| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | YOU CAN'T GO THERE $1000: Volcanic action created this Icelandic island in the 1960s, providing scientists a lab to study biological colonization Surtsey |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | FUN WITH 21 $1600: Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 inspired this 1972 Neil Diamond song with "Song" in the title "Song Sung Blue" |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | CHANGE ONE LETTER WORD PAIRS $200: Enjoyment for an ardent sports follower fun & fan (fan fun) |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | FUN WITH FLAGS $1,500 (Daily Double): That's the St. Andrew's Cross in reversed colors on the flag of this Canadian province Nova Scotia |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | NO. 1 RECORD $1600: Despite the fact that "We had joy, we had fun, we had" this title in 1974, it really is one seriously depressing tune "Seasons In The Sun" |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | '80s HITS $600: This comic "rapped", "I was an ugly kid, I never had fun (no respect, no respect), they took me to a dog show & I won!" Dangerfield |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | THE BIG, LITTLE OR NO BANG $200: "The monkey thought 'twas all in fun", but the detonating critter in this kids' song may beg to differ "Pop Goes The Weasel" |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | SIMILAR BRAND NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): When you eat this brand's bars, make sure they're the chocolate ones., not the moisturizing ones Dove |
| #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $400: From the same Latin root as "tenant", it's a rundown building where being a tenant is no fun a tenement |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | FUN-TO-SAY QUOTATIONS $1200: This film: "Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | FROM THE NO. 1 ALBUM $600: 1977: "Second Hand News", "You Make Loving Fun" Rumours |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | NOT IN FIDDLER ON THE ROOF $400: Perchik, yes; this 7-letter word originally coined to make fun of 1950s hipsters, no beatnik |
| #7904, aired 2019-01-10 | 10 LINES ABOUT 5 WOMEN $800: Coco was a French designer, dabbled in perfume for fun / got her business set for life with this No. in '21 Chanel No. 5 |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | GETTING SPECIFIC AT GENERAL HOSPITAL $1000: (Maura West and Laura Wright give the clue as Ava and Carly from General Hospital.) "When I'm fully recovered, Carly, you won't be able to stop me"
"No matter how many operations you have Ava, your soul will still suffer from this necrosis of soft tissues, from the Greek & Latin for 'gnawing away'" gangrene |
| #7781, aired 2018-06-11 | MONDAY IS FUN DAY $600: This familial pop group hit No. 1 in 1966 with "Monday, Monday" The Mamas & the Papas |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | COMICS RELIEF $400: Put out in 1941, More Fun Comics No. 73 had the first appearance of both Green Arrow & this underwater fella Aquaman |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | FIRST FAMILY FUN & FOLLIES $600: Often found blocking White House hallways, Slippers was Teddy Roosevelt's beloved 6-toed this pet a cat |
| #7558, aired 2017-06-21 | DOUBLE LETTER FUN $800: They follow each other & are home to a solstice & an equinox, respectively summer and fall |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL $1000: (Heather Tom and Thorsten Kaye give the clue as Katie and Ridge from The Bold and the Beautiful.) "Ridge, why are you still concealing the truth?" "Because, Katie, it is our secret to reveal, no one else's. & I'll stand behind that like Leonidas & his 300 men at this famous mountain pass in the 5th century B.C." Thermopylae |
| #7467, aired 2017-02-14 | SIX FEET UNDER $1200: That's no fun! The Indian walking this usually reproduces via parthenogenesis a stick |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL $2,000 (Daily Double): (Linsey Godfrey and Pierson Fodé give the clue as Caroline Spencer and Thomas Forrester from The Bold and the Beautiful.)
"I'm so afraid, Thomas. I've made so many mistakes."
"There's no turning back now, Caroline. We have to move forward like Julius Caesar crossing this small river & triggering the Roman civil war" the Rubicon |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | TAROT CARDS $200: No. 10:
Pat & Vanna lead the fun the Wheel of Fortune |
| #7074, aired 2015-05-21 | FUN WITH WOMEN'S CLOTHING $200: Stays are strips of material to stiffen this undergarment, or a synonym for the undergarment itself a corset |
| #6620, aired 2013-05-31 | PUNCTUATION EQUIVOCATION? $400: You fill these out to participate in an NCAA hoops March Madness pool (purely for fun, with no betting, of course) brackets |
| #6434, aired 2012-08-02 | GENERAL SCIENCE $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew looks squat.) No, I didn't shrink; I'm standing in front of a typical fun house mirror, which, unlike a regular flat mirror, is this type, curving out toward me, the opposite of concave convex |
| #6276, aired 2011-12-26 | FUN RAISERS $2000: Look, ma! No plane & no parachute! A Vegas wind tunnel lets you experience indoor this, aka bodyflight skydiving |
| #6225, aired 2011-10-14 | THE GREATEST IN SPORTS WITH MIKE & MIKE $2000: (Mike & Mike deliver the clue.) One of the greatest coaches ever has got to be Phil Jackson; he's won 11 titles, something even Red Auerbach couldn't do
Yeah, Phil's a legend, no doubt about it, but I'll pick this college basketball wizard who won 10 men's NCAA titles from 1964 to 1975 (John) Wooden |
| #6187, aired 2011-07-05 | SUMMERTIME $600: The fun-spoilers in city government don't want you to open these to play in the street--what if there's no water to fight fires? fire hydrants |
| #6174, aired 2011-06-16 | FUN WITH ELEMENTS $400: This element, No. 16 on the periodic table, has a pelt at the end of its name sulfur |
| #6059, aired 2011-01-06 | NO. 1 WITH A BULLET $400: This title character of a Jim Croce No. 1 carried "a 32 gun in his pocket for fun" "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" |
| #5973, aired 2010-07-28 | FUN WITH AMERICAN IDOL NAMES $400: A sorcerer's apprentice? No, it's this stage star, reality TV star & winner of season 3 Fantasia Barrino |
| #5907, aired 2010-04-27 | FUN WITH WORDS $1,600 (Daily Double): Its the New World country that takes its name from a Latin word for a metal Argentina |
| #5893, aired 2010-04-07 | LETTERS IN TOMATOES $5,200 (Daily Double): Struck mightily, in the Bible smote |
| #5809, aired 2009-12-10 | URBAN DICTIONARY $1600: Title of a dy-no-mite '70s sitcom, it's said ironically about something not all that fun & "often used in a repetitive manner" good times |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | JUST MISSED THE TOP OF THE CHARTS $800: Cyndi Lauper had fun in 1984 with this, her first of 8 Top 10 hits & the only one to stop at No. 2 "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" |
| #5547, aired 2008-10-21 | "M": A NATION $0 (Daily Double): This nation comprises more than 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean Micronesia |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | THOSE AMAZING ANIMALS $400: No longer used in Thailand to haul teak from the jungle, these animals are being trained to paint an elephant |
| #5418, aired 2008-03-12 | WE'RE NO. 1! $1000: "We had joy, we had fun, we had" this 1974 Terry Jacks hit "Seasons In The Sun" |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | FUN WITH BALLET $1200: John Cranko choreographed a ballet called "Harlequin in" this month--no fooling April |
| #5387, aired 2008-01-29 | JUST PLANE FUN $1600: It's a recreational 1-seat, 1-engine aircraft that weighs no more than 254 pounds & carries 5 gallons of fuel or less ultralight |
| #5384, aired 2008-01-24 | HAVE SOME "FUN" $200: 7-letter word meaning extinct or no longer in use defunct |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | THE MOST POPULOUS NATION $1000: Portugal,
Colombia,
Peru Colombia |
| #5250, aired 2007-06-08 | I'M REALLY STEPPING IN IT NOW! $600: It comes in maple, raspberry & cough varieties & is no fun to step in syrup |
| #5208, aired 2007-04-11 | GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS $1600: Ralf Laue of Germany tossed more than 400 of these in 2 minutes, & it wasn't even on a Shrove Tuesday pancakes |
| #5166, aired 2007-02-12 | SHAPE UP $800: Get a fun workout with this sport created in 1971 by Tom Morey, whose first pieces of equipment are seen here bodyboarding |
| #5104, aired 2006-11-16 | METS, GIANTS, RANGERS & KNICKS $600: This '80s Giants LB, No. 56, once told teammates to "Go out there like a bunch of crazed dogs & have some fun" Lawrence Taylor (L.T. accepted) |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | DOUBLE "H" $600: To engage in rowdy behaviour, usually in fun roughhouse |
| #4629, aired 2004-10-21 | "NO" FUN $200: Spitzbergen is an island in this Scandinavian country Norway |
| #4629, aired 2004-10-21 | "NO" FUN $400: In 1988 the United Nations' peacekeeping forces were awarded this important prize Nobel Prize |
| #4629, aired 2004-10-21 | "NO" FUN $500 (Daily Double): 2-word Latin name of an Eastern Canadian province Nova Scotia |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | GREAT BRITS $800: There was no royal fun allowed when this man took power in England in 1653 Oliver Cromwell |
| #4598, aired 2004-09-08 | MY NEWT $800: It's no fun for my newt to hug his European cousin named for these bumps attributed to toads warts |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | "SUMMER" FUN $1200: Sebastian Venable's summer fun was no picnic; in fact, he became a picnic in this one-act Tennessee Williams play Suddenly Last Summer |
| #4566, aired 2004-06-14 | PRESIDENTS $400: Though only 5'7", this Founding Father was called "The Colossus of Independence" John Adams |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | FUN WITH GEOMETRY $2000: A spheroid might say, you can call me prolate or this, like the Earth -- just don't call me late for dinner oblate |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | A LITTLE R&R $600: "She'll have fun fun fun 'til her daddy takes" this vehicle "away" T-Bird |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | HAVE FUN $200: Ecclesiastes says, "A man hath no better thing under the sun than to eat, and to drink and to be" this merry |
| #3860, aired 2001-05-18 | DR. SEUSS, REWRITE MAN $500: He would eat folks in the rain, this good doc is quite insane, he would eat them just for fun, his film went to No. 1 Hannibal Lecter |
| #3795, aired 2001-02-16 | TRAVEL FUN $800: Jesus Christ lizards & poison arrow frogs inhabit the Serpentarium in this capital of Costa Rica San Jose |
| #3768, aired 2001-01-10 | REPETITION AGAIN $200: It was Cyndi Lauper's first No. 1 hit "Time After Time" |
| #3089, aired 1998-01-22 | FINN FUN $800: This "Flying Finn" flies no more, but he has a statue near Helsinki's Olympic Stadium Paavo Nurmi |
| #3077, aired 1998-01-06 | FUN WITH OPERA $200: There's no denial: Act III of this Verdi opera is sometimes called "The Nile Scene" "Aida" |
| #2670, aired 1996-03-22 | FUN FOOD $400: Guinness says the largest of these treats was a jelly one that weighed 3,739 lbs.; hope no one tried to dunk it Doughnut |
| #2664, aired 1996-03-14 | SHAKESPEARE'S CATCH PHRASES $1,200 (Daily Double): In "Henry IV, Part 2" a hostess says of this man, "He hath eaten me out of house and home" Falstaff |
| #1741, aired 1992-03-09 | THE LOW COUNTRIES $400: The Groote Kerk is the "big cheese" among churches in this Dutch city Gouda |
| #1663, aired 1991-11-20 | COSMETICS $100: Brooke Shields says she puts face powder on her mouth before doing this before applying lipstick |
| #1108, aired 1989-05-31 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $1000: Send down someone & you've expelled them; send up someone & you've done this to them made fun of them |
| #1069, aired 1989-04-06 | 1979 $400 (Daily Double): Singer whose album "Blondes Have More Fun", as well as the following song from it, hit No.1 in 1979:
"She sits alone, waiting for suggestions..." Rod Stewart |
| #1035, aired 1989-02-17 | "FUN" STUFF $500: Frivolously diverting activity, when you're grounded there's no more of this famous pair, Buster fun & games |
| #929, aired 1988-09-22 | THE 1970s $700 (Daily Double): Heard here, he was, according to Billboard, the top recording artist of the decade:
"I remember when rock was young / Me and Susie had so much fun / Holding hands and skimming stones / Had an old gold Chevy and a place of my own..." Elton John |
| #735, aired 1987-11-13 | TAXES $200: It was in 1943 that the federal government began having this done to workers' paychecks withholding |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | MUSIC PEOPLE $500 (Daily Double): Singer heard here, Alice Cooper called her "The Queen of Housewife Rock":
"In the morning fun when no one will be drinking any more wine / I'll wake the sun..." Helen Reddy |
| #577, aired 1987-02-24 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $100: "All work & no play makes" him "a dull boy" & Jill's probably not a lot of fun either Jack |
| #551, aired 1987-01-19 | STOCKINGS $300: If you catch this bridal stocking accessory, it's said you'll soon catch a bride the garter |
| #522, aired 1986-12-09 | "RICH" $200: From the song, "Ain't We Got Fun", phrase that precedes "and the poor get poorer" the rich get rich |
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Joey Beachum, a senior from Mississippi State University
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Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University
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Larissa Charnsangavej, a senior from Rice University
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Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
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"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
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2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Robbie Berg, a freshman from the University of Pennsylvania
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
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Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
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2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
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Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Patrick Tucker, a senior from the University of Notre Dame
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
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"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
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Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
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Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
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Folake Dosu, a senior from Stanford University from Bellwood, Illinois
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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CCH Pounder, an actress from Avatar and Brothers
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"She earned an Emmy nomination for her role as Claudette Wyms...
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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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Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
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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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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He met and then married his wife while both were costarring...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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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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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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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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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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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
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Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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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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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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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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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
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"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
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"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
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Melanie Baker-Streevy, a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000. Melanie Baker-Streevy - A...
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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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Brandon Hensley, a sophomore from Caltech
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Huntington, WV at...
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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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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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Buddy Wright, an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas
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2011 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 26 4-time champion:...
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Sid Chandrasekhar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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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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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
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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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Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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Meryl Federman, a senior from Livingston, New Jersey
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games champion (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 18...
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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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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
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Paul Kursky, a copywriter from San Francisco, California
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Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
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Charles Shaughnessy, an actor from Mad Men
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"As Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives, he won three...
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Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
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Anjali Tripathi, a senior from MIT
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"Math and science were her favorite subjects in seventh grade. We're...
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Sanders Kleinfeld, a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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"In 2003, he became the first to win a quarter of...
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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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Pat Sajak, a game show host from Wheel of Fortune
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"A former TV weatherman, he's gone on to become the world's...
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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
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Dave Belote, a recently retired base commander from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
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2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
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Brenton Montie, a sixth grade social studies teacher from South Lyon, Michigan
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"He teaches at a school ranked in the top 5% in...
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Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California
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Solomon Howard, a freshman from St. Petersburg, Florida
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2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 14 at the time of...
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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
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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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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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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
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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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Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
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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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Roger Craig, a computer scientist from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
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2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
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Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
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"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
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Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Rachel Rothenberg, a senior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. Jeopardy! Message Board...
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Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
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"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
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Patrick Quinn, a high school German teacher from Chesterfield, Missouri
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"He teaches at a school whose history goes back to a...
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Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
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"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
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Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Blake Hernandez, a senior from Burke, Virginia
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Blake was 16 at the time...
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David Rozenson, a lawyer from Newton, Massachusetts
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 21 3-time champion: $76,000 + $1,000.
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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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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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Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
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Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
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Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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Amy Levine, a freshman from North Potomac, Maryland
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time...
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Michela Rodriguez, from Poway, California
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"This future author created a board game and had to compete...
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Jake McCrory, an 11-year-old from Pueblo, Colorado
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"He wants to make a positive change in our nation's future...
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John Krizel, a green community program coordinator from Beckley, West Virginia
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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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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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer with an international law firm from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she became the first woman ever to win the...
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Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
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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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Amy Wilson, a creative writing and women's studies student originally from Portland, Oregon
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,999 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
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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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Daniel Stauss, a federal claims examiner from Seattle, Washington
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Season 25 1-time champion: $25,500 + $2,000. Daniel Stauss - A...
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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Sioux City, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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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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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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Brian Meacham, a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 4-time champion: $90,500...
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Kevin Yang, a junior from Birmingham, Alabama
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Cliff Galiher, a student from Half Moon Bay, California
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
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Rachel "Steve" Cooke, a senior from Fishers, Indiana
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2008-A Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000. 17 at the time of...
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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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Meredith Johnson, a senior from University of Minnesota
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Attended the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities...
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Seveen Kannankara, a junior from Bergenfield, New Jersey
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Seveen was 15 at the time...
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Olivia Colangelo, a junior from the University of Notre Dame from Murrysville, Pennsylvania
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Bob Harris, an author, comedian, and radio commentator from Los Angeles, California
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"A 5-time champion and a finalist in the Tournament of Champions,...
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Phoebe Juel, a bookseller from Sylva, North Carolina
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"She won the 1993 College Championship while attending Grinnell College. Today...
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Paul Gutowski, an alcohol and drug counselor from Rockford, Illinois
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"He was the first 5-time winner in 1997. An alcohol and...
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Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
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Lindsay Oxx, a senior from Longmeadow, Massachusetts
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2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Joey Beachum, an Air Force intelligence officer from Conway, Arkansas
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Nick Yozamp, a biology student from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
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Brittany McCants, a junior from Winnsboro, South Carolina
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2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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Ariel Schneider, a biology student from West Lafayette, Indiana
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Season 27 2-time champion: $46,300 + $2,000.
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Jacob Hambalek, a 12-year-old from Fresno, California
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"If he had to choose a career right now, he'd be...
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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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Elise Burton, a freshman from the University of California-Berkeley
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 18 at the time of the...
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Jackie Harrison, a surgeon from Chicago, Illinois
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19 4-time champion: $66,602 + $2,000.
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Aiden Pink, a freshman from St. Louis Park, Minnesota
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 15 at the time...
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Andy Hutchins, a senior from Rockledge, Florida
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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"The reigning Tournament of Champions winner, he attended Johns Hopkins University...
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Drew Lachey, a singer and actor from Dancing with the Stars
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"He was working as an emergency medical technician when brother Nick...
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Miguel Ferrer, an actor from Crossing Jordan
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"He began his career as a studio drummer and played on...
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Trevor Norris, a budget analyst from Washington, D.C.
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"He can't walk through the Pentagon without someone mentioning his five...
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Josh DenHartog, an actuarial technician from Thousand Oaks, California
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"He was the Teen Tournament champion in 1997. Now he's an...
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