Emily Seftel — a journalist from Phoenix, Arizona
Su Kim — an accountant from Elgin, Illinois
Freddy Bee — a teacher from La Verne, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddy | $3,200 | $4,200 | $8,600 |
$600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,600
10 R, 1 W |
| Su | $800 | $4,000 | $21,200 |
$17,700
New champion: $17,700 |
$22,400
28 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Emily | $600 | $3,400 | $8,200 |
$200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,000
12 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| BASIC SCIENCE | HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS? | LET'S TAKE A PEAK | MAYORS | IT DON'T MEAN A "THING" | IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING |
|
$200
[6]
In North America, these tiny birds are the main birds that pollinate flowers
hummingbirds
Su
|
$200
[16]
Last year it was Da Vinci; this fall it's nothing but dots & dashes with the...
the Morse Code
Su
|
$200
[1]
This peak in the Black Hills is 5,725 feet above sea level, or a little over 95 times the height of Washington's head
Mount Rushmore
Emily
|
$200
[11]
The last 2 Latinos elected mayor of this huge U.S. city are Cristobal Aguilar (1872) & Antonio Villaraigosa (2005)
Los Angeles
Emily
|
$200
[21]
Zip, nada, el zilcho
nothing
Su
|
$200
[26]
An athlete who is "swinging for the fences" is playing this sport
baseball
Emily
|
|
$400
[7]
Nitrogen makes up around 78% of the atmosphere; this gas, only about 20%
oxygen
Emily
|
$400
[17]
Finally, this 1963 Betty Friedan book hits the theaters--and wait 'til you see the car chases
The Feminine Mystique
Su
|
$400
[2]
Venezuela's highest peak is named for this man; there's a bronze bust of him at the summit
(Simon) Bolivar
Freddy
|
$400
[12]
After this 1906 disaster, Mayor Eugene Schmitz authorized the summary execution of looters
the San Francisco earthquake
Freddy
|
$400
[22]
A ring for a baby's incisors
teething
Freddy
|
$400
[27]
It's the activity you're participating in if you're instructed to "swing your partner, do-si-do"
square dancing
Su
|
|
DD
$800
[8]
At last count, this planet in our solar system had 63 known moons
Jupiter
Emily
|
$600
[18]
First she was Pam Ewing on "Dallas"; now her name is the must-see film of the year. This summer, she is "The..."
Victoria Principal
Su
|
$600
[3]
This state's 11,031-foot-high Deseret Peak overlooks Rush Valley
Utah
Emily
|
$600
[13]
Actress Melina Mercouri ran unsuccessfully for mayor of this foreign city, a post her Grandpa held for 30 years
Athens
Freddy
|
$600
[23]
Giving a portion of one's income, typically 10%, to one's church
tithing
Freddy
|
$600
[28]
This rock band sang, "We are the sultans of swing"
Dire Straits
Su
|
|
$800
[9]
8 years before "The Origin of Species" was published, this British naturalist wrote a paper on barnacles
Darwin
Su
|
$800
[19]
This emotional bond to a captor by a hostage due to stress & need for survival is the psychothriller of the summer!
the Stockholm Syndrome
Su
|
$800
[4]
Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan, lies in the St. Elias Range in the SW corner of this territory
the Yukon
Freddy
|
$800
[14]
In New Orleans' first post-Katrina mayoral election, this man held on to his job
(Ray) Nagin
Su
|
$800
[24]
Raiment or apparel
clothing
Emily
|
$800
[29]
"Swing Time" was the sixth film to team this pair of legendary dancers
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
Emily
|
|
$1,000
[10]
At the Earth's surface, this force produces acceleration of about 32 feet per second per second
gravity
Freddy
|
$1,000
[20]
In Australia, water is going down drains backwards (to us). This fall, Mel Gibson takes on the reason why--this "Effect"
Coriolis
Su
|
$1,000
[5]
The name of this volcano in Martinique is from the French for "bald mountain"
Mount Pelee
Su
|
$1,000
[15]
At age 31, though looking more like 13, this future presidential candidate was Cleveland's mayor
Dennis Kucinich
|
$1,000
[25]
"In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking", now heaven knows, this
"Anything Goes"
Emily
|
$1,000
[30]
Cool, Daddy-O! The 1939 autobiography by this bandleader was titled "The Kingdom of Swing"
Benny Goodman
Su
|
| PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING DRAMAS | SCORING | 1807 | FOR THE BIRDS | BACH IN THE SADDLE | CROSSWORD CLUES "D" |
|
$400
[1]
The Pulitzer folks gave "A Delicate Balance" by this playwright a 1967 "Woolf" whistle
Albee
Su
|
$400
[12]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a bowling scorecard on the monitor.) In bowling, you score a spare by adding 10 to the number of pins knocked down in this
the first ball of the next frame
Su
|
$400
[8]
Following his victory in the Battle of Friedland in June, he forced the capitulation of the Russian Empire
Napoleon
Su
|
$400
[19]
The canvasback is a wild North American variety of this bird
a duck
Freddy
Su
|
$400
[24]
In his youth, Bach played this instrument in church & later was a virtuoso consulted in their crafting
an organ
Su
|
$400
[6]
One who gives blood(5)
a donor
Su
|
|
$800
[2]
David Mamet won in 1984 for this salesman drama whose title includes 2 4-letter words
Glengarry Glen Ross
Emily
|
$800
[13]
In this sport you score a point for each 42-pound stone closer to the tee than the opponent's nearest stone
curling
Emily
|
$800
[15]
In September he was acquitted of treason against the U.S.
Aaron Burr
|
$800
[20]
The genus for this American bird is Turdus; ah, to see the first Turdus of spring
a robin
Su
|
$800
[25]
Bach often paired a prelude with this form in which a theme is stated, repeated & varied with contrapuntal lines
a fugue
Su
|
$800
[7]
Conversation for 2 people(8)
a dialogue
Freddy
|
|
$1,200
[3]
In 1928 this playwright had a "Strange Interlude"
O'Neill
Su
|
$1,200
[14]
(Jon of the Clue Crew indicates a baseball scorecard on the monitor.) In baseball, a player singled, stole second, went to third on an error by the second baseman, but was gunned down at home by this player
the right fielder
Emily
|
$1,200
[16]
Later to lead the revolutionary Redshirts, he was born on the Fourth of July
Garibaldi
Su
|
$1,200
[21]
One of the 2 U.S. states with a bird in its official state nickname
(One of) Iowa or Louisiana
|
$1,200
[26]
Bach was a composer of great reknown in this musical era that takes its name from "imperfect pearls"
Baroque
Su
|
$1,600
[10]
Fate or kismet(7)
destiny
Su
|
|
$1,600
[4]
In 1989 her "Heidi Chronicles" was the story of the night; sadly she passed away in 2006
Wasserstein
Su
|
$1,600
[30]
Figure skating has scrapped the old system, where this number was perfect, for a new one with triple-digit scores
6
Su
|
$1,600
[17]
In August, this Robert Fulton-built steamship left NYC for Albany on the Hudson River
the Clermont
Su
|
$1,600
[22]
This long-legged wading bird of the genus Platalea is named for its prominent flatware-like bill
the spoonbill
|
DD
$2,000
[27]
A count's insomnia prompted these pieces that were to be played by a 14-year-old harpsichordist
the Goldberg Variations
Su
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
France's patron saint(5)
Denis
Su
|
|
$2,000
[5]
In 1938 this playwright's "Our Town" had some Pulitzer with the voters
(Thornton) Wilder
Su
|
$2,000
[29]
(Jon indicates a tennis score on the monitor.) In scoring a tennis set, the number in parentheses means the losing player got just two points in this
the tiebreak
Su
|
$2,000
[18]
In July, Jacobitism ended with the death of Henry Benedict, the last claimant of this royal family to the British throne
the Stuarts
Freddy
|
$2,000
[23]
The Rainbow variety of this parakeet relative is seen here
a lorikeet
|
$2,000
[28]
From the Latin for "to sing", only 202 of the 295 of these that Bach wrote in Leipzig survive
cantatas
Freddy
|
$2,000
[11]
Horn of Africa country(8)
Djibouti
Emily
|
This currency of Costa Rica gets its name from the first European to see the nation
the Colon