Maria Capucciati — a knowledge manager from New York, New York
Steve Jenkins — a video game tester originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sherman Lo — a researcher from San Mateo, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $35,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman | $2,400 | $2,600 | $9,400 |
$7,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,400
12 R, 4 W |
| Steve | $3,400 | $8,000 | $23,000 |
$22,785
New champion: $22,785 |
$19,800
26 R (including 3 DDs), 5 W |
| Maria | $2,600 | $5,600 | $11,200 |
$3,599
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,200
18 R, 1 W |
| RELIGION IN ART | WOMEN SINGERS | LABOR | CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD | LET'S PLAY POST OFFICE | I'D RATHER "NOT" |
|
$200
[6]
Famous for his "Peaceable Kingdom" series, Edward Hicks depicted this Biblical eventin the early 19th century
Noah's Ark
Maria
|
$200
[16]
The 411 on this R&B singer: her song "Be Without You" was No. 1 in 2006, & her middle initial J. stands for Jane
Mary J. Blige
Steve
|
$200
[26]
In this type of strike, strikers stop work but refuse to leave the factory
a sit-in (or sit-down)
Sherman
|
$200
[21]
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Steve
|
$200
[1]
The current price of one first-class stamp for a one-ounce letter
39 cents
Steve
Maria
|
$200
[11]
According to tradition, Robin Hood was born in this English place
Nottingham
Maria
|
|
$400
[7]
1890's"Church at Auvers"is in the typical freneticstyleof this artist
(Vincent) van Gogh
Sherman
Steve
|
$400
[17]
She met Cris Judd, her second husband, while filming the video for "Love Don't Cost A Thing"
Jennifer Lopez ("J.Lo")
Maria
|
$400
[27]
NEA stands for National Endowment for the Arts, or for this union representing teachers
the National Education Association
Steve
Maria
|
$400
[22]
San Jose
California
Maria
|
$400
[2]
20500 is the ZIP code of this Washington, D.C. location
the White House
Maria
|
$400
[12]
Generic name for a lightweight laptop computer
notebook (or notepad)
Sherman
|
|
$600
[8]
This Dutchman's 1655 "Head of Christ" is seen here
Rembrandt
Sherman
|
$600
[18]
"Toxic" was a hit from her 2003 "In the Zone" CD
Britney Spears
Steve
|
$600
[28]
In 1955 2 labor organizations combined to form this; George Meany became its first president
the AFL-CIO
Steve
|
$600
[23]
Lexington
Kentucky
Steve
|
$600
[3]
The most popular commemorative U.S. stamp ever featured this man
Elvis Presley
Steve
|
$600
[13]
South Bend school noted for its law school & sports teams
Notre Dame
Maria
|
|
$800
[9]
Before he ran away to sea, this French postimpressionist painted "The Yellow Christ", seen here
Gauguin
Steve
|
$800
[19]
LaDonna Gaines is the real name of this '70s disco queen
Donna Summer
Maria
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
The 1947 Labor-Management Relations Act curbed labor's power; these 2 legislators sponsored it
Taft & Hartley
Steve
|
$800
[24]
Natchez
Mississippi
Steve
|
$800
[4]
In 2002 the Post Office reported that more than 3,000 letter carriers suffered injury due to these
dog bites
Steve
|
$800
[14]
"Public" person authorized to authenticate contracts & other documents
a notary (public)
Sherman
|
|
$1,000
[10]
In the 19th century, Gustav Bauernfeind depicted Jerusalem, including this location
the Wailing Wall
Sherman
|
$1,000
[20]
Do cry out loud the name of this woman heard here"Don't cry out loud..."
Melissa Manchester
Steve
|
$1,000
[30]
In the 1860s some well-"train"ed workers met to form the BLE, the Brotherhood of these
Locomotive Engineers
|
$1,000
[25]
Wheeling
West Virginia
Maria
|
$1,000
[5]
"GU" is the official postal abbreviation for this U.S. territory
Guam
Steve
|
$1,000
[15]
One of Jean-Paul Sartre's best-known works is "Being and" this
Nothingness
Maria
|
| EGYPTIAN HISTORY | BOGIE & BACALL SPEAK! | HU, WATT, WARE, NGUYEN & WYE | THE ALIENS ARE HERE! | SCIENCE STUFF | ON THE "GOO" |
|
$400
[6]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew walks among some desert ruins.) While walking in this ancient Egyptian capital, you'll see Saqqara, which was its principal burial area
Memphis
Sherman
Steve
|
$400
[1]
In this film, Bogie told Conrad Veidt, "Your business is politics. Mine is running a saloon"
Casablanca
Steve
|
$400
[11]
In the late 1960s the president & vice president of South Vietnam shared this name
Nguyen
Steve
|
$400
[16]
This southwestern U.S. tree of genus Prosopis, often used for smoked BBQ, is invading Saudi Arabia, India, Africa & Australia
mesquite
Steve
|
$400
[26]
Superconductivity occurs at temperatures near the point known as this
absolute zero
Sherman
|
$400
[21]
This company has dropped the "BF", sold its tire business & become a leading maker of landing gear
Goodrich
Maria
|
|
$800
[7]
After the death of this Egyptian queen in 30 B.C., Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire
Cleopatra
Steve
|
$800
[2]
Bacall's first film line was said to Bogie in "To Have and Have Not": "Anybody got" one of these
a match
Sherman
Steve
Maria
|
$800
[12]
On March 15, 2003 he was elected president of the People's Republic of China
Hu (Jintao)
Maria
|
$800
[17]
This porcupine lookalike seenhereis pigging out in New Zealand because it has no natural predators
the hedgehog
Sherman
|
$1,200
[27]
Perennial plants live for many years; just change the first syllable to get this term for plants that live only 2 years
biennial
Steve
|
$800
[22]
Foie gras source
goose liver
Maria
|
|
$1,200
[8]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew walks among the pyramids at Giza, Egypt.) The Egyptian period from about 2700 to 2200 B.C. is known as the Pyramid Age, or by this ancient name
the Old Kingdom
|
$1,200
[3]
Upon meeting this actor in "The Shootist", Bacall observes, "You seem like a man accustomed to giving orders"
John Wayne
Maria
|
$1,200
[13]
As a junior at the University of Houston, this Heisman Trophy winner threw 46 TDs; his NFL career total was only 5
Andre Ware
Steve
|
$1,200
[18]
An Asian fungus has killed virtually every one of the American variety of this popular holiday nut tree
the chestnut
Steve
|
$1,600
[29]
Iridium, osmium, rhodium, palladium & ruthenium are members of this precious metal's "group"
platinum
Sherman
|
$1,200
[23]
1971 Wimbledon-winning woman
(Evonne) Goolagong
Steve
|
|
$1,600
[9]
In the 1400s B.C. it was the "lofty" 2-word religious title of Hapuseneb
high priest
Sherman
|
$1,600
[4]
When Bogie as Philip Marlowe kisses Bacall in this film, she says, "I like that. I'd like more"
The Big Sleep
Steve
Maria
|
$1,600
[14]
This Coloradoan served as President Reagan's Secretary of the Interior from 1981 to 1983
James Watt
Steve
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is a cute story, but this animal's introduction to Hawaii to control the rat population has turned ugly
the mongoose
Steve
|
$2,000
[30]
Einstein's Nobel Prize was for work on this effect in which light absorption leads to electron emission
photoelectric effect
Sherman
|
$1,600
[24]
Don't throw out that shirt you can't fit into; donate it to this organization founded in 1902
Goodwill
Sherman
|
|
$2,000
[10]
(Jimmy is in Giza, Egypt.) The pyramid of this son of Khufu is smaller than his dad's Great one, but he got his face on the Great Sphinx
Khafre
Sherman
Maria
|
$2,000
[5]
In "Key Largo", Bogie tells this actor that he wishes for "a world in which there's no place for Johnny Rocco"
(Edward G.) Robinson
Sherman
|
$2,000
[15]
The ruins of Tintern Abbey lie in a meadow on the right bank of this Welsh river
the Wye
Maria
|
$2,000
[20]
Introduced from Asia in 1876 as a hay & to control soil erosion, this vine is now a menace in the southern U.S.
kudzu
Steve
|
DD
$3,400
[28]
This type of rock that develops from magma can be divided into 2 groups: extrusive & intrusive
igneous rock
Steve
|
$2,000
[25]
A one followed by 100 zeros
a googol
Steve
|
In Act I he says, "The funeral baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables"
Hamlet