| Dan Melia | |
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| Birth Hometown: | Fall River, Massachusetts |
| Occupation: | Retired professor |
| Years active: | 1997-2005, 2014 |
| Known for: | Appearances on Jeopardy! |
Dan Melia is a retired professor from Berkeley, California.
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Trivia[]
- He was a professor at U.C. Berkeley when he won the 1998 Tournament of Champions.
- The official UToC web site listed Dan's full name as "Daniel F. Melia".
- He won $2,550 on the 4/1/2002 episode of Win Ben Stein's Money, tying Ben 8-8 in the bonus round.
- Among the ToC winners, he is the only champion to have won the title in two seasons.[1]
- He appeared on Master Minds on May 29, 2020.
- He is the first Jeopardy! contestant to win a car after winning 5 games.
References[]
- ↑ It can be said to be a great achievement, especially considering that later superchampions David Madden and Matt Amodio also failed to break this jinx.