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Mark Born

2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000.
1991 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 7 5-time champion: $82,899.

While Mark's one-day total of $29,400 (#1585, aired 1991-06-21) was not enough to beat the single-day cash winnings record of $30,600 set by Frank Spangenberg the previous season in his fifth game (#1241, aired 1990-01-15), it was the second-highest single-day winnings amount at the time, and it remained the third-highest one-day total through 1998, earning Mark a spot on the list of the 13 highest one-day winners available on the Jeopardy! web site 1997-1998.

Mark appeared in the following 5 archived games:
#1588, aired 1991-06-26 Mark Born vs. Mike Sabin vs. Beverly Mailey Mark Born game 5. Game entered from audiorecording.
#1587, aired 1991-06-25 Mark Born vs. Gary Bennett vs. David White Mark Born game 4. Game entered from audiorecording.
#1586, aired 1991-06-24 Mark Born vs. Tom Nicoll vs. Charlee Hutton Mark Born game 3. Final Jeopardy! responses from audiorecording. Missing prizes.
#1585, aired 1991-06-21 Mark Born vs. Bob Acker vs. Bruce Blakely Mark Born game 2. Game entered from audiorecording.
#1584, aired 1991-06-20 Brad Colgate vs. Margaret Hartman vs. Mark Born Mark Born game 1. Game entered from audiorecording.
Mark would later appear on Jeopardy! as Mark Born in the following 2 archived games:
#1657, aired 1991-11-12 Mark Born vs. Jonathan Jacobs vs. Lou Pryor 1991 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.
#1655, aired 1991-11-08 Mark Born vs. Steve Robin vs. Jim Scott 1991 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.

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