Jared Thompson — an actuarial analyst originally from Eureka, Illinois
Carol Pal — a graduate student from San Francisco, California
Lisa McClain — a history professor and director of gender studies from Boise, Idaho (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa | $600 | $3,400 | $10,200 |
$19,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
10 R, 0 W |
| Carol | $4,400 | $5,400 | $400 |
$800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,400
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Jared | $1,600 | $6,600 | $20,600 |
$20,500
New champion: $20,500 |
$20,600
26 R, 4 W |
| 19th CENTURY FACES | ACTUAL MLB BROADCAST QUOTES | NUMERAL-OLOGY | BIBLICAL RHYME TIME | WORLD CURRENCY | WORD ORIGINS |
|
$200
[26]
The life of this man has not been greatly exaggerated
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Lisa
|
$200
[12]
"Boros is not with the team...because he's attending his daughter's funeral. Oh, wait, it's her" this, another big day
wedding
Carol
|
$200
[7]
In order to deliver mail more efficiently, the USPS added this many new digits to existing ZIP codes in 1983
four
Jared
|
$200
[21]
Long-suffering man's dressing gowns
Job's robes
Carol
|
$200
[1]
The name of this Maltese currency comes from the Latin libra, meaning "pound"
lira
Jared
|
$200
[5]
This kind of dummy often displays women's clothes, though its name comes from the Dutch for "little man"
mannequin
Jared
|
|
$400
[27]
People went ape afterhisgroundbreaking 1859 publication
Charles Darwin
Jared
|
$400
[16]
At then-Royals Stadium, in Kansas City: "The sky is so clear today, you can see all the way to" this state
Missouri
Jared
|
$400
[8]
In fluid measurements, 1 pint equals this many cups
two
Carol
|
$400
[22]
First woman's minor annoyances
Eve's peeves
Lisa
|
$400
[2]
The lat, equivalent to 100 santims, is the currency of--yep, you guessed it--this country
Latvia
Jared
|
$600
[14]
This musical instrument's name may be influenced by "hurly-burly", a Scots word meaning "uproar".
hurdy-gurdy
Jared
|
|
$600
[28]
This American seenheremight have left the light on for you
Thomas Edison
Lisa
|
$600
[17]
"Rich Folkers is throwing up in" this warmup area
bullpen
Jared
|
$600
[9]
When scoring in bowling, if you make 3 strikes in your first 3 rolls, this is the number that goes in the first box
30
Jared
|
$600
[23]
Naomi's daughter-in-law's tanning rooms
Ruth's booths
Lisa
|
$600
[3]
This S. American country's currency is the real thing; the real was also once used in Portugal
Brazil
Lisa
|
$800
[15]
This type of tower is usually seen in Asia, but its name comes from a Portuguese word for "temple"
pagoda
Jared
|
|
$800
[29]
19th century man of steel, seen here
Andrew Carnegie
Jared
|
$800
[18]
"Well, it looks like" this mid-season "balloting is over, especially in the National & American leagues"
All-Star voting
Jared
|
$800
[10]
Any solution with a pH less than this number is acidic; if it's more, it's alkaline
seven
Jared
|
$800
[24]
Precious stones belonging to Noah's oldest son
Shem's gems
Carol
|
$800
[4]
In 1964, a country on this continent abandoned the pound & introduced the leone
Africa
Carol
|
$1,000
[20]
The name of this almond paste confection is derived in part from an Italian word for "candy box"
marzipan
Lisa
|
|
$1,000
[30]
They're the famous librettist & composer duo seen here
W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan
Jared
|
$1,000
[19]
"If" this all-time hit king "brings the Reds in, they ought to bronze him & put him in cement"
Pete Rose
Jared
|
$1,000
[11]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents.)When I hold up all the fingers on one hand, the v-shapehereis thought to be the origin of a V representing this.
(Roman numeral) five
Carol
Jared
|
$1,000
[25]
Gospel writer's quirks of fate
Luke's flukes
|
$1,000
[6]
This Angolan currency introduced in 1977 was named for a river, not a late December holiday
kwanzaa
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew helps with an image on a monitor.) The pair of Greek letters seen here inspired this eight-letter English word that's a cornerstone of the English language
alphabet
Carol
|
| FARGO | MILLER'S CROSSING | THE LADYKILLERS | BLOOD SIMPLE | THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE | THE COEN BROTHERS |
|
$400
[19]
Fargo, North Dakota was named for a partner in this stagecoach express line
Wells Fargo
Carol
Jared
|
$400
[30]
He wrote the script for the 1961 film "The Misfits"
Arthur Miller
Carol
|
$400
[11]
In 1841, crowds gathered on NYC docks to get the (not good) news of the fate of this author's Little Nell
Charles Dickens
Carol
|
$400
[1]
In 1920, King Alexander of Greece, bitten by a monkey, died of septicemia, also called by this 2-word name
blood poisoning
Carol
|
$400
[14]
Trim off "man" from a word for humanity & you get this 4-letter adjective meaning considerate or gentle
kind
|
$400
[6]
The Coens were nominated for a 2000 screenwriting Oscar for this film that starred George Clooney
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Jared
|
|
$1,200
[23]
Also known as a plains buffalo, it's the logo & nickname of North Dakota State's athletic teams
bison
Jared
|
$800
[29]
Country legend who wrote & sang "King of the Road"
Roger Miller
Jared
|
$1,200
[13]
This author's character Lennie is stroking the hair of Curley's wife when things go wrong
John Steinbeck
|
$800
[2]
A type of high-tech TV screen shares its name with this straw-colored fluid of the blood
plasma
Jared
|
$800
[15]
Chop "man" from a term for a band's lead singer & get this word for a place where 2 air masses meet
front
Carol
|
$800
[7]
Joel Coen is married to this actress who starred in "Fargo", don'tcha know
Frances McDormand
Jared
|
|
$1,600
[24]
This home run slugger's museum has his 1961 Hickok Pro Athlete of the Year Award & a replica of his Yankee locker
Roger Maris
Jared
|
$1,200
[28]
In a letter to Anais Nin, he wrote, "Was all this so wonderful only because it was brief and stolen?"
Henry Miller
Lisa
|
$1,600
[21]
In his "An American Tragedy", Clyde muses that Roberta "could not swim--could not swim--could not swim"
Theodore Dreiser
Jared
|
$1,200
[3]
The inherited absence of the blood-clotting agent known as factor VIII leads to this disease
hemophilia
|
$1,200
[16]
Snip "man" from a term for a junior or senior in college & get this term for something of high social rank
upper-class
Carol
|
$1,200
[8]
This 1987 comedy starred Nicolas Cage & Holly Hunter as baby snatchers
Raising Arizona
Jared
|
|
$2,000
[25]
This railroad, the NP, built a line that reached Fargo in 1872 & as far as Bismarck a year later
Northern Pacific
Lisa
|
$1,600
[26]
In 2000, Georgia's governor appointed this man to fill the seat of deceased U.S. senator Paul Coverdell
Zell Miller
|
$2,000
[22]
Winifred Utley is clubbed dead in "A Season in Purgatory" by this Vanity Fair murder journalist
Dominick Dunne
|
$1,600
[4]
Much of this organ's blood comes from the hepatic artery
liver
Jared
|
$1,600
[17]
Take "man" away from a term for a type of nighttime secruity guard & you get this type of timepiece
watch
Lisa
|
$1,600
[9]
This 1998 effort had Jeff Bridges mistaken for a millionaire of the same name
The Big Lebowski
Jared
|
|
DD
$3,600
[20]
With this state's Moorhead, Fargo forms a metro area of about 180,000
Minnesota
Carol
|
$2,000
[27]
He changed the world of comic books with "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" & "Sin City"
Frank Miller
Jared
|
DD
$5,000
[12]
He wrote, "The fish had moved away. It swallowed the woman's limb without chewing"
Peter Benchley
Carol
|
$2,000
[5]
O- is the universal donor blood type & we're "positive" that this blood type is the "universal recipient"
AB
Jared
|
$2,000
[18]
Bite away "man" from a fancy word for someone fond of his food & get this word for edibles like squash or melons
gourd
Lisa
|
$2,000
[10]
An early writing effort from Ethan & Joel was 1985's "Crimewave", penned for this man who directed "Spider-Man"
Sam Raimi
Jared
|
G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt & Egil Krogh were nicknamed this because they "plugged leaks"
(White House) plumbers