Matt Caporaletti — an advertising account supervisor from Westwood, New Jersey
Clé Holly — a singer/songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee
Rick Kent — a paralegal from Los Angeles, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $67,202)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick | $4,000 | $9,200 | $12,000 |
$1,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,200
22 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Clé | $600 | $2,000 | $1,400 |
$1,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,600
10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Matt | $2,600 | $5,000 | $11,400 |
$2,900
New champion: $2,900 |
$13,400
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| NEW YORK, NEW YORK | CATS | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS | JUDY | ANGEL | THAT'S MY "MA" |
|
$200
[1]
Completed in 1931, this structure required 10 million bricks; a true stairmaster would climb its 1,860 steps
the Empire State Building
Rick
|
$200
[6]
The Korat breed, from Thailand, is usually this color of some Olympic medals
silver
Rick
Matt
|
$200
[8]
This California first lady's "What's Heaven?" was inspired by the death of her grandmother, Rose Kennedy
Maria Shriver
Rick
|
$200
[16]
Her losing the Oscar for 1954's "A Star is Born" was called "the biggest robbery since Brinks"
Judy Garland
Rick
|
$200
[21]
Capelli d'angelo is an Italian food term for a type of this
pasta
Clé
|
$200
[26]
It's the type of fish seen here
a marlin
Rick
|
|
$400
[2]
Fuhgedaboudit! Now a borough, it was incorporated as a village in 1816 with roughly 4,000 residents
Brooklyn
Rick
Clé
|
$400
[7]
The mass killing of cats in the 14th century helped spread this disease carried by rat fleas
bubonic plague
Rick
|
$400
[9]
This "Wizard of Oz" author wrote books for girls under the pen name Mrs. Edith van Dyne
L(yman) Frank Baum
Matt
|
$400
[17]
As Judy, this 1980 title character, Goldie Hawn said, "And I mean look at this place, the army couldn't afford drapes?"
Private Benjamin
Rick
|
$400
[22]
That every soul has one of these is not an article of faith, but St. Jerome says, "It is the mind of the Church"
a guardian angel
Clé
|
$400
[27]
In 1758 Ben Franklin issued his last publication of this annual
Poor Richard's Almanack
Rick
|
|
$600
[3]
In 1754 King's College was founded in New York City; today it's known as this Ivy League university
Columbia
Clé
|
$600
[13]
The fact that a cat can land upon its feet without injury gave rise to this numerical concept
9 lives
Clé
|
$600
[10]
In addition to the "Goosebumps" series, he's also written the "Fear Street" series for older kids
R(obert) L(awrence) Stine
Rick
|
$600
[18]
Judy Reyes is on staff at Sacred Heart hospital as nurse Carla Espinosa on this Zach Braff sitcom
Scrubs
Rick
|
$600
[23]
The song with this first line notes "Peace on Earth and mercy mild"
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
Matt
|
$600
[28]
A doctor who specializes in the treatment of skin diseases
a dermatologist
Rick
|
|
$800
[4]
In 1776, after the Battle of this area shown here, the British retook New York City and held the city until the war's end in 1783
Long Island
Rick
|
$800
[14]
Shorthaired cats were derived from the caffre cat, which was domesticated by this ancient civilization
Egypt
Rick
|
$1,000
[12]
Among her famous characters are Ramona Quimby & Henry Huggins
Beverly Cleary
Matt
|
$800
[19]
From 1984 to 1992 Judith Light & Tony Danza struggled over this sitcom title question
Who's the Boss?
Rick
|
$800
[24]
"Pie Jesu" sung by this young Welsh lass with the "voice of an angel" has sold millions worldwide
Charlotte Church
Clé
|
$800
[29]
A puzzling occurrence, or a German-built enciphering machine
an enigma
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[5]
In 1765 Congress met in New York to protest unfair taxes levied under this act
the Stamp Act
Matt
|
$1,000
[15]
This Asian-named cat is produced by mating Siamese and longhairs, and then selectively breeding them
Himalayan
Clé
|
DD
$1,600
[11]
His widow Felicity said he would have loved the new "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" movie; he hated the old one
Roald Dahl
Rick
|
$1,000
[20]
She hit the top 40 in both 1975 & 1977 with "Send In The Clowns"
Judy Collins
Rick
|
$1,000
[25]
It's the title of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer-winning play
Angels in America
Matt
|
$1,000
[30]
6-letter term for respect or reverence paid or rendered
homage
Rick
|
| RIVERS | SITCOM SUPPORTING CHARACTERS | DE GAULLE OF DAT GUY! | ELECTRONICA | TITLE BALLET WOMEN | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" |
|
$400
[8]
Its upper part runs clear; it clouds up near Great Falls, Montana & gets muddier from there
Missouri
|
$400
[3]
Rock me, Ann B. Davis! Ms. D played housekeeper Alice Nelson on this sitcom from 1969 to 1974
The Brady Bunch
Rick
|
$400
[13]
"V" was for this Feb.-to-Dec. 1916 battle, begun by a surprise attack, in which Charles De Gaulle fought
Verdun
Matt
|
$400
[17]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Sony Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.) This prototype of Sony's new OLED technology demonstrates that TVs can be made an eighth of an inch thick, which is 3 of this metric unit
a millimeter
Rick
Matt
|
$400
[22]
1949 saw the first ballet version of this operatic Bizet work that features Don Jose & a toreador
Carmen
Matt
|
$400
[1]
Delaware or Virginia in the 1760s(6)
a colony
Matt
|
|
$800
[9]
It's fed by the Hasbani River in Lebanon & by the Baniyas in Syria
the Jordan
Matt
|
$800
[4]
On this sitcom, Oscar Nunez is Oscar, Creed Bratton is Creed, Angela Kinsey is Angela & Rainn Wilson is...Dwight
The Office
Clé
|
$800
[14]
In 1965 De Gaulle won the Presidency by defeating this Socialist, later France's leader from 1981 to 1995
Francois Mitterrand
Matt
|
$800
[18]
(Alex Trebek delivers the clue from Sony Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.) Brando won the Oscar, the Dodgers won the World Series, Bill Haley & The Comets had a monster hit, and Sony introduced the first transistor radio, all in this year
1955
Rick
|
$800
[27]
The evil priest Frollo wants Esmeralda but she is saved by him
Quasimodo
Rick
|
$800
[2]
Hooded cape for a monk(4)
cowl
Rick
|
|
$1,200
[10]
GE acknowledges that in the 20th Century it dumped PCBs into this river around Troy
the Hudson River
|
$1,200
[5]
This sitcom's Niles:"I have a session with my multiple personality... if I'm late, he can just talk amongst himself"
Frasier
Rick
|
$1,200
[15]
De Gaulle's June 18, 1940 broadcast in this city asking for France's leadership led to a death sentence in a French court
London
Rick
|
$1,200
[19]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Sony Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan) The 70-inch Bravia TV has LED backlighting, but the basic tecnology is LCD, short for this, providing a wider viewing angle than the plasma screens
Liquid Crystal Display
Rick
Matt
|
$1,200
[28]
Margot Fonteyn is seenhereresting her tootsies as Princess Aurora in this ballet
Sleeping Beauty
Clé
|
$1,600
[25]
Slide Mountain's range(9)
the Catskills
Clé
|
|
$1,600
[11]
3-letter name of the British river on which Oxford's rival university is located
the Cam River
|
$1,600
[6]
Enjoy Randy, Crabman & even Willie the One-eyed Mailman on this NBC show
My Name Is Earl
Clé
|
$1,600
[16]
De Gaulle wanted a small, mobile army vs. static theories like this defensive "line" named for a Minister of War
the Maginot Line
Rick
|
$1,600
[21]
(Alex Trebek delivers the clue from Sony Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan) Most DVD players use a red light laser; to show true HD movies, however, this player uses a laser of this color, which has a shorter wavelength
blue
Clé
|
$2,000
[30]
This Greek gal falls for her stepson Hippolytus in a ballet based on Racine's tragedy
Phaedra
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
A reddish-brown horse(8)
a chestnut
Matt
|
|
$2,000
[12]
Candido Rondon found the River of Doubt, now the Rio Roosevelt, which flows in this country's Amazonas State
Brazil
Matt
|
$2,000
[7]
One of the many supporting folks on this animated show, student Ralph Wiggum said, "Me fail English? That's unpossible"
The Simpsons
Matt
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1925 De Gaulle was promoted to the staff of the Supreme War Council by this marshal
Marshal Petain
Matt
|
$2,000
[23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Sony Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan) PS3 makes games more realistic using computer power from this alliterative technology in which multiple core CPUs run at once
parallel processing
Matt
|
DD
$4,200
[29]
This Kenneth MacMillan ballet intrigues with the curious story of the last of the 4 daughters of Czar Nicholas II
Anastasia
Clé
|
$2,000
[26]
The muse of history(4)
Clio
|
Larousse spread the tale that after a 17th Century triumph, the victors ate this as a symbol of the beaten Muslims
croissants (crescent rolls)