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Gary Palmer

1986 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 2 4-time champion: $18,400.

According to the ToC Yearbook published in 2014, Gary lived in Waltham, Massachusetts as of that time.

Gary is reported to have won $1,000 in a college series during the Art Fleming version of Jeopardy!

An infamous fainting incident occurred during Gary's third game.

Gary appeared in the following 2 archived games:
#506, aired 1986-11-17 Donald Burgo vs. Marvin Shinkman vs. Gary Palmer 1986 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.
#505, aired 1986-11-14 Chuck Forrest vs. Guy Tonti vs. Gary Palmer 1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.
Gary previously appeared on Jeopardy! as Gary Palmer in the following 5 archived games:
#405, aired 1986-03-28 Gary Palmer vs. Robert Poreda vs. Eric Schoeck Gary Palmer game 5. Eric Schoeck game 1.
#404, aired 1986-03-27 Gary Palmer vs. Kyle Thorson vs. Paula Carr Gary Palmer game 4.
#403, aired 1986-03-26 Gary Palmer vs. Sherry Reiter vs. Jeff Goldstein Gary Palmer game 3. A contestant faints during Final Jeopardy!...
#402, aired 1986-03-25 Gary Palmer vs. Deborah Maugham vs. Curt Spiller Gary Palmer game 2.
#401, aired 1986-03-24 Chris Sevilla vs. Sharon Rude vs. Gary Palmer Gary Palmer game 1.

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