $1200: 2008, things are much different behind the scenes at "Jeopardy!": "S.M." Slumdog Millionaire |
#6412, aired 2012-07-03 | POETIC VERBS $800: "I ____ the body electric" sing |
#6405, aired 2012-06-22 | COMMON BONDS $800: Redwood,
Mammoth Cave,
Mesa Verde national parks |
#6405, aired 2012-06-22 | RED, RED WINE $1200: Red lambrusco was cultivated by these Roman precursors & "Jeopardy!" favorites the Etruscans |
#6403, aired 2012-06-20 | ONE NIGHT WHEN I COULDN'T SLEEP... $200: 11:30: Saw one of his Top 10 "Ways to Make 'Jeopardy!' More Exciting": "contestants... paid in black-market zoo animals" David Letterman |
#6401, aired 2012-06-18 | TERMS OF ENDANGERMENT $2000: Right now, you really can't avoid this word, from the Old French for "divided game"; it's all around you! jeopardy |
#6395, aired 2012-06-08 | PROVERBIAL NUMBERS $400: The last possible moment for doing something is called this hour eleventh hour |
#6374, aired 2012-05-10 | INTERNET SHORTHAND $600: Acronym for a website section with helpful info; at jeopardy.com it includes "how does one become a contestant?" an FAQ |
#6373, aired 2012-05-09 | HE'S QUITE THE SPORTSMAN $200: He's the recent Super Bowl MVP seen here Eli Manning |
#6365, aired 2012-04-27 | NOVELTY SONG LYRICS $1,500 (Daily Double): 1984:
"My hope of winning sank, 'cause I got the Daily Double now, and then my mind went blank" "I Lost On Jeopardy" |
#6359, aired 2012-04-19 | YO-YO MA $1000: Ma has played this composer's cello suites on the world's great stages, including Jeopardy!'s Johann Sebastian Bach |
#6357, aired 2012-04-17 | COWBOY TALK $1,600 (Daily Double): As a verb, it meant to shoot someone; as a noun it referred to a rectangular bar of chewing tobacco plug |
#6352, aired 2012-04-10 | 1850s AMERICA $1200: When this was completed between Newfoundland & Ireland in 1858, Queen Victoria & Pres. Buchanan traded messages the transatlantic cable |
#6348, aired 2012-04-04 | BOW TIES ARE COOL $600: Seen here giving clues on "Jeopardy!", this guy graduated from Cornell with a mechanical engineering degree Bill Nye the Science Guy |
#6346, aired 2012-04-02 | INTERNAL RHYMES $400: A jumbled mixture; sometimes it's a "Jeopardy!" category hodgepodge |
#6346, aired 2012-04-02 | HUSBANDS $1000: The former Holly Knowlton, a 1995 "Jeopardy!" contestant, is seen here with this husband of hers Petraeus |
#6345, aired 2012-03-30 | SOLVE FOR "EX" $1000: If the murderer had blood type A, finding that a suspect has type O is this kind of evidence exculpatory (exclusionary also accepted) |
#6345, aired 2012-03-30 | POE'S PROSE $1200: Prince Prospero & 1,000 knights & dames retired to a castle to escape a fatal pestilence in this story "The Masque of the Red Death" |
#6342, aired 2012-03-27 | ADLER-TIZING $200: If you can switch over to "Jeopardy!" from your sofa, thank Robert Adler, who invented this for Zenith in 1956 the remote control |
#6338, aired 2012-03-21 | A BLANK EXPRESSION $1000: The "Jeopardy!" office on tape days: blood, toil, tears & ___ sweat |
#6318, aired 2012-02-22 | THIS IS... A JEOPARDY! CATEGORY $400: This historical American person spoke the following in 1847
"This is... the place." Brigham Young |
#6318, aired 2012-02-22 | THIS IS... A JEOPARDY! CATEGORY $800: It's the U.S. military service whose members learn the creed Johnny is reciting
"This is... my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine." the United States Marine Corps |
#6318, aired 2012-02-22 | THIS IS... A JEOPARDY! CATEGORY $1200: & now Johnny presents a memorable line from this 2006 film
"This is... Sparta!" 300 |
#6318, aired 2012-02-22 | THIS IS... A JEOPARDY! CATEGORY $1600: It's the biblical event at which the following was spoken
"This is... my body." the Last Supper |
#6318, aired 2012-02-22 | THIS IS... A JEOPARDY! CATEGORY $2000: Here's Johnny with the words this American journalist used to introduce his WWII broadcasts
"This is... London." Edward Murrow |
#6314, aired 2012-02-16 | CENTRAL AMERICAN WILDLIFE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Golfo Dulce in Costa Rica.) Macaws use their powerful beaks as a third foot when climbing trees & as a tool when opening nuts; inside their tongue is a little one of these structures that they use to dislodge nutmeat bone in their tongue (lever accepted) |
#6306, aired 2012-02-06 | RECENT MOVIES $200: "Jeopardy!" champ Thomas Horn plays the kid in "Extremely Loud and" this Incredibly Close |
#6292, aired 2012-01-17 | NORMAN INVASION $600: He commanded the ground forces in the 1983 invasion of Grenada, and later commanded respect as a Jeopardy! champ (Norman) Schwarzkopf |
#6281, aired 2012-01-02 | RECENT BOOKS $1000: Book club alert--"Then Came You" is the latest novel by this author of "Good in Bed" & "In Her Shoes" Jennifer Weiner |
#6280, aired 2011-12-30 | ON DECK $2000: As its name indicates, this 3-letter deck on old warships had cannons end to end the gun deck |
#6277, aired 2011-12-27 | FOOD PREPARATION $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a payapa in a forest in Molokai, HI.) An enzyme called papain in the leaves & green skin of raw papaya can be used as one of these food preparations as it breaks down the connective tissue of meats a tenderizer |
#6272, aired 2011-12-20 | CHECKING IT TWICE $2,500 (Daily Double): This constitutional amendment uses the phrase "twice put in jeopardy of life or limb" the Fifth Amendment |
#6259, aired 2011-12-01 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $400: Sure, Mr. Gore, Palm Beach, early 2000--guess you want to rework the ballot named for this insect a butterfly |
#6259, aired 2011-12-01 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $800: Dress like a swell for the 1934 opening of this songwriter's "Anything Goes", featuring "I Get a Kick Out Of You" Cole Porter |
#6259, aired 2011-12-01 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $1200: Feel like doing some pillaging? Turn the dial to 1240 & join this "colorful" Tatar group the Golden Horde |
#6259, aired 2011-12-01 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $1600: Get ready to shout, "Mr. President, look out!" when the setting is for this city Sept. 6, 1901 Buffalo |
#6259, aired 2011-12-01 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $2000: You'll learn from Corneille & La Rochefoucauld if you visit Madame de Rambouillet's 17th century one of these gatherings a salon |
#6253, aired 2011-11-23 | AS I RECALL $400: In 2008 the USDA ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of this meat, though most of it had already been eaten beef |
#6247, aired 2011-11-15 | HAVE YOU HEARD THE "NEWS"? $600 (Daily Double): Its Nov. 22, 1963 front-page headline read: "Storm of Political Controversy Swirls Around Kennedy on Visit" The Dallas Morning News |
#6246, aired 2011-11-14 | 4 STRAIGHT VOWELS $2000: "The moan of doves in immemorial elms, and murmuring of innumerable bees" is an example of this literary device onomatopoeia |
#6231, aired 2011-10-24 | COME TO OUR AIDE $1600: In 1948 White House aide Lauchlin Currie told this committee he wasn't a Soviet spy; today we know he was the House Un-American Activities Committee |
#6225, aired 2011-10-14 | THE GREATEST IN SPORTS WITH MIKE & MIKE $2000: (Mike & Mike deliver the clue.) One of the greatest coaches ever has got to be Phil Jackson; he's won 11 titles, something even Red Auerbach couldn't do
Yeah, Phil's a legend, no doubt about it, but I'll pick this college basketball wizard who won 10 men's NCAA titles from 1964 to 1975 (John) Wooden |
#6221, aired 2011-10-10 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $200: "Abby, I hear The Naked Heiress is gonna be on Jeopardy! that's huge!"
"Mom, please. I am rich and famous." [Sighs]
"Honey, don't you think you're being..."
...this adjective that means "world-weary" & "cynical"--it doesn't mean "covered in green gemstones" jaded |
#6218, aired 2011-10-05 | I'M DATING MYSELF $1600: On a night of this Afro-Cuban-based dancing, I specialize in solos, called "shines" salsa |
#6209, aired 2011-09-22 | MUSICAL STYLINGS $400: Sandra Booker, Nina Simone & Esperanza Spalding are all sultry chanteuses of this 4-letter musical genre jazz |
#6207, aired 2011-09-20 | SIBLING REVELRY $800: "In Living Color" featured siblings Kim, Marlon, Damon, Shawn & Keenen Ivory of this family the Wayans |
#6206, aired 2011-09-19 | 28 IS GREAT $200: In September 1984 "Jeopardy!" began its run & P.W. Botha began a more modest 6 years as pres. of this country South Africa |
#6188, aired 2011-07-06 | SPELL IT! $1200: Spell this metric measurement equal to .03937 of an inch M-I-L-L-I-M-E-T-E-R |
#6182, aired 2011-06-28 | LA CATEGORIE JEOPARDY! $200: Les reponses idiots STUPID ANSWERS |
#6182, aired 2011-06-28 | LA CATEGORIE JEOPARDY! $400: Les potables virils POTENT POTABLES |
#6182, aired 2011-06-28 | LA CATEGORIE JEOPARDY! $600: Lacs et fleuves LAKES & RIVERS |
#6182, aired 2011-06-28 | LA CATEGORIE JEOPARDY! $800: Avant et apres BEFORE & AFTER |
#6182, aired 2011-06-28 | LA CATEGORIE JEOPARDY! $1000: Ces fichus Etrusques THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS |
#6180, aired 2011-06-24 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR GENERALS $3,000 (Daily Double): This last surviving general who died in 1832 at 98, gave his name to a South Carolina site that later made big news (Thomas) Sumter |
#6177, aired 2011-06-21 | STATE THE SENATOR $400: The politician seen here helping me out with Final Jeopardy! had served this state for more than 20 years Arizona |
#6154, aired 2011-05-19 | 3 Bs, IF YOU PLEASE $400: Superstar of sports & "Jeopardy!" seen here Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
#6149, aired 2011-05-12 | VENDING MACHINES $1000: It's the term for a metal imitation coin used to fool a vending machine a slug |
#6140, aired 2011-04-29 | STUPID ANSWERS $1000: In Dutch, this royal was known as Willem Hendrik, Prins van Oranje William of Orange |
#6121, aired 2011-04-04 | JEOPARDY PLATFORMS $200: Hemingway's "The Dangerous Summer" was inspired by Dominguin, who worked in this type of sporting arena a bullfighting arena |
#6121, aired 2011-04-04 | JEOPARDY PLATFORMS $400: In 1975, the USS Kirk had to push helicopters off its deck as it helped people fleeing from this Asian capital Saigon |
#6121, aired 2011-04-04 | JEOPARDY PLATFORMS $800: A train platform spells final jeopardy for this Tolstoy title heroine Anna Karenina |
#6121, aired 2011-04-04 | JEOPARDY PLATFORMS $1,000 (Daily Double): The Kangshung Face, the North Col & the Khumu Icefall are all parts of this dangerous place Mt. Everest |
#6121, aired 2011-04-04 | JEOPARDY PLATFORMS $1000: Alliterative term for a feat done by 1920s barnstorming pilots; the man who did it first had less than a 2-year career wing walking |
#6112, aired 2011-03-22 | LET THERE BE LIGHT BEER $400: It's produced at all 12 of Anheuser-Busch's U.S.-based breweries Bud Light |
#6091, aired 2011-02-21 | SPANISH VERBS $800: Escribir means to do this; you'll have to do it during Final Jeopardy! to write |
#6074, aired 2011-01-27 | FICTIONAL TV CITIES $1000: New New York, New York Futurama |
#6068, aired 2011-01-19 | SHE WAS IN THAT? $800: In between "Saturday Night Live" & "Seinfeld", she had a small role in "Hannah and Her Sisters" Dreyfus |
#6064, aired 2011-01-13 | WEBSITES $600: You can keep up with the "Jeopardy!" clue crew on this social networking site Facebook |
#6061, aired 2011-01-10 | PLAYING HIMSELF $400: In "The Man with Two Brains", this creator of "Jeopardy!" played himself (& turned out to be "the elevator killer") Merv Griffin |
#6058, aired 2011-01-05 | IT'S TV, IT'S HBO $1000: Mary Lou got a new job in the 1998 finale of this Garry Shandling show--"Jeopardy!" contestant coordinator The Larry Sanders Show |
#6057, aired 2011-01-04 | NON-LY ADVERBS $800: You can use this 5-letter adverb on "Jeopardy!" if your response is a country where |
#6052, aired 2010-12-28 | COMPLETE THE BOOK TITLE $2000: James Patterson: "Double ___" Cross |
#6026, aired 2010-11-22 | I LEARNED IT IN BALLET CLASS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the Dance Theatre of Harlem.) The final pas de deux is one of the famous dances from this ballet; maybe it's fitting that its choreographer Lev Ivanov died on Christmas Eve when it's set The Nutcracker |
#6016, aired 2010-11-08 | FROM THE GREEK $400: Meaning "self-moving", this word often precedes pilot or transmission automatic |
#6002, aired 2010-10-19 | THIS... WAS... JEOPARDY! $200: He was captured by the British on Sept. 21, 1776 & executed the next day without a trial... but with one regret Nathan Hale |
#6002, aired 2010-10-19 | THIS... WAS... JEOPARDY! $400: On June 1, 1937, she took off from Miami to fly around the world, but that didn't work out so well Earhart |
#6002, aired 2010-10-19 | THIS... WAS... JEOPARDY! $600: On May 7, 1915 a German sub put this ocean liner in serious jeopardy; it sank within 20 minutes the Lusitania |
#6002, aired 2010-10-19 | THIS... WAS... JEOPARDY! $800 (Daily Double): On July 3, 1863 3 brigades of his division, 4,300 men, led a Gettysburg "charge", with disastrous results George Pickett |
#6002, aired 2010-10-19 | THIS... WAS... JEOPARDY! $1000: This Roman orator was beyond jeopardy after he said Octavian "should be given praise... & then be disposed of" Cicero |
#6001, aired 2010-10-18 | TV SHOW ADDRESSES $200: Al & Peg's place at 9764 Jeopardy Lane, Chicago Married... With Children |
#5996, aired 2010-10-11 | DIED ON THE SAME DAY $600: On April 25, 1995 first "Jeopardy!" host Art Fleming passed away & the dance was over for this partner of Fred Ginger Rogers |
#5995, aired 2010-10-08 | HELLO, I'M JOHNNY CASH $200: I kept a close watch on this hit of mine as it climbed into the Top 20 in 1956 "I Walk The Line" |
#5993, aired 2010-10-06 | WE GET LETTERS $800: Like "Jeopardy!", this cable network uses an exclamation point in its name the E! Network |
#5991, aired 2010-10-04 | AT THE POD "IUM" $200: "Jeopardy!" will reign forever! Or at least this long, 1,000 years millennium |
#5987, aired 2010-09-28 | ASIAN CAPITALS $1200: You'll be the Sultan of "Jeopardy!" if you know Bandar Seri Begawan is its capital Brunei |
#5979, aired 2010-09-16 | MAKE IT RIGHT $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.) The "E" in insulated "Low-E windows" stands for this; the windows allow light through but prevent solar heat gain & block UV rays emission |
#5970, aired 2010-07-23 | GETTING COZY WITH SARKOZY $800: In 2009 Sarkozy called to eliminate this garment worn by some Muslim women, saying it was a symbol of enslavement burqa |
#5968, aired 2010-07-21 | GET SOME CULTURE $2000: The Villanovan culture of Italy was obliterated in the 500s B.C. by this people familiar to longtime "Jeopardy!" fans the Etruscans |
#5953, aired 2010-06-30 | REAL "PA"s $800: In 2009, at age 91, this 1960s "Jeopardy!" announcer was still the voice of "Saturday Night Live" Don Pardo |
#5945, aired 2010-06-18 | USUALLY INCORRECT JEOPARDY! RESPONSES $200: If you do not possess this Hasbro game with 6 murder suspects & 6 weapons, you can say "I don't have a..." Clue |
#5945, aired 2010-06-18 | USUALLY INCORRECT JEOPARDY! RESPONSES $400: It's the literal translation of the French phrase "Je n'ai aucune idee" I have no idea |
#5945, aired 2010-06-18 | USUALLY INCORRECT JEOPARDY! RESPONSES $600: He was the oddly named third baseman in Abbott & Costello's "Who's on First?" routine I Don't Know |
#5945, aired 2010-06-18 | USUALLY INCORRECT JEOPARDY! RESPONSES $800: This 3-letter palindrome can be used as an exclamation of surprise or on simply not hearing something huh |
#5945, aired 2010-06-18 | USUALLY INCORRECT JEOPARDY! RESPONSES $1000: To quote the old joke, "What did the tree say when the lumberjack asked him a question? I'm" this word stumped |
#5938, aired 2010-06-09 | 2001: A SPORTS ODYSSEY $800: In 2001, he hit .300 with 36 homers & appeared on Celebrity "Jeopardy!" Mike Piazza |
#5929, aired 2010-05-27 | SHAKESPEARE'S CHARACTERS DESCRIBED $2000: "Nephew to the Lady Capulet" Tybalt |
#5925, aired 2010-05-21 | THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a cello at the Juilliard School in New York.) Cello players at Juilliard have quite a legacy to live up to; alumni include this performer, who's even graced the "Jeopardy!" stage Yo-Yo Ma |
#5916, aired 2010-05-10 | CARRIAGES $400: This 17th century carriage had a separate hooded seat at the rear & was named for the capital of Germany a Berlin carriage |
#5906, aired 2010-04-26 | HUSKY $2,000 (Daily Double): From the Latin for "oaken" & "strong", this word is used to describe a rich, strong cup of coffee robust |
#5899, aired 2010-04-15 | IN THE BEGINNING $2000: On June 7, 2007 Bill Gates spoke at this graduation ceremony at Harvard commencement |
#5880, aired 2010-03-19 | JEOPARDY! DRINKING GAMES $200: Like actress Sally, this last name of 19th century U.S. department store owner Marshall is singular; add an "S"--imbibe Field |
#5880, aired 2010-03-19 | JEOPARDY! DRINKING GAMES $400: When naming this member of the 2nd triumvirate, don't add an "H" to his last name or you're talking about J. Lo's hubby Mark Antony |
#5880, aired 2010-03-19 | JEOPARDY! DRINKING GAMES $600: If you add the incorrect "S" to this last book of the Bible that tells of the opening of 6 seals, down a whole cup Revelation |
#5880, aired 2010-03-19 | JEOPARDY! DRINKING GAMES $800: If you say the WCTU is the "Women's Christian" rather than the "Woman's Christian" this, take a non-alcoholic swig Temperance Union |
#5880, aired 2010-03-19 | FINISH THE PALINDROME $1000: "Drab as a fool, aloof as a" this bard |
#5880, aired 2010-03-19 | JEOPARDY! DRINKING GAMES $1000: Drink up if you say (incorrectly) this African-American author wrote "The Invisible Man"; he penned "Invisible Man" Ralph Ellison |
#5876, aired 2010-03-15 | HYBRIDS $800: Tangelo a tangerine & a pomelo |
#5876, aired 2010-03-15 | STORY PROBLEMS $1200: The "Jeopardy!" writers drank 72 beers after work yesterday: 20 in the 1st round, 26 in the 2nd & this many at last call 26 |
#5875, aired 2010-03-12 | FOUND IN THE JEOPARDY! ATTIC $200: On his last trip to Greece, Johnny picked up this wind instrument; someday, I'll take lessons a pan flute |
#5875, aired 2010-03-12 | FOUND IN THE JEOPARDY! ATTIC $400: If the heat goes out, we could always burn our piece of this hard, high-carbon type of coal anthracite |
#5875, aired 2010-03-12 | FOUND IN THE JEOPARDY! ATTIC $600: Home run--the bobblehead seen here of this former national league manager will get something on eBay, right? (Tommy) Lasorda |
#5875, aired 2010-03-12 | FOUND IN THE JEOPARDY! ATTIC $800: Mmm, a pecan log roll from this chain of restaurants with over 200 interstate locations--anyone hungry? Stuckey's |
#5875, aired 2010-03-12 | FOUND IN THE JEOPARDY! ATTIC $1000: Some diehard "Jeopardy!" Democrat still has the pin seen here from this election year 1988 |
#5866, aired 2010-03-01 | 3 OF A KIND $1,000 (Daily Double): Draco,
Lyra,
Mensa constellations |
#5862, aired 2010-02-23 | VEGAS CASINOS $800: Enjoy rock star lemonades & world famous DJs at the rehab poolside party at this hotel the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino |
#5860, aired 2010-02-19 | MOVIN' ON "UP" $1,200 (Daily Double): A pair of successive lines of verse that rhyme & are of the same length & meter a couplet |
#5854, aired 2010-02-11 | IT'S GAME TIME $400: station.sony.com has online "Jeopardy!" & this game where you must avoid those bankrupt & lose a turn wedges Wheel of Fortune |
#5851, aired 2010-02-08 | SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD $400: The occasional misspelling is noticable on a telecast like "Jeopardy!" noticeable |
#5847, aired 2010-02-02 | SOLD! $800: At Club Jeopardy! this charge is $5; this is also the type of band we've booked, playing songs they didn't write cover |
#5825, aired 2010-01-01 | PICK A PLANET $800: It's the third largest in our solar system Neptune (Uranus also accepted) |
#5816, aired 2009-12-21 | FARM AID $1600: Tomatoes sometimes come in this "old" variety, meaning they're open-pollinated & not grown widely heirloom |
#5811, aired 2009-12-14 | SPORTS NUMBER, PLEASE $1000: Number of minutes in a regulation NHL period 20 |
#5806, aired 2009-12-07 | DEDICATED $4,000 (Daily Double): His "Cat's Cradle" is "For Kenneith Littauer, a man of gallantry and taste" (Kurt) Vonnegut |
#5805, aired 2009-12-04 | MOVIE NAME DROPPERS $800: "____ Getting Married" Rachel |
#5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $200: This branch of mathematics uses letters to symbolize numbers in equations algebra |
#5796, aired 2009-11-23 | SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! $200: As he did in "Anchorman", Will Ferrell sports this facial feature in the "SNL" "Jeopardy!" skits a mustache |
#5796, aired 2009-11-23 | SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! $400: Darrell Hammond played this Scottish actor who... nope, I can't say anything else; just name him Sean Connery |
#5796, aired 2009-11-23 | SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! $600: Norm MacDonald played this "Smokey and the Bandit" star who had a slight problem IDing Pat Morita's ancestry Burt Reynolds |
#5796, aired 2009-11-23 | SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! $800: Ben Stiller played this star of "The Firm" on a show where one category was "FOODS THAT END IN 'AMBURGER'" Tom Cruise |
#5796, aired 2009-11-23 | SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! $1000: Kristen Wiig played this "Today" co-host, who, like so many of our players, brought Chardonnay on stage Kathie Lee Gifford |
#5793, aired 2009-11-18 | GET SOME HELP $1000: Not only did she play the nanny on "The Nanny", she created the show as well Fran Drescher |
#5792, aired 2009-11-17 | FINLANDIA $800: Finland forms a symbolic N. border between Eastern & Western Europe: to the east is Russia; to the west, these 2 nations Norway & Sweden |
#5791, aired 2009-11-16 | THEY SHOT THE SHERIFF $2000: On his 21st birthday, this 3-named gunman shot & killed Deputy Charles Webb in Brown County, Texas John Wesley Hardin |
#5774, aired 2009-10-22 | OTHER PLANETS IN MOVIES $2000: "Forbidden Planet":
___ 4 (just like the first PC) Altair |
#5769, aired 2009-10-15 | I WENT TO UCLA $400: Tell your old man to drag this '70s UCLA & Trail Blazer center (& Lanier!) up & down the court for 48 minutes Bill Walton |
#5761, aired 2009-10-05 | REAL PEOPLE IN BEATLES SONGS $1000: "Man, you should have seen them kicking" this American poet in "I Am The Walrus" Edgar Allan Poe |
#5761, aired 2009-10-05 | SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON $1000: (Madam Secretary Hillary Clinton delivers the clue.) The State Department is responsible for treaties, & one of the most important is this one that helps control the spread of nuclear arms, NPT for short the Non-Proliferation Treaty |
#5759, aired 2009-10-01 | PUNCTUATION $400: Read all about me at www.jeopardy.com this punctuation mark showguide_bioalex.php forward slash |
#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 |
#5738, aired 2009-07-15 | KIDS ON THE NET $800: At the website for the CDC, the Centers for this, kids can learn about diabetes & toxic chemicals Disease Control |
#5738, aired 2009-07-15 | HIDE & SEEK $1200: I'm hiding on top of the world's tallest mountain, so seek me in this mountain range (& hurry up, I'm freezing!) the Himalayas (or the Himalayan) |
#5725, aired 2009-06-26 | I LOST ON JEOPARDY! $400: Despite being the longest-running "Jeopardy!" champ of all time, he lost to Brad Rutter in the Ultimate ToC Ken Jennings |
#5725, aired 2009-06-26 | I LOST ON JEOPARDY! $800: This NBA legend lost to Martha Stewart after she answered a question about Michael Jordan & he didn't Charles Barkley |
#5725, aired 2009-06-26 | I LOST ON JEOPARDY! $1200: David Javerbaum lost on the Teen Reunion, but he's won 9 Emmys for his work on this Jon Stewart TV show The Daily Show |
#5725, aired 2009-06-26 | I LOST ON JEOPARDY! $1600: Jodie Foster won big over Nathan Lane & Harry Connick Jr. when she named this 1620 ship & they couldn't the Mayflower |
#5725, aired 2009-06-26 | I LOST ON JEOPARDY! $2000: Bob Harris penned a book about his "Jeopardy!" wins & losses called "Prisoner of" this place Trebekistan |
#5711, aired 2009-06-08 | BODIES IN WATER $2000: This Olympic gold medalist traded in her swim goggles for hosting duties on "Figure It Out" & "NBA Inside Stuff" Summer Sanders |
#5709, aired 2009-06-04 | THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM $2000: (Alex reads from the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.) One of the first history paintings of recent events was Benjamin West's "The Death of" this general at Quebec shortly after his 1759 victory sealed Britain's control over Canada General Wolfe |
#5696, aired 2009-05-18 | THE NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNISTS $2000: (I'm Nicholas Kristof.) In 2008 I wrote that Obama's most difficult international test could be this Asian "country with 170 million people and up to 60 nuclear weapons (which) may be collapsing" Pakistan |
#5687, aired 2009-05-05 | YOU CAN'T SPELL JEOPARDY! WITHOUT PARTY! $200: Our drinking game: if someone on C-SPAN says, "Madam Speaker", take a sip of Darjeeling this tea |
#5687, aired 2009-05-05 | YOU CAN'T SPELL JEOPARDY! WITHOUT PARTY! $400: Around 11:00 P.M., we break out the card game "authors"; do you have any of this man seen here? Mark Twain |
#5687, aired 2009-05-05 | YOU CAN'T SPELL JEOPARDY! WITHOUT PARTY! $600: The karaoke machine is loaded with arias, like this composer's "Celeste Aida" Verdi |
#5687, aired 2009-05-05 | YOU CAN'T SPELL JEOPARDY! WITHOUT PARTY! $800: We get wild with the Greek crowd when our friend Christos stuffs these leaves grape leaves |
#5687, aired 2009-05-05 | YOU CAN'T SPELL JEOPARDY! WITHOUT PARTY! $1000: After too much Jolt, we call MIT's Alan Guth & argue about his inflation model, which modifies this cosmic theory the Big Bang theory |
#5684, aired 2009-04-30 | YOU'RE A JEOPARDY! FAN IF… $200: A citizenship test asks for these 3 enemy countries of the U.S. in WWII & all you hear is "Da-da-da-da…" Germany, Italy & Japan |
#5684, aired 2009-04-30 | YOU'RE A JEOPARDY! FAN IF… $400: You named your son this, after the original 1964 host of "Jeopardy!" Art Fleming |
#5684, aired 2009-04-30 | YOU'RE A JEOPARDY! FAN IF… $600: In hospital you try to buzz in but dose yourself with this main alkaloid in opium morphine |
#5684, aired 2009-04-30 | YOU'RE A JEOPARDY! FAN IF… $800: You put dollar amounts into the grid of this Japanese-named number puzzle to remind you of the game board sudoku |
#5684, aired 2009-04-30 | YOU'RE A JEOPARDY! FAN IF… $1000: At the Preakness horse race in this state, you hear "daily double" & make a tsyoo-tsyoo-tsyoo noise Maryland |
#5669, aired 2009-04-09 | SNAKES & ADDERS $1200: The mangrove snake's vertically elliptical eye pupils give rise to this other name for it (does it hiss or meow?) the cat-eyed snake |
#5666, aired 2009-04-06 | HAUNTED HOUSEKEEPING $800: On creaking door hinges, use a spray like Pyroil, made from this compound known for its use in implants silicone |
#5649, aired 2009-03-12 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH "E" $2000: This decongestant is used by those suffering from hay fever, colds & allergies ephedrine (epinephrine accepted) |
#5630, aired 2009-02-13 | BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES $400: Unlike some, I like my women to be "cranio", this quality we also admire on "Jeopardy!" intelligence |
#5622, aired 2009-02-03 | WHO'S ON FIRST? $400: In many cities "Jeopardy!" leads into this sister show Wheel of Fortune |
#5620, aired 2009-01-30 | WHAT AM I DOING IN NEW JERSEY? $1000: In 1994 she became the first woman governor of N.J; she'd later be in a president's cabinet & on "Jeopardy!" Christie Todd Whitman |
#5596, aired 2008-12-29 | WHERE AM I? $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a New Mexico amphitheater.) I'm at this New Mexico national park, where every night from April to October 300,000 to 400,000 hungry flying mammals delight the crowds with an amazing bat flight Carlsbad Caverns |
#5585, aired 2008-12-12 | IT'S GOT MEANING $200: You're in it now--this is "Danĝero!" (translated from Esperanto) Jeopardy |
#5578, aired 2008-12-03 | WHICH CAME FIRST? $200: In TV game shows:
"Jeopardy!",
"Wheel of Fortune",
"The Price Is Right" The Price Is Right |
#5569, aired 2008-11-20 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $400: It's in Canada, eh?
N _ _ A S _ _ _ _ A Nova Scotia |
#5569, aired 2008-11-20 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $800: Words won't fail you if you have a good one
_ O C A _ U L A _ _ vocabulary |
#5569, aired 2008-11-20 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $1200: A place to hoard your pennies
_ _ G G _
_ _ N K a piggy bank |
#5569, aired 2008-11-20 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $1600: Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen, for example
F R _ _ _ R N _ _
_ _ _ N S fraternal twins |
#5569, aired 2008-11-20 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $2000: Gaborone is its capital
_ O T S W _ _ _ Botswana |
#5547, aired 2008-10-21 | "M": A NATION $0 (Daily Double): This nation comprises more than 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean Micronesia |
#5546, aired 2008-10-20 | JEOPARDY! DITLOIDS $200: The farmer's spouse de-tails them:
3 B M three blind mice |
#5546, aired 2008-10-20 | JEOPARDY! DITLOIDS $400: Hop-happy song:
99 B O B O T W "99 Bottles Of Beer On The Wall" |
#5546, aired 2008-10-20 | JEOPARDY! DITLOIDS $600: Includes an ancient temple:
T 7 W O T W the 7 Wonders of the World |
#5546, aired 2008-10-20 | JEOPARDY! DITLOIDS $800: A famous British address:
N 10 D S Number 10 Downing Street |
#5546, aired 2008-10-20 | JEOPARDY! DITLOIDS $1000: Tale that recounts a "Fogg"y journey:
A T W I 80 D Around the World in 80 Days |
#5526, aired 2008-09-22 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $800: If you want to win on "Jeopardy!", don't be as quiet as a topo, one of these a mouse |
#5524, aired 2008-09-18 | KIDS IN LIT $800: A book by a great-great-uncle shows Jared, Simon & Mallory the hidden world around them in this series The Spiderwick Chronicles |
#5517, aired 2008-09-09 | WHAT A CARD! $400: Ken Jennings used these briefly displayed items to get ready to play "Jeopardy!" flashcards |
#5516, aired 2008-09-08 | A LOOK BACK WITH JEOPARDY! $200: We made our debut in September of 1984, & so did this spare heir seen here Prince Harry |
#5516, aired 2008-09-08 | A LOOK BACK WITH JEOPARDY! $400: 1989 saw our first college tournament, & in this country, student protests that began the Velvet Revolution Czechoslovakia |
#5516, aired 2008-09-08 | A LOOK BACK WITH JEOPARDY! $600: For our tenth anniversary, there was no joy in Mudville as he declared the World Series canceled due to a labor dispute (Bud) Selig |
#5516, aired 2008-09-08 | A LOOK BACK WITH JEOPARDY! $800: Things unveiled in 1999 included my star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame & this London structure the Millennium Dome |
#5516, aired 2008-09-08 | A LOOK BACK WITH JEOPARDY! $1000: In 2004, we put out a 20th anniversary book, & after handing sovereignty back to Iraq's government, he started his memoirs (Paul) Bremer |
#5490, aired 2008-06-20 | SOUNDS LIKE A GAME SHOW HOST $400: She wasn't in Jeopardy against Gabriele Seyfert when she won a gold in figure skating at Grenoble in 1968 Peggy Fleming |
#5475, aired 2008-05-30 | CHEMISTRY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Jeopardy! lab.) The juice from blackberries can make ordinary construction paper into this "testing" type of scientific paper litmus paper |
#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 |
#5460, aired 2008-05-09 | SCIENCE $1600: Part of a corkscrew is this type of simple machine reworked into a spiral form an inclined plane (ramp later ruled acceptable) |
#5454, aired 2008-05-01 | QUOTATIONS $400: James Thurber observed, "It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all" of these the answers |
#5450, aired 2008-04-25 | THE "ALP"s $1200: He has had 19 Top 40 hits as a soloist & with his band The Tijuana Brass Herb Alpert |
#5440, aired 2008-04-11 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $800: It's said that a light whisper is 10 of these units; the loud "Jeopardy!" office is about 60 decibels |
#5439, aired 2008-04-10 | IT'S ALL ABOUT "U" $1200: Rare except in "Jeopardy!" clues & nature films, this adjective means relating to or typical of bears ursine |
#5431, aired 2008-03-31 | THE MOVIES $400: (Drew Barrymore delivers the clue.) In my film "Music and Lyrics", Hugh Grant plays the "Jeopardy! Think Music" written by this creator of "Jeopardy!" Merv Griffin |
#5415, aired 2008-03-07 | BRAZILIAN FOOD $800: Everyone snacks on pao de queijo, a cheese puff made with manioc flour, which is ground from this tropical tuber cassava |
#5414, aired 2008-03-06 | "PAN"HANDLING $2000: It's a sentence using all letters of the alphabet, such as "Watch 'Jeopardy!', Alex Trebek's fun TV quiz game" pangram |
#5412, aired 2008-03-04 | MUSICAL BEFORE & AFTER $600: Michael Jackson song from "Dangerous" becomes a basketball film in which Rosie Perez is on "Jeopardy!" "Black Or White Men Can't Jump" |
#5411, aired 2008-03-03 | BUTTONS $2000: He won an Oscar for "Sayonara" & also appeared in "The Poseidon Adventure" Red Buttons |
#5402, aired 2008-02-19 | NOT ONE, NOT 2, BUT 3 Os $1200: Staying up too late studying for "Jeopardy!" can give you these reddened eyes bloodshot |
#5386, aired 2008-01-28 | WHO'S RUNNING THIS OPERATION? $600: (With some help)
Brian Cashman makes the personnel decisions in this job with the New York Yankees general manager |
#5386, aired 2008-01-28 | HEY, GOOD LOOKING! $800: In 2007 this friend of "Jeopardy!" was the cover girl for People magazine's "100 Most Beautiful" issue Drew Barrymore |
#5384, aired 2008-01-24 | WOODWORKING $1600: Rafter, framing & T-bevel are useful types of this "geometric" tool square |
#5374, aired 2008-01-10 | SCIENCE $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Jeopardy! science lab.) Iodine reacts with this carbohydrate in food; if it's present, the iodine turns a bluish-black color starch |
#5374, aired 2008-01-10 | SCIENCE $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew rubs a balloon on her hair in the Jeopardy! science lab.) Rubbing a balloon builds up electrons that then attract this type of particle in a metal can, from the Greek for "first" protons |
#5369, aired 2008-01-03 | NATURE STUDY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a magnifying glass to the underside of a large mushroom in the Jeopardy! lab.) Like fish, mushrooms have these, but in the mushroom they're where the spores are produced gills |
#5364, aired 2007-12-27 | YEAH, IT WAS THE '80s $1000: The Greg Kihn Band was singin' our song, crooning, "Our love's in" this, "baby" jeopardy |
#5357, aired 2007-12-18 | DEATH SENTENCES $2000: In his "Holy Sonnets", he wrote, "Death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful" (John) Donne |
#5353, aired 2007-12-12 | FILMS OF THE '90s $1600: We had to mention this movie in which Ashley Judd turns being framed for murder to her advantage Double Jeopardy |
#5349, aired 2007-12-06 | LAUGHIN' $400: No. 10 on his "Top Ten Signs Your Monkey is a Genius": "Won 30 grand on Jeopardy's monkey week" Letterman |
#5349, aired 2007-12-06 | BUSH'S NICKNAMES $1000: This Secretary of Education is also known as "La Margarita" Margaret Spellings |
#5321, aired 2007-10-29 | JEPOETRY $200: John Keats:
"A thing of Jeopardy! is a joy forever" beauty |
#5321, aired 2007-10-29 | JEPOETRY $400: Percy Bysshe Shelley:
"If winter comes, can Jeopardy! be far behind?" spring |
#5321, aired 2007-10-29 | JEPOETRY $600: Carl Sandburg:
"The Jeopardy! comes on little cat feet" fog |
#5321, aired 2007-10-29 | JEPOETRY $800: Lewis Carroll:
"'Twas Jeopardy!, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe" brillig |
#5321, aired 2007-10-29 | JEPOETRY $1000: Ernest L. Thayer:
"The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Jeopardy! nine that day" Mudville |
#5319, aired 2007-10-25 | "J" PEG $400: Someone who's there when you need him, or "Jeopardy!"'s announcer hitting his mark Johnny-on-the-spot |
#5315, aired 2007-10-19 | PHILOSOPHY $800: A "Jeopardy!" game has 13 of these; medieval writers believed there were exactly 10, including place & time categories |
#5312, aired 2007-10-16 | HODGEPODGE $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew zaps some styrofoam peanuts with liquid from a test tube in the Jeopardy! science lab.) You might think styrofoam peanuts are hard to get rid of, but they can be dissolved using this solvent, the same one found in nail polish remover acetone |
#5311, aired 2007-10-15 | ANIMALS IN JEOPARDY $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew visits with the bison at the Catalina Island Conservancy.) Catalina can't support large numbers of bison, so in 2004, about 100 of them were repatrioted to their ancestral home in this Mt. Rushmore state South Dakota |
#5311, aired 2007-10-15 | ANIMALS IN JEOPARDY $400: Amsterdam Island in the Indian Ocean, 1,800 mi. from any cont., has a rare type of this wandering seabird the albatross |
#5311, aired 2007-10-15 | ANIMALS IN JEOPARDY $600: We hope the endangered Carolina Northern "flying" species of this rodent keeps on flying a squirrel |
#5311, aired 2007-10-15 | ANIMALS IN JEOPARDY $800: Steller's sea cow was extinct by 1768; Stellar's sea this animal is hanging tough a sea lion |
#5311, aired 2007-10-15 | ANIMALS IN JEOPARDY $1000: South America's woolly spider type of this has a rudimentary or no thumb & a badly fragmented habitat a monkey |
#5302, aired 2007-10-02 | CONJUNCTION JUNCTION $1200: This 3-letter conjunction is commonly replaced by a symbol in "Jeopardy!" clues and |
#5279, aired 2007-07-19 | POSSIBLE SAT VOCABULARY $400: Of praise, increase or mock, what you do to something you augment increase |
#5273, aired 2007-07-11 | LULLABIES THAT ROCK $200: This lullabye will either "rock" your little ones or make them acrophobic "Rock-a-bye Baby" |
#5273, aired 2007-07-11 | LULLABIES THAT ROCK $800: This song is for parents who believe in bribery "Hush Little Baby (Don't You Cry)" |
#5269, aired 2007-07-05 | NANCY $600: She's the legal-eagle one-time "Celebrity Jeopardy!" contestant seen here Nancy Grace |
#5269, aired 2007-07-05 | THE DENVER MINT $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Denver Mint.) Presses put designs on coins; a die called the hammer imprints the head side while one appropriately called this imprints the tail the anvil |
#5241, aired 2007-05-28 | D.C. COMICS $1200: One of his "rants": "Hillary Clinton hears... 'I'm sorry' more frequently than Pauly Shore on 'Celebrity Jeopardy!'" Dennis Miller |
#5236, aired 2007-05-21 | COMMUNICATION $1600: (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers a cryptic message.) Julius Caesar communicated with his generals using a code that shifted each letter a set distance down the alphabet--for instance, these letters spell "Jeopardy"; it's now called the "Caesar" this cipher |
#5234, aired 2007-05-17 | BEANY $600: "Noisy" name for a crisp bean pod easily broken into pieces for cooking snap beans |
#5233, aired 2007-05-16 | BOTANY $400: Canada wild rye isn't liquor from Yukon but this type of plant of the genus Elymus a grass (grain accepted) |
#5231, aired 2007-05-14 | IN GEORGE W. BUSH'S CABINET $1200: Rod Paige,
onetime "Jeopardy!" contestant Margaret Spellings Education |
#5216, aired 2007-04-23 | THE "IV" LEAGUE $400: Seemingly insignificant facts & info--but not on "Jeopardy!" trivia |
#5209, aired 2007-04-12 | WHAT THE "L" IS IT? $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the state-of-the-art Jeopardy! marine biology laboratory.) This clinging marine gastropod is also the last name of Don Knotts's character in a 1964 marine movie a limpet |
#5199, aired 2007-03-29 | WORDS IN JEOPARDY! $200: Use it to paddle your own canoe an oar |
#5199, aired 2007-03-29 | WORDS IN JEOPARDY! $400: Cordage of braided strands of hemp rope |
#5199, aired 2007-03-29 | WORDS IN JEOPARDY! $600: To poke or jab with something pointed; it's done to cattle, for example prod |
#5199, aired 2007-03-29 | WORDS IN JEOPARDY! $800: To gather a harvest with a sickle or scythe reap |
#5199, aired 2007-03-29 | WORDS IN JEOPARDY! $1000: General term for any primate of the subfamily Hominoidea ape |
#5190, aired 2007-03-16 | JEOPARDY! IN POP CULTURE $400: His "Rain Man" character Raymond Babbitt had to watch "Jeopardy!" at 5:00 Dustin Hoffman |
#5190, aired 2007-03-16 | JEOPARDY! IN POP CULTURE $800: In his "Nightmares & Dreamscapes", he penned a short story about a disembodied finger bothering a "Jeopardy!" viewer Stephen King |
#5190, aired 2007-03-16 | JEOPARDY! IN POP CULTURE $1200: During a TV ad for this chain, a Chihuahua walking through a room paused to give a "Jeopardy!" response Taco Bell |
#5190, aired 2007-03-16 | JEOPARDY! IN POP CULTURE $1600: "Jeopardy!" appears in the Kiefer Sutherland movie sharing part of its name with a game show--this city, "N.M." Truth or Consequences |
#5190, aired 2007-03-16 | JEOPARDY! IN POP CULTURE $2000: To win enough money to "try to take over the world", one of this WB animated pair went on the show "Gyp-parody" Pinky & The Brain |
#5189, aired 2007-03-15 | FILL IN THE AUTHOR'S NAME $800: Marjorie ____ Rawlings Kinnan |
#5185, aired 2007-03-09 | TRY, TRY AGAIN $800: In 1969 the Supreme Court ruled that the Fifth Amendment's ban on this practice is binding on states double jeopardy |
#5179, aired 2007-03-01 | FIX THE MALAPROPISM $200: To do well on "Jeopardy!", you must consecrate on the task at hand concentrate |
#5174, aired 2007-02-22 | BEANTOWN TV $400: We learned of 3 people who'd never been in Cliff Clavin's kitchen when he played "Jeopardy!" on this sitcom Cheers |
#5161, aired 2007-02-05 | ALSO A PRO SPORTS TEAM $2000: Melancholy, or a type of music with lyrics like, "I missed the last clue, my woman left me, I got the 'Jeopardy!'..." Blues |
#5160, aired 2007-02-02 | SCIENCE $1600: (Jimmy is in his Jeopardy! lab coat delivering the clue this time) You can take a simple nail, coil wire around it, connect it to a battery, and turn it into this attractive 13-letter item an electromagnet |
#5156, aired 2007-01-29 | "ii", SIR! $200: I really wish "Jeopardy!" would tape shows in this southernmost state Hawaii |
#5148, aired 2007-01-17 | FEAR $2,000 (Daily Double): Epistemophobia would be bad news for a Jeopardy! contestant, as it's fear of this knowledge |
#5143, aired 2007-01-10 | EDWARD R. MURROW $400: In 1961 Murrow left CBS to become Director of the U.S.I.A., this agency the United States Information Agency |
#5138, aired 2007-01-03 | YOU, ME & DUE PROCESS $400: The 2000 Supreme Court decision in this case, him v. him, involved vote-counting guidelines & due process of law Bush v. Gore |
#5138, aired 2007-01-03 | COLA $400: Sadly, the "breakfast drink", Pepsi A.M., didn't last long, even though it had 25% more of this than regular Pepsi caffeine |
#5135, aired 2006-12-29 | ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS $200: In 2005 this creator of "Jeopardy!" was given a lifetime achievement award at the Daytime Emmys Merv Griffin |
#5133, aired 2006-12-27 | BIG BUSINESS $400: In 1988, this FedEx rival got its own airline, now among the USA's 10 largest UPS |
#5124, aired 2006-12-14 | YOU SAID A MOUTHFUL! $1200: "Jeopardy!" responses are this, meaning of the nature of a question interrogative (interrogatory accepted) |
#5112, aired 2006-11-28 | WORLD HERSTORY $500 (Daily Double): On June 16, 1963 she became the first person to achieve Earth orbit who had never been a test pilot (Valentina) Tereshkova |
#5112, aired 2006-11-28 | LITERARY EUROPE $2,000 (Daily Double): If John Keats had sent a postcard from his last home, it would have been postmarked this city Rome |
#5098, aired 2006-11-08 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $400 (Daily Double): (Before the clue is given, Kate Reinders from the Broadway play Wicked helps with the clue.)
"Popular /
You're gonna be pop-u-lar /
I'll teach you the proper ploys /
When you talk to boys /
Little ways to flirt and flounce--woww! /
I'll show you what shoes to wear /
How to fix your hair /
Everything that really counts to be /
Popular /
I'll help you be pop-u-lar /
You'll hang with the right cohorts /
You'll be good at sports /
Know the slang you gotta know /
So let's start /
'Cause you've got an awfully long way to go"
"Wicked" is based on a modern novel inspired by this classic L. Frank Baum book that took us "over the rainbow" The Wizard of Oz |
#5093, aired 2006-11-01 | I WAS ON JEOPARDY! $400: From 1992 to 1998 the "Jeopardy!" player seen here played for this sports team Los Angeles Dodgers |
#5093, aired 2006-11-01 | I WAS ON JEOPARDY! $800: The "Jeopardy!" whiz seen here played this TV sitcom role from 1976 to 1982 Lenny |
#5093, aired 2006-11-01 | I WAS ON JEOPARDY! $1200: The man seen here playing "Jeopardy!" survived four seasons as the host of this show on VH1 Rock & Roll Jeopardy! |
#5093, aired 2006-11-01 | I WAS ON JEOPARDY! $1600: 1 of the 2 smash Broadway hits for which the player seen here won the Best Actor Tony Award The Producers or A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
#5093, aired 2006-11-01 | I WAS ON JEOPARDY! $2000: From 1993 to 1998 the "Jeopardy!" player seen here played this "pioneering" TV character Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman |
#5088, aired 2006-10-25 | "OCK"-TOBER $200: An enclosure for the temporary housing of cattle a paddock (stockyard or stockade also acceptable) |
#5087, aired 2006-10-24 | THE JEOPARDY! SWIMSUIT CALENDAR $400: "Crimea" river over our Miss July seen here--good night, nurse Florence Nightingale |
#5087, aired 2006-10-24 | THE JEOPARDY! SWIMSUIT CALENDAR $800: Naturally this 19th century musician featured here is our Mr. March (John Philip) Sousa |
#5087, aired 2006-10-24 | THE JEOPARDY! SWIMSUIT CALENDAR $1200: Talk about "Man & Superman", this super literary hunk strikes a pose here George Bernard Shaw |
#5087, aired 2006-10-24 | THE JEOPARDY! SWIMSUIT CALENDAR $1600: Of course, this president posing here didn't say a word during the entire photo shoot (Calvin) Coolidge |
#5087, aired 2006-10-24 | THE JEOPARDY! SWIMSUIT CALENDAR $2000: Don't let the masculine name fool you--this 19th century author shown here is all woman George Sand |
#5072, aired 2006-10-03 | I SENTENCE YOU $600: The sentence seen here is in desperate need of these punctuation marks--please do give generously
On the air since 1984 Jeopardy! we are proud to say has grown in viewership esteem and popularity while its staff all would agree remain humble modest and handsome. a comma |
#5051, aired 2006-07-24 | PRONOUNS $1600: Take 2 letters off Pyramus' lover & give this demonstrative pronoun found in many "Jeopardy!" clues this (from Thisbe) |
#5039, aired 2006-07-06 | THE GRAND OLE OPRY $2000: In 2001, this future Celeb "Jeopardy!" contestant got the first Opry member award, a replica of the famous mic stand Brad Paisley |
#5036, aired 2006-07-03 | 3 Es FOR ME! $1600: A title of honor, applied to cardinals (more for Rome than Arizona) eminence |
#5030, aired 2006-06-23 | JEPOETRY $200: Alexander Pope:
"A little Jeopardy! is a dangerous thing" learning |
#5030, aired 2006-06-23 | JEPOETRY $400: Christopher Marlowe:
"Come live with me, and be my Jeopardy!" love |
#5030, aired 2006-06-23 | JEPOETRY $600: Alfred, Lord Tennyson:
"Half a Jeopardy!, half a Jeopardy!, half a Jeopardy! onward" league |
#5030, aired 2006-06-23 | JEPOETRY $800: Samuel Taylor Coleridge:
"Instead of the cross, the Jeopardy! about my neck was hung" albatross |
#5030, aired 2006-06-23 | JEPOETRY $1000: Robert Herrick:
"Gather ye Jeopardy! while ye may" rosebuds |
#5025, aired 2006-06-16 | WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA $800: Some new 2006 names are "Jeopardy!" champ Ken Jennings & this first skateboarder to do "the 900" trick Tony Hawk |
#5020, aired 2006-06-09 | OZ $1000: In L. Frank Baum's original book, this, not ruby, is the color of Dorothy's slippers silver |
#5018, aired 2006-06-07 | FASHION DESIGNERS $1000: He's had his own line at Target & his own show on the Oxygen Network Isaac Mizrahi |
#5017, aired 2006-06-06 | BIBLICAL PERSON, PLACE OR THING $400: Cana place |
#5015, aired 2006-06-02 | MEASURING DEVICES $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew pours a solution into a cylinder in the Jeopardy! science lab.) Marked with intervals for measuring volume, these devices are called this academic type of cylinder a graduated cylinder |
#5008, aired 2006-05-24 | THE JEOPARDY! MOVIE "CLUB" $400: 1993:
4 Asian-American women & their moms sit around talking The Joy Luck Club |
#5008, aired 2006-05-24 | THE JEOPARDY! MOVIE "CLUB" $800: 1978:
Small town band makes it big, all to the music of the Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
#5008, aired 2006-05-24 | THE JEOPARDY! MOVIE "CLUB" $1200: 1985:
5 high school students endure a daylong detention The Breakfast Club |
#5008, aired 2006-05-24 | THE JEOPARDY! MOVIE "CLUB" $1600: 1984:
Gangsters & musicians jazz things up at a Harlem nightspot The Cotton Club |
#5008, aired 2006-05-24 | THE JEOPARDY! MOVIE "CLUB" $2000: 1999:
Legendary Cuban musicians are brought together to record an album Buena Vista Social Club |
#5001, aired 2006-05-15 | OK COMPUTER $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew accesses a video of Sarah of the Clue Crew scuba diving on the Jeopardy! web site from her laptop.) A synonym for "flowing", it's the type of video you can watch when you visit us at jeopardy.com streaming |
#5000, aired 2006-05-12 | ROD SERLING'S TWILIGHT ZONE $1600: Later to win an Oscar as Bela Lugosi, he played a man trying to defect to the West in 1964's "The Jeopardy Room" (Martin) Landau |
#4999, aired 2006-05-11 | RIDDLE ME THIS $1600: If this riddling Belgian surrealist painter, born 1898 worked for "Jeopardy!", he might write, "This is not a clue" Magritte |
#4996, aired 2006-05-08 | LET US WORSHIP $600: Almost a cult with "Jeopardy!" writers & lexicographers, epeolatry is the worship of these words |
#4993, aired 2006-05-03 | 1984 TV DEBUTS $200: Not only "Jeopardy!" but this game show based on a letters-&-words board game debuted in 1984 Scrabble |
#4989, aired 2006-04-27 | SLOW DOWN $800: The animal seen here is loaded up with this saccharine secretion nectar |
#4979, aired 2006-04-13 | ANAGRAMMED CANADIAN CITIES $800: My hometown:
BUS RUDY Sudbury |
#4978, aired 2006-04-12 | GET TO THE POINT $600: Surreal thinker of the comics seen here Zippy (the Pinhead) |
#4976, aired 2006-04-10 | LET'S PLAY "TAG" $1000: It's the 2-dimentional figure seen here a heptagon (septagon accepted) |
#4974, aired 2006-04-06 | IN THE DICTIONARY $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew measures what looks to be a small pipe or shell in the Jeopardy! science lab.) These 2 words, 1 derived from the other, refer to the instrument I'm using & the measurement I'm taking calipers & caliber (calipers & calibration accepted) |
#4968, aired 2006-03-29 | INTO THE "WOOD"s $1000: He's the Washington journalist & "Jeopardy!" stalwart seen here Bob Woodward |
#4963, aired 2006-03-22 | "J" WALKING $400: From Old French for "game divided", its historical meanings include problem, trick, stratagem &, of course, danger jeopardy |
#4962, aired 2006-03-21 | SPORTSMEN $400: He spent 5 seasons with the Shanghai Sharks before becoming the Houston Rockets' center in 2002 Yao Ming |
#4960, aired 2006-03-17 | HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE $2000: From answers to questions; that's "Jeopardy!" Romans (From answers) |
#4954, aired 2006-03-09 | FILMS OF THE '50s $2000: The 2 1950s films starring Grace Kelly with "High" in the title High Society & High Noon |
#4942, aired 2006-02-21 | HE WAS IN THAT? $200: In 1961 this future "Jeopardy!" announcer hit the big screen in "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" Johnny Gilbert |
#4941, aired 2006-02-20 | LET'S PLAY JEOPARDY! $400: In 1833 musician Jakob Brahms named his second child this Johannes |
#4941, aired 2006-02-20 | LET'S PLAY JEOPARDY! $800: Like Freudian analysis, it uses dreams a lot, but it's not so much about the sex all the time Jungian (analysis) |
#4941, aired 2006-02-20 | LET'S PLAY JEOPARDY! $1200: Belonging to a tennis star, it's a Scandinavian first name meaning "bear" Bjorn |
#4941, aired 2006-02-20 | LET'S PLAY JEOPARDY! $1600: Some bars have a special machine to chill this German beverage to 4 degrees Jagermeister |
#4941, aired 2006-02-20 | LET'S PLAY JEOPARDY! $2000: The work shown here is object No. FK-A-3038 at this location the Rijksmuseum |
#4939, aired 2006-02-16 | TV TEENS $1000: Stacey Farber & Aubrey Graham play Ellie Nash & Jimmy Brooks, 2 of the teens on this Canadian series Degrassi |
#4928, aired 2006-02-01 | IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME $600: The name of these sometimes nasty microscopic life forms is from the Greek for "little rod" bacteria (bacilla later accpted) |
#4920, aired 2006-01-20 | ADDICTED TO ADJECTIVES $800: This adjective that means "free from living bacteria" can describe a person unable to reproduce sterile |
#4919, aired 2006-01-19 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $2000: This Pakistani president has maintained his close ties with the United States Musharraf |
#4912, aired 2006-01-10 | "GOOD" & "BAD" SONGS $1000: This Chris Isaak tune was featured in the movie "Eyes Wide Shut" "Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing" |
#4897, aired 2005-12-20 | JEOPARDY! ACCEPTABLE RESPONSES $200: While we eternally accept Holland, this is the more accurate name for the country the Netherlands |
#4897, aired 2005-12-20 | JEOPARDY! ACCEPTABLE RESPONSES $400: We've never even heard anyone say the name Goyathlay, but we'd accept it for this Apache leader Geronimo |
#4897, aired 2005-12-20 | JEOPARDY! ACCEPTABLE RESPONSES $600: He went by a shorter name, but William Claude Dukenfield is an acceptable answer when referring to this actor W.C. Fields |
#4897, aired 2005-12-20 | JEOPARDY! ACCEPTABLE RESPONSES $800: You don't have to be high society to know that Society of Friends is an acceptable alternative name for this group the Quakers |
#4897, aired 2005-12-20 | JEOPARDY! ACCEPTABLE RESPONSES $1000: When asking for the name of this mid-20th century British author, we will of course accept his real name, Eric Blair George Orwell |
#4896, aired 2005-12-19 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $400: Drop in on Shaanxi, China in 1556 & you could warn the 800,000 soon to perish due to this an earthquake |
#4896, aired 2005-12-19 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $800: In 73 A.D., take part in the Jewish Zealots' last stand in this fortress--or you might prefer to be on the Roman side Masada |
#4896, aired 2005-12-19 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $1200: I'd sure like to visit 1877 & hear this Nez Perce chief's "I will fight no more forever" speech Chief Joseph |
#4896, aired 2005-12-19 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $1600: 1574? Ohhh, you must want to meet "dangerous beauty" Veronica Franco, this Italian city's finest courtesan Venice |
#4892, aired 2005-12-13 | NFL NICKNAMES $800: "Too Tall" (Ed) Jones |
#4882, aired 2005-11-29 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: "Singin' in the Rain" star who once worked as an office temp Gene Kelly Girl (or Gene Kelly Services) |
#4856, aired 2005-10-24 | MISCELLANY $1600: In the Cajun vernacular, this double-talk term refers to a Voodoo spell, good or bad gris-gris (juju accepted) |
#4846, aired 2005-10-10 | WHERE WE WENT ON SUMMER VACATION $1000: …to New York City where we visited the Museum of Modern Art & saw this man's famous painting, "Starry Night" Vincent van Gogh |
#4840, aired 2005-09-30 | THE POLITICAL HAIR APPARENT $600: His would-be boss joked that this man had better hair than Dick Cheney John Edwards |
#4840, aired 2005-09-30 | SCIENTISTS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the top secret Jeopardy! science lab.) Laplace published the equation named for him in his treatise on these mechanics--the mathematics of the heavens celestial |
#4840, aired 2005-09-30 | SCIENTISTS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the top secret Jeopardy! science lab.) This great experimenter also gave lectures to London kids; in 1860, he showed them combustion requires air Michael Faraday |
#4834, aired 2005-09-22 | ON OLD MAPS $1,500 (Daily Double): Part of this country was once Kievan Rus the Ukraine |
#4833, aired 2005-09-21 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the top secret Jeopardy! science lab.) It's the 11-letter adjective for this type of medical application; the first approved use was for motion sickness transdermal |
#4824, aired 2005-07-21 | "EQ" TEST $1,400 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers a corker from the top secret Jeopardy! science lab.) A bottle under pressure is in this state--opening it breaks that state, & the CO2 forms bubbles equilibrium |
#4809, aired 2005-06-30 | ENDS IN "TU" $2,000 (Daily Double): 2-word Latin phrase meaning located in the original or existing place or position in situ |
#4798, aired 2005-06-15 | PREHISTORIC CRITTERS $2,000 (Daily Double): If Horton climbed his family tree, he'd go from elephant to stegodon to stegolophodon to this mastodon |
#4774, aired 2005-05-12 | BACK WORDS $2000: These muscles of the upper back are named for their particular quadrilateral shape the rhomboid muscles (trapezius accepted) |
#4768, aired 2005-05-04 | ATTILA THE HUN $400: In 451 Attila conquered, then abandoned, this town in Gaul where 961 years later a certain "maid" was born Orléans |
#4750, aired 2005-04-08 | FASHION, HEAD TO FOOT $1200: A pencil one is narrow, hopefully not to the point that the wearer has trouble walking a skirt |
#4739, aired 2005-03-24 | THE VIOLENCE $800: In 59 A.D. this Roman emperor went too far & had his mom Agrippina murdered Nero |
#4735, aired 2005-03-18 | REMEMBERING ARTHUR MILLER $1200: Brian Dennehy, seen here playing "Jeopardy!" in 1999, played this Miller character on Broadway that same year Willy Loman |
#4723, aired 2005-03-02 | PAVLOVIAN JEOPARDY! $200: "Bell Jar".
Dead. (Sylvia) Plath |
#4723, aired 2005-03-02 | PAVLOVIAN JEOPARDY! $400: Apple.
First law guy. Newton |
#4723, aired 2005-03-02 | PAVLOVIAN JEOPARDY! $600: Nobel Prize.
Wrote Okie story. Steinbeck |
#4723, aired 2005-03-02 | PAVLOVIAN JEOPARDY! $800: Speech.
32 days. Dead. William Henry Harrison |
#4723, aired 2005-03-02 | PAVLOVIAN JEOPARDY! $1000: Scottish.
Steel guy. (Andrew) Carnegie |
#4712, aired 2005-02-15 | OPERAS BY CHARACTER $400: Dick Deadeye, a sailor;
Admiral Sir Joseph Porter;
Captain Corcoran H.M.S. Pinafore |
#4711, aired 2005-02-14 | IT'S GREEK TO ME $2000: Meaning "fighter" or "contestant" (as on "Jeopardy!"), it follows "Samson" in the title of a Milton work agonistes |
#4693, aired 2005-01-19 | CHERCHEZ LA FEMME $400: Ashley Montagu,
Ashleigh Banfield,
Ashley Wilkes Ashleigh Banfield |
#4684, aired 2005-01-06 | JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS $400: This city was home to our favorite "German-American physicist" for the last 20 years of his life Princeton |
#4684, aired 2005-01-06 | JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS $800: The daughter of a "Spanish Cubist", she designs jewelry & fashion accessories Paloma Picasso |
#4684, aired 2005-01-06 | JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS $1200: The "Magyar capital" is divided by this major river the Danube |
#4684, aired 2005-01-06 | JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS $1600: Girlfriend of the "Polish-French composer", she penned the novel "La Mare au Diable" George Sand |
#4684, aired 2005-01-06 | JEOPARDY! KEYWORDS $2000: The partner in crime of "Jeopardy!"'s No. 1 "American traitor", this Brit was hanged in 1780 Major John André |
#4671, aired 2004-12-20 | BEHOLD THE POWER OF CHEESE $800: It's wonderful to do this to cheese, reducing it to fragments by rubbing it against an abrasive surface grating (or shredding) |
#4665, aired 2004-12-10 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $800: Life story of a black rights activist & religious leader who shows where treasure is buried on a map The Autobiography of Malcolm X Marks the Spot |
#4654, aired 2004-11-25 | DOUBLE DOWN $200: This constitutional provision protects you from self-incrimination & double jeopardy the Fifth Amendment |
#4645, aired 2004-11-12 | THESE WORDS ARE IN JEOPARDY! $400: Spanish for father padre |
#4645, aired 2004-11-12 | THAT'S SO RANDOM! $600: It's prohibited by the 5th Amendment, but you'll be facing it in the next round double jeopardy |
#4645, aired 2004-11-12 | THESE WORDS ARE IN JEOPARDY! $800: Prepared & available for use ready |
#4645, aired 2004-11-12 | THESE WORDS ARE IN JEOPARDY! $1200: Quarry, like mice for owls prey |
#4645, aired 2004-11-12 | THESE WORDS ARE IN JEOPARDY! $1600: "Lucia di Lammermoor", for example opera |
#4645, aired 2004-11-12 | THESE WORDS ARE IN JEOPARDY! $2000: Last name of the "Saturday Night Live" announcer who was the voice of "Jeopardy!" when Art Fleming hosted Pardo |
#4642, aired 2004-11-09 | EITHER/OR $200: This question about grocery bags could also apply to how you're paying for those groceries Paper or plastic? |
#4640, aired 2004-11-06 | MATH & SCIENCE $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a strip of paper from the top secret Jeopardy! labs.) The Mobius strip is used in this field, the study of properties that don't change when a shape bends or twists topology |
#4639, aired 2004-11-05 | STRANGE BREW $200: On an episode of this show, Samantha gives Darrin a potion she says will fill him with confidence Bewitched |
#4639, aired 2004-11-05 | CREAM $1000: Teutonic name for a mousse made with whipped cream & set in a towering mold Bavarian cream |
#4630, aired 2004-10-22 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $200: It's Apple's killer music combination
I _ _ _
_ N _
I _ _ N _ S iPod and iTunes |
#4630, aired 2004-10-22 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $400: For Brittany Snow they include liberty & equality
A _ _ R _ _ A N
_ R _ A M S American Dreams |
#4630, aired 2004-10-22 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $600: Tale about someone who rises from neglect to success
_
_ I _ _ E _ E _ _ _
_ T _ _ Y a Cinderella story |
#4630, aired 2004-10-22 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $800: Before dueling in this game, you must greet your opponent with a friendly handshake
_ _ - _ I - O _ Yu-Gi-Oh |
#4630, aired 2004-10-22 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $1000: It's when a group wants you to conform so you'll be accepted
P _ _ R
P R _ _ _ U R _ peer pressure |
#4628, aired 2004-10-20 | THE YOU-NIVERSE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the top secret Jeopardy! Science Lab wearing his official Clue Crew lab coat.) Both men & women have this cartilage in the throat that has a biblical name the Adam's apple |
#4620, aired 2004-10-08 | TOOL TIME $200: This term for a long-handled gardening tool can also mean an immoral pleasure seeker a rake |
#4620, aired 2004-10-08 | TOOL TIME $1000: This term for forceps or pliers also refers to little kids nippers |
#4602, aired 2004-09-14 | THE TALES OF HOFFMAN $200: In this film Dustin Hoffman's character Raymond Babbitt habitually watches "Jeopardy!" Rain Man |
#4598, aired 2004-09-08 | SHORTWAVE $1000: To catch the BBC at 1700 UTC, or Universal Time Coordinated, tune in at this morning hour Pacific Standard time 9:00 AM |
#4593, aired 2004-07-21 | WALKING THE DOG $6,600 (Daily Double): 2 puppies rescued from a British brig off the coast of Maryland in 1807 are the ancestors of this retriever Chesapeake Bay Retriever |
#4591, aired 2004-07-19 | COMPUTER PROGRAMS $800: Filemaker Pro is used for this type of application that stores & organizes information (like "Jeopardy!" clues) database |
#4589, aired 2004-07-15 | INDUSTRY LEADERS $2000: Wolverine, the world leader in the casual type of these, once had "Tanning Company" in its name shoes (boots accepted) |
#4580, aired 2004-07-02 | RONALD REAGAN $3,000 (Daily Double): The first of Reagan's several historic meetings with this man came in Geneva in 1985 Gorbachev |
#4574, aired 2004-06-24 | NEW YORK GOVERNORS $1,801 (Daily Double): While governor from 1943 to 1954, this Republican ran for president twice (& lost) Thomas Dewey |
#4570, aired 2004-06-18 | INSECTS $2,600 (Daily Double): About 30% of all animal species are these insects which include the whirligig & weevil families beetles |
#4569, aired 2004-06-17 | JEOPARDY! OF FORTUNE $200: Microsoft Head Honcho Bill Gates |
#4569, aired 2004-06-17 | JEOPARDY! OF FORTUNE $400: Current Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist |
#4569, aired 2004-06-17 | JEOPARDY! OF FORTUNE $600: The Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffett |
#4569, aired 2004-06-17 | JEOPARDY! OF FORTUNE $800: K in DreamWorks SKG (Jeffrey) Katzenberg |
#4569, aired 2004-06-17 | FLEX YOUR "AB"S $1000: Self-denial abstinence (or abstention) |
#4569, aired 2004-06-17 | JEOPARDY! OF FORTUNE $1000: Once husband of Ivana and Marla Donald Trump |
#4564, aired 2004-06-10 | THEY ALL PLAYED COUNTRY SINGERS $800: Annette O'Toole, seen here in the audience at "Jeopardy!", played this singer in the TV movie "Stand by Your Man" Tammy Wynette |
#4564, aired 2004-06-10 | CLIFF NOTES $1000: John Ratzenberger went postal as this character on "Cheers" Cliff Clavin |
#4560, aired 2004-06-04 | MY DEER $2,800 (Daily Double): When running, this deer species seen here shows off the feature for which it is named a white-tail (deer) |
#4557, aired 2004-06-01 | GEOMETRY $1600: The surface of the mirror in a reflecting telescope has this type of geometric curve a parabola |
#4552, aired 2004-05-25 | CBS $800: The 36th season of this CBS news magazine included stories on Internet piracy, Equatorial Guinea & "Jeopardy!" 60 Minutes |
#4552, aired 2004-05-25 | SCIENTISTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This Swedish botanist was the first to use the Mars & Venus symbols to represent male & female Linnaeus |
#4501, aired 2004-03-15 | "A.C."/"D.C." $800: As an example, jackets & ties for men in a restaurant; there's not one of these in the "Jeopardy!" office dress code |
#4497, aired 2004-03-09 | TV CHARACTERS $400: A shoe salesman who lives on Jeopardy Lane, he escapes the rigors of married life by going to The Jiggly Room Al Bundy |
#4494, aired 2004-03-04 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $400: Don't visit the court of Louis XIII without one of these -- the prematurely bald king made them the fashion a wig |
#4494, aired 2004-03-04 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $800: Einstein? Beethoven? No thanks, I'd rather hang out with Dean, Sammy, Frank & the rest of this group the Rat Pack |
#4494, aired 2004-03-04 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $1200: Let's go back to 1820 for some literary talk with this Romantic poet; don't mind his coughing Keats |
#4494, aired 2004-03-04 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $2,000 (Daily Double): Ladies, this royal hunk of man was single from late 1537 to early 1540... any takers? Henry VIII |
#4494, aired 2004-03-04 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $2000: Stiffen that upper lip...you're going to fight in the Battle of Britain piloting this plane, seen here the Spitfire |
#4489, aired 2004-02-26 | THE JEOPARDY! WORLD ORCHESTRA $200: Heard here, the Vietnamese version of this "wood voice" instrument is made of bamboo xylophone |
#4489, aired 2004-02-26 | THE JEOPARDY! WORLD ORCHESTRA $400: Used in pairs, these instruments are heard in many kinds of Latin music maracas |
#4489, aired 2004-02-26 | THE JEOPARDY! WORLD ORCHESTRA $600: The didgeridoo heard here originated on this continent Australia |
#4489, aired 2004-02-26 | THE JEOPARDY! WORLD ORCHESTRA $800: This ancient instrument is sounded on a new year's day the shofar |
#4489, aired 2004-02-26 | THE JEOPARDY! WORLD ORCHESTRA $1000: The best thing about using this instrument is that you can do your laundry when you're done the washboard |
#4486, aired 2004-02-23 | SO. CAL. $400: On the Warner Bros. lot tour you can see the water tower that this cartoon trio calls home the Animaniacs |
#4484, aired 2004-02-19 | 3 LETTERS LONG $800: Between April & October, the hour of the day in Maine may be followed by these 3 letters E.D.T. |
#4484, aired 2004-02-19 | SPORTS $2000: (Hi, I'm Becky Hammon.) I'm carrying a torch--not for someone, but on my uniform as a member of this WNBA team the New York Liberty |
#4482, aired 2004-02-17 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents the clue, using a small piece of wood, a nail, and a hammer.) Meaning to do or say exactly the right thing is the phrase I'm demonstrating here to hit the nail on the head (or hit the hammer on the head) |
#4477, aired 2004-02-10 | THE BODY HUMAN $2,600 (Daily Double): As opposed to ball-&-socket, your knee is this type of joint moving backwards & forwards hinge joint |
#4457, aired 2004-01-13 | MEDICAL MATTERS $1000: In 1997 dieters who'd taken this drug combination were advised to get checked for heart damage Fen-phen |
#4455, aired 2004-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $200: Unknown evolutionary connector
_ _ S S _ _ _
L _ _ K missing link |
#4455, aired 2004-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $400: Benjamin Franklin's certainties
D _ _ _ _
_ _ D
_ _ X _ S death and taxes |
#4455, aired 2004-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $600: Birthday good wishes
M _ _ _
_ _ P P _
R _ T _ R _ S many happy returns |
#4455, aired 2004-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $800: A way to remain cheerful & hopeful
K _ _ _ _ _ U R
_ H _ N U _ keep your chin up |
#4455, aired 2004-01-09 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $1000: Proverbial place without privacy
_ O L D _ _ _ _
_ O _ L goldfish bowl |
#4448, aired 2003-12-31 | DOGS $1600: The name of this small dog sounds like a Belgian relative of "Jeopardy!" creator Merv the Brussels Griffon |
#4447, aired 2003-12-30 | CELL BLOCK CINEMA $1000: Ashley Judd finds out that she can't be convicted twice for killing her husband in this 1999 drama Double Jeopardy |
#4445, aired 2003-12-26 | TOPLESS JEOPARDY! $200: It's no stretch of the imagination for you to tell us the name of this animal a giraffe |
#4445, aired 2003-12-26 | TOPLESS JEOPARDY! $400: Important adviser to President Bush seen here Condoleezza Rice |
#4445, aired 2003-12-26 | TOPLESS JEOPARDY! $600: Asian poet & dictator seen here Mao Tse Tung |
#4445, aired 2003-12-26 | TOPLESS JEOPARDY! $800: He's the multi-marrying man seen here Henry VIII |
#4445, aired 2003-12-26 | TOPLESS JEOPARDY! $1000: He's the great world leader seen here in his usual simple garb Mahatma Gandhi |
#4427, aired 2003-12-02 | VERBS $600: It's a synonym for "efface" that also rhymes with it deface (erase) |
#4417, aired 2003-11-18 | BERBER COLLAGE $1,600 (Daily Double): The North African area that was home to pirates was called this after the Berbers the Barbary Coast |
#4410, aired 2003-11-07 | UNPOPULAR MECHANICS $1000: Appropriate 4-letter term for the space in a gallows floor through which a hangee fell drop or trap |
#4409, aired 2003-11-06 | SPECIAL DAYS $1200: The 19th season of "Jeopardy!" premiered on this day, but we didn't have to work Labor Day |
#4391, aired 2003-10-13 | DOORS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew backstage at the Jeopardy! studio) In an emergency, you don't need to hit this button if you have a door with this type of bar panic bar |
#4388, aired 2003-10-08 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $400: Maybe you can help those Scotland Yard bozos catch him in 1888; here's a sketch to work with Jack the Ripper |
#4388, aired 2003-10-08 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $800: For your trip to the 1980s, I got you this exclusive-sounding brand of jacket from Aris Industries Members Only |
#4388, aired 2003-10-08 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $1200: You're going to the battlefields of World War I -- find a safe one of these but avoid the foot problems named for it trench |
#4388, aired 2003-10-08 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $1600: It's set to 383 years ago & you'll swim aboard this; I'm afraid your bunkmate Edward Tilly snores the Mayflower |
#4388, aired 2003-10-08 | 3-LETTER WORDS $2000: No mistake, according to Confucius, "The cautious seldom" do this err |
#4388, aired 2003-10-08 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $2000: Let's crank it back 150 million years -- don't get trampled by this long-necked 88' dinosaur, thought the longest ever diplodocus |
#4381, aired 2003-09-29 | CLOCKED $400: In 1992 Iniki, one of these, had gusts clocked at 175 mph a hurricane |
#4378, aired 2003-09-24 | I GET THE MESSAGE $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents in front of a blackboard.) The word "Jeopardy!" is expressed in this ancient system of writing, whose name comes from a term meaning "sacred carving" hieroglyphs |
#4366, aired 2003-09-08 | TV ON TV $400: When this sitcom character went on "Jeopardy!", his categories included CIVIL SERVANTS, BAR TRIVIA & CELIBACY Cliff Clavin |
#4350, aired 2003-06-27 | AT THE MOVIES $600: A scene in the opening credits of this 2000 Cameron Diaz blockbuster took place at a "Jeopardy!" podium Charlie's Angels |
#4346, aired 2003-06-23 | SOUTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE $800: The black markings on the tawny coat of this South American wild cat are called rosettes the jaguar (ocelot accepted) |
#4339, aired 2003-06-12 | A U.S. "CITY" $1600: Incorporated in 1917 & named for the land developer, it's in the mailing address for "Jeopardy!" Culver City |
#4331, aired 2003-06-02 | THE 3-DIGIT YEARS $400: In the 300s Candra Gupta ruled this country as Maharajadhiraja, or king of kings India |
#4323, aired 2003-05-21 | DO YOU HEAR SOMETHING? $800: Dateline Jeopardy!, 2003: This communication device once used by newsrooms is heard here teletype |
#4319, aired 2003-05-15 | AUTHORS ON FILM $2000: 1995's "Carrington" also portrays the life & loves of this Bloomsbury Group member who wrote "Eminent Victorians" Lytton Strachey |
#4315, aired 2003-05-09 | PYRAMID OF JEOPARDY! $200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew gives all the clues in this category, while Jimmy receives.)
I.M. Pei,
Maya Lin,
Le Corbusier famous architects |
#4315, aired 2003-05-09 | PYRAMID OF JEOPARDY! $400: Overcooked meals,
feminist bras,
"the midnight oil" things that are burned |
#4315, aired 2003-05-09 | PYRAMID OF JEOPARDY! $600: Jason Sehorn,
Goliath,
Neil Armstrong's "leap" Giants |
#4315, aired 2003-05-09 | PYRAMID OF JEOPARDY! $800: A well,
a jack-in-the-box,
a hurdy-gurdy things that have a crank |
#4315, aired 2003-05-09 | PYRAMID OF JEOPARDY! $1000: Muscles,
baby food,
relations things that are strained |
#4314, aired 2003-05-08 | BRITISH HEIR WAYS $2000: As Prince of Wales & Prince Regent, this future king was a close pal of Beau Brummell, & quite a dandy himself George IV |
#4309, aired 2003-05-01 | HISTORIC MOMENTS $800: On March 30, 1865 General Fitzhugh Lee was enjoying a shad bake & missed the Battle of Five Forks in this war the Civil War |
#4273, aired 2003-03-12 | FUN WITH THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM $1000: The 500s cover science; the 600s cover this, defined as the application of science technology (or engineering) |
#4268, aired 2003-03-05 | QUOTATIONS $800: Genius has been famously defined as "1% inspiration and" this 99% perspiration |
#4265, aired 2003-02-28 | ROCK & ROLL JEOPARDY! $200: This Seattle band played its final show March 1, 1994 in Munich; its lead singer would be dead the next month Nirvana |
#4265, aired 2003-02-28 | ROCK & ROLL JEOPARDY! $400: English & Spanish versions of the song "She Bangs" are on his 2000 CD "Sound Loaded" Ricky Martin |
#4265, aired 2003-02-28 | ROCK & ROLL JEOPARDY! $600: (Alex: We'll get this clue from Jeff Probst) In 1982 Van Halen covered this signature Roy Orbison tune "Pretty Woman" |
#4265, aired 2003-02-28 | ROCK & ROLL JEOPARDY! $800: 2 hard-living Mancunian brothers are the core of this band heard here Oasis |
#4265, aired 2003-02-28 | ROCK & ROLL JEOPARDY! $1000: Acclaimed playwright Israel Horovitz is the father of Adam Horovitz, AKA this group's King Ad-Rock The Beastie Boys |
#4249, aired 2003-02-06 | AUSTEN POWERS $800: It's the main reason why 19-year-old Anne Elliot's family won't let her marry Frederick Wentworth he doesn't have enough money |
#4243, aired 2003-01-29 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $400: Patience, especially at the racetrack
H_ L _ Y _ _ R
H _ R _ _ _ hold your horses |
#4243, aired 2003-01-29 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $800: Forever vanished, perhaps by tornado
G _ _ E W I _ _
_ _ E W I _ _ gone with the wind |
#4243, aired 2003-01-29 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $1200: Hidden enemy
S N _ _ _ _ N
_ H _ _ R _ S S snake in the grass |
#4243, aired 2003-01-29 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $1600: A bad place to be in a pool room
B E _ _ N _ _ H E
E _ _ H _ B _ _ _ behind the eight ball |
#4243, aired 2003-01-29 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $2000: Superstitious rap
K _ O _ K O _
_ O O D knock on wood |
#4240, aired 2003-01-24 | "FINAL" JEOPARDY! $400: A popular screenwriting program, it's also the name for the last version of a script Final Draft |
#4240, aired 2003-01-24 | "FINAL" JEOPARDY! $800: The tournament deciding the national college basketball champ culminates in this alliterative group the Final Four |
#4240, aired 2003-01-24 | "FINAL" JEOPARDY! $1200: Airplanes are "on" this just before they land final approach |
#4240, aired 2003-01-24 | "FINAL" JEOPARDY! $1600: Kim Basinger & Richard Gere starred in this 1992 thriller about a psychiatrist & a troubled client Final Analysis |
#4240, aired 2003-01-24 | "FINAL" JEOPARDY! $2000: 2 books that Woodward & Bernstein wrote on the Watergate scandal were "All the President's Men" & this one Final Days |
#4230, aired 2003-01-10 | AROUND THE WORLD $1000: This Iraqi capital was founded on the western bank of the Tigris River in 762 A.D. by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur Baghdad |
#4216, aired 2002-12-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: This company serving about 30 million customers features the following in its ads
(Actor walking across the Jeopardy! stage:) "Can you hear me now? Good! Can you hear me now? Good!" Verizon Wireless |
#4203, aired 2002-12-04 | THAT'S GOTTA HURT $200: A "separated" one of these refers to a dislocation at the acromioclavicular joint collarbone or shoulder |
#4200, aired 2002-11-29 | PRINTING $1000: These marks around the Jeopardy! logo are the crosses or angles printed to line up 2 or more colors in process printing register (or registration) marks |
#4198, aired 2002-11-27 | AUTOMOTIVE METAPHORS $600: When you're totally exhausted but your boss makes you keep working anyway, you're "running" this way on empty (on fumes) |
#4192, aired 2002-11-19 | EVERYONE'S A COMEDIAN $800: He's the big daddy seen here Adam Sandler |
#4164, aired 2002-10-10 | CATCHING SOME "Z"s $1600: There'd be no "Jeopardy!" on TV without this Russian-American's invention of the kinescope in the 1920s Vladimir Zworykin |
#4158, aired 2002-10-02 | OSCAR, GRAMMY OR BOTH $2000: Steve Martin Grammy |
#4139, aired 2002-09-05 | ALL I WANT FOR ISTHMUS $2000: To travel from this country's mainland to Sevastapol in the Crimea, traverse the Isthmus of Perekop Ukraine |
#4127, aired 2002-07-09 | WEATHER SUPERLATIVES $2000: Arica, Chile in this desert may be the driest place on Earth; it had an annual rainfall of only .03'' during a 59-year period the Atacama |
#4126, aired 2002-07-08 | MOVIE MUSIC $1200: (Harry Connick Jr. in front of a Jeopardy! background.) My first multiplatinum album was the soundtrack to this 1989 Billy Crystal film When Harry Met Sally... |
#4120, aired 2002-06-28 | WIZARDS $600: In July of 1973 this game show, my first in America, debuted on NBC The Wizard of Odds |
#4118, aired 2002-06-26 | DOUBLE TALK ROCK $400: (Hi, I'm Jeff Probst, host of Rock and Roll Jeopardy!) In a Neil Young song, it precedes "Rock and roll is here to stay" "Hey Hey, My My" |
#4110, aired 2002-06-14 | A & _ $400: "Jeopardy!" would fall under this game show format, the reverse of normal A&Q |
#4105, aired 2002-06-07 | GIMME AN "F"! $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a diagram called "Life of a Jeopardy! Clue".) It's the type of sequence diagram seen here a flowchart |
#4101, aired 2002-06-03 | DOWN FOR THE LESSER-KNOWN COUNT $1200: With Queen Caroline Matilda's help, Count Struensee took over this country from Christian VII in 1770 Denmark |
#4074, aired 2002-04-25 | NETWORKING $200: "Before They Were Rock Stars",
"Rock & Roll Jeopardy!" VH1 |
#4071, aired 2002-04-22 | I PROTEST! $2,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the Plaza Hotel.) In protest of the Oak Room's men-only lunch policy, this organization staged a sit-in at the Plaza on February 12, 1969 N.O.W. (the National Organization for Women) |
#4065, aired 2002-04-12 | FAMOUS J.P.'s $800: (Hi, I'm Jeff Probst, host of "Rock and Roll Jeopardy!") This Led Zeppelin guitarist was a master of distortion & feedback Jimmy Page |
#4061, aired 2002-04-08 | '80s ROCK $3,000 (Daily Double): (Hi. I'm "Weird Al" Yankovic.) You'll see Greg Kihn as well as announcer Don Pardo in this video of mine from 1984 "I Lost on Jeopardy" |
#4059, aired 2002-04-04 | WHERE, OH WHERE? $400: This vast bay can be considered an arm of the Atlantic or of the Arctic Ocean, to which it's linked by Foxe Basin Hudson Bay |
#4052, aired 2002-03-26 | D.C. ABBR. $600: The CAB was concerned with these craft that taxi; it was dissolved back in 1984 aircraft |
#4052, aired 2002-03-26 | ROCK HISTORY $2000: In 1985 Motley Crue had its first Top 20 hit with "Smokin' In The Boy's Room", originally a 1973 hit for this group Brownsville Station |
#4045, aired 2002-03-15 | TV PAST & PRESENT $1200: This big-bucks quiz show was the No. 1 series for the entire 1955-56 season The $64,000 Question |
#4038, aired 2002-03-06 | INTERNAL RHYMES $1000: (Sarah and Jimmy are in the Sony Pictures Studios lobby, bowing down to a picture of Alex and the Jeopardy! logo.) It's the ancient Chinese custom we're exhibiting here to kowtow |
#4026, aired 2002-02-18 | KEEN ON KENYA $1200: (Jeff Probst presents from Kenya.) "Jeopardy" roughly translates into "hatari" in this, an official language of Kenya. Swahili |
#4019, aired 2002-02-07 | LET THE GAMES BEGIN $800: Auction & contract are 2 types of this game, one of the most popular card games in the U.S. bridge |
#4018, aired 2002-02-06 | AFTER "ALL" $400: These include back & bowling alleys |
#4016, aired 2002-02-04 | GOING TO COLLEGE $600: This microchip-making company gives a $100,000 college scholarship in its science talent search Intel |
#4008, aired 2002-01-23 | ON THE ROAD WITH JEOPARDY! $400: Our Big Apple shows came from the theater at this "Garden" Madison Square Garden |
#4008, aired 2002-01-23 | ON THE ROAD WITH JEOPARDY! $800: 2000 took us to Atlanta, where staffers quenched their thirst at the attraction called World of this Coca-Cola |
#4008, aired 2002-01-23 | ON THE ROAD WITH JEOPARDY! $1200: The 1998 College Tournament came from this California city, home of People's Park Berkeley |
#4008, aired 2002-01-23 | ON THE ROAD WITH JEOPARDY! $1600: In 1998 "Jeopardy!" shows 3261-3270 came from the capital of this New England commonwealth Massachusetts |
#4008, aired 2002-01-23 | ON THE ROAD WITH JEOPARDY! $2000: The International Tournament of 1997 came from this city where Lake Malaren meets the Baltic Sea Stockholm |
#4006, aired 2002-01-21 | A GOOD "ST"ART $1,430 (Daily Double): Meaning "containing tin", it precedes "fluoride" in the name of a useful compound stannous |
#4006, aired 2002-01-21 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE ROME $1600: If you're Rome for the holidays, check out the Pope's balcony speech "Urbi et Orbi" at noon on this day Christmas |
#4003, aired 2002-01-16 | CORRECTION! $800: "Jeopardy!" said the headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead" came from the N.Y. Post; it really appeared in this newspaper New York Daily News |
#3998, aired 2002-01-09 | RHYME TIME $800: The Impaler's apartments Vlad's pads |
#3992, aired 2002-01-01 | NFL HOME STADIUMS $2000: FedEx Field the Washington Redskins |
#3983, aired 2001-12-19 | JEFF PROBST IN AFRICA $800: (Jeff Probst in Africa.) You can tell he's an African elephant because he has these, like little pitchers big ears |
#3981, aired 2001-12-17 | CLASSICAL CLASSICS $2000: This man's sixth symphony is known as the Pastoral Symphony Beethoven |
#3975, aired 2001-12-07 | HAPPY TO BE A "BUM" $400: Ubiquitous expressive medium seen here
(example being Honk if You Love Jeopardy!) bumper sticker |
#3971, aired 2001-12-03 | "UM" $400: The sound-transmitting membrane in your hearing organ eardrum |
#3970, aired 2001-11-30 | USES FOR ARSENIC $800: Gallium arsenide is used in the semiconductor type of this device found in CD players a laser |
#3959, aired 2001-11-15 | WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? $300: You probably won't do well on "Jeopardy!" if you suffer from bibliophobia, defined as the fear of these books |
#3929, aired 2001-10-04 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $100: A group of outdoor bargain stalls
_ L E _
_ _ R _ E T flea market |
#3929, aired 2001-10-04 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $200: Nasty, low & vicious
D _ _ N
_ N _
D _ _ _ Y down and dirty |
#3929, aired 2001-10-04 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $300: A final irritation
T _ E
_ _ S T
S T _ _ W the last straw |
#3929, aired 2001-10-04 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $400: To perform a superfluous action
_ _ L _
T _ E
L _ L Y gild the lily |
#3929, aired 2001-10-04 | WHEEL OF JEOPARDY! $500: Backup players to relieve the starters
S _ _ O N _
S _ _ _ N _ second string |
#3921, aired 2001-09-24 | WHAT I DID ON SUMMER VACATION $500: Loved the Gown Gallery--an exhibit about the First Ladies--in this Smithsonian museum the Museum of American History |
#3916, aired 2001-09-17 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: Named for its 2 owners, it introduced the first commercial drink mixer in 1911 Hamilton-Beach |
#3902, aired 2001-07-17 | JEOPARDY! PLACE THE FINAL EPISODE $100: (Johnny Gilbert reads the clue, with organ music in the background.) Emily tells Drake the baby's his & she named it Sarah, after this pair's song "Sarah Smile" Hall & Oates |
#3902, aired 2001-07-17 | JEOPARDY! PLACE THE FINAL EPISODE $200: (Gilbert reads, with organ music.) FBI agent Malone arrests Teri's ex, Benny, & tosses him into this, a nickname for jail from the Spanish for "courtroom" hoosegow |
#3902, aired 2001-07-17 | JEOPARDY! PLACE THE FINAL EPISODE $300: (Gilbert reads, with organ music.) Benny's murder of Malone's father by a mine wasn't this, meaning "planned beforehand" premeditated |
#3902, aired 2001-07-17 | JEOPARDY! PLACE THE FINAL EPISODE $400: (Gilbert reads, with organ music.) Agent Malone, Drake & Trent find out they're brothers & that they were this, a popular feature of Spy Magazine Separated at Birth |
#3902, aired 2001-07-17 | JEOPARDY! PLACE THE FINAL EPISODE $500: (Gilbert reads, with organ music.) At Emily and Drake's wedding, Trent meets Brad; they hit it off & take a "fun" cruise on this Kathie Lee advertised line Carnival |
#3896, aired 2001-07-09 | WATCH THIS SPACE $500: (Hi, I'm Kevin Sorbo of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda.) Using an earthbound telescope, he determined the Andromeda galaxy is 900,000 light years from Earth Edwin Hubble |
#3885, aired 2001-06-22 | JEOPARDY! PLACE $100: (Johnny Gilbert reads.) Teri was seen at the airport by Misou, who was on her way to a shoot in this capital of Iran Tehran |
#3885, aired 2001-06-22 | JEOPARDY! PLACE $200: (Johnny Gilbert reads.) Drake revealing Emily didn't kill Carson, got her out of jail in time to see this team win the 2000 World Series the New York Yankees |
#3885, aired 2001-06-22 | JEOPARDY! PLACE $500: (Johnny Gilbert reads.) While Benny's out, Carson cuts his bindings with one of these knives that attach to the front of a rifle a bayonet |
#3879, aired 2001-06-14 | PRETTY IN PINK $1000: Also called "The Pink Palace", the Beverly Hills Hotel is home to this iconic "sporty" lounge The Polo Lounge |
#3874, aired 2001-06-07 | HITMEN $100: In 1993 this Dodgers catcher, now with the Mets, was named National League Rookie of the Year Mike Piazza |
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
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Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
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Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Oceanside, CA at...
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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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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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Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
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2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
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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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Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
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2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
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Bob Verini, a film journalist and test prep teacher from Los Angeles, California
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"A resident of New York City when he won the 1987...
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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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Matt Drury, a government analyst from New York, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,799 + $2,000. Matthew Drury - A...
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Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York City, New York
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Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
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Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
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Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
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Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tarafraney
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Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
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James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Manhattan Beach,...
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Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Springfield, VA at...
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Aaron Thompson, a special assistant from Washington, D.C.
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 21 3-time champion:...
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Madeline Suchard, from Placentia, California
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"She has her sights set on becoming the Supreme Court Justice,...
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Olivia Colangelo, a junior from the University of Notre Dame from Murrysville, Pennsylvania
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Leslie Shannon, a manager of a research lab from Sydney, Australia
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"A recent art history graduate when she became Jeopardy! champion in...
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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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Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
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Vito Cortese, a software engineer and Italian translator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 3-time champion: $68,485 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Bob Harris, an author, comedian, and radio commentator from Los Angeles, California
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Marie Braden, a customer service representative from Tempe, Arizona
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer with an international law firm from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she became the first woman ever to win the...
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Frank Spangenberg, a lieutenant in the New York Police Department from Douglaston, New York
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Bernie Cullen, a biologist from Santa Barbara, California
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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she was the first female winner of a Tournament...
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Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Paul Kursky, a copywriter from San Francisco, California
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
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Jen McFann, a Peace Corps recruiter from Astoria, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
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Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
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Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
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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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Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
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Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
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Dan D'Addario, a senior from Columbia University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
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Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
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Anthony Fox, an account executive from Arlington Heights, Illinois
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Season 27 4-time champion: $51,998 + $1,000. Playing as "Tony", Anthony...
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Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
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Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
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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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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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Susan Mitchell, a chemical engineer from Houston, Texas
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2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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Jonathan Corbblah, a chess teacher from Harlem, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Jonathan appeared as a...
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Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Tim Relihan, a senior from the University of Nebraska from Stromsburg, Nebraska
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from Sherman Oaks, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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Thomas McIntyre, a 12-year-old from Marino Valley, California
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"This self-proclaimed Star Wars freak, who has earned star rank in...
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Tiffany Wen, a 12-year-old from Exton, Pennsylvania
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"This figure skater is also on the distinguished honor roll. From...
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
|
"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
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Kate Waits, a law professor at the University of Tulsa from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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"A Harvard Law graduate when she competed in the 1988 Tournament...
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Michael Braun, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2005 Teen...
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York, New York
|
\"She became a 5-time champion in 1991. An actor and copy...
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Monica Thieu, a sophomore at the University of North Texas from Dallas, Texas
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Pam Mueller, a college student from Wilmette, Illinois
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Dave Simpson, a pastor from Belcamp, Maryland
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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Brendan Barnwell, a grad student and tutor from Santa Barbara, California
|
Season 28 player (2011-12-05). Although Brendan played the Jeopardy! and Double...
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Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
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Justin Hofstetter, a sixth and seventh grade language arts and social studies teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
|
"This sixth and seventh grade teacher is in his first year...
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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
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Frank Firke, a junior from Chicago, Illinois
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2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
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Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand
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\"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
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Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
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Eliza Urban, a sophomore from Richmond, Virginia
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Grace Acton, from Harvard, Massachusetts
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"This competitive gymnast is hoping to score a perfect 10 for...
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Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Andy Kravis, a freshman from Farmington Hills, Michigan
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Andy was 13 at the...
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Jaime Green, a sophomore at Brown University from Nanuet, New York
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Jaime was 18 at the time...
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Cathy Lanctot, a law professor from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Michael Falk, a meteorologist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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Kerry Breitenbach, a marketing analyst from Cleveland, Ohio
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 21 5-time champion: $90,400...
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Vik Vaz, a medical student from Austin, Texas
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2006 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000. Season 22 3-time champion:...
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Kevin Marshall, a student from Metairie, Louisiana
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2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 6-time champion: $98,201...
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Doug Dorst, a writer and professor from Austin, Texas
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 22 3-time champion: $66,802...
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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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Kermin Fleming, a student from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
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Mehrun Etebari, a graduate student of international relations from Durham, New Hampshire
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
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2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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Brady Newell, from Derwood, Maryland
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"She loves diving and gymnastics, but is headed toward being either...
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Aman Birk, from Irvine, California
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"He may not be the fastest swimmer on the team, but...
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Pranita Ramakrishnan, from Centreville, Virginia
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"Not only does this future neurologist enjoy swimming, drawing and spelling,...
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Steve Greene, a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Mitchell Vogel, from Madison, Wisconsin
|
"This future governor of Wisconsin enjoys rollerblading, reading, and playing saxophone....
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Vermillion, South Dakota
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"He won both the 1989 Teen Tournament and the 1998 Teen...
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor at Prairie View A&M University from Houston, Texas
|
"A five-time champion in 2001, he's now a history professor at...
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
|
"Winner of both the 2000 Tournament of Champions and the 2001...
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Madison Ball, from Montgomery, Texas
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"He loves to design and build things, and that's why becoming...
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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
|
"In 1990, he won the Tournament of Champions. An actuary from...
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Eugene Finerman, a writer from Northbrook, Illinois
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"A finalist in the 1987 Tournament of Champions, he's a writer....
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Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
"Legislative work in his home state was suspended so that lawmakers...
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Kathleen Mikulis, a stay-at-home mom from Mountain View, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $25,201 + $2,000. Kathleen's contestant experience blog....
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Dan Melia, a college professor from Berkeley, California
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"He was a 1998 Tournament of Champions winner. Today he's a...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a computer consultant from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was the winner of the 1992 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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Sandra Gore, a corporate researcher from Berkeley, California
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"After five wins in 1987, she fulfilled her dream of moving...
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Michael Dupée, an attorney from Gainesville, Florida
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"He was the winner of the 1996 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
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"His aggressive wagering helped him become the biggest winner from the...
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Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
|
"A Jeopardy! tournament veteran, her best-known Jeopardy! appearance may be in...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
|
"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
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Keith Williams, a college student from Manchester, Vermont
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
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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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Lizz Mullowney, a senior from Crystal Lake, Illinois
|
2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
|
2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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Tom Toal, an orthopedic surgeon from Lake Oswego, Oregon
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $12,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Samira Missaghi, a junior from the University of Minnesota
|
2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Eden Prarie, Minnesota. Samira...
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Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
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Ellen Kimmel, a school nurse from Nanuet, New York
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $37,000 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SkoolRN
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Michelle Cinguina, an 11-year-old from Stamford, Connecticut
|
"Her favorite things to do are act, play the piano and...
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Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
|
"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
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Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
|
2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Daniel Stauss, a federal claims examiner from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $25,500 + $2,000. Daniel Stauss - A...
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Aaron Schroeder, a grad student from San Diego, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions second runner-up: $50,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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Mark Wales, a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York
|
2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $141,804...
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Donna Vogel, a scientist from Bethesda, Maryland
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
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Charlie Blatt, an 11-year-old from Scarsdale, New York
|
"Besides cooking, working on the computer, and tap dancing, she likes...
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Lisa Klink, a TV writer from Los Angeles, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $70,150...
|
Tom Bergeron, an Emmy Award-winning host from Dancing with the Stars
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. "He's...
|
Nicole Karrow, an 11-year-old from Lewes, Delaware
|
"Her goals are to be a horse breeder and trainer..." 2007...
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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Bob Kennedy, a college linguistics instructor from Santa Barbara, California
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $33,800 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Bobk
|
George Tsuji, a software engineer from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Folake Dosu, a senior from Stanford University from Bellwood, Illinois
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Parker Norton, a 12-year-old from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
"As a doctor treating infectious diseases, he hopes to heal others....
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Jill Bunzendahl Chimka, a speech and language pathologist from Washington, D.C.
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2003 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $85,099...
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Allyson Lieberman, a 12-year-old from Whitmore Lake, Michigan
|
"Since she was little, she has truly loved to act. Broadway,...
|
Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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"The reigning Tournament of Champions winner, he attended Johns Hopkins University...
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Bob Verini, a director of academics for a national test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Mark Lowenthal, an assistant director for the Central Intelligence Agency from Reston, Virginia
|
"The winner of the 1988 Tournament of Champions, he's an assistant...
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Steve Golden, a junior from Brookeville, Maryland
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Trevor Norris, a budget analyst from Washington, D.C.
|
"He can't walk through the Pentagon without someone mentioning his five...
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Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
|
"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
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Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"The 1-day record of $34,000 he set in 1992 stood for...
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Vinita Kailasanath, a recent college graduate originally from Laurel, Maryland
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
|
"He was the biggest winner of the 1999-2000 season. A marketing...
|
Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Elaine Zollner, a physician from Glendale, California
|
"A winner of 5 shows in 1990, she used her Jeopardy!...
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Larissa Kelly, a grad student from El Cerrito, California
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Chuck Forrest, an attorney for the UN IFAD from Marino, Italy
|
\"In 1986, he was a law student living in Grand Blanc,...
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Celeste DiNucci, a grad student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
|
Ben Chuchla, a senior from Calabasas, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Last name pronounced like "HOO-kla"....
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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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Cliff Galiher, a student from Half Moon Bay, California
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Zane Ice, a 12-year-old from West Palm Beach, Florida
|
"He wants to build a business in emerging technologies to help...
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Guy Tabachnick, from New York, New York
|
"He wants to be a baseball announcer for the New York...
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Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
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Heather Chapman, a news assistant from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 24 player (2008-01-04). Heather appeared on Master Minds on 2020-05-07....
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Liana Walters, a junior from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Liana was 16 at the...
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Paige Feldman, a sophomore from St. Louis, Missouri
|
2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Chris Mazurek, an assistant professor from Columbia, Missouri
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
Matt Tick, from Escondido, California
|
"Will take violin lessons and loves science, but he really wants...
|
Jack Weisman, a twelve-year-old from Beachwood, Ohio
|
"He's considering becoming a lawyer, just like Mom and Dad. From...
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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
|
"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
|
Rachel Rothenberg, a senior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. Jeopardy! Message Board...
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from North Hills, California
|
"This playwright and director became a 5-time winner in 2001. Today,...
|
Steven Milton, a legal case assistant from San Diego, California
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $30,299 + $1,000. Steve Milton San Diego,...
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Tom Cubbage, an attorney from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
"He was the very first College Champion, and the only one...
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Jeff Richmond, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
|
"He used his 1988 5-game winnings to pay for law school....
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David Traini, a high school administrator from Moorestown, New Jersey
|
"This 5-time champ finished second in the 1987 Tournament of Champions....
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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Elyssa Browning, a junior from St. John's College
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Austin, Texas at...
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Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
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Jeff Gorham, an accountant from Richmond, Virginia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $14,001 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SpacemanSpiff
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Keith Williams, a freshman at Middlebury College from Manchester, Vermont
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Christian Haines, a college student originally from Newport News, Virginia
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2007 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Robby Schrum, a junior at Yale University from Crown Point, Indiana
|
2003 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy!...
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Craig Westphal, a paramedic from Tucson, Arizona
|
2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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William Garrett, a 12-year-old from Greenfield, Indiana
|
"Serving his country as an officer in the military is his...
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Jackson Ruzzo, a 12-year-old from Waccabuc, New York
|
"He wants to be a Broadway actor, because he likes to...
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Rachel Millena, a 10-year-old from Concord, California
|
"Her sights are set on becoming a writer, journalist, photographer, or...
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Tom Morris, a substitute teacher and grad student from Irvine, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 4-time champion: $100,801...
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Kyle Hale, a college student from Katy, Texas
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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2014 Battle of the Decades quarterfinalist: $10,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Kathy Cassity, a closed captioner from Honolulu, Hawaii
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $59,200....
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Robbi Rogers, a respiratory therapist from Corsicana, Texas
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Season 22 1-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Robbi won her first...
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Frank Spangenberg, a police lieutenant from Douglaston, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Mark Eckard, a software designer from Bedford, Massachusetts
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $35,600. 2001 Tournament...
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John Beck, an associate creative director from Torrance, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Barbara-Anne Eddy, a civil servant from Vancouver, Canada
|
"Her 5-time winnings from 1988 allowed her to go for nearly...
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Victoria Groce, a musician originally from Decatur, Georgia
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament winner: $100,000 + advance to Jeopardy! Masters....
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Alex Jacob, a currency trader from Chicago, Illinois
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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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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Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
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\"A five-time champion in 1994, he used his winnings for a...
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Christy Gibson, a family medicine physician from Issaquah, Washington
|
Season 28 player (2012-07-09). Christy's ending score of -$6,400 was the...
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Erin Hart, a junior from Benton Harbor, Michigan
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2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Kailyn LaPorte, a sophomore from Decatur, Georgia
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2011 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $42,600. 15 at the time of...
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Steven Ho, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Allen Goodman, an economics professor from Huntington Woods, Michigan
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Season 24 player (2008-06-13). Web site at www.econ.wayne.edu/agoodman. Allen detailed his...
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Amanda Hall, from Farmington, Maine
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"Whether it's writing a biography of Yo-Yo Ma or working on...
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Stephanie Hull, a graduate student of philosophy from Columbia, Missouri
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Season 31 player (2015-03-12). Stephanie's ending score of -$6,800 was the...
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Leatrice Potter, from Olney, Illinois
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"This published poet likes to read at any free moment and...
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Tom Morris, a retailer and student from Irvine, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 4-time champion: $100,801...
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Sam Weaver, a sophomore at Bradley University from Pleasanton, California
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Sam was 20 at the time...
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Matt Sojot, a firefighter from Mililani, Hawaii
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Season 23 player (2007-04-13). Season 22 player (2006-05-24). Last name pronounced...
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Tom Kavanaugh, a kickball team captain from St. Louis, Missouri
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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John Krizel, a green community program coordinator from Beckley, West Virginia
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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Chris Breen, a sophomore at Princeton University from Springfield, Massachusetts
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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Emily Zhang, from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"A National Science Merit Award recipient, she plans on becoming a...
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Andrew Vogl, from Yonkers, New York
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"He can ski the slopes with ease, but navigating his own...
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Jayanth Iyengar, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis from Madison, Wisconsin
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2005 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Jiyen1213
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Charlotte Darby, from West Chester, Pennsylvania
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"Her crafts include crochet, origami, and friendship bracelets. From West Chester,...
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Jon Er, from Williamsville, New York
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"This musician always argues for his fairness, so he wants to...
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Bill Dickenson, a college instructor from Richardson, Texas
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"This 5-time champ from 1996 has taught students from over 100...
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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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John Cuthbertson, an investment analyst from San Diego, California
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"He was the highest money winner of the 1993-94 season. An...
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Kyle Hale, a college senior from Katy, Texas
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"Representing Texas A&M, he won the 2002 College Championship. Now he's...
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Robert Slaven, a technical products specialist originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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"He won 5 times in 1992. Today, he's a technical products...
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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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Brian Wangsgard, from Salt Lake City, Utah
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"He was the biggest winner in the 1988-1989 season, and a...
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Lance Johnson, a model aircraft engine technician from Champaign, Illinois
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"He was the first to get to the 5-win mark in...
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Leah Greenwald, an architect from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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"A winner of 5 games in 1988, she has since become...
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Frank Amanat, an attorney from South Orange, New Jersey
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Season 20 3-time champion: $55,900 + $1,000. Season 20 player (2003-11-03)....
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Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
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"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
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Arthur Gandolfi, a commercial real estate executive from Pleasantville, New York
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2004 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $25,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
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"He's one of the greatest NBA players in history. Here's Hall...
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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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Joey Beachum, an Air Force intelligence officer from Conway, Arkansas
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Stephen Weingarten, a stay-at-home dad from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Jeff Kirby, a math and science teacher from Santa Maria, California
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Season 26 player (2009-10-12). Season 16 player (1999-12-08). Jeff returned to...
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Dave Belote, a recently retired base commander from Woodbridge, Virginia
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Ben Swartz, a senior from Manassas, Virginia
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2003 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Diane Trap, a librarian and graphics specialist from Athens, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $21,400 + $1,000. Diane Trap - a...
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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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Jim Fitzpatrick, a senior at Wake Forest University from Colts Neck, New Jersey
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2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. According the the official Jeopardy! web...
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Steve Unite, a writer from Studio City, California
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Ken Basin, a junior at the University of Southern California from Huntington Beach, California
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2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Blog at kbasin.blogspot.org. Appearing as a...
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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Bethlehem Lema, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
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"Either being an astrophysicist or a pediatrician is in her future..."...
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Paul Glaser, a research scientist from Albany, New York
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Braden Corkum, a 12-year-old from Niceville, Florida
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"He likes making things, so he's going to be an inventor..."...
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Nicole Yoon, a 12-year-old from Asbury, New Jersey
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"She has set her sights on becoming a medical doctor or...
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Justin Otor, a 12-year-old from Texarkana, Texas
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"His chosen profession will be something in the field of science...
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Charlie Penrod, an assistant professor of law from Natchitoches, Louisiana
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,000 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: CharlieP
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Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Andrew Rostan, a writer and script reader originally from Boardman, Ohio
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Mehrun Etebari, a grad student from Durham, New Hampshire
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Trevor Norris, a management analyst from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Ben Tritle, an apartment manager from Los Angeles, California
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 5-time champion: $78,600...
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Jared Cohen, a private equity analyst from Narberth, Pennsylvania
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Season 23 2-time champion: $26,223 + $1,000. Referencing the Family Guy...
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Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Sebastian Johnson, a senior from Takoma Park, Maryland
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Listed as "Sebi" on the...
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Dana Delany, an actress from Kidnapped
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"She won two Emmys for playing Army nurse Colleen McMurphy on...
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Rick Knutsen, a musician from Brooklyn, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $33,201. 2001 Tournament...
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Jeff Suchard, a toxicologist from Placentia, California
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Season 21 player (2004-10-04). KJL game 49. Last name pronounced like...
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Sean Ryan, a graduate student from Whitehall, Pennsylvania
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Keith Williams, a sophomore at Middlebury College from Middlebury, Vermont
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"As a freshman from Middlebury College, he won the 2003 College...
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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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Andrew Watkins, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: everyday847
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Andrew Garen, an associate director of consumer marketing from Austin, Texas
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"He was a project manager when he won his 5 shows...
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Bruce Borchardt, a metrologist from Washington, D.C.
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"A winner of five shows in 1995, he spent most of...
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Vanamali Compton, a junior from Clarkdale, Arizona
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Bob Shore, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 21 2-time champion: $47,602 + $2,000. Proponent of Shore's Conjecture....
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student from Fort Collins, Colorado
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2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Rachel McCool, a sophomore at Dickinson College from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2004 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: rachel_pi
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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Kermin Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
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Anne Boyd, a freelance writer and student from Los Angeles, California
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2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion: $84,600...
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Sean Ryan, a cab driver from State College, Pennsylvania
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
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Matt Jackson, a paralegal from Washington, D.C.
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Larissa Kelly, a grad student from El Cerrito, California
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Chad Mosher, a seventh-grader from Flint, Michigan
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2003 Holiday Kids Week player (2003-01-10). Chad\'s personal website features a...
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Catherine Ramen, a database developer and writer from New York, New York
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $44,000. 1998 Tournament...
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Jay Rosenberg, a college professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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\"After winning 5 times in 1985, he became the moderator for...
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Arthur Chu, a compliance analyst and voiceover artist from Broadview Heights, Ohio
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Tournament of Champions 1st...
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Deirdre Thomas, an attorney and editor from Seattle, Washington
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Season 34 2-time champion: $33,200 + $1,000. Deirdre\'s father Dr. Nicholas...
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James Holzhauer, the setter of 20 Jeopardy! records from Las Vegas, Nevada
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2023 Jeopardy! Masters winner: $500,000 + $100,000 to Project 150 +...
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Justin Sausville, a urologist from Baltimore, Maryland
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27/28 6-time champion:...
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Shelby Malone, a senior from Grayson, Kentucky
|
2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: sleeping_stars
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Leonard Koss, an entrepreneur from Santa Monica, California
|
Season 20 player (2004-07-08). KJL game 27. Leonard was a writer...
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Justin Sausville, a urologist from Baltimore, Maryland
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27/28 6-time champion:...
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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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Roger Craig, a computer scientist from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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Julianna Suchard, a mom and volunteer from Placentia, California
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Season 27 player (2011-06-21). Wife of Season 21 player and KJL...
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Tom Kunzen, a geotechnical engineer from Orlando, Florida
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 5-time champion: $133,402...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
|
"In January, the State Department named this NBA Hall of Famer...
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Quinn McDonald, an inventory control manager from Lowville, New York
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $20,600 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Mighty Q
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Raynell Cooper, a senior from Rockville, Maryland
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2011 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 16 at the...
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Marc Spraragen, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 23 2-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. The official Jeopardy! web...
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Raya Elias-Pushett, a junior from Aventura, Florida
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2011 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $20,851. First name...
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Josh Fruhlinger, an editor from Baltimore, Maryland
|
Season 24 player (2008-07-22). The Comics Curmudgeon blog at joshreads.com. Jeopardy!...
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Donna Brown, a customer service representative from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 34 1-time champion: $45,600 + $2,000. At the introduction of...
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Brandon Brooks, an HR manager from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 34 2-time champion: $27,401 + $1,000. During his first contestant...
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Anne Boyd, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
|
2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion: $84,600...
|
Hank Robinson, a senior from Lithia Springs, Georgia
|
2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Kristin Sausville, a stay-at-home mom from Newark, Delaware
|
2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 31 5-time champion: $94,201...
|
Paul Thomas, a theater technician from Hollywood, Florida
|
Season 24 1-time champion: $32,001 + $2,000. Paul won his first...
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Gwynne Ash, a university professor from Austin, Texas
|
Season 24 1-time champion: $22,400 + $2,000. Gwynne unintentionally tied with...
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Kelly Isenor, a TV news producer from Boston, Massachusetts
|
Season 23 2-time champion: $31,800 + $1,000. According to the official...
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Colleen Mahoney, a sophomore from East Hampton, Connecticut
|
2001 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $10,000. 15 at the time of...
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Logan Bell, a senior from Rock Falls, Illinois
|
2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Laura Mogul, an executive director from Port Washington, New York
|
Season 32 player (2016-03-31). Laura appeared on the original Jeopardy! with...
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Caley Anderson, a junior from Santee, California
|
2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Peg Pruitt, a retired teacher from Swansea, Massachusetts
|
Season 23 1-time champion: $8,100 + $2,000. The official Jeopardy! website...
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Andrew Garen, a project manager from Austin, Texas
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Steve Unite, a writer from Studio City, California
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Karla Sortland, a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada
|
Season 23 player (2007-06-11). Season 22 player (2006-05-24). Karla was brought...
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Tom Kavanaugh, a writer from St. Louis, Missouri
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
|
Brian Lamb, a middle school teacher from Bakersfield, California
|
Season 23 player (2007-06-26). Season 22 2-time champion: $39,201 + $1,000....
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Michael Falk, a meteorologist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
|
Amy Cash, a geology student originally from Elmont, New York
|
Season 22 player (2006-05-29). The official Jeopardy! web site lists Amy...
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Veronica Fazio, from Roselle, Illinois
|
"She dances, plays softball, and hangs with her friends, but wants...
|
Amanda Traphagan, a law student from Austin, Texas
|
Season 22 1-time champion: $5,300 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Dylan Smith, from the Bronx, New York
|
"This honor roll student wants to invent a teleporting system. From...
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Marlene Lein, an attorney from Hooksett, New Hampshire
|
Season 21 player (2005-06-22). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Hope Landsem, from Tualatin, Oregon
|
"She likes to win arguments, and that's why she's going to...
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Joseph Henares, from Avon, Connecticut
|
"Along with group science projects, history club, writing club, and chess...
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Leslie Burns-Dell'Acqua, a creative marketing consultant from San Diego, California
|
Season 22 player (2005-11-02), Season 21 player (2005-01-12). Leslie was asked...
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Maria Wenglinsky, a teacher originally from Salt Lake City, Utah
|
2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion: $122,300...
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Diane Mettam, a pastor from Independence, California
|
Season 22 1-time champion: $19,400 + $1,000. As an accommodation for...
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Doug Meyer, an editor originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
Season 21 player (2005-06-09). Season 20 player (2004-03-11). Doug previously appeared...
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Morgan Chase, a mathematics educator originally from Antrim, New Hampshire
|
Season 21 1-time champion: $15,417 + $2,000. According to the official...
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Michael Daunt, an accountant from Oakville, Ontario, Canada
|
"In 1996, he was a finalist in the Tournament of Champions....
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Jerry Harvey, a freelance educator originally from California, Missouri
|
Season 20 2-time champion: $70,002 + $1,000. KJL game 1. While...
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Kurt Bray, a scientist from Oceanside, California
|
"A 5-time winner in 1994, he used some of his winnings...
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Mark Eckard, an entrepreneur from Bedford, Massachusetts
|
"A 2001 5-time champion as a software designer, he has now...
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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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Kermin Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky
|
"He's the current College Champion. A junior at Carnegie Mellon University...
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Billy Baxter, an attorney from Richmond, Virginia
|
"Representing the College of William & Mary, he won the 1992...
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David Sampugnaro, a writer and internet specialist from North White Plains, New York
|
"A 5-time winner from 1996, he's now a writer and internet...
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Tessa Fleming, a high school history teacher from Mission Viejo, California
|
Season 31 player (2014-09-16). Tessa's father was a 2-time champion on...
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Chris Mullins, a computer programmer from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 21 player (2005-01-04). Chris's wife, Scheri Mullins, an administrative assistant...
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Bud Humphrey, an editor from Park Ridge, Illinois
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Season 21 3-time champion: $56,599 + $2,000. Bud was the alternate...
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Leslie Burns-Dell'Acqua, a marketing consultant from San Diego, California
|
Season 22 player (2005-11-02), Season 21 player (2005-01-12). Leslie was asked...
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Bruce England, a biochemist from Hayward, California
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Season 21 player (2004-09-13). KJL game 44. Bruce's Jeopardy! photo album....
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Steve Reynolds, a loan accounting clerk from Norman, Oklahoma
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Holly Flynn, an 11-year-old from Holmes, Pennsylvania
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"She started performing in community theatre when she was just 4...
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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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David Abolafia, a writer from Fishkill, New York
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Season 20 2-time champion: $42,000 + $2,000. David appeared on The...
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Nathan Murphy, a flight controls engineer from Mountlake Terrace, Washington
|
Season 26 player (2009-10-09). At the time of his appearance, Nathan...
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Genevieve Sheehan, a private equity professional from Boston, Massachusetts
|
Season 26 player (2009-10-08). First name pronounced like "JEN-uh-veev". Genevieve won...
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Ashley Wilson, an organization development consultant from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 32 2-time champion: $52,402 + $1,000. Ashley returned to the...
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Shyra Latiolais, a legal secretary from New Orleans, Louisiana
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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David Juliano, a casino dealer from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 9 1-time champion: $8,000 + a week's vacation at Murrieta...
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Melanie Leon, an Army wife from Peachtree City, Georgia
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Season 20 player (2004-01-07). Melanie forgot to complete the word "Ironman"...
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Rebecca Maxfield, a freshman from Brown University
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Rochelle, New York. Rebecca...
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Raghuveer Mukkamalla, an IT analyst from Herndon, Virginia
|
Season 27 player (2010-12-29). Raghuveer wrote up his Jeopardy! experience at...
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Sara Terrell, a veterinary technician from Windsor, Connecticut
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Shay Collins, an 11-year-old from Averill Park, New York
|
"His passion for music helps this future rock star to play...
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student from Fort Collins, Colorado
|
2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Steve Reynolds, an accountant from Norman, Oklahoma
|
2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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Paul Glaser, a research scientist from Albany, New York
|
2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Andrea Saenz, an immigration attorney from Boston, Massachusetts
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $32,200 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "ahn-DRAY-ah...
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Karla Sortland, a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada
|
Season 23 player (2007-06-11). Season 22 player (2006-05-24). Karla was brought...
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Matt Sojot, a firefighter from Mililani, Hawaii
|
Season 23 player (2007-04-13). Season 22 player (2006-05-24). Last name pronounced...
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Brett Chandler, a stay-at-home dad from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
|
Season 24 1-time champion: $27,600 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Thunderbuck
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Cathy Lanctot, a law professor from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Brian Lamb, a teacher from Bakersfield, California
|
Season 23 player (2007-06-26). Season 22 2-time champion: $39,201 + $1,000....
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Susan Herder, a science teacher from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 23 2-time champion: $33,202 + $1,000. Susan won $1,000 on...
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Lynn Schuetter, a retired geologist from Lakewood, Colorado
|
Season 23 1-time champion: $10,000 + $1,000. The official Jeopardy! web...
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Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Chris Mazurek, an assistant professor from Columbia, Missouri
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Mark Lee, a sales manager from Chicago, Illinois
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $67,500...
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Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
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2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Greg Peterson, a senior from Park Ridge, Illinois
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $38,600....
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Scott Gardiner, an Army lawyer from Tampa, Florida
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Season 22 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Ed Angleton, a biochemist from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
Season 22 2-time champion: $25,599 + $1,000. According to the official...
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Mary LoSardo, a retired executive, now web site designer from Bayonne, New Jersey
|
Season 22 1-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Mary won $60 +...
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Jenn Cannon, a physician from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 24 2-time champion: $30,399 + $2,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Eric Allen, a video game merchandiser from Birmingham, Alabama
|
Season 22 1-time champion: $15,201 + $1,000. The official Jeopardy! web...
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Steve Kaltenbaugh, a sailor originally from Columbia, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2005-09-19). Steve split $35,000 with Season 27 5-time...
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Kevin Marshall, a student from Metairie, Louisiana
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2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 6-time champion: $98,201...
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Anne Shivers, a senior from Peotone, Illinois
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2005 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $18,000. 17 at...
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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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Lindsey Hargrove, a senior at the University of Texas from Bellaire, Texas
|
2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Mother's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: collegemom
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Josh DenHartog, an actuarial technician from Thousand Oaks, California
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"He was the Teen Tournament champion in 1997. Now he's an...
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Scott Gillispie, a project manager and expectant father from Atlanta, Georgia
|
"While attending Georgia Tech, he won the 1991 College Championship. Now...
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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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Lauren Romero, a senior from Denver, Colorado
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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Brad Rutter, a TV quiz show host from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Ryan Holznagel, a writer originally from Forest Grove, Oregon
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"He was the winner of the 1995 Tournament of Champions. Now,...
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Allan Long, a freshman from Tallahassee, Florida
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 14 at the time of the...
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Ruvani Fonseka, a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of...
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Catie Camille, a student from Rochester, New York
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Season 22 player (2005-09-12). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Carlos Garcia, an immigration attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 34 player (2018-02-09). According to his contestant interview, Carlos chose...
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Chris Dellicarpini, a screenwriter from South Huntington, New York
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Season 23 1-time champion: $25,199 + $2,000. Chris was a high...
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Ben Ingram, an IT consultant originally from Florence, South Carolina
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Daniel Cohen, an interactive developer originally from Liverpool, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-04-12). Daniel died 2023-09-24 at the age of...
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Joe Castro, a comptroller from Pasadena, California
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Season 34 1-time champion: $9,384 + $2,000. Joe won $2,000 on...
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Rebecca Zoshak, a language specialist from State College, Pennsylvania
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Season 34 1-time champion: $14,407 + $2,000. Rebecca returned to the...
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Austin Rogers, a bartender from New York, New York
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games captain of...
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Leland Graham III, a research specialist and project coordinator from Rock Hill, South Carolina
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Season 25 2-time champion: $48,400 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Leland Graham
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Terry Kent, a real estate attorney originally from Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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Season 28 player (2012-06-04). Terry won $16,000 on Sports Jeopardy! on...
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Cora Peck, a teacher and graduate 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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Molly Kossoff, a beauty-industry magazine editor from West Hills, California
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Season 30 1-time champion. $11,100 + $2,000. Molly appeared on the...
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Ron Freshour, a copywriter from Austin, Texas
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Season 34 player (2018-07-25). Ron won $10,000 in the second season...
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Bob Johnson, a waiter from Wheaton, Illinois
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Season 22 player (2005-10-20). Not to be confused with Season 5...
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Shannan Younger, a writer from Naperville, Illinois
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Season 34 player (2018-03-29).
Shannan's write-up of her Jeopardy! experience.
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Vincent Valenzuela, an internal customer service manager from Wheaton, Illinois
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Season 35 player (2018-09-25). Season 34 player (2018-07-13). Vincent returned to...
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Susannah Brooks, a communications assistant from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 22 2-time champion: $56,001 + $2,000. Susannah competed under a...
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Brendan Pimper, an engineer and student from La Habra, California
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Season 23 player (2007-03-28). Won $12,100 + a trip to Phoenix,...
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Amanda Glaser, a productivity engineer from Albany, New York
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Season 25 player (2008-10-16). Wife of Season 24 5-time champion Paul...
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David Hankins, a college student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 21 player (2004-11-30). David won $100,000 on Who Wants to...
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Steven Jones, an attorney from Rocheport, Missouri
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Season 25 player (2008-10-16).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SteveJones
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Meredith Robbins, a library media specialist from New York, New York
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Season 25 4-time champion: $48,700 + $2,000. Meredith was the alternate...
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Art Borgemenke, an adjunct professor from El Paso, Texas
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Season 20 player (2004-07-21). KJL game 36. Last name pronounced like...
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Jessica Burr, a book editor from Bloomfield, New Jersey
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Season 28 player (2011-09-23).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jbillygirl
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Todd Covert, a bookkeeper from Valley Glen, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $58,402 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tcovert
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Britta Waller, a magazine and website editor from Greensboro, North Carolina
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Season 29 player (2013-06-24). Britta's full name was listed on the...
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Dave Simpson, a pastor from Belcamp, Maryland
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Ian Pickus, a public radio producer from Rensselaer, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-04-29). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Picked Off...
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Lou Ascatigno, a teacher from Concord, California
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Season 20 player (2004-07-15). KJL game 32. Last name pronounced like...
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KC Frodyma, a freelance editor from San Francisco, California
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Season 27 player (2011-04-22). Last name pronounced like "fro-DEE-mah". Jeopardy! Message...
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Jean MacKay Jackson, an online researcher from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 25 player (2008-11-24).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: pinkfreud
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Sara Heard, a housewife from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 27 4-time champion: $85,601 + $2,000. Sara was the alternate...
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Greg Haroutunian, a law clerk from Montvale, New Jersey
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Season 29 player (2013-04-10). Greg's full first name was listed on...
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Darren Munk, a web application developer from Camarillo, California
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Season 25 player (2008-10-07). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: knumd Darren...
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Manny Abell, a naval officer from Lacey, Washington
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Season 34 3-time champion: $42,799 + $1,000. Manny appeared on the...
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Brad Tytel, a global health consultant from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 29 player (2013-04-11). Brad's full first name was listed on...
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Connie Loren, a speech language pathologist from Wichita, Kansas
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Season 27 player (2011-04-06).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Oradora
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Mengmeng Zhang, a systems manager from Fort Worth, Texas
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Season 25 player (2008-10-03). Name pronounced like "MUNG-mung ZHAHNG". Jeopardy! Message...
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Kate Carlyle, a records officer from New Lenox, Illinois
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Season 20 player (2004-07-09). KJL game 28. Kate was announced by...
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Christopher Short, a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 6-time champion: $94,752...
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Bradley Silverman, a junior from Alpharetta, Georgia
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2008-B Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $44,600. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Matt Tobin, a violinist and dueling pianist from Glastonbury, Connecticut
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Season 29 player (2012-09-24). Matt's mother appeared on Jeopardy! in 1974...
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Tova Perlmutter, a nonprofit executive from Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 player (2008-09-30).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Generalist
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Paul Kursky, an online marketing producer from San Francisco, California
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
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Buddy Wright, an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas
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2011 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 26 4-time champion:...
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Tom Aquino, a lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 20 player (2004-07-06). KJL game 25. Last name pronounced like...
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Megan Barnes, a stay-at-home mother from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 27 3-time champion: $103,203 + $2,000. Megan won $16,000 on...
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Mary Ann Eitler, a geologist from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 20 player (2004-07-02). KJL game 23. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Abra Belke, a legislative aide from Butte, Montana
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Season 26 player (2009-10-13). Name pronounced like \"AH-bra BELL-kee\". Abra won...
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Mary Beam, a Spanish teacher from Loves Park, Illinois
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Season 25 player (2008-11-04).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: torimar
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Katie Sowder, a freelance researcher from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 27 1-time champion: $5,900 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: hikatie
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Nick Condon, a research chemist originally from Lakewood, Colorado
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Season 27 3-time champion: $80,101 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: NJCondon
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Evan Bastian, an electrical engineer from Clovis, California
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Season 27 player (2011-03-10). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Eli the...
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Ben Sack, an Internet entrepreneur from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 27 player (2011-06-10). Ben wrote about "Identifying Competitive Advantage in...
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Randy Gold, a systems analyst and volunteer from Sherman Oaks, California
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Season 25 player (2008-10-27).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Randy G
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Mathew Safer, a transportation planner from South Orange, New Jersey
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Season 25 2-time champion: $44,701 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: masafer
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Betsy Schroeder, a graduate student of veterinary medicine from Blacksburg, Virginia
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Season 28 1-time champion: $12,200 + $1,000. Betsy won on the...
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Matt Ottinger, a telecommunications coordinator from Okemos, Michigan
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Season 20 player (2004-06-21). KJL game 14. Last name pronounced like...
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Kate Wadman, a junior from Tucson, Arizona
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2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jeopartygirl
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Tracey Davidson, a middle school secretary from Glen Allen, Virginia
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Season 27 player (2011-05-20).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Amazonite
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Brian Morris, an account manager from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 23 1-time champion: $30,401 + $2,000. The official Jeopardy! web...
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Jason Dizon, an attorney from Woodside, New York
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Season 24 3-time champion: $49,900 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Robert Ashley, a psychiatrist from Los Angeles, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $28,401 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Robert Ashley
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Steve Frappier, a high school college counselor from Miami, Florida
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Season 24 player (2008-05-29).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: bjorkchop
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Tom Kelso, a credit analyst from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 19 3-time champion: $83,402 + $2,000. Namesake of the backronym...
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Alison Becker, a researcher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 24 1-time champion: $17,000 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: abecker
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Stephen Fineman, a science teacher from Morristown, New Jersey
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Season 24 1-time champion: $6,001 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SteveNJ
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Arianna Kelly, a law student from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 24 player (2008-01-30). Season 24 player (2008-07-08). Sister of Season...
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Mary McGhee, a college advisor from SeaTac, Washington
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Season 24 player (2008-04-04).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MsMaryMc
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Andrew Sprouse, a historic preservationist from Durham, North Carolina
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Season 24 player (2008-01-29). Andrew wore a bow tie in his...
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Laura Paquet, a romance novelist and travel writer from Ottawa, Canada
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Season 20 player (2004-05-17). Laura's website. An interview concerning her Jeopardy!...
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Ted Dudley, an airline pilot from Colchester, Vermont
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Season 23 1-time champion: $28,900 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Winddummy
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Al Davis, a software test engineer from Everett, Washington
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Season 20 3-time champion: $65,800 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Tacticus68
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Eugene Hung, a software engineer from San Jose, California
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Season 24 player (2008-01-29). Eugene is an employee of IBM. Jeopardy!...
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Jennifer Goldberg, a journalist from Tempe, Arizona
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Season 24 player (2008-05-27).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jengoldberg
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Nan Reiner, an attorney from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 24 player (2008-05-28).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tziporshir
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Rich House, an English professor from Terre Haute, Indiana
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Season 24 2-time champion: $45,602 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: doctorhouse
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Frank McNeil, a facilities management specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 20 player (2004-07-16). KJL game 33. Frank was listed on...
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Chris Tom, a bookseller from Piedmont, California
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Season 24 player (2008-07-18).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: godfather
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Mark Wales, a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $141,804...
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Brett Kirwan, a naval officer originally from Avon Lake, Ohio
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Season 24 2-time champion: $35,600 + $1,000. Brett is a lieutenant...
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Daria Labinsky, a librarian from Corrales, New Mexico
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Season 24 1-time champion: $22,100 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: festivarian
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Bryan Johnson, a teacher and doctoral student from Los Angeles, California
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Season 24 3-time champion: $68,803 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: colonelhomer
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Sven Sinclair, an economist and actuary from Burke, Virginia
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Season 24 1-time champion: $28,599 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user names: GnashEquilibrium, Gneq
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Umiko Post, a stay-at-home mom from Peoria, Illinois
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Season 18 1-time champion: $11,800. First name pronounced like "yoo-MEE-ko". Umiko's...
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Dave Sikula, an Internet search editor from Pacifica, California
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Season 24 1-time champion: $15,000 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Andy Catsimanes, an Internet marketing copy writer from Overland Park, Kansas
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Season 24 1-time champion: $26,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Ben Hunt, an educational programs coordinator from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 24 player (2008-03-21).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: BenH
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Aileen Hawkins, a stay-at-home mom from Dana Point, California
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Season 24 2-time champion: $24,199 + $2,000. First syllable of first...
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Alison Kolani, a copy editor from Queens, New York
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Season 24 1-time champion: $13,601 + $1,000. Alison's turn against IBM's...
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Jay Sprout, a minister from St. Johnsbury, Vermont
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Season 24 player (2008-04-16).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: sprout
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Srinivas Ayyagari, a law student originally from Memphis, Tennessee
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Season 24 1-time champion: $27,400 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: ayyagari1
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Renée Mathis, a homeschool mom from Houston, Texas
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Season 24 1-time champion: $27,201 + $1,000. Blog at mrsmathis.com. Jeopardy!...
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Chris Zane, a benefits administrator from Westminster, Maryland
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Season 24 3-time champion: $57,201 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: cztop
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Jason Aucker, a milk plant lab technician from Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
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Season 23 player (2007-01-19).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jlaucker
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Jim Hunt, a graduate student and Latin teacher from Syracuse, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-06-06). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Norah Piehl, a freelance writer and permissions editor from Brookline, Massachusetts
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Season 24 player (2008-04-10).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: PineapplePrincess
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Keith Parrish, a social studies teacher from Goldsboro, North Carolina
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Season 19 1-time champion: $29,801 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Kroxquo
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Donna Vogel, a scientist from Bethesda, Maryland
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Arianna Kelly, a law student from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 24 player (2008-01-30). Season 24 player (2008-07-08). Sister of Season...
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Derek Robinson, a project manager from Alameda, California
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Season 23 player (2007-02-01).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jplusd
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Katy Halpern, a stay-at-home mom from Dublin, California
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Season 24 player (2008-01-02).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Katy
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Nate Metcalf, an actor and playwright from Cokato, Minnesota
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Season 23 1-time champion: $22,438 + $2,000. According to the official...
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Aaron Schroeder, a graduate student originally from Washington, D.C.
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2009 Tournament of Champions second runner-up: $50,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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Ben Kroll, a Spanish teacher from Sheboygan, Wisconsin
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Season 23 player (2007-01-29). Ben's blog. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Robin Parry, a federal attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 23 1-time champion: $24,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: periwinkle
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Aimee Seligstein, a recruiter originally from Memphis, Tennessee
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Season 30 player (2014-04-25). Last name pronounced like "SEE-lig-stine". Aimee joined...
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Rebecca Bizonet, an archivist from Macon Township, Michigan
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Season 23 player (2006-12-08). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Luann Reed-Siegel, an editor from Edison, New Jersey
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Season 23 player (2007-01-03).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Editoria
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Andy Anderson, a high school math teacher originally from Batavia, Illinois
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Season 32 player (2015-09-15). Andy appeared on the show by winning...
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Christian Haines, a Congressional special assistant from Newport News, Virginia
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2007 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Sue Bryant, a stay-at-home mom from Ellicott City, Maryland
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Season 23 player (2006-12-04).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Sues Z
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Evelyn Uyemura, an ESL professor from Torrance, California
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Season 23 player (2006-12-05).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: EvelynU
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Craig Westphal, a paramedic from Tucson, Arizona
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Al Arsenault, a computer security engineer from Ellicott City, Maryland
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Season 20 player (2004-06-11). KJL game 8. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Roberta Ellington, a marketing coordinator from Tustin, California
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Season 22 2-time champion: $41,701 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: RutgersFan
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Ronnie O'Rourke, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 18 1-time champion: $2,000 + $2,000. Ronnie describes her experience...
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Mike Pesca, a reporter from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-07-03). Mike can be heard as a correspondent...
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Judy Rudnick, a physician from Honolulu, Hawaii
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Season 22 player (2006-07-03).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jrrtoo
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Tara Kolden, an editor from Seattle, Washington
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Season 23 player (2006-12-13). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Deirdre Basile, a stay-at-home mom from Ridgefield, Connecticut
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Season 20 player (2004-06-17). KJL game 12. Last name pronounced like...
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Mark Edelson, a software developer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 22 2-time champion: $24,199 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Mark416
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Jeff Schwartz, a professor and tutor from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-01-01). Jeff was also a contestant on the...
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John Gershkoff, a realtor from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Season 23 player (2006-12-11).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jmgersh
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Chris Renz, a realtor and substitute teacher from Ligonier, Pennsylvania
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Season 23 1-time champion: $24,700 + $1,000. According to the official...
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Jared Thompson, an actuarial analyst originally from Eureka, Illinois
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Season 23 2-time champion: $56,501 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: JTrivial
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Lynne Sherwin, a features editor from Akron, Ohio
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Season 23 1-time champion: $22,301 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: barefoot_girl
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Beth Dunn, a product demonstrator from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-04-21). Beth's mother appeared on the original Jeopardy!...
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Ryan Friedman, a GIS planner from Londonderry, New Hampshire
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Season 23 3-time champion: $61,700 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: NHRy
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Clinton Wieden, a college student from Fairview, Oklahoma
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Season 20 player (2004-06-07). KJL game 4. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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Rich Way, a manager from Aromas, California
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Season 22 2-time champion: $34,800 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: RichAromas
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Bob McDonald, an aerospace engineer from San Pedro, California
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Season 22 player (2005-12-26).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: bob_pedro
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Jim Burkhard, an automotive engineer from Chili, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-01-04). The official Jeopardy! web site lists Jim's...
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Luke Walker, an oncologist originally from Lawton, Oklahoma
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Season 22 player (2006-05-03).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Skywalker
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Gigi Gilman, a homemaker and attorney from Seattle, Washington
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Season 22 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Gigi's actual first name...
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Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
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2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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Terri Pous, a social media editor from New York, New York
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Season 31 2-time champion: $36,801 + $2,000. Terri produced a podcast...
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Andy Gefen, a financial consultant from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2006-01-04). Andy used his contestant interview to propose...
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Dan Sander, a trust officer from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Season 22 3-time champion: $65,202 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: pundint
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Julie Backer, a librarian from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 22 player (2006-05-25).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: JLo
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Barbara Tarlau, a homemaker from Northridge, California
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Season 22 player (2006-05-01).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: barbaraT
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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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Holly Owens, a student originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 23 2-time champion: $31,902 + $1,000. Season 22 player (2006-04-17)....
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Lisa Loiselle, an investigator and lawyer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 22 player (2005-12-22). Last name pronounced like "loy-ZELL" (Johnny Gilbert's...
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Liz Lackey, a student from Wayne, New Jersey
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Season 22 player (2005-11-30). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: LizLackey JBoard...
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Richard Vehlow, a professional HVAC engineer from Troy, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-06-02).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: rev1969
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Nathan Thornton, a copywriter from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 22 player (2006-05-01).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: NathanT
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Jamie Hodari, a law student originally from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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Season 22 player (2006-01-02).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Jhodari
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Beth Doner, a homemaker from Dearborn, Michigan
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Season 22 player (2005-11-28).
Jeopardy Message Board user name: bethanne
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James Quintong, a sportswriter from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 22 1-time champion: $4,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: QBall
James's weblog.
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William Lee, a software engineer from South San Francisco, California
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Season 22 2-time champion: $62,500 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Vik Vaz, a medical student from Austin, Texas
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2006 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000. Season 22 3-time champion:...
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Jimmie Bise Jr., a police dispatcher and music student from Waldorf, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2006-04-21). Last name pronounced to rhyme with "ice."...
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Fred Schultz, a database programmer from Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Season 22 2-time champion: $37,799 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: FSchultz
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Melissa Ahart, a librarian originally from Oswego, New York
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Season 22 1-time champion: $10,200 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Elissa-May
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Don Minyard, a forensic accountant from Hoover, Alabama
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Season 22 1-time champion: $15,300 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Don Minyard
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Nathan Meyers, a software developer from Medford, Massachusetts
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Season 22 1-time champion: $15,801 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: bosox2004
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Dan McLeod, a student from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 22 1-time champion: $26,801 + $2,000. The official Jeopardy! web...
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Vicky Stanton, a school psychologist from Sherman Oaks, California
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Season 22 2-time champion: $19,799 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Vicky
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Ken Hinton, a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 22 player (2006-05-30). As an accommodation for a disability, Ken...
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Doug Dorst, a writer and professor from Austin, Texas
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 22 3-time champion: $66,802...
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Michael Levitin, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 22 player (2005-12-02).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: mlevitin
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Kathy Lisiewicz, a project coordinator from Los Angeles, California
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Season 22 1-time champion: $16,200 + $1,000. Wife of Season 23...
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Glenda Niemiec, a payroll specialist from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 22 player (2005-12-02).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Gramma Glenda
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Rodney Waites, a law school administrator from Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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Season 22 player (2006-04-19).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: rodneywaites
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Alaric Smith, a songwriter, vocalist, and graduate student from Sacramento, California
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Season 22 player (2005-10-28).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: LastVisigoth
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Shelley Fellner-Rosenberg, a psychotherapist from South Windsor, Connecticut
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Season 22 player (2005-11-04).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: shellfr
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Paulette Beete, a writer from Takoma Park, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2005-10-21).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: mouthflowers
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Kingslea Bueltel, a student and freelance bartender from Denton, Texas
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Season 22 player (2005-11-03). Won $16,000 on Who Wants to be...
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Mark Eckenwiler, an attorney originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 21 1-time champion: $20,401 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: beltway
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Jeff Magee, a registered nurse from Ridgefield Park, New Jersey
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Season 21 player (2005-06-17). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Donna Brutkoski, a newspaper copy editor originally from Brandon, Vermont
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Season 21 2-time champion: $30,900 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: dbvt
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Steve O'Connor, a communications consultant from Naperville, Illinois
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Season 22 2-time champion: $33,401 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SteveO
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Ben Kesling, a student from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 21 2-time champion: $24,600 + $1,000. According to the official...
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Dominic Owen-Williams, an office clerk originally from Jamaica, now living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 22 1-time champion: $2,800 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: gdab55
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Chris Jones, a loan consultant from Chalfont, Pennsylvania
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Season 22 player (2005-10-25).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: senorjonesie
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Marv Peña, a video game lawyer from Redwood City, California
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Season 26 player (2010-04-08). Marv's first name was listed on the...
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Scott Wells, a medievalist from Los Angeles, California
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Season 27 player (2010-09-13). Season 26 player (2009-11-16). Scott was returned...
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Lisa Osterman, a geologist from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 21 2-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Won $1,000 on Who...
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Morgan Saxby, a research associate from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 26 3-time champion: $66,401 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Conor Collins, a student and volunteer from Portsmouth, Rhode Island
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Season 26 player (2010-04-07).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: TrebeksUpperLip
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Emily Bryk, an elementary school science teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-04-06). Last name pronounced to rhyme with "bike"....
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Rick Knutsen, a musician and stay-at-home dad from Brooklyn, New York
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"A finalist in the 2001 Tournament of Champions, he's a musician...
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Clinton Reese, a student from West Lafayette, Indiana
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Season 20 1-time champion: $39,000 + $2,000. Clinton's hometown was listed...
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Mary Van Tyne, a technical editor from Larimer, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 player (2010-10-22).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MaryOfDoom
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Hema Karunakaram, a senior from Saline, Michigan
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2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Name pronounced like "HAY-ma kah-ROO-nuh-KAH-ram". Jeopardy!...
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Tom Walker, a lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 21 1-time champion: $23,201 + $2,000.
Father's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: ProudFather
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Kim Platnick, a school librarian from Dunwoody, Georgia
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Season 26 player (2010-07-02).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: justKim
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Emily Cloyd, a climate scientist originally from Troy, Michigan
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Season 26 player (2010-03-30). As detailed in a 2012-06-29 article in...
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Amy Fine, a part-time teacher from Bethesda, Maryland
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"She was the last 5-time winner in the 1993-94 season. A...
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John Beck, a creative director from Torrance, California
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"He played in 2003, and was the last retired 5-time champ...
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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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Dan Katz, a lawyer from Owings Mills, Maryland
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"Since his five wins in 1990, he's seen Bruce Springsteen 16...
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Jean Grewe, a graphic designer from Oak Park, Illinois
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"She was the last 5-time champion in 1993. Today she's a...
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Brian Moore, an astronomer from Houston, Texas
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"He was the first 5-day champion in the 1993-1994 season. An...
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Al Lin, a law professor from Davis, California
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"A law student when he won five times in 1993, he's...
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John Hashop, an actor from Astoria, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-07-07).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jhashop
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Jonathan Henke, a researcher from Berkeley, California
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Season 21 player (2005-01-11). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Jonathan Henke...
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Joe Webb, an American lit doctoral student from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 25 1-time champion: $28,801 + $2,000. Blog at dr-wizard.com. Jeopardy!...
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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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Jen Noon, an editor from Woburn, Massachusetts
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Season 21 1-time champion: $19,103 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: BostonJen73
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Terry Andrews, a systems analyst originally from Decatur, Illinois
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Season 27 player (2010-10-13).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: terryinchicago
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Kerry Breitenbach, a marketing analyst from South Euclid, Ohio
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 21 5-time champion: $90,400...
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Kristian Zoerhoff, a computer engineer from Gilberts, Illinois
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Season 26 2-time champion: $34,900 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: kristianzoerhoff
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Dennis Grace, an engineer from West Bloomfield, Michigan
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Season 21 1-time champion: $25,000 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: PanicInDetroit
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Pete DeBalli, an anesthesiologist from Titusville, Florida
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Season 21 1-time champion: $16,200 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: PDB3
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Eric Rau, an assistant federal public defender from Tucson, Arizona
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Season 26 player (2010-06-21). Eric appeared in the Fastest Finger circle...
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Colette Moran, a stay-at-home mom from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 21 player (2004-12-10). Actually from Elmhurst, Illinois. Wife of Season...
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Rob Kimbro, a theater director and stay-at-home dad from Princeton, New Jersey
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Season 21 player (2004-11-29). KJL game 74. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Tom McCudden, a law student from Durham, North Carolina
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Season 21 1-time champion: $40,600 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Muskrat
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Robert Bowsher, a software engineer from Hilliard, Ohio
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Season 21 2-time champion: $33,399 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Booder98
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Merritt Hamilton Allen, a director of communications originally from Silver City, New Mexico
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Season 21 player (2004-10-27). KJL game 61. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Brad Rodriguez, an assistant general manager of a minor league baseball team from Jacksonville, Florida
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Season 27 player (2010-10-08).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: J!FAIL
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Theodora Messalas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Brooklyn, New York
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"This future author and illustrator placed second in a regional story-telling...
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Joanna Stromberg, an attorney from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 22 1-time champion: $11,200 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: banana
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Ben Wiles, a minister from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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Season 21 player (2004-11-01). KJL game 64. On 2010-04-26, Ben appeared...
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Adam Villani, an engineer from Long Beach, California
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Season 21 player (2004-10-27). KJL game 61. Adam won $80,000 on...
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Denise Tanyol, a student and adjunct writing instructor from Norristown, Pennsylvania
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Season 21 player (2004-11-03). KJL game 65. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Katy Clarke, a stay-at-home mom from The Woodlands, Texas
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Season 23 player (2007-06-25). Katy won $1,000 on Who Wants to...
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Brian Shipley, a historian originally from Toronto, Canada
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Season 21 player (2004-10-29). KJL game 63. Currently resides in Glenburnie,...
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K.C. Backer, a graduate student from Bloomington, Indiana
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Season 21 player (2004-10-14). KJL game 57. The "K.C." stands for...
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Greg Taylor, a lawyer from Glendale, California
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Season 21 player (2004-09-17).
KJL game 48.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: 552
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Dana Dolan, a writer and editor from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 21 player (2004-09-13). KJL game 44. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Crystal Durham, a 12-year-old from Fort Pierce, Florida
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"She would like to be an Irish stepdancing teacher, because dancing...
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Noah Sheola, a graduate student originally from Peterborough, New Hampshire
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Season 25 player (2009-03-04).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Noahboa
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Srikanth Sivashankaran, a test prep instructor originally from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 25 player (2009-06-25).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: dubhousing
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Tui Sutherland, a children's book author from Watertown, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $44,200 + $2,000. First name pronounced like...
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Kyle Hutchinson, a school of pharmacy librarian from Brookline, Massachusetts
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,000 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: mskyle
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Johnny Forrest, a patent agent from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: JFoDC
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Randie Kim, a medical student from Elk Grove, California
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Season 26 1-time champion: $23,201 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: geminix03
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George Long, an attorney from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 player (2009-10-21).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: commonsense
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Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer originally from Bombay, India
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
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Alex Fineman, an agent's assistant originally from Lower Merion, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 player (2009-06-24).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: TheWrongAlex
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Frank Dempsey, a government attorney from Bagdad, Kentucky
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Season 20 1-time champion: $29,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Augustwest
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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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Sally Ronald, a graduate student in Russian studies from Portland, Indiana
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Season 26 player (2010-05-31).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: yourt4
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Scott Wells, a medievalist from Los Angeles, California
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Season 27 player (2010-09-13). Season 26 player (2009-11-16). Scott was returned...
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Tom LaPorta, a web designer from Jacksonville, Florida
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Season 26 3-time champion: $50,501 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: fattom23
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Ben Auer, a law clerk from Savannah, Georgia
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Season 26 2-time champion: $36,810 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Ben A
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Dan Rowley, an aerospace engineer from Westchester, California
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Season 20 player (2004-04-20).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: westchester guy
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Nick Yozamp, a biology student from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Erica Greil, a junior from Princeton University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 and from Hastings, Minnesota at...
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Patrick Tucker, a graduate student of public policy from St. Louis, Missouri
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Shubha Ghosh, a law professor from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 26 player (2010-04-30).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: shubhaghosh
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Kevin Shortell, an attorney from Essex Junction, Vermont
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Season 20 player (2004-04-15).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Shortyesq
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David Seminer, a neurologist from Sacramento, California
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Season 20 2-time champion: $52,601 + $2,000. The official Jeopardy! web...
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Buddy Wright, an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas
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2011 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 26 4-time champion:...
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Jeff Probst, a TV personality from Rock & Roll Jeopardy! and Survivor
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"He hosts both Rock & Roll Jeopardy! on VH1 and Survivor...
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Nirav Shah, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $20,500 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Nicole Labruto, a surf school manager from Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey
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Season 26 player (2009-10-06). Nicole's father, Fran, was a Jeopardy! 1-day...
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Vince Femenella, a bookseller from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-07-27).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: vtwins11
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Kim Taylor, a professor and scientist from Falls Church, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2009-10-07). Not to be confused with Season 18...
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Noam Osband, a Ph.D. student in anthropology from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $25,799 + $2,000. First name pronounced like...
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Gabe Hernandez, a content coordinator from North Hollywood, California
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Season 26 player (2010-04-26). Gabe was present in the studio as...
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Claxton Graham, a business analyst from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 26 player (2009-09-18).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: ClaxtonG
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Pamela Nelson, a newspaper copy editor and blogger from Clayton, North Carolina
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Season 26 player (2010-07-26).
Pamela blogged about her Jeopardy! experience here.
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Larry Sullivan, a high school assistant principal from Fairfield, Connecticut
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Season 25 player (2009-04-30).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: lsull
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Josh Forsythe, a radio frequency engineer from Mankato, Minnesota
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Season 26 player (2009-10-02).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jforsythe
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Tom Alexander, a TV news writer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 26 player (2010-07-21).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: TNA23
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Hilary Caws-Elwitt, a librarian from Friendsville, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 player (2010-04-22).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: hcethatsme
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Judy Nakamura, a stay-at-home wife from Seattle, Washington
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,400 + $1,000. Judy laughed incredulously during...
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Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer and TV personality from the QVC Network
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"His fashion designs are a favorite among celebrities on the red...
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Peter Latouf, a state fair coordinator from Utica, Michigan
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Season 25 player (2009-04-24).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: WallsofJericho
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Chris Serb, a firefighter from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 20 player (2004-01-06). Chris's hometown was listed as Rogers Park,...
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Sue Romberg, a homemaker and volunteer from Grapevine, Texas
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Season 25 player (2009-04-21). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Sue in...
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Mikey Stewart, an economist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 25 player (2008-12-26).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: hpanic7342
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Katie O'Reilly, a receptionist from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 26 player (2009-09-25).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: kamarile
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Marmi Maramot, a transplant data analyst from Los Angeles, California
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Season 25 player (2008-12-24). Web site at marmijeopardy.com. Jeopardy! Message Board...
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Julia Dominick, a homemaker from Struthers, Ohio
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,401 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: JuliaDom
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Nick Leggatt, a teacher from Dallas, Texas
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Season 25 player (2009-02-05).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: nleggatt
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Heather Mathewson Rainville, a business analyst from Pittsboro, North Carolina
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Season 24 1-time champion: $21,900 + $1,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home Game System.
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Anthony Curtis, a pawnbroker from Great Falls, Montana
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Season 27 player (2010-12-28).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: complexmind51
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Andrew Fechner, a television programmer from Montclair, New Jersey
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Season 26 1-time champion: $26,001 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: arfnj
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Lisa Klink, a TV writer from Los Angeles, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $70,150...
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Judy Arnold, a technical writer from Sunnyvale, California
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Season 27 player (2010-12-14). Dilbert strip inspired by Judy. Jeopardy! Message...
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Theresa Conlon, a writer/editor from Dallas, Texas
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Season 25 player (2009-05-28).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: taconlon
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Ted Ahern, a health care application consultant from Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $15,801 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Ted
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Robert Kennedy, an affordable housing analyst from Sunnyside, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-05-29). Not to be confused with 1997 Power...
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Geoff Moore, a screenwriter from Los Angeles, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $55,201 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: GHMoore
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Melinda Hautala, an arts administrator from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 25 player (2009-01-26). Last name pronounced like "HOW-tah-lah". (In her...
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Joan Radell, a market researcher from Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 player (2010-01-15).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: GreasyJoan
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Doug Meyer, an editor from Newton, Massachusetts
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Season 21 player (2005-06-09). Season 20 player (2004-03-11). Doug later returned...
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Rachel Kain, a structured data analyst from Farmington Hills, Michigan
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Season 25 player (2009-01-23).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: chichel
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Ben Bishop, a college student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Eddie Kwiatkowski, a 10-year-old from Cumberland, Rhode Island
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"His interests in presidents and their history could lead to a...
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Holly Owens, a physician originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 23 2-time champion: $31,902 + $1,000. Season 22 player (2006-04-17)....
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Jessica Eyde, an interior decorator originally from Fort Worth, Texas
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Season 23 player (2007-07-02). The official Jeopardy! web site lists Jessica...
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Bobby Goldstein, a database administrator from Arlington, Massachusetts
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Season 20 3-time champion: $42,200 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: GoBobbyGo
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Cathy Thomas, a data specialist from Denver, Colorado
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Season 24 player (2007-10-26).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: blue balaclava
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Victor Lee, a recent college graduate from Leonia, New Jersey
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Season 23 player (2007-04-23). Victor Lee was one of three team...
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Mitch Luxenberg, a finance director from Fairfax, Virginia
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Season 23 player (2007-06-12).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: mitchlux
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William Lee, a software engineer originally from Vero Beach, Florida
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Season 23 1-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Not to be confused...
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Marilyn Carnahan, a secretary from Flagstaff, Arizona
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Season 23 player (2007-06-07).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marefrmflag
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Marta Bowman, a sales assistant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 23 player (2007-06-08).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SwedeGirl
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Rosemary Travis, a retired patient advocate from Palm Coast, Florida
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Season 23 player (2007-06-28). Rosemary was also a 5-time champion on...
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Susan Mitchell, a graduate student from College Station, Texas
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2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Kevin Yokum, a 12-year-old from New Orleans, Louisiana
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"He plans on becoming an engineer just like both his mom...
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Michael Condouris, a web animator from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-06-08).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: condour75
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Jen Maloney, an in-house security and web designer from Millersville, Maryland
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Season 24 player (2007-10-02).
Husband's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: mefailenglish
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Todd Butler, a fourth grade teacher from Mansfield, Texas
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Season 24 2-time champion: $30,999 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: QuitoFan
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Linda Zell Randall, an attorney from Naples, Florida
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Season 24 1-time champion: $20,400 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: LZRandall
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Gin Peck, a computer consultant from Phelps, New York
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Season 23 1-time champion: $28,800 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: brandy13
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Chris Parsons, an undergraduate student from Wabasso, Florida
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Season 20 1-time champion: $18,801 + $2,000. The official Jeopardy! web...
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Kate Zimmermann, a prosecutor from Bakersfield, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $4,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: #1Jepfan
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Toho Soma, a public health analyst from Portland, Maine
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Season 23 player (2007-06-06).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: whoopie pie
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Mary Ann Hilterhaus, an administrative assistant from Glen Ridge, New Jersey
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Season 23 player (2007-06-21). Mary Ann also appeared on the original...
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Deana Weibel-Swanson, an assistant professor from Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Season 23 player (2007-06-22).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Amadour1
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Zachary Baumgartner, a 10-year-old from Deer Park, New York
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"He'll hit all the right notes in the future as a...
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Abby Collins, a news researcher from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-23).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: NYAbby
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Sarah Boyette, a law student originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 player (2009-12-24).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SBoyette
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Rita Schwab-Parcel, a clinical information support specialist from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Season 23 1-time champion: $37,000 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: rsparcel
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Richard Johnson, a foreign affairs officer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 24 1-time champion: $16,300 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: rcjohnson01
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Brian Robin, a public relations executive from Lancaster, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $8,599 + $2,000. Brian won $5,000 on...
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Heidi Sanchez, a college library director from Bethpage, New York
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Season 23 2-time champion: $42,300 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Librarylady
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Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton, a graduate student originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 23 1-time champion: $10,300 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: orangecrayon
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Savannah Morgan, a 12-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina
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"Her future recipe for success is as the star of her...
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Catherine Allen, a copy editor from DeMotte, Indiana
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Season 23 player (2007-04-03). Won $1,000 on Who Wants to be...
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Peter Wiscombe, a computer engineer from High Point, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,799 + $2,000. Peter appeared as a...
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Dave Dye, an import specialist from Torrance, California
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Season 23 player (2007-06-20).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: TurboDave
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Ross Brown, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 23 1-time champion: $12,300 + $2,000. Ross appeared as a...
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Mike Donner, a construction worker from Norfolk, Virginia
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Season 23 2-time champion: $30,599 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Spicoli
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Bill Gabbard, a member of the U.S. Army Field Band from Arnold, Maryland
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Season 23 player (2007-03-30).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MSgt. Bill
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Samantha Ross, a student from Hillsdale, New Jersey
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Season 23 1-time champion: $14,000 + $1,000. Won $1,000 on Who...
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Dianne Lindsay, a publisher's representative from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Season 23 player (2007-05-30). Diane also appeared on the original Art...
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Jim Spilman, a purchasing manager from Gloucester, Massachusetts
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Season 23 1-time champion: $25,550 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Belisarius
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Betsy Bangs, a retired art teacher from Fraser, Michigan
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Season 23 player (2007-03-27).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MagicMarker
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Liz Channon, a copy editor from Newport News, Virginia
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Season 23 player (2006-11-01).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Lizardchannon
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Lauren High, a catering coordinator from Reading, Pennsylvania
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Season 23 player (2006-09-27). The official Jeopardy! web site lists Lauren's...
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Heather Doyle, a high school English teacher from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 24 player (2007-12-28).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Mambo Queen
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Gillian Chan, a teen novelist from Dundas, Ontario, Canada
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Season 23 player (2006-10-27). Gillian's professional web site. Jeopardy! Message Board...
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Mark Brown, an administrative assistant and father from Peoria, Arizona
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2003 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 5-time champion: $68,094...
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Paul Horwitz, a professor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $30,500 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paulh
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Steve Snyder, a chemical and materials engineer from Tiffin, Ohio
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Season 23 player (2007-03-20). Steve won $3,200 on the Ohio Lottery's...
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Seyi Fayanju, an environmental advocate from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-10). Name pronounced like "SHAY-yee fy-ANN-joo". Seyi was...
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Leigh Rosenecker, a stay-at-home mom from Morgantown, West Virginia
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Season 26 1-time champion: $26,398 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: sugahwafuhs
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Debbie Harris, a legislative aide originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-03-20).
Jeopardy Message Board user name: Danmel
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Joe Pozzuoli, a lawyer from Mount Vernon, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-05-23).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: joepozz
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Janice Dooner Lynch, a homemaker from New York, New York
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Season 20 1-time co-champion: $27,600 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: yankeefanjan
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Susan Wessells, a writer from Greensboro, North Carolina
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Season 23 player (2007-05-23).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Weedlewom
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Dave Meddish, an alternative print coordinator from Moscow, Idaho
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Season 23 2-time champion: $36,201 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: DMeddish
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Eric Barela, an educational researcher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 23 3-time champion: $68,802 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: EBarela
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Julie Kovach, a cardiologist from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 23 player (2006-11-07). Julie's daughter Allyson Lieberman previously appeared on...
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Angie Harrison, a scholarship program coordinator from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 26 player (2009-12-08).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: AngieHarrison
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John Lisiewicz, an assistant manager from Los Angeles, California
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Season 23 player (2007-05-18). Husband of Season 22 1-time champion Kathy...
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Arthur Gandolfi, a commercial real estate executive from New York, New York
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2004 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $25,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Jack Martin, a civil engineer from Medford, Massachusetts
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Season 23 player (2006-09-19). Won $250,000 on Who Wants to Be...
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Chris D'Orso, an assistant director of admissions from Sound Beach, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-04). Blog at sbuchris.blogspot.com. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Joseph Maher, a chef from Dallas, Texas
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Season 24 player (2007-12-20).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Joseph-Dallas
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Scott Weiss, a computer science professor from Walkersville, Maryland
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Season 23 3-time champion: $61,001 + $2,000. Through a generous wager,...
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Martin Hughes, a sociology professor from Indiana, Pennsylvania
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Season 23 1-time champion: $21,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: doc marten
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Sara Terrell, a veterinary technician from Collinsville, Connecticut
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Andrew Rostan, a student originally from Boardman, Ohio
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Ted Kenniston, a logistics manager from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 23 2-time champion: $28,600 + $2,000. Won $32,000 on Who...
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Sunny Wyers, an online worker from Los Angeles, California
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Season 23 player (2007-03-07).
Sunny's Jeopardy! blog.
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Amy Varallo, a senior from Aiken, South Carolina
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Lindsey Nicolai, a junior from Hampton, Virginia
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Rachael Dietrich, a title researcher from Grand Terrace, California
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Season 23 player (2006-10-24).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: saffostarr
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Carol Gerber, a legal technology manager from Red Bank, New Jersey
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Season 23 player (2007-05-15).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Carolgrbr
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Bill Wilson, a business manager from Clifton Park, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-05-15).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: PYR85099
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Louise Hauser, a food pantry supervisor originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-03-24).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: LouiseFromNYC
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Nancy Riggs, a puppeteer from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 26 player (2009-11-26).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: puppetplayer
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Sean Smith, a law student from Austin, Texas
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Season 24 player (2007-12-12).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: seans88
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James Washick, a professor from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 22 1-time champion: $20,801 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: eldermaas
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Jessica Liese, a contract coordinator originally from Havre, Montana
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Season 22 player (2006-03-23).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: bittysoda
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Amy Fuller, a medical missions coordinator from Oakland, Oregon
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Season 23 player (2007-07-13).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: gringuita_1
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Zach Baker, a computer programmer from Downey, California
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Season 23 2-time champion: $44,400 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Patrick Pence, a GIS coordinator from Tallahassee, Florida
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Season 26 player (2009-11-23).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Farsol
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Robyn Shepherd, a media specialist originally from Richboro, Pennsylvania
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Season 23 player (2007-07-12).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Robyniwitz
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Kate Sundeen, a chemistry teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 24 player (2007-12-10).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: bananafish
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Barbara Pfouts, a writer from Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 player (2009-11-20). Last name pronounced like "FOWTS". Jeopardy! Message...
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Steve Toffler, a travel marketing executive from Boca Raton, Florida
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Season 22 player (2006-02-22).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: StevieT
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Andy Kingsbury, a radio producer from Winterville, North Carolina
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Season 24 1-time champion: $9,199 + $2,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home Game System.
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Samantha Kaji, a supervisor from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 22 1-time champion: $18,900 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Samkaji
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Rob Carter, a deputy attorney general from Lawrenceville, New Jersey
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Season 24 player (2007-12-05).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: justrobnj
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Patricia DiMaggio, a school registrar from Maynard, Massachusetts
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Season 22 1-time champion: $14,001 + $1,000. According to the official...
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Bruce Lin, a research scientist originally from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Season 22 3-time champion: $54,599 + $2,000. On his first appearance,...
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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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Keith Thorell, an attorney from Altadena, California
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Season 24 2-time champion: $29,600 + $2,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Mary Danieli, a library technician from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 22 player (2006-03-09). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Elizabeth McKenna, a graduate student and cancer researcher originally from Queens, New York
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Season 24 1-time champion: $5,399 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Hicepan
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Paul Callaway, a software developer from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 22 1-time champion: $13,300 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: true
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Pinki Mishra, a consultant from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 22 player (2006-02-20). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Will Hester, a teacher from Houston, Texas
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Season 22 player (2005-09-30).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: willhester
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Mark Barrett, an assistant teacher from San Francisco, California
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Season 22 1-time champion: $16,000 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user names: WhoisMark, MarkBarrett
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Louis Rice, a university fundraiser from Decatur, Georgia
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Season 22 player (2006-07-11).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Labdad
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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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Mike Leger, an air quality consultant from Bridgewater, New Jersey
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Season 22 1-time champion: $30,801 + $2,000. Blog at killer-tomato.blogspot.com. Jeopardy!...
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Deborah Slattery, a homemaker from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 22 2-time champion: $28,300 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: The Bee
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David Nikithser, a project manager from Hightstown, New Jersey
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Season 22 2-time champion: $44,799 + $2,000. Personal web site at...
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Stacey Swann, an instructor and writer from Austin, Texas
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Season 22 player (2005-09-20).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: stlouiseb
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Andrew Schwartz, an independent filmmaker from Miami, Florida
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Season 25 2-time champion: $31,988 + $1,000. Andrew played all of...
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John Stratford, a caterer from Petaluma, California
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Season 22 1-time champion: $22,795 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: John S
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Eleanor Ainslie, a medical student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 22 3-time champion: $41,400 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: eleanor08
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Peter Booker, an Army officer from Fort Monroe, Virginia
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Season 22 player (2006-01-25). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Mary Keefe, a waitress from Edina, Minnesota
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Season 22 player (2006-01-11).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Autumn
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Sarah Ramer, a clinical research coordinator originally from Wayne, New Jersey
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Season 23 player (2006-11-23).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SarahRamer
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Lou Bayard, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 23 1-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Lou later appeared in...
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Robert Gomma, a physics research intern from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Season 23 player (2006-09-14). Last name pronounced like "GO-ma". Jeopardy! Message...
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Chris Casper, an attorney from Tampa, Florida
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Season 22 player (2006-01-16).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Budman
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Dorothy Gilmartin, a teacher from Weehawken, New Jersey
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Season 24 player (2007-09-10). Dorothy's turn against IBM's Jeopardy!-playing computer Watson...
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Lauren Hirs, a market research analyst originally from Plano, Texas
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Season 23 1-time champion: $16,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Lintu
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Edward Lee, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Sacramento, California
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"Of the numerous projects he has completed, making gliders and bottle...
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Michael Rooney, a college professor from Pasadena, California
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"He was a winner of 5 games in 1999, and is...
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Joseph Willis, an attorney from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 22 player (2006-01-06).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: GeorgeKaplan
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Eve Bjork, a stay-at-home mom from Berwyn, Illinois
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Season 22 player (2006-01-06). Won $32,000 on Who Wants To Be...
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Grace Thomas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Raleigh, North Carolina
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"This captain of the Brain-Bowl team can name all the countries...
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Kathryn Dorminey, an evaluations analyst from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 21 player (2004-10-06). KJL game 51. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Dan Tick, a technical support manager from Escondido, California
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Season 21 player (2005-07-22). Dan's son Matt Tick later appeared on...
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Sioux City, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Ellyn Ritterskamp, a prepress technician and ethics instructor from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 21 player (2005-07-20). Won $32,000 on Who Wants To Be...
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Melissa Prepster, a teacher from Kyle, Texas
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Season 22 2-time champion: $43,706.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: The_Prepster
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Jim McMurtry, a letter carrier from Tallahassee, Florida
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Season 23 2-time champion: $58,401 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: raoulhubris
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Oz Vazquez, a law student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 23 player (2006-10-12). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Ruth Dammel, a customer service supervisor from Perry, Iowa
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Season 23 1-time champion: $28,200 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: raliced
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Caren Chancey, a graduate student from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2005-10-05). Won $125,000 on Who Wants To Be...
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Maria Capucciati, a knowledge manager from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-10-11). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Kathleen Fuller, a freelance writer from Champaign, Illinois
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Season 23 player (2006-10-10).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: coeli
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Jimmy Li, a senior from Chesterfield, Missouri
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of...
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Ted Stratton, a reporter from Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Season 21 2-time champion: $30,399 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Shlack
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Grayson Holmes, a legal assistant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 21 2-time champion: $44,411 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Manet_fan
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Neill Kovrig, a counseling support specialist from San Marcos, California
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Season 21 player (2005-05-31). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: pktprez2003 Neill...
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Trevor Pritchard, a freelance writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 22 player (2006-02-24).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tcp909
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John Shivers, a marketing interviewer from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 22 player (2005-09-14). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Aaron Thompson, an executive assistant from Washington, D.C.
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 21 3-time champion:...
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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
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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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Andy Richter, an actor/comedian from The Tonight Show
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\"This multitalented actor/comedian is now back on the couch with Conan...
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Brooke Martin, an eleven-year-old from Galway, New York
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"It looks like smooth sailing for this marine biologist. From Galway,...
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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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Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
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"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
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Tyler Van Patten, from Burlington, Wisconsin
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"He's focusing on becoming a corporate attorney, because of his fascination...
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Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
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"A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
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Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
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Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
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Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
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Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
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Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
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Dan Jensen, a restaurant manager from Reston, Virginia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $58,203 + $1,000.
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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
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"She went from playing a hard-nosed mom in Malcolm in the...
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Michael Glick, a 12-year-old from Smithtown, New York
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"He's in math honors this year, even though math is one...
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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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Brenton Montie, a sixth grade social studies teacher from South Lyon, Michigan
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"He teaches at a school ranked in the top 5% in...
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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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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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Ann Thurlow, an aspiring novelist and retired salesperson from Mendham, New Jersey
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Season 28 1-time champion: $26,805 + $1,000.
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Maddie Harrington, a twelve-year-old from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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"She wants to be a theater critic and she gets rave...
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Emma Couture, a twelve-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
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"Here's a portrait of a smart young girl who sees her...
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Joon Pahk, a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 28 7-time champion: $199,000 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: jpahk
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Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
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"His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
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Naren Tallapragada, a junior from Burke, Virginia
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2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Katie Gill, a sophomore from Jackson, Mississippi
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2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Ryan Elkins, a 12-year-old from Bensalem, Pennsylvania
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"He wants to study physics and unlock the mysteries of the...
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Emily Karrs, a junior from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
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2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Emily was 16 at the time...
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Bernard Holloway, a junior from Mitchellville, Maryland
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2002 Teen...
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Thomas Zamora, a junior at the University of Southern California from Cypress, California
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2001 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $14,100. Thomas was 20 at the...
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Erin Bogart, a junior at Miami University of Ohio from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Erin was 20 at the time...
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Jason Richards, a pharmacy technician from Old Town, Maine
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 22 4-time champion: $99,200 + $2,000.
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Larry Cloud, a bookkeeper and computer consultant from Inglewood, California
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"He won five times in 2001, allowing him to make a...
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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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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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Sara Wilkinson, a country club concierge from Athens, Georgia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $72,701 + $2,000.
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Mike Hodel, a bartender from Bellingham, Washington
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Season 27 2-time champion: $20,200 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "ho-DELL".
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
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Seth Alcorn, a bookstore supervisor from Alexandria, Virginia
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 19 3-time champion: $106,400 + $1,000.
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Russ Porter, a water systems engineer from Seattle, Washington
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
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"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
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Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
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Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kuh-FONE".
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Lisa Dvorak, a grocery store chain administrative assistant from Millersville, Maryland
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Season 27 1-time champion: $31,201 + $2,000.
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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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Anthony Valente, a senior from Staten Island, New York
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2003 Teen Tournament second runner-up: $24,799.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Gitta Neufeld, a Judaic teacher trainer from Far Rockaway, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,300 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "GEE-ta...
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Amanda Sonmor, a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
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Season 27 2-time champion: $21,501 + $1,000.
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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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Stephanie Ehresman, a senior from Shirley, New York
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2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Tyler Allard, a senior from Garrett Park, Maryland
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2003 Teen Tournament first runner-up: $28,400.
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John Matthews, a senior from Escondido, California
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2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Steve Gratz, a freelance artist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 2-time champion: $30,999 + $1,000.
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Sandra McClellan, a granny nanny from Arlington, Texas
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Season 27 1-time champion: $4,199 + $2,000.
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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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Kristiana Henderson, a junior from Kent, Washington
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Bobby Bretz, an 11-year-old from Bristol, Rhode Island
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"It's either archaeology or pro baseball for this sports-loving scientist. From...
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Rachel Beckman, an 11-year-old from Danville, Kentucky
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"As a member of her school's academic team, she has no...
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Meredith Dedopoulos, a 12-year-old from Durham, New Hampshire
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"This spelling bee champion has also won many sports awards. From...
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Andrew Goldfein, a 12-year-old from Lincolnwood, Illinois
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"He likes to argue and help people, so it's off to...
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Emily Kamm, a 12-year-old from Arlington, Virginia
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"This member of Model United Nations has been on the principal's...
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Josh Lacey, a 10-year-old from Ellicott City, Maryland
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"The International Olympic Committee does such good work, he would like...
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Jared Rothenberg, an 11-year-old from Houston, Texas
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"When he's not on the mound, he's warming up in the...
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Suzie Lisky, a 12-year-old from Mendham, New Jersey
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"She's not sure what she wants to be when she grows...
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Nick Dnistrian, an 11-year-old from Webster, New York
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"With a nickname like Elvis, this future chemist is already the...
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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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Paul Boymel, a civil rights attorney from Potomac, Maryland
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"He was the top winner of the 1984-85 season. Now he's...
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Joseph Graumann, a junior from Mays Landing, New Jersey
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Tony Harkin, an eleven-year-old from New Milford, Connecticut
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"Dig this--he wants to be an archaeologist when he grows up....
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Neil Patel, a twelve-year-old from Plano, Texas
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"He wants to become an environmental scientist and help protect our...
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Dillon McCormick, a twelve-year-old from Erlanger, Kentucky
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"A politician, maybe. An archaeologist, perhaps. Or a psychologist like grandpa....
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Ellen Lewis, a retired high school math teacher from Mount Vernon, New York
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Season 28 1-time champion: $10,000 + $1,000.
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Alex Johnson, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"He wants to be a chemist in the future. From Indianapolis,...
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Neha Embar, a 12-year-old from Alpharetta, Georgia
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"No kidding--she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows up....
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Zack Terrill, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida
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2012 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 21 at...
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Connie Shi, a junior at the University of Michigan from Okemos, Michigan
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Raphie Cantor, a sophomore from San Diego, California
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Ken Jennings, a 74-game champion from Seattle, Washington
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"In 2004, his record-breaking 74-game win streak set a standard for...
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Kate Rowland, a family doctor from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 27 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000.
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Emma Miller, from San Mateo, California
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"She loves the idea of creating art that people can live...
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Olivia Woods, a 12-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio
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"She loves working with little kids and would like to become...
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Victoria Agrinya, a 12-year-old from Woodbridge, Virginia
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"She would like to be a successful entrepreneur when she grows...
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Julia Collins, a supply chain professional from Kenilworth, Illinois
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2019 All-Star Games captain of first-eliminated Team Julia: a share of...
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Lindsey Bartlett, a junior from Winter Haven, Florida
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2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Lindsey was 16 at the time...
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