| #9095, aired 2024-05-03 | ON CINEMA AT THE CINEMA $400: In this 2023 film old man Paul Giamatti & young man Dominic Sessa check out the 1970 Dustin Hoffman film "Little Big Man" The Holdovers |
| #9094, aired 2024-05-02 | A VIEW OF THE CITY $800: Check out the New York City skyline aboard this free ride that runs between Manhattan & another borough a Staten Island Ferry |
| #9093, aired 2024-05-01 | REDONE-DANCY $800: In 2023 Lana Del Rey ended a U.S. tour in this state & put out a version of "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which mentions it West Virginia |
| #9092, aired 2024-04-30 | GIVING SOME DIRECTION $600: In a CCR song, it's where Willy & the poor boys are playing "out in the street" down on the corner |
| #9092, aired 2024-04-30 | QUESTIONABLE SONG TITLES $1000: This Smiths song whose title is an existential question mentions "a shyness that is criminally vulgar" (maybe Morrissey's?) "How Soon Is Now?" |
| #9091, aired 2024-04-29 | CHRONICALLY ON LINE $400: A 2009 Florida Times-Union article said shoppers for this November day "began camping out Wednesday night"--Wednesday! Black Friday |
| #9088, aired 2024-04-24 | U.S. MILITARY ACTIONS $800: In 1974 the U.S. Navy evacuated Americans from this island after war broke out between Greek & Turkish factions Cyprus |
| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | CULTURE, POPULARLY $800: It was a letter-perfect day on Jimmy Kimmel's show when Warren G welcomed this sax man to help out on "Regulate" Kenny G |
| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | WORDS & THEIR MEANINGS $1000: It once meant a light, fast ship but has come to mean one that's old & worn-out & possibly dismantled a hulk |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | THE SUNDAY SCARIES $200: It's Sun., Oct. 27, 1929 & brokers are freaking out; the 28th will be this "colorful" day on Wall Street... like 12.8% down historic Black Monday |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENTS $1200: On July 6, 1885 Louis Pasteur took a bite out of this disease with a new vaccination for 9-year-old victim Joseph Meister rabies |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENTS $1600: A precursor to this compound, L-DOPA was used by Oliver Sacks to help bring Leonard L. out of 30 years of a coma-like condition dopamine |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | BOOKS IN HISTORY $2000: This Dutch scholar put out a 1516 translation of the Bible that made it more accessible & helped lead to the Reformation Erasmus |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | BOOKS IN HISTORY $2,900 (Daily Double): Economist F.A. Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom" came out in 1944 when this woman was at Oxford & was a huge influence on her later policies (Margaret) Thatcher |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | ENDS WITH "B" $400: Don't let your book go out without one of these publicity notices on its jacket a blurb |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | MAKING NOISE $400: Some travel through the Arctic requires watching out for growlers, smallish but dangerous pieces of this ice |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | VAL, HISTORY'S CLUMSIEST TIME TRAVELER $400: Trying to go to 1492 but ending up in 1429, Val watches this peasant girl set out for the siege of Orléans--& glory--on April 27 Joan of Arc |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SAY IT IN SPANISH $4,000 (Daily Double): A song often heard in Spanish-speaking countries at Christmastime is this "Sabanero", meaning "My Little Savannah Donkey" Burrito |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | "P"EOPLE $800: When this man laid out Philadelphia, he gave the E-W streets tree names like Walnut & Spruce; back then, Arch Street was Mulberry (William) Penn |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | ABBREVIATED TELEVISION $800: Don't space out (or do) with "FAM" For All Mankind |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | SOME TIMELY WORDS $2000: In 2004 Colin Powell called Fidel Castro one of these, a person or thing incongruously out of place in time an anachronism |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | THE 6 MOTHERS-IN-LAW OF HENRY VIII $1,600 (Daily Double): Not the Cromwells but this family lived in Wolf Hall; when Henry visited in 1535, Margery no doubt pointed out lovely daughter Jane the Seymours |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $200: "I love Paris in the spring time", says one of the classic songs by this American composer Cole Porter |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | CONSONANT-VOWEL x3 $400: Wait, what? Students taught E. coli bacteria how to solve these number puzzles?! I'm kinda freakin' out sudoku |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $400: The only movie to pair Fred Astaire & Judy Garland is this holiday classic Easter Parade |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $600: Charles Melton represents the first month in the title of this 2023 film that also stars Natalie Portman & Julianne Moore May December |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $800: Asked to describe a perfect date, a pageant contestant in this film says, "April 25 because it's not too hot, not too cold" Miss Congeniality |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | WORKING HARD, HARDLY WORKING $1000: In 1963 this company known for synthetic materials came out with a shoe "leather" called Corfam, & dang, my feet are still hot! DuPont |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $1000: Duncan Sheik & Steven Sater won Tonys for the score of this musical about 19th century students Spring Awakening |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | 20th CENTURY LASTS $400: This type of military unit was increasingly put out to pasture; France's last charge by one was in Africa in 1941 cavalry |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | 20th CENTURY LASTS $1600: Stamped out by the Communists, the last case of this practice done to Chinese women was in 1957 foot binding |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $2000: "Putting Out The Fire With Gasoline" is from the theme song to this beastly film starring Nastassja Kinski Cat People |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | "C-U" LATER $1600: Nov. 25, the date the British cleared out of New York City in 1783, was once a blowout holiday called this day Evacuation Day |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | LONG WORDS $400: 14 letters:
Christian doctrine laid out by Paul in Romans 8:29-30, so god doesn't just know all but foreknows all predestination |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PENALTIES & BONUSES $200: A "quicker picker upper", or a bonus given at some poker tournaments after knocking out specific players a bounty |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PENALTIES & BONUSES $600: Look out below! CEO severance from a company may be in the form of this 2-word type with a precious metal in its name a golden parachute |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | SPORTY TALK $600: If you've been placed out of action, you've been benched or this, sent to the edge of the field with the inactive players sidelined |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | FIVE GUYS $800: On June 9, 1981, he he was drafted out of San Diego State by both the Padres & the then-San Diego Clippers; he'd hit Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame Tony Gwynn |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $1000: The 1648 peace of this region said "peace out" to a lot of the power of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III Westphalia |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | FIVE GUYS $1200: In 2023 this entrepreneur called the public face of artificial intelligence was out & back in as the head of OpenAI Sam Altman |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $400: "When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff, and I'm so strung out, I'm high as a kite, I just might stop to check you out" Violent Femmes |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $600: "If you want my body, & you think I'm sexy, come on sugar, let me know, if you really need me, just reach out & touch me" Rod Stewart |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS $3,200 (Daily Double): Though he won the popular vote, he flunked out of the Electoral College by 5 votes (Al) Gore |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $400: "Check out the" this attention-getter in a song the hook |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | OVERLAPS $800: Your self in psychoanalytic theory out in the yard digging tunnels with its paws egopher |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | SPEECHMAKING $800: Following this man's death in 1948, prime minister Nehru stated, "The light has gone out of our lives" Mahatma Gandhi |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | DIRECTORS ACTING $1600: This director of "Out of Africa" went in front of the screen for Stanley Kubrick in "Eyes Wide Shut" (Sydney) Pollack |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | & 5 SIDES $600: Ron Guidry, Pedro Martinez & this man, twice, are among Major Leaguers who have struck out the side on 9 pitches Nolan Ryan |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $5,200 (Daily Double): In 1948 Hubert Humphrey said the Democrats must "get out of the shadow of" these "rights" often used to counter civil rights states' rights |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | ON THE WEB $400: This site "enables anyone to be a creator", as Noah Beck found out when 9 seconds of lip-syncing made him famous TikTok |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | SONGS OF YOUTH $1000: Fresh out of high school, this R&B singer's smash debut album "American Teen", had songs like "Young Dumb & Broke" Khalid |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $600: 2021 called & wants this phrase back that means evaluating someone's mood or energy a vibe check |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | STARTS WITH "P" $6,000 (Daily Double): Part of this word for a long, rambling journey nearly spells out a type of falcon peregrination |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $400: Jackson Browne's "The Load-Out" is a thank you to these folks who move & set up equipment--"Let" them "Take the Stage" roadies |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | SUFFIXES $400: It's the British spelling of the suffix that makes a verb out of "industrial" I-S-E |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | MOVIE TAGLINES $1200: It was "No goats. No glory" for "The Men Who Stare at Goats", starring him as out-there Army officer Lyn Cassady George Clooney |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $400: I'm choosing something by Adele next time we go out to do this, "empty orchestra" in Japanese karaoke |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | NONFICTION $1,600 (Daily Double): In 1513 this Florentine civil servant knocked out a handbook for rulers of his time called "Il Principe" Machiavelli |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $800: In "The Princess Diaries", Mia Thermopolis finds out that she is the crown princess of this (fictional) country Genovia |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | COVER ME $1600: The Beatles recorded this dance classic at the end of their first album session; good idea, as it blew out John's voice "Twist And Shout" |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | NAME, IMAGE, LIKENESS $600: Auburn QB Bo Nix made an NIL deal with Milo's, maker of this 2-word sugary drink--then transferred out of the South to Oregon sweet tea |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | "LIKE"NESS $1600: Fittingly, it was in the year of the USA's bicentennial that Steve Miller put out the album with this soaring title track "Fly Like An Eagle" |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | THE EMMYS $400: He's got a 50% success rate, winning 4 out of 8 nominations for playing the same supporting role (Peter) Dinklage |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | SHALL WE DANCE? $400: Dating to around 1927, the Hop, with this new hero's nickname, had folks jitterbugging out the Lindy Hop for Lindbergh |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | INAUGURAL ADDRESSES $200: He pointed out that his father might not have been served at a U.S. restaurant less than 60 years earlier Barack Obama |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | A NICE SHORT STORY SPOILED $1200: Why, this "Celebrated" amphibian "weigh five pound" & "belched out a double handful of shot" the jumping frog of Calaveras County |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | A NICE SHORT STORY SPOILED $2000: Turns out O. Henry's "Ransom of" him ends up costing the kidnappers $250 just to get the dad to take the kid off their hands "The Ransom of Red Chief" |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | LITERARY GROUPS $2000: The early 20th c. Stratford-on-Odéon literary circle hung out at this bookstore run by Sylvia Beach in Paris' Left Bank Shakespeare & Company |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | ELECTION LINGO $400: Many state officers can be removed with this type of election; the folks who wanted it in the U.S. Constitution lost out a recall |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BRIT SPEAK $400: Can we level with you? A British landlord doesn't rent out an apartment but lets one of these a flat |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | 1990s MUSIC $200: "Shakedown" is the first word of this Smashing Pumpkins song named for a year 1979 |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | HALLELUJAH! $600: dictionary.com has 3 consecutive A's in this slang word, but you can draw it out even more before queen if you want to really show elation yaaas |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $400: In a work by John Everett Millais, young Jesus is helping out in the carpentry shop & has prophetically been cut by one of these a nail |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | NATIONAL STATUARY HALL $400: In 2003 Kansas became the first state to replace a statue, swapping out Gov. George Washington Glick for this president Eisenhower |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: Max Dale Cooper got a Robert Koch Award & 100,000 euros in part for figuring out how leukocytes, also called these cells, work & fail white blood cells |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | AWARDS & HONORS $2,000 (Daily Double): In the early 20th c. these were given out for literature; Baron Pierre de Coubertin won one under a pen name for "Ode to Sport" Olympic medals |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | GEOGRAPHIC BOOK TITLES $2000: Deep in the African rain forest, an ancient lost city holds a shocking secret in this Michael Crichton work Congo |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | AWARDS & HONORS $2000: As is often said when a Tony Award is given out, they're from this "American" organization the American Theatre Wing |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | DESCRIBING THE SONG $400: Michael Jackson warns about evil "lurking in the dark" & Vincent Price waxes poetic about grisly ghouls "Thriller" |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | DESCRIBING THE SONG $800: Drake remembers an ex who used to call him all the time but now is living her best life "running out of pages" in her passport "Hotline Bling" |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | I'M CUBAN $1000: A graduate of the National Theater School of Havana, she co-starred in "Knives Out" (Ana) de Armas |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | DESCRIBING THE SONG $1600: Biz Markie finds out a girl named "Blah-Blah-Blah" is, in fact, having more than a platonic relationship with another man "Just A Friend" |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | NOTABLE NAMES $5,000 (Daily Double): In 1919 this American scientist published "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes" Goddard |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 1970s MOVIES $800: 2 things about this 1971 guy--he's "the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about" & "no one understands him but his woman" Shaft |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 1970s MOVIES $5,000 (Daily Double): This 1976 drama ends with the typed out words "Gerald Ford to become 38th president at noon today" All the President's Men |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | LENDING YOU A POKER HAND $200: The Bicycle cards website points out 5 of a kind is only possible with these as part of the game, something "most poker purists" shun a joker (wild cards) |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | WISTFUL THINKING $1600: This Angeleno poet & barfly wrote, "I felt like crying, but nothing came out" Bukowski |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | GENIUS: MLK/X $200: (Kelvin Harrison Jr. presents the clue.) My character, MLK, felt a moral obligation to speak out regarding this conflict in Asia, although it would end up alienating him from Lyndon B. Johnson & his allies the Vietnam War |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | INITIALS OF HISTORIC PEOPLE $200: Booted out of Iceland, set foot in Vinland:
L.E. Leif Erikson |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | SOME VERY MOVING WORDS $800: Check my this as I lyrically not satirically lay it out empirically; it pairs with ebb to denote regular change flow |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | HOMES $1200: This director went to England in the early '60s to make "Lolita" & lived out his years at Childwickbury Manor Kubrick |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | A WILD MOOSE CHASE $600: In this film Chevy Chase is politely told, "Sorry, folks. Park's closed. The moose out front shoulda told ya" National Lampoon's Vacation |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $1000: (I'm Bill Cowher.) In 2006, I coached a spunky Steelers squad to a Super Bowl win, the first win for Pittsburgh since this legendary coach won 4 titles beginning in 1975 Chuck Noll |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | A REGIONAL TREASURE $1000: Want to get to the BMW Museum? Get your motor running, head out on the Autobahn & go looking for adventure in this region Bavaria |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | LITERATURE BINGO $600: "O" (No!), 1898: William S. Porter was convicted of embezzlement; after prison, he put out short stories under this name O. Henry |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | AVENGERS, WHO SAID IT? $200: Him: "If my aunt finds out I left my class trip, she's going to kill me" Spider-Man |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | ACTUALLY, THIS IS MY FIRST RODEO $600: No joke, bullfighter (not that kind) is another name for this rodeo performer who helps out when a rider hits the dirt rodeo clown |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | FAMOUS PAIRS $800: This duo that figured out a double-stranded structure shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Maurice Wilkins Watson & Crick |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | AVENGERS, WHO SAID IT? $800: Asked if he knows what he's doing:
"Yeah. I've knocked out Adolf Hitler over 200 times" Captain America |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | TRICKS OF THE SHOW BIZ TRADE $400: For an acting scene where you find out your grandma, dog & dreams are all dead, menthol applied under the eye will help you do this cry |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | NOTHING BUT MAMMALS $1600: Check out the big feet on this hare, perfect for what it walks & runs on a snowshoe hare |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION $800: While a mastectomy removes the whole breast, this surgery takes out the cancerous cells & conserves part of the breast a lumpectomy |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | EXPLORING U.S. CITIES $1200: Get a kick out of some kicks at the Giant Shoe Museum in Pike Place Market in this Western city Seattle |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET CODE WORDS $600: Check in, check out; H is this hotel |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | NONFICTION $800: Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen began ladling out advice in this book in 1993 Chicken Soup for the Soul |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | FOLLOW THE WORLD LEADER $11,200 (Daily Double): She followed Gulzarilal Nanda in 1966 & Charan Singh in 1980 Indira Gandhi |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | THE ENGLISH PAST TENSE $800: This irregular past tense verb can mean completely tired out & exhausted spent (worn) |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | QUESTIONABLE MOVIES $800: Ice Cube tries to get out of the friend zone with Nia Long by offering to drive her kids to Vancouver in this 2005 film Are We There Yet? |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | VAN HALEN $400: Turns out his tongue had an eye for talent! This KISS bassist was an early Van Halen supporter, producing a demo for the band in 1976 Gene Simmons |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | HOT FOR CREATURE $600: Birds don't have these glands, so they take heat out of their bodies using a version of panting sweat glands |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | VAN HALEN $600: Attributed to this original Van Halen frontman: "I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass" David Lee Roth |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | MYTH AROUND & FIND OUT $400: In an Iroquois tale a girl runs off with a handsome Chad only to find out he is one of these ssslithery creatures a snake |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | MYTH AROUND & FIND OUT $800: This bull-headed creature of Crete came to be after Pasiphaë fell in love with a bovine the Minotaur |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | MYTH AROUND & FIND OUT $1200: One myth says this king of Corinth got an eternity of rock pushing after angering Zeus by snitching on some of Z's philandering Sisyphus |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | MYTH AROUND & FIND OUT $1600: The blind Norse god Hodur messed around & killed this beloved god with a projectile of missile-toe Baldur |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | MYTH AROUND & FIND OUT $2000: In Egyptian myth Seth went all Edgar Allan Poe on this bro of his & put him in a coffin while he was still alive Osiris |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | BOOZE CLUES $3,000 (Daily Double): Originally a celebratory drink among hunters, this German herbal liqueur features a stag on its bottles Jägermeister |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | DASHIELL HAMMETT $1200: This L.A.-based hard-boiled novelist said Hammett's work took "murder out of the Venetian vase & dropped it into the alley" Raymond Chandler |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | SQUEAKER OF THE HOUSE $1000: One chirp from this device means the battery is low, not to be confused with the continuous noise that means CO is present so get out a carbon monoxide detector |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | U.S. CITIES $1600: Many a cruise leaves out of Port Everglades in this city, the seat of Broward County Fort Lauderdale |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | MO ROCCA DRINKING VODKA WITH CHEWBACCA $800: If Mo Rocca and Neil Sedaka were shouting "Wocka! Wocka! Wocka!", they would be crying out this Muppet's catchphrase Fozzie (Bear) |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | I'M JUST KEN $10,400 (Daily Double): In 2023 this documentarian released his latest film, a four-hour series examining the rich history of the American buffalo Ken Burns |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | THE JOB IS THE MOVIE TITLE $400: Shockingly, belting out "Love Stinks" at the reception doesn't go over so well for Adam Sandler in this film The Wedding Singer |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | THE JOB IS THE MOVIE TITLE $600: & Iiiiiiiiiiiiiii... will always love this 1992 film with Kevin Costner looking out for Whitney Houston The Bodyguard |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | NEWER WORDS & PHRASES $1200: Similar to LOL, IJBOL is short for "I just" did this burst out laughing |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | WHAT IN THE WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS...? $200: Making the best of a bad past situation, this ex-heavyweight champ from Brooklyn put out edibles in the shape of ears in 2022 Mike Tyson |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | MOVIE TITLES WITH NUMBERS IN THEM $2000: In 2022 she played Gemma, a robotics engineer who brought "M3GAN" to life; maybe some "Girls" are more fun to hang out with Allison Williams |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | IF FOOD BE THE LOVE OF MUSIC $400: Rihanna sang of this title treat, "can't wait to blow my candles out" birthday cake |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | FIND THE FISH $2000: After that seventh round of Stoli, the bouncer threw Piotr out of the tavern trout (Piotr out) |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | "LOL" $500: This 1998 German crowd-pleaser is 80 minutes long; for most of that time, Franka Potente is out of breath Run Lola Run |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | WHERE ART THOU? $800: You're geeking out on a "Game of Thrones" tour of Dubrovnik, an ancient port city in this country Croatia |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | YUP, IT'S A PORT-A-POTTY $1000: Based in Eau Claire, WI, this port-a-potty company shares its name with the target where a skydiver lands Drop Zone |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | DISNEY FILM TITLES VISUALIZED $1000: Conquer your emotions and tell us what's going on with the soccer ball Inside Out |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | MINING FOR "ORE" $1000: Classical music greats Horowitz & Rostropovich each put out an album of tunes they used as these crowd-pleasers encores |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | 3 LITTLE LETTERS $3,400 (Daily Double): Headquartered in Atlanta, this agency, established in 1946, grew out of a U.S. anti-malaria program the CDC |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | WIDE WORLD OF WEIRD WORDS $1200: Meaning to throw out of a window, this term gained fame after a 1618 incident in Prague where 2 officials were so thrown defenestration |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | ON THE MOVIE BILL $600: The late, great Bill Paxton was out of this world as astronaut Fred Haise in this 1995 real-life adventure Apollo 13 |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE-MAN BAND $1000: When he was 15, he went out on tour with his dad, a guitar god; later he recorded solo for Mammoth WVH Wolfgang Van Halen |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | A RECIPE FOR... $600: To make this traditional one-word Mexican breakfast, combine fried tortillas with salsa & top with queso fresco chilaquiles |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $2000: 13 in 1972 when she had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", she continues to put out music, including her recent album, "Sweet Western Sound" Tanya Tucker |
| #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 | FAIRY TALE ADAPTATIONS $5,000 (Daily Double): "Ash," based on this fairy-tale character, falls for a huntress & not a prince so she'll need more practical footwear Cinderella |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | PRESIDENTIAL DOGS $800: Reagan's spaniel Rex was indeed kingly; his breed contains this name of multiple English monarchs King Charles |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | ALLITERATION $400: She kissed me, then pushed me out the door; talk about these contradictory signals mixed messages |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $2000: Seen here are twins Pauline & Esther Friedman who doled out advice under the names Abigail Van Buren, aka Dear Abby, & her Ann Landers |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | 5-SYLLABLE VERBS $800: To breathe in & out at an abnormally fast rate hyperventilate |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | STOCKS & INVESTMENTS $400: Also used in a different type of gambling, this colorful term describes a stock with a history of paying out a blue chip stock |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | THE CHARLES III KIND $600: This actor, who was Charles in "The Crown", says he'd like to ask the king about his experience as a fellow sticky-out-eared man Josh O'Connor |
| #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 | MAINE ATTRACTIONS $200: For wildlife lovers, Maine offers safaris to spot this large mammal featured on its flag moose |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | AFRICAN HISTORY $200: Medieval Timbuktu was a college town offering university education out of these Islamic houses of worship mosques |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY AIN'T THE ONLY "CJ" $300: Written in 1908, "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" features the lyric "Buy me some peanuts and" this ballpark treat Cracker Jacks |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | AFRICAN HISTORY $600: In 1975, both Angola and Mozambique gained their independence from this Iberian country Portugal |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | KNOW YOUR -OLOGIES $1,500 (Daily Double): Geek out if you graduated from MIT where the "T" stands for this Technology |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | HAUNTING LITERATURE $400: The ghost of Delbert Grady advises Jack Torrance on family matters in this novel; that does not work out well for anybody The Shining |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | MISHEARD LYRICS $1200: A classic by this singer turns out not to be about a hip minister called "the reverend blue jeans" Neil Diamond |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | LITERARY TOWNS & CITIES $6,000 (Daily Double): In a Thomas Hardy tale, a man sells his wife & child; the wife later seeks him out in this city where he has become the mayor Casterbridge |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | HUNT & PECK $400: Some hold out hope that the ivory-billed species of this hole-making bird is not extinct a woodpecker |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | WOMEN ON TRIAL $800: As well as high this crime, there's petty this, like by a wife against a husband; Catherine Bevan was tried for it in 1731 Delaware treason |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | 2023 SPORTS HIGHLIGHT REEL $400: For the first time, the U.S. women didn't reach the semifinals of this, getting knocked out by Sweden in the round of 16 the Women's World Cup |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | MUSIC TERMS $800: As a symbol, it means the next note should be lowered by a semitone; as a disparaging word, it's applied to out-of-tune singers flat |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | LET ME PHRASE IT THIS WAY $200: If you "paint the town" this color, you're out having a good time red |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | I'VE SEEN HER TYPE BEFORE $400: In addition to cranking out mystery novels, she wrote "The Mousetrap", which ran nonstop in London for over 60 years Agatha Christie |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | '80s NO. 1 HITMAKERS $800: In 1989 she knocked Milli Vanilli's "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" out of the top spot with her own "Miss You Much" Janet Jackson |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | LET ME PHRASE IT THIS WAY $800: The pleasure of not being part of a trend can be expressed as JOMO, short for this the joy of missing out |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | CAROLS $1000: One carol says he "looked out on the Feast of Stephen, when the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even" Good King Wenceslas |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: More than 300 rivers & streams flow into this deep Russian lake, but only one flows out--the Angara Lake Baikal |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | A VERY HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIE $400: A woman falls for the son of the man out to close her toy store in the alliteratively titled this Mass. island "Noel" Nantucket |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | QUITE A SITE $600: In 1886 the circle got taken out of this landmark "Circus" with the construction of Shaftesbury Avenue Piccadilly Circus |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | A REAL SOB STORY $800: Fern Arable bawls her eyes out after this runty pig is marked for the axe in a 1952 book, but her dad relents & Fern is happy Wilbur |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | 2020s TV $2000: Rosario Dawson wields dual lightsabers as this title hero, a former Jedi out to help a galaxy far, far away Ahsoka |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | DON'T EAT WITH YOUR HANDS $2000: This Spanish dish is traditionally eaten from a communal pan with a wooden spoon to scrape out the crispy rice called socarrat paella |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | FLOWERS $2000: Rise & shine & sing out the name of this flower that often blooms early in the day the morning glory |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS $1000: The way this dad of Venus & Serena managed their careers brought some criticism, but turned out pretty well (King) Richard Williams |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | THE SEA'S BOUNTY $1200: Boquerones, which are these, are a favorite on tapas in Spain; they've fallen out of favor on American pizzas anchovies |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | HOLMES, SHERLOCK HOLMES $200: Holmes figures out the killer in "Black Peter" must be strong--the victim is "pinned like a beetle" by this whaling weapon a harpoon |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | HOLMES, SHERLOCK HOLMES $600: In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", Holmes figures out that the title killer is one of these deadly creatures a snake |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | BLACK MYSTERY & CRIME FICTION $400: In "Blacktop Wasteland" Bug Montage is a wheelman, aka this "driver"; often idling out back during a heist a getaway driver |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | CRAFTS $1200: In 1976, with Gene Roddenberry looking on, this Space Shuttle was rolled out of an Air Force hangar Enterprise |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | CLASSIC MOVIE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE? $400: "No thanks, Mrs. Robinson. I don't know what a 'cougar' is & I don't think I want to find out. Is Elaine home?" The Graduate |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | CLASSIC MOVIE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE? $800: "Oh, geez... George, it turns out Bedford Falls would be better off if you'd never been born. Now... this is awkward" It's a Wonderful Life |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | ON THE "T"ABLE $200: You can serve stew or soup out of one of these deep-lidded dishes a tureen |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | OUT OF CON TEXT $200: A memoir:
"On Feb. 4, 2004... Larry drove me to the women's prison in Danbury, Connecticut" Orange Is the New Black |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | HODGEPODGE $400: In the wee hours of Jan. 7, 2023 he was elected Speaker of the House on the 15th ballot; he was voted out about 9 months later Kevin McCarthy |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | OUT OF CON TEXT $400: By Stephen King: "The inmates made jokes about the chair... they called it Old Sparky, or the Big Juicy" The Green Mile |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | OUT OF CON TEXT $800: "Dantes crossed the awful threshold and the door closed noisily behind him... he was in prison" The Count of Monte Cristo |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | OUT OF CON TEXT $1,000 (Daily Double): This 1849 work says, "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is... prison" Civil Disobedience |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | OUT OF CON TEXT $1000: "At last news arrived... that Raskolnikov shunned everybody and that in prison he was unpopular with the convicts" Crime and Punishment |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | DECIMALS $1200: Though not required, "trailing" these to the right of a decimal point are often used to show levels of accuracy zeros |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SHOUT IT OUT! $100: In 1978's "Animal House", this word is an epic call-to-party from John Belushi; it's also the party's dress code toga |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SHOUT IT OUT! $200: Though it costs him his head, Mel Gibson in "Braveheart" refuses to beg for mercy... & yells this word instead freedom |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SHOUT IT OUT! $300: Try yelling out "O-H!" in a crowded place; chances are, any Buckeyes fan within earshot will yell these two letters in return I-O |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SHOUT IT OUT! $400: This online game spawned a battle cry that's now synonymous with idiocy gone rogue: "Leeroy Jenkins!" World of Warcraft |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SHOUT IT OUT! $500: Of this school's iconic fight cheer, ESPN once wrote, "'Hotty Toddy' has no real meaning, but it means everything in Oxford" Ole Miss (Mississippi) |
| #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 |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | CELEBRITY TELL-ALLS $600: "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing":
He revealed that future editions of his memoir will not include Keanu Reeves Matthew Perry |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | A PARANORMAL CATEGORY $800: Also called an O.B.E., it's the sensation that one's self is in a different location from one's physical form an out-of-body experience |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | PURPLE PROSE & POETRY $800: Milton wrote of this Roman god, "that first from out the purple grape crush'd the sweet poison of misused wine" Bacchus |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | I THINK WE LEFT SOMEONE OUT $200: The authors of the Bible's gospels: Matthew, Luke, John &... Mark |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | I THINK WE LEFT SOMEONE OUT $400: The last 4 vice presidents: Harris, Pence, Biden &... Cheney |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | I THINK WE LEFT SOMEONE OUT $600: The Jackson 5 consisted of Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon, Michael &... Tito |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | MASSAGE IN A BOTTLE $800: It's the fat extracted from the beans used to make chocolate; turns out it softens & lubricates the skin cocoa butter |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | I THINK WE LEFT SOMEONE OUT $800: The 4 men who served as 5-star generals during WWII were Arnold, MacArthur, Marshall &... Eisenhower |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | I THINK WE LEFT SOMEONE OUT $1000: The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse are Conquest, War, Famine &... Death |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1,600 (Daily Double): An out-of-control dog meets his match in John Grogan's him "and the Kittens" Marley |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | CHECK IT & SEE $800: As a cloth is wrung out in space, check the results of this property that makes water act like a stretched membrane surface tension |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | CANDLE CULTURE $100: For a real buzzkill, check out the 2017 study titled "Bacterial Transfer Associated with Blowing Out Candles on" one of these a birthday cake |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FAR OUT $300: Ancient Egyptians called this planet "Her Desher", meaning, "the red one" Mars |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FILMS TURNING THE BIG FOUR-OH $400: Thanks to the Griswolds' pea-green Family Truckster, sales of these plummeted after the release of "Vacation" a station wagon |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FAR OUT $600: From a Greek word meaning "single-horned", the constellation Monoceros is named after this mythical creature a unicorn |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FAR OUT $900: Invisible to the human eye, the Phoebe ring is the largest of this planet's many rings Saturn |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | WHAT THE "EFF"?! $1000: It's a German stew made from rabbit; TV's Laverne & Shirley shouted it out in their show's opening Hasenpfeffer |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FAR OUT $1500: Move over, Galileo! Two astronomers named Alan & Thomas discovered this large comet in 1995 Comet Hale–Bopp |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FAR OUT $2,500 (Daily Double): Seen during a total solar eclipse, this outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere shares its name with a Mexican beer brand corona |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | WRITERS' WORDS $200: The formal, concise statement of the meaning of a word; I worked out for weeks to get it for my muscles definition |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | PEACE, LOVE & UNDERSTANDING $800: Woodrow Wilson lived to see this organization grow out of the last of his 14 Points the League of Nations |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | REMEMBER THE MANE $1600: When this "Felicity" star cut her hair & fans freaked out, a WB exec said, "Nobody is cutting their hair again on our network" Keri Russell |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | RIBS $1000: The long moveable ribs of the king variety of this snake stretch out loose skin to form its "hood" a cobra |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | CHESS $1600: Bring your queen out fast against an inexperienced player & you can have this victory after just 2 moves a fool's mate |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | SPORTSTALK $200: Roll out,
draw play,
yard marker football |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | THE INSTRUMENT OF DEATH $400: In 1914 Franz Ferdinand didn't say "take me out" but was anyway, via this a gun |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | "B"OOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): The title of this bestseller by Ann Patchett refers to a smooth style of opera singing bel canto |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | MAKE THE PHRASE $800: To discern, to complete writing a check or to engage in kissing, you "make" this out |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | ALL ABOUT ACTING $1000: Any follow-up interview or audition for a role you've already tried out for is called this a callback |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | SPRINGSTEEN LYRICS $200: "We gotta get out while we're young 'cause tramps like us..." "Born To Run" |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | SPRINGSTEEN LYRICS $400: "Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack, I went out for a ride and I never went back" "Hungry Heart" |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | THAT'S MISLEADING $1200: Hey, yellow fruit, leave, just get on out of here, dig? banana split |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | SAINTS GO MARCHING IN $2000: So you know he's still venerated as a saint & looks out for ferry workers... whaddya want? A medal? St. Christopher |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | TV DRAMAS IN A NUTSHELL $300 (Daily Double): Tommy Shelby and his sharp-hatted gang carve out a crime empire in post-WWI England Peaky Blinders |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | CRINGEWORTHY OFFICE LINGO $500: It's a 3-word phrase meaning "at one's own expense"--& a needlessly wordy way of saying "unavailable" out of pocket |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | A WORLD OF CRAFTS, NO WAR $800: From the French for "to cut out", it's the craft of decorating a surface with paper shapes découpage |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | DESCRIBING THE ARTWORK $400: God, aided by cherubim, reaches out to this bored-looking guy; oh yeah, it's on a ceiling Adam |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | DESCRIBING THE ARTWORK $1000: Children frolic among wild beasts as a confused lion looks out at us--it really is "The Peaceable" this the Kingdom |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | FROM THE ITALIAN $1200: These quick appearances by guest stars in films can carve out a little comic "relief" a cameo |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | GOLF $1000: The closely mowed ring of grass around a putting green is called an apron or this out-there name the fringe |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | THE "A" TEAM $400: Look out below! It's Colorado's NHL team! the Avalanche |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | METALLICA $600: This metal was discovered in 1789; it took until 1896 to find out that it was radioactive uranium |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | CALL OUT THE BOB SQUAD $200: He was only 15 when he became an international Grandmaster in 1958 Fischer |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | CALL OUT THE BOB SQUAD $400: Known for playing a TV lawyer, he got buff & turned action-movie star for 2021's "Nobody" Odenkirk |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | CALL OUT THE BOB SQUAD $600: He conquered the charts with "Dream Lover", "Splish Splash" & "Mack The Knife" Bobby Darin |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | CALL OUT THE BOB SQUAD $800: After years of yelling at soldiers as a first sergeant in the Air Force, this man vowed to use a more soothing voice painting on TV (Bob) Ross |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | CALL OUT THE BOB SQUAD $1000: This was Janis Joplin's only No. 1 hit as a solo performer "Me And Bobby McGee" |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | GREEK GOD OUT, ROMAN GOD IN $400: Her magic girdle induced love, as magic girdles will do, & Romans had her say, I'm no mighty Aphrodite, I'm your this Venus |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | GREEK GOD OUT, ROMAN GOD IN $800: Greeks were from Ares, Romans, from this deity, originally an ancient Italian god who watched over agriculture Mars |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | GREEK GOD OUT, ROMAN GOD IN $1200: What's Dis? It's another name for this Roman god who took over for Hades Pluto |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | GREEK GOD OUT, ROMAN GOD IN $1600: The ancient Romans didn't need this Greek god anymore, not after renaming him Vulcan Hephaestus |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | GREEK GOD OUT, ROMAN GOD IN $5,000 (Daily Double): Most of the Greek myths for Athena were adopted by the Romans for this goddess whose temple was on Capitoline Hill Minerva |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | "BROWN" OUT $200: Looking to save some cash? Try packing your own lunch and bringing it to work, also known as this brownbagging |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | VITAMINS & MINERALS $300: Un-poke that straw from your orange: turns out this vitamin won't actually prevent colds, though it may shorten them vitamin C |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS $300: The 22nd Amendment reads, "No person shall be elected to the office of" this "more than twice" president |
| #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 | "BROWN" OUT $400: With a knack for hardening into a rock-solid lump, this baking staple gets its signature flavor from molasses brown sugar |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | "BROWN" OUT $600: It's the 1967 hit that asks, "Do you remember when we used to sing, 'Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da"' "Brown Eyed Girl" |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | A YEAR THAT ENDS IN ZERO $600: Nat King Cole hits No. 1 with "Mona Lisa",
NATO turns one year old 1950 |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | "BROWN" OUT $800: It's a type of sound containing every frequency our ears can detect; listening to it helps some people fall asleep brown noise |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | "BROWN" OUT $1000: Typing this sentence, containing all 26 letters of the alphabet, is a tried and true method of testing out your keyboard The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | HAIL TO THE CHEF $1,100 (Daily Double): A distillery at this historic Virginia estate makes whiskey based on George Washington's own recipe Mount Vernon |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | HMMM, I WONDER $600: A reader of these checks out the line of Mars & mount of Venus palms |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | FRANK GEHRY $800: Frank Gehry's "Easy Edges" line built furniture out of this stuff in which your furniture usually arrives cardboard |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | THE JOKERS $200: His final role was as Tony in "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" in 2009 Heath Ledger |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | BRING OUT YOUR FRED $400: "Somebody To Love", a Queen song title, provides the name of a biography of this late lead singer Freddie Mercury |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | BRING OUT YOUR FRED $800: Northern readers got the lowdown on slavery in 1845's "Narrative of the Life of" this former slave & orator Frederick Douglass |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | BRING OUT YOUR FRED $1200: Born in Berlin in 1901, this composer was known for his collaborations with Alan Jay Lerner (Frederick) Loewe |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | BRING OUT YOUR FRED $1600: This 18th century monarch once quipped, "God is always with the strongest battalions" Frederick the Great |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | BRING OUT YOUR FRED $2000: In 1989, he became president of South Africa; a few years later, he was deputy president Frederik Willem de Klerk |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | PRODUCE $200: Big on vitamins A & C, this leafy vegetable also has a lot of fiber & acts as a mild laxative; look out, sailor man! spinach |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | PRODUCE $400: In 2008 a pair of Brits were out of their gourd, growing a 1,457-lb. one of these; smashing! a pumpkin |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | DISNEY PARK SONGS $600: "Grim, grinning ghosts come out to socialize..." the Haunted Mansion |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OH, BROTHER! $200: Adam and Eve's first two sons; you may have heard they had a falling out Cain & Abel |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | NAME DROPPERS $400: Partly to distance themselves from J.K. Rowling, athletes are now replacing this name for their sport with "quadball" quidditch |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | NAME DROPPERS $500: Turns out, trimming 17 nonessential letters from your name will increase sales. Just ask retailer RH, formerly called this Restoration Hardware |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | GO SEE A MOVIE ABOUT A HORSE $400: Tobey Maguire is jockey Red Pollard in this 2003 flick about a down-&-out racehorse Seabiscuit |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | A RIVER RUNS TO IT $1,500 (Daily Double): The Vistula:
This sea the Baltic Sea |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | AMY POEHLER IS AWESOME $1600: Amy Poehler's performance was pure Joy in this 2015 Pixar film Inside Out |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | DINING OUT IN NEW YORK $200: There are likely fewer sheep there nowadays, but Sheep Meadow is in this 843-acre area, not far from Tavern on the Green Central Park |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | DINING OUT IN NEW YORK $400: We suspect vodka lovers more than tea aficionados gravitate to this restaurant dating back to 1927 the Russian Tea Room |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | DINING OUT IN NEW YORK $600: Enjoy the raw bar at the Oyster Bar, an institution at this transportation hub since 1913 Grand Central Station |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | DINING OUT IN NEW YORK $800: Robert De Niro co-owns this grill named for the neighborhood it's in Tribeca |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | DINING OUT IN NEW YORK $1000: Per Se is a NYC restaurant where this chef of the French Laundry has augmented his reputation (Thomas) Keller |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | HISTORICAL MARKERS $100: Located in Kokomo, Indiana, "Haynes' Horseless Carriage" is on the spot where Elwood Haynes first tested one of these in 1894 automobile |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | OTHER WORDS FOR DOIN' IT $200: In a simpler time, this phrase meant "hang out & watch a movie"; it's evolved to mean "hang out, watch a movie &... you know" Netflix & chill |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | REPETITIVE SONG TITLES $400: Questions asked by Run-DMC in this song include: "Why ya buggin'?" & "Why you out there stuntin'?" "Mary, Mary" |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | DENZEL WASHINGTON $1000: In a 2021 film adaptation of "Macbeth", Washington delivers the famous line "Out, out, brief" this candle |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | "B" GIRLS $800: 10 days after her release from rehab following a 1947 narcotics arrest, this "Lady" sold out Carnegie Hall Billie Holiday |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT? $400: The objects seen here are made mainly from this super expensive metal platinum |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT? $800: The prototype of his "Cube" was made of 27 wooden blocks; it took him a month to solve it Rubik |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT? $1200: The soft ones are made from high-water-content polymers like hydroxyethyl-methacrylate contact lenses |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT? $1600: "In the Big Rock Candy Mountain, the jails are made of" this; "you can slip right out again as soon as they put you in" tin |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT? $2000: Gumboots are traditionally made mainly of this (do not say gum) rubber |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | LIKE A ROCK $1000: This cake's mottled or streaked look is achieved by alternating vanilla & chocolate batters marble |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | WORDS WITHIN WORDS $400: I'm antireligious, but I prayed when this blew out at 90 miles per hour a tire (in antireligious) |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | STATE THE ITEM $1000: Check out this equine doing its thing as only it can a Tennessee Walking Horse |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | BASEBALL MOVIE HAIKU $2000: Cicotte, Weaver, Joe/ The Black Sox accept their fate/ Gambling mars the game Eight Men Out |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA $100: She urged us to get out and vote in 2020, cautioning firsthand against "another woulda, coulda, shoulda election" Hillary Clinton |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | FICTIONAL TV TOWNS $400: Sunnydale, California (FYI, the local high school sits on top of a portal to a demonic dimension) Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | WINE BIZ $800: "Hangover" actor Bradley can clue you in that barrel makers for wineries go by this title Cooper |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | YOU'RE A HOMOPHONE, DIANE $1,000 (Daily Double): In her 1983 book's acknowledgements, primatologist Dian Fossey thanks mostly humans but also these animals mountain gorillas |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | FOR SWEATER OR WORSE $1,000 (Daily Double): Sweaters that button in front are named for British officer James Thomas Brudenell, the 7th Earl of this Cardigan |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S WORDS OF THE YEAR $1000: In 2003, the first Merriam-Webster "Word of the Year" was this form of government by the people democracy |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | FOOD $1600: Diana Prince occasionally has to take her hair out of this to become Wonder Woman a bun |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD $800: In 1990, this man here knocked out Buster Douglas to become the undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | THOMAS AQUINAS, ADVICE COLUMNIST $1000: Dear Scared: No, your parish priest can't give you this, a release from secular punishment; go get it over with an indulgence |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | MOVIES AS TV NEWS STORIES $400: A crime novelist, dead in his mansion under mysterious circumstances. Benoit Blanc, on the case. Eyewitness News starts now Knives Out |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | MOVIES AS TV NEWS STORIES $1000: An APB is out for a man who escaped a southern chain gang; authorities noted the man's amazing blue eyes & "failure to communicate" Cool Hand Luke |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | PLEASE BEAR WITH ME $400: Wocka wocka! To voice this Muppet, Frank Oz said, "I had to flesh him out, so I made him desperately insecure" Fozzie Bear |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | WE TRY TO STAY NEUTRAL $1,600 (Daily Double): Soon after a beating by France at Marignano in 1515, this country decided expansion was out & neutrality was in Switzerland |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | NAME GAME $400: Rock drummer who married Pamela Anderson + last name = this "Men in Black" actor Tommy Lee Jones |
| #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 |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | BYGONE TECH $3,000 (Daily Double): Fuel injection has replaced this engine part whose name begins with a synonym for automobile carburetor |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | NAME: THE CLASSIC SONG $400: "What's The Frequency", this guy? "Is your Benzedrine, uh huh, I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed" Kenneth |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | LITERARY BIOGRAPHY $400: A book about Poe "& the forging of American science" points out that in his one year at this school, Edgar was great at math West Point |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | NAME: THE CLASSIC SONG $800: "Help Me", this woman whose name repeats 13 times in the chorus, "Help me... get her out of my heart" Rhonda |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY $400: Egyptians weren't happy with Hapi, the god of this river, when floods wiped out their mud-brick homes the Nile |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | BACK TO SCHOOL $800: History: This one of the 7 Ancient Wonders was said to be laid out on several brick terraces & 75 feet above the ground the Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | INVEST $1600: From the Latin for "year", it's an investment or retirement fund that pays out yearly an annuity |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | INVEST $2000: To determine a company's performance before you invest, check out its P/E ratio, this price-to-earnings |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | THE PIPE ORGAN $400: A common expression refers to pulling out all of these knobs seen here the stops |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUT OF BREATH $200: In a typical human body, this organ beats about 100,000 times per day heart |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | ANTS $300: If you can't make it to the Houston Zoo, check out these types of ants on the zoo's live webcam leaf cutter ants |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUT OF BREATH $400: It's the only planet in our solar system whose name is not derived from Greek or Roman mythology Earth |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | BIG-SCREEN BASKETBALL $400: Is there anything Denzel Washington can't do?! Turns out he's even good at basketball, as seen in this 1998 joint He Got Game |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | THE DNA OF MUSIC $600: A Kidz Bop version of her 2017 song opens "I just took a DNA test, turns out I'm 100% that kid" Lizzo |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUT OF BREATH $600: According to a 2006 song, when they tried to make Amy Winehouse go here, she said "no, no, no" "Rehab" |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUT OF BREATH $800: During World War I, Germany deployed a massive, fort-demolishing howitzer nicknamed Big this Bertha |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | FROM Z TO A $1000: This fitness program began when an aerobics instructor swapped out his usual music with salsa & merengue songs Zumba |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUT OF BREATH $2,500 (Daily Double): As Taylor Swift knows all too well, this type of person has an intense dislike of something hater |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | SHATTERING ALLUSIONS $200: A person who can get out of tight situations is one of these, the name of a 1920s escape artist Houdini |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | NEXT STOP, VENUS $200: In 1982 this nation's Venera probe landed on Venusian soil, took some pictures & tapped out after 2 hours Russia |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | YOU COULD PUT AN EYE OUT $400: In a 1996 film, the character Karl Childers wields a lawn mower blade as well as this title "Blade" a sling blade |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | YOU COULD PUT AN EYE OUT $1,000 (Daily Double): 1964 saw the first time a man threw this 300 feet & the first time a woman threw it 200 feet a javelin |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | YOU COULD PUT AN EYE OUT $1200: Owned by Bilbo & later Frodo, Sting was a magical one of these that glowed blue when servants of Sauron were near a sword |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | YOU COULD PUT AN EYE OUT $1600: A narrow, connecting part of some tools, it's also prison slang for a knifelike weapon a shank |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | YOU COULD PUT AN EYE OUT $2000: From an Asian word, this type of "stick" is concealed in high grass to injure enemy soldiers a punji stick |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | FARMING PHRASES $800: A grassy feeding area is in this phrase for pushing someone into retirement putting them out to pasture |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | TAKING A STAR TURN $1200: Hubble let us check out this red supergiant as it had a huge surface mass ejection in 2019; Michael Keaton, what did you do? Betelgeuse |
| #8934, aired 2023-09-21 | PAST HISTORY $2000: Cut out these melodramatic displays of emotion that seem insincere histrionics |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | EUROPEAN VACATION $600: Check out the medieval towers that dot the skyline of San Gimignano near Sienna in this region of Italy Tuscany |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | B MINUS $1000: When a cetacean fatty layer sweats out its B, this unskilled seaman is all that's left a lubber (from blubber) |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE REAL (WHITE HOUSE) WIVES OF D.C. $1200: She met the future president in 1938 when they both tried out for a local play in Whittier, California Pat Nixon |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | SONG BIRDS $600: "I'll raise you like a" this mythical bird, sang Fall Out Boy, who rhymed it with remix a phoenix |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | IN YOUR ELEMENT $1000: Time to find out who's got the big mo, & this big Mo helps stimulate chemical reactions that get rid of sulfur in petroleum molybdenum |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | LET'S SEE HOW YOU DO WITH AMERICAN FOOTBALL $400: Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor, of this NFC East team: "Let's go out there like a bunch of crazed dogs & have some fun" the New York Giants |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $200: He helped computerize his high school's scheduling system, went to Harvard in the '70s, dropped out & was a billionaire by 1987 Bill Gates |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | MAMMALS $1000: According to Britannica, though called "naked", these rodents actually "have about 100 fine hairs on their skin" a (naked) mole rat |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | THE SPORTING LIFE $800: The sin bin is another name for this place where a hockey player goes to wait out an infraction the penalty box |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | ACTORS $800: This redhead was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "The Help" but lost out to castmate Octavia Spencer Chastain |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | REAL FAST $800: Jorge Masvidal used a flying knee strike to knock out his opponent in just 5 seconds at this event in 2019 the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | ANATOMICAL ANAGRAMS $1000: Retain all insurance paperwork after getting this checked out at the eye doctor retina (from retain) |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | THAT SONG SLAYS $2000: He uses his "silver hammer" to take out a quizzical Joan, an annoyed school teacher, & even the judge at his trial Maxwell |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | ALL KINDS OF LITERATURE $600: "Bowman could bear no more. He jerked out the last unit, & Hal was silent forever" is a line from this sci-fi work 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | LONG MOVIES $2000: At some point in the 13 hours of Jacques Rivette's "Out 1", actors rehearse "Seven Against Thebes" by this ancient playwright Aeschylus |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | JUST GOOGLY IT $400: Check out this planet checking you out; it was once known as Hermes, but times & beliefs changed Mercury |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $400: Of the Great Lakes, it's the fourth-largest & drains out through the Niagara River Erie |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | A BY-THE-BOOK HOW TO $400: When meeting this Dr. with a unique palate, "Do not reach through the bars... do not accept anything he attempts to hold out to you" Dr. Hannibal Lecter |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | ADD AN E AT THE END $600: Expel saliva,
out of meanness spit & spite |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | 5 ABOUT 4 $800: Of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the Bible, the one representing war rides this color horse red |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | OPPENHEIMER $400: (Emily Blunt presents the clue.) My character Kitty Oppenheimer's marriage to Robert was tempestuous, & in the 1950s controversy over her one-time involvement with this political party helped bring an end to her husband's career in government communism (Communist Party) |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | WITH BELLS ON $400: The New York Times guide to spectator sports says this can happen, "if a man is knocked down in the closing seconds of a round" saved by the bell |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | WHO'S THAT POET? $400: Nearing 40, had no poetry books out; took "The Road Not Taken" anyway, made all the difference; a New England patriot Frost |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | WORLD ROYALTY $600: The historian Tacitus says the ancient British queen Boudicca led a revolt that wiped out the 9th of these Roman units legions |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | FAMILIES IN U.S. HISTORY $600: Marjorie Durant, who set out to popularize airplane travel in 1931, was the daughter of the founder of this Big 3 car company General Motors |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | 3,3 $800: Beastly term for someone who religiously works out at, let's say, Planet Fitness a gym rat |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | EAT IT! WEAR IT! OR SIT ON IT! $600: As a verb, it means to move busily; as a noun, it was an 1880s piece of undergarment that held out the back of a skirt a bustle |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | MOVIE BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Michael Cera fights his girlfriend's exes as Robin Williams fights to get out of his mother's shadow Scott Pilgrim vs. the World According to Garp |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | FLIGHTSEEING ACROSS AMERICA $1600: Feel the energy as we check out Bell Rock, one of this Arizona City's famous vortex sites Sedona |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | THE ____ OF CANADA $800: National symbol Johnny Canuck: this after a national symbol he's shown kicking out of the country in an 1869 cartoon the Uncle Sam of Canada |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | SO YOU GOT YOUR "M.A." $600: He said, "Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round" Muhammad Ali |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | 7-LETTER WORDS $1200: A vexing song or melody you can't get out of your head an earworm |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | MOMENTOUS DATES $800: On Nov. 8, 1895 he discovered what turned out to be X-rays while investigating the effects of electron beams Roentgen |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE $200: In 2002, he got 100% of the presidential vote of his country, but the next year, he was out of power for good Saddam Hussein |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | ANCIENT ARTIFACTS $800: A vulture & one of these reptiles jut out of the forehead of the mask of Tutankhamun a cobra |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | SEEING RIGHT THROUGH YOU $1000: Check out the man-of-war whose nationality derives from its resemblance to warships once made in this country Portugal |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SOME "HARD" SONGS $2000: "Is there anyone out there? 'Cause it's getting" this, the title of Maroon 5's debut single "Harder To Breathe" |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | NAMES IN HISTORY $2000: During World War II this Norwegian sold out his country & made his name a synonym for traitor Quisling |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | OPPOSITES $800: In an idiom regarding the handling of money, these 2 opposites are paired with penny & pound wise & foolish |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | RELIGION $800: Sebastian Maniscalco on his first of these Passover dinners: we sit down, I'm starving--they start passing out pamphlets! Seder |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | MEMOIRS $2000: In "My Last Sigh", director Luis Bunuel recalls this Spanish artist seducing women & putting fried eggs on their shoulders Salvador Dalí |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WESTMINSTER-WINNING DOG BREEDS $600: When a good time turns around you must name this fast breed here, 1964's winner Whippet |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | LET'S GO TO THE SPORTS BOOK $1600: George Plimpton takes out an insurance policy against death & dismemberment in this 1966 book Paper Lion |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | CAR GO FAST $200: With a turbocharged V6, the XJ220 from this company was quick as a cat, topping out at 217 miles per hour Jaguar |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | LIKE AVERSION $800: It follows "the loyal" as the out-of-power political party the opposition |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | SPORTS ROOKIES $800: This 2018 AL Rookie of the Year ended the 2023 World Baseball Classic by striking out another former winner, Mike Trout Shohei Ohtani |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | ANIMATED MOVIE CHARACTERS $800: The character Po eats, shoots out of fireworks & leaves us laughing in this 2008 film, the start of a film franchise Kung Fu Panda |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | LOVELY RITA $400: She & Tom Hanks co-starred in the 1985 film "Volunteers" & lived out their on-screen romance off-screen, marrying in 1988 Rita Wilson |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | WAR OF THE WORDS $800: Not the Pickwick but the Garrick Club was the site of conversations that caused a falling out between Thackeray & this author Dickens |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | 7-LETTER WORDS $800: This delicate word is stretched out to 3 syllables by Darren McGavin in "A Christmas Story" fragile |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | 20th CENTURY HAPPENINGS $400: Before joining it in 1967, this Baltimore-born man argued & won 29 out of 32 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court (Thurgood) Marshall |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | 20th CENTURY HAPPENINGS $1000: The legend of this bank robber includes an escape from a Crown Point, Indiana jail in 1934 using a fake gun carved out of wood Dillinger |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | WRITING ON THE WALLS $1200: In his book "Stardust", there is a hamlet named Wall & Tristran sets out on a journey through the only hole in that wall Neil Gaiman |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | LET'S "T" UP THE MAP $2000: Saddam Hussein was born near this city on the west bank of the Tigris in 1937 & was pulled out of the ground in its vicinity in 2003 Tikrit |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | SHOE GAZING $1200: A 1989 ad from this Nike rival advised, "If you get too pumped up, let some air out with the release valve on the back" Reebok |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | THAT MUSICAL ACT IS UNREAL! $400: As David St. Hubbins of this band, Michael McKean sang, "Big bottom drive me out of my mind, how can I leave this behind?" Spinal Tap |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | LET'S STICK TOGETHER $600: After 27 years together with Erwin Bach, this singer must have found out what love had to do with it & the 2 tied the knot in 2013 Tina Turner |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | VOWEL, VOWEL, CONSONANT, CONSONANT $1000: To push someone out of a position, perhaps a dictator oust |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | "F"IVE LETTER WORDS $600: It's a person with a habit of texting, "OMG! Sorry I can't make it! I forgot I have a thing. We should totally hang out soon though" a flake |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | GO TELL IT ON THE FOUNTAIN $400: In this Swiss city for Red Cross meetings check out the Jet d'Eau; it can shoot 7 tons of water about 450 feet high Geneva |
| #8895, aired 2023-06-16 | CUFFING SEASON $800: In this 1999 film Laurence Fishburne breaks the chains off his handcuffs before jumping out of a building & into Keanu's arms The Matrix |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE $800: Head north out of San Francisco & cross the bridge to reach the headlands of this affluent county on the other side Marin (County) |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE $1000: It's the 2-word "global" name for the bridge's color, chosen to stand out from sea & sky international orange |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | A CHORUS LINE $200: "It's fun to stay at the YMCA... you can hang out with all the boys" the Village People |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | A CHORUS LINE $800: "You're hot then you're cold, you're yes then you're no, you're in then you're out" Katy Perry |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | DADJECTIVES $600: A 2015 headline:
This kind of "dad who 'died' to get out of paying child support pays $10k, sentenced to jail" deadbeat |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | DEEP BOOKS $1600: Ken Jennings' "100 Places to See After You Die" includes this hall of the slain that has the Valkyries as barmaids Valhalla |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | TV: WHO SAID IT $1600: "Carl's dead... Carl went out to help someone & he got bit" Rick (Grimes) |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | LATE NIGHT TALKING $200: Lady Gaga & James Corden were "belting it out with their seat belts on" in this classic "Late Late Show" segment Carpool Karaoke |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $800: Seen here, Lil Rel Howery eased the tension a bit as Daniel Kaluuya's wisecracking bud in this 2017 horror film Get Out |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC $200: A wood block beats out the ticking of the clock toward midnight in Prokofiev's score for the ballet about this heroine Cinderella |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | FOLLIES $800: On Oct. 25, 1854 into the Valley of Death rode this military group, led by the 7th Earl of Cardigan, who somehow rode out the Light Brigade |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | QUOTABLE NOTABLES $800: An Asian Communist Party leader:
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" Mao |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | TASK: FORCE $600: Meatwad, Frylock & Master Shake make up this threesome whose misadventures played out on Adult Swim for 11 seasons the Aqua Teen Hunger Force |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | "G"EOGRAPHY $800: Beware monsters in the valley of this river that flows near Yuma; it's where the same-named poisonous lizard hangs out the Gila River |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | INTERNAL ORGANS (& OTHER BODY PARTS) $600: You "hang out your" this when you establish your medical practice a shingle |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | YOU HAVE SELECTED REGICIDE $800: In 1762 this emperor III, grandson of "the Great", was taken out by conspirators--got an alibi, Alexei Orlov? Peter |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | ANIMAL ROCK $1200: In the title of their 2000 hit, the Baha Men wanted to know this "Who Let The Dogs Out" |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | POTPOURRI $800: Pour one out for "Mr." this, gone too soon in 2001; it was first named Peppo but Dr Pepper's lawyers had issues with that Mr. Pibb |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | BIO PICS $800: Time to get meta & point out these bones highlighted here metacarpals |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | PRESIDENTIAL DOIN'S $1600: Had a cold, went out to buy veggies anyway; got pneumonia, died before 31st full day on the job (William) Henry Harrison |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | CZECH IT OUT! $400: Czech scientist Jan Purkyne discovered in 1823 that these could be used for identification--time to get gloves! fingerprints |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | CZECH IT OUT! $800: Gregor Mendel, Franz Kafka & this star of the courts are internationally renowned Czechs Navratilova |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | FRUITY RHYME TIME $1000: Fruit pulled out by Little Jack Horner from the largest part of the brain cerebrum plum |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | CZECH IT OUT! $1200: From the 19th century until 1918, the Czech lands were part of this empire the Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | CZECH IT OUT! $1600: This decades-long war in Europe began in 1618 when Czech nobles rebelled against the future Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II Thirty Years' War |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | CZECH IT OUT! $2000: The 3 regions named in the preamble to the Czech Constitution are Bohemia, this one & Silesia Moravia |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? $800: (I'm Shameik Moore.) In "Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse" I once again don the spider-mask as this Brooklyn teenager who follows in Peter Parker's webbed footsteps Miles Morales |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | THESE BROS ARE LIT $1600: It turns out about as well for Caleb & Aron in this 1952 novel as it did for Cain & Abel in an earlier book East of Eden |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | COPS & ROBBERS TV $400: This New Jersey strip club was a place to hang out & discuss mafia business on "The Sopranos" Bada Bing! |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | TV SITCOMS BY FAMILY $2000: The out-of-this-world Solomon family 3rd Rock from the Sun |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | THEIR OCCUPATIONAL SURNAMES $200: Roll out the barrel maker: journalist who named his first son Wyatt (Anderson) Cooper |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | EPONYMS $800: This mythic king of Phrygia who was punished by having fruit just out of reach gave his name to a verb for that type of torment Tantalus |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | CLASSIC CAR TV $2000: In 1963 Fred Gwynne copped out on this sitcom whose title was a question itself; a year later, Fred was a Munster Car 54, Where Are You? |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | THE UNIVERSE WITH NEIL deGRASSE TYSON $4,400 (Daily Double): (Neil deGrasse Tyson presents the clue.) At age 14, I traveled to Africa to observe a total solar eclipse, an impressive event in which the Moon blots out the Sun, revealing only this outermost solar atmosphere the corona |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $200: On Nov. 21, 1980 76% of Americans watching television tuned in to finally find out "who shot" this character J.R. |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | RICE PUDDING $800: A shout-out from "Best American" these literary works made Joyce Carol Oates abandon her Rice University PhD in favor of writing short stories |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $600: In 2009 their "Boom Boom Pow" was knocked out of the No. 1 spot by their "I Gotta Feeling" the Black Eyed Peas |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | PORTMANTEAUS $2000: Set out in 2012, this policy included increasing Japan's money supply & boosting government spending Abenomics |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | PURE POETRY $1200: (Ada Limón reads.) From French for "step over", this technique in which a thought runs on from one line to the next imports a free-flowing feel, as in Eliot's "April is the cruellest month, breeding
/ Lilacs out of the dead land" enjambment |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | RESTAURANTS $200: In 2019 a French chef demanded to be taken out of this prestigious guide that had claimed he used Cheddar cheese in a soufflé the Michelin Guide |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | BRING WHAT? $400: In a slogan used in the '80s, "Bring out" this mayo brand named for a German immigrant, & bring out the best Hellmann's |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES $1000: One can be between a rock & a hard place or similarly, between this pair of foes faced by Odysseus Charybdis & Scylla |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | TWISTS $800: The titular "Book of Eli" turns out to be a Bible, but it's basically useless to Gary Oldman because it's in this format braille |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | DON'T GO ANYWHERE $1200: A 2023 book is titled this 2-word aimless activity: "The Radical Power of Killing Time" Hanging Out |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | 12-LETTER WORDS $600: It's now pretty much lights out for this once-standard type of light bulb, as its filament is less efficient incandescent |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | COMMUNICATION $1000: This alliterative system began in London in 1680; in 1801, the name went out of date as the price doubled to twopence the Penny Post |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | SCIENCE $400: Also a reason not to sip from your friend's beer, it's the action of waves pulling sand off a beach, causing erosion backwash |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | POP CULTURE MASQUERADE $1600: While rocking out, Los Straitjackets don masks similar to those worn in this alliterative freestyle wrestling form lucha libre |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | DEFENDING THE TITLE $200: Tiger Woods, the youngest ever to win this Georgia tournament in 1997, was still just 25 & 26 when he won again in 2001 & '02 the Masters |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | ORDINAL NOVELS $800: Vienna waits for you in Graham Greene's novella titled this "Man", which came out after the 1949 movie co-starring a creepy Orson Welles "The Third Man" |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $800: Locked out of a meeting hall at Versailles in 1789, members of the Third Estate took their famous oath at this location there a tennis court |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | GREAT SPORTS CALLS $1000: "The slipper still fits!" as this then-Cinderella Spokane school eked out a 1999 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament win Gonzaga |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | STATE CAPITAL TO STATE CAPITAL $800: In search of weather extremes? St. Paul was a brisk -34 in 1936 & this southwest capital topped out at 122 in 1990 Phoenix |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | SOLVE FOR "EX" $1200: I'm giving only you the story as this because you're my favorite reporter & also I want it out there & otherwise no one might run it an exclusive |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | WORLD COINS $200: In 2022 Samoa honored "Sesame Street" with a $5 coin featuring this Muppet popping out of his trash can Oscar (the Grouch) |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | TV TITLE REFERENCES $9,600 (Daily Double): Slang meaning undergoing the terrible agony of withdrawal from opiates like Oxycontin dopesick |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | HANG IN THERE $200: Sam Hunt rhymed, "It's still early out in Cali, baby don't you wanna" do this, rebound for more partying rally |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | PRESENT COMPANY ACCEPTED $400: The 2023 movie "Air" focuses on a big move this company made in 1984 that worked out well for the brand Nike |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | HISTORIC ERAS & AGES $400: The Age of this, when humans used their brains to figure things out, is also the title of an anti-religion Thomas Paine work Reason |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | WATCHING MY STORIES $1600: Caitriona Balfe plays the out-of-place & out-of-time title character of this series based on Diana Gabaldon's books Outlander |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE $200: Check out a view of downtown this West Coast city of 900,000 from its Twin Peaks San Francisco |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | PITCHERS HAVE BIG YEARS $400: In 1973 Nolan Ryan struck out 383 batters, breaking this lefty's 8-year-old record by one Koufax |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | THE MALE GAZE $1200: Ben Stiller explained that this signature look of Zoolander is a 6-part process & is meant to convey "OK, take it already" Blue Steel |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | EPONYMOUS TELEVISION $200: Challenges both professional & personal have played out at Seattle Grace Hospital on this series Grey's Anatomy |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | A "RUN" FOR YOUR MONEY $400: Just ordinary; originally, something the factory turned out without much quality control run-of-the-mill |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | MOVE FAST $1000: The pelota can fly fast--like 188-mph fast--hurled out of a cesta in this sport with a rhyming name jai alai |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | LIBRARIES $400: When this big-box retailer moved out, McAllen, Texas moved in to create a 123,000-square-foot public library, complete with a cafe Walmart |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | YOU SPEAK LATIN, RIGHT? $1000: Want to start a war? You'd better have this 2-word justification casus belli |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | DIANE WARREN $1200: (Diane Warren gives the clue.) I actually had to get on my knees & beg Cher to record this 1989 hit, which worked out pretty nicely for both of us "If I Could Turn Back Time" |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | THE MAP OF EUROPE $4,400 (Daily Double): Walk straight from Narbonne to Zaragoza & you'll pass in & out of this country Andorra |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | POP MUSIC-PODGE $600: This lead singer of Hole said, "I tried out for 'the Mickey Mouse Club' when I was 11", & that would've been very interesting casting Courtney Love |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | YEET! $1000: In Greek myth, after he was born lame, his mom yeeted him out of heaven, but he returned & made Hermes' winged helmet Hephaestus |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | FLYIN' HIGHER THAN A JET AIRLINER $200: Russian for "peace", this space station returned to Earth & pieced out in a controlled re-entry on March 23, 2001 Mir |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | COMIN' TO YOUR CITY $1,000 (Daily Double): Take in the earthquake-resistant "Cardboard Cathedral", built after a 2011 event in this New Zealand city Christchurch |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | WOMEN WRITERS $8,000 (Daily Double): Min Jin Lee's novel "Pachinko" follows generations of a Korean immigrant family overcoming bias in this other Asian nation Japan |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | JASON ALEXANDER: MASTER OF MY DOMAIN $200: (Jason Alexander gives the clue.) As co-pilot Roger Murdock, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was out there busting his buns every night in this classic 1980 film that took comedy in a new direction altogether Airplane! |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | SPOONERISM PAIRS $200: A grand overall scheme & a stucco guy a master plan & a plaster man |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | 20/23 $200: In the human body most cells normally contain 23 pairs of these chromosomes |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | SPOONERISM PAIRS $400: A flexible entryway for a tabby & a thin hat a cat flap & a flat cap |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | LITERARY DEMISES $1,400 (Daily Double): As this character created by Louisa May Alcott had hoped, "the tide went out easily" & "she quietly drew her last" breath Beth (March) |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | PHRASING $200: Meaning to deflate or ridicule another, "taking" this "out of" them alludes to shirt stiffeners starch |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | , SAID THIS LITERARY CHARACTER $400: "I didn't exactly flunk out... one of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies" Holden Caulfield |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | SAX EDUCATION $1600: This yardbird flew out of Kansas City to become one of jazz's greatest alto sax players Charlie Parker |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | MYTHOLOGY $400: This god of love hid Psyche & visited in secret until she found out who he was Cupid (or Eros) |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | DOCTOR: WHO? $400: He made it out of the O.K. Corral, but after Nov. 8, 1887, he could no longer be anybody's huckleberry Doc Holliday |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | SITTING IN WITH THE ORCHESTRA $400: I'm out of my element in an orchestra on this slide instrument; I'm more into jazz & the legendary Vic Dickenson trombone |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS $600: In the early 2000s the Israeli army phased out use of this submachine gun the uzi |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | DOCTOR: WHO? $800: His "Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" came out in 1946; "Common Sense" left the title in later editions Dr. Spock |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | IT'S A COOKBOOK! $200: We hope this Cordon Bleu alum didn't cut the Dickens out of her finger as she was "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in 1961 Julia Child |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | LITERARY LIONS $1200: "We had many great adventures with lions", Isak Dinesen remembered in this book Out of Africa |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | LITERARY LIONS $1600: The Colosseum is the setting for the climax of George Bernard Shaw's play called him "and the Lion" Androcles |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200: Once meaning to "pull up by the roots", today it means to get rid of something completely, like to wipe out a disease to eradicate |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | COMEDIANS $2000: In 2023 he hosted the Golden Globe Awards, which returned to broadcast TV after a time-out Jerrod Carmichael |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | SLIDING INTO YOUR "D.M."s $800: The two celebrities seen here, one was a member of the Brat Pack & the other the Rat Pack Demi Moore & Dean Martin |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | A EUROPEAN VACATION $400: Let's break out the map of Romania, if we head east out of Arad, we can hit Sinaia & Sulina on our way to this sea the Black Sea |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | TV $600: Aubrey Plaza, Michael Imperioli & Jennifer Coolidge as Tanya all checked in for season 2 of this limited series; one did not check out White Lotus |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | A EUROPEAN VACATION $2000: Take six pals & be seven against this Greek city where you can check out what's left of the circa 1400 B.C. Palace of Cadmus Thebes |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | LET'S GUESS YOUR WAIT $200: Chill out! Waiting idiomatically, you "cool your" these lower body parts heels |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | YOU LOSE $1000: This Mets manager, Ol' Casey, lost an argument on Marv Throneberry not touching 1st during a triple; turns out Marv missed 2nd too (Casey) Stengel |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | FISH OUT OF WATER $200: The vernal equinox now lies in this zodiac constellation Pisces |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | FISH OUT OF WATER ON TV $400: On encountering Tower Bridge, this new coaching hire says, "I got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" Ted Lasso |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | FISH OUT OF WATER $400: "Mega size mega flavor", boasts the megabites version of this Pepperidge Farms snack cracker Goldfish |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | FISH OUT OF WATER ON TV $800: Lily Collins stars as this title Chicago marketing exec & by the way, she doesn't speak a lick of French Emily in Paris |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | FISH OUT OF WATER $800: In the alliterative Mattel game called this "Panic", players must avoid a feeding frenzy to claim victory Piranha Panic |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | FISH OUT OF WATER $1000: As Chief Justice, he presided over the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson (Salmon P.) Chase |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | FISH OUT OF WATER ON TV $1200: On "Futurama" he's the former pizza boy who has to adjust to things once he's unfrozen after a thousand years Fry |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | FISH OUT OF WATER ON TV $1600: In "Two Weeks to Live", this actress plays Kim Noakes who rejects her survivalist mother to experience the world Maisie Williams |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | FISH OUT OF WATER ON TV $2000: After getting rich off of some "bubblin' crude", he is told by his kinfolk, "Californy is the place you oughta be" Jed Clampett |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | GERMAN LITERATURE $2000: In 1928 "The Threepenny Opera" sang out from composer Kurt Weill & this alliterative writer from Augsburg Bertolt Brecht |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | FISH OUT OF WATER $3,400 (Daily Double): They're the southernmost Major League baseball team the (Miami) Marlins |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | DINING OUT $200: Columbia Restaurant, this state's oldest, serves dishes like mahi mahi Cubana, tapas, & of course, key lime pie for dessert Florida |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | DINING OUT $400: It's where you can order Kookaburra Wings & a Bloomin' Onion, mate Outback |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | DINING OUT $600: Your dining options at this Las Vegas hotel include Pronto by Giada, the Forum Food Court & the Bacchanal Buffet Caesar's Palace |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | DINING OUT $800: Pull up a seat at Chip & Joanna Gaines' restaurant in Waco, Texas called this, same as Joanna's cooking show Magnolia Table |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | DINING OUT $1000: (I'm Eddie Huang.) A play on the name of a German school of design, my first restaurant, specializing in Taiwanese-Chinese fare, including steamed buns, was called this BaoHaus |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | ARCHITECTURALLY SPEAKING $600: In other words, "when one won't tolerate temperature, remove oneself from food-making facilities" if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | AIR TRAVEL $400: American Airlines recently announced it was phasing out first class on international flights but expanding this class business class |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | RECENT EVENTS $1,400 (Daily Double): Jeff Bezos' 400-foot yacht had big problems getting out of this Dutch city with a shipping & shipbuilding tradition Rotterdam |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | GOOD "E" $1000: Also a type of apartment, it's the competent quality by which you carry out your job an efficiency |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | ANIMALISTIC WORDS $1200: This word for a covering suspended over a bed comes from Greek konops, or mosquito, which it was meant to keep out canopy |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | IN THE MEDICINE CABINET $200: A slogan of this brand's eye drops was "gets the red out" Visine |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE $200: He racked up a number of wedding days: June 11, 1509; Jan, 25, 1533; May 30, 1536; Jan, 6, 1540; July 28, 1540; & July 12, 1543 Henry VIII |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE $800: His P-51 Mustang took out 5 German planes in a single dogfight in World War II; being first to break the sound barrier came later Chuck Yeager |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | ROCKS & MINERALS $600: Since ancient times, the Chinese have made carvings out of nephrite, the most common variety of this stone jade |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | LIKE A BIRD $600: As a verb it means to peddle things for sale, especially by calling out hawk |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | CONSECUTIVE LETTER WORD PAIRS $800: Myself, as in "You can worry about others if you like; I'm looking out for..." number one |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | Ps OUT! $200: Get the double P out of a word meaning elated to get this fodder grass hay (from happy) |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | Ps OUT! $400: Delete the P from a word meaning cost & you'll get this non-costly grain rice (from price) |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | Ps OUT! $600: Cut all 3 Ps from a flower of remembrance to get this Yiddish interjection oy (from poppy) |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | Ps OUT! $800: Lose the paired Ps from a small wave to get this verb meaning to anger rile (from ripple) |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | Ps OUT! $1000: Slice the double P out of a tree fruit to get this fermented beverage ale (from apple) |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | FANCIFIED BEASTLY IDIOMS $400: Release one Persian from a sack let the cat out of the bag |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | 3 MEN $600: These 2 West Point alums filled out the Apollo 11 crew with Neil Armstrong Collins & Aldrin |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | FANCIFIED BEASTLY IDIOMS $800: In the manner of one flying fox leaving Pandemonium like a bat out of hell |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | REJECTED AUTHORS $1200: This title auntie of Patrick Dennis' novel was too irrepressible for more than a dozen publishers before it came out in 1955 Mame |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY $1200: (Amor Towles presents the clue.) Near the end of the book, Emmett & Billy finally set out for the Western Terminus of the highway, which is still at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in this city San Francisco |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $4,000 (Daily Double): An Architectural Digest headline said this term "dictated the layout of" a "light-filled residence in Beijing" feng shui |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | 4-LETTER SPORTS TERMS $1000: An MLB relief pitcher who doesn't get the save may be eligible for this, provided he gets an out & maintains the lead a hold |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | RESILIENCE $2000: President of Brazil from 2003 to 2011, then out of office & even in prison, he rebounded to win the office back in 2022 (Lula) da Silva |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | MADE IN PENNSYLVANIA $400: Formerly named for founders Binney & Smith, this brand's colorful products continue to roll out in Easton, Pennsylvania Crayola |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | I LOVE A MAN IN CUNEIFORM $2000: The cuneiform tablet seen here from the British Museum tells a story from the epic named for this hero who hung out with Enkidu Gilgamesh |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | SHORT STORY, SHORTER $1200: Frank Stockton leaves it up to you--"Which came out of the opened door--the lady or" this? the tiger |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | OUT & ABOUT THE UNIVERSE $200: The largest known structure in the universe is a group of galaxies, the Hercules-Corona Borealis this, also a long thing in Asia a Great Wall |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHIP OUT $400: In January of 1898 the USS Maine was sent to this city's harbor; it would not see another new year Havana |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SONGS FROM MOVIES $400: Naturally, it's the title song as Gene Kelly & Frank Sinatra play old-time baseball players "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | OUT & ABOUT THE UNIVERSE $400: The beautiful Orion Nebula is an H II region, a vast cloud of ionized this elemental gas hydrogen |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | OUT & ABOUT THE UNIVERSE $600: A class of objects the size of asteroids but resembling comets in composition is named for these man-horse hybrids centaurs |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHIP OUT $800: The Bounty set out for this French Polynesian island in 1787 in search of breadfruit Tahiti |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | OUT & ABOUT THE UNIVERSE $800: The Milky Way is made up of these spiraling appendages with an anatomical name; we're in the little Orion one an arm |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | OUT & ABOUT THE UNIVERSE $1000: In 2018 the Kepler space telescope was retired after finding about 2,600 of these--no life on any yet exoplanets |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHIP OUT $1200: Launched in 1797, this ship in more recent years has been known to fire cannon salutes while tooling around Boston Harbor the Constitution |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHIP OUT $2000: In 1998 this battleship left Puget Sound Naval Shipyard to go to Pearl Harbor, where it would become a museum the Missouri |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | SHIP OUT $4,000 (Daily Double): Before its more famous departure from Plymouth, the Mayflower set sail from this "directional" English port Southampton |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | THE LEADER BEFORE THE LEADER $200: What can (Gordon) Brown do for you? In 2007 the U.K. began to find out after this Labour leader's run as prime minister ended Blair |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | TOUGH SCIENCE $2000: Elizabeth Blackburn figured out the structure of these segments at the ends of chromosomes that help control cells' aging & maybe ours telomeres |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | HERE'S YOUR REPORT CARD $1,600 (Daily Double): Put out by the Air Force in 1995, a report on a 1947 incident here is subtitled "Facts vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert" Roswell |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | LITERARY LONDON $1600: The title woman of this Virginia Woolf novel hears Big Ben strike just as she starts out on a walk Mrs. Dalloway |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | GOVERNORS $400: In a total recall election in 2003, Gray Davis was out as California governor & he was in Schwarzenegger |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | THE BIG BANG THEORY $1000: In 1669 this Sicilian volcano spit out nearly a billion cubic yards of lava, the flow of which took out a dozen villages Mt. Etna |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | LET'S VISIT NICARAGUA $200: In 1857 this city beat out León & Granada to become Nicaragua's capital Managua |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | SHOPPING AT THE MALL $400: Let's check out the sneakers at this store whose logo depicts a referee, with hands on hips, wearing a striped shirt Foot Locker |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $3,000 (Daily Double): Prussian monarch military genius whose Jazz Age story plays out on Long Island Frederick the Great Gatsby |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | RECENT COMMERCIALS $800: Like a good neighbor, Drake helped out as the stand-in for this omnipresent State Farm pitchguy Jake |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | STUDY: GUIDES $400: In 1836 Edward Davy had all the elements to put out an "Experimental Guide to" this field chemistry |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | HISTORY $800: In recent history, he announced in December 2016 that he'd run against Vladimir Putin; as it turned out, a dangerous decision Alexei Navalny |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | U.S. SIGHTS $600: Head to the Presidio & check out Industrial Light & Magic & the film production company named for this man George Lucas |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | THAT'S D-MINUS WORK $200: A tentative first outline of a document edits out a D to be a floating platform draft & raft |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | IN THE SPORT $400: Best ball,
casual water,
closed face &--
the absolute worst--shank golf |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | RECENT MOVIES $600: He put on his best southern drawl as detective Benoit Blanc in "Knives Out" (Daniel) Craig |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | ART SUPPLIES $800: These days, Banksy doesn't draw freehand out on the street but uses this type of template & spray paint a stencil |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | ONOMATOPOEIA $1000: This loud disturbance arose "out on the lawn" in "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" a clatter |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | MIDDLE "RTH" $1200: To toss a ball out of a receiver's reach, or to toss out a monarch overthrow |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | HOME FROM COLLEGE $200: Home in Flint in this state for winter break? Drive out to Lapeer for a slide down Toboggan Hill Michigan |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | SOCIAL SCIENCE $400: Growing out of its 1970s women's studies program, in 2006 Indiana University began the USA's first Ph.D. program in this gender studies |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | PURE POETRY $1200: "Poems" by her came out in 1844; months later, a poet named Robert wrote to say, "I love your verses with all my heart" (& yeah, you too) Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | HOMOPHONES $600: Brahmins for one & to throw out a lure when angling a caste/cast |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | YOU SEEM UPSET $1600: Take one "K" out of a word meaning to sneak & you get this, to be silently bitter sulk |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | A JOLLY RHYME $2000: A camera mounted on a cart is used for this type of movie shot in moving toward a subject or out for the reverse a dolly |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | LET'S TAKE A SPRING BREAK $200: If you can make it to the island of Hawaii, check out the Merrie Monarch Festival, billed as "the perpetuation of" this dance hula |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | WORD & WORDPLUS $200: A Brit place with drinks 'n darts & to put out a newspaper pub & publish |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | COOK, THE BOOKS $200: No surprise, the King Arthur brand of this put out an "All-Purpose Baking Cookbook" flour |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY $4,000 (Daily Double): Check out Akershus Fortress, begun in 1299, & a major landmark in this world capital Oslo |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | LANDMARKS $600: What has the face of a man but the body of a recumbent lion, is 240 feet long & is carved out of limestone? This the Sphinx |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | CRAFTS $1200: French for "cut out" gives us the name of this craft, similar to collage, of using paper cutouts to decorate objects découpage |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | ACC SCHOOL HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1926 this southern school enrolled about 650 full-time students, but of all things, a hurricane nearly put it out of business the University of Miami |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | PHRASE CONNECTORS $800: The naked
____
will out truth |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | PHRASE CONNECTORS $2000: The time is out of
____
venture joint |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | PARTY ON! $400: The type of club that operates past the normal closing time, or a movie with Griffin Dunne out past his bedtime after hours |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | BOTANY $2000: In a 1771 experiment this British scientist discovered that plants give off what turned out to be oxygen (Joseph) Priestley |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | SUPER BOWL HEROES $200: (Mike Pereira of Fox NFL Sunday presents the clue.) Cheeseheads ate it up after this quarterback threw for 304 yards & three touchdowns to lead Green Bay to a win in Super Bowl XLV (Aaron) Rodgers |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | ALL KINDS OF BOOKS $400: The big one of these from National Geographic for kids to pore over first came out in 1963 & is now in its 11th edition an atlas |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | MUSIC FOR SHARKS $800: This duo's hit "Maneater" warns, "Watch out boy she'll chew you up" Hall & Oates |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THAT'S DEDICATION $2000: P.G. Wodehouse honored his editor in this dopey gentleman "Sees It Through": "I shall get a very good lunch out of you" Bertie Wooster |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WHICH WAR? $200: The French take the duchy of Guyenne from England in 1337 & things get out of hand for a long while The Hundred Years' War |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | NUTS TO YOU! $400: In the early 1900s not many had them roasting on an open fire after a blight nearly took out these trees in eastern N. America chestnuts |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WE'RE HALFWAY THERE $600: He's the biblical king who says, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other"; it works out Solomon |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | ROLE: MODEL $800: Josh Duhamel beat out this actor seen here, in a modeling competition in 1997; they would later both appear in "New Year's Eve" (Ashton) Kutcher |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | A LITTLE ASTRONOMY $1600: Out at the edge of the solar system, the heliopause is where this stream of plasma from the sun meets interstellar space the solar wind |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | PLAY THAT GAME $200: It's gotta be hard to catch 'em all when new video games keep coming out, but in 2022 folks gave it a shot with this "Legends: Arceus" Pokémon |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | "B" + 3 $600: To cheat out of money bilk |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | GETTING CLOSE TO THE END $1200: To do this "up" is to gather, as your strength; if you do it "out", you're leaving the military--like the WWI-era personnel muster |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | WIL(L), WILLEM OR WILLIAM $500: We got a kick out of watching William Zabka return to the dojo in the role of Johnny Lawrence on this Netflix show Cobra Kai |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | IT'S ALSO A GREEK LETTER $800: It's letter No. 3 in the Greek alphabet; the same-named "rays" hulked out Bruce Banner gamma |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW $1000: We got the Beat! Here's the 120-foot scroll of paper that this writer used to type out 1957's "On the Road" in just 3 weeks Kerouac |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | JASON CONCEPCION $800: (Jason Concepcion presents the clue.) A 2021 episode of "Takeline" examined Major League Baseball's decision to move its All-Star Game out of this state after it passed a law that reduced the number of ballot drop boxes in Fulton County and elsewhere Georgia |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | OUT ON A BOOK TOUR $400: Henry James' 1884 book "A Little Tour in" this country begins, naturally, at Tours France |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | SCARY MOVIES $400: Black people are mysteriously disappearing in this 2017 directorial debut of Jordan Peele Get Out |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | NURSERY RHYMES $400: Kissing the girls made them cry, but when the boys came out to play, Georgie Porgie did this ran away |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | OUT ON A BOOK TOUR $800: This author's "Six Weeks' Tour" in 1814 with Percy tells of Europeans who in acts "hideous to English eyes, kissed each other" Mary Shelley |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | OUT ON A BOOK TOUR $1200: In "A Cook's Tour" this late chef & lover of travel went all over the world "In Search of the Perfect Meal" Bourdain |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | OUT ON A BOOK TOUR $1600: 1785's "Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides" recounts James Boswell's trip taken with this author Samuel Johnson |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | OUT ON A BOOK TOUR $2000: The Jason Segel film "The End of the Tour" was an adaptation of a book subtitled "A Road Trip with" this 3-named author David Foster Wallace |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | EXPLORATION $2000: Francisco de Coronado found what was supposed to be the 7 Golden Cities of this; they turned out to be a simple Zuni pueblo Cibola |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | VENOMOUS CREATURES $400: Researcher Jack Barnes figured out this marine creature causes the agony of Irukandji syndrome by having one sting himself & his son a box jellyfish |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | VENOMOUS CREATURES $1600: Entomologist & pain scale creator Justin Schmidt says a sting by this colorful wasp feels like W.C. Fields putting out a cigar on your tongue a yellowjacket |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | A LINE IN THE SAND $1600: A passage in this novel relays, "Gurney saw Fremen spread out across the sand there in the path of the worm" Dune |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS $600: (Amy Schneider presents the clue.) Beginning in 2015, the Warriors squared off in 4 straight NBA Finals, with LeBron & these Eastern Conference champs, winning 3 out of 4 the (Cleveland) Cavaliers |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | A SIGN OF SHAME $600: We can bleep out what you said when you forgot that state capital, but you still owe a buck in this container the swear jar |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | YOU WEAR ME OUT $200: As part of France's energy sobriety policy, President Macron began wearing this "reptilian" pullover to stay warm turtlenecks |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | WE GRADE THAT H-PLUS $400: To be unwell takes some Preparation H to call out for a cab ail & hail |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | YOU WEAR ME OUT $400: Named for a town near Wiesbaden, "H" is for this type of hat, seen here a homburg |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | YOU WEAR ME OUT $600: You can put on your best Irish accent while wearing these perforated leather shoes of the same name brogues |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | YOU WEAR ME OUT $800: Seen here is this beautiful garment of the Middle East & North Africa kaftan |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | YOU WEAR ME OUT $1000: You can stand out from the crowd with these wide-legged pants named for a large group of women harem pants |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | HOW DO I GET THERE? $1000: This nation:
Head south out of Estonia & you're there, but if you keep going & head into Lithuania, you've gone too far Latvia |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | 3-LETTER RESPONSES $1000: The police will put out one of these to other law enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for a suspect an APB |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | SAY IT WITH ADVERTISING $200: This chain has rolled out a new "You rule" slogan but the commercials still say you can "have it your way" Burger King |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | HEY... WHERE'D YA GO? $400: On June 12, 1962 folks at this island prison discovered John & Clarence Anglin & Frank Morris had checked out unexpectedly Alcatraz |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CHESS PAINS $600: In 2008 Ukrainian star Vassily Ivanchuk stormed out of a Chess Olympiad rather than submit to one of these tests a drug test |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | HEY... WHERE'D YA GO? $2000: On Nov. 24, 1971 this hijacker bought a $20 ticket on Northwest Orient flight 305 but after parachuting out, was never seen again D.B. Cooper |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | WHIRLED EVENTS $600: Things panned out here on January 24, 1848:
TILLERS MUST Sutter's Mill |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | THIS PIECE OF PAPER WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO $2000: In the gospel of Luke, "There went out a decree" from this ruler "that all the world should be taxed" Caesar Augustus |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | LANDMARKS $300: We'll point out this 605-foot landmark opened in 1962 for the World's Fair in Seattle & was built for a reasonable $4.5 million the Space Needle |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | LANDMARKS $400: As long as you're here, let's also play the Pyramid & check out the Venus de Milo & the Galerie des Antiques in this museum the Louvre |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | BRIT BITS $600: Look out below! It's this this ancient monument begun around 5,000 years ago during the late Neolithic period Stonehenge |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | BLANK VERSE $1200: "But there is no joy in ____--Mighty Casey has struck out" Mudville |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | SCIENCEY STUFF $400: Is that a Titleist? "Marine biologist" George Costanza helped a whale breathe by pulling a golf ball out of this aperture the blowhole |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | DOUBLE VOWELS NEXT TO DOUBLE CONSONANTS $600: As a verb it can mean to turn out well or to come next in a series succeed |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | EMMY WINNERS $1600: This series about a New York doctor in Cicely, Alaska beat out "L.A. Law", among others, to win Best Drama Series at the 1992 Emmys Northern Exposure |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | 1980s BESTSELLERS $2000: He made "Contact" with his bestselling novel about Dr. Ellie Arroway, an astronomer trying to reach out to aliens Sagan |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | 3 LETTERS, 2 MEANINGS $5,000 (Daily Double): A body of water, or a deep, drawn-out howl a bay |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | ROYAL HISTORY $800: Sultan Mehmed V, seen here, was ruling this empire in 1914, but time would soon be running out for both the Ottoman Empire |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | I THANK YOU ALL $600: After winning an Oscar for this title role, Julia Roberts didn't leave anyone out & thanked "everyone I've ever met in my life" Erin Brockovich |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | WHERE DID I LEAVE MY KEYS? $800: Let's see, I remember heading directly north out of Israel into this country on the Mediterranean... maybe in Baalbek? Lebanon |
| #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 |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | EXPLOSIVE MUSIC $300: In 2020 this K-pop boy group burst out with "Dynamite", a No. 1 hit BTS |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | EXPLOSIVE MUSIC $900: His singing career really burst into the stratosphere with "Rocket Man", which says, "burning out his fuse up here alone" Elton John |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | PENINSULAS $1500: Djursland peninsula is the "wildest part of" this peninsular country that sticks out of the top of Germany Denmark |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | DOWN YOUR ALLEY $400: For Truman's birthday, his friends had one of these built at the White House; on his first try, Harry got 7 out of 10 down a bowling alley |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | SPORTS TROPHIES $400: Given out on Memorial Day weekend, the Borg-Warner Trophy goes to the winner of this race the Indianapolis 500 |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | POTPOURRI $800: Andrew Garfield played composer Jonathan Larson running out of time in this 2021 film Tick, Tick... Boom! |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | LAUNDRY DAY $400: Thousands of home fires a year could be prevented by cleaning out this mesh item after each dryer load a lint catcher (the lint trap) |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | LAUNDRY DAY $800: Concerns of the 1950s included segregation, fear of nuclear war & itchy, stiff clothes; in 1961 this brand came out to address one Downy (fabric softener) |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | WON THE BATTLE, LOST THE WAR $2000: In 1879 this southern African kingdom wiped out a British force at Isandlwana but was soon wiped out itself the Zulu |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | SO THAT HAPPENED $800: Sept. 11, 1971:
Turns out "We will bury you!" will apply directly to this ex-leader of the Soviet Union Khrushchev |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | THE LIFE OF RILEY $4,000 (Daily Double): Congressman Riley Wilson wanted to be governor of Louisiana in 1928 but lost out to this larger-than-life man (Huey) Long |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYTH STORY $400: Zeus's lack of wisdom had him swallow his wife Metis when she was pregnant with this daughter born unusually, as seen here Athena |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | PHILOSOPHY $600: Nietzsche's "The Gay Science" includes the parable of a madman crying out, he "is dead... and we have killed him" God |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | BUY, & LARGE $600: In 2014 $130 billion changed hands as Vodafone was bought out of this other "V" company's wireless biz Verizon |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | FICTION'S FICTIONAL PLACES $600: "The Hunger Games" says this country "rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once called North America" Panem |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $800: Her song "You've Got A Friend" came out the year after her pal James Taylor sang of "lonely times when I could not find a friend" Carole King |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | ROMANTIC MOVIE LINES $1000: In "Moonstruck", after Nicolas Cage says, "I'm in love with you", Cher slaps him twice & says these 4 words Snap out of it |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $2000: Watching his bride out on the floor at his wedding, polio survivor Doc Pomus got the idea for "Save" this "For Me" the Last Dance |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | HISTORY COMES ALIVE WITH ERIK LARSON $600: (Erik Larson presents the clue.) My book "The Splendid and the Vile", set during the early days of World War II, takes readers inside Chequers, this prime minister's country home where he figured out how to keep his family & his nation together Churchill |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | ALLITERATION $400: DJ Alan Freed's claim to have coined this term in Cleveland helped it beat out New York City & Memphis as home to a museum rock and roll |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | THE AGELESS DIANA ROSS $1000: We want the world to know, got to let it show that this hit released by Diana in 1980 became an LGBTQ pride anthem "I'm Coming Out" |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | A MEMORABLE NEW YEAR'S EVE $2000: (Ryan Seacrest presents the clue.) On December 31, 1959, Paul Westerberg entered the world in Minneapolis as the singer of this band; he'd comment on his birth date with the line, "Income tax deduction, one hell of a function" The Replacements |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | CLASSIC FLUTE ROCK $200: Greg Ham rocked the flute as Men at Work topped the charts singing "I come from a land" here Down Under |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | THE COMEDY OF ERAS $2000: There are plenty of laughs in this 1878 Gilbert & Sullivan operetta set aboard a Royal Navy vessel H.M.S. Pinafore |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | IT HAD TO BE HUGH $800: In 1953 he informed newsstands that "Stag Party--a brand new magazine for men--will be out this fall" Hugh Hefner |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | IT HAD TO BE HUGH $2000: This Brit was out of the house as Ryan Clark on "Avenue 5" episodes like "He's Only There to Stop His Skeleton From Falling Over" Hugh Laurie |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | FICTION $200: Written under the V.C. Andrews name, recent prequels to her bestselling series include "Beneath the" this & "Out of the" this Attic |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ECONOMY OF MOVEMENT $600: "Doc... are you telling me that you built a time machine... out of a" this? & You can rent a replica for $2,000 a day?! a DeLorean |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | FLYOVER COUNTRIES $800: We've got the wind behind us as we cruise east out of Bosnia & Herzegovina to fly over this country on Romania's western border Serbia |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ECONOMY OF MOVEMENT $1000: In 2008 this alphanumeric Cunard ship set out with its last passengers, with some berths going for more than $40,000 the QEII |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | FLYOVER COUNTRIES $1200: We're next in line for departure; we'll head south out of Ecuador into this nation & finally touch down in Chile Peru |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | FLYOVER COUNTRIES $2000: Skies are clear as we fly west out of Panama & into this country's airspace; we'll ease north & have you in Nicaragua in no time Costa Rica |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | WRONG TIME $800: You're so out of touch with societal mores, you're this; now time for the same-named bourbon cocktail old-fashioned |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | WRITE PLACE $800: This 19th century author & satirist wrote the travel book "Roughing It" about spending time out West & away from the Civil War Twain |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | YOUR ELEMENTAL HIT PARADE $2000: Just out of the Hot 100 at 102 comes this element named for a very rich Swede nobelium |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | RIAN JOHNSON LOVES A WHODUNIT $400: (Rian Johnson presents the clue.) The 1978 version of "Death on the Nile" is so fantastic, as is Peter Ustinov, who is my favorite actor to play this famous Belgian sleuth Poirot |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | ORCHESTRAL MANEUVERS IN THE PARK $800: Check out the philharmonic of this world capital as it played its summer night concert on the grounds of the Schönbrunn Palace Vienna |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | RIAN JOHNSON LOVES A WHODUNIT $1200: (Rian Johnson presents the clue.) For the look of "Knives Out", I pictured films set in large houses like "Deathtrap" & "Sleuth", both of which starred this Oscar winner, known for his Cockney accents Michael Caine |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | NBA TEAMS $200: It's the only team with an out-of-the-U.S. address the Toronto Raptors |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | SOUTH AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL $2000: Check out the gorgeous Bernardo O'Higgins National Park, the largest park in this nation & home to nearly 50 glaciers Chile |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | MUMMIES $200: Believed to be the seat of feeling & intelligence, this organ was left in the body while the brain & other organs were taken out the heart |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | MUMMIES $800: Natron, a mineral from dry lake beds that's a carbonate of this element, was used during mummification to dry the body out sodium |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | ORNAMENTS OF YORE $1600: Seen here is this distinguishing feature of many Gothic churches, so named because it radiates out like a certain flower a rose window |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | THE NAME AS A PAST TENSE VERB $400: Our relationship didn't crash, it just actor Fonda-ed out Peter (petered out) |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | DRONING ON ACROSS AMERICA $400: Life's pretty good here in California; check out the pier that shares this name of the village known for Hearst Castle San Simeon |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | BRIEF LIVES $1000: Swung into Paris in 1819; swung a heavy metal ball on a wire to prove Earth's rotation on its axis; swung out of Paris in 1868 Foucault |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | ANIMALS IN FRENCH $800: Look out! Serpent à sonnettes a rattlesnake |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | HISTORIC NAMES $1000: In 1271 this teen set out with his father & uncle on a journey from Europe to the Far East & into history Marco Polo |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | 1982: A YEAR IN FILM $1600: The "Tears in Rain" speech to Harrison Ford in this film was a page long; Rutger Hauer cut it down, in part, to get out of the rain Blade Runner |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | BEN FRANKLIN $200: In his native Boston, Ben wrote that the kids of status-seeking parents come out of this college as blockheads Harvard |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | OUTBREAKS $400: Isaac Newton was at home for 2 years waiting out this infectious fever the (bubonic) plague |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | LOST FOR WORDS $600: This piscine phrase describes someone lost in a new environment a fish out of water |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | PLACES NAMED FOR PEOPLE $600: It didn't work out for this king with the American Revolution, but they named a town & nearby peak for him in South Africa George III |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | SHE BLINDED ME $1000: In "King Lear" a bloodthirsty Regan demands that this man be hanged while Goneril screams, "Pluck out his eyes" the Earl of Gloucester |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $1,000 (Daily Double): A play by French dramatist Pierre Beaumarchais served as the basis for this Rossini opera set in a Spanish city The Barber of Seville |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | WHAT A NOVEL CHARACTER! $1600: Things are looking up for this Bernard Malamud ballplayer when he strikes out "The Whammer" early in "The Natural" (Roy) Hobbs |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | I WILL LEAVE $400: If an I gets poked out, one who gets property in a will becomes a third person pronoun her & heir |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | FAMOUS SOUTH AMERICANS $1600: As the fifth man in this job, Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru helped end wars & helped get the Soviets out of Afghanistan the Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | BIG BOOK ROYALTY $1600: Look for leaping flames on the cover when you seek out "The Splendor Before the Dark", Margaret George's novel about this Roman emperor Nero |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | POINTING OUT DECIMALS $200: In 1938 the AMA signed off on a legal limit for blood alcohol concentration of a rather startling .15; today it's this .08 |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | POINTING OUT DECIMALS $400: Start counting zeroes: it's how you say one ten-thousandth, decimal-style .0001 |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | POINTING OUT DECIMALS $600: Ted Williams is the last Major Leaguer to hit more than this fabled average, going .006 above it in 1941 .400 |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | POINTING OUT DECIMALS $800: It's easy as pie to take pi to 2 decimal places (there's even a day for it) but take it to 3.these 5 digits 3.14159 |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | POINTING OUT DECIMALS $1000: At Princeton, if you get straight C+es, this is your semester GPA & you might want to do a bit more studying 2.3 |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | AFRICAN LAKES & RIVERS $200: In 1805 Henry Nicholls set out to find a route to the Niger River from this ocean, unaware he was starting from its mouth the Atlantic |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | WORD HISTORY $1200: Originally liquid poured out as a sacrifice to a deity, now it's just a fancy word for an alcoholic drink libation |
| #8754, aired 2022-12-01 | REMEMBERING OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN $800: Considered a little too sexy for some, this song worked out to be the top hit of the 1980s "Physical" |
| #8754, aired 2022-12-01 | BIBLICAL DEMONS, DEVILS & SPIRITS $1600: The Book of Mark describes this follower of Jesus as having had 7 devils cast out of her Mary Magdalene |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | POLITICIANS BACK IN THE DAY $600: In his high school yearbook this ex-Jersey governor noted his special friendship with Jill was special & shouted out someone named Fat Jack Christie |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT $200: This liberating card depicts Mr. Monopoly flying out of a birdcage; you can buy one from another player Get Out of Jail Free |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | UNFRIEND $400: First our company gets this 7-letter type of "takeover", now you're creating the same type of "work environment"; chill out! hostile |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | LET'S PLAY SPORTS THERE! $400: You can take me out to the ballgame anytime at Miller Park at this university in Provo, Utah BYU (Brigham Young) |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | A GARDEN PARTY $600: The garden type of this diminutive being stands out with his beard & red phrygian cap gnome |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | LET'S PLAY SPORTS THERE! $800: When a ball is out at the Burj Al Arab Hotel in this wealthy emirate known for its skyscrapers, it's really out Dubai |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | SELLIN' IT! $2000: "Quality never goes out of style" for this clothing brand Levi's |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | IT'S A THANKSGIVING MIRACLE! $200: Cousin Eddie didn't eat all of this turkey day fave, though Bon Appétit's "classic herb & fennel" recipe turned out mwah! stuffing |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | REVENGE LIT $1000: In "An Act of Vengeance" by this Chilean author, Dulce Rosa plots for 30 years, gets her chance & things turn out different (Isabel) Allende |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | STARS OF OSCARS BEST PICTURE $2000: Gene Hackman & Roy Scheider copped out The French Connection |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | SPEECH OF THE DICKENS $2000: Mrs. Gargery in "Great Expectations" was the first to go "on the" this; stay out of her way, Pip! rampage |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | STORIES OF THE SOUTH $400: In "The Night the Lights Went Out" by Karen White, Merilee Dunlap fittingly moves to Sweet Apple in this state Georgia |
| #8746, aired 2022-11-21 | HEGEL $400: The key world event of Hegel's youth was this, which broke out in the spring & summer of 1789 when he was 18 the French Revolution |
| #8746, aired 2022-11-21 | FILMS BY TAGLINE $1200: 2017:
"Just because you're invited, doesn't mean you're welcome" Get Out |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAITH $200: "Out of the mouth of" these "and sucklings hast thou ordained strength" babes |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | FAR OUT $400: Catalogued by Ptolemy, the constellation Equuleus is next to this winged brother Pegasus |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | FAR OUT $800: New stars "grow up" in what are called "stellar" these, like the place for kids or plants nurseries |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE $1200: A low seat for an easily freaked-out Mother Goose girl tuffet |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | FAR OUT $1200: The red dot represents the Milky Way on a cosmic map that depicts Laniakea, a group of galaxies known as a super this cluster |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | FAR OUT $2000: The Wilkinson Probe monitored fluctuations in the residue of the Big Bang known as the CMB, short for this cosmic microwave background |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | FAR OUT $6,000 (Daily Double): Once matter enters a black hole, it falls to the center & concentrates at an infinitely dense point called this the singularity |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | HEARD IN THE MOVIE $1200: "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in" The Godfather Part III |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | PLAYING THE HITS OF 2022 $200: After wishing his coffee "had a little shot of Jack", Walker Hayes sang he was just trying to "stay out of" this 2-letter group AA |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | SHARK TANK $800: The largest shark to ever live, it was an estimated 52' long & had a name meaning "big tooth"; it died out about 3 million years ago megalodon |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | AT THE MALL OF AMERICA $1000: Outdoor clothing & gear from this eponymous store out of Washington State Eddie Bauer |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | DRIVING IN L.A. $200: L.A. fans are notorious for pulling out of this venue onto Vin Scully Avenue around the 7th inning to beat the traffic Dodger Stadium |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THE EDWARDIAN ERA $200: If you are "Thinking Out Loud", perhaps you are thinking of this singer/songwriter seen here Ed Sheeran |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | SPORTS STARS $600: In 2008 this Jamaican sprinter came from out of the blue to set the first of many world records; Olympic gold would follow Usain Bolt |
| #8740, aired 2022-11-11 | MANDY PATINKIN $1000: (Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) I was a big fan of the late Stephen Sondheim & I am honored to have originated the role of the artist Seurat in this James Lapine-Sondheim musical that was inspired by a painting Sunday in the Park with George |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | THE ROCK BASSIST'S GROUP $400: Dee Dee, who hung out at "Rockaway Beach" the Ramones |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | ORGANIZATIONS $600: Here are the Carters helping out this organization in 2003 Habitat for Humanity |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | ORGANIZATIONS $1,600 (Daily Double): Once nearly wiped out for its feathers, the great egret is the logo of this organization the Audubon Society |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | WITH OUR LITTLE "I" $1600: "Ralph was hopping on one leg when a dingo cried out" is in the past this tense imperfect |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | POTPOURRI $400: Because its hundreds of "seeds" are on the outside, this "berry" isn't considered a true berry a strawberry |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | HITS OF 2002 $600: This dance anthem by Pink says, "We'll be lookin' flashy in my Mercedes Benz" "Get The Party Started" |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | HITS OF 2002 $800: You know what song you can't get out of your head? "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" by this Aussie diva Minogue |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | HOPE YOU READ MIDDLEMARCH $2000: The name of this character writing about world myth has become synonymous with dry, out-of-touch scholarship Edward Casaubon |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | VALLEYS $200: Not as Welsh as he made out, Richard Llewellyn went to the Ogmore Valley to see these mines so he could write "How Green Was My Valley" coal mines |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | HERBAL & SPICY NAMES $400: In a 1967 tune we hear his band has "been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile" Sgt. Pepper |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | THAT '70s OR '80s SHOW $400: "Thanks for that on the spot report, Les"; turns out Thanksgiving turkeys can't fly during a 1978 episode of this Ohio-set sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | FUN WITH FLAGS $1000: After the Soviet Union broke apart, so did its flag with a gold star & these 2 symbols representing workers & peasants a hammer & sickle |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | HOMOPHONES $1000: A visual aid following "pie" & newspaper slang following "nut" graph/graf |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | DINOSAUR NAMES $3,000 (Daily Double): Because of its longer front legs, this tall dinosaur was given a name meaning "arm lizard" Brachiosaurus |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | A MUSICAL JOURNEY WITH QUESTLOVE $400: (Questlove presents the clue.) For the soundtrack album of my documentary, "Summer of Soul", I chose artists that are as relevant to our time as to 1969 when the concerts took place, including 2 songs by this singer and the Family Stone Sly |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | A YEAR ENDING IN 2 $1000: More than a quarter of English colonists in Virginia are killed in a massacre; John Rolfe also dies 1622 |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | THE LAW $200: Stopping on this 8-letter German roadway is illegal--& remarkably unadvisable--so don't run out of gas Autobahn |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | NOVEL NURSES $800: In Richard Hooker's "MASH", she emerges "not out of a scallop shell like Botticelli's Venus, but out of a helicopter" "Hot Lips" Houlihan |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER $2,000 (Daily Double): A quantity that has both magnitude & direction, & describing secret operations vector & covert |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $2000: Adjective meaning the most typical
(14 letters) quintessential |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | CONDUCTING THE HISTORIC JOB INTERVIEW $1000: In 1875 you put out "Science & Health with Key to the Scriptures"; I'm sensing you want to open your own branch (Mary Baker) Eddy |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $200: The Constitution was hammered out in the summer of 1787 by 55 delegates at the gathering known as the Constitutional this the Constitutional Convention |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | OUT OF THIS WORLD $300: It took off into space for the first time on April 12, 1981 the Space Shuttle |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | PATRIOT ACT $300: Italian patriot Garibaldi captured Palermo in 1860 with colorful troops called these, like a college athlete sitting out a year a redshirt |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | ANSWER IN THE FORM OF AN ABBREVIATION $500: A tear of this ligament that prevents the tibia from sliding out in front of the femur has ended many a pro athlete's season the ACL |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | DIRECTIONAL GEOGRAPHY IN AMERICA $600: Enjoy Capitol Street & Capitol Market in Charleston, which, yes, is the capital of this state that was admitted in 1863 West Virginia |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | HI, FINANCE $800: Air-ing things out, this occurs when you don't have enough money in your account to cover a check but the bank pays anyway overdraft |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | OUT OF THIS WORLD $900: In November 2000 Yuri Gidzenko, Sergey Krikalev & William Shepherd became the first residents of this, staying 136 days the International Space Station |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | OUT OF THIS WORLD $1200: In 2018 one of this American aerospace company's Falcon rockets placed a Tesla roadster in orbit around the Sun SpaceX |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | OUT OF THIS WORLD $1500: The HST, this space telescope, was placed in orbit around Earth in 1990 & soon revolutionized astronomy the Hubble |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | OUT OF THIS WORLD $3,600 (Daily Double): Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the Moon; a few minutes later, this man became the second Buzz Aldrin |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | THE STRONGEST LINK $1000: In the "Skyward Sword" edition of this video game, Link searches for the title character after she's knocked out of the sky Zelda |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | DAYS OF YORE $1200: These lyric poets of southern Europe laid out their rules for poetry in the 14th c. work "Leys d'amors" troubadours |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | THE NUMBER IN MUSIC $800: It would be a (disorganized) crime if you didn't know this group won an Oscar for their song "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" Three 6 Mafia |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | TV CARTOONS $1000: Going big on many levels, this title guy hung out with "The Masters of the Universe" & holding a sword, bellowed, "I have the power!" He-Man |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | CAPTAIN $200: This captain of the Bounty had a falling out with First Mate Fletcher Christian; mutiny ensued Captain Bligh |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | MATH CLASS $2000: This symbol with a "way out" name tells you to take the square root of the number inside it radical |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | VARIETY $200: Even out of office, with more than 130 million followers, he gets the vote as the most followed person on Twitter Barack Obama |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | HOLLYWOOD REPORTER $800: In the classic "Citizen Kane", following Kane's death, a reporter is sent out to uncover the meaning of this, his final word Rosebud |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | IT'S ALL ABOUT HER $1200: "Out of the Corner" (because nobody puts Baby there) Jennifer Grey |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | MOVIE & TV DIRECTORS $1200: Gary Merrill, who played a stage director in "All About Eve", married this star before the film came out Bette Davis |
| #8724, aired 2022-10-20 | 4-LETTER FOOD & DRINK $1000: In "Treasure Island" Captain Smollett tells the men they'll have this rum drink "served out for you to drink our health and luck" grog |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | DEVOURING EATING IDIOMS $600: You're being "eaten out of" this rather redundant pair of places when someone is scarfing down all your food house & home |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | FAITH, HOPE & CHARITY $1200: At Scotland's Edzell Castle, the garden spells out the motto "Dum spiro spero"--"while I do this, I hope" breathe |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | PHRASES OF HELLO & GOODBYE $1200: These 2 words go with a chest thump or 2 & making a "V" with index & middle finger peace out |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | LITERARY FIRST LINES $200: It contains the opposite of its title in "I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills" Out of Africa |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | ACTORS GET THEIR ROLES MIXED UP $400: Once a desperate shaved-head Frenchwoman, things began to look up once I found out I was the heir to Genovia's throne Anne Hathaway |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | AN IMPRESSIVE VOCABULARY $400: A hand-held optical instrument lends its name to this adjective referring to a mix of shifting colors a kaleidoscopic |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | AN IMPRESSIVE VOCABULARY $600: "O" is for this unfriendly word; in ancient Greece, it was a way to vote you out of the community ostracize |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | ACTORS GET THEIR ROLES MIXED UP $1600: Formerly an assassin & the boss of the Crazy 88, I've also branched out to practice law in Boston Lucy Liu |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | SHAKESPEARE $800: In a history play a woman complains that this chubby knight "hath eaten me out of house and home" Falstaff |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | BRAIN SURGEON'S TERMINOLOGY $2,000 (Daily Double): This adjective is the "M" in an MRI diagnostic test, so do take your keys & your lucky coin out of your pockets magnetic |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | ALL EARS $600: Get your buggy out of the way! It's the 20th century & this vehicle first shipped Oct. 1, 1908 is taking over the roads a Model T |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | LOOKING SHARP! $400: Let's face it, the King C. this brand double edge safety razor can smooth things out Gillette |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | PONY TALES $1600: Growing up on a Wyoming horse ranch, Kevin is tasked with making a good pony out of "My Friend" her Flicka |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | IDINA MENZEL ACTS & SINGS $400: (Idina Menzel presents the clue.) I know all of you parents out there either love me or hate me for it, but I'm thankful this song from "Frozen" has such a lasting, resonating effect on people "Let It Go" |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | THEY MAKE THAT $800: Almond Joy & Mounds--the same maker that bought out Peter Paul Hershey |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | WHERE IN THE HOUSE? $1000: It's the room where Peter Pan visits the Darling children the nursery |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | SCIENCE GRAB BAG $2000: Longitudinal wave motion like that of a single pitch sound graphs out to the shape of this trigonometric function a sine (wave) |
| #8716, aired 2022-10-10 | PLACES IN MOVIE TITLES $1600: Leonardo DiCaprio wants to carve out some revenge against Bill the Butcher in this drama Gangs of New York |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | 21 OR UNDER $200: Including the pole vault & hurdles, the athletic contest known as the decathlon comprises this many track & field events 10 |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | GO BLUE! $200: Time to break out some PBR, this beer brand that briefly branched out into hard coffee Pabst (Blue Ribbon) |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | THE AFTER PARTY $500: Idiomatically, when you "put someone out to" this, you're making them retire but not forcing them to graze there for food pasture |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | THEY'RE JUST LIKE "US" $600: The name of this Bible book is from the Greek for "a going out" Exodus |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | "O" MY $200: As a verb, it means to leak out slowly; as a noun, it's the mudlike sediment on the floor of oceans & lakes ooze |
| #8714, aired 2022-10-06 | UNION PEOPLE $800: In 1937 Walter Reuther of this union gained fame via photos of him being beaten up passing out leaflets at a Ford plant the (United) Autoworkers Union (UAW) |
| #8713, aired 2022-10-05 | FIRST EPISODES $600: Dr. Jack Shephard had a bit of a rough landing after catching a flight out of Sydney in the premiere of this show in 2004 Lost |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | IT'S A MYSTERY $1000: A musical instrument is found at the end of this word that describes a hard-to-solve problem conundrum |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | WHEN POLK WAS PRESIDENT $1600: He sat out the first 2 years of the Polk presidency alone at a pond, though he did spend a night in jail for not paying a poll tax Thoreau |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | THIS INFORMATION $500: Cologne, Germany is one of many historic cities along this great river of Western Europe the Rhine |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS $1000: This hotel boasts a colorful indoor display of glass flowers by Dale Chihuly & dancing waters out front the Bellagio |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | SUPERNATURAL STORIES $400: It's the alliterative & just flat-out cooler alternate name of the "Galloping Hessian of the Hollow" the Headless Horseman |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | BORROW $1200: That bathroom hasn't been updated since 1932! Let's take out a HELOC, short for this, & bring things into the 21st century a home equity line of credit |
| #8709, aired 2022-09-29 | CHARACTERS ON THE TV SHOW $600: Let's space out with Captain Janeway, Tuvok & Kes Star Trek: Voyager |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | CLIFF NOTES $400: Looking out atop some cliffs, this Shakespeare ruler refers to himself as "Goneril with a white beard" King Lear |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | CREDITS $600: The plot of this film with Leonardo DiCaprio as a con artist & Tom Hanks as the FBI agent in pursuit plays out in the opening credits Catch Me If You Can |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | CASH $600: Joseph Wharton, the Penn business school guy, owned a mine of this metal & got the treasury to make coins out of it nickel |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | FRIENDS $800: It's the coffee shop where the friends hang out Central Perk |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | BOOKS BY FUNNY PEOPLE $600: Her book projects include "Why Not Me?" & "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)" Mindy Kaling |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | SONG SNIPPETS $2000: "Thawed out what was scared and cold" "Like A Virgin" |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | GEOGRAPHY VIA KOKOMO $1600: Baby, why don't we go to this bay? Usain Bolt has a restaurant there and check out Doctor's Cave Beach on the North Shore Montego Bay |
| #8703, aired 2022-09-21 | IF IT QUACKS LIKE A DOC $200: You freaked me out by saying I had sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia instead of just calling it a this treat "headache"! a ice cream headache |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | HETERONYMS $1000: A burrowing insectivore
&
a Mexican cooking sauce a mole [mōl] & mole [MOH-lay] |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | 4-SYLLABLE VERBS $400: To point someone out in court, as in "Can you ____ the person who dropped the noodles on your head?" identify |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | TL;DW $600: We cut out after Jack said he was king of the world; this 1997 film is 3 hours & 14 minutes long, & what could possibly go wrong? Titanic |
| #8700, aired 2022-09-16 | TEXTING ABBREV. $200: Suffering from FOMO? You've got this fear of missing out |
| #8700, aired 2022-09-16 | HERSTORY $1000: Out gathering firewood along a river on February 11, 1858, she saw the first of her 18 visions of the Virgin Mary (St.) Bernadette (of Lourdes) |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | CLEANUP $200: The man, the myth, the legend, he cleaned king Augeas' huge stables in a single day, flushing them out by diverting rivers Hercules |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | PARTY! $600: Check out Loy Krathong, the festival of lights, held in places like Chiang Mai & Ayutthaya in this nation Thailand |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | PHILOSOPHY $800: Antisthenes has been credited with starting this Greek sect, now the -ism that says people are only out for themselves cynicism |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | SCIENCE PROJECTS $6,000 (Daily Double): In 1996 scientists of the Rediscovery project at this Virginia site announced the finding of its long-lost fort Jamestown |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | AFRICA $1200: Get out of the Land Rover in Zambia's South Luangwa National Park, called the birthplace of the "walking" this tour safari |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | A CHEM/ PHYSICS/ BIO SAMPLER $2000: With hard work & strong acid, you can get the original metals from alloys, like this partner of zinc out of brass copper |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | DO YOU FEEL A FIRST DRAFT? $2,500 (Daily Double): These 2 iconic fictional characters were originally to be named
Sherrington Hope &
Dr. Ormond Sacker Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | CHUMP CHANGE $800: Drop 2 letters to get this sports authority an ump |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | FINANCE & INVESTING $800: In 2017 Oregon became the first state with automatic these savings accounts: employees are enrolled unless they opt out IRAs |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | RALPH MACCHIO TALKS COBRA KAI $1000: (Ralph Macchio presents the clue.) We all wish Pat Morita was still with us to do the show; I've often said Pat brought a soulful magic to this "Karate Kid" role for which he earned an Oscar nomination Mr. Miyagi |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | JUST TAKE THE L $200: Take the L out of a beer league sport (in an alley) & you get an act of showing respect bowing & bowling |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | LET'S GO FISHING $400: Also done by movie directors, it's the act of swinging a fishing rod to throw out a lure casting |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | JUST TAKE THE L $400: Take the L out of a beer league sport (on ice) & you get an act of healing a disease curling & curing |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | PLANT PARTS $2,000 (Daily Double): The business part of this plant, Dionaea muscipula, consists of 2 hinged lobes triggered by hair-like sensors a Venus flytrap |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | AUTHORS $2000: This author of visionary sci-fi tales like "The Minority Report" could turn out 120 words a minute on a manual typewriter Philip K. Dick |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | A PRISONER OF YOUR OWN DEVICE $1000: Companies convey offers via these "notifications", pop-ups on your device that perchance annoy push notifications (pushes) |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | BOOKS OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA $400: This French author's "From the Earth to the Moon" features a rocket ship shot out of a cannon Jules Verne |
| #8689, aired 2022-07-21 | ODD NUMBERS $400: In craps, these are the 2 possible winning numbers on a come out roll 7 & 11 |
| #8689, aired 2022-07-21 | COMPOUND WORDS $800: As seen here, it's a fun way to work out kickboxing |
| #8689, aired 2022-07-21 | BOTTOMS UP! $1200: A song from "Annie" reminds us that "the sun'll come out tomorrow" & that you should therefore bet this your bottom dollar |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | PLEASE RISE FOR OUR NATIONAL... $400: Motto:
This 4-word phrase, signed into law by Eisenhower in 1956; "E pluribus unum" had been used unofficially In God We Trust |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | THE TITLE THAT COMPLETES THE RHYME $800: "I know that I can't take no more it ain't no lie I wanna see you out that door baby..." "Bye Bye Bye" |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | PLEASE RISE FOR OUR NATIONAL... $800: Floral emblem:
In proclaiming it, Reagan pointed out the White House has a garden of them roses |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | "LOCK" $800: An Allen charge can be read to try to coax a verdict out of this type of jury deadlocked |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | LET'S BUILD A HOUSE $1200: If you're renovating, be careful before taking out one of these walls named for the extra weight it supports load-bearing |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: Now a way to get out of something, it was originally a window in a castle wall for archers to shoot through loophole |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | GIVING YOU THE BOOT $200: Buzzfeed featured these double-talk, thigh-high boots "that will look totally far out in your closet" go-go boots |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | COLOR ME BAD $400: This rhyming fictional "illness" involves police officers disrupting operations by calling in sick the blue flu |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | GOOD HISTORY $400: This group of 10 guarantees (out of the 12 sent to the states) was ratified in December 1791 a Bill of Rights |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | THE WOUK MOB $1000: Physicist Guy Carpenter is out of a job in "A Hole in Texas", based on the real cancellation of the Superconducting this machine Super Collider |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | LET'S TALK ABOUT BITE CLUB $600: Having taken a bite out of crime for decades, this "Crime Dog" updated his PSA beat to include senior fraud & identity theft McGruff |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | WELSH FOLK $1000: Opera star Bryn Terfel put out an album called "Bad Boys" on which he sings roles like this Mozart seducer Don Giovanni |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | WHO'S IN THAT COMMERCIAL? $400: Those are NBA buddies "Bobi & Tobi" selling these crackers; turns out 7'3" Bobi can grab quite a handful Goldfish crackers |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | THE LYIN' KING $1,000 (Daily Double): This mythical king whose name now refers to a never-ending task lied to get out of Hades Sisyphus |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | SCANDINAVIA $200: Every December 10, after these are handed out, there's a banquet at Stockholm's city hall the Nobel Prizes |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | THE COLD WAR ERA $400: This president made a secret deal to take U.S. nukes out of Turkey, helping end the Cuban Missile Crisis Kennedy |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | DANGER! DANGER! $1000: Eating certain fish can be dangerous for pregnant women due to this heavy metal; the FDA calls out king mackerel & swordfish mercury |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | BABY, DON'T HURT ME $1600: I dropped out of this university, but so did Bill Gates & Mark Zuckerberg; what exactly are you trying to say, baby? Harvard |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | IN THE COURTROOM $1600: Out of the jury's hearing it's the area where the attorneys are standing or the type of discussion they're in a sidebar |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | IN THE COURTROOM $2000: You may want to find out where your case is on this 6-letter agenda of pending trials the docket |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | THE ARTS $2000: Black sculptor Edmonia Lewis depicted exclusion in her art like this mother of Ishmael cast out into the wilderness Hagar |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | GAME PLAN $1000: Using a small mallet, tap out the blocks one by one until someone topples the standing animal Don't Break the Ice |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | SOUTHERN CAPITALS $400: For info on this state capital, check out The Redstick Blog Baton Rouge |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | 2022 ANNIVERSARIES $400: Happy 65th to this flying disc that Wham-O began rolling out in 1957 the Frisbee |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | VOWEL, CONSONANT, VOWEL, CONSONANT $1600: To get out of control is to "run" this, from a Malaysian word amok |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | WORD ORIGINS $200: The wearer of this wouldn't likely know that its name goes back to a Scottish scholar & his followers after he fell out of favor a dunce cap |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | THE SENATOR'S FIRST NAME $800: Time to throw out this informal first name of Iowa's Grassley Chuck |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | WORD ORIGINS $1000: As it was often used for upper-story bedrooms, the name of this 6-letter window style that projects out is from Latin for "to sleep" dormer |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | TAKING STOCK SYMBOL $600: You can get a kick out of buying into this soccer club with the symbol MANU but then you shouldn't complain about the ownership Manchester United |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | GRAMMY-WINNING SONGS $400: He & co-writer Amy Wadge shared a Grammy in 2016 for "Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | THINK PINK $600 (Daily Double): Introduced in 1957, this brand was packaged in little pink packets so that it would stand out in sugar bowls Sweet'n Low |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | HOME SWEET HOME RENOVATION $800: Out of the barn & into the kitchen for this type of big sink, installed just under the counter-top & a bit in front of cabinets below a farmhouse sink |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | POP ROCKS $1000: In 2000 Duncan Jones directed a concert film of this legendary pop, born David Jones, rocking out at the Roseland Ballroom David Bowie |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | SCI-FI CHARACTERS $2,000 (Daily Double): In an H.G. Wells tale, Griffin, whose face is wrapped in rags, turns out to be this title guy The Invisible Man |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | GET OUT $200: Get out & elect this group that helps set what kids are taught; the National Assoc. of them says voter turnout often runs under 10% a school board |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | GET OUT $400: Get out to the West Coast for Bottlerock, a festival of big music acts & wine tasting in this California valley Napa Valley |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | THE "O" MEN $600: Dining out as Ron Swanson on "Parks & Rec", he introduced the "turf & turf. It's a 16-ounce T-bone & a 24-ounce porterhouse" Nick Offerman |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | GET OUT $600: Get out and play the combo game foot volley, invented in this country that's a powerhouse in soccer & beach volleyball Brazil |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | GET OUT $800: Get out there & meet someone, then 7 minutes later meet someone else in this system invented by an L.A. rabbi in the 1990s speed dating |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | HORROR MOVIES $800: In a 2017 horror film he starred as Chris Washington, trying to "Get Out" of the Armitage home Daniel Kaluuya |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | GET OUT $1000: Get out in your garden and plant this, every part of which can be used in cooking fennel |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | MILWAUKEE: NEWS CLUES $200: (Mike Strehlow of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) Years that end in 3 & 8 bring out big celebrations of this company; in 2018, its 115th birthday bash had 6,500 riders roaring down Wisconsin Avenue Harley-Davidson |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | WE'RE FULL! $1000: Past tense for "eat" is spelled out in this word that means "I couldn't eat another bite" satiated (sated) |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | PRE HISTORIC $400: Check out an example of these; you don't have to translate them, though hieroglyphics |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | PRE HISTORIC $800: From the Latin for "gap", it describes the break a TV show takes when it goes out of production for a few weeks hiatus |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | BOOK IT! $400: In 2022, he put out a nonfiction book called "Life Force" (Tony) Robbins |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ANCIENT HISTORY $800: A noted military use of these animals was by Pyrrhus at the Battle of Heraclea in 280 B.C.; they freaked out the Roman horses elephants |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | ALLITERATIVE SPORTS NO-NO's $1000: Time out for a penalty in hockey; it's also the name of the group that had the 2001 hit song "Superman" five for fighting |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | LAUREL CANYON $2000: Looking out from her daughter's dining room, Joni Mitchell's mom was shocked by goings-on at this man's place next door (Frank) Zappa |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | DEAR-POURRI $800: Mia Farrow's sister was the subject of this Beatles song that asks her "won't you come out to play" "Dear Prudence" |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | D-DAY, THE 6th OF JUNE $1200: Members of this U.S. Army special operations force scaled the steep cliffs of Pointe du Hoc to take out German artillery the Rangers |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | NUGGETS OF INFORMATION $600: In 2019 this Springdale, Arkansas-based company, a chicken nugget powerhouse, rolled out plant-based nuggets Tyson (Foods) |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | ROCK & ROLL $800: In 2022 music by this late performer, including his "Bat Out of Hell" album, returned to the Billboard charts Meat Loaf |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | BALLPARK FUN $1000: In the 1980s & '90s this rhymingly named Cubs announcer led the Wrigley faithful in singing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" Harry Caray |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | POP & ROCK LIFE STORIES $1600: This Englishman looked at fame in "They Made a Monkee Out of Me" Davy Jones |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | IT'S A FLAT-OUT FACT $400: All babies have flat feet, but if you develop the condition later in life, it's called fallen these arches |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | IT'S A FLAT-OUT FACT $800: Please pass over this bread in unleavened form or now that I think of it, as a ball in some delicious soup matzah |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | IT'S A FLAT-OUT FACT $1200: "Tortilla Flat", a 1935 novel set in Monterey, established him as a successful author Steinbeck |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | MEDIEVAL TIMES $1200: A serf who could hide out in a town for this long, "un an et un jour" in French, became a free citizen a year and a day |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | IT'S A FLAT-OUT FACT $1600: In 2021 a vehicle aptly named Speed Demon hit 466 mph at these salt flats in Utah Bonneville |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | IT'S A FLAT-OUT FACT $2000: Some Native Americans practiced skull binding for a rounded look; Lewis & Clark called the Salish this because they didn't the Flathead |
| #8651, aired 2022-05-30 | STICK TO THE SCRIPTURE $1200: The people with Jesus when "he called" this man "out of his grave, and raised him from the dead" bore witness Lazarus |
| #8650, aired 2022-05-27 | LITERARY SHIPPING $1,000 (Daily Double): In a Paul Gallico "Adventure" novel, this liner is capsized by a tidal wave & the survivors climb up to the hull to find a way out the Poseidon |
| #8650, aired 2022-05-27 | LITERARY SHIPPING $2000: This word follows "Captains" in the title of a Rudyard Kipling tale about Atlantic Ocean fishermen out in the Grand Banks Courageous |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | ROUGH NATIONAL ANTHEM LYRICS $400: The ball game version of this song doesn't include "Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution" "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | ROUGH NATIONAL ANTHEM LYRICS $800: Belt it out from its states of Sonora to Campeche! "War, war! Let the national banners be soaked in waves of blood" Mexico |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | '80s & '90s NONFICTION $800: Sadly, this funny lady passed away in 1989 shortly before her memoir "It's Always Something" came out Gilda Radner |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | BOND APPETIT! $1000: In "Goldfinger" Bond engages in a debate on the merits of Alaskan & stone these, but the stone variety wins out crab |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | '80s & '90s NONFICTION $1000: In 1992 John Gray published this out-of-this-world guide to understanding the opposite sex Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus |
| #8646, aired 2022-05-23 | WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS FILMS $600: Gene Hackman's first plan for a title-winning shot isn't big with his team but--spoiler alert for this basketball pic--things work out Hoosiers |
| #8646, aired 2022-05-23 | IT'S MAY 23rd! $800: On May 23, 1618 3 guys were thrown out of a castle window in what is called this incident "of Prague" defenestration |
| #8645, aired 2022-05-20 | THAT'S IN ADMISSIBLE! $400: You're "dropping" these coins if you're doling out assists in basketball dimes |
| #8642, aired 2022-05-17 | MOVIE TITLE BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Allied prisoners tunnel out of a German P.O.W. camp in a Disney movie about kids with magical powers The Great Escape to Witch Mountain |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | HOW INVENTIVE! $400: This inventor's name is spelled out here Samuel Morse |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | THAT BOOK PLAGUES ME $1200: A mysterious microorganism from space wipes out most of an Arizona town in this thriller by Michael Crichton The Andromeda Strain |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | SWEDISH HISTORY $2000: "Talent & Taste" is the motto of the Swedish this institution, founded in 1786, which hands out the Nobel Prize for Literature the Academy |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | COMMUNICATION $800: This market research company best known for its TV ratings started out providing them for radio programs in the 1940s Nielsen |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN $800: Making-Out-Road divorced this frontiersman & state capital name source Cheyenne style, leaving his stuff outside her lodge Kit Carson |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $800: This genre-defying band that broke in 2014 with "Gooey" performed at the BBMAs in 2021
"Sometimes, all I think about is you /
Late nights in the middle of June /
Heat waves been fakin' me out /
Heat waves been fakin' me out..." Glass Animals |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $1000: At the 2021 show, this letter-perfect indie pop trio gave a smokin' performance of "Bang!"
"So put your best face on everybody /
Pretend you know this song /
Everybody come hang /
Let's go out with a bang /
Bang! Bang! Bang!" AJR |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | ESTABLISHMENT $1200: In 1999 Nunavut Territory was established out of the eastern portion of this other Canadian territory the Northwest Territories |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE $200: You "put out" this sign of hospitality; a funny one at your door might say "hope you brought booze" a welcome mat |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | NUMERIC HOMOPHONES $600: A golfer's "look out!" fore |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | STATE CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $600: In Salt Lake City check out a performance by the world-famous choir at this religious edifice & the famous giant organ too the Mormon Tabernacle |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | JOHN GOODMAN IS HARD TO FIND $1200: Yes, that's John voicing a ho-ho-homicidal robot Santa Claus trying to take out Fry & Leela on this animated show Futurama |
| #8636, aired 2022-05-09 | AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MOVIES $800: Young Eleanor Bergstein would win Catskills mambo contests, inspiring her script for this 1980s film Dirty Dancing |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | NEW TO THE OED $200: This alliterative term for hastily skipping out on a restaurant bill dine and dash |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | 4 "N" $5,000 (Daily Double): The event where Mary found out the Holy Spirit was going to help her conceive the Annunciation |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | IT'S TV MOTHER'S DAY $800: Malory, mom of this title spy: "Who put out a burn notice on Sterling?... but I would never...! Oh, dear God" Archer |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | KEEPIN' UP WITH NASA $400: Launched December 25, 2021, the James Webb Telescope has a primary this, six times the area of the Hubble Space Telescope, so it gathers far more light a larger mirror |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | THESE WORDS MEAN NO OFFENSE $1600: This word for a small elevator used to move food may cause ire if your food server hears it out of context a dumbwaiter |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | IT'S YOUR TOP 40 PRESIDENTIAL COUNTDOWN $2000: "Are You Better Off?" is a hit across the country for this prez who rounds out the Top 40 Reagan |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | THE ACTOR REALLY SAVES THE DAY! $600: Already a superhero onscreen as Marvel's Master of the Mystic Arts, this man leapt out of a car to stop a mugging in 2018 Benedict Cumberbatch |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | SITCOMS $800: Setting out for a 3-hour tour, it was the "fishy" boat on "Gilligan's Island" the Minnow |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | THE 18th CENTURY $2000: Tacky's Revolt was carried out in 1760 by enslaved people on this Caribbean island, a center of sugar production Jamaica |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | LANDMARKS $600: The 2,700-foot Burj Khalifa in this city is quite impressive--check it out Dubai |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | POETS & POETRY $1000: A poem by Stevie Smith says, "I was much further out than you thought and not waving but" doing this drowning |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | MOVIES"!" $1000: What the Dickens?! Mark Lester wanted a little more out of life in the title role of this 1968 film Oliver! |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | THE LEAGUE MVP's TEAM $200: Barry Sanders, who could really "motor" down a football field the Detroit Lions |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | ITALIAN CUISINE $200: Usually served in thin slices, this Italian ham cured by drying has a name from Latin meaning "suck out" prosciutto |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $800: Columbia University began handing out these awards in 1917 the Pulitzers |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | OUT IN THE OCEAN $200: Sailors gave the name "Roaring Forties" not to a decade but to a windy region between 40 & 50 degrees south this latitude |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | OUT IN THE OCEAN $400: The language of the Maldives gives us this word for a ring-shaped reef an atoll |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | OUT IN THE OCEAN $600: Examples of this type of steep-sided depression in the sea floor include the Aleutian, Sunda & Mariana trench |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | OUT IN THE OCEAN $800: These deep-sea vents, named for the magma-heated water they emit, are islands of life in the ocean floor hydrothermal vents |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR $800: Shortly after the war, this 5-law deal "of 1850" tried to sort out the fate of slavery in the territories the U.S. gained the Compromise of 1850 |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | LET'S PLAY OLD-TIME PRIVATE EYE $1000: The man lived in Caddo Parish, in this Louisiana "port" city. Well... had lived. Turns out some guys don't mix well with threshers Shreveport |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | OUT IN THE OCEAN $1000: From Latin for "pool", it's a shallow, relatively calm body of water separated from the open ocean by a reef or barrier island a lagoon |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | A GOLF COURSE $800: From an old Scots word, it means both a piece of turf dug out by a club on a swing & the resulting hole a divot |
| #8623, aired 2022-04-20 | I CAN DO THIS ALL DAY $1600: I get out my toy soldiers & just like in TV's "Outlander", re-enact this 1746 battle that dashed the hopes of Bonnie Prince Charlie Culloden |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | THE CAST OF THE MOVIE $800: 2019:
Chris Evans & Ana de Armas have murder on their minds Knives Out |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | APRIL FOOLS $2000: In April 1846 a group of westward settlers struck out for California; this "Pass" would later be named for them the Donner Party |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | OUT OF... $200: Any costs you have to fork over yourself, especially medical costs not covered by your health insurance plan out of pocket |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | OUT OF... $400: Outlook has automatic replies for work email when you are OOO, this out of office |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | OUT OF... $600: This 1998 film starred George Clooney & Jennifer Lopez Out of Sight |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | OUT OF... $800: Since being revived in 1833, Jane Austen's 6 novels have not done this been out of print |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | OUT OF... $1000: There's an extremity in this phrase that means both "without consideration" & "without control" out of hand |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | AIRLINES $1600: SAVE is the stock symbol for this low-cost, no-frills carrier based out of Florida Spirit Airlines |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: On October 8, 1871, a fire broke out near the barn of Patrick & Catherine O'Leary; & the next morning this city was in ruins Chicago |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | MUSIC FROM THE NECK UP $800: "Heaven, I'm in heaven... when we're out together dancing" this way cheek to cheek |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | CELEBRITIES' FIRSTS $1600: This rapper, pitchman & friend of Martha Stewart said that in 2020, age 49, he was finally going to go out & vote Snoop Dogg |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | HOUSEHOLD INITIALS $200: P.L.:
The one on the stove might go out occasionally the pilot light |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | FASHION $2,000 (Daily Double): This portmanteau word is used of casual clothes for exercise & for just hanging out athleisure |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | R&B MUSIC $400: This signature song topped the R&B chart for 8 weeks in 1967; do we have to spell it out for you? "Respect" |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | WHO WANTS DESSERT? $400: No dillydallying after taking this eggy dessert out of the oven; it will only stay fully risen for a minute or 2 souffle |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | LITERATURE FOR YOUNGER READERS $400: This Dr. Seuss character shows up one boring rainy day when "our mother was out of the house" the Cat in the Hat |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | WORLD WAR II $400: When war broke out in September 1939, this country had tanks & a million-man army yet still relied heavily on cavalry Poland |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | DOCUMENTARIES $800: In "Roger & Me", Michael Moore set out to confront Roger Smith about the closing of this automaker's plants in Flint, Michigan General Motors |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | THAT PAINTING HAS A TITLE $2,000 (Daily Double): Turns out Gainsborough originally put a dog in this 1770 portrait of a young lad clad in shades of indigo The Blue Boy |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | WESTERNS $600: Seen here, he played Rufus Buck, just out of prison & ready to collide with an old rival in the 2021 Western "The Harder They Fall" Idris Elba |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | IN DESCRIBABLE $600: To let a secret out blab |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | PHYSIOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): This type of joint with a 3-word name allows for the greatest range of motion--forwards, backwards, sideways & rotating ball-and-socket |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | "ON" THE DOUBLE $1200: Missed one of these at LAX? Time to head back to the ticket agent to get sorted out a connection |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | BIRTH OF A WRITER $1200: Starting out life in India, he would later dedicate "Fury" to his soon-to-be wife, Padma Lakshmi (Salman) Rushdie |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | THANK YOU, THE INTERNET $600: Shout-out to the man who told a barista at this business his name was Marc with a "C" & posted a pic of his cup... for "Cark" Starbucks |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | HISTORIC NAMES $1200: Its wealthy newspaperman owner called this estate La Cuesta Encantada, "The Enchanted Hill" Hearst Castle |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | MAP QUEST $200: This state capital was founded by four way-out-of-staters, one from England, one from Georgia, one from Alabama & one from Iowa Helena |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | HISTORICAL NONFICTION $1600: An escape from the horrors in this African nation in 1994 is laid out in "The Girl Who Smiled Beads" Rwanda |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $400: To lose out on an opportunity is to "miss" this transport miss the bus (boat) |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | PHOTOGRAPHY $800: It's rule of thirds out, symmetry in when shooting a structure with this kind of pool, like the Lincoln Memorial a reflecting pool |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | POP MUSIC PHILLY-STYLE $400: Philadelphia International Records, celebrating 50 years in 2021, put out hits like the theme to this Don Cornelius show Soul Train |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | FEUD ORIGINS $2000: When critic Jean Lorrain tried to out him, this novelist & creator of the Baron de Charlus fought an 1897 duel with Lorrain Marcel Proust |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | SCIENCE IN NATURE $800: Galena, as seen here, is the main ore from which to get this metal out lead |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | WOMAN MOVIES $1600: This reclusive star's last movie was 1941's "Two-Faced Woman", which came out when she was 36 Greta Garbo |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS $400: The Etruscan 20-letter language went out of use owing to the spread of this language that used 23 letters Latin |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | LEMON SQUEEZY $200: For a classic French 75, along with the gin, lemon juice & simple syrup, you have to break out a bottle of this sparkling wine champagne |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | EASY PEASY $200: Check out the statue standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona; it was inspired by this Eagles hit "Take It Easy" |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: Utah would be more of a rectangle if this state hadn't taken a bite out of its northeastern corner Wyoming |
| #8599, aired 2022-03-17 | HISTORY QUICK TAKES $2000: He tried to starve the colonists out but later let his daughter Pocahontas marry one Powhatan |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | SUCCESSION $1,000 (Daily Double): 1969:
The original Triple H, Hubert H. Humphrey, is wrestled out of the veep office Spiro Agnew |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | ONLINE & TEXTING ABBREV. $1200: Making an OTP, one true this, means figuring out ideal character matches pairing |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | TV NEWS $200: As Mary Richards, she helped put out the local news on WJM-TV Mary Tyler Moore |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | FASHION $600: Perfect as casual wear, this "letter-perfect" dress fits at the hips & flares out further down A-line |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | FASHION $1000: As well as a general noun for a loose shirt, it can be a verb meaning "to poof out slightly above the waist" to blouse |
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Eden Prarie, Minnesota. Samira...
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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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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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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
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Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
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Curtis Joseph, a sophomore from Scottsdale Community College
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"In 1999, his nickname was 'Curtles the Troll', and he wanted...
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Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
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"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
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Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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Daniel Stauss, a federal claims examiner from Seattle, Washington
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Season 25 1-time champion: $25,500 + $2,000. Daniel Stauss - A...
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Tim Relihan, a senior from the University of Nebraska from Stromsburg, Nebraska
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
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\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
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Zane Ice, a 12-year-old from West Palm Beach, Florida
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"He wants to build a business in emerging technologies to help...
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Dominic Clust, from Metairie, Louisiana
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"This future lawyer likes to argue and he's good at it....
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Summer Sanders, a TV personality and former Olympic swimmer from Figure It Out
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"She swam her way to 4 medals in Barcelona and now...
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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
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"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
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Carson Kressley, a fashion maven from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
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"This star of TV's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy says...
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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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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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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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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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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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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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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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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
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Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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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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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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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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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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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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Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,800 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Justin Bernbach, a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 7-time champion: $155,001...
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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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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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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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Larissa Charnsangavej, a senior from Rice University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Houston, Texas at...
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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York
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Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
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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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Steph Gagelin, a sophomore from the University of North Dakota from Grand Forks, North Dakota
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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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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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
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Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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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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Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
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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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Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
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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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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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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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Amy Fletcher, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Jen McFann, a Peace Corps recruiter from Astoria, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,410 + $2,000. Jen McFann Astoria, New...
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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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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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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
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Season 25 2-time champion: $62,802 + $2,000. Not be to confused...
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Brooks Humphreys, a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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"He teaches at an all-girls Catholic school operated by the Sisters...
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Roger Craig, a computer scientist from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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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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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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Marques Redd, a sophomore at Harvard University from Macon, Georgia
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2001 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Marques was 18 at the time...
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Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
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2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
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Matt Drury, a government analyst from New York, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,799 + $2,000. Matthew Drury - A...
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Janet Bradlow, an insurance agent from New York, New York
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Season 26 3-time champion: $58,000 + $2,000. Janet Bradlow New York,...
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Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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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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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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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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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Michael Braun, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2005 Teen...
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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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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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Mike Nelson, a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois
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Season 27 2-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
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"His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
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Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
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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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Madeline Suchard, from Placentia, California
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"She has her sights set on becoming the Supreme Court Justice,...
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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
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"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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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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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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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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Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
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Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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Andrew Kreitz, a senior from Huntington Beach, California
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2006 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000.
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Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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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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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
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"He was the biggest winner of the 1999-2000 season. A marketing...
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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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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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Celeste DiNucci, a recent graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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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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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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Mary Ann Stanley, a high school chemistry and physical science teacher from Statesboro, Georgia
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"She's been teaching for 22 years and is now teaching the...
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Lisa Johnston, a fourth and fifth grade reading and religion teacher from East Boston, Massachusetts
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"She teaches at a parish that's focus is to dream big....
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Robert Gibbs, a former press secretary from the Obama White House
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"In 2004, he joined Barack Obama's senatorial campaign as communications director,...
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Carl Bradshaw, a financial manager from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 27 2-time champion: $17,899 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
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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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Brett Dvorak, a junior at Indiana University from Granger, Indiana
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brett was 20 at the...
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Matt Schnippert, a sophomore at Florida State University from Jacksonville, Florida
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2001 College Championship 1st runner-up: $19,801. Matt was 19 at the...
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Erin Bogart, a junior at Miami University of Ohio from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Erin was 20 at the time...
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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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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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Lizz Mullowney, a senior from Crystal Lake, Illinois
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2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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Amanda Sonmor, a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
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Season 27 2-time champion: $21,501 + $1,000.
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Prashant Raghavendran, a sophomore from the University of Texas, Dallas
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Prashant Raghavendran Blog...
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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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Amy Wilson, a creative writing and women's studies student originally from Portland, Oregon
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,999 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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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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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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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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Pat Sajak, a game show host from Wheel of Fortune
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"A former TV weatherman, he's gone on to become the world's...
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Lindsey Nicolai, a junior from Hampton, Virginia
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Greg Peterson, a senior from Park Ridge, Illinois
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $38,600....
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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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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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Lily Wang, a junior at Columbia University from Plano, Texas
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2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Anne Shivers, a senior from Peotone, Illinois
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2005 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $18,000. 17 at...
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Lindsey Hargrove, a senior at the University of Texas from Bellaire, Texas
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2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Mother's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: collegemom
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Steven Popper, an economist from Topanga, California
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"A winner of 5 shows in 1988, he has since founded...
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Camille Bullock, a senior from New Orleans, Louisiana
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Camille88
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Iddoshe Hirpa, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Katie James, a sophomore from Winchester, Virginia
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Emily Sturtz, from Parsippany, New Jersey
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"Because she would like to help people, she wants to become...
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Allan Long, a freshman from Tallahassee, Florida
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 14 at the time of the...
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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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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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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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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York City, New York
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\"A semifinalist in the Tournament of Champions in 1992, now an...
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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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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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Brendan Barnwell, a grad student and tutor from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 28 player (2011-12-05). Although Brendan played the Jeopardy! and Double...
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Emma Couture, a twelve-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
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"Here's a portrait of a smart young girl who sees her...
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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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Dillon McCormick, a twelve-year-old from Erlanger, Kentucky
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"A politician, maybe. An archaeologist, perhaps. Or a psychologist like grandpa....
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Clarence Page, a journalist from The Chicago Tribune
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"His nationally syndicated column began as a local column for the...
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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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Idrees Kahloon, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
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2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Raya Elias-Pushett, a junior from Aventura, Florida
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2011 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $20,851. First name...
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Raphie Cantor, a sophomore from San Diego, California
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 17 at the...
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Eliza Urban, a sophomore from Richmond, Virginia
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Katie Gill, a sophomore from Jackson, Mississippi
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2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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George Nelson, a senior from Montgomery, Alabama
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2002 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $29,497. George was...
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Susan Haarman, a sophomore at Marquette University from Louisville, Kentucky
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Susan was 19 at the time...
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Brady Newell, from Derwood, Maryland
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"She loves diving and gymnastics, but is headed toward being either...
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John Krizel, a green community program coordinator from Beckley, West Virginia
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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Vito Cortese, a software engineer and Italian translator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 3-time champion: $68,485 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Zach Blumenfeld, a junior from Lincolnshire, Illinois
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2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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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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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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Katie Orphan, a freshman at Whitworth College from Reno, Nevada
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2002 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
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Charles Shaughnessy, an actor from Mad Men
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"As Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives, he won three...
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Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
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Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
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Jeff Gorham, an accountant from Richmond, Virginia
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Season 27 1-time champion: $14,001 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SpacemanSpiff
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Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
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Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
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Tom Toal, an orthopedic surgeon from Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Season 27 1-time champion: $12,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Sara Terrell, a veterinary technician from Windsor, Connecticut
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California
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Season 27 3-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000.
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Mark Wales, a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $141,804...
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Francesca Leibowitz, a fifth grade English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"She teaches at a school that opened in 1854. From Brooklyn...
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Tommy Hoyt, from Winnetka, Illinois
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"Journalism may very well be in his future as he feels...
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Jill Bunzendahl Chimka, a speech and language pathologist from Washington, D.C.
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2003 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $85,099...
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Jason McCune, an actor originally from Jasper, Indiana
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 18 4-time champion: $90,041.
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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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Rachel Beckman, an 11-year-old from Danville, Kentucky
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"As a member of her school's academic team, she has no...
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Thomas McIntyre, a 12-year-old from Marino Valley, California
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"This self-proclaimed Star Wars freak, who has earned star rank in...
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Mark Eckard, a software designer from Bedford, Massachusetts
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $35,600. 2001 Tournament...
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Miguel Ferrer, an actor from Crossing Jordan
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"He began his career as a studio drummer and played on...
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Wes Kovarik, a senior from Antioch, California
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2005 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $30,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Michael Blake, a 12-year-old from Hamburg, New York
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"Our top story tonight is this young man, who wants to...
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Kristin Frankhouser, a 12-year-old from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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"Her future plans include becoming a physical therapist, a wife, and...
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Steve Golden, a junior from Brookeville, Maryland
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Laura Ansley, a senior from Twinsburg, Ohio
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Jake Houser, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Aptos, California
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"And this straight-A student would like to become a geneticist so...
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Andrew Watkins, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: everyday847
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Andrew Garen, an associate director of consumer marketing from Austin, Texas
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"He was a project manager when he won his 5 shows...
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Jimmy Li, a senior from Chesterfield, Missouri
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of...
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Matt Klein, a senior from Pittsford, New York
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2006 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $15,000. Won $1,000 on Who Wants...
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Rowan Spake, from Portland, Oregon
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"He's interested in nanotechnology and robotics to improve surgery. But getting...
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Cary Williams, from Milton, Massachusetts
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"She won an award in math, and a letter of commendation...
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Rachel McCool, a sophomore at Dickinson College from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2004 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: rachel_pi
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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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Jay Rosenberg, a college professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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\"After winning 5 times in 1985, he became the moderator for...
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Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Pam Mueller, an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois
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\"Representing Loyola University, she won the College Championship in November, 2000....
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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York, New York
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\"She became a 5-time champion in 1991. An actor and copy...
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India Cooper, a copy editor from Madison, Indiana
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\"She was an actor and copy editor in New York City...
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Max Zarou, a fifth-grade teacher originally from Culver City, California
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Season 24 1-time champion: $7,201 + $2,000.
Max appeared on Master Minds on 2023-08-10.
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Grafton Brown, a high school Spanish teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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"He teaches at a school whose buildings are named in honor...
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Catherine Carson, a fourth grade language arts, math, and social studies teacher from Washington, D.C.
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"She is new to teaching--she's in her second year. From Washington,...
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Caitlin Millat, a kindergarten teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"She receives support from Teach for America and works for Achievement...
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Drew Joanides, a high school history teacher from Miami, Florida
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"He is one of our four teachers competing in our tournament...
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Tony Harkin, an eleven-year-old from New Milford, Connecticut
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"Dig this--he wants to be an archaeologist when he grows up....
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Neil Patel, a twelve-year-old from Plano, Texas
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"He wants to become an environmental scientist and help protect our...
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Andrew Zazzera, a twelve-year-old from Virginia Beach, Virginia
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"He has a sunny future as a meteorologist. From Virginia Beach,...
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Audrey Hosford, a junior from Annapolis, Maryland
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2008-B Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,400. Jeopardy! Message...
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B.D. Schwarz, a twelve-year-old from Oakland, California
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"He wants to make others happy by opening a little game...
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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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Graham Doskoch, a twelve-year-old from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
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"He wants to put his love of design and building to...
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Catherine Whitten, a high school history teacher from Plano, Texas
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"This gifted teacher primarily teaches gifted students. From Plano, Texas, this...
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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John Botti, a high school history and English teacher from Bethesda, Maryland
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"He says he keeps his spirit young by spending time with...
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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2011 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000.
JBoard user name: lonesomeseagull
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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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Katty Kay, a Washington, D.C. anchor from BBC World News America
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"She's the Washington, D.C. anchor for BBC World News America, as...
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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
|
"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
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Dana Perino, a TV host from Fox News Channel's The Five
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"White House press secretary under George W. Bush, she now appears...
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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"He served as a speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, and later as...
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Morgan Flood, a junior from Pequea, Pennsylvania
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Rob Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Younger brother of 2008-B Teen Tournament...
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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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Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
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2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
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Kendra Pettis, a junior from Oberlin College
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\"She hadn\'t settled on a career goal at age 11. Now...
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Allex Fambles, a sophomore from Brown University
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"She knew at age eleven that she wanted to be a...
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Erin Hart, a junior from Benton Harbor, Michigan
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2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Sam Leanza, a senior from Laguna Hills, California
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Cosi Audi, a junior from North Canton, Ohio
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Kate Wadman, a junior from Tucson, Arizona
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2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jeopartygirl
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Heidi Fogle, a senior from Overland Park, Kansas
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Naomi Hinchen, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Jeffrey Gerlomes, a freshman from Napa, California
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Todd Faulkenberry, a junior from Moore, South Carolina
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2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
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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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Maria Bennici, a junior from Walkersville, Maryland
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Janelle Lambert, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tarafraney
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Amanda Hall, from Farmington, Maine
|
"Whether it's writing a biography of Yo-Yo Ma or working on...
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Leatrice Potter, from Olney, Illinois
|
"This published poet likes to read at any free moment and...
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Andrew Nerlinger, a senior at the University of Notre Dame from Wilmington, Delaware
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Andrew was 21 at the time...
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Evan Stewart, a sophomore from Frankfort, Kentucky
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2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Evan was 15 at the time...
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Seth Disner, a senior from Los Angeles, California
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2002 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $28,900. Seth was 17 at the...
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Andrew Garen, a project manager from Austin, Texas
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Mysti Kofford, a junior at Boston University from New Orleans, Louisiana
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Mysti was 19 at the...
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Brittany Rogers, a sophomore at Saddleback College from Lake Forest, California
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brittany was 18 at the...
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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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Clinton Wieden, a college student from Fairview, Oklahoma
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Season 20 player (2004-06-07). KJL game 4. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Sara Dean, a junior at Syracuse University from Olney, Maryland
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2001 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Sara was 19 at the time...
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Jayce Newton, a senior at UCLA from Long Beach, California
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Jayce was 22 at the...
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Sam Weaver, a sophomore at Bradley University from Pleasanton, California
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Sam was 20 at the time...
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Jaime Green, a sophomore at Brown University from Nanuet, New York
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Jaime was 18 at the time...
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Chris Mazurek, an assistant professor from Columbia, Missouri
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Robb Muhm, a pediatrician from Scottsdale, Arizona
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Season 22 1-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
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Aaron Thompson, a special assistant from Washington, D.C.
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 21 3-time champion:...
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Beth Doner, a homemaker from Dearborn, Michigan
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Season 22 player (2005-11-28).
Jeopardy Message Board user name: bethanne
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Mehrun Etebari, a graduate student of international relations from Durham, New Hampshire
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Anna Allie, a junior at the University of Michigan at Dearborn from Dearborn, Michigan
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Chris Breen, a sophomore at Princeton University from Springfield, Massachusetts
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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Dylan Smith, from the Bronx, New York
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"This honor roll student wants to invent a teleporting system. From...
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Mitchell Vogel, from Madison, Wisconsin
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"This future governor of Wisconsin enjoys rollerblading, reading, and playing saxophone....
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Silvio Menzano, a psychologist and university counseling center director from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $10,300 + $1,000.
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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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Molly Gier, a twelve-year-old from Chesterfield, Missouri
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"She is preparing for a teaching career by tutoring her peers....
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Lynne Wexler, a librarian from Evanston, Illinois
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"She was the first 5-time champion in 1991. A librarian from...
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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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John Cuthbertson, an investment analyst from San Diego, California
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"He was the highest money winner of the 1993-94 season. An...
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John Ryan, a corporate controller from Richmond, California
|
"As a college student, he was the top winner of the...
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Lan Djang, a health policy analyst from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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"He was a 5-time champion in 2001. Today he's a health...
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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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Stephanie Radke, a senior from McLean, Virginia
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. As an accommodation for a disability,...
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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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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from North Hills, California
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"This playwright and director became a 5-time winner in 2001. Today,...
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Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
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Forrest Sturgill, a senior from Kingsport, Tennessee
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "STIR-jill".
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Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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"He was a 2002 Teen Champion. He's now a sophomore at...
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Kennedy Stomps, a junior from St. Louis, Missouri
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Michael Dupée, an attorney from Gainesville, Florida
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"He was the winner of the 1996 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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Will Dantzler, a senior from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
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2009 Teen Tournament first runner-up: $31,600.
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Bonny Jain, a senior from Moline, Illinois
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Anderson Cooper, an anchor from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
|
"As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus of Harper's...
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Brad Rodriguez, an assistant general manager of a minor league baseball team from Jacksonville, Florida
|
Season 27 player (2010-10-08).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: J!FAIL
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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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Tim Koch, a 12-year-old sixth grader from Cliffwood, New Jersey
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"He would like to be a teacher because you get 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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Patrick Tucker, a graduate student of public policy from St. Louis, Missouri
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Jonathan Gillerman, a senior from Staten Island, New York
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2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Anthony Valente, a senior from Staten Island, New York
|
2003 Teen Tournament second runner-up: $24,799.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Tara Karr, a senior from Laclede, Idaho
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2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Susan Bellenot, a senior from Lakeview Terrace, California
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2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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John Zhang, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Teen...
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Stephanie Ehresman, a senior from Shirley, New York
|
2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Tyler Allard, a senior from Garrett Park, Maryland
|
2003 Teen Tournament first runner-up: $28,400.
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John Matthews, a senior from Escondido, California
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2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Diane Trap, a librarian and graphics specialist from Athens, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $21,400 + $1,000. Diane Trap - a...
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James Hill III, a freshman from Santa Clara University
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2010-A College championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: San Jose, California. [No contestant...
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Rebecca Maxfield, a freshman from Brown University
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Rochelle, New York. Rebecca...
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Ken Basin, a junior at the University of Southern California from Huntington Beach, California
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2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Blog at kbasin.blogspot.org. Appearing as a...
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Robby Schrum, a junior at Yale University from Crown Point, Indiana
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2003 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy!...
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Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
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"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
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Erik Nelson, a grad student originally from Boston, Massachusetts
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 4-time champion: $94,404 + $2,000.
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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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Jim Stevens, a high school math teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 6-time champion: $140,600 + $2,000.
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Lisa Klink, a TV writer from Los Angeles, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $70,150...
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Tom Bergeron, an Emmy Award-winning host from Dancing with the Stars
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. "He's...
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Nicole Karrow, an 11-year-old from Lewes, Delaware
|
"Her goals are to be a horse breeder and trainer..." 2007...
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Laura Button, an editor and proofreader from Alpharetta, Georgia
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Season 27 1-time champion: $28,800 + $1,000.
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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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Folake Dosu, a senior from Stanford University from Bellwood, Illinois
|
2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Robin Cheney, a middle school teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
|
"All the students at her school go on a camping trip...
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Michelle Schrier, an 11-year-old from Potomac, Maryland
|
"She plans on being a news reporter while waiting for her...
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Jacob Joyner, an 11-year-old from Quantico, Virginia
|
"As a politician, he plans on improving the lives of Americans....
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Dianisbeth Acquie, from Brooklyn, New York
|
"This ballet, jazz, and tap dancing Girl Scout would like to...
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Pete Troyan, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 at the time of the...
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Christopher Meloni, an Emmy-nominated actor from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
|
"He's played challenging roles on both sides of the law, including...
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from Sherman Oaks, California
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Kyle Hale, a college student from Katy, Texas
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Chris Mazurek, an assistant professor from Columbia, Missouri
|
2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Travis Troyer, a software engineer from Hereford, Maryland
|
2003 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 5-time champion:...
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Lisa Ackerman, a senior from Livermore, California
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Kyle Neblett, a senior from Beaverton, Oregon
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 2nd runner-up: $36,400. 18 at the...
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Kriti Gandhi, a senior from Ellicott City, Maryland
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 18 at the time...
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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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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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Bobby Bretz, an 11-year-old from Bristol, Rhode Island
|
"It's either archaeology or pro baseball for this sports-loving scientist. From...
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Meredith Dedopoulos, a 12-year-old from Durham, New Hampshire
|
"This spelling bee champion has also won many sports awards. From...
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Michael Glick, a 12-year-old from Smithtown, New York
|
"He's in math honors this year, even though math is one...
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Emily Kamm, a 12-year-old from Arlington, Virginia
|
"This member of Model United Nations has been on the principal's...
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Dan Avila, a photographer from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 7 1-time champion: $5,300 + a Sanyo remote control stereo...
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Josh Lacey, a 10-year-old from Ellicott City, Maryland
|
"The International Olympic Committee does such good work, he would like...
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Tiffany Wen, a 12-year-old from Exton, Pennsylvania
|
"This figure skater is also on the distinguished honor roll. From...
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Jared Rothenberg, an 11-year-old from Houston, Texas
|
"When he's not on the mound, he's warming up in the...
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Suzie Lisky, a 12-year-old from Mendham, New Jersey
|
"She's not sure what she wants to be when she grows...
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Nick Dnistrian, an 11-year-old from Webster, New York
|
"With a nickname like Elvis, this future chemist is already the...
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Sebastian Johnson, a senior from Takoma Park, Maryland
|
2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Listed as "Sebi" on the...
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Loren Loiacono, a senior from Setauket, New York
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Scott Turow, a bestselling novelist and practicing attorney from Chicago, Illinois
|
"He's sold more than 25 million copies of his novels worldwide...
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John Kelly, a retired Air Force officer from Austin, Texas
|
"In 1992, he was one of the top five money winners...
|
|
Larry Marshall, a junior at the University of Missouri from Kansas City, Missouri
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Eric Webb, a 12-year-old from Austin, Texas
|
"He wants to be a cartoonist so he can make people...
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Dan Amboy, a 12-year-old from Lapeer, Michigan
|
"He hopes to get into the best college that he can....
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Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
|
"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
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Ben Lyon, an industrial scaleman from Dallas, Texas
|
"Representing the University of Oklahoma, he won the 1995 College Championship....
|
|
David Hoffelmeyer, a senior from St. Joseph, Missouri
|
2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
|
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Casey Retterer, a sophomore at the University of Maryland from Olney, Maryland
|
2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
|
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Allison Peña, a junior from Sunrise, Florida
|
2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Paul Boymel, a civil rights attorney from Potomac, Maryland
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"He was the top winner of the 1984-85 season. Now he's...
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Kenny Schlax, a junior from Deerfield, Illinois
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Listed as "Kenneth" on the official web site.
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Joseph Graumann, a junior from Mays Landing, New Jersey
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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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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Barbara-Anne Eddy, a civil servant from Vancouver, Canada
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"Her 5-time winnings from 1988 allowed her to go for nearly...
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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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Whitney Prince, a sophomore from Maryville, Tennessee
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Kermin Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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"In 2003, he became the first to win a quarter of...
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Matt Bushell, a junior at Georgetown University from Fairfield, Connecticut
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
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Zachary Tomanelli, an online organizer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-01-22).
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Jen Aprahamian, a computer science teacher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 30 player (2014-01-17). Jen appeared on The Chase on 2021-02-11...
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Geoff Norcross, a public radio host from Portland, Oregon
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Season 30 player (2014-01-17).
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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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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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Seth Tribble, a statistician from New York, New York
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Season 30 1-time champion: $26,488 + $2,000.
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Andy Richter, an actor/comedian from The Tonight Show
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\"This multitalented actor/comedian is now back on the couch with Conan...
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Dinu Nesan, a postdoctoral fellow and university lecturer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 30 1-time champion: $18,001 + $1,000. Name pronounced like "DIH-noo...
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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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Rachel Samberg, an academic tutor and performer from New York, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-01-02).
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Chuck Forrest, a lawyer and CEO from London, United Kingdom
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\"He became a winner of the second-ever Tournament of Champions in...
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Chuck Forrest, an attorney for the UN IFAD from Marino, Italy
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\"In 1986, he was a law student living in Grand Blanc,...
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Brandon Blackwell, a sophomore from Holliswood, New York
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist:...
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Brian Aronson, a public defender from Sacramento, California
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Season 4 player (1988-06-28): Ricardo Beverly Hills Tower Drive luggage collection...
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Chris Sullivan, a naval flight officer from Manama, Bahrain
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Season 11 player (1995-03-22). Not to be confused with Season 15...
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Ike Barinholtz, an actor from Chicago, Illinois
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\"An actor from Chicago, Illinois, he appeared on Fox\'s Mad TV,...
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Tom Smolich, a Catholic priest originally from Sacramento, California
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Season 5 player (1989-04-11). Season 6 3-time champion: $39,802. Last name...
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Tom Smolich, a Catholic priest originally from Sacramento, California
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Season 5 player (1989-04-11). Season 6 3-time champion: $39,802. Last name...
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Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
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\"A five-time champion in 1994, he used his winnings for a...
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Hillary Kwiatek, an employee communication specialist from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Season 30 player (2013-09-19).
Last name pronounced like "KWEE-uh-tek".
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Kellie Chan, a graduate student of biology from Chuluota, Florida
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Season 30 player (2013-09-20).
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Amanda Walker, a junior at Gonzaga University from East Wenatchee, Washington
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Tom Vanderbilt, a writer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 player (2011-12-30).
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Sergio Llorian, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 28 1-time champion: $29,201 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: Serge
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Ramesh Mantha, an electrical engineer from Toronto, Ontario
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Season 27 player (2011-05-17).
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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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David Enslee, a baseball card proofreader from Avenel, New Jersey
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Season 29 player (2013-04-30).
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Michael Jaeger, a freelance director from Los Angeles, California
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Season 20 player (2004-07-22).
KJL game 37.
Last name pronounced like "YAY-ger".
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Sally Umbach, a third grade special education teacher from Cincinnati, Ohio
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"She teaches at a school district that has been in operation...
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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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Lindsay Reese, a postdoctoral researcher originally from Escanaba, Michigan
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Season 28 player (2012-04-11).
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Lori Kissell, a high school Latin teacher from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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"She loves everything about Latin and shares that love with her...
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Craig Sallinger, a government librarian from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 player (2013-03-01).
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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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Anne Raybon, a teacher's assistant and school bus driver from Asheville, North Carolina
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Season 28 player (2012-04-09).
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Lisa Lyons, a social media consultant from Van Nuys, California
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Season 28 player (2012-04-06).
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Viki Radden, a high school English and literacy teacher from Bakersfield, California
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"She teaches at the largest high school district in California. From...
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Dan Crosby, a middle school history teacher from Santa Monica, California
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"He teaches at a school named for a renowned scholar, doctor,...
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Kathy Casavant, a high school English teacher from Oxford, Massachusetts
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"Originally she wanted to do anything but teach. Well, she's been...
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Cathy Markwiese, a librarian from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Season 27 player (2011-07-28).
Last name pronounced like "MARK-weez".
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Jennifer Emmett, an executive assistant from Fremont, California
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Season 28 player (2012-07-04).
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Lou Ascatigno, a teacher from Concord, California
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Season 20 player (2004-07-15). KJL game 32. Last name pronounced like...
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Ruth Robbins, a stay-at-home mom from Jacksonville, North Carolina
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Season 28 player (2012-03-30).
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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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Beth Watkins, a graduate student of medieval studies from Savannah, Georgia
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Season 28 1-time champion: $37,200 + $1,000.
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Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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Jennifer Hills, a librarian from Twin Falls, Idaho
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Season 28 player (2011-12-14).
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Jeanie Kenkel, a registered nurse originally from Lincoln, Nebraska
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Season 28 player (2012-03-28). Blog at thejeopardyfan.com. JBoard user name: thejeopardyfan...
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Thomas Hurley, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Newtown, Connecticut
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"Watch out, Alex. This kid wants to host Jeopardy! He says...
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Jay Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
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2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Older brother of 2012 Teen Tournament...
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Meredith Lowmaster, a medical research technician from Quincy, Massachusetts
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Season 29 1-time champion: $16,000 + $1,000.
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Michelle Martin, a journalist from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 29 1-time champion: $24,800 + $2,000.
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Melissa Rabey, a teen librarian from Germantown, Maryland
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Season 28 player (2012-06-25).
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Annie Douglass, a museum educator from Portland, Oregon
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Season 27 player (2011-04-14).
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Ravi Saxena, a computer programmer from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 29 player (2013-06-19).
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Logan Schultz, a bank examiner from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 28 player (2011-12-01).
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John Erler, a movie mocker from Austin, Texas
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Season 28 1-time champion: $29,000 + $2,000.
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Tim Kresowik, a urology resident from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 27 2-time champion: $42,201 + $1,000.
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Kitty O'Rourke, a nurse from Fort Walton Beach, Florida
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Season 25 player (2008-10-07).
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Jared Hall, a graduate student in global policy studies from Austin, Texas
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2014 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 29/30 6-time champion: $181,001...
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Ann Thurlow, an aspiring novelist and retired salesperson from Mendham, New Jersey
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Season 28 1-time champion: $26,805 + $1,000.
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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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Joanna Mang, a nanny from San Diego, California
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Season 29 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: waterytart
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Rochelle Smith, a university librarian from Moscow, Idaho
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Season 29 player (2012-10-01).
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Ben Chuchla, a senior from Calabasas, California
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2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Last name pronounced like "HOO-kla"....
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Brendan DuBois, a mystery and suspense writer from Exeter, New Hampshire
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Season 29 1-time champion: $23,000 + $1,000. Brendan won $17,500 on...
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Katie Annis, a stay-at-home mom from Ashburn, Virginia
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Season 29 player (2013-07-24).
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Shelby Malone, a senior from Grayson, Kentucky
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2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: sleeping_stars
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Jenny Caplan, a Ph.D. student from Syracuse, New York
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Season 25 player (2008-10-02).
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Mark Samburg, a law clerk from Essex, Connecticut
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Season 27 player (2011-04-01).
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Rahul Francis, a twelve-year-old from Flushing, New York
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"This electronic wizard's current plans are to run a technology company....
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Meg Walker, an eleven-year-old from Brandon, Mississippi
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"She wants to help people with disabilities have a better life...
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Bradley Silverman, a junior from Alpharetta, Georgia
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2008-B Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $44,600. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Emily Vandermeulen, a geographic information systems specialist from Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
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Season 29 player (2013-04-05).
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Sheri Boysen, a stay-at-home mom from Houston, Texas
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Season 29 player (2012-09-26).
JBoard user name: Case
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Oliver Mellet, a computer programmer from Marina del Rey, California
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Season 20 player (2004-07-08).
KJL game 27.
Last name pronouced like "meh-LAY".
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Robert Chodola, a graduate student of education from Fallbrook, California
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Season 29 player (2013-01-29).
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Eric Nelson, a teacher and small business owner from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 29 player (2013-04-05).
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Christopher Weis, a sophomore from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "WISE". Jeopardy!...
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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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D.J. Perry, a burrito architect from Houston, Texas
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Season 28 player (2012-06-01).
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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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Mark Runsvold, a student and waiter from Moscow, Idaho
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2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 4-time champion: $153,800 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: markrunsvold
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Brad Brown, a theater teacher from Nashville, Tennessee
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"And he is a theater teacher at an international baccalaureate certified...
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Justin Sausville, a urologist from Baltimore, Maryland
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27/28 6-time champion:...
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Susie Swithers, a professor of psychological sciences from Zionsville, Indiana
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Season 29 player (2013-01-23).
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Chris Clayton, an agribusiness finance attorney from Denver, Colorado
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Season 27 player (2011-06-28).
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Jenny Miller, a legislative assistant from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 20 player (2004-07-06).
KJL game 25.
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Paul Kursky, an online marketing producer 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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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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Steven Evenhouse, a junior high school social studies teacher from Orland Hills, Illinois
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"He likes teaching because it gives him a captive audience for...
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Greg Draves, an MBA student from New York, New York
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Season 29 1-time champion: $22,800 + $2,000.
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Sara Shiver, a periodicals librarian from Columbia, South Carolina
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Season 28 player (2012-05-28).
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Tom Kunzen, a geotechnical engineer from Orlando, Florida
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 5-time champion: $133,402...
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Nate Rice, a high school ACT prep teacher from Catlettsburg, Kentucky
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"This is his first year in the family business. His mother's...
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Daphne Moulton, a finance administrator from Lakeville, Massachusetts
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Season 28 player (2012-05-29).
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Jim Virtel, a graduate student of philosophy from Lemont, Illinois
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Season 28 player (2012-05-25). Brother of Season 31 player Louis Virtel....
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Alex Johnson, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"He wants to be a chemist in the future. From Indianapolis,...
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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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Jay Rhee, an oncologist from Annapolis, Maryland
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
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James Hawthorne Jr., a special education teacher from Rochester, New York
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Season 29 player (2013-01-16).
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Iliza Shlesinger, a comedian from New York City
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"A comedian from New York City, she has six Netflix specials...
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Sarah Bauer, a junior at Indiana University from Carmel, Indiana
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2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Lanny Springs, a retiree and high school coach from Ruxton, Maryland
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Season 25 player (2008-11-07).
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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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Matthew Mahan, a child support officer from Hooksett, New Hampshire
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Season 29 player (2013-07-18).
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Emily Gifford, a historical researcher and writer from Middletown, Connecticut
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Season 28 1-time champion: $33,800 + $1,000. JBoard user name: RobotJepLady...
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Greer Mackebee, a senior at Duke University from Knoxville, Tennessee
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 at the time of the...
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Evan Sandman, a hotel front desk manager from Los Angeles, California
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Season 28 1-time champion $28,801 + $2,000.
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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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Connie Shi, a junior at the University of Michigan from Okemos, Michigan
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Jeffrey Wachs, an attorney from Irvine, California
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Season 29 player (2013-07-16).
Last name pronounced like "WAX".
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Anna Cambron, a 10-year-old from Louisville, Kentucky
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"Her fascination with the human mind leads her to the field...
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
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"He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
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Michele Myers Beuerlein, a research assistant from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 29 player (2013-01-04).
Last name pronounced approximately like "BUR-line".
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Matthew Cline, a 12-year-old from Maumelle, Arkansas
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"John Grisham's books have inspired him. He's firm. He wants to...
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Simu Liu, an actor from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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"An actor from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, he starred in the Canadian...
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Deborah Stowell, a library shelver and pet sitter from St. Charles, Illinois
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Season 29 player (2013-07-15).
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Ego Nwodim, a comedian from Baltimore, Maryland
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"A comedian from Baltimore, Maryland, her one-woman show enjoyed a sold-out...
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Lizzie O'Leary, an aviation and regulation correspondent from CNN
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"She broke the news that Chrysler would file for Chapter 11...
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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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Gabriela Gonzales, a senior from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Michael Cudahy, a musician from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 20 player (2004-06-25).
KJL game 18.
Last name pronounced like "CUD-uh-hee".
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Bryan Givens, a history lecturer originally from Dallas, Texas
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Season 20 player (2004-06-24). KJL game 17. At the time of...
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Sarah Jane Woodall, a photographer from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-06-23). KJL game 16. Sarah Jane won $16,000...
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Randy Gold, a systems analyst and volunteer from Sherman Oaks, California
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Season 25 player (2008-10-27).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Randy G
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Leigh Wishner, an antique textile and costume specialist from the Bronx, New York
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Season 28 player (2011-10-12).
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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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Eliza Scruton, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Michael Stewart, a Renaissance player and trivia host from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 28 player (2011-10-11). Michael wore a Scrooge McDuck necktie on...
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Tom Stetina, a high school math teacher from Millsboro, Delaware
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Season 25 1-time champion: $29,353 + $1,000.
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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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Carlee Jensen, a senior from Santa Monica, California
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Anshika Niraj, a sophomore from Beachwood, Ohio
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2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Nikhil Desai, a junior from Fremont, California
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2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Lindsey Thiesfeld, a sophomore from Clarendon Hills, Illinois
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2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Jonathan Couser, a medieval historian from Lee, New Hampshire
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Season 29 player (2013-07-08).
Last name pronounced like "COW-ser".
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Andrew Van Duyn, a junior from Wheaton, Illinois
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Cindy Schilling, a children's librarian from Sanford, Maine
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Season 25 player (2008-09-12).
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Kailyn LaPorte, a sophomore from Decatur, Georgia
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2011 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $42,600. 15 at the time of...
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Steven Ho, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Christian Ie, a senior from Renton, Washington
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "EE".
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Mandy Tuthill, a public librarian from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Season 29 player (2012-12-10).
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Amanda Potter, a museum educator originally from Glens Falls, New York
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Season 29 player (2013-05-02).
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Tracey Davidson, a middle school secretary from Glen Allen, Virginia
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Season 27 player (2011-05-20).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Amazonite
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Jennifer Green, a university librarian from Paris, Tennessee
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Season 28 player (2011-12-29).
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Chuck Newell, an English teacher from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Season 23 player (2007-02-26).
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Jean Whitcomb, a teller supervisor from Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Season 24 1-time champion: $21,201 + $1,000.
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Tom Kelso, a credit analyst from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 19 3-time champion: $83,402 + $2,000. Namesake of the backronym...
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Ursula Ellis, a librarian from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Season 23 player (2007-02-22).
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Brandon Brooks, an HR manager from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 34 2-time champion: $27,401 + $1,000. During his first contestant...
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Kathleen Ryan, a business information analyst originally from Scotia, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-06-25).
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Stephen Cooper, a math teacher from Sandy Springs, Georgia
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Season 23 player (2007-01-26).
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Kazim Ali, a poet and college professor from the Bronx, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-01-25).
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Josh Vittor, a law student from New York, New York
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Season 31 player (2014-12-16).
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Tavis Smiley, a talk show host from PBS's The Tavis Smiley Show
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"He's interviewed such diverse personalities as Fidel Castro, Pope John Paul...
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Frank Firke, a junior from Chicago, Illinois
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2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
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Michael Oliphant, an acupuncturist from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 31 player (2014-12-12).
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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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Toby Guebert, a community college instructor from Claremont, California
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Season 20 player (2004-06-01).
Last name pronounced like "GEE-bert".
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Kew Lee, a psychiatrist from San Francisco, California
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Season 24 player (2008-06-19).
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Courtney Jones, a 12-year-old from Largo, Maryland
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"She wants to dedicate her life to building things that benefit...
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Martha Fingleton, a student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Season 20 player (2004-05-26).
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Grace Acton, from Harvard, Massachusetts
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"This competitive gymnast is hoping to score a perfect 10 for...
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Naren Tallapragada, a junior from Burke, Virginia
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2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Anne Boyd, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
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2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion: $84,600...
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Gabby Fusco, an 11-year-old from Maspeth, New York
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"She's loved everything about science she was a little kid, so...
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Ryan Elkins, a 12-year-old from Bensalem, Pennsylvania
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"He wants to study physics and unlock the mysteries of the...
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Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Will Harter, a 12-year-old from Park Ridge, Illinois
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"He would like to be a professional athlete. If that doesn't...
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Mollie Haycock, a senior from Rocklin, California
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Nick Philip, a junior from Plainfield, Indiana
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Rachael Cianfrani, a criminal justice student from Cypress, California
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Season 17 player (2001-01-23). Rachael appeared on Singled Out with Jenny...
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Matt Cookson, an attorney from San Diego, California
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Season 20 player (2004-05-18).
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David Greisman, a communications manager and boxing writer from Columbia, Maryland
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Season 31 1-time champion: $11,600 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Freddy Bee, a teacher from La Verne, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $17,600 + $2,000.
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Tucker Dunn, an ESL teacher from Tucson, Arizona
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Season 33 3-time champion: $39,999 + $1,000. In his first appearance,...
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Joel Stjernholm, a student and emergency room scribe from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 31 player (2014-11-26).
Last name pronounced like "STERN-holm".
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Jason Aucker, a milk plant lab technician from Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
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Season 23 player (2007-01-19).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jlaucker
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Robin Kutner, from Newtown, Pennsylvania
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"This member of jazz band has a cat that is the...
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Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
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Dave Ruddell, a forensic scientist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 24 player (2008-07-07).
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Clara Bolton, a school librarian from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 24 player (2008-03-05).
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JC Honeycutt, a fraud investigator and singer-songwriter from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 23 player (2007-01-15).
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Aimee Seligstein, a recruiter originally from Memphis, Tennessee
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Season 30 player (2014-04-25). Last name pronounced like "SEE-lig-stine". Aimee joined...
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Hilary Gaughen, a veterinary technician from Lakeside, California
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Season 30 player (2014-04-25). Last name pronounced like "GAWH-en" (almost like...
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Vinita Kailasanath, a sophomore at Stanford University from Laurel, Maryland
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Seth Supcoff, a hotel manager from Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Season 22 1-time champion: $20,500 + $1,000.
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Amanda Ross-White, a librarian from Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Season 22 player (2006-06-21).
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Thomas Talbot, a bookstore manager from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-06-09).
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Paula Frome, a lawyer from Glen Cove, New York
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Season 23 1-time champion: $25,601 + $2,000.
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Jennie Crabbe, a copy editor from Ballwin, Missouri
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Season 30 player (2014-04-15).
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Graham Gilmer, a senior from Lynchburg, Virginia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Teen...
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Anna Gohmann, a senior from Westlake Village, California
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Anna was 17 at the time...
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Tom Hartmann, a junior from San Antonio, Texas
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2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Devin Baker, a government secretary from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 30 player (2014-04-14).
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Chrissy Swisher, a librarian from Glendale, Colorado
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Season 30 player (2014-04-14).
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Ellen Cook, a freelance writer and editor from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-06-18).
KJL game 13.
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Blake Hernandez, a senior from Burke, Virginia
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Blake was 16 at the time...
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Andy Kravis, a freshman from Farmington Hills, Michigan
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Andy was 13 at the...
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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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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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Laura Mogul, an executive director from Port Washington, New York
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Season 32 player (2016-03-31). Laura appeared on the original Jeopardy! with...
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Ryan Ballengee, a senior from Pasadena, Maryland
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2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Sandie Baker, a translation coordinator from Eastpointe, Michigan
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2014 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 30 6-time champion:...
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Laura Adomunas, a pharmacist from Sayreville, New Jersey
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Season 20 player (2004-06-10).
KJL game 7.
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Lorraine Mariz, a coffeehouse owner from Ojai, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $7,198 + $1,000.
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Paige Feldman, a sophomore from St. Louis, Missouri
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2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Deirdre Basile, a stay-at-home mom from Ridgefield, Connecticut
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Season 20 player (2004-06-17). KJL game 12. Last name pronounced like...
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Perry Gentry, a high school religion teacher from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 23 player (2006-12-12).
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Deb Williams, a member services counselor from Hudson, Ohio
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Season 31 player (2014-10-21).
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Lan Djang, a business analyst from Toronto, Canada
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
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Ruth Comer, an executive director from Chariton, Iowa
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Season 23 player (2006-11-30).
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Jeff Rozen, a sales consultant from Sarasota, Florida
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Season 23 player (2006-12-27).
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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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Beth Chalecki, a Ph.D. student from Medford, Massachusetts
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Season 22 player (2005-11-23).
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Brendan McParland, a lawyer from Rockville, Maryland
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Season 31 player (2014-10-07).
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Adam Weinstein, a graduate student from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Season 22 2-time champion: $39,700 + $1,000.
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Cathy Lanctot, a law professor from Wilmington, Delaware
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
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2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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Terri Pous, a social media editor from New York, New York
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Season 31 2-time champion: $36,801 + $2,000. Terri produced a podcast...
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Josh Danson, a marketing communications consultant from San Francisco, California
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Season 22 player (2005-11-30).
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Laura Brown, a psychologist from Seattle, Washington
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Season 22 1-time champion: $17,500 + $1,000.
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Liz Lackey, a student from Wayne, New Jersey
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Season 22 player (2005-11-30). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: LizLackey JBoard...
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Winston Nguyen, a health aide from New York, New York
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Season 30 1-time champion: $10,067 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "NWENN".
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Nissan Cohen, a consultant from Louisville, Colorado
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Season 22 player (2006-04-14).
First name pronounced like "nee-SAHN".
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Liana Garcia, an insurance executive from Gilbert, Arizona
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Season 22 player (2006-04-14).
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Laura McElfresh, a librarian from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 22 2-time champion: $53,202 + $2,000.
Wife of 1992 Teen Tournament semifinalist Matt Kane.
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Harvey Cormier, a professor originally from Houston, Texas
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Season 22 1-time champion: $17,300 + $2,000.
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Nora Morrison, a music historian from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 30 player (2014-03-18).
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Doug Dorst, a writer and professor from Austin, Texas
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 22 3-time champion: $66,802...
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Dolly Moehrle, a law librarian from Ventura, California
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Season 31 player (2014-09-25).
Last name pronounced like "MUR-lay".
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Thad McCollum, a door person from Orlando, Florida
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Season 30 1-time champion: $2,400 + $1,000.
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Ron Trigueiro, a student from Caruthers, California
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1988 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 4 4-time champion: $49,401...
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Julie Hornick, a middle school librarian from Summerville, South Carolina
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Season 30 player (2014-03-12).
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Ariane Helou, a graduate student of literature from Santa Cruz, California
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Season 29 player (2012-11-02).
JBoard user name: ariane
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Andrew Maly, an environmental engineer from Bel Air, Maryland
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1999 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 15 5-time champion: $44,100...
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Dan McLeod, a student from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 22 1-time champion: $26,801 + $2,000. The official Jeopardy! web...
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Michael Levitin, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 22 player (2005-12-02).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: mlevitin
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Wendy Stancer, a database administrator from Walnut Creek, California
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Season 22 player (2005-11-24).
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Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
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2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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Tom Kavanaugh, a kickball team captain from St. Louis, Missouri
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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Glenda Niemiec, a payroll specialist from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 22 player (2005-12-02).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Gramma Glenda
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Rodney Waites, a law school administrator from Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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Season 22 player (2006-04-19).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: rodneywaites
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Nico Martinez, a junior at Stanford University from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
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Colin Brown, a senior at the University of Rochester from Milwaukie, Oregon
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Emily Zhang, from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"A National Science Merit Award recipient, she plans on becoming a...
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Shloka Ananthanarayanan, a compliance analyst from New York, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-07-01).
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Peter Ellis, a senior at North Carolina State University from Cary, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Jamie Ball, an attorney from North Hills, California
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Season 21 player (2005-07-07).
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Donna Brutkoski, a newspaper copy editor originally from Brandon, Vermont
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Season 21 2-time champion: $30,900 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: dbvt
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Hope Landsem, from Tualatin, Oregon
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"She likes to win arguments, and that's why she's going to...
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Steve Greene, a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Bob Verini, a film journalist and test prep teacher from Los Angeles, California
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"A resident of New York City when he won the 1987...
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Joseph Henares, from Avon, Connecticut
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"Along with group science projects, history club, writing club, and chess...
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Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
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"A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
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Matt Tick, from Escondido, California
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"Will take violin lessons and loves science, but he really wants...
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Jack Weisman, a twelve-year-old from Beachwood, Ohio
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"He's considering becoming a lawyer, just like Mom and Dad. From...
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Magdalen Powers, a writer/teacher/editor from Salem, Oregon
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Season 26 player (2009-11-17).
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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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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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Steve Ostini, a radio broadcast producer from Santa Clarita, California
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Season 22 player (2005-10-31).
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor at Prairie View A&M University from Houston, Texas
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"A five-time champion in 2001, he's now a history professor at...
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Evan Perkins, an advertiser account representative from San Francisco, California
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Season 31 player (2015-01-09).
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Beth Cimini, a junior at Boston University from East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
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2005 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: BrightStars1212
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Sofi Albizuri, a writer and mom from Miami, Florida
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Season 30 player (2014-02-24).
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Lisa Osterman, a geologist from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 21 2-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Won $1,000 on Who...
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Sally Sheinberg, a substitute teacher from Palmdale, California
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Season 30 player (2014-07-04).
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Andrea Salt, a twelve-year-old from Gilbert, Arizona
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"This animal lover plans on becoming a veterinarian. From Gilbert, Arizona,...
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Morgan Saxby, a research associate from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 26 3-time champion: $66,401 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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Greg Pokusa, a law student from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 21 player (2005-06-01).
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Val Hannon, a library circulation clerk from Allen, Texas
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Season 31 player (2015-01-06).
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Rick Knutsen, a musician and stay-at-home dad from Brooklyn, New York
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"A finalist in the 2001 Tournament of Champions, he's a musician...
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Phoebe Juel, a bookseller from Sylva, North Carolina
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"She won the 1993 College Championship while attending Grinnell College. Today...
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Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
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"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
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Graham Gilmer, a senior at Stanford University from Stanford, California
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"He was the Teen Tournament champion in 2001. Now he's a...
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Jane Stimpson, a reference librarian from League City, Texas
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Season 28 player (2011-09-19).
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Kevin Blackley, a service consultant from Los Angeles, California
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Season 21 1-time champion: $26,000 + $2,000.
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Jill Rowley, a flight attendant from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 30 2-time champion: $43,802 + $2,000.
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Kyle Hale, a college senior from Katy, Texas
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"Representing Texas A&M, he won the 2002 College Championship. Now he's...
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Dave Willis, a business manager from Ventura, California
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"He was the first to win five shows in 1992. A...
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John Farley, an eleven-year-old from Marietta, Georgia
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"This young man has a plan--Notre Dame, professional lacrosse player and...
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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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Kyle Ziemnick, an eleven-year-old from Purcellville, Virginia
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"He likes logical arguments and debates, so would like to be...
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Tom Walker, a lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 21 1-time champion: $23,201 + $2,000.
Father's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: ProudFather
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Gabe Orlet, a senior from Belleville, Illinois
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2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Solomon Howard, a freshman from St. Petersburg, Florida
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2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 14 at the time of...
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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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Craig Barker, an Advanced Placement history teacher from Livonia, Michigan
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"In 1997 he won the College Championship. Today he's an Advanced...
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Jack Archey, an actor and writer from Los Angeles, California
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"He was a CPA and comedian when he won his 5th...
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Bev Schwartzberg, an adult literacy program coordinator from Santa Barbara, California
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"She finished second in the 1993 Tournament of Champions. Today, she's...
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Alison Meermans, a fundraising project manager from Lakewood, Ohio
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Season 30 2-time champion: $33,600 + $1,000.
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Mark Eckard, an entrepreneur from Bedford, Massachusetts
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"A 2001 5-time champion as a software designer, he has now...
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Brian Wangsgard, from Salt Lake City, Utah
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"He was the biggest winner in the 1988-1989 season, and a...
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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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Leszek Pawlowicz, a computer consultant from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was the winner of the 1992 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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Brian Keele, an architectural project manager from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 30 1-time champion: $12,700 + $1,000.
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Huat Lim, a premedical student from Seattle, Washington
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Season 26 player (2010-03-26).
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Billy Baxter, an attorney from Richmond, Virginia
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"Representing the College of William & Mary, he won the 1992...
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Lindsay Oxx, a senior from Longmeadow, Massachusetts
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2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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David Sampugnaro, a writer and internet specialist from North White Plains, New York
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"A 5-time winner from 1996, he's now a writer and internet...
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Ron Trigueiro, a student from Caruthers, California
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1988 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 4 4-time champion: $49,401...
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Tom Cubbage, an attorney from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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"He was the very first College Champion, and the only one...
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Tad Carithers, an attorney from New York City, New York
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"He finished second in the 2001 Tournament of Champions. Today he...
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Sandra Gore, a corporate researcher from Berkeley, California
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"After five wins in 1987, she fulfilled her dream of moving...
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Paige Ormiston, a Navy JAG from Norfolk, Virginia
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Season 30 1-time champion: $32,200 + $2,000.
Paige appeared on the show in uniform.
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Arthur Phillips, an author from Brooklyn, New York
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"He was a speechwriter from Boston when he won five shows...
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Grant Colvin, a bookseller and trivia host from Arnold, Maryland
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Season 26 player (2010-06-24).
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Al Lin, a law professor from Davis, California
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"A law student when he won five times in 1993, he's...
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John Genova, a teacher from Granada Hills, California
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"From 1984, he was the earliest 5-time champion in the tournament....
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Patricia Perlowski, a finance administrator from Wheatley Heights, New York
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Season 21 player (2005-01-13).
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Jonathan Henke, a researcher from Berkeley, California
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Season 21 player (2005-01-11). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Jonathan Henke...
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Alli Hammond, a college instructor from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 21 player (2005-01-06).
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Doug Esker, an engineer from Saint Marys, Pennsylvania
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Season 21 player (2004-12-30).
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Alex Rubington, a marketing communication coordinator from Natick, Massachusetts
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Season 21 1-time champion: $6,800 + $1,000.
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
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"His aggressive wagering helped him become the biggest winner from the...
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Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
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"A Jeopardy! tournament veteran, her best-known Jeopardy! appearance may be in...
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she was the first female winner of a Tournament...
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Whitney Marshall, a software engineer from Overland Park, Kansas
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Season 30 player (2014-06-13).
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Bud Humphrey, an editor from Park Ridge, Illinois
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Season 21 3-time champion: $56,599 + $2,000. Bud was the alternate...
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Emily Lever, a junior from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Val Nieman, a college professor and writer from Greensboro, North Carolina
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Season 21 player (2005-01-05).
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Kerry Breitenbach, a marketing analyst from South Euclid, Ohio
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 21 5-time champion: $90,400...
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Jennie Gerres, a surgical technology student from North Ridgeville, Ohio
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Season 21 player (2005-01-10).
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Snow Tempest, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 21 player (2004-12-13).
Personal web site at snowtempest.com.
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Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
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"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
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Josh Kolchins, a homeland security consultant from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 21 player (2004-12-02).
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Katie Fitzgerald, a wealth management project analyst originally from New Rochelle, New York
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Season 21 2-time champion: $30,201 + $2,000.
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Jerry Mayer, a political science professor from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 21 player (2004-12-14).
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Tom McCudden, a law student from Durham, North Carolina
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Season 21 1-time champion: $40,600 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Muskrat
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Sherri Benoun, a planning clerk from Anaheim, California
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Season 21 player (2004-12-02).
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Sari Laufer, a rabbi from New York, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-06-11). Name pronounced like "SARE-ee LAU-fur" ("LAU" rhyming...
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Sarah Rabin Spira, a preschool director from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 player (2010-10-07). Middle and last names pronounced like "RAY-bin...
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Sara Kniffen, a graduate student from Vermillion, South Dakota
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Season 26 player (2009-10-29).
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Sunny Schomaker, an events coordinator from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 21 player (2004-10-11).
KJL game 54.
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Kelly Scurry, an 11-year-old seventh grader from Lauderhill, Florida
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"It's very convenient that Washington, D.C. is his favorite city, because...
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Mike Scott, an eleven-year-old from Lake Villa, Illinois
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"He really likes doing challenging projects in school, but hates doing...
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Graham House, a musician from Lincoln, Nebraska
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Season 21 player (2004-10-14). KJL game 57. Alex riffed off of...
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Bruce England, a biochemist from Hayward, California
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Season 21 player (2004-09-13). KJL game 44. Bruce's Jeopardy! photo album....
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Keith Williams, a college student from Manchester, Vermont
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
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David Fishbach, a consulting program manager from Watertown, Massachusetts
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Season 21 player (2004-09-15).
KJL game 46.
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David McIntyre, a twelve-year-old from Riverside, California
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"When this Boy Scout was young, he thought that running from...
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Kollin Min, an attorney from Seattle, Washington
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Season 21 player (2004-09-10).
KJL game 43.
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John Cook, an urban planner from Corona del Mar, California
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Season 21 player (2004-09-16).
KJL game 47.
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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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Michelle Chang, an 11-year-old from Suwanee, Georgia
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"This sixth grader picks the most unusual places to lose her...
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Allison Lesh, an attorney from Eugene, Oregon
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Season 25 player (2009-05-27).
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Stephanie Herndon, an administrative associate from Waco, Texas
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Season 25 player (2009-03-06).
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Crystal Durham, a 12-year-old from Fort Pierce, Florida
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"She would like to be an Irish stepdancing teacher, because dancing...
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Wil Curiel, an 11-year-old from Costa Mesa, California
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"His favorite subject is science, so it's not surprising that this...
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Mark McDonnell, a triathlon coach and entrepreneur from Miami, Florida
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Season 27 1-time champion: $27,601 + $1,000.
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Alex Silady, an 11-year-old from Edison, New Jersey
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"He hopes to be an entrepreneur, because he likes doing things...
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Sarah Rubin, a clinical research coordinator from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 26 player (2010-03-12).
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Naomi Senbet, an 11-year-old from Washington, D.C.
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"This sixth grader doesn't like to be late for anything; maybe...
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Beth Eckerd, a psychology professor from McKinleyville, California
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Season 27 player (2010-09-27).
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Jennifer Morgan, an attorney from San Juan Capistrano, California
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Season 20 player (2004-04-30). Not to be confused with Season 28...
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Tory Gilliam, a twelve-year-old from Powhatan, Virginia
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"As a member of his school's debate team, he likes to...
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Becki Norris, a science and math teacher from Quincy, Massachusetts
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Season 26 player (2010-03-09). Sister of Season 28 player Sean Norris....
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Kirby Nelson, a foreign service officer originally from Eatonville, Washington
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Season 26 player (2010-03-08). Kirby flew all the way from Lima,...
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Neal Freyman, a ten-year-old from Longmeadow, Massachusetts
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"He's not sure recess counts as a subject, but if it...
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Destiny Lilly, a casting director from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-09-22).
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Zane Li, a ten-year-old from Provo, Utah
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"He's a chess champion and a two-time Geography Bee winner..." 2002...
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Russ Porter, a water systems engineer from Seattle, Washington
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
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Todd Aiello, an actor and office worker from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 26 player (2010-03-05).
Last name pronounced like "EYE-el-lo".
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Erik Krauss, an educator from South Williamsport, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 player (2009-05-20).
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Sally Ronald, a graduate student in Russian studies from Portland, Indiana
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Season 26 player (2010-05-31).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: yourt4
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Cyn Mayo, a high school librarian from Columbus, Ohio
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Season 25 player (2009-06-24). First name pronounced like "SIN". Jeopardy! Message...
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Amy Watts, a college reference librarian originally from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 26 player (2010-05-25).
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Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
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"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
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Mark Winslett, a school psychologist from Fort Worth, Texas
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Season 25 player (2009-06-19).
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Kelly Rabin, an actuary from Issaquah, Washington
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Season 25 player (2009-02-24).
Last name pronounced like "RAY-bin".
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Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000. Season...
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Joey Beachum, an Air Force intelligence officer from Conway, Arkansas
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Wendy Ruopp, a managing editor from Milton, Vermont
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Season 20 player (2004-04-21).
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Terry Linwood, a bookseller from North Texas
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $122,705...
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Dan Rowley, an aerospace engineer from Westchester, California
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Season 20 player (2004-04-20).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: westchester guy
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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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Roger Mueller-Kim, a high school social studies teacher from Dublin, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,401 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "MULL-er KIM".
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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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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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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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Lane Galloway, a software development director from Seattle, Washington
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Season 25 player (2009-02-17).
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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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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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Kendra Chapman, a sophomore from Louisville, Kentucky
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2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Antoinette Aubert, a home-schooling mom from Vista, California
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Season 26 player (2010-04-30). Antoinette's son Marshall Hartman was an alternate...
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Tom Jennings, a maintenance mechanic from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 1-time champion: $24,000 + $2,000.
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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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Jeremy Apsley, a bartender from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $30,400 + $2,000.
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Gitta Neufeld, a Judaic teacher trainer from Far Rockaway, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,300 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "GEE-ta...
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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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Emily Branson, a library assistant from West Lafayette, Indiana
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Season 25 player (2008-12-30).
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Joel Knight, a freshman from Farmington, Michigan
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2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Linda Garvin, a systems analyst from Tenafly, New Jersey
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Season 20 player (2004-03-31).
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Jillian Hinchliffe, a librarian and mechanical puzzles curator from Bloomington, Indiana
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Season 26 player (2009-09-18).
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Margaret Metcalf, a research librarian from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 player (2011-01-19).
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Scott Harris, a videographer and elementary school librarian from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 27 1-time champion: $19,201 + $2,000. Scott won $30,000 on...
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Suzan Hyssen, a stay-at-home mom from Livonia, Michigan
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Season 20 player (2004-03-29).
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Lance Higgins, a data quality consultant from Medway, Massachusetts
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Season 20 player (2004-04-12).
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Lynn Stanton, a reporter and editor from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 20 player (2004-04-12).
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Jennifer Rojo, a library clerk from Long Beach, California
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Season 20 player (2004-01-09).
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Hilary Caws-Elwitt, a librarian from Friendsville, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 player (2010-04-22).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: hcethatsme
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Justin Klos, a legislative staffer from Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 player (2009-04-27). Last name pronounced like "CLOSE" (as in...
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Sally O'Rourke, a freelance copywriter originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Season 27 1-time champion: $33,601 + $1,000.
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Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
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"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
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Lisa Cherry, a bird trainer from Winchester, California
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Season 20 player (2004-01-06).
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Maureen Abell, a family law and immigration lawyer from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-01-06).
Last name pronounced like "A-bul".
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Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY
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"As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
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Katie O'Reilly, a receptionist from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 26 player (2009-09-25).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: kamarile
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Marmi Maramot, a transplant data analyst from Los Angeles, California
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Season 25 player (2008-12-24). Web site at marmijeopardy.com. Jeopardy! Message Board...
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Deb DeGeorge, a librarian from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 25 player (2008-12-25).
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Helene Glass, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 25 player (2008-12-24).
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Matt Creamer, an editor from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-12-30).
Last name pronounced like "KREE-mer".
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Kelsey Peterson, a geology and anthropology student from Fletcher, Vermont
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Season 26 player (2009-09-23).
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Lyn Thomas, a library assistant from Redmond, Washington
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,100 + $1,000.
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Diane Hyra, an ESL teacher from Richmond, Virginia
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Season 25 player (2008-12-19).
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Marc Sacks, an international development manager from Washington, D.C.
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Season 25 1-time champion: $23,601 + $2,000.
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Christian Haines, a college student originally from Newport News, Virginia
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2007 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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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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Craig Westphal, a paramedic from Tucson, Arizona
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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William Garrett, a 12-year-old from Greenfield, Indiana
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"Serving his country as an officer in the military is his...
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Jackson Ruzzo, a 12-year-old from Waccabuc, New York
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"He wants to be a Broadway actor, because he likes to...
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Peter Murray, a non-profit fundraiser from Seattle, Washington
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Season 25 player (2009-04-07).
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Angela Janis, a resident physician from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 24 player (2007-11-29).
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Kevin Rainforth, a substance abuse counselor from Orchard Park, New York
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,000 + $1,000.
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Bob Fulmer, an eco-tour guide from Fort Pierce, Florida
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Season 27 player (2010-12-20).
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Jen Huff, a technical support representative from Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 player (2010-12-16).
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Anthony Stinton, an Air Force officer originally from Sherwood, Oregon
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Season 25 player (2008-12-12).
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
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"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
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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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John Pitzel, an account manager from Lee's Summit, Missouri
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Season 25 player (2009-03-30).
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Eugene Henderson, a retail assistant manager from San Francisco, California
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Season 27 player (2010-12-10).
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Adam Bibler, an economist originally from Lancaster, Ohio
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Season 27 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000.
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Sarah Kulihin, a student and bookseller from Plainfield, New Jersey
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Season 24 player (2007-10-31).
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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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Pat Harder, a teacher from Germantown, Tennessee
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Season 20 player (2004-03-12).
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Luis Román, a public defender from New York, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-01-22).
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Kate Reilly, a white-collar criminal defense attorney from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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Season 27 player (2010-12-02).
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Adrianne Hiltz, an editorial assistant from Brighton, Massachusetts
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Season 26 player (2010-01-13).
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Donna Vogel, a scientist from Bethesda, Maryland
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 4-time champion:...
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Ariel Schneider, a biology student from West Lafayette, Indiana
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Season 27 2-time champion: $46,300 + $2,000.
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Ben Bishop, a college student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Eddie Kwiatkowski, a 10-year-old from Cumberland, Rhode Island
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"His interests in presidents and their history could lead to a...
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Tom Zamojcin, a digital marketing manager from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 1-time champion: $22,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "zam-MOH-chin".
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Matt Kohlstedt, a grad student originally from La Grange, Illinois
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2009 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 25 5-time champion: $77,803 + $2,000.
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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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Judy Shewmake, a retired middle school history teacher from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,801 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "SHOO-make".
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Mariann Cook Andrews, an outreach specialist from Tumwater, Washington
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Season 26 1-time champion: $23,400 + $1,000.
First name pronounced like the name "Mary Ann".
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Rebecca O'Brien, a writer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-11-24).
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Sarah Linn, a journalist from San Luis Obispo, California
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Season 25 player (2009-07-21). Sarah described her contestant experience on her...
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Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Charles Soule, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-01-04).
Last name pronounced like "SOLE".
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Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, a grad student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 23 player (2007-04-18).
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Kevin Yokum, a 12-year-old from New Orleans, Louisiana
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"He plans on becoming an engineer just like both his mom...
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Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Jen Maloney, an in-house security and web designer from Millersville, Maryland
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Season 24 player (2007-10-02).
Husband's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: mefailenglish
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Jacob Hambalek, a 12-year-old from Fresno, California
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"If he had to choose a career right now, he'd be...
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Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Elise Burton, a freshman from the University of California-Berkeley
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 18 at the time of the...
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Diana North, a first grade teacher from Rock Hill, South Carolina
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"She recently celebrated her silver anniversary of teaching. From Rock Hill,...
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Lateefah Torrence, a writer from New York, New York
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Season 24 player (2007-09-27).
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Zachary Baumgartner, a 10-year-old from Deer Park, New York
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"He'll hit all the right notes in the future as a...
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Ron Grant, a consulting company president from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 23 1-time champion: $19,001 + $1,000.
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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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Rita Schwab-Parcel, a clinical information support specialist from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Season 23 1-time champion: $37,000 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: rsparcel
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Kirk Jordan, a third grade teacher from Long Beach, California
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Season 24 1-time champion: $10,000 + $1,000.
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Dave Dye, an import specialist from Torrance, California
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Season 23 player (2007-06-20).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: TurboDave
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Arlynda Boyer, a grant writer from Staunton, Virginia
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Season 23 player (2007-03-29).
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Vince Valle, a foreign service officer from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 20 player (2004-03-01).
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Mike Donner, a construction worker from Norfolk, Virginia
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Season 23 2-time champion: $30,599 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Spicoli
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Samantha Ross, a student from Hillsdale, New Jersey
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Season 23 1-time champion: $14,000 + $1,000. Won $1,000 on Who...
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Joshua Malina, a TV actor and creator/producer from Celebrity Poker Showdown
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"He created and produced Celebrity Poker Showdown for the Bravo Channel,...
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Dean Malec, a junior from Northwestern University
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2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Katy Hardy, an event coordinator from Cuba, Illinois
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Season 23 player (2007-05-29).
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Eric Floyd, a college student from Calhoun, Georgia
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2003 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000.
Season 18 4-time champion: $97,800 + $2,000.
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Steve Snyder, a chemical and materials engineer from Tiffin, Ohio
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Season 23 player (2007-03-20). Steve won $3,200 on the Ohio Lottery's...
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Jackie Harrison, a surgeon from Chicago, Illinois
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19 4-time champion: $66,602 + $2,000.
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Sean Morris, a college professor from Whittier, California
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Season 20 player (2004-02-24).
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Brenda Buchanan, a traffic director from Columbia Station, Ohio
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Season 23 player (2006-09-26).
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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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2014 Battle of the Decades quarterfinalist: $10,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Heather Williams, a homemaker and writer from Rock Hill, South Carolina
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Season 23 player (2007-06-14).
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Bobbie Hartman, a publications coordinator originally from Glasgow, Virginia
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Season 23 player (2007-03-15).
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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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Ozgun Tumer, a librarian from Brea, California
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Season 23 player (2006-11-07).
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Michael Bandiera, an attorney from Burbank, California
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Season 23 player (2007-03-15).
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Martin Hughes, a sociology professor from Indiana, Pennsylvania
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Season 23 1-time champion: $21,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: doc marten
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Nicole Cook, a chemistry teacher from Richmond, Virginia
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Season 23 player (2006-10-09).
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Juli Hinds, a city planner from South Burlington, Vermont
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Season 23 player (2007-04-27).
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Sean Carson, a teacher from Greenville, Florida
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Season 23 player (2006-09-18).
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Rachel Campbell, a graduate student from Bison, Kansas
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Season 23 player (2007-03-09).
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Amy Varallo, a senior from Aiken, South Carolina
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Michael O'Hara, a director of customer service from West Hollywood, California
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Season 23 player (2007-04-24).
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Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Bonnie Clair, an attorney from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 22 2-time champion: $27,551 + $1,000.
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Amy Fuller, a medical missions coordinator from Oakland, Oregon
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Season 23 player (2007-07-13).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: gringuita_1
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Zach Baker, a computer programmer from Downey, California
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Season 23 2-time champion: $44,400 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Cynthia Patterson, a database specialist and artist originally from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 24 player (2007-12-05).
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Dom Nguyen, a freelance writer from Redwood City, California
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Season 22 player (2006-02-21). Last name pronounced like "noo-WIN". Dom is...
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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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Michael Schulson, a 12-year-old from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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"As a member of bug club, it's only natural that he...
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Caleb Whitaker, an executive recruiter from Asheville, North Carolina
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Season 22 player (2005-09-27).
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Allyson Lieberman, a 12-year-old from Whitmore Lake, Michigan
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"Since she was little, she has truly loved to act. Broadway,...
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Debra Mack, a student from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 22 player (2006-07-25).
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Lauren Kutner, an 11-year-old from Newtown, Pennsylvania
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"The best part of middle school for this seventh grader is...
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Brent Tabacchi, a federal prosecutor originally from Decatur, Illinois
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Season 22 player (2006-07-25).
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Lance Johnson, a warehouse associate from Champaign, Illinois
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1999 Tournament...
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Lisa Voss, a library assistant from Lincoln, Nebraska
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Season 21 1-time champion: $14,000 + $2,000.
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Andrew Maly, an environmental engineer from Bel Air, Maryland
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1999 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 15 5-time champion: $44,100...
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Carol Hager, a high school librarian from Peoria, Arizona
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Season 22 player (2005-09-21).
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Sandi Lin, an economic consultant from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 23 player (2007-07-06).
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Jo Davidson, a receptionist from Phoenix, Arizona
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Season 22 player (2006-07-06).
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Dave Halliday, a travel marketer from Williamsburg, Virginia
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Season 22 player (2006-02-01).
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Frank Spangenberg, a police lieutenant from Douglaston, New York
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Christina Maes, a senior at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay from Green Bay, Wisconsin
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Brad Selvig, a sophomore at Florida State from Jacksonville, Florida
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Lorna Johnson, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Willowbrook, Illinois
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"She loves all animals, especially her dogs Duke and Rudy, but...
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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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Dana Delany, an actress from Kidnapped
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"She won two Emmys for playing Army nurse Colleen McMurphy on...
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Drew Lachey, a singer and actor from Dancing with the Stars
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"He was working as an emergency medical technician when brother Nick...
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Ari Schoenholtz, a senior at Williams College from Bethesda, Maryland
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2004 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Jeopardy! Message...
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Harry Smith, a broadcast journalist from The Early Show
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"This hard-working host of CBS's The Early Show has interviewed five...
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Steve Kornya, a courier from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 21 player (2004-10-07).
KJL game 52.
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Erik Larsen, a librarian and a licensed amateur boxing official from Jacksonville, Florida
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"A 5-time champion from 1990, he's a librarian and a licensed...
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Rena Miller, a university instructor from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 22 player (2006-04-03)
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Amanda Nowotny, a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh from New Castle, Pennsylvania
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Grace Thomas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Raleigh, North Carolina
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"This captain of the Brain-Bowl team can name all the countries...
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Alex Stambaugh, a 12-year-old from Paris, Kentucky
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"He feels he can use his talents in math and science...
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Neha Gokhale, a 10-year-old from Houston, Texas
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"Because she liked 4th and 5th grade so much, she wants...
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Alex Nutman, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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"This future investment banker won 'best in grade' in a state...
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Maya Kobersy, an attorney originally from Sterling Heights, Michigan
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Season 21 player (2005-07-22).
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William Marengo, an 11-year-old from the Bronx, New York
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"He will be the next Bronx Bomber, maybe--if it's up to...
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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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Mark Murray, a screenwriter from Studio City, California
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Season 21 player (2005-07-15).
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Kate Brogan, an attorney from North Hampton, New Hampshire
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Season 21 player (2005-07-14).
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Oscar Avila, a writer from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 21 player (2005-07-20).
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Grace Veach, a librarian from Lakeland, Florida
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"After winning 5 games in 1997, she was the grand marshall...
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Kate Dzurilla, a 12-year-old from Syosset, New York
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"It's a slam dunk for this basketball lover and future WNBA...
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David Venderbush, a lawyer from New York, New York
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"His 5 wins in 1993 came just in time to pay...
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Jim Stalley, a crime data specialist from Denver, Colorado
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2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19 4-time champion: $84,100 + $2,000.
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Papa Chakravarthy, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament champion: $75,000.
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Kathleen Fuller, a freelance writer from Champaign, Illinois
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Season 23 player (2006-10-10).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: coeli
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Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"The 1-day record of $34,000 he set in 1992 stood for...
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Kevin Keach, a project administrator from St. Louis, Missouri
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"He considered himself a simple Missouri farm boy when he won...
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Bob Shore, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 21 2-time champion: $47,602 + $2,000. Proponent of Shore's Conjecture....
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Katie Heim, an executive assistant from Huntington Beach, California
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Season 21 player (2005-01-24).
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Emily Riippa, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Grand Rapids, Michigan
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"She is a fast reader, and her mother says she was...
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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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Regina Merrill, from Lincoln, Nebraska
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"She's very good at writing stories and poetry, but her love...
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Michela Rodriguez, from Poway, California
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"This future author created a board game and had to compete...
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Mallory Banks, from Summerville, South Carolina
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"And this future physicist loves figuring out the underlying components of...
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Catherine Ewen, a recent law school graduate from Berkeley, California
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Season 21 player (2004-12-24).
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Brad Rutter, a TV quiz show host from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000. 2019...
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Melanie Perreault, a college history professor from Salisbury, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2006-03-01). Melanie uses the French pronunciation for her...
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Julie Seitter, a voice talent from Littleton, Massachusetts
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Season 22 player (2006-02-28). Julie's voice can be heard in the...
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Lance Johnson, an event coordinator from Champaign, Illinois
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1999 Tournament...
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Trevor Pritchard, a freelance writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 22 player (2006-02-24).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tcp909
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Willy Jay, an attorney originally from Churchville, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2005-09-12).
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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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