Brooke Wilberg — a receptionist originally from Morehead, Kentucky
Larry Clow — a high school teacher from Vancouver, Washington
Joe Leibrandt — a marketing director from Costa Mesa, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe | $1,800 | $4,000 | $14,800 |
$28,801
2-day champion: $51,402 |
$14,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Larry | $-800 | $400 | $9,600 |
$9,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,800
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Brooke | $800 | $6,200 | $14,400 |
$12,900
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,400
17 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| OCTOBERFEST | SIX EDUCATION | WEBSITES | 2 WORDS IN ONE | I LOVE NY | THEY HATE L.A. |
|
$200
[1]
He first appeared in the comic strip "Peanuts" in October 1950 but didn't walk on 2 legs until 1956
Snoopy
Joe
|
$200
[5]
It's the sixth consonant in the English alphabet
H
|
$200
[11]
This California-based company calls itself the "world's largest online DVD movie rental service"
Netflix
Joe
|
$200
[26]
"Smog" is produced from these 2 words
smoke & fog
Joe
|
$200
[21]
La Grenouille, on 52nd near Fifth, means this animal & does serve its legs
a frog
Brooke
|
$200
[16]
S.J. Perelman had a lot to say about this "cinematic" boulevard, like "it's tawdriness is unspeakable"
Hollywood Boulevard
Joe
Larry
|
|
$400
[2]
On Oct. 5, 1947 he gave the first presidential address televised from the White House
Truman
Joe
|
$400
[6]
A memorable episode of this 1970s TV show was entitled "Steve Austin, Fugitive"
The Six Million Dollar Man
Joe
|
$400
[12]
historywired.si.edu gives a glimpse of some of the 3 million objects in storage at the National Museum of this
American History
Larry
|
$400
[27]
"Chunnel", formed from these 2 words, was originally dug up in the 1920s
channel & tunnel
Brooke
|
$400
[22]
In Queens, you can visit the Unisphere, built for this 1964 event
the World's Fair
Larry
|
$400
[17]
This comedian who moved here in 1913 called L.A. ugly, hot & oppressive; we'd rather he'd stayed silent
Charlie Chaplin
Joe
|
|
$600
[3]
Bringing the world to the brink of war, the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred during October of this year
1962
Joe
Larry
|
$600
[8]
It's the 2-word name for the 6-cylinder alignment used in the famous Jaguar XK6 engine
a straight six (or an in-line six)
Larry
|
$800
[14]
This online job search website has a section to meet its characters, including Swoop & 'Cruiter
Monster (or monster.com)
Brooke
|
$600
[28]
Parts of these 2 words can be seen in "camcorder"
camera & recorder
Brooke
|
$600
[23]
Handwerker was the last name of the man who opened this "famous" Coney Island culinary emporium in 1916
Nathan's
Brooke
|
$600
[18]
This "Schindler's List" star called L.A. a fascist place where people think they're moral because they jog
Liam Neeson
Joe
|
|
$800
[4]
Accompanied by 21 men, he seized a federal arsenal in a famous raid in October 1859
John Brown
Larry
|
$800
[9]
In a Pirandello title, they're "in search of an author"
six characters
Brooke
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
Dr. Neil Clark Warren founded this online dating service that uses "29 key dimensions of compatibility"
eHarmony (or eharmony.com)
Joe
|
$800
[29]
"Avionics" flies from these words
aviation & electronics
|
$800
[24]
On "Sex and the City", Samantha moved to this now-trendy West Side district known for its butcher trade
the Meatpacking District
Joe
|
$800
[19]
In this 1977 movie Woody Allen says L.A.'s "only cultural advantage" is a right turn on a red light
Annie Hall
Brooke
|
|
$1,000
[7]
Instead of Columbus Day, many Latin Americans celebrate their culture in "Dia de" this
la Raza
Joe
|
$1,000
[10]
Les six, of the 1910s & '20s, were a group of 6 of these that included Georges Auric
musicians
|
$1,000
[15]
www.mayo.com is the website of this brand that's known as Best Foods west of the Rockies
Hellmann's
Brooke
|
$1,000
[30]
A cross between a Labrador retriever & another breed, the non-allergenic dog seenhereis called this
a Labradoodle
|
$1,000
[25]
The bridge named for this Italian explorer is featured in "Saturday Night Fever" & the New York Marathon
the Verrazano (Bridge)
Larry
|
$1,000
[20]
An Oscar-nominated screenwriter in the 1930s, this witty woman called L.A. "a horror to me"
Dorothy Parker
Brooke
|
| 20th CENTURY AUTHORS | MUSICAL THEATRE | OH "MY" | ELEMENTAL ETYMOLOGIES | NEWSPAPERS | IN THE HEADLINES |
|
$400
[6]
Ayn Rand once cited this late Mike Hammer author as her favorite popular writer
Mickey Spillane
Brooke
|
$400
[11]
Sally Bowles is a singer at the Kit Kat Club in this musical set in Berlin
Cabaret
Larry
|
$400
[26]
It borders Thailand
Myanmar
Larry
|
$400
[1]
This gas was named for the Greek word for "sun" after it was discovered during an eclipse in 1868
helium
Brooke
|
$400
[16]
In the 1780s John Walter started this London newspaper to show off his printing works
the London Times
Joe
|
$400
[21]
She reported & made news when she announced she'd leave NBC to anchor the CBS Evening News
Katie Couric
Joe
|
|
$800
[7]
A friend since childhood, she helped Truman Capote research "In Cold Blood" before publishing her own novel
(Harper) Lee
Joe
|
$800
[12]
One of the major hits of 1973, "Raisin" was a musical version of this 1959 Lorraine Hansberry play
A Raisin in the Sun
Joe
|
$800
[27]
This type of infarction is a heart attack
a myocardial infarction
Larry
|
$800
[2]
It was named from the Greek for "maker of water", as water was produced when this element burned
hydrogen
Larry
|
$800
[17]
Charles Foster Kane published the Inquirer; this model for Kane published the Examiner
(William Randolph) Hearst
Joe
|
$800
[22]
He & the late Kenneth Lay, his predecessor as Enron CEO, were tried & convicted in 2006
(Jeffrey) Skilling
Brooke
|
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
Ancestors of this elusive modern author protested after Hawthorne used their name in "The House of the Seven Gables"
Thomas Pynchon
Brooke
|
$1,200
[13]
Jane sings "Waiting For This Moment" in this swinging Disney musical that opened on Broadway in 2006
Tarzan
Brooke
|
$1,200
[28]
It's the golden variety of the famous copycat seen here
a mynah bird
Larry
|
$1,600
[4]
Californium & this other element not found in nature are named for their university of discovery
berkelium
Larry
|
$1,200
[18]
(Jon of the Clue Crew walks in a New Hampshire park holding a newspaper.) One of the USA's most solidly conservative newspapers, the New Hampshire Union Leader is published in this largest New Hampshire city
Manchester
Joe
|
$1,200
[23]
It turned out that Hwang Woo Suk, a scientist from this country, had not managed to clone human embryos as he said
South Korea
Brooke
|
|
$1,200
[8]
It's no mystery that this Englishwoman wrote romantic fiction under the pen name Mary Westmacott
Agatha Christie
Joe
|
$1,600
[14]
This musical about a sleepwear company is based on the novel "7-1/2 cents", the hourly raise wanted by the workers
The Pajama Game
Joe
|
$1,600
[29]
It's an indefinite number, as in an indefinite number of possibilities
a myriad
Joe
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
Romans called this Cyprium, the metal of Cyprus
copper
Larry
|
$1,600
[19]
France's satirical Canard enchainee, "Chained Duck", got its name from the censorship of l'Homme libre, meaning this
the free man
Brooke
|
$1,600
[24]
In 2005 this former judge was selected by President Bush to head the Dept. of Homeland Security
Michael Chertoff
|
|
$1,600
[9]
On publication in 1915, his "The Rainbow" was labeled obscene & banned, & unsold copies were destroyed
D.H. Lawrence
Brooke
|
$2,000
[15]
Rich patron Vera Simpson is "bewitched, bothered and bewildered" by this title song & dance pal
Pal Joey
|
$2,000
[30]
I'll be such a fun guy if you tell me this name for the study of fungi
mycology
Larry
|
$2,000
[5]
This element's name comes from the Greek word for "color", because of the many colors of its compounds
chromium
Brooke
|
$2,000
[20]
Name of both Indianapolis' & Kansas City's biggest daily papers
the Star
Joe
|
$2,000
[25]
This Grand Ayatollah, Iraq's leading Shiite cleric, influenced many with his support of elections
Grand Ayatollah Sistani
|
The constitution for the proposed state of Sequoyah served in large part as the basis for this state's constitution
Oklahoma