The 1987 Tournament of Champions winner on
Jeopardy! (1984) to the tune of $146,000, first tried to get on
Jeopardy! (1964) when he was 13 years old. He recounted, "It was the
Art Fleming days, 1966, and I looked older than I was. Only after the test was over did they ask my age, and at the time they didn't have Teen Tournaments, so I wasn't eligible. Evidently, I had done pretty well and might have been chosen. When the show came back in 1984, I was ready to try again, and the rest is history.".