Dave Singleton — an academic advisor from Henderson, Nevada
Linda Sue Park — a children's author from Rochester, New York
Joe Leibrandt — a marketing director from Costa Mesa, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $61,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe | $1,800 | $3,200 | $19,400 |
$3,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Linda Sue | $2,400 | $2,400 | $4,200 |
$1,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,600
10 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dave | $3,400 | $8,200 | $17,800 |
$8,600
New champion: $8,600 |
$17,800
24 R, 0 W |
| FAMOUS CANADIANS | 10-LETTER WORDS | THE '70s | ALPHABETICALLY LAST | PUT OUT THE CHINA | FOOD STUFF |
|
$200
[16]
A native of Cardston, Alberta, she went native co-starring with King Kong in 1933
Fay Wray
Dave
|
$200
[11]
Often available on CD, it's the music & songs from a movie
soundtrack
Dave
|
$200
[1]
In a 1976 article in New York Magazine, Tom Wolfe dubbed the '70s this decade
the "Me Decade"
Joe
|
$200
[21]
...of months of the year
September
Joe
Dave
|
$200
[26]
After a 3,900-mile journey, this Chinese river flows into the East China Sea
the Yangtze
Dave
|
$200
[3]
Frenchman Odette Philippe is credited with introducing this large citrus fruit to Florida around 1823
the grapefruit
Joe
|
|
$400
[17]
Aye, Captain; he was born in Vancouver & played Scotty on "Star Trek"
James Doohan
Joe
|
$400
[12]
The Internet or the online world
cyberspace
Linda Sue
|
$400
[2]
In the 1970s many studied ESP, short for this awareness beyond the normal senses (but you already knew that)
extrasensory perception
Dave
|
$400
[22]
...of the countries of Africa
Zimbabwe
Joe
|
$400
[27]
The Chinese didn't invent the block & tackle types of this, but the block & moveable
printing
|
$400
[5]
In 1916 Aron Streit began baking these unleavened breads on Manhattan's Lower East Side
matzah
Joe
|
|
$600
[18]
This Edmonton, Alberta native has starred in "Best Buds", "Half Baked" & "Up in Smoke"
Tommy Chong
Linda Sue
|
$800
[14]
It's another name for your clavicle
collarbone
Dave
|
$600
[4]
This company's 1973 Gremlin had a Levi's trim package option featuring nylon "blue jeans" seat covers
AMC (American Motors)
Dave
|
$600
[23]
...of the Great Lakes
Superior
Linda Sue
|
$600
[28]
Dots make up 36 of the tiles in this Chinese game; there are also cracks & winds
mah jongg
Dave
|
$600
[8]
Spinach is added to pasta to turn it green & "ink" from this ocean cephalopod is added to turn it charcoal gray
squid
Dave
|
|
$800
[19]
Halperin is the real last name of this Winnipeg-born man who hosted "Let's Make a Deal" from 1963 to 1986
Monty Hall
Joe
|
$1,000
[15]
A type of rafting in the rapids, or a real estate scandal involving the Clintons
whitewater
Joe
|
$800
[6]
Notable disappearances during the '70s were those of Jimmy Hoffa & this hijacker/parachutist
D.B. Cooper
Linda Sue
|
$800
[24]
...of the U.S. states
Wyoming
Dave
|
$800
[29]
Wushu is the Chinese word for martial arts; this term more familiar to TV watchers means any acquired skill
kung fu
Dave
|
$800
[9]
This "Beantown" dessert is 2 layers of sponge cake with a custard filling & chocolate glaze
Boston cream pie
Dave
|
|
$1,000
[20]
This Manitoba-born woman's biggest success as a writer & an actress has been "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
Nia Vardalos
Dave
|
DD
$1,200
[13]
Here's the drill--a sapsucker is one of these birds
woodpecker
Linda Sue
|
$1,000
[7]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.) This capsule was the U.S. half of this project; President Ford said it opened a new era in international cooperation
the Apollo-Soyuz Project
Linda Sue
|
$1,000
[25]
...among current U.S. senators is this Oregonian
Ron Wyden
|
$1,000
[30]
In Chinese, Wanli Changcheng is the name of this formidable construction
the Great Wall of China
Dave
|
$1,000
[10]
What fearful folks call Frankenfood is defined as GM, short for food modified this way
genetically
Linda Sue
|
| HAIL TO THE CHIEF | "B" ACTORS | THE NASTY CRITIC REVIEWS THE 19th CENTURY | TECH TONIC | DOGS | 3-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[26]
His presidential library has a sailfish he caught during his 1953 honeymoon in Acapulco
Kennedy
Joe
|
$400
[16]
Over a 20-year period, he played vigilante Paul Kersey in 5 "Death Wish" movies
Charles Bronson
Dave
|
$400
[2]
He left Elba in February 1815 but abdicated (again!) by June 22... what a dreadful performance
Napoleon
Linda Sue
|
$400
[21]
The "Shuffle", "Nano" & "Photo" are versions of this Apple music player
the iPod
Dave
|
$400
[1]
Contrary to popular legend, this breed never carried a cask hanging from its collar on rescue missions
a Saint Bernard
Joe
|
$400
[7]
Do something intensely & you do it "to the" this, like Planck or Born
max
Dave
|
|
$1,200
[28]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Duke University in Durham, NC.) Beforehebecame president of the United States, he was president of Duke University's bar association & graduated 3rd in his class from Duke Law School
Nixon
Linda Sue
|
$800
[17]
I kid you not! In 1972 he brought his famous role to TV, starring in a sitcom version of "Anna and the King"
Yul Brynner
Dave
|
$800
[12]
In 1843 Congress granted $30,000 for a line to test his new telegraph; finally, some brilliance in the competition!
Morse
Dave
|
$800
[22]
NASA technology used to detect a star's birth is now used in the ear type of this, which measures your infrared energy
a thermometer
|
$800
[3]
The Gordon breed of this was named for a Scottish nobleman who bred them
setter
|
$800
[8]
Oh, happiness! She shares "The View" with Elisabeth & Barbara
Joy
Dave
|
|
$1,600
[29]
He was nicknamed "The Driving Force" (& "The Trust Buster")
Theodore Roosevelt
Joe
|
$1,200
[18]
Of the actors who have played James Bond, he's the one born in Ireland in 1951
Pierce Brosnan
Dave
|
$1,200
[13]
I'd say this man's "ornithological biography", written from 1831 to 1839, is for the birds
Audubon
Joe
|
$1,200
[23]
With the Delphi Roady, you can listen to NASCAR in the car on this satellite radio provider
XM
Dave
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
This breed was launched in the U.S. with the gift of dogs from the Dalai Lama to an American traveler in 1933
the Lhasa apso
Linda Sue
|
$1,200
[9]
A German soldier during WWI, or a member of Attila's tribe
Hun
Linda Sue
|
|
$2,000
[30]
In 1931 Herbert Hoover, who had been this Pres.'s Secretary of Commerce, helped dedicate his tomb in Marion, Ohio
Harding
Joe
Linda Sue
|
$1,600
[19]
For his starring role in "The Pianist", he shed 30 pounds & brushed up on his arpeggios
(Adrien) Brody
Joe
|
$1,600
[14]
After an 1835 election loss, he told Tennesseans, "You may all go to Hell & I will go to Tex."; never did like his hat
Crockett
Joe
|
$1,600
[24]
The 2nd version of his game system has over 5,000 game titles; no news on how many Blu-ray titles for the 3rd
PlayStation 2
Dave
|
$1,600
[5]
This hound with a 6-letter name hunts by sight, not scent, & was used to hunt wolves in Russia
borzoi
Joe
Linda Sue
|
$1,600
[10]
A sealed vase in which to keep a loved one's ashes
urn
Linda Sue
|
|
DD
$5,000
[27]
In a 1989 ceremony at Buckingham Palace, the Queen of England made him an honorary knight
Ronald Reagan
Joe
|
$2,000
[20]
This Dublin-born actor who's featured in "The Usual Suspects" & "Stigmata" was formerly married to Ellen Barkin
(Gabriel) Byrne
Joe
|
$2,000
[15]
I found this Swedish soprano's 1838 debut as Agathe in "Der Freischutz" to be second-rate karaoke, at best
Jenny Lind
Linda Sue
|
$2,000
[25]
RFID chips, this type of I.D., can be placed on store products or on soldiers to find them in an emergency
radio frequency
Dave
|
$2,000
[6]
Named for a British city, this terrier is a cross between the whippet & the black-and-tan terrier
the Manchester terrier
|
$2,000
[11]
A projection on a gearwheel; you may feel like one in a giant machine
cog
Joe
|
In an 1868 novel, this mysterious title object is believed to sparkle or dim depending on lunar phases
the Moonstone