Rob Donnelly — a university researcher from San Diego, California
Paula Frome — a lawyer from Glen Cove, New York
R.J. Lesch — a programmer from Adel, Iowa (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.J. | $3,400 | $3,000 | $12,800 |
$25,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Paula | $3,600 | $4,400 | $15,200 |
$25,601
New champion: $25,601 |
$14,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Rob | $200 | $1,000 | $1,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,800
8 R (including 1 DD), 7 W |
| STRUCTURES | 3-LETTER MEN | UNUSUAL ANIMALS | FASHION SENSE | "T" COUNTRIES | NUMBER, PLEASE |
|
$200
[22]
Once essential in hot, dry forest weather, this type of structure is less necessary in an age of aircraft & cell phones
a fire tower
Paula
Rob
|
$200
[1]
Rather or Marino
Dan
R.J.
|
$200
[5]
In 2006 the Riverbanks Zoo in S.C. exhibited a rare white (but not albino) one of these crocodilians
an alligator
R.J.
|
$200
[8]
The "driving" types of these feature some leather for a good grip; the "opera" ones do not
gloves
R.J.
|
$200
[9]
Oral epics are sung by poets & composers known as bakhashi in this central Asian "stan" nation
Turkmenistan
Paula
Rob
|
$200
[18]
Number of steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous program
12
R.J.
|
|
$400
[23]
In names of fancy homes, there's Wayne Manor & Gracie this
Mansion
Paula
|
$400
[2]
Costas or Hope
Bob
R.J.
|
$400
[7]
The Kitti's hog-nosed species of this flying mammal is about the size of a bumblebee
a bat
Paula
|
$400
[10]
Keep the sun off your face with this accessory whose name is from Old Italian for "to shelter from the sun"
a parasol
R.J.
|
$400
[11]
Slightly larger than Texas, it borders the Black Sea & the Mediterranean Sea
Turkey
Paula
|
$400
[19]
At sea level, water boils at this number of degrees Fahrenheit
212
Paula
|
|
$600
[27]
The booth from Checkpoint Charlie, shown here, is usually called by this 10-letter homey name
a guardhouse
|
$600
[3]
Rawls or Gehrig
Lou
Rob
|
$600
[20]
Aaargh! Pirata piraticus, one of these arachnids, has the startling ability to walk--& even run--on water
a (wolf) spider
R.J.
Rob
|
$800
[13]
These baggy knickers worn by some golfers got their name from the 4 inches added for a looser fit
plus-fours
Paula
|
$600
[15]
It thrusts out towards Sicily as the northernmost bulge of Africa
Tunisia
Rob
|
$600
[24]
In the Army, number of silver bars a captain has or silver stars a major general has
2
R.J.
|
|
$800
[28]
Type of building that's the title of a 1981 book by New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger
a skyscraper
|
$800
[4]
Shepard or Donaldson
Sam
Paula
Rob
|
$800
[21]
In 2001 scientists found a new type of this 10-armed cephalopod; it has 2 fins that flap like elephant ears
a squid
R.J.
Paula
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
Appropriate name of the outfit worn by parachutists, or of the 1-piece garment inspired by it
a jumpsuit
Paula
|
$800
[16]
It shares dominion over Lake Victoria with Kenya & Uganda
Tanzania
Rob
|
$800
[25]
In Mexico, a quinceanera is a celebration of a girl's turning this age
15
Rob
|
|
$1,000
[29]
The model of this type of ancient structure partly from the Greek word for "horse", is seen here
a hippodrome
Rob
|
$1,000
[6]
Danson or Turner
Ted
R.J.
|
$1,000
[30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Primate Center at Duke University.) Among the few primates with blue eyes are humans &this type of animal
a lemur
Paula
|
$1,000
[14]
Hot again in 2006, this fabric named for a city in India may "bleed", which softens the look of the stripes & plaids
Madras
R.J.
|
$1,000
[17]
This South Pacific island nation is ruled by a king & a 30-member legislative assembly
Tonga
R.J.
Rob
|
$1,000
[26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Dublin, Ireland.) The beauty of Ireland has been summed up in the popular phrase, this many "shades of green"
40
|
| BEFORE & AFTER | THE FALL | OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE | OF THE SUN | KING JAMES BIBLE | BELT |
|
$400
[6]
Tony Bennett's tune about a California city runs Spain with an iron fist as dictator
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco Franco"
Paula
|
$400
[1]
In Feb. 1990 Buster Douglas knocked the mouthpiece (& the stuffing) out of this suddenly ex-heavyweight champ
Mike Tyson
Rob
|
$400
[7]
The great-great grandson of Augustus, he started fiddling around as Roman Emperor at age 16 in 54 A.D.
Nero
R.J.
|
$400
[12]
Though it's a medium-sized star, the sun is classified as a yellow one of these peewees
dwarf
Paula
|
$400
[24]
In the Gospel of Matthew, it's how Judas points out Jesus to be captured
with a kiss
Paula
|
$400
[21]
The German co. Phoenix has created the longest of these, taking mining ore 10.5 mi. from India to Bangladesh
a conveyor belt
R.J.
|
|
$800
[17]
1972 Marlon Brando film set in France in which he decides to live "the simple life" as an heiress
Last Tango In Paris Hilton
Paula
Rob
|
$800
[2]
In 1978, though he outweighed Leon Spinks by 27 pounds, he lost a 15-round decision & the heavyweight title
Muhammad Ali
|
$800
[8]
Along with high shoes called calcei, Romans wore this 4-letter outer garment
a toga
Paula
|
$800
[13]
In 1843 Heinrich Schwabe noted that the number of these dark areas varies in a periodic cycle
sunspots
Paula
|
$800
[25]
Also known as Hadassah, this title woman is brought up by her relative Mordecai
Esther
R.J.
|
$1,600
[23]
These polished shell beads were woven into belts by Native Americans & traded or used to send messages
wampum
Paula
|
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
A current Supreme Court Justice finds "You Can't Go Home Again" as this author
Clarence Thomas Wolfe
Rob
|
$1,200
[3]
In 1981 John McEnroe found resistance wasn't futile & snapped this Swede's 5-year Wimbledon win streak
Bjorn Borg
R.J.
|
$1,200
[9]
Agrippina's kid, this wacky (OK, unbalanced) emperor was killed in 41 A.D., & Uncle Claudius took over
Caligula
R.J.
|
$1,200
[14]
In 1939 Hans Bethe calculated how much energy the sun puts out as hydrogen atoms join together by this process
nuclear fusion
R.J.
|
$1,600
[27]
After Sarah's death, he married Keturah, who bore him Zimran, Ishbak & others
Abraham
R.J.
|
$2,000
[22]
In Arabic mintaka is "belt", alnitak means "girdle" & alnilam means "belt of pearls" for 3 stars in this constellation
Orion
R.J.
|
|
$1,200
[18]
The Confederacy's top general trades in Traveller to head up Chrysler in the 1980s
Robert E. Lee Iacocca
Rob
|
$1,600
[4]
In 1919 Man O' War lost his only race to a 100-to-1 shot with this apt 5-letter name that means "to disturb"
Upset
Rob
|
$1,600
[10]
The 31 B.C. naval Battle of Actium pitted Octavian vs. this man, whose suicide with his lover a year later became legendary
Antony
Paula
|
$2,000
[16]
Also a type of oven, it's the zone where the sun's energy is circulated to its surface
convection
R.J.
Paula
|
$2,000
[26]
Psalm 22 begins with this question to God, later asked by Jesus & goes on to say, "I cry... but thou hearest not"
Why hast thou forsaken me?
R.J.
|
— |
|
$2,000
[20]
U.S. Advocate for women's rights & the abolition of slavery who sang "All The Young Dudes"
Lucretia Mott The Hoople
|
$2,000
[5]
In the 10 years before a loss to Rulon Gardner at the Olympics, no one had scored a point vs. this sport's A. Karelin
Greco-Roman wrestling
R.J.
|
$2,000
[11]
From the Greek for "Phoenician", this word describes the 3 Rome vs. Carthage wars; Rome went 3-0
Punic
Paula
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
It's not a beer for sunbathers, but the region whose gases become the solar wind
corona
R.J.
|
— | — |
This poem says, "For all averred, I had killed the bird that made the breeze to blow"
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner