Claire Ward — a project manager from Richmond, Virginia
Jim Waldo — a consultant from Medina, Minnesota
Marc Spraragen — a graduate student from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,799)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc | $3,200 | $7,000 | $16,000 |
$21,201
2-day champion: $30,000 |
$19,000
23 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jim | $1,600 | $1,400 | $10,600 |
$21,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,600
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Claire | $2,000 | $2,000 | $6,000 |
$2,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,000
16 R, 6 W |
| HISTORIC AMERICANS | BRAND NAMES | POLITICAL SCIENCE | WHO SAYS | ALSO A 3-LETTER TREE | PRIME MADONNA |
|
$200
[6]
On Feb. 9, 1861 he was elected provisional president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Marc
|
$200
[7]
Japanese film brand whose blimp debuted at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Fuji
Claire
|
$200
[14]
Schwarzenegger's first inaugural address pledged his governorship "to your" these, "not to special" these
interests
Claire
|
$200
[1]
A variant of BSE, a disease of these animals, can be found in mink; we guess that would be mad mink disease
cows
Marc
|
$200
[9]
A type of Eucalyptus, or something kids chew
gum
Jim
|
$200
[26]
In January 1985 Madonna & this actor had their first date; they'd be married by August
Sean Penn
Marc
|
|
$400
[8]
Alphabetically, he's the first U.S. vice president
John Adams
Marc
|
$400
[22]
This "flowery" brand used the slogan "the milk from contented cows"
Carnation
Claire
|
$400
[18]
Anthony Downs' theory of these groups has them habitually moving toward the middle to win elections
political parties
Marc
|
$400
[2]
90% of Argentina's supply of this comes from people donating to members of their own families
blood
Jim
|
$400
[10]
A member of the olive family, or the residue of something burned
ash
Marc
|
$400
[27]
In 1992 Madonna's Mae Mordabito took the field with Geena Davis in this film
A League of Their Own
Marc
|
|
$600
[15]
A slave called Isabella at birth adopted this unusual name in 1843 & became an itinerant preacher
Sojourner Truth
Claire
|
$600
[23]
It's the rhyming brand name of a popular slender jerky snack that comes in Tabasco & Nacho flavors
Slim Jim
Jim
|
$600
[19]
The thrust of secularism in the 16th & 17th centuries was to separate politics from this
religion
Claire
|
$600
[3]
Research shows no increased risk of brain cancer from using these, but they do cause traffic accidents
cell phones
Marc
|
$600
[11]
A variety of California laurel, or a body of water forming an indentation of a shoreline
bay
Marc
|
$600
[28]
"Don't just stand there, Let's get to it, Strike a pose, There's nothing to it"; come on, it's this hit song
"Vogue"
Claire
|
|
$800
[16]
This American educator born in 1796 favored the abolition of corporal punishment in schools
Horace Mann
Jim
|
$800
[24]
This meatless brand started with a veggie burger created by chef Paul Wenner
Gardenburger
Claire
|
$800
[20]
"Every community is established with a view to some good", says this ancient man's "Politics"
Aristotle
Jim
Claire
|
DD
$800
[4]
Malignant melanoma, which is on the rise, is strongly related to one's history of this painful affliction
sunburn
Marc
|
$800
[12]
English is one variety of this tree that is also a nightmare-ridden movie street
elm
Jim
|
$800
[29]
Madonna was Breathless (Mahoney) in this 1990 detective flick
Dick Tracy
Marc
|
|
$1,000
[17]
Farmer Jabez Stone sells his soul in his classic story "The Devil and Daniel Webster"
Stephen Vincent Benét
Claire
|
$1,000
[25]
This 5-letter word follows "Marshmallow" in the name of Durkee-Mower's marshmallow creme
Fluff
Marc
|
$1,000
[21]
In 1921 the black flag flew at the funeral of Peter Kropotkin, philosopher of this government-negating ideology
anarchy
Marc
|
$1,000
[5]
In 2000 Rift Valley fever scared WHO by making its first appearance outside this continent
Africa
Claire
|
$1,000
[13]
"It had to be" this evergreen tree that is a homonym for a second-person-singular pronoun
yew
Jim
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1977 Madonna won a scholarship to the studio of this alliteratively named N.Y. choreographer
Alvin Ailey
Claire
|
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE | WHERE AM I? | ROMAN AROUND AT THE MOVIES | ANAGRAMMED BOOKS OF THE BIBLE | DOUBLE "Z" | PRIMA DONNA |
|
$400
[15]
Alex Haley described this 1976 blockbuster as "faction", a combination of fact & fiction
Roots
Claire
|
$400
[26]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Iowa State Fair.) I'm in this city, home of the Iowa State Fair, whose name may be from the French for "monks", recalling early French missionaries
Des Moines
Jim
|
$400
[20]
This sexpot nicknamed "La Lollo" lolled around with lots of men in the 1954 film "Woman of Rome"
Gina Lollobrigida
Claire
|
$400
[4]
WET MATH
Matthew
Marc
|
$400
[9]
Meteorologically speaking, it's a very light rain in which the droplets are less than 1/50" in diameter
a drizzle
Marc
|
$400
[1]
It Italy, Helen Reddy could sing "I Am Donna", as "Donna" means this in Italian
woman
Jim
|
|
$800
[17]
This poet & author called the first volume of her autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Maya Angelou
Claire
|
$800
[27]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a state capital.) I'm in this state capital, the last one to be named for a U.S. president
Lincoln, Nebraska
|
$800
[21]
James Darren reprised his role as Moondoggie in the 1963 flick called this teen "Goes to Rome"
Gidget
Claire
|
$800
[5]
I JAM HERE
Jeremiah
Jim
|
$800
[10]
It means "snout", or a device used to cover a snout to prevent biting
a muzzle
Marc
|
$800
[2]
In 1994 this ex-disco queen sang with the Nashville Symphony at a city arts festival
Donna Summer
Claire
|
|
$1,200
[18]
His autobiography "Black Boy" was originally the first section of a longer work called "American Hunger"
Richard Wright
Marc
Claire
|
$1,200
[28]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum.) I'm at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in this city that's grown from 45,000 people in 1950 to half a million today
Tucson
Jim
|
$1,200
[22]
In a 2003 film, this Hilary Duff character goes to Rome & gets mistaken for an Italian pop star--doesn't everyone?
Lizzie McGuire
Jim
|
$1,200
[6]
DENY OUR TOME
Deuteronomy
Marc
|
$1,200
[11]
In 2004 he broke Carlton Fisk's record for career home runs as a catcher by hitting his 352nd
Mike Piazza
|
$1,200
[3]
In 1960 Hurricane Donna reached Florida with this category number, one less than the max
4
Marc
|
|
$1,600
[19]
Introduced in "Devil in a Blue Dress", Easy Rawlins is the hero of several mysteries by this author
Walter Mosley
Claire
|
$1,600
[29]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from The Pentagon.) I'm at the building put up between 1941 & 1943 to house what was then this government department
the Department of War
Marc
Claire
|
$1,600
[23]
She married Troy Donahue after Rome-ancing him onscreen in "Rome Adventure"; "The Bob Newhart Show" came later
(Suzanne) Pleshette
Jim
|
$1,600
[7]
VEIL IS CUT
Leviticus
Marc
|
$1,600
[12]
This type of logic employs a range of values from true to false & is used in decision-making with imprecise data
fuzzy logic
Jim
|
$1,600
[14]
In 1968, she joined the fashion house of Anne Klein; in 1984, she started her own company
Donna Karan
Marc
|
|
$2,000
[25]
While serving time in prison, he wrote "Soul on Ice", a series of essays on prejudice & racism
Eldridge Cleaver
Jim
Claire
|
DD
$3,000
[30]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a state capital.) This state capital was the subject of a 20-year boundary dispute & gets its name from the fight's peaceful outcome
Concord, New Hampshire
Marc
|
$2,000
[24]
"Whither goest thou?" perhaps to rent this 1951 epic starring Robert Taylor & Deborah Kerr
Quo Vadis
Marc
|
$2,000
[8]
LAST AGAIN
Galatians
Claire
|
DD
$4,000
[13]
In 2005 one of these people crashed his car into Lindsay Lohan's
the paparazzi
Jim
|
$2,000
[16]
She was Clinton's Secretary of Health & Human Services & later, a president herself (of the University of Miami)
Donna Shalala
Claire
|
Meaning "not working properly", it may date back to a character in the comic strip "The Katzenjammer Kids"
on the fritz