The 1969 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions was the sixth Tournament of Champions on Jeopardy!
Contestants [ ]
Rank
Season
Name
Wins
TW
Results
WC
2
6
Jane Gschwend
5
$8,250
1
Elliot Shteir
$8,230
3
Nick Rorick
$8,060
★
4
Joan Lawrence
$6,490
5
Jay Wolpert
$5,970
★
6
Ann Baker
$5,905
7
Grant Willis
$4,500
8
Jack Gurner
$4,230
9
Pat Dougiallo
$3,960
10
Jay Hayes
$3,910
11
Elliot Baritz
$3,730
★
12
Judy Reimer
$3,610
13
Burt Sherman
$3,430
14
Joan Nephew
$2,890
15
John Gridley
$2,330
16
Mendy Snyder
$2,210
17
Judy Rubin
$1,590
18
Larry Schiller
Unknown
Game Summary [ ]
Game
Air Date
Name
Score
Name
Score
Name
Score
QF #1
October 27, 1969
Larry Schiller
$0
Joan Nephew
$10
Jay Wolpert
$810
QF #2
October 28, 1969
John Gridley
?
Judy Rubin
?
Nick Rorick
?
QF #3
October 29, 1969
Grant Willis
?
Jane Gschwend
?
Jack Gurner
?
QF #4
October 30, 1969
Mendy Snyder
$100
Ann Baker
$665 Burt Sherman
$630
QF #5
October 31, 1969
Elliot Baritz
?
Pat Douigallo
?
Jay Hayes
?
QF #6
November 3, 1969
Judy Reimer
?
Elliot Shtier
$1,180 Joan Lawrence
?
SF #1
November 4, 1969
Elliot Baritz
?
Jane Gschwend
?
Nick Rorick
?
SF #2
November 5, 1969
Jay Wolpert
?
Ann Baker
?
Elliot Shtier
$810
Final
November 6, 1969
Jay Wolpert
?
Elliot Shtier
?
Nick Rorick
?
November 7, 1969
?
?
?
Total
?
?
?
Notes [ ] This was the only ToC to have 18 players.
This was the only tournament to have 18 players until the 2026 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament .
This was also the only time the ToC had quarterfinals, but after that, they were no quarterfinal matches until sixteen years later.
This was the first ToC to have two people by their first name.
This ToC had the biggest number of players until 2022 , when it extended the format to 21 players.
Champion Jay Wolpert later became a producer of various game shows, first for Mark Goodson and Bill Todman before going out on his own starting in 1979 and continuing through 1997.