| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | TRIPLE INITIAL WRITERS $1200: He was on staff at the Oxford English Dictionary, taught Middle English & got into another Middle area J.R.R. Tolkien |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | ENGLISH DIALECTS AND ACCENTS $1200: The name of this East London dialect and accent comes from a Middle English word for a defective egg Cockney |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | CIRCLE OF LIFE $1200: Its name is from the Middle English for "an object of religious veneration" a relic |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | BACK TO SCHOOL $200: English: his "Unfinished Tales", a collection of more Middle-earth material, was published 7 years after his death Tolkien |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $1000: Meaning to improve or perfect a skill, it comes from the Middle English for whetstone hone |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | LITERATURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: This "venerable" guy completed his "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" around 731 Bede |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | MIDDLE E $2000: From the Old English for "kill", it means to suppress a riot or rebellion quell |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | TERMS OF LOVE & ENDEARMENT $600: From the Middle English for "faint", it means to faint from feelings of love swoon |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Before she married the soon-to-be English King Henry II, this woman of Aquitaine had been married to King Louis VII of France Eleanor |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | YE OLDE JOB FAIRE $1000: This term for a villain's minion may be from a Middle English word for horse handler henchman |
| #7617, aired 2017-10-24 | PROFESSORS $800: This Oxford professor is remembered for fiction writing more than for his expertise in Old and Middle English J.R.R. Tolkien |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: From the Middle English for "stray animal", it has come to mean a forsaken or orphaned child a waif |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1600: From the Middle English, it's a small, miserable dwelling a hovel |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | TIME OFF $400: In Middle English it was a beggar; today it's one who plays hooky or the officer who pursues him truant |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | SILENT KNIGHT $800: In a Middle English poem, this colorful guy tricks Gawain by staying quiet about his supernatural abilities the Green Knight |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | IT'S HYPHENATED $3,000 (Daily Double): It's a synonym for Old English, spoken before about 1150 Anglo-Saxon |
| #6963, aired 2014-12-17 | WEATHER $400: From the Middle English for "fall of dew", it's a light rain in which the water droplets are less than .5 mm in diameter drizzle |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | LEGAL MATTERS $400: From the Middle English for "summary", it's the calendar of cases awaiting action in a court a docket |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: In 1085 William the Conqueror ordered a survey of his English lands & people, called this book the Doomsday Book (or Domesday Book) |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | FLAG TERMS $2000: The name of this rope used to hoist a flag is from the Middle English for "pull" halyard |
| #6706, aired 2013-11-11 | AMPHIBIANS $400: The larvae of frogs are known as tadpoles or these, from the Middle English for "wiggle head" pollywogs |
| #6705, aired 2013-11-08 | FILTHY 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: From the middle English for "to smoke", it means to smell strongly & unpleasantly; you totally this, man! reek |
| #6681, aired 2013-10-07 | ETYMOLOGY $1200: This word that follows "land" in a term for a nautical newcomer is from the Middle English for "lazy lout" lubber |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | TEACH YOUR CHILDREN $1200: A "push cut" helps when carving intricate shapes in this activity whose name comes from the Middle English for "knife" whittling |
| #6581, aired 2013-04-08 | ENDS IN "SH" $200: From Middle English for "to brandish a weapon", it's a minor battle in a war a skirmish |
| #6511, aired 2012-12-31 | "MIDDLE" ENGLISH $400: Time of life from 45 to 60, roughly middle age |
| #6511, aired 2012-12-31 | "MIDDLE" ENGLISH $800: An intermediary or go-between a middleman |
| #6511, aired 2012-12-31 | "MIDDLE" ENGLISH $1200: Pretenders hit from "Learning to Crawl" "Middle Of The Road" |
| #6511, aired 2012-12-31 | "MIDDLE" ENGLISH $1600: She's now Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton |
| #6511, aired 2012-12-31 | "MIDDLE" ENGLISH $2000: The central leg of the triangular run made by transatlantic slave ships the Middle Passage |
| #6446, aired 2012-10-01 | MONOLOGUES $800: A 1913 classic:
"I'll have to learn to speak middle class language from you, instead of speaking proper English" Pygmalion |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | BACK TO SCHOOL $200: English: His "Unfinished Tales", a collection of more Middle-earth material, was published 7 years after his death Tolkien |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | THE HILLS ARE ALIVE $800: Wold, a Middle English geographical word, gave us the name of these hills, home to Bath & Cheltenham the Cotswolds |
| #6212, aired 2011-09-27 | NATURE STUDY $1,500 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew cracks a nut in Molokia, HI.) The outer covering of a macadamia nut is called this; perhaps from Middle English for "house", it covers the shell, which you crack with a hammer, then enjoy the husk |
| #6121, aired 2011-04-04 | AYE, "PAD" $400: Saddle up! It's from the Middle English for "enclosure" paddock |
| #6117, aired 2011-03-29 | TREES $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a botanical photo on the monitor.) Broad rings on a tree indicate years of sunshine & rain; narrow rings indicate cold or this weather condition, from the Middle English for "dryness" drought |
| #6014, aired 2010-11-04 | SAY THE MAGIC WORDS $400: This term for a magician comes from Middle English for "wise" wizard |
| #5969, aired 2010-07-22 | THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS! $800: From Middle English for "brandish a weapon", it's a brief military clash a skirmish |
| #5942, aired 2010-06-15 | A "LITTLE" READING $1200: An English actress becomes a double agent in this Middle Eastern-set thriller by John Le Carre Little Drummer Girl |
| #5941, aired 2010-06-14 | ENDS IN "FF" $600: From the Middle English for "mockery", it means to express derision or scorn scoff |
| #5923, aired 2010-05-19 | GOING GREENER $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Sony Pictures Studios.) Sony's green philosophy uses varied trees, like the California sycamore, important to hummingbirds & butterflies, & the coast live oak, resistant to this condition from the Middle English for "dryness" drought |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | FOOD AKA $1000: (Kelly of the clue shows a potted herb.) Talk about international flare, when it's in the garden, it's called Chinese parsley; when the leaves are used, it's Spanish cilantro; & the seeds used in cooking are called this from Middle English coriander |
| #5804, aired 2009-12-03 | DOUBLE-LETTER WORDS $800: From the Middle English for "knife", it means to cut small shavings from a piece of wood to whittle |
| #5724, aired 2009-06-25 | WHATEVER! $600: The Middle English for "knife" gives us the name of this activity, a form of woodcarving whittling |
| #5712, aired 2009-06-09 | RELIGIOUS MATTERS $1200: A student might earn an M.Div. at this type of theological school, from the Middle English for "seed plot" a seminary |
| #5673, aired 2009-04-15 | DICTIONARY ABBR. $1000: LL is Late Latin; LME is this Late Middle English |
| #5657, aired 2009-03-24 | MEET THE BEADLES $400: "Beadle", meaning a minor official, comes from Middle English for one of these old-time announcer guys--hark! a herald |
| #5650, aired 2009-03-13 | GETTING MEDIEVAL WITH ENGLISH LIT $2000: A popular Middle English lyric begins, "Sumer is icumen in / Lhude sing" this bird the cuckoo |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | "Y"? $800: From the Middle English for "to boast", it's a short, sharp cry from a dog in pain a yelp |
| #5245, aired 2007-06-01 | PART-LY CORRECT $800: Pie? Well, maybe just...not a slice, heavens no. I only want this, from ths Middle English for "split" a sliver |
| #5185, aired 2007-03-09 | WHERE WORDS COME FROM $800: A Middle English word for a fishhook gives us this word for the peaceful practice of hook-&-line fishing angling |
| #5135, aired 2006-12-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: Wyclef Jean was a musician from the Fugees; this theologian inspired a 1382 English Bible translation John Wycliffe |
| #5068, aired 2006-09-27 | LET’S GET SMALL $1200: Hold me closer (this word from Middle English meaning “very small”) dancer tiny |
| #5065, aired 2006-09-22 | THE CANTERBURY TALES $400: The Tales are written in this form of English, spoken from after the Battle of Hastings to around 1500 Middle English |
| #5048, aired 2006-07-19 | MIDDLE ENGLISH CLASS $200: From the Middle English for "quarrel", this word often follows "bench-clearing" a brawl |
| #5048, aired 2006-07-19 | MIDDLE ENGLISH CLASS $400: From the Middle English for "unconditioned", it precedes "zero" at about -459 F. absolute |
| #5048, aired 2006-07-19 | MIDDLE ENGLISH CLASS $600: This word from the Middle English means "nothing" to me & is often found after "come to" naught |
| #5048, aired 2006-07-19 | MIDDLE ENGLISH CLASS $800: From Middle English for "to chop", it means to bargain over a price haggle |
| #5048, aired 2006-07-19 | MIDDLE ENGLISH CLASS $1000: "Is this a" word from Middle English "which I see before me"? a dagger |
| #4992, aired 2006-05-02 | LARGE EQUIPMENT $1000: A Middle English word for "pulley" gave us this term for a hoisting machine with a rope around a drum a winch |
| #4977, aired 2006-04-11 | CIRCLE OF LIFE $2,700 (Daily Double): Its name is from the Middle English for "an object of religious veneration" relic |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | HERE COMES THE "SUN" $1,800 (Daily Double): From the Middle English for "apart", this term tends to follow the words ripped or torn asunder |
| #4947, aired 2006-02-28 | THINK "TANK" $2000: Meaning ill-tempered & quarrelsome, it may come from Middle English meaning "dissension" cantankerous |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | RIGHT ON "Q" $1600: A term for any hunted animal, it comes from a Middle English word for "the entrails given to the hounds" quarry |
| #4912, aired 2006-01-10 | WORD ORIGINS $600: A Middle English variant of "plait" became the name of these folds found on skirts pleat |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | HEY "YA" $800: "Barbaric" often precedes this word derived from Middle English meaning "harsh cry" yawp |
| #4672, aired 2004-12-21 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "E" $400: Young lovers know it's from a middle English word for "run away" elope |
| #4640, aired 2004-11-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: One of the 63 articles in this 1215 document granted the English Church freedom from royal interference the Magna Carta |
| #4638, aired 2004-11-04 | 5-LETTER WORDS $7,800 (Daily Double): It means in a particular area; put a hyphen in the middle & it helps you lose weight local |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | I DON'T GIVE A "WHIT" $400: From the Middle English for "to cut down", old men seem to like to wile their time away doing it whittling |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | BOXING $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) From the Middle English for "thrust", it's a term used for practice fighting sparring |
| #4462, aired 2004-01-20 | DON'T DO THE CRIME $1000: From the Middle English for "to wander", it's the crime of a person without home or money wandering idly in public vagrancy |
| #4425, aired 2003-11-28 | LET IT "B" $800: From Middle English for "attack", it's whining or arguing in a bad-tempered way bickering |
| #4399, aired 2003-10-23 | "P"s TIME $1200: From the Middle English for "spoils", it means to steal a small amount or item pilfer |
| #4286, aired 2003-03-31 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "N" $400: From the Middle English for name, it's a part of speech that can be a name, place or thing noun |
| #4264, aired 2003-02-27 | CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES $1,600 (Daily Double): Bill Cosby's middle name is this name of 8 English kings Henry |
| #4264, aired 2003-02-27 | WHERE'S THE "FIRE"? $2000: From the Middle English, it's a strong or aggressive personality who encourages unrest firebrand |
| #4234, aired 2003-01-16 | ENGLISH LIT $2000: This poet whose middle name was Manley was noted for his "sprung rhythm" Gerard Manley Hopkins |
| #4192, aired 2002-11-19 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: Over 800 years old, this 6-letter Middle English word meaning "track" was first used for a detective in 1872 sleuth |
| #4180, aired 2002-11-01 | "ME" $800: From the Middle English for "lean", it's unsatisfactory in substance, quantity or size meager |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | OLD POETIC FORMS $1000: Popular in the 14th century, the Englyn & the Cywydd were poetic forms in this language Welsh |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | OLD & MIDDLE ENGLISH LIT $200: After slaying Grendel, the title character of this epic poem becomes king of the Geats & rules for 50 years Beowulf |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | OLD & MIDDLE ENGLISH LIT $400: The general prologue of this masterpiece is heard here The Canterbury Tales |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | OLD & MIDDLE ENGLISH LIT $600: The titular hero of this allegory is a simple plowman Piers Plowman |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | OLD & MIDDLE ENGLISH LIT $800: This Arthurian hero stars in an alliterative Middle English poem in which he battles the Green Knight Sir Gawain |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | OLD & MIDDLE ENGLISH LIT $1000: This venerable monk quoted Caedmon's Hymn in his "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" Bede |
| #3881, aired 2001-06-18 | CITY LIT $500 (Daily Double): In a middle English classic, travelers make a pilgrimage from Southwark to this city in Kent Canterbury |
| #3846, aired 2001-04-30 | T"EEN" $400: From the Middle English for "beautiful", it's the last name of "presidential" actor Martin Sheen |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: In a 1346 battle, France's Philip VI was Crecy to take on the third English king of this name Edward III |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | WORD ORIGINS $200: Not to skirt the issue, but the name of this Scottish garment goes back to Middle English a kilt |
| #3698, aired 2000-10-04 | GET A JOB ALREADY! $400: From Middle English for "business" or "message", you can pick up some cash "running" these for busy people errands |
| #3577, aired 2000-03-07 | "I" DO $800: From the middle English for "soak up", it's a synonym for drinking alcoholic beverages Imbibing |
| #3576, aired 2000-03-06 | WORD ORIGINS $400: From middle English for "lazy lout", someone who doesn't sail is a "land" one Lubber |
| #3539, aired 2000-01-13 | WRITERS BY MIDDLE NAME $400: "Lyrical" English poet Taylor Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | COPS $300: From the Middle English for "lively", it's the police activity seen here: Frisking |
| #3453, aired 1999-09-15 | NASA SHUTTLE NAMES $500: Make an effort to come up with this word; it's from Middle English for "to make an effort" Endeavour |
| #3394, aired 1999-05-13 | A CAST OF THOUSANDS $300: From Middle English for "to contrive", it's a guess at what the weather will be tomorrow Forecast |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | THE RAIN $1,000 (Daily Double): (Al Roker presents the clue.) When I predict this, from Middle English for "to fall", expect slow-falling raindrops less than .02" across drizzle |
| #3324, aired 1999-02-04 | WORD ORIGINS $200: This "relative" term for sorority members is derived from middle English & old Norse Sister |
| #3313, aired 1999-01-20 | MIDDLE AGE MEN $1000: In 1381 John Ball & he led the English peasants in a rebellion against new taxes Wat Tyler |
| #3278, aired 1998-12-02 | WORD ORIGINS $400: From middle English & Latin for "toward" & "to climb", one does it to a staircase or the throne Ascend |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | TEA PARTY $300: From middle English for "curled-up" cake, it's a tea bread that resembles an English muffin a crumpet |
| #3263, aired 1998-11-11 | LET'S GET TOGETHER $600: From middle English for a pack of animals, it's a disorganized mob that may have a "rouser" Rabble |
| #3258, aired 1998-11-04 | "LING"O $800: From the Middle English for "coin with a star", it's synonymous with British currency sterling |
| #3104, aired 1998-02-12 | WORD ORIGINS $100: The Middle French word for this freshwater crustacean was "crevice", which evolved into our English word crayfish |
| #3012, aired 1997-10-07 | JUST US CHICKENS $100: The name of this enclosure where chickens are confined comes from a middle English word for "basket" coop |
| #2967, aired 1997-06-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: This 13th century English philosopher predicted there would be cars, airplanes & ships without rowers Roger Bacon |
| #2925, aired 1997-04-25 | PEOPLE & PLACES $300: The name of these Eastenders comes from a middle English word that meant "cock's egg" Cockneys |
| #2784, aired 1996-10-10 | WORD ORIGINS $800: Durring Don, a Middle English phrase, evolved into this word for swashbuckling bravado derring-do |
| #2686, aired 1996-04-15 | WORD ORIGINS $200: A chatty person has "the gift of" this, a word derived from Middle English for "to scoff" Gab |
| #2666, aired 1996-03-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: In 1430 this maid of Orleans fell into the hands of the Burgundians, who turned her over to the English Joan of Arc |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | PLANTS & TREES $100: The name of this narcissus comes from the Middle English Affodylle the daffodil |
| #2606, aired 1995-12-25 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: The 1086 survey ordered by William the Conqueror that registered all English landholders Domesday Book (Domesday Survey accepted) |
| #2603, aired 1995-12-20 | GEMS & JEWELRY $300: The name of these perforated objects strung on necklaces, comes from Middle English meaning "prayer" beads |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | ENGLISH LIT $300: This "Vanity Fair" author's middle name was Makepeace (William Makepeace) Thackeray |
| #2528, aired 1995-09-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: From a middle English word for lost or unclaimed, it's a homeless child waif |
| #2363, aired 1994-12-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: The Domesday Book, the 1086 survey he ordered, gave him an inventory of his English vassals' property William the Conqueror |
| #2141, aired 1993-12-20 | SPECS $400: The term for these protective specs came from a Middle English word for "to look aside" goggles |
| #2130, aired 1993-12-03 | WORD ORIGINS $1000: The Middle English phrase for this position with hands on hips & elbows bent out was "in kenebowe" akimbo |
| #2032, aired 1993-06-08 | GEMS & JEWELRY $800: A Middle English word for "pointed tool" gave us this word for a large, decorative pin a brooch |
| #2019, aired 1993-05-20 | WORD ORIGINS $300: The name of this 2- or 3-toed mammal comes from Middle English for "slow" a sloth |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $400: Frodo Baggins, who lives in Middle-earth, is one of these creatures Hobbit |
| #1909, aired 1992-12-17 | THE MIDDLE AGES $100: This lion-hearted English king was also Duke of Normandy & Count of Anjou from 1189 to 1199 Richard |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: In 1301 Edward II was the first English heir to be given this title Prince of Wales |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | CATS $200: From the Middle English "caterwawen", it's the wail a cat makes, especially when it's in heat a caterwauling |
| #1618, aired 1991-09-18 | THE MIDDLE AGES $500 (Daily Double): In 1086 he ordered the survey of English landowners called The Domesday Book William the Conqueror |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: The name of this English ruling house, supplanted by Lancaster, may mean "sprig of broom" the Plantagenets |
| #1593, aired 1991-07-03 | WORD ORIGINS $400: A Middle English word for a small horse gave us this term for a favorite pastime hobby |
| #1553, aired 1991-05-08 | WORD ORIGINS $300: Type of toll road that comes from Middle English for "spiked barrier" a turnpike |
| #1344, aired 1990-06-07 | THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Its greatest use as a military weapon was during the Hundred Years' War English longbow |
| #1303, aired 1990-04-11 | LEGAL LINGO $500: Middle English for "to shut out", it means to bar one's right to redeem mortgaged property foreclose |
| #1205, aired 1989-11-24 | STARTS WITH "M" $300: From middle English, meaning "with woman", it's a woman who assists women in childbirth a midwife |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | FARMING $400: Possibly from Middle English for "barter", this type of farmer raises vegetables for market a truck farmer |
| #927, aired 1988-09-20 | THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE $1,500 (Daily Double): After 1066 Old English evolved into Middle English, due mainly to the influence of this language Norman French |
| #888, aired 1988-06-15 | AUTHOR'S LAST NAMES $400: Controversial English author whose 1st & middle names were David Herbert D.H. Lawrence |
| #853, aired 1988-04-27 | "P"S & "Q"S $1,300 (Daily Double): Past tense of the Middle English "quethen", it's an archaic word for "said" quoth |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: This "Venerable" saint is called "The Father of English History" The Venerable Bede |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | VOCABULARY $100: Undergarment whose name, derived from Middle English, literally means "short coat" petticoat |
| #806, aired 1988-02-22 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: By 1453, the only English possession left in this country was Calais France |
| #780, aired 1988-01-15 | WORD ORIGINS $200: Derived from Middle English words for "goose" & "summer", it's a gauzy summer fabric gossamer |
| #778, aired 1988-01-13 | SEA LIFE $1000: From Middle English for "shriveled", this "shriveled" crustacean can swim backwards shrimp |
| #743, aired 1987-11-25 | "TIP" "TOP" $400: From Middle English for "bartender", it's to drink, often to excess tipple |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | TREES $100: This tree's name is from the Middle English for Prussia, "pruce" the spruce |
| #681, aired 1987-07-20 | WORD ORIGINS $200: From Middle English for "coarse meal", this basic corn dish of the South is often thought coarse by Yankees grits |
| #529, aired 1986-12-18 | CLOTHING $400: From Middle English for "garment", it's a burial garment shroud |
| #417, aired 1986-04-15 | FASHION DESIGNERS $1000: Practicing punk style she "preaches", this middle-age English designer often dyes her own hair orange Zandra Rhodes |
| #170, aired 1985-05-03 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: English barons forced King John to affix his seal to it at Runnymede the Magna Carta |
| #129, aired 1985-03-07 | "T" TIME $500: From Middle English "to color", spoiled, like meat or corrupted like a person taint(ed) |
| #66, aired 1984-12-10 | LITERATURE $600: Language of Chaucer Middle English |
| #62, aired 1984-12-04 | BEES $200: Its name comes from the Middle English word "bumblen" a bumblebee |
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Lee DiGeorge, a middle school English and technology teacher from Bayside, New York
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2018 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 grant. At the...
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Judy Shewmake, a retired middle school history teacher from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,801 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "SHOO-make".
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Michael Townes, an English and Language Arts teacher from Greenville, South Carolina
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"He's a third-generation teacher. From Greenville, South Carolina, say hello to...
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Graham Toben, a middle school English teacher from Portola Valley, California
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2017 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. At the time of the Teachers...
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Benjamin Schwartz, a middle school English teacher from Stamford, Connecticut
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2019 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. At the time of the Teachers...
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Judy Tymkiw, an 8th grade English teacher from Fortescue, New Jersey
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2018 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000 + a $2,500 grant. Last name...
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Jason Sterlacci, a 6th grade English teacher from Somerset, New Jersey
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2017 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. 2016 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000...
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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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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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Ashley Walker, a senior from Dartmouth College
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Fort Pierce, Florida. [No contestant...
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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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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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Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
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Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Lisa Gargiulo, a middle school English teacher from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
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Jill Gilbert, a middle school English teacher from Des Moines, Iowa
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2016 Teachers Tournament 2nd runner-up: $25,000 + a $2,500 education grant...
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Janet Wong, a development officer for a museum from Hoboken, New Jersey
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"As a senior at Drew University, she won the February 2000...
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Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
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Christi Gowen Roberts, a middle school English teacher originally from Saco, Maine
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Season 14 player (1998-06-08).
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Ellyn Feerick, a middle school English teacher from Driggs, Idaho
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Season 25 player (2009-07-20).
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