#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | BRITISH EXPLORERS $400: William Baffin was the first to determine degrees of this by watching the Moon pass in front of a star in 1615 longitude |
#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | TOUGH VOCAB $1200: It can mean a horse carriage for rent; add -ed to mean made commonplace by frequent use a hackney |
#9068, aired 2024-03-27 | CRUISE LINES $400: Client Rod Tidwell gets agent Jerry Maguire to say this 4-word phrase again & again, louder each time show me the money |
#9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSIC COLLABS $800: This country singer collaborated with Leon Bridges on the song "If You Were Mine" Miranda Lambert |
#9068, aired 2024-03-27 | TRENDING $1000: This 4-letter photo-editing app has given rise to a meme that describes a person with a specific fashion aesthetic VSCO |
#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 | FEELING JITTERY $800: This 4-letter word can mean tense or provocative, like a daring work of art edgy |
#9067, aired 2024-03-26 | SPORTY TALK $1000: It can mean any self-destructive act, specifically kicking the ball into the net you're supposed to be defending own goal |
#9067, aired 2024-03-26 | FEELING JITTERY $1200: It starts with the same 4 letters & seems like it would mean the opposite of "restless", but it means the same restive |
#9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THE THEATER $400: Inspired by the drama of "The Winner Takes It All", this musical premiered in London in 1999 & played its 9,000th show there in 2022 Mamma Mia! |
#9066, aired 2024-03-25 | LET'S GET A DRINK $600: Real Madagascar vanilla is one of the spices in this "original spiced rum" brand, & I totally mean to pull rank here Captain Morgan |
#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 |
#9066, aired 2024-03-25 | FIVE GUYS $2000: This Spanish surrealist whose work is often exhibited with Dali's painted "Dog Barking at the Moon" in 1926 Joan Miró |
#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 | WORDS IN INVITATIONAL $200: It can mean of utmost importance or essential to life vital |
#9065, aired 2024-03-22 | NONFICTION $600: Members of the Osage Nation, Mollie Burkhart & her family are at the center of this bestseller Killers of the Flower Moon |
#9065, aired 2024-03-22 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: It comes before voce to mean "quietly" & before "il sole della Toscana" to mean the book "Under the Tuscan Sun" Sotto |
#9064, aired 2024-03-21 | 4-LETTER HOMOPHONES $200: Money paid to release one from the hoosegow
&
a large bundle of goods bail/bale |
#9064, aired 2024-03-21 | IN YOUR ELEMENT $400: Br:
A possessive adjective mine (in bromine) |
#9064, aired 2024-03-21 | THE CINEMA IN 2023 $400: In "Dumb Money", Paul Dano plays an investor who led a surge in value for this stock, & Anthony Ramos plays an employee there GameStop |
#9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $200: Mayhem is classified as this type of crime, which kinda rhymes with "dope melody" a felony |
#9061, aired 2024-03-18 | MUSICAL FILMS $800: Reneé Rapp plays Regina George, head of the Plastics, in this 2024 high school musical Mean Girls |
#9061, aired 2024-03-18 | INTRODUCTORY WORDS $2000: It can mean a legal right in English or right in French droit |
#9060, aired 2024-03-15 | WHAT THE "H"? $1200: A classic song says, "waiting 'round the bend, my" this person, "Moon River & me" huckleberry friend |
#9060, aired 2024-03-15 | LOST WORKS $1200: The lost 9-hour cut of this Erich von Stroheim silent film with a deadly sin as its title likely showed money can't buy happiness Greed |
#9060, aired 2024-03-15 | LOST WORKS $5,000 (Daily Double): In the lost ancient epic "Aethiopis", the Ethiopian king Memnon fights for Troy & is killed by this Greek hero Achilles |
#9059, aired 2024-03-14 | LOOK AT THE MAP $200: Let's look at the two main islands of this alliterative Caribbean country Trinidad & Tobago |
#9059, aired 2024-03-14 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $600: Jaundice can be a symptom of this liver inflammation that has 5 main viruses labeled A-E hepatitis |
#9059, aired 2024-03-14 | FESTIVALS $1000: Blue for Krishna is just one of the hues in this festival of colors on the day of the full moon Holi |
#9059, aired 2024-03-14 | THE NAME ON THE OSCAR $1600: Best Supporting Actress, 1973, for "Paper Moon" Tatum O'Neal |
#9058, aired 2024-03-13 | THE CLOCK & THE CALENDAR $400: Months on the Islamic calendar traditionally begin when this type of moon is sighted in the western sky the crescent moon |
#9057, aired 2024-03-12 | THE KNIGHTLY NEWS $1200: This "colorful" poem dates to the 14th century & includes the main character being tempted by a lord's wife Sir Gawain and the Green Knight |
#9057, aired 2024-03-12 | UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $1600: The New Horizons spacecraft discovered that the surface of this largest moon of Pluto was mostly dirty water ice Charon |
#9054, aired 2024-03-07 | THE TALLEST ONE $1600: In the heartwarming sismance among the main actors on "Ted Lasso" Hannah Waddingham |
#9054, aired 2024-03-07 | ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS $8,600 (Daily Double): Originally a stick or spindle used in spinning, it also came to mean women's work or the female side of a family distaff |
#9052, aired 2024-03-05 | WORDS IN COLONEL JESSUP'S BIG SPEECH $200: It's said there are "three sides to every story: yours, mine" & this the truth |
#9052, aired 2024-03-05 | TV IN THE AUGHTIES $800: The title of this Miami-set spy show co-starring Bruce Campbell refers to an official statement that blacklists a spy Burn Notice |
#9052, aired 2024-03-05 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $3,600 (Daily Double): The 2 main species of this great ape are the Bornean & Sumatran the orangutan |
#9051, aired 2024-03-04 | I HEARD A RUMOR $200: It can mean a rumor, or testimony in court based upon what she said she said hearsay |
#9051, aired 2024-03-04 | I HEARD A RUMOR $600: Merriam-Webster "spills" the story that using this word to mean a secret truth first gained prominence in Black drag culture the tea |
#9050, aired 2024-03-01 | RHYMES WITH RHYME $800: Before "in", it can mean to break into a conversation to express an opinion chime |
#9050, aired 2024-03-01 | RHYMES WITH RHYME $1000: In computer jargon, it's an extension that allows the transfer of different types of data files via email MIME |
#9049, aired 2024-02-29 | LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE $800: Live:
Vegan? You may need to give this cobalt-containing vitamin a shot, as animal products are the main dietary source of it B12 |
#9049, aired 2024-02-29 | IMAGE $1200: MoMA describes this 1889 van Gogh painting as having a "churning sky" & a "quiet village below" Starry Night |
#9049, aired 2024-02-29 | NAME $2000: This 18th century French writer may have derived his mononym from an anagram of a Latinized version of his surname, Arouet Voltaire |
#9047, aired 2024-02-27 | INAUGURAL ADDRESSES $1000: In 1969 Nixon was referring to this Apollo mission when he said astronauts "flew over the Moon's gray surface on Christmas Eve" Apollo 8 |
#9046, aired 2024-02-26 | ALLOYS $5,000 (Daily Double): This 7-letter word for an alloy used in dentistry is also used to mean any combination of 2 or more substances amalgam |
#9045, aired 2024-02-23 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $400: Counterfeit currency for Bugs or Thumper bunny funny money |
#9045, aired 2024-02-23 | QUICK GEO $2000: Myanmar's main river the Irrawaddy |
#9043, aired 2024-02-21 | FUN & GAMES $400: Scott Salvadore won the "mane event" for the championships of this hairstyle with his 'do named "The Lord's Drapes" a mullet |
#9043, aired 2024-02-21 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1200: Early in his career, this author of "The Corrections" earned extra money working in a seismology lab at Harvard Franzen |
#9042, aired 2024-02-20 | WHAT'S THAT SMELL? $200: Naturally, this body part can also mean a smell nose |
#9042, aired 2024-02-20 | THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE $600: The stamp seen here is sold at a surcharge to help raise money to find a cure for this breast cancer |
#9042, aired 2024-02-20 | WHAT'S THAT SMELL? $800: This 5-letter word can mean the distinct smell left by an animal & used to track prey scent |
#9041, aired 2024-02-19 | IT'S ALL "SMALL" STUFF $400: This type of special tribunal is set up for simplified litigation of damages below a certain amount of money small claims court |
#9041, aired 2024-02-19 | POP $1600: This main character of the God of War video game franchise has issues with his dad, Zeus, who hasn't done right by his mom, Callisto Kratos |
#9040, aired 2024-02-16 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY $400: The second-most populous city in Canada, it was founded in 1642 as a missionary center by Paul de Chomedey Montreal |
#9040, aired 2024-02-16 | OH, "MY" WORD! $800: This Asian critter is known for its ability to mimic human speech the mynah |
#9040, aired 2024-02-16 | SCIENCE STUFF $2000: Galileo discovered this, the largest moon of Jupiter & the largest satellite in our solar system Ganymede |
#9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 5 FOR THE ROAD $200: The road to hell is proverbially paved with these, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to be nice good intentions |
#9038, aired 2024-02-14 | THE AIR THAT I BREATHE $1200: The main gas from an erupting volcano is this 2-word one that also forms clouds, but there's also less benign sulfur dioxide water vapor |
#9035, aired 2024-02-09 | POETRY $400: In an Edward Lear poem, the Owl marries this other title animal & they dance "by the light of the moon" the Pussycat |
#9035, aired 2024-02-09 | NUMERICAL TELEVISION $1000: Would you believe these were the 2 code numbers used by the 2 main CONTROL agents fighting KAOS on "Get Smart!" 86 & 99 |
#9035, aired 2024-02-09 | 21st CENTURY SCIENCE $1200: Before its mission ended in 2017, the spacecraft named for this astronomer gave us a view of Saturn's moon Enceladus Cassini |
#9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THINKING ABOUT THE ROMAN EMPIRE $1200: Poor Geoffrey was on the menu at Pompeii; archaeologists have dug up a bone of this tall African animal in the ancient city a giraffe |
#9034, aired 2024-02-08 | PASTOR BROWN'S CHURCH NEWSLETTER CROSSWORD $1600: Pastor B. wants your money to slide into this plate
(10 letters) collection |
#9033, aired 2024-02-07 | LITERATURE BINGO $200: "N", 2005: Llewelyn Moss decides to take off with millions in drug money in this Cormac McCarthy tale; Llewelyn comes to regret that No Country for Old Men |
#9032, aired 2024-02-06 | LATER, DUDE $2000: As this 8-letter word can mean "goodbye forever" in Japan, most Japanese people don't use it that often sayonara |
#9031, aired 2024-02-05 | HISTORICAL AMERICAN CURRENCY $200: It still had "Bay Colony" in its name when it issued America's first paper money in 1690 to help fund military expeditions Massachusetts |
#9031, aired 2024-02-05 | HISTORICAL AMERICAN CURRENCY $600: Between 1837 & 1840 this republic & future state issued a paper currency called star money for the small star on the bill's face Texas |
#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 | MISCELLANY $400: It's the year Apollo 11 put a man on the Moon, & not just one 1969 |
#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 |
#9028, aired 2024-01-31 | OPERA $400: In act IV of "La bohème", Musetta finds this woman half-dead; spoiler alert--by the end of the act, she's all dead Mimi |
#9028, aired 2024-01-31 | THE ENGLISH PAST TENSE $800: This irregular past tense verb can mean completely tired out & exhausted spent (worn) |
#9028, aired 2024-01-31 | MOUNTAINS OF LITERATURE $1600: "Der Zauberberg" in German, this Thomas Mann novel tells the story of a man who stays in a TB clinic for 7 years Magic Mountain |
#9026, aired 2024-01-29 | LOST IN SPACE $2,000 (Daily Double): This astronaut who remained in orbit during a 1969 Moon landing, lost a camera during an earlier mission in 1966 (Michael) Collins |
#9024, aired 2024-01-25 | PEOPLE WHO ARE PLACES $2000: He's a "Mamma Mia!" maybe papa & a narrow inlet of the sea in the British isles a firth (Colin Firth) |
#9023, aired 2024-01-24 | ART & ARTISTS $400: An estimated 80% of the visitors to the Louvre come just to see this portrait by Leonardo da Vinci the Mona Lisa |
#9023, aired 2024-01-24 | ISLAND COUNTRIES $1200: Divided into 2 sections & 2 main ethnic groups, Cyprus has 2 official languages: Greek & this Turkish |
#9022, aired 2024-01-23 | 3-LETTER, 3-LETTER $400: It refers to the main tent of a circus, or the circus itself the big top |
#9022, aired 2024-01-23 | SQUEAKER OF THE HOUSE $600: Snap & glue are 2 main types of this device used to rid your house of little squeakers mousetraps |
#9022, aired 2024-01-23 | U.S. CITIES $1600: Many a cruise leaves out of Port Everglades in this city, the seat of Broward County Fort Lauderdale |
#26, aired 2024-01-23 | ADVANCED CINEMATOGRAPHY $100: That's what I call range! Rodrigo Prieto was behind the lens for Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" & this 2023 Martin Scorsese drama Killers of the Flower Moon |
#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 | OZZY OSBOURNE'S FAVORITE SONGS $600: This Pink Floyd classic reminds Ozzy of his LSD days; maybe it's that trippy cash register sound effect "Money" |
#26, aired 2024-01-23 | OZZY OSBOURNE'S FAVORITE SONGS $1500: Called "the cowbell jam to end all cowbell jams", this song by Mountain is not about a river boat, you know what I mean "Mississippi Queen" |
#26, aired 2024-01-23 | PEAK TV $2,000 (Daily Double): Mike White, the creator of this series, said that the first season is about money and the second season is about sex White Lotus |
#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 |
#9020, aired 2024-01-19 | FROM S TO Y $400: This verb can mean to kill; in slang, crack someone up; or more recent slang, kill with one's fashion slay |
#9020, aired 2024-01-19 | EXISTENTIALISM $2000: A common maxim is "existence precedes" this other "E" term; the main thing is we're here, free to create meaning in our lives essence |
#9019, aired 2024-01-18 | AN "H" & "R" BLOCK $800: The legal money of a nation is said to be the "coin of the" this the realm |
#9018, aired 2024-01-17 | FIND THE FISH $1600: Let's hear a solo on that theremin now, said the conductor minnow |
#9017, aired 2024-01-16 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANS $2000: Brought back to his place in history by a 2023 movie, he was the main organizer of the March on Washington Bayard Rustin |
#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 | SPELLING BIZ $500: In 1972, this brand debuted Red Zinger and Sleepy Time; you can't spell it without spelling...
_ _ _ _ _ T _ _ _
_ E A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Celestial Seasonings |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE MOUNT RUSHMORE OF... $800: Masterpieces: "Mona Lisa", "The Last Supper", "the starry night" & this Botticelli work of a goddess standing in a scallop shell (The) Birth of Venus |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE MOUNT RUSHMORE OF... $1000: Rock drummers: Neil Peart, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon & this legendary Led Zeppelin beat keeper John Bonham |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | WORDS THAT MAKE DOGS GO NUTS $1000: In "Mean Girls", Gretchen Wieners tries to make this word happen to no avail fetch |
#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 |
#9016, aired 2024-01-15 | "G" WHIZ $1600: The bell-lyra & the orchestra bells are 2 of the main types of this percussion instrument a glockenspiel |
#2, aired 2024-01-12 | SPRECHEN SIE DEUTSCH? $1200: In German, what's mine is mein & what's yours is this rhyming word dein |
#9014, aired 2024-01-11 | EPISODES OF THE SITCOM $2000: "Blanche and the Younger Man" & "Dateline: Miami" The Golden Girls |
#9013, aired 2024-01-10 | U.S. MONEY $200: The $1 bill features one of these structures topped by an all-seeing eye a pyramid |
#9013, aired 2024-01-10 | U.S. MONEY $400: The Feds still issue bills of this denomination but in a much smaller quantity than the others $2 bill |
#9013, aired 2024-01-10 | U.S. MONEY $600: In the late 18th century, the first U.S. coins were minted in this city, the capital at the time Philadelphia |
#9013, aired 2024-01-10 | U.S. MONEY $800: The highest U.S. denomination ever issued, $100,000 gold certificates, were not meant for public use, but for use by these banks |
#9013, aired 2024-01-10 | U.S. MONEY $1000: Part of the Treasury Department, the U.S. bureau of these 2 activities can produce over $500 million in notes in a day engraving & printing |
#9012, aired 2024-01-09 | A RECIPE FOR... $400: The 2 main ingredients for the pasta dish cacio e pepe are cheese & this, pepe nero in Italian black pepper |
#9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WATERLOGGED WORDS $800: Damp means wet, as does this other 4-letter "D" word that the cool kids use to mean "excellent" dank |
#24, aired 2024-01-09 | OPPOSITES OF NOVEL TITLES $300: Ernest Hemingway's "The Moon Also Sets" The Sun Also Rises |
#9011, aired 2024-01-08 | RECENT MOVIES $1000: This Scorsese film is based on David Grann's nonfiction book about Osage murders in 1920s Oklahoma Killers of the Flower Moon |
#9010, aired 2024-01-05 | OUR MAN ON THE FIELD $200: Coming on the pitch in the 60th minute in his Inter Miami regular season debut in 2023, he got his first MLS goal 29 minutes later Messi |
#9010, aired 2024-01-05 | NYMING -NYMS $800: A cryptonym is a secret name or code word; this 1960s Vietnamese leader had several, including Agent 19 Ho Chi Minh |
#9009, aired 2024-01-04 | LANGUAGES & THEIR FORMS $600: More than 20 languages spoken by indigenous people in Guatemala originated from this language Mayan |
#9009, aired 2024-01-04 | I SENSE SOME NEGATIVITY $800: As a verb, it can mean to blaspheme; as a noun, a calling to a deity to bring evil to a foe curse |
#9007, aired 2024-01-02 | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS $600: It's a word for a woman's garment that can also mean to go around the edge of an area to skirt |
#9007, aired 2024-01-02 | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS $1000: You get an "A" plus 7 letters in geometry, if you know it describes 2 angles with a common side & vertex; it can also just mean "next to" adjacent (angles) |
#9007, aired 2024-01-02 | CHILD PERFORMERS $1600: In this movie child actor Jonathan Lipnicki told Tom Cruise the human head weighs 8 pounds Jerry Maguire |
#9007, aired 2024-01-02 | LET'S TALK ASTRONOMY $2000: This word for when the Moon is between half & full can be pronounced with either a hard or soft "G" sound gibbous |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | BOOKS IN THE SERIES $100: Stephenie Meyer:
"New Moon";
"Eclipse";
"Breaking Dawn" Twilight |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | URANUS, SHMURANUS $200: With a name like Janus, you'd think it would orbit Uranus, but it's a moon that orbits this ringed planet Saturn |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | ONE BELLY BUTTON, TWO NIPPLES $500: Epiglottis, naris, testis:
it's the one a male has one of epiglottis |
#9006, aired 2024-01-01 | NATIVE AMERICANS $400: The people of Red Mountain are battling to protect their Nev. homeland at Thacker Pass from an open-pit mine for this battery element lithium |
#9005, aired 2023-12-29 | GLAD-JECTIVES $800: This 7-letter adjective can mean happy or able to float on liquid buoyant |
#9005, aired 2023-12-29 | CANADIAN POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS $1000: Its 2 main parts are separated by the Strait of Belle Isle:
NL Newfoundland & Labrador |
#9005, aired 2023-12-29 | FEATURES OF THE PLANET $1000: Its unique tilt ensures 21-year winters for each pole; we'll throw in that Cupid is an inner moon Uranus |
#9005, aired 2023-12-29 | LITERARY TOWNS & CITIES $1200: A writer becomes infatuated with a boy & his family in 1912's "Death in Venice" by this author (Thomas) Mann |
#9004, aired 2023-12-28 | TOUCH TYPE $400: A word & the same word backwards: done "on the shoulder", they mean you're being selected or being comforted tap or pat |
#9004, aired 2023-12-28 | I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT $400: Let's change gears & give you a passage through a mine shift & shaft |
#9004, aired 2023-12-28 | SPEED DATING $600: The world ended, according to erroneous interpretations of the Mayan calendar 2012 |
#9004, aired 2023-12-28 | FOR THE GRAM $600: Jessica Anteby Tebele is behind a meme account with funny photos called "Beige" this sweater familiar to Swifties a Cardigan |
#9004, aired 2023-12-28 | WORLD CAPITALS $1600: Mexico City's main airport is named for this national hero & president of the country from 1861 to 1872 Benito Juárez |
#9003, aired 2023-12-27 | IN MY CEILINGS $200: In 2023 this was suspended at $31.4 trillion; it's a 2-word term for the cap that limits the money the govt. is allowed to borrow the debt ceiling |
#9002, aired 2023-12-26 | JUST "E"AT IT $200: In the U.S., this French word signifies the main course, but in France it means the first course the entrée |
#9002, aired 2023-12-26 | FORKS, KNIVES, SPOONS $400: In 2020 this umlauted ice cream brand got rid of those cute little non-recyclable plastic spoons from some mini cups Häagen-Dazs |
#9002, aired 2023-12-26 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Confusingly, the University of Miami is in Florida, while Miami University is in this state Ohio |
#9001, aired 2023-12-25 | BATS ENTERTAINMENT $400: She was up for a Golden Glove... I mean, a Golden Globe... for playing catcher Dottie Hinson in "A League of Their Own" Geena Davis |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | FOLLOW THE "MONEY" $200: This Michael Lewis bestseller is subtitled "The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" Moneyball |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | FOLLOW THE "MONEY" $400: In 2010 a Paris court gave Manuel Noriega 7 years in prison for this crime of disguising the source of illegal proceeds money laundering |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | FOLLOW THE "MONEY" $600: In the title of their debut album, The Black Crowes advised listeners to shake this your money maker |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | FOLLOW THE "MONEY" $800: This larval word describes one preoccupied with wealth money-grubber |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | FOLLOW THE "MONEY" $1000: Many men have lightened their billfolds by carrying this; JFK's was gold with an image of St. Christopher a money clip |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: Manama & Bushehr are on this body that was at the center of fighting in 1991 & again in the 2000s the Persian Gulf |
#8999, aired 2023-12-21 | WORDS & THEIR CHANGING MEANINGS $400: Once used to mean lust, it's now a 2-syllable synonym for indigestion heartburn |
#8999, aired 2023-12-21 | SAY, "BUSTER" $800: In the 1850s, it meant an American who caused conflict in Latin America; a bit later, it came to mean a tactic in a legislature a Filibuster |
#8998, aired 2023-12-20 | FAMOUS FINNS $1200: Marshal Carl Mannerheim gave his name to Finland's main line of defense in the 1939-40 war with this country the Soviet Union |
#8997, aired 2023-12-19 | SUPER SUCCESSFUL SEQUELS $2000: 2020:
Detectives played by Will Smith & Martin Lawrence fight drug lords in Miami Bad Boys for Life |
#8996, aired 2023-12-18 | COLORFUL SPORTS $600: Hard Rock Stadium in Florida is home to the Miami Dolphins & this college bowl game the Orange Bowl |
#8996, aired 2023-12-18 | HERE COMES THE SUN $1000: The Sun is a G2 V star, meaning it's of the second hottest in the "G" class & the "V" refers to its being in this "sequence" the main sequence |
#8996, aired 2023-12-18 | IN YOUR FACE! $1200: This part of your face can also mean impudence; the "Barefoot Boy" had one "of tan" cheek |
#8996, aired 2023-12-18 | U.S. FIRSTS $7,000 (Daily Double): The first woman mayor of a major U.S. city was Bertha Landes in Seattle; soon after came Dorothy Lee in this city 172 miles south Portland (Oregon) |
#8993, aired 2023-12-13 | OSCAR, MEYER, WIENER $400: On the small screen, he starred in "Moon Knight"; on the big screen, "The Force Awakens" & "Inside Llewyn Davis", among others Oscar Isaac |
#8992, aired 2023-12-12 | HAVE YOU 8? $200: The main part of this state is its 8 main islands Hawaii |
#8992, aired 2023-12-12 | BLACK MYSTERY & CRIME FICTION $1000: The name of this underworld author of "Mama Black Widow" & "Pimp" inspired the "Ice" part of Ice-T's stage name Iceberg Slim |
#8989, aired 2023-12-07 | OKLAHOMA! $800: This humorist & native son lends his name to Oklahoma City's main airport Will Rogers |
#8988, aired 2023-12-06 | REAL MEN OF SCIENCE $800: Christiaan Huygens was an early telescope developer & found the moon Titan when he looked at this planet Saturn |
#22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE MOON $200: Note to Pink Floyd: though one hemisphere of the Moon always faces away from Earth, this nickname for it is inaccurate dark side of the Moon |
#22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE MOON $400: NASA describes these phenomena as "bulges" in the Earth's oceans caused by the Moon's gravitational pull the tides |
#22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE MOON $600: Stargazers once thought the Moon's dark patches were oceans; today we know they're pools of this hardened volcanic substance lava |
#22, aired 2023-12-06 | ALSO A TAYLOR SWIFT SONG $800: It's not yours! It's this word that comes before "craft" & "sweeper" in the names of popular video games mine |
#22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE MOON $800: Why all the craters? Blame it on the Moon's thin one of these, a gassy layer offering scant protection against meteorites atmosphere |
#22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE $1,000 (Daily Double): Historians cite this event that began in 1929 as one of the main reasons for the demise of the Harlem renaissance the Great Depression |
#22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE MOON $1000: The Apollo astronauts didn't fire muskets on the Moon, but they did report that moondust smells of this burnt explosive gunpowder |
#22, aired 2023-12-06 | SPELLED RONG ON PURPOSE $1500: This buzzy cryptocurrency's name was inspired by a meme, which may have been inspired by a mistyping of the word "dog" Dogecoin |
#8987, aired 2023-12-05 | ALMOST ASSASSINATED $400: February 15, 1933 after making a speech in Miami FDR |
#8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FLAGS $2,600 (Daily Double): The main flag on a warship is called this, also a rank in the Navy the ensign |
#8986, aired 2023-12-04 | BRITISH BANDS $800: Bananarama had a hit with this song, appropriately enough, in the mean, hot days of August 1984 "Cruel Summer" |
#8985, aired 2023-12-01 | MACBETH'S WITCHES ON FOOD NETWORK $400: Instead of cilantro, we'll use slips of yew slivered during one of these of the Moon an eclipse |
#8985, aired 2023-12-01 | NURSERY RHYME PHOBIAS $1000: As he may have had peniaphobia, a fear of poverty, he was in the counting-house counting all his money the king |
#8984, aired 2023-11-30 | ECON 101 $1000: Give us an "A" for this word that can mean paying off a debt in installments or by paying into a sinking fund amortization |
#8983, aired 2023-11-29 | HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD $400: Miami districts include "Little Haiti" & "Little" this city, home to many exiles from Cuba Havana |
#8983, aired 2023-11-29 | BEN FRANKLIN'S DRINKER'S DICTIONARY $1200: "He sees" these (Ben probably didn't mean Walter Payton & Dick Butkus) bears |
#21, aired 2023-11-29 | WOMEN & SPORTS $600: Named general manager of the Miami Marlins in 2020, Kim Ng became this pro sport's first female GM baseball |
#21, aired 2023-11-29 | "SESAME STREET" SONG PARODIES $600: Tony Bennett sings "Slimey To The Moon" after this cranky Muppet's pet worm goes to space to "wriggle 'mongst the stars" Oscar the Grouch |
#21, aired 2023-11-29 | THIS IS JEO-PURR-DY! $600: In this iconic Internet meme, an orange tabby named Fatso appears to play an Ensoniq Mirage synthesizer Keyboard Cat |
#8982, aired 2023-11-28 | REMEMBER THE MANE $400: He's the fight promoter seen here Don King |
#8982, aired 2023-11-28 | REMEMBER THE MANE $800: If you lived through the '70s, you must remember her hair & probably that poster Farrah Fawcett |
#8982, aired 2023-11-28 | REMEMBER THE MANE $1200: Bouffant hair & a pillbox hat were part of her look that sparked a fashion trend Jacqueline Kennedy |
#8982, aired 2023-11-28 | REMEMBER THE MANE $1600: When this "Felicity" star cut her hair & fans freaked out, a WB exec said, "Nobody is cutting their hair again on our network" Keri Russell |
#8982, aired 2023-11-28 | REMEMBER THE MANE $2000: He's toured & recorded with his Large Band Lyle Lovett |
#8981, aired 2023-11-27 | CULTURE CLUB $400: Jasper Johns' "Sketch for 'Good Time Charley"' can be found at this museum, 1000 5th Ave. at 82nd the Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art) |
#8981, aired 2023-11-27 | THE 23rd PSALM $800: "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of" these mine enemies |
#8980, aired 2023-11-24 | FICTIONAL MOVIE BANDS $1600: The New Main Street Singers, Mitch & Mickey & The Folksmen are groups in this Christopher Guest film A Mighty Wind |
#8980, aired 2023-11-24 | NASHVILLE, GEOGRAPHIC $5,000 (Daily Double): A very rich businessman gave his name & money to this prestigious university in Nashville; Go Commodores! Vanderbilt |
#8978, aired 2023-11-22 | ONOMATOPOEIA $1000: The sound of eating a chip, it comes before "time" to mean a moment of pressure crunch |
#8976, aired 2023-11-20 | LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS $400: What a social climber! His name precedes "symbol" to mean something that represents high position Status |
#8975, aired 2023-11-17 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $400: This show takes place on a Greek isle while a single mother prepares for her daughter's wedding Mamma Mia! |
#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" |
#8975, aired 2023-11-17 | MORE TRICKY QUESTIONS $1000: It's the main reason in Wyoming why a man can't marry his widow's sister because he's dead |
#8974, aired 2023-11-16 | THE NAME OF THE LAW $2000: Named for an Illinois representative, 1910's White Slave Traffic Act is better known as this "Act" the Mann Act |
#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 | SIX DEGREES OF ACTUAL BACON $800: Tomato sauce is in Sloppy Joes with beef, & beef is with bacon in this beloved Wendy's burger, introduced in 2007 the Baconator |
#8972, aired 2023-11-14 | CARL SAGAN $800: Sagan was among the first to suggest that Jupiter's moon Europa might have this & that it might contain life oceans |
#8971, aired 2023-11-13 | THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE $200: In 1914 this automaker raised the minimum wage for his employees to $5 a day, more than twice the going rate Henry Ford |
#8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LETTER & WORD $800: A cheap film shown in addition to the main feature a B picture (B movie) |
#8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LIFE SCIENCE $1600: Transporting this protein is the main job of your body's erythrocytes hemoglobin |
#8970, aired 2023-11-10 | DESIGNERS $200: We know that the devil wears this designer, but did you know she has a doctorate in political science & studied mime? Prada |
#8968, aired 2023-11-08 | L____O $1000: If you run into this word on a menu, relax, it's just Spanish for "prawn" langostino |
#8968, aired 2023-11-08 | "THE" MOVIE $1200: "The Color of Money" was a sequel to this 1961 movie The Hustler |
#8968, aired 2023-11-08 | A "C" IN ANATOMY $1600: It's Latin for "neck" & can mean the neck as well as the outer end of the uterus the cervix |
#8967, aired 2023-11-07 | DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSÉ? $400: San Jose in this country is on the main highway from Manila to Aparri the Philippines |
#8967, aired 2023-11-07 | DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSÉ? $800: If you mean San José de las Lajas, it's in la Habana province in this country Cuba |
#8967, aired 2023-11-07 | TAXES $1000: It ensures that those who get tax breaks pay at least a certain amount; Kiplinger's called it "the tax we love to hate" the AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax) |
#8967, aired 2023-11-07 | ALBERT CAMUS $1600: In the original French, the first line of this Camus novel is "Aujourd'hui, maman est morte" The Stranger |
#8965, aired 2023-11-03 | IT JUST SOUNDS QUESTIONABLE $400: This 4-letter word can mean "stop"; while pouring you a drink someone might ask you to "say" it when |
#8965, aired 2023-11-03 | ART HEISTS $400: Even the "Mona Lisa" has been stolen, pinched from this museum in 1911 & hidden for 2 years until the thief tried to sell the Louvre |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | ICONIC MAN-PERMS $100: This beloved painter started perming his hair in the '80s to save money on happy little haircuts (Bob) Ross |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | ICONIC MAN-PERMS $300: Once asked if his long mane was a "bad perm", this "Amish Paradise" singer said, "It's bad natural hair" "Weird Al" Yankovic |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | A YEAR THAT ENDS IN ZERO $600: Nat King Cole hits No. 1 with "Mona Lisa",
NATO turns one year old 1950 |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | HAIL TO THE CHEF $1,100 (Daily Double): A distillery at this historic Virginia estate makes whiskey based on George Washington's own recipe Mount Vernon |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | RIGHT "U-R" $1,500 (Daily Double): The New York Times called it a "sport in which daredevils race over rooftops, flip over ledges and climb walls without assistance" parkour |
#8962, aired 2023-10-31 | SOURCE OF THE LATE NIGHT BIT $600: "Celebrities Read Mean Tweets" Jimmy Kimmel |
#8962, aired 2023-10-31 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $2000: In Rousseau's "Sleeping Gypsy", a full moon hangs in the night sky while this animal catches the scent of the title figure a lion |
#8961, aired 2023-10-30 | ACCENTÉ $1600: This accented word follows "actor" & "artist" to mean failure in those dreams manqué |
#8960, aired 2023-10-27 | THE "LONG" & "SHORT" OF IT $600: Traditionally, the main ingredients in these Scottish cookies are flour, sugar & an ample amount of butter shortbread |
#8960, aired 2023-10-27 | THE MAORI $1000: In this 2002 movie starring Keisha Castle-Hughes, a 12-year-old girl wants to be chief of her Maori tribe; granddad says no Whale Rider |
#8959, aired 2023-10-26 | OF REPRESENTATIVES $800: You must be 30 to be a U.S. senator & this minimum age to be a member of the House of Representatives 25 |
#8959, aired 2023-10-26 | OF REPRESENTATIVES $2000: Upset about taxes? Take it up with this committee, the House's main one for writing tax bills the Ways & Means Committee |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | BY THE NUMBERS $1000: It's the number Gordon Ramsay might bellow to announce he's removing an item from the menu 86 |
#8957, aired 2023-10-24 | CONTRONYMS $800: It can mean to attach something, like with a clasp, or to detach something, like coupons clip |
#8957, aired 2023-10-24 | CONTRONYMS $2000: It can mean to withstand something (a storm, for instance) as well as to erode under it weather |
#8956, aired 2023-10-23 | STUPID PROVERBS $400: An American proverb says, "Money begets" this money |
#8956, aired 2023-10-23 | THE REALLY OLD COLLEGE TRY $800: Franz Joseph inaugurated the new main building of the university of this capital, the oldest university in the German-speaking world the University of Vienna |
#8955, aired 2023-10-20 | WHAT'S NEXT? $400: Apollo missions that landed on the Moon:
11, 12, this 14 |
#8954, aired 2023-10-19 | HOUSE HUNTERS INTERGALACTIC $1600: If you have your heart set on this 2-letter moon of Jupiter, pack a coat; temperatures get below -225 degrees Io |
#8954, aired 2023-10-19 | HOUSE HUNTERS INTERGALACTIC $7,200 (Daily Double): Want land? Buying on this moon of Saturn is a no-brainer; its 3,200-mile diameter is bigger than Mercury! Titan |
#8953, aired 2023-10-18 | MIRRORS $200: Minimum number of mirrors needed to make a kaleidoscope 2 |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | REPETITIVE SONG TITLES $200: The "explosive" trio of Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj collaborated on this 2014 hit "Bang Bang" |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | OTHER WORDS FOR DOIN' IT $200: In a simpler time, this phrase meant "hang out & watch a movie"; it's evolved to mean "hang out, watch a movie &... you know" Netflix & chill |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | "I" CAN GO EITHER WAY $300: Take a nail salon treatment, move its eye from the back to the front, & you get this model & longtime wife of David Bowie Iman |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | REPETITIVE SONG TITLES $500: The Financial Times called this ABBA song, "a lament about being poor in a rich man's world" "Money, Money, Money" |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | NONAGENARIANS $1200: In 2023, this astronaut got married on his 93rd birthday; presumably, he was over the moon Buzz Aldrin |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | THE QURAN $1500: One passage says that paradise flows with rivers of water, milk, honey, and this fermented libation, forbidden on earth wine |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | WEEDER'S DIGEST $400: This member of the parsley family that grows wild in Europe & the U.S. is a main flavoring agent in pickles dill |
#8950, aired 2023-10-13 | VOCABULARY $1600: Depending on how you pronounce it, it can be a substance burned for its fragrance, or it can mean to anger someone incense |
#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 | LESSER-KNOWN SIBLINGS $400: This man who seized power in his country in 1959 may have seen red when his sister Juanita sold her Miami pharmacy to CVS in 2006 Fidel Castro |
#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 | 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 $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 |
#8947, aired 2023-10-10 | FOOD $800: Government money that a congressman steers toward his home district a pork barrel |
#8945, aired 2023-10-06 | THIS OR THAT $800: Last name of the singer of "What A Wonderful World" in '67 & the man who got a Moon's-eye view of it in '69 Armstrong |
#8944, aired 2023-10-05 | ARCHITECTURE TERMS $400: Miss this term for the main body of a church & it sounds like you don't know Jack the nave |
#8943, aired 2023-10-04 | PLEASE BEAR WITH ME $800: This man as Jackie Moon, after a stunt on the court with a bear goes awry in "Semi-Pro": "If you have a small child, use it as a shield!" Will Ferrell |
#8943, aired 2023-10-04 | MIRROR WORDS $1000: Money for the return of something lost & a compartment in a cabinet to keep it in reward & drawer |
#15, aired 2023-10-04 | BLUNT BIOS OF BRAND MASCOTS $400: A mustachioed cartoon man, currently lacking a mouth to eat the potato crisps he sells (the) Pringles (guy) (Julius Pringle) |
#15, aired 2023-10-04 | JOYCE, CARROLL, OATES $400: "Wonderland" Joyce Carol Oates |
#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 |
#8939, aired 2023-09-28 | NEW WORDS IN THE 1600s $200: What sayest thee? Dost thou mean this thing whereon beads are slid for counting? an abacus |
#8939, aired 2023-09-28 | FROM THE GREEK $400: Before you ask for mine, you should know it's from the Greek for "self-written" autograph |
#8939, aired 2023-09-28 | PEOPLE WHO KNEAD PEOPLE $1000: On-site massage is also called this type, which comes from the Latin for "body" & can mean "relating to a large company" corporate |
#8938, aired 2023-09-27 | RIVERS OF AFRICA $400: The Nile has 3 main sections: the Atbara & the ones known by these 2 colors Blue & White |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | FROM Z TO A $800: Last name of the musician who had kids named Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet & Diva Zappa |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | BOOK DEDICATIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): This author of "The Fountainhead" dedicated 1957's "Atlas Shrugged" to 2 different men: her husband and her lover Ayn Rand |
#8937, aired 2023-09-26 | IN THE CORPORATE ARENA $800: O-ho, this wagon is a-comin' down the street, bringing the money to get its name on the Philadelphia Flyers' arena Wells Fargo |
#8937, aired 2023-09-26 | WHO "AR" THEY? $1000: When her photos of unusual-looking people were shown at MoMA in 1965, a curator had to wipe viewers' spit off them daily Arbus |
#8936, aired 2023-09-25 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS $1000: In this main part of the United Nations, each of the 193 member countries gets one vote the General Assembly |
#8935, aired 2023-09-22 | TV $600: For season 6 of this series, Corey Stoll replaced Damian Lewis as the main very, very rich guy Billions |
#8935, aired 2023-09-22 | COMPOUND ADJECTIVES $2000: Mean & unfeeling, like "Hannah, the vamp of Savannah" Hard Hearted |
#8934, aired 2023-09-21 | FROM "S" TO "Y" $200: It can mean a sacred place or any place of refuge sanctuary |
#8934, aired 2023-09-21 | PAST HISTORY $400: The 86th of these asked why the pope builds St. Peter's Basilica with the money of the poor & not his own the 95 Theses |
#8934, aired 2023-09-21 | A TRIP TO MUMBAI $1600: A delicious street food item you can find in Mumbai is this 6-letter fried pastry filled with veggies a samosa |
#8934, aired 2023-09-21 | JOHNNY GILBERT GOES COUNTRY $1600: "Just two good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm, beats all you never saw, been in trouble with the law since the day they was born" Waylon Jennings |
#8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU $800: Saffron flavored rice & meats & shellfish are the main components of this dish prepared in the two-handled same-named pan paella |
#8932, aired 2023-09-19 | PHRASES & IDIOMS $800: 18th century essayist Richard Steele coined this phrase for a payment made to get someone to keep quiet hush money |
#8931, aired 2023-09-18 | RESTAURANT HIJINKS $600: "Mine!" In 2018 an Aussie restaurant owner gave customers water pistols to keep these marine birds away at meals seagulls |
#8931, aired 2023-09-18 | RESTAURANT HIJINKS $1000: A pop-up restaurant paying tribute to this '90s sitcom had Bayside Burgers & Mac & Screech on the menu Saved by the Bell |
#8931, aired 2023-09-18 | LATIN AMERICA $1600: This capital of Honduras on the Choluteca River has a population of 1.5 million & a name from Nahuatl said to mean "silver hill" Tegucigalpa |
#8930, aired 2023-09-15 | FROM "B" TO "F" $1200: It can mean an argument or conflict; Steven Yeun & Ali Wong get into one in a Netflix series a beef |
#8930, aired 2023-09-15 | CELEB LIT BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Tiny Tim says, "God bless us every one" for an iconic comedian & Eunice in "Mama's Family" A Christmas Carol Burnett |
#8929, aired 2023-09-14 | SPEECHIFY"ING" $1600: Referring to the United States, JFK's Moon speech: "This nation's own scientific manpower is ____
every 12 years" doubling |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | 3 CONSECUTIVE CONSONANTS $600: Money granted to a student to pursue studies a scholarship |
#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 |
#8927, aired 2023-09-12 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WORD WITH YOU $1600: To intend something, or to be malicious mean |
#8926, aired 2023-09-11 | WELCOME TO MIAMI $200: The Gold Coast Railroad Museum boasts the train from which this pres. held a paper telling of his 1948 election "defeat" Truman |
#8926, aired 2023-09-11 | WELCOME TO MIAMI $400: Miami has the USA's largest cruise terminal, serving this cruise line named for a nearby sea Royal Caribbean |
#8926, aired 2023-09-11 | WELCOME TO MIAMI $600: Don't look to crash with this Miami Heat legend & wife Gabrielle Union--they sold their mansion for $22 million (Dwyane) Wade |
#8926, aired 2023-09-11 | WELCOME TO MIAMI $800: The Brickell Section of town has one end of the Tamiami Trail; 264 miles away, the other end is, naturally, in this city Tampa |
#8926, aired 2023-09-11 | WELCOME TO MIAMI $1000: Calle Ocho, or Southwest 8th Street, is the main thoroughfare of this area, home to many exiles Little Havana |
#8926, aired 2023-09-11 | GREEK GEOGRAPHY $1200: Greece's 3 main geographic areas are the islands, the mainland & joined by an isthmus, this peninsula, that lent its name to a war the Peloponnesian (Peninsula) |
#8926, aired 2023-09-11 | SCIENCE CLASS $1,600 (Daily Double): Sedimentary deposits near Lake Superior produce the largest U.S. annual yield of hematite, the main ore of this metal iron |
#8925, aired 2023-07-28 | ON THE MONEY $400: He introduced a bill to limit the death penalty while a member of the Virginia legislature Thomas Jefferson |
#8925, aired 2023-07-28 | ON THE MONEY $800: He was the first to breed mules in America on his farm George Washington |
#8925, aired 2023-07-28 | ON THE MONEY $1200: He was born in the British West Indies Hamilton |
#8925, aired 2023-07-28 | ON THE MONEY $1600: He published a feminist tract written under the pseudonym Silence Dogood Franklin |
#8925, aired 2023-07-28 | ON THE MONEY $2000: He died on April 15 Abraham Lincoln |
#8924, aired 2023-07-27 | PLAY TIME $400: In Peter Shaffer's play "The Royal Hunt of the Sun", a conquistador imprisons Atahuallpa, emperor of this people the Inca |
#8924, aired 2023-07-27 | THAT SONG SLAYS $800: "Mama, just killed a man... life had just begun, but now I've gone & thrown it all away" is part of this tune, & no, we will not let you go "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
#8924, aired 2023-07-27 | HERE BE PIRATES! $1600: In a book by Rafael Sabatini, "Captain Blood" is a feared pirate of this "Spanish" area of New World seas the Spanish Main |
#8923, aired 2023-07-26 | WORLD OF RELIGION $200: The Mahayana branch of this religion is more recent than the Theravada & includes the concept of adherents becoming Bodhisattvas Buddhism |
#8923, aired 2023-07-26 | WORLD OF RELIGION $1,000 (Daily Double): From the Arabic for "struggle", this word can mean a personal effort against sin, or a holy war in defense of Islam jihad |
#8921, aired 2023-07-24 | THE "END" ZONE $1000: Someone who throws money away on things they don't need might be called this compound word a spendthrift |
#8921, aired 2023-07-24 | STATES' HIGHEST POINTS $1000: In Hawaii, this dormant volcano whose name means "white mountain" because it gets snow in winter Mauna Kea |
#8921, aired 2023-07-24 | HOSTEL $2000: Hostels around the Riviera Maya include the Itza Hotel Akumal & the Mayan Monkey Hostel in this "T"rendy place Tulum |
#8920, aired 2023-07-21 | MOTLEY CLUES $2000: This 1870s U.S. political party got its colorful name because it wanted to maintain or increase paper money circulation Greenbacks (Greenback Party) |
#8919, aired 2023-07-20 | COFFEE, NOW $1,800 (Daily Double): These 2 words on a bag of coffee mean its supply chain has been independently certified as meeting sustainability & labor standards fair trade |
#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 | TITLES WITH PUNCTUATION $2000: (!) The title of this 1855 book about a young Brit sailing the Atlantic is used to mean "let's head in a certain direction" Westward Ho! |
#8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY $600: SATB:
They're the 4 main voices in a choir soprano, alto, tenor & bass |
#8916, aired 2023-07-17 | TOM SWIFT TALES $800: Tom Swift Jr. had "his outpost in space" in 1955, 3 years before his "Race to" this the Moon |
#8914, aired 2023-07-13 | "R" SONG $200: In a 2017 smash, Post Malone sang, "I feel just like a" this, which he is--he didn't mean he wanted an energy drink a rock star |
#8913, aired 2023-07-12 | SLANG $800: Also the title of a song by DJ Mustard, Ty Dolla $ign & Ashanti, these 2 words may sound rude but just mean "I understand" say less |
#8913, aired 2023-07-12 | TAKING A RIDE $1600: In 1961 he became the first American to ride into space; apparently enjoying the area, he took a walk on the Moon 10 years later Alan Shepard |
#8912, aired 2023-07-11 | SPACE CUISINE $400: The first drink taken on the Moon was this, by Buzz Aldrin as he observed communion aboard the Eagle wine |
#8912, aired 2023-07-11 | FRIENDS $1000: Meeting in India in the 1950s, Yehudi Menuhin & this sitarist forged a musical relationship that lasted the rest of their lives Ravi Shankar |
#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 |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: No, it's not the kissing disease; it's this salty California lake with calcium carbonate spires on its surface Mono Lake |
#8910, aired 2023-07-07 | EAGLES $400: Sure, this Marquette Golden Eagle here is a Miami Heat legend & won Olympic gold, but his real career highlight--he became a game show host (Dwyane) Wade |
#8910, aired 2023-07-07 | EAGLES $600: Not long after his "Hail Flutie" beat Miami, Doug Flutie of the Boston College Eagles picked up this award on Dec. 1, 1984 the Heisman Trophy |
#8910, aired 2023-07-07 | ANCIENT ARTIFACTS $1200: The Nebra sky disk told ancients it was time to add a leap month when the crescent moon was by this sisterly star cluster the Pleiades |
#8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SCIENCE $400: A theory about the formation of this satellite supposes a planet named Theia, the mother of Selene in myth, crashed into Earth the Moon |
#8909, aired 2023-07-06 | THE MAIN INGREDIENT $400: In the holiday favorite casserole whose recipe began appearing on Campbell's cream of mushroom soup in the 1960s green beans |
#8909, aired 2023-07-06 | NAMES IN HISTORY $800: This given name of Maimonides, Judaism's greatest medieval thinker, honors Judaism's greatest prophet Moses |
#8909, aired 2023-07-06 | THE MAIN INGREDIENT $800: In traditional chorizo sausage pork |
#8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SOME "HARD" SONGS $1200: "She" does this, sang Donna Summer, "so you better treat her right" "She Works Hard For The Money" |
#8909, aired 2023-07-06 | THE MAIN INGREDIENT $1200: In the Indian dish saag paneer: spinach & this cheese |
#8909, aired 2023-07-06 | THE MAIN INGREDIENT $1600: In baba ghanoush: this member of the nightshade family the eggplant |
#8909, aired 2023-07-06 | THE MAIN INGREDIENT $2000: In coquilles St. Jacques scallops |
#8909, aired 2023-07-06 | ROAD $2,600 (Daily Double): Lively Las Ramblas is a main street in this city & links Plaça de Catalunya to the city's Old Harbor Barcelona |
#8908, aired 2023-07-05 | U.S. CITY OF THE BOOK $200: "American Psycho": mayhem in Gotham New York City |
#8908, aired 2023-07-05 | MEMOIRS $400: The title of Willie Sutton's memoir is an answer to the question of why he robbed banks--it's "Where the" this "Was" Money |
#8908, aired 2023-07-05 | OPPOSITES $800: In an idiom regarding the handling of money, these 2 opposites are paired with penny & pound wise & foolish |
#8907, aired 2023-07-04 | SCIENCE $1200: Of the 8 main blood types, this is the rarest in the U.S. & found in less than 1% of the population AB negative |
#8906, aired 2023-07-03 | TOUCHED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME $200: Before stepping on the Moon, he told Neil Armstrong he'd "partially close the hatch... making sure not to lock it"; Neil: "Good thought" Aldrin |
#8906, aired 2023-07-03 | LIKE AVERSION $1000: A synonym for dislike, it's a Latin word that can mean spirit or anger animus |
#8905, aired 2023-06-30 | SPORTS ROOKIES $200: Last name of 2021 NBA Rookie of the Year LaMelo; brother Lonzo was named to a 2018 All-Rookie Team Ball |
#8905, aired 2023-06-30 | SERENITY NOW! $400: This synonym for serenity is a "sea" on the Moon that made some waves in 1969 the Sea of Tranquility |
#8905, aired 2023-06-30 | NUMBERS IN THE NEWS $600: 2022 headlines declared Argentina "El Mejor Once del Mundial de Catar", once being Spanish for this number 11 |
#8905, aired 2023-06-30 | LET'S GET "DOWN" $800: In a car, this action gets you into a lower gear downshift |
#8905, aired 2023-06-30 | COMPOUND WORDS $800: Headlines on the Internet such as "You won't believe what Mayim said about Charo" are this, to get you to go to the site clickbait |
#8905, aired 2023-06-30 | WELCOME TO THE BIG URBAN AREA $1000: In the city of 9.3 million, now named for this man, the War Remnants Museum was previously the Museum of Chinese & American War Crimes Ho Chi Minh City |
#8904, aired 2023-06-29 | THE LAW $400: Federal sentencing guidelines increase for violent crimes if one of these is involved (minimum 5 years) or worse, brandished (7 years) a firearm |
#8904, aired 2023-06-29 | "I" BEFORE "EE" $400: Adjective denoting pleasure accompanied by regret, or chocolate without a ton of sugar bittersweet |
#8904, aired 2023-06-29 | HISTORIC SHORTS $1200: Here's this king of Spain, the sixth of his name, rocking a mean pair of shorts Felipe |
#8903, aired 2023-06-28 | PREFIXES $800: Before "B",
en-
often becomes em-,
as in this mortuary job embalmer |
#8903, aired 2023-06-28 | CONSTANTINOPLE $800: In 1889 the Orient Express train ran 1,700 miles from this European capital to Constantinople Paris |
#8902, aired 2023-06-27 | IT CAME FROM NEW JERSEY $800: It was actually a trio of brothers who founded this New Brunswick-based healthcare company in 1886, but it goes by this & this Johnson & Johnson |
#8901, aired 2023-06-26 | UNITED KINGDOM ELECTION CONSTITUENCIES $1,600 (Daily Double): Bordering Dover & Folkestone & Hythe, this district on England's east coast has a few ancient "Tales" to tell Canterbury |
#8900, aired 2023-06-23 | I LEARNED IT ON SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $400: "You mean even if the whole Congress says you should be a law, the president can still say no?"; "Yes, that's called" this; go Bill go! a veto |
#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 |
#8900, aired 2023-06-23 | QUI"ZZ"ICAL $1600: This word comes before "mast" to mean the mast usually third from the front on a sailing ship mizzen |
#8899, aired 2023-06-22 | 20th CENTURY HAPPENINGS $800: In 1912 Orillia, Ontario was one of the first towns to try this change, until even the mayor got to church an hour late Daylight Savings Time |
#8899, aired 2023-06-22 | VAMPIRE-POURRI $2000: Benjamin Walker stepped into the presidential shoes for this 2012 metafiction monster mash-up of a movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter |
#8899, aired 2023-06-22 | WRITING ON THE WALLS $2,500 (Daily Double): Alistair Moffat's nonfiction book on this structure is called "Rome's Greatest Frontier" Hadrian's Wall |
#8898, aired 2023-06-21 | OFFICIAL NICKNAMES $200: Think of Roman numerals & you'll know the U.S. Army's Fourth Infantry Division has this plant as its official nickname ivy |
#8897, aired 2023-06-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: The U.S. flag was flown at this location for the first time on July 20, 1969 & the original flag is still there the Moon |
#8897, aired 2023-06-20 | THAT MUSICAL ACT IS UNREAL! $1200: Not just the house band on this "Show", Dr. Teeth & the Electric Mayhem did "Can You Picture That?" in a 1979 film The Muppet Show |
#8897, aired 2023-06-20 | LOVE ISLAND U.K. $1200: George Town is the capital of this 3-island territory known for low taxes &--how to put it?--interesting handling of intl. money the Cayman Islands |
#8896, aired 2023-06-19 | IT'S A SPECIAL DAY $200: Made a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, it's also known as Black Independence Day Juneteenth |
#8895, aired 2023-06-16 | CUFFING SEASON $800: In this 1999 film Laurence Fishburne breaks the chains off his handcuffs before jumping out of a building & into Keanu's arms The Matrix |
#8895, aired 2023-06-16 | HISTORIC GROUPS $800: Bleda & his younger brother became co-rulers of this group of nomadic invaders in 434 the Huns |
#8895, aired 2023-06-16 | THIS IS ALL A BIT MUCH $2000: From the Greek for "fullness", this 8-letter word can mean an overabundance a plethora |
#8894, aired 2023-06-15 | DATING/APPS $200: You're a Mets fan? Let's hit a sports bar & enjoy these mini sandwiches that share a name with a pitch mastered by Justin Verlander a slider |
#8894, aired 2023-06-15 | 21st CENTURY HORROR NOVELS $600: The Scooby gang was often accused of being these, the title of a book by Edgar Cantero about 4 teens with a telepathic pooch meddling kids |
#8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $800: The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet, it can also mean a very small amount iota |
#8893, aired 2023-06-14 | A CHORUS LINE $1000: "However far away I will always love you / However long I stay I will always love you / Whatever words I say..." The Cure |
#8893, aired 2023-06-14 | UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES $2000: The sacred island of Okinoshima off this southernmost of Japan's main islands Kyushu |
#8892, aired 2023-06-13 | FLOWERS $800: The American this Plant Society says nowadays these are affordable--spend as little as you like, but you won't be able to own just one orchids |
#8892, aired 2023-06-13 | CROP TO IT $1200: This crop is the largest source of animal protein feed in the world & second in the vegetable oil race soybean(s) |
#8892, aired 2023-06-13 | DEEP BOOKS $1600: Ken Jennings' "100 Places to See After You Die" includes this hall of the slain that has the Valkyries as barmaids Valhalla |
#8892, aired 2023-06-13 | 4-LETTER WORLD CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): In 2022 it was the site of 2 FIFA World Cup venues Doha, Qatar |
#8890, aired 2023-06-09 | STARTS WITH "W" $400: Implied & express are the 2 main types of this promise to repair or replace a damaged item previously purchased a warranty |
#8890, aired 2023-06-09 | TV: WHO SAID IT $800: On an '80s sitcom: "Women, you can't live with 'em. Pass the beer nuts" Norm |
#8890, aired 2023-06-09 | WITH THIS RING $800: Females are the dominant sex in the troops of this accurately named species of primate, native to Madagascar a ring-tailed lemur |
#8890, aired 2023-06-09 | EPONYMOUS SCIENCE $800: The temperature at which a mineral's magnetic properties change sharply is the "point" named for this 1890s physicist & husband Pierre Curie point |
#8890, aired 2023-06-09 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $800: It originally required a 25-watt bulb & came with colored plastic pegs & black construction paper to make an illuminated picture Lite-Brite |
#8890, aired 2023-06-09 | TV: WHO SAID IT $1200: "I've been involved in a number of cults... you have more fun as a follower, but you make more money as a leader" Creed |
#8890, aired 2023-06-09 | TV: WHO SAID IT $1600: "Carl's dead... Carl went out to help someone & he got bit" Rick (Grimes) |
#8890, aired 2023-06-09 | TV: WHO SAID IT $2000: "We've had vicious kings & we've had idiot kings, but I don't know if we've ever been cursed with a vicious idiot boy king" Tyrion Lannister |
#8890, aired 2023-06-09 | WITH THIS RING $2000: Around 1850, Richard Wagner began writing a poem called "The Death of" this heroic character in the "Ring" cycle Siegfried |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | 2 PARTS MAKE A WHOLE $600: 14-year Texas governor Perry
+
to spin over & over across a surface = this meme we will never give up a Rickroll |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | LATE NIGHT TALKING $800: On this Jimmy Kimmel bit, Allison Janney read, "Allison Janney looks like a substitute teacher everyone hates" "Celebrities Read Mean Tweets" |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | YES, YOU CANAL $800: It's a tight squeeze getting by in this country's Corinth Canal, but seems like fun Greece |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | SILENT LETTER WORDS $1000: This word with a rare silent "Q" can mean a resinous varnish lacquer |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | A "MID" CATEGORY $1,600 (Daily Double): Karl Marx wrote, "Force is the" this "of every old society pregnant with a new one" midwife |
#8888, aired 2023-06-07 | ASTRONOMICAL ANAGRAMS $400: Tool of reflection or refraction:
ECO PESTLE telescope |
#8888, aired 2023-06-07 | PASSION $600: We are obsessed, perhaps even crazed, about this suffix, from the Greek for "excessive desire" mania |
#8888, aired 2023-06-07 | COMPANY $800: Evan Moore heard a macaroon shop turn down a delivery order & created this speedy company he dubbed an "On-Demand FedEx" DoorDash |
#8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A '90s KID $1200: Games for this alphanumeric console included '90s classics like "GoldenEye" & "Banjo-Kazooie" the N64 |
#8887, aired 2023-06-06 | THIS & THAT $800: This Planters mascot is all class, with a monocle, spats & a top hat Mr. Peanut |
#8887, aired 2023-06-06 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: 2 childhood friends wind up on opposite sides of the law in this author's 2022 legal thriller "The Boys from Biloxi" Grisham |
#8887, aired 2023-06-06 | S-LESS, CHAPS $800: To make a lot of money ships off an S to be suitable or decent prosper & proper |
#8887, aired 2023-06-06 | RIAA TOP-SELLING ARTISTS $1000: "Straight Outta Lynwood" & "Alapalooza" are 2 of his 10 RIAA-certified gold albums "Weird Al" Yankovic |
#8887, aired 2023-06-06 | IT COMES IN "WAVE"s $1200: This old term for what's now called a tsunami just means fluctuation caused by the gravity of the Sun & Moon a tidal wave |
#8886, aired 2023-06-05 | THE PHILIPPINES $600: Mayon Volcano on this largest Philippine island has erupted numerous times in the 21st century, causing many evacuations Luzon |
#8886, aired 2023-06-05 | CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): A line in this book says, "Take my apples, boy, and sell them in the city. Then you will have money and you will be happy" The Giving Tree |
#8886, aired 2023-06-05 | THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM $1000: In 1985, the teammates seen here the Edmonton Oilers |
#8886, aired 2023-06-05 | CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS $1000: In this picture book by Janell Cannon, a fruit bat ends up in a bird's nest & is adopted by the mama bird Stellaluna |
#8886, aired 2023-06-05 | 4, 4 $1600: The style of tap dancing that doesn't employ the taps is referred to as this soft shoe |
#8885, aired 2023-06-02 | OHIO GEOGRAPHY $400: The Ohio Agricultural & Mechanical College opened near this city in 1873; now it's much bigger & has another name Columbus |
#8885, aired 2023-06-02 | YOU HAVE SELECTED REGICIDE $400: This king this king, oh no, he gotta go, said the French National convention in 1793 Louis XVI |
#8885, aired 2023-06-02 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $1600: Going up? Going down? He made elevators more secure with his invention of a safety brake Otis |
#8885, aired 2023-06-02 | WORDS ENDING IN "Y" $2000: The life story of a saint, it has come to mean an admiring or idealized chronicle of anyone hagiography |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | BIOPICS $600: She was I, Tonya (Harding) & Elizabeth I in "Mary Queen of Scots" (Margot) Robbie |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | SWEET SPOTS $1000: Founded in Paris, Ladurée offers these filled cookies in a rainbow of colors & flavors, including orange blossom macarons |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | "B" NICE $1000: Did you inherit some money? You were the recipient of this from someone's will bequest |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | TV $1200: She created "Girls" & played one of them, Hannah Horvath Lena Dunham |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | TV $1600: We're over the moon about Diego Luna's performance in the title role of this "Star Wars" series that landed in 2022 Andor |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | POTPOURRI $1600: Feb. 2, 2020 provided a numeric form of this across the world, something that last occurred 912 years ago & will happen again in 98 a palindrome |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | POTPOURRI $2000: In 2022, the Juno spacecraft got the magnificent infrared shot seen here of this moon of Jupiter aglow with volcanoes Io |
#8883, aired 2023-05-31 | ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER $200: (Andrew Lloyd Webber presents the clue.) When my dad listened to the song here from this show I asked him, "Does it sound like anything else"? & he responded, "It sounds like $10 million"
"Midnight / Not a sound from the pavement / Has the moon lost her memory? / She is smiling alone..." Cats |
#8883, aired 2023-05-31 | PRESIDENTIAL DOIN'S $400: Made Henry Clay Secretary of State; 2 years after the White House, settled into a new House (of Representatives) John Quincy Adams |
#8883, aired 2023-05-31 | PRESIDENTIAL DOIN'S $1600: Had a cold, went out to buy veggies anyway; got pneumonia, died before 31st full day on the job (William) Henry Harrison |
#8883, aired 2023-05-31 | PRESIDENTIAL DOIN'S $2000: Increased the minimum wage to $1; approved & opened the St. Lawrence Seaway Dwight Eisenhower |
#8883, aired 2023-05-31 | DUDE, HERE'S YOUR CAR $2,200 (Daily Double): Lamborghini's Sesto Elemento was named for its pioneering use of this, from which much of the car is made carbon |
#8882, aired 2023-05-30 | MIDDLE "G" $800: Fancy name for a list of movies a particular actor or director has made a filmography |
#8882, aired 2023-05-30 | FRUITY RHYME TIME $1000: Fruit pulled out by Little Jack Horner from the largest part of the brain cerebrum plum |
#8881, aired 2023-05-29 | HISTORY $400: To protect an ancestral cemetery, in 1910 attorney Lyda Conley became the 3rd woman & 1st Native American to argue a case here the Supreme Court (of the United States) |
#8881, aired 2023-05-29 | THE ROCKEFELLERS $600: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller was a founder of this NYC museum in 1929 & her son David was a longtime donor & trustee the MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art) |
#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 |
#8881, aired 2023-05-29 | TREES COMPANY $1000: "Green is the plane-tree in the square, the other trees are brown / They droop & pine for country air / The plane-tree loves it" here the town |
#8881, aired 2023-05-29 | POETIC SUBJECTS $1000: Time to release this sea creature, a Tennyson poem subject said to be a mile & a half wide with ship-crushing tentacles the kraken |
#8881, aired 2023-05-29 | CANNERY $1,400 (Daily Double): This author said of Monterey, "The corrugated iron of the canneries glows with the pearly lucence of platinum" John Steinbeck |
#8881, aired 2023-05-29 | THE GULF OF MEXICO $6,000 (Daily Double): This 76,000-square-mile peninsula juts up into the Gulf's south end the Yucatan Peninsula |
#8880, aired 2023-05-26 | RESEARCH $400: The service launched as this search engine company "Print" in 2004 now has more than 40 million titles of scanned books Google |
#8880, aired 2023-05-26 | THAT'S ADORABLE $600: Seen here is a cub of this rarely glimpsed feline species that lives in the mountains of Central Asia a snow leopard |
#8880, aired 2023-05-26 | "REE" SEARCH $800: This word can mean arbitrator or one who evaluates scientific proposals for possible grant money a referee |
#8880, aired 2023-05-26 | TECHNOLOGY $2000: A mini robot that can shape-shift like T-1000 was created using this element, symbol Ga; it's a metal with a low melting point Gallium |
#8879, aired 2023-05-25 | POLITICIANS $400: In 2023 this senior senator from California said she would not be seeking reelection in 2024 (Dianne) Feinstein |
#8879, aired 2023-05-25 | SHAKESPEARE & HIS WORLD $400: Shakespeare wrote 3 main types of plays: comedies, tragedies & these, like "Henry IV, Part 1" histories |
#8879, aired 2023-05-25 | FLAG TERMINOLOGY $1000: The charge is a flag's main graphic element; on California's flag, that would be this a bear |
#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 |
#8879, aired 2023-05-25 | GALACTIC VACATIONS $1600: Enjoy views of Saturn from this massive moon & snorkel in deep Ligeia Mare, a methane sea Titan |
#8878, aired 2023-05-24 | TRAIN-ING DAY $400: Separated by 8th Avenue, Moynihan Train Hall & this "stately" New York City train station operate as one complex Penn Station |
#8878, aired 2023-05-24 | TRAIN-ING DAY $800: Argentina's Tren a las Nubes, or train to here, lives up to its name as it ascends nearly 14,000 feet the clouds |
#8878, aired 2023-05-24 | THAT'S A WRAP, EVERYBODY! $1000: This loose, skirt-like wrap is noted for its traditional use in the Malay archipelago sarong |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | THE GRAMMAR POLICE $800: You know you got a dangling this? Yeah, I saw it when you wrote, "Landing on the Moon, the nation erupted in cheers" participle (or modifier) |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | IN THIS WORLD $800: It's the second-largest & most southerly of the Philippines' main islands Mindanao |
#19, aired 2023-05-24 | SOME HARD WORDS $1000: Old French for "diamond", it can mean a diamond or other object of unyielding firmness adamant |
#19, aired 2023-05-24 | HORROR MOVIES $1600: She stars in Fresh, which seems like a rom-com at first, but thanks to Sebastian Stan, she soon learns there's more on the menu Daisy Edgar Jones |
#8877, aired 2023-05-23 | TV SITCOMS BY FAMILY $400: Pursuing the American dream, the Huang family Fresh Off the Boat |
#8877, aired 2023-05-23 | YOU'RE SO SHELLFISH $600: Sushi lovers know the main protein in spider rolls is this (soft-shelled) crab |
#8877, aired 2023-05-23 | SUPER BOWL WINNERS BY QUARTERBACK $1000: 1973 & 1974:
Bob Griese the (Miami) Dolphins |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | THE MOVIES $800: Robin Williams had a cameo as a mime class instructor in this film that Bobcat Goldthwait wrote, directed & starred in Shakes the Clown |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | LET'S GO GULFING $1200: The Gulf of Roses is part of this Costa in northeast Spain whose name can mean rugged as well as courageous Costa Brava |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | LABOR $1600: Born Mary Harris, she was called the "most dangerous woman in America" in 1902 for her success in organizing mine workers Mother Jones |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | THE UNIVERSE WITH NEIL deGRASSE TYSON $4,400 (Daily Double): (Neil deGrasse Tyson presents the clue.) At age 14, I traveled to Africa to observe a total solar eclipse, an impressive event in which the Moon blots out the Sun, revealing only this outermost solar atmosphere the corona |
#17, aired 2023-05-23 | MYTHICAL GEOGRAPHY $400: In Egyptian myth this sun god sat in heaven, which was said to be supported by Bakhau & Manu, the mountains of sunrise & sunset Ra |
#17, aired 2023-05-23 | SCULPTORS $2000: A 2007 BBC program subtitled "Spiderwoman" is about this artist famous for her spider sculptures, one called "Maman" Bourgeois |
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 | AMERICANA $400: This word can mean "little kids" or a snack that they love; in 2021 Sonic sold 4.1 billion of the crunchy little morsels tots |
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 | RICE PUDDING $800: A shout-out from "Best American" these literary works made Joyce Carol Oates abandon her Rice University PhD in favor of writing short stories |
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 | A LOSS FOR WORDS $800: When it means squandering time or money, this donut is usually followed by "away" frittered |
#16, aired 2023-05-22 | PORTMANTEAUS $2000: Set out in 2012, this policy included increasing Japan's money supply & boosting government spending Abenomics |
#15, aired 2023-05-22 | PURE POETRY $400: (Ada Limón reads.) NASA has commissioned me to write a poem to be engraved on its Europa Clipper probe, which will travel 1.8 billion miles on its way to inspect an icy but possibly life-friendly moon of this planet Jupiter |
#15, aired 2023-05-22 | TOUGH SCIENCE $1600: Used in astronomy, it's the percentage of light reflected by an object; the Moon's is about .1, cloudy Venus', about .7 albedo |
#8875, aired 2023-05-19 | HIP-HOP NAMES $400: The "Right Round" rapper's Miami-Dade county roots made this stage name an obvious choice Flo Rida |
#8875, aired 2023-05-19 | HURRAY FOR HOLLYWOOD! $400: In 1927 Norma Talmadge began a tradition here when she accidentally stepped in wet cement while it was under construction Mann's Chinese Theater |
#8875, aired 2023-05-19 | MULTIPLE MEANINGS $1000: Each of the items seen here is this, with a different preceding word tender |
#8875, aired 2023-05-19 | HIP-HOP NAMES $2000: Hip-hop's 50th bday in 2023 is based on the Aug. 11, 1973 party DJed by Clive Campbell, who used this name from a mythical strongman DJ Kool Herc |
#8875, aired 2023-05-19 | THOSE BALLS HAVE "I"s $4,000 (Daily Double): In addition to its volleyballs, this company has been making the official NFL football since 1941 Wilson |
#8874, aired 2023-05-18 | THE WORLD OF HANNA-BARBERA $200: Joe Barbera often described this character as Yogi's conscience Boo-Boo |
#8874, aired 2023-05-18 | RESTAURANTS $400: In 2003 this restaurant chain lost money when it underestimated how much "endless crab" Americans could eat Red Lobster |
#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 | POE"M"S $400: This title object of a Thoreau poem is "full-orbed" & "does not wane" the Moon |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | PODCASTS $400: "Your Money Briefing" & "Tech News Briefing" are podcasts offered through this newspaper that gives you the business the Wall Street Journal |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | RECENT POP MUSIC $800: This Drake song asks, "Kiki, do you love me? Are you riding?" "In My Feelings" |
#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 | RECENT POP MUSIC $2000: Possessive title of the third solo album by Mr. Styles Harry's House |
#14, aired 2023-05-17 | BRING WHAT? $600: The main economic engine of a Northumbrian city gave us this expression meaning "do something unnecessary" carrying coals to Newcastle |
#14, aired 2023-05-17 | COMIC STRIPS $600: This huge sandwich first appeared in the comics in 1936; it's, of course, on the menu at Blondie's restaurant in Orlando, Florida a Dagwood |
#14, aired 2023-05-17 | WORD ORIGINS $800: From the French, it's a street urchin; in the feminine form, it can mean a short-haired cutie a gamin |
#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) |
#13, aired 2023-05-17 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD WITH PADMA LAKSHMI $600: (Padma Lakshmi reads.) It may surprise you, but a cherished dish of mine involves something salty, spicy, crunchy & cheesy known as this "pie" that's often served in the snack products bag Frito pie |
#13, aired 2023-05-17 | 4 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS OR CONSONANTS $800: The slopes of this volcano, which last erupted in March 2023, merge with those of Mauna Loa on the northwest Kīlauea |
#8872, aired 2023-05-16 | "B" IS THE FIRST LETTER $600: A charming painting of circa 1660 shows a mother lacing up this garment after breastfeeding a bodice |
#8872, aired 2023-05-16 | HEAVEN ON EARTH $800: Given its name in the reign of Emperor Jiajing the Temple of Heaven in this capital once had stables for sacrificial animals Beijing |
#8872, aired 2023-05-16 | "B" IS THE FIRST LETTER $1000: It means "in a state of confusion", but many misuse it because it sounds so much like "finding something funny" bemused (bemusement) |
#12, aired 2023-05-16 | BRITISH MUSICAL GEOGRAPHY $800: The guitarists of Big Country couldn't stand the regular comparison of their guitar sound to this national instrument of their country the bagpipes |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | DEFENDING THE TITLE $400: In 2016 the Golden State Warriors returned to the Finals for a 7-game rematch with this team, only to lose in the final moments the Cleveland Cavaliers |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | DOG BREED RHYME TIME $600: The principal dog from the tallest of the working breeds the main Dane |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD $800: Brewer's Hill in this city is home to historic buildings once used by Miller & Schlitz Milwaukee |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | DEFENDING THE TITLE $1000: It was only this man's second title defense in 1964 when Muhammad Ali floated & stung him one night in Miami Beach Liston |
#9, aired 2023-05-15 | MUSICAL THEATER $1000: Set pieces in this Broadway musical include a life-sized helicopter & a giant head of Ho Chi Minh Miss Saigon |
#8870, aired 2023-05-12 | GAME SHOW HOSTS $200: Dick Clark hosted "The $10,000 Pyramid"; on the version with Michael Strahan in charge, the prize money is this amount $100,000 |
#8870, aired 2023-05-12 | A BIRTHDAY TO REMEMBER $400: On St. Helena in 2022, Jonathan, one of these animals, moved slowly at his 190th birthday fete--but then again, he's always slow a tortoise |
#8870, aired 2023-05-12 | COMPANY HEADQUARTERS $1000: Puma & this rival are both based in the German town of Herzogenaurach Adidas |
#8870, aired 2023-05-12 | THIS 20th CENTURY WORLD LEADER... $3,000 (Daily Double): ...the former Nguyen Sinh Cung, took a name that means "he who enlightens" Ho Chi Minh |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | GROWING UP X $400: Boasting 64 kb worth of pure computing power, this company's 64 personal computer went for $595 in '80s money Commodore |
#7, aired 2023-05-12 | JOHNNY GILBERT'S MUSICAL THEATER AUDITION $600: "We call those three the Plastics, they're shiny, fake & hard/ They play their little mind games all around the schoolyard" Mean Girls |
#7, aired 2023-05-12 | PRESENT COMPANY ACCEPTED $800: After 8 years as CEO of this tech company following its split from eBay, Dan Schulman is stepping down, but no need to send Dan any $$$ PayPal |
#8869, aired 2023-05-11 | WATCHING MY STORIES $800: The novel "A Man Called Ove" became a 2023 movie starring Tom Hanks as "A Man Called" this palindromic name Otto |
#8869, aired 2023-05-11 | QUADRISYLLABIC WORDS $800: In mortgage lending, it's the "A" in ARM adjustable |
#8869, aired 2023-05-11 | NOTABLE BLACK AMERICANS $1,400 (Daily Double): Known for skydiving while playing sax, aviator Hubert Julian went to fight for this African empire against Italy in the 1930s Ethiopia |
#8868, aired 2023-05-10 | AFTER SCHOOL $200: One of the 2 main traditional components of the "Jolly Roger" symbol a skull |
#8868, aired 2023-05-10 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: The pecan pie seen here is served this 3-word way à la mode |
#8868, aired 2023-05-10 | BELIEVE IT OR NOT... $2000: The Apollo 11 astronauts had to declare Moon rocks to this government service upon returning to Earth Customs |
#5, aired 2023-05-10 | CHAT G-P-T $1000: Engines don't turn the main rotors on these flying machines; they self-lift due to air flow gyrocopters |
#8867, aired 2023-05-09 | WHAT'S THAT SMELL? $400: Oopsie, I accidentally spilled this household product on my shirt bleach |
#8867, aired 2023-05-09 | A "RUN" FOR YOUR MONEY $400: Just ordinary; originally, something the factory turned out without much quality control run-of-the-mill |
#8867, aired 2023-05-09 | A "RUN" FOR YOUR MONEY $800: A dab of clear nail polish can halt this fashion disaster a run in your tights (a run in your stockings) |
#8867, aired 2023-05-09 | PEOPLE $800: In his 1889 essay "The Gospel of Wealth", this Penn. steel man urged the well-off to use their money to help the less fortunate Carnegie |
#8867, aired 2023-05-09 | A "RUN" FOR YOUR MONEY $1200: Nautically, it means to direct an efficient organization run a tight ship |
#8867, aired 2023-05-09 | BURT BACHARACH $1600: Burt was married to this actress in the years she made "Point Blank", "Big Bad Mama" & "Dressed to Kill" (Angie) Dickinson |
#8867, aired 2023-05-09 | A "RUN" FOR YOUR MONEY $1600: Bringing Pabst to soldiers deployed in Vietnam is the story of "The Greatest" this "Ever" Beer Run |
#8867, aired 2023-05-09 | A "RUN" FOR YOUR MONEY $2000: Football gives us this idiom meaning to remove obstacles for someone else run interference |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | CONTRONYMS $400: This verb can mean to view a movie, or to hide something from view, perhaps with a partition screen |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | OVERWROUGHT HISTORY $400: Oooof, this year: Matthew Flinders died.
The White House, set on fire. 1,200 killed by the Philippines' Mayon volcano eruption 1814 |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | NEED! COFFEE! NOW! $600: This specialty coffee is grown in volcanic soils in the coffee belt of the same name at the base of Mauna Loa Kona |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | NEED! COFFEE! NOW! $800: Vietnam grows the most robusta coffee, a stronger variety; Brazil grows the most of this other main variety, a more aromatic mild type Arabica |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | LIBRARIES $1000: In 1996 this library moved its main branch from the Mazarin Palace on the rue de Richelieu to a new facility along the Seine the Bibliothèque nationale (of France) |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | RHYMINGLY NAMED CELEBS $1200: Will Ferrell, as this Cubs announcer: "It's a simple question, doctor. Would you eat the Moon if it were made of ribs?" Harry Caray |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | PLEASE LOOK THROUGH THE TELESCOPE $2000: The bright rays visible at the bottom of the Moon emanate from this impact crater named for an astronomer Tycho (for Tycho Brahe) |
#3, aired 2023-05-09 | TV $1000: As Baba Voss, this actor stars in "See", a series about a dystopian future where most of humanity has lost its sight Jason Momoa |
#8866, aired 2023-05-08 | THE SOUTH PACIFIC $400: Vaka moana are traditional double-hulled these boats used to travel vast ocean distances catamarans (canoes) |
#8866, aired 2023-05-08 | SCANDAL! $600: You & I pay fees for this, withdrawing money we don't have; in a '90s scandal 300 congressmen did it with the House bank no problem overdraft |
#8866, aired 2023-05-08 | YEET! $1000: In Greek myth, after he was born lame, his mom yeeted him out of heaven, but he returned & made Hermes' winged helmet Hephaestus |
#8866, aired 2023-05-08 | THE QUOTABLE ALEX $1600: An author & former prisoner:
"Socialism of any type & shade leads to a total destruction of the human spirit" Solzhenitsyn |
#8866, aired 2023-05-08 | WHAT KINDA TV PLACE YOU LIVE IN? $2000: Commander Sheridan & the gang on "Babylon 5" a space station |
#2, aired 2023-05-08 | FLYIN' HIGHER THAN A JET AIRLINER $400: Apollo 15 was the first mission to use this 460-pound item on the Moon & it's still up there, basically left on the lot the (lunar) rover |
#2, aired 2023-05-08 | BUILD YOUR OWN SPY NOVEL TITLES $800: The + a legendary king of the Geats + either of the 2 main divisions of the Christian Bible The Beowulf Testament |
#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 | JASON ALEXANDER: MASTER OF MY DOMAIN $800: (Jason Alexander gives the clue.) On "Taxi" as Reverend Jim, this actor gave a master class in line delivery simply by asking, "What does a yellow light mean?" YouTube it; you won't be disappointed Christopher Lloyd |
#1, aired 2023-05-08 | A TRIP TO ASIA $2000: In Myanmar we'll enjoy cruising on this, the country's main river, as it flows 1,300 miles into the Bay of Bengal the Irrawaddy |
#8865, aired 2023-05-05 | THE GREAT AMERICAN BAKING SHOW WITH ELLIE KEMPER $200: (Ellie Kemper presents the clue.) Not surprisingly, our British judges, Prue Leith & Paul Hollywood, asked our bakers to prepare this meal, lighter than the high one, consisting of six Victoria sandwiches, six mini strawberry tarts, & six savory scones low tea (afternoon tea) |
#8865, aired 2023-05-05 | SLANG EN ESPAÑOL $200: This Spanish word for father can also mean "cool!" when it comes after "que" in a phrase padre |
#8865, aired 2023-05-05 | THE GREAT AMERICAN BAKING SHOW WITH ELLIE KEMPER $1000: (Ellie Kemper presents the clue.) Our bakers made this sweet yeast bread that's braided & baked in a loaf pan &, as my cohost Zach explained, takes its name from the Polish word for "grandmother" babka |
#8865, aired 2023-05-05 | QUICK PLANETS $1000: It's surrounded by phenomena named
A, B, C, D, E, F & G Saturn |
#8865, aired 2023-05-05 | A MUSICAL BOUQUET $2000: This song by The Foundations was on the soundtrack of "There's Something About Mary", so don't break my heart "Build Me Up Buttercup" |
#8864, aired 2023-05-04 | FLORIDA PLACES $200: In 1896 about 400 people lived in this city on Biscayne Bay; today, it's Florida's second-largest city, behind Jacksonville Miami |
#8864, aired 2023-05-04 | ABBRE-V-ATIONS $2000: Watch your language, this historic one abbreviated VL that was the main source of the romance languages Vulgar Latin |
#8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THERE'S GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS $400: In 2023 the EPA blocked a proposed copper & gold mine in the Bristol Bay region of this state Alaska |
#8863, aired 2023-05-03 | "D" TOUR $400: When it opened in 1955, a one-day ticket cost $1 for adults & each ride was around 10 to 35 cents Disneyland |
#8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THAT'S A GOOD SPOT FOR A BREAK $800: The Cruz de Ferro, meaning this, is where many pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela pause to reflect iron cross (cross of iron) |
#8862, aired 2023-05-02 | MIND YOUR GRAMMAR $800: This grammatical case doesn't mean blaming someone but indicates that a noun is a direct object of a verb accusative |
#8861, aired 2023-05-01 | WORLD OF WORDS $400: Until 1917, it was a Russian emperor; today, this title is used informally to mean someone in charge czar |
#8860, aired 2023-04-28 | IT'S GERMAN FOR... $1200: Yes, sir!
(per "Hogan's Heroes: Behind the Scenes at Stalag 13") jawohl |
#8858, aired 2023-04-26 | A NATION OF VODKA BRANDS $400: Tito's the United States |
#8858, aired 2023-04-26 | TOP TO BOTTOM $1000: This 6-letter word refers to the zenith or farthest point, such as the point where the Moon is farthest from the Earth the apogee |
#8856, aired 2023-04-24 | THE UNITED NATIONS $1200: The iconic building here is home to this body, headed by the person who's the U.N.'s main public face the Secretariat |
#8854, aired 2023-04-20 | FACE THE POLITICIAN $2000: Once legal counsel to Daniel Patrick Moynihan, she became the first female governor of New York in 2021 Hochul |
#8853, aired 2023-04-19 | TV $1000: He not only created & executive produced "Alias" & "Lost", he also wrote their main theme music (J.J.) Abrams |
#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 |
#8851, aired 2023-04-17 | GODS & MYTHS $400: The word "money" derives from Moneta, another name for this wife of Jupiter whose temple became a Roman mint Juno |
#8851, aired 2023-04-17 | TV BEFORE & AFTER $400: A Time Lord from Gallifrey might want to phone a friend on the way to winning a huge sum of money Doctor Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
#8851, aired 2023-04-17 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $400: Some use their pencil to do this in textbooks to remind themselves of salient points; it can also mean to strongly assert underscore (or underline) |
#8851, aired 2023-04-17 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $800: It can mean to think or focus really, really hard, or to rally all forces towards one specific goal concentrate |
#8851, aired 2023-04-17 | 3-SYLLABLE VERBS $1200: To demonstrate the causes & reasons for having done what you did; it can also mean to make righteous in the sight of God justify |
#8850, aired 2023-04-14 | BAKER'S DOZEN $800: Relaying more information about the problem aboard Apollo 13, he said, "We've had a main B bus undervolt" (Jim) Lovell |
#8849, aired 2023-04-13 | GERMAN LITERATURE $400: In 1929 he published an essay on Freud & won the Nobel Prize; who da this? You da this! Mann |
#8849, aired 2023-04-13 | FOODSTOCK $800: Bowzer & his doo wop chips--I mean chaps, now covered with gooey cheese & salsa Sha Nachos Na (Sha Na Nachos) |
#8849, aired 2023-04-13 | FOODSTOCK $1000: "Everyday People" clan now fronted by a plate of mini-cheeseburgers Sliders and the Family Stone |
#8849, aired 2023-04-13 | FISH OUT OF WATER $3,400 (Daily Double): They're the southernmost Major League baseball team the (Miami) Marlins |
#8848, aired 2023-04-12 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: To play this is literally being done here, but can also mean to go too easy on someone patty cake |
#8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ONE HOT MoMA $400: Jeff Koons' version of this colorful feline made famous by Peter Sellers on film is on floor 2 the Pink Panther |
#8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ONE HOT MoMA $800: Her 1977 oil on canvas "From a Day with Juan II" was a bequest of this painter from New Mexico O'Keeffe |
#8847, aired 2023-04-11 | A LANGUAGE OF CONSONANT PLUS VOWEL $1200: In Latin it's a form of the word for "thing"; it follows "in" to mean "concerning" re |
#8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ONE HOT MoMA $1200: Gordon Parks' "Excerpt from" this film about a "Black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks" is at MoMA & we can dig it Shaft |
#8847, aired 2023-04-11 | QUEEN VICTORIA GEOGRAPHY $1600: Victoria is the main town on Gozo, the second-largest of this Mediterranean country's islands Malta |
#8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ONE HOT MoMA $1600: Mais oui, you can take a trip back in time to 1899 & survey his "Tahitian landscape" Gauguin |
#8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ONE HOT MoMA $5,000 (Daily Double): His "Number 1A, 1948", which includes some of his handprints, has been on exhibit in the David Geffen Galleries Pollock |
#8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THE MAIN CITY IN THE MOVIE $400: "The Untouchables"; remember, "That's the" this city "way"! Chicago |
#8846, aired 2023-04-10 | RECENT EVENTS $400: For the first time since 1984, Kilauea & this even bigger big island volcano erupted side by side Mauna Loa |
#8846, aired 2023-04-10 | AIR TRAVEL $800: You can't take off until this part of the plane, the MCD for short, is secured main cabin door |
#8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THE MAIN CITY IN THE MOVIE $800: "Anchorman", & we won't say what Ron Burgundy thought the name meant when translated San Diego |
#8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THE MAIN CITY IN THE MOVIE $1200: 2016's
"Moonlight" Miami |
#8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THE MAIN CITY IN THE MOVIE $1600: 2019's
"El Camino" Albuquerque |
#8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THE MAIN CITY IN THE MOVIE $2000: "RoboCop",
original & remake Detroit |
#8845, aired 2023-04-07 | POP CULTURE $1200: The TV series about this character that began NPH-mania has been shown in Latin America as "El Doctorcito" Doogie Howser |
#8844, aired 2023-04-06 | LIT-POURRI $400: This last name of James Thurber's character Walter can have -esque added to mean having fantasies far above your abilities Walter Mitty |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | LITERARY BAD DAY FOR THE PLANET $800: In Neal Stephenson's "Seveneves", this mysteriously blows up into 7 pieces that rain bolides onto Earth the Moon |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1000: Just one letter different, these 2 rhyming words both mean to soak up spilled liquid sop & mop |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | TRANSPORTATION, IN VARIOUS FORMS $2000: Joey, baby, don't get crazy in your kangaroo mama's pouch, also called this; you'll be toted around there for 7 to 10 months the marsupium |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | LITERARY BAD DAY FOR THE PLANET $2000: John Wyndham's novel about "The Day of" these meat-eating plants sees most of humanity blinded before being featured on the menu the Triffids |
#8842, aired 2023-04-04 | PAINT ME A PICTURE $4,400 (Daily Double): This 17th century masterpiece has been called "The Dutch Mona Lisa" the Girl with a Pearl Earring |
#8840, aired 2023-03-31 | SWEET CHARITY $400: You can raise money for charity in October by "going" this, which rhymes with October sober |
#8840, aired 2023-03-31 | OH, THE LITERARY PLACES YOU DON'T WANT TO GO! $1200: The Sprawl is a rough city with an artificial gray sky in "Mona Lisa Overdrive", a novel from this cyberpunk master Gibson |
#8837, aired 2023-03-28 | 3 MEN $800: This classical trio whose name is French for "fine arts" lasted for 53 years with pianist Menahem Pressler joined by different musicians Beaux Arts |
#8835, aired 2023-03-24 | REJECTED AUTHORS $1200: This title auntie of Patrick Dennis' novel was too irrepressible for more than a dozen publishers before it came out in 1955 Mame |
#8834, aired 2023-03-23 | SCIENCE $800: There are more than 3,000 species of this insect in 3 main genera; genus Culex carries encephalitis mosquitoes |
#8834, aired 2023-03-23 | SCIENCE $1600: Of the 3 main types of rock, it's what shale is sedimentary |
#8834, aired 2023-03-23 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: It comes before "Ukraini" to mean "glory to Ukraine"; it's also a common nickname Slava |
#8833, aired 2023-03-22 | 1963 $800: "She" made a rare visit to the U.S. from the Louvre & was displayed in Washington, D.C. & New York before her return trip the Mona Lisa |
#8832, aired 2023-03-21 | 2-WORD TERMS $400: Set in 2009, the federal this is a very meager $7.25 an hour minimum wage |
#8832, aired 2023-03-21 | IT'S A JOKE $1000: Ben Stiller, guessing Zach Galifianakis' breakfast diet, suggested it's "egg" these yellows |
#8831, aired 2023-03-20 | WALK, THE LINE $400: Walk the Moon recounts a night at the disco: "I said, 'you're holding back', she said" this title "Shut Up And Dance" with me |
#8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHAPE UP $400: Legend says it became a symbol of the Byzantine Empire after the moon suddenly appeared, exposing a sneak attack a crescent |
#8829, aired 2023-03-16 | LOVE, IN SO MANY WORDS $200: "Whatever our souls are made of, (Heathcliff's) and mine are the same" in this novel; with Linton, not so much Wuthering Heights |
#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 | A HEAVENLY BODY IN MUSIC $1200: "When the moon is in the seventh house," we're coming up on the dawning of this the age of Aquarius |
#8829, aired 2023-03-16 | A HEAVENLY BODY IN MUSIC $4,000 (Daily Double): This singer also from northern lands recorded "The Comet Song" for a film based on Finland's beloved Moomin books Björk |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | CONTRONYMS $400: To do this can mean either to remove something like dirt from your house, or to sprinkle something like sugar on a pie to dust |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | CONTRONYMS $1200: It can mean both to ask advice, as from your doctor, & to give it, as to a client, perhaps charging a fee consult |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | CONTRONYMS $1600: It can mean done to completion, or spent & having no more use finished |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | CONTRONYMS $2000: From the Latin for "prescribe by law", it can mean to authorize or to condemn something to sanction |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | BANKING & FINANCE $2000: Come on get "A.P.Y."; A.P.Y. is short for this, money earned from a savings account over a specific amount of time annual percentage yield |
#8826, aired 2023-03-13 | SAME CONSONANT THRICE $1600: Similar to embezzlement, doing this to "funds" is illegally using someone else's money misappropriation |
#8824, aired 2023-03-09 | CAN WE "DIS"CUSS? $200: It can mean a pupil or a follower of anyone, not just of Jesus a disciple |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | RECENT COMMERCIALS $400: Due in part to its catchy tune, this company's "Have it your way" commercial entered meme status in 2022 Burger King |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | THIS IS HOW I WIN $600: Be last off the Battle Bus & land by a quiet spot instead of the Citadel; have a wide range of weapons & a medkit; use headphones Fortnite |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | SCIENCE $800: A report on Ganymede, a moon of this planet, suggests a liquid ocean under the surface & snow that falls up Jupiter |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | THE ROYAL PAST $2000: Xerxes praised Artemisia, warrior queen of this city, & according to legend gave her a jar that was later found in a mausoleum Halicarnassus |
#8821, aired 2023-03-06 | "A"DJECTIVES $200: This adjective derived from the name of Plato's school can mean "irrelevant" academic |
#8821, aired 2023-03-06 | PIVOTAL WOMEN $2000: (Melinda French Gates presents the clue.) Depicted in the movie "Hidden Figures" & described as one of NASA's "human computers", this mathematician overcame institutional racism & sexism doing the complex calculations that put America's first astronauts into space & on the Moon Katherine Johnson |
#8820, aired 2023-03-03 | ART MOVEMENTS $800: An affiliation with Marcel Duchamp earned American ceramicist Beatrice Wood the nickname the "Mama of" this art movement Dada |
#8820, aired 2023-03-03 | QUOTATIONS $1600: "Throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet" was part of her dissent of dismantling the VRA Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
#8819, aired 2023-03-02 | COURSE DESCRIPTIONS $200: Psych 200:
Analyzing 1901's "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life" by this man; also, how your mom figures in to that, in some way Freud |
#8819, aired 2023-03-02 | IN THE SPORT $200: Inherited runners,
appeal play,
pickoff baseball |
#8819, aired 2023-03-02 | THAT'S D-MINUS WORK $800: Crushed up paper into a ball loses a D & means walked through water up to the knees wadded & waded |
#8819, aired 2023-03-02 | IN THE SPORT $1000: Chukker,
gag bit,
mallet,
a lot of money polo |
#8819, aired 2023-03-02 | ODD WORDS $1200: Pig Latin & a word for nothing are the source of this 5-letter word meaning "to reject" ixnay |
#8819, aired 2023-03-02 | ACTION & ADVENTURE NOVELS $1600: A canine is the main character of this 1903 novel set in part in Canadian gold rush country The Call of the Wild |
#8818, aired 2023-03-01 | ONOMATOPOEIA $800: These 2 words that differ by one vowel combine to mean a change of heart flip & flop |
#8818, aired 2023-03-01 | BRIDGES $3,500 (Daily Double): Tradition says that a couple who kisses while passing beneath this Venetian bridge in a gondola will enjoy eternal love the Bridge of Sighs |
#8817, aired 2023-02-28 | GET "SET" $400: It can refer to an advantageous trait, or money or property that is owned an asset |
#8817, aired 2023-02-28 | MEDIEVAL TIMES $800: No camel riding per the Pact of Umar, limiting the rights of these 2 non-Muslim groups in newly Muslim-controlled areas Christians & Jews |
#8817, aired 2023-02-28 | PEOPLE FROM ISLANDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Boricua is a word for a person from this island or of its heritage; Lin-Manuel Miranda is a proud Boricua Puerto Rico |
#8817, aired 2023-02-28 | PEOPLE FROM ISLANDS $1000: Increasingly intermarried with ethnic Japanese, the Ainu are the indigenous people of this northernmost main island Hokkaido |
#8817, aired 2023-02-28 | GET "SET" $2000: The babies of this primate from the forests of South America are usually born as twins a marmoset |
#8816, aired 2023-02-27 | DANIEL RADCLIFFE ON HARRY POTTER $200: (Daniel Radcliffe presents the clue.) I starred on the London stage & on Broadway in a revival of "Equus" opposite Richard Griffiths, who played this awful relative of Harry Potter Vernon Dursley |
#8816, aired 2023-02-27 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH "L" $200: It's the first name of singer Richie & soccer great Messi, though they pronounce it differently Lionel |
#8816, aired 2023-02-27 | NONPOTENT POTABLES $200: In addition to Classic, it comes in Cherry & Georgia Peach flavors Coca-Cola |
#8816, aired 2023-02-27 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH "L" $600: It can mean pertaining to the tongue, or to languages lingual |
#8816, aired 2023-02-27 | WHAT'S THAT SCI. ABBREV.? $1000: Pa:
This unit of pressure named for a 17th century Frenchman pascal |
#8816, aired 2023-02-27 | PURE POETRY $1200: "Poems" by her came out in 1844; months later, a poet named Robert wrote to say, "I love your verses with all my heart" (& yeah, you too) Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
#8816, aired 2023-02-27 | SOUTHERNERS $1200: What's poppin'? The career of this rapper from Louisville Jack Harlow |
#8816, aired 2023-02-27 | THE GOLDEN AGE $1600: Born around 470 B.C., this figure from the golden age of Greek culture went around barefoot asking annoying questions Socrates |
#8815, aired 2023-02-24 | A GOVERNMENT OFFICE $200: Conveniently based in this U.S. city, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting provides uncensored information to the island Miami |
#8815, aired 2023-02-24 | SHORT, TINY & SMALL $400: Heard here, it's the smallest & highest-pitched woodwind instrument in an orchestra a piccolo |
#8815, aired 2023-02-24 | SHORT, TINY & SMALL $800: Pesto sauce makes a tasty topping for these small potato dumplings gnocchi |
#8815, aired 2023-02-24 | VERY ARTISTIC $800: Praise this painting from the early 1500s on its use of sfumato, the use of fine shading, but please don't tell her to smile more the Mona Lisa |
#8814, aired 2023-02-23 | POST-GRADUATION $600: It can mean to wrestle, or to cope with a difficult problem grapple |
#8814, aired 2023-02-23 | POST-GRADUATION $1000: A top music industry award gets its name from this old-time record player with a big horn a gramophone |
#8814, aired 2023-02-23 | GREEK LIFE $1000: This 400s B.C. physician had a school at Cos where he taught for fees; no word on if he had a loan program Hippocrates |
#8813, aired 2023-02-22 | SCIENCE CRITTERS $200: It's the animal in the name of the unit equivalent to 33,000 foot-pounds of work per minute a horse |
#8813, aired 2023-02-22 | IT'S GREAT TO "CU" $600: Grab a broom--it's the [Mayim laughs] sport being played here curling |
#8813, aired 2023-02-22 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Its main campus in West Lafayette, Indiana includes the Krannert School of Management Purdue |
#8813, aired 2023-02-22 | HAVE A NOSH $800: Rold Gold & Snyder's of Hanover both make these snacks pretzels |
#8813, aired 2023-02-22 | IT'S GREAT TO "CU" $1000: Sumerian & Akkadian were 2 of the main languages to be written in this ancient wedge-shaped script cuneiform |
#8813, aired 2023-02-22 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1200: This Boston school of music is named for its second president; his first & last names were reversed Berklee |
#8813, aired 2023-02-22 | TRAVEL FACTS $2000: Say yes to grandma when she wants to take you on a cruise to the stretch of the Yucatan coast invitingly called the "Mayan" this the Mayan Riviera |
#8813, aired 2023-02-22 | SCIENCE CRITTERS $3,000 (Daily Double): This Russian physiologist trained many breeds of dogs to reflexively salivate at the sound of noises they associated with food Pavlov |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | THE REST OF THE WORLD IN 2018 & '19 $600: Hopes of peace were raised when North Korean leader Kim Jong-un entered this buffer area to meet with South Korean Pres. Moon the DMZ |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $800: It's a gathering following the main blowout; the title one on Apple TV+ follows a high school reunion & is marred by murder after party |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | ADJECTIVES $800: A kind of deep chasm gives us this adjective that can mean "bottomless" or "profound" but also "incompetently bad" abysmal |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | THEY MAKE IT $800: The K-Mini coffee maker, perfect for dorm rooms Keurig |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | ON TIKTOK $1000: Famous for his silent reaction videos & spoofs, he dethroned Charli D'Amelio as the most-followed TikTok star Khaby Lame |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $1200: This Showtime series about soccer players lost in the woods ended season 1 with the main 4 as adults heading to their high school reunion Yellowjackets |
#8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PALINDROMES IN POP CULTURE $400: Songs by this Swedish quartet include "Waterloo" & "Dancing Queen" ABBA |
#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 |
#8811, aired 2023-02-20 | REUNION SHOWS $800: "Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding" was a 2003 TV movie reuniting David Hasselhoff & this woman as CJ--Jason Momoa's in the movie, too Pamela Anderson |
#8811, aired 2023-02-20 | TIME TO HIT THE LIBRARY $1600: This city's main public library, named for Mayor Harold Washington, has a teen learning center called YOUmedia Chicago |
#8810, aired 2023-02-17 | SOMETIMES A "LITTLE" IS ENOUGH $2000: Playing a mean quarterstaff, he was an original member of the Merry Men Little John |
#8809, aired 2023-02-16 | ALL WAYS $200: The name of this galaxy, & we do mean this galaxy, comes from the classical Latin via lactea the Milky Way |
#8808, aired 2023-02-15 | ON A STAMP $400: The 2017 Total Eclipse of the Sun stamp depicts a black disk that turns into this under the heat of a finger the Moon |
#8808, aired 2023-02-15 | ACC SCHOOL HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1926 this southern school enrolled about 650 full-time students, but of all things, a hurricane nearly put it out of business the University of Miami |
#8807, aired 2023-02-14 | YE OLDE BRITISH MONEY $400: A nursery rhyme begins, "Sing a song of" this amount sixpence |
#8807, aired 2023-02-14 | YE OLDE BRITISH MONEY $800: The pound was divided into 20 of these, colloquially called bob shillings |
#8807, aired 2023-02-14 | YE OLDE BRITISH MONEY $1200: You'll find R-E-I-G-N in this word for a gold one-pound coin depicting one who reigned a sovereign |
#8807, aired 2023-02-14 | YE OLDE BRITISH MONEY $2,000 (Daily Double): A pound note, or the Latin word for "what" quid |
#8807, aired 2023-02-14 | YE OLDE BRITISH MONEY $2000: The name of an old-timey bicycle with a large front wheel & a much smaller back wheel combines penny & this smaller coin farthing |
#8806, aired 2023-02-13 | PARTY ON! $200: This verb can mean to attend a party uninvited, or to fall asleep from exhaustion after one crash |
#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | THE MIAMI VICE SQUAD $400: In 1988 she played an art gallery manager whose "vice" was being a drug dealer's assistant; "Pretty Woman" was 2 years away Julia Roberts |
#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | THE MIAMI VICE SQUAD $800: I will look for you, & I will find you after you ring in & name this man who guested as Sean on the "When Irish Eyes are Crying" episode Liam Neeson |
#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | DON'T FALL IN! $800: An entry to the underground world to do excavating for profit, here's a proverbial abandoned one a mine shaft |
#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | THE MIAMI VICE SQUAD $1200: Long before her Oscar nom for "The King's Speech", this 3-named British actress was Crockett's drug-addicted girlfriend Helena Bonham Carter |
#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | THE MIAMI VICE SQUAD $1600: This superstar of stage, song & screen was seeing Don Johnson when she cameo-d as a pedestrian who caught Sonny's eye Barbra Streisand |
#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | WESTERN EUROPE $1600: The treasure chamber of this little Alpine land includes Faberge eggs & Moon rocks Liechtenstein |
#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | THE MIAMI VICE SQUAD $2000: You can see this "Birth of the Cool" trumpeter & hear his distinctive speaking voice when he played Ivory Jones on a 1985 episode Miles Davis |
#8804, aired 2023-02-09 | ON THEIR FAST FOOD MENU $200: A Southwest Avocado Salad & a Dave's Triple Wendy's |
#8804, aired 2023-02-09 | YOU'RE ON THE WORLD MONEY $400: On the back of the U.K. 5-pound note is this wartime leader Churchill |
#8804, aired 2023-02-09 | ON THEIR FAST FOOD MENU $400: A Meatzza Pizza & a Chicken Habanero Sandwich Domino's |
#8804, aired 2023-02-09 | ON THEIR FAST FOOD MENU $600: A Doritos Cheesy Gordita Crunch & Nacho Fries Taco Bell |
#8804, aired 2023-02-09 | YOU'RE ON THE WORLD MONEY $800: Tigran Petrosian, on an Armenian dram, was a world champion of this game chess |
#8804, aired 2023-02-09 | ON THEIR FAST FOOD MENU $800: An impossible slider with smoked cheddar cheese White Castle |
#8804, aired 2023-02-09 | ON THEIR FAST FOOD MENU $1000: A 2-piece Pacific Cod Meal, including hushpuppies Long John Silver's |
#8804, aired 2023-02-09 | YOU'RE ON THE WORLD MONEY $1200: Serbia put this inventor on its 100 dinar bill Tesla |
#8804, aired 2023-02-09 | YOU'RE ON THE WORLD MONEY $1600: South Africa's banknotes have Nelson Mandela on the front & are in this currency rand |
#8804, aired 2023-02-09 | YOU'RE ON THE WORLD MONEY $2000: The 200-lari note of this former Soviet republic is fronted by national hero Kakutska Cholokashvili Georgia |
#8801, aired 2023-02-06 | S-SS-ING THE SITUATION $400: It's the "B" in Elvis' classic TCB, mama; thank you, thank you very much taking care of business |
#8801, aired 2023-02-06 | YOU CAN CALL ME HOMER $1200: A gold mine promoter named Homer Pennock gave his first name to a city in this state Alaska |
#8800, aired 2023-02-03 | THAT'S A CRIME! $600: Those Allstate ads with Dean Winters in this role are funny, but it's also the crime of maliciously injuring a person's body Mayhem |
#8800, aired 2023-02-03 | SECOND CITIES $800: Mombasa on the Indian Ocean is this country's main port Kenya |
#8800, aired 2023-02-03 | WATER MUSIC $2000: This watery Henry Mancini composition was a huge hit for Andy Williams "Moon River" |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | "B" + 3 $600: To cheat out of money bilk |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | THE BOOK'S SUPPORTING CHARACTERS $2000: Weena, an Eloi, & Morlocks, as the main guy really gets around The Time Machine |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | EASY MONEY $100: Since the early 20th century, Abraham Lincoln has been on the front of these 2 pieces of U.S. currency, one a coin & one, paper the penny & the $5 bill |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | COMPOSERS ARE QUIRKY $200: Made antisocial by his deafness, he would sit alone in the corner of a crowded tavern eating cheese & herring Beethoven |
#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 | EASY MONEY $200: If you have a yen for yen, you'll know the yen is this country's currency Japan |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | EASY MONEY $300: The doubloons thrown from Mardi Gras floats are often aluminum; the original doubloon was a Spanish coin made of this metal gold |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | IT'S ALSO A GREEK LETTER $400: In 1941 this airline with a Greek letter for a name moved its headquarters to Atlanta Delta |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | EASY MONEY $400: It's no longer made up of 20 shillings, but it's still the unit of currency of Great Britain the pound |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | EASY MONEY $500: This woman, a prominent U.S. suffragist, was on the U.S. dollar coin from 1979-1981 Susan B. Anthony |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | SINGIN' IN THE RAIN $600: Here's a thoughtful offer from Rihanna: "Now that it's raining more than ever... you can stand under my" this umbrella |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | ALL ABOUT DISNEY $600: Walt Disney coined this acronym for the experimental prototype community he planned to build in Florida; it would open in 1982 EPCOT |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | IT'S ALSO A GREEK LETTER $800: It's letter No. 3 in the Greek alphabet; the same-named "rays" hulked out Bruce Banner gamma |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | TAKING A GAMBLE WITH JAMES HOLZHAUER $900: (James Holzhauer presents the clue.) A popular variant of Texas hold 'em poker in casinos is this one named for a Nebraska city; you start with 4 cards instead of 2 Omaha |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: Johann Strauss II wrote a famous waltz about this "Beautiful Blue" river that flows through Europe the Danube |
#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 | GETTING CLOSE TO SOMETHING $13,000 (Daily Double): Doctor Strange tells Tony Stark, "we're in" this "now", a term for the final stage of a chess contest; so are you an endgame |
#8798, aired 2023-02-01 | YOU "BREAK" $200: 2-word term meaning to end up with the same amount of money as when you started, as in gambling or business break even |
#8798, aired 2023-02-01 | OVERLAPS $2000: The minimum amount of fissionable material to sustain a nuclear chain reaction in the Bay State critical Massachusetts |
#8797, aired 2023-01-31 | A CAPITAL OFFENSIVE $2000: After a rapid offensive, this capital was captured April 30, 1975, leading to a name change Ho Chi Minh City |
#8796, aired 2023-01-30 | NURSERY RHYMES $200: Curds & whey are on the menu for this tuffet sitter Little Miss Muffet |
#8796, aired 2023-01-30 | ENDS IN A DOUBLE VOWEL POTPOURRI $800: Native Hawaiian women adapted a long, loose garment introduced by missionaries into this long, loose dress a muumuu |
#8796, aired 2023-01-30 | WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $1600: Proverbial coal mine avian & wheat storehouse a canary & a granary |
#8795, aired 2023-01-27 | SOIL $200: The 3 main types of soil particles are sand, silt & this one, popular with sculptors & potters clay |
#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" |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $300: This group that would-be presidents need 270 votes from isn't an educational institution; the second word can also mean a society the Electoral College |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $300: In the '80s we were "Head Over Heels" for this all-female group; they did, in fact, have the beat The Go-Go's |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | FAMOUS AMERICAN QUOTES $400: A line from the screenplay for the Oliver Stone film "Wall Street" says that this "is good!" greed |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | THE MUSEUM OF FAILURE $400: "Singles" from this baby food co. was adult food, but "it might as well have been called 'I Live Alone & Eat My Meals From a Jar"' Gerber |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | PSYCHOLOGY $400: The American Psychological Assoc. defines these 2 personality types as "inward & self-directed" & "outward & social-directed" introvert & extrovert |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $500: Here's this "Unstoppable" singer wearing one of her trademark oversized wigs Sia |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | ____ & ____ $800: Lunar enthusiasts are partial to this alliterative idiom of 2 verbs that refers to any periodic change in size or strength waxing & waning |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | CHARACTER/ACTOR $1000: As Anton Chigurh in this 2007 film, Javier Bardem & his haircut were both downright frightening No Country for Old Men |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $1200: A 2018 USA Today headline: "Rex Tillerson was on the toilet when he was told he'd be fired" from this diplomatic Cabinet job secretary of state |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS $1500: (Amy Schneider presents the clue.) The Warriors came to San Francisco from Philadelphia in 1962, bringing this superstar 7-footer who averaged an incredible 44.8 points per game in his 1st season by the Bay Wilt Chamberlain |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | A SIGN OF SHAME $3,000 (Daily Double): In this Nathaniel Hawthorne novel, single mom Hester Prynne must wear a red "A" on her dress The Scarlet Letter |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | UNDER STUDY $5,000 (Daily Double): It sounds like it might be the study of shooting stars, but it's the science of the atmosphere, weather & weather forecasting meteorology |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | WORLD HISTORY $9,800 (Daily Double): This dynasty that ruled China from 1368 to 1644 was noted for its arts & culture including, of course, ceramics & porcelain vases Ming |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | WE GRADE THAT H-PLUS $1000: A restaurant with tables on the sidewalk adds H to the menu for a word meaning to irritate by rubbing café & chafe |
#8792, aired 2023-01-24 | THEY'RE BAD IN BOOKS $600: In "The Handmaid's Tale", this main "Aunt"-agonist strives to indoctrinate her captive charges into subservience Aunt Lydia |
#8792, aired 2023-01-24 | DANTE'S CIRCLES OF HELL, DEFINED $1000: Eighth, containing alchemists & seducers: Legally this 5-letter word is any activity that uses deception to gain money the circle of fraud |
#8791, aired 2023-01-23 | TV CONNECTORS $800: Win Ben Stein's
____
Heist Money |
#8790, aired 2023-01-20 | MOONSTRUCK $200: Daughter & would-be assassin of the Earth goddess, Coyolxauhqui was a moon goddess of this people of Mexico Aztec |
#8790, aired 2023-01-20 | MOONSTRUCK $600: In a popular manga series, schoolgirl Usagi Tsukino changes into this magical character to fight villains & save the world Sailor Moon |
#8790, aired 2023-01-20 | AMERICAN LIT $800: This narrator in a 19th century classic says, "Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave" Huck Finn |
#8790, aired 2023-01-20 | MOONSTRUCK $1000: The largest of the Moon's seas is the opposite of tranquility--Oceanus procellarum meaning "ocean of" these storms |
#8790, aired 2023-01-20 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $1200: This 2-word compound is the main component of both limestone & coral reefs calcium carbonate |
#8790, aired 2023-01-20 | AS THE FRENCH SAY $1600: This French phrase, literally "like this, like that", is used to mean "so-so" comme ci comme ça |
#8790, aired 2023-01-20 | SAFE $4,600 (Daily Double): Your money is as safe as it would be were it in the bullion depository in this Kentucky site, named for our first Secretary of War Fort Knox |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | LANDMARKS $100: The heads that make up this national memorial are each about 60 feet tall & each was dedicated at separate times during the 1930s Mount Rushmore |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | SHOE BIZ $400: After moving to Southern California in 1978, Aussie surfer Brian Smith launched this brand of sheepskin boots Uggs |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | "NN"YTIME $400: This verb can mean to have your hiking companion for dinner, or to take resources from one project to finish another cannibalize |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | COACH: BEARD $400: Guys, you may be able to spur beard growth with exercise & more sleep, possibly aiding in production of this 12-letter hormone testosterone |
#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 |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE TV CHARACTER $1200: "You come at the king, you best not miss" Omar (Little) |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | 2 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $3,000 (Daily Double): It doesn't sound super-medical, but Queen Elizabeth II's death certificate lists the cause as this, at 96 old age |
#8788, aired 2023-01-18 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $800: Use your this & tell us this slang term for your head; it can also mean a small mug or cup a noggin |
#8787, aired 2023-01-17 | DOUBLE VOWELS NEXT TO DOUBLE CONSONANTS $600: As a verb it can mean to turn out well or to come next in a series succeed |
#8786, aired 2023-01-16 | TATTOOS $400: Many Polynesian tattoos use triangles to represent niho mano, the teeth of this predator a shark |
#8785, aired 2023-01-13 | BORN OR DIED IN 1923 $800: Born:
This famous French mime Marceau |
#8785, aired 2023-01-13 | 8-LETTER WORDS $2000: You may think of data as words & numbers, but digital images are also data & this term can mean information about an image metadata |
#8784, aired 2023-01-12 | BREWS N' BOOZE $2,600 (Daily Double): Beer's 4 main ingredients are malt, yeast, water & these cones of a plant that help the drink keep its foamy head hops |
#10, aired 2023-01-12 | EVERYDAY ITALIAN $200: "When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's" this, that's love amore |
#10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE 50 STATES $200: Created to serve the former Northwest Territory, Northwestern University is in Evanston in this state Illinois |
#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 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Until disallowed by the L.A. Coliseum, a live bear would take the field at home football games for this school UCLA (the University of California Los Angeles) |
#10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE 50 STATES $500: Hells Canyon & Snake River sound daunting, but Sun Valley & its ski lodges in this state offer respite Idaho |
#10, aired 2023-01-12 | TRIANGLES $600: You need a triangle for this action to set up billiard balls for the break shot racking |
#10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE MOVIES $600: His powerful performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" won him a posthumous Supporting Actor Oscar (Heath) Ledger |
#10, aired 2023-01-12 | EXPLOSIVE MUSIC $900: His singing career really burst into the stratosphere with "Rocket Man", which says, "burning out his fuse up here alone" Elton John |
#10, aired 2023-01-12 | GLOOMY AUTHORS $1000: His plays like "Waiting for Godot" explore the meaninglessness of life & even a Nobel Prize didn't make him happy Samuel Beckett |
#10, aired 2023-01-12 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1000: Founded in 1693, the oldest college in Virginia is the college of this royal pair the College of William & Mary |
#10, aired 2023-01-12 | "MIS"INFORMATION $1500: It's a 7-letter word for an often long, handwritten letter missive |
#8783, aired 2023-01-11 | SCIENCE WORDS $1200: This word for a plain of lower elevation on our moon means "sea" in Latin mare |
#8782, aired 2023-01-10 | BETWEEN 2 "C"s $400: It describes an opera like "The Maid as Mistress", or can mean any funny performer comic |
#8781, aired 2023-01-09 | THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $200: John Legend the piano |
#8781, aired 2023-01-09 | THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $400: Flea & the late John Entwistle the bass |
#8781, aired 2023-01-09 | THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $600: Lizzo the flute |
#8781, aired 2023-01-09 | THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $800: Bluegrass legend Alison Krauss violin (fiddle) |
#8781, aired 2023-01-09 | THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $1000: "Weird Al" Yankovic the accordion |
#8779, aired 2023-01-05 | CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER $200: Animated "Mysteries" starring this ex-champ include "House Haunters" & "A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste" Mike Tyson |
#8779, aired 2023-01-05 | CLICHES $2000: To mean an overall picture, instead of "the view from" this high, people could say "from 5.68 miles" 30,000 feet |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | MERRIAM-WEBSTER DEFINES IT AS... $100: "To make four times as much", like one's money in an investment... a really, really good investment quadruple |
#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 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $300: Its Family Bundle Classic bundles 6,537 calories across fries, pies, drinks, chicken sammies & nuggets & of course, Whoppers Burger King |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYTH STORY $400: Zeus's lack of wisdom had him swallow his wife Metis when she was pregnant with this daughter born unusually, as seen here Athena |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | A TOTAL FRAME JOB $500 (Daily Double): Britannica says this Munch painting "can be seen as a symbol of modern spiritual anguish" but it reminds us of a loud "Home Alone" moment The Scream |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $600: Its state monument is the 76-foot Golden Driller in front of Tulsa's Expo Center Oklahoma |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $600: This chain of stores opened in 1979 & it seems like since then I've been trying to find an orange-aproned person to help me Home Depot |
#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 |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | FAMOUS WOMEN $600: She was Czechoslovakia's top women's tennis player when she defected to the U.S. in 1975 Martina Navratilova |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | FAMOUS WOMEN $800: The legendary jazz lady seen here "sang the blues" under this name Billie Holiday |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $900: On day 1 in 1973, this corp. delivered 186 packages, but in fiscal year 2021 annual revenue, it delivered $84 billion FedEx |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES $1000: By 2500 B.C. the Chinese were breeding a special "worm" in order to make thread & garments from this material silk |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | NATURE $1000: Scientists once thought this Aussie animal that has certain bird features & lays eggs was a hoax a (duck-billed) platypus |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | THEY WERE TEACHERS $1200: (Colby Burnett delivers the clue.) Oscar-nominated for films like "BlacKkKlansman" & the documentary "4 Little Girls", this acclaimed filmmaker is a tenured professor of film & artistic director at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Spike Lee |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $1200: Dog, gone! In 2021 this bus company was acquired by German company Flix Mobility Greyhound |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | BOOZY PHRASES $1,500 (Daily Double): This phrase became a meme as the words spoken just before doing a reckless stunt hold my beer and watch this |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | BOOZY PHRASES $1500: These "sparkling" tastes mean a desire for high-end living; unfortunately, some have them on a tight budget champagne (tastes) |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | WE MEAN BUSINESS $1500: In 2015 he announced the launch of a cruise line called Virgin Voyages but only after making some space(ship) in his life (Richard) Branson |
#8778, aired 2023-01-04 | THE SILENT TYPE $1600: This adjective describing one who uses a bare minimum of words derives from the region where ancient Sparta was laconic |
#8778, aired 2023-01-04 | JUST A LITTLE NUCLEAR PHYSICS $2000: Here's your quark menu! Which flavor would you like--up, down, top, bottom, charm or this? strange |
#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | KID CUISINE $400: If your kids aren't from New England, they may enjoy this two-word dish made with a veggie, more than its clam or fish cousin corn chowder |
#8776, aired 2023-01-02 | FRIENDS 'TIL THE ENDS $1,300 (Daily Double): "C" is for this word, once one of the divisions of a Roman legion; it now can mean a colleague or a person born in the same year a cohort |
#8775, aired 2022-12-30 | U.S. TERRITORIES $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1927 the U.S. granted citizenship to residents of this territory in the West Indies whose 3 main islands all bear saintly names the U.S. Virgin Islands |
#8775, aired 2022-12-30 | A MEMORABLE NEW YEAR'S EVE $1200: (Ryan Seacrest presents the clue.) Before a 2011 NASA mission mapping the Moon's gravity, Montana 4th graders named the two spacecraft, & this one entered lunar orbit on New Year's Eve; Flow took a bit longer Ebb |
#8775, aired 2022-12-30 | THE FIRST FEATURE THEY DIRECTED $2000: 2020:
"One Night in Miami..." Regina King |
#8775, aired 2022-12-30 | ALLITERATION $6,500 (Daily Double): This 2022 buzzphrase doesn't mean leaving your job, but doing no more than it requires quiet quitting |
#8773, aired 2022-12-28 | 6-LETTER VERBS $600: The stock markets love this word that can mean, among other things, spend time on & give power to to invest |
#8772, aired 2022-12-27 | SCIENCE $4,000 (Daily Double): Neptune's moon Triton is the only big moon in our solar system that orbits in this 10-letter way, meaning backwards retrograde |
#8771, aired 2022-12-26 | VACATION ISLES $1000: Northernmost of the main Hawaiian islands is this lush 5-letter isle also known as "The Garden Isle" Kauai |
#8770, aired 2022-12-23 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's a small, secret group of plotters & can also mean their conspiracy a cabal |
#8769, aired 2022-12-22 | CLIMATE $400: A byproduct of using fossil fuels, it's the main greenhouse gas affecting Earth's climate due to human activity carbon dioxide |
#8769, aired 2022-12-22 | WE COME TO THIS PLACE FOR... $600: ...otherworldly objects: this NASA space center in Houston has a large cache of Moon rocks from the Apollo missions the Johnson Space Center |
#8769, aired 2022-12-22 | CLIMATE $2000: One climate provision in 2022's big Democratic bill provides money to protect these "O.G." forests old growth |
#8768, aired 2022-12-21 | NBA TEAMS $400: It's the southernmost team in the NBA the Miami Heat |
#8767, aired 2022-12-20 | DR. SEUSS BAKING CHALLENGE $200: (Tamera Mowry presents the clue.) Creations that hopefully taste better than they sound were natural for this book with an edible title & a hyphenated main character Green Eggs and Ham |
#8767, aired 2022-12-20 | CONTRACTIONS $400: Britannica notes that this word "can be used to mean am not, are not, is not, have not & has not" ain't |
#8767, aired 2022-12-20 | DR. SEUSS BAKING CHALLENGE $600: (Tamera Mowry presents the clue.) It's the holiday season, so we had to include this book, whose grumpy main character was Dr. Seuss's long-time license plate How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | ANAGRAMMED OCCUPATIONS $600: (the anagram is its own clue)
MOON STARER astronomer |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | TELEVISION THEN & NOW $1,800 (Daily Double): The main characters of "Back to the Future" helped inspire this animated series that debuted in 2013 Rick and Morty |
#8765, aired 2022-12-16 | THE SCALES $800: The Moon is nearly invisible at "L=0", the lowest level on the Danjon scale, measuring its brightness during this event an eclipse |
#8765, aired 2022-12-16 | ALASKAN GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): Named for a son of King George III, this sound with Valdez as a main port, was the site of the Exxon-Valdez oil spill Prince William Sound |
#8765, aired 2022-12-16 | TV & MOVIE PLACES $2000: The Forest Moon of this planet is the home of the Ewoks Endor |
#8761, aired 2022-12-12 | WITH A SONG IN YOUR BRAIN $200: This word for a song's main tune is from the Greek for "song" a melody |
#8757, aired 2022-12-06 | 7-LETTER "W"ORDS $1200: This verb can mean to handle livestock on a ranch or extras on a movie set wrangle |
#8756, aired 2022-12-05 | MUSICALS BY FEMALE ROLES $800: Mean-spirited orphanage mistress Miss Hannigan Annie |
#8756, aired 2022-12-05 | MUSICALS BY FEMALE ROLES $2000: Mimi Marquez &
Joanne Jefferson Rent |
#8755, aired 2022-12-02 | BODY LANGUAGE $600: This "music" can mean a pitch thrown high, near the batter's head chin music |
#8754, aired 2022-12-01 | CONTRACTIONS $400: It comes before "get this bread" in a forward-thinking money-making meme let's |
#8754, aired 2022-12-01 | ROLE IN COMMON $1200: Don Johnson &
Colin Farrell
had their vices Sonny Crockett |
#8754, aired 2022-12-01 | DOCTOR-ING UP LITERATURE $2,200 (Daily Double): Tired of having this guy talk to the animals, Hugh Lofting sent him to the moon in 1928 but fan demand had him "return" in 1933 (Doctor) Dolittle |
#8753, aired 2022-11-30 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $200: In Spanish this is properly dinero, but is also called plata, pasta & many other things money |
#8753, aired 2022-11-30 | TIME FOR SOME FOOD $800: Term for mini-burgers from places like White Castle sliders |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | CAST UPON THE WATERS $800: On "Entourage" Vince Chase was cast as this movie superhero; Jason Momoa got the gig in real life Aquaman |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | GERMAN CITIES $800: This major river passes through the cities of Mannheim & Cologne the Rhine |
#8751, aired 2022-11-28 | AROUND THE GLOBE $1200: The ECB, the European Central Bank, has its headquarters in this German city on the Main River Frankfurt |
#8750, aired 2022-11-25 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $400: 2022 marks the 75th anniversary of this Margaret Wise Brown classic about putting a bunny to bed Goodnight Moon |
#8750, aired 2022-11-25 | OUR FLAG MEANS... $800: This shape moon on Singapore's flag symbolizes a young nation on the rise a crescent |
#8750, aired 2022-11-25 | UNFRIEND $1600: An enemy of the main character in a play, it also refers to a type of muscle antagonist |
#8749, aired 2022-11-24 | NEAR THE FRONT OF THE DICTIONARY $800: To be "taken" this can mean to be caught by surprise or to have your ship's sails filled with wind from the wrong direction aback |
#8749, aired 2022-11-24 | NEAR THE FRONT OF THE DICTIONARY $5,000 (Daily Double): From Latin for "proverb", it's a saying that expresses a common observation, like "a penny saved is a penny earned" adage |
#8747, aired 2022-11-22 | VOCABULARY WORDS $400: It can mean to restrain, or it can be found along a street curb |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | GESTURES $1000: The mano pantea, the first 2 fingers & thumb extended, are a gesture to ward off this bit of malevolence, malocchio in Italian the evil eye |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | FILMS BY TAGLINE $1200: 2017:
"Just because you're invited, doesn't mean you're welcome" Get Out |
#8745, aired 2022-11-18 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $200: Money existing only digitally; in 2022 $275 billion was lost in its global market in a single day cryptocurrency |
#8745, aired 2022-11-18 | AMERICAN WOMEN $1200: For a 1915 exhibition to help raise money for women's suffrage, this Impressionist sent a number of her works from France Cassatt |
#8744, aired 2022-11-17 | SONGS FROM THE HIT ALBUM $200: "Billie Jean" &
"The Girl Is Mine" Thriller |
#8743, aired 2022-11-16 | HEARD IN THE MOVIE $800: "I mean, what kind of friggin' person bashes in their friend's knee? Who would do that?" I, Tonya |
#8743, aired 2022-11-16 | MAKING AN ASSONANCE OF YOURSELF $1000: In a song title from the 1920s, these 2-word noisemakers for nuptials "are breaking up that old gang of mine" wedding bells |
#8742, aired 2022-11-15 | NOW STREAMING ON DuMONT+ $400: You can binge "Man Against Crime", one of the first shows about someone in this job, preceding Mannix & Veronica Mars detective |
#8742, aired 2022-11-15 | CHAMPION WORDS $1200: We're serving poke with this as the main protein ahi |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH MATT AMODIO $300: (Matt Amodio delivers the clue.) Before the hard disk era, the storage of data or programs known as this word took more cumbersome forms, like huge circular drums & reels bearing hundreds of feet of tape memory |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | MUSICAL THEATER $400: In September 2022 Lea Michele stepped into the role of Fanny Brice in the revival of this show Funny Girl |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | BRUSH UP YOUR HEBREW $600: A frequent source of comedy is new speakers who mix up michnasayim, pants, with mishkafayim, these--but you don't have reading pants glasses |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | THE BIBLE $600: There was some serious sibling rivalry with these first 2 sons of Adam & Eve Cain & Abel |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | BRUSH UP YOUR HEBREW $900: Unlike if you're at Trader Joe's, if you're speaking Hebrew, this dip has a guttural first letter & 2 long vowels hummus |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | THE BIBLE $1000: This 5-letter word refers to the "bread from heaven" eaten by the Israelites as told in the Book of Exodus manna |
#8740, aired 2022-11-11 | SPANISH WORDS & PHRASES $600: The title of a 2020 bilingual Black Eyed Peas song, it means an attractive woman, whether she's a mother or not "Mamacita" |
#8740, aired 2022-11-11 | CARATS $800: Using a ruby rod, Theodore Maiman built the first working one of these in 1960 a laser |
#8739, aired 2022-11-10 | SCIENTIFIC TRIOS $400: The 3 main shapes of these are rod, sphere & spiral, the last causing things like syphilis & rat-bite fever bacteria |
#8739, aired 2022-11-10 | THE ROCK BASSIST'S GROUP $1600: I see a "Bad Moon Rising", so I also see Stu Cook Credence Clearwater Revival |
#8739, aired 2022-11-10 | SCIENTIFIC TRIOS $6,000 (Daily Double): Of the 3 main sections of an insect's body, this one is from the Latin for "breastplate" thorax |
#8738, aired 2022-11-09 | ONOMATOPOEIA $1200: Apiarists know this word can mean a rumor or enthusiasm buzz |
#8737, aired 2022-11-08 | YOU SIT ON IT $600: Jupiter has dozens of these including Europa & Io moon |
#8737, aired 2022-11-08 | REMEMBERING ALEX TREBEK $1000: Alex had tons of hardware supplies, including these, also called half-moon keys; he never knew what they were for, though Woodruff keys |
#8736, aired 2022-11-07 | THAT '70s OR '80s SHOW $600: Hollywood folklore says NBC's Brandon Tartikoff scribbled down a quick note--"MTV cops"--which led to this hit '80s show Miami Vice |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | BERNIE & BERNADETTE $300: Terry Kiser played the titular corpse in this 1989 comedy that also starred Andrew McCarthy & Jonathan Silverman Weekend at Bernie's |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAIN, MAN $400: On Titan, this ringed planet's largest moon, it rains methane Saturn |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | JOHNNY GILBERT SAYS THE NO. 1 HITS $900: "She's got eyes of the bluest skies, as if they thought of rain, I'd hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain" "Sweet Child O' Mine" |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS $1000: Astronomers use this 3-letter word to refer to a period of time equaling one billion years; to others, it means a really long time an eon |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | FUN WITH FLAGS $1000: After the Soviet Union broke apart, so did its flag with a gold star & these 2 symbols representing workers & peasants a hammer & sickle |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY $1000: This other name for the voice box also ends with the letter "X" the larynx |
#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" |
#8735, aired 2022-11-04 | THE TANGLED WEB $1600: NASA's Astronomy
Picture of the Day revealed that this largest moon of Mars may eventually disintegrate; scary indeed Phobos |
#8733, aired 2022-11-02 | 5, 5 $800: Literally a gem that's part of royal regalia, it's come to mean the absolute best part of something a crown jewel |
#8732, aired 2022-11-01 | VWLLSS HWN $200: The ocean, (also a movie title):
MN moana |
#8732, aired 2022-11-01 | ART & ARTISTS $400: Vasari stated that this famous portrait was commissioned by the subject's husband, silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo the Mona Lisa |
#8731, aired 2022-10-31 | HEAVENLY BODIES $400: When it's between half & full, it's called gibbous Moon |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | ANSWER IN THE FORM OF AN ABBREVIATION $100: Bank of America has about 16,000 of these ATM |
#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 $300: They'll love the story about how you went to Churchill Downs in 2022 for this big race & put a C-note on 80-1 longshot Rich Strike the Kentucky Derby |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | ANSWER IN THE FORM OF AN ABBREVIATION $400: If you get this degree from Harvard, first given in 1873, you can call yourself doctor but don't try to diagnose me a Ph.D. |
#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 | FIGURES OF SPEECH $600: I have no idea what you said--it was this language to me, a phrase used by Shakespeare Greek |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | HI, FINANCE $800: Air-ing things out, this occurs when you don't have enough money in your account to cover a check but the bank pays anyway overdraft |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $800: We plead that this amendment says no one "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself" the Fifth (Amendment) |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | CLASSIC TV $900: It originally opened with "Once upon a time there were 3 little girls who went to the police academy" Charlie's Angels |
#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 |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | HI, FINANCE $1000: Time to get an "A" in finance; leveraged by hedge funds, this investment strategy has many types, like retail & merger arbitrage |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | THE CHASE $1200: (Brad Rutter delivers the clue.) The $10,000 note, the highest U.S. denomination ever circulated, could be called "The Chase" for its picture of Salmon P. Chase, secretary of this money-printing Cabinet department during the Civil War the Department of the Treasury |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | DIRECTIONAL GEOGRAPHY IN AMERICA $1500: Don't fuggedabout this 16-mile-long body of water separating Brooklyn & Manhattan; Rikers Island is there the East River |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | OUT OF THIS WORLD $3,600 (Daily Double): Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the Moon; a few minutes later, this man became the second Buzz Aldrin |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | HI, FINANCE $7,000 (Daily Double): A chapter no one ever wants to read, this one is often called a "reorganization" bankruptcy, like J.C. Penney in 2020 Chapter 11 |
#8730, aired 2022-10-28 | YOU MOVE ME $800: Seems like 1960s world's fairs had to have one: Seattle, New York & Montreal, where the first half of the word was "Mini" monorails |
#8728, aired 2022-10-26 | SNAP CHAT $1000: The hinged "jaws" of this flower are pried open by bumblebees, its main pollinator snapdragon |
#8727, aired 2022-10-25 | TV CARTOONS $800: A close-up of the clenched fist of this PBS character before he punched D.W. became a giant meme of anger expression Arthur |
#8726, aired 2022-10-24 | SAY WHAT? $400: The OED calls this palindrome "an expression of interrogation"; it's often used to mean "what?" huh |
#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 | 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 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: This holiday is a symbol of summer's end in the U.S. but in Europe, its equivalent is celebrated on May 1 Labor Day |
#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 | 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 |
#8723, aired 2022-10-19 | WRITERS' MIDDLE NAMES $800: Creator of "The Runaway Bunny" Margaret ____ Brown Wise |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | CURRENT EVENTS $100: On Aug. 8, 2022 FBI agents executed a search warrant here, which Donald Trump calls "my beautiful home" Mar-a-Lago |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | 7-LETTER WORDS $200: It can mean both clothes to wash & a place to do it laundry |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | MASCOTS $300: This battery mascot that's been going & going since the late 1980s has entered the OED to mean something or someone persistent the Energizer Bunny |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | COLORFUL RESPONSES $400 (Daily Double): This 2-word fishy term refers to a piece of information that is a distraction from the main issue a red herring |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | IT ALL STARTS WITH "U" $400: A '90s dance was named for this "Family Matters" character whose catchphrase was "Did I do that?" Urkel |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | LET'S TAKE A WALK $400: There's tension in the wire & among the crowd when these circus performers take their walk high in the air a tightrope walker |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | CURRENT EVENTS $400: This 3-digit national hotline phone number for suicide prevention went live in 2022 988 |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | AUTUMN $500: October is the history month for this Asian-American ethnic group that includes Olivia Rodrigo & Jo Koy Filipinos |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | SHAKESPEARE $1000: After killing the King & the Prince of Wales in "Henry VI, Part 3", this king with body image issues gets his own play King Richard III |
#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 |
#8720, aired 2022-10-14 | THE BODY HUMAN $200: It can mean a deposit on your tooth or in an artery; both are bad plaque |
#8719, aired 2022-10-13 | THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD $400: The tail lights of recent MINI Coopers look like this flag the Union Jack |
#8719, aired 2022-10-13 | PONY TALES $4,800 (Daily Double): Mollie, who misses wearing ribbons in her mane & eating sugar cubes, represents the petite bourgeoisie in this novel Animal Farm |
#8717, aired 2022-10-11 | WHERE IN THE HOUSE? $800: The 1890s photo "Sabbath Eve in a Coal" this space shows an effort to maintain dignity in low surroundings a coal cellar |
#8716, aired 2022-10-10 | PLACES IN MOVIE TITLES $1200: Michael Mann directed Jamie Foxx in "Ali", "Collateral" & this 2006 film based on a TV drama Miami Vice |
#8716, aired 2022-10-10 | NATIONALLY MONUMENTAL $2000: This Idaho national monument with a 4-word name, has lava flows, making it unearthly; even President Coolidge said, "This place is weird" Craters of the Moon |
#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 | SCIENCE FICTION $300: Jules Verne's "From the Earth to" this heavenly body doesn't actually depict the journey; that's in the sequel the Moon |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | AMERICANA $400: Yankee magazine says this New England state is known for chowder, old money & being the home of TV's Gilmore girls Connecticut |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | 21 OR UNDER $600: A bar mitzvah is traditionally celebrated when a Jewish boy has reached this age 13 |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | 21 OR UNDER $1000: In a story written by Washington Irving, Rip Van Winkle drinks a magic liquor & then falls asleep for this many years 20 |
#8715, aired 2022-10-07 | "O" MY $600: It can mean not transparent to light or obscure in meaning opaque |
#8714, aired 2022-10-06 | WORD PUZZLES $400: Do something particularly mean hit below the belt |
#8714, aired 2022-10-06 | INSIGNIFICANT IDIOMS $2000: This alliterative phrase for a negligible sum of money began as African-American slang chump change |
#8713, aired 2022-10-05 | SHORT STORIES & NOVELLAS $400: This "morbid" Thomas Mann novella has the German title "Der Tod in Venedig" Death in Venice |
#8712, aired 2022-10-04 | WAIT JUST A MINERAL! $400: This mineral that is used in kitchen countertops could get a minimum of 24 points in Scrabble quartz |
#8712, aired 2022-10-04 | A "C" IN LITERATURE $600: Anthony Burgess claimed this, his best-known book, was "knocked off for money in 3 weeks" A Clockwork Orange |
#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 |
#8712, aired 2022-10-04 | SEE 'EM AT THE MUSEUM $4,900 (Daily Double): Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" & van Gogh's "The Starry Night":
this Manhattan museum MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art) |
#8711, aired 2022-10-03 | 20th CENTURY POP MUSIC $1000: "Time" & "Money" can both be found on this Pink Floyd album from 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | CREATURES GREAT & SMALL $100: The largest of these flying mammals have wingspans of more than 5 feet bats |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | THAT PAINTS A PICTURE $200: Folks hit the Louvre in 1911 to not see this 1500s painting; it had been stolen, & fans took in the empty space where she had smiled-ish Mona Lisa |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | BOOGIE! $200: Walk the Moon got a hit song title when a woman at a club told the frontman to do this "& dance with me" shut up |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | CREATURES GREAT & SMALL $300 (Daily Double): Oddly, opossums are related to kangaroos, as both belong to this group of pouched mammals a marsupial |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | "ALL" THINGS ASIDE $300: Shady Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal lawyer Saul Goodman had his law office in this type of shopping center a mini-mall (or a strip mall) |
#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 | WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS $400: In 1970 Binion's Horseshoe Casino hosted the first-ever World Series of this poker |
#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 | "ALL" THINGS ASIDE $500: Proverbial sphere used to bar someone from membership in a group blackball |
#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 | HISTORY QUIZ $700 (Daily Double): Now a kids' swimming pool game, he was originally an Italian who traveled to China in the 13th century Marco Polo |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS $800: No surprise, the Paris Las Vegas hotel has a 540-foot-tall replica of this landmark the Eiffel Tower (or tour Eiffel) |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | CELEBRITY CAMEOS $900: James Earl Jones & Old Sheldon did a ding dong dash on this sitcom; Carrie Fisher was not amused Big Bang Theory |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $900: Cancun is on this peninsula that shares its name with a state of Mexico the Yucatán |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | THAT PAINTS A PICTURE $1000: Is this surreal life? / Is this just fantasy? / Watching watches melt / In this man's "Persistence of Memory" Salvador Dalí |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | HELPFUL INTERNET ACRONYMS $1500: CMV:
I believe one thing but am open to your perspective, so now is your chance to explain to me my error change my view |
#8710, aired 2022-09-30 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: The beauty of Lake Kachura in Pakistan has earned it this name, popularized by novelist James Hilton to mean "heaven on earth" Shangrila |
#8710, aired 2022-09-30 | BORROW $2000: Hades: You wanna borrow this dog of mine? Why? Hercules: Long story, labors, yadayadayada; Hades: Tame him & it's cool Cerberus |
#8709, aired 2022-09-29 | RELIGION $200: These 2 main branches of Islam separated before 1000 A.D.; one has about 1.3 billion followers to the other's 200 million Sunni & Shiite Islam |
#8709, aired 2022-09-29 | U.S. COUNTIES $800: In 1997 "Miami" was added to the name of this county that honors a fallen soldier Dade County |
#8709, aired 2022-09-29 | THE BEATLE'S NON-BEATLES SONG $800: Ringo:
& by the way, "you're beautiful & you're mine" "You're Sixteen" |
#8709, aired 2022-09-29 | FROM DAWN TO DUSK $1600: An old coin from the Republic of Venice, it became slang for any money the ducat |
#8709, aired 2022-09-29 | U.S. COUNTIES $1600: Longfellow fans in the legislature gave South Dakota's most populous county this name of a "dark-eyed daughter" Minnehaha |
#8707, aired 2022-09-27 | CASH $600: Joseph Wharton, the Penn business school guy, owned a mine of this metal & got the treasury to make coins out of it nickel |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $200: In 2017 the maximum length of this went from 140 to 280 characters a tweet |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | DIONNE WARWICK $300: In 1985 "That's What Friends Are For", recorded by Dionne & friends, raised money for amfAR, for research to battle this disease AIDS |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | CATS & DOGS $400: From Britain's Isle of Man, the Manx cat is distinctive for its lack of this a tail |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $500: A fancy design of your initials that you use on stationery or clothing a monogram |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | TELLING A BEDTIME STORY $500: Her cupboard, bare; she found her dog dead, left to buy a coffin, then found the pup laughing... sounds more like Stephen King Old Mother Hubbard |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | APOLOGIES $600: "Sorry, Dave... when the crew are dead or incapacitated, the onboard computer must assume control" is a line in this sci-fi novel 2001: A Space Odyssey |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | CATS & DOGS $1000: This big long-haired breed is the official cat of the state in its name the Maine Coon |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | THE SKELETAL SYSTEM $1200: Also called the clavicle, it's a popular but, like all bones, a more painful tattoo site the collarbone |
#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 |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | SO GALLANTLY STREAMING $1000: Oscar Isaac had the roles of a lifetime as Marc Spector & Steven Grant in this Marvel series on Disney+ Moon Knight |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | INFRASTRUCTURE $1200: You could call it Lunar Energy--Canada's Annapolis Power Station turns its turbines with these, controlled by the Moon tides |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | BIBLE STUDY $1600: This queen told Solomon, "It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom" the Queen of Sheba |
#8704, aired 2022-09-22 | FARMING $400: Driving 20-ton vehicles on farmland can mean that the next year you'll get "stuck in" one of these, defined as a wheel track 3" deep a rut |
#8704, aired 2022-09-22 | HUMANS IN SPACE $1200: The last year humans stood on the Moon was during the Apollo 17 mission in this presidential election year 1972 |
#8702, aired 2022-09-20 | GENRES OF POETRY $800: [under the evening moon] by Kobayashi Issa haiku |
#8702, aired 2022-09-20 | CURRENT SLANG $2000: "Y" is for this 4-letter word, which can mean "to throw" or be an interjection of joy yeet |
#8701, aired 2022-09-19 | WORDS BEFORE WORDS $800: Clip,
towel,
money paper |
#8700, aired 2022-09-16 | BEYOND THE PALE $2000: It can mean a series of cliffs or a fortification of defensive stakes a palisade |
#8699, aired 2022-09-15 | SINGERS WHO ACT $1200: As Breathless Mahoney in 1990's "Dick Tracy", she left Warren Beatty breathless on-screen & off Madonna |
#8699, aired 2022-09-15 | GO GET "EM" $1200: It's the crime of using money or property entrusted to you for your own use embezzlement |
#8698, aired 2022-09-14 | THE LAW $400: 2 main types of this in a divorce are legal (who makes big decisions about the kid's life) & physical (whom the moppet lives with) custody |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | SYNONYMS $2000: Starting with the same first 2 letters, this synonym for "rural" can also mean rough or simple, like unfinished furniture rustic |
#8696, aired 2022-09-12 | ALL KINDS OF DOORS $200: It can mean a high rate of personnel turnover, or an entryway like the elegant ones at New York City's Plaza Hotel a revolving door |
#8696, aired 2022-09-12 | RALPH MACCHIO TALKS COBRA KAI $200: (Ralph Macchio presents the clue.) But what does "Cobra Kai" even mean? Well, "kai" is a gathering, so "Cobra Kai" is "an assembly of cobras"--fierce fighters who meet in this type of room & school to train a dojo |
#8694, aired 2022-07-28 | THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION $600: In 1761 a canal linking Manchester, England to the Worsley mine dropped the price of this fuel in the city by half coal |
#8692, aired 2022-07-26 | IDOL TALK $2000: In the 7th century this Middle East city was said to be home to as many as 360 idols, including the moon god Hubal Mecca |
#8691, aired 2022-07-25 | 8-LETTER WORDS $600: This adjective can mean related to debate or related to legal issues, like how somebody died forensic |
#8691, aired 2022-07-25 | HOMONAMES $1600: To get smaller, or especially to get less bright, like the Moon wane |
#8690, aired 2022-07-22 | BOOKS OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA $400: This French author's "From the Earth to the Moon" features a rocket ship shot out of a cannon Jules Verne |
#8690, aired 2022-07-22 | AT CROSS PURPOSES $400: The type of view seen here, it can also mean a representative sample from a group cross section |
#8690, aired 2022-07-22 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Flagler College in this state, named for an industrialist & developer, has as its main hall the Hotel Ponce de León which he built Florida |
#8686, aired 2022-07-18 | TROPHY HUSBAND $800: When he won Best Director at Cannes for "After Hours", he was married to Barbara de Fina, who produced his "The Color of Money" Martin Scorsese |
#8686, aired 2022-07-18 | GOOD HISTORY $800: In the 1960s, Stanley Lebar of Westinghouse designed a special camera that allowed 650 million to see live video from here the Moon |
#8685, aired 2022-07-15 | ENDS WITH "I" $1200: A favorite with hippies, this musky scent from a plant of the mint family is said to have soothing, calming effects patchouli |
#8685, aired 2022-07-15 | ENDS WITH "I" $2000: Synonyms for this French word include listlessness, boredom & the blahs ennui |
#8684, aired 2022-07-14 | I KNOW WHAT YOU DID $400: As Germany's "chancellor of change", you ended military conscription & introduced a minimum wage Angela Merkel |
#8684, aired 2022-07-14 | ROMANCE LANGUAGES $400: Spoken in medieval southern France, the dialect langue d'Oc got its name because Oc, not this, meant yes there oui |
#8684, aired 2022-07-14 | THAT'S COLD! $400: About temperature, this adjective can mean cold; when used regarding lettuce, it means fresh & firm crisp |
#8684, aired 2022-07-14 | TERRIBLE SUPERVILLAIN NAMES $600: This insurance duo--the big cost you owe before your insurer kicks in & the money given to your doc as you get services--are just the worst deductible & co-pay |
#8684, aired 2022-07-14 | THE WINDS OF POP CULTURE $1600: "Blood On The Coal" by The Folksmen is on the soundtrack album of this Christopher Guest mockumentary A Mighty Wind |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | MAKING MONEY $200: The Bureau of Engraving & Printing says it has no plans to redesign the $1 bill because it's so infrequently this counterfeited |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | MAKING MONEY $400: In 1976 the back of this bill was changed from Monticello to the signing of the Declaration of Independence the $2 bill |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | MAKING MONEY $600: In 1942 the U.S. began printing special bills for this then-territory that could be declared valueless if it was overrun Hawaii |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | MAKING MONEY $800: The dollar sign is thought to have evolved from a Spanish-American symbol for these pesos |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | MAKING MONEY $1000: The current $100 bill features this U.S. symbol, which changes from copper to green when the note is tilted the Liberty Bell |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | PLAYS & PLAYWRITING $1200: The profanity-laced Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Glengarry Glen Ross" takes place in this industry real estate sales |
#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 |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the entirety of John 11:35, often acknowledged as the shortest verse in the Bible Jesus wept |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | NATIONAL-SOUNDING ITEMS $600: In 2020 IKEA did right by releasing its recipe for these bite-sized bits of globular goodness Swedish meatballs |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | THE LYIN' KING $1,000 (Daily Double): This mythical king whose name now refers to a never-ending task lied to get out of Hades Sisyphus |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | WHO'S IN THAT COMMERCIAL? $1000: She's been seen in many big screen comedies & many TV Jergens ads (Leslie) Mann |
#8681, aired 2022-07-11 | WRITER, WRONGER $400: Terrible with money, this Mo. humorist invested in James Paige's multi-ton typesetter; he later fantasized about Paige's slow death Mark Twain |
#8681, aired 2022-07-11 | THE RAVEN-POURRI $600: "Presently my soul grew stronger", & I'd wait no longer! This "small" French cake I'd make, I swore! "Quoth the raven..." petit four |
#8681, aired 2022-07-11 | LICENSE PLATE MOTTOS $1,000 (Daily Double): "Great Faces,
Great Places" South Dakota |
#8681, aired 2022-07-11 | FAMILIAL PHRASES $2000: This phrase from Shakespeare's "Henry V" now refers to any close-knit group, not just a military unit band of brothers |
#8681, aired 2022-07-11 | WOOD $2000: This soft, lightweight red wood is named for a man born in what is now Tennessee around 1775 sequoia |
#8681, aired 2022-07-11 | GEOGRAPHY FROM MACAU TO OGDEN $5,000 (Daily Double): This city of more than 4 million people is home to the Jamia Mosque & Kenyatta University Nairobi |
#8680, aired 2022-07-08 | ONE LETTER CHANGES EVERYTHING $200: Add a "B" to a chess piece to turn it into this babbling stream brook |
#8680, aired 2022-07-08 | ONE LETTER CHANGES EVERYTHING $400: Subtract an "A" from a word that describes sudden, intense pain to get this word meaning adorable cute |
#9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LITERATURE & RELIGION: This city now in Turkey is the addressee of one of the New Testament epistles & the setting for "The Comedy of Errors" Ephesus |
#9023, aired 2024-01-24 | 1980s MOVIE CHARACTERS: Oliver Stone, screenwriter of this 1983 movie, named its main character to honor the Super Bowl-winning QB from 1982 Scarface |
#8948, aired 2023-10-11 | FINE ART: An early owner of this 1889 painting full of blue & green noted how well the artist "understood the exquisite nature of flowers!" Irises |
#8915, aired 2023-07-14 | BOOKS & AUTHORS: In 1930 this author wrote "Murder at Full Moon", a horror-mystery novel set in a fictional town in Central California (John) Steinbeck |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | ART HISTORY: At the 1865 Paris Art Salon, the elder of these 2 men said if the younger were successful, it would be "because his name sounds like mine" Manet & Monet |
#8905, aired 2023-06-30 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS: The name of this country's national anthem translates as "His Majesty's Reign" & its lyrics come from a 1,000-year-old poem Japan |
#8904, aired 2023-06-29 | THE MOVIES: Centenarian ceramic artist Beatrice Wood helped inspire one of the main characters & the narrator of this film from the 1990s Titanic |
#8903, aired 2023-06-28 | THE MEDICAL WORLD: He created a chest drain valve that aided breathing in wounded soldiers in Vietnam but is better known for a lifesaving measure (Henry) Heimlich |
#8902, aired 2023-06-27 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: In 1896 new spider species were named for a wolf, a panther & a snake from a work published 2 years earlier by this man (Rudyard) Kipling |
#8901, aired 2023-06-26 | 20th CENTURY EVENTS: It was immediately reported, "The flames are still leaping maybe 30, 40 feet from the ground the entire 811 feet length of" this the Hindenburg |
#8900, aired 2023-06-23 | FEMALE AUTHORS: At age 9 in 1883 she moved west, where she met Annie Pavelka, a young pioneer on whom she would later model a title character Willa Cather |
#8899, aired 2023-06-22 | THE 19th CENTURY: In 1823 he wrote, "In the war between those new governments and Spain we declared our neutrality" (James) Monroe |
#8897, aired 2023-06-20 | THE OLYMPICS: This sport that made its Olympic debut in 1988 has a playing surface of only about 45 square feet table tennis |
#8896, aired 2023-06-19 | ENTERTAINERS: In 2022 Jeff Bezos awarded her $100 million to give to charitable causes because "she gives with her heart" Dolly Parton |
#8894, aired 2023-06-15 | THE U.S. GOVERNMENT: Established in 1938, this congressional group was still issuing subpoenas in 1969 & finally ceased to exist 6 years later the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) |
#8893, aired 2023-06-14 | TV & FILM CHARACTERS: He debuted on TV in 1967; the show's creator wanted someone from behind the Iron Curtain to be on "our side" Chekov |
#8892, aired 2023-06-13 | ACTORS: He starred in the 2 films whose soundtracks were the top 2 bestselling albums of 1978 John Travolta |
#8891, aired 2023-06-12 | WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY: The name of this woman, the product of an incestuous union, means "against birth" Antigone |
#8890, aired 2023-06-09 | BRITISH NOVELS: Midway through this 1928 novel, the title character briefly takes "their" instead of his or her Orlando |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BUSINESS HISTORY: What is dubbed "the world's first initial public offering" took place in 1602 in this current European capital Amsterdam |
#8886, aired 2023-06-05 | ACRONYMS: It was originally a code word used by telegraph operators; Barack Obama used it in his Twitter handle POTUS |
#8885, aired 2023-06-02 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA: In bold letters, it was the 2-word historic N.Y. Times headline for August 9, 1974, followed by "He urges a time of 'healing"' "Nixon Resigns" |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | COUNTRY NAMES: The first current country to include its particular religion in its full name, it also has that religion in the name of its capital Pakistan |
#8883, aired 2023-05-31 | SPORTS & THE MOVIES: A Geena Davis Institute study found shortly after a 2012 franchise film's release, women's participation in this sport rose 105% archery |
#8882, aired 2023-05-30 | LITERARY GROUPS: Windermere, Thirlmere & Grasmere are 3 of the sites that helped give a 19th century literary group this name the Lake Poets |
#8881, aired 2023-05-29 | MEMORIALS: The Vietnam War crypt at this memorial has been empty since the remains once there were identified & moved to St. Louis the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
#8880, aired 2023-05-26 | GROUPS IN HISTORY: The third-most famous group that invaded Britain in the 5th century, they gave their name to the continental part of Denmark the Jutes |
#8879, aired 2023-05-25 | ASIA: Trained as an engineer, premier Li Peng championed this in 1992; it would ultimately displace over a million people the Three Gorges Dam |
#8878, aired 2023-05-24 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: When the opera "Lohengrin" premiered in 1850, this man, a future in-law of the composer, was the conductor Franz Liszt |
#8877, aired 2023-05-23 | SHAKESPEARE'S CHARACTERS: Both of the names of these 2 lovers in a Shakespeare play come from Latin words for "blessed" Beatrice & Benedick |
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: The original 1900 printing of this book was in a pale green dust jacket stamped in a vivid jewel tone of green The Wizard of Oz (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) |
#8875, aired 2023-05-19 | THE USA: People going north on this route say they're traveling "GAME", an acronym regarding their beginning & ending points the Appalachian Trail |
#8874, aired 2023-05-18 | BILLBOARD NO. 1 HITS: Billy Joel said, "I think the one time I didn't write the music" before the lyrics was for this 1989 hit, "and I think it shows" "We Didn't Start The Fire" |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | U.S. NATIONAL MEMORIALS: Efforts recently began to reintroduce 2 species of oyster to help restore the contaminated waters of this, a national memorial Pearl Harbor |
#8872, aired 2023-05-16 | AUTHORS: In 1960 Jean-Paul Sartre wrote of this man's "victorious attempt... to snatch every instant of his existence from his future death" (Albert) Camus |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | FICTIONAL PLACES: The dominions of this land "extend five thousand blustrugs (about twelve miles in circumference)" Lilliput |
#8870, aired 2023-05-12 | NEW WORDS IN THE 18th CENTURY: Describing these, Captain Cook wrote, "The manner in which" they're done "must certainly cause intollerable pain" tattoos |
#8869, aired 2023-05-11 | HISTORY: His epitaph, in a church in England, reads, "Sometime general in the army of George Washington" Benedict Arnold |
#8867, aired 2023-05-09 | ACTRESSES & THEIR ROLES: She made her big screen debut as a teen named Laurie in a 1978 film & in 2022 she played that role for the 7th & last time Jamie Lee Curtis |
#8865, aired 2023-05-05 | TEAM NAMES: An MLB team got this name in 1902 after some of its players defected to a new crosstown rival, leaving young replacements the (Chicago) Cubs |
#8863, aired 2023-05-03 | BUSINESS & SOCIAL MEDIA: On Twitter in 2023, this food franchise followed an exact total of 11 accounts that included Victoria Beckham, Mel B & Herb Alpert KFC |
#8861, aired 2023-05-01 | 18th CENTURY LITERATURE: The first name of this title character is from Hebrew for "devoted to God"; his last name suggests he can be easily duped (Lemuel) Gulliver |
#8848, aired 2023-04-12 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS: England's "Bloody Assizes" & a 1685 life sentence for perjury were 2 main origins of this amendment to the U.S. Constitution the 8th Amendment |
#8824, aired 2023-03-09 | LANDMARKS: After its completion in the late 19th c., it was called a "truly tragic street lamp" & a "high & skinny pyramid of iron ladders" the Eiffel Tower |
#8823, aired 2023-03-08 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME'S THE SAME: The busiest passenger port in the U.K., it shares its name with a capital of one of the original 13 states Dover |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | NAMES IN THE BOOKSTORE: This man made lists, perhaps to cope with depression; a set of lists he published in 1852 made his name synonymous with a type of book (Peter Mark) Roget |
#8821, aired 2023-03-06 | U.S. HISTORY: An 1869 presidential pardon was granted to this man, due in part to a plea by the Medical Society of Harford County, Maryland Dr. Samuel Mudd |
#8820, aired 2023-03-03 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: Letters, pocket knives, C rations & steel helmets are among the tangible items referred to in the title of this modern war classic The Things They Carried |
#8818, aired 2023-03-01 | LAWS IN U.S. HISTORY: A Radical Republican championed this 1875 act but the Supreme Court struck it down in 1883; a new version was passed 81 years later the Civil Rights Act |
#8817, aired 2023-02-28 | NAMES OF MYTH: Her brothers, Castor & Pollux, saved her after Theseus stole her away as a kid; a larger force would seek her later in life Helen of Troy |
#8815, aired 2023-02-24 | THE ANCIENT WORLD: The ancient writer Galen said books on ships arriving to this city's port were seized, originals kept & copies returned Alexandria |
#8814, aired 2023-02-23 | FAMOUS NAMES: For a special 1970s cookbook, he provided one simple recipe--a can of Campbell's tomato soup & 2 cans of milk Andy Warhol |
#8813, aired 2023-02-22 | PEOPLE & PLACES: Thought to descend from people of Southeast Asia, the Chamorro make up this U.S. territory's largest ethnic group Guam |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | CURRENT WORLD LEADERS: In office from 2022, the president of this country has taken so many foreign trips a play on his name is "Ferdinand Magellan Jr." the Philippines |
#8800, aired 2023-02-03 | WORLD WAR II: Mimi Reinhard, who never learned to type using more than 2 fingers, produced this with 1,100 names, including hers Schindler's List |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | ARTISTS: Despite how he's known, he was probably actually born in Anchiano, near Florence Leonardo da Vinci |
#8795, aired 2023-01-27 | WORLD CINEMA: The 2007 biopic called "La Môme" in France, meaning "The Kid", was released in the U.S. under this other French title La Vie en rose |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | NOVELS: "Breeders, Wives and Unwomen" was the headline of the New York Times' 1986 review of this novel The Handmaid's Tale |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | NOTORIOUS PLACES: Al Capone played banjo in a band called the Rock Islanders at this notorious spot Alcatraz |
#10, aired 2023-01-12 | CORPORATE MASCOTS: Born on an island in a sea of milk, this pitchman was jokingly disavowed by the U.S. Navy by saying he is not in personnel records Cap'n Crunch |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE: Calling him "the embodiment of pure intellect", in December 1999 Time magazine named him Person of the Century Albert Einstein |
#8776, aired 2023-01-02 | HISTORIC CRIMES: Saying it was stolen by Napoleon, self-styled Italian patriot Vincenzo Peruggia took it in 1911 the Mona Lisa |
#7, aired 2022-11-06 | BRANDS: With wood becoming more difficult to source, this company turned to plastic for its automatic binding bricks, introduced in 1949 Lego |
#8734, aired 2022-11-03 | NOVEL LOCALES: This place from a 1933 novel lies in the Valley of Blue Moon, below a peak called Karakal Shangri-La |
#6, aired 2022-10-30 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE: In 1863 Walt Whitman wrote that this politician "has a face like a Hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly it becomes beautiful" Lincoln |
#8728, aired 2022-10-26 | CHARITY: A Catholic charity called Caritas Rome is the beneficiary of money collected from here, over the years averaging about $3,500 daily the Trevi Fountain |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | WORLD LANDMARKS: Built of more than 18,000 metal parts & 2.5 million rivets, it was the world's tallest manmade structure from 1889 to 1930 the Eiffel Tower |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | ANNUAL EVENTS: In 1986 Larry Harvey called a friend & said, let's do this, no one knows exactly why; it evolved into an annual festival in the desert Burning Man |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: A New York Times headline about this disaster included "866 rescued" & "noted names missing" the Titanic |
#2, aired 2022-10-02 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: William Brodie, an upstanding Scottish tradesman by day & leader of a gang of burglars by night, helped inspire these 2 title characters Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES: It's the world's smallest landlocked country in both area & population Vatican City |
#8696, aired 2022-09-12 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS: "This bell was named Marie... alone in the southern tower, with her sister Jacqueline, a bell of lesser size", says this novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
#8693, aired 2022-07-27 | REAL PEOPLE IN POETRY: Milton wrote of this contemporary: "When by night the glass of" him "observes imagined lands and regions in the Moon" Galileo |
#8688, aired 2022-07-20 | HISTORIC AMERICAN ROADS: Originally a Native American trail, the Dutch made it a main road & today it runs 33 miles from State Street to Sleepy Hollow Broadway |
#8685, aired 2022-07-15 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING: Its definitions include containing the metallic element No. 22, pertaining to a group of Greek gods & having great strength or size titanic |
#8684, aired 2022-07-14 | THE 20th CENTURY: Maybe surprisingly, in 1918 this new leader was the first to recognize the independence of Finland Lenin |
#8683, aired 2022-07-13 | STATE MOTTOS: This motto is the name of a city in that state & is a famous quote by an ancient Greek from the 3rd century B.C. Eureka |
#8681, aired 2022-07-11 | MUSICAL THEATER: It's one of the most revived shows in Broadway history & in 2001 it was designated the state opera of South Carolina Porgy and Bess |
#8680, aired 2022-07-08 | SCIENCE & THE BIBLE: A 2021 study suggested that an asteroid that struck the Jordan Valley c. 1650 B.C. gave rise to the story of this city in Genesis 19 Sodom |
#8679, aired 2022-07-07 | LITERARY CHARACTERS ON SCREEN: Per Guinness, this character who debuted in 1887 is the most portrayed human literary character in film & television Sherlock Holmes |
#8678, aired 2022-07-06 | AGRICULTURE: Being brought to the U.S. by a ship docking at San Francisco in 1851 helped lead to it now being a major crop in the Midwest soybeans |
#8677, aired 2022-07-05 | NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES: Less than 100 yards north of the J. Edgar Hoover Building is this notorious location Ford's Theater |
#8676, aired 2022-07-04 | THE EASTERN U.S.: At its peak, this state had 6 seats in the House of Representatives; since the 1930s, it has had just 1 Vermont |
#8674, aired 2022-06-30 | U.S. CITIES: This U.S. city now has 10 times the population of the other U.S. city for which it was named in 1845 Portland, Oregon |
#8673, aired 2022-06-29 | TELEVISION HISTORY: In the opening scene of its July 21, 1969 pilot episode, a man carves the letter D into wet cement Sesame Street |
#8672, aired 2022-06-28 | POETS' CORNER AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY: At his 1892 burial, fit for a baron, the organist put music to his words, "I hope to see my Pilot face to face, when I have crost the bar" Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
#8671, aired 2022-06-27 | THE WORLD OF TODAY: Partly because it was a monosyllable, this word was chosen as "a noun that conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission" meme |
#8670, aired 2022-06-24 | OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS: Each of the 3 films for which he won an Oscar, from 1975, 1983 & 1997, also garnered a Best Lead Actress Oscar Jack Nicholson |
#8669, aired 2022-06-23 | CLASSIC ALBUMS: This classic album by a Southern rocker gets its title from a Civil War quote by a Union admiral Damn the Torpedoes |
#8668, aired 2022-06-22 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: This author first thought of a parrot before choosing another bird "equally capable of speech" Edgar Allan Poe |
#8667, aired 2022-06-21 | GEOGRAPHY WORDS: From Greek for "chief" & "sea", this word originally referred to the Aegean, known for its many island groups archipelago |
#8666, aired 2022-06-20 | BRITISH HISTORY: From the Greek for "alone", it was nixed by Parliament in 1649 after being deemed "unnecessary, burdensome & dangerous" the monarchy |
#8665, aired 2022-06-17 | 19th CENTURY CONTEMPORARIES: Congratulating her on the 1869 release of her biography, Frederick Douglass wrote, "I have wrought in the day--you in the night" Harriet Tubman |
#8664, aired 2022-06-16 | DEBUT NOVELS: Published in 1991, this novel, the first in a series, has been described as "historical fiction with a Moebius twist" Outlander |
#8663, aired 2022-06-15 | BRANDS: Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Evan Strong & Roy Campanella broke barriers representing this brand Wheaties |
#8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 1972: In June he said, "Don't lie to them to the extent to say there is no involvement, but just say this is... a comedy of errors" Richard Nixon |
#8659, aired 2022-06-09 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: First published in French in 1943, this book has been called the most translated non-religious work, rendered into more than 300 languages The Little Prince |
#8658, aired 2022-06-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY: A participant in this 1773 event recalled, "Some of our numbers jumped into the hold... I never labored harder in my life" the Boston Tea Party |
#8657, aired 2022-06-07 | WRITING OLD & NEW: This 2013 bestseller shares its title with the first section of a poem from 7 centuries before Inferno |
#8656, aired 2022-06-06 | GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Of the Argonauts seeking the Golden Fleece, these 2 from the same family were from Sparta according to Homer Castor & Pollux |
#8655, aired 2022-06-03 | TECHNOLOGY: Upon the first use of this in 1844, the Baltimore Sun declared that time & space had been annihilated the telegraph |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | NOVEL QUOTES: Referring to the book's title, this character says, "I know it's a poem by Robert Burns" Holden Caulfield |
#8651, aired 2022-05-30 | IN MEMORIAM 2022: On the death of this trailblazing man, friend & mentor, Oprah said, "For me, the greatest of the 'great trees' has fallen" Sidney Poitier |
#8650, aired 2022-05-27 | SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT: In 2021 this Hall of Fame athlete launched Omaha Productions Peyton Manning |
#8648, aired 2022-05-25 | FAMOUS SPEECHES: In a draft of FDR's speech of December 8, 1941, the words "world history" were changed to this one word infamy |
#8647, aired 2022-05-24 | THE MIDDLE AGES: It was the surname of the 2 Scottish brothers who claimed monarchies of 2 different countries in the 13-teens Bruce |
#8645, aired 2022-05-20 | ON THE MAP: It's referred to as "the blue eye of Siberia" Lake Baikal |
#8643, aired 2022-05-18 | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS: Johnny Mercer's lyrics to this 1961 Oscar-winning song once began, "I'm Holly" "Moon River" |
#8642, aired 2022-05-17 | LITERATURE: A contemporary review of a novel by this man said he "commands attention as a kind of literary James Dean" (Jack) Kerouac |
#8641, aired 2022-05-16 | THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: The USA's smallest national park is a 91-acre site on the Mississippi River, home to this 630-foot landmark the St. Louis Arch (the Gateway Arch) |
#8640, aired 2022-05-13 | STATE NAMES: This state was named for a man born in Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover in 1683 Georgia |
#8639, aired 2022-05-12 | CONSTITUTIONS OF THE WORLD: Amendments to its 1901 constitution require approval of at least 4 states before receiving royal assent Australia |
#8638, aired 2022-05-11 | SAY IT IN ITALIAN: It's an Italian word for "mercy", but also the name of a movie character who kills Stracci & Carlo clemenza |
#8636, aired 2022-05-09 | NOVEL TITLES: A 1590 poem written for the retirement of Queen Elizabeth's champion knight shares its title with this 1929 novel by an American A Farewell to Arms |
#8635, aired 2022-05-06 | USA: These 2 mayors gave their names to a facility built on the site of an old racetrack owned by Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler William Hartsfield & Maynard Jackson |
#8614, aired 2022-04-07 | INVENTIONS: Patented in 1955, it did not go over well in the high-end fashion world but the then-new aerospace industry found it very useful Velcro |
#8613, aired 2022-04-06 | SMALL COUNTRIES: French, Italian & Swiss nationals make up about half of its population of 38,000 Monaco |
#8612, aired 2022-04-05 | CLASSIC GAMES: Reuben Klamer, who passed away in 2021 at age 99, developed this game relatable to "literally everyone on Earth" The Game of Life |
#8611, aired 2022-04-04 | CURRENT TELEVISION: Fittingly, the last name of the family at the center of this drama is from French for "king" Succession |
#8609, aired 2022-03-31 | HISTORIC PLACES: Following a raid at this establishment in 1969, protesters confronted police by forming a Rockette-style kickline the Stonewall Inn |
#8608, aired 2022-03-30 | AMERICANS IN PARIS: In 2021 she became the sixth woman & the first Black woman to be inducted into the Pantheon in Paris Josephine Baker |
#8607, aired 2022-03-29 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN: It is said of her, "Infected minds to their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets: more needs she the divine than the physician" Lady Macbeth |
#8606, aired 2022-03-28 | SPORTS HISTORY: Taking the mound for Cleveland in 1948, he was the first African American to pitch in a World Series Satchel Paige |
#8604, aired 2022-03-24 | DISNEY CHARACTERS: In the source material from more than 3 centuries ago, her name was badr al-budur, "full moon of full moons" (Princess) Jasmine |
#8589, aired 2022-03-03 | EUROPEAN CITIES: Pizzo means protection money; the Addiopizzo movement was founded in this city in 2004 Palermo, Sicily |
#18, aired 2022-02-22 | THE 19th CENTURY: An 1873 book title gave us this phrase for the period in the late 1800s of growth & prosperity & also greed & corruption the Gilded Age |
#17, aired 2022-02-22 | THE PERIODIC TABLE: By 1890, discoveries of 3 "nationalist elements" filled table gaps: scandium in Sweden, germanium in Germany, this in France gallium |
#16, aired 2022-02-18 | CHARACTERS IN BANNED BOOKS: Introduced in 1928, this character has a disappointing affair with a writer before she begins a more satisfying relationship Lady Chatterley |
#15, aired 2022-02-18 | HISTORIC STRUCTURES: In 1100 the Bishop of Durham became the first prisoner here &, after plying his guards with wine, became the first to escape the Tower of London |
#14, aired 2022-02-17 | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY: A 1525 textbook on anatomy says this, being "so different of colours", could also be called "rain bowys" iris |
#12, aired 2022-02-16 | COMPOUND WORDS: The OED says this 9-letter word is literary & poetic, & it appears 11 times in an 1845 American poem, including as the last word nevermore |
#11, aired 2022-02-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: The first national observance of Memorial Day was held May 30, 1868 at this site, on land that had belonged to Robert E. Lee's wife Arlington National Cemetery |
#10, aired 2022-02-15 | RECENT BIOGRAPHIES: A 2021 book about his "Misunderstood Reign" argues that he hated slavery & actually suffered from bipolar disorder George III |
#9, aired 2022-02-15 | PHYSICISTS: A 1927 principle by this Nobel Prize winner says that some knowledge is inaccessible Werner Heisenberg |
#8, aired 2022-02-11 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: This country, the largest in area entirely within Europe, borders the largest country in the world Ukraine |
#8575, aired 2022-02-11 | INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS: A piece of writing advice from this man who died in 1904 concludes, "Otherwise don't put it there" (Anton) Chekhov |
#6, aired 2022-02-10 | POETRY: It contains the line "whereat In either hand the hastening Angel caught Our lingering parents, & to the eastern gate Led them direct" Paradise Lost |
#8574, aired 2022-02-10 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE: In 1946 she was aboard a train to Darjeeling when she heard what she later described as "the call within a call" Mother Teresa |
#4, aired 2022-02-09 | 20th CENTURY LEADERS: He's called "a flame of inspiration in freedom's darkest hour" in the proclamation making him an honorary U.S. citizen Winston Churchill |
#8573, aired 2022-02-09 | AMERICAN CITIES: Recorded on a visit to this California city, YouTube's first video featured a man saying, "They have really, really, really long trunks" San Diego |
#3, aired 2022-02-09 | USA: In 2012 these 2 neighboring states celebrated the centennial of their admission to the Union Arizona & New Mexico |
#1, aired 2022-02-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY: One theory says Charles T. Torrey, a worker on this, coined its name, which appeared in The Liberator on October 14, 1842 the Underground Railroad |
#8571, aired 2022-02-07 | TOYS & GAMES: Its co-creator said adding an "L" to the end of the 1st word in the original title of this board game invented in 1979 "made it" Trivial Pursuit |
#8570, aired 2022-02-04 | BEHIND THE DISNEY ATTRACTION: The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror utilizes technology developed by this company founded in 1853 the Otis (Company) |
#8569, aired 2022-02-03 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: He was buried in 1969 in one of the World War II uniform jackets named for him Dwight Eisenhower |
#8568, aired 2022-02-02 | RECENT TV: The credits on "The Queen’s Gambit" included this man as "special consultant" (Garry) Kasparov |
#8566, aired 2022-01-31 | WOMEN WHO WRITE: Mimicking her style, a 1912 rejection note read: "Only one look, only one look is enough. Hardly one copy would sell here. Hardly one" Gertrude Stein |
#8535, aired 2021-12-17 | FRENCH ARTISTS: The catalog of MoMA's first exhibition called this artist who died in 1891 a "man of science" & "inventor of a method" (Georges) Seurat |
#8533, aired 2021-12-15 | AWARDS: The Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award honors influential people from this state, including Western author Louis L'Amour North Dakota |
#8532, aired 2021-12-14 | 20th CENTURY PHYSICS: Puzzlingly heavy & long-lived particles discovered in the 1940s were dubbed this adjective later applied to even smaller particles strange |
#8531, aired 2021-12-13 | KINGS & QUEENS: Due to legislative action of 1707, she was officially the last monarch of independent Scotland Queen Anne |
#8530, aired 2021-12-10 | 19th CENTURY BRITISH AUTHORS: She called herself "the daughter of two persons of distinguished literary celebrity" in an introduction to one of her novels (Mary) Shelley |
#8529, aired 2021-12-09 | 1950s PUBLIC WORKS: Dubbed "The Greatest Construction Show on Earth", when completed it connected Minnesota to Montreal the St. Lawrence Seaway |
#8528, aired 2021-12-08 | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE: Gen. MacArthur said this man's death by "violence is one of those bitter anachronisms that seems to refute all logic" "Mahatma" Gandhi |
#8527, aired 2021-12-07 | OLD GEOGRAPHIC NAMES: This term once used for western North Africa is still used today in the name of a primate from that region Barbary |
#8526, aired 2021-12-06 | AESTHETIC MOVEMENTS: This turn-of-the-century movement was alternately known around the world as Nieuwe Kunst & Modernista Art Nouveau |
#8507, aired 2021-11-09 | 1970s SONGS: In 1976 "Bohemian Rhapsody" was replaced at No. 1 on the U.K. charts by this Europop song whose title is heard in Queen's lyrics "Mamma Mia" |
#8505, aired 2021-11-05 | TOYS: Introduced in 1964, he fell out of favor in changing times & in 1970 was marketed as a "Land Adventurer" G.I. Joe |
#8503, aired 2021-11-03 | PAINTINGS: In 2021 experts in Oslo concluded that it was the artist who wrote on this painting, "Could only have been painted by a madman" The Scream |
#8501, aired 2021-11-01 | 1960s HISTORY: After around 8 PM EDT on July 21, 1969 a major part of a transport known by this 1-word name was never seen again Eagle |
#8500, aired 2021-10-29 | SONGS & U.S. HISTORY: Victory in 1805's Battle of Derna on the coast of North Africa inspired a lyric in this song made official in 1929 the "Marines' Hymn" |
#8499, aired 2021-10-28 | WORLD CITIES: From Sydney, Australia go 7,000 miles east & less than 1/2 degree of latitude north to this capital also near the Pacific Santiago, Chile |
#8498, aired 2021-10-27 | LITERARY MOVIE ROLES: Among the actresses who have portrayed her are Greta Garbo twice, Vivien Leigh, Tatiana Samoilova & Keira Knightley Anna Karenina |
#8497, aired 2021-10-26 | AUTHORS: These 2 men who both died in Boston in the mid-20th century each won 4 Pulitzers, one man for Poetry & the other for Drama (Robert) Frost & (Eugene) O'Neill |
#8496, aired 2021-10-25 | NOTABLE WOMEN: Of the 3 pioneering women in their field to be dubbed the "Trimates", this one got her PhD from Cambridge in 1966 (Jane) Goodall |
#8495, aired 2021-10-22 | 1970s TOP 40 HITS: Seeing a poster for a production of "Cyrano de Bergerac" in a seedy Paris hotel & ladies of the evening nearby inspired this hit "Roxanne" |
#8494, aired 2021-10-21 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: This country of 16,600 square miles has a possession that's more than 50 times as large Denmark |
#8493, aired 2021-10-20 | 19th CENTURY SUPREME COURT DECISIONS: The first "self-evident" truth in the Declaration of Independence was quoted & found not to apply to this plaintiff (Dred) Scott |
#8492, aired 2021-10-19 | CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS: He has studied Cordon Bleu cooking, but is known for his 1981 creation of a character with unconventional taste in cuisine Thomas Harris |
#8489, aired 2021-10-14 | U.S. HISTORY: On Sept. 30, 1788 William Maclay & Robert Morris, both of Pennsylvania, were chosen as the first 2 these (U.S.) senators |
#8488, aired 2021-10-13 | SPORTS LEGENDS: When Johnny Bench broke his record, this man wrote, "I always thought the record would stand until it was broken" Yogi Berra |
#8487, aired 2021-10-12 | PUBLISHING: Last name of brothers James, John, Joseph & Fletcher, whose company published magazines with their name as well as books Harper |
#8486, aired 2021-10-11 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Nazi Germany annexed this nation & divided it into regions of the Alps & the Danube; the Allies later divided it into 4 sectors Austria |
#8485, aired 2021-10-08 | THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: British zoologist George Shaw looked for stitches when he first saw this mammal in 1799, thinking he was being tricked (the) duck-bill(ed) platypus |
#8484, aired 2021-10-07 | WINTER OLYMPIC SPORTS: The official Olympic website says this event "has its roots in survival skills" practiced in the snowy forests of Scandinavia biathlon |
#8483, aired 2021-10-06 | HISTORIC CALENDARS: Following Messidor, this summer month in the 18th century French Revolutionary calendar had a name meaning "heat gift" Thermidor |
#8482, aired 2021-10-05 | POPULAR PHRASES: This phrase relating nutrition & health was popularized by fruit scientist J.T. Stinson at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair an apple a day keeps the doctor away |
#8481, aired 2021-10-04 | RENAISSANCE MEN: 10 years before a more famous work, he wrote in 1503 that the way to deal with rebels is to placate them or eliminate them (Niccolò) Machiavelli |
#8480, aired 2021-10-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY: The April 26, 1906 edition of The Call, a newspaper in this city, reported on the heroic death of hoseman James O'Neil San Francisco |
#8479, aired 2021-09-30 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: A 2000 Library of Congress exhibit called this 1900 work "America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale" The Wizard of Oz |
#8478, aired 2021-09-29 | MYTHOLOGY: The Hippocrene Spring, sacred to the Muses, was so named because this offspring of Medusa brought it into being Pegasus |
#8477, aired 2021-09-28 | THE CONTINENTS: It's the only continent with its mainland lying in all 4 hemispheres as defined by the equator & the prime meridian Africa |
#8476, aired 2021-09-27 | ROCK LEGENDS: A new studio album in 2020 gave him a Top 5 album in 6 consecutive decades, his first in 1975 (Bruce) Springsteen |
#8475, aired 2021-09-24 | HISTORY OF THE 19-TEENS: Saying he ignored warnings of enemy vessels, the British admiralty sought to blame William Turner, this ship's last captain in 1915 the Lusitania |
#8474, aired 2021-09-23 | FOOD & DRINK IN THE BIBLE: In the King James Version, these creatures are a plague in Exodus 10, but deemed okay to eat in Leviticus 11 locusts |
#8473, aired 2021-09-22 | LANDMARKS: 96 miles in total during its 3-decade existence, the most well-known part of this was about the same length as an Olympic marathon the Berlin Wall |
#8472, aired 2021-09-21 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: A book by her says, "It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'... but then I am not a rabbit" (Beatrix) Potter |
#8471, aired 2021-09-20 | 1980s MOVIES: The Dip used to kill characters in this 1988 film consisted of acetone, benzene & turpentine, ingredients of paint thinner Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
#8420, aired 2021-06-11 | GEOGRAPHY WORDS: From the Latin for "key", this word for a type of isolated country applies to Vatican City, which has keys on its flag an enclave |
#8419, aired 2021-06-10 | THE SUPREME COURT: The 1st justice directly succeeded by his former clerk was Rehnquist by Roberts; the 2nd time was this other alliterative pair (Anthony) Kennedy & (Brett) Kavanaugh |
#8418, aired 2021-06-09 | 1960s SINGERS: In 2002 Macon, Georgia, where he grew up, unveiled a statue of this man who sits overlooking the water, a nod to his posthumous No. 1 hit Otis Redding |
#8416, aired 2021-06-07 | GOLDEN AGE ACTRESSES: In 2013 the Victoria & Albert Museum acquired her archives, including letters from Laurence Olivier & Tennessee Williams Vivien Leigh |
#8414, aired 2021-06-03 | 17th CENTURY FRENCHMEN: Pope Urban VIII once said, "if there is a God," this French minister "will have much to answer for. If not, he had a successful life" (Cardinal) Richelieu |
#8413, aired 2021-06-02 | NEWSPAPER NAMES: Used as a newspaper name from New York to San Diego, it was an ancient Roman official who represented the people's interests Tribune |
#8412, aired 2021-06-01 | AROUND THE WORLD: In the 1860s a zoologist proposed that this island was once part of a lost continent he dubbed Lemuria Madagascar |
#8411, aired 2021-05-31 | THE BUSINESS OF TELEVISION: The day it debuted in 1980, this network with an Italian name aired a Carnegie Hall celebration of Aaron Copland's 80th birthday Bravo |
#8369, aired 2021-04-01 | ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM: A real-life antidisestablishmentarian, William Bridgeman opposed the 1920 disestablishment of this in Wales church |
#8318, aired 2021-01-20 | THE WESTERN U.S.: About 100 miles apart, they were made state capitals 10 years apart in 1854 & 1864 & both grew rapidly due to precious metals Sacramento & Carson City |
#8316, aired 2021-01-18 | MOVIE SETTINGS: In 2017 this New York City luxury store opened its first cafe, with truffle eggs, waffles & croissants on the menu Tiffany & Co. (Tiffany's) |
#8268, aired 2020-10-28 | AWARDS & HONOREES: He used his 1983 Pritzker Prize money on a scholarship fund for Chinese students to study their profession in the United States I.M. Pei |
#8214, aired 2020-04-30 | ADVERTISING: Copywriter Keith Goldberg wrote this question in 1999 for a financial services company; they're still using it What's in your wallet? |
#8211, aired 2020-04-27 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE: Before they were photographed together in 1862, Lincoln wryly noted this general "should have no problem" sitting still for it George McClellan |
#8205, aired 2020-04-17 | HISTORIC FIGURES: In legend, this real European leader fielded an elite corps called the 12 Peers that included Oliver & Roland Charlemagne |
#8175, aired 2020-03-06 | 21st CENTURY MOVIES: After its initial release in 2016, it became the first major motion picture to be dubbed in Tahitian Moana |
#2, aired 2020-01-07 | ASTRONOMERS: This man's name was given to a comet that crashed into Jupiter in 1994; he's the only human whose remains lie on the Moon Shoemaker |
#8106, aired 2019-12-02 | HISTORIC LISTS: "Why does not the Pope... build the basilica of St. Peter with his own money rather than with the money of poor believers?" is one of these Luther's theses |
#8074, aired 2019-10-17 | MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS: The soundtrack of this 2018 film has "Material Girl" & "Money (That's What I Want)" in Chinese & English Crazy Rich Asians |
#8020, aired 2019-06-21 | COMPOUND WORDS: This 8-letter word can follow nuclear to refer a dangerous accident, or mean a total loss of emotional control meltdown |
#7979, aired 2019-04-25 | THE ELEMENTS: Oddly, mining of this rare earth element with a geographic name, atomic no. 63, is mostly in Asia & with some in South America & Australia europium |
#7973, aired 2019-04-17 | 20th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS: His first name refers to the ancient district in which you'd find the Greek capital; his surname is a bird Atticus Finch |
#7948, aired 2019-03-13 | NOVEL QUOTES: A boy at the end of this 1952 novel says to the main character, "Say it ain't true, Roy" The Natural |
#7851, aired 2018-10-29 | SHAKESPEARE: Aptly, Shakespeare used "moon" & "moonlight" more times in this play than in any other A Midsummer Night's Dream |
#7718, aired 2018-03-14 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE: Each state has as many electors as its total of senators & reps.; D.C. has this many, the minimum for any state 3 |
#7711, aired 2018-03-05 | OSCAR HISTORY: In the 1940s he became the first person to receive nominations as actor, director & writer for the same film Orson Welles |
#7705, aired 2018-02-23 | MODERN WORDS: In 1994 Wired magazine described this 4-letter word as an idea leaping "from mind to mind... as viruses leap from body to body" a meme |
#7687, aired 2018-01-30 | LITERATURE & MYTHOLOGY: The "very name embodies the idea of flight", says one analysis of a 20th century novel in describing this main character Stephen Dedalus |
#7610, aired 2017-10-13 | FLAGS OF THE WORLD: The flag of Laos shows the white circle of the moon over the blue band, representing this river the Mekong River |
#7567, aired 2017-07-04 | CLASSIC CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: A 2016 biography of a children's author is titled "In the Great Green Room", a line from this classic book Goodnight Moon |
#7510, aired 2017-04-14 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: A 2010 study of this country is subtitled "Inside the Land of Milk and Money" Switzerland |
#7470, aired 2017-02-17 | WORLD LANDMARKS: Completed in 1884, the Washington Monument became the tallest manmade structure but 4 years later was surpassed by this the Eiffel Tower |
#7454, aired 2017-01-26 | 20th CENTURY PLAYWRIGHTS: He said of his 1949 play & its main character, "I could write about failure only because I could deal with it...I knew how he felt" Arthur Miller |
#7437, aired 2017-01-03 | WORLD CITIES: Named for a saint & built in 1348, Vaclavske Namesti is the main square & center of cultural life in this capital city Prague |
#7431, aired 2016-12-26 | MOONS & PLANETS: The name of this moon refers to the mythical group that its planet’s name belonged to Titan |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | BRITISH POP MUSIC: This song released on July 11, 1969 to coincide with the Apollo 11 mission was used in the BBC's coverage of the Moon landing "Space Oddity" (by David Bowie) |
#7370, aired 2016-09-30 | CORPORATE LOGOS: Created in 1971, this company's logo has been likened to a wing & was supposed to connote motion Nike |
#7350, aired 2016-07-22 | PAINTED LADIES: She's been called the "Mona Lisa of the North" & the poster girl for the Dutch Royal Picture Gallery in The Hague the Girl with the Pearl Earring |
#7320, aired 2016-06-10 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: Of his greatest accomplishment, he humbly remarked, "Pilots... take pride in a good landing, not in getting out of the vehicle" Neil Armstrong |
#7302, aired 2016-05-17 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: This country's 2 main ethnic groups are Punjabi (who are also found in India) & Pashtun (also living in Afghanistan) Pakistan |
#7273, aired 2016-04-06 | ASTRONOMY: Its name means "fear", & this moon orbits closest to a planet's surface of any moon in the solar system Phobos |
#7227, aired 2016-02-02 | ETYMOLOGY: This word referring to someone who is not an expert is from the Latin for "love" amateur |
#7222, aired 2016-01-26 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA: The 1970 follow-up line "We've had a main B bus undervolt" was addressed to a listener in this city Houston |
#7216, aired 2016-01-18 | STATE CAPITALS: A 1957 event led to the creation of a National Historic Site in this city, signed into law by a president whose library is now there too Little Rock, Arkansas |
#7202, aired 2015-12-29 | FAMOUS LAST NAMES: The first woman space shuttle pilot shares this surname with a man on the 1st manned lunar landing 26 years earlier Collins |
#7148, aired 2015-10-14 | U.S. LANDMARKS: For its 50th anniversary in 2012, the roof of this landmark was temporarily repainted its original color, Galaxy Gold the Space Needle (in Seattle) |
#7139, aired 2015-10-01 | SHAKESPEARE CHARACTERS: 8-letter name shared by a tragic heroine & Uranus' innermost known moon Cordelia |
#7122, aired 2015-07-28 | TELEVISION IN THE 2000s: Blanco is the last name of the main character in "Metástasis", a Colombia-set version of this show Breaking Bad |
#7092, aired 2015-06-16 | QUOTABLE PAINTERS: "A reviewer... wrote that my pictures didn't have any beginning or any end. He didn't mean it as a compliment, but it was" Jackson Pollock |
#7072, aired 2015-05-19 | EUROPEAN CITIES: The European Central Bank is based in this city sometimes called "Mainhattan" Frankfurt |
#7003, aired 2015-02-11 | REFERENCE BOOK MAKERS: In 1863 he used the epigraph "I have gathered... other men's flowers, & nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own" John Bartlett |
#6995, aired 2015-01-30 | INVENTORS: In 1702 Thomas Savery wrote of one of his designs, "Such an engine will do the work or labour of ten or twelve" these horses |
#6979, aired 2015-01-08 | ARTISTS: He said a 2009 exhibit was the 1st time taxpayers' money was used "to hang my pictures up rather than scrape them off" Banksy |
#6967, aired 2014-12-23 | WORD ORIGINS: In the mid-1960s, a decade after it first appeared in a holiday tale, this word came to be used for any mean killjoy grinch |
#6879, aired 2014-07-10 | IN THE DICTIONARY: This adjective can mean "delicate", "heavenly" or, in chemistry, "related to C4H10O" ethereal |
#6876, aired 2014-07-07 | GOVERNMENT: "Features" at the website of this agency include "Protection", "Investigations" & "Know Your Money" the Secret Service |
#6848, aired 2014-05-28 | OPERA: In a bit of foreshadowing, the title character's dad has committed suicide before the action of this 1904 opera Madame Butterfly |
#6840, aired 2014-05-16 | SECRETARIES OF STATE: Serving 160 years apart, these 2 Secretaries of State are the only ones who never married Condoleezza Rice & James Buchanan |
#6781, aired 2014-02-24 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE: Frederick Douglass said this man's "zeal in the cause of my race was far greater than mine" John Brown |
#6780, aired 2014-02-21 | THE BRITISH EMPIRE: 1713's Treaty of Utrecht concluding the War of the Spanish Succession granted this small 2.3-square-mile area to Great Britain Gibraltar |
#6773, aired 2014-02-12 | BIBLE CHARACTERS: "Take care of him", says the man called this in Luke 10 after giving money to an innkeeper the Good Samaritan |
#6746, aired 2014-01-06 | BROADWAY ACTRESSES: She originated 2 famous Broadway roles: one later played on film by Marilyn Monroe, another by Barbra Streisand Carol Channing |
#6724, aired 2013-12-05 | 20th CENTURY ARTS: Pretending to be a tree is an exercise in a key textbook of this system that spread from Russia to Broadway & then to Hollywood method acting (the Stanislavski system) |
#6597, aired 2013-04-30 | CLASSIC HIT SONGS: In 1962 Chatham County, Georgia gave this name to a body of water flowing past Johnny Mercer's childhood home Moon River |
#6544, aired 2013-02-14 | MUSEUMS: Its collection includes a 16" high architects' model of its first permanent building, opened in 1939 MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art) |
#6538, aired 2013-02-06 | FAMOUS ASIANS: When this diplomat met the singer Psy in 2012, he said, "Until 2 days ago... I was the most famous Korean in the world" Ban Ki-moon |
#6500, aired 2012-12-14 | STATES' HIGHEST POINTS: This state's highest peak is 13,796 feet high & only about 15 miles from the ocean Hawaii |
#6478, aired 2012-11-14 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The only 2 presidents never to present a State of the Union address are William Henry Harrison & this man James Garfield |
#6467, aired 2012-10-30 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS: "A Cry of Children" & "Nightmare Island" were proposed titles for this novel Lord of the Flies |
#6452, aired 2012-10-09 | STORES: These stores first launched in 2001 take in more money per sq. foot than any other U.S. retailer, almost doubling Tiffany's Apple stores |
#6437, aired 2012-09-18 | HISTORIC FIRSTS: On July 31, 1971 Air Force Colonel David Scott became the first person to drive one of these a lunar rover |
#6415, aired 2012-07-06 | OPERA CHARACTERS: In a play subtitle, she's called "the Chinese Sphinx"; in a later opera her suitor calls her "Principessa di Morte" Turandot |
#6398, aired 2012-06-13 | POLITICAL TERMS: 19th c. reports on horse races used this 2-word term to mean horses that were in the field but didn't finish high also rans |
#6389, aired 2012-05-31 | AIRLINE HISTORY: Clipper Goodwill, a Boeing 727, took this airline's last passengers from Barbados to Miami December 4, 1991 Pan Am |
#6378, aired 2012-05-16 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: In 2011, in the preface to the 75th anniversary edition, Pat Conroy called this novel "the last great... victory of the Confederacy" Gone with the Wind |
#6370, aired 2012-05-04 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: In 1777 an opponent wrote of him "Money is this man's God, and to get enough of it he would sacrifice his country" Benedict Arnold |
#6279, aired 2011-12-29 | CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN WRITERS: Concluding a 4-book series, his 2004 novel "Folly and Glory" features Kit Carson, William Clark & Jim Bowie Larry McMurtry |
#6252, aired 2011-11-22 | U.S. MONEY MATH: Adding up the denominations of circulating bills with U.S. presidents on the front gives you this total $78 |
#6214, aired 2011-09-29 | THE 20th CENTURY: In February 1967 this Asian leader said his people would "never agree to negotiate under the threat of bombing" Ho Chi Minh |
#6213, aired 2011-09-28 | THE CHANGING U.S.A.: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) According to the Census, this point has progressed westward since the U.S. was founded & has moved southwest since the 1960s the mean center of population |
#6176, aired 2011-06-20 | MOVIE CHARACTER NAMES: This last name of the speech therapist in the 2010 Oscar winner for Best Picture is also a suffix meaning "speech" Logue |
#6134, aired 2011-04-21 | SCIENTISTS: At the time of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, his widow said, "That was his dream, sending a rocket to the Moon" Robert Goddard |
#6108, aired 2011-03-16 | VOCABULARY: Pronounced one way, this 7-letter word can mean unjustified; pronounced another, it's someone sickly invalid |
#6046, aired 2010-12-20 | 20th CENTURY NOVELISTS: A critic said that a character of his, "yearning for the moon... never saw the sixpence at his feet"; he made that into a title Somerset Maugham |
#6044, aired 2010-12-16 | SKYSCRAPERS: After a construction boom fueled by oil & gas money, this capital city now has Europe's tallest building Moscow |
#6034, aired 2010-12-02 | BRITISH WOMEN: It's said that this woman who died in 1976 "made more money out of murder than any woman since Lucrezia Borgia" Agatha Christie |
#6028, aired 2010-11-24 | PAINTINGS: The alternate name of this 16th century Italian painting also means "cheerful" the Mona Lisa |
#5970, aired 2010-07-23 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS: In the "World Almanac" list of notable third party candidates, 1 of the 2 for whom the main issue was "states' rights" (1 of) Governor George Wallace & Strom Thurmond |
#5949, aired 2010-06-24 | NATIONAL PARKS: When it became a national park in 1919, it got this name used by the locals because it seemed like heaven on Earth Zion National Park |
#5920, aired 2010-05-14 | THE 50 STATES: It's the only state from which rainwater flows to the Pacific, the Atlantic & Hudson Bay Montana |
#5911, aired 2010-05-03 | U.S.A.: Chocolate Avenue & Cocoa Avenue are 2 of the main thoroughfares in this town that was established in 1903 Hershey, Pennsylvania |
#5908, aired 2010-04-28 | SCIENCE HISTORY: In August 1971 on the Moon's surface, an astronaut repeated a famous experiment & declared that this man "was correct" Galileo |
#5863, aired 2010-02-24 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: He was nominated for 8 Best Actor Oscars, including one for a 1961 film; his only win came for its 1986 sequel Paul Newman |
#5827, aired 2010-01-05 | ART HISTORY: Unique quality of "First Communion of Anemic Young Girls in the Snow", shown at the 1883 Arts Incoherents exhibit it was all white |
#5821, aired 2009-12-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY: On April 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln authorized this govt. agency; its main job then was to protect against counterfeiting the Secret Service |
#5770, aired 2009-10-16 | SCIENTIFIC FIRSTS: The first object in our solar system discovered by telescope was not a planet but one of these a moon |
#5687, aired 2009-05-05 | ON THE MOON: It's the last word of the inscription on Apollo 11's plaque on the Moon & is also found in a related quotation mankind |
#5683, aired 2009-04-29 | THE U.S. MONEY MAP: The 3 richest U.S. counties, by median household income, are not in N.Y. or Calif. but are suburbs of this city Washington, D.C. |
#5668, aired 2009-04-08 | FILM QUOTES: From a 1942 movie, No. 2 on Guinness' top 10 film quotes is a line that mentions this liquor gin |
#5650, aired 2009-03-13 | WORLD MONEY: Amounts on the banknotes in this country, one of the world's 10 largest, are in 17 different official languages India |
#5631, aired 2009-02-16 | POP CULTURE: Also the title of one of the best-selling albums of all time, it was first seen in Russian photos taken in 1959 the dark side of the Moon |
#5555, aired 2008-10-31 | MOVIE MAKERS & REMAKERS: Howard Hawks directed this film with Paul Muni as Tony Camonte; Brian De Palma remade it Scarface |
#5453, aired 2008-04-30 | BUSINESS: In 1952 Glen Bell was selling burgers; he then added these to the drive-in menu for 19¢, & the rest is history tacos |
#5433, aired 2008-04-02 | EUROPEAN RIVERS: 20 miles from Frankfurt is the meeting place of these 2 rivers, whose names rhyme despite the spelling the Rhine & the Main |
#5418, aired 2008-03-12 | THE WORLD MAP: 1 of the 2 South American countries whose mainland you'll fly over when heading due south from Miami, Fla. Ecuador or Peru |
#5368, aired 2008-01-02 | THE BOX OFFICE: Rated "R" for violence, this 2004 film set in ancient times is the highest-grossing "R" movie ever in the U.S. The Passion of the Christ |
#5361, aired 2007-12-24 | SPACE MEN: He was the oldest man to walk on the Moon, & the only World War II veteran Alan Shepard |
#5358, aired 2007-12-19 | CLASSIC ROCK: As there was another album by that title, this classic from 1973 was at one point going to be called "Eclipse" The Dark Side of the Moon (by Pink Floyd) |
#5336, aired 2007-11-19 | PHRASE ORIGINS: This 2-word phrase may be traced to a line in a Sherlock Holmes story, "The chaplain stood with a... pistol in his hand" smoking gun |
#5331, aired 2007-11-12 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE WRITERS: In his journal of 1710 to 1713, he referred to himself as "Presto" Jonathan Swift |
#5315, aired 2007-10-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY: It was the main cause of the 1803 jump in the national debt to $86.4 million the Louisiana Purchase |
#5263, aired 2007-06-27 | LITERATURE: Maris, Lycon, Laogonus, Erymas, Sarpedon, Erylaus & Patroclus die in Book 16 of this work the Iliad |
#5237, aired 2007-05-22 | SPORTS LEGENDS: Between 1977 & 1980, he won a state high school championship, an NCAA championship, & an NBA championship Magic Johnson |
#5207, aired 2007-04-10 | NOTABLE NAMES: The fervent patriotism of this man who died in 1919 earned him the nickname "The Star-Spangled Scotchman" Andrew Carnegie |
#5167, aired 2007-02-13 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS: This author was born in 1926, the daughter of Amasa, an Alabama lawyer, & Frances, whose maiden name was Finch Harper Lee |
#5118, aired 2006-12-06 | FAMOUS NEW YORKERS: In 1905 he said, "It is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money... for the good of my fellow man" John D. Rockefeller |
#5056, aired 2006-09-11 | PLANTS: In tropical Africa it's the main source of calories in the diet; in the U.S. it gives us a pudding tapioca (or cassava) |
#5050, aired 2006-07-21 | NYC TICKER-TAPE PARADE HONOREES: Of the 3 men honored August 13, 1969, the one who spent part of July 20th miles from the other 2 Michael Collins |
#5034, aired 2006-06-29 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: The main green of this university includes statues of Ira Allen, its founder, & Lafayette, who visited in 1825 the University of Vermont |
#4992, aired 2006-05-02 | WORD HISTORY: One Mongol tribe or army, it came to mean "a vast number" because the fierce Mongol warriors seemed so numerous a horde |
#4933, aired 2006-02-08 | MILESTONES: In 1994, 25 years after this event, 1 participant said, "For one crowning moment, we were creatures of the cosmic ocean" the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon |
#4926, aired 2006-01-30 | WORLD MONEY 2005: This U.S. sports figure (born 1940) became the only living person ever on a Scottish note besides the Queen & her mum Jack Nicklaus |
#4923, aired 2006-01-25 | WORD ORIGINS: This word that has come to mean "sudden prosperity" means "good weather" in Spanish bonanza |
#4897, aired 2005-12-20 | AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN: This man who died in 1984 remarked, "We're not in the hamburger business, we're in show business" Ray Kroc |
#4872, aired 2005-11-15 | 2005 COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES: Speaking at his alma mater, he urged graduates to be voracious readers, donate to worthy causes & stay in Maine Stephen King |
#4831, aired 2005-09-19 | RANKS & TITLES: In 1950 Pius XII was Pontifex Maximus; exactly 2,000 years earlier, this man held a title of the same name Julius Caesar |
#4793, aired 2005-06-08 | CHARITABLE WORK: Musician Ray Charles raised money for people afflicted by this, saying, "To me, it's the worst thing in the world" deafness (or hearing impairment) |
#4783, aired 2005-05-25 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANS: These names of 2 original Mercury astronauts, who orbited Earth in May 1962 & May 1963, are also occupations Scott Carpenter & Gordon Cooper |
#4756, aired 2005-04-18 | INVENTED WORDS: In works by Lewis Carroll, this word means "four in the afternoon; the time when you begin broiling things for dinner" brillig |
#4734, aired 2005-03-17 | WORDS: This 6-letter word can mean both a bright light above someone's head & a dark cloud above our heads nimbus |
#4706, aired 2005-02-07 | THE ELEMENTS: By weight, this element makes up more of the human body than all the others combined oxygen |
#4677, aired 2004-12-28 | 8-LETTER WORDS: Differing by one letter, the 2 words that mean job & time away from the job vocation & vacation |
#4657, aired 2004-11-30 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year H&R Block |
#4587, aired 2004-07-13 | HEADLINES OF THE LAST 40 YEARS: The first 2 New York Times headlines set in 96-point type were in these 2 years, 5 years apart 1969 & 1974 |
#4574, aired 2004-06-24 | FILMS OF THE '70s: This 1973 thriller was re-released in 2000 with extra footage, including a scene in which Ritalin is prescribed The Exorcist |
#4569, aired 2004-06-17 | COMMUNICATIONS: In the NATO phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, etc.), the 2 that are title Shakespearean characters Romeo & Juliet |
#4535, aired 2004-04-30 | 18th CENTURY BRITISH NOVELS: This title person asks a pile of money, "What art thou good for?... one of those knives is worth all this heap" Robinson Crusoe |
#4485, aired 2004-02-20 | ITALIAN TOWNS: This small town in Tuscany was the birthplace of the man who painted the Mona Lisa Vinci |
#4481, aired 2004-02-16 | JOBS: In this job, after the Senate confirms you, you sign your name at least 5 times, then pick one to be engraved U.S. Treasurer or U.S. Treasury Secretary |
#4466, aired 2004-01-26 | THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY: Tolkien helped the editors define "hobbit"; Murray Gell-Mann, the term "quark", & this man, "dymaxion" Buckminster Fuller |
#4433, aired 2003-12-10 | THE PLANETS: In 1978 astronomer James Christy named its moon in honor of his wife Charlene Pluto |
#4422, aired 2003-11-25 | RELIGION: The 2 main religions on this island nation are Greek Orthodox & Islam Cyprus |
#4394, aired 2003-10-16 | NAME'S THE SAME: This sports superstar of 1973 bears the name of one of the 6 major organs of the United Nations Secretariat |
#4351, aired 2003-06-30 | 5-LETTER WORDS: Term for an opinion or edict issued by a mufti or 'ulama; a famous one was issued in 1989 fatwa |
#4344, aired 2003-06-19 | FRUIT: From Greek for "finger", the Arabs claim it has as many culinary & pharmaceutical uses as days in a year the date |
#4335, aired 2003-06-06 | CANDY: Bill Harmsen, who raised horses in Colo., happily founded this candy co. in 1949 to make money during the winter Jolly Rancher |
#4284, aired 2003-03-27 | BESTSELLING AUTHORS: The main library at the University of Northern Colorado is named for this alumnus who wrote an epic of Colorado in 1974 James Michener (the novel was "Centennial") |
#4268, aired 2003-03-05 | CLASSIC SONGS: Originally called "Prima Donna", it was renamed for a Renaissance painting & won an Oscar "Mona Lisa" |
#4260, aired 2003-02-21 | AMERICAN NOVELS: The narrator of this 1951 novel first appeared in the short stories "I'm Crazy" & "Slight Rebellion off Madison" "Catcher in the Rye" (the narrator being Holden Caulfield) |
#4255, aired 2003-02-14 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: James Fenimore Cooper based the character of Natty Bumppo on this man who was born in 1734 Daniel Boone |
#4236, aired 2003-01-20 | PATRON SAINTS: It's believed that this patron saint founded many monasteries, including one at Mynyw Saint David |
#4225, aired 2003-01-03 | CLASSIC LITERATURE: In this 3-part work, the main character encounters Nimrod, Ulysses, Muhammad & Thomas Aquinas "The Divine Comedy" |
#4212, aired 2002-12-17 | SCIENCE: It takes approximately 24,840 mph to achieve this escaping the Earth's gravity (& go off into outer space, on your way to the Moon, for instance) |
#4094, aired 2002-05-23 | ISRAEL: They are the 2 Arab countries in which Israel currently has embassies Egypt & Jordan |
#4006, aired 2002-01-21 | PEOPLE ON THE MAP: Tourist spots in the Asian city named for this man include Notre Dame Cathedral & Reunification Hall Ho Chi Minh |
#3976, aired 2001-12-10 | THE OSCARS: One of 4 men nominated twice for playing the same character (1 of) Bing Crosby, Paul Newman, Al Pacino & Peter O'Toole |
#3954, aired 2001-11-08 | THE UNIVERSE: It's the body that's about 1 1/4 light-seconds from Earth the Moon |
#3914, aired 2001-09-13 | FILM DIRECTORS: In his 1929 film "Die Frau im Mond", or "Woman in the Moon", he originated the rocket countdown Fritz Lang |
#3902, aired 2001-07-17 | AT THE LIBRARY: This author & biochemist who died in 1992 has at least one book in all 10 main Dewey Decimal categories Isaac Asimov |
#3895, aired 2001-07-06 | HISTORIC MONARCHS: This monarch, who sold the United States its 2nd-largest piece of territory, was the second to bear his name Alexander II |
#3894, aired 2001-07-05 | CELEBRITIES: On August 28, 2000 a statue of this late actor was unveiled at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York Jackie Gleason |
#3844, aired 2001-04-26 | THE MOONS OF URANUS: Pixie Chasma & Sprite Vallis are features on this moon of Uranus named for a character in "The Tempest" Ariel |
#3836, aired 2001-04-16 | TOYS & GAMES: The world champion at this game gets $15,140, the amount of money in it Monopoly |
#3827, aired 2001-04-03 | SATIRE: This then-living man was the main target of the mid-1960s play "MacBird!" Lyndon B. Johnson |
#3824, aired 2001-03-29 | BORN IN THE 1960s: She was on the April 22, 1974 cover of People magazine, holding an Oscar Tatum O'Neal (for Paper Moon) |
#3796, aired 2001-02-19 | THE U.S. SPACE PROGRAM: Of the Apollo missions, the total number that successfully landed men on the Moon 6 (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17) |
#3765, aired 2001-01-05 | LIFE SCIENCE: A study done in South Africa put these non-primates above chimpanzees, making them the world's second-smartest species Dolphins |
#3652, aired 2000-06-20 | U.S. PAPER CURRENCY: With one of each of the Treasury's currently produced denominations, you'd have this much money $188.00 |
#3627, aired 2000-05-16 | WORLD LEADERS: Early in the 20th century, he took one of many pseudonyms, Nguyen Ai Quoc, or "Nguyen the Patriot" Ho Chi Minh |
#3625, aired 2000-05-12 | WORLD LANDMARKS: In the 1920s this nation's churches pooled their money & erected a 120-foot religious monument on a 2,300-foot peak Brazil |
#3603, aired 2000-04-12 | SPACE EXPLORATION: A plaque left on the Moon in July 1969 contains the signatures of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin & these 2 men Richard Nixon & Michael Collins (the third Apollo 11 astronaut) |
#3557, aired 2000-02-08 | POETRY: Title hero who "silently rowed to the Charlestown shore, just as the moon rose over the bay" Paul Revere |
#3468, aired 1999-10-06 | ON THE MONEY: Of the 7 men pictured on the front of currently printed U.S. currency, the 3 who never lived in the White House Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton & George Washington |
#3455, aired 1999-09-17 | SWAHILI PHRASES: Hillary Clinton would translate the Swahili "Mkono mmoja haulei mwana" to this 8-word phrase "It takes a village to raise a child" |
#3441, aired 1999-07-19 | PLACE NAMES: Its original name, Wai Momi, & its current name both come from the valuable mollusks once found there Pearl Harbor |
#3392, aired 1999-05-11 | MONEY: The first of a series of 50 new U.S. quarters, released in January 1999, honored this state Delaware |
#3346, aired 1999-03-08 | SHOW BIZ: In 1997 this singer & her husband opened a restaurant at Disney World called Bongo's Cuban Cafe Gloria Estefan |
#3308, aired 1999-01-13 | THE HUMAN BODY: It's the body part where you'll find the Mount of Apollo, the Mount of the Moon & the Girdle of Venus (the palm of) the hand |
#3215, aired 1998-07-17 | STATUES: In 1820 a man named Yorgos unearthed 3 statues: 2 of Hermes & one of Aphrodite, later renamed this Venus de Milo |
#3195, aired 1998-06-19 | U.S. NEWSPAPERS: This paper made news when it was threatened with lawsuits & ad cancellation by Mayor Xavier Suarez The Miami Herald |
#3190, aired 1998-06-12 | ORGANIZATIONS: This women's organization founded in 1890 was chartered by Congress in 1896 the Daughters of the American Revolution |
#3187, aired 1998-06-09 | BASKETBALL: 2 of the 3 NBA teams whose names don't end with the letter S (2 of) Miami Heat, Orlando Magic & Utah Jazz |
#3092, aired 1998-01-27 | MAN IN SPACE: Mission that put the third man on the Moon Apollo 12 |
#3009, aired 1997-10-02 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: You can view the Jungfrau Peak from the main street of this town between the Brienz & Thun Lakes Interlaken, Switzerland |
#2994, aired 1997-09-11 | TELEVISION: A 1997 episode of this series guest-starred Philip Michael Thomas & Tommy Chong Nash Bridges |
#2980, aired 1997-07-11 | THE COLD WAR: He died November 15, 1996, having outlived his accuser by 35 years Alger Hiss (accused by Whittaker Chambers) |
#2913, aired 1997-04-09 | WORD HISTORY: Before this word came to mean an extraterrestrial, it was used as an adjective meaning "warlike" Martian |
#2871, aired 1997-02-10 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM: The 2 planets that have no moons Mercury & Venus |
#2860, aired 1997-01-24 | U.S. CURRENCY: Of men pictured on currently printed paper money, he's the one most recently deceased Ulysses S. Grant (on the $50 bill; died in 1885) |
#2818, aired 1996-11-27 | RIVERS: It was once believed that this river "originated in the Mountains of the Moon" the Nile |
#2783, aired 1996-10-09 | TRAVEL & TOURISM: On a weekend package, Northwest Airlines flies Londoners to Bloomington, Minn. to visit this the Mall of America |
#2781, aired 1996-10-07 | HISTORIC BOOKS: It was written in 1924 in the fortress of Landsberg am Lech Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler |
#2778, aired 1996-10-02 | ACTOR-DIRECTORS: This 1990 winner is the most recent to win the Best Director Oscar for his directorial debut Kevin Costner |
#2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ARTISTS: In 1914 his brother's remains were moved from Holland to Auvers, France & buried beside him Vincent Van Gogh |
#2710, aired 1996-05-17 | FAMOUS NOVELS: Published in 1605, the first part of this novel was dedicated to the Duque de Bejar, Marques de Gibraleon... Don Quixote |
#2652, aired 1996-02-27 | FAMOUS FAMILIES: The 1st man named this was a violinist, the 2nd, an actor & the 3rd, CEO at Times Mirror Magazines Efrem Zimbalist |
#2651, aired 1996-02-26 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Olga Ivinskaya, who passed away in Moscow in 1995, was the inspiration for this character Lara |
#2645, aired 1996-02-16 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES: This actor's first name is Hawaiian for "cool breeze over the mountains" Keanu Reeves |
#2623, aired 1996-01-17 | THE CALENDAR: The next year that will be written in only 4 Roman numerals 2002 (MMII) |
#2621, aired 1996-01-15 | POLITICIANS: In 1961, Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as vice president by this mentor Sam Rayburn |
#2580, aired 1995-11-17 | FAMOUS NAMES: DNA from Prince Philip helped prove that Anna Anderson-Manahan was not this woman, as she had claimed Anastasia |
#2533, aired 1995-09-13 | AMERICAN POETRY: In a famous poem, she's "the Arrow-maker's daughter...Handsomest of all the women" Minnehaha |
#2531, aired 1995-09-11 | FRENCH AUTHORS: In 1881 Paris' Avenue d'Eylau was renamed for this author who lived on it in honor of his 80th year Victor Hugo |
#2514, aired 1995-07-06 | FAMOUS PLAYS: Play that includes, "I was so mean as to kill this bird today... soon I shall kill myself in the same way" The Seagull |
#2496, aired 1995-06-12 | FAMOUS NAMES: In a 1987 interview, he said, "In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people" Marcel Marceau |
#2472, aired 1995-05-09 | U.S. POSTAGE STAMPS: 1994's most popular commemorative stamp was one observing this event's 25th anniversary the Apollo Moon landing |
#2470, aired 1995-05-05 | SCULPTURE: "The shot heard round the world" is carved in the base of this Daniel Chester French statue The Minute Man |
#2421, aired 1995-02-27 | THE OLD TESTAMENT: The words "Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin" appear in this book the Book of Daniel |
#2378, aired 1994-12-28 | ETYMOLOGY: Until 1946, this word usually meant a mathematician; since then, it's come to mean a machine a computer |
#2244, aired 1994-05-12 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST: Among the men who have walked on the Moon, his last name is alphabetically first (Buzz) Aldrin |
#2218, aired 1994-04-06 | WOMEN AUTHORS: In the 1920s she wrote, "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction" Virginia Woolf |
#2209, aired 1994-03-24 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES: You're most likely to see the names Catalina Villalpando & Nicholas Brady together on one of these a $1 bill |
#2160, aired 1994-01-14 | LEGENDS: According to Sir Thomas Malory, the name of this object means "cut-steel" Excalibur |
#2125, aired 1993-11-26 | THE CABINET: In the 1970s he held more cabinet posts than anyone in U.S. history—4, including Attorney General Elliot Richardson |
#2121, aired 1993-11-22 | MONEY: On July 27, 1971 Richard Nixon gave her the first of the new U.S. dollar coins Mamie Eisenhower |
#2023, aired 1993-05-26 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS: In 1992 Mona Van Duyn became the first woman named this by the Library of Congress poet laureate of the United States |
#1967, aired 1993-03-09 | MONEY MATTERS: According to Forbes magazine, this country ranks between the U.S. & Japan in the number of billionaires Germany |
#1960, aired 1993-02-26 | NOTABLE NAMES: Eugene Cernan is the last person to stand here the Moon |
#1936, aired 1993-01-25 | IN THE NEWS: In 1992 it missed its 1st Monday Night Football opener in 23 yrs.; it was in Miami transmitting relief messages the Goodyear Blimp |
#1917, aired 1992-12-29 | QUOTES: The author who wrote, "Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me." F. Scott Fitzgerald |
#1887, aired 1992-11-17 | NEWSPAPERS: It was first published between 1861 and 1865; it was revived in 1918; stopped in 1919, and revived again in 1942 Stars and Stripes |
#1837, aired 1992-09-08 | FAMOUS SCIENTISTS: In 1969 the N.Y. Times retracted a 1920 editorial ridiculing his claim that rockets could fly to the Moon Robert Goddard |
#1832, aired 1992-07-14 | GERMAN AUTHORS: Composer Paul Dukas based "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" on a story by this poet, novelist & scientist Goethe |
#1781, aired 1992-05-04 | THE 1970s: These documents revealed the Truman admin. gave military aid to France in its war against the Viet Minh Pentagon Papers |
#1780, aired 1992-05-01 | OSCAR WINNING FILMS: It ends as the main character, Don Birnam, begins work on a new novel, "The Bottle" The Lost Weekend |
#1683, aired 1991-12-18 | AMERICAN NOVELS: The narrative in this 1851 novel contains a dissertation on cetology Moby-Dick |
#1538, aired 1991-04-17 | FAMOUS QUOTES: Washington Irving called it "that great object of universal devotion throughout our land" the (almighty) dollar |
#1530, aired 1991-04-05 | FILMS OF THE '40s: Still making money in re-release, the 4 top-grossing films made in the '40s are by this studio Disney |
#1443, aired 1990-12-05 | MAN IN SPACE: He was the only Mercury astronaut to walk on the Moon Alan Shepard |
#1430, aired 1990-11-16 | ISLANDS: It's the only inhabited U.S. territory south of the equator American Samoa |
#1429, aired 1990-11-15 | SPACE EXPLORATION: Next pair in the sequence:
Gumdrop, Spider;
Charlie Brown, Snoopy;... the Columbia & the Eagle |
#1423, aired 1990-11-07 | SHAKESPEARE: The 3-word title of this play begins & ends with the same 7-letter word Measure for Measure |
#1372, aired 1990-07-17 | VOCABULARY: From Greek for "little world", it's the body seen as a mini-universe animated by its own soul microcosm |
#1354, aired 1990-06-21 | COINS: On its reverse the Susan B. Anthony dollar commemorated this historic event of the 1960s Moon landing |
#1300, aired 1990-04-06 | MONEY: Country whose basic monetary unit is the Balboa Panama |
#1287, aired 1990-03-20 | WORD ORIGINS: Word derived from the act of breaking up a failed Italian moneylender's market bench bankruptcy |
#1261, aired 1990-02-12 | MONEY: Name of the structure seen on the back of the currently minted nickel Monticello |
#1238, aired 1990-01-10 | PLAYS: 1949 Pulitzer Prize play in which the title character commits suicide for the insurance money Death of a Salesman |
#1225, aired 1989-12-22 | MOUNTAINS: The names of the tallest peak in the Alps & the tallest peak in Hawaii both mean this in English white mountain |
#1184, aired 1989-10-26 | WORD ORIGINS: Where you'd naturally find armalcolite, named for the 3 men who 1st handled it the Moon |
#1104, aired 1989-05-25 | MONEY: It was the 1st country to use paper money China |
#1094, aired 1989-05-11 | MONEY: "In God we trust" & this word appear on the front of every current U.S. coin liberty |
#964, aired 1988-11-10 | THE OSCARS: Husband and wife who won Oscars almost 30 years apart, she in 1958, he in 1987 Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward |
#914, aired 1988-07-21 | U.S. CITIES: It was the first spoken word transmitted by radio from the surface of the Moon Houston |
#814, aired 1988-03-03 | WORD ORIGINS: 2 or more governments' joint dominion over a territory, it's come to mean a form of home ownership condominium |
#799, aired 1988-02-11 | QUOTES: President Nixon's words "This has been the greatest week... since the creation" referred to this event the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969 |
#793, aired 1988-02-03 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: According to the Constitution, minimum number of electoral votes to which a state is entitled 3 |
#789, aired 1988-01-28 | STATE CAPITALS: 1 of 2 letters that begins the names of 6 state capitals, more than any other C or S |
#772, aired 1988-01-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS: 2 of the 3 19th c. authors on whose stories the last 3 Tony Award winning musicals were based (2 of) Victor Hugo (Les Misérables), Charles Dickens (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), & Mark Twain (Big River) |
#730, aired 1987-11-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: For nearly 7 years, it's been the national minimum hourly wage $3.35 |
#707, aired 1987-10-06 | MONEY: The sum of the 2 pieces of current U.S. money that feature Jefferson's portrait $2.05 |
#693, aired 1987-09-16 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM: Recent studies show this planet has a moon that's more than half its size Pluto |
#673, aired 1987-07-08 | PERFORMING ARTS: 1 of the 6 performers who received Kennedy Center honors December 7, 1986 (1 of) Lucille Ball, Ray Charles, Yehudi Menuhin, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy & Antony Tudor |
#672, aired 1987-07-07 | GAMBLING: 3 of the 4 states with the highest lottery sales in dollars in calendar year 1986 (3 of) California, New York, Illinois & Pennsylvania |
#644, aired 1987-05-28 | 1968: On Christmas Eve & Christmas Day, 1968, Frank Borman, William Anders & James Lovell, Jr. did this 10 times circle the Moon |
#627, aired 1987-05-05 | ART NEWS: In December 1986, a computer analyst claimed that the model for the "Mona Lisa" was this person Leonardo da Vinci |
#570, aired 1987-02-13 | FAMOUS LASTS: The very last to do this so far was Eugene Cernan walk on the Moon |
#497, aired 1986-11-04 | ADVERTISING: In the U.S., more money is spent advertising in this medium than any other newspapers |
#472, aired 1986-09-30 | TELEVISION: This mini-series & its sequel featured Ed Asner, Lorne Greene, Henry Fonda & Marlon Brando Roots |
#422, aired 1986-04-22 | GAMBLING: Next to slots, Nevada casinos make more money from this game than any other, nearly $3/4 billion in 1985 blackjack |
#406, aired 1986-03-31 | THE PLANETS: Its only known moon is appropriately named after the boatman Charon Pluto |
#396, aired 1986-03-17 | MAN IN SPACE: This Space Shuttle, the only 1 named for a spaceship, is the only 1 not to have flown in space the Enterprise |
#394, aired 1986-03-13 | SPORTING EVENTS: Established in 1911, this yearly event has largest single day attendance in sports the Indy 500 |
#324, aired 1985-12-05 | MONEY: Smallest U.S. denomination, it appears on no coins, just trading stamps, & tax notices 1 mill (1/10 of a cent) |
#288, aired 1985-10-16 | MONEY: 1 of 2 pieces of U.S. currency on which an automobile is shown the $10 bill & the $50 bill |
#285, aired 1985-10-11 | TELEVISION: For 2 years, NBC didn’t call it “Saturday Night Live” because of 18 wk. ABC “SNL” series starring him Howard Cosell |
#280, aired 1985-10-04 | BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY: Over 1/2 of Fortune 500 and 42% of all N.Y. Stock Exchange companies are incorporated in this state Delaware |
#189, aired 1985-05-30 | LANGUAGES: It was the 1st human language Tarzan spoke French |
#142, aired 1985-03-26 | PUBLIC HEALTH: Since vaccinations are not yet available, it’s most widespread of communicable childhood diseases chicken pox |
#37, aired 1984-10-30 | FAMOUS FAMILIES: Members of this acting family starred in "Grand Hotel", the Dr. Kildare films & "E.T." the Barrymores |
#30, aired 1984-10-19 | ASTRONOMY: After the Sun & the Moon, the brightest astronomical object regularly seen in our sky the planet Venus |
#2, aired 1984-09-11 | THE CALENDAR: Calendar date with which the 20th century began January 1, 1901 |
Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Drew Joanides, a high school history teacher from Miami, Florida
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"He is one of our four teachers competing in our tournament...
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Monya De, a health journalist from Santa Monica, California
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Season 36 player (2020-03-30). First name pronounced like "MONE-yah". Monya won...
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Ric Leach, a training director from Miami, Florida
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Season 24 2-time champion: $32,800 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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Mona Hatfield, a retired school library media specialist from Eufaula, Oklahoma
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Season 29 player (2012-11-22).
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Mona Miller, a lawyer and writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 29 player (2013-04-12).
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Meena Puffer, a recruiter from Bear, Delaware
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Season 29 player (2013-05-29).
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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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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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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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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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Miguel Ferrer, an actor from Crossing Jordan
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"He began his career as a studio drummer and played on...
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Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
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2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
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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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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
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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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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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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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John Cuthbertson, an investment analyst from San Diego, California
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"He was the highest money winner of the 1993-94 season. An...
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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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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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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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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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Tim Relihan, a senior from the University of Nebraska from Stromsburg, Nebraska
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
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"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
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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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Erin Bogart, a junior at Miami University of Ohio from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Erin was 20 at the time...
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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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Dana Delany, an actress from Desperate Housewives
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"She won two Emmys for her work on China Beach. This...
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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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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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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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Anne Boyd, a freelance writer and student from Los Angeles, California
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2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion: $84,600...
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Wayne Cypen, a lawyer from Miami Beach, Florida
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Season 2 player (1985-09-13). Last name pronounced like \"SY-pen\". Johnny Gilbert...
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Judy Neuwirth, a paralegal from Miami Beach, Florida
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Season 27 player (2011-07-12).
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Steve Money, an international education specialist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 player (2013-01-07).
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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
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"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
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Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
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"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
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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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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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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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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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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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Joshua Malina, a TV actor and creator/producer from Celebrity Poker Showdown
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"He created and produced Celebrity Poker Showdown for the Bravo Channel,...
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Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"The 1-day record of $34,000 he set in 1992 stood for...
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Mina Le, an ear, nose and throat surgeon from Montclair, New Jersey
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Season 36 player (2020-04-28).
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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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Leslie Manion, a bookseller from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 34 1-time champion: $599 + $2,000.
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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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Mimi Owens, a singer and registered nurse from Jessup, Maryland
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Season 12 player (1995-09-12).
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Kevin Finn, a university lecturer from Miami, Florida
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Season 25 player (2008-10-15). As an accommodation for a disability, Kevin...
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Nishant Menon, an economist from Hyattsville, Maryland
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Season 29 player (2013-06-28).
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Heather Timberlake, a new mom from Miami, Florida
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Season 27 player (2011-04-11).
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Patrick Mooney, a high school math teacher from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 29 player (2013-01-18).
Partner of Season 26 player Greg Lyon.
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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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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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Danny Parra, a sportscaster from Miami, Florida
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Season 28 1-time champion: $22,000 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced with rolled "R"s.
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Cliff Galiher, a student from Half Moon Bay, California
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Steve Frappier, a high school college counselor from Miami, Florida
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Season 24 player (2008-05-29).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: bjorkchop
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Mimi Schmidt, a photo stylist from Malibu, California
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Season 1 player (1985-04-10)
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Mohan Malhotra, a freshman at NYU from Wilmington, Delaware
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2017 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Josh Silverman, a graduate student from Miami, Florida
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Season 32 2-time champion: $34,800 + $2,000.
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Lucas Miner, a junior at Yale University from Miami, Florida
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\"He finished third in the 2019 Teen Tournament as a junior...
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Leah Blumenfeld, a political science professor from Miami, Florida
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Season 30 player (2014-05-19).
First name pronounced like "LEE-ah".
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Monikka Mann, an innovation project manager from Katy, Texas
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Season 32 player (2016-07-26). Monikka won $10,000 on Who Wants to...
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Robb Muhm, a pediatrician from Scottsdale, Arizona
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Season 22 1-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
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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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Mina Wender, a teacher from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 5 player (1988-12-07).
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Rony Josaphat, a master's student of television from North Miami, Florida
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Season 27 player (2010-11-04).
First name pronounced like "RON-nee".
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Andrew Sidden, a bartender from Miami Beach, Florida
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Season 26 player (2010-04-13).
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Sofi Albizuri, a writer and mom from Miami, Florida
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Season 30 player (2014-02-24).
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Dave Meehan, a database administrator from Spring City, Pennsylvania
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Season 20 player (2004-01-23).
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Margaret Meehan, a medical records supervisor from Brick, New Jersey
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Season 20 2-time champion: $52,000 + $2,000.
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Mara Apostol, a criminal defense attorney from Miami, Florida
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Season 32 1-time champion: $16,801 + $2,000. JBoard user name: naurae29...
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Steve Robin, a writer and producer from Miami, Florida
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"He finished second place in the 1991 Tournament of Champions. He's...
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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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Mark McDonnell, a triathlon coach and entrepreneur from Miami, Florida
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Season 27 1-time champion: $27,601 + $1,000.
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Jaime Mahoney, a magazine editor from Gaithersburg, Maryland
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Season 26 player (2009-10-23).
First name pronounced like "JAY-mee".
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Michael Portnoy, a teacher from Miami, Florida
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Season 25 2-time champion: $40,000 + $2,000.
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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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Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
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Mimi Collins, an assistant professor from Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Season 16 player (2000-06-20).
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Mona Hall, an entrepreneur originally from Heidelberg, Germany
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Season 14 player (1998-02-19).
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Andrew Schwartz, an independent filmmaker from Miami, Florida
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Season 25 2-time champion: $31,988 + $1,000. Andrew played all of...
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Ted Kissell, a journalist from Miami, Florida
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Season 16 player (2000-03-13). Ted wrote about his experiences with Jeopardy!...
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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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Paul Boymel, a civil rights attorney from Potomac, Maryland
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"He was the top winner of the 1984-85 season. Now he's...
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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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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
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Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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"He teaches at a school started by the Dominicans of St....
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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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Zack Terrill, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida
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2012 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 21 at...
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Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
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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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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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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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Catherine Briley, a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana
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2012 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $31,000. 17 at...
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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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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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Kevin Marshall, a student from Metairie, Louisiana
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2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 6-time champion: $98,201...
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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
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"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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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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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
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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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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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Andy Richter, an actor/comedian from The Tonight Show
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\"This multitalented actor/comedian is now back on the couch with Conan...
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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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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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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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Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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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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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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Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
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"She went from playing a hard-nosed mom in Malcolm in the...
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Sara Wilkinson, a country club concierge from Athens, Georgia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $72,701 + $2,000.
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Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
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Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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Pat Sajak, a game show host from Wheel of Fortune
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"A former TV weatherman, he's gone on to become the world's...
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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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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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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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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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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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Anjali Tripathi, a senior from MIT
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"Math and science were her favorite subjects in seventh grade. We're...
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David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
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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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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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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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Keith Williams, a college student from Manchester, Vermont
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
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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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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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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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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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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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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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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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Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
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\"Later this year, she\'ll be inducted into the Women\'s Basketball Hall...
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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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Ann Thurlow, an aspiring novelist and retired salesperson from Mendham, New Jersey
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Season 28 1-time champion: $26,805 + $1,000.
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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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Buddy Wright, an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas
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2011 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 26 4-time champion:...
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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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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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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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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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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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Will Harter, a 12-year-old from Park Ridge, Illinois
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"He would like to be a professional athlete. If that doesn't...
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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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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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Veronica Fazio, from Roselle, Illinois
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"She dances, plays softball, and hangs with her friends, but wants...
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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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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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Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
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Brian Moore, an astronomer from Houston, Texas
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"He was the first 5-day champion in the 1993-1994 season. An...
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Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
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"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
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Seth Alcorn, a bookstore supervisor from Alexandria, Virginia
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 19 3-time champion: $106,400 + $1,000.
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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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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Nicole Yoon, a 12-year-old from Asbury, New Jersey
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"She has set her sights on becoming a medical doctor or...
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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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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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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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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
|
"He plays Tom Scavo, the sometimes-befuddled husband of Felicity Huffman on...
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Eric Floyd, a college student from Calhoun, Georgia
|
2003 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000.
Season 18 4-time champion: $97,800 + $2,000.
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Ben Noe, a sophomore from Flushing, Michigan
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time...
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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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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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Anne Shivers, a senior from Peotone, Illinois
|
2005 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $18,000. 17 at...
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Casey Retterer, a sophomore at the University of Maryland from Olney, Maryland
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2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Allison Peña, a junior from Sunrise, Florida
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Iddoshe Hirpa, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Ryan Holznagel, a writer originally from Forest Grove, Oregon
|
"He was the winner of the 1995 Tournament of Champions. Now,...
|
Chuck Forrest, a lawyer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Ken Jennings, the winner of 74 consecutive games from Seattle, Washington
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
|
• 74-game champion with longest winning streak • Total earnings over...
|
Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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Christopher Short, a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 6-time champion: $94,752...
|
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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Joon Pahk, a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts
|
2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 28 7-time champion: $199,000 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: jpahk
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2011 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000.
JBoard user name: lonesomeseagull
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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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Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
|
\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
|
Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
David Faber, an anchor and reporter from CNBC's Squawk on the Street and The Faber Report
|
"The winner of Emmy, Peabody, DuPont, and Loeb awards, he's a...
|
Mike Nelson, a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
Raynell Cooper, a senior from Rockville, Maryland
|
2011 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 16 at the...
|
Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
|
"His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
|
Raphie Cantor, a sophomore from San Diego, California
|
2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Kate Wadman, a junior from Tucson, Arizona
|
2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jeopartygirl
|
Ken Jennings, a 74-game champion from Seattle, Washington
|
"In 2004, his record-breaking 74-game win streak set a standard for...
|
Richard Mason, a roboticist from Pasadena, California
|
Season 18 2-time champion: $50,600 + $2,000. Husband of Season 14...
|
Eliza Urban, a sophomore from Richmond, Virginia
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
|
Becky Kralle, a senior from Runnemede, New Jersey
|
2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Naren Tallapragada, a junior from Burke, Virginia
|
2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
|
Maria Bennici, a junior from Walkersville, Maryland
|
2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
|
Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
|
2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
|
Jonathan Reinstein, a junior from Dix Hills, New York
|
2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
|
Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
|
"He was a software engineer living in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
|
Bob Mesko, an arts administrator from Denver, Colorado
|
2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion:...
|
Tom Kavanaugh, a kickball team captain from St. Louis, Missouri
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
|
Brady Newell, from Derwood, Maryland
|
"She loves diving and gymnastics, but is headed toward being either...
|
Dylan Smith, from the Bronx, New York
|
"This honor roll student wants to invent a teleporting system. From...
|
Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
|
2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
|
Emily Zhang, from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"A National Science Merit Award recipient, she plans on becoming a...
|
Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer with an international law firm from Washington, D.C.
|
"In 1994, she became the first woman ever to win the...
|
Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
|
"Winner of both the 2000 Tournament of Champions and the 2001...
|
Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
|
"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
|
Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
|
Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
|
Matt Drury, a government analyst from New York, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $18,799 + $2,000. Matthew Drury - A...
|
Paul Thompson, a human resources manager from Cheverly, Maryland
|
"He was the first 5-time champion in the 1995-96 season. A...
|
Amy Fine, a part-time teacher from Bethesda, Maryland
|
"She was the last 5-time winner in the 1993-94 season. A...
|
Forrest Sturgill, a senior from Kingsport, Tennessee
|
2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "STIR-jill".
|
Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
"He was a 2002 Teen Champion. He's now a sophomore at...
|
Zach Blumenfeld, a junior from Lincolnshire, Illinois
|
2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
|
Janet Bradlow, an insurance agent from New York, New York
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $58,000 + $2,000. Janet Bradlow New York,...
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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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Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
|
"He was a legal assistant living near D.C. when he won...
|
Paul Kursky, a copywriter from San Francisco, California
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
|
Steve Reynolds, a loan accounting clerk from Norman, Oklahoma
|
2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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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.
|
Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Sam Daub, an eleven-year-old from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
|
"And he finds video games enticing and has made a fantasy...
|
Jelisa Castrodale, a sportswriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $39,399 + $1,000.
Name pronounced like "jell-EES-ah KASS-tro-dale".
|
Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
|
Sanders Kleinfeld, a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $26,597 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
|
Rick Meneskie, a coal miner and outreach worker from Coal Center, Pennsylvania
|
Season 25 player (2009-01-07).
|
Elyssa Browning, a junior from St. John's College
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Austin, Texas at...
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David Duchovny, an actor from Californication
|
"He's won two Golden Globes and stars as troubled novelist Hank...
|
Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
|
2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
|
Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
|
A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
|
Robbie Berg, a freshman from the University of Pennsylvania
|
2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
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Dan Jensen, a restaurant manager from Reston, Virginia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $58,203 + $1,000.
|
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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Steve Gratz, a freelance artist from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $30,999 + $1,000.
|
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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Steve Unite, a writer from Studio City, California
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
|
Susan Mitchell, a chemical engineer from Houston, Texas
|
2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Braden Corkum, a 12-year-old from Niceville, Florida
|
"He likes making things, so he's going to be an inventor..."...
|
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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Mark Wales, a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York
|
2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $141,804...
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Justin Otor, a 12-year-old from Texarkana, Texas
|
"His chosen profession will be something in the field of science...
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Eddie Kwiatkowski, a 10-year-old from Cumberland, Rhode Island
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"His interests in presidents and their history could lead to a...
|
Nicole Karrow, an 11-year-old from Lewes, Delaware
|
"Her goals are to be a horse breeder and trainer..." 2007...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
|
2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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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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Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
|
2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
|
Regis Philbin, a TV host from Live with Regis and Kelly
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"In 2004 he entered the Guinness Book of Records as having...
|
Brady Cassis, a junior from Yale University
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
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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...
|
Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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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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Andrew Kreitz, a senior from Huntington Beach, California
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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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Jerome Vered, a writer from Studio City, California
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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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...
|
Scott Turow, a bestselling novelist and practicing attorney from Chicago, Illinois
|
"He's sold more than 25 million copies of his novels worldwide...
|
Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Amy Fletcher, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Larry Marshall, a junior at the University of Missouri from Kansas City, Missouri
|
2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
Sean Ryan, a graduate student from Whitehall, Pennsylvania
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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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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Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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Michael Braun, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2005 Teen...
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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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Jason Block, an Internet researcher from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 17 4-time champion: $36,701. Won $125,000 on Who Wants to...
|
Lauren Romero, a senior from Denver, Colorado
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
|
Brad Rutter, a TV quiz show host from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Caitlin Cook, a sophomore from Arden, North Carolina
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Orlando Zambrano, a junior from Tampa, Florida
|
2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Chloé White, a senior from Mission Hills, Kansas
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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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Kira Alvarez, an attorney originally from Miami, Florida
|
Season 11 player (1994-10-04).
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Bob Mooney, an ophthalmologist from Katonah, New York
|
Season 1 player (1985-02-15).
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Nathan Kaplan, a math professor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 35 1-time champion: $19,600 + $2,000. Nathan appeared on ABC\'s...
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Brandon Blackwell, a sophomore from Holliswood, New York
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist:...
|
Maryanne Mowen, an accounting professor from Santa Fe, New Mexico
|
Season 35 player (2019-04-08).
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Burns Cameron, a realtor from Standish, Maine
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. Burns appeared on the original version...
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Paul Redford, a graphic artist and copywriter from Denver, Colorado
|
Season 8 player (1991-10-15).
Paul appeared on Win Ben Stein's Money.
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Tim Moon, an attorney originally from Syracuse, New York
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 2-time champion: $72,601 + $1,000.
|
Brad Rutter, the biggest money winner from Los Angeles, California
|
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
|
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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Bob Chauls, a composer and professor from Westlake Village, California
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Season 5 3-time champion: $36,798. Bob won $5,000 on Win Ben...
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David Mann, a graduate student from Houston, Texas
|
Season 17 player (2000-09-04).
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Joe Escarce, a physician originally from Miami, Florida
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Season 2 player (1986-01-15).
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Mort Kamins, an investor and writer from Studio City, California
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Season 16/17 2-time champion: $27,202. Mort won $11,750 in three games...
|
Greg Antoine, a programmer from Miami, Florida
|
Season 35 player (2018-10-09).
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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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Paul Boymel, an attorney from Potomac, Maryland
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1985 Tournament...
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Michael Bilow, a Ph.D. student in computer science from Los Angeles, California
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2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 31 3-time champion: $96,000...
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Jeff Weinstock, a marketing lecturer from Miami, Florida
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Season 38 2-time champion: $29,201 + $1,000.
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Lisa Beach, a feature film casting associate from Los Angeles, California
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Season 5 player (1988-12-23): a trip to Miami.
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Tommy Maranges, a junior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Nathaniel Miller, a sophomore at Yale University from Miami, Florida
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2020 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Leslie Minot, a grant writer from Las Vegas, Nevada
|
Season 37 1-time champion: $2,700 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "MINE-it".
|
Darrin Hall, a director of client engagement from Miami, Florida
|
Season 36 player (2019-11-21).
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Shawn Moore, a regional human resources manager from Miami, Florida
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Season 35 player (2018-09-13). Shawn won $20,000 of a $60,000 jackpot...
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David Poland, a writer originally from Miami, Florida
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Season 7 player (1991-01-15).
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Alan Jackowitz, an accountant originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 2 player (1985-09-11). At the time of his appearance, Alan...
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Bill Pitassy, a lawyer from Roselle Park, New Jersey
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\"After winning 5 games in 1994, he took his family on...
|
Lucas Miner, a junior from Miami, Florida
|
2023 High School Reunion Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
2019 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
|
Darryle Pollock, a writer and mother originally from Miami, Florida
|
Season 1 player (1985-05-30).
First name pronounced like \"DARE-ul\".
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Brad Rosenstein, a radio producer originally from Miami, Florida
|
Season 13 player (1997-03-05).
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Dennis Leung, a biotech scientist from Half Moon Bay, California
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Season 39 player (2023-07-13).
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Andy Zax, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California
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Season 5 player (1989-01-05). Andy won $50 coming in third on...
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Phyllis Kornov, a bank support officer originally from Miami Beach, Florida
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Season 2 1-time champion: $11,300.
Phyllis died 1993-06-20.
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John Mahoney, an actor from Frasier
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\"A Tony Award winner who now plays Martin Crane on the...
|
David Garcia, an IT communications strategy team lead from Troy, Michigan
|
Season 38 player (2021-10-06). David appeared on Who Wants to Be...
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Chris Sullivan, a naval flight officer from Manama, Bahrain
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Season 11 player (1995-03-22). Not to be confused with Season 15...
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Hermine Vermeij, a librarian from Tarzana, California
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Season 34 player (2018-05-22).
Name pronounced like \"her-MEEN-uh ver-MAY\".
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Sal Manna, a freelance journalist originally from New York City
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Season 1 1-time champion: $4,800.
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Avie Hern, a student originally from Peekskill, New York
|
Season 1 player (1985-03-05). Avie won $5,000 on Win Ben Stein's...
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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...
|
Dave Simpson, a pastor from Belcamp, Maryland
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Jack Mooney, an aerospace engineer from Santa Cruz, California
|
Season 37 player (2020-10-14).
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Robin Carroll-Mann, a librarian from Parsippany, New Jersey
|
Season 9 player (1993-06-01).
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Armand Kachigian, a podiatrist from Granite City, Illinois
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Season 10 player (1994-02-10). Armand won $500,000 on Who Wants to...
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Maureen Mahoney, a claims representative from Kansas City, Kansas
|
Season 3 player (1987-06-08).
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Natasha Baker-Bradley, an appellate attorney from Miami, Florida
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Season 33 player (2017-06-22). Natasha won $70,000 on The Chase on...
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Erhard Konerding, a librarian and instructor from Middletown, Connecticut
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Season 10 1-time champion: $6,002. Erhard appeared on Remember This in...
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Brad Marshall, an illustrator originally from Miami, Florida
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Season 1 2-time champion: $17,500.
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Eric House, a technical writer originally from Miami, Florida
|
Season 1 player (1985-03-21).
|
Allison Berke, a cybersecurity research director from Half Moon Bay, California
|
Season 34 player (2018-03-14).
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Matthew Bunch, a middle school civics and world history teacher from Miami, Florida
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2019 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. At the time of the...
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Ashwin Monian, a data scientist from Hatfield, Pennsylvania
|
Season 36 player (2020-01-24).
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Jay Mahan, a preschool teacher from Manassas, Virginia
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Season 19 player (2003-03-20).
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Jared Wilke, a teacher from Half Moon Bay, California
|
Season 37 player (2021-02-10).
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Meg Monahan, a homemaker from Metuchen, New Jersey
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Season 7 player (1990-12-31).
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Tom Vanderbilt, a writer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 player (2011-12-30).
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Sam Meehan, an attorney from Santa Cruz, California
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Season 39 player (2023-01-30).
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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
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"He teaches at the smallest public school in North Carolina, and...
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Prabhu Balasubramanian, a product manager from Mountain View, California
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Season 28 1-time champion: $9,199 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "bah-lah-soo-brah-MAHN-ee-un".
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Paul Klein, a professor from North Miami Beach, Florida
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Season 9 2-time champion: $20,602.
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Tim Crockett, a casino worker from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-07-19).
KJL game 34.
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Viki Radden, a high school English and literacy teacher from Bakersfield, California
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"She teaches at the largest high school district in California. From...
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John Sellers, a writer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-04-05).
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Dave Maney, a student originally from Binghamton, New York
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Season 3 1-time champion: $9,400.
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Rich Reddick, a graduate student originally from Austin, Texas
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Season 19 1-time champion: $14,450 + $1,000. Won $50,000 on Who...
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Brenton Montie, a sixth grade social studies teacher from South Lyon, Michigan
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"He teaches at a school ranked in the top 5% in...
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Greg Narver, a lawyer from Seattle, Washington
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Season 20 player (2004-07-14).
KJL game 31.
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Kerry Moynihan, an executive search consultant from New York City, New York
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Season 8 player (1991-10-03).
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Chuck Cavender, an advertising executive from Miami, Florida
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Season 2 player (1986-04-30). The introduction was missing from the recording...
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Ed Toutant, an engineer from Austin, Texas
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Season 6 1-time champion: $11,401. Ed appeared on The Challengers in...
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Megan Sullivan, a junior at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia
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2022 National College Championship semifinalist: $20,000. Megan was majoring in classics....
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Brendan Barnwell, a grad student and tutor from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 28 player (2011-12-05). Although Brendan played the Jeopardy! and Double...
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Paul Nelson, a Senate staff aide originally from Iowa City, Iowa
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2013 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 29 5-time champion: $54,900 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: PaulNelson2012
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Ian Leggin, a software trainer originally from Kenosha, Wisconsin
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Season 27 player (2011-07-12).
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Kimberly Sheppard, a legal assistant from Fort Worth, Texas
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Season 27 player (2011-04-08).
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Manny Abell, a naval officer from Lacey, Washington
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Season 34 3-time champion: $42,799 + $1,000. Manny appeared on the...
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Greg Lyon, a project manager from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 26 player (2010-06-03). Partner of Season 29 player Patrick Mooney....
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Mengmeng Zhang, a systems manager from Fort Worth, Texas
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Season 25 player (2008-10-03). Name pronounced like "MUNG-mung ZHAHNG". Jeopardy! Message...
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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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Erik Nelson, a graduate student from Boston, Massachusetts
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 4-time champion: $94,404 + $2,000.
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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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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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Susie Macksey, a stand-up comic from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 9 3-time champion: $27,100. Susie won $1,050 on Win Ben...
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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
|
2008-B Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $44,600. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
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Pian Wong, a high school English teacher from New York, New York
|
"She teaches at a Bronx school that's been ranked the most...
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Peter Hansen, a project manager from New York, New York
|
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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Curtis Warren, an air traffic controller from Palm Springs, California
|
Season 2 player (1986-01-03). Curtis won $136,288 in cash & prizes...
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Brad Brown, a theater teacher from Nashville, Tennessee
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"And he is a theater teacher at an international baccalaureate certified...
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Jonathan Groff, a writer and producer for television from Los Angeles, California
|
\"A 5-show winner in 1995, he\'s now a writer and producer...
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Jack Mahoney, an actor from Jersey City, New Jersey
|
1993 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 9 4-time champion: $32,404.
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Mary Ann Stanley, a high school chemistry and physical science teacher from Statesboro, Georgia
|
"She's been teaching for 22 years and is now teaching the...
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Jack Mahoney, an actor originally from Newport, Rhode Island
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1993 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 9 4-time champion: $32,404.
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Tom Aquino, a lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts
|
Season 20 player (2004-07-06). KJL game 25. Last name pronounced like...
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Lauren Hopkins Karcz, a language test developer from Atlanta, Georgia
|
Season 29 player (2013-06-06).
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Wes Pierce, a financial planner from Anaheim Hills, California
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $47,199 + $2,000.
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Jonathan Feuerman, an attorney from Miami, Florida
|
Season 19 player (2003-04-18).
|
Catherine Whitten, a high school history teacher from Plano, Texas
|
"This gifted teacher primarily teaches gifted students. From Plano, Texas, this...
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Brian Meacham, a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 4-time champion: $90,500...
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Jay Rhee, an oncologist from Annapolis, Maryland
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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Matt Olson, a sophomore at Stanford University from Berkeley, California
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Katie O'Meara, an 11-year-old from Plano, Texas
|
"This future kindergarten teacher is straight-A's in our book. From Plano,...
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Greg Boscaiu, a 12-year-old from Brea, California
|
"As an urban planner, he wants to help build greener communities....
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Tom Lynn, a property manager from Baltimore, Maryland
|
Season 29 player (2013-03-25).
JBoard user name: BaltimoreBoy
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Sarah Bart, a senior at Goucher College from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2012 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 22 at...
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Andrew Grace, a 12-year-old from Apex, North Carolina
|
"He wants to be a soccer player and an orthopedic surgeon,...
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Serena Kay Tibbitt, an attorney from Miami, Florida
|
Season 33 player (2017-03-09).
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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.
|
Jaime Alayon, a sophomore at the George Washington University from Miami, Florida
|
2012 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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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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Carol Lee, a legal analyst from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 25 player (2008-09-22).
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
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"He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
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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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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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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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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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Amy Paull, a stay-at-home mom from The Woodlands, Texas
|
Season 28 player (2012-06-28). Amy won $30,000 on Who Wants to...
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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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Gilah Pomeranz, a project manager from Yellow Springs, Ohio
|
Season 24 player (2008-04-29). Gilah won $950 on Win Ben Stein’s...
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Robert Gibbs, a former press secretary from the Obama White House
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"In 2004, he joined Barack Obama's senatorial campaign as communications director,...
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Paula Menasche, a high school social studies teacher from Coral Gables, Florida
|
Season 29 3-time champion: $55,100 + $1,000.
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Bob Mahoney, a public affairs officer originally from Melrose, Massachusetts
|
Season 6 player[?] (1990-04-13).
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Kevin Yang, a junior from Birmingham, Alabama
|
2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Andy Baggarly, a journalist and author from Palo Alto, California
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Season 28 3-time champion: $60,402 + $1,000. Andy won $200 on...
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Jeff Haylon, a sophomore from Newtown, Connecticut
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Dan Streit, a teacher originally from Miami, Florida
|
Season 12 player (1996-05-28).
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Debra McGuire, a homemaker and micro farmer from Princeton, Texas
|
Season 28 player (2012-01-18).
JBoard user name: debramc
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Ben Greenho, a junior from Plano, Texas
|
2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Raya Elias-Pushett, a junior from Aventura, Florida
|
2011 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $20,851. First name...
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Trevor Walker, a sophomore at MIT from Miami Shores, Florida
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2013 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000.
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Steven Ho, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Bret Jacobs, a financial consultant from Irvine, California
|
Season 28 player (2011-10-07).
|
Bryan Barnett, a military charter flight attendant from Potomac Falls, Virginia
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Season 28 player (2012-01-10).
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Brad Rutter, a $3.2-million winner from Los Angeles, California
|
"In 2000, he became a 5-time champion and went on to...
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Ed Glenn, a college professor from Miami, Florida
|
Season 19 player (2003-07-10).
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Erin McLean, a junior at 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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Matt Neville, a deli clerk from Hamden, Connecticut
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $65,400 + $2,000.
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David Weiss, a professor from Billings, Montana
|
Season 25 player (2008-10-17).
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Matt Heimer, a magazine editor from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 24 player (2008-07-25).
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Jean Whitcomb, a teller supervisor from Kalamazoo, Michigan
|
Season 24 1-time champion: $21,201 + $1,000.
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Claire Ward, a project manager from Richmond, Virginia
|
Season 23 player (2007-02-27).
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Tom Moynihan, an attorney from Irving, Texas
|
Season 11 player (1995-01-24).
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Davine Scarlett, a 12-year-old from Miami, Florida
|
1999 Back-to-School Week player (1999-09-07).
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a materials scientist from Phoenix, Arizona
|
2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Donna Brown, a customer service representative from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 34 1-time champion: $45,600 + $2,000. At the introduction of...
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Rosie O'Donnell, from The Rosie O'Donnell Show
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"Her love of Broadway led this talk show host to emceeing...
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Toni Case, a substitute teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
|
Season 24 player (2008-06-26).
|
David Emery-Peck, a development officer from Oberlin, Ohio
|
Season 31 player (2014-12-18).
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Tim Moon, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
|
2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 2-time champion: $72,601 + $1,000.
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Tavis Smiley, a talk show host from PBS's The Tavis Smiley Show
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"He's interviewed such diverse personalities as Fidel Castro, Pope John Paul...
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Heidi Fogle, a senior from Overland Park, Kansas
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand
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\"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
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Myles Jeffrey, a senior from Seal Beach, California
|
2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Michael Bilow, a Ph.D. student in computer science originally from Chicago, Illinois
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2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 31 3-time champion: $96,000...
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Emma Miller, from San Mateo, California
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"She loves the idea of creating art that people can live...
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Rachel "Steve" Cooke, a senior from Fishers, Indiana
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2008-A Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000. 17 at the time of...
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Maria Bartiromo, a business anchor from CNBC
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Charities: National Italian American Foundation...
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Neha Rao, from Johns Creek, Georgia
|
"She's hoping to become a teacher and inspire her students in...
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Zane Ice, a 12-year-old from West Palm Beach, Florida
|
"He wants to build a business in emerging technologies to help...
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Philip Blustein, a handyman from Beverly Hills, California
|
Season 20 player (2004-05-28).
Last name pronounced like "BLOO-steen".
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Tyler Van Patten, from Burlington, Wisconsin
|
"He's focusing on becoming a corporate attorney, because of his fascination...
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Olivia Woods, a 12-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
"She loves working with little kids and would like to become...
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Anne Boyd, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
|
2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion: $84,600...
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Andy Catsimanes, an Internet marketing copy writer from Overland Park, Kansas
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Season 24 1-time champion: $26,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Katie Gill, a sophomore from Jackson, Mississippi
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2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Lionel Goldbart, a retired schoolteacher from Miami Beach, Florida
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Oceanside, CA at...
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Krissy Brzycki, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"Her love of helping her community and her interest in politics...
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Manoj Mate, an attorney from San Francisco, California
|
Season 18 player (2002-04-05).
Name pronounced like "mahn-OHZSH mah-TAY".
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Victoria Agrinya, a 12-year-old from Woodbridge, Virginia
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"She would like to be a successful entrepreneur when she grows...
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Melissa Luttmann, a freshman from Memphis, Tennessee
|
2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 14 at the time of...
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Christine Schmidt, a high school teacher from Miami, Florida
|
Season 19 2-time champion: $33,801 + $1,000.
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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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Andy Morse, a money manager from Scarsdale, New York
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Season 11 player (1994-12-05).
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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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Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
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James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Manhattan Beach,...
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Meredith Johnson, a senior from University of Minnesota
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Attended the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities...
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Michael Steele, a political analyst and host from MSNBC and Steele & Ungar
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"He was elected lieutenant governor of Maryland in 2003, and later...
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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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Katie McArthur, a hazardous waste compliance inspector from Yakima, Washington
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Season 23 player (2007-01-31).
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Bob Danielson, a financial analyst from Miami Springs, Florida
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Season 2 1-time champion $8,950.
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Freda Mammina, a teacher from Yonkers, New York
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1989 Senior Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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John Cuthbertson, a physicist from San Diego, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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John Cuthbertson, a physicist originally from Liberty, Missouri
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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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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Colleen Mahoney, a sophomore from East Hampton, Connecticut
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2001 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $10,000. 15 at the time of...
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James Hyder, a systems manager from Columbia, Maryland
|
Season 7 1-time champion: $7,201 + a trip to Miami on...
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Allie Pape, a sophomore from Ponte Vedra, Florida
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Allie was 14 at the time...
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Liana Walters, a junior from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Liana was 16 at the...
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Laura Adomunas, a pharmacist from Sayreville, New Jersey
|
Season 20 player (2004-06-10).
KJL game 7.
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Lan Djang, a business analyst from Toronto, Canada
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
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Michael Backes, a puzzle designer originally from Tucson, Arizona
|
Season 1 3-time champion: $31,300. Michael won $1,300 on Win Ben...
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Sally Mouzon, an opera singer from Belmont, California
|
Season 17 player (2001-03-28). Appeared on Win Ben Stein's Money, and...
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Roger Craig, a data scientist from Brooklyn, New York
|
"He was a graduate student in computer science living in Newark,...
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Danny Shapiro, a gynecologist originally from Miami, Florida
|
Season 7 player (1990-11-22).
Last name pronounced like Sha-PIE-ro.
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Corey Halgren, a supplier quality engineer from Noblesville, Indiana
|
Season 20 player (2004-06-08).
KJL game 5.
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Timothy Mahoney, a development officer originally from Detroit, Michigan
|
Season 18 1-time champion: $15,000.
|
Clinton Wieden, a college student from Fairview, Oklahoma
|
Season 20 player (2004-06-07). KJL game 4. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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Kurt Bodden, an industrial designer from San Francisco, California
|
Season 13 player (1997-01-02).
Won $5,000 on Win Ben Stein's Money.
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Cathy Lanctot, a law professor from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Josh Den Hartog, a junior from Otley, Iowa
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1998 Tournament...
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Michael Falk, a meteorologist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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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.
|
Maria Wenglinsky, a teacher from Brooklyn, New York
|
2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion: $122,300...
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Kermin Fleming, a student from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
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Kirsten Albair, a jeweler from Caribou, Maine
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Season 30 player (2014-03-11).
|
Tom Meenan, a computer consultant from Arlington, Virginia
|
Season 13 player (1996-12-20).
|
Mehrun Etebari, a graduate student of international relations from Durham, New Hampshire
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
Erin McGurgan, an English teacher from Saugerties, New York
|
Season 22 player (2005-12-14).
|
Richard Bolton, an investment banker from Miami, Florida
|
Season 1 player (1984-10-05).
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Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
|
2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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Brad Rutter, an actor and producer from Hollywood, California
|
"He was a college student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, when he won...
|
Glenda Niemiec, a payroll specialist from St. Paul, Minnesota
|
Season 22 player (2005-12-02).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Gramma Glenda
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Nico Martinez, a junior at Stanford University from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
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John Krizel, a green community program coordinator from Beckley, West Virginia
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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Chris Breen, a sophomore at Princeton University from Springfield, Massachusetts
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
|
Aman Birk, from Irvine, California
|
"He may not be the fastest swimmer on the team, but...
|
Pranita Ramakrishnan, from Centreville, Virginia
|
"Not only does this future neurologist enjoy swimming, drawing and spelling,...
|
Trevor Mahoney, an actuary from Louisville, Kentucky
|
Season 33 player (2017-04-12).
JBoard user name: badgerfellow
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Sarah Hayden Williams, a bakery owner and caterer from North Creek, New York
|
Season 29 player (2012-10-25).
JBoard user name: sarahbree
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Olivia Colangelo, a junior from the University of Notre Dame from Murrysville, Pennsylvania
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Dan Melia, a retired professor from Berkeley, California
|
"He was a professor at U.C. Berkeley when he won the...
|
Peter Ellis, a senior at North Carolina State University from Cary, North Carolina
|
2005 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
|
Vince Mohan, a high school teacher from Englewood, New Jersey
|
Season 12 player (1996-04-04).
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Steve Greene, a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California
|
2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Hope Landsem, from Tualatin, Oregon
|
"She likes to win arguments, and that's why she's going to...
|
Van Lane, an ATM support technician from Denver, Colorado
|
Season 26 3-time champion: $69,128 + $1,000.
|
Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
|
"A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
|
Joseph Henares, from Avon, Connecticut
|
"Along with group science projects, history club, writing club, and chess...
|
Susan Klak, a teacher from Plainfield, Illinois
|
Season 22 player (2005-10-26).
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Mitchell Vogel, from Madison, Wisconsin
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"This future governor of Wisconsin enjoys rollerblading, reading, and playing saxophone....
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Vermillion, South Dakota
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"He won both the 1989 Teen Tournament and the 1998 Teen...
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Røb Severson, a custodial facilitator from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 26 player (2009-11-17). Name pronounced like "ROB SEE-ver-sun". Røb wore...
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Jeremy Evans, a tech advisor from Englewood, Ohio
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Season 22 player (2005-11-01).
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Kammy McCleery, a coordinator of experiential education and student employment from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 21 1-time champion: $12,400 + $2,000.
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Charlotte Darby, from West Chester, Pennsylvania
|
"Her crafts include crochet, origami, and friendship bracelets. From West Chester,...
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Matt Tick, from Escondido, California
|
"Will take violin lessons and loves science, but he really wants...
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Maria Wenglinsky, a teacher originally from Salt Lake City, Utah
|
2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion: $122,300...
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Caroline Evans, a twelve-year-old from Bethesda, Maryland
|
"The sky's not the limit. She wants to be the first...
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Jon Er, from Williamsville, New York
|
"This musician always argues for his fairness, so he wants to...
|
Brian Algra, a doctoral student from Torrance, California
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Season 21 player (2005-06-10).
|
Stuart Nadler, a writer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 22 player (2005-10-17).
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Thomas Horn, a twelve-year-old from Piedmont, California
|
"He plans on making the world a better place as an...
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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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Michael Braun, a high school junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
|
"He is the 2005 Teen Tournament champion. A high school junior...
|
Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
|
"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
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Graham Gilmer, a senior at Stanford University from Stanford, California
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"He was the Teen Tournament champion in 2001. Now he's a...
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Pat Healy, an index supervisor from Vallejo, California
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"His five wins in 1998 helped him land a dream job...
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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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Michael Daunt, an accountant from Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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"In 1996, he was a finalist in the Tournament of Champions....
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Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
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Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
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Tom Halpern, a lawyer originally from New York, New York
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"A writer and researcher when he won 5 times in 1991,...
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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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Eugene Finerman, a writer from Northbrook, Illinois
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"A finalist in the 1987 Tournament of Champions, he's a writer....
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Fraser Woodford, an investment banker from New York, New York
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"In 1993, winner of the Teen Tournament, he's now an investment...
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Andrew Hutchings, a graduate student from Ithaca, New York
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"A senior when he won the 1998 College Championship, he's now...
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Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
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"Legislative work in his home state was suspended so that lawmakers...
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Bill Sloan, a realtor from Mission Viejo, California
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"Since winning five shows in 1996, he has gone on to...
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Jay Mann, an animal control dispatcher from Anaheim, California
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Season 1 1-time champion: $5,400.
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Kathleen Mikulis, a stay-at-home mom from Mountain View, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $25,201 + $2,000. Kathleen's contestant experience blog....
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Craig Barker, an Advanced Placement history teacher from Livonia, Michigan
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"In 1997 he won the College Championship. Today he's an Advanced...
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Brad Plovan, an attorney from Baltimore, Maryland
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"With the money from his five wins in 1995, he bought...
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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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Kurt Bray, a scientist from Oceanside, California
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"A 5-time winner in 1994, he used some of his winnings...
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Jack Archey, an actor and writer from Los Angeles, California
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"He was a CPA and comedian when he won his 5th...
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Lionel Goldbart, a newsstand clerk from South Miami Beach, Florida
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Mark Eckard, an entrepreneur from Bedford, Massachusetts
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"A 2001 5-time champion as a software designer, he has now...
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Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
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Dan Melia, a college professor from Berkeley, California
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"He was a 1998 Tournament of Champions winner. Today he's a...
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Vinita Kailasanath, a consultant from San Mateo, California
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"She represented Stanford University when she won the 2001 College Tourney....
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Steven Milton, a legal case assistant from San Diego, California
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Season 26 2-time champion: $30,299 + $1,000. Steve Milton San Diego,...
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Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"He was a writer living in Studio City, California, when he...
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Dan Katz, a lawyer from Owings Mills, Maryland
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"Since his five wins in 1990, he's seen Bruce Springsteen 16...
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Billy Baxter, an attorney from Richmond, Virginia
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"Representing the College of William & Mary, he won the 1992...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a computer consultant from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was the winner of the 1992 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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Jeremy Bate, an emergency medical technician and writer from Tujunga, California
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"A second-place finisher in the 2000 Tournament of Champions, he's now...
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Robert Yowell, an instructor of political science originally from Orange, California
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Season 27 player (2010-10-15).
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Tad Carithers, an attorney from New York City, New York
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"He finished second in the 2001 Tournament of Champions. Today he...
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Jeff Richmond, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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"He used his 1988 5-game winnings to pay for law school....
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John Genova, a teacher from Granada Hills, California
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"From 1984, he was the earliest 5-time champion in the tournament....
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
|
"His aggressive wagering helped him become the biggest winner from the...
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she was the first female winner of a Tournament...
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Kerry Breitenbach, a marketing analyst from South Euclid, Ohio
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 21 5-time champion: $90,400...
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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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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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Anderson Cooper, an anchor from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
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"As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus of Harper's...
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Sanda Kurtz, a price protection manager from Miami Beach, Florida
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Season 21 player (2004-11-26).
KJL game 73.
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Adam Villani, an engineer from Long Beach, California
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Season 21 player (2004-10-27). KJL game 61. Adam won $80,000 on...
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Arthur Gandolfi, a commercial real estate executive from Pleasantville, New York
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2004 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $25,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Sam Ott, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California
|
2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19/20 4-time champion: $67,102 + $1,000.
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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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Stephen Stiegel, a high school English teacher from Elon, North Carolina
|
Season 25 player (2009-05-27).
Last name pronounced like "STEE-gul".
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Nick Gorski, a journalist from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2010-03-15). Nick wore a Regis High School tie...
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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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Barry Petchesky, a journalist from New York, New York
|
Season 25 player (2009-03-09).
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Peter Hall, a teaching artist at a museum from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $36,800 + $1,000.
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Felicia Ko, a stay-at-home mom from Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania
|
Season 26 player (2010-06-04).
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Billy Hackenson, an eleven-year-old from Great Falls, Virginia
|
"As a descendant of President Taft, it's no surprise that he's...
|
James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Jen McFann, a Peace Corps recruiter from Astoria, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
|
Buzz Aldrin, a retired astronaut and author from the book Encounter with Tiber
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"He's an entry in every encyclopedia, author of the book Encounter...
|
Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
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"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
|
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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Paul Boymel, an attorney from Potomac, Maryland
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1985 Tournament...
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Dan Rowley, an aerospace engineer from Westchester, California
|
Season 20 player (2004-04-20).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: westchester guy
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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
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 and from Hastings, Minnesota at...
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
|
"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
|
Season 20 1-time champion: $21,155 + $1,000.
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Greg Lichtenstein, a freshman from Vassar College
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 18 and from Plainview, New York...
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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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Debra Winthrop, an environmental attorney from Stamford, Connecticut
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Season 7 player (1990-09-03): a trip to Miami, Florida + 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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Andrea Michaels, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 4 player (1988-07-05): Gibson's Keytek professional keyboard + a Krayco...
|
Terry Linwood, a bookseller from Plano, Texas
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $122,705...
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Shyra Latiolais, a legal secretary from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Robert Wargo, a student from Fairfield, Connecticut
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Season 2 player (1986-05-29). Robert appeared on seven episodes of Connecticut...
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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
|
David Juliano, a casino dealer from Las Vegas, Nevada
|
Season 9 1-time champion: $8,000 + a week's vacation at Murrieta...
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Kathy Kenny, a high school math teacher from Park Ridge, New Jersey
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $18,201 + $2,000.
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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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Deborah White, a marketing manager from Woodstock, Georgia
|
Season 20 player (2004-04-09).
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Victor Fernandez, a nonprofit professional from Miami, Florida
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Season 19 player (2003-01-31).
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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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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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Luis Corchado, an attorney from Denver, Colorado
|
Season 20 player (2004-01-07).
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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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Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
|
"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
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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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CCH Pounder, an actress from Avatar and Brothers
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"She earned an Emmy nomination for her role as Claudette Wyms...
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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
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Kathy Kinney, an actress from The Drew Carey Show
|
"She plays Drew Carey's colorful nemesis Mimi on ABC's The Drew...
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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...
|
Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
|
Louis Irizarry, a sales rep from Palmetto Bay, Florida
|
Season 25 player (2009-02-04).
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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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Sara Terrell, a veterinary technician from Windsor, Connecticut
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Andrea Barnes, a stay-at-home mom from Johnstown, Pennsylvania
|
Season 27 player (2010-12-27).
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Anna Tschetter, a legal assistant from Danvers, Massachusetts
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Season 26 1-time champion: $3,400 + $1,000.
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Per Milam, a graduate student of philosophy from San Diego, California
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Season 24 player (2007-11-30).
Name pronounced like "PAIR MY-lam".
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Harris Cohen, a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Shay Collins, an 11-year-old from Averill Park, New York
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"His passion for music helps this future rock star to play...
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Camryn Manheim, an actress from The Practice
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"She won an Emmy for her portrayal of Ellenor Frutt on...
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Mike Becker, a track & field coach from Miami, Florida
|
Season 16 player (2000-01-28).
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Catherine Bell, an actress from JAG
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"Her Marine Corps attorney, Major Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie, plays by the...
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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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Ellie O'Donnell, a systems analyst from Bloomington, Illinois
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Season 20 1-time champion: $9,800 + $2,000.
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Marc Goldenberg, an economist from Miami Beach, Florida
|
Season 19 2-time champion: $22,801 + $1,000.
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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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Donna Vogel, a scientist from Bethesda, Maryland
|
2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Jim Stevens, a high school math teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 6-time champion: $140,600 + $2,000.
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Charlie Blatt, an 11-year-old from Scarsdale, New York
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"Besides cooking, working on the computer, and tap dancing, she likes...
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George Lewis, a teacher from Fairfield, Connecticut
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Season 20 player (2004-03-10).
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Kizzle Cote, a 12-year-old from Ludlow, Massachusetts
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"This future ichthyologist has a 30-gallon aquarium in his bedroom..." 2007...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Bob Kennedy, a college linguistics instructor from Santa Barbara, California
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $33,800 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Bobk
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Rahul Ranadive, a lawyer from Miami, Florida
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Season 16 1-time champion: $3,000.
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Emily Moin, a 12-year-old from Rockville Centre, New York
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"Whether it's music or drama, she just loves to perform..." 2000...
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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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Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Matthew McCarthy, a college sophomore from Miami, Florida
|
Season 16 player (1999-12-30).
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Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
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2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Rosemarie Rinaldi, an attorney from Miami, Florida
|
Season 16 player (1999-12-30).
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Andrew Rostan, a writer and script reader originally from Boardman, Ohio
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
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"He's appeared on Broadway in Proof, Assassins, and Cabaret. He's now...
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Michael Boisson, an artist from New York, New York
|
Season 24 player (2007-10-18).
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Trip Robertson, a non-profit development director from Charleston, South Carolina
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Season 24 player (2007-10-15).
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Amy Mandel, a 12-year-old from Miami, Florida
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"Even though she's an expert in politics, she still wants to...
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Diana North, a first grade teacher from Rock Hill, South Carolina
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"She recently celebrated her silver anniversary of teaching. From Rock Hill,...
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Lionel Goldbart, a part-time newsstand clerk from Miami Beach, Florida
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
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"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
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Gigi Lehman, a home schooling mom from Miami, Florida
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Season 16 player (2000-04-26).
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Scotty Ballard, a 12-year-old from Murphy, Texas
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"When he grows up, he hopes to serve justice as a...
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Brian Robin, a public relations executive from Lancaster, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $8,599 + $2,000. Brian won $5,000 on...
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Chris Possinger, a mechanical engineer from Boston, Massachusetts
|
Season 23 player (2007-04-04).
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Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton, a graduate student originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 23 1-time champion: $10,300 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: orangecrayon
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Catherine Allen, a copy editor from DeMotte, Indiana
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Season 23 player (2007-04-03). Won $1,000 on Who Wants to be...
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Craig Nemiroff, a director of business development from New York, New York
|
Season 23 player (2007-04-02).
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Mallory Ortberg, a student and waitress from Menlo Park, California
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Season 26 player (2009-12-21).
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Kathryn Erbe, an actress from Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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"On stage, she earned a 1991 Tony nomination for Speed of...
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Sam Waterston, an actor from Law & Order
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"A Best Actor Oscar nominee for The Killing Fields, he's now...
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Christopher Meloni, an Emmy-nominated actor from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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"He's played challenging roles on both sides of the law, including...
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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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Curt Schilling, a pitcher from the Boston Red Sox
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"In helping the Red Sox to win the 2004 World Series,...
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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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Lois Rothman, a social worker from Miami, Florida
|
Season 2 player (1986-04-23).
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from Sherman Oaks, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Mark Brown, an administrative assistant and father from Peoria, Arizona
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2003 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 5-time champion: $68,094...
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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.
|
Jason Stuart, a substitute teacher from San Diego, California
|
Season 23 player (2006-10-26).
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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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2014 Battle of the Decades quarterfinalist: $10,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Ben Tritle, an apartment manager from Los Angeles, California
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 5-time champion: $78,600...
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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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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Michael Bandiera, an attorney from Burbank, California
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Season 23 player (2007-03-15).
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Kriti Gandhi, a senior from Ellicott City, Maryland
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 18 at the time...
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Lindsey Nicolai, a junior from Hampton, Virginia
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Bruce Janger, a retired attorney from Santa Monica, California
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Season 19 2-time champion: $47,401 + $2,000.
Appeared on Win Ben Stein's Money.
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Aiden Pink, a freshman from St. Louis Park, Minnesota
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 15 at the time...
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Patrick Mahoney, an actor and director from the Bronx, New York
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Season 17 player (2001-07-16).
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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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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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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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Jason Ross, an engineer from Folsom, California
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Season 24 player (2007-12-07).
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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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Rishi Bhandari, a first-year law student from New York City, New York
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Season 16 player (2000-04-18). Won $100,000 on Who Wants to Be...
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Megan Clouser, an environmental compliance specialist from Miami, Florida
|
Season 15 1-time champion: $2,800.
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Meri-Jane Rochelson, a college professor from Miami, Florida
|
Season 16 player (2000-04-18).
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Gerald McClanahan, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 22 player (2006-03-13).
Instant Films.
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Matt Mann, an operations manager from Carpinteria, California
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Season 14 1-time champion: $1,401.
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Dan Avila, a photographer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 7 1-time champion: $5,300 + a Sanyo remote control stereo...
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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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Jennifer Kelly, a college instructor from Madison, Alabama
|
Season 22 player (2006-02-03).
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Jim Mainguy, a customer service representative from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 22 player (2006-07-21). Last name pronounced like "MAIN-gee" (with a...
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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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Becky Benjamin, a law student from Miami, Florida
|
Season 16 player (1999-10-20).
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Brett McGlasson, a systems analyst from Henderson, Nevada
|
Season 22 player (2006-07-07).
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John Moore, a talk radio show host from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 22 player (2006-01-31).
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Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
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Susan Lucci, an actress from All My Children
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"One of daytime TV's most beloved actresses, she's played Erica Kane...
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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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Rick Kent, a paralegal from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 24 3-time champion: $67,202 + $1,000. Rick won $5,000 on...
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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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John Kelly, a retired Air Force officer from Austin, Texas
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"In 1992, he was one of the top five money winners...
|
Michael Rooney, a college professor from Pasadena, California
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"He was a winner of 5 games in 1999, and is...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a materials scientist from Phoenix, Arizona
|
2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Jerome Vered, a writer from Studio City, California
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Michael Blake, a 12-year-old from Hamburg, New York
|
"Our top story tonight is this young man, who wants to...
|
Dan Melia, a professor from San Francisco, California
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Sara Jansson, a 10-year-old from Monmouth Junction, New Jersey
|
"She wants to become a singer because she loves music so...
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Crystal Reed, a pension assistant from Miami, Florida
|
Season 16 player (1999-09-15).
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Josh Den Hartog, a Teen Tournament winner from Otley, Iowa
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1998 Tournament...
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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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Keith Williams, a sophomore at Middlebury College from Middlebury, Vermont
|
"As a freshman from Middlebury College, he won the 2003 College...
|
Ben Goggins, a retired marine biologist from Tybee Island, Georgia
|
Season 22 2-time champion: $46,800 + $2,000.
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Gordon Frankel Light, an attorney originally from Miami, Florida
|
Season 12 player (1996-02-02).
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Margaret Rhodes, a horseback riding instructor from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 21 player (2005-07-19).
Wife of Season 18 1-time champion Jeff Rhodes.
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Dan Melia, a professor from San Francisco, California
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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Ben Lyon, an industrial scaleman from Dallas, Texas
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"Representing the University of Oklahoma, he won the 1995 College Championship....
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Steven Popper, an economist from Topanga, California
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"A winner of 5 shows in 1988, he has since founded...
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Phil Yellman, a legal assistant from Seattle, Washington
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"He was an office worker from Albuquerque when he won his...
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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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Jim McMurtry, a letter carrier from Tallahassee, Florida
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Season 23 2-time champion: $58,401 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: raoulhubris
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Steve Muni, a cooking writer from Jackson, California
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Season 13 player (1997-07-11).
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Jim Stalley, a crime data specialist from Denver, Colorado
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2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19 4-time champion: $84,100 + $2,000.
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Kent Rasmussen, an editor and writer originally from Berkeley, California
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Season 6 player (1990-05-23). Web page at http://pages.prodigy.net/arkent/ [dead link] Appeared...
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Papa Chakravarthy, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament champion: $75,000.
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Diane Siegel, an educational consultant and writer from Northridge, California
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"A full-time mom when she won five games in 1993, now...
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Kenny Schlax, a junior from Deerfield, Illinois
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Listed as "Kenneth" on the official web site.
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Frank Selevan, an advertising copywriter originally from Miami, Florida
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Season 1 player (1984-09-10).
Web site at selevanstravels.com.
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Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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"In 1991, he was the winner of the Tournament of Champions....
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Vanamali Compton, a junior from Clarkdale, Arizona
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Joseph Graumann, a junior from Mays Landing, New Jersey
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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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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Katie James, a sophomore from Winchester, Virginia
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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David Rozenson, a lawyer from Newton, Massachusetts
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 21 3-time champion: $76,000 + $1,000.
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Robert Kirkpatrick, an animator from Miami Beach, Florida
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Season 21 player (2004-11-08).
KJL game 69.
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student from Fort Collins, Colorado
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2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Scott Renzoni, a bartender and actor from Burlington, Vermont
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2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 20 4-time champion: $112,998 + $2,000.
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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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Vinita Kailasanath, a recent college graduate originally from Laurel, Maryland
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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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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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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Dennis Donohue, a general manager from Janesville, Wisconsin
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"He was administrative services officer from Arizona when he became a...
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Catherine Ewen, a recent law school graduate from Berkeley, California
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Season 21 player (2004-12-24).
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Brian Weikle, a consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Barbara-Anne Eddy, a civil servant from Vancouver, Canada
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"Her 5-time winnings from 1988 allowed her to go for nearly...
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Allan Long, a freshman from Tallahassee, Florida
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 14 at the time of the...
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Kermin Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
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Sean Ryan, a cab driver from State College, Pennsylvania
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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"In 2003, he became the first to win a quarter of...
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