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Eugene Finerman

2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $25,600.
1990 Super Jeopardy! semifinalist: $10,000. Defeated Frank Spangenberg in his quarterfinal game--the first time Frank Spangenberg was defeated.
1987 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $11,600.
Season 3 5-time champion: $57,902 + a vacuum cleaner + 14 bags of chocolate chips.

First syllable of last name pronounced like "fin", not "fine".

Web site at FinermanWorks.

Jeopardy! Message Board user name: EugeneF

Eugene appeared in the following 4 archived games:
#740, aired 1987-11-20 Dave Traini vs. Eugene Finerman vs. Bob Verini 1987 Tournament of Champions final game 2.
#739, aired 1987-11-19 Dave Traini vs. Eugene Finerman vs. Bob Verini 1987 Tournament of Champions final game 1.
#737, aired 1987-11-17 Doug Molitor vs. Michael Galvin vs. Eugene Finerman 1987 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.
#733, aired 1987-11-11 Eugene Finerman vs. Keith Bell vs. Jonathan Fellows 1987 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 3.
Eugene previously appeared on Jeopardy! as Eugene Finerman in the following 4 archived games:
#650, aired 1987-06-05 Eugene Finerman vs. Nancy Kool vs. Keith Lindloff Eugene Finerman game 5.
#649, aired 1987-06-04 Eugene Finerman vs. John Bear vs. Claudia Courtney Eugene Finerman game 4.
#648, aired 1987-06-03 Eugene Finerman vs. Drew Browning vs. Alison Comey Eugene Finerman game 3.
#647, aired 1987-06-02 Eugene Finerman vs. Pat Neilsen vs. Rob Thais Eugene Finerman game 2.
Eugene would later appear on Jeopardy! as Eugene Finerman in the following 2 archived games:
Super Jeopardy! #4, aired 1990-07-07 Bob Verini vs. Eugene Finerman vs. Eric Newhouse Super Jeopardy! semifinal game 1.
Super Jeopardy! #2, aired 1990-06-23 Frank Spangenberg vs. Brian Wangsgard vs. Eugene Finerman vs. Kate Waits Super Jeopardy! quarterfinal game 2.

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