Sandy Yates — a revenue agent from Petaluma, California
Laura Wimberley — a college teaching assistant originally from Wilmington, Delaware
William Lee — a software engineer originally from Vero Beach, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William | $3,600 | $7,400 | $17,100 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$18,200
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Laura | $600 | $1,600 | $4,800 |
$4,800
New champion: $4,800 |
$4,800
6 R, 1 W |
| Sandy | $4,600 | $7,000 | $18,800 |
$2,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$17,400
25 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS IN OTHER WORDS | THE SPORTING LIFE | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS | ILLINOIS, IOWA OR INDIANA | JAVA, THE HUT | EXECUTIVE PERKS |
|
$200
[8]
Roy Bean & Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Judges
William
|
$200
[1]
Probably by not hitting into his last name, he won the 1997 Masters by 12 strokes, an all-time best
Tiger Woods
Sandy
|
$200
[16]
Although this creature walks on 8 arms, its name is Greek for "8-footed"
an octopus
William
|
$200
[2]
The Diamond Lady, the first of this state's riverboat casinos, launched from Bettendorf in 1991
Iowa
Sandy
|
$200
[26]
Madrid's Gran Cafe de Gijon serves blanco y negro--coffee with this cool treat, cinnamon flavor
ice cream
Sandy
|
$200
[20]
From 1997 to 2001 Tyson Foods paid 84,000 of green to care for this area at the homes of its chairman
the lawn
Sandy
|
|
$400
[12]
Short pithy sayings espousing fundamental truths
Proverbs
Sandy
|
$400
[4]
In 1999 at Wimbledon, Pete Sampras had 108 of these unreturned serves "up his sleeve"
aces
Sandy
|
$400
[17]
This 2-word phrase meaning essential food or money needed in order to live comes from the Lord's Prayer in Matthew
daily bread
Laura
|
$400
[3]
In area, it's the smallest mainland state west of the Appalachian Mountains
Indiana
William
Laura
|
$400
[27]
In the early '60s, many folkies flocked to Cafe Wha?, at MacDougal & Minetta in this Manhattan area
Greenwich Village
William
|
$400
[21]
In "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?", Tony Randall's goal is to get the key to this executive sanctum
the executive washroom
Sandy
|
|
$600
[13]
Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, et al.
Genesis
William
|
$600
[9]
This Chargers back rewrote the NFL record book in 2006 with 31 touchdowns & 186 points
LaDainian Tomlinson
William
|
$600
[18]
This phrase arose from a man who rented horses & gave customers one "pick", the horse nearest the stable door
Hobson's choice
Laura
|
$600
[5]
Rockford is its third-largest city
Illinois
Sandy
|
$800
[29]
Daddy-o, leave the squares at home on Wednesday--it's open mic night at Sacred Grounds in this city's Haight
San Francisco
Sandy
|
$600
[22]
An exec might be kept happy with a membership in one of these, like Winged Foot
a country club (or a golf club)
William
|
|
$800
[14]
Many acts of mourning
Lamentations
William
|
$800
[10]
(Hi, I'm Keith Olbermann.) This heavyweight boxing champ was adopted by Cus D'Amato, & since my uncle wed Cus' niece, that makes him my cousin
Mike Tyson
William
|
$800
[19]
From the Latin for "elbow", it's the forearm bone that...well, forms the elbow
the ulna
Sandy
|
$800
[6]
One of the world's largest tractor factories can be found in this state's city of Waterloo
Iowa
Sandy
|
DD
$1,000
[28]
In the early 1700s there were 550 coffeehouses in this city, including Edward Lloyd's
London
William
|
$800
[23]
A book helping women get ahead is called "Nice Girls Don't Get" this desirably positioned workspace
the corner office
William
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Slang term for an illegal lottery run by organized crime
Numbers
Sandy
|
$1,000
[11]
In baseball it's a brutish swing, or the nickname of Lewis Wilson, who holds the one-season RBI record
Hack
Sandy
|
$1,000
[25]
This name for a type of flask invented by James Dewar in 1892 became a trademark
a Thermos
Sandy
|
$1,000
[7]
The city of East Chicago is located there
Indiana
Laura
|
$1,000
[30]
After World War II, Paris's Cafe de Flore became awash with tourists hoping to find this man pondering the purpose of being
(Jean-Paul) Sartre
William
|
$1,000
[24]
The right to buy a certain number of shares of the company you work for for a certain price at a certain time
a stock option
Sandy
|
| WILLIAM FAULKNER | HARD STUPID ANSWERS | BRITISH ROYALTY | DISCOVERIES | ATTENTION! | "AT" EASE |
|
$400
[26]
Accepting this honor for 1949, Faulkner said any story needs the old truths like love, honor, pity & pride
the Nobel
Sandy
|
$400
[21]
Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & this pink-clad singer sang "Lady Marmalade" at the 2002 Grammys
Pink
William
|
$400
[2]
He called himself "king of Great Britain" after gaining England's throne in 1603--he was already king of Scotland
James I
Laura
|
$400
[13]
The tallest living tree, a 378-footer, was discovered in 2006 in this U.S. state; its exact location is secret
California
Sandy
|
$400
[11]
Total numberof wordsin this clue
7
Sandy
|
$400
[1]
A midge is one of these small biting flies
a gnat
Sandy
|
|
$800
[27]
Faulkner worked uncredited on many movies but did get his name on this 1946 adaptation of a Chandler novel
The Big Sleep
William
|
$800
[22]
Joe Theismann changed the pronunciation of his name in college while trying to merit one of these
a Heisman
Sandy
|
$800
[3]
When he was executed on Jan. 30, 1649, the chopping block was so low he had to lie down rather than kneel
Charles I
Sandy
|
$800
[17]
Lake Vostok, the size of Lake Ontario, was only discovered in the last 40 years, as it's under 2 1/2 miles of this
ice
William
|
$800
[12]
Zerodivided by3.14159
zero
William
|
$800
[7]
In this casino game, the winner is the one whose cards total closest to a number ending in 9
baccarat
Sandy
|
|
$1,200
[28]
(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Rowan Oak in Oxford, Mississippi.) Speaking at the rededication of Faulkner's home, John Grisham said this 1929 book at first baffled him; guess he thought it was signifying nothing
The Sound and the Fury
William
|
$1,200
[23]
Mirage crowds love this new Cirque du Soleil show that features re-mastered Beatles tunes
Love
William
|
$1,200
[4]
This mother of King Henry II tried "waltzing" onto the English throne but failed to get herself crowned
Matilda
Sandy
|
$1,200
[18]
Silicon carbide, used for grinding & cutting, was discovered by a man trying to make artificial these
diamonds
William
|
$1,200
[14]
Of rock, paper, or scissors, the one that's the lowest-scoring Scrabble word
paper
William
Laura
|
$1,200
[8]
A warning or caution, or a formal notice in law
a caveat
William
|
|
$1,600
[29]
(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Rowan Oak in Oxford, Mississippi.) "The Town" & "The Mansion" were written here in Rowan Oak, & were the final two pieces of this family's trilogy
the Snopes family
|
$1,600
[24]
In this director's film, Pres. Bush can be seen saying into a mike, "This is an impressive crowd: the Haves, & the Have-Mores"
Michael Moore
William
|
$2,000
[6]
This king may have been starved to death by order of Henry IV, but at least he got his own Shakespeare play
Richard II
Sandy
|
DD
$1,500
[20]
"Love waves" isn't a Barry White song; they're this type of wave discovered by geophysicist Augustus Love
seismic waves
William
|
$1,600
[15]
It's the10-letter term for the phrase"never oddor even"
a palindrome
Laura
|
$1,600
[9]
A terraced pyramid of the ancient Babylonians
a ziggurat
Sandy
|
|
$2,000
[30]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Rowan Oak in Oxford, Mississippi.) On the wall is Faulkner'shandwritten plot outlinefor this 1954 novel set during World War I; its title is a type of story
Fable
|
$2,000
[25]
Most of the action in this 2005 movie takes place in Basin City
Sin City
William
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
Isabella of Angouleme was 12 or 13 (perhaps a bit too young) when she wed this king in 1200
King John
Sandy
|
$1,600
[19]
In 1650 Mizar was the first double one of these discovered; today we know it's actually a quadruple
a star
William
|
$2,000
[16]
(4 x 22)divided by(11 x 8)equals this
1
William
|
$2,000
[10]
A national capital on the Arabian Peninsula
Muscat
|
The unusual flag of this Canadian province is seen here
Prince Edward Island