| 词条 | Michael George Dupée |
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|name = Mike Dupée |image = Mike Award Photo 1 31 19.jpg |caption = Dupee with the Boy Scouts of America District Award of Merit on January 31, 2019 |birth_name = Michael George Dupée |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|10|23}} |birth_place = Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S. |residence = Gainesville, Florida, U.S. |nationality = American |known_for = 10-time Jeopardy! champion Author of definitive book on competing on Jeopardy! |alma mater = Emory University University of Florida Levin College of Law |employer = U.S. Courts |occupation = Environmental Lawyer Author Physicist Computer Programmer Webmaster |spouse = Zana Holley Dupée |children = Zadia Dupée Spencer Dupée Charlie Dupée}} Michael George Dupée (born October 23, 1966) is an American game show contestant and author who played on the U.S. syndicated game show Jeopardy! At the time that he won the 1996 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, he was the 4th biggest winner in Jeopardy! history. Between 1996 and 2005, Dupée was one of only two players who competed on Jeopardy! without ever losing a game. In 2005, the undefeated Dupée was invited to participate in the Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions, where he was defeated for the first time by Robert Slaven in his 2nd game of the tournament. He was defeated a second time in 2014 where he lost by $2,300 to Brad Rutter. His total earnings on Jeopardy! are $203,901, consisting of $66,401 from his original 5-day run, $100,000 prize in the 1996 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, $32,500 from the Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions, and $5,000 from the Battle of the Decades. Following his success on Jeopardy!, Dupée wrote about his experience and provided practice questions in his book How to Get on Jeopardy! and Win!,[1] which was praised by 75-time Jeopardy! winner Ken Jennings as the best preparation for competing on Jeopardy![2] In 2000, Dupée wrote How to Be a TV Quiz Show Millionaire detailing how contestant wanna-bes could try out for various U.S. TV game shows, including Jeopardy! and Who Wants to be a Millionaire.[3] Early life and educationBorn in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Dupée grew up in Hokkaido, Japan (1969-1971), where his father worked on military projects. {{citation needed|date=March 2014}} Dupée attended Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he majored in physics. He chose physics as his major because his father told him to pick the hardest major that he found fun.[4] Then, he attended the University of Florida Levin College of Law in Gainesville, Florida, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Florida Law Review. The Florida Law Review is the most prestigious legal journal at the University.[4] They take in articles from legal scholars and edit them and publish them in a book. During college and law school, Dupee represented both schools in College Bowl Academic Tournaments around the country.[1] Jeopardy!In May 1995, Dupée was one of only 28 people to pass the Jeopardy! try-out exam out of the 300 who took it at a contestant-search in Cleveland, Ohio.[1] Professional lifeDuring 1994-96, Dupée had a two-year judicial clerkship with the Honorable Robert Krupansky in Cleveland, Ohio.[1] During the summer of 1996, Dupée worked as the Assistant Head Counselor at Camp Canadensis, in Canadensis, Pennsylvania.[1] From the fall of 1996 until the present, Dupee has worked as an attorney in Gainesville, Florida for the U.S. District Court. He has also been a contributing writer to the American Law Reports Fifth.[1] Personal lifeDupée’s grandmother, "Memere", who lived until 101, played Scrabble right up until age 100. She used to solve Wheel of Fortune puzzles with no letters showing.[4] Dupée met his wife, Zana, at the University of Florida, which they both attended. His daughter, Zadia, is also a graduate of the University of Florida, with a B.S. in Chemistry with a concentration in Biochemistry. She missed only 1 question when she took the SAT.[4] Dupée likes sports. He has coached over 30 seasons of children’s soccer, football, and baseball.[4] Dupee is an avid fan of the University of Florida Gators football Team. He attends Gator team practices that are open to the public and reads all the stats.[5] Dupée is also a big supporter of the Boy Scouts of America. His older son Spencer is 20 and is an Eagle Scout. Spencer is attending the University of Florida College of Engineering majoring in Computer Science. Spencer competed in the 2009 and 2010 Junior Olympics in Trampoline and Tumbling.[6] Dupée's younger son, Charlie, is 15, is a Star Scout in the Boy Scouts, and was elected Senior Patrol Leader of his Boy Scout Troop.[4] In 2013, Dupée was serving as Cubmaster of a Cub Scout Pack and was named Alachua County Cubmaster of the Year.[4] In 2016, 2017, and 2018, Dupée served as Director of the Alachua County Cub Scout Day Camp. Dupee is currently an Assistant Scoutmaster with Troop 454 chartered by Trinity United Methodist Church. From December 2017 to December 2018, Dupee served as District Chairman of the Alachua District in the North Florida Council of Boy Scouts of America.[7] At the Alachua District Awards and Recognition Dinner on January 25, 2018, Dupee was recognized by the Scouts, parents, and leaders of the Alachua District in the North Florida Council as Alachua District Scout Leader of the Year 2017. At the Alachua District Awards and Recognition Dinner on January 31, 2019, Dupee was recognized by the Scouts, parents, and leaders of the Alachua District in the North Florida Council with the District Award of Merit, for rendering service of an outstanding nature at the district level. Positions Held in the Boy Scouts of America:Pack 416 Cub Scout Tiger Den Leader - 2005-2006 Pack 416 Cub Scout Wolf Den Leader - 2006-2007 Pack 416 Cub Scout Bear Den Leader - 2007-2008 Pack 416 Cub Scout Webelos Den Leader - 2008-2009 Pack 416 Cubmaster - 2009-2014 Troop 611 Asst. ScoutMaster - 2010-2017 Troop 611 Philmont Crew Adult Advisor - July 2015 Troop 125 Asst. ScoutMaster - 2014-2015 Troop 454 Asst Scout Master - 2015 to present Merit Badge Counselor 2013 to present - Law, Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, Communication, Bird Study, and Sustainability District Cub Scout Day Camp Director – 2016-2018 District Fundraising Committee - 2016-2017 District Chair - 2017-2018 References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite book|title=How to Get on Jeopardy and Win!|last=Dupee|first=Michael|year=1998|publisher=Citadel Press|isbn=0806519916}} 2. ^Interview of Ken Jennings in Business Insider 3. ^{{cite book|title=How to Be a TV Quiz Show Millionaire|last=Dupée|first=Michael|year=2000|publisher=Consumer Guide|isbn=0785340467}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|last1=Dupee|first1=Mike|title=Gameshow Bio|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY-VBlZ9Vqs|website=YouTube|accessdate=June 9, 2015}} 5. ^Interview of Michael Dupee in Gainesville Sun, Feb. 22, 2005 6. ^{{cite web|last1=Dupee|first1=Spencer|title=Spencer D - J.O. National Championship - Tumbling Pass #1 - USA Gymnastics, Virginia Beach, VA|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y77SCdBl8j4|website=YouTube|accessdate=March 21, 2018}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfcscouting.org/districts/alachua/67684|title=Alachua|website=www.nfcscouting.org|access-date=2018-04-05}} External links
8 : 1966 births|Living people|Contestants on American game shows|Jeopardy! contestants|Writers from Gainesville, Florida|American male writers|People associated with the Boy Scouts of America|American United Methodists |
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