Tim Russell — a teacher from Lancaster, Ohio
Leslie Burns-Dell'Acqua — a marketing consultant from San Diego, California
Alex Rubington — a marketing communication coordinator from Natick, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $-1,000 | $-400 | $4,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,600
5 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Leslie | $2,800 | $4,000 | $14,900 |
$100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Tim | $2,800 | $9,800 | $27,000 |
$24,000
New champion: $24,000 |
$23,600
26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| U.S. CITY-SCAPE | YORES FOR A SONG | LEFTOVERS | IT'S AUSTRALIA, MATE | "DRESS"ED | TO THE NINES |
|
$200
[13]
In this city, visit the home of Mary Pickersgill, the seamstress who made the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key
Baltimore
Leslie
|
$200
[23]
In a familiar set of lyrics for the melody heard here, this animal does some climbing
a bear
Leslie
|
$200
[6]
The last line of"The Communist Manifesto" was addressed to these people of the world
the International Workers of the World
Tim
|
$200
[18]
Dutch Captain Willem Jansz is credited with the first known contact between Europeans & this indigenous group
the Aborigines
Tim
|
$200
[1]
Green Goddess or Thousand Island
a (salad) dressing
Leslie
|
$200
[8]
He's starred in "12 Monkeys", "Four Rooms", "The Fifth Element" & "The Whole Nine Yards"
Bruce Willis
Tim
|
|
$400
[14]
This Michigan city was incorporated in 1815; there must have been a recall, as it was reincorporated in 1824
Detroit
Leslie
|
$400
[27]
You might think of the good old Emerald Isle when listening to this song
"Danny Boy"
Tim
|
$400
[7]
It's all you have to do to see the dots of color called phosphenes
close your eyes
Alex
|
$600
[20]
The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney has a full-size replica of this extraterrestrial lab now flying over the Earth
the International Space Station
|
$400
[2]
The final full-scalepractice of a playbefore opening night
dress rehearsal
Leslie
|
$400
[9]
In the U.S., it's a one followed by nine zeroes
a billion
Tim
|
|
$600
[15]
The site of Las Vegas was first settled by this group in 1855; think what it'd be today if they hadn't left in 1857
the Mormons
Leslie
|
— |
$600
[24]
It's a name for a lazy worker, from an object that only sounds valuable
a goldbricker
Alex
|
$800
[21]
Australia's botanists first bred these green-skinned apples in the late 19th century
Granny Smith apples
Tim
|
$600
[3]
Walter Mosley penned this mystery about Detective Easy Rawlins searching for a woman in post-WWII L.A.
Devil in a Blue Dress
Alex
Tim
|
$600
[10]
This popular poem begins, "It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville Nine that day"
"Casey at the Bat"
Tim
|
|
$800
[16]
This Oklahoma city's name came from the Creek Indians' memory of their old home of Tallahassee, Alabama
Tulsa
Tim
|
— |
$800
[25]
On January 12, 1906 the Dow broke this threshold number to little fanfare
a hundred
|
$1,000
[22]
The Brisbane, the Murray & the Murrumbidgee are all famous ones of these in Australia
rivers
Tim
|
$800
[4]
2-word term for a store display visible to passers-by, or any fancy & misleading facade
a window dressing
|
$800
[11]
Paintings in Herculaneum portray this group of 9 mythic female inspirers showing off their attributes
the muses
Tim
|
|
$1,000
[17]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands outside the Cathedral of Learning.) Beginning in 1787, in a frontier log cabin, this university is now symbolized by the 42-story Cathedral of Learning
the University of Pittsburgh
|
— |
$1,000
[26]
Encarta ties this 15th century innovation to the increased demand for spectacles
moveable type (or the Gutenberg printing press)
Leslie
|
DD
$3,800
[19]
For this holiday, schoolchildren in Australia receive a 6-week summer vacation
Christmas
Tim
|
$1,000
[5]
An equestrian event utilitzing precise & controlled movements
dressage
Leslie
|
$1,000
[12]
This peninsula opposite Hong Kong island gets its name from the Chinese for "Nine Dragons"
Kowloon peninsula
|
| NFL | THE GIANTS | THE BILLS | THE CHIEFS | THE BROWNS | THE "RAM"s |
|
$400
[24]
A trick, no treat, on Halloween 2004, this team's record 21-game winning streak was snapped by the Steelers
the Patriots
Tim
|
$400
[11]
In the fairy tale "Jack & the Beanstalk", it's the giant's line that precedes "I smell the blood of an Englishman"
Fe, fi, fo, fum
Leslie
|
$400
[16]
During his return from Europe in May 1888, this Wild West entertainer had to bury his horse at sea
Buffalo Bill Cody
Alex
Tim
|
$400
[21]
It was this Eisenhower Chief Justice who wrote the Opinon of the Court in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954
Earl Warren
Leslie
Tim
|
$400
[6]
An arena in Detroit carries the name of this legendary boxer also known as The Brown Bomber
Joe Louis
Tim
|
$400
[1]
It packs the charge into a muzzleloading musket
a ramrod
Tim
|
|
$800
[25]
The first of these games to be played in Honolulu was on Jan. 27, 1980 & the NFC beat the AFC 37-27
the Pro Bowl
Tim
|
$800
[12]
You can't call your corn kernels Niblets; this company's got that name registered
Green Giant
Leslie
|
$800
[17]
In September 1999 this former senator & NBA legend was a presidential hopeful
Bill Bradley
Leslie
|
$800
[22]
In McCulloch v. Maryland in 1819, he wrote, "We must never forget that it is a constitution we are expounding"
(John) Marshall
Leslie
Tim
|
$800
[7]
Because Soul Man James Brown was called "Our No. 1 Ambassador", his wife tried to fight traffic charges with this defense
diplomatic immunity
Alex
|
$800
[2]
A fortified embankment often topped by a protective wall
a rampart
Leslie
|
|
$1,200
[26]
This Hall-of-Fame Lions running back was named 1989 NFC Rookie of the Year & 1997 NFL MVP
Barry Sanders
Tim
|
$1,200
[13]
It's the Peter Benchley novel about a killer giant squid that menaces the coast of Bermuda
The Beast
|
$1,200
[18]
This Benjamin Britten opera is based on a Herman Melville work
Billy Budd
Alex
|
$1,200
[23]
He wrote 5 of the 85 "Federalist" essays
John Jay
Tim
|
$1,200
[8]
This current mayor of Oakland flirted with Linda Ronstadt & the presidency in the 1970s
Jerry Brown
Leslie
|
$1,200
[3]
From Latin for "branch", they're consequences that may branch off in unforseen directions
ramifications
Leslie
|
|
$1,600
[27]
NFL owners vetoed this owner's attempt to move his franchise from Oakland to L.A. in the 1980s, but he went anyway
Al Davis
Tim
|
$2,000
[15]
He's the humorous Frenchman who created the literary giants Gargantua & Pantagruel
Rabelais
Tim
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
In January 1989 he gave the invocation at President George Bush's inauguration
Billy Graham
Alex
|
$1,600
[28]
The middle initial "P" in the name of this "fishy" Chief Justice stood for Portland
Salmon P. Chase
Tim
|
$1,600
[9]
The venom of this spider, also known as the violin spider, destroys soft tissue & is sometimes fatal
the brown recluse
Leslie
|
$1,600
[4]
This incarnation of Vishnu wins the hand of his beloved by bending her father's bow
Rama
Tim
|
|
$2,000
[30]
In 1933 the first NFL championship tilt saw this team win 23-21 on a 4th quarter pass by Bronko Nagurski
the Chicago Bears
|
DD
$2,500
[14]
An adventurous boy takes a ride on a large fruit in this 1961 children's classic
James and the Giant Peach
Leslie
|
$2,000
[20]
Through his characters Willie & Joe, this cartoonist showed the soldiers' point of view during WWII
Bill Mauldin
Tim
|
$2,000
[29]
This Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision earlier served as Attorney General under Andrew Jackson
(Roger B.) Taney
Tim
|
$2,000
[10]
Lignite is also called brown this
coal
Tim
|
$2,000
[5]
In one of these engines, the fuel is burned in a duct with air compressed by the forward motion of the aircraft
ramjet
Leslie
|
On this date Philadelphia partied with fireworks & music from a Hessian band captured 6 months earlier
July 4, 1777