Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions
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The Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions is an annual tournament featuring the longest-running champions from the past season or seasons of the TV quiz show Jeopardy!
The tournament began in the show's first season in 1964 during Art Fleming
's tenure as host, and continued into the Alex Trebek
era of the show. There have been two years in which the Tournament was skipped altogether (1997 and 2008), and four seasons (17, 20, 23, and 27). Season 1 in 1984 was too early in the Trebek era history to have champions from the season before. Also, in 2002, Jeopardy held a Million Dollar Masters tournament featuring fifteen previous champions, and in 2005, Jeopardy! held an Ultimate Tournament of Champions
for over three months, which featured over 100 champions from previous years instead of a regular Tournament of Champions for just the previous year; that season's Tournament of Champions began on September 20, 2004, featuring any remaining Season 19 champions that hadn't qualified for that year's tournament as well as all of the Season 20 qualifiers except for Ken Jennings
, who had just resumed his winning streak two weeks before the tournament started (Jennings' streak was interrupted three times that year; the other two times were for the show's annual Kids' Week in October 2004 and the College Championship in November 2004).
The Season 25 Tournament of Champions was taped during the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show
in Las Vegas, Nevada
.
that occurred in the period between Tournaments of Champions (there is usually only one, but the possibility of multiple College Champions earning berths does exist). Beginning in 2011, the winner of the Teachers Tournament was also included. For many years, the winner(s) of the Teen Tournament
and the Seniors Tournament also participated, but the Seniors Tournament was discontinued after 1995, and a Teen Tournament winner was last invited to the Tournament of Champions in 2000.
, College Championship
, and Teachers Tournament; it previously applied to the Seniors Tournament and the 2002 Million Dollar Masters Tournament:
Jeopardy!
Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
The tournament began in the show's first season in 1964 during Art Fleming
Art Fleming
Art Fleming was an American television host, most notably the original host of the TV game show Jeopardy!.-Early life:...
's tenure as host, and continued into the Alex Trebek
Alex Trebek
George Alexander "Alex" Trebek is a Canadian American game show host who has been the host of the game show Jeopardy! since 1984, and prior to that, he hosted game shows such as Pitfall and High Rollers. He has appeared in numerous television series, usually as himself...
era of the show. There have been two years in which the Tournament was skipped altogether (1997 and 2008), and four seasons (17, 20, 23, and 27). Season 1 in 1984 was too early in the Trebek era history to have champions from the season before. Also, in 2002, Jeopardy held a Million Dollar Masters tournament featuring fifteen previous champions, and in 2005, Jeopardy! held an Ultimate Tournament of Champions
Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions
The Ultimate Tournament of Champions was a special fifteen-week single-elimination tournament that aired during the twenty-first season of the syndicated game show Jeopardy! that began airing on February 9, 2005 and concluded on May 25, 2005, covering 76 shows in all...
for over three months, which featured over 100 champions from previous years instead of a regular Tournament of Champions for just the previous year; that season's Tournament of Champions began on September 20, 2004, featuring any remaining Season 19 champions that hadn't qualified for that year's tournament as well as all of the Season 20 qualifiers except for Ken Jennings
Ken Jennings
Kenneth Wayne "Ken" Jennings III is an American game show contestant and author. Jennings is noted for holding the record for the longest winning streak on the U.S. syndicated game show Jeopardy! and as being the all-time leading money winner on American game shows...
, who had just resumed his winning streak two weeks before the tournament started (Jennings' streak was interrupted three times that year; the other two times were for the show's annual Kids' Week in October 2004 and the College Championship in November 2004).
The Season 25 Tournament of Champions was taped during the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show
Consumer Electronics Show
The International Consumer Electronics Show is a major technology-related trade show held each January in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Not open to the public, the Consumer Electronics Association-sponsored show typically hosts previews of products and new...
in Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
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.
Field
In the Alex Trebek version of the show, the Tournament of Champions field consists of the 14 champions who have won the most games (with a minimum of 3) since the previous Tournament of Champions, as well as the winner or winners of any College ChampionshipJeopardy! College Championship
The Jeopardy! College Championship is one of the traditional tournaments held each season on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! Contestants in this tournament are full-time undergraduate college students with no prior degrees...
that occurred in the period between Tournaments of Champions (there is usually only one, but the possibility of multiple College Champions earning berths does exist). Beginning in 2011, the winner of the Teachers Tournament was also included. For many years, the winner(s) of the Teen Tournament
Jeopardy! Teen Tournament
The Jeopardy! Teen Tournament is one of the traditional tournaments held each season on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! Contestants in this tournament are primarily high school students, and between the ages of thirteen and seventeen...
and the Seniors Tournament also participated, but the Seniors Tournament was discontinued after 1995, and a Teen Tournament winner was last invited to the Tournament of Champions in 2000.
Format
With the expansion of the field to 15 players in the Alex Trebek era, the Tournament of Champions now lasts two weeks (10 shows) with the following format, devised by Trebek himself in 1985 to suit the 15 five-time champions from the previous year. The same format applies to the Teen TournamentJeopardy! Teen Tournament
The Jeopardy! Teen Tournament is one of the traditional tournaments held each season on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! Contestants in this tournament are primarily high school students, and between the ages of thirteen and seventeen...
, College Championship
Jeopardy! College Championship
The Jeopardy! College Championship is one of the traditional tournaments held each season on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! Contestants in this tournament are full-time undergraduate college students with no prior degrees...
, and Teachers Tournament; it previously applied to the Seniors Tournament and the 2002 Million Dollar Masters Tournament:
- Shows 1–5: The quarterfinals, with three new contestants participating each day. The five winners advance to the semifinals. Four "wild card" spots are available to those with the highest score among non-winners; ties are broken by the highest score after "Double Jeopardy!" Any game ending with a triple-zero tie eliminates all three players, and a fifth wild card spot is added.
- Shows 6–8: The semifinals, with only the three winners advancing to finals. In case of a tie (other than a triple-zero), a toss-up Final Jeopardy!-style answer is played between the tied players; the player who rings in and gives the correct question advances, as a player cannot win by default and must give a correct question. In case of a triple-zero tie, all three players are eliminated, and the higher-scoring second-place player from the other semifinals advances.
- Shows 9–10: The two-day finals. Both games begin with zero scores, and the contestants' final scores from both games are totaled to determine their final score. If a contestant has a zero or negative score at the end of Double Jeopardy!, his/her score for that day is recorded as zero. The contestant with the highest cumulative score wins the grand prize. The runners-up receive either a guaranteed cash prize or the amount of their two-day total, whichever is higher.
Prizes
The prize amounts for all contestants are as follows:| Period | Finalists (minimum guarantees) | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1964–1974 | All players kept their scores in cash at the end of each game | none, except in 1969 | |||
| 1985 | $100,000 | Kept two day total winnings | $5,000 | $1,000 | |
| 1986 | $5,000 | ||||
| 1987–1996 | $10,000 | $7,500 | |||
| 1998–2002 | $15,000 | $10,000 | $2,500 | ||
| 2003–2004 | $250,000 | $50,000 | $25,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 |
| 2006–present | $100,000 | $50,000 | |||
Other prizes
- During the Art Fleming era of the show, in addition to their score winnings, Grand Champions won a tropical vacation and were presented with a trophy called the annual Griffin Award, named for show creator Merv GriffinMerv GriffinMervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr. was an American television host, musician, actor, and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in movies and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986 Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show on Group W Broadcasting...
. In many years they also received a $1,000 bonus. - In 2006, schools selected by each contestant received the Classroom Jeopardy! electronic game in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week.
- In 2007, each contestant received the Jeopardy! DVD Home Game System.
List of participants
The following is a list of contestants and where they placed in the tournament. Prize amounts for the non-winning finalists who won more than the minimum guarantees are as indicated in parentheses.| Finalists | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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| Art Fleming Art Fleming Art Fleming was an American television host, most notably the original host of the TV game show Jeopardy!.-Early life:... Era (1964–1975) |
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| First annual (1964) | ||
| Phyllis Gallo John Murphy Terry Thompson |
Helen Beck Rosemary Taubert Pat McDermott Madeline Von Koch Sid Kramer Ruth Lind |
[No quarterfinals] |
| Second annual (1965) | ||
| Winner: Babs McClellan Carolyn Benson Bob Wilder |
Lou Ehrlich Pat Day Doris Sullivan Jim Cahill Bob Law Earle Codrington |
[No quarterfinals] |
| Third annual (1966) | ||
| Winner: Burns Cameron | [No quarterfinals] | |
| Fourth annual (1967) | ||
| Eleanor Endsley Harry Murtha Anne Fried |
Frank Gray Sheila Gabriel Rosemary Marnell Libby Dyer Gail Berry Howard August |
[No quarterfinals] |
| Fifth annual (1968) | ||
| Winner: Red Gibson Hutton Gibson Hutton Peter Gibson is an American writer on Sedevacantism, World War II veteran, the 1968 Jeopardy! grand champion and the father of 11 children, one of whom is the actor and director Mel Gibson.... John Miller Shep Shepherd |
Fran Fisk Bill Martin Penny Costigen Marcia Bikalis Judy Gex Sally Hickman |
[No quarterfinals] |
| Sixth annual (1969) | ||
| Winner: Jay Wolpert Jay Wolpert Jay Wolpert is an American television producer and screenwriter.His first television appearance came as a contestant on the original version of Jeopardy! in 1969. He competed in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions that year and won.... Elliot Shteir Nick Rorick |
Elliot Baritz Jane Gschwend Ann Baker |
Larry Schiller Joan Nephew John Gridley Judy Rubin Grant Willis Jack Gurner Mendy Snyder Burt Sherman Pat Dougiallo Jay Hayes Judy Reimer Joan Lawrence |
| Seventh annual (1970) | ||
| Winner: Gene Cheatam | ||
| Eighth annual (1971) | ||
| Winner: Rock Johnson | ||
| Ninth annual (1972) | ||
| Winner: Ann Marie Sutton | ||
| Tenth annual (1973) | ||
| Winner: Paula Ogren | ||
| Eleventh annual (1974) | ||
| Winner: Denny Golden | ||
| Alex Trebek Alex Trebek George Alexander "Alex" Trebek is a Canadian American game show host who has been the host of the game show Jeopardy! since 1984, and prior to that, he hosted game shows such as Pitfall and High Rollers. He has appeared in numerous television series, usually as himself... Era (1984–present) |
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| Season 2 (November 11-November 22, 1985) | ||
| Winner: Jerry Frankel Jerry Frankel Jerry Frankel was a contestant on Jeopardy! in 1985, becoming a 5-time undefeated champion, winning $32,650 on the program and another $100,000 in the first Tournament of Champions on that version.-Jeopardy!:... 1st runner-up: Bruce Fauman ($9,399) 2nd runner-up: Steve Rogitz ($5,100) |
Ron Black Paul Boymel (Season 1 biggest winner) Liz Caccese Larry Floyd John Hannatt Ric Moser |
Elise Beraru Michael Day John Genova Paul Crozier Paula Tupper Nathan Walpow |
| Season 3 (November 3-November 14, 1986) | ||
| Winner: Chuck Forrest Chuck Forrest Chuck Forrest is an American game show contestant who at one time held the record for the largest non-tournament cash winnings total on the syndicated game show Jeopardy! The Los Angeles Times called him "the Alexander the Great of Jeopardy! players." The producers of the show regarded him as one... (Season 2 biggest winner) 1st runner-up: Paul Rouffa 2nd runner-up: Marvin Shinkman |
Beryl Arbit Donald Burgo Gary Giardina Lionel Goldbart Gary Palmer Jay Rosenberg Jay Rosenberg Jay Frank Rosenberg was a Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was a student of Wilfrid Sellars and established his reputation with ten books and over 80 articles in metaphysics, epistemology, the philosophy of language, and the history of philosophy... |
Harvey Becker Jared Eisenstat Danny Green Mark Leinwand Eric Schoeck Guy Tonti |
| Season 4 (November 9-November 20, 1987) | ||
| Winner: Bob Verini 1st runner-up: David Traini ($16,000) 2nd runner-up: Eugene Finerman ($11,600) |
Eric Berman Richard Cordray Richard Cordray Richard Cordray is an American politician of the Democratic Party who last served as the Attorney General of Ohio. He has been chosen to run the enforcement division of the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which officially began operating in July 2011... Michael Galvin Doug Molitor Doug Molitor Doug Molitor is an American television screenwriter.He has written for TV programs including Adventure Inc., Sliders, F/X: The Series, Lucky Luke, Police Academy: The Series, You Can't Take It With You, Sledge Hammer!, Young Hercules, Ritas Welt and Deepwater Black Doug Molitor is an American... John Ryan (Season 3 biggest winner) Roger Storm |
Keith Bell Jonathan Fellows Frank Hughes John Podhoretz John Podhoretz John Podhoretz is an American neoconservative columnist for the New York Post, the editor of Commentary magazine, the author of several books on politics, and a former presidential speechwriter.-Life and career:... Zeke Sevilla, Jr. Keith Walker |
| Season 5 (November 7-November 18, 1988) | ||
| Winner: Mark Lowenthal 1st runner-up: Bruce Naegeli (Season 4 biggest winner, $18,799) 2nd runner-up: Sandra Gore ($13,000) |
Roy Holliday Peggy Kennedy Richard Perez-Pena Steven Popper Michael Rankins Kathleen Waits |
Michael Block Barbara-Anne Eddy Leah Greenwald Stephen Lebowitz Bruce Seymour Ron Trigueiro |
| Season 6 (November 6-November 17, 1989) | ||
| Winner: Tom Cubbage (also won Season 5 College Championship) 1st runner-up: Rich Lerner ($15,500) 2nd runner-up: Brian Wangsgard (Season 5 biggest winner) |
Bruce Cox Mark McDermott Peggi Malys Eric Newhouse Ouida Rellstab Cigus Vanni |
Cathy Boggs Jeff Richmond Joel Sacks Chris Shea Yael Sofaer Jim Thompkins-McLane |
| Season 7 (November 5-November 16, 1990) | ||
| Winner: Bob Blake 1st runner-up: Larry McKnight 2nd runner-up: Steve Berman |
Jeff Bandman Andrew Bernknopf Erik Larsen Ofc. Frank Spangenberg Frank Spangenberg Lieutenant Frank Spangenberg garnered fame in 1990 when he set the five-day cumulative winnings record on the game show Jeopardy!, becoming the first person to win more than $100,000 in five days on the show... (Season 6 biggest winner) Eric Terzuolo Jamie Weiss |
Lisa Guay Dan Katz Richard Neale George Soule Michael Thayer Elaine Zollner |
| Season 8 (November 4-November 15, 1991) | ||
| Winner: Jim Scott 1st runner-up: Steve Robin ($12,600) 2nd runner-up: Lou Pryor ($9,700) |
Mark Born (Season 7 biggest winner) Leslie Frates Scott Gillispie Jonathan Jacobs Lois Kurowski Mark Pestronk |
Sara Cox Tom Halpern Bruce Ikawa John LeDonne Andrew Westney Lynne Wexler |
| Season 9 (November 9-November 20, 1992) | ||
| Winner: Leszek Pawlowicz 1st runner-up: Bruce Simmons 2nd runner-up: Jerome Vered Jerome Vered Jerome Vered is a Studio City, California writer, publicly known for his record-setting success as a contestant on the U.S. television game show Jeopardy!-Biography:... (Season 8 biggest winner) |
India Cooper Kirk Ditzler Richard Kaplan April McManus Leonard Schmidt Robert Slaven |
Billy Baxter Ofc. Frank Epstein John Kelly, RET USAF Steve Newman Dave Willis Phil Yellman |
| Season 10 (November 15-November 26, 1993) | ||
| Winner: Tom Nosek 1st runner-up: Bev Schwartzberg ($19,100) 2nd runner-up: Marilyn Kneeland ($11,500) |
Dennis Donohue Phoebe Juel Jack Mahoney Leslie Miller Ed Schiffer (Season 9 biggest winner) Walt Senterfitt |
Debby Arnold Al Lin Linda Shepard Diane Siegel David Tiemann Fraser Woodford |
| Season 11 (November 14-November 25, 1994) | ||
| Winner: Rachael Schwartz 1st runner-up: Jeff Stewart ($20,800) 2nd runner-up: David Hillinck |
Kurt Bray Steve Chernicoff (Season 10 biggest winner) John Cuthbertson Jean Grewe Brian Moore Bill Pitassy |
Amy Fine Fred Frank Matt Morris Tom Nichols Bart Thomas David Venderbush |
| Season 12 (November 13-November 24, 1995) | ||
| Winner: Ryan Holznagel 1st runner-up: David Siegel (Season 11 biggest winner, $24,600) 2nd runner-up: Isaac Segal ($16,600) |
Bruce Borchardt Jonathan Groff Paul Thompson (Season 12 biggest winner) Jim Vercolen Gordon Wean Matt Zielenski |
Aaron Klein Len Krisak Ben Lyon John McKeon Jim Morgan Linda Roberts |
| Season 13 (November 18-November 29, 1996) | ||
| Winner: Michael Dupee 1st runner-up: Bob Scarpone ($11,000) 2nd runner-up: Michael Daunt ($8,200) |
Bill Dickenson Amanda Goad Mary Hirschfield Bill Sloan Beverly Spurs Shane Whitlock |
Bernie Cullen David Cuneo Brad Plovan David Sampugnaro Lucien Schmidt Barbara Walker |
| Season 14 (February 2-February 13, 1998) | ||
| Winner: Daniel F. Melia (Season 14 biggest winner) 1st runner-up: Kim Worth (Season 13 biggest winner) 2nd runner-up: Bob Harris Bob Harris (writer) Bob Harris is an American radio commentator, writer, stand-up comedian, and thirteen-time Jeopardy! contestant.From 1998–2002, his daily political commentaries aired on an average of 75 radio stations across the U.S., winning awards from the and the Associated Press... |
Sahir Islam Lyn Payne Claudia Perry Fred Ramen Peter Scott Grace Veach |
Craig Barker Joshua Den Hartog Paul Gutowski Pam Mifflin Arthur Phillips Arthur Phillips Arthur Phillips is a Jewish American novelist active in the 21st century. His novels include Prague , The Egyptologist , Angelica , The Song Is You , and The Tragedy of Arthur -Life:Phillips was born in Minneapolis, received a BA in history from Harvard... Wes Ulm |
| Season 15 (February 8-February 19, 1999) | ||
| Winner: David Abbott 1st runner-up: J. J. Todor ($20,600) 2nd runner-up: Juliet Wiley |
David Bagley (Season 15 biggest winner) Dan Girard Pat Healy Lance Johnson Andrew Maly John Skelton |
James Arey Andrew Hutchings Lara Robillard Chris Ward Carolyn White Melizza Zygmunt |
| Season 16 (May 8-May 19, 2000); taped at the Atlanta Civic Center Atlanta Civic Center The Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center is a theater and fine arts venue located in the SoNo district of Atlanta, Georgia located on Piedmont Avenue Northeast. The theater, which seats 4,600, regularly hosts touring productions of Broadway musicals, concerts, seminars, comedy acts, and high... in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... |
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| Winner: Robin Carroll 1st runner-up: Jeremy Bate 2nd runner-up: Steve Fried |
Mike Blumenfeld Carolyn Cracraft Terry Currin Chacko George Michael Rooney Eddie Timanus Eddie Timanus Eddie Timanus is a Jeopardy! champion and USA Today sportswriter who grew up in Reston, Virginia, then graduated from Wake Forest University. He met his wife through a Yahoo! Groups discussion group on game shows; the couple now has a son... |
Jack Archey Lee Lassiter Darlene Lieblich Helen Petroff Melissa Sexstone Janet Wong |
| Season 18 (October 22-November 2, 2001) | ||
| Winner: Brad Rutter Brad Rutter Bradford Gates "Brad" Rutter is the biggest all-time money winner on the U.S. syndicated game show Jeopardy! and the second biggest all-time money winner on a game show.... 1st runner-up: Tad Carithers 2nd runner-up: Rick Knutsen |
Larry Cloud Lan Djang Mark Eckard Ryan Moore Pam Mueller Babu Srinivasan (Season 17 biggest winner) |
Michael Arnone Michelle Clum Bob Fleenor Andrew Garen Kevin Keach Doug Lach (Season 16 biggest winner) |
| Season 19 (May 5-May 16, 2003) | ||
| Winner: Mark S. Dawson 1st runner-up: Brian Weikle (Season 19 biggest winner, $56,601) 2nd runner-up: Eric Floyd (Season 18 biggest winner) |
Alan Bailey Mark Brown Jill Bunzendahl Chimka Maxine Levaren Trevor Norris Travis Troyer |
Kathy Cassity Kyle Hale Jackie Harrison Mark Lee Jason McCune Ben Tritle |
| Season 21 (September 20-October 1, 2004) | ||
| Winner: Russ Schumacher 1st runner-up: Tom Walsh (Season 20 biggest winner) 2nd runner-up: Arthur Gandolfi |
Seth Alcorn Tom Baker Anne Boyd Vinita Kailasanath Chris Miller Steve Reynolds |
John Beck Samantha Ott Scott "Renzo" Renzoni Sean Ryan Jim Stalley Keith Williams |
| Season 21 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions The Ultimate Tournament of Champions was a special fifteen-week single-elimination tournament that aired during the twenty-first season of the syndicated game show Jeopardy! that began airing on February 9, 2005 and concluded on May 25, 2005, covering 76 shows in all... (February 9-May 25, 2005) |
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| Winner: Brad Rutter Brad Rutter Bradford Gates "Brad" Rutter is the biggest all-time money winner on the U.S. syndicated game show Jeopardy! and the second biggest all-time money winner on a game show.... 1st runner-up: Ken Jennings Ken Jennings Kenneth Wayne "Ken" Jennings III is an American game show contestant and author. Jennings is noted for holding the record for the longest winning streak on the U.S. syndicated game show Jeopardy! and as being the all-time leading money winner on American game shows... 2nd runner-up: Jerome Vered Jerome Vered Jerome Vered is a Studio City, California writer, publicly known for his record-setting success as a contestant on the U.S. television game show Jeopardy!-Biography:... |
Also see main article Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions The Ultimate Tournament of Champions was a special fifteen-week single-elimination tournament that aired during the twenty-first season of the syndicated game show Jeopardy! that began airing on February 9, 2005 and concluded on May 25, 2005, covering 76 shows in all... |
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| Season 22 (May 8-May 19, 2006) | ||
| Winner: Michael Falk 1st runner-up: Vik Vaz 2nd runner-up: Bill MacDonald |
David Madden (Season 22 biggest winner) Kevin Marshall Bob Mesko Jason Richards Aaron Thompson Maria Wenglinsky |
Kerry Breitenbach Doug Dorst Kermin Fleming Tom Kavanaugh Nico Martinez David Rozenson |
| Season 24 (November 5-November 16, 2007) | ||
| Winner: Celeste DiNucci 1st runner-up: Doug Hicton 2nd runner-up: Cliff Galiher |
Paul Glaser Christian Haines Chris Mazurek Susan Mitchell Jeff Spoeri Craig Westphal |
Mehrun Etebari (Season 23 biggest winner) Cathy Lanctot Andrew Rostan Nick Swezey Sara Terrell Steve Unite |
| Season 25 (March 11-March 24, 2009); taped at the Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority in Las Vegas, Nevada.... in Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous... |
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| Winner: Dan Pawson 1st runner-up: Larissa Kelly Larissa Kelly Larissa Kelly is a Jeopardy! contestant who resides in El Cerrito, California. During her regular run on Jeopardy!, she won a total of $222,597 over six games and $1,000 3rd place consolation prize in her seventh, with her last appearance airing May 28, 2008... (Season 24 biggest winner) 2nd runner-up: Aaron Schroeder |
Ben Bishop Matt Kohlstedt Cora Peck Dave Simpson Donna Vogel Mark Wales |
Carl Brandt Deborah Fitzgerald Lisa Klink Tom Morris Erik Nelson Jim Stevens |
| Season 26 (May 10-May 21, 2010) | ||
| Winner: Vijay Balse 1st runner-up: Jason Zollinger (Season 26 biggest winner) 2nd runner-up: Stefan Goodreau |
Dave Belote Justin Bernbach (Season 25 biggest winner) Terry Linwood Liz Murphy Andy Srinivasan Nick Yozamp |
Joey Beachum Ryan Chaffee Regina Robbins Patrick Tucker Christine Valada Stephen Weingarten |
| Season 28 (November 2-November 15, 2011) | ||
| Winner: Roger Craig Roger Craig (Jeopardy! contestant) Roger Alan Craig is an American game show contestant who holds the all-time record for single-day winnings on the quiz show Jeopardy! In 2011, Craig returned to Jeopardy, winning the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions.-Early life and non-game-show career:... 1st runner-up: Tom Nissley (Season 27 biggest winner) 2nd runner-up: Buddy Wright |
Erin McLean Joon Pahk Jay Rhee Mark Runsvold Justin Sausville Kara Spak |
John Krizel Paul Kursky Tom Kunzen Brian Meacham Christopher Short Charles Temple |