Bruce Lin — a research scientist originally from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Lisa Llanes-Simpson — a social worker and notary public from Poughkeepsie, New York
Eric Allen — a video game merchandiser from Birmingham, Alabama (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $-2,200 | $-3,200 | $-2,800 |
$-2,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-800
11 R, 10 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lisa | $2,600 | $5,800 | $7,000 |
$100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Bruce | $3,200 | $5,400 | $11,800 |
$9,599
New champion: $9,599 |
$11,800
19 R, 4 W |
| THE NEW YORK TIMESPULITZER PRIZE WINNERS | HOMETOWN ATHLETES | PRESIDENTIAL WIVES | FRUITLESS SEARCHES | RHYME RIGHT | SIDE EFFECTS OF JEPOLAX |
|
$200
[16]
William Laurence won a Prize in 1946 for his eyewitness account of the atomic bombing of this city, after Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Lisa
|
$200
[26]
Out of retirement to play for this hometown team, Roger Clemens led them to their first World Series in 2005
the (Houston) Astros
Bruce
|
$200
[17]
The death of 11-year-old son Willie in 1862 pushed her over the brink; she was inconsolable for months
Mrs. Lincoln
Bruce
|
$200
[11]
Either of the 2 people the Coast Guard cutter Itasca was unable to locate after they left from New Guinea in 1937
Amelia Earhart (or Fred Noonan)
Lisa
|
$200
[3]
Horse-headed chess piece
a knight
Bruce
|
$200
[1]
There have been reports of the basilar type of this brutal headache, which includes vertigo
a migraine
Lisa
|
|
$400
[18]
The Times won its first Pulitzer in 1918 for its coverage of this
World War I
Bruce
|
$400
[27]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Pittsburgh, PA.) Growing up within 5 blocks from the campus, this quarterback naturally played at Pitt, starting in 1979
Dan Marino
Eric
|
$400
[20]
Her 2 children from a previous marriage, John & Patsy Custis, were "adopted" by the president
Martha Washington
Lisa
|
$400
[12]
Many scholars believe this was actually the Aegean Sea island of Thira, largely destroyed around 1500 B.C.
Atlantis
Lisa
|
$400
[4]
One set of stairs between floors
a flight
Bruce
|
$400
[2]
In a few cases Jepolax may destroy alveoli, leading to this lung disease that includes short wind
emphysema
Eric
Lisa
Bruce
|
|
$600
[19]
Max Frankel won a 1973 Prize for his reporting on President Nixon's trip to this country
China
Eric
|
$600
[28]
Known as "Junior", this Cincinnati high school superstar joined the Reds in 2000
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Bruce
|
$800
[22]
In 1915, 16 months after the death of his first wife, Ellen, Woodrow Wilson married this descendant of Pocahontas
Edith
|
$600
[13]
This Brooklyn reporter's opening of Al Capone's vault in 1986 left him with a few scars of his own
Geraldo Rivera
Lisa
|
$600
[5]
A perceived snub or act of contempt
a slight
Bruce
|
$600
[7]
Combining Jepolax with liquor can lead to this scarring final stage of alcoholic liver disease
cirrhosis
Bruce
|
|
$800
[24]
In 1972 The Times won for meritorious public service for publishing these documents leaked by Daniel Ellsberg
the Pentagon Papers
Bruce
|
$800
[29]
Stephon Marbury, a Brooklyn native & childhood fan of this team, joined them in 2004--with mixed results
the Knicks
Lisa
|
$1,000
[23]
John Philip Sousa provided the music for Grover Cleveland's White House wedding to this 21-year-old
Frances Folsom
Eric
|
$800
[14]
In 1987 a sonar exploration of this body of water found something big, but it may have been a school of salmon
Loch Ness
Lisa
|
$800
[6]
It's a bend in a coastline that forms a bay
a bight
Eric
Bruce
|
$800
[8]
There are slight risks of acidosis, carcinoma & this sensation, from the Latin for "choking chest pain"
angina
Lisa
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Wonder if he mentioned his 1979 win for his "Observer" column in his memoir "Growing Up"?
Russell Baker
|
$1,000
[30]
Born in 1942, he went to Chicago Vocation High & made crushing ballcarriers his vocation as a Bears linebacker
Dick Butkus
Eric
|
DD
$1,800
[21]
She met the future president in 1915 at Fort Sam Houston when introduced to him by the wife of a fellow officer
Mamie Eisenhower
Lisa
|
$1,000
[15]
Bologna Stone, found in 1603, was thought to be this alchemical "stone" to change cheaper metals into gold
the philosopher's stone
Eric
Lisa
Bruce
|
$1,000
[9]
Isle where Victoria shuffled off her mortal throne
the Isle of Wight
Bruce
|
$1,000
[10]
Discontinue use at the first sign of seborrheic inflammation of this
the skin
Lisa
Bruce
|
| SOUTH AFRICA | I'M TOMMY LEE JONES! | ART-FULL | BESTSELLERS | IN THE SANDBOX | ADD AN ELEMENT SYMBOL |
|
$400
[26]
An English word for an ill-mannered person is related to this term for a South African settler
Boer
Eric
|
$400
[16]
I suffered no alienation protecting the Earth as Agent K in this 1997 comedy
Men in Black
Eric
|
$400
[11]
As official battle painter to this emperor, Antoine-Jean Gros painted "The Plague at Jaffa" in 1804
Napoleon Bonaparte
Bruce
|
$400
[21]
He dedicated his 2006 novel "Cell" in part to "Night of the Living Dead" director George Romero
Stephen King
|
$400
[6]
242-year-old Sandy Hook Lighthouse, which lies on this Garden State's coast, is the USA's oldest still in use
New Jersey
Eric
|
$400
[1]
Add the symbol of this element to "comb" & you get a small jazz band
oxygen (O)
Bruce
|
|
$800
[27]
In South Africa, Ford sells the Bantam, a popular bakkie; the U.S. equivalent is the F-series of these
trucks
Eric
|
$800
[17]
The trail rarely went cold with me on the case as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in this 1993 big screener
The Fugitive
Eric
|
$800
[12]
Famous works in this NYC museum include Rousseau's "The Dream" & Mondrian's "Broadway Boogie Woogie"
MOMA (Museum of Modern Art)
Eric
Lisa
Bruce
|
$800
[22]
In Sue Grafton's 2005 bestseller, "S is for" this
Silence
Eric
Lisa
Bruce
|
$800
[7]
On a golf course, a sand trap is also called this, like an underground fortification
a bunker
Eric
|
$800
[2]
Add the symbol of this element to the letters "B-R-I-D-E-S" & you get a Scottish island group
helium (He)
Lisa
|
| — |
$1,200
[18]
The sky was the limit in this 2000 adventure when I joined astronauts Garner & Eastwood for one last mission
Space Cowboys
Eric
|
$1,200
[13]
The movement called "Post"- this began with Seurat's "La Grande Jatte" & ended with Cezanne's death
Impressionism
Eric
|
$1,200
[23]
His "Power of Positive Thinking" was among the top 10 nonfiction bestsellers each year 1952-1955
Norman Vincent Peale
Lisa
Bruce
|
$1,200
[8]
The Southwest's largest Indian tribe, it's noted for its sand painting, a part of the tribe's healing ceremonies
the Navajo
Lisa
|
$1,200
[3]
Tack the symbol of this element onto "el" & you get a lodge member
potassium (K)
Bruce
|
| — |
$1,600
[19]
I was downright punchy as Loretta Lynn's husband in this 1980 film
Coal Miner's Daughter
Eric
|
$1,600
[14]
Around 1610 this Baroque master got his first nice big plump commissions, for Antwerp Cathedral
Peter Paul Rubens
Eric
Lisa
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
Inspired by a conversation with a blacksmith, Nicholas Evans made himself heard with this 1995 bestseller
The Horse Whisperer
Eric
|
$1,600
[9]
The black sand beaches of the Pacific consist of grains of this most abundant lava rock
basalt
Lisa
|
$1,600
[4]
Add the symbol of this element to "palm" & you get an incendiary weapon used in bombs
sodium (Na)
Bruce
|
| — |
$2,000
[20]
There was no corn in this disturbing 1994 biopic when I depicted a legendary baseball player
Cobb
Eric
|
$2,000
[15]
Last name of Gustave, whose workseenhereshocked people by showing a common burial on a large canvas
Gustave Courbet
|
$2,000
[25]
Mary McCarthy's best-known novel is this 1963 bestseller about the lives of 8 Vassar graduates
The Group
Lisa
|
$2,000
[10]
Winston Churchill was trained at the Royal Military academy commonly called this
Sandhurst
Bruce
|
$2,000
[5]
"Plate" plus the symbol of this element gives you a synonym for "mesa"
gold (Au)
Bruce
|
This play that is quite concerned with the English language was, oddly enough, first performed in German in 1913
Pygmalion