>>>My shining moment was the final Jeopardy question : Holidays and Observances "First celebrated for the wedding of King Ludwig" Made me about $15k.
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>>What? Were you actually a contestant on Jeopardy?
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>>~~Bonnie
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>A little over 20 years ago ( recorded in Sept '90 and broadcast around the end of October '90 - before they upped the stakes to 2000 tops on double jeopardy :-( But Trebek was already phoning it in. ) Won two, lost one. But it remains the only money I've ever made from an expensive college education.
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>They shoot five shows in a row, so the whole experience took about 4 hours.

The on deck batter when Bobby Thomson hit "the shot heard round the world."