#9305, aired 2025-04-04 | 2-WORD U.S. CITIES $200: Home to one of the USA's oldest universities, it also hosts Southern Connecticut State New Haven |
#9273, aired 2025-02-19 | LACK OF ENERGY $600: This word is found in the names of 3 now-decommissioned nuclear power plants, following Vermont, Maine & of course Connecticut Yankee |
#9269, aired 2025-02-13 | ADDRESSES $1600: If you want to see this 1949 architectural landmark, or see through it, head for 199 Elm Street in New Canaan, Connecticut The Glass House |
#9249, aired 2025-01-16 | TRAVEL USA $2000: With its aquarium & museum, this quaint seaport village is one of Connecticut's top places to visit Mystic, Connecticut |
#9228, aired 2024-12-18 | IN D.C.'s STATUARY HALL $1200: Vermont has a statue of him, despite or maybe in part because of the fact he was run out of towns in Massachusetts & Connecticut Ethan Allen |
#9227, aired 2024-12-17 | 19th CENTURY SPORTS $400: Walter Camp, captain of this Connecticut school's football team in the 1870s, introduced the QB position & 11-man teams Yale |
#9225, aired 2024-12-13 | WHAT ARE YOU WEARING, LITERARY CHARACTER? $800: "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" complains of having "the demon's own time" getting into this a suit of armor |
#9191, aired 2024-10-28 | BOOKS & ARTHURS $1000: Hank asks, "Bridgeport?" & is told, "Camelot" in this time-traveling novel by Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#9146, aired 2024-07-15 | COLLEGE IN NEW ENGLAND $600: In 1800 7 students enrolled at Middlebury College in this state; in 2024, 2,800 undergrads were roaming around Vermont |
#9081, aired 2024-04-15 | BOATS $600: Now used as a ferry between N.Y. & Connecticut, the Cape Henlopen hit the beach in this French region in June 1944 Normandy |
#9080, aired 2024-04-12 | NEW YORK GOVERNORS $800: George Pataki's governorship 1995-2007 included environmental protection for this body of water, shared with Connecticut Long Island Sound |
#9058, aired 2024-03-13 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $400: Connecticut likes this burly beast as its state animal; Mocha Dick was a notorious 19th century one a sperm whale |
#9056, aired 2024-03-11 | "AI" $800: In Connecticut, this program is called Husky Health; in Oklahoma, it's Soonercare Medicaid |
#9042, aired 2024-02-20 | THE 13 COLONIES $1000: Saybrook was its own colony until 1644, when it joined this one Connecticut |
#8996, aired 2023-12-18 | ODDS & "N"s $800: Australia also has a region called this, but theirs doesn't include Vermont & Connecticut New England |
#8988, aired 2023-12-06 | OUT OF CON TEXT $200: A memoir:
"On Feb. 4, 2004... Larry drove me to the women's prison in Danbury, Connecticut" Orange Is the New Black |
#8988, aired 2023-12-06 | HODGEPODGE $800: A Connecticut town gave its name to this tick-borne disease that was first identified in the 1970s Lyme disease |
#8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FEEDBACK: SANDWICH $200: The Connecticut, not the Maine, version of the sandwich called this roll gets my vote but why use a hot dog bun? a lobster roll |
#8979, aired 2023-11-23 | COACH $1000: Geno Auriemma led this university to back-to-back 39-0 championship years in women's hoops the University of Connecticut |
#16, aired 2023-10-11 | FICTIONAL TV TOWNS $600: Stars Hollow, Connecticut (Luke's has the best cup of joe in town) Gilmore Girls |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | THE STATE OF CONGRESS $800: Benjamin Bourne in the 1790s, Lincoln Chafee, Ambrose Burnside Rhode Island |
#8903, aired 2023-06-28 | RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES $1600: The 1965 Supreme Court case this woman v. Connecticut protected access to birth control (Estelle) Griswold |
#8899, aired 2023-06-22 | STATE EMBLEMS $800: Connecticut's state this is a plaid with stripes of blue, green & gray tartan |
#8880, aired 2023-05-26 | AMERICA IN THE 1700s $400: Founded as the Collegiate School in Saybrook, Connecticut, it would soon move & acquire a new name Yale |
#8840, aired 2023-03-31 | VERMONT $800: This stately river separates Vermont from New Hampshire the Connecticut River |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | LITERARY LONDON $3,400 (Daily Double): This 1881 Mark Twain novel takes place in London's poorer areas as well as in some of its ritzier locales The Prince and the Pauper |
#8822, aired 2023-03-07 | MARCH MADNESS $400: We have something in Storrs for you--Maya Moore had a pretty impressive run at this East Coast school, going 150-4 with 2 titles the University of Connecticut |
#8801, aired 2023-02-06 | U.S. MUSEUMS $1000: The highlight of the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, Connecticut is this first nuclear sub, launched in 1954 USS Nautilus |
#8797, aired 2023-01-31 | JASON CONCEPCION $200: (Jason Concepcion presents the clue.) The NCAA's 2021 ruling that college stars like Paige Bueckers can get paid was part of a "Takeline" discussion with Geno Auriemma, legendary head coach of the Huskies of this university Connecticut |
#8790, aired 2023-01-20 | SOUND $800: Partly located on Long Island Sound, this state's panhandle is where you'll find Stamford & Darien Connecticut |
#10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE 50 STATES $400: Connecticut is bordered to the west by New York & to the east by this, another 2-word state Rhode Island |
#8757, aired 2022-12-06 | BIG BOOK ROYALTY $2000: The American author of this 1889 book wrote it after reading Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" but Malory didn't include time travel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | "P.J."s $1600: In 1979 this architect famous for his "Glass House" in Connecticut was the first recipient of the Pritzker Prize Philip Johnson |
#8740, aired 2022-11-11 | "P"s $800: Any small & unimportant town, also the name of a Native people who lived in Connecticut podunk |
#8725, aired 2022-10-21 | 2 BITS $1000: On Connecticut's state quarter, the tree known as this oak displays its majestic reach the Charter Oak |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | AMERICANA $400: Yankee magazine says this New England state is known for chowder, old money & being the home of TV's Gilmore girls Connecticut |
#8710, aired 2022-09-30 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $800: Connecticut's official state hero is this schoolmaster & spy who died at age 21 in 1776 (Nathan) Hale |
#8708, aired 2022-09-28 | OFF TO NEW ENGLAND $1000: Launched in 1841, the last wooden whaleship in the world floats at this Connecticut seaport; maybe get some pizza nearby Mystic |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | INFRASTRUCTURE $1600: Comedian John Oliver's digs at Danbury, Connecticut got the city to name a plant after him for treating this sewage |
#8665, aired 2022-06-17 | STATELY RIVERS $1000: It empties into Long Island Sound between the towns of Old Saybrook & Old Lyme the Connecticut River |
#8630, aired 2022-04-29 | STATES' MOST POPULOUS CITIES $200: 148,000 people make Bridgeport No. 1 in this state Connecticut |
#8630, aired 2022-04-29 | POLITICIANS IN THEIR SCHOOL DAYS $2000: About a decade after high school, he was elected to the Connecticut State Senate in 1970; the U.S. Senate came later (Joseph) Lieberman |
#8628, aired 2022-04-27 | A NOVEL LOOK AT THE NOVEL $800: Twain travel; Merlin mentioned; knights on bikes; we're gonna get medieval on your mind A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#8573, aired 2022-02-09 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $800: Of the New England states Connecticut |
#8557, aired 2022-01-18 | ESCAPIST LITERATURE $2000: The displaced title man escapes being put to death in this 1889 novel by accurately predicting a solar eclipse A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#8541, aired 2021-12-27 | NOAHS $400: In addition to giving us his spelling book in 1783, he helped found the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences Noah Webster |
#8539, aired 2021-12-23 | NATIONAL NATURAL LANDMARKS $400: There are more than 1,000 fossil footprints of these creatures in the Connecticut state park named for them dinosaurs |
#8529, aired 2021-12-09 | COLLEGE SPORTS $400: With stars like Maya Moore, the Huskies of this U. have won over 90% of their games & 11 national titles in women's basketball since '95 Connecticut (UConn) |
#8518, aired 2021-11-24 | NAMED FOR A PLACE $1600: Lyme disease derives its name from the town of Lyme in this state, where cases were first observed in the 1970s Connecticut |
#8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BUSINESS HISTORY $800: This cookie company was founded in 1937 by a Connecticut woman & named for her family's country home Pepperidge Farm |
#8498, aired 2021-10-27 | STATE YOUR HEADQUARTERS $1000: Aetna, which better have decent insurance on its headquarters there Connecticut |
#8471, aired 2021-09-20 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: Outside the Ansonia, Connecticut Public Library, a memorial fountain & horse trough honors this "Black Beauty" author Anna Sewell |
#8431, aired 2021-06-28 | AMERICA $600: When this Connecticut city was really "new" in 1683, it was called Quinnipiac New Haven |
#8410, aired 2021-05-28 | ON THE "HOUSE" $400: Legend has it that an early keeper named Ernie haunts one of these in New London, Connecticut a lighthouse |
#8404, aired 2021-05-20 | U.S. CITIES $1000: Once a hat-making center, today this Connecticut city is known for its federal low-security facility housing female inmates Danbury |
#8386, aired 2021-04-26 | OFFICIAL STATE SONGS $800: "Yankee Doodle" (in New England) Connecticut |
#8361, aired 2021-03-22 | INITIALLY YOURS $400: In the 1870s this circus showman stepped right up to serve as mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut (P.T.) Barnum |
#8348, aired 2021-03-03 | ILLUSTRATORS $1600: Daniel Beard provided dashing but comical illustrations for this novel by Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#8327, aired 2021-02-02 | OLD NEWSPAPERS $2000: Begun in 1764, this Hartford, Connecticut Journal is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the USA The Hartford Courant |
#8322, aired 2021-01-26 | FINANCIAL SLANG $400: In terms of clusters of hedge funds, Lower Hedgistan is in Manhattan & Upper Hedgistan is in Greenwich in this state Connecticut |
#8297, aired 2020-12-08 | AUTHORS' ALMA MATERS $2000: He was a theatre major at Wesleyan University in Connecticut before giving birth to the Jason Bourne novels Robert Ludlum |
#8280, aired 2020-11-13 | CELEBRITY CLASS OF 1980 $2000: At her Connecticut high school most of this lawyer and conservative media pundit's jabs were as a member of the fencing team Ann Coulter |
#8246, aired 2020-09-28 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: St. John's College in Maryland claims to be the third-oldest college in the U.S., predating this Connecticut school by 5 years Yale |
#8234, aired 2020-06-11 | A RIVER RUNS UNDER IT $400: Connecticut's Park River, which flows under the state capitol grounds, was buried in the 1940s by the Army Corps of these Engineers |
#8231, aired 2020-06-08 | FONTS OF WISDOM $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) California’s 3rd and Texas 3th district make the A; Ohio’s 12th and 7th districts make the B, and Connecticut’s 1st district is the C in a new font called Ugly Gerry in which “Gerry” stands for this partisan process gerrymandering |
#8221, aired 2020-05-25 | IT'S A FACT $1200: This tick-borne disease is named for a town in Connecticut where it was first observed in 1975 Lyme disease |
#8215, aired 2020-05-01 | STATES BY BORDERS $1,800 (Daily Double): Connecticut, Massachusetts Rhode Island |
#8182, aired 2020-03-17 | THAT'S OLD SCHOOL $200: Built in 1752, Connecticut Hall is the oldest building on the campus of this university Yale |
#8147, aired 2020-01-28 | 2020 ANNIVERSARIES $1600: Once part of Massachusetts, this state is celebrating its bicentennial Maine |
#2, aired 2020-01-07 | GREATEST OF ALL TIME TRAVELERS $2,400 (Daily Double): In Chapter 16 of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", Hank meets this woman whose first name is the same as his surname Morgan le Fay |
#8107, aired 2019-12-03 | STATE OF THE LOTTO SCRATCHER $1000: Escape to Foxwoods Connecticut |
#8105, aired 2019-11-29 | KEEPING UP WITH THE KENNEDYS $400: His dad was the "Lion of the Senate" & this man Jr. served in the Connecticut State Senate from 2015 to 2019 Ted Kennedy, Jr. |
#8103, aired 2019-11-27 | WE SHARE THAT WATER $400: Long Island Sound New York & Connecticut |
#8101, aired 2019-11-25 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Two main islands--east and west, and about 200 smaller ones with the total land area about the size of Connecticut make up this disputed territory, about 320 miles off Argentina the Falkland Islands |
#8059, aired 2019-09-26 | STATE OF THE STATE FOREST $1000: Mohegan State Forest Connecticut |
#8020, aired 2019-06-21 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: A prize for American humor is named for this author of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" Mark Twain |
#8019, aired 2019-06-20 | IN THE TV ROOM $200: On this series, Lorelai & Rory lived in the quirky town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut Gilmore Girls |
#7998, aired 2019-05-22 | MUSICAL STATE SYMBOLS $600: A patriotic tune, this state song of Connecticut is probably the only one to contain the name of a pasta "Yankee Doodle" |
#7953, aired 2019-03-20 | BEHIND BARS $1200: Piper Kerman's time at a correctional institution in Connecticut is the basis of this TV series Orange is the New Black |
#7952, aired 2019-03-19 | U.S. CITIES $1000: P.T. Barnum was once the mayor of this most populous Connecticut city Bridgeport |
#7871, aired 2018-11-26 | SAFE SPACES $4,400 (Daily Double): In 1640 English settlers named a Connecticut town "New" this, reflecting the safety it provided New Haven |
#7851, aired 2018-10-29 | JOUST $400: In this Twain tale Hank Morgan pulls out 2 guns while jousting at Camelot & kills some knights A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#7843, aired 2018-10-17 | LIFE IN COLONIAL AMERICA $400: In Connecticut a white male needed land worth 2 pounds a year in rent or livestock worth 40 pounds to be able to do this vote |
#7834, aired 2018-10-04 | AUTHORS BORN & DIED $200: Born in Connecticut in 1811, she went to that "cabin" in the sky July 1, 1896 (Harriet Beecher) Stowe |
#7833, aired 2018-10-03 | NEW ENGLAND $600: The Hall of Heroes in New London, Connecticut honors heroic alumni of this service academy the Coast Guard Academy |
#7816, aired 2018-09-10 | COLLEGES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI FROM K TO Q $2000: Let's take a poll--does at least one of you 3 know this "Q" university is in Hamden, Connecticut? Quinnipiac |
#7782, aired 2018-06-12 | HQ TRIVIA $1000: A 7'4" life-size statue of this French-born man greets you at WWE's HQ in Stamford, Connecticut André the Giant |
#7780, aired 2018-06-08 | STATE OF THE NEWSPAPER $200: The Hartford Courant Connecticut |
#7757, aired 2018-05-08 | SHORT STORIES $1200: "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" & "The Laughing Man" are 2 of the "Nine Stories" put out by this author J.D. Salinger |
#7755, aired 2018-05-04 | DOWN BY THE WATER $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) I'm at Mystic Seaport, the nation's leading maritime museum, located on 19 acres in this New England state Connecticut |
#7729, aired 2018-03-29 | WE'RE ALL AMERICANS $800: This actress of Connecticut played Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1968's "The Lion in Winter" Katharine Hepburn |
#7724, aired 2018-03-22 | AVIATION HISTORY $1600: With H. Ross Perot Jr. aboard, the Spirit of this state is seen here completing the first round-the-world helicopter trip Texas |
#7706, aired 2018-02-26 | "SMALL" TALK $800: In Connecticut, you cannot have a jury for this type of court where cases might be about back rent or damaged property small claims court |
#7700, aired 2018-02-16 | EPONYMOUS BRANDS $600: Linus, not Eli, was the first name of this Connecticut lock maven Yale |
#7696, aired 2018-02-12 | DUMB CRIMINALS $1000: Ditching the usual walk-in method, a robber from Bridgeport in this state called ahead to a bank to have $100,000 waiting Connecticut |
#7686, aired 2018-01-29 | FREEZE FRAME $1200: In a depressing 1997 film about '70s key parties, this title weather condition freezes New Canaan, Connecticut the ice storm |
#7672, aired 2018-01-09 | BUGS MEANIE $600: This tick-borne disease named for a Connecticut town can include M.S.-like symptoms & terrible arthritis Lyme disease |
#7646, aired 2017-12-04 | LITERATURE ACROSS AMERICA $400: (Hi, this is Ryan Kristafer from News 8.) Harriet Beecher Stowe lived next door to this other great American author at the time he wrote "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (Mark) Twain |
#7607, aired 2017-10-10 | 19th CENTURY SPORTS $400: In 1878 the annual regatta between these 2 schools moved to the Thames River in Connecticut Yale & Harvard |
#7606, aired 2017-10-09 | LAW SLAW $200: Connecticut's rules for this group of 12 say don't look up any words you hear in court in a dictionary a jury |
#7604, aired 2017-10-05 | IT'S LIEBERMAN! $200: He was majority leader of the Connecticut Senate from 1975 to 1981 Joe Lieberman |
#7600, aired 2017-09-29 | TRANSPORTATION $200: The U.S.A.'s oldest continuously operating service of this kind has crossed the Connecticut River since 1665 a ferry |
#7597, aired 2017-09-26 | EPONYMS $400: This toy we throw around was based on a tin pie plate made by & named for a Connecticut baker Frisbee |
#7583, aired 2017-07-26 | A TALE OF "NEW" CITIES $400: The Puritans found safety when they settled this Connecticut city in 1638 New Haven |
#7562, aired 2017-06-27 | OLD SCHOOL $400: Founded 1701 & located in a town just west of East Haven, Connecticut Yale |
#7551, aired 2017-06-12 | ROCKS & MINERALS $1,000 (Daily Double): A native sandstone, Roxbury puddingstone is the official rock of this state Massachusetts |
#7546, aired 2017-06-05 | LIFE IS JUST A BOWL OF CHERRIES $2000: Cherry County, which borders South Dakota on the north, is this state's largest county, exceeding Connecticut in area Nebraska |
#7535, aired 2017-05-19 | STATE NICKNAMES $600: "The Constitution State" &
"The Nutmeg State" Connecticut |
#7523, aired 2017-05-03 | AYE, AYE, ADMIRAL $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Mystic Seaport in Connecticut.) Salvaged from a clipper ship called the Great Admiral, that was built in 1869, the figurehead here represents this admiral who won fame in the 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay (David) Farragut |
#7517, aired 2017-04-25 | SIMILARLY NAMED SCHOOLS $600: It's about a 2-hour drive northeast from Wesleyan in Connecticut to this Seven Sisters college in Massachusetts Wellesley |
#7484, aired 2017-03-09 | BRAND NAMES--FIRST & LAST $1000: Richard Liebeskind started this women's clothing store in New Haven, Connecticut in 1954 Ann Taylor |
#7480, aired 2017-03-03 | PRITZKER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE WINNERS $1200: Philip Johnson, the prize's very first winner in 1979, designed the Glass House in New Canaan in this state Connecticut |
#7470, aired 2017-02-17 | A YEAR ENDING IN 00 $1200: In 2000 Al Gore picked this Connecticut senator as the first Jew ever on a major party ticket (Joseph) Lieberman |
#7446, aired 2017-01-16 | OUT OF CON TEXT $200: A memoir: "On Feb. 4, 2004... Larry drove me to the women's prison in Danbury, Connecticut" Orange is the New Black |
#7441, aired 2017-01-09 | WOMEN & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1000: In April 1777 Sybil Ludington pulled a Paul Revere-style all-night ride to tell of a British attack on Danbury in this state Connecticut |
#7433, aired 2016-12-28 | HISTORIC HOMES $600: This writer's home in Hartford, Connecticut, where he lived beginning in 1874, is often called Steamboat Gothic Mark Twain |
#7414, aired 2016-12-01 | THE AGE OF WHALING $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Mystic Seaport, Connecticut.) From the hoops high above, lookouts would keep watch, and when they spotted a whale's spout, they commonly yelled this familiar 3-word phrase thar she blows |
#7414, aired 2016-12-01 | THE AGE OF WHALING $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Mystic Seaport, Connecticut.) In the seventeen and eighteen-hundreds, whale oil was in high demand for use in lamps and candles and to lubricate machinery parts; after a whale was killed, chunks of this thick layer of fat would be boiled in tri-pots like these to produce the oil blubber |
#7414, aired 2016-12-01 | THE AGE OF WHALING $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Mystic Seaport, Connecticut.) After a whale was spotted, the crew pursued it in a boat like this; in 1820, sailors spent 3 harrowing months on their boats after the Essex was sunk by an 85-foot whale, inspiring this classic 1851 novel Moby Dick |
#7414, aired 2016-12-01 | THE AGE OF WHALING $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Mystic Seaport, Connecticut.) At the recreated 19th century seafaring village, see how these craftsmen made casks to store whale oil at sea coopers |
#7397, aired 2016-11-08 | CRY "UNK" $2000: This generic name for a small town comes from a Native American tribe of Connecticut podunk |
#7377, aired 2016-10-11 | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $1600: 2/3 of Connecticut is largely forested with this tree, such as the "Charter" one famous in the state's history oak |
#7352, aired 2016-07-26 | BOOKS BY CHAPTER TITLES $200: "Of What Happened to the Ingenious Gentleman in the Inn Which He Took to Be a Castle" Don Quixote |
#7341, aired 2016-07-11 | BORN IN CONNECTICUT $200: A book called "Homegrown Terror" chronicles this patriot-turned-traitor & the burning of New London Benedict Arnold |
#7341, aired 2016-07-11 | BORN IN CONNECTICUT $400: Before he ran off & ran the circus, he published a Danbury newspaper & was arrested for libel Barnum |
#7341, aired 2016-07-11 | BORN IN CONNECTICUT $600: This Yale grad put out "An American Dictionary of the English Language" in 1828, when he was 70 (Noah) Webster |
#7341, aired 2016-07-11 | BORN IN CONNECTICUT $800: In 1868 a church in Hartford, Connecticut was founded in memory of this revolver inventor & some of his children Colt |
#7341, aired 2016-07-11 | BORN IN CONNECTICUT $1000: The last name of this Connecticut-born jeweler is seen on coveted blue boxes (Charles) Tiffany |
#7289, aired 2016-04-28 | PEOPLE ON THE MAP $1600: This daughter of an Alaska governor is named for the Connecticut city that's home to ESPN Bristol Palin |
#7280, aired 2016-04-15 | ODDS & "N"s $800: Australia also has a region called this, but theirs doesn't include Vermont & Connecticut New England |
#7262, aired 2016-03-22 | MEDICAL MATTERS $800: A tick-transmitted infection, it gets its name from a Connecticut town Lyme disease |
#7240, aired 2016-02-19 | LITERARY QUOTES $200: In "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", Hank asks, "Bridgeport?" & a knight replies, this place Camelot |
#7191, aired 2015-12-14 | WOMEN IN POLITICS $400: In 1974 Ella Grasso of Connecticut became the first woman elected to this job whose husband hadn't once held the job governor |
#7187, aired 2015-12-08 | COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND $1200: In what's now this state, the Mohegans rebelled against the Pequots & made nice with the colonists Connecticut |
#7164, aired 2015-11-05 | THE URGE TO MERGE $200: This 14th state had previously been a republic called New Connecticut Vermont |
#7163, aired 2015-11-04 | STATELY RIVERS $2000: New England's longest river, it flows from a small beaver pond near the Canadian border to Long Island Sound the Connecticut |
#7153, aired 2015-10-21 | NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS $400: (Hi, I'm Mark Kelly.) My wife Gabrielle Giffords & I founded Americans for Responsible Solutions in response to the 2012 Sandy Hook tragedy in this Connecticut community Newtown |
#7147, aired 2015-10-13 | NEW ENGLAND $800: This 19th-century Connecticut village, seen here, was recreated from actual shops transported there from all over New England Mystic Seaport |
#7147, aired 2015-10-13 | MY KIND OF "TOWN" $2000: On the Connecticut River, it was named for its position smack in between the upstream towns & the river mouth Middletown |
#7129, aired 2015-09-17 | NOOK $1200: From 1871 to 1891 Mark Twain lived in the Nook Farm region of this Connecticut city Hartford |
#7104, aired 2015-07-02 | STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES $800: "The Insurance Capital of the World" Hartford, Connecticut |
#7098, aired 2015-06-24 | THE BUSINESS OF TECH $200: Based in Connecticut, this company had $21.4 billion in revenue in fiscal 2013; copy that! Xerox |
#7081, aired 2015-06-01 | FICTIONAL PLACES $200: The seat of King Arthur's court, it was visited by a mechanic from Connecticut in 528 A.D. Camelot |
#7056, aired 2015-04-27 | WHICH STATE? $800: Is home to Foxwoods, one of the largest resort casinos in North America Connecticut |
#7055, aired 2015-04-24 | LET'S GO OLD SCHOOL! $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1831 Methodists founded this Connecticut school whose name means a follower of Methodism Wesleyan |
#7038, aired 2015-04-01 | NOVELS $1600: Hank Morgan wins the position of prime minister & earns Merlin's jealousy in this Twain tale A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#7030, aired 2015-03-20 | STATE THE SENATOR $600: In 1955:
Prescott Bush Connecticut |
#7008, aired 2015-02-18 | VERMONT $800: Naturally, the 400-mile-long Connecticut River forms the boundary between Vermont & this state New Hampshire |
#7008, aired 2015-02-18 | TV EATERIES & DRINKERIES $1000: Luke's Diner in Stars Hollow, Connecticut Gilmore Girls |
#6944, aired 2014-11-20 | BOOKS & ARTHURS $2,400 (Daily Double): Chapter 1 of this 1889 novel begins "'Camelot--Camelot...I don't seem to remember hearing of it before.'" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#6894, aired 2014-07-31 | STATE'S LEFTS $800: To the left of Rhode Island Connecticut |
#6889, aired 2014-07-24 | COOL BUILDINGS $1600: A Presbyterian church in Stamford, Connecticut is often compared to this creature--an early Christian symbol fish |
#6885, aired 2014-07-18 | STATELY LITERATURE $200: "A ____ Yankee In King Arthur's Court" Connecticut |
#6878, aired 2014-07-09 | POP CULTURE COLLEGE COURSES $1000: But I would not feel so all alone at Connecticut College; everybody must know English 213B was on this singer Bob Dylan |
#6878, aired 2014-07-09 | "Y": ME $2000: In 1713 I gave a bunch of books to a school at Saybrook, Connecticut (Elihu) Yale |
#6871, aired 2014-06-30 | REMEMBER THE ALIMONY $800: Connecticut will grant a divorce if one spouse has been absent & out of touch for this "itchy" length of time seven years |
#6823, aired 2014-04-23 | APRIL... $1200: School:
The University of this state, based in Storrs, which observes Founders Day on the 21st Connecticut |
#6789, aired 2014-03-06 | ON THE BOOKSHELF $400: In a kids' book, Chester is this title type of insect who comes from Connecticut to live in Times Square a cricket |
#6785, aired 2014-02-28 | ACTUAL 911 CALLS $600: In 2013 Connecticut police had to post online, missing "Breaking Bad" is not a 911 issue, please call this provider, not us your cable company |
#6739, aired 2013-12-26 | MARK TWAIN $3,000 (Daily Double): Twain satirized the customs & institutions of the feudal world in this 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#6718, aired 2013-11-27 | SOUND GEOGRAPHY $1600: Almost all of Connecticut's coastline lies along this arm of the Atlantic Long Island Sound |
#6707, aired 2013-11-12 | NOVELS BY CHARACTER $800: Sir Kay,
Hank Morgan,
Merlin the Magician A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | "C" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In 1856 a storm felled this Connecticut tree in which the colony's document of rights was held 169 years earlier the Charter Oak |
#6691, aired 2013-10-21 | THE 13 COLONIES $1200: In 1665 New Haven colony merged with this colony Connecticut |
#6688, aired 2013-10-16 | WASHINGTON, NOT D.C. $2000: General W. passed 3 times through what's now Washington in this state's Litchfield County Connecticut |
#6659, aired 2013-07-25 | U.S. CITY NICKNAMES $1000: Connecticut:
"Submarine Capital of the World" Groton |
#6643, aired 2013-07-03 | A CONNECTICUT YANKEE $200: This pediatrician who wrote the book on baby & child care was born in New Haven in 1903 & rowed crew for Yale (Dr.) Spock |
#6643, aired 2013-07-03 | A CONNECTICUT YANKEE $400: A contribution of this Sterling, Connecticut man: the first average of selected U.S. stock prices (Charles Henry) Dow |
#6643, aired 2013-07-03 | A CONNECTICUT YANKEE $800: This gunmaker's manufacturing company is in Hartford, his birthplace (Samuel) Colt |
#6643, aired 2013-07-03 | A CONNECTICUT YANKEE $1,000 (Daily Double): This patriot began his one life in Coventry, Connecticut on June 6, 1755 (Nathan) Hale |
#6643, aired 2013-07-03 | A CONNECTICUT YANKEE $1000: This Connecticut lexicographer's "Blue-Backed Speller" has never been out of print (Noah) Webster |
#6627, aired 2013-06-11 | OH SEE, CAN YOU SAY? $1000: In 2013 his 24 years representing Connecticut in Washington came to an end (Joe) Lieberman |
#6601, aired 2013-05-06 | CONSTITUTION USA WITH PETER SAGAL $1,200 (Daily Double): A New London, Connecticut,
fight over this --
government power
to take private property -- ended with land seized
and nothing built eminent domain |
#6600, aired 2013-05-03 | THE BIG "BOARD" $600: Examples of these include Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut & Phillips Academy in Massachusetts boarding school |
#6589, aired 2013-04-18 | AUTHORS AGAINST ADAPTATIONS $800: After he felt Hollywood ruined his "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut", he wouldn't sell "The Catcher in the Rye" J. D. Salinger |
#6517, aired 2013-01-08 | MOVIE JOBS $800: In addition to his field work, he is a professor of archaeology at Marshall College in Connecticut Indiana Jones |
#6517, aired 2013-01-08 | THE 6 NEW ENGLAND STATES $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2 whose names come from Native American words Massachusetts and Connecticut |
#6488, aired 2012-11-28 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: This Mark Twain book contains such chapters as "The Ogre's Castle" & "Merlin's Tower" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#6446, aired 2012-10-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY "Q" & "A" $200: On October 2, 1656 Connecticut enacted legislation to ban members of this religious group the Quakers |
#6409, aired 2012-06-28 | STATE CAPITAL BIRTHPLACES $1600: Samuel Colt & Katharine Hepburn Hartford, Connecticut |
#6391, aired 2012-06-04 | C.D.s $800: After 30 years as a U.S. senator from Connecticut, he now heads the Motion Picture Association of America (Christopher) Dodd |
#6378, aired 2012-05-16 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $1000: This neighborhood is named for the traffic circle where Mass., Connecticut & New Hampshire Aves. intersect DuPont Circle |
#6372, aired 2012-05-08 | WASHINGTON TODAY $800: This Connecticut man who ran for vice president in 2000 announced that 2012 would be his last year in the Senate (Joseph) Lieberman |
#6357, aired 2012-04-17 | A SINGLE TREE $1000: Connecticut has the Charter this; France has the Chapel this, with a room for prayer inside Oak |
#6352, aired 2012-04-10 | COACH $800: Geno Auriemma led this university to back-to-back 39-0 championship years in women's hoops University of Connecticut |
#6345, aired 2012-03-30 | HERBS & SPICES $600: This spice is in one of Connecticut's nicknames nutmeg |
#6278, aired 2011-12-28 | "NEW" U.S. CITIES $1,200 (Daily Double): Somewhat ironically, this Connecticut city was attacked, captured & burned by the British in 1781 New London |
#6267, aired 2011-12-13 | LONG LIVE THE COMPANY $600: In 1810 the Connecticut General Assembly passed an act incorporating this insurance company with a city's name Hartford |
#6259, aired 2011-12-01 | ABOUT THE STATES $600: The state ship of Connecticut is this early nuclear submarine the Nautilus |
#6252, aired 2011-11-22 | WHERE YA FROM? $600: This president was born in 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut while his dad was a student at Yale George W. Bush |
#6222, aired 2011-10-11 | PURSE-ONALITIES $200: Classic bag shapes inspire the Connecticut-based brand of purses called Dooney & this Bourke |
#6213, aired 2011-09-28 | TRIPLE THE FUN $800: On the East Coast "Tri-State Area" often refers to this trio, the 3rd, 5th & 11th to join the Union Connecticut, New York & New Jersey |
#6208, aired 2011-09-21 | MONEY BEST PLACES TO LIVE $800: Cozy Sharon in this northeast state's Norfolk County is teeming with history: a church there has a Paul Revere bell Massachusetts |
#6186, aired 2011-07-04 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $2000: This Connecticut native was a general in both the American & British armies during the war Benedict Arnold |
#6181, aired 2011-06-27 | OXFORD $400: The town of Oxford in this state is near Bridgeport Connecticut |
#6142, aired 2011-05-03 | TAKE THE FIFTH $2000: This "Nutmeg State" was the fifth state to join the Union Connecticut |
#6139, aired 2011-04-28 | STATE FLAGS $200: One story says that the 3 vines on its flag represent Windsor, Wethersfield & Hartford Connecticut |
#6104, aired 2011-03-10 | NEW ENGLANDERS $1600: This president's father, Prescott, represented Connecticut in the Senate from 1952 to 1963 George H.W. Bush |
#6098, aired 2011-03-02 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $400: Issued in New Haven, Connecticut in 1878, the first one of these listed about 50 names & businesses a phone book |
#6093, aired 2011-02-23 | THE 13 COLONIES $800: In 1635 William Blackstone became the first European to settle in this colony, one year before Roger Williams Rhode Island |
#6090, aired 2011-02-18 | LAND "HA"! $200: In 1636 Thomas Hooker, a Congregationalist minister, founded what would be this capital of Connecticut Hartford |
#6079, aired 2011-02-03 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: Bridgeport is the largest city in this northeastern state Connecticut |
#6069, aired 2011-01-20 | MARK TWAIN SHALL MEET $1200: ...this poet, whose "Idylls of the King" started an Arthurian craze that inspired "A Connecticut Yankee" Tennyson |
#6068, aired 2011-01-19 | BOTH MY X's $400: This Fortune 500 company's headquarters are in Norwalk, Connecticut Xerox |
#6065, aired 2011-01-14 | IT'S AN HONOR $1200: A 2010 postage stamp was issued in Old Saybrook, Connecticut honoring this legendary actress Katharine Hepburn |
#6057, aired 2011-01-04 | 3 AGAINST 1 $1000: Historian William, or Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd |
#6021, aired 2010-11-15 | TWAIN TRACTS $200: A blow on the head sends a man back to Camelot in this 1889 Mark Twain novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#6021, aired 2010-11-15 | STATE FACTS $600 (Daily Double): This state was named for the King of England who reigned from 1727 to 1760 Georgia |
#6013, aired 2010-11-03 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $400: ...of the New England states Connecticut |
#6001, aired 2010-10-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map of New England on the monitor.) In May 1643, to discourage attacks by the Dutch & others, the United Colonies of New England was formed by 4 Puritan colonies: Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, New Haven & this one Plymouth |
#5996, aired 2010-10-11 | STATES' FORMER CAPITALS $200: New Haven Connecticut |
#5990, aired 2010-10-01 | FATHERLY NICKNAMES $800: This "father of the cylinder lock" located his company in Stamford, Connecticut, not New Haven Yale |
#5980, aired 2010-09-17 | YANKEE MAGAZINE $800: An article called "A Tip Of The Hat To Danbury", in this state, tells how JFK helped kill an industry with his bareheaded ways Connecticut |
#5953, aired 2010-06-30 | KITTY LIT $1600: In this George Selden work, Harry Cat becomes friends with Chester, a cricket from Connecticut who goes to NYC The Cricket in Times Square |
#5949, aired 2010-06-24 | STATE THE STATE OF THE GOVERNOR $1200: Sonny Perdue Georgia |
#5878, aired 2010-03-17 | IN THE STATE CAPITAL $800: Aetna Insurance corporate headquarters Hartford, Connecticut |
#5863, aired 2010-02-24 | MEET YOUR NEW GODFATHER! $200: I'll make you an offer you can't refuse: name one of the 2 U.S. senators from Connecticut & I'll give you $200 (Christopher) Dodd (or Joseph Lieberman) |
#5842, aired 2010-01-26 | HOLD THE FORT $200: A fort in New Haven was named for this Connecticut patriot who was hanged as a spy in 1776 Hale |
#5833, aired 2010-01-13 | STATES BY COUNTIES $200: Middlesex,
New London,
New Haven Connecticut |
#5826, aired 2010-01-04 | U.S. CITIES $800: Yes, dear, this insurance center is the largest city in the Connecticut River Valley Hartford |
#5821, aired 2009-12-28 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1600: This New London, Connecticut academy's motto is "The sea yields to knowledge" the Coast Guard Academy |
#5819, aired 2009-12-24 | THE GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE $2,600 (Daily Double): Between New Hampshire & Vermont runs this river named for a third state the Connecticut |
#5793, aired 2009-11-18 | AMERICAN CITIES $1000: In 1882 the Knights of Columbus was founded in this "new" Connecticut city New Haven |
#5782, aired 2009-11-03 | YOUNG MR. PRESIDENT $800: He grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, & attended private schools there & in Andover, Massachusetts George H.W. Bush |
#5776, aired 2009-10-26 | HOLLOW $1600: In 1687 Joseph Wadsworth reportedly hid this state's charter in the hollow of a white oak tree Connecticut |
#5733, aired 2009-07-08 | TO THE LIGHTHOUSE $800: New London Harbor Light,
Stamford Harbor Light Connecticut |
#5693, aired 2009-05-13 | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $1600: In 1967 Ann Uccello was elected the first woman mayor of a capital city--this capital of Connecticut Hartford |
#5675, aired 2009-04-17 | JOE THE SENATOR $1200: This Connecticut senator was chairman of the Government Affairs Committee from 2001 to 2003 Lieberman |
#5649, aired 2009-03-12 | NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES $1200: The Penobscot are represented in the legislature of this state where you'll find Penobscot Bay Maine |
#5639, aired 2009-02-26 | SO LONG $1000: This Connecticut daily has been published continuously since 1764, longer than any other U.S. newspaper the Hartford Courant |
#5593, aired 2008-12-24 | "OAK" LAND $2000: Connecticut has this specific tree on its state quarter the Charter Oak |
#5579, aired 2008-12-04 | STREETCAR $200: Rent a streetcar for your birthday party at the Shore Line Trolley Museum in this state's East Haven Connecticut |
#5560, aired 2008-11-07 | NAME THE BOOK $800: "Adam Trask was born on a farm on the outskirts of a little town which was not far from a big town in Connecticut" East of Eden |
#5543, aired 2008-10-15 | STOCK IT TO ME! $800: ETH is this furniture company that shockingly moved from Vermont to Connecticut in 1973 Ethan Allen |
#5511, aired 2008-07-21 | JUNEAU $800: The USA's second-largest city in area, Juneau is larger than either of these 2 states Rhode Island & Delaware |
#5484, aired 2008-06-12 | THE 50 STATES $1200: The Courant in this state's capital has been published since 1764 Connecticut |
#5468, aired 2008-05-21 | "DD" TEA $200: He has represented Connecticut in the U.S. Senate since 1981 (Christopher) Dodd |
#5462, aired 2008-05-13 | POLITICIANS $1000: The 2 senators in the 110th Congress whose affiliation is Independent are Vermont's Bernie Sanders & him Joe Lieberman |
#5443, aired 2008-04-16 | EARLY AMERICA $2000: In the 1620s this Dutch company founded New Netherland in what later became N.Y., N.J., Delaware & Connecticut the Dutch West India Company |
#5441, aired 2008-04-14 | STATE FLAGS $1000: The flags of these two Eastern states that border each other both depict the goddess Liberty holding a liberty cap New York & New Jersey |
#5426, aired 2008-03-24 | THE STATE'S JR. SENATOR $800: Joe Lieberman Connecticut |
#5418, aired 2008-03-12 | OFFICIAL STATE DINOSAURS & FOSSILS $600: Haddonfield, in this Eastern state, was the site of the first "nearly complete" dinosaur find--a Hadrosaurus New Jersey |
#5417, aired 2008-03-11 | STATE THE STATE $2000: Roger Sherman, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, represented this state at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 Connecticut |
#5409, aired 2008-02-28 | COURT-LY $800: Under this Chief Justice, the court found in Griswold v. Connecticut a right to privacy in the penumbra of the Bill of Rights Earl Warren |
#5388, aired 2008-01-30 | A CINEMATIC FEAST $600: The title eatery in this 1988 Julia Roberts film actually exists in Connecticut Mystic Pizza |
#5372, aired 2008-01-08 | STORY LINE $1,500 (Daily Double): Hank makes guns, gets into fight, wakes under tree & is captured by Sir Kay; remembers about an eclipse... A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#5372, aired 2008-01-08 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2000: The Connecticut River, like the Quinnipiac & Saugatuck Rivers, flows into this sound Long Island Sound |
#5361, aired 2007-12-24 | STATE YOUR CASE $400: Woodbury, Middlebury & Waterbury are all cities in this state Connecticut |
#5356, aired 2007-12-17 | BRANDED $1600: In 1920 the U.S. Post Office approved this Connecticut company's postage meter Pitney Bowes |
#5354, aired 2007-12-13 | TWAIN TRACTS $400: "By my authority as executive I threw Merlin into prison -- the same cell I had occupied myself" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#5329, aired 2007-11-08 | THE U.S. SENATE $200: This Connecticut senator lost the 2006 Democratic primary but later won reelection as an independent Joe Lieberman |
#5318, aired 2007-10-24 | "C" IN HISTORY $800: In 1614 explorer Adriaen Block claimed what is now this U.S. state for the Dutch Connecticut |
#5294, aired 2007-09-20 | OFFICIAL STATE THINGS $800: Appropriately, the official state cantata of Connecticut has this spicy 6-letter name nutmeg |
#5291, aired 2007-09-17 | STUPID ANSWERS $1000: Founded in 1911, this Connecticut college is in the town of New London Connecticut College |
#5291, aired 2007-09-17 | PSEUDO SPORT LIT $5,000 (Daily Double): A-Rod is truly in trouble in this time-traveling Twain text from 1889 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#5277, aired 2007-07-17 | U.S. SENATORS $1600: In 2000 this Connecticut senator became the first Jewish candidate on a major party ticket (Joe) Lieberman |
#5275, aired 2007-07-13 | STATES' MOST POPULOUS CITIES $600: Bridgeport,
pop. 140,000 Connecticut |
#5233, aired 2007-05-16 | LINES FROM LITERATURE $1600: Chapter 1 of it begins, "'Camelot--Camelot,' said I to myself. 'I don't seem to remember hearing of it before'" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#5217, aired 2007-04-24 | NCAA TEAM NAME'S THE SAME $1200: University of Connecticut, University of Washington the Huskies |
#5207, aired 2007-04-10 | STATELY MUSEUMS $2000: Housatonic Museum of Art, Mystic Seaport Connecticut |
#5206, aired 2007-04-09 | SOUNDS LIKE MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND $2000: This Connecticut city is home to the American Clock & Watch Museum & to ESPN Bristol |
#5190, aired 2007-03-16 | AT THE MARK TWAIN HOUSE $1200: (Alex Trebek delivers the clue from the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT.) Appropriately, Mark Twain resided here in Hartford while he worked on this 1889 novel about a Hartford man who travels back in time to medieval England A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#5174, aired 2007-02-22 | THE NEXT STATE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER $2000: After Connecticut Delaware |
#5159, aired 2007-02-01 | NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY & CONNECTICUT $400: (Sarah reports from the Plasma Physics Lab in New Jersey)
A record level of fusion power was produced at the Plasma Physics Lab of this New Jersey Ivy League university Princeton |
#5159, aired 2007-02-01 | NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY & CONNECTICUT $800: The year the Empire State Building opened, this bridge opened to help you get to it from New Jersey George Washington Bridge |
#5159, aired 2007-02-01 | NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY & CONNECTICUT $1200: (John reports from Radio City Music Hall in New York)
The stock market crash ended this man's dream of putting an opera house here; he ended up building Radio City Music Hall on the land he controlled John D. Rockefeller, Jr. |
#5159, aired 2007-02-01 | NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY & CONNECTICUT $1600: The USA's last wooden whaling ship, the Charles W. Morgan, is docked in the harbor of this Conn. seaport Mystic |
#5159, aired 2007-02-01 | NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY & CONNECTICUT $2000: This submarine building Connecticut town was the site of a 1781 massacre of U.S. troops by the British; a memorial is shown Groton |
#5158, aired 2007-01-31 | A NICOLE KIDMAN FILM FESTIVAL $1200: Nicole moves to an exclusive Connecticut town where the women are rather robotic The Stepford Wives |
#5143, aired 2007-01-10 | FIRST 3 LETTERS OF STATES $600: Grifters are this kind of "men" Connecticut |
#5135, aired 2006-12-29 | MARLIN $200: Marlin Firearms of North Haven, Connecticut manufactures these in 12 & 20 gauge varieties shotguns |
#5128, aired 2006-12-20 | THE CONGRESSIONAL FAMILY NAME $800: Connecticut's Sen. Prescott was Texas's Rep. George's dad; other family folk have government gigs, too Bush |
#5119, aired 2006-12-07 | AMERICANA $1000: Appropriately, this river flows into Long Island Sound just below New London, Connecticut Thames River |
#5118, aired 2006-12-06 | BOOKS ABOUT AUTHORS $200: Chapter 20 of a biography of this Connecticut-born woman is entitled "Antislavery Activist: 1853-1854" (Harriet Beecher) Stowe |
#5110, aired 2006-11-24 | PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA $1000: In 1687 Capt. Joseph Wadsworth hid this colony's charter from the colonial governor by placing it in a white oak tree Connecticut |
#5109, aired 2006-11-23 | CHEMICAL STATES $1200: Cubans do it occasionally: Delaware plus iron plus Connecticut defect (DE+Fe+CT) |
#5102, aired 2006-11-14 | SEE "NN" $5,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 states with "NN" in their names (2 of) Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, & Minnesota |
#5056, aired 2006-09-11 | STATE INSECTS $2,500 (Daily Double): It's tough to separate church & state in Connecticut while having this as state insect the praying mantis |
#5054, aired 2006-07-27 | CONNECT UP WITH CONNECTICUT $200: It's the spice in Connecticut's state nickname that you might sprinkle into your eggnog on a cold Connecticut night nutmeg |
#5054, aired 2006-07-27 | CONNECT UP WITH CONNECTICUT $400: Connecticut's official state hero is this native son who was executed by the British in 1776 Nathan Hale |
#5054, aired 2006-07-27 | CONNECT UP WITH CONNECTICUT $600: Bridgeport, Connecticut has a P.T. Barnum museum & a statue of this tiny "General" Tom Thumb |
#5054, aired 2006-07-27 | CONNECT UP WITH CONNECTICUT $800: Joe Lieberman & this man are Connecticut's U.S. Senate team (Christopher) Dodd |
#5054, aired 2006-07-27 | CONNECT UP WITH CONNECTICUT $1000: New London, Connecticut is the home of this U.S. military academy the Coast Guard Academy |
#5049, aired 2006-07-20 | ABBREVIATED U.S. STATES $1000: Put the abbreviation for this state with "scan" & you get a computerized diagnostic medical technique Connecticut, CT |
#5031, aired 2006-06-26 | HUMPHREY BOGART $400: As a young man, Bogie originally planned on studying for a medical degree at this Connecticut college Yale |
#5023, aired 2006-06-14 | ROYAL LITERATURE $800: 1889: By Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#5014, aired 2006-06-01 | WOMEN IN POLITICS $1000: This governor of Connecticut was fondly known as "Mother Ella" Ella Grasso |
#4942, aired 2006-02-21 | P.T. BARNUM $600: While publishing The Herald of Freedom in Danbury in this state, Barnum was sued for libel 3 times Connecticut |
#4906, aired 2006-01-02 | WHITNEY $200: Born in Westborough, Mass. in 1765, Eli Whitney graduated from this Connecticut university in 1792 Yale |
#4898, aired 2005-12-21 | THE CONNECTICUT CONNECTION $400: This Connecticut newspaper has been reporting the news since 1764 The Hartford Courant |
#4889, aired 2005-12-08 | BUILDING CHARACTER $800: In this Twain tale, Tom Canty is a dead ringer for the future king of England The Prince and the Pauper |
#4873, aired 2005-11-16 | STATE OBJECTS & SYMBOLS $400: This ditty about a pony-riding gentleman is Connecticut's state song "Yankee Doodle" |
#4865, aired 2005-11-04 | HEAD NORTH $400: All of Connecticut's almost 100-mile northern border is with this state Massachusetts |
#4850, aired 2005-10-14 | GEOGRAPHY $600: Hartford is the capital of this New England state Connecticut |
#4833, aired 2005-09-21 | THE DARWIN AWARDS $600: A man from this "Nutmeg State" ended a chase by ducking into a high-security prison, thinking it was a mall Connecticut |
#4796, aired 2005-06-13 | "VE" DAY $400: It was once known as New Connecticut Vermont |
#4770, aired 2005-05-06 | ALL ABOARD! $1000: Take a trip on the Essex steam train & connect to an optional riverboat cruise in this state Connecticut |
#4755, aired 2005-04-15 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $1000: ...among the 13 original Colonies Connecticut |
#4743, aired 2005-03-30 | I'VE GOT ESPN $2000: (Scott Van Pelt reads the clue.) When ESPN began here in Connecticut in 1979, most MLB highlights were of these 3 nearby teams; they could be taped off TV the Yankees, the Mets & the Red Sox |
#4736, aired 2005-03-21 | I'LL HAVE A SUB TO GO $600: Decommissioned in 1980, this first nuclear-powered sub is on display in Connecticut the Nautilus |
#4724, aired 2005-03-03 | LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS $200: Educated at Phillips Academy, Yale & Harvard, this part-time Crawford resident was born in Connecticut in 1946 George W. Bush |
#4708, aired 2005-02-09 | WHERE AM I? $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a city square.) I'm in this city that was co-capital of the Colony & State of Connecticut 1701-1875 New Haven |
#4683, aired 2005-01-05 | JOE MAMA $1600: His mother Marcia was 85 and still living in Stamford, Connecticut when he ran for nationwide office in 2000 Joseph Lieberman |
#4661, aired 2004-12-06 | "C" ME $400: The only state whose nickname includes the name of an important historic document Connecticut |
#4656, aired 2004-11-29 | THE ULTIMATE DIVING MACHINE $1200: The U.S. Naval Submarine School is located in Groton in this state Connecticut |
#4649, aired 2004-11-18 | THINGS TO GIVE THANKS FOR $200: This 10-item document ratified by New Jersey in 1789 & Connecticut in 1939 the Bill of Rights |
#4620, aired 2004-10-08 | "Y"s GUYS $800: In the early 1700s he gave books & other goods to Connecticut's Collegiate School, which was later named for him Yale |
#4610, aired 2004-09-24 | PATRIOTS $400: John Dickenson's "Fabius" letters helped make this state he represented the first to ratify the Constitution Delaware |
#4598, aired 2004-09-08 | TALL BUILDINGS $400: If a chunk of this New England city's Travelers Tower falls on you, we're confident they're insured Hartford, Connecticut |
#4586, aired 2004-07-12 | STATE FACTS $1000: Including Fairfield & litchfield, this state has only 8 counties Connecticut |
#4565, aired 2004-06-11 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL $600: (Hi, I'm Sue Bird.) Before joining the WNBA, I led this university's Huskies to the NCAA championships in 2000 & 2002 the University of Connecticut (UConn) |
#4560, aired 2004-06-04 | MY DEER $1200: The northern deer tick is a major carrier of this disease first seen in Connecticut Lyme disease |
#4558, aired 2004-06-02 | SENATORIAL SUCCESSORS $800: 1988:
Succeeds Connecticut's Lowell Weicker Joseph Lieberman |
#4549, aired 2004-05-20 | THE LARGEST IN AREA $400: Connecticut,
New Hampshire,
Maine Maine |
#4527, aired 2004-04-20 | THEY ALL WENT TO YALE $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut) This blue-eyed icon spent his salad days studying drama at Yale, long before making his own salad dressing Paul Newman |
#4523, aired 2004-04-14 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1200: 62% of the undergrads at Charter Oak State College are from this state Connecticut |
#4517, aired 2004-04-06 | YALE $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Yale.) Yale's oldest building, Connecticut Hall, was the dorm of this 1773 graduate, who had just 3 years to live Nathan Hale |
#4513, aired 2004-03-31 | 4-LETTER RIVERS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from New Haven, Connecticut) This river that Eli Whitney used to power his machinery got its name from powering machines the Mill River |
#4511, aired 2004-03-29 | ALL MY LIFE $1,000 (Daily Double): Born in Connecticut in 1800, helped capture an arsenal in 1859, died a martyr that same year John Brown |
#4503, aired 2004-03-17 | SENATORS BY STATE $600: Christopher Dodd & Joseph Lieberman Connecticut |
#4501, aired 2004-03-15 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Eli Whitney Museum in New Haven, Connecticut) In the 1940s, Dr. William Sewell created an artificial one of these, using parts from an erector set an artificial heart |
#4500, aired 2004-03-12 | BORN & DIED $2000: He was born in Norwich, Connecticut in 1741 & died in London in 1801 Benedict Arnold |
#4486, aired 2004-02-23 | POSTAL ABBREVIATION SPELLING $800: Pennsylvania,
Connecticut pact |
#4480, aired 2004-02-13 | INVENTION $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the Eli Whitney Museum in New Haven, Connecticut.) In 1793 this device changed an industry by separating the seeds from the fiber the cotton gin |
#4479, aired 2004-02-12 | THE 50 STATES $1600: If you have every Hartford Courant from this state, you'll need a warehouse; it's been published since 1764 Connecticut |
#4462, aired 2004-01-20 | PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH $400: George W. Bush was born in this state while his father was in college there Connecticut |
#4458, aired 2004-01-14 | CONNECTICUT $200: At the Museum of these in Bristol, it gets very, very noisy on the hour, every hour Clocks |
#4458, aired 2004-01-14 | CONNECTICUT $400: Product that was the specialty of the bakery Harry Lender opened in 1927 in Connecticut bagels |
#4458, aired 2004-01-14 | CONNECTICUT $600: Miss Porter's School in Farmington was the alma mater of this Long Island-born first lady Jackie Kennedy |
#4458, aired 2004-01-14 | CONNECTICUT $800 (Daily Double): In the 19th century the ivory imported from Africa into Ivoryton, Connecticut was exported mainly as these piano keys |
#4458, aired 2004-01-14 | CONNECTICUT $1000: It's about 40 miles from SoHo in Manhattan to SoNo, a commercial district in this Connecticut town Norwalk |
#4457, aired 2004-01-13 | STATE STUFF $800: Connecticut has a state ship -- this nuclear-powered submarine which was commissioned at Groton on September 30, 1954 the Nautilus |
#4413, aired 2003-11-12 | POTPOURRI $400: (Sofia gives the clue from a football field in New Haven, Connecticut.) Yale fans first sang "Boola Boola" at a football game in 1900, when Yale beat this team 28-0 Harvard |
#4412, aired 2003-11-11 | NEW HAVEN $1000: This Connecticut poet & insurance exec wrote a 20-page poem called "An Ordinary Evening in New Haven" Wallace Stevens |
#4390, aired 2003-10-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1600: This state's highest point is Mount Frissell; its lowest point is at sea level on Long Island Sound Connecticut |
#4389, aired 2003-10-09 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $200: The sugar variety of this is preferred for pies, the Connecticut field variety for jack-o'-lanterns pumpkin |
#4388, aired 2003-10-08 | U.S. CITIES $2000: Connecticut's largest city, its Mountain Grove Cemetery has a life-size statue of Tom Thumb Bridgeport |
#4377, aired 2003-09-23 | STATES BY SCHOOL $800: Stanford University & Whittier College California |
#4346, aired 2003-06-23 | POPULATION UNDER 50,000 $400: State where you'll find the communities of New Hartford & Old Lyme Connecticut |
#4333, aired 2003-06-04 | MUSEUMS $600: The New Haven Colony Historical Society in Connecticut has his original cotton gin on display Eli Whitney |
#4332, aired 2003-06-03 | PLAY $400: Foxwoods Casino, on an Indian reservation in Connecticut, claims the world's largest hall for this game bingo |
#4331, aired 2003-06-02 | STATE NICKNAMES $1600: Though nicknamed "The Constitution State", it was actually the fifth state to ratify the Constitution Connecticut |
#4315, aired 2003-05-09 | TV $400: The title mom & daughter of this WB show live in the idyllic Connecticut town of Stars Hollow the Gilmore Girls |
#4309, aired 2003-05-01 | COOKIES $1000: Founder Margaret Rudkin named this brand for a property her family owned in Connecticut Pepperidge Farm |
#4296, aired 2003-04-14 | HANGING $400: Born in Connecticut in 1800, attacked a U.S. arsenal in 1859, hanged for treason the same year John Brown |
#4261, aired 2003-02-24 | HERO $4,000 (Daily Double): Hank Morgan, a mechanic from Hartford, is the title character of this Twain work "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" |
#4213, aired 2002-12-18 | STATES OF THE UNION $1200: To go from Norwalk to Norwich in this state, head east on I-95 to I-395 north Connecticut |
#4204, aired 2002-12-05 | CITIES & TOWNS $2000: Thomaston in this "Constitution State" was named for clockmaker Seth Thomas Connecticut |
#4191, aired 2002-11-18 | HEY, BABY, I'M PREMED $400: I'm considering this Connecticut med school founded in 1810, but they make you write a thesis Yale |
#4144, aired 2002-09-12 | 19! $2000: Chapter 19 of this Mark Twain tale is "Knight Errantry as a Trade" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#4141, aired 2002-09-09 | IN THE NAVY $1000: The U.S. Navy's Submarine Officer School is headquartered at this "New" city in Connecticut New London |
#4141, aired 2002-09-09 | U.S. UNIVERSITIES $1000: Methodists founded this Connecticut University & named it for Methodism's founder Wesleyan |
#4138, aired 2002-09-04 | PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA $1000: This colony's charter was hidden in a large oak tree from 1687 to 1689 Connecticut |
#4133, aired 2002-07-17 | CELEBRITIES $1000: Before acting, this "Colombo" star worked as an efficiency expert for the Connecticut State Budget Bureau Peter Falk |
#4110, aired 2002-06-14 | STATUARY HALL $2000: Daniel Webster New Hampshire |
#4090, aired 2002-05-17 | NEW ENGLAND $200: Hartford & Bridgeport are important cities in this state Connecticut |
#4050, aired 2002-03-22 | THE NIFTY FIFTIES $1000: This first nuclear-powered submarine was launched at Groton, Connecticut in 1954 the Nautilus |
#4042, aired 2002-03-12 | CLUB ME! $600: Toad's Place in New Haven, Connecticut is the place where they launched their Steel Wheels Tour the Rolling Stones |
#4016, aired 2002-02-04 | STATES OF THE UNION $400: "Yankee Doodle" is the dandy state song of this New England "Nutmeg State" Connecticut |
#4011, aired 2002-01-28 | PLACE $1600: Slightly smaller than Connecticut, this nation is bordered by Saudi Arabia & the United Arab Emirates Qatar |
#4005, aired 2002-01-18 | JAN. $400: Born in Norwich, Connecticut on Jan. 14, 1741 he'd betray his new country 39 years later Benedict Arnold |
#3973, aired 2001-12-05 | OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB $400: In "Tara Road" by Maeve Binchy, a woman from this country swaps houses with a woman in Connecticut Ireland |
#3957, aired 2001-11-13 | RELIGION $500: During a visit to Connecticut in 1741 he delivered his "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon Jonathan Edwards |
#3955, aired 2001-11-09 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: In 1997 Jodie Foster received an honorary doctorate from this Connecticut university, her alma mater Yale |
#3952, aired 2001-11-06 | GEORGIE $200: Born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1946, he grew up to be president of the United States George W. Bush |
#3943, aired 2001-10-24 | THE 13 COLONIES $200: In early 1665 New Haven Colony merged with this one Connecticut |
#3932, aired 2001-10-09 | "NEW" GEOGRAPHY $500: This Connecticut city, one of the first planned communities, was also the first to have antipoverty programs, in 1962 New Haven |
#3908, aired 2001-09-05 | TOP 100 NEWSPAPERS $500: This Connecticut city's Courant covers current affairs Hartford |
#3893, aired 2001-07-04 | IT'S THE LAW $200: Restaurants cannot serve colored margarine in this "Constitution State" unless a notice is posted Connecticut |
#3863, aired 2001-05-23 | SUMMER CAMP $100: Connecticut's SJ Ranch is "For the girl who loves" these animals -- & which of them doesn't? Horses |
#3855, aired 2001-05-11 | STATE CAPITALS $200: From 1701 to 1875 New Haven & this city were twin capitals of Connecticut; today it's the only one Hartford |
#3815, aired 2001-03-16 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1,000 (Daily Double): In "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", his character puts Hank Morgan to sleep for 1,300 years Merlin |
#3808, aired 2001-03-07 | NATIVE AMERICANA $200: Mahicans lived along the Hudson; Mohegans lived in Connecticut; Mohicans were created by this author James Fenimore Cooper |
#3793, aired 2001-02-14 | IT'S A SMALL WORLD $300: Smaller than Connecticut, this 4,400-sq.-mi. nation on the Arabian Peninsula gave women the right to vote in 1999 Qatar |
#3787, aired 2001-02-06 | "X" CALIBER $100: Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, this photo copier company adopted its present name in 1961 Xerox |
#3737, aired 2000-11-28 | STATE SEALS $200: Although not known for its wineries, Connecticut has 3 of these plants on its state seal Grapes/grapevines |
#3713, aired 2000-10-25 | U.S. CITIES $1000: (Hi, I'm Kristoff St. John of "The Young and the Restless") For many years, this Connecticut city where I grew up was the winter headquarters for the Barnum & Bailey Circus Bridgeport |
#3711, aired 2000-10-23 | STATE CAPITALS $500: A synonym for this New England state capital could be what's symbolized by the sign here
[Deer Crossing] Hartford, Connecticut |
#3651, aired 2000-06-19 | U.S.A. $400: Sounds fishy, but Mystic Aquarium is one of the top attractions in this state Connecticut |
#3649, aired 2000-06-15 | AMERICAN LIT $200: Chapter 3 of this Mark Twain novel introduces us to the "Knights of the Table Round" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#3639, aired 2000-06-01 | COASTAL COMMUNITIES $200: Yale University is this city's largest employer New Haven, Connecticut |
#3634, aired 2000-05-25 | AMERICANA $300: With Hartford, this "New" city was joint capital of Connecticut from 1701 to 1875 New Haven |
#3627, aired 2000-05-16 | STATE BORDERS $1000: The Connecticut River forms the border of these 2 New England states north of Connecticut New Hampshire & Vermont |
#3622, aired 2000-05-09 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: Dating from 1752, Connecticut Hall is this university's oldest building Yale |
#3613, aired 2000-04-26 | "SUB" CATEGORY $100: A smaller residential community, like Scarsdale, New York or Greenwich, Connecticut Suburb |
#3591, aired 2000-03-27 | STATE NICKNAMES $200: "The Constitution State" Connecticut |
#3588, aired 2000-03-22 | BIG SCREEN TIME TRAVEL $100: In 1949 Bing Crosby played this title New Englander who travels back to a time of knights & ladies A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#3559, aired 2000-02-10 | MARK TWAIN $800 (Daily Double): This 1889 novel contrasts American homespun ingenuity with the Dark Ages' superstition & ineptitude "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" |
#3557, aired 2000-02-08 | TAFT! $1000: After the presidency, Taft was a law professor at this Connecticut university, his alma mater Yale |
#3548, aired 2000-01-26 | AROUND THE U.S.A. $1000: The U.S. Coast Guard grounded its academy in this Connecticut city New London |
#3537, aired 2000-01-11 | SENIOR SENATORS $600: When admiring the Stamford train station, thank this state's Christopher Dodd, who helped secure funding Connecticut |
#3535, aired 2000-01-07 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $200: Yale, Yale the gang's all here, in this city founded in 1638 by Puritans from Boston New Haven, Connecticut |
#3511, aired 1999-12-06 | STATE SONGS $300: In this Connecticut state song with a 2-word title, "Macaroni" refers to Londoners in fancy clothes "Yankee Doodle" |
#3495, aired 1999-11-12 | COUNTIES BY STATE $100: Middlesex,
New London,
New Haven Connecticut |
#3493, aired 1999-11-10 | SENATORS BY STATE $1000: Christopher Dodd,
Joseph Lieberman Connecticut |
#3489, aired 1999-11-04 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE $400: In this Mark Twain story, a mechanic is knocked unconscious in a fight & awakens in Camelot in 528 A.D. "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" |
#3457, aired 1999-09-21 | THE ROARING '20s $200: In 1927 Harry Lender began baking these in New Haven, Connecticut Bagels |
#3417, aired 1999-06-15 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $400: On January 5, 1665 the New Haven colony was formally annexed by this colony Connecticut |
#3374, aired 1999-04-15 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $1,500 (Daily Double): His gift to a struggling Connecticut collegiate school included a portrait of George I Elihu Yale |
#3341, aired 1999-03-01 | COLLEGE TOWNS $200: Yale New Haven, Connecticut |
#3321, aired 1999-02-01 | 1776 $1000: "First In Freedom", this U.S. colony was first to authorize its delegates to vote for independence North Carolina |
#3318, aired 1999-01-27 | STATE BIRDS $200: It comes bob bob bobbin' along as the state bird of Michigan, Wisconsin & Connecticut Robin |
#3283, aired 1998-12-09 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $1000: On April 19, 1939, this "Nutmeg State" became the last of the original 13 states to ratify the Bill of Rights Connecticut |
#3279, aired 1998-12-03 | FABULOUS BAKER GIRLS $1,000 (Daily Double): Margaret Rudkin named this company after her family's farm in Connecticut Pepperidge Farm |
#3272, aired 1998-11-24 | THE WORLD OF LOUNGE $100: Much lounging is done on this vinyl-covered fabric named for Naugatuck, Connecticut Naugahyde |
#3256, aired 1998-11-02 | ACTRESS TURNED WAITRESS $600: In 1988 Julia Roberts was slinging pizza in this Connecticut town Mystic |
#3225, aired 1998-09-18 | DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK $200: Born in this city in 1903, Dr. Spock studied & rowed at his hometown school, Yale New Haven, Connecticut |
#3213, aired 1998-07-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In November 1689 Joseph Wadsworth hid this colony's charter from the British by placing it in an oak tree Connecticut |
#3197, aired 1998-06-23 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,500 (Daily Double): This large Connecticut city was named after a structure spanning the Pequonnock Bridgeport |
#3193, aired 1998-06-17 | U.S. CITIES $200: This state capital is near the head of navigation on the Connecticut River Hartford |
#3174, aired 1998-05-21 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $800: On Mar. 29, 1882 this first fraternal society of Catholic men was founded in New Haven, Connecticut Knights of Columbus |
#3160, aired 1998-05-01 | "ODD"PODGE $600: This Connecticut senator is the son of a senator Christopher Dodd |
#3135, aired 1998-03-27 | PEOPLE & PLACES $500: The people of this Northeastern U.S. state are called Nutmegs as well as Nutmeggers Connecticut |
#3094, aired 1998-01-29 | ARCHITECTS $200: The Old State House Charles Bullfinch designed for this Connecticut city is now the city hall Hartford |
#3063, aired 1997-12-17 | PLUMBING $500: This L-shaped "hex" wrench was named for a Hartford, Connecticut manufacturer Allen wrench |
#3046, aired 1997-11-24 | "NUT"s TO YOU $500: It's Connecticut's "spicy" nickname "The Nutmeg State" |
#3023, aired 1997-10-22 | LIBRARIES $400: Founded in 1701, this university's library is Connecticut's oldest Yale |
#3020, aired 1997-10-17 | INSURANCE $400: The great poet Wallace Stevens spent 39 years handling claims in this Connecticut & insurance capital Hartford |
#2996, aired 1997-09-15 | ANNUAL EVENTS $300: Each summer Bridgeport, Connecticut holds a festival honoring this circus showman P.T. Barnum |
#2959, aired 1997-06-12 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: The Connecticut River forms Vermont's entire border with this state New Hampshire |
#2956, aired 1997-06-09 | AMERICAN NOVELS $1,400 (Daily Double): In this Twain novel, a New Englander saves himself by predicting a solar eclipse "A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court" |
#2952, aired 1997-06-03 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: Some ocean-going vessels can sail up the Connecticut River as far north as this capital Hartford |
#2942, aired 1997-05-20 | U.S. CITIES $100: New Haven & this city were twin capitals of Connecticut from 1701 to 1875, when it became the sole capital Hartford |
#2937, aired 1997-05-13 | IVY LEAGUE COLLEGES $100: In 1861 this New Haven, Connecticut school awarded America's first Ph.D. Yale |
#2929, aired 1997-05-01 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: In area, this New England state roughly equals Vermont, N.H., Connecticut & Massachusetts combined Maine |
#2925, aired 1997-04-25 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $400: This leader of the Green Mountain Boys was born in Litchfield, Connecticut Ethan Allen |
#2918, aired 1997-04-16 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: In 1892 this New Haven, Connecticut university first admitted women to its graduate school Yale |
#2911, aired 1997-04-07 | STATE BIRDS $100: This red-breasted state bird of Connecticut lays 3 to 6 blue eggs 2 or 3 times a year the robin |
#2899, aired 1997-03-20 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $200: By 1665 the New Haven Colony was absorbed by this colony Connecticut |
#2888, aired 1997-03-05 | NEW ENGLAND $200: In Connecticut broad leaf & shade types of this plant are grown for use as cigar wrappers tobacco |
#2888, aired 1997-03-05 | MUSEUMS $500: Antique streetcars are displayed at the Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven in this state Connecticut |
#2872, aired 1997-02-11 | U.S. CITY NICKNAMES $400: The nearly 40 insurance firms based in this Connecticut city make it the "Insurance Capital of the World" Hartford |
#2869, aired 1997-02-06 | DRAMA $800: His "Ah, Wilderness!" takes place in Connecticut July 4 & 5, 1906 Eugene O'Neill |
#2847, aired 1997-01-07 | PEOPLE FROM CONNECTICUT $200: This writer was the daughter of liberal clergyman Lyman Beecher Harriet Beecher Stowe |
#2847, aired 1997-01-07 | PEOPLE FROM CONNECTICUT $400: This showman's first attraction was Joice Heth, a slave presented as George Washington's former nurse P.T. Barnum |
#2847, aired 1997-01-07 | PEOPLE FROM CONNECTICUT $600: His "Blue-Backed Speller", issued in 1783, is still in print in revised form Noah Webster |
#2847, aired 1997-01-07 | PEOPLE FROM CONNECTICUT $800: In 1901 this Hartford-born financier organized U.S. Steel, the largest corp. in the world J.P. Morgan |
#2847, aired 1997-01-07 | PEOPLE FROM CONNECTICUT $1000: This "Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God" preacher was valedictorian of his class at Yale Jonathan Edwards |
#2838, aired 1996-12-25 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: This Connecticut-based company is the leading producer of mailing equipment & postage meters Pitney-Bowes |
#2822, aired 1996-12-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: For a brief time in 1777, this "Green Mountain State" was known as New Connecticut Vermont |
#2816, aired 1996-11-25 | AWARDS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1976, this Connecticut governor was named "Woman of the Year" by Ladies' Home Journal Ella Grasso |
#2784, aired 1996-10-10 | "EGG" FILLED $400: A native of Connecticut Nutmegger |
#2782, aired 1996-10-08 | HISTORIC HOMES $100: Costumed guides lead tours of this lexicographer's birthplace in West Hartford, Connecticut Webster |
#2774, aired 1996-09-26 | STATE SYMBOLS $500: The U.S.S. Nautilus is its state ship Connecticut |
#2759, aired 1996-09-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: It's the southernmost of the New England states Connecticut |
#2735, aired 1996-06-21 | LIBRARIES $300: Sterling Memorial Library in New Haven, Connecticut houses the archives of this university Yale |
#2702, aired 1996-05-07 | U.S. STATES $400: You'll find the Mystic Marinelife Aquarium in this "Nutmeg State" Connecticut |
#2691, aired 1996-04-22 | POTPOURRI $100: The University of New Haven is actually in West Haven in this state Connecticut |
#2684, aired 1996-04-11 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: This river for which a state is named drains much of Massachusetts' upland region the Connecticut River |
#2684, aired 1996-04-11 | INVENTORS $1000: This armsmaker died at his Hartford, Connecticut home, Armsmear, in 1682 Colt |
#2651, aired 1996-02-26 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $200: In the 1700s the poets known as the Hartford Wits were also known as this state's Wits Connecticut |
#2648, aired 1996-02-21 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $400: Made famous by a Julia Roberts film, Mystic Pizza is located in Mystic in this New England state Connecticut |
#2644, aired 1996-02-15 | WORD ORIGINS $200: This trademark name of a flying plastic disk comes from a Bridgeport, Connecticut pie company Frisbee |
#2633, aired 1996-01-31 | EXPLORERS $200: Hiram Bingham, who discovered this civilization's city of Machu Picchu, was gov. of Connecticut for 1 day Inca |
#2629, aired 1996-01-25 | GEORGE BUSH $500: Bush's father, Prescott, represented this state in the U.S. Senate from 1952 to 1963 Connecticut |
#2627, aired 1996-01-23 | LITERATURE $200: The hero of this Mark Twain novel calls himself "A Yankee of the Yankees....and nearly barren of sentiment" "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" |
#2605, aired 1995-12-22 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Rhode Island, Connecticut & this state meet at a point in Fishers Island Sound New York |
#2592, aired 1995-12-05 | INVENTORS $400: In 1868 he formed a company in Stamford, Connecticut to produce his new cylinder locks (Linus) Yale |
#2588, aired 1995-11-29 | POLITICIANS $800 (Daily Double): Christopher Dodd has represented this state in the U.S. Senate since 1981 Connecticut |
#2562, aired 1995-10-24 | ARENAS $200: The roof of this Connecticut capital's coliseum collapsed in 1978, hours after nearly 5.000 spectators left Hartford |
#2554, aired 1995-10-12 | NEWSPAPERS $400: Papers in this state include the New Haven Register & the Waterbury Republican & American Connecticut |
#2548, aired 1995-10-04 | U.S. STATES $800: Among this state's nicknames are "Land of Steady Habits", "The Brownstone State" & "The Nutmeg State" Connecticut |
#2542, aired 1995-09-26 | STATE SYMBOLS $400: Connecticut's state hero is this patriot hanged by the British in 1776 Nathan Hale |
#2524, aired 1995-07-20 | AMERICANA $400: Historic lodgings in this state include the Old Riverton Inn, the Old Lyme Inn & the Old Mystic Inn Connecticut |
#2523, aired 1995-07-19 | U.S. CITIES $500: In 1796 a director of the Connecticut Land Company founded this Ohio city on Lake Erie Cleveland |
#2515, aired 1995-07-07 | AMERICANA $500: This Connecticut city famous for its university is nicknamed "Elm City" because it once had many elm-lined streets New Haven |
#2506, aired 1995-06-26 | NEW ENGLAND TRIVIA $100: Thomas Hooker & his congregation settled at this Connecticut capital in 1636 Hartford |
#2505, aired 1995-06-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: The origins of this Connecticut-based chemical company go back to National Carbon Co. in 1886 Union Carbide |
#2500, aired 1995-06-16 | CONNECTICUT $100: Nathan Hale lived & studied in Connecticut Hall, this university's oldest building Yale |
#2500, aired 1995-06-16 | CONNECTICUT $200: An East Haddam church boasts the hemisphere's oldest church one of these, cast in Spain in 815 bell |
#2500, aired 1995-06-16 | CONNECTICUT $300: A shrine complete with grotto in Litchfield is modeled on the Shrine of Our Lady in this French town Lourdes |
#2500, aired 1995-06-16 | CONNECTICUT $400: This town is home to a marinelife aquarium as well as the more famous Seaport Museum Mystic |
#2500, aired 1995-06-16 | CONNECTICUT $500: A plaque in Hartford commemorates this historic tree that stood until 1856 Charter Oak |
#2469, aired 1995-05-04 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: In this story a New Englander awakens to find himself at Camelot in 528 A.D. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#2441, aired 1995-03-27 | FAMOUS WOMEN $100: This aviatrix married George Putnam on February 7, 1931 in Connecticut Amelia Earhart |
#2425, aired 1995-03-03 | POLITICIANS $800: A 1992 Time magazine article called this Connecticut governor "The Gutsiest Governor in America" Weicker |
#2409, aired 1995-02-09 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: This Ivy League institution is Connecticut's oldest school of higher education Yale |
#2394, aired 1995-01-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Bridgeport, Connecticut has an annual festival honoring this showman & one-time mayor (P.T.) Barnum |
#2388, aired 1995-01-11 | GEOGRAPHY $500: The Norwalk Islands lie off Norwalk in this New England state Connecticut |
#2384, aired 1995-01-05 | POTPOURRI $800: In 1780 Zadoc Benedict established the USA's first hat factory in Danbury in this state Connecticut |
#2380, aired 1994-12-30 | GOVERNORS $600: In 1980 ill health forced Ella Grasso to resign as governor of this state Connecticut |
#2375, aired 1994-12-23 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $600: Born in Connecticut, he was a general in both the American & British armies during the war Benedict Arnold |
#2366, aired 1994-12-12 | FAMOUS WOMEN $200: A 1946 fire that destroyed her Connecticut home also claimed her unfinished book about Anne Sullivan Macy Helen Keller |
#2357, aired 1994-11-29 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: There are colleges called this in Illinois & Connecticut as well as in Dublin, Ireland Trinity |
#2333, aired 1994-10-26 | MARK TWAIN $600: This novel contains the line "I am an American. I was born and reared in Hartford" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#2332, aired 1994-10-25 | INVENTORS $200: As a teenager this Connecticut locksmith wanted to be a portrait painter (Linus) Yale |
#2308, aired 1994-09-21 | FIRSTS $500: In the 1700s America's first school devoted entirely to law opened in Litchfield in this state Connecticut |
#2296, aired 1994-09-05 | AMERICANA $200: New Britain, the "Hardware City" of this state, is about 10 miles southwest of Hartford Connecticut |
#2286, aired 1994-07-11 | STATE FLAGS & SYMBOLS $600: Its state boat is the Nautilus even though it's the Constitution State Connecticut |
#2271, aired 1994-06-20 | STATE CAPITALS $100: Before becoming Connecticut's sole state capital, it served jointly with New Haven Hartford |
#2248, aired 1994-05-18 | MEDICINE $800: This inflammation disorder, also known as LD, is named for a Connecticut town, not a citrus fruit Lyme disease |
#2243, aired 1994-05-11 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $300: The only colonial building still standing at this university is Connecticut Hall Yale |
#2234, aired 1994-04-28 | VICE PRESIDENTS $400: Vice Presidents George Bush, Elbridge Gerry & John Adams were all born in this state Massachusetts |
#2234, aired 1994-04-28 | U.S. STATES $500: In 1958 construction was completed on a 129-mile turnpike that crosses this state from N.Y. to R.I. Connecticut |
#2221, aired 1994-04-11 | U.S.A. $1,000 (Daily Double): On an alphabetical list of the New England states, this one comes first Connecticut |
#2170, aired 1994-01-28 | U.S.A. $300: Roland Hinton Perry sculpted the lions for the Taft Bridge on Connecticut Avenue in this city Washington, D.C. |
#2154, aired 1994-01-06 | STATE CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): State capital in which you'd find Charter Oak Avenue Hartford, Connecticut |
#2137, aired 1993-12-14 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $500: In 1701 this Ivy League school was founded by 10 Connecticut clergymen Yale |
#2104, aired 1993-10-28 | NEW ENGLAND $200: Connecticut's largest library is at this university Yale |
#2093, aired 1993-10-13 | U.S. HISTORY $600: In 1861 this Connecticut college awarded the first Ph.D. degree in the U.S. Yale |
#2084, aired 1993-09-30 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: When it opened in Connecticut in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it had just 1 student Yale |
#2084, aired 1993-09-30 | NOTABLE NAMES $600: He left Lake Wobegon to broadcast "A Visit to Mark Twain's House" live from Hartford, Connecticut Garrison Keillor |
#2083, aired 1993-09-29 | POLITICIANS $800: The only 2 Independent governors are Lowell Weicker of Connecticut & Walter Hickel of this state Alaska |
#2080, aired 1993-09-24 | NOVELS $400: The narrator of this Mark Twain novel mistakes Camelot for Bridgeport, Connecticut A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#2066, aired 1993-09-06 | THE 1990s $300: Connecticut Gov. Lowell Weicker won the 1992 "Profile in Courage" award named for this President John F. Kennedy |
#2043, aired 1993-06-23 | COINS $1000: This state's tercentenary half dollar was issued in 1935 with a depiction of the Charter Oak Connecticut |
#2029, aired 1993-06-03 | GREENFIELD VILLAGE $400: The Connecticut home he lived in while compiling his American dictionary lies near a 17th cen. English cottage Webster |
#2020, aired 1993-05-21 | U.S. STATES $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1777 New Connecticut changed its name to this, the name the state's still known by Vermont |
#1985, aired 1993-04-02 | STATE CAPITALS $100: It was named for Hertford, England Hartford, Connecticut |
#1984, aired 1993-04-01 | POLITICIANS $600: His father, Thomas Dodd, also represented Connecticut in the U.S. Senate Christopher Dodd |
#1981, aired 1993-03-29 | POLITICS $400: This famous showman served 2 terms in the Connecticut legislature in the 1800s P.T. Barnum |
#1973, aired 1993-03-17 | U.S. STATES $200: Its tourist info line is 1-800-CT BOUND Connecticut |
#1964, aired 1993-03-04 | U.S.A. $800: Litchfield & Fairfield are 2 of only 8 counties in this state Connecticut |
#1939, aired 1993-01-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: This arm of the Atlantic forms most of Connecticut's southern border Long Island Sound |
#1930, aired 1993-01-15 | MUSEUMS $600: Many electric-powered trolleys can be found in the Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven in this state Connecticut |
#1915, aired 1992-12-25 | WORD ORIGINS $800: Lyme disease was named for the town where it was first reported in this New England state Connecticut |
#1904, aired 1992-12-10 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $500: New England's last wooden whaling ship can be seen in this Connecticut seaport Mystic |
#1899, aired 1992-12-03 | SILK $400: In 1810 the first silk mill in the U.S. was founded in Mansfield in this "Nutmeg State" Connecticut |
#1897, aired 1992-12-01 | PRESIDENTS' FATHERS $2,000 (Daily Double): George Bush's father Prescott Bush represented this New England State in the U.S. Senate Connecticut |
#1893, aired 1992-11-25 | LITERATURE $200: Chapter 1 of this Mark Twain book is entitled "Camelot" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#1887, aired 1992-11-17 | COLONIAL AMERICA $400: New Haven Colony merged with this colony in 1664 Connecticut |
#1878, aired 1992-11-04 | STATE SYMBOLS $500: In 1983 Connecticut chose this first nuclear-powered sub as its state ship the Nautilus |
#1864, aired 1992-10-15 | LITERATURE $200: His "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's "Morte d'Arthur" Mark Twain |
#1863, aired 1992-10-14 | FIRST LADIES $500 (Daily Double): She attended Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut from 1944-47 Jackie Onassis (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis) |
#1844, aired 1992-09-17 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $500: This Connecticut newspaper was founded in 1764 & became a daily in 1837 The Hartford Courant |
#1837, aired 1992-09-08 | STATE SYMBOLS $500: Say "amen"; it's the state insect of Connecticut the praying mantis |
#1831, aired 1992-07-13 | MUSEUMS $1000: Antique timepieces are displayed at the American Clock & Watch Museum in Bristol in this state Connecticut |
#1819, aired 1992-06-25 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: Her father, Lyman Beecher, was a Congregationalist minister in Litchfield, Connecticut Harriet Beecher Stowe |
#1783, aired 1992-05-06 | MARK TWAIN $2,000 (Daily Double): This Twain novel is set in 16th century England The Prince and the Pauper |
#1755, aired 1992-03-27 | MOVIE MEALS $600: In this 1988 film Julia Roberts worked at a pizza parlor in Connecticut Mystic Pizza |
#1754, aired 1992-03-26 | U.S. CITIES $600: From 1701-1875 Connecticut had twin capitals, Hartford & this city New Haven |
#1749, aired 1992-03-19 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: Running as an independent, Lowell Weicker was elected governor of this state in 1990 Connecticut |
#1746, aired 1992-03-16 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Built in 1752, Connecticut Hall is this university's oldest building Yale |
#1743, aired 1992-03-11 | AUTHORS' BIRTHPLACES $500: This native of Hartford, Connecticut is married to Sacramento-born Joan Didion John Gregory Dunne |
#1730, aired 1992-02-21 | AMERICANA $400: "Mysterious" name of the 17-acre Connecticut waterfront museum nicknamed "The Seaport" Mystic |
#1725, aired 1992-02-14 | POT LUCK $1000: The U.S. Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut overlooks this river the Thames |
#1714, aired 1992-01-30 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $1000: Founded in 1764, this Hartford, Connecticut paper was bought by the Times Mirror Company in 1979 The Hartford Courant |
#1695, aired 1992-01-03 | "YANKEE"s $300: This novel's title character was knocked out & awoke to find himself in Camelot in 528 A.D. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#1649, aired 1991-10-31 | STATE BIRDS $200: The young of this Connecticut state bird have speckled breasts; the adults are red-breasted a robin |
#1636, aired 1991-10-14 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $800: Mark Twain title describing "The Boss", foreman of a Hartford arms factory a Connecticut Yankee |
#1631, aired 1991-10-07 | NEW ENGLAND $600: Its state tree is the white, not the charter, oak Connecticut |
#1614, aired 1991-09-12 | LANDMARKS $200: The home Philip Johnson designed in New Canaan, Connecticut, is of this type that you don't throw stones in a glass house |
#1613, aired 1991-09-11 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: From 1975-1980 she served as Connecticut's first woman governor Ella Grasso |
#1587, aired 1991-06-25 | U.S. GOVERNORS $600: Lowell Weicker is the 1st independent governor there since 1856 Connecticut |
#1581, aired 1991-06-17 | USA $200: You're not allowed to use this invention of Samuel Colt in the park named for him in Hartford, Connecticut a gun (revolver) |
#1578, aired 1991-06-12 | STATE CAPITALS $300: The Boston Celtics play some home games at this Connecticut capital's Civic Center Hartford |
#1562, aired 1991-05-21 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: The Mark Twain novel that feature Merlin & Morgan le Fay A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#1559, aired 1991-05-16 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $100: George Bush is our third President to have attended this Connecticut school Yale |
#1558, aired 1991-05-15 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $200: In 1878 the first one of these directories was issued in New Haven, Connecticut, and contained 21 names Telephone Directory |
#1546, aired 1991-04-29 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $800: The people of Camelot called this Mark Twain title character "The Boss" A Connecticut Yankee |
#1526, aired 1991-04-01 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: Connecticut is bordered on the south by this arm of the Atlantic Long Island Sound |
#1485, aired 1991-02-01 | CONNECTICUT $200: In existence for 289 years, it's the state's oldest university Yale |
#1485, aired 1991-02-01 | CONNECTICUT $400: Bridgeport's Mountain Grove Cemetery is the burial place of Tom Thumb & this showman who employed him P.T. Barnum |
#1485, aired 1991-02-01 | CONNECTICUT $600: Connecticut's highest point is on Mount Frissell, but the peak's top is further north in this state Massachusetts |
#1485, aired 1991-02-01 | CONNECTICUT $800: You can visit the house in which Mark Twain lived from 1874-91 in this city Hartford |
#1485, aired 1991-02-01 | CONNECTICUT $1000: In 1687 when Gov. Andros came to seize the colonial constitution, it was hidden in this tree the Charter Oak |
#1479, aired 1991-01-24 | COLONIAL AMERICA $1000: Nathan Hale hailed from this colony Connecticut |
#1471, aired 1991-01-14 | MUSEUMS $1000: A museum devoted to maritime history is located in this Connecticut seaport Mystic |
#1422, aired 1990-11-06 | THE AMERICAN FLAG $500: An editorial in this Hartford paper June 14, 1861 led to the first Flag Day observance in Connecticut that same day The Hartford Courant |
#1414, aired 1990-10-25 | FACTS & FIGURES $400: This southernmost New England state has an 8% state sales tax, the highest in the U.S. Connecticut |
#1410, aired 1990-10-19 | U.S. CITIES $1000: In 1875 P.T. Barnum became mayor of this large Connecticut city Bridgeport |
#1407, aired 1990-10-16 | U.S. CITIES $1000: State capital popularly known as "Insurance City" Hartford (Connecticut) |
#1394, aired 1990-09-27 | U.S. STATES $600: This branch of the armed forces trains officers at its academy in New London, Connecticut the Coast Guard |
#1389, aired 1990-09-20 | ARCHITECTURE $1000: He designed statehouses for Maine, Massachusetts & Connecticut, while his son is famous for stories from mythology (Charles) Bulfinch |
#1387, aired 1990-09-18 | U.S.A. $1000: Mystics & non-mystics can find Mystic Seaport, the largest maritime museum in the U.S. in this state Connecticut |
#1381, aired 1990-09-10 | ANAGRAMS $500: When I visited this Connecticut town it rained Darien (from rained) |
#1373, aired 1990-07-18 | COLONIAL AMERICA $200: This college was founded in Connecticut in 1701 to counter the liberalism of Harvard Yale |
#4, aired 1990-07-07 | DEMOCRATS $1500: William A. O'Neill has been governor of Connecticut since she resigned because of illness Ella Grasso |
#1331, aired 1990-05-21 | NUTMEGGERS $400: Born in Winsted, he practiced law in Connecticut before he wrote "Unsafe At Any Speed" Ralph Nader |
#1331, aired 1990-05-21 | NUTMEGGERS $600: His character, Radar O' Reilly, was from Iowa, but this actor was born in Bristol, Connecticut Gary Burghoff |
#1305, aired 1990-04-13 | U.S.A. $1000: This river forms the boundary between Vermont & New Hampshire Connecticut River |
#1283, aired 1990-03-14 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: All of Connecticut's port cities are on this arm of the Atlantic Long Island Sound |
#1278, aired 1990-03-07 | STATE ANIMALS $500: Connecticut's state animal is this species of whale made famous by Melville's "Moby Dick" the sperm whale |
#1240, aired 1990-01-12 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1000: George Bush's father, Prescott Sheldon Bush, was a U.S. senator from this state Connecticut |
#1235, aired 1990-01-05 | STATE SONGS $200: This state song of Connecticut urges, "Mind the music and the step, and with the girls be handy" "Yankee Doodle" |
#1231, aired 1990-01-01 | AMERICANA $400: Connecticut's state hero is this patriot that regretted that he had but 1 life to lose for his country Nathan Hale |
#1225, aired 1989-12-22 | ARCHITECTURE $400: 2 of 3 New England states whose statehouses were designed by Charles Bulfinch (2 of) Connecticut, Massachusetts or Maine |
#1222, aired 1989-12-19 | U.S. SENATORS $200: The son of late Connecticut Senator Thomas Dodd, he's serving his 2nd term in the same job Christopher Dodd |
#1222, aired 1989-12-19 | U.S. SENATORS $1000: Claiborne Pell has represented this New England state in the Senate for more than 28 years Rhode Island |
#1199, aired 1989-11-16 | THE CONSTITUTION $1000: The compromise which gave us a 2-house Congress was proposed by this state, hence its nickname Connecticut ("The Constitution State") |
#1192, aired 1989-11-07 | MUSEUMS $300: You don't have to be nuts to visit The Nut Museum in this Nutmeg State Connecticut |
#1189, aired 1989-11-02 | U.S. POLITICS $400: After 3 terms this liberal Republican senator from Connecticut was defeated for reelection in 1988 (Lowell) Weicker |
#1188, aired 1989-11-01 | U.S. STATES $100: This state's geographic center is located within the limits of Hartford County, near its capital Connecticut |
#1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BIRDS $1,500 (Daily Double): If these eggs hatch, this state bird of Connecticut, Michigan & Wisconsin will emerge: robin |
#1184, aired 1989-10-26 | U.S. CITIES $500: In 1954, the 1st atomic-power sub, the Nautilus, was launched at Groton in this state Connecticut |
#1171, aired 1989-10-09 | THE CONSTITUTION $1000: The only state not represented at the convention, it was the last of the original 13 to ratify Rhode Island |
#1134, aired 1989-07-06 | GEORGE BUSH $1000: In 1942 Mr. Bush graduated from Phillips Academy in this, his native state Massachusetts |
#1121, aired 1989-06-19 | WORLD HISTORY $500: After teaching French at a Connecticut girls' school, he served as premier of France during WWI Georges Clemenceau |
#1097, aired 1989-05-16 | STARTS WITH "R" $400: This bird is so popular it's the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan & Wisconsin the robin |
#1094, aired 1989-05-11 | U.S. STATES $300: This state, not Mississippi or Connecticut, has the longest 1-word name Massachusetts |
#1089, aired 1989-05-04 | CONNECTICUT $100: Called "The Collegiate School", it was founded in 1701 to counteract Harvard's liberalism Yale |
#1089, aired 1989-05-04 | CONNECTICUT $200: This large island lies across the water from most of Connecticut's coastline Long Island |
#1089, aired 1989-05-04 | CONNECTICUT $300: The city of Bridgeport holds an annual festival honoring this famous showman & one-time mayor P.T. Barnum |
#1089, aired 1989-05-04 | CONNECTICUT $400: The oldest U.S. newspaper published continuously under the same name is this city's Courant Hartford |
#1089, aired 1989-05-04 | CONNECTICUT $500: Yankee peddlers supposedly sold pieces of wood that looked like this spice, giving the state its nickname nutmeg |
#1052, aired 1989-03-14 | NEW ENGLAND $200: Thousands of residents of this New England state, closest to NYC, make the commute daily Connecticut |
#1035, aired 1989-02-17 | FICTION $800: New England state mentioned in the title of a Mark Twain novel, he also lived there Connecticut |
#1023, aired 1989-02-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2,800 (Daily Double): 2 of 3 of the original 13 colonies founded by colonists from Massachusetts New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Connecticut |
#1018, aired 1989-01-25 | U.S. CITIES $400: The English town for which this Connecticut capital was named spelled its name with an "e", not an "a" Hartford |
#1012, aired 1989-01-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: According to its 1662 charter, Connecticut was to extend westward from Narragansett Bay to this ocean Pacific |
#1005, aired 1989-01-06 | MEDICINE $1000: Named for a Connecticut town, this disease is transmitted by ticks Lyme fever (Lyme disease) |
#992, aired 1988-12-20 | NOVELS $300: The hero of this Twain novel gets hit over the head with a crowbar in the U.S. & wakes up near Camelot A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#987, aired 1988-12-13 | AMERICAN REVOLUTION $200: Fighting began in 1775 in this state Massachusetts |
#981, aired 1988-12-05 | AMERICAN RIVERS $900 (Daily Double): Massachusetts is crossed by this river named for a nearby state the Connecticut River |
#967, aired 1988-11-15 | SHORT STORIES $100: "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" was one of the "Nine Stories" he published after "Catcher in the Rye" J.D. Salinger |
#942, aired 1988-10-11 | COLLEGES $400: The University of New Haven is actually located in West Haven in this state Connecticut |
#925, aired 1988-09-16 | AUTHORS $800: Mark Twain's last home, Stormfield, named for one of his last characters, was in this state Connecticut |
#916, aired 1988-09-05 | THE 1800s $300: In 1820 Nathaniel Palmer of Stonington, Connecticut became 1st man to lay eyes on this continent Antarctica |
#900, aired 1988-07-01 | STATE OBJECTS $1000: In 1983, the USS Nautilus was designated state ship of this state where it was built Connecticut |
#879, aired 1988-06-02 | NEW HAMPSHIRE $700 (Daily Double): The Connecticut River separates New Hampshire from this state Vermont |
#853, aired 1988-04-27 | NUTMEGGERS $100: This Connecticut Yankee invented the revolver in 1836, not ".45" (Samuel) Colt |
#838, aired 1988-04-06 | "WATER" $1000: A leading producer of brass in the U.S., this Connecticut city is called the "Brass Center of the World" Waterbury |
#832, aired 1988-03-29 | "BROAD" MINDED $300: Types of tobacco such as Connecticut cigar binder & Pennsylvania cigar filler broad leaf |
#830, aired 1988-03-25 | SHIPS $1000: The 1st nuclear submarine was produced in this state's shipyards Connecticut |
#824, aired 1988-03-17 | COSMETICS $100: The most famous product made by the Olay Company of Wilton, Connecticut Oil of Olay |
#816, aired 1988-03-07 | CONNECTICUT $800: In 1959, Connecticut abolished local government on this level county level |
#816, aired 1988-03-07 | CONNECTICUT $1000: In 1975, she became 1st woman elected governor of a state whose husband hadn't previously held the office Ella Grasso |
#782, aired 1988-01-19 | THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR $300: Born in Connecticut, Nathan Hale was a graduate of this Ivy League university Yale |
#770, aired 1988-01-01 | LEMONS $400: Connecticut was 1st to pass a "lemon law" protecting consumers who buy these automobiles |
#769, aired 1987-12-31 | U.S. CITIES $100: New Britain, New London & New Haven are all in this state Connecticut |
#740, aired 1987-11-20 | AMERICANA $300: When Connecticut's Lieutenant Governor presides over the state senate, he sits in a chair made of wood of this tree Charter Oak |
#735, aired 1987-11-13 | TAXES $600: At 7 1/2%, Connecticut has the highest statewide tax of this kind sales tax |
#733, aired 1987-11-11 | HIGHER EDUCATION $600: US military service academy located in Connecticut US Coast Guard Academy |
#717, aired 1987-10-20 | MARK TWAIN $800: After being hit by a crowbar, a man from Hartford woke up near this castle site King Arthur's Court |
#710, aired 1987-10-09 | LANDMARKS $800: The Coast Guard Academy overlooks the Thames River in this Connecticut city New London |
#687, aired 1987-09-08 | STATE OBJECTS $800: This Revolutionary War spy was made state hero of Connecticut in 1985 Nathan Hale |
#669, aired 1987-07-02 | 20TH CENTURY PERSONALITIES $1000: After coaching football at Connecticut's Wesleyan University, he went on to be President of Princeton Woodrow Wilson |
#668, aired 1987-07-01 | STATE CAPITALS $200: Home offices for over 50 insurance companies are found in this Connecticut capital Hartford |
#647, aired 1987-06-02 | AMERICAN INDIANS $200: James Fenimore Cooper was wrong; some 900 members of this tribe presently live in Connecticut the Mohicans |
#608, aired 1987-04-08 | STATE INSECTS $400: Somehow we doubt that this predatory state insect of Connecticut is as devout as it seems a praying mantis |
#565, aired 1987-02-06 | "YANKEE"s $500: 500 knights are transferred from horses to bicycles in this 19th century novel satirizing chivalry A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#561, aired 1987-02-02 | FORMER CAPITALS $200: Until 1875, this city served with Hartford as joint capital of Connecticut New Haven |
#557, aired 1987-01-27 | "NEW" CITIES $200: Like its Old World counterpart, this Connecticut city is on the Thames River New London |
#548, aired 1987-01-14 | REPUBLICANS $600: Connecticut congresswoman, ambassador to Italy, & wife of Time Life founder Clare Boothe Luce |
#521, aired 1986-12-08 | U.S. STATES $1,000 (Daily Double): The states that make up New England Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island |
#518, aired 1986-12-03 | AMERICAN RIVERS $100: Though it divides both Massachusetts & Connecticut in 2, it's only named for 1 of them the Connecticut River |
#516, aired 1986-12-01 | CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION $1000: The Compromise Plan proposed by Connecticut combined New Jersey's & this state's plan Virginia |
#492, aired 1986-10-28 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Sound barrier between Suffolk County, New York, & New Haven County, Connecticut Long Island Sound |
#401, aired 1986-03-24 | 1958 $300: Mark Hatfield, Orville Freeman, & Abraham Ribicoff all won elections for this office Governor |
#386, aired 1986-03-03 | CONNECTICUT $200: Thomaston, named for Seth Thomas, is where he set up his first factory making these clocks |
#386, aired 1986-03-03 | CONNECTICUT $400: King Charles II's charter defined Conn.'s boundaries as running west to this body of salt water the Pacific Ocean |
#386, aired 1986-03-03 | CONNECTICUT $800: In 1975, she became 1st woman elected Gov. anywhere whose husband hadn't formerly held the office Ella Grasso |
#386, aired 1986-03-03 | CONNECTICUT $1,000 (Daily Double): Though much more is grown in N.C. & Ky., it's also Connecticut's leading field crop tobacco |
#386, aired 1986-03-03 | CONNECTICUT $1000: This famed Connecticut tree was blown down in 1856 the Charter Oak |
#357, aired 1986-01-21 | AMERICAN TRIVIA $500: In 1939, Warners of Connecticut gave bras these for the 1st time cup sizes |
#357, aired 1986-01-21 | DOUBLE "N" $600: 2 of 4 U.S. states that fit this category (2 of) Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Minnesota or Tennessee |
#293, aired 1985-10-23 | SHAKESPEARE $500: American Shakespeare Festival Theater is in Stratford "on Housatonic", a river in this state Connecticut |
#290, aired 1985-10-18 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $600: 1st state to elect a woman governor Wyoming |
#261, aired 1985-09-09 | NEW ENGLAND $1000: Sikorsky built 1st one-rotor helicopter in this state which still makes most helicopters Connecticut |
#188, aired 1985-05-29 | CORPORATE AMERICA $200: Toy company whose name is acronym for the Connecticut Leather Company, name it started under Coleco |
#184, aired 1985-05-23 | COLONIAL AMERICA $600: It's said Connecticut's charter was hidden in this type of tree to keep the king from taking it an oak tree |
#180, aired 1985-05-17 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $600: Mark Twain's foreman from Bridgeport, played on screen by Will Rogers & Bing Crosby Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
#114, aired 1985-02-14 | U.S.A. $400: "Yankee Doodle" is the official song of this New England state Connecticut |
#68, aired 1984-12-12 | U.S. STATES $400: The New England state without an Atlantic Ocean coastline Vermont |
#60, aired 1984-11-30 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $200: Hank Morgan, a Connecticut Yankee, became this king's right hand man King Arthur |
#56, aired 1984-11-26 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $700 (Daily Double): One of two states ending in "T" (1 of) Connecticut and Vermont |
#48, aired 1984-11-14 | U.S. CITIES $800: Not surprisingly, this Connecticut city is at the mouth of the Thames River New London |
#2, aired 1984-09-11 | STATE CAPITALS $100: Until 1875 its dual capitals were New Haven & Hartford Connecticut |
David Zack, a web developer originally from Fairfield, Connecticut
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Season 27 player (2010-09-28).
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Bobbie Fulton, a high school French teacher from Middletown, Connecticut
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Season 26 player (2009-12-18).
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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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Bill Hammon, a video editor and freelance writer from Bristol, Connecticut
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Season 30 player (2014-01-27).
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Hannah Nekritz, a senior at Brandeis University from Stamford, Connecticut
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"A semifinalist from Stamford, Connecticut in the 2019 Teen Tournament, she's...
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Benjamin Schwartz, a middle school English teacher from Stamford, Connecticut
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2019 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. At the time of the Teachers...
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Meredith Robinson, a retired naval officer from Gales Ferry, Connecticut
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Season 30 player (2013-09-30).
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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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Mary Tuohy, a retired teacher from Groton, Connecticut
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Season 25 player (2008-10-13).
Last name pronounced like "TOO-hee".
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Thomas Hurley, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Newtown, Connecticut
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"Watch out, Alex. This kid wants to host Jeopardy! He says...
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Caitlin Peruccio, a law student from Manchester, Connecticut
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Season 29 player (2013-06-20).
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Tony Harkin, an eleven-year-old from New Milford, Connecticut
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"Dig this--he wants to be an archaeologist when he grows up....
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Emily Greenberg, a senior from Westport, Connecticut
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2013 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of...
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J.D. Lopez, a British literature lecturer and lacrosse coach originally from West Hartford, Connecticut
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Season 27 player (2011-03-31).
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Andrew Knebel, a classical violist from Norwalk, Connecticut
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Season 28 player (2012-03-01).
Last name name pronounced like "kuh-NAY-bul".
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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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Nick Aretakis, a bookseller from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 20 player (2004-07-05).
KJL game 24.
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Emily Gifford, a historical researcher and writer from Middletown, Connecticut
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Season 28 1-time champion: $33,800 + $1,000. JBoard user name: RobotJepLady...
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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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Kathy Krieger, a retired advertising agent from Danbury, Connecticut
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Season 24 player (2008-07-24).
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Tana Sibilio, a caregiver from Stamford, Connecticut
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Season 23 player (2007-02-02).
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Leslie Rochlen, a professional organizer from Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Season 24 1-time champion: $29,750 + $1,000.
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Joe Parodi, a Spanish teacher from Thompson, Connecticut
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Season 24 player (2008-07-02).
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Cait Murphy, an editor originally from Cos Cob, Connecticut
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Season 22 player (2006-06-28).
First name pronounced like "KAT".
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Sydney Mokel, a senior from South Windsor, Connecticut
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2014 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Deirdre Basile, a stay-at-home mom from Ridgefield, Connecticut
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Season 20 player (2004-06-17). KJL game 12. Last name pronounced like...
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Cory Harris, a high school English teacher from Mystic, Connecticut
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2016 Teachers Tournament semifinalist: $10,000 + a $2,500 education grant to...
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Elaine Henderson, a children's encyclopedia editor from New Milford, Connecticut
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Season 22 1-time champion: $8,700 + $1,000.
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Maria Kokiasmenos, a law school graduate from Vernon, Connecticut
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Season 22 1-time champion: $18,000 + $2,000.
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Shelley Fellner-Rosenberg, a psychotherapist from South Windsor, Connecticut
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Season 22 player (2005-11-04).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: shellfr
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Joseph Henares, from Avon, Connecticut
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"Along with group science projects, history club, writing club, and chess...
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Julie Meister, a mom from Old Greenwich, Connecticut
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Season 21 player (2005-06-02).
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Steve Hall, a nurse and "Mr. Mom" from Hamden, Connecticut
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Season 20 1-time champion: $24,800 + $1,000.
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Kathy Braue, an accountant from New London, Connecticut
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Season 26 player (2010-01-18).
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Jeanne Breen, a physician from Old Saybrook, Connecticut
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Season 27 player (2010-11-05).
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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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Jim Banks, a stockbroker and branch manager from Suffield, Connecticut
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,599 + $1,000.
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Larry Sullivan, a high school assistant principal from Fairfield, Connecticut
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Season 25 player (2009-04-30).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: lsull
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Bill Benison, a wine shop manager from Stamford, Connecticut
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Season 26 player (2010-05-27).
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Lyssette Flinchbaugh, a stay-at-home mom from Berlin, Connecticut
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Season 27 player (2010-09-24).
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Nancy Fink, a casino worker from Norwich, Connecticut
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Season 20 player (2004-04-20).
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Don Wynne, a lawyer from Stamford, Connecticut
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Season 20 player (2004-03-26).
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Cindy Wassouf, an underwriter from New Hartford, Connecticut
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Season 25 player (2009-06-08).
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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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Marcie Berson, a real estate broker from Fairfield, Connecticut
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Season 25 player (2008-12-02).
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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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David Turley, a project manager from Durham, Connecticut
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Season 23 player (2007-05-28).
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Sharon Lin, a research scientist from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 24 1-time champion: $10,001 + $1,000.
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Sara Terrell, a veterinary technician from Collinsville, Connecticut
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Jeanne Perrier, a substitute teacher and library clerk from Wolcott, Connecticut
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Season 22 player (2006-01-19).
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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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Fred Bernstein, an SAT tutor from West Cornwall, Connecticut
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Season 4 player (1988-04-19).
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Carol Shaw, an information systems manager from Weston, Connecticut
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Season 9 player (1992-12-07).
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Barbara Herington, a civil engineer from Cromwell, Connecticut
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Season 4 player (1987-10-16).
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Lewis Grossman, a law student from Westport, Connecticut
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Season 4 player (1987-10-15).
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Matt Amodio, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut
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2025 Jeopardy! Masters 2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament winner: $150,000 + advance...
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Richard Marvin, a small job contractor from Westbrook, Connecticut
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Season 7 player (1991-02-07).
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Scott Bergeron, a business development manager from Norwalk, Connecticut
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Season 33 player (2017-06-08).
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Dorothy Thompson, a senior from Manchester, Connecticut
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1994 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
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Stephen Slovasky, a librarian from Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Season 10 player (1994-06-13).
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Deirdre Thomas, an attorney and editor from Seattle, Washington
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Season 34 2-time champion: $33,200 + $1,000. Deirdre's father Dr. Nicholas...
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Maria Pecoraro, a teacher and learning support specialist from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 34 player (2018-01-29).
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John Prokop, a legal assistant from Uncasville, Connecticut
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Season 37 player (2021-04-27).
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Kathleen Clark, an English teacher originally from Stamford, Connecticut
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Season 41 player (2024-11-12).
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Lois Dioro, a Realtor from West Haven, Connecticut
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Season 41 player (2024-11-13).
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Bob Kwartin, a motorhome traveler originally from Stamford, Connecticut
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Season 12 player (1996-07-10).
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Linda Civitello, a legal secretary originally from Hamden, Connecticut
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Season 10 player (1993-10-14).
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Missy Flood, a Navy wife and stay-at-home mom from Groton, Connecticut
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Season 30 player (2013-12-24).
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Jacqui Kaplan, a high school English teacher from Sandy Hook, Connecticut
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Season 41 player (2024-10-30).
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Richard Pedersen, a marketing support representative originally from Westport, Connecticut
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Season 9 player (1993-01-04).
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Kristen Ramsey, an assistant professor from Storrs, Connecticut
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Season 41 player (2025-04-01).
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Dan Levy, a higher education administrator from Hartford, Connecticut
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Season 35 player (2019-07-03).
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Abbey Copeland, a professor and scenic designer from North Haven, Connecticut
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Season 37 player (2021-04-08).
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Charlene Hofferstad, a housewife from North Haven, Connecticut
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Season 3 player (1987-01-05).
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Rich Steeves, a manager of commercial support content from Norwalk, Connecticut
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Season 33 player (2017-05-05). Rich appeared on Trivial Pursuit on 2024-11-07....
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Hannah Nekritz, a senior from Stamford, Connecticut
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2023 High School Reunion Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2019 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Jesse Irwin, a senior from Orange, Connecticut
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1994 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Andrew Miller, an auto claims adjuster from Bristol, Connecticut
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Season 41 player (2024-10-08). Not to be confused with Season 35...
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Ami Li, a freelance writer from Lyme, Connecticut
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Season 34 1-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000.
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Tom Wickham, an airline pilot from Torrington, Connecticut
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1988 Senior Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Tom only became eligible for the...
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Mark Fitzpatrick, a content manager from Riverside, Connecticut
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2025 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 41 5-time champion: $107,201 + $2,000.
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Becky Slitt, a junior from West Hartford, Connecticut
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1992 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Kate Campolieta, a corporate communications specialist from Simsbury, Connecticut
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 1-time champion: $11,513 + $1,000.
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Jim Bell, a lawyer from Frankfort, Connecticut
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Season 2 player (1986-02-24): a Windjammer Barefoot Cruise to the Bahamas.
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Louise Clemens, a retired registered nurse originally from Connecticut
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1990 Seniors Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Pat Neilsen, a personnel administrator from Gales Ferry, Connecticut
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Season 3 player (1987-06-02).
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Katia Noll, a director of global food safety from Milford, Connecticut
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Season 34 player (2017-12-07). First name pronounced like "KAHT-yah". Katia appeared...
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Burt Westermeier, a Ph.D. candidate from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 34 1-time champion: $14,401 + $2,000.
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Karen Bohrer, a librarian from Newington, Connecticut
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Season 10 player (1993-09-20).
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Mark Fitzpatrick, a content manager from Riverside, Connecticut
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2025 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 41 5-time champion: $107,201 + $2,000.
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Faye Ringel, a college professor from Norwich, Connecticut
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Season 2 player (1985-10-25). Faye appeared as a contestant on the...
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Hilary Fried, a retired box office cashier from Milford, Connecticut
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Season 34 player (2017-11-27).
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Xanni Brown, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2023 Second Chance competition winner: $35,000...
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Heath Herel, a ScrumMaster from Niantic, Connecticut
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Season 35 player (2018-12-27).
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Michael Harten, a dean of academics from Putnam, Connecticut
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Season 39 player (2022-11-28).
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Regi Merwin, a costumer originally from Middletown, Connecticut
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Season 9 player (1992-12-09).
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Graham Fulton III, a musician and research engineering assistant from Ellington, Connecticut
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Season 35 1-time champion: $22,200 + $1,000.
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Susan Corica, a journalist from Waterbury, Connecticut
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Season 33 1-time champion: $15,995 + $1,000.
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Loren Gianini, a clinical psychology research fellow originally from West Hartford, Connecticut
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Season 30 player (2013-10-14).
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John Guszkowski, a planning consultant from Pomfret, Connecticut
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 39 player (2023-01-26). Father...
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Mark Fucci, an attorney from West Hartford, Connecticut
|
Season 7 player (1991-02-06).
Last name pronounced like "FYOO-see".
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George Scurlock, from Bloomfield, Connecticut
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Season 4 player (1988-07-15). The recording used to archive the game...
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Joey DiNardi, a substitute teacher from Newington, Connecticut
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Season 34 player (2018-03-28).
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Erhard Konerding, a librarian and instructor from Middletown, Connecticut
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Season 10 1-time champion: $6,002. Erhard appeared on Remember This in...
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Mark Leder, an attorney from Manchester, Connecticut
|
Season 12 player (1996-06-26).
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Swetha Dravida, an M.D.-Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 35 player (2018-12-10).
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Matthew Leonard, a client services coordinator from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 36 player (2020-01-31).
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Bob Majeska, a research scientist from Danbury, Connecticut
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Season 10 4-time champion: $33,300. Bob was likely the alternate for...
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Clint Thompson, a project manager from Putnam, Connecticut
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Season 33 1-time champion: $22,000 + $1,000.
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William Baldwin, a law student from New Haven, Connecticut
|
Season 33 player (2017-06-28).
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Lana Altman, a digital programming manager from Southington, Connecticut
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Season 38 player (2022-04-06). First name pronounced like "LAN-nuh". Lana won...
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Hannah Ewing, a teacher from Stamford, Connecticut
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Season 34 player (2018-03-08).
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Shanu George, a graduate student from North Windham, Connecticut
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Season 36 player (2020-01-16).
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Elizabeth Ellers, a marketing researcher from Norwalk, Connecticut
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Season 9 player (1993-04-19).
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Steve Sosensky, a photographer originally from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 11 1-time champion: $3,999.
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Christina Leone, an operations assistant from East Hartford, Connecticut
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Season 37 player (2021-08-03).
Last name pronounced like "lee-OWN".
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Fran Fried, a writer, editor and DJ from Prospect, Connecticut
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Season 34 player (2017-10-17).
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Don Firke, a teacher from Wallingford, Connecticut
|
Season 10 player (1993-09-09).
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Carol Young, a stage manager originally from Easton, Connecticut
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Season 5 2-time champion: $12,600.
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Susan Blum, an attorney from Fairfield, Connecticut
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Season 2 1-time champion: $18,000. At the end of her first...
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Irene Grzywacz, a teacher originally from Connecticut
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1987 Senior Tournament 2nd runner-up: $5,000.
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Sharyn Hay, a perinatal nurse originally from East Hartford, Connecticut
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Season 1 player (1985-04-29). Johnny introduced Sharyn as a prenatal nurse...
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Steve Ahern, a bartender from East Haven, Connecticut
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Season 9 player (1993-03-25).
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Jason Affourtit, a research scientist from New Haven, Connecticut
|
Season 19 player (2003-03-06).
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John Guszkowski, a planning consultant from Pomfret, Connecticut
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000. Season 39 player (2023-01-26). Father...
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Rich Kenney, a manufacturer's representative from North Branford, Connecticut
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Season 4 1-time champion: $20,601.
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Steve Cunningham, a mortgage banker from Glastonbury, Connecticut
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Season 12 1-time champion: $600.
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Fran Pennarola, an attorney from Newtown, Connecticut
|
Season 10 player (1994-03-10).
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Sebastian Torres, a junior at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut
|
2022 National College Championship quarterfinalist: $10,000. Sebastian was majoring in ethics,...
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Drew Bayers, a music supervisor originally from Milford, Connecticut
|
Season 28 1-time champion: $19,200 + $2,000.
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Alec Wang, a real estate analyst from Avon, Connecticut
|
Season 39 player (2023-01-18).
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Bill Cash, a claims attorney from Branford, Connecticut
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Season 12 1-time champion: $18,690.
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Luis Cordon, a psychology professor from Coventry, Connecticut
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Season 19 2-time champion: $44,401 + $1,000.
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Elly Trickett, a blog and podcast editor from Danbury, Connecticut
|
Season 40 player (2024-04-22).
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Valerie Meunier, a teacher from Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Season 11 player (1995-06-15).
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Peter Jury, a clothier from Ellington, Connecticut
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Season 28 player (2011-11-22).
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Joey Kornman, a junior at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts
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2022 National College Championship semifinalist: $20,000. Joey was majoring in economics...
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Cindy Price, a student from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 2 player (1986-03-17).
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Katie Clair, an international student coordinator from Broad Brook, Connecticut
|
Season 29 player (2012-09-27).
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Mark Samburg, a law clerk from Essex, Connecticut
|
Season 27 player (2011-04-01).
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John East III, a prosecuting attorney originally from East Haven, Connecticut
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Season 10 1-time champion: $14,000.
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Charlie Piddock, a writer and editor from Middlefield, Connecticut
|
Season 12 player (1996-03-12).
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Brock Putnam, a high school teacher from East Litchfield, Connecticut
|
Season 12 player (1996-06-17).
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Sean Link, a non-profit communications coordinator originally from Terryville, Connecticut
|
Season 29 player (2013-01-25).
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Scott Brill, a public library assistant from Shelton, Connecticut
|
Season 29 player (2013-04-03).
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Gus Guszkowski, a senior at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire
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2022 National College Championship quarterfinalist: $10,000. Gus was majoring in classics....
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Stephanie Brush, a writer from Fairfield County, Connecticut
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Season 7 1-time champion: $8,100
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Ira Goodkofsky, a data processing manager originally from New Haven, Connecticut
|
Season 9 player (1993-02-01).
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Brigid Smith, a corporate communications manager from Fairfield, Connecticut
|
Season 9 player (1992-12-24).
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Amanda Farrish, a public relations associate from Vernon, Connecticut
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Season 29 player (2013-07-16).
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Lois Murray, a teacher from New Haven, Connecticut
|
Season 10 player (1994-02-03).
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Cliff Leach, a lobbyist from West Hartford, Connecticut
|
Season 9 2-time champion: $25,200 + Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary computer game...
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Elizabeth Winter, a marine biologist from Fairfield, Connecticut
|
Season 9 player (1993-01-18).
|
Libby Webber, an administrative assistant originally from Kent, Connecticut
|
Season 2 player (1985-11-26).
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Sarah Avery, an assistant reporter of judicial decisions from Ellington, Connecticut
|
Season 40 player (2024-04-12).
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David Graham, a senior from Avon, Connecticut
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1988 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $14,300.
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Kathleen Barbieri, a bookkeeper originally from Trumbull, Connecticut
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Season 10 player (1994-01-06).
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Perry Zanett, a freelance writer and theater critic from Waterbury, Connecticut
|
Season 1 player (1985-02-13).
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Mary Anna Martell, a graduate student in library science from Waterford, Connecticut
|
Season 27 1-time champion: $16,800 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: mam418
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Bill Verrilli, a Roman Catholic priest originally from Bridgeport, Connecticut
|
Season 8 player (1992-02-10). Bill died 2020-07-24 at the age of...
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Ellen Conlon, a chemist from New Britain, Connecticut
|
Season 14 player (1997-10-08).
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Noel Higgins, an editor and writer from Durham, Connecticut
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1993 Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Jeff Haylon, a sophomore from Newtown, Connecticut
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2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Frank Smith, a sales manager from Milford, Connecticut
|
Season 10 player (1993-12-29).
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Susan Brown, a housewife and mother from West Hartford, Connecticut
|
Season 4 player (1988-02-23). Not to be confused with Season 9...
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Taryn Agati, a law librarian from Watertown, Connecticut
|
Season 38 player (2022-01-18).
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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
|
"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
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Deborah Bedell, an executive recruiter from Greenwich, Connecticut
|
Season 7 2-time champion: $14,400.
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Locker McCarthy, from Wilton, Connecticut
|
Season 6 player (1989-12-05). The recording used to archive the game...
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Terry Wolfisch Cole, a professional storyteller from West Simsbury, Connecticut
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Season 38 player (2022-01-06).
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Bill Gerardi, a physician and management consultant originally from Waterbury, Connecticut
|
Season 8 player (1991-11-01).
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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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Jim Flynn, a stockbroker from Farmington, Connecticut
|
Season 7 player (1991-03-15).
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Colleen Birney, a court monitor from Milford, Connecticut
|
Season 38 player (2022-07-27).
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Kate Campolieta, a corporate communications specialist from Simsbury, Connecticut
|
2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 1-time champion: $11,513 + $1,000.
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Arthur Stowe, a banker from Milford, Connecticut
|
Season 10 player (1993-10-11).
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Donna Duessel, an environmental manager from Derby, Connecticut
|
Season 19 1-time champion: $22,001 + $2,000.
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Vivek Ravishanker, a freelance consultant from Higganum, Connecticut
|
Season 33 2-time champion: $43,200 + $2,000.
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Julie Knauer, a senior from Newtown, Connecticut
|
1991 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $13,992
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Rob Deichert, a law student from Ellington, Connecticut
|
Season 16 player (1999-10-04).
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Jennifer Pelletier, a mother and small business owner from Norwalk, Connecticut
|
Season 20 player (2003-12-26).
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Claire Ogilvie, a sophomore at Yale University from Branford, Connecticut
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1998 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Claire won $50,000 on Who Wants...
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Yoni Freund, a 12-year-old from Hartford, Connecticut
|
2008 Kids Week Reunion player (2008-09-16).
1999 Back-to-School Week player (1999-09-07).
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Wendy Hardenberg, a university librarian from New Haven, Connecticut
|
Season 30 player (2014-05-30).
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Mike Long, a school librarian originally from Simsbury, Connecticut
|
Season 16 player (1999-09-24).
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Kathleen Mainhart, an assistant professor of education from Brookfield, Connecticut
|
Season 20 player (2003-12-19).
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Rafi Kam, a web programmer from Danbury, Connecticut
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Season 19 player (2002-10-11).
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Gerry Daley, a manufactor's represenative originally from Waterbury, Connecticut
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Season 5 player (1989-04-17).
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Kathy Clark, a veterinarian from Newington, Connecticut
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Season 19 player (2003-05-20).
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Allison Dziuba, a junior from Ridgefield, Connecticut
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Chris Sullivan, a high school Spanish teacher from Westhaven, Connecticut
|
Season 15 player (1999-07-06). Not to be confused with Season 11...
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Adam Trabka, a sophomore from Shelton, Connecticut
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1999-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Tucker Carlson, an author and co-host from Crossfire
|
2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10). Charities: American Camping Association &...
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Aaron Yeater, a graduate student from New Haven, Connecticut
|
Season 18 player (2002-04-09).
Last name pronounced like "YATE-er".
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Vicky Kaufman, an operations manager from Newington, Connecticut
|
Season 17 player (2000-12-18).
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Richard Scheffler, a writer and publisher from Madison, Connecticut
|
Season 12 player (1995-09-19).
|
Jim Bell, a student from Branford, Connecticut
|
Season 3 player (1986-09-25).
Pictured on page 83 of The Jeopardy! Book.
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Henry Wold, a retired Marine Corps officer from Darien, Connecticut
|
1991 Seniors Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Pauline Sholtys, an editor from Ansonia, Connecticut
|
Season 31 player (2015-03-16).
Last name pronounced like "SHOLE-tiss".
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Amy Zucker, a senior from Wesleyan University (Connecticut)
|
1990 College Championship 2nd runner-up: $7,500.
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Matt Olsen, an underwriter from Glastonbury, Connecticut
|
Season 19 player (2002-09-23).
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Liz Miles, a doctoral candidate in anthropology from New Haven, Connecticut
|
Season 32 player (2016-06-01).
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Lou Pryor, an attorney from New Canaan, Connecticut
|
1991 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $9,700. 1991...
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Hillary Huttenhower, a materials engineer from Manchester, Connecticut
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Season 31 1-time champion: $19,801 + $2,000.
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Casey LaPlante, a high school media specialist from Enfield, Connecticut
|
Season 31 1-time champion: $5,000 + $1,000.
Casey appeared on Master Minds on 2023-10-30.
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Jonathan Matte, a mathematics instructor from Meriden, Connecticut
|
Season 13 player (1997-04-22).
|
Warren Toland, a National Guard recruiter from Torrington, Connecticut
|
Season 33 player (2017-02-02).
|
John Drymiller, a high school teacher from New Haven, Connecticut
|
Season 17 1-time champion: $13,700.
|
Tom Daily, a data processing consultant from New Haven, Connecticut
|
Season 17 player (2001-06-14).
|
Colleen Mahoney, a sophomore from East Hampton, Connecticut
|
2001 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $10,000. 15 at the time of...
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Sam Mink, an engineer from Norwalk, Connecticut
|
Season 18 player (2002-03-06).
|
Sean Barry, a writer and stay-at-home dad from Stanford, Connecticut
|
Season 17 player (2001-03-13).
|
Sharon Golembeski, a training manager from Wethersfield, Connecticut
|
Season 18 player (2002-01-28).
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Steven Meyer, an attorney from Middletown, Connecticut
|
Season 11 player (1995-06-16).
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Tom Flemma, a high school history teacher from Lakeville, Connecticut
|
Season 17 2-time champion: $13,800.
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Judy Miller, an advertising executive from Fairfield, Connecticut
|
Season 7 player (1991-06-28).
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Batya Diamond, a teacher and songwriter from Wilton, Connecticut
|
Season 31 player (2015-06-16).
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Lynne Langhammer Conover, a stay-at-home mom from Windsor, Connecticut
|
Season 17 1-time champion: $7,000.
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Paul Holland, a Jesuit priest from Storrs, Connecticut
|
Season 18 player (2002-02-19). Fr. Holland was a director at the...
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Correne Boucher, a pediatrician from Middletown, Connecticut
|
Season 17 player (2001-03-01).
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Creswell Formey, an actor and bookstore manager from New Haven, Connecticut
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"He was an honor student from Savannah, Georgia. Now he's a...
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Nathalie Szilagyi, a physician from Meriden, Connecticut
|
Season 33 player (2016-12-29).
First name pronounced with a "TH" sound.
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Justin Scace, a writer and editor from East Lyme, Connecticut
|
Season 33 1-time champion: $14,400 + $1,000.
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Mike Fazioli, an editor from Fairfield, Connecticut
|
Season 16 1-time champion: $10,400.
|
Dave Troy, a food & beverage director from Vernon, Connecticut
|
Season 15 1-time champion: $8,201.
|
Jen Cosgrove, a billing manager from West Hartford, Connecticut
|
Season 30 player (2014-03-17).
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Audrey Droesch, a junior from Darien, Connecticut
|
1997-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
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Dee Daigle, a substitute teacher from Hebron, Connecticut
|
Season 32 1-time champion: $19,001 + $2,000.
|
Christine Kim, a retired homemaker from Greenwich, Connecticut
|
Season 31 2-time champion: $41,401 + $1,000.
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John Sobiski, a machine operator originally from Manchester, Connecticut
|
Season 4 1-time co-champion: $7,800.
|
Susanna Barron, a law student from Greenwich, Connecticut
|
Season 33 player (2016-12-14).
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Erika Sloan, a sophomore from Middlebury College from Simsbury, Connecticut
|
2014 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Brien Wholey, a graduate student from Farmington, Connecticut
|
Season 15 player (1999-04-30).
|
Michael Borecki, a junior from Darien, Connecticut
|
2016 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
|
Linda Rogers, an assistant hospital administrator originally from Simsbury, Connecticut
|
Season 1 player (1984-12-10).
|
Bob Ryffel, a computer expert from Fairfield, Connecticut
|
Season 14 2-time champion: $28,601.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: BobCat
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Porter Bowman, a junior from Darien, Connecticut
|
2016 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
|
David Cruthers, an arts council director from Groton Long Point, Connecticut
|
Season 14 player (1998-03-25).
|
Jason Raffile, a restaurant manager originally from Meriden, Connecticut
|
Season 30 player (2014-06-10).
Last name pronounced like "rah-FILE".
|
Dana Sause, a logistics manager originally from Wallingford, Connecticut
|
Season 25 1-time champion: $17,610 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "sauce".
|
Dana Delany, an actress from Desperate Housewives
|
"She won two Emmys for her work on China Beach. This...
|
Debra Grehn, a stay-at-home mom from West Hartford, Connecticut
|
Season 26 player (2009-10-20).
|
David Vermillion, an economics student from Fairfield, Connecticut
|
Season 19 player (2003-02-19).
|
Saif Rathore, an M.D.-Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut
|
Season 26 player (2009-12-15).
|
Nina Sudhakar, a paralegal originally from Cheshire, Connecticut
|
Season 25 player (2009-07-22).
|
Gay Chun, a musician from North Granby, Connecticut
|
Season 19 player (2003-02-27).
|
Jennie-Rebecca Falcetta, an assistant professor of English from Manchester, Connecticut
|
Season 25 player (2009-04-03).
|
Dan D'Addario, a senior from Columbia University
|
2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
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Debra Winthrop, an environmental attorney from Stamford, Connecticut
|
Season 7 player (1990-09-03): a trip to Miami, Florida + a...
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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...
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Barbara Liu, an English professor from Tolland, Connecticut
|
Season 19 player (2003-03-18).
|
Michelle Cinguina, an 11-year-old from Stamford, Connecticut
|
"Her favorite things to do are act, play the piano and...
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Lou Pryor, a lawyer and Seniors Tournament winner from New Canaan, Connecticut
|
1991 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $9,700. 1991...
|
Sara Terrell, a veterinary technician from Windsor, Connecticut
|
2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Andrea Ozment, a nurse and freelance writer from New Haven, Connecticut
|
Season 23 player (2007-04-19).
|
Al Davis, an environmental analyst from West Hartford, Connecticut
|
Season 13 player (1996-10-07).
|
Tracy Burrell, a computer help desk manager from Mystic, Connecticut
|
Season 16 player (1999-11-24).
|
Natalie Segal, a teacher and legal proofreader from Weathersfield, Connecticut
|
Season 14 1-time champion: $9,500.
|
Janet Aitoro, a homemaker and professional volunteer from Weston, Connecticut
|
Season 16 player (2000-06-07).
|
Robin Zorthian, a part-time administrator from Greenwich, Connecticut
|
Season 16 1-time champion: $20,500.
|
Kate Ricci, a statistician from Deep River, Connecticut
|
Season 14 player (1998-01-21).
|
Alice Dutton, a customer service representative from Canton, Connecticut
|
Season 14 player (1998-01-16).
|
Chris Marker, an airline pilot from New Fairfield, Connecticut
|
Season 14 2-time champion: $14,500.
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Dan Brodeur, an eighth grade teacher from Brooklyn, Connecticut
|
Season 14 player (1997-12-15).
|
Rachel Berson, a homemaker from Danbury, Connecticut
|
Season 13 1-time champion: $15,200.
|
Tom Geoffino, a librarian from North Haven, Connecticut
|
Season 14 player (1997-12-29).
|
Dylan Armstrong, a library assistant from Weathersfield, Connecticut
|
Season 14 1-time champion: $5,999.
|
Matt Radulski, an industrial repair representative from Branford, Connecticut
|
Season 13 1-time champion: $7,500.
|
Pete Vodola, an attorney from Newtown, Connecticut
|
Season 14 1-time champion: $18,800.
|
Gary Frank, a writer and editor from Hartford, Connecticut
|
Season 14 player (1998-02-19).
|
Jessica Ginsburg, an executive assistant from Stamford, Connecticut
|
Season 15 player (1998-11-03).
|
Mark Sheehan, an attorney from Mansfield Center, Connecticut
|
Season 15 1-time champion: $6,650.
|
Jonathan Silbert, a superior court judge from Gulford, Connecticut
|
Season 15 1-time champion: $6,600.
|
Corey Burke, a stage carpenter originally from Goshen, Connecticut
|
Season 14 3-time champion: $24,400. Corey won $133,500 on The Weakest...
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Greg Chernack, a law student from New Haven, Connecticut
|
Season 13 player (1997-07-15).
|
Gerard Magliocca, a law student from New Haven, Connecticut
|
Season 13 player (1997-07-01).
|
Margaret Walsh, a children's librarian from Danbury, Connecticut
|
Season 14 player (1997-09-15).
|
Mark Brennan, a personal trust officer from Danbury, Connecticut
|
Season 17 player (2001-07-13).
|
John Kiernan, a computer programmer and writer originally from Stamford, Connecticut
|
Season 13 player (1997-06-16).
|
Dan Mathews, a social studies teacher from New Preston, Connecticut
|
Season 15 player (1998-09-28).
|
Marianne Vahey, a physician from Woodbridge, Connecticut
|
Season 15 player (1998-09-25).
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Terry Ragazzini, a homemaker from Wilton, Connecticut
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Season 6 1-time champion: $6,601.
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Brannon Denning, a graduate student from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 15 player (1998-09-07).
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Louis Cohen, a language teacher from Waterford, Connecticut
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Season 14 3-time champion: $48,203. Louis was the alternate for the...
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Christopher Ruth, a musician and songwriter from New London, Connecticut
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Season 14 3-time champion: $40,601 + Ducane's 2004SS gas grill. Christopher...
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Dave Stone, a researcher from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 14 player (1998-02-26).
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Matt Bushell, a junior at Georgetown University from Fairfield, Connecticut
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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