| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES $1000: This actor's 2016 obit mentioned he had outlived by about 34 years an erroneous report of his death that made him a cult figure Abe Vigoda |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | DOUBLE Y-ed $200: This international radio distress signal used by ships & aircraft comes from the French for "help me" mayday |
| #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 |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! $1000: Take this role in "Fiddler on the Roof"; I wanted to play it, but Bea Arthur's old Broadway costume doesn't fit me Yenta |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | A LONG RUN ON TV WITH KEN JENNINGS $300: (Ken delivers the clue.) Sometimes you become part of a show that's well into its history, like me & like this Muppet, who first appeared on "Sesame Street" in 1980 in the song "We Are All Monsters" Elmo |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | "HAND"Y PHRASES $400: A garment passed on from an older sibling a hand-me-down |
| #7955, aired 2019-03-22 | FOR ME & MIGUEL $1000: Named for a hero of independence, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport serving this Mexican city has the code GDL Guadalajara |
| #7907, aired 2019-01-15 | SEND ME A LETTER $1000: It denotes the horizontal axis in a Cartesian coordinate system X |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | U.S. NATIONAL LABORATORIES $3,000 (Daily Double): This Southwest facility began as Site Y in the Manhattan Project 75 years ago Los Alamos |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | TELL ME "Y" $400: A standard used for comparison, or a measuring tool .9144 meters long a yardstick |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | TELL ME "Y" $800: The brewer's type of this, used in beer making, is also a food supplement yeast |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | TELL ME "Y" $1200: This term for an obsequiously agreeable fellow dates to the 1910s a yes man |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | TELL ME "Y" $1600: The red berries attract birds & the durable wood of this evergreen tree is often used to make archery bows a yew |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | TELL ME "Y" $2000: A West African people living primarily in southwestern Nigeria the Yoruba |
| #7380, aired 2016-10-14 | DOUBLE Y-ed $200: This international radio distress signal used by ships & aircraft comes from the French for "help me" mayday |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | TAKE ME OUT OF THE BALL GAME $600: After winning a Super Bowl with N.Y. in 2008, this D.E. hung it up; he soon began co-hosting a morning show Strahan |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $200: This gaming console that comes in PS4 & PS Vita models P-L-A-Y-S-T-A-T-I-O-N |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | "Y": ME $400: When President Buchanan (a man with no wives!) removed me as Utah governor, hostilities ensued (Brigham) Young |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | "Y": ME $800: My pop song parodies include polkas, & I have the same last name as the winner of the first polka Grammy "Weird Al" Yankovic |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | "Y": ME $1200: I starred in "The Three Musketeers", "The Four Musketeers", "The Return of the Musketeers" & "Austin Powers" Michael York |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | "Y": ME $2000: In 1713 I gave a bunch of books to a school at Saybrook, Connecticut (Elihu) Yale |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | "Y": ME $2,200 (Daily Double): I was a humble 19th century Japanese organ maker, yet today my name is on guitars, MP3 players & motorcycles (Torakusu) Yamaha |
| #6703, aired 2013-11-06 | BEATLE-Y WORDS & PHRASES $400: "I don't care too much for money, money can't" do this buy me love |
| #6349, aired 2012-04-05 | DREAM-Y SONGS $2000: This 1976 Gary Wright title, "I believe you can get me through the night" "Dream Weaver" |
| #6161, aired 2011-05-30 | FILL IN THE SONG TITLE $600: Cheap Trick:
"I.W.Y.T.W.M." "I Want You To Want Me" |
| #6143, aired 2011-05-04 | "Y"s UP $400: In 2005 co-founder Jawed Karim's "Me at the Zoo" was the first video to play on this website YouTube |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | A SHORT SPELL $200: "Jesus loves me" is this, a sacred song
(4 letters) H-Y-M-N |
| #6034, aired 2010-12-02 | YOU KNOW THAT SONG $2000: ...it's a feist-y tune...something, something, something, something, "tell me that you love me more" "1234" |
| #5958, aired 2010-07-07 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $400: The element we need to breathe to survive O-X-Y-G-E-N |
| #5958, aired 2010-07-07 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $600: The second month of the year F-E-B-R-U-A-R-Y |
| #5930, aired 2010-05-28 | FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON $1200: On Dec. 19, 2008 this "colorful" airline became the official one for the Red Sox, though its main hub is in (gasp!) N.Y. JetBlue |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | CITY SPELLING $200: This S-T-E-E-L C-I-T-Y is the seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania P-I-T-T-S-B-U-R-G-H |
| #5599, aired 2009-01-01 | AMERICAN GRADUATORS $400: This Poughkeepsie, N.Y. graduator was the first of the "7 Sisters" to go co-ed--in 1969, too late for me, darn it! Vassar |
| #5535, aired 2008-10-03 | TELL ME "Y" $400: Annual keepsake containing photos of the students & faculty; will you sign mine? a yearbook |
| #5535, aired 2008-10-03 | TELL ME "Y" $800: The capital of Jiangsu province is located on a bend in this river the Yangtze |
| #5535, aired 2008-10-03 | TELL ME "Y" $1200: Popular branches include raja, kriya & hatha yoga |
| #5535, aired 2008-10-03 | TELL ME "Y" $1600: The end of a spar perpendicular to a sailing ship's mast, it was a convenient place to hang your mutineers the yardarm |
| #5535, aired 2008-10-03 | TELL ME "Y" $2000: If you're munching kebabs in Armenia's capital, you're in this city Yerevan |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | FILL IN THE BOOK TITLE $400: "A.Y.T.G.? I.M., M."
by Judy Blume Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret |
| #5183, aired 2007-03-07 | TELL ME "Y" $200: It's the primary source of nourishment for an embryo in an egg a yolk |
| #5183, aired 2007-03-07 | TELL ME "Y" $400: The overall leader in the Tour de France bike race wears this item of clothing a yellow jersey |
| #5183, aired 2007-03-07 | TELL ME "Y" $600: This black & white comedy film starred Peter Boyle as the manmade man Young Frankenstein |
| #5183, aired 2007-03-07 | TELL ME "Y" $800: Slovenia broke away from it in 1991 Yugoslavia |
| #5183, aired 2007-03-07 | TELL ME "Y" $1000: He led the opposition to the coup that tried to overthrow Gorbachev in 1991 (Boris) Yeltsin |
| #5052, aired 2006-07-25 | "TW"EAK ME $400: "Boss"y fabric of thick, flecked wool tweed |
| #4852, aired 2005-10-18 | THE GREAT & NEAR-GREAT $800: My name is Inigo de Onaz y Loyola! You know me better under this name! Prepare to pray! St. Ignatius Loyola |
| #4716, aired 2005-02-21 | NEW YORK ON FILM $200: Robert De Niro played a Vietnam vet turned N.Y. cabbie in this 1976 film--"You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?" Taxi Driver |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | ROCK-Y $3,000 (Daily Double): The title of Falco's biggest hit mentions this fellow Austrian musician Mozart ("Rock Me Amadeus") |
| #4318, aired 2003-05-14 | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! $1000: Take this role in "Fiddler on the Roof"; I wanted to play it, but Bea Arthur's old Broadway costume doesn't fit me Yenta |
| #4154, aired 2002-09-26 | TV THEME SONGS $400: Spell it out:
he's "The Leader of the Club That's Made for You and Me" M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E |
| #4136, aired 2002-09-02 | "Y" ME? $400: It's the river that runs through Wuhan & Hubei the Yangtze |
| #4136, aired 2002-09-02 | "Y" ME? $800: A 1995 Newsweek article advised this Russian to "check into the Betski Ford Clinic" Yeltsin |
| #4136, aired 2002-09-02 | "Y" ME? $1200: This keyboardist's album "Live At the Acropolis" hit No. 5 on the charts Yanni |
| #4136, aired 2002-09-02 | "Y" ME? $2000: This Irish poet's epitaph reads, "Cast a cold eye on life, on death. Horseman, pass by" (William Butler) Yeats |
| #4136, aired 2002-09-02 | "Y" ME? $6,000 (Daily Double): The title of an Al Jolson song, it was also Al's prophetic 5-word ad lib in 1927's "The Jazz Singer" "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet" |
| #4090, aired 2002-05-17 | TELL ME "Y" $400: In 2001 this university celebrated its 300th anniversary Yale |
| #4090, aired 2002-05-17 | TELL ME "Y" $800: It contains 2 types of bacteria: Streptococcus thermophilus & Lactobacillus bulgaricus; & we actually eat it! yogurt |
| #4090, aired 2002-05-17 | TELL ME "Y" $1200: In China it's also known as the Chang Jiang or "long river" Yangtze |
| #4090, aired 2002-05-17 | TELL ME "Y" $1600: This peninsula separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea Yucatan |
| #4090, aired 2002-05-17 | TELL ME "Y" $2000: Hebrew for "act of sitting", it's a school or college for the study of the Talmud yeshiva |
| #4028, aired 2002-02-20 | "Y" ME $200: "Let your fingers do the walking through" this section of the phone book Yellow Pages |
| #4028, aired 2002-02-20 | "Y" ME $400: Ja, this popular style of singing is also used by some country & western musicians yodeling |
| #4028, aired 2002-02-20 | "Y" ME $600: It's a sailing vessel rigged fore-and-aft with a large mainmast & a smaller mizzenmast toward the stern yawl |
| #4028, aired 2002-02-20 | "Y" ME $800: In Tibetan, this word means "person-animal" yeti |
| #4028, aired 2002-02-20 | "Y" ME $1000: Sanaa is its capital & largest city Yemen |
| #3880, aired 2001-06-15 | HELP ME WITH THIS CROSSWORD! $600: Type of dance or button:
[45 Across: _ _ _ _ Y] Belly |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | AT THE "Y" $800: Paul Williams wrote the music for this "worldly" Helen Reddy Top 10 hit "You and Me Against the World" |
| #3692, aired 2000-09-26 | SOUNDS "ISH"Y TO ME $100: From Flanders Flemish |
| #3692, aired 2000-09-26 | SOUNDS "ISH"Y TO ME $200: The opposite of penny wise Pound foolish |
| #3692, aired 2000-09-26 | SOUNDS "ISH"Y TO ME $300: It's also known as a crawdad Crayfish |
| #3692, aired 2000-09-26 | SOUNDS "ISH"Y TO ME $400: A fixation, or a magical object of worship Fetish |
| #3692, aired 2000-09-26 | SOUNDS "ISH"Y TO ME $500: To restock depleted supplies Replenish |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | TELL ME "Y" $100: A bumpkin, perhaps a local one Yokel |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | TELL ME "Y" $200: "Meshugge" means crazy in this language of Europe's Ashkenazic Jews Yiddish |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | TELL ME "Y" $300: It can be a standard for comparison, or a measuring rod 3 feet in length Yardstick |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | TELL ME "Y" $400: First name shared by monsieurs Saint Laurent & Montand Yves |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | TELL ME "Y" $500: Aden is the second-largest city in this Middle Eastern hot spot Yemen |
| #3421, aired 1999-06-21 | "RAIN"Y SONGS $600: The Carpenters had "nothing to do but frown", these 2 things "always get me down" "Rainy Days And Mondays" |
| #3409, aired 1999-06-03 | "DREAM"Y SONGS $100: 1 of 2 "dream"y Top 20 songs recorded by Cass Elliott with The Mamas and The Papas "California Dreamin'" & "Dream a Little Dream of Me" |
| #3280, aired 1998-12-04 | "Y" ME? $100: You're one of these if you're young, live in the city & are a professional a yuppie |
| #3280, aired 1998-12-04 | "Y" ME? $200: You were "happy" if you were a member of this '60s radical group that included Abbie Hoffman & Jerry Rubin Yippies |
| #3280, aired 1998-12-04 | "Y" ME? $300: You're one of these little deer if you're an animal between 365 & 730 days old Yearling |
| #3280, aired 1998-12-04 | "Y" ME? $400: You're this if you're a convict or a recruit or a member of an early Eric Clapton band a yardbird |
| #3280, aired 1998-12-04 | "Y" ME? $500: Hoot, mon! If you're an old Scot you know this food's name is a Scottish word for potato yam |
| #3090, aired 1998-01-23 | MARCH OF DIMES $600: Title of the E.Y. Harburg song that includes the line "Once I built a railroad, now it's done" "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" |
| #1880, aired 1992-11-06 | CALL ME "MR." $300: He first asked women not to squeeze the Charmin in a mid-'60s commercial shot in Flushing, N.Y. Mr. Whipple |
| #1711, aired 1992-01-27 | GROUPS $400: A research center for these creatures of the night is in Elmhurst, N.Y., not Collinsport, ME vampires |
| #927, aired 1988-09-20 | "Y" NOT $200 (Daily Double): In 1969 Stevie Wonder made the Top 10 with the following:
"What happened to / The world we knew / When we would dream and scheme / And while..." "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" |
| #314, aired 1985-11-21 | NEWSPAPERS $1,500 (Daily Double): What N.Y. World-Telegram & Sun, St. Louis Globe-Democrat & Wash. Star currently have in common they are no longer being published |
| #128, aired 1985-03-06 | "DREAM"Y MUSIC $300: In 1969, Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry remade this '57 Everly Bros. hit "All I Have To Do Is Dream" |
| #127, aired 1985-03-05 | WILD WEST $200: Slang word for cowboy, from Spanish "vaquero" buckaroo |
| #25, aired 1984-10-12 | SPELLING $100: Follows “Who’s the leader of the club that’s made for you and me...” M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E |
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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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Aiden Pink, a freshman from St. Louis Park, Minnesota
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 15 at the time...
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Steve Unite, a writer from Studio City, California
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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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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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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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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Kathryn Wendling, a high school social studies teacher from Farmington, Minnesota
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"Her high school newspaper predicted she would be on Jeopardy! From...
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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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Hema Karunakaram, a senior from Saline, Michigan
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2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Name pronounced like "HAY-ma kah-ROO-nuh-KAH-ram". Jeopardy!...
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Regina Robbins, an arts teacher from New York, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $90,700...
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Scott Harris, a videographer and elementary school librarian from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 27 1-time champion: $19,201 + $2,000. Scott won $30,000 on...
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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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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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John Krizel, a writer originally from Oceanside, New York
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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Kermin Fleming, a student from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
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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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Ashley Grand, a freshman from Harvard University
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
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"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
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Lisa Ackerman, a senior from Livermore, California
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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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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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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Don Meals, an environmental scientist from Burlington, Vermont
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Season 27 3-time champion: $42,599 + $2,000.
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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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Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
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Jeff Gorham, an accountant from Richmond, Virginia
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Season 27 1-time champion: $14,001 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SpacemanSpiff
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Mark Wales, a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 24 5-time champion: $141,804...
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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
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"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
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Craig Westphal, a paramedic from Tucson, Arizona
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Adam Bibler, an economist originally from Lancaster, Ohio
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Season 27 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000.
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Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Greg Peterson, a senior from Park Ridge, Illinois
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $38,600....
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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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Ellen Lewis, a retired high school math teacher from Mount Vernon, New York
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Season 28 1-time champion: $10,000 + $1,000.
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Evan Sandman, a hotel front desk manager from Los Angeles, California
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Season 28 1-time champion $28,801 + $2,000.
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Anderson Cooper, a news anchor and correspondent from CNN
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"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Rachel "Steve" Cooke, a senior from Fishers, Indiana
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2008-A Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000. 17 at the time of...
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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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Carol Denny, a writer for a non-profit environmental foundation from Arnold, Maryland
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,199 + $1,000.
Identical twin sister of Season 29 player Chris O'Toole.
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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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Whitney Collins, a third grade teacher from New York, New York
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"She teaches at an all-boys school where every student learns chess...
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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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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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Raphie Cantor, a sophomore from San Diego, California
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2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Kate Wadman, a junior from Tucson, Arizona
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2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jeopartygirl
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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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Naomi Hinchen, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
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2007 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Mollie Haycock, a senior from Rocklin, California
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Bernard Holloway, a junior from Mitchellville, Maryland
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2002 Teen...
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Mysti Kofford, a junior at Boston University from New Orleans, Louisiana
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Mysti was 19 at the...
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Veronica Fazio, from Roselle, Illinois
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"She dances, plays softball, and hangs with her friends, but wants...
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Jason Zollinger, an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $100,000. Season...
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Roger Mueller-Kim, a high school social studies teacher from Dublin, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,401 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "MULL-er KIM".
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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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Peter Pinnow, a high school English teacher from Oxford, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $39,200 + $1,000.
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Jason McCune, an actor originally from Jasper, Indiana
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 18 4-time champion: $90,041.
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Lindsey Nicolai, a junior from Hampton, Virginia
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Brad Rutter, a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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"The reigning Tournament of Champions winner, he attended Johns Hopkins University...
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Kermin Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
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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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Monica Thieu, a sophomore at the University of North Texas from Dallas, Texas
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Anne Raybon, a teacher's assistant and school bus driver from Asheville, North Carolina
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Season 28 player (2012-04-09).
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Matt Olson, a sophomore at Stanford University from Berkeley, California
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2012 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 at the time of the...
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Rebecca Rogers, an economic development attorney from Carrboro, North Carolina
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Season 27 player (2011-03-16).
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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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Cliff Galiher, a student from Half Moon Bay, California
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Andrew Sprouse, a historic preservationist from Durham, North Carolina
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Season 24 player (2008-01-29). Andrew wore a bow tie in his...
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Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tarafraney
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Ronnie O'Rourke, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 18 1-time champion: $2,000 + $2,000. Ronnie describes her experience...
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Perry Gentry, a high school religion teacher from Atlanta, Georgia
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Season 23 player (2006-12-12).
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Chris Mazurek, an assistant professor from Columbia, Missouri
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2007 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Kerry Breitenbach, a marketing analyst from Cleveland, Ohio
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 21 5-time champion: $90,400...
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Kingslea Bueltel, a student and freelance bartender from Denton, Texas
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Season 22 player (2005-11-03). Won $16,000 on Who Wants to be...
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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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Bill Cossen, a Ph.D. candidate in history originally from Lexington, South Carolina
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Season 31 3-time champion: $50,602 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: JeopardyBill
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Fayaz Kabani, a grad student from Columbia, South Carolina
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Season 25 player (2009-01-16).
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Jonathan Corbblah, a chess teacher from Harlem, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Jonathan appeared as a...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Gay Hammond, a college instructor from Gainesville, Georgia
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Season 20 player (2004-02-27).
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Joan Nelson, a youth minister from Richmond, Virginia
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Season 23 player (2006-10-27).
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Ben Noe, a sophomore from Flushing, Michigan
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time...
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Jennifer Gossett, a band director from North Charleston, South Carolina
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Season 23 player (2007-07-06).
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Craig Smith, a musician from Maylene, Alabama
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Season 22 player (2006-01-05).
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Laura Ansley, a senior from Twinsburg, Ohio
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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