| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | SHARED INTERNATIONAL LAKES $800: Lake Champlain is shared by the states of Vermont & New York & this province Quebec |
| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | ITALIAN PRODUCTS $800: According to the "New York Times", a marketing blitz by Campari Group made this orangey spritz the drink of the summer in 2018 an aperol spritz |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | ZIMBABWE $1200: Niagara Falls is a city in New York at the Canadian border; similarly, this is a town in Zimbabwe at the Zambian border Victoria Falls |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: The Catskill Mountains in New York are part of this much larger mountain system the Appalachians |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | CHANNEL ORANGE $800: Jim Brown, Joyce Carol Oates & Joe Biden are Orange men & women of renown as alums of this college in New York Syracuse |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | THE MOVIES $200: The title of this Billy Crystal-Meg Ryan film refers to 1977, driving from Chicago to New York together after college When Harry Met Sally... |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | PLACES THAT ARE ALSO FIRST NAMES $600: Grand Army Plaza & its Soldiers' & Sailors' Arch marks the main entrance to Prospect Park in this New York City borough Brooklyn |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | NEW YORK GOVERNORS $200: Elected governor in 1868, John T. Hoffman was the last to go from this job to higher office; Rudy, Bloomberg & de Blasio all tried mayor of New York |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | NEW YORK GOVERNORS $400: On June 29, 1795 this first chief justice resigned from the Supreme Court to become New York's second governor (John) Jay |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | NEW YORK GOVERNORS $600: Known as the "Father of the Erie Canal", he served 2 terms as governor of New York DeWitt Clinton |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | NEW YORK GOVERNORS $800: George Pataki's governorship 1995-2007 included environmental protection for this body of water, shared with Connecticut Long Island Sound |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | NEW YORK GOVERNORS $1000: This governor resigned from politics 2 months after losing the 1876 presidential election to Rutherford B. Hayes Samuel Tilden |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL $200: In 1957 New York City had 3 MLB teams, these 3 the Giants, the Dodgers & the Yankees |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | IT'S A FACT $400: This organization's New York City HQ was built on land bought in 1946 with an $8.5 million gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr. the U.N. |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | "C-U" LATER $1600: Nov. 25, the date the British cleared out of New York City in 1783, was once a blowout holiday called this day Evacuation Day |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | BEFORE THEY WERE CONGRESSWOMEN $2000: Pre-politics, Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell & this current New York senator were colleagues at the same law firm Gillibrand |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | DURING JAMES BUCHANAN'S PRESIDENCY $1600: New York City's citizens, including 103 who gave $1,000 each, raised the funds to build this church; the cornerstone was laid in 1858 St. Patrick's |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | BESTSELLING BOOKS $600: Chapter 1 of "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" is about the changes caused by this New York Giant who terrified quarterbacks Lawrence Taylor |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | 19th CENTURY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $1600: Before he was the big name in New York newspaper publishing, he published "The St. Louis Post-Dispatch" Pulitzer |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $1600: The New York Times called this piece with a name in the title "Beethoven's trifle... featured on Baby Einstein albums" "Für Elise" |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | & 5 SIDES $400: Hal Prince co-produced this New York City-set musical that opened on Broadway on Sept. 26, 1957 West Side Story |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | PROSE & CONGRESS $400: In "Life on the Run" Bill Bradley talks about his pre-Senate life playing on this NBA team the New York Knicks |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS $1200: Eden, New York has a museum devoted to this mouth-blown musical toy a kazoo |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | NAMES IN FASHION $600: In 1990 this designer opened her flagship bridal salon at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City (Vera) Wang |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | LITERARY GROUPS $1200: The 1926 literary magazine "Fire!!" featured Wallace Thurman & Countee Cullen, members of this New York movement the Harlem Renaissance |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | TAKING FLIGHT $800: 3 major airports serve New York City including this one that's not even in the same state Newark |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | THOSE MEDDLING KID KINGS & QUEENS $1200: An 1889 New York Times article called Alphonso XIII "the happiest living monarch"; he would go on to rule this country until 1931 Spain |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | SIBLINGS OF NOTE $400: Last name of Joseph, publisher of the New York World, & of brother Albert, who ran the less well-known New York Morning Journal Pulitzer |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | DUCK SOUP $1000: In 2018, a hot duck of this species with the name of a form of Chinese appeared in New York City; folks fell in love with it Mandarin |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: The first women's club in New York was La Liga de las Hijas de this island where a rebellion against Spain was sending refugees norte-ward Cuba |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | IT'S GIVING... $400: A New York Times headline read this oil man's "gifts total $530,853,632", remarkably specific on the day after his death in 1937 (John D.) Rockefeller |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | A LONG SESSION OF MONOPOLY $600: Having gotten a 20-year monopoly for steamboat navigation in New York, Robert Livingston paired with him to, y'know, build a boat in 1802 Fulton |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS $200: (Robin Roberts presents the clue.) The 369th Infantry Regiment has its origins as the 15th New York Infantry Regiment of this reserve section of the Army; before the U.S. entered World War I, they trained in a second floor dance studio in Harlem the National Guard |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | FULL-COURT PRESS $200: In 2000 the New York Daily News printed "Bush wins" after the Supremes rejected a recount in this state Florida |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | NICKNAMES $1600: George Gershwin worked as a "song plugger" in the musical New York City area with this 3-word nickname Tin Pan Alley |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $400: In 1904, photographer Edward Steichen captured a now-iconic image of this triangular New York City building at twilight the Flatiron Building |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | TRAIN STATIONS $300: The signs of the zodiac grace the iconic ceiling
of this New York City landmark, one of the world's first all-electric buildings Grand Central |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | KURT RUSSELL FILMS $500: Kurt has said that his most iconic character is "Snake" Plissken, the antihero of this film set in a dystopian Big Apple Escape from New York |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | COLLEGE PREP $1000: Per its name, Rensselaer in Troy, New York is this type of school that educates students in many scientific fields polytechnic |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES $200: Lindbergh is mentioned in the first paragraph of her 1937 obit Amelia Earhart |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES $600: This surrealist's 1989 obit noted when he "hallucinated in the late 1920s, the whole world hallucinated with him" Dalí |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES $800: His 2018 obit described him as a physicist and author "who roamed the cosmos from a wheelchair" Hawking |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES $1000: This actor's 2016 obit mentioned he had outlived by about 34 years an erroneous report of his death that made him a cult figure Abe Vigoda |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES $8,200 (Daily Double): Aretha Franklin's 2018 obit cited this song as "a harbinger of feminism, carried by a voice that would accept nothing less" "Respect" |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | GET TO THE POINT $200: If you want to visit the United States Military Academy, head to 606 Thayer Road in this New York spot West Point |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | SOJOURNER TRUTH $300: Sojourner Truth was born into slavery around 1797 as Isabella Baumfree in this state's Hudson Valley New York |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | TINY DESK CONCERTS $1500: For a Tiny Desk Concert he did with Sting, this "It Wasn't Me" singer proudly sang "I'm a Jamaican in New York" Shaggy |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | PEOPLE $1000: She first gained fame for her Vietnam Veterans Memorial; more recently she designed New York City's Museum of Chinese in America Maya Lin |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | SPEED DATING $800: Charles Lindbergh flies solo nonstop from New York to Paris 1927 |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | QUITE A SITE $200: Dynamite was used for 90% of the carving of this South Dakota landmark named for a New York lawyer in 1885 Mount Rushmore |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | IT'S A VISION BOARD $1000: In his "First Vision", in New York State in 1820, he asked Jesus which church had the truth & Jesus said none of them Joseph Smith |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | OSCAR, MEYER, WIENER $1600: This industrialist's son Solomon founded a famous New York City museum Meyer Guggenheim |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | WORDS OF PEACE $800: Be this peaceful word, also the name of a famous lake in Essex County, New York placid |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | CIRCLE TIME $600: All official distances from New York City are measured from this point at the intersection of 59th Street, 8th Avenue & Broadway Columbus Circle |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | THE IVY LEAGUE $400: Its official street address is 2960 Broadway Columbia |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL $800: This pitcher won 7 Cy Young Awards--one with New York, two with Toronto, three with Boston & one with Houston Roger Clemens |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | ORGAN RECITAL $800: One of the world's largest church organs is in Cadet Chapel at this institution in New York State West Point |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | DECIMALS $2000: Founded in 1792, it reported prices in 1/8 or 1/16 of a dollar before moving to a decimal system in the 21st century the New York Stock Exchange |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | ALSO A TAYLOR SWIFT SONG $1000: While crossing the George Washington Bridge from N.J., drivers are greeted by a sign with these 4 words (it's been waiting for you) Welcome to New York |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | FAREWELL TO THE CHIEF $2000: On July 23, 1885 just days after completing his memoirs, he died of cancer at his New York home Ulysses S. Grant |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | 1 MAN, 1 CAREER, 1 TEAM $400: Mariano Rivera:
19 seasons of near perfection the New York Yankees |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | NAME THE JAMES $2000: This businessman, born in New York City in 1856, got his "Diamond" nickname from the bling he was seldom without Diamond Jim Brady |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | LET'S TAKE A BATH $200: The waiting room of New York City's old Penn Station was inspired by the Baths of Caracalla, built in the 3rd century in this city Rome |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | CANADIAN ARTISTES $400: Yannick Nézet-Séguin goes beyond the usual Verdi familiar works as music director since 2018 of this NYC organization the Metropolitan Opera |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | CARL SAGAN $400: From 1971 to 1996, Carl Sagan was a professor at this Ithaca, New York Ivy League school Cornell |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE $400: He had a good year in 1928; construction began on the New York City Art Deco building named for him & he acquired Dodge Chrysler |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: In 2018 Jaap van Zweden left the Dallas Symphony to become the maestro of this Big Apple band the New York Philharmonic |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | TAXES $200: In New York City, it's 8.875%; in Schenectady, 8.0% a sales tax |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | FAMOUS PAIRS $200: William Barnes moved to New York & partnered with this man to sell books Noble |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | ART HEISTS $5,000 (Daily Double): In 2001 his "Study for 'Over Vitebsk"' wandered off after a cocktail reception at the Jewish Museum in New York Marc Chagall |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS $400: This founding father didn't throw away his shot to be the only Constitution signer from New York Hamilton |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | IN BOOKSTORES NOW $900: The New York Times dubbed him "Ballet's Colossus" in its review of "Mr. B", a 2022 biography of this choreographer George Balanchine |
| #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 |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | IN BOOKSTORES NOW $1500: At one point in 2022, six of her books were in the top ten on the New York Times' paperback fiction bestseller list Colleen Hoover |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | TRIANGLES $1000: In 1911 a devastating fire at this company's factory in New York City killed 146 garment workers the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | STREET SMARTS $400: Zagreb, Croatia & Shoreham, New York each have a street named for this enigmatic inventor Tesla |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | BETTER ASK FOR DIRECTIONS $800: New York's single-word motto excelsior means "ever" this direction upward |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | LIBRARIES $600: The initialism of the New York public library is NYPL; as an acronym, some enjoy pronouncing it like this body part nipple |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OH, BROTHER! $800: This Safdie Brothers film was inspired by stories their father told them about working in New York City's Diamond District Uncut Gems |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | A RIVER RUNS TO IT $1600: The Hudson:
"Upper" this bay Upper New York Bay |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | NOT YOUR AVERAGE OPERA $200: X marks the spot where the New York City Opera premiered "X: The Life and Times of" this activist Malcolm X |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | WHAT'S NEXT? $1200: States, alphabetically: New Mexico,
New York,
this North Carolina |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | DINING OUT IN NEW YORK $200: There are likely fewer sheep there nowadays, but Sheep Meadow is in this 843-acre area, not far from Tavern on the Green Central Park |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | DINING OUT IN NEW YORK $400: We suspect vodka lovers more than tea aficionados gravitate to this restaurant dating back to 1927 the Russian Tea Room |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | DINING OUT IN NEW YORK $600: Enjoy the raw bar at the Oyster Bar, an institution at this transportation hub since 1913 Grand Central Station |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | DINING OUT IN NEW YORK $800: Robert De Niro co-owns this grill named for the neighborhood it's in Tribeca |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | DINING OUT IN NEW YORK $1000: Per Se is a NYC restaurant where this chef of the French Laundry has augmented his reputation (Thomas) Keller |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | 'ROUND MIDNIGHT $1600: James Leo Herlihy wrote this 1965 novel about Joe Buck, who tries to make it in New York as a stud for hire Midnight Cowboy |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | THE CALIFORNIANS $200: In 2010, the Cali Hall of Fame inducted this Facebook dude, even though he's totally from New York, for reals Zuckerberg |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | NASCAR GEOGRAPHY $1000: Watkins Glen International New York |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | THE GENE POOL $600: Dustin Hoffman shared New York City digs with both Robert Duvall & this "French Connection" star Hackman |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | MEN OF MICHIGAN $1600: Long before becoming New York's governor, & not beating Truman, this Owosso-born man graduated from the University of Michigan in 1923 Dewey |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | THAT'S A VEGAS CASINO $800: Lyrics in this song include "these vagabond shoes are longing to stray" & "these little town blues are melting away" "New York, New York" |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | ALASKA $1500: A 1988 New York Times review counted over 275 diverse characters in "Alaska", the "latest huge novel" by this author Michener |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE NEW YORK KNOCKS $200: Anyone from Boston will tell you the New England type of this, with milk, tops Manhattan's, with tomatoes chowder |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE NEW YORK KNOCKS $400: The title of this Broadway musical that opened on May 5, 1955 makes its feelings about the local baseball team quite apparent Damn Yankees |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE NEW YORK KNOCKS $600: Tough times at this arena, the "Mecca of Basketball", as even Pixar dunked on the Knicks in "Soul", explaining decades of futility Madison Square Garden |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE NEW YORK KNOCKS $800: In their 1979 Top 40 hit "Shattered", this group sang, "Go ahead, bite the Big Apple, don't mind the maggots"... shadoobie The Rolling Stones |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE NEW YORK KNOCKS $1000: A Yelper on this landmark connecting Canal St. & Jersey City: a "traffic jam tunnel. If you have a small bladder like me, good luck" the Holland Tunnel |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $200: May 1, 1941:
Rosebud blooms as this Orson Welles classic premiered in New York Citizen Kane |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | MAILED IT! $800: Oops... on a stamp in 2010--& 3 billion stamps, eventually--the USPS used a replica in Vegas instead of this New York landmark the Statue of Liberty |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | MONET MONET $2000: At the Met in New York, you can see Monet's this city on the Seine "Cathedral: The Portal (Sunlight)" Rouen |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | LET'S SEE HOW YOU DO WITH AMERICAN FOOTBALL $400: Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor, of this NFC East team: "Let's go out there like a bunch of crazed dogs & have some fun" the New York Giants |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $1000: In May 2019, this mayor of New York threw his hat in the ring to run for president, but by September, the hat had been returned de Blasio |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | THE U.S. IN 1964 $1000: In a landmark case the Supreme Court ruled that this newspaper had not libeled Alabama city commissioner L.B. Sullivan the New York Times |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | TALKING ABOUT WOMEN $600: Kate McKinnon told the New York Times Magazine that this leader, "to me, is a very emotional German" (Angela) Merkel |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | THE BAR MITZVAH BOY $400: This Facebook founder had a "Star Wars" theme at Temple Beth Abraham in Tarrytown, New York Mark Zuckerberg |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | THE BAR MITZVAH BOY $1600: This New York Times columnist known for covering the Mideast mentions his bar mitzvah in his book "From Beirut to Jerusalem" Thomas Friedman |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | THIS AMERICAN LAKE $2,300 (Daily Double): Most of the length of this French-named lake separates New York & Vermont Champlain |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | JOHN LENNON $600: In 1972 John & Yoko released the album "Some Time in" this city where he'd spend most of the rest of his life New York (City) |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | PAINTER SELFIES $1000: The 1984 "Self-Portrait" by this New York painter inspired by graffiti has been exhibited at the Guggenheim Bilbao Basquiat |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | FISH PEOPLE $200: A 19th century man named Preserved Fish was an early broker for what became NYSE for short the New York Stock Exchange |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | WITH BELLS ON $400: The New York Times guide to spectator sports says this can happen, "if a man is knocked down in the closing seconds of a round" saved by the bell |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | LIVE CAMS $200: Through a conservation center in New York, you can observe critically endangered red & Mexican gray ones of these wolves |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | REVIVAL $600: Many homes in Westchester County, New York feature this revival style named for a dynasty founded by Henry VII Tudor |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | SO YOU GOT YOUR "M.A." $400: The name of this New York City street is synonymous with the advertising industry Madison Avenue |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | KANDER & EBB MUSICALS $400: In 2023, at age 96, John Kander put the finishing touches on this musical whose title is the duo's famous ode to the Big Apple New York, New York |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | U.S. CITY OF THE BOOK $200: "American Psycho": mayhem in Gotham New York City |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | RIOTS IN HISTORY $600: The 7th New York Infantry returned from this big battle to help deal with the July 1863 draft riots in New York City Gettysburg |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | PRIDE OF THE MUSEUM $1000: The New York City museum named for this man holds one of the world's largest collections of paintings by Vasily Kandinsky Solomon Guggenheim |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | ONLY FANS $800: Diehard fans of the New York Rangers are "Blue Seaters", referring to where they sit in this arena Madison Square Garden |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $400: He made history in November 2008 when, as the New York Times reported, he swept away "the last racial barrier in American politics" Barack Obama |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | MUSICAL ACT ETYMOLOGY $1,600 (Daily Double): Karen O said this name of her band comes from "a New York City... reaction to everything" the Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | STATE EMBLEMS $600: On New York's coat of arms, this figure holds a sword in one hand & scales in the other Justice |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | CELEBS $400: In 2020, he made the New York Times list of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century Joaquin Phoenix |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | SHOE GAZING $800: On March 10, 2023, the Nintendo New York flagship store displayed a real-life version of the shoes worn by this character (Super) Mario |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | SHOE GAZING $1600: In a song off "Illmatic", Nas raps about wearing this brand's suede boot associated with New York hip-hop Timberland |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: With dueling illegal in New York, Burr & Hamilton had their deadly 1804 clash at a secluded spot in Weehawken in this state New Jersey |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | GIMME 5 $1600: Roughly triangular & surrounded by water, it's the westernmost of New York City's 5 boroughs Staten Island |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1,500 (Daily Double): After the success of this classic about Francie Nolan & her impoverished New York family, Betty Smith co-wrote a musical based on it A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | SWEET SPOTS $800: This word meaning "a happy accident" is in the name of an iconic New York City sweet spot that is famed for its frozen hot chocolate Serendipity |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | NUMERICAL LITERATURE $1200: Its subtitle includes "Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841" 12 Years a Slave |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | "M.C." $1000: According to this New York governor, "You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose" Mario Cuomo |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | CURSES! BASEBALL! $800: The Curse of Coogan's Bluff, site of the Polo Grounds, hit this team after it left New York & lingered until the 2010 World Series the San Francisco Giants |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | CURSES! BASEBALL! $1000: The Bobblehead Curse is said to jinx this team's stars who've been thus honored, like Mike Piazza & Johan Santana the New York Mets |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | NUMERICAL WORDS & PHRASES $600: During the disco era in New York City, for the short time it was open from 1977 to 1980, this was the place to be Studio 54 |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | OUR RETURNING CHAMPION $1,000 (Daily Double): This man had the astronomical luck of being honored twice with a New York ticker tape parade, in 1962 & 1998 John Glenn |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | POLITICIANS $1200: Before becoming mayor of New York City in 2022, he served as an NYPD officer & as Brooklyn borough president Adams |
| #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 | STATE OF THE UNION $800: The 39th New York Infantry had soldiers from many lands, but was called the Guard of this Italian hero of the 19th century Garibaldi |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | SUPER BOWL WINNERS BY QUARTERBACK $400: 2008 & 2012:
Eli Manning the New York Giants |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | CITIES & TOWNS $2000: These 2 sister cities in the U.S. & France are settings in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" & "Das Boot" New Rochelle, New York & La Rochelle, France |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | ORCHESTRAS $400: After extensive renovations, Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, home to this orchestra, reopened for the 2022-23 season the New York Philharmonic |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | ORCHESTRAS $1600: Recordings by this U.S. orchestra have won 64 Grammys, 24 of them under the leadership of Sir Georg Solti the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | MASTERPIECES $400: Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral design of the Guggenheim in New York City is said to evoke the shell of this chambered mollusk a nautilus |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | AUTHORS' PRETTY DECENT REVIEWS $800: The New York Times said she created "an indelible portrait of loss & grief" after the passing of her husband John Gregory Dunne Didion |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | TABLE TALK $1000: A table whose legs form its corners is named for this New York City design school founded in 1896 Parsons |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | HISTORIC ERAS & AGES $1000: New York City's Frick Collection is a monument to the art collecting of this materialistic era, also a Twain title the Gilded Age |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | PRESIDENTS WHO SERVED $400: In the Revolutionary War James Monroe served in this state's 3rd Regiment & was wounded at Trenton Virginia |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | STOCK SYMBOLS $1600: Headquartered in New York, GS is this leader in global investment banking & securities Goldman Sachs |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | A SPECIAL TRAIN CAR $800: The rail car named Ferdinand Magellan carried FDR 50,000 miles in 2 years; his last journey was to this state in late March 1945 Georgia |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | EAT FOOD. NOT TOO MUCH. MOSTLY PLANTS $1200: A New York Times magazine article called "I Heart" these vegetables talks about trimming & preparing them artichokes |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | IT'S GONNA BE MAY! $2,400 (Daily Double): On May 10-11, 1927 he flew from San Diego to New York City, with an overnight stop in St. Louis Lindbergh |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | TAKE A TOUR $600: From the comfort of your home, you can virtually tour some of the art exhibits of this museum in both New York & Bilbao, Spain the Guggenheim |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | WHISTLEBLOWERS $1200: Daniel Ellsberg's exposé of policy misconduct during the Vietnam War had this collective name & was leaked to the New York Times the Pentagon Papers |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | LET'S SEE A MO-"V" $1200: (I'm B.J. Novak.) In my first feature film as writer & director I play a New York journalist trying to help a bereaved Texas family get this, the film's title & a synonym for retribution Vengeance |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | AMERICAN LIT $400: An article in the New York Times about the gruesome murder of 4 in Kansas inspired Truman Capote to write this book In Cold Blood |
| #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 |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | TV BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Harry Hamlin & Susan Dey leave the courtroom to investigate sex crimes in New York with Mariska Hargitay L.A. Law & Order: SVU |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | NEW YORK NICKS $200: Nicholas Murray Butler, who shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize, ran this New York City Ivy League school for 44 years Columbia |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | NEW YORK NICKS $400: Last name of hotel chain founder Conrad & Nicky, one of his New York-born great-granddaughters Hilton |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | NEW YORK NICKS $600: Reagan hired New York-born Nicholas Brady to investigate the 1987 stock market crash & later appointed him to this Cabinet post Secretary of the Treasury |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | NEW YORK NICKS $800: This funny man starred on Broadway with John Mulaney as old New Yorkers in "Oh, Hello" Nick Kroll |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | NEW YORK NICKS $1000: Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times shared a 1990 Pulitzer with his wife for reporting on the events in this Chinese plaza Tiananmen Square |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | LETTER PERFECT $1000: In 2016 Marriott acquired Starwood Hotels, which included this luxury brand that started in New York City W |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | LOST WITH THE TITANIC $400: No "Heart of the Ocean", but a pink 6 7/16-carat diamond from this New York jeweler Tiffany |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | LOST WITH THE TITANIC $800: The handwritten manuscript of a 1902 story by this "Heart of Darkness" man, on its way to a collector in New York Conrad |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | STATE OF THE ART MUSEUM $800: The Andy Warhol Museum,
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Pennsylvania |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | STATE OF THE ART MUSEUM $1200: Whitney Museum of American Art,
Corning Museum of Glass New York |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | WATERFRONT PROPERTY $800: Buffalo, New York is located where the eastern end of this lake narrows into the Niagara River Lake Erie |
| #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 |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES $400: Between Tarrytown & Nyack, New York lies a watery section of river known as the Tappan this the Zee |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | CITY OF THE PREMIERE $200: "Rhapsody In Blue" New York |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | FOOD STUFF $800: Hot dog! Phelps, New York is the "capital" of this cabbage-based topping, & it's time to pile some on right now sauerkraut |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | TOUGH SCIENCE $1200: Drive the distance from New York City to Denver but straight down & you'll reach the CMB, these 2 regions' boundary the core & the mantle |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $200: They're the 2 New York City boroughs that fit the category Bronx & Brooklyn |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $1200: This ruby imposter is the state gem of New York & the birthstone for January garnet |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $600: Once a day you might spend a little time doing this New York Times puzzle; many like to start with "adieu" the Wordle |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | FASHION $600: In 1912 the New York Times said the Yankees were "natty" in new uniforms with this pattern, still classic for men's suits pinstripes |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | COLLEGE TOWNS $1000: A trip to Taughannock Falls, seen here, should be part of a visit to this college town on New York's Cayuga Lake Ithaca |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | ACC SCHOOL HISTORY $400: In 1872 this New York school chose its official colors--pink & green; its students chose orange in 1890 Syracuse |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | STATE TREES $800: Wisconsin & New York are both represented by the sugar species of this tree maple |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | PORTRAIT OF A LADY $800: Seized by the Nazis, this artist's "Woman in Gold" portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer now resides at the Neue Galerie in New York Klimt |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | "WORLD" $800: On June 29, 2016 Liberty Park opened at this downtown New York building complex the World Trade Center |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THE FINE ARTS $400: Dvorak wrote this symphony in New York City; parts of it were modeled on "The Song of Hiawatha" the New World Symphony |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | THE PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS ARE THE THING $400: Just after his death in 2005, the Virginia Theatre on New York's 52nd Street was renamed for this man who wrote "Fences" August Wilson |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | MOUNTAINS $2000: Teddy Roosevelt was on a family vacation in these New York mountains when he got word that President McKinley had died the Adirondacks |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CITY NAME CHANGES $400: When it was founded in the 1600s, New York City was known by this 2-word name, reflecting its early colonial heritage New Amsterdam |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | REPETITIVE MUSIC $200: "Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today" & I want one of you to be a part of it, this song, this song "New York, New York" |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | STREET SMARTS $400: This New York street is named for a barrier the Dutch built in the 1650s to repel an expected English invasion Wall Street |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | A TRASHY CATEGORY $200: You can't spell "garbage" without this kind of boat; the Mobro wandered around the Atlantic in 1987 with 3,000 tons of New York trash a barge |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | 2 WORDS, 3 LETTERS EACH $600: Like Fifth & Madison Avenues in New York City, since 1966 one way |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | LONG-SERVING POLITICIANS $1600: He was the center of attention as New York's governor from 1959 to 1973 & a year later, was selected to be vice president Nelson Rockefeller |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | THE REAL REAL HOUSEWIVES OF... $1,200 (Daily Double): ...New York enjoy this 1,046-foot Art Deco skyscraper designed by William Van Alen & built between 1928 & 1930 the Chrysler Building |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | EMMY WINNERS $1600: This series about a New York doctor in Cicely, Alaska beat out "L.A. Law", among others, to win Best Drama Series at the 1992 Emmys Northern Exposure |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE 50 STATES $400: Connecticut is bordered to the west by New York & to the east by this, another 2-word state Rhode Island |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | DOWN YOUR ALLEY $4,000 (Daily Double): In the early 20th century, the sound of pianos being played gave this New York City area around Broadway its name Tin Pan Alley |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | BUILDINGS & BRIDGES $1600: In 2018 New York's governor signed a bill adding a second "Z" to the name of this bridge, rectifying an earlier misspelling the Verrazzano(-Narrows) |
| #8780, aired 2023-01-06 | NATIVE AMERICAN SELF-NAMES $2000: The Cayugas' self-name means "people of the great swamp", Cayuga being one of this group of lakes in New York State the Finger Lakes |
| #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 | IMPERSONATORS $1500: Later found guilty of kidnapping & murder, "Clark" of this fabulously wealthy New York family was a German imposter the Rockefeller family |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | START "OFF" $600: This avant-garde double-talk New York theater movement is 2 steps away from the mainstream Off-Off-Broadway |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | FUN WITH 21 $800: Utah ratified the 21st Amendment, ending this on Dec. 5, 1933 around 3:30 PM local time, letting New Yorkers celebrate at dinner Prohibition |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | THE GOOD, OLD, U.S. OF A. $2000: Have an electrifying visit to this, "New York's Birthplace Park" at the southern tip of Manhattan the Battery |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | ALLITERATION $400: DJ Alan Freed's claim to have coined this term in Cleveland helped it beat out New York City & Memphis as home to a museum rock and roll |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ECONOMY OF MOVEMENT $800: This airline can take you first class from New York to London for about $6,500; a trip on the same brand "Galactic" is more Virgin (Atlantic) |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | THE CIVIL WAR $1600: In 1863 Congress passed the first act implementing this in the U.S., leading to riots in New York City & elsewhere conscription (the draft) |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | A LOUD CATEGORY $600: A New York Times article was titled "The First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All" these lawn devices that can cause tinnitus leaf blowers |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | WHO LIVES IN... $800: This Upper East Side mansion? New York City mayor Eric Adams Gracie |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | WE'LL ALL NEED A DRINK AFTER THIS $400: Vodka, rum, tequila, gin & triple sec go in this cocktail, & you must be from a certain part of New York if you think that's a good idea Long Island Iced Tea |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): At this New York battle in the fall of 1777, nearly 6,000 British troops surrendered to Colonial forces Saratoga |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | WITH OUR LITTLE "I" $1200: Irving Kristol & Daniel Bell were among "the New York" these people steeped in knowledge & culture the intelligentsia (intellectuals) |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | RIVER RUN $3,000 (Daily Double): Rivers that border Manhattan include the East River & these 2 "H" rivers the Hudson and the Harlem |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | DANCE $400: New York drag competitions called balls were the birthplace of this stylized dance that Madonna brought to the mainstream vogue |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BIG ____ $100: Early in the 20th century, New York City was being recognized by this nickname; later, tourists were told to take a bite of it the Big Apple |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | LOST IN EXPLORATION $1000: This Italian was looking for a sea route to the Pacific when he found some New York "narrows"; ah well, he got a bridge named for him Verrazzano |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | GET DOWN TO BUSINESS $3,000 (Daily Double): A New York Times article headlined "When Mac & Cheese and Ketchup Don't Mix" concerned the 2015 merger of these 2 companies Kraft & Heinz |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $600: From the time he was born in New York City on July 4, 1927, this playwright was "Broadway Bound" (Neil) Simon |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | DIRECTIONAL GEOGRAPHY IN AMERICA $900: Even in summer, you can visit Santa & his reindeer in the Hamlet called this in Essex County, New York North Pole |
| #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 |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | ANOTHER SHOT AT THE TITLE $600: After 5 previous World Series losses to these crosstown rivals, in 1955 the Brooklyn Dodgers finally beat them for the title the New York Yankees |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | SCULPTURE $400: Not far from the New York Stock Exchange is Arturo di Modica's over-3 1/2-ton sculpture of a charging this a bull |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | POKER HANDS $200: The hand seen here is known by the name of this theatrical New York City street Broadway |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | HODGEPOURRIPODGE $200: This 102-story structure on New York City's 34th Street is kinda hard to miss the Empire State Building |
| #8716, aired 2022-10-10 | PLACES IN MOVIE TITLES $1600: Leonardo DiCaprio wants to carve out some revenge against Bill the Butcher in this drama Gangs of New York |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | PLAZA, SWEET! $400: The iconic Plaza Hotel, opened in 1907, overlooks Grand Army Plaza in this city New York |
| #8714, aired 2022-10-06 | ALL HANDS $1000: In the early 1900s "Lupo the Wolf" Saietta darkened New York's Little Italy as a ringleader of this extortion gang the Black Hand |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | SHIPS & BOATS $200: After decades of pushing other boats, the W.O. Decker, New York City's last wooden this, now hauls tourists around the harbor a tugboat |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | THAT PAINTS A PICTURE $400: At New York's Museum of Modern Art, you can lap up the 32 canvases of Campbell's soup cans this artist painted in the early 1960s (Andy) Warhol |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | AUSTIN TENDS BAR $600: (Austin pours & garnishes a red cocktail in a Martini glass.) I really do tend bar at the Gaf East on 2nd Ave. in New York City, where of course we serve this classic geographically named cocktail made with vermouth & American whiskey a Manhattan |
| #8709, aired 2022-09-29 | MAKING THE ROUNDS $600: Of course the famed New York City theater named this in the Square presents shows in the round with audiences on multiple sides a circle |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | THE RIGHT BROTHERS $400: The men's clothing retailer named for these brothers began on Cherry Street in New York City in 1818 Brooks Brothers |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | HYPHENATED WORDS $600: In New York City, it's illegal for passenger vehicles to do this; delivery trucks may, but without blocking a bicycle lane double-park |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | YIDDISHISMS $2000: In New York City's Garment District, you'd find lots of people working in this "business", Yiddish for rag schmatta |
| #8703, aired 2022-09-21 | PEOPLE & PLACES $800: This 8-letter word can refer to a person from a Balkan country or from New York's capital an Albanian |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | SCIENCE & NATURE $800: Due to warmer temperatures, the Conger one of these, about the size of New York City, recently collapsed off Antarctica an ice shelf |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | A HUNGER FOR READING $200: Roald Dahl wrote this book on East 81st Street in New York City, not far from where the journey of the big fruit ends James and the Giant Peach |
| #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 |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | 40 YEARS OF USA TODAY $400: The New York times ("The Gray Lady") remarked on USA Today's "brazen" use of this, in all 4 sections from July 2, 1984 color |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | WORD ORIGINS $800: This formal jacket is named for a New York country club where it was popularized in the 1880s a tuxedo |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | GIVING YOU THE BOOT $1000: This type of boot seen here shares its name with areas in London & New York City Chelsea |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | AMERICANA $2000: One of New York City's oldest streets, the Bowery once led to the farm of this last Dutch colonial governor (Peter) Stuyvesant |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | U.S. PLACES, EVERYBODY! $400: There's a reindeer barn at Santa's workshop in this appropriately named New York hamlet, not far from Lake Placid North Pole |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | U.S. PLACES, EVERYBODY! $1000: Alabama? That's a town in New York State centrally located between Rochester & this seat of Erie County Buffalo |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | TV COMEDY $1200: Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer starred in this series set in New York Broad City |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | WHICH NEW YORK CITY BOROUGH? $200: Is home to the New York Stock Exchange Manhattan |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | SALAD DRESSING FOR SUCCESS $400: This "numeric" dressing with mayo & tomato sauce takes its name from where it was invented, in the chain between New York & Canada Thousand Island |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | WHICH NEW YORK CITY BOROUGH? $400: Is the most populous of the 5 boroughs Brooklyn |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | WHICH NEW YORK CITY BOROUGH? $600: Is where you can see the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, built for the 1964 World's Fair Queens |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | WHICH NEW YORK CITY BOROUGH? $800: Is 14 miles long & has only about 5% of New York City's population Staten Island |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | WHICH NEW YORK CITY BOROUGH? $1000: Is the location of Pelham Bay Park, which is more than 3 times larger than Central Park the Bronx |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | OLD NEWSPAPERS $1600: This Founding Father founded the New York Post in 1801 to promote the Federalist Party Alexander Hamilton |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $200: Home to NBC, the Comcast Building in New York City is popularly known as this number "Rock" 30 |
| #8676, aired 2022-07-04 | TUNNELS $400: The Holland & Lincoln tunnels both run beneath this river to connect New York with New Jersey the Hudson |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | ANIMALS & THE LAW $800: New York City says horses that do this, popular with tourists & couples in Central Park, get 5 weeks of vacation a year draw a buggy |
| #8674, aired 2022-06-30 | FIRST LADY FIRSTS $600: The 1st woman to be first lady who was born at a hospital, she made her debut at Southampton Hospital in New York in 1929 Kennedy |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | FEMALE FOUNDERS $400: Once guardian to niece Gloria, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney founded one of these in New York, now located on Gansevoort Street an art museum |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: New York City's Hayden, for one planetarium |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | CITY PARK-ING PLACES $2000: Familiar from "Project Runway" season finales, this, named for a writer, shares land with the New York City Public Library Bryant Park |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | HUNGARY $1000: In 1988, 43 years after his death in self-exile in New York, this composer's remains were returned to his beloved Hungary Bartók |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | FINANCE BROS $2000: Founded by French freres, this financial advising & asset managing giant is LAZ on the New York Stock Exchange Lazard |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | U.S. DATES $200: On this date each year moments of silence are observed in New York City at 8:46 & 9:03 A.M. September 11th |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ONE-LETTER FIRST NAME CHANGE $400: A 1980s New York governor & a 2000s first lady of California Mario & Maria |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | BALLPARK FUN $200: After "Yankees win! The-e-e-e-e Yankees win!" At home, count on hearing this Sinatra classic on the stadium speakers "New York, New York" |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | MAYORS $200: Before becoming New York City mayor in 2002, he founded a financial news & information service (Michael) Bloomberg |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | ALLUSIONS OF GRANDEUR $1200: In 1909 this French jeweler opened a store on Fifth Ave. in New York City & briefly became owner of the Hope Diamond Pierre Cartier |
| #8646, aired 2022-05-23 | U.S. BUILDINGS $1,000 (Daily Double): A radiator cap design was fittingly incorporated into the corners of this Art Deco skyscraper in New York City the Chrysler Building |
| #8642, aired 2022-05-17 | SCORING A "T--D" $1600: As opposed to a broadsheet, the New York Post has this format a tabloid |
| #8642, aired 2022-05-17 | COUNTRIES IN THE U.S. $1600: No one knows why this village in New York, boyhood home of Charles "Pa" Ingalls, shares the name of a big island near Florida Cuba |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | STARTS WITH "Y" $1200: The masculine cosmic principle, or a candidate for president & for New York City mayor (Andrew) Yang |
| #8636, aired 2022-05-09 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): Besides Boston & D.C., they're the 3 largest cities by population in the megalopolis known as the BosWash Corridor New York City, Philadelphia & Baltimore |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | ART $600: Moving from Europe to New York in 1940, Piet Mondrian cut loose & painted 2 major works whose titles contain this rhyming music style boogie-woogie |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | NEW YORK STATE HISTORY $200: This capital was founded as Fort Nassau in the early 1600s Albany |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | NEW YORK STATE HISTORY $400: In 1906 Willis Carrier of the Buffalo Forge Company patented an "apparatus for treating air", now known as this the air conditioner |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | NEW YORK STATE HISTORY $600: Said to be the USA's oldest state park is the one encompassing this natural wonder formed about 12,000 years ago Niagara Falls |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | NEW YORK STATE HISTORY $800: Making his name as a prosecutor, he was elected governor in 1942, 1946 & 1950 but lost twice for president in that time (Thomas) Dewey |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | NEW YORK STATE HISTORY $1000: He was the governor of New Netherland before surrendering the region to the British in 1664 Peter Stuyvesant |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | I LEARNED IT IN THE COMIC BOOKS $600: Peter Parker has worked as a photographer for this newspaper created long before Spider-Man was The Daily Bugle |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | THINK "BIG" $200: This nickname was first used in connection with New York City in the 1920s the Big Apple |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | APRIL FOOLS $800: A million people left 100 tons of trash in New York's Central Park at an April 22, 1990 celebration of this day...hmmm Earth Day |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | WHAT KIND OF PLACE IS THIS? $800: Faulkner titled a novel after this type of little town such as Pottersville, New York a hamlet |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $1,000 (Daily Double): Seneca & Cayuga are the largest of the 11 lakes in New York State collectively called these the Finger Lakes |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE... $1000: ...been more careful on your way to New York City; maybe not have Benedict Arnold's plans of West Point in your boot (Major John) André |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | WE READ IT IN THE '80s $1000: He set the '80s New York literary world on fire with "Bright Lights, Big City" Jay McInerney |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | PICTURE/BOOK $600: It's mainly set in New York City The Catcher in the Rye |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2000: Mount Marcy & Algonquin Peak can be found in these mountains in northeastern New York the Adirondacks |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | TV NEWS $400: "Deadline" (13 episodes) focused on the New York Ledger, which covered the cops on this show (450+ episodes) Law & Order |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW $400: In 1976 James Baldwin reviewed this book that "begins in Gambia West Africa in 1750 with the birth of... Kunta Kinte" Roots |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | A FEW MOMENTS WITH MILLARD FILLMORE $600: Too-friendly-to-slavery Millard's name is being taken off things at UB, the U. at this city in New York where he was 1st chancellor Buffalo |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW $800: In 1911 this author made news when he attended a birthday party for a dog named Fluffy Ruffles, not White Fang (Jack) London |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW $1200: Begun as a Saturday supplement in 1896, the first review included an update on this writer, incarcerated in Reading Gaol Oscar Wilde |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW $1600: Offering "very good advice on bad assumptions" is what the reviewer had to say about "How to Win Friends and" do this Influence People |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW $2000: In an interview, this author said he prepared for writing "The Lincoln Highway" by reading many works set in the 1950s Amor Towles |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | FITS & STARTS $1000: F.I.T. can stand for this college of design in New York City the Fashion Institute of Technology |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | ESTEEMED MEN OF ITALY $1600: On his ship La Dauphine, he explored New York harbor & is honored with a structure spanning it Verrazzano |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 1905 5th GRADER? $2000: Reading:
This O. Henry story about a poor couple at Christmastime makes a good read in the New York Sunday World "The Gift of the Magi" |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | HISTORIC MEN $400: This "Junior" oil heir who gave the U.N. the money to buy land for its HQ will always be a center of attention in New York City Rockefeller |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | JAZZ GREATS $400: This sax great's last public engagement was on March 5, 1955 at Birdland, a New York City club named for him Charlie ("Bird") Parker |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | RECENT NEWS $400: Eric Adams bested Curtis Sliwa in this city's 2021 mayoral race New York City |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | WE'VE GOT THE RECEIPTS $400: Peter Minuit is said to have purchased this island in 1626 for 60 guilders worth of trade goods Manhattan |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | CLASSIC NOVELS $2,000 (Daily Double): Newland Archer arrives fashionably late to the opera as this novel set in 1870s New York begins The Age of Innocence |
| #9, aired 2022-02-15 | I DO DECLARE $2000: The Declaration of Sentiments read at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention was primarily the work of this 3-named New York suffragist (Elizabeth Cady) Stanton |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | AMERICAN FIVES $800: It's the only one of New York City's 5 boroughs that's not on an island the Bronx |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | THE MANY MUSICS OF MARK RONSON $1600: (Mark Ronson delivers the clue.) In my college years I was DJing at downtown New York clubs spinning new hip-hop like the debut album of this kung fu-loving group produced by the RZA the Wu-Tang Clan |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | FAMOUS PAINTINGS $1,000 (Daily Double): "A restaurant on Greenwich Avenue (in New York City) where two streets meet" inspired this Edward Hopper painting Nighthawks |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | TV SHOWS TO BINGE $600: The original of this series that featured Blake Lively & Leighton Meester as privileged teens in New York City Gossip Girl |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | HIS BIG PAINT SALE $2000: In 2020 more than $100 million bought "Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump", a 1982 piece by this New York painter who died young in 1988 Basquiat |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: Killing 146 workers, mostly women, this tragic fire at a New York City garment factory in 1911 led to new safety laws the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire |
| #1, aired 2022-02-08 | GET A JOB! $600: At New York City's Guggenheim Museum, Naomi Beckwith holds this job, one who assembles & manages artistic collections a curator |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" $200: 2 New York City gangs sing & dance in this top-grossing film of 1961 West Side Story |
| #8568, aired 2022-02-02 | ALLITERATIVE GEOGRAPHY $1200: In song, "Some came from a land beyond the sea, from Boston and New York, but the boys who beat the Black and Tans, were the boys from" here County Cork |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | 5 RANDOM THINGS $1000: Viewable from the U.N. in the East River, one of New York City's smallest islands is named for this secretary-general from Myanmar U Thant |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | CONDUCTORS $4,000 (Daily Double): On an 1887 cruise New York Symphony Society conductor Walter Damrosch met this tycoon & talked him into building a hall (Andrew) Carnegie |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $800: This city in Westchester County, New York gets its name from a Dutch title basically meaning "squire" Yonkers |
| #8560, aired 2022-01-21 | EXPLORERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Bridges over New York Bay & Narragansett Bay are named for this explorer who sailed into both bodies of water in 1524 Verrazzano |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | LOCAL NICKNAMES $400: In New York City this 3-letter abbreviation is a museum; in London it refers to the police force the Met |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | ALSO A BROADWAY MUSICAL $1200: Last name of Willy & Benny, early 1900s New York City delicatessen entrepreneurs Katz |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | CEMETERIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Naturally, Washington Irving rests at this famed cemetery in New York State Sleepy Hollow |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | NEW JERSEY, NEW JERSEY $400: Traffic is tricky on this bridge across the Hudson from Jersey to New York, so a lower deck with 6 more lanes was finished in 1962 the George Washington Bridge |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | ILLUSTRATORS $1200: Like Langston Hughes, painter & illustrator Aaron Douglas was a leading figure of this arts movement centered in New York the Harlem Renaissance |
| #8555, aired 2022-01-14 | WHAT DID YOU LOSE? $800: Many have lost their shirts at Aqueduct, now the only one of these in New York City a race track |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | MODERN ART $800: In the early '80s Keith Haring began drawing graffiti on blank black advertising panels inside these places around New York City subway stations |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | MOVE IT! $600: This first treasury secretary's former New York City home, the Grange, was jacked up & rolled to a new location nearby in 2008 Hamilton |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | NEW YORK-SET FICTION $200: From this novella: "Holly Golightly had been a tenant in the old brownstone; she'd occupied the apartment below mine" Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | NEW YORK-SET FICTION $400: Chaim Potok's classic "The Chosen" tells of 2 Jewish young men growing up in the Williamsburg area of this borough Brooklyn |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | NEW YORK-SET FICTION $800: This "Sex and the City" author also gave us "Lipstick Jungle" & "One Fifth Avenue" (Candace) Bushnell |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | NEW YORK-SET FICTION $1000: Edith Wharton wrote of upper-class New York society during the Gilded Age in this Pulitzer Prize winner The Age of Innocence |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | NEW YORK-SET FICTION $4,000 (Daily Double): There are sinister goings on at the Bramford apartment building, including Mrs. Woodhouse's pregnancy, in this Ira Levin classic Rosemary's Baby |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE $400: He has been hosting the live show from Times Square for more than 15 years
"The clock is ticking off the minutes to the new year. New York is getting ready!" Ryan Seacrest |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN... $800: New York Yankee, Elston Howard was also one of the first to model for this men's magazine now known by just 2 letters GQ |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | PANTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This type of short pant inspired the name of a Big Apple sports team knickerbockers |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | TWENTY QUESTIONS $1000: The 20th Century Limited was a luxury, overnight train between New York City & this major city, advertising a smooth, water-level route Chicago |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | I AM WOMAN $2000: In 2021 she became the first female governor of New York state Kathy Hochul |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | NOVELS & NOVELISTS $1200: Mary McCarthy's "The Group" follows the lives of 8 graduates of this Seven Sisters college north of New York City Vassar |
| #8539, aired 2021-12-23 | FIRST AMONG SEQUELS $800: This Oscar-winning actor was back on the beat as New York cop Popeye Doyle in "French Connection II" Gene Hackman |
| #8535, aired 2021-12-17 | LATIN MOTTOES & PHRASES $800: New York's state motto is this Latin word that means "ever upward" excelsior |
| #8533, aired 2021-12-15 | CZECHS $1,200 (Daily Double): In the 1890s he moved briefly from Prague to New York City, inspiring his best-known symphony Dvořák |
| #8529, aired 2021-12-09 | YIDDISH THEATER $2,400 (Daily Double): A surprise New York hit in 2018 was a Yiddish-language "Fiddler on the Roof"; this song becomes "Ven Ikh Bin A Rotshild" "If I Were A Rich Man" |
| #8528, aired 2021-12-08 | DEALING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT $1,000 (Daily Double): A 2007 column by the New York Times' Thomas Friedman is credited as the origin of this 3-word term Green New Deal |
| #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | PULLING INTO "TOWN" $2000: Sleepy Hollow in New York's Westchester County was known as North this until 1996 North Tarrytown |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | EXAM TIME $200: A task on a recent one in New York State was to draft a memo regarding sovereign immunity under a tort claims law a bar exam |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | IT'S TOO CROWDED $1000: Millions lined the streets of New York for the June 2019 LGBTQ parade that was part of "World" this Pride |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES $400: Alphabetically, it's New York's first county, followed by Allegany & Bronx Albany |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES $1000: Bordering similar communities in Ontario & Quebec, New York's St. Regis Reservation is home to this tribe the Mohawk |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | THE CIVIL WAR $2000: This Louisianan had ill regard for Jeff Davis for making him a full general after New York-born Samuel Cooper P.G.T. Beauregard |
| #8521, aired 2021-11-29 | KNEAD TO KNOW $400: To make authentic New York these, you need to knead the dough, preferably by hand to make them chewy, & then shape them into rings bagels |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | THE WOMEN $1000: These 70' pillars in New York & London do date to Ancient Egypt yet have no historic connection to the woman they are named for Cleopatra's Needle |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | 4-LETTER BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Someone who gives urgent lifesaving care on the New York City subway system EMTA |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | TV $400: Kristen Bell returned to narrate the 2021 reboot of this soapy series about private school teens in New York City Gossip Girl |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | SHORTZ $1600: Will's New York Times responsibilities include the P&A puzzle feature, short for these 2 types of wordplay puns & anagrams |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | '38 $600: On October 31, 1938 the New York Times reported, "Radio listeners in panic" after a broadcast of this H.G. Wells story The War of the Worlds |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER COMPANIES $200: Consolidated this inventor, your history in New York goes back almost 200 years, to before he was even born Edison |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | LIKE A NATURALIZED WOMAN $1600: British-born, in 2020 she became a U.S. citizen--naturally, in the city of New York Kim Cattrall |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | 19th CENTURY STUFF $1600: Tchaikovsky guest conducted during the May 1891 opening week of this New York City concert hall Carnegie Hall |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | A FAIR PIECE OF ENTERTAINMENT $200: Aimee Mann paid tribute to this city's 1939 World's Fair with her song "Fifty Years After The Fair" New York |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | TREYS $200: This man III led the fundraising for Lincoln Center on New York's West Side; his dad, Jr., put up his own center in Midtown (John D.) Rockefeller |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | "LOVE" $1000: This place in New York State was used as a toxic waste dump; concerns over it led to the creation of the Superfund Love Canal |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | THE MAN'S PEN NAME $1000: A rip-ping storyteller, he covered "A History of New York" in 1809 under the name Diedrich Knickerbocker Washington Irving |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | LANDSCAPE-ING $400: "The Oxbow" is by Thomas Cole, a leader of this school of American painters bearing the name of a New York River the Hudson River movement |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | TELEVISION $2000: On this Epix series Forest Whitaker is out of prison & taking on the mob to regain his former New York City turf Godfather of Harlem |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | NEW YORK CITY $200: Gary Muhrcke, winner of the 1st race up 1,576 stairs of the Empire State Bldg. in 1978, was also the 1st to win this NYC event in 1970 the New York City Marathon |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | NEW YORK CITY $400: Take a selfie with the Statue of Liberty aboard this 25-minute ride to the St. George Terminal across New York Harbor the Staten Island Ferry |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | NEW YORK CITY $600: thrillist.com named this Brooklyn "burg" the world's No. 1 hipster neighborhood Williamsburg |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | NEW YORK CITY $800: Keens Steakhouse displays thousands of clay pipes used by patrons like Buffalo Bill, Babe Ruth & this Rough Rider & N.Y. native Teddy Roosevelt |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | NEW YORK CITY $1000: You can hitch a ride or just take a bus to this Queens beach, New York City's only legal surfing spot Rockaway |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | MURDER, HE WROTE $1600: A body is found on a bridge in 1896 New York in this Caleb Carr novel whose title is an old term for a psychiatrist The Alienist |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | THE EARTH $1200: You've heard of the ones in New York, but here's another type of this body part lake on New Zealand's South Island fingers (a finger lake) |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | 1800s U.S. HISTORY $600: In 1852 9 representatives of Jewish charities founded this New York City hospital with a biblical name Mount Sinai |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | 1871--150 YEARS AGO $800: This reporter for the New York Herald seen here made his way to Lake Tanganyika & a memorable encounter (Henry Morton) Stanley |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | THE NON-COASTAL U.S. $800: This large national memorial that's about 25 miles southwest of Rapid City, South Dakota was named for a New York lawyer Mount Rushmore |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | "CITY" $200: In 1789 it became the first capital of the United States under the Constitution New York City |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | IT'S A SAIL-EBRATION $400: 228 sailing ships, 53 naval vessels & assorted ships from 40+ countries sailed across New York Harbor to celebrate this big birthday the Bicentennial |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | SUFFRAGETTE $1000: At this New York place in 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton read the Declaration of Sentiments, modeled on a 1776 document Seneca Falls |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | MY INTEREST $400: Vecturists crave these small round items, like old ones from the New York City Transit Authority subway tokens |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | SPORTS VENUE NICKNAMES $1000: Nicknamed "The Loud House", the Carrier Dome is the stadium of this university in New York state Syracuse University |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | HISTORIC WOMEN $1600: In 1969 Shirley Chisholm attacked the Vietnam War in the first floor speech of her 14-year run as a rep. of this state New York |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $200: (Hi, I'm Bill Ritter.) You know, it's always hard to find parking around Manhattan, but on January 15, 2009, Captain "Sully" Sullenberger saved 155 lives with an emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in this river on the West Side Hudson |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $400: (Hi, I'm Lee Goldberg.) Literally stepping up to home plate after a grim medical diagnosis, on July 4, 1939, this Yankee said the following--"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.” (Lou) Gehrig |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $600: (Hi, I'm Sade Baderinwa.) As part of a New York City tradition that began in 1962, many movie stars, including James Earl Jones as Othello, & Meryl Streep in "Henry V", have interpreted the Bard as part of this project Shakespeare in the Park |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $800: (Hi, I'm Ryan Field.) Extending from Manhattan's southern tip up Broadway to City Hall, the Canyon of Heroes has hosted many ticker tape parades, including one for the U.S. National Women's Team's huge win in this sport in 2019 soccer |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Hi, I'm Liz Cho.) In 1879, critics wondered if New Yorkers would go all the way up Fifth Avenue to the near wilderness of 50th Street after the May 25 formal opening of this Catholic church; turns out, New Yorkers would St. Patrick's |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | COMEDY ON TV $1600: This '70s show was inspired by a New York Magazine article about workers on the night shift at a cab company Taxi |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: Anthony Bourdain wrote a 2001 book about this New York woman who was very infectious in the kitchen in the early 1900s Typhoid Mary |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | FAMOUS FAMILIES $1600: Kykuit Estate in New York's Hudson Valley was a "center" of 4 generations of this family's life the Rockefellers |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | THE WILD WEST $200: Though a Wild West icon, this youthful outlaw who also went by Henry McCarty was born on the East Side of New York City Billy the Kid |
| #8464, aired 2021-08-12 | COLORFUL PRO SPORTS TEAMS $400: This U.S. pro soccer team sounds like an energy drink the (New York) Red Bulls |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | 19th CENTURY MUSIC $2000: The first music publisher to move to what was nicknamed this "Alley" in New York City was M. Witmark & Sons in 1893 Tin Pan |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | A POET LAUREATE $4,000 (Daily Double): The poet laureate of this state, like Marie Howe, receives the Walt Whitman Citation; Walt was from that state New York |
| #8458, aired 2021-08-04 | HOWDY, SHERIFF $1600: More slender as a sheriff than as a politician, Grover Cleveland was once known as the hangman of this city in New York Buffalo |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | LISTEN UP! $600: From the 1970s to the 1990s, you wouldn't hear the sound of this device in homes in New York City, where it was banned a garbage disposal |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | BUSINESS IN THE FRONT $1000: The National Union Life & Limb Insurance Company evolved into this one with a snappier name that still includes "Life" Met Life |
| #8450, aired 2021-07-23 | LOST VOICES $800: This actor had all of his lines in "Hercules in New York" redubbed by someone without an Austrian accent Schwarzenegger |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | TIME FOR SCIENCE $1600: Percival Lowell thought he saw these on the surface of Venus--some think it was a reflection of the blood vessels in his eye canals |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | OVER BUDGET $1600: The 1858 $250,000 budget for the Old New York County Courthouse climbed to $12 million, much going into the pocket of this man Tweed |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | 2011: 10 YEARS AGO $10,000 (Daily Double): Zuccotti Park in New York City's Financial District was the birthplace of this movement against economic inequality Occupy Wall Street |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $2000: British general Burgoyne's 1777 surrender after the second battle of this New York state site was a turning point in the war Saratoga |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | STREET ART $200: The Ecuador-born artist known as Lady Pink became famous for painting on these transports in New York City, 1979-1985 subway cars |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | THIS & THAT $1000: The New York court system says the first word in this 2-word phrase stands for "record of arrest & prosecution" a rap sheet |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | JOURNALISTS $400: In 1833 this "shining" New York newspaper established the penny press & George Wisner was its first reporter the (New York) Sun |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | AMERICAN FACTORY $2000: In the 19th century, these 2 men started a Rochester, New York factory to make eyeglass lenses; contact lenses came later Bausch and Lomb |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | 3-RING CIRCUS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Flushing Meadows in Queens, New York.) The three rings circling the 1964 Unisphere here in Queens represent the three famous orbits at the time--the Telstar satellite, Yuri Gagarin's flight & this American's February 1962 mission John Glenn |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | A SPENDY LITTLE WAR $1200: In 1975 the New York Times reported that China & the U.S.S.R. had given $7.5 billion in aid to this country, 40% for its military North Vietnam |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | THE TERMS OF SERVICE $400: She served as a New York senator from 2001 to 2009 & later, ran for president Hillary Clinton |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | I HAVE TO GIVE YOU CREDIT $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1950 the inaugural charge of this first universal credit card fittingly paid for a meal in New York City Diners Club |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | "AD" IN $400: This rustic style of outdoor chair was named for a New York mountain range Adirondack |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | AUTHORS WHEN YOUNG $400: Langston Hughes attended this New York City Ivy League school & discovered Harlem, where he would help lead a renaissance Columbia (University) |
| #8411, aired 2021-05-31 | SOUVENIRS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from New York City.) A hippopotamus nicknamed William is the mascot of the 5th Avenue outpost of this venerable New York City museum; a replica of him makes a good souvenir the Met (the Metropolitan Museum of Art) |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | KEEPING UP WITH THE JOANS $400: A New York Times TV critic once described her as "possibly the most intuitively funny woman alive" Joan Rivers |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | IN OTHER RECENT NEWS... $2000: In a needed upgrade to Penn Station, a $1.60 billion train hall named for this longtime New York senator, opened in 2021; take a look Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| #8393, aired 2021-05-05 | MR. PRESIDENT $1200: The 1st time he left the White House, he joined a New York law firm; the 2nd time he served on Princeton's board of trustees Cleveland |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | READING MATERIAL $3,800 (Daily Double): Combine 2 words in the New York Times' slogan & get the name of this light, pulpy paper it comes on newsprint |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | CHANNELS $400: Terminating south of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, the Ambrose Channel is located between these 2 states New York & New Jersey |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT? $800: Cortlandt Alley off Canal Street is often used as a location for movies & TV shows shot in this city New York |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | ELECTORAL COLLEGE ALUMNI $400: James Hoffa was a 2008 elector for this state Michigan |
| #8383, aired 2021-04-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 19th c. New York politics, a repeater was a man hired to do this several times in a day, shaving to change his identity vote |
| #8383, aired 2021-04-21 | THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME $800: Fittingly in New York, there's a college of criminal justice named for this first Chief Justice of the U.S. (John) Jay |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | HISTORY $2000: A 4-term governor of New York, he lost his race in 1928 as the first serious Catholic candidate for president Al Smith |
| #8378, aired 2021-04-14 | HODGEPODGE $400: The Ucayali river joins the Marañón to form this river whose length equals the distance from New York City to Rome the Amazon |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $1600: This former New York governor serving in Lincoln's cabinet survived an attempt on his life the night the president was shot (William) Seward |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | BUSINESS $400: This company "crawled" onto the New York Stock Exchange in 1929 with just 3 products: a combine, a grader & a tractor Caterpillar |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | INTERNAL RHYME SURNAMES $1200: This New York City newspaperman signed the bail bond of Jefferson Davis in 1867 Horace Greeley |
| #8367, aired 2021-03-30 | PARK THEMES $400: The carousel that's been in this Manhattan park since 1871 plays the song "Sidewalks Of New York" Central Park |
| #8365, aired 2021-03-26 | FAREWELL TO THE AUTHOR $2000: Toni Morrison paid tribute to this "Go Tell It On The Mountain" author on his passing with a piece in the New York Times Baldwin |
| #8364, aired 2021-03-25 | PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION $2000: A New York City tramway carries passengers between Manhattan & Roosevelt Island over this river the East River |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | I LOVE A PARADE $800: In September 1882 the Knights of this held a giant parade in New York City--the prelude to a new holiday the Knights of Labor |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | ESSAYS $1200: Running up debt in New York City is the subject of Meghan Daum's fittingly titled personal essay "My" this kind of "Youth" Misspent |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | HAVE A DRINK AT... $400: This merry old soul of children's rhyme presides from a mural over the bar named for him at the St. Regis in New York City Old King Cole |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1791 this man beat Philip Schuyler, Alexander Hamilton's father-in-law, for a New York Senate seat Aaron Burr |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | LAKES $1200: Toronto & Oswego, New York are ports on this Great Lake that reaches a depth of over 800 feet Lake Ontario |
| #8359, aired 2021-03-18 | GREEN $1200: In 1864 at Caledonia, New York, Seth Green built the USA's first of these places for fish to be born hatcheries |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | LABORATORIES $400: Carl Sagan was director of the laboratory for planetary studies at this Ithaca, New York university Cornell |
| #8353, aired 2021-03-10 | NICKNAMES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.) An official of the FBI's New York office said in 1992, "The Don is covered in Velcro" & every charge stuck when the Bureau, at last, succeeded in convicting mafia boss John Gotti, known by this slippery nickname "The Teflon Don" |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | FERRIS & OBSERVATION WHEELS $400: For the 1964 New York World's Fair, Uniroyal built a Ferris wheel resembling this product a tire |
| #8349, aired 2021-03-04 | BORDERS $400: About a quarter of Canada's border with the U.S. is with this state Alaska |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | TITLES & HONORIFICS $200: A Massachusetts paper discussed using this honorific for women in 1901; the New York Times would embrace it in 1986 Ms. |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | F IS FOR FAMILY $1200: In 2015 Piero, son of this late car magnate, zoomed to billionaire status when the co. listed on the New York Stock Exchange (Enzo) Ferrari |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | AUTHORS' ROAD TRIPS $3,000 (Daily Double): One of the most famous road trips in American lit began in 1947 when he rode the bus with crying babies from New York to Chicago Jack Kerouac |
| #8339, aired 2021-02-18 | ALL FAIRS $800: A 1939 New York World's Fair diorama predicting the look of the city in 1960 was called this, later a long-running animated TV series Futurama |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | '80s TALK $2000: A 1981 New York Times letter coined this hyphenated numerical term in reference to Wendy Wasserstein, born 1950 thirty-something |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | HOOPS $800: WNBA teams include the New York Liberty, the Phoenix Mercury & these fire starters of Los Angeles the L.A. Sparks |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | ALTERNATE ANTHEMS $400: "This Land Is Your Land" does cover the country, "from" here "to the New York island" California |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | A PLACE LIKE RIVER HILL $800 (Daily Double): Valley Stream, New York is on Long Island, in this county whose name brings the West Indies to mind Nassau County |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | 1821 $800: Long known as simply "The Post", this publication printed its first issue The Saturday Evening Post |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | GAME THEORY $400: In Monopoly, buy heavily landed-on St. James Place, New York Avenue & Tennessee Avenue, the properties of this color orange |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | BEST ACTRESS OSCAR-WINNING ROLES $600: Diane Keaton as this title New York City resident Annie Hall |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | AFTER THE SUPREME COURT $1200: John Jay left the bench to become governor of this state New York |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | 1930s AMERICA $600: New York City's hottest ticket at Christmastime 1932 was the night this theater opened, featuring the then "Roxyettes" Radio City Music Hall |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | PUBLIC SCULPTURE $1200: The famed limestone lions outside this Midtown Manhattan building are called Patience & Fortitude the New York Public Library |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | ISLANDS $400: The most populous U.S. island, it's the southern part of New York State Long Island |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | POP CULTURE $1000: As teenagers in Mass., these 2 actors pooled their acting money in a joint bank account for audition trips to New York Matt Damon & Ben Affleck |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL $200: There's quite a scene in New York Harbor as a reproduction of this Pilgrim ship arrives after a voyage across the Atlantic the Mayflower |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | HISTORIC SURVIVORS $1200: (Jeff Probst presents the clue.) Though cold & tired when she reached the "Carpathia" from a Titanic lifeboat, she realized that some women had lost everything, so she rallied first-class passengers & raised $10,000 before the "Carpathia" reached New York; she was unsinkable indeed Molly Brown |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) $400: This major metropolitan marathon begins & ends in Grant Park Chicago |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | THE FICTIONAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK $400: The Tree of Heaven grows in this borough where Katie & Johnny Nolan raise their daughter Francie in 1912 Brooklyn |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | THE FICTIONAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK $800: In a 1945 E.B. White kids' book, Eleanor is the mom of this tiny title character who can crawl inside a piano to fix keys Stuart Little |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | THE FICTIONAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK $1200: Elizabeth has a tough life in Harlem as her son challenges her husband in this author's "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (James) Baldwin |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | THE FICTIONAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK $1600: Judy McCoy is wed to a Wall Street "Master of the Universe" in "The Bonfire of the Vanities" by him (Tom) Wolfe |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | THE FICTIONAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK $2000: In this woman's "The House of Mirth", Bertha Dorset not only has an affair with Ned but also says Lily had one with Mr. Dorset Edith Wharton |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | BYGONE ABBREV. $1200: The New York Nets, the Virginia Squires & some guy named Dr. J played in this league that merged with its rival in 1976 the ABA |
| #8314, aired 2021-01-14 | COMMUNICATION $400: 56' wide & 29' high, a digital billboard called the Broadway Spectacular is in the heart of this New York City area Times Square |
| #8313, aired 2021-01-13 | LYRICAL C.V. $1600: "Born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas Day, when the New York Times said God is dead" Levon |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | NEW YORK SOCIETY $200: The National Society of Colonial Dames in the state of New York manages Van Cortlandt House, the oldest home in this most N. borough the Bronx |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | NEW YORK SOCIETY $400: Verses written in transit vehicles in NYC & other cities are courtesy of the Poetry Society of America & are called "Poetry in" this motion |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | NEW YORK SOCIETY $600: Head to the Hispanic Society of America for a dazzling art collection, like Martín Gómez's 16th century retablo, also known as this type of piece an altarpiece |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | NEW YORK SOCIETY $800: Located at 680 Park Avenue, the Americas Society was founded by David of this wealthy family to build understanding in our hemisphere Rockefeller |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | NEW YORK SOCIETY $1000: Crusading against "obscene" literature from the 1870s to the 1950s, the NYSSV was the New York Society for the Suppression of this vice |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | AMERICAN ARTISTS $1600: He began as a graffiti artist in New York subways before graduating to large outdoor murals Keith Haring |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | 4,4 $600: Fort Hamilton in New York, for example an army base |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | DECEMBER 21 $400: Containing 31 clues, the first modern one of these diversions appeared in a New York newspaper on December 21, 1913 a crossword puzzle |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | 3-NAMERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: The New-York Weekly Journal's criticism of a Colonial governor led to the 1735 trial of JPZ, this printer Zenger |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | STATES BY COUNTY $200: Kern,
Imperial,
Lassen California |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | MAN ABOUT TOWN $800: The late Pete Hamill was editor of both the New York Daily News & this tabloid rival The New York Post |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | TRADING PLACES $200: Its location at 18 Broad Street near Wall Street was designated a national historic landmark in 1978 the New York Stock Exchange |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE $400: 'Twas 2 days before Christmas in 1823 that the poem "A Visit from" him was published anonymously in a New York newspaper St. Nicholas |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | THE GREAT LAKES $600: 8 states border a Great Lake, but only this one borders Lake Ontario New York |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | NEW YORK CITIES' NICKNAMES $200: This nickname for New York City was used by Washington Irving; Bruce Wayne put it before "City" Gotham |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | NEW YORK CITIES' NICKNAMES $400: Poughkeepsie is "The Queen City of" this river the Hudson |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | NEW YORK CITIES' NICKNAMES $600: Slowly I turned... to this "Honeymoon Capital of the World" Niagara Falls |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | NEW YORK CITIES' NICKNAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): Second only to New York City in population, this western port is the "Nickel City" Buffalo |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | NEW YORK CITIES' NICKNAMES $1000: Sharing its name with a European capital, it was known as "Copper City" for its production of that metal Rome |
| #8289, aired 2020-11-26 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT TALK $1000: Going "up the river" originally meant being sent to this prison north on the Hudson River from New York City Sing Sing |
| #8289, aired 2020-11-26 | ART & ARTISTS $1,800 (Daily Double): This artist called his New York studio "The Factory" Andy Warhol |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | WHERE'S THIS TRAIN HEADED? $400: The Maple Leaf starts in this city & passes by the Finger Lakes region on its way to New York Toronto |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | WHERE'S THIS TRAIN HEADED? $800: The Lake Shore Limited runs from Chicago to Boston & New York along the southern shores of these 2 Great Lakes Erie & Michigan |
| #8283, aired 2020-11-18 | '90s NEWSMAKERS $2000: Replacing Ed Koch in 1990, he became New York City's first African American mayor (David) Dinkins |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | 37 IS HEAVEN $400: Casey Stengel played for the Dodgers & Giants but had his number 37 retired by these other 2 New York teams he managed the Yankees & the Mets |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | 21st CENTURY BROADWAY $400: Time Out New York called "The Lightning Thief", a musical about this son of Poseidon, "worthy of the gods" Percy Jackson |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | SPORTS HALLS OF FAME $200: It's located on Main Street in Cooperstown, New York the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | GETTING THE KEY TO THE CITY $400: In 2010, Mayor Bloomberg gave this clothing designer the key to New York City for his creativity & philanthropy Ralph Lauren |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | WHAT'S THE GOSSIP? $400: In the 1950s the New York Evening this newspaper became a tabloid & "National" , eventually moving to Florida the Enquirer |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | WHAT'S THE GOSSIP? $1600: In 1977 Rupert Murdoch launched a gossip column originally found at & named for this page of the New York Post Page Six |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | TAKE A HIKE $800: Become a 46er by hiking Whiteface, Haystack & 44 other peaks in this range of Upstate New York the Adirondacks |
| #8271, aired 2020-11-02 | ART APPRECIATION $1200: A New York couple paid $212,500 for 15 paintings by this Spaniard in 1956; in 2015 a single one of them sold for $179 million Picasso |
| #8269, aired 2020-10-29 | ALLITERATIVE AUTHORS $1200: In Sept. 2018 this Singapore-born man had 3 books in the top 5 on the New York Times fiction bestseller list Kevin Kwan |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $400: December 31, 1999: "Little fallout from" this "glitch" Y2K |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $800: April 19, 1923: "74,200 see Yankees open new stadium"; he "hits home run" Babe Ruth |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $1200: April 19, 1978: "Senate votes to give up" this waterway the Panama Canal |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $1600: From April 1955: this man's "polio vaccine proves success; millions will be immunized soon" Jonas Salk |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $2000: April 20, 1993: "Death in" this Texas city; "scores die as cult compound is set afire" Waco |
| #8264, aired 2020-10-22 | DAYTIME TV $800: A 2014 New York Times headline about her said: "Others fade, but" this TV judge "is forever" Judge Judy |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | ARCHITECTS & ARCHITECTURE $2000: Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo, New York was designed by these father & son Finnish architects, Eliel & Eero Saarinen |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | 3 THINGS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT $200: Was a sheriff in Erie County, New York; had a 4-year presidential hiatus, has a great first name for a Muppet Grover Cleveland |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | THE $1 BILL $600: The 2 and the B represent one of the 12 of these, abbreviated FRBs, that issued the bill, in this case, the one in New York the Federal Reserve Bank |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | TALKING FRONT OFFICE BASEBALL $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Pymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York.) Praying at Brooklyn's Plymouth Church helped this Dodgers general manager decide to take a big step and integrate baseball with Jackie Robinson Branch Rickey |
| #8249, aired 2020-10-01 | YANKEE STADIUM $600: It wasn't just baseball at the old stadium; this Frank Gifford team moved there in 1956 & promptly won a championship the New York Giants |
| #8247, aired 2020-09-29 | ELECTION ODDITIES $800: In 19th c. New York the Dead Rabbits Gang used force to make people vote for candidates of this Boss Tweed political machine Tammany Hall |
| #8246, aired 2020-09-28 | THE JEFFERSONS $400: 19th c. rich guy & Monticello owner Jefferson Levy had one of these devices printing out stock prices in his New York home a ticker tape |
| #8246, aired 2020-09-28 | WRITERS ANONYMOUS $600: These 85 essays were attributed to "Publius" when they appeared in New York newspapers from 1787 to 1788 the Federalist Papers |
| #8246, aired 2020-09-28 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1000: This school in Annandale-on-Hudson in New York was named for a wealthy Episcopalian family, not for Shakespeare Bard |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | IT'S A DATE $400: On March 17, 1905 this future first lady got married in New York City & didn't even have to change her last name Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | AROUND THE USA $400: The arch seen here is not in Paris but in this city Las Vegas |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION $800: An immigrant is the hero of the title tale of a Mark Helprin collection, this "Island" in New York Bay Ellis Island |
| #8240, aired 2020-09-18 | "ISM"s $1000: In New York City the Gray Panthers organization's mission statement is "activism and advocacy against" this ageism |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | AREN'T YOU... $600: Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan said the New York Post mistook him for this Oscar-winning Spanish actor (Javier) Bardem |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | JUST DESSERTS $600: Different from the New York style, the Japanese variety of this dessert is known for extreme fluffiness cheesecake |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | SUMMER READING $800: In the prequel novel "Summer & the City", this Candace Bushnell character discovers New York City Carrie Bradshaw |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | THE OLD UNIVERSITY TRY $400: Woof! & meow! & maybe even ribbit? This Ivy League U. in upstate New York awarded the nation's first doctorate of veterinary medicine Cornell |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: Historic New York City sports arena where Adam & Eve lived in the Bible Madison Square Garden of Eden |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | IN THE YEAR 2000 $200: Defeating Rick Lazio, Hillary Clinton was elected to the U.S. Senate to represent this state New York |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: In the title of a politically incorrect show, it's the New York avenue on which some puppets live Avenue Q |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: New York statesman DeWitt Clinton promoted the idea of this waterway & was the commissioner who oversaw its construction the Erie Canal |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | ALL AROUND NEW YORK $400: From its resemblance to a certain game, the skyscraper seen here is nicknamed this Building Jenga |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | ALL AROUND NEW YORK $800: It opened in 1899 with 843 animals; today, it has over 6,000 the Bronx Zoo |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | ALL AROUND NEW YORK $1200: You'll be tickled pink to know that at the Plaza Hotel, you can book a really pink suite named for this literary girl Eloise |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | ALL AROUND NEW YORK $1600: To visit the Statue of Liberty, hop on a ferry at this site named for the line of cannons that once defended it Battery Park |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | ALL AROUND NEW YORK $2000: At one time or another, this famous apartment building was home to Leonard Bernstein, Lauren Bacall & John Lennon the Dakota |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | LITERARY LANDMARKS $2000: Nineteen of this man's monologues, including "Morning, Noon, and Night", were written at his home in Sag Harbor, New York Spalding Gray |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | NONFICTION $200: "The Power Broker" by Robert Caro is a biography of Robert Moses, an official who guided the growth of this city for 4 decades New York |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | AFTER LIFE $1200: Named for a New York bay, a young quahog clam, usually eaten raw a Littleneck |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | ONE-WORD TV TITLES $400: Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson solved crimes in modern-day New York City on this CBS procedural Elementary |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | STOCK SYMBOLS $1000: GLW is the stock symbol for this New York-based company that formerly had "Glass Works" in its name Corning |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | QUESTIONS FROM A 1927 QUIZ BOOK $200: With 10.3 million, it's the largest American state by population according to the 1920 Census New York |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE $1600: (MSNBC's Steve Kornacki presents by a display monitor.) New York didn't choose its electors in time and Rhode Island and North Carolina hadn't yet ratified the Constitution, but the vote was otherwise unanimous when every elector cast a vote for George Washington in this year 1789 |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | NOTE BOOKS $2000: This Brit's "American Notes" tells of his 1842 visit to the United States, calling out slavery and "grimy New York City" Charles Dickens |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | JUNIORS & SENIORS $800: Longtime publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger Sr. decided to publish the Pentagon Papers in this newspaper The New York Times |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | UNIQUE COLLEGE COURSES $200: Sweet! Alfred University in New York offered a course on this pancake topper maple syrup |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | FILM SCHOOLS $1600: A lecture room at New York's Columbia University was used for a scene in the 2nd installment of this Marvel hero's franchise in 2004 Spider-Man |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: When the federal capital moved to this city in 1790, Pres. Washington used a legal loophole to avoid freeing his slaves Philadelphia |
| #8193, aired 2020-04-01 | RECENT PLAYS FROM REAL LIFE $1600: In "The True", Edie Falco played Polly Noonan, grandmother to this current junior New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | ORDINAL TERMS $800: Its flagship store opened in New York City in 1924 between 49th & 50th streets Saks Fifth Avenue |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | DEMOGRAPHY $800: Conducted in 1790, the first Census revealed a U.S. population of 3.9 million, with this state being the most populous Virginia |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | POLICE SQUAD $800: In New York City, this bureau is in charge of policing the subway the Transit Bureau |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | ALL-AMERICAN STAMPS $400: The "Great Lakes Lighthouses" stamps of 1995 included New York's Thirty Mile Point on this smallest Great Lake Lake Ontario |
| #8186, aired 2020-03-23 | STATE OF THE BRIDGE $1,000 (Daily Double): Lake Champlain Bridge (2 states, please) Vermont & New York |
| #8184, aired 2020-03-19 | HEAR HERE, NEW YORK! $200: How do you get to this building? Have your tone poem premiere there, like Gershwin in 1928... or just hop off the Q at 57th & 7th Carnegie Hall |
| #8184, aired 2020-03-19 | HEAR HERE, NEW YORK! $400: Now stepping to the collection plate & leading mass in 2008 at Yankee Stadium, this pope, No. XVI, this pope Benedict |
| #8184, aired 2020-03-19 | HEAR HERE, NEW YORK! $600: It's Showtime at this venue on 125th Street for its comedy club & amateur night the Apollo |
| #8184, aired 2020-03-19 | HEAR HERE, NEW YORK! $800: After performing there in 1965, Paul McCartney got back to this large N.Y. venue in 2008 to help Billy Joel play its last show Shea Stadium |
| #8184, aired 2020-03-19 | HEAR HERE, NEW YORK! $1000: BAM for short, it opened with a bam in 1861; the New York Times said it had the finest exterior of all the public buildings of its kind in America Brooklyn Academy of Music |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: Seneca is the deepest of this group of lakes in New York state the Finger Lakes |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $600: (Hi, I'm Lee Goldberg from New York's ABC7. [He presents from Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York.]) Plymouth Church in Brooklyn was once a stop along the underground railroad; often the next leg was on a northbound ship up this river, to Albany, & then on to Canada the Hudson |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | ARCHITECTURE HISTORY $800: In the 1880s Richard Hunt designed the pedestal for this 305-foot-tall monument in New York City the Statue of Liberty |
| #8178, aired 2020-03-11 | PUT THAT SINGER'S NAME ON A POST OFFICE! $400: It's not New York, New York but Hoboken, Hoboken that has a P.O. named for this native son & crooning legend Sinatra |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | BRR! IT'S COLD OUT THERE $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1954 an historic contiguous USA low temp of -70 was recorded near Rogers Pass in this fourth-largest state Montana |
| #8176, aired 2020-03-09 | CUBA BEFORE FIDEL $2000: Pre-Castro Cuba was a hopping place; in this last full year before Fidel took over, Havana had more movie theaters than New York City 1958 |
| #8164, aired 2020-02-20 | GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING $200: The OED defines this phrase that includes a U.S. city as "a very short period of time" a New York minute |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | TV-POURRI $1600: This Skinnygirl made headlines recently when she announced she was leaving "The Real Housewives of New York City" Bethenny Frankel |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | BEARD MAN $400: In 1860 11-year-old Grace Bedell of New York sent a letter urging him to "let your whiskers grow", & he did! Lincoln |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE $800: Below New York City's George Washington Bridge the Hudson |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | PRESIDENTIAL HOMES $1200: His hat hangs from an elk antler at Sagamore Hill, his Oyster Bay, New York home Teddy Roosevelt |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | PRESIDENTIAL HOMES $1600: He wrote part of 1809's "History of New York" while staying in what would later be Martin Van Buren's home, Lindenwald Washington Irving |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | MUSIC HALLS $800: This New York City venue a shimmering gold stage curtain that is said to be the largest in the world Radio City Music Hall |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | MOVIES ACROSS AMERICA $200: (Hi, I'm Bill Ritter from New York's ABC7 [He presents from Queens, NY].) Philip Johnson designed the soaring towers of the New York State Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair in the futuristic Googie style which fit perfectly in this 1997 film that featured them Men in Black |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | MONUMENTAL TELEVISION $1000: A statue of this Jackie Gleason character graces the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal Ralph Kramden |
| #8149, aired 2020-01-30 | BIG PLAY IN THE TEAM'S SUPER BOWL WIN $200: 2012: Mario Manningham makes an amazing 38-yard tiptoeing catch & beats the Pats the New York Giants |
| #8148, aired 2020-01-29 | TRAIN OF THOUGHT $400: 2.8 million cubic yards were excavated to build this New York City train station opened in 1913 Grand Central |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | NIAGARA FALLS $800: If you're standing on the New York side of Niagara Falls, you can see this Canadian province on the other side Ontario |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | BANDS, CLANS & GANGS $1000: Gangs in the "Gangs of New York" era included the Plug Uglies, the Short Tails & these "Boys" named for part of lower Manhattan the Bowery Boys |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | BROADWAY $800: "The Inheritance" reimagines this novelist's "Howards End" with 3 generations of gay men in 21st century New York City Forster |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | THE BACHELOR $600: This man was a bachelor during his 3 terms as mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989 Ed Koch |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | THEIR PEN WENT SILENT $400: His whale of a tale began in New York City in 1819 & ended there with his death in 1891 (Herman) Melville |
| #6, aired 2020-01-09 | AN "OK" CATEGORY $400: A 2019 New York Times article says this 2-word phrase "marks the end of friendly generational relations" "OK boomer" |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | THE "GOLD", "BERG"s $200: This man from Medford, Massachusetts was the 108th mayor of New York City Bloomberg |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | FUN WITH ZIP CODES $1000: The ZIP Code 12345 in Schenectady, New York lights up this company that began operations there in 1892 General Electric |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | SCHOOL DAYS $200: (Norman Lear delivers the clue.) From the Latin for "citizen", it's the study of the rights & duties of citizens; I took it at P.S. 67 in New York & it would help our country if more kids studied it now civics |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | TALES OF THE CITY $400: "Bright Lights, Big City" & "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" New York City |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | THE AGE OF EXPLORATION $2000: A lake that forms the boundary between Vermont & New York bears the name of this explorer who visited in 1609 Samuel de Champlain |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | NEW YORK CITY MUSEUMS $200: At the 9/11 Memorial Museum, you can see part of a retaining wall and a column now covered with mementos from this complex the World Trade Center |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | NEW YORK CITY MUSEUMS $400: A National Museum of Immigration at this site is housed in the original main building restored to its 1918-to-1924 appearance Ellis Island |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | NEW YORK CITY MUSEUMS $600: Fun house mirrors & vintage bumper cars are part of the collection celebrating this iconic amusement area in Brooklyn Coney Island |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | NEW YORK CITY MUSEUMS $800: Frank Lloyd Wright was in his 90s when he supervised construction of his final masterpiece, this museum the Guggenheim |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | NEW YORK CITY MUSEUMS $1000: This last name is paired with Cooper in the name of a national design museum Hewitt |
| #8128, aired 2020-01-01 | PEOPLE $1600: Shared last name of the two men seen here, New York's Archbishop & one of the city's sports team owners (Timothy & James) Dolan |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | ON A FIRST NAME BASIS WITH THAT SHOW $600: About Ms. Morgenstern, who leaves Minneapolis to give New York one last chance Rhoda |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | ON A FIRST NAME BASIS WITH THAT SHOW $1000: About Ms. Porter, who impulsively goes to college in New York City to be with high school crush Ben Felicity |
| #8117, aired 2019-12-17 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at Grant's Tomb in New York City.) The tomb of Ulysses S. Grant, once New York City's most popular attraction, was partly inspired by the tomb of this other 19th century man who was both a great general and a head of state Napoleon Bonaparte |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | NELLIE BLY $200: Nellie Bly was a reporter for this man's New York World & had she been born later, she might have won one of his prizes (Joseph) Pulitzer |
| #8110, aired 2019-12-06 | LAKES & RIVERS $1000: Owasco is part of this group of skinny lakes near Syracuse, New York the Finger Lakes |
| #8110, aired 2019-12-06 | IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE $2000: It's learning acquired at a New York City correctional facility on an East River island Rikers Science |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | I WON'T BE IN TODAY $200: To her teachers in Stockholm: I'm starting a strike to protest climate change, then sailing to New York; try me on sat phone Greta Thunberg |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | I WON'T BE IN TODAY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1913, from this Jr. capitalist: Working from home in my new mansion, at 102 feet the tallest house yet built in New York City John D. Rockefeller, Jr. |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | KEEPING UP WITH THE KENNEDYS $800: For a time, political dynasties were joined while Kerry Kennedy was married to Andrew of this New York family the Cuomo family |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | WE SHARE THAT WATER $400: Long Island Sound New York & Connecticut |
| #8102, aired 2019-11-26 | AMERICAN CATHEDRALS $2000: Nicknamed "St. John the Unfinished", this New York City cathedral is the world's largest Gothic one despite still being under construction the Cathedral of St. John the Divine |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | NEW YORK-SET NOVELS $200: When the Book-of-the-Month Club asked about changing this novel's title, its author said, "Holden Caulfield wouldn't like that" Catcher in the Rye |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | NEW YORK-SET NOVELS $400: 9-year-old Oskar Schell searches for clues about his father who died on 9/11 in the novel "Extremely Loud &" this Incredibly Close |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | NEW YORK-SET NOVELS $600: It begins, "Amerigo Bonasera sat in New York criminal court ...and waited for justice; vengeance on the men who... hurt his daughter" The Godfather |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | NEW YORK-SET NOVELS $800: In this classic, Francie Nolan lives with her family in the poorer part of the Williamsburg neighborhood A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | NEW YORK-SET NOVELS $1,600 (Daily Double): Psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler & his team track down a brutal serial killer in this bestseller set in 1896 The Alienist |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | SOUP TO NUTS $1000: A French chef in New York gets the credit for creating this creamy potato-&-leek soup that's served cold vichyssoise |
| #8096, aired 2019-11-18 | A MAN OF THE CLOTH $800: Before he controlled New York City, this boss served a single term in Congress from 1853 to 1855 (Boss) Tweed |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | CLASSIC AMERICAN PLAYS $1600: In 1933 his play "Ah, Wilderness!" opened in New York with George M. Cohan as one of the leads (Eugene) O'Neill |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $1600: This New York Times crossword editor graduated from Indiana with a degree in enigmatology (the study of puzzles) Will Shortz |
| #8089, aired 2019-11-07 | "SCHU" WHO $1200: This senator has represented New York in D.C. since his election to Congress in 1980 at age 29 (Chuck) Schumer |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | MOUNTAIN STATES $1000: 5,344-foot Mount Marcy, highest of the Adirondacks New York |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | KIDD STUFF $400: The illustration shows pirate William Kidd hiding his treasure on Gardiners Island near Montauk in this state New York |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | SMOKEY BEAR: 75TH YEAR PREVENTING WILDFIRES $400: Smokey was named for Smokey Joe Martin, a member of this famed urban force for 46 years & a hero of the "Greenwich Volcano" blaze the New York Fire Department |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS? $200: 11 Wall Street, New York, New York the New York Stock Exchange |
| #8075, aired 2019-10-18 | DOUBLE TALK $1000: Give me the name of Ossining, New York's correctional facility, ya mug Sing Sing |
| #8075, aired 2019-10-18 | NEWSPAPERS $1200: Times have changed: a 1924 New York Times opinion column called this word game "a primitive sort of mental exercise" a crossword |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | IT'S CRUNCH TIME $1000: This crunchy salad containing apples, celery & mayo was named for the New York hotel where it was created Waldorf |
| #8071, aired 2019-10-14 | AMERICAN POETS LAUREATE $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1998 Lawrence Ferlinghetti was made this city's first poet laureate San Francisco |
| #8070, aired 2019-10-11 | KURT VONNEGUT $1000: Vonnegut's "Player Piano" was inspired by his time working for this giant tech company in Schenectady, New York GE |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | ESSAYS $1200: "Lost Art" & "The Future of Faith" are 2 of the many essays John Updike wrote for this magazine The New Yorker |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | BASEBALL MANAGERS $800: One of the smallest Major League players ever, Miller Huggins managed this 1927 team, perhaps the greatest of all time the New York Yankees |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $1200: "Go Tell It On The Mountain" that he was born in New York in 1924 & said adieu in France in 1987 James Baldwin |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | RANGER THINGS $600: The New York Rangers play home games in this arena Madison Square Garden |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | THE NOT-SO-GOOD DOCTOR $1000: The 1788 Doctors' Riot in New York occurred when physicians were suspected of this crime due to their dissection needs grave-robbing |
| #8062, aired 2019-10-01 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $200: (Hi, I'm Liz Cho from ABC 7.) Mosaics in Ulysses S. Grant's New York City tomb depict the greatest moments in the general's career including the April 1865 surrender of Robert E. Lee at this Virginia site Appomattox |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | YOU DID IT! $800: A professor & New York Times columnist, Paul Krugman won a Nobel Prize in this category in 2008 Economics |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | READ ANY BESTSELLERS LATELY? $200: No. 1 on the New York Times' combined print & e-book nonfiction list in May 2019 was the long-awaited "Report" by this man (Robert) Mueller |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | FESTIVALS $600: It was held Aug. 15-17, 1969 on Max Yasgur's farm in upstate New York Woodstock |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | THAT'S OLD NEWS $1200: The New York Daily News, Nov. 1, 1929: "The storm has passed, leaving" this institution "on an even keel once more" the New York Stock Exchange |
| #8050, aired 2019-09-13 | MOTTOES $1,800 (Daily Double): The New York Times has used this 7-word motto on its front page since 1897 "All the News That's Fit to Print" |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | BLANK THAT GUY $200: Connived his way to control of the New York City Treasury in the 1870s:
William "____" ____ "Boss" Tweed |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | HOTELS $1200: In a classic kids' book by Kay Thompson, Eloise lives at this NYC hotel the Plaza |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | NAME-LETTER PEOPLE $1600: In the '80s she was New York City club kid Lisa E; she grew up to be the lead actress in "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce" Edelstein |
| #8043, aired 2019-07-24 | HISTORY BOOKS $400: "City of Dreams" is Tyler Anbinder's epic history of 400 years of this U.S. metropolis' immigrant experience New York |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THAT PLACE SOUNDS LEGENDARY $800: Danny Kaye & Ayn Rand went to this Norse hall of heroes, or at least a cemetery in a New York hamlet named for it Valhalla |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | A FUNERAL ORATION $600: At this New York Yankee slugger's funeral in 1995, Bob Costas spoke of his flaws as well as his many triumphs (Mickey) Mantle |
| #8039, aired 2019-07-18 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: This publisher founded the New York Tribune as a Whig paper & later helped start the Republican party in 1854 (Horace) Greeley |
| #8037, aired 2019-07-16 | FANCY RESTAURANTS $400: At Eleven Madison Park in New York, a cheesecake made from sturgeon is garnished with this, sturgeon roe caviar |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | GALA $600: "Fashion's biggest night out", the Met Gala in New York City is chaired by this magazine's Anna Wintour Vogue |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | MY LAWN $600: My lawn is a bit smaller than the 15-acre green space in New York's Central Park, known as this grazing animal's meadow Sheep Meadow |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | CORRUPTION ALL AROUND $600: Thanks to Boss Tweed, an 1870s courthouse in this city cost almost twice as much as the U.S. spent to buy Alaska New York City |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | & SUCH $2000: New York Harbor had Ellis Island; San Francisco Bay had this island as its immigration station Angel Island |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | ACTION MOVIE STARS $800: As Snake Plissken, this actor had to "Escape from" New York & Los Angeles (Kurt) Russell |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | HANGOUTS $200: Let's chill at the New York public one; it has 92 locations & more than 55 million items, including DVDs the library |
| #8023, aired 2019-06-26 | INSTA-GRAHAM $400: The Martha Graham School of Contemporary this 5-letter art form is found in New York City dance |
| #8021, aired 2019-06-24 | ISLAND $200: In 1954 the immigration station here in New York Harbor closed its doors Ellis Island |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | COLLEGE BOUND $400: New York has SUNY; New Jersey's SUNJ is AKA this 1-named state university at exit 9 off the turnpike Rutgers |
| #8017, aired 2019-06-18 | NEWSPEOPLE $1200: Last name of CNN's Chris; he says one person he wouldn't grill on politics is his brother, the New York governor Cuomo |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | THE RULES THEY JUST MADE UP $200: In New York, if these are sliced, they are considered "prepared foods" & must be taxed--even if no schmear is involved a bagel |
| #8012, aired 2019-06-11 | KEEP YOUR PLACES STRAIGHT $1000: Bausch + Lomb was founded in this city, New York; the Mayo Clinic, in this city, Minnesota Rochester |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | BOOKS $400: The first woman to win the Pulitzer for Fiction, Edith Wharton won for this 1920 novel about 1870s New York City The Age of Innocence |
| #8010, aired 2019-06-07 | IT'S HARBOR DAY! $200: There's a 225-ton lady eternally greeting visitors at the entrance to this harbor New York Harbor |
| #8002, aired 2019-05-28 | 1950s PEOPLE $1600: Born in New York, she moved with her family to Greece & was back for her Metropolitan Opera debut as Norma in 1956 Maria Callas |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | LET'S GO FLY A KITE $1000: A kite was used to carry a cable across this river between New York & Canada to help build its first suspension bridge the Niagara |
| #7996, aired 2019-05-20 | A DEGREE IN LITERATURE $800: Mary McCarthy graduated from this women's school in New York State in 1933 & wrote "The Group" about women who did too Vassar |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | MVP! MVP! $200: Derek Jeter of this team had a pretty fun year in 2000 as MVP of both the All-Star game & the World Series the New York Yankees |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | FIRE & ICE $400: Fire Island lies off the southern shore of this island in southeastern New York state Long Island |
| #7991, aired 2019-05-13 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: Founded in 1754 as King's College, it's the oldest institution of higher learning in New York Columbia |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | "C" WHO SALUTES $2000: This veteran of the Revolutionary War went on to be the first governor of New York state & VP under Jefferson & Madison (George) Clinton |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | INITIALLY YOURS $400: In 1879 he founded his first 5-cent stores in Utica, New York & Lancaster, Penn.; the price ceiling was later raised to a dime F.W. Woolworth |
| #7983, aired 2019-05-01 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1200: The soap opera "General Hospital" is set in this fictional city in New York state Port Charles |
| #7983, aired 2019-05-01 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1200: In area, Manhattan is New York City's smallest borough; this one is the largest Queens |
| #7982, aired 2019-04-30 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: In 1828 future president Van Buren quit the Senate, won the race to be gov. of this state, then quit that job within 12 weeks New York |
| #7982, aired 2019-04-30 | BROOKLYN $1,000 (Daily Double): The edifice built as Brooklyn City Hall is now called this, reflecting Brooklyn's status within New York City Borough Hall |
| #7980, aired 2019-04-26 | A FORK IN THE ROAD $800: The Strand forks into the Mall & Whitehall in the heart of this city London |
| #7976, aired 2019-04-22 | JEOPARD"IZED" $600: Admitted to Mount Sinai in New York or to Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles hospitalized |
| #7973, aired 2019-04-17 | PRESIDENTS BY DOG $600: Buddy, his Lab, was struck & killed by a car in New York in 2002 Clinton |
| #7972, aired 2019-04-16 | PRESS YOUR LUCK $1200: 5 New York newspapers banded together to found this news organization in 1846 the Associated Press |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | NAME IN COMMON $800: A London palace & a New York kennel club Westminster |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | LET'S GO TO THE WILDLIFE REFUGE $2000: New York's Seatuck Refuge is home to these birds of prey also known as fish eagles osprey |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | GET YOUR KICKS $4,800 (Daily Double): The history of these New York City high kickers began with a troupe founded in St. Louis the Rockettes |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $11,914 (Daily Double): Nicknamed "Sadie Lou", this New York college dropped the words "for Women" from its name in 1947 Sarah Lawrence |
| #7963, aired 2019-04-03 | THE SHARED NICKNAME $800: 1930s sports superstar Didrikson & a certain 1930s New York Yankee named...Dahlgren Babe |
| #7962, aired 2019-04-02 | BOTANICAL GARDENS $400: Columbia University botanist Nathaniel Lord Britton helped establish this city's botanical garden New York City |
| #7954, aired 2019-03-21 | THE SPORTING "NEW"s $400: In 1962 this MLB team lost an amazing 120 games the New York Mets |
| #7953, aired 2019-03-20 | BEFORE HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT... $1000: He served as undersecretary of H.E.W. in the Eisenhower administration & then as New York governor Rockefeller |
| #7953, aired 2019-03-20 | SCI-FI SUBGENRES $1200: The planet's in trouble in "New York 2140" by Kim Stanley Robinson, part of the cli-fi subgenre, short for this climate fiction |
| #7952, aired 2019-03-19 | THEY NAMED THE COLLEGE FOR ME! $400: In 1865 this upstate New York Ivy school couldn't find a name that was better than Ezra's Cornell |
| #7952, aired 2019-03-19 | VOCABULARY $1,400 (Daily Double): "The Age of Innocence" says the hue of this building material "coated New York like a cold chocolate sauce" brownstone |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2018 $400: A young woman decides hibernation may be the answer in Ottessa Moshfegh's "My Year of" this, R&R for short rest and relaxation |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2018 $800: "The Coddling of the American Mind" is dubious about these "spaces" that make college students feel sheltered safe spaces |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2018 $1200: Lawrence Osborne put this classic Raymond Chandler P.I. back to work in "Only to Sleep" Philip Marlowe |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2018 $1600: Imani Perry went "Looking for Lorraine", this African-American playwright & activist who died all too young at 34 Lorraine Hansberry |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2018 $4,000 (Daily Double): "Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of" this Midwest capital city includes "Its Chaotic Founding" on April 22, 1889 & much more Oklahoma City |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | RIVER, RUN $1,000 (Daily Double): In New York Times crossword puzzles, the clue for it has been "Bard's river" Avon |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | THE PULITZER PRIZE $4,000 (Daily Double): The Editorial Board of the New York Daily News was Prize-worthy for helping to save this theater in Harlem The Apollo |
| #7947, aired 2019-03-12 | A HOLE IN THE GROUND $2000: Ausable Chasm bills itself as the Grand Canyon of these New York State mountains up by Lake Champlain Adirondacks |
| #7946, aired 2019-03-11 | 1870s AMERICA $1200: This New York City politician was convicted of 204 charges of fraud in an 1873 court case Boss Tweed |
| #7946, aired 2019-03-11 | NORMAN LEAR, THE FIRST 96 YEARS $1600: (Norman Lear delivers the clue.) Of all the TV characters I've created, the one who most shares my passions & my politics is this woman who lived in Tuckahoe, New York Maude |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | FBI AGENT NON-DISQUALIFIERS $800: Outstanding these; at the New York Public Library, they're 25 cents a day for a book, $3 for a DVD late fees (or fines) |
| #7944, aired 2019-03-07 | NATIVE AMERICAN $1 COINS $200: This city's skyline is seen on the coin honoring the Mohawk ironworkers who worked on skyscrapers there New York City |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | ARTS & CULTURE $1200: In 1957's "Square Dance", this New York City Ballet founder combined classical technique with square dance calls George Balanchine |
| #7934, aired 2019-02-21 | IN PERPETUITY $200: "Thank God! He lives, and he lives forever", said an 1897 New York Sun editorial reply to an 8-year-old with this first name Virginia |
| #7934, aired 2019-02-21 | NOTORIOUS $600: The prison break of 2 murderers named Matt & Sweat is dramatized in TV's "Escape at" this place in New York state Dannemora |
| #7929, aired 2019-02-14 | MOUNTAINS & VALLEYS $600: Geologically, New York's Catskills are a part of this mountain chain that stretches from Alabama up into Canada the Appalachians |
| #7929, aired 2019-02-14 | HISTORIC SUPREME COURT CASES $1600: In 1998's Clinton v. City of New York, the Court nixed this kind of veto because it gave the president too much power a line-item veto |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | A STATE OF RELAXATION $1600: Franklin Roosevelt's Little White House State Historic Site Georgia |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | THE NEW JERSEY HALL OF FAME $400: This ex-"Daily Show" host "was born in New York City but...was raised in N.J., part of the great Jewish emigration of 1963" Jon Stewart |
| #7923, aired 2019-02-06 | INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES $400: With its main store at Broadway & 12th Street, Strand Books in this city boasts "18 miles of books" New York |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | SUCCESSION $1600: Whitelaw Reid succeeded Horace Greeley as editor of this New York "T"--not Times the Tribune |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | LITERARY FIRST LINES $1200: A New York Times Best Book of the Year from 2010:
"Today I'm five. I was four last night going to sleep in wardrobe" Room |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | NEW YORK STATE OF MIND $200: Resort village on Otsego Lake that's home to the Baseball Hall of Fame Cooperstown |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | NEW YORK STATE OF MIND $400: It was a capital idea to found Albany on the banks of this river the Hudson |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | NEW YORK STATE OF MIND $600: The atrium seen here is in the New York City building named for this man--because of his finance news service, not his mayordom Bloomberg |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | NEW YORK STATE OF MIND $800: Some say this word applies to anything north of the Bronx; it's the name of a medical college in Syracuse upstate |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | NEW YORK STATE OF MIND $1000: This Finger Lakes city shares a name with the home of Odysseus Ithaca |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | THE SUPER BOWL $800: The Baltimore Colts were 18-point favorites in Super Bowl III but lost to this team; after all, Namath guaranteed it the New York Jets |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | OFFICIAL STATE FOODS $1,000 (Daily Double): Start spreading the news: New York has an official muffin that's made with this state fruit an apple |
| #7917, aired 2019-01-29 | BUILDING BIG $400: New York City's Twin Towers were briefly the tallest in the world until this U.S. building surpassed them in 1973 the Sears Tower |
| #7917, aired 2019-01-29 | ART & ARTISTS $3,000 (Daily Double): It was the married name of sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt, who founded a museum of American art in New York City Gertrude Whitney |
| #7915, aired 2019-01-25 | LYING IN STATES $800: Andy Warhol Pennsylvania |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | TAKING STOCK $800: In 1971 this new U.S. stock exchange introduced the era of all-electronic trading NASDAQ |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | TEDDY ROOSEVELT, MEET JACKIE ROBINSON $400: Teddy was born in 1858 on New York's E. 20th street, just across the river from this borough where Jackie would become famous Brooklyn |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | BEARD MAN $400: In 1959 this new Latin American leader toured the U.S. but refused to shave his beard as his New York PR firm had advised Castro |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | A TROPHY CATEGORY $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.) Estimated to be worth $4 million, the Woodlawn Vase, representing victory in the Preakness, is a sterling silver piece dating back to 1860, designed by this New York City jeweler Tiffany's |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | DON'T GO TO TOWN $1200: This New York City region is bounded by 14th Street & Houston Street, west of Broadway Greenwich Village |
| #7904, aired 2019-01-10 | THEATER $1600: Turning 40 in 2019, the New York Theatre Workshop has launched works like this Jonathan Larson musical, whose original production is seen here Rent |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | ON THE ROAD $800: This distinctively narrow New York building is on 5th Avenue in Manhattan the Flatiron Building |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | SPORTS DRAFTS $800: In 1969 this 7'2" No. 1 draft pick of the ABA's New York Nets & the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks chose to live in Milwaukee Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (or Lew Alcindor) |
| #7896, aired 2018-12-31 | CLOSE THE CASE $400: 1964, a little matter of the First Amendment:
this newspaper v. Sullivan The New York Times |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | AROUND THE WORLD AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.) Intricate tile mosaics decorate the 14th century Iranian Mihrab, a niche in the wall in the mosque that indicates the direction of this city, which Muslims face when praying Mecca |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | AROUND THE WORLD AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.) A building, its setting, and its furnishings were inextricably related for this architect, who designed the prairie-style room and all of its furniture, which is placed exactly as he intended it Frank Lloyd Wright |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | STATE STUFF $800: The Oswego Canal is part of its 500-mile canal system New York |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | AROUND THE WORLD AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.) Likely designed by Hans Holbein the Younger, a suit of armor from 1527 is thought to be this king's; in contrast is the suit of armor he wore when he was overweight and crippled with gout King Henry VIII |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | AROUND THE WORLD AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.) Spiritual forces can be contained or released by nkisi n'kondi, or a power figure carved by these Bantu-speaking people whose name is on an African river and two African republics the Congolese (people of the Congo) |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | AROUND THE WORLD AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $4,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.) Italian artist Antonio Canova created a model of neoclassical beauty with this sculpture of this Greek hero, sword in one hand, and in the other, Medusa's just-severed head Perseus |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: Time Out New York says Russ & Daughters is one of the best places to get bagels & this lox |
| #7891, aired 2018-12-24 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) On July 9, 1776, just hours after the Declaration of Independence was read publicly for the first time in New York, a patriotic mob tore down a gilded statue, recreated here of this reigning king; parts of it would be melted down and used as ammo against the British George III |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | 75 YEARS AT THE NEW YORK CITY CENTER $200: A new staging of this Kander & Ebb musical at City Center moved to Broadway, where it's still going 9,000 shows later Chicago |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | 75 YEARS AT THE NEW YORK CITY CENTER $400: In 1954 George Balanchine mounted this ballet for Christmas at the City Center & a new tradition began The Nutcracker |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | 75 YEARS AT THE NEW YORK CITY CENTER $600: This actress is joined by puppets on the midway as Lili in a 2002 City Center production of "Carnival" Anne Hathaway |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | 75 YEARS AT THE NEW YORK CITY CENTER $800: In 1971 this African American's dance company moved downtown to City Center where they still perform today Alvin Ailey |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | 75 YEARS AT THE NEW YORK CITY CENTER $1000: In "Little Shop of Horrors", Taran Killam is the dentist, & Jake Gyllenhaal is "suddenly" this lead character Seymour |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | CENTURY 19 REAL ESTATE LISTINGS $1000: Completed in 1890, get in quick--this New York City venue will be demoed in 1925, though it may be replaced Madison Square Garden |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | DAY ONE $800: A New York City art show that opened October 31, 1962 is credited with introducing the world to this style shown here pop art |
| #7871, aired 2018-11-26 | WHICH STATE? $1000: Had the first national monument & the first national forest Wyoming |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | GOVERNORS $400: A typical recent headline in the New York Daily News: Mayor de Blasio & this man "Squabble Over Who Funds Subway Work" (Andrew) Cuomo |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $400: Oneida Lake is often considered to be the "thumb" of these 11 long, narrow lakes in New York the Finger Lakes |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | BLACK FRIDAY $800: May 31, 1985:
A cluster of about 40 of these wreaks havoc in Ontario, New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio tornadoes |
| #7864, aired 2018-11-15 | WRITER'S CHEAT SHEET $800: New York Times guidelines say with a long quote, it's "usually wise to" do this, restate it in different words paraphrase |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York.) In February 1963, months before his "I Have A Dream" speech, he delivered an early version of the speech right here at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn to a packed congregation Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | THEME PARKS $400: The name of this New York City "Island" of fun is related to Konijn, Dutch for "rabbit" Coney Island |
| #7858, aired 2018-11-07 | OOPS ON STAMPS $800: A stamp had this big landmark; not the original in N.Y. Harbor, but the lady in front of Vegas' New York-New York casino the Statue of Liberty |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | AT THE SODA FOUNTAIN $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Franklin Fountain in Philadelphia.) The New York recipe for this treat does not contain the two items in the name--only milk, seltzer & chocolate syrup; here at Franklin Fountain, they also make a more literal version, with the yolk an egg cream |
| #7853, aired 2018-10-31 | REPORTS OF MY DEATH... $400: Since a 2003 flub this "paper of record" uses the 2nd paragraph of obits to explain why it's sure the person is dead The New York Times |
| #7852, aired 2018-10-30 | '60s MUSIC POTPOURRI $200: This late '60s music & art fair in Bethel, New York lent its name to a Charles Schulz character Woodstock |
| #7852, aired 2018-10-30 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $800: Federal Hall in this city commemorates the first seat of the U.S. Congress New York |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | THE STATE-LY COLLEGE $200: Vassar New York |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | 1984 AT THE MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $800: (Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) In "Moscow on the Hudson" this funnyman was superb as a Russian musician who defects during a trip to New York City Robin Williams |
| #7847, aired 2018-10-23 | STUPID ANSWERS ACROSS AMERICA $400: (Hi, I'm Liz Cho from ABC7.) Ulysses S. Grant was interred here in his New York City tomb in 1897; years later, Groucho Marx made a famous running gag out of this question Who's buried in Grant's Tomb? |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | NO LONGER AROUND $600: As of summer 1999, you could no longer hail one of these iconic rides in New York a checker cab |
| #7844, aired 2018-10-18 | AMERICANA $1600: Walter Chrysler & Elizabeth Arden are among those taking a "snooze" at this New York cemetery near Tarrytown Sleepy Hollow |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | TV FOR SHORT $800: This reality show is "RHONY" The Real Housewives of New York |
| #7836, aired 2018-10-08 | 2018 HAPPENINGS $1200: In 2018 this "Sex & the City" actress made a bid for New York governor Cynthia Nixon |
| #7835, aired 2018-10-05 | THE TRIAL'S VENUE $2000: The trial of Leon Czolgosz--this city, not D.C. Buffalo, New York |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | WE'RE IN THIS LEAGUE $600: New York Red Bulls the MLS (or Major League Soccer) |
| #7826, aired 2018-09-24 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $2000: On Sept. 1, 1980, the New York Times said "Republicans worry about" one of these events that happen late in a campaign a October surprise |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | ORANGE YOU GLAD $1200: First published in 1903, the Daily Orange is this New York university's student newspaper Syracuse |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | THIS & THAT $200: A classic of men's formal wear, this dinner jacket was named for a New York country club that opened in 1886 a tuxedo |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | AMONG TIME'S 50 BEST PODCASTS OF 2018 $400: "Endless Thread" had Boston's WBUR & this website go beyond "the front page of the Internet" to get deeper into stories Reddit |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | NOVEL ACTORS $800: Lorelai from "Gilmore Girls", she's had 3 books hit the New York Times bestsellers list, one a novel Lauren Graham |
| #7818, aired 2018-09-12 | MOB RULE $600: Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese & Lucchese are the 5 these that long ruled New York's mob families |
| #7813, aired 2018-07-25 | GONNA PAINT THIS TOWN $800: A corner restaurant on New York's Greenwich Avenue inspired this 1942 Edward Hopper masterpiece Nighthawks |
| #7813, aired 2018-07-25 | PROFESSIONAL NICKNAMES $1000: This nickname for a policeman may come from metal badges once worn in New York City a copper |
| #7810, aired 2018-07-20 | FAMOUS JEWISH AMERICANS $800: Later active in New York City government, on September 8, 1945, Bess Myerson became the first & so far only Jewish holder of this title Miss America |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | DESIGN ACROSS AMERICA $1600: (I'm Ryan Field from New York's ABC-7.) A collaboration involving architecture; engineer & landscape, garden & lighting design, this is Manhattan's newest park the High Line |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2000: Rome & this city, whose name was drawn from a hat, form a metropolitan area in New York state Utica |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $400: This president died in New York City on the 55th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence Monroe |
| #7797, aired 2018-07-03 | CONFUSING AUTHORS $800: (Kelly shows two writers on the monitor.) You might have confused playwright Arthur Miller & novelist Henry Miller on a walking tour--they had homes 500 feet apart in New York City's first commuter suburb, the heights of this borough Brooklyn |
| #7796, aired 2018-07-02 | BORN & DIED $400: This First Lady was born in Southampton, New York in 1929 & died in Manhattan in 1994 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |
| #7795, aired 2018-06-29 | MULTIPLE A's $600: "We invented the aluminum industry", says this company, AA on the New York Stock Exchange Alcoa |
| #7794, aired 2018-06-28 | 1958 $3,000 (Daily Double): Later vice president, he was elected to the first of 4 terms as governor of New York Nelson Rockefeller |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | NOM DE MUPPET $200: This balcony-based curmudgeon is named for a New York City hotel--his wife is even named Astoria Waldorf |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | PLACE IT $200: The 1976 Democratic National Convention:
this New York City arena Madison Square Garden |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | ARCHITECTURE $400: At 1,396 feet, 432 Park Avenue in this city is the world's tallest all-residential building in our hemisphere New York City |
| #7783, aired 2018-06-13 | U.S. LIBRARIES $400: Check it out--located at 42nd Street & Fifth Avenue, its cornerstone laying was November 10, 1902 the New York Public Library |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | SONG TIME $800: This one-named hitmaker's raps include "5 A.M. in Toronto", "9 A.M. in Dallas" & "6 P.M. in New York" Drake |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | A JOURNEY OF YOUR PIERS $600: Daniel Burnham's early 20th century plan for this city included Navy Pier Chicago |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $800: It's the northernmost of New York City's boroughs the Bronx |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | YOUR STYLE $1000: In Paris it's a men's shirt; in New York it's a type of dress, loose-cut & short a chemise |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | THAT RAISES A RED FLAG $800: You can buy a big red flag of this university in New York state with its founding date, 1865 Cornell |
| #7773, aired 2018-05-30 | TRIBAL STATES $1200: St. Regis Mohawk tribe New York |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | NEW YORK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Its school mascot is Otto the Orange Syracuse |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | NEW YORK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: On the seal of this school in Hamilton, there's a Latin motto & a hand holding a torch, not a tube of toothpaste Colgate |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | NEW YORK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1600: Fordham has 2 main campuses: one in da Bronx & the other at this performing arts complex in Manhattan Lincoln Center |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | NEW YORK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1917 it awarded the first Pulitzer Prizes Columbia |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | NEW YORK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2000: RIT for short, it was one of the first schools to offer an undergraduate degree in software engineering Rochester Institute of Technology |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | WRITERS NOT WRITING $800: Michael Grant's novels "Precinct" & "Officer Down" were informed by his 23 years on this city's police force New York |
| #7765, aired 2018-05-18 | PUTTING THE VICE IN VICE PRESIDENT $600: On Oct. 11, 1973 the New York Times said he "quits vice presidency and admits tax evasion in '67" Spiro Agnew |
| #7755, aired 2018-05-04 | BORROWED WORDS $2000: From the German, it's a vending machine or a restaurant full of them in New York City of yore an automat |
| #7747, aired 2018-04-24 | STATE CONSUMABLES $400: Since 1987 apple has (naturally) been this Eastern state's state muffin New York |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | ELITE ATHLETES $1000: 7'3" with a 7'6" wingspan, Kristaps Porzingis stands tall & wide in the world's most famous arena for this team the New York Knicks |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | EXPLORERS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Explorers Club in New York.) For his drive to the North Pole in 1909, this explorer used 19 sleds of his own design; the sleds were built longer & wider than Native sleds to lower the center of gravity, thus preventing them from overturning Robert Peary |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | 21st CENTURY DEALS $800: Metlife used Snoopy in ads, but paid more than peanuts to get its name on the stadium shared by these 2 NFL teams the New York Jets and New York Giants |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | "R" TOWN $1600: At the age of 5 George Eastman moved there with this family Rochester, New York |
| #7736, aired 2018-04-09 | LANDMARKS $200: The Cave of the Winds tour provides an up-close view of these falls in upstate New York Niagara Falls |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | WOMEN POETS $800: Her 1967 New York Times obituary called her a "poet, critic, sardonic humorist and literary wit" Dorothy Parker |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | BRIDGES $1200: The 3 boroughs in New York City's Triborough Bridge are Manhattan, the Bronx & this Queens |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | IT'S MEDICINAL $1600: In New York conditions that make one eligible for this alliterative aid include A.L.S., M.S. & Parkinson's medical marijuana |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | REESE WITHERSPOON MOVIES $1000: New York fashion designer Melanie Smooter, actually a Southern girl Sweet Home Alabama |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | CLUES ACROSS NEW YORK CITY $200: (I'm Lee Goldberg from New York's ABC7.) In the 1800s Brooklyn's Plymouth Church became known as the "the Grand Central depot" of this secretive network that helped slaves escape to the North the Underground Railroad |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | CLUES ACROSS NEW YORK CITY $400: (I'm Bill Ritter from New York's ABC7.) I'm in Flushing Meadows in Queens & the towers behind me were part of the New York State pavilion at this 1964 celebration the World's Fair |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | CLUES ACROSS NEW YORK CITY $600: (I'm Sade Baderinwa from New York's ABC7.) On the way to Staten Island from Manhattan you can see this island where the American lives of many U.S. families began Ellis Island |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | CLUES ACROSS NEW YORK CITY $800: (I'm Liz Cho from New York's ABC7.) Ulysses S. Grant & his wife Julia lie together in Grant's Tomb in upper Manhattan; it is said their desire to be interred side by side stemmed from a visit to the tomb of this Spanish royal couple Ferdinand and Isabella |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | CLUES ACROSS NEW YORK CITY $1000: (I'm Ryan Field from New York's ABC7.) The High Line Park runs from the Meatpacking District through Chelsea to New York City's convention center, named for this late senator Jacob Javits |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | NEWSPAPERS $600: After "JFK Jetblue Pilot Goes Nuts in Midair", this Rupert Murdoch tabloid subtly headlined "This Is Your Captain Freaking" The New York Post |
| #7722, aired 2018-03-20 | COMPOSERS $1600: In 1893, he was in the house as the New York Philharmonic gave the world premiere of his symphony, "From the New World" (Antonin) Dvořák |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER $1600: An estimated 500,000 people jammed New York's Central Park to see this duo's 1981 reunion concert Simon & Garfunkel |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $1200: In Oct. 2017 the 3-mile-long Tappan Zee Bridge was closed as a prelude to demolition on this state's thruway New York |
| #7702, aired 2018-02-20 | MARCH $800: In March 2018 this New York City parade up Fifth Avenue celebrates its 257th anniversary St. Patrick's Day |
| #7702, aired 2018-02-20 | FRUIT FORWARD $2000: Called the best hot dog in New York (by Julia Child!):
____ King Papaya King |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | JAY LENO'S GARAGE $800: (Jay Leno presents the clue.) The jet-engine 1963 Chrysler Turbine car was a tour de force of futuristic design & as a 14-year-old, I went to this 1964 New York City expedition of space-age technology specifically to see one the World's Fair |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | NEWSPAPERS $800: This famous 7-word motto appears in the top left corner of the New York Times' front page "All the news that's fit to print" |
| #7688, aired 2018-01-31 | A STASH OF MUSTACHES $200: The secret word is this guy, born Julius in New York City in 1890 Groucho Marx |
| #7688, aired 2018-01-31 | CATCHING "FIRE" $800: It's nicknamed "New York's Key West" Fire Island |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | THEY COME IN PAIRS $2000: The famous pair of marble lions outside the New York Public Library are Patience & this Fortitude |
| #7685, aired 2018-01-26 | SWORD CINEMA $800: Connor MacLeod travels from 16th c. Scotland to 20th c. New York to stop the evil Kurgan with his sword in this film Highlander |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | SPORTS UPSETS $200: In Super Bowl XLII the 18-0 Patriots were upset by this team when Eli Manning threw a touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress the New York Giants |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | THE GOLD STANDARDS $2000: The New York Times called James Baker, who served Reagan & Bush, the gold standard of this White House job chief of staff |
| #7680, aired 2018-01-19 | STATES BY LAKES $800: Seneca Lake,
Keuka Lake New York |
| #7678, aired 2018-01-17 | PRESIDENTIAL BURIAL PLACES $1000: Kinderhook, New York Martin Van Buren |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | GETTING POSSESSIVE $400: This NYC church is the seat of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New York; let's have a parade! St. Patrick |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | NIKOLA TESLA $800: Several of Tesla's product designs were used to harness this natural landmark to power Buffalo, New York Niagara Falls |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | AROUND THE SOUTH $400: In 2016 this Memphis home welcomed its 20 millionth visitor Graceland |
| #7666, aired 2018-01-01 | ANNUAL EVENTS $600: The Christmas tree lighting at this New York City site has been taking place since 1933 & was first televised in 1951 Rockefeller Center |
| #7666, aired 2018-01-01 | BAND STANDS $1000: Run the Jewels, featuring El-P and this Atlanta activist, teamed with the New York Times for a Top 10 list of protest songs Killer Mike |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | LIFE IN 1977 $1000: Life in New York City got scarier during the killing spree of David Berkowitz, known by this nickname the Son of Sam |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | DOCUMENTS $400: Collective name for the essays published in New York newspapers in 1787-88 supporting ratification of the Constitution the Federalist Papers |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | "SOCIAL" $800: Before literary fame, Alice Walker had this job with the New York City Welfare Department a social worker |
| #7656, aired 2017-12-18 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1600: This former New York governor was funky enough to be veep under 2 presidents, Jefferson & Madison George Clinton |
| #7654, aired 2017-12-14 | SOUNDS LIKE THE MOVIE'S SEQUEL $1600: "Green Card" was not a sequel to this film in which Eddie Murphy's Prince Akeem looks for a wife in Queens, New York Coming to America |
| #7649, aired 2017-12-07 | ANIMALS IN COMPETITION $800: In 2017 Rumor had it--Rumor being a canine, & "it" being named Best in Show at this competition in New York Westminster |
| #7649, aired 2017-12-07 | THE 19th CENTURY $1000: After this project was completed in 1825, freight rates from Buffalo to New York City dropped from $100 to $10 a ton the Erie Canal |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $400: "Start spreadin' the news, I'm leavin' today, I want to be a part of it", this song "New York, New York" |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | RHYME TIME $600: An artificial New York strip or sirloin a fake steak |
| #7640, aired 2017-11-24 | TEAM MASCOTS $400: In 2017 this New York team found a new "Mr." after the old one made a colorful gesture to a fan the Mets |
| #7636, aired 2017-11-20 | PRISONS $1200: It was at this New York prison that Julius & Ethel Rosenberg were executed in 1953 Sing Sing |
| #7635, aired 2017-11-17 | 5 EXES $1600: Seen here is this ex-top cop of Boston, Los Angeles & New York City--twice (Bill) Bratton |
| #7632, aired 2017-11-14 | "M" TV SHOWS $1000: Dennis Weaver cowboyed up as a cop in New York City McCloud |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | UNSCRIPTED TV $800: On this Bravo show "New York" & "Los Angeles", ambitious real estate agents strive to sell pricey properties Million Dollar Listing |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | BOATS & SHIPS $1600: This Cunard liner was en route from New York to Fiume when it rescued 705 people from the Titanic's lifeboats the Carpathia |
| #7625, aired 2017-11-03 | THANK YOU, SENATOR $1600: We can thank him for being a fierce antislavery sen. from New York starting in 1849 & also, y'know, for getting us Alaska (William) Seward |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | WHAT HAPPENED WHEN? $400: On Halloween 2012 the New York Stock Exchange reopened after being closed for 2 days due to this weather event Hurricane Sandy |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | THAT MOVIE HAD NO SEQUEL $400: "L.A. Confidential",
"Escape from New York",
"Beverly Hills Cop" L.A. Confidential |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | STATE OF THE UNION HEADQUARTERS $200: The eastern region of the Actors' Equity Association:
this state New York |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | OCTOBER: SPORTS FANS' HEAVEN $400: The NHL's new Golden Knights franchise of this city starts its regular season next to New York-New York Vegas |
| #7609, aired 2017-10-12 | ALL THE "BEST" $400: Each week the New York Times publishes 11 of these; watch for them on Sunday bestseller list |
| #7608, aired 2017-10-11 | "AU"THORS $2000: This American novelist rose to fame with his 1980s "New York Trilogy" Paul Auster |
| #7606, aired 2017-10-09 | STATES BY COLORFUL LOCALES $600: Red Hook &
White Plains New York |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1600: No one knows where exactly in New York City this hero of the Revolution was hanged as a spy Sept. 22, 1776 Nathan Hale |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | FOOD & DRINK $800: The main difference between these two desserts that end in the same three letters is that one contains dairy and the other does not sorbet & sherbet |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $800: His story began in Salinas, California in 1902 & ended in New York in 1968 (John) Steinbeck |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | LIBRARIANS $800: Up Concord way state librarian Michael York is celebrating the tricentennial of this state library, the USA's oldest New Hampshire |
| #7589, aired 2017-09-14 | U.S. BUILDINGS $600: A sculpture in this New York City building depicts its founder holding one of the nickels used to create his five-and-dime empire Woolworth (Building) |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | FAKE NEWS $2000: In 1961 a sculpture in New York's Met was exposed as modern & not the work of these Roman predecessors the Etruscans |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | STATELY SONGS $200: This stately song by The Mamas & The Papas was appropriately written during a winter in New York City "California Dreamin'" |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | WORLD LEADERS $600: Eamon de Valera, who led this country's fight for independence, was born in New York City Ireland |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | JOURNALING JOURNEYERS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Leaving Sag Harbor on September 23, 1960, heading west across the U.S., and reaching Mississippi by December was this author with his dog; when he got back to New York, he got lost and had to ask for directions (John) Steinbeck |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | YOU CAN SET YOUR WATCH BY IT $800: First a gavel, then a gong, now one of these is sounded each day at 4 P.M. to close trading at 11 Wall Street a bell |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | THE RED, WHITE & BLUE $1000: This homespun announcer did radio play-by-play for Cincinnati, Brooklyn, and the New York Yankees Red Barber |
| #7566, aired 2017-07-03 | ANAGRAMMED U.S. CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Reno Sky, New York Yonkers |
| #7566, aired 2017-07-03 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1000: In 1817 Col Sylvanus Thayer began an influential 16 yrs. as superintendent at this institution in New York state West Point |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | THE NOVEL'S NARRATOR $2000: Stingo, an aspiring writer who lives in a New York boarding house Sophie's Choice |
| #7557, aired 2017-06-20 | WE'RE GIVING YOU A COMMISSION $600: In 1992 David Dinkins created the Mollen Commission to investigate police corruption in this city New York |
| #7556, aired 2017-06-19 | WHO THEY SERVED $400: (I'm Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Post.) In 2001 I served as a policy adviser on this man's successful campaign for mayor of New York, but in a 2016 editorial, I urged him not to mount a third-party run for the presidency (Michael) Bloomberg |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME $200: The hall is housed in Seneca Falls in this state, the birthplace of the American women's rights movement New York |
| #7550, aired 2017-06-09 | BETWEEN THE LIONS $200: Pass between the lions and check out this venerable Big Apple readery the New York Public Library |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | DANCE COMPANIES $400: In 2007 Mikhail Baryshnikov founded the Hell's Kitchen Dance Troupe in this city New York City |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | TALK OF THE TOWN $1000: The book "Chaos": one of these "stirring in the air today in Peking can transform storm systems next month in New York" a butterfly |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | LANDMARK'S THE SPOT $2,000 (Daily Double): The statue of Lafayette in Union Square and the grander landmark elsewhere in New York City were created by this Frenchman Bartholdi |
| #7546, aired 2017-06-05 | THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR $1600: The 59 cannon used to evict the British from Boston in 1776 were taken from this New York fort Fort Ticonderoga |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | LONG NONSTOP FLIGHTS $400: Enjoy 15 nonstop hours of Cathay Pacific as you jet from Hong Kong to the New York City airport known by these 3 initials JFK |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | GUYS MAKIN' STUFF $800: His steamboat technology included a mobile gun platform to protect New York from the British fleet Fulton |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $800: This birthplace of FDR wasn't named for the place in London but for a colonial governor of New York Hyde Park |
| #7541, aired 2017-05-29 | STATES' LARGEST LAKES $1200: Oneida Lake New York |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | BARBRA STREISAND DUETS $400: Who better to duet with Barbra on "New York State Of Mind" than this piano man Billy Joel |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | HEARST STORY $400: The New York Journal-American, Oct. 29, 1956:
this pop star "Would Quit Singing If He Aided Delinquency" Elvis Presley |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | HEART SURGERY WITH DR. OZ $1200: (Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) All the skill & technology that go into a heart transplant are no use without a donor; in 1996 it was a young man in the Bronx whose heart I put in this Yankee manager's brother Frank in a story that made a lot of hearts warmer in New York City & beyond (Joe) Torre |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | POETRY $1600: A stretch of East 127th Street in New York City has been named for this poet known for such poems as "The Weary Blues" Langston Hughes |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | 'ALLO, CURRENT GOVERNOR $200: He followed in Dad's footsteps as New York's guv Andrew Cuomo |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $400: "Live from New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of" this TV show Saturday Night Live |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | IT'S A GROUP THING $2000: Prior to 1800, New York City, Trenton & Baltimore, among others capitals of the United States |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | MUSICIANS WHO DIED AT 27 $400: The New York Times headline on his obituary called him the "hesitant poet of 'grunge rock'" Kurt Cobain |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | SITCOM CITIES $400: "2 Broke Girls" New York |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | ALMA MATERS $200: (I'm political commentator S.E. Cupp.) I wasn't a politics or history major but graduated from this upstate New York Ivy League school with a degree in art history & wrote art reviews for the Sun Cornell |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | ANIMALS ON THE MAP $400: This city in New York state is sometimes called "Nickel City" Buffalo |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | 1930s AMERICA $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a picture and a map on the monitor.) In July 1938, the aviator seen here was supposed to fly west from New York to California, but somehow ended up landing in Dublin, earning him this famous nickname "Wrong Way" Corrigan |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | OF PENCIL MANIA $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1873 Joseph Dixon purchased the American Graphite Company located in this New York town Ticonderoga |
| #7506, aired 2017-04-10 | THE GILDED AGE $800: By 1892 this former fort in upper New York Bay had become the USA's main immigration reception center Ellis Island |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | THE EXPLORERS CLUB $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Explorers Club in New York.) Using the Explorers Club globe, this Norwegian planned an expedition to show that South Americans could've settled Polynesia as early as 500 A.D.; on August 7, 1947, his balsa wood raft reached Raroia Atoll after 101 hazardous days at sea, proving his theory (Thor) Heyerdahl |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | THE EXPLORERS CLUB $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Explorers Club in New York.) Past presidents of the Explorers Club include Roy Chapman Andrews, who's said to be the real life inspiration for Indiana Jones; Andrews gained fame in the 1920s with his discoveries of fossilized dinosaur eggs in this Mongolian desert the Gobi |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | THE EXPLORERS CLUB $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the explorers club in New York.) Explorers club meetings begin with the ringing of this bell from one of the ships that in 1884 rescued the club's future first president Adolphus Greely & six surviving crew members; all were near death, having been stranded for three years on this large island 16 miles west of Greenland Ellesmere |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | LIGHTHOUSES $800: Built in 1764, the USA's oldest surviving light is Sandy Hook, where the Atlantic meets New York Bay in this state New Jersey |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | THE EXPLORERS CLUB $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Explorers Club in New York.) These seal-skinned mittens with polar bear fur inserts were made by an Inuit woman for this polar explorer, who in 1937 became the first African American admitted to the Explorers Club Matthew Henson |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | THE EXPLORERS CLUB $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Explorers Club in New York.) Using this radio transmitter to keep in contact with his base camp, this admiral left camp on the afternoon of November 28, 1929, & flew south; around 9 hours later, he & his crew became the first to fly over the South Pole Richard Byrd |
| #7504, aired 2017-04-06 | AWARDS & HONORS $400: The New York Tribune won the first of these prizes in the category of Editorial Writing Pulitzers |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | WHAT'S THEIR SPORT? $400: The New York Empire, coached by Patrick McEnroe tennis |
| #7498, aired 2017-03-29 | OF THOUSANDS $1600: The Thousand Islands lie in this river between Canada & New York State the Saint Lawrence |
| #7497, aired 2017-03-28 | A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE $400: I've got a view of the lower Manhattan skyline from this New York City landmark to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge |
| #7497, aired 2017-03-28 | ENDS WITH K $800: Lindenwald was Martin van Buren's 225-acre farm in this New York town Kinderhook |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | STATE $1000: New York's 445-mile border with Canada includes all 36 miles of this river the Niagara River |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | FAMOUS AMERICAN WOMEN $2000: This New York-born Supreme Court justice was the first female U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan |
| #7494, aired 2017-03-23 | "Z" MEN $400: On the roof of a New York theater in July 1907, this impresario staged the first of his spectacular "Follies" Ziegfeld |
| #7491, aired 2017-03-20 | TRICKY CLUES $1000: You can see many a public hanging at this location at West 53rd & Fifth in New York City MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art) |
| #7490, aired 2017-03-17 | COLUMBIA $1600: Columbia University in New York City is affiliated with this women's school, one of the Seven Sisters Barnard |
| #7489, aired 2017-03-16 | THE NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $400: May 22, 1927:
He "Does It! To Paris in 33 1/2 Hours" Lindbergh |
| #7489, aired 2017-03-16 | THE NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $800: May 3, 1986:
"A Top Soviet Aide Details Situation at Stricken Plant", this nuclear power station Chernobyl |
| #7489, aired 2017-03-16 | THE NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $1200: June 9, 1987:
"North's Secretary Describes Effort to Hide Evidence" referred to this political scandal Iran-Contra |
| #7489, aired 2017-03-16 | THE NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $1600: May 7, 1937:
It "Burns in Lakehurst Crash; 21 Known Dead, 12 Missing; 64 Escape" the Hindenburg |
| #7489, aired 2017-03-16 | THE NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $2000: January 21, 1945:
"Roosevelt Sworn in for Fourth Term; Extends" this "Policy to World" the Good Neighbor policy |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | MOVIE TITLE PLACES $1600: Snake Plissken hits the Big Apple --& by that I mean he really beats the bejeezus out of it--in this 1981 action pic Escape from New York |
| #7485, aired 2017-03-10 | 6 PLAYS $200: Before using 7, Mickey Mantle briefly wore No. 6 for this team the New York Yankees |
| #7484, aired 2017-03-09 | NIXON'S ENEMIES LIST $2,400 (Daily Double): 3 newspapers made the list: the St. Louis Post-Dispatch & these 2 others The New York Times and The Washington Post |
| #7473, aired 2017-02-22 | POETS & POETRY $1200: The City College of New York hosts an annual festival celebrating the legacy of this poet laureate of Harlem (Langston) Hughes |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $200: Emma Stone & Ryan Gosling star in this charming musical whose title is "a quaint old name for Los Angeles" La La Land |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $400: "Innocence is the central idea...of 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk'", about a soldier deployed in this country in 2004 Iraq |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $600: This sci-fi film "has ideas & hope, as well as eerie extraterrestrials who face off with" linguist Amy Adams Arrival |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $800: "There is a blazing light at the center of the interplanetary romance 'Passengers', and its name is" her Jennifer Lawrence |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME $1,000 (Daily Double): An arts patron & son of French immigrants gave his name to this school that's located at Lincoln Center in New York Juilliard |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $1000: The Times said the visuals in this Marvel film starring Benedict Cumberbatch "evoke the work of M.C. Escher" Doctor Strange |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | SEMILITERATE BEFORE & AFTER $2000: 9th century English king who lived in West Egg, New York in a 1920s novel Alfred the Great Gatsby |
| #7464, aired 2017-02-09 | MUNICIPAL LITERATURE $2000: This writer from Lowell portrayed small-town Mass. & big New York City in his first novel, 1950's "The Town and the City" Jack Kerouac |
| #7463, aired 2017-02-08 | ABBREVIATED K $800: A Michigan food company on the New York Stock Exchange Kellogg's |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | PULITZER PRIZE JOURNALISM $400: Intl. Reporting, 2015: The New York Times staff, for "courageous front-line reporting" on this African epidemic Ebola |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | 14-LETTER WORDS $1600: The name of these breeches was inspired by Washington Irving's 1809 work "A History of New York" knickerbockers |
| #7455, aired 2017-01-27 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $1000: In 1862 he was elected to his first office-- ward supervisor in Buffalo, New York Grover Cleveland |
| #7451, aired 2017-01-23 | FROM CHUMPS TO CHAMPS $400: From 1962 to 1968, they never finished higher than 9th; in 1969, amazingly, they won the World Series the New York Mets |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | STRAIGHT OUTTA... $800: Syracuse, New York: this Fox News host of her own "File" (Megyn) Kelly |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | STATE PARKS $800: Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve New York |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | A TRIPLE FEATURE $1200: This 2009 remake featured John Travolta as a criminal mastermind who hijacks a New York City subway train The Taking of Pelham 123 |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | ROOMS FULL OF CULTURE $2000: The Rose Cinemas & Harvey Theater are part of BAM, short for this cutting-edge arts center in New York City the Brooklyn Academy of Music |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | U.S. PLACES $1600: In 1996 North Tarrytown, New York officially changed its name to this to honor a short story Sleepy Hollow |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | WORDS OF PEACE $800: Be in this eased state, also the name of a famous lake in New York Placid |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | POLITICIANS $1600: By June 4, 1968 this senator from New York had won 5 out of 6 presidential primaries Robert Kennedy |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | "G" CITIES $2000: This Colorado city was founded in 1870 & named for the New York Tribune editor who supported the settlers Greeley |
| #7439, aired 2017-01-05 | CANADIAN LAKES $800: The northern tip of this Vermont-New York lake juts into Quebec just south of Montreal Lake Champlain |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | THE STATE GOVERNED $400: George Pataki New York |
| #7433, aired 2016-12-28 | MANET/MONET $1600: It's Monet's 2-word title subject in a work seen here & on view at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art Water Lilies |
| #7430, aired 2016-12-23 | NFL CHEERLEADING SQUADS $800: The Flight Crew-- clear the runway! the New York Jets |
| #7429, aired 2016-12-22 | THE NEW YORK TIMES 2016 BESTSELLERS $400: In the title of a No. 1 bestseller by this author, Sebastian Rudd was a "Rogue Lawyer" John Grisham |
| #7429, aired 2016-12-22 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $800: This recent movie Hulk is also green in his personal life, making efforts to combat fracking in New York State Mark Ruffalo |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | LAST NAME'S THE SAME $400: Rivers of Weezer &
Mario of New York Cuomo |
| #7421, aired 2016-12-12 | INVASIONS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from USS Intrepid in New York.) In April 1945, USS Intrepid supported the last major land campaign of the Pacific war, the invasion of this largest of the Ryukyu Islands, just 350 miles from the Japanese mainland Okinawa |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $400: This publisher's New York Journal fought a circulation war with Joseph Pulitzer's New York World (William Randolph) Hearst |
| #7418, aired 2016-12-07 | FUNNY LADIES $400: At her New York funeral in 2014, this beloved comedienne was described as "brassy in public" & "classy in private" Joan Rivers |
| #7418, aired 2016-12-07 | THE GREAT LOOP $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports.) Loopers don't want to arrive at Waterford, New York before May 1st, around the annual time that this historic passage opens to boat traffic the Erie Canal |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | JOEL $1600: From 2002 to 2010 he was chancellor of New York City's public school system, the nation's biggest (Joel) Klein |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | STATE FLAGS $400: On New York's state flag, 2 ships are sailing on this river the Hudson River |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | THE ERIE CANAL $2000: New York governor from 1817 to 1823, this man with a familiar political last name led the effort to fund & build the canal DeWitt Clinton |
| #7408, aired 2016-11-23 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $1000: In 2013 a go-to paper for expats in Europe changed its name from International this to International New York Times International Herald-Tribune |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | COLONIAL AMERICA $800: At the time of the Revolutionary War, this was the most populous city; New York City was No. 2 Philadelphia |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | WOMEN AUTHORS $2000: Writing after WWI, Edith Wharton looked back to 1870s New York in this novel about Newland Archer & Ellen Olenska The Age of Innocence |
| #7399, aired 2016-11-10 | IT HAPPENED IN THE 20th CENTURY $200: On May 18, 1954 The New York Times headlined, "High Court Bans School" this divisive practice segregation |
| #7396, aired 2016-11-07 | USNS COMFORT $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USNS Comfort in Norfolk, VA.) Comfort provided shelter for 10,000, meals for 30,000 & medical & psychological treatment for many of the workers at the New York site immediately dubbed this in the wake of 9/11 Ground Zero |
| #7392, aired 2016-11-01 | PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS $800: (I'm Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Post.) As part of a New York Daily News team, I won a 1999 Pulitzer for an editorial series that helped rescue this historic Harlem theater from financial mismanagement that had threatened its survival the Apollo |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | "BING" $2000: It's the State University of New York campus that fits the category Binghamton |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | ISLANDS $400: New York City's highest natural point is Todt Hill, on this island reachable by ferry Staten Island |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | MR. BOSTON $600: I'll take this cocktail that originated in New York: rye whiskey, sweet vermouth & angostura bitters a Manhattan |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $1000: His grave at a New York cemetery is marked by a Celtic cross made of stone (not steel) from Scotland (Andrew) Carnegie |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES $2,500 (Daily Double): This attorney wrote 5 essays in the Federalist Papers & was the principal author of the New York State Constitution John Jay |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | AUTHORS WITH PRESIDENTIAL NAMES $400: In 1809 he published "A History of New York" under the pen name Diedrich Knickerbocker Washington Irving |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | HORRIBLE HISTORY $800: This woman worked as a cook in New York, spreading deadly disease to more than 50 people between 1900 & 1915 Typhoid Mary |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | CHICKEN DINNER $1000: A New York Times recipe for this dish calls for 6 small boneless breasts that get wrapped around 12 tablespoons of butter Chicken Kiev |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS $400: Her own "Age of Innocence" began on Jan. 24, 1862, when she was born into a wealthy & socially prominent New York family Edith Wharton |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | U.S. STATES' LARGEST ISLANDS $400: This New York island is named for the fact that it extends almost 120 miles Long Island |
| #7370, aired 2016-09-30 | BIG CITY NEWSPAPERS $800: This Murdoch tabloid in New York City the New York Post |
| #7364, aired 2016-09-22 | ANNUAL EVENTS $800: Calvin Klein & Jeremy Scott are just 2 of the designers on the schedule for Sept. 2016's NYFW, short for this New York Fashion Week |
| #7363, aired 2016-09-21 | STUPID ANSWERS $400: This university's admissions office is in Crouse-Hinds Hall in Syracuse, New York Syracuse (University) |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | STATE OF THE TV SHOW $800: "Royal Pains" New York |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | MAJOR SPORTS TEAMS' NAMES IN COMMON $200: New York & San Francisco the Giants |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | MAJOR SPORTS TEAMS' NAMES IN COMMON $400: New York & Texas the Rangers |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | MAJOR SPORTS TEAMS' NAMES IN COMMON $600: New York & Winnipeg the Jets |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | ANATOMICALLY TITLED LIT $1600: "City of Bones" is the first book in this fantasy series about teenage demon hunters in New York City The Mortal Instruments |
| #7350, aired 2016-07-22 | SHE'S A REAL SAINT! $1600: In 2012 Kateri Tekakwitha of this New York tribe became the first Native American canonized Mohawk |
| #7349, aired 2016-07-21 | MISCELLANEOUS $2000: New York Times crossword guru Will Shortz said this Post product was his favorite cereal, until the formula changed Alpha-Bits |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | MEN OF NOTE $800: Delaware's name is derived from the 12th Baron de la Warr, who was governor of this colony from 1609 to 1618 Virginia |
| #7346, aired 2016-07-18 | FASHION $200: In 2015 this line of lingerie held its 20th annual fashion show, televised from New York City Victoria's Secret |
| #7346, aired 2016-07-18 | 4-LETTER ENTERTAINMENT $1600: You're gonna live forever after naming this 1980s TV show about performing arts students in New York City Fame |
| #7345, aired 2016-07-15 | CRIME & CRIMINALS $400: To be sent "up the river" meant to be sent up the Hudson River from New York City to this prison Sing Sing |
| #7344, aired 2016-07-14 | STOCK SYMBOLS $400: M:
This department store founded in New York in 1858 Macy's |
| #7344, aired 2016-07-14 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $600: (I'm New York Times investigative reporter Dr. Sheri Fink.) In a 2014 series called "The Ebola Ward", I chronicled the disease's outbreak from an American clinic in this country with strong historic links to the U.S. Liberia |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | RENO 411 $2000: The car that won the 1908 New York to Paris auto race is at the museum housing this late casino owner's auto collection Bill Harrah |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS $800: In 1962, after 70 years in Carnegie Hall, this orchestra moved to its new home in Lincoln Center the New York Philharmonic |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | NICE LONG DANES $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1990 6'2" Dane Peter Martins succeeded Jerome Robbins as boss of this Big Apple artistic organization the New York City Ballet |
| #7332, aired 2016-06-28 | WESTMINSTER $400: The Westminster Kennel Club takes its name not from a city, but from a favorite hotel bar in this city New York |
| #7330, aired 2016-06-24 | PLACES THAT BECAME WORDS $800: This formal outfit for men is named after an exclusive area in New York's Ramapo Mountains tuxedo |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | PRODUCE THE CELEBRITY NAME $800: This New York Mets outfielder was Rookie of the Year in 1983 & led the league in home runs 5 years later (Darryl) Strawberry |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | MILAN $800: In 1992 this band let us know, "I'm too sexy for Milan, too sexy for Milan, New York & Japan" Right Said Fred |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | TAKE ME OUT OF THE BALL GAME $800: His last match was a 1977 exhibition game between the New York Cosmos & Brazil's Santos; he played for both sides Pelé |
| #7326, aired 2016-06-20 | FONTS $400: This showy font bears the name of a New York City street Broadway |
| #7324, aired 2016-06-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In March 1762 the first recorded parade of this type was held in New York City, by Irish soldiers serving in the British army St. Patrick's Day |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | WE RECOGNIZE THE SENATOR FROM NEW YORK $200 (Daily Double): This Dutch man flew into his seat on March 4, 1821 but that wasn't his last stop, politically Van Buren |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | WE RECOGNIZE THE SENATOR FROM NEW YORK $200: Last name of Charles, who served from 1968 to 1971; you may be familiar with his son Roger, the NFL Commissioner Goodell |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | WE RECOGNIZE THE SENATOR FROM NEW YORK $400: In 2015 Harry Reid said, "I think" this man "should be able to succeed me" as leader of the Senate Democrats (Chuck) Schumer |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | WE RECOGNIZE THE SENATOR FROM NEW YORK $600: It was pure folly for this senator to run against Lincoln in 1860 but he did end up in Abe's cabinet Seward |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | WE RECOGNIZE THE SENATOR FROM NEW YORK $1000: His appointment in 1949 lasted only 4 months but he did enough other stuff to get an airport in D.C. named for him (John Foster) Dulles |
| #7317, aired 2016-06-07 | A STATE OF WAR $600: The Battle of White Plains,
1776 New York |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE AGES $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid.) Operated by British Airways, Concorde Alpha-Delta set a passenger airliner speed record in 1996 when it flew between these two cities in just 2 hours, 52 minutes, & 59 seconds New York & London |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | ELLIS ISLAND $400: In 1890 Ellis Island doubled in size by using ships' ballast & dirt from the building of this transportation system the New York subway |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE AGES $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid in New York.) Rolled out in 1976, the prototype for the Space Shuttle program was originally to be named the Constitution before a letter writing campaign by fans of a TV series prompted a change to this the Enterprise |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE AGES $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid in New York.) The speedy Vought Crusader served as both a fighter & reconnaissance plane; in 1962, the Crusaders flew at treetop level over this country to take crucial photos of Soviet missile installations Cuba |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE AGES $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York.) Flying at more than 2,000 miles per hour, the A-12 Blackbird generated temperatures of 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, too high for aluminum, so its skin was made of this silvery gray, high-strength metallic element titanium |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE AGES $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid in New York.) The Grumman Aircraft Corporation was known as the "Ironworks" for its rugged planes; in its combat debut, a Grumman Avenger returned safely with 67 bullet & 9 cannon holes from this carrier battle, the turning point in the Pacific war Midway |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | POLITICAL BOOKS $400: In 2002 this former New York City mayor published "Leadership" Giuliani |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | TAKE A LOOK AT THE MONITOR $800: This abstract artist is seen at work outside his New York studio in the 1950s (Jackson) Pollock |
| #7312, aired 2016-05-31 | LOGOS $400: Patrick McDarby designed many sports logos, including one featuring Lady Liberty used by this NHL team the New York Rangers |
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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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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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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
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Janet Bradlow, an insurance agent from New York, New York
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Season 26 3-time champion: $58,000 + $2,000. Janet Bradlow New York,...
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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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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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Pian Wong, a high school English teacher from New York, New York
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"She teaches at a Bronx school that's been ranked the most...
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Matt Drury, a government analyst from New York, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,799 + $2,000. Matthew Drury - A...
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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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Jen McFann, a Peace Corps recruiter from Astoria, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
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Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
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Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York City, New York
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\"A semifinalist in the Tournament of Champions in 1992, now an...
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Caitlin Millat, a kindergarten teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"She receives support from Teach for America and works for Achievement...
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Arthur Phillips, an author from Brooklyn, New York
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"He was a speechwriter from Boston when he won five shows...
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Maria Capucciati, a knowledge manager from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-10-11). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Matt Polazzo, a high school U.S. government teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"He teaches at one of the most selective high schools in...
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Amy Cash, a geology student originally from Elmont, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-05-29). The official Jeopardy! web site lists Amy...
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Dylan Smith, from the Bronx, New York
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"This honor roll student wants to invent a teleporting system. From...
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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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Jon Er, from Williamsville, New York
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"This musician always argues for his fairness, so he wants to...
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Nicole Savin, an eleven-year-old from Lindenhurst, New York
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"This little 4'4" New York Yankees fan and her friends started...
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Kate Dzurilla, a 12-year-old from Syosset, New York
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"It's a slam dunk for this basketball lover and future WNBA...
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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York, New York
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\"She became a 5-time champion in 1991. An actor and copy...
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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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Susan Neuffer, an actor and census clerk from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-07-19).
Last name pronounced like "NEW-fer".
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Al Franken, an author and radio talk show host from New York City
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"One of the original writers on Saturday Night Live, he's done...
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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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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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Whitney Collins, a third grade teacher from New York, New York
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"She teaches at an all-boys school where every student learns chess...
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Guy Tabachnick, from New York, New York
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"He wants to be a baseball announcer for the New York...
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David Bitkower, a judicial law clerk from New York, New York
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Season 18 1-time champion: $9,599 + $1,000. In his first game...
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Ricky Leiter, a resident physician in internal medicine from New York, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-10-15).
Last name pronounced like "LEE-ter".
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David Faber, an anchor and reporter from CNBC's Squawk on the Street and The Faber Report
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"The winner of Emmy, Peabody, DuPont, and Loeb awards, he's a...
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Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from New York City, New York
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"He was a New York City cop when he won five...
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Mary Manhardt, a documentary film editor from New York, New York
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Season 30 1-time champion: $14,401 + $1,000.
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Rachel Samberg, an academic tutor and performer from New York, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-01-02).
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Francois Barcomb, an 11th grade physics teacher from New Paltz, New York
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2019 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. 2019 Teachers Tournament winner:...
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Darcy Smith, a copywriter from New York, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-07-14).
KJL game 31.
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Kirsten Ruemenapp, a veterinary assistant from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-04-20).
Last name pronounced like "ROOM-eh-nahp".
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Richard Elepano, a pediatrician from New York, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-03-12).
Last name pronounced like "ell-uh-PAHN-oh".
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Iliza Shlesinger, a comedian from New York City
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"A comedian from New York City, she has six Netflix specials...
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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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S.E. Cupp, a political commentator from CNN, New York Daily News, and Glamour
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"She writes for the New York Daily News, is a contributor...
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Maria Wenglinsky, a teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion: $122,300...
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Ben Goldman, a sophomore at New York University from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Son of Season 17 1-time champion Marjorie Goldman.
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Alexandra Helprin, an art history graduate student from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-04-28).
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Gabe Perez-Giz, a graduate student of physics from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-01-07). Last name pronounced like "PARE-ezz GIZZ". Gabe...
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Janice Dooner Lynch, a homemaker from New York, New York
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Season 20 1-time co-champion: $27,600 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: yankeefanjan
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Jeff Bandman, an attorney from New York City, New York
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"An attorney from New York City, New York, Jeff Bandman, whose...
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David Venderbush, a lawyer from New York, New York
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"His 5 wins in 1993 came just in time to pay...
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Thaddeus Grimes-Gruczka, a medical communications consultant from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2005-10-04).
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Sharon Desser, a bookkeeper from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-03-02).
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Christopher Stephens, an administrative law judge from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-07-11).
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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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Roger Craig, a data scientist from Brooklyn, New York
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"He was a graduate student in computer science living in Newark,...
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Alison Jenik, a junior at the University of Maryland from New York, New York
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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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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Mark Wales, a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $141,804...
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Craig Nemiroff, a director of business development from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-04-02).
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Suzanne Koppelman, a museum education manager from New York, New York
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Season 34 3-time champion: $63,601 + $2,000.
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Mary Kalemkerian, a human rights officer from New York, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-02-23).
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Kat Long, a journalist from New York, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-06-28).
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John Giambrone, an investment banking analyst from New York, New York
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Season 34 1-time champion: $19,601 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "jam-BRO-nee".
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Nabila Yusaf, a software engineer from New York, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-02-06).
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Larry Coben, an archaeologist and foundation executive director from New York, New York
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Season 34 player (2017-09-14).
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Rosie Jonker, a literary agent from New York, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-01-25).
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Jeffrey Schwarz, a private investor from New York, New York
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Season 34 3-time champion: $62,300 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "SHWARZ" (no "T" sound).
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Olev Jaakson, a research analyst from New York, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-01-02).
Name pronounced like "OH-lev YAHK-sahn".
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Tina Nguyen, a food media writer from New York, New York
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Season 30 player (2013-12-03).
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Austin Rogers, a bartender from New York, New York
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games captain of...
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India Cooper, a copy editor from Madison, Indiana
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\"She was an actor and copy editor in New York City...
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Rich Blashka, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 33 1-time champion: $14,500 + $1,000.
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Jack Dickey, a journalist from New York, New York
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Season 34 2-time champion: $46,802 + $1,000.
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Katy Rosati, a communications manager from New York, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-03-27).
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Dan Lee, a math professor from New York, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-03-16). Not to be confused with Season 22...
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Doug Dworkin, a business and technology consultant from New York, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-07-10).
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Suzie Newman, an early childhood educator from New York, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-03-02).
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Tom Blake, a video producer from New York, New York
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Season 34 1-time champion: $16,601 + $1,000.
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Tracey Rhys, a technology trainer from New York, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-07-12).
Last name pronounced like "REECE".
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Sergio Llorian, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 28 1-time champion: $29,201 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: Serge
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Meredith Robbins, a library media specialist from New York, New York
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Season 25 4-time champion: $48,700 + $2,000. Meredith was the alternate...
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Glenn Edwards, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 28 player (2011-09-19).
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Bob McGreevy, an attorney from South Salem, New York
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Season 3 1-time champion: $11,150. Bob, being from New York, declined...
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Bill Hawkins, a hotel concierge from New York, New York
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Season 29 1-time champion: $17,400 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: hawkwild
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Nick Cohen, an equity trader from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-04-22).
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Ellen Tabor, a psychiatrist from New York, New York
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Season 28 player (2011-12-12).
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Lindsay Shields, a grants and contracts coordinator from Sunnyside, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-06-28).
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Vince Gatton, an actor from New York, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-03-20).
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Tim Kleiman, an investment analyst from New York, New York
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Season 29 player (2013-04-15).
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Jennifer Hughs, a bookstore manager from New York, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-10-12).
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Victoria Steinberg, a freelance writer from Forest Hills, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-06-19).
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Vijay Iyer, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-03-08).
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Eddie Nwabuoku, a web developer originally from New York, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-06-12).
Last name pronounced like "nwah-BWAH-koo".
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Salvo Candela, a university administrator from New York, New York
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Season 29 3-time champion: $66,195 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: svocan
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Josh Cabat, a high school English teacher from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-07-01).
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Peter Hansen, a project manager from New York, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-09-21).
JBoard user name: Bunkie
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Marc Tracy, a writer for an online magazine from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-06-24).
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Brian Levinson, a writer from Queens, New York
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Season 25 3-time champion: $72,801 + $1,000. Brian is the cousin...
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Scott Mitchell, a technical project manager from New York, New York
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Season 29 1-time co-champion: $21,600 + $1,000.
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Bradley King, a theater and opera lighting designer from New York, New York
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Season 29 player (2013-07-15).
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Joey Gutmann, a law student from New York, New York
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Season 29 player (2013-01-02). Joey won $25,000 on Who Wants to...
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Debra Newman, a psychologist from Pound Ridge, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-12-26).
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Naved Sheikh, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-01-19).
Name pronounced like "nah-VEED SHEEK".
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Nancy Hale, a textbook editor from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-06-03).
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Shyamlee Patel, an office manager and student from New York, New York
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Season 32 1-time champion: $20,401 + $2,000.
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Steve Tipton, a singer and actor from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-06-02).
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Saidi Chen, an attorney for a legal nonprofit from New York, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-12-12).
First name pronounced like "SIGH-dee".
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Monica Iyer, a law clerk from New York, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $32,200 + $2,000.
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Gay Haubner, a fund raiser for a non-profit from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-05-24). Gay pronounced her last name with a...
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Flora Peir, a newspaper editor from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-05-18).
Last name pronounced like "PEER".
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Jennifer Nield Cameron, an executive assistant from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-03-01).
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Rob Faunce, a professor from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-02-19).
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Cheryl Grothaus, a computer programmer from New York, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-07-23).
Last name pronounced like "GROAT-house".
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Chris Hurt, an actor and grants analyst from New York, New York
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Season 31 1-time champion: $30,801 + $2,000.
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Michael Vanderbilt, a human resources administrator from New York, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-05-19).
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Michael Baker, a travel media editor from New York, New York
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Season 32 1-time champion: $15,201 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: mikeyb
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Randall Eng, a composer from New York, New York
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Season 24 1-time champion: $28,001 + $2,000.
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Courtney Jordan, a dancer from New York, New York
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Season 31 player (2014-11-24).
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Erica Eaton, a social worker and grad student from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-02-02).
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Jon Protas, a photo editor from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-01-30).
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Val Adamcyk, a foreign services officer originally from Manhasset, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-01-12).
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Angela Chuang, a public defender from New York, New York
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Season 31 player (2014-01-23).
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Mike Pesca, a reporter from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-07-03). Mike can be heard as a correspondent...
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Jessica Guard, an entertainment litigation attorney from New York, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-04-10).
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Max Joel, a green builder from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-12-21).
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Jeff Schwartz, a professor and tutor from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-01-01). Jeff was also a contestant on the...
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Joe Taglic, a senior from Valley Stream, New York
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2014 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of...
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Michael Salerno, a law student from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2005-12-08). Michael won $25,000 on Who Wants to...
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Shawn Choe, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 31 2-time champion: $26,400 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Lisa Izes, a rabbi from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-04-28).
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John Mahone, an SAT teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-11-01).
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Andrew Harris, a corporate intelligence analyst from New York, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-07-11).
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Michael Lapthorn, an exhibition designer from New York, New York
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Season 22 1-time champion: $27,400 + $1,000.
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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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Elliot Yates, an opera producer from New York, New York
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2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 31 4-time champion: $65,000...
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Julia Lazarus, a fundraiser from New York, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-06-02).
KJL game 1.
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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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Regina Robbins, an arts teacher from New York, New York
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Season 26 4-time champion: $90,700 + $1,000.
First name pronounced like "reh-JEE-nah".
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Anjali Chelliah Sawe, a pediatric cardiologist from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-10-14). Name pronounced like "AHN-jah-lee chell-LIE-ah SAH-way". Anjali...
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Dylan Payne, a psychiatrist from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-10-11). Husband of Season 25 4-time champion and...
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David Davalos, a playwright from New York, New York
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Season 21 player (2004-12-13).
Daedalus interview.
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Ed Perez-Giz, a tutor from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-10-29). Last name pronounced like "PARE-ezz GIZZ". Ed...
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Shima Majidi, a copyright attorney from New York, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-07-02). First name pronounced like "CHEE-mah" (Shima's pronunciation)...
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Katherine Thompson, a graduate student of psychology from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-06-18).
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Barry Petchesky, a journalist from New York, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-03-09).
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Les Taub, a training and sportsmanship consultant from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-09-16).
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Mai Do-Burrous, a stay-at-home mother from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-02-03).
Name pronounced like "MY DOE BUR-ohz".
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Ben Reiter, a sports writer from New York, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-01-02).
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Carrie Oken, a TV lighting technician from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-01-18).
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Kelley Halstead, a physician from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-02-12).
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Grace Suh, a writer from New York, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-03-24).
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Elisabeth Karlin, a playwright from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-01-12).
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Wright Polak, a tea salesman from Yonkers, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-04-22).
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Maureen Abell, a family law and immigration lawyer from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-01-06).
Last name pronounced like "A-bul".
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Trevor Moore, a communications specialist from New York, New York
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Season 32 player (2015-12-08).
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Gila Stadler, a molecular epidemiologist from New York, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $3,000 + $2,000.
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Luis Román, a public defender from New York, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-01-22).
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Laura Simandl, a homemaker from New York, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-03-08).
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Michael Condouris, a web animator from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-06-08).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: condour75
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Michael Boisson, an artist from New York, New York
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Season 24 player (2007-10-18).
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Francesca Leibowitz, a fifth grade English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"She teaches at a school that opened in 1854. From Brooklyn...
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Vince Camillo, a food stylist from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-28).
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Lateefah Torrence, a writer from New York, New York
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Season 24 player (2007-09-27).
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Abby Collins, a news researcher from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-23).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: NYAbby
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Naomi Schwer Bricker, a librarian from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-15).
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Khoa Le, a stock trader from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-03-27).
Name pronounced like "KWA LEE."
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Seyi Fayanju, an environmental advocate from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-10). Name pronounced like "SHAY-yee fy-ANN-joo". Seyi was...
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Donna Deans, a freelance producer from New York, New York
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Season 23 1-time champion: $26,601 + $1,000.
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Arthur Gandolfi, a commercial real estate executive from New York, New York
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2004 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $25,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Carolyn Weddell, a corporate librarian from New York, New York
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Season 24 player (2007-12-24).
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Nick Calton, a paralegal originally from New York, New York
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Season 23 1-time champion: $30,400 + $1,000.
Tied with Sara Terrell for his one win.
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John Maloy, a legal assistant from New York, New York
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Season 20 1-time champion: $12,600 + $1,000.
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David Wlody, a physician from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-03-05).
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Jody Allen, a bookstore manager and actor from New York, New York
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Season 26 2-time champion: $41,500 + $2,000.
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Ann Rupel, a medical research assistant from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-07-18).
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Erin Glover, a law student from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-03-08).
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Matt Bregman, a fundraiser from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-03-06).
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Jacob Cytryn, a Jewish studies teacher from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-11-24).
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Lisa Guay, a homemaker from Champlain, New York
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"A homemaker from Champlain, New York, Lisa Guay, New York, whose...
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Kerri Griffith, an editor from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-01-12).
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Nikki Egan, a cable news producer from New York, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-06-04).
Last name pronounced like "EE-gan".
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Miranda Schwartz, a copy editor from New York, New York
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Season 22 1-time champion: $16,801 + $1,000.
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Michael Shirts, a research scientist from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2005-09-15).
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Emily Short, a travel agent from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-01-17).
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Timothy Benston, a program director from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-09-12).
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Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New York
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"A police officer from Flushing, New York, Frank Spangenberg, who has...
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Bill Carter, a personal fitness trainer from New York, New York
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Season 21 player (2004-10-06).
KJL game 51.
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Ellen Kimmel, a school nurse from Nanuet, New York
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Season 27 2-time champion: $37,000 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SkoolRN
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Katie Fitzgerald, a wealth management project analyst originally from New Rochelle, New York
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Season 21 2-time champion: $30,201 + $2,000.
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Andy Yermack, a financial services compliance officer from East Rockaway, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-05-27).
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Caroline Cross, an administrative assistant from Bayside, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-01-29).
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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
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Gitta Neufeld, a Judaic teacher trainer from Far Rockaway, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,300 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "GEE-ta...
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Jonathan Corbblah, a chess teacher from Harlem, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Jonathan appeared as a...
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Scott Ahearn, an actor from the Bronx, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-07-17).
Last name pronounced like "AH-hern".
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Dolores Kass, a New York City probation officer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 10 1-time champion: $10,500.
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Justin Torello, a pharmaceutical research associate from Monroe, New York
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Season 34 player (2017-09-20).
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Chris Dellicarpini, a screenwriter from South Huntington, New York
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Season 23 1-time champion: $25,199 + $2,000. Chris was a high...
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Miriam Musco, a children's museum education manager from Freeville, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-01-13).
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Kathy Cacace, an online editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 30 player (2013-12-27).
Last name pronounced like "ka-KAYSE".
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David Rosen, a lawyer from Syosset, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-01-16).
JBoard user name: DavidRosen
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Lisa McAndrews, an intellectual property attorney from White Plains, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-01-01).
Sister of Season 37 player Matt McAndrews.
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Dan Pawson, a global health consultant from Brooklyn, New York
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\"He was a legislative aide living in Boston when he won...
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Barbara Noyes, a police officer from Blauvelt, New York
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Season 22 player (2005-12-23). Barbara, as a member of the Fornario...
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Luke Devlin, a strategic communications associate from Bronxville, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-05-23).
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Graig Zethner, a computer engineer from East Meadow, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-07-26). \"Graig\" rhymes with \"Craig\". Graig won $1,000...
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Patrick Dillon, an elementary music teacher from Huntington, New York
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"He teaches music at a school that has been nationally recognized...
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Rachel Niegelberg, an elementary school special education teacher from Trumansburg, New York
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2018 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000 + a $2,500 grant. At the...
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Lee DiGeorge, a middle school English and technology teacher from Bayside, New York
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2018 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 grant. At the...
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Joe Gaspard, an operations specialist from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 player (2017-12-07).
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Eartha Kitt, an actress and singer from New York City
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\"An acclaimed international star of stage, screen, television and cabaret, the...
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Chloë Zung, a customer experience advisor from Armonk, New York
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Season 33 player (2017-07-05).
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Alex Lopinto, a veterinary ophthalmologist from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-03-29).
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Johanna Schaufeld, a piano technician and woodworker from the Bronx, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-07-12).
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Conor Quinn, a high school world history teacher from Albany, New York
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2019 Teachers Tournament 1st runner-up: $50,000. At the time of the...
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Stel Plakas, a project manager from Flushing, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-07-11).
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Ray Romano, an actor from Queens, New York
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"An actor from Queens, New York, for nine seasons, he starred...
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Matt Lisiecki, an international development researcher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 2-time champion: $34,551 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "ly-SECK-ee".
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Kevin Foley, a police captain from Mount Sinai, New York
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Season 34 1-time champion: $16,000 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Karen Hedlund, a nursing tutor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 player (2011-12-20).
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Luciano D'Orazio, a social studies teacher from Deer Park, New York
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Season 25 1-time champion: $27,200 + $1,000.
Name pronounced like "loo-chee-AH-no door-AHT-zee-oh".
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Erin McCready, a teaching artist from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-10-18).
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Tony Hightower, an event planner from Astoria, New York
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Season 28 1-time champion: $21,300 + $2,000. Tony won $250,000 on...
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Gillian DiPietro, a law student from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 player (2011-12-01).
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Sara Heard, a housewife from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 27 4-time champion: $85,601 + $2,000. Sara was the alternate...
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Robin Raffer, a picture researcher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 29 player (2013-06-18).
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Brad Tytel, a global health consultant from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 29 player (2013-04-11). Brad's full first name was listed on...
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Erik Dresner, an Internet marketer from Elmhurst, New York
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Season 29 1-time champion: $22,401 + $1,000. Erik appeared on Master...
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Torrey DeVitto, an actor from Huntington, New York
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"An actor from Huntington, New York, she began her career working...
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Brooke Martin, an eleven-year-old from Galway, New York
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"It looks like smooth sailing for this marine biologist. From Galway,...
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Dylan Hume, a musician and tutor from Sleepy Hollow, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-06-11).
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Sarah Fowlkes, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 1-time champion: $9,800 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "FOLKS".
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Daniel Cohen, an actor from Astoria, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-02-09). Not to be confused with Season 27...
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Amanda Wallwin, a creative project manager from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $19,000 + $1,000.
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Rahul Francis, a twelve-year-old from Flushing, New York
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"This electronic wizard's current plans are to run a technology company....
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David Schuman, a communications and economics student originally from Ardsley, New York
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Season 29 1-time champion: $4,300 + $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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Barbara Sheridan, an attorney and law clerk to a judge from Yonkers, New York
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Season 29 1-time champion: $17,999 + $1,000.
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Penny Citrola, an English language tutor originally from East Meadow, New York
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Season 29 2-time champion: $26,800 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: KnitWit
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Elaine Garrett, a college assistant director of admissions from Troy, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-06-24).
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Rebecca Rider, an office supply sales assistant from Fresh Meadows, New York
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2014 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 29 5-time champion:...
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Diane Levinson, a book publicist from Astoria, New York
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Season 30 1-time champion: $16,800 + $1,000. Diane is the cousin...
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Tom Carroll, a court officer lieutenant from White Plains, New York
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Season 29 1-time champion: $32,000 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: TomC4253
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Marnie Cox, an attorney from Astoria, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-05-22).
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Matt Rogers, a comedian from Long Island, New York
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\"A comedian from Long Island, New York, his podcast, Las Culturistas,...
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Kate McCoy, a preschool teacher and tutor from Seaford, New York
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Season 25 player (2008-11-06).
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Carol Lee, a legal analyst from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 25 player (2008-09-22).
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Daniel Trudeau, a communications associate from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-06-13).
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Edith Kealy, a research scientist from Kew Gardens, New York
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Season 25 player (2008-10-31).
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Colin Thibadeau, a music producer and sound editor from Bronx, New York
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Season 32 player (2015-11-23).
Last name pronounced like "TIB-uh-doe".
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Robyn Nelson, a bookseller and writer from Staten Island, New York
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Season 29 player (2013-05-20).
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Lindsey Peterson, an economist from Yonkers, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-06-07).
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Amy Stephenson, a writer and editor from Sunnyside, New York
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Season 28 2-time champion: $32,799 + $1,000. Won $1,000 on Who...
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Jacob Silverman, an arts and culture journalist from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 3-time champion: $35,998 + $2,000.
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Ty Cone, a federal law clerk from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $22,405 + $2,000.
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Cindy Conaway, a professor of media studies from Saratoga Springs, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-01-13).
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Karen Thomas, a graduate student from Groton, New York
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Season 25 player (2008-09-10).
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Greg Lindsay, a freelance journalist from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 25 2-time champion: $40,200 + $1,000.
Co-author of Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next (2011).
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Daniel Okobi, Jr., a medical student from Freeport, New York
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Season 28 player (2011-10-05).
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Lloyd Baum, an insurance specialist from Long Beach, New York
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Season 29 player (2013-03-07).
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Rob Liguori, a research editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 33 4-time champion: $72,601 + $2,000.
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Noah Rachels, a university fundraiser from Astoria, New York
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Season 29 1-time champion: $15,099 + $1,000.
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Dan Adkison, a copy editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 3-time champion: $37,400 + $1,000.
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Jason Dizon, an attorney from Woodside, New York
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Season 24 3-time champion: $49,900 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Matt Heimer, a magazine editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-07-25).
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Harold Leff, a retired actuary from Bay Shore, New York
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Season 33 player (2016-09-28).
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Kathleen Ryan, a business information analyst originally from Scotia, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-06-25).
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Katherine Duke, a writer and editor originally from Sugar Loaf, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-04-22).
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Kazim Ali, a poet and college professor from the Bronx, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-01-25).
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Emily Ullman, a law student from Palisades, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-01-18).
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Susan Forman, a homemaker and former attorney from Waccabuc, New York
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Season 24 2-time champion: $45,800 + $1,000.
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Gabby Fusco, an 11-year-old from Maspeth, New York
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"She's loved everything about science she was a little kid, so...
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Cerulean Ozarow, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, New York
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"His future is full of options. He wants to become either...
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Kristina Alexander, a writer and editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 20 1-time champion: $18,800 + $1,000.
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Jen Heddle, a book editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-01-23).
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Alison Kolani, a copy editor from Queens, New York
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Season 24 1-time champion: $13,601 + $1,000. Alison's turn against IBM's...
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Jim Hunt, a graduate student and Latin teacher from Syracuse, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-06-06). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Babatope Ogunmola, a sample specialist originally from Buffalo, New York
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Season 24 1-time champion: $8,400 + $1,000. First name pronounced like...
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Vicki Eastus, a law school professor and administrator from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 32 player (2015-09-28).
JBoard user name: vicki
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Linda Schildkraut, an art historian from Bayside, New York
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Season 23 2-time champion: $57,802 + $2,000.
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Al Franken, an author and comedian from Lateline
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"His latest book hit the New York Times bestseller list in...
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Jason Kaczor, an insurance specialist from Syracuse, New York
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Season 24 3-time champion: $55,000 + $2,000.
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Jeanne-Marie Baron, a public relations consultant from Irvington, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-03-04).
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Jeff Knorr, a teacher from Waterford, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-06-30).
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Tony Mahler, a healthcare consultant from Bronx, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-06-21).
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Jonathan Reinstein, a junior from Dix Hills, New York
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2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Maria Wenglinsky, a teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"She was a high-school teacher when she became a five-game champion...
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Danielle Kolker, a family literacy program manager from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-06-14).
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Laura Piantes, a stay-at-home mom from Queens, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-12-29).
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Ananya Nrusimha, a sophomore from East Amherst, New York
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2014 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Alexia Henke, a singer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-11-29). Won $1,000 on Who Wants to be...
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Beth Dunn, a product demonstrator from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-04-21). Beth's mother appeared on the original Jeopardy!...
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Geoff Mitelman, a rabbi from Westchester County, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-03-16).
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Jim Burkhard, an automotive engineer from Chili, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-01-04). The official Jeopardy! web site lists Jim's...
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Peter Rubin, a journalist from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 22 2-time champion: $27,400 + $2,000.
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Erin McLaughlin, a fifth grade teacher from Queens, New York
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2015 Teachers Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Erin taught 5th grade at...
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Richard Vehlow, a professional HVAC engineer from Troy, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-06-02).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: rev1969
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Karen Ash, a business analyst from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 31 2-time champion: $49,600 + $2,000.
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Keara Depenbrock, a political consultant from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 22 player (2005-12-29).
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Kim Rohrer, a web production manager from Ossining, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-04-08).
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Melissa Ahart, a librarian originally from Oswego, New York
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Season 22 1-time champion: $10,200 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Elissa-May
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Hillary Meyer, a stay-at-home mom and blogger from Middletown, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-10-31).
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Jim O'Malley, a retired police sergeant from the Bronx, New York
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Season 21 player (2005-07-07).
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Irv Murray, a software developer from Hartsdale, New York
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Season 31 player (2014-09-25).
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Jarret Izzo, a musician from East Amherst, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $20,401 + $2,000.
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Andy Sanderson, a high school English teacher from Mount Morris, New York
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Season 21 player (2005-06-27).
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Heather Jarvis, an editor at the United Nations from Trinidad and Tobago and now in New York
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Season 31 1-time champion: $11,800 + $2,000.
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Stuart Nadler, a writer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 22 player (2005-10-17).
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Raf Noboa y Rivera, a sportswriter from Astoria, New York
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Season 31 player (2015-06-16).
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Josh McIlvain, a home health aide from Syracuse, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-02-24).
Last name pronounced like "MAC-ill-vane".
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Rick Knutsen, a musician and stay-at-home dad from Brooklyn, New York
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"A finalist in the 2001 Tournament of Champions, he's a musician...
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Emily Bryk, an elementary school science teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-04-06). Last name pronounced to rhyme with "bike"....
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Laura Spadanuta, a trade magazine reporter and editor originally from Floral Park, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-10-26).
Last name pronounced like "spad-a-NOOT-a".
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Jesse Yu, a math student from Staten Island, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-06-25).
JBoard user name: GhostStalker
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Sahir Islam, an investment analyst from Somers, New York
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"The champion of the 1997 Teen Tournament, he's now an investment...
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David Sampugnaro, a writer and internet specialist from North White Plains, New York
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"A 5-time winner from 1996, he's now a writer and internet...
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Frank Spangenberg, a transit cop from Douglaston, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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John Hashop, an actor from Astoria, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-07-07).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jhashop
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Rosann O'Reilly, an elementary school teacher from the Bronx, New York
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Season 21 player (2005-01-18).
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Ali Moss, a college student from Great Neck, New York
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Season 21 player (2005-01-19).
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Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, a public health professional from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-10-30). Middle and last names pronounced like "KAL-ya-na-RA-man...
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Rob Perry, a graphic designer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 21 player (2004-11-03).
KJL game 65.
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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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Marianthe Colakis, a Latin and Greek teacher from Forest Hills, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-06-14).
First name pronounced like "mare-ee-ANN-thee".
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Adam Podber, an assistant pool league operator from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-10-01).
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Lori Karman, a marketing consultant from Farmingdale, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-01-19).
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Ted Skotnicki, a college professor from Niagara Falls, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-03-03).
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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
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Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer from New York City
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"From New York's 7th Avenue to Rome's Via Calzoni, he's one...
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Marianne Fichtel, an investor relations manager from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 25 2-time champion: $24,888 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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David Abolafia, a writer from Fishkill, New York
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Season 20 2-time champion: $42,000 + $2,000. David appeared on The...
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Johnny Marigliano, a pizza maker originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-01-31).
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Emma Span, a freelance sportswriter from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-10-12). Emma is the author of 90% of...
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Bing Luke, a tax lawyer from Harlem, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-02-16).
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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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Nirav Shah, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $20,500 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Vince Femenella, a bookseller from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-07-27).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: vtwins11
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Jonathan Turer, an admissions counselor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-04-06).
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Jennifer Quinn, an assistant to the principal from Riverdale, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-02-02).
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John Blanton, a newspaper editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-04-16). Won $9,550 on Who Wants to Be...
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Sam Johnston, a Ph.D. student from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 25 player (2008-12-23). Johnny Gilbert announced Sam as "Sam Johnson"...
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Joann Mariani, a high school English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,500 + $2,000.
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Regan Hofmann, an editor from Astoria, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-04-14).
First name pronounced like "RAY-gun".
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Brooke Anthony, an attorney from Brookhaven, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-02-03).
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Ester Murdukhayeva, a law student originally from Queens, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-12-22).
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Andrew Sullivan, a corporate attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-12-21).
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Robert Kennedy, an affordable housing analyst from Sunnyside, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-05-29). Not to be confused with 1997 Power...
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Jack Feerick, a freelance writer from Churchville, New York
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Season 25 3-time champion: $108,200 + $2,000.
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Julián Altschul, a math and science tutor from Jackson Heights, New York
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Season 24 1-time champion: $19,200 + $2,000. First name pronounced like...
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Rebecca Lobo, a basketball player from the New York Liberty
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"The youngest member of the 1996 gold medal Olympic women's basketball...
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Roddy Arz, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-01-15).
Last name pronounced like "ARTS".
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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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Terence Scroope, an online marketing consultant originally from Dobbs Ferry, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-12-01).
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Aaron Shapiro, a graduate student from Baldwin, New York
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Season 24 player (2007-10-23).
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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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Rebecca O'Brien, a writer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-11-24).
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Susan Poliniak, an educational music director from Flushing, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $7,600 + $1,000.
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Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Charles Soule, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-01-04).
Last name pronounced like "SOLE".
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Gin Peck, a computer consultant from Phelps, New York
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Season 23 1-time champion: $28,800 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: brandy13
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Judy Weisman, a surgeon from Plattsburgh, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-03-03).
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Zachary Baumgartner, a 10-year-old from Deer Park, New York
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"He'll hit all the right notes in the future as a...
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Heidi Sanchez, a college library director from Bethpage, New York
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Season 23 2-time champion: $42,300 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Librarylady
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Tom Cohen, a fur broker from Hewlett Harbor, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-21).
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Eytan Mirsky, an assistant film editor from Flushing, New York
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Season 4 player (1988-01-14). Eytan is now a New York-based power...
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Dianisbeth Acquie, from Brooklyn, New York
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"This ballet, jazz, and tap dancing Girl Scout would like to...
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Jason Scull, a teacher and brewer originally from Vestal, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-09-29).
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Bonnie Humphrey, an attorney from Tuxedo Park, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-06-20).
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Tyler Crosby, a barista and bookseller from Ithaca, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-07-09). Tyler won $100,000 on Who Wants to...
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Susan Turi, a social worker from Woodmere, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-10-30).
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Debbie Harris, a legislative aide originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-03-20).
Jeopardy Message Board user name: Danmel
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Chris D'Orso, an assistant director of admissions from Sound Beach, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-04). Blog at sbuchris.blogspot.com. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Jeffrey Coogan, a freelance web designer from Staten Island, New York
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Season 24 player (2007-12-21).
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Shawna Brandle, a Ph.D. candidate from Rockville Centre, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,600 + $1,000.
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Bill Wilson, a business manager from Clifton Park, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-05-15).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: PYR85099
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Marc Rusconi, a household and commercial mover from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 24 player (2007-12-10).
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Christine Black, an administrative assistant from Warwick, New York
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Season 22 1-time champion: $600 + $1,000.
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Rebecca Pinchoff, a pediatrician from Forest Hills, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-07-13).
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Elizabeth McKenna, a graduate student and cancer researcher originally from Queens, New York
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Season 24 1-time champion: $5,399 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Hicepan
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Michael Glick, a 12-year-old from Smithtown, New York
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"He's in math honors this year, even though math is one...
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Elizabeth Randisi, an attorney from Webster, New York
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Season 22 1-time champion: $6,900 + $2,000.
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Nick Dnistrian, an 11-year-old from Webster, New York
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"With a nickname like Elvis, this future chemist is already the...
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Theresa Kenny, a musician from Stony Point, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-07-26).
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Helen Freeman, a graduate student from Mount Kisco, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-07-09).
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Chris Hartley, an adjunct professor and writer from the Bronx, New York
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Season 22 player (2005-09-22).
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Tim Schwab, an ISO coordinator from Cheektowaga, New York
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Season 21 player (2005-05-27).
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Frank Spangenberg, a police lieutenant from Douglaston, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Merle Capello, an HR consultant from Westbury, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-01-16).
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Nick Klaiber, a grad student from Holbrook, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-01-24).
Last name pronounced like "KLAY-bur".
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Rick Knutsen, a musician from Brooklyn, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $33,201. 2001 Tournament...
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Rick Hoffman, a technical instructor from Oswego, New York
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Season 22 1-time champion: $24,000 + $1,000.
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Frank Spangenberg, a police officer from Flushing, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Megan Lynch, a book editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 24 player (2007-09-26).
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Michael Blake, a 12-year-old from Hamburg, New York
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"Our top story tonight is this young man, who wants to...
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William Marengo, an 11-year-old from the Bronx, New York
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"He will be the next Bronx Bomber, maybe--if it's up to...
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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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Roy Holliday, a radiologist from Nyack, New York
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"He was the first to win five games in the 1987-88...
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Brendan Beier, a graduate student originally from Pleasantville, New York
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Season 22 player (2005-10-06).
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Tom Cilla, from Kings Park, New York
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"He wants to join the Coast Guard or the Navy, but...
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Catie Camille, a student from Rochester, New York
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Season 22 player (2005-09-12). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Mehrun Etebari, a graduate student of international relations from Durham, New Hampshire
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Anissa Chitour, a ten-year-old from Princeton, New Jersey
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"Her extracurricular activities include playing violin, playing field hockey and shopping...
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Mehrun Etebari, a grad student from Durham, New Hampshire
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer and TV personality from the QVC Network
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"His fashion designs are a favorite among celebrities on the red...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Catherine Ramen, a database developer and writer from New York, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $44,000. 1998 Tournament...
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Jeric Brual, a senior at NYU in New York, New York
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2022 National College Championship quarterfinalist: $10,000. Jeric was majoring in film...
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Jeff Goldfarb, a recent law school graduate from New York, New York
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Season 18 2-time champion: $73,600 + $1,000. In his 1st game...
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Sari Laufer, a rabbi from New York, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-06-11). Name pronounced like "SARE-ee LAU-fur" ("LAU" rhyming...
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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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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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Andrew Fechner, a television programmer from Montclair, New Jersey
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Season 26 1-time champion: $26,001 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: arfnj
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Kristin Robbins, an attorney from Red Bank, New Jersey
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Season 34 2-time champion: $44,994 + $2,000.
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Todd Federman, a professor and education consultant from Livingston, New Jersey
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Season 29 player (2012-11-28). Father of 2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games...
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Greg Haroutunian, a law clerk from Montvale, New Jersey
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Season 29 player (2013-04-10). Greg's full first name was listed on...
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Mary McGlynn, an English professor from Maplewood, New Jersey
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Season 27 player (2011-03-11).
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Elliot Shteir, an attorney from Somerville, New Jersey
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1995-A Seniors Tournament 1st runner-up: $10,000. Dr. Elliot Shteir won $8,230...
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Joe Mastroeni, a mutual funds analyst from Colt's Neck, New Jersey
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Season 27 player (2011-03-08).
Last name pronounced like "mass-STRO-nee".
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James Ma, a securities analyst from Bridgewater, New Jersey
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Season 27 player (2011-05-25).
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Liz Basile, a client services manager from Englewood, New Jersey
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Season 24 player (2008-07-09).
Last name pronounced like "buh-SEAL".
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Luann Reed-Siegel, an editor from Edison, New Jersey
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Season 23 player (2007-01-03).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Editoria
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Laura Adomunas, a pharmacist from Sayreville, New Jersey
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Season 20 player (2004-06-10).
KJL game 7.
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Jeff Magee, a registered nurse from Ridgefield Park, New Jersey
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Season 21 player (2005-06-17). According to the official Jeopardy! web site,...
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Chris Hernandez, a biology student originally from Wharton, New Jersey
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Season 25 1-time champion: $23,000 + $2,000.
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Deborah Charles, a retired airline agent from Avenel, New Jersey
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Season 25 player (2009-05-22).
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Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer originally from Bombay, India
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
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Amy Tyszkiewicz, a Ph.D. student in chemical biology from Sayreville, New Jersey
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced "tis-KEV-itch".
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Nicole Labruto, a surf school manager from Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey
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Season 26 player (2009-10-06). Nicole's father, Fran, was a Jeopardy! 1-day...
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Deb Ronning, a fifth grade teacher originally from Reddington, New Jersey
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Season 25 player (2009-06-12).
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Jim Fitzpatrick, a senior at Wake Forest University from Colts Neck, New Jersey
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2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. According the the official Jeopardy! web...
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Meg Slachetka, a Congressional staffer originally from Hackettstown, New Jersey
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Season 25 player (2009-03-27).
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Kate Reilly, a white-collar criminal defense attorney from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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Season 27 player (2010-12-02).
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Jane Kaczmarek, an Emmy-nominated actress from Help Me Help You
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"As Lois on Malcolm in the Middle, she earned seven straight...
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Ruth Merriam, an accountant from South Orange, New Jersey
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Season 23 player (2007-03-21).
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Megan Maxwell, a paralegal from Lawrenceville, New Jersey
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Season 24 player (2007-12-21).
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Will Porter, a librarian from Newton, New Jersey
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Season 23 player (2007-03-12).
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Martha Rothman, a retired stockbroker from Barnegat, New Jersey
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Season 24 1-time champion: $32,801 + $2,000.
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Rob Carter, a deputy attorney general from Lawrenceville, New Jersey
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Season 24 player (2007-12-05).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: justrobnj
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Paul Mitchell Kelleher, a physician from Millington, New Jersey
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Season 34 player (2018-02-27).
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Mary Ellen LaRubbio, a legal secretary originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 8 player (1992-06-12): a collection of Armitron All-Sport water-resistant sport...
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Phil Kohn, a retired engineer from Colonia, New Jersey
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Season 34 player (2017-10-26).
JBoard user name: PhilKohn
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Catherine Zhang, a senior at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
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2022 National College Championship quarterfinalist: $10,000. Catherine was majoring in computer...
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Quinn McDonald, an inventory control manager from Lowville, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,600 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Mighty Q
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Jeff Weber, an online book sales director from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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Season 29 player (2013-03-20).
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Joanna Ramsey, an elementary school teacher from Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Season 24 player (2008-01-25). Joanna's father, Gordon Ramsey, played Bozo the...
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Joan Tosh, a manager from Port Chester, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-01-02).
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Anne Fierro, an attorney from Fort Lee, New Jersey
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Season 29 player (2012-10-29).
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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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Max Wagner, an eleven-year-old from Bedford, New York
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"He thinks insects are beautiful and can't wait to discover new...
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Charlene Lee, a journalist from Jersey City, New Jersey
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Season 32 player (2016-01-04).
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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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Donna Gottlieb, a homemaker and Army wife originally from Hillsdale, New Jersey
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Season 26 player (2010-07-20).
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Ralph Dellanno, a high school theology teacher from Edison, New Jersey
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Season 24 player (2007-11-30).
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Will Schultz, a freshman from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Connie Walters, a freelance music teacher from Jamesville, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-03-22).
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Louise Hauser, a food pantry supervisor originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-03-24).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: LouiseFromNYC
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Betty Altruda, an English professor from Manalapan, New Jersey
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Season 14 2-time champion: $25,001. Won $16,000 on the syndicated version...
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Dorothy Gilmartin, a teacher from Weehawken, New Jersey
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Season 24 player (2007-09-10). Dorothy's turn against IBM's Jeopardy!-playing computer Watson...
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Jennifer Buermann, a construction manager from Jersey City, New Jersey
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Season 22 player (2005-09-13).
Last name pronounced like "BYOOR-man".
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Aaron Brown, an Emmy Award-winning newsman from CNN's popular primetime newscast
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"A journalist for over 25 years, he now anchors CNN's popular...
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
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"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Tim Russert, a moderator from Meet the Press
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"He's the Washington Bureau Chief of NBC News and the longtime...
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Peggy Noonan, a contributing editor from The Wall Street Journal
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10).
Charity: The Sisters of Life.
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Maria Wenglinsky, a teacher originally from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion: $122,300...
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from North Hills, California
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"This playwright and director became a 5-time winner in 2001. Today,...
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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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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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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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Harris Cohen, a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 2-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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Ari Fleischer, a former White House Press Secretary from the current Bush administration
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"For the first two years of the current Bush administration, he...
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Anderson Cooper, a host from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11).
Charity: American Heart Association.
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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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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
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"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once 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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Nancie S. Martin, a writer and editor originally from New York City, New York
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Season 9 player (1993-05-28).
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Elizabeth Pearce, a freelance editor and writer from New York City, New York
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Season 8 1-time champion: $13,300. Elizabeth appeared on the original Jeopardy!...
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Aran Eisenstat, a unit coordinator originally from New York City, New York
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Season 7 player (1990-10-26).
Brother of Season 2 4-time champion Jared Eisenstat.
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Claude Sandroff, a research scientist originally from New York City, New York
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Season 10 player (1994-04-04).
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Cal Sanchez, a television associate director from New York City, New York
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Season 11 player (1995-03-07).
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Val Marsden Fitzhugh, an educational consultant from New York, New York
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Season 36 player (2020-01-01).
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Carolyn Lengel, a bartender and student from New York City, New York
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Season 8 player (1992-01-29).
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Bob Zalin, a Ph.D. candidate from New York City, New York
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Season 11 2-time champion: $24,500.
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Sarah Cascone, an art journalist and critic from New York, New York
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Season 37 player (2021-01-20).
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Chris O'Malley, an executive director from New York, New York
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Season 38 player (2021-12-24).
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Jim Baehler, a negotiations consultant from New York City, New York
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1992 Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Rodolfo Yuichiro Bedoy, an IT project manager from New York, New York
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Season 36 1-time champion: $18,799 + $1,000.
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Anjali Bhat, a lawyer from New York, New York
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Season 38 player (2022-07-14).
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Hilary Teeman, a book editor from New York, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-04-28). Daughter of Season 2 player Alan Rubin...
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Don Meade, a computer programmer from New York City, New York
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Season 9 player (1993-06-15).
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Jenny Rhodes, a university literature instructor from New York, New York
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Season 34 1-time champion: $11,899 + $1,000.
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Lisa Sriken, a lawyer from New York, New York
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 2-time champion: $26,800 + $1,000.
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Sara Nies, an editorial assistant from New York, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-06-18).
Last name pronounced like the word "niece".
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Lisa Sriken, a lawyer from New York, New York
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 2-time champion: $26,800 + $1,000.
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Liz Fitting, a teacher originally from New York, New York
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Season 37 player (2021-01-14).
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Catherine Ramen, an assistant editor from New York City, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $44,000. 1998 Tournament...
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Michael Tanner, a piano tuner from New York, New York
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Season 3 player (1986-10-22).
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Roberta Maguire, a substitute teacher from New York City, New York
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Season 10 player (1994-06-07).
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Shane Mangin, a strategy consultant from New York, New York
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Season 36 player (2019-12-10).
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Catherine Ramen, an assistant editor from New York, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $44,000. 1998 Tournament...
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Seth Tribble, a statistician from New York, New York
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Season 30 1-time champion: $26,488 + $2,000.
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Rita Stein, a freelance editor from New York City, New York
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Season 8 1-time champion: $10,400.
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Hanna Howard, an editor from New York, New York
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Season 37 1-time champion: $20,600 + $1,000.
Sister of Season 34 player Liz Howard.
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Peggy O\'Toole, an actress and secretary from New York City, New York
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Season 7 player (1991-03-21).
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Brian Olewnick, a capital assets manager from New York City, New York
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Season 7 player (1991-04-12).
Last name pronounced like \"oh-LEV-nick\".
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Sam Corbett, an assistant office manager from New York, New York
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Season 35 player (2019-03-13).
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Cody Landis, a registered nurse from New York, New York
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Season 35 player (2018-10-02).
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Jeff Barclay, a real estate investor originally from New York City, New York
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Season 8 player (1992-02-03).
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Marina Hays, a textile conservator originally from New York, New York
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Season 38 player (2022-06-28).
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Frances Taliaferro, a guidance counselor and teacher from New York City, New York
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1994 Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Ron Reisman, a public relations executive from New York City, New York
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Season 8 1-time champion: $8,400.
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Spencer Robins, a graduate student and teacher originally from New York, New York
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Season 37 player (2020-12-16).
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Ardi Mendoza, an emergency medicine resident from New York, New York
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Season 39 player (2022-12-23).
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Alan Sperber, a physician from New York City, New York
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Season 9 player (1993-05-17).
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William Benson, a psychologist from New York, New York
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Season 35 player (2018-09-24).
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Andrea Merrin, an actress from New York City, New York
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Season 5 player (1988-10-18).
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Rachel Kranz, a writer and director from New York City, New York
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Season 8 player (1992-01-13).
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Julie Chang, a product strategist from New York, New York
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Season 36 player (2019-11-26).
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Ellen Ripstein, a statistician from New York City, New York
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Season 8 player (1991-09-27).
Ellen won the 2001 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
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Czerni Brasuell, a writer originally from New York City, New York
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Season 2 player (1985-09-23). Subsequent to her appearance, Czerni spelled her...
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Monica Thieu, a Ph.D. student in psychology from New York, New York
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• 2012 College Championship winner • 2013 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist...
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Steve Richman, a security analyst from New York City, New York
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Season 8 player (1991-10-28).
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Chris French, an attorney from New York City, New York
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Season 11 player (1995-05-16).
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Lisa Hernson, a banking director from New York, New York
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Season 38 player (2022-06-13).
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Lauren Stripling, a teaching artist from New York, New York
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Season 35 player (2018-09-13).
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Toula Ballas, a publishing consultant from New York, New York
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Season 39 player (2023-07-20).
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Leanne Gonzalez-Singer, a legal secretary from New York, New York
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Season 36 1-time champion: $22,500 + $2,000.
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Daniel Rosenberg, a lawyer from New York, New York
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Season 40 player (2024-04-10).
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Eric Newman, an attorney from New York City, New York
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Season 7 player (1991-05-27).
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Austin Rogers, a bar owner and author from New York, New York
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games captain of...
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Cindy Zhang, a user experience designer from New York, New York
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Season 38 player (2021-11-04).
JBoard user name: cookie
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Elizabeth Ezrine, an international market development manager from New York City, New York
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Season 4 player (1988-07-01).
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Adele Ziminski, a freelance writer from New York City, New York
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Season 9 player (1992-11-03).
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Danna Schoenberg, an attorney from New York City, New York
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Season 7 player (1991-05-02).
First name pronounced like \"DAN-nuh\".
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Tyler Rhode, a healthcare data specialist from New York, New York
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2022 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: 10,000.
Season 38 5-time champion: $105,901 + $2,000.
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Kate Fink, a journalism professor from New York, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-05-21).
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Mike Sabin, an insurance examiner originally from New York City, New York
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Season 7 player (1991-06-26).
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Kris Sunderic, an adjunct professor from New York, New York
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Season 36 1-time champion: $16,601 + $1,000.
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Austin Rogers, a bartender from New York, New York
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games captain of...
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Gary Giardina, an opera singer from New York City, New York
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1986 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000....
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Austin Rogers, a bartender from New York, New York
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•12-game champion • 5th highest regular season winnings 2014 Jeopardy! Invitational...
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Miriam Manber, an attorney from New York, New York
|
Season 36 player (2019-10-31).
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Gisele Perez, a caterer originally from New York City, New York
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Season 12 player (1996-03-13). Gisele Perez won $14,800 in cash &...
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Lacey Davies, a casting assistant from New York, New York
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Season 36 player (2020-03-10).
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Saurabh Kapadia, a finance analyst from New York, New York
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Season 35 player (2019-01-28).
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Allan Kandler, a banker from New York City, New York
|
Season 10 player (1994-05-24).
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Deborah Rogers, a librarian and actress from New York City, New York
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Season 9 player (1993-04-20).
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Jonathan Lowe, an insurance broker from New York City, New York
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Season 12 player (1996-04-17). Not to be confused with 1997-B Teen...
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Jon Posen, a speechwriter originally from New York, New York
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Season 37 player (2020-10-30).
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Angela Tangredi, a physician from New York City, New York
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Season 7 player (1991-05-30).
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Tal Kedem, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 34 player (2017-12-01).
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Mike Laser, a writer from New York City, New York
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Season 10 player (1994-04-19).
Last name pronounced like \"LASS-er\".
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Max Godnick, a producer originally from New York, New York
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Season 38 player (2021-10-08).
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Martha Gehan, an office manager from New York City, New York
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Season 11 1-time champion: $12,700. Last name prnounced \"GHEE-un\".
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Cara Moretto, an actor from New York, New York
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Season 36 player (2019-10-10).
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Abigail Noy, a screen printer from New York, New York
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Season 38 player (2021-09-30).
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James Loprest, a federal prosecutor from New York City, New York
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Season 10 player (1994-07-04).
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Faizan Kothari, an investment banking analyst from New York, New York
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Season 35 player (2019-05-29).
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James Rodrigues, a filmmaker from New York, New York
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Season 35 1-time champion: $27,400 + $2,000.
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Susanna Betzl, an aspiring actress and writer from New York City, New York
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Season 4 player (1988-07-07).
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Terri Huggins, an associate director of admissions from New York, New York
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Season 38 player (2022-04-29).
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Meggie Kwait, a middle school humanities teacher from New York, New York
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2020 Teachers Tournament 1st runner up: $50,000.
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Sami Casanova, an actuary from New York, New York
|
Season 39 player (2023-05-08).
|
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Kathy Murray, a proofreader and copy editor from New York City, New York
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Season 7 player (1990-10-09).
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Melanie Posey, a market analyst from New York City, New York
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Season 12 1-time champion: $8,500.
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Carol Mack, a banker from New York City, New York
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Season 5 player (1989-04-10).
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Cheryl Weisberg, a French teacher from New York City, New York
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Season 7 1-time champion: $1,500.
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Syed Ahamed, an operations manager originally from New York, New York
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Season 37 player (2021-02-26).
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Kathleen Gulley, a systems administrator from New York City, New York
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Season 10 player (1994-06-23).
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Ted Berg, a sportswriter from New York, New York
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Season 36 player (2019-09-25).
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Katherine Cohen, a grad student and museum worker from New York, New York
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Season 39 player (2023-04-28).
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Nate Scheffey, a technology consultant from New York, New York
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Season 35 player (2019-05-23).
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Hope Cohen, an analyst from New York City, New York
|
Season 10 player (1994-02-09)
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Kate Kelly, a nonprofit finance professional from New York, New York
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Season 35 player (2019-05-21).
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Sarah McGrath, a business manager from New York, New York
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Season 38 player (2022-04-18).
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Sean Clarkin, an advertising executive from New York City, New York
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Season 9 player (1992-10-23).
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Nipun Tulshian, an investment analyst from New York, New York
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Season 36 player (2020-02-04).
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Phyllis Grinell, a housewife from New York City, New York
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Season 2 1-time champion: $8,000. Phyllis died 2006-12-20 at the age...
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Elizabeth Silverman, a marketing director from New York City, New York
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Season 8 player (1991-09-10).
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Chuck Lane, a magazine writer from New York City, New York
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Season 8 player (1991-09-17).
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Jackie Wong, a consultant and figure skating analyst from New York, New York
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Season 36 player (2020-05-19).
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Brenda Steere, a life insurance sales representative from New York City, New York
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Season 4 player (1987-09-21).
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Judy Alster, a publications planning manager from New York City, New York
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Season 7 1-time champion: $7,599.
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Tabitha Walker, a gallery assistant from New York, New York
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Season 36 player (2019-09-13).
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Daryl Rosenblatt, an architect from New York City, New York
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Season 7 player (1990-09-17).
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Janis Johama, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 5 player (1989-05-01).
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Justin Weatherby, a business manager from New York, New York
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Season 36 player (2020-01-23).
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Michelle Stein-Evers, a political analyst & human rights assistant from New York City, New York
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Season 5 player (1989-02-03).
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Michael Cavaliere, a consultant from New York, New York
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 39 player (2023-01-13)....
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Don MacLeod, a writer from New York City, New York
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Season 5 player (1989-04-06).
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Michael Cavaliere, a consultant from New York, New York
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2023 Second Chance competition 1st runner-up: $20,000. Season 39 player (2023-01-13)....
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Nick Fox, a newspaper editor from New York City, New York
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Season 12 player (1995-09-21).
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Julia Buonocore, a freelance writer from New York City, New York
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1993 Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
|
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Mitch Dorfman, a writer and businessman originally from New York City, New York
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Season 5 player (1989-01-26).
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Douglas Goodman, a theatrical producer and manager from New York City, New York
|
Season 4 player (1987-09-18).
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Ellen Scordato, a managing editor from New York City, New York
|
Season 10 player (1994-06-03).
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Gail Tinsley, a homemaker and former teacher originally from New York City, New York
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Season 7 player (1990-12-13).
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Gordon Nash, a teacher originally from New York City, New York
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Season 7 3-time champion: $41,000. Gordon was introduced as \"a teacher\"...
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Aaron Bola, an emergency medical doctor from New York, New York
|
Season 39 player (2023-02-01).
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Rod Starkie, a personal trainer and student from New York City, New York
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Season 9 player (1993-06-08). Rod was a competitive power lifter at...
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Perry Barber, a baseball umpire from New York City, New York
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Season 5 player (1988-12-29). Perry was a one-time champion on the...
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Tyler Rhode, a director at a start-up from New York, New York
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2022 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 38 5-time champion: $105,901 + $2,000.
|
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Annie Gottlieb, a freelance writer from New York City, New York
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Season 10 1-time champion: $5,700.
|
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Kathleen Huber, a playwright and actress from New York City, New York
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Season 9 player (1993-01-05).
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Joanne Daley, a public defender from New York City, New York
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Season 19 player (2003-03-07).
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Pat Litwinko, a magazine copy editor originally from New York City, New York
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Season 11 1-time champion: $7,100.
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Robert Goldbloom, an actuary from New York City, New York
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Season 9 player (1993-01-08).
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Marge Stratmann, from New York City, New York
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Season 4 player (1988-02-29). Marge's occupation was missing from the recording...
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Judi Gordon, a sales representative from New York City, New York
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Season 5 player (1988-11-28).
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Frank Dwyer, a writer and actor originally from New York City, New York
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Season 5 player (1989-01-30).
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Pat Stockhausen, a consultant from New York City, New York
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Season 10 player (1994-01-12).
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Annabelle Winter, a graduate student from New York, New York
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Season 39 player (2023-06-05).
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Steve Cowie, an actor from New York City, New York
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Season 3 1-time champion: $14,801.
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Amy Heller, a film distributor from New York City, New York
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Season 8 player (1991-10-22).
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Chris Handy, an art dealer from New York City, New York
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Season 7 player (1991-03-12).
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Jim Mullins, a computer programmer from New York City, New York
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Season 10 player (1993-12-29).
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Elizabeth Holloway, a writer from New York City, New York
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Season 4 1-time champion: $8,200.
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Lucian Wang, a law clerk from New York, New York
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Season 38 player (2022-02-24).
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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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Tracy Bernstein, a book publishing editor from New York City, New York
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Season 3 player (1987-03-23).
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Helen Pfeffer, a film and video editor from New York City, New York
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Season 9 player (1993-03-30).
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Emily Kawaler, a bioinformatician from New York, New York
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-12-29).
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Mark Fabros, a strategy consultant from New York, New York
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Season 39 player (2023-01-20).
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Emily Kawaler, a bioinformatician from New York, New York
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-12-29).
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John O\'Donnell, a Ph.D. candidate originally from New York City, New York
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Season 11 player (1994-09-06).
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Cindy Zhang, a user experience designer from New York, New York
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2022 Second Chance Competition semifinalist: $2,000. Season 38 player (2021-11-04). JBoard...
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Vilma Garven, a consultant from New York City, New York
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Season 3 player (1987-04-03).
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Carl Courant, an economist from New York City, New York
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Season 9 2-time champion: $24,500.
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Shana Aborn, an associate editor from New York, New York
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Season 12 player (1995-12-13).
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Lane Rensslaer, a policy analyst originally from New York City, New York
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Season 11 1-time champion: $899.
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Bonnie Anderson, a history professor from New York City, New York
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Season 5 player (1988-09-15).
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Barbara Sontz, a computer consultant from New York City, New York
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Season 9 2-time champion: $23,800.
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Michael Melzer, a jeweler from New York City, New York
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Season 9 player (1993-03-22).
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Sarah Daily, an artist manager from New York, New York
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Season 39 player (2023-07-03).
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Brian Flanagan, a tavern owner from New York City, New York
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Season 12 2-time champion: $19,001.
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Jonathan Groff, a writer and actor from New York City, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $34,001. 1995 Tournament...
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Jonathan Groff, a writer and actor from New York City, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $34,001. 1995 Tournament...
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Bonnie Schiffer, a writer and actress from New York City, New York
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Season 3 player (1986-12-29). Bonnie won 3 games and over $12,100...
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Greg Draves, an MBA student from New York, New York
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Season 29 1-time champion: $22,800 + $2,000.
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Lou Spirito, a screenwriter originally from New York City, New York
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Season 10 player (1993-12-09).
Lou\'s IMDb page.
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Alan Wyle, an attorney from New York City, New York
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Season 6 player (1989-12-07). Alan was an attorney in Manhattan for...
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Al Thomas, a postal service technician from New York City, New York
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Season 10 1-time champion: $12,700.
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Sonalee Rau, a life sciences consultant from New York, New York
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Season 39 player (2022-09-29).
First name pronounced like "soh-NAWL-ee".
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Andrea Ladik, a theatrical production manager from New York City, New York
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Season 2 1-time champion: $5,000.
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Duane Lyons, a law student originally from New York City, New York
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Season 2 player (1985-12-23).
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Bonnie Harris, an English instructor and administrator from New York, New York
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Season 33 player (2017-03-13).
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Sunita Parikh, a college professor from New York City, New York
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Season 9 player (1993-03-18).
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Ricky Hudson, a physical therapist from New York, New York
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Season 32 1-time champion: $17,199 + $2,000.
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Ray Ivey, a word processing teacher from New York, New York
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Season 7 1-time champion: $11,500 + The Jeopardy! Book.
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Yoey Sacks, a store planner from New York, New York
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Season 33 player (2016-10-25).
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Lynda Tsuboi, a communications specialist from New York, New York
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Season 39 player (2022-09-22).
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Josh Olesker, a laboratory manager from New York City, New York
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Season 10 player (1994-03-11).
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Lee Gelber, a toy and game marketer from New York City, New York
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1993 Seniors Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
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Gail Greene, a book editor from New York City, New York
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Season 8 player (1992-03-12).
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Jim Gilligan, an assistant professor of English education originally from New York, New York
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Season 37 1-time champion: $24,401 + $2,000. Jim was the last...
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Andrew Boynton, a modern dancer from New York City, New York
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Season 8 player (1992-04-22).
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Jon Spurney, a musician and screenwriter originally from New York, New York
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 2-time champion: $60,002 + $2,000.
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Elliot Yates, an opera producer from New York, New York
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2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 31 4-time champion: $65,000...
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Erin O'Leary, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 38 player (2022-01-24).
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Richard Bannin, a fundraising director from New York City, New York
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Season 8 2-time champion: $27,601.
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Jim Cairl, a stay-at-home dad from New York, New York
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Season 19 1-time champion: $23,400 + $2,000.
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Gilad Avrahami, a recent college graduate from New York, New York
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Season 39 player (2022-09-15).
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Daphne Matalene, a magazine editor from New York, New York
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,401 + $1,000.
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Dave Cook, a writer from New York City, New York
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Season 12 2-time champion: $19,000.
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Dan Seiden, a computer consultant originally from New York City, New York
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Season 11 3-time champion: $29,401 + Jeopardy! Sports Edition video game.
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Adam Kasanof, a police lieutenant from New York City, New York
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Season 10 2-time champion: $27,500.
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Ellen Kellogg, a research analyst originally from New York City, New York
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Season 15 1-time champion: $6,500.
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Ben Wynns, a nonprofit coordinator from New York City, New York
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Season 33 player (2016-10-04).
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Faith O'Neal, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 20 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000.
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Mary Suárez, a writer from New York, New York
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Season 31 player (2015-04-14).
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Chris Stansfield, a bartender from New York, New York
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Season 20 1-time champion: $21,400 + $2,000.
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Nikki Grillos, a freelance associate casting director from New York, New York
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Season 32 2-time champion: $30,802 + $2,000.
Wife of Season 34 contestant Paris Themmen.
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Monte Wasch, a sales executive from New York City, New York
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Season 1 player (1985-04-10)
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Ji Hee Seuk, a project coordinator from New York City, New York
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Season 15 player (1999-05-28).
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Jeremy Proctor, an actor from New York, New York
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Season 18 player (2002-07-10).
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Chris Williams, a consultant from New York, New York
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Season 35 player (2018-11-29). Not to be confused with Season 5...
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Amber Garrett, an entertainment news editor from New York, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-06-13).
JBoard user name: snarkyamber
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Josh Vittor, a law student from New York, New York
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Season 31 player (2014-12-16).
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Dennis Golin, a video editor from New York, New York
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Season 32 2-time champion: $59,099 + $1,000.
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Erica Rosengart, an advertising executive originally from New York, New York
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Season 31 player (2015-03-31).
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Keith Olbermann, a news anchor from MSNBC
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"In 2004, this veteran reporter will provide extensive coverage of the...
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Michelle Roufa, a writer from New York City, New York
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Season 15 player (1999-04-01).
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John Oleske, a law student from New York City, New York
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Season 15 1-time champion: $4,199.
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Ed Schiffer, a college lecturer originally from New York City, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $27,400. 1993 Tournament...
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Christine Quinones, a communications consultant from New York City, New York
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Season 9 player (1993-07-02).
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Camille Calman, a researcher and writer from New York City, New York
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Season 9 2-time champion: $30,701 + Towle silversmiths beaded antique stainless...
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Tucker Carlson, an author and co-host from Crossfire
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10). Charities: American Camping Association &...
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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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Debbie Barnes, an administrative assistant from New York, New York
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Season 24 1-time champion: $41,201 + $2,000.
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Leslie Feder, a real estate advisor and investor from New York, New York
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Season 24 1-time champion: $12,800 + $2,000.
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Zoey Orol, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 33 1-time champion: $4,400 + $2,000.
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Rebecca Press Schwartz, a high school administrator from New York, New York
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Season 31 player (2015-03-05).
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Sara Morrison, a graduate student from New York, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-03-07).
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Traci Brandon, a media indexer from New York, New York
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Season 20 player (2003-11-24).
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Jonathan Capehart, a journalist from The Washington Post
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"This Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist is a member of the Washington Post...
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Rebecca Glass, an administrator from New York, New York
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Season 33 player (2017-01-03).
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Debbie Rothschild, a stay-at-home mom from New York, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-04-30). Won $50,000 on Who Wants to Be...
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Steve Lawson, a writer and a journalist from New York City, New York
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Season 2 player (1986-02-10).
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Jack Koenig, an actor and househusband from New York City, New York
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Season 4 3-time champion: $23,599 + Jeopardy! box game.
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Tom Grant, a direct marketing executive from New York City, New York
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Season 4 player (1987-12-10).
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Eric Matheis, a lecturer from New York, New York
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Season 32 player (2015-09-18).
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Gary Williams, an administrative manager from New York City, New York
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Season 6 player (1989-11-21).
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David Lichtman, a graduate business student from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2001-06-26).
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Ross Hooper, a law clerk from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2001-04-06).
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Eamon Blake, a police lieutenant from New York, New York
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Season 18 player (2001-11-21).
Eamon's first name is pronounced like "A-mon."
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Richard Connell, a freelance foot model from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2001-06-21).
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Joe Nguyen, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 33 3-time champion: $77,202 + $2,000.
Joe won $1,000 on Master Minds on 2020-04-07.
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Leslie Quickley, a sous chef from New York City, New York
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Season 16 3-time champion: $31,003.
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Thomas Talbot, a bookstore manager from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-06-09).
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Ken Fischer, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-07-14).
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Abigail Strubel, a freelance writer from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2001-03-21).
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Jared Brenner, a banking consultant from New York City, New York
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Season 6 player (1989-10-30).
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Kerry Rucidlo, a secretary from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-06-08).
Last name pronounced roo-SID-lo.
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Betty Cohn, an administrative assistant from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2001-03-30).
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Jeremy Simon, an emergency room physician from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2001-06-14).
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Jennifer Morrow, an editorial assistant from New York, New York
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Season 31 2-time champion: $37,000 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: TheSunWillComeOut
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Mitch Murov, a senior programmer and professor from New York, New York
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Season 18 player (2002-03-07).
Last name pronounced like "MYUR-ov."
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Lisa Stevens, a physician from New York City, New York
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Season 16 player (2000-07-19).
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Oded Ben-Ami, a salesman from New York City, New York
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Season 6 1-time champion: $7,601.
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Michael Konik, a writer from New York City, New York
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Season 5 player (1989-05-05).
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Pete Stark, a financial analyst from New York City, New York
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Season 4 player (1987-11-06).
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Meredith Finnin, a communications specialist from New York City, New York
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Season 16 player (2000-07-14).
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Julia Kite, a policy and research director from New York, New York
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Season 33 player (2016-12-20). Julia won $38,333 on The Chase on...
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Rebecca Gold, a systems developer from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2001-05-23).
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Kristin Szuhany, a graduate student in clinical psychology from New York, New York
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Season 33 player (2016-12-19).
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Yaron Koren, a computer programmer from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2001-05-18).
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Amy Matoian, a market research analyst from New York, New York
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Season 18 player (2002-02-28).
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Emily Voytek, a computer programmer from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2001-07-09).
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Hope Jasper, an antiques and collectibles dealer from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2001-05-16).
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Adam Lipsius, a video professor and filmmaker from New York, New York
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Season 18 player (2001-11-29).
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Robin O'Brien, a project manager from New York City, New York
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Season 17 1-time champion: $9,201.
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Dale Ragus, a real estate broker from New York City, New York
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Season 6 2-time champion: $28,002.
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Ragavan Ramsubramani, a financial analyst from New York, New York
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Season 33 3-time champion: $54,603 + $1,000.
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Jim Terry, a non-profit executive from New York City, New York
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Season 4 1-time champion: $13,500.
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Bonnie Zaben, a university administrator from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2001-06-29).
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Lexie Gagliardi, a digital fashion editor from New York, New York
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Season 33 player (2016-11-24).
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Michael Souveroff, an aspiring screenwriter from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2001-03-05).
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Kristen Bancroft, a compliance executive from New York, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-03-15).
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Hilary Hinzmann, an editor and writer from New York, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-04-19).
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Shu-Ping Shen, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 31 player (2015-07-06).
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Lisa Levenson, a reporter from New York, New York
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Season 19 player (2002-09-09).
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Terri Pous, a social media editor from New York, New York
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Season 31 2-time champion: $36,801 + $2,000. Terri produced a podcast...
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Barbara Komansky, a teacher-in-training from New York City, New York
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Season 7 player (1991-05-22).
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Tom Halpern, a researcher and writer from New York City, New York
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Season 7 5-time champion: $63,602.
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Lynn Crowell, a voice actress from New York City, New York
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Season 15 player (1999-01-06).
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Winston Nguyen, a health aide from New York, New York
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Season 30 1-time champion: $10,067 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "NWENN".
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Renee Pennington, a word processing center supervisor from New York City, New York
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Season 3 player (1987-06-25).
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Diane Rohan, an event planner and full-time mom from New York, New York
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Season 18 player (2001-10-04).
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John Bozek, an economic development professional from New York, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-03-02).
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Marlene Reiss, a product developer & designer from New York City, New York
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Season 13 player (1997-01-13).
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Anne Robinson, a flight attendant from New York City, New York
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Season 15 player (1998-11-24).
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Laurent Ruseckas, a part-time consultant from New York City, New York
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Season 13 1-time champion: $6,395.
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Adam Posner, a doctor from New York, New York
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Season 19 player (2002-09-03).
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Gary Walters, an entertainment attorney originally from New York City, New York
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Season 10 1-time champion: $9,250.
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Patrick Fay, an attorney from New York City, New York
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Season 10 player (1993-11-03).
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Julie Robichaux, a web producer from New York City, New York
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"10 years ago she said disco music scared her, but today...
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Katie Hobson, a journalist from New York, New York
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Season 19 player (2002-11-27).
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Bob Verini, a playwright, actor, and director from New York City, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Shloka Ananthanarayanan, a compliance analyst from New York, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-07-01).
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Marielsa Ruiz, a flight attendant from New York, New York
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Season 18 player (2001-09-14).
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Francis Grant Jr., an Earth science teacher from New York, New York
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Season 18 player (2001-09-13). Francis was from Queens. Won $250,000 on...
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Steve Sosnick, an options trader from New York City, New York
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Season 14 1-time champion: $7,800.
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Marion Arkin, a former editor originally from New York City, New York
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Season 14 player (1998-06-12).
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Greg Chin, a direct service provider from New York, New York
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Season 33 2-time champion: $37,599 + $2,000.
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Amy Comeau, a law librarian from New York City, New York
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Season 12 player (1996-04-02).
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Lauren Gambier, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 31 player (2015-01-12).
Last name pronounced like "GAM-bee-ay".
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Todd Tarantino, a composer from New York, New York
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Season 18 player (2001-09-19).
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Donna Craig, an aspiring writer from New York City, New York
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Season 13 player (1996-12-06).
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Tom Massimo, an equity trader from New York, New York
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Season 20 2-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000.
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Bradley Goodwill, an actor from New York City, New York
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Season 14 2-time champion: $27,800 + a Caribbean cruise on Norwegian...
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Sylvia Parker, a freelance editor from New York, New York
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Season 20 player (2003-09-17).
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Wayne Weil, a management consultant from New York, New York
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Season 14 player (1997-09-03).
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Paul Marte, a publishing project coordinator from New York, New York
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Season 14 player (1998-03-23).
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Tyler Hathaway, a futures trader from New York City, New York
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Season 13 player (1996-09-05).
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Demi Hueth, a law student from New York, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-01-22).
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Stephen McNamara, a system manager from New York City, New York
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Season 14 player (1998-04-06).
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Matt Egbert, a marketing specialist from New York, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-01-19).
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Hikma Abdulghani, a senior at Columbia University from New York, New York
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2002 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500.
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Destiny Lilly, a casting director from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-09-22).
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Jon Beebe, a software developer from New York, New York
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Season 33 player (2017-03-24).
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Tanya Hayes, an auction house manager from New York, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-02-18).
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Regina Robbins, an arts teacher from New York, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $90,700...
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Bob Verini, a playwright and actor from New York City, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Jennifer Garman, a design director from New York, New York
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Season 19 1-time champion: $10,000 + $1,000.
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Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
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Mark Blankenship, an arts editor and reporter from New York, New York
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Season 32 player (2015-12-17).
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Josh Small, a second-year medical student from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2000-12-04).
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Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY
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"As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
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Matt Creamer, an editor from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-12-30).
Last name pronounced like "KREE-mer".
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Bob DeBellis, a graduate student from New York, New York
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Season 19 player (2002-12-03).
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Maureen Yeager, an information systems manager from New York City, New York
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Season 16 player (1999-11-25).
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Noah Tarnow, a freelance editor from New York, New York
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Season 19 player (2002-12-25).
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Kari Elias, a banker from New York City, New York
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Season 16 player (2000-06-13).
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Wellington Lee, a photographer from New York City, New York
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Season 16 player (1999-12-15).
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Allan Kreda, a journalist from New York City, New York
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Season 16 player (2000-01-03).
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John Weiner, a systems analyst from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2000-10-12).
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Grace Kim, a business school administrator from New York City, New York
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Season 16 1-time champion: $9,200.
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Tom Halpern, a researcher and writer from New York City, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1991 Tournament...
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Gary Giardina, an opera singer from New York City, New York
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1986 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000....
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George Schaeffer, a publisher from New York City, New York
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Season 17 1-time champion: $2,199.
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Steven Jupiter, a lawyer from New York City, New York
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Season 14 player (1997-11-28).
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Lenore Muller, a credit risk analyst from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2000-09-04).
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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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Margaret Garnett, a law school student from New York City, New York
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Season 14 player (1998-01-19).
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Peter Dunne, an attorney from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2000-09-18).
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Jeff Horn, an office manager from New York City, New York
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Season 16 3-time champion: $10,901. Jeff's niece Rachel Horn was later...
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Mel Banashek, a freelance writer from New York City, New York
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Season 14 player (1998-06-01).
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Shelley Smith, a video and film editor from New York City, New York
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Season 14 1-time champion: $11,199.
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Ed Lee, a medical student from New York City, New York
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Season 14 player (1998-05-27).
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Chris Hackett, a computer graphic designer from New York City, New York
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Season 14 player (1997-10-23).
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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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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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Cliff Karp, an actor originally from New York City, New York
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Season 14 player (1998-03-04).
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Monica Holland, a law student from New York City, New York
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Season 14 player (1997-11-24).
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Michelle Collier, an office account manager from New York City, New York
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Season 6 1-time champion: $6,201.
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Jeff Stone, a freelance writer from New York City, New York
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Season 14 player (1998-07-07).
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Dan Evans, an editorial researcher from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2000-12-13).
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Chris Meding, a lawyer from New York City, New York
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Season 16 player (2000-04-17).
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Holly Hughes, an editor from New York City, New York
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Season 14 player (1998-02-17).
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Gary Klein, an attorney and writer originally from New York City, New York
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Season 6 1-time champion: $13,801.
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Joshua Brown, a copywriter from New York City, New York
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Season 14 player (1998-06-29).
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Don Westrich, an advertising executive from New York City, New York
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Season 8 2-time champion: $30,201.
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Madeleine Schwartz, a twelve-year-old from New York, New York
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2003 Holiday Kids Week player (2003-01-10).
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Lynn Kusnierz, a magazine editor from New York City, New York
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Season 14 player (1997-09-26).
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Liz Lesnick, an editor from New York City, New York
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Season 14 player (1998-06-11).
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Robyn Aronson, a lawyer from New York, New York
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Season 18 player (2002-05-30).
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David Burnett, a freelance photographer from New York, New York
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Season 6 player (1989-09-12).
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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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Kathy Petras, a writer from New York City, New York
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Season 14 player (1997-09-18).
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Brian Stokes Mitchell, an actor from the Broadway musical Ragtime
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"His Broadway credits include Ragtime and Kiss Me, Kate, for which...
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Bob Verini, a playwright/actor from New York, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Holly Tooker, a dog walker from New York City, New York
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Season 6 1-time champion: $12,100.
Holly won $3,400 on The Challengers on 1990-11-08.
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Harry Silverstein, a marketing executive from New York City, New York
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Season 15 2-time champion: $11,601.
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Chris Todd, a zoo educator from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2001-07-18).
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Aaron Gershowitz, a refugee resettlement coordinator from New York City, New York
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Season 8 3-time champion: $39,300.
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Mark Saltzman, a writer from New York City, New York
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Season 6 player (1990-05-31).
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Elaine Lavine, a real estate manager from New York City, New York
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Season 6 player (1990-05-22).
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Isabelle Cullinen, a restaurant and tour consultant from New York City, New York
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Season 17 player (2001-06-01).
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David Duchovny, a brilliant FBI paranormal investigator in Fox Mulder from The X-Files originally from New York, New York
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Celebrity Jeopardy! contestant (1995-11-06). Won $32,000 for charity on a special...
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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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Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
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Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kuh-FONE".
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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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Wilson York, a graduate student of history from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 24 player (2007-09-12).
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Stephen Newman, an attorney originally from New Hartford, New York
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Season 37 player (2021-01-26).
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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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Morty Goldman, an investment consultant from New Rochelle, New York
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1992 Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000. Morty appeared on Jeopardy! in 1966...
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Jonathan Zimmerman, a junior from New City, New York
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1994 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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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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Jean Hernon, an attorney originally from New Hartford, New York
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Season 8 player (1992-03-27).
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Francois Barcomb, an 11th grade physics teacher from New Paltz, New York
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2019 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000.
2019 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000.
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Bob McGrath, an actor from New Rochelle, New York
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1994 Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Beth Champeau, a fax machine dealer from New City, New York
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Season 9 player (1992-12-10).
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Samit Sarkar, a journalist from New Rochelle, New York
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Season 38 player (2021-09-17).
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Mira Sorvino, an actress and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador born in New York, raised in New Jersey
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2023 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! semifinalist: $50,000 for the UN Trust Fund...
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Shana Rosenfeld, an administrative assistant from New Rochelle, New York
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Season 9 player (1993-07-07).
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Mary-Agnes Bornhoeft, an attorney and novelist from New Hyde Park, New York
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Season 7 player (1991-06-18).
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Megan Dempsey, a computer consultant from New Rochelle, New York
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Season 8 player (1992-01-20).
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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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Alice MacNamara, an office administrator from New Rochelle, New York
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Season 8 player (1991-09-11).
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George Kopp, a journalist originally from New Rochelle, New York
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Season 9 player (1993-07-06).
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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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Steve Cirelli, an emergency room physician from New Hartford, New York
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Season 18 player (2002-04-04). Steve's name was printed as "Steve Cirelli"...
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Deborah Van Ness, a stay-at-home mom from New City, New York
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Season 16 player (2000-07-10).
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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...
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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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Rebecca Maxfield, a freshman from Brown University
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Rochelle, New York. Rebecca...
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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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George Lewis, a teacher from Fairfield, Connecticut
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Season 20 player (2004-03-10).
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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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Karen L. Jones, a freelance puzzle editor from New Rochelle, New York
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Season 10 player (1993-09-06).
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Michael McKean, an actor, writer, and director from This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, and The Pajama Game
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"His movies have included This is Spinal Tap and A Mighty...
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Steve Golden, a junior from Brookeville, Maryland
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Jim Lewis, a student body president from Syracuse, New York
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Season 1 1-time champion: $3,199.
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Patsy Lester, a social studies teacher from Patchogue, New York
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Season 38 player (2022-01-07).
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Rosemary Palladino, a lawyer from Staten Island, New York
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Season 9 player (1993-05-31).
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Debbie Peryea, a waitress from Keeseville, New York
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Season 10 1-time champion: $8,199.
Last name pronounced like \"purr-YAY\".
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Robin Schneider, a textile broker from New York City
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Season 1 player (1984-11-07).
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Coby Klein, a Ph.D. candidate in biology from Huntington, New York
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Season 33 player (2017-06-01).
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Mat Gargano, a web developer from Staten Island, New York
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Season 36 player (2020-01-03).
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Molly Feibel, a historic interpreter from Staatsburg, New York
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Season 37 player (2021-06-08).
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Caroline Brown, a computer specialist from Elmhurst, New York
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1995-A Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Anne Farrell, a homemaker from Binghamton, New York
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1995-A Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Joe Marra, a schoolteacher from Bayside, New York
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Season 8 player (1991-10-31).
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Donna Levin, a writer from New York
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Season 1 1-time champion: $6,000. Not to be confused with Season...
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Maggie Lehrman, an editor and writer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 35 player (2019-07-26).
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Tom Facelle, a physician originally from White Plains, New York
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Season 4 player (1987-09-08).
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Bob Mooney, an ophthalmologist from Katonah, New York
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Season 1 player (1985-02-15).
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Dotty Carew, a communications specialist and writer from Brooklyn, New York
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1995-A Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Harsh Daga, an analyst from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 38 player (2022-01-03).
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Stephanie Stein, an editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 35 player (2019-04-11).
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Damien Marzocchi, a museum security guard from Kew Gardens, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-02-20).
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Alison Willett, a customer service representative originally from Silver Creek, New York
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Season 1 player (1985-02-07).
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Kate Logan, a medical transcriptionist from Hoosick Falls, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-02-19).
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Robin Pascale, a banker from Tivoli, New York
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Season 8 player (1992-04-30): Maytag washer & dryer + Jeopardy! 25th...
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Frank Pellicone, from New York
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Season 8 player (1992-04-20). The recording used to archive the game...
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Alexa Jakob, an electrical engineer from Queens, New York
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Season 38 player (2022-07-26).
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Todd McCafferty, a compliance manager from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 player (2017-10-05).
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Alec MacKenzie, a producer and publisher from Chappaqua, New York
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1994 Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Arthur Frank, a painter originally from New York City
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Season 1 player (1985-01-21). The recording used to archive the episode...
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Pierre LeBoeuf, an aerospace engineer originally from Tupper Lake, New York
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Season 4 player (1988-06-23).
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Scott Stechman, an attorney from Woodmere, New York
|
Season 11 1-time champion: $10,100.
Last name pronounced like \"STECK-man\".
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Neville Fogarty, an 11-year-old from Kingwood, Texas
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\"This chess player is planning his career moves very carefully. From...
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Madeline Wilhoft, a retired printer from Uniondale, New York
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1994 Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Usha Shankar, an educator from Pleasantville, New York
|
Season 36 player (2019-12-26).
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Jared Eisenstat, a law student from Hicksville, New York
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $26,098....
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Colleen Hartman, an art director from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 8 player (1992-02-19).
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Ben Walthall, a video game marketer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 38 player (2021-12-29).
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Eric Thau, a Ph.D. candidate originally from The Bronx, New York
|
Season 10 player (1994-06-28).
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Alfred Guy, an assistant dean from Babylon, New York
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Season 38 player (2022-07-20). Alfred, as Alfie, appeared on Love Connection...
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Len Safhay, a management consultant from Peekskill, New York
|
Season 11 player (1994-09-22).
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Erich Johnson, a musician and grad student from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 35 player (2019-04-02).
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Jimmie Bucci, a temporary service manager originally from North Tarrytown, New York
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Season 4 1-time co-champion: $100.
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Molly Fitzpatrick, a writer from Queens, New York
|
Season 40 player (2024-04-19).
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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.
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Zachary Tomanelli, an online organizer from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 30 player (2014-01-22).
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Mike Hefler, a law clerk from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 5 player (1989-06-16).
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Cassius Titus, a credit analyst from Corona, New York
|
Season 2 player (1986-04-17).
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Patrick Healy, a social studies teacher from Bronxville, New York
|
Season 35 player (2018-10-23).
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Patricia Miller, a registered nurse from Peekskill, New York
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1991 Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Jesse Laymon, a public policy director from Long Island City, New York
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Season 36 2-time champion: $43,400 + $1,000.
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Jamal Rogers, a mobile software engineer from Astoria, New York
|
Season 38 player (2021-12-22).
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Toby Muller, a freelance copywriter originally from Hewlett, New York
|
Season 8 3-time champion: $40,800.
Last name pronounced like "MULL-er".
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Macaulay Culkin, an actor originally from New York City
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2023 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $30,000 for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
|
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Anastasia Plakas, an investigator from Flushing, New York
|
Season 36 player (2020-04-29).
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Alan Rubin, an attorney originally from Queens, New York
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Season 2 player (1985-09-17). Father of Season 24 player Hilary Teeman...
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Linda Mossman, a substitute teacher from Elizaville, New York
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Season 4 1-time champion: $12,601.
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Val Sullivan, a retired history teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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1991 Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
|
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Tom Schmidt, a computer salesman originally from Wood Haven, New York
|
Season 4 player (1988-06-21).
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Joanne Fiore, an administrative officer from Amherst, New York
|
Season 10 player (1993-09-10).
Last name pronounced like \"fee-OR-ee\".
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Mara Taylor, a retired attorney from the Bronx, New York
|
Season 35 player (2019-03-25).
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Ruth Boyd, a librarian originally from New York City
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1989 Senior Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
|
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Joanne Scala, a law librarian originally from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 11 player (1995-06-22).
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Kim Kindya, a freelance writer and editor from Queens, New York
|
Season 36 player (2019-12-12).
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Steve Barto, a field marketing representative originally from Niagara Falls, New York
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Season 4 player (1988-04-29).
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Denise Page, an office manager and literary agency assistant from Maspeth, New York
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Season 36 player (2019-12-11).
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Elizabeth Connor, an art director from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-01-31). Elizabeth wore a necklace that said "UGH"...
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Peggy Kennedy, a forensic toxicologist from Menands, New York
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1988 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 1988 Seniors Tournament champion:...
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Alicia O'Hare, a social worker from Long Beach, New York
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Season 38 player (2022-07-06).
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Eric Schon, a molecular biologist from the Bronx, New York
|
Season 11 player (1995-01-02).
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Peter Gaffney, a writer originally from Endicott, New York
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Season 8 1-time champion: $10,500.
Peter\'s IMDb page.
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Christina Harcar, an audiobook seller from The Bronx, New York
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Season 35 player (2019-07-15).
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Peter Wadhams, a podiatrist originally from Rochester, New York
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Season 8 1-time champion: $12,000 + a handheld Nemesis Igo Dojo game.
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Jon Lindsey, an attorney from New York City
|
Season 2 player (1985-12-18).
|
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Kristina Johnson, a freelance writer and stay-at-home mom from Flushing, New York
|
Season 35 player (2018-10-11).
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Pamela Good, an English teacher originally from Flushing, New York
|
Season 9 player (1993-05-18).
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Ray Fastiggi, a publisher from Mamaroneck, New York
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Season 12 player (1995-09-28).
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Nathan Walpow, a data processor originally from Queens, New York
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1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 1 5-time champion: $38,900....
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Katherine Pisarro-Grant, a verbal identity consultant from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 34 player (2018-06-14).
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Mary Capalbi, a sixth grade teacher from Maspeth, New York
|
Season 9 player (1993-05-18).
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Sara Biegler, a stay-at-home parent from Syracuse, New York
|
Season 37 player (2021-05-07).
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Andie Huskie, an educator from Geneva, New York
|
Season 38 player (2022-07-04).
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Judith Tawil, a Ph.D. candidate originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 10 player (1993-09-09).
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Howard Seftel, a history teacher originally from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 1 player (1985-05-30).
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Anna Halligan, an English teacher from Endwell, New York
|
Season 11 player (1995-06-20).
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Lisa Dresner, an associate professor of writing studies from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York
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2021 Professors Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Rebecca Sinderbrand, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
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1994 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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David Bzdak, a philosophy professor from Syracuse, New York
|
Season 38 1-time champion: $2000 + $1,000. David was listed as...
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Alan Baumgardner, a recording engineer from Buffalo, New York
|
Season 1 player (1985-03-13).
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Capt. Kimberly Power, an Air Force officer originally from Manhasset, New York
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Season 2 player (1985-09-16). Kimberly was stationed at Norton Air Force...
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Stuart Haven, an opera director from New York City
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Season 2 1-time champion: $7,400.
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Daniel Kim, a patent lawyer originally from New York City
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Season 5 2-time champion: $25,601.
|
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Judi Amsel, an acquisitions editor from Nyack, New York
|
Season 11 player (1995-06-06).
|
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Louis Goldstein, a casting director originally from The Bronx, New York
|
Season 1 player (1985-04-09).
|
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Chris Hammer, an attorney from the Bronx, New York
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Season 37 player (2021-04-06). No to be confused with Season 39...
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Charles Bayar, a lawyer from Edgemont, New York
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Season 11 player (1995-06-15).
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Ginny Crispell, an English teacher from Port Jefferson, New York
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Season 2 2-time champion: $13,100. Ginny won four games on the...
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Dexter Kelly, a research analyst originally from Bedford, New York
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Season 12 player (1996-06-04).
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Mike Willard, a high school teacher from Oceanside, New York
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Season 11 player (1995-06-14).
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Ted Tarson, a former market research manager from Nyack New York
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Season 4 1-time champion: $11,401.
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Scott Feigelstein, a community relations specialist originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 2 player (1985-10-24).
|
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John Pine, a journalist originally from New York City
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-05).
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Bonnie Monte, an editor originally from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 12 player (1996-06-03).
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Jesse Chin, an accounting director from Bayside, New York
|
2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 1-time champion: $24,801 + $1,000.
|
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Nishanth Iyengar, a resident physician from Ronkonkoma, New York
|
Season 38 player (2021-11-29).
|
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Jim Mangold, an actuary from Bayside, New York
|
Season 12 player (1996-05-31).
|
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Jesse Chin, an accounting director from Bayside, New York
|
2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 1-time champion: $24,801 + $1,000.
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Preston Nicholson, a pre-law program director and attorney originally from Hominy, Oklahoma
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Season 28 player (2012-01-13). JBoard user name: okstater04 Preston won $10,950...
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Larry Cooperman, a case administrator from Cold Spring Harbor, New York
|
Season 11 player (1995-07-03).
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Mark LaValle, a salesman originally from Massapequa, New York
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Season 12 player (1995-09-26).
|
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Katie Lombardo, a museum educator from East Hills, New York
|
Season 35 player (2018-09-27).
|
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Tommy Fagin, an English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 34 player (2018-06-04).
|
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Les Friedman, a humanities teacher from Manlius, New York
|
Season 7 1-time champion: $3,590.
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Jerry Podair, a lawyer originally from New York City
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Season 5 player (1988-12-27).
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Zach Wissner-Gross, a vice president of math curriculum from Roslyn Heights, New York
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Season 39 player (2023-03-22).
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Lew Insler, an attorney from Cortlandt Manor, New York
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Season 19 player (2003-02-24).
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Frank Tangredi, an editor from West Babylon, New York
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Season 8 player (1991-09-06). Frank won $32,000 on Who Wants to...
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