Kerry Rucidlo — a secretary from New York, New York
Jessica Tanner — a graduate student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Roberta Ellington — a marketing coordinator from Tustin, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta | $3,600 | $7,200 | $12,800 |
$24,201
2-day champion: $41,701 |
$12,800
21 R, 4 W |
| Jessica | $1,000 | $3,600 | $11,400 |
$5,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Kerry | $2,800 | $4,600 | $8,600 |
$10
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,600
13 R, 1 W |
| JUNE SWOON | DAVES OF OUR LIVES | TOOLS | MANHATTAN'S MUSEUM MILE | GAMES | 3-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[11]
This Philippine city was proclaimed a capital on June 24, 1571 & again on June 24, 1976
Manila
Roberta
|
$200
[25]
In December 2005 an estimated 13.5 million late-night viewers tuned in to see him welcome Oprah to his show
David Letterman
Jessica
|
$200
[6]
The peen is opposite the striking surface on this tool
a hammer
Roberta
|
$200
[21]
New to Museum Mile, the Neue Galerie features works from Austria & this country, home of Ernst Kirchner
Germany
Jessica
|
$200
[16]
This British sport features 2 teams of 11 members & 2 wickets placed 22 yards apart
cricket
Roberta
|
$200
[1]
Fishin' stick
rod
Jessica
|
|
$400
[12]
June is Dairy Month in this 30th state & celebrates its proud dairy heritage
Wisconsin
Jessica
|
$400
[26]
In 2004 this "X-Files" star disappeared behind the camera to direct his first movie, "The House of D"
David Duchovny
Jessica
|
$400
[7]
(Jon of the Clue Crew inserts a Phillips-head screwdriver into a screw.) With its quick alignment, the Phillips-head screw was designed to help in mass production; it first became standard in this industry
the auto industry
Roberta
|
$400
[22]
5 of the fewer than 40 known Vermeers reside in this 5th Avenue museum
the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kerry
|
$400
[17]
Battledore & shuttlecock was the forerunner of this racket game
badminton
Roberta
|
$400
[2]
Now it's a party! Here's Joe with this "pony" cask of ale
keg
Kerry
|
|
$800
[14]
Famous date on which more than 5,000 ships carrying Allied troops crossed the English Channel
June 6, 1944
Kerry
|
$600
[27]
In 1988 he won a Pulitzer Prize for his humorous newspaper columns
Dave Barry
Roberta
|
$600
[8]
Someone with an ulterior motive "has" this tool "to grind"
an axe
Jessica
|
$600
[23]
The exterior of this museum at 5th & 89th was designed to break the rectangular grid of Manhattan
the Guggenheim
Kerry
|
$600
[18]
It's the trademarked name for the game that uses a hollow white celluloid ball that's 40 mm in diameter
Ping-Pong
Roberta
|
$600
[3]
A rounded mass of chewing gum
wad
Kerry
|
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
The National Foundation for this June holiday is based in Baltimore
Flag Day
Jessica
|
$800
[28]
With 6 Major League teams including the Padres & Yankees, he hit 465 home runs & won 7 Gold Gloves
Dave Winfield
Jessica
|
$800
[9]
The saw, an ancient tool, was first patented in this shape by Samuel Miller in 1777
a circle
Jessica
|
$800
[24]
The Museum of the City of N.Y. has the derby of this governor, the first Catholic to be a major party pres. candidate
Al Smith
Roberta
|
$800
[19]
A fronton is the arena in which this sport is played
jai alai
Kerry
|
$800
[4]
Over there; often hitched with hither
yon
Roberta
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Declared a public enemy by the Senate, this Roman emperor committed suicide on June 9, 68 A.D.
Nero
Kerry
|
$1,000
[29]
Take five & name this leader of the jazz quartet heard here
Dave Brubeck
Jessica
|
$1,000
[10]
A sickle is a crescent-shaped blade on a short handle; this is a long, single-edged blade on a long, curved pole
a scythe
Roberta
|
$1,000
[30]
A Latino art museum goes by the name El Museo del this, a Spanish word for the inner city
Barrio
Roberta
|
$1,000
[20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew plays croquet.) In U.S. croquet, a ball that goes through all the wickets has this travelling name, especially if it's the red one
a rover
|
$1,000
[5]
When paired with vigor, it signifies exuberance
vim
Roberta
|
| CITY OF THE DAY: SAN FRANCISCO | CLASSIC TV THEMES | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L" | PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS WE KNOW | EMISSARY TO AMERICA | MARK ANTONYMS |
|
$400
[21]
Members of the American Indian movement seized this then-unoccupied island in 1969 & were forced off in 1971
Alcatraz Island
Roberta
Kerry
|
$400
[8]
In a way, this show whose theme is heardherewas 12,000 years in the making
The Flintstones
Roberta
|
$400
[1]
"King" of nonsense poets(4)
(Edward) Lear
|
$400
[13]
If someone wants you caught & is offering a reward, you have this "on your head"
a price
Roberta
|
$400
[19]
E.-C. Genet, an 18th c. French minister to the U.S., undermined the neutrality policy of this pres., who got him recalled
George Washington
Roberta
Jessica
|
$400
[6]
This antonym of "to mark" is a synonym of "efface" & rhymes with it
erase
Kerry
|
|
$800
[27]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Chinatown in San Francisco.) The first of San Francisco's Chinese immigrants arrived on the ship Eagle in 1848, a week after this discovery that changed California
gold
Jessica
|
$800
[9]
1971--those were the days for this show
All in the Family
Kerry
|
$800
[2]
"Sheepish" essayist Charles(4)
Lamb
Jessica
|
$800
[14]
Merv could tell you this monster who drew the chariot of the sun may come from Indo-Iranian mythology
griffin
Jessica
|
$800
[20]
Vijaya Pandit saw both sides of the Cold War as ambassador of this country to the U.S. & USSR in the 1940s
India
Roberta
|
$800
[7]
The traditional mark of someone who can't sign his name has this opposite in tic-tac-toe
O
Roberta
|
|
$1,200
[29]
This poet was the first black--& the first female--streetcar conductor in San Francisco
Maya Angelou
Roberta
|
$1,200
[10]
This sitcom's theme song is heard here
Bewitched
Roberta
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
Robin Hood's pseudonym in "Ivanhoe", or Tennyson's "Hall"(8)
Locksley
Jessica
|
$1,200
[15]
Last name of the "kinky" author of "'Scuse Me While I Whip This Out" who ran for Texas governor in 2006
Friedman
Kerry
|
DD
$800
[23]
Carlos de Icaza, ambassador from this country, attended the 2005 inauguration of the new mayor of Los Angeles
Mexico
Jessica
|
$1,200
[18]
It's at the opposite end of a race from your mark
finish
Roberta
|
|
$1,600
[30]
An elaborate 1915 San Francisco expo celebrated the completion of this, which made it much easier to sail to the city
the Panama Canal
Roberta
|
$1,600
[11]
I'm so glad you had the time to tell me this zany variety show whose theme is heard here
The Carol Burnett Show
Kerry
|
$1,200
[3]
Natty Bumppo's accessory, or his nickname(15)
Leatherstocking
Roberta
Jessica
|
$1,600
[16]
18th century English writer Samuel & a motel-chain founder both had this last name
Johnson
Kerry
|
$1,200
[22]
In 1919 former British foreign minister Grey came over to try to nudge the U.S. into this world body--no dice
the League of Nations
Jessica
|
$1,600
[25]
Mark as in "mark my words" means "pay attention"; this opposite word is from the Latin for "to not know"
ignore
Jessica
|
|
$2,000
[28]
It was once a military post under the flag of Spain; it's now part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area
the Presidio
Roberta
|
$2,000
[12]
Stand back! It's the '70s action series whose theme is heard here
S.W.A.T.
Kerry
|
$2,000
[5]
James T. Farrell's Studs(7)
Lonigan
|
$2,000
[17]
It's the 820-mile-long river represented here
the Rhine
Roberta
Jessica
|
$2,000
[24]
Vincent Massey was Canada's first minister to the U.S. & later the first non-Brit to hold this post
governor-general
|
$2,000
[26]
As "mark" can mean "to make conspicuous", one antonym could be this synonym of "skin"
hide
|
It's the only state that doesn't have an undergraduate university or university system named just for the state itself
New Jersey