Susan Christman — a lawyer from Independence, Virginia
Kirk Jordan — a third grade teacher from Long Beach, California
Elizabeth McKenna — a graduate student and cancer researcher originally from Queens, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | $-800 | $600 | $5,400 |
$799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
18 R, 6 W (including 3 DDs) |
| Kirk | $800 | $2,600 | $5,000 |
$10,000
New champion: $10,000 |
$5,000
11 R, 3 W |
| Susan | $1,600 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,000
10 R, 3 W |
| OLIVE OIL | BRUTUS | SWEET "P" | WIMPY | SPIN-AGE | POP-EYE |
|
$200
[6]
Most U.S.-produced olive oil comes from this state--so watch out, you dancing raisins!
California
Kirk
|
$200
[18]
He penned the immortal line "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves"
William Shakespeare
Elizabeth
|
$200
[1]
Gene Fowler's biography of John Barrymore is called "Good Night, Sweet" this
Prince
Kirk
|
$200
[11]
The moral of this man's fable of the fawn & his mother is "No arguments will give courage to the coward"
Aesop
Elizabeth
|
$200
[12]
After years of skeptical reports this largest U.S. oil co. recently agreed emissions may contribute to global warming
Exxon(Mobil)
Kirk
|
$200
[13]
This Funky Bunch captain got some "Good Vibrations" when he was nominated for an Oscar in 2007 for "The Departed"
Mark Wahlberg
Elizabeth
|
|
$400
[7]
It's pure & delicious! The oil that's the cold-pressed result of the 1st pressing of olives is extra this
virgin
Elizabeth
|
$400
[19]
In this 13th century work, Brutus is described as suffering in the lowest pit of hell
Dante's Inferno
Elizabeth
|
$400
[2]
Carnations & Sweet Williams belong to this "colorful" family of flowering plants
pinks
Kirk
Susan
|
$400
[27]
In a 1900 book, he joins 3 others (& a dog) after noting his "life is simply unbearable without a bit of courage"
the Cowardly Lion
Elizabeth
|
$400
[23]
This largest U.S. cigarette maker spent $115 million on charity & $150 million advertising that it gave to charity
Philip Morris
Kirk
Susan
|
$400
[14]
He met future ex Julia Roberts while playing a detective in Robert Altman's "The Player"
Lyle Lovett
Elizabeth
|
|
$600
[8]
Here's a pH test--all olive oils are graded in accordance with the degree of this they contain (lower is better)
acidity
Susan
|
$600
[20]
This Greek biographer of "Parallel Lives" suggested Brutus was Julius Caesar's illegitimate son
Plutarch
|
$600
[3]
Nicknamed "Sweetness", this Hall of Fame NFL running back died in 1999
Walter Payton
Susan
|
$600
[28]
In this 1961 war novel, you'll find a captain who doesn't want to fly & a major who hides from his men
Catch-22
Elizabeth
|
$600
[24]
To counter bad press this retailer claims 90% of its employees have health insurance; only 47% get it from the company
Wal-Mart
Kirk
|
$600
[15]
This actor "moonlighted" in 1987: he won an Emmy for playing a P.I. & his "The Return of Bruno" yielded a top 5 hit
Bruce Willis
Kirk
|
|
$800
[9]
This Greek dish of lamb marinated in olive oil & spices, grilled & skewered gets its name from Greek for "skewer"
souvlaki
Susan
|
$800
[21]
Brutus joined a conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar that was led by this man
Cassius
Kirk
|
$800
[4]
If you're served sweetbreads in a restaurant, you're eating either thymus or this part of an animal
the pancreas
Susan
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
In "The Ballad of Reading Gaol", he wrote, "Each man kills the thing he loves... the coward does it with a kiss"
Oscar Wilde
Elizabeth
|
$800
[25]
Utah's A.G. got letters to drop an antitrust case against this software company, but the mail was from dead people
Microsoft
Elizabeth
|
$800
[16]
This "Jessie's Girl" singer played the title detective/vampire in the failed TV pilot "Nick Knight"
Rick Springfield
Kirk
|
|
$1,000
[10]
This L.A.-area institute's famed Olive Walk is now being harvested for olive oil named for the school
Caltech
Elizabeth
|
$1,000
[22]
During the Roman Civil War, Brutus sided with this man but was later pardoned by Julius Caesar--Oops!
Pompey
|
$1,000
[5]
Perhaps an alteration of the word "potato", this word follows "sweet" in a slang term for a pretty girl
patootie
Elizabeth
|
— |
$1,000
[26]
The Pentagon later admitted this system named for a film worked because a guide beacon was put on the target
Star Wars
|
$1,000
[17]
This singer played a detective in 3 straight 60's films: "Tony Rome", "The Detective" & "Lady in Cement"
Frank Sinatra
Susan
|
| COMPLETES THESTAR TREKEPISODE TITLE | THE MEDITERRANEAN ISLE WHERE... | INSECTS | THE "B"IBLE | IT'S ALL GOOD |
|
$400
[12]
"The Trouble with" these creatures
Tribbles
Kirk
|
$400
[13]
A colossal ancient wonder collapsed following an earthquake in the 3rd century B.C.
Rhodes
Elizabeth
|
$400
[6]
The finest singers among species of this insect are the tree type, not the house or field type
crickets
Susan
|
$400
[7]
Her first husband was the Hittite Uriah; David was second
Bathsheba
Susan
|
$400
[1]
Also known as a cathode, it's the car battery terminal with a plus sign
positive
Elizabeth
|
|
$800
[22]
"Where No Man Has" done this
"Gone Before"
Elizabeth
|
$800
[14]
Daedalus was imprisoned
Crete
Kirk
|
DD
$600
[20]
Stone flies belong to the order Plecoptera, which means "pleated" this
wing
Elizabeth
|
$800
[8]
The chief god of the Canaanites
Baal
|
$800
[2]
Marvin Hagler was Marvelous Marvin; Tom Seaver was nicknamed Tom this
Terrific
Elizabeth
|
|
$1,200
[23]
This crew member's "Brain"
Spock
Kirk
Susan
|
$1,200
[15]
Sappho styled her stanzas
Lesbos
Elizabeth
|
$800
[18]
This snout beetle reached Texas from Mexico around 1890 & spread into most cotton-growing areas of the U.S.
the boll weevil
Kirk
|
$1,200
[9]
The youngest son of Jacob & Rachel
Benjamin
Elizabeth
|
$1,600
[4]
The bird Ardea herodias isn't just any blue heron, it's this blue heron
great
Kirk
|
|
$1,600
[24]
"The City on the Edge Of" this
"Forever"
Elizabeth
|
$1,600
[16]
Penelope waited for Ulysses to return
Ithaca
|
$1,200
[19]
Like 1990, 2007 was a year when these noisy insects famously swarmed the Midwest
a cicada
Elizabeth
|
$1,600
[11]
He traveled with Paul to spread Jesus' teachings until they disagreed & separated
Barnabas
Elizabeth
|
DD
$1,800
[3]
It can mean "far better than average" or "not yet settled", like an unpaid debt
outstanding
Elizabeth
|
|
$2,000
[25]
"For the World Is Hollow, and I Have Touched" this
"the Sky"
|
$2,000
[17]
The Knights Hospitaller reigned until 1798
Malta
Susan
|
$2,000
[21]
2 common short-horned species of this in North America are the lubber & the Eastern lubber
grasshoppers
Susan
|
$2,000
[10]
It's at his feast that Daniel interprets the writing on the wall
Belshazzar
|
$2,000
[5]
As an adjective it means "very impressive"; as a noun, it's a lavish production"
spectacular
Elizabeth
Susan
|
In 1997 the Alabama Bar Association erected a monument to this lawyer at the Old Courthouse in Monroeville
Atticus Finch