Wayne Cherry — a graduate student from Houston, Texas
Derek Robinson — a project manager from Alameda, California
Nate Metcalf — an actor and playwright from Cokato, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,438)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nate | $1,600 | $2,800 | $4,854 |
$9,707
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,600
17 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Derek | $2,000 | $2,600 | $12,600 |
$2,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,600
15 R, 1 W |
| Wayne | $1,200 | $6,800 | $15,600 |
$20,600
New champion: $20,600 |
$15,000
18 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| WORLD HISTORY | POP GOES THE MUSICAL | SPOT THE POOCH | NATURE STUDY | I'M SURPRISED | STUPID ANSWERS |
|
$200
[6]
The city of Leipzig, now in this country, was the site of an 1813 battle called the greatest clash of arms before WWI
Germany
Nate
|
$200
[9]
"Surf's down", said Playbill when "Good Vibrations", a musical full of this group's songs, wiped out in 2005
The Beach Boys
Derek
|
$200
[14]
The choo choo, the chi chi, the chow chow
the chow chow
Derek
|
$200
[26]
The night-blooming cereus, which blooms for just one night a year, is a type of this succulent
cactus
Derek
|
$200
[21]
Seeing the unexpectedly high price of a car can put you into the "sticker" type of this
shock
Nate
|
$200
[1]
It's the one-word title of the state song of Alabama
"Alabama"
Nate
|
|
$400
[7]
In the first major charity event of its kind, a concert was held Aug. 1, 1971 to raise money for this country
Bangladesh
Nate
|
$400
[10]
You may feel like getting married again after seeing this musical based on an Adam Sandler film about a vocalist
The Wedding Singer
Nate
|
$400
[15]
The akoto, the akita, the akeenu
the akita
Wayne
|
$400
[27]
A supercolony of these insects, Formica yessensis, was found to have more than 1 million queens
ants
Nate
|
$400
[22]
This word for "speechless" can precede -struck or -founded
dumb
Derek
|
$400
[2]
The first line of this Ralph Ellison novel is "I am an invisible man"
Invisible Man
Derek
|
|
$600
[8]
Ruling from 1764 to 1795, Stanislaus II was the last king of this country
Poland
Derek
|
$600
[11]
"Ring of Fire" should ring a bell with you; it was a tribute to this man's music
Johnny Cash
Derek
|
$600
[16]
The bilchon fazu, the bichon frise, the bilshoi ballu
the bichon frise
Wayne
|
$600
[28]
The Indian type of this horned beast has rivet-like projections on its skin that make it look armored
rhinoceros
Nate
|
$600
[23]
Remarkable news may throw you for one of these, also the name of an aeronautical maneuver
loop
Wayne
|
$600
[3]
The name of this brand is an amalgam of "dance" and "skin"
Danskin
Nate
|
|
$800
[19]
In 1910 Korea was annexed by this country that held it for the next 35 years
Japan
Derek
Wayne
|
$800
[12]
Wonder if his future wife J-Lo saw him in Paul Simon's musical "The Capeman" in 1998
Marc Anthony
Wayne
|
$800
[17]
Swedish plains dog, Portuguese water dog, Chinese desert dog
Portuguese water dog
Wayne
|
$800
[29]
This tree has 2 groups: soft, which has needles in bundles of 5, & hard, which has needles in bundles of 2 or 3
pine
Derek
|
$800
[24]
Captain Kirk often ordered phasers set on this non-lethal surprising setting
stun
Nate
|
$800
[4]
This track from "Abbey Road" says "And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make"
"The End"
Nate
|
|
DD
$800
[20]
In the 1939-1940 "Winter War", the vast Soviet war machine was unleashed against this smaller country
Finland
Wayne
|
$1,000
[13]
"You'll Be In My Heart" if you know that "Tarzan" swings with songs by this composer
Phil Collins
Wayne
|
$1,000
[18]
The schipperke, the schippoutie, the schipponski
the schipperke
Nate
|
$1,000
[30]
These predatory canines native to Yellowstone were carefully reintroduced to the park in 1995
(grey) wolves
Nate
Wayne
|
$1,000
[25]
On hearing a surprising affront, you may be "taken" this 5-letter way
aback
Wayne
|
$1,000
[5]
Frank Lloyd Wright had 6 kids, including his eldest son, who practiced as an architect under this name
Lloyd Wright
Nate
Wayne
|
| NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY & CONNECTICUT | THAT'S MY MOVIE! | TO MAKE A SHORT STORY SHORT | SAX | PISTOLS | "UNK" ROCK |
|
$400
[26]
(Sarah reports from the Plasma Physics Lab in New Jersey)A record level of fusion power was produced at the Plasma Physics Lab of this New Jersey Ivy League university
Princeton
Derek
|
$400
[6]
After being expelled, Bluto says "7 years of college down the drain" in "National Lampoon's..."
Animal House
Wayne
|
$400
[1]
In this "Red Badge" author's "A History of Heroism", Collins risks his life for a bucket of water--that gets spilled
Stephen Crane
Nate
|
$400
[11]
Number of reeds used in the playing of a saxophone
one
Nate
|
$400
[16]
"Weekend" name for a small cheap handgun used in robberies & assaults
Saturday night special
Wayne
|
$400
[21]
Cowboy bed
bunk
Nate
|
|
$800
[27]
The year the Empire State Building opened, this bridge opened to help you get to it from New Jersey
George Washington Bridge
|
$800
[7]
Sure, in 1992 Francis Ford Coppola directed, but it was, in fact, "Bram Stoker's..."
Dracula
Wayne
|
$800
[2]
In this character's "Secret Life", he's a naval commander & a brilliant surgeon, while buying overshoes in Waterbury
Walter Mitty
Nate
|
$800
[12]
Of the 1740s, 1840s or 1940s, the decade in which Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone
1840s
Derek
|
$800
[17]
An order for 1,000 pistols from the U.S. government in 1847 helped re-establish this now legendary gun company
Colt
Wayne
|
$800
[22]
Terrestrial critter seen here
chipmunk
Nate
|
|
$1,200
[28]
(John reports from Radio City Music Hall in New York)The stock market crash ended this man's dream of putting an opera house here; he ended up building Radio City Music Hall on the land he controlled
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
|
$1,200
[8]
In 2005, Heath Ledger was this great lover; back in 1976, Donald Sutherland was the man in "Fellini's..."
Casanova
Nate
|
$1,600
[4]
In this author's "To Build a Fire", a man needs to, in extreme cold, but it goes out
Jack London
Derek
|
$1,200
[13]
He's the Grammy-winning saxophone master seen here
Kenny G
Wayne
|
$1,600
[19]
Ford's Theatre has on display this type of .44 caliber pocket pistol infamously used by John Wilkes Booth
derringer
Wayne
|
$1,200
[23]
Quality of special soldiers honored & entombed at Arlington
unknown
Nate
|
|
$1,600
[29]
The USA's last wooden whaling ship, the Charles W. Morgan, is docked in the harbor of this Conn. seaport
Mystic
|
$1,600
[9]
Ho ho no! Oogie Boogie holds Santa hostage in this 1993 film, "Tim Burton's..."
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Wayne
|
$2,000
[5]
In a story by him, a woman is sure she'll die as soon as "The Last Leaf" falls, but--well, just wait for the ending
O. Henry
|
$1,600
[14]
Charlie Parker took the instrument to new heights playing this style of jazz he helped invent
bebop
Derek
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
Prominent pair who dueled with pistols on July 11, 1804
Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr
Wayne
|
$1,600
[24]
From the old High German for "uncombed", this adjective means disheveled or crude
unkempt
Derek
|
|
$2,000
[30]
This submarine building Connecticut town was the site of a 1781 massacre of U.S. troops by the British; amemorialis shown
Groton
|
$2,000
[10]
In 2002, Joaquin Phoenix was in "M. Night Shyamalan's Signs"; in 2004, he went to this title place, to "M. Night Shyamalan's..."
The Village
Derek
|
DD
$2,746
[3]
In "In the Penal Colony" by this Czech master, a torture device is finally used on its operator
Franz Kafka
Nate
|
$2,000
[15]
Originally there were 14 types of saxophone; today the most widely used types are the tenor, alto & this one
soprano
Derek
|
$2,000
[20]
This Olympic event was inspired by a soldier's ability to swim, run, ride a horse & fight with a sword & a pistol
pentathlon
Nate
|
$2,000
[25]
Branch of the Sioux headed by Sitting Bull
Hunkpapa
|
The invention of what was termed "electro-photography" led to the 1948 trademarking of this word
Xerox