Matt Pensinger — a pastor from Hanover, Pennsylvania
Paul Barndt — a student from Houston, Texas
Todd Butler — a fourth grade teacher from Mansfield, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $30,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd | $3,800 | $8,200 | $10,600 |
$5,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,600
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Paul | $1,400 | $3,600 | $4,800 |
$4,300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,800
14 R, 4 W |
| Matt | $1,600 | $3,200 | $8,000 |
$13,500
New champion: $13,500 |
$10,400
15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| USA TODAY'S TOP 25 MEMORABLE QUOTES | CATCH & CARRY | I BEG YOUR PARDON | DOG TAGS | SALAD | "LAT" IN |
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$200
[7]
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Ronald Reagan
Todd
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$200
[21]
This ex-49er is the NFL's all-time leader with 1,549 receptions; no. 2 on the list is 448 behind
Jerry Rice
Paul
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$200
[26]
Gerald Ford issued 382 pardons but the one issued to this man in 1974 is said to have cost Ford the 1976 election
Richard Nixon
Matt
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$200
[8]
Born 1924, Milton, Massachusetts; pooch: Millie, a Springer spaniel
George H.W. Bush
Matt
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$200
[6]
From the French for "crust", these cubes are delicious in salads
croutons
Paul
|
$200
[1]
A person of Hispanic or Spanish-speaking descent
Latino
Todd
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$400
[11]
"It takes a village to raise a child"
Hillary Clinton
Todd
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$400
[22]
Ex-coach of "Da Bears", he averaged 13.6 yards per catch in a 12-year career
Mike Ditka
Matt
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$400
[27]
The Wall Street Journal wanted an immediate pardon for him after his perjury conviction in the Valerie Plame case
Scooter Libby
Paul
|
$400
[9]
Born 356 B.C., Pella, Macedonia; pooch: Peritas, who had a city named in his honor
Alexander the Great
Paul
|
$400
[12]
This salad named for a kitchen professional features julienned cheeses & meats
chef's salad
Paul
|
$400
[2]
Type of saints in the official name of the Mormons
Latter-Day
Paul
|
|
$600
[16]
"People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along?"
Rodney King
Matt
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$600
[23]
Kathie Lee must know this Giant caught 43 TDs, carried for 34 & threw for 14; he even kicked 2 FGs & caught 2 ints.
Frank Gifford
Matt
|
$600
[28]
In 2001 she was pardoned for a 1974 armed bank robbery & for using a firearm during a felony
Patty Hearst
Paul
|
$600
[10]
Born 1889, Braunau-am-Inn, Austria-Hungary; pooch: Blondi, a German shepherd
Adolf Hitler
Matt
|
$600
[13]
"Chilly" name of the head of lettuce that's cut into quarters to make a wedge salad
iceberg
Todd
|
$600
[3]
This nation of 2.3 million was conquered & Christianized in the 13th century
Latvia
Todd
|
|
$800
[17]
"Keep hope alive"
Jesse Jackson
Todd
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$800
[24]
In 2006 this 1970s Steeler WR & ABC commentator tried but failed to catch on as Governor of Pennsylvania
Lynn Swann
Matt
|
$800
[29]
Not the friendly ghost, this Secretary of Defense was pardoned for his role in Iran-Contra
Caspar Weinberger
Todd
|
DD
$800
[19]
Born 1642, Woolsthorpe, England; mischievous cur: Diamond, known to destroy scientific papers
Sir Isaac Newton
Todd
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$800
[14]
The original Waldorf salad contained only mayonnaise, celery & this fruit
apples
Matt
|
$800
[4]
At the gym, "lat" is short for this broad, flat muscle on each side of your back
latissimus dorsi
Todd
|
|
$1,000
[18]
"How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?"
Alan Greenspan
Todd
Matt
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$1,000
[25]
This present-day Colt WR with a Presidential last name holds the NFL single-season record for catches with 143
Marvin Harrison
Todd
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1994 he was pardoned for leading a coup vs. the President of Venezuela; by 1999 he was President
Hugo Chavez
Paul
|
$1,000
[20]
Born 1885, San Gabriel, Calif.; military pooch: Willie (aka William the Conqueror), a bull terrier (he never slapped him)
Gen. George Patton
|
$1,000
[15]
This salad is said to have been invented by Mr. Cardini, who owned a restaurant in Tijuana
Caesar salad
|
$1,000
[5]
A structure of crossed wooden strips; not something in your salad
lattice
Todd
|
| SOMEWHERE | OVER THE RAINBOW | STORMY WEATHER | I LOVE A PARADE | AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE | THE POSITIVE |
|
$400
[6]
Dating from medieval times, Gamla Stan ("Old Town") is the "cradle" of this Scandinavian capital
Stockholm
Paul
Matt
|
$400
[26]
Harold Arlen composed "Over The Rainbow", introduced by this singer
Judy Garland
Paul
|
$400
[1]
In March 1888 one of these blinding snowstorms struck the East Coast, creating 40-to-50-foot snowdrifts
blizzard
Todd
|
$400
[21]
The Junkanoo Parade brings asea of color to downtown Nassauon Boxing Day & again on this one six days later
New Year's Day
Paul
|
$400
[11]
In this language of the British Isles, you'll see accent marks on the letter W
Welsh
Matt
|
$400
[16]
The book "Whale Done!" applies the positive techniques used at this marine park to business & family life
Sea World
Todd
|
|
$800
[7]
Johann Strauss Jr. conducted the "Blue Danube" waltz publicly for the first time at a Feb. 1867 concert in this city
Vienna
Paul
|
$1,200
[29]
"We're after the same rainbow's end" in this Mancini-Mercer song
"Moon River"
|
$800
[2]
On March 18, 1925 the most violent single one of these in U.S. history swept through Mo., Ill., & Ind., killing 695
tornado
Todd
|
$800
[22]
Festivities on this July 14th holiday include fireworks & a huge military parade down Paris' Champs-Elysees
Bastille Day
Todd
|
$800
[12]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows the followingagudason the monitor:nariz, ciudad, profesor, canción, detrás, menú.) Spanish words with the stress on the last syllable are called agudas & have accent marks only if they end in "N", "S" or one of these
a vowel
Todd
|
$800
[17]
Thriving through success, like him conducting "Ode to Joy" while ill, is the idea in a book called "The" him "Factor"
Beethoven
Todd
|
|
$1,200
[8]
This strike-slip fault that runs through California is named for a lake that's in the rift
San Andreas Fault
Matt
|
$1,600
[28]
In the musical titled this man's "Rainbow", he already has the pot of gold when he arrives in Rainbow Valley
Finian
Paul
|
$1,200
[3]
These, which may be described as softball-sized, begin in clouds as "embryos" to which frozen droplets adhere
hailstones
Matt
|
$1,200
[23]
As seen in thephotoin 1960, Senator Kennedy & wife Jackie enjoyed this type of parade in New York City
a ticker-tape parade
Paul
|
$1,200
[13]
You may ask why this language has an accent mark in its word for "why", perchè
Italian
Todd
Paul
|
$1,200
[18]
His "Power of Positive Thinking" begins, "Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities!"
Norman Vincent Peale
Paul
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[9]
We are "volunteering" the information that Clingmans Dome is the highest point in this state
Tennessee
Paul
|
$2,000
[27]
It's like dancing in a rainbow amid the colored lights of the Rainbow Room, part of this NYC complex
Rockefeller Center
Paul
Matt
|
$1,600
[4]
A single updraft or downdraft in a cloud; a severe thunderstorm may be multi- or super-it
cell
Matt
|
$1,600
[25]
The annual Chinese New Year parade in this West Coast city is the largest celebration of its kind outside Asia
San Francisco
Todd
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a poem line on the monitor: "Comelive/ withme/ andbe/ mylove".) In poetry, it's a foot or metrical unit consisting of an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable
iamb
Todd
|
$2,000
[20]
An illustrated book pairs Alexander Calder's artwork with the lyrics to his song "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
Bobby McFerrin
Matt
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Chisago is a county in this state, as is Itasca
Minnesota
|
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$2,000
[5]
In a 24-hour period, July 26-27, 2005, just over 37 inches of rain fell on this megacity on India's west coast
Bombay/Mumbai
|
$2,000
[24]
Appleton in this state claims the oldest Flag Day parade in the nation
Wisconsin
Matt
|
$2,000
[15]
Some Shakespeare editions use accents to clarify meter, as in this man's "The time is out of joint, O cursèd spite..."
Hamlet
|
DD
$2,400
[19]
Oprah has unlocked this, a book by Rhonda Byrne about using positive visualization to achieve success
The Secret
Matt
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With 63 appearances, this ex-senator & pres. nominee has been on "Meet the Press" more than any other guest
Bob Dole