First game of Season 24.New title graphics.
Dorothy Gilmartin — a teacher from Weehawken, New Jersey
Keli Jackson — a software testing manager originally from Fort Washington, Maryland
Ben Taylor — a student from Rockford, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,599)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | $2,600 | $3,600 | $11,000 |
$22,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Keli | $2,400 | $3,400 | $16,400 |
$22,001
New champion: $22,001 |
$17,400
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Dorothy | $3,400 | $5,200 | $8,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,000
17 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE 20th CENTURY | THE TALES OF DUSTIN HOFFMAN | ALSO A SOAP BRAND | IN THE BOOKSTORE | SCOTT FREE | "P"LEASE |
|
$200
[1]
In the 1920s this Fascist leader of Italy set up a puppet regime in Albania & reconquered Libya
Mussolini
Dorothy
|
$200
[26]
Both Hoffman & Streep won Oscars as the title duo in this film
Kramer vs. Kramer
Keli
|
$200
[6]
Tusk material
Ivory
Ben
|
$200
[16]
"The Teammates" by David Halberstam chronicles the friendships of Ted Williams & others on this team
the Boston Red Sox
Keli
|
$200
[21]
In 1850 a St. Louis jury said that this man's prior residence in Wisconsin & Illinois had made him a free man
Dred Scott
Keli
|
$200
[11]
From the Latin for "having a sharp point", it's an adjective meaning keeping to an arranged time
punctual
Ben
|
|
$400
[2]
Elizabeth II succeeded her father, this man who died unexpectedly at age 56
George VI
Dorothy
|
$400
[27]
Dustin says, "I was a better man with you, as a woman... than I ever was with a woman, as a man" in this 1982 film
Tootsie
Keli
|
$400
[7]
Rotary phone part
Dial
Keli
|
$400
[17]
John Grisham switched gears with "Skipping" this holiday, about a couple who want to skip the consumerism
Christmas
Ben
|
$400
[22]
In 1814, while this lawyer & poet was helping to free his friend William Beanes, he saw the bombing of Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Keli
|
$400
[12]
Consent, especially formal authorization
permission
Dorothy
|
|
$600
[3]
On Feb. 8, 1904 Japanese ships attacked this country's fleet at Lushun, Manchuria, beginning a war
Russia
Ben
Keli
|
$600
[28]
Dustin spent more than a weekend as Bernie in this 2004 Stiller & De Niro sequel
Meet the Fockers
Ben
Keli
|
$600
[8]
Molten rock
Lava
Keli
|
$600
[18]
"The Devil in the White City" examines "Murder, Magic & Madness" at the 1893 World's Fair in this U.S. city
Chicago
Dorothy
|
$600
[23]
A skier in his free time, this Mercury 7 astronaut landed his Aurora 7 capsule 250 miles off course in 1962
Scott Carpenter
Dorothy
|
$600
[13]
This "canine" seenherehas been known to live in communities of as many as 400 million
a prairie dog
Dorothy
|
|
$800
[4]
On Feb. 15, 1965, Canada's new flag, which prominently featured an 11-pointed one of these, flew for the first time
a maple leaf
Ben
|
$800
[29]
"Frankly, you're beginning to smell and for a stud in New York, that's a handicap", says Dustin in this 1969 film
Midnight Cowboy
Keli
Dorothy
|
$800
[9]
Peace advocate
Dove
Ben
|
$800
[19]
In a Stephen King book, writer Paul Sheldon is weary of this title heroine he created
Misery
|
$800
[24]
Captured & freed in the War of 1812, he was later an 1852 presidential candidate & a Union general
Winfield Scott
Dorothy
|
$800
[14]
A large fire built for a funeral cremation
a pyre
Dorothy
|
|
$1,000
[5]
On Valentine's Day 1989 the Ayatollah Khomeini showed no love for this author's "Satanic Verses", giving him a death sentence
(Salman) Rushdie
Keli
|
$1,000
[30]
Laurence Olivier sets dentistry back about 1,000 years as he works on Dustin in this film; that's not safe at all
Marathon Man
Dorothy
|
$1,000
[10]
April in Tipperary
Irish Spring
Keli
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
Appropriately, Part 3 of this 1953 novel is "Burning Bright"
Fahrenheit 451
Dorothy
|
$1,000
[25]
This White House Press Secretary freed up his schedule in 2006 & was replaced by Tony Snow
Scott McClellan
Keli
|
$1,000
[15]
In mathematics, it's a flat surface of infinite extent; in carpentry, it's a tool used on surfaces
a plane
Dorothy
|
| FLOWERS | CABLE CHANNELS | RHYME HOLE | THE HONEY | MOON "R"s | HOW SWEDE IT IS! |
|
$400
[26]
This country isn't out of "kilt"er with the thistle as its national flower
Scotland
Ben
|
$400
[1]
The "T" in TCM, which shows classic movies, stands for this last name
Turner
Keli
|
$400
[21]
Movie or play part
a role
Keli
|
$400
[6]
In the 1980s Kellogg's Sugar these were renamed Honey these
Smacks
Keli
|
$400
[16]
This "period" for the Earth's moon is 27.322 days
rotation
Ben
|
$400
[9]
Ingvar Kamprad founded this home-furnishing company in 1943 & once delivered its products by milk van
IKEA
Dorothy
|
|
$800
[27]
On March 22, 1994 the Dutch Ambassador to the U.S. gave her a new tulip named for her
Hillary Clinton
Keli
Dorothy
|
$800
[2]
This film & arts network has hit the jackpot with reality shows like "Real Housewives of Orange County" & "Project Runway"
Bravo
Keli
Dorothy
|
$800
[22]
A small, rounded hill
a knoll
Keli
|
$800
[7]
They're the waxy cellular structures in which bees store their food & lay their eggs
honeycomb
Dorothy
|
$800
[17]
Photos from Voyager 2 helped spot this moon of Uranus that's named for the heroine of "As You Like It"
Rosalind
Ben
|
$800
[10]
This prominent Swedish chemist established the prizes bearing his family name after reading his own obituary in 1888
(Alfred) Nobel
Keli
|
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
Bloom forms of this large, hardy perennial include spoon, quill & pompon
chrysanthemum
Keli
|
$1,200
[3]
"Beach Patrol", "Body of Evidence" & "Forensic Files" are shows on this network
Court TV
Ben
Keli
|
$1,200
[23]
One of the 5 Civilized Tribes
the Seminole
Dorothy
|
$1,200
[8]
It's also known as a winter melon
a honeydew
Ben
|
$1,600
[19]
Seen here, they're the bright streaks of lunar ejecta flung from an impact crater
(crater) rays
Dorothy
|
$1,200
[13]
In 1792 Jakob Johan Anckarstrom assassinated the III Swedish king of this name at a masquerade ball
Gustav
Dorothy
|
|
$1,200
[28]
Singularly speaking, the bright blue cornflower is known as this "button"
a bachelor button
Dorothy
|
$1,600
[4]
(Jon of the Clue Crew "reigns" on the set.) I'm at the headquarters of this network that was launched to a storm of skepticism, but is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2007
The Weather Channel
Keli
|
$1,600
[24]
To persuade by flattery or promises
cajole
Keli
|
$1,600
[11]
In a Four Tops hit, this term of endearment follows "sugar pie"
honey bunch
Keli
|
$2,000
[20]
From the German for rivulet, these trenches on the Moon's surface probably carried lava
rilles
|
$1,600
[14]
This U.N. Secretary-General died tragically in Africa in 1961
Dag Hammarskjöld
Dorothy
|
|
$1,600
[29]
Theearliest garden flowerto blossom in spring, it still has "snow" in its name
a snowdrop
Ben
Keli
|
$2,000
[5]
"Dexter" & "Sleeper Cell" are original series on this channel
Showtime
|
$2,000
[25]
Whimsically humorous
droll
Ben
|
$2,000
[12]
Aw, shucks! It's the variety of plantseen here
honeysuckle
Dorothy
|
DD
$3,400
[18]
Saturn's second-largest moon, it's named for the mother of the gods
Rhea
Ben
|
$2,000
[15]
This Swedish botanist introduced the binomial system of biological nomenclature now named for him
Linnaeus
Ben
|
In 1949 he wrote, "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--forever"
(George) Orwell