R.J. Lesch — a programmer from Adel, Iowa
Ann Fletcher — a technical writer from Bristol, Tennessee
Cory Hartman — a pastor from Passaic, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cory | $2,000 | $4,400 | $16,500 |
$5,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$18,200
24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Ann | $1,000 | $2,200 | $12,200 |
$20,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,200
12 R, 1 W |
| R.J. | $4,400 | $7,400 | $13,800 |
$25,800
New champion: $25,800 |
$13,800
20 R, 4 W |
| ANIMALS | INAPPROPRIATE TEAM NAMES | ENERGY | 20th CENTURY PEOPLE | THE BEST LITTLE "WARE"HOUSE | IN TEXAS |
|
$200
[6]
This bird's whooping call is said to carry 2 miles, & its courtship displays include a leaping dance
whooping crane
R.J.
|
$200
[1]
This NBA team name made sense when they were in Minnesota; they should now change their name to "The Smog"
L.A. Lakers
R.J.
|
$200
[11]
Of northeast, northwest, southeast or southwest, the area that has 3/4 of the USA's oil-heated homes
northeast
Ann
|
$200
[16]
This humorist & vaudevillian was fond of saying, "All I know is just what I read in the papers"
Will Rogers
Ann
R.J.
|
$200
[26]
Plastic containers for leftover food that are fit for a "party"
Tupperware
Ann
|
$200
[21]
The USA's first domed sports stadium opened in this city in 1965
Houston
R.J.
|
|
$400
[7]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew poses next to a cow at Old World, Wisconsin.) This is the name of a cow that is less than 3 years old that hasn't given birth; Zeus turned Io into a white one
a heifer
Cory
|
$400
[2]
This NBA team name worked for New Orleans; they should now consider calling themselves the "Salt Lakers"
Utah Jazz
Cory
|
$400
[12]
Kazakhstan & Australia combine to mine half of the world's production of this element needed for nuclear power
uranium
Cory
|
$400
[17]
He followed up "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" with "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female" in 1953
Alfred Kinsey
Cory
|
$400
[27]
One-word term for computer programs distributed without charge
freeware
Cory
|
$400
[22]
A group of about 155 rebels in Texas confronted by Mexican forces retreated into this stronghold February 23, 1836
the Alamo
Cory
|
|
$600
[8]
We'd like to see David Blaine vs. this flightless bird in a breath-holding contest (some can go 22 min. underwater)
penguin
R.J.
|
$600
[3]
This MLB team was given its name because teams had to elude trolleys; since moving, they should be called "The Gridlocks"
Los Angeles Dodgers
Cory
|
$600
[13]
The EPA is cleaning up truck & bus exhaust by cutting the sulfur content in this fuel by 97%
diesel
R.J.
|
$600
[18]
On her death in 2006, she became the first woman to lie in state at the Capitol in Atlanta
Coretta Scott King
Cory
Ann
|
$600
[28]
One of the original 13 colonies
Delaware
R.J.
|
$600
[23]
At 825,000 acres, Texas' King Ranch is bigger than this U.S. state!
Rhode Island
R.J.
|
|
$800
[9]
This "demonic" marsupial is extinct from the Aussie mainland but still lives close by
Tasmanian devil
Ann
|
$800
[4]
In Atlanta this NHL team's fiery name harked back to Gen. Sherman; all Canadians should now call them "The Ice"
Calgary Flames
R.J.
|
DD
$600
[15]
2/3 of the world's steel is produced using this as fuel
coal
Cory
|
$800
[19]
This sister who inspired Eunice Shriver to found the Special Olympics died in 2005 at the age of 86
Rosemary Kennedy
|
$800
[29]
Warning! It precedes "the Jabberwock" in a Lewis Carroll poem
beware
Cory
|
$800
[24]
Texas' state insect is this "royal" flyer
the monarch butterfly
Ann
R.J.
|
|
$1,000
[10]
It's the amused African mammal heard here
hyena
R.J.
|
$1,000
[5]
This NBA team had that type of bear in Canada; now that they moved, they should be called "The Elvises"
Memphis Grizzlies
R.J.
|
$800
[14]
This type of proposed "farm" off Nantucket has opponents concerned that it'll ruin the view
a wind farm
Cory
|
$1,000
[20]
9 years before Mandela & de Klerk, this South African clergyman won the Nobel Peace Prize
Desmond Tutu
Ann
|
$1,000
[30]
Not conscious of
unaware
Cory
|
$1,000
[25]
The expedition of this Spanish conquistador crossed the Rio Grande & explored Texas in 1541
Coronado
R.J.
|
| OCEANOGRAPHY | CELL BLOCK CINEMA | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS | MOVERS & QUAKERS | EPIC POEMS AS COUNTRY SONGS | YOU SAID A MOUTHFUL! |
|
$400
[21]
The Milwaukee Deep isn't in Lake Michigan; it's the lowest point in this ocean, near Puerto Rico
the Atlantic Ocean
R.J.
|
$400
[11]
The title of this film based on a Stephen King novel is a colorful nickname for death row
The Green Mile
Cory
|
$400
[2]
His 6 Brandenburg Concertos were so-named for their dedication to the Margrave of Brandenburg
J.S. Bach
Cory
|
$400
[16]
Thomas Mifflin, a Constitution signer from this state, irritated fellow Quakers by fighting in the Revolution
Pennsylvania
Cory
|
$400
[1]
8th century:"When you come home from the mead hall, you're gonna find yourself a dragon"
Beowulf
Cory
|
$400
[26]
A letter of this to a prospective employer outlines all your sterling qualities
recommendation
Cory
|
|
$800
[22]
The littoral zone is oceanographese for the water closest to this
the shore
Cory
|
$800
[12]
She sashayed out of the "Casino" to play a death row inmate in "Last Dance"
Sharon Stone
R.J.
|
$800
[3]
When his great-grandfather moved to Norway, he switched the "E" & "I" in the spelling of the last name
(Edvard) Grieg
Ann
|
$800
[17]
In the 1850s, minister Elizabeth Comstock helped make Rollin, Michigan an active stop on this route
the Underground Railroad
Cory
|
$800
[4]
800s B.C., maybe:"I might be a long-lost husband, but that don't mean you get my wife"
the Odyssey
Cory
R.J.
|
$800
[27]
The Alcohawk is a brand of this law-enforcement device
a breathalyzer
R.J.
|
|
$1,200
[23]
Oceanographers clock them by the water they move; the Humboldt one is fairly pokey at about 500 million cubic feet per sec.
a current
Cory
R.J.
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
The scenes of Perry Smith being interviewed in jail in this 2005 film were shot in Manitoba, not in Kansas
Capote
Cory
|
$1,200
[5]
This "Amahl and the Night Visitors" composer wrote his first opera, "The Death of Pierrot", at age 11
Gian Carlo Menotti
|
$1,200
[18]
British Quaker James Nayler got a little overamped & entered Bristol in imitation of Christ's entry into this city
Jerusalem
Cory
|
$1,200
[8]
Early 14th century:"I was running 'round hell's circles till I saw your heavenly spheres"
Dante's Inferno (or Divine Comedy)
R.J.
|
$1,200
[28]
"Jeopardy!" responses are this, meaning of the nature of a question
interrogative (interrogatory accepted)
R.J.
|
|
DD
$1,500
[24]
William & Mary's marine science school has an Estuarine Research Reserve on this biggest U.S. estuary
Chesapeake Bay
Cory
|
$1,200
[13]
Eddie Murphy gets a 2-day parole to help Nick Nolte track down a murderer in this 1982 hit
48 Hours
Cory
|
$1,600
[6]
This Austrian, who was born a Jew, wrote his "Resurrection" symphony before he converted to Roman Catholicism
Mahler
Cory
|
$1,600
[19]
Quaker Bayard Rustin was the main organizer of this historic August 1963 event
the March on Washington
Ann
|
$1,600
[9]
Around 20 B.C.:"I left Troy behind me 'cause I had to be a Roman"
the Aeneid
R.J.
|
$1,600
[29]
Simultaneous, or "at the same moment", has the same last 6 letters as this word for events of the same era
contemporaneous
Ann
R.J.
|
|
$2,000
[25]
Sperm whales dive to depths of 7,000 feet, supporting 213 of these pressure units--I'm fine with one here at sea level
an atmosphere
R.J.
|
$2,000
[15]
Michelle Pfeiffer was a jailbird--or is that jailflower?--in this "pale" 2002 mother-daughter drama
White Oleander
R.J.
|
$2,000
[7]
He renewed his ties to his native land by writing his "Hungarian Coronation Mass" in 1867
Liszt
Cory
|
$2,000
[20]
This aged Quaker poet wrote a verse for the California city named for him
(John Greenleaf) Whittier
Ann
|
$2,000
[10]
11th century:"If you're looking for a sure thing, baby, take a Chanson me"
The Song of Roland ( La Chanson de Roland )
Ann
|
$2,000
[30]
Suppression of exculpatory evidence is an example of this type of misconduct
prosecutorial
Ann
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This Britishism, a homophone of a letter in the alphabet, has one consonant followed by a line of 4 vowels
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