Rita Byrd — an IT consultant from Washington, D.C.
Britt Terry — a Ph.D. student from Fountain Inn, South Carolina
Todd Butler — a fourth grade teacher from Mansfield, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,599)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd | $3,000 | $4,200 | $8,200 |
$16,400
2-day champion: $30,999 |
$10,200
16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Britt | $3,200 | $5,600 | $6,400 |
$1,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,400
13 R, 3 W |
| Rita | $1,400 | $2,600 | $9,400 |
$2,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| BRAND NAMES | WHO'S YOUR DADDY? | LET'S PLAY ODDBALL | "D" BRIEFING | PAINE: | IN THE NECK |
|
$200
[21]
Everything but a 4-inch foam ball was eliminated from an indoor volleyball game, leading to this toy brand
Nerf
Todd
|
$200
[1]
"24" star Kiefer
Donald Sutherland
Rita
|
$200
[16]
In 2006 a man went to a N.Y. sheriff's office to see if any of these were outstanding for him--yes, for drug trafficking
an arrest warrant
Todd
|
$200
[2]
To slobber, or to bounce a basketball
dribble
Rita
|
$200
[26]
"The Crisis" No. 1 begins, "These are the times that" do this
"try men's souls"
Britt
|
$200
[11]
Curly made his "woo woos" & "nyuk nyuks" in this hollow chamber also called the voice box
the larynx
Todd
|
|
$400
[22]
One slogan of this leotard & more line was "not just for dancing"
Danskin
Rita
|
$400
[5]
Boxer-turned-dancer Laila
Muhammad Ali
Britt
Rita
|
$400
[17]
In 2006 a Wyo. teen spilled gas on his pants committing this car crime, then (oops!) used a lighter to see how wet he got
stealing gas (siphoning)
Britt
|
$400
[3]
It's the alliterative salutation that traditionally begins each entry of a girl's daily journal
Dear Diary
Rita
|
$400
[27]
"The fate of Charles the First hath only made" these individuals "more subtle--not more just"
kings
Rita
|
$400
[12]
In emergencies, this neck operation may be performed with a penknife & the empty shell of a pen
a tracheotomy
Britt
|
|
$600
[23]
Introduced in 1941, these climate-resistant chocolates were packaged in cardboard tubes for WWII GIs
M&M's
Rita
|
$600
[6]
International pop star Enrique
Julio Iglesias
Todd
|
$600
[18]
A Longmont, Colo. man robbed a bank but left this 6-letter leather item behind; a cop said, "That really helps us out"
a wallet
Todd
|
$600
[4]
An alcoholic may be this 11-letter type of drunkard with an irresistible thirst for booze
dipsomaniac
Todd
|
$600
[28]
"No man was a warmer wisher for reconciliation than myself, before the fatal" 19th of this month, 1775
April
Rita
|
$600
[13]
These arteries carry blood to the head; a blockage in one may lead to an ischemic stroke
the carotid arteries
Todd
|
|
$800
[24]
This furniture brand introduced its Reclina-Rocker in 1961
La-Z-Boy
Britt
|
$800
[7]
Actress Jamie Lee
Tony Curtis
Britt
|
$800
[19]
2 thieves stole a Canadian museum's surveillance cameras; too bad they didn't steal these accessories, too
the tapes
Todd
|
$800
[9]
To a Londoner, it's a trash can
a dustbin
Britt
|
DD
$600
[29]
A preface to "The Rights of Man" says, "The cause of" this rebelling people "is that of...the whole world"
the French
Rita
|
$800
[14]
This gland makes its hormones by combining iodine with the amino acid tyrosine
a thyroid
Britt
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Choices for treating seasonal allergies run from "A" (Allegra) to "Z" (this brand of antihistamine)
Zyrtec
Todd
|
$1,000
[8]
Emmy & Tony award-winning actress Amanda
Christopher Plummer
|
$1,000
[20]
A city councilman stole $2 from the tip jar at a Dunkin' Donuts in this "Rubber Capital of the World"
Akron
Rita
|
$1,000
[10]
Humorous poetry with irregular rhythm is known by this canine name
doggerel
Rita
|
$1,000
[30]
This basic document "is the property of a nation, and not of those who exercise government"
the Constitution
Britt
|
$1,000
[15]
About 10 inches long, it passes through the neck & goes past the heart, through the diaphragm & into the stomach
the esophagus
Todd
|
| U.S. CITY HISTORY | JOHN WAYNE AT 100 | BOOKS OF THE MONTH | FUN WITH PROBABILITY | THEATRICAL ANGELS | THE H WITH U |
|
$400
[4]
2 months before the Declaration of Independence, the Rhode Island Independence Act was signed in this city
Providence
Britt
|
$400
[17]
A thrilling scene of Wayne shooting a charging one of these was cut from "Hatari", as it was felt his fans wouldn't like it
an elephant
Britt
Rita
|
$400
[5]
By James Patterson & Maxine Paetro: "4th of ____"
July
Todd
|
$400
[1]
High rollers get to play roulette on single-zero wheels, where the chance of hitting your lucky number is 1 in this
37
Todd
Rita
|
$400
[13]
Alan Paul played Teen Angel in the original Broadway cast of this musical; Frankie Avalon did it on film
Grease
Britt
|
$400
[22]
Launched into orbit in 1990, it has a light-gathering mirror that's 94 inches in diameter
the Hubble (Space) Telescope
Rita
|
|
$800
[8]
This Missouri city wasn't named for Scott or Janis but for Rev. Harris G., an early settler there
Joplin
Todd
|
$800
[18]
Wayne played Sergeant Stryker in "Sands of" this island that was later featured in a pair of 2006 films
Iwo Jima
Britt
|
$800
[6]
By The New York Times: "Four Days in ____: The Original Coverage of the John F. Kennedy Assassination"
November
Britt
Rita
|
$800
[2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew flips a coin.) The chance of getting heads on any given coin flip is 1 in 2, so the chance of getting heads 5 times in a row is 1 in this
32
Todd
|
$800
[14]
(Edward Albee delivers the clue.) In my one-act play "The Sandbox", Grandma meets a handsome young man who turns out to be the angel of this
death
Todd
|
$800
[23]
It's a Greek word for excessive pride or self-confidence
hubris
Rita
|
|
$1,200
[9]
It was Arizona's territorial capital from 1867 to 1877, & a university was founded there in 1885
Tucson
|
$1,200
[19]
Wayne went to USC on this type of scholarship, resulting in an appearance in 1927's "The Drop Kick"
football
Todd
|
$1,200
[7]
By Barbara Tuchman: "The Guns of ____"
August
Rita
|
$1,200
[3]
NASA's Spaceguard Survey watches for the "extremely small" probability of these 2 objects coming to smash Earth
comets & asteroids
Todd
Britt
Rita
|
$1,200
[16]
A transvestite street drummer named Angel is one of the young Bohemians in this long-running musical
Rent
Rita
|
$1,600
[25]
The 1598 Edict of Nantes gave this group freedom of worship in many parts of France
the Huguenots
Rita
|
|
$1,600
[10]
Indianapolis was laid out in a wheel pattern inspired by this other major city some 500 miles away
Washington, D.C.
Todd
|
$1,600
[20]
"The greatest picture I've ever seen", said this pal & director about "The Alamo", Wayne's debut behind the camera
John Ford
|
$1,600
[15]
By Homer Hickham: "Rocket Boys", also published as "____ Sky"
October
Britt
|
$1,600
[12]
Offspring of heterozygous parents have a 50-50 chance of getting a dominant vs. this type of allele
recessive
Rita
|
— |
$2,000
[26]
A Hungarian light cavalry force formed during the 15th century
the Hussars
Todd
|
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
It was uninhabited when it was chosen as a terr. capital in 1836 & named for a president who died that year
Madison, Wisconsin
Todd
|
$2,000
[21]
John played obsessed Indian hunter Ethan Edwards in this acclaimed 1956 film
The Searchers
|
— |
$2,000
[27]
The probability of the first card dealt being an ace is 4 in 52, so the probability of the second card being an ace is 1 in this number
17
Rita
|
— |
DD
$2,400
[24]
The science of raising crops or food animals, matrimonially speaking
husbandry
Rita
|
In 2003 Emily Rose Christian became the first baby born on this island in 17 years, bringing the population to nearly 50
Pitcairn Island