Priya Bhatia Yerasi — a physician from Corona del Mar, California
Ryan McMillen — an English professor originally from Staten Island, New York
Mark Edelson — a software developer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | $4,200 | $8,400 | $17,000 |
$11,599
2-day champion: $24,199 |
$15,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Ryan | $800 | $1,600 | $3,900 |
$1,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,400
15 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Priya | $1,200 | $3,600 | $11,200 |
$5,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
18 R, 2 W |
| "C"OUNTRIES | TV SPIN-OFFS | LIFE OF THE PARTY | LITERARY THEATRE | FRUIT | DOUBLE MEANINGS |
|
$200
[1]
Sadly, the "Killing Fields" of the Khmer Rouge will be forever associated with what's now this country
Cambodia
Ryan
|
$200
[6]
"Melrose Place"
Beverly Hills, 90210 ( 90210 accepted)
Ryan
|
$200
[8]
This party was named at a Michigan convention, 1854; still going strong
the GOP (or Republican Party)
Priya
|
$200
[16]
Critics are "raven" about "Nevermore", a new musical that re-imagines this author's life
Edgar Allan Poe
Priya
|
$200
[25]
A lingberry is a berry, a lingcod is a fish & a Riesling is this fruit
a grape
Ryan
|
$200
[13]
The only pleas he knew about was "More Scotch, please"; you can't pass the ___ exam sitting in the ___ all day
bar
Ryan
|
|
$400
[2]
When the Warsaw Pact invaded what was then this country in 1968, Romania didn't participate
Czechoslovakia
Mark
|
$400
[7]
"Lou Grant"
Mary Tyler Moore
Priya
|
$400
[9]
In 2000 its 97,000 Florida votes left it at a Nader of popularity with Al Gore fans
the Green Party
Ryan
|
$400
[17]
The '70s musical "Gone with the Wind" starred Pernell Roberts & Lesley Ann Warren as this captivating couple
Rhett & Scarlett
Ryan
|
$400
[27]
Tracy Chapman, Van Morrison & Bing Crosby each share a name with varieties of this fruit
cherries
Priya
|
$400
[14]
I stared down into my ___ of latte so I wouldn't have to look at his ugly jowly ___
mug
Mark
|
|
$600
[3]
An 80-mile alpaca trek from Bolivia to the Pacific Ocean will take you through this other country
Chile
Mark
|
$600
[21]
"The Jeffersons"
All in the Family
Mark
|
$800
[11]
In 2006 this party, no longer "progressive", came back into power in Canada
the Conservatives
Mark
|
$600
[18]
Jimmy Smits played a man who reads this 1870s novel to cigar factory workers in the play "Anna in the Tropics"
Anna Karenina
Ryan
Priya
|
$600
[28]
A singer's mellow tones may be described as this fruit "-shaped"
pear
Priya
|
$600
[15]
Now that he no longer has ___ from his wound, we can ___ the patient from the hospital
discharge
Priya
|
|
$800
[4]
A leading banana exporter, this Central American republic borders the Caribbean & the Pacific
Costa Rica
Ryan
|
$800
[22]
"Laverne & Shirley"
Happy Days
Mark
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
Formed to oppose "King Andrew" Jackson; named after the British party for limits on royal power
the Whigs
Ryan
|
$800
[19]
A homeless woman known as Hester La Negrita is the heroine of "In the Blood", inspired by this Hawthorne novel
The Scarlet Letter
Ryan
|
$800
[29]
The Agen, one of these dried fruits, can be eaten out of hand or stewed
a prune
Mark
|
$800
[24]
You always fall for my ___ sacrifice; too bad I'm so broke my chess set is in ___
pawn
Priya
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Founded around 1888 during German colonial rule, Yaounde is the bustling capital of this Central African nation
Cameroon
Mark
|
$1,000
[23]
"The Tortellis"
Cheers
Ryan
|
$1,000
[12]
Led by Begin & Sharon, among others
the Likud Party
Mark
|
$1,000
[20]
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" was based on a book by this man
Ian Fleming
Mark
Ryan
|
$1,000
[30]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew plays with her food, a peach.) For the hardness of theendocarp, which holds the single seed, drupes, like the peach, are also called this type of fruit
stone fruit
Priya
|
$1,000
[26]
Just because you ___ my cafe doesn't give you the right to ___ me with your haughty tone
patronize
Mark
|
| JAPAN-U.S. RELATIONS | CHRIS ROCKS | LANGUAGES | BUGS | SUPREME COURT BEFORE & AFTER | FIVE THE "ARD" WAY |
|
$400
[12]
In June 1995 the 2 nations made a trade deal on imports of these major consumer items
cars
Mark
|
$400
[11]
Chris Kirkpatrick was the "S" in this boy band; Justin was one of the "N"s
'N Sync
Priya
|
$400
[2]
Speakers of this language, not Spanish, answer the phone with "pronto"
Italian
Ryan
Priya
|
$400
[17]
A species of fire ant that reached the U.S. at this Alabama port city around 1918 has been a pest to the Southern U.S.
Mobile
Ryan
|
$400
[18]
Rootin' tootin' Old West nemesis of Bugs Bunny who was nominated to the Supreme Court by George W. Bush
Yosemite Sam Alito
Ryan
|
$400
[1]
A wide, tree-lined street
a boulevard
Priya
|
|
$800
[27]
OPEC is an oil cartel; APEC, which includes Japan & the U.S., is Asia-Pacific this type of Cooperation
Economic
Priya
|
$800
[13]
Chris Stein, guitarist for this group, also co-wrote many of their hits, like "Rapture" & "Heart Of Glass"
Blondie
Mark
|
$800
[3]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the fishing docks.) Paradoxically, "Dhen milao elinika" means "I don't speak" this
Greek
Mark
|
$800
[23]
There are 2 kinds of this creature, soft & hard; hard ones can suck blood for weeks & cause paralysis in man & animals
ticks
Mark
Priya
|
$800
[19]
Have it your way with this former Chief Justice who's the Home of the Whopper
Warren Burger King
Ryan
|
$800
[4]
The headquarters for London's metropolitan police
Scotland Yard
Priya
|
|
$1,200
[28]
The U.S. military has 37 sole-use facilities on this island in the Ryukyus
Okinawa
Ryan
|
$1,200
[14]
In 1999 this country star introduced a new persona, that of fictitious rocker Chris Gaines
Garth Brooks
Mark
|
$1,200
[8]
Machu, as in Machu Picchu, means "old" in this language
Quechuan
Mark
|
$1,200
[24]
These members of the family Lampyridae produce a chemical called luciferin
lightning bugs (or fireflies)
Priya
|
$1,200
[20]
Jason Lee sitcom that served as Chief Justice from 1953 to 1969
My Name Is Earl Warren
|
$1,200
[5]
Tired-looking & thin in the face
haggard
Priya
|
|
$1,600
[29]
In the phrase San Furanshisuko Heiwa Joyaku, a 1951 treaty, heiwa means this happy condition
peace
|
$1,600
[15]
This longtime frontman for The Black Crowes is also Kate Hudson's sideman as her husband
Chris Robinson
|
$2,000
[10]
In this language heard in & around Barcelona, the Spanish "bueno" becomes simply "bo"
Catalan
Ryan
|
$1,600
[25]
This "colorful" bristle-tailed insect, Lepisma saccharina, feeds on starchy items such as books & wallpaper
silverfish
Ryan
|
$2,000
[22]
Peter Rabbit creator who said of obscene material, "I know it when I see it"
Beatrix Potter Stewart
|
$1,600
[6]
Carry on with this carrion carnivoreseen here
a buzzard
Priya
|
|
$2,000
[30]
1992 was a year of some tension in the relationship, symbolized by the publication of this man's novel "Rising Sun"
Michael Crichton
Ryan
Priya
|
$2,000
[16]
Chris Martin, husband of Gwyneth Paltrow, fronts this British band
Coldplay
Priya
|
DD
$3,000
[9]
Spoken by most people in Hong Kong, it has 9 tones compared to Mandarin's 4
Cantonese
Mark
|
$2,000
[26]
Beetles with this nickname can squirt a hot liquid made of hydrogen peroxide & hydroquinone
bombardier beetles
|
DD
$2,500
[21]
FDR appointee who married Mary Pickford
William O. Douglas Fairbanks
Ryan
|
$2,000
[7]
Famous lover who died in 1142
Abelard
Mark
|
Peter O'Toole was Oscar-nominated for playing the same king in these 2 movies
Becket & The Lion in Winter