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. 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 which have been 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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) | 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. |
| 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 |
For more information about any of these players, please use the search feature on the J! Archive.