A junior high school math teacher from West Allis, Wisconsin...

Michael Falk

"And he was a meteorologist when he won the Tournament of Champions in 2006. He's now a junior high school math teacher from West Allis, Wisconsin. Please welcome..."

2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000.
2006 Tournament of Champions winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $250,000.
Season 22 3-time champion: $59,403 + $1,000.

Not to be confused with Season 9 player Michael Falk.

Michael was a spoiler on Merv Griffin's Crosswords on 2008-02-01.

Mike's LiveJournal. His wife Courtney's.

Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MFalk
Wife's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MrsFalk

Michael appeared in the following archived game:
#6809, aired 2014-04-03 Michael Falk vs. Ken Jennings vs. Vinita Kailasanath Battle of the Decades: The 2000s game 4.
Michael previously appeared on Jeopardy! as Michael Falk in the following 4 archived games:
#5005, aired 2006-05-19 Bill MacDonald vs. Michael Falk vs. Vik Vaz 2006 Tournament of Champions final game 2.
#5004, aired 2006-05-18 Bill MacDonald vs. Michael Falk vs. Vik Vaz 2006 Tournament of Champions final game 1.
#5003, aired 2006-05-17 Michael Falk vs. Jason Richards vs. Maria Wenglinsky 2006 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.
#4999, aired 2006-05-11 Michael Falk vs. David Madden vs. Bob Mesko 2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 4.

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