| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WE'VE GOT TODAY'S HITS $400: With a Bananarama-riffic title, this Taylor Swift song dominated the fall in 2023, staying at No. 1 for weeks "Cruel Summer" |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WE'VE GOT TODAY'S HITS $600: "Now & then, I miss you, oh, now & then, I want you to be there for me", sang this band in a 2023 song written in the '70s The Beatles |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | IAMB A POET $2000: Aye, I did write "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" & many another bonny iambic work, & ye needn't call me sir! (Walter) Scott |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $1000: "I got a woman, way over town, that's good to me, oh yeah. Say, I got a woman way over town that's good to me, oh yeah" Ray Charles |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $800: On May 1, 1776, Adam Weishaupt founded the Perfectibilists, a branch of this "enlightened" secret society... oh dear, I may've said too much the Illuminati |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | GITALONG, OLD PAINT $1200: This painter who was totally for the birds gave us the oil-on-canvas "Washington Sea Eagle" around 1839 John James Audubon |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | OH, "MY" WORD! $400: This word can refer to physical nearsightedness or a mental lack of foresight myopia |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | OH, "MY" WORD! $800: This Asian critter is known for its ability to mimic human speech the mynah |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | OH, "MY" WORD! $1200: This polyester film from DuPont is useful in making things like survival blankets where heat retention is critical Mylar |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | OH, "MY" WORD! $1600: It's the muscular center layer of your heart wall, & you don't want it infarcted the myocardium |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | OH, "MY" WORD! $2000: According to legend, this prehistoric Greek city was Agamemnon's capital Mycenae |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | THE COUNTRY THAT BORDERS BOTH $400: Turkey &
Bulgaria Greece |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | SILENT-CONSONANT WORDS $7,000 (Daily Double): Relevant or suitable, it comes from a French phrase meaning "to the purpose" àpropos |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | PEAK TV $200: Due to a mix-up, the giant robot doll from this South Korean series was briefly displayed in front of a museum Squid Game |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | OZZY OSBOURNE'S FAVORITE SONGS $300: Said to be inspired by Judy Garland, this Elton John hit is actually about giving up the fast lane for a quieter life "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE FRENCH HORN $2,000 (Daily Double): In one of the least alluring rituals of horn maintenance, players must invert their instruments routinely to drain them of this spit |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | ANIMAL IDIOM BRAINTEASERS $600: Don't forget how many other single people are out there in the dating pool:
T.A.P.O.F.I.T.S. there are plenty of fish in the sea |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | FEMALE FIRSTS $1200: In 2018, she became the first American woman to win a medal in every single event at the World Gymnastics Championships Simone Biles |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | ON THE PERIODIC TABLE $5,000 (Daily Double): Going in order on the periodic table, uranium and neptunium are followed by this element named for a dwarf planet plutonium |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | CHILD PERFORMERS $1600: In this movie child actor Jonathan Lipnicki told Tom Cruise the human head weighs 8 pounds Jerry Maguire |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | OATHS $200: Though not in the Constitution, these four words are typically spoken at the end of the presidential oath of office so help me God |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | MISHEARD LYRICS $2000: This Juice Newton plea to a departing lover does not ask, "Just brush my teeth before you leave me, baby" "Just call me angel of the morning" |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | BLACK MYSTERY & CRIME FICTION $1000: The name of this underworld author of "Mama Black Widow" & "Pimp" inspired the "Ice" part of Ice-T's stage name Iceberg Slim |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | LITERARY TOURISM $600 (Daily Double): Scotland's remote island of Jura is famous for 2 things: a whisky distillery & the farmhouse where George Orwell wrote this classic 1984 |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FAR OUT $300: Ancient Egyptians called this planet "Her Desher", meaning, "the red one" Mars |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $2000: Weighty Camaro tax a heavy Chevy levy |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | INTERNATIONAL CINEMA SHOWCASE $1200: Bérénice Bejo played 1920s actress Peppy Miller in this 2011 multi-Oscar winner from France The Artist |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIE QUOTES $4,400 (Daily Double): "Look at me, son. It's not your fault" Good Will Hunting |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS $100: Fittingly, this number of the amendment that repealed prohibition is also the legal drinking age in the U.S. the 21st Amendment |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | MARRIAGE STORY $200: 1946:
"Julia McWilliams! What's cookin'?"
"I just got married"
"Tasty! To whom?"
"His last name is" this Child |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | MARRIAGE STORY $300: 1932:
"Rosa McCauley! Any activism today?"
"I just got married"
"Do I know him?"
"His last name is" this Parks |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | MARRIAGE STORY $400: 1985:
"Phylicia Ayers-Allen!
How's TV?"
"I just got married"
"Who's the groom?"
"His last name is" this Rashad |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | BEST PICTURE WINNERS IN A NUTSHELL $500 (Daily Double): 1978:
Lifelong friends from a Pennsylvania steel town deal with the devastating effects of the Vietnam War The Deer Hunter |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS $500: In 1790, this smallest of the 13 original colonies became the last to ratify the Constitution Rhode Island |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | COMPOSER PLAYLISTS $3,000 (Daily Double): "Treemonisha";
"Maple Leaf Rag";
"The Ragtime Dance";
"The Entertainer" Scott Joplin |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | FIX THE MOVIE QUOTE $400: Judy Garland:
"Lions and tigers and Labradoodles, oh my!" bears |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | THE NOBEL PRIZE $600: The youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner is also a best-selling author, for her 2013 memoir titled "I Am" this Malala |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | FRENCH HISTORY $0: Drink up! A famous New Orleans street is named after this dynasty that ruled France for most of the 17th & 18th centuries Bourbon |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | FICTIONAL TV TOWNS $800: Capeside, Massachusetts (a small town with a big teen angst problem) Dawson's Creek |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | FASHION FOR ALL $900: Because clasps in the back can be painful to reach, Liberare is a brand that sells front-opening types of this undergarment a bra (brassiere) |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | PEW! PEW! PEW! $3,000 (Daily Double): Derived from the French word for "flea", it's a dark shade of red similar to burnt sienna puce |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | NAME GAME $1000: 16th century queen of Scotland + last name = this actress who plays Joon in 1993's "Benny & Joon" Mary Stuart Masterson |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | ESTATE PLANNING $1,200 (Daily Double): In law, it's one party managing another's property for the benefit of a third; in life, some say it's the key to a good relationship trust |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | FACTS ABOUT THE BEST PICTURE WINNER $7,200 (Daily Double): Doug Jones said the latex rubber suit he wore in this film acted "as a sponge" The Shape of Water |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | CHICKEN FIVE WAYS $200: Said to have been invented in Glasgow in the 1970s, this spiced Indian curry is often called a national dish of Britain chicken tikka masala |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | SOMEBODY WROTE THAT $4,000 (Daily Double): "I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me" Ralph Ellison |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | STATE INSECTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This industrious insect important to agriculture was chosen by Nebraska & Missouri a honeybee |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | OPPOSITES $1000: Regarding blood pressure, these 2 words that end with the same 6 letters refer to how the heart muscles relax & contract systolic & diastolic |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WHERE'S MY FOOD? $1,500 (Daily Double): This dessert of sponge cake, ice cream & meringue that's finished in the oven was created to honor an 1867 land purchase a baked Alaska |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | A CHORUS LINE $600: "Oh let me be your sledgehammer, this will be my testimony" Peter Gabriel |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | WORD ORIGINS $8,000 (Daily Double): Greek for "forgetting" gives us the name of Hades' river of forgetfulness & this adjective meaning "sluggish" lethargic |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | MY MISSED CAREER, SUBSTITUTE TEACHER $200: Let's take roll... A.A. Ron...? Oh, just like this composer of 1957's "Piano Fantasy" Copland |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | JOHNNY GILBERT'S MUSICAL THEATER AUDITION $800: "Oh, wouldn't it be loverly? Oh, so loverly sittin' absobloominlutely still/ I would never budge till spring crept over me winder sill" My Fair Lady |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | SING YOU A COUNTRY SONG $600: State the name of this band who did "Mountain Music", "Old Flame" & "My Home's In..."--oh wait, we almost said too much Alabama |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | LET'S SEE A MO-"V" $800: Like, oh my god, Deborah Foreman & Nicolas Cage are totally star-crossed lovers in this iconic '80s flick Valley Girl |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | ROCKS & MINERALS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 2019 a giant raft of this rock measuring more than 50 square miles was found floating in the Pacific near Tonga pumice |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | OH, THE LITERARY PLACES YOU DON'T WANT TO GO! $2000: The idyllic school Hailsham harbors grotesque deeds in "Never Let Me Go" from this Japanese-born author Kazuo Ishiguro |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | LITERARY VILLAINS $800: In "You Only Live Twice", he says, "The piranhas & the volcanic mud are useful housekeepers" (maybe for "better lairs & gardens") Blofeld |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | A CRASH COURSE IN JOHN GREEN $600: (John Green presents the clue.) With a mission to increase awesome & decrease suck & to champion causes to help others, fans of my brother Hank & I & our VlogBrothers videos are called these from the misreading of the name of a video game Nerdfighters |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | YOU'RE MY INSPIRATION $600: The Altair 8800 & its creator, Dr. Ed Roberts, inspired these two teenage pals from Seattle who became famous Bill Gates & Paul Allen |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | I LOVE MY DAD $100: Phil Dunphy, on this sitcom: "I'm the cool dad... I'm hip... I text. LOL, laugh out loud. OMG, oh my God. WTF, why the face" Modern Family |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | A TOTAL FRAME JOB $500 (Daily Double): Britannica says this Munch painting "can be seen as a symbol of modern spiritual anguish" but it reminds us of a loud "Home Alone" moment The Scream |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | FAMOUS WOMEN $600: She was Czechoslovakia's top women's tennis player when she defected to the U.S. in 1975 Martina Navratilova |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | BOOZY PHRASES $1,500 (Daily Double): This phrase became a meme as the words spoken just before doing a reckless stunt hold my beer and watch this |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | OH MY GODS! $400: This grain is part of the kanji that makes up the name of Inari, a Japanese god of that grain often portrayed as a bearded old man rice |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | OH MY GODS! $800: The Konark Sun Temple is a representation of one of these vehicles, driven by the Hindu god Surya a chariot |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | OH MY GODS! $1600: A magnificent jade head unearthed in 1968 in Belize, is of Kinich Ahau, the sun god of these people the Mayans |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | OH MY GODS! $2,000 (Daily Double): This group of early Greek gods includes Hyperion & Phoebe the Titans |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | OH MY GODS! $2000: In the Bible, Elijah led the struggle against worship of this Phoenician god that Ahab followed Baal |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | LIFE'S PEAKS & VALLEYS $400: Oh my gods! This 9,600-foot Greek peak is on the border of the regions Macedonia & Thessaly Olympus |
| #8740, aired 2022-11-11 | SPANISH WORDS & PHRASES $800: This versatile & filling food is as common in El Salvador as the taco is elsewhere pupusas |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | TUNING INTO THE '90s $400: The first thing we hear in this 1992 Sir Mix-a-Lot hit is, "Oh. My. God, Becky, look at her butt" "Baby Got Back" |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | ANSWER IN THE FORM OF AN ABBREVIATION $400: If you get this degree from Harvard, first given in 1873, you can call yourself doctor but don't try to diagnose me a Ph.D. |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | SECOND CHANCE SONGS $800: "Oh, baby, give me one more chance to show you that I love you", this quintet sang in 1969 The Jackson 5 |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | AUTUMN $500: October is the history month for this Asian-American ethnic group that includes Olivia Rodrigo & Jo Koy Filipinos |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | TUDOR TIMES $5,000 (Daily Double): Alas, my love, it's probably not true that Henry VIII wrote this song, which actually dates from later in the Tudor era "Greensleeves" |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | WORDS OF LOVE $900: An old song goes, "Oh my" this, "oh my" this, "oh my" this "Clementine" darling |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS $800: No surprise, the Paris Las Vegas hotel has a 540-foot-tall replica of this landmark the Eiffel Tower (or tour Eiffel) |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | ACCEPTABLE 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $600: George Takei's 2-word catchphrase oh my |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | THE TITLE THAT COMPLETES THE RHYME $400: "And I'm just like oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh you need to just stop like can you just not step on my gown?" "You Need To Calm Down" |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $400: "Straight Up" now name this woman who closed the 2019 show with a greatest hits medley
"Straight up now tell me /
Do you really want to love me forever (oh, oh, oh) /
Or am I caught in a hit-and-run?" (Paula) Abdul |
| #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 | CROSS THAT BRIDGE $2,000 (Daily Double): You'll have to wait to cross the Forbes Ave. bridge in this city; it collapsed in 2022 just before a presidential visit about infrastructure Pittsburgh |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | MISCELLANY $2000: That's no humpback whale you're hearing--it's the singing dog breed in Papua on the western side of this in Indonesia New Guinea |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | OH ME OF LITTLE FAITH $400: This Amherst woman wrote, "'Faith' is a fine invention / For gentlemen who see! / But microscopes are prudent / In an emergency!" Dickinson |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | OH ME OF LITTLE FAITH $800: After an admiral bags on his beliefs, this film villain says, "I find your lack of faith disturbing" & forces the issue Darth Vader |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | OH ME OF LITTLE FAITH $1200: This "Derek" star tweeted atheists were fighting again "over who doesn't believe in any god the most... wait... that never happens" Ricky Gervais |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | OH ME OF LITTLE FAITH $1600: In 1796 Samuel Miles, an elector for this political party, went "faithless" & voted against John Adams the Federalists |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | OH ME OF LITTLE FAITH $2000: 1 of the 2 Brits, a biologist & a political writer, in "The Four Horsemen of Atheism" with Americans Daniel Dennett & Sam Harris (1 of) Christopher Hitchens or Richard Dawkins |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | FURNITURE $800: Oh, my heavens, I am positively swooning, kindly direct me to this appropriately named furniture here, good person a fainting couch |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | 3-LETTER INITIALISMS $400: The emoji seen here is commonly used in place of this exclamation of astonishment that actually goes back to the early 1900s OMG (Oh, my God) |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $200: "'Oh no, he isn't grown up', Wendy assured her confidently, 'and he is just my size"'; "he" is also the title of the book Peter Pan |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | OH, THE THINGS I'VE DONE $200: The very first czar, in 1565 I formed the Oprichnina to deal with traitors as I wished (& my wishes were kinda super-harsh) Ivan the Terrible |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | BEHIND THE OLD TESTAMENT NAME $800: "Oh" this name, "don't you cry for me", it comes from a word meaning "lily" Susanna |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | JOHNNY GILBERT READS LYRICS FROM THE HEART $1200: "Life was a willow & it bent right to your wind (oh)... I'm begging for you to take my hand, wreck my plans, that's my man" Taylor Swift |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | JOHNNY GILBERT READS LYRICS FROM THE HEART $1600: "I get the joy of rediscovering you, oh girl, you stand by me, I'm forever yours... faithfully", then some whoa oh ohs Journey |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | ON THE TRANSCRIPT... $3,000 (Daily Double): Of this senator's 1954 hearings investigating the U.S. Army: "Have you no sense of decency?" Joseph McCarthy |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | AN ORANGE CATEGORY $400: Oh, my darlin', it's this variety of small mandarin orange a clementine |
| #8534, aired 2021-12-16 | PLANTS & ANIMALS & FUNGI, OH MY! $400: 360 to 300 million B.C. is sometimes called the "Age of" these nonflowering, spore-producing plants Ferns |
| #8534, aired 2021-12-16 | PLANTS & ANIMALS & FUNGI, OH MY! $800: All animals possess this protein that keeps skin firm & is used as a dietary supplement & cosmetic lip injection collagen |
| #8534, aired 2021-12-16 | PLANTS & ANIMALS & FUNGI, OH MY! $1200: The Greek for "mushroom" gives us this word for the study of fungi mycology |
| #8534, aired 2021-12-16 | PLANTS & ANIMALS & FUNGI, OH MY! $2000: Plants, animals, fungi & protists are the 4 kingdoms of these organisms, from Greek for "good" & "kernel" eukaryotes |
| #8534, aired 2021-12-16 | PLANTS & ANIMALS & FUNGI, OH MY! $2,600 (Daily Double): To the Romans, Robigus was the god of this fungus that appears as red, orange or yellow spots on plants a rust |
| #8531, aired 2021-12-13 | BRITISH HUMOR $800: An exchange on this TV comedy: "I met someone"; "oh my god, that's amazing! What does he do?"; "He's a priest" Fleabag |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | HEY SHAKESPEARE, WHO SAID THAT? $400: "Deny thy father and refuse thy name; or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love" Juliet |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | TREYS $800: Oh, Vlad III Draculea is so formal! Please, call me Vlad this nickname, one I acquired for my high stakes atrocities the Impaler |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | THE END $1000: "Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this!" Little Women |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | OH MY GODS! $400: This leader of the Norse gods stole a potion containing the art of poetry from Suttung the giant & gave it to human wordsmiths Odin |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | OH MY GODS! $800: Saraswati, Hindu goddess of learning & the arts, is considered the inventor of this language Sanskrit |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | OH MY GODS! $1600: Appearing as a swan to Leda, Zeus became a dad to at least one of these twins, the Dioscuri; obviously, that's complicated Castor & Pollux |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | OH MY GODS! $2,000 (Daily Double): Amulius wanted Mars' sons Romulus & Remus drowned in this river, but turns out Rome wasn't gonna found itself the Tiber |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | OH MY GODS! $2000: Quetzalcoatl was worshiped at Tula, also called Tollan, by this people from whom the Aztecs claimed descent Toltec |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS & AUTHORS $2,000 (Daily Double): Lucy in this Forster novel: "Charlotte, you mustn't spoil me: of course, you must look over the Arno, too" A Room with a View |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | MEDICAL MILESTONES $5,000 (Daily Double): File under "S": in the 1950s these 2 microbiologists each developed a polio vaccine Salk & Sabin |
| #8393, aired 2021-05-05 | OH, I'VE OFFENDED YOU? $400: His first epistle to the Corinthians says, "If meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh" Paul |
| #8393, aired 2021-05-05 | OH, I'VE OFFENDED YOU? $1600: Thomas Cranmer, holder of this religious post, said in 1556, "My hand offended" by signing recantations of his Protestant beliefs the Archbishop of Canterbury |
| #8384, aired 2021-04-22 | 5 FIRST DATES $1000: Possible first date chat, 1928--Anne: Nice car. Him: Oh, thanks, it's an Airman. The company named the model in my honor (Charles) Lindbergh |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | FRUIT FORWARD $200: A traditional song: "Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling ____" Clementine |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | VIDEO GAMES $1000: In 2020 it was time to find some "New Horizons" & build your own island paradise with this Nintendo Switch game Animal Crossing |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | COLLABS $600: This pair did okay together, writing musicals like "My Fair Lady" & "Camelot" Lerner & Loewe |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | OH, HELLO SONGS $600: In 1965 this duo began "The Sound Of Silence" with "Hello darkness, my old friend" Simon & Garfunkel |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | OH, HELLO SONGS $800: A No. 1 song by him asks, "Hello, is it me you're looking for?" Lionel Richie |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | MARIAH CAREY $2000: (Mariah Carey presents the clue.) I dug deep to share the story of my life in my new memoir, "The Meaning of Mariah Carey", which coincides with the 30th anniversary of my debut album; I had this--"and it was all that you've given to me" "Vision Of Love" |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | PIC-POURRI $400: Oh, give me a home where the buffalo or bison roam in this national park; it has the largest number of them on public land Yellowstone |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | A "BOTTLE" IN FRONT OF ME $600: Dr. Spock advises about this practice, "sterilize carefully... germs thrive on milk, just the way babies do" *bottle feeding (**using a bottle to feed your baby) |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | ON THE MONEY $1200: The back of the $2 bill shows John Turnbull's painting of this document's presentation to Congress the Declaration of Independence |
| #8198, aired 2020-04-08 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM $6,200 (Daily Double): Believed to be made of metallic hydrogen, not water, the largest ocean in the solar system is on this planet Jupiter |
| #8187, aired 2020-03-24 | CAR "MA" $400: It makes the Gran Turismo & the Quattroporte Maserati |
| #8186, aired 2020-03-23 | HEY, THAT'S FANCY! $600: Oh, my! A Jacquard patterned slim tuxedo from this Italian designer? Ciao, Giorgio! Armani |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | ENTERTAINMENT $400: This song was written in 1908 & over 100 years later it's still sung during the seventh-inning stretch "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" |
| #8154, aired 2020-02-06 | 1980s POP LYRICS $200: The Police: "Oh, can't you see you belong to me" "Every Breath You Take" |
| #8147, aired 2020-01-28 | NEWER NECCO CANDY HEARTS $800: In 1998, between "Call me" & "Text me", came this 2-word phrase invoking now-outmoded telecommunications "Fax me" (or "Page me") |
| #8147, aired 2020-01-28 | JUST A SAMPLE $2000: Oh darlin', darlin'--Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls" sampled some of this Ben E. King classic "Stand By Me" |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | MATH TO ROMAN NUMERALS TO INITIALS TO NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): (1,000 / 2) - 350 to this rock singer who was also a 1997 Golden Globe nominee Courtney Love |
| #8125, aired 2019-12-27 | MAIL-ORDER NOVELTIES $600: Classic practical joke novelties include this one that sends liquid trickling down a drinker's chin a dribble glass |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | TAKE MY RHYME $800: To leave someone when they still need you; oh, my darling, do not forsake |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | MOVIE EXCHANGES $800: 2 characters: "Look, your worshipfulness... I take orders from just one person: me"; "It's a wonder you're still alive" Han Solo & Princess Leia |
| #8092, aired 2019-11-12 | HAIL, CAESAR! $400: The character King Kaiser is based on Sid Caesar in this 1982 Peter O'Toole film set in the world of 1950s TV My Favorite Year |
| #8092, aired 2019-11-12 | DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS $1200: Walk the Moon: "Oh don't you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me, I said you're holding back, she said" do this shut up and dance with me |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: (Ken Burns delivers the clue.) A star on Chicago's WLS Radio, "Oklahoma Cowboy" Gene Autry made the rendition of this song that was said to be a favorite of FDR
"Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam / Where the..." "Home On The Range" |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | NO. 1 HITS OF THE '80s $2000: In '82 there was no denying it: "Oh", this guy, "You're so fine, you're so fine, you blow my mind, hey" this guy! "Hey," this guy! Mickey |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | FINISH THE CLASSIC AMERICAN LYRIC $1000: "Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine..." you are lost and gone forever, oh my darling Clementine |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | POP MUSIC $800: A song by Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey asks, "Oh baby, why don't you just meet me in" this title place the middle |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | LOS ANGELES IN THE MOVIES $400: Interiors of Grant High School (OMG, totally in the Valley!) were used in this film with Alicia Silverstone as Cher Clueless |
| #7991, aired 2019-05-13 | PARTS OF SPEECH $600: I'll close with the final stitch now...uh-oh, where's my watch?:
uh-oh exclamation (or interjection) |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | DOOMED TO REPEAT "IT" $800: Uh-oh, my Visa's maxed out--I must've reached this credit limit |
| #7952, aired 2019-03-19 | TV's MIDDLE CHILD $600: Oh, my god! He's the middle child in the McCormick family on "South Park" Kenny |
| #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 |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | DATES $2000: The Dominion of Canada was proclaimed on this date in 1867 July 1st |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | MO"V"IES $1600: Like, oh my God, the Galleria would be a gnarly place to watch this 1983 movie with Nicolas Cage romancing a young So. Cal. gal Valley Girl |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SHOPPING LIST $1000: A couple of these birds that winter in central Africa? Oh, my true love, you shouldn't have! Really. I mean that turtle doves |
| #7874, aired 2018-11-29 | THE MOVIES $1000: For "On the Waterfront", Elia Kazan originally cast this singer who Kazan said "spoke perfect Hobokenese" Frank Sinatra |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | THE 5 Ws IN THE BOOKSTORE $1200: "When the Game was Ours" is a co-memoir of pro basketball by this Laker & this Celtic who battled in the 1980s Larry Bird and Magic Johnson |
| #7821, aired 2018-09-17 | REINSTATE SONGS $800: "Oh, baby, give me one more chance", the Jackson 5 sang in this plea, their first No. 1 hit "I Want You Back" |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | THE SOCIAL NETWORK $1200: To law enforcement, KA's are known these, potential accomplices the suspected bad guys hang out with known associates |
| #7763, aired 2018-05-16 | MOVIE QUOTES $1600: 2003:
"Santaaaa! Oh my God! Santa here? I know him! I know him" Elf |
| #7758, aired 2018-05-09 | DISNEY FACTS $1000: The title animal in this, Disney's first live-action comedy, is a Bratislavian sheepdog The Shaggy Dog |
| #7753, aired 2018-05-02 | YOUR HUDDLED MASSES $200: This 8-team college football league has Lions & Tigers & Bears, oh my! (& Quakers, too) the Ivy League |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | GREED, OH! $600: On a Kanye song, this type of woman "take my money when I'm in need, yea, she's a trifling friend indeed" a golddigger |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | DIRECT ME TO THE DIRECTIONAL UNIVERSITY $200: From L.A.'s Staples Center, take Figueroa past the 110 & hang a right on McCarthy Way University of Southern California |
| #7699, aired 2018-02-15 | ON THEIR LIVE AID SETLIST $600: "Sultans Of Swing" Dire Straits |
| #7690, aired 2018-02-02 | IMPEACHED, REMOVED OR JUST QUIT $1000: This leader of Japanese descent tried to quit as Peru's president in 2000 but the Congress fired him Alberto Fujimori |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN $200: "Wild" this grain isn't this grain at all but the seed of an aquatic grass wild rice |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | TAKE ME "DOWN" $200: 15,406... 15,405... 15,404... man, this is going to take a while a countdown |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | FRANCE IN YOUR PANTS $400: Pardon me... would you have any of this Dijon mustard brand from Kraft Heinz? Oh, it's in your pocket? Never mind Grey Poupon |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | AIRPORT CODES $800: Oh my God! The OMG belongs to Omega Airport in the Kavango region of this African nation Namibia |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | FEARLESS GIRL $11,400 (Daily Double): A young woman from Chile moves to Calif. during the gold rush in "Daughter of Fortune" by this author Isabel Allende |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | NOW YOU'RE SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE $1600: Hawaiian has a glottal one & so does British English, as in "right-oh" a stop |
| #7627, aired 2017-11-07 | MOVIE & TV DEATHS $400: "Oh my God, they killed" this "South Park" character! (over... & over... & over...) Kenny |
| #7624, aired 2017-11-02 | BASEBALL RECORDS $1200: "My Oh My" is Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' tribute to Dave Niehaus, the longtime announcer for this A.L. West team the Seattle Mariners |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | MUSIC TO MY YEARS $2000: "Oh What A Night" The Four Seasons had in late December of this title year 1963 |
| #7558, aired 2017-06-21 | LINCOLN QUOTES $600: Abe called him "vigilant & self-reliant" but never really said, Oh, he drinks? Then send his brand to my other generals Grant |
| #7550, aired 2017-06-09 | IN MY ELEMENT $800: This strong alkaline solution lye |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | I NEED SOME TUDOR-ING $1200: The Tudors claimed the British throne with a victory over this monarch at Bosworth Field Richard III |
| #7522, aired 2017-05-02 | BYE LINES $800: This British Romantic poet & lord wrote, "Maid of Athens, ere we part, give, oh give me back my heart!" Lord Byron |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | "B" MY LOVE $200: This 2-word alliterative product should effervesce your spirits as well as the water you soak in bubble bath |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | OH MY GODS! $200: Roman emperor Augustus claimed descent from this Olympian & sun god Apollo |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | OH MY GODS! $400: In Norse mythology, this trickster god can change his shape & gender at will Loki |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | OH MY GODS! $800: Ganesha, the Hindu god of beginnings & good fortune, has a human body & the head of this animal an elephant |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | OH MY GODS! $1000: This god of fire & patron of craftsmen was really lame... really Vulcan (or Hephaestus) |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | OH MY GODS! $2,400 (Daily Double): This Roman god has his own fountain in Madrid Neptune |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | WALK, THIS WAY $600: "Ain't nothin' gonna break my" this, long steps walked with vitality, "Nobody gonna slow me down, oh no" stride |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $400: Every even year watch the world's top sailors in the Atlantic Cup, a 1,000-mile race from this S.C. port to Portland, Me. Charleston |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | THE MUSICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $1600: "1, 2, 3, they gonna run back to me, they always wanna come, but they never want to leave, ex's & the oh, oh, oh's" King |
| #7418, aired 2016-12-07 | OPERATION $600: Breadbasket: boycott of discriminatory businesses begun in 1962 by the SCLC, this the Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | ROCK OF LOVE $400: His 1957 hit "Oh, Boy!" begins, "All of my love, all of my kissin', you don't know what you been a-missin'" Buddy Holly |
| #7384, aired 2016-10-20 | HISTORICAL TO-DO LISTS $2000: June 22, 1611:
Make sure mutineers don't set me & my son adrift in the bay named for me; uh-oh Henry Hudson |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | WHAT A TV CHARACTER! $400: From 1970 to 2011 "All My Children" sizzled with Susan Lucci as this character Erica Kane |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $800: (Dan Patrick delivers the clue as Will Ferrell does some sportscasting.) Will Ferrell appeared on my show in character as Ron Burgundy to re-create some of the great calls in sports history, including Doug Flutie's Hail Mary pass...
"Oh, he got it!
Did he get it?
He got it!
Touchdown! Touchdown!
Touchdown! Touchdown!"
...that won the game for this school over Miami in 1984 Boston College |
| #7350, aired 2016-07-22 | THAT GAME OF THRONES GUY WITH THE BEARD $200: Oh, my sun & stars! In 2011 Jason Momoa took over this title film role from Arnold & got all barbaric Conan |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY? $400: Oh! You're after me Lucky Charms, a cereal from this company; I'll turn my podium into a helicopter & fly away! General Mills |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | MUSICAL THEATER $800: A Liberian warlord known as General Butt Naked inspired an antagonist in this recent musical about missionaries in Africa The Book of Mormon |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE $800: You dilute a solution by watering it down; you do this to your pupils, 1 letter different, by making them expand dilate |
| #7291, aired 2016-05-02 | SONG LYRICS $1200: Requests from Sam Smith: "I don't want you to leave, will you hold my hand? Oh, won't you" do this title action "Stay With Me" |
| #7193, aired 2015-12-16 | WHAT'S IN YOUR SUPERMARKET CART? $600: An 8-pack of Brawny paper towels |
| #7189, aired 2015-12-10 | ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS $2000: In "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport", Blue is implored to play this instrument a didgeridoo |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT'S $1,000 (Daily Double): Trey Parker & Matt Stone get credit for "Oh my God" followed by this 3-word catch phrase "They killed Kenny!" |
| #7090, aired 2015-06-12 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH THE BOOK $400: It's "over" or "on" in the title of this Pierre Boulle WWII novel about a Japanese attempt to get a train route in Burma Bridge over the River Kwai (or Bridge on the River Kwai) |
| #7069, aired 2015-05-14 | WHAT THE "L" $2000: Freud popularized this word for sexual desire libido |
| #7067, aired 2015-05-12 | CITIES IN SONG $2000: Bruce Springsteen:
"Oh brother, are you gonna leave me wasting away on the streets of" this city Philadelphia |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $800: I saw this bird in my backyard in Andover dove (in Andover) |
| #6996, aired 2015-02-02 | HARD ROCKERS $800: "Take me down to the Paradise City, where the grass is green & the girls are pretty, oh, won't you please take me home?" Guns N' Roses |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | QUOTES FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ $800: These 2 words follow "Lions and tigers and bears..." Oh, my |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | 21st CENTURY MOVIE QUOTES $400: "Look at me--I'm the captain now" Captain Phillips |
| #6955, aired 2014-12-05 | SONG LYRICS $200: "Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling", this person Clementine |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $200: This gaming console that comes in PS4 & PS Vita models P-L-A-Y-S-T-A-T-I-O-N |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $400: The current vice president's last name B-I-D-E-N |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $600: This title monster who squares off with the MUTOs in a 2014 film G-O-D-Z-I-L-L-A |
| #6928, aired 2014-10-29 | MOUNTAINS $400: Oh my gods! It rises nearly 10,000 feet on a ridge dividing Thessaly & Macedonia Mount Olympus |
| #6876, aired 2014-07-07 | THE AUTHOR WRITES $2,000 (Daily Double): "Stephen Dedalus is my name, Ireland is my nation. Clongowes is my dwellingplace and heaven my expectation" James Joyce |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN $400: "I didn't know my own face, oh brother are you gonna leave me wastin' away on the streets of" this city Philadelphia |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | INTERNET SLANG $200: A Spanish speaker might text his amigo "ADM" or "ay Dios mio", this in English oh my God |
| #6866, aired 2014-06-23 | ALPHABETICALLY LAST $1,000 (Daily Double): ...of the 12 Apostles Thomas |
| #6863, aired 2014-06-18 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAYS $500 (Daily Double): This Wendy Wasserstein play follows the life of an art historian from high school through her 30s The Heidi Chronicles |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS $1600: Population about 80 million Iran |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL $1000: "A--pint--sized--Hercules--wielding--a--mighty--club" was perhaps heard in his broadcast debut, for a 1953 Little League game Howard Cosell |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | THE "CITY" $800: From the Latin, it means happiness felicity |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | WE GET LETTERS $6,000 (Daily Double): This explorer wrote to his friend J.M. Barrie in 1912, "we have accomplished our object in reaching the Pole" Robert Falcon Scott |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | PLAYING AT THE CASINO $2000: "Oh my God"! On Sept. 1, 2012 this Emmy-winning comic headlined "initially" at the Trump Taj Mahal Louis C.K. |
| #6806, aired 2014-03-31 | ACCESSORIES $800: In 1937, long before its instant cameras, Polaroid began making these sunglasses |
| #6804, aired 2014-03-27 | SHAKESPEARE REWRITES THE BEATLES $800: "Wilt thou still require me, wilt thou still provide sustenance unto me, roughly midway through my 7th decade?" "When I'm Sixty-Four" |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | SAY MY NAME $400: "Breaking Bad" fans know this last name of 1932 Nobel physics prize winner Werner Heisenberg |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY $1600: Before midnight, the stage ran red as Ethan Hawke opened as this tragic thane in 2013 the Scottish Play, or Macbeth |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY $5,000 (Daily Double): Oh yah, in 1988, pre-"Fargo", she was Stellllla! in "A Streetcar Named Desire", dontcha know Frances McDormand |
| #6768, aired 2014-02-05 | '80s BABIES $1600: She survived for 21 days in 1984 with a transplanted baboon heart Baby Fae |
| #6745, aired 2014-01-03 | THE HISTORIC SEÑOR-"A" OR SEÑORIT-"A" $4,200 (Daily Double): Her father, Pope Alexander VI, arranged several marriages for her, including one at age 13 in 1493 to Giovanni Sforza Lucrezia Borgia |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | LITERARY BUNNIES $200: Alice overheard him say, "Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!" the White Rabbit |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | THE FABRIC OF OUR LIVES $600: Oh let the sun beat down upon my face as I wear this goat-hair sweater, like Oprah's favorite by Ralph Lauren cashmere |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | AS HEARD ON TV $1000: "Oh my God, Brian, there's a message in my Alpha-Bits. It says 'Oooooo'". "Peter, those are Cheerios" Family Guy |
| #6675, aired 2013-09-27 | THE "BAD" $400: What's that racket in my backyard? Oh, it's for this game badminton |
| #6660, aired 2013-07-26 | QUOTED IN BARTLETT'S $1600: "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!"
(2 people) Trey Parker & Matt Stone |
| #6649, aired 2013-07-11 | ANNIVERSARY GIFTS $10,000 (Daily Double): 40th:
A "pigeon's blood" one of these ruby |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | TEACH YOUR CHILDREN $1600: It's adding an extra turn in the wide triangular knot that gives this necktie style its royal name Windsor |
| #6627, aired 2013-06-11 | A ROUND OF GULF COAST $800: This Texas seaport 2 mi. off the mainland, oh, this Texas seaport 2 mi. off the mainland, "I still hear your sea winds blowin"' Galveston |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | FLOWERY PROSE $1000: Yes, the star of this holy city, lovely my dear, yet oh, so deadly--the bulbs are poisonous Bethlehem |
| #6547, aired 2013-02-19 | COMPUTER LINGO $1000: Send me that report as a PDF, this "format" portable document format |
| #6545, aired 2013-02-15 | NATURAL SYMBOLS $2000: Aptly, this flower is the symbol of Canada's Alzheimer Society the forget-me-not |
| #6538, aired 2013-02-06 | SO CALL ME $800: "The Great": oh, more specific? The Russian royal...even more? The 18th century female one Catherine the Great |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | POETS & POETRY $2000: She wrote, "My candle burns at both ends... but, ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--it gives a lovely light" Edna St. Vincent Millay |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH MY! $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us polar bears at Svalbard Island in Norway.) Polar bears are well-adapted to the cold; in addition to having hollow fur that traps heat, their skin absorbs a maximum of heat because it's this color black |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH MY! $400: Bears tackle William Perry had this appliance as a nickname; it didn't stop him from doing 360º basketball dunks Refrigerator |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH MY! $400: The scientific name for a lion is Panthera this 3-letter word leo |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH MY! $600: The 2 main ways lions mark their territory are by scent-marking & by doing this roaring |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH MY! $800: This old-time Tiger has the record for stealing home with 54; he also once beat up a heckler... who was missing a hand Ty Cobb |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH MY! $800: Sometimes called an Indian tiger, it can eat 60 pounds in one night a Bengal tiger |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH MY! $1000: An estimated 350 to 400 of this type of tiger, aka the amur, live in the wild, primarily in the birch forests of eastern Russia the Siberian tiger |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH MY! $1200: Ex-Lions lineman Alex Karras KO'ed a horse with one punch in this comedy/Western film Blazing Saddles |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH MY! $1600: In 2011 this Tiger was the first starting pitcher to be a league MVP since 1986 (Justin) Verlander |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH MY! $2000: This runner was the ACC male athlete of the year in 1965; we'd hear his tragic "song" after he joined the Bears Brian Piccolo |
| #6479, aired 2012-11-15 | ESSAYS $2,000 (Daily Double): His essay "On the Decay of the Art of Lying" was "read at a meeting of the historical and antiquarian club of Hartford" Mark Twain |
| #6442, aired 2012-09-25 | THESE PUNS ARE OFFAL $1200: The blood bank wouldn't let me donate; I went there in this blood vessel vein |
| #6421, aired 2012-07-16 | "A"-LIST LITERARY CHARACTERS $1000: He's the title character in "The Return of the King" Aragorn |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | ANGRY BIRDS $1200: Yeah, I'm the redheaded species of this bird. Oh, I damaged your lovely wooden home with my beak? Hmm, do I care? No the woodpecker |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | OPERA LOVERS $800: "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" & "Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way" are arias in the opera about this title couple Porgy & Bess |
| #6389, aired 2012-05-31 | "MIS"QUOTES $600: The Animals sang, "I'm just a soul whose intentions are good, oh, Lord, please don't let me be" this misunderstood |
| #6379, aired 2012-05-17 | "DAR" $2000: It's the Turkish strait seen here the Dardanelles |
| #6377, aired 2012-05-15 | THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $600: Yo-Yo Ma the cello |
| #6363, aired 2012-04-25 | ROMAN THE BIBLE $3,000 (Daily Double): Cornelius, one of these Roman military officers, became one of the first converts to Christianity a centurion |
| #6350, aired 2012-04-06 | WORD UP $1000: Oh, give me a this 11-letter term, the tendency of a physiological system to maintain internal stability homeostasis |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | MOVIE DOG BREEDS $800: Marley of "Marley & Me" Labrador retriever |
| #6311, aired 2012-02-13 | VIRAL VIDEOS $400: Oh my God! Paul Vasquez' excitement over this weather phenomenon has passed 30 million hits a double rainbow |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | "OH" MY! $400: This brand is a soft, nontoxic, colorful modeling compound for kids Play-Doh |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | "OH" MY! $800: From the Latin for "hinder", it means to forbid by law prohibit |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | "OH" MY! $1200: One of the 6 main classes of nutrients that provide energy to the body carbohydrates |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | "OH" MY! $1600: Logically connected or consistent; it describes a good argument coherent |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | "OH" MY! $2000: The fleece of an Angora goat mohair |
| #6291, aired 2012-01-16 | DR. MASSEUSE RHYMES $200: A knot I've found, oh, heck! / in this muscle of the upper part of my neck / but not in my ol' a-sneezius! / no! 'tis in my... trapezius |
| #6278, aired 2011-12-28 | CENTERS OF POWER $5,000 (Daily Double): (Alex reports from aboard the Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls.) The huge hydroelectric potential of the falls led to a war of inventors; it was only settled when Westinghouse was given the right to build the A.C. generators that were designed & patented by this man Tesla |
| #6263, aired 2011-12-07 | IT'S A "MAD" WORLD $3,000 (Daily Double): The volcanic soil of this Atlantic island helps give a distinctive rich flavor to the fortified wine named for it Madeira |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | MY MOVIES $800: "My ____ Is an Alien" Stepmother |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $800: "Oh, Jack, it feels just like yesterday that you and Diane and I were celebrating the IPO."
"I've had my eye on you since before Diane died, and now I have even more reason to be..."
...this doubtful word that's in the title of Elvis' last No. 1 pop hit suspicious |
| #6200, aired 2011-07-22 | AUTO TUNES $1200: Janis Joplin sang, "Oh Lord, won't you buy me" this car? "My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends" a Mercedes-Benz |
| #6155, aired 2011-05-20 | THE ROLE IN COMMON $2,000 (Daily Double): Val Kilmer,
Dennis Quaid,
Kirk Douglas:
A frontier dentist Doc Holliday |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | CURRENT MUSIC $200: She's the flamboyant performer heard here
"Born this way, oh there ain't no other way /
Baby I was born this way /
Baby I was born..." Lady Gaga |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | CURRENT MUSIC $600: This Taio Cruz hit sounds like something that shouldn't be brought to school
"I throw my hands up in the air sometimes /
Sayin' ay-oh /
Gotta let go /
I wanna celebrate..." "Dynamite" |
| #6128, aired 2011-04-13 | LOST TEXTS FROM BEN FRANKLIN $400: OMG! So tired of bro James b-ting me up! I'm 17 & running away 2 live in this city! Market St is gr8! Philadelphia |
| #6106, aired 2011-03-14 | LET'S GO ONLINE $200: Oh my God! It's a double rainbow video! Seen by more than 19.3 million people on this site! What does this mean?! YouTube |
| #6101, aired 2011-03-07 | THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE $2000: Szeretlek Hungarian |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | THE "CAR" POOL $200: Lions & tigers & bears, oh, my, are all this type of mammal--they eat meat carnivorous |
| #6053, aired 2010-12-29 | FLY ME WITH BALLOONS $5,000 (Daily Double): The first manned untethered hot air balloon ride covered 5.5 miles over this capital Paris |
| #6041, aired 2010-12-13 | THEY CALL ME MISTER... $1600: Oh noooo! his "Disasterpiece Theater" DVD celebrated "30 Years of Sluggo's Greatest Hits" Mr. Bill |
| #6035, aired 2010-12-03 | TV SITCOMS BY FAMILY $800: The Heffernans (of New York) King of Queens |
| #6034, aired 2010-12-02 | CELEBRITIES' KIDS' NAMES $800: Like, oh my god, totally, Frank Zappa named his oldest daughter this Moon Unit |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | DRINKS ARE ON ME! $600: I get hot & thirsty reading clues all day; this is a job for this drink & its pitch-pitcher's cry of "Oh yeah!" Kool-Aid |
| #6025, aired 2010-11-19 | "INTER" MURALS $800: Oh, my heavens! It's a word or phrase used in exclamation an interjection |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | BIBLE BOOK NAMES $1200: 10 letters: OMG! We learned Amy was Fabio's long-lost sister! & that's the only item we uncovered! The sole singular one! Revelation |
| #5975, aired 2010-07-30 | SHOW ME THE MONKEY $200: Eagles & leopards are known to hunt DeBrazza's monkeys but intrusion by these primates is their biggest threat humans |
| #5963, aired 2010-07-14 | KING KONG $1000: In the 1976 version she spoke the lines "Oh, come on, Kong, forget about me. This thing's just never going to work" Jessica Lange |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | ARTISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Kiss & tell me the name of this Art Nouveau Austrian who painted the work seen here Gustav Klimt |
| #5948, aired 2010-06-23 | ALEX MEETS AUTO-TUNE $400: "I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee / I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for to see" "Oh! Susanna" |
| #5914, aired 2010-05-06 | SCRAMBLED EGGS? $800: A pancake-like offering in Rome:
FAT TRAIT frittata |
| #5905, aired 2010-04-23 | OH GIVE ME A HOME $200: ...free of these wood-eating pests of the order Isoptera termites |
| #5905, aired 2010-04-23 | OH GIVE ME A HOME $400: ...that's built to withstand these, as mandated in Los Angeles building code section 8805 earthquakes |
| #5905, aired 2010-04-23 | OH GIVE ME A HOME $600: ...with one of these metallic masts to protect it in stormy weather a lightning rod |
| #5905, aired 2010-04-23 | OH GIVE ME A HOME $800: ...on one of these idyllic places formerly known as the Sandwich Islands Hawaii |
| #5905, aired 2010-04-23 | OH GIVE ME A HOME $1000: ...with one of these large open porches from the Spanish for "balcony" veranda |
| #5886, aired 2010-03-29 | MR. BILL PLAYS THE BARD $1200: "A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!"
"Here, have mine."
"Gee, but it's a little big."
"Giddyap."
"Ohh! oh!" Richard III |
| #5884, aired 2010-03-25 | & I LIVE WITH MY PARENTS $600: Maaaaaa! We're out of this bathroom tissue Mr. Whipple always said to "Please don't squeeze"! Maaaaaa! the Charmin |
| #5872, aired 2010-03-09 | SONG STANDARDS $800: The teller of this song was "Goin' to Lou'siana", but it served as a theme for Forty-niners headin' to California "Oh! Susanna" |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | TOP 40 DUETS $800: "Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we?" McCartney & Wonder |
| #5858, aired 2010-02-17 | HAMNESIA $800: Oh d-d-dear-dear! Where was it Pooh said we should meet? at least I have some haycorns in my pocket... Piglet |
| #5836, aired 2010-01-18 | TO SIR, WITH LOVE $1000: Oh, Sir Percy Marling! My heart races to hear how you saved a wounded comrade in the Sudan, winning this medal the Victoria Cross |
| #5831, aired 2010-01-11 | OH, BEE GEE $2000: In a Bee Gees hit, this title sort of communication means "you're telling me lies" jive talkin' |
| #5811, aired 2009-12-14 | HEN TRICKS $1200: Padres fans know this feathered trickster has been called "the Sir Laurence Olivier of mascots" the San Diego Chicken |
| #5758, aired 2009-09-30 | YOU CAN SAIL THE 7 SEAS $400: Oh, my! A George Takei TV character shares his last name with this sea between the Philippine Islands & Borneo Sulu |
| #5755, aired 2009-09-25 | "CENTER" FIELD $200: It's where you might find Johnny Gilbert in the next issue of "Playgirl" the centerfold |
| #5710, aired 2009-06-05 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $2,000 (Daily Double): ...among the first 5 books of the Old Testament Deuteronomy |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | IT HAS TO END WITH "U" $3,000 (Daily Double): Oh, you're going to take this obnoxiously pious hyphenated 3-word attitude with me, are you? holier-than-thou |
| #5612, aired 2009-01-20 | MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS (SORT OF) $1600: 1951 Fredric March pic: "'Can I Interest You In A Fuller Brush? Aack! Oh, My heart! Aack! Aack!' (Thud!)" Death of a Salesman |
| #5608, aired 2009-01-14 | A LITTLE BIT ROCK & ROLL $1600: "What would you think if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me? ...oh I get by with" this "a little help from my friends" |
| #5587, aired 2008-12-16 | PUBLIC DOMAIN SONGS GO HEAVY METAL $600: We now bring you, oh so gently, this song of a man separated from his love by water "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean" |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | IT'S GOT GROOVE $800: "Oh, you make my motor run, my motor run", sang the Knack in this 1979 No. 1 hit, woo! "My Sharona" |
| #5582, aired 2008-12-09 | SONG LYRICS $2000: She intoned,
"So, like, I don't know (valley girl) I'm like freaking out totally (valley girl) oh my God!" Moon Zappa |
| #5571, aired 2008-11-24 | ASTRONOMERS $400: Oh my heavens! In 1706 Danish astronomer Olaus Roemer published a new catalog listing these stars |
| #5564, aired 2008-11-13 | YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT $800 (Daily Double): This author concluded a famous novel with the line "After all, tomorrow is another day" Margaret Mitchell |
| #5558, aired 2008-11-05 | ELEMENTAL PROBLEMS $5,600 (Daily Double): "And God said unto Noah... make thee an ____ of gopher wood" ark: argon & potassium |
| #5551, aired 2008-10-27 | MOVIES ON MY TiVo DVR $1600: Robert Walker can't be serious about the plan he's proposing to Farley Granger, can he / Well, I guess he was Strangers on a Train |
| #5492, aired 2008-06-24 | TV LAND'S 100 GREATEST QUOTES $800: No. 92:
"Oh, my nose!" Marcia Brady |
| #5492, aired 2008-06-24 | TV LAND'S 100 GREATEST QUOTES $2000: No. 35:
"Oh my God! They killed Kenny!"
(2 characters) Stan & Kyle |
| #5490, aired 2008-06-20 | OH, I'VE GOT A 4-LETTER WORD FOR YOU $800: Greek to me, it means a very small quantity (like this word's total number of consonants--one) iota |
| #5464, aired 2008-05-15 | VARMINTS $1200: This varmint is wrecking my fence posts, but oh, the little wussy is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act a woodpecker |
| #5459, aired 2008-05-08 | MUSICAL STYLES $800: A Jamaican musical genre is part of the name of this Latin style
"We got you jammin', /
Eh /
Oh, oh /
Mamacita say /
Oh, oh /
Me amigos say /
Oh, oh" reggaeton |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | ANTONYMIC $1,000 (Daily Double): In law, there are these 2 main kinds of "nuisance" public & private |
| #5411, aired 2008-03-03 | YOU ANIMAL $2,500 (Daily Double): Named for a fabric made in Baghdad, it's a cat with a striped or brindled coat a tabby |
| #5404, aired 2008-02-21 | YOU DO THE MATH $500 (Daily Double): An $80 shirt reduced in price by 20% would cost this $64 |
| #5374, aired 2008-01-10 | HOW I LOOK DURING MY SUMMER VACATIONS $1000: Oh yeah! The summer I sang in that barbershop quartet I had the 9-letter 'stache seen here handlebar |
| #5368, aired 2008-01-02 | IT'S ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE $800: Oh yeah, this car company... It makes the Explorer & the Excursion... I can't believe I'm blanking here... Ford |
| #5368, aired 2008-01-02 | IT'S ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE $1000: Oh man, this guy... Was director of scientific studies at the Ecole Normale in 1857... Him"-ization"... Help me out here! (Louis) Pasteur |
| #5363, aired 2007-12-26 | "PUN" JAB $400: Colons & commas & hyphens, oh my! punctuation |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | MAPPING THE TOP 40 $800: Springsteen asked, "Oh brother are you gonna leave me wastin' away on the streets of" this city Philadelphia |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | MANILOW! $400: In this No. 1 hit, Barry "never realized how happy you made me, oh" her "Mandy" |
| #5326, aired 2007-11-05 | SHAKESPEAREAN I.M.s $1,000 (Daily Double): Come c me in "Pyramus and Thisbe"! OBTW, tired of "head of an ass" jokes, TYVM Bottom |
| #5299, aired 2007-09-27 | QUOTABLE MOVIES $2000: 2006:
"Oh my God, I'm getting pulled over. Everyone, just pretend to be normal" Little Miss Sunshine |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: The song "Oh Susanna" says, "I come from Alabama" with this "on my knee" a banjo |
| #5276, aired 2007-07-16 | MY SPICE $1000: Popular in spaghetti sauce, wild marjoram is more commonly known by this name oregano |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | ADDING INSULT $600: Attributed to this "Mr. Warmth" comic: "Oh my God, look at you. Anyone else hurt in the accident?" Don Rickles |
| #5269, aired 2007-07-05 | YOU'RE HERDING ME! $800: In Bedouin society, the most prestigious people herd these camels |
| #5267, aired 2007-07-03 | MY NAME IS GEORGE $2,500 (Daily Double): In a 1977 film he is asked "to tell the truth... & nothing but the truth" & answers, "So help me, me" George Burns |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AFI'S 100 YEARS 100 MOVIES $2000: Big news--besides Tom Hanks' "Big", these are 2 of the 3 movies on the ballot with "big" in the title 2 of (The Big Chill, The Big Sleep, or The Big Parade) |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | HISTORICAL BLOGS. $400: Circa 8th c. B.C.: Writing the 2 epic poems that'll make me famous! Scholars would never doubt my existence... d'oh! Homer |
| #5250, aired 2007-06-08 | NAME THE MOTOWN ARTIST $1200: "Heat Wave" & "Jimmy Mack" Martha & The Vandellas |
| #5216, aired 2007-04-23 | FUN STUFF $600: Mattel game where a loser might say, "Oh, he knocked my block off!" Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots |
| #5201, aired 2007-04-02 | SCIENCE CLASS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew experiments with water and a paper clip.) Drop a paper clip into water, it sinks; drop it onto a paper towel, & because of the attraction of molecules of the same substance, called cohesion, this condition is created that seems to form a skin, allowing it to float surface tension |
| #5184, aired 2007-03-08 | FOR BETTER OR VERSE $800 (Daily Double): A Stephen Vincent Benet poem ends, "You may bury my tongue at Champmedy... bury my heart at" this place Wounded Knee |
| #5172, aired 2007-02-20 | OH MY GODS! $400: A minor god, Aeolus was the keeper of these North, South, East & West the winds |
| #5172, aired 2007-02-20 | OH MY GODS! $800: In Hindu myth, Kama, armed with a bow of sugarcane & flower-tipped arrows, is the god of this love |
| #5172, aired 2007-02-20 | OH MY GODS! $1,300 (Daily Double): For the Norse god Balder, this plant was the "kiss" of death; a piece of it pierced and killed him mistletoe |
| #5172, aired 2007-02-20 | OH MY GODS! $1600: Appropriately, 2 sons of this Greek god were named Phobos (Fear) & Deimos (Terror) Ares |
| #5172, aired 2007-02-20 | OH MY GODS! $2000: He's the jackal-headed god of the dead seen here on an ancient Egyptian fresco Anubis |
| #5165, aired 2007-02-09 | HISTORICAL TEXT MESSAGES $200: 336 B.C.:
dad ded in rgicd!
i'm 20 & macedonia kng?!
omg! Alexander the Great |
| #5157, aired 2007-01-30 | THAT'S MY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE $1,000 (Daily Double): George C. Marshall Harry Truman |
| #5149, aired 2007-01-18 | BOND MOVIES BY INITIALS $800: "T.S.W.L.M." The Spy Who Loved Me |
| #5149, aired 2007-01-18 | STATE SONG LYRICS $1,000 (Daily Double): "...other eyes smile tenderly, still in peaceful dreams I see, the road leads back to you" Georgia |
| #5118, aired 2006-12-06 | NAME THE DECADE $200: William the Conqueror is crowned in Westminster Abbey the 1060s |
| #5117, aired 2006-12-05 | CAPRA CLASSICS $800: Capra shot this film in 4 weeks so his female lead could get to Sun Valley for Christmas; it still won him an Oscar It Happened One Night |
| #5105, aired 2006-11-17 | FAME BECOMES ME $1200: Do you feel lucky? Well, do you, punk? Then you'll know he was once the outlaw Josey Wales Clint Eastwood |
| #5105, aired 2006-11-17 | FAME BECOMES ME $2,000 (Daily Double): He's owned the New York Post, 20th Century Fox & DirecTV; one of you 3 probably worked for him at one point Rupert Murdoch |
| #5104, aired 2006-11-16 | THE ILIAD, MACBETH OR THE HOBBIT $600: 3 witches prophesy in a thunderstorm Macbeth |
| #5100, aired 2006-11-10 | BESTSELLERS $1600: She wasn't portrayed as the dearest of moms in the 1978 memoir "Mommie Dearest" Joan Crawford |
| #5099, aired 2006-11-09 | SHILLING $1000: "The San Francisco treat" Rice-A-Roni |
| #5083, aired 2006-10-18 | OH "MY" $400: It borders Thailand Myanmar |
| #5083, aired 2006-10-18 | OH "MY" $800: This type of infarction is a heart attack a myocardial infarction |
| #5083, aired 2006-10-18 | OH "MY" $1200: It's the golden variety of the famous copycat seen here a mynah bird |
| #5083, aired 2006-10-18 | OH "MY" $1600: It's an indefinite number, as in an indefinite number of possibilities a myriad |
| #5083, aired 2006-10-18 | OH "MY" $2000: I'll be such a fun guy if you tell me this name for the study of fungi mycology |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | MOVIE QUOTES $800: 1970:
"Oh, Frank, my lips are hot. Kiss my hot lips" M*A*S*H |
| #5076, aired 2006-10-09 | THE OSCARS $1000: This Oscar-winning song from 1952 is subtitled "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'" "High Noon" |
| #5066, aired 2006-09-25 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: Nutty candy bar-eating group of women in an Amy Tan novel the Almond Joy Luck Club |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1200: The mountain ash & honey locust trees share this quality, as becomes evident in autumn deciduous |
| #5046, aired 2006-07-17 | PUT ME IN, COACH! $600: Coach, we need rebounds. I can lead us to the promised land like this Hall of Fame Rockets & Sixers center Moses Malone |
| #5042, aired 2006-07-11 | A VISIT TO THE "E.R." $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew waxes poetic.) Because it only looks like it works, the verse here...
Oh, Montague, I long to PROVE
How strong and stalwart is my LOVE
...has what's called this two-word term an eye rhyme |
| #5036, aired 2006-07-03 | 3 Es FOR ME! $2000: French term for the neckline of a dress cut low in the front & often across the shoulders decolletage (or décolleté) |
| #4986, aired 2006-04-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): This 1983 Pulitzer Prize winner is written in the form of letters, mostly from Celie to her sister & to God The Color Purple |
| #4976, aired 2006-04-10 | LITERARY TERMS $5,800 (Daily Double): Edmund Spenser coined the term prothalamion for a poem that celebrates the impending one of these events a wedding |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | AMERICAN QUOTES $600: He wrote, "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society" Mark Twain |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | CLOSING THE BOOK $400: Alcott:
"Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this!" Little Women |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | FAMILIAR SONGS $600: For a flat fee of $100, Stephen Foster sold this song adopted by the "Forty-Niners" "Oh! Susanna" |
| #4946, aired 2006-02-27 | THAT'S MY BUSINESS $1200: (One of television's most recognizable commercial spokespersons delivers the clue.) Oh, no--I lost another one to this mortgage company Ditech |
| #4945, aired 2006-02-24 | RAY CHARLES & FRIENDS $200: Ray's album "Genius Loves Company" features the smooth tenor of this singer
"Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high..." Johnny Mathis |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | WHAT KIN ARE YOU TO ME? $3,000 (Daily Double): Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is this to Senator Edward M. Kennedy nephew |
| #4931, aired 2006-02-06 | THE CIVIL WAR $1000: On Sept. 2, 1864 this general sent a wire saying, "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won" Sherman |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | IN A MUSICAL MOOD $400: It's the 1946 Western that shares its name with the song heard here My Darling Clementine |
| #4911, aired 2006-01-09 | HOWDY, PILGRIM $2,900 (Daily Double): One of the principal religious obligations of Muslims, it's the Arabic term for a pilgrimmage to Mecca the Hajj |
| #4902, aired 2005-12-27 | WORD LORE $3,400 (Daily Double): In legend, the Golem, a sort of robot, was created in this city where the word "robot" was later coined Prague |
| #4892, aired 2005-12-13 | ROUGH ALTERNATE LITERARY ENDINGS $1,000 (Daily Double): Kitty & Levin's marriage is great, she thought. My guy stinks. With that, she pushed Hubby under the train. Whoomp! Anna Karenina |
| #4883, aired 2005-11-30 | WOMEN IN SONG $600: Barry Manilow:
"Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking and I need you today, oh" her Mandy |
| #4859, aired 2005-10-27 | WHERE THERE'S A WILL $2000: My oh Myers! His 1990 children's book "Shrek!" got very animated in 2001 William Steig |
| #4857, aired 2005-10-25 | THE BRADY BRUNCH $200: "Oh, my nose!", Marcia exclaimed, after bumping into the oven door & causing this light, fluffy egg dish to fall flat a soufflé |
| #4839, aired 2005-09-29 | OH, MY GODS! $200: In one myth the decapitated head of the giant Mimir was an advisor to this Norse god Odin |
| #4839, aired 2005-09-29 | OH, MY GODS! $400: Associated with nature & plants, Xipe Totec was an important god of these North American people the Aztecs |
| #4839, aired 2005-09-29 | OH, MY GODS! $600: The Roman goddess of flowers, she had an herb that was said to make you pregnant if you touched it Flora |
| #4839, aired 2005-09-29 | OH, MY GODS! $800: If sometimes you feel like a "nut", check out Nut, a goddess of this ancient civilization Egypt |
| #4839, aired 2005-09-29 | OH, MY GODS! $1000: The sub bearing the name of this trumpeter sea god & son of Poseidon was the first to travel around the world underwater Triton |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | EARTH, WIND OR FIRE $200: Completes the title of an Earth, Wind & Fire hit song "Serpentine..." "Fire" |
| #4823, aired 2005-07-20 | DISNEY SONG LYRICS $400: "My reign will be a super-awesome thing
Oh, I just can't wait to be king" The Lion King |
| #4798, aired 2005-06-15 | GIMME MY HUNCHBACK $2000: He's the title hunchback & court jester of an 1851 Verdi opera Rigoletto |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | OH, WITTY WOMAN $600: This country singer said, "I was the first woman to burn my bra--it took the fire department 4 days to put it out" Dolly Parton |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | OH, WITTY WOMAN $1,100 (Daily Double): 1893-born wit who reportedly said, "The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue" Dorothy Parker |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | GLENN CLOSE ENCOUNTERS $2000: Glenn was the Marquise de Merteuil to John Malkovich's Vicomte de Valmont in this period film Dangerous Liaisons |
| #4776, aired 2005-05-16 | THANK YOU, DR. PARÉ $2000: To prevent this, i.e. heavy bleeding, Paré tied blood vessels instead of cauterizing them with hot irons hemorrhage |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | LITERARY GREECE $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Athens, Greece.) In 1810, here in Athens, this British author wrote, "Maid of Athens, ere we part, / Give, oh, give me back my heart!" Byron |
| #4762, aired 2005-04-26 | REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY $600: "How I do thrive in this lady's love, and she in mine!"
"Ps-ps-ps-ps!"
"Thou dost stone my heart!"
"Mmgh-mm-mm!"
"Ps-ps-ps-ps!"
"D'oh! 'Tis happiness to die. Oo-algh!" Othello |
| #4762, aired 2005-04-26 | REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY $1000: "I will fight at sea!"
"I'll help you!"
"Huh? Oh, kill me."
"Augh."
"Aah! I can no more! Ow!"
"I have immortal longings! Ow. Ow! Aughh." Antony and Cleopatra (Anthony and Cleopatra accepted) |
| #4755, aired 2005-04-15 | RELIGIOUS MATTERS $1,203 (Daily Double): Construction on Borobudur, a temple of this religion on Java, was begun in 750 A.D. & took 92 years to complete Buddhism |
| #4745, aired 2005-04-01 | TIM, TOM, TAMMY $200: "This will be pure H-E double L for me, oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E", sang this woman Tammy Wynette |
| #4722, aired 2005-03-01 | BRIT LIT $2,000 (Daily Double): The alternate title of "Twelfth Night" means roughly the same as the title of this other Shakespeare play As You Like It |
| #4712, aired 2005-02-15 | THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHO... $1,300 (Daily Double): ...survived an assassination attempt on the night his boss was shot Seward |
| #4712, aired 2005-02-15 | 1970s TV $2000: Tom Bosley voiced Harry Boyle, the dad referred to in the title of this animated series Wait Till Your Father Gets Home |
| #4710, aired 2005-02-11 | WORLD CAPITALS $5,400 (Daily Double): Emperor Menelik II established this city whose name means "new flower" Addis Ababa |
| #4705, aired 2005-02-04 | FRENCH LESSONS WITH MOM $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" says, "Oh, I have another one.") When somebody does something really gross at school, you can say, "Oh, mon dieu", which translates to this Oh, my God |
| #4702, aired 2005-02-01 | FIX THE PROVERB $400: All root is the evil of money Money is the root of all evil |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | TAKE OUT $400: It's the common operation to remove 2 small oval masses of tissue at the back of the mouth a tonsillectomy |
| #4655, aired 2004-11-26 | I'M NOT A DOCTOR, BUT I PLAY ONE ON TV $800: Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy DeForest Kelley |
| #4654, aired 2004-11-25 | ASIA $6,200 (Daily Double): If you plan to walk from Beijing to Ulan Bator, take lots of water, as you'll be crossing this land region the Gobi Desert |
| #4640, aired 2004-11-06 | "DON'T" FORGET THIS SONG $1600: This Cole Porter song says, "Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above" "Don't Fence Me In" |
| #4638, aired 2004-11-04 | WHAT'S MY LINE? $600: "Chief among these motives was the overwhelming idea of the great whale himself" Ishmael |
| #4603, aired 2004-09-15 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1,500 (Daily Double): "Sons", the second book in a trilogy begun with this work, traces the destinies of the 3 sons of Wang Lung The Good Earth (by Pearl Buck) |
| #4583, aired 2004-07-07 | WHAT'S THE NEXT LINE? $200: "Oh my darling, oh my darling..." "...oh my darling Clementine" |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | SOUNDS FISHY TO ME! $200 (Daily Double): The pigfish is a type of this fish named for a noise it makes when taken out of the water a grunt |
| #4565, aired 2004-06-11 | "TOUCH" ME $800: The ability to appeal to the interests & sensibilities of the ordinary person the common touch (or the human touch) |
| #4544, aired 2004-05-13 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $200 (Daily Double): "Brooklyn Bridge" was one of the last of her NYC paintings before she moved permanently to New Mexico Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #4544, aired 2004-05-13 | "G" FORCE $600: Like, oh my God! In the '80s this word mentioned in "Valley Girl" often preceded "to the max" grody |
| #4544, aired 2004-05-13 | OH, THE THINGS I KNOW! $1600: In 1876 this "Wild" West man was killed in the Dakota Territory holding aces & 8s, later known as a dead man's hand Wild Bill Hickok |
| #4543, aired 2004-05-12 | SPORTS TALK $2000: In October 2000 his son Brett surpassed him on the NHL's list of top goal scorers Bobby Hull |
| #4512, aired 2004-03-30 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1200: Oh my darling, it's a variety of small, sweet tangerine clementine |
| #4477, aired 2004-02-10 | THE BODY HUMAN $2,600 (Daily Double): As opposed to ball-&-socket, your knee is this type of joint moving backwards & forwards hinge joint |
| #4386, aired 2003-10-06 | COUNTRY SONGS $600: (Hey, this is Brad Paisley.) In my song "I'm Gonna Miss Her", I have to choose between my girl & my love of this--"Oh, lookie there, I've got a bite" fishing |
| #4375, aired 2003-09-19 | FEMININE TERMS $400: Asherah was a Canaanite fertility one goddess |
| #4310, aired 2003-05-02 | OH, THE AMENITIES! $600: Ah! A lavishly stocked mini bar! It could distract me from the dancing fountains & the "O" show at this Vegas hotel The Bellagio |
| #4309, aired 2003-05-01 | WISH YOU WERE HERE $400: The votive candles seen here are in this Gothic church located on the Île de la Cité Notre Dame |
| #4307, aired 2003-04-29 | JUST MARRIED $400: 2 of the traditional "Big 5" animals you'd hope to see on a safari honeymoon (2 of) lion, elephant, leopard, rhinoceros & Cape buffalo |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s $400: After the taping, what say we cool off with a frozen banana one of these daiquiri |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s $800: Type of doctor who's most likely to give a patient a lollipop pediatrician |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew in Oahu, Hawaii) I'm overlooking this Oahu beach that attracts about 65,000 visitors a day Waikiki |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s $2000: Fran Lebowitz called this type of pasta with clam sauce "mankind's crowning achievement" linguini |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s $7,000 (Daily Double): Sports Illustrated's 1997 Swimsuit Issue (the Tyra Banks cover) featured "Nothing but" these Bikinis |
| #4305, aired 2003-04-25 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: In 1957 a deep channel was completed allowing ocean ships to reach this largest Venezuelan lake Lake Maracaibo |
| #4286, aired 2003-03-31 | TV CATCHPHRASES $600: "Oh my God! They killed Kenny!" South Park |
| #4254, aired 2003-02-13 | ___ OG $400: "Pea Soup" describes a dense one fog |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | "MY" OH, MY! $200: It's the medical term for nearsightedness myopia |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | "MY" OH, MY! $400: Gore Vidal's Ms. Breckinridge Myra |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | "MY" OH, MY! $600: These members of the starling family are known for their ability to mimic human speech mynah birds |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | "MY" OH, MY! $800: Used in packaging, insulation & photography, it's a trademarked thin polyester film mylar |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | "MY" OH, MY! $1000: This nation's capital city is Yangon Myanmar |
| #4187, aired 2002-11-12 | FOOD IN FRENCH $3,000 (Daily Double): French for grape is raisin; French for plum is this prune |
| #4158, aired 2002-10-02 | IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK $1000: It's not me in the portrait seen here, it's this doomed 18th century queen Marie Antoinette |
| #4117, aired 2002-06-25 | PUT UP YOUR DUKES $800: "And-a you, you are my girl and no one can hurt you, oh no" because this 1962 title royal (& No. 1 hit) is around Duke of Earl |
| #4114, aired 2002-06-20 | MOUNT RUSHMORE $800: The order in which the heads were completed; it was also the order in which the men served Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt |
| #4106, aired 2002-06-10 | ENDS IN "I" $1,000 (Daily Double): Don't be shy now;
they're the colorful
pond fish seen here koi |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | FLY ME $800: This Donald was known for his DC, not Duck, line of commercial planes Douglas |
| #4090, aired 2002-05-17 | MY PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT $200: To do list... oh yeah, pick up my clothes from this establishment that uses perchloroethylene dry cleaner |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | OH, MY "LORD"! $400: Found in Matthew & Luke, it's also known as the "Our Father" the Lord's Prayer |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | OH MY GODS! $400: In Exodus, God first spoke to this man through a burning bush Moses |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | OH MY GODS! $800: One of this Greek god's ways of expressing his deadly displeasure was to throw a thunderbolt at you Zeus |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | IT'S A BOY! $1000: He got $100,000 for a 1990 film & a reported $5,000,000 for its 1992 sequel Macaulay Culkin |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | OH, MY "LORD"! $1200: Joseph Conrad originally intended this work as a short story; he finished it as a novel in 1900 Lord Jim |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | OH MY GODS! $1200: When the flute-playing god Kokopelli of this continent came to town, corn grew high & women got pregnant North America |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | OH, MY "LORD"! $1600: Hanged for treason in 1946, he broadcast anti-British propaganda from Germany during WWII Lord Haw-Haw |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | OH MY GODS! $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) This Hindu goddess of death has four arms Kali |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | OH, MY "LORD"! $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the title of the would-be ruler of Middle-earth Lord of the Rings |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | OH, MY "LORD"! $2000: Upon his father's death in 1658, Cromwell's son Richard also took this title Lord Protector |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | OH MY GODS! $2000: At a party of 13 in Valhalla, this beloved god was killed when his brother threw mistletoe at him Balder |
| #4059, aired 2002-04-04 | WHERE, OH WHERE? $400: This vast bay can be considered an arm of the Atlantic or of the Arctic Ocean, to which it's linked by Foxe Basin Hudson Bay |
| #4041, aired 2002-03-11 | THE DUSTIN HOFFMAN FILM FESTIVAL $1200: 1997:
"You want me to produce your war?" Wag the Dog |
| #4029, aired 2002-02-21 | HANDWEAR $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a hand warmer.) Oh, Biff, Tiff & I are off to Banff, so it's lucky I've got this to keep me warm a muff |
| #4026, aired 2002-02-18 | I DO IMPRESSIONS $400: Here's my 1-word impression of this animated man: "D'oh!" Homer Simpson |
| #4026, aired 2002-02-18 | SONGS' LATER VERSES $600: One verse of this Foster song begins, "Oh, the long-tail filly and the big black horse" "Camptown Races" |
| #4001, aired 2002-01-14 | THE MUSICAL FABRIC STORE $600: One of the biggest hits ever in the musical fabric store is this rock classic heard here:
"...Make me spend my money / Make me feel real loose like a long-necked goose / Like a girl / Oh, baby, that's a-what I like!..." "Chantilly Lace" |
| #3998, aired 2002-01-09 | ODES & ENDS $1200: "O let me steal one liquid kiss, For Oh! my soul is parched with love", wrote this Scot in "Delia, An Ode" Rabbie Burns |
| #3993, aired 2002-01-02 | CHILDREN'S LIT $600: The 3 Little Pigs told the Big Bad Wolf, "Oh, no! I won't let you in. Not by the hair of" this your chinny-chin-chin |
| #3990, aired 2001-12-28 | VOWELS $400: Me or myself I |
| #3983, aired 2001-12-19 | REMEMBER THE '60s? $1,000 (Daily Double): Hundreds died in a student protest in Mexico City on Oct. 2, 1968, 10 days before these opened Summer Olympics |
| #3955, aired 2001-11-09 | 2 OUT OF 3 AIN'T BAD $400: Solids & stripes & dots, oh my! Willie Mosconi only sank 2 of the 3 in this game pool |
| #3937, aired 2001-10-16 | OH, HENRY! $200: He's the fictional character who tutors "My Fair Lady" Henry Higgins |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | OUR FUNNY ACCENTS $500: The person heard here grew up in this area of L.A. between the Santa Monica & San Gabriel mountains
"And I was like, 'Oh my God, whatever!' and Tiffany was like, 'For sure, you know, like...'" the San Fernando Valley |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | MOVIE SONGS $500: "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
(1944) Meet Me In St. Louis |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | RHYMES WITH DOG $1000: Sometimes I feel like a small one of these in the Sony machine a cog |
| #3839, aired 2001-04-19 | OLD HAT $100: It's the ancient empire whose forces wore hats like the one seen here Roman Empire |
| #3834, aired 2001-04-12 | AIN'T THAT AMERICA $500: On June 17, 1969 this controversial erotic revue opened off-Broadway; oh my! Oh! Calcutta! |
| #3789, aired 2001-02-08 | "V" WORDS $100: It's the 6-letter "V" word for what Lance's bird, seen here, is about to do vanish |
| #3782, aired 2001-01-30 | THE ENDS IN "X" FILES $300: Oh my gosh! It's the most exciting point in a dramatic narrative! Climax |
| #3763, aired 2001-01-03 | FRIENDS $100: These 2 friends are credited with the lyric "Oh I get by with a little help from my friends" John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
| #3746, aired 2000-12-11 | QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS 2000 $600: Oh me oh my -- this Scottish singer's OBE was given "To" her "With Love" by the Queen Lulu |
| #3730, aired 2000-11-17 | SOUNDS GOOD TO ME $200: A common exclamation from this popular TV show is heard here
("D'oh!") The Simpsons |
| #3697, aired 2000-10-03 | QUOTATIONS $1,100 (Daily Double): In 1944 she wrote in her diary, "In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart" Anne Frank |
| #3693, aired 2000-09-27 | MY BRITISH HOME $600: Oh goody! After tea we're going to play draughts, known as this in the States checkers |
| #3648, aired 2000-06-14 | SOCK IT TO ME! $500: These socks with a "digital" name seen here can be very cozy: Toe socks |
| #3641, aired 2000-06-05 | OH, MY ACHING BACK! $200: Fewer than 10% of back problems are from slippage of these pads that cushion vertebrae Discs |
| #3641, aired 2000-06-05 | OH, MY ACHING BACK! $400: Consarned damp weather aggravates this condition whose name tells you it affects the lumbar region lumbago |
| #3641, aired 2000-06-05 | OH, MY ACHING BACK! $800: The erect posture compared to this old-time firearm accessory may actually be bad for your spine Ramrod |
| #3641, aired 2000-06-05 | OH, MY ACHING BACK! $1000: Lower back pain may be caused by inflammation of this joint connecting the hip bones to the lower spine Sacroiliac joint |
| #3641, aired 2000-06-05 | OH, MY ACHING BACK! $4,000 (Daily Double): Lower back pain, often shooting down the leg, radiating along the largest nerve in the body Sciatica |
| #3628, aired 2000-05-17 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: My oh Maya! It's the most populous country in Central America Guatemala |
| #3607, aired 2000-04-18 | LITERARY LAST WORDS $200: "Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this!" Little Women |
| #3594, aired 2000-03-30 | 2000 CARS $200: This Swedish automaker's 40-Series has--Oh my!--curves instead of corners Volvo |
| #3578, aired 2000-03-08 | BANNED ON EBAY $200: This recitation from "The Wizard of Oz" lists 3 banned items, oh my! Lions, tigers & bears |
| #3549, aired 2000-01-27 | "IC" !!! $200: Oh, my goodness!...it's...sudden, overwhelming fear! Panic |
| #3531, aired 2000-01-03 | SPEAK IN HAWAIIAN $1000: "Oh we're going to" join the villagers in this form of net-fishing where "all the ama-ama come a-swimming to me" Hukilau |
| #3383, aired 1999-04-28 | "BAG" 'EM UP $100: It's where Tiger can keep his irons & drivers & tees, oh my! a golf bag |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | CLASSIC MOVIE LINES $400: 1976:
"You talkin' to me?
You talkin' to me?
You talkin' to me?..." Taxi Driver |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | OH "MI" $200: For many birds, it means flying south for the winter migrating |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | OH "MI" $400: This region of islands in the Pacific includes Guam, Kiribati & Nauru micronesia |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | OH "MI" $600: A sticky situation, or an area of wet, soggy ground mire |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | OH "MI" $800: It's a ship equipped to detect & destroy enemy explosives a minesweeper |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | OH "MI" $1000: This "box" with slotted sides enables a carpenter to make perfect crosscuts a mitre box |
| #3265, aired 1998-11-13 | OH, HENRYs! $400: Give me this man who was governor of Virginia from 1776 to 1779 & again from 1784 to 1786 Patrick Henry |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | THE PRODUCE SECTION $300: Just saying the name of this fruit makes me feel romantic passion fruit |
| #3259, aired 1998-11-05 | TOUGH OZ $400: The 3 kinds of animals fretted about in the forest, "Oh My!" Lions and tigers and bears |
| #1, aired 1998-05-03 | ROOMIES $1,600 (Daily Double): (Vivian and Marian, the San Francisco Twins, deliver the clue in person and in unison.) These co-stars & co-writers of "Good Will Hunting" were co-renters of a place in L.A. Ben Affleck & Matt Damon |
| #3136, aired 1998-03-30 | DECEMBER 1963 $500 (Daily Double): In Dec. 1963, The 4 Seasons split with their record label, signed with a new one & had a hit with this song:
"Think! Think! Oh the places you'll see /
Now think what the future would be /
With a poor boy like me..." "Dawn" |
| #3101, aired 1998-02-09 | BILL & BILLY IN SONG $800 (Daily Double): The group heard here:
"Oh come on, Bill.
Oh come on, Bill,
Come on and marry me, Bill" The 5th Dimension |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | NEW JERSEYITES $1,200 (Daily Double): Pair seen here, they were both born in New Jersey
"All right, you take Joan and I'll take Sandra."
"Oh, Sandra sends me."
"Well then I'll take Joan!"
"Joan sends me too."
"Now listen, you... I'm going to send you!"
"Sorry, you don't even appeal to me." Abbott & Costello |
| #3023, aired 1997-10-22 | BY THE "BOOK" $400: In a 1958 hit record, the Monotones asked, "Tell me, tell me, tell me, oh, who wrote" this "The Book of Love" |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | MY OH MAYAN $100: Correlating this system of measuring time to ours, the Mayan one starts in 3114 B.C. Calendar |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | MY OH MAYAN $200: The Mayans domesticated turkey, ducks, dogs & these insects Bees |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | MY OH MAYAN $300: Peninsula that was home to such Mayan sites as Rio Bec, Becan & Uxmal Yucatan Peninsula |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | MY OH MAYAN $400: Mayan art is classified as pre-this Colombian |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | MY OH MAYAN $500: The Mayans' principal unit of currency was this bean Cocoa bean |
| #2998, aired 1997-09-17 | TV THEMES $500: [instrumental] Law & Order |
| #2996, aired 1997-09-15 | OH "MI" $100: Math sign that looks like a hyphen Minus sign |
| #2996, aired 1997-09-15 | OH "MI" $200: 2 Samuel 1:25 proclaims "How" have they "fallen in the midst of the battle!" The mighty |
| #2996, aired 1997-09-15 | OH "MI" $300: The process of a cell with 46 chromosomes spilitting into 2 cells, each also with 46 chromosomes Mitosis |
| #2996, aired 1997-09-15 | OH "MI" $400: This city's Herald was founded in 1910 Miami |
| #2996, aired 1997-09-15 | OH "MI" $500: Muscovite is a white type of this rock that splits into thin leaves mica |
| #2969, aired 1997-06-26 | ASTRONOMY $600: Oh my darling! It was announced in December 1996 that this space probe may have found ice on the moon Clementine |
| #2947, aired 1997-05-27 | WORLD CAPITALS $2,000 (Daily Double): One of this city's top attractions is the masuoleum of Kemal Ataturk Ankara |
| #2853, aired 1997-01-15 | SILLY SONGS $100: In an Oscar-winning Disney song, this nonsense phrase precedes "My, oh my, what a wonderful day" "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" |
| #2759, aired 1996-09-05 | POTPOURRI $400: Sculpted by Phidias, this ancient wonder rose 40 feet with skin made of ivory the statue of Zeus at Olympia |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | CELEBRITY QUOTES $100: Rollin Hand on "Mission: Impossible", in 1994 I sank my teeth into the role of Bela Lugosi Martin Landau |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | NOVEL MUSICALS $400: Part of this musical based on a Victor Hugo novel takes place in the Paris sewers Les Misérables |
| #2613, aired 1996-01-03 | NAMES $200: "Oh My Darling", some say the old song about a miner's daughter actually made this girl's name less popular Clementine |
| #2610, aired 1995-12-29 | SONGS $200: In 1873 its words were first published under the title "Oh, Give Me A Home Where The Buffalo Roam" "Home On The Range" |
| #2500, aired 1995-06-16 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $500 (Daily Double): This hit from the 1890s operetta "Robin Hood" later became popular at weddings: instrumental only "Oh Promise Me" |
| #2395, aired 1995-01-20 | POETRY $600: His cantata "The Jolly Beggars" includes the chorus "Sing hey my braw John Highlandman!" Rabbie Burns |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | OLD, OLD SONGS $200: Septimus Winner set this lost canine question to "Zu Lauterbach", an old German folk tune "Where, Oh Where, Has My Little Dog Gone?" |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | "BY" $300: The poet who wrote, "Maid of Athens, ere we part, give, oh, give me back my heart!" Byron |
| #2227, aired 1994-04-19 | DOCTORS' TOOLS $400: As its name indicates, it's a syringe used for giving injections under the skin a hypodermic syringe |
| #2195, aired 1994-03-04 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $600: He's alphabetically first among the Wimbledon men's singles winners Andre Agassi |
| #2174, aired 1994-02-03 | MUSIC TRIVIA $300: It follows "Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above" "don't fence me in" |
| #2154, aired 1994-01-06 | BEATLES LYRICS $300: "Lend me your ears & I'll sing you a song & I'll try not to sing out of key. Oh I get by with" this "A Little Help From My Friends" |
| #2114, aired 1993-11-11 | ROCK MUSIC $300: His "Another Day In Paradise" won the 1990 Grammy for Record of the Year Phil Collins |
| #2112, aired 1993-11-09 | MIDDLE NAMES $400: Middle name of New York senator Daniel Moynihan Patrick |
| #2034, aired 1993-06-10 | SHAKESPEARE $1,000 (Daily Double): A tavern hostess gives an account of Sir John Falstaff's death in this play Henry V |
| #2032, aired 1993-06-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,400 (Daily Double): This Pilgrim couple was married around 1623 & had 11 children John & Priscilla Alden |
| #2018, aired 1993-05-19 | POTPOURRI $100: "Oh, I went down south for to see my Sal" singing this "all the day" Polly Wolly Doodle |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | VIRGINIA $600: "There's where the cotton and the corn and tatoes grow" is the 2nd line of this, Virginia's state song "Carry Me Back To Old Virginny" |
| #1918, aired 1992-12-30 | SONG LYRICS $500: "Dress in style and go hog wild, me oh my oh son of a gun, we'll have big fun on" this the bayou |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | PRESIDENTS $1,200 (Daily Double): He's the subject of the following song from a 1969 Broadway musical:
"He plays the violin /
He tucks it right under his chin /
And he bows, oh he bows /
For he knows, yes he knows..." Thomas Jefferson |
| #1875, aired 1992-10-30 | DON'T "CALL" US $300: It's the appearance of a performer after the play in response to applause a curtain call |
| #1837, aired 1992-09-08 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Rudolf Rassendyll impersonates the incarcerated king of Ruritania in this English romance by Anthony Hope The Prisoner of Zenda |
| #1708, aired 1992-01-22 | LYRICISTS $750 (Daily Double): 1 of Stephen Sondheim's earliest musicals it featured the following:
"I feel pretty / Oh, so pretty / I feel pretty, and witty, and bright / And I pity / Any girl who isn't me tonight..." West Side Story |
| #1705, aired 1992-01-17 | CARTOON CATCH PHRASES $500: "Oh, my darling',
Oh, my darling',
Oh, my darling'
Clementine" Huckleberry Hound |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | BLACK AUTHORS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1989 this "Beloved" author became a professor of Creative Writing at Princeton Toni Morrison |
| #1647, aired 1991-10-29 | SONG LYRICS $300: "Oh my darlin', knock three times on" this "if you want me; twice on the pipe if the answer is no" the ceiling |
| #1638, aired 1991-10-16 | POETRY $4,100 (Daily Double): Title of the poem that includes "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses" "The New Colossus" |
| #1602, aired 1991-07-16 | LANGUAGES $3,000 (Daily Double): Foreign language heard in the following hit from 1974: "Oh, oh moja droga jacie kocham / Means that I love you so / Moja droga jacie kocham / More than you'll ever know" Polish |
| #1595, aired 1991-07-05 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: "Oh! Susanna, do not cry for me; I come from Alabama with" this instrument "on my knee" a banjo |
| #1582, aired 1991-06-18 | MOVIE QUOTES $1,000 (Daily Double): "Oh, Cathy, I never broke your heart! You broke it. Cathy, Cathy, you loved me." Wuthering Heights |
| #1547, aired 1991-04-30 | MEDICAL HISTORY $1,300 (Daily Double): In 1977, this new procedure to reopen diseased arteries was developed angioplasty |
| #1534, aired 1991-04-11 | "ALL" OR "NOTHING" $400: Elvis Presley's 1957 #1 hit that opens, "Oh, well, a-bless my soul, what's wrong with me?" "All Shook Up" |
| #1517, aired 1991-03-19 | SINGERS $500 (Daily Double): Discovered by Burt Bacharach, this singer had her first hit with the following:
"Don't make me over / Now that I'd do anything for you / Don't make me over / Now that you know how I adore you" Dionne Warwick |
| #1490, aired 1991-02-08 | IRISH DITTIES $300: Completes "I kiss the dear fingers so toil worn for me, oh, God bless you and keep you..." "Mother Machree" |
| #1424, aired 1990-11-08 | FRIENDLY PHRASES $500: Friends are "the thieves" of this time |
| #1382, aired 1990-09-11 | FAMOUS TURNERS $600 (Daily Double): Buddhist from Brownsville, Tennessee, heard here, dishing out advice:
"Oh, you better be good to me / That's how it's gotta be now..." Tina Turner |
| #1308, aired 1990-04-18 | THEATER $100: Chekhov uncle whose last line is "Oh, if you only knew how my heart aches!" Uncle Vanya |
| #1252, aired 1990-01-30 | FOOD TRIVIA $300 (Daily Double): This song, with a food in the title, made No. 2 on the pop charts in 1968:
"Oh, I wake up in the morning, with my hair down in my eyes, and she says Hi!, and I stumble to the breakfast table while the kids are off to school..." "Little Green Apples" |
| #1221, aired 1989-12-18 | SINGERS FROM VIRGINIA $2,000 (Daily Double): A native of Newport News, she was a professional vocalist & band leader by age 21:
"Oh mister, ...please play me a rhapsody..." Ella Fitzgerald |
| #1189, aired 1989-11-02 | DANCE $900 (Daily Double): In July 1988 she announced she was folding her 23-year-old dance company & joining the ABT Twyla Tharp |
| #1188, aired 1989-11-01 | SHOW MUSIC $200: The line that follows "Oh I got plenty o' nuttin'" in the song from "Porgy & Bess" and nothings plenty for me |
| #1148, aired 1989-09-06 | SONGS THAT "DO" $100: Oh my darling, it's the theme from "High Noon" “Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darling” |
| #1146, aired 1989-09-04 | "C.C." $100 (Daily Double): The song heard here is the only No. 1 hit this group has had in the U.S.:
"Desert loving in your eyes all the way / If I listened to your lies would you say..." Culture Club |
| #1138, aired 1989-07-12 | KISSES $2,000 (Daily Double): Pete Seeger wrote this folk ballad which was a big hit in the 50s:
”When I was a young man and never been kissed /
I got to thinking it over what I had missed /
I got me a girl, I kissed her and then /
Oh Lord, I kissed her again..." "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" |
| #1133, aired 1989-07-05 | NEW ENGLAND $800: On landing in the Cape Cod area in April 1614, this founder of Virginia gave New England its name Captain John Smith |
| #1127, aired 1989-06-27 | FAMOUS PAIRS $500: Liberal Tom Braden & this conservative columnist are co-hosts of CNN's "Crossfire" Patrick Buchanan |
| #1106, aired 1989-05-29 | LEGAL LINGO $600: From the Latin for "crime", evidence indicating you committed the crime is considered this incriminating |
| #1103, aired 1989-05-24 | 10-LETTER NAMES $100: Read his lips; he's the 41st president of the United States George Bush |
| #1102, aired 1989-05-23 | SONGS $200: Cole Porter wrote, "Why, oh why do I love" this city? "Because my love is near" Paris |
| #1097, aired 1989-05-16 | CHILDHOOD SONGS $500: Completes the line "Oh, I went down South for to see my Sal, sing polly-wolly-doodle..." all the day |
| #1082, aired 1989-04-25 | TEXTILES $1,000 (Daily Double): Textile title of the following:
"Ain't nothing in the world like a big-eyed girl / To make me act so funny, make me spend my money / Make me feel real loose like a long-necked goose / Like a girl, oh baby, that's a-what I like..." "Chantilly Lace" |
| #1056, aired 1989-03-20 | SHOW MUSIC $300: Show in which Kate sings, "he may have hair upon his chest but sister, so has Lassie, oh! I hate men" Kiss Me, Kate |
| #1012, aired 1989-01-17 | BEATLES SONGS $300:
"And now my life has changed in oh so many ways" "Help!" |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $600: Yep, Gary Cooper might have told you this song began "Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'" "High Noon" |
| #981, aired 1988-12-05 | 1988 $800 (Daily Double): In 1988, 12 years after their Top 40 hit, this group reunited & went on tour:
"Oh my darling, knock three times /
On the ceiling if you want me /
Twice on the pipe..." Tony Orlando and Dawn |
| #962, aired 1988-11-08 | "ACTION" $500: In 1965 Freddy Cannon intoned, "Oh baby come on let me take you" there where the action is |
| #955, aired 1988-10-28 | OH "NO"! $600: Song which says, "Each man's joy is joy to me, each man's grief is my own" "No Man is an Island" |
| #951, aired 1988-10-24 | GEOGRAPHICAL SONGS $100 (Daily Double): It's where my baby's smile takes me in the following:
"My-oh me-oh / I go wild then I have to do the samba, then la bamba / Now I'm not the kind of person with a passionate persuasion for dancin' or romancin'..." Rio |
| #950, aired 1988-10-21 | THE 20TH CENTURY $500 (Daily Double): 2 of 3 countries that came under full communist control in 1975 (2 of) Vietnam, Cambodia, & Laos |
| #949, aired 1988-10-20 | SLANG $1,400 (Daily Double): Though it usually means "emotionally upset", in this song it means "excited & very happy":
"Oh, well, a-bless my soul, but what's wrong with me? / I'm itchin' like a man on a fuzzy tree / My friends say I'm actin' wild as a bug..." "All Shook Up" |
| #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 |
| #903, aired 1988-07-06 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $1,300 (Daily Double): Paraphrasing the title of 1 of his father's films, he called his book "Going My Own Way" Gary Crosby |
| #895, aired 1988-06-24 | "POOR" $3,100 (Daily Double): Of all Johnny Rivers' Billboard Top 10 hits, it's the 1st he wrote himself & the 1st to make No. 1:
"How can you tell me how much you miss me /
When the last time I saw you, you wouldn't even kiss me..." "Poor Side Of Town" |
| #872, aired 1988-05-24 | WESTERN SONGS $200: A cowboy laments, "Oh bury me not" there, "where the wild coyotes will howl over me" on the lone prairie |
| #868, aired 1988-05-18 | OH, SHAW! $400: The executioner says of this character, "Her heart would not burn, my lord" Joan of Arc (Saint Joan) |
| #852, aired 1988-04-26 | SPIRITUAL SONGS $200: "Oh, a-rocka my soul in" this person's bosom Abraham |
| #852, aired 1988-04-26 | WINE $2,000 (Daily Double): Italian name for this type of bottle, often used for Chianti: fiasco |
| #847, aired 1988-04-19 | MUSICALS $1,300 (Daily Double): Comedian heard here, playing the role of a songwriter in a 1979 musical:
"Oh ho they’re playing my song / That table’s humming along / That couple half out the door / Is comin’ back to hear more of my music..." Robert Klein |
| #777, aired 1988-01-12 | PEOPLE $400: In June 1987, Gary Eugene Duda petitioned a Georgia court to have his name changed to this, my oh my Zippity (Duda) |
| #772, aired 1988-01-05 | TIME $3,000 (Daily Double): According to 1st line, time you'd hear the following being sung:
"We're drinking, my friend /
To the end /
Of a brief episode /
Make it one..." a quarter to 3:00 |
| #767, aired 1987-12-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600 (Daily Double): Composer of the following, which was featured in the movie about her life:
"You've come to tell me something you say I ought to know / That he don't love me anymore and I'll have to let him go / You say you're gonna take him, oh, but I don't..." Loretta Lynn |
| #647, aired 1987-06-02 | DOUBLE TALK $500 (Daily Double): It's both the title what Lee Dorsey calls his girl in the following song:
"It may sound funny, but I don't believe she's comin', oh, oh /
Baby hurry, don't make me worry, oh, oh /
Yeah, baby, hurry, don't make me worry, oh, oh..." Ya Ya |
| #645, aired 1987-05-29 | COLORFUL NAMES $900 (Daily Double): Singer of the following, his name is a little dull for the category:
"And I'm feelin' the strain, ain't it a shame? / Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul / I wanna get lost in your rock 'n' roll and drift away..." Dobie Gray |
| #644, aired 1987-05-28 | TV NOSTALGIA $100 (Daily Double): In series w/following theme, 1st scene usually featured a tape recorder & this character: Jim Phelps |
| #613, aired 1987-04-15 | WESTERN SONGS $200: "Oh, come along boys, & listen to my tale, I'll tell you of my troubles on..." this "The Old Chisholm Trail" |
| #613, aired 1987-04-15 | WESTERN SONGS $400: Bing Crosby urged, "Oh, give me" this, "lots of" this "under starry skies above, don't fence me in" land |
| #611, aired 1987-04-13 | TRAINS $700 (Daily Double): This was the 1st No. 1 hit for "The Monkees":
"Cause I'm leaving in the morning / And I must see you again / We'll have one more night together / Till the morning brings my train and I must go / Oh, no, no, no / Oh, no, no, no..." "Last Train To Clarksville" |
| #603, aired 1987-04-01 | SENSORY SONGS $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2 senses mentioned in titles of #1 hits by The Supremes seeing & hearing |
| #564, aired 1987-02-05 | STARTS WITH "Z" $200: My oh my, what a wonderful day it was when Disney's "Song of the South" won an Oscar for this song "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | SONGS THAT "COME" & "GO" $1,000 (Daily Double): Title of the following: "Come Go With Me" |
| #523, aired 1986-12-10 | PUNCH LINES $500: Heat, because you can catch cold Which travels faster |
| #516, aired 1986-12-01 | GARY COOPER $500 (Daily Double): One of his most famous roles was in this movie with the following theme:
[Instrumental theme plays.] High Noon |
| #510, aired 1986-11-21 | '50s TV $400: This alternative title of "The Gale Storm Show" was also a Stephen Foster song Oh! Susanna |
| #494, aired 1986-10-30 | LABOR $1000: This agreement, not to join a union during a workers' employment, sounds like a colorful canine a yellow dog |
| #490, aired 1986-10-24 | PRESIDENTS $200: In the novel "1876"
Gore Vidal's narrator
calls this president "Rutherfraud" Rutherford B. Hayes |
| #489, aired 1986-10-23 | 1979 $400 (Daily Double): Queen of the discotheques, she had her biggest hit with the following:
"Go on now, go, walk out the door / Just turn around now, 'cause you're not welcome anymore / Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye? / Did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die?" Gloria Gaynor |
| #487, aired 1986-10-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): From 1825 on, this made it possible for settlers moving west to avoid crossing the Appalachians the Erie Canal |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | GIRLS IN SONG $500: Neil Sedaka told her, "I am but a fool, darling I love you, though you treat me cruel" Carol |
| #444, aired 1986-05-22 | 1974 $500: On May 1, 1974, the minimum wage went from $1.60/hr. to this $2.00 |
| #427, aired 1986-04-29 | INDIANS $800: Giving almost all their land to the gov't in 1854, they got a Nebraska city named for them "insuring" fame the Omahas |
| #403, aired 1986-03-26 | AMERICAN MUSIC $600 (Daily Double): Typical of boogie-woogie, number of beats to the bar heard here 8 |
| #402, aired 1986-03-25 | LABOR $300: Molly Malone made money as a "monger" of these cockles & mussels |
| #398, aired 1986-03-19 | FISH $500 (Daily Double): Fish mentioned in the title of the following:
"[Instrumental music plays]" the shark |
| #397, aired 1986-03-18 | DOUBLE TALK $500 (Daily Double): Title of this song which fits the category: "Does he love me? / I wanna know / How can I tell if he loves me so? / (Is it in his eyes?) / Oh, no..." "The Shoop Shoop Song" |
| #394, aired 1986-03-13 | LANGUAGE $100: Dose who tawk like dis all de time prob'ly come from dis boro of New Yawk City Brooklyn |
| #359, aired 1986-01-23 | CANDLES $1,000 (Daily Double): Movie star to whom this song is a tribute:
"And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind / Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in" Marilyn Monroe |
| #347, aired 1986-01-07 | GOLDEN OLDIES $400: Paul Anka told her, "I'm so young & you're so old" when he was 15, while she was 20 Diana |
| #291, aired 1985-10-21 | CAMPFIRE SONGS $400 (Daily Double): In song "My Bonnie", amount of times "Bonnie" is mentioned in chorus 2 |
| #283, aired 1985-10-09 | WILD WEST $300: Sailors-turned-cowboys changed "Oh bury me not in the deep, deep sea" to this lyric Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie |
| #266, aired 1985-09-16 | FRANCE $1,000 (Daily Double): 1964 film opera shot on location in a French port city & remembered for this theme
"If it takes forever / I will wait..." The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
| #263, aired 1985-09-11 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500 (Daily Double): 6-letter word in the title of the following:
"Every single day /
Every word you say /
Every game you play /
Every night you stay /
I'll be watching you /
Oh, can't you see /
You belong to me?..." breath |
| #263, aired 1985-09-11 | ANTS $500: Unlike termites, these ants don't eat wood, only chew out holes big enough to "build" their nests carpenter ants |
| #177, aired 1985-05-14 | THE BODY $1,100 (Daily Double): It was "hanging down" in the following:
"That wiggle in the walk / And giggle in the talk / Lord, makes the world go 'round / There ain't nothin' in the world / Like a big-eyed girl / That makes me act so funny / Make me spend my money / Make me feel real loose, like a long necked goose / Like a girl, oh baby, that's what I like" a ponytail |
| #168, aired 1985-05-01 | U.S. STATES $1,600 (Daily Double): State in which this song takes place
"Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly / Play the Dead March as they carry me along" Texas |
| #152, aired 1985-04-09 | INSECTS $300: Brilliant green blister beetle once thought to be an aphrodisiac Spanish fly |
| #148, aired 1985-04-03 | DIAMONDS $1,800 (Daily Double): In '73, this song really shone for Seals & Crofts:
"Oh, my love / You're like a precious stone / Part of earth where / Heaven has rained on" "Diamond Girl" |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | COMIC BOOK HEROES $100: Today they’re Bruce Wayne & Jason Todd Batman & Robin |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | BIRDS $100: What “a bird in the hand is worth” two in the bush |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | TREES $1,800 (Daily Double): “Botanical” name of this Scott Joplin tune: "The Maple Leaf Rag" |
| #134, aired 1985-03-14 | GOLDEN OLDIES $500: '59 Fleetwoods hit that begins "dahm dahm da-ahm doo dahm oo-doo-be-doo" "Come Softly To Me" |
| #133, aired 1985-03-13 | LITERATURE $600: In his native German, this Erich Maria Remarque novel title is "Im Westen nichts Neues" All Quiet on the Western Front |
| #127, aired 1985-03-05 | SUDDEN DEATH $900 (Daily Double): Life-threatening condition in the following:
"My mouth is dry / My legs are weak / I'm thinkin' this 'cause I can't speak..." heart attack |
| #117, aired 1985-02-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Song that begins "Goodbye, Joe, me gotta go, me-oh, my-oh" "Jambalaya" |
| #101, aired 1985-01-28 | THE SENSES $200: Bogart's toast to Bergman in "Casablanca" "Here's looking at you, kid" |
| #91, aired 1985-01-14 | WATER $500 (Daily Double): They sang "Cool Water":
"All day I face the barren waste / Without a taste of water / Cool water / Old Dan and I / Our throats slate dry" the Sons of the Pioneers |
| #87, aired 1985-01-08 | FICTION $800: Erica Jong novel that deals with Isadora Wing's fear Fear of Flying |
| #67, aired 1984-12-11 | ALPHABET SOUP $1000: In music, the seventh tone in the diatonic scale of C B (or ti) |
| #48, aired 1984-11-14 | "DAY" TIME $200: Follows "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay" "my, oh, my, what a wonderful day" |
| #14, aired 1984-09-27 | TRIVIA $1,200 (Daily Double): Hemingway wrote the book, Rogers & Parton sang the song:
"Baby, when I met you there was peace unknown..." "Islands In The Stream" |
| #6, aired 1984-09-17 | WORD ORIGINS $400: This Australian animal's name literally means "I don't know" kangaroo |
| #5, aired 1984-09-14 | SHAKESPEARE $600: Battle of the sexes on which musical "Kiss Me Kate" was based The Taming of the Shrew |
| #2, aired 1984-01-01 | FAMOUS PAIRS $500: They were the opposing attorneys at the Scopes "Monkey" Trial Clarence Darrow & William Jennings Bryan |
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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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Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
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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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Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
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"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
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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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Paul Kursky, a copywriter from San Francisco, California
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
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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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Taylor Gailliot, from Woodbridge, Virginia
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"When asked what she wanted us to know about her, she...
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester 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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Zack Terrill, a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida
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2012 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 21 at...
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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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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
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Justin Hofstetter, a sixth and seventh grade language arts and social studies teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
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"This sixth and seventh grade teacher is in his first year...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Kate Wilson, a high school AP English teacher from Montgomery, Alabama
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"She is a top-10 AP English language teacher at Alabama's number-one...
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Joon Pahk, a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 28 7-time champion: $199,000 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: jpahk
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Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
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Vanamali Compton, a junior from Clarkdale, Arizona
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Lauren Romero, a senior from Denver, Colorado
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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Judd Hess, a high school English teacher from Huntington Beach, California
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"In college, he volunteered to help in a classroom and was...
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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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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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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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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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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
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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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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
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"He teaches at the smallest public school in North Carolina, and...
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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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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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Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Hema Karunakaram, a senior from Saline, Michigan
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2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Name pronounced like "HAY-ma kah-ROO-nuh-KAH-ram". Jeopardy!...
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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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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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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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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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Julio Trujillo, a substitute teacher from Denver, Colorado
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Season 31 player (2015-03-31). Name pronounced like "HOO-lee-oh troo-HEE-oh". Julio appeared...
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Sophia Marianiello, an 11-year-old from Newark, Delaware
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"She plans on putting her love of building with cardboard and...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
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Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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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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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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Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Springfield, VA at...
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Allie Pape, a sophomore from Ponte Vedra, Florida
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Allie was 14 at the time...
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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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Samira Missaghi, a junior from the University of Minnesota
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Eden Prarie, Minnesota. Samira...
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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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Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
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2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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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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Aria Gerson, an eleven-year-old from Orem, Utah
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"Shine an apple for our future teacher. From Orem, Utah, class,...
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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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Catherine Briley, a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana
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2012 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $31,000. 17 at...
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Emily Jusino, a Ph.D. candidate in Greek literature originally from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000.
Last name pronouned like "hoo-SEE-no".
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John Beck, an associate creative director from Torrance, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Silvio Menzano, a psychologist and university counseling center director from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 1-time champion: $10,300 + $1,000.
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Surabhi Iyer, a ten-year-old from Franklin, Massachusetts
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"Her research scientist dad has inspired her to become a neuroscientist....
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Genaro Lopez, a contract administrator from Portland, Oregon
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Season 27 1-time champion: $29,001 + $2,000.
First name pronounced like "heh-NAR-o".
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Aaron Schroeder, a grad student from San Diego, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions second runner-up: $50,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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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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Joely Fisher, an actress from 'Til Death
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"She made her Broadway debut in Grease, and earned rave reviews...
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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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Dave Belote, a recently retired base commander from Woodbridge, Virginia
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Henry Ayoola, a Ph.D. student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 34 1-time champion: $14,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "eye-OH-lah".
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David Duchovny, an actor from Californication
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"He's won two Golden Globes and stars as troubled novelist Hank...
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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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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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Rex Moroux, a commercial real estate broker from Lafayette, Louisiana
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Season 34 player (2018-04-23).
Last name pronounced like "MORE-oh".
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Gus Iurillo, a business ownership coach from Glen Allen, Virginia
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Season 30 player (2013-10-28).
Last name pronounced like "yoo-RILL-oh".
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Basia Pioro, a development manager from George Town, Grand Cayman
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Season 29 player (2012-12-03).
Name pronounced like "BAHSH-ah pee-OR-oh".
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Jesse Tow, an after-school program coach from Austin, Texas
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Season 28 player (2012-04-04). Last name pronounced to rhyme with "OW"...
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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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Dominic Olivera, a twelve-year-old from Bristow, Virginia
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"Oh, good heavens! He wants to be a priest when he's...
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Jill Locascio, an academic librarian from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 31 player (2015-03-23).
Last name pronounced like "lo-CASH-ee-oh".
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Christine Gengaro, a college professor and writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 32 player (2015-10-13).
Last name pronounced like "jen-GARE-oh".
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Louie C.K., a comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer from Louie and Horace and Pete
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"This multitalented actor, writer, producer, and director is also the star...
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Anthony Szabo, an office manager from Portland, Oregon
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Season 32 player (2016-07-25).
Last name pronounced like "SEBB-oh".
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Leslie Frates, a retired Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
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"She was a Spanish teacher at Cal State-Hayward when she became...
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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"Once a presidential speechwriter, he's had his own political talk show...
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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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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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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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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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Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Leslie Shannon, a manager of a research lab from Sydney, Australia
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"A recent art history graduate when she became Jeopardy! champion in...
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Kristiana Henderson, a junior from Kent, Washington
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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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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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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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799 + $2,000.
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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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Ben Greenho, a junior from Plano, Texas
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Lisa Dvorak, a grocery store chain administrative assistant from Millersville, Maryland
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Season 27 1-time champion: $31,201 + $2,000.
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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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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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Bernard Holloway, a junior from Mitchellville, Maryland
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2002 Teen...
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Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
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2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Stephen Fritz, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2007 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $25,460.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Raynell Cooper, a senior from Rockville, Maryland
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2011 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 16 at the...
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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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Leslie Decker, a high school German and ESL teacher from Austin, Texas
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"She taught English to Europeans. Now she teaches German to Americans....
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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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Brady Cassis, a junior from Yale University
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Scott Renzoni, a bartender and actor from Burlington, Vermont
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2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 20 4-time champion: $112,998 + $2,000.
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Larry Cloud, a bookkeeper and computer consultant from Inglewood, California
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"He won five times in 2001, allowing him to make a...
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Sanders Kleinfeld, a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,597 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
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Anthony Fox, an account executive from Arlington Heights, Illinois
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Season 27 4-time champion: $51,998 + $1,000. Playing as "Tony", Anthony...
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Dan Jensen, a restaurant manager from Reston, Virginia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $58,203 + $1,000.
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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Colby Burnett, a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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\"He teaches at a school started by the Dominicans of St....
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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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Heidi Greimann, a junior from Columbia, Missouri
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Heidi was 15 at the...
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Thomas Zamora, a junior at the University of Southern California from Cypress, California
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2001 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $14,100. Thomas was 20 at the...
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student and newlywed from Fort Collins, Colorado
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"He won the most recent Tournament of Champions. A graduate student...
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Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
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"His 5 wins in 1999 made him one of the most...
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Sara Wilkinson, a country club concierge from Athens, Georgia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $72,701 + $2,000.
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Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
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Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
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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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Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
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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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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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Loren Loiacono, a senior from Setauket, New York
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
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"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
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Sean Ryan, a graduate student from Whitehall, Pennsylvania
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Caitlin Cook, a sophomore from Arden, North Carolina
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Ruvani Fonseka, a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of...
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Orlando Zambrano, a junior from Tampa, Florida
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Rose Schaefer, a junior from Portland, Oregon
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2012 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $36,000. 16 at...
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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Lindsey Bartlett, a junior from Winter Haven, Florida
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2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Lindsey was 16 at the time...
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Tony Nagatani, a junior at Ithaca College from Honolulu, Hawaii
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Tony was 20 at the time...
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Mitchell Vogel, from Madison, Wisconsin
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"This future governor of Wisconsin enjoys rollerblading, reading, and playing saxophone....
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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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Will Walters, a twelve-year-old from Lexington, Kentucky
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"He wants to follow in the footsteps of his idols, Albert...
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Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
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Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
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Bernie Cullen, a biologist from Santa Barbara, California
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"He was the first 5-time champion of the 1996-97 season. A...
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Kathleen Mikulis, a stay-at-home mom from Mountain View, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $25,201 + $2,000. Kathleen's contestant experience blog....
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Lance Johnson, a model aircraft engine technician from Champaign, Illinois
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"He was the first to get to the 5-win mark in...
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Zach Blumenfeld, a junior from Lincolnshire, Illinois
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2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Stephen Weingarten, a stay-at-home dad 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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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Keith Williams, a freshman at Middlebury College from Manchester, Vermont
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Jeffrey Baer, a senior from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
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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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Andrew Goldfein, a 12-year-old from Lincolnwood, Illinois
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"He likes to argue and help people, so it's off to...
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Sebastian Johnson, a senior from Takoma Park, Maryland
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Listed as "Sebi" on the...
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Kate Waits, a law professor at the University of Tulsa from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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"A Harvard Law graduate when she competed in the 1988 Tournament...
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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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David Hoffelmeyer, a senior from St. Joseph, Missouri
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Iddoshe Hirpa, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Mike Thayer, a mathematics teacher from North Plainfield, New Jersey
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"He was a junior at Rutgers University when he won the...
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Kelley Burd, a junior at West Virginia University from Bristol, West Virginia
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2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Monica Thieu, a sophomore at the University of North Texas from Dallas, Texas
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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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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Maddie Harrington, a twelve-year-old from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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"She wants to be a theater critic and she gets rave...
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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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Tyler Van Patten, from Burlington, Wisconsin
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"He's focusing on becoming a corporate attorney, because of his fascination...
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Liana Walters, a junior from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Liana was 16 at the...
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Janet Wong, a development officer for a museum from Hoboken, New Jersey
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"As a senior at Drew University, she won the February 2000...
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Tyler Allard, a senior from Garrett Park, Maryland
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2003 Teen Tournament first runner-up: $28,400.
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Steve Gratz, a freelance artist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 2-time champion: $30,999 + $1,000.
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Charlie Penrod, an assistant professor of law from Natchitoches, Louisiana
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,000 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: CharlieP
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Sarah Nothnagel, a sophomore from the University of Southern California
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Kathy Cassity, a closed captioner from Honolulu, Hawaii
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $59,200....
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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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Chloé White, a senior from Mission Hills, Kansas
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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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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Emma Johnson, an eleven-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
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"She'll hit a high note in her future musical career as...
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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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Kevin Keach, an operations manager from St. Ann, Missouri
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Steve Unite, a writer from Studio City, California
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Kyle Neblett, a senior from Beaverton, Oregon
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 2nd runner-up: $36,400. 18 at the...
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Josh Lacey, a 10-year-old from Ellicott City, Maryland
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"The International Olympic Committee does such good work, he would like...
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Tiffany Wen, a 12-year-old from Exton, Pennsylvania
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"This figure skater is also on the distinguished honor roll. From...
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Casey Retterer, a sophomore at the University of Maryland from Olney, Maryland
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2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Dave Simpson, a pastor from Belcamp, Maryland
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Erin McLean, a junior at Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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Heidi Liu, a senior from Plymouth, Minnesota
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Antonia Wang, a sophomore at Purdue University from Carmel, Indiana
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Elyssa Browning, a junior from St. John's College
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Austin, Texas at...
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Eureka Nutt, a paralegal from Canoga Park, California
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Season 27 2-time champion: $38,701 + $1,000.
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Julie Bowen, a TV and film actress from Boston Legal, Lost and Modern Family
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"For two seasons, she played attorney Denise Bauer in Boston Legal....
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Whitney Dearden, an 11-year-old from Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
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"She enjoys working with animals and would like to become a...
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Christopher Short, a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 6-time champion: $94,752...
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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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Steve Reynolds, a loan accounting clerk from Norman, Oklahoma
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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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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Russell Berris, a junior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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2003 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Emily Love, from Overland Park, Kansas
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"This future chef wants to run her own restaurant and have...
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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He plays Tom Scavo, the sometimes-befuddled husband of Felicity Huffman on...
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Ben Noe, a sophomore from Flushing, Michigan
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time...
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Bryan Brzycki, a stay-at-home dad from Indianapolis, Indiana
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Season 34 player (2018-02-21). Father of Season 31 Kids Week contestant...
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Fran Fried, a writer, editor and DJ from Prospect, Connecticut
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Season 34 player (2017-10-17).
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Betsy Knudson, an attorney from Salt Lake City, Utah
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Season 34 3-time champion: $61,402 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like \"kuh-NOOD-sun\".
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Neil Ashar, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Season 28 player (2012-06-18).
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Chuck Todd, a journalist and chief White House correspondent from NBC News and Meet the Press
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"Chief White House correspondent and political director for NBC News, he...
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Sarah Walsh, a children’s librarian from Rockville, Maryland
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Season 34 player (2017-12-27). Sarah appeared on The Chase on 2021-01-21....
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Allison Dziuba, a junior from Ridgefield, Connecticut
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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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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Curt Schilling, a pitcher from the Boston Red Sox
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"In helping the Red Sox to win the 2004 World Series,...
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Eric Barela, an educational researcher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 23 3-time champion: $68,802 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: EBarela
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