#9068, aired 2024-03-27 | WORLD LITERATURE $1600: In 1905 Henryk Sienkiewicz, author of this tale of ancient Rome, became the first Polish person to win a Nobel Prize in lit Quo Vadis |
#9055, aired 2024-03-08 | WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $200: "A View from the Bridge" saw this woman win a 2010 Tony for Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Scarlett Johansson |
#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 | 1924 $2000: This "Flying Finn" was the first athlete from his country to win 5 gold medals at a single Olympics Nurmi |
#9048, aired 2024-02-28 | THE EMMYS $200: He won a 1974 Emmy for his role in "M*A*S*H"; he'd also win for writing & directing that series Alan Alda |
#9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR $2000: Tough to win a race giving a 60-mile head start as Robert Scott did landing at McMurdo Sound when this man landed at the Bay of Whales Amundsen |
#9035, aired 2024-02-09 | 21st CENTURY SCIENCE $800: Honored in 2007, Frances E. Allen was the first woman to win the Turing Award for work in this science computer science |
#9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $400: (I'm Phil Simms for the right-handed QBs.) In 1987, I led the Giants to a Super Bowl win; two decades later this other righty would win one for the Giants, making it two brothers in the family with rings Eli Manning |
#9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $1000: (I'm Bill Cowher.) In 2006, I coached a spunky Steelers squad to a Super Bowl win, the first win for Pittsburgh since this legendary coach won 4 titles beginning in 1975 Chuck Noll |
#9025, aired 2024-01-26 | HISTORIC BATTLES $1600: A cavalry force of 3,000 Polish Hussars helped break the 1683 Siege of Vienna by forces of this empire & to win the ensuing battle the Ottoman Empire |
#9023, aired 2024-01-24 | ONE-TERM PRESIDENTS $1200: Britannica:
He "was blaming the depression on events abroad & predicting" his foe's win "would only intensify the disaster"; it didn't Hoover |
#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 |
#24, aired 2024-01-09 | FEMALE FIRSTS $900: A few years before playing Rose on "The Golden Girls", she became the first woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host Betty White |
#24, aired 2024-01-09 | FEMALE FIRSTS $1200: In 2018, she became the first American woman to win a medal in every single event at the World Gymnastics Championships Simone Biles |
#9010, aired 2024-01-05 | OUR WOMAN IN THE FIELD $400: The first woman to win this prize for criticism, Emily Genauer took it (& $1,000!) in 1974 for her writing on art a Pulitzer |
#9009, aired 2024-01-04 | GAME SHOW $200: There are 15 multiple-choice questions to answer to win the top prize on this game show; would you like to ask the host? Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
#9003, aired 2023-12-27 | 2023 SPORTS HIGHLIGHT REEL $200: A field goal with 8 seconds left gave this team a 38-35 win over the Eagles in Super Bowl 57 Kansas City |
#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 |
#8999, aired 2023-12-21 | UNION ACTIONS $400: Union General Sheridan said, "No one did more to win the war than this "Boy General" & sent his wife the Appomattox surrender table Custer |
#21, aired 2023-11-29 | RULES OF THE GAME $500: Be the first player to go from "onesies" to "tensies" & you win the game jacks |
#8982, aired 2023-11-28 | SLINGING ARROWS $200: This tribute from District 12 uses a bow & arrow to help her win the Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen |
#8979, aired 2023-11-23 | COACH $800: They may have tried to win one for the Gipper, but Notre Dame won a lot for this coach, too: he went 105-12-5 Knute Rockne |
#8974, aired 2023-11-16 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIE QUOTES $1600: "You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you'll win" Patch Adams |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS $500: In 1790, this smallest of the 13 original colonies became the last to ratify the Constitution Rhode Island |
#8954, aired 2023-10-19 | ROCKET MAN $400: This "Rocket" was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award 7 times Roger Clemens |
#8953, aired 2023-10-18 | A DAY AT THE RACES $200: Betting on the same horse to win, place & show is betting "across" this across the board |
#8949, aired 2023-10-12 | WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $200: Jennifer Aniston won one in September 2002; her then-husband Brad was nominated, but didn't win Emmy (M-E) |
#8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'M STILL STANDIN' $1600: In "Othello":
Iago,
Othello,
Desdemona Iago |
#8940, aired 2023-09-29 | WEIRD AL PARODIES $600: Encyclopedias & a case of Turtle Wax were among the prizes Al didn't win in this song & video that's near & dear to our hearts "I Lost On Jeopardy" |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | CHICKEN FIVE WAYS $500: In Japan, these succulent chicken skewers are grilled over a smokeless type of charcoal called binchotan yakitori |
#8935, aired 2023-09-22 | A CAPITAL OFFENSE $400: It's a Braves new world here, where to win the game, you gotta have the runs Atlanta |
#8934, aired 2023-09-21 | WORLD SOCCER $1000: Sporting number 7, this Portuguese soccer star helped his nation win the 2016 European Championship, its first major title Cristiano Ronaldo |
#8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE REAL (WHITE HOUSE) WIVES OF D.C. $400: In 2020 she topped John Waters & the Beastie Boys to win a Grammy for her spoken word album, an audio book of her memoir Michelle Obama |
#8932, aired 2023-09-19 | FUN & GAMES $400: Black & white pieces in this game are often called stones, which you want to get back home & then "bear off" to win the game backgammon |
#8922, aired 2023-07-25 | THIS AMERICAN LAKE $1200: The name of this freshwater lake shared by 2 western states is from a Washoe word for "lake"; hope you win big at Harrah's too Tahoe |
#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 |
#8906, aired 2023-07-03 | CAR GO FAST $1000: In 2020 Lewis Hamilton averaged 164 mph to win pole position at the Italian Grand Prix driving for this German company Mercedes-Benz |
#8905, aired 2023-06-30 | NUMBERS IN THE NEWS $600: 2022 headlines declared Argentina "El Mejor Once del Mundial de Catar", once being Spanish for this number 11 |
#8901, aired 2023-06-26 | HERE COMES THE SUMMER $200: MLB's All-Star Week includes this "Derby"; Juan Soto belted 53 to win the 2022 event the Home Run Derby |
#8900, aired 2023-06-23 | REMEMBER BASEBALL? $200: Remember 1969, when these New Yorkers became the first expansion team to win a World Series? the Mets |
#8900, aired 2023-06-23 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1600: For her supporting role in "Gone with the Wind", she was the first African-American performer to win an Oscar Hattie McDaniel |
#8899, aired 2023-06-22 | 20th CENTURY HAPPENINGS $600: If you had 2 hours & 25 minutes in 1984, you could watch "Paris, Texas" or see Joan Benoit win the first women's Olympic one of these a marathon |
#8879, aired 2023-05-25 | NUMERICAL WORDS & PHRASES $400: This term for a tricky no-win situation comes from the title of a 1961 novel catch-22 |
#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 |
#16, aired 2023-05-22 | THE ARTS $200: With her Grammy win for the narration of her "Finding Me" memoir, she became the newest member of the EGOT club in 2023 Viola Davis |
#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 |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | DEFENDING THE TITLE $200: Tiger Woods, the youngest ever to win this Georgia tournament in 1997, was still just 25 & 26 when he won again in 2001 & '02 the Masters |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | DEFENDING THE TITLE $800: This team's Stanley Cup Finals win in 2017 wasn't too different from the 2016 one: 6 games, with Sidney Crosby the MVP the (Pittsburgh) Penguins |
#10, aired 2023-05-15 | GREAT SPORTS CALLS $1000: "The slipper still fits!" as this then-Cinderella Spokane school eked out a 1999 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament win Gonzaga |
#6, aired 2023-05-10 | PITCHERS HAVE BIG YEARS $1000: With a 31-6 record in 1968, this Detroit Tiger became the last MLB pitcher to win 30 games in a season McLain |
#6, aired 2023-05-10 | U.S. "BURG"S $1000: This South Carolina city was named for a local militia that helped win the Battle of Cowpens in the American Revolution Spartanburg |
#5, aired 2023-05-10 | TOUGH MOVIE STUFF $800: This 1934 film was the first comedy to win the Best Picture Oscar It Happened One Night |
#8867, aired 2023-05-09 | LESS-THAN-STELLAR SCIENTIFIC POETRY $1000: A 1918 Nobel win/ It is tough to follow / A German physicist / Which kinda rhymes with lyricist? / He's a man of "constant" sorrow Max Planck |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | THE OTHER MASTERS $600: Here's this golf great; after sinking his putt in 1986, he would win the tournament for the sixth time Jack Nicklaus |
#4, aired 2023-05-09 | THE OTHER MASTERS $1000: The annual champions dinner began in 1952 when he hosted, a year after his first Masters win & 3 years after a near-fatal car wreck Ben Hogan |
#3, aired 2023-05-09 | PLAY: THE GAME $400: Travel to Elsinore; glean what afflicts old pal Hamlet; try to find where he put Polonius; get betrayed; win 1968 Tony Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead |
#3, aired 2023-05-09 | TV $600: At the end of "Game of Thrones", this member of the Stark family becomes the ruler of Westeros Bran |
#8856, aired 2023-04-24 | NON-VIDEO GAMES $800: Collect 6 pieces of cheese & avoid being a snared rodent to win this game Mouse Trap |
#8854, aired 2023-04-20 | FACE THE POLITICIAN $1200: We're concerned you may not know this woman from Maine was the first ever Republican woman to win a fifth term in the U.S. Senate Susan Collins |
#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 |
#8852, aired 2023-04-18 | OK MILLENNIAL $800: To win this contest during the 2011 NBA All-Star Weekend, Oklahoma City-born Blake Griffin jumped over a car the slam dunk contest |
#8850, aired 2023-04-14 | HEADS I WIN $200: The winner of the college football matchup between Butler & Valparaiso in this state wins the coveted Hoosier Helmet Indiana |
#8850, aired 2023-04-14 | HEADS I WIN $400: I've found some Pinellas types of these projectile points--luckily, on the ground, not embedded in my flesh arrowheads |
#8850, aired 2023-04-14 | YOU LOSE $600: In 1987 "Great White Shark" Greg Norman got eaten alive after Augusta native Larry Mize holed a 140-foot chip to win this major event the Masters |
#8850, aired 2023-04-14 | HEADS I WIN $600: The daughter, known by this name, won the head of John the Baptist & is seen in a painting presenting it to her mom Salome |
#8850, aired 2023-04-14 | HEADS I WIN $800: This director of sometimes violent Westerns made "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia", in which Warren Oates gets a head Sam Peckinpah |
#8850, aired 2023-04-14 | HEADS I WIN $1000: In 1996 the Library of Congress acquired the "first selfie", this type of photograph named for a Frenchman a daguerreotype |
#8848, aired 2023-04-12 | HISTORIC CANADA $600: The only Canadian team to win the World Series, they did it back to back in the 1990s the Blue Jays |
#8844, aired 2023-04-06 | GOLDEN GIRLS $2,400 (Daily Double): At the Winter Olympics in 2018, Anna Gasser of Austria became the first woman to win the big air event in this newer sport snowboarding |
#8841, aired 2023-04-03 | LIKE A BIRD $1000: In sports this bird refers to someone who comes in & steals a win or score from a teammate vulture |
#8836, aired 2023-03-27 | FANTASY SPORTS $600: Katniss & Peeta are about to eat poisonous berries when they learn they can't both win this, but they get a reprieve the Hunger Games |
#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 | 4-LETTER SPORTS TERMS $1000: An MLB relief pitcher who doesn't get the save may be eligible for this, provided he gets an out & maintains the lead a hold |
#8833, aired 2023-03-22 | RESILIENCE $2000: President of Brazil from 2003 to 2011, then out of office & even in prison, he rebounded to win the office back in 2022 (Lula) da Silva |
#8828, aired 2023-03-15 | STANDING ON A BOARD SIDEWAYS $1000: Seen here is this American, the youngest woman ever at 17, to win Olympic gold in snowboarding Chloe Kim |
#8823, aired 2023-03-08 | TV REALITY & COMPETITION SHOWS $200: Season 21 of this show saw Bindi Irwin win the Mirrorball Trophy with the help of her partner Derek Hough Dancing with the Stars |
#8823, aired 2023-03-08 | TV REALITY & COMPETITION SHOWS $400: Rob Frisbee & Brennan Swain traveled 35,000 miles back to where they started to win this show's first $1 million prize The Amazing Race |
#8823, aired 2023-03-08 | WE ARE PRO-ANTONYMS $800: Posting "Happily surprised to win my third Nobel Prize!" is quite the arrogantbrag humble brag |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | THIS IS HOW I WIN $200: Acquire property, avoid jail, pay your taxes, run your possibly now-former friends into bankruptcy Monopoly |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | THIS IS HOW I WIN $400: Employ the Benko Gambit... wait, maybe the Grünfeld Defense.... ooh, the Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack! Let's go with that! chess |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | THIS IS HOW I WIN $600: Be last off the Battle Bus & land by a quiet spot instead of the Citadel; have a wide range of weapons & a medkit; use headphones Fortnite |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | ALLITERATIVE AUTHORS $800: This German author published "Steppenwolf" in 1927 & went on to win a Nobel Prize (Hermann) Hesse |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | THIS IS HOW I WIN $800: Pick up the 1-3-6-10 "picket fence"; rolling 2 turkeys should probably do it bowling |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | THIS IS HOW I WIN $1000: Score 12 hoop points & hit the peg with both balls; toss away your mallet like a boss & have a spot of tea croquet |
#8816, aired 2023-02-27 | COMPANIES IN HISTORY $1200: With this grain-cutting device, the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. helped win the Civil War as Union grain exports kept Europe neutral the reaper |
#8807, aired 2023-02-14 | COME ON GET HOPPY $400: At the 2020 Olympics Pedro P. Pichardo leaped & bounded & leaped a long way to win this event--almost 59 feet the triple jump |
#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | SUPER BOWL HEROES $200: (Mike Pereira of Fox NFL Sunday presents the clue.) Cheeseheads ate it up after this quarterback threw for 304 yards & three touchdowns to lead Green Bay to a win in Super Bowl XLV (Aaron) Rodgers |
#8804, aired 2023-02-09 | OSCAR-WINNING WOMEN $800: For her Afro-futuristic fashions in this Marvel film, Ruth E. Carter became the first Black woman to win for Costume Design Black Panther |
#8800, aired 2023-02-03 | NOW, WE DUEL $800: In 1791 he built a coalition against Alexander Hamilton's father-in-law to win a Senate seat; blood came after Aaron Burr |
#8791, aired 2023-01-23 | TV CONNECTORS $800: Win Ben Stein's
____
Heist Money |
#8787, aired 2023-01-17 | EMMY WINNERS $1600: This series about a New York doctor in Cicely, Alaska beat out "L.A. Law", among others, to win Best Drama Series at the 1992 Emmys Northern Exposure |
#8786, aired 2023-01-16 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAMS $600: In 2022 this team gave 73-year-old Dusty Baker his 1st championship as a manager; he's the oldest skipper to win a World Series the Astros |
#8784, aired 2023-01-12 | SPORTS COMPETITIONS $400: That's Greg LeMond in yellow, the first American to win this race, competing in 1989 before helmets became mandatory the Tour de France |
#8781, aired 2023-01-09 | WON THE BATTLE, LOST THE WAR $400: Velazquez' "Surrender of Breda" shows a win for this country in its long war to prevent Dutch independence Spain |
#8779, aired 2023-01-05 | THE DOOMSDAY BOOK $400: The Battle of Yonkers is a zombie win in this Max Brooks novel, but humans, do not despair! World War Z |
#8779, aired 2023-01-05 | MODERN EGYPT $2000: After the tumultuous Arab Spring & an election win by the Muslim Brotherhood, this former general became president in 2014 & still is President El-Sisi |
#8775, aired 2022-12-30 | TALK DERBY TO ME $200: Jockey Eddie Arcaro was the first to win this Louisville race 5 times the Kentucky Derby |
#8775, aired 2022-12-30 | THE FRIEND ZONE $200: Time to self-help yourself & finish the 1936 book title "How to Win Friends &"... Influence People |
#8755, aired 2022-12-02 | HISTORIC QUOTATIONS $400: Former Rep. Jeannette Rankin, to Congress in 1935: "You can no more win" one of these "than you can win an earthquake" a war |
#8751, aired 2022-11-28 | ABBREV. TV $400: Spin to win:
"WoF" Wheel of Fortune |
#8749, aired 2022-11-24 | STARS OF OSCARS BEST PICTURE $400: Tom Hanks &
Robin Wright ran away with the win Forrest Gump |
#8745, aired 2022-11-18 | AMERICAN WOMEN $800: In the 1950s, she broke the color barrier in tennis & became the first Black American to win a Grand Slam tournament (Althea) Gibson |
#8744, aired 2022-11-17 | SILENT FILMS WITH JACQUELINE STEWART $2000: (Jacqueline Stewart of Turner Classic Movies presents the clue.) Her slate of films for 1927 included "Wings", the first film to win Best Picture & "It", giving her the nickname "The It Girl" Clara Bow |
#8, aired 2022-11-13 | SPORTS STARS $1500: Jackie Joyner-Kersee was the first woman to win this 7-event track & field competition at back-to-back Olympics the heptathlon |
#8740, aired 2022-11-11 | WORLD LEADERS $400: Failing to win support for her Brexit deal, she stepped down as Tory leader in June 2019 & as prime minister in July Theresa May |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | PITCH PERFECT $100: Talk about Go Blue!
Clayton Kershaw pitched well enough for this team in 2014 to win 21 games & the National League MVP award the Dodgers |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | PITCH PERFECT $500: This pitcher was quite the aged rookie in 1948 when he joined Cleveland, but he helped them win the World Series Satchel Paige |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | MUSIC OF TODAY $1500: At the 2022 VMAs he performed "Titi Me Pregunto" at Yankee Stadium & became the 1st male Latin star to win Artist of the Year Bad Bunny |
#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 |
#8690, aired 2022-07-22 | BRITISH FOLKLORE & LEGENDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Covered only by her long hair, she rode through Coventry to win a reduction in taxes for its residents Lady Godiva |
#8680, aired 2022-07-08 | THE JACKSONS, 5 $1600: In 2022, Erin Jackson made history as the first Black woman to win individual gold at the Winter Olympics, winning for this sport speed skating |
#8674, aired 2022-06-30 | FIRST LADY FIRSTS $200: For the audio version of her book "It Takes a Village", she became the first first lady to win a Grammy Clinton |
#8670, aired 2022-06-24 | NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY $400: The Mexican army's win in the spring of 1862 over Napoleon III's forces is still honored today with this annual celebration Cinco de Mayo |
#8670, aired 2022-06-24 | BASEBALL BABES $600: In 1909 Pittsburgh's Babe Adams became the only rookie ever to pitch & win 3 games in one of these the World Series |
#8658, aired 2022-06-08 | PUT IT ON WHAT? $400: 10 bucks to win at Laurel Park a horse |
#8653, aired 2022-06-01 | BALLPARK FUN $200: After "Yankees win! The-e-e-e-e Yankees win!" At home, count on hearing this Sinatra classic on the stadium speakers "New York, New York" |
#8649, aired 2022-05-26 | NUMERICAL BOOK TITLES $1200: A recent TV adaptation of this 1872 novel has David Tennant as the globe-trotting adventurer trying to win a wager Around the World in Eighty Days |
#8647, aired 2022-05-24 | ASIAN AMERICANS & PACIFIC ISLANDERS $200: The first Asian-American Olympic medalist, Vicki Draves was also the first female to win gold in platform & springboard this diving |
#8647, aired 2022-05-24 | WARTIME U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: George H.W. Bush assembled a multinational coalition to win this war, but it didn't help him at reelection time the Gulf War |
#8644, aired 2022-05-19 | THE VICE PRESIDENT WHO SAID... $1,400 (Daily Double): "You win some, you lose some. And then there's that little-known third category... take it from me. Every vote counts" Al Gore |
#8642, aired 2022-05-17 | MOVIE TITLE BEFORE & AFTER $800: Drew Barrymore & the rest of her crime-fighting undercover trio win baseball games with some heavenly assistance Charlie's Angels in the Outfield |
#8636, aired 2022-05-09 | AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MOVIES $800: Young Eleanor Bergstein would win Catskills mambo contests, inspiring her script for this 1980s film Dirty Dancing |
#8631, aired 2022-05-02 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY $400: In 2019 this Clemson QB became the second true freshman to win a national title as a starter Trevor Lawrence |
#8622, aired 2022-04-19 | LET'S GET SCIENTIFIC $1,800 (Daily Double): Showing great steadfastness in 2021, NASA landed this $2.7 billion rover on Mars, a mere 127 million miles away Perseverance |
#8615, aired 2022-04-08 | TELEVISION $200: In season 8 the Linz siblings covered 50 cities in 25 days to win this reality show's first family edition The Amazing Race |
#8611, aired 2022-04-04 | ALL'S "VEL" THAT ENDS "VEL" $600: To hold or win this means to chair a congressional committee a gavel |
#8606, aired 2022-03-28 | THE PLACE TO "B" $200: It's the right borough to be in if you want to watch Kevin Durant win a home game for the Nets Brooklyn |
#8596, aired 2022-03-14 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW $1600: Offering "very good advice on bad assumptions" is what the reviewer had to say about "How to Win Friends and" do this Influence People |
#8592, aired 2022-03-08 | 11 $600: This religious epic from 1959 was the first film to win 11 Academy Awards Ben-Hur |
#8586, aired 2022-02-28 | SPORTS BY THEIR HONORS $600: The Slammy Awards WWE |
#8582, aired 2022-02-22 | MARK'S "-ISM" $600: Asked about this versus socialism, Mark Cuban says this "is going to win" capitalism |
#13, aired 2022-02-17 | TENNIS LESSON $1000: In 2021, this 18-year-old won the U.S. Open, the first British woman to win a Grand Slam tennis title since 1977 (Emma) Raducanu |
#8, aired 2022-02-11 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $2000: Seen here, she's the first woman to win 2 Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, her first for "Ruined" &, in 2017, for "Sweat" Lynn Nottage |
#5, aired 2022-02-10 | HOME ECONOMICS WITH TOPHER GRACE $200: (Topher Grace delivers the clue.) College cost has tripled in 20 years & averages about $36,000 a year; parents might win 2 games on "Jeopardy!", like our show's co-creator actually did, or invest in this numeric option, legally known as a qualified tuition plan a 529 |
#5, aired 2022-02-10 | CELEBRITIES $1600: For his 2017 album "Damn", he became the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize for music (Kendrick) Lamar |
#3, aired 2022-02-09 | YOUR PARENTS' MUSIC $1200: In 1994 they watched this former Police-man win a Grammy for his vocal on "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" Sting (Gordon Sumner) |
#8563, aired 2022-01-26 | CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP HEROES $200: (Bill Cowher presents the clue.) After winning a record 9 AFC titles, in 2021, this ageless marvel threw for three touchdowns to win his first NFC championship, leading Tampa Bay into the Super Bowl Tom Brady |
#8544, aired 2021-12-30 | GLOBAL LIT $1600: Many expected this blind Argentine "Labyrinths" writer to win a Nobel Prize, but he never did (Jorge Luis) Borges |
#8521, aired 2021-11-29 | 19something $1000: After a dubious-at-best election win in February 1986, this Philippine president fled to Hawaii a few weeks later (Ferdinand) Marcos |
#8519, aired 2021-11-25 | OSCAR'S BEST DIRECTOR $200: 1990:
"Dances with Wolves" danced away with a win for him Kevin Costner |
#8517, aired 2021-11-23 | CALL THE FOOTBALL PLAY $200: After a last-second win over Buffalo with this prayerful play in 2020, Kyler Murray said it was the first he had ever tried a Hail Mary |
#8517, aired 2021-11-23 | CALL THE FOOTBALL PLAY $1000: In the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, Boise State's huddled masses used this 3-word trick play featuring a behind-the-back handoff for the win the Statue of Liberty |
#8514, aired 2021-11-18 | DANCE IN HISTORY $800: Now meaning an easy-to-win contest, it originated as enslaved peoples' mockery of their masters' elaborate dances a cakewalk |
#8513, aired 2021-11-17 | GRAMMY'S ALBUM OF THE YEAR $1200: The first country artist to win the award was him, for 1968 & "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" Glen Campbell |
#8498, aired 2021-10-27 | HANDY ANDY $800: The last American male to win a Grand Slam tennis event, he won the 2003 U.S. Open Roddick |
#8497, aired 2021-10-26 | BIBLE NUMBERS $1600: Jacob ended up serving this many years to win the hand of Rachel 14 |
#8492, aired 2021-10-19 | NEW YORK CITY $200: Gary Muhrcke, winner of the 1st race up 1,576 stairs of the Empire State Bldg. in 1978, was also the 1st to win this NYC event in 1970 the New York City Marathon |
#8490, aired 2021-10-15 | NOW READ THIS! $600: He wrote the 1936 self-help book "How to Win Friends & Influence People" Dale Carnegie |
#8486, aired 2021-10-11 | BIOGRAPHIES $600: Jon Krakauer's "Where Men Win Glory" tells of this man who left the NFL for the Army & was killed in Afghanistan (Pat) Tillman |
#8476, aired 2021-09-27 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITING $2000: The first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize, this Chicago poet was featured on a 2012 stamp Gwendolyn Brooks |
#8473, aired 2021-09-22 | NEW YORK: NEWS CLUES $800: (Hi, I'm Ryan Field.) Extending from Manhattan's southern tip up Broadway to City Hall, the Canyon of Heroes has hosted many ticker tape parades, including one for the U.S. National Women's Team's huge win in this sport in 2019 soccer |
#8472, aired 2021-09-21 | NEW TO THE OED $2000: If you're acting in a manner meant to win approval for your good character, you're engaging in this 2-word action virtue signaling |
#8469, aired 2021-09-16 | A LOOK AT BOOKS $2000: "Girl with curious hair", with a tale of a "Jeopardy!" win streak, is a story collection by this late author of a looong novel (David Foster) Wallace |
#8468, aired 2021-09-15 | THE 2020 OLYMPICS IN 2021 $400: Momiji Nishiya, at 13 the youngest gold medalist since 1936, came down the rail to win gold in the street type of this debuting sport skateboarding |
#8465, aired 2021-08-13 | NOVEL VOCABULARY $2000: The title of this 1961 novel is shorthand for a no-win situation Catch-22 |
#8444, aired 2021-07-15 | LAW SLAW $200: Under the law of this habitat, there are no rules & the strongest will win out the law of the jungle |
#8438, aired 2021-07-07 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED $2000: Cinnamon is a spice; this was the first Western to win an Oscar for best picture, back in 1931 Cimarron |
#8433, aired 2021-06-30 | AWARDS & HONORS $200: The category "Best Musical" this enabled "Oklahoma!", which premiered in 1943, to win a 2019 Tony a revival |
#8432, aired 2021-06-29 | SO CLOSE... $800: It's the alliterative contest-ending evidence seen here a photo finish |
#8431, aired 2021-06-28 | TALKING HEADS $1000: Attributed to this leader of the Soviet Union in the 1970s: "The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win" Brezhnev |
#8431, aired 2021-06-28 | JAMES BEARD CHEF OF THE YEAR $3,800 (Daily Double): Alice Waters, the first woman to win the award, won for Chez Panisse in this California college town Berkeley |
#8430, aired 2021-06-25 | ANTHROPOLOGY $600: The Tarahumara, who have an incredible ability to win 50-mile races, are the topic of this bestseller with a Springsteen title Born to Run |
#8428, aired 2021-06-23 | CATCH $400: Though India would win by 257 runs, Dwayne Leverock made a memorable catch for Bermuda in this sport at a West Indies World Cup cricket |
#8420, aired 2021-06-11 | BUSTERS $1200: Catcher Buster Posey helped this team win World Series championships in 2010, 2012 & 2014 the San Francisco Giants |
#8417, aired 2021-06-08 | MUSICAL GENRES $1000: Marvin Young used part of his name for this stage name & became the first solo rapper to win a Grammy; now "Bust A Move" Young MC |
#8409, aired 2021-05-27 | SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER FOOTBALL TEAM $400: At QB, she audibles to get her husband to commit murder & win the title but she literally sleepwalks through the 4th quarter Lady Macbeth |
#8400, aired 2021-05-14 | POP CULTURE $600: In 2019 she became the first Asian woman to win a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Awkwafina |
#8397, aired 2021-05-11 | OUTLAWS & IN-LAWS $800: In 1791 he built a coalition against Alexander Hamilton's father-in-law to win a Senate seat; that did not end well Aaron Burr |
#8396, aired 2021-05-10 | JACQUES $400: Jacques Anquetil was the first to win this prestigious bicycle race 5 times the Tour de France |
#8389, aired 2021-04-29 | MASTERPIECE/THEATER $400: After doling out wish fulfillment nightly, James Monroe Iglehart got one for himself with a 2014 Tony win for this musical role the Genie |
#8387, aired 2021-04-27 | KING $600: Oft repeated, this 6-word line from Leonardo DiCaprio was repeated by his director after an Oscar win "I'm the king of the world!" |
#8383, aired 2021-04-21 | COMING BACK TO WIN THE GAME $200: Facing match point in 2009's Wimbledon semis vs. Elena Dementieva, her return clipped the tape, but landed in; the title followed Serena Williams |
#8383, aired 2021-04-21 | COMING BACK TO WIN THE GAME $400: Down 35-7 at the half to the Saints in 1980, this hall of fame QB led the 49ers back to win 38-35 (Joe) Montana |
#8383, aired 2021-04-21 | COMING BACK TO WIN THE GAME $600: In 2008 the Mavericks used a 22-2 run to erase a 70-41 deficit, making this Minnesota team howl the Timberwolves |
#8383, aired 2021-04-21 | COMING BACK TO WIN THE GAME $800: Down 5 to the Oilers in 1982, this "royal" NHL team tied it with 5 seconds left & won the "Miracle on Manchester" in O.T. the (Los Angeles) Kings |
#8383, aired 2021-04-21 | COMING BACK TO WIN THE GAME $1000: In the 2004-05 Champions League Final, this English club, the Reds, overcame a colossal 3-goal deficit Liverpool |
#8381, aired 2021-04-19 | MIXIN' WITH NIXON $800: To win the presidency in 1968, Richard Nixon defeated this Democrat (Hubert H.) Humphrey |
#8377, aired 2021-04-13 | TITLE WAVES $800: They came from the Canadian prairie to win 5 Stanley Cups from 1984 to 1990 the Edmonton Oilers |
#8373, aired 2021-04-07 | HISPANIC AMERICANS $800: Oscar Hijuelos was the first Hispanic American to win a fiction Pulitzer, for the book called these fellows "Play Songs of Love" The Mambo Kings |
#8369, aired 2021-04-01 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: Julie Taymor felt the love in 1998 when she became the first woman to win a Tony for directing a musical--this one The Lion King |
#8363, aired 2021-03-24 | ABOUT THAT SONG $800: Charlie Daniels was unhappy with the fact that the devil could win in the Guitar Hero version of his song titled this "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" |
#8357, aired 2021-03-16 | ATLANTA: NEWS CLUES $400: (Cheryl Preheim from Atlanta's 11Alive presents the clue.) In April 1970, our very own Jimmy Carter announced his candidacy for this political office, a job he would win, & that would lead to even greater things in the years to come governor |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | CLASSIC BLACK & WHITE FILMS $400: "How Green Was My Valley" beat out this Orson Welles movie to win the 1941 Best Picture Oscar Citizen Kane |
#8346, aired 2021-03-01 | HOW 'BOUT A GAME OF CARDS? $200: This game includes skip cards & draw 2 cards, & it makes you say its name just before you win UNO |
#8336, aired 2021-02-15 | ANYONE FOR TENNIS? $200: In 2020 Dominic Thiem completed a comeback to win this event & became the first new male Grand Slam winner in 6 years the U.S. Open |
#8335, aired 2021-02-12 | GAME THEORY $1,000 (Daily Double): If you win, switch to whatever would've beaten you for the next round, says a 2014 study on the psychology of this game Rock, Paper, Scissors |
#8322, aired 2021-01-26 | HISTORIC SURVIVORS $1600: (Jeff Probst presents the clue.) This Austrian race car driver had expressed safety concerns about the 1976 Grand Prix race in which he crashed horrifically; though given last rites, he only missed two events that season & would go on to win two more F1 Grand Prix titles Niki Lauda |
#8321, aired 2021-01-25 | MEDIEVAL TIMES $2000: This Muslim leader recaptured Jerusalem from the Christians & held off Richard Lionheart's attempts to win it back Saladin |
#8313, aired 2021-01-13 | CHOREOGRAPHERS $4,000 (Daily Double): Though he didn't win for "Chicago" in 1976, this man has the record for most Tony Awards for choreography Bob Fosse |
#8312, aired 2021-01-12 | HEAVY MEDALS $2000: Poets like Gwendolyn Brooks who have traveled on less-taken roads can win the Poetry Society of America Medal named for him (Robert) Frost |
#8309, aired 2021-01-07 | JOCKS $600: This first woman to win an Indy Car Series race wrote a book called "Pretty Intense" Danica Patrick |
#8298, aired 2020-12-09 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS THE G.O.A.T. (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) $200: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) The greatest minds of all time include Einstein, of course, Isaac Newton, & this woman, a student of mathematics, physics & chemistry, & also the first to win a Nobel Prize Marie Curie |
#8292, aired 2020-12-01 | SPORTS IDIOMS $1000: To win a car race you'll have to "take" one of these banners; the British spell it with a "Q" a checkered flag |
#8280, aired 2020-11-13 | CELEBRITY CLASS OF 1980 $1600: She was on the fast track her senior year, winning the AAU Junior Olympics Pentathlon; in 1988 she would win the Olympics Heptathlon Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
#8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A DAY AT THE RACES $600: In 2012 the Maryland Racing Commission shaved 1 2/5 seconds off Secretariat's 1973 win, setting a new record for this Triple Crown race the Preakness |
#8273, aired 2020-11-04 | IT'S GONNA BE CLOSE... $1200: On May 24, 1992 Al Unser Jr. held off the perfectly named for his sport Scott Goodyear by .043 of a second to win this event the Indianapolis 500 |
#8270, aired 2020-10-30 | DESCRIBING THE TV SHOW $600: Queens of the screen; BenDeLaCreme & Latrice Royale dressed for the occasion; may the best woman win RuPaul's Drag Race |
#8266, aired 2020-10-26 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS $600: In 2000 he was the last American to win the Wimbledon men's singles title Pete Sampras |
#8257, aired 2020-10-13 | NASCAR IN VEGAS $600: (Brad Keselowski presents from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) I'm Brad Keselowski; during my run for the NASCAR season title in 2012, I decided I wanted to go fast, just like Will Ferrell, and win the Aaron's 499 at this Alabama superspeedway Talladega |
#8257, aired 2020-10-13 | NASCAR IN VEGAS $1000: (Aric Almirola presents from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) I'm Aric Almirola; I won the 2014 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona driving for the Number 43 motor sports team of this NASCAR legend on the 30th anniversary of his 200th win that came on the same track Richard Petty |
#8249, aired 2020-10-01 | DURING HIS PRESIDENCY $400: The Reagan era saw Desmond Tutu win the Nobel Peace Prize & Barney Clark survive 112 days after surgery implanting this an artificial heart |
#8248, aired 2020-09-30 | YESTERDAY $1,000 (Daily Double): Gerald Ford tried to tackle a big 1970s economic problem with the "WIN" program, or "Whip" this "Now" Inflation |
#8246, aired 2020-09-28 | MOVIN' ON "UP" $200: In sports it happens when a favorite to win ends up losing an upset |
#8244, aired 2020-09-24 | RAISE THE FLAG $800: Gonfalon, an old name for a flag, was once used by baseball writers to mean this, what every team wants to win the pennant |
#8244, aired 2020-09-24 | OCCUPATIONAL SONG TITLES $1600: Bob Marley sang about the "Buffalo" this to "win the war for America" soldier |
#8242, aired 2020-09-22 | YOU GOTTA FIGHT! $200: Before becoming a UFC champ, Ronda Rousey was the 1st U.S. woman to win an Olympic medal in this martial art judo |
#8237, aired 2020-09-15 | NAME THE DIRECTOR $1000: 1991: "Point Break" (she'd win a directing Oscar for a later film) (Kathryn) Bigelow |
#8225, aired 2020-05-29 | PICTURE THE MOVIE $400: Costner, for the win Dances with Wolves |
#8225, aired 2020-05-29 | ATHLETES WHO TEACH $1200: The first woman to win three gold track medals in a single Olympics, 1960, she taught second graders in Tennessee Wilma Rudolph |
#8223, aired 2020-05-27 | WE HAVE A SITUATION $800: Zero-sum is an alternative to this happier type of double-talk situation win-win |
#8219, aired 2020-05-21 | BOSS HOG $1200: Noting this swine's efforts, E.B. White wrote, "It is deeply satisfying to win a prize in front of a lot of people" Wilbur |
#8214, aired 2020-04-30 | FIGHTING FOR AN OSCAR $400: To win a 2000 Oscar in this movie, Russell Crowe played a real blood sport Gladiator |
#8213, aired 2020-04-29 | BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $400: With his 27th win in 2019, this rapper/actor surpassed Taylor Swift to become the artist with the most Billboard wins
"To win my award here is incredible, but to win this award is just unbelievable. It's surreal." Drake |
#8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 1917 $800: Led by Eddie Collins & Shoeless Joe Jackson, this team won baseball's World Series; they wouldn't win again until 2005 the White Sox |
#8212, aired 2020-04-28 | HOW NOW, DOUBLE VOWEL $400: To win every game in a playoff series to sweep |
#8209, aired 2020-04-23 | LITERATURE $2000: In 1930 this "Main Street" author became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature Sinclair Lewis |
#8201, aired 2020-04-13 | LESSER-KNOWN COLLEGE SPORTS $400: Columbia foiled, sabered & epeed its rivals to win this 2019 NCAA title fencing |
#8201, aired 2020-04-13 | LESSER-KNOWN COLLEGE SPORTS $600: In 2019 TCU fired on all cylinders to win the school's third NCAA title in this weapon, with air & smallbore competitions rifle |
#8191, aired 2020-03-30 | GOLF $400: To capture the modern grand slam, a player must win the Masters, the PGA Championship & these 2 opens the U.S. Open & the British Open |
#8186, aired 2020-03-23 | IT'S HOW YOU WIN $200: "Roll out" this game: get a chain of 10 hanging primates Barrel of Monkeys |
#8186, aired 2020-03-23 | IT'S HOW YOU WIN $400: This 3-letter game: run out of cards in your hand, provided you yell the title Spanish word when you have a single card Uno |
#8186, aired 2020-03-23 | IT'S HOW YOU WIN $600: This 1930s game: all the other players are bankrupt (& no one has flipped over the board in frustration) Monopoly |
#8186, aired 2020-03-23 | IT'S HOW YOU WIN $800: This alliterative game: eat the most marbles or the golden marble Hungry Hungry Hippos |
#8186, aired 2020-03-23 | IT'S HOW YOU WIN $1000: A hand in this French game: get exactly 1,000 miles Mille Bornes |
#8182, aired 2020-03-17 | CLASSIC ROCK & ROLL QUOTES $600: "It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, it's how good you looked", said this Van Halen frontman in 1984 David Lee Roth |
#8180, aired 2020-03-13 | SMITHSONIAN AIR & SPACE MUSEUM $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.) Appropriately, "Little Stinker", a nimble Pitts Special S1C, hangs upside down; in the 1940s and '50s, pioneering daredevil Betty Skelton flew it to win titles in this spectacular sport of stunt flying aerobatics |
#8175, aired 2020-03-06 | LITERARY AWARDS $800: No twist necessary in the short stories that since 1919 win the prize named for this short story author O. Henry |
#8170, aired 2020-02-28 | SPELL IT LIKE THE BRITS $400: Your singing is lovely, Georgina; win "Britain's Got Talent" & Simon Cowell might hand you one of these for 250,000 pounds C-H-E-Q-U-E |
#8169, aired 2020-02-27 | WOMEN OF THE WORLD $400: Born in Warsaw, she is still the only woman to win Nobel prizes in 2 different fields Marie Curie |
#8153, aired 2020-02-05 | THE "IDE"S OF FEBRUARY $1200: On Feb. 3, 2019 the slogan "There's enough money when no one steals" gave Nayib Bukele this type of win in El Salvador's election a landslide |
#8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Dominating women's tennis, Althea Gibson broke the color barrier & became the first African-American to win the French & U.S. Open Singles as well as, in 1957 & 1958, this oldest Grand Slam event Wimbledon |
#8149, aired 2020-01-30 | BIG PLAY IN THE TEAM'S SUPER BOWL WIN $200: 2012: Mario Manningham makes an amazing 38-yard tiptoeing catch & beats the Pats the New York Giants |
#8149, aired 2020-01-30 | BIG PLAY IN THE TEAM'S SUPER BOWL WIN $600: 1986: William "The Refrigerator" Perry ices the win with a 1-yard TD rumble the Bears |
#8144, aired 2020-01-23 | PLACE-NAME NAMES $1600: She defeated Serena Williams to win the women's title at the 2018 U.S. Open (Naomi) Osaka |
#8137, aired 2020-01-14 | FOREIGN-BORN OSCAR WINNERS $2000: Jean Dujardin didn't have much to say in becoming the first Frenchman to win Best Actor, for this 2011 film The Artist |
#8, aired 2020-01-14 | SURPRISE ME, TREBEK $1200: In a 1998 shocker, Jesse Ventura was elected Minnesota governor, becoming this party's first candidate to win statewide office Reform |
#8132, aired 2020-01-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1940, for her role in this film, Hattie McDaniel became the first black performer to win an Oscar Gone with the Wind |
#8132, aired 2020-01-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: The 1st African-American woman to win Olympic gold, Alice Coachman cleared 5'6 1/8" in this track & field event in 1948 the high jump |
#8125, aired 2019-12-27 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS $800: In 2017 a Kiwi named Peter Burling became the youngest helmsman to win this quadrennial race America's Cup |
#8117, aired 2019-12-17 | TONY AWARD WINNERS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2017 this actress won a Tony for Lillian Hellman's "The Little Foxes", but in 2018 she did not win a race for N.Y. governor Cynthia Nixon |
#8109, aired 2019-12-05 | PATRIOT GAMES $2000: The Patriots' win in the 2019 AFC title game came 1 day shy of 25 years since this man bought the team Robert Kraft |
#8108, aired 2019-12-04 | OSCAR ONE OF A KINDS $800: Starring Dustin Hoffman & Jon Voight, it's the only X-rated movie to win Best Picture Midnight Cowboy |
#8107, aired 2019-12-03 | MOTORCYCLE MAKERS $600: The "TFC" in the 1,200cc Thruxton TFC is for this British company's "Factory Custom"; now go for the win! Triumph |
#8105, aired 2019-11-29 | THE WWE SLAMMY AWARDS $200: The 1986 Slammys saw Nikolai Volkoff win "Most Ignominious" & as girls just want to have fun, "Best Producer" was Mona Flambé, AKA her Cyndi Lauper |
#8104, aired 2019-11-28 | PAMPAS $600: George Bellows painted Luis Firpo, "The Wild Bull of the Pampas", de-ringing this champ in 1923. Ah, the champ came back to win Jack Dempsey |
#8099, aired 2019-11-21 | OF THE THIRD KIND $1200: After Saladin's capture of Jerusalem in 1187, this English king helped lead the Third Crusade to try to win it back Richard the Lionhearted |
#8092, aired 2019-11-12 | VISIONARIES $9,066 (Daily Double): In 312, before the Battle of Milvian Bridge, this man had a dramatic vision of a cross of light & went on to win the battle Constantine |
#8087, aired 2019-11-05 | ALL-TIME WINNERS $400: In 2010 this "Pac Man" became the only boxer to win titles in 8 weight divisions Manny Pacquiao |
#8085, aired 2019-11-01 | THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS $400: This Tom Wolfe work was spacey but had the correct contents to win a 1980 Nonfiction Award The Right Stuff |
#8075, aired 2019-10-18 | BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS $400: Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian helped propel this 1935 film to best picture, the first remake to win the Oscar Mutiny on the Bounty |
#8075, aired 2019-10-18 | WEIRD SPORTS STUFF $600: Bodexpress didn't win this 2019 race, the second in the Triple Crown, but did finish--not bad for running with no jockey the Preakness |
#8071, aired 2019-10-14 | & CARRIE $600: In 2005 she became the first country singer to win "American Idol" Carrie Underwood |
#8068, aired 2019-10-09 | A WEE BIT OF KIWI HISTORY $400: In 2011 & 2015 the New Zealand "All Blacks" became the first team to win back-to-back world cups in this sport rugby |
#8054, aired 2019-09-19 | THE HINTING OF HULL HOUSE $1000: Hull House is now a museum named for her, its founder & the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (Jane) Addams |
#8046, aired 2019-09-09 | THE "BEAN" STALK $2000: In 2019 Northeastern beat Boston College to win this venerable hockey tourney the Beanpot |
#8045, aired 2019-07-26 | TURNING TO SPORTS $400: Lee Corso once noted the Rainbow Warriors football team at this univ. "doesn't win many games in the United States" (the University of) Hawaii |
#8042, aired 2019-07-23 | GRAMMY FOR SONG OF THE YEAR $400: The only Beatles tune ever to win, this song is a woman's first name "Michelle" |
#8030, aired 2019-07-05 | THE FIFA MEN'S WORLD CUP $400: Pele was only 17 when he first played for this country in 1958--it would win 3 World Cups with him Brazil |
#8028, aired 2019-07-03 | THE LONG & THE SHORT OF BATTLE $800: It took 32 days for U.N. forces to win the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge in this country in 1951 Korea |
#8022, aired 2019-06-25 | NAME THE GAME $1000: It takes some math skills & strategy to win in this ancient African family of games mancala |
#8012, aired 2019-06-11 | RECENT CINEMA OF THE PAST $800: Octavia Spencer was a lady on a mission--help NASA win the space race & bust some societal fences as a math genius in this film Hidden Figures |
#8011, aired 2019-06-10 | BOOKS $400: The first woman to win the Pulitzer for Fiction, Edith Wharton won for this 1920 novel about 1870s New York City The Age of Innocence |
#7995, aired 2019-05-17 | AND A BOOK $800: Dale Carnegie's 1936 self-help book teaches you "How to" do these 2 title things win friends and influence people |
#7988, aired 2019-05-08 | WOMEN OLYMPIANS $400: In 2016 tennis ace Monica Puig beat 3 Grand Slam champions to win this U.S. territory's first-ever gold medal Puerto Rico |
#7972, aired 2019-04-16 | YEAH, WE SAW IT ON THE INTERNET $200: On damnyouautothis.com: "Do you think Leonardo diva person will win an Oscar...Leonardo fixation...Lombardo DiCaprio" correct |
#7971, aired 2019-04-15 | THE FIRST WINNER $400: Fielding "Hurry Up" Yost coached Michigan to a 49-0 win over Stanford in the first of these games in 1902 the Rose Bowl |
#7970, aired 2019-04-12 | WOMEN OF POLITICS $1000: This Bronx native with a hyphenated name wowed politicos with a Big Apple win in 2018 (Alexandria) Ocasio-Cortez |
#7965, aired 2019-04-05 | ACM AWARDS $1200: In 1976 she went from "Coal Miner's Daughter" to the first woman to win ACM Entertainer of the Year Loretta Lynn |
#7962, aired 2019-04-02 | EMMY WINNERS FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA $400: To win for 2015 Viola Davis really killed in her role as law professor Annalise Keating on this mystery How to Get Away with Murder |
#7962, aired 2019-04-02 | GAMES WITH DICE $400: In craps if you bet on the pass line & the first throw of the dice equals either of these 2 numbers, you win 7 and 11 |
#7960, aired 2019-03-29 | FOLLOWING SPORTS RELIGIOUSLY $1000: In 2010 Tracy Porter came marching in with a 74-yard pick 6 off Peyton Manning that sealed a Super Bowl win for this team the Saints (of New Orleans) |
#7955, aired 2019-03-22 | FOR ME & MIGUEL $600: In 2012 Miguel Cabrera led the league in batting average, HRs & RBIs, becoming the first in 45 years to win this numeric title the Triple Crown |
#7950, aired 2019-03-15 | ON THE PGA TOUR $600: The long chip at the 1978 Jackie Gleason Classic was one of 5 straight birdies to seal the win for this Golden Bear Jack Nicklaus |
#7948, aired 2019-03-13 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1952, this pioneering writer on the environment was the first woman to win a National Book Award for nonfiction. Rachel Carson |
#7938, aired 2019-02-27 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTRESSES $1200: The mom of TV's Huxtable family, in 2004 she became the first black actress to win the Tony for a leading role in a play Phylicia Rashad |
#7932, aired 2019-02-19 | OSCAR RECORDS $200: "Life is Beautiful" & "8 1/2" are 2 of the record 14 films from this country to win Best Foreign Language Film Italy |
#7928, aired 2019-02-13 | THE EISNER AWARDS $1200: A "Batman" cover with the Joker & this villain helped Alex Ross win Best Cover award for 1999 Harley Quinn |
#7921, aired 2019-02-04 | EUGENE $600: He's seen here around the time he became only the 2nd American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature Eugene O'Neill |
#7919, aired 2019-01-31 | THE SUPER BOWL $1000: Now, this guy loves football! Coaches the Bucs to a Super Bowl win, hits the "MNF" booth, then returns to coach the Raiders! Jon Gruden |
#7918, aired 2019-01-30 | MAYBE SOME OSCAR WINNERS $200: After his win for "Wall Street", he thanked dad Kirk for helping him step out of Dad's shadow Michael Douglas |
#7911, aired 2019-01-21 | TEDDY ROOSEVELT, MEET JACKIE ROBINSON $1000: Following TR's advice to carry one of these, Jackie used a heavy Louisville Slugger to win the 1949 NL batting title a big stick |
#7909, aired 2019-01-17 | BEARD MAN $1600: In July bring your beard to this Florida island for its Hemingway Days & you might win a look-alike contest Key West |
#7907, aired 2019-01-15 | WOMEN WRITERS $400: In 1918 Columbia U. student Minna Lewinson became the first woman to win this journalism award the Pulitzer |
#7906, aired 2019-01-14 | OLYMPIANS $600: Before being a foil in Italian politics, Valentina Vezzali used her foil to win several medals in this 7-letter event fencing |
#7900, aired 2019-01-04 | GOTTA RUN! $600: Greg Anthony & Larry Johnson led the Runnin' Rebels of this school to a 103-73 beatdown of Duke to win the Final Four in 1990 UNLV |
#7900, aired 2019-01-04 | GOTTA RUN! $2000: From billiards, this expression means to win all the contests that are left, like primaries or football games run the table |
#7892, aired 2018-12-25 | TV FROM THE NEXT ROOM $800: "4 chefs, 3 courses, only one chance to win" Chopped |
#7881, aired 2018-12-10 | DESCRIBING THE BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNER $800: 2008:
They didn't have to put it in the form of a question to win Slumdog Millionaire |
#7879, aired 2018-12-06 | HOOP & HALLER $200: It's turrible that "Sir Charles", this Hall of Famer, didn't win a title in his great 16-year NBA career Charles Barkley |
#7879, aired 2018-12-06 | R-RATED MOVIES $2000: The first R-rated movie to win a Best Picture Oscar was this 1971 film about drug smugglers The French Connection |
#7875, aired 2018-11-30 | ELECTORAL COLLEGE CUDGELINGS $800: 1820:
James Monroe 231, this man who would win it all 4 years later... 1 John Quincy Adams |
#7872, aired 2018-11-27 | SPORTS STUFF $800: It wasn't perfect, but the Dodgers used 4 pitchers to get this hyphenated type of win in a 2018 game vs. the Padres a no-hitter |
#7870, aired 2018-11-23 | THE DAYTIME EMMYS $1000: Survey says he didn't win for game show host in 2008, but he did win as informative talk show host Steve Harvey |
#7863, aired 2018-11-14 | RIVALRY $400: Wil Wheaton wasn't above lying about his grandma being dead just to win a card game vs. Sheldon Cooper on this sitcom The Big Bang Theory |
#7862, aired 2018-11-13 | TEEN TITANS $200: At 18 this "Great" conqueror helped win the Battle of Chaeronea to bring Greece under Macedonian control Alexander |
#7860, aired 2018-11-09 | SCHOLARSHIPS $1000: It's going to take more than a baking soda volcano to win a scholarship from the Google-sponsored contest called this event the Google Science Fair |
#7856, aired 2018-11-05 | POKER FACE $800: You can now hoot & holler as this last card has flipped over in Omaha poker & your win is secure the river |
#7855, aired 2018-11-02 | IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM... $800: This storied franchise was the last north-of-the-border team to win the Stanley Cup, back in 1993 the (Montreal) Canadiens |
#7850, aired 2018-10-26 | GRAMMY'S ALBUM OF THE YEAR $1200: In 1979 the soundtrack to this film danced away with a win Saturday Night Fever |
#7846, aired 2018-10-22 | ARE YOU READY FOR SOME MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL? $800: On Dec. 21, 2003 his dad passed away; on Dec. 22 he had the highest passer rating of his career in a 41-7 Packers win (Brett) Favre |
#7842, aired 2018-10-16 | REALLY BIG SPORTS STARS $600: This 6'7" Yankees rookie swung a mighty gavel to win the 2017 MLB All-Star Home Run Derby (Aaron) Judge |
#7833, aired 2018-10-03 | THE COLD WAR $1600: Rhyming name for competition over the heavens; the women of "Hidden Figures" helped win it, per the book's subtitle the Space Race |
#7822, aired 2018-09-18 | WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR SHELF? $400: How on earth did you get this ex-Laker's Oscar that he won for "Dear Basketball"? & how did Shaq not win from "Kazaam"?! Kobe Bryant |
#7820, aired 2018-09-14 | 1973: THE GROOVY & NOT-SO-GROOVY $1200: Already 12 games out after playing 80, "ya gotta believe" this team led by Tom Seaver came back to win the NL pennant the Mets |
#7803, aired 2018-07-11 | CLASSIC MOVIE: THE VIDEO GAME $400: Befriend Red, collect a Rita Hayworth poster, make your getaway via a sewer level & win by finding hope in the end The Shawshank Redemption |
#7798, aired 2018-07-04 | GREAT BRITS $2,000 (Daily Double): This British philosopher & mathematician was the logical choice to win the 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature Bertrand Russell |
#7797, aired 2018-07-03 | TV MOVIES? $600: I'm still mad as hell that this 1976 movie about the TV news business didn't win a Best Picture Oscar Network |
#7797, aired 2018-07-03 | NOBEL PRIZE KNOWLEDGE $1000: John Bardeen was the 1st individual to win a 2nd Nobel in one category, for work on this absence of electric resistance superconductivity |
#7792, aired 2018-06-26 | QUOTES OF VICTORY $1200: What this Packers coach actually said was "Winning isn't everything, but making the effort to win is" Vince Lombardi |
#7775, aired 2018-06-01 | THE THIRD MAN $200: "As a tribute to his... versatile poetry" in 1903, Bjornstjerne Bjornson became man No. 3 to win this prize the Nobel Prize for Literature |
#7772, aired 2018-05-29 | BAND MATES $800: Regine Chassagne & husband Win Butler had a hit with "Everything Now" for this Canadian band the Arcade Fire |
#7771, aired 2018-05-28 | SWINGERS OF SPORTS $400: Untamable, this "Golden Bear" was the first man to win all 4 of golf's major titles at least twice Jack Nicklaus |
#7769, aired 2018-05-24 | SENATORS WHO SOUGHT HIGHER OFFICE $800: 8 years after beating Birch Bayh to win a Senate seat repping this state, Dan Quayle got elected veep Indiana |
#7766, aired 2018-05-21 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPORTS FIRSTS $400: In 1875 Oliver Lewis became the first African-American jockey to win this race known as the "Run for the Roses" the Kentucky Derby |
#7766, aired 2018-05-21 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPORTS FIRSTS $2000: The first African-American head coach to win a Super Bowl was this man who led the Colts to victory in 2007 (Tony) Dungy |
#7764, aired 2018-05-17 | POP CULTURE TEACHERS $1600: You can win our money knowing he played a teacher in 1986 with the immortal line "Bueller...Bueller...Bueller" (Ben) Stein |
#7757, aired 2018-05-08 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $400: Her win for 2001 was the first Best Actress Oscar for an African-American Halle Berry |
#7757, aired 2018-05-08 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1200: In 1908 he knocked out Tommy Burns to become the first black boxer to win the world heavyweight title Jack Johnson |
#7757, aired 2018-05-08 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $2000: The first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize, in 1968 she was named poet laureate of Illinois Gwendolyn Brooks |
#7745, aired 2018-04-20 | ELITE ATHLETES $800: An eventful 2017 for Justin Verlander--traded to the Astros, he helped win a World Series, then he wed this model (Kate) Upton |
#7733, aired 2018-04-04 | BETTING AT THE TRACK $400: If you make this bet, as opposed to win or place, you win if your horse comes in first, second or third show |
#7733, aired 2018-04-04 | BETTING AT THE TRACK $600: This 2-word term denotes a horse with little chance to win; its posted odds can run as high as 99-1 a long shot |
#7730, aired 2018-03-30 | PRO BASEBALL TEAMS $600: In 2017 their 104 wins led the majors but they came up 1 win short in the World Series the Dodgers |
#7725, aired 2018-03-23 | CHARACTERS WHO DON'T TALK MUCH $800: Regarding this 1977 Peter Mayhew film character... if he were playing against you now, we'd advise you to let him win Chewbacca |
#7722, aired 2018-03-20 | MATT DAMON $1600: "I missed the last category", said Matt to this Emmy host right after John Oliver got a talk show award; "Did you win?" Jimmy Kimmel |
#7717, aired 2018-03-13 | BEN-HUR $200: Stunt director Yakima Canutt told Charlton Heston, "You just stay in" this; "I guarantee you'll win the damn race" a chariot |
#7714, aired 2018-03-08 | 1918 $600: These 2 teams faced off in the World Series, so one of them was going to win its last title of the 20th century the Cubs and the Red Sox |
#7708, aired 2018-02-28 | MARCH MADNESS CHAMPS $200: The last team to go undefeated in the regular season & win it all was this Bloomington bunch in 1976 the (Indiana) Hoosiers |
#7706, aired 2018-02-26 | HOW 'BOUT THOSE... $800: 1948 Cleveland Indians, the only team other than this one to win a World Series from 1947 to 1953 the Yankees |
#7706, aired 2018-02-26 | HOW 'BOUT THOSE... $1200: Montreal Amateur Athletic Association fellas, who in 1893 became the first to win possession of this the Stanley Cup |
#7694, aired 2018-02-08 | THE GRAMMY PHONE $200: Adele picked up the phone in 2017 saying this title to win a Grammy for Song of the Year "Hello" |
#7694, aired 2018-02-08 | LITERARY AWARDS $400: Not surprisingly, Selma Lagerlof of this country was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature Sweden |
#7694, aired 2018-02-08 | THE RULES OF THE GAME $400: You win if you pocket the 8-ball on this first shot of the game the break |
#7694, aired 2018-02-08 | THE GRAMMY PHONE $600: Stevie Wonder got a Grammy nom & an Oscar win for 1984 for this message anyone would love to hear coming over the phone "I Just Called to Say I Love You" |
#7694, aired 2018-02-08 | LITERARY AWARDS $800: In 1938 "Animals of the Bible" by Dorothy P. Lathrop became the first picture book to win this medal the Caldecott |
#7691, aired 2018-02-05 | NICE JACKET! $400: In addition to a trophy, you get a distinctive green jacket when you win this pro golf event the Masters |
#7691, aired 2018-02-05 | WEREN'T THOSE COLLEGE KIDS GREAT? $600: Down by 34 to Texas A&M with 19 minutes left, QB Josh Rosen led this West Coast school to a win in its 2017 opener UCLA |
#7689, aired 2018-02-01 | BLACK HISTORY NOTABLES $1200: In 1957, she became the first African-American to win a singles title at Wimbledon Althea Gibson |
#7683, aired 2018-01-24 | MISS NOMERS $1000: Everybody liked Vonda Van Dyke in 1964--she was the only woman to win this friendly title in addition to Miss America Miss Congeniality |
#7681, aired 2018-01-22 | TELEVISION $400: Sing, dance, juggle or contort yourself for Simon Cowell & the other 3 judges to win this show America's Got Talent |
#7673, aired 2018-01-10 | A CLUE OF GAME $800: Total number of colored wedges you need to collect to win a game of Trivial Pursuit six |
#7671, aired 2018-01-08 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $1200: In 2013 at Daytona she became the first woman to win a pole position in a Sprint Cup event (Danica) Patrick |
#7659, aired 2017-12-21 | REGULAR WORD & ACRONYM $800: Regular: an athlete who cost his team a win; acronym: an athlete who will be forever honored GOAT |
#7656, aired 2017-12-18 | VICE PRESIDENTS $1200: The last veep to go on to win the top job was this one George H.W. Bush |
#7650, aired 2017-12-08 | 14-LETTER WORDS $800: You can win an Oscar for this specialty, the art & science of filming a motion picture cinematography |
#7650, aired 2017-12-08 | ASIAN CULTURE $2000: The first non-European to win a Nobel Literature Prize, Rabindranath Tagore wrote mostly in this Asian language Bengali |
#7639, aired 2017-11-23 | LEFTIST PROPAGANDA $400: The 1941 Boston Globe story about pitcher Lefty Grove's 300th win called him "the gaunt" this directional word southpaw |
#7625, aired 2017-11-03 | IDIOMS, ANNOTATED $1600: Betting win, place & show at the horse track is betting "across" this, now a term for something that applies to all the board |
#7623, aired 2017-11-01 | GOLF $600: After an extended adventure on 13 in 2017, this 23-year-old became the youngest American to win the British Open Jordan Spieth |
#7622, aired 2017-10-31 | AFTER WORDS $1000: Without a direct object, this verb can mean "to win"; with one, it can mean "to replace someone in a position" succeed |
#7610, aired 2017-10-13 | RECENT NONFICTION $1200: An adaptation of his self-help book was published as "How to Win Friends & Influence People in the Digital Age" Dale Carnegie |
#7604, aired 2017-10-05 | SPORTS STUFF $1000: With his 1981 title, John McEnroe was the last in tennis history to win the U.S. Open with one of these a wooden racket |
#7590, aired 2017-09-15 | GOVERNMENT FOLKS WITH 2 FIRST NAMES? $200: In 2013 he defeated Barbara Buono to win reelection as N.J. governor but later ran into some traffic problems Chris Christie |
#7587, aired 2017-09-12 | REALITY TV $400: Jordan Lloyd was locked in a house & spied on 24/7 on this show to win $500K (which she said she'd use to buy a house!) Big Brother |
#7584, aired 2017-07-27 | PENNANTS $400: After a Bobby Thomson home run on Oct. 3, 1951, Russ Hodges screamed, they "win the pennant!" 4 times the Giants |
#7576, aired 2017-07-17 | A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES $200: A horse may win a close race by a head or by this part of a head, sometimes literally a nose |
#7574, aired 2017-07-13 | THEIR GAME SHOW HOST GIGS $1200: Also famous for "Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives", this chef has hosted "Grocery Games" & "Minute to Win It" Guy Fieri |
#7565, aired 2017-06-30 | POLITICAL CONVENTIONS $600: To secure the 1976 Republican nomination, incumbent Gerald Ford had to win a floor fight with this man Ronald Reagan |
#7562, aired 2017-06-27 | NET FLICKS $200: The high school basketball team from Hickory, Indiana is trying to win the state championship in this favorite Hoosiers |
#7559, aired 2017-06-22 | PLAYWRIGHTS $1600: This alliteratively named playwright followed up her 1989 Pulitzer win with "The Sisters Rosensweig" Wendy Wasserstein |
#7550, aired 2017-06-09 | HART-FELT LYRICS $800: Hart must have been channeling Dale Carnegie when he wrote, "Get coy, get shy, that's how to win friends" & do this influence people |
#7541, aired 2017-05-29 | THE CLASSICS $1000: Hopefully, he was content with "The Winter of Our Discontent"--it helped him win a 1962 Nobel Prize John Steinbeck |
#7541, aired 2017-05-29 | ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Arlington National Cemetery.) General Matthew Ridgway helped win 2 wars; before he led the 8th Army in Korea, he was the first commander of this legendary Airborne division and jumped with them on D-Day the 82nd |
#7533, aired 2017-05-17 | 'ALLO, CURRENT GOVERNOR $800: In 2015 John Bel Edwards defeated David Vitter to win this state's governorship, y'all Louisiana |
#7521, aired 2017-05-01 | DERBY $800: Giancarlo Stanton hit 20 balls into the stands to easily win this event at the 2016 MLB All-Star Game the Home Run Derby |
#7520, aired 2017-04-28 | CLUES ACROSS OHIO $1600: (Hi, I'm Ty Batemon from NBC Lima.) In 2006 this native of Lima, Ohio became at age 23 the youngest starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl Ben Roethlisberger |
#7518, aired 2017-04-26 | WAR MOVIES $1200: This 2016 film tells the story of Desmond T. Doss, the first conscientious objector to win the Medal of Honor Hacksaw Ridge |
#7512, aired 2017-04-18 | BASEBALL $1600: In 2012 Miguel Cabrera got on his horse & became the first hitter to win this distinction since 1967 the Triple Crown |
#7504, aired 2017-04-06 | A LIBERAL LIBRARY $3,000 (Daily Double): "Wait! Don't Move to" this country is the title of a book about liberal ideas "to Win Back America" Canada |
#7494, aired 2017-03-23 | ON THE BALLOT $2,000 (Daily Double): Robert Caro, biographer of this president, said his 87-vote win in the 1948 Senate primary was fraudulent Lyndon Johnson |
#7494, aired 2017-03-23 | "Z" MEN $2000: This printer's 1735 court victory was the first major win for freedom of the press in the American colonies John Peter Zenger |
#7489, aired 2017-03-16 | "A" FOR THE WIN $200: A substance enclosed under pressure & then released as a fine spray aerosol |
#7489, aired 2017-03-16 | "A" FOR THE WIN $400: 5-letter word for a proposition in logic whose truth is taken as self-evident axiom |
#7489, aired 2017-03-16 | "A" FOR THE WIN $600: An underground permeable body that produces groundwater for wells & springs an aquifer |
#7489, aired 2017-03-16 | "A" FOR THE WIN $800: A storage place for weapons, it precedes "show" regarding a famous 1913 art exhibition armory |
#7489, aired 2017-03-16 | "A" FOR THE WIN $1000: Continental & colorful variety of parrot seen here African grey |
#7484, aired 2017-03-09 | LITERARY AWARDS $1200: The first novel to win the Nebula Award was this one set on Arrakis Dune |
#7459, aired 2017-02-02 | EMMY-WINNING WOMEN $800: In 2015 she became the first African-American woman to win for Lead Actress in a Drama Series Viola Davis |
#7446, aired 2017-01-16 | THE EMMYS 1967 $1200: I'm a believer in this TV series that beat out "Bewitched" to win Best Comedy The Monkees |
#7439, aired 2017-01-05 | A VISIT WITH RITA MORENO $400: (Rita Moreno presents the clue.) I was honored to be the first Latina to win an Academy Award when I was named Best Supporting Actress for this musical in which I sang "America" West Side Story |
#7424, aired 2016-12-15 | EUROPEAN RULERS $800: Held hostage by Denmark, Gustav I Vasa escaped & raised a peasant army to win this nation's freedom & become king in 1523 Sweden |
#7417, aired 2016-12-06 | EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE $2,000 (Daily Double): The "Win-stay, Lose-shift" strategy is something to consider in this game where there are only 3 options rock-paper-scissors |
#7413, aired 2016-11-30 | CURRENT POP CULTURE $400: She credited her "American Horror Story" producer Ryan Murphy for her Best Actress in a Play win at the Tonys in 2016 Jessica Lange |
#7406, aired 2016-11-21 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $600: It's mind over minutiae in this board game in which you answer questions in order to collect 6 wedges to win Trivial Pursuit |
#7403, aired 2016-11-16 | THE QUEEN $2000: 14th century Queen Margaret I of Denmark took on this commercial league to win back coastal strongholds the Hanseatic League |
#7396, aired 2016-11-07 | THE 2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS $1200: Her 4 gold medals included a world record & a win by nearly 12 seconds in the 800-meter freestyle (Katie) Ledecky |
#7392, aired 2016-11-01 | NASCAR FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT $400: (I'm Matt Kenseth.) In 2000 I became the first rookie to win the Coca-Cola 600 & beat out this son of a legendary driver for Rookie of the Year honors Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
#7392, aired 2016-11-01 | PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS $1600: The only U.S. president to win a Pulitzer is JFK, for this series of biographies Profiles in Courage |
#7388, aired 2016-10-26 | MILITARY MEMORIES $800: Octavian sank the forces of this man 8 ways to Sunday to win the 31 B.C. naval Battle of Actium Marc Antony |
#7382, aired 2016-10-18 | I'M A WHEEL WATCHER $600: With a spin of the wheel in this casino game, you can win $350 with a $10 bet roulette |
#7377, aired 2016-10-11 | ONE-WORD FILM TITLES $200: (I'm Mario Andretti.) In 1967 I drove a Ford Fairlane to win the Daytona 500; almost 40 years later I played a Ford Fairlane who was at the racetrack in this Pixar film Cars |
#7373, aired 2016-10-05 | 12-LETTER WORDS $800: Democrats & Republicans fight it out to win in this type of state, like Florida or Ohio a battleground |
#7361, aired 2016-09-19 | COLLEGE FIRSTS $600: In the 118-lb. class, Northern Illinois' Brenda Maxey became the first woman to win in an NCAA match in this sport, in 1984 wrestling |
#7356, aired 2016-09-12 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $1000: In January 2011 this SEC team's Tigers defeated the Oregon Ducks to win the BCS championship Auburn |
#7356, aired 2016-09-12 | COMPLETE THE ORIGINAL STAR WARS LINE $1200: "Let the ____ win" Wookiee |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | GIANTS $1200: Nicknamed "The Freak", this long-haired pitcher helped the San Francisco Giants win 3 World Series Tim Lincecum |
#7337, aired 2016-07-05 | POLITICS $400: Considered strongest after a landslide win, this term refers to the authority to actively pursue stated policies a mandate |
#7320, aired 2016-06-10 | AWARDS $200: (I'm Lin-Manuel Miranda.) In 2008 I won a Tony for Best Original Score for my musical "In the Heights"; that is, Washington Heights, far uptown in this borough Manhattan |
#7320, aired 2016-06-10 | THESPIANISTS $1200: Adrien Brody's performance as "The Pianist" helped this controversial director win an Oscar (Roman) Polanski |
#7305, aired 2016-05-20 | IT HAPPENED IN THE BIBLE $800: You'll probably win the game if you have the incredible wisdom shown by this man in 1 Kings 3:27 Solomon |
#7297, aired 2016-05-10 | IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR $800: In 1976 this man beat Gerald Ford to win the White House Jimmy Carter |
#7294, aired 2016-05-05 | EYES ON THE PRIZE $600: Writers who explore the human condition can win a Humanitas Prize; Larry Kramer did for this drama about AIDS The Normal Heart |
#7282, aired 2016-04-19 | OLYMPIC ATHLETES $600: With her victory at the 2010 Olympics, she became the first American woman to win gold in downhill skiing Lindsey Vonn |
#7279, aired 2016-04-14 | FEMALE ATHLETES $800: Julie Krone was the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race, this third leg the Belmont |
#7274, aired 2016-04-07 | "I.M." $800: This Filipina power broker reportedly said "Win or lose, we go shopping after the election" Imelda Marcos |
#7273, aired 2016-04-06 | SPORT ABILITY $800: In Super Bowl 50 the Broncos' Von Miller became the second man in 3 years to win MVP playing this defensive position a linebacker |
#7252, aired 2016-03-08 | ALL THE GLITTERING PRIZES $400: Finally in 1983, after 132 years, Australia II became the first foreign yacht to win this prize the America's Cup |
#7247, aired 2016-03-01 | CALIFORNIA PRO SPORTS TEAMS $600: David Beckham retired from Major League Soccer after helping this team win 2 MLS Cups the L.A. Galaxy |
#7247, aired 2016-03-01 | CALIFORNIA PRO SPORTS TEAMS $1000: In 1968 a "Heidi" TV special cut off the final minute of their epic comeback win over the Jets the Oakland Raiders |
#7241, aired 2016-02-22 | THE IMAGE AWARDS $800: Denzel Washington blew through the competition to win an
Outstanding Actor award for this boxing biopic The Hurricane |
#7237, aired 2016-02-16 | HISTORY $1000: Name of the king who after beating Rome at Asculum but taking heavy casualties, said one more such win would undo him Pyrrhus |
#7235, aired 2016-02-12 | SCI-FI BOOKS $800: To win a big prize, the hero of "Ready Player One" must play virtual arcade games, like this one with rideable ostriches Joust |
#7227, aired 2016-02-02 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $200: Breaking Herschel Walker's SEC rushing record helped Derrick Henry of this univ. win the 2015 Heisman Trophy the University of Alabama |
#7223, aired 2016-01-27 | PRO WOMEN $600: This MMA champ said, "What makes me so confident that I can win is I'm the greatest fighter in the world" Ronda Rousey |
#7217, aired 2016-01-19 | LITERATURE $800: Born in Bombay in 1865, in 1907 he became the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature Rudyard Kipling |
#7216, aired 2016-01-18 | PLANETARY BOOKSTORE $1600: This 1931 novel was written by a missionaries' daughter who went on to win a Nobel Prize The Good Earth (by Pearl Buck) |
#7212, aired 2016-01-12 | OSCAR WINNERS ON TV $800: Fresh from her Oscar win for "Boyhood", Patricia Arquette began solving crimes for the FBI on this show CSI: Cyber |
#7208, aired 2016-01-06 | NEWLYWED GAMES $400: You win Best Cook-- I've had to let out my pants & do this equivalent with my ring resize |
#7208, aired 2016-01-06 | NEWLYWED GAMES $1000: I win best first anniversary gift with stationary from this company started by a man named Stephen, like the author Crane |
#7197, aired 2015-12-22 | WE 3 "ING"S $800: All beginning with "C", the 3 ways to win in rock, paper, scissors are crushing, covering, & this cutting |
#7195, aired 2015-12-18 | MOVIE CAMEOS $600: (Al Michaels delivers the clue.) Well, I didn't win an Oscar playing myself in this 1996 movie but Cuba Gooding Jr. did for his performance as a wide receiver for the Cardinals Jerry Maguire |
#7177, aired 2015-11-24 | WEARABLES' OTHER MEANINGS $800: To neither win nor lose a contest tie |
#7172, aired 2015-11-17 | GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYS $400: In 2013 a 109-yard "Kick Six" kicked in a win for this school over rival Alabama Auburn |
#7162, aired 2015-11-03 | MARY, MARY $800: She was the first American to win the Olympic women's gymnastics individual all-around title Mary Lou Retton |
#7161, aired 2015-11-02 | DOUBLE LETTER 6-LETTER WORDS $600: A form of lottery in which you win a prize if your ticket is picked raffle |
#7139, aired 2015-10-01 | SUPER BOWL MVP QBs $400: Coach Weeb Ewbank, furious after this Jet guaranteed a win, was probably not as mad after his MVP performance Joe Namath |
#7137, aired 2015-09-29 | "MM" BOP $1200: Ironically, it was for the movie "Beginners" that at 82 he became the oldest person to win an acting Oscar Christopher Plummer |
#7132, aired 2015-09-22 | ROCKET MAN $600: This "Rocket" was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award 7 times Roger Clemens |
#7127, aired 2015-09-15 | AUTO RACING $400: (I'm Kyle Busch.) In 2005, at age 19, I set a record as the youngest NASCAR driver to win this alliterative spot in a cup series race pole position |
#7118, aired 2015-07-22 | FEMALE NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS $800: She was the first & the fourth woman to win a Nobel Prize (Marie) Curie |
#7112, aired 2015-07-14 | 1920s FICTION BESTSELLERS $400: The first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for a novel was Edith Wharton, for this 1920 bestseller Age of Innocence |
#7086, aired 2015-06-08 | COURT-LY LOVE $1200: This Australian star of the '60s is the only woman to win the 4-event Grand Slam in doubles as well as singles Margaret Smith Court |
#7083, aired 2015-06-03 | THE TONY AWARDS $200: In 2001 he beat out Matthew Broderick, his co-star in "The Producers", to win the Tony for best actor in a musical Nathan Lane |
#7081, aired 2015-06-01 | HISTORIC MOTTOES & SLOGANS $2000: In 1920 his campaign slogan "Back to normalcy" helped him win the presidency Harding |
#7073, aired 2015-05-20 | DEBUTING IN 1984 $400: "V" is for victory & this skier is no stranger to that, with her record 63rd Women's World Cup win in 2015 (Lindsey) Vonn |
#7069, aired 2015-05-14 | OTHER FIRST LADIES $200: In just under 2 hours, 25 minutes in 1984, Joan Benoit became the first woman to win Olympic gold in this race the marathon |
#7061, aired 2015-05-04 | GRAMMY WINNERS $400: The leader in egg-shaped travel, she fed "The Fame Monster" to win 2010's Best Pop Vocal Album Lady Gaga |
#7058, aired 2015-04-29 | THE ATHLETE WHO... $1000: in 1996 helped the American female gymnasts win gold by sticking her second vault while injured Kerri Strug |
#7054, aired 2015-04-23 | THE LAST TIME THE CUBS WON THE WORLD SERIES $800: This man was gearing up to win the presidential election Taft |
#7052, aired 2015-04-21 | FEMALE FIRSTS $800: Margaret Leech was the first woman to win this prize in the History category; hmmm, this was also her married name Pulitzer |
#7052, aired 2015-04-21 | FEMALE FIRSTS $1200: WWII Army nurse Lt. Cordelia Cook became the first woman to win this bronze decoration the Bronze Star |
#7050, aired 2015-04-17 | LITERARY MEALTIME? $600: The peach in his "James & the Giant Peach" would win a prize in any state fair (Roald) Dahl |
#7044, aired 2015-04-09 | DOUBLE TALK $400: Type of "situation" in which everyone involved benefits win-win |
#7041, aired 2015-04-06 | WHAT MEN WANT $1600: This coach clarified that "Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is" (Vince) Lombardi |
#7032, aired 2015-03-24 | WHAT A TV DRAMA QUEEN! $600: A real mystery: how she did not win an Emmy as Jessica Fletcher despite being up for one every year from 1985 to '96 Angela Lansbury |
#7028, aired 2015-03-18 | DOGGIE CARE $1600: Ear scratching time! Rover didn't win best in show, but did win best of this, meaning he's superior to all the other collies breed |
#7026, aired 2015-03-16 | THEY SAID IT $1000: This general, 1952: "It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it" MacArthur |
#7023, aired 2015-03-11 | THE OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTOR $2000: 2012:
"Life of Pi" was his second win, not his 3.14th Ang Lee |
#7020, aired 2015-03-06 | JOHN LAW $800: He rode his success as a North Carolina trial lawyer to a 1998 Senate win & later a place on a national ticket John Edwards |
#7009, aired 2015-02-19 | COMPUTER HISTORY $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.)
Ushering in the era of big iron was UNIVAC, which, in 1952, became a star during CBS election coverage; polls said the race would go to Adlai Stevenson, but UNIVAC predicted this man would win in a landslide; UNICAV was right Eisenhower |
#6998, aired 2015-02-04 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $1000: The Percheron is a large horse; this is a large bird heron (in Percheron) |
#6996, aired 2015-02-02 | TEXT TALK $1000: On dating sites, discerning types may want to stay away from the acronym NSA, meaning this no strings attached |
#6988, aired 2015-01-21 | GONE WITH THE WIND $800: For her role as Mammy, this actress became the first African American to win an Oscar Hattie McDaniel |
#6983, aired 2015-01-14 | LUCKY '13 $800: She was lucky enough to win an Oscar (for "Silver Linings Playbook") but unlucky when she tripped on her way to the stage Jennifer Lawrence |
#6982, aired 2015-01-13 | I'M "N"TITLED! $800: Though he lost the Oscar, Bruce Dern did win best actor at the Cannes Film Festival for this 2013 film Nebraska |
#6978, aired 2015-01-07 | "15" YEARS $1000: Henry V & his archers win the Battle of Agincourt 1415 |
#6972, aired 2014-12-30 | THE WINNERS $1,200 (Daily Double): It was the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture The Godfather Part II |
#6964, aired 2014-12-18 | THAT CAN MEAN 2 THINGS! $800: First put your fish on the ____ to make sure you win the contest, then go ahead & ____ it scale |
#6953, aired 2014-12-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 2002, he became the third American president to win the Nobel Peace Prize Jimmy Carter |
#6925, aired 2014-10-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1200: In 1950 Juanita Hall became the first African American to win a Tony, for playing Bloody Mary in this musical South Pacific |
#6922, aired 2014-10-21 | MLB ALL-TIME LEADERS $800: Among pitchers: strikeouts, walks (win some, lose some) Nolan Ryan |
#6922, aired 2014-10-21 | MLB ALL-TIME LEADERS $1000: Times caught stealing (win some, lose some) Rickey Henderson |
#6899, aired 2014-09-18 | FAIRY TALES $200: In "The Arabian Nights" this son of a tailor uses a magic lamp to win the hand of a princess Aladdin |
#6898, aired 2014-09-17 | MILITARY FIRSTS $2000: The 1st man to win this highest British military medal was sailor Charles Lucas in 1854 for actions during the Crimean War the Victoria Cross |
#6892, aired 2014-07-29 | GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTATIONS $800: He bested the 7 evil exes to win Ramona's heart on page & screen Scott Pilgrim |
#6892, aired 2014-07-29 | "MAC" OR "P.C." $800: This Seattle mastermind is one of the three coaches to win a college national championship and a Super Bowl Pete Carroll |
#6889, aired 2014-07-24 | THE GENIUS BAR $600 (Daily Double): She is still the only woman to win Nobel Prizes in 2 different fields, which she did back in 1903 & 1911 Marie Curie |
#6886, aired 2014-07-21 | ATHLETES $1000: This Yankee SS: "If you're going to play... you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing 'Jeopardy!', I hate to lose" Derek Jeter |
#6884, aired 2014-07-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC MOVERS & SHAKERS $2000: In 2013 fans cheered on this country cutie as she kicked up her heels to win "Dancing with the Stars" Kellie Pickler |
#6882, aired 2014-07-15 | THEY CAME FROM HAWAII $400: In 2000, Miss Hawaii Angela Perez Baraquio was crowned this, becoming the first Asian-American to win the title Miss America |
#6877, aired 2014-07-08 | GOOD TRY! $1000: In 1969 the Jets & Mets each upset teams from this city to win their respective championships Baltimore |
#6872, aired 2014-07-01 | BAND OF BROTHERS $800: Grammy-winning indie rockers out of Canada: Win & William Butler Arcade Fire |
#6868, aired 2014-06-25 | POLITICAL PARTIES $400: Chuck Connors, Cesar Romero & Buddy Ebsen were on hand at L.A.'s Century Plaza to celebrate his 1984 presidential win Reagan |
#6867, aired 2014-06-24 | COLORFUL SPORTS $1000: The only coach to win both an NCAA title & an NBA title, he took over the SMU basketball team in 2012 (Larry) Brown |
#6866, aired 2014-06-23 | QUOTH THE CELEBRITY $1000: This hip-hopper, he of memorable award show appearances: "If I don't win, the award show loses credibility" Kanye West |
#6861, aired 2014-06-16 | BENS & JERRYS $800: In 2006 this Steeler became the youngest starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl Ben Roethlisberger |
#6857, aired 2014-06-10 | POETIC WOMEN $2000: Born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga in Vicuna, Chile, she was the first Latin American woman to win a Nobel Prize in literature Gabriela Mistral |
#6854, aired 2014-06-05 | HERRS $1200: His dad built the Blau-Weiss Tennisklub, which set the stage for his men's singles Wimbledon win at age 17 (Boris) Becker |
#6850, aired 2014-05-30 | POKER $1000: Want to get an edge in pai gow? Take this role in which you win all "copy" hands; Monopoly games have one too a banker |
#6846, aired 2014-05-26 | IMPRESSIVE SPORTS RECORDS $800: To match his major league pitching wins, you'd have to win 25 games a year for 20 years... & you'd still be 11 short Cy Young |
#6845, aired 2014-05-23 | AUTH"ER"S $400: She was the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Alice Walker |
#6839, aired 2014-05-15 | MISHMASH $1600: For negotiating an Arab-Israeli truce, this U.N. diplomat became the first African-American to win a Nobel Peace Prize Ralph Bunche |
#6833, aired 2014-05-07 | THE SOUTH $600: In 78 years Pat Peacock is the only woman to win the Arkansas contest for calling this other bird a duck |
#6831, aired 2014-05-05 | LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS $5,000 (Daily Double): With a mark of 5'6" in this event, in 1948 5'7" Alice Coachman became the first African-American woman to win Olympic gold high jump |
#6825, aired 2014-04-25 | RECENT HISTORY $1000: In August 2009 Bill Clinton traveled to this country & helped win the release of 2 American journalists North Korea |
#6823, aired 2014-04-23 | TOUCHDOWNS $1000: In 1989 it was this QB to Jerry R--no, make that John Taylor--to cap a 92-yard drive to win Super Bowl XXIII Joe Montana |
#6813, aired 2014-04-09 | SITTING IN JUDGMENT $400: To win this 92-year-old event means being judged on talent, an answer to an on-stage question & how you look in a swimsuit the Miss America Pageant |
#6809, aired 2014-04-03 | FAIRLY RECENT NEWS $600: When not saving constituents from burning buildings (literally!), this ex-Newark mayor found time to win a Senate seat Cory Booker |
#6806, aired 2014-03-31 | ELEVEN $1200: From the 1950s, it was the first movie to win 11 Oscars Ben-Hur |
#6804, aired 2014-03-27 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES $800: The eyes of this university are upon Mack Brown & have seen him win more than 150 games Texas |
#6804, aired 2014-03-27 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES $1000: Tom Osborne won 255 games at this univ. & 3 elections to Congress from the state (you win 255 games & you'll get elected, too) (University of) Nebraska |
#6798, aired 2014-03-19 | WAIT FOR IT! $1000: The "Art of War" by this man says, "He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared" Sun Tzu |
#6794, aired 2014-03-13 | FORD $800: Buy less & save more was part of Ford's "WIN" program, "whip" this "now" inflation |
#6786, aired 2014-03-03 | DOT COM $800: The first online-only show to win a Golden Globe was "House of Cards" from this dot com Netflix |
#6782, aired 2014-02-25 | HISTORIC CARS $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a car at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.) On a fateful day in 1968, this presidential candidate took this Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud to address campaigners at Los Angeles's Ambassador Hotel after his primary win Robert Kennedy |
#6782, aired 2014-02-25 | LADIES WHO LUNGE $200: Here she is, lunging down the course in 2010, on the way to becoming the first American woman to win gold in an Olympic downhill Lindsey Vonn |
#6773, aired 2014-02-12 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew displays a map of the U.S. on the monitor.) In 1952, the term "Solid South" referred to an area controlled by Democrats, even in this man's landslide win--the political map was very different back then Eisenhower |
#6772, aired 2014-02-11 | "S"PORTS TALK $1600: To take a tennis match 6-1, 6-2 is to "win in" these straight sets |
#6769, aired 2014-02-06 | GOLDBERG VARIATIONS $1000: This composer was nominated for 18 Oscars; his only win was for "The Omen" (Jerry) Goldsmith |
#6768, aired 2014-02-05 | IN THE CITY'S NEWSPAPER $1000: Its Star:
"Ball State Freshman Sinks Half-Court Shot to Win Free Tuition" Indianapolis |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | 31 DAYS OF OSCAR $1200: (Ben Mankiewicz reads.) This 1934 classic was the first movie to win Oscars in the 5 major categories, including Best Actor & Actress It Happened One Night |
#6762, aired 2014-01-28 | EMMY M.D.s $400: As Dr. Izzie Stevens on "Grey's Anatomy", she saw dead people along with a 2007 Emmy win (Katherine) Heigl |
#6749, aired 2014-01-09 | RECREATION $400: Let's practice this type of tennis & win Wimbledon like Daniel Nestor & Kristina Mladenovic did in 2013 mixed doubles |
#6749, aired 2014-01-09 | REDUNDANT SOUNDING NAMES $800: He recently tweeted, "At 50 yrs old and the governor of NJ, I'm still trying to win over my mother-in-law" Chris Christie |
#6748, aired 2014-01-08 | IN THE FUNNY PAPERS $800: In 1975 this "Doonesbury" creator became the first comic strip artist to win a Pulitzer Prize (Garry) Trudeau |
#6737, aired 2013-12-24 | ATHLETIC CUPS $1000: You're an ubermensch --actually an uberfrau
if you win the Uber Cup
in this Asian-dominated sport badminton |
#6734, aired 2013-12-19 | THAT MOVIE DID A NUMBER ON ME $1600: In this 1996 movie, Cruella de Vil says, "You beasts!...you've won the battle, but I'm about to win the wardrobe" 101 Dalmatians |
#6730, aired 2013-12-13 | INDIAN FIRSTS $200: The first Miss India to go on to win this title was Sushmita Sen in 1994 Miss Universe |
#6705, aired 2013-11-08 | PANTSLESS TV $400: Richard Hatch outlasted & outnuded his rivals on the island of Pulau Tiga to win the first $1 million prize on this show Survivor |
#6697, aired 2013-10-29 | NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNERS $600: He had "The Right Stuff" to win for his book about Chuck Yeager, Alan Shepard & others Tom Wolfe |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | GET YOUR KICKS $1200: Jon "Bones" Jones, after a win in this sport: "I saw that my toe was upside down. Maybe it's not that serious of an injury" mixed martial arts |
#6669, aired 2013-09-19 | FEMALE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $200: Shirin Ebadi was the first Iranian woman & the first woman of this faith to win the Nobel Peace Prize Islam |
#6661, aired 2013-07-29 | SPORTS STUFF $800: In an interview with Oprah, he finally admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France Lance Armstrong |
#6657, aired 2013-07-23 | REALITY CHECKS $200: Denise Stapley outwitted, outlasted & outplayed others to win $1 million on this show's 25th edition in 2012 Survivor |
#6653, aired 2013-07-17 | AUTHOR-IZED BIOGRAPHIES $200: She learned Chinese from her tutor Mr. Kung & went on to win the 1938 Nobel Prize & be active in civil rights Pearl Buck |
#6653, aired 2013-07-17 | 1813 $2000: The French Imperial Guard marched 90 miles in 3 days to smash some china & win the battle of this German city Dresden |
#6652, aired 2013-07-16 | WHO'S YOUR CADDIE? $600: Tiger Woods' ex-caddie Steve Williams helped this Australian win the 2013 Masters Adam Scott |
#6650, aired 2013-07-12 | HERE'S JOHNNY! $800: Famous nickname of Johnny Manziel, who in 2012 became the first freshman to win the Heisman trophy Johnny Football |
#6645, aired 2013-07-05 | SO VERY "BRITISH" $200: I was inspired to work on my putting after watching Tom Watson win this tournament in 1975 the British Open |
#6639, aired 2013-06-27 | SUMMER FUN $600: "Fun" being a relative term, in 2012 Joey Chestnut downed 68 of these to win a contest held at Coney Island every July 4 hot dogs |
#6638, aired 2013-06-26 | YOU MUST BE PRESIDENT TO WIN $200: In 1906 he became the first sitting president as well as the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize Theodore Roosevelt |
#6638, aired 2013-06-26 | YOU MUST BE PRESIDENT TO WIN $400: In 1946 he attended daughter Margaret's graduation from George Washington University & was awarded an LL.D. Truman |
#6638, aired 2013-06-26 | YOU MUST BE PRESIDENT TO WIN $800: This sitting president received the University of Notre Dame's Laetare medal, given to American Catholics John F. Kennedy |
#6638, aired 2013-06-26 | YOU MUST BE PRESIDENT TO WIN $1000: The prize committee recognized his Fourteen Points peace program when awarding this president a Nobel Peace Prize (Woodrow) Wilson |
#6638, aired 2013-06-26 | YOU MUST BE PRESIDENT TO WIN $1,400 (Daily Double): The International Radio & Television Society gave him its gold medal as "America's most accomplished communicator" Ronald Reagan |
#6626, aired 2013-06-10 | EUROPEAN POETS & POETRY $400: In 1901 French poet Sully Prudhomme became the first to win this literature prize the Nobel Prize |
#6623, aired 2013-06-05 | 1880s AMERICA $1600: 1880 Democratic candidate Winfield Hancock's cluelessness about tariffs helped win this man the White House Garfield |
#6618, aired 2013-05-29 | GYMNASTICS $400: 7 perfect scores helped this Romanian girl win 3 gold medals at the 1976 Olympics Nadia Comaneci |
#6618, aired 2013-05-29 | GYMNASTICS $800: Despite a broken leg, Shun Fujimoto nailed the landing on this final move to help Japan win 1976 Olympic gold the dismount |
#6618, aired 2013-05-29 | GYMNASTICS $1000: At the '84 Olympics she trailed by 0.05 points & needed a perfect vault to win all-around gold; no problem Mary Lou Retton |
#6617, aired 2013-05-28 | KEEPING UP WITH THE ANDERSONS $1600: He was the first baseball manager to win the World Series in both the American & National Leagues Sparky Anderson |
#6613, aired 2013-05-22 | "HOW" $800: "What Everybody Wants" is an apt chapter title in this Dale Carnegie book How to Win Friends & Influence People |
#6606, aired 2013-05-13 | THE 2012 TEAM MVP $400: Infielder Miguel Cabrera; all he did was win the Triple Crown! the Detroit Tigers |
#6601, aired 2013-05-06 | I JUST "ATE" $1200: A big election win means you have this, the authority to carry out your program a mandate |
#6600, aired 2013-05-03 | BRITISH LIT $400: In part for his "virility of ideas", this "Jungle Book" author was the first Brit to win the Nobel Prize for literature Kipling |
#6594, aired 2013-04-25 | LET'S GOLF! $800: Every 2 years, teams from the U.S. & Europe compete to win this cup; 14 1/2 points will take it Ryder Cup |
#6592, aired 2013-04-23 | DAUGHTERS IN MYTHOLOGY $1200: Trying to win her love, Apollo gave this daughter of King Priam the gift of prophecy Cassandra |
#6583, aired 2013-04-10 | GOVERNORS $1600: In 1982 this politician was elected Texas treasurer--the first woman to win a state office in 50 years Ann Richards |
#6565, aired 2013-03-15 | HIGH FANTASY $1,000 (Daily Double): Ned is told "When you play" this, the title of the book, "you win or you die" Game of Thrones |
#6563, aired 2013-03-13 | MOVIEMAKERS $1600: If you're one of these professionals & a cut above, you may win an Eddie Award an editor |
#6553, aired 2013-02-27 | THE BRONZE AGE $1000: The first African American to win a winter Olympic medal was Debi Thomas with a 1988 bronze in this sport figure skating |
#6498, aired 2012-12-12 | SLINGING ARROWS $200: This tribute from District 12 uses a bow & arrow to help her win the Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen |
#6462, aired 2012-10-23 | WHO "R-U"? $1600: In 1960 this sprinter became the first American woman to win 3 track-&-field gold medals in a single Olympics Wilma Rudolph |
#6459, aired 2012-10-18 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WARS $400: This military man with a famous plan bested Albert Schweitzer, among others, to win the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize (George C.) Marshall |
#6454, aired 2012-10-11 | TALKIN' FOOTBALL $400: Robert Griffin III is the first player from this Waco, Texas university to win the Heisman Baylor |
#6446, aired 2012-10-01 | YOU DESERVE A PRIZE $800: In 2012 he & Hal David became the first songwriting duo to win the Lib. of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Burt Bacharach |
#6443, aired 2012-09-26 | IN THE POLITICAL ARENA $1000: In 1988 he became the first Orthodox Jew to win election to the Senate Joe Lieberman |
#6442, aired 2012-09-25 | BILLBOARD'S TOP MONEY MAKERS OF 2011 $200: No. 1 with nearly $36 million was this young blonde country singer who still looks totally shocked after yet another award win (Taylor) Swift |
#6435, aired 2012-08-03 | SPORTS STARS $800: In 2000 they became the only sisters in Olympic history to win gold in women's doubles in tennis Venus & Serena Williams |
#6435, aired 2012-08-03 | THE 21st CENTURY $2000: In 2009 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defeated Mir Hossein Moussavi to win re-election as president of this country Iran |
#6432, aired 2012-07-31 | SUPER BOWL WINNERS $400: Drew Brees wore No. 9 when this team came marching in for a win in Super Bowl XLIV the New Orleans Saints |
#6422, aired 2012-07-17 | THINK FAST! $800: In 2012 she went downhill fast enough to win her fourth overall World Cup title, the most of any American skier (Lindsey) Vonn |
#6417, aired 2012-07-10 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $1200: Sydney's ANZAC war memorial was built to honor the Australian & New Zealand Army Corps, which helped win this war World War I |
#6412, aired 2012-07-03 | WORDS WITH FRIENDS $1000: "If you're wrong, admit it" is a chapter title in this advice book by Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People |
#6411, aired 2012-07-02 | THE QUICK PICK PAPERS $800: Vegas' Silverton is one of the casinos with a "lounge" for this lottery-type game; pick the right numbers & you can win big! keno |
#6409, aired 2012-06-28 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTRESSES $800: For her role in "Monster's Ball", this beauty became the first African-American woman to win the Best Actress Oscar (Halle) Berry |
#6405, aired 2012-06-22 | PLAY THEM OFF $400: He roared back from 4 strokes down & beat Chris DiMarco in a one-hole playoff to win the 2005 Masters Tiger Woods |
#6397, aired 2012-06-12 | GRIME FIGHTERS $400: Finish Powerball tabs won't help you win the lottery; they're for this machine dishwasher |
#6382, aired 2012-05-22 | THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 $400: The tradition of drinking this in victory lane after the race was begun by Louis Meyer after his 3rd win in 1936 milk |
#6380, aired 2012-05-18 | TV GUIDE MOVIE SYNOPSES $800: 2010:
"Docudrama about the Triple Crown-winning race horse" Secretariat |
#6378, aired 2012-05-16 | THE AUDACITY OF HOPE $200: Bob Hope on this man's win in a 1960 primary: "It proves that a millionaire has just as good a chance as anybody else" JFK |
#6373, aired 2012-05-09 | HE'S QUITE THE SPORTSMAN $1000: He takes time out from his work as a Philippine congressman to win a lot of boxing matches Manny Pacquiao |
#6372, aired 2012-05-08 | WASHINGTON YESTERDAY $1600: Sidney Poitier was the first African American to win the Oscar for Best Actor; he was the second Denzel Washington |
#6367, aired 2012-05-01 | "M" TV $200: Guy Fieri hosted this TV competition in which contestants had 60 seconds to perform tasks for cash Minute to Win It |
#6364, aired 2012-04-26 | RUNNING A MARATHON $800: The last American man to win the Olympic marathon was Frank Shorter in 1972 in this city Munich |
#6360, aired 2012-04-20 | THE ACLU $1200: The ACLU helped win a 1933 ruling overturning a ban on the sale of this James Joyce classic in the United States Ulysses |
#6353, aired 2012-04-11 | WHAT'S UP, PIERRE? $2000: Last name of Confederate Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant, whose forces helped win the First Battle of Bull Run General Beauregard |
#6352, aired 2012-04-10 | COACH $200: Barry Switzer guided Oklahoma to 3 national titles & this Troy Aikman team to a Super Bowl win the Cowboys |
#6352, aired 2012-04-10 | COACH $400: They may have tried to win one for the Gipper, but Notre Dame won a lot for this coach, too; he went 105-12-5 Knute Rockne |
#6347, aired 2012-04-03 | STUPID ANSWERS $600: In this classic game from Milton Bradley, you have to connect 4 of your pieces in a row to win Connect Four |
#6338, aired 2012-03-21 | A BLANK EXPRESSION $400: Important trio of possibilities at the races: win, place or ___ show |
#6336, aired 2012-03-19 | JANE GOODALL $400: The male chimpanzee who can intimidate all others & win their submissive pant-grunts is known by this Greek-letter term the alpha (male) |
#6328, aired 2012-03-07 | GAMBLING $400: In blackjack if you're dealt an 8 & 3, you might do this to win twice as much as your original bet double down |
#6327, aired 2012-03-06 | SWEET LI'L FILMS $1200: Paul Giamatti wrestles with life affer taking a teen grappler into his home in this double-talk 2011 film Win Win |
#6325, aired 2012-03-02 | A POSTHUMOUS CATEGORY $1200: For his role in "Network", he became the first person to win an acting Oscar posthumously Finch |
#6323, aired 2012-02-29 | ROBBING PETER $1200: To strive to win a contest to compete |
#6319, aired 2012-02-23 | LESSER-KNOWN WOMEN $800: In 1963 Maria Goeppert Mayer became the only woman besides her to win a Nobel Prize in Physics Marie Curie |
#6313, aired 2012-02-15 | THE EMMY WINNER'S SHOW $800: 1987: Bruce Willis detected a win Moonlighting |
#6312, aired 2012-02-14 | FITNESS $200: For boys to win the top Presidential Physical Fitness award, they have to run this distance in 6:06 a mile |
#6308, aired 2012-02-08 | THE 21st CENTURY $800: In 2010 Alaska's Lisa Murkowski became the first candidate since 1954 to win a Senate seat this way through a write-in campaign |
#6305, aired 2012-02-03 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $600: In 2008 she beat Helio Castroneves by 5.9 seconds to become the first woman to win an Indy car race Danica Patrick |
#6298, aired 2012-01-25 | PRESIDENTIAL RE-ELECTIONS $800: He defeated 2 presidents to win the office originally; in 1916 he beat Charles Evans Hughes to keep his job Wilson |
#6292, aired 2012-01-17 | MUHAMMAD ALI AT 70 $600: Ali first took the heavyweight title with a 1964 upset win over this man Sonny Liston |
#6291, aired 2012-01-16 | TV GUIDE SAYS $400: "Rachel and Finn decide to throw a duet competition to give Sam a better chance to win" Glee |
#6290, aired 2012-01-13 | FLOAT SAM & JET SAM $1000: Capt. Samuel Hood of the Zealous helped Nelson win the 1798 battle of this river, also called the Battle of Aboukir Bay the Nile |
#6289, aired 2012-01-12 | MEDAL OF FREEDOM ATHLETES $600: Only African American to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon Arthur Ashe |
#6283, aired 2012-01-04 | ODDITIES $1000: From 2007 to 2011 the president, V.P. & prime minister all had the same family name in this country of Indochina Vietnam |
#6259, aired 2011-12-01 | DANCE! $1000: This promenade dance, done by couples to win a certain baked item, is also something easy, as in "Winning that game was a..." a cakewalk |
#6252, aired 2011-11-22 | DANCING WITH THE STARS WINNERS $800: In 2011 this Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver scored the win with his fancy moves Hines Ward |
#6252, aired 2011-11-22 | DANCING WITH THE STARS WINNERS $1200: A frontrunner from the beginning, this pussycat strutted her stuff to win Season 10 Nicole Scherzinger |
#6250, aired 2011-11-18 | THE BIGGEST SCHMOOZER $2000: You are so right--if you want people on your side, this 1936 self-help classic from Dale Carnegie is a must-read How to Win Friends & Influence People |
#6241, aired 2011-11-07 | SPORTS NUMBERS $1000: If you win the first point of a tennis game, you have this number as your score 15 |
#6239, aired 2011-11-03 | GROUP COUNTDOWN $400: A foursome is required to play this game where you try to win the rubber bridge |
#6239, aired 2011-11-03 | GROUP COUNTDOWN $800: In interrogation, one officer who acts threatening & another who comes on nicer to win the suspect's trust good cop, bad cop |
#6225, aired 2011-10-14 | THE GREATEST IN SPORTS WITH MIKE & MIKE $1200: (Mike & Mike deliver the clue.) My greatest inspirational moment ever was Lou Gehrig's farewell speech at Yankee Stadium in 1939, talk about class
Yes, very, very classy, but for pure inspiration, I'll take this coach telling his Notre Dame team to "win one for the Gipper" & then rallying to defeat Army in 1928 Knute Rockne |
#6222, aired 2011-10-11 | COLLEGE SPORTS $800: Hitting .361 as a sophomore got him a contract with the Yankees, but he'd win Super Bowls as a Bronco quarterback John Elway |
#6206, aired 2011-09-19 | HISPANIC-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1600: This onetime husband of Rosemary Clooney was the first Hispanic American to win the Oscar for Best Actor José Ferrer |
#6202, aired 2011-07-26 | R.B.s $800: The first African-American to win the Nobel Peace Prize, this man was appointed to the U.N. Palestine Commission in 1947 Ralph Bunche |
#6201, aired 2011-07-25 | PULITZER-WINNING NOVELS $200: The Pulitzer folks found Michael Chabon's "Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &" him amazing enough to win Clay |
#6188, aired 2011-07-06 | MYTHOLOGY $1600: Melanion had to ask for help from this Greek love goddess on how to win Atalanta's hand Aphrodite |
#6178, aired 2011-06-22 | MOTOR SPORTS $800: In 1959 Lee Petty became the first to win the Daytona 500; this son later won the race a record 7 times Richard Petty |
#6178, aired 2011-06-22 | MOTOR SPORTS $1200: (I'm Danica Patrick.) In 2008, on a circuit owned by Honda in this country, I became the first woman to win a major-league open-wheel race Japan |
#6178, aired 2011-06-22 | MOTOR SPORTS $2000: In 2001 & 2002 this Brazilian "danced" his way to Indy 500 wins, the first driver to win the race on his first 2 attempts Helio Castroneves |
#6166, aired 2011-06-06 | 100 YEARS OR OLDER $1200: Eve, a daughter of this pair & the only member of her family not to become a scientist & win a Nobel Prize, died in 2007 at 102 the Curies |
#6162, aired 2011-05-31 | THEODORE ROOSEVELT $1600: In 1906 TR became the first American to win a Nobel Prize: he helped to end this Asian war the Russo-Japanese War |
#6146, aired 2011-05-09 | THE SPORT OF KINGS $400: In this type of wager, you win by selecting the first 3 horses in the exact order of finish in one race the trifecta |
#6146, aired 2011-05-09 | THE SPORT OF KINGS $800: A female horse, age 4 or under; Rags to Riches became the first in 102 years to win the Belmont Stakes in 2007 a filly |
#6137, aired 2011-04-26 | SPORTS-POURRI $400: In 2011 this NFL team became the first to win its division with a losing record the Seattle Seahawks |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | YOU COULD "WIN" $400: Part of a certain Scottish musical instrument, it can also mean one who talks but says nothing important a windbag |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | YOU COULD "WIN" $800: A.A. Milne adapted this children's book for the stage & renamed it "Toad of Toad Hall" The Wind in the Willows |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | YOU COULD "WIN" $1200: As 1 word, it means charming in a childlike way; as 2 words, it's part of a saying meaning life has ups & downs winsome |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | YOU COULD "WIN" $1600: Model 1866 of this rifle helped tame the Wild West a Winchester |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | YOU COULD "WIN" $2000: It's the largest lake entirely within the province of Manitoba Lake Winnipeg |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | LET ME MAKE A PREDICTION $2000: This seer became a celebrity in the 1960s after she predicted that a Democrat would win the White House but die in office (Jeane) Dixon |
#6131, aired 2011-04-18 | CALIFORNIA GOVERNORS $2000: In 1982 George Deukmejian beat this L.A. mayor to win the office Tom Bradley |
#6104, aired 2011-03-10 | THE SENATOR OF MY WORLD $400: In early 2010 Scott Brown defeated Martha Coakley to win the seat held by this man for 47 years Edward Kennedy |
#6097, aired 2011-03-01 | THE REALITY OF TV $200: J.T. outwitted, outplayed & outlasted Stephen & all the rest to win $1 mil. on the Tocantins edition of this show Survivor |
#6097, aired 2011-03-01 | THE REALITY OF TV $400: In 2010 siblings Dan & Jordan hit the finish line in San Francisco to win this CBS show's $1 million prize The Amazing Race |
#6097, aired 2011-03-01 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: The first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize, Gwendolyn Brooks won in this category in 1950 Poetry |
#6096, aired 2011-02-28 | DRAMA CLUB TRYOUTS $800: Win the role of Elphaba in this musical & your friends will be green with envy Wicked |
#6096, aired 2011-02-28 | PLEDGES & OATHS $1,300 (Daily Double): The pledge written for this kids' sporting organization ends, "Win or lose I will always do my best" Little League Baseball |
#6078, aired 2011-02-02 | SPORTS LEGENDS $800: Called "Slammin' Sam", he's the only man to win the same PGA tournament 8 times Snead |
#6077, aired 2011-02-01 | SOMETHING "MORE" $200: In 2007 Florida quarterback Tim Tebow became the first of this college level to win the Heisman Trophy sophomore |
#6051, aired 2010-12-27 | MOVIE NAMES $2000: Josh Duhamel plays the title movie star:
"Win a Date with ____ ____!" Tad Hamilton |
#6050, aired 2010-12-24 | FOOTBALL: 20-10 $200: A 20-10 win in 2001 went in Nebraska's column in its bitter rivalry with this school's Sooners Oklahoma |
#6050, aired 2010-12-24 | FOOTBALL: 20-10 $600: 20-10 was the score when this school's Hawkeyes beat Wisconsin in 2009 for their 11th straight win University of Iowa |
#6050, aired 2010-12-24 | FOOTBALL: 20-10 $1000: Owner Arthur Blank said, "It feels great" as a Jan. 2010 win put this team over .500 for 2 straight years, a first Atlanta Falcons |
#6044, aired 2010-12-16 | X-RATED $800: This 1969 buddy pic was the first X-rated film to win Best Picture Midnight Cowboy |
#6042, aired 2010-12-14 | CELEBRITY BOOKS $400: In a book for kids, he tells "How to Train with a T. Rex and Win 8 Gold Medals" Michael Phelps |
#6009, aired 2010-10-28 | PROPER NAMES $200: Win an Academy Award & you'll go home with this golden guy an Oscar |
#6007, aired 2010-10-26 | EUROPEANA $1200: In 1997 Ferrari bought this other fast car maker founded in Bologna in 1914 Maserati |
#6005, aired 2010-10-22 | THIRD PRIZE $2000: Walter Dix of the U.S. ran a 9.91 to take 3rd in the 100-m. at the Beijing Games; this Jamaican ran 9.69 to win (Usain) Bolt |
#5986, aired 2010-09-27 | FIGHT LIKE A MAN $1200: Nicknamed "Hit Man", he held titles in 4 different weight divisions with 46 KOs in his 60-win career Thomas "The Hit Man" Hearns |
#5970, aired 2010-07-23 | THE LATE NIGHT CROWD $800: Before his late-night gig, he co-hosted "The Man Show" & "Win Ben Stein's Money" Jimmy Kimmel |
#5968, aired 2010-07-21 | WHATEVER $200: It's a flag or banner that tapers to a point on one end & yes, the Cubs will win one again someday a pennant |
#5960, aired 2010-07-09 | SOUNDS LIKE A NEW POKEMON $800: Scimitar could help you win some battles: it's a type of this a sword |
#5957, aired 2010-07-06 | KIDS IN SPORTS $400: Park View of Chula Vista, California beat Taipei 6-3 to win this organization's 2009 World Series the Little League |
#5955, aired 2010-07-02 | WIMBLEDON $1000: In 1985 he became the youngest player, the first unseeded player & the first German to win the men's singles title Boris Becker |
#5942, aired 2010-06-15 | SPORTS STARS' MEMOIRS & BIOS $1000: "Where Men Win Glory" is "The Odyssey of" this man who quit the NFL to enlist in the U.S. Army, with fatal results (Pat) Tillman |
#5942, aired 2010-06-15 | WORD PUZZLES $1600: What you would like to do as a contestant on our show win with ease |
#5931, aired 2010-05-31 | HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS $1000: The 2008 film "The Express" told the story of this 1961 Heisman trophy winner, the first African American to win the award (Ernie) Davis |
#5919, aired 2010-05-13 | THE FINAL FORE $200: In 2004 this "lefty" birdied 5 of the last 7 holes at Augusta to win his first major championship Mickelson |
#5919, aired 2010-05-13 | THE FINAL FORE $400: In the final round at Turnberry in 1977, Tom Watson outdueled Jack Nicklaus to win this major by a stroke the British Open |
#5919, aired 2010-05-13 | THE FINAL FORE $600: In 1999 David Duval shot a record-tying last-round 59 to win this golf-loving comedian's "Classic" tournament Bob Hope |
#5919, aired 2010-05-13 | THE FINAL FORE $800: In 1978 this South African shot a final-round 64 to win the green jacket, & the Masters, by one stroke Gary Player |
#5919, aired 2010-05-13 | THE FINAL FORE $1000: 4 months before his fatal jet crash, this golfer known for his old-time outfits rallied to win the 1999 U.S. Open Payne Stewart |
#5918, aired 2010-05-12 | PALME D'OR WINNERS $1200: In 1993 Holly Hunter's performance helped this woman become the only female director to win the Palme d'Or Jane Campion |
#5914, aired 2010-05-06 | I COULD USE SOME SELF-HELP! $2000: Last name of Dale, who wrote "How to Win Friends and Influence People" Carnegie |
#5911, aired 2010-05-03 | BEFORE & AFTER: SINGERS & PRESIDENTS $1600: Helping win the Mexican War was nothing compared to being CMA Entertainer of the Year as a teenager Zachary Taylor Swift |
#5910, aired 2010-04-30 | GREAT WORK $200: For her work on the management of common property, Elinor Ostrom is the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for this economics |
#5906, aired 2010-04-26 | GOLDEN RETRIEVERS $400: Winning in Seoul & Los Angeles, he was the last American to win gold in the men's 10-meter platform dive (Greg) Louganis |
#5906, aired 2010-04-26 | GOLDEN RETRIEVERS $2000: In 2008 Sue Bird helped the U.S. win its fourth straight Olympic gold medal in this sport basketball |
#5899, aired 2010-04-15 | STAG FILMS $1600: In this film Helen Mirren encounters a fitting stag, an "imperial 14 pointer" The Queen |
#5897, aired 2010-04-13 | SPORTS LEGENDS $1600: This Steelers quarterback was the last player to win back-to-back Super Bowl MVP awards, in 1979 & 1980 Terry Bradshaw |
#5895, aired 2010-04-09 | WINNING WORDS $1200: The items held by the fans seen here indicate they are celebrating this type of decisive win a sweep |
#5895, aired 2010-04-09 | WINNING WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): It means to win; when it precedes "upon", it means to persuade prevail |
#5894, aired 2010-04-08 | REALITY TV $400: In 2009 Danny Cahill dropped 239 lbs. to claim this title & win the show's $250,000 grand prize The Biggest Loser |
#5886, aired 2010-03-29 | DOUBLE TALK $400: It describes a situation in which you & I both benefit; how can you say no? a win-win situation |
#5879, aired 2010-03-18 | WORLD LEADERS $800: In August 2009 former President Clinton helped win the release of 2 journalists after meeting with this N. Korean leader Kim Jong-il |
#5877, aired 2010-03-16 | AMERICAN PRESIDENT: THE SOAP OPERA $1000: The President was dead. He was top dog now. & he had a Nobel Peace Prize to win, & a canal to build in Central America Teddy Roosevelt |
#5868, aired 2010-03-03 | THE AUTHOR TWITTERS $400: Only 25 when "The Naked and the Dead" makes me famous. Feel like I'm gonna win 2 Pulitzers b4 I'm thru (Norman) Mailer |
#5861, aired 2010-02-22 | WORLD WAR I $800: In 1915 the Allies failed by land & by sea to win control of this strait between the Aegean & the Sea of Marmara the Dardanelles |
#5860, aired 2010-02-19 | THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.) "They had no right to win. Yet they did, and in doing so, they changed the course of a war", reads an inscription about this decisive Pacific battle of June 4-7, 1942 Midway |
#5853, aired 2010-02-10 | OSCARS SINCE 2000 $1000: He followed up his 2003 Oscar for "Mystic River" with a best actor win for 2008 Sean Penn |
#5846, aired 2010-02-01 | STREAKING $400: USC football's 34-game win streak from 2003 to 2006 set a record for this conference the PAC 10 |
#5845, aired 2010-01-29 | THE GRAMMYS $200: This singer's win at the 51st Grammys was an emotional moment
"Everybody, thank you all. Thank you." Jennifer Hudson |
#5825, aired 2010-01-01 | RED SOX IT TO ME $400: On April 20, 1912 the first game at this new venue went 11 innings & ended with a Red Sox win Fenway Park |
#5825, aired 2010-01-01 | RED SOX IT TO ME $800: With 44 homers, 121 RBIs & a .326 average, Carl Yastrzemski is the last baseball player to win this the Triple Crown |
#5813, aired 2009-12-16 | REALITY SHOW RUNNERS-UP $1000: Joan Rivers held all the cards, trumping this poker player to win "Celebrity Apprentice" Annie Duke |
#5813, aired 2009-12-16 | COMPOSE YOURSELF $1200: This composer's political satire "Of Thee I Sing" was the first musical comedy to win a Pulitzer Prize George Gershwin |
#5799, aired 2009-11-26 | BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Teddy Roosevelt's policy that promises fairness & a chance to win cash on a game show hosted by Howie Mandel Square Deal or No Deal |
#5789, aired 2009-11-12 | HIGH SCHOOL -- ON FILM $800: Jon Heder played this lovable, unpopular high schooler helping a friend win an election to class president Napoleon Dynamite |
#5772, aired 2009-10-20 | THE COMEBACK KIDS $400: As a child star, she lost the Oscar for "Taxi Driver", but came back as an adult to win for "The Accused" Jodie Foster |
#5768, aired 2009-10-14 | SPORTS SHORTS 2009 $800: They knocked over the Cards' house to win a record sixth Super Bowl the Steelers |
#5766, aired 2009-10-12 | OH MICKEY, YOU'RE SO FINE $200: He hit .365 with 34 HRs & 94 RBIs in 1957 but the Yanks wanted to cut his pay; he didn't win the Triple Crown like he had in '56 Mickey Mantle |
#5765, aired 2009-10-09 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPORTS FIRSTS $400: In 1963 Wendell Scott became the first African American to win a stock car race in this association NASCAR |
#5752, aired 2009-09-22 | THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS $400: Ralph Ellison was the first African American to win the fiction award; "Purple" prose made this woman the second Alice Walker |
#5749, aired 2009-09-17 | PEOPLE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $400: He won in 1995 & 2000, & he'll probably win next year 'cause he's cute as a "Button" Brad Pitt |
#5745, aired 2009-07-24 | TOUGH-POURRI $400: This last Ivy-League school to win this college football bowl game was Columbia University in 1934 the Rose Bowl |
#5744, aired 2009-07-23 | PUGILISM $400: In 1985 this brother of Leon Spinks became the first reigning light-heavyweight champ to win the heavyweight title Michael Spinks |
#5723, aired 2009-06-24 | SPORTS NET $400: Karch Kiraly is the only person to win Olympic gold medals in both the indoor & beach versions of this sport volleyball |
#5711, aired 2009-06-08 | BODIES IN WATER $2,000 (Daily Double): She's the first American woman to win 4 Olympic gold medals in swimming, winning 3 in 1988 & 1 in 1992 Janet Evans |
#5702, aired 2009-05-26 | HISTORICAL MILITARY THERAPY SESSIONS $400: Do you think I sent my forces to win the 1798 Battle of the Pyramids because of my self-named complex? Napoléon |
#5702, aired 2009-05-26 | WHAT A KNOCKOUT! $2000: In 1972 this Panamanian's "Hands of Stone" stopped Ken Buchanan to win the lightweight crown Roberto Duran |
#5700, aired 2009-05-22 | THE SUPER BOWL $1600: The 1980 Raiders were first to win a Super Bowl after making the playoffs as this, a non-division winner a wildcard |
#5700, aired 2009-05-22 | THE SUPER BOWL $2000: In 1988 he became the first African-American quarterback to start & win a Super Bowl Doug Williams |
#5698, aired 2009-05-20 | THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS $800: The Special Olympics oath is "Let me" do this "but if I cannot" do this, "let me be brave in the attempt" win |
#5687, aired 2009-05-05 | LOOK WHAT YOU'VE WON! $2000: For your work in college radio:
One of these awards given for radio excellence since 1941; TV shows win them too, now the Peabodys |
#5686, aired 2009-05-04 | HEISMAN WINNERS $400: Even though his team won the BCS Championship in 2009, this QB didn't win back-to-back Heismans Tim Tebow |
#5681, aired 2009-04-27 | HERTZ SO GOOD $2000: In the 1880s Hertz observed the photoelectric effect, for which this famous man would win a Nobel in 1921 Einstein |
#5660, aired 2009-03-27 | OBSCURE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHORS $1,000 (Daily Double): Like William Inge, Gao Xingjian wrote a play with this transport venue as its title, but his helped win him a Nobel Prize a bus stop |
#5657, aired 2009-03-24 | CHAMPIONS OF TOURNAMENTS $1600: In 2007 16-year-old Ayan Tariq bested 31 others to win $100,000 playing this title ex-coach's football video game (John) Madden |
#5657, aired 2009-03-24 | ADJECTIVES TO USE IN VEGAS $5,000 (Daily Double): From the Latin for "great-souled", it will describe your immense generosity after you win big bucks magnanimous |
#5656, aired 2009-03-23 | MUSICALS BY PLOT $1000: Slave tries to win freedom by helping his master earn the love of a courtesan; when in Rome… A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
#5654, aired 2009-03-19 | HARD STUFF $800: With a 2007 women's water polo title, this California school became the first to win 100 NCAA titles UCLA |
#5651, aired 2009-03-16 | LET'S TALK CHESS, CHAMPS $400: Even with two extra pawns, white can't force a win here, because these pieces can travel only on opposite-colored squares the bishops |
#5651, aired 2009-03-16 | LET'S TALK CHESS, CHAMPS $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a chessboard.) White should have an easy win here, but he blows it by moving his queen to the D6 square, leading to this drawn outcome a stalemate |
#5649, aired 2009-03-12 | STEVE WIN $200: Steve Carell won an MTV Movie Award for playing Andy Stitzer, the title character of this 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin |
#5649, aired 2009-03-12 | STEVE WIN $400: This Steve won a WGA award for his adapted screenplay "Roxanne" Steve Martin |
#5649, aired 2009-03-12 | STEVE WIN $600: This Dodger first baseman won 4 straight gold gloves (1974-1977) Steve Garvey |
#5649, aired 2009-03-12 | STEVE WIN $800: His "Higher Love" won him the 1986 Record of the Year Grammy (Steve) Winwood |
#5649, aired 2009-03-12 | STEVE WIN $1000: 1985 brought a National Medal of Technology to these 2 Steves who co-founded a little company Wozniak & Jobs |
#5648, aired 2009-03-11 | OLYMPIC FACTS $1200: Cathy Freeman was the first athlete of this ethnicity to win individual gold for Australia Aborigine |
#5646, aired 2009-03-09 | AMERICAN FEMALE FIGURE SKATERS $1600: She was the only American to win an Olympic gold medal at the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble Peggy Fleming |
#5643, aired 2009-03-04 | MR. OBAMA GOES TO WASHINGTON $2000: Obama won the White House with 365 electoral votes; he only needed this many to win 270 |
#5642, aired 2009-03-03 | DAY PLANNERS OF THE STARS $1000: March 7, 1946: Win best actress for "Mildred Pierce".
March 8: Rethink position on wire hangers (Joan) Crawford |
#5637, aired 2009-02-24 | AS LISTED IN THE S.I. ALMANAC $800: "Tennis player. First black man to win U.S. Open (1968, as an amateur), Australian Open (1970)" (Arthur) Ashe |
#5617, aired 2009-01-27 | ARNOLD PALMER $200: Arnie's first win as a professional was in 1955 at this PGA event north of the border the Canadian Open |
#5604, aired 2009-01-08 | BUTTON IT! $600: President Ford introduced a new economic program in Oct. 1974 with "win" buttons, standing for "whip" this "now" inflation |
#5603, aired 2009-01-07 | SORE WINNERS $1600: Hobbled by a bad hamstring & bum knee, he homered to win Game 1 of the 1988 World Series & limped around the bases Kirk Gibson |
#5600, aired 2009-01-02 | GUYS & DUDES $1200: Ol' King George must've loved this general's 1781 win at Guilford Courthouse but his 1781 Yorktown loss... not so much Cornwallis |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | THE JOY OF TEXT $1200: Pick up one of the most famous self-help books of all time, Dale Carnegie's "How To Win Friends And" do this Influence People |
#5594, aired 2008-12-25 | HISTORIC QUOTATIONS $800: Thomas More said if this body part of his could win Henry VIII a castle in France, "it should not fail to go" his head |
#5588, aired 2008-12-17 | MEET YOU IN THE MIDDLE $600: No-win
____
comedy situation |
#5572, aired 2008-11-25 | QUOTATIONS $800: When this Carthaginian left the foe recover, a friend said, "You know how to win a victory...but not how to use it" Hannibal |
#5568, aired 2008-11-19 | AMERICAN NOVELISTS $1000: In 1930 this "Main Street" author became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature Sinclair Lewis |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | GOSSIP GIRLS $800: Maybe rumors of a split with beau Brian Austin Green helped this "Transformers" gal win an FHM poll in 2008 Megan Fox |
#5562, aired 2008-11-11 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $1600: In 2008 she revved up to become the first woman to win an IndyCar race, the Indy Japan 300 Danica Patrick |
#5535, aired 2008-10-03 | THAR HE BLOWS! $1200: In 1997 this trumpeter became the first jazz composer to win a Pulitzer in music; Branford must've been proud Wynton Marsalis |
#5529, aired 2008-09-25 | IN THE VALLEY OF ELI $600: With 35 seconds left in the game, he threw a TD pass to Plaxico Burress to win Super Bowl XLII for the Giants Eli Manning |
#5527, aired 2008-09-23 | 5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN $800: In 1976 Judy Rankin became the first woman to win more than $100,000 in a year playing this pro sport golf |
#5526, aired 2008-09-22 | ANIMALS IN ITALIAN $800: If you want to win on "Jeopardy!", don't be as quiet as a topo, one of these a mouse |
#5523, aired 2008-09-17 | LITERARY VILLAINS' PERSONAL ADS $400: Are you Tolkien to me? I'm the "eye" in your sky! But you have to give me & my Black Riders a ring to win my love! Sauron |
#5521, aired 2008-09-15 | SPORTS $800: In 2008 this horse failed to win the Triple Crown when he finished last in the Belmont Stakes Big Brown |
#5505, aired 2008-07-11 | MINDBLOWERS $600: "Hemp for victory" was a U.S. government slogan to urge farmers to help win this war World War II |
#5497, aired 2008-07-01 | GAMBLING $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands at a craps table.) For my first roll in a round of craps, I'm hoping to roll either of these 2 numbers & win right away 7 & 11 |
#5497, aired 2008-07-01 | GAMBLING $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew tries her hand at roulette.) In Las Vegas, the payout on a single number in roulette is this to 1, so on a 25-dollar bet, I'd win 875 dollars 35-to-1 |
#5491, aired 2008-06-23 | SPORTS STUFF $800: Bill Simmons' "Now I Can Die in Peace" chronicles this team's 2004 World Series win, its first since 1918 the Red Sox |
#5488, aired 2008-06-18 | TENNIS $200: This American woman was the first to win 20 Wimbledon titles Billie Jean King |
#5477, aired 2008-06-03 | REVIVALS $1600: This 1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein show came "around" again to win the first Tony for Best Musical Revival, in 1994 Carousel |
#5468, aired 2008-05-21 | THEY'RE SO ATHLETIC! $800: David Tyree's hands were soft as a helmet when he made an amazing catch to help this team win Super Bowl XLII the New York Giants |
#5468, aired 2008-05-21 | THEY'RE SO ATHLETIC! $2000: In 2007 he was a greater Gator, becoming this first player to win the Heisman Trophy as a sophomore Tim Tebow |
#5462, aired 2008-05-13 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL GEOGRAPHY $800: The 2008 BCS Championship Game was a big & easy win for the State University of this state Louisiana |
#5459, aired 2008-05-08 | GET YOUR "B.A." $400: If you win the tournament, yours will have $100,000 more in it a bank account |
#5451, aired 2008-04-28 | MIDDLE INITIAL J. $1200: In 1977 he became the first driver to win the Indy 500 a fourth time A.J. Foyt |
#5450, aired 2008-04-25 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $400: In 1994 Conchita Martinez became the first woman from this country to win a Wimbledon singles title Spain |
#5450, aired 2008-04-25 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $800: In the 1998 Winter Olympics, she became the youngest ever to win the women's figure skating gold metal Tara Lipinski |
#5445, aired 2008-04-18 | THE NFL $400: After finishing the 2005 season with a 3-13 record, this team bounced back in 2006 to win the NFC South the New Orleans Saints |
#5438, aired 2008-04-09 | QUOTATIONS $200: In 1952, after being relieved of command in Korea, he said, "It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it" (Douglas) MacArthur |
#5424, aired 2008-03-20 | MILKING COWS $1000: A movie heartthrob turns out to be a natural at milking cows in the 2003 film called "Win a Date with" him Tad Hamilton |
#5421, aired 2008-03-17 | MY DEAR WATSON $1000: English scholar Thomas Watson is best known today for his 1581 translation of "Antigone" by this Ancient Greek Sophocles |
#5410, aired 2008-02-29 | RATED "R" $200: It's a form of a lottery in which people buy a chance to win a prize a raffle |
#5400, aired 2008-02-15 | AWARDS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 2007 Doris Lessing became only the 11th woman to win this--Pearl Buck won in 1938 the Nobel Prize in Literature |
#5387, aired 2008-01-29 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $800: Last name of the brothers whose "Of Thee I Sing" was the first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize Gershwin |
#5387, aired 2008-01-29 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $6,400 (Daily Double): This man who helped win ratification of the Constitution by Maryland gave his name to a famous fort (James) McHenry |
#5377, aired 2008-01-15 | GAME SHOW BIZ $1600: It was the Burt Reynolds & Bert Convy game show similar to the board game Pictionary Win, Lose or Draw |
#5363, aired 2007-12-26 | GAMES PEOPLE PLAY $400: In 2007 he became the first man since Bill Tilden to win the U.S. Open 4 years in a row (Roger) Federer |
#5360, aired 2007-12-21 | OLD MOVIE QUOTES $800: 1960:
"Death is the only freedom a slave knows. That's why he's not afraid of it. That's why we'll win" Spartacus |
#5356, aired 2007-12-17 | GIRLY MOVIES $400: It's the only Hitchcock movie ever to win an Oscar for Best Picture Rebecca |
#5352, aired 2007-12-11 | 1987 $400: Pat Cash beat this Czech-born tennis great to win the Wimbledon singles title (Ivan) Lendl |
#5344, aired 2007-11-29 | YOU'RE GOING TO WIN A PULITZER! $400: Julia Keller won in 2005 for her reporting on a 10-second event: the destruction of Utica, Illinois by this tornado |
#5344, aired 2007-11-29 | YOU'RE GOING TO WIN A PULITZER! $800: In 2007 "Counter Intelligence" columnist Jonathan Gold became the first critic of these to win a Pulitzer restaurants |
#5344, aired 2007-11-29 | YOU'RE GOING TO WIN A PULITZER! $1,000 (Daily Double): Russell Jones won for his reporting about Soviet repression from this capital in 1956 Budapest |
#5344, aired 2007-11-29 | YOU'RE GOING TO WIN A PULITZER! $1200: This paper won in 1993 for public service for coverage of Hurricane Andrew & its aftermath The Miami Herald |
#5344, aired 2007-11-29 | YOU'RE GOING TO WIN A PULITZER! $1600: The first 2 Pulitzers for writing these, to the N.Y. Tribune & Louisville Courier Journal, didn't name the authors editorials |
#5343, aired 2007-11-28 | POTENT QUOTABLES $200: "Some time, Rock, when... the breaks are beating the boys--tell them to go in there with all they've got & win... one for" him the Gipper |
#5343, aired 2007-11-28 | AN AUGUSTA PERSONALITY $200: In 2005 he was 7 strokes down after round 1, but a miraculous 30-foot chip on 16 helped him win a 4th green jacket Tiger Woods |
#5343, aired 2007-11-28 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS $200: Cecil Bodker is the only Dane to win the coveted 51-year-old award named for this countryman Hans Christian Andersen |
#5343, aired 2007-11-28 | AN AUGUSTA PERSONALITY $400: In 1964 he led an "army" on his way to his fourth & final Masters win Arnold Palmer |
#5343, aired 2007-11-28 | "MAC" OR "P.C." $800: This Italian writer's major works were a vain attempt to win back favor of the Medicis Machiavelli |
#5338, aired 2007-11-21 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $400: Ben Stiller tries desperately to win the love of Cameron Diaz, the British nanny of the Banks children There's Something About Mary Poppins |
#5332, aired 2007-11-13 | CHILD'S PLAY $0: A Longfellow poem & a Lillian Hellman play about a girls' boarding school share this timely title The Children's Hour |
#5330, aired 2007-11-09 | .ORG $400: This U.S. political party at gp.org had 46 of 179 candidates win office in 2005 the Green Party |
#5322, aired 2007-10-30 | PIECE $400: You have to fill up the piece seen here to win this game invented in 1979 Trivial Pursuit |
#5322, aired 2007-10-30 | SPORTS QUOTES $1000: This 1950s Yankee mgr. said of a pitcher, "He don't smoke, he don't drink, he don't chase women & he don't win" (Casey) Stengel |
#5310, aired 2007-10-12 | GOOD SPORTS $2000: In 1997 this QB led the Packers to a 35-21 Super Bowl win vs. the Patriots; as of 2007, he was still their QB Brett Favre |
#5308, aired 2007-10-10 | 21st CENTURY HISTORY $200: In 2001 she became the first first lady to win elective office, becoming a senator from N.Y. Hillary Clinton |
#5307, aired 2007-10-09 | THE SUMMER OLYMPICS $200: You might have to get as high as 20 feet off the ground to win a medal in this "vaulting" Olympic event the pole vault |
#5299, aired 2007-09-27 | IT'S 1999 $800: He had a good year in 1999: he beat cancer & beat all the other riders to win his first Tour de France Lance Armstrong |
#5287, aired 2007-09-11 | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES $1000: This Carroll Shelby design "snaked" along as the only American car to win the FIA Grand Touring Championship the Cobra |
#5264, aired 2007-06-28 | FEELING "BLUE"? $200: Take your gooseberry jam to the Iowa State Fair & win this top prize, like Dawn Shaw did in 2005 blue ribbon |
#5260, aired 2007-06-22 | JACK NICHOLSON $2000: Singing "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" to a dog helped Jack win an Oscar for this 1997 film As Good As It Gets |
#5252, aired 2007-06-12 | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOOTBALL $400: On Dec. 13, 1997 Michigan CB Charles Woodson became the first primarily defensive player to win this award the Heisman Trophy |
#5241, aired 2007-05-28 | CHESS NUTS $800: The 2 main "mates" that end a chess game; one's a win, the other a draw checkmate & stalemate |
#5237, aired 2007-05-22 | TONY AWARD WINNERS $2000: This "Sex and the City" co-star climbed into a "Rabbit Hole" to win the 2006 Tony for Best Leading Actress in a Play Cynthia Nixon |
#5233, aired 2007-05-16 | 2006 NEWS $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew indicates the monitor.) The Democrats gained 6 of these, including a win in Massachusetts by Deval Patrick, the second African-American ever elected to one the gubernatorial seat |
#5229, aired 2007-05-10 | COLLEGE MOVIES $1000: A street dancer is courted by 2 frats that need his skills to win the national step show competition in this 2007 film Stomp the Yard |
#5220, aired 2007-04-27 | ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? $400: In 2007 this Colts leader became the first African-American head coach to win a Super Bowl Tony Dungy |
#5220, aired 2007-04-27 | ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? $1000: This legendary coach once said, "Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is" Vince Lombardi |
#5219, aired 2007-04-26 | THE WIZARD OF ODDS $1600: The odds to win this lottery game played in 29 states are 1 in 146 million but in 2006, an Iowa couple won $200.8 mil. that way Powerball |
#5206, aired 2007-04-09 | M*A*S*H $800: Harry Morgan earned 8 Emmy nominations as this Colonel, scoring a win in 1980 Colonel Potter |
#5203, aired 2007-04-04 | SPORTS ILLUSTRATED ALMANAC LISTINGS $800: "First black man to win... Australian Open... and Wimbledon singles titles" Arthur Ashe |
#5201, aired 2007-04-02 | SPORTS 2006 $800: At the Winter Olympics, the Canadian women outscored their opposition 46-2 to win gold in this team sport hockey |
#5198, aired 2007-03-28 | ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS $200: He became the first African American to win Best Song when his "Theme From Shaft" won the 1971 Oscar Isaac Hayes |
#5192, aired 2007-03-20 | POET-POURRI $2000: In 1990 this "peaceful" poet became the first Mexican to win the Nobel Prize for literature (Octavio) Paz |
#5191, aired 2007-03-19 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $400: One of the two African Americans to win the prize, one in 1950, the other in 1964 Martin Luther King, Jr. (& Ralph Bunche) |
#5190, aired 2007-03-16 | JEOPARDY! IN POP CULTURE $2000: To win enough money to "try to take over the world", one of this WB animated pair went on the show "Gyp-parody" Pinky & The Brain |
#5177, aired 2007-02-27 | POLITICAL SCIENCE $400: Anthony Downs' theory of these groups has them habitually moving toward the middle to win elections political parties |
#5162, aired 2007-02-06 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS $800: In February 2005 this QB led the Patriots to their third Super Bowl win in 4 years, defeating the Eagles (Tom) Brady |
#5162, aired 2007-02-06 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS $1200: This driver seen here is the only man to twice win three of NASCAR's top 5 races in one year Jeff Gordon |
#5162, aired 2007-02-06 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS $1600: This Swiss mister is the first man to win both Wimbledon & the U.S. Open 3 straight times (Roger) Federer |
#5152, aired 2007-01-23 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "G" $400: In 2003 Funny Cide became the first one of these altered horses in 74 years to win the Kentucky Derby a gelding |
#5143, aired 2007-01-10 | SPORTS BARRIERS $400: In May 1915 Regret became the first filly to win this horse race; only 2 fillies have won since the Kentucky Derby |
#5141, aired 2007-01-08 | WRESTLING $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew grapples with another clue from the University of Iowa.) To get one of these--& win the match--the shoulders have to be pinned to the mat for 1 second--2 seconds in high school a fall |
#5138, aired 2007-01-03 | JOE BUCK CALLS HISTORY $800: It's July 3, 1863 & what a great day for a battle; Gen. Pickett's confident but this borough is a tough win on the road Gettysburg |
#5136, aired 2007-01-01 | MOVIE PEOPLE $2000: Alfred Uhry is the only person to win an Oscar for an adaptation of his own Pulitzer Prize-winning play--this one Driving Miss Daisy |
#5125, aired 2006-12-15 | THE FALL $1200: In 1981 John McEnroe found resistance wasn't futile & snapped this Swede's 5-year Wimbledon win streak Bjorn Borg |
#5122, aired 2006-12-12 | ASIAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $800: The first Asian to win an acting Oscar was Haing Ngor, Best Supporting Actor for this 1984 film The Killing Fields |
#5122, aired 2006-12-12 | COLLEGE SPORTS $800: Chad Fox is one of only 2 men to win any NCAA gymnastics event 4 straight years; his specialty was this "leaping" one the vault |
#5119, aired 2006-12-07 | THE FAST $1600: Averaging 135.173 MPH, this man, driver of the 24 car, sped off with the win at the 2005 Daytona 500 Jeff Gordon |
#5118, aired 2006-12-06 | 12-LETTER WORDS $1600: In the 2000 Summer Olympics, the USA's Megan Quann swam the 100m in this event in 1:07.05 to win gold the breaststroke |
#5112, aired 2006-11-28 | LEGENDS OF SPORT $400: In 1968, while still in the army, this future hall of fame tennis player became the first black male to win the U.S. Open (Arthur) Ashe |
#5104, aired 2006-11-16 | METS, GIANTS, RANGERS & KNICKS $400: In 2006 this ex-Yankee managed the Mets to their first division win since 1988 Willie Randolph |
#5099, aired 2006-11-09 | SPORTS $1600: If you serve in tennis & win the first point, you traditionally call out the score as 15- this love |
#5097, aired 2006-11-07 | WE'RE HERE TO "WIN" $200: TV's Dr. Phil got his first big exposure on her show Oprah Winfrey |
#5097, aired 2006-11-07 | WE'RE HERE TO "WIN" $400: If you're playing Florizel, you're in this late Shakespeare play The Winter's Tale |
#5097, aired 2006-11-07 | WE'RE HERE TO "WIN" $600: City that's home to the Blue Bombers of the CFL Winnipeg |
#5097, aired 2006-11-07 | WE'RE HERE TO "WIN" $800: Castle community that the Queen calls home Windsor |
#5097, aired 2006-11-07 | WE'RE HERE TO "WIN" $1000: To use air to remove chaff from wheat to winnow |
#5095, aired 2006-11-03 | GIMME AN "H" $2,000 (Daily Double): He was the last major party pres. candidate to win his party's nod without winning the most votes in the primaries Hubert Humphrey |
#5080, aired 2006-10-13 | SPORTS STARS $2000: In 1979 Kurt Thomas became the first gymnast to win this trophy as the USA's best amateur athlete the Sullivan Award |
#5069, aired 2006-09-28 | ALBUMS $1600: In 1995 Alanis Morissette became one of the youngest to win a Grammy when this was named album of the year Jagged Little Pill |
#5068, aired 2006-09-27 | CIVIL WAR TIMES $1000: His "charge" was the Confederacy's last chance effort to win the Battle of Gettysburg--didn't work Pickett |
#5056, aired 2006-09-11 | NAME THE NFL COACHING LEGEND $400: He was the first coach to win an NCAA football championship & a Super Bowl Jimmy Johnson |
#5053, aired 2006-07-26 | MAKE $$$ IN YOUR SPARE TIME! $200: Get hit in a "sensitive area", preferably by a toddler; send the tape to this Tom Bergeron show to win $100,000 America's Funniest Home Videos |
#5052, aired 2006-07-25 | TURN ME LEWIS $600: He was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature Sinclair Lewis |
#5048, aired 2006-07-19 | A GAME OF DARTS $600: (Jon of the Clue Crew tosses a dart at the dartboard.) I'm playing a standard game of 501; with a remaining score of 12 & 1 dart left, I have to hit double this number to win 6 |
#5045, aired 2006-07-14 | THE NEW YORK TIMES PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS $1000: Wonder if he mentioned his 1979 win for his "Observer" column in his memoir "Growing Up"? Russell Baker |
#5042, aired 2006-07-11 | FEMALE FIRSTS $600: In 1944 Lt. Cordelia Cook became the first woman to win both the Bronze Star & this award for her war wounds the Purple Heart |
#5041, aired 2006-07-10 | HOME RUN SLUGGERS $1200: This Cub was the only man to hit more than 60 home runs in a season & not win a league title; it happened 3 times (Sammy) Sosa |
#5031, aired 2006-06-26 | WE'RE NO ANGELS $1000: A Wake Forest win in its 1923 football season led a writer to term the team this 2-word name due to "devilish" play the Demon Deacons |
#5024, aired 2006-06-15 | DEFENDER $1,000 (Daily Double): The strategies of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding helped win this crucial mid-1940 "Battle" the Battle of Britain |
#5014, aired 2006-06-01 | BINGO $800: On a standard bingo card, the minimum number of called numbers needed to win when a "free space" is included 4 |
#5012, aired 2006-05-30 | EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER $200: First to win golf's Masters tourney 4 times Arnold Palmer |
#5011, aired 2006-05-29 | GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT $600: Byron Nelson won the PGA championship in 1945; this Nelson helped win the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1797 Admiral Nelson |
#5009, aired 2006-05-25 | THE EMMYS $800: No psychic in real life, she was "99% certain" she wouldn't win an Emmy for "Medium" in 2005--but she did (Patricia) Arquette |
#5007, aired 2006-05-23 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIES $800: "You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I'll guarantee you'll win" Patch Adams |
#5004, aired 2006-05-18 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BIOS $1200: Still on a high from a 1933 win for a bio of this 22nd & 24th Pres., Allan Nevins won again in 1937 with "Hamilton Fish" (Grover) Cleveland |
#5000, aired 2006-05-12 | ROD SERLING'S TWILIGHT ZONE $1600: Later to win an Oscar as Bela Lugosi, he played a man trying to defect to the West in 1964's "The Jeopardy Room" (Martin) Landau |
#4997, aired 2006-05-09 | ACTION FIGURES $200: Paddy Doyle's fitness records include throwing 470 of these in 1 minute--that should win the round punches |
#4991, aired 2006-05-01 | YOU'RE PLAYING GAMES WITH ME, ALEX $400: Whist, bridge & Euchre are in the family of card games in which you win by capturing rounds called these tricks |
#4985, aired 2006-04-21 | THE SECOND... $400: ...franchise to win the Super Bowl New York Jets |
#4980, aired 2006-04-14 | GOVERNORS OF CALIFORNIA $400: Nicknamed "Pat", he defeated Richard Nixon in 1962 to win reelection Pat Brown |
#4976, aired 2006-04-10 | KICK THE CANNES $400: In 2004 he became the first to win the Palme d'Or for a documentary since Jacques Cousteau in 1956 Michael Moore |
#4975, aired 2006-04-07 | BASEBALL MANAGERS $800: Born Cornelius McGillicuddy, he's the only manager in history to win more than 3,000 games--3,776, to be precise Connie Mack |
#4974, aired 2006-04-06 | GEOGRAPHIC HORSE RACE $400: & they're off... "Holy Roller" from this 109-acre country breaks fast & its 921 residents pray for a win Vatican City |
#4972, aired 2006-04-04 | WHO'S CRYING NOW? $1000: This head coach shed a few public tears as he led the Rams to a Super Bowl win in 2000 Dick Vermeil |
#4971, aired 2006-04-03 | THAT'S SHOW BIZ $2000: No flipping; this 2004 host of the Emmys said he once accepted an award with "It's an honor just to win" Garry Shandling |
#4967, aired 2006-03-28 | CHEMISTRY $1600: To separate 2 liquids mixed together, use this device that helped Theodor Svedberg win a 1926 Nobel prize a centrifuge |
#4959, aired 2006-03-16 | DON QUIZ-OTE $1600: In 1938 he became the first player to win tennis' Grand Slam Don Budge |
#4956, aired 2006-03-13 | EVERY TIM, DIRK OR GARY $200: This South African is one of the few golfers to win all 4 major titles at least once Gary Player |
#4953, aired 2006-03-08 | WORD PUZZLES $800: What you'll need to be to win ready for anything |
#4936, aired 2006-02-13 | TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY $1000: In 1921 Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Fiction prize named for this news publisher Pulitzer |
#4925, aired 2006-01-27 | NIKE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Nike campus. Oregon.) In 1996 wearing his golden shoes, he became the first man to win the 200 & 400 meters at the same Olympics; today, he's immortalized at Nike's track Michael Johnson |
#4919, aired 2006-01-19 | COLLEGE ATHLETICS $400: In 1957 Wilt Chamberlain was MVP of the Final Four though his team, this Jayhawk school, didn't win the title University of Kansas |
#4918, aired 2006-01-18 | A PHILIPPINES TIMELINE $1000: 2004:
She narrowly defeats film star Fernando Poe to win reelection to the presidency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
#4917, aired 2006-01-17 | HOOP STARS $400: In the 1980s this Boston Celtics forward became only the third NBA player to win 3 straight MVP awards Larry Bird |
#4915, aired 2006-01-13 | SPORTS PAGE CLICHÉS $2000: Told, "There is no 'I' in 'team", Michael Jordan supposedly responded that there is one in this 3-letter word win |
#4907, aired 2006-01-03 | THE MUSICAL QUESTION $1600: The Bee Gees also asked, "How can a loser ever win?" in this 1971 song about fixing a serious medical problem "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" |
#4904, aired 2005-12-29 | PREMIERE $1000: Later to win multiple Oscars, this film premiered in November 1982 in New Delhi Gandhi |
#4903, aired 2005-12-28 | ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS $600: In 2003 this "Monk" star became the first actor to win an Emmy for a USA Network original show Tony Shalhoub |
#4880, aired 2005-11-25 | FOUR! $600: The only athlete to win 4 straight Olympic gold medals in the long jump (Carl) Lewis |
#4869, aired 2005-11-10 | SUPREME COURT REJECTS $800: When John Jay quit, John Rutledge failed to win confirmation as Chief Justice for this president George Washington |
#4864, aired 2005-11-03 | MILITARY MATTERS $1200: Aiding the English win at Crecy were people collecting these off the battlefield for reuse after each French retreat arrows |
#4862, aired 2005-11-01 | A "WIN" WIN SITUATION $200: Slang for your trachea windpipe |
#4862, aired 2005-11-01 | A "WIN" WIN SITUATION $400: A plant also called checkerberry, or the oil made from it wintergreen |
#4862, aired 2005-11-01 | A "WIN" WIN SITUATION $600: A pilot who flies in position behind & to the side of the formation leader wingman |
#4862, aired 2005-11-01 | A "WIN" WIN SITUATION $800: The poem "Invictus" says, "In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not" done this "nor cried aloud" winced |
#4862, aired 2005-11-01 | A "WIN" WIN SITUATION $1000: Chicago suburb on the shores of Lake Michigan Winnetka |
#4859, aired 2005-10-27 | TV CARTOON POOCHES $1200: In 1960 this Hanna-Barbera canine's show became the first cartoon series to win an Emmy Huckleberry Hound |
#4858, aired 2005-10-26 | TENNIS, ANYONE? $400: In 1999 she won the U.S. Open, becoming the first African-American woman since 1958 to win a Grand Slam singles title Serena Williams |
#4857, aired 2005-10-25 | AMERICAN WOMEN $1600: Gwendolyn Brooks, the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize, won for this category in 1950 Poetry |
#4856, aired 2005-10-24 | BASEBALL HISTORY $600: Yankee shortstop Bucky Dent helped win the 1978 pennant for the Yankees with a playoff home run at this park Fenway Park |
#4853, aired 2005-10-19 | THEIR FIRST FEATURE FILMS $600: Falling off a chair at her audition helped her win the role of the klutzy princess in "The Princess Diaries" (Anne) Hathaway |
#4834, aired 2005-09-22 | THE PENTAGON $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew introduces us to a bust in the Pentagon.) This alcove is dedicated to this man, the first & only career soldier to win a Nobel Peace Prize (George) Marshall |
#4833, aired 2005-09-21 | "K" RATIONS $400: In 1891 African-American jockey Isaac Murphy became the first man to win this horse race 3 times the Kentucky Derby |
#4831, aired 2005-09-19 | A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE $600: In 1956 Aussie Murray Rose became the 1st male swimmer to win 2 solo Olympic golds since this man in 1924 (Johnny) Weissmuller |
#4821, aired 2005-07-18 | LADY'S NIGHT $2000: At a 1984 dinner, this "doubting" woman became the 1st woman to win the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Award Helen Thomas |
#4815, aired 2005-07-08 | THE EIGHTH $400: In 1948 Citation became the eighth to win this, & the last for 25 years the Triple Crown |
#4806, aired 2005-06-27 | THIRD PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES $600: This man's third party candidacy in 1912 allowed Woodrow Wilson to win Teddy Roosevelt |
#4795, aired 2005-06-10 | CONTRACT BRIDGE $1600: The 2 main types of bridge are duplicate & the one named for this, awarded to the first team to win 2 games rubber |
#4793, aired 2005-06-08 | JOCKEY SHORTS $1600: In 1993 Julie Krone became the first female jockey to win a triple crown event, this third leg the Belmont Stakes |
#4782, aired 2005-05-24 | APPROPRIATE NAMES $800: "That is my real last name", says this man who came from obscurity to win the 2003 World Series of Poker (Chris) Moneymaker |
#4735, aired 2005-03-18 | A ULYSSES S. GRANT QUICKIE $800: The newspaper publisher he defeated in 1872 to win his second term Horace Greeley |
#4728, aired 2005-03-09 | GRAMMYS 2005 $1000: 33 years after her last win, she hit the mother lode with awards for Country Album & Best Country Collaboration Loretta Lynn |
#4721, aired 2005-02-28 | OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES $800: "I was so happy to win my second Australian Open doubles title with Martina" Anna Kournikova |
#4714, aired 2005-02-17 | WE'VE GOT DESIGNS ON BROADWAY $200: Costume designers win awards named for Irene Sharaff, who designed Jet & Shark costumes for this 1957 musical West Side Story |
#4708, aired 2005-02-09 | JAPANESE AMERICANS $800: Later to win Olympic gold, she won her first World Figure Skating Championship in 1991 Kristi Yamaguchi |
#4698, aired 2005-01-26 | TEENS AT WORK $400: At 16, Tracy Austin beat Chris Evert to win this tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows U.S. Open |
#4695, aired 2005-01-21 | 2-PART WORDS $400: If you win the lottery, expect long-lost friends & relatives to "come out of" this the woodwork |
#4695, aired 2005-01-21 | KILL BILL: VOL. 1 $1,500 (Daily Double): This former Secy. of State under Wilson died soon after winning a famous 1925 court case William Jennings Bryan |
#4688, aired 2005-01-12 | NFL $2000: In 1933 the first NFL championship tilt saw this team win 23-21 on a 4th quarter pass by Bronko Nagurski the Chicago Bears |
#4676, aired 2004-12-27 | TITLE CHARACTERS $2000: Sort of a Russian Don Juan, this Pushkin character spurns Tatyana's love, only to try to win her back later Eugene Onegin |
#4669, aired 2004-12-16 | "HOW" NOW $800: Dale Carnegie convinced us all with this 1936 work How to Win Friends and Influence People |
#4668, aired 2004-12-15 | BROADWAY $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands on stage with giraffes at the New Amsterdam Theatre.) She was the first woman to win a Tony for best director of a musical when she won in 1998 for "The Lion King" Julie Taymor |
#4665, aired 2004-12-10 | 2 CAN PLAY THAT GAME $800: Edmund Hoyle wrote a 1743 treatise on this board game in which you bear off all your pieces to win backgammon |
#4663, aired 2004-12-08 | '70s NONFICTION $400: A bestseller by Dr. David Reuben gave us this 13-word-long self-help title Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex but Were Afraid to Ask |
#4655, aired 2004-11-26 | AWARDS $1000: In 1965 this U.N. Secretary-General from Asia became the first to win the Nehru Award for Int'l Understanding U Thant |
#4643, aired 2004-11-10 | THEY DO GOOD WORK $200: In 2004 Pitt alumna Wangari Maathai became the first woman from this continent to win the Nobel Peace Prize Africa |
#4642, aired 2004-11-09 | "CAMP" $1600: In 1993 she became the first female director to win the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or (Jane) Campion |
#4637, aired 2004-11-03 | BASEBALL IN THE '60s $1000: In 1967 this Red Sox outfielder became the last Major Leaguer to win hitting's Triple Crown Yastrzemski |
#4632, aired 2004-10-26 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $1000: In 1996, on an injured ankle, she did a final vault that helped the U.S. gymnastics team win the Olympic gold Kerri Strug |
#4624, aired 2004-10-14 | "ICK"Y WORDS $600: Last name of the golfing great who was the first to twice win the British Open, Masters, PGA & U.S. Open (Jack) Nicklaus |
#4623, aired 2004-10-13 | DUMB CRIMINALS $200: A woman altered the numbers on one of these to win $20; dumb move, it was already a $5,000 winner a lottery ticket |
#4623, aired 2004-10-13 | LIVIN' IN THE '80s $1200: In 1984 he threw "The Pass" against the University of Miami to help Boston College win on the final play of the game Doug Flutie |
#4619, aired 2004-10-07 | WHITE HOUSE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Nothing can succeed in this White House office where the president meets with his war council No-Win Situation Room |
#4611, aired 2004-09-27 | MULTIPLE TONY WINNERS $600: Seen here after his 1981 win for "The Pirates of Penzance", he also won for "On the 20th Century" (Kevin) Kline |
#4608, aired 2004-09-22 | THEY'RE ALL WINNERS! $800: (Hi, I'm Gretchen Carlson of the CBS Saturday Early Show.) You could say it was my "crowning" moment when I became the 1st classical violinist to win this national title Miss America |
#4600, aired 2004-09-10 | TOYS & GAMES $200: You win in this game by getting the rope with a sphere attached wrapped completely around the pole tetherball |
#4599, aired 2004-09-09 | JAMES $1600: Richard Wright helped this "Go Tell It On The Mountain" man win a literary fellowship James Baldwin |
#4595, aired 2004-07-23 | OSCARS OF THE '70s $400: No relation to the Lakers' center, she's the youngest ever to win a Supporting Actress Oscar Tatum O'Neal |
#4594, aired 2004-07-22 | NOTABLE WOMEN $400: Bertha von Suttner, the 2nd woman to win one of these, was the 1st woman to win in the Peace category a Nobel Prize |
#4594, aired 2004-07-22 | NOTABLE WOMEN $2000: The last Englishwoman to win Wimbledon's women's singles, she won in 1977 Virginia Wade |
#4592, aired 2004-07-20 | PEOPLE $600: (I am NFL wide receiver and Stanford graduate,
Ed McCaffrey.) The first Stanford player to win the Heisman Trophy was this quarterback who led the Raiders to victory in Super Bowl XV Jim Plunkett |
#4584, aired 2004-07-08 | THEATRE AWARDS $600: Play Dogberry & you may win the St. Clair Bayfield Award for a supporting role in one of this man's plays Shakespeare |
#4572, aired 2004-06-22 | A WOMAN OF THE WORLD $1000: An entirely female unit, the Mariana Grajales Women's Platoon, helped win this country's 1956-58 socialist revolution Cuba |
#4569, aired 2004-06-17 | HOW ABOUT HOWARD $2000: The last wide receiver to win the Heisman Trophy was this University of Michigan player who won in 1991 Desmond Howard |
#4561, aired 2004-06-07 | THE WINTER OLYMPICS $400: 1 of only 2 Americans to win the men's figure skating gold medal since 1960 Scott Hamilton (or Brian Boitano) |
#4561, aired 2004-06-07 | I DID IT! $600: Check it out! In 1972 he became the first American chess player to win the world championship Bobby Fischer |
#4504, aired 2004-03-18 | A BEASTLY CATEGORY $200: This car that launched the 1960s "pony car" craze was the first to win the Tiffany Award for excellence in American design the Mustang |
#4504, aired 2004-03-18 | NEW BEAUTY CONTEST WINNERS $1600: She can win representing the 17th letter of the alphabet, or be a failed stroke in billiards Miss Q/miscue |
#4494, aired 2004-03-04 | WANNA BET? $400: In the '50s, Edward Thorp fed millions of hands of this game into a computer which figured out how to win at it blackjack |
#4474, aired 2004-02-05 | SPORTS STARS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island) His "Days of Grace" include July 5, 1975 when he became the first African-American male to win the Wimbledon singles title Arthur Ashe |
#4470, aired 2004-01-30 | CANADIAN SPORTSMEN $400: In 2003 Mike Weir became the first Canadian golfer to win this major tournament & wear the fabled green jacket the Masters |
#4470, aired 2004-01-30 | CANADIAN SPORTSMEN $2000: In 2003 he became the first Canadian since Ferguson Jenkins 32 years earlier to win the National League Cy Young Award Eric Gagne (of the Los Angeles Dodgers) |
#4467, aired 2004-01-27 | "OUT"s $600: In 1986 it became the only film with a continent in its title to win a Best Picture Oscar Out of Africa |
#4464, aired 2004-01-22 | SPORTS NUMBERS $2000: Minimum number of points you must win to win a set in tennis 24 |
#4462, aired 2004-01-20 | PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH $1000: W is the first candidate since this man in 1888 to win the electoral vote & presidency while losing the popular vote Benjamin Harrison |
#4461, aired 2004-01-19 | A DAY AT THE RACES $200: Betting on the same horse to win, place & show is betting "across" this the board |
#4448, aired 2003-12-31 | GUINNESS RECORDS $200: In 2000 a man ate 25 of these (buns, too) in 12 minutes to win a contest at Nathan's hot dogs |
#4448, aired 2003-12-31 | SPORTS 2003 $400: His girlfriend, Mandy Moore, watched him win tennis' U.S. Open Andy Roddick |
#4441, aired 2003-12-22 | MEN ON SKIS $400: (Video of Sofia in Squaw Valley, California.) In 1960, at Squaw Valley, Jean Vuarnet became the first man to win Olympic gold on skis made of this, not wood metal |
#4437, aired 2003-12-16 | BY THE NUMBERS $400: Number of questions you have to answer correctly to win the top prize on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" 15 |
#4437, aired 2003-12-16 | THE 1920s $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1928 24 couples trying to win $5,000 lasted 482 hours in one of these a dance marathon |
#4437, aired 2003-12-16 | "FOR" YOU $2000: The only instance of a world sports championship won posthumously was when Jochen Rindt won in 1970 for this Formula One Racing |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | THE OLYMPIC GAMES $400: The only men to win 2 gold medals in this multi-event sport were Bob Mathias ('48 & '52) & Daley Thompson ('80 & '84) the decathlon |
#4427, aired 2003-12-02 | FAMOUS VALEDICTORIANS $800: This game show host might have offered the Yale Law class of 1970 a chance to win his Valedictorian speech Ben Stein |
#4427, aired 2003-12-02 | AROUND THE KITCHEN $1600: Kitchen appliance that helped A.D. Hershey win a Nobel Prize; it removed a virus' protein coat from its DNA core a blender |
#4408, aired 2003-11-05 | AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS $400: 1 of the 2 Irishmen to win a Nobel Prize for Literature in the 1920s (1 of) William Butler Yeats or George Bernard Shaw |
#4408, aired 2003-11-05 | AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS $2000: Since 1949, 1 of the 3 Roberts to win the Bollingen Prize in Poetry from Yale Robert Frost (Robert Penn Warren or Robert Creeley) |
#4397, aired 2003-10-21 | THE 1930s $2000: In October 1936 Literary Digest took a poll & declared that this Kansan would win the presidency in a landslide Alf Landon |
#4395, aired 2003-10-17 | MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS $400: For a 2003 win, she locked lips with an upside-down Tobey Maguire in "Spider-Man" Kirsten Dunst |
#4390, aired 2003-10-10 | REEL LIFE QUOTES $400: 1977:
"I suggest a new strategy, R2: let the Wookie win" Star Wars |
#4386, aired 2003-10-06 | NEW CELEBRITY CONTESTANTS $800: This man of steel is trying to win cash for his New York City concert hall. Welcome... Andrew Carnegie |
#4386, aired 2003-10-06 | NEW CELEBRITY CONTESTANTS $1200: He claims he knows nothing, but he's got a method to help him win. From Greece, it's... Socrates |
#4373, aired 2003-09-17 | MOVIE COMEDIES $1000: In this 1979 comedy Bill Murray says, "It just doesn't matter if we win or if we lose. It just doesn't matter" Meatballs |
#4364, aired 2003-07-17 | THE AMERICAN LEAGUE $800: This charter member of the American League won the World Series 5 times between 1903 & 1918 Boston Red Sox |
#4359, aired 2003-07-10 | MR. JOHNSON $2000: Winning the silver medal in the decathlon in 1956, he came back to win the gold in 1960 Rafer Johnson |
#4351, aired 2003-06-30 | ANYTHING GOES $1600: In 1962 he became the first Australian to win the Grand Slam of tennis; he won it again in 1969 Rod Laver |
#4346, aired 2003-06-23 | HISTORIC WOMEN $2,500 (Daily Double): In 1909 Sweden's Selma Lagerlof became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in this category Literature |
#4344, aired 2003-06-19 | FOOTBALL $400: In the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, this team defeated Miami in double overtime, 31-24, to win the college championship Ohio State University |
#4340, aired 2003-06-13 | LEGENDS OF THE GAMES $800: The youngest man to win a men's singles title at Wimbledon was this German in 1985 Boris Becker |
#4335, aired 2003-06-06 | PLAYWRIGHTS $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City) This creator of "Rent" died the night of its final dress rehearsal, never knowing he would win the Pulitzer Prize Jonathan Larson |
#4327, aired 2003-05-27 | DOUBLIN' $400: Mary Campbell is the only person to win this title twice, in 1922 & 1923 in Atlantic City Miss America |
#4327, aired 2003-05-27 | DOUBLIN' $800: Who knew? Ne Win deposed U Nu in a coup & did 2 stints as the leader of this Asian country Myanmar (Burma) |
#4326, aired 2003-05-26 | ROCKIN' SUBTITLES $1600: Fleetwood Mac:
("Will You Ever Win") "Rhiannon" |
#4319, aired 2003-05-15 | THE OLYMPIC GAMES $200: In 1998 at age 15 she became the youngest person ever to win a gold medal for ladies' figure skating Tara Lipinski |
#4319, aired 2003-05-15 | THE OLYMPIC GAMES $1000: In 1968 this Frenchman became only the second man in history to win 3 skiing events in the same Olympics Jean-Claude Killy |
#4316, aired 2003-05-12 | THE CHINESE ZODIAC $1000: As 2004 will be the year of this, maybe the Angels will rally & win the Series again monkey |
#4315, aired 2003-05-09 | DISCOVERIES & INVENTIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Robert Watson-Watt's development of this use for radio waves in 1935 helped win the Battle of Britain radar |
#4306, aired 2003-04-28 | OSCAR NIGHT 2003 $1600: For "Talk to Her", he became the first man in over 30 years to win with a screenplay in a foreign language Pedro Almodovar |
#4302, aired 2003-04-22 | GOOD SPORTS $1,600 (Daily Double): Alexander Popov was the first man to win Olympic swimming's 100-meter freestyle twice since this man in the 1920s Johnny Weissmuller |
#4302, aired 2003-04-22 | GOOD SPORTS $1600: This giant of the game was the first pro golfer to win 5 Masters titles Jack Nicklaus |
#4302, aired 2003-04-22 | GOOD SPORTS $2000: Lance Armstrong & this man are the only 2 Americans ever to win cycling's Tour de France Greg LeMond |
#4289, aired 2003-04-03 | FOREIGN FOLKS $1200: Laszlo Papp of this country was the first boxer to win Olympic gold medals in 3 successive games Hungary |
#4286, aired 2003-03-31 | YOU CAN QUOTE ME $200: Referring to her Oscar win for "Norma Rae", she said, "All I could think of was: don't fall down" Sally Field |
#4284, aired 2003-03-27 | COUNTRY SINGERS WHO ACT $600: Glen Campbell co-starred in this 1969 film, but unlike John Wayne, he didn't win an Oscar for it True Grit |
#4280, aired 2003-03-21 | "HOW" $800: Proverbially in sports, "It's not whether you win or lose, but" this how you play the game |
#4280, aired 2003-03-21 | 75 YEARS OF THE OSCARS $800: The second African-American actress to win an Oscar, she hosted the ceremony the night Halle Berry won Whoopi Goldberg |
#4276, aired 2003-03-17 | AT THE MOVIES $800: One of the only 2 musicals to win 9 or more Oscars; one was in 1958 & one was in 1961 Gigi or West Side Story |
#4275, aired 2003-03-14 | QUIPS $200: After being named host of the 2001 Oscar broadcast, this "Roxanne" star cracked, "If you can't win 'em, join 'em" Steve Martin |
#4274, aired 2003-03-13 | WRIGLEY FIELD $400: A flag bearing one of these 2 letters flies atop the scoreboard after every game W or L (win or loss) |
#4267, aired 2003-03-04 | WOOD-POURRI $200: In March 2002 he became the first PGA player to win 3 different events 3 consecutive times Tiger Woods |
#4262, aired 2003-02-25 | "P"EOPLE $400: If you know that he bought a half interest in his father-in-law's brewing co. in 1864, you win the blue ribbon Frederick Pabst |
#4259, aired 2003-02-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $400: In 2002 she made movie history as the first African-American to win the Oscar for Best Actress Halle Berry |
#4256, aired 2003-02-17 | PROFESSIONAL SPORTS $600: In 1968 this team's Carl Yastrzemski led the A.L. with a .301 avg., the lowest average to win a league title in MLB history Boston Red Sox |
#4247, aired 2003-02-04 | TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY $800: Known as the "One Man Team", Jay Berwanger in 1935 became the first man to win this college football trophy Heisman Trophy |
#4242, aired 2003-01-28 | NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS $400: In 2000 Gao Xingjian became the first writer from this country to win the Nobel Prize for Literature China |
#4241, aired 2003-01-27 | CAR TREK $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit) In 1967 Dan Gurney & A.J. Foyt drove a Ford Mark IV like this one to win this 24-hour race Le Mans |
#4233, aired 2003-01-15 | "J" WALKING $200: You've "hit" this when you win a large cash prize or achieve a significant success the jackpot |
#4222, aired 2002-12-31 | GAME SHOW FORMATS $400: With the help of 3 lifelines, a contestant tries to answer 15 questions to win a cool 7 figures Who Wants to Be a Millionaire |
#4221, aired 2002-12-30 | WORDS FROM 2 LETTERS $200: Jennifer Aniston won one in September 2002; her husband Brad was nominated, but didn't win M-E/Emmy |
#4220, aired 2002-12-27 | ALL MY Xs $800: Without getting a tic-tac-toe on "Hollywood Squares" you could still win a game with this many Xs 5 |
#4218, aired 2002-12-25 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: 2 bucks to win on Dances-A-Lot in the 7th, for example bet |
#4212, aired 2002-12-17 | CANADIAN P.M.s $2000: The first Canadian to win the Nobel Peace Prize (he did it in 1957), he retired as P.M. in 1968 Lester Pearson |
#4207, aired 2002-12-10 | NON-NOBEL-WINNING AUTHORS $400: After this epic Russian novelist didn't win in 1901, he wrote a letter declining the prize thereafter Leo Tolstoy |
#4202, aired 2002-12-03 | TICKER-TAPE PARADE HONOREES $400: He was the first man to win golf's Grand Slam & the first to receive 2 Broadway ticker-tape parades Bobby Jones |
#4200, aired 2002-11-29 | I GET NO KICK FROM CAMPAIGN $400: He was the first person to be runner-up in a U.S. Presidential election & then later win the job John Adams |
#4200, aired 2002-11-29 | THE GOLF CHANNEL $1000: In 1982 the 17th hole shot seen here helped win the U.S. Open for this man Tom Watson |
#4193, aired 2002-11-20 | COLLEGE SPORTS $800: In 1947 NYU's Abraham Balk became the only man to win the foil & epee events in this sport in the same year fencing |
#4191, aired 2002-11-18 | FAMILIAR EXPRESSIONS $800: It follows "heads I win" in an expression meaning the game is fixed tails you lose |
#4190, aired 2002-11-15 | LITERATURE IN SPANISH $2000: In 1990 he became the first Mexican poet to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, not the eighth for Peace Octavio Paz |
#4181, aired 2002-11-04 | MAN, OH MAN! $600: In the film bio of this Notre Dame coach, Ronald Reagan uttered his famous line: "Win one for the Gipper" Knute Rockne |
#4165, aired 2002-10-11 | WORLD SERIES HOMERS $600: One "Amazing" moment in this team's 1969 Series win was a homer by Al Weis, who hit 7 in his whole career New York Mets |
#4152, aired 2002-09-24 | NAME THE OLYMPIC CITY $1600: 1952 summer games
(kayakers Wires & Hietanen win homeland gold) Helsinki |
#4145, aired 2002-09-13 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $1600: Ernest Poole became the first novelist to win this prize on June 3, 1918 Pulitzer Prize |
#4141, aired 2002-09-09 | ALL ABOUT FOOTBALL $1600: (Hi. I'm Jerome Bettis, running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers.) In 1997 I became the first Steeler since this man to win the Steelers' MVP award 2 years in a row Terry Bradshaw |
#4140, aired 2002-09-06 | KJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $1600: Call & win tickets to this "talky" type of voice & piano performance, of songs by Hugo Wolf a recital |
#4138, aired 2002-09-04 | THE 2002 WINTER OLYMPICS $800: Vonetta Flowers competing in this 2-woman sport became the first black American to win Winter Olympics gold the bobsled |
#4128, aired 2002-07-10 | DASH $2000: The world record holder at 200 & 400 meters, he's the only man to win those events in the same Olympics Michael Johnson |
#4126, aired 2002-07-08 | CAR TROUBLE $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew in a race car.) At the 1998 Brickyard 400 this happened to Dale Jarrett's car, helping Jeff Gordon to win the race running out of gas |
#4123, aired 2002-07-03 | SPORTSMEN $3,400 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 Canadian men to win the World Figure Skating title 3 or more times Kurt Browning (or Elvis Stojko) |
#4122, aired 2002-07-02 | THE 2001 WORLD SERIES $200: The Diamondbacks broke this Florida team's record as the expansion team to win a World Series fastest the Marlins |
#4122, aired 2002-07-02 | THE 2001 WORLD SERIES $600: This lengthy lefty became the first pitcher to win games 6 & 7 of a World Series on consecutive days Randy Johnson |
#4113, aired 2002-06-19 | FOOTBALL $1000: Leading the Redskins in 1988, he became the first black quarterback to win the Super Bowl Doug Williams |
#4106, aired 2002-06-10 | COACH $1000: He's one of the few men to win a Super Bowl as a player, as assistant coach & as head coach of the Bears in 1986 Mike Ditka |
#4102, aired 2002-06-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $400: The Meech Lake Accord, which recognized this province as a distinct society, failed to win approval in 1990 Quebec Province |
#4092, aired 2002-05-21 | JANUARY $600: On Jan. 30, 2000, at age 63, this Ram leader became the oldest coach to win the Super Bowl (Dick) Vermeil |
#4089, aired 2002-05-16 | MATCH GAME '73 $600: In 1973's Final Four this school beat Memphis State 87-66, to easily win its 7th straight NCAA basketball title UCLA |
#4089, aired 2002-05-16 | MATCH GAME '73 $800: Notre Dame won college football's nat'l title after a 24-23 Sugar Bowl win over this school's Crimson Tide University of Alabama |
Joey Beachum, a senior from Mississippi State University
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
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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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Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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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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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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Curt Schilling, a pitcher from the Boston Red Sox
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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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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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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer with an international law firm from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she became the first woman ever to win the...
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Larissa Kelly, a grad student from El Cerrito, California
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2019 All-Star Games member of winning Team...
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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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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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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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Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
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"With success in films, plays, books, and TV specials, he tours...
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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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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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Hope Landsem, from Tualatin, Oregon
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"She likes to win arguments, and that's why she's going to...
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John Cuthbertson, an investment analyst from San Diego, California
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"He was the highest money winner of the 1993-94 season. An...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a computer consultant from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was the winner of the 1992 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
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"He was one of the top 1-day winners in the 1994-95...
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Roy Holliday, a radiologist from Nyack, New York
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"He was the first to win five games in the 1987-88...
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Brian Weikle, a consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
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Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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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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Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
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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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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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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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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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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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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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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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Kurt Bray, a scientist from Oceanside, California
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"A 5-time winner in 1994, he used some of his winnings...
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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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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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Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
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"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
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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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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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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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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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Skyler Hornback, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Sonora, Kentucky
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"Honestly, this Abe Lincoln lover wants to go into politics. From...
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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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Roger Craig, a computer scientist from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
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"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
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Ken Jennings, a 74-game champion from Seattle, Washington
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"In 2004, his record-breaking 74-game win streak set a standard for...
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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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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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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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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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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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Nick Swezey, a publisher from Washington, D.C.
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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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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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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Christopher Meloni, an Emmy-nominated actor from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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"He's played challenging roles on both sides of the law, including...
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Ken Jennings, the winner of 74 consecutive games from Seattle, Washington
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Larissa Kelly, an editor for academic competitions from Richmond, California
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\"She was a graduate student at U.C. Berkeley in Season 24...
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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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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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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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• 74-game champion with longest winning streak • Total earnings over...
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Paul Nelson, a Senate staff aide originally from Iowa City, Iowa
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2013 Tournament of champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 29 5-time champion: $54,900 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: PaulNelson2012
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Brian Meacham, a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 4-time champion: $90,500...
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Robert Gibbs, a former press secretary from the Obama White House
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"In 2004, he joined Barack Obama's senatorial campaign as communications director,...
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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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Catherine Briley, a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana
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2012 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $31,000. 17 at...
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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"He was a software engineer living in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
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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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Babu Srinivasan, a history professor at Prairie View A&M University from Houston, Texas
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"A five-time champion in 2001, he's now a history professor at...
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Ari Stern, a mathematician from San Diego, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,201 + $1,000.
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Craig Barker, an Advanced Placement history teacher from Livonia, Michigan
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"In 1997 he won the College Championship. Today he's an Advanced...
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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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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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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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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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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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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
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Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
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Larissa Charnsangavej, a senior from Rice University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Houston, Texas at...
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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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Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
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Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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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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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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Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Erik Nelson, a grad student originally from Boston, Massachusetts
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 4-time champion: $94,404 + $2,000.
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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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Rachel Millena, a 10-year-old from Concord, California
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"Her sights are set on becoming a writer, journalist, photographer, or...
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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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Amy Levine, a freshman from North Potomac, Maryland
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time...
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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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Hill Harper, an actor from CSI: NY
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"He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University. He has a...
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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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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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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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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Arthur Chu, a writer originally from Cleveland, Ohio
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Tournament of Champions 1st...
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Arthur Chu, a compliance analyst and voiceover artist from Broadview Heights, Ohio
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Tournament of Champions 1st...
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Arthur Chu, a compliance analyst, voiceover artist, and blogger from Broadview Heights, Ohio
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Tournament of Champions 1st...
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Larissa Kelly, a grad student from El Cerrito, California
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2019 All-Star Games member of winning Team...
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David Madden, an academic competition director from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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• 19-game champion • 3rd longest winning streak 2019 All-Star Games...
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Amanda Walker, a junior at Gonzaga University from East Wenatchee, Washington
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
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Adam Levin, a sports information director from Ashland, Massachusetts
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Season 35 player (2019-04-29). Adam’s final total of $53,999 in his...
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Dylan Wint, a neurologist and psychiatrist from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 29 1-time champion: $7,199 + $1,000.
First name pronounced like "DY-lan".
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Elisabeth Carrel, a copy editor from Elgin, Illinois
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Season 28 1-time champion: $24,000 + $1,000.
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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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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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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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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
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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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Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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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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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
|
2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Richard Mason, a roboticist from Pasadena, California
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Season 18 2-time champion: $50,600 + $2,000. Husband of Season 14...
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Myles Jeffrey, a senior from Seal Beach, California
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2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
|
2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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Julia Collins, a 20-time Jeopardy! champion from Kenilworth, Illinois
|
2019 All-Star Games captain of first-eliminated Team Julia: a share of...
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Julia Collins, a supply chain professional from Kenilworth, Illinois
|
2019 All-Star Games captain of first-eliminated Team Julia: a share 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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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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David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
|
2019 All-Star Games member of winning Team Brad: a share of...
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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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Colin Brown, a senior at the University of Rochester from Milwaukie, Oregon
|
2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Brady Newell, from Derwood, Maryland
|
"She loves diving and gymnastics, but is headed toward being either...
|
John Smith, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 21 player (2005-06-15).
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Andrew Vogl, from Yonkers, New York
|
"He can ski the slopes with ease, but navigating his own...
|
Ben Goldman, a sophomore at New York University from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
|
2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Son of Season 17 1-time champion Marjorie Goldman.
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Antonia Wang, a sophomore at Purdue University from Carmel, Indiana
|
2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
|
David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
|
2019 All-Star Games member of winning Team Brad: a share of...
|
Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
|
Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
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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...
|
Amy Fine, a part-time teacher from Bethesda, Maryland
|
"She was the last 5-time winner in the 1993-94 season. A...
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Gabriel Johnson, a senior from Teaneck, New Jersey
|
2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
|
Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
|
Zach Blumenfeld, a junior from Lincolnshire, Illinois
|
2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
|
Samantha Reback, a sophomore from Bethesda, Maryland
|
2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer from Washington, D.C.
|
"In 1994, she was the first female winner of a Tournament...
|
Andrew Westney, a sports business writer from Charlotte, North Carolina
|
"He was a high-school student from Atlanta when he won the...
|
Anderson Cooper, an anchor from CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
|
"As a baby, he was photographed by Diane Arbus of Harper's...
|
Sam Ott, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California
|
2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19/20 4-time champion: $67,102 + $1,000.
|
Nina Ginocchio, a school librarian from Park Ridge, Illinois
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $56,700 + $1,000.
|
Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
|
Patrick Tucker, a senior from the University of Notre Dame
|
2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
|
Kori Tyler, a high school teacher from Cordova, Tennessee
|
Season 26 player (2010-02-26). Season 25 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000....
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Charles Shaughnessy, an actor from Mad Men
|
"As Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives, he won three...
|
Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
|
Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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Amanda Sonmor, a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $21,501 + $1,000.
|
David Juliano, a casino dealer from Las Vegas, Nevada
|
Season 9 1-time champion: $8,000 + a week's vacation at Murrieta...
|
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...
|
Tom Toal, an orthopedic surgeon from Lake Oswego, Oregon
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $12,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Dan Jensen, a restaurant manager from Reston, Virginia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $58,203 + $1,000.
|
Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY
|
"As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
|
Steve Gratz, a freelance artist from Washington, D.C.
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $30,999 + $1,000.
|
Ellen Kimmel, a school nurse from Nanuet, New York
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $37,000 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SkoolRN
|
Ken Basin, a junior at the University of Southern California from Huntington Beach, California
|
2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Blog at kbasin.blogspot.org. Appearing as a...
|
Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
|
Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
|
Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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Michelle Cinguina, an 11-year-old from Stamford, Connecticut
|
"Her favorite things to do are act, play the piano and...
|
Elijah Granet, a 12-year-old from San Diego, California
|
"Because he loves animals, biology, and helping others, he's thinking of...
|
Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
|
Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
|
Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
|
"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
|
Aaron Schroeder, a grad student from San Diego, California
|
2009 Tournament of Champions second runner-up: $50,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
|
Justin Otor, a 12-year-old from Texarkana, Texas
|
"His chosen profession will be something in the field of science...
|
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".
|
Tom Bergeron, an Emmy Award-winning host from Dancing with the Stars
|
2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. "He's...
|
Bob Kennedy, a college linguistics instructor from Santa Barbara, California
|
Season 27 2-time champion: $33,800 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Bobk
|
Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
|
Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
|
"He's appeared on Broadway in Proof, Assassins, and Cabaret. He's now...
|
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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Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
|
"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
|
Sam Waterston, an actor from Law & Order
|
"A Best Actor Oscar nominee for The Killing Fields, he's now...
|
Ashley Grand, a freshman from Harvard University
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
|
Brady Cassis, a junior from Yale University
|
2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
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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...
|
Nancy Grace, a TV legal expert from Headline News/Court TV
|
"She hosts her own legal analysis program on Headline News and...
|
Alice Luo, a junior from Georgia Institute of Technology
|
2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 at the time of...
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Hayley Clatterbuck, a junior from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
|
2007 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of...
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Carson Kressley, a fashion maven from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
|
"This star of TV's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy says...
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Jill Bunzendahl Chimka, a speech and language pathologist from Washington, D.C.
|
2003 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $85,099...
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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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Andrew Kreitz, a senior from Huntington Beach, California
|
2006 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000.
|
Jerome Vered, a writer from Studio City, California
|
2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
|
Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
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"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
|
Dana Delany, an actress from Kidnapped
|
"She won two Emmys for playing Army nurse Colleen McMurphy on...
|
Steve Schirripa, an actor from The Sopranos
|
"Once the entertainment director at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas,...
|
Harry Shearer, an actor/writer/producer from The Simpsons and Le Show
|
"His many credits include providing voices for The Simpsons, and he's...
|
Nemanja Dundjerovic, an electrical engineer from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
|
Season 22 1-time champion: $20,500 + $2,000.
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David Hoffelmeyer, a senior from St. Joseph, Missouri
|
2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Andrew Watkins, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: everyday847
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Diane Siegel, an educational consultant and writer from Northridge, California
|
"A full-time mom when she won five games in 1993, now...
|
Michael Braun, a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2005 Teen...
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
|
"He was the biggest winner of the 1999-2000 season. A marketing...
|
Ryan Holznagel, a writer originally from Forest Grove, Oregon
|
"He was the winner of the 1995 Tournament of Champions. Now,...
|
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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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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Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Michael Todaro, a real estate broker originally from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 player (1986-11-07). Last name pronounced: \"Toh-DAH-ro\". Michael won $99,613...
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Erik Post, a fraud investigator from Essex, Vermont
|
Season 30 player (2014-01-29).
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Nathan Kaplan, a math professor from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 35 1-time champion: $19,600 + $2,000. Nathan appeared on ABC\'s...
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Jennifer Cross Miller, a communications manager from Pacheco, California
|
Season 30 player (2014-01-23).
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Brian Chang, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois
|
2022 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 37 7-time champion: $163,904...
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Paul Redford, a graphic artist and copywriter from Denver, Colorado
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Season 8 player (1991-10-15).
Paul appeared on Win Ben Stein's Money.
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Priscilla Emery, a records management consultant from Longwood, Florida
|
Season 30 1-time champion: $18,000 + $1,000.
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Bob Chauls, a composer and professor from Westlake Village, California
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Season 5 3-time champion: $36,798. Bob won $5,000 on Win Ben...
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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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Larissa Kelly, an editor for academic competitions from Richmond, California
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• Top 10 regular season winnings • Co-founder of National Academic...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Larissa Kelly, an editor from Richmond, California
|
2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament 2019 All-Star Games member of winning Team...
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Chris Dellicarpini, a screenwriter from South Huntington, New York
|
Season 23 1-time champion: $25,199 + $2,000. Chris was a high...
|
Sarah McNitt, a study-abroad advisor originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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2014 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 30 5-time champion: $89,398...
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Mort Kamins, an investor and writer from Studio City, California
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Season 16/17 2-time champion: $27,202. Mort won $11,750 in three games...
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Andy Richter, an actor/comedian from The Tonight Show
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\"This multitalented actor/comedian is now back on the couch with Conan...
|
Andrew Nelson, an antiquarian bookseller from New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
Season 30 1-time champion: $12,000 + $1,000.
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Jay Rosenberg, a college professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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\"After winning 5 times in 1985, he became the moderator for...
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George O'Neal, a retired management analyst from Phoenix, Arizona
|
1994 Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
George did not win on Jeopardy! in 1974.
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Elise Nussbaum, a financial counselor from Jersey City, New Jersey
|
Season 36 3-time champion: $79,600 + 1,000. Elise appeared on The...
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Sara Trautner, a publisher's assistant originally from New Ulm, Minnesota
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Season 2 1-time champion: $7,800 + a Carrera Action recliner by...
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Andy Zax, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California
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Season 5 player (1989-01-05). Andy won $50 coming in third on...
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David Garcia, an IT communications strategy team lead from Troy, Michigan
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Season 38 player (2021-10-06). David appeared on Who Wants to Be...
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Arne Lunde, an associate professor of Scandinavian Studies from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 30 player (2013-10-22).
Name pronounced like "ARN-ee LUND-ee".
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Avie Hern, a student originally from Peekskill, New York
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Season 1 player (1985-03-05). Avie won $5,000 on Win Ben Stein's...
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Samantha Nataro, a student and writer from Laurel, Maryland
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Season 30 player (2013-10-18).
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Stuart Anderson, a JAG originally from New Orleans, Louisiana
|
Season 30 3-time champion: $51,601 + $1,000. Stuart was a captain...
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Armand Kachigian, a podiatrist from Granite City, Illinois
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Season 10 player (1994-02-10). Armand won $500,000 on Who Wants to...
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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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David Peterman, an area manager from Laguna Nigel, California
|
Season 3 3-time champion: $7,300. David was an area manager for...
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Tom Nichols, a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts
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\"A five-time champion in 1994, he used his winnings for a...
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Loni Geerlings, an editor from Redwood City, California
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Season 30 player (2013-09-24).
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Collin Adams, a Presbyterian minister from Pollocksville, North Carolina
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Season 30 player (2013-09-23).
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Todd Martin, an administrative services manager from Fairfield, California
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Season 30 player (2013-09-18).
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Tom Vanderbilt, a writer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 player (2011-12-30).
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Sergio Llorian, an attorney from New York, New York
|
Season 28 1-time champion: $29,201 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: Serge
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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
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"He teaches at the smallest public school in North Carolina, and...
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Andrew Robinson, a graduate student of international science and technology policy from Washington, D.C.
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Season 28 player (2011-12-27).
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Jack McClintock, a graduate student of aerospace engineering from Westford, Vermont
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Season 28 player (2011-12-26).
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Matt Polazzo, a high school U.S. government teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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"He teaches at one of the most selective high schools in...
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Lisa Lyons, a social media consultant from Van Nuys, California
|
Season 28 player (2012-04-06).
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Viki Radden, a high school English and literacy teacher from Bakersfield, California
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"She teaches at the largest high school district in California. From...
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Ken Herrera, an MBA student originally from Denver, Colorado
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Season 28 player (2011-09-20).
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Lisa McDermott, an arts administrator from Modesto, California
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Season 27 player (2011-07-29).
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John Sellers, a writer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-04-05).
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Rich Reddick, a graduate student originally from Austin, Texas
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Season 19 1-time champion: $14,450 + $1,000. Won $50,000 on Who...
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John Simpson, an advertising creative director from Providence, Rhode Island
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Season 29 player (2013-06-25).
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Vibin Kundukulam, a mechanical engineering student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 25 player (2008-10-09).
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Amy George, a geographic information systems analyst from Richmond, Virginia
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Season 27 player (2011-07-27).
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Kate Wilson, a high school AP English teacher from Montgomery, Alabama
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"She is a top-10 AP English language teacher at Alabama's number-one...
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Martin Powell, a chemical engineer from Bowie, Maryland
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Season 29 player (2012-10-23).
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Chuck Narikiyo, an attorney from Waipahu, Hawaii
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Season 27 player (2011-04-25). Chuck appeared on The Chase on 2023-02-09...
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Greg Narver, a lawyer from Seattle, Washington
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Season 20 player (2004-07-14).
KJL game 31.
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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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Chuck Rezac, a cattle ranch hand from Emmett, Kansas
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Season 28 1-time champion: $25,200 + $2,000.
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Eileen O'Toole, a student of economics from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 28 player (2012-03-23).
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Tom Conn, a claims processor and sports broadcaster from Saint Anne, Illinois
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Season 29 player (2012-10-11).
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Cathy Guiles, a copy editor originally from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 28 2-time champion: $27,801 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: CGeditor
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Tom Hanson, a Ph.D. candidate in finance from Kent, Ohio
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Season 29 player (2013-06-20).
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Ed Toutant, an engineer from Austin, Texas
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Season 6 1-time champion: $11,401. Ed appeared on The Challengers in...
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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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Kyle Roll, a compliance analyst from Richmond, Virginia
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Season 28 player (2012-03-19).
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Scott Russell, a university chaplain from Blacksburg, Virginia
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Season 28 player (2011-12-05). Scott appeared on the show in his...
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John Matthews, a camp counselor and law student from McLean, Virginia
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Season 29 player (2012-10-15).
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Janet Vigen Levy, a communications professional from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 27 player (2011-07-14).
Middle name pronounced like "VEE-gan".
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Brendan Barnwell, a grad student and tutor from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 28 player (2011-12-05). Although Brendan played the Jeopardy! and Double...
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Marjorie Parker, a stay-at-home mom and freelance designer from Austin, Texas
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Season 28 player (2012-06-20).
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Logan Schultz, a bank examiner from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 28 player (2011-12-01).
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Brian Chang, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois
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2022 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 37 7-time champion: $163,904...
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Christopher Stephens, an administrative law judge from New York, New York
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Season 27 player (2011-07-11).
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Emma Couture, a twelve-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
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"Here's a portrait of a smart young girl who sees her...
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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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Erik Nelson, a graduate student from Boston, Massachusetts
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 4-time champion: $94,404 + $2,000.
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Anne Hardiman, a lawyer from Houston, Texas
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Season 29 player (2013-04-08).
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Jenny Caplan, a Ph.D. student from Syracuse, New York
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Season 25 player (2008-10-02).
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Susannah Rosenblatt, a writer and communications strategist from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 28 player (2012-03-01).
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Alex McNeil, a court administrator from Newton, Massachusetts
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Season 11 1-time champion: $9,000. Alex became a co-champion in his...
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Susie Macksey, a stand-up comic from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 9 3-time champion: $27,100. Susie won $1,050 on Win Ben...
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Francis Lansangan, a military analyst from Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Season 28 3-time champion: $78,401 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: nagnasnalf
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Jennifer Lajewski, a stay-at-home mom from Oak Park, Illinois
|
Season 20 player (2004-07-12).
KJL game 29.
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Annette Todd, a marketing director from Riverside, California
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Season 28 player (2012-03-02). This was Annette's seventh game show appearance...
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Heather Montanye, an environmental resource manager from Monticello, Florida
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Season 29 player (2013-01-28).
Last name pronounced like "mon-tan-AY".
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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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Ted Sitting Crow Garner, a sculptor and writer from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 27 1-time champion: $2,500 + $1,000.
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Matt Tobin, a violinist and dueling pianist from Glastonbury, Connecticut
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Season 29 player (2012-09-24). Matt's mother appeared on Jeopardy! in 1974...
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Curtis Warren, an air traffic controller from Palm Springs, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-03). Curtis won $136,288 in cash & prizes...
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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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Tom Aquino, a lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts
|
Season 20 player (2004-07-06). KJL game 25. Last name pronounced like...
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Merle Glickman, a housewife from Evanston, Illinois
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Season 9 player (1993-04-06). Merle appeared in the 1960s and 1970s...
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Kit Carlson, an Episcopal priest from East Lansing, Michigan
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Season 25 player (2008-09-29).
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Jonathan Van Balen, an international marketing specialist from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 29 1-time champion: $12,201 + $2,000.
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Brooks Humphreys, a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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"He teaches at an all-girls Catholic school operated by the Sisters...
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Diane Samuelson, a ballroom dance instructor from Annandale, Virginia
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Season 29 player (2012-09-17).
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Megan Barnes, a stay-at-home mother from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 27 3-time champion: $103,203 + $2,000. Megan won $16,000 on...
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Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Wade Lee, a vice president of marketing from Exton, Pennsylvania
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Season 14 player (1997-11-26). Father of Season 39 player Travis Lee...
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Benjamin Recchie, a science writer from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 29 player (2013-05-31).
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Abra Belke, a legislative aide from Butte, Montana
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Season 26 player (2009-10-13). Name pronounced like \"AH-bra BELL-kee\". Abra won...
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Brian Levinson, a writer from Queens, New York
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Season 25 3-time champion: $72,801 + $1,000. Brian is the cousin...
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Sarah Bauer, a junior at Indiana University from Carmel, Indiana
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2012 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Sarah Bart, a senior at Goucher College from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2012 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 22 at...
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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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Frances Way, a math and drama teacher from Fort Collins, Colorado
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Season 29 player (2013-01-11).
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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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Lee Ann Roberts, a homemaker from Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Season 29 player (2013-01-08). Lee Ann won $1,000 on Who Wants...
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Steve Money, an international education specialist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 29 player (2013-01-07).
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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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Rebecca Molloy, an attorney from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 25 player (2008-09-24).
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John Mingey, a physician from Erie, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 player (2011-06-15).
Last name pronounced like "MIN-jee".
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Carol Lee, a legal analyst from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 25 player (2008-09-22).
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Jennifer Dockter, a stay-at-home mom from Fremont, California
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Season 28 player (2011-10-25). Jennifer has a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences,...
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Abby Fisher, a professional volunteer from Belmont, Massachusetts
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Season 29 player (2013-03-21).
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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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Anders Reynolds, a legislative assistant originally from Little Rock, Arkansas
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Season 25 player (2008-10-31).
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Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
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"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
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David Faber, an anchor and reporter from CNBC's Squawk on the Street and The Faber Report
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"The winner of Emmy, Peabody, DuPont, and Loeb awards, he's a...
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Lloyd Caesar, an office manager from Watervliet, New York
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Season 28 1-time champion: $22,359 + $2,000. Lloyd's win was written...
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Robert Arshonsky, a senior from Cal Poly
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"As a 12-year-old, he wanted to be the first person on...
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Gilah Pomeranz, a project manager from Yellow Springs, Ohio
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Season 24 player (2008-04-29). Gilah won $950 on Win Ben Stein’s...
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Ana Peso, a high school librarian from Wheeling, Illinois
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Season 29 player (2012-12-31).
First name pronounced like "AH-na".
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Chris Edwards, a project manager from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 20 player (2004-06-25).
KJL game 18.
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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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Oishee Shemontee, a tutor from Arcadia, California
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Season 36 player (2020-01-15). Oishee appeared on The Chase on 2023-06-29...
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Megan Benitz, a museum registrar from Wathena, Kansas
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Season 28 player (2011-10-14).
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Jonathan Shulman, a high school history teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 29 player (2013-03-20).
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Sarah Jane Woodall, a photographer from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-06-23). KJL game 16. Sarah Jane won $16,000...
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Carl Bradshaw, a financial manager from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 27 2-time champion: $17,899 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
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Tim Kuehn, a theatrical designer from Venice, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,201 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Kathleen Meyer, a journalist and community volunteer from Brookfield, Wisconsin
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Season 29 player (2013-03-15).
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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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Raynell Cooper, a senior from Rockville, Maryland
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2011 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 16 at the...
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Hannah Wachs, an elementary school teacher from Irvine, California
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Season 28 player (2011-10-10).
Last name pronounced like "WAX".
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Mike Wallace, a real estate agent from Sunnyside, New York
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Season 29 2-time champion: $48,800 + $2,000.
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Lindsey Thiesfeld, a sophomore from Clarendon Hills, Illinois
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2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Chloe Horning, a graduate student in library and information science from Seattle, Washington
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Season 27 1-time champion: $14,000 + $2,000.
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Sean Norris, a hockey arena announcer from Portland, Oregon
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Season 28 player (2012-01-09). Brother of Season 26 player Becki Norris....
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Dan Burke, a high school theology teacher from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 28 1-time champion: $26,798 + $1,000.
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Brad Rutter, a $3.2-million winner from Los Angeles, California
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"In 2000, he became a 5-time champion and went on to...
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Nathan Fuller, a rural letter carrier from Sharon, Wisconsin
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Season 28 player (2012-04-19).
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Kate Rowland, a family doctor from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 27 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000.
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Amy Drittler, a university public relations director from Tazewell, Tennessee
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Season 28 player (2012-04-20).
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Erin McLean, a junior at Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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Kerr Houston, a professor of art history from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 28 player (2012-04-20).
First name pronounced like "KUR".
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Dan Adkison, a copy editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 28 3-time champion: $37,400 + $1,000.
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Matt Neville, a deli clerk from Hamden, Connecticut
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Season 27 3-time champion: $65,400 + $2,000.
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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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Emily Thorsley, an administrative assistant from Seattle, Washington
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Season 24 1-time champion: $29,800 + $1,000.
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Tom Kelso, a credit analyst from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 19 3-time champion: $83,402 + $2,000. Namesake of the backronym...
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Sue Saunders, an oncology dietician from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 23 player (2007-02-21).
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a materials scientist from Phoenix, Arizona
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2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Avishai Gebler, a rabbinical student originally from Sharon, Massachusetts
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Season 31 1-time champion: $25,200 + $2,000.
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Ethan Brosowsky, an actor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 24 1-time champion: $21,600 + $2,000. Ethan and his "pub...
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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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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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Frank Firke, a junior from Chicago, Illinois
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2007 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
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Susan Sweet, a former basketball coach originally from Toledo, Ohio
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Season 1 player (1984-11-09). Johnny Gilbert stumbled over Susan\'s introduction, calling...
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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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Caitlin Dudek, an environmental consultant from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 24 1-time champion: $27,399 + $2,000.
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Emma Miller, from San Mateo, California
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"She loves the idea of creating art that people can live...
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Neha Rao, from Johns Creek, Georgia
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"She's hoping to become a teacher and inspire her students in...
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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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Todd Faulkenberry, a junior from Moore, South Carolina
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2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
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Becky Kralle, a senior from Runnemede, New Jersey
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Larry Hamberlin, a copy editor from Rochester, Vermont
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Season 20 player (2004-05-26).
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Olivia Woods, a 12-year-old from Cincinnati, Ohio
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"She loves working with little kids and would like to become...
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Anne Boyd, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
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2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion: $84,600...
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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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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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Krissy Brzycki, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"Her love of helping her community and her interest in politics...
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Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Will Harter, a 12-year-old from Park Ridge, Illinois
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"He would like to be a professional athlete. If that doesn't...
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Zia Choudhury, a senior from Paducah, Kentucky
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2008-A Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $18,000. 17 at the time of...
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Victoria Agrinya, a 12-year-old from Woodbridge, Virginia
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"She would like to be a successful entrepreneur when she grows...
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Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
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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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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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Jason Aucker, a milk plant lab technician from Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
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Season 23 player (2007-01-19).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jlaucker
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Jeremy Walker, a student from Mount Juliet, Tennessee
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Season 23 player (2007-01-19).
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Katy Tripodi Griffith, an archaeology student from Merrimack, New Hampshire
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Season 23 player (2007-01-18).
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Al Cadena, a senior website producer from Pasadena, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $14,801 + $1,000.
YouTube user name: Alyosha19
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Fred Henn, a tech salesman from McMurray, Pennsylvania
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Season 24 player (2008-07-08).
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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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Katie McArthur, a hazardous waste compliance inspector from Yakima, Washington
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Season 23 player (2007-01-31).
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Larry Schneider, a project manager from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 24 player (2008-07-03).
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Vinita Kailasanath, a sophomore at Stanford University from Laurel, Maryland
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Erin Weiss, an art dealer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 22 player (2006-07-07).
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John Cuthbertson, a physicist from San Diego, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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Cindy Peters, a project manager from Orlando, Florida
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Season 23 player (2007-01-11).
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John Cuthbertson, a physicist originally from Liberty, Missouri
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) and...
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Jen Anders, a pediatrician from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 23 player (2006-12-20).
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Caley Anderson, a junior from Santee, California
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2001 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Julie Dunlevy, a technology specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 23 3-time champion: $73,800 + $2,000. Julie was the alternate...
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Doug O'Brien, a public health official from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 22 player (2006-06-15).
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Michael Backes, a puzzle designer originally from Tucson, Arizona
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Season 1 3-time champion: $31,300. Michael won $1,300 on Win Ben...
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Sally Mouzon, an opera singer from Belmont, California
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Season 17 player (2001-03-28). Appeared on Win Ben Stein's Money, and...
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Christian Ruud, a judicial law clerk from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 23 player (2006-12-19).
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Lisa Kushida, an attorney originally from Duncanville, Texas
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Season 22 player (2006-06-13).
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Roger Craig, a data scientist from Brooklyn, New York
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"He was a graduate student in computer science living in Newark,...
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Thomas Zamora, a junior at the University of Southern California from Cypress, California
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2001 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $14,100. Thomas was 20 at the...
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Brett Dvorak, a junior at Indiana University from Granger, Indiana
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brett was 20 at the...
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Corey Halgren, a supplier quality engineer from Noblesville, Indiana
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Season 20 player (2004-06-08).
KJL game 5.
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Brittany Rogers, a sophomore at Saddleback College from Lake Forest, California
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brittany was 18 at the...
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Robert Alden, a middle school math teacher from Ames, Iowa
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Season 23 1-time champion: $25,000 + $1,000.
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Tony Nagatani, a junior at Ithaca College from Honolulu, Hawaii
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Tony was 20 at the time...
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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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Susan Haarman, a sophomore at Marquette University from Louisville, Kentucky
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Susan was 19 at the time...
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Ehren Schwiebert, a computer consultant from Phoenix, Arizona
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Season 23 player (2006-11-28).
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Jayce Newton, a senior at UCLA from Long Beach, California
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Jayce was 22 at the...
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Sam Weaver, a sophomore at Bradley University from Pleasanton, California
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Sam was 20 at the time...
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Tony Burrell, an attorney from Ashburn, Virginia
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Season 18 player (2002-06-28). Tony returned about 2 years after his...
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Erin Bogart, a junior at Miami University of Ohio from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Erin was 20 at the time...
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Jody Callahan, a journalist from Memphis, Tennessee
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Season 23 player (2006-12-18).
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Amy Nienaber, an aspiring student from Bettendorf, Iowa
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Season 30 2-time champion: $51,000 + $1,000. Won $5,000 on Who...
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Jaime Green, a sophomore at Brown University from Nanuet, New York
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2001 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. Jaime was 18 at the time...
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Marques Redd, a sophomore at Harvard University from Macon, Georgia
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2001 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Marques was 18 at the time...
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Clay Walls, a university honors program manager from Birmingham, Alabama
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Season 30 1-time champion: $7,199 + $1,000.
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Linda Fraley, a retired physician from Santa Rosa, California
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Season 31 player (2014-10-06).
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David Shapiro, an insurance adjuster originally from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 4 player (1987-09-22): Hotpoint refrigerator + Jeopardy! box game or...
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Kurt Bodden, an industrial designer from San Francisco, California
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Season 13 player (1997-01-02).
Won $5,000 on Win Ben Stein's Money.
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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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Josh Den Hartog, a junior from Otley, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1998 Tournament...
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Bob Mesko, an arts administrator from Denver, Colorado
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion:...
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Matt Garbett, a graduate student from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 22 player (2006-05-02).
Last name pronounced like "gar-BET".
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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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Karla Sortland, a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 23 player (2007-06-11). Season 22 player (2006-05-24). Karla was brought...
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Silvia Lesko, a director of religious education from Denton, Texas
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Season 31 player (2014-09-30).
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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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Jerome Azbell, a library reference clerk from Smyrna, Tennessee
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Season 30 1-time champion: $13,999 + $1,000.
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Christi Beard, a flight attendant originally from Gulfport, Mississippi
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Season 22 player (2005-12-07). Christi won $25,000 on Who Wants to...
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Ed Patterson, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Season 30 1-time champion: $28,400 + $2,000.
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Mark Levin, a retired dentist from Wellington, Florida
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Season 22 player (2005-12-16).
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Todd Roshak, a program manager from Redmond, Washington
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Season 22 player (2005-12-05)
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Mehrun Etebari, a graduate student of international relations from Durham, New Hampshire
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Andrew Harris, a corporate intelligence analyst from New York, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-07-11).
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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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Erika Engstrom, a university professor from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 22 player (2006-04-20).
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Brad Rutter, an actor and producer from Hollywood, California
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"He was a college student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, when he won...
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Glenda Niemiec, a payroll specialist from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 22 player (2005-12-02).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Gramma Glenda
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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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Evan Kleber, a stay-at-home dad and mortgage broker from Del Mar, California
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Season 21 player (2005-07-13).
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Amanda Traphagan, a law student from Austin, Texas
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Season 22 1-time champion: $5,300 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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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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Paulette Beete, a writer from Takoma Park, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2005-10-21).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: mouthflowers
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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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Elise Beraru, an insurance underwriter from Los Angeles, California
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000....
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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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Sarah Hayden Williams, a bakery owner and caterer from North Creek, New York
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Season 29 player (2012-10-25).
JBoard user name: sarahbree
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Pranita Ramakrishnan, from Centreville, Virginia
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"Not only does this future neurologist enjoy swimming, drawing and spelling,...
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Emily Zhang, from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"A National Science Merit Award recipient, she plans on becoming a...
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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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Dan Melia, a retired professor from Berkeley, California
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"He was a professor at U.C. Berkeley when he won the...
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Peter Ellis, a senior at North Carolina State University from Cary, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Rachael Schwartz, a bioscience Ph.D. program applicant from Mountain View, California
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"In 1994, she was an attorney When she became the first...
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Donna Brutkoski, a newspaper copy editor originally from Brandon, Vermont
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Season 21 2-time champion: $30,900 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: dbvt
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Campbell Warner, a military attorney originally from Rock Hill, South Carolina
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Season 30 2-time champion: $37,200 + $2,000. Campbell appeared on the...
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Annemarie Gallagher, a customer service representative from Fremont, California
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Season 21 player (2005-07-11).
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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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Drusha Mussmann, a homemaker from Spencerville, Indiana
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Season 26 player (2009-11-18).
Name pronounced like "DROO-sha MUSS-man".
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Omar Shokeir, a pathologist from Bellingham, Washington
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Season 21 player (2005-06-13).
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Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
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"A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
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Van Lane, an ATM support technician from Denver, Colorado
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Season 26 3-time champion: $69,128 + $1,000.
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Mitchell Vogel, from Madison, Wisconsin
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"This future governor of Wisconsin enjoys rollerblading, reading, and playing saxophone....
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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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Malisha Butts, a senior at North Carolina Central University from Durham, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Jayanth Iyengar, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis from Madison, Wisconsin
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2005 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Jiyen1213
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Dave Ellis, a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $16,000 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Charlotte Darby, from West Chester, Pennsylvania
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"Her crafts include crochet, origami, and friendship bracelets. From West Chester,...
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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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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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Alison Jenik, a junior at the University of Maryland from New York, New York
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Stuart Nadler, a writer from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 22 player (2005-10-17).
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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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Joli Millner, an eleven-year-old from Charlottesville, Virginia
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"No kidding, she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows...
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Sofi Albizuri, a writer and mom from Miami, Florida
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Season 30 player (2014-02-24).
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Kay Thanaporn, a health care consultant from Decatur, Georgia
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Season 30 1-time champion: $33,199 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "TAN-a-porn".
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John Schultz, a computer programmer from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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2015 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 31 5-time champion:...
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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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Frank Spangenberg, a lieutenant in the New York Police Department from Douglaston, New York
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"He still holds the record for the most money won in...
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Doug Meyer, an editor originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 21 player (2005-06-09). Season 20 player (2004-03-11). Doug previously appeared...
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Morgan Chase, a mathematics educator originally from Antrim, New Hampshire
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Season 21 1-time champion: $15,417 + $2,000. According to the official...
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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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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
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"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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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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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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Emily Bryk, an elementary school science teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-04-06). Last name pronounced to rhyme with "bike"....
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Christi Esterle, a librarian and stay-at-home mom from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 30 2-time champion: $36,199 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "EST-er-lee".
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David Hoskins, a guybrarian from Jackson, Mississippi
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Season 26 player (2010-04-06).
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Jamie Weiss, a law student from St. Louis, Missouri
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"He won the 1990 Teen Tournament. Today he's a law student....
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Regina Fitzsimmons, a homemaker from Springfield, Virginia
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Season 20 player (2004-01-19).
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Dave Willis, a business manager from Ventura, California
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"He was the first to win five shows in 1992. A...
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Mary Van Tyne, a technical editor from Larimer, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 player (2010-10-22).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MaryOfDoom
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Chacko George, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin from Austin, Texas
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"He won the November 1999 Teen Tournament. Now he's a senior...
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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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Myron Meyer, a scheduling coordinator from Owatonna, Minnesota
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Season 19 1-time champion: $50,000 + $1,000. In his first game...
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Jesse Yu, a math student from Staten Island, New York
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Season 30 player (2014-06-25).
JBoard user name: GhostStalker
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Kathleen Mikulis, a stay-at-home mom from Mountain View, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $25,201 + $2,000. Kathleen's contestant experience blog....
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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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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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Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
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Steven Milton, a legal case assistant from San Diego, California
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Season 26 2-time champion: $30,299 + $1,000. Steve Milton San Diego,...
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Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"He was a writer living in Studio City, California, when he...
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Billy Baxter, an attorney from Richmond, Virginia
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"Representing the College of William & Mary, he won the 1992...
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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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Tom Cubbage, an attorney from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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"He was the very first College Champion, and the only one...
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Robert Yowell, an instructor of political science originally from Orange, California
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Season 27 player (2010-10-15).
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Tom Cubbage, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1989, he was the first College Champion and remains the...
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Kennedy Stomps, a junior from St. Louis, Missouri
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Liz Slaby, a high school teacher from North East, Pennsylvania
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Season 20 player (2004-01-15).
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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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Kerry Breitenbach, a marketing analyst from South Euclid, Ohio
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 21 5-time champion: $90,400...
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Elizabeth Williams, a business research librarian from Washington, D.C.
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Season 31 1-time champion: $12,800 + $1,000.
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Sarah Bright, a radiology resident from Metairie, Louisiana
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Season 26 player (2010-03-19).
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Nathan Brownback, a research assistant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 21 player (2004-12-01).
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Chris Hernandez, a biology student originally from Wharton, New Jersey
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Season 25 1-time champion: $23,000 + $2,000.
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Josh Kolchins, a homeland security consultant from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 21 player (2004-12-02).
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Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
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"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
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Ed Perez-Giz, a tutor from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-10-29). Last name pronounced like "PARE-ezz GIZZ". Ed...
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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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Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
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"He was a legal assistant living near D.C. when he won...
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
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Adam Villani, an engineer from Long Beach, California
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Season 21 player (2004-10-27). KJL game 61. Adam won $80,000 on...
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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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Larry Bellinger, a journalist from Washington, D.C.
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Season 21 player (2004-10-13).
KJL game 56.
Last name pronounced like "BEL-lin-jer".
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Steve Reynolds, a loan accounting clerk from Norman, Oklahoma
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2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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Arthur Gandolfi, a commercial real estate executive from Pleasantville, New York
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2004 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $25,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
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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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Bob Watts, a poet from Taylorsville, North Carolina
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Season 21 player (2004-09-07). KJL game 40. Bob won $125,000 on...
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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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Emily Jusino, a Ph.D. candidate in Greek literature originally from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000.
Last name pronouned like "hoo-SEE-no".
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Nick Gorski, a journalist from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2010-03-15). Nick wore a Regis High School tie...
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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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Clay Brown, a Presbyterian pastor from Mooresville, North Carolina
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Season 25 player (2009-03-05).
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Ilana Cohen, a grad student in molecular and cell biology from Seattle, Washington
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Season 26 player (2010-06-10).
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Paul Christiansen, a music professor from Portland, Maine
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Season 26 player (2009-10-22).
Last name pronounced like "kris-tee-ANN-sin".
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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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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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Peter Hall, a teaching artist at a museum from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $36,800 + $1,000.
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Jessica Freeman, an insurance claims examiner from San Angelo, Texas
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Season 26 player (2010-06-08).
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Felicia Ko, a stay-at-home mom from Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 player (2010-06-04).
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Mary Keating, a lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 27 player (2010-09-20).
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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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Shaun Desmond, a marketing consultant from Santa Monica, California
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Season 26 player (2010-06-01).
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Marisa Tam, an archives assistant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 27 player (2010-09-20).
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Cheryl Parrott, a biomedical writer from Frederick, Maryland
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Season 26 player (2010-06-01).
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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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Cathy Melocik, an editor for a business school from Wilder, Vermont
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Season 26 2-time champion: $46,002 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "MELL-oh-sik".
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Julia Brown, an architect from Hollywood, California
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Season 26 player (2010-03-02).
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Charles Murphy, a health care and financial services advisor from Westmont, Illinois
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Season 25 player (2009-02-27).
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Scott Wells, a medievalist from Los Angeles, California
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Season 27 player (2010-09-13). Season 26 player (2009-11-16). Scott was returned...
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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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Susan Durham, a gift shop manager from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 20 player (2004-04-22).
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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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Wendy Ruopp, a managing editor from Milton, Vermont
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Season 20 player (2004-04-21).
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Dan Rowley, an aerospace engineer from Westchester, California
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Season 20 player (2004-04-20).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: westchester guy
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Marianne Fichtel, an investor relations manager from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 25 2-time champion: $24,888 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
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Season 27 2-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "kuh-FONE".
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Stephen Weingarten, a stay-at-home dad from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Wilson Lee, a computer programmer from San Diego, California
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Season 20 player (2004-04-19).
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Erica Greil, a junior from Princeton University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 and from Hastings, Minnesota at...
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Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
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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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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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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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Kara French, a Ph.D. student in history originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Season 27 player (2011-01-27).
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Lane Galloway, a software development director from Seattle, Washington
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Season 25 player (2009-02-17).
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David Duchovny, an actor from Californication
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"He's won two Golden Globes and stars as troubled novelist Hank...
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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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Mayank Keshaviah, an SAT teacher originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Season 26 player (2010-02-17). Mayank appeared on Master Minds on 2020-05-12....
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Eureka Nutt, a paralegal from Canoga Park, California
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Season 27 2-time champion: $38,701 + $1,000.
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Andrea Michaels, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 4 player (1988-07-05): Gibson's Keytek professional keyboard + a Krayco...
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Linda Smith, a high school English teacher from Springfield, Arkansas
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Season 26 player (2010-04-29).
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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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J.D. Lowry, a copyright attorney from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 26 player (2010-07-30).
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Terry Linwood, a bookseller from Plano, Texas
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $122,705...
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Alyssa Morgan, a museum collections manager from Pasadena, California
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Season 26 player (2010-07-28).
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Gitta Neufeld, a Judaic teacher trainer from Far Rockaway, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,300 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "GEE-ta...
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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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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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Robert Wargo, a student from Fairfield, Connecticut
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Season 2 player (1986-05-29). Robert appeared on seven episodes of Connecticut...
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Nicole Labruto, a surf school manager from Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey
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Season 26 player (2009-10-06). Nicole's father, Fran, was a Jeopardy! 1-day...
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Elise Beraru, an insurance underwriter from Los Angeles, California
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000....
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Dana Delany, an actress from Desperate Housewives
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"She won two Emmys for her work on China Beach. This...
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
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"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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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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Ben Flaccus, a political consultant from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $20,400 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "FLACK-us".
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Deborah White, a marketing manager from Woodstock, Georgia
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Season 20 player (2004-04-09).
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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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Mark Halpin, a scene designer from Cold Spring, Kentucky
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Season 25 player (2009-02-12).
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Josh Forsythe, a radio frequency engineer from Mankato, Minnesota
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Season 26 player (2009-10-02).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jforsythe
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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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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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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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Pat Miller, an accounts payable clerk from Jacksonville, Florida
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Season 25 player (2009-04-29).
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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Robbie Berg, a freshman from the University of Pennsylvania
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
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Luis Corchado, an attorney from Denver, Colorado
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Season 20 player (2004-01-07).
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Rick Reed, an electrical engineer from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 26 player (2010-04-20).
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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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Peter Latouf, a state fair coordinator from Utica, Michigan
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Season 25 player (2009-04-24).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: WallsofJericho
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Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
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"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
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Kate Bilo, a TV weather anchor from State College, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 player (2009-06-09).
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Gregg Bingham, a healthcare policy consultant from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 26 player (2009-09-29).
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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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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
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Melanie Baker-Streevy, a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000. Melanie Baker-Streevy - A...
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Francie Futterman, a consumerologist and writer from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 26 player (2010-01-29).
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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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Kevin Joyce, a customer service representative from Leominster, Massachusetts
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Season 25 3-time champion: $111,299 + $2,000. Kevin was the alternate...
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Nancy Gow, an IT evaluator from Oakton, Virginia
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Season 25 player (2009-04-13).
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Andrea Barnes, a stay-at-home mom from Johnstown, Pennsylvania
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Season 27 player (2010-12-27).
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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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Rajeev Gorowara, a chemical engineer from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 26 player (2010-01-26). Husband of Season 25 2-time champion Christine...
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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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Harris Cohen, a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 2-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Paul Glaser, a research scientist from Albany, New York
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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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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Milt Hathaway, a high school librarian originally from Newport, Rhode Island
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Season 25 2-time champion: $70,002 + $2,000.
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Jeannie Leoutsakos, a postdoctoral fellow from Ellicott City, Maryland
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Season 25 player (2008-12-16).
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Bob Fulmer, an eco-tour guide from Fort Pierce, Florida
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Season 27 player (2010-12-20).
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George Yates, a simulator instructor from Simi Valley, California
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Season 25 1-time champion: $31,400 + $2,000.
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Justin Waters, a resident physician from Royal Oak, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $7,199 + $2,000. Justin Waters Royal Oak,...
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Heather Menzel, a high school history teacher from South Fork, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $15,599 + $1,000. Won $68,500 on Who...
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Judy Shulman, a school social worker from Goldens Bridge, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-04-01).
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Judy Arnold, a technical writer from Sunnyvale, California
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Season 27 player (2010-12-14). Dilbert strip inspired by Judy. Jeopardy! Message...
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Adam Pan, a graduate student originally from Amarillo, Texas
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Season 25 player (2009-03-31).
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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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Keri McConaghy, a social worker from Chelsea, Massachusetts
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Season 27 player (2010-12-13).
Last name pronounced like "mick-KAWN-ah-ghee".
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Al Michaels, a sportscaster from ABC's Monday Night Football
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"Named Sportscaster of the Year in 1996 by the American Sportscasters...
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Ellie O'Donnell, a systems analyst from Bloomington, Illinois
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Season 20 1-time champion: $9,800 + $2,000.
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Scott Chase, a designer from San Gabriel, California
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Season 24 player (2007-11-21).
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Deborah Fitzgerald, a retired government employee from McLean, Virginia
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 24 4-time champion: $55,901 + $1,000.
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Jim Stevens, a high school math teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 25 6-time champion: $140,600 + $2,000.
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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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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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Charlie Blatt, an 11-year-old from Scarsdale, New York
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"Besides cooking, working on the computer, and tap dancing, she likes...
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Terence Scroope, an online marketing consultant originally from Dobbs Ferry, New York
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Season 27 player (2010-12-01).
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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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George Lewis, a teacher from Fairfield, Connecticut
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Season 20 player (2004-03-10).
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Kizzle Cote, a 12-year-old from Ludlow, Massachusetts
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"This future ichthyologist has a 30-gallon aquarium in his bedroom..." 2007...
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Nicole Karrow, an 11-year-old from Lewes, Delaware
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"Her goals are to be a horse breeder and trainer..." 2007...
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Marty Moran, a property manager from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 25 player (2009-07-22).
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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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Judy Shewmake, a retired middle school history teacher from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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Season 27 1-time champion: $20,801 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "SHOO-make".
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Susan Poliniak, an educational music director from Flushing, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $7,600 + $1,000.
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Mary Beth Kinnon, a sales support specialist from Cecil County, Maryland
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Season 23 player (2007-04-23).
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Laura Simandl, a homemaker from New York, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-03-08).
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Karla Sortland, a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 23 player (2007-06-11). Season 22 player (2006-05-24). Karla was brought...
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Colleen Shaddox, a writer from Hamden, Connecticut
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Season 23 player (2007-06-29).
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Charles Soule, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 26 player (2010-01-04).
Last name pronounced like "SOLE".
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Bebe Neuwirth, an actress from Frasier and the Broadway revival of Chicago
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"She won two Emmys for playing Dr. Frasier Crane's acerbic wife...
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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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Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Michael Boisson, an artist from New York, New York
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Season 24 player (2007-10-18).
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Breanne Reinhard Smith, a writer from Arcola, Illinois
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Season 26 player (2009-12-29).
First name pronounced like "bree-ANN".
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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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Shad Small, an office assistant from Lafayette, California
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Season 24 3-time champion: $59,101 + $2,000.
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Trip Robertson, a non-profit development director from Charleston, South Carolina
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Season 24 player (2007-10-15).
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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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Toho Soma, a public health analyst from Portland, Maine
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Season 23 player (2007-06-06).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: whoopie pie
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William Thill, a teacher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 23 player (2007-04-06).
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Elise Beraru, a lawyer from Los Angeles, California
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000....
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Lateefah Torrence, a writer from New York, New York
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Season 24 player (2007-09-27).
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Matt Green, a systems engineer from Indialantic, Florida
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Season 26 player (2009-12-23).
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Ron Grant, a consulting company president from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 23 1-time champion: $19,001 + $1,000.
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Abby Collins, a news researcher from New York, New York
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Season 26 player (2009-12-23).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: NYAbby
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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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Richard Johnson, a foreign affairs officer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 24 1-time champion: $16,300 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: rcjohnson01
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Scotty Ballard, a 12-year-old from Murphy, Texas
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"When he grows up, he hopes to serve justice as a...
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Kaitlin Welborn, a sophomore from the University of Pennsylvania
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Brian Robin, a public relations executive from Lancaster, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $8,599 + $2,000. Brian won $5,000 on...
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Will Schultz, a freshman from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Chris Possinger, a mechanical engineer from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 23 player (2007-04-04).
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Dan Troha, a business system analyst from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 player (2009-12-22).
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Craig Nemiroff, a director of business development from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-04-02).
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Jason Scull, a teacher and brewer originally from Vestal, New York
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Season 23 player (2006-09-29).
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Pete Troyan, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 22 at the time of the...
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Kathryn Erbe, an actress from Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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"On stage, she earned a 1991 Tony nomination for Speed of...
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Dave Mackie, a software developer from Cary, North Carolina
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Season 26 player (2009-12-14).
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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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Harry Shearer, a humorist, Spinal Tap bassist, and voice from The Simpsons
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"He recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap...
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Craig Boge, a senior from Stanford University
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2007 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. 21 at the time of...
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Joshua Malina, a TV actor and creator/producer from Celebrity Poker Showdown
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"He created and produced Celebrity Poker Showdown for the Bravo Channel,...
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Betsy Bangs, a retired art teacher from Fraser, Michigan
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Season 23 player (2007-03-27).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MagicMarker
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Jim Spilman, a purchasing manager from Gloucester, Massachusetts
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Season 23 1-time champion: $25,550 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Belisarius
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Dean Malec, a junior from Northwestern University
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2007 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 at the time of the...
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Kai-Ning Jan, a pediatrician from Culver City, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $11,999 + $1,000.
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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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David Turley, a project manager from Durham, Connecticut
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Season 23 player (2007-05-28).
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Jason Stuart, a substitute teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 23 player (2006-10-26).
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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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2014 Battle of the Decades quarterfinalist: $10,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Sarah Weinschenk, a middle school Latin teacher from San Luis Obispo, California
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Season 26 player (2009-12-09).
Last name pronounced like "WINE-shank".
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Donna Deans, a freelance producer from New York, New York
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Season 23 1-time champion: $26,601 + $1,000.
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Angie Harrison, a scholarship program coordinator from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 26 player (2009-12-08).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: AngieHarrison
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Michael Bandiera, an attorney from Burbank, California
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Season 23 player (2007-03-15).
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Nick Calton, a paralegal originally from New York, New York
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Season 23 1-time champion: $30,400 + $1,000.
Tied with Sara Terrell for his one win.
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Tom Gort, a prosecutor from Winona, Minnesota
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Season 23 player (2007-03-13).
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Lorraine Stalberg, a writer from Malibu, California
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Season 20 player (2004-02-06).
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Harry Stessel, a college teacher and potter from Westfield, Massachusetts
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Season 23 player (2007-03-07).
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Bruce Janger, a retired attorney from Santa Monica, California
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Season 19 2-time champion: $47,401 + $2,000.
Appeared on Win Ben Stein's Money.
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Ron Banks, a singer and actor from Costa Mesa, California
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Season 20 player (2004-02-03).
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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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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Andy Reese, a records coordinator from San Diego, California
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Season 23 player (2006-10-19).
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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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Jessica Liese, a contract coordinator originally from Havre, Montana
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Season 22 player (2006-03-23).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: bittysoda
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Jason Ross, an engineer from Folsom, California
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Season 24 player (2007-12-07).
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Dom Nguyen, a freelance writer from Redwood City, California
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Season 22 player (2006-02-21). Last name pronounced like "noo-WIN". Dom is...
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Elizabeth McKenna, a graduate student and cancer researcher originally from Queens, New York
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Season 24 1-time champion: $5,399 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Hicepan
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Paul Callaway, a software developer from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 22 1-time champion: $13,300 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: true
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Dan Avila, a photographer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 7 1-time champion: $5,300 + a Sanyo remote control stereo...
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Sebastian Johnson, a senior from Takoma Park, Maryland
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Listed as "Sebi" on the...
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Kate Waits, a law professor at the University of Tulsa from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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"A Harvard Law graduate when she competed in the 1988 Tournament...
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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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Glenn Barnes, a nonprofit development director from Watertown, Massachusetts
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Season 22 player (2006-01-26).
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Steve Newman, a partner in a small computer company from Rockville, Maryland
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"He was the first player to win 5 games in the...
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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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Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member:...
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Scott Turow, a bestselling novelist and practicing attorney from Chicago, Illinois
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"He's sold more than 25 million copies of his novels worldwide...
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Bob Verini, a director of academics for a national test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Megan Bygness, a Ph.D. student and literature instructor from Iowa City, Iowa
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Season 24 player (2007-09-11).
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Rick Kent, a paralegal from Los Angeles, California
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Season 24 3-time champion: $67,202 + $1,000. Rick won $5,000 on...
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Keli Jackson, a software testing manager originally from Fort Washington, Maryland
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Season 24 1-time champion: $22,001 + $1,000.
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Bob Mesko, an arts administrator from Denver, Colorado
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion:...
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Brian Stokes Mitchell, an actor from the Broadway musical Ragtime
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"His Broadway credits include Ragtime and Kiss Me, Kate, for which...
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Constance Swinger, a supervising deputy probation officer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 22 player (2006-01-10).
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Lauren Hirs, a market research analyst originally from Plano, Texas
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Season 23 1-time champion: $16,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Lintu
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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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Leszek Pawlowicz, a materials scientist from Phoenix, Arizona
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2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Jerome Vered, a writer from Studio City, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Amy Fletcher, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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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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Dan Melia, a professor from San Francisco, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Laurie Parker, a writer and editor from Franklin, Tennessee
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Season 21 player (2005-07-18).
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Josh Den Hartog, a Teen Tournament winner from Otley, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1998 Tournament...
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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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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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John LeDonne, a bookstore manager from Concord, New Hampshire
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"He was the last person to win 5 shows in 1990....
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Margaret Rhodes, a horseback riding instructor from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 21 player (2005-07-19).
Wife of Season 18 1-time champion Jeff Rhodes.
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Dan Melia, a professor from San Francisco, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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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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Joe Leibrandt, a marketing director from Costa Mesa, California
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Season 23 3-time champion: $61,001 + $2,000. Won $2,700 + a...
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Phillip Steele, a security officer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 19 4-time champion: $38,898 + $2,000. In October 2002, Phillip...
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Ben Lyon, an industrial scaleman from Dallas, Texas
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"Representing the University of Oklahoma, he won the 1995 College Championship....
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Josh DenHartog, an actuarial technician from Thousand Oaks, California
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"He was the Teen Tournament champion in 1997. Now he's an...
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Jim Stalley, a crime data specialist from Denver, Colorado
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2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19 4-time champion: $84,100 + $2,000.
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Kent Rasmussen, an editor and writer originally from Berkeley, California
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Season 6 player (1990-05-23). Web page at http://pages.prodigy.net/arkent/ [dead link] Appeared...
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Liddy Gerchman Barlow, a seminarian originally from Keene, New Hampshire
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Season 23 player (2006-10-13).
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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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Papa Chakravarthy, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament champion: $75,000.
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Kenny Schlax, a junior from Deerfield, Illinois
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Listed as "Kenneth" on the official web site.
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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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Joseph Graumann, a junior from Mays Landing, New Jersey
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Camille Bullock, a senior from New Orleans, Louisiana
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Camille88
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Iddoshe Hirpa, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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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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Katie James, a sophomore from Winchester, Virginia
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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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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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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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student from Fort Collins, Colorado
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2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Scott Renzoni, a bartender and actor from Burlington, Vermont
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2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 20 4-time champion: $112,998 + $2,000.
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Tom Baker, a writer from Tokyo, Japan
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2004 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 20 3-time champion: $102,300 + $2,000.
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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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Catherine Ewen, a recent law school graduate from Berkeley, California
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Season 21 player (2004-12-24).
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Jessica Epstein, an assistant dean originally from Mercer Island, Washington
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Season 22 1-time champion: $25,401 + $1,000.
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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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Chloé White, a senior from Mission Hills, Kansas
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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