Jeopardy!

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:

• Tori Amos - Played in the 2013 Teen Tournament
• Shawn Askew - One day co-champion in 1997.
• Zach Atwell - Competed in the first round of the 2017 College Championship for Kentucky.
• Craig Barker - Won 1997 College Tournament.
• Chip Beall - Was on the show in the '80s.
• Michael Bilow - won three games in 2015. Got on the record books for the 4th-highest single-day score ever ($57,198) during his third game.
• Chris Borglum - Played during season 13. Lost in only game.
• Michael Braun - Won Teen Tournament and then mysteriously dropped out of quizbowl.
• Colby Burnett - Won the first ever Teachers Tournament in 2012. Won the 2013 Tournament of Champions. Semifinalist in the Decades Tournament of Champions.
• Papa Chakravarthy - Won 2006 Teen Tournament
• Raynell Cooper - Won the 2011 Teen Tournament
• Roger Craig - Won 7 shows in Fall 2010 and the 2011 Tournament of Champions, set the single day record of $77,000
• Kunle Demuren -
• Raj Dhuwalia - Won one game in 2002.
• Mehrun Etebari - Five day champion. Lost in the first round of the 2007 Tournament of Champions.
• Meryl Federman - Won 2007 Summer Teen Tournament.
• Susan Ferrari - Lost in her only game.
• Frank Firke - Played in 2007 Teen Tournament.
• Arthur Fleming - Lost because he could not come up with "Mercury" in Final Jeopardy.
• Kermin Fleming - Won 2004 College Tournament.
• Cliff Galiher - Won 2007 College Tournament.
• Kriti Gandhi - 2007 Summer Teen Tournament finalist.
• Sara Garnett - Won three shows in 2013.
• Victoria Groce - Defeated 19-day champion David Madden.
• Eric Hillemann - Won $20,700.
• Jeff Hoppes - Lost to Ken Jennings.
• Rachel Horn - 2008 Teen Tournament winner
• Matt Jackson - Thirteen-day champion in 2015.
• Ken Jennings - He like won a few games or something.
• Vinita Kailasanath - Won 2001 College Tournament, 2004 Tournament of Champions Semifinalist, Semifinalist in Ultimate Tournament of Champions.
• Steve Kaplan - One day champion in 2005.
• Anurag Kashyap - won the 2009 Teen Tournament
• Larissa Kelly - Six day champion in 2008. 2009 Tournament of Champions Finalist
• Josh Levy - Second Runner Up in 1999 College Tournament
• Jimmy Li
• Aaron Lichtig - One-day Champion
• David Madden - 19 day champion in 2005; Tournament of Champions Semifinalist in 2006. Defeated Watson twice in beta-testing at IBM headquarters.
• Daniel M. Maggin - Lost to Larissa Kelly.
• Aidan Mehigan - finished 3rd in 2009 teen tournament
• Ryan McClarren - Lost to Ken Jennings.
• Susan Mitchell - Four day champion. Played in the 2007 Tournament of Champions, made it to the semifinals.
• Emily Moore - Appeared in July 2008
• Alex Nutman - Came in second on a Kids' Week show. He blames his loss on the fact that his opponent was an Asian video game expert.
• Greg Peterson - Runner-Up to Meryl Federman in 2007 Summer Teen Tournament.
• James Quintong - One day champion.
• Casey Retterer - Reached semi-finals in 2004 College Tournament.
• Samantha Ross - Much to her surprise, she won a total of $15,000.
• Brad Rutter - Won Ultimate Tournament of Champions, Chip partisan.
• Nibir Sarma - Won College Championship in 2020.
• Ben Schenkel - Runner-Up in 2007 Teen Tournament.
• Aaron Schroeder - Five day Champion in 2008. 2009 Tournament of Champions Finalist.
• Ryan Stander - Lost in Final Jeopardy in his only appearance in March 2010.
• Jeff Stewart - Won 1994 College Tournament.
• Ted Stratton - Two day champion in 2005.
• Ray Sun - One day champion.
• Guy Tabachnick - Won $25,000 on Kids' Week.
• Naren Tallapragada - Played on a Teen Tournament, but screwed up in Final J! of one of the semi or perhaps quarterfinals.
• Jason Thweatt - Played one game in 2008; lost after blowing 12,999 of $17,000 on Final Jeopardy!
• Eliza Urban - Played in 2007 Teen Tournament.
• Vik Vaz - Three day champion, Runner-Up in 2006 Tournament of Champions.
• Andy Watkins - Was on a Teen Tournament or something.
• Brian Weikle - Set numerous records, many of which were broken by Ken Jennings.
• Leo Wolpert - Lost to Ken Jennings. Still extraordinarily bitter about the whole thing.
• Jeff Xie - Won the 2014 Teen Tournament.
• Jan Zasowski - Two day champion in 2011.