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The Biggest Game Show Winner of All Time Took Home a Huge Amount of Money
The biggest game show winners of all time took home a lot more than just a few thousand dollars!
14. Kathy Cox
- Winnings: $1,000,000
- TV show: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
It turns out that Kathy Cox was indeed smarter than a 5th grader. Cox was the superintendent of Georgia’s public schools when she won the $1,000,000 grand prize on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Cox was already notorious for changing the textbooks in Georgia from using the word “evolution” to “biological changes over time.”
All of Cox’s winnings went to Georgia’s public schools.
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