These 9 People from the Rockford Area Once Appeared on Jeopardy!

Do you any of these Jeopardy! champs?

Rockford has more than Michelle Williams and Danica Patrick, we also have a bunch of Jeopardy! players, nine to be exact.

Until yesterday I had no idea that Jeopardy! kept a database of winners. Well, I guess I should have known that, but I didn't know you could search it for whatever, whenever you want.

So I wanted to know all of our previous contestants from the area.

Do any of these names ring a bell?

• Lori Drummond - high school teacher from Rockford, she was on in 1997
• Paul Gutowaki - substance abuse counselor from Rockford, he was on in 1997
• Heidi Shultz - librarian assistant from Rockford, she was on in 1997
• Janet Torpy - an anesthesiologist from Rockford, she was on in 2001
• Ben Taylor - a student from Rockford, he was on in 2006
• Mary Beam - a Spanish teacher from Rockford, she was on in 2008
• Jeannine DuBois - a junior high teacher from Rockford, she was on in 1997
• Margaret Minett-Longdon - a healthcare worker from Winnebago, she was on in 2012
• Tim Anderson - a Spanish professor from Rockford, he was on in 2012

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