An 11th grade physics teacher from New Paltz, New York...

Francois Barcomb

2019 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000.
2019 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000.

At the time of the Teachers Tournament, Francois taught physics at Hendrick Hudson High School in Montrose, Westchester County, New York. Although Francois was announced as being from "New Paltz, New York", media reports indicated that he actually lived in Gardiner near the border with New Paltz.

Francois appeared in the following 4 archived games:
#7995, aired 2019-05-17 Conor Quinn vs. Francois Barcomb vs. Sara DelVillano 2019 Teachers Tournament final game 2.
#7994, aired 2019-05-16 Conor Quinn vs. Francois Barcomb vs. Sara DelVillano 2019 Teachers Tournament final game 1.
#7992, aired 2019-05-14 Benjamin Schwartz vs. Francois Barcomb vs. Julia Rosinski Bailey 2019 Teachers Tournament semifinal game 2. Category names in the...
#7988, aired 2019-05-08 Francois Barcomb vs. Alexandra Bicks vs. Vicki Leibeck-Owsley 2019 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 3.
Francois would later appear on Jeopardy! as Francois Barcomb in the following 4 archived games:
#8095, aired 2019-11-15 Francois Barcomb vs. James Holzhauer vs. Emma Boettcher 2019 Tournament of Champions final game 2.
#8094, aired 2019-11-14 Francois Barcomb vs. James Holzhauer vs. Emma Boettcher 2019 Tournament of Champions final game 1.
#8093, aired 2019-11-13 Francois Barcomb vs. Gilbert Collins vs. Lindsey Shultz 2019 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.
#8090, aired 2019-11-08 Ryan Fenster vs. Steven Grade vs. Francois Barcomb 2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.

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