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Michael Daunt

2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member: $62,602. In his Round 3 game, lost to eventual 2nd runner-up Jerome Vered, but tied for 2nd place with Dan Melia.
1997 International Tournament (Stockholm, Sweden) winner: $35,000.
1996 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $8,200.
Season 12 5-time champion: $64,198.

Michael's one-day total of $27,400 (#2591, aired 1995-12-04) was the sixth-highest single-day winnings amount at the time, and it remained the sixth-highest one-day total through 1998, earning Michael a spot on the list of the 13 highest one-day winners available on the Jeopardy! web site 1997-1998.

Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDaunt

Michael appeared in the following 4 archived games:
#2820, aired 1996-11-29 Bob Scarpone vs. Mike Dupée vs. Michael Daunt 1996 Tournament of Champions final game 2.
#2819, aired 1996-11-28 Bob Scarpone vs. Mike Dupée vs. Michael Daunt 1996 Tournament of Champions final game 1.
#2817, aired 1996-11-26 Mary Hirschfeld vs. Michael Daunt vs. Bill Sloan 1996 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.
#2815, aired 1996-11-22 Michael Daunt vs. Barbara Walker vs. Bob Scarpone 1996 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.
Michael previously appeared on Jeopardy! as Michael Daunt in the following 4 archived games:
#2593, aired 1995-12-06 Michael Daunt vs. Sharon Rubens vs. Alan Steinharter Michael Daunt game 5.
#2592, aired 1995-12-05 Michael Daunt vs. David Glagovsky vs. Adam Kulakow Michael Daunt game 4.
#2591, aired 1995-12-04 Michael Daunt vs. Holly Petraeus vs. Roland Jones Michael Daunt game 3.
#2590, aired 1995-12-01 Michael Daunt vs. Deedie Gustavson vs. Joe Carroll Michael Daunt game 2.
Michael would later appear on Jeopardy! as Michael Daunt in the following 3 archived games:
#2935, aired 1997-05-09 Michael Daunt vs. Per Gunnar Hillesoy vs. Boris Levit 1997 International Tournament final game 2. From Stockholm, Sweden.
#2934, aired 1997-05-08 Michael Daunt vs. Per Gunnar Hillesoy vs. Boris Levit 1997 International Tournament final game 1. From Stockholm, Sweden.
#2932, aired 1997-05-06 Michael Daunt vs. Eva Holmberg vs. Murat Sen 1997 International Tournament semifinal game 2. From Stockholm, Sweden.

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