| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | WHERE THERE'S A WILL $1000: This diarist & naval official left his model ships to William Hewer & his library to Cambridge U., where it's still more or less intact Samuel Pepys |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | LANGUAGES & THEIR FORMS $200: This language of Belgium is more or less a softer-sounding Dutch Flemish |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | FOODS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $600: Less is "S'more"? This cracker was created by a preacher who hoped that eating it would promote abstinence a graham cracker |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | RELIGION $1,101 (Daily Double): In this religious group, "High Church", such as the Oxford movement, is more like Catholicism & "Low Church" is less so Episcopalianism (the Church of England, Anglicanism) |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | AD VERBS & TAGLINES $600: Target:
"____ more.
Pay less." Expect |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | AS CREDITED ON THEIR IMDb PAGE $1200: Partygoer / Preppie Kid at Fight (uncredited) in "Less than Zero" & Rusty Ryan in "Ocean's Eleven" Brad Pitt |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | POETRY FILL IN THE BLANK $2,400 (Daily Double): Kipling: "Yours is the earth and everything that's in it, and--which is more--you'll be a ____, ____ ____!" man, my son |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | AUTHORS' THIRD BOOKS $2000: Set in 18th century Italy, Anne Rice's "Cry to Heaven" is about 2 of these male sopranos, adored as singers, yet shunned as men castrati |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | IT'S ALL ABOUT HER $2,000 (Daily Double): "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" is less about Alice & more about this woman, her life partner who wrote the book Gertrude Stein |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | COMPUTER SPEAK $800: To "zip" a file is to do this to it, shrink it so that it takes up less memory & can be more easily sent or downloaded compress |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | THE PLANE TRUTH $800: Having more than 2 blades on this is less efficient but also quieter--some have as many as 10 propeller |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | THAILAND $400: Thailand is home to more than 30,000 temples of this religion Buddhism |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | HODGEPODGE $400: The current king of Spain is named after Philip V (died 1746) but is more commonly known by this Spanish version of his name Felipe |
| #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 1 VOWEL $200: Proverbially, it "is more" less |
| #8071, aired 2019-10-14 | A BIG STATISTIC $1000: BLK on the NYSE, it has more than 6 trillion dollars in assets under management, more than any other firm BlackRock |
| #7987, aired 2019-05-07 | IN THE ORCHESTRA $1600: Orchestra these are a lot less dome-y than the church types tubular bells |
| #7742, aired 2018-04-17 | SEEING RED $1000: The red type of this is less bearlike than the giant one, looking more like a raccoon a panda |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | A BLANK EXPRESSION $400: Associated with architect Mies van der Rohe:
"Less is ____" more |
| #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 |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) An arrhythmia is any abnormal heart rhythm; when it's too slow, less than 60 beats per minute, it's called bradycardia; when it's too fast, more than 100 beats per minute, it's called this, from the Greek for "swift" & "heart" tachycardia |
| #7332, aired 2016-06-28 | 20th CENTURY QUOTES $800: In a 1916 interview this Michigan businessman said that "history is more or less bunk" (Henry) Ford |
| #7188, aired 2015-12-09 | HAMILTON $200: In the show, this rival prophetically warns Hamilton, "Talk less, smile more, don't let them know what you're against or what you're for, you wanna get ahead? Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead"--he was right Aaron Burr |
| #7169, aired 2015-11-12 | ADS & TAGLINES $800: "Expect more. Pay less" Target |
| #7057, aired 2015-04-28 | CZECH COMPOSERS $800: Julius Fucik's "Entry of the Gladiators" is now mostly associated with these less-fierce performers clowns (circus performers accepted) |
| #6987, aired 2015-01-20 | SOCIETY $1200: This conservation group founded in 1905 supports & maintains more than 100 wildlife sanctuaries & nature centers Audubon Society |
| #6948, aired 2014-11-26 | THE LATE 19th CENTURY $1600: When P.T. Barnum purchased this animal from the London Zoo in 1882, the queen demanded the sale be stopped Jumbo |
| #6897, aired 2014-09-16 | "B" + 3 $800: In a 1916 interview, Henry Ford said, "History is more or less" this bunk |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | SWEET RELIEF $1200: For pain relief for women undergoing labor, a lumbar this block is a popular anesthetic choice an epidural |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | WE GET LETTERS $6,000 (Daily Double): This explorer wrote to his friend J.M. Barrie in 1912, "we have accomplished our object in reaching the Pole" Robert Falcon Scott |
| #6742, aired 2013-12-31 | IT'S A GAS... GIANT $1000: Its axis of rotation is almost parallel to its orbital plane, so it spins more or less on its side Uranus |
| #6702, aired 2013-11-05 | THE NEW YORK TIMES THEATRE $2000: (Ben Brantley gives the clue.) A 1997 revival of this Ibsen classic made me remember why I love the theatre; the play is more than a century old but it felt like the part of Nora had only just been written, & written specifically for Janet McTeer A Doll's House |
| #6442, aired 2012-09-25 | TAX-ONOMY $1,300 (Daily Double): If you've owned property for more than a year & sell it for a profit, you'll owe the long-term type of this tax capital gains |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | TERRIERS $1600: Appropriately, the first champion of this breed was Martell's Sapphire Beauty, born in Ireland & named for her coat color the Kerry blue terrier |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | RHETORICALLY SPEAKING $1600: An example of antithesis is the line "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved" this "more" Rome |
| #6040, aired 2010-12-10 | LITERARY ISLAND HOPPING $2000: The novelization of a play says this "land" is "always more or less an island" Neverland |
| #6024, aired 2010-11-18 | MATH SYMBOLS $800: The symbol here says "A" is this with respect to "B"; more than 2 words less than or equal to |
| #5946, aired 2010-06-21 | WEISS GUYS $600: WWII fighter ace Robert Weiss scored more than 100 kills flying Messerschmitts & Focke-Wulfs for this Air Force the Luftwaffe |
| #5841, aired 2010-01-25 | MODERN ARCHITECTURAL STYLES $800: Brutalism influenced the design of this D.C. building, named for a long-serving law-enforcement official the J. Edgar Hoover Building |
| #5791, aired 2009-11-16 | MADDEN-LESS NFL 09 $1000: This former USC QB is a Jet all the way & the team's glad it traded up to draft him (Mark) Sanchez |
| #5779, aired 2009-10-29 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600 (Daily Double): Halloween concerts often include this, Opus 40 by Saint-Saens, with a xylophone imitating rattling bones the Danse macabre |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | METALS $1600: Brass is an alloy of copper & this; the more this, the less malleable zinc |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | ARCHITECTURE $2000: Philip Johnson's Glass House may have been inspired by this German-born less-is-more man's Farnsworth House Mies van der Rohe |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | NUMERAL-OLOGY $800: Any solution with a pH less than this number is acidic; if it's more, it's alkaline seven |
| #5050, aired 2006-07-21 | FIRST-PERSON NARRATORS $2000: "I'm immortal, more or less. The light of the sun, the sustained heat of an intense fire--these things might destroy me" Lestat |
| #4972, aired 2006-04-04 | SESAME STREET EATS $1000: (Alex visits Oscar once more.)
"You know, Trebek, I don't know why people throw away perfectly good apple peels."
"I don't either, Oscar, because they're a great source of this material, also called bulk, which is really needed for digestion."
"Hmm." fiber |
| #4824, aired 2005-07-21 | THE WORLD OF NAT KING COLE $1600: It's the travelin' lyric line that follows Nat singing here
"If you ever plan to motor west..." "Get Your Kicks On Route 66" |
| #4748, aired 2005-04-06 | SHAKESPEREAN WORDPLAY $400: Morose character whose first line is "A little more than kin, and less than kind" Hamlet |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | CHEMISTRY $1600: Usually, in a liquid solution, the less abundant substance is called the solute & the more abundant, this a solvent |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | "LESS" IS MORE $200: Type of whisper in the title of a Wham! hit Careless |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | "LESS" IS MORE $400: It's Southwest Airlines' name for the paper-free type of travel it introduced on all routes in January 1995 Ticketless |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | "LESS" IS MORE $600: Putting it before "Communism", Harry Truman popularized the use of this word meaning "atheistic" godless |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | SPEECH! SPEECH! $800: Nicholas Butler told Columbia grads, "An expert is one who knows more and more about" this and this less and less |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | "LESS" IS MORE $800: (Video clue of a pair of glasses; text unavailable due to sound problems) rimless |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | "LESS" IS MORE $1000: Jean-Paul Belmondo is the cool criminal Michel in this French New Wave classic Breathless |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | FINANCIAL MATTERS $400: Appropriately, investing in housing can be one of these, letting you pay less to the IRS tax shelter |
| #3911, aired 2001-09-10 | EXPORTS $1,000 (Daily Double): In ancient times, the most famous export of the Phoenician town of Byblos to Greece was this material papyrus |
| #3814, aired 2001-03-15 | "LES" IS MORE $200: This drug-addled big screener from 1987 was based on a Bret Easton Ellis novel Less than Zero |
| #3796, aired 2001-02-19 | THE LIGHT $600: Luminescence is caused by the movements of these particles from more to less energetic states Electrons |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | 4-LETTER WORD"SS" $400: As good old Ludwig Mies van der Rohe used to say, this "is more" less |
| #3707, aired 2000-10-17 | MADE IN JAPAN $200: The Japonica type of this has less amylose & more amylopectin than other types, giving it the texture the Japanese like rice |
| #3704, aired 2000-10-12 | THEATRICAL QUOTES $400: Thornton Wilder explained the stage directions for this play with "The less seen, the more heard" "Our Town" |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | '50s FASHION $600: This polyester fiber from Du Pont made men's trousers "Neater... more comfortable... with less care" Dacron |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | COUNTRIES BY AREA $400: Cheju,
South Kyongsang,
Kangwon South Korea |
| #3272, aired 1998-11-24 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: After writing this 1829 opera, Rossini wrote less than a half dozen more works the last 39 years of his life William Tell |
| #3215, aired 1998-07-17 | MATH $100: You're right, an angle that is more than acute but less than obtuse has this many degrees 90 |
| #3215, aired 1998-07-17 | 4 OF A KIND $1000: In the 19th century the big 4 who built this were named Crocker, Hopkins, Huntington & Stanford the Transcontinental Railroad (Central Pacific & Union Pacific) |
| #3053, aired 1997-12-03 | POTENT POTABLES $600: Booker's, Baker's & Knob Creek are "small batch" producers of this Southern elixir bourbon |
| #2864, aired 1997-01-30 | ARCHITECTURE $1000: Built in 1968, this architect's New National Gallery in West Berlin exemplifies his "less is more" style Mies van der Rohe |
| #2532, aired 1995-09-12 | ARCHITECTURE $400: According to Mies van der Rohe's famous dictum, this "is more" Less |
| #2497, aired 1995-06-13 | QUOTATIONS $800: In a May 1916 Chicago Tribune article, he was quoted as saying, "History is more or less bunk" Henry Ford |
| #2194, aired 1994-03-03 | GO FISH $200: This South American fish has been known to shock its prey with 600 volts an electric eel |
| #2176, aired 1994-02-07 | BUSINESS TALK $400: When investing in a mutual fund, you might consider the no-load type, which doesn't charge this startup fee (or commission) |
| #1766, aired 1992-04-13 | TEXTILES $200: This type of wool comes from the first shearing of sheep less than 8 months old lamb's wool |
| #1578, aired 1991-06-12 | QUOTES $1000: The expression "Less is more" is found in his 1855 poem "Andrea del Sarto" Robert Browning |
| #1416, aired 1990-10-29 | LITERARY COUPLES $500 (Daily Double): She wrote a book subtitled "The Modern Prometheus"; he wrote the drama "Prometheus Unbound" Mary Shelley & Percy Shelley |
| #1323, aired 1990-05-09 | SCIENCE $500: The most abundant metal on Earth, when it was discovered in 1820 it was worth more than gold aluminum |
| #1223, aired 1989-12-20 | PSYCHOLOGY $100: In general, people learn more quickly when the right response is reinforced with this a reward |
| #1217, aired 1989-12-12 | FAMOUS QUOTES $200: Mies van der Rohe stated that in architecture "Less is" this more |
| #1212, aired 1989-12-05 | "T" TIME $400: The states in which Davy Crockett was born & died Tennessee & Texas |
| #1199, aired 1989-11-16 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $300: With less than 10% of the world's population, this continent creates more than 1/3 of its manufactures North America |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | BRITISH POLITICS $300: The House of Commons has 523 members from England, 38 from Wales, 72 from Scotland & 17 from there Northern Ireland |
| #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Henry Ford said that "history is more or less" this bunk |
| #983, aired 1988-12-07 | GARDENING $200: It's better if this is done less often but more thoroughly, so that longer roots can develop watering |
| #877, aired 1988-05-31 | WRITERS $1000: Nonsense poet who said of himself "His visage is more or less hideous, his beard it resembles a wig" Edward Lear |
| #851, aired 1988-04-25 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $200: Of more, less, or the same as at sea level, what a 100 lb. sack of cement would weigh atop a 25,000 ft. peak less |
| #837, aired 1988-04-05 | HOME EC $400: Home Ec course in which a student learns zigzag has more give than straight sewing |
| #749, aired 1987-12-03 | EPITAPHS $3,500 (Daily Double): Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare / To dig the dust enclosed here / Blessed be the man that spares these stones / And cursed be he that moves my bones William Shakespeare |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | THE '50s $500: Only man elected pope during the decade John XXIII |
| #679, aired 1987-07-16 | WORDS OF THE '80s $400: It's a set of rules by a company's board of directors to ward off unwanted mergers, not "Jaws" shark repellent |
| #608, aired 1987-04-08 | LOVE IN SHAKESPEARE $300: Brutus' excuse for murder: "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved" this "more" Rome |
| #606, aired 1987-04-06 | QUOTES $200: Henry Ford said, then later denied saying, "History is more or less" this bunk |
| #459, aired 1986-09-11 | THE NAVY $500: Navy detail drawn by Jack Nicholson in "The Last Detail" shore patrol |
| #394, aired 1986-03-13 | TAX FACTS $100: From 1935-49, no worker ever paid more than $30 per year for this tax Social Security |
| #182, aired 1985-05-21 | LITERATURE $600: Occupation of Silas, whose "Death" is title & subject of Robert Frost poem hired man |
| #166, aired 1985-04-29 | FICTIONAL HEROINES $200: Defoe's female rogue whose first name applies to any gangster's girl Moll Flanders |
| #138, aired 1985-03-20 | POETRY $800: Lucasta was told "I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not" this more honor |
| #100, aired 1985-01-25 | FAMOUS QUOTES $1,000 (Daily Double): Mies van der Rohe's instruction to artists on composition less is more |
| #64, aired 1984-12-06 | CABLE TV $900 (Daily Double): Comedy group which went from CBC to NBC to Cinemax SCTV |
| #52, aired 1984-11-20 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $600: It can also be said "Emerge odorous as an American beauty" Come out smelling like a rose |
| #48, aired 1984-11-14 | WOMEN IN POLITICS $500: Recent president who appointed more women to his cabinet than any other Jimmy Carter |
| #8, aired 1984-09-19 | FASHION $200: Mary Quant's '60s fashion that proved less is more the miniskirt |
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Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,800 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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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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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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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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Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
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Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
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Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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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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Matt Kohlstedt, a grad student originally from La Grange, Illinois
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 25 5-time champion: $77,803 + $2,000.
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Robin Quivers, a radio and television personality from The Howard Stern Show
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"Howard Stern's news anchor and sidekick for the past 28 years,...
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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Jay Rhee, an oncologist from Annapolis, Maryland
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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Aaron Schroeder, a grad student from San Diego, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions second runner-up: $50,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
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"He was the biggest winner of the 1999-2000 season. A marketing...
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Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
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Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
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"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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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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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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James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Aaron Brown, an Emmy Award-winning newsman from CNN's popular primetime newscast
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"A journalist for over 25 years, he now anchors CNN's popular...
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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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Mark Runsvold, a student and waiter from Moscow, Idaho
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2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 4-time champion: $153,800 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: markrunsvold
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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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Julie Bowen, a TV and film actress from Boston Legal, Lost and Modern Family
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"For two seasons, she played attorney Denise Bauer in Boston Legal....
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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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Marie Braden, a customer service representative from Tempe, Arizona
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Season 27 1-time champion: $24,800 + $1,000. Marie's boyfriend Kirk's Rock...
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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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John Kelly, a retired Air Force officer from Austin, Texas
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"In 1992, he was one of the top five money winners...
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Larry Marshall, a junior at the University of Missouri from Kansas City, Missouri
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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