A philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin...

Ben Chan

2024 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000.
Season 39 9-time champion: $252,600 + $2,000.

Ben did not return to play in show #8851, aired 2023-04-17, due to illness, and instead returned for show #8871, aired 2023-05-15.

Ben wrote his name on his lectern with one exclamation point and Chinese characters ("Ben! 文瀚") for his quarterfinal game of the Tournament of Champions, with two exclamation points and no Chinese characters ("Ben!!") for his semifinal game, and with one exclamation point ("Ben!") for the finals.

Ben! 文瀚 appeared in the following 8 archived games:
#9062, aired 2024-03-19 Yogesh Raut vs. Troy Meyer vs. Ben Chan 2024 Tournament of Champions final game 6.
#9061, aired 2024-03-18 Yogesh Raut vs. Troy Meyer vs. Ben Chan 2024 Tournament of Champions final game 5.
#9060, aired 2024-03-15 Yogesh Raut vs. Troy Meyer vs. Ben Chan 2024 Tournament of Champions final game 4.
#9059, aired 2024-03-14 Yogesh Raut vs. Troy Meyer vs. Ben Chan 2024 Tournament of Champions final game 3.
#9058, aired 2024-03-13 Yogesh Raut vs. Troy Meyer vs. Ben Chan 2024 Tournament of Champions final game 2.
#9057, aired 2024-03-12 Yogesh Raut vs. Troy Meyer vs. Ben Chan 2024 Tournament of Champions final game 1.
#9054, aired 2024-03-07 Jared Watson vs. Ben Chan vs. Ike Barinholtz 2024 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.
#9052, aired 2024-03-05 Ben Chan vs. Justin Bolsen vs. Emmett Stanton 2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 8.
Ben! 文瀚 previously appeared on Jeopardy! as Ben Chan in the following 10 archived games:
#8877, aired 2023-05-23 Ben Chan vs. Danny Leserman vs. Lynn Di Vito Ben Chan game 10.
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 Ben Chan vs. Joe Lasser vs. Nancy Duran Ben Chan game 9.
#8875, aired 2023-05-19 Ben Chan vs. Erica Johnson vs. Chris Hammer Ben Chan game 8.
#8874, aired 2023-05-18 Ben Chan vs. John Groves vs. Kristen Beck Ben Chan game 7.
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 Ben Chan vs. Brittani Seagren vs. David Lu Ben Chan game 6.
#8872, aired 2023-05-16 Ben Chan vs. Tom Winiarski vs. Lydia-Claire Kerrigan Ben Chan game 5.
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 Hannah Wilson vs. Ben Chan vs. Wendy Swanson Hannah Wilson game 9. Ben Chan game 4.
#8850, aired 2023-04-14 Ben Chan vs. Kari Elsila vs. Greg Czaja Ben Chan game 3.
#8849, aired 2023-04-13 Ben Chan vs. Peter Early vs. Liz Jensen Ben Chan game 2.
#8848, aired 2023-04-12 Kat Jepson vs. Laura Caton vs. Ben Chan Ben Chan game 1.

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