A.K. Subramanian — a high school history teacher from Villa Park, California
Michelle Bondurant — a medical coordinator originally from Greensboro, North Carolina
Susannah Brooks — a communications assistant from Madison, Wisconsin (whose 2-day cash winnings total $56,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susannah | $2,200 | $3,800 | $12,600 |
$6,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,600
21 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Michelle | $400 | $2,000 | $9,400 |
$6,500
New champion: $6,500 |
$11,200
13 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| A.K. | $1,600 | $2,600 | $5,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,000
11 R, 2 W |
| POETS & POETRY | NAMES IN SPORTS | LET'S GRAB SOME SEAFOOD | AN "F" IN HISTORY | ODD JOBS | 13-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[6]
Longfellow wrote, "Tell me not" that "life is but an empty" this
dream
|
$200
[1]
This legendary jockey was known as "The Shoe"
Willie Shoemaker
A.K.
|
$200
[11]
The rock type of this is easily distinguishable from the Maine; all 10 of its legs are about the same size
a lobster
A.K.
|
$200
[12]
Harry Truman promised America this type of "Deal"
a Fair Deal
Susannah
A.K.
|
$200
[19]
In the 1950s famous ones were Doreen, Sharon, Bobby, Cheryl, Annette, Karen & Cubby
Mouseketeers
A.K.
|
$200
[26]
An attention-seeking person prone to taking off his or her clothes in public
an exhibitionist
Susannah
|
|
$400
[7]
This troubled poet, an alumna of Smith College, used the pseudonym Victoria Lucas
Sylvia Plath
Susannah
|
$400
[5]
(Hi, I'm Tim Dwight.) At Iowa I was one of these, like the sneaky scout in "The Last of the Mohicans"
a Hawkeye
Susannah
|
$400
[16]
There are over 4,000 varieties of this crustacean; tonight we recommend the stone, blue or Jonah types
a crab
Susannah
|
$400
[13]
The Third Republic was this nation's government from 1870 to 1940
France
Susannah
|
$400
[20]
On the 1970 film "Woodstock" Martin Scorsese was an "A.D.", which stands for this
an assistant director
A.K.
|
$400
[27]
A person from Harrisburg or Philadelphia
a Pennsylvanian
Susannah
|
|
$600
[8]
Byron wrote, "Who killed" this poet? "'I,' says the quarterly, so savage and tartarly; 'Twas one of my feats'"
Keats
Michelle
|
$600
[4]
L.A. Ram defensive end David Jones was better known by this nickname
"Deacon"
A.K.
|
$600
[17]
You'll be as rich as Rockefeller if you know Swift once penned, "He was a bold man that first ate" this bivalve
an oyster
A.K.
|
$600
[14]
John Glenn's capsule on his famous 1962 flight was called this, which an old saying called the "best ship"
Friendship
Michelle
|
$600
[21]
By definition, in the woodshop a turner fashions objects on one of these
a lathe
Michelle
|
$600
[28]
Fancy name for a drummer
a percussionist
Susannah
|
|
$800
[9]
He wondered, "If winter comes, can spring be far behind?"
Shelley
Michelle
|
$800
[3]
(Hi, I'm James Worthy.) In the 1980s my L.A. Lakers got this "entertaining" nickname, also the name of a cable television network
"Showtime"
A.K.
|
$800
[24]
The quahog type of this is usually served on the half shell or minced in hot chowders
a clam
Michelle
|
$800
[15]
In 2000 Tarja Halonen became the first female president of this nation
Finland
Susannah
|
DD
$800
[22]
Pronounced one way, it's an archer; the other, it's the guy with the oar closest to the boat's front
bowman
Michelle
|
$800
[29]
From the Latin for "mask", it's a single act of mimicking the voice or manners of another
impersonation
A.K.
|
|
$1,000
[10]
In "New Hampshire" he wrote, "Do you know, considering the market, there are more poems produced than any other thing?"
Robert Frost
|
$1,000
[2]
First name of Mr. Boyer, the Yankee 3B who played against his brother Ken in the 1964 World Series
"Clete" (or Cletis)
|
$1,000
[25]
This bivalve mollusk has 2 fan-shaped shells that can be used to serve dishes like coquilles St. Jacques
scallops
Susannah
|
$1,000
[18]
This 13th president's wife Abigail loved books & began a library at the White House around 1850
(Millard) Fillmore
A.K.
|
$1,000
[23]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a barrel-making shop in Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH.) From planks of wood, a cooper makes these curved pieces that form the sides of a barrel
staves
Susannah
|
$1,000
[30]
The technical term for a scientist who studies snakes & other reptiles
herpetologist
Michelle
|
| COMPOSERS | QUOTES FROM THEGODFATHERMOVIES | GEISHA GLOSSARY | PLANT LIFE | AMERICAN RIVERS | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" |
|
$400
[6]
In 1880 he became director of the United States Marine Band, in which his father Antonio had once played trombone
Sousa
Michelle
|
$400
[8]
"It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with" these
the fishes
A.K.
|
$400
[16]
Not so much wan, an obi is a decorative sash tied around this robe
a kimono
Susannah
|
$400
[1]
The Madonna type of this plant was once used at Easter but often failed to bloom in time; the Bermuda type replaced it
a lily
Susannah
|
$400
[19]
In an 1883 book, Mark Twain described this river as "rolling its mile-wide tide along, shining in the sun"
the Mississippi
Susannah
|
$400
[26]
A large feather(5)
plume
Michelle
|
|
$800
[7]
A little firebird told us that the father of this composer was one of the leading Russian operatic basses of his day
Stravinsky
A.K.
|
$800
[9]
"Don't ever take sides with anyone against" this "again. Ever"
the family
Susannah
|
$800
[17]
Konnichiwa means this; The Doors might have sung, "Konnichiwa, I love you, won't you tell me your name?"
hello
Susannah
|
$800
[2]
This large, starchy tuber used to make poi can be poisonous if not properly prepared
taro
Michelle
|
$800
[20]
Custer National Cemetery lies near this Montana river
the Little Big Horn
|
$800
[27]
Doctor's direction for drug use(12)
prescription
Susannah
|
|
$1,200
[11]
Go for Baroque & name this composer of "Music for the Royal Fireworks"
Handel
Susannah
|
$1,200
[10]
"Never hate" these, "it affects your judgment"
your enemies
Michelle
|
$1,200
[18]
A maiko is this type of geisha novitiate; Mickey had a similar title in "Fantasia"
an apprentice
Michelle
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
Though called one, the sago isn't a member of this tree family
palm
Michelle
|
$1,200
[21]
The name of this river that flows into Chesapeake Bay is Algonquin for "where goods are brought in"
Potomac
Michelle
|
$1,200
[28]
Ceramic material(9)
porcelain
Susannah
A.K.
|
|
$1,600
[12]
He's the composer putting on airs in the following
Bach
Susannah
|
$1,600
[14]
"Michael, we're bigger than" this corporation
U.S. Steel
|
$1,600
[24]
"Kampai!" is one of these exclamations, like "Prosit!" for the Germans or "Slainte!" for the Irish
a toast
Michelle
|
$1,600
[4]
Species of this small, green nonflowering plant include the hairy cap & the stair-step
moss
|
$1,600
[22]
This river joins the Allegheny in Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River
the Monongahela
Susannah
|
$1,600
[30]
Attorney-client benefit(9)
privilege
Michelle
|
|
$2,000
[13]
This Italian operatic composer's infant daughter Virginia died in 1838, just after her brother Icilio was born
Giuseppe Verdi
|
$2,000
[15]
"I don't like violence, Tom. I'm" one of these
a businessman
|
$2,000
[25]
The plucky gal seenherestrumsher instrument with a bachi, this in English; it's from the Greek plessein
a plectrum
Susannah
|
$2,000
[5]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows some leaf shapes on the monitor.) Leaf shapes includelanceolate, ovate&this one, also with the "a-t-e" ending, that's shaped like a cook's flipping & spreading tool
spatulate
Susannah
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
It's the river mentioned in the title of Indiana's state song
the Wabash
Susannah
|
$2,000
[29]
Puritan maiden Mullins(9)
Priscilla
|
On October 16, 1964 at Lop Nor this nation detonated its first nuclear device
China