A college student from Wilmette, Illinois...

Pam Mueller

Hi, I'm Pam Mueller, and you're watching me on jeopardy.com.

How did you prepare for being a contestant?
Um, in preparing for today's tournament, I watched the show a lot, and I looked over a couple books, but honestly, none of the stuff I put effort into studying came up in my show. [Smiles]

How long have you been watching Jeopardy!?
I started watching it regularly in high school and I've been watching it therefore for about... 8 years.

Have you been recognized since being on Jeopardy!?
Since appearing on the show, I... I've been recognized a few times in public, mostly after the reruns in the summer, believe it or not. I've gotten some e-mails from some people who wanted to congratulate me. It's been nice.

GOOD LUCK, Pam!

2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
2019 All-Star Games member of 2nd runner-up Team Colby: a share of $100,000 split three ways with Colby Burnett and Alan Lin.
2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000.
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member, and Sweet Six (Round 3 winners) member: $102,201.
2001 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
2000-B College Championship winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 + a 2001 Volvo S60 + a trophy.

According to the official UToC web site, Pam's residence at the time of the UToC was Washington, D.C. She later matriculated at Harvard School of Law.

Pam appeared as a challenger on two episodes of ABC's 500 Questions on 2015-05-26 and 2015-05-27. She was unable to eliminate Season 21 player Adam Villani.

Pam won $25,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 2012-02-03 and 2012-02-06, with Ken Basin in the audience.

Pam's then-boyfriend, 2003 College Championship semifinalist Ken Basin, a USC graduate whom she met at Harvard Law, won $25,000 on the final night of the return to prime time of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire on 2009-08-23, after losing on the million dollar question. According to Pam, they were introduced by mutual friend Jessie, who said, "Pam, meet Ken. He was on Jeopardy! Ken, meet Pam. She was on Jeopardy!" Pam was featured in the audience for Ken's turn in the hot seat.

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