Jeopardy!

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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?").

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, and David Madden.

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 t

Year Player Season wins Winnings Additional information
2019 Aaron Lichtig 1 $14,401 (+$2,000)
2008 Aaron Schroeder 5 $127,902 (+$2,000)
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
2006 (Teen?) Andy Watkins 0 $5,000
2009 (Teen) Anurag Kashyap 4 $75,000 Won the 2009 Teen Tournament
2007 (Teen) Ben Schenkel 3 $42,800 1st runner-up in 2007 Teen Tournament
2000 Brad Rutter 5 $55,102 Chip partisan
2003 Brian Weikle 5 $149,200 Set numerous records, many of which were broken by Ken Jennings
2004 (College) Casey Retterer 1 $10,000
1980's Chip Beall ?
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
2008 Daniel M. Maggin 0 $0 (+$?,000) Lost to Larissa Kelly
2005 David Madden 19 $430,400 (+$2,000) Creator of NHBB
2007 (Teen) Eliza Urban 0 $5,000
2008 Emily Moore ?
2000 Eric Hillemann 1 $20,700
2007 (Teen) Frank Firke ?
2007 (Summer Teen) Greg Peterson 3 $38,600 Runner-up in 2007 Summer Teen Tournament
2004 (Kids Week) Guy Tabachnick 1 $25,599
? James Quintong 1
2011 Jan Zasowski 2
2008 Jason Thweatt 0 $0 (+$?,000)
2004 Jeff Hoppes 0 $0 (+$2,000) Lost to Ken Jennings
1994 (College) Jeff Stewart >1
2014 (Teen) Jeff Xie 4 $75,000 Won 2014 Teen Tournament, defeating William Golden along the way
? Jimmy Li ?
2014 (Teen) Josiah Takang 0 $5,000
1999 (College) Josh Levy 3 $12,295 2nd Runner-up in 1999 College Tournament
2004 Ken Jennings 74 $2,522,700 (+$2,000) NAQT member
2004 (College) Kermin Fleming ?
2007 (Summer Teen) Kriti Gandhi >1
2004 (College) Lily Wang 1 $10,000
? Kunle Demuren ?
2008 Larissa Kelly 6 $222,597 (+$1,000) Holds 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.
2015 Matt Jackson 13 $411,612 (+$2,000) Currently the 4th highest earning player with the 4th most regular season wins
2015 Michael Bilow 3 4th-highest single-day score ($57,198) at time of playing
? (Teen) Michael Braun ? Won the ? Teen Tournament
2007 Mehrun Etebari 5 $128,100 (+$2,000)
? (Teen) Naren Tallapragada >1
2020 (College) Nibir Sarma >1 Won 2020 College Tournament
2016 (College) Niki Peters 3 $50,000 Memorably retweeted all her haters during the tournament
2006 (Teen) Papa Chakravarthy ? Won the 2006 Teen Tournament
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)
2018 (College) Rebecca Rosnethal 1 $10,000
2010 Roger Craig 7
2004 Ryan McClarren 0 $0 Lost to Ken Jennings.
2010 Ryan Stander 0 $0 (+$2,000)
2016 (College) Sam Deutsch 4 $100,000 Won 2016 College Tournament
? Samantha Ross >1 $15,000 (+$?,000)
2013 Sara Garnet 3
1996 Shawn Askew 1
2005 Steve Kaplan 1 $18,400 (+$2,000)
2007 Susan Ferrari 0 $0 (+$1,000)
2007 Susan Mitchell 4 $67,100 (+$1,000)
2005 Ted Stratton 2
2013 (Teen) Tori Amos 1 $10,000
2005 Victoria Groce 1 $22,801 (+$1,000) Defeated David Madden
2001 (College) Vinita Kailasanath Won 2001 College Tournament
<2006 Vik Vaz 3
2014 (Teen) William Golden 1 $10,000
2020 (College) Xiaoke Ying 3 $25,000
2017 (College) Zach Atwell 0 $5,000

For more information about any of these players, please use the search feature on the J! Archive.