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India Cooper

2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000.
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $26,000.
2002 Million Dollar Masters tournament semifinalist: $25,000.
1992 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 8 5-time champion: $68,400.
Season 7 player (1991-05-01).

India originally appeared in Season 7 on show #1548, aired 1991-05-01, lost, and returned in Season 8, starting with show #1681, aired 1991-12-16, as a result of "one of those wild and crazy technical malfunctions" in her first appearance.

India's one-day total of $24,001 (#1682, aired 1991-12-17) was the seventh-highest single-day winnings amount at the time, and it remained the eleventh-highest one-day total through 1998, earning India a spot on the list of the 13 highest one-day winners available on the Jeopardy! web site 1997-1998.

India died 2020-05-17 at the age of 67 after a short battle with esophageal cancer.

Jeopardy! Message Board user name: IndiaC

India appeared in the following 2 archived games:
#1888, aired 1992-11-18 Bruce Simmons vs. Kirk Ditzler vs. India Cooper 1992 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.
#1881, aired 1992-11-09 India Cooper vs. Dave Willis vs. Leonard Schmidt 1992 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 1.
India previously appeared on Jeopardy! as India Cooper in the following 5 archived games:
#1685, aired 1991-12-20 India Cooper vs. Bruce Higginbotham vs. Kurt Kroboth India Cooper game 5.
#1684, aired 1991-12-19 India Cooper vs. Dolph Schmidt vs. Alan Belancik India Cooper game 4.
#1683, aired 1991-12-18 India Cooper vs. Julie Crouchley vs. Gail Gray India Cooper game 3.
#1682, aired 1991-12-17 India Cooper vs. Mark Rhone vs. Mitch Fox India Cooper game 2.
#1681, aired 1991-12-16 Jay Marhoefer vs. India Cooper vs. Bruce Merhige India Cooper game 1-B.
India would later appear on Jeopardy! as India Cooper in the following 2 archived games:
#4084, aired 2002-05-09 Brad Rutter vs. Leslie Frates vs. India Cooper 2002 Million Dollar Masters semifinal game 2.
#4082, aired 2002-05-07 Robin Carroll vs. India Cooper vs. Babu Srinivasan 2002 Million Dollar Masters quarterfinal game 5.

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