Jonathan Corbblah | |
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Born | 1978/1979 (age 44–45) |
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Known for | Competing on game shows |
Jonathan Corbblah (born 1978 or 1979) is a chess master from New York City, known for appearing on as many American game shows as possible.
Jonathan Corbblah was born in 1978 or 1979. [1] As a child, he was almost held back in the first grade because he was illiterate; after his father—a Christian preacher—spent the summer drilling academics non-stop, by the next academic year, he was ahead of his second-grade class. [2]
As of December 2010 [update], he was married and living in Harlem. [1] By February 2014 [update], he was coaching individuals and teams for national trivia championships, and taught Scrabble [2] to schoolchildren. [1]
Corbblah learned to play chess at age six or seven. [2] According to the United States Chess Federation, since he began playing ranked matches in the late 1990s, Corbblah has a top regular Elo rating of 2199 (earned between 2010 and 2014) and a top blitz rating of 2262 (in 2019). [3] In December 2002, he became a USCF Candidate Master, [4] and in 2014, Pacific Standard reported he was a master-level chess player. [2]
Corbblah was eleven years old in 1990 when he appeared on his first game show, PBS' Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?. [1] In December 2010, after his two days on Jeopardy!, he told ABC News that "I'm trying to go on as many possible game shows as I can"; [5] he has appeared on at least seven.
Date(s) | Show | Result | Citation(s) |
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1990 | Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? | A basketball and US$100 (equivalent to $233.21 in 2023) | [1] |
July 23, 2004 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | US$32,000 (equivalent to $51,619 in 2023) | [6] |
December 13, 2010 December 14, 2010 |
Jeopardy! | $14,000 (equivalent to $19,561 in 2023) | [6] |
August 6, 2013 | The Chase | $60,000 (equivalent to $78,480 in 2023) Shared with two other contestants |
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December 17, 2014 | Wheel of Fortune | $14,500 (equivalent to $18,662 in 2023) | [6] |
May 21, 2015 | 500 Questions | Unable to defeat Steve Bahnaman | [6] |
In summer 2019, he was a guest expert on several episodes of Best Ever Trivia Show, and then as a master mind on several 2020–2021 episodes of Master Minds. [6] He has also won $1,500 on Cash Cab. [1]
Jonathan Corbblah wants to be on more trivia shows than any other human being ever has. He talked to Noah Davis.
New York man has an unusual hobby: appearing on TV game shows.