Aaron Yeater — a graduate student from New Haven, Connecticut
Umiko Post — a stay-at-home mom from Peoria, Illinois
Andy Seff — a law student from Baltimore, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy | $1,600 | $2,200 | $13,000 |
$2,399
3rd place: a trip for 2 to Miami from Yahoo! Travel |
$13,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Umiko | $1,800 | $1,800 | $11,800 |
$11,800
New champion: $11,800 |
$12,800
16 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Aaron | $2,400 | $4,000 | $8,600 |
$8,500
2nd place: a trip to for 2 Cairns, Australia with 6 nights at the Courtyard Barrier Reef Resort at Palm Cove from Collette Vacations |
$8,800
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| OFFICIAL STATE FOODS | HOBBIES | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS | I FEEL LIKE DANCIN'! | USURPED IDEAS OF 3rd PARTIES | ENDS IN "TRY" |
|
$200
[26]
No beans about it, this is Texas' state dish
chili
Umiko
Aaron
|
$200
[21]
It's the edible term for amateur radio, usually on a shortwave frequency
ham radio
Aaron
|
$200
[11]
1982:"The Mahatma"
Gandhi
Aaron
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$200
[16]
Traditional Morris dancers often wear these tintinnabulators on their legs
bells
Umiko
|
$200
[6]
These taxes that came with the 16th Amendment in 1913 were proposed by 3rd parties in 1892
income taxes
Aaron
|
$200
[1]
A soldier posted to prevent the passage of unauthorizd persons
sentry
Aaron
|
|
$400
[27]
Like Georgia, South Carolina picked this as its state fruit
peaches
Umiko
|
$400
[22]
People who collect these must get tired of reading "close cover before striking"
matchbooks
Umiko
|
$400
[12]
1956:"Circling Earth Within 12 Weeks' Time"
Around the World in 80 Days
Andy
|
$400
[17]
This style of dance shares its name with the metal device worn on your shoes to produce a louder sound
tap dancing
Aaron
|
$400
[7]
The Populist Party's demand for the direct election of these was granted by the 17th Amendment
senators
Aaron
|
$400
[2]
Chickens, turkeys & ducks
poultry
Andy
|
|
$600
[28]
Be it sweet or tart, it's Utah's state fruit; isn't that the pits?
a cherry
Andy
|
$600
[23]
Creating Keepsakes is a magazine to help you put together these "books" that preserve memories
scrapbooks
Umiko
Aaron
|
$600
[13]
1939:"Blown Away by Moving Air"
Gone with the Wind
Umiko
|
$600
[18]
Though it was popularized in the Caribbean, the limbo may have originated on the west part of this continent
Africa
Aaron
|
$600
[8]
In 1968 this "American" party wanted America to get tough on crime
the American Independent Party
Umiko
|
$600
[3]
This small room or closet for the storage of food, linens & tableware is usually just off the kitchen
pantry
Aaron
|
| — |
DD
$1,000
[24]
Legend says this type of puppetry began when a magician made an emperor's dead friend appear on a screen
shadow puppetry
Umiko
|
$800
[14]
1943:"Moroccan Port City"
Casablanca
Umiko
|
$800
[19]
'70s dancing lives on at 8trax, a retro club on this Florida theme park's Pleasure Island
Disney World
Aaron
|
$800
[9]
Advocated by the Socialist Party in 1916, this right was granted by the 19th Amendment in 1920
women's suffrage
Aaron
|
$800
[4]
Burt Lancaster's Oscar-winning charlatan Elmer
Gantry
Andy
|
| — |
$1,000
[25]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from a model train showroom.) Model railroading was popularized at the 1933 Century of Progress Expo, in this U.S. city, a longtime railroad hub
Chicago, Illinois
|
$1,000
[15]
1965:"Noise from a Melody"
The Sound of Music
Umiko
|
$1,000
[20]
A famous version of this Bohemian dance in 2/4 time appears in the opera "The Bartered Bride"
polka
|
$1,000
[10]
The 18th Amendment, ratified in 1919, & a 3rd party that pushed it share this name
Prohibition
Aaron
|
$1,000
[5]
Very humid & hot; it may be an alteration of swelter
sultry
Aaron
|
| WHAT A COUNTRY! | SINGERS' AUTOBIOGRAPHIES | SHAKESPEARE PLAYS | SELF-PROMOTION | ELECTRICITY | ON OFF |
|
$400
[6]
This South American country may have gotten its name from a type of nut, not the other way around
Brazil
Aaron
|
$400
[1]
"Moonwalk"
Michael Jackson
Andy
|
$400
[9]
"O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster"
Othello
Andy
|
$400
[20]
This NYC developer considered a run for president in 2000 & published "The America We Deserve"
(Donald) Trump
Andy
|
$400
[15]
That V on your 9V battery stands for this
volt
Umiko
|
$400
[26]
Without "on", a fire-breathing mythical monster becomes this force exerted on airplanes
drag (from drag on)
Aaron
|
|
$800
[7]
Helen Clark, the prime minister of this nation, has taught political science at the University of Auckland
New Zealand
Aaron
|
$800
[2]
"Man in Black"
Johnny Cash
Umiko
Aaron
|
$800
[10]
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"
Hamlet
Aaron
|
$800
[21]
This musician seenherecalls himself "The Originator"
Little Richard
Andy
|
$800
[16]
Copper & silver are good ones: so are Esa-Pekka Salonen & Zubin Mehta
conductors
Umiko
|
$800
[27]
Without "on", you won't learn more from a class assignment, you'll learn this
less (from less on)
Umiko
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Of Belgium, France or Spain. the nation on the same line of latitude as Washington. D.C.
Spain
Andy
|
$1,200
[3]
"Tha Doggfather"
Snoop Doggy Dogg
Andy
|
DD
$1,000
[11]
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more"
Henry V
Aaron
|
$1,200
[22]
The last words of this Roman emperor & "fiddler" were "What an artist dies with me!"
Nero
Umiko
|
$1,200
[17]
Amp can be short for amplifier, but when measuring electric current it's short for this
ampere
Umiko
|
$1,200
[28]
Without "on", a male chicken becomes this bottle topper
a cap (from cap on)
Umiko
|
|
$1,600
[12]
With an annual output of nearly 4 billion bushels, this Asian nation leads the world in wheat production
China
Andy
|
$1,600
[4]
"Kiss and Make-Up"
Gene Simmons
Umiko
|
$1,600
[13]
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep"
The Tempest
Umiko
|
$1,600
[23]
After becoming a Yankee in 1977, this slugger said, "I'm the straw that stirs the drink"
Reggie Jackson
Umiko
|
$1,600
[18]
In 1820 Hans Christian Oersted predicted a link between electricity & this force would be found, & it was
magnetism
|
DD
$1,200
[30]
Without "on", an O.R. specialist becomes this strong wavelike forward motion
a surge (from surge on)
Andy
|
|
$2,000
[25]
Ataturk fought in Libya in 1911 & 1912 against forces of this European nation bent on colonizing the region
Italy
|
$2,000
[5]
"Love Unlimited: Insights on Life and Love"
Barry White
Umiko
|
$2,000
[14]
"If music be the food of love, play on"
Twelfth Night
Andy
|
$2,000
[24]
This painter & director called his film "Before Night Falls" the best of 2000
Julian Schnabel
Aaron
|
$2,000
[19]
Franklin's kite experiment showed that atmospheric electricity was the same as that produced in this "jar"
the Leyden jar
|
$1,600
[29]
Without "on", sheep meat becomes this mongrel dog
a mutt (from mutt on)
Andy
|
Of Henry VIII's wives, the 2 who were not English
Anne of Cleves & Catherine of Aragon