Chris Possinger — a mechanical engineer from Boston, Massachusetts
Rita Schwab-Parcel — a clinical information support specialist from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Brian Robin — a public relations executive from Lancaster, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,599)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian | $3,600 | $4,600 | $8,400 |
$16,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Rita | $1,000 | $4,600 | $19,000 |
$37,000
New champion: $37,000 |
$19,000
18 R, 1 W |
| Chris | $3,800 | $9,000 | $17,600 |
$14,500
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,400
20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| AROUND THE USA | SPORTS ILLUSTRATED ALMANACLISTINGS | POLITICAL LINGO | PAGE BURNERS | COMMON BONDS | SLIPPERY AS AN "EEL" |
|
$200
[1]
The Kona region of this island is famous for its coffee
Hawaii
Brian
|
$200
[12]
"Stripped of title in 1967 because he refused to serve in the Vietnam War. Career record 56-5 with 37 KOs"
Muhammad Ali
Brian
|
$200
[6]
In the mid-1800s Samuel Ward was the "King of" this, soliciting legislative support for his causes
lobbying
Chris
|
$200
[17]
The Koran was burned to protest the Taliban's 2001 destruction of giant statues of this teacher
Buddha
Rita
|
$200
[11]
Butter, carving, steak
knives
Brian
|
$200
[26]
When sailing properly, you're on an "even" one of these
keel
Chris
|
|
$400
[2]
Each summer, this South Dakota city reenacts the trial of Jack McCall for the murder of Wild Bill Hickok
Deadwood
Chris
|
$400
[13]
"Baseball OF. 'Hammerin' Hank'...Career span 1954-76"
Hank Aaron
Brian
|
$400
[7]
Meaning "of whom", it's the Latin term for the minimum number of Congress members needed to transact business
a quorum
Brian
|
$400
[18]
After the British burned down the Library of Congress in 1814, it was restocked with this man's collection
Thomas Jefferson
Brian
|
$400
[22]
Panama, porkpie, pillbox
hats
Chris
|
$400
[27]
In the Bessemer process, pig iron is converted into this
steel
Chris
|
|
$600
[3]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from in front of a sports stadium.) This city has the NFL's only publicly owned team, & no one may own more than 200,000 shares to avoid individual control
Green Bay
Chris
|
$600
[14]
"'Mean Joe'...Selected for Pro Bowl 10 times. Played on four Super Bowl champions"
"Mean Joe" Greene
Chris
|
$600
[8]
"Inside" this road, literally Interstate 495, is a reference to Washington political culture
the Beltway
Brian
|
$600
[19]
For 3 days in 1992 nationalists supporting this country burned Bosnian books
Serbia
Chris
|
$600
[23]
Reel, hora, habanera
dances
Chris
|
$600
[28]
Acrobatic feat in which you propel yourself sideways onto your hands & then back onto your feet
a cartwheel
Brian
|
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
It's the largest of the Florida Keys
Key Largo
Chris
|
$800
[15]
"First Black man to win... Australian Open... and Wimbledon singles titles"
Arthur Ashe
Brian
|
$800
[9]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the State Capitol building in Lincoln, NE.) I'm in the nation's only 1-house state legislature known by this 1-word term; Nebraskans chose it by popular vote in the 1930s
unicameral
Brian
|
$800
[20]
The Book of Revelation inspired a group to burn R.E.M. CDs & books about this title Wizard of Hogwarts
Harry Potter
Rita
|
$800
[24]
Shirts, TV remote controls, telephones
things with buttons
Rita
|
$800
[29]
These short films of current events played in movie houses in the '40s
newsreels
Rita
|
|
$1,000
[5]
One of the people who helped make Yosemite a national park was this designer of Central Park
(Frederick Law) Olmsted
Chris
|
$1,000
[16]
"Soccer player...(She) debuted with national team against China on 8-3-87 as its youngest player ever, at age 15"
Mia Hamm
Chris
|
$1,000
[10]
A legislator trading his vote for reciprocal support on a future vote is doing this, like in a lumberjack game
logrolling
Rita
|
$1,000
[21]
Burned & banned, this 1939 novel was particularly unwelcome in California's agricultural communities
The Grapes of Wrath
Chris
|
$1,000
[25]
Ritz, Club, Goldfish
crackers
Chris
|
$1,000
[30]
This adjective means polite & refined
genteel
Rita
|
| THE 1600s | FROM THE FRENCH | FOLLOW THE LEADER TO THE CAPITAL | BEWITCHED | ANDORRA | DARWIN |
|
$400
[14]
In 1666 he wrote in his diary about sparks falling on him in a boat on the Thames during the Great Fire
Samuel Pepys
Brian
|
$400
[9]
This word for an old style of revue comes from the French for "comical", not "imitative of comic Milton"
burlesque
Rita
|
$400
[1]
Wen Jiabao
Beijing
|
$400
[6]
To prepare for the "Bewitched" film, Nicole Kidman had to learn to twitch this like Elizabeth Montgomery
her nose
Chris
|
$400
[26]
Mare de Deu de Meritxell, a national festival honoring her, is celebrated each September 8
the Virgin Mary
Chris
|
$400
[19]
This 1859 book was a "natural selection" for readers; the first edition sold out in one day
The Origin of Species
Rita
|
|
$800
[15]
On Nov. 9, 1630 a ferry began service between this city & Charlestown
Boston
Rita
|
$800
[10]
French gave us this word for a set of tuned bells in a tower
a carillon
Rita
|
$800
[2]
Lech Kaczynski
Warsaw
Brian
Rita
|
$800
[7]
In the film, this actor is upset when he realizes that Darrin was replaced on the TV series "and no one noticed!"
Will Ferrell
Chris
|
$800
[27]
lonelyplanet.com says Andorra has the finest inexpensive skiing & snowboarding in this mountain range
the Pyrenees
Brian
|
$800
[20]
Darwin spent just 17 days ashore in these islands in 1835, but his studies there still reverberate today
the Galapagos Islands
Brian
|
|
$1,200
[16]
In 1697 this "Robinson Crusoe" author wrote "An Essay Upon Projects", in which he recommended an income tax
Daniel Defoe
Brian
|
$1,200
[11]
If you're practicing enfleurage, you're engaged in making this liquid
perfume
Brian
|
$1,200
[3]
Kostas Karamanlis
Athens
Rita
Chris
|
$1,200
[8]
Wish I could do the same: In the film, Nicole Kidman turns one of these fortune-telling cards into a Signature Visa
a tarot card
Rita
|
$1,200
[28]
Andorrans date their independence to 803 A.D., when this "Emperor of the Romans" drove out the Moors
Charlemagne
Brian
|
$1,200
[21]
Though he later became an agnostic, in his youth Darwin followed the traditions of this church
the Anglican Church (or Church of England)
Brian
|
|
$2,000
[18]
On Dec, 19, 1642 4 of this Dutch navigator's men were killed by Maoris at what was later named Massacre Bay
(Abel) Tasman
Rita
|
$1,600
[12]
Camping in this type of narrow gorge, from the French for "violent rush", may expose you to a rush of water
ravine
|
$1,600
[4]
Angela Merkel
Berlin
Chris
|
$1,600
[24]
When she played Endora on the TV series, this actress often called Darrin "Durwood" or "Darwin"
Agnes Moorehead
Rita
|
$1,600
[29]
Traveling shoppers know Andorra is like one big airport store, as it's this type of zone
duty-free
Chris
|
$1,600
[22]
Darwin & his wife were these close blood relatives, as Darwin's mother & his wife's father were siblings
first cousins
Rita
|
|
DD
$2,200
[17]
In 1631 the mother of Louis XIII, Marie de Medici, was forced into exile for plotting against this prime minister
Cardinal Richelieu
Brian
|
$2,000
[13]
"Mayonnaise" may come from the Spanish city of Mahon; this term for food with onions is from a French city name
lyonnaise
Rita
|
DD
$5,000
[5]
Pervez Musharraf
Islamabad
Chris
|
$2,000
[25]
One reviewer said Steve Carrell was "channeling Paul Lynde" to play this avuncular role in the film
Uncle Arthur
|
$2,000
[30]
All official Andorran documents are printed in this language of northeastern Spain
Catalan
Brian
Rita
|
$2,000
[23]
Darwin's paternal grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, declined an offer to become private physician to this 18th C. king
George III
Rita
|
Some claim the 1932 "suicide" of this star's husband Paul Bern was murder; she died 5 years later, at age 26
Jean Harlow