| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | TAKE ME TO THE BRIDGE! $200: I'm sold on walking across this bridge from Centre Street in Manhattan to Tillary Street on the other side of the East River the Brooklyn Bridge |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | SECOND CITIES $1,800 (Daily Double): The historic site Pedra do Sal in this second city has been called "the birthplace of samba" Rio de Janeiro |
| #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 |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | A "M"EDICAL DICTIONARY $400: The dilation of blood vessels is associated with this type of recurring vascular headache migraine |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | DON'T EAT THAT! $800: Binney & Smith began selling boxes of these, made from wax, in 1903; colors ranged from black to yellow crayons |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | A "M"EDICAL DICTIONARY $1200: This type of neuron conveys impulses from the brain or nervous system to a muscle, organ or gland to trigger an action a motor neuron |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | A "M"EDICAL DICTIONARY $1600: Found in the ear, this small bone connects the tympanic membrane to the incus bone the malleus |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | A "M"EDICAL DICTIONARY $2000: Term for a type of large white blood cell that digests invading micro-organisms & also "eats" cell debris a macrophage |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | A "M"EDICAL DICTIONARY $2,400 (Daily Double): Swelling of the parotid glands is a symptom of this acute viral disease the mumps |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SAY IT IN SPANISH $4,000 (Daily Double): A song often heard in Spanish-speaking countries at Christmastime is this "Sabanero", meaning "My Little Savannah Donkey" Burrito |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | PLACES THAT ARE ALSO FIRST NAMES $400: A bust of the brawl-loving Renaissance goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini graces the Ponte Vecchio in this city Florence |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | A LOVE FOR BOOKS $800: A shy librarian's quiet passion for a researcher shines through in Sophie Divry's "The Library of" this kind of not reciprocated "Love" unrequited |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | THE VOICE OF TELEVISION $1000: Seen here, but not heard from 2015 to 2021, he learned "F is for Family" & if you don't know him, "I'm gonna put you through a wall" (Bill) Burr |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT $800: A poem by Askia M. Touré refers to this "Giant Steps" saxophonist as a "Black priest prophet" Coltrane |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | THE MANHATTAN PROJECT $200: Nearly 5 million cubic yards of earth, stone & topsoil would be moved after construction of this began in 1858 Central Park |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN $6,000 (Daily Double): You only need letters on the left side of the keyboard to type this unit of capacitance that's named for an English chap the farad |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | OPERA SETTINGS $6,200 (Daily Double): Verdi's "Falstaff" is set in this town during the reign of Henry IV Windsor |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | CONSONANT-VOWEL x3 $400: Wait, what? Students taught E. coli bacteria how to solve these number puzzles?! I'm kinda freakin' out sudoku |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | ON THE MAP $4,200 (Daily Double): Tourists can swim in Devil's Pool adjacent to Livingstone Island & atop this natural wonder Victoria Falls |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A CATEGORY MADE OF STEEL $1000: Charles M. Schwab was the 1st pres. of this Pennsylvania-based steel corp. founded in 1904 & one of the world's largest in its time Bethlehem Steel |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | AS HEARD ON TV $400: From our pals down the hall came the puzzle here; instead of an M, this letter got called for, saucy but wrong K |
| #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" |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | TAILOR'S VERSION $800: This measurement can be about 30" on a 5'10" man an inseam |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | LONG WORDS $2000: 14 letters:
A sequence of fantastic & weird images, as seen perhaps in a dream or while hallucinating phantasmagoria |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | CLASSIC AD SLOGANS & JINGLES $400: "I don't wanna grow up, I'm" this kind of "kid" a Toys "R" Us kid |
| #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 | DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY $600: Under P:
"A play in which the story is told without violence to the language" a pantomime |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | FREE FOR ALL $600: R.E.M. titled a 1981 song for this broadcasting service that aimed to inform people under the grasp of the Soviets Radio Free Europe |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HOP ON THE INTERSTATE $1,000 (Daily Double): Columbia is about midway between these 2 same-state Midwest cities that squared off in the I-70 World Series in 1985 Kansas City & St. Louis |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | WORLD LITERATURE $11,400 (Daily Double): In this Hermann Hesse novel, Harry Haller reads a treatise about his dual inner self, caught between a man & a lupine creature Steppenwolf |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | WORLD STAR $800: This actress starred in the Chaplinesque Indian film "Barfi!" before landing in "Quantico" in 2015 Priyanka Chopra Jonas |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | FEELING JITTERY $2000: Italian gives us this word for upset or jitters; Junior Soprano tells Livia, "I'm all" this "all the time" agita |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | IAMB A POET $1200: Iam the "I" in "I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain", & what do you mean I'm obsessed with death? Dickinson |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $200: "I'm that bad type make your mama sad type, make your girlfriend mad tight might seduce your dad type... I'm the bad guy" Billie Eilish |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $400: "When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff, and I'm so strung out, I'm high as a kite, I just might stop to check you out" Violent Femmes |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | TURNING 60 IN 2024 $400: This computer language whose full name tells you it's for beginners was introduced at 4 a.m. on May 1, 1964 BASIC |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $600: "If you want my body, & you think I'm sexy, come on sugar, let me know, if you really need me, just reach out & touch me" Rod Stewart |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | NOTABLE NAMES $9,400 (Daily Double): His 1936 "General Theory" suggesting government spending to lower unemployment influenced economic policy for decades Keynes |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | SILENCE, LETTERS! $1000: Remember, only the first "M" is silent in this memory aid a mnemonic |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | MUSICAL FILMS $400: Norman Jewison directed the 1973 film version of this musical about the most famous Jew & son of all Jesus Christ Superstar |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $2000: In 2011 this lead singer of the Killers was part of the "I'm a Mormon" campaign Flowers |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | MOVIE SONGS $800: "Now I'm laughing to the bank", rap$ thi$ man in "Am I Dreaming" over the end credits of "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" A$AP Rocky |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | KHAN YOU DIG IT? $600: This singer lent her voice to the band Rufus in the 1970s; as a solo performer, she had a hit with "I'm Every Woman" Chaka Khan |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | ENDS IN "IX" $12,200 (Daily Double): This town at the foot of Mont Blanc hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924 Chamonix |
| #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 $9,200 (Daily Double): In his 1624 history of Virginia & New England, he included the famous story of his rescue John Smith |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $400: It's a long, hooded jacket; Patagonia sells a nano puff one a parka |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE! $1,000 (Daily Double): Her last speech includes "Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper... thy sovereign" Katherina |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | HAVE FAITH $4,400 (Daily Double): After writing the name of a prophet, English-speaking Muslims write this, "PBUH" for short peace be upon him |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | HAPPY HOUR $200: A bit embarrassed by its success, Michael Stipe of this band called "Shiny Happy People" "a really fruity, kind of bubblegum song" R.E.M. |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $400: I'm choosing something by Adele next time we go out to do this, "empty orchestra" in Japanese karaoke |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $1000: That's my jam! Strawberry specifically, to which I'm adding this coagulant, as the fruit naturally only has a little pectin |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | ARCHITECTURE $1200: This architect designed the Louvre's glass pyramid; the public was initially not in love with it I.M. Pei |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | THAT'S A LONG STORY $3,200 (Daily Double): "Yes I said yes I will yes" are the last of this 1922 story's many, many words Ulysses |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: On this November holiday in Mexico, families gather to celebrate & remember their loved ones who have passed on Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | THE EMMYS $200: He won a 1974 Emmy for his role in "M*A*S*H"; he'd also win for writing & directing that series Alan Alda |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | MR. STEVE MARTIN $2000: After Steve asks Lily Tomlin why she thinks she'll come back from the dead in this 1984 film, Lily replies, "Because I'm rich" All of Me |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | LITERARY HELPERS $400: In "Casino Royale" she's described as "M's private secretary" Miss Moneypenny |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | LITERARY HELPERS $2000: Frank helps Cora kill her hubby but is wrongly convicted of a murder he didn't commit in this James M. Cain novel The Postman Always Rings Twice |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | TV COACHES $400: Coach Sue Sylvester, on this Fox show: "You think this is hard? I'm passing a gallstone as we speak. That is hard!" Glee |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | I'M CUBAN $200: His catchphrase "Dale" basically means "go ahead" Pitbull |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | I'M CUBAN $400: This Cuban-born man played the "I" in "I Love Lucy" opposite his wife in real life, Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | I'M CUBAN $600: Born in Cuba, this "Havana" singer came to the U.S. at age 6 (Camila) Cabello |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | I'M CUBAN $800: The first Latina inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, she co-wrote her hit "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" Gloria Estefan |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | I'M CUBAN $1000: A graduate of the National Theater School of Havana, she co-starred in "Knives Out" (Ana) de Armas |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | LOW TECH $400: One book in the "Fold & Fly" series teaches how to make these; a 2007 M.I.A. song is named for them paper planes |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | ALSO A MAGAZINE TITLE $1000: Irish playwright J.M. Synge wrote of this "of the Western World" Playboy |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | "AMERICAN" ORGANIZATIONS $1200: This organization, the AOS for short, is literally for the birds the American Ornithological Society |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | DUCK SOUP $600: Not the Muscovy duck, but this other "M" duck is thought to be the ancestor of most domestic duck breeds a mallard |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | INITIALS OF HISTORIC PEOPLE $400: P.M. of Israel in the 1970s:
G.M. Golda Meir |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | INITIALS OF HISTORIC PEOPLE $800: Slid into being Russia's P.M. from 2012-2020:
D.M. Dmitry Medvedev |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | POP CULTURE VS. $1000: In "The People vs." this man, Woody Harrelson says, "I'm your dream client. I'm the most fun, I'm rich, & I'm always in trouble" Larry Flynt |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | WORLD LEADER BIRTHPLACES $600: Southampton-born financier who became P.M. of the U.K. in 2022 Sunak |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $200: (I'm Nate Burleson representing wideouts.) I set an NFL record with 3 punt returns of 90 yards or more; in 2023 speedy Kadarius Toney's 65-yard punt return broke a Super Bowl record & helped this team prevail the Chiefs |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $400: (I'm Phil Simms for the right-handed QBs.) In 1987, I led the Giants to a Super Bowl win; two decades later this other righty would win one for the Giants, making it two brothers in the family with rings Eli Manning |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MEDICAL SPECIALTIES $400: An M.D. in this medical branch deals in the treatment of mental, emotional & behavioral disorders psychiatry |
| #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 | 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 |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | 2 BOOKS IN 1 $600: "A Room to India" A Room with a View & A Passage to India |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | IT'S A BIRD! IT'S A PLANE! $4,000 (Daily Double): During World War II, one job of the Howard DGA-15 was as a Navy air ambulance with this bird name that's associated with nursing Nightingale |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | WHEN I'M 64 $400: In all 64 minutes of this 1941 Disney classic, the high-flying title character never speaks Dumbo |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | WHEN I'M 64 $800: This city that had a disastrous fire in 64 A.D. employed a corps of pumpers called siphonarii Rome |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | WHEN I'M 64 $1200: At 64 miles wide, this Hawaiian site is the world's largest active volcano Mauna Loa |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | WHEN I'M 64 $1600: It's the more popular & timely name for Chopin's "Opus 64 No. 1" "The Minute Waltz" |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | WHEN I'M 64 $2000: 64 symbolic hexagrams make up this divinatory Chinese system the I Ching |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $400: A man called Krazy George Henderson claims he introduced the wave during a 1981 A.L. playoff game for this Bay Area team the Oakland A's |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $800: This wavy hairstyle is named for the way the ridges of hair go around in a circle one time a 360 wave |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $1200: "Heat Waves" was a 2022 No. 1 hit for this British band Glass Animals |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $1600: In the woodblock print "Under the Wave Off Kanagawa", this big peak appears within the hollow of a large wave Mount Fuji |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $2000: In physics, this distance is the maximum displacement of a wave from its equilibrium amplitude |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | SILENT H $3,200 (Daily Double): From the Dutch for "permission", it's a leave of absence granted to a member of the military a furlough |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | VAN HALEN $800: The purpose of Van Halen's rider saying no to the brown color of this candy was to ensure their complicated contract got read M&M's |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): The land donated to start this ACC sports powerhouse was home to the estate of John C. Calhoun Clemson University |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $1200: Ex-P.M. Eden & ex-Supreme Court justice Kennedy Anthony |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $400: In 2019 FIFA named her Women's Player of the Year; in 2020 she proposed to girlfriend Sue Bird Megan Rapinoe |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | WHAT'S IN A NAME $800: Put this letter at the beginning of "organization" to get a monopolization technique named for a turn of the 20th century financier M |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | DASHIELL HAMMETT $1200: This L.A.-based hard-boiled novelist said Hammett's work took "murder out of the Venetian vase & dropped it into the alley" Raymond Chandler |
| #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 | I'M JUST KEN $300: With his gravelly voice & well-groomed beard, this country legend recorded 24 No. 1 hits, including "Lucille" & "The Gambler" Kenny Rogers |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | COLLEGE-LEVEL HISTORY COURSES $300: Rice boasts that its "20th Century American Presidents" course covers the span of Theodore Roosevelt to this 42nd president (Bill) Clinton |
| #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 | WACKY FAD OBITUARIES $600: Funeral services for this line dance will be held on the nearest cruise ship, featuring a special performance by Los del Rio the "Macarena" |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | I'M JUST KEN $900: To make his 2021 film "Belfast", this Ken drew from his early memories of growing up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles Kenneth Branagh |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | I'M JUST KEN $1200: Nicknamed "The Kid", this slugger hit a dinger in 44 different ballparks over his 22-year Major League career Ken Griffey Jr. |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | I'M JUST KEN $1500: While working the night shift at a hospital, Ken Kesey got the idea for this novel, which later became a Best Picture winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | I'M JUST KEN $10,400 (Daily Double): In 2023 this documentarian released his latest film, a four-hour series examining the rich history of the American buffalo Ken Burns |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | THIS CATEGORY IS "MID" $3,000 (Daily Double): "The demon of noon" is the translation of the French term for this, which may lead to buying a red sports car midlife crisis |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | MUSICAL THEATER $1,400 (Daily Double): Of course it features the title song that says, "Come and meet those dancing feet on the avenue I'm taking you to..." 42nd Street |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | IF FOOD BE THE LOVE OF MUSIC $2000: Kendrick Lamar quoted a folk saying when he sang, "The blacker the berry", then this result the sweeter the juice |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | WHERE ART THOU? $200: You're snapping a selfie at this museum's main entrance, a glass pyramid designed by architect I.M. Pei the Louvre |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | TREES $400: Balsa, magnolia or sequoia: it's the tree that becomes the name of another tree when you add an "M" to its end balsa (balsam accepted) |
| #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 FRENCH HORN $2,000 (Daily Double): In one of the least alluring rituals of horn maintenance, players must invert their instruments routinely to drain them of this spit |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY $1000: An English duke is honored in the name of this style of knotting a tie; the thicker knot shows off the pattern of the tie a Windsor knot |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | KIDDY LIT $400: In a J.M. Barrie play, she & her brothers Michael & John get sprinkled with fairy dust & fly off into the night Wendy |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | JUST DESERTS $2,500 (Daily Double): Canteens empty! I'm going to perish in the Chihuahuan Desert!--but look, it's this 1,900-mile-long river! the Rio Grande |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | LETTER PERFECT $200: This letter was used by the Romans to represent 1,000 M |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | THE COLORS OF MUSIC $800: R.E.M.:
"____ Crush" Orange |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | WIDE WORLD OF WEIRD WORDS $5,400 (Daily Double): Sigmund knows that this is from the German for "damage" & "joy" & I'm getting a certain amount of it right now schadenfreude |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | OLD YORK, OLD YORK $400: A York native, she began bonding with 007 as M in 1995's "GoldenEye" Judi Dench |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE-MAN BAND $200: "Maybe I'm Amazed" he solo-recorded his 1970 solo debut mainly at his house in St. John's Wood; OK, maybe I'm not--he was a Beatle McCartney |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES & TV SHOWS $400: (I'm Ellie Kemper.) Growing up, I wanted to be a nun due in part to my love of this 1965 movie about a young woman at an Austrian convent The Sound of Music |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | TEX & THE CITY $3,600 (Daily Double): This city of over one million is named for a man born in 1195 San Antonio |
| #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 | NUMERICAL PLACE NAMES $200: Though it only has four, this Jamaican resort town's name is Spanish for eight rivers Ocho Rios |
| #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 | OPPOSITES OF NOVEL TITLES $600: Hunter S. Thompson's "Courage and Fondness in Las Vegas" Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | ANIMAL IDIOM BRAINTEASERS $600: Don't forget how many other single people are out there in the dating pool:
T.A.P.O.F.I.T.S. there are plenty of fish in the sea |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | FEMALE FIRSTS $1200: In 2018, she became the first American woman to win a medal in every single event at the World Gymnastics Championships Simone Biles |
| #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 | RECENT MOVIES $400: (I'm Shameik Moore.) As Miles Morales in "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse", I'm relaxing at home, unmasked, when I get a surprise visit from this spider-powered woman voiced by Hailee Steinfeld Gwen (Spider-Gwen) |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | THE ANNALS OF HISTORY $13,200 (Daily Double): Around 1,000 years ago, this island's parliament, the Althing, said everyone is getting baptized Iceland |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | BLACK HISTORY YEAR $1000: Just after World War II, Jackie Robinson integrates Major League Baseball 1947 |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | LINES IN CLASSIC NOVELS $1000: This Sinclair Lewis guy hears "Preacher... damned if I'm going to watch you seducing the first girl you get your big sweaty hands on" Elmer Gantry |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | 11-LETTER WORDS $1600: Flammable, but with 2 more letters, & if you even think of saying inflammable, I'm coming over there combustible |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | THE CHARLES III KIND $2,600 (Daily Double): Charles' coronation on May 6, 2023 at this location was the first British coronation in 7 decades Westminster Abbey |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | AUTO BIOGRAPHIES $100: You can call me a holy roller, since I'm customized to drive this official as he greets crowds the Pope |
| #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 | AUTO BIOGRAPHIES $400: I'm a traveling wiener and I was conceived in 1936 by the nephew of this company's founder Oscar Mayer |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | AUTO BIOGRAPHIES $500: As the presidential limo, I'm a Cadillac known by this name, also the counterpart to Belle in a Disney movie the Beast |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | DIFFERENT SONGS, SAME TITLES $800: Elvis Presley,
Cheap Trick
(Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird) "Surrender" |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | KNOW YOUR -OLOGIES $1,500 (Daily Double): Geek out if you graduated from MIT where the "T" stands for this Technology |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | TINY DESK CONCERTS $1500: For a Tiny Desk Concert he did with Sting, this "It Wasn't Me" singer proudly sang "I'm a Jamaican in New York" Shaggy |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | PEOPLE $200: Crop scientist M.S. Swaminathan helped end famine in this country & was known as the father of its green revolution India |
| #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 | IT HAPPENED IN DECEMBER $800: The Mayflower spent several weeks at Provincetown before arriving in Plymouth Harbor in December of this year 1620 |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | TRIPLE INITIAL WRITERS $400: Writing as Michael Innes, J.I.M. Stewart created John Appleby, a detective at this HQ of London's Metropolitan Police Scotland Yard |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | PRESIDENTS NOT PRESIDENTING $200: According to Carl Sandburg, this jacked 6'4" skilled wrestler was known to taunt, "I'm the big buck of this lick" Lincoln |
| #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 |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | '80s NO. 1 HITMAKERS $800: In 1989 she knocked Milli Vanilli's "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" out of the top spot with her own "Miss You Much" Janet Jackson |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | LEGEND DAIRY $1000: Jamie Lee Curtis said she did ads for this yogurt brand so that she could spend more time at home with her family Activia |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | MOVIE VIEWING $200: Sung in this movie:
"I'm just Ken (& I'm enough), & I'm great at doing stuff" Barbie |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | A REAL SOB STORY $800: Fern Arable bawls her eyes out after this runty pig is marked for the axe in a 1952 book, but her dad relents & Fern is happy Wilbur |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | CORNERSTONES $800: In the cornerstone for the Thompson Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church in Auburn, N.Y., she placed a coin with a profile of John Brown Harriet Tubman |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | IT HAPPENED IN 2023 $1200: On September 15, some 13,000 members of this union went on strike against Ford, G.M. & Stellantis the United Auto Workers |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | KING'S CROSSING $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1516, 11 years after losing the queen he called the "most excellent wife king ever had", this Castile royal left the castle Ferdinand |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | POSTAL ABBREVIATION COMBOS $2,600 (Daily Double): Hawaii +
North Dakota =
this "backward" word hind |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | WISH I'D SAID THAT! $400: Sage advice from Fran Lebowitz: "Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's" doing this buying |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | A MATTER OF "LIFE" OR "DEATH" $400: Bread, as the mainstay of the human diet, is known as this the staff of life |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | STATE OF THE COLLEGE $1000: The Campbell Fighting Camels are from near the Cape Fear River in this state North Carolina |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE $200: He was the host of "Jeopardy!" back in 1964 Art Fleming |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE $400: There are this many feet in 2 statute miles 10,560 |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | SOUNDS KINDA "IFF"-Y $400: A minor argument; I'm sorry, honey a tiff |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE $600: It's an apple developed in Japan in the 1930s or a mountain developed much earlier Fuji |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE $800: This planet is 318 times as massive as Earth Jupiter |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE $1000: This worldwide secret society founded its first British grand lodge in 1717 the Freemasons (the Masons) |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | McPEOPLE $4,000 (Daily Double): Today an asteroid bears the name of this New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL $200: Since Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941, only this Reds player has exceeded 40 straight games (Pete) Rose |
| #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 |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | OUT OF CON TEXT $1,000 (Daily Double): This 1849 work says, "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is... prison" Civil Disobedience |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | I WANT MY "M" TV $100: Ad executive Draper Daniels was the inspiration for the name of this drama's lead character, Don Draper Mad Men |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | I WANT MY "M" TV $200: This show's 1983 finale "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" is still the most watched episode of scripted TV ever M*A*S*H |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | HAIRSTYLES OF THE RICH & FAMOUS $200: After this Canadian pop star cut his signature swoop in 2011, locks of his hair sold on eBay for more than $40,000 Justin Bieber |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SHAKESPEARE PLAYS BY INITIALS $200: A mischievous fairy named Puck just can't stop pranking people:
A.M.N.D. A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | CHORUS LINES $300: "When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things" The Sound of Music |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | I WANT MY "M" TV $300: Tipping his hat to Tom Selleck, Jay Hernandez wore a Detroit Tigers cap on the first episode of this reboot set in Hawaii Magnum, P.I. |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | I WANT MY "M" TV $400: Bryan Cranston said if this Fox sitcom had been renewed for one more season, he wouldn't have been available to play Walter White Malcolm in the Middle |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | I WANT MY "M" TV $500: This TV character inspired a verb meaning, roughly, to make or repair something with what is conveniently on hand MacGyver |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | LITERARY TOURISM $600 (Daily Double): Scotland's remote island of Jura is famous for 2 things: a whisky distillery & the farmhouse where George Orwell wrote this classic 1984 |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | "OO"! "OO"! I KNOW! $600: Kevin Bacon once said that when he attends a wedding, he bribes the DJ to not play this song from a 1984 movie he starred in "Footloose" |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | A CHANGE OF "PACE" $900: In a hit song, the Weeknd sang, "I can't feel my" this "when I'm with you, but I love it" face |
| #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 | HIS 'DO $200: The name of this cut is also the sound of electric clippers; in 2012 Robert Pattinson made news when he got one a buzz cut |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | OK, CORRAL ME $400: Even though I'm a Beefmaster cow, one of the six essential qualities I fulfill is the ability to give this milk |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | OK, CORRAL ME $1200: I'm a Duroc pig, raised for this rendered fat lard |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | WELL, I'M WARM-BLOODED $200: In 2007 this bird was removed from the U.S. threatened & endangered species list; nice, with it being a natl. symbol & all bald eagle |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | CHECK IT & SEE $400: MADAM, I'M ADAM is one palindrome |
| #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 | WELL, I'M WARM-BLOODED $600: This Aafricaan maammaal is the only living member of the order Tubulidentata, or "tube-toothed" aardvark |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | WELL, I'M WARM-BLOODED $800: The ai, a type of this mammal has three toes on each front foot a sloth |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | CHECK IT & SEE $1000: Music is the most powerful connector says this Biden administration Secretary of State, seen performing "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Antony) Blinken |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | WELL, I'M WARM-BLOODED $1000: Melospiza melodia is the song type of this small common brown bird a (common) sparrow |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | DISCOGRAPHIES $800: "It's the Girls!":
this divine singer Bette Midler |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | RULES OF THE GAME $100: If you touch the metal edge of the cavity, you'll set off the buzzer & make Sam's nose light up! Operation |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FILMS TURNING THE BIG FOUR-OH $100: Al Pacino permanently damaged his nasal passages from snorting so much fake cocaine in this crime drama Scarface |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FAR OUT $300: Ancient Egyptians called this planet "Her Desher", meaning, "the red one" Mars |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FILMS TURNING THE BIG FOUR-OH $300: In "A Christmas Story", Ralphie says the "Queen Mother of dirty words" but this other "F" word is swapped in to keep it clean fudge |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FILMS TURNING THE BIG FOUR-OH $400: Thanks to the Griswolds' pea-green Family Truckster, sales of these plummeted after the release of "Vacation" a station wagon |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | THIS DAY IN WORLD HISTORY $400: November 17, 1869:
After ten years of grueling construction, this country officially opens the Suez Canal Egypt |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | "SESAME STREET" SONG PARODIES $800: Surrounded by a gaggle of emotional Muppets, R.E.M. performs "Furry Happy Monsters", a parody of this upbeat tune "Shiny Happy People" |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | 4 N LANGUAGE $800: "U" know it means not deliberate; I'm sorry, that slip of the tongue was completely this unintentional |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | FLOWER POWER $800: I can't recall the last time that I saw one of these hyphenated perennials, from the Old French "ne m'oubliez mie" a forget-me-not |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $1600: In a song that was very close to her heart, Loretta Lynn sang, "Yeah, I'm proud to be" this a coal miner's daughter |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | FAMOUS GINGERS $800: Ginger Zee is a meteorologist for this ABC a.m. show Good Morning America |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | CAR TUNES $600: "Drive" is the first track on this group's album "Automatic for the People" R.E.M. |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | ALL ABOUT ACTING $800: Your line "Amanda, I'm leaving you!" is part of dialogue; your action of crossing the stage & exiting is part of this blocking |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | SPRINGSTEEN LYRICS $600: "Hey little girl, is your daddy home? Did he go and leave you all alone? Mhmm I got a bad desire" "I'm On Fire" |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POP MUSIC $800: (I'm Hans Zimmer.) Before scoring films I could be seen tickling the ivories on this new wave classic by The Buggles, the first ever video on MTV "Video Killed The Radio Star" |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIE QUOTES $800: "My first day as a woman, I'm getting hot flashes" Mrs. Doubtfire |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIE QUOTES $4,400 (Daily Double): "Look at me, son. It's not your fault" Good Will Hunting |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | TV DRAMAS IN A NUTSHELL $200: To save himself & his family, Marty Byrde must launder money for a ruthless cartel kingpin Ozark |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | ADVENTUROUS WOMEN $400: Annie Londonderry inspired the 2021 novel "Spin", about her historic 19th-century trip around the world on one of these bicycle |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | ROGET'S BUTT $600: A synonym for "butt", it's also "an unclean animal" according to the king James Bible ass |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | MOTHER GOOSE POLICE BLOTTER $800: Police received multiple reports at 10 P.M. of a man running through town & tapping on windows in his nightgown "Wee Willie Winkie" |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | SAD SONGS $1,000 (Daily Double): Existential pain & stand-still traffic, life's essential struggles, are on display in the video for this 1992 R.E.M. hit "Everybody Hurts" |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $1000: It's the 2000 comedy with the Sandra Bullock line, "I'm in a dress, I have gel in my hair... & I'm armed. Don't mess with me" Miss Congeniality |
| #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 | SCIENCE MUSEUMS $2,000 (Daily Double): Behind thick glass in the Gems & Minerals Hall of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Tom's Baby is an 8-lb nugget of this gold |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | ROGET'S BUTT $2,000 (Daily Double): Merci! This synonym for "butt" is derived from French, meaning "behind" derrière |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | SONGS IN MUSICALS $600: "It's Raining On Prom Night" &
"Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee" Grease |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? $2000: In "My Favorite Year" he wails, "I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star!" Peter O'Toole |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | POTPOURRI $600: It's the M in mRNA messenger |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | CHANGING WHITE HOUSE TOWEL MONOGRAMS $5,500 (Daily Double): From RWR to this GHWB |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | THE "A" TEAM $800: This nickname of a Texas school's teams comes from the "A" in "A&M" the Aggies |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | MESSAGE IN A BATTLE $1,000 (Daily Double): The English crushed the Highland clans at Culloden Moor in 1746; message to this would-be king:
Stop pretending! Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward, the Pretender) |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | THE COMETS $2000: The man behind the nebulae M numbers; his first love was comets--Louis XV called him the "comet ferret" (Charles) Messier |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | CLIFFS NOTES: DRAMA $400: Willy: "I'm tired."
Howard: "Oh yeah? You're fired" Death of a Salesman |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | SOUSED $800: Korbel Brut calls itself "America's favorite California" this champagne |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | CLIFFS NOTES: DRAMA $800: Martha:
"I'm drunk."
Nick: "I'm confused." Honey: "I'm mousy." George: "I'm going to bed" Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | I'M ON THE CASE $400: Go through Marbury v. Madison to see how this Chief Justice established the power of judicial review (John) Marshall |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | GREEK GOD OUT, ROMAN GOD IN $400: Her magic girdle induced love, as magic girdles will do, & Romans had her say, I'm no mighty Aphrodite, I'm your this Venus |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | NAME THAT TUNESTER $1000: "She's up all night to the sun, I'm up all night to get some, she's up all night for good fun, I'm up all night to get lucky" Pharrell (Daft Punk) |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | I'M ON THE CASE $1200: Look into why these two Italian anarchists were tried in 1921, but not sentenced to death until 1927 Sacco & Vanzetti |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | I'M ON THE CASE $1600: Peruse the appeal that successfully fought the $100 fine this Tenn. high school teacher got in 1925 for teaching evolution Scopes |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | I'M ON THE CASE $2000: See how on Earth the justices voted 7-1 in this man v. Ferguson in 1896, advancing the "separate but equal" doctrine Plessy |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | GREEK GOD OUT, ROMAN GOD IN $5,000 (Daily Double): Most of the Greek myths for Athena were adopted by the Romans for this goddess whose temple was on Capitoline Hill Minerva |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | I'M ON THE CASE $9,000 (Daily Double): Brush up on Earl Warren's opinion for the 5-4 majority in 1966 on this man v. Arizona, regarding police questioning Miranda |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | MARRIAGE STORY $200: 1946:
"Julia McWilliams! What's cookin'?"
"I just got married"
"Tasty! To whom?"
"His last name is" this Child |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | IN BOOKSTORES NOW $300: Wow, she went there: actress Jennette McCurdy holds an urn on the cover of her 2022 bestseller "I'm Glad My Mom" did this Died |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | MARRIAGE STORY $300: 1932:
"Rosa McCauley! Any activism today?"
"I just got married"
"Do I know him?"
"His last name is" this Parks |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | G-I TRACT $400: Celeb chef Giada De Laurentiis has a recipe for this dish that calls for salt, pepper, flour, an egg and 1 1/2 pounds of Russet potatoes gnocchi |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | BEST PICTURE WINNERS IN A NUTSHELL $500 (Daily Double): 1978:
Lifelong friends from a Pennsylvania steel town deal with the devastating effects of the Vietnam War The Deer Hunter |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | BEST PICTURE WINNERS IN A NUTSHELL $600: 2020:
After losing everything, a van-dwelling woman travels the American West looking for work Nomadland |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | HORSE, HOG, OR DOG $1500: The large black
&
the large white hog |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | COMPOSER PLAYLISTS $3,000 (Daily Double): "Treemonisha";
"Maple Leaf Rag";
"The Ragtime Dance";
"The Entertainer" Scott Joplin |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | THE JOKERS $200: His final role was as Tony in "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" in 2009 Heath Ledger |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | SHAKESPEARE REWRITES THE BEATLES $800: "Wilt thou still require me, wilt thou still provide sustenance unto me, roughly midway through my 7th decade?" "When I'm Sixty-Four" |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | SHAKESPEARE REWRITES THE BEATLES $2000: "I believe I shall be melancholy, I believe it shall be anon... the woman who disturbeth my temper is leaving hence" "Ticket To Ride" |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | QUOTABLE CINEMA $600: 1976:
"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Network |
| #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 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $2,000 (Daily Double): To Ian McEwan, there is no redemption, no amends, no this, the title of his novel made into a 2007 movie with Saoirse Ronan Atonement |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | HALL OF FAMER BY POSITION $2000: Gump Worsley,
Shrimp Worters,
Rat Westwick (ice) hockey goalies |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE $2000: Called the first female M.D. in modern times, she helped found the London School of Medicine for Women in 1875 Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | BY THE NUMBERS $800: As slang, it sounds a lot less serious than "shoplifting" -- though your arresting officer might not agree five-finger discount |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $1200: Her 80s hits include "Only in My Dreams" & "Electric Youth"
_ E _ _ I E / _ I _ _ O _ Debbie Gibson |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | LIBRARIES $2,000 (Daily Double): On display at the Newark Public Librarv is the copy of "Portnoy's Complaint" this author inscribed to his parents Philip Roth |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | NO, I DON'T NEED A DOCTOR $400: No, it's not a metallic sensory organ but a phrase meaning I'm insensitive to music & can't carry a tune a tin ear |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | JUST KIDDING $600: A. Whitney Brown:
"I'm a" this "not because I love animals, but because I hate plants" a vegetarian |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | NO, I DON'T NEED A DOCTOR $1600: No, my scapula doesn't have osteomalacia--I'm talking about a road sign meaning the highway's edge is not firm soft shoulder |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | OLDE ENGLAND $5,600 (Daily Double): This title was re-created in 1301 when Edward I gave it to his son who was born in Caernarfon the Prince of Wales |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB $400: I'm just talkin' 'bout this composer who won a 1971 Oscar for best original song for "Theme From Shaft" Isaac Hayes |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | 3 LITTLE WORDS $800: I'm on your side; I'll always do this, the same as "step up to home plate", for you go to bat |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | REPETITIVE SONG TITLES $300: Say the name of Buffalo's NFL team three times, and you'll say the title of this Destiny's Child song "Bills, Bills, Bills" |
| #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 | HISTORIC QUOTES REPHRASED $1000: John Paul Jones, 1779: "Surrender? I'm just getting started" "I have not yet begun to fight" |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $200: If train A leaves Oamaru at 9 a.m. at 70 mph & train B leaves Timaru at 1 p.m. going 80, this will still be New Zealand's capital Wellington |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $600: Lovely Rita of Liverpool knows this unit of measure is 39.37 inches M-E-T-R-E |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | KICKIN' AZTEC $1000: The Aztecs founded 2 cities where Mexico City now stands: Tlatelolco & this one, their capital Tenochtitlan |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $1000: Good Britons recycle this metal in their soft-drink cans A-L-U-M-I-N-I-U-M |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | WE WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK $1000: We provide you the best in classical whistling with this piece heard here Four Seasons |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | CRAFTSMANSHIP $2000: I'm giving an invitation this kind of fancy detail, also called a feather edge a deckle edge |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $200: Jennifer Aniston won one in September 2002; her then-husband Brad was nominated, but didn't win Emmy (M-E) |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $600: In 1978 Jackson Browne was "Running On" these 2 letters Empty (M-T) |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | GEOMETRY $2,000 (Daily Double): Between 2 & 2:50 p.m., the minute hand on your watch covers this many degrees 300 |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! $200: Take this toy I use to "walk the dog"; I tried that "warp drive" trick, & now I'm in traction a yo-yo |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | WORDS WITHIN WORDS $400: I'm antireligious, but I prayed when this blew out at 90 miles per hour a tire (in antireligious) |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL $1200: Sorry about your hubby Marcellus' death, Octavia! But it's 40 B.C. & I love Y--no, I'm not into Egyptian girls. Why? Mark Antony |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL $1600: Mary, in 1936, I wanna make you wife number 2! I'm gonna unearth the world for you in East Africa! Louis Leakey |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL $2000: 'Cilla Mullins, it's the 17th c., baby, & I'm speaking for myself. Come on, li'l mama! We'll have 10 kids & make Plymouth rock! John Alden |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | AS SEEN ON SHARK TANK $300: This company with a bumblebee-inspired name has the highest lifetime sales in "Shark" history; that's a lot of socks Bombas |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | HI, I'M J.LO $300: An '80s cast member, this "J.Lo" returned to "SNL" in 2020 to play president trump's lawyer Alan Dershowitz Jon Lovitz |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | DEMONYMS $400: Never to be confused with Cretins with an "I", Cretans with an "A" hail from this nation's largest island Greece |
| #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 | ALL YOU NEED IS "L-O-V-E" $500: As Charles Darwin could tell you, to do this is to gradually change or develop over time evolve |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | HI, I'M J.LO $600: Boxing's greatest "J.Lo" of all time, he had a sports arena named after him in Detroit that was known locally as "the Joe" Joe Louis |
| #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 | FOR SWEATER OR WORSE $1,000 (Daily Double): Sweaters that button in front are named for British officer James Thomas Brudenell, the 7th Earl of this Cardigan |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | HI, I'M J.LO $1200: A 17th century philosopher who defended "life, liberty and property", this "J.Lo" influenced the founding fathers John Locke |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | HI, I'M J.LO $1500: Before Jennifer Lopez was even born, this "J.Lo" played Timmy's mom on "Lassie" from 1958-'64 June Lockhart |
| #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 |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'M STILL STANDIN' $400: In "Oliver Twist":
Fagin,
Nancy,
Artful Dodger the Artful Dodger |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | 3rd GRADERS KNOW THIS STUFF $400: Of I'm, they've, you're or won't, the contraction that lost the most letters won't |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'M STILL STANDIN' $800: In "The Iliad": Hector, Agamemnon, Patroclus Agamemnon |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | THOMAS AQUINAS, ADVICE COLUMNIST $1000: Dear Scared: No, your parish priest can't give you this, a release from secular punishment; go get it over with an indulgence |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'M STILL STANDIN' $1200: In "Beowulf":
Grendel,
Beowulf,
Wiglaf Wiglaf |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'M STILL STANDIN' $1600: In "Othello":
Iago,
Othello,
Desdemona Iago |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'M STILL STANDIN' $2000: In "Les Miserables": Fantine,
Cosette,
Jean Valjean Cosette |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | MERRY MELODIES $400: The cheerful tune you're hearing is this composer's overture to "H.M.S. Pinafore" Sullivan |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | JOYCE, CARROLL, OATES $400: "Wonderland" Joyce Carol Oates |
| #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 | NO CAP $600: It's a domesticated woolly relative of the camel
_ L _ _ _ _ alpaca |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | SCIENTISTS' RHYME TIME $600: Danish physicist Niels' small openings in skin Bohr's pores |
| #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 $1000: "Ooh my little pretty one, pretty one, when you gonna give me some time", this woman? "M-m-m-my" this woman Sharona |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | PROVERB VS. PROVERB $400: I'm supposed to "beware of Greeks bearing gifts"--but if they bring me a gift one of these, I shouldn't look in its mouth... hmmm a horse |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | COW COUNTRY $400: With California & this as the top 2 states, the U.S. leads all other countries in producing cow's milk Wisconsin |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | WEIRD AL PARODIES $800: In "My Bologna" Al rhymes "I'm the city's biggest bologna buyer" with "filling up my basket with" this brand Oscar Mayer |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | FACTS ABOUT THE BEST PICTURE WINNER $7,200 (Daily Double): Doug Jones said the latex rubber suit he wore in this film acted "as a sponge" The Shape of Water |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | "M"USICALS $400: The title character of this musical shows up at 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London & works her magic Mary Poppins |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | "M"USICALS $800: In this Lerner & Loewe show, Colonel Pickering, author of "Spoken Sanskrit", makes a dare to a colleague My Fair Lady |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | "M"USICALS $1200: The MGM Studio Chorus backs up Judy Garland on this movie musical's "The Trolley Song" Meet Me in St. Louis |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | "M"USICALS $1600: The original London soundtrack of this musical features Jonathan Pryce & Lea Salonga Miss Saigon |
| #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! |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | TITLE WOMEN $2000: James M. Cain's divorcée & single mom, portrayed by Joan Crawford & Kate Winslet Mildred Pierce |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | CHICKEN FIVE WAYS $200: Said to have been invented in Glasgow in the 1970s, this spiced Indian curry is often called a national dish of Britain chicken tikka masala |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | CHICKEN FIVE WAYS $400: For a flavorful chicken Marsala, chefs recommend using real Marsala, a fortified wine made on this Italian island Sicily |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | ANTS $500: Ants crawl on a seemingly infinite loop in this Dutch artist's 1963 work "Möbius Strip II" M.C. Escher |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | THE DNA OF MUSIC $600: A Kidz Bop version of her 2017 song opens "I just took a DNA test, turns out I'm 100% that kid" Lizzo |
| #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 | OH, THE IRONY! $1500: Even though his first name ends with "war", this president of Egypt won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1978 Anwar Sadat |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUT OF BREATH $2,500 (Daily Double): As Taylor Swift knows all too well, this type of person has an intense dislike of something hater |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE LYRICS SAY! $400: "Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane" is in "Blank Space" but her mom heard it as "got a lot of Starbucks lovers" Taylor Swift |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | INDIANA WANTS YOU $2000: The 1920s study of an All-American place dubbed "Middletown" was based on this "M" city in eastern Indiana Muncie |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | JOHNNY GILBERT GOES COUNTRY $400: "...Found new thread for my old spool, just because I'm blonde, don't think I'm dumb, 'cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool" Dolly Parton |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | ALSO A STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATION $2000: A coroner can be a layperson; this counterpart is an M.D., often board-certified in a specialty M.E. |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | SCRAMBLING TO FIND A JOB $400: Aka a bibliothecary:
BRAIN LAIR a librarian |
| #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 |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | CELEB LIT BEFORE & AFTER $400: "Last Week Tonight" host who learns the inside scoop on pickpocketing from Fagin John Oliver Twist |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $200: He helped computerize his high school's scheduling system, went to Harvard in the '70s, dropped out & was a billionaire by 1987 Bill Gates |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $400: In 1887 he began running the San Francisco Examiner, which his dad acquired 7 years before Hearst |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $600: Billy Joel's time playing a lounge in L.A. led to this, Billy's first Top 40 hit; great tune, but "tonic & gin" still sounds weird "Piano Man" |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $800 (Daily Double): William Thomson is a fine name for a physicist, but after developing the absolute temp. scale, Lord this had a nice ring (Lord) Kelvin |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $1000: In May 2019, this mayor of New York threw his hat in the ring to run for president, but by September, the hat had been returned de Blasio |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | & WE HAVE A NOVEL TITLE $2000: "'I would give a good deal to know how it comes about that"' this wealthy title man "'is acquainted with M. de Villefort"' the Count of Monte Cristo |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | "M"MMMM $200: The tree that bears this fruit is sacred in India the mango |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | "M"MMMM $400: Martha Stewart suggests copper bowls to get proper fluffiness in this egg-white pie preparation meringue |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | "M"MMMM $600: Inject cooked soybeans with a fermented grain called koji & you've got this Japanese bean paste miso |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | "M"MMMM $800: This fancy culinary term refers to a mixture of diced carrots, onions & celery mirepoix |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | "M"MMMM $1000: A Swiss nutritionist developed this 6-letter breakfast, from a German word for "stew" muesli |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | KIN $1000: (Jenna Bush Hager presents the clue.) I descend from two U.S. presidents, my father & grandfather, but I'm also related to this 19th century president from New Hampshire though my grandmother, Barbara Bush; just think of her maiden name Franklin Pierce |
| #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 |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | PHYSICS $100 (Daily Double): (Spiros Michalakis presents the clue.) A quantum is basically a small & defined unit of energy; this is the term for a light quantum, also called the quantum of the electromagnetic field a photon |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | I'M BLUE $200: This Oscar-winning actress has a certain mystique playing Mystique, who, deep down, is all blue Jennifer Lawrence |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | I'M BLUE $400: In this novel, a character is described as having "the half-tint blue eyes that told of off-planet foods in his diet" Dune |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | I'M BLUE $600: This company with a blue logo calls itself "one of the largest home improvement retailers in the world" Lowe's |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | I'M BLUE $800: This artist's blue period began around the time of his friend Carles Casagemas' public suicide Picasso |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | I'M BLUE $1000: The skinny on the flag of this South American nation is that the blue symbolizes the sky; while the white is for the snow on the Andes Chile |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | SOMEBODY WROTE THAT $4,000 (Daily Double): "I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me" Ralph Ellison |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | UNIFORM NUMBERS $800: You won't see any players from this MLB team wearing a single digit number; they've all been retired, & No. 8, twice the Yankees |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | INTERNATIONAL BOOKS $2000: Milan Kundera's second novel, "Life Is Elsewhere" was not allowed to be published in this, his home country at the time Czechoslovakia |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | MUSICAL MENAGERIE $800: "Nocturnal creatures are not so prudent, the moon's my teacher & I'm her student" is from her song "She Wolf" Shakira |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | PAINTER SELFIES $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1960 his triple-selfie graced the cover of the Saturday Evening Post Norman Rockwell |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT TV SHOW? $800: From 2004 to 2012 Hugh Laurie played this crusty but skillful title M.D. House |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | TOM SWIFT TALES $1000: I'm both attracted & repulsed by 1932's "Tom Swift and His Giant..." Magnet |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | "R" SONG $400: An Ariana Grande song has this 3-letter title, an abbreviation for a phase of sleep "R.E.M." |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | REVIVAL $400: Fashionable examples of this alphanumeric turn-of-the-century revival include the dress-over-jeans look & double denim Y2K |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | REVIVAL $800: I got the leads for this Mamet play, revived in 2005! Liev Schreiber as Ricky Roma & Alan Alda as Shelly Levene! Glengarry Glen Ross |
| #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 | SO YOU GOT YOUR "M.A." $200: Kendo & hapkido, to name just 2 martial arts |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | SO YOU GOT YOUR "M.A." $400: The name of this New York City street is synonymous with the advertising industry Madison Avenue |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | SO YOU GOT YOUR "M.A." $600: He said, "Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round" Muhammad Ali |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | SO YOU GOT YOUR "M.A." $800: "The Knight of Maison-Rouge" is a long-forgotten Dumas adventure about this beautiful & tragic queen Marie Antoinette |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | SO YOU GOT YOUR "M.A." $1000: This 1910 law said you couldn't take women across state lines for immoral purposes the Mann Act |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | EAGLES $1000: "The Emus" was right there for E.M.U., this "directional" university in Ypsilanti, but it soars proudly as the Eagles Eastern Michigan University |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SO I'M READING THIS BOOK $200: A mystery: "Langdon said... 'Well, folks, as you all know, I'm here tonight to talk about the power of symbols"' The Da Vinci Code |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SO I'M READING THIS BOOK $400: A novel, writing the clue for us: "This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure" The Hobbit |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SO I'M READING THIS BOOK $600: A fictional journal: "129 lbs. (but post-Christmas), alcohol units 14... cigarettes 22, calories 5424" Bridget Jones's Diary |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SO I'M READING THIS BOOK $800: 1950s self-help, opening strong: "BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!" (in all caps) "Have faith in your abilities!" The Power of Positive Thinking |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SO I'M READING THIS BOOK $1000: A collection of poems: "I celebrate myself, & sing myself, & what I assume you shall assume" Leaves of Grass |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | RELIGION $800: Sebastian Maniscalco on his first of these Passover dinners: we sit down, I'm starving--they start passing out pamphlets! Seder |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | U.S. FESTIVALS $500 (Daily Double): An ice sculpture contest is part of Winter Carnival at this northernmost Ivy League school Dartmouth |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WHERE'S MY FOOD? $1,500 (Daily Double): This dessert of sponge cake, ice cream & meringue that's finished in the oven was created to honor an 1867 land purchase a baked Alaska |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | "B" MOVIE QUOTES $2000: "Just what are you getting at, Elvis?"; "I think you know what I'm gettin' at, Mr. President. We're gonna kill us a mummy" Bubba Ho-Tep |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | A CHEMISTRY TEST $800: It's your density... I mean, destiny to know the formula for density is d=M/V, with M & V standing for these 2 things mass & volume |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | CUFFING SEASON $1600: This Bulls & Lakers coach once used the basketball-appropriate malaphor "I'm shooting from the cuff" (Phil) Jackson |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | DATING/APPS $600: I'm vegan & you ordered this app of dough-wrapped & baked cocktail sausages? Oh wow, look at the time...! pigs in a blanket |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | PHYSICS & ENERGY $1200: Don't move! I'm pointing a stretched rubber band at you & until I release it, it has this type of stored energy potential (energy) |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | "M"PIRES $400: Genghis Khan of this empire discarded lineage-based hierarchies & promoted officers in his army based on merit Mongolian |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | "M"PIRES $800: Tikal, Coba & Uxmal were all cities of this Mesoamerican empire (the) Maya(n) (Empire) |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | "M"PIRES $1200: The medieval empire of Mansa Musa I shares its name with this modern country & also included Timbuktu Mali |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | "M"PIRES $1600: Philip II of this empire defeated the Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite unit of paired lovers, at the Battle of Chaeronea Macedonia |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | "M"PIRES $2000: This Chinese dynasty that ruled from 1368 to 1644 imported blue pigment from Persia for its famous porcelain Ming |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | THE WAR OF 1812 $8,400 (Daily Double): In 1814 U.S. forces under Gen. Jacob Brown invaded Canada by crossing this river between Lake Erie & Lake Ontario the Niagara |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | A EURO LEADER PASS $1600: Almost 40% of the people in this country say it has become less of a democracy under 4-term P.M. Viktor Orban Hungary |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | ROMANCING THE STONES $2000: Mary of Burgundy got a diamond ring with the letter "M" on it from this future emperor; it was the first initial for both Maximilian |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | QUOTABLE NOTABLES $200: A P.M.:
"If the British Empire & its commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say: 'This was their finest hour"' Churchill |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | NONFICTION TV $1200: (I'm Cari Champion.) After being the moderator between Stephen A. Smith & Skip Bayless on "First Take", which, trust me, is as easy as that sounds, I became an anchor on this ESPN flagship show--"This is..." SportsCenter |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | THE OPERETTAS OF GILBERT & SULLIVAN $1,000 (Daily Double): Despite never having been to sea, Sir Joseph Porter is "rule of the queen's navee" in this shipshape favorite the H.M.S. Pinafore |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | "MAN" O' WAR $3,000 (Daily Double): Appropriately, noted clockmaker Aaron Willard was one of these colonial militiamen a minuteman |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | "M.C." $200: The 881-E Scantron form & the California DMV written test are in this format multiple choice |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | "M.C." $400: As the job done by the person seen here M.C. stands for this master of ceremonies |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | "M.C." $600: This academic medical center has campuses in Rochester, Minnesota & Jacksonville, Florida Mayo Clinic |
| #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 | "M.C." $1000: According to this New York governor, "You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose" Mario Cuomo |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | SCIENTISTS $2000: The base unit of electrical current is named for this Frenchman, initials A.M.A. André-Marie Ampère |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? $800: (I'm Shameik Moore.) In "Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse" I once again don the spider-mask as this Brooklyn teenager who follows in Peter Parker's webbed footsteps Miles Morales |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | GALACTIC VACATIONS $1200: Strike it rich on 16 Psyche, an M-type this in their main belt; it may be made of precious metals worth quintillions of dollars an asteroid |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE 1960s $600: On June 16, 1966 activist Stokely Carmichael rallied a crowd with "we want" these 2 words Black power |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | SOME HARD WORDS $800: Thoroughly heated via immersion, or the type of fiction mastered by James M. Cain hard-boiled |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | IN THE WORLD CAPITAL $1,000 (Daily Double): The Zytglogge tower & astronomical clock, which inspired Einstein & his special theory of relativity Bern |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | MEDICINE $400: It's what the 2 "M"s stand for in the MMR vaccine measles & mumps |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | THE UNIVERSE WITH NEIL deGRASSE TYSON $600: (Neil deGrasse Tyson presents the clue.) This facility at 81st Street off Central Park West has special meaning for me: I visited there as a kid, became starstruck & today I'm the director the Hayden Planetarium |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $400: On "SNL", it was too hot in the hot tub for this performer as James Brown; he also let us know, "I'm Gumby, dammit!" Eddie Murphy |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | FOR MASTERS ONLY $400: This word for a small amount is often found before "of applause" smattering |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $600: As Roger Murtaugh in this 1987 film, Danny Glover got a catchphrase--"I'm too old for this (stuff)" (but Danny didn't say "stuff") Lethal Weapon |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | YOU CAN'T GO THERE $1000: Volcanic action created this Icelandic island in the 1960s, providing scientists a lab to study biological colonization Surtsey |
| #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 | POP CULTURE 2003 $1600: I'm going to Wichita to tell you Spin magazine's Top Album of the Year was their "Elephant" The White Stripes |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | RICE PUDDING $2000: In 2008, Jens Stoltenberg, P.M. of this country, placed rice as the inaugural deposit in the Svalbard Seed Vault Norway |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $600: A more attractive semi-aquatic weasel relative whose job is to make sure your bench press doesn't crush you a hotter otter spotter |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | Y'KNOW, THE MOVIE WHERE... $200: A farmer plays baseball with a dead guy, time-travels & ends up owning a tourist trap Field of Dreams |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | WE'RE FULL OF QUESTIONS $400: I need responses, & I'm gonna heat things up & give you this "ordinal" phrase until I get 'em! the 3rd degree |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | POE"M"S $400: This title object of a Thoreau poem is "full-orbed" & "does not wane" the Moon |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | POE"M"S $800: Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote, "We wear the" this "that grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes" mask |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | POE"M"S $1200: Elizabeth Bishop's "I Am in Need of" this says, "There is a magic made by melody" music |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | PODCASTS $1200: (I'm Matt Rogers.) And, yes, I do have a podcast--thank you for asking--it's "Las Culturistas", & rule of culture number one, this co-host of mine is a national treasure & was Emmy-nominated for "Saturday Night Live" in 2022 Bowen Yang |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | POE"M"S $1600: Last name of Sam; Robert Service told a tall tale of the frozen north in "The Cremation of" him McGee |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | POE"M"S $2000: "The apparition of these faces in the crowd: petals on a wet, black bough" is the entirety of Ezra Pound's "In a Station of" this the Metro |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | PODCASTS $2000: (I'm Wil Wheaton.) I play a chef at a restaurant called Tourniquet on the podcast "Welcome to" this strange town where stranger things happen the Night Vale |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is said to have coined the name of this American lake from Latin for "truth" & "head" Lake Itasca (in Minnesota) |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | BODIES OF WATER $2000: It flows 2,300 miles from the Altai Mountains to the Arctic Ocean the Ob River |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | NOT-SO-PLAIN JANES $2000: A longtime friend of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, this dancer from the Moulin Rouge graced several of the artist's works Avril |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | 1990s EMMY AWARDS $400: The "Divine Miss M", she won Emmys for her appearance on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson & for her "Diva Las Vegas" special Bette Midler |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | 3 "O"s $1000: From Latin for "call together", it's a group of people called together for an assembly, be it of clergy or college students a convocation |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FAMOUS NAME OVERLAPS $5,000 (Daily Double): The 3-named British P.M. from 1916 to 1922 & the 3-named American scientist granted a 1925 patent for cosmetics made from peanuts David Lloyd George Washington Carver |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | POP METAL BANDS $400: "I'm on the highway to hell, on the highway to hell, highway to hell, I'm on the highway to hell" AC/DC |
| #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 | SCIENCE $2000: The light source here emits roughly one of these, the base unit of measure for light as perceived by humans a candela |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | THE GEODYSSEY $3,600 (Daily Double): After getting blown off course rounding Cape Malea, Odysseus & crew arrive at the land of these very happy vegans the Lotus Eaters |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | NICKNAMES $400: I'm sorry you're not feeling well; I'll bring over chicken soup, nicknamed this, referencing a religion & a medication Jewish penicillin |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | SUBTITLED LITERATURE $5,000 (Daily Double): This word meaning "narrow-minded" is in the subtitle of "Middlemarch" Provincial |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | HYMNS & SPIRITUALS $800: It's where "I'm goin' to lay down my burden", & "my sword & shield" "down by the riverside" |
| #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" $1200: I'm giving only you the story as this because you're my favorite reporter & also I want it out there & otherwise no one might run it an exclusive |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | I'M LATE, I'M GREAT, I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE $400: Serving under Andrew Jackson, I gained the U.S. greater trading access; later I succeeded AJ as president Van Buren |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | I'M LATE, I'M GREAT, I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE $800: I was "the Great Pacificator" & in 1852 was the first man to lie in state in the Capitol rotunda, then went back to Kentucky Henry Clay |
| #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 | I'M LATE, I'M GREAT, I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE $1200: As an investor who didn't want to hear bad things about Theranos, I was played by Sam Waterston in "The Dropout" George Shultz |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | I'M LATE, I'M GREAT, I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE $2000: My brother said "war is hell" & I quit as Secretary of State 4 days into the Spanish-American War, which I had opposed John Sherman |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | I'M LATE, I'M GREAT, I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE $9,400 (Daily Double): I messed up saying I was "in control" in the White House, but earlier I really was as a shaky Richard Nixon's last Chief of Staff (Alexander) Haig |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | FUNNY LADIES $800: This "SNL" alumna recently had a brief run as M&M spokesperson & chief of fun Rudolph |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | JOHNNY GILBERT'S MUSICAL THEATER AUDITION $1000: "Stop all the rivers, push, strike & kill/ I'm not gonna leave ya, there's no way I will/ and I am telling you I'm not going" Dreamgirls |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | WORLD OF WORDS & IDIOMS $400: In Mexico to laze around is "echar la hueva", literally to toss this food item egg |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | 21st CENTURY QUOTES $400: This late basketball superstar, father of 4 daughters, said, "I would have 5 more girls if I could. I'm a girl dad" Kobe Bryant |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | 21st CENTURY QUOTES $1000: Of reforms under way because of his domestic spying revelations, in 2014 this tech guy said, "I'm still working for the government" Snowden |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | OVERWROUGHT HISTORY $600: Dec. 29, 1170: Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?! I'm Henry II, for heaven's sake! You did? OK, awkward Thomas à Becket |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | ____ OF THE ____ $1200: In the Bible, Pharaoh says Joseph's family may come & eat of this, what Lennie longs for in "Of Mice & Men" the fat of the land |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | CHILDREN'S LIT $600: This nickname for many kings follows "M.C. Higgins" in the title of the first Newbery Medal winner by a Black author the Great |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | SCANDAL! $800: This Italian P.M. said there was no scandal in 2009 after photos surfaced of scantily clad women at his villa Berlusconi |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | SING YOU A COUNTRY SONG $400: He sang, "I'm not big on social graces, think I'll slip on down to the oasis, oh, I've got friends in low places" Garth Brooks |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $1600: This verb can mean to weaken or disembowel, figuratively & literally eviscerate (or gutting) |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | SPOONERISM PAIRS $200: A grand overall scheme & a stucco guy a master plan & a plaster man |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | SPOONERISM PAIRS $400: A flexible entryway for a tabby & a thin hat a cat flap & a flat cap |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | ALLITERATIVE HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Thaddeus Stevens & Charles Sumner were members of this "extreme" group in Lincoln's party advocating emancipation Radical Republicans |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | IT'S A TV MYSTERY $200: "O.M.I.T.B." is short for this, a show & the podcast within it Only Murders in the Building |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | IT'S A TV MYSTERY $600: (I'm Zoë Chao.) I just murdered it on Apple TV+ in "The Afterparty", or did I? Either way, my character of Zoe was a suspect as well as the ex-wife of Brett, played by this man who was a "Celebrity Jeopardy!" champion in 2022 (Ike) Barinholtz |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | ABBRE-V-ATIONS $400: A VDT is one of these modern devices (I think I'm getting eyestrain!) a video display terminal |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | 21st CENTURY FILMS $800: (I'm Reggie Watts.) In addition to music, I had done some stand-up & sketch work but found the type of comedy I wanted to perform in this 2001 "wet hot" movie starring Paul Rudd & Elizabeth Banks Wet Hot American Summer |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | 21st CENTURY FILMS $1600: (I'm Michael Cera.) I play bass guitar in real life, so it wasn't a stretch for me to pick up a cherry red Rickenbacker 4001 as the title character of this film based on a graphic novel Scott Pilgrim vs. the World |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | SITTING IN WITH THE ORCHESTRA $400: I'm out of my element in an orchestra on this slide instrument; I'm more into jazz & the legendary Vic Dickenson trombone |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | ANIMATED ENTERTAINMENT $400: (I'm Andy Richter.) My voice can get really high, as it did when I voiced rascally Mort, who plagued lemur King Julien in the animated films named for this big island Madagascar |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | IT'S GERMAN FOR... $800: Boat--
spelling please; it's just one letter different B-O-O-T |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | LITERARY LIONS $2000: In this poet's "The Second Coming", "a shape with lion body and the head of a man... slouches towards Bethlehem to be born" Yeats |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | A NATION OF VODKA BRANDS $1000: Referring to a line of latitude that runs through it,
42 Below New Zealand |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | HISTORICAL POTPOURRI $1,200 (Daily Double): He peaked in power as Lord Privy Seal in 1536, fell from power, was executed & had his reputation revived by the late Hilary Mantel Thomas Cromwell |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | BAR LINES $1000: Did anyone ever tell you your eyes are--oh, I'm dripping with this trendy "spritz" made with an Italian aperitif invented in 1919 Aperol |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | LET'S SEE A MO-"V" $1200: (I'm B.J. Novak.) In my first feature film as writer & director I play a New York journalist trying to help a bereaved Texas family get this, the film's title & a synonym for retribution Vengeance |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | SLIDING INTO YOUR "D.M."s $200: "Don't be creepy" is one of the top rules when sliding into someone's DMs, DM standing for this a direct message |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | BASKETBALL GREATS $200: (I'm Candace Parker.) 2008 was a good year; I won my second Final Four MVP for leading Tennessee to the NCAA title & was recognized as the top women's college player with the trophy named for this inventor of the sport Naismith |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | SLIDING INTO YOUR "D.M."s $600: First name Klaus, the namesake of this boot brand was a physician in the German army Doc Martens |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | SLIDING INTO YOUR "D.M."s $800: The two celebrities seen here, one was a member of the Brat Pack & the other the Rat Pack Demi Moore & Dean Martin |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | BASKETBALL GREATS $1000: (I'm Jalen Rose.) In 1992 & '93 Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, Ray Jackson & I played in back-to-back NCAA title games as the University of Michigan starting squad, known by this alliterative nickname the Fab Five |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | SLIDING INTO YOUR "D.M."s $1000: In writing, examples of these include the breve & macron diacritical marks |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | SLIDING INTO YOUR "D.M."s $1,800 (Daily Double): The dome on the capitol building of this Midwest city is gilded with 23-karat gold leaf Des Moines |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | I'M SO PROUD $200: To be excessively proud of oneself is to have this expanded cranium a big head (a swelled head) |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | I'M SO PROUD $400: It means to express unwarranted pride & if someone does it a lot, add "-ful" boast |
| #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 | MOVIE COMEDIES $800: (I'm John Michael Higgins, and) being a part of an a cappella group in college called the Zumbyes helped me in my role as a singing competition announcer in the three films (so far) with this alliterative title Pitch Perfect |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | I'M SO PROUD $800: Change the last 3 letters in the word for the inch/ounce system of measure to get this word for proudly domineering imperious |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | WHERE IS IT, DOC? $800: Subungual hematoma, I'm afraid--blood collecting under this a nail |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | I'M SO PROUD $1000: The U.S. Tennis Association's sportsmanship tips say, "avoid" this verb "after a win", so no "ha ha, love & love, I'm the best" gloating |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MOVIE COMEDIES $1600: (I'm Ike Barinholtz.) In 2018, I joined Leslie Mann & this muy macho pro wrestler as parents who don't want their daughters going too far on prom night in the comedy film "Blockers" John Cena |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | TV MOMS $1200: (Hi, I'm Brianne Howey.) I grew up with a single mom & love playing this title single mom to Ginny on a Netflix comedy drama Georgia |
| #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 |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | DINING OUT $1000: (I'm Eddie Huang.) A play on the name of a German school of design, my first restaurant, specializing in Taiwanese-Chinese fare, including steamed buns, was called this BaoHaus |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ADAPTERS $400: (I'm Joel Kim Booster.) In 2022, I wrote & starred in "Fire Island", a modern retelling of this Jane Austen novel in which I find myself in the shoes of Elizabeth Bennet Pride and Prejudice |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | NORWAY IS FAMOUS FOR... $800: Its great dramatist Henrik Ibsen & for this composer whom Ibsen asked to write music for his play "Peer Gynt" Edvard Grieg |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | DE-COMPOSING $1,000 (Daily Double): On March 25, 1918 the sun set on this "Moonlight" composer in Paris (Claude) Debussy |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | TRANSPORTATION, IN VARIOUS FORMS $3,000 (Daily Double): "With an air of infinite reluctance M. Poirot climbed aboard the train" in this novel Murder on the Orient Express |
| #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 |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | ROCKS & MINERALS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 2019 a giant raft of this rock measuring more than 50 square miles was found floating in the Pacific near Tonga pumice |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | VERMONT $600: At 2:47 a.m. on August 3, 1923, this man was sworn in as president in the Vermont farmhouse seen here President Coolidge |
| #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 |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | LAST LINES OF MOVIES $1600: Spoken by Mark Wahlberg: "I am a star. I'm a star. I'm a star. I'm a star. I am a big bright shining star. That's right" Boogie Nights |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | "M"USIC CLASS $200: This mechanical device for establishing an exact tempo was based on a pendulum a metronome |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | "M"USIC CLASS $400: It's el type of musician seen here playing the traditional 5-string vihuela mariachi |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | "M"USIC CLASS $600: A bar, a section of musical score corresponding to a specific number of beats, is also called this measure |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | "M"USIC CLASS $800: This plucked musical instrument has 8 strings tuned in pairs to the same 4 notes as a violin a mandolin |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | "M"USIC CLASS $1000: This Polish dance music in triple time originated in the 16th century & uses heel-tapping accents a mazurka |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | THE STATUE OF LIBERTY $1,000 (Daily Double): The statue's internal flexible skeletal system was designed by this Frenchman, known for his iron work Gustave Eiffel |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | CHANGE A LETTER $400: A track athlete who runs 1,760 yards transforms into a friendly meeting to get to know people a miler & a mixer |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | LONG-LIVED CRITTERS $200: Polly wanna be immortal! Or for Tarbu, an African grey this, get to 55 & say its last word to its owner--"Cheerio!" a parrot |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | 1963 $400: At 1:00 P.M. on November 22, he was pronounced dead at Parkland Hospital, leaving the nation in mourning JFK |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | IRISH AUTHORS $400: Showing the Irish warts & all, J.M. Synge's play "The Playboy of the Western World" caused riots in this capital in 1907 Dublin |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | COMIC INFLUENCES $200: (I'm Patton Oswalt.) In high school I couldn't get enough of this comedy troupe who had it all--SPAM, the Spanish Inquisition, a dead parrot, the dirty fork--nudge, nudge, wink, wink; know what I mean, say no more Monty Python |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | COMIC INFLUENCES $400: (I'm Ego Nwodim.) Comedy heroes of mine include fellow "Saturday Night Live" stars Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler & this woman who became the show's first female head writer in 1999 Tina Fey |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | COMIC INFLUENCES $600: (I'm Iliza Shlesinger.) I remember begging for "Wayne's World" on VHS and have said that this performer is an American comedy staple despite being Canadian Mike Myers |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | COMIC INFLUENCES $800: (I'm Ray Romano.) When we did "Everybody Loves Raymond" this legend was a huge influence; as sitcoms can be, hers was hilarious & at times broad, but her style was always real & that's what we tried to emulate Mary Tyler Moore |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | COMIC INFLUENCES $1000: (I'm Aisha Tyler.) In college I decided to make comedy my career after seeing this deadpan comic who once noted, "It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it." (Steven) Wright |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | HERE'S YOUR REPORT CARD $200: Page 1 of this commission's eagerly awaited 2004 report says, "Atta and Omari boarded a 6:00 a.m. flight..." the 9/11 Commission |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | CALL ME "CAT" $600: This No. 1 hit has haunted fathers since 1974 as they watch time pass all too quickly as their sons grow up "Cat's In The Cradle" |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | BLOSSOM $600: A Gerbera this, give me your answer do; I'm half crazy, all for the love of seeing you grow in sand & bloom spring through fall a daisy |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | A STONE GROOVE $2000: Chicago gave us the song "Stone Of" this mythological guy; "I'm gonna roll it back to you" Sisyphus |
| #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 |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | "Y" ON THE MAP $400: If you know "owt" about England, you know this historic county with its own accent & vocabulary (Yorkshire) York |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | MARCH MADNESS $800: Last name of USC's Cheryl, winner of back-to-back titles & M.O.P.s in 1983 & '84; she's in the hall of fame with her brother Reggie Miller |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | QUOTABLE TV SHOWS $200: "I'm not paying you to do stand-up, Mr. Squidward! Now get back to work!" SpongeBob (SquarePants) |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | QUOTABLE TV SHOWS $600: A classic of early TV: "Hello, friends, I'm your Vitameatavegamin girl" I Love Lucy |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | I'M SORRY, THERE'S MORE MATH $200: For 3 & 5, 15 is the LCM, short for this least common multiple |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | RECENT MOVIES $400: (I'm Simu Liu.) In a 2021 Marvel film, I play Shang-Chi, who helps his family as a master of this Chinese martial art, whose name translates as "skill" kung fu |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | I'M SORRY, THERE'S MORE MATH $400: It's the cinematic term for the type of array seen here matrix |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | I'M SORRY, THERE'S MORE MATH $600: 4πr2 gives the surface area of one of these 3-dimensional shapes a sphere |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | RECENT MOVIES $800: (Hi, I'm Constance Wu.) In this 2018 film, I played Rachel Chu, who discovers all of a sudden that her boyfriend is super wealthy & one of Singapore's most eligible bachelors Crazy Rich Asians |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | I'M SORRY, THERE'S MORE MATH $800: Equal to about 57.2958 degrees, it's the angular measurement made by wrapping half the diameter around a circle a radian |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | I'M SORRY, THERE'S MORE MATH $1000: The domain is the set of values that can be input into a function; the set of possible outputs is called this expanse the range |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | THAT'S A LAUGH! $400: (I'm Brendan Hunt.) While doing improv together in Amsterdam, Jason Sudeikis and I became friends & fell in love with soccer; we put our affection for that sport into this Emmy-winning comedy that we co-created Ted Lasso |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | THEY WROTE 'EM $1200: "A Passage to India" (1924) E.M. Forster |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | THAT'S A LAUGH! $2000: (I'm Hasan Minhaj.) I won a Peabody Award for this comedy show that took its name from the not-so-funny 2001 legislation, increasing the surveillance powers of law enforcement agencies the Patriot Act |
| #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 |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | VERY ARTISTIC $200: Matt Groening drew his own initials in the design of this TV character--the "M" is in his lower hairline, the "G", his ear Homer Simpson |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: (I'm Troian Bellisario.) Considering my first name, maybe I was predestined to attend this university's school of dramatic arts where I earned a fine arts degree; fight on, Trojans! USC |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | A CRASH COURSE IN JOHN GREEN $600: (John Green presents the clue.) With a mission to increase awesome & decrease suck & to champion causes to help others, fans of my brother Hank & I & our VlogBrothers videos are called these from the misreading of the name of a video game Nerdfighters |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | AROUND AMERICA $600: A cliff-dwelling national monument named for this people can be found near Tonalea, Arizona the Navajo |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | ACTORS PLAYING PLAYWRIGHTS $800: In 2004's "Finding Neverland", Johnny Depp played this playwright & creator of Neverland (J.M.) Barrie |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | CARS BY THE NUMBER $400: It makes models called A4, A5, A6, A7... I'm seeing a pattern here Audi |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | A DECADE OF NO. 1 HITS TELLS A STORY $1000: "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", "You're So Vain",
"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" the 1970s |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | TV PARTY TONIGHT! $1200: Henry Blake's farewell party on this show is followed by a gut punch--his plane is shot down over the Sea of Japan M*A*S*H |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | THE FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS $800: His 2015 acceptance speech for Best Male Lead did not, but should have, included him saying in a threatening way, "I'm Birdman" Michael Keaton |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | BOB DYLAN LYRICS $400: "Hey", this guy, "play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to" Mr. Tambourine Man |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | I'M HENRY VI, I AM $400: Henry VI's 1454 dismissal of Richard of York from the king's council was a major factor in the start of this civil war the Wars of the Roses |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | I'M HENRY VI, I AM $800: This prestigious school for boys with a 4-letter name was founded near the Thames River by Henry VI in 1440 Eton |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | I'M HENRY VI, I AM $1200: In 1445, Henry married Margaret of Anjou, an ambitious queen some have compared to this one on the original "Game of Thrones" Cersei |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | I'M HENRY VI, I AM $1600: In 1450 Henry lost this duchy in northern France to the French following the Battle of Formigny Normandy |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | I'M HENRY VI, I AM $2000: At age 31 Henry fell into a months-long period of this state, stupor & apathy associated with schizophrenia catatonia |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WORDS WITH DIPHTHONGS $1200: Take a diphthong into this word for a sullen expression, which "you better not" do, "I'm telling you why" in a Christmas song pout |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | MONTHS THAT START WITH FEB $2,000 (Daily Double): February 1989:
Rev. Barbara Harris becomes the first woman bishop in this U.S. church & in the Anglican Communion the Episcopal Church |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | FIRST OFF, HOW DARE YOU $400: Urban Dictionary calls this bit of precipitation "a very sensitive person"; I'm aghast you think that of me a snowflake |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | FIRST OFF, HOW DARE YOU $1600: I'm hurt & now slighted by your actions; you've done this idiomatically, which involves a mathematical function added insult to injury |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | FIRST OFF, HOW DARE YOU $2000: You've dubbed me a milksop; I'm peeved, as I prefer this other word that's etymologically similar & a tad longer a milquetoast |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | THE PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS ARE THE THING $3,400 (Daily Double): We need your initial reaction to this 1988 David Henry Hwang play about a singer in the Beijing Opera with many secrets M. Butterfly |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | WIL(L), WILLEM OR WILLIAM $200: After landing in a cloaked Klingon ship in Golden Gate Park in "Star Trek IV", this actor says, "Everybody remember where we parked" William Shatner |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | GOING UNDERGROUND $4,300 (Daily Double): In 1900 an estimated 5 billion of these, not actual canines, lived in underground "towns" in the western United States prairie dogs |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | LAKES & RIVERS $10,000 (Daily Double): On the border of Peru & Bolivia, the always fun to say Lake Titicaca lies 12,500 feet above sea level in these mountains the Andes |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | LITERARY GEMS $800: Aunt Em & Uncle Henry join Dorothy on her travels in this metropolis "of Oz" the Emerald City |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | AD VERBS & TAGLINES $200: M&M's:
"The milk chocolate ____ in your mouth, not in your hand" melts |
| #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 |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | MEDICAL FOLKS $3,000 (Daily Double): Helen Taussig developed the first treatment for cyanotic infants, this alliterative syndrome blue babies |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | SCARY MOVIES $800 (Daily Double): Bram Stoker's widow got a court order to have this 1922 German silent classic destroyed--but it survived, as vampires do Nosferatu |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $200: Though the title mentions a different car part, Nicky Youre is in a convertible in the video for this hit song heard here
"You got me stuck on the thought of you /
You're making me feel brand new /
You're more than the sunshine in my eyes /
La da la da da, la da dai /
La da la da di dai..." "Sunroof" |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | GARDEN VARIETY STORIES $400: Mysteries abound as plucky Agatha Raisin tries to find a killer in M.C. Beaton's novel "Pushing up" these flowers Daisies |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | THE SNL ALUMNUS WHO... $3,000 (Daily Double): In recent years traveled the country on "The Only Former U.S. Senator Currently on Tour" Tour Al Franken |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | REPETITIVE MUSIC $200: "Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today" & I want one of you to be a part of it, this song, this song "New York, New York" |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | ACRONYMS $400: You may recall it's the "M" in ROM, as in CD-ROM memory |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | SELF-REFERENTIAL BEATLES $2000: "I'm The Greatest" had Ringo sing, "Yes, my name is" him, "the one and only" singer in Sgt. Pepper's band Billy Shears |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | U.S. STAMPS $600: To honor Charles M. Schulz' centennial, a series of stamps features the "Peanuts" gang, including this kid in a cloud of dust Pig-Pen |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | SHOE BIZ $600: Like Elvis sang, "don't you step on" these shoes that you can get from Brooks Brothers (blue) suede shoes |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE TV CHARACTER $900: "I'm a doctor, not a coal miner";
"...an engineer";
"...an escalator";
"...a mechanic";
"...a bricklayer" Dr. McCoy |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | A LITTLE WORLD HISTORY $6,000 (Daily Double): He reunited the Eastern & Western Roman Empires in 324 A.D., & the new capital soon bore his name Constantine the Great |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | DOG TALES $600: In a story set in the 19th century, a mad wolf with rabies is the last fight this faithful title canine has, & now I'm crying Old Yeller |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | LETTERS OF THE LAW $800: M:
The unlawful killing of another person without malice or premeditation manslaughter |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | THE CITY SQUARE $400: Halfway between Harvard & M.I.T., Central Square is the traditional downtown of this Boston-area city Cambridge |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | I THANK YOU ALL $800: Winning as the queen for "The Favourite", she said, "If... I forget anybody, I'm gonna find you later & I'm gonna give you all a massive snog" (Olivia) Colman |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | I LOVE MY DAD $100: Phil Dunphy, on this sitcom: "I'm the cool dad... I'm hip... I text. LOL, laugh out loud. OMG, oh my God. WTF, why the face" Modern Family |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: Brainiacs know that M.I.T. stands for this Boston-area school the Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE 50 STATES $300: In "Field of Dreams" a question is asked, "Is this heaven?"--No, it's this Midwestern state also known as "the Corn State" Iowa |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | WE'VE GOT CHEMISTRY $1200: The chemical elements are arrayed according to atomic number on this, a name indicating regular intervals periodic table |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | "MIS"INFORMATION $1500: It's a 7-letter word for an often long, handwritten letter missive |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | EXPLOSIVE MUSIC $1500: This group with Cherie Currie & Joan Jett exploded with "Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom, I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch cherry bomb" the Runaways |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYTH STORY $100: Caishen, the Chinese god of this supposed "root of all evil", was in one story killed by an arrow shot into a straw effigy of him money |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | FAMOUS WOMEN $200: Her resume includes Secretary of State, senator from New York & first lady Hillary Clinton |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | CHAO! $200: With a preface by Pearl Buck, a 1945 book by Buwei Yang Chao taught Americans this 2-verb basic method of Chinese cooking stir frying |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | PHILOSOPHY $600: Nietzsche's "The Gay Science" includes the parable of a madman crying out, he "is dead... and we have killed him" God |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | ROMANTIC MOVIE LINES $1000: In "Moonstruck", after Nicolas Cage says, "I'm in love with you", Cher slaps him twice & says these 4 words Snap out of it |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | THE AGELESS DIANA ROSS $1000: We want the world to know, got to let it show that this hit released by Diana in 1980 became an LGBTQ pride anthem "I'm Coming Out" |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | THE COMEDY OF ERAS $2000: There are plenty of laughs in this 1878 Gilbert & Sullivan operetta set aboard a Royal Navy vessel H.M.S. Pinafore |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | LITERARY CHARACTER NAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): wizardingworld.com tells us this villainous last name means "bad faith" Malfoy |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | WORLD OF BEERS $400: Singha beer from Thailand uses a mystical one of these beasts on its label a lion |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | THE OFFICE $400: A platonic female best friend & confidante to a co-worker; it was the title of a 1930 book & movie The Office Wife |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | STAGE MUSICALS BY SONG LYRICS $1600: "There is a sucker born every minute, each time the second hand sweeps to the top like dandelions up they pop" Barnum |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | THERE'S A BOOK IN THAT BOOK $400: Anagram fans know Loney M. Setnick's "The Pony Party!" is a feature in the "Autobiography" of this author of "Unfortunate Events" (Lemony) Snicket |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | THE BOTTOM 10 $1600: No stranger to the Top 10, this Jersey band could only take "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" to 97 in '93 Bon Jovi |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | SUPERLATIVES $400: "I'm losin' you, I'm losin' you", sang U2, "ain't love the" this "thing" sweetest |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | RECAST FOR TV $800: Donald Sutherland
to
Alan Alda Hawkeye Pierce |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | GIVING YOU SOME T-L-C $600: It's slang for voluptuously attractive; Destiny's Child sang, "'cause my body too" this title "for ya, babe" bootylicious |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | 1982: A YEAR IN FILM $800: The zen of Sean Penn's Jeff Spicoli in this film: "All I need are some tasty waves, cool buzz & I'm fine" Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | IN THE PUDDING $4,000 (Daily Double): This type of "pudding" is actually sausage, but sanguinaccio dolce, made with the same stuff, is pudding pudding blood pudding |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | THE MOVIE'S TITLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES $1000: Japan got right down to it for a Nevada-set film: "I'm Drunk & You're a Prostitute" Leaving Las Vegas |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | 1990s VOCAB TEST $1600: A gesture often accompanied this 4-word anatomical phrase meaning "I'm not listening to you" talk to the hand |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | TV SIDEKICKS $800: Now a bestselling author with "I'm Glad My Mom Died", Jennette McCurdy was sidekick Sam to Miranda Cosgrove on this show iCarly |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | ANIMALS IN BOOKS $200: In the last line of the book, Dorothy says, "and here is" this pup, "too. And oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!" Toto |
| #8754, aired 2022-12-01 | 1, 2 & 3 $800: In a patriotic George M. Cohan tune, "Every heart beats true" under this trio red, white & blue |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | A COLORFUL SONG TITLE $1600: This song not really about a soft drink is on the R.E.M. album "Green" "Orange Crush" |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | SELLIN' IT! $1200: In 2014 Arby's launched this slogan we have the meats |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | TAKE THE FIFTH $1200: A fifth of alcohol, as I'm sure you are all aware, equals 750 of these units milliliter |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | THE "ANTI" CATEGORY $800: We won't ask you to spell this 28-letter word ending in M that the OED says is "popularly cited as an example of a long word" antidisestablishmentarianism |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | FURNITURE $1,000 (Daily Double): The name of this piece of furniture comes from the French for "to put to bed" a couch |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | SONGS FROM THE HIT ALBUM $1000: "Rehab" &
"You Know I'm No Good" Back to Black |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | RAPPERS WHO ACT $800: "I'm going back to Cali"; he's played a Southern Cali law enforcement agent on CBS since 2009 LL Cool J |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | RAPPERS WHO ACT $1000: A nice 2011 for this 1-name star: he joined Enrique Iglesias on "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" & played Tej in "Fast Five" Ludacris (Chris Bridges) |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | PRIMED FOR PRIME NUMBERS $1200: In 2016 Kellogg's discontinued this "Product", the most delicious cereal it ever made Product 19 |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | SEE WHAT I DID THERE? $200: Cheerio! I'm Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run this distance in under 4 minutes, seen here on the same track 50 years later the mile |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | SEE WHAT I DID THERE? $300: I'm staying anonymous, but I put my initials on a train, a form of graffiti called this a tag (tagging) |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THAT BOOK YOU'VE BEEN MEANING TO READ $400: Over the years, this novel about Holden Caulfield has been frequently challenged for its sex & profanity; I'm in! The Catcher in the Rye |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | SEE WHAT I DID THERE? $400: I'm lead architect James Polshek & I kept a bridge motif in mind designing this man's presidential library in Little Rock Bill Clinton |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | SEE WHAT I DID THERE? $500: I'm this 1-named Renaissance sculptor & I did a bust, now in Florence, of another 1-named dude, Brutus Michelangelo |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | CELEBS $200: She co-starred in "Green Lantern" with Ryan Reynolds before the pair married (Blake) Lively |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | I'M "EN" IT! $200: Headed that way now en route |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | I'M "EN" IT! $400: Term for what the dancer seen here is en pointe |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | I'M "EN" IT! $600: Type of bathroom that can only be accessed through a bedroom en suite |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | I'M "EN" IT! $800: It's how the food seen here is being prepared en brochette |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | I'M "EN" IT! $1000: Charles-Francois Daubigny was one of the first painters to work this way, meaning outside en plein air |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | HITS OF 2002 $600: This dance anthem by Pink says, "We'll be lookin' flashy in my Mercedes Benz" "Get The Party Started" |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | "D" IN SCIENCE $3,400 (Daily Double): Knowing what the D in DNA stands for should tell you this noun, the sugar found in DNA deoxyribose |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | SITCOMS $400: This actress, as Selina Meyer on "Veep": "I'm used to dealing with angry, aggressive, dysfunctional men. i.e., men" Julia Louis-Dreyfuss |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | JOHNNY GILBERT SAYS THE NO. 1 HITS $1200: "I'm... classy, bougie, ratchet (yeah), sassy, moody, nasty (hey, hey, yeah), acting stupid, what's happening?" "Savage" |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | HISTORY IN COMEDY $1200: On "Drunk History", he's "like, 'No... I'm not gonna defect to the British side!
That's insane! George Washington is my daddy, kind of'" Benedict Arnold |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | YOU LEFT ME $400: I'm Curtis Granderson. The Dodgers left me off this list of eligible players for the 2017 World Series. They lost the roster |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | SIMON SAYS $800: In a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, he says, "I'm your church now! You understand,--you've got to be as I say" (Simon) Legree |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | TELEVISION $800: Clark Kent's high school years & time at Central Kansas A&M were covered in this show named for Clark's hometown Smallville |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | CONDUCTING THE HISTORIC JOB INTERVIEW $1000: In 1875 you put out "Science & Health with Key to the Scriptures"; I'm sensing you want to open your own branch (Mary Baker) Eddy |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | DIRECTIONAL GEOGRAPHY IN AMERICA $300: Visit Pineapple Fountain & Fort Sumter when you go to Charleston, which, no, is not the capital of this "Original 13" state South Carolina |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | PRETTY LITTLE LIES $500: How's this for a flex? You just got back from the gym, & get this, you dead-lifted a ton & a half, this many pounds 3,000 |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | DIRECTIONAL GEOGRAPHY IN AMERICA $600: Enjoy Capitol Street & Capitol Market in Charleston, which, yes, is the capital of this state that was admitted in 1863 West Virginia |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | TUNING INTO THE '90s $800: Right Said Fred was lookin' fine with this hit whose title preceded "for my shirt", "for your party" & even "for Milan" "I'm Too Sexy" |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | DIRECTIONAL GEOGRAPHY IN AMERICA $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1802 Congress passed the act establishing the U.S. Military Academy at this site on the banks of the Hudson West Point |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | "C" BAND LYRICS $1200: 1992:
"Thursday doesn't even start, it's Friday I'm in love" The Cure |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | "C" BAND LYRICS $1600: 1977:
"That's why I'm easy, easy like Sunday morning" the Commodores |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | PITCH PERFECT $100: Talk about Go Blue!
Clayton Kershaw pitched well enough for this team in 2014 to win 21 games & the National League MVP award the Dodgers |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | GOT A BRIDGE TO SELL YOU $100: At 9:00 P.M. on weekend nights you can see why the bridge in Da Nang, Vietnam has the name of this creature of myth the Dragon Bridge |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | CLASSIC KIDS' BOOKS $200: "The Story of Ferdinand" tells of one of these animals who loves to sit quietly & smell the flowers a bull |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | OF COURSE I'M NOT BREAKING UP WITH YOU $300: Of course not, honey, think of it as this feature at a play, when you have 15 minutes to beat the line at the bar or bathroom intermission |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | YES, CHEF! $300: Whether the second part of its name is "chuck" or "rump", this dish needs to cook an hour per pound & the old folks start ordering it at 5:00 P.M. pot roast |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | OF COURSE I'M NOT BREAKING UP WITH YOU $600: Baby, we're only putting things on this... & did you know the 1970s' Channel F was the 1st console that let you do it to a game? pause |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | OF COURSE I'M NOT BREAKING UP WITH YOU $900: It's more like we each "take" this respiratory term to get our wind back & think about things a breather |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | MUSIC OF TODAY $1200: "Yaka-yaka yaka-yaka yaka-yaka yaka-yaka"!
Beyoncé repeatedly sang, "You won't" do this title, & now I'm tellin' everybody "Break My Soul" |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | OF COURSE I'M NOT BREAKING UP WITH YOU $1200: Sweetie, nuh-uh. You know how at your trial the judge said, "Court is in" this until Monday? It's like that recess |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | OF COURSE I'M NOT BREAKING UP WITH YOU $1500: It's just this, from the Latin for "gap", hopefully shorter than the 2-year one for "Better Call Saul" between Seasons 5 & 6 a hiatus |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | ADVANCED CRIMINAL LAW $4,700 (Daily Double): Criminals disguise the source of ill-gotten gains via this 2-word process; detergent is optional money laundering |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | BIOLOGY $12,000 (Daily Double): Animals like frogs that can live on land or water are known as these, from the Greek for "both" & "life" an amphibian |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | A LITTLE POETRY $13,000 (Daily Double): Poe used this 3-syllable word 11 times in "The Raven", including as the last word nevermore |
| #8724, aired 2022-10-20 | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $400: Athos or Aramis
(9 letters) a Musketeer |
| #8724, aired 2022-10-20 | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $800: The art of making cocktails
(8 letters) mixology |
| #8724, aired 2022-10-20 | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $1200: Able to speak many languages
(12 letters) multilingual |
| #8724, aired 2022-10-20 | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $1600: It was formerly French Sudan
(4 letters) Mali |
| #8724, aired 2022-10-20 | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $2000: Hatter, Mad or otherwise (8 letters) a milliner |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | THE PARENT COMPANY $400: Of Jif peanut butter; the perfect accompaniment to its jams & jellies, this company named for J.M. Smucker's |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | DEVOURING EATING IDIOMS $400: I'm pulling away in a footrace, so "eat my" this that I've kicked up dust |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | LYRICALLY YOURS $600: "I can't feel my face when I'm with you, but I love it... I can't feel my face when I'm with you" The Weeknd |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | ACTORS GET THEIR ROLES MIXED UP $1200: Despite being brittle-boned Elijah Prince, I'm still firmly in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. Samuel L. Jackson |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | WORLD FACTS $2,800 (Daily Double): Much of this tiny country that's surrounded by another is located on Mount Titano San Marino |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | TRYING TO GET SOME WORKS DONE $3,000 (Daily Double): From Rubens & his workshop, "The Lion Hunt", "The Tiger Hunt" & this Roman goddess "& her Nymphs on the Hunt" Diana |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | SHAKESPEARE $200: I'm going over this guy's monologue for an audition... "To be, or not to be", OK... "bare bodkin"... "mortal coil"... I totally got this! Hamlet |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | POP MUSIC $400: In a 2018 release, Childish Gambino told us in this song, "Don't catch you slippin' now, look what I'm whippin' now" "This Is America" |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | JOHNNY GILBERT SPEAKS THE MOVIE LINE $900: "I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her" Notting Hill |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | MASCOTS $1500: Born in 1965, this mascot also goes by Poppin' Fresh & when you poke his belly, says, "Hoo hoo" the Pillsbury Doughboy |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | JOHNNY GILBERT SPEAKS THE MOVIE LINE $1500: "I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it" On the Waterfront |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | BRAIN SURGEON'S TERMINOLOGY $2,000 (Daily Double): This adjective is the "M" in an MRI diagnostic test, so do take your keys & your lucky coin out of your pockets magnetic |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | IDINA MENZEL ACTS & SINGS $400: (Idina Menzel presents the clue.) I know all of you parents out there either love me or hate me for it, but I'm thankful this song from "Frozen" has such a lasting, resonating effect on people "Let It Go" |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | CLASSIC SITCOMS BY EPISODE TITLE $1000: "Patient 4077" M*A*S*H |
| #8716, aired 2022-10-10 | SPORTY BOOKS $800: (I'm Roger Bennett.) My new book, "Gods of Soccer", celebrates 100 stars of the game, like Lionel Messi, Pelé & this American who won 2 World Cups, 2 Olympic gold medals & scored 158 goals in international play (Mia) Hamm |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | 21 OR UNDER $200: Including the pole vault & hurdles, the athletic contest known as the decathlon comprises this many track & field events 10 |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | AMERICANA $300: Seen here is this famous Wyoming landmark named for its regular eruptions Old Faithful |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | ANCIENT ROME $1000: In the 70s B.C. this gladiator led a slave revolt; Kirk Douglas played him on film Spartacus |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | 2-LETTER SPELLING BEE $2000: Mystic mantra O-M |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | RECENT LITERARY BIOGRAPHY $5,000 (Daily Double): 2022 brings the 150th b'day of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar & a bio calling him this creature that "sings" in his famous line the caged bird |
| #8713, aired 2022-10-05 | FIRST EPISODES $1000: Chidi's character is established pretty fast on this comedy--"I'm in a perfect utopia &... I have a stomachache" The Good Place |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | WAIT JUST A MINERAL! $1600: As an art supply, pixie dust is often flakes of this shiny 4-letter type of mineral mica |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | 20th CENTURY POP MUSIC $800: Survivor had a No. 1 hit in 1982 with this song, the theme from "Rocky III" "Eye Of The Tiger" |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | PLANE TALK $3,000 (Daily Double): Great flying weather with no major clouds or haze is CAVU, "ceiling and" this "unlimited" visibility |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $400: The "R" in RSVP stands for "repondez", while the last 3 letters stand for this, French for "if you please" s'il vous plait |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | HELPFUL INTERNET ACRONYMS $500 (Daily Double): ICYMI:
You clearly have been living under some sort of rock, so let me catch you up on this tantalizing factoid in case you missed it |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | COMEDY ATLAS $500: The hungry i in North Beach in this California city helped begin the tradition of a red brick wall behind the comic San Francisco |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | AUSTIN TENDS BAR $1200: (Austin has a clear drink in a glass at his bar.) I'm a bartender, not a fancy-schmancy mixologist; I like pouring beer, whiskey & drinks with their ingredients in their names, like this classic combo juniper-berry liquor & carbonated water infused with quinine a gin and tonic |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | AUSTIN TENDS BAR $1500: (Austin holds a small glass at his bar.) I don't mind you bending my ear like Joe the bartender in a Sinatra classic, & I'll make this title drink, but it's 2022 & I'm not gonna pour you "one more for the road" One for My Baby |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | SUPERNATURAL STORIES $1000: Anne Rice had this guy introduce himself directly in line one; "I am the vampire" him. "I'm immortal. More or less" Lestat |
| #8709, aired 2022-09-29 | READING RAINBOW $2,000 (Daily Double): In this novel little Pearl tells her mom "The sunshine does not love you... because it is afraid of something on your bosom" The Scarlet Letter |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $600: Gridded number puzzles include Sudoku & this one that requires math & whose trademarked name I'm partial to KenKen |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | FRIENDS $200: Matthew Perry has said he got this character's "Could it be?" catchphrase from 2 brothers he knew as a kid Chandler |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | DIONNE WARWICK $100: Talent runs in the family; here's Dionne with this 1st cousin whom Dionne said had "a voice like none other" Whitney Houston |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | FASHION WITH BUZZY COHEN $900: (Buzzy Cohen delivers the clue.) Popular for both men & women, a closed shoe with a wide strap & a big buckle on the side is named for this religious job; since I'm twice as fashionable as most, I'm sporting the kind with a double strap a monk strap shoe |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | APOLOGIES $900: In this William Goldman book, Miracle Max says to Inigo Montoya & Fezzik, "I'm sorry... take your corpse with you" The Princess Bride |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | "AB"s WORKOUT $1,500 (Daily Double): This synonym for a deep chasm comes from a Greek word for "bottomless" abyss |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | APOLOGIES $3,000 (Daily Double): In a movie, Cynthia Nixon played this woman called the Belle of Amherst & known for poems like "I'm Sorry for the Dead--Today" Emily Dickinson |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | YIDDISHISMS $800: It's hot--I'm schvitzing, doing this sweating |
| #8703, aired 2022-09-21 | IF IT QUACKS LIKE A DOC $400: Somniloquy is talking while doing this, & while I'm not a doctor like you, I don't think it requires an EEG sleeping |
| #8703, aired 2022-09-21 | IF IT QUACKS LIKE A DOC $1000: It's true my eructation has lasted more than 4 hours, but it only means I'm doing this; I did have a lot of beer & soda belching |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | BEFORE & AFTER PEOPLE $1200: "Karma Chameleon" singer who turned down an Oscar for his performance in "Patton" Boy George C. Scott |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | JACK $1200: Jack London set "The Call of the Wild" during the 1890s gold rush in this Canadian region where he tried to strike it rich the Klondike |
| #8700, aired 2022-09-16 | EXPLORERS $3,000 (Daily Double): A statue on the grounds of Minnesota's state capitol honors this Viking, who reached North America around 1000 Leif Erikson |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | LETTER-PERFECT BOOKS $200: John Sack's 1967 book "M" follows the soldiers of M company during this war the Vietnam War |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | CONS $2000: Mythcon 19 in 1988 had as a guest of honor this "Always Coming Home" fantasy author & was held in Berkeley, her birthplace Ursula Le Guin |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT SONG? $800: Dolly Parton:
"I'm begging of you, please don't take my man" "Jolene" |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | PLANT PARTS $2,000 (Daily Double): The business part of this plant, Dionaea muscipula, consists of 2 hinged lobes triggered by hair-like sensors a Venus flytrap |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | A PRISONER OF YOUR OWN DEVICE $200: I've lost hours on this site, the "leading destination for short-term mobile video"; fittingly, Kesha is a creator TikTok |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | "B.C." $800: In 1921 at age 16 Clara Bow won one of these, winning a part in a Hollywood movie a beauty contest |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | THE TV TITLE CHARACTER SPEAKS $1000: This physician: "I need 36 vicodin & change for a dollar" House (M.D.) |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | BOOKS OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA $4,000 (Daily Double): In addition to fiction portraying herself & her sisters, she penned "Hospital Sketches" from her time as a Civil War nurse Louisa May Alcott |
| #8689, aired 2022-07-21 | NAME THAT HITMAKER $1200: "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" & "Positions" Ariana Grande |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | THE TITLE THAT COMPLETES THE RHYME $400: "And I'm just like oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh you need to just stop like can you just not step on my gown?" "You Need To Calm Down" |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | CARTOON THEME SONG LYRICS $200: "I'm strong to the finich, cause I eats me spinach" is sung by this hero Popeye |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | AMERICANA $2000: One of New York City's oldest streets, the Bowery once led to the farm of this last Dutch colonial governor (Peter) Stuyvesant |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | PLAYS & PLAYWRITING $2,000 (Daily Double): The courtroom drama "Night of January 16th" by Ayn Rand needs exactly this many people to be selected from the audience 12 |
| #8681, aired 2022-07-11 | CHEERY-"O" $600: Cheers to the NCAA Final Four, where the MVP is called the "M.O.P.", with the "O" short for this outstanding |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | WEATHER WORDS $200: Johnny Mercer wrote the lyric "I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you, come" these 2 opposites rain & shine |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | BABY, DON'T HURT ME $1200: You know I'm trying to consolidate Asia in this board game, yet you invade from Kamchatka to Mongolia; not cool, baby Risk |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | THE COLD WAR ERA $2000: Abbreviated M.A.D., this theory deterred the use of nuclear weapons by suggesting there would be no winners mutually assured destruction |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | 4-LETTER ACRONYMS $2000: The M-I is for "musical instrument" in this acronym, the standard that connects instruments with computers MIDI |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | MOVIE MAGIC & WIZARDRY $400: At age 78, Ian McKellen said this character "is over 7,000 years old, so I'm not too old" Gandalf |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | BILLBOARD NO. 1 LYRICS $800: 2017:
"I'm in love with your body, every day discovering something brand new" "Shape Of You" |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | LITERARY DOCTORS $800: Hugh Lofting created this animal-loving M.D. during World War I in letters to his children from the front Doctor Dolittle |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | U.S. CITIES $1000: Named for a V.P. from Indiana, this Alaska city is home to the Goldpanners, who play an annual Midnight Sun Game at 10 P.M. Fairbanks |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | WITH YOUR BEST "SHOT" $400: You'll know I'm a hoot after this sound heard here
[Accented snare drumbeat plays] a rimshot |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | HIT ME $1600: "I'm A Believer", 1966 The Monkees |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | TAKING STOCK SYMBOL $200: CMG is this Mexican grill, &... what? Guac is extra? That's the first I'm hearing of that Chipotle |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | "M.R.", AYE! $400: This display of colossal presidents was dedicated in 1927 Mount Rushmore |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | "M.R.", AYE! $800: Cooking to about 135 degrees gets your T-bone done this way medium rare |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | "M.R.", AYE! $1200: During World War II, Winston Churchill planned strategy in this aptly named space; you can still visit it the Map Room |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | "M.R.", AYE! $1600: It flows about 1,100 miles through Canada, emptying into the Beaufort Sea the Mackenzie River |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | "M.R.", AYE! $2000: This French composer created many of his works as parts of ballets (Maurice) Ravel |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | SADJECTIVES $1200: "M" is for mood, & a gloomy one at that; "Come to me" in a 1912 song, "My" this "Baby" melancholy |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | SADJECTIVES $2,000 (Daily Double): Insert an M into a word meaning abstinent from alcohol & you have this adjective meaning grave in mood somber |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | SUCH A PEASANT LIFE $1200: You might think I'm revolting, but I swear I did not join Wat Tyler's peasant revolt that stormed this fortress on June 14, 1381 the Tower of London |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | SCI-FI CHARACTERS $2000: Walter M. Miller Jr. won a Hugo Award for penning "A Canticle for" this saint Saint Isaac Leibowitz |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | PLACES IN THE USA $400: The world's largest stand of ponderosa pines is near Flagstaff in Coconino National Forest in this state Arizona |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | GETTING "W-R-M" $400: A heavy dairy product beaten until it's stiff whipped cream |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | GETTING "W-R-M" $800: A memorable line from "Dr. Strangelove": "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the ____ ____" the war room |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | GETTING "W-R-M" $1200: Type of glasses favored by John Lennon & the farmer in "American Gothic" wire-rimmed |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | GETTING "W-R-M" $1600: It's another name for tungsten wolfram |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | GETTING "W-R-M" $2000: The shape of an electromagnetic emission or of a gnarly breaker a waveform |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | ROCK DOCS $1200: "I'm just a sucker with no self-esteem" sang Dexter Holland, a molecular biology PhD who's the lead singer of this band The Offspring |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | U.S. DATES $200: On this date each year moments of silence are observed in New York City at 8:46 & 9:03 A.M. September 11th |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | WHERE AM I? $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) I'm at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, one of dozens of institutions, monuments & memorials along this promenade & green area that extends from the U.S. Capitol to the Potomac the (National) Mall |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | WHERE AM I? $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) I’m here on board the fire boat John S. Damrell helping protect this city’s harbor south of Winthrop & north of Quincy Boston |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | WHERE AM I? $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) I’m training for the worst, at the Texas A&M Extension Service in this city named for its railroad connections College Station |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | WHERE AM I? $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) I’m in this area of San Francisco that served as an Army base for Spain, Mexico & the United States before switching to civilian use in 1994 the Presidio |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | THE SHIRT OFF OUR BACK $1000: Maude Adams' look in a 1905 Broadway production of a J.M. Barrie work popularized this flat collar on shirts Peter Pan |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | WHERE AM I? $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) I’m at the Wright Brothers National Memorial near Kitty Hawk, perhaps the most historically important spot in the 200-mile chain of islands off North Carolina the Outer Banks |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | THE CABINET $600: Though it doesn't have a secretary, the O.M.B. is a cabinet-level agency that writes this "B" for the president budget |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | TEXTING ABBREV. $800: Talk to you tomorrow--I'm "OTB", this off to bed |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | WAR GODS $1200: M-O-double R-I-G-A-N spells Morrigan, a Celtic war goddess who turned into this ominous black bird a raven (a crow) |
| #8655, aired 2022-06-03 | "M" PATHS $400: A 4,700-mile cycling path from Cadiz through Athens to Cyprus is called this route, from the body of water it runs along the Mediterranean Route |
| #8655, aired 2022-06-03 | "M" PATHS $800: Type of institution that has a "Row" in Garden City on Long Island, including one about firefighting & a children's one museums |
| #8655, aired 2022-06-03 | "M" PATHS $1600: In 2020 more than 2 miles of this iconic San Francisco street were permanently closed to automobile traffic Market Street |
| #8655, aired 2022-06-03 | "M" PATHS $2000: A 211-mile trail named for this naturalist winds through the Sierra Nevada from Yosemite to Mount Whitney (John) Muir |
| #8655, aired 2022-06-03 | "M" PATHS $3,000 (Daily Double): This almost 200-mile trail named for a famous line runs through Pennsylvania, Maryland & Delaware the Mason-Dixon |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | DR. MITTENS, CAT OBSTETRICIAN $800: In the third stage of labor, this will emerge; Dr. M. prefers this plain English compound word to the fancy Latin "placenta" afterbirth |
| #8651, aired 2022-05-30 | 18th CENTURY CULTURE CLUB $1200: "M" is for this popular dance of the century involving graceful bows & dainty steps a minuet |
| #8650, aired 2022-05-27 | THEY SANG SUPER SEXY '70s LYRICS $400: With Wings: "My love does it good, wo wo wo wo, wo wo wo wo" Paul McCartney |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES $1000: "Thanks to a Glitch, Some Seattle Mazda Drivers Can't Tune Their Radios Away From" NPR, so at 7 A.M., it's this show or nothing Morning Edition |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | U.S. GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Reflecting the name of Istanbul's harbor, c. 1846 the strait connecting this U.S. bay to the ocean was dubbed "Chrysopylae" the San Francisco Bay |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | FACE THE MUSIC $800: This late comic is the Andy of R.E.M.'s hit "Man On The Moon" Andy Kaufman |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | OPERA $400: After this character learns her lover has married another, she commits seppuku using the same knife her father had used to kill himself Madame Butterfly |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | BEVERAGES $400: It's the beverage most associated with Dad's & Hires root beer |
| #8636, aired 2022-05-09 | COLORFUL ALBUMS $800: This Elton John double album is full of great songs, including the original "Candle In The Wind" Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | CROSS THAT BRIDGE $2,000 (Daily Double): You'll have to wait to cross the Forbes Ave. bridge in this city; it collapsed in 2022 just before a presidential visit about infrastructure Pittsburgh |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | I CREATED THAT FICTIONAL PLACE! $2000: Erewhon, in an 1872 satire Samuel Butler |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | EASY LISTENING $400: In 1977 Lionel Richie & this group sang, "That's why I'm easy, I'm easy like Sunday morning" the Commodores |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | THE ACTOR REALLY SAVES THE DAY! $1000: "Are you famous?" asked the kid he rescued from a flipped car near his Malibu home; "Yeah, I'm a doctor"; how McDreamy! Patrick Dempsey |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | MIAMI NEWS CLUES $200: (I'm Nicole Perez.) 17-0 was Super Bowl terrific in 1973, & all Miami was cheering as the Dolphins became the first & only NFL team in history to have a perfect winning season, led by this coach who has the most NFL wins all time Don Shula |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | MIAMI NEWS CLUES $400: (I'm Louis Aguirre.) The 1980s TV show "Miami Vice" changed the reputation of the city to one of chicness & glitz & made Florida a more desired film & TV location; these two actors, playing Crockett & Tubbs, added to the scenery Don Johnson & Philip Michael Thomas |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | MIAMI NEWS CLUES $600: (I'm Jenise Fernandez.) Hitting South Florida in 1992 with 165-mile-per-hour winds, destroying around 25,000 homes, taking 44 lives, & causing more than $25 billion in damage, it made news as the then most expensive Atlantic hurricane in history Hurricane Andrew |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | MIAMI NEWS CLUES $800: (I'm Calvin Hughes.) In 1990 deposed Central American dictator Manuel Noriega was brought to Miami to face a host of charges including racketeering, money laundering & drug trafficking while running this nation Panama |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | MIAMI NEWS CLUES $1000: (I'm Kristi Krueger.) A Miami custody battle became national news in 2000 with a struggle to keep this young boy in America; a raid by federal agents settled the issue by taking the boy & returning him to his Cuban father Elián González |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | STATES' MOST POPULOUS CITIES $400: I'm goin' to this biggest city in Mississippi, I'm gonna mess around Jackson |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | FUN WITH COOKING TERMS $2000: This French term for a ball of meat or potato fried crisp begins with a type of lawn game croquette |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | BALLET & OPERA $1600: An opera with hitmen? I'm in! This Verdi title jester wants revenge on the Duke of Mantua & hires Sparafucile to kill him Rigoletto |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | BALLET & OPERA $5,000 (Daily Double): M-m-m-my Verona! On February 9, 1965 Nureyev & Fonteyn danced this ever-doomed couple in London Romeo & Juliet |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | FINISH THE OLD PROVERB $600: "No one can have a mouth full of" this baking essential "& also blow on a fire" flour |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | TV SHOWS BY SETTING $1200: St. Bonaventure Hospital, where Dr. Shaun Murphy works The Good Doctor |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | ____, ____ & ____ $4,000 (Daily Double): These items were tolled, closed & extinguished in an old Catholic ceremony bell, book & candle |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | LET'S PLAY OLD-TIME PRIVATE EYE $600: The dame had gams for days, from here to this planet visited by the Galileo orbiter & probe in December 1995 Jupiter |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | PICTURE THE SONG $600: A familiar spiritual that was a No. 1 hit in the 1950s "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | WHINE $400: This tormented Shakespeare title character moans, "O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I" the Hamlet |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL $400: Equalization of pressure in the ear, perhaps with the Frenzel maneuver, is key to this acronymic activity scuba diving |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MINERAL $400: While a mole is an insectivore, a vole belongs to this order Rodentia |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | FIRSTS $2,000 (Daily Double): On Oct. 13, 1983 the first call on a commercial cell phone was made to a grandson of this inventor Alexander Graham Bell |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | BIBLICAL DEVOTIONS $5,000 (Daily Double): "Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it" is from the 8th chapter of this biblical book the Song of Solomon |
| #8623, aired 2022-04-20 | ACTORS, INITIALLY $1000: J.L.M.,
a cop on "Law & Order" & "The Flash" Jesse L. Martin |
| #8623, aired 2022-04-20 | NOT TOO "SEX"Y FOR YOU $1600: Lots of smart people in this Massachusetts county, home to M.I.T. & Tufts Middlesex County |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | I SEE YOU THERE! $800: It's dark, but I'm pretty sure that's you inside one of these naturally occurring volcanic tubes a lava tube |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | "ICU" THERE! $3,000 (Daily Double): In a friendly legal term, it precedes "brief" an amicus curiae |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | SAINTLY SPOTS $1600: With a population of 109,000, it's 4 times the size of any other city in Newfoundland St. John's |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | MUSIC FROM THE NECK UP $800: "Heaven, I'm in heaven... when we're out together dancing" this way cheek to cheek |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | NUMBER WORDS $1600: This slang number for a certain crop is thought to date to a San Rafael, California high school in the early 1970s 420 |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | HOUSEHOLD INITIALS $600: M.T.:
Removal of it "under penalty of law" does not apply to the consumer mattress tag |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AT THE MOVIES $1000: "Beavis & Butt-Head" creator Mike Judge wrote & directed this 1999 workplace comedy Office Space |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | HOUSEHOLD INITIALS $1000: M.R.:
It's a vestibule where you take off wet clothes the mud room |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AROUND THE USA $1200: Incredible homes like Marble House, an imitation of Versailles, meant to be a temple of the arts, are in this Rhode Island city Newport |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | BALLPARK $600: The Yankees have spring training in Tampa at GMS Field, GMS being the initials of this longtime owner (George) Steinbrenner |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | QUOTE-POURRI $2000: "Only Connect" is from this E.M. Forster novel about a country house Howards End |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | MADJECTIVES $400: I'm really this; add a letter to the end & I become an aromatic sprinkled in cocktails bitter |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | HISTORIC NAMES $1200: Its wealthy newspaperman owner called this estate La Cuesta Encantada, "The Enchanted Hill" Hearst Castle |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | BUSINESS NAME ORIGINS $600: This music company was named after its founders Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss A&M Records |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | COMPOSERS $800: Paintings by Monet & J.M.W. Turner inspired this composer's orchestral masterpiece "La Mer" Debussy |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | THE VERB IN THE NOVEL TITLE $2000: 1934:
James M. Cain's title mentions a very determined mail delivery guy rings |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | TV SHOWS' FIRST EPISODES $400: "12:00 A.M.-1:00 A.M." (2001) 24 |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $2000: From a 2013 Supreme Court argument--Justice: You want us to create a gray area; Professor: The opposite, I'm asking you to draw this draw a bright line |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | POP MUSIC PHILLY-STYLE $600: "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper" was a 1988 album by this Philly duo, one of whom soon famously went to Hollywood Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince) |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | SCIENTIFIC INITIALS $800: M.C.
(born M.S.),
a 2-time Nobel winner Marie Curie |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | 3 LETTERS IN A ROW ALPHABETICALLY $2000: He led the Greeks against Troy Agamemnon |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | ARTHROPODCAST $600: The false this lacks the tail of the real thing and I'm fine with that a scorpion |
| #8599, aired 2022-03-17 | CHEMICAL PEOPLE $2,100 (Daily Double): Danish chemist Henrik Dam named this vitamin for its aid in coagulation, a word spelled differently in Denmark K |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | CELEBRITY "M.D."s $400: Before trying to make water on Mars in "The Martian", this actor co-created water.org to provide it on Earth Matt Damon |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | CELEBRITY "M.D."s $800: In 2021, he received his third consecutive Emmy nomination for "The Kominsky Method" Michael Douglas |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | CAN I MAKE YOU A DRINK? $800: When my inner Samantha calls for a virgin Cosmopolitan, I'm left with a tart mix of lime & this other juice cranberry |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | CELEBRITY "M.D."s $1200: In his first TV series starring role, he played Secret Service agent Ethan Burke, looking for 2 missing agents in "Wayward Pines" Matt Dillon |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | CELEBRITY "M.D."s $1600: In recent years this British actress starred on TV in "Speechless" & as Lorraine Finster on the revival of "Will & Grace" Minnie Driver |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | ONLINE & TEXTING ABBREV. $2000: eli5 is shorthand for this expression, so use small words to clarify explain it to me like I'm 5 |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | CELEBRITY "M.D."s $2000: Seen here, this actress was the longtime lover of William Randolph Hearst Marion Davies |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | 6-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS $2000: 3 A's are the only vowels in the name of this capital of Eritrea Asmara |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | 6-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS $2,500 (Daily Double): This European city is alphabetically last among world capitals Zagreb |
| #8594, aired 2022-03-10 | VACCINES $400: Prior to the vaccine, 3 to 4 million people a year in the U.S. got this disease also called rubeola measles |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | IN RECENT NEWS $800: In 2021 Magdalena Andersson became the 1st female P.M. of this nation, quit after a few hours, then reclaimed the job days later Sweden |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | LITERARY CHARACTER SPOILERS $1,400 (Daily Double): She is promised to Robert Canler, but the man also called Lord Greystoke asks, "If you were free, would you marry me?" Yep! in a later book Jane (Porter) |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | OCEANS $600 (Daily Double): These islands off Florida have ocean cliffs a mile deep--don't know about that theory that the name is from Spanish for "shallow sea" the Bahamas |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | FIRST & LAST ALPHABETICALLY $2,000 (Daily Double): Argon,
xenon the noble gases |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | DETROIT: NEWS CLUES $200: (I'm Kimberly Gill.) Detroit was often the last stop before freedom on this network, & the Second Baptist Church, still a vibrant house of worship, was an important station the Underground Railroad |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | DETROIT: NEWS CLUES $400: (I'm Rhonda Walker.) Speaking in Tiger Stadium in 1990, four months after his release from prison, this man quoted Marvin Gaye, "Brother, brother, there's far too many of you dying" Nelson Mandela |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | DETROIT: NEWS CLUES $600: (I'm Devin Scillian.) On October 3, 1997, the International Hockey League's Detroit Vipers welcomed a new teammate playing in his sixth decade; this 69-year-old ex-Red Wing, Alex Trebek's hero, took a 46-second shift in his very last pro game Gordie Howe |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | DETROIT: NEWS CLUES $800: (I'm Evrod Cassimy.) After GM's president told Detroit car executives, "We must outbuild Hitler", Ford's Willow Run plant churned out the B-24 Liberator, a 4-engine this type of warplane at an unbelievable rate of one per hour a bomber |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | DETROIT: NEWS CLUES $1000: (I'm Kimberly Gill.) December 10, 2014 was a bright day in a long saga as Detroit officially exited the largest municipal one of these in the history of the United States, & emergency manager Kevyn Orr's resignation took effect a bankruptcy |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | FITS & STARTS $200: Forrest Mars Sr. made a sweet start selling these candies in 1941 M&Ms |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | "M"EDICINE $400: The American Cancer Society recommends this screening yearly for women aged 45 to 54 a mammogram |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | "M"EDICINE $800: Required vaccines before entering college may include a menACWY, to protect against this meningitis |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | FITS & STARTS $800: A green flag at 12:47 P.M. on May 30 signaled the start of the 2021 running of this race the Indianapolis 500 |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | "M"EDICINE $1600: Multiple sclerosis attacks this sheath around nerve fibers, affecting movement & sensation myelin sheath |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | "M"EDICINE $2000: As the fellow here was king of Spain, you would keep quiet about the underbite, a class III "this" mandibular misalignment malocclusion |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | "M"EDICINE $3,000 (Daily Double): The primary type of this is without aura & may include sensitivity to light migraine |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | TV SHOWS BY FINAL EPISODE $800: Luring over 100 million viewers in 1983: "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" M*A*S*H |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 1905 5th GRADER? $800: Geography:
It's the largest state in the union by area Texas |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | TWEETS $800: The name of this bird is a synonym for singer; the yellow one has a song that sounds like "sweet, sweet, sweet, I'm so sweet" a warbler |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | SCARY STORIES $1600: In a classic tale by M.R. James, a man is cursed when he's given a slip of paper written with these Old Nordic letters runes |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | LYRICS TO REMEMBER $1200: DJ Khaled & this man:
"Cops pullin' up like I'm givin' drugs out, nah, nah, I'm a popstar, not a doctor" Drake |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | ARTISTS ON THE MOVE $1000: Landscape painter J.M.W. Turner based the painting seen here on a visit he made to this city Venice |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | THE LANDING $200: He hadn't slept in 55 hours when he alit at Le Bourget Aerodrome at 10:22 P.M. on May 21,1927 Lindbergh |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | A DAY AT THE SORBONNE $1000: I just call it a folder, but when my French friend uses this 7-letter word, I feel like I'm in a spy movie a dossier |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | VERBS $2000: From Latin for "wave", it means to move in waves or ripples undulate |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | ESPN $1000: (Michael Eaves delivers the clue.) ESPN has brought you the UFC since 2019 & we cover it all, including this pre-fight confrontation that's now an essential part of MMA, but became popular around 1930 at boxing weigh-ins with fighters like Jack Sharkey the stare-down |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | FROM "M" TO "Y" $400: Boring sameness monotony |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | FROM "M" TO "Y" $800: Not optional--totally compulsory mandatory |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | FROM "M" TO "Y" $1200: This tree produces a reddish brown wood mahogany |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | THAT'S SHOW BIZ $1200: This 1-named rapper:
"Take this advice that I'm givin', make a difference, make a killin', make a killin', Lord willin"' Logic |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | WHITHER THE WEATHER? $1200: I'm sick of the same weather again, the result of a stationary one of these where neither of the adjoining air masses can move a front |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | FROM "M" TO "Y" $1600: The butterfly camouflaging itself to look like a brown leaf is an example of this phenomenon mimicry |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | FROM "M" TO "Y" $2000: Society where success is based on ability & talent meritocracy |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | RECENT NEWS $600: In 2021 this Canadian P.M. called a snap election; he held onto power but fell short of his goal of a majority government Trudeau |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | COOKING WITH DAVID CHANG $800: (David Chang delivers the clue.) For convenience, I'm a big fan of the microwave & the most basic thing you can make for dinner or a late-night snack is a baked potato; poke a few holes in this most common brown variety & cook about five minutes on each side a russet potato |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | 10-LETTER WORDS $2000: This adjective for a defective argument begins with one of the 4 seasons fallacious |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | COMMERCIAL SLOGANS $200: "I'm lovin' it" at this global chain McDonald's |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $600: It's the eponymous title of the 1988 collection of early hits by R.E.M. on I.R.S. Records Eponymous |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | JOHNNY GILBERT READS LYRICS FROM THE HEART $1200: "Life was a willow & it bent right to your wind (oh)... I'm begging for you to take my hand, wreck my plans, that's my man" Taylor Swift |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | JOHNNY GILBERT READS LYRICS FROM THE HEART $1600: "I get the joy of rediscovering you, oh girl, you stand by me, I'm forever yours... faithfully", then some whoa oh ohs Journey |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | I'M TOO SEXY: A LYRICAL POTPOURRI $200: ... for my this, be it t-, guayabera or flannel; so sexy it hurts my shirt |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | I'M TOO SEXY: A LYRICAL POTPOURRI $400: ...for your this, which we can only assume is a choice of Know-Nothing, Likud or Bull Moose (a political) party |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | I'M TOO SEXY: A LYRICAL POTPOURRI $600: ... for this northern Italian city & fashion capital, site of Sforzesco Castle Milan |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | I'M TOO SEXY: A LYRICAL POTPOURRI $800: ... for this animal "Who Walks Through Walls" in a Robert A. Heinlein title a cat |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | I'M TOO SEXY: A LYRICAL POTPOURRI $1000: ... for this island nation whose largest freshwater lake is the 260-square-mile Biwa Japan |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | OR TAKE THE "M" CATS $400: The puma of north & South America is also known as the cougar, the panther, & this 2-word name a mountain lion |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | OR TAKE THE "M" CATS $800: A recently created breed of small cat bears this name from "The Wizard of Oz" a munchkin |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | OR TAKE THE "M" CATS $1200: It's the stately breed of long-haired domesticat seen here a Maine coon |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | OR TAKE THE "M" CATS $1600: Tradition says this tailless cat originated on an island in the Irish Sea a Manx cat |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | OR TAKE THE "M" CATS $2000: Seen here, this lovely little cat is often referred to as a miniature version of the big cat called the clouded leopard the marbled cat |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | TIME FOR LAW SCHOOL $2000: To take your case all the way to the Supreme Court, the main method is to ask the justices to grant a writ of this Latin word certiorari |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | MEDIEVAL LIFE $2000: This medical practice generated a vacuum above the skin that was supposed to draw out "vicious humors" cupping |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | THE ELEMENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This element makes up about 25% of the mass in your average star helium |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | SKIP CLASS $600: Skippy is a brand of this, available in Creamy & Super Chunk peanut butter |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | FUN WITH FLAGS $1,500 (Daily Double): That's the St. Andrew's Cross in reversed colors on the flag of this Canadian province Nova Scotia |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $400: I'm going to get a taste of your profits--not a lot, just to do this, as in the photo here wet my beak |
| #8568, aired 2022-02-02 | "AD" IT UP $800: It's what the "A" stands for in an A.R.M. for home buyers adjustable |
| #8568, aired 2022-02-02 | SONGS ON MY PLAY LIST $1200: The Drifters sang, "I can play this here guitar & I won't quit till I'm a star" here, the song's title "On Broadway" |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | ON THE "M"AP $400: The Aegean Sea is an arm of this one the Mediterranean |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | ON THE "M"AP $800: The name of France's national anthem honors this French port Marseille |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | ON THE "M"AP $1200: Here's the iconic Rajabai Clock Tower in this Indian city Mumbai |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | ON THE "M"AP $1600: Going to Timbuktu? Book passage to this country in which it lies Mali |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | ON THE "M"AP $5,600 (Daily Double): Known for coffee before 1917, this Venezuelan port city struck oil & became a big deal Maracaibo |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | LINE $2000: "I'm concerned about the relationship between Father Flynn & your son" Doubt |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | ONE-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES $4,000 (Daily Double): Evasive or shy, like the mistress in an Andrew Marvell poem coy |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | ALWAYS BROADWAY $600: In 2017 Broadway met its matchmaker when she was "divine" as the title star of "Hello, Dolly!" Bette Midler |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | '90s R&B & HIP-HOP $1000: "I'm kinda buzzed & it's all because" of this Montell Jordan No. 1 R&B hit; we also learned "South Central does it like nobody does" "This Is How We Do It" |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | WORLD LEADERS $200: In 2020 this P.M. credited the U.K.'s National Health Service for saving his life after he spent time in the ICU battling COVID Boris Johnson |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | CORRECT THAT NUMBER $800: Slang for being absolutely truthful: I'm "keeping it" 7,322 100 |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | SOME TRAVELIN' MUSIC, PLEASE $1200: This 3-word refrain is the title of the Carter family tune remade as that "Cups" song--"& I'm leaving tomorrow, what do you say" "When I'm Gone" |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | IT'LL BE MY TWEET $200: At exactly 3 a.m. London time on October 28, 2021, an unofficial account of this landmark let us know, "bong bong bong" Big Ben |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | MOVIES BY QUOTE $400: 2013:
"Look at me. Look at me. I'm the captain now" Captain Phillips |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | ANNIVERSARIES $1000: At 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2021, a moment of silence marked the 10th anniversary of this Japanese disaster Fukushima |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | MOVIES BY QUOTE $1000: 2008:
"I know who I am! I'm a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude!" Tropic Thunder |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | MY SINGLE JUST DROPPED $200: This violet-eyed "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" actress left the single life in 1950, & 1952, 1957, 1959, 1964, 1975, 1976 & 1991 (Elizabeth) Taylor |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | RECENT POP CULTURE $400: It's the 3-letter title of the M. Night Shyamalan movie about people aging with terrifying speed Old |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | GIVING YOU THE THIRD DEGREE $4,500 (Daily Double): One country & parts of 2 others share this third-largest island Borneo |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | I'LL "PUNCH" YOU $600: It's what you say now & is even on the car company's website; striking another contestant not required Punch Buggy |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | PLACE YOUR FAST FOOD ORDER $600: A Meatball Marinara footlong & an Italian B.M.T. Melt Subway |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUMS IN 2021 $800: This R&B w.o.m.a.n. was far from the "Back of My Mind" & close to the top of the chart H.E.R. |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE $600: For 2002 she helped "Get The Party Started" with her hit of the same name
"I'm comin' up so you better get this party started /
I'm comin' up, I'm comin'..." P!nk |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | I AM WOMAN $1,000 (Daily Double): Taking her nickname from a baseball slugger, she was named the Greatest Female Athlete of the first half of the 20th century "Babe" Didrikson |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | NEW ORLEANS: NEWS CLUES $200: (Hi, I'm Kim Holden.) The 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans featured this NASA Space Shuttle that was originally the "Constitution" but later was named for a famous fictional starship Enterprise |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | NEW ORLEANS: NEWS CLUES $400: (Hi, I'm Meg Gatto.) A 2020 Grammy tribute to essential workers, "United We Sing", saw this crooner & daughter Georgia celebrate heroes around the country, including, of course, the Crescent City Harry Connick Jr. |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | NEW ORLEANS: NEWS CLUES $600: (Hi, I'm Liz Reyes.) With a menu that's had minimal changes since 1862, the Cafe du Monde in the French Quarter serves up these fried donuts, unless it's Christmas or if a hurricane passes too close beignets |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | STOCKS, SYMBOLICALLY $800: CMCSA:
your technician will arrive between 7 A.M. & 11 P.M. (We kid, there's a 2-hour window) Comcast |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | NEW ORLEANS: NEWS CLUES $800: (Hi, I'm Lee Zurik.) Holding the title of longest continuous bridge over water in the world, the 23-mile Causeway over this lake finds drivers losing sight of land Lake Pontchartrain |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | NEW ORLEANS: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Hi, I'm Kelsey Davis.) In 2007, this man who took his name from a "Brady Bunch" kid became the first Indian-American governor in Louisiana & in American history (Bobby) Jindal |
| #8535, aired 2021-12-17 | MATH, PROFESSORS $1000: In a set of data, the median is the middle point, the mean is the average & this other "M" is the number that occurs most often mode |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | SUCCULENTS $1000: Belying their name, these succulents often used as ground cover are native to Africa ice plants |
| #8531, aired 2021-12-13 | MODERN SHORTHAND $600: A text-driven computer RPG can be conducted in a virtual domain called an M.U.D., or multi-user this dungeon |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | TEXTING SHORTHAND $200: Too funny!
LMSO,
I'm "laughing" these garments "off" socks |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | BIG MOVIE ON CAMPUS $400: M.I.T.'s domed Maclaurin Building is where this actor works as a janitor in a 1997 film (Matt) Damon |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | YACHT ROCK SAILS AGAIN $600: M is for moonlight, as in "Moonlight Feels Right" by Starbuck, as well as this xylophone with an unexpected--& amazing!--solo a marimba |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | TEXTING SHORTHAND $600: .02,
this amount of opinion I'm sharing two cents |
| #8528, aired 2021-12-08 | "ENNIAL" RESPONSE WILL DO $1600: It's a city in Colorado, 15 miles southeast of Denver Centennial |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | NAME THE MUSICAL $400: "I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry, and I'm not throwin' away my shot" Hamilton |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | I'VE GOT A THEORY $1200: Brønsted-Lowry says any compound that transfers a proton to another compound is an acid; the one taking on a proton is a this a base |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | RUSSIAN HISTORY & CULTURE $1,600 (Daily Double): In the early 1900s members of the faction that opposed Lenin were called these, meaning "one of the minority" the Mensheviks |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | NAME THE MUSICAL $2000: "I'm reporting live from Gander Airport where the 19th plane has just touched down" Come From Away |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | GIRL GROUPS $1600: "I'm So Excited" & "Neutron Dance" were hits for these siblings the Pointer Sisters |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES $4,000 (Daily Double): Mid-Atlantic city where you'll find the crypt of John Paul Jones Annapolis |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE ACTION MOVIE CHARACTER $200: "I'm a friend of Sarah Connor. I was told that she's here. Could I see her please?... Where is she?... I'll be back" the Terminator |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE ACTION MOVIE CHARACTER $400: "Oh, I'm very sorry, Hans... I figured since I waxed Tony & Marco & his friend here I figured you & Karl & Franco might be a little lonely" (John) McClane |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | TV $800: Set in Korea, it lasted 3 times as long as the war it depicted M*A*S*H |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | LATIN PHRASES $200: I'm so sorry! It's "through my own fault"! mea culpa |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | THE BODY HUMAN $800: The ciliary muscle changes the curvature of this eye part that determines how near or far we can see the lens |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | YOUR DESTINATION AWAITS $800: Why this city, you may ask? It has the Rock & Roll H.O.F. & the Great Lakes Science Center, & as far as I'm concerned, it rocks! Cleveland |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | INTO THE J*E*T STREAM $400: A member of the Society of Jesus the Jesuits |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $1000: Last name Smyers + Mooney, this country duo won 3 AMAs in 2020 Dan + Shay |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | LIKE A NATURALIZED WOMAN $2000: This South African-born woman got a one-way ticket to California from her mom, so her 2007 naturalization was kind of inevitable Charlize Theron |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | "M"EDICINE $400: Chloroquine can prevent this disease, but the best way is to avoid the mosquitos that carry it malaria |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | "M"EDICINE $800: Removal of the ovaries will cause a woman to go through this process prematurely menopause |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | "M"EDICINE $1200: A common knee injury is a tear in this crescent-shaped pad of cartilage located where the thighbone & the lower leg bone meet the meniscus |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | "M"EDICINE $1600: A muscle biopsy & electromyography are tests that can diagnose this group of genetic diseases, whether Becker or Duchenne muscular dystrophy |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | "M"EDICINE $2000: A diamond-tipped wand is used in this polysyllabic procedure that removes the top layer of skin to treat sun damage microdermabrasion |
| #8511, aired 2021-11-15 | WORDS WITH A SINGLE VOWEL $1600: "Bourbon and" this refers to a drink made with pure, iron-free water branch |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | 20th CENTURY FICTION $1,000 (Daily Double): William Peter Blatty really turned heads with this 1971 bestseller The Exorcist |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | TRAIN STATIONS $6,000 (Daily Double): Now in mid-renovation, this historic Baltimore station has the same name as a NYC station that was famously demolished Penn Station |
| #8508, aired 2021-11-10 | UP ALL NIGHT $600: In June 1935 Huey Long spoke in the Senate for 15 hours & 30 minutes, using this tactic until 4 A.M. filibustering |
| #8506, aired 2021-11-08 | FIX THE ELTON JOHN LYRIC $400: "I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh no no no, I'm a hired hand" a rocket man |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | REGULAR VERBS $200: I'm here to certify
it means to versify rhyme |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | THE "HIT" PARADE $1200: "When I'm not with you, I lose my mind give me a sign", these 6 words, Britney sang in a 1999 No. 1 "Hit me baby one more time" |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | KANSAS CITY: NEWS CLUES $200: (Hi, I'm John Holt.) It was an exciting but sobering event in 2006 when Kansas City opened the USA's official museum of this event, with features for visitors to ponder like a field of 9,000 silk poppies World War I |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | KANSAS CITY: NEWS CLUES $400: (Hi, I'm Pat McGonigle.) Hollywood came to Kansas City to film a biopic starring Gary Sinise as this man; locations included Lee's Summit & of course, Independence Truman |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | KANSAS CITY: NEWS CLUES $600: (Hi, I'm Nick Vasos.) In 1997, the 100th anniversary of her birth, her hometown of Atchison, Kansas unveiled a 42,000-square foot earth work portrait of this globe-trotting heroine Amelia Earhart |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | MOVIES BY CHARACTERS $800: 1970:
Hot Lips,
Trapper John,
Painless Waldowski M*A*S*H |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | KANSAS CITY: NEWS CLUES $800: (Hi, I'm Karli Ritter.) A highlight of the holiday season each year is the lighting of the mayor's 100-foot Christmas tree at Crown Center, opened in 1971 by the same Kansas City businessman who founded this card company Hallmark |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | KANSAS CITY: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Hi, I'm Christel Bell.) In 1997, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum opened its new permanent home under the leadership of Buck O'Neill, who had been a star for this Kansas City Negro Leagues team, as had greats like Satchel Paige & Jackie Robinson the Monarchs |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | MOVIES BY CHARACTERS $1200: 1964: General
"Buck" Turgidson,
Colonel "Bat" Guano, Major "King" Kong Dr. Strangelove |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | DOCTOR IS NOT MY FIRST NAME $2000: M.D. & Ph.D., vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing Abraham |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | SONGS TO JINGLES $1000: This song from "South Pacific" was used by Clairol, only "man" is replaced with "gray" "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | IS IT ME YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? $200: I'm wearing a red & white striped shirt & I'm stuck in a kids' picture book... are you looking for me? Waldo |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | IS IT ME YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? $400: For heaven's sake, Tommy Tutone; my number's 867-5309; I'm this girl with the "number on the wall", so just call already Jenny |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | IS IT ME YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? $600: Abducted & sealed away "In a sepulchre by the sea", I'm this lost love, sought for in a Poe poem Annabel Lee |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | IS IT ME YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? $800: I'm Roger Thornhill, an innocent guy being chased by shadowy forces in this 1959 Hitchcock film; now a plane's after me...! North by Northwest |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | STAIRING AT MOVIES $1600: "Home Alone" & atop the stairs, this child actor tells 2 burglars, "I'm up here, you morons! Come & get me" Macaulay Culkin |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | A FORD FIESTA $800: Rob Ford in 2013, unwittingly writing a clue: "I don't want to toot my own horn... but I'm the best mayor this city has ever had" Toronto |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | HIGH/LOW $400: Working with the firm Webb & Knapp, I.M. Pei designed the Mile High Center in this city in the mid-1950s Denver |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR $400: I swear on this so you know I'm telling the truth a stack of Bibles |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | MURDER, HE WROTE $2000: When it comes to hard-boiled murder & Frank Chambers icing a dame's husband, this 1934 James M. Cain novel always delivers The Postman Always Rings Twice |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | MED. ABBREV. $1200: In med speak, a heart attack is an M.I., this infarction myocardial |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | PARDON MY FRENCHMAN $1200: Bernard Boursicot was pardoned in 1987, shortly before the debut of this play inspired by his affair with an opera singer/spy M. Butterfly |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | IF AT "FIRST" $600: 2-word term describing an E.M.T. who goes to a crisis area to provide immediate assistance a first responder |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | NOTABLE ASIAN AMERICANS $6,000 (Daily Double): Not a fan of rock music, he initially turned down the job of designing the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (I.M.) Pei |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $200: (Hi, I'm Bill Ritter.) You know, it's always hard to find parking around Manhattan, but on January 15, 2009, Captain "Sully" Sullenberger saved 155 lives with an emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in this river on the West Side Hudson |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $400: (Hi, I'm Lee Goldberg.) Literally stepping up to home plate after a grim medical diagnosis, on July 4, 1939, this Yankee said the following--"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.” (Lou) Gehrig |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $600: (Hi, I'm Sade Baderinwa.) As part of a New York City tradition that began in 1962, many movie stars, including James Earl Jones as Othello, & Meryl Streep in "Henry V", have interpreted the Bard as part of this project Shakespeare in the Park |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $800: (Hi, I'm Ryan Field.) Extending from Manhattan's southern tip up Broadway to City Hall, the Canyon of Heroes has hosted many ticker tape parades, including one for the U.S. National Women's Team's huge win in this sport in 2019 soccer |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Hi, I'm Liz Cho.) In 1879, critics wondered if New Yorkers would go all the way up Fifth Avenue to the near wilderness of 50th Street after the May 25 formal opening of this Catholic church; turns out, New Yorkers would St. Patrick's |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | PENNY ANTE $600: In the James Bond novels, Miss Moneypenny is the secretary to this head of MI6 M |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE $1000: In 2020 the job of White House Chief of Staff changed M&Ms, from this man to Mark Meadows Mick Mulvaney |
| #8470, aired 2021-09-17 | THE COMMON DEFENSE $400: webmd.com put "I'm too tired" on its list of excuses for not doing this, but says doing it actually gives you energy exercising |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $400: Man with the golden touch
(5 letters) Midas |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $800: Supplement containing the ABCs & more
(12 letters) multivitamin |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $1200: Fashion dummy
(9 letters) mannequin |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $1600: Marsh gas
(7 letters) methane |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $2000: Written declaration of political intentions or views
(9 letters) manifesto |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | 19th CENTURY MUSIC $2000: The first music publisher to move to what was nicknamed this "Alley" in New York City was M. Witmark & Sons in 1893 Tin Pan |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | THE LETTER AFTER M $200: ...to make an abbreviation for the "Bay State" A |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | THE LETTER AFTER M $400: ...to make the opening moniker of performers Hammer, Lyte & Skat Kat C |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | THE LETTER AFTER M $600: ...to make the word for a diatonic scale's third tone I |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | THE LETTER AFTER M $800: ...to make a Greek letter U |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | THE LETTER AFTER M $1000: ...to abbreviate a unit of capacity equal to 0.03381 fluid ounce L |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | SONGS THAT GIVE ADVICE $2000: Corinne Bailey Rae says to be yourself: "Girl", do this, "tell me your favorite song, you go ahead, let your hair down" "Put Your Records On" |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | I'M YOUR HUCKLEBERRY $400: This character was introduced in a classic 1876 novel & got his own book 8 years later Huckleberry Finn |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | I'M YOUR HUCKLEBERRY $800: IMDb's summary of the 1958 to 1962 Hanna-Barbera show about this canine--"The adventures of a blue dog with a Southern accent" Huckleberry Hound |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | I'M YOUR HUCKLEBERRY $1200: If picking huckleberries in Montana, be safe--it's estimated that in summer they make up half the diet of these animals grizzly bears |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | I'M YOUR HUCKLEBERRY $1600: As Doc Holliday in "Tombstone", this actor says, "I'm your Huckleberry" to Johnny Ringo (Val) Kilmer |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | I'M YOUR HUCKLEBERRY $2000: Jailed in 1846 for not paying a poll tax, this writer got out, ran an errand, picked huckleberries & was on the road to "Civil Disobedience" (Henry David) Thoreau |
| #8458, aired 2021-08-04 | AUTOMOBILES... ASSEMBLE! $200: I'm leavin' on a Jetta non-plane Volkswagen |
| #8458, aired 2021-08-04 | AUDIBLE $200: She gives her life in lyrics in "Songteller"
"Well, I've often said that my songs are my children and I expect them to support me when I'm old. Well, I am old and they are!" Parton |
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M'Liss Moore, a portfolio manager from Waipahu, Hawaii
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Season 20 player (2004-05-27).
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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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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor at Prairie View A&M University from Houston, Texas
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"A five-time champion in 2001, he's now a history professor at...
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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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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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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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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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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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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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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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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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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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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
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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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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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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
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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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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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Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
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"With success in films, plays, books, and TV specials, he tours...
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Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
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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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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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Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
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"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
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David Faber, an anchor and reporter from CNBC's Squawk on the Street and The Faber Report
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"The winner of Emmy, Peabody, DuPont, and Loeb awards, he's a...
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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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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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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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Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
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Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Rebecca Maxfield, a freshman from Brown University
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Rochelle, New York. Rebecca...
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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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Dana Perino, a TV host from Fox News Channel's The Five
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"White House press secretary under George W. Bush, she now appears...
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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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James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Sanders Kleinfeld, a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,597 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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Amy Wilson, a creative writing and women's studies student originally from Portland, Oregon
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,999 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
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"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
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Tom Bergeron, an Emmy Award-winning host from Dancing with the Stars
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. "He's...
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
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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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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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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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Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
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Dan D'Addario, a senior from Columbia University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
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Prashant Raghavendran, a sophomore from the University of Texas, Dallas
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Prashant Raghavendran Blog...
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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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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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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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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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Paul Kursky, a copywriter from San Francisco, California
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
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Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
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Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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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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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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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
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"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York
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Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Sioux City, Iowa
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
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Season 25 2-time champion: $62,802 + $2,000. Not be to confused...
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Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
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"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
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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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Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
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"His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
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Steven Milton, a legal case assistant from San Diego, California
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $30,299 + $1,000. Steve Milton San Diego,...
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Diane Trap, a librarian and graphics specialist from Athens, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $21,400 + $1,000. Diane Trap - a...
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Samira Missaghi, a junior from the University of Minnesota
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Eden Prarie, Minnesota. Samira...
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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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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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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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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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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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Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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Sam Hopkins, an M.B.A. student originally from Prairie Village, Kansas
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Season 29 2-time champion: $31,601 + $2,000.
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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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Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
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"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
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M J Selle, a freelance writer and editor from Katy, Texas
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Season 18 1-time champion: $17,600.
Last name pronounced like "SELL-ee."
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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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Kyle Hale, a college senior from Katy, Texas
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"Representing Texas A&M, he won the 2002 College Championship. Now he's...
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Kyle Hale, a senior at Texas A&M University from Katy, Texas
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
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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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Saif Rathore, an M.D.-Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 26 player (2009-12-15).
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Kyle Hale, a college student from Katy, Texas
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
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Sara Wilkinson, a country club concierge from Athens, Georgia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $72,701 + $2,000.
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Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
|
"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
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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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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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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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...
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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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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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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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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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
|
"He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
|
"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
|
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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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David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware
|
2007 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
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Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY
|
"As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
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Steve Gratz, a freelance artist from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $30,999 + $1,000.
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Pat Sajak, a game show host from Wheel of Fortune
|
"A former TV weatherman, he's gone on to become the world's...
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Steph Gagelin, a sophomore from the University of North Dakota from Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Andy Richter, an actor/comedian from The Tonight Show
|
\"This multitalented actor/comedian is now back on the couch with Conan...
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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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Buddy Wright, an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas
|
2011 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 26 4-time champion:...
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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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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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Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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Brooks Humphreys, a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
|
"He teaches at an all-girls Catholic school operated by the Sisters...
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Roger Craig, a computer scientist from Newark, Delaware
|
2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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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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Maria Bartiromo, a business anchor from CNBC
|
2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Charities: National Italian American Foundation...
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Susan Haarman, a sophomore at Marquette University from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Susan was 19 at the time...
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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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Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
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Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
|
2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
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Dan Jensen, a restaurant manager from Reston, Virginia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $58,203 + $1,000.
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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
|
"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
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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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Brooke Martin, an eleven-year-old from Galway, New York
|
"It looks like smooth sailing for this marine biologist. From Galway,...
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Christopher Short, a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 6-time champion: $94,752...
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Quinn McDonald, an inventory control manager from Lowville, New York
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $20,600 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Mighty Q
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Rachel "Steve" Cooke, a senior from Fishers, Indiana
|
2008-A Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000. 17 at the time of...
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Bernard Holloway, a junior from Mitchellville, Maryland
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2002 Teen...
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Kathleen Mikulis, a stay-at-home mom from Mountain View, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $25,201 + $2,000. Kathleen's contestant experience blog....
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Rachel Rothenberg, a senior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2009 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. Jeopardy! Message Board...
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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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Emily Jusino, a Ph.D. candidate in Greek literature originally from Fredericksburg, Virginia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000.
Last name pronouned like "hoo-SEE-no".
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Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
|
2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
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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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Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
|
"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
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Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000.
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Ariel Schneider, a biology student from West Lafayette, Indiana
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $46,300 + $2,000.
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Lisa Klink, a TV writer from Los Angeles, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $70,150...
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Folake Dosu, a senior from Stanford University from Bellwood, Illinois
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
|
"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
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Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
|
"She went from playing a hard-nosed mom in Malcolm in the...
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Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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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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Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois
|
\"He teaches at a school started by the Dominicans of St....
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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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Rose Schaefer, a junior from Portland, Oregon
|
2012 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $36,000. 16 at...
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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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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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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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Catherine Briley, a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana
|
2012 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $31,000. 17 at...
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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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Cerulean Ozarow, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, New York
|
"His future is full of options. He wants to become either...
|
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Vinita Kailasanath, a sophomore at Stanford University from Laurel, Maryland
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Julia Collins, a supply chain professional from Kenilworth, Illinois
|
2019 All-Star Games captain of first-eliminated Team Julia: a share of...
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Erin Bogart, a junior at Miami University of Ohio from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Erin was 20 at the time...
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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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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
|
"Winner of both the 2000 Tournament of Champions and the 2001...
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Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
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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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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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Alex Silady, an 11-year-old from Edison, New Jersey
|
"He hopes to be an entrepreneur, because he likes doing things...
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Neal Freyman, a ten-year-old from Longmeadow, Massachusetts
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"He's not sure recess counts as a subject, but if it...
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Elena Botella, an eleven-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina
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"This future journalist loves to find answers, today, she'll have to...
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Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000. Season...
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Joey Beachum, an Air Force intelligence officer from Conway, Arkansas
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
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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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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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Anthony Fox, an account executive from Arlington Heights, Illinois
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Season 27 4-time champion: $51,998 + $1,000. Playing as "Tony", Anthony...
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Ken Basin, a junior at the University of Southern California from Huntington Beach, California
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2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Blog at kbasin.blogspot.org. Appearing as a...
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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Mark Wales, a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $141,804...
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Donna Vogel, a scientist from Bethesda, Maryland
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Andrew Rostan, a writer and script reader originally from Boardman, Ohio
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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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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Harry Shearer, a humorist, Spinal Tap bassist, and voice from The Simpsons
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"He recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap...
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Amy Levine, a freshman from North Potomac, Maryland
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time...
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Greg Peterson, a senior from Park Ridge, Illinois
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $38,600....
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Loren Loiacono, a senior from Setauket, New York
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
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"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
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Kate Waits, a law professor at the University of Tulsa from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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"A Harvard Law graduate when she competed in the 1988 Tournament...
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John Beck, an associate creative director from Torrance, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000. 2004 Tournament...
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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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Amanda Walker, a junior at Gonzaga University from East Wenatchee, Washington
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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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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Emma Couture, a twelve-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
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"Here's a portrait of a smart young girl who sees her...
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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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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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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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Joon Pahk, a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 28 7-time champion: $199,000 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: jpahk
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Catherine Whitten, a high school history teacher from Plano, Texas
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"This gifted teacher primarily teaches gifted students. From Plano, Texas, this...
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Chuck Todd, a journalist and chief White House correspondent from NBC News and Meet the Press
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"Chief White House correspondent and political director for NBC News, he...
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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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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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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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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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Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
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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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Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
|
2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
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Jennifer Healy, a training system manager from Hilliard, Ohio
|
Season 31 1-time champion: $17,001 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: JDHealy
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Lindsey Bartlett, a junior from Winter Haven, Florida
|
2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Lindsey was 16 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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Sam Weaver, a sophomore at Bradley University from Pleasanton, California
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Sam was 20 at the time...
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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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Robert Slaven, a technical products specialist originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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"He won 5 times in 1992. Today, he's a technical products...
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Samantha Reback, a sophomore from Bethesda, Maryland
|
2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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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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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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Jeff Gorham, an accountant from Richmond, Virginia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $14,001 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SpacemanSpiff
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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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Danny Vopava, a sophomore from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Brighton, Minnesota. [No contestant...
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Sara Terrell, a veterinary technician from Windsor, Connecticut
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Jim Fitzpatrick, a senior at Wake Forest University from Colts Neck, New Jersey
|
2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. According the the official Jeopardy! web...
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Robby Schrum, a junior at Yale University from Crown Point, Indiana
|
2003 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy!...
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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
|
"He met and then married his wife while both were costarring...
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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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Erik Nelson, a grad student originally from Boston, Massachusetts
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 4-time champion: $94,404 + $2,000.
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Tim Relihan, a senior from the University of Nebraska from Stromsburg, Nebraska
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
|
"He's appeared on Broadway in Proof, Assassins, and Cabaret. He's now...
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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
|
"He plays Tom Scavo, the sometimes-befuddled husband of Felicity Huffman on...
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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...
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Kathy Cassity, a closed captioner from Honolulu, Hawaii
|
2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $59,200....
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Aiden Pink, a freshman from St. Louis Park, Minnesota
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 15 at the time...
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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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Andrew Kreitz, a senior from Huntington Beach, California
|
2006 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000.
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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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Michael Day, an attorney from Mill Valley, California
|
"As an MBA Student, he won 5 games in 1985. Today...
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Miguel Ferrer, an actor from Crossing Jordan
|
"He began his career as a studio drummer and played on...
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Harry Shearer, an actor/writer/producer from The Simpsons and Le Show
|
"His many credits include providing voices for The Simpsons, and he's...
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Sean Ryan, a graduate student from Whitehall, Pennsylvania
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Casey Retterer, a sophomore at the University of Maryland from Olney, Maryland
|
2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Vicky Manos, a sophomore at St. John’s University from Levittown, New York
|
2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
|
\"Later this year, she\'ll be inducted into the Women\'s Basketball Hall...
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Bonita Dominguez, a legal secretary from Surprise, Arizona
|
Season 30 player (2013-12-24).
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Chuck Forrest, a lawyer and CEO from London, United Kingdom
|
\"He became a winner of the second-ever Tournament of Champions in...
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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York City, New York
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\"A semifinalist in the Tournament of Champions in 1992, now an...
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Cora Peck, a high school teacher and grad student from Aliso Viejo, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
|
"He teaches at the smallest public school in North Carolina, and...
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Erin Schmidt, a freelance writer and editor from Mishawaka, Indiana
|
Season 29 player (2013-03-04).
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Morgan Kruse, an economics research analyst from Irvine, California
|
Season 29 player (2012-11-21).
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Jan Zasowski, a stock trader from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 28 2-time champion: $46,601 + $2,000.
Name pronounced like "YAHN zahs-OHV-skee".
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Steve Van Noord, a third grade teacher from Bellflower, California
|
Season 28 player (2012-06-13).
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Casey Clough, a junior from Columbia, South Carolina
|
2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "CLUE".
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Elissa Hoffman, a high school biology and anatomy & physiology teacher from Appleton, Wisconsin
|
"She is in her lucky 13th year of teaching. From Appleton,...
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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: $83,401 + $2,000.
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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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Clarence Page, a journalist from The Chicago Tribune
|
"His nationally syndicated column began as a local column for the...
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Neha Embar, a 12-year-old from Alpharetta, Georgia
|
"No kidding--she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows up....
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Zack Terrill, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida
|
2012 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 21 at...
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Tyler Benedict, a junior at Columbia University from Dayton, Ohio
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
21 at the time of the College Championship.
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Carrie Tian, a freshman at Harvard from Greenville, South Carolina
|
2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the College Championship.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
|
"In January, the State Department named this NBA Hall of Famer...
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Robert Arshonsky, a senior from Cal Poly
|
"As a 12-year-old, he wanted to be the first person on...
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Robert Gibbs, a former press secretary from the Obama White House
|
"In 2004, he joined Barack Obama's senatorial campaign as communications director,...
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Lynn Hammerlund, a college librarian from Lake in the Hills, Illinois
|
Season 28 1-time champion: $22,500 + $1,000.
|
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Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
|
"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
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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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Kate Wadman, a junior from Tucson, Arizona
|
2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jeopartygirl
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Kate Rowland, a family doctor from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000.
|
|
Erin McLean, a junior at Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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Jean Whitcomb, a teller supervisor from Kalamazoo, Michigan
|
Season 24 1-time champion: $21,201 + $1,000.
|
|
Toni Case, a substitute teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
|
Season 24 player (2008-06-26).
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Ashleigh Banfield, a TV correspondent originally from Canada
|
"She's covered such various stories as the Clinton/Yeltsin summit, the War...
|
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Katy Tripodi Griffith, an archaeology student from Merrimack, New Hampshire
|
Season 23 player (2007-01-18).
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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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Heidi Greimann, a junior from Columbia, Missouri
|
2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Heidi was 15 at the...
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Thomas Zamora, a junior at the University of Southern California from Cypress, California
|
2001 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $14,100. Thomas was 20 at the...
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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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Sara Dean, a junior at Syracuse University from Olney, Maryland
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2001 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Sara was 19 at the time...
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Jaime Green, a sophomore at Brown University from Nanuet, New York
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Jaime was 18 at the time...
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Jason Richards, a pharmacy technician from Old Town, Maine
|
2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 22 4-time champion: $99,200 + $2,000.
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Kevin Marshall, a student from Metairie, Louisiana
|
2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 6-time champion: $98,201...
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Doug Dorst, a writer and professor from Austin, Texas
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 22 3-time champion: $66,802...
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Nico Martinez, a junior at Stanford University from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
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Colin Brown, a senior at the University of Rochester from Milwaukie, Oregon
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Veronica Fazio, from Roselle, Illinois
|
"She dances, plays softball, and hangs with her friends, but wants...
|
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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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Emily Zhang, from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"A National Science Merit Award recipient, she plans on becoming a...
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|
Leslie Shannon, a manager of a research lab from Sydney, Australia
|
"A recent art history graduate when she became Jeopardy! champion in...
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Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
|
"A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
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Mitchell Vogel, from Madison, Wisconsin
|
"This future governor of Wisconsin enjoys rollerblading, reading, and playing saxophone....
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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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Rick Knutsen, a musician and stay-at-home dad from Brooklyn, New York
|
"A finalist in the 2001 Tournament of Champions, he's a musician...
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Hema Karunakaram, a senior from Saline, Michigan
|
2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Name pronounced like "HAY-ma kah-ROO-nuh-KAH-ram". Jeopardy!...
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Solomon Howard, a freshman from St. Petersburg, Florida
|
2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 14 at the time of...
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Frank Amanat, an attorney from South Orange, New Jersey
|
Season 20 3-time champion: $55,900 + $1,000. Season 20 player (2003-11-03)....
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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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Leslie Frates, a retired Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
|
"She was a Spanish teacher at Cal State-Hayward when she became...
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|
Bonny Jain, a senior from Moline, Illinois
|
2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
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Seth Alcorn, a bookstore supervisor from Alexandria, Virginia
|
2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 19 3-time champion: $106,400 + $1,000.
|
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799 + $2,000.
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Tory Gilliam, a twelve-year-old from Powhatan, Virginia
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"As a member of his school's debate team, he likes to...
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Russ Porter, a water systems engineer from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
|
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
|
"He's one of the greatest NBA players in history. Here's Hall...
|
|
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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Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kuh-FONE".
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Erica Greil, a junior from Princeton University
|
2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 and from Hastings, Minnesota at...
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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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Lizz Mullowney, a senior from Crystal Lake, Illinois
|
2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
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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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Tara Karr, a senior from Laclede, Idaho
|
2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
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.
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Steve Hall, a nurse and "Mr. Mom" from Hamden, Connecticut
|
Season 20 1-time champion: $24,800 + $1,000.
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Dana Delany, an actress from Desperate Housewives
|
"She won two Emmys for her work on China Beach. This...
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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
|
2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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Grace Suh, a writer from New York, New York
|
Season 20 player (2004-03-24).
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Debra Dondrea Galant, a homemaker from Grayslake, Illinois
|
Season 20 player (2004-03-23).
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Genaro Lopez, a contract administrator from Portland, Oregon
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $29,001 + $2,000.
First name pronounced like "heh-NAR-o".
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Per Milam, a graduate student of philosophy from San Diego, California
|
Season 24 player (2007-11-30).
Name pronounced like "PAIR MY-lam".
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Paul Glaser, a research scientist from Albany, New York
|
2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
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Nick Gebelt, an attorney from Whittier, California
|
Season 20 player (2004-03-16).
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Sandra McClellan, a granny nanny from Arlington, Texas
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $4,199 + $2,000.
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Adam Bibler, an economist originally from Lancaster, Ohio
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000.
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Aaron Schroeder, a grad student from San Diego, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions second runner-up: $50,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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Charlie Blatt, an 11-year-old from Scarsdale, New York
|
"Besides cooking, working on the computer, and tap dancing, she likes...
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Tom Zamojcin, a digital marketing manager from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $22,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "zam-MOH-chin".
|
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Charlie Penrod, an assistant professor of law from Natchitoches, Louisiana
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,000 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: CharlieP
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Kizzle Cote, a 12-year-old from Ludlow, Massachusetts
|
"This future ichthyologist has a 30-gallon aquarium in his bedroom..." 2007...
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Laura Button, an editor and proofreader from Alpharetta, Georgia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $28,800 + $1,000.
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Jacob Hambalek, a 12-year-old from Fresno, California
|
"If he had to choose a career right now, he'd be...
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Parker Norton, a 12-year-old from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
"As a doctor treating infectious diseases, he hopes to heal others....
|
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Chris Parsons, an undergraduate student from Wabasso, Florida
|
Season 20 1-time champion: $18,801 + $2,000. The official Jeopardy! web...
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Will Schultz, a freshman from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|
2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Christopher Meloni, an Emmy-nominated actor from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
|
"He's played challenging roles on both sides of the law, including...
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Jane Kaczmarek, an Emmy-nominated actress from Help Me Help You
|
"As Lois on Malcolm in the Middle, she earned seven straight...
|
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Brady Cassis, a junior from Yale University
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Curt Schilling, a pitcher from the Boston Red Sox
|
"In helping the Red Sox to win the 2004 World Series,...
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|
Joshua Malina, a TV actor and creator/producer from Celebrity Poker Showdown
|
"He created and produced Celebrity Poker Showdown for the Bravo Channel,...
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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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Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
|
2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Harry Stessel, a college teacher and potter from Westfield, Massachusetts
|
Season 23 player (2007-03-07).
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Michael Glick, a 12-year-old from Smithtown, New York
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"He's in math honors this year, even though math is one...
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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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Adam Blau, a composer and musician from Los Angeles, California
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Season 24 player (2007-09-19).
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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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"The reigning Tournament of Champions winner, he attended Johns Hopkins University...
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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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Dana Delany, an actress from Kidnapped
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"She won two Emmys for playing Army nurse Colleen McMurphy on...
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Anne Shivers, a senior from Peotone, Illinois
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2005 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $18,000. 17 at...
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Jimmy Li, a senior from Chesterfield, Missouri
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of...
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Tom Baker, a writer from Tokyo, Japan
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2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 20 3-time champion: $102,300 + $2,000.
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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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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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Ruvani Fonseka, a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of...
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Whitney Prince, a sophomore from Maryville, Tennessee
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Jen Aprahamian, a computer science teacher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 30 player (2014-01-17). Jen appeared on The Chase on 2021-02-11...
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Sarah McNitt, a study-abroad advisor originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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2014 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 30 5-time champion: $89,398...
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Nathan Walpow, a data processor originally from Queens, New York
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1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 1 5-time champion: $38,900....
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Karen Anderson, a private investigator from Half Moon Bay, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $22,500 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Jay Rosenberg, a college professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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\"After winning 5 times in 1985, he became the moderator for...
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Sarah Olson, a project coordinator from El Cerrito, California
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Season 30 2-time champion: $27,401 + $1,000.
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Michael Menkhus, a data analyst from Kansas City, Missouri
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2024 Champions Wildcard 2nd runner-up: $25,000. Season 39 2-time champion: $48,402...
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Daniel Cohen, an interactive developer originally from Liverpool, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-04-12). Daniel died 2023-09-24 at the age of...
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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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Arthur Chu, a compliance analyst and voiceover artist from Broadview Heights, Ohio
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Tournament of Champions 1st...
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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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India Cooper, a copy editor from Madison, Indiana
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\"She was an actor and copy editor in New York City...
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Casey LaPlante, a high school media specialist from Enfield, Connecticut
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Season 31 1-time champion: $5,000 + $1,000.
Casey appeared on Master Minds on 2023-10-30.
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Daniel Black, a bellman from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-03-22). Husband of Season 32 player Robin Heck....
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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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Julie Huffman, a judicial research lawyer from Oxnard, California
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Season 30 player (2013-10-11).
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Erin Hoesly, a preschool teacher from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Season 30 player (2013-10-08).
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Chris O'Toole, a writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 29 player (2012-12-03). Identical twin sister of Season 27 1-time...
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Lisa Spardel-Krol, an educational marketer from Watertown, Massachusetts
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Season 28 player (2011-12-30).
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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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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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Gabe Gales, a research analyst from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 29 1-time champion: $27,950 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: gabethegoat
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Anne Raybon, a teacher's assistant and school bus driver from Asheville, North Carolina
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Season 28 player (2012-04-09).
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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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George McAleese, a political researcher from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 2-time champion: $56,402 + $2,000.
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Justin Sausville, a urologist from Baltimore, Maryland
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27/28 6-time champion:...
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John Shoe, a third and fourth grade teacher from Lakewood, Colorado
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"He teaches at a school for gifted children who choose their...
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Sara Garnett, a graduate student of zoology originally from Okemos, Michigan
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Season 29 3-time champion: $75,403 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: ComingUpMilhouse
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Elisabeth Carrel, a copy editor from Elgin, Illinois
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Season 28 1-time champion: $24,000 + $1,000.
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Joel Hart, a college admissions officer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 29 player (2013-06-24).
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Jason Keller, a tutor from Highland Park, New Jersey
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2013 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 28 9-time champion: $213,900 + $2,000.
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Amy George, a geographic information systems analyst from Richmond, Virginia
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Season 27 player (2011-07-27).
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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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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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Karen Gasperino, an administrative assistant from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-06-15).
KJL game 10.
First name pronounced like \"KAHR-en\".
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Greg Narver, a lawyer from Seattle, Washington
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Season 20 player (2004-07-14).
KJL game 31.
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Margie Cohen, a litigator from Houston, Texas
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Season 28 1-time champion: $6,199 + $1,000.
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William Castañeda, a human resources professional from San Francisco, California
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Season 28 1-time champion: $9,400 + $1,000.
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Melanie Spratford, a caterer from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 28 1-time champion: $19,601 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: Miss Mellie
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Jim Fenton, a chemical engineer from West Chester, Ohio
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Season 27 player (2011-04-15).
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Annie Douglass, a museum educator from Portland, Oregon
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Season 27 player (2011-04-14).
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Hannah Spector, a stay-at-home mom from Van Nuys, California
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Season 28 1-time champion: $29,201 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: Hannah S.
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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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Vijay Iyer, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-03-08).
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Anselm Chen, an educational consultant from Alamo, California
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Season 27 player (2011-04-08).
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Jared Hall, a graduate student in global policy studies from Austin, Texas
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2014 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 29/30 6-time champion: $181,001...
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Sean McGuire, an automotive service advisor from Plainville, Massachusetts
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Season 28 player (2011-11-24).
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Maddie Harrington, a twelve-year-old from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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"She wants to be a theater critic and she gets rave...
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John Kimball, a software consultant from Parkville, Missouri
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Season 29 player (2013-06-14).
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Melissa Noble, an attorney from Sacramento, California
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Season 25 player (2008-10-03).
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Mark Richardson, an actor and Internet marketer originally from Staunton, Virginia
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Season 29 player (2013-04-08).
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Rochelle Smith, a university librarian from Moscow, Idaho
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Season 29 player (2012-10-01).
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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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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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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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Peter Jury, a clothier from Ellington, Connecticut
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Season 28 player (2011-11-22).
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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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Tony Grey, a purchasing distributor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 28 player (2012-03-05).
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Jennifer Lajewski, a stay-at-home mom from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 20 player (2004-07-12).
KJL game 29.
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Andrew Knebel, a classical violist from Norwalk, Connecticut
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Season 28 player (2012-03-01).
Last name name pronounced like "kuh-NAY-bul".
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Annette Todd, a marketing director from Riverside, California
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Season 28 player (2012-03-02). This was Annette's seventh game show appearance...
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Bradley Silverman, a junior from Alpharetta, Georgia
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2008-B Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $44,600. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Bill Matheny, a Catholic priest from Wheeling, West Virginia
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Season 29 player (2013-06-11). Bill was a fastest finger competitor on...
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Robert Chodola, a graduate student of education from Fallbrook, California
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Season 29 player (2013-01-29).
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Salvo Candela, a university administrator from New York, New York
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Season 29 3-time champion: $66,195 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: svocan
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Judy Wang, an assistant professor of engineering from Highlands Ranch, Colorado
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Season 29 player (2013-06-11).
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Trey McCraw, an aspiring novelist from Maiden, North Carolina
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Season 27 player (2011-03-28).
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Ellen Lewis, a retired high school math teacher from Mount Vernon, New York
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Season 28 1-time champion: $10,000 + $1,000.
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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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Peter Hansen, a project manager from New York, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-09-21).
JBoard user name: Bunkie
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Mark Runsvold, a student and waiter from Moscow, Idaho
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2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 4-time champion: $153,800 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: markrunsvold
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Lisa Sotir Ozkan, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 29 player (2013-04-02).
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Paul Kursky, an online marketing producer from San Francisco, California
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
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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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Dan Elg, a graduate student of nuclear and plasma engineering originally from Wheaton, Illinois
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Season 29 player (2012-09-19).
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Sara Shiver, a periodicals librarian from Columbia, South Carolina
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Season 28 player (2012-05-28).
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Penny Citrola, an English language tutor originally from East Meadow, New York
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Season 29 2-time champion: $26,800 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: KnitWit
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Joan Blinn, a retired proofreader and editor from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 29 1-time champion: $17,000 + $2,000.
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Alex Johnson, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"He wants to be a chemist in the future. From Indianapolis,...
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Duncan Stewart, a research director from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 27 player (2011-03-18).
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Brian Levinson, a writer from Queens, New York
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Season 25 3-time champion: $72,801 + $1,000. Brian is the cousin...
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Matthew Mahan, a child support officer from Hooksett, New Hampshire
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Season 29 player (2013-07-18).
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Evan Sandman, a hotel front desk manager from Los Angeles, California
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Season 28 1-time champion $28,801 + $2,000.
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Stephanie Smith, a retired quality engineer and manager from Scarborough, Maine
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Season 22 player (2006-05-04). Not to be confused with Season 1...
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John Clarke, a management consultant originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 29 player (2013-07-17).
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Rebecca Rogers, an economic development attorney from Carrboro, North Carolina
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Season 27 player (2011-03-16).
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Kate McCoy, a preschool teacher and tutor from Seaford, New York
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Season 25 player (2008-11-06).
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Elizabeth McCullough, a freelance researcher and administrative assistant from Lowell, Massachusetts
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Season 29 player (2013-05-28).
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Julia Martinez, an 11-year-old from Fairfax, Virginia
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"Get ready, Pennsylvania Avenue. She wants to be president of the...
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Kelly O'Donnell, a political reporter from NBC News
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"An Emmy-winning political reporter, she has covered Capitol Hill and the...
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Katty Kay, a Washington, D.C. anchor from BBC World News America
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"She's the Washington, D.C. anchor for BBC World News America, as...
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Matt Hackler, a graduate student from Lafayette, Louisiana
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Season 25 player (2008-11-04).
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Lori Fountain, a homemaker and substitute teacher from Henderson, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-06-28). KJL game 19. Lori later won $50,000...
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Balaji Narain, an attorney originally from Cumming, Georgia
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Season 28 2-time champion: $55,799 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Catherine Muldoon, a graduate student from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 25 player (2008-11-03).
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Alison Parakh, a personal trainer from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 28 1-time champion: $15,201 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Lizzie O'Leary, an aviation and regulation correspondent from CNN
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"She broke the news that Chrysler would file for Chapter 11...
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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"He served as a speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, and later as...
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Ana Peso, a high school librarian from Wheeling, Illinois
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Season 29 player (2012-12-31).
First name pronounced like "AH-na".
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Mike Nelson, a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois
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Season 27 2-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Sarah Jane Woodall, a photographer from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-06-23). KJL game 16. Sarah Jane won $16,000...
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Carl Bradshaw, a financial manager from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 27 2-time champion: $17,899 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
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Curtis Joseph, a sophomore from Scottsdale Community College
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"In 1999, his nickname was 'Curtles the Troll', and he wanted...
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Debra Newman, a psychologist from Pound Ridge, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-12-26).
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Kendra Pettis, a junior from Oberlin College
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\"She hadn\'t settled on a career goal at age 11. Now...
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Kathy Lague, a telecommunications consultant from Sudbury, Massachusetts
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Season 25 player (2005-10-23).
Last name pronounced like "LAY-gyoo".
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Michael Stewart, a Renaissance player and trivia host from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 28 player (2011-10-11). Michael wore a Scrooge McDuck necktie on...
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Franny Howes, a graduate student in rhetoric and writing from Blacksburg, Virginia
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Season 28 player (2011-10-06).
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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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Debra McGuire, a homemaker and micro farmer from Princeton, Texas
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Season 28 player (2012-01-18).
JBoard user name: debramc
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Anshika Niraj, a sophomore from Beachwood, Ohio
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2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Marla Goldstein, a retired advertising executive originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-04-27).
Last name pronounced like "GOLD-steen".
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Maggie Berndt, a symphony orchestra publicist from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 27 player (2011-06-01).
Last name pronounced like "BEAR-unt".
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Ty Cone, a federal law clerk from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $22,405 + $2,000.
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Erika Myers, a therapist and academic coach from Asheville, North Carolina
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Season 28 player (2012-04-25).
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Alice Kelly, an orthopedic nurse from Towson, Maryland
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Season 29 player (2013-07-05).
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Laura Novak, a family doctor from Akron, Ohio
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Season 25 1-time champion: $20,400 + $2,000.
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Chloe Horning, a graduate student in library and information science from Seattle, Washington
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Season 27 1-time champion: $14,000 + $2,000.
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Amy Ruberg, a college and career consultant from Batesville, Indiana
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Season 27 player (2011-05-25).
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Jan Rishoi, an analytic software sales executive from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 29 player (2012-12-11).
Name pronounced like "JAN ree-SHOY".
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Dan McShane, a baseball game logger from West Islip, New York
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2013 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 28 4-time champion:...
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Yellowlees Douglas, an associate professor of management communications from Gainesville, Florida
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Season 29 player (2013-03-08). Yellowlees's actual full name is "J. Yellowlees...
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Carol Golliher, a retired English professor from Victorville, California
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Season 28 player (2012-04-19).
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Daniel Okobi, Jr., a medical student from Freeport, New York
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Season 28 player (2011-10-05).
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Cindy Clark, a mom from Calgary, Alberta
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Season 27 player (2011-05-23).
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Jaldhar Vyas, a software developer and Hindu priest from Jersey City, New Jersey
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Season 28 player (2012-01-04). Last name pronounced like "VYAS" (in 1...
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Sam Stubblefield, a hospital pediatrician from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 32 1-time champion: $27,601 + $2,000. Sam won $50,000 on...
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Aleisa Farrington, a mother and cook from Dover, New Hampshire
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Season 28 player (2011-10-03).
First name pronounced like "ah-LEE-sah".
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Beverly Jones, an attorney for a nonprofit originally from Spokane, Washington
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Season 27 player (2011-05-19).
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Laura Sikes Jambon, a graduate student of American history from Rochester, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-07-12). Last name pronounced like "zham-BOHn" (French-style pronunciation)....
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Emily Thorsley, an administrative assistant from Seattle, Washington
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Season 24 1-time champion: $29,800 + $1,000.
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Molly Lalonde, a pediatric nurse practitioner student from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 30 4-time champion: $53,300 + $2,000.
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Ursula Ellis, a librarian from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Season 23 player (2007-02-22).
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Josh Fruhlinger, an editor from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 24 player (2008-07-22). The Comics Curmudgeon blog at joshreads.com. Jeopardy!...
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Allison Fraser, a stay-at-home mom from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 31 2-time champion: $40,901 + $2,000.
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Kathleen Ryan, a business information analyst originally from Scotia, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-06-25).
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Al Franken, an author and radio talk show host from New York City
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"One of the original writers on Saturday Night Live, he's done...
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Emily Moody, a social worker from Easton Maryland
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Season 31 player (2014-12-12).
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Daria Labinsky, a librarian from Corrales, New Mexico
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Season 24 1-time champion: $22,100 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: festivarian
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Ryan Pensyl, an Army officer originally from Shamokin, Pennsylvania
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Season 31 2-time champion: $32,000 + $1,000. Ryan was a captain...
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Naomi Hinchen, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Doris Nash, a costume shop supervisor from Ames, Iowa
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Season 24 1-time champion: $28,801 + $2,000.
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Tim Mueting, a religion teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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Season 24 player (2008-07-16).
Last name pronounced like "MEET-ing".
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Todd Faulkenberry, a junior from Moore, South Carolina
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2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
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Peter Winkler, an editor from Washington, D.C.
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Season 24 player (2008-07-14).
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Olivia Woods, a 12-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio
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"She loves working with little kids and would like to become...
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Sujit Roy, a tour guide from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 24 player (2008-06-16).
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Gina George, a consultant and customer service representative from Harrisburg, Ohio
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Season 20 player (2004-05-24).
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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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Robert Furtney, a high school math teacher from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 20 player (2004-05-20).
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Heidi Liu, a senior from Plymouth, Minnesota
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Allen Goodman, an economics professor from Huntington Woods, Michigan
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Season 24 player (2008-06-13). Web site at www.econ.wayne.edu/agoodman. Allen detailed his...
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Hank Robinson, a senior from Lithia Springs, Georgia
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Guy Tabachnick, from New York, New York
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"He wants to be a baseball announcer for the New York...
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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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Cindi Winstead, a homemaker and student from Villa Rica, Georgia
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Season 23 1-time champion: $14,999 + $1,000.
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Andrew Nerlinger, a senior at the University of Notre Dame from Wilmington, Delaware
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Andrew was 21 at the time...
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Donna Innes, a criminal defense attorney from Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Season 30 player (2014-04-22).
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Bill Weylock, a market researcher originally from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Season 22 player (2006-06-12).
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Frédérique Delaprée, a foreign service officer from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Season 30 2-time champion: $20,800 + $2,000.
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Dom Ochotorena, an Air Force officer from Altadena, California
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Season 23 player (2007-01-12). Dom is a captain in the Air...
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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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Margaret Monroe, a junior from South Plainfield, New Jersey
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Margaret was 16 at the time...
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Emily Karrs, a junior from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
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2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Emily was 16 at the time...
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Chrissy Swisher, a librarian from Glendale, Colorado
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Season 30 player (2014-04-14).
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Andy Kravis, a freshman from Farmington Hills, Michigan
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Andy was 13 at the...
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Matthew LaMagna, a digital consultant from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 31 2-time champion: $33,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "la-MAG-nah".
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Mike Pesca, a reporter from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-07-03). Mike can be heard as a correspondent...
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Bill Duncliffe, a VP of sales from Danvers, Massachusetts
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Season 22 player (2006-06-05).
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Tara Kolden, an editor from Seattle, Washington
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Season 23 player (2006-12-13). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Josh Kennedy, a bartender from Trenton, New Jersey
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Season 22 2-time champion: $55,600 + $2,000.
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George Nelson, a senior from Montgomery, Alabama
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2002 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $29,497. George was...
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Joan Belen, a homemaker from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-06-26).
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Anna Lawrence, a commercial insurance broker from Duluth, Minnesota
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Season 30 player (2014-07-15).
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Ryan Moore, a partner in a start-up company from Venice, California
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2001 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 17 5-time champion: $39,800 + a Corvette.
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Michelle Clum, an executive assistant from Wichita, Kansas
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Alexander Persaud, a Ph.D. student in economics originally from Dubuque, Iowa
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Season 31 3-time champion: $61,000 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "per-SAWD".
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Mysti Kofford, a junior at Boston University from New Orleans, Louisiana
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Mysti was 19 at the...
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Lynne Sherwin, a features editor from Akron, Ohio
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Season 23 1-time champion: $22,301 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: barefoot_girl
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Brett Dvorak, a junior at Indiana University from Granger, Indiana
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brett was 20 at the...
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Corey Halgren, a supplier quality engineer from Noblesville, Indiana
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Season 20 player (2004-06-08).
KJL game 5.
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Mary Voigt, a factory worker from Sheboygan, Wisconsin
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Season 23 player (2006-11-27).
Last name pronounced like "VAUGHT".
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Matt Schnippert, a sophomore at Florida State University from Jacksonville, Florida
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2001 College Championship 1st runner-up: $19,801. Matt was 19 at the...
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Shane Curtis, an assistant professor from Lansing, Kansas
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Season 31 3-time champion: $42,001 + $1,000. Shane was a retired...
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Marques Redd, a sophomore at Harvard University from Macon, Georgia
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2001 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Marques was 18 at the time...
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Chris Mazurek, an assistant professor from Columbia, Missouri
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Katie Wroblewski, a graduate student in history from Ypsilanti, Michigan
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Season 30 1-time champion: $9,201 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "roo-BLEF-skee".
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Liz Lackey, a student from Wayne, New Jersey
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Season 22 player (2005-11-30). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: LizLackey JBoard...
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Kerry Breitenbach, a marketing analyst from Cleveland, Ohio
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 21 5-time champion: $90,400...
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Jacqueline Lovell, a teacher from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 22 player (2006-04-24). Jacqueline uses the French pronunciation for her...
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Joe Morse, a Coast Guard helicopter mechanic originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 30 1-time champion: $24,400 + $1,000.
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Stacy McKnight, a nanny from Fairfax, Virginia
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Season 22 player (2006-04-06).
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Beth Doner, a homemaker from Dearborn, Michigan
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Season 22 player (2005-11-28).
Jeopardy Message Board user name: bethanne
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Thad McCollum, a door person from Orlando, Florida
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Season 30 1-time champion: $2,400 + $1,000.
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Lisa Izes, a rabbi from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-04-28).
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Alan Lange, an actuary from Sarasota, Florida
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Season 31 1-time co-champion: $36,400 + $1,000.
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Marianna Johnson, a trademark consultant originally from Marietta, Oklahoma
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Season 22 player (2005-12-06).
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Bobbi Hiltibidal, a retired paralegal from Topeka, Kansas
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Season 29 player (2012-11-05).
Last name pronounced like "HILL-tih-bye-dul".
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Jen Fiero, a librarian from Jackson, Michigan
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Season 30 2-time champion: $36,000 + $2,000.
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Tom Kavanaugh, a kickball team captain from St. Louis, Missouri
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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Anna Allie, a junior at the University of Michigan at Dearborn from Dearborn, Michigan
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Julie Reynolds, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 22 player (2005-12-26). Not to be confused with Season 29...
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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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Charles Martin, a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 21 player (2005-07-12).
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Chelsea He, a sophomore at Duke University from Raleigh, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "HEE".
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Julie Baker, an attorney from Crestwood, Kentucky
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Season 21 player (2005-07-01).
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Willie Costley, an administrative assistant from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 21 player (2005-06-13).
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Jennifer Furlong, an account manager from Brighton, Massachusetts
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Season 22 player (2005-10-27).
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Andrew Vogl, from Yonkers, New York
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"He can ski the slopes with ease, but navigating his own...
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Ben Nuckols, a journalist from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 21 1-time champion: $13,200 + $2,000.
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Rob Poodiack, a mathematics professor from Williston, Vermont
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Season 20 player (2004-01-28).
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Bob Verini, a film journalist and test prep teacher from Los Angeles, California
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"A resident of New York City when he won the 1987...
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Catherine Hardee, a hotel front desk clerk and recent college graduate from Kinston, North Carolina
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2015 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 31 4-time champion: $95,201...
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Leslie Burns-Dell'Acqua, a creative marketing consultant from San Diego, California
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Season 22 player (2005-11-02), Season 21 player (2005-01-12). Leslie was asked...
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Malisha Butts, a senior at North Carolina Central University from Durham, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Cheryl Bush, an accountant from Selah, Washington
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Season 21 player (2005-07-06).
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Heather Jarvis, an editor at the United Nations from Trinidad and Tobago and now in New York
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Season 31 1-time champion: $11,800 + $2,000.
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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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Christopher Chilton, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Holly Springs, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Christopher won $5,000 on Who Wants...
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Caroline Evans, a twelve-year-old from Bethesda, Maryland
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"The sky's not the limit. She wants to be the first...
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Antonia Wang, a sophomore at Purdue University from Carmel, Indiana
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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John Colterman, a high school physics teacher from Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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Season 21 player (2005-07-05).
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Marie Braden, a customer service representative from Tempe, Arizona
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Season 27 1-time champion: $24,800 + $1,000. Marie's boyfriend Kirk's Rock...
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Frank Spangenberg, a lieutenant in the New York Police Department from Douglaston, New York
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"He still holds the record for the most money won in...
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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
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"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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Matthew Harney, a research assistant and student originally from Springfield, Illinois
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Season 30 player (2014-07-02).
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Howard Ray, a laser applications engineer from East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
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Season 30 1-time champion: $30,200 + $2,000.
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Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
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"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
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Will Walters, a twelve-year-old from Lexington, Kentucky
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"He wants to follow in the footsteps of his idols, Albert...
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Jane Stimpson, a reference librarian from League City, Texas
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Season 28 player (2011-09-19).
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John Ryan, a corporate controller from Richmond, California
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"As a college student, he was the top winner of the...
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Lan Djang, a health policy analyst from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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"He was a 5-time champion in 2001. Today he's a health...
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Jill Rowley, a flight attendant from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 30 2-time champion: $43,802 + $2,000.
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Tom Walker, a lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 21 1-time champion: $23,201 + $2,000.
Father's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: ProudFather
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John Beck, a creative director from Torrance, California
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"He played in 2003, and was the last retired 5-time champ...
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Alison Meermans, a fundraising project manager from Lakewood, Ohio
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Season 30 2-time champion: $33,600 + $1,000.
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Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
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"His 5 wins in 1999 made him one of the most...
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Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
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Jon Golbe, an actor and TV writer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-10-19).
Last name pronounced like "GOAL-bee".
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Stacy Gardner, a school secretary from Long Beach, California
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Season 30 player (2014-06-20).
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Jesse Henning, a children's librarian from Westerville, Ohio
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Season 31 player (2014-09-18).
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Zach Blumenfeld, a junior from Lincolnshire, Illinois
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2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Sandra Gore, a corporate researcher from Berkeley, California
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"After five wins in 1987, she fulfilled her dream of moving...
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Melissa Seal, a law student from Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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"She was a senior when she became the Teen Tournament champion...
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Jonathan Smillie, a software trainer from Jeffersonville, Indiana
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Season 21 player (2005-01-20).
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Liz Slaby, a high school teacher from North East, Pennsylvania
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Season 20 player (2004-01-15).
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Dave Fuller, a high school teacher from Midlothian, Virginia
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Season 20 1-time co-champion: $32,000 + $1,000.
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Rick Pernod, a teacher from the Bronx, New York
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Season 21 player (2005-01-10).
Last name pronounced with a silent "D".
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Larry Haney, a retired teacher from Buckner, Missouri
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Season 21 player (2004-12-29).
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Steve Lozano, a naval flight officer from Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Season 31 player (2014-09-15).
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Eric Schwendeman, a bookseller from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 21 1-time champion: $11,500 + $1,000.
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Barrett Hildreth, a software analyst from Portland, Oregon
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Season 21 player (2005-01-17). Barrett won $1,000 on Who Wants to...
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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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Carol Denny, a writer for a non-profit environmental foundation from Arnold, Maryland
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,199 + $1,000.
Identical twin sister of Season 29 player Chris O'Toole.
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Joe Keehnast, a web product manager from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 30 player (2014-06-12).
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Katherine Thompson, a graduate student of psychology from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-06-18).
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Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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"He was a legal assistant living near D.C. when he won...
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Sunny Schomaker, an events coordinator from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 21 player (2004-10-11).
KJL game 54.
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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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Elaine Skopelja, a medical librarian from Carmel, Indiana
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Season 21 player (2004-09-16).
KJL game 47.
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Kate Duffy, a reporter from Lebanon, New Hampshire
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Season 21 player (2004-09-14).
KJL game 45.
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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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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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Wil Curiel, an 11-year-old from Costa Mesa, California
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"His favorite subject is science, so it's not surprising that this...
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Beth Eckerd, a psychology professor from McKinleyville, California
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Season 27 player (2010-09-27).
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Nicole Savin, an eleven-year-old from Lindenhurst, New York
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"This little 4'4" New York Yankees fan and her friends started...
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Becky Henderson, a library media specialist from Baldwin City, Kansas
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Season 26 player (2010-06-07).
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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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Dave Stern, an accountant from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 20 1-time champion: $18,800 + $2,000.
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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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Matt Martin, a police officer from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 27 player (2010-09-21).
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Frank Dempsey, a government attorney from Bagdad, Kentucky
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Season 20 1-time champion: $29,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Augustwest
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Marisa Tam, an archives assistant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 27 player (2010-09-20).
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Jesse Achtenberg, a documentary filmmaker from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $25,200 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "OCK-ten-berg".
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Anne Damon, a box office manager from Medford, Massachusetts
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Season 26 player (2010-03-01).
Wife of Season 23 player Jack Martin.
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Julia Brown, an architect from Hollywood, California
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Season 26 player (2010-03-02).
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Kevin Knudson, a mathematics college professor from Gainesville, Florida
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Season 27 player (2010-09-15).
Last name pronounced like "kuh-NOOD-son".
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Marc Anderson, an Internet editor from Sacramento, California
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Season 20 player (2004-04-23).
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Rachel Anderson, an assistant professor of English from Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Season 25 player (2009-03-02).
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Colleen Kennedy, a college professor of film and literature from Williamsburg, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2010-05-26).
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Rhonda Scarborough, an arts administrator from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 26 player (2010-02-25).
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Jenna Strickland, a stay-at-home mom from Anacortes, Washington
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Season 26 player (2010-05-24).
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James Rogers, a musician and computer programmer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 20 player (2004-04-22).
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Nathan Walpow, a data processor and an actor originally from Queens, New York
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1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 1 5-time champion: $38,900....
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Carin House, a quotation specialist from Evanston, Illinois
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Season 26 player (2009-10-14). Carin won $X on Who Wants to...
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Wendy Ruopp, a managing editor from Milton, Vermont
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Season 20 player (2004-04-21).
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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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Molly Rosenbusch, a night court clerk from Twin Lakes, Idaho
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Season 27 1-time champion: $19,601 + $2,000.
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Nick Yozamp, a biology student from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Regina Robbins, an arts teacher from New York, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $90,700...
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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"Once a presidential speechwriter, he's had his own political talk show...
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Geoff Strain, an electronics broker from Imperial Beach, California
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Season 20 1-time champion: $21,155 + $1,000.
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Lisa Dvorak, a grocery store chain administrative assistant from Millersville, Maryland
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Season 27 1-time champion: $31,201 + $2,000.
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Tom Jennings, a maintenance mechanic from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 1-time champion: $24,000 + $2,000.
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Linda Smith, a high school English teacher from Springfield, Arkansas
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Season 26 player (2010-04-29).
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Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
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Gitta Neufeld, a Judaic teacher trainer from Far Rockaway, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,300 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "GEE-ta...
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Ben Swartz, a senior from Manassas, Virginia
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2003 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Emily Branson, a library assistant from West Lafayette, Indiana
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Season 25 player (2008-12-30).
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Russell Berris, a junior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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2003 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Meg Miller, a high school Latin teacher from Milton, Massachusetts
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Season 26 2-time champion: $29,299 + $2,000.
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Sandy Hollimon, a college instructor of anthropology from Jenner, California
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Season 27 player (2011-01-21).
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Brittany McCants, a junior from Winnsboro, South Carolina
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2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Carrie Oken, a TV lighting technician from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-01-18).
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
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"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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Kathy Kenny, a high school math teacher from Park Ridge, New Jersey
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,201 + $2,000.
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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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Diana Wynne, a writer and producer from San Francisco, California
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Season 20 player (2004-04-07).
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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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Melanie Leon, an Army wife from Peachtree City, Georgia
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Season 20 player (2004-01-07). Melanie forgot to complete the word "Ironman"...
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Jonathan Turer, an admissions counselor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-04-06).
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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
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Joe Wolke, a vice president of IT communications and information from Northbrook, Illinois
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Season 20 1-time champion: $14,800 + $2,000.
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Brian G. Hartz, a director and actor from Indianapolis, Indiana
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Season 20 player (2004-03-22).
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Jennifer Quinn, an assistant to the principal from Riverdale, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-02-02).
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Deb DeGeorge, a librarian from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 25 player (2008-12-25).
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Nick Leggatt, a teacher from Dallas, Texas
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Season 25 player (2009-02-05).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: nleggatt
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Sam Johnston, a Ph.D. student from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 25 player (2008-12-23). Johnny Gilbert announced Sam as "Sam Johnson"...
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William Nicks, Jr., a substitute teacher from Covina, California
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Season 20 player (2004-04-02).
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Matt Perez, a knowledge base coordinator from Wayne, Michigan
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Season 26 player (2010-01-28).
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Todd Kim, a government attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Season 20 player (2004-03-18). Todd won $500,000 on Super Millionaire on...
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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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James Holst, a researcher from Ida Grove, Iowa
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Season 25 1-time champion: $24,801 + $2,000.
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Mary Naam, a junior at Harvard University from Effingham, Illinois
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2003 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500.
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Craig Westphal, a paramedic from Tucson, Arizona
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Corey York, an accountant from East Peoria, Illinois
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Season 27 player (2010-12-23).
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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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Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
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2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Angela Janis, a resident physician from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 24 player (2007-11-29).
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Chris Kozey, a graduate student from Indianapolis, Indiana
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Season 24 player (2007-11-28).
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Steven Engelfried, a children's librarian from Hillsboro, Oregon
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Season 25 player (2009-06-01).
Last name pronounced like "ENG-el-freed".
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Cyndy Hawley, a retired adult basic educator from Morgantown, West Virginia
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Season 25 player (2008-12-15).
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Heather Fach, a creative director from La Vergne, Tennessee
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Season 24 player (2007-11-27).
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Darryl Konter, a public relations executive from Dunwoody, Georgia
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Season 26 player (2010-01-22).
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Penny Asay, an assistant professor of clinical psychology from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 24 player (2007-11-26).
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Kathy Sahlmann, a pharmacist from Erie, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 player (2008-12-08).
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Liz Maziarz, an English professor and mom from Seattle, Washington
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "MAY-zee-ar".
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Court Hayes, a bookstore manager from Neenah, Wisconsin
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Season 24 player (2007-11-20).
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Jim Stevens, a high school math teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 6-time champion: $140,600 + $2,000.
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Danielle Sexton, a law student from Englewood, Colorado
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Season 25 player (2008-11-27).
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Peter Pinnow, a high school English teacher from Oxford, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $39,200 + $1,000.
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Janna Hutz, a graduate student in human genetics originally from West Bloomfield, Michigan
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Season 26 player (2010-01-13).
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Wilson Rickerson, a renewable energy consultant originally from Falls Church, Virginia
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Season 23 player (2007-07-02).
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Tom Morris, a substitute teacher and grad student from Irvine, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 4-time champion: $100,801...
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Matt Kohlstedt, a grad student originally from La Grange, Illinois
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 25 5-time champion: $77,803 + $2,000.
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Kristin Anderson, a director of communications from Seattle, Washington
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Season 27 player (2010-11-29).
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Justin Cober-Lake, an electronic publishing associate from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 23 player (2007-05-14).
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Bob Kennedy, a college linguistics instructor from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 27 2-time champion: $33,800 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Bobk
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Karen Meyers, a college administrator from Toledo, Ohio
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Season 23 player (2007-06-12).
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Roy Arias, a building inspector from Rancho Cucamonga, California
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Season 23 player (2007-06-29).
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William Lee, a software engineer originally from Vero Beach, Florida
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Season 23 1-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Not to be confused...
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Matt Fisher, an attorney from Indianapolis, Indiana
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Season 20 1-time champion: $28,001 + $1,000.
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Cate Heine, a 12-year-old from Louisville, Kentucky
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"She's leaving her career path open, but wants to use the...
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Linda Zell Randall, an attorney from Naples, Florida
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Season 24 1-time champion: $20,400 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: LZRandall
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Jessica Stapp, an administrative assistant from Tucson, Arizona
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Season 26 2-time champion: $49,700 + $1,000.
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Michael Boisson, an artist from New York, New York
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Season 24 player (2007-10-18).
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Robin Cheney, a middle school teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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"All the students at her school go on a camping trip...
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Elise Burton, a freshman from the University of California-Berkeley
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 18 at the time of the...
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Vince Camillo, a food stylist from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-28).
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Jacob Joyner, an 11-year-old from Quantico, Virginia
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"As a politician, he plans on improving the lives of Americans....
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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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Savannah Morgan, a 12-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina
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"Her future recipe for success is as the star of her...
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Tom Cohen, a fur broker from Hewlett Harbor, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-21).
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Tommy Hoyt, from Winnetka, Illinois
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"Journalism may very well be in his future as he feels...
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Pete Troyan, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 at the time of the...
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Bobbie Fulton, a high school French teacher from Middletown, Connecticut
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Season 26 player (2009-12-18).
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Cobra Becerra, a professor of landscape architecture from Whittier, California
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Season 23 player (2006-11-03).
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Jesse Berry, a tax analyst from Little Rock, Arkansas
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Season 23 3-time champion: $41,500 + $1,000.
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Carson Kressley, a fashion maven from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
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"This star of TV's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy says...
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Liz Channon, a copy editor from Newport News, Virginia
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Season 23 player (2006-11-01).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Lizardchannon
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Gay Hammond, a college instructor from Gainesville, Georgia
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Season 20 player (2004-02-27).
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Patrick Macaraeg, a software engineer from Largo, Florida
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Season 20 3-time champion: $83,002 + $1,000.
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Jason McCune, an actor originally from Jasper, Indiana
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 18 4-time champion: $90,041.
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Rachel Gottesman, a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Jeffrey Baer, a senior from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
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Sarah Weinschenk, a middle school Latin teacher from San Luis Obispo, California
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Season 26 player (2009-12-09).
Last name pronounced like "WINE-shank".
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Deborah Walsh, a travel agent from Belchertown, Massachusetts
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Season 20 player (2004-02-23).
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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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Cynthia Dvorak, a facilities manager from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 20 player (2004-02-05).
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Eric Heaton, a software engineer originally from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 22 player (2006-03-20).
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Maggi McKenzie, a business analyst from Mount Juliet, Tennessee
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Season 23 player (2007-04-24).
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Linda Sue Park, a children's author from Rochester, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-10-20). Linda Sue won the 2002 Newbery Medal...
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Grant Quertermous, an assistant curator from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2009-11-27). Grant wore a bow tie for his...
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Andy Hutchins, a senior from Rockledge, Florida
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
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Andy Reese, a records coordinator from San Diego, California
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Season 23 player (2006-10-19).
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Sheila Runyon, a retired programmer from Omaha, Nebraska
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Season 23 player (2007-07-11).
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Ann Rupel, a medical research assistant from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-07-18).
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Ben Taylor, a student from Rockford, Illinois
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Season 23 1-time champion: $25,599 + $2,000.
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Robert Bethune, a middle school science teacher from Rancho Palos Verdes, California
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Season 26 1-time champion: $20,700 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "beth-OON".
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Robin Quivers, a radio and television personality from The Howard Stern Show
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"Howard Stern's news anchor and sidekick for the past 28 years,...
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Cynthia Patterson, a database specialist and artist originally from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 24 player (2007-12-05).
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Lucretia Manning, a head cashier from Jesup, Georgia
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Season 22 player (2006-03-13).
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Elizabeth Randisi, an attorney from Webster, New York
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Season 22 1-time champion: $6,900 + $2,000.
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Alicia Aho, a bookseller from Seattle, Washington
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Season 22 1-time champion: $28,000 + $1,000.
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Tiffany Wen, a 12-year-old from Exton, Pennsylvania
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"This figure skater is also on the distinguished honor roll. From...
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Suzie Lisky, a 12-year-old from Mendham, New Jersey
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"She's not sure what she wants to be when she grows...
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Matt Whitney, a high school English teacher from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 21 player (2005-05-30).
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JT Nuckolls, a customer service representative from Red Oak, Iowa
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Season 24 player (2007-09-18).
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Steve Kaltenbaugh, a sailor originally from Columbia, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2005-09-19). Steve split $35,000 with Season 27 5-time...
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Charlie Kahn, a middle school math teacher from Versailles, Kentucky
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Season 21 1-time champion: $25,600 + $2,000.
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Kerri Griffith, an editor from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-01-12).
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Jesse Liu, a grad student from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 22 player (2006-01-12).
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Hon. Margaret Spellings, a U.S. Secretary of Education from Washington, D.C.
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"As an advisor to President George W. Bush, she helped craft...
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Damon Poore, a live-in caregiver from Longview, Washington
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Season 21 player (2005-05-26).
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Hill Harper, an actor from CSI: NY
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"He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University. He has a...
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Bob Verini, a director of academics for a national test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Lou Bayard, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 23 1-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Lou later appeared in...
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Larry Cloud, a computer consultant from Inglewood, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Lily Wang, a junior at Columbia University from Plano, Texas
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2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Steve Schirripa, an actor from The Sopranos
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"Once the entertainment director at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas,...
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Soledad O'Brien, a broadcast journalist from CNN's American Morning
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"This broadcast journalist has covered stories all over the world. Since...
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Mark Lowenthal, an assistant director for the Central Intelligence Agency from Reston, Virginia
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"The winner of the 1988 Tournament of Champions, he's an assistant...
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Amanda Nowotny, a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh from New Castle, Pennsylvania
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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
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"This captain of the Brain-Bowl team can name all the countries...
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Neha Gokhale, a 10-year-old from Houston, Texas
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"Because she liked 4th and 5th grade so much, she wants...
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Larry Marshall, a junior at the University of Missouri from Kansas City, Missouri
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Sara Jansson, a 10-year-old from Monmouth Junction, New Jersey
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"She wants to become a singer because she loves music so...
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Doc Hamilton, an advanced customer care agent from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 22 1-time champion: $14,401 + $2,000.
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Dan Amboy, a 12-year-old from Lapeer, Michigan
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"He hopes to get into the best college that he can....
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Steve Golden, a junior from Brookeville, Maryland
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Josh DenHartog, an actuarial technician from Thousand Oaks, California
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"He was the Teen Tournament champion in 1997. Now he's an...
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Roy Holliday, a radiologist from Nyack, New York
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"He was the first to win five games in the 1987-88...
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David Hoffelmeyer, a senior from St. Joseph, Missouri
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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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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Allison Peña, a junior from Sunrise, Florida
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Justin Porter, a landscaper from Charleston, South Carolina
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Season 22 player (2005-10-05).
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Camille Bullock, a senior from New Orleans, Louisiana
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Camille88
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David Camp, a student from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 21 player (2004-12-22).
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Matt Klein, a senior from Pittsford, New York
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2006 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $15,000. Won $1,000 on Who Wants...
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Elaine Zollner, a physician from Glendale, California
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"A winner of 5 shows in 1990, she used her Jeopardy!...
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Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Aaron Thompson, an executive assistant from Washington, D.C.
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 21 3-time champion:...
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Maura McKenna, a legal technology consultant from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 30 player (2014-01-30).
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Erik Post, a fraud investigator from Essex, Vermont
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Season 30 player (2014-01-29).
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Carolyn Collins, an education program manager from Washington, D.C.
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Season 30 1-time co-champion: $26,800 + $1,000.
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Arne Lunde, an associate professor of Scandinavian studies from Los Angeles, California
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Season 30 player (2013-10-22).
Name pronounced like \"ARN-ee LUND-ee\".
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Rich Coble, an attorney from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 34 player (2017-10-09). Richard appeared on The Chase on 2022-05-24...
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Bill Hammon, a video editor and freelance writer from Bristol, Connecticut
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Season 30 player (2014-01-27).
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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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Patrick Morrison, a student of Slavic studies from Northville, Michigan
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Season 28 3-time champion: $80,701 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: PatMorrison
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Julie Singer, a French professor from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 30 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000.
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Cesar Perez-Gonzalez, a scientific program administrator from Germantown, Maryland
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Season 30 player (2014-01-28).
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Katie Bruton, a grad student and European history teaching assistant from Huntsville, Alabama
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Season 26 player (2010-06-28).
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Lisa McClain, a history professor and director of gender studies from Boise, Idaho
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Season 23 1-time champion: $20,500 + $2,000.
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Cathy Subick, an architectural conservator from Spring City, Pennsylvania
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Season 34 player (2017-10-05).
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Dana Murray, a foreign service officer originally from Tampa, Florida
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Season 30 player (2014-01-24).
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Joe Thomas, a recent math graduate and pizza delivery person from Martin, Tennessee
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Season 30 player (2014-01-24).
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Jennifer Cross Miller, a communications manager from Pacheco, California
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Season 30 player (2014-01-23).
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Frank Lang, a utility locator from Mesa, Arizona
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Season 34 1-time champion: $22,999 + $2,000.
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Chip Bell, a telecom engineer from Marysville, Ohio
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Season 30 2-time champion: $29,300 + $2,000. Chip won $5,000 on...
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Zachary Tomanelli, an online organizer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-01-22).
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Karen Ruckert, a civil rights attorney originally from Topeka, Kansas
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Season 30 1-time champion: $12,400 + $2,000.
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Larissa Kelly, a grad student from El Cerrito, California
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Larissa Kelly, a grad student from El Cerrito, California
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Jon McGuire, a software development manager from Matthews, North Carolina
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Season 30 player (2014-01-20).
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Blake Perkins, an environmental scientist from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Season 30 player (2014-01-20).
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Hilary Teeman, a book editor from New York, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-04-28). Daughter of Season 2 player Alan Rubin...
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Priscilla Emery, a records management consultant from Longwood, Florida
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Season 30 1-time champion: $18,000 + $1,000.
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Sean Udicious, an expeditor from Cherry Hill, New Jersey
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Season 34 2-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: Udish94
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Emily Gadek, a web and social media editor from Palm Springs, California
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Season 30 player (2014-01-21).
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Geoff Norcross, a public radio host from Portland, Oregon
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Season 30 player (2014-01-17).
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Stacy Meyers, a graduate student of education from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Season 30 player (2014-01-16).
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Gudrun Juffer, a law clerk originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Season 30 player (2014-01-16).
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Danny Jacobs, a journalist from Laurel, Maryland
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Season 30 player (2014-01-15).
Son of Season 31 player Howard Jacobs.
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Emily Goodlander, an attorney from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 30 player (2014-01-15).
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Chad Mosher, a seventh-grader from Flint, Michigan
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2003 Holiday Kids Week player (2003-01-10). Chad\'s personal website features a...
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David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Nate Pochomis, an airline pilot from West Grove, Pennsylvania
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Season 34 player (2018-01-31).
Last name pronounced like "puh-KO-miss".
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Miriam Musco, a children's museum education manager from Freeville, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-01-13).
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Marika Kuspa, a graduate student of biology from South Bend, Indiana
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Season 30 player (2014-01-09).
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Michelle DeGrothy, a Navy helicopter pilot from Neptune Beach, Florida
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Season 30 2-time champion: $25,900 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Jay Olman, a data analytics manager from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 34 player (2017-09-13).
JBoard user name: trivial-jay
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Seth Tribble, a statistician from New York, New York
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Season 30 1-time champion: $26,488 + $2,000.
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Adrian Ho, a healthcare consultant from Palo Alto, California
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Season 30 player (2014-01-10).
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Lee May, a merchandising manager originally from Roanoke, Virginia
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Season 30 player (2014-01-03).
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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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Dan Ford, an engineer from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 31 player (2014-10-03). Not to be confused with Season 21...
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Carolyn Gawlik, a workforce development manager from Dearborn, Michigan
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Season 30 player (2014-01-07).
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Eric Brach, a teacher and author from Culver City, California
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Season 30 player (2014-01-06).
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Andrew Nelson, an antiquarian bookseller from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Season 30 1-time champion: $12,000 + $1,000.
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Mary Manhardt, a documentary film editor from New York, New York
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Season 30 1-time champion: $14,401 + $1,000.
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Rachel Samberg, an academic tutor and performer from New York, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-01-02).
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Rebekah Reeves, a freshman from Texas A&M University
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1995 College Championship 1st runner-up: $13,800.
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John Coulter, a creative director from Henderson, Nevada
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Season 30 player (2014-01-01).
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Alyson Murray, a server from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 30 player (2013-12-31).
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Reggie Austin, an actor from Culver City, California
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Season 30 player (2013-12-31). Reggie appeared on Celebrity Name Game on...
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Preston Nicholson, a pre-law program director and attorney originally from Hominy, Oklahoma
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Season 28 player (2012-01-13). JBoard user name: okstater04 Preston won $10,950...
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Geneviève LeClerc, a graduate student and sales manager from Lake Forest Park, Washington
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Season 30 player (2013-12-26).
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Alexis Browsh, a teacher and tutor from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
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Season 30 player (2013-12-30). Alexis appeared on The Chase on 2022-01-19...
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Jerry Slowik, a writer from Arlington Heights, Illinois
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Season 30 5-time champion: $121,800 + $1,000. No returning champion Hometown...
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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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Frank Epstein, a police officer from Los Angeles, California
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\"He was a 5-time champion in 1992, and is still serving...
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Avram Polinsky, a customer service analyst from Columbia, Maryland
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Season 30 player (2013-12-27).
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Anthony Niblett, a law professor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 30 1-time champion: $19,601 + $2,000.
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Missy Flood, a Navy wife and stay-at-home mom from Groton, Connecticut
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Season 30 player (2013-12-24).
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Roxann Smith, a professional volunteer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 30 player (2013-12-25).
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Larry White, an actuary from Hatboro, Pennsylvania
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Season 30 2-time champion: $49,624 + $2,000. No challenger Hometown Howdy...
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Jon Choi, a law student originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 30 1-time champion: $11,900 + $2,000. No returning champion Hometown...
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Greg Munda, a computer technician from Glendale, California
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Season 30 player (2013-12-20).
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Gilbert Collins, a university administrator from Princeton, New Jersey
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2019 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 34 5-time champion: $84,201 + $2,000.
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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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Sandy Howard, a homemaker from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 30 player (2013-12-17).
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Curtis Morales, an analytics engineer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 30 player (2013-12-18).
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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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Debbie Singer, an attorney from Evanston, Illinois
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Season 30 player (2013-12-17).
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Varun Shekhar, a graduate student in engineering and law from Northville, Michigan
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Season 30 2-time champion: $18,600 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: vs1
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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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Matthew Church, a medical student from Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 30 2-time champion: $29,000 + $2,000.
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Betsy Foss, an English-as-a-second-language instructor from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 30 player (2013-12-16).
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Evan Struble, a librarian from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 30 player (2013-12-13).
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Tiffany Gholar, an abstract painter from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 30 1-time champion: $6,399 + $2,000. No returning champion Hometown...
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Rachel Hirsch, a high school history teacher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 30 player (2013-12-12).
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Donna Fairweather-Foley, a retired police officer from Huntington, New York
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Season 30 player (2013-12-11).
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Woody Bell, an Air Force officer from Columbia, Maryland
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Season 30 1-time champion: $8,399 + $2,000. Woody had the rank...
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Sam Bernhard, a student originally from Blacksburg, Virginia
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Season 30 player (2013-12-11). Sam attended Oberlin College at the time...
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Meredith Larson, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Season 30 2-time champion: $42,701 + $1,000.
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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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Murray Weiss, a literary manager from Woodmere, New York
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Season 30 player (2013-12-09). No challenger Hometown Howdy was published for...
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Craig Cornish, Jr., a graduate student of history from Welcome, Maryland
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Season 30 2-time champion: $46,800 + $1,000.
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Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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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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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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Kaya Blauvelt, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
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Season 30 player (2013-12-04).
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Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Caitlin Sok, an M.D. and Ph.D. student from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 35 player (2018-09-10).
Wife of Season 36 player Daniel Sok.
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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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Brock Thompson, a librarian at the Library of Congress from Washington, D.C.
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Season 30 player (2013-12-04).
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Tina Nguyen, a food media writer from New York, New York
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Season 30 player (2013-12-03).
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Barbara Noyes, a police officer from Blauvelt, New York
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Season 22 player (2005-12-23). Barbara, as a member of the Fornario...
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Carlos Ross, a customer service representative from Austin, Texas
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Season 30 3-time champion: $89,774 + $1,000. Carlos appeared on The...
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Scott Claremon, a tax attorney from Sacramento, California
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Season 30 1-time champion: $7,899 + $2,000.
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Bryce Johnson, a wine cellar rat from Corvallis, Oregon
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Season 30 player (2013-11-29). Johnny Gilbert chuckled when reading Bryce's occupation....
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Kristen Krikorian, a marketing director from Souderton, Pennsylvania
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Season 34 player (2018-05-24).
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Maura DeGrande, a client relations director from Shelby Township, Michigan
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Season 30 player (2013-12-02).
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Whitney Magendie, a public health program coordinator from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 30 player (2013-11-28).
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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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Tracy Carlson, a marketing consultant and author from Newton, Massachusetts
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Season 30 player (2013-11-29).
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Steven Durham, a writer and stay-at-home dad from Asheville, North Carolina
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Season 30 2-time champion: $41,100 + $2,000.
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John Kyle Grady, a substitute teacher originally from Hyde Park, Massachusetts
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Season 30 1-time champion: $28,801 + $2,000. John won $60,000 on...
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Celeste DiNucci, a grad student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Shanna Lafferty, a law student from Boyertown, Pennsylvania
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Season 30 player (2013-11-27).
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Janel Stogdill, a homeschool mom from Valrico, Florida
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Season 30 player (2013-11-26).
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Mike Nickel, a social worker from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 30 1-time champion: $29,210 + $1,000.
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Johnna Mahoney, a medical student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Season 30 player (2013-11-25).
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James Kosmatka, a theater manager from Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Season 30 player (2013-11-25).
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Kate O'Connor, an insurance salesperson from Florence, New Jersey
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Season 34 3-time champion: $61,800 + $1,000.
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Graig Zethner, a computer engineer from East Meadow, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-07-26). \"Graig\" rhymes with \"Craig\". Graig won $1,000...
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Pam Mueller, a college student from Wilmette, Illinois
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Amanda DeMeola, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 30 player (2013-11-08).
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Sarah Orman, a travel planner from Shoreview, Minnesota
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Season 30 player (2013-11-07).
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Adam Johnston, a project manager from Mechanicsville, Maryland
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Season 30 player (2013-11-07).
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Kellie Herson, a Ph.D. student and teaching assistant originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin
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Season 30 player (2013-11-06).
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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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Terry Kent, a real estate attorney originally from Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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Season 28 player (2012-06-04). Terry won $16,000 on Sports Jeopardy! on...
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Cora Peck, a teacher and graduate student from Aliso Viejo, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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Evan Voorn, a student teacher from Fort Worth, Texas
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Season 30 player (2013-11-06).
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Carole Furr, an accountant from Richmond, Vermont
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Season 30 player (2013-11-05).
Carole's father was a Season 5 1-time champion.
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Max Zarou, a fifth-grade teacher originally from Culver City, California
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Season 24 1-time champion: $7,201 + $2,000.
Max appeared on Master Minds on 2023-08-10.
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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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John Morgan, an elementary school art teacher from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 29 player (2013-01-21). John parlayed his $2,000 consolation prize into...
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Ramsin Toma, an enrollment consultant from Ashburn, Virginia
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Season 30 player (2013-11-04).
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Andrea Massar, a clinical social worker from Rockville, Maryland
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Season 30 player (2013-11-01).
Name pronounced like "an-DRAY-uh MASS-ar".
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Norah McKissic, an embroiderer and student from Anchorage, Alaska
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Season 30 1-time champion: $11,400 + $1,000.
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Rhea Hantelman, an administrative assistant from Marysville, Washington
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Season 30 1-time champion: $25,000 + $1,000.
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Jennifer Spirko, a public librarian from Maryville, Tennessee
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Season 30 1-time champion: $20,001 + $1,000.
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Jermaine Jones, a program manager from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 30 player (2013-10-31).
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Sean Kram, a barista from Edmonds, Washington
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Season 30 1-time champion: $28,401 + $1,000.
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Neal Shah, an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 30 player (2013-10-30).
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Marge Lindblom, a lawyer from Larchmont, New York
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Season 30 player (2013-10-29).
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Molly Kossoff, a beauty-industry magazine editor from West Hills, California
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Season 30 1-time champion. $11,100 + $2,000. Molly appeared on the...
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Melanie Hess, a technical editor from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Season 30 player (2013-10-25).
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Rebecca Anderson, an accounting manager from Phoenix, Arizona
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Season 30 player (2013-10-24).
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James Cross, a graduate student of computer science originally from Auburn, Alabama
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Season 30 player (2013-10-25).
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Nina Emkin, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 30 player (2013-10-23).
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Mike Shapiro, an actuary from Denver, Colorado
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Season 30 2-time champion: $24,800 + $1,000. A clip of one...
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Emily Wood, an attorney from Waltham, Massachusetts
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Season 30 player (2013-10-23).
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Brian Pearson, a naval officer from Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Season 21 player (2005-07-18).
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Bob Johnson, a waiter from Wheaton, Illinois
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Season 22 player (2005-10-20). Not to be confused with Season 5...
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Marc Muneal, an assistant professor of English from Barnesville, Georgia
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Season 30 player (2013-10-07).
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Meredith Robinson, a retired naval officer from Gales Ferry, Connecticut
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Season 30 player (2013-09-30).
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Jim Gilcreast, a printing salesman from North Providence, Rhode Island
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Season 22 player (2005-11-03).
Jim passed away 2023-09-05. Obituary.
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Rose Adams, an information management coordinator from Flint, Michigan
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Season 30 player (2013-10-22).
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Michael Rankins, a minister and writer from Rohnert Park, California
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\"A 5-show winner from 1988, he has been a minister with...
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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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Sharon Warner, a retired teacher and writer from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 30 player (2013-10-21).
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Samantha Nataro, a student and writer from Laurel, Maryland
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Season 30 player (2013-10-18).
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Nolan Martch, a construction foreman from Homewood, Illinois
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Season 30 1-time champion: $2,000 + $2,000.
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John Emery, a graduate student of financial engineering from Brandon, Florida
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Season 30 player (2013-10-17).
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Mat Ahn, a law student originally from North Royalton, Ohio
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Season 30 player (2013-10-16). Mat was a student at New York...
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Korin Kormick, an opera singer from Jersey City, New Jersey
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Season 30 player (2013-10-17). First name pronounced with the accent on...
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Kate Kwiatkowski, a psychiatrist from Champaign, Illinois
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Season 30 player (2013-10-10).
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Jane Wanninger, a lecturer and academic advisor from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 30 player (2013-10-16).
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Emily Horne, a State Department press advisor from Washington, D.C.
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Season 30 player (2013-10-15).
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Loren Gianini, a clinical psychology research fellow originally from West Hartford, Connecticut
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Season 30 player (2013-10-14).
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Stuart Anderson, a JAG originally from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 30 3-time champion: $51,601 + $1,000. Stuart was a captain...
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Chris Gaiman, a post-production coordinator originally from Slatington, Pennsylvania
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Season 30 1-time champion: $14,401 + $2,000.
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Amanda Graves, a writer from Whitinsville, Massachusetts
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Season 30 player (2013-10-09).
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Theresa Warner, a graduate student of Spanish originally from Alton, Missouri
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Season 30 player (2013-10-09).
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William Bernhardt, a novelist from Midwest City, Oklahoma
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Season 30 1-time champion: $20,801 + $2,000.
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Greg Buzzard, an organizing fellow originally from Warrensburg, Missouri
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Season 30 1-time champion: $24,000 + $2,000.
No challenger Hometown Howdy was published for Greg.
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Kristan McMahon, an attorney from Annandale, Virginia
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Season 30 player (2013-10-03).
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Rohit Dewan, a financial analyst originally from Federal Way, Washington
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Season 30 player (2013-10-03).
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Kathy Johnson, a restaurant manager from Minnetonka, Minnesota
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Season 30 player (2013-10-02).
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Mary Murrell, an anthropologist from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 30 1-time champion: $7,100 + $2,000. Last name pronounced with...
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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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Cori Wilhelm, a college librarian from Parishville, New York
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Season 30 1-time champion: $18,001 + $1,000.
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A.C. Hawley, a graduate student in media studies from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 30 player (2013-10-04).
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Fidelito Cortes, a writer from Port Jefferson Station, New York
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Season 30 2-time champion: $45,000 + $2,000.
No challenger Hometown Howdy was published for Fidelito.
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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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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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Sarah Zucker, an Internet entrepreneur and screenwriter from Los Angeles, California
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Season 30 1-time champion: $1,799 + $1,000.
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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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Kamal Foreman, an attorney from Smyrna, Georgia
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Season 30 player (2013-09-25). Kamal's Hometown Howdy gave her name as...
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Swetha Dravida, an M.D.-Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 35 player (2018-12-10).
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Heidi McEchron, a painter and parodist from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 30 player (2013-09-26).
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Neal Pollack, a writer from Austin, Texas
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Season 30 3-time champion: $60,798 + $2,000. No challenger Hometown Howdy...
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Eric Winschel, a roofing contractor from Pasadena, California
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Season 30 player (2013-09-25).
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Loni Geerlings, an editor from Redwood City, California
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Season 30 player (2013-09-24).
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Susannah Brooks, a communications assistant from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 22 2-time champion: $56,001 + $2,000. Susannah competed under a...
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Stephanie Femrite Stevens, a recycling operations specialist from Arbutus, Maryland
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Season 30 player (2013-09-23).
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Collin Adams, a Presbyterian minister from Pollocksville, North Carolina
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Season 30 player (2013-09-23).
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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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