| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | THE SUNDAY SCARIES $200: It's Sun., Oct. 27, 1929 & brokers are freaking out; the 28th will be this "colorful" day on Wall Street... like 12.8% down historic Black Monday |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | THE SUNDAY SCARIES $600: "His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy"; sounds like Eminem is describing the Sunday scaries in this song "Lose Yourself" |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $1600: From the Latin for "conversation", it's an informal or regional expression like "bodacious" a colloquialism |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS $2000: A species of octopus is named for this trait, it can make itself resemble other animals, like a sea snake or lionfish mimicry |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | SILENCE! $600: This letter--repeat, this letter!--is silent in the name of a partridge-like grouse of the genus Lagopus that lives in the Arctic P |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | BOWLING $600: The spot amongst the pins you most want to hit with your ball, it sounds like it's part of your trousers the pocket |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | FUN FACTS $600: Mei Xiang, Tian Tian & their cub flew from Dulles to China on a flight nicknamed this, like an American Chinese restaurant chain Panda Express |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | POETS OF LOVE $4,500 (Daily Double): Percy Shelley wrote, "Nothing in the world is single; / All things by a law divine / In one spirit meet &" this, like at a mixer mingle |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENTS $800: In movies like "The Notebook", they're a cinematic technique; in PTSD patients, they're memories so vivid it's like reliving the event flashbacks |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENTS $1600: A precursor to this compound, L-DOPA was used by Oliver Sacks to help bring Leonard L. out of 30 years of a coma-like condition dopamine |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | TV MUSIC $400: (I'm Ellie Kemper.) Like "30 Rock"'s, the theme song from "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" was written by Jeff Richmond, who is married to this creator of both shows Tina Fey |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ANIMAL LIFE $2000: This species of sea turtle is named for its unique beak-like mouth, said to resemble a predatory avian a hawksbill |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY $2000: Ride one of Africa's first metros or visit the Casbah & feel like Charles Boyer in the movie named for this city Algiers |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | LIVED PAST 100 $600: Dying at 101, this iconic producer of TV shows like "All in the Family" credited his longevity to work, lox & bagels (Norman) Lear |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | MAKING NOISE $1600: This state dance of Kentucky is a bit like tap but most of the noise is made with the heels clogging |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | MAKING NOISE $2000: Many thought "The Rite of Spring" was just noise, like the "Augurs of Spring" marked to be played this extra-loud way throughout fortissimo |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $2000: Sid & Marty Krofft produced '70s Saturday morning TV like "H.R. Pufnstuf" & this one where a family ends up in a time with dinosaurs Land of the Lost |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | HODGEPODGE $200: A footstool can be called one of these, like a certain empire ottoman |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | 3-LETTER SPELLING BEE $200: Someone who's taken with you may say they like the cut of your this triangular sail J-I-B |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | "P"EOPLE $800: When this man laid out Philadelphia, he gave the E-W streets tree names like Walnut & Spruce; back then, Arch Street was Mulberry (William) Penn |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | BOATS $800: John Maxtone-Graham put the ship in scholarship in books on these posh boats like "Queen Mary 2: The Greatest" one "of Our Time" an ocean liner |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | "P"EOPLE $1200: This silent movie star of films like "Coquette" & "Tess of the Storm Country" was known as "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | IN THE DICTIONARY $5,000 (Daily Double): In the singular it's shame; in the irregular plural, wounds like those of Jesus stigma & stigmata |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THAT'S SO CRINGE $1000: Anxious? Uncomfortable? You're this 3-word phrase that sounds like a sick military command ill at ease |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $1600: From a word meaning penniless to get this word for a liquid in chemistry like an ester or ketone solvent |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | UNREAL ESTATE $200: Several of this author's works like "A Time to Kill" take place in Clanton, Mississippi John Grisham |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES $1200: For obvious reasons these Roman priestesses faced dire consequences if found unchaste, like Aemilia, Licinia & Marcia in 114 B.C. the Vestal Virgins |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: This actor has published several novels, including "Truly Like Lightning" & "Miss Subways" Duchovny |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | THE 6 MOTHERS-IN-LAW OF HENRY VIII $2000: Inspired by the ideas of this doomed lord chancellor, Katherine Parr's mom Maud educated her daughter like her son Sir Thomas More |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $200: Pop-punk is typified by this group with hits like "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" Green Day |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS $200: In July 2023 this company averted a strike by agreeing to a new deal with more than 300,000 Teamsters UPS |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS $400: An 8-year-old girl was the namesake of this frozen dessert brand known for pound cake, cheesecake & more Sara Lee |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS $600: Founded in 1965 as a mail-order veterinary supply company in San Diego, it now has its name on a stadium there Petco |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS $800: In 2016 this sporting goods retailer got possessive & bought the assets of its bankrupt rival the Sports Authority Dick's |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $1000: After leaving Roxy Music, he basically created ambient music with pieces like "Heavenly Music Corporation 1" Brian Eno |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS $1000: William W. of this last name founded his eponymous "for the ones who get it done" industrial supply company in Chicago in 1927 Grainger |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | VAN LIFE $1000: NASA says these radiation belts "surround the Earth like enormous donuts" the Van Allen belts |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: Their name sounds like they wielded a reaping blade, but this people wowed ancient Asia with their riding prowess the Scythians |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | ACHES & PAINS $400: More common in women, this type of sharp, stabbing headache is named for what it feels like is stabbing your eye or head an ice pick headache |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | IN THE PAST $200: All your favorite medieval travel influencers went through South India, like Ibn Battuta, Zheng He & this Venetian guy Marco Polo |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? $400: There's no place like Sherlock Holmes for this hat a deerstalker |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? $1000: Kinda like an apron, this garment is named for how it was once affixed to a dress pinafore |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY $400: From Greek for "snail", it's a tube in the inner ear that's coiled like a snail's shell cochlea |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | YOU CAN'T SPELL... $2,600 (Daily Double): You can't spell this word meaning to belittle without "spar" disparage |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | AS HEARD ON TV $800: On this ABC show Junior Johnson said he was called "a less cool Steve Urkel" & was "like if Drake never left 'Degrassi"' black-ish |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | SONG SIMILES $600: The video for this Maroon 5 / Christina Aguilera hit features plenty of dancing by a certain other rock star "Moves Like Jagger" |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | SONG SIMILES $800: "In the droptop ride with you, I feel like Scarface", says SZA on this tune, winner of a Grammy in 2024 for Best R&B Song "Snooze" |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | SONG SIMILES $1000: This Top 10 title from 2001 precedes "I'll only fly away / I don't know where my soul is / I don't know where my home is" "I'm Like A Bird" |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | AN INVITATION TO THE DANCE $2000: Fayard & Harold were the first names of these brothers, whose amazing moves lit up the screen in films like "Stormy Weather" the Nicholas Brothers |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS $1000: From a Latin word for "blind", this worm-like amphibian spends most of its life underground the caecilian |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | YOU NAMED YOUR BAND WHAT? $2000: This band with songs like "1985" & "Today Is Gonna Be A Great Day", the "Phineas & Ferb" theme, riffed on a Steve Martin sketch for its name Bowling for Soup |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A STANDOUT STAND-UP $600: His early stand-up bits like the over-chatty ventriloquist are part of what made him a legend Albert Brooks |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Simon Iturri Patiño was once Bolivia's rey del estaño, king of this metal in which the land is rich tin |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HIP-POP $400: Cordell Broadus, son of this rapper who, like us, asked "Who am I?", was a WR for UCLA & became a streetwear fashion designer Snoop Dogg |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ART TERMS $2000: Marcel Duchamp used mass-produced items for objects called these, like a bicycle wheel on a stool readymade |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Also known as an etherophone, this boxy electronic instrument was used by The Beach Boys a theremin |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MAMMALS $600: The spider type of this whinnies like a horse a monkey |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | FEELING JITTERY $800: This 4-letter word can mean tense or provocative, like a daring work of art edgy |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | FEELING JITTERY $1200: It starts with the same 4 letters & seems like it would mean the opposite of "restless", but it means the same restive |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MUSEUMS SPREAD THEIR WINGS $1600: Recall who once ruled Flanders, & it makes sense that Flemish works like Clara Peeters' still-lifes are in this museum's north wing the Prado |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | WORLD STAR $2000: This French actor has starred in Hollywood films like "Jurassic World" & "The Book of Clarence" Omar Sy |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | RELIGIOUS RANKS & TITLES $5,000 (Daily Double): Familiar from Monty Python sketches, this word for an Anglican or Episcopal priest is from the Latin for "substitute" vicar |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SAY IT IN LATIN $400: You know, in good faith or the real deal, like a rock star; with an "S" at the end, it means your credentials bona fides |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $600: Time to rock a mic, like a this, perhaps Gaiseric, a 5th century king of that Germanic people a vandal |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $1000: Vanilla Ice mysteriously can "flow like" one; it's also wielded by Tashtego a harpoon |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | FIRST NAMES $1000: Girls' names derived from the color white include Alba & this one, like a character in "The Taming of the Shrew" Bianca |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | NEWER MACHINES & INVENTIONS $800: With a name like another musical instrument, the "O-" this uses an optical sensor & keyboard to make violin music the O-bow (an optical bow) |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | UNDERGROUND $2000: You can go under this square, the heart of Old Seattle, to see bits of what the city looked like before a great fire in 1889 Pioneer Square |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | STATUES OF THE WORLD $400: Any statue substantially larger than life-size is one of these, like the Daibutsu or Great Buddha a colossus |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $400: Alan, Wayne, Merrill & Jay were some of the other members of this singing family, with hits like "One Bad Apple" The Osmonds |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | CHOOSE A PROTEIN $400: The Murchison meteorite that hit Earth in 1969 was found to contain organic compounds like these building blocks of proteins amino acids |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | 21st CENTURY WORDS $600: What used to be a "buddy movie" depicting an affectionate relationship between 2 guys is now this blended word a bromance |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | ANNUAL EVENTS $800: Each June Nebraskaland Days in North Platte features a golf classic & a rodeo named for this Wild West showman Buffalo Bill |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | HORRORS! $1600: H.P. Lovecraft wrote that the "U"s in the name of this "hellish entity" should sound "about like that in 'full"' Cthulhu |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | TV DRAMA $800: She starred on dramas like "The Leftovers" & "The Gilded Age" Carrie Coon |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | LOST WORKS $5,000 (Daily Double): In the lost ancient epic "Aethiopis", the Ethiopian king Memnon fights for Troy & is killed by this Greek hero Achilles |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | ENDS IN "IX" $400: To make a new version of something, like The Chemical Brothers' adaptation of "Voodoo People" by The Prodigy a remix |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | ENDS IN "IX" $800: This 2-syllable word means to attach, like a postscript to a letter or a label to a package affix |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | SONGS OF YOUTH $1000: Fresh out of high school, this R&B singer's smash debut album "American Teen", had songs like "Young Dumb & Broke" Khalid |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | VIRTUO-SO GOOD $600: Like members of the Bach family, Marcel Dupré was a master of this weighty instrument & wrote extensively on technique the organ |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SINGERS $800: This Spanish singer with a flamenco background has hits like "Malamente" & "Con Altura", a collab with J. Balvin Rosalía |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "BIT"TING AT THE CHAMPS $1000: Grossly excessive, like tuition at the Ken Jennings School of Necromancy & Horticulture exorbitant |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | DIACRITICAL THINKING $1600: I'm getting a sense of déjà vu; I feel like I've said it's l'accent grave over the A & l'accent this over the E, like, a second ago aigu |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | 17th CENTURY WRITING $1600: Loving a good sequel like the rest of us, this author completed "The Pilgrim's Progress Part 2" around 1684 Bunyan |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $400: It's a long, hooded jacket; Patagonia sells a nano puff one a parka |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $1200: A fun color "hiding" in the bottom layer of hair is known as this, named like a game played with an infant peekaboo |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $1600: It's a line of steep bluffs like the cliffs along part of the western shore of the Hudson River a palisade |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | ON WHEELS $400: The wheels on this hippie-mobile go round & round, like on the one George Carlin voiced in "Cars" a VW Microbus |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | NATURE $400: Seen here is a lovely one of these hollow earth-like rocks lined with crystals of pink amethyst a geode |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | ENIGMATIC ANAGRAMS $600: Like that "object of desire":
ECO RUBS obscure |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | ON WHEELS $800: The 1911 Curtiss Triad was the first plane to have retractable this, like modern planes landing gear |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | DEALING WITH TV REALITY $800: From 2012 to 2020 Dave Navarro hosted this series that had episodes like "Drill Baby, Drill" Ink Master |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | "AI" $1200: A wagon or cart, like the one for carrying "Hay" in a painting by John Constable a wain |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | PAPER $200: The general direction of the fibers in a sheet of paper is called this, also a term for things like rye or millet the grain |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | 150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y $2,800 (Daily Double): In his U.S. reading debut, in June 1966, this S. Amer. poet said his country was in full winter but his welcome was like spring (Pablo) Neruda |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | THE MATERIAL WORLD $400: For sheets, the Egyptian type of this feels real good, but the extra-long-staple kind is the best of the best cotton |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | THE TALLEST ONE $800: In the Ramones Joey |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | GETTING HISTORICAL $1000: Wahunsenacawh was another name of the man the Jamestown colonists called this, like the people he led Powhatan |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | UNUSUAL WORDS $1600: Giant monsters like Rodan or Mechagodzilla are these creatures in Japanese kaiju |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | NAMES IN FASHION $400: A longtime vegetarian like parents Paul & Linda, she doesn't use any leather or fur in her designs Stella McCartney |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | PEOPLE NAMED ALEX $800: The first Latino senator from California, Alex Padilla grew up in this L.A. area with a Spanish name the San Fernando Valley |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | A LI'L BALLET, A LI'L OPERA $2000: A word for a slender woman sometimes followed by "like", or an air-dwelling being that Scotland is full of, per a classic ballet a sylph |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | ARCHITECTURE $800: Brutalism, popularized by Le Corbusier, refers to buildings made primarily of this material, like Boston's City Hall concrete |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | DECADES $800: The "Dirty" these saw extreme weather, economic collapse & pre-code movies like "She Couldn't Say No" the Dirty Thirties |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | GETTING SEAL-Y $1000: These large pinnipeds are named for the trunk-like schnozz of the adult male; they make more of a belch noise than an awooga elephant seals |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | AN ONOMATOPOEIA ROMANCE $200: When I see you, my beating heart does this, like the wings of a black swallowtail as it flies flutter |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | "LIKE"NESS $400: This series that premiered in 2021 is billed as "a new chapter of 'Sex & the City"' And Just Like That |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | AN ONOMATOPOEIA ROMANCE $400: Ah, yes, my dearest, I can't wait to say words of love to you as we "bill &" do this, like pigeons coo |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | "LIKE"NESS $800: P!nk is backed up by columns of flame when she performs this 2016 hit in concert "Just Like Fire" |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | AN ONOMATOPOEIA ROMANCE $1000: When you ended things between us, it felt like this word that can precede "happy", with you as Moe & me as Larry slap |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | "LIKE"NESS $1200: In 2002 Tony Curtis toured in a stage version of this film comedy in which he co-starred years earlier Some Like It Hot |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | "LIKE"NESS $1600: Fittingly, it was in the year of the USA's bicentennial that Steve Miller put out the album with this soaring title track "Fly Like An Eagle" |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | "LIKE"NESS $2000: In song, "You really know how to dance", among other qualities "What I Like About You" |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | LESSER-KNOWN SCIENCES $1600: Silvics is the study of these, & silviculture, the art of their propagation trees |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $10,000 (Daily Double): Spur-of-the-moment, or a piano piece that's meant to sound spontaneous, like Chopin's Opus 29 an impromptu |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | ANTONYMIC PAIRS $400: Topographic phrase to describe a graphic pattern of highs & lows, like electricity usage over the course of a whole year peaks & valleys |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | CLOTHES $400: Though the name sounds like you run slowly in them, these lounge pants have a slimmer fit than sweats & a cinched ankle joggers |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | LITTLE GNOME FACTS $800: On December 10, 1961 Project Gnome in this state's Eddy County became the first nuclear test designed for peaceful purposes New Mexico |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | A WORLD OF DEPRESSIONS $1200: The name of this depression on the southern side of Haiti sounds like a dead end street Cul-de-Sac |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | A NICE SHORT STORY SPOILED $1600: In this John Cheever story, Neddy makes his way pool by pool to his own home but like his life, it's dark & empty "The Swimmer" |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | LITERARY GROUPS $400: Poets like Bei Dao of the Misty School of Poetry were exiled from China following the 1989 protests in this Beijing square Tiananmen (Square) |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | MEMORY $400: This actress has an autobiographical memory like only 100 other humans & has no trouble remembering her lines, either Marilu Henner |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | LET'S AUDIT A COLLEGE COURSE $400: Math 0407, linear algebra & matrix theory, does not sound like an easy A at this HBCU founded by Booker T. Washington Tuskegee |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | ALLOYS $1200: Stellite, which coats saw teeth & lathes, got its name because its brilliance was like these stars |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | CONDIMENTS $200: The song "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies says, "Hot like" this Japanese condiment "when I bust rhymes, big like LeAnn Rimes" wasabi |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | TV COMEDY $1000: Jack & Chrissy are gone, but "Three's Company" lives as the nation's partygoers dress up like this character Mrs. Roper |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | ELECTION LINGO $1000: Candidates for local posts like school board president are often elected without a ballot by this, from the Latin for "shout" acclamation |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 2020s & 1920s SLANG $2000: Showing your significant other's hands but no face on the IG is known as this 2-word term, like a preview for a new product a soft launch |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | THAT BUILDING HAS GREAT BONES $2000: It's the word for a bone depository, like the Wamba one in Spain an ossuary |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | TV CHARACTERS $400: "What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons", said this character played by Jon Hamm Don Draper |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BUILDING A NEW WORD $800: A set of squares like our game board adds a fastener to get nothing done politically gridlock |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BUILDING A NEW WORD $1000: A harbor for a ship docks with a loose coat or robe to be this type of word, like spork or mockumentary portmanteau |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | SHALL THE PEOPLE DANCE $2000: English Morris dancing has a form named for this area of rolling hills & lovely towns like Tetbury & Tewkesbury the Cotswolds |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | BOOZY $400: An in-escape-able song by Rupert Holmes wonders if you like these cocktails & getting caught in the rain piña coladas |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | MR. STEVE MARTIN $800: In 2021 Mr. Steve Martin co-created this Hulu series where New Yorkers are just droppin' like flies Only Murders in the Building |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | JEWELRY $400: This fancy synonym for a fancy pin sounds like a word that means "to introduce a subject" brooch |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | NATIONAL STATUARY HALL $400: In 2003 Kansas became the first state to replace a statue, swapping out Gov. George Washington Glick for this president Eisenhower |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | POTENT QUOTABLES $600: This cocktail may be dry, like the wit of H.L. Mencken, said to have called it "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet" a martini |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | GEOGRAPHIC BOOK TITLES $2000: Deep in the African rain forest, an ancient lost city holds a shocking secret in this Michael Crichton work Congo |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | FICTION & NONFICTION $600: She worked as a librarian before writing classic kids' books like "The Mouse & the Motorcycle" Cleary |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | FICTION & NONFICTION $1000: She wrote fiction like 1970's "Play It as It Lays" & nonfiction including "The White Album" Didion |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | OH, "MY" WORD! $1200: This polyester film from DuPont is useful in making things like survival blankets where heat retention is critical Mylar |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | DESCRIBING THE SONG $1200: Various people who live lives of quiet desperation, like Davy in the Navy, yell at Billy Joel to sing at a watering hole "Piano Man" |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | THOSE WORDS PACKED SOMETHING TO EAT $400: Containing a veggie, it completes the saying "Hell hath no fury like a woman..." scorned |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP MUSIC $1000: This rapper, is like, totally from the San Fernando Valley Doja Cat |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | THE AIR THAT I BREATHE $800: Meteorologist Cindy Day says that like an honest talk, thunderstorms do this when dry westerly winds are behind them they clear the air |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | ALSO A MAGAZINE TITLE $800: It's now also a verb meaning to strike poses like a model vogue |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 5 FOR THE ROAD $1000: You may have an enlightening moment on the "road to" this city, like Saul did in the Bible Damascus |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | TOUGH 10-LETTER WORDS $1600: This 10-letter word for a means for producing copies comes from the Greek for "dry" & "written" xerography |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | DOCUMENTARIES $400: The documentary series "Five Came Back" chronicles the stories of directors like William Wyler & John Huston during this war World War II |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | OH, THE PLACES YOU "CAN" GO! $600: Named for a German travel guide, the "Baedeker raids" were bombing attacks on historic British sites like this cathedral city Canterbury |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | WISTFUL THINKING $1600: This Angeleno poet & barfly wrote, "I felt like crying, but nothing came out" Bukowski |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | SIBLINGS OF NOTE $11,000 (Daily Double): Marcel's kid sister Suzanne Duchamp caught the bug for this movement with artworks like "Accordion Masterpiece" Dada |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | POP CULTURE VS. $600: On this series, Casey Webb travels the country, taking on eating challenges like a 4-pound Reuben or a gallon-sized sundae Man v. Food |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | LET'S HAVE A WORD $400: The New Testament is full of these stories told to convey a lesson, like the one of the lamp a parable |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | POETRY $600: In a famous line from Maya Angelou, "You may kill me with your hatefullness, but still, like air, I'll" do this rise |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | ENDS IN "X" $600: This 4-letter gemstone is often used to make cameos, like the one seen here onyx |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | ENDS IN "X" $800: The little hat worn by French words like hôtel & hôpital is called this a circumflex |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T $400: Anne Hathaway is tortured, but not in that way, by a nonetheless vicious Meryl Streep in this 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THINKING ABOUT THE ROMAN EMPIRE $400: Researchers have found that these Colosseum fighters likely drank a Gatorade-like drink made of ash after a long day of killing gladiators |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | A WILD MOOSE CHASE $400: It's said this city 45 miles from Regina, Saskatchewan got its name from a nearby river whose contours looked like... guess what Moose Jaw |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MILITARY SLANG $400: A "bird boat" is one of these, like the U.S.S. Yorktown during World War II an aircraft carrier |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $600: (I'm Boomer Esiason representing left-handed quarterbacks.) Us southpaws need someone solid at right tackle like John Vella for Ken Stabler in Super Bowl XI, to protect this area where we can't see the big guys coming the blind side |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T $800: There's not haunting in "Ghosts of the Abyss", a documentary by this director James Cameron |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $1000: (I'm Bill Cowher.) In 2006, I coached a spunky Steelers squad to a Super Bowl win, the first win for Pittsburgh since this legendary coach won 4 titles beginning in 1975 Chuck Noll |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T $1200: Grisly ghost? No, this Bond title from 2015 refers to the criminal organization that's vexing him Spectre |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T $1600: Jane Fonda had no bolts in her neck as the title family relation in this 2005 flick, but J. Lo wanted to scream anyway Monster-in-Law |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T $2000: Daniel Day-Lewis dealt with frocks, not frights, in this 2017 Paul Thomas Anderson period piece Phantom Thread |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | DO ME A FLAVOR $400: Jelly Belly makes a jelly bean that tastes like this candy--the black kind, not the red licorice |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | NUMERICALLY PREFIXED $800: This term refers to walking & standing on 2 feet, like a T-rex or a human bipedal |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | THE "ICK" $800: This noun is used for pranksters of myth like Anansi & Loki trickster |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | NUMERICALLY PREFIXED $1200: This type of multipart painting, like Giotto's 14th century work, can deliver a unity of subject a triptych |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | TV SHOWS BY CHARACTER $2000: Deputy Clementine Johnson,
Deputy Travis Junior, Deputy Trudy Wiegel Reno 911! |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | DO ME A FLAVOR $2000: For baking, you can buy a purple extract that tastes like this purple yam from the Philippines ube |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | ANTHROPOLOGISTS $2000: Bruno Latour studied groups like this La Jolla biological institute's scientists who he saw motivated by competition, not just truth the Salk Institute |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | AVENGERS, WHO SAID IT? $600: Stepping up in "Endgame":
"The radiation's mostly gamma, it's like... I was made for this" the Incredible Hulk |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | LATER, DUDE $800: A British way of saying goodbye is this, which sounds like a single piece of a circular General Mills cereal cheerio |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | LATER, DUDE $1600: This word used for wishing someone well on their upcoming journey sounds like it could be Thor's time in a sprint godspeed |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | IT'S GIVING... $1000: Named for an athlete whose brother was a doctor, this Seattle cancer center has gotten gifts, like $700 million from Jeff Bezo's parents the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $1200: This director's tombstone at Westwood Memorial Park in L.A. reads, "I'm a writer but then nobody's perfect" Billy Wilder |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | SOME LAZY WORDS $2000: Meaning inert or drowsy, it comes from Greek for "forget", like the name of a mythological river lethargic |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | THE GAME OF LIFE $200: Life can be like putting together one of these, invented in the 1760s though the tool didn't exist for another century a jigsaw puzzle |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | BILLBOARD'S 500 BEST POP SONGS $400: At No. 1, Billboard picked this Whitney Houston hit that made hitting the floor "feel like an issue of life-or-death urgency" "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | JUST PLAYING $400: "Funny how, I mean, funny like I'm a clown?" Joe Pesci asks Ray Liotta in this film Goodfellas |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | ETCH & SKETCH $800: Not surprisingly, among her drawings are "Antelope Horns" & flowers like the poppy Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | TALKING ABOUT TOLKIEN $2000: Humphrey Carpenter's bio of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis & like-minded friends has this title, like their literary circle the Inklings |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | LITERATURE $800: A sea-witch tells this 19th c. title gal that her transformation will make each step feel like "treading upon sharp knives" Little Mermaid |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I LIKE THE CUT OF YOUR JOB $200: Shotcut is free, open-source software for this sort of video professional an editor |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I LIKE THE CUT OF YOUR JOB $400: It comes before saw & shears in the name of a gardening tool that cuts off undesired twigs & branches pruning |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I LIKE THE CUT OF YOUR JOB $600: This word for a type of cut used by chefs is from French for round a rondelle |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | BONDS OF COMMONALITY $600: Cleaning up cow manure for a king, collecting golden fruit, swiping a girdle... sounds like scenes in "Animal House", but no the labors of Hercules |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I LIKE THE CUT OF YOUR JOB $800: Subcutaneous & purse-string are types of these used by your sawbones to stitch cuts they've made sutures |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I LIKE THE CUT OF YOUR JOB $1000: Cutting fabric for hats is all part of the job for this worker whose name derives from an Italian city a milliner |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | CANADIANS INVADE OUR LIVING ROOM! $2000: The CBC launched the careers of stars like this "Bonanza" actor, known as the "Voice of Doom" on CBC Radio Lorne Greene |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | PLATFORMING $1000: Upvote or downvote posts on this social media platform that has communities like AMA (Ask Me Anything) & WallStreetBets Reddit |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | TECH TALK $1600: A Rand Corp. blog post says this, the "bedrock of most cybersecurity measures", is at risk when quantum computing scales up encryption |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | 4-LETTER INTERJECTIONS $200: It sounds like you are clearing your throat to get my attention Ahem! |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | CHAINS $200: In professional wrestling today, steel cage matches usually take place in a ring surrounded by this barrier a chain link fence |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | STARTS WITH SOFT "G" $400: Book 1 of the ancient work "Elements" deals with basic concepts in this field like "a line is a length without breadth" geometry |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | CHAINS $400: The chain connecting the propellers to the engine on the Wright Brothers' Flyer was like the chain drive on one of these a bicycle |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | POPE FICTION $2000: 18 years later but not exactly like "Clockwork", this novelist used his "Earthly Powers" to create Pope Gregory XVII Anthony Burgess |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | STARTS WITH SOFT "G" $8,400 (Daily Double): In part this herb's name is from the Chinese for "human being" & its roots make it look like one ginseng |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | BOOZE CLUES $1200: A Bellini is typically made with this sparkling Italian wine that, like Bellini, has double letters in its name prosecco |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | QUESTIONABLE SCIENCE IN POP SONGS $400: In "It's Hot (Some Like It Hot)", Jay-Z gets it wrong with the lyric "thirty-eight revolve like a sun 'round" this Earth |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | DRINKING VESSELS $600: It sounds like an acrobat, but it's any flat-bottomed glass with no handle or stem a tumbler |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | START TALKING, SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER $800: The opening line of this play is Orsino's "If music be the food of love, play on" Twelfth Night |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | ART & ARTISTS $1200: This artist also directed films, like "Lupe", which featured Edie Sedgwick Andy Warhol |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | THESE STARS SOUND LIKE CARS $200: Henry in "Regarding Henry" & Branch Rickey in "42" are 2 more sedentary roles of this star of many action flicks Harrison Ford |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | A "FAST" CATEGORY $200: Reggie Jackson said, "Every hitter likes" these pitches "just like everybody likes ice cream" fastballs |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | SQUEAKER OF THE HOUSE $200: An official WD-40 website says a squeaking one of these makes you feel like you're in a creepy horror movie door |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | THESE STARS SOUND LIKE CARS $400: This "SNL" vet played world-wise golf aficionado Ty Webb in "Caddyshack" Chevy Chase |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | THESE STARS SOUND LIKE CARS $600: This Brit seen here rolled over many a Zombie as Rick on "The Walking Dead" Andrew Lincoln |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | THESE STARS SOUND LIKE CARS $800: She's known for her roles in TV comedies like "Ally McBeal" & "Arrested Development" Portia de Rossi |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | YOUNG PEOPLE'S NONFICTION $800: "You" do this is an old insult on the ball field; now it's the 4-word title of softball star Jennie Finch's book teaching self-belief Throw Like a Girl |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | THESE STARS SOUND LIKE CARS $1000: First name of Oscar-winning actresses Ruehl & McCambridge Mercedes |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ADVANCED CINEMATOGRAPHY $200: Evocative images like Andy Dufresne standing in the rain savoring his freedom earned Roger Deakins an Oscar nom for his work on this film The Shawshank Redemption |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | OZZY OSBOURNE'S FAVORITE SONGS $300: Said to be inspired by Judy Garland, this Elton John hit is actually about giving up the fast lane for a quieter life "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $300: Before flowers & bones, the open skies of Texas were one of her early subjects, like the 1917 work "Starlight Night" Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY $500: Chemically speaking, they're molecules with at least one unpaired electron; true to their name, they can be, like, totally reactive radicals |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ____ & ____ $600: They're names for pointy implements used in sewing & for a feeling like you're getting pricked by them pins & needles |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | BEST TIME TO VISIT $1000: Dry season months like November are ideal for hiking "the Roof of Africa" at Simien National Park in this country on Africa's horn Ethiopia |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | IT'S GETTING COLD IN HERRE $200: In Norwegian, this local town's name means "luck", but for us, it sounds like it can literally freeze over Hel |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | LETTERS OF THE LAW $200: F:
A serious crime, like murder or kidnapping felony |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WORD ORIGINS $400: The word for this liquid derived from crushing fruit like apples comes from Hebrew for "strong drink" cider |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | A WOMAN'S PLACE $400: Monica Seles says the locker room for the top women players here looks like it's in Buckingham Palace Wimbledon |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | PAINFUL MEMORIES $2000: Moderate aerobic exercise like swimming may help with this 12-letter chronic condition of severe muscle & soft tissue pain fibromyalgia |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED $400: Gogol is the author of works like "Dead Souls"; googol is 10 raised to this power 100 |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | POLITICS AS UNUSUAL $600: More governors of New Jersey have resigned than of any other state--mostly for positive reasons like when he quit in 1913 to be president Wilson |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED $800: Carvel is known for ice cream cakes; a caravel is a light sailing ship, like these 2 used on Columbus' 1492 voyage the Nina & the Pinta |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | FRAILTY, THY NAME IS MAN $11,600 (Daily Double): In a Robert Graves novel, this emperor introduces himself with some of his nicknames, like "The Idiot" Claudius |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | HATS IN OTHER WORDS $400: Boil an egg this way if you want a solid inside hard boiled |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | 1980s PRO WRESTLING $600: This hold did rock when Ric "Nature Boy" Flair made Ricky Steamboat sleep like a baby in a classic 1989 match a cradle |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | HALF A CATEGORY $1600: This armored military vehicle looks like a tank with front wheels a half-track |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | BALLET $1600: In this 1912 ballet the title satyr-like character is tantalized by the scarf of a lovely nymph The Afternoon of a Faun |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS $1,800 (Daily Double): With a wingspan of about 7 feet, the largest eagle in the Amazon is this species named for foul bird-like women of Greek myth (the) harpy (eagle) |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | NAME THAT '90s HIT $300: Alanis Morissette: "It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife" "Ironic" |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | KURT RUSSELL FILMS $400: Kurt Russell's Santa is the gift that keeps on giving! He even speaks a fake language called "Elvish" in this holiday romp The Christmas Chronicles |
| #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" |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE MOUNT RUSHMORE OF... $800: Masterpieces: "Mona Lisa", "The Last Supper", "the starry night" & this Botticelli work of a goddess standing in a scallop shell (The) Birth of Venus |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | NAME THAT '90s HIT $1200: Red Hot Chili Peppers: "I don't ever wanna feel like I did that day, but take me to the place I love, take me all the way" "Under The Bridge" |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AROUND THE UNUSUAL HOUSE $200: So you got one of these as a pet, like Smaug or Viserion in books; well, at least you won't need any matches for the fireplace a dragon |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | STAY SAFE $400: Follow the rule don't be the tallest object in a storm to help avoid being killed by this, like 19 Americans in 2022 lightning |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AROUND THE UNUSUAL HOUSE $600: Wow, a living room with a full-scale replica of a Huey helicopter, like the one in this musical that landed on Broadway in 1991 Miss Saigon |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | DISNEY FILM TITLES VISUALIZED $600: It's not exactly as it appears The Jungle Book |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | "G" WHIZ $1200: It sounds like it means to play games of chance, but with the -ol spelling, it means to leap around joyously gambol |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | "G" WHIZ $2000: Like the one seen here for "Breakfast at Tiffany's", this French designer created several dresses for Audrey Hepburn Givenchy |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | DESERT FLORA & FAUNA $10,400 (Daily Double): Like the Australian marsupial it's named for, this rodent has a pouch, but for carrying seeds, not babies a kangaroo rat |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | MARINE LIFE $400: This, used to filter food from water by certain whales, is a keratinized structure, much like hair or nails baleen |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | OPERA, LIKE IT OR NOT $400: Julie Taymor directed the 2006 opera "Grendel", which retold this classic tale from the monster's point of view Beowulf |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | OPERA, LIKE IT OR NOT $800: Andre Gretry, "the Moliere of music", composed a 1784 opera about this crusading king Richard I |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | OPERA, LIKE IT OR NOT $1200: Rossini's opera about this tragic title character is subtitled "Il Moro di Venezia" Otello |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | OPERA, LIKE IT OR NOT $1600: The name of this Italian opera house means "theater at the stairway" La Scala |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | OPERA, LIKE IT OR NOT $2000: The full title of this Wagner opera includes the words "and the Singer's Contest on the Wartburg" Tannhäuser |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | WIDE WORLD OF WEIRD WORDS $400: Although it sounds like it has to do with a Southern peanut, it really pertains to the job held by Newsom & DeSantis gubernatorial |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | WIDE WORLD OF WEIRD WORDS $800: Though it sounds like a laughing beer, it's really a hubbub, maybe in a pub, bub brouhaha |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | LETTER PERFECT $1000: It looks just like the Greek letter rho, but it's not "R" P |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | IT'S UP 2 U $800: You should know this swinging item like clockwork a pendulum |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | 7-LETTER WORDS $1600: A Lil Wayne line that caused some linguistic controversy said, "Real Gs move in silence like" this pasta dish lasagna |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE-MAN BAND $800: Many have played in this "Head Like a Hole" band but Trent Reznor was the only official member until Atticus Ross got the call in 2016 Nine Inch Nails |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $1000: A term for a medieval philosopher like Thomas Aquinas, or a large children's book publisher scholastic |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | WORD HISTORIES $1200: An adjective meaning gigantic, it came into English in the 1700s to describe huge elephant-like bones found in Siberia mammoth |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | WORLD OF FIRST NAMES $2000: This French version of a girls' name important in the New Testament is also given to boys, like the Marquis de Lafayette Marie |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | 3 OF THE SAME LETTER $400: Creepy, like an unsettling coincidence eerie |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | SPORTS TAKES $400: Basketball players take shots, like this type added to the NBA in 1979 a three-point shot (three-pointer) |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | COLLEGE PREP $600: At this Montreal U. Wilder Penfield found you can stimulate the brain directly into a sense memory like a burnt toast smell McGill |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | CAN I GET AN "A" MEN! $100: He appeared in every episode of "M*A*S*H"; he also directed its last episode in 1983 Alan Alda |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | CAN I GET AN "A" MEN! $300: These dancers are performing his work, "Revelations"; he's also the subject of the book, "Dancing Revelations" Alvin Ailey |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | "DIS"CONTINUED $400: In law, it's "a justice's nonconcurrence with a decision of the majority"; it's also the nickname of the collar worn by RBG dissent |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | FAIRY TALE ADAPTATIONS $5,000 (Daily Double): "Ash," based on this fairy-tale character, falls for a huntress & not a prince so she'll need more practical footwear Cinderella |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A LETTER $200: For what possible cause or reason! (Asking for a friend) why |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | SCIENCE $400: The basis of quantum science is that energy exists at specific levels; a jump between them is called this, like a TV show & its reboot a quantum leap |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A LETTER $400: An affirmative preference when an issue is put up for a referendum aye |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A LETTER $600: Nickname for Philadelphia's Market-Frankford Line, above the city's streets for much of its route El |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A LETTER $800: The Tethys one separated Laurasia from Gondwana during the Mesozoic Era a sea |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | SOUNDS LIKE A LETTER $1000: A gathering or contest of many types, one of which is seen here a bee |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | NYMING -NYMS $600: A retronym is a new term created to show the difference between new & old forms, like paper book or this rhyming postal term snail mail |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | GAME SHOW $200: There are 15 multiple-choice questions to answer to win the top prize on this game show; would you like to ask the host? Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | EARTH SCIENCE $800: Smaller than a mesa, it's usually a flat-topped & steep-sided desert hill like the one seen here a butte |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | PUT ON YOUR HELMET! $1200: Used by Ottoman soldiers, conical helmets like the one seen here are named for this other form of headwear a turban helmet |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | EARTH SCIENCE $2000: An aquifer, which contains this 11-letter stuff, can be depleted but can also be overfilled like in pumping for gas extraction groundwater |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS $400: This empire of the Andes had some 25,000 miles of roads & a relay system that was like the Pony Express but on foot the Inca |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS $400: If something is approximately correct, it's "in" this place, like Chase Field (in) the ballpark |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | THE CHARLES III KIND $600: This actor, who was Charles in "The Crown", says he'd like to ask the king about his experience as a fellow sticky-out-eared man Josh O'Connor |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | LET'S TALK ASTRONOMY $800: An asterism is a recognizable star pattern that isn't a full constellation, like this familiar one within Cygnus the Northern Cross |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | STOCKS & INVESTMENTS $800: A rule that halts trading in the case of a sudden decline is called this, like a switch that trips to stop an electric overload a circuit breaker |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | STOCKS & INVESTMENTS $1000: Basic goods like grains, beef & oil are traded as these & usually sold as derivative contracts called futures commodities |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | WHAT'S "NEW"? $2000: It sounds like the latest fad, but it means using the Gregorian calendar for reckoning dates New Style |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | MAINE ATTRACTIONS $200: For wildlife lovers, Maine offers safaris to spot this large mammal featured on its flag moose |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | URANUS, SHMURANUS $200: With a name like Janus, you'd think it would orbit Uranus, but it's a moon that orbits this ringed planet Saturn |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | AUTO BIOGRAPHIES $300: You can say I'm flashy since I'm this first responder vehicle, like what Ernest Hemingway drove in WWI an ambulance |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | TINY DESK CONCERTS $900: He sang hits like "Watermelon Sugar" for his Tiny Desk Concert; he also calls his sweater a "jumper" (aw, how British) Harry Styles |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" $200: A container like the Igloo Party Bar
(6 letters) a cooler |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | TOUGH 7-LETTER WORDS $400: Idiomatically, you don't wanna be naked like this feathered fellow seen here a jaybird |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | MOVIES BY GOOGLE SEARCH $400: "Makeup that makes you look like a rock"; "Panem child labor laws"; "are these berries I found poisonous?" The Hunger Games |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | IT'S AN EX-CAR FOR A REASON $800: An auto writer found the Aztek from this GM brand looked "like a Transformer figure based on a Dust Buster" Pontiac |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | TOUGH 7-LETTER WORDS $2000: "U" do this & you howl like a wolf or hoot like an owl ululate |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | RELIGION $3,000 (Daily Double): Perun was the thunder god of the ancient Slavs, Perundan was this day of the week Thursday |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | FINANCE TERMS $600: 2-word phrase for the profits made from selling an asset like your house or your Alexander Ovechkin rookie card capital gains |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | TV WRITERS $800: Writers like Matt Groening & Michael Saikin brought us this animated Netflix series, sort of an anti-fairy tale Disenchantment |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | MOVIE SCORES $1600: Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood has scored several of this director's films, like "There Will Be Blood" & "Licorice Pizza" Paul Thomas Anderson |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | FOR THE GRAM $400: @depthsof this free encyclopedia compiles bizarre pages of the website like "Mozart & scatology" & "death by vending machine" Wikipedia |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT $400: Let's change gears & give you a passage through a mine shift & shaft |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT $800: A sport where you might hit a ball into a partially landlocked sea that can be larger than a bay golf & gulf |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | WOMEN ON TRIAL $800: As well as high this crime, there's petty this, like by a wife against a husband; Catherine Bevan was tried for it in 1731 Delaware treason |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | FOR THE GRAM $1000: An account documenting the ruin of communities of color by practices like redlining is called this sinister policy "by design" segregation |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT $1200: A food often paired with "circuses" & to propagate animals breed & bread |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT $1600: It precedes "favor" when you ingratiate yourself to one in authority, perhaps when you tote or lug something for them curry & carry |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT $2000: Kermit the Frog's group & cute young children who might enjoy Kermit the Frog's group Muppets & moppets |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | POETRY ABOUT PROSE $1000: A disfigured guy / Falls for a woman in Paris, it's true / Sounds like it's "Hunchback" / But it's by a man named Leroux The Phantom of the Opera |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | IN MY CEILINGS $1000: A vaulted ceiling that follows the sloping sides of a roof is this type, like a grand building of Chartres or Cologne a cathedral |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | YELLOW STONE $2000: Like emerald, heliodor is a variety of this hard, 5-letter mineral beryl |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS $4,800 (Daily Double): In 1997, picking up her first of 3 Oscars for Best Actress, she thanked her son Pedro & her husband Joel Frances McDormand |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | CAROLS $400: In "We Wish You A Merry Christmas", we want you to bring us some of this dessert that looks more like a cake figgy pudding |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | CAROLS $800: Like her brother, Carl, Carol Lewis excelled in this field event & set a U.S. indoor record of 22' 3" in 1985 the long jump |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | SAY, "BUSTER" $600: To "come on like" these law enforcers means to do something with great force or speed gangbusters |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | TRIPLY ALLITERATIVE $800: When you buy one of these, like a McDonald's or an Arby's, you might have to pay the parent company a percentage of sales a fast food franchise |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | FOLKLORE & LEGEND $1200: There's a statue of this guy, hammer in hand, outside the Great Bend Tunnel in West Virginia John Henry |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | SAMPLING $1200: Okurrr! This woman samples the boogaloo song "I Like It Like That" on a 2018 hit Cardi B |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | SAMPLING $1600: Grooves from bands like Parliament gave this West Coast subgenre of rap from the early '90s its letter-perfect name G-funk |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | LET'S TAKE A PEEK $200: The grouping of peacock feathers is called this, like the part of a bride's dress that follows behind her a train |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | A REAL SOB STORY $400: In a 1594 play he tells his brother Marcus Andronicus that a woman's tears are like "honey-dew upon a gather'd lily" Titus Andronicus |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $200: It's the station at the end of a transport line, like Grand Central terminal |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $200: When things are hopeless, rather than waiting for checkmate, it's considered polite to do this, like Richard Nixon resign |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | FICTIONAL LANGUAGES $800: You can be like Daenerys & actually learn about 4,000 words of this language of Khal Drogo Dothraki |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | A PROVERBIAL MESS $200: Son father like like like father like son |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | HIGH WATER $400: After floods in 1966, UNESCO made efforts to save this Italian city & its treasures, like the Biblioteca Marciana Venice |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | A MATTER OF "LIFE" OR "DEATH" $1600: Though they sound like they sit on the beach, they're the senior British army regiment & first saw action in the 1600s the Life Guards |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | HOLMES, SHERLOCK HOLMES $200: Holmes figures out the killer in "Black Peter" must be strong--the victim is "pinned like a beetle" by this whaling weapon a harpoon |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT'S... $600: A flock of these birds in motion, they're like little stars of the sky starlings |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | SEINFELD BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Avuncular Seinfeld relative who kvetched all the way through writing Russian fiction like "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" Uncle Leo Tolstoy |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | HYDROLOGY $200: This term for the surface flow of excess rainwater sounds like an additional contest after a tie runoff |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | HYDROLOGY $800: Effluent is wastewater that flows from one of these facilities, like NYC's Bowery Bay a treatment plant |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | THE MUSIC OF CANADA $800: This Ontario rocker ruled the '80s with hits like "Cuts Like A Knife" Bryan Adams |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | CLASSIC MOVIE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE? $2000: "No, no, no, I'm Antoninus! I'm not that guy! You want him! He's right there! The one that looks like Kirk Douglas" Spartacus |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | SUPER BOWL STARS $400: Only 10 Super Bowl MVPs have been defensive players; 4, like Super Bowl 50 star Von Miller, played this position linebacker |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | IT'S RAINING MENSA $1600: Come up with the geodesic dome like this engineer & you can be president of Mensa like he was Fuller |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | OUT OF CON TEXT $200: A memoir:
"On Feb. 4, 2004... Larry drove me to the women's prison in Danbury, Connecticut" Orange Is the New Black |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | I JUST WANT A LOVER LIKE ANY OTHER $200: Trust your friends--don't pass up this type of set-up evening, also the title of several TV shows including one Nikki Glaser hosted blind date |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | I JUST WANT A LOVER LIKE ANY OTHER $400: Despite the pandemic & post-#MeToo caution, the organization SHRM says 1/3 of American workers have found love here at work (at the office) |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | I JUST WANT A LOVER LIKE ANY OTHER $600: You're a Gemini? An astrologer might suggest a lover born under this water bearer sign for a really deep connection Aquarius |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | I JUST WANT A LOVER LIKE ANY OTHER $800: Maybe you'll find one on this app with a buzzy name, founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd Bumble |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | I JUST WANT A LOVER LIKE ANY OTHER $1000: Just remember that the root of this word for a strong, often one-sided attachment is Latin fatuus, "foolish" infatuation |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE $1,000 (Daily Double): Historians cite this event that began in 1929 as one of the main reasons for the demise of the Harlem renaissance the Great Depression |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | CELEBRITY TELL-ALLS $1200: "Greenlights":
His father brought a dead cockatiel back to life by giving it mouth-to-mouth Matthew McConaughey |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | CELEBRITY TELL-ALLS $1500: "The Last Black Unicorn":
She estimates that she worked over 500 bar mitzvahs in her younger years Tiffany Haddish |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | CHORUS LINES $6,000 (Daily Double): "I like to be in America, okay by me in America, everything free in America, for a small fee in America" West Side Story |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FEEDBACK: SANDWICH $600: I like the sweet marshmallow creme with savory peanut butter in this sammy, a New England fave, but don't love the texture a fluffernutter |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FEEDBACK: SANDWICH $1000: I'm glad we've gone from paper to wafers to cookies as the "bread" for this "sandwich"; I still like the old name, hokey pokey an ice cream sandwich |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | A GREEN THUMB $600: As their name implies, schizocarps are fruits that do this when they become ripe part (split in two) |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | NURSERY RHYME PHOBIAS $200: If you're frigophobic, you won't like your pease porridge this way cold |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | ONE OF THESE KINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS $400: Henry VII,
Louis XIV,
Richard III Louis XIV |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | ONE OF THESE KINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS $800: Frederick the Great,
Ivan the Terrible,
Peter the Great Frederick the Great |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | ONE OF THESE KINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS $1200: Edward I,
Oskar I,
Gustav I Edward |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | ONE OF THESE KINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS $1600: Frederick III,
Nicholas II,
Wilhelm II Nicholas II |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | ONE OF THESE KINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS $2000: Carloman II,
Ferdinand VII,
Juan Carlos I Carloman |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | FUN WITH GEOMETRY $2000: A spheroid might say, you can call me prolate or this, like the Earth--just don't call me late for dinner oblate |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | CHECK IT & SEE $200: This hairstyle used to have serious buzz beehive |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA? $200: Like Ptolemy, about whom he wrote, Theon placed this body in the center of the cosmos the Earth |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | ECON 101 $200: Governments deal with monopolies by using these sorts of laws that sound like they literally don't have faith an antitrust law |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE… $400: Degas often worked with these chalk-like sticks of powdered pigment whose name also means delicate in color pastels |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | WELL, I'M WARM-BLOODED $400: This porcupine-like mammal doesn't turn into a ball to roll quickly & gain video game points, but it does eat snakes & bird eggs a hedgehog |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | CHECK IT & SEE $800: As a cloth is wrung out in space, check the results of this property that makes water act like a stretched membrane surface tension |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | WE SELL FUN $1600: Companies like Hasbro have sold this Pokeproduct, a handheld encyclopedia of Pokemon characters the Pokédex |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | LUCK OF THE DRAW $200: From the Latin for "instill with life", it's the creation of a motion picture from a series of still images animation |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | LUCK OF THE DRAW $400: A prehistoric drawing on stone can be called a petroglyph or this, like art sometimes seen as an urban nuisance graffiti |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | CANDLE CULTURE $500: Now discontinued, this New England company's "Man Candle" collection included scents like "2x4" & "Riding Mower" Yankee Candle |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | WHISTLING HALL OF FAME $600: This 2011 Maroon 5 hit kicks off with an infectious whistling hook--something Mick could really dance to "Moves Like Jagger" |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | COLLEGE PRESS $600: Lampooning subjects like Brexit, The Oxymoron calls itself the "finest satire magazine" of this British university Oxford University |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | SKIN CARE $600: We can thank the K-beauty movement for skincare trends like snail slime & bee venom; the "K" stands for this Korea |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | WOMEN & SPORTS $900: Go watch women's sports at this bar in Portland, OR; its name is like "The Sports Bar" but the last word is an anagram of "BAR" (The Sports) Bra |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | WRITERS' WORDS $400: It's a French word for a trite phrase, & the French have their own, like "J'ai dormi comme une souche", "I slept like a stump" a cliché |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | WRITERS' WORDS $600: From the French for "kind", it's a distinctive category of literature like comedy or horror genre |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY $1000: The Customs & Border Protection website has updated wait times at crossings, like this U.S. city's Windsor Tunnel Detroit |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | FLOWER POWER $1200: This computing term for a series of peripherals connected to a computer sounds like a flower bracelet a daisy chain |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | 4 N LANGUAGE $2000: Inopportune or untimely, like the title "Woman" in a Dominick Dunne novel Inconvenient |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | STARDUST $5,000 (Daily Double): A faint constellation in the northern sky, Camelopardalis represents this animal the giraffe |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | RIBS $400: In architecture, a ribbed ceiling with arches is called one of these, like a room in a bank a vault |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | I WANT MY "BABY" BACK, "BABY" BACK $800: It's slang for a protruding belly caused by eating a ton & looking like an early stage of pregnancy a food baby |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | I'D LIKE A DRINK $200: On your Kentucky veranda, you'll sip this bourbon, sugar & crushed ice drink that's garnished with an aromatic herb a mint julep |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | I'D LIKE A DRINK $400: This "worldly" drink consists of vodka, orange-flavored liqueur, cranberry juice & lime juice a cosmopolitan |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | I'D LIKE A DRINK $600: Perfect for summer is a bikini martini--gin, peach schnapps & the blue type of this liqueur curaçao |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | IT'S THE COCKATIEL HOUR $600: Like dogs, cockatiels like to nibble on this untanned leather, also the title of an old TV Western rawhide |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | I'D LIKE A DRINK $800: This cocktail of whiskey, sweet vermouth & a cherry sounds like Peter Minuit paid $24 for it & at a fancy bar, he might a Manhattan |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | I'D LIKE A DRINK $1000: Rye, bitters, Pernod, sugar & a twist gets you this Crescent City cocktail a Sazerac |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $1600: Nadia Boulanger's American students included this one who came home to compose all-American works like "Lincoln Portrait" & "Rodeo" Aaron Copland |
| #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | THE "A" LIST $1000: You can control light entering a camera by varying the diameter of this, which acts like the iris in the human eye aperture |
| #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | CARTOON THEME SONGS $1200: "I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was, to catch them is my real test, to train them is my cause" Pokémon |
| #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | MODERN ARCHITECTURAL STYLES $1600: Architect Oscar Niemeyer was an exponent of modern design in South America, like his own work designing this capital city Brasilia |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | COMPANY NAME ORIGINS $800: Benjamin Holt created a tractor that an onlooker said crawled like this worm-like larva a caterpillar |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | TEACHING $1200: Sounding like an advantage in a foot race, this program recognizes parents as a child's first & most influential teacher Head Start |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | COMMUNICATION $1600: Before home pay-per-view, if you wanted to see a big fight like Ali-Frazier, you went to a theater to watch it on CCTV, this closed-circuit television |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | TEACHING $4,000 (Daily Double): This term for a list of items to be covered in a course is from the Greek for "parchment label" a syllabus |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | SPRINGSTEEN LYRICS $200: "We gotta get out while we're young 'cause tramps like us..." "Born To Run" |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | SOUNDS LIKE A LANGUAGE $200: This tool may be socket or monkey a wrench |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | SOUNDS LIKE A LANGUAGE $400: We thank Sir Thomas More for this adjective describing the mythical perfect place utopian |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | SOUNDS LIKE A LANGUAGE $600: In Louisiana, Beauregard isn't a county but this corresponding unit a parish |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | SOUNDS LIKE A LANGUAGE $800: One letter off from a language of the Philippines, it's a Girl Scout cookie or one following the lead of another a Tagalong |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | SOUNDS LIKE A LANGUAGE $1000: This name for a type of well comes from a French province artesian |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | SPRINGSTEEN LYRICS $1000: "I walked the avenue, til my legs felt like stone, I heard voices of friends vanished and gone" "Streets Of Philadelphia" |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | UP ABOVE $800: To hang suspended in place above something, like a helicopter to hover |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | THE WARDROBE DEPARTMENT $300: The costume designer for this sci-fi film said she wanted Trinity's suit to look like an oil slick The Matrix |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | COMPETITIVE CHEERLEADING $600: "The Complete Story of the Cheerleading Movie that Changed, Like, Everything" is the partial title of a 2022 book saluting this film Bring It On |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | SCIENCE MUSEUMS $1000: Hey, fulcrum lovers! At Columbus, Ohio's Center of Science & Industry, kids can lift a 2,437-lb. car using this bar a lever |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | U.S. "WORLD CAPITALS" $1200: If you like brats & getting barreled, head to Sheboygan in this state, the "world capital" of bratwurst & freshwater surfing Wisconsin |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | ROGET'S BUTT $2,000 (Daily Double): Merci! This synonym for "butt" is derived from French, meaning "behind" derrière |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | TALK CLEANLY TO ME $800: Free from defects, like a playoff game-winning "reception" in 1972 immaculate |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | INSECTS $1000: Just like chickens, some insects have this muscular organ in the digestive tract to grind food a gizzard |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | DOGS & CATS LIVING TOGETHER $200: Toy dogs like the Chihuahua can be trained to use these; experts say fill your dog's with the non-clumping stuff a litter box |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | FROM THE ITALIAN $800: Tossed at New Year's, it has a name meaning "sweetmeats", the little candies tossed during carnival confetti |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LIFE SCIENCE $1200: In the Batesian type of this, aka imitation, an organism evolves to look like a more noxious one so it's left alone mimicry |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | INTERNAL RHYMES $200: This term for an important person sounds like a giant toupee a bigwig |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS $800: This material meaning "baked earth" was used for buildings as well as sculpture, like the head seen here terracotta |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | POTPOURRI $200: As early as 1901 this U.S. state was described as "The Mitten State" Michigan |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | A LITTLE LEGALESE $200: This "of court" may be direct, like using insulting language, or indirect, like refusal to obey a lawful order contempt |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | A LITTLE LEGALESE $400: This 3-word Latin phrase means "something for something ", like one action being exchanged for another of value quid pro quo |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | A LITTLE LEGALESE $600: You pay this to have a lawyer available whenever you need legal help, like suing that orthodontist for giving you a bad one a retainer |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | I PITY DA FOOD! $800: To really like something, or a finely chopped sweet pickle on a hot dog relish |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | THE "A" TEAM $1000: Sing a little song & tell us this nickname of Montreal's Canadian Football League team the Alouettes |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | CRITTERS $1000: Hey, Dean! 8 species make up this group of weasel-like mammals including the fisher & sable martens |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | DUDE-ER-ONOMY $1200: On this drama, Kendall Roy rapped to his dad, Logan, "L to the OG, dude be the OG, A-N be playin', playin' like a pro, see" Succession |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | WHAT A BODY $400: These gland-like nodes only have a "Y" to serve as their vowel lymph nodes |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | GROWING PAINS $400: These hard, pebble-like masses in your renal organ can cause pain until they pass kidney stones |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | GROWING PAINS $600: Using a keyboard like this one may reduce the risk of this painful condition, abbreviated CTS carpal tunnel syndrome |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | ALL THE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN $600: While in the White House, Malia Obama had the code name Radiance & Sasha had this name, like a famous movie sled Rosebud |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | NAME THAT TUNESTER $200: "I came in like a wrecking ball, I never hit so hard in love, all I wanted was to break your walls" Miley Cyrus |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | MOVIE COMEDIES $1600: This pic flew with dialogue like "We have clearance, Clarence"; "Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?" Airplane! |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | A FISH CALLED... $1600: Like Santiago, you'd have quite a story to tell if you caught the massive blue type of this a marlin |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | MARRIAGE STORY $400: 1985:
"Phylicia Ayers-Allen!
How's TV?"
"I just got married"
"Who's the groom?"
"His last name is" this Rashad |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | HORSE, HOG, OR DOG $600: The Irish draught
&
the Lipizzaner horse |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | HORSE, HOG, OR DOG $1500: The large black
&
the large white hog |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | SHOW ME THE MONKEY $400: Old World monkeys like our friend the pottos don't have prehensile these; many New World monkeys do prehensile tails |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | SHOW ME THE MONKEY $600: Saki monkeys are diurnal which means this is when they like to get things done daytime |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | THE TOPIC OF CAPRICORNS $800: Capricorn is a goat who scales mountains, like this Capricorn who said in 1968, "I've been to the mountaintop" MLK (Martin Luther King) |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | THE TOPIC OF CAPRICORNS $1200: In emergencies, Capricorns are resourceful, like this woman who nursed the wounded in the 1st Battle of Bull Run Clara Barton |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | THE TOPIC OF CAPRICORNS $1600: Capricorns like privacy, but this ultra-rich man born Dec. 24, 1905 took that love of privacy to an unhealthy extreme Howard Hughes |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY $2000: Created in 2002, the NLA is the National Association devoted to these, like fats & oils lipids |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | FABRICS $400: It sounds like hammerheads provide the material for this, but it's usually a worsted fabric for men's suits sharkskin |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | ANATOMY $800: The gastrocnemius & soleus, 2 muscles of the calf, act like a lever system with this largest tendon to lift or lower the heel the Achilles tendon |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | LEONARDO DA VINCI, BUSY GUY $2000: As it has bird-like flapping wings, Leo's flying machine is designated one of these an ornithopter |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | TAKE THE "A" TRAINING $400: A degree in broadcasting will help prepare you for a career as one of these, like Al Michaels announcer |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | MOB HITS $600: "But I'm funny how? Funny like a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh?" says Tommy De Vito in this film Goodfellas |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | TAKE THE "A" TRAINING $800: Take classes like "Environmental Design" & "Regenerative Building" at Yale's School of this Architecture |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | "HOUSE" $1600: The AMA says, "physicians making" these "may sound like fabled history", but they have a place in medicine today house calls |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | HALL OF FAMER BY POSITION $2000: Gump Worsley,
Shrimp Worters,
Rat Westwick (ice) hockey goalies |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | FUNGUS AMONG US $300: Some fungi form umbrella-shaped "fruiting bodies" that hold fungal reproductive spores; stir-fry enthusiasts know them as these mushrooms |
| #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 |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | SCULPTURES $900: Picasso's 1912 sculpture of this instrument features droopy frets & a sound hole that looks like a toilet paper roll a guitar |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | THE USTA $600: In 2017, the USTA opened a 100-court center in this state where stars like Evert & Courier were born & many others trained Florida |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | CONTRONYMS $800: It can mean to attach something, like with a clasp, or to detach something, like coupons clip |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | JUST KIDDING $200: Mitch Hedberg:
"I like" this grain. It "is great when you're hungry & you want 2,000 of something" rice |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | STUPID PROVERBS $800: "Nothing" does this "like success" succeeds |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | GOOD "P.R." $400: Use this tool for relatively large areas, like if you're doing the whole bedroom in Sherwin-Williams mindful gray a paint roller |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | HALLOWEEN COSTUME IDEAS $1000: Dress in black with a red plastic flowerpot for a hat & you can "Whip It" good like a member of this New Wave group Devo |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | HOUSEPLANTS $2000: Like Spanish moss & pineapple, Earth star & air plant are in this family of attractive tropical plants bromeliads |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | ROCKET MAN $600: Jason Candle coaches football for the Rockets of this university that's in Ohio but sounds like it could be in Spain Toledo |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | "UNK" IN THE TRUNK $800: This term for a dilapidated old auto like my '52 Chrysler refers to the sound it makes a clunker |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | ISMs $1000: A division of a group into mutually antagonistic factions, like the Catholic Church in 1054 schism |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | A FABRIC-ATED CATEGORY $1600: This woven fabric used for suits sounds like a poetic contraction referencing the future twill |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT THE COUCH $1600: This type of neck injury results from a sudden jerking of the head in one direction like from a rear-end collision whiplash |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | RESPOND LIKE A PIRATE $100: In 2022, this fast food chain launched a line of dog toys shaped like roast beef sandwiches and curly fries Arby's |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | HISTORICAL MARKERS $100: Located in Kokomo, Indiana, "Haynes' Horseless Carriage" is on the spot where Elwood Haynes first tested one of these in 1894 automobile |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | RESPOND LIKE A PIRATE $200: It's the world's smallest and shallowest ocean the Arctic |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | MIDDLE "MAN" $200: Used in several types of Sharpie markers, this kind of ink sounds like it will last forever (spoiler alert: it doesn't) permanent |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | RESPOND LIKE A PIRATE $300: When he's not searching for the Lost Ark or the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones teaches this subject archaeology |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | RESPOND LIKE A PIRATE $400: There's a cannon in the logo of this English soccer team nicknamed "The Gunners" Arsenal |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | RESPOND LIKE A PIRATE $500: The World Tango Museum is located in this country Argentina |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | MIDDLE "MAN" $800: Published annually, this type of reference book is full of facts & information, like the "World" or "Old Farmer's" one an almanac |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | HISTORICAL MARKERS $900 (Daily Double): Along with "Deep Throat", he's the reporter mentioned on a historical marker outside a parking garage in Arlington, VA Bob Woodward |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | MEDICAL MNENOMICS $1500: Pediatricians look for "The 3 S's"--stridor, subglottic swelling and a seal-like cough--before diagnosing this infant ailment croup |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $1000: Farfalle are these creatures, but please don't eat them butterflies |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | ASTROLOGY TIME $6,000 (Daily Double): According to astrology, we are influenced not only by the planets but also by these objects, like Pallas & Vesta asteroids |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | KICKIN' AZTEC $600: In trade, Aztecs used a system known by this term, from the French for "to exchange", using items like cacao beans barter |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | I DIDN'T COME HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS $800: Wilde said this "Man and Superman" author didn't have "an enemy in the world and none of his friends like him" George Bernard Shaw |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | CHANGE A LETTER $1200: It's to swindle or trick someone, like George C. Scott does in a 1967 film flim-flam |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT? $1200: The soft ones are made from high-water-content polymers like hydroxyethyl-methacrylate contact lenses |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | THE LITERARY CHARACTER WHO SAID... $3,200 (Daily Double): "What did it matter where you lay once you were dead?... You were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that" Philip Marlowe |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LIKE A ROCK $200: A record of past performance; some people start over with a clean one a slate |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | WE WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK $200: This whistle, also called a swanee whistle, modulates its pitch like a trombone a slide whistle |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LIKE A ROCK $400: The object of a pursuit, such as a hunted animal a quarry |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LIKE A ROCK $600: In earlier days, this pro-am golf tournament on California's Monterey peninsula was called the Crosby Clambake Pebble Beach |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LIKE A ROCK $800: Rocky adjective for a harsh, raspy voice gravelly |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LIKE A ROCK $1000: This cake's mottled or streaked look is achieved by alternating vanilla & chocolate batters marble |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | SURELY YOU JOUST $400: This synonym for jousting that sounds like a pinball term refers to the barrier between the opponents tilt (tilting) |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | THE CALIFORNIANS $1000: Like, for sure not a native, this father of the H-bomb totally helped create Lawrence Livermore Lab at U.C. Berkeley Teller |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | LESSER-KNOWN SIBLINGS $200: Like her father and Atticus Finch, Alice Lee, sister of author Harper Lee, was one of these professionals lawyer |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | LESSER-KNOWN SIBLINGS $300: While his bros had hits like "Sucker", actor Frankie said he hated being called "the bonus" this name Jonas |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | BIG DOGS AS LITTLE PUPPIES $400: A dog de Bordeaux, like the pup seen here, was Tom Hanks' co-star in this 1989 movie Turner & Hooch |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | DEMONYMS $500: It's how you might refer to a resident of Tirana, a capital city near the Adriatic coast--or to a resident of NY's state capital an Albanian |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | OH, THAT'S RICH $500: Appropriately, the name of this dish consisting of French fries, cheese curds & gravy is also slang for "mess" in Québec poutine |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | SHAPES IN NATURE $900: Cordate is an adjective used to refer to leaves, like the ones seen here, that have this shape a heart shape |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | YOU'RE A HOMOPHONE, DIANE $1,000 (Daily Double): In her 1983 book's acknowledgements, primatologist Dian Fossey thanks mostly humans but also these animals mountain gorillas |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | HI, I'M J.LO $2,100 (Daily Double): You can buy a copy of "The Call of the Wild" at the gift shop in the California state park dedicated to this "J.Lo" Jack London |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | PEW! PEW! PEW! $3,000 (Daily Double): Derived from the French word for "flea", it's a dark shade of red similar to burnt sienna puce |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | GO ____ $600: Make more effort than required, like by walking 1,760 more yards to go the extra mile |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE $400: This puzzle is so-named for the tool used to create the intricate lines & curves of its pieces a jigsaw |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | BODY SHOTS $600: Something that has a good effect on you (like a vaccine) is a shot in this the arm |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE $800: Solving one of these in London's Daily Telegraph in 1942 could've made you a Bletchley codebreaker in WWII a crossword |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE $1200: On this game show 2 contestants revealed a rebus picture puzzle by matching pairs of prizes & then had to solve the puzzle Concentration |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE $1600: A confused mess, or a syndicated newspaper puzzle with letters in circles & squares a jumble |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE $2000: A classic logic puzzle from 1962 deals with the surnames of 3 train employees: the brakeman, the fireman & him the engineer |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | ARCHITECTURE TERMS $400: Miss this term for the main body of a church & it sounds like you don't know Jack the nave |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | MOVIES AS TV NEWS STORIES $600: 2 musicians dressed like undertakers led police on a wild chase through Chicago. Their car, & many others, did not survive the trip The Blues Brothers |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | THE MEDI-VERSE $500 (Daily Double): Development of the fighter pilot's G-suit is one of the breakthroughs from this clinic whose name sounds like a deli condiment the Mayo Clinic |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | WHAT A LOAD OF B.S. $600: No more "European Pink" for Misty Copeland; in 2017, Gaynor Minden began making this footwear with darker skin tones ballet shoes (or ballet slippers) |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | NAME GAME $1000: 16th century queen of Scotland + last name = this actress who plays Joon in 1993's "Benny & Joon" Mary Stuart Masterson |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ESTATE PLANNING $1,200 (Daily Double): In law, it's one party managing another's property for the benefit of a third; in life, some say it's the key to a good relationship trust |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | NAME: THE CLASSIC SONG $200: "I wish that I had" his "girl... where can I find a woman like that?" Jessie |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | FOOD FOR THOUGHT $800: Deep-water fish like wild salmon are rich in omega-3 these, essential to brain function fatty acids |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | ARE YOU SHAKESPEARIENCED? $1000: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players" As You Like It |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY $1600: In Old Egypt, this cross shaped like a "T" with a loop at the top was a symbol of life an ankh |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | WEIRD AL PARODIES $1000: This favorite mentions "a malpractice suit" & "cuttin' for the very first time" "Like A Surgeon" |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | POEMS ABOUT POETRY $2000: In 1816 he wrote "Mont Blanc" / & there'd be other gems / But you try rhyming "Ozymandias" / Do I look like Eminem?! Shelley |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | MARVEL VILLAINS $200: Sorta like Hercules, the "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." have to fend off this evil organization HYDRA |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | WE'VE GOT TO STOP MEETING LIKE THIS $400: In the 1920s & '30s this literary group that included Dorothy Parker met regularly for lunch at a NYC hotel the Algonquin Round Table |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | WE'VE GOT TO STOP MEETING LIKE THIS $800: The Dumbarton Oaks Mansion was the site of a 1944 meeting that proposed forming what became this world body the United Nations |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | MARVEL VILLAINS $1000: On "Daredevil", Vincent D'Onofrio plays this foe who sounds like he'd be at home at a bowling alley Kingpin |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | GAMES PEOPLE PLAY $1200: The classic game Reversi is aka this game, like a Shakespearean title character Othello |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | WE'VE GOT TO STOP MEETING LIKE THIS $1200: During the 1604 Hampton Court Conference, this king accepted a request for a new translation of the Bible King James |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | WE'VE GOT TO STOP MEETING LIKE THIS $2,000 (Daily Double): In February, 1945, FDR, Churchill & Stalin met at the Livadia Palace near this Black Sea resort Yalta |
| #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) |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | LAW & ORDER $400: This term for the termination of a proceeding without a verdict sounds like the end of a school class dismissal |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | THE PIPE ORGAN $800: One common type of pipe produces sound with a thin, vibrating one of these, like a clarinet does a reed |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | BRAD TO THE BONE $1000: Beginning in 1971, Brad Whitford played guitar for this band, but that dude does not look like a lady Aerosmith |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | "M"USICALS $2000: This 2001 movie musical set in Paris is now a stage show with new(er) songs like "Rolling In The Deep" & "Bad Romance" Moulin Rouge! |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | ALSO AN ANIMAL SOUND $200: To make natural rubber, start by collecting latex by cutting slits in this layer of the rubber tree the bark |
| #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 |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | IT "IS" WHAT IT "IS" $1200: Like a mythological character who loved his own reflection, people with this personality style are in love with themselves narcissism |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | ABOUT FACE TATTOO $400: This rapper whose face says "always tired" isn't tired of success, like 365 million streams in one week of "Hollywood's Bleeding" Post Malone |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | ABOUT FACE TATTOO $600: If you don't like the L.A. Dodgers logo near the right eye of this West Side rapper, don't hate the playa--hate the... The Game |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | CAVES $600: In Europe, they call some caverns these, like Italy's Blue one grotto |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | TRANSLATE THE BRITISHISM $800: Shirley Manson of Rubbish sang songs like "Stupid Girl" & "Push It" Garbage |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | NEXT STOP, VENUS $1000: Just like Mercury, Venus has this many moons zero |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS $800: An embassy can also be called one of these, which sounds like a secret spy trip a mission |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | THAT'S JUST OFFAL $1000: The pancreas of a calf provides this delicacy that sounds like it would be available at the bakery rather than the butcher a sweetbread |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | STARS & STRIPES IN ART $1600: Late in life this French artist got into cutouts, like the yellow stars in his 1947 work "Icarus" Henri Matisse |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | COMPOUND ADJECTIVES $2000: Mean & unfeeling, like "Hannah, the vamp of Savannah" Hard Hearted |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | 21st CENTURY BARTLETT'S QUOTATIONS $200: Elon Musk is quoted, "I would like to die on" this planet "just not on impact" Mars |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | FROM "S" TO "Y" $600: This word for correspondence in shape comes from the Greek for "of like measure" symmetry |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | A TRIP TO MUMBAI $800: India's film industry, nicknamed this, began in Mumbai; see stars' mansions in Bandra West, like Shah Rukh Khan's 6-story one Bollywood |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | JOHNNY GILBERT GOES COUNTRY $1200: "The red headed stranger had eyes like thunder, his lips they were sad & tight" Willie Nelson |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE SPORTING NEWS $600: Like Manchester, Newcastle in the north of England has a Premier League soccer club with this all-for-one name United |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE NEW YORK KNOCKS $1000: A Yelper on this landmark connecting Canal St. & Jersey City: a "traffic jam tunnel. If you have a small bladder like me, good luck" the Holland Tunnel |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $200: The innermost yellow rings on one in Olympic archery score 9 or 10 points target |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $400: The Lone Star State's sax & violins Texas instruments |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $600: Something belonging jointly to actors Bautista & Keaton Dave & Buster's |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $800: For foreign workers in the states, one might be H-1B or H-2A visa |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SOUNDS LIKE BIG BUSINESS $1000: One who is in charge of exam surveillance & make a wager proctor & gamble |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | PHYSIOLOGY $2000: The small intestine is lined with a mucous membrane & these finger-like projections villi |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | TALK LIKE A PIRATE $200: "And you can buy an eye what actually fits & is made of glass" is spoken in this movie franchise Pirates of the Caribbean |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | TALK LIKE A PIRATE $400: In this film Cary Elwes as the dread pirate Roberts calls Chris Sarandon a "warthog-faced buffoon" The Princess Bride |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | ENEMIES--NOT A LOVE STORY $400: I'm rhymin', I'm stylin' & I'm profilin' as I'm chillin' like a this in a phrase meaning I'm stress-free, baby a villain |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Many scientists came from the Nazi rocket program to get NASA off the ground, like Kurt Debus, the first director of this space center from 1962 to 1974 the Kennedy Space Center |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | TALK LIKE A PIRATE $600: "It is, it is a glorious thing to be a pirate king", says a song from this Gilbert & Sullivan show The Pirates of Penzance |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | TALK LIKE A PIRATE $800: This Steven Spielberg title pirate is described by Smee as being "so deep he's almost unfathomable" Hook |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | TALK LIKE A PIRATE $1000: "It's the world against us & us against the world", says Errol Flynn as this sanguine title pirate Captain Blood |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | SONG BIRDS $200: "Maybe you're just like my mother, she's never satisfied" is from this song in "Purple Rain" "When Doves Cry" |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | IN YOUR ELEMENT $400: Traces of Pb, this element, are found in everyday substances like old house paint, where they can be dangerous lead |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | SONG BIRDS $600: "I'll raise you like a" this mythical bird, sang Fall Out Boy, who rhymed it with remix a phoenix |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | LET'S SEE HOW YOU DO WITH AMERICAN FOOTBALL $400: Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor, of this NFC East team: "Let's go out there like a bunch of crazed dogs & have some fun" the New York Giants |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | RECONSTRUCTION $600: This famous orator said his time as president of the failing Freedman's Bank was like being married to a corpse Frederick Douglass |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | RECONSTRUCTION $2000: People like Loula Williams aided in the reconstruction of the Greenwood area of this Okla. city after a race massacre in 1921 Tulsa |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | MAMMALS $800: Like its relative, the meerkat, the banded type of this snake killer bands together to make a stand a mongoose |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | ALSO A CANDY $1600: This purrrfect club of Whig leaders in London sounds just like a chocolate wafer bar a Kit-Cat |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | PLAY PEOPLE $400: A seducing rake in 1675's "The Country Wife" is named this, like Little Jack in the corner Horner |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | PLAY PEOPLE $800: He based Prince Paul, who says witty things like "It is so exhausting not to talk", on his Irish college tutor Oscar Wilde |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WORD WITH YOU $1200: In the sequence 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 4 is this, like a highway strip median |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | QUITE A FOX $1200: Early in her career this star of hits like "Independence Day" & "Kill Bill" was a dancer on "Soul Train" Vivica Fox |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | PLAY PEOPLE $2000: "Angels in America" has characters both heavenly, such as the angel, & earthly, like the vision of this woman executed in 1953 (Ethel) Rosenberg |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | SOUNDS LIKE FOOD $200: Types of these include http-only, session & zombie, but none of them go very well with a glass of cold milk a cookie |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | SOUNDS LIKE FOOD $400: Related to Old Norse "hvina", it's a complaining cry or sound a whine |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | SOUNDS LIKE FOOD $600: Not so great with peanut butter on a sandwich, Vaseline has been a brand of this since the 1870s petroleum jelly |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | SOUNDS LIKE FOOD $800: While playing, Ginger Baker would hold one of these in each hand, but he'd get little nutrition from them drumsticks |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | SOUNDS LIKE FOOD $1000: It sounds like you're making pasta when engaging in this activity that involves catching catfish with your bare hands noodling |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | GREEK GEOGRAPHY $2,600 (Daily Double): The setting of plays like "Oedipus" & "Antigone", this Greek city shares its name with a capital city of Ancient Egypt Thebes |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $800: Again the U.K.'s anthem, "God Save The King" says, "send him victorious... &" this splendid word that rhymes with victorious glorious |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | BREEDS OF SHEEP $800: Sheep like the Dorper that shed & don't need shearing are called not wool, but this type, also a word before "trigger" or "raising" hair |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | TRIPLE TIME $200: Like a pregnancy, Carleton College's academic year is divided into these trimesters |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | THE OED DESCRIBES THE ANIMAL $600: "Mouse-like quadrupeds... having the fingers extended to support a thin membrane" a bat |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | WRITER-DIRECTORS $1600: Born in Austria, he learned English while rooming with Peter Lorre, so it's lucky the people in "Some Like It Hot" don't talk like I am Billy Wilder |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | MAKEOVERS $400: A few things added to cars on this show hosted by Xzibit: a fish tank, a fireplace, a Sistine Chapel-like ceiling Pimp My Ride |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | WELCOME TO OUR FRUIT STAND $400: This sweet & seedy vine fruit sounds like it might inspire an intense desire for it passion fruit |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | HOSTEL $1200: You don't have to BYOV, bring your own volleyball, to this hostel in Bali that sounds exactly like a Tom Hanks film Castaway |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | INTERNALLY YOURS $1,200 (Daily Double): It sounds like an old name for Troy, but it's the lowest section of the small intestine where certain vitamins salts are absorbed ileum |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | A BY-THE-BOOK HOW TO $800: Wanna play God like him? "Make the being of a gigantic stature... eight feet in height, and proportionably large", or... don't (Dr. Victor) Frankenstein |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | A BY-THE-BOOK HOW TO $1000: How to re-educate violent people like Alex in this novel? "My top glazz-lids were pulled up & up & up & I could not shut my glazzies" A Clockwork Orange |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | FASHION OLD & NEW $200: A bright color palette that was big in the '80s & has made a comeback on the festival scene is called this, like a noble gas neon |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | MUSICAL MENAGERIE $400: "This is what it sounds like" at this tearful moment, sang Prince in the movie "Purple Rain" when doves cry |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | WORLD OF FIRST NAMES $400: The start of the Obama administration brought a doubling of U.S. girls named this Hawaiian form of Mary Malia |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Founded in 1908, this agency battled less glamorous issues like copyright violations until the gangsters came along the FBI |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | STARS ON THE NATION'S FLAG $800: Like several of its neighbors, Papua New Guinea's flag has stars in the shape of this constellation the Southern Cross |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | OPPENHEIMER $400: (Emily Blunt presents the clue.) My character Kitty Oppenheimer's marriage to Robert was tempestuous, & in the 1950s controversy over her one-time involvement with this political party helped bring an end to her husband's career in government communism (Communist Party) |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | WORLD ROYALTY $800: Mad King Ludwig of this old German kingdom got his nickname for stunts like building Neuschwanstein Castle Bavaria |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | BANDS ACROSS THE DECADES $600: Here come Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart again, falling on your heads like an '80s memory the Eurythmics |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | 3,3 $600: A killer for hire, like TV's Barry Berkman a hit man |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | "R" SONG $200: In a 2017 smash, Post Malone sang, "I feel just like a" this, which he is--he didn't mean he wanted an energy drink a rock star |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | MOVIE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Rex Harrison teaches Audrey Hepburn how to speak proper English & vocalize like Billie Holiday My Fair Lady Day (My Fair Lady Sings the Blues) |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | SLANG $400: Could you be any more this 5-letter word that means mainstream, like pumpkin spice lattes basic |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | STATE INSECTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This industrious insect important to agriculture was chosen by Nebraska & Missouri a honeybee |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | FIRST NAME VERBS $1,000 (Daily Double): To give, like a wish grant |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | INTERNATIONAL SUPERMODELS $600: Lila, daughter of this supermodel, made her debut on the cover of British "Vogue" in 2022 Kate Moss |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $800: "So Much To Say" about the band named for him, like that it sold 7 million copies of 1996's "Crash" Dave Matthews |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | WALLPAPER $2000: This 19th century Arts & Crafts movement designer, with a name fit for a Hollywood agent, made wallpapers like Rose & Jasmine (William) Morris |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | COUNTRY SINGERS IN COUNTRY SONGS $800: A song by Heidi Newfield begins, "There's something 'bout a man in black" & the chorus says, "I want a love like Johnny &" her June |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SOME "HARD" SONGS $400: A 1964 chart-topper said, "It's been" this, "& I've been working like a dog" "A Hard Day's Night" |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | 10-LETTER ADJECTIVES $400: Seemingly without a floor, like the pit of hell as described in Revelation bottomless |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | MYTH MISERY $800: Song titles applying to the plight of this Corinth king: "Like A Rolling Stone" & "Running Up That Hill" (& back down again, forever) Sisyphus |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | 10-LETTER ADJECTIVES $800: In the form of small, crystallized particles like refined sugar granulated |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | MATH ABBREVIATIONS & SYMBOLS $400: The symbol for a right angle looks like this letter L |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | ART & ARTISTS $1000: This "Birth of Venus" painter also did illustrations for written works like the "Map of Hell" for Dante's "Divine Comedy" Botticelli |
| #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) |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WESTMINSTER-WINNING DOG BREEDS $200: Moving like the athlete it shares a name with, this breed hit the ring & won Best in Show in 1951 a Boxer |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | ART"S" $400: Like Cézanne's "Apples on a Cloth", it's a painting of inanimate objects for their own sake, or for symbolic significance a still life |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | ART"S" $2000: Teddy Roosevelt said of his official White House portrait by this 3-named painter: "I like his picture immensely" John Singer Sargent |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | LIKE AVERSION $200: "Mary, Mary, quite" this word meaning averse to what you're told to do; how does your response grow? contrary |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | LIKE AVERSION $400: In a 1972 literary title, Sin City had its share of "Fear &" this Loathing |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | LIKE AVERSION $600: "Adverse" is another term for this type of witness who can be cross-examined as if the opposing lawyer had called them hostile |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | LIKE AVERSION $800: It follows "the loyal" as the out-of-power political party the opposition |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | LIKE AVERSION $1000: A synonym for dislike, it's a Latin word that can mean spirit or anger animus |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | NO CAP $2000: The USA's thousands of uncapped oil wells issue forth greenhouse gases like methane & carcinogens like this embalming agent formaldehyde |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | COMPOUND WORDS $200: Emily Post wrote that when meeting others, this should not feel viselike, nor like a wet rag a handshake |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | BUSINESS $1000: This company has introduced sturdy materials like Curv & Roxkin for its suitcases Samsonite |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | SERENITY NOW! $1200: Taylor Swift sang, "You need to just stop, like can you just not step on his gown? You need to" do this calm down |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | BEFORE & AFTER PEOPLE $400: Gunslinger William Bonney who rapped & rolled his way to hits like "Cowboy" & "Redneck Paradise" Billy the Kid Rock |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | HISTORIC SHORTS $400: Curthose, the nickname of Robert, a duke of Normandy & son of this conqueror, meant something like "short stockings" William the Conqueror |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $400: Delicate & rare like herself, a unicorn is among Laura Wingfield's prized collection in this Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GOOGLE EASTER EGGS $600: Search for this Klondike ice cream treat shaped like another food & a banner will display "1983-2022"; may it rest in peace the Choco Taco |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | IT CAME FROM NEW JERSEY $400: Songs in this Broadway show include "Walk Like A Man" & "Big Girls Don't Cry" Jersey Boys |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | UNITED KINGDOM ELECTION CONSTITUENCIES $1,600 (Daily Double): Bordering Dover & Folkestone & Hythe, this district on England's east coast has a few ancient "Tales" to tell Canterbury |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | KIDS OF THE '70s, REJOICE! $800: In '72, this tennis-like Atari video game debuted & kids went crazy--such cool graphics! They'll never get better than that! Pong |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | I LEARNED IT ON SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $1000: This man "made a deal with Napoleon: how'd you like to sell a mile or 2 (or 3, or a hundred, or a thousand)"? (Thomas) Jefferson |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | TRUMPET TOOTIN' $2000: His doctors made him quit the trumpet after an aneurysm; he went on to produce songs like "We Are The World" Quincy Jones |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | OFFICIAL NICKNAMES $200: Think of Roman numerals & you'll know the U.S. Army's Fourth Infantry Division has this plant as its official nickname ivy |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | MISHEARD LYRICS $200: Her No. 1 hit "Like A Virgin" takes a very different turn when she's "touched for the 31st time" Madonna |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | LET'S STICK TOGETHER $400: Director Taylor Hackford seems to treat this woman like a queen as they've been together since 1986 Helen Mirren |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | RANDOM FACTS $800: Google's recent entry into the world of A.I. has this name just like a poet of yore Bard |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | FIRST SPEECHES IN SHAKESPEARE $800: "Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, assume the port of Mars" Henry V |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | FIRST SPEECHES IN SHAKESPEARE $2000: "My brother Jaques he keeps at school, & report speaks goldenly of his profit" As You Like It |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | FINISH LAST $200: Last-place competitors in this bicycle race are known as the "lanterne rouge", like the red light on the back of a vehicle the Tour de France |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | THIS IS ALL A BIT MUCH $800: You've "gone" this, like Goldie Hawn in a movie title & Anna Faris in the remake overboard |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | NIGHT SKIES $800: Mizar A & B are what's called a visual this word, like a kind of computer code, for their apparent closeness a binary system |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | THIS IS ALL A BIT MUCH $4,000 (Daily Double): It means wastefully extravagant, like an offspring in Luke 15 prodigal |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE $600: The first step in construction was placing 60,000-ton concrete blocks on each end called this, like an Alaskan city anchorage |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | DATING/APPS $1000: Oh, you like to travel? I'd love to visit Myanmar but the closest I've gotten is this geographic cream cheese & crab app crab Rangoon |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | AMERICAN CAVES $1200: This aquatic creature with a name like a young dog dwells in caves; the Devils Hole species lives in areas only 10 feet wide a pupfish |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $1200: Like its relative the vicuna, this wild camelid of South America has a wool coat used to make high-grade cloth the guanaco |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | J NOT SOUNDING LIKE JUH $400: This Scandinavian first name that's big in baby carriers means "bear" Bjorn |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | A CHORUS LINE $400: "So it's not just gonna happen like that, 'cause I ain't no hollaback girl" Gwen Stefani |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | J NOT SOUNDING LIKE JUH $800: Here's this sizzling dish; now all we need are the tortillas fajitas |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | RANDOM STUFF $800: Jesus was said to be born fully formed, so he looks like a little man in works called the "Throne of" this quality he shares with Solomon Wisdom |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | J NOT SOUNDING LIKE JUH $1600: This versatile cheese is not Swiss; it's from Norway Jarlsberg |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | J NOT SOUNDING LIKE JUH $2000: A feminine inner personality called the anima is central to this type of analysis named for a famous psychologist Jungian |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | GIMME 5 $2000: Counterparts to Moscow composers like Tchaikovsky, "The Five" were St. Petersburgers Cui, Balakirev, Borodin, Mussorgsky & him Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | J NOT SOUNDING LIKE JUH $4,000 (Daily Double): The name of this fictional character in many tales is followed by -ismo in a Spanish word for womanizing Don Juan |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | AFTER THE FACT $200: Oslo hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics... with demonstration sports like bandy, kind of like hockey speeded up as this replaces the puck a ball |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | DEEP BOOKS $800: Anne Applebaum's "Twilight of" this political system we quite like is subtitled "The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism" Democracy |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | ACCESSORIES $800: These earrings dangle like the light fixture of the same name a chandelier |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | FLOWERS $800: The American this Plant Society says nowadays these are affordable--spend as little as you like, but you won't be able to own just one orchids |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | 5-LETTER WORDS $200: Like a track athlete, you might "pass" it when turning a responsibility over to another baton |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | LIKE A STATUE $400: Taller than the original, a replica of this "Great" statue stands outside the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas the Sphinx |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | LIKE A STATUE $800: On a bluff above the Missouri, 50-foot-tall "Dignity" honors the Dakota & this related people one letter different the Lakota |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | LIKE A STATUE $1200: Michelangelo's statue of this guy is 11 1/2 feet taller than Bernini's David |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | LIKE A STATUE $1600: Honoring the city's iron making heritage, a statue of this fiery Roman god overlooks Birmingham, Alabama Vulcan |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | LIKE A STATUE $2,000 (Daily Double): John Diefenbaker & Lester Pearson are among the notables commemorated with statues on this Ottawa hill Parliament Hill |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | RETRONYMS $200: A retronym is a noun & a modifier specifying the noun's original meaning, like this form of entertainment here a silent movie |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | DIASPORA $400: Like Afro-Brazilians, it was to cultivate this crop that thousands of Indo-Fijians were brought to the South Pacific sugar |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | QUICK BOOKS $800: His "Midnight's Children" is set in places like Kashmir & Delhi Salman Rushdie |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | PETS ON FILM $800: Like most of the stars in this 2011 Oscar winner, Uggie, the devoted canine pal of George Valentin, didn't have much to say The Artist |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | STARTS WITH "W" $1200: Here's a peek at this spiral galaxy named for its vortex-like shape the Whirlpool Galaxy |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | LATE NIGHT TALKING $800: On this Jimmy Kimmel bit, Allison Janney read, "Allison Janney looks like a substitute teacher everyone hates" "Celebrities Read Mean Tweets" |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | YES, YOU CANAL $800: It's a tight squeeze getting by in this country's Corinth Canal, but seems like fun Greece |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | CATCH OF THE DAY $800: The ling tastes like this fish, & "ling" precedes its name in the name of another fish cod |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | ROMANCING THE STONES $1600: Sapphires like the one in Princess Diana's engagement ring bear this former name for Sri Lanka, where they were found Ceylon |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG $1000: Though it sounds like you'll float in the air, this mode of transport allows you to merrily roll along thanks to its wheels Hoverboard |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A '90s KID $1200: Games for this alphanumeric console included '90s classics like "GoldenEye" & "Banjo-Kazooie" the N64 |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | ETYMOLOGY $1200: The Dutch for "a twist in a rope" gave us this adjective for something twisted, like a rope or a fetish kinky |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | THE PRESIDENTIAL LINE OF SUCCESSION, TODAY $1200: Al Haig once said, "I am in control here in the White House" but like this man, Haig was batting fourth Antony Blinken |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | RIAA TOP-SELLING ARTISTS $600: She's racked up more than 68 million album sales, many for soundtracks like "Funny Girl" Barbra Streisand |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | YOU MUST BE 12 LETTERS LONG OR MORE TO ENTER $1200: A store specializing in men's clothing & accessories like ties & hats a haberdashery |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | ANIMAL ROCK $400: In their first Top 10 hit, Duran Duran was "Hungry like the..." the wolf |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | INTERNAL ORGANS (& OTHER BODY PARTS) $400: A slow-moving person, like a certain mollusk a snail |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | WORDS ENDING IN "Y" $800: It sounds like a place where chimps & gorillas are kept, but as you can see, it's not an apiary |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $1600: Going up? Going down? He made elevators more secure with his invention of a safety brake Otis |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $400: Ancistroid means shaped like these items used to catch fish or hang shower curtains hooks |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | TV $800: Her childhood dream was to be on "SNL" & she made the most of it with memorable characters like an alien abduction survivor (Kate) McKinnon |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | "B" NICE $800: This Scottish adjective means attractive, like many a lass or a particular prince bonny |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | STUFF TO WEAR $1000: This type of fitted dress sounds like a good place to store your sword or dagger a sheath |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER $200: (Andrew Lloyd Webber presents the clue.) When my dad listened to the song here from this show I asked him, "Does it sound like anything else"? & he responded, "It sounds like $10 million"
"Midnight / Not a sound from the pavement / Has the moon lost her memory? / She is smiling alone..." Cats |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | AROUND THE USA $200: Fittingly, there's no place like the Oz Museum in Wamego in this state Kansas |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | DUDE, HERE'S YOUR CAR $800: The I-Pace electric SUV from this British automaker purrs like a kitten Jaguar |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | FAMOUS SIBLINGS $2000: British actor Toby Sebastian is the brother of this actress from films like "Don't Worry Darling" Florence Pugh |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | HAMMER $200: A drywall hammer can have this other axe-like "H" tool on its back end to trim & hack through panels a hatchet |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | HAMMER $400: You can look like a gunslinger but instead of a pistol, draw a hammer from one of these tool belt accessories a holster |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | "M.C." $800: This term describes a charming & romantic first encounter between 2 people, like on a train or shopping for the same item a meet cute |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | AUTHORS' FIRST NOVELS $1000: This first novel from James Joyce sounds like it could be a painting of him from when he was a wee lad A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | POETIC SUBJECTS $800: "Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame", says Emma Lazarus' poem called "The New" this Colossus |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | RESEARCH $200: Owned by ancestry.com, this.com allows you to dig up old defunct dailies like the Daily Tombstone newspapers.com |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | SPANISH PROFESSIONS $200: Cantante,
like Marc Anthony a singer |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | RESEARCH $600: Head down to the local library to look at old documents in this format with a name that sounds like a tiny movie microfilm |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | CURSES! BASEBALL! $1000: The Bobblehead Curse is said to jinx this team's stars who've been thus honored, like Mike Piazza & Johan Santana the New York Mets |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | SPANISH PROFESSIONS $1000: Beloved by kids,
payaso,
like the late lamented Cepillín a clown |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | TECHNOLOGY $2000: A mini robot that can shape-shift like T-1000 was created using this element, symbol Ga; it's a metal with a low melting point Gallium |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | FLAG TERMINOLOGY $200: The part of a flag farthest from the pole is the fly; the part closest to it is this, which sounds like what you do to raise one up hoist |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | SHAKESPEARE & HIS WORLD $400: Shakespeare wrote 3 main types of plays: comedies, tragedies & these, like "Henry IV, Part 1" histories |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | THAT'S A WRAP, EVERYBODY! $200: Pre-butterfly, a caterpillar wraps itself in a cocoon-like this & then digests itself, using enzymes to dissolve its tissues a chrysalis |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | THAT'S A WRAP, EVERYBODY! $1000: This loose, skirt-like wrap is noted for its traditional use in the Malay archipelago sarong |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | YOU KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS $400: Lovers of the game like Ken Burns & Bill "Spaceman" Lee have observed there's no this in baseball, but as of 2023 there is a clock |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | YOU KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS $1600: Recent movies like "Lady Chatterley's Lover" & TV like "The Affair" credit this type of coordinator of romantic scenes an intimacy coordinator |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | IT'S JUST US $2000: Paul Williams, Helen Reddy & Johnny Mathis have all recorded the song that says, "Sometimes it feels like" this mismatch "You And Me Against The World" |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | SO YOU THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS $600: In Super Bowl III this 15-win team with stars like John Mackey was favored by 18 over the Jets the Baltimore Colts |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | HORROR MOVIES $1600: She stars in Fresh, which seems like a rom-com at first, but thanks to Sebastian Stan, she soon learns there's more on the menu Daisy Edgar Jones |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | AVIATION $600: This term for a small plane used for short connecting flights sounds like it flies over small pools of water a puddle jumper |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | BARONS & BARONESSES $400: This Shakespearean actor was knighted in 1947 and became Baron of Brighton in 1970 for his theater work Laurence Olivier |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | COOKING WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1000: This word from French for just a hint of an ingredient sounds like a way mom calls the gang to dinner soupçon |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $400: "International" cocoa concoction for the unmarried Clue character portrayed by Colin Jost's wife Swiss Miss Scarlet Johansson |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | PLANTS & TREES $400: The nut-like seeds seen here grow on this Ohio state tree the buckeye |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1924 the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary became this historically black college for women Spelman |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | FOR MASTERS ONLY $1600: He wrote the novel "True Grit" but his funnier books like "The Dog of the South" won him a cult following (Charles) Portis |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | PLANTS & TREES $2000: No soil needed for air plants, like the tillandsia seen here, which are also called this type, from Greek for "upon" and "plant" epiphyte |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | "YO", I'LL SOLVE IT $200: To sing like a Swiss mountaineer... wanna become a legend & give it a shot? yodel |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $2000: Like John Harvard & John Marshall, this John who founded Methodism has an American university named for him Wesley |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | PORTMANTEAUS $400: Listen, little lady, while I do this, condescendingly tell you what it's like to experience childbirth mansplain |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | PURE POETRY $800: (Ada Limón reads.) I'm a big fan of this strong metrical foot that consists of two stressed syllables, like the title of my poem "Dead Stars" spondee |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | FIVE FOR FIGHTING $800: Siamese fighting fish are also known by this name, which sounds like you might want to put a wager on them betta |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | & SCENE $2000: A stunning sequence in this 2019 film depicts the same-named massacre of Manchester protesters in 1819 Peterloo |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | KING OF THE MOUNTAIN $2,800 (Daily Double): Mont Ventoux in Provence, during the Seven Years' War Louis XV |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | THOSE BALLS HAVE "I"s $1000: The name of this golf ball brand used by champions like Jordan Spieth sounds like a champion Titleist |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | ANAGRAMS $1600: A colonizer like Cortés:
CARTOON SQUID a conquistador |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | LITERARY MISMATCHES $6,000 (Daily Double): Nora Ephron's novel about the end of a marriage bemoans "mysteries like... neuritis, neuralgia, acid indigestion &" this title condition heartburn |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: It's the "M" in USMA, which had high hopes in the 1970s when it looked like the U.S. might start to measure by that system metric |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | IT ALL STARTS WITH "U" $1600: To howl like a wolf or a widow ululate |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | RECENT POP MUSIC $2000: Possessive title of the third solo album by Mr. Styles Harry's House |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | HEADGEAR & HISTORY $1200: Catherine of Aragon rocked the headwear called this type of hood because it looks like the triangular end of a roof a gable (a gabled hood) |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | HEADGEAR & HISTORY $2000: The "steel pot" helmet of World War II had this more formal alphanumeric name, like the Garand rifle the M1 |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FOREIGN HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In Scotland, on the night of Jan. 25, this poet's birth is celebrated by reading his works & eating traditional foods like haggis (Rabbie) Burns |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | 1990s EMMY AWARDS $1600: A college football player, he scored an Emmy for coaching the game as Wood Newton on "Evening Shade" Burt Reynolds |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | 4 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS OR CONSONANTS $1600: This language family includes Cherokee, Mohawk & Seneca Iroquoian |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | TURNS $800: To get from higher elevation to lower in this sport, use turns like the plough-parallel or the stem christie skiing |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | "B" IS THE FIRST LETTER $1000: It means "in a state of confusion", but many misuse it because it sounds so much like "finding something funny" bemused (bemusement) |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | POP METAL BANDS $1000: "Here I go again on my own, goin' down the only road I've ever known, like a drifter I was born to walk alone" Whitesnake |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | COLLEGE: THE DROP/ADD PERIOD $1000: Drop "for Social Research" from this NYC institution, like it did in the 1990s the New School |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | ANIMALS $1600: The name "star-nosed" this mammal sounds lovely; describing that nose as 22 fleshy pink tentacles in a star-like pattern... less a mole |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | 12-LETTER WORDS $200: It's totally tubular & produces patterns like those seen here kaleidoscope |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | 12-LETTER WORDS $1000: From Latin & Greek for "flow", it's the medical specialty for conditions of the joints & connective tissues like arthritis rheumatology |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | INTERNATIONAL LIT $1600: Made into a tasty 1992 film, it's Laura Esquivel's "Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies" Like Water for Chocolate |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | GO TO YOUR ROOM $2000: Get thee to this little room next to the pantry & the kitchen where its maids clean dishes & the like scullery |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | 16th & 17th CENTURY ART $2000: It takes a genius like this German painter & printmaker to get people excited about a work called "The Large Piece of Turf" Dürer |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | TO THE NINES $200: This group term for each of the 9 orders of angels like cherubim & seraphim sounds like they're singers in a church choir |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | MOVIE MUSIC WITH HANS ZIMMER $1000: (Hans Zimmer reads.) I'm a big fan of this jack-of-all-trades musician who scored films like "The Master" & "There Will Be Blood"; you may have also heard of his little band called Radiohead (Jonny) Greenwood |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | ALL THE WAY FROM "K" TO "K" $1000: The cotton-like fiber from the fruit of this tropical tree is often used for stuffing life preservers & mattresses kapok |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | GERMAN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: It's German for "pleasant & cozy", like the atmosphere in a good beer hall gemütlich |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | "SPECIAL" DELIVERY $800: Term for military units like the Green Berets trained in guerrilla warfare & other unique tactics special forces |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | MY MISSED CAREER, SUBSTITUTE TEACHER $200: Let's take roll... A.A. Ron...? Oh, just like this composer of 1957's "Piano Fantasy" Copland |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | MY MISSED CAREER, SUBSTITUTE TEACHER $600: In P.E. I'll make you multi-sport stars like this decathlete who won a 1960 duel of UCLA Bruins to take Olympic gold Rafer Johnson |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | GREAT SPORTS CALLS $1000: "The slipper still fits!" as this then-Cinderella Spokane school eked out a 1999 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament win Gonzaga |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | GET "EM"! $2000: A body of water that juts into land, or a window recess shaped like one an embayment |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | ABBREV. $200: Eph. is one way to abbreviate this Bible book Ephesians |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | MUSICAL THEATER $400: This 1966 musical was first called "Welcome to Berlin"; the title seemed like a turnoff & was changed Cabaret |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | CHESS, MASTERS $800: (Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) Famed for works like "Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2", in the 1920s this great Dadaist all but abandoned art for chess, becoming a master & going on to play for France in four Chess Olympiads Duchamp |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | ART & ARTISTS $1000: 19th century artists like Ingres & Renoir liked this subject, a French word for a woman who's part of a harem an odalisque |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | CHESS, MASTERS $2000: (Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) My book "Chess Queens" tells the story of the game's female pioneers, like this trio of stereotype-shattering sisters whose youngest, Judit, became both the world's youngest grandmaster & the first woman to be ranked among the world's top 10 players the Polgárs (the Polgár sisters) |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | HYMNS & SPIRITUALS $400: Title that precedes "How sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me" "Amazing Grace" |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | 7-LETTER ANIMALS $800: This alternate name for a wolverine sounds like it could eat everything in sight & if it had its way, it just might the glutton |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | STATE CAPITAL TO STATE CAPITAL $1,000 (Daily Double): Just like Peyton Manning did, head west from this second state capital in the name of a Super Bowl champion team to this first Indianapolis & Denver |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | SOLVE FOR "EX" $2000: Still existing, like an artwork luckily not lost over the centuries extant |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | PHYSICS CHECKUP $1000: According to this cosmologist's law, redshift in light coming from a galaxy is directly proportional to its distance from us Hubble |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | 2-LETTER RESPONSES $2000: Signifying negation or absence, it's the response to the famous koan "Does a dog have Buddha nature?" mu |
| #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 |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | JOHNNY GILBERT'S MUSICAL THEATER AUDITION $200: "But the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky/ Keeps great & small on the endless round/ It's the circle of life" The Lion King |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | HANG IN THERE $600: In Shakespearean English, this word for hanging tough has the stress on the 2nd syllable, like it's about the Adam Scott TV show perseverance |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | ISLE BE "C"ING YOU $1600: With sites like the Palancar Caves, this Mexican isle popular with cruise ships is one of the world's best destinations for scuba divers Cozumel |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $200: She published her early novels like "The Bluest Eye" & "Sula" while working as an editor at Random House Toni Morrison |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | NOTABLE BLACK AMERICANS $1200: Subject of a biopic, this actress began in vaudeville before starring in films like "Carmen Jones" Dorothy Dandridge |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | MET-IEVAL ART $2000: With details like the cornucopia, mosaic was a major art form in this era of art made in the Eastern Roman Empire, 400 to 1400 A.D. Byzantine |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | MISSION: IMPASSABLE $200: Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park shelters creatures like the cream-banded swallowtail type of this butterfly |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | NEW NEW ORLEANS MUSIC $400: To respect native people who aided runaway slaves, artists like Flagboy Giz wear beaded suits for this event--Feb. 21 in 2023 Mardi Gras |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | WELCOME TO THE U.S. HOUSE! $400: Like incoming students, since 1921 new House members have gone through this welcome & get-your-bearings program orientation |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | WELCOME TO THE U.S. HOUSE! $600: Members vie for coveted assignments on these, like Appropriations or Energy & Commerce committees |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | NEW NEW ORLEANS MUSIC $1200: Trumpeter Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah sometimes plays with a tilted bell just like this musician before him Dizzy Gillespie |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | NEW NEW ORLEANS MUSIC $1600: This New Orleans-set HBO series opened with the Rebirth Brass Band playing "Feel Like Funkin' It Up" during a second line Treme |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | WORLD OF WORDS & IDIOMS $800: In the Netherlands "So it's like that!" is "O, op die fiets", "On that" this transport the Dutch love bicycle |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | CAR STUFF $1000: This British automaker teamed up with its competitor Healey to produce classic '50s sports cars like the Sprite Austin |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | MASTERING PASTRY WITH DOMINIQUE ANSEL $800: (Dominique Ansel reads.) Phyllo pastry is used in savory dishes like spanakopita & sweet ones like this Middle Eastern pastry filled with chopped nuts & topped with honey baklava |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | YOU BUG ME $2000: Not sounding much like biology-speak, it's the term for the figure-8 dance bees use to tell others the distance & direction to food waggle |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | MOVE FAST $1000: The pelota can fly fast--like 188-mph fast--hurled out of a cesta in this sport with a rhyming name jai alai |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | NEED! COFFEE! NOW! $1000: Company legend says Teddy Roosevelt praised Maxwell House coffee with these 5 words, a slogan they still use today good to the last drop |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | LITERATURE $2000: Created by Edith Pargeter, this monk solves crimes in the Middle Ages in mysteries like "The Leper of Saint Giles" Brother Cadfael |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | CONTRONYMS $2000: An expression of regret for one's actions, or a defense like the one "of the Augsburg Confession" an apology |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | UNUSUAL MUSEUMS $600: Like Las Vegas, Warsaw, Poland has this type of museum that's really lit (literally) Museum of Neon |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | 1920s SCIENCE $1000: The Stern-Gerlach experiment gave insight into this, electrons' angular momentum, sort of like what planets do but also sort of not spin |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | "B" COOL $400: You're in charge if you do something "like a" this, meaning to do it with style & swagger a boss |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | POP MUSIC-PODGE $1000: Unafraid of long album titles like "When the Pawn..." (it does go on), she shortened things up in 2020 with "Fetch the Bolt Cutters" Fiona Apple |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | WOMEN WRITERS $400: Swedish author Astrid Lindgren created strong characters like Ronja, the Robber's Daughter, & this redhead with braids (Pippi) Longstocking |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | SING YOU A COUNTRY SONG $800: In Feb. 2023 Hardy & Lainey Wilson's "Wait In" this vehicle was a hit, as was Lainey's solo "Heart Like" this vehicle truck |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | POP CULTURE IN BLACK & WHITE $1600: Britain's two-tone movement included multiracial bands like the English Beat & this ska group with the hit "Ghost Town" the Specials |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $2000: Sounding like a word from taxonomy, this word describes an argument that looks true on the surface, but isn't specious |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | ART TERMS $200: Artists like Joan Miró used drawing sticks called these, also a term for any soft shade of color pastels |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | JASON ALEXANDER: MASTER OF MY DOMAIN $400: (Jason Alexander gives the clue.) The great Robin Williams has a unique link to "Star Trek": the uniform he wore as an alien on this '70s sitcom looks like the one worn by the evil Colonel Green in "The Savage Curtain" (or, "Help me, Spock!") episode Mork & Mindy |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | A REAL FONT OF KNOWLEDGE $800: Messenger is a synonym for this, the industry standard font for screenplays; it looks like it was typewritten Courier |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | "OH", YES! $1600: Also called turnip cabbage, this member of the mustard family has a thick stem eaten like a vegetable kohlrabi |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THERE'S GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS $1200: Home to the Miners, UT at El Paso's student newspaper is named this, like someone who explores an area for gold a Prospector |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | SAX EDUCATION $1200: Free jazz pioneer Dewey Redman was a tenor saxophone virtuoso, like this son of his Joshua Redman |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THERE'S GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS $2000: Seen here, this box helps filter & sift heavier mineral deposits like gold from useless & boring regular dirt a sluice box |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | JEOPAIR! BOARDING PROCESS $400: We're happy to greet passengers in this cabin, also a 2011 "X-Men" prequel with mutants like Riptide & Emma Frost first class |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE $400: This wild dog of Australia rarely barks but it does howl like a wolf a dingo |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | EAT FOOD. NOT TOO MUCH. MOSTLY PLANTS $1600: The "J" is pronounced like an "H" in the name of this crisp vegetable that's native to Mexico jicama |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | WORLD CITIES $2000: You can study physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in this city, like 1900 grad Albert Einstein did Zurich |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | WORLD OF BELIEF $200: Because capybaras are semi-aquatic, South American Catholics may eat them even during this religious season, like fish Lent |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | TITLES WITH EXCLAMATION POINTS! $200: In his movie title debut in America, this dinosaur-like beast's name was followed by "King of the Monsters!" Godzilla |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | TIME TO DANCE $800: There are Irish, Scottish & Virginia styles of this folk dance that sounds like it will set you spinning reels |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | "R" NATURE $1600: Beginning with the name of a chess piece, it's a place where birds like herons & egrets breed & nest rookery |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | "R" NATURE $2000: Non-flowering plants like horsetails propagate using these horizontal, underground stems rhizomes |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | INSIDE JOB $200: The Lord tells Job, "Gird up thy" these "now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me" loins |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | A REAL BODY BUSY $400: The largest internal organ, it weighs about 3 pounds & breaks down substances like alcohol the liver |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | INSIDE JOB $1000: "B" is for this legendary creature in Job; "his bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron" the behemoth |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | RECENT LITERARY BIOGRAPHY $2000: "I Used to Live Here Once" is about this author, who like the heroine of her "Wide Sargasso Sea" had Caribbean roots Jean Rhys |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: This type of wedding often involves traveling to a fun location like Hawaii or Mexico a destination |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | RIHANNA $1000: Rihanna's girl songs include "Selfish Girl", "A Girl Like Me", & signaling a new edgy image, "Good Girl..." these 2 words "Gone Bad" |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | UNGULATES $1200: The spear-like canine teeth of the collared peccary gave the animal this other name, an Olympic event plus a final "A" the javelina |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: Once meaning to "pull up by the roots", today it means to get rid of something completely, like to wipe out a disease to eradicate |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | BAR LINES $200: Stella! Stelllla! Man, that music's loud tonight! I said I'd like a Stella Artois for my pal & this other beer, PBR for short, for me Pabst Blue Ribbon |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | THE CENTAUR OF ATTENTION $600: Before heading to the Vatican this artist sculpted pieces like the "Battle of the Centaurs", seen here Michelangelo |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | LET'S SEE A MO-"V" $800: Like, oh my god, Deborah Foreman & Nicolas Cage are totally star-crossed lovers in this iconic '80s flick Valley Girl |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | BEATLES "S"ONGS $600: "With a love like that you know you should be glad" "She Loves You" |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | NON-VIDEO GAMES $600: With names like Sweetie & Bottomless, the hungry, hungry hippos are gobbling these marbles |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | WHEREFORE ART, THOU $2000: Though called a post-impressionist, he had work like "House of the Hanged Man" in the first Impressionist show in 1874 Paul Cézanne |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | CUTTING IN LINE AT THE MOVIES $2000: Not a fan of Olivia Colman's makeup, Rachel Weisz says, "You look like a badger" The Favourite |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | "P"OTPOURRI $1200: Like Michelangelo's famous sculpture, the van Gogh painting seen here is called this; it was donated to the Vatican in 1973 Pietà |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | REPTILES $1200: This desert animal's name is a misnomer, as it's really a reptile; it got its name because it looks like a type of amphibian a horned toad |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | REPTILES $2000: Like a constellation, this lizard that can glide through the air bears a name from Latin for "dragon" a Draco lizard |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MY KID GOT INTO AN IVY LEAGUE MUSEUM $200: My kid says Brown's Haffenreffer Museum bans smoking, but has items like Native American stems & bowls of these pipes |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | I'M SO PROUD $600: Meaning excessively proud, it's related to the French word for "high" & sounds a lot like a word meaning "someone attractive" haughty |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | PEOPLE IN BOOKS $600: In this novel Winston Smith finally gets in line with the party & learns to think like everyone else 1984 |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MOVIE COMEDIES $2000: In this classic film Joel McCrea is on the move as a director tired of making comedies like "Hey, Hey in the Hayloft" Sullivan's Travels |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | HOROSCOPES $400: You'd expect celebs born under this sign, like Halsey & Donald Glover, to achieve work-life balance Libra |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | ____ & ____ $400: An idiom says that 2 people who don't get along "mix like" this pair of liquids oil & water |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | HOROSCOPES $600: It sounds like a water sign, but it's an air sign & those born under it, such as Abraham Lincoln, are intellectual & highly social Aquarius |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | ____ & ____ $800: Sweet & sour pickles are called this pair & taste like neither of them bread & butter |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | ____ & ____ $1000: Per a Tin Pan Alley song, love & marriage go together like this other pair horse & carriage |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $400: The biography "The Revolutionary" notes this Bostonian who wrote under pseudonyms like Populus & Candidus never went by Sam (Samuel) Adams |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | THE 12th CENTURY $1200: Poets like Chrétien de Troyes turned stories of knights, kings & chivalry into romances of this type of highly idealized "love" courtly love |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | TV BEFORE & AFTER $1600: The Tanners move to Washington, D.C., where they become ruthless & vengeful politicians Full House of Cards |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | THE SCENIC SOUTHWEST $600: Volcanic cinder cones are a feature of the national monument called El Malpais, whose name means this, like a region of South Dakota the Badlands |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | HERE'S A BIT OF EVERYTHING $1600: San Francisco police detective David Toschi said he interviewed 5,000 people in his search for this letter-writing killer the Zodiac Killer |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | DINING OUT $200: Columbia Restaurant, this state's oldest, serves dishes like mahi mahi Cubana, tapas, & of course, key lime pie for dessert Florida |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | HOW ARE YOU FEELING? $200: Pharrell crooned, "Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof because I'm" this happy |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | THE I.V. LEAGUE $1600: In German, "in vertretung" means to do this, like voting "by" it on behalf of someone not present proxy |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS $200: Smells like
Teen ____
In The Sky Spirit |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | À LA THE FRENCH COOKING STYLE $1000: "À la nantua", in the style of nantua, made with these crustaceans that look like tiny lobsters crayfish (crawdads) |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | QUANTUM SCIENCE $1200: (Spiros Michalakis presents the clue.) In 2022, the White House announcement of the first World Quantum Day cited contributions like these super-accurate timekeepers found on every GPS satellite atomic clocks |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: This age began in Britain around 2500 B.C., led by the Beaker people named for vessels like the one here the Bronze Age |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | NORWAY IS FAMOUS FOR... $400: These long, narrow inlets like the Sogne, Norway's longest & deepest one the fjords |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | ANIMALISTIC WORDS $1600: Now applied mostly to noses, this adjective means curved like the beak of an eagle aquiline |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | ANIMALISTIC WORDS $2000: Used to describe giraffes & big snakes, it means having net-like markings reticulated |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | NOT MAKING IT TO THE END OF THE MOVIE $1000: Sometimes, you get older, adamantium in your body poisons you & a clone of your younger self up & kills you, like this 2017 guy Logan |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | AT THREES & FOURS $1000: The sole-horned one gets all the press, but this describes an animal having four horns, like the antelope seen here a quadricorn |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | GOLDEN GIRLS $1600: Must be something in the water--this Olympian swimmer with 10 medals, including 7 gold, hails from Maryland like Michael Phelps Ledecky |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | IN THE MEDICINE CABINET $400: While regular strength aspirin is 325 mg, low dose is commonly this strength, like the ones from Bayer & St. Joseph 81 milligrams |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | SPORTS MEDICINE $800: Lateral epicondylitis is better known as this, which despite its name, isn't limited to guys like Novak Djokovic tennis elbow |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN $2000: Greek myth says Hermes invented this harp-like instrument using a turtle shell a lyre |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | TARANTINO FILMS $2000: Tarantino said this 1997 Pam Grier film "only cost $12 million. You can't lose... & you don't have to compromise" Jackie Brown |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | PAINT ME A PICTURE $2000: Following the Civil War, he turned to scenes of the beach & sea like these three bathers on a beach in his native Massachusetts Winslow Homer |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | LIKE A BIRD $200: An advocate for peace a dove |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | LIKE A BIRD $400: To gloat or boast; try not to "eat" it crow |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | LIKE A BIRD $600: As a verb it means to peddle things for sale, especially by calling out hawk |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | YOU'RE GONNA SING $800: Pat Benatar was "running with" these in an iconic song from the 1980s; baby, take her hand, "it'll be all right" the shadows of the night |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | LIKE A BIRD $800: Trying to see better? Do this to extend your neck crane |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | LIKE A BIRD $1000: In sports this bird refers to someone who comes in & steals a win or score from a teammate vulture |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | TV $1200: (I'm Melissa Rauch.) On my sitcom "Night Court", I play Judge Stone, who, just like her father Harry Stone, hears cases argued by attorney Dan Fielding played by this legendary comic actor John Larroquette |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | CONSECUTIVE LETTER WORD PAIRS $800: Myself, as in "You can worry about others if you like; I'm looking out for..." number one |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | A RELIGIOUS SERVICE $400: In an Orthodox church, a priest with his back to you isn't rude or shy, he's facing this direction like the congregation east |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | 5 CONSONANTS IN A ROW $600: Like New Orleans from St. Louis, it means closer to the mouth of a river than where you are now downstream |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | WORLD PLACE NAMES $4,000 (Daily Double): Legend says this sea is named for Theseus' father, who flung himself into the waters when he thought his son was dead the Aegean |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | TREE-NAMED PLACES $1600: Seen here, this South Carolina resort sounds like it has 2 trees in its name Myrtle Beach |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | SYNONYMS $2000: Making a departure? Use a synonym from religion, like Exodus or this journey that covered about 210 miles in 622 A.D. the Hejira |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | FANCIFIED BEASTLY IDIOMS $800: In the manner of one flying fox leaving Pandemonium like a bat out of hell |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | TOUGH TOUGH-GUY TV $1600: Tough on the streets of Austin, tender with his boyfriend, officer Carlos Reyes is on this show with an emergency number in its title 9-1-1: Lone Star |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | ISLANDS OF THE FAR NORTH $400: Like Antarctica, this vastest island is capped by an ice sheet; it has an average thickness of about 5,000 feet Greenland |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | FIGURES OF SPEECH $400: It's a combination of 2 contradictory terms used together, like "sweet sorrow" oxymoron |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $400: The 11 songs on "Ten" by this Seattle band include "Even Flow" & "Jeremy" Pearl Jam |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | FIGURES OF SPEECH $800: Saying you'll avoid me like the plague is a bit of this French-derived word for an overused phrase, don't you think, darling? cliché |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $800: Chronicled in the miniseries "George and Tammy" the complex relationship of him & Tammy Wynette produced some country classics George Jones |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | BRITISH TO AMERICAN LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR $1000: A child's catapult may sound like an ancient war machine, but it's just one of these implements for flinging small projectiles a slingshot |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $1200: This southern city is a hip-hop mecca & one of its temples is Lenox Square Mall, where the OutKast rappers met Atlanta |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $1600: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" propelled this rock 'n' roll legend to stardom in 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $2000: An ad in the Village Voice brought drummer Clem Burke into this band he's been playing with since the '70s Blondie |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | FINNISH HIM! $1000: "The Kullervo Symphony" sounds like a thriller novel but in 1892, was this man's first large-scale orchestral piece Sibelius |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | AROUND THE HOUSE $400: From the Latin word for "bread" comes this area near a kitchen for storing all kinds of things, like canned goods & condiments a pantry |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | RESILIENCE $800: This country's national flower is the golden wattle, resilient to challenges like bushfires Australia |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | IT'S A JOKE $600: Hosting those very awards, this cheeky Brit said the Golden Globes are "like the Oscars, but without all that esteem" Ricky Gervais |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | THE LIFE SCIENCES $800: Mycology is the study of this kingdom of organisms, like mushrooms & molds fungi |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | WALK, THE LINE $1600: According to the Bangles, "Slide your feet up the street, bend your back, shift your arm, then you pull it back" to do this walk like an Egyptian |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHAPE UP $1600: Leaves shaped like a hand are called palmate, & those shaped like feathers get this similar designation pinnate |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | FOOD STUFF $1600: The thymus glands & pancreas of a lamb are called these, sounding more like pastry than meat & frankly, tastier sweetbreads |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | HANGOVER CURES $200: The juice of the Asian or Korean one of these, shaped more like an apple, only works if you take it before the drinking pear |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | TOUGH SCIENCE $400: As well as a fast airplane, it's a fast stream, like the ones of hot matter at 99.99% the speed of light from some black holes a jet |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | STANDING ON A BOARD SIDEWAYS $400: He tweeted about a TSA agent who told him, "You look like that skateboarder (checks ID). Same last name too! Crazy!" Tony Hawk |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | WORLD TRAVEL $800: Amazing rock formations of Central Asia include one in Kyrgyzstan called this, like what a forlorn lover has a broken heart |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | CONTRONYMS $400: To do this can mean either to remove something like dirt from your house, or to sprinkle something like sugar on a pie to dust |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | THE BIG BANG THEORY $200: The 1883 Krakatoa eruption was heard 3,000 miles away; that's like hearing something in L.A. when you're in this Rhode Island capital Providence |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | A STONE GROOVE $800: This band was on the 2013 charts singing, "if you're lost & alone, or you're sinking like a stone, carry on"; sounds like... fun. |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | A STONE GROOVE $1600: A motor oil brand helped inspire the name of this grunge band with hits like "Vasoline" & "Creep" STP (Stone Temple Pilots) |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | SHOPPING AT THE MALL $200: I feel like glamming it up, so let's drop by MAC, which sells these, what the "C" stands for cosmetics |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | LET'S VISIT NICARAGUA $800: Major agricultural products include sugar cane, maize & these green bananas that can be cooked & eaten like a vegetable plantain |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | FUTURE OSCAR WINNERS $1600: Here a few years away from serving in Vietnam, he used those experiences to shape some of his films like "Platoon" Oliver Stone |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $2000: James Joyce's last book becomes a WHAM! song whose first word is "Jitterbug" Finnegans Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | FIRST WORDS $400: It's from the Latin for "beginning", or a letter like the L in Samuel L. Jackson an initial |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | WE ARE PRO-ANTONYMS $200: "I'm stuck like a dope with a thing called hope" in the "South Pacific" song about a cockeyed pessimist optimist |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | NATIVE AMERICANA $200: Like many names of Native nations, this word used by many indigenous Alaskans means "the people" the Inuit |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | "U" BELONG WITH "ME" $800: Sounding like a part of a saddle, it means to beat with the fists pummel |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | MOUNTAIN HIGH, VALLEY LOW $1000: Once home to Kamehameha the Great, the Waipio Valley is also called this, just like a place in Egypt Valley of the Kings |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | SHAKE IT OFF $1600: If you're "anti-" allergies, you can shake off symptoms with one of these drugs like Zyrtec an antihistamine |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $200: JD Miller is the composer behind iconic jingles like this insurance company "is on your side" Nationwide |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | COLLEGE TALK $400: If you're assigning Joe a task of some distinction, like cutting a ribbon or carving a turkey, you can say, "Joe, will you do" these the honors |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | RECENT COMMERCIALS $800: Like a good neighbor, Drake helped out as the stand-in for this omnipresent State Farm pitchguy Jake |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER $800: A cherub & to gather, like information or grain angel & glean |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | THIS IS HOW I WIN $1000: Score 12 hoop points & hit the peg with both balls; toss away your mallet like a boss & have a spot of tea croquet |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | COLLEGE TALK $1200: The U.S. has sent personnel called military these to provide training in places like Vietnam & Chile advisors |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | "Y" ON THE MAP $1,600 (Daily Double): Site of a historic 1945 conference, this city on the Crimean Peninsula is known for its many health resorts Yalta |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | THE TECH BEAT $1200: A word plus 3 letters, this product from OpenAI is eerily good at traditionally human tasks like writing essays ChatGPT |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | THE TECH BEAT $1600: Brightspace is a system schools use to provide remote classes, like SNHU & the U. of this state capital, online since '89 Phoenix |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | A LOVELY ACCENT $800: The first name you see on the screen has an Irish long accent, or fada, and is pronounced like this
[Sinéad] “shin-AID” |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | YOU'RE SUCH AN IDIOM! $800: When you sever a connection, like with your cable company, you do this, something that's also done just after birth cut the cord |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | A LOVELY ACCENT $1200: This Québécoise singer has an accent on her first "E" on some French-language albums, but not on English ones like "One Heart" Celine Dion |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | ODD WORDS $1600: From the French, this word referring to a commotion or uproar sounds like there's laughing at the end of it a brouhaha |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | POP MUSICIANS $400: Hozier wanted someone to take him to this place in a 2014 hit; "worship like a dog", he will church |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | ART SUPPLIES $400: Looking to throw clay with an evenly rounded shape? You may want to invest in one of these, like the Brent Model B Power one a potter's wheel |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | ART SUPPLIES $600: This kind of paint is a synthetic resin that is dense like oil paint & bright yet translucent like watercolors acrylic |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | ENERGY GLOSSARY $1600: The 3 types of heat energy transfer are conduction, convection & this type like that from the Sun to the Earth radiation |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $200: With poses like downward facing dog & forward fold, it's a good way to relieve stress yoga |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $600: Once a day you might spend a little time doing this New York Times puzzle; many like to start with "adieu" the Wordle |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | YOU'RE IN COLLEGE NOW $800: This official's office oversees student records & stuff like adding & dropping classes a registrar |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | PURE POETRY $5 (Daily Double): Namechecking herself, this Lesbos poet "Asked myself what, (her), can you give one who has everything, like Aphrodite?" Sappho |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | HOME FROM COLLEGE $400: Clear your head among the native southwestern plants like yucca & chuparosa at this city's ABQ Biopark Botanic Garden Albuquerque |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | SOCIAL SCIENCE $1200: It's a lack of integrity in public officials, like via fraud & bribery; Argentina's ex-pres. was convicted of it in 2022 corruption |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | COMPANIES IN HISTORY $2000: This British company made treaties like the 1776 one of Purandar with the Maratha people of present-day Maharashtra state the British East India Company |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | I LIKE TO SCIENCE! $200: This 20th c. British physicist said, "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can & will create itself from nothing" Hawking |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | I LIKE TO SCIENCE! $400: Seen here, this American advised President Theodore Roosevelt & Mahatma Gandhi about agriculture George Washington Carver |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | I LIKE TO SCIENCE! $800: Once a resident of Smiljan, he immigrated to the U.S. with 4 cents & later patented a polyphase system of A.C. dynamos Tesla |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | I LIKE TO SCIENCE! $1000: He had a pretty good 19th century run, including saving France's beer, wine & silk industries Pasteur |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | A GOVERNMENT OFFICE $1000: During WWII, the Office of Strategic Services pulled off ops like dropping Jewish spies into the Innsbruck area of this country Austria |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | I LIKE TO SCIENCE! $2,600 (Daily Double): In 1957, long before she had her own institute, she met Louis Leakey, who guided her to Gombe Stream to study chimps Jane Goodall |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | A JOLLY RHYME $400: Streetcar transit from days of old is being revived, like the one seen here in St. Louis, called this a (Loop) trolley |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | LITERARY MOVEMENTS $2000: For their gallant verses & loyalty to Charles I, 1600s poets like Richard Lovelace were known as these mounted knights cavaliers |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | ADJECTIVES $200: Odd or erratic, like a wacky millionaire, or deviating from circular, like the orbits of some heavenly bodies eccentric |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | COLLEGE TOWNS $600: Georgia, not Greece, should be on your mind with this city, known for bands like the confusingly named of Montreal Athens |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PARDON MY FRENCH $400: I feel like I've been here before; I have a sense of this, French for "already seen" déjà vu |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | TECH TALK $1000: Thousands of layers of material, like resin, are how one of these creates an object; the RepRap project led to a self-replicating one a 3D printer |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | AN "F" IN HISTORY $2000: Like a university, a river in British Columbia is named for this explorer who reached its mouth in 1808 Simon Fraser |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | STAY COOL $400: With flavors like Cool Ranch, it's no surprise this chip brand has a cool stylized triangle on its bags Doritos |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | SCIENCE $800: An Ammeter, which seems like it should be called an amp meter, measures the flow of this electric current |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | SERVING T FOR 3 $600: Sounding like it will hold up to legal scrutiny, this walk is taken daily to keep healthy a constitutional |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | THE CLASS MENAGERIE $1000: Members of the class Chondrichthyes include these flat-bodied fish that sound like winter footwear sea skates |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | COME ON GET HOPPY $1000: This means 2 very different things;
1) to fry something in very little oil &
2) any ballet jump, like from 2 feet & landing on 2 feet sauté |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | THE RIVER $2000: In 1966 the Po produced devastating floods, like this Florentine river the same year the Arno |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | BOB DYLAN LYRICS $1200: One of Dylan's greatest songs, it includes "You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal, how does it feel?" "Like A Rolling Stone" |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | BOTANY $1200: Also known as pods, most of these release seeds by splitting open at their seams; some, like peanuts, don't open naturally legumes |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | OCEAN LIFE $1200: Like coral reefs in tropical water, in northern seas the areas called these forests are home & refuge to a diverse array of life kelp forests |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | OCEAN LIFE $2000: Tuna are related to these streamlined sport fish that can come in varieties like the Atlantic, seen here an Atlantic mackerel |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | "WORLD" $200: Stupor mundi is Latin for one of these, like the Colossus of Rhodes a wonder of the world |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | PUT IN YOUR ORDINAL $600: Someone who plays a supporting role is this fruit, like a straight man to a comedian second banana |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | SQUIRRELS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN $800: Like your pal who can bend his fingers back horrifically, squirrel hind leg "wrists" are this, so paw directions can reverse double-jointed |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | I BEFORE E $1200: Encompassing on all sides, like air temperature or some music ambient (ambience) |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | COMEDY TIME $1600: 1970s:
This Mel Brooks spoof of Hitchcock films like "Vertigo" High Anxiety |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WORDS WITH DIPHTHONGS $400: A diphthong is a sound made by combining 2 vowels, like the "AI" in tail or in this word for the head of a committee chair |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WHOA, "O"! $800: Words that imitate natural sounds like bonk, clank & clunk are examples of this onomatopoeia |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WHOA, "O"! $1000: Sounding like an all-carrying mode of transport, it describes a legislative bill with a whole bunch of provisions omnibus |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | HOT TUNES $400: This 1985 Top 10 hit by The Power Station shares its name with a 1959 Marilyn Monroe film "Some Like It Hot" |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | YOU CAN CALL ME HOMER $1,000 (Daily Double): Last name of Homer, a filmmaker himself as well as father of a creative son; in 2015 there was a retrospective of his work in Portland Groening |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | FIRST OFF, HOW DARE YOU $800: Why was I given this type of hyphenated dismissal that sounds like one is removing dandruff from clothing? a brush-off |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | A LITTLE ASTRONOMY $800: Like Earth, Saturn gets this kind of spectacular polar light show, a Latin word for "dawn" an aurora |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | ART-POURRI $600: This 5-letter word follows "wood" in the printing technique used by Japanese masters like Hiroshige block |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $800: On hits like "I Love Rock 'N Roll" & "Crimson & Clover", she was backed by The Blackhearts Joan Jett |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | GETTING CLOSE TO THE END $1200: To do this "up" is to gather, as your strength; if you do it "out", you're leaving the military--like the WWI-era personnel muster |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | NOBEL-WINNING SCIENTISTS $1600: James Peebles' work was in the physical type of this -ology, checking off little items like the origin & structure of the universe cosmology |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | GOING UNDERGROUND $200: The shepherd's tree of southern Africa doesn't look like much above ground, but these can go 230 feet down its roots |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW $200: On a clear day you can see for miles from the 102nd floor of this landmark completed in 1931 by brave people like the ones here the Empire State Building |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | IKE & PATTON $200: Irving Berlin wrote Dwight Eisenhower's 1952 campaign song with this rhyming 3-word title, which became a popular slogan "I Like Ike" |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW $400: Oh, baby! In space, with no gravity to keep solid & liquid food down as gas escapes your mouth, you can't do this 4-letter action burp |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | TAKING A GAMBLE WITH JAMES HOLZHAUER $600: (James Holzhauer presents the clue.) In gambling glossaries, a "ballerina special" in craps is this roll that sounds like a item of clothing a ballerina wears a 2-2 |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | GETTING CLOSE TO SOMETHING $600: Almost there! You're "in" this, as they say, like Chicago's Wrigley or Boston's Fenway the ballpark |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW $600: These tall timepieces were named for a 19th-century song that said, "It stopp'd short--never to go again--When the old man died" a grandfather clock |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW $800: Original last name of WWII navy corpsman William Stuart-Houston, who fled Germany & an infamous uncle Hitler |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW $1000: We got the Beat! Here's the 120-foot scroll of paper that this writer used to type out 1957's "On the Road" in just 3 weeks Kerouac |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | FORMIDABLE FANTASY $2,700 (Daily Double): "The Mists of Avalon" focuses on women in this British king's legendary life, like Morgaine & Gwenhwyfar King Arthur |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | JASON CONCEPCION $200: (Jason Concepcion presents the clue.) The NCAA's 2021 ruling that college stars like Paige Bueckers can get paid was part of a "Takeline" discussion with Geno Auriemma, legendary head coach of the Huskies of this university Connecticut |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | THE SILENT & NOT-SILENT LETTER $200: In a word for places like the Galapagos or the Ryukyus an S |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | THE SILENT & NOT-SILENT LETTER $1000: In a memory-helping word that describes a phrase like "every good boy does fine", relating to music M |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | CHANNELING THE TV SHOWS $600: It has destinations like "Ice Hotels... Not Impossible" & "Portals to Hell" the Travel Channel |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | 4, 4 $1000: Here's what this mountaineering setup looked like in 1909 on an expedition by an Italian duke and a more recent one base camp |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $2000: The boundary between 2 air masses & a typeface used in printing like Korinna Bold a front & font |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | TV TIME $400: Season 3 of this sitcom had episode titles like "Louie's Rival" & "Latka's Cookies" Taxi |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | TV TIME $600: 2021 saw the return of this MTV classic, with stars like Martha Stewart & Michael Blackson showing us their homes Cribs |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | SOIL $600: Seen here, this type of farming to preserve soil & maximize arable land sounds like a backyard patio terrace farming |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | DIFFERS BY A VOWEL $800: A tangible item & wretched, like severe poverty object & abject |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | SOIL $800: Legumes like beans & peanuts help "fix" this element into soil, making it more productive nitrogen |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | "B" MOVIES $800: Keira Knightley kicks it in this soccer film Bend It Like Beckham |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | VENOMOUS CREATURES $1600: Entomologist & pain scale creator Justin Schmidt says a sting by this colorful wasp feels like W.C. Fields putting out a cigar on your tongue a yellowjacket |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $100: This No. 1 song says, "If you like it, then you should've put a ring on it" "Single Ladies" |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | PSYCHOLOGY $100: It's a group of related, often unconscious ideas or impulses that affect a person's actions, like the Oedipus one a complex |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | THE MUSEUM OF FAILURE $200: Shake it like a this picture? Great! But its Instant Video Camera System? That "could only record 2 1/2 minutes of murky, dark video" Polaroid |
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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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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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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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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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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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Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
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"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
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Joey Beachum, a senior from Mississippi State University
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
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2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
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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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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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Folake Dosu, a senior from Stanford University from Bellwood, Illinois
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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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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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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Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
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"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
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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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Emily Jusino, a Ph.D. candidate in Greek literature originally from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000.
Last name pronouned like "hoo-SEE-no".
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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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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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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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Shay Collins, an 11-year-old from Averill Park, New York
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"His passion for music helps this future rock star to play...
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Steph Gagelin, a sophomore from the University of North Dakota from Grand Forks, North Dakota
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Whitney Dearden, an 11-year-old from Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
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"She enjoys working with animals and would like to become a...
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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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Casey Clough, a junior from Columbia, South Carolina
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "CLUE".
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
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Charles Shaughnessy, an actor from Mad Men
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"As Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives, he won three...
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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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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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Rachel Millena, a 10-year-old from Concord, California
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"Her sights are set on becoming a writer, journalist, photographer, or...
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Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Dianisbeth Acquie, from Brooklyn, New York
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"This ballet, jazz, and tap dancing Girl Scout would like to...
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Christopher Weis, a sophomore from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "WISE". Jeopardy!...
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Michelle Chang, an 11-year-old from Suwanee, Georgia
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"This sixth grader picks the most unusual places to lose her...
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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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Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
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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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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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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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Patrick Zakem, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Louisville, Kentucky
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"He would like to become an architect because he enjoys visualizing...
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Monica Thieu, a sophomore at the University of North Texas from Dallas, Texas
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Haley Batz, a senior from Charlotte, North Carolina
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "BOTS". Jeopardy!...
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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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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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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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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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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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Naomi Senbet, an 11-year-old from Washington, D.C.
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"This sixth grader doesn't like to be late for anything; maybe...
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Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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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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Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
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"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
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Pat Sajak, a game show host from Wheel of Fortune
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"A former TV weatherman, he's gone on to become the world's...
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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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Judy Shewmake, a retired middle school history teacher from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,801 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "SHOO-make".
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Ivan Kleinfeld, an 11-year-old from Arlington, Virginia
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"He would like to be a doctor so that he can...
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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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Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
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\"A Jeopardy! champion in 1991, she\'s now a Spanish teacher listed...
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Matt Polazzo, a high school U.S. government teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"He teaches at one of the most selective high schools in...
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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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Jeff Dufour, an online editor from Washington, D.C.
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Season 28 player (2011-10-17).
Last name pronounced like "doo-FOR".
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Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
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"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
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Andrew Van Duyn, a junior from Wheaton, Illinois
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Aidan Mehigan, a sophomore from McLean, Virginia
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2009 Teen Tournament second runner-up: $15,000. Name pronounced like "AY-den MEE-gan"....
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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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Tim Koch, a 12-year-old sixth grader from Cliffwood, New Jersey
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"He would like to be a teacher because you get to...
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Jelisa Castrodale, a sportswriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Season 27 1-time champion: $39,399 + $1,000.
Name pronounced like "jell-EES-ah KASS-tro-dale".
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William Garrett, a 12-year-old from Greenfield, Indiana
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"Serving his country as an officer in the military is his...
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Michelle Cinguina, an 11-year-old from Stamford, Connecticut
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"Her favorite things to do are act, play the piano and...
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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He met and then married his wife while both were costarring...
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Nicole Karrow, an 11-year-old from Lewes, Delaware
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"Her goals are to be a horse breeder and trainer..." 2007...
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Sophia Marianiello, an 11-year-old from Newark, Delaware
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"She plans on putting her love of building with cardboard and...
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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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Emily Sturtz, from Parsippany, New Jersey
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"Because she would like to help people, she wants to become...
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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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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Alex Liteplo, an educational publishing digital producer from Wakefield, Massachusetts
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Season 28 player (2011-09-20).
Last name pronounced like "luh-TEP-low".
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Caitlin Millat, a kindergarten teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"She receives support from Teach for America and works for Achievement...
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Steven Evenhouse, a junior high school social studies teacher from Orland Hills, Illinois
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"He likes teaching because it gives him a captive audience for...
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Brian Meacham, a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 4-time champion: $90,500...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
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"In January, the State Department named this NBA Hall of Famer...
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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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Allison Dziuba, a junior from Ridgefield, Connecticut
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Bonnie Cao, a senior from Arcadia, California
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Neha Rao, from Johns Creek, Georgia
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"She's hoping to become a teacher and inspire her students in...
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Caitlin Malcuit, a writer and editor from North Reading, Massachusetts
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Season 31 1-time champion: $12,200 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "MAL-kweet".
Twitter handle: @badlycooked
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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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Kathy Reiff, a homemaker from Groton, Massachusetts
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Season 22 1-time champion: $5,200 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "RIFE".
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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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Kay Thanaporn, a health care consultant from Decatur, Georgia
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Season 30 1-time champion: $33,199 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "TAN-a-porn".
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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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Surabhi Iyer, a ten-year-old from Franklin, Massachusetts
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"Her research scientist dad has inspired her to become a neuroscientist....
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Forrest Sturgill, a senior from Kingsport, Tennessee
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "STIR-jill".
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Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
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"A Jeopardy! tournament veteran, her best-known Jeopardy! appearance may be in...
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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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Roger Mueller-Kim, a high school social studies teacher from Dublin, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,401 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "MULL-er KIM".
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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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Tom Toal, an orthopedic surgeon from Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Season 27 1-time champion: $12,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Jackson Ruzzo, a 12-year-old from Waccabuc, New York
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"He wants to be a Broadway actor, because he likes to...
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Linda Ulery, a stay-at-home mom from Glendora, California
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Season 24 player (2007-10-30).
Last name pronounced like "ULL-er-ee".
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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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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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Harry Haghanegi, a 10-year-old from Chicago, Illinois
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"Extracting DNA was one project this future geneticist enjoyed..." 2007 Kids...
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George Tsuji, a software engineer from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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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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Scott Turow, a bestselling novelist and practicing attorney from Chicago, Illinois
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"He's sold more than 25 million copies of his novels worldwide...
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Nick Klaiber, a grad student from Holbrook, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-01-24).
Last name pronounced like "KLAY-bur".
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Aki Terasaki, an 11-year-old from Newark, Delaware
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"This future millionaire would like to be a professional writer and...
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Scottie Szewczyk, from Belleville, Illinois
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"He enjoys science and sports, and would like to work as...
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Joe Kohake, from Florence, Kentucky
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"Golf, piano, and euphonium lessons are just a few of his...
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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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Iddoshe Hirpa, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Cerulean Ozarow, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, New York
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"His future is full of options. He wants to become either...
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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
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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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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
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Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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\"He teaches at a school started by the Dominicans of St....
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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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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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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Laura Ansley, a senior from Twinsburg, Ohio
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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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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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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William Marengo, an 11-year-old from the Bronx, New York
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"He will be the next Bronx Bomber, maybe--if it's up to...
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Amanda Walker, a junior at Gonzaga University from East Wenatchee, Washington
|
2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Joon Pahk, a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts
|
2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 28 7-time champion: $199,000 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: jpahk
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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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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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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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Marshall Tan, from Gaithersburg, Maryland
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"His favorite subject is social studies, and he knows a lot...
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
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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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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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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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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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Zack Terrill, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida
|
2012 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 21 at...
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Mandy Berry, an 11-year-old from Baltimore, Maryland
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"She wants to dedicate her life to helping animals by becoming...
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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
|
"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Oceanside, CA at...
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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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Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
|
2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
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Emily Zhang, from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"A National Science Merit Award recipient, she plans on becoming a...
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Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
|
2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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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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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
|
2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
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Dan D'Addario, a senior from Columbia University
|
2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Meryl Federman, a senior from Livingston, New Jersey
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games champion (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 18...
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Sebastian Johnson, a senior from Takoma Park, Maryland
|
2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Listed as "Sebi" on the...
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Andrew Watkins, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: everyday847
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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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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
|
"In 2003, he became the first to win a quarter of...
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Kelley Burd, a junior at West Virginia University from Bristol, West Virginia
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2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
|
"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
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Raphie Cantor, a sophomore from San Diego, California
|
2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Amanda Hall, from Farmington, Maine
|
"Whether it's writing a biography of Yo-Yo Ma or working on...
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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
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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Pranita Ramakrishnan, from Centreville, Virginia
|
"Not only does this future neurologist enjoy swimming, drawing and spelling,...
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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Anissa Chitour, a ten-year-old from Princeton, New Jersey
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"Her extracurricular activities include playing violin, playing field hockey and shopping...
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Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware
|
2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
|
Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
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Anthony Fox, an account executive from Arlington Heights, Illinois
|
Season 27 4-time champion: $51,998 + $1,000. Playing as "Tony", Anthony...
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
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Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California
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Season 27 3-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000.
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Casey Retterer, a sophomore at the University of Maryland from Olney, Maryland
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2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Megan Fraedrich, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Springfield, Virginia
|
"And she was recently an evil stepsister in a performance of...
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Lauren Romero, a senior from Denver, Colorado
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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Allan Long, a freshman from Tallahassee, Florida
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 14 at the time of the...
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Tommy Maranges, a junior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Brenton Montie, a sixth grade social studies teacher from South Lyon, Michigan
|
"He teaches at a school ranked in the top 5% in...
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Jay Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Older brother of 2012 Teen Tournament...
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Maddie Harrington, a twelve-year-old from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
|
"She wants to be a theater critic and she gets rave...
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Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
|
2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Sarah Bart, a senior at Goucher College from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
2012 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 22 at...
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Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
|
"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
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Connie Shi, a junior at the University of Michigan from Okemos, Michigan
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Matthew Cline, a 12-year-old from Maumelle, Arkansas
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"John Grisham's books have inspired him. He's firm. He wants to...
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Mike Nelson, a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Rob Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Younger brother of 2008-B Teen Tournament...
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Anjali Tripathi, a senior from MIT
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"Math and science were her favorite subjects in seventh grade. We're...
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Eliza Scruton, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Grace Acton, from Harvard, Massachusetts
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"This competitive gymnast is hoping to score a perfect 10 for...
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Mollie Haycock, a senior from Rocklin, California
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Evan Stewart, a sophomore from Frankfort, Kentucky
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2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Evan was 15 at the time...
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Tony Nagatani, a junior at Ithaca College from Honolulu, Hawaii
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Tony was 20 at the time...
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Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
|
2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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Jayanth Iyengar, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis from Madison, Wisconsin
|
2005 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Jiyen1213
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Janet Bradlow, an insurance agent from New York, New York
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $58,000 + $2,000. Janet Bradlow New York,...
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Andrew Westney, a sports business writer from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
"He was a high-school student from Atlanta when he won the...
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Sanders Kleinfeld, a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $26,597 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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David Duchovny, an actor from Californication
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"He's won two Golden Globes and stars as troubled novelist Hank...
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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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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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Hayley Clatterbuck, a junior from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
|
2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of...
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Kyle Neblett, a senior from Beaverton, Oregon
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 2nd runner-up: $36,400. 18 at the...
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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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Andrew Kreitz, a senior from Huntington Beach, California
|
2006 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000.
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Loren Loiacono, a senior from Setauket, New York
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Brad Selvig, a sophomore at Florida State from Jacksonville, Florida
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Grace Thomas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Raleigh, North Carolina
|
"This captain of the Brain-Bowl team can name all the countries...
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Larry Marshall, a junior at the University of Missouri from Kansas City, Missouri
|
2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Dan Amboy, a 12-year-old from Lapeer, Michigan
|
"He hopes to get into the best college that he can....
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Papa Chakravarthy, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament champion: $75,000.
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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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Regina Merrill, from Lincoln, Nebraska
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"She's very good at writing stories and poetry, but her love...
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Michela Rodriguez, from Poway, California
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"This future author created a board game and had to compete...
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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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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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Emma Johnson, an eleven-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
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"She'll hit a high note in her future musical career as...
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Shelby Malone, a senior from Grayson, Kentucky
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2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: sleeping_stars
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B.D. Schwarz, a twelve-year-old from Oakland, California
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"He wants to make others happy by opening a little game...
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Rahul Francis, a twelve-year-old from Flushing, New York
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"This electronic wizard's current plans are to run a technology company....
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Meg Walker, an eleven-year-old from Brandon, Mississippi
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"She wants to help people with disabilities have a better life...
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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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Matt Olson, a sophomore at Stanford University from Berkeley, California
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 at the time of the...
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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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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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Kevin Yang, a junior from Birmingham, Alabama
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Cosi Audi, a junior from North Canton, Ohio
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Ben Greenho, a junior from Plano, Texas
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Jeffrey Gerlomes, a freshman from Napa, California
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Stephen Fritz, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2007 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $25,460.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Zane Ice, a 12-year-old from West Palm Beach, Florida
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"He wants to build a business in emerging technologies to help...
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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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Krissy Brzycki, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"Her love of helping her community and her interest in politics...
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Leatrice Potter, from Olney, Illinois
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"This published poet likes to read at any free moment and...
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Vinita Kailasanath, a sophomore at Stanford University from Laurel, Maryland
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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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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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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Veronica Fazio, from Roselle, Illinois
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"She dances, plays softball, and hangs with her friends, but wants...
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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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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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Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
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Jessica Anderson, a twelve-year-old from Cranston, Rhode Island
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"She's known she wanted to be a teacher for six years--that's...
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
|
"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
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Mike Scott, an eleven-year-old from Lake Villa, Illinois
|
"He really likes doing challenging projects in school, but hates doing...
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Sam Daub, an eleven-year-old from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
|
"And he finds video games enticing and has made a fantasy...
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Neal Freyman, a ten-year-old from Longmeadow, Massachusetts
|
"He's not sure recess counts as a subject, but if it...
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Katie Orphan, a freshman at Whitworth College from Reno, Nevada
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2002 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
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Russell Berris, a junior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
2003 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
|
"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer and TV personality from the QVC Network
|
"His fashion designs are a favorite among celebrities on the red...
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Ashley Walker, a senior from Dartmouth College
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Fort Pierce, Florida. [No contestant...
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Melanie Baker-Streevy, a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000. Melanie Baker-Streevy - A...
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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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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Christine Kennedy, a freshman from the University of Notre Dame
|
2007 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000. 19 at the time of...
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Sarah Nothnagel, a sophomore from the University of Southern California
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Mark Lee, a sales manager from Chicago, Illinois
|
2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $67,500...
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Lindsey Nicolai, a junior from Hampton, Virginia
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Amy Levine, a freshman from North Potomac, Maryland
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time...
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Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Julie Bowen, a TV and film actress from Boston Legal, Lost and Modern Family
|
"For two seasons, she played attorney Denise Bauer in Boston Legal....
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Kenny Schlax, a junior from Deerfield, Illinois
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Listed as "Kenneth" on the official web site.
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Matt Klein, a senior from Pittsford, New York
|
2006 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $15,000. Won $1,000 on Who Wants...
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Caitlin Cook, a sophomore from Arden, North Carolina
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Ruvani Fonseka, a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
|
2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of...
|
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Celeste DiNucci, a recent graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Rose Schaefer, a junior from Portland, Oregon
|
2012 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $36,000. 16 at...
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Dave Simpson, a pastor from Belcamp, Maryland
|
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
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $62,802 + $2,000. Not be to confused...
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Neil Patel, a twelve-year-old from Plano, Texas
|
"He wants to become an environmental scientist and help protect our...
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Mark Runsvold, a student and waiter from Moscow, Idaho
|
2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 4-time champion: $153,800 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: markrunsvold
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Alex Johnson, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"He wants to be a chemist in the future. From Indianapolis,...
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Patrick Quinn, a high school German teacher from Chesterfield, Missouri
|
"He teaches at a school whose history goes back to a...
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Sarah Bauer, a junior at Indiana University from Carmel, Indiana
|
2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Chuck Todd, a journalist and chief White House correspondent from NBC News and Meet the Press
|
"Chief White House correspondent and political director for NBC News, he...
|
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Andrew Grace, a 12-year-old from Apex, North Carolina
|
"He wants to be a soccer player and an orthopedic surgeon,...
|
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Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Julia Martinez, an 11-year-old from Fairfax, Virginia
|
"Get ready, Pennsylvania Avenue. She wants to be president of the...
|
|
Ryan Griffin, an 11-year-old from Waldwick, New Jersey
|
"We're sure he'll do swimmingly as an aquatic biologist. From Waldwick,...
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
|
"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
|
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Injee Hong, a 12-year-old from Metairie, Louisiana
|
"If her dreams of becoming a lawyer don't come true, she...
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Weston Mangin, a freshman at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo from Arroyo Grande, California
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Lizzie O'Leary, an aviation and regulation correspondent from CNN
|
"She broke the news that Chrysler would file for Chapter 11...
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Evan Eschliman, a sophomore from Olathe, Kansas
|
2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Morgan Flood, a junior from Pequea, Pennsylvania
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
|
2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
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Lindsey Thiesfeld, a sophomore from Clarendon Hills, Illinois
|
2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Brandon Welch, a senior from Grayson, Georgia
|
2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Kate Wadman, a junior from Tucson, Arizona
|
2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jeopartygirl
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Heidi Fogle, a senior from Overland Park, Kansas
|
2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Caroline Jones, a senior from Silver Spring, Maryland
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Eliza Urban, a sophomore from Richmond, Virginia
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
|
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Kristin Briggs, a senior from Parkland, Florida
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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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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Heidi Greimann, a junior from Columbia, Missouri
|
2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Heidi was 15 at the...
|
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George Nelson, a senior from Montgomery, Alabama
|
2002 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $29,497. George was...
|
|
Marques Redd, a sophomore at Harvard University from Macon, Georgia
|
2001 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Marques was 18 at the time...
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Aaron Thompson, a special assistant from Washington, D.C.
|
2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 21 3-time champion:...
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Tom Kavanaugh, a kickball team captain from St. Louis, Missouri
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
|
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Nico Martinez, a college junior from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
|
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Anna Allie, a junior at the University of Michigan at Dearborn from Dearborn, Michigan
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Colin Brown, a senior at the University of Rochester from Milwaukie, Oregon
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Andrew Vogl, from Yonkers, New York
|
"He can ski the slopes with ease, but navigating his own...
|
|
Hope Landsem, from Tualatin, Oregon
|
"She likes to win arguments, and that's why she's going to...
|
|
Charlotte Darby, from West Chester, Pennsylvania
|
"Her crafts include crochet, origami, and friendship bracelets. From West Chester,...
|
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Alison Jenik, a junior at the University of Maryland from New York, New York
|
2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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|
Myfanwy Davies, a retired china shop manager and volunteer from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 30 player (2014-02-25). First name pronounced like "muh-VAN-wee" (Johnny announced...
|
|
Molly Gier, a twelve-year-old from Chesterfield, Missouri
|
"She is preparing for a teaching career by tutoring her peers....
|
|
Bill Dickenson, a college instructor from Richardson, Texas
|
"This 5-time champ from 1996 has taught students from over 100...
|
|
Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
|
|
Gabriel Johnson, a senior from Teaneck, New Jersey
|
2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
"He was a 2002 Teen Champion. He's now a sophomore at...
|
|
Samantha Reback, a sophomore from Bethesda, Maryland
|
2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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Elena Botella, an eleven-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
"This future journalist loves to find answers, today, she'll have to...
|
|
Russ Porter, a water systems engineer from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
|
|
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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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
|
"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
|
|
Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
|
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Jonathan Gillerman, a senior from Staten Island, New York
|
2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Scott Harris, a videographer and elementary school librarian from Las Vegas, Nevada
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $19,201 + $2,000. Scott won $30,000 on...
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John Matthews, a senior from Escondido, California
|
2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Sally O'Rourke, a freelance copywriter originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $33,601 + $1,000.
|
|
Christian Haines, a college student originally from Newport News, Virginia
|
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!...
|
|
Paul Glaser, a research scientist from Albany, New York
|
2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
|
2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
|
|
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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Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona
|
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
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
|
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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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
|
"He's appeared on Broadway in Proof, Assassins, and Cabaret. He's now...
|
|
Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
|
"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
|
|
Emily Love, from Overland Park, Kansas
|
"This future chef wants to run her own restaurant and have...
|
|
Pete Troyan, a senior from the University of Michigan
|
2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 at the time of the...
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Ashley Grand, a freshman from Harvard University
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Craig Boge, a senior from Stanford University
|
2007 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. 21 at the time of...
|
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Lisa Ackerman, a senior from Livermore, California
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Kate Waits, a law professor at the University of Tulsa from Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
"A Harvard Law graduate when she competed in the 1988 Tournament...
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Edward Lee, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Sacramento, California
|
"Of the numerous projects he has completed, making gliders and bottle...
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Eric Webb, a 12-year-old from Austin, Texas
|
"He wants to be a cartoonist so he can make people...
|
|
David Hoffelmeyer, a senior from St. Joseph, Missouri
|
2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
|
|
Camille Bullock, a senior from New Orleans, Louisiana
|
2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Camille88
|
|
Katie James, a sophomore from Winchester, Virginia
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Claire Winkler, from Fredericksburg, Virginia
|
"This honor roll student participates on both the year-round and summer...
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|
Rowan Spake, from Portland, Oregon
|
"He's interested in nanotechnology and robotics to improve surgery. But getting...
|
|
Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
|
"In 2004, he became a 5-time champion, and for Halloween, dressed...
|
|
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
|
|
Kermin Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
|
|
Tamika Turner, an 11-year-old eighth grader from Sylvania, Ohio
|
"She wants to be a journalist, because it’s important for the...
|
|
Jay Rosenberg, a college professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
\"After winning 5 times in 1985, he became the moderator for...
|
|
India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York, New York
|
\"She became a 5-time champion in 1991. An actor and copy...
|
|
India Cooper, a copy editor from Madison, Indiana
|
\"She was an actor and copy editor in New York City...
|
|
Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
|
\"A five-time champion in 1994, he used his winnings for a...
|
|
Grafton Brown, a high school Spanish teacher from Chicago, Illinois
|
"He teaches at a school whose buildings are named in honor...
|
|
Jon Shoup, a graduate student of political science from Charlottesville, Virginia
|
Season 28 1-time champion: $14,179 + $2,000.
Last named pronounced like "SHOWP" (like "shout").
|
|
Michael Gurshtein, a thin films engineer from Thornton, Colorado
|
Season 28 1-time champion: $25,000 + $2,000. Michael pronounced his last...
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Ann Thurlow, an aspiring novelist and retired salesperson from Mendham, New Jersey
|
Season 28 1-time champion: $26,805 + $1,000.
|
|
Dominic Olivera, a twelve-year-old from Bristow, Virginia
|
"Oh, good heavens! He wants to be a priest when he's...
|
|
Kathy Wright, a bookseller from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 28 2-time champion: $59,198 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: gloriaclemente
|
|
Aria Gerson, an eleven-year-old from Orem, Utah
|
"Shine an apple for our future teacher. From Orem, Utah, class,...
|
|
Kathryn Wendling, a high school social studies teacher from Farmington, Minnesota
|
"Her high school newspaper predicted she would be on Jeopardy! From...
|
|
Neha Embar, a 12-year-old from Alpharetta, Georgia
|
"No kidding--she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows up....
|
|
Evan Sandman, a hotel front desk manager from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 28 1-time champion $28,801 + $2,000.
|
|
Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
|
\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
|
|
Arjun Malhotra, a 12-year-old from Sammamish, Washington
|
"He says he's not naturally inclined to be an athlete, so...
|
|
Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
|
"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
|
|
Krishna Bharathala, a sophomore from Fremont, California
|
2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Curtis Joseph, a sophomore from Scottsdale Community College
|
"In 1999, his nickname was 'Curtles the Troll', and he wanted...
|
|
Catherine Briley, a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana
|
2012 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $31,000. 17 at...
|
|
Carlee Jensen, a senior from Santa Monica, California
|
2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
|
Anshika Niraj, a sophomore from Beachwood, Ohio
|
2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Steven Ho, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
|
Jaldhar Vyas, a software developer and Hindu priest from Jersey City, New Jersey
|
Season 28 player (2012-01-04). Last name pronounced like "VYAS" (in 1...
|
|
Cliff Galiher, a student from Half Moon Bay, California
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
|
|
Frank Firke, a junior from Chicago, Illinois
|
2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
|
|
Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania
|
2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
|
|
Naomi Hinchen, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
|
2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Caroline Bartman, a senior from Washington, D.C.
|
2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Myles Jeffrey, a senior from Seal Beach, California
|
2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Todd Faulkenberry, a junior from Moore, South Carolina
|
2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
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Gabby Fusco, an 11-year-old from Maspeth, New York
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"She's loved everything about science she was a little kid, so...
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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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Taylor Gailliot, from Woodbridge, Virginia
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"When asked what she wanted us to know about her, she...
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Robin Kutner, from Newtown, Pennsylvania
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"This member of jazz band has a cat that is the...
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Okey Chikezie, from Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
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"He wants to be a professional soccer player when he grows...
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Tucker Warner, from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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"At the beginning of the school year, he worked on a...
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Hilary Gaughen, a veterinary technician from Lakeside, California
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Season 30 player (2014-04-25). Last name pronounced like "GAWH-en" (almost like...
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Dan Royles, a senior from Chula Vista, California
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Dan was 17 at the time...
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Blake Hernandez, a senior from Burke, Virginia
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Blake was 16 at the time...
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Allie Pape, a sophomore from Ponte Vedra, Florida
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Allie was 14 at the time...
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Seth Disner, a senior from Los Angeles, California
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2002 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $28,900. Seth was 17 at the...
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Jayce Newton, a senior at UCLA from Long Beach, California
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Jayce was 22 at the...
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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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Nico Martinez, a junior at Stanford University from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
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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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Joseph Henares, from Avon, Connecticut
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"Along with group science projects, history club, writing club, and chess...
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Vivian Lappenbusch, a twelve-year-old from Seattle, Washington
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"She finds other people's stories and cultures fascinating, so anthropology is...
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Dave Ellis, a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $16,000 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Bob Harris, an author, comedian, and radio commentator from Los Angeles, California
|
"A 5-time champion and a finalist in the Tournament of Champions,...
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Silvio Menzano, a psychologist and university counseling center director from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 1-time champion: $10,300 + $1,000.
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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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Bryce Piotrowski, a twelve-year-old from Madison, Wisconsin
|
"He has no idea what he wants to do later in...
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Phoebe Juel, a bookseller from Sylva, North Carolina
|
"She won the 1993 College Championship while attending Grinnell College. Today...
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Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
|
"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
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John Ryan, a corporate controller from Richmond, California
|
"As a college student, he was the top winner of the...
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Lan Djang, a health policy analyst from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
"He was a 5-time champion in 2001. Today he's a health...
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John Farley, an eleven-year-old from Marietta, Georgia
|
"This young man has a plan--Notre Dame, professional lacrosse player and...
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student and newlywed from Fort Collins, Colorado
|
"He won the most recent Tournament of Champions. A graduate student...
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Solomon Howard, a freshman from St. Petersburg, Florida
|
2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 14 at the time of...
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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from North Hills, California
|
"This playwright and director became a 5-time winner in 2001. Today,...
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Sahir Islam, an investment analyst from Somers, New York
|
"The champion of the 1997 Teen Tournament, he's now an investment...
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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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Gerry Matatics, a speaker and writer from Scranton, Pennsylvania
|
Season 32 player (2016-01-26). First name pronounced like "Jerry". Johnny Gilbert...
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Kennedy Stomps, a junior from St. Louis, Missouri
|
2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Leah Greenwald, an architect from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
"A winner of 5 games in 1988, she has since become...
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Michael Dupée, an attorney from Gainesville, Florida
|
"He was the winner of the 1996 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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Joey Genereux, a biochemist from San Diego, California
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. In his Hometown Howdy,...
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Suzanne Rorick, a stay-at-home mom from Stevenson Ranch, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $12,900 + $2,000.
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Emily Lever, a junior from Chevy Chase, Maryland
|
2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Eric Rau, an assistant federal public defender from Tucson, Arizona
|
Season 26 player (2010-06-21). Eric appeared in the Fastest Finger circle...
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Anderson Cooper, an anchor from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
|
"As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus of Harper's...
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Arthur Gandolfi, a commercial real estate executive from Pleasantville, New York
|
2004 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $25,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Wil Curiel, an 11-year-old from Costa Mesa, California
|
"His favorite subject is science, so it's not surprising that this...
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Holly Flynn, an 11-year-old from Holmes, Pennsylvania
|
"She started performing in community theatre when she was just 4...
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Mark McDonnell, a triathlon coach and entrepreneur from Miami, Florida
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $27,601 + $1,000.
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Billy Hackenson, an eleven-year-old from Great Falls, Virginia
|
"As a descendant of President Taft, it's no surprise that he's...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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|
Joey Beachum, an Air Force intelligence officer from Conway, Arkansas
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
|
2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
|
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Greg Lichtenstein, a freshman from Vassar College
|
2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 18 and from Plainview, New York...
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Kendra Chapman, a sophomore from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Lizz Mullowney, a senior from Crystal Lake, Illinois
|
2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
|
|
Anthony Valente, a senior from Staten Island, New York
|
2003 Teen Tournament second runner-up: $24,799.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
|
|
Ben Swartz, a senior from Manassas, Virginia
|
2003 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
|
Susan Bellenot, a senior from Lakeview Terrace, California
|
2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Amanda Sonmor, a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $21,501 + $1,000.
|
|
Tyler Allard, a senior from Garrett Park, Maryland
|
2003 Teen Tournament first runner-up: $28,400.
|
|
Rebecca Maxfield, a freshman from Brown University
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Rochelle, New York. Rebecca...
|
|
Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
|
|
Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
|
"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
|
|
Lyn Thomas, a library assistant from Redmond, Washington
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $13,100 + $1,000.
|
|
Craig Westphal, a paramedic from Tucson, Arizona
|
2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
|
Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
|
|
Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
|
"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
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Jonathan Corbblah, a chess teacher from Harlem, New York
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Jonathan appeared as a...
|
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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Deborah Fitzgerald, a retired government employee from McLean, Virginia
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 24 4-time champion: $55,901 + $1,000.
|
|
Jim Stevens, a high school math teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 6-time champion: $140,600 + $2,000.
|
|
Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
|
|
Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
|
|
Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
|
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Robin Cheney, a middle school teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
|
"All the students at her school go on a camping trip...
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Ethan Russo, an 11-year-old from Austin, Texas
|
"He really likes a big challenge. He wants to be the...
|
|
Will Schultz, a freshman from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|
2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 19 at the time of the...
|
|
Tommy Hoyt, from Winnetka, Illinois
|
"Journalism may very well be in his future as he feels...
|
|
Harry Shearer, a humorist, Spinal Tap bassist, and voice from The Simpsons
|
"He recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap...
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|
Alice Luo, a junior from Georgia Institute of Technology
|
2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 at the time of...
|
|
Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Andy Hutchins, a senior from Rockledge, Florida
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
|
|
Michael Glick, a 12-year-old from Smithtown, New York
|
"He's in math honors this year, even though math is one...
|
|
Andrew Goldfein, a 12-year-old from Lincolnwood, Illinois
|
"He likes to argue and help people, so it's off to...
|
|
Suzie Lisky, a 12-year-old from Mendham, New Jersey
|
"She's not sure what she wants to be when she grows...
|
|
Christina Maes, a senior at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay from Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
|
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...
|
|
Erik Larsen, a librarian and a licensed amateur boxing official from Jacksonville, Florida
|
"A 5-time champion from 1990, he's a librarian and a licensed...
|
|
Harry Shearer, an actor/writer/producer from The Simpsons and Le Show
|
"His many credits include providing voices for The Simpsons, and he's...
|
|
Michael Rooney, a college professor from Pasadena, California
|
"He was a winner of 5 games in 1999, and is...
|
|
Amy Fletcher, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Anne Shivers, a senior from Peotone, Illinois
|
2005 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $18,000. 17 at...
|
|
Sara Jansson, a 10-year-old from Monmouth Junction, New Jersey
|
"She wants to become a singer because she loves music so...
|
|
Katie Baxter, a 10-year-old from Glenside, Pennsylvania
|
"She has already won a presidential award. So why not the...
|
|
Sean Ryan, a graduate student from Whitehall, Pennsylvania
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Sioux City, Iowa
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Kate Dzurilla, a 12-year-old from Syosset, New York
|
"It's a slam dunk for this basketball lover and future WNBA...
|
|
Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
|
|
Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
|
"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
|
|
Phil Yellman, a legal assistant from Seattle, Washington
|
"He was an office worker from Albuquerque when he won his...
|
|
Scott Gillispie, a project manager and expectant father from Atlanta, Georgia
|
"While attending Georgia Tech, he won the 1991 College Championship. Now...
|
|
Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"The 1-day record of $34,000 he set in 1992 stood for...
|
|
Michael Braun, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2005 Teen...
|
|
Emily Riippa, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Grand Rapids, Michigan
|
"She is a fast reader, and her mother says she was...
|
|
John Beck, an associate creative director from Torrance, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000. 2004 Tournament...
|
|
Brad Rutter, a TV quiz show host from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
|
|
Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
|
Chloé White, a senior from Mission Hills, Kansas
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Mira Rabin, an attorney from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Season 8 player (1991-12-10).
First name pronounced like \"MEER-ah\".
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|
Debbie Peryea, a waitress from Keeseville, New York
|
Season 10 1-time champion: $8,199.
Last name pronounced like \"purr-YAY\".
|
|
Vincent Soatikee, a musician and actor from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 8 player (1991-10-11). Johnny Gilbert introduced Vince as "Vince Soatikee",...
|
|
Nick Heise, a technical services engineer from Madison, Wisconsin
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 38 1-time champion: $25,900 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"HI-see\".
|
|
Claire Theoret, a high school registrar from Essex, Vermont
|
Season 39 player (2023-01-03).
Last name pronounced like "THEE-o-ret".
|
|
Paul Hjelmervik, a stage manager from Baltimore, Maryland
|
Season 4 player (1988-05-05).
Last name pronounced like "JELL-mer-vik".
|
|
Debra Malki, a human resources consultant from Winnetka, Illinois
|
Season 4 player (1988-05-05).
Last name pronounced like "MALL-kee".
|
|
Ruth Goldstein, a management and investment consultant from Atlanta, Georgia
|
Season 8 player (1991-12-04).
Last name pronounced like \"GOLD-steen\".
|
|
Catherine Biba, a freelance writer from Geneva, Nebraska
|
Season 34 player (2018-02-22).
Last name pronounced like "BEE-bah".
|
|
Erica Holencik, a provider data specialist from Portland, Oregon
|
Season 37 player (2021-01-27).
Last name pronounced like "hole-LEN-chick".
|
|
Bobby Freitas, a middle school teacher from Long Beach, California
|
Season 39 player (2022-12-26).
Last name pronounced like "FRAY-tus".
|
|
Arne Lunde, an associate professor of Scandinavian studies from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 30 player (2013-10-22).
Name pronounced like \"ARN-ee LUND-ee\".
|
|
Chloe Sjuberg, a communications assistant from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
|
Season 35 player (2018-11-06).
Last name pronounced like "SHOO-berg".
|
|
Rick Rorapaugh, a customer service representative from Carlsbad, California
|
Season 1 1-time champion: $10,000.
Last name pronounced like "ROAR-uh-paw".
|
|
Vicki Rodabaugh, a homemaker from Northridge, California
|
Season 1 player (1985-06-03). Last name pronounced like "ROD-uh-baw". (Johnny Gilbert...
|
|
Erin Matherne, a graphic designer from Winter Garden, Florida
|
Season 34 player (2018-02-14).
Last name pronounced like "muh-THERN".
|
|
Scott Stechman, an attorney from Woodmere, New York
|
Season 11 1-time champion: $10,100.
Last name pronounced like \"STECK-man\".
|
|
Emily Frey, a professor from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
|
Season 35 3-time champion: $62,503 + $2,000. Emily appeared on Master...
|
|
Carrie Cadwallader, a business intelligence manager from Aurora, Colorado
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 38 1-time champion: $7,500 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"cad-WALL-a-dur\".
|
|
Carrie Cadwallader, a business intelligence manager from Aurora, Colorado
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 38 1-time champion: $7,500 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"cad-WALL-a-dur\".
|
|
Lindsey Piesz, a merchandise planner from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
Season 34 player (2018-02-12).
Last name pronounced like "PESHZ".
|
|
Erica Weiner-Amachi, a 4th grade teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Season 38 player (2022-07-18).
Last name pronounced like "WEE-ner-UH-mah-chee".
|
|
Ben Henri, a choral music director from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
|
2021 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2020 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000....
|
|
Lindsay Garces, an insurance underwriter from East Boston, Massachusetts
|
Season 34 player (2018-06-20).
Last name pronounced like "GAR-sess".
|
|
Alex Hotovy, a student from Omaha, Nebraska
|
Season 34 player (2018-02-08).
Last name pronounced like "HOW-tuh-vee".
|
|
John Giambrone, an investment banking analyst from New York, New York
|
Season 34 1-time champion: $19,601 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "jam-BRO-nee".
|
|
Marcy Lehman, a senior business systems analyst from Marion, Iowa
|
Season 34 player (2018-02-07).
Last name pronounced like "LAY-man".
|
|
Chris Lastrapes, a business developer originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
Season 32 player (2015-10-28). Last name pronounced like \"la-STRAPS\". Chris won...
|
|
Lorie Gasior, a license director from Gonzales, Louisiana
|
Season 34 player (2018-02-05).
Last name pronounced like "GAYSH-zer".
|
|
Toby Muller, a freelance copywriter originally from Hewlett, New York
|
Season 8 3-time champion: $40,800.
Last name pronounced like "MULL-er".
|
|
Dhruv Gaur, a grad student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 Tournament of Champions semifinalist:...
|
|
Mary Ellen LaRubbio, a legal secretary originally from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 8 player (1992-06-12): a collection of Armitron All-Sport water-resistant sport...
|
|
Aleithia Stephens, a course developer from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
Season 38 player (2022-07-11).
First name pronounced like "uh-LAY-thee-uh".
|
|
Joanne Fiore, an administrative officer from Amherst, New York
|
Season 10 player (1993-09-10).
Last name pronounced like \"fee-OR-ee\".
|
|
Henry Rozycki, a neonatologist and author from Richmond, Virginia
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 38 2-time champion: $27,301 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"ro-zih-KEE\".
|
|
Emily Zehmer, a librarian originally from McKenney, Virginia
|
Season 9 player (1993-02-01).
Last name pronounced like \"ZEE-mur\".
|
|
Dhruv Gaur, a freshman at Brown University from Gainesville, Georgia
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 Tournament of Champions semifinalist:...
|
|
Patricia Belcher, a clinical social worker from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 1 player (1985-05-01). Patricia's IMDb page. First name pronounced like...
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|
Jessica Rea, a student from Carmichael, California
|
Season 34 player (2018-06-19).
Last name pronounced like "RAY".
|
|
Andrew He, a stay-at-home dad from Concord, California
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2nd runner up: $25,000. 2023 Jeopardy! Masters...
|
|
Do Park, a sportswriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
Season 38 player (2021-12-20).
First name pronounced like "DOE".
|
|
Henry Rozycki, a physician and professor from Richmond, Virginia
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 38 2-time champion: $27,301 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"ro-zih-KEE\".
|
|
Jennifer Linde, an associate professor from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
Season 37 1-time champion: $24,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "LIN-dee".
|
|
Dhruv Gaur, a student at Brown University from Gainesville, Georgia
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 Tournament of Champions semifinalist:...
|
|
Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, California
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2nd runner up: $25,000. 2023 Jeopardy! Masters...
|
|
Chuck Wilde, an engineer from Naperville, Illinois
|
Season 10 player (1994-06-06).
Last name pronounced like \"WILL-dee\".
|
|
Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Sara Nies, an editorial assistant from New York, New York
|
Season 34 player (2018-06-18).
Last name pronounced like the word "niece".
|
|
Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, California
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2nd runner up: $25,000. 2023 Jeopardy! Masters...
|
|
Stefan Sharkansky, a computer consultant originally from Madison, Wisconsin
|
Season 10 player (1994-06-08).
First name pronounced like \"STEF-in\".
|
|
Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, California
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2nd runner up: $25,000. 2023 Jeopardy! Masters...
|
|
Nate Pochomis, an airline pilot from West Grove, Pennsylvania
|
Season 34 player (2018-01-31).
Last name pronounced like "puh-KO-miss".
|
|
John Boegehold, a quality control inspector originally from Detroit, Michigan
|
Season 1 player (1985-01-08).
Last name pronounced like "BEG-hold".
|
|
Osei Boakye, a graduate student of history from Clearwater, Florida
|
Season 30 player (2014-01-14).
Name pronounced like oh-SAY-ee boh-AH-chee.
|
|
Jen Alfonso-Punzalan, a school librarian from San Mateo, California
|
Season 38 player (2022-07-06).
Last name pronounced like "al-FON-so-POON-sa-lon".
|
|
Matt Ribel, a speechwriter from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 36 player (2020-04-27).
Last name pronounced like "RIH-bul".
|
|
Michelle DeGrothy, a Navy helicopter pilot from Neptune Beach, Florida
|
Season 30 2-time champion: $25,900 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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|
Diana Hsu, a legal records assistant from Malden, Massachusetts
|
Season 34 2-time champion: $44,601 + $2,000. Diana won $50,000 on...
|
|
Shayan Sadegh, a medical scribe from Potomac, Maryland
|
Season 38 player (2022-07-01).
Name pronounced like "SHY-on SAW-deg".
|
|
Lee May, a merchandising manager originally from Roanoke, Virginia
|
Season 30 player (2014-01-03).
|
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Ilissa Gold, an attorney originally from Nashville, Tennessee
|
Season 30 player (2014-01-03).
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Hoa Quach, a portfolio manager from Naperville, Illinois
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Season 38 player (2022-06-30).
Name pronounced like "WAH KWOK".
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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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David Bzdak, a philosophy professor from Syracuse, New York
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Season 38 1-time champion: $2000 + $1,000. David was listed as...
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Dinu Nesan, a postdoctoral fellow and university lecturer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 30 1-time champion: $18,001 + $1,000. Name pronounced like "DIH-noo...
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Sharon Goldstein, a word processor from Hollywood, California
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Season 8 1-time champion: $10,000.
Last name pronounced like \"GOLD-stine\".
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Michalle Gould, a librarian from Laguna Beach, California
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 37 player (2021-03-12)....
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Michalle Gould, a librarian originally from Austin, Texas
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 37 player (2021-03-12)....
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Michael Rausin, a teacher from Upland, California
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Season 12 player (1996-06-05).
Last name pronounced like \"RAW-son\".
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Rebecca Heide, an economist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 34 player (2018-06-12).
Last name pronounced like "HI-dee".
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Brian Olewnick, a capital assets manager from New York City, New York
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Season 7 player (1991-04-12).
Last name pronounced like \"oh-LEV-nick\".
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Wayne Cypen, a lawyer from Miami Beach, Florida
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Season 2 player (1985-09-13). Last name pronounced like \"SY-pen\". Johnny Gilbert...
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Trucle Nguyen, a senior from Falls Church, Virginia
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1992 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
First name pronounced like "tru-CLAY".
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Sidra Condron, a marketing manager from Phoenix, Arizona
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Season 36 player (2020-04-21).
First name pronounced like "SEE-dra".
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Mark Sappir, a lawyer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 8 player (1992-01-31).
Last name pronounced like \"SAY-per\".
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Mirza Gluhic, a transcriber from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 34 1-time champion: $28,200 + $2,000.
Name pronounced like "MEER-zah GLOOH-ik".
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Michael Bilow, a Ph.D. student in computer science from Los Angeles, California
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2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 31 3-time champion: $96,000...
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Kathy Cacace, an online editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 30 player (2013-12-27).
Last name pronounced like "ka-KAYSE".
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Demeter Manning, a computer systems programmer from Woodland Hills, California
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Season 4 player (1988-03-10):
First name pronounced like "DEH-meh-ter".
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Amy Goldstein, a book editor from Princeton, New Jersey
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Season 8 player (1991-12-31).
Last name pronounced like \"GOLD-stine\".
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Leslie Goodman-Malamuth, a freelance writer and housewife from Washington, D.C.
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Season 4 1-time champion: $12,801 + a Broyhill Queen Anne style...
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Xiaoke Ying, a sophomore at the University of Southern California from Arcadia, California
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2020 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000. First name pronounced like "SHOW-kuh"...
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Tyler Miksanek, a student from Warrenville, Illinois
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Season 34 player (2018-01-15).
Last name pronounced like "mik-SAN-ek".
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Kathy Boelter, an administrator from Sunnyvale, California
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Season 39 player (2022-12-22).
Last name pronounced like "BOLE-tur".
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Margaret Epstein, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 8 1-time champion: $10,200.
Last name pronounced like \"EP-steen\".
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Julie Zauzmer, a reporter and balloon twister from Washington, D.C.
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Season 34 player (2018-01-11).
Last name pronounced like "ZAHZ-mer".
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Alisha Mathalikunnel, a medical student from Alhambra, California
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Season 34 player (2018-01-12).
Name pronounced like "uh-LEE-shah math-uh-LEE-kuh-nul".
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Mary Dishigrikyan, a school psychologist from North Hollywood, California
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Season 39 player (2022-12-21).
Last name pronounced like "dish-uh-GREEK-ee-un".
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Chuck Forrest, a lawyer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Mary Gildea, a retired high school English teacher from Marietta, Pennsylvania
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Season 30 player (2013-12-19).
Last name pronounced like "gill-DAY".
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Steve Ruiz, a doctoral student from Gilbert, Arizona
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Season 38 player (2022-06-16).
Last name pronounced like "REESE".
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Chuck Forrest, an attorney for the UN IFAD from Marino, Italy
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\"In 1986, he was a law student living in Grand Blanc,...
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Hannah Stires, a senior from St. John's College
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1992 College Championship quarterfinalist: $1,000.
First name pronounced like "HAWN-nuh".
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Monica Thieu, a postdoctoral scientist from Atlanta, Georgia
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Monica Thieu, a psychology student from Dallas, Texas
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Daniel Ciarrocchi, a writer from Baltimore, Maryland
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2024 Champions Wildcard play-in game player (2024-01-12). Season 39 1-time champion:...
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Leslie Minot, a grant writer from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 37 1-time champion: $2,700 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "MINE-it".
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Monica Thieu, a Ph.D. student in psychology from New York, New York
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• 2012 College Championship winner • 2013 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist...
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Steve Bowie, an engineer from Lancaster, California
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Season 2 player (1985-09-09).
Last name pronounced like \"BOO-ee\".
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Bruce Daitz, originally from Plattsburgh, New York
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Season 6 2-time champion: $18,300. Last name pronounced like "DATES". The...
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Claudia Hochstein, an environmental program administrator from Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2018-01-05).
Last name pronounced like "HOCK-styne".
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Brandon Blackwell, a sophomore from Holliswood, New York
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist:...
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Phil Lowe, a process automation engineer from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 30 player (2013-12-10). Last name pronounced like "loud" without the...
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Reem Fattouh, a web editor from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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Season 30 player (2013-12-09). Last name pronounced like "fa-TYOO". No challenger...
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Monroe Roark, a junior from West Georgia College
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1989 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "ROE-ark".
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Jeffrey Schwarz, a private investor from New York, New York
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Season 34 3-time champion: $62,300 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "SHWARZ" (no "T" sound).
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Olev Jaakson, a research analyst from New York, New York
|
Season 34 player (2018-01-02).
Name pronounced like "OH-lev YAHK-sahn".
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Monya De, a health journalist from Santa Monica, California
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Season 36 player (2020-03-30). First name pronounced like "MONE-yah". Monya won...
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Cecilia Cuevas, a high school dean of students from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 30 player (2013-12-05). Sister of Season 27 champion Jesse Cuevas,...
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Nick Spicher, a museum educator from Everett, Washington
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Season 34 1-time champion: $15,201 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "SPIKE-er".
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Lloyd Sy, a graduate student in literature originally from Rockford, Illinois
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2024 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 39 2-time champion: $53,578 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"SEE\".
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Franke Santos, an operations manager from North Hollywood, California
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Season 30 player (2013-12-06).
First name pronounced like "FRANK-ee".
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Lloyd Sy, a professor of American literature originally from Rockford, Illinois
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2024 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 39 2-time champion: $53,578 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"SEE\".
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John Gose, a caterer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 4 player (1987-10-09). Last name pronounced like "Gaws". John won...
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Henry Ayoola, a Ph.D. student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 34 1-time champion: $14,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "eye-OH-lah".
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Tahne Aarnes, a business intelligence consultant from Chaska, Minnesota
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Season 30 player (2013-12-05).
Name pronounced like "TAH-nay AR-nez".
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Lana Altman, a digital programming manager from Southington, Connecticut
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Season 38 player (2022-04-06). First name pronounced like \"LAN-nuh\". Lana won...
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Dev Thakur, a psychiatrist from West Lebanon, New Hampshire
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Season 34 player (2018-05-28).
Name pronounced like "DAVE ta-KOOR".
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Pam Mueller, an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois
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\"Representing Loyola University, she won the College Championship in November, 2000....
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Andrea Schuelke, a tutor from Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Season 34 player (2018-05-28).
Name pronounced like "ahn-DRAY-uh SHULL-kee".
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Angela Xu, a corporate lawyer from San Mateo, California
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Season 38 player (2022-07-25).
Last name pronounced like \"SHOO\".
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Victoria Groce, a writer and television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament winner: $100,000 + advance to Jeopardy! Masters....
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Cary Bonnell, a project manager from Oblong, Illinois
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Season 34 player (2017-12-26).
Last name pronounced like "bahn-ELL".
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Robin Gilliam, a homemaker from Dallas, Texas
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Season 12 player (1996-04-19).
Last name pronounced like \"GILL-um\".
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Ross Belsome, a valuation analyst from Houston, Texas
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Season 34 player (2018-05-25). Last name pronounced like "BELL-sum". JBoard user...
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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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Jason Zuffranieri, an upper school mathematics faculty member from Carrollton, Texas
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2021 Tournament of Champions wildcard...
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Joe Seibert, a graduate student in physics from San Diego, California
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Season 39 player (2023-06-13).
Last name pronounced like \"SYE-burt\".
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Michael Toughill, a senior marketing analyst from Seattle, Washington
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Season 38 player (2022-06-07).
Last name pronounced like "TOE-hill".
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Mark Triesch, a law student from New Braunfels, Texas
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Season 12 player (1996-04-29).
Last name pronounced like \"TREESH\".
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Sreekar Madabushi, a junior from Basking Ridge, New Jersey
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2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist:...
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Danna Schoenberg, an attorney from New York City, New York
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Season 7 player (1991-05-02).
First name pronounced like \"DAN-nuh\".
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Kurt Taube, a psychometrician from Culpepper, Virginia
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Season 12 player (1996-05-02).
Last name pronounced like \"TAU-bee\".
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Lucia Yang, a medical and doctoral student originally from San Diego, California
|
Season 38 player (2022-06-03).
First name pronounced like "LOO-shuh".
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Anneke Garcia, an instructional design consultant from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 35 4-time champion: $104,497...
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Jack Horan, a school vice principal from Califon, New Jersey
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Season 10 3-time champion: $29,601.
Last name pronounced like \"hor-ANN\".
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Donna Vorreyer, a writer and retired teacher from Willowbrook, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000. Season 37 player (2021-04-19). Last...
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George Buri, a university instructor from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Season 33 player (2017-07-21).
Last name pronounced like "BYUR-ee".
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Donna Vorreyer, a writer and retired educator from Willowbrook, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $2,000. Season 37 player (2021-04-19). Last...
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Alan Belancik, a marketing consultant from Wilton, New Hampshire
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Season 8 player (1991-12-19).
Last name pronounced like \"bell-AHN-sick\".
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Justin Bourassa, a high school English teacher and coach from Medford, Massachusetts
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Season 34 player (2017-12-20).
Last name pronounced like "bur-AH-sah".
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Rosa Studniarz, an office supervisor from Eastlake, Ohio
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Season 10 player (1994-03-28).
Last name pronounced like \"STUD-narz\".
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Cathy Bloedorn, a chemistry and forsenics teacher from Ellicott City, Maryland
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"She teaches at a green school, where the environment is part...
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Hilary Bouxsein, a visiting assistant professor from Northfield, Minnesota
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Season 38 player (2021-10-25).
Last name pronounced like "BUCK-sine".
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Zanete Barons, a freelance writer from Roseville, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $4,300. First name pronounced like \"zan-ETT\". Zanete\'s...
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Dewi Harjanto, a computational biologist from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 36 player (2020-03-12).
First name pronounced like "DAY-wee".
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Stephen Son, a business operations professional from Los Angeles, California
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Season 38 player (2021-10-25).
Last name pronounced like "SONE".
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Xanni Brown, a postdoctoral researcher originally from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Xanni Brown, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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John Pearson, a 4th grade math teacher from Richardson, Texas
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"His school's theme this year is superheroes. It's a bird! It's...
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Xanni Brown, a postdoctoral researcher originally from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Maryanne Lewell, a high school history teacher from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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"She teaches at the oldest publicly funded school in Canada. From...
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Eli Barrieau, a high school history teacher from Hardwick, Massachusetts
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"He found working in a window factory a 'pain'. Now it's...
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Dave Pai, a field application scientist originally from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 37 2-time champion: $32,700 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"PIE\".
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Karen Cafaro, an English literature and composition teacher from Georgetown, South Carolina
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"She recently celebrated her silver anniversary of teaching. From Georgetown, South...
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Dave Pai, a field application scientist originally from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 37 2-time champion: $32,700 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"PIE\".
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Lea Zaric, a graduate student from Vista, California
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Season 38 player (2021-10-22).
Name pronounced like \"LAY-uh ZARE-ik\".
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Jennie Bunde, a rabbinical student from Galesburg, Illinois
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Season 38 player (2022-03-29).
Last name pronounced like \"bun-DEE\".
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Jamie Tyrrell, a test prep instructor from Rochester, New York
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Season 36 1-time champion: $9,999 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "TUR-el".
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Kirsten Greenwell, a communications associate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 38 player (2022-01-28).
First name pronounced like \"KEER-sten\".
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Jason Zuffranieri, a math teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2021 Tournament of Champions wildcard...
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Vernon Ng, an associate professor of English from Tacoma, Washington
|
Season 38 player (2022-04-06).
Last name pronounced like \"uh-NG\".
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Jason Zuffranieri, a math teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2021 Tournament of Champions wildcard...
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Mollie Cowger, an assistant puzzles & games editor from San Francisco, California
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Season 39 player (2022-12-14).
Last name pronounced like "COW-gurr".
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Darryle Pollock, a writer and mother originally from Miami, Florida
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Season 1 player (1985-05-30).
First name pronounced like \"DARE-ul\".
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Beve Byer, a controller from Framingham, Massachusetts
|
Season 3 player (1987-05-29).
First name pronounced like \"BEV\".
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Jacque Erdrich, a welfare office administrator from Woodland Hills, California
|
Season 1 player (1985-01-15).
Name pronounced like \"JACK-ee erd-RICK\".
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LaKedra Pam, a physician from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Season 34 2-time champion: $32,800 + $2,000. First name pronounced like...
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Allyson Samiljan, a communications and special events director from Wellington, Florida
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Season 36 1-time champion: $9,500 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "sam-ILL-yan".
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Charlie Santiuste, a relationship manager from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 34 player (2017-12-11). Last name pronounced like "san-tee-YOO-stay". Charlie wore...
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Leah Wiegand, a stay-at-home mom originally from Asheville, North Carolina
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 37 1-time champion: $17,000 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like \"WEE-gand\".
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Mikel Borg, a firefighter from Austin, Texas
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Season 3 player (1987-06-15). First name pronounced like \"MIKE-ul\". Mikel clearly...
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Ben Raphel, a healthcare data analyst from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 34 1-time champion: $25,201 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Adam Kulakow, a writer originally from Potomac, Maryland
|
Season 12 player (1995-12-05).
Last name pronounced like \"KOO-la-kov\".
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Laura Buermann, a quality assurance analyst from Essex Junction, Vermont
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Season 34 player (2018-05-02).
Last name pronounced like "BYUR-man".
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Leah Wiegand, a stay-at-home mom from Austin, Texas
|
2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 37 1-time champion: $17,000 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like \"WEE-gand\".
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Martha Bordogna, an attorney from Indian Trail, North Carolina
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Season 36 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Mark Pawlowski, a financial advisor originally from Montreal, Canada
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Season 7 player (1990-12-18).
Last name pronounced like \"paw-LEV-skee\".
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Bodil Wiggins, a technical editor from Arlington, Texas
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Season 1 player (1985-05-22).
First name pronounced like \"bo-DILL\".
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Kathleen Ragunas, a budget analyst originally from Newport News, Virginia
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Season 1 player (1985-04-02).
Last name pronounced like \"rah-JOO-nass\".
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Larissa Dizon, an academic advisor from San Diego, California
|
Season 33 player (2017-07-14).
Name pronounced like "lar-EE-sah DEE-zon".
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Rani Peffer, a corporate finance manager from Crittenden, Kentucky
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2014 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 30 5-time champion: $68,701...
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Osman Syed, a student from Jamesville, New York
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Season 34 1-time champion: $33,333 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Susan Hoppe, a medical student originally from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 12 player (1996-03-29).
Last name pronounced like \"HOP-ee\".
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Geoff Brousseau, an epidemiologist from Centennial, Colorado
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Season 34 1-time champion: $7,599 + $1,000.
Name pronounced like "JEFF BROO-soh".
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Regan Read, an ESL teacher from Gardena, California
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Season 37 player (2020-11-02).
First name pronounced like "REE-gun".
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Erica Rapheal, an epidemiologist from Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Season 39 player (2023-06-16).
Last name pronounced like \"RAY-feel\".
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Leslye Laderman, an employee benefits attorney from Creve Coeur, Missouri
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Season 34 player (2018-04-30).
First name pronounced like the name "Leslie".
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Mark Staib, a lawyer from Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Season 10 1-time champion: $14,601.
Last name pronounced like \"STIBE\".
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Woody Houchin, a medical assistant from Chico, California
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Season 30 1-time champion: $14,100 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "HOW-chin".
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Bruce Lou, a software engineer from San Francisco, California
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Season 36 1-time champion: $13,245 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "LOW".
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Paul Koester, a computer operator originally from Wichita, Kansas
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Season 10 player (1994-03-04).
Last name pronounced like \"KESS-ter\".
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Andrea Massar, a clinical social worker from Rockville, Maryland
|
Season 30 player (2013-11-01).
Name pronounced like "an-DRAY-uh MASS-ar".
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Melinda Chatain, a freelance writer from Amagansett, New York
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Season 10 player (1994-04-14).
Last name pronounced like \"sha-TAIN\".
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Alice Pelletier, a technical services associate from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 34 player (2017-12-04).
Last name pronounced like "pell-uh-TEER".
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Eugene Finerman, a writer from Chicago, Illinois
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,600. 1990 Super...
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Sandy Zusmann, a marketing manager from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 10 2-time champion: $12,602.
Last name pronounced like \"ZEUS-man\".
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Rob Thais, a teacher from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-02).
Last name pronounced like "TICE".
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Mike Laser, a writer from New York City, New York
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Season 10 player (1994-04-19).
Last name pronounced like \"LASS-er\".
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Mary Zawacki, originally from Detroit, Michigan
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Season 2 player (1986-03-31). Last name pronounced like \"za-WATZ-kee\". The recording...
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D\'Art Ferris, a computer technician from Montrose, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-12).
First name pronounced like \"DAR\".
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Richard Gorelick, a public relations coordinator from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 5 player (1988-10-12).
Last name pronounced like "go-RELL-ick".
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Jack Penca, a lawyer from Colchester, Vermont
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Season 10 player (1994-04-26).
Last name pronounced like \"PEN-suh\".
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Jennifer Spinos, a third grade teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 37 player (2020-10-28). Last name pronounced like "SPEE-noes". Jennifer drew...
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Steve Kallaugher, a promotion director from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 3 player (1987-05-29).
Last name pronounced like \"KALE-uh-her\".
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Rex Moroux, a commercial real estate broker from Lafayette, Louisiana
|
Season 34 player (2018-04-23).
Last name pronounced like "MORE-oh".
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Allison Cuyjet, a software quality assurance analyst from Louisville, Kentucky
|
Season 36 player (2020-02-27).
Last name pronounced like "soo-ZHAY".
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Tyler Seiple, a voice and speech teacher originally from Columbus, Ohio
|
Season 38 player (2021-10-07).
Last name pronounced like "SYE-pull".
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Gus Iurillo, a business ownership coach from Glen Allen, Virginia
|
Season 30 player (2013-10-28).
Last name pronounced like "yoo-RILL-oh".
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Signe Peterson Fourmy, a Ph.D. candidate from Austin, Texas
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Season 36 player (2020-02-26).
First name pronounced like "SIG-nee".
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Anneke Garcia, an instructional design consultant from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 35 4-time champion: $104,497...
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Hermine Vermeij, a librarian from Tarzana, California
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Season 34 player (2018-05-22).
Name pronounced like \"her-MEEN-uh ver-MAY\".
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Christopher Cartagena, a social studies educator from Royal Palm Beach, Florida
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Season 36 player (2020-02-25).
Last name pronounced like "KART-uh-JEEN-uh".
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Cecil Rose, a computer programmer originally from Sheffield, Alabama
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Season 5 player (1989-04-14). Cecil died 2015-05-14. Cecil appeared on The...
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Jerry de Jager, a management consultant from Los Gatos, California
|
Season 7 player (1991-04-17).
Last name pronounced like \"de-YAY-ger\".
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Charly Kuecks, a writer and test prep expert from Salt Lake City, Utah
|
Season 38 player (2022-05-12).
Last name pronounced like "KEEKS".
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Leah Bailey, a homemaker from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 10 1-time champion: $2,800.
First name pronounced like \"LEE-ah\".
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Maddie Kahan, a pediatric neurology resident originally from Agoura Hills, California
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Season 37 player (2020-10-20). Wife of 2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist...
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Sreekar Madabushi, a junior at the Georgia Institute of Technology from Basking Ridge, New Jersey
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"In 2019, he was a high school junior at Basking Ridge,...
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Bill Tolany, a marketing executive from Austin, Texas
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Season 30 3-time champion: $44,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Jim Healow, an attorney from Billings, Montana
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Season 5 1-time champion: $8,801.
Last name pronounced like "HAY-loe".
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Alison Whittemore, an art student from San Antonio, Texas
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Season 6 player (1990-03-06).
Last name pronounced like "WHIT-uh-more".
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Dave Cearley, a public relations consultant from Palm Desert, California
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Season 3 player (1987-04-08).
Last name pronounced like \"CUR-lee\".
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Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Mark Stitham, a physician from Kailua, Hawaii
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Season 3 1-time champion: $10,100.
Last name pronounced like "STYE-thum".
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Denise Weber, a teacher originally from Vintondale, Pennsylvania
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Season 5 player (1989-06-22).
Last name pronounced like \"WEB-ur\".
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George Wuerthele, a photojournalist from San Francisco, California
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Season 6 player (1990-03-06).
Last name pronounced like "WURTH-uh-lee".
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Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Mark Wiener, a political consultant from Portland, Oregon
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Season 9 player (1992-12-10).
Last name pronounced like "WEE-ner".
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Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Karen Kluge, a research associate from Los Angeles, California
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Season 5 player (1989-06-22).
Last name pronounced like \"KLOO-jee\".
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Ed Seidler, a personnel director from Long Beach, California
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Season 5 player (1989-06-13).
Last name pronounced like \"SIDE-ler\".
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Jaime Sisson, a Fair and Responsible banking manager from Madison, Mississippi
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Season 38 player (2022-05-04).
Last name pronounced like "SIH-sun".
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Melis Sahin-Collins, a data analyst from Redondo Beach, California
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Season 37 1-time champion: $2,000 + $1,000. First name pronounced like...
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Mario Cantone, an actor and comedian from Sex and the City
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\"He played Anthony Marentino, the wedding planner with an attitude, on...
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Abby Jungreis, an editor from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 9 player (1993-03-09).
Last name pronounced like \"YUNG-ryes\".
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Claude Coller, a teacher from Lorain, Ohio
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Season 5 player (1989-03-10).
Last name pronounced like \"CAH-ler\".
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Ben Henri, a 7th through 12th grade vocal music teacher from St. Clair Shores, Michigan
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2021 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2020 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000....
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Tom Smolich, a Catholic priest originally from Sacramento, California
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Season 5 player (1989-04-11). Season 6 3-time champion: $39,802. Last name...
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Jillian Zeidner, a legislative analyst from Sacramento, California
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Season 37 player (2021-03-01).
Last name pronounced like "ZYDE-ner".
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Ben Hsia, a R&D engineer from Fremont, California
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Season 38 player (2022-04-27).
Last name pronounced like "SHAW".
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Jen Simons, a Ph.D. candidate from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 34 player (2018-03-30).
Last name pronounced like "SY-muhns".
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Erik Knutzen, a venture capitalist originally from Minnetonka, Minnesota
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Season 5 1-time champion: $15,200.
Last name pronounced like "KUH-noot-sen".
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Reya Sehgal, a cultural strategist and performer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 38 player (2022-04-26). Name pronounced like "REE-uh SAY-gull". Reya uses...
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Daniel Ciarrocchi, a writer from Baltimore, Maryland
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2024 Champions Wildcard play-in game player (2024-01-12). Season 39 1-time champion:...
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Jason Sterlacci, a fourth grade teacher from Somerset, New Jersey
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2017 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. 2016 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000...
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Trisha Eustaquio, a biomedical engineer from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 35 player (2018-12-19). Last name pronounced like "ey-yoo-stuh-KEE-oh". (Johnny Gilbert...
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Damian Henri, an architect from Shaker Heights, Ohio
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Season 30 2-time champion: $63,600 + $2,000. No challenger Hometown Howdy...
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Jason Idalski, a web producer from Ypsilanti, Michigan
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Season 30 2-time champion: $35,998 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Tristan Mohabir, a nonprofit associate director from Washington, D.C.
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Season 34 1-time champion: $15,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Steve Crupi, a retired police department information supervisor from Las Vegas, Nevada
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 2-time champion: $22,000 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"CROO-pee\".
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Frances Kriegh, an assistant controller from Pacifica, California
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Season 37 player (2021-02-23).
Last name pronounced like "KREE".
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Anna Siomopoulos, a sophomore from Cornell University
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1989 College Championship quarterfinalist: $1,000.
First name pronounced like "ON-nah".
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Molly Lower, a high school history teacher from Pasadena, California
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Season 37 player (2020-09-29).
Last name pronounced like "Lauer".
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Steve Crupi, a retired police information supervisor from Las Vegas, Nevada
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 2-time champion: $22,000 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"CROO-pee\".
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Gauravi Shah, a nuclear engineer and improv comedian from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 36 1-time champion: $25,601 + $2,000.
First name pronounced like "GOR-vee".
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Steve Touma, an English teacher and law student from North Arlington, New Jersey
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Season 10 1-time champion: $2,800.
Last name pronounced like \"TOO-ma\".
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Eric Aiese, a media researcher from North Hollywood, California
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Season 37 1-time champion: $16,399 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "EYE-uh-see".
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Kristen Brimus, a junior from Rocky River, Ohio
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1989 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "BREE-mus".
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Elisabeth Houlik, an accountant from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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Season 30 player (2013-10-01).
Last name pronounced like "HOO-lick".
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Pasquale Palumbo, a financial services professional from Hawthorne, New York
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 1-time champion: $6,799 + $2,000.
Name pronounced like \"pass-KWAL-ay pal-UM-bo\".
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Pasquale Palumbo, a financial advisor from Hawthorne, New York
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 1-time champion: $6,799 + $2,000.
Name pronounced like \"pass-KWAL-ay pal-UM-bo\".
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Andrew Mugica, an options trader originally from Libertyville, Illinois
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Season 30 player (2013-09-27).
Last name pronounced like "moo-HEE-kah".
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Fran Altomare, a tutor and adjunct professor originally from Quakertown, Pennsylvania
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Season 30 player (2013-09-26).
Last name pronounced like "all-toe-MAR-ay".
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David Gzesh, an attorney originally from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 7 player (1991-05-31): 1-week vacation for 2 at the Oasis...
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Kristen Rucki, a high school English teacher from Astoria, New York
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Season 38 player (2022-04-14).
Last name pronounced like "ROOK-ee".
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Amy Yacorzynski, an attorney from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 34 player (2018-03-15).
Last name pronounced like "yack-kor-ZIN-skee".
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Zhe Lu, a software engineer from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 38 player (2022-04-12). Husband of Season 17 1-time champion Kara...
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Nathan Berger, a restaurateur and sommelier from South Portland, Maine
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Season 36 1-time champion: $11,999 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Hillary Kwiatek, an employee communication specialist from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Season 30 player (2013-09-19).
Last name pronounced like "KWEE-uh-tek".
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Brian Panulla, a software engineer from Portland, Oregon
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Season 35 player (2018-12-05).
Last name pronounced like "pan-YOO-la".
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Ryan Wenstrup-Moore, an associate director of social media from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 36 player (2020-01-29). Ryan's sign-in included a small "C.E." below...
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Parth Sheth, a medical student from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 30 player (2013-09-19).
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Peter Karamitsos, a software salesman from Elmhurst, Illinois
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Season 34 2-time champion: $51,000 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Elizabeth Goss, a housewife from Pleasant Ridge, Michigan
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Season 35 1-time champion: $4,799 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "GOWSS".
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Jen Yoak, a latent print examiner from Centerville, Ohio
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Season 30 player (2013-09-17).
Last name pronounced like "YOHK".
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Carolyn Shivers, an associate professor from Grand Island, New York
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Season 39 player (2023-02-07).
Last name pronounced like "SHY-vers".
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William Chou, a foreign policy think-tank research fellow from Cheverly, Maryland
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 38 1-time champion: $15,601 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like \"CHOO\".
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William Chou, a research fellow from Austin, Texas
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 38 1-time champion: $15,601 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like \"CHOO\".
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Kathe Oliver, a teacher from Madison, New Jersey
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Season 7 player (1990-12-18).
First name pronounced like \"KATH-ee\".
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Tanya Parrott, a librarian from Gainesville, Virginia
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Season 39 player (2023-02-06).
First name pronounced like "TAWN-yuh".
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Lau Mehes, a youth substance use prevention worker from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 36 player (2020-01-22).
Last name pronounced like "MAY-hay".
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Yian Chen, an anesthesiologist from Menlo Park, California
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Season 38 player (2022-04-01).
First name pronounced like "EE-an".
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Will Lampe, a printing salesman from Englewood, New Jersey
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Season 12 player (1996-01-09).
Last name pronounced like "LAMP".
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Franceline Czerner, a retired teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico
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1988 Senior Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Franceline died 2017-09-23 at age 92....
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Lary Ohlson, a stage actor from Van Nuys, California
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Season 1 1-time champion: $3,200. First name pronounced like \"Larry\". Lary...
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Matt Lisiecki, an international development researcher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 2-time champion: $34,551 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "ly-SECK-ee".
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Karen Blank, a publications manager originally from Hinsdale, Illinois
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Season 6 player (1990-06-19).
First name pronounced like "CAR-en".
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Nicole Wachell, a teacher and writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 38 player (2022-03-25).
Last name pronounced like "wuh-SHELL".
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Babette Heistand, a librarian from Shaker Heights, Ohio
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Season 4 player (1987-09-18).
Last name pronounced like "HEE-stand".
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Lauren Kiehna, a writer from Steeleville, Illinois
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Season 34 1-time champion: $31,601 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "KEE-nah".
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Nadège Aoki, a marine biology graduate student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 38 player (2022-03-23).
Name pronounced like "nah-DEHZH ah-OH-kee".
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Allie Sibole, a biomedical engineer from Fort Collins, Colorado
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Season 37 player (2021-02-01).
Last name pronounced like "SYE-bowl".
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Tina Karelson, an advertising copywriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 10 1-time champion: $8,000.
Last name pronounced like \"CAR-ul-son\".
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Neal Favret, a law student from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 10 1-time champion: $7,200.
Last name pronounced like \"fav-RAY\".
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Mihir Nene, an engineer from Rochester, New York
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Season 38 1-time champion: $24,999 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "ME-hear...
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Dane Reighard, a writer and editor from Los Angeles, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 38 2-time champion: $34,799 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"RYE-gurd\".
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Dane Reighard, an editor from Los Angeles, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 38 2-time champion: $34,799 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"RYE-gurd\".
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Matt Stikker, a graphic designer and illustrator from Portland, Oregon
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Season 34 player (2018-02-15).
Last name pronounced like "STICK-er".
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Silpa Kovvali, a screenwriter from Los Angeles, California
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Season 37 player (2021-08-10).
Last name pronounced like "KUH-vuh-lee".
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Barbara Elstein, a city planner from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 9 2-time champion: $26,600. Barbara gave tours of her neighborhood...
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Michael Qin, an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 38 player (2022-03-18). Johnny Gilbert pronounced Michael's last name like...
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Tracey Rhys, a technology trainer from New York, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-07-12).
Last name pronounced like "REECE".
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Chris Fleitas, a high school college prep counselor from San Francisco, California
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Season 28 2-time champion: $82,901 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "FLEE-tas".
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Basia Pioro, a development manager from George Town, Grand Cayman
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Season 29 player (2012-12-03).
Name pronounced like "BAHSH-ah pee-OR-oh".
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Madeline Birkner, a college access program coordinator from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 37 player (2021-08-06).
First name pronounced like "MAD-eh-lynn".
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Patrick Pacheco, a labor and employment specialist from Denver, Colorado
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Season 37 player (2021-08-06).
Last name pronounced like "PUH-check-oh".
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Phil Filleul, a writer from Tucson, Arizona
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Season 9 player (1993-06-25).
Last name pronounced like \"FILL-yoo\".
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Matt Douma, a standardized test scorer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 28 2-time champion: $54,100 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "DOO-ma".
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Dylan Wint, a neurologist and psychiatrist from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 29 1-time champion: $7,199 + $1,000.
First name pronounced like "DY-lan".
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Denele Hamada, a compensation analyst from Honolulu, Hawaii
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Season 20 player (2004-07-22).
KJL game 37.
First name pronounced like "den-ELL".
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Bill Moreau, an elementary school teacher from Woodbridge, Ontario
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Season 28 player (2011-12-27). Last name pronounced like "MUR-ro". JBoard user...
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Prabhu Balasubramanian, a product manager from Mountain View, California
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Season 28 1-time champion: $9,199 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "bah-lah-soo-brah-MAHN-ee-un".
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Michael Jaeger, a freelance director from Los Angeles, California
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Season 20 player (2004-07-22).
KJL game 37.
Last name pronounced like "YAY-ger".
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Kinu Panda, a test prep teacher and tutor from San Antonio, Texas
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Season 29 player (2013-04-30). Name pronounced like "KEE-noo PAHN-da". JBoard user...
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Joann Crowe, a bookkeeper from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 9 player (1993-06-04).
Last name pronounced like the word \"crow\".
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Amit Kurlekar, an attorney from Oakland, California
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Season 28 1-time champion: $16,801 + $2,000.
First name pronounced like "ah-MEETH".
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Christina Leone, an operations assistant from East Hartford, Connecticut
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Season 37 player (2021-08-03).
Last name pronounced like "lee-OWN".
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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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Bernie Shearon, an attorney from Dunwoody, Georgia
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Season 9 2-time champion: $33,200. Last name pronounced like \"SHARE-on\". Bernie...
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Liese Tamburrino, an international sales manager from Pahrump, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-07-21).
KJL game 36.
First name pronounced like "LEE-suh".
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Lori Kissell, a high school Latin teacher from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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"She loves everything about Latin and shares that love with her...
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Larry Krajewski, a postal worker from Safety Harbor, Florida
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Season 29 2-time champion: $38,200 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kra-HESS-skee".
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Elisabeth Raab, a high school English teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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"She teaches at a High School of the Future, where all...
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Greg Czaja, a cardiologist from San Diego, California
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 39 player (2023-04-14)....
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Max Levaren, a personal success coach from San Diego, California
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2003 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 4-time champion:...
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Greg Czaja, a cardiologist from San Diego, California
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 39 player (2023-04-14)....
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Kelly Regan, an editorial director from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 28 player (2012-07-09).
Last name pronounced like "REE-gun".
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Maurice Ayache, a graduate student of engineering from La Jolla, California
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Season 28 player (2012-04-10).
Last name pronounced like "eye-YAHSH".
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Rafael Ornes, a substitute teacher from Palo Alto, California
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Season 11 1-time champion: $16,401.
Last name pronounced like \"OR-ness\".
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Niall Prendergast, a medical student originally from Norwich, Vermont
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Season 28 player (2011-12-22).
First name pronounced like "NEEL".
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Dana Rosner, a sales manager from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 37 player (2021-07-29).
First name pronounced like "DAWN-nuh".
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Drew Tompkins, a legal software consultant originally from Montgomery, Alabama
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Season 28 player (2011-12-21).
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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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Mary Tuohy, a retired teacher from Groton, Connecticut
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Season 25 player (2008-10-13).
Last name pronounced like "TOO-hee".
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Joe Ingoglia, a Boys & Girls Club director from Bellingham, Washington
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Season 19 1-time champion: $3,799 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "Ingolia".
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Betsy Knudson, an attorney from Salt Lake City, Utah
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Season 34 3-time champion: $61,402 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like \"kuh-NOOD-sun\".
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Kathy Casavant, a high school English teacher from Oxford, Massachusetts
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"Originally she wanted to do anything but teach. Well, she's been...
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Bryan Cracchiolo, an assistant registrar from White Plains, New York
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Season 37 player (2021-07-29).
Last name pronounced like "CRA-cho-lo".
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Derek Schuld, a chef from Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
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Season 28 player (2011-12-19).
Last name pronounced like "SHOOLD".
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Anupama Srirangan, a technology director from Aurora, Illinois
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Season 34 player (2017-09-25).
Name pronounced like \"ah-NOO-pah-mah shree-RAHN-gahn\".
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Marcia Edmundson, a high school French teacher from Chesterfield, Virginia
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"In the banking world, she checked credit scores. She's much happier...
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Tina Baybay-Bykov, an AP world history teacher from Orlando, Florida
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"Ballet used to keep her on her toes. Now it's her...
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Ivan Plis, a magazine editor from Washington, D.C.
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Season 34 1-time champion: $23,200 + $2,000.
First name pronounced like \"ee-VAHN\".
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Cathy Markwiese, a librarian from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Season 27 player (2011-07-28).
Last name pronounced like "MARK-weez".
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Michael Tvaruzka, a contract specialist from Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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Season 28 player (2012-04-04).
Last name pronounced like "twah-ROOZSH-kah".
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Jeff Ujczo, an antique consultant originally from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 2 player (1986-01-28). Last name pronounced like \"WEET-zo\". Jeff died...
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Tove Abrams, a singer and videographer from West Sayville, New York
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Season 11 player (1995-03-23).
First name pronounced like \"TOE-vah\".
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Do Park, a sportswriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2022 Second Chance semifinalist: $2,000. Season 38 player (2021-12-20). First name...
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Luciano D'Orazio, a social studies teacher from Deer Park, New York
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Season 25 1-time champion: $27,200 + $1,000.
Name pronounced like "loo-chee-AH-no door-AHT-zee-oh".
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Drew Joanides, a high school history teacher from Miami, Florida
|
"He is one of our four teachers competing in our tournament...
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Denis Theriault, a reporter and editor from Portland, Oregon
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $19,199 + $1,000.
Name pronounced like "DEN-iss thuh-RAWLT".
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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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Stefan Stenroos, a technical trainer from Aliso Viejo, California
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Season 38 player (2022-03-01).
First name pronounced like "STEH-fawn".
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Virginia Ogozalek, a professor emeritus from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
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Season 27 player (2011-04-27).
Last name pronounced like "oh-go-ZAH-lek".
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Andy Levin, a social worker from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 player (2011-04-26).
Last name pronounced like "luh-VIHN".
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Holly Boivin, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Nashua, New Hampshire
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"She wants to be a teacher, just like her mom. From...
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Karen Gasperino, an administrative assistant from Las Vegas, Nevada
|
Season 20 player (2004-06-15).
KJL game 10.
First name pronounced like \"KAHR-en\".
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Guil Prickette, a licensed professional counselor from Anchorage, Alaska
|
Season 25 player (2008-11-25).
First name pronounced like "GILL".
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Chelan Allen, a home and family manager from Portland, Oregon
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Season 33 player (2017-04-26). First name pronounced like \"chuh-LANN\". Chelan said...
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Jia-Rui Cook, a media relations specialist and science writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 28 player (2012-06-29).
First name pronounced like "jyah-RYEE".
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Boomie Aglietti, a writer for TV and stage from Los Angeles, California
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Season 28 2-time champion: $58,799 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Beryl Arbit, a legal assistant from Encino, California
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Season 2 4-time champion: $41,001.
First name pronounced like \"BURL\".
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Alberto Isaac, a secretary from Los Angeles, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-29). Last name pronounced like \"EE-sahk\". Alberto\'s IMDb...
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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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Edgar Mihelic, an educator from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 27 player (2011-07-25).
Last name pronounced like "mih-HEEL-lick".
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Ashok Poozhikunnel, an underwriter from Wheaton, Illinois
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2013 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 29 4-time champion: $69,002...
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Brian Meacham, a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 4-time champion: $90,500...
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Kirsten Ruemenapp, a veterinary assistant from New York, New York
|
Season 27 player (2011-04-20).
Last name pronounced like "ROOM-eh-nahp".
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Ben Hebert, a shipping manager from Chicago, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 39 player (2022-12-05). Last...
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Sharon Heiman, a speech-language pathologist from Austin, Texas
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Season 12 player (1996-05-27).
Last name pronounced like "HAY-min".
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Ben Hebert, a shipping manager from Chicago, Illinois
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 39 player (2022-12-05). Last...
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Judy Arginteanu, a freelance writer and editor from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 29 2-time champion: $28,300 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "ar-jin-tee-AH-noo".
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Lynde Smith, a server from Louisville, Colorado
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Season 38 player (2022-02-21).
First name pronounced like "LIN-dee".
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Anna-Lise Santella, an editor and musicologist from Trout Valley, Illinois
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Season 28 2-time champion: $21,199 + $1,000.
First name pronounced like "AH-nah-LEE-sah".
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Cathy Guiles, a copy editor originally from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 28 2-time champion: $27,801 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: CGeditor
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Deniz Cordell, a freelance writer and musical director from West Chesterfield, New Hampshire
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Season 28 player (2012-06-25).
First name pronounced like "Dennis".
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Ricky Leiter, a resident physician in internal medicine from New York, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-10-15).
Last name pronounced like "LEE-ter".
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Aniket Dehadrai, a senior at M.I.T. in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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2022 National College Championship quarterfinalist: $10,000. Aniket was majoring in chemistry...
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John Paul Manuel, an operations specialist from San Francisco, California
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Season 27 player (2011-04-18).
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Bridget Gallagher, a fundraising consultant from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 28 player (2012-06-22). Last name pronounced like "GAL-uh-her". Not to...
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Rich Beimer, a writer and actor from Clarksville, Tennessee
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Season 28 player (2011-12-06).
Last name pronounced like "BY-mer".
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Lisa Rhae Burgess, a retired high school teacher from Surfside Beach, South Carolina
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Season 34 player (2017-10-11).
Middle name pronounced like \"RAY\".
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Erica Weiner-Amachi, an elementary teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2022 Second Chance semifinalist: $2,000. Season 38 player (2022-07-18). Last name...
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Brian Kato, a State Department contractor from Washington, D.C.
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Season 34 player (2017-10-11).
Last name pronounced like \"KAH-toe\".
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Jerry Hou, a freelance orchestra conductor from Rochester, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-07-18).
Last name pronounced like "HO".
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Scott Russell, a university chaplain from Blacksburg, Virginia
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Season 28 player (2011-12-05). Scott appeared on the show in his...
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Megan Sullivan, a junior at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia
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2022 National College Championship semifinalist: $20,000. Megan was majoring in classics....
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Janet Vigen Levy, a communications professional from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 27 player (2011-07-14).
Middle name pronounced like "VEE-gan".
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Sharla Zwirek, an editorial manager from Medway, Massachusetts
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Season 28 player (2012-03-16).
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Aarin Martinez, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Torrance, California
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"This future journalist wants to write for National Geographic. From Torrance,...
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RoseAnna Mueller, a professor from La Grange, Illinois
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Season 9 player (1993-01-04).
Last name pronounced like \"MULL-er\".
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Stephanie Jass, a history professor from Milan, Michigan
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2013 Tournament of champions...
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John Erler, a movie mocker from Austin, Texas
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Season 28 1-time champion: $29,000 + $2,000.
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Stephanie Jass, a history professor from Milan, Michigan
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2013 Tournament of champions...
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Jan Zasowski, a stock trader from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 28 2-time champion: $46,601 + $2,000.
Name pronounced like "YAHN zahs-OHV-skee".
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Rebecca Blustein, an academic consultant originally from Oakland, California
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Season 28 player (2012-03-14).
Last name pronounced like "BLOO-styne".
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Richard Elepano, a pediatrician from New York, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-03-12).
Last name pronounced like "ell-uh-PAHN-oh".
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Jim Stekelberg, a Ph.D. student in accounting from Granada Hills, California
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Season 28 player (2012-06-15).
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Diane Mezzanotte, an analyst for the federal government from Laurel, Maryland
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Season 29 player (2013-04-11).
Last name pronounced like "mez-zan-NOT-tee".
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Lara Owens, a middle school teacher from Amesbury, Massachusetts
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Season 38 player (2022-02-15).
First name pronounced like "LAIR-uh".
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Jessamine Price, a graduate student in creative writing from Greenbelt, Maryland
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Season 28 3-time champion: $26,803 + $2,000.
First name pronounced like "JESS-min".
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Judy Tymkiw, an 8th grade English teacher from Fortescue, New Jersey
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2018 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000 + a $2,500 grant. Last name...
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Eddie Nwabuoku, a web developer originally from New York, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-06-12).
Last name pronounced like "nwah-BWAH-koo".
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Charlie Carbery, a senior from Oak Park, Illinois
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Sara Lehmann, a retail sales associate from Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Season 29 1-time champion: $24,800 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Anjali Salvador, a lawyer from Houston, Texas
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Season 39 player (2023-04-21).
First name pronounced like \"UHN-juh-lee\".
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James Ruchala, an ethnomusicologist from Ararat, North Carolina
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Season 28 player (2011-11-25).
Last name pronounced like "roo-SHAH-lah".
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Brendan DuBois, a mystery and suspense writer from Exeter, New Hampshire
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Season 29 1-time champion: $23,000 + $1,000. Brendan won $17,500 on...
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Andrew Zazzera, a twelve-year-old from Virginia Beach, Virginia
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"He has a sunny future as a meteorologist. From Virginia Beach,...
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Sarah Fowlkes, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 1-time champion: $9,800 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "FOLKS".
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Audrey Hosford, a junior from Annapolis, Maryland
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2008-B Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,400. Jeopardy! Message...
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Abby Drwecki, an anthropologist from Arvada, Colorado
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Season 28 player (2011-11-22).
Last name pronounced like "duh-RICK-ee".
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Tom Moosbrugger, a library worker from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 27 player (2011-04-04).
Last name pronounced like "MOHS-brug-ger".
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Jess Agyepong, a senior from Howard University in Washington, D.C.
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2022 National College Championship quarterfinalist: $10,000. Jess was majoring in biology....
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Brenda Crowell, a freelance writer and crisis worker trainee from Williamsport, Pennsylvania
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Season 39 player (2023-01-13).
Last name pronounced like "CROLE".
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Aaron Cappocchi, a writer from Burbank, California
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Season 28 2-time champion: $56,101 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Karan Takhar, a senior from North Attleborough, Massachusetts
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2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. First name pronounced like "KUR-run". Jeopardy...
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Timothy Youker, a theater scholar from Chanhassen, Minnesota
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Season 29 player (2013-07-24).
Last name pronounced like "YOO-ker".
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Mike Malaier, an attorney from Tacoma, Washington
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Season 29 1-time champion: $8,100 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "mah-LARE".
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Darcy Vernier, a college professor from Culver City, California
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Season 20 player (2004-07-09).
KJL game 28.
Last name pronounced like "vern-YAY".
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Andrew Knebel, a classical violist from Norwalk, Connecticut
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Season 28 player (2012-03-01).
Last name name pronounced like "kuh-NAY-bul".
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Liz Belthoff, a homemaker and mom from Oradell, New Jersey
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Season 29 player (2013-06-10).
Last name pronounced like "BELT-hoff".
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Joanne Humphreville, a librarian from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 11 player (1995-03-21).
Last name pronounced like \"HUM-free-vil\".
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Heather Montanye, an environmental resource manager from Monticello, Florida
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Season 29 player (2013-01-28).
Last name pronounced like "mon-tan-AY".
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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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Enid Levine, a management analyst from Springfield, Virginia
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Season 11 player (1995-05-29).
Last name pronounced like \"luh-VEEN\".
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Art Vespignani, a compliance officer from Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey
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Season 11 3-time champion: $38,599.
Last name pronounced like \"ves-pin-YAHN-ee\".
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Graham Doskoch, a twelve-year-old from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
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"He wants to put his love of design and building to...
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Oliver Mellet, a computer programmer from Marina del Rey, California
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Season 20 player (2004-07-08).
KJL game 27.
Last name pronouced like "meh-LAY".
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Katie Houghton, a senior from Ewing, New Jersey
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "HOW-ton".
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Michael Hesse, a computer consultant originally from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 3 player (1986-10-27).
Last name pronounced like \"hess-EE\".
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Deb Teitelbaum, an educational consultant from Sylva, North Carolina
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Season 29 player (2012-09-24).
Last name pronounced like "TITE-el-baum".
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Ben Wong, a high school history teacher originally from San Francisco, California
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Season 27 player (2011-07-01). Ben won $64,000 on the College Edition...
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Leslie Decker, a high school German and ESL teacher from Austin, Texas
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"She taught English to Europeans. Now she teaches German to Americans....
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John Caniglia, an attorney from Verona, New Jersey
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Season 11 player (1995-06-13).
Last name pronounced like \"kuh-NILL-yuh\".
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Elijah Odunade, a junior at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia
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2022 National College Championship quarterfinalist: $10,000. Elijah was majoring in political...
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Neha Seshadri, a senior at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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2022 National College Championship semifinalist: $20,000. Neha was majoring in economics....
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Carl Pasbjerg, a teacher and coach from Rochester, Michigan
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Season 4 1-time champion: $7,600.
Last name pronounced like \"PASS-berg\".
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Dan Feyer, a musician and crossword editor from San Francisco, California
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Season 39 player (2022-10-07).
Last name pronounced like "FAY-er".
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Justin Hofstetter, a sixth and seventh grade language arts and social studies teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
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"This sixth and seventh grade teacher is in his first year...
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Jonathan Groff, a writer and producer for television from Los Angeles, California
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\"A 5-show winner in 1995, he\'s now a writer and producer...
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Jim Walke, a project manager from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 29 player (2012-09-20).
Last name pronounced like "WALLK".
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Jeff Amoros, a field education coordinator from Ellicott City, Maryland
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Season 27 1-time champion $30,801 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "AM-er-us".
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Alan Levin, an aerospace engineer originally from Los Altos, California
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Season 3 player (1987-06-09).
Last name pronounced like "LUH-vinn".
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Diana Blaney, a graduate student originally from Ashville, Ohio
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Season 3 player (1987-06-09).
Last name pronounced like "BLAY-nee".
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Erin Zwiener, a conservation journalist and pet-sitter from Abiquiu, New Mexico
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Season 29 3-time champion: $53,399 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Mary Ann Stanley, a high school chemistry and physical science teacher from Statesboro, Georgia
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"She's been teaching for 22 years and is now teaching the...
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Francis Gomes, a quality assurance technologist from Tottenham, Ontario, Canada
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Season 39 player (2022-10-05).
Last name pronounced like "go-MESS".
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Anita Mule, a homemaker from Bronx, New York
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Season 2 player (1986-03-17).
Last name pronounced like "MEW-lay".
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John Krizel, a writer originally from Oceanside, New York
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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Polly Ruf, a zoo docent from Chesterfield, Missouri
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Season 27 player (2011-06-28).
Last name pronounced like "RUFF".
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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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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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Joan Kossack, a pre-K teacher from Carol Stream, Illinois
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Season 29 player (2013-03-29).
Last name pronounced like "KO-sak".
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Judy MacLeod Reardon, a music store manager from Canton, Georgia
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Season 20 player (2004-07-02).
KJL game 23.
Middle name pronounced like "mak-LOUD".
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Jacqueline Liao, an engineer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 39 player (2022-10-04).
Last name pronounced like "LEE-ow".
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Kathy Nitschke, a customer-service representative from Greenbush, Maine
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Season 29 player (2013-06-05).
Last name pronounced like "NITSH-kee".
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Michael Carvaines, an independent filmmaker originally from Parma, Ohio
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Season 29 player (2013-03-29).
Last name pronounced like "kar-VAYN-us".
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Helen Juvonen, an actor from Toronto, Canada
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Season 29 2-time champion: $57,202 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "YOO-voh-nen".
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Lance Charnes, a computer department manager from Los Angeles, California
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Season 10 player (1993-10-15).
Last name pronounced like \"CARNS\".
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Jim Virtel, a graduate student of philosophy from Lemont, Illinois
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Season 28 player (2012-05-25). Brother of Season 31 player Louis Virtel....
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Craig Savel, a data processor from Flushing, New York
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Season 10 1-time champion: $10,401. As the champion in show #2109,...
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Diva Bole, a law student from Elkton, Maryland
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Season 29 player (2013-01-17). Last name pronounced like "BOWL". Diva won...
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Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 5-time champion: $83,401 + $2,000.
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Brian Daner, a Congressional attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 player (2013-03-28).
Last name pronounced like "DAY-ner".
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Barb Hougas, a pharmacist originally from Denison, Iowa
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Season 28 player (2012-05-23).
Last name pronounced like "HO-gus".
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Ryan Truchelut, a meterologist and graduate student from Tallahassee, Florida
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Season 29 player (2013-03-27). Last name pronounced like "TROOSH-el-ut". JBoard user...
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Christine Varnado, a graduate instructor and Ph.D. student originally from Hattiesburg, Mississippi
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Season 27 player (2011-03-18).
Last name pronounced like "VARN-ah-doe".
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