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John Beck

2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,000.
2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19 5-time champion: $117,099 + a Jaguar X-TYPE in British Racing Green.

John was the last 5-time retired champion before the "sky's the limit" rule change at the start of Season 20.

John won $10,300 + a trip to Palm Springs + a trip to Las Vegas + a trip to Cabo San Lucas on Merv Griffin's Crosswords on 2007-09-17.

John won $5,000 on Who Wants to be a Millionaire on 2019-04-23.

John appeared on Master Minds on 2020-05-22.

John appeared on The Chase on 2022-05-31 along with Emily Hogg & lost a $80,000 jackpot when caught by chaser Buzzy Cohen while Jayanthi Martins was caught in the Head to Head round.

Jeopardy! Message Board user name: watchandwait

John appeared in the following 5 archived games:
#4344, aired 2003-06-19 John Beck vs. Arline West vs. Spencer Willis John Beck game 5. John becomes the last retired 5-time champion.
#4343, aired 2003-06-18 John Beck vs. Kerry Kelly vs. Scott Ingram John Beck game 4.
#4342, aired 2003-06-17 John Beck vs. Leigh Barrett vs. Jay Porter John Beck game 3.
#4341, aired 2003-06-16 John Beck vs. Tom Lucero vs. Becky Hudson John Beck game 2.
#4340, aired 2003-06-13 Tara Gallagher vs. Amasa Wainwright vs. John Beck John Beck game 1.
John would later appear on Jeopardy! as John Beck in the following archived game:
#4608, aired 2004-09-22 John Beck vs. Scott Renzoni vs. Vinita Kailasanath 2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 3.

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