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'''''Jeopardy!''''' is an American game show that is frequently compared to [[quizbowl]] due to a passing similarity in question content and a similar [[buzzer]]-based format ("Quiz bowl is like Jeopardy! with teams"). However, it does not have [[pyramidal]] questions and in fact players can only answer at the end of a question, and must give their answer in the form of a question ("What is quiz bowl?").
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'''''Jeopardy!''''' is an American game show that is frequently compared to [[quizbowl]] due to a passing similarity in question content and a similar [[buzzer]]-based format ("Quiz bowl is like Jeopardy! with teams"). However, it does not have [[pyramidal]] questions and in fact players can only answer at the end of a question (this rule was introduced in season 2 of the current show; in former editions and in the first Alex Trebek season, interruption was allowed). The format is additionally well-known for employing the [[Weiner's laws|cute]] rule that players must give their answer in the form of a question ("What is quiz bowl?").
  
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Many quiz bowlers have participated in Jeopardy! to varying degrees of success. The higher concentration of academic content than the average game show makes it one of the better game shows for people with quiz bowl knowledge, and a large number of past champions have been affiliated with quiz bowl; the most notable of which have been [[Ken Jennings]], [[Matt Jackson]], [[David Madden]], and [[Larissa Kelly]].
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Many quiz bowlers have participated in Jeopardy! to varying degrees of success. The higher concentration of academic content than the average game show makes it one of the better game shows for people with quiz bowl knowledge, and a large number of past champions have been affiliated with quiz bowl; the most notable of these include [[Ken Jennings]], [[Matt Jackson]], [[David Madden]], and [[Larissa Kelly]].
  
 
For more information about the game, please view its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeopardy! Wikipedia page].
 
For more information about the game, please view its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeopardy! Wikipedia page].
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{{Jeopardy! row|Aaron Lichtig|2019|1|winnings=14,401|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Aaron Lichtig|2019|1|winnings=14,401|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Aaron Schroeder|2008|5|winnings=127,902|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Aaron Schroeder|2008|5|winnings=127,902|loss=2}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Adam Pinson|2005 (College)|3|winnings=50,000|1st Runner-up in 2005 College Tournament. Lost to Nico Martinez.}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Aidan Mehigan|2009 (Teen)|3|winnings=15,000|Finished 3rd in the 2009 Teen Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Aidan Mehigan|2009 (Teen)|3|winnings=15,000|Finished 3rd in the 2009 Teen Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Alex Damisch|2019|3|winnings=33,549|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Alex Damisch|2019|3|winnings=33,549|loss=2}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Bonny Jain|2009 (Teen)|winnings=5,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Bonny Jain|2009 (Teen)|winnings=5,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Brad Rutter|2000|5|winnings=55,102|[[Chip Beall|Chip]] partisan}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Brad Rutter|2000|5|winnings=55,102|[[Chip Beall|Chip]] partisan}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Bronson Messer|2003|3|winnings=29,599|loss=2}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Bruce Lin|2006|3|winnings=54,599|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Bruce Lou|2020|1|winnings=13,245|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Bruce Lou|2020|1|winnings=13,245|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Brian Weikle|2003|5|winnings=149,200|Set numerous records, many of which were broken by Ken Jennings}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Brian Weikle|2003|5|winnings=149,200|Set numerous records, many of which were broken by Ken Jennings}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Bryce Hwang|2021|2|winnings=68,600|loss=1}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Casey Retterer|2004 (College)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Casey Retterer|2004 (College)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Catherine Hardee|2014|4|winnings=95,201|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Catherine Hardee|2014|4|winnings=95,201|loss=2}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Cerulean Ozarow|2014|winnings=25,158}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Cerulean Ozarow|2014 (Kids Week)|winnings=25,158}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Chauncey Lo|2021|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Chauncey Lo|2021|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Chip Beall|1985|3|info=Based on information from the alt.college.college-bowl group [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.college.college-bowl/c/ivn051plF40?pli=1]}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Chip Beall|1985|3|info=Based on information from the alt.college.college-bowl group [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.college.college-bowl/c/ivn051plF40?pli=1]}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Colby Burnett|2012 (Teachers)|4|winnings=100,000|Won the inaugural Teachers Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Colby Burnett|2012 (Teachers)|4|winnings=100,000|Won the inaugural Teachers Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Craig Barker|1997 (College)|3|winnings=25,000|Won the 1997 College Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Craig Barker|1997 (College)|3|winnings=25,000|Won the 1997 College Tournament}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Dan Suzman|2004|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Daniel M. Maggin|2008|loss=1|info=Lost to Larissa Kelly}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Daniel M. Maggin|2008|loss=1|info=Lost to Larissa Kelly}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Danny Vopava|2010 (College)|winnings=5,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Danny Vopava|2010 (College)|winnings=5,000}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|David Frazee|2003|1|winnings=24,800|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|David Madden|2005|19|winnings=430,400|loss=2|Creator of [[NHBB]]}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|David Madden|2005|19|winnings=430,400|loss=2|Creator of [[NHBB]]}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Eliza Urban|2007 (Teen)|winnings=5,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Eliza Urban|2007 (Teen)|winnings=5,000}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Emily Bingham|2016 (College)|1|winnings=10,000|Lost to Sam Deutsch}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Emily LaMonica|2016 (Teen)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Emily LaMonica|2016 (Teen)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Emily Moore|2008|loss=1}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Emily Moore|2008|loss=1}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Emily Sun|2016 (College)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Emily Sun|2016 (College)|1|winnings=10,000}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Emily Thorlsey|2008|1|winnings=29,800|loss=1}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Eok Ngo|2003|loss=0}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Eric Hillemann|2000|1|winnings=20,700}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Eric Hillemann|2000|1|winnings=20,700}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Eric Huff|2002|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Frank Firke|2007 (Teen)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Frank Firke|2007 (Teen)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Gabe Brison-Trezise|2019|1|winnings=22,400|loss=2|Ended the 20-game streak of Jason Zuffranieri}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Gabe Brison-Trezise|2019|1|winnings=22,400|loss=2|Ended the 20-game streak of Jason Zuffranieri}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Gabriel Johnson|2009 (Teen)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Gabriel Johnson|2009 (Teen)|1|winnings=10,000}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Greg Peterson|2007 (Summer Teen)|3|winnings=38,600|Runner-up in 2007 Summer Teen Tournament}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Greg Peterson|2007 (Summer Teen)|3|winnings=38,600|1st Runner-up in 2007 Summer Teen Tournament - lost to Meryl Federman by $1 across two days of play}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Guy Jordan|2003|loss=1}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Guy Tabachnick|2004 (Kids Week)|1|winnings=25,599}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Guy Tabachnick|2004 (Kids Week)|1|winnings=25,599}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Heidi Liu|2007 (Teen)|winnings=5,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Heidi Liu|2007 (Teen)|winnings=5,000}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|James Quintong|2005|1|winnings=4,001|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|James Quintong|2005|1|winnings=4,001|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Jan Zasowski|2011|2|winnings=46,601|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Jan Zasowski|2011|2|winnings=46,601|loss=2}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Jason Flowers|2003|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Jason Lai|2019|loss=2|info=Lost to James Holzhauer}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Jason Lai|2019|loss=2|info=Lost to James Holzhauer}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Jason Thweatt|2008|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Jason Thweatt|2008|loss=2}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Jeff Stewart|1994 (College)|4|winnings=25,000|Won the 1994 College Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Jeff Stewart|1994 (College)|4|winnings=25,000|Won the 1994 College Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Jeff Xie|2014 (Teen)|4|winnings=75,000|Won 2014 Teen Tournament, defeating [[William Golden]] along the way}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Jeff Xie|2014 (Teen)|4|winnings=75,000|Won 2014 Teen Tournament, defeating [[William Golden]] along the way}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Jeremy Rasmussen|2007|winnings=28,001|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Jerry Vinokurov|2016|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Jerry Vinokurov|2016|loss=2}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Jimmy Li|2005 (Teen)|winnings=5,000|Almost literally unfindable on J! Archive due to a poorly tuned search box}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Jimmy Li|2005 (Teen)|winnings=5,000|info=Almost literally unfindable on J! Archive due to a poorly tuned search box}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Jordan Boyd-Graber|2018|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Jordan Boyd-Graber|2018|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Josiah Takang|2014 (Teen)|winnings=5,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Josiah Takang|2014 (Teen)|winnings=5,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Josh Levy|1999 (College)|3|winnings=12,295|2nd Runner-up in 1999 College Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Josh Levy|1999 (College)|3|winnings=12,295|2nd Runner-up in 1999 College Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Julia Lee|2016|1|winnings=6,599|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Julia Lee|2016|1|winnings=6,599|loss=2}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Juliet Mayer|2021|2|winnings=53,200|loss=1}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Ken Jennings|2004|74|winnings=2,522,700|loss=2|NAQT member}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Ken Jennings|2004|74|winnings=2,522,700|loss=2|NAQT member}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Kermin Fleming|2004 (College)|4|winnings=100,000|Won 2004 College Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Kermin Fleming|2004 (College)|4|winnings=100,000|Won 2004 College Tournament}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Kriti Gandhi|2007 (Summer Teen)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Kriti Gandhi|2007 (Summer Teen)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Lily Wang|2004 (College)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Lily Wang|2004 (College)|1|winnings=10,000}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Lloyd Sy|2023|2|winnings=53,578|loss=2}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton|2007|1|winnings=10,300|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Kunle Demuren|2002 (Back to School)|winnings=49,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Kunle Demuren|2002 (Back to School)|winnings=49,000}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Larissa Kelly|2008|6|winnings=222,597|loss=1|Holds regular season winnings record for a female champion and was first to win more than 5 games}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Larissa Kelly|2008|6|winnings=222,597|loss=1|Held the regular season winnings record for a female champion and was first to win more than 5 games}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Leo Wolpert|2004|info=Lost to Ken Jennings. Still extraordinarily bitter about the whole thing.}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Leo Wolpert|2004|info=Lost to Ken Jennings. Still extraordinarily bitter about the whole thing.}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Markus Iturriaga|2010|loss=1}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Markus Iturriaga|2010|loss=1}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Michael Borecki|2016 (Teen)|3|winnings=25,000|2nd Runner-up in 2016 Teen Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Michael Borecki|2016 (Teen)|3|winnings=25,000|2nd Runner-up in 2016 Teen Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Michael Braun|2005 (Teen)|4|winnings=75,000|Won the 2005 Teen Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Michael Braun|2005 (Teen)|4|winnings=75,000|Won the 2005 Teen Tournament}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Michael Falk|2006|3|winnings=59,403|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Mehrun Etebari|2007|5|winnings=128,100|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Mehrun Etebari|2007|5|winnings=128,100|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Meredith Johnson|2008 (College)|winnings=5,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Meredith Johnson|2008 (College)|winnings=5,000}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Meryl Federman|2007 (Summer Teen)|2|winnings=75,000|Won the 2007 Summer Teen Tournament, beating Greg Peterson}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Mohan Malhotra|2017 (College)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Mohan Malhotra|2017 (College)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Morgan Saxby|2010|3|winnings=66,401|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Morgan Saxby|2010|3|winnings=66,401|loss=2}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Nibir Sarma|2020 (College)|4|winnings=100,000|Won 2020 College Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Nibir Sarma|2020 (College)|4|winnings=100,000|Won 2020 College Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Nick Wawrykow|2018|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Nick Wawrykow|2018|loss=2}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Nico Martinez|2005 (College)|4|winnings=100,000|Won the 2005 College Tournament. Beat Adam Pinson.}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Niki Peters|2016 (College)|3|winnings=50,000|1st Runner-up at 2016 College Tournament. Memorably retweeted all her haters during the tournament.}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Niki Peters|2016 (College)|3|winnings=50,000|1st Runner-up at 2016 College Tournament. Memorably retweeted all her haters during the tournament.}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Oishee Shemontee|2020|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Oishee Shemontee|2020|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Pam Mueller|2000 (College)|4|winnings=50,000|Won the 2000 College Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Pam Mueller|2000 (College)|4|winnings=50,000|Won the 2000 College Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Papa Chakravarthy|2006 (Teen)|4|winnings=75,000|Won the 2006 Teen Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Papa Chakravarthy|2006 (Teen)|4|winnings=75,000|Won the 2006 Teen Tournament}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Philip Huang|2005|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Rachel Horn|2008 (Teen)|4|winnings=75,000|Won 2008 Teen Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Rachel Horn|2008 (Teen)|4|winnings=75,000|Won 2008 Teen Tournament}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Raj Dhuwalia|2002|1|winnings=21,200|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Raj Dhuwalia|2002|1|winnings=21,200|loss=2}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Rebecca Maxfield|2010 (College)|winnings=5,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Rebecca Maxfield|2010 (College)|winnings=5,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Rebecca Rosenthal|2018 (College)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Rebecca Rosenthal|2018 (College)|1|winnings=10,000}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Richard Mason|2002|2|winnings=50,600|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Roger Craig|2010|6|winnings=230,200|loss=1|Held the single-day cash winnings record until it was broken by James Holzhauer}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Roger Craig|2010|6|winnings=230,200|loss=1|Held the single-day cash winnings record until it was broken by James Holzhauer}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Rose Curtin|2019|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Rose Curtin|2019|loss=2}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Sameer Rai|2019|loss=2|info=Lost to James Holzhauer by $98,113 as he broke Roger Craig's single-day scoring record}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Sameer Rai|2019|loss=2|info=Lost to James Holzhauer by $98,113 as he broke Roger Craig's single-day scoring record}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Sara Garnet|2013|3|winnings=75,403|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Sara Garnet|2013|3|winnings=75,403|loss=2}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Sharath Narayan|2016 (Teen)|4|winnings=100,000|Won 2016 Teen Tournament}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Shawn Askew|1997|1|winnings=12,800}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Sherman Lo|2006|2|winnings=35,201|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Sid Chandrasekhar|2010 (College)|1|winnings=10,000|Won a Nintendo Wii and the Wii ''Jeopardy!'' game.}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Sid Chandrasekhar|2010 (College)|1|winnings=10,000|Won a Nintendo Wii and the Wii ''Jeopardy!'' game.}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Siddharth Hariharan|2016|2|winnings=28,135|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Siddharth Hariharan|2016|2|winnings=28,135|loss=2}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Sharath Harayan|2016 (Teen)|4|winnings=100,000|Won 2016 Teen Tournament}}
 
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{{Jeopardy! row|Shawn Askew|1997|1|winnings=12,800}}
 
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Stan Jastrzebski|2017|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Stan Jastrzebski|2017|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Steve Kaplan|2005|1|winnings=18,400|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Steve Kaplan|2005|1|winnings=18,400|loss=2}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Susan Ferrari|2007|loss=1}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Susan Ferrari|2007|loss=1}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Susan Mitchell|2007|4|winnings=67,100|loss=1}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Susan Mitchell|2007|4|winnings=67,100|loss=1}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Tanay Kothari|2021|1|winnings=26,800|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Ted Stratton|2005|2|winnings=30,399|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Ted Stratton|2005|2|winnings=30,399|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Tim Cho|2018 (Teen)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Tim Cho|2018 (Teen)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Todd Faulkenberry|2008 (Teen)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Todd Faulkenberry|2008 (Teen)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Tori Amos|2013 (Teen)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Tori Amos|2013 (Teen)|1|winnings=10,000}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Trey Morris|2002|loss=1}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Tyler Johnson|2017|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Tyler Johnson|2017|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Victoria Groce|2005|1|winnings=22,801|loss=1|Defeated [[David Madden]]}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Victoria Groce|2005|1|winnings=22,801|loss=1|Defeated [[David Madden]]}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Vik Vaz|2005|3|winnings=72,002|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Vik Vaz|2005|3|winnings=72,002|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|William Golden|2014 (Teen)|1|winnings=10,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|William Golden|2014 (Teen)|1|winnings=10,000}}
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{{Jeopardy! row|Willy Jay|2005|loss=1|info=Lost to Dave Madden.}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Xiaoke Ying|2020 (College)|3|winnings=25,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Xiaoke Ying|2020 (College)|3|winnings=25,000}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Yevgeny Shrago|2010|1|winnings=24,600|loss=2}}
 
{{Jeopardy! row|Yevgeny Shrago|2010|1|winnings=24,600|loss=2}}

Latest revision as of 09:34, 6 January 2024

Jeopardy! is an American game show that is frequently compared to quizbowl due to a passing similarity in question content and a similar buzzer-based format ("Quiz bowl is like Jeopardy! with teams"). However, it does not have pyramidal questions and in fact players can only answer at the end of a question (this rule was introduced in season 2 of the current show; in former editions and in the first Alex Trebek season, interruption was allowed). The format is additionally well-known for employing the cute rule that players must give their answer in the form of a question ("What is quiz bowl?").

Many quiz bowlers have participated in Jeopardy! to varying degrees of success. The higher concentration of academic content than the average game show makes it one of the better game shows for people with quiz bowl knowledge, and a large number of past champions have been affiliated with quiz bowl; the most notable of these include Ken Jennings, Matt Jackson, David Madden, and Larissa Kelly.

For more information about the game, please view its Wikipedia page.

Quizbowlers on Jeopardy!

Several former and current quizbowlers have appeared on Jeopardy. Here is a non-exhaustive list (note that this only includes regular-season play and non-Tournament of Champions tournaments):

Year Player Season wins Winnings Additional information
2019 Aaron Lichtig 1 $14,401 (+$2,000)
2008 Aaron Schroeder 5 $127,902 (+$2,000)
2005 (College) Adam Pinson 3 $50,000 1st Runner-up in 2005 College Tournament. Lost to Nico Martinez.
2009 (Teen) Aidan Mehigan 3 $15,000 Finished 3rd in the 2009 Teen Tournament
2019 Alex Damisch 3 $33,549 (+$2,000)
2004 (Kids Week) Alex Nutman 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2020 (College) Alistair Gray 0 $5,000
2017 (College) Allison Holley 0 $5,000
2006 (Teen) Andy Watkins 0 $5,000
2009 (Teen) Anurag Kashyap 4 $75,000 Won the 2009 Teen Tournament
2014 Arthur Chu 11 $297,200 (+$1,000) Subject of the Fundome post.
2016 Asim Modi 1 $10,399 (+$1,000)
2007 (Teen) Ben Schenkel 3 $42,800 1st runner-up in 2007 Teen Tournament
2019 Ben Zhang 0 $0 (+$2,000) Lost immediately before the first game of Alex Damisch
2009 (Teen) Bonny Jain 0 $5,000
2000 Brad Rutter 5 $55,102 Chip partisan
2003 Bronson Messer 3 $29,599 (+$2,000)
2006 Bruce Lin 3 $54,599 (+$2,000)
2020 Bruce Lou 1 $13,245 (+$2,000)
2003 Brian Weikle 5 $149,200 Set numerous records, many of which were broken by Ken Jennings
2021 Bryce Hwang 2 $68,600 (+$1,000)
2004 (College) Casey Retterer 1 $10,000
2014 Catherine Hardee 4 $95,201 (+$2,000)
2014 (Kids Week) Cerulean Ozarow 0 $25,158
2021 Chauncey Lo 0 $0 (+$2,000)
1985 Chip Beall 3 Based on information from the alt.college.college-bowl group [1]
1997 Chris Borglum 0 $0 Won a set of Hammerman rings
2007 (College) Cliff Galiher 3 $100,000 Won 2007 College Tournament
2012 (Teachers) Colby Burnett 4 $100,000 Won the inaugural Teachers Tournament
1997 (College) Craig Barker 3 $25,000 Won the 1997 College Tournament
2004 Dan Suzman 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2008 Daniel M. Maggin 0 $0 (+$1,000) Lost to Larissa Kelly
2010 (College) Danny Vopava 0 $5,000
2003 David Frazee 1 $24,800 (+$2,000)
2005 David Madden 19 $430,400 (+$2,000) Creator of NHBB
2007 (Teen) Eliza Urban 0 $5,000
2016 (College) Emily Bingham 1 $10,000 Lost to Sam Deutsch
2016 (Teen) Emily LaMonica 1 $10,000
2008 Emily Moore 0 $0 (+$1,000)
2016 (College) Emily Sun 1 $10,000
2008 Emily Thorlsey 1 $29,800 (+$1,000)
2003 Eok Ngo 0 $0 (+$0,000)
2000 Eric Hillemann 1 $20,700
2002 Eric Huff 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2007 (Teen) Frank Firke 1 $10,000
2019 Gabe Brison-Trezise 1 $22,400 (+$2,000) Ended the 20-game streak of Jason Zuffranieri
2009 (Teen) Gabriel Johnson 1 $10,000
2007 (Summer Teen) Greg Peterson 3 $38,600 1st Runner-up in 2007 Summer Teen Tournament - lost to Meryl Federman by $1 across two days of play
2003 Guy Jordan 0 $0 (+$1,000)
2004 (Kids Week) Guy Tabachnick 1 $25,599
2007 (Teen) Heidi Liu 0 $5,000
2020 Henry Baer 2 $61,400 (+$2,000)
2011 (Teen) Idress Kahloon 1 $10,000
2018 (Teen) Jack Izzo 1 $10,000
2005 James Quintong 1 $4,001 (+$2,000)
2011 Jan Zasowski 2 $46,601 (+$2,000)
2003 Jason Flowers 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2019 Jason Lai 0 $0 (+$2,000) Lost to James Holzhauer
2008 Jason Thweatt 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2015 Jayne Lady 0 $0 (+$1,000)
2004 Jeff Hoppes 0 $0 (+$2,000) Lost to Ken Jennings
1994 (College) Jeff Stewart 4 $25,000 Won the 1994 College Tournament
2014 (Teen) Jeff Xie 4 $75,000 Won 2014 Teen Tournament, defeating William Golden along the way
2007 Jeremy Rasmussen 0 $28,001 (+$2,000)
2016 Jerry Vinokurov 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2005 (Teen) Jimmy Li 0 $5,000 Almost literally unfindable on J! Archive due to a poorly tuned search box
2018 Jordan Boyd-Graber 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2014 (Teen) Josiah Takang 0 $5,000
1999 (College) Josh Levy 3 $12,295 2nd Runner-up in 1999 College Tournament
2016 Julia Lee 1 $6,599 (+$2,000)
2021 Juliet Mayer 2 $53,200 (+$1,000)
2004 Ken Jennings 74 $2,522,700 (+$2,000) NAQT member
2004 (College) Kermin Fleming 4 $100,000 Won 2004 College Tournament
2015 Kristin Sausville 5 $94,201 (+$1,000)
2007 (Summer Teen) Kriti Gandhi 1 $10,000
2004 (College) Lily Wang 1 $10,000
2023 Lloyd Sy 2 $53,578 (+$2,000)
2007 Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton 1 $10,300 (+$2,000)
2002 (Back to School) Kunle Demuren 0 $49,000
2008 Larissa Kelly 6 $222,597 (+$1,000) Held the regular season winnings record for a female champion and was first to win more than 5 games
2004 Leo Wolpert 0 $0 Lost to Ken Jennings. Still extraordinarily bitter about the whole thing.
2010 Markus Iturriaga 0 $0 (+$1,000)
2015 Matt Jackson 13 $411,612 (+$2,000) Currently the 4th highest earning player with the 4th most regular season wins
2016 McKinnie Sizemore 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2015 Michael Bilow 3 $96,000 (+$1,000) 4th-highest single-day score ($57,198) at time of playing
2016 (Teen) Michael Borecki 3 $25,000 2nd Runner-up in 2016 Teen Tournament
2005 (Teen) Michael Braun 4 $75,000 Won the 2005 Teen Tournament
2006 Michael Falk 3 $59,403 (+$2,000)
2007 Mehrun Etebari 5 $128,100 (+$2,000)
2008 (College) Meredith Johnson 0 $5,000
2007 (Summer Teen) Meryl Federman 2 $75,000 Won the 2007 Summer Teen Tournament, beating Greg Peterson
2017 (College) Mohan Malhotra 1 $10,000
2010 Morgan Saxby 3 $66,401 (+$2,000)
2008 (Teen) Naren Tallapragada 1 $10,000
2009 Nathan Murphy 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2020 (College) Nibir Sarma 4 $100,000 Won 2020 College Tournament
2018 Nick Wawrykow 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2005 (College) Nico Martinez 4 $100,000 Won the 2005 College Tournament. Beat Adam Pinson.
2016 (College) Niki Peters 3 $50,000 1st Runner-up at 2016 College Tournament. Memorably retweeted all her haters during the tournament.
2020 Oishee Shemontee 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2000 (College) Pam Mueller 4 $50,000 Won the 2000 College Tournament
2006 (Teen) Papa Chakravarthy 4 $75,000 Won the 2006 Teen Tournament
2005 Philip Huang 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2008 (Teen) Rachel Horn 4 $75,000 Won 2008 Teen Tournament
2002 Raj Dhuwalia 1 $21,200 (+$2,000)
2011 (Teen) Raynell Cooper 4 $75,000 Won the 2011 Teen Tournament
2006 Ray Sun 1 $28,801 (+$2,000)
2015 Rebecca Golden 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2010 (College) Rebecca Maxfield 0 $5,000
2018 (College) Rebecca Rosenthal 1 $10,000
2002 Richard Mason 2 $50,600 (+$2,000)
2010 Roger Craig 6 $230,200 (+$1,000) Held the single-day cash winnings record until it was broken by James Holzhauer
2019 Rose Curtin 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2019 Ryan Bilger 4 $107,049 (+$2,000)
2004 Ryan McClarren 0 $0 Lost to Ken Jennings.
2010 Ryan Stander 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2009 S. R. Sidarth 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2016 (College) Sam Deutsch 4 $100,000 Won 2016 College Tournament
2007 Samantha Ross 1 $14,000 (+$1,000)
2019 Sameer Rai 0 $0 (+$2,000) Lost to James Holzhauer by $98,113 as he broke Roger Craig's single-day scoring record
2013 Sara Garnet 3 $75,403 (+$2,000)
2016 (Teen) Sharath Narayan 4 $100,000 Won 2016 Teen Tournament
1997 Shawn Askew 1 $12,800
2006 Sherman Lo 2 $35,201 (+$2,000)
2010 (College) Sid Chandrasekhar 1 $10,000 Won a Nintendo Wii and the Wii Jeopardy! game.
2016 Siddharth Hariharan 2 $28,135 (+$2,000)
2017 Stan Jastrzebski 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2005 Steve Kaplan 1 $18,400 (+$2,000)
2010 (College) Surya Sabhapathy 2 $26,000 2nd Runner-up at 2010 College Tournament
2007 Susan Ferrari 0 $0 (+$1,000)
2007 Susan Mitchell 4 $67,100 (+$1,000)
2021 Tanay Kothari 1 $26,800 (+$2,000)
2005 Ted Stratton 2 $30,399 (+$2,000)
2018 (Teen) Tim Cho 1 $10,000
2008 (Teen) Todd Faulkenberry 1 $10,000
2013 (Teen) Tori Amos 1 $10,000
2002 Trey Morris 0 $0 (+$1,000)
2017 Tyler Johnson 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2005 Victoria Groce 1 $22,801 (+$1,000) Defeated David Madden
2001 (College) Vinita Kailasanath 0 $0 Won 2001 College Tournament
2005 Vik Vaz 3 $72,002 (+$2,000)
2014 (Teen) William Golden 1 $10,000
2005 Willy Jay 0 $0 (+$1,000) Lost to Dave Madden.
2020 (College) Xiaoke Ying 3 $25,000
2010 Yevgeny Shrago 1 $24,600 (+$2,000)
2017 (College) Zach Atwell 0 $5,000
2016 (College) Ziad Ali 1 $10,000

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