Fred Bauer — a human resources executive from Westlake Village, California
Diana Wheatley — a state court judge from Los Angeles, California
Susan Herder — a science teacher from St. Paul, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan | $6,400 | $8,800 | $10,400 |
$14,801
2-day champion: $33,202 |
$10,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Diana | $800 | $2,800 | $7,400 |
$400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Fred | $1,000 | $3,000 | $2,800 |
$2
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
12 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| LITERARY GEOGRAPHY | SPORTS GEAR | THE HISTORY OF APRIL 9th | STUPID ANSWERS | RETURN OF THE FUNGI | SPEAK IN HAWAIIAN |
|
$200
[17]
D.H. Lawrence visited this country in 1922 & set his 1923 novel "Kangaroo" there
Australia
Susan
|
$200
[7]
For swimming, you might want an anti-fog pair of these with shatter-resistant lenses
goggles
Susan
|
$200
[5]
1865: Ending the Civil War, Lee surrenders at this Virginia site
Appomattox (Court House)
Susan
|
$200
[12]
The name of the Sahara Desert is from the Arabic for this
desert
Susan
|
$200
[1]
In 1845 & 1846 the Phytophthora infestans fungus destroyed this crop in Ireland, causing a famine
potatoes
Susan
|
$200
[26]
You say "goodbye", I say "hello", but it can also mean "love"
aloha
Diana
|
|
$400
[18]
The title of the novel "The Heart Of Midlothian" refers to an old prison in this Scottish city
Edinburgh
Susan
|
$400
[8]
For soccer, you want to protect the front of the leg from the knee to the ankle with a pair of these in addition to socks
shin guards
Susan
|
$400
[21]
1939: Denied permission to sing at Constitution Hall, Marian Anderson sings at this location instead
the Lincoln Memorial
Diana
|
$400
[13]
The name of the Gobi Desert is Mongolian for this
desert
Fred
|
$400
[2]
The Jack-o'-lantern mushroom, whose cap & gills are this color, gets its name because it glows in the dark
orange
Susan
|
$400
[27]
Sharing its name with one of the islands, it's also a veranda or roofed patio
Lanai
Fred
|
|
$800
[20]
In "Daisy Miller", Henry James calls this Swiss city "the little metropolis of Calvinism"
Geneva
Diana
Fred
|
$600
[9]
Both spikes & these can be the projections added to shoes for traction or the shoes themselves
cleats
Fred
|
$600
[22]
1959: NASA publicly introduces Messrs. Glenn, Shepard & the rest of this program's 7 astronauts
Mercury
Fred
|
$600
[14]
This novel begins, " Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition..."
Emma
Susan
|
$600
[3]
This antibiotic was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928 in a mold
penicillin
Susan
|
$600
[28]
This word means "expert", often a "big" one
kahuna
Diana
|
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
Chapter 1 of "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" is entitled "Before I Came To" this city
Paris
Susan
|
$800
[10]
In billiards, it's a stick with a notched plate at one end used to support the cue
a bridge
Susan
|
$800
[23]
1859: This author receives his steamboat pilot's license
Mark Twain
Susan
|
$800
[15]
The gorilla is a member of the ape superfamily & is this genus & species--2 words
Gorilla gorilla
Susan
|
$800
[4]
Fungi lack this green coloring matter that plants use to make food
chlorophyll
Diana
|
$800
[29]
Not to be confused with a luau, a lua is this place (I hope there's no line outside)
a restroom (bathroom)
Fred
|
|
$1,000
[25]
The preface to a Steinbeck novel tells us this title place "above the town of Monterey...isn't a flat at all"
Tortilla Flat
Diana
Fred
|
$1,000
[11]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from wrestling practice at the University of Iowa.) Ancient Greek wrestlers competed naked; today's wrestlers wear this one-piece garment
a singlet
Susan
|
$1,000
[24]
1942: American & Philippine troops are overwhelmed by Japanese forces on this peninsula
Bataan
|
$1,000
[16]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew catches a medicine ball in the Herbert Hoover Library.) President Hoover made his staff play a combination of volleyball & tennis using a medicine ball; in 1931 a New York Times reporter dubbed thegame
Hooverball
|
$1,000
[6]
The name of this dark brown mushroom whose cap can be up to 10 inches across is Japanese for "oak mushroom"
shiitake
Susan
|
$1,000
[30]
Say it once or say it twice, but it means "hurry up"
wiki wiki
Diana
|
| SOUNDS LIKE MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND | 10 DOWNING STREET | THE HOME OFFICE | BANGERS | M*A*S*H | "ALLO", "ALLO", "ALLO" |
|
$400
[1]
M.I.T.'s campus is on the Charles River in this Boston-area city
Cambridge
Susan
|
$400
[23]
Despite sleeping elsewhere, during the Blitz this prime minister continued to work & take meals at No. 10
Churchill
Diana
|
$400
[13]
Be careful changing this powdered ink in your printer or you may end up looking like a chimney sweep
toner
Fred
|
$400
[10]
It was invented by mixing nitroglycerin with a type of earth to make it safer
dynamite
Diana
|
$400
[6]
This seemingly clairvoyant company clerk was a big fan of Grape Nehi soda
Radar
Susan
|
$400
[18]
Liquid measure equal to 3.785 liters
a gallon
Susan
|
|
$800
[2]
This largest city in Alabama is a leading industrial & textile center
Birmingham
Diana
|
$800
[24]
In 2002 an elaborate dinner party was held at No. 10 to celebrate this many year's reign by Elizabeth II
50 years
Susan
Diana
|
$800
[14]
For real security, get not a strip-cut but a cross- or micro-cut one of these devices
a shredder
Susan
|
$800
[11]
Of Ramtex, Semtex, or Boomtex, the deadly Czech-made plastic explosive
Semtex
Fred
|
$800
[7]
Harry Morgan earned 8 Emmy nominations as this Colonel, scoring a win in 1980
Colonel Potter
Susan
|
$800
[19]
One can be observation or hot-air
balloon
Fred
|
|
$1,200
[3]
This largest city in New Hampshire is "united" in being a leading financial & manufacturing center
Manchester
Fred
|
$1,200
[25]
Though he works at No. 10, because of his large family, PM Tony Blair lives at this other Downing Street address
No. 11
|
$1,200
[15]
The multimedia features of this Co.'s Dimension E510 let you spend all day watching videos
Dell
Susan
|
$1,600
[28]
It sounds like you wear it on your head, but it's a small tube with an explosive like RDX, used to start a bigger boom
a blasting (or detonating) cap
Susan
Diana
|
$1,200
[8]
After Trapper John was transferred stateside, this California-born surgeon replaced him
B.J. Hunnicutt
Diana
Fred
|
$1,200
[20]
Solid fat extracted from the tissue of animals
tallow
Diana
|
|
$1,600
[4]
The bronze statue of a fisherman at a ship's steering wheel in this Mass. city honors its many locals lost at sea
Gloucester
Fred
|
$1,600
[26]
An early resident was the countess of Lichfield, the daughter of this 17th century king who returned from exile
Charles II
Fred
|
$1,600
[16]
Also a wood-milling tool, this device directs data between a network & the Internet & can have a firewall
a router
|
$2,000
[29]
Black powder, an explosive dating from medieval times, is about 75% saltpeter, 15% charcoal & 10% this element
sulfur
|
$1,600
[9]
Played by William Christopher, this chaplain was always raising money for St. Teresa's orphanage
Father Mulcahy
|
$1,600
[21]
Tubes in the female abdomen that transport ova to the uterus
Fallopian
Diana
|
|
$2,000
[5]
This Connecticut city is home to the American Clock & Watch Museum & to ESPN
Bristol
Fred
|
$2,000
[27]
Styled "the younger", this youngest-ever British PM lived at No. 10 1783-1801 & again 1804-06
(William) Pitt
Diana
|
$2,000
[17]
Iomega calls this disk "the super floppy", whether it has a 1200MB or a 750MB capacity
a zip disk
|
DD
$4,200
[12]
From their name, we assume these tubular fireworks are popular in Italy
Roman candles
Fred
|
— |
DD
$3,000
[22]
Of the 2 main ethnic groups of Belgium, the one that fits the category
Walloon
Diana
|
It's the last Best Picture winner with a real person's name in the title (a person who lived 400 years ago)
Shakespeare in Love