| #9088, aired 2024-04-24 | ENGINEERING MARVELS $1200: This glass cantilever bridge overhanging the Grand Canyon by 70 feet is so strong it could support 70 747 planes the Skywalk |
| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | CULTURE, POPULARLY $200: In January 2024, the copyright on the 1928 version of this character expired, so we can show him without, mmm, legal issues Mickey Mouse |
| #9085, aired 2024-04-19 | BOWLING $800: So, this form where you knock down slenderer items is popular in New England & eastern Canada? Most illuminating candlepin bowling |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | PATIENTS $800: In movies like "The Notebook", they're a cinematic technique; in PTSD patients, they're memories so vivid it's like reliving the event flashbacks |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | CHANNEL ORANGE $400: In 1568 William I the Silent, Prince of Orange, not so silently led a revolt against Spain by this country that's big on orange the Netherlands |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY $4,800 (Daily Double): In June, take in the "white nights" of this city; after 19 hours of daylight, bridges across the Neva are raised at night so boats pass St. Petersburg |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THAT'S SO CRINGE $200: It can mean to lack dexterity but it doesn't lack for Ws, with 2; well, this is... awkward |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WE'VE GOT TODAY'S HITS $200: Tim McGraw hit the Hot 100 wanting to "live a life so when I die, there's" this crowd situation, SRO for short standing room only |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THAT'S SO CRINGE $400: If you're sensitive to a certain touch, you'll giggle, but this adjective also describes a tricky situation that needs a sensitive touch (a) ticklish (situation) |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THAT'S SO CRINGE $600: From the Latin for "death", it can indeed mean to render necrotic but it's more associated as a word meaning to embarrass mortify |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THAT'S SO CRINGE $800: Spelled differently, one of the Moon's is waxing crescent, but for category purposes, it means to dismay or confuse to faze |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THAT'S SO CRINGE $1000: Anxious? Uncomfortable? You're this 3-word phrase that sounds like a sick military command ill at ease |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | UNREAL ESTATE $400: On his third voyage, this man travels to the flying island of Laputa, where the people are so lost in thought they notice little else Gulliver |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | THE MANHATTAN PROJECT $800: Nuclear facilities were built in Oak Ridge, Tennessee & Hanford, Wash. but the main assembly plant was in this New Mexico locale Los Alamos |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES $2,000 (Daily Double): Of this lyric poet's works, almost none have been found complete, one being the 28-line "Ode to Aphrodite" Sappho |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL $1,600 (Daily Double): In the 1950s this NL team temporarily changed its name so as not to be associated with communism the (Cincinnati) Reds |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $2000: He wrote, "'It is impossible that the ape, Kala, was your mother... you are pure man... the offspring of highly bred... parents' " Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | REBOOTS & REMAKES $1200: Her character is still psychic, but now a single mother in San Francisco; she's home at "that's so" her Raven |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A BEACON IN THE NIGHT $9,000 (Daily Double): The Lanterna of this Italian port is the Mediterranean's tallest lighthouse; Antonio Columbo was a keeper in 1449 of the first ones there Genoa |
| #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 |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | IN MY FEELINGS $1600: It's the second word of "The Tell-Tale Heart"; the narrator admits that he was dreadfully so nervous |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $400: So far, Samuel Chase is the only justice to face these proceedings; his acquittal was a victory for judicial independence impeachment |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | WORLD STAR $2000: This French actor has starred in Hollywood films like "Jurassic World" & "The Book of Clarence" Omar Sy |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SO NICE, WE NEED THE ANSWER TWICE $200: Noelia performs a solo trapeze act at this Vegas venue Circus Circus |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SO NICE, WE NEED THE ANSWER TWICE $400: Jimi Hendrix' "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" opens with riffs using this pedal a wah-wah pedal |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SO NICE, WE NEED THE ANSWER TWICE $600: Jacques Offenbach composed music for this lively dance as part of an 1858 operetta the can-can |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SAY IT IN LATIN $800: This cool Latin phrase means "intrinsically" or "by itself" per se |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SO NICE, WE NEED THE ANSWER TWICE $800: This Pacific Northwest city bears the name of an indigenous people Lewis & Clark met in 1806 Walla Walla |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SO NICE, WE NEED THE ANSWER TWICE $1000: In art history, it preceded Surrealism Dada |
| #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 $800: "Say it ain't so, I will not go, turn the lights off, carry me home, na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na na" Blink-182 |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $1600: In Rabelais' "Gargantua", a drinker demands that an empty cup be filled because of this scientific principle nature abhors a vacuum |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $800: Slang for a convertible car with a soft cover a ragtop |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | CHOOSE A PROTEIN $200: This cone-shaped body organ produces blood proteins & stores glycogen for you, so easy on the Lagavulin the liver |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | & 5 SIDES $1000: Done with this debut novel & newly wed, F. Scott Fitzgerald wept, as "I had everything I wanted & knew I would never be so happy again" This Side of Paradise |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | CHOOSE A PROTEIN $1000: It's high in proline so we're giving this most abundant protein in the body that's in tendons, bones & skin some lip service collagen |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $200: Russia annexed this peninsula between the Black Sea & the Sea of Azov in 1783; wouldn't be the last time they tried that, either Crimea |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $400: This 12,000-foot volcano in Japan erupted in 1707 but thankfully has been dormant for the ensuing 300+ years Fujiyama |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | FOOD & DRINK $600: With spinach as a star ingredient, the dish seen here goes by this 2-word name, partly after a city quiche Florentine |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $600: In 1789 the Marquis de Launay, gov. of this landmark, didn't give up its munitions to the people so easily; bad move the Bastille |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $800: On May 1, 1776, Adam Weishaupt founded the Perfectibilists, a branch of this "enlightened" secret society... oh dear, I may've said too much the Illuminati |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $1000: Not thrilled with the colonies in 1774, Britain's parliament passed 4 punitive measures known not so nicely as these acts the Intolerable Acts |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | SONGS OF YOUTH $800: Nate Ruess & this band implored, "We are young so let's set the world on fire" fun. |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | ENDS IN "IX" $12,200 (Daily Double): This town at the foot of Mont Blanc hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924 Chamonix |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | VIRTUO-SO GOOD $200: Berlioz mastered this 6-string instrument but said the sound of a dozen of them playing in unison "is almost absurd" the guitar |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | VIRTUO-SO GOOD $400: Improvising woodwind virtuoso Eric Dolphy was a pioneer in the genre known as free this jazz |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | VIRTUO-SO GOOD $600: Like members of the Bach family, Marcel Dupré was a master of this weighty instrument & wrote extensively on technique the organ |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | VIRTUO-SO GOOD $800: On the album "Songs from the Labyrinth", Sting went strings, reviving centuries-old songs from John Dowland, master of this the lute |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | REAL NAMES OF UNREAL PEOPLE $1000: Please, Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs is so formal! Just call the character this the Wizard of Oz |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | VIRTUO-SO GOOD $1000: This composer and violin virtuoso revolutionized playing technique, including new methods of fingering & tuning Paganini |
| #9057, aired 2024-03-12 | IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $200: Legally, it means so visible that the cops didn't have to search to find it; something obvious is "hiding" there in plain sight |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | ENIGMATIC ANAGRAMS $1000: Adjective for specialized knowledge:
SO RECITE esoteric |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BRIDGERS $400: RO&AD Architects built a Dutch bridge that parts the waters rather than going over them, so it's named for this biblical man Moses |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | GETTING HISTORICAL $600: A 1493 papal decision split the New World between these 2 nations, or so they thought Spain & Portugal |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | OCCUPATIONS $800: More so than a nanny, this female employee concentrates on teaching the children in a home, not chaperoning a governess |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE! $1,000 (Daily Double): Her last speech includes "Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper... thy sovereign" Katherina |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | 1924 $1600: Published in 1924, her novel "So Big" was so big that it would win a Pulitzer Prize the next year Edna Ferber |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | MOVIE TAGLINES $2000: "Revenge never looked so promising", promised this 2020 film starring Carey Mulligan Promising Young Woman |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | THAT'S IN ASIA $200: Col. H.H. Godwin Austen is a bit of a mouthful for a name, so a 28,000-foot mountain keeps it alphanumeric with this K2 |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | AWARDS & HONORS $400: This foundation's fellowships, the so-called "Genius Grants", are no-strings-attached awards of $800,000 MacArthur Foundation |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | MEMORY $200: So you have a good memory for these? So do chimps, who in a 2023 study could recognize ones they hadn't seen for 25 years faces |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | SLEEP-POURRI $1000: A feminist cause around 1914 was childbirth in this time of day "sleep" so women wouldn't remember the pain later twilight (sleep) |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | MR. STEVE MARTIN $1600: OK, so it's complicated--in "It's Complicated", Steve's co-star was this man, also Steve's co-host for the Oscars Alec Baldwin |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | EXTREMELY RANDOM CALCULATIONS $2000: Forbes' annual wealthiest Americans minus Fortune's annual biggest U.S. companies by revenue -100 |
| #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" |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES $1200: It ends with Malcolm saying, "So thanks to all at once and to each one, whom we invite to see us crowned at Scone" Macbeth |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | SO FAR AWAY $200: Here's the Alexander Mosaic with Darius III vs. the Great, nicely preserved as it was found in 1831 in this doomed Italian city Pompeii |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | SO FAR AWAY $400: Hardanger, Bokna & And (yes, And!) are these long narrow sea arms in Norway fjords |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | TOUGH 10-LETTER WORDS $400: To shorten so that a part stands for the whole abbreviate |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | SO FAR AWAY $600: This Winter Olympics city is on the coast of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains Sochi |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | SO FAR AWAY $800: We heart this heart-shaped island state 150 miles south of Victoria where you can have a devil of a time Tasmania |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | SO FAR AWAY $1000: This wedge-shaped country seems small next to its 2 giant S. Amer. neighbors, but it has 5x more land than Holland & 5x fewer people Uruguay |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | RHYMING PHRASES $800: This bit of advice could be translated as "pretend to be successful until you become so" fake it till you make it |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | LIFE IN THE 1920s $800: This "sweet" song was introduced in the '20s & so were the Harlem Globetrotters, who would later make it their theme "Sweet Georgia Brown" |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | ____ OF ____ $400: So the story goes, Ponce de León was searching for this legendary spring when he landed in Florida in 1513 the Fountain of Youth |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SIMPLE SPANISH $600: It's a form of "named", as in "Como se ____ usted?"; pronounced the Anglo way, it's a South American pack animal llama |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MILITARY SLANG $1000: This title of a 2012 film is military slang for "so late it's early" Zero Dark Thirty |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | THE GAME OF LIFE $600: The first Saturday in August is a national day for these, which get washed away despite our work, so go build another one! sandcastles |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1200: A full this measure of depth is 72 inches, so 5 of them would be 30 feet a fathom |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | BILLBOARD'S 500 BEST POP SONGS $2000: At No. 5, this 2005 Kelly Clarkson Grammy winner, "the 21st century's greatest contribution to the pop canon so far" "Since U Been Gone" |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | BRAINY QUOTES $400: In a book from 1900, this character says, "I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all" the Scarecrow |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $400: A man called Krazy George Henderson claims he introduced the wave during a 1981 A.L. playoff game for this Bay Area team the Oakland A's |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $800: This wavy hairstyle is named for the way the ridges of hair go around in a circle one time a 360 wave |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $1200: "Heat Waves" was a 2022 No. 1 hit for this British band Glass Animals |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $1600: In the woodblock print "Under the Wave Off Kanagawa", this big peak appears within the hollow of a large wave Mount Fuji |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $2000: In physics, this distance is the maximum displacement of a wave from its equilibrium amplitude |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | THE ENGLISH PAST TENSE $2000: You don't say "I brod the fish before frying it", nor "I throd the needle", so why this word meaning "stepped"? trod |
| #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 | CHAINS $1000: In 1775 this Virginian asked, "Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?" Patrick Henry |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | THAT'S JUST TEARABLE! $600: Shred, split & sever are 5-letter synonyms for tear that begin with S; so is this, which doubles as a name of a noted guitarist slash |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | TOUCH SOME GRASS $600: No wonder this "grouchy" weed is so hard to eradicate; each individual plant can produce up to 150,000 seeds crabgrass |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | START TALKING, SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER $1000: Title character Antonio begins this play saying, "In sooth I know not why I am so sad" The Merchant of Venice |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION $1200: Marvin Gaye realized, "I'd been singing too loud"; hence the groove of his 1971 hit that said, "Talk to me, so you can see" this "What's Going On" |
| #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 |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $300: Georges Bizet died three months after the 1875 premiere of this scandalous opera so he never knew of its enduring success Carmen |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | OBSCURE NOVELS $500: Her 1912 novel "Alexander's Bridge"? Not so famous. "O, Pioneers!" & "My Ántonia"? She's in the canon now Willa Cather |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY $500: Chemically speaking, they're molecules with at least one unpaired electron; true to their name, they can be, like, totally reactive radicals |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | BOX OFFICE SLEEPERS $1500: So she wouldn't hear Alan Arkin's profane tirades, 9-year-old Abigail Breslin wore headphones in several scenes in this 2006 hit Little Miss Sunshine |
| #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 | SO PUT ON ALL YOUR CLOTHES $200: Play it close to this piece of apparel, be it potholder or newmarket the vest |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | SO PUT ON ALL YOUR CLOTHES $400: The 1920s were a time of popularity for this feather scarf with a serpentine name boa |
| #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 | SO PUT ON ALL YOUR CLOTHES $600: This luxurious velvet jacket is named for an activity you probably shouldn't do whether you wear one or not smoking |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | SO PUT ON ALL YOUR CLOTHES $800: Sea if you can name this open-mesh weave, used for undershirts by the Norwegian army; it's better for stockings fishnet |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | SO PUT ON ALL YOUR CLOTHES $1000: This Scottish article of headwear bears the name of a castle a Balmoral |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | LET'S PLAY A GAME $200: OK, so we're actually going to play D&D--guess it's time to select the DM, this person Dungeon Master |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | NEWER WORDS & PHRASES $1600: The Galaxy Note, with its giant screen, was so large that it was called this blended word phablet |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | TREES $200: In the 1984 film "The Karate Kid", Daniel asks Mr. Miyagi "How'd they get so small?" when he sees Mr. Miyagi trimming these trees bonsai |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | SISTERHOODS $400: Grammy-winning sisters Ruth, Anita, Bonnie & June kept fans so excited performing as this foursome the Pointer Sisters |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE FRENCH HORN $2,000 (Daily Double): In one of the least alluring rituals of horn maintenance, players must invert their instruments routinely to drain them of this spit |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AROUND THE UNUSUAL HOUSE $200: So you got one of these as a pet, like Smaug or Viserion in books; well, at least you won't need any matches for the fireplace a dragon |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AUTHORS' BIRTHSTONES $400: L. Frank Baum was born in May, so this was his birthstone--might make a great name for a city emerald |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | STOP! $200: Around 1900 in Kansas, she wanted folks to stop drinking, so she began taking a hatchet to local saloons Carrie Nation |
| #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 | THE BIBLE BOOK SAITH... $1000: "Ye shall not... print any marks upon you: I am the Lord" (so no tattoos) Leviticus |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | YOU GET NOTHING! YOU LOSE! $600: Full house! Not a bad Texas hold'em hand, but not so fast! I've got this hand--not a royal or straight flush, but I still win four of a kind |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $600: They say this, the spirit & manners of knighthood, "is not dead", so it's okay to be courteous chivalry |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | U.S. NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $2000: His name is on a pact with Aristide Briand, but Aristide had won a Nobel Prize a few years before, so he got the 1929 prize alone Frank Kellogg |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | KITTY LIT $300: The lion Jad-Bal-Ja was created by Edgar Rice Burroughs as a companion to this guy of the jungle Tarzan |
| #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 | ON THE PERIODIC TABLE $5,000 (Daily Double): Going in order on the periodic table, uranium and neptunium are followed by this element named for a dwarf planet plutonium |
| #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 |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | COUNTRY OVERLAPS $1200: Kabul's country safaris to East Africa to meet Dar es Salaam's Afghanistanzania |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | OATHS $200: Though not in the Constitution, these four words are typically spoken at the end of the presidential oath of office so help me God |
| #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 | DIFFERENT SONGS, SAME TITLES $1000: Def Leppard,
Nickelback,
Ed Sheeran
(so you can keep me inside the pocket of your ripped jeans) "Photograph" |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | IT'S AN EX-CAR FOR A REASON $600: J.D. Power: "Even budget buyers have their standards, so as 2021 dawns", this "Grand" Dodge "is finally going to the last roundup" the Grand Caravan |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | NBA NICKNAMES $200: He knew how to operate on a basketball court, so it makes sense that Julius Erving had this medical nickname Dr. J |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS $400: 17 Best Actress nominations & 2 wins puts Meryl Streep in a class by herself, with her last win so far for playing this political leader Margaret Thatcher |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | TOLD YOU "SO" $400: Abstemious is a synonym for this 5-letter adjective sober |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | AGES, EPOCHS & ERAS $800 (Daily Double): This "Age" began in the 1930s with the advent of a new type of engine, though it didn't take off for a decade or so the Jet Age |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | TOLD YOU "SO" $800: It's the "S" in SJW, a mocking term for an overly progressive person social |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | TOLD YOU "SO" $1200: A form of talc, it's used by tailors not to wash their hands but, in the form of "French chalk", to mark cloth soapstone |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | TOLD YOU "SO" $1600: Starring Whoopi Goldberg, "Sarafina!" is about South African students fighting apartheid in this township Soweto |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | TOLD YOU "SO" $2000: It's just a fancy French word for a nickname or epithet a sobriquet |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | WEATHER IN THE BOOKSTORE $600: It comes "on little cat feet" according to Carl Sandburg, so let up on the gas fog |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | LEGEND DAIRY $1000: Jamie Lee Curtis said she did ads for this yogurt brand so that she could spend more time at home with her family Activia |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | OH, "IC" $800: You're responding correctly so often, you're "putting on a" this! We're gonna call you Mayo! clinic |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | U.S. FIRSTS $7,000 (Daily Double): The first woman mayor of a major U.S. city was Bertha Landes in Seattle; soon after came Dorothy Lee in this city 172 miles south Portland (Oregon) |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | SAN FRANCISCO, NOW & FOREVER $800: It's a 1.7-mile walk across this; it's windy, so wear layers--& remember, there are restrooms at both ends, but none in the middle the Golden Gate Bridge |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | TRAILER PARK $1000: Julian Fellowes penned this 2001 Robert Altman murder mystery with a trailer showing Clive Owen as a valet Gosford Park |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | A MATTER OF "LIFE" OR "DEATH" $2000: One of the Arabian Nights begins with a proud king who's not so proud when this heavenly being appears to him the Angel of Death |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | WORKING ON A BUILDING $400: 82 A.D.: Domitian adds a level of nosebleed seats to this amphitheater so more Romans can watch gladiatorbleeds the Colosseum |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | DOUBLE TALK $1600: This Washington city famous for its sweet onions has been described as "the town so nice they named it twice" Walla Walla |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | THREESOMES $300: According to the carol, it's what "my true love gave to me" on the third day of Christmas; I just hope he wasn't regifting 3 French hens |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE $1,000 (Daily Double): Historians cite this event that began in 1929 as one of the main reasons for the demise of the Harlem renaissance the Great Depression |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | ALSO A SUPERHERO $400: Some might say Polyphemus, one of these giants, was rude in eating Odysseus' men, so Odie blinded him Cyclops |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | OK, CORRAL ME $800: I know you've got to keep tabs, so sure, put that RFID tag on this part where they usually go on cattle an ear |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | QUOTABLE QUOTES $1200: In 2005 he urged Stanford's graduating class, "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life" Steve Jobs |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS $200: We don't see what was so good about this 2-word term for the worldwide 1930s economic disaster the Great Depression |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FILMS TURNING THE BIG FOUR-OH $100: Al Pacino permanently damaged his nasal passages from snorting so much fake cocaine in this crime drama Scarface |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | RULES OF THE GAME $300: Blocks may be tapped or knocked in order to find a loose one that is safe to move Jenga |
| #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | WHATCHAMACALLIT $1000: It's the 5-letter word for the end of a shoelace, made of either plastic or metal, so it's easier to thread aglet |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | 2B OR NOT 2B $1000: A British slang term meaning "swindle" / a British aristocrat such as a duke nobble & noble |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | ALL GOD'S CREATURES $200: An owl cannot move these from side to side, so it must move its head eyes |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | FINISH THE TERRIBLE RHYME $800: Banyo & Nkambé / No, not Bombay / For your honeymoon / Consider... Cameroon |
| #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 |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | SCIENTISTS AS PARENTS $2000: Why is this & not oxygen the most abundant element in the Earth's atmosphere? Because, I said so! nitrogen |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | SCIENCE MUSEUMS $200: At Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center, he's inducted in the Robot Hall of Fame; so is his sidekick R2-D2 C-3PO |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | SAD SONGS $600: At the 2020 Grammys, Alicia Keys & this trio sang "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday" in a tribute to Kobe Bryant Boyz II Men |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | ROGET'S BUTT $2,000 (Daily Double): Merci! This synonym for "butt" is derived from French, meaning "behind" derrière |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LIFE SCIENCE $400: Botanically, it's the part of the flowering plant that holds the seeds, so it includes acorns a fruit |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE $400: In 1566 this "Magnificent" sultan was succeeded by his not-so-magnificent son Selim II, "the Sot" Suleiman |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LIFE SCIENCE $800: In HIV these genetic changes that alter the organism happen so fast, a single AIDS drug is unworkable a mutation |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | LIFE SCIENCE $1200: In the Batesian type of this, aka imitation, an organism evolves to look like a more noxious one so it's left alone mimicry |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | ODD 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It means sad or listless; when tripled, it means "and so on" blah |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | HAIKU ABOUT THE POET $400: "Queen Mab" was so fab / Was the groom of Frankenstein / Not waving, drowning Shelley |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | ESPAÑOL $400: This day of the week is domingo Sunday |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | THIS CATEGORY DOESN'T STINK $800: It's generally odorless, so an odorant is added to let you know if there's a leak or if you left the oven on natural gas |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | NAME THAT TUNESTER $200: "I came in like a wrecking ball, I never hit so hard in love, all I wanted was to break your walls" Miley Cyrus |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | G-I TRACT $200: 2003 film Richard Roeper deemed "one of the worst movies I've ever seen"; at least it didn't keep Ben & J.Lo from reuniting Gigli |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | G-I TRACT $400: Celeb chef Giada De Laurentiis has a recipe for this dish that calls for salt, pepper, flour, an egg and 1 1/2 pounds of Russet potatoes gnocchi |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | MARRIAGE STORY $500: 1840:
"Hi, Elizabeth Cady! How's suffragism?"
"I just got married"
"Who is he?"
"His last name is" this Stanton |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | LIBRARIES $600: The initialism of the New York public library is NYPL; as an acronym, some enjoy pronouncing it like this body part nipple |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | AMERICAN BRIDGES $600: Seen here, the so-called Bunker Hill Bridge was built as part of this city's Big Dig project Boston |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | THE NOBEL PRIZE $1000: Each Nobel Prize winner receives a medal, a cash award, and this official title--leafy head wreath not included laureate |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | FUNGUS AMONG US $1200: A BBC documentary sequence about a so-called "zombie fungus" inspired this video game, now a hit HBO series The Last of Us |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $1500: It's a greatest hits album released by Madonna in 1990
_ _ E / I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I O _ The Immaculate Collection |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | STUPID PROVERBS $400: An American proverb says, "Money begets" this money |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | A RIVER RUNS TO IT $1,500 (Daily Double): The Vistula:
This sea the Baltic Sea |
| #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 | REPETITIVE SONG TITLES $200: The "explosive" trio of Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj collaborated on this 2014 hit "Bang Bang" |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | ON ANOTHER PLANET $400: This 2nd-largest planet in our solar system is mostly made up of hydrogen & helium, so don't try standing on it Saturn |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | NONAGENARIANS $11,400 (Daily Double): Making comedy fans wait over 40 years for a sequel, this 97-year-old released "History of the World, Part II" in 2023 Mel Brooks |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | THE LITERARY CHARACTER WHO SAID... $3,200 (Daily Double): "What did it matter where you lay once you were dead?... You were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that" Philip Marlowe |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL $400: Marilyn, I think what was lacking in your marriage to that baseball guy was a Pulitzer, & I have one of those! So whaddya say? Miller |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! $600: Take this pack animal I brought back from Asia; it grunts so much I can't sleep at night a yak |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | ALL YOU NEED IS "L-O-V-E" $100: A company called "London" this "tours" provides "a whirlwind tour of the history of the British public toilet" loo |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | DEMONYMS $500: It's how you might refer to a resident of Tirana, a capital city near the Adriatic coast--or to a resident of NY's state capital an Albanian |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | ALL YOU NEED IS "L-O-V-E" $500: As Charles Darwin could tell you, to do this is to gradually change or develop over time evolve |
| #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 | HI, I'M J.LO $2,100 (Daily Double): You can buy a copy of "The Call of the Wild" at the gift shop in the California state park dedicated to this "J.Lo" Jack London |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | NOT SO RECENT SCIENCE $200: Lavoisier was one of the men on the committee that came up with this measurement system in the 1790s the metric system |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | NOT SO RECENT SCIENCE $400: In 1891 Brucia, the 323rd asteroid discovered, was unique as it was the first one found by using these photography (photographs from a camera) |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | NOT SO RECENT SCIENCE $600: Around 335 B.C., this Greek founded the Lyceum, where he taught logic & observation Aristotle |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | NOT SO RECENT SCIENCE $800: The discovery of this element in 1669 has led to a lot of friction--in matches phosphorus |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | NOT SO RECENT SCIENCE $1000: In 1879, after thousands of failures, Edison found a simple scorched cotton thread worked best as one of these a filament |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE $400: This puzzle is so-named for the tool used to create the intricate lines & curves of its pieces a jigsaw |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | ELTON JOHN SONGS $1200: "I remember when rock was young, me and Suzie had so much fun" "Crocodile Rock" |
| #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 |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | THE MEDI-VERSE $500 (Daily Double): Development of the fighter pilot's G-suit is one of the breakthroughs from this clinic whose name sounds like a deli condiment the Mayo Clinic |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | BYGONE TECH $600: It may have been so long since you've sent a fax that you forgot that "fax" is short for this word facsimile |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | EUROPEAN COUNTRY NICKNAMES $1000: "The Playground of Europe"
(St. Moritz is so over. All the best parties are in Gstaad) Switzerland |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | SCIENTISTS' RHYME TIME $1,500 (Daily Double): Physicist Isaac's proteins that celiac disease sufferers avoid Newton's glutens |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | THE CONGO RIVER $1600: The river's basin supports the second largest rainforest on Earth, home to the Dryas monkey & this so-called pygmy chimpanzee the bonobo |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | ARE YOU SHAKESPEARIENCED? $200: "O mighty Caesar! Dost thou lie so low? Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, shrunk..." Julius Caesar |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $600: A British colony until 1973, this country made up of many islands is only about 60 miles SE of Florida the Bahamas |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | SOUTH AFRICA $2,000 (Daily Double): The majestic Victorian City Hall in East London, South Africa held the first hearing of the post-apartheid TRC, this commission Truth and Reconciliation Commission |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | PROVERB VS. PROVERB $2000: So do I need a bigger kitchen, or not? "Many hands make light work", but "Too many cooks spoil" this stuff the stew (the broth) |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | POEMS ABOUT POETRY $800: If you really think about it / It isn't so ridiculous / Knowing these are the first 5 words / In "A Visit from St. Nicholas" 'Twas the night before Christmas |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | FROM THE GREEK $800: The prefix "eu" means good, so this word comes from the Greek for "good death" euthanasia |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | POST-APOCALYPTIC POP CULTURE $200: Will Smith was so smitten with his canine co-star in this 2007 film that he wanted to adopt her I Am Legend |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | CHICKEN FIVE WAYS $200: Said to have been invented in Glasgow in the 1970s, this spiced Indian curry is often called a national dish of Britain chicken tikka masala |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | MEDITATION $800: Time magazine once called this meditation guru "the poet prophet of alternative medicine" Deepak Chopra |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUI, OUI, HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): After being given the key to this prison overthrown in 1789, the Marquis de Lafayette re-gifted it to his pal George Washington the Bastille |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | AIRPORT STORES $1200: African Origins and MadeInSA are two craft stores in O.R. Tambo airport, a hub located in this city Johannesburg |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | SAILING THE 3 Cs $400: Wow, that's so weird--I was just thinking about this word for a striking occurrence of 2 events at 1 time a coincidence |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | IN THE CORPORATE ARENA $1200: This company is based in Memphis, so giving the Grizzlies a forum for hoops is something it can deliver FedEx |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE LYRICS SAY! $400: "Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane" is in "Blank Space" but her mom heard it as "got a lot of Starbucks lovers" Taylor Swift |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE LYRICS SAY! $800: He sang, "Don't give us none of your aggravation, we had it with your discipline, Saturday night's alright for fighting" (we think) Elton John |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1200: Stories by Maurice LeBlanc about a gentleman thief inspired this hit Netflix series with Omar Sy Lupin |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE LYRICS SAY! $1200: She asked, "Or should I just keep chasing pavements?" & not, as some have misheard, "Or should I just keep chasing penguins?" Adele |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE LYRICS SAY! $1600: To be clear, this Canadian sang, "As long as you love me, we could be starving", & not "starfish", which is a bit less romantic Justin Bieber |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE LYRICS SAY! $2000: This "sibling" band: "As he rises to her apology / Anybody else would surely know / He's watching her go / What a fool believes, he sees" The Doobie Brothers |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | TV $1000: Sandy Dvore designed the animated title sequence of a mother bird & 5 chicks for this 1970s series The Partridge Family |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | TALK LIKE A PIRATE $800: This Steven Spielberg title pirate is described by Smee as being "so deep he's almost unfathomable" Hook |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | SCIENCE $800: It's the term for a device used to speed up particles so that they can be collided & studied; it's also another name for a car's gas pedal the accelerator |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | IT BELONGS IN THIS MUSEUM $3,000 (Daily Double): On Museumstraat, "The Night Watch" & "The Milkmaid" the Rijksmuseum |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | THE STATE OF CONGRESS $600: Dick Cheney,
Malcolm Wallop,
Milward Simpson (the only Milward to serve the state... so far) Wyoming |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | & WE HAVE A NOVEL TITLE $5,000 (Daily Double): "She clutched the child so fiercely to her breast, that it sent forth a cry; she turned her eyes downward at" this symbol The Scarlet Letter |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | INFLUENZA $400: Influenza is caused by these infectious microbes, so antibiotics won't help viruses |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | PLAY PEOPLE $800: He based Prince Paul, who says witty things like "It is so exhausting not to talk", on his Irish college tutor Oscar Wilde |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | SOUNDS LIKE FOOD $600: Not so great with peanut butter on a sandwich, Vaseline has been a brand of this since the 1870s petroleum jelly |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | MESSIN' WITH TEXAS $400: Allemande left & take a chance / As you do this state folk dance / Swing yer partner & do-si-do / That's it for now, I got to go square dance |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | MESSIN' WITH TEXAS $600: This org. did not make Chuck Norris an honorary member until 2010, so could it have busted Chuck for impersonating an officer in the '90s? the Texas Rangers |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | PLAY TIME $2,000 (Daily Double): The play "Mrs. Warren's Profession" by this Irishman was considered so scandalous it was banned for years George Bernard Shaw |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | PHYSICS $1200: Gustav Kirchhoff showed that this travels at light speed, so a circuit connecting a motor to a switch will start the motor fast electric current |
| #8922, aired 2023-07-25 | WRITER-DIRECTORS $1600: Born in Austria, he learned English while rooming with Peter Lorre, so it's lucky the people in "Some Like It Hot" don't talk like I am Billy Wilder |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | MY WOULD-BE VP $1200: Lloyd Bentsen, who knew Jack Kennedy & was not afraid to say so Dukakis |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | MUSICAL MENAGERIE $800: "Nocturnal creatures are not so prudent, the moon's my teacher & I'm her student" is from her song "She Wolf" Shakira |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | THE SONGS OF MAX MARTIN $1000: The finale of "& Juliet" features the cast performing this Justin Timberlake hit
"Come on /
All those things I shouldn't do /
But you dance, dance, dance /
And ain't nobody leavin' soon, so keep dancin'" "Can't Stop The Feeling!" |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | WORLD ROYALTY $200: The serfs he brutally suppressed in the revolts of 1705 to 1708 probably didn't think this czar was so great Peter the Great |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | TV SHOWS $2000: As a teen, Claire Danes starred as Angela Chase in this series about the trials & tribulations of being a teen My So-Called Life |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | MOVIE BEFORE & AFTER $400: Darth Vader chops off Luke's hand, so Marty fills in on guitar at the dance The Empire Strikes Back to the Future |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | REVIVAL $400: Fashionable examples of this alphanumeric turn-of-the-century revival include the dress-over-jeans look & double denim Y2K |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | STATE INSECTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This industrious insect important to agriculture was chosen by Nebraska & Missouri a honeybee |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | SO YOU GOT YOUR "M.A." $200: Kendo & hapkido, to name just 2 martial arts |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | SO YOU GOT YOUR "M.A." $400: The name of this New York City street is synonymous with the advertising industry Madison Avenue |
| #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 | SO YOU GOT YOUR "M.A." $800: "The Knight of Maison-Rouge" is a long-forgotten Dumas adventure about this beautiful & tragic queen Marie Antoinette |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | SO YOU GOT YOUR "M.A." $1000: This 1910 law said you couldn't take women across state lines for immoral purposes the Mann Act |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $800: "So Much To Say" about the band named for him, like that it sold 7 million copies of 1996's "Crash" Dave Matthews |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SO I'M READING THIS BOOK $200: A mystery: "Langdon said... 'Well, folks, as you all know, I'm here tonight to talk about the power of symbols"' The Da Vinci Code |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SO I'M READING THIS BOOK $400: A novel, writing the clue for us: "This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure" The Hobbit |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SO I'M READING THIS BOOK $600: A fictional journal: "129 lbs. (but post-Christmas), alcohol units 14... cigarettes 22, calories 5424" Bridget Jones's Diary |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SO I'M READING THIS BOOK $800: 1950s self-help, opening strong: "BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!" (in all caps) "Have faith in your abilities!" The Power of Positive Thinking |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SO I'M READING THIS BOOK $1000: A collection of poems: "I celebrate myself, & sing myself, & what I assume you shall assume" Leaves of Grass |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SOME "HARD" SONGS $1200: "She" does this, sang Donna Summer, "so you better treat her right" "She Works Hard For The Money" |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | U.S. CITY OF THE BOOK $800: "A Confederacy of Dunces":
not so easy for the Big Guy New Orleans |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | RELIGION $1,101 (Daily Double): In this religious group, "High Church", such as the Oxford movement, is more like Catholicism & "Low Church" is less so Episcopalianism (the Church of England, Anglicanism) |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $400: I sound so much more refined when I use this 8-letter French synonym for "tushy" derrière |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WHERE'S MY FOOD? $1,500 (Daily Double): This dessert of sponge cake, ice cream & meringue that's finished in the oven was created to honor an 1867 land purchase a baked Alaska |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $1200: Essex County takes its name from an ancient kingdom of these people the Saxons |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | A CHEMISTRY TEST $400: World Book says it is "a poisonous, yellowish-green gas with a strong, unpleasant odor", so let's treat our pool with it chlorine |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | TRUMPET TOOTIN' $400: Howdy, yourself, Louis Armstrong, "it's so nice to have you back where you belong" with this 1964 hit from a Broadway show "Hello, Dolly!" |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | VAMPIRE-POURRI $2000: Benjamin Walker stepped into the presidential shoes for this 2012 metafiction monster mash-up of a movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | FIRST SPEECHES IN SHAKESPEARE $1600: "It did always seem so to us: but now, in the division of the kingdom, it appears not which of the dukes he values most" King Lear |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | TV CRIMINALS $800: The villainous Supe Homelander on this series is the leader of the Seven, a group of some not-so-super heroes The Boys |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: It's the English equivalent of "a caval donato non si guarda in bocca", you ungrateful thing! don't look a gift horse in the mouth |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | A CHORUS LINE $400: "So it's not just gonna happen like that, 'cause I ain't no hollaback girl" Gwen Stefani |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | RANDOM STUFF $800: Jesus was said to be born fully formed, so he looks like a little man in works called the "Throne of" this quality he shares with Solomon Wisdom |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | ACCESSORIES $600: Rommy Hunt Revson is credited as the inventor of this tie for ponytails that used fabric so as not to damage the hair a scrunchie |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | THE WAR OF 1812 $8,400 (Daily Double): In 1814 U.S. forces under Gen. Jacob Brown invaded Canada by crossing this river between Lake Erie & Lake Ontario the Niagara |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | PASSION $800: Zest is a 4-letter word starting with Z that fits the category; so is this zeal |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | THE PHILIPPINES $200: The Japanese Garden is a good place to get away from the bustle of the 12 million or so people living in the area of this city Manila |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | YOU HAVE SELECTED REGICIDE $200: 6th c. B.C. assassin Zhuan Zhu spent months learning to prepare & fillet these so he could hide a dagger in one & kill king Liao a fish |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | GARDEN PARTY $1000: George H.W. Bush was famously not a fan of this veggie but it grows fast, is high in vitamins A, C & K, so it gets planted broccoli |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER $400: (Andrew Lloyd Webber presents the clue.) One of the twists in "Bad Cinderella" is that this prince is missing in action when the show opens, so I didn't write any songs for him in Act 1
"I am Bad Cinderella / Got a style all my own / And I will not change it for you..." Prince Charming |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | BARRIERS & DIVIDERS $800: The divider mandated in some restaurants in this state so diners can't see drinks being poured has been called the "Zion Curtain" Utah |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | DISNEY ENDINGS $1600: In this 1986 classic Basil of Baker Street survives a fall from Big Ben, but the evil Ratigan is not so lucky The Great Mouse Detective |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | MICHAEL J. FOX $800: (Michael J. Fox presents the clue.) When I began acting, someone had the name Michael Fox, so I added the J to my name to honor this Michael J. whose work I loved in "Bonnie and Clyde" Michael J. Pollard |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | SO YOU THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS $200: Called invincible, it was sent from Spain in 1588 by King Philip II to invade England; it proved... vincible Spanish Armada |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS $400: In ancient Athens, it was a class of informers; today, it's a total suck-up sycophant |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | SO YOU THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS $400: On Dec. 20, 2000 the execs of this Houston company were feeling good with the stock at $79; a year later it was at 42 cents Enron |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | SO YOU THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS $600: In Super Bowl III this 15-win team with stars like John Mackey was favored by 18 over the Jets the Baltimore Colts |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS $800: It's the S in S.L.E., the most common type of lupus, an autoimmune disease systemic |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | SO YOU THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS $800: He fought the chimera and was on top of the world riding Pegasus, but rode him too high and fell to Earth Bellerophon |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | SO YOU THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS $1000: Acting as your own attorney, this Latin phrase for "in one's own behalf"? you know what they say about a lawyer who represents himself pro se |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS $1200: The seat of Onondaga County, it's on the south end of Onondaga lake Syracuse |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS $1600: Voluptuary & sensualist are synonyms for this word for someone devoted to luxury a sybarite |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS $7,200 (Daily Double): A lack of blood flow to the brain & a drop in blood pressure cause this, the medical term for fainting syncope |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | YOU'RE SO SHELLFISH $200: In the crustacean called the spiny or rock type of this, most of the meat is in the tail a lobster |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | YOU'RE SO SHELLFISH $400: Mussels & cockles are classified as this type of mollusk, meaning they have 2 shells that hinge together bivalve |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | YOU'RE SO SHELLFISH $600: Sushi lovers know the main protein in spider rolls is this (soft-shelled) crab |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | YOU'RE SO SHELLFISH $800: Related to the squid this creature has an internal shell a cuttlefish |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | YOU'RE SO SHELLFISH $1000: Used to make chowder, large East Coast hard-shell clams often go by this Native American name quahogs |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $1000: An oldie-but-goodie says, "But don't forget who's taking you home & in whose arms you're gonna be, so darlin"' do this save the last dance for me |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | CITIES & TOWNS $1600: Just east of St. Petersburg, Russia is the lovely town of Shlisselburg on this river the Neva |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | CLASSIC GAME SHOW PHRASES $600: "Dumb Dora was so dumb..." Match Game |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | ALL AROUND THE WORLD $1000: The Majolikahaus is one of one of many Vienna buildings decorated in this style whose name is partly from German for "youth" Jugendstil |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | KING OF THE MOUNTAIN $1600: 12,200-foot Pico del Teide on Tenerife, 1975 to 2014 Juan Carlos I |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | SOME OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS $400: "Thou shalt not commit" this, so thou shalt better stay true adultery |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | WE'RE FULL OF QUESTIONS $600: So, do any of you 3 really want to be a "Jeopardy!" champ? is this 10-letter type of question rhetorical |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | NOT-SO-PLAIN JANES $400: 12 days after giving birth to the future King Edward VI, she died of post-natal complications Jane Seymour |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | NOT-SO-PLAIN JANES $800: She claimed in her 1896 autobiography that she captured Jack McCall with a meat cleaver after he killed Wild Bill Hickok; not true Calamity Jane |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is said to have coined the name of this American lake from Latin for "truth" & "head" Lake Itasca (in Minnesota) |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | NOT-SO-PLAIN JANES $1200: In 1931 this Hull House founder became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize Jane Addams |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | NOT-SO-PLAIN JANES $1600: Her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "A Thousand Acres" was made into a film starring Michelle Pfeiffer Jane Smiley |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | NOT-SO-PLAIN JANES $2000: A longtime friend of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, this dancer from the Moulin Rouge graced several of the artist's works Avril |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | AUTHORS $1200: He was not so thrilled when his novel "The Corrections" was selected for Oprah's Book Club Franzen |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | AUTOMOTIVE ALLITERATION $800: Sí, it was a real party as one of Detroit's big 3 made 7 generations of this little car from 1976 to 2019 the Ford Fiesta |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | "B" IS THE FIRST LETTER $1000: It means "in a state of confusion", but many misuse it because it sounds so much like "finding something funny" bemused (bemusement) |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | ANIMALS $1200: Ah do declayuh, the Tennessee this goat has a skeletal muscle disorder called myotonia congenita, so fright isn't always a cause the fainting goat |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | TO THE NINES $600: He's the subject of the movie dialogue "So far this semester he has been absent nine times"
"Nine times?"
"Nine times" Ferris Bueller |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | SCIENCE $8,000 (Daily Double): (Here with your clue is quantum physicist Spiros Michalakis.) 2022 Nobel physics laureate Anton Zeilinger has pioneered the quantum type of this, from Latin for "far" & "carry"; it's just a state of 2 entangled particles that is moved--nothing bigger yet teleportation |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | WHAT A LITERARY CHARACTER! $2,000 (Daily Double): At the end of a Thomas Pynchon book, Oedipa Maas awaits the bidding on a stamp collection with this auction number lot 49 |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | TECH TALK $1000: This "problem" stems from Nick Bostrom's thought experiment where A.I. is told to make this product & uses up all resources to do so paperclips |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | LET'S GO ON A SAFARI $1200: A balloon ride over this desert stretching 1,000 miles on Africa's SW coast is a dream: red dunes & a diverse ecosystem the Namib |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | WE'VE GOT HISTORY $1600: This notorious ravine on the outskirts of Kyiv is the site of a mass grave of tens of thousands of Holocaust victims Babi Yar |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | LET'S GO ON A SAFARI $11,800 (Daily Double): A unique way to see wildlife in the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is to take a sunset cruise on this river above Victoria Falls Zambezi |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | GAMES, OLD & NEW $1200: Around 1870 the Tenth Hussars faced the Ninth Lancers in this game that's been around for 2,000 years or so polo |
| #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 | CHRISTIAN-ITY $400: Why are so many fashion designers named Christian? This one introduced the New Look in 1947 Dior |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | ISLE BE "C"ING YOU $800: Popular tourist highlights on this Italian isle are the Blue Grotto & the Castiglione, a medieval castle Capri |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | JOHNNY GILBERT'S MUSICAL THEATER AUDITION $800: "Oh, wouldn't it be loverly? Oh, so loverly sittin' absobloominlutely still/ I would never budge till spring crept over me winder sill" My Fair Lady |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $1600: Now known as the Moluccas, these islands of Indonesia were so-named for the cloves & nutmeg cultivated there the Spice Islands |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | WELCOME TO THE U.S. HOUSE! $200: In 1837 the House banned the wearing of these in the chamber; they'd become so tall they obstructed both view & hearing hats |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | WORLD OF WORDS & IDIOMS $800: In the Netherlands "So it's like that!" is "O, op die fiets", "On that" this transport the Dutch love bicycle |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | DON'T CONFUSE THE TWO $800: One's an Aussie mogul who produced "Sale of the Century"; one flows between Laredo & Nuevo Laredo Reg Grundy & Rio Grande |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC CLASSICS $1200: An audio clue on Robert Schumann's "Träumerei", meaning this activity that interested Freud, has to be long b/c it's played so slow dreaming |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | A SHAKESPEARE PLAY IN A FEW WORDS $2,800 (Daily Double): Octavia,
Octavius,
battle,
snake,
figs,
finis Antony and Cleopatra |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | NEED! COFFEE! NOW! $200: Heidi Klum takes this espresso & steamed milk drink full-fat; Reese Witherspoon favors an almond soy one a latte |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | TIME TO LAWYER UP $400: Be an upright citizen & know it's the legal right to bring a lawsuit; judges decide if you have it so the case can proceed standing |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | COMIN' TO YOUR CITY $600: So much history in this city! The 16th century Red Fort, the Jami Masjid, or Friday Mosque, & oh yeah... the Taj Mahal Agra |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | A LITTLE READING MATERIAL $1000: This annual has a hole in the upper left corner so one can hang it in the house or outhouse, making it handy for reading & other uses The Old Farmer's Almanac |
| #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 | LITERARY DEMISES $400: In this Dickens novel, Sydney Carton loves Lucie Manette so much that he replaces her husband on the guillotine A Tale of Two Cities |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | DUNCE, DUNCE $2000: Thersites in this Shakespeare play says Agamemnon "has not so much brain as earwax" Troilus and Cressida |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | A MUSICAL BOUQUET $2000: This song by The Foundations was on the soundtrack of "There's Something About Mary", so don't break my heart "Build Me Up Buttercup" |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | 21st CENTURY FILMS $1600: (I'm Michael Cera.) I play bass guitar in real life, so it wasn't a stretch for me to pick up a cherry red Rickenbacker 4001 as the title character of this film based on a graphic novel Scott Pilgrim vs. the World |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | "D" TOUR $800: Since the whole street is gated, you can't get up close to see the most famous residents on this street, so here's a peek Downing Street |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THEATER BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Wannabe music star Dewey Finn gets his prep students in tune at the Sunset Strip's Bourbon Room, so "Don't Stop Believin'" School of Rock of Ages |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | MIND YOUR GRAMMAR $200: "To happily follow wherever you may lead" employs this, once verboten but less so today a split infinitive |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | THAT'S SO "EXTRA" $400: George Blanda kicked an NFL record 943 of these extra points |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | THAT'S SO "EXTRA" $800: ESP is short for this purported ability that includes mind reading & precognition extrasensory perception |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | THAT'S SO "EXTRA" $1200: Partly from the Latin for "wander", it's a spectacular event extravaganza |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | THAT'S SO "EXTRA" $1600: Chad & Samoa are 2 countries with which the U.S. has no treaty for this process of returning wanted criminal suspects extradition |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | THAT'S SO "EXTRA" $2000: Forecasting the temperature at a location based on historic data is an example of this process extrapolation |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | IT'S A COOKBOOK! $400: "Over 300 recipes for plant-based eating all through the year" are found in the bestselling "Forks Over" these Knives |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | UNGULATES $800: Rudolph with your knees so loud... some types of this ungulate have knees that click so the group stays together in a blizzard a reindeer |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | UNGULATES $2000: An ibex is a 4-letter ungulate ending in X; so is this, with one type being the scimitar-horned an oryx |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | THE CENTAUR OF ATTENTION $200: King Ixion repaid Zeus' hospitality on Olympus by trying to bed Zeus' wife, her, so Zeus tricked Ixion into siring the centaurs Hera |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | SHARPS & FLATS $800: In Joshua 6 "the people heard the sound of the trumpet... the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into" this city Jericho |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | DOWNTOWN ABBEY $2000: Our Lady of Dallas Abbey is Cistercian, not this offshoot, so don't go expecting beer Trappists |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | BEATLES "S"ONGS $200: "So may I introduce to you the act you've known for all these years?" "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | THAT'S AN ANIMAL SOUND $800: So, you were supposed to have an operation on your foot & your appendix got removed?! That doctor can only be described as this a quack |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | CUTTING IN LINE AT THE MOVIES $400: Cary Elwes to Chris Sarandon: "I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog-faced buffoon" The Princess Bride |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | I'M SO PROUD $200: To be excessively proud of oneself is to have this expanded cranium a big head (a swelled head) |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | I'M SO PROUD $400: It means to express unwarranted pride & if someone does it a lot, add "-ful" boast |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | I'M SO PROUD $600: Meaning excessively proud, it's related to the French word for "high" & sounds a lot like a word meaning "someone attractive" haughty |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MOVIE COMEDIES $800: (I'm John Michael Higgins, and) being a part of an a cappella group in college called the Zumbyes helped me in my role as a singing competition announcer in the three films (so far) with this alliterative title Pitch Perfect |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | I'M SO PROUD $800: Change the last 3 letters in the word for the inch/ounce system of measure to get this word for proudly domineering imperious |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | I'M SO PROUD $1000: The U.S. Tennis Association's sportsmanship tips say, "avoid" this verb "after a win", so no "ha ha, love & love, I'm the best" gloating |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | PEOPLE IN BOOKS $1000: Roberta takes her last boat ride with Clyde in this novel by Theodore Dreiser An American Tragedy |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | WE PREDICT 5 ANAGRAMS OF NOSTRADAMUS $1600: "SO DAM" this planet Saturn |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | GERMAN LITERATURE $1600: After a boat trip in 1775, this Johann-of-all-trades--so many trades!--wrote the lovely poem "On the Lake" Goethe |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | QUANTUM SCIENCE $400: (Spiros Michalakis presents the clue.) As a consultant working with Marvel I coined this term for a world of things so tiny that Ant-Man has to shrink way down to enter it; Dr. Strange pays a visit too the Quantum Realm |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | NOVELS BY QUOTE $1200: "So Tyler and I are on top of the Parker-Morris Building with the gun stuck in my mouth, and we hear glass breaking" Fight Club |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | NOVELS BY QUOTE $2000: "His mother was incinerated in the Dresden fire-storm. So it goes" Slaughterhouse-Five |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | WORD PUZZLES $200: A relative by marriage
SI
ST
ER a stepsister |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | 3-LETTER WORDS $600: Hey, friend! It's been so long, it's been one of these, the longest division of geologic time an eon |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | TRANSPORTATION, IN VARIOUS FORMS $1600: Let's transition to this brand's i2 SE personal transporter Segway |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $600: Von Willebrand disease interrupts this process, so victims suffer from abnormal bleeding clotting |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | WORLD PLACE NAMES $400: This Indian capital was so named to distinguish it from the older city of the same name New Delhi |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | PULITZER PRIZES $400: Seen here, he was the first to win a Pulitzer Prize for film criticism, doing so in 1975 Ebert |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | MAKING MUSIC $800: (Questlove presents the clue.) This use of snippets from other artists' songs is a hip-hop tradition; in 2006 the Roots had a half hour to clear one from Radiohead before our album got shipped, so we got Jay-Z to find Thom Yorke at the gym a sample |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | ETYMOLOGY $2000: Latin for flock is the origin of "Greg-", so this adjective once meant towering above the flock; now it's used of a flagrant error egregious |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | QUITE THE FISH STORY $1000: Melissa Etheridge gave Brad Pitt lessons in fly-fishing so he could play Paul Maclean in this film A River Runs Through It |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | TV, YOU SAY! $1000: Darius, on this FX show: "I would say nice to meet you but I don't believe in time as a concept. So I'll just say we always met" Atlanta |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | THE CARIBBEAN $2000: These islands, the northwesterly section of the Lesser Antilles, are the Îles Sous-le-Vent in French the Leeward Islands |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | LOVE, IN SO MANY WORDS $200: "Whatever our souls are made of, (Heathcliff's) and mine are the same" in this novel; with Linton, not so much Wuthering Heights |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | LOVE, IN SO MANY WORDS $400: Pip notes, "When I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found her irresistible" in this classic Great Expectations |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | LOVE, IN SO MANY WORDS $600: "That" she "should receive an offer of marriage from Mr. Darcy! That (Darcy) should have been in love with her for so many months!" Elizabeth Bennet |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | LOVE, IN SO MANY WORDS $1000: You can detect this novelist wrote, "Nora said: 'I love you, Nicky, because you smell nice and know such fascinating people"' Dashiell Hammett |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | LOVE, IN SO MANY WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): In a play, this character says, "Ah, credulity of love! Roxane will think each word inspired by herself!" Cyrano de Bergerac |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | HANGOVER CURES $1000: Eggs may counter alcohol's toxins, so whip up this dish, made with huevos y patatas a frittata (a Spanish tortilla or omelet) |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | CALL ME "CAT" $400: 19th c. consumers liked buying from folks they knew, so Mr. Montgomery Ward might send a personal note if you ordered from this the catalog |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | SHOPPING AT THE MALL $200: I feel like glamming it up, so let's drop by MAC, which sells these, what the "C" stands for cosmetics |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | HODGEPODGE $800: The Awlad Ali are a desert tribe of this people; thought of as nomadic, they've undergone what sociologists call sedentarization the Bedouins |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | FUTURE OSCAR WINNERS $2000: He could have been a contender for class clown & incorrigible, so much so that his father sent him away to military school (Marlon) Brando |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | SHAKE IT OFF $400: Beignets are usually covered with piles of this stuff, so you may want to shake a little off if you don't want a mess powdered sugar |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | WE ARE PRO-ANTONYMS $1000: As Shakespeare put it so eloquently, "Parting is such sweet joy" sorrow |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | SCIENCE $1600: Steel wool has lots of surface area, so when set ablaze, its mass increases as it turns into this compound also known as rust iron oxide |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | PIVOTAL WOMEN $400: (Melinda French Gates presents the clue.) After her historic victory in 2020, she acknowledged women who fought & sacrificed so much for equality & liberty & justice for all Kamala Harris |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: Though she had 2 children with her first husband, she was unable to give Napoleon an heir, so he left her Joséphine |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | ODD WORDS $800: This symbol found on your keyboard gets its name from "and per se and" an ampersand |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | GET "SET" $2000: The babies of this primate from the forests of South America are usually born as twins a marmoset |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | THAT'S A LAUGH! $2000: (I'm Hasan Minhaj.) I won a Peabody Award for this comedy show that took its name from the not-so-funny 2001 legislation, increasing the surveillance powers of law enforcement agencies the Patriot Act |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | THE GOLDEN AGE $1600: Born around 470 B.C., this figure from the golden age of Greek culture went around barefoot asking annoying questions Socrates |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | HITS OF THEN & NOW $600: Ariana Grande was on the Hot 100 in 2019, singing, "So, look what I got, look what you taught me, & for that I say" this grateful title "thank u, next" |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | VERY ARTISTIC $1000: Victor Hugo didn't want to pose for a bust, so this French sculptor made some quick sketches, &, voilà, a bust was born Rodin |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | YOU SEEM UPSET $400: The future's not so dark; no need to rhymingly be all doom & this gloom |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | EIGHT IS ENOUGH $600: The screenwriter of "Dodgeball" found ESPN2 "The Deuce" funny, so he came up with ESPN8, known as this The Ocho |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | WHO PLAYED 'EM? $800: Dominic Toretto, 7 times so far since 2001 Vin Diesel |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | SO, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? $200: A picture of your new dog? Uh, that's this type of canine that's big in LA canyons. Is it in your house? a coyote |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | SO, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? $400: On coach Lionel Scaloni's staff for this team at the 2022 World Cup? I thought I saw you celebrating after the final Argentina |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | SO, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? $600: Wait, you became the leader of this Cabinet department that oversees the Transportation Security Admin.? When was that?! the Department of Homeland Security |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | SO, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? $800: In 2022 you were on the U.S. team that made the first nuclear this reaction resulting in a net energy gain... congrats! fusion |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | SO, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? $1000: Becoming fluent in this artificial language constructed by a Polish oculist? Fabela! (Fabulous!) Esperanto |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN $1600: They're King Lear's 3 daughters; the youngest is virtuous, but the other 2, not so much Goneril, Regan & Cordelia |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | THE LETTER AFTER C $400: ...in a goat-bodied, flame-spewing monster of Greek myth H |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY $800: Looking for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? You'll find it on the shores of this lake Erie |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | A DECADE OF NO. 1 HITS TELLS A STORY $1000: "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", "You're So Vain",
"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" the 1970s |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | TV CATCHPHRASES $200: This Starfleet captain: "Make it so" Jean-Luc Picard |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | FIRST LADY FIRSTS $200: She was the first &, so far, only first lady who would be elected to public office (Senator) Hillary Clinton |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | DON'T FALL IN! $1000: It's 10 feet wide & 260 deep, so don't fall into Australia's Standley this "C" word--a chi word in Greek Chasm |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | SQUIRRELS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN $800: Like your pal who can bend his fingers back horrifically, squirrel hind leg "wrists" are this, so paw directions can reverse double-jointed |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | SHOW ME MISSOURI SHOW BIZ PEOPLE $1000: This director from St. Louis wrote all three "Guardians of the Galaxy" volumes, so he's likely typed "I am Groot" more than once (James) Gunn |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | HOT TUNES $800: He noted, "It's getting hot in herre" & followed with the helpful "so take off all your clothes" Nelly |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | PLAY THAT GAME $400: A card in this game offers "a ride on the Reading", with a possibility of even getting paid to do so! Monopoly |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | WIL(L), WILLEM OR WILLIAM $200: After landing in a cloaked Klingon ship in Golden Gate Park in "Star Trek IV", this actor says, "Everybody remember where we parked" William Shatner |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | LAKES & RIVERS $600: Reports of a "monster" inhabiting this Scottish lake go back to at least the 6th century; so far, it has eluded sonar detection Loch Ness |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | GETTING CLOSE TO SOMETHING $13,000 (Daily Double): Doctor Strange tells Tony Stark, "we're in" this "now", a term for the final stage of a chess contest; so are you an endgame |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | NURSERY RHYMES $1000: The black sheep's not so bad; he's got 3 bags full of wool for these 3 recipients the master, the dame & the little boy who lives down the lane |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $900: The person elected to this position casts the deciding vote if the Senate is tied, so he or she always votes on the winning side the vice president |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | 3.7 TRILLION FISH IN THE OCEAN $400: To live in frigid waters, the icefish has blood glycoproteins that function as this, also a product made by Valvoline antifreeze |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | BOATING AFTER MEALS $800: Everyone had a cocktail with dinner, so while up top on deck, it's a good idea to wear one of these, PFD for short personal flotation device |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | AS THE FRENCH SAY $1,000 (Daily Double): This 2-word phrase refers to one involved in shameful behavior, perhaps like Dennis the Menace enfant terrible |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | AS THE FRENCH SAY $1600: This French phrase, literally "like this, like that", is used to mean "so-so" comme ci comme ça |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | SELF-REFERENTIAL BEATLES $400: John's "How Do You Sleep?" told us "The only thing you done was" this song where Paul's troubles seemed so far away "Yesterday" |
| #8789, aired 2023-01-19 | ACRONYMS $1200: When setting goals, be SMART--the S stands for this, so not vague & general specific |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE TV CHARACTER $300: "You clearly don't know who you're talking to, so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger" Walter White |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | SHOE BIZ $600: Like Elvis sang, "don't you step on" these shoes that you can get from Brooks Brothers (blue) suede shoes |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE TV CHARACTER $1500: "I gotta get 2 children's life vests, abduct Jonathan Farrow... kill him, cut him to pieces, dump him in the ocean" Dexter |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | I THANK YOU ALL $200: Winning a Golden Globe for this 2006 film role, Sacha Baron Cohen said, "Thank you to every American who has not sued me so far" Borat |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | I THANK YOU ALL $1000: Merritt Wever's Emmy speech for this Edie Falco medical show: "Thanks so much. Um, thank you so much! Um, I gotta go. Bye" Nurse Jackie |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1000: Founded in 1693, the oldest college in Virginia is the college of this royal pair the College of William & Mary |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | THAT'S SO LAST CENTURY $200: In 1991 Clarence Thomas, the second African American on the Supreme Court, replaced this justice who had been the first (Thurgood) Marshall |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | THAT'S SO LAST CENTURY $400: In October 1978 Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Poland took this new title & name Pope John Paul II |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | THAT'S SO LAST CENTURY $600: In 1930 Clyde Tombaugh, an assistant at the Lowell Observatory, made this major discovery, later deemed to be minor Pluto |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | THAT'S SO LAST CENTURY $1000: Named for a place in Sussex, this "Man" once thought to be a missing link between humans & apes was proved to be a hoax Piltdown Man |
| #8783, aired 2023-01-11 | THAT'S SO LAST CENTURY $4,000 (Daily Double): When this city hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics, it was still part of Yugoslavia Sarajevo |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | LAUNDRY DAY $600: Backpacking tip: sinks are everywhere but dryers can be tough to find, so bring a rope & you'll have one of these a clothesline |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | BUILDINGS & BRIDGES $2000: The UK's tallest building, this London skyscraper, is so named because it looks like a big piece of glass the Shard |
| #8780, aired 2023-01-06 | NATIVE AMERICAN SELF-NAMES $400: The Wichita call themselves Kitikiti'sh, meaning this animal's "eyes", because of tattoos around their own eyes a raccoon |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | SO THAT HAPPENED $200: 79 A.D.:
It's Stabiae vs. this volcano--Stabiae takes the L Vesuvius |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | SO THAT HAPPENED $400: July 20, 1969:
The world hears, "Houston", this "base here. The Eagle has landed" Tranquility |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | SO THAT HAPPENED $600: 1901:
This rebellion in China ends, with a reported 100,000 dead the Boxer Rebellion |
| #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 | SO THAT HAPPENED $1000: Sept. 2, 1666:
He journals about "a great fire... in the city" Samuel Pepys |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | NATURE $600 (Daily Double): Research suggests that despite its reputation, this flightless bird that went extinct in the 1600s wasn't so dumb after all the dodo |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | A TOTAL FRAME JOB $800: "Arrangement in Grey & Black No. 1" is so formal!
Please, call the 1870s painting by this more familial 2-word name Whistler's Mother |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | SHEER MISERY $200: Feelin' kinda despondent / Got a rip in my new shoes / Don't have no receipt / So now I got the these the blues |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | A CATEGORY OF CHANCE $800: Tetrodotoxin can make eating this fish a dicey proposition, so make sure your sushi chef is no slouch fugu (blowfish or pufferfish) |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | FLYOVER COUNTRIES $400: So sit back & relax as we leave Tunisia & head east along the Mediterranean coast over this country on our way to Egypt Libya |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ESPIONAGE GLOSSARY $1,800 (Daily Double): John le Carré popularized this word; in a 1974 novel, he defined it as "an agent so called because he burrows deep" a mole |
| #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 |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | EVERYDAY ROYALTY & NOBILITY $200: Home to the Croissan'wich, this fast food chain had trademark issues Down Under, so it's known as Hungry Jack's in Australia Burger King |
| #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 | SPORTS EQUIPMENT $400: Hybrid golf clubs are so named because they combine the qualities of these 2 traditional types of clubs woods & irons |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | THE BOTTOM 10 $2000: "So What'cha Want" hit 93 for this trio in 1992, though some call the album it's off, "Check Your Head", a masterpiece the Beastie Boys |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | THE CLASSIC SONG IN QUESTION $800: Feel free to do the "SNL" headbopping as you say--but do not sing!--this Haddaway hit..."Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more" "What Is Love" |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | THE CLASSIC SONG IN QUESTION $1200: His album "Armed Forces" has Nick Lowe's song "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding" Elvis Costello |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | THE CLASSIC SONG IN QUESTION $1600: "Do You Feel Like We Do"? at least for the next 14 minutes or so? asked this virtuoso guitarist, coming alive in 1976 Peter Frampton |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | DR. SEUSS BAKING CHALLENGE $600: (Tamera Mowry presents the clue.) It's the holiday season, so we had to include this book, whose grumpy main character was Dr. Seuss's long-time license plate How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | AMERICANA $400: So as not to clash with the surrounding scenery, one of these eateries in Sedona, Arizona has turquoise arches instead of golden McDonald's |
| #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 | GIVING YOU SOME T-L-C $1000: It means light can pass through an object but gets diffused so objects on the other side can't be seen clearly translucent |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | IN THE PUDDING $600: Godiva makes a mix for this kind of pudding; so does Jell-O chocolate pudding |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | OUTBREAKS $600: In 1918 & 1919 20-50 million worldwide perished from this, so named for the country where it was widely reported the Spanish flu |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | LET'S GET DOWN TO CASES $400: Davis v. Beason ruled that a Mormon couldn't use this amendment as a defense for polygamy the First Amendment |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | RADIO, RADIO $400: In the 1960s this U.K. service had a "needle time" rule limiting the playing of records, so The Beatles & others played on it live the BBC |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS $800: The Red Cross says if you have this blood type, you're a universal donor, so come in & donate O negative |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | ANIMALS IN BOOKS $200: In the last line of the book, Dorothy says, "and here is" this pup, "too. And oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!" Toto |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | OLD TECHNOLOGY $1600: Ford began offering this "numeric" tape deck in 1966 models; not so much now an 8-track |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | A GARDEN PARTY $200: Scotsman William Brownie Garden invented a revolving one of these, so teachers wouldn't have to erase over & over & over a chalkboard |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | WHETHER YOU'RE A BROTHER OR WHETHER YOU'RE A MOTHER $1000: On the Netflix show "Maid" Andie MacDowell plays the mom of this real-life actress daughter Margaret Qualley |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $5,600 (Daily Double): Pitcher Jim Bouton issued 50 walks in the 1969 season, so 50 times he heard this title of his season diary Ball Four |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | ARRONDISSEMENTS OF PARIS $800: In the 14th you can go underground & explore this part of Paris & the 6 million or so at rest there the Catacombs |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | TRANSLATORS $7,000 (Daily Double): Thomas Hobbes translated this work on "The Man that Having Sack'd the Sacred Town of Troy, wander'd so long at sea" The Odyssey |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | A PINEAPPLE $400: Let's flip things & enjoy some pineapple this cake, where you invert the dessert onto a plate so the fruit's on top upside-down cake |
| #8746, aired 2022-11-21 | WITH CREAM CHEESE $1600: As cream cheese goes into cheesecake, so cheesecake goes into this pan named for the clamp on it a springform pan |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | AMERICAN WOMEN $400: Dorothy Andersen was the first to identify this disease, CF for short, & helped create the first tests to diagnose it cystic fibrosis |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | SILENT FILMS WITH JACQUELINE STEWART $1200: (Jacqueline Stewart of Turner Classic Movies presents the clue.) Lon Chaney's face was so frightening in this Paris-set film that some moviegoers reportedly fainted when his mask was removed The Phantom of the Opera |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | SPELEMENTARY $2000: Arsenic +
tellurium +
radon astern (As Te Rn) |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | PLAYING THE HITS OF 2022 $600: This "feline" not only got "Freaky Deaky" with Tyga, she also told us to "Get Into It (Yuh)", so we did (yuh) Doja Cat |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | SEE WHAT I DID THERE? $100: Alexander Gardner here: during this war, I took photos 2 days after Antietam, the first battlefield to be photographed so soon the Civil War |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | BODY PART PHRASES $400: To fall in love in a surprisingly complete manner is to do so this way, mentioning body parts on 2 extremes head over heels |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | 21st CENTURY BESTSELLERS $400: Law professor Michelle Alexander saw a race-based U.S. justice system in "The New" this name, a symbol of segregation Jim Crow |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | THE ROCK BASSIST'S GROUP $1600: I see a "Bad Moon Rising", so I also see Stu Cook Credence Clearwater Revival |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $400: Elected to Congress in 1830, he wrote, "My election as President of the United States was not half so gratifying" John Quincy Adams |
| #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 | DANCE $800: In square dancing, this repetitive call means pass your partner, back to back! do-si-do |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | "D" IN SCIENCE $3,400 (Daily Double): Knowing what the D in DNA stands for should tell you this noun, the sugar found in DNA deoxyribose |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | READY FOR MY NUDE SCENE $200: Seen here, he dropped trou in "Nightmare Alley"; not so much of a nightmare for some Bradley Cooper |
| #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 | THE OED QUOTES $5,800 (Daily Double): You'll find this 1719 work quoted under "goatskin", "rescue" & "wreck" Robinson Crusoe |
| #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 |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | BRIDGE $1600: Magdalene Bridge, also called the Great Bridge, crosses this 3-letter river in a British university city the Cam River |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | I BID $10,000 (Daily Double): In 2020, an unnamed bidder spent $4.2 million for the so-called EID MAR coin, minted by this assassin Brutus |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | STREETS OF AMERICA $1,000 (Daily Double): This man made Salt Lake City's downtown streets wide so a wagon team could turn around without hitting sidewalks or using profanity Brigham Young |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | TELEVISION $1200: "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the" this TV soap title, the show now on Peacock after 57 years on NBC Days of Our Lives |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | ANSWER IN THE FORM OF AN ABBREVIATION $200: In 2022 Congress gave this agency an additional $45 billion for enforcement, so double-check those deductions the IRS |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | PRETTY LITTLE LIES $500: How's this for a flex? You just got back from the gym, & get this, you dead-lifted a ton & a half, this many pounds 3,000 |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | CLASSIC TV $900: It originally opened with "Once upon a time there were 3 little girls who went to the police academy" Charlie's Angels |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | DIRECTIONAL GEOGRAPHY IN AMERICA $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1802 Congress passed the act establishing the U.S. Military Academy at this site on the banks of the Hudson West Point |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | OUT OF THIS WORLD $3,600 (Daily Double): Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the Moon; a few minutes later, this man became the second Buzz Aldrin |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | HI, FINANCE $7,000 (Daily Double): A chapter no one ever wants to read, this one is often called a "reorganization" bankruptcy, like J.C. Penney in 2020 Chapter 11 |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1600: A-tisket a-tasket, in 1959 she won a Grammy for her basket, the first African-American woman to do so Fitzgerald |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | ANOTHER SHOT AT THE TITLE $400: After losing to the Warriors in the 2015 NBA Finals, in 2016 LeBron & co. beat them to bring this city its first NBA title Cleveland |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | THE ELEMENTS $800: In the 19th century busy chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius discovered silicon, thorium & this element, symbol Se selenium |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | REVOLTS $1600: Much of Rome's grain came from this large island 300 miles away, so it was a big deal when its slaves revolted in the Servile Wars Sicily |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | CEREAL MASCOTS $1000: In the early '70s General Mills said, y'know, we need a cereal featuring a vampire type of guy, so America took a bite of this Count Chocula |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | PITCH PERFECT $400: The best of the best in baseball get the award named for this man who got the nickname "Cyclone", which was then shortened Cy Young |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | ADVERBS THAT MAKE YOUR DAY $600: You never want to be thought of behaving suspiciously, so change the first letter to get this forward-looking adverb auspiciously |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | ADVANCED CRIMINAL LAW $4,700 (Daily Double): Criminals disguise the source of ill-gotten gains via this 2-word process; detergent is optional money laundering |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | BIOLOGY $12,000 (Daily Double): Animals like frogs that can live on land or water are known as these, from the Greek for "both" & "life" an amphibian |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | SO YOU BLEW IT THE FIRST TIME $400: In 1974 he lost his race for an Arkansas House seat but 2 years later was elected the state's Attorney General & soon was governor Clinton |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | IN THE BIBLE BOOK $400: 3:16: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son" John |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | SO YOU BLEW IT THE FIRST TIME $800: A rejection letter to this writer said, "You just don't know how to use the English language", but "The Jungle Book" lay ahead Kipling |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | SO YOU BLEW IT THE FIRST TIME $1600: Legend has it that in Dec. 1916, Prince Felix Yusupov & friends poisoned this guy... shot this guy... & finally had to drown this guy Rasputin |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | MOVIE & TV DIRECTORS $2000: Ralph Fiennes struggles to direct an actor to say, "Would that it were so simple" in this Coen Brothers movie about making an epic Hail, Caesar! |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | SO YOU BLEW IT THE FIRST TIME $2000: After getting KO'd by Max Schmeling in 1936, this African-American heavyweight took just 2 minutes & 4 seconds to win the rematch Joe Louis |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | SO YOU BLEW IT THE FIRST TIME $6,800 (Daily Double): Last name of Milton, who moved to Philadelphia in 1876 to start a candy company; that one ended in bankruptcy but another did not Hershey |
| #8724, aired 2022-10-20 | HISTORICAL WEAR $800: French warriors at Agincourt wore 65 or so pounds of this armor |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | DEVOURING EATING IDIOMS $400: I'm pulling away in a footrace, so "eat my" this that I've kicked up dust |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | WHAT A BUTTE! $3,699 (Daily Double): Grizzly Bear Lodge is another name for this butte that rises 1,267 feet above Wyoming Devils Tower |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | BUT I HAVE THIS HISTORIC MEETING $800: In what's now the city of Sovetsk in 1807, Napoleon & the ruler in this job met on a raft so it wouldn't be on anyone's home turf the czar (Alexander I) |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | IT ALL STARTS WITH "U" $200: So you saw an E.T.? Then it must have been piloting this, also called a flying saucer a UFO |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | AUTUMN $200: Its grower says the Autumn Glory type of this fruit has "subtle notes of caramel", so it must be good for making caramel ones an apple |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | LET'S TAKE A WALK $200: Captain Hook made prisoners do this, involving a board leading over the water; real-life pirates, not so much walk the plank |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | SHAKESPEARE $400: In "As You Like It", Jaques says, "All the world's a" this, "& all the men & women merely players", so what say thee, players? a stage |
| #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 $400: Don't celebrate so soon--it's too early to do this, the sound heard here pop a cork on champagne |
| #8719, aired 2022-10-13 | THAT'S THEIR SPORT $600: Se Ri Pak,
Annika Sörenstam golf |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | WAIST UP, NECK DOWN $400: The cecum is part of the large intestine; animals use it to digest this kind of food, so in koalas, it's 3 times body length plants (vegetation) |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | 2-LETTER SPELLING BEE $1600: Jewish "So? Come on!" N-U |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | WAIT JUST A MINERAL! $3,000 (Daily Double): Mais oui, calcium sulfate hemihydrate is a mouthful, so a fast-setting-after-drying gypsum product goes by these 3 words plaster of Paris |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | MEDICAL SPECIALTIES $400: This field of medicine is so named because the goal is to avoid injury & disease by promoting health & well-being preventive |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | BOOGIE! $100: "I can't stop the feeling so just dance, dance, dance", instructs this singer Justin Timberlake |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $200: At a restaurant you may want the steak but not the side dishes, so you order this 3-word way a la carte |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS $400: In 1970 Binion's Horseshoe Casino hosted the first-ever World Series of this poker |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | CREATURES GREAT & SMALL $400: Seen here is one of the world's smallest mammals, the pygmy this, though we're not so sure about "the taming" of it a shrew |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | HELPFUL INTERNET ACRONYMS $500 (Daily Double): ICYMI:
You clearly have been living under some sort of rock, so let me catch you up on this tantalizing factoid in case you missed it |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | HELPFUL INTERNET ACRONYMS $1500: CMV:
I believe one thing but am open to your perspective, so now is your chance to explain to me my error change my view |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | HATCHET MAN $400: This Marvel Comics character was deemed unworthy by the hammer Mjolnir, so he took up the axe Jarnbjorn & bided his time Thor |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | THE RICHTER SCALE $300: A flatboat pilot said an 1812 quake in Missouri was so powerful it made the waves on this big river run backwards the Mississippi |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | CATS & DOGS $400: From Britain's Isle of Man, the Manx cat is distinctive for its lack of this a tail |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $500: A fancy design of your initials that you use on stationery or clothing a monogram |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | APOLOGIES $600: "Sorry, Dave... when the crew are dead or incapacitated, the onboard computer must assume control" is a line in this sci-fi novel 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | APOLOGIES $3,000 (Daily Double): In a movie, Cynthia Nixon played this woman called the Belle of Amherst & known for poems like "I'm Sorry for the Dead--Today" Emily Dickinson |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | SO GALLANTLY STREAMING $200: In 2022 people still wished to keep up with this title reality show family; their U.S. premiere was the biggest in Hulu's history the Kardashians |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | SO GALLANTLY STREAMING $400: This actress flies high on HBO Max as flight attendant Cassie Bowden (Kaley) Cuoco |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | SO GALLANTLY STREAMING $600: On Netflix this actor known for his quick banter went back in time & gave himself a real talking-to in "The Adam Project" Ryan Reynolds |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | SO GALLANTLY STREAMING $800: Going from the movies to Prime Video, he grew as a character, as Alan Ritchson is about 6'2" & Tom Cruise... is not Jack Reacher |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | SO GALLANTLY STREAMING $1000: Oscar Isaac had the roles of a lifetime as Marc Spector & Steven Grant in this Marvel series on Disney+ Moon Knight |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | MUST BE NICE $200: Nice! You've got the Strottarga Bianco type of this fancy fishy treat ($3,000 an ounce or so) & a new box of Triscuits to serve it on caviar |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | GEOGRAPHY VIA KOKOMO $800: I wanna catch a glimpse of the acres of stalls at the Marché en Fer, or Iron Market, in this Caribbean capital, so here it is Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | THE LAW $1600: All states have implied consent laws, so applying for a driver's license means agreeing to let police test this your blood alcohol level |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | A CHEM/ PHYSICS/ BIO SAMPLER $1600: It's the study of fishes, all 30,000 or so species of them ichthyology |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | RALPH MACCHIO TALKS COBRA KAI $200: (Ralph Macchio presents the clue.) But what does "Cobra Kai" even mean? Well, "kai" is a gathering, so "Cobra Kai" is "an assembly of cobras"--fierce fighters who meet in this type of room & school to train a dojo |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | THAT'S SO SIR/REEL! $400: Rushing around in "From Russia with Love" & "The Russia House" Sir Sean Connery |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | THAT'S SO SIR/REEL! $800: Gus in "Cats" & also giving a magnetic performance in "X-Men" Sir Ian McKellen |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | THAT'S SO SIR/REEL! $1200: The maitre d' at L'Idiot in "L.A. Story" & also giving a thoughtful performance in "X-Men" Sir Patrick Stewart |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | THAT'S SO SIR/REEL! $1600: Ruling in "The Cider House Rules" & (What's it all about?) "Alfie" Sir Michael Caine |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | THAT'S SO SIR/REEL! $2000: "Murder by Death" & "Star Wars", one year apart Sir Alec Guinness |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT? $400: The pineal gland in my brain is secreting the right amount of this hormone that's also an antioxidant, so just fine melatonin |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | WATERCOLORS $1200: What's so surreal about this artist's watercolor of the "Day of the Virgin" is that it's not surreal Dalí |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | AUTHORS $400: On July 4, 1862 he picnicked with Alice Liddell & her sisters, so it could have been "Edith" or "Lorina in Wonderland" Charles Dodgson (or Lewis Carroll) |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | AUTHORS $1200: Bell Hooks inspired her great-granddaughter Gloria, so Gloria took Bell's name professionally, making this change spelled her name in lowercase |
| #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 |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES $400: "Circle Of Life" is the opening number of this musical & not so surprisingly, closes it as well The Lion King |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | A MONTH OF HISTORY $1000: The Tet Offensive begins, surprising U.S. commanders January |
| #8689, aired 2022-07-21 | THE MET: A VERSE $600: His painting "The Death of Socrates" is one of the museum's bigs; he's French, so say his name like that of singing actor Diggs David |
| #8689, aired 2022-07-21 | CLOSING STATEMENTS $2000: "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past" The Great Gatsby |
| #8689, aired 2022-07-21 | SPORTS VENUES $2,200 (Daily Double): In 1879 the first of several NYC venues to bear this name featured birds, flowers & fountains, so the name made more sense Madison Square Garden |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | HEY, NICE "AB"s! $800: A kidnapper, or a muscle that pulls away from the middle abductor |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | SAN DIEGO: NEWS CLUES $200: (Sheena Parveen of NBC 7 in San Diego presents the clue.) At San Diego’s Grant Hotel back in 1970, sci-fi master Ray Bradbury & superhero artist Jack Kirby, greeted the 300 fans who attended the first of these; now, it’s an annual event drawing more than 130,000 each year Comic-Con |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | GOOD HISTORY $200: Around 400,000 B.C., hominids began to control this; one later use may have been to destroy habitat so as to aid hunting & foraging fire |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | GOOD HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): At first the church didn't oppose this Polish man's ideas; the center of the universe was filthy, so better not to be there Copernicus |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | MAKING MONEY $200: The Bureau of Engraving & Printing says it has no plans to redesign the $1 bill because it's so infrequently this counterfeited |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | THE ALEXANDER FILES $1200: In 1943 Alexander Fleming urged the U.K. Health Ministry to fund research into this antibiotic so the Americans wouldn't get ahead penicillin |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | WHAT IS LOVE... $400: In "Frozen" Anna & Hans sing "Love Is An Open" one of these, "Life can be so much more" a door |
| #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 |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | BABY, DON'T HURT ME $2000: You know my ex wore Opium perfume from this 3-named designer; why do you torture me so? Yves St. Laurent |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | FROM THE SPEEDWAY $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) The purpose of drafting, or following closely behind another car, is to create this between his tail & your nose; so he pulls you along as your draft is reduced substantially a vacuum |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | MOVIE MAGIC & WIZARDRY $400: At age 78, Ian McKellen said this character "is over 7,000 years old, so I'm not too old" Gandalf |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | GAME PLAN $600: In survival mode, fight off mobs such as evokers & build shelter so as to stay alive Minecraft |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | IT'S A PROCESS $2000: This process reduces fat globules in milk into small particles that are evenly distributed, so the cream doesn't rise to the top homogenization |
| #8674, aired 2022-06-30 | THANKS FOR THE MEMOIRS $400: In 2000 he published the not-so-scary "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft" Stephen King |
| #8674, aired 2022-06-30 | DRINK $1600: It's a dark & stormy night, so have a Dark 'n' Stormy cocktail made with ginger beer & this (dark) rum |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | DIET HARD WITH A VENGEANCE $1000: The flowers of plants like broccoli form a cross, so you may read about the benefits of these vegetables meaning "cross-bearing" cruciferous |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | CHUCK D, TIMES 3 $1000: At first, "Martin Chuzzlewit" had poor sales, so Dickens added a section set in this country he'd just visited the United States |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | SHOE KNOW IT! $600: A red lacquer sole is a hallmark of the shoes designed by this Frenchman; so is an $800 price tag Louboutin |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | ENDS IN "S-T-Y" $2000: Also called a vestry, it's a room in a church where clergy change into their robes & where holy objects are kept sacristy |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY $1200: The book was unfinished at his death, so he took the end of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" to the grave Charles Dickens |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | WORD ORIGINS $1,000 (Daily Double): Bad air was thought to cause this disease, so it was given a name meaning "bad air"; it's caused by parasites malaria |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | I DON'T HEAR A SYMPHONY $800: With Beethoven in mind, Mahler believed writing this number symphony was endsville, so he called a 1908 work a song cycle the 9th |
| #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 | HISTORIC ALLIANCES $1000: Around 1428 Texcoco, Tlacopan & this Aztec city-state formed the Triple Alliance Tenochtitlan |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | WE'RE FULL! $200: Psalm 23 refers to one of these that "runneth over", so stop pouring already cup |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 LETTERS, E IN THE MIDDLE $1200: It means cool; a 1990s & 2000s hip-hop music label was "So So" this Def |
| #8661, aired 2022-06-13 | KNIGHT AFTER KNIGHT $400: To honor his father, this star here was knighted in his birth name, so he's Sir Maurice Micklewhite Michael Caine |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | STORIES OF THE SAINTS $400: This apostle & letter writer was a tent maker by trade, so he moved easily around the ancient world with tools & cloth Paul |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | STORIES OF THE SAINTS $5,000 (Daily Double): In a vision on the wall of her room, St. Clare witnessed a mass & so today is the patron saint of this modern invention television |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | A WRITER BY ANY OTHER NAME... $1000: The father of Chilean poet Neftalí Reyes Basoalto didn't like his writing, so Neftalí published under this name (Pablo) Neruda |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | NON-MEDICAL DOCTORS $600: She said, "I worked so hard" after a 2020 op-ed suggested she stop using "Dr." before her name Dr. Jill Biden |
| #8655, aired 2022-06-03 | CALLING FOR A MEASUREMENT $400: Time to work the back 640 of these; that's equal to one square mile, so hop to it an acre |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | WHAT A TOOL $1600: The "cold" type of this chipping instrument is so called because it's tough enough to cut cold metal a chisel |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | POP & ROCK LIFE STORIES $2000: "So Let It Be Written", a bio of this lead singer, gets its title from a lyric in Metallica's "Creeping Death" James Hetfield |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | HISTORIA ESPAÑOLA $1600: Almost 500 years of the Spanish empire ended in 1975 with withdrawal from the not so far off area called Spanish, now Western, this Sahara |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | MOVIE SUPERVILLAINS $600: "Kneel before" this general! In a 1980 film, he finally gets his wish that Superman does so, but things go south real fast (General) Zod |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | LENDING TV SUPPORT $800: Timothy Simons as Jonah Ryan, also called "The Pointless Giant", "The 60-Foot Virgin" & so many other things we can't say Veep |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | LENDING TV SUPPORT $1200: Román Zaragoza, as the not-so-late Sasappis on CBS Ghosts |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | ROUGH NATIONAL ANTHEM LYRICS $2000: This nation sings of a nearby rival: "King Christian... his sword was hammering so hard... the Swedes' helmets & brains cracked" Denmark |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | YES, YES, YES $400: If you answer with a big this, a word derived from Hebrew that means "so be it", you truly agree, & not just on Sundays amen |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES $1000: "Thanks to a Glitch, Some Seattle Mazda Drivers Can't Tune Their Radios Away From" NPR, so at 7 A.M., it's this show or nothing Morning Edition |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $400: On this silversmith's death in 1818, one paper said, "Seldom has the tomb closed upon a life so honorable & useful" Paul Revere |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | TROJAN WAR HANDBOOK $8,000 (Daily Double): A prophecy said that Troy could not be taken without this warrior, so the Greeks tracked him down & brought him to the battle Achilles |
| #8642, aired 2022-05-17 | MILITARY HISTORY $800: So many African Americans wanted to fight for this state's 54th Regiment in the Civil War, the 55th was created Massachusetts |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | MUSICALS BY LYRICS $400: "One short day in the Emerald City... full of so much to do" Wicked |
| #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 |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | FROM QUEENS $1000: He turned down a "close encounter" with Bernie Madoff before playing the man: "I already had a Queens accent, so he couldn't help me" (Richard) Dreyfuss |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | ART $1000: In the "Education of Achilles" by this Flemish master, a highly cultivated man, the lyre represents music education Rubens |
| #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 $800: We're talking soil, so this word means a lump of earth, not someone who doesn't get it a clod |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | THEY NAMED A CITY FOR HIM $1,000 (Daily Double): This city with a Tennessee Valley Authority headquarters was named for America's first Secretary of War Knoxville |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | FREE AS A WORD $1600: Unfettered means free & so does this word that uses a synonym for a fetter unshackled |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | EASY LISTENING $1600: Linda Ronstadt covered "It's So Easy", originally recorded by this man & the Crickets Buddy Holly |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | FUN WITH COOKING TERMS $2000: This French term for a ball of meat or potato fried crisp begins with a type of lawn game croquette |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | MIDDLE P $4,000 (Daily Double): 2 linked lines of verse a couplet |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | MISCELLANY $1600: This Greek love goddess is the mom of Phobos & Deimos, "fear" & "terror", so yeah, thanks for that, mom Aphrodite |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | AN ANATOMY OF WORDS $8,000 (Daily Double): To gently tease another person rib |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL $400: Equalization of pressure in the ear, perhaps with the Frenzel maneuver, is key to this acronymic activity scuba diving |
| #8623, aired 2022-04-20 | WE ARE SWOLEMATES $800: It's leg day! The adductor muscles are inner muscles in this body part, so let's squeeze the 2 together & use them! & again! thighs |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | FEMALE LITERARY CHARACTERS $400: A specialist in waterproof fires, she was known to use a time-turner so she could be in 2 classes at once (Hermione) Granger |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | MEDICINE $1000: Thomas Hodgkin's paper on "morbid appearances of the absorbent glands & spleen" described this type of cancer Hodgkin's lymphoma |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | A CHRISTIE MYSTERY $1200: (Lucy Boynton presents the clue.) Agatha Christie wrote 12 novels & 20 short stories featuring this woman & regretted making her so old at the outset; she would have been well over 100 by the time Christie finished writing about her Miss Marple |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | COMPUTERS & THE INTERNET $2,200 (Daily Double): Old monitors needed a screensaver, which moved so it wouldn't burn in; today you can use this static image, also a home decorating item wallpaper |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | BENJAMIN FRANKLIN $200: (Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) Ben's French wasn't great, so at diplomatic dinners he needed to watch Parisians' lips move & also be able to look down at the food; his problem-solving nature led to these, one of his best-known inventions bifocals |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | BENJAMIN FRANKLIN $800: (Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) Starting with his stove, which fit inside a hearth to warm a whole room, Franklin insisted that his inventions were for public good & refused this type of protection that was given by the colonies before the first U.S. Congress did so a patent |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | FA"SH"ION $400: Round & waxed is a good look for these with your dress oxfords shoelaces |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | FA"SH"ION $800: A selendang is a traditional Indonesian one of these shoulder coverings a shawl |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | FA"SH"ION $1200: Shearling comes from sheep; a faux shearling coat is also called this type, after a people of Nepal Sherpa |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | FA"SH"ION $1600: Harley of Scotland makes cozy sweaters from this island type of wool Shetland |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1992's "Aladdin", this villain weaves a spell so he can wed Jasmine & seize power Jafar |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | FA"SH"ION $2000: Fine silk fabric named for the Chinese province where it was originally made shantung |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE... $600: ...just not crimed so much in leading Tammany Hall; you looted between $30 & $200 million, & that's in 1800s dollars! Boss Tweed |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | DOUBLE MEANINGS $1200: A commemorative tablet, or some not-so-nice sticky stuff on your teeth plaque |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | SCI. & MED. ABBREV. $4,000 (Daily Double): The "Z" in Canada's LZT telescope refers to this, so it mostly points straight up zenith |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | WOMAN MOVIES $400: This star of "Catwoman" accepted her Razzie Award for that movie in person, the first actress to do so Halle Berry |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | BRIGHT LIGHTS $600: From Latin for "to ask", this room in a police station often (on TV) has one very bright bulb--we know you did it, so make it easy on yourself an interrogation |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | ARTHROPODCAST $1000: These so-called crabs are actually related to the extinct trilobites horseshoe crabs |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | BIBLICAL PASSAGES $2000: If an Ephraimite pronounced this word with "si", not "shi", the Gileadites "slew him at the passages of Jordan" shibboleth |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | ONLINE & TEXTING ABBREV. $2000: eli5 is shorthand for this expression, so use small words to clarify explain it to me like I'm 5 |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | THE ANCIENT MARINER $800: This Pooh creator wrote a poem about "An old sailor my grandfather knew who had so many things which he wanted to do" Milne |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | "SH"! $400: From the name of a British army officer, it's fragments from an exploded bomb, mine or shell shrapnel |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | I LOVE YOU 3,000 $600: This shortstop was the first of all the team's superstars to join the 3,000-hit club as a Yankee, doing so with a home run in 2011 Jeter |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | "SH"! $800: According to its website, this international is a fraternity based on fun, fellowship & masonic principles the Shriners |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | "SH"! $1200: Once considered a rare breed, this dog was originally used for hunting & guarding in China Shar-Pei |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | "SH"! $1600: One of the earliest written mentions of this Native American people that included Sacagawea is in the journals of Lewis & Clark Shoshone |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | "SH"! $2000: It's a Middle Eastern sandwich in a pita or wrap with lamb or chicken, shaved from a rotating spit shawarma |
| #8594, aired 2022-03-10 | BOOZE IN BOOKS $400: In Graham Greene's "Our Man in Havana", these were "frozen so stiffly" they were "drunk in tiny drops to avoid a sinus-pain" a daiquiri |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | SO THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE $400: Here is this legal scholar presenting the report of the commission he led, to LBJ on September 24, 1964 Warren |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | SO THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE $1200: Take a look at & a listen to Scott Joplin, the genius who created this classic song "The Entertainer" |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | SO THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE $1600: Perhaps thinking it would be fun to run a newspaper, this man took over the San Francisco Examiner in 1887 Hearst |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | SO THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE $2000: This mathematician, a 1994 Nobel Prize winner in economics, became the world's most famous game theorist John Nash |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | SO THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE $4,000 (Daily Double): After a lifetime of farming, this woman was nearly 80 when a collector bought 15 of her artworks in 1938 Grandma Moses |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | OCEANS $600 (Daily Double): These islands off Florida have ocean cliffs a mile deep--don't know about that theory that the name is from Spanish for "shallow sea" the Bahamas |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Built by a Ming Dynasty emperor, this place is so named because most people in the empire were denied access the Forbidden City |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | ARTHURIAN LEGEND & HISTORY $7,600 (Daily Double): The figure best known by this name appears in some versions as Ambrosius, a prophet & adviser to King Vortigern Merlin |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | BEATLES "LOVE" SONGS $600: "I'll always be true, so please..." "Love Me Do" |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | YOU CAN SET YOUR CALENDAR BY IT $800: Every 11 years or so the Sun goes through a solar cycle where these flip, affecting sunspot activity magnetic fields (magnetic poles) |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | ROAD TRIP $3,000 (Daily Double): Vital during World War II, this road runs from Kunming, China to Lashio in Myanmar the Burma Road |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | COLORS IN NATURE $1200: "Red touch yellow, kill a fellow", so stay clear of the eastern this venomous snake seen here an eastern coral snake |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | BIG TEN GEOGRAPHY $400: This Illinois city was originally called West Urbana; here's to it, so say we all! Champaign |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | LAST LINE OF A SHAKESPEARE ACT $600: Act I of this play concludes with, "The motion's good indeed and be it so, Petruchio, I shall be your Ben Venuto" The Taming of the Shrew |
| #8584, aired 2022-02-24 | NAUTICAL LINGO $400: A binnacle was a case often made of a nonmagnetic metal so it could store this guiding device a compass |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | TWEETS $800: The name of this bird is a synonym for singer; the yellow one has a song that sounds like "sweet, sweet, sweet, I'm so sweet" a warbler |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | TWEETS $1600: Genus Megascops, it has a shrill call like the whinny of a horse & is one of the most nocturnal of birds, so it's more heard than seen a screech owl |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | NUMB WITH NUMBERS $1000: A pound & a half of coffee costs $480, so it's this much per ounce $20 ($320/pound ÷ 16) |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | IT'S JUST ABOUT TIME $2000: One reason they eat so late in Spain is they're on Central European time, an hour ahead of the more logical GMT, short for this Greenwich Mean Time |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | LYRICS TO REMEMBER $400: This septet:
"So I'ma light it up like dynamite, whoa, dy-na-na-na, na-na, na-na, ayy" BTS |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | & NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT $400: These doglike carnivores weren't "laughing" so much after losing a 1999 war with lions in Ethiopia hyenas |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | BACK ME UP $1600: While her song "You're So Vain" is not about Mick Jagger, he did provide backing vocals Carly Simon |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | A DAY AT THE SORBONNE $600: I was too late for petit dejeuner, so it's time for regular old dejeuner, also called this--so off to the cafeteria lunch |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | DON'T BE SO THIRSTY $200: Invented in 1929, this clear beverage was originally called "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda" 7 Up |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | DON'T BE SO THIRSTY $400: Introduced to Europe around the 17th century, it was sometimes referred to as "Arabian wine" coffee |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | DON'T BE SO THIRSTY $600: A dark mustache on a BYU student may indicate she's been drinking this, the most popular beverage sold there after water chocolate milk |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | A MINOR IN HISTORY $600: Saints be praised! On March 22, 1429 this feisty teen dictated a letter to English commanders, insisting they leave France Joan of Arc |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | DON'T BE SO THIRSTY $1,000 (Daily Double): Earl Grey tea gets its distinctive taste from an oil derived from the bergamot variety of this fruit an orange |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | DON'T BE SO THIRSTY $1000: Rice is soaked in water to make this Mexican beverage & Vampire Weekend song title horchata |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | THAT'S SO CLICHÉ! $200: "Better safe than" this sorry |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | THAT'S SO CLICHÉ! $400: It "is always greener on the other side" the grass |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $600: (Doris Kearns Goodwin presents the clue.) Lincoln grew frustrated with many of his commanders but with none more so than this general who did a brilliant job of readying the Union Army to fight but proved reluctant to commit it to battle George McClellan |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | THAT'S SO CLICHÉ! $600: 2 bad choices: "between the devil &" this location the deep blue sea |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | JAZZ GREATS $800: Here's a bit of "So What", the lead track from this trumpeter's 1959 album "Kind of Blue" Miles Davis |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | THAT'S SO CLICHÉ! $800: It "doesn't fall far from the tree" the apple |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | THAT'S SO CLICHÉ! $1000: It's where the "proof of the pudding" is in the eating |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | THE CROP REPORT $800: Ancient Egyptians loved beer, so they grew this, as you see barley |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | MOVIE SUM-UP $1000: Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
To war, so girls--play ball!
You're Dottie if you want to play catcher A League of Their Own |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | TV FINALES $2000: When this show ended in 2021, seems Mr. Wednesday (an alias of Odin) wasnt so dead after all American Gods |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | TENNIS LESSON $600: The player here has ended up well behind this line, so you might try a drop shot on him a baseline |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | A MONTH OF EVENTS $800: Daylight Saving Time starts (turn 'em forward) & National Puppy Day, so much more enjoyable March |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | FANG SHUI $2000: Here is a sphinx facing off with this hybrid creature with lion, serpent & goat fangs--well, the goat fangs, not so terrifying a chimera |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | LOST $2,000 (Daily Double): John Dos Passos & Archibald MacLeish were among the 1920s writers known collectively as this the Lost Generation |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | THE FUTURE'S NOT SO BRIGHT... $400: "Another Life" has Katee Sackhoff saving her crew by sending them through one of these intergalactic passageways a wormhole |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | THE FUTURE'S NOT SO BRIGHT... $800: In the 2021 film "Dune", this single-named actress plays the single-named Chani, a Fremen fighter on bleak Arrakis Zendaya |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | HAIKU THAT NOVEL! $1000: A Pilgrim's progress /
Vonnegut: unstuck in time /
Catchphrase... So it goes Slaughterhouse-Five |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | THE FUTURE'S NOT SO BRIGHT... $1200: On this Amazon show set in the 24th c., a terrorist faction among the asteroid belt drops a big rock on Earth with devastating effect The Expanse |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | THE FUTURE'S NOT SO BRIGHT... $1600: Mankind is on the wrong side of an ass-whoopin' in 2051 & Chris Pratt has to go back to the future to help in this 2021 flick The Tomorrow War |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | TECH TALK $1600: Sony's PlayStation 5 controller ditches rumble motors to create this 6-letter "feedback" so your hands can better feel the action haptic |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | THE FUTURE'S NOT SO BRIGHT... $2,000 (Daily Double): In "Y: The Last Man" having a Y chromosome is a death sentence, save for the guy with this name from Shakespeare Yorick |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | MARVEL $200: This Black Panther actor wanted T'Challa's accent to be authentically African, so he spoke in a dialect based on South African Xhosa Chadwick Boseman |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | MARVEL $600: Groot's vocabulary in Guardians 2 is limited; this actor got a script with translations from Groot-speak so his delivery could vary Vin Diesel |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | OH, THE THINGS I'VE DONE $400: In 1931 I took an autogiro up to a record 18,415 feet; oh yeah, I wed George Putnam that year too, so y'know... busy Amelia Earhart |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | U.N. RESOLUTIONS $1600: In October 1956 the Security Council unanimously approved a complaint by Great Britain & France against this country Egypt |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | COOKING WITH DAVID CHANG $400: (David Chang delivers the clue.) Tamari is a richer & less salty alternative to regular soy sauce, & unlike soy sauce, has no added wheat, so it's this, as indicated on the label, & safe for certain diets gluten free |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | I BRAIN RADIO $800: Sometimes WNYC's Brian Lehrer does an interview series with local winners of this foundation's so-called "Genius Grants" the MacArthur Foundation (MacArthur grants accepted) |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | JOHNNY GILBERT READS LYRICS FROM THE HEART $400: "Never mind, I'll find someone like you, I wish nothing but the best for you too" Adele |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | JOHNNY GILBERT READS LYRICS FROM THE HEART $2000: "I care for you still & I will forever... honest, we got so familiar spending each day of the year, white Ferrari" Frank Ocean |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | I'M TOO SEXY: A LYRICAL POTPOURRI $200: ... for my this, be it t-, guayabera or flannel; so sexy it hurts my shirt |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | AMERICAN FOLKLORE $600: He was big, he was blue & one story said his footprints filled with water & became Minnesota's 10,000 lakes, so to repeat... he was big Babe (the Blue Ox) |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | TIME FOR LAW SCHOOL $2000: To take your case all the way to the Supreme Court, the main method is to ask the justices to grant a writ of this Latin word certiorari |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | SINGING ABOUT THE WEATHER $400: In a holiday favorite, "The fire is so delightful and since we've no place to go", this title, this title, this title "Let It Snow" |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | GIN / RUMMY $400: It's 5:00 somewhere, so let's enjoy this rum cocktail with muddled lime & mint leaves a mojito |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | GO FISH $400: This fish is so named for its ability to inflate itself like a balloon when threatened a blowfish |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | FROM THE BRITISH ROYAL WEBSITE $800: A Dachshund named Pipkin mated with the queen's favorite breed, so her majesty ended up with some of these hybrids a Dorgi |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | GRAMMY'S ALBUM OF THE YEAR $1000: 2014:
Soy this guy... he's a winner, baby--("Morning Phase")--so why don't you name him? Beck |
| #6, aired 2022-02-10 | MEDIEVAL LIFE $2000: This medical practice generated a vacuum above the skin that was supposed to draw out "vicious humors" cupping |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | IN AUTHORS' FOOTSTEPS $1600: Seen as a dangerous atheist, Voltaire bought a chateau near the border of these two countries so he could hop over the border as needed France & Switzerland |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | ASSIGNED READING MATH $2000: This George Eliot novel about Dorothea Brooke has 86 chapters, so they must average about 10 pages Middlemarch |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | ART APPRECIATION $2000: The website for this artist says, "He is most famous for his so-called impossible drawings, such as Ascending and Descending" Escher |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | SCIENTIFIC ISMs $800: It means walking on 2 legs & it first set our ancestors apart from apes 6 million or so years ago bipedalism |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW $1000: (Chuck Bryant reads the clue.) In 2014, a so-called "hurricane" 600 miles wide arose in the ionosphere over the North Pole; the cyclone was composed of this substance dubbed "the 4th state of matter" plasma |
| #8568, aired 2022-02-02 | AGAIN $1000: This verb means to say repeatedly, so adding "re-" is redundant; Ecclesiasticus pairs it with speaking again iterate |
| #8568, aired 2022-02-02 | CAR"Z" $1000: Have a spare million or so lying around? You, too, can drive one of these Ferraris named for the company's founder an Enzo |
| #8568, aired 2022-02-02 | POETRY $1600: "That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet", says her poem No. 1741 Emily Dickinson |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | 5 RANDOM THINGS $800: This book after Exodus: "All that have not fins and scales in the seas... be an abomination unto you", so eating lobster? A no-go Leviticus |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | KILLER TV SHOWS $2000: "Better pay attention or this world we love so much might just kill you", Randy Newman sang in this show's opening theme Monk |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | STUPID ANSWERS $400: What we call the "magnetic" this attracts the north magnetic poles of compass needles, so it's actually a south magnetic pole the magnetic north pole |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | LINE $1600: "Who knows Sidney Poitier so we could just call him up & ask him?" Six Degrees of Separation |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | WRITERS DO RIGHT $200: This British mystery maven described thallium poisoning so well in a book, a nurse recognized the symptoms in a child Agatha Christie |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | CORRECT THAT NUMBER $400: Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel, crankin' the dials on his amp waaay up: "These go to" 596, which would totally rock so hard 11 |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | CORRECT THAT NUMBER $600: In a Christmas song: 156 "drummers drumming", a multiple of the actual number that would totally rock so hard 12 |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | NEW JERSEY, NEW JERSEY $400: Traffic is tricky on this bridge across the Hudson from Jersey to New York, so a lower deck with 6 more lanes was finished in 1962 the George Washington Bridge |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | BOOK ALIKES $400: "All The King's Men" is fiction about corrupt politics; so is this similarly titled nonfiction classic published 28 years later All the President's Men |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | FALLING $800: This word used of statues & dominoes starts with the part that falls first to topple |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | AWARDS & HONORS $400: The Nobel prizes are awarded in 6 categories, including this one for which Louise Gluck won in 2020 literature |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | IT'LL BE MY TWEET $600: This TV chef asked, "Am I really that mean????"; he constantly hurls F-bombs & called a kitchen staffer a "French pig", so yes Gordon Ramsay |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | ALSO A COOKING VERB $1600: To mix a transmitted radio signal so that only the intended recipient can translate it scramble |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE $600: For 2002 she helped "Get The Party Started" with her hit of the same name
"I'm comin' up so you better get this party started /
I'm comin' up, I'm comin'..." P!nk |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | SOME LAST-MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING $800: This indoor bike-making co. had a market value of $31 billion in 2021, so don't go crazy--just 50% of it would be enough for anyone Peloton |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | SOME LAST-MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING $1000: An ancient sculpture of an athlete about to throw this should arrive by Christmas --Myron's original is lost, so it's just a copy the discus |
| #8539, aired 2021-12-23 | BUILT IN THE 1800s $1600: King Ludwig was a patron of Wagner, so this castle of his featured murals of Lohengrin & Parsifal Neuschwanstein |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | SHORT POEMS $1600: William Carlos Williams began a poem, "So much depends upon a red" this, & there are only 8 words after that wheelbarrow |
| #8535, aired 2021-12-17 | CELEBRITIES $1200: She's been nominated for 3 Oscar so far, & won for "The Help" Octavia Spencer |
| #8533, aired 2021-12-15 | BALANCES $1200: The rope wants to spin, so tightrope walkers employ a long pole to increase rotational this inertia |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | AN INSTRUCTOR $600: In 1984 there was a new Barbie doll: instructor of this type of heart-healthy exercises aerobics |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | A LECTURER $1000: The early 1800s London lectures of this discoverer of sodium brought so much traffic, Albemarle St. had to be made one-way Humphry Davy |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | SUCCULENTS $1000: Belying their name, these succulents often used as ground cover are native to Africa ice plants |
| #8531, aired 2021-12-13 | SAY SOMETHING SILLY, PROFESSOR $2000: This lonely alien brought "Pee-wee's Playhouse" to space so he could have playmates Zyzzybalubah |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | GET YOUR SOMETHINGS IN A ROW $1000: In construction order: Afsluit,
NIeuwebildt,
Omring dikes |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | YACHT ROCK SAILS AGAIN $1000: Grover Washington Jr. was so smooth with this title, "building castles in the sky", this title again, "you & I" "Just The Two Of Us" |
| #8529, aired 2021-12-09 | SCIENCE VOCABULARY $2000: This slow wobbling of the Earth's axis of rotation completes a cycle every 26,000 years or so precession |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | GIRL GROUPS $1600: "I'm So Excited" & "Neutron Dance" were hits for these siblings the Pointer Sisters |
| #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | EPONYMS $800: In 1897 this diva complained of thick bread, so the chef came back with thin, crisp slices of toast now named for her (Nellie) Melba |
| #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | EPONYMS $1200: Not even Yurchenko attempted the Yurchenko double pike in competition; in 2021 this gymnast was the first woman to do so (Simone) Biles |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | AIN'T THAT AMERICA $600: It was a tempest in this govt. scandal, so large that Senate committees & a special commission looked into it from 1922 to 1928 Teapot Dome |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | WORDS IN ELEMENTS $800: Si:
this, a symbol for a program on your computer desktop an icon |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | WRITERS, WITH STYLE $2000: He didn't use sci-fi in 1961's "Mother Night", about an American playwright spying on the Nazis. He passed away in 2007. So it goes Vonnegut |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES $4,000 (Daily Double): Mid-Atlantic city where you'll find the crypt of John Paul Jones Annapolis |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | SCIENCE: ODD BUT TRUE $2000: The so-called whitest paint has been created to help combat global warming by radiating this "colorful" band of the spectrum infrared |
| #8521, aired 2021-11-29 | JESUS & NERO $1600: Suetonius said that Nero resented nothing so much as being called a wretched player of this harp-like stringed instrument a lyre |
| #8520, aired 2021-11-26 | CAR REPAIR $400: Not so appropriate for this fancy schmancy car:
CLOSE LORRY Rolls Royce |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | LATIN PHRASES $200: I'm so sorry! It's "through my own fault"! mea culpa |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | THE BODY HUMAN $800: The ciliary muscle changes the curvature of this eye part that determines how near or far we can see the lens |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | THE BODY HUMAN $1200: When it comes to your heart, MVP stands for this valve prolapse, in which the valve flaps bulge rather than close smoothly the mitral valve |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BOOK TITLE MATH $2,000 (Daily Double): 1956's "Dalmatians" minus 2003's "People You Meet in Heaven" 96 |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | IN A PREVIOUS LIFE $2000: I was one of these slaves in Sparta; every year, war was officially declared on us so a well-born Spartan could always kill me helots |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | BARRIERS IN LIFE $2,000 (Daily Double): The Lex Cornelia de Maiestate said no general could lead an army out of his province, so the 49 B.C. crossing of this stream... huge the Rubicon |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | LIKE A NATURALIZED WOMAN $2000: This South African-born woman got a one-way ticket to California from her mom, so her 2007 naturalization was kind of inevitable Charlize Theron |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | BOOK TITLES EN FRANCAIS $1000: A book for the entire galaxy: "Salut, et encore merci pour le poisson" So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | EXOPLANETS $1600: So far about 2/3 of all exoplanets discovered have been found by the space telescope named for this German astronomer Kepler |
| #8511, aired 2021-11-15 | A PERSON, PLACE OR RING $1,000 (Daily Double): When water is low, minerals leave a so-called bathtub ring in lakes like this manmade one in Utah & Arizona named for an explorer Lake Powell |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | DIG THAT ARCHAEOLOGY $800: In the 1930s Émile Baraize uncovered this statue at Giza so the whole paws showed for the first time in centuries the Sphinx |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | TREYS $800: Oh, Vlad III Draculea is so formal! Please, call me Vlad this nickname, one I acquired for my high stakes atrocities the Impaler |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | SOME CREATURES GREAT & SMALL $400: Silk from the orb-weaver type of this animal can be packed so densely that it has been used to make violin strings a spider |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | LET'S TALK BUSINESS $4,000 (Daily Double): It's the horticultural term for a largely unregulated private partnership group using speculative investment strategy a hedge fund |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | HONOR $800: Judge Thayer called these defendants "anarchist (bleep)s", so his impartiality in a 1921 trial has been questioned Sacco & Vanzetti |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | COMPLETE THE TONY-WINNING PLAY TITLE $2000: 1948, the first play to be so honored:
"Mister ____" Roberts |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | LANDSCAPE-ING $1200: "Hieronymous" in Latin, this saint & translator sought refuge in the wilderness, so he's often depicted in landscapes St. Jerome |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | IS IT ME YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? $400: For heaven's sake, Tommy Tutone; my number's 867-5309; I'm this girl with the "number on the wall", so just call already Jenny |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | THE AUTHOR'S CHARACTERS $1200: José Arcadio, so magically real, & Fermina Daza (Gabriel García) Márquez |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | TIME TO FALL INTO AUTUMN $600: As fall begins in North America, so does this zodiac sign Libra |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | I WANT TO SUCK YOUR BLOOD! $1600: Female mosquitos drink human blood & in so doing, can transmit diseases like this, also called breakbone fever dengue fever |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | A FORD FIESTA $200: Kevin Costner was going to play the president in "Air Force One" but had to leave the film, so the role went to this star Harrison Ford |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | STATE YOUR NAME $200: Virginia Wade won 55 tennis singles titles, including this major in 1977, the last Englishwoman to do so Wimbledon |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR $400: I swear on this so you know I'm telling the truth a stack of Bibles |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | TWISTER! $1200: Tornadoes destroy wind speed instruments, so meteorologists use mobile radar named for this Austrian to get the same effect Doppler |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | THE ICKIEST OF THE "ICKY" $200: You've been described as fastidious, so you're too this finicky |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | THE ICKIEST OF THE "ICKY" $600: Your pasta has too much of the plant bulb Allium sativum, so it's overly this garlicky |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | 1800s U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1801 he headed back to Braintree, skipping his successor's inauguration, the first president to do so Adams |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | THE 1991 GRAMMYS $400: Best Metal Performance went to this band with "metal" in its name & also in the winning album title; that's so metal Metallica |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | SO VERY COLD $400: The speed of this is 70 feet per second slower at freezing than it is at 100 degrees Fahrenheit sound |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | SO VERY COLD $800: Not all motion stops at this lowest temperature--molecules still vibrate with zero-point energy absolute zero |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | SO VERY COLD $1200: When this current of high-speed winds moves in big waves, Arctic air can spill into mid-latitude regions, bringing winter cold snaps jet stream |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | SO VERY COLD $1600: Fish caught by Canadian Inuit would flash-freeze in the Arctic air, inspiring this inventor's food innovation Birdseye |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | SO VERY COLD $2000: In 1911 researchers discovered the resistance to electricity in mercury was zero at -452 degrees F., making it this superconductor |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | INCONCEIVABLE! $600: "Bewitched, Bothered & Perplexed" wasn't quite the right song title, so folks went with this synonym Bewildered |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | SPIN CYCLE $600: A story says Babe Ruth's eyesight was so good he could read the label on one of these records of his day named for its RPM 78 |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | LADIES & GENTLEMEN $800: The death sentence for treason had been suspended in 1553 for this lady--a teen, really--but after dad rebelled in '54... not so much Lady Jane Grey |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | HISTORIC STRUCTURES $1600: In the 1960s Egypt's Abu Simbel temple complex was relocated so it would not be submerged by the creation of this Aswan High Dam |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | MONKEY $400: The bellow of this Western Hemisphere dweller is described as deafening, so we're seeing the monkey, not hearing it howler |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | I CAN NAME THAT NO. 1 '80s HIT $600: "You know I feel so dirty when they start talking cute, I wanna tell her that I love her but the point is probably moot" "Jessie's Girl" |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | BUSINESS $1000: The 2017 tax bill changed things for these businesses so-named because their revenue goes right to the tax returns of owners pass-through |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | ENTERTAINMENT & THE NMAAHC $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) You can't miss the 1973 Cadillac convertible, owned by this rock pioneer, who influenced so many early performers, including The Beatles, & he drove the car in "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll", a documentary that celebrated his 60th birthday Chuck Berry |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | & IN A SUPPORTING ROLE $800: In this 2019 film Park Myeong-hoon played Geun-se, who hid in a basement; that didn't pan out for Geun-se Parasite |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | SO YOU JUST BOWLED A STRIKE $200: Try to match Usain Bolt's famous victory pose, also a move in dancehall culture from this, his home country Jamaica |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | SO YOU JUST BOWLED A STRIKE $400: The "reverse" one of these 2-word actions involves bending the elbow to retract the clenched item a fist pump |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | SO YOU JUST BOWLED A STRIKE $600: Nothing wrong with the chest-shimmying victory walk of Bill Murray as bowler Ernie McCracken in this movie Kingpin |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | SO YOU JUST BOWLED A STRIKE $800: As with meeting the queen of England, men may bow & women may do this to their bowling league teammates curtsy |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | SO YOU JUST BOWLED A STRIKE $1000: Any number of dances will work, such as this one named for Mr. Fresh the Dougie |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | "AND" SO FORTH $200: A home run with 3 players on base grand slam |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | FURRY ROAD $400: With claws retracted, the paw of this furry animal, Panthera leo, doesn't look so scary a lion |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | "AND" SO FORTH $400: This stretchy polyurethane fabric was introduced in the late 1950s spandex |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | "AND" SO FORTH $600: It's another word for a candlemaker chandler |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | "AND" SO FORTH $800: An example from Merriam-Webster: "She decided with reckless" this "to quit her job & move to Tahiti" abandon |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | "AND" SO FORTH $1000: A soldier's over-the-shoulder broad belt with small loops to hold cartridges a bandolier |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | WORLD WAR II NAVAJO CODE TALKERS' DICTIONARY $400: These weapons were ni-ma-si, meaning "potatoes" grenades |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | WELCOME TO COMET-CON! $800: An unusual object known as 288P has a tail so it's classed as a comet, but it's basically a binary this, also called a minor planet an asteroid |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | MOVIE TIME $200: This company made special volleyballs with its name on only one side for "Cast Away" so a face could be painted on it Wilson |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS $200: I am so sorry that I didn't RSVP to your party, RSVP meaning respondez, this polite phrase s'il vous plaît |
| #8470, aired 2021-09-17 | BROADWAY ON THE POP CHARTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Ariana Grande's "7 Rings" riffed on "My Favorite Things" by this pair, so 90% of the royalties go to the rights holders for that song Rodgers & Hammerstein |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | A LOOK AT BOOKS $400: By prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, "Helter Skelter" reveals the facts behind the crimes of this so-called family Manson |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | DURING THE WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON ADMINISTRATION $400: Richard Beard opened Europe's first studio for this in a glass house because the process needed so much light photography |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY $600: Well south of Kansas, the original falls on the Wichita River in this state are gone, so the city built a new set upstream Texas |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | SLOW TALK $2000: You're so slow you've been declared this, once the name for the noble gases on the periodic table inert |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | GAME STOP $800: The bank cannot go broke in this Parker Brothers game, so exhaustion may be the deciding factor Monopoly |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | TASTY BUSINESS $200: Developer Jef Raskin loved this type of apple so much he named an Apple computer after one a McIntosh |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | FIRST DAY ON THE JOB $1600: You've just got this gig assisting the mixologists; lots of lifting, so don't hurt the body part in the job's name barback |
| #8463, aired 2021-08-11 | WE'LL GET TOGETHER $200: In 2001 Time Warner was acquired by this Internet company for $111 billion; that did not work out so well AOL |
| #8463, aired 2021-08-11 | MATH $2000: In calculus this is defined as the instantaneous rate of change of a function, so for a constant function (no change) it's 0 derivative |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | PROTEST THIS $800: People in this Scandinavian country couldn't fly their flag under Prussian rule, so they bred protest pigs with its colors Denmark |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | INAUGURATING A PRESIDENT $2,200 (Daily Double): This man flubbed some of the words while administering the oath to Barack Obama, so they did it all again a day later (John) Roberts |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | SOUVENIR $800: You never saw this ox-like animal of Asia with a cold, did you? So try the nice warm Mongolian socks made from its wool a yak |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | WHAT'S YOUR UNSAFE WORD? $1000: 2 ships about to hit each other are said to be on this alliterative path, so get the life jackets ready a collision course |
| #8458, aired 2021-08-04 | AUDIBLE $600: Feel your pulse pound with a 1988 bestseller by this action novelist
"Look, Dr. Ryan," the general started to say. Jack cut him off. "General, I am cleared for Tea Clipper. You know that, so let's stop screwing around." (Tom) Clancy |
| #8458, aired 2021-08-04 | 3-LETTER WORDS $2000: Term for a day on Mars--24 hours & nearly 40 minutes, so you can hit snooze a little longer there sol |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | AT HOME $1600: At home, we like varietals at different temperatures, so we've invested in a dual zone one of these a wine refrigerator |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | THE CDC SAYS SO $400: If your BMI is between 25 & 30, it falls within the overweight range; if it's higher than 30, it's considered this obese |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | THE CDC SAYS SO $800: In 2020 the CDC reported there had been nearly 3,000 cases including many deaths due to EVALI, a lung injury caused by this activity vaping |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | THE CDC SAYS SO $1200: "The best defense against Lyme disease" is "reducing exposure to" these bloodsuckers ticks |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | THE CDC SAYS SO $1600: This hereditary disorder in which the blood does not clot properly is more common in males than females hemophilia |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | THE CDC SAYS SO $2000: Pink eye is an inflammation of this clear membrane lining the inside of the eyelid & the white part of the eyeball the conjunctiva |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | SCIENCE FICTION $400: In "The Three-Body Problem", the Trisolarans have 3 of these near their world & it's bad for them, so they're coming here stars (suns) |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | AT THE BEACH $800: Since a 1997 mishap, these toy bricks have been regularly washing up on Devon & Cornwall beaches, so be careful walking barefoot LEGOs |
| #8450, aired 2021-07-23 | THE OED, FROM DVANDVA TO FOLLIS $800: "As phrase: and the rest, and so forth, and so on" et cetera |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | MATH IN THE OLD DAYS $400: The Mayans were using this by the 4th century; the concept of that number didn't make it to Europe until the 1200s or so zero |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | MATH IN THE OLD DAYS $6,000 (Daily Double): Their numerals weren't handy for arithmetic, so ancient Romans did most of their calculating on this device an abacus |
| #8446, aired 2021-07-19 | LET'S GET SERIOUS $400: In a 2008 superhero film, this character naturally asks, "Why so serious?" the Joker |
| #8446, aired 2021-07-19 | WHAT'S IN THE CAVE? $800: In 1991 a Vietnamese forager discovered a cave so big that these form within it; he saw them billowing out clouds |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | FEMALE LITERARY PROTAGONISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Shakespeare wrote that the sails of her barge were "so perfumed that the winds were love-sick with them" Cleopatra |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | "S" IS FOR SUMMER $800: If you step on this creature, you may regret it; lifeguards advise shuffling, so it'll feel the vibrations & swim away a stingray |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | JULY $200: War costs money, so in July 1862 what's now this federal government service came into being the IRS |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | HAIR'S THE THING $800: These wayward tufts with a bovine name form in utero, so you're pretty much stuck with them for life a cowlick |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | HAIR'S THE THING $2000: This 5-letter French word describes a coloring technique where the hair is typically darker on top & lighter towards the ends ombre |
| #8438, aired 2021-07-07 | SPIDERS $200: Each of a spider's these contains 7 segments, so that's 56 segments per spider legs |
| #8438, aired 2021-07-07 | SPIDERS $600: The spider family Uloboridae lacks these glands, so if you want a pet spider, maybe get one of them venom |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | A WORLD TO KISS $800: Kissing this at a castle in County Cork will get you the gift of gab, or so they say the Blarney Stone |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | THE HUMAN BODY $5,000 (Daily Double): The "dur" in epidural refers to this 2-word tough lining of the spinal cord & the brain dura mater |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | TV IS SO HIGH SCHOOL $200: Sunnydale High seems like hell & sits atop an actual hellmouth Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | PHRASES YOU LIKELY DIDN'T DO FOR REAL $200: You forced yourself to do a difficult job, so yes, you had to "bite" this projectile but no, not literally the bullet |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | TV IS SO HIGH SCHOOL $400: Will Schuester & Sue Sylvester were on staff at William McKinley High in Lima, Ohio Glee |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | TV IS SO HIGH SCHOOL $600: Both on the Upper East Side, Constance Billard School for Girls & St. Jude's School for Boys Gossip Girl |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | TV IS SO HIGH SCHOOL $800: Zack & A.C. roamed the halls of Bayside High in Palisades, California Saved By the Bell |
| #8435, aired 2021-07-02 | TV IS SO HIGH SCHOOL $1000: Neptune High, where mysteries abounded Veronica Mars |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | 'TIS SHAKESPEARE $400: John Dryden & his brother-in-law revised this tragedy so everybody (well, not Tybalt) lives happily ever after Romeo and Juliet |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | STAR-SPANGLED BANTER $1600: This sci-fi "Guide" says the universe is infinite with finite populated worlds; dividing by infinity is zero, so average population is zero The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | SO CLOSE... $200: Not necessarily lawbreakers, close friends can be described as being "thick as" these thieves |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | FORE! NO, 5 GOLF MOVIES $400: A golfer isn't in the swing of things, so a mystical caddy played by Will Smith helps out in "The Legend of" him Bagger Vance |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | SO CLOSE... $400: There's a car part in this repetitive term that describes automobiles in gridlock bumper to bumper |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $400: It's pretty obvious Captain America's alter ego & the man with a TV "Neighborhood" are both superheroes, so maybe cousins too? Steve & Fred Rogers |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | HERE'S YOUR CONSTELLATION PRIZE $800: Jason put in a good word for Vela, so you can hop on up there as the sail of this ship the Argo |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | SO CLOSE... $800: It's the alliterative contest-ending evidence seen here a photo finish |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | SO CLOSE... $1000: We're so close, we're separated by one of these tiny units equal to .1 nanometer & named for a Swedish physicist an angstrom |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | SO CLOSE... $1,600 (Daily Double): One of these of "the first kind" means seeing a UFO in some sort of detail a close encounter |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | ROCK BANDS $200: Steven Tyler of this group said the Grateful Dead "were worried about us, so that gives you some idea of how (messed) up & crazy we were" Aerosmith |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | SCULPTURE & STATUES $800: Several cities have Lorenzo Quinn's hurricane-inspired sculptures of this not-so-maternal figure hurling a globe Mother Nature |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | EVEN NUMBERS $1600: Year ending in zero in which Rhode Island ratified the Constitution, the last of the 13 colonies to do so 1790 |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | NOT QUITE STUPID ANSWERS $400: Humphry Davy suggested magnium for this element's name so it wouldn't be confused with manganese magnesium |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | IN THE MI"DD"LE $800: Readily available but not-so-valued people are "cannon" this fodder |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | MUSICAL SEQUELS $1600: 20 years after "Bye, Bye" this guy, "Bring Back" this guy didn't fare so well, closing after 4 performances Birdie |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | TIME LINES $2000: At a commencement speech at Stanford in 2005, he said, "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life" Steve Jobs |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1200: Asked about how she hit the ball so far in golf, this multi-sport wonder said she just loosened her girdle & let it fly Babe (Didrikson) Zaharias |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | RAILWAY & SUBWAY STATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Among Eliel Saarinen's prominent works is the railway station in this capital Helsinki |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES $800: Nov. 2, 1865: It's a bouncing baby future president in Corsica, Ohio & like so many newborns, he gets the middle name Gamaliel Warren Harding |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | I'D LIKE TO BUY $400: Got some caped crusading to do, so I'll need one of these head coverings, from Latin for "hood" a cowl |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | I'D LIKE TO BUY $600: I want to lay some bricks, so I'll take a Kraft tool carbon steel one of these mortar spreaders with a flat plate & a handle a trowel |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | I'D LIKE TO BUY $1000: I love to build things, so I sure could use a Madison Mill round wood poplar one of these connecting rods a dowel |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | COMPUTER SPEAK $800: To "zip" a file is to do this to it, shrink it so that it takes up less memory & can be more easily sent or downloaded compress |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | THE COLONIAL WORLD $1000: Robert Clive led this company that had a quarter million men army; so, the Clive Museum benefitted with lots of Mughal artifacts the East India Company |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | A PALACE IN HISTORY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria.) The iron bed at Schönbrunn Palace was where this 86-year-old emperor died in 1916; he barely left the palace the previous two years, but mainly did so to visit wounded soldiers Franz Joseph |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | ALSO KNOWN AS $400: Kids in this country learn to draw their homeland as a 6-sided figure, so the nickname "l'Hexagone" makes sense France |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | PREFIXES $600: "Vivi-" derives from a word meaning this in Latin, so vivisepulture means burying something that way alive |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | ALLITERATIVE JOBS $600: This agent got you sprung from jail prior to trial; you were a no-show, so he got a bounty hunter to chase you down a bail bondsman |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | I GET SO EMOTIONAL! $400: Antagonistic, like an unfriendly witness in court hostile |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | I GET SO EMOTIONAL! $800: Pronounced one way, it means satisfied; another, it means the stuff a TV network has to show content |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | I GET SO EMOTIONAL! $1200: This term meaning utterly calm precedes "highness" in royal-speak serene |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | I GET SO EMOTIONAL! $1600: "The colonel was" this might mean that he no longer felt distressed, or that his command was taken away relieved |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | I GET SO EMOTIONAL! $2000: Doubtful starts with "D"; this 7-letter "D" adjective means the same thing dubious |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | SCIENCE $200: One zygote becomes two & so on & before you know it, you have one of these, the result of fertilization an embryo |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | OPERA $1600: Her beloved Radames is sentenced to be buried alive; she joins him so the pair can die together Aida |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | THE WORST PART OF WAKING UP $1000: Lacrimal gland production is lowest during sleep, so this rhyming disorder is often worse when waking dry eye |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | I'LL FIGHT YOU! $200: "The Greatest", this boxer asked, "How tall are you?" so I can "know in advance how far to step back when you fall in four" Muhammad Ali |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | THE PLANE TRUTH $600: This supersonic plane could dip its nose so the pilot could see better during takeoff the Concorde |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | HISTORIC HAPPENINGS $1000: In the 600s B.C. Cypselus of Corinth seized power with this title related to a dino name, but was so popular he had no bodyguard tyrant |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | COMEDY CENTRAL $200: This animated dad of 3 proclaimed, "I am so smart! S-M-R-T!" Homer Simpson |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | MASTERPIECE/THEATER $200: Life hasn't turned out so well for Biff & Happy Loman in this play, which has a massive spoiler for a title Death of a Salesman |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | AT THE MOVIES $800: Her, as the bride: "So, O-Ren... any more subordinates for me to kill?" Uma Thurman |
| #8384, aired 2021-04-22 | RATHER ODD NUMBERS $1200: A standard dose of this medication was once 325 mg,, so a common preventive dose is 1/4 of that or 81 mg aspirin |
| #8384, aired 2021-04-22 | PREMIERE EPISODES $2000: This series begins with a man getting himself put in the Fox River Penitentiary so he can get his brother out Prison Break |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | HISTORY $2,500 (Daily Double): "Marching to Pretoria" was a folk song of this war, & here are British troops doing so in 1900 the Boer War |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | WET WORDS $1200: This "precipitous" verb means to soak something, like a tea bag, in a liquid long enough so that its flavor is infused steep |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | DIETARY MATTERS $400: A low-carb ketogenic diet tries to induce ketosis so that the body burns this instead fat |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | EUROPEAN GEO-GRAPHIC $2000: So many rivers flow into this shallow gulf that its salinity is low enough for it to stay frozen up to five months each year the Gulf of Bothnia |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | BURNED BOOKS $400: This man's wife was so disturbed by the first draft of "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" that it was burned, forcing him to rewrite it Robert Louis Stevenson |
| #8378, aired 2021-04-14 | ONE-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES $200: A sign outside Los Angeles' busiest airport spells this word meaning not so strict lax |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | ENGLAND $2000: This Celtic language that's spoken by fewer than 15,000, mostly in the far SW, is recognized as a minority language in England Cornish |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | ART & ARTISTS $200: Jasper Johns completed the first of his paintings of this in 1955, so he only had to do 48 stars the U.S. flag |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | BILL OF WRITES $400: A sonnet of his ends, "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee" Shakespeare |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | CONNECTING WITH CONJUNCTIONS $1000: When it precedes "ye forget"; this conjunction means "so that you don't" lest |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | WHAT A BUNCH OF CHARACTERS! $400: If Luke had spoken Dutch, he wouldn't have been so surprised, since part of this character's name is "father" in Dutch Darth Vader |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | COMPOSERS $1600: Marcus Weeks' bio of this composer is subtitled "The Boy Who Changed the World With His Music" Mozart |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | FORTUNE FAVORS THE BALD $600: He may not love being bald but he created & stars in a show that debuted on HBO in 2000, so that's pretty, pretty good Larry David |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | FORTUNE FAVORS THE BALD $1,000 (Daily Double): It's said Stalin cleaned his pipe by tapping it on the bald head of this man, but by 1958 he was running Russia, so it worked out (Nikita) Khrushchev |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | SCULPTURE MATERIALS $1200: An early 1970s series by Robert Rauschenberg is made of shipping boxes & titled after this not-so-durable material cardboard |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | OVERLAPS $800: A car crash-induced set of false teeth accidentures |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | CURRENCIES $1600: This unit of currency with a 4-letter name seen here became one of the IMF's reserve currencies in 2015 the yuan |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | IMMORAL LINE $1600: This Bard royal says he must kill his brother's sons & marry the daughter, as he's "so far in blood that sin will pluck on sin" Richard III |
| #8367, aired 2021-03-30 | 12-LETTER WORDS $200: Where many of us start our schooling, at age 5 or so kindergarten |
| #8367, aired 2021-03-30 | FOOD LABELS & FABLES $2000: For years this "grown-up" process has added imitation vanilla to so-called pure vanilla extract adulteration |
| #8365, aired 2021-03-26 | ENTERTAINMENT ADD A LETTER $700 (Daily Double): Add a letter to a Leslie Caron favorite & you get a Ben Affleck not-so-favorite Gigi & Gigli |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | THE PROBLEM IS... $1000: The topological problem of making these with 4 colors so that no 2 adjacent areas are the same color was solved in the 1970s the map problem |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | LAKES $400: The Chippewa National Forest's Lake Winnibigoshish is one of the 10,000 or so in this state Minnesota |
| #8359, aired 2021-03-18 | STING $1000: (Sting presents the clue.) Swiss psychologist Carl Jung coined this word to describe apparently unconnected events that coincide in time; in 1983, it gave The Police the title for our final studio album synchronicity |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | THAT'S TOTALLY LIT $1000: O. Henry told of "The Ransom of" this title kid, so troublesome his kidnappers pay dad to take him back Red Chief |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | FERRIS & OBSERVATION WHEELS $800: The Big O wheel in Tokyo Dome City has an open center without spokes so this other type of ride can pass through a roller coaster |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | PICTURE THE MUSICAL ACT $800: If you get this one, you've made me so very happy Blood, Sweat & Tears |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | SNAKES & LADDERS $1000: Many dive boats use open sided ladders so divers can go up & down while wearing these fins |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | HISTORY ACCORDING TO HERODOTUS $400: Herodotus wrote that this ancient capital on the Euphrates was so big it had 100 gates (it had 8) Babylon |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | YOU CAN'T HAVE JUST ONE $800: This word for people is plural whether you add an "S" or not--so "that's all" folks |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | HISTORY ACCORDING TO HERODOTUS $2,000 (Daily Double): Skeptical for once, Herodotus doubted the accuracy of this poem, questioning why Greeks would fight for so long over one woman the Iliad |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | THAT'S SO 2019 $400: This country's Chang'e 4 probe landed on the far side of the Moon China |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | THAT'S SO 2019 $800: A January bill ended a 35-day U.S. federal government shutdown without funding for this, over which the shutdown began the border wall |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | THAT'S SO 2019 $1200: Sports Illustrated said "the signature sporting image of 2019" was this American's after her World Cup-winning goal Megan Rapinoe |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | THAT'S SO 2019 $1600: On her decision to leave Downing St., she called herself "the second female prime minister, but certainly not the last" (Theresa) May |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | THAT'S SO 2019 $2,000 (Daily Double): The discovery of Homo Luzonensis, an extinct human species that lived in what's now this country, was announced in April the Philippines |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | B.C.-ING YOU $200: The city of Larsa wasn't up to this Babylonian's code, so he conquered it in the 1760s B.C. Hammurabi |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | UP RISING $400: "Up" rises to the top of a truck's cargo so you can move data from your computer to a server load & upload |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | ALTERNATE HISTORY NOVELS $2,000 (Daily Double): In "The Alteration" by Kingsley Amis, this man became Pope Germanicus I in the 16th century so the Reformation never happened Martin Luther |
| #8343, aired 2021-02-24 | BUY ME $400: Soap on a rope in the shape of this "Doctor Who" transport? You know me so well! the TARDIS |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | THE LEGEND OF BAGGY PANTS $400: Relax! You can also call these shorter-in-length baggy pants plus fours, so don't get 'em "in a twist", at least proverbially knickers |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | TV SHOW QUOTES $800: Dre: "So everything is okay as long as (the kids) are home by 5... & at 5:01, we call the police"; Bow: "4:59, & the fire department" black-ish |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | THE CELEB CHEF WON'T EAT THAT! $600: Katie Lee: "I hate" this sushi condiment. "& I love spicy food, so I'm not sure why I have (an) aversion to" it wasabi |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | CROSSWORD CLUES "T" $1000: Old-fashioned "fool"ishness
(10) tomfoolery |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | SNAP $600: The camera seen here from this company, founded by Edwin Land, was known to get you your picture in a snap, so shake it Polaroid |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | BABY $600: Cow's milk doesn't agree with baby, so she gets this 3-letter alternative formula from Enfamil "for sensitive tummy" soy |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | MEAN TWEETERS $1600: Marco Polo told of this 3-letter bird of myth, so large it could carry off gigantic beasts to have its supper the Roc |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | MARITIME DISASTERS $800: Sadly the SS Portland went down in a storm with all 200 or so on board in this same year that the Maine blew up 1898 |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | WHAT HAPPENS IN CHAPTER 1? $800: Dedalus' mom is dead, a loss; Buck Mulligan favors us with song; quotation marks? Not so much Ulysses |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | SUPERSTITION $1000: People mail back rocks taken from Hawaii, believing in bad luck caused by the so-called curse of this Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | PAID BY THE WORD: LEGAL EDITION $800: Legally, this known associate of "entering" means going in without permission, so the phrase is a bit repetitive breaking |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | ARTISTS $1600: In a 1509 poem he wrote, "My brush, above me all the time, dribbles paint so my face makes a fine floor for droppings" Michelangelo |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THAT'S SO GORGE! $400: The North Rim of this Arizona chasm is about 1,000 feet higher than its South Rim the Grand Canyon |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THE SONG TITLE ON MY RADIO DISPLAY $600: Train:
"Hey, So" "Hey, Soul Sister" |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THAT'S SO GORGE! $800: The Tarahumara inhabit the Barranca del Cobre, this "metallic" canyon in Mexico Copper Canyon |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THAT'S SO GORGE! $1600: Qutang, Wu & Xiling are 3 notable gorges on this long river the Yangtze |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THAT'S SO GORGE! $2000: Yielding the fossil remains of more than 60 hominins, this gorge in Tanzania has been nicknamed "The Cradle of Mankind" Olduvai Gorge |
| #8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THAT'S SO GORGE! $5,000 (Daily Double): Wadi al-Muluk is the Arabic name of this narrow gorge where Tutankhamen was laid to rest the Valley of the Kings |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | HISTORIC SURVIVORS $1200: (Jeff Probst presents the clue.) Though cold & tired when she reached the "Carpathia" from a Titanic lifeboat, she realized that some women had lost everything, so she rallied first-class passengers & raised $10,000 before the "Carpathia" reached New York; she was unsinkable indeed Molly Brown |
| #8321, aired 2021-01-25 | NAME THAT MALE AUTHOR $200: " 'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be... but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic"' (Lewis) Carroll |
| #8321, aired 2021-01-25 | DO ME A FLAVOR $400: 44 years after original Crunchy Cheetos, this flavor that burns your mouth & feels so good was introduced Flamin' Hot Cheetos |
| #8320, aired 2021-01-22 | EXTREME LAKES $800: There is so much of this natural gas dissolved in Africa's Lake Kivu, it occasionally explodes methane |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | CLEVELAND: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Chris Frye from WOIO presents the clue.) In 1969, Cleveland's Cuyahoga River was so badly polluted that an oil slick on the river's surface caught fire, making national headlines & helping spark the 1970 creation of this federal agency the EPA |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) $200: Many runners "hit the wall" at the infamous Heartbreak Hill on mile 20 of this Beantown race the Boston Marathon |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) $400: This major metropolitan marathon begins & ends in Grant Park Chicago |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) $600: The finish line for the London Marathon is between this London residence of the queen & St. James' Palace Buckingham Palace |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) $800: The last stretch of the Berlin Marathon passes through this gate, which was closed in the early years of the race the Brandenburg Gate |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) $1000: Much of the marathon in this city on the Arabian Peninsula takes place on Jumeirah Beach Road Dubai |
| #8317, aired 2021-01-19 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $400: It was so cold in London in 1814 that a frost fair was held on this river that had frozen over the Thames |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | SPACE-PODGE $200: So far we haven't been able to take a picture of the entirety of this galaxy of ours; NASA uses images of Messier 74 instead the Milky Way |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | FROM D TO D $400: Adjective meaning you are so surprised by something that you do not know what to do or say dumbfounded |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | TAKE NOTE $200: From this actress to Andy Warhol: "I'm so proud I finally have your 'Liz' and thank you for signing it so sweetly to me" Liz Taylor |
| #8314, aired 2021-01-14 | WEE-POURRI $200: So... great party... I guess I'm not great at this tiny term for chitchat small talk |
| #8313, aired 2021-01-13 | CHOREOGRAPHERS $800: This choreographer of "La La Land" & "So You Think You Can Dance" has the same name as a "This Is Us" actress Mandy Moore |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS $200: Founded in Pennsylvania in 1939, this sports program revised its rules in the 1970s so girls could play too Little League |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | CHRISTMAS MOVIES $400: Alastair Sim is among those who have played this Dickensian man but unlike Michael Caine, did so without Muppets Scrooge |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | THAT'S SO "G-Q" $400: When it comes to mental ability, I.Q. stands for this intelligence quotient |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | THAT'S SO "G-Q" $800: Adjective meaning repulsively ugly & distorted grotesque |
| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | BUSINESS: In the 1850s the .925 sterling silver standard was instituted by this company, the first American one to do so Tiffany |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALPHABETICAL AMERICA: Until Alabama became the 22nd state, this one was first alphabetically Connecticut |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | WORDS & THEIR MEANINGS: Churchill gave a word a new meaning when he called for a "talk with Soviet Russia upon the highest level... a parley at" this the summit |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | SPACE SHUTTLES: 2 space shuttles were named for craft commanded by this man who died far from home in 1779 (Captain) Cook |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | BODIES OF WATER: The smallest inland sea in the world, it's completely within the territory of a single country & connects 2 other larger seas the Sea of Marmara |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LITERATURE & RELIGION: This city now in Turkey is the addressee of one of the New Testament epistles & the setting for "The Comedy of Errors" Ephesus |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | 1950s POLITICS: In 1959 Bob Bartlett & Hiram Fong each won a coin flip to gain this alliterative title senior senator |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: He's the most recent presidential candidate to have officially declared his opponent in that campaign the victor Al Gore |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | 1980s MOVIE CHARACTERS: Oliver Stone, screenwriter of this 1983 movie, named its main character to honor the Super Bowl-winning QB from 1982 Scarface |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | TOURIST SPOTS: Originally known as Longacre, it got its name after a newspaper moved its offices there in 1904 Times Square |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | WASHINGTON, D.C.: It was proposed in Congress in 1926 in honor of a big 150th anniversary; it opened 17 years later the Jefferson Memorial |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | 21st CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: It was the first election since 1952 in which neither the incumbent president nor the incumbent vice president was a candidate 2008 (Barack Obama & John McCain) |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | GLOBAL GEOLOGY: In this nation of 360,000 people, you can walk along the boundaries of the Eurasian & North American tectonic plates Iceland |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | NUMBERS OLD & NEW: Expressed in today's numbers, it's the sum total if you add the 7 Roman numerals together 1,666 |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | FAMOUS PAINTINGS: A German guidebook to a 1937 World's Fair dismissed it as a "hodgepodge of body parts that any four-year-old could have painted" Guernica |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | ART HISTORY: At the 1865 Paris Art Salon, the elder of these 2 men said if the younger were successful, it would be "because his name sounds like mine" Manet & Monet |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | LATIN IN LITERATURE: A work by this 15th century English writer quotes the phrase "rex quondam rexque futurus" Thomas Malory |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | FICTIONAL PLACES: The dominions of this land "extend five thousand blustrugs (about twelve miles in circumference)" Lilliput |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | BUSINESS & SOCIAL MEDIA: On Twitter in 2023, this food franchise followed an exact total of 11 accounts that included Victoria Beckham, Mel B & Herb Alpert KFC |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS: England's "Bloody Assizes" & a 1685 life sentence for perjury were 2 main origins of this amendment to the U.S. Constitution the 8th Amendment |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS: At times they each lived on Vilakazi St. in Soweto, so it claims to be the world's only street home to 2 Nobel Peace Prize winners Nelson Mandela & Archbishop Desmond Tutu |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | TRANSPORTATION USA: This public agency runs the USA's busiest bus terminal, opened in 1950 for commuters awed by its polished steel & stone the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | MEDIEVAL PLACES: One of the participants in an 1170 event at this place said, "Let us away, knights; he will rise no more" Canterbury Cathedral |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | CURRENT WORLD LEADERS: In office from 2022, the president of this country has taken so many foreign trips a play on his name is "Ferdinand Magellan Jr." the Philippines |
| #8795, aired 2023-01-27 | WORLD CINEMA: The 2007 biopic called "La Môme" in France, meaning "The Kid", was released in the U.S. under this other French title La Vie en rose |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | BUSINESS MILESTONES: These were first sold in 1908, at a price equivalent to about $27,000 today Ford Model T |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | SECONDS IN HISTORY: The Fortune, the 2nd ship to land at this harbor, disappointed those already there, carrying 35 new residents & "not so much as bisket-cake" Plymouth |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | THE NEW TESTAMENT: Paul's letter to them is the New Testament epistle with the most Old Testament quotations Hebrews |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | CHEMICAL ELEMENT NAMES: The 3 elements whose names begin with 2 vowels are iodine & these 2, one synthetic & one natural einsteinium & europium |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BRANDS: With wood becoming more difficult to source, this company turned to plastic for its automatic binding bricks, introduced in 1949 Lego |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE: In 1863 Walt Whitman wrote that this politician "has a face like a Hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly it becomes beautiful" Lincoln |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: A New York Times headline about this disaster included "866 rescued" & "noted names missing" the Titanic |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | MAGAZINES: A now-annual issue of this magazine was inspired by the high society parties of Caroline Astor, whose ballroom fit about 400 people Forbes |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME: Honored in 1998 as part of a rock group & in 2019 as a solo artist, this singer was the first woman to be inducted into the Hall twice Stevie Nicks |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | INAUGURAL BALLS: At the 1993 Tennessee Inaugural Ball, Paul Simon performed this song, his most recent Top 40 hit "You Can Call Me Al" |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | ART & THEATRE: Asked to design a new set for a restaging of this 1952 play, Alberto Giacometti came up with one scraggly plaster tree Waiting for Godot |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | 19th CENTURY CONTEMPORARIES: Congratulating her on the 1869 release of her biography, Frederick Douglass wrote, "I have wrought in the day--you in the night" Harriet Tubman |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | USA: These 2 mayors gave their names to a facility built on the site of an old racetrack owned by Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler William Hartsfield & Maynard Jackson |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | THE CIVIL WAR: A Union soldiers' song said General McClellan, who let a Confederate Army escape after this battle, "was too slow to beat 'em" Antietam |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS: "Terre de nos aïeux" follows the title in the French version of this anthem "O Canada" |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | CENTRAL AMERICA: A small river connects these 2 lakes that combined form close to 10% of their country's area Lake Nicaragua & Lake Managua |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | THE 19th CENTURY: An 1873 book title gave us this phrase for the period in the late 1800s of growth & prosperity & also greed & corruption the Gilded Age |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY: A 1525 textbook on anatomy says this, being "so different of colours", could also be called "rain bowys" iris |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | WORDS IN AMERICAN HISTORY: The 1890 Census reported that "the unsettled area has been so broken into... that there can hardly be said to be a" this frontier |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | WORD ORIGINS: From the Greek for "ring", the first ones were built by the Romans, including one that could hold 250,000 circus |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | 3-NAMED WOMEN: Not primarily known as a suffragist, in 1879 she became the first female resident of Concord, Mass. to register to vote in local elections Louisa May Alcott |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | AESTHETIC MOVEMENTS: This turn-of-the-century movement was alternately known around the world as Nieuwe Kunst & Modernista Art Nouveau |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | JOURNALISTS IN HISTORY: Bismarck Tribune correspondent Mark Kellogg died June 25, 1876 while on a field assignment covering this man (General George) Custer |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | PLANNED CITIES: A recent immigrant, Lady Denman, wife of the governor-general, announced the name of this new national capital at a 1913 ceremony Canberra, Australia |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | HISTORY: In 1985 the mayor of Rome went to a suburb of Tunis to sign a treaty ending this after more than 2,100 years the (Third) Punic War(s) (Carthaginian Wars) |
| #8505, aired 2021-11-05 | TOYS: Introduced in 1964, he fell out of favor in changing times & in 1970 was marketed as a "Land Adventurer" G.I. Joe |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN: These stories got their collective title because little Josephine Kipling insisted they be told exactly the same way each time Just So Stories |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | MYTHOLOGY: The Hippocrene Spring, sacred to the Muses, was so named because this offspring of Medusa brought it into being Pegasus |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | THE 13 COLONIES: Founded by an advocate of religious freedom, it was the site of America's first Baptist church & oldest synagogue Rhode Island |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | DAYTIME TV PERSONALITIES: Accepting a Lifetime Achievement Emmy, he said, "Just take... 10 seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are" Mr. (Fred) Rogers |
| #8314, aired 2021-01-14 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: This 1969 book was first printed in Japan because no U.S. company would then make a book with so many holes in the pages The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | STATE NAME ORIGINS: The names of these 2 states honor a king & his father, who was executed in 1649 North & South Carolina |
| #8269, aired 2020-10-29 | LEAD SINGERS: The New York Times said this late Brit's multi-octave range & operatic quality made "even paeans to bicycle riding sound emotional" Freddie Mercury |
| #8246, aired 2020-09-28 | ON THE OLD MAP: On the U.N. website's map of the world in 1945, these 2 initials of a member state appear 13 times on continental Africa U.K. |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | 18th CENTURY NOVELS: The title character of this 1726 novel reaches 4 different lands as a result of a shipwreck, a storm at sea, pirates & a mutiny Gulliver's Travels |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | NOTABLE BRITS: On this man's death in a 1935 motorcycle accident, Churchill said, his "pace of life was faster & more intense than the ordinary" Lawrence of Arabia |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES & MUSEUMS: Of the 15 U.S. presidential libraries or museums, 3 are in this state, more than any other Texas |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS: Its first line ends, "the period was so far like the present period... for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only" A Tale of Two Cities |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | 1950s FILMS: The last line of this epic film was "Go--proclaim liberty throughout all the lands unto all the inhabitants thereof" The Ten Commandments |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | MEN & MACHINES: John Moore-Brabazon, the first pilot licensed by England, had learned about engines working for this man, first half of a famous pair (Charles) Rolls |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | WORDS IN THE NEWS: On September 25, 2019, searches on merriam-webster.com for the definition of this 3-word Latin term increased by 5,500% quid pro quo |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDIES: He has 272 speeches, the most of any non-title character in a Shakespeare tragedy Iago |
| #8114, aired 2019-12-12 | WOMEN AUTHORS: In 1947 she testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee on how the film "Song of Russia" was Communist propaganda Ayn Rand |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | HISTORIC LISTS: "Why does not the Pope... build the basilica of St. Peter with his own money rather than with the money of poor believers?" is one of these Luther's theses |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS: By Hebrew word count, the longest book bears this name that led to a word for a long complaint or rant Jeremiah |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | ITALIAN INVENTORS: In a 1644 letter he wrote, "We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air", which is what his invention measures Torricelli |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: From an 1894 work, his name literally translates to "tiger king" Shere Khan |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | LANDMARKS: David Livingstone wrote of this discovery of his, "Scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight" Victoria Falls |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | NEW ENGLAND: Neighborhoods in this city include Federal Street, Gallows Hill & Witchcraft Heights Salem, Massachusetts |
| #8006, aired 2019-06-03 | SHAKESPEARE'S TIME: The line "a great reckoning in a little room" in "As You Like It" is usually taken to refer to this author's premature death Christopher Marlowe |
| #8005, aired 2019-05-31 | OSCAR-NOMINATED FAMILIES: It's the last name of Alfred, Lionel, David, Emil, Thomas & Randy, who with 90 nominations, are the most Oscar-nominated family Newman |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | WORDS OF THE 2000s: In 2008 Time magazine described this new practice as "one part social networking and one part capital accumulation" crowdfunding |
| #7954, aired 2019-03-21 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: Alfred Hitchcock wrote, "It's because I liked" his "stories so much that I began to make suspense films" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | COMIC STRIP TITLE CHARACTERS: These 2 were named for a European "theologian who believed in predestination" & a "philosopher with a dim view of human nature" Calvin & Hobbes |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | TV DRAMAS: So that viewers wouldn't think it was about opera, the "R" in this show's logo was turned into a gun The Sopranos |
| #7844, aired 2018-10-18 | CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN'S LIT: This winged character from an early 20th century work is so named "because she mends the pots and kettles" Tinker Bell |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | AUTHORS: After this woman's death, her daughter wrote, "As far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends at Y" Sue Grafton |
| #7768, aired 2018-05-23 | GREEK MYTHOLOGY: This pair who accompanied their father into battle were called Timor & Formido, "Fear" & "Terror", by the Romans Phobos & Deimos |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | RECORD LABELS: This label, home to U2 & Bob Marley, was created, fittingly, in Jamaica with an investment of 1,000 pounds sterling Island Records |
| #7633, aired 2017-11-15 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 2013 the village of Belrain renamed the last street in France that bore the name of this hero who became a traitor Maréchal Philippe Petain |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | 21st CENTURY GRAMMYS: This singer has won Album, Record & Song of the Year twice, the only artist to do so Adele |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STATE CAPITALS: In 1932 a 4,700-pound piece of the object that gave this capital its "small" name was moved to city hall Little Rock |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | 16th CENTURY NAMES: In his 1557 almanac this French doctor predicted, "Immortal I shall be in life, and in death even more so" Nostradamus |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | ERAS IN U.S. HISTORY: On April 11, 1865 Abraham Lincoln spoke of "the mode, manner, and means of" this, which he would not live to see Reconstruction |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | PLACE NAMES: A town named for its location where a river in Devon meets the English Channel, it's also the name of a college in New Hampshire Dartmouth |
| #7529, aired 2017-05-11 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES: Often used to describe artists ahead of their time, it was also the name of a youth militia in WWII Vichy France avant-garde |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | AUTHORS' EPITAPHS: His tombstone in a Hampshire churchyard reads, "Knight, patriot, physician & man of letters" & "22 May 1859-7 July 1930" Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #7474, aired 2017-02-23 | SHAKESPEARE CHARACTERS: About himself he says, "Since the heavens have shap'd my body so, let hell make crook'd my mind to answer it" Richard III |
| #7473, aired 2017-02-22 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN YEARS: Year the New York World lamented, "The age of statesmen is gone... The age of rail-splitters and tailors... has succeeded" 1864 |
| #7470, aired 2017-02-17 | WORLD LANDMARKS: Completed in 1884, the Washington Monument became the tallest manmade structure but 4 years later was surpassed by this the Eiffel Tower |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | LITTLE COUNTRIES: It's the closest nation to the mainland U.S. where cars customarily drive on the left the Bahamas |
| #7407, aired 2016-11-22 | EARLY AMERICA: William Bradford wrote that this document was partly inspired by the "mutinous speeches" of some passengers the Mayflower Compact |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | MEN OF SCIENCE: The symbols for 6 chemical elements spell out his name, beginning with cobalt, phosphorus & erbium Copernicus |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | STATE SONGS: The first line of its state song, "Eight stars of gold on a field of blue", refers to the star group on its flag Alaska |
| #7364, aired 2016-09-22 | OPERA: The heroine of this opera sings, “If you come to give me, so cruel, your last goodbye, the dark vortex of the Nile will be my grave” Aida |
| #7310, aired 2016-05-27 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS: "The Gold Bug", Edgar Allan Poe's story about the search for Captain Kidd's buried loot, helped inspire this 1883 novel Treasure Island |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: He was awarded a DFC in WWII for a combat mission as pilot of the B-24 bomber he named the "Dakota Queen" George McGovern |
| #7298, aired 2016-05-11 | STATE SONGS: Its state song rhymes "patriotic gore" with the name of its largest city Maryland |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | AUTHORS: She wrote in her journal in 1867 that a publisher "asked me to write a girls book. Said I'd try." Louisa May Alcott |
| #7288, aired 2016-04-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY: "A stimulus to the courageous", the $25,000 Orteig Prize offer of 1919 resulted in his success 8 years later Lindbergh |
| #7236, aired 2016-02-15 | FAMOUS PHRASES: In one version of a 19th century quote, "There is room and health... away from the crowds" so you're urged to do these 2 words Go West |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: When this man joined Twitter in September 2015, his first follow was the National Security Agency's account Edward Snowden |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was the only 20th century president who never delivered an inaugural address President Ford |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | STATE CAPITALS: A 1957 event led to the creation of a National Historic Site in this city, signed into law by a president whose library is now there too Little Rock, Arkansas |
| #7202, aired 2015-12-29 | FAMOUS LAST NAMES: The first woman space shuttle pilot shares this surname with a man on the 1st manned lunar landing 26 years earlier Collins |
| #7172, aired 2015-11-17 | AFRICAN COUNTRIES: These 2 6-letter rhyming countries both derive their names from rivers & were both once controlled by Great Britain Zambia & Gambia |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: The mission of this Western university founded in 1875 is "to assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life" Brigham Young University |
| #7111, aired 2015-07-13 | AMERICAN PRODUCTS: In 1913 this cleaning item was born when its creators named it from a word meaning "bright" or "shining" Brillo |
| #7081, aired 2015-06-01 | SPORTS RULES: The Syracuse owner created this in 1954 & it may have helped his team succeed the Lakers as champs the next year the 24-second shot clock |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | CELEBRITY MEMOIRS: Memoirs by Righteous Brothers singer Bill Medley & this late actor share the title "The Time of My Life" Patrick Swayze |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | FAMOUS NAMES: In March 2012 this director tweeted, "Just arrived at the ocean's deepest pt. Hitting bottom never felt so good" James Cameron |
| #7059, aired 2015-04-30 | WORLD CITIES: According to U.N. statistics, it's the most populous city in the Americas not attached to the mainland Havana, Cuba |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | WEDDINGS: In April 2011 he married an heiress to the fortune of a company called Party Pieces Prince William |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | GEOGRAPHY: The Caucasian Isthmus lies between these 2 large inland bodies of water the Caspian Sea & the Black Sea |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | ACTRESSES: For playing a legal assistant in a 2000 film, she became the first actress to crash the $20 million salary barrier Julia Roberts |
| #7007, aired 2015-02-17 | CALIFORNIA CITIES: A park, elementary school & medical pavilion named for Herbert Hoover are found in this 2-word California city Palo Alto |
| #7000, aired 2015-02-06 | SHAKESPEARE: After England, more Shakespeare plays are set in this present-day country than in any other Italy |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | SHAKESPEAREAN GEOGRAPHY: Of the 5 cities mentioned in Shakespeare play titles, it's the only one not found in Europe Tyre |
| #6943, aired 2014-11-19 | 21st CENTURY BOOKS: Set in the Great Depression, this 2006 novel has an epigraph from "Horton Hatches the Egg" Water for Elephants |
| #6942, aired 2014-11-18 | FRENCH LITERATURE: Its first chapter recalls "the little scallop-shell of pastry, so richly sensual under its severe, religious folds" Remembrance of Things Past |
| #6916, aired 2014-10-13 | SPORTS FIGURES: He was featured on the September 22, 1947 cover of Time with the caption "He and the boss took a chance" Jackie Robinson |
| #6898, aired 2014-09-17 | MUSICAL THEATER: In "Godspell" this character leads the company in singing, "Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord" John the Baptist (or Judas Iscariot) |
| #6893, aired 2014-07-30 | GREAT MOMENTS IN 19th CENTURY SCIENCE: Matthias Schleiden found plants are made up of these; at dinner he told Theodor Schwann who said, hey, so are animals cells |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | WORLD LANDMARKS: Built for a World's Fair in 1889, its visitors that year included the Prince of Wales & Buffalo Bill; it still gets 7 million a year the Eiffel Tower |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1911 Glenn Curtiss received this document Number 1 a pilot's license |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | THE BEATLES: Of The Beatles' 20 U.S. No. 1 hits, this song has the shortest title "Help!" |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | SECRETARIES OF STATE: Serving 160 years apart, these 2 Secretaries of State are the only ones who never married Condoleezza Rice & James Buchanan |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: 1 of the 2 movies in the last 30 years, one a drama & one a comedy, to win Oscars for Best Actor & Best Actress The Silence of the Lambs or As Good as It Gets |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | NAMES ON THE MAP: Visited by Jacques Cartier in 1534, it was later renamed for Queen Victoria's father, the Duke of Kent Prince Edward Island |
| #6835, aired 2014-05-09 | FAMOUS BOOKS: It was published March 26, 1830; a very popular work with the same name premiered March 24, 2011 The Book of Mormon |
| #6810, aired 2014-04-04 | 20th CENTURY NOVEL QUOTES: "It was one of those pictures... so contrived that the eyes follow you... beneath" the picture was this 5-word quote Big Brother is watching you |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | FAMOUS WOMEN: This crusader, in 1906: "More than 60 years of hard struggle for a little liberty, & then to die without it seems so cruel" Susan B. Anthony |
| #6780, aired 2014-02-21 | THE BRITISH EMPIRE: 1713's Treaty of Utrecht concluding the War of the Spanish Succession granted this small 2.3-square-mile area to Great Britain Gibraltar |
| #6715, aired 2013-11-22 | COUNTRY NAMES: In England in 1933, Choudhry Rahmat Ali coined this name, a country that wouldn't be formed until 14 years later Pakistan |
| #6695, aired 2013-10-25 | EUROPEAN LITERATURE: This 1922 novel's first chapter is titled "The Son of the Brahman" Siddhartha |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | BIG COUNTRIES: In area, it's the largest former Soviet republic after Russia & the largest nation that doesn't border an ocean Kazakhstan |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | MODERN-DAY CHINA: Because Internet censors block mentions of this 1989 date, Chinese bloggers write it as "535" June 4 |
| #6565, aired 2013-03-15 | SHAKESPEARE: Samuel Johnson said Shakespeare "so carefully informs us" that this play is set on the eve of May Day & yet called it this A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| #6564, aired 2013-03-14 | BEATLES SONGS: It was one of The Beatles' longest songs & the one to spend the most time at No. 1 on the U.S. charts--9 weeks "Hey Jude" |
| #6552, aired 2013-02-26 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA: One of the 2 years in which 3 men served as president of the United States 1841 or 1881 |
| #6550, aired 2013-02-22 | ITALY: The Italian word for "shadow" is used as a local variation on the name of this region midway between Rome & Florence Umbria |
| #6540, aired 2013-02-08 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: Recently in the news, this agency traces its origins to an 1803 act helping Portsmouth, N.H. after a fire FEMA |
| #6539, aired 2013-02-07 | CAPITAL CITIES: It's criss-crossed by dozens of "peace walls" that separate its Catholic & Protestant neighborhoods Belfast |
| #6537, aired 2013-02-05 | SHORT STORIES: It says, "The body of the trooper having been buried in the church yard, the ghost rides forth... in nightly quest of his head" "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" |
| #6535, aired 2013-02-01 | THE PLANETS: To the ancient Greeks & Romans, it was the slowest-moving planet seen from Earth Saturn |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | SHAKESPEARE: The last speech in this play says, "No grave upon the earth shall clip in it a pair so famous" Antony and Cleopatra |
| #6480, aired 2012-11-16 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: This 1890 piece was named for a Verlaine poem that begins, "Your soul is as a moonlit landscape fair" "Clair de Lune" |
| #6472, aired 2012-11-06 | CABINET DEPARTMENTS: "Si ve algo, diga algo" was part of a 2011 Spanish-language TV campaign by this Cabinet department Homeland Security |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS: "A Cry of Children" & "Nightmare Island" were proposed titles for this novel Lord of the Flies |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | WORLD LANGUAGES: Of the Romance languages, it has the greatest number of native speakers in a single country Portuguese |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | FICTION: A proposed title for this novel sounded too much like a Vegas heist movie, so the number in the title was doubled Catch-22 |
| #6433, aired 2012-08-01 | BRITISH SCIENTISTS: In 1859 a theory was born when he wrote, "from so simple a beginning endless forms... have been, and are being, evolved" Charles Darwin |
| #6378, aired 2012-05-16 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: In 2011, in the preface to the 75th anniversary edition, Pat Conroy called this novel "the last great... victory of the Confederacy" Gone with the Wind |
| #6330, aired 2012-03-09 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: An entertainer born in 1888 whose original first name was Adolph was one of the best-known players of this instrument the harp |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | LITERARY BIOGRAPHIES: Quoting a famous line of his, a 2011 biography of this man was titled "And So It Goes" Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | MEDICAL DISCOVERIES: Nicolas Paulescu isolated a substance he called pancrein, now known as this insulin |
| #6282, aired 2012-01-03 | ASTRONOMY: In July 2011 it completed its first orbit around the Sun since its discovery in 1846 Neptune |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | ISLANDS: 1 of the 2 islands with a population exceeding 100 million; each one is part of an Asian country (1 of) Honshu or Java |
| #6272, aired 2011-12-20 | POETS: While north of his homeland he was inspired to write perhaps his greatest work, "Alturas de Macchu Picchu" Pablo Neruda |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | 19th CENTURY POETRY: He wrote, "He looked upon the garish day With such a wistful eye; The man had killed the thing he loved, & so he had to die" Oscar Wilde |
| #6185, aired 2011-07-01 | BRITISH AUTHORS: She described her work as "human nature in the Midland Counties" & involving "three or four families in a country village" Jane Austen |
| #6139, aired 2011-04-28 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: This president was the first to put solar panels on the White House Jimmy Carter |
| #6097, aired 2011-03-01 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS: A novel set during the Depression earned this author a 1940 Pulitzer Prize & contributed to him winning a Nobel Prize in 1962 John Steinbeck |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | BRANDS: Jack Odell gave his child a tiny vehicle to bring to school inside one of these items, & a toy brand name was born a matchbox |
| #6093, aired 2011-02-23 | AMERICAN LIT: He wrote, "The hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker & quicker, & louder & louder every instant" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | 19th CENTURY NOVELISTS: William Wilkinson's "An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia" inspired this author's most famous novel Bram Stoker |
| #6078, aired 2011-02-02 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Of the 20 presidents elected to a second term, 2 of the 3 who failed to complete that term (2 of) Lincoln, Nixon & McKinley |
| #6076, aired 2011-01-31 | 21st CENTURY EMMYS: As 2 different characters, she is the first actress to win lead acting Emmys in both the drama & comedy categories Edie Falco |
| #6067, aired 2011-01-18 | STATE NAMES: These are the 2 U.S. states with only one consonant in their names Iowa & Ohio |
| #6040, aired 2010-12-10 | MOVIES & LANGUAGE: A 2010 article from Slate called this language created by Paul Frommer "the new Klingon" Na'vi |
| #6023, aired 2010-11-17 | PHRASES: In ancient Rome it was a post where racers changed direction; since 1836 it's meant a moment change occurs turning point |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | DOCUMENTS: It says, "The history of the present king of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations" the Declaration of Independence |
| #6014, aired 2010-11-04 | BURIED AT ARLINGTON: His grave notes his 1842 West Point graduation, his time at Ft. Sumter, Gettysburg & 2nd Bull Run, but does not mention sports Abner Doubleday |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | NO. 1 HITS: Topping the charts on Oct. 20, 1962, this novelty song is the only No. 1 hit to have the word "electrodes" in the lyrics "The Monster Mash" |
| #5996, aired 2010-10-11 | PRISONS: Nazi Rudolf Hess in 1941 & the notorious Kray twins in 1952 were among the last people briefly held here the Tower of London |
| #5992, aired 2010-10-05 | BROADWAY STARS: In 1955 she became the first & so far only actress to win a Tony for playing a male role in a musical Mary Martin |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | SPORTS & THE MEDIA: On February 8, 2010 the headline in a major newspaper in this city read, "Amen! After 43 Years, Our Prayers Are Answered" New Orleans |
| #5963, aired 2010-07-14 | HISTORIC LASTS: In the "thanks a lot, fellas" department, Mongolia was the last country to join this group--August 9, 1945 the Allies |
| #5948, aired 2010-06-23 | HISTORIC DATES: The signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919 took place exactly 5 years after the related death of this man Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| #5929, aired 2010-05-27 | COLONIAL AFRICA: In 1945 Africa had only 4 independent countries; these 2 started with the same first letter Egypt & Ethiopia |
| #5920, aired 2010-05-14 | THE 50 STATES: It's the only state from which rainwater flows to the Pacific, the Atlantic & Hudson Bay Montana |
| #5882, aired 2010-03-23 | THE 50 STATES: Benjamin Harrison had the admission orders shuffled, so no one knows which of these 2 states was 39th & which was 40th North & South Dakota |
| #5861, aired 2010-02-22 | KINGS & LITERATURE: Though called "the most hapless of monarchs", this king is in the title of Shakespeare's only trilogy Henry VI |
| #5844, aired 2010-01-28 | 19th CENTURY ARTISTS: This Frenchman once said, "I will astonish Paris with an apple"--here are a few of them Paul Cézanne |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | THE 1960s: In 1962 the people of Perth, Australia saluted this American by turning their lights on & off at the same time John Glenn |
| #5794, aired 2009-11-19 | FILM DIRECTORS: His work of the 1930s & '40s is so associated with sentimentality that his name is often combined with "corn" Frank Capra |
| #5788, aired 2009-11-11 | THE WORLD AFTER WWII: This peninsula was divided when Japan surrendered to the U.S. below the 38th parallel & to the Soviet Union north of it the Korean Peninsula |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | STATE CAPITALS: It's the only 3-word state capital Salt Lake City |
| #5764, aired 2009-10-08 | ASTRONOMY: Sir William Herschel coined this word in 1802 writing, "They resemble small stars so much..." asteroid |
| #5735, aired 2009-07-10 | THE CALENDAR: This U.S. event was set after the harvest, on a day when rural folk could get there without having to travel on Sunday Election Day |
| #5708, aired 2009-06-03 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANS: Rhyming last names of the 2 men pictured here, who had two very different professions Barrow & Darrow |
| #5700, aired 2009-05-22 | 20th CENTURY POLITICS: On September 23, 1952 some 60 million people, the largest TV audience to that time, tuned in for this live address the Checkers Speech |
| #5652, aired 2009-03-17 | RIVERS: The name of this river whose lower reaches run through Ghana is from Portuguese for "turn" or "bend" the Volta |
| #5619, aired 2009-01-29 | THE GRAMMYS: In 2002 the soundtrack to this George Clooney film won Album of the Year, only the third to do so O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| #5597, aired 2008-12-30 | POLITICAL ROCK & ROLL: In 2008 John McCain used this 1958 Top 10 hit by Chuck Berry as an anthem for his presidential bid "Johnny B. Goode" |
| #5568, aired 2008-11-19 | NONFICTION WRITERS: On July 21, 1944 she wrote, "I'm finally getting optimistic... an assassination attempt has been made on Hitler's life" Anne Frank |
| #5565, aired 2008-11-14 | HIGHER EDUCATION: The 1st public one of these schools began in Illinois in 1901 for students who wanted to pursue higher education in their home area a community college (or junior college) |
| #5554, aired 2008-10-30 | INVENTORS: A key to Alexander Graham Bell's experiments was one of these, procured by a doctor friend, Clarence Blake an ear |
| #5547, aired 2008-10-21 | PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS: The first president to cross the Atlantic Ocean while in office, he did so to meet with other world leaders Wilson |
| #5532, aired 2008-09-30 | PENINSULAR NATIONS: It's the largest country in the world without any permanent natural rivers or lakes Saudi Arabia |
| #5525, aired 2008-09-19 | NBA LOGOS: The logo of this NBA team has a rowel on it the San Antonio Spurs |
| #5524, aired 2008-09-18 | PLAYS: In a 16th century work, the feud between these 2 groups is described as an "ancient grudge" the Capulets & the Montagues |
| #5520, aired 2008-09-12 | ROYALTY: It's the name of today's longest-ruling family in Europe, in power for most of the last 711 years Grimaldi |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | ADJECTIVES: Meaning "painful", it literally refers to the type of pain inflicted on Jesus & on the followers of Spartacus excruciating |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | 1970s HITS: In 1970 2 performers reached the Top 20 with this hit whose 6-word title was inspired by Boys Town "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" |
| #5456, aired 2008-05-05 | AMERICAN THINKERS: "I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude", he wrote in a chapter on solitude in an 1854 work Henry David Thoreau |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY: Circled 7 times by the Israelites in Joshua, it's said to be the world's oldest walled city Jericho |
| #5452, aired 2008-04-29 | BASEBALL TERMS: Hall of Famer Willie Stargell called it "a butterfly with hiccups" a knuckleball |
| #5422, aired 2008-03-18 | HISTORIC NAMES: James I said of this plotter, "The gentler tortures are to be first used... and so proceed by steps to the worst" Guy Fawkes |
| #5418, aired 2008-03-12 | THE WORLD MAP: 1 of the 2 South American countries whose mainland you'll fly over when heading due south from Miami, Fla. Ecuador or Peru |
| #5410, aired 2008-02-29 | NAME'S ALMOST THE SAME: This 900-mile Eastern European mountain range shares most of its name with a ship famous for its April 1912 actions the Carpathian Mountains |
| #5405, aired 2008-02-22 | U.S. GOVERNMENT HISTORY: This man cast the first tie-breaking vote in U.S. Senate history John Adams |
| #5400, aired 2008-02-15 | AMERICAN POETRY: Walt Whitman called this "the beautiful uncut hair of graves" grass |
| #5395, aired 2008-02-08 | NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: This 1,980-mile river that starts in Canada is the longest in the Western Hemisphere that flows to the Pacific Ocean the Yukon River |
| #5384, aired 2008-01-24 | RICH & FAMOUS: At $900 million, his fortune was once 2% of the GNP; by his death in 1937, he was down to about $26 million John Rockefeller |
| #5383, aired 2008-01-23 | FAMOUS ENGLISHMEN: Andrew Carnegie's future fortune & career were inspired by an 1873 visit with this inventor & engineer Henry Bessemer |
| #5378, aired 2008-01-16 | FOREIGN FILMS: A series of novels includes "Iron Knight, Silver Vase", "Precious Sword, Golden Hairpin" & this one, made into a film in 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| #5373, aired 2008-01-09 | THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: First mentioned in a letter by Clement IV in 1265, this item worn by the Pope features an image of St. Peter in a boat a ring |
| #5370, aired 2008-01-04 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: When this president & his wife didn't want to be understood by others, they spoke to each other in Chinese Herbert Hoover |
| #5364, aired 2007-12-27 | AUTHORS' OBITUARIES: In 1991 the N.Y. Times said English was "too skimpy for so rich an imagination"; his language & meter were irresistible Dr. Seuss |
| #5353, aired 2007-12-12 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES: In 1921 he got a patent for a diving suit that allowed one to quickly discard the suit & escape to the surface Harry Houdini |
| #5339, aired 2007-11-22 | FAMOUS NAMES: In the 19th century he created a new type of reference work, a dictionary named from the Greek for "treasury" Roget |
| #5330, aired 2007-11-09 | HISTORIC ARCHITECTS: He designed S.C.'s State Capitol, burned during the Civil War; his most famous building had burned during the War of 1812 James Hoban |
| #5295, aired 2007-09-21 | HISTORIC PURCHASES: The English received this teenager from the Burgundians in 1431 for the sum of 10,000 francs Joan of Arc |
| #5291, aired 2007-09-17 | AMERICAN PUBLISHING: The 1860 frontier novel "Malaeska", the first of its kind, sold 300,000 copies for total sales revenue of this $30,000 |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD: This Swahili phrase has been said or sung more than 450,000 times in theatres all over the world hakuna matata |
| #5255, aired 2007-06-15 | AMERICANA: The original one of these on Mass.'s Little Brewster Island was built in 1716; automation didn't come until 1998 a lighthouse |
| #5217, aired 2007-04-24 | 19th CENTURY AMERICAN AUTHORS: He wrote, "I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and spartan-like..." Thoreau |
| #5216, aired 2007-04-23 | EUROPEAN HISTORY: So Prussia could dominate Germany, Bismarck excluded this country that lost the 1866 Battle of Koniggratz Austria |
| #5204, aired 2007-04-05 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: It was the last presidential election year when there was no sitting president or VP on the national ballot 1952 |
| #5202, aired 2007-04-03 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: In 1839 Thomas Buchanan, cousin of a U.S. president, became the first governor of this future country Liberia |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | LITERARY FIGURES: Bono, Jim Sheridan & Liam Neeson were featured in a 2004 documentary honoring the 150th anniversary of the birth of this man Oscar Wilde |
| #5190, aired 2007-03-16 | WOMEN OF THE 1930s: 1 of the men who shot her realized when he saw her body that she'd often waited on him at a cafe in Dallas Bonnie Parker |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | 19th CENTURY MEN: In 1813 Louisiana Governor William Claiborne put a $500 bounty on him; he responded by offering one for the gov.'s head Jean Lafitte |
| #5168, aired 2007-02-14 | ORGANIZATIONS: The emblem seen here is now used in countries where this organization's original emblem was controversial the (International) Red Cross |
| #5165, aired 2007-02-09 | TOURISM: The 2 leading foreign destination countries for U.S. tourists Canada & Mexico |
| #5149, aired 2007-01-18 | ANIMATED CHARACTERS: The middle initial of this cartoon critter introduced in 1949 stands for Ethelbert Wile E. Coyote |
| #5122, aired 2006-12-12 | CHIEF JUSTICES: He wrote that if a person in custody "cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for him... if he so desires" Earl Warren |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | CASTLES: The name of this large home located in Aberdeenshire means "the majestic dwelling" in Gaelic Balmoral Castle |
| #5045, aired 2006-07-14 | FAMOUS PLAYS: This play that is quite concerned with the English language was, oddly enough, first performed in German in 1913 Pygmalion |
| #5014, aired 2006-06-01 | PLAYWRIGHTS: In 2005 Broadway's Virginia Theatre was renamed to honor this late author, the first African-American so honored August Wilson |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: For over a decade starting from 1807, this nation's capital was moved to a city in South America Portugal |
| #5003, aired 2006-05-17 | BRITISH MONARCHS: The last British monarch who was not the child of a monarch Queen Victoria |
| #5000, aired 2006-05-12 | ISLANDS: Davis Strait, named for a Northwest Passage seeker, separates these 2 islands that total over 1 million square miles Greenland & Baffin Island |
| #4996, aired 2006-05-08 | SCIENCE: The symbol of this element first isolated in 1783 comes from its German name tungsten |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Had he lived in ancient Greece, this president would have been called Odysseus Ulysses S. Grant |
| #4992, aired 2006-05-02 | WORD HISTORY: One Mongol tribe or army, it came to mean "a vast number" because the fierce Mongol warriors seemed so numerous a horde |
| #4979, aired 2006-04-13 | '60s NOVELS' FIRST LINES: It begins, "Amerigo Bonasera... waited for justice; vengeance on the men who had so cruelly hurt his daughter" The Godfather |
| #4977, aired 2006-04-11 | THE EARLY 1900s: These 2 nations fought a war on neither nation's soil; the decisive battle came at present-day Shen-Yang Russia & Japan |
| #4972, aired 2006-04-04 | GERMAN AMERICANS: He famously remarked, "We are all the President's men", giving Woodward & Bernstein their title Henry Kissinger |
| #4957, aired 2006-03-14 | WORD ORIGINS: The word "toxic" comes from the ancient Greek for this weapon an arrow |
| #4955, aired 2006-03-10 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS: Clause 39 of this reads "No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned... except by the legal judgment of his peers" the Magna Carta |
| #4940, aired 2006-02-17 | FORMER WORLD CAPITALS: In 1998 Czar Nicholas II & his wife Alexandra were laid to rest in this city St. Petersburg |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | LITERARY ANIMALS: In an 1877 novel, he tells us that he was originally called Darkie, & later, Old Crony Black Beauty |
| #4926, aired 2006-01-30 | WORLD MONEY 2005: This U.S. sports figure (born 1940) became the only living person ever on a Scottish note besides the Queen & her mum Jack Nicklaus |
| #4923, aired 2006-01-25 | WORD ORIGINS: This word that has come to mean "sudden prosperity" means "good weather" in Spanish bonanza |
| #4912, aired 2006-01-10 | THE U.S. MILITARY: Established in 1903, the oldest U.S. military base in continuous use outside of the U.S. is in this country Cuba |
| #4911, aired 2006-01-09 | BODIES OF WATER: This sea's south boundary is a line from the southern tip of India to the eastern tip of Africa the Arabian Sea |
| #4904, aired 2005-12-29 | SOVIET HISTORY: He died in Moscow September 11, 1971 following nearly 7 years of house arrest Nikita Khrushchev |
| #4903, aired 2005-12-28 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAYS: This play says "Then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at--Elysian Fields!" A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #4875, aired 2005-11-18 | WORLD CAPITALS: Pizarro founded this city whose present name is from a Quechua word meaning "talker" Lima, Peru |
| #4873, aired 2005-11-16 | WORD ORIGINS: This word meaning "complete range" comes from the 3rd Greek letter, which used to be the low end of the musical scale gamut |
| #4870, aired 2005-11-11 | 20th CENTURY U.S. PRESIDENTS: His mother, Louise, said, "I do not want my son to be president... his is a judicial mind and he loves the law" William Howard Taft |
| #4862, aired 2005-11-01 | THE OLD WEST: This outlaw's father, a minister, gave him his first & middle names after an 18th century English clergyman John Wesley Hardin |
| #4855, aired 2005-10-21 | 19th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS: Hanged in an 1837 novel, he so angered some Londoners that his creator toned him down in future editions Fagin |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE: A Gospel & a book of the Old Testament each start with these same 3 words In the beginning |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | RANKS & TITLES: In 1950 Pius XII was Pontifex Maximus; exactly 2,000 years earlier, this man held a title of the same name Julius Caesar |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | 18th CENTURY LITERATURE: This character studied medicine, "knowing it would be useful in long voyages" Gulliver |
| #4823, aired 2005-07-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: It's the roughly 70-minute work that includes the sung words "Alle menschen werden bruder" Beethoven's 9th Symphony |
| #4820, aired 2005-07-15 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: This 1952 classic contains the line "No one was with her when she died" Charlotte's Web |
| #4816, aired 2005-07-11 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES: Robert Jackson, the only justice to take a formal leave of absence, went to be a prosecutor in this foreign city Nuremberg |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | OSCAR NOMINEES: In a 1964 film, he played 3 characters but received only one nomination for Best Actor Peter Sellers |
| #4798, aired 2005-06-15 | 20th CENTURY ATHLETES: In 1938, at age 25, she became the youngest person made a Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav Sonja Henie |
| #4795, aired 2005-06-10 | PRESIDENTS: The last time there were no living ex-presidents was when this man was president Richard Nixon |
| #4792, aired 2005-06-07 | NOTORIOUS: In 1934 in Chicago, soon before his death, he had painful plastic surgery that left him looking pretty much the same John Dillinger |
| #4756, aired 2005-04-18 | INVENTED WORDS: In works by Lewis Carroll, this word means "four in the afternoon; the time when you begin broiling things for dinner" brillig |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | ARTISTIC MASTERPIECES: "Shouldn't the shining dots of the sky be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France?" the artist wrote of this work The Starry Night (by Vincent van Gogh) |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | SINGERS: This man who often criticized the government was named for the president elected in 1912, his birth year Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie |
| #4710, aired 2005-02-11 | 1930s MOVIES: This film that originally hit the big screen in 1930 was re-released soon after the German invasion of Poland All Quiet on the Western Front |
| #4707, aired 2005-02-08 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: (Hi, I'm John McCain.) In presidential succession, the senator holding this position follows the VP & the Speaker of the House president pro tempore |
| #4705, aired 2005-02-04 | U.S. POLITICS: A member of this family has spoken at every Democratic National Convention since 1956 the Kennedys |
| #4702, aired 2005-02-01 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: "The Pastor and His Parishioner" is Chapter 17 of this classic novel The Scarlet Letter |
| #4698, aired 2005-01-26 | LANDMARKS: Located SE of Charlottesville, Virginia, it has 3 stories, an octagonal dome & 33 rooms of varying shapes Monticello |
| #4697, aired 2005-01-25 | 18th CENTURY POETRY: 18th c. poem that says, "Forever cursed be this detested day, Which snatched my best, my favorite curl away!" "The Rape of the Lock" |
| #4694, aired 2005-01-20 | BESTSELLING NOVELS: Today, many who visit Santa Maria delle Grazie Church admit doing so because of this 2003 No. 1 bestseller The Da Vinci Code |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | BRANDS: This brand's airtight seal, introduced in 1946, was patterned after the inverted rim of a paint can Tupperware |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | VICE PRESIDENTS: He was the first vice president to cast zero tiebreaking votes in his capacity as president of the Senate John Tyler |
| #4657, aired 2004-11-30 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year H&R Block |
| #4649, aired 2004-11-18 | AMERICAN NOVELS: The image seen here is part of Faulkner's original text of this 1930 novel As I Lay Dying |
| #4648, aired 2004-11-17 | SCIENCE NEWS: In June 2000 Bill Clinton described it as "the most wondrous map ever produced" the human genome |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | OCCUPATIONS: While working as one, Charlotte Bronte complained that one of these "has no existence, is not considered as a living... being" a governess |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | COMPANY ORIGINS: This Fortune 100 company got its name from what it bought from sailors & sold to natural history collectors Shell Oil |
| #4632, aired 2004-10-26 | AUTHORS: After several decades off it, works by this man seen here returned to the New York Times Bestseller List in 2003 J.R.R. Tolkien |
| #4631, aired 2004-10-25 | HISTORIC FIRSTS: The brother of this leader is believed to be the first known European to have died in the Americas Leif Ericson |
| #4620, aired 2004-10-08 | MEN OF SCIENCE: "Somnium", an early work of science fiction, was written by this German & published posthumously in 1634 Johannes Kepler |
| #4595, aired 2004-07-23 | SHAKESPEARE: 2 of the 4 Shakespeare plays in which ghosts appear on stage (2 of) Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth & Richard III |
| #4589, aired 2004-07-15 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: With a book about the South, he became the first president--past or present--to publish a novel Jimmy Carter |
| #4587, aired 2004-07-13 | HEADLINES OF THE LAST 40 YEARS: The first 2 New York Times headlines set in 96-point type were in these 2 years, 5 years apart 1969 & 1974 |
| #4586, aired 2004-07-12 | NAMES IN THE BIBLE: Daniel means "God is my judge", Ezekiel, "God strengthens"; & this name in Genesis 32, "he strives with God" Israel |
| #4585, aired 2004-07-09 | INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: Of the 8 members of the G-8 industrial nations, the one with the smallest population Canada |
| #4582, aired 2004-07-06 | HISTORIC ENGLISHMEN: Ironically, he might have saved himself from death in 1779 if he had known how to swim Captain Cook |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | SPORTS HEROES: Born in January 1919, the month Teddy Roosevelt died, he was given the middle name Roosevelt Jackie Robinson |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | FRUIT: This fruit of North America shares its name with a literary character who debuted in an 1876 novel the huckleberry |
| #4578, aired 2004-06-30 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 1899 he was released from Devil's Island & pardoned for "treason under extenuating circumstances" Captain Alfred Dreyfus |
| #4569, aired 2004-06-17 | COMMUNICATIONS: In the NATO phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, etc.), the 2 that are title Shakespearean characters Romeo & Juliet |
| #4561, aired 2004-06-07 | WORDS & PHRASES: Once slang for brain, this 2-word phrase now means the Heritage Foundation or the Brookings Institution a think tank |
| #4557, aired 2004-06-01 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: The title object of this 1850 novel is described as "so fantastically embroidered and illuminated upon her bosom" The Scarlet Letter |
| #4548, aired 2004-05-19 | TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: It occupies the 78 acres of land where Met Stadium, former home of the Vikings & Twins, once stood the Mall of America |
| #4544, aired 2004-05-13 | AMERICANA: Beginning an American tradition, in 1801 Aaron Burr's daughter Theodosia & her new husband honeymooned here Niagara Falls |
| #4525, aired 2004-04-16 | AMERICAN ENTERTAINERS: "Evita"'s "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" was inspired by a 1969 concert of hers in London; she left the stage after 15 minutes Judy Garland |
| #4520, aired 2004-04-09 | BRITISH ROYALTY: The only British monarch of the 20th century not to produce an heir Edward VIII |
| #4518, aired 2004-04-07 | NOVELS: First published in 1897, this novel wasn't translated into Romanian until 1992 Dracula |
| #4504, aired 2004-03-18 | THE 12th CENTURY: This king covered his eyes with his shield so that he would not see the holy city he could not conquer Richard I (Richard the Lionhearted) |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | SPORTS SUPERLATIVES: This oldest tennis player ever to win a Grand Slam title did so at the Australian Open mixed doubles in 2003 Martina Navratilova |
| #4460, aired 2004-01-16 | THE MOVIES: They're the 2 2-letter abbreviations in the titles of movies directed by Steven Spielberg E.T. (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) & A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) |
| #4417, aired 2003-11-18 | REFERENCE BOOKS: The name of this type of reference book comes from the Greek for "circle of instruction" encyclopedia |
| #4399, aired 2003-10-23 | THE INTERNET: It is named in honor of a Monty Python sketch that used the word more than 100 times in 2 1/2 minutes spam |
| #4394, aired 2003-10-16 | NAME'S THE SAME: This sports superstar of 1973 bears the name of one of the 6 major organs of the United Nations Secretariat |
| #4375, aired 2003-09-19 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: This title character was based on a man who bravely served the Guides Regiment at the 1857 Siege of Delhi Gunga Din |
| #4353, aired 2003-07-02 | THE BODY HUMAN: At about 63%, there are more atoms of this element than any other in your body hydrogen |
| #4339, aired 2003-06-12 | MUSEUMS: The detail seen here is from a painting in this museum the Prado |
| #4328, aired 2003-05-28 | PSYCHOLOGY: Partly from the Greek algos, "pain", it was first noted in 1688 in Swiss soldiers fighting far from home nostalgia |
| #4298, aired 2003-04-16 | THE SECRET SERVICE: This 20th century U.S. president was the first to receive full-time protection from the Secret Service Theodore Roosevelt |
| #4288, aired 2003-04-02 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: One of the only 2 Canadian provinces that do not border a saltwater ocean or bay Alberta or Saskatchewan |
| #4248, aired 2003-02-05 | NATURE: The propagation of oak trees depends on the lousy memories of these animals squirrels |
| #4222, aired 2002-12-31 | SOUTH AMERICA: Alphabetically, they're the first & last of the 7 countries where the Andes are found Argentina & Venezuela |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | AMERICANA: Baptist minister Francis Bellamy penned this oath in 1892 to reflect his Christian Socialist beliefs the Pledge of Allegiance |
| #4192, aired 2002-11-19 | IN THE NEWS: So far some of its major components are Zarya, Unity, Zvezda & Canadarm2 International Space Station (ISS) |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | TECHNOLOGY: After a demonstration of this, the April 8, 1927 New York Times said, "Commercial use in doubt" television |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | NEW YORK CITY LANDMARKS: Moving several times, the first was originally P.T. Barnum's Monster Classical and Geological Hippodrome Madison Square Garden |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: "May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof" is from this man's 1800 prayer John Adams |
| #4105, aired 2002-06-07 | ACTORS & ROLE: In a 2001 film Jon Voight played this man; in a 2002 TV movie, so did John Turturro Howard Cosell |
| #4101, aired 2002-06-03 | FRANCE: Of France's 22 official regions, this one extends the farthest west Brittany |
| #4094, aired 2002-05-23 | ISRAEL: They are the 2 Arab countries in which Israel currently has embassies Egypt & Jordan |
| #4093, aired 2002-05-22 | RENAISSANCE AUTHORS: In the 16th century he wrote, "Whoever wishes to found a state…must start with assuming that all men are bad…" Machiavelli |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | VICE PRESIDENTS: He was the only vice president to be elected to, & serve, 2 full terms as president Thomas Jefferson |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | WORD HISTORIES: In old philosophy this 12-letter word referred to a fifth substance, superior to earth, air, fire or water quintessence |
| #4085, aired 2002-05-10 | KNOWLEDGE BY THE NUMBERS: Number of males who served as British PM in the 1990s plus Oscars won by Tom Hanks plus protons in a helium nucleus 6 (2 + 2 + 2) |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BOOKS: One of its title studies is Sen. Edmund Ross' 1868 vote against convicting President Andrew Johnson Profiles in Courage |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | THE OSCARS: The 2 Best Picture nominees for 1983 that featured astronaut characters The Right Stuff & Terms of Endearment |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | RECENT HISTORY: In 1993 this country of over 35 million people had 2 official languages; now it has 11 South Africa |
| #4064, aired 2002-04-11 | THE NFL: They're the only 2 NFL teams to currently share a home stadium the New York Jets & the New York Giants |
| #4006, aired 2002-01-21 | PEOPLE ON THE MAP: Tourist spots in the Asian city named for this man include Notre Dame Cathedral & Reunification Hall Ho Chi Minh |
| #4003, aired 2002-01-16 | THE 50 STATES: The 2 states whose names each contain 3 sets of double letters; they border each other Mississippi & Tennessee |
| #3994, aired 2002-01-03 | FAMILIAR PHARASES: This 2-word term entered the English language after a pilot reported seeing 9 of them near Mt. Rainier in June 1947 flying saucers |
| #3983, aired 2001-12-19 | STATE NICKNAME ORIGINS: One popular story is that men of this state fought so stalwartly it seemed their feet were stuck to the ground North Carolina |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | SPORTS MARKETING: Tiger Woods' 22-page booklet "The Making of a Champion" came free on one million boxes of this product Wheaties |
| #3950, aired 2001-11-02 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Washington was the one who added these 4 words to the presidential oath; they're not in the Constitution "So Help Me God" |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | WORDS IN POETRY: The 2 "oo" 4-letter words in the poem inscribed in the base of the Statue of Liberty poor & door |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: He was nominated for Best Director twice in the same year, the first so honored since Michael Curtiz for 1938 Steven Soderbergh |
| #3919, aired 2001-09-20 | ON THE MAP: 2 of the 3 countries classified as extending across 2 continents (2 of) Turkey, Russia, or Egypt |
| #3917, aired 2001-09-18 | THE STOCK EXCHANGE: With over 20,000 stores worldwide, it began trading on the NYSE in July 2000 under the symbol SE 7-Eleven |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | FAMOUS PHRASES: This expression comes from a 1956 novel about Frank Skeffington's final run for mayor "the last hurrah" |
| #3909, aired 2001-09-06 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 1978, Congress restored U.S. citizenship to this man seen here Jefferson Davis |
| #3907, aired 2001-09-04 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS: "Land Of Two Rivers" is the anthem of this country whose history goes back thousands of years Iraq |
| #3906, aired 2001-09-03 | AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY: This Ford with a name from Native American myth was the first model to be Motor Trend Car of the Year the Thunderbird |
| #3895, aired 2001-07-06 | HISTORIC MONARCHS: This monarch, who sold the United States its 2nd-largest piece of territory, was the second to bear his name Alexander II |
| #3874, aired 2001-06-07 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: 3 of the countries that make up this land are Gillikin, Winkie & Quadling Oz |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | GREEK & ROMAN MYTHOLOGY: The English names of this god's 2 companions are Panic & Fear Mars |
| #3817, aired 2001-03-20 | THEATRE HISTORY: This playwright died in 406 B.C., so he never saw his famous tragedy at Colonus produced Sophocles |
| #3790, aired 2001-02-09 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: First line of the poem thought to be based on Mary Sawyer's experience at a Massachusetts school-house around 1815 "Mary had a little lamb" |
| #3760, aired 2000-12-29 | TRAVEL: By population, it's the largest city on a Caribbean island, though you may not be allowed to go there Havana, Cuba |
| #3758, aired 2000-12-27 | THE CIVIL WAR: For his service in the Civil War Congress made him General in Chief of the Armies Ulysses S. Grant |
| #3735, aired 2000-11-24 | AFRICAN MYTHOLOGY: The great creator said these animals couldn't eat the fish of the river, so they fed on the land at night Hippos |
| #3675, aired 2000-07-21 | HISTORIC CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: It includes 3 present Atlantic provinces, & in the 18th C. 4,000 inhabitants of it took a long trip southwest Acadia |
| #3668, aired 2000-07-12 | WORLD CAPITALS: Founded in 1840, this city is the world's southernmost national capital Wellington, New Zealand |
| #3630, aired 2000-05-19 | ASIAN HISTORY: This peninsula of 85,000 square miles was ruled by a single dynasty from 1392 to 1910 Korea |
| #3620, aired 2000-05-05 | CLASSIC SITCOMS: This '70s character was given his last name because he talked ignorant nonsense Archie Bunker |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: On May 2, 1936 "Peter and the Wolf" had its world premiere in this capital city Moscow |
| #3490, aired 1999-11-05 | MODERN TECHNOLOGY: Common name given Douglas Engelbart's device, an "X-Y position indicator for a display system" a mouse |
| #3470, aired 1999-10-08 | THE FUNNIES: Debuting November 18, 1985, the caption in its first box was "So long, Pop! I'm off to check my tiger trap!" Calvin and Hobbes |
| #3387, aired 1999-05-04 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: Named for its shape, this region stretches NW from the Persian Gulf, W. to Syria, then S. through Palestine the Fertile Crescent |
| #3362, aired 1999-03-30 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: One story says this point was so named because it was a positive sign of a sea route from Europe to India Cape of Good Hope |
| #3324, aired 1999-02-04 | FAMOUS NICKNAMES: This famous 20th century nickname is the Argentinian equivalent of "Y'know?" or "Hey, you!" Che (for Che Guevara, who was born in Argentina) |
| #3294, aired 1998-12-24 | CLASSIC MOVIES & TELEVISION: Bert & Ernie of "Sesame Street" are named after characters in this classic Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life |
| #3293, aired 1998-12-23 | FOOD & DRINK: This coffee brand was so named because its creator served it only once a year at a yuletide dinner party Yuban |
| #3291, aired 1998-12-21 | TOYS: While making a torsion meter, an engineer got the idea for this classic toy Slinky |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | CLASSIC CHILDREN'S LIT: This children's story begins with a young farm girl saying to her mother, "Where's Papa going with that ax?" Charlotte's Web |
| #3270, aired 1998-11-20 | THE SUPREME COURT: At the time of his 1902 nomination to the Supreme Court, he was Chief Justice of Massachusetts Oliver Wendell Holmes |
| #3265, aired 1998-11-13 | PLAYS: Written in 1953 & set in the late 17th c., this play takes place about 16 miles northeast of where we are right now The Crucible (by Arthur Miller) |
| #3254, aired 1998-10-29 | TV CHARACTERS: Dozens of web sites are devoted to picking on this Sheryl Leach creation who only gives love Barney |
| #3190, aired 1998-06-12 | ORGANIZATIONS: This women's organization founded in 1890 was chartered by Congress in 1896 the Daughters of the American Revolution |
| #3155, aired 1998-04-24 | ACTRESSES & ROLE: Kathy Bates played her in 1997; Debbie Reynolds played her in 1964 ("The Unsinkable") Molly Brown |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | MEDICINE 1998: An aspirin-acetominophen-caffeine pill is the first FDA-approved over-the-counter pill for this malady migraine headaches |
| #3138, aired 1998-04-01 | APRIL 1 IN HISTORY: April 1 is the anniversary of the Battle of Five Forks, the last decisive battle of this war the Civil War |
| #3136, aired 1998-03-30 | WORD ORIGINS: This type of establishment gets its name from the Latin for "to restore" a restaurant |
| #3116, aired 1998-03-02 | TV SITCOMS: For your information, this series that premiered in 1988 is TV's longest-running sitcom still on the air Murphy Brown |
| #3111, aired 1998-02-23 | THE CARIBBEAN: This capital, founded by Columbus' brother, is the oldest European-founded city in the Western Hemisphere Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| #3104, aired 1998-02-12 | U.S. STATESMEN: Between 1803 & 1848, he served as a U.S. senator, Sec. of State, president & congressman, in that order John Quincy Adams |
| #3073, aired 1997-12-31 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: In Spanish this agency is known as "La Migra" the Immigration and Naturalization Service |
| #3071, aired 1997-12-29 | WOMEN IN POLITICS: In 1995 she became the first sitting governor to give the rebuttal to a State of the Union address Christine Todd Whitman |
| #3052, aired 1997-12-02 | 17th CENTURY LITERATURE: Part one of this English allegory ends, "So I awoke, and behold it was a dream" "Pilgrim's Progress" |
| #3045, aired 1997-11-21 | THE ARMED SERVICES: In September 1997 this branch of the U.S. Armed Services celebrated its 50th anniversary U.S. Air Force |
| #2998, aired 1997-09-17 | 1997 FILMS: At the end of this 1997 film, the dedication "For Carl" appears onscreen "Contact" |
| #2994, aired 1997-09-11 | TELEVISION: A 1997 episode of this series guest-starred Philip Michael Thomas & Tommy Chong Nash Bridges |
| #2945, aired 1997-05-23 | GENESIS: The final word in Genesis is the name of this country Egypt |
| #2924, aired 1997-04-24 | SPORTS: Last awarded in 1970, the Jules Rimet Cup was replaced by this trophy in 1974 The World Cup (of soccer) |
| #2880, aired 1997-02-21 | BRITISH STATESMEN: In a 1940 eulogy of this man, Churchill spoke of his "Love of peace... toil for peace... strife for peace" Neville Chamberlain |
| #2865, aired 1997-01-31 | THE CABINET: 1 of 2 women who served in the cabinet for a total of 6 or more years (1 of) Elizabeth Dole & Frances Perkins |
| #2843, aired 1997-01-01 | AUTHORS: In 1996, 7 years after giving up law, he returned to a Mississippi courtroom & won a case for an old client John Grisham |
| #2841, aired 1996-12-30 | THE 1500s: In 1520 he wrote Pope Leo X, "Let no person imagine that I will recant" Martin Luther |
| #2810, aired 1996-11-15 | PUBLISHING FIRSTS: In 1908 Ernest Henry Shackleton printed the first book on this continent Antarctica |
| #2807, aired 1996-11-12 | AMERICAN HISTORY: Lincoln said it was "the central act of my administration & the greatest event of the 19th century" the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #2785, aired 1996-10-11 | ART: He said he painted one of his masterpieces with his "beard turned up to heaven" Michelangelo |
| #2780, aired 1996-10-04 | 15th CENTURY MEN: In 1482 he told the Duke of Milan that he could "make armored wagons to carry artillery" Leonardo da Vinci |
| #2760, aired 1996-09-06 | CANADA: The flag & the coat of arms of this Canadian province feature a setting sun British Columbia |
| #2755, aired 1996-07-19 | WORLD CAPITALS: It's the easternmost mainland capital in the Americas Brasilia |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ARTISTS: In 1914 his brother's remains were moved from Holland to Auvers, France & buried beside him Vincent Van Gogh |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | FAMOUS NOVELS: Published in 1605, the first part of this novel was dedicated to the Duque de Bejar, Marques de Gibraleon... Don Quixote |
| #2702, aired 1996-05-07 | THE ROMAN EMPIRE: Martial's "Book of Spectacles" in 80 A.D. was a book of poems published for this landmark's opening the (Roman) Colosseum (Coliseum) |
| #2671, aired 1996-03-25 | THE ELEMENTS: The first inert gas discovered on Earth, its name is Greek for "without work" argon (Ar) |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | THE CONTINENTS: The 3 longest rivers in the world are on these 3 continents Africa, South America, and Asia |
| #2632, aired 1996-01-30 | ENGLAND: Also known as New Sarum, this city famous for its cathedral is just a stone's throw from Stonehenge Salisbury |
| #2611, aired 1996-01-01 | DEMOCRATS: In 1995 he cast his 14,000th vote in the Senate, a record for any party Senator (Robert) Byrd |
| #2597, aired 1995-12-12 | HISTORIC QUOTES: In 1945 this Frenchman told his countrymen, "If I treated with the enemy, it was to spare you" Philippe Pétain |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | OSCAR-WINNING FILMS: WWII kept this 1941 movie from filming on location, so an entire Welsh village was built in California How Green Was My Valley |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: 1 of 3 U.S. presidents in the 20th c. who never had a house of Congress controlled by his party (1 of) Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford & George Bush |
| #2575, aired 1995-11-10 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: James B. Stockdale was his vice-presidential running mate Ross Perot |
| #2571, aired 1995-11-06 | BUSINESS & LITERATURE: On March 24, 1994 this store held a breakfast to announce the new Truman Capote Literary Trust Tiffany's |
| #2515, aired 1995-07-07 | NOTORIOUS: Oscar Collazo, serving a life sentence for his assassination attempt on this president, was released in 1979 Harry Truman |
| #2514, aired 1995-07-06 | FAMOUS PLAYS: Play that includes, "I was so mean as to kill this bird today... soon I shall kill myself in the same way" The Seagull |
| #2504, aired 1995-06-22 | 1994 FILMS: This 1994 film is based on Mark Handley's play "Idioglossia" Nell |
| #2494, aired 1995-06-08 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: In September 1814 John S. Skinner & this Maryland atty. were sent to negotiate the release of William Beanes, a POW Francis Scott Key |
| #2473, aired 1995-05-10 | POLITICS 1995: 1 of 2 Republican senators who cast votes against the balanced budget amendment on March 2, 1995 (1 of) Mark Hatfield or Senator Dole |
| #2441, aired 1995-03-27 | SCIENTISTS: In 1928 he published "Introduzione alla fisical atomica", a university physics textbook Enrico Fermi |
| #2394, aired 1995-01-19 | COINS: This gold coin was so named because its value was originally twice that of an Escudo a doubloon |
| #2389, aired 1995-01-12 | BRITISH MONARCHS: 9-year-old Henry III became king of England when this king, his father, died in 1216 King John |
| #2340, aired 1994-11-04 | VICE PRESIDENTS: This Republican was the first V.P. to succeed to the presidency and then win the office by election Theodore Roosevelt |
| #2304, aired 1994-09-15 | 1994: James Gregory, a former Robben Island warden, was an invited guest at this May 10, 1994 event the inauguration of Nelson Mandela |
| #2289, aired 1994-07-14 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN: C.B. Luce said of her, "No woman has ever so comforted the distressed or so distressed the comfortable" Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #2272, aired 1994-06-21 | ISLANDS: This isolated Pacific island 1400 miles SE of Tahiti is named for the first European who sighted it, in 1767 Pitcairn Island |
| #2223, aired 1994-04-13 | 1990s BESTSELLERS: The pivotal item in a 1992 bestseller, it was written by Darby Shaw the Pelican Brief |
| #2208, aired 1994-03-23 | THE BIBLE: The first person mentioned for whom no children are listed Abel |
| #2168, aired 1994-01-26 | FAMOUS NAMES: Eisenhower said on his 1955 death that no other man contributed so much to the growth of 20th c. knowledge Albert Einstein |
| #2157, aired 1994-01-11 | FAMOUS WOMEN: In an 1875 book she wrote, "Disease is an experience of so-called mortal mind" Mary Baker Eddy |
| #2156, aired 1994-01-10 | MONARCHS: King William IV's daughters died in infancy, so this niece succeeded him on the British throne Victoria |
| #2153, aired 1994-01-05 | CARD GAMES: Best poker hand that can be formed from the last 5 monarchs of England four of a kind (four kings) |
| #2144, aired 1993-12-23 | MAGAZINES: After the TV show premiered in 1964, The New Yorker wouldn't allow this family in its cartoons the Addams family |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: It's the northernmost mountain in the world over 20,000 feet in elevation Mt. McKinley (Denali) |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | SPORTS FIGURES: In 1993 a commemorative stamp was issued in Detroit honoring this boxer, the 1st to be so recognized Joe Louis |
| #2091, aired 1993-10-11 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS: This term for a deadbeat came from a poker player whose hole card didn't fill out his hand four-flusher |
| #2088, aired 1993-10-06 | WORLD CAPITALS: Uhuru Highway & Moi Avenue are important streets in this capital city Nairobi |
| #2080, aired 1993-09-24 | IN THE NEWS: On St. Patrick's Day in 1993, she was appointed ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith |
| #2071, aired 1993-09-13 | LAKES: 2 of this large lake's biggest gulfs are Emin Pasha in the southwest & Speke in the southeast Lake Victoria |
| #2045, aired 1993-06-25 | MOVIE DIRECTORS: This director's last film, 1976's "A Matter of Time", starred Ingrid Bergman & his Oscar-winning daughter (Vincente) Minnelli |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | THE 1950s: June 2, 1953 event telecast worldwide & filmed in Technicolor Queen Elizabeth II's coronation |
| #2025, aired 1993-05-28 | WORLD AIRLINES: This airline's business class is named for Marco Polo Cathay Pacific |
| #1940, aired 1993-01-29 | BRITISH MONARCHS: 1 of 4 British monarchs whose reigns were longer than Elizabeth I's 45 years (1 of) Victoria, Henry III, Edward III, & George III |
| #1918, aired 1992-12-30 | FAMOUS NAMES: Volume 1 of the New Book of Knowledge Ency. has an article on this man written by Danny Kaye Hans Christian Andersen |
| #1894, aired 1992-11-26 | THE CABINET: This cabinet department is in charge of printing all postage stamps Treasury |
| #1886, aired 1992-11-16 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Henry Moore's sculpture, "Nuclear Energy", can be seen on the campus of this university the University of Chicago |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | POLAND: Laid to rest temporarily at Arlington in 1941, his remains were returned to Poland in 1992 Jan Paderewski |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | HISTORIC NAMES: For his licentious behavior, monk Grigori Yefimovich Novykh earned this nickname meaning "debauched one" Rasputin |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | SHIPS: This British navy ship left Devenport Dec. 27, 1831 & went around the world on a 5-year survey mission the HMS Beagle |
| #1795, aired 1992-05-22 | COMPOSERS: An anthem that he composed for George II's 1727 coronation has been used for British crownings ever since George Frederick Handel |
| #1794, aired 1992-05-21 | AMERICAN STORIES: Story that begins, "Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill Mountains" "Rip Van Winkle" |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | THE 1970s: These documents revealed the Truman admin. gave military aid to France in its war against the Viet Minh Pentagon Papers |
| #1725, aired 1992-02-14 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: He was listed as the author of 1726's "Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World" (Lemuel) Gulliver |
| #1697, aired 1992-01-07 | EDUCATION: Friedrich Froebel wanted children to grow naturally, like plants, so he named his school this kindergarten |
| #1689, aired 1991-12-26 | FAMOUS ADDRESSES: His home address is the Admiral's House, 34th Street & Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC the Vice President of the U.S. (Dan Quayle) |
| #1632, aired 1991-10-08 | SPACE EXPLORATION: After his Mercury flight, he named his Gemini capsule "Molly Brown" Gus Grissom |
| #1605, aired 1991-07-19 | POETS: This baron was England's poet laureate from 1850 to 1892, longer than anyone else Alfred Lord Tennyson |
| #1591, aired 1991-07-01 | THE PRESIDENCY: By custom, presidents add these 4 words to the constitutionally dictated oath of office so help me God |
| #1564, aired 1991-05-23 | ACTRESSES: In NYC in 1955 she said, "An actress's life is so transitory--suddenly you're a building" Helen Hayes |
| #1544, aired 1991-04-25 | PRESIDENTS: The last president to enter office with his party controlling both houses of Congress Jimmy Carter |
| #1494, aired 1991-02-14 | THE 50 STATES: The only one of the 50 states that has a 1-syllable name Maine |
| #1475, aired 1991-01-18 | THE POST OFFICE: 2 of the 1st 3 men depicted on U.S. stamps (2 of) George Washington, Benjamin Franklin & Thomas Jefferson |
| #1430, aired 1990-11-16 | ISLANDS: It's the only inhabited U.S. territory south of the equator American Samoa |
| #1429, aired 1990-11-15 | SPACE EXPLORATION: Next pair in the sequence:
Gumdrop, Spider;
Charlie Brown, Snoopy;... the Columbia & the Eagle |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | U.S. HISTORY: After Virginia, more Civil War battles were fought in this state than in any other Tennessee |
| #1425, aired 1990-11-09 | U.S. POLITICS: This city has been the site of more major party presidential nominating conventions than any other Chicago |
| #1424, aired 1990-11-08 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: This country contains South America's highest & lowest points Argentina |
| #1423, aired 1990-11-07 | SHAKESPEARE: The 3-word title of this play begins & ends with the same 7-letter word Measure for Measure |
| #1381, aired 1990-09-10 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES: Helen Keller dedicated "The Story of My Life" to this man who "taught the deaf to speak" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | THE 20th CENTURY: He was vice president of the U.S. for just 82 days before becoming president Harry Truman |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | SHAKESPEAREAN QUOTES: The famous line "Out, out, brief candle!" is spoken after the announcement of this woman's death Lady Macbeth |
| #2, aired 1990-06-23 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The most ex-presidents, 5, were alive when he was inaugurated; all had served 1 term or less Lincoln |
| #1340, aired 1990-06-01 | FAMOUS WOMEN: While a regular on Major Bowes' radio show, she said, "I'm 7 years old & I can sing 23 arias." Beverly "Bubbles" Sills |
| #1328, aired 1990-05-16 | GEOGRAPHY: It's the only country whose name begins with "A", but doesn't end with "A" Afghanistan |
| #1320, aired 1990-05-04 | THE SENATE: The 2 astronauts who went on to become U.S. senators John Glenn (Ohio) & Harrison Schmitt (New Mexico) |
| #1305, aired 1990-04-13 | THE BIBLE: Though he fought against the Philistines, his wife was one, & so was his paramour Samson |
| #1282, aired 1990-03-13 | THE CALENDAR: In 8 B.C., when this month was renamed, a day from Feb. was added so it equaled the month before it August |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | FAMOUS NAMES: He published a history of Virginia & New England in 1624, after escaping from Turks, Indians & pirates Captain John Smith |
| #1274, aired 1990-03-01 | WORLD HISTORY: City that was the seat of government of the viceroyalty of New Spain Mexico City |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | DISNEY: The last full-length cartoon feature Walt Disney supervised personally, it was set in India The Jungle Book |
| #1245, aired 1990-01-19 | ANCIENT TIMES: This city didn't exist at the time of the Trojan War so Paris couldn't have abducted Helen from there Sparta (Helen was married to the king of Sparta) |
| #1213, aired 1989-12-06 | THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS: In terms of area it's the largest country in the British Commonwealth Canada |
| #1209, aired 1989-11-30 | THE POST OFFICE: From 1837-1970 this animal was on the seal of the Post Office Department a horse |
| #1200, aired 1989-11-17 | U.S. HISTORY: The states admitted to the Union in the 20th century were Alaska, Hawaii & these 3 Arizona, New Mexico & Oklahoma |
| #1185, aired 1989-10-27 | FILMS OF THE '50s: The 2 "High" films in which Grace Kelly starred High Noon (1952) & High Society (1955) |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | PUBLISHING: For its 1990 edition Guinness is dropping all records of this 1 of the 7 deadly sins gluttony |
| #1176, aired 1989-10-16 | DISNEY FEATURE FILMS: This 1940 Disney title character wore a Tyrolean hat Pinocchio |
| #1089, aired 1989-05-04 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: "Best Actress" for 1968, she was the only one in Oscar history to win for playing a queen Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter) |
| #1065, aired 1989-03-31 | PLAYWRIGHTS: The son of an actor, he won 4 Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, more than any other playwright Eugene O'Neill |
| #930, aired 1988-09-23 | ROYAL FAMILIES: England's Queen Elizabeth I had this many stepmothers 4 |
| #918, aired 1988-09-07 | PRESIDENTS: (2 of 4) U.S presidents who married divorced women (2 of) (Ronald) Reagan (Andrew) Jackson, (Gerald) Ford or (Warren) Harding |
| #915, aired 1988-07-22 | ROYALTY: Before his marriage in 1956, he slipped out of Los Angeles using the alias "C. Monte" Prince Rainier |
| #902, aired 1988-07-05 | CIVIL WAR: 1 of 2 states represented in the 13 stars on the Confederate flag even though they stayed in the Union (1 of) Missouri & Kentucky |
| #894, aired 1988-06-23 | COLONIAL AMERICA: This So. colony w/rich neighbors was called "a vale of humility between 2 mountains of conceit" North Carolina |
| #892, aired 1988-06-21 | THE U.S. CONGRESS: He is the oldest member of Congress Claude Pepper |
| #844, aired 1988-04-14 | NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: The number of states completely west of the Mississippi River that border Canada 5 |
| #841, aired 1988-04-11 | TIME: The total number of times in a day the 2 hands of a clock pass the number 1 26 |
| #789, aired 1988-01-28 | STATE CAPITALS: 1 of 2 letters that begins the names of 6 state capitals, more than any other C or S |
| #780, aired 1988-01-15 | PRESIDENTS: Of the 5 vowels, only these are the 1st letter of a president's last name A & E |
| #772, aired 1988-01-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS: 2 of the 3 19th c. authors on whose stories the last 3 Tony Award winning musicals were based (2 of) Victor Hugo (Les Misérables), Charles Dickens (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), & Mark Twain (Big River) |
| #770, aired 1988-01-01 | TRAVEL & TOURISM: The 2 major cities you'd 'fly to, 1 in the USA, 1 in the USSR, to visit landmarks called "The Hermitage" Leningrad & Nashville |
| #744, aired 1987-11-26 | IN THE NEWS: In August 1987, Lynne Cox made headlines by going from the U.S. to the U.S.S.R. in this manner swimming |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | ORGANIZATIONS: While Easter Seals is a group in itself, this group sponsors Christmas Seals the American Lung Association |
| #645, aired 1987-05-29 | THE CABINET: 1st Attorney General under LBJ Robert Kennedy |
| #621, aired 1987-04-27 | CODES OF HONOR: As bushido was to 16th century samurai, this was to 12th century knights chivalry |
| #583, aired 1987-03-04 | LETTER PERFECT: All the letters that appear on the top row across on a standard touch-tone phone ABC, DEF |
| #570, aired 1987-02-13 | FAMOUS LASTS: The very last to do this so far was Eugene Cernan walk on the Moon |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | ANIMALS: It's believed elephants rarely lived beyond 60, about the age the last of these wear out teeth |
| #558, aired 1987-01-28 | FAMOUS WOMEN: When she died on Jan. 22, 1901, Henry James wrote, "We all feel a bit motherless today" Queen Victoria |
| #528, aired 1986-12-17 | KID STUFF: In tic-tac-toe, maximum number of X's you can have on the board without winning 5 |
| #500, aired 1986-11-07 | ASIA: Only SE Asian nation never a colony of the West, its name aptly means "land of the free" Thailand |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | MONARCHS: This early 13th cent. king was so despised that no other British monarch has borne his name John |
| #460, aired 1986-09-12 | THE CALENDAR: Barring the unforeseen, the last presidential election of the 20th century will be held in this year 2000 |
| #448, aired 1986-05-28 | The '40s: This world leader did not complete the Potsdam Conference, but was replaced by his successor Winston Churchill |
| #440, aired 1986-05-16 | THE CALENDAR: Day of the week Valentine's Day will be if New Year's Day falls on a Monday Wednesday |
| #348, aired 1986-01-08 | THE MILITARY: Foreign country in which the most American soldiers are stationed Germany |
| #343, aired 1986-01-01 | ELECTIONS: 2 of 6 states that cast only 3 electoral votes for president in 1984 (2 of) Wyoming, Alaska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Vermont, and Delaware |
| #279, aired 1985-10-03 | WORLD POLITICS: Last Communist party chief of the U.S.S.R. to leave office without dying Nikita Khrushchev |
| #274, aired 1985-09-26 | GAMES: The 1 word most frequently found in the center square of a bingo card Free |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | MISS AMERICA: He replaced Bert Parks as host of Miss America pageant for 1980 Ron Ely |
| #151, aired 1985-04-08 | THE CALENDAR: In 1984, the Cotton, Fiesta, Orange, Rose & Sugar Bowls were all played on this date January 2 |
| #148, aired 1985-04-03 | GAMES: In a standard deck of playing cards, the only suit that does not have a one-eyed face card clubs |
| #97, aired 1985-01-22 | THE THEATER: The musical "Hello Dolly!" was based on this Thornton Wilder play The Matchmaker |
| #64, aired 1984-12-06 | WORLD HISTORY: In 1804 this Caribbean country became 1st black nation to gain freedom from European colonial rule Haiti |
| #37, aired 1984-10-30 | FAMOUS FAMILIES: Members of this acting family starred in "Grand Hotel", the Dr. Kildare films & "E.T." the Barrymores |
| #4, aired 1984-09-13 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: Since 1970, the only cabinet department not headed by a secretary the Attorney General's Department |
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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
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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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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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Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
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2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
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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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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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Olivia Colangelo, a junior from the University of Notre Dame from Murrysville, Pennsylvania
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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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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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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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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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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Sid Chandrasekhar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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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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Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
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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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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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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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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
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"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
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2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
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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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Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
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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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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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Andrew Westney, a sports business writer from Charlotte, North Carolina
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"He was a high-school student from Atlanta when he won the...
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Dan D'Addario, a senior from Columbia University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
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Will Warren, a senior from the University of Alabama
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Madison, Alabama. Will Warren Blog...
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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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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Vera Swain, a junior from the University of South Carolina
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Charleston, SC...
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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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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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Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
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"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
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Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
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"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
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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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Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
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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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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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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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James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Manhattan Beach,...
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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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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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Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
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"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Adam Barrow, an 11-year-old from Greensboro, North Carolina
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"And he wants to be a sportswriter, so he can combine...
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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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Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
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"Legislative work in his home state was suspended so that lawmakers...
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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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Chris Mullins, a computer programmer from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 21 player (2005-01-04). Chris's wife, Scheri Mullins, an administrative assistant...
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Theodora Messalas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Brooklyn, New York
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"This future author and illustrator placed second in a regional story-telling...
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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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Braden Corkum, a 12-year-old from Niceville, Florida
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"He likes making things, so he's going to be an inventor..."...
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Edward Lee, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Sacramento, California
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"Of the numerous projects he has completed, making gliders and bottle...
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Sara Jansson, a 10-year-old from Monmouth Junction, New Jersey
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"She wants to become a singer because she loves music so...
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Eric Webb, a 12-year-old from Austin, Texas
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"He wants to be a cartoonist so he can make people...
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Katie Baxter, a 10-year-old from Glenside, Pennsylvania
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"She has already won a presidential award. So why not the...
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Vinita Kailasanath, a recent college graduate originally from Laurel, Maryland
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Tamika Turner, an 11-year-old eighth grader from Sylvania, Ohio
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"She wants to be a journalist, because it’s important for the...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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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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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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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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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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A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sanders Kleinfeld, a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $26,597 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
|
Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
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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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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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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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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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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
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"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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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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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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Rachel Rothenberg, a senior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. Jeopardy! Message Board...
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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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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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Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
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Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
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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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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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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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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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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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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
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"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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Tommy Maranges, a junior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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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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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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Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
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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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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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Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
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Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Roger Craig, a computer scientist from Newark, Delaware
|
2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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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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Brady Newell, from Derwood, Maryland
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"She loves diving and gymnastics, but is headed toward being either...
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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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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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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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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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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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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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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He plays Tom Scavo, the sometimes-befuddled husband of Felicity Huffman on...
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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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Brooks Humphreys, a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
|
"He teaches at an all-girls Catholic school operated by the Sisters...
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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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Evan Eschliman, a sophomore from Olathe, Kansas
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2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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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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Nico Martinez, a college junior from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
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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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Regina Robbins, an arts teacher from New York, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $90,700...
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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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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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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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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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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
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"He's appeared on Broadway in Proof, Assassins, and Cabaret. He's now...
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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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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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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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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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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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Injee Hong, a 12-year-old from Metairie, Louisiana
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"If her dreams of becoming a lawyer don't come true, she...
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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
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"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
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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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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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Kevin Marshall, a student from Metairie, Louisiana
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2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 6-time champion: $98,201...
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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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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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Anderson Cooper, an anchor from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
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"As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus of Harper's...
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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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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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Lisa Dvorak, a grocery store chain administrative assistant from Millersville, Maryland
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Season 27 1-time champion: $31,201 + $2,000.
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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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Nicole Yoon, a 12-year-old from Asbury, New Jersey
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"She has set her sights on becoming a medical doctor or...
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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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Hayley Clatterbuck, a junior from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of...
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
|
"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
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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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Casey Retterer, a sophomore at the University of Maryland from Olney, Maryland
|
2004 College Championship 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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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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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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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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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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Christopher Weis, a sophomore from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "WISE". Jeopardy!...
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Alex Johnson, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"He wants to be a chemist in the future. From Indianapolis,...
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Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
|
"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
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Matthew Cline, a 12-year-old from Maumelle, Arkansas
|
"John Grisham's books have inspired him. He's firm. He wants to...
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Rob Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Younger brother of 2008-B Teen Tournament...
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Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
|
"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
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Andrew Van Duyn, a junior from Wheaton, Illinois
|
2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
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Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania
|
2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
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Bernard Holloway, a junior from Mitchellville, Maryland
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2002 Teen...
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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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Jason Richards, a pharmacy technician from Old Town, Maine
|
2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 22 4-time champion: $99,200 + $2,000.
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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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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
|
"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
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Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
|
"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
|
"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
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Emily Jusino, a Ph.D. candidate in Greek literature originally from Fredericksburg, Virginia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000.
Last name pronouned like "hoo-SEE-no".
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Jelisa Castrodale, a sportswriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $39,399 + $1,000.
Name pronounced like "jell-EES-ah KASS-tro-dale".
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Roger Mueller-Kim, a high school social studies teacher from Dublin, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $17,401 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "MULL-er KIM".
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Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
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Dave Belote, a recently retired base commander from Woodbridge, Virginia
|
2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
|
"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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Amy Wilson, a creative writing and women's studies student originally from Portland, Oregon
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $19,999 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
|
"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
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Adam Bibler, an economist originally from Lancaster, Ohio
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000.
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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Ben Bishop, a college student originally from Seattle, Washington
|
2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Rachel Millena, a 10-year-old from Concord, California
|
"Her sights are set on becoming a writer, journalist, photographer, or...
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Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona
|
2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Francesca Leibowitz, a fifth grade English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
|
"She teaches at a school that opened in 1854. From Brooklyn...
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Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
|
"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
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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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Rachel Gottesman, a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Amy Fletcher, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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David Hoffelmeyer, a senior from St. Joseph, Missouri
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Allison Peña, a junior from Sunrise, Florida
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Caitlin Cook, a sophomore from Arden, North Carolina
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Andy Richter, an actor/comedian from The Tonight Show
|
\"This multitalented actor/comedian is now back on the couch with Conan...
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Chuck Forrest, an attorney for the UN IFAD from Marino, Italy
|
\"In 1986, he was a law student living in Grand Blanc,...
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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
|
"He teaches at the smallest public school in North Carolina, and...
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Kathy Casavant, a high school English teacher from Oxford, Massachusetts
|
"Originally she wanted to do anything but teach. Well, she's been...
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Haley Batz, a senior from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "BOTS". Jeopardy!...
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Ann Thurlow, an aspiring novelist and retired salesperson from Mendham, New Jersey
|
Season 28 1-time champion: $26,805 + $1,000.
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Christopher Short, a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 6-time champion: $94,752...
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Brian Meacham, a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 4-time champion: $90,500...
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Sarah Bauer, a junior at Indiana University from Carmel, Indiana
|
2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Chuck Todd, a journalist and chief White House correspondent from NBC News and Meet the Press
|
"Chief White House correspondent and political director for NBC News, he...
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Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
|
\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
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Tyler Benedict, a junior at Columbia University from Dayton, Ohio
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
21 at the time of the College Championship.
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Dana Perino, a TV host from Fox News Channel's The Five
|
"White House press secretary under George W. Bush, she now appears...
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David Faber, an anchor and reporter from CNBC's Squawk on the Street and The Faber Report
|
"The winner of Emmy, Peabody, DuPont, and Loeb awards, he's a...
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Robert Gibbs, a former press secretary from the Obama White House
|
"In 2004, he joined Barack Obama's senatorial campaign as communications director,...
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Raynell Cooper, a senior from Rockville, Maryland
|
2011 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 16 at the...
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Sam Leanza, a senior from Laguna Hills, California
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Nate Austin, a student from Hutchinson Community College
|
"His original plan was to own a chain of international hotels...
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Anshika Niraj, a sophomore from Beachwood, Ohio
|
2012 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Raphie Cantor, a sophomore from San Diego, California
|
2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Kate Rowland, a family doctor from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000.
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Thomas Zamora, a junior at the University of Southern California from Cypress, California
|
2001 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $14,100. Thomas was 20 at the...
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Susan Haarman, a sophomore at Marquette University from Louisville, Kentucky
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Susan was 19 at the time...
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Emily Zhang, from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"A National Science Merit Award recipient, she plans on becoming a...
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Madeline Suchard, from Placentia, California
|
"She has her sights set on becoming the Supreme Court Justice,...
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Alison Jenik, a junior at the University of Maryland from New York, New York
|
2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Will Walters, a twelve-year-old from Lexington, Kentucky
|
"He wants to follow in the footsteps of his idols, Albert...
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Lan Djang, a health policy analyst from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
"He was a 5-time champion in 2001. Today he's a health...
|
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Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
"He was a 2002 Teen Champion. He's now a sophomore at...
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Zach Blumenfeld, a junior from Lincolnshire, Illinois
|
2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Paul Kursky, a copywriter from San Francisco, California
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
|
"He's one of the greatest NBA players in history. Here's Hall...
|
|
Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kuh-FONE".
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Stephen Weingarten, a stay-at-home dad from Portland, Oregon
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Yevgeny Shrago, a research assistant originally from Rochester, New York
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $24,600 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "yev-GHEN-ee...
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Scott Harris, a videographer and elementary school librarian from Las Vegas, Nevada
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $19,201 + $2,000. Scott won $30,000 on...
|
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Jeff Gorham, an accountant from Richmond, Virginia
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $14,001 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SpacemanSpiff
|
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Diane Trap, a librarian and graphics specialist from Athens, Georgia
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $21,400 + $1,000. Diane Trap - a...
|
|
Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Jenifer Thomas, a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $13,400 + $2,000. Jenifer Thomas October 5,...
|
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Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
|
"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
|
|
Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
|
|
Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
|
"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
|
|
Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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Tom Zamojcin, a digital marketing manager from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $22,800 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "zam-MOH-chin".
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|
Tom Morris, a substitute teacher and grad student from Irvine, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 24 4-time champion: $100,801...
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Marion Penning, a high school science and history teacher from Baltimore, Maryland
|
"She teaches at a Maryland 'green' school that has a solar...
|
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Christine Kennedy, a freshman from the University of Notre Dame
|
2007 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000. 19 at the time of...
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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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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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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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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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|
Julie Bowen, a TV and film actress from Boston Legal, Lost and Modern Family
|
"For two seasons, she played attorney Denise Bauer in Boston Legal....
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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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Tom Baker, a writer from Tokyo, Japan
|
2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 20 3-time champion: $102,300 + $2,000.
|
|
Vicky Manos, a sophomore at St. John’s University from Levittown, New York
|
2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Chloé White, a senior from Mission Hills, Kansas
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
|
|
Monica Thieu, a sophomore at the University of North Texas from Dallas, Texas
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
|
|
India Cooper, a copy editor from Madison, Indiana
|
\"She was an actor and copy editor in New York City...
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|
Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
|
\"A Jeopardy! champion in 1991, she\'s now a Spanish teacher listed...
|
|
Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
|
\"A five-time champion in 1994, he used his winnings for a...
|
|
Amanda Walker, a junior at Gonzaga University from East Wenatchee, Washington
|
2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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|
Larry DeMoss, a high school English teacher from Ellettsville, Indiana
|
"He went from short orders to short stories when he switched...
|
|
Tony Harkin, an eleven-year-old from New Milford, Connecticut
|
"Dig this--he wants to be an archaeologist when he grows up....
|
|
Maddie Harrington, a twelve-year-old from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
|
"She wants to be a theater critic and she gets rave...
|
|
Emma Johnson, an eleven-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
|
"She'll hit a high note in her future musical career as...
|
|
Dillon McCormick, a twelve-year-old from Erlanger, Kentucky
|
"A politician, maybe. An archaeologist, perhaps. Or a psychologist like grandpa....
|
|
Aria Gerson, an eleven-year-old from Orem, Utah
|
"Shine an apple for our future teacher. From Orem, Utah, class,...
|
|
Ellen Lewis, a retired high school math teacher from Mount Vernon, New York
|
Season 28 1-time champion: $10,000 + $1,000.
|
|
Brad Brown, a theater teacher from Nashville, Tennessee
|
"And he is a theater teacher at an international baccalaureate certified...
|
|
Jessica Dell'Era, a third grade Spanish bilingual teacher from Oakland, California
|
"She has wanted to be a teacher since she was 7...
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|
Elissa Hoffman, a high school biology and anatomy & physiology teacher from Appleton, Wisconsin
|
"She is in her lucky 13th year of teaching. From Appleton,...
|
|
Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
|
"With success in films, plays, books, and TV specials, he tours...
|
|
David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
|
|
Lizzie O'Leary, an aviation and regulation correspondent from CNN
|
"She broke the news that Chrysler would file for Chapter 11...
|
|
Robert Arshonsky, a senior from Cal Poly
|
"As a 12-year-old, he wanted to be the first person on...
|
|
Kevin Yang, a junior from Birmingham, Alabama
|
2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Carl Bradshaw, a financial manager from St. Louis, Missouri
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $17,899 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
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|
Erin Hart, a junior from Benton Harbor, Michigan
|
2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
|
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Ben Greenho, a junior from Plano, Texas
|
2012 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Erin McLean, a junior at Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
|
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Cliff Galiher, a student from Half Moon Bay, California
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
|
|
Naren Tallapragada, a junior from Burke, Virginia
|
2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
|
|
Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University
|
2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tarafraney
|
|
Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
|
2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
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Kristin Briggs, a senior from Parkland, Florida
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
|
Amanda Hall, from Farmington, Maine
|
"Whether it's writing a biography of Yo-Yo Ma or working on...
|
|
Lindsey Bartlett, a junior from Winter Haven, Florida
|
2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Lindsey was 16 at the time...
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Heidi Greimann, a junior from Columbia, Missouri
|
2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Heidi was 15 at the...
|
|
Lan Djang, a business analyst from Toronto, Canada
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
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Tony Nagatani, a junior at Ithaca College from Honolulu, Hawaii
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Tony was 20 at the time...
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Sara Dean, a junior at Syracuse University from Olney, Maryland
|
2001 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Sara was 19 at the time...
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|
Jaime Green, a sophomore at Brown University from Nanuet, New York
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Jaime was 18 at the time...
|
|
Bob Mesko, an arts administrator from Denver, Colorado
|
2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion:...
|
|
Aaron Thompson, a special assistant from Washington, D.C.
|
2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 21 3-time champion:...
|
|
Mehrun Etebari, a graduate student of international relations from Durham, New Hampshire
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
|
|
Mitchell Vogel, from Madison, Wisconsin
|
"This future governor of Wisconsin enjoys rollerblading, reading, and playing saxophone....
|
|
Jayanth Iyengar, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis from Madison, Wisconsin
|
2005 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Jiyen1213
|
|
Jack Weisman, a twelve-year-old from Beachwood, Ohio
|
"He's considering becoming a lawyer, just like Mom and Dad. From...
|
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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.
|
|
Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
|
"In 1990, he won the Tournament of Champions. An actuary from...
|
|
Hema Karunakaram, a senior from Saline, Michigan
|
2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Name pronounced like "HAY-ma kah-ROO-nuh-KAH-ram". Jeopardy!...
|
|
Russ Schumacher, a graduate student and newlywed from Fort Collins, Colorado
|
"He won the most recent Tournament of Champions. A graduate student...
|
|
Kathleen Mikulis, a stay-at-home mom from Mountain View, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $25,201 + $2,000. Kathleen's contestant experience blog....
|
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Craig Barker, an Advanced Placement history teacher from Livonia, Michigan
|
"In 1997 he won the College Championship. Today he's an Advanced...
|
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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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Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
|
"A Jeopardy! tournament veteran, her best-known Jeopardy! appearance may be in...
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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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Mike Hodel, a bartender from Bellingham, Washington
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Season 27 2-time champion: $20,200 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "ho-DELL".
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Seth Alcorn, a bookstore supervisor from Alexandria, Virginia
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 19 3-time champion: $106,400 + $1,000.
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Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
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Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
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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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Neal Freyman, a ten-year-old from Longmeadow, Massachusetts
|
"He's not sure recess counts as a subject, but if it...
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James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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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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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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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Clayton, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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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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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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Isaac Mizrahi, a fashion designer and TV personality from the QVC Network
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"His fashion designs are a favorite among celebrities on the red...
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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $30,799 + $2,000. Enrique Machado September 16,...
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Danny Vopava, a sophomore from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: New Brighton, Minnesota. [No contestant...
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Keith Williams, a freshman at Middlebury College from Manchester, Vermont
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Steve Unite, a writer from Studio City, California
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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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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Jim Stevens, a high school math teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 6-time champion: $140,600 + $2,000.
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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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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Thulasi Seshan, a 12-year-old from Draper, Utah
|
"The sky is the limit for this future astronomer. From Draper,...
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Andrew Rostan, a writer and script reader originally from Boardman, Ohio
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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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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Pete Troyan, a senior from the University of Michigan
|
2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 at the time of the...
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Joshua Malina, a TV actor and creator/producer from Celebrity Poker Showdown
|
"He created and produced Celebrity Poker Showdown for the Bravo Channel,...
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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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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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Jason McCune, an actor originally from Jasper, Indiana
|
2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 18 4-time champion: $90,041.
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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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Ben Tritle, an apartment manager from Los Angeles, California
|
2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 5-time champion: $78,600...
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Ben Noe, a sophomore from Flushing, Michigan
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time...
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Andy Hutchins, a senior from Rockledge, Florida
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
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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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Andrew Kreitz, a senior from Huntington Beach, California
|
2006 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000.
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Sebastian Johnson, a senior from Takoma Park, Maryland
|
2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Listed as "Sebi" on the...
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Loren Loiacono, a senior from Setauket, New York
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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Laura Ansley, a senior from Twinsburg, Ohio
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Kenny Schlax, a junior from Deerfield, Illinois
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Listed as "Kenneth" on the official web site.
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Michael Braun, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2005 Teen...
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Jimmy Li, a senior from Chesterfield, Missouri
|
2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of...
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Katie James, a sophomore from Winchester, Virginia
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Matt Klein, a senior from Pittsford, New York
|
2006 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $15,000. Won $1,000 on Who Wants...
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Scott Renzoni, a bartender and actor from Burlington, Vermont
|
2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 20 4-time champion: $112,998 + $2,000.
|
|
Russ Schumacher, a graduate student from Fort Collins, Colorado
|
2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
|
"He was the biggest winner of the 1999-2000 season. A marketing...
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Emily Sturtz, from Parsippany, New Jersey
|
"Because she would like to help people, she wants to become...
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Whitney Prince, a sophomore from Maryville, Tennessee
|
2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Anne Boyd, a freelance writer and student from Los Angeles, California
|
2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion: $84,600...
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Jen Alfonso-Punzalan, a school librarian from San Mateo, California
|
Season 38 player (2022-07-06).
Last name pronounced like "al-FON-so-POON-sa-lon".
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Brandon Blackwell, a sophomore from Holliswood, New York
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist:...
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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York City, New York
|
\"A semifinalist in the Tournament of Champions in 1992, now an...
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Catherine Carson, a fourth grade language arts, math, and social studies teacher from Washington, D.C.
|
"She is new to teaching--she's in her second year. From Washington,...
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Lori Kissell, a high school Latin teacher from Fredericksburg, Virginia
|
"She loves everything about Latin and shares that love with her...
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Matt Polazzo, a high school U.S. government teacher from Brooklyn, New York
|
"He teaches at one of the most selective high schools in...
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Caitlin Millat, a kindergarten teacher from Brooklyn, New York
|
"She receives support from Teach for America and works for Achievement...
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Dan Crosby, a middle school history teacher from Santa Monica, California
|
"He teaches at a school named for a renowned scholar, doctor,...
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Kate Wilson, a high school AP English teacher from Montgomery, Alabama
|
"She is a top-10 AP English language teacher at Alabama's number-one...
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Emma Couture, a twelve-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
|
"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
|
"It looks like smooth sailing for this marine biologist. From Galway,...
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Ben Chuchla, a senior from Calabasas, California
|
2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Last name pronounced like "HOO-kla"....
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Karan Takhar, a senior from North Attleborough, Massachusetts
|
2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. First name pronounced like "KUR-run". Jeopardy...
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Leslie Decker, a high school German and ESL teacher from Austin, Texas
|
"She taught English to Europeans. Now she teaches German to Americans....
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Kathryn Wendling, a high school social studies teacher from Farmington, Minnesota
|
"Her high school newspaper predicted she would be on Jeopardy! From...
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Tom Kunzen, a geotechnical engineer from Orlando, Florida
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 5-time champion: $133,402...
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Lisa Johnston, a fourth and fifth grade reading and religion teacher from East Boston, Massachusetts
|
"She teaches at a parish that's focus is to dream big....
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Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois
|
2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 27 5-time champion: $83,401 + $2,000.
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Matt Olson, a sophomore at Stanford University from Berkeley, California
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Sarah Bart, a senior at Goucher College from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
2012 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 22 at...
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Connie Shi, a junior at the University of Michigan from Okemos, Michigan
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Anne Rozek, a junior at Eastern Illinois University from Perry, Illinois
|
2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
|
"He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
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Weston Mangin, a freshman at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo from Arroyo Grande, California
|
2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
19 at the time of the College Championship.
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Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
|
"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
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Morgan Flood, a junior from Pequea, Pennsylvania
|
2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Catherine Briley, a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana
|
2012 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $31,000. 17 at...
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Cosi Audi, a junior from North Canton, Ohio
|
2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Carlee Jensen, a senior from Santa Monica, California
|
2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Idrees Kahloon, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
|
2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Lindsey Thiesfeld, a sophomore from Clarendon Hills, Illinois
|
2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Brandon Welch, a senior from Grayson, Georgia
|
2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand
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\"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
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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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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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Courtney Jones, a 12-year-old from Largo, Maryland
|
"She wants to dedicate her life to building things that benefit...
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Krissy Brzycki, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
|
"Her love of helping her community and her interest in politics...
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Mollie Haycock, a senior from Rocklin, California
|
2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Tucker Dunn, an ESL teacher from Tucson, Arizona
|
Season 33 3-time champion: $39,999 + $1,000. In his first appearance,...
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Marshall Tan, from Gaithersburg, Maryland
|
"His favorite subject is social studies, and he knows a lot...
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Guy Tabachnick, from New York, New York
|
"He wants to be a baseball announcer for the New York...
|
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Dan Royles, a senior from Chula Vista, California
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Dan was 17 at the time...
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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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Allie Pape, a sophomore from Ponte Vedra, Florida
|
2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Allie was 14 at the time...
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George Nelson, a senior from Montgomery, Alabama
|
2002 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $29,497. George was...
|
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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor from Houston, Texas
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Mysti Kofford, a junior at Boston University from New Orleans, Louisiana
|
2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Mysti was 19 at the...
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Brett Dvorak, a junior at Indiana University from Granger, Indiana
|
2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brett was 20 at the...
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Brittany Rogers, a sophomore at Saddleback College from Lake Forest, California
|
2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brittany was 18 at the...
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Erin Bogart, a junior at Miami University of Ohio from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Erin was 20 at the time...
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Michael Falk, a meteorologist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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Doug Dorst, a writer and professor from Austin, Texas
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 22 3-time champion: $66,802...
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Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
|
2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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Nico Martinez, a junior at Stanford University from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
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Aman Birk, from Irvine, California
|
"He may not be the fastest swimmer on the team, but...
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|
Leslie Shannon, a manager of a research lab from Sydney, Australia
|
"A recent art history graduate when she became Jeopardy! champion in...
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Andrew Vogl, from Yonkers, New York
|
"He can ski the slopes with ease, but navigating his own...
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Hope Landsem, from Tualatin, Oregon
|
"She likes to win arguments, and that's why she's going to...
|
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Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
|
"A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
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Malisha Butts, a senior at North Carolina Central University from Durham, North Carolina
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Dave Ellis, a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $16,000 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Christopher Chilton, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Holly Springs, North Carolina
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Christopher won $5,000 on Who Wants...
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Antonia Wang, a sophomore at Purdue University from Carmel, Indiana
|
2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Thomas Horn, a twelve-year-old from Piedmont, California
|
"He plans on making the world a better place as an...
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer with an international law firm from Washington, D.C.
|
"In 1994, she became the first woman ever to win the...
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Frank Spangenberg, a lieutenant in the New York Police Department from Douglaston, New York
|
"He still holds the record for the most money won in...
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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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Pam Jones-Pigott, a farmers' market coordinator from Pflugerville, Texas
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $16,800 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "johnz-PIE-gut".
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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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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
|
2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 14 at the time of...
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Jack Archey, an actor and writer from Los Angeles, California
|
"He was a CPA and comedian when he won his 5th...
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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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Steven Milton, a legal case assistant from San Diego, California
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $30,299 + $1,000. Steve Milton San Diego,...
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Carolyn Cracraft, a grad student at the University of California-Berkeley from Berkeley, California
|
"She was a junior at the University of Chicago when she...
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Forrest Sturgill, a senior from Kingsport, Tennessee
|
2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "STIR-jill".
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Steve Robin, a writer and producer from Miami, Florida
|
"He finished second place in the 1991 Tournament of Champions. He's...
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Kennedy Stomps, a junior from St. Louis, Missouri
|
2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
|
"In 1994, she was the first female winner of a Tournament...
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Carol Denny, a writer for a non-profit environmental foundation from Arnold, Maryland
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $13,199 + $1,000.
Identical twin sister of Season 29 player Chris O'Toole.
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Arthur Gandolfi, a commercial real estate executive from Pleasantville, New York
|
2004 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $25,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Steve Reynolds, a loan accounting clerk from Norman, Oklahoma
|
2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Zane Li, a ten-year-old from Provo, Utah
|
"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
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
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Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
|
"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
|
2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
|
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Terry Linwood, a bookseller from North Texas
|
2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $122,705...
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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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Elyssa Browning, a junior from St. John's College
|
2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Austin, Texas at...
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Tom Jennings, a maintenance mechanic from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $24,000 + $2,000.
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Eureka Nutt, a paralegal from Canoga Park, California
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $38,701 + $1,000.
|
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John Matthews, a senior from Escondido, California
|
2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
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Dana Delany, an actress from Desperate Housewives
|
"She won two Emmys for her work on China Beach. This...
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Ashley Walker, a senior from Dartmouth College
|
2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Fort Pierce, Florida. [No contestant...
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CCH Pounder, an actress from Avatar and Brothers
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"She earned an Emmy nomination for her role as Claudette Wyms...
|
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Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY
|
"As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
|
|
Genaro Lopez, a contract administrator from Portland, Oregon
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $29,001 + $2,000.
First name pronounced like "heh-NAR-o".
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|
Lyn Thomas, a library assistant from Redmond, Washington
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $13,100 + $1,000.
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|
Sara Terrell, a veterinary technician from Windsor, Connecticut
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Jim Fitzpatrick, a senior at Wake Forest University from Colts Neck, New Jersey
|
2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. According the the official Jeopardy! web...
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|
Christian Haines, a college student originally from Newport News, Virginia
|
2007 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Paul Glaser, a research scientist from Albany, New York
|
2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Shay Collins, an 11-year-old from Averill Park, New York
|
"His passion for music helps this future rock star to play...
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|
Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
|
2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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|
Susan Mitchell, a chemical engineer from Houston, Texas
|
2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Daniel Stauss, a federal claims examiner from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $25,500 + $2,000. Daniel Stauss - A...
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Erik Nelson, a grad student originally from Boston, Massachusetts
|
2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 4-time champion: $94,404 + $2,000.
|
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Justin Otor, a 12-year-old from Texarkana, Texas
|
"His chosen profession will be something in the field of science...
|
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Judy Shewmake, a retired middle school history teacher from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $20,801 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "SHOO-make".
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Jacob Hambalek, a 12-year-old from Fresno, California
|
"If he had to choose a career right now, he'd be...
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Michelle Schrier, an 11-year-old from Potomac, Maryland
|
"She plans on being a news reporter while waiting for her...
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|
Kaitlin Welborn, a sophomore from the University of Pennsylvania
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
|
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Will Schultz, a freshman from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|
2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Harry Shearer, a humorist, Spinal Tap bassist, and voice from The Simpsons
|
"He recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap...
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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
|
"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
|
|
Dean Malec, a junior from Northwestern University
|
2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Tony Fernandez-Vinas, a human resources specialist from West Hollywood, California
|
Season 23 player (2007-03-26).
|
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Trevor Norris, a management analyst from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Tournament...
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Lindsey Nicolai, a junior from Hampton, Virginia
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
|
|
Amy Levine, a freshman from North Potomac, Maryland
|
2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time...
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Aiden Pink, a freshman from St. Louis Park, Minnesota
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 15 at the time...
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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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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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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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Robin Quivers, a radio and television personality from The Howard Stern Show
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"Howard Stern's news anchor and sidekick for the past 28 years,...
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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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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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Brad Selvig, a sophomore at Florida State from Jacksonville, Florida
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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Martin Short, a multitalented man from Fame Becomes Me
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"Jiminy Glick and Ed Grimley are among his many memorable characters....
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Drew Lachey, a singer and actor from Dancing with the Stars
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"He was working as an emergency medical technician when brother Nick...
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Miguel Ferrer, an actor from Crossing Jordan
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"He began his career as a studio drummer and played on...
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Lily Wang, a junior at Columbia University from Plano, Texas
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2004 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Jeff Love, a sophomore at Stanford University from Burlingame, California
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Jeff won $1,000 on Who Wants...
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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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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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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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Diane Siegel, an educational consultant and writer from Northridge, California
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"A full-time mom when she won five games in 1993, now...
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Iddoshe Hirpa, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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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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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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Dan Ford, an editor from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 21 player (2004-11-24). KJL game 71. Dan resides in Tysons...
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Ryan Holznagel, a writer originally from Forest Grove, Oregon
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"He was the winner of the 1995 Tournament of Champions. Now,...
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Vincent Soatikee, a musician and actor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 8 player (1991-10-11). Johnny Gilbert introduced Vince as "Vince Soatikee",...
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Bill Hammon, a video editor and freelance writer from Bristol, Connecticut
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Season 30 player (2014-01-27).
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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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Emily Goodlander, an attorney from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 30 player (2014-01-15).
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Catherine Ramen, a database developer and writer from New York, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $44,000. 1998 Tournament...
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David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Wayne Cypen, a lawyer from Miami Beach, Florida
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Season 2 player (1985-09-13). Last name pronounced like \"SY-pen\". Johnny Gilbert...
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Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
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\"Later this year, she\'ll be inducted into the Women\'s Basketball Hall...
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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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Lloyd Sy, a graduate student in literature originally from Rockford, Illinois
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2024 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 39 2-time champion: $53,578 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"SEE\".
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Lloyd Sy, a professor of American literature originally from Rockford, Illinois
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2024 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 39 2-time champion: $53,578 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"SEE\".
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Tahne Aarnes, a business intelligence consultant from Chaska, Minnesota
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Season 30 player (2013-12-05).
Name pronounced like "TAH-nay AR-nez".
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Bill Pitassy, a lawyer from Roselle Park, New Jersey
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\"After winning 5 games in 1994, he took his family on...
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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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Jen Simons, a Ph.D. candidate from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 34 player (2018-03-30).
Last name pronounced like "SY-muhns".
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A.C. Hawley, a graduate student in media studies from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 30 player (2013-10-04).
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James Mardock, an English professor from Reno, Nevada
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Season 30 player (2013-09-16).
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Angela Murock Hussein, an archaeologist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 30 player (2013-09-16).
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Bryan Shilowich, a graduate student of neuroscience from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 29 player (2012-12-04).
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Lisa Spardel-Krol, an educational marketer from Watertown, Massachusetts
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Season 28 player (2011-12-30).
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Liese Tamburrino, an international sales manager from Pahrump, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-07-21).
KJL game 36.
First name pronounced like "LEE-suh".
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Elisabeth Raab, a high school English teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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"She teaches at a High School of the Future, where all...
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Susan Keller, a community activist from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 20 player (2004-07-20). KJL game 35. Not to be confused...
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Wil Wheaton, an actor from Burbank, California
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"An actor from Burbank, California, he burst on to the scene...
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Tim Crockett, a casino worker from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-07-19).
KJL game 34.
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Viki Radden, a high school English and literacy teacher from Bakersfield, California
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"She teaches at the largest high school district in California. From...
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Sara Garnett, a graduate student of zoology originally from Okemos, Michigan
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Season 29 3-time champion: $75,403 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: ComingUpMilhouse
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Erin Haramoto, a lab instructor from Sunderland, Massachusetts
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Season 25 player (2008-11-26).
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Joel Hart, a college admissions officer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 29 player (2013-06-24).
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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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Phil Goldstein, a benefits consultant from Decatur, Georgia
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Season 29 player (2013-04-19).
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Irene Lawrence, an enrolled agent from Palo Alto, California
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Season 20 player (2004-07-13).
KJL game 30.
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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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Shuli Jones, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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"She likes being creative, so she's considering design or writing. From...
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John Michael Higgins, an actor from Boston, Massachusetts
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"An actor from Boston, Massachusetts, since 2018, he's hosted the popular...
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Nick Bulum, a newspaper insert writer and designer from Long Beach, California
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Season 28 player (2012-03-22).
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Melanie Spratford, a caterer from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 28 1-time champion: $19,601 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: Miss Mellie
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John Wilkins, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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"He likes constitutional law and debating, so he sees lawyering in...
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Hannah Spector, a stay-at-home mom from Van Nuys, California
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Season 28 1-time champion: $29,201 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: Hannah S.
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Stephanie Jass, a history professor from Milan, Michigan
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2013 Tournament of champions...
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Jeff Huong, a recent law-school graduate from Sandy Springs, Georgia
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Season 29 player (2012-10-05).
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Darren Munk, a web application developer from Camarillo, California
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Season 25 player (2008-10-07). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: knumd Darren...
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Margaret Minett-Longdon, a healthcare worker from Winnebago, Illinois
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Season 29 player (2012-10-04).
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Anselm Chen, an educational consultant from Alamo, California
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Season 27 player (2011-04-08).
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Dominic Olivera, a twelve-year-old from Bristow, Virginia
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"Oh, good heavens! He wants to be a priest when he's...
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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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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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Dylan Hume, a musician and tutor from Sleepy Hollow, New York
|
Season 28 player (2012-06-11).
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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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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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Morgan Polikoff, a professor of education policy originally from Hinsdale, Illinois
|
Season 28 1-time champion: $25,000 + $2,000. Morgan won $20,000 on...
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Casey Clough, a junior from Columbia, South Carolina
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "CLUE".
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Bradley Silverman, a junior from Alpharetta, Georgia
|
2008-B Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $44,600. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Judy Wang, an assistant professor of engineering from Highlands Ranch, Colorado
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Season 29 player (2013-06-11).
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Deb Teitelbaum, an educational consultant from Sylva, North Carolina
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Season 29 player (2012-09-24).
Last name pronounced like "TITE-el-baum".
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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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Claudia Gray, a substitute teacher from Monrovia, California
|
Season 28 3-time champion: $45,202 + $2,000.
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Jonathan Groff, a writer and producer for television from Los Angeles, California
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\"A 5-show winner in 1995, he\'s now a writer and producer...
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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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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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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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Lucinda Sabino, a housewife and writer from Rochester, Michigan
|
Season 20 player (2004-07-05).
KJL game 24.
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Nate Rice, a high school ACT prep teacher from Catlettsburg, Kentucky
|
"This is his first year in the family business. His mother's...
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Vicki Reynolds, a high school technology teacher from Lanham, Maryland
|
Season 20 player (2004-07-01).
KJL game 22.
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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
|
2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2011 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000.
JBoard user name: lonesomeseagull
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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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Laura Leslie, a journalist from Sacramento, California
|
Season 20 player (2004-06-29).
KJL game 20.
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Neha Embar, a 12-year-old from Alpharetta, Georgia
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"No kidding--she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows up....
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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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Andrew Grace, a 12-year-old from Apex, North Carolina
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"He wants to be a soccer player and an orthopedic surgeon,...
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Marie McGraw, a senior at MIT from Cleveland, Ohio
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2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 at the time of the...
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John Clarke, a management consultant originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 29 player (2013-07-17).
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Chris O. Cook, a college English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 29 player (2013-05-27).
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Partha Purushotham, an 11-year-old from Palo Alto, California
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"He is fair-minded, so he thinks he would make a good...
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Elizabeth McCullough, a freelance researcher and administrative assistant from Lowell, Massachusetts
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Season 29 player (2013-05-28).
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Christine Muldoon, a legal secretary from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Season 29 player (2013-03-26).
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Arjun Malhotra, a 12-year-old from Sammamish, Washington
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"He says he's not naturally inclined to be an athlete, so...
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Chris Frankel, a bartender from Houston, Texas
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Season 25 player (2008-09-22).
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Kelly O'Donnell, a political reporter from NBC News
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"An Emmy-winning political reporter, she has covered Capitol Hill and the...
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Katty Kay, a Washington, D.C. anchor from BBC World News America
|
"She's the Washington, D.C. anchor for BBC World News America, as...
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Alison Shapiro, a publicist from Santa Monica, California
|
Season 29 player (2013-01-04).
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Mandy Berry, an 11-year-old from Baltimore, Maryland
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"She wants to dedicate her life to helping animals by becoming...
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Lori Fountain, a homemaker and substitute teacher from Henderson, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-06-28). KJL game 19. Lori later won $50,000...
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Carrie Tian, a freshman at Harvard from Greenville, South Carolina
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2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the College Championship.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
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"In January, the State Department named this NBA Hall of Famer...
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Julie Reynolds, a medical transcriptionist from Waterville, Ohio
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Season 29 1-time champion: $10,005 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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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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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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Mark Japinga, a legislative researcher from Washington, D.C.
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2014 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 29 4-time champion:...
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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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Jeff Haylon, a sophomore from Newtown, Connecticut
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Margaret Seiler, a freelance copy editor and movie theater manager from Portland, Oregon
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Season 25 player (2008-10-22).
Last name pronounced "SY-ler".
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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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Jacob Silverman, an arts and culture journalist from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 3-time champion: $35,998 + $2,000.
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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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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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Chloe Horning, a graduate student in library and information science from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $14,000 + $2,000.
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Watson, a deep question answering system from IBM
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2011 IBM Challenge winner: $500,000 to World Vision + $500,000 to...
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Dan McShane, a baseball game logger from West Islip, New York
|
2013 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 28 4-time champion:...
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Rebecca Neese, a school office clerk from Rosemead, California
|
Season 29 player (2012-12-07).
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Aleisa Farrington, a mother and cook from Dover, New Hampshire
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Season 28 player (2011-10-03).
First name pronounced like "ah-LEE-sah".
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Beverly Jones, an attorney for a nonprofit originally from Spokane, Washington
|
Season 27 player (2011-05-19).
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Tom Baldridge, a graduate student originally from Indianapolis, Indiana
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Season 5 player (1989-05-25). A child of deaf adults, Tom directed...
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Matt Heimer, a magazine editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-07-25).
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Toni Case, a substitute teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
|
Season 24 player (2008-06-26).
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Caroline Bartman, a senior from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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MaryBeth Chmielewski, a purchasing clerk from Westland, Michigan
|
Season 31 player (2014-12-09).
Last name pronounced like "shim-uh-LESS-kee".
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Jeffrey Gerlomes, a freshman from Napa, California
|
2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Bonnie Cao, a senior from Arcadia, California
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Rachel "Steve" Cooke, a senior from Fishers, Indiana
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2008-A Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000. 17 at the time of...
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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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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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Kweisi Mfume, a president from the NAACP
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Name pronounced like "kwah-EE-see oom-FOO-may"....
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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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Olivia Woods, a 12-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio
|
"She loves working with little kids and would like to become...
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Gabby Fusco, an 11-year-old from Maspeth, New York
|
"She's loved everything about science she was a little kid, so...
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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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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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Janelle Lambert, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
|
2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Melissa Luttmann, a freshman from Memphis, Tennessee
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2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 14 at the time of...
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Leah Buswell, a substitute teacher originally from Toledo, Washington
|
Season 23 1-time champion: $16,600 + $2,000.
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Ana Navarro, a Republican commentator from CNN, ABC News, and Telemundo
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"Born in Nicaragua, she is one of the leading Hispanic Republican...
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Leatrice Potter, from Olney, Illinois
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"This published poet likes to read at any free moment and...
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Meredith Johnson, a senior from University of Minnesota
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Attended the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities...
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Wanda Bartschat, a health care improvement specialist from Columbia, South Carolina
|
Season 24 player (2008-05-02). Last name pronounced like "BART-shot". Wanda's contestant...
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Marianne Eismann, a vintage store owner from Westlake Village, California
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Season 24 player (2008-07-03).
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Ethan Culbreth, an orchid specialist from Hollywood, California
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Season 20 player (2004-06-11).
KJL game 8.
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Margaret Monroe, a junior from South Plainfield, New Jersey
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Margaret was 16 at the time...
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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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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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Liana Walters, a junior from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Liana was 16 at the...
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Jen Anders, a pediatrician from Baltimore, Maryland
|
Season 23 player (2006-12-20).
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Misti Coronel, a senior from Pottstown, Pennsylvania
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2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Paige Feldman, a sophomore from St. Louis, Missouri
|
2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Kevin Keach, an operations manager from St. Ann, Missouri
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
|
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Danielle Kolker, a family literacy program manager from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 22 player (2006-06-14).
|
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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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Sarah Horvitz, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 31 player (2014-10-17).
|
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Gracie Studdard, a 12-year-old from Locust Grove, Georgia
|
"When this contestant's father was on the show, he couldn't think...
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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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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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Anne Fritz, an executive director from Memphis, Tennessee
|
Season 20 player (2004-06-09).
KJL game 6.
|
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Carol McGhee, a police officer from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 31 player (2014-10-07).
|
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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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Jim Burkhard, an automotive engineer from Chili, New York
|
Season 22 player (2006-01-04). The official Jeopardy! web site lists Jim's...
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Nathan Chadwick, a public librarian from Germantown, Maryland
|
Season 30 player (2014-03-25).
|
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Jeanne McDougall, a communications consultant from San Diego, California
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Season 22 player (2005-11-22).
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Andrew Pau, an assistant professor from Amherst, Ohio
|
2017 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 32 6-time champion: $170,202...
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Gigi Gilman, a homemaker and attorney from Seattle, Washington
|
Season 22 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Gigi's actual first name...
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Peter Rubin, a journalist from Brooklyn, New York
|
Season 22 2-time champion: $27,400 + $2,000.
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Matt Sojot, a firefighter from Mililani, Hawaii
|
Season 23 player (2007-04-13). Season 22 player (2006-05-24). Last name pronounced...
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Kerry Breitenbach, a marketing analyst from Cleveland, Ohio
|
2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 21 5-time champion: $90,400...
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Sam Barker, a labor relations analyst from Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
Season 31 player (2014-10-03).
|
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Vik Vaz, a medical student from Austin, Texas
|
2006 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000. Season 22 3-time champion:...
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Kathy Daum, a retired registrar and volunteer from Montevallo, Alabama
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Season 22 player (2006-06-01).
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David Rozenson, a lawyer from Newton, Massachusetts
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 21 3-time champion: $76,000 + $1,000.
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Kermin Fleming, a student from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
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Charles Bagot, a poker player and dog walker from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 22 player (2005-12-06).
Last name pronounced like "BAG-it".
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Melissa Ahart, a librarian originally from Oswego, New York
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Season 22 1-time champion: $10,200 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Elissa-May
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Vicky Stanton, a school psychologist from Sherman Oaks, California
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Season 22 2-time champion: $19,799 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Vicky
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Julie Robichaux, a web producer from New York City, New York
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"10 years ago she said disco music scared her, but today...
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Sandy Carroll, a retired teacher from Avoca, Iowa
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Season 30 player (2014-07-11).
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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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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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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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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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Veronica Fazio, from Roselle, Illinois
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"She dances, plays softball, and hangs with her friends, but wants...
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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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Shane Whitlock, a radiologist from Little Rock, Arkansas
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"He was a student at the University of Arkansas when he...
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Chelsea He, a sophomore at Duke University from Raleigh, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Last name pronounced like "HEE".
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Peter Nielsen, a teacher from Austin, Texas
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Season 13 player (1996-12-17). Peter died 2005-07-31 at the age of...
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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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Lili Williams, a wife and mother from Antelope, California
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Season 20 2-time champion: $15,400 + $1,000.
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Vermillion, South Dakota
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"He won both the 1989 Teen Tournament and the 1998 Teen...
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Heather Jarvis, an editor at the United Nations from Trinidad and Tobago and now in New York
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Season 31 1-time champion: $11,800 + $2,000.
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Vivian Lappenbusch, a twelve-year-old from Seattle, Washington
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"She finds other people's stories and cultures fascinating, so anthropology is...
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Sita Yerramsetti, an eleven-year-old from Houston, Texas
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"Her heart is set on becoming a cardiac surgeon. From Houston,...
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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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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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Jon Er, from Williamsville, New York
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"This musician always argues for his fairness, so he wants to...
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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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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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Marie Braden, a customer service representative from Tempe, Arizona
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Season 27 1-time champion: $24,800 + $1,000. Marie's boyfriend Kirk's Rock...
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Jack Aponte, a non-profit technology consultant from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-04-09). Jack uses they/them pronouns. Jack wore what...
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Joy Forrester, a mother of two from Toledo, Ohio
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Season 20 player (2004-01-23).
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Corinth Matéra, a high school English teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 21 player (2005-06-09).
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Bill Dickenson, a college instructor from Richardson, Texas
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"This 5-time champ from 1996 has taught students from over 100...
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Bryce Piotrowski, a twelve-year-old from Madison, Wisconsin
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"He has no idea what he wants to do later in...
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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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Ethan Waldman, a twelve-year-old from West Hills, California
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"This wizard of words wants to be a fantasy author when...
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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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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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Paul Gutowski, an alcohol and drug counselor from Rockford, Illinois
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"He was the first 5-time winner in 1997. An alcohol and...
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Sarah Whitaker, a dean's assistant originally from Jackson, Michigan
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Season 27 player (2010-10-27).
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Jeff Stewart, an executive from Los Alamos, New Mexico
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"After winning the 1994 College Championship, he went on to finish...
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John Ryan, a corporate controller from Richmond, California
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"As a college student, he was the top winner of the...
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Eugene Finerman, a writer from Northbrook, Illinois
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"A finalist in the 1987 Tournament of Champions, he's a writer....
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Andrew Hutchings, a graduate student from Ithaca, New York
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"A senior when he won the 1998 College Championship, he's now...
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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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Robert Slaven, a technical products specialist originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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"He won 5 times in 1992. Today, he's a technical products...
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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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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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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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Dan Katz, a lawyer from Owings Mills, Maryland
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"Since his five wins in 1990, he's seen Bruce Springsteen 16...
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Dan Melia, a college professor from Berkeley, California
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"He was a 1998 Tournament of Champions winner. Today he's a...
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Stacy Gardner, a school secretary from Long Beach, California
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Season 30 player (2014-06-20).
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Lance Johnson, a model aircraft engine technician from Champaign, Illinois
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"He was the first to get to the 5-win mark in...
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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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Brian Moore, an astronomer from Houston, Texas
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"He was the first 5-day champion in the 1993-1994 season. An...
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Jonathan Brandt, an actor originally from Stirling, New Jersey
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Season 7 player (1991-04-15). Jonathan's last name, occupation and hometown come...
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Matt Morris, a financial analyst originally from Louisville, Kentucky
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"In 1994, he won the Teen Tournament. Today, he's a financial...
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Michael Galvin, a consultant from Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania
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"He was the first winner of the Teen Tournament back in...
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Frank Amanat, an attorney from South Orange, New Jersey
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Season 20 3-time champion: $55,900 + $1,000. Season 20 player (2003-11-03)....
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Inez Friedman-Boyce, an attorney from Newton, Massachusetts
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Season 21 player (2005-01-04).
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Jonathan Smillie, a software trainer from Jeffersonville, Indiana
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Season 21 player (2005-01-20).
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Desirée Zicko, a marketing manager from Reading, Massachusetts
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Season 30 player (2014-06-18).
Last name pronounced like "ZEE-ko".
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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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Rick Pernod, a teacher from the Bronx, New York
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Season 21 player (2005-01-10).
Last name pronounced with a silent "D".
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Laurie Genevro Cole, an adjunct professor and town council member from Vienna, Virginia
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Season 21 1-time champion: $19,000 + $2,000.
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Leslie Frates, a retired Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
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"She was a Spanish teacher at Cal State-Hayward when she became...
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Eric Terzuolo, a retired diplomat and university professor from Bergen, Noord-Holland, the Netherlands
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"When he first appeared in 1990, he was a foreign service...
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Barrett Hildreth, a software analyst from Portland, Oregon
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Season 21 player (2005-01-17). Barrett won $1,000 on Who Wants to...
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Ross Gardiner, an 11-year-old sixth grader from La Plata, Maryland
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"And this self-proclaimed sports fanatic likes all the teams in the...
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Marielle Poss, a senior production controller from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 21 player (2004-10-13).
KJL game 56.
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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 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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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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Sara Harold, a mother and homemaker from San Diego, California
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Season 25 1-time champion: $11,500 + $1,000.
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Priscilla Ball, a federal contractor from Montgomery Village, Maryland
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Season 25 2-time champion: $45,200 + $2,000. Priscilla was due to...
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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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Hillary Janikula, an information technology project manager from Valencia, California
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Season 27 player (2010-09-24).
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Nancy Floyd, a statistician from Lexington, South Carolina
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Season 20 player (2004-04-29).
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Naomi Seiler, a health policy lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 25 player (2009-06-18).
Last name pronounced like "SY-ler".
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Dawn Bacak, a stay-at-home mom from Katy, Texas
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Season 25 player (2009-02-26).
Last name pronounced like "BAH-chahk".
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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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James Rogers, a musician and computer programmer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 20 player (2004-04-22).
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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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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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Molly Rosenbusch, a night court clerk from Twin Lakes, Idaho
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Season 27 1-time champion: $19,601 + $2,000.
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Nick Yozamp, a biology student from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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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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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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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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Kevin Shortell, an attorney from Essex Junction, Vermont
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Season 20 player (2004-04-15).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Shortyesq
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Laura Mitchell, a technical editor from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 25 player (2008-12-29).
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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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Brittany McCants, a junior from Winnsboro, South Carolina
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2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Stephanie Ehresman, a senior from Shirley, New York
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2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Tyler Allard, a senior from Garrett Park, Maryland
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2003 Teen Tournament first runner-up: $28,400.
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Don Wynne, a lawyer from Stamford, Connecticut
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Season 20 player (2004-03-26).
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Susan Neuffer, an actor and census clerk from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-07-19).
Last name pronounced like "NEW-fer".
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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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Samira Missaghi, a junior from the University of Minnesota
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Eden Prarie, Minnesota. Samira...
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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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Ellen Kimmel, a school nurse from Nanuet, New York
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Season 27 2-time champion: $37,000 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SkoolRN
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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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Anna Tschetter, a legal assistant from Danvers, Massachusetts
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Season 26 1-time champion: $3,400 + $1,000.
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Priscilla Ball, a government contractor from Montgomery Village, Maryland
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Season 25 2-time champion: $45,200 + $2,000. Priscilla was due to...
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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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Eric LaForest, a high school history teacher originally from Jacksonville, Florida
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Season 25 1-time champion: $9,762 + $2,000.
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Michael Berthold, a construction worker from Lowell, Wisconsin
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Season 20 player (2004-03-17).
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Nick Gebelt, an attorney from Whittier, California
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Season 20 player (2004-03-16).
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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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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He met and then married his wife while both were costarring...
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Sandra McClellan, a granny nanny from Arlington, Texas
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Season 27 1-time champion: $4,199 + $2,000.
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Melinda Hautala, an arts administrator from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 25 player (2009-01-26). Last name pronounced like "HOW-tah-lah". (In her...
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Michael Gerardi, an attorney from Menifee, California
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Season 25 player (2008-12-01).
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Kevin Hullihan, an Air Force officer from Great Falls, Montana
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Season 24 player (2007-10-30). Last name pronounced like "HOO-lih-han". Kevin is...
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Charlie Blatt, an 11-year-old from Scarsdale, New York
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"Besides cooking, working on the computer, and tap dancing, she likes...
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Kathleen Lohmann, a benefits coordinator originally from Yuma, Arizona
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Season 24 player (2007-10-29).
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Peter Pinnow, a high school English teacher from Oxford, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $39,200 + $1,000.
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Charlie Penrod, an assistant professor of law from Natchitoches, Louisiana
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,000 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: CharlieP
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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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Harry Haghanegi, a 10-year-old from Chicago, Illinois
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"Extracting DNA was one project this future geneticist enjoyed..." 2007 Kids...
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Bobby Goldstein, a database administrator from Arlington, Massachusetts
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Season 20 3-time champion: $42,200 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: GoBobbyGo
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Rita Byrd, an IT consultant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 24 player (2007-10-03).
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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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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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Matt Sojot, a firefighter from Mililani, Hawaii
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Season 23 player (2007-04-13). Season 22 player (2006-05-24). Last name pronounced...
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Barbara Frascelli, a housewife and mother from Staten Island, New York
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Season 24 player (2007-10-19).
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Parker Norton, a 12-year-old from Knoxville, Tennessee
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"As a doctor treating infectious diseases, he hopes to heal others....
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John Hines, a high school social studies teacher from Tacoma, Washington
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"He teaches at Todd Beamer High School, named for a heroic...
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Robin Cheney, a middle school teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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"All the students at her school go on a camping trip...
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Chris Parsons, an undergraduate student from Wabasso, Florida
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Season 20 1-time champion: $18,801 + $2,000. The official Jeopardy! web...
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Terry Parker, a high school history teacher from Cutler Bay, Florida
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"Don't try to pin down this wrestling coach, history teacher, and...
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Susan Kelleher, a stagehand from Washington, D.C.
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Season 24 player (2007-10-16).
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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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Anna Han, a sophomore from Penn State University
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Sophia Marianiello, an 11-year-old from Newark, Delaware
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"She plans on putting her love of building with cardboard and...
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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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Jimmy Miotto, an 11-year-old from Northborough, Massachusetts
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"He wants to be a Disney Imagineer and the president of...
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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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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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Jane Kaczmarek, an Emmy-nominated actress from Help Me Help You
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"As Lois on Malcolm in the Middle, she earned seven straight...
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Regis Philbin, a TV host from Live with Regis and Kelly
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"In 2004 he entered the Guinness Book of Records as having...
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Brady Cassis, a junior from Yale University
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Curt Schilling, a pitcher from the Boston Red Sox
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"In helping the Red Sox to win the 2004 World Series,...
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Haritha Sudanagunta, a junior from University of California-San Diego
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2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of...
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Jeff Trumbower, a college professor from Jericho, Vermont
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Season 20 player (2004-02-27).
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Lisa Ackerman, a senior from Livermore, California
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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Leigh Rosenecker, a stay-at-home mom from Morgantown, West Virginia
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Season 26 1-time champion: $26,398 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: sugahwafuhs
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Mark Lee, a sales manager from Chicago, Illinois
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $67,500...
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Janice Dooner Lynch, a homemaker from New York, New York
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Season 20 1-time co-champion: $27,600 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: yankeefanjan
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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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Kathy Cassity, a closed captioner from Honolulu, Hawaii
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $59,200....
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Cathleen Charleson, an actor from Greeneville, Tennessee
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Season 23 player (2006-09-21).
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Jennifer Gotcher, a homemaker from Costa Mesa, California
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Season 23 2-time champion: $68,401 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "GO-tcher".
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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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Albert Chi, an Internet engineer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 23 player (2007-03-09).
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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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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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Eileen Loechel, an operations manager from River Forest, Illinois
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Season 23 1-time champion: $19,800 + $2,000.
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Scott Ahearn, an actor from the Bronx, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-07-17).
Last name pronounced like "AH-hern".
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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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Dave Binnig, a bartender from Portland, Oregon
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Season 22 player (2006-03-22).
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Chris Smith, an advertising creative director from Dallas, Texas
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Season 22 2-time champion: $42,199 + $1,000.
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Patricia DiMaggio, a school registrar from Maynard, Massachusetts
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Season 22 1-time champion: $14,001 + $1,000. According to the official...
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Jason Richards, a pharmacy technician from Old Town, Maine
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 22 4-time champion: $99,200 + $2,000.
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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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Erynn Masi de Casanova, a graduate student originally from St. Petersburg, Florida
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Season 22 player (2006-03-14).
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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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Emily Kamm, a 12-year-old from Arlington, Virginia
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"This member of Model United Nations has been on the principal's...
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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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Josh Lacey, a 10-year-old from Ellicott City, Maryland
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"The International Olympic Committee does such good work, he would like...
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Linda Lipkin, a high school teacher and administrator from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 24 player (2007-09-21).
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Nick Dnistrian, an 11-year-old from Webster, New York
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"With a nickname like Elvis, this future chemist is already the...
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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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Monica Vidrio, a graduate student originally from Ventura, California
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Season 22 1-time champion: $8,000 + $1,000.
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Matt Whitney, a high school English teacher from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 21 player (2005-05-30).
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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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"The reigning Tournament of Champions winner, he attended Johns Hopkins University...
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Kate Waits, a law professor at the University of Tulsa from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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"A Harvard Law graduate when she competed in the 1988 Tournament...
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Charlie Kahn, a middle school math teacher from Versailles, Kentucky
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Season 21 1-time champion: $25,600 + $2,000.
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Jo Davidson, a receptionist from Phoenix, Arizona
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Season 22 player (2006-07-06).
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Jesse Liu, a grad student from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 22 player (2006-01-12).
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Hon. Margaret Spellings, a U.S. Secretary of Education from Washington, D.C.
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"As an advisor to President George W. Bush, she helped craft...
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Michael Day, an attorney from Mill Valley, California
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"As an MBA Student, he won 5 games in 1985. Today...
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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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Bryan Adams, an accounts receivable manager from Novato, California
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Season 22 player (2006-01-11).
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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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Larry Cloud, a computer consultant from Inglewood, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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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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Rick Knutsen, a musician from Brooklyn, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $33,201. 2001 Tournament...
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John Kelly, a retired Air Force officer from Austin, Texas
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"In 1992, he was one of the top five money winners...
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Soledad O'Brien, a broadcast journalist from CNN's American Morning
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"This broadcast journalist has covered stories all over the world. Since...
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Mark Lowenthal, an assistant director for the Central Intelligence Agency from Reston, Virginia
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"The winner of the 1988 Tournament of Champions, he's an assistant...
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Michael Rooney, a college professor from Pasadena, California
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"He was a winner of 5 games in 1999, and is...
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Dana Venator, a Ph.D. candidate from Chicago, Illinois
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"She was a beginning bagpipe player and Teen Tournament finalist; now,...
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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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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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Ivan Kleinfeld, an 11-year-old from Arlington, Virginia
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"He would like to be a doctor so that he can...
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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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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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Ellyn Ritterskamp, a prepress technician and ethics instructor from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 21 player (2005-07-20). Won $32,000 on Who Wants To Be...
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Michael Dupee, an attorney from Cleveland, Ohio
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $32,500. Lost his...
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Keith Williams, a sophomore at Middlebury College from Middlebury, Vermont
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"As a freshman from Middlebury College, he won the 2003 College...
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Dan Amboy, a 12-year-old from Lapeer, Michigan
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"He hopes to get into the best college that he can....
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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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Trevor Norris, a budget analyst from Washington, D.C.
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"He can't walk through the Pentagon without someone mentioning his five...
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Chris Miller, a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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Papa Chakravarthy, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament champion: $75,000.
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Bruce Borchardt, a metrologist from Washington, D.C.
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"A winner of five shows in 1995, he spent most of...
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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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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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Leila Dooley, a reference librarian from Vista, California
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Season 21 player (2005-01-25).
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Mike Dupée, an attorney from Gainesville, Florida
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $32,500. Lost his...
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Lyle Brenner, a college professor from Gainesville, Florida
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Season 21 1-time champion: $8,800 + $2,000.
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Michael Kalk, a retired programmer from Austin, Texas
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Season 21 player (2004-12-20).
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David Camp, a student from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 21 player (2004-12-22).
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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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Nithya Kubendran, an 11-year-old seventh grader from Quartz Hill, California
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"When asked about her future plans, she said, 'World domination sounds...
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Megan Fraedrich, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Springfield, Virginia
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"And she was recently an evil stepsister in a performance of...
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Joe Kohake, from Florence, Kentucky
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"Golf, piano, and euphonium lessons are just a few of his...
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Claire Winkler, from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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"This honor roll student participates on both the year-round and summer...
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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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William Carpenter, from Bainbridge Island, Washington
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"Being the scientist that he is, Mom never knows what she...
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Tom Cilla, from Kings Park, New York
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"He wants to join the Coast Guard or the Navy, but...
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Patrick Zakem, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Louisville, Kentucky
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"He would like to become an architect because he enjoys visualizing...
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Kermin Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
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Sean Ryan, a cab driver from State College, Pennsylvania
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Jennifer Buermann, a construction manager from Jersey City, New Jersey
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Season 22 player (2005-09-13).
Last name pronounced like "BYOOR-man".
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Willy Jay, an attorney originally from Churchville, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2005-09-12).
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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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Elaine Zollner, a physician from Glendale, California
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"A winner of 5 shows in 1990, she used her Jeopardy!...
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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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Matt Bushell, a junior at Georgetown University from Fairfield, Connecticut
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Josh Klein, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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"And, his favorite subjects in school are math, social studies, and...
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