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Michael Rankins

2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $41,601. Lost to Grace Veach along with Brian Weikle.
1998 Battle of the Bay Area Brains winner: $15,000 for Bay Area American Red Cross Disaster Relief + a prize package valued at $7,700.
1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000.
1988 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 4 5-time champion: $52,098.

Michael appeared in the following archived game:
Battle of the Bay Area Brains #1, aired 1998-05-03 Leslie Frates vs. Michael Rankins vs. Beverly Spurs 1998 Battle of the Bay Area Brains. From Zellerbach Auditorium...
Michael previously appeared on Jeopardy! as Michael Rankins in the following archived game:
Super Jeopardy! #10, aired 1990-08-18 Bob Blake vs. Michael Rankins vs. Keith Bell vs. Peggi Malys Super Jeopardy! quarterfinal game 8.
Michael would later appear on Jeopardy! as Michael Rankins in the following 2 archived games:
#4765, aired 2005-04-29 Grace Veach vs. Michael Rankins vs. Brian Weikle 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 2, game 13.
#4709, aired 2005-02-10 Michael Rankins vs. Rachael Schwartz vs. John Genova 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, game 2.

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