Megan Lynch — a book editor from Brooklyn, New York
Kevin Martin — an emergency room physician from Bowling Green, Ohio
Kirk Jordan — a third grade teacher from Long Beach, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk | $4,600 | $5,600 | $8,800 |
$1,900
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,800
16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kevin | $1,000 | $5,600 | $10,800 |
$17,800
New champion: $17,800 |
$10,800
19 R, 3 W |
| Megan | $2,400 | $1,700 | $4,500 |
$8,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
11 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs) |
| 19th CENTURY MEDICINE | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | COUNTRIES BY NEWSPAPER | FROM THE LATIN | QUOTH THE RAVIN' | EDGAR ALLAN POE |
|
$200
[1]
In 1885 the first successful vaccine for this was tested on a boy who had been bitten by a dog
rabies
Kevin
|
$200
[6]
In Forbes magazine's 2007 list of billionaires, this Omahan was again ranked No. 2, behind Bill Gates
Warren Buffett
Megan
|
$200
[11]
El Sol de Tehuacan, The Acapulco Times
Mexico
Kirk
|
$200
[26]
This type of sphere with a map of the Earth depicted on it has a name from the Latin for "sphere"
globe
Kevin
|
$200
[16]
This character has gone "Psycho" long before he says, "She might have fooled me, but she didn't fool my mother"
Norman Bates
Kevin
|
$200
[21]
According to an 1833 description, Poe dressed entirely in this color
black
Kevin
|
|
$400
[2]
In 1852 George Cammann gave physicians a version of this instrument that they could listen to with both ears
a stethoscope
Kirk
|
$400
[7]
In 1990 United Brands changed its name to this to take advantage of its name recognition as a banana producer
Chiquita
Kirk
|
$400
[12]
The Brunswickan, The Edmonton Examiner
Canada
Kevin
|
$400
[27]
This kind of book is quite handy; it's name comes from the Latin for "hand"
manual
|
$400
[17]
Kathleen Quinlan finds comfort talking to shrink Bibi Andersson in "I Never Promised You" this
"A Rose Garden"
Kirk
|
$400
[22]
Poe's "MS. Found in" one of these won a short story contest in 1833
a bottle
|
|
$600
[3]
The invention of the ophthalmoscope in 1851 by Hermann von Helmholtz aided inspection of this body part
the eye
Megan
|
$600
[8]
Legend has it that the design of this company's Monsieur Bibendum logo was inspired by a pile of rubber tires
Michelin
Megan
|
$600
[13]
The Daily Punjab, The Balochistan Post
Pakistan
Kevin
|
$600
[28]
If "You've Got" this flexible armor, you know its name comes from macula, a Latin word for "mesh of a net"
mail
Kirk
|
$600
[18]
As John Nash in this movie, Russell Crowe does quite a bit of talking to people who don't exist
A Beautiful Mind
Kevin
|
$600
[23]
In 1842 Poe reviewed this author's "Barnaby Rudge", which features (hmmm) a human-like raven
Charles Dickens
|
|
$800
[4]
In 1865 Joseph Lister began using carbolic acid as this, from the Latin for "against putrefaction"
an antiseptic
Kirk
|
$800
[9]
Her red spoon logo was introduced in 1954 & now appears on more than 200 products
Betty Crocker
Kirk
|
$800
[14]
The Cape Times, The Volksblad
South Africa
Kevin
|
$800
[29]
The name of this fin on a shark's back comes from the Latin for "back"
dorsal
Kevin
|
$800
[19]
In "Quills", this author muses, "My glorious prose filtered through the minds of the insane... They might improve it"
Marquis de Sade
Kevin
|
$800
[24]
Poe's wife, who passed away at age 24, had this name, like the state at whose university Poe studied
Virginia
Megan
|
|
$1,000
[5]
This German's discovery of x-rays in 1895 had visible effects in diagnosing medical problems
Roentgen
Kirk
|
$1,000
[10]
In 1978 he was fired as the president of Ford, only to become the new president of Chrysler
Lee Iacocca
Megan
|
$1,000
[15]
Haaretz, Yedioth Ahronoth
Israel
Kirk
|
$1,000
[30]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Texas A&M University.) Texas A&M's Coastal Engineering Lab studies the coastal type of this, from Latin for "to gnaw"
erosion
Kevin
|
$1,000
[20]
This Johnny Depp character tells his psychiatrist, "Don Octavio, you are a great lover like myself'
Don Juan DeMarco
Kevin
|
DD
$1,500
[25]
The first obituary of Poe, which spoke of the frailties of genius, appeared in this newspaper
The Baltimore Sun
Megan
|
| ART & ARTISTS | FOOTBALL | TAKE ME OUT TO THE HISTORY GAME | THEY NAMED A FOOD FOR ME | U.S. BODIES OF WATER | WHAT THE "H"? |
|
$400
[17]
Helen Frankenthaler's "soak and stain" technique was inspired by this artist's drip paintings
(Jackson) Pollock
Kevin
|
$400
[6]
To see this team's home games at FedEx Field, you can take a shuttle bus from the Landover, Md. Metro stop
the Redskins
Megan
|
$400
[26]
It's 1922 & the Black Shirts force King Victor Emmanuel III to appoint this far-right fielder as Prime Minister
Benito Mussolini
|
$400
[1]
He's not just a dessert any more; there's also a mozzarella & eggplant version of this layered Bonaparte treat
a Napoleon
Megan
|
$400
[12]
Admiralty Inlet & the Hood Canal are the 2 main branches of this irregular inlet in the NW corner of Washington State
Puget Sound
Kevin
|
$400
[5]
Olympic event won twice by Jackie Joyner-Kersee
the heptathlon
Kirk
|
|
$800
[18]
Picasso painted this work as a protest against the bombing of a town in the Spanish Civil War
Guernica
Megan
|
$800
[20]
This Cowboys wide receiver of the 1990s entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007
Michael Irvin
Kevin
|
$800
[27]
It's going back, back... & it's over this 73-mile-long wall built in the 120s A.D.; "the Emperor" has done it again!
Hadrian's Wall
Kevin
|
$800
[2]
We wonder if this Victorian consort was as rich & creamy as the horseradish sauce said to be named for him
(Prince) Albert
Kevin
|
$800
[13]
Although only about 1.5 square miles in area, Lake Conneaut, south of Erie, is this state's largest natural lake
Pennsylvania
Kevin
Megan
|
$800
[8]
It's the island republic of almost 9 million highlightedherein red
Haiti
Kirk
|
|
$1,200
[19]
One of his last paintings before his 1903 death in the South Pacific was a landscape of Brittany in winter
Gauguin
Kirk
|
$1,200
[21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Green Bay, WI.) He coached the Packers from 1919 to 1949, & his statue is here at the stadium named for him
(Curly) Lambeau
Kirk
|
$1,200
[28]
It's 1902 & Teddy Roosevelt is putting this "Jr." on the bench... the Supreme Court bench, & he'll be there for 29 years
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Kirk
|
$1,200
[3]
The raspberry sauce named for this opera singer may top many dishes, not just her eponymous peach dessert
(Nellie) Melba
Megan
|
$1,200
[14]
The Gila River joins this river near Yuma, Arizona
the Colorado
Megan
|
$1,200
[9]
It's the "HT" in HTTP & HTML
hypertext
Kirk
|
|
$1,600
[24]
In her 1949 painting "Diego and I", Diego Rivera is depicted on her forehead
Frida Kahlo
Kevin
|
$1,600
[22]
The cup representing Canadian football supremacy has this colorful name; a descendent of the tea guy donated it
the Grey Cup
Kevin
|
$1,600
[29]
It's 1649 & this king is lookin' kind of tired out... yep, here comes Oliver Cromwell to give him the hook
Charles I
Kirk
|
$1,600
[4]
Do "tell": this Italian composer was quite a gourmet, & an omelet with foie gras & truffles is named for him
Rossini
Kevin
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
One of the world's longest multiple-arch dams helped form this state's Grand Lake o' the Cherokees
Oklahoma
Megan
|
$2,000
[11]
Used in marching bands, it's a large bass tuba that encircles the player's body
helicon
|
|
$2,000
[25]
This 19th century inventor's notable portraits included those of the Marquis de Lafayette & William Cullen Bryant
Samuel Morse
|
$2,000
[23]
Seen here, he's carrying on the tradition of great Chicago Bears linebackers
Urlacher
Kirk
|
$2,000
[30]
It's July 10, 1553 & this lady will pinch hit for Edward VI, who's been taken out of the game; Cousin Mary is on deck
Lady Jane Grey
Kevin
|
$2,000
[7]
Perhaps this French author consumed the consomme named for her alongside her lover Chopin
George Sand
|
$2,000
[16]
This river, which connects Lake St. Clair & Lake Erie, provides part of the border between Michigan & Ontario
the Detroit River
|
DD
$4,000
[10]
In the 18th century B.C., he wrote down his famous list of dos & don'ts
Hammurabi
Kirk
|
The names of the president & premier of the world's most populous nation are homophones of these 2 words
who & when