A Catholic priest originally from Sacramento, California...

Tom Smolich

Season 5 player (1989-04-11).
Season 6 3-time champion: $39,802.

Last name pronounced like "SMOW-litch".

Known as Father Smolich, Tom was a Jesuit priest at the Dolores Mission in East Los Angeles and was featured in the 1989-10-09 issue of People magazine as "The Jeopardy! Priest".

Tom was invited back to appear on the show after his first loss when viewers wrote in to point out that one of his opponents had been credited for a response that wasn't quite correct.

Tom appeared in the following archived game:
#1072, aired 1989-04-11 Jim Breed vs. Gail Sachs vs. Tom Smolich
Tom would later appear on Jeopardy! as Tom Smolich in the following 3 archived games:
#1162, aired 1989-09-26 Tom Smolich vs. Larry Thompson vs. Marty Wazowicz
#1161, aired 1989-09-25 Tom Smolich vs. John DeAngeli vs. Sarah Taxman
#1160, aired 1989-09-22 Tom Smolich vs. Jay German vs. Sarah Echt

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