James Clark — a graduate assistant from Monroeville, Pennsylvania
Cindy Ladensack — a manager of marketing intelligence from Harper Woods, Michigan
Vic Sawyer — a snowcoach driver and hotel manager from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming and Montana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic | $4,400 | $10,500 | $13,600 |
$1,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Cindy | $1,400 | $3,000 | $13,000 |
$21,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
12 R, 0 W |
| James | $2,400 | $3,600 | $12,600 |
$25,199
New champion: $25,199 |
$10,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| NEW FACES IN THE 110th CONGRESS | DOCUMENTARIES | SOUNDS LIKE WEATHER | ALL ABOUT ANIMALS | A PIECE OF CAKE | EASY AS "A-B-C" |
|
$200
[4]
Tennessee's Bob Corker won the seat vacated by this ex-Majority Leader
Bill Frist
|
$200
[9]
"Murderball" chronicles quadriplegics who play this football-like game in tricked-out wheelchairs
rugby
Vic
|
$200
[26]
Louis XIV's lasted 72 years
a reign
James
|
$200
[16]
This large predator's name is from the Spanish "el lagarto", or the lizard
alligator
James
|
$200
[17]
In the Grimm Bros. version, this "little" fairy tale girl on her way to visit her granny is carrying cake & wine
Little Red Riding Hood
James
|
$200
[1]
The state of being away; you might take a "leave of" one
absence
Vic
|
|
$400
[5]
Ex-rocker John Hall (of the band Orleans, not & Oates) now reps this states's 19th, including Peekskill
New York
Vic
|
$400
[10]
"The tiles and tribulations" of competetive players of this board game are examined in "Word Wars"
Scrabble
Vic
|
$400
[27]
In the 1880s this country promised to build a railroad for Bolivia, whose coastline it took away
Chile
James
|
$400
[19]
You might find this horned mammal of the genus Capra on a farm
a goat
Vic
|
$400
[23]
If you don't add raisins to this holiday baked good, you might be "as nutty as" one
a fruitcake
Vic
|
$400
[2]
Oxygenated endurance exercises that promote cardiovascular fitness
aerobic
Cindy
|
|
$600
[6]
In a huge upset in Virginia, Jim Webb beat this senator & prospective presidential candidate
(George) Allen
James
|
$600
[11]
Flightless birds head single file to their traditional breeding ground in this 2005 documentary
March of the Penguins
Vic
James
|
$600
[28]
James Caan's character's name in "The Godfather" was Santino, but everyone called him this
Sonny
Vic
|
$600
[20]
The reticulated species of this huge Asian snake can grow up to be 30 feet long
a python
Vic
|
$600
[18]
4-letter term for a thick piece of cake, bacon or marble
a slab
Cindy
|
$600
[3]
Tasty tuna type
albacore
James
|
|
$800
[7]
Nick Lampson took the Texas House seat once held by "The Hammer"
DeLay
James
|
$800
[12]
This Michael Moore documentary asked, "Are we a nation of gun nuts or are we just nuts?"
Bowling for Columbine
Vic
|
$1,000
[30]
A container designed for cigars
a humidor
James
|
$800
[21]
In the Middle Ages, caparisons were a leather or fabric type of covering, mainly for these animals
horses
Vic
|
$800
[24]
This children's book character rapidly grows to incredible size after eating a cake marked "EAT ME"
Alice (in Wonderland)
Vic
|
$800
[14]
A plentiful or overflowing quantity or supply
abundance
Vic
|
|
$1,000
[8]
Peter Roskam won the seat held for 32 years by this state's Henry Hyde
Illinois
James
|
$1,000
[13]
An Oscar-winning film about children from Calcutta's red-light district was called "Born into" these
Brothels
Vic
|
DD
$2,500
[29]
It's the architectural term for what the guyhereis looking at
a frieze
Vic
|
$1,000
[22]
Humans and this "armored" mammal are among the only known animals that carry the bacterium that causes leprosy
armadillos
James
|
$1,000
[25]
A long twisted doughnut topped with sugar or glaze, its name is from the Dutch for "twisted cake"
a cruller
Cindy
James
|
$1,000
[15]
Another word for a kidnapping, perhaps from a seraglio
abduction
Cindy
|
| LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES | TONY AWARD WINNERS | "F"INE ART | SIGNS & SYMBOLS | BESTSELLERS | CHANGE ONE LETTER |
|
$400
[9]
The Taliban has been Talibanned from this landlocked country where it used to rule
Afghanistan
James
|
$400
[14]
In 2006 "The History Boys" won for Best Play & this other show with "Boys" in the title won for Best Musical
Jersey Boys
Cindy
|
$400
[20]
The Titian work seenhereis titled "Georgio Cornaro with" this
a falcon
James
|
$400
[6]
Chalked on a fence, the symbol seenherewarned fellow hobos of the presence of one of these
a mean dog (or junkyard dog)
James
|
$400
[1]
In 1968 this Arthur Haley novel took off, landing at No. 1 on the bestseller list
Airport
James
|
$400
[15]
A stocking bag
a sock sack
Vic
|
|
$1,200
[11]
This small landlocked nation of the Pyrenees is only 180 square miles in area
Andorra
James
|
$800
[27]
(Hi, I'm Martin Short.) I won a 1999 Tony for Cy Coleman & this playwright's "Little Me"; I also received a Tony nomination for his "The Goodbye Girl"
Neil Simon
James
|
$800
[21]
Michelangelo used this method of wall painting for the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
frescoes
James
|
$800
[7]
Fancy design firms like the one founded by Mr. Hodgetts & Ms. Fung often use this sign instead of "and" or an &
a plus sign
Cindy
|
$800
[2]
His "Clear and Present Danger" was the bestselling fiction book of 1989
Tom Clancy
Vic
|
$800
[16]
A sodium chloride auction
a salt sale
Vic
|
|
$1,600
[12]
The 2 landlocked nations of the Himalayas
Bhutan & Nepal
Vic
|
$1,200
[28]
How about a Wolverine whistle for this actor who won a Tony for starring in "The Boy From Oz"
(Hugh) Jackman
James
|
$1,200
[22]
Caravaggio has done this to the hands in the painting seenhereto give athree-dimensionalappearance
foreshorten
Cindy
James
|
$1,200
[8]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue.) A symbol that is familiar from its use in biology is also used in astronomy to represent this planet
Venus
James
|
$1,200
[3]
First published in 2003, it's Lauren Weisberger's humorous novel about the fashion world & the boss from hell
The Devil Wears Prada
Cindy
|
$1,200
[17]
A final printed series of names
a last list
Cindy
|
|
$2,000
[13]
Vaduz is the capital of this small principality that borders Switzerland
Liechtenstein
James
|
$1,600
[29]
(Hi, I'm Brian Stokes Mitchell.) I won a Tony for my portrayal of an actor playing Petruchio in the 1999 revival of this classic Cole Porter musical
Kiss Me, Kate
Cindy
|
$1,600
[23]
The name of this early 20th century art movement comes from a term meaning "wild beast"
Fauvism
Vic
|
$1,600
[25]
A coat of arms might include a cadency symbol, like crescent for a second of these
a son
|
$1,600
[4]
In 2006 he was back at No. 1, this time with his first nonfiction book, "The Innocent Man"
(John) Grisham
Vic
|
$1,600
[18]
A benevolently dispositioned male monarch
a kind king
Cindy
|
|
DD
$3,000
[10]
Of the 3 countries of Indochina, the only one that is landlocked
Laos
James
|
$2,000
[30]
This "Sex and the City" co-star climbed into a "Rabbit Hole" to win the 2006 Tony for Best Leading Actress in a Play
Cynthia Nixon
Cindy
|
$2,000
[24]
Feel free to psychoanalyze the work by this current German-born British painter
Lucian Freud
|
DD
$1,700
[26]
It's the type of cross seen here; you'd think it would be on the flag of an island country
a Maltese cross
Vic
|
$2,000
[5]
Joe Klein (aka Anonymous) could have titled this political novel "Red, Yellow, Blue"
Primary Colors
Vic
|
$2,000
[19]
A speedy fair
a fast fest
|
Between 1977 & 1980, he won a state high school championship, an NCAA championship, & an NBA championship
Magic Johnson