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:
| Year | Player | Season wins | Winnings | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 (Teen) | Tori Amos | 1 | $10,000 | |
| 1996 | Shawn Askew | 1 | ||
| 2017 (College) | Zach Atwell | 0 | $0 (+$?,000) | |
| 1997 (College) | Craig Barker | ? | Won the 1997 College Tournament | |
| 1980's | Chip Beall | ? | ||
| 2015 | Michael Bilow | 3 | 4th-highest single-day score ($57,198) at time of playing | |
| 1997 | Chris Borglum | 0 | $0 (+$?,000) | |
| ? (Teen) | Michael Braun | ? | Won the ? Teen Tournament | |
| 2012 (Teachers | Colby Burnett | ? | Won the inaugural Teachers Tournament | |
| 2006 (Teen) | Papa Chakravarthy | ? | Won the 2006 Teen Tournament | |
| 2011 (Teen) | Raynell Cooper | ? | Won the 2011 Teen Tournament | |
| 2010 | Roger Craig | 7 | ||
| ? | Kunle Demuren | ? | ||
| 2002 | Raj Dhuwalia | 1 | ||
| ? | Mehrun Etebari | 5 | ||
| ? | Susan Ferrari | 0 | $0 (+$?,000) | |
| 2007 (Teen) | Frank Firke | ? | ||
| ? | Arthur Fleming | 0 | $0 (+$?,000) | |
| 2004 (College) | Kermin Fleming | ? | ||
| 2007 (College) | Cliff Galiher | ? | Won 2007 College Tournament | |
| 2007 (Summer Teen) | Kriti Gandhi | >1 | ||
| 2013 | Sara Garnet | 3 | ||
| 2005 | Victoria Groce | >1 | Defeated David Madden | |
| ? | Eric Hillemann | >1 | 10,500 | |
| 2004 | Jeff Hoppes | 0 | $0 (+$2,000,000) | Lost to Ken Jennings |
| 2004 | Leo Wolpert | 0 | $0 | Lost to Ken Jennings. Still extraordinarily bitter about the whole thing. |
| 2005 | David Madden | 19 | $430,400 (+$2,000,000) | Creator of NHBB |
| 2004 | Ken Jennings | 74 | $2,522,700 (+$2,000,000) | NAQT member |
| 2015 | Matt Jackson | 13 | ||
| 2008 (Teen) | Rachel Horn | >1 | Won 2008 Teen Tournament | |
| 2001 (College) | Vinita Kailasanath | Won 2001 College Tournament | ||
| 2005 | Steve Kaplan | 1 | ||
| 2009 (Teen) | Anurag Kashyap | >1 | Won the 2009 Teen Tournament | |
| 2008 | Larissa Kelly | 6 | ||
| 1999 (College) | Josh Levy | >1 | ||
| ? | Jimmy Li | ? | ||
| ? | Aaron Lichtig | 1 | ||
| 2008 | Daniel M. Maggin | 0 | $0 (+$?,000) | Lost to Larissa Kelly |
| 2009 (Teen) | Aidan Mehigan | >1 | Finished 3rd in the 2009 Teen Tournament | |
| 2004 | Ryan McClarren | 0 | $0 | Lost to Ken Jennings. |
| <2007 | Susan Mitchell | 4 | ||
| 2008 | Emily Moore | ? | ||
| ? | Alex Nutman | >1 | ||
| 2007 (Summer Teen) | Greg Peterson | >1 | Runner-up in 2007 Summer Teen Tournament | |
| ? | James Quintong | 1 | ||
| 2004 (College) | Casey Retterer | >1 | ||
| ? | Samantha Ross | >1 | $15,000 (+$?,000) | |
| ? | Brad Rutter | >1 | Chip partisan | |
| 2020 (College) | Nibir Sarma | >1 | Won 2020 College Tournament | |
| 2007 (Teen) | Ben Schenkel | >1 | Runner-up in 2007 Teen Tournament | |
| 2008 | Aaron Schroeder | 5 | ||
| 2010 | Ryan Stander | 0 | $0 (+$?,000) | |
| 1994 (College) | Jeff Stewart | >1 | ||
| 2005 | Ted Stratton | 2 | ||
| ? | Ray Sun | 1 | ||
| ? (Kid's Week) | Guy Tabachnick | 25,000 | ||
| ? (Teen) | Naren Tallapragada | >1 | ||
| 2008 | Jason Thweatt | 0 | $0 (+$?,000) | |
| 2007 (Teen) | Eliza Urban | 0 | $0 | |
| <2006 | Vik Vaz | 3 | ||
| ? (Teen?) | Andy Watkins | ? | ||
| ? | Brian Weikle | ? | Set numerous records, many of which were broken by Ken Jennings | |
| 2014 (Teen) | Jeff Xie | >1 | Won 2014 Teen Tournament over William Golden | |
| 2011 | Jan Zasowski | 2 |
For more information about any of these players, please use the search feature on the J! Archive.