First game of Season 23.Updated "HD-friendly" set.New title graphics.Jeopardy!begins broadcasting in HDTV.
Dan Cordova — a sales representative from Santa Ana, California
Lauren Hirs — a market research analyst originally from Plano, Texas
Brad Jeffcoat — a student from Vidalia, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad | $4,800 | $4,500 | $8,300 |
$16,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,800
14 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Lauren | $1,200 | $3,800 | $15,400 |
$16,601
New champion: $16,601 |
$15,400
20 R, 0 W |
| Dan | $1,200 | $5,200 | $2,000 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,000
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| 23 | YEARS | NAME THE NFL COACHING LEGEND | STATE INSECTS | ____ & ____ BRANDS | WEATHER WORDS |
|
$200
[13]
It begins, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want"
Psalm 23
Lauren
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$200
[23]
Wall Street laid an egg in October of this Roaring '20s year when the stock market crashed
'29
Dan
|
$200
[1]
Nicknamed "Papa Bear", henot only coached the Chicago Bears for 40 seasons, he played baseball for the Yankees
George Halas
Dan
|
$200
[19]
In Illinois it's good to be the king, or at least this butterfly, the state insect
the monarch
Lauren
|
$200
[3]
You can be a Chunk Spelunker for this ice cream
Ben & Jerry's
Lauren
|
$200
[8]
Traditionally, a dense one of these is compared to "pea soup"
fog
Brad
|
|
$400
[14]
23 different pilgrims tell their stories in this late-14th century classic
The Canterbury Tales
Dan
|
$400
[24]
Following his resignation in this year, we didn't have Richard Nixon to kick around anymore
1974
Dan
|
$400
[2]
Hewas the first coach to win an NCAA football championship & a Super Bowl
Jimmy Johnson
Lauren
|
$400
[20]
It might want to fly away home to Massachusetts, where it's the state insect
the ladybug
|
$400
[4]
The logo of this brand is seen here
Arm & Hammer
Brad
|
$400
[9]
This 6-letter word for a tornado's shape is also a kitchen utensil
a funnel
Lauren
|
|
$600
[15]
Legend says in 490 B.C., Pheidippides ran about 23 miles from this plain to Athens to announce a victory
Marathon
Dan
|
$600
[25]
The U.S. officially entered World War I in April of this year
1917
Brad
|
$600
[5]
He& son Dave are the only father & son to coach against each other as head coaches in the NFL
Don Shula
Brad
|
$600
[28]
It wasn't until 1983 that Utah finally made this its state insect
the honeybee
Lauren
|
$600
[16]
It calls itself "pure cane sugar from Hawaii"
C&H
Dan
|
$600
[10]
In the loose sense, it's any weather vane, but specifically it's one with a rooster on it
a weathercock
|
|
$800
[21]
The classical form of this language used only 23 letters; J, U & W were added at a later date
Latin
Lauren
|
$800
[26]
The first Summer Olympics broadcast in color were held in Mexico City in this year
1968
Brad
|
$800
[6]
The son of this Pro Football Hall of Famer is a U.S. senator
George Allen
Brad
|
$800
[29]
Alaska's state insect is the "four spot skimmer" this, so keep it away from St. George
a dragonfly
Brad
|
$800
[17]
This Scotch whisky traces its roots to Italian distiller Giacomo Justerini
J&B
Dan
|
$800
[11]
(Jeff Probst reports from Palau.) Luckily, Palau is outside the zone of these storms, whose name comes from a Chinese word that means "great wind"
typhoon
Brad
|
|
$1,000
[22]
This important parallel of latitude is located at 23 degrees, 27 minutes north of the equator
the Tropic of Cancer
Dan
|
$1,000
[27]
In this year Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan & Red China established the People's Republic
1949
Lauren
|
$1,000
[7]
Hewon 3 Super Bowls & now owns a NASCAR racing team
Joe Gibbs
Brad
|
DD
$2,500
[30]
It's tough to separate church & state in Connecticut while having this as state insect
the praying mantis
Brad
|
$1,000
[18]
Ray-Ban glasses, developed by this company, were so named because they reduce UV & infrared rays
Bausch & Lomb
Dan
|
$1,000
[12]
The name of this job comes from the Greek for "discussion of celestial phenomena" (stay tuned)
meteorologist
Brad
|
| MOTHER RUSSIA | NON-BOND CONNERY | DICKENS CHARACTERS | YOU DO THE MATH | MUSIC | CROSSWORD CLUES "F" |
|
$400
[1]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew goes for gold in St. Petersburg, Russia.) Russian craftsmen have recreated the Amber Room here in the Catherine Palace, which had been plundered by these people in 1941
the Nazis
Brad
|
$400
[12]
1990:Sean defects to the U.S. & brings his high-tech sub with him
The Hunt for Red October
Lauren
|
$400
[11]
This "Christmas Carol" clerk's children are Peter, Martha, Belinda, Tiny Tim & 2 who don't have names
Bob Cratchit
Dan
|
$400
[18]
The square root of the square root of 16
2
Lauren
|
$400
[26]
Contrapuntal is the adjectival form of this, the combination of melodic lines
counterpoint
Lauren
|
$400
[6]
Trot & terrier preceder(3)
fox
Lauren
|
|
$800
[2]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew is our girl in Moscow, Russia.) From 1953 to 1961, Lenin shared his tomb with this leader who was then moved to his present resting place in the Kremlin wall
Stalin
Brad
|
$800
[14]
1987:Sean helps Eliot Ness bag Capone
The Untouchables
Dan
|
$800
[13]
Drinking beer, kicking dogs & hitting women are hobbies of this man, Fagin's adult accomplice
Bill Sykes
Dan
|
$800
[19]
1 x 2 x 4 x 8 x 10
640
Lauren
|
$800
[27]
A Lalo "Symphonie" got this national name because it was composed for virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate
Spanish Symphony
Lauren
|
$800
[7]
Process that turns grape juice into wine(12)
fermentation
Lauren
|
|
$1,200
[3]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew rushes back to Palace Square in St. Petersburg.) In 1905 a peaceful demonstration here on Palace Square turned into amassacreknown to history as this bloody day of the week
Sunday
Dan
|
$1,200
[15]
1989:Sean helps his archaeologist son search for the Holy Grail
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Dan
|
$1,200
[23]
Paul Dombey styles himself "sole representative" of this firm
Dombey and Son
Lauren
|
DD
$1,000
[22]
1/2 plus 1/3 plus 1/10 plus 1/15
1
Brad
|
$1,200
[28]
In 1866 he began teaching at the new Moscow Musical Conservatory, now often called by his name
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
|
$1,200
[8]
Slang for a policeman who walks the beat(8)
flatfoot
Dan
|
|
$2,000
[5]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shares a photo op on Red Square.) Legend says that Ivan the Terrible lived up to his nickname when he blinded the designers of this cathedral so they could never again build anything as beautiful
St. Basil's
Lauren
|
$1,600
[16]
1996:Sean shows an elite team of SEALs how to break into Alcatraz to stop a madman
The Rock
Dan
|
$1,600
[24]
Nathaniel Winkle is among the illustrious members of this title club
the Pickwick Club
|
$1,200
[20]
1111 plus 2222 plus 3333, divided by 6
1111
Lauren
|
$1,600
[29]
Popular in 18th century opera, the Da Capo Aria had 2 sections & then the singer was supposed to do this
return to the beginning (start over)
Lauren
|
$1,600
[9]
"Tired" army clothes(8)
fatigues
Lauren
|
|
DD
$6,000
[4]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from "poetic" Russia.) I'mherein the town originally called Tsarskoye Selo, which in 1937 was renamed for this great Russian poet
Pushkin
Dan
|
$2,000
[17]
1976:After returning home from the Crusades, Sean battles the Sheriff of Nottingham
Robin and Marian
|
$2,000
[25]
He marries Dora Spenlow in Chapter 43 & Agnes Wickfield in Chapter 62
David Copperfield
Dan
|
$1,600
[21]
100 divided by 4, times 3, divided by 5
15
Brad
|
$2,000
[30]
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields claims to be the world's most recorded of these small orchestras
chamber orchestras
|
$2,000
[10]
Tired soldier's leave of absence(8)
furlough
Brad
|
In tropical Africa it's the main source of calories in the diet; in the U.S. it gives us a pudding
tapioca (or cassava)