Trip Robertson — a non-profit development director from Charleston, South Carolina
Pamela Chin — a registered nurse from West Orange, New Jersey
David Daniel — a writer and copy editor from Woodland Hills, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $400 | $600 | $7,800 |
$4,999
2-day champion: $30,600 |
$9,800
15 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Pamela | $600 | $600 | $2,200 |
$4,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,000
8 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Trip | $1,000 | $2,000 | $5,300 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,800
15 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| 1907 | SPORTS JOES | POTPOURRI | ANIMALS IN JEOPARDY | SLOGANS & MOTTOES | ODD WORDS |
|
$200
[11]
Florenz Ziegfeld produced his first of these extravaganzas in 1907 & would continue them for the next 24 years
the Follies
Trip
|
$200
[1]
In a nice 2-year run, he married Marilyn in 1954 & was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in '55
Joe DiMaggio
David
|
$200
[5]
In a song from Meredith Willson's "The Music Man", this many trombones "led the big parade"
76
David
|
$200
[15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew visits with the bison at the Catalina Island Conservancy.) Catalina can't support large numbers of bison, so in 2004, about 100 of them were repatrioted to their ancestral home in this Mt. Rushmore state
South Dakota
Pamela
|
$200
[18]
"All the news that's fit to print"
The New York Times
David
|
$200
[14]
"Dumbledore" is actually an old word for this insect; J.K. Rowling imagined him humming all the time
a bumblebee
Pamela
|
|
$400
[12]
With this man as president, the government budget was $579 million & unemployment stood at 2.8%
Teddy Roosevelt
David
|
$400
[2]
Richard Nixon's "Enemies List" included Jane Fonda & this N.Y. Jets quarterback
Joe Namath
Pamela
|
$400
[6]
Using a 200-year-old technique, a V.A. hospital in Long Beach, Calif. has utilized these fly larvae to treat patients
maggots
Pamela
|
$400
[16]
Amsterdam Island in the Indian Ocean, 1,800 mi. from any cont., has a rare type of this wandering seabird
the albatross
|
$400
[19]
"With a name like" this one, "it has to be good!"
Smuckers
David
|
$400
[23]
Robinsonade is not a refreshing drink, it's a novel similar in theme to a work by this author
Defoe
Trip
|
|
$600
[13]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew compares two paintings on the monitor.) The work here from 1906 doesn't quite prepare us for the launch of this art movementby the same artist 1 year later
Cubism
David
|
$600
[3]
In 1973 George Foreman grilled this "Smokin'" guy, knocking him down 6 times in 2 rounds
Joe Frazier
Pamela
|
$600
[7]
Ranking just above a captain, not behind him, it's a U.S. Navy admiral with 1 star
a rear admiral
Trip
|
$600
[17]
We hope the endangered Carolina Northern "flying" species of this rodent keeps on flying
a squirrel
David
|
$600
[20]
"It takes a licking and keeps on ticking"
Timex
Pamela
|
$600
[24]
Too much time enjoying potent potables? You could end up with a katzenjammer, one of these
a hangover
Trip
|
|
$800
[29]
For works like "Gunga Din", he became the first Brit awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
Kipling
Trip
|
DD
$800
[4]
In 1908, troubled by blisters, this outfielder played in his stocking feet
"Shoeless Joe" Jackson
Pamela
|
$800
[9]
In 1989 Pope John Paul II added these 2 automobile-related acts to the official list of Catholic sins
speeding & drunken driving
Trip
|
$800
[27]
Steller's sea cow was extinct by 1768; Stellar's sea this animal is hanging tough
a sea lion
David
|
$800
[21]
"Choosy moms choose" this
Jif
David
|
$800
[25]
The fact that clavate means shaped like this isn't something you have to hit me over the head with
a club
Trip
|
|
$1,000
[30]
More than 40 nations attended the second "International Peace Conference" of this Dutch city
The Hague
David
Trip
|
$1,000
[8]
In 1950 he became an assistant coach for Penn State football; in '66, he took over as head coach
(Joe) Paterno
Trip
|
$1,000
[10]
For one game, minor league baseball's St. Paul Saints used these on top of the dugout to reenact big plays
mimes
David
|
$1,000
[28]
South America's woolly spider type of this has a rudimentary or no thumb & a badly fragmented habitat
a monkey
Pamela
Trip
|
$1,000
[22]
"Because I'm worth it"
L'Oréal
|
$1,000
[26]
The name of this light, crinkled fabric comes from the Persian shir o shakkar, meaning "milk & sugar"
seersucker
|
| MEXICAN MOVIE MAKERS | CHILE DOGS | AUSTRALIAN LIT | ETHIOPIAN CUISINE | "ONE" WORLD |
|
$400
[21]
Ismael Rodriguez' 1961 film "Animas Trujano" starring Toshiro Mifune was Oscar-nominated in this category
Foreign Language Film
Trip
|
$400
[11]
In Concepcion this large dog is called un gran danes
a Great Dane
Trip
|
$400
[1]
Meggie Cleary & Father Ralph de Bricassart shared a secret & doomed love in this bestseller set in the Outback
The Thorn Birds
Pamela
|
$400
[6]
Similar to steak tartare, kitfo is a cold ground beef dish that is served this way
uncooked (or raw)
David
Trip
|
$400
[16]
To completely reverse your direction while driving is to "pull" one of these
a one-eighty
David
|
|
$1,200
[23]
Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki has worked with many Hollywood filmmakers, like this director of "Sleepy Hollow"
Tim Burton
Trip
|
$800
[12]
Any lassie in Chile could tell you that this dog is un perro de pastor escoces
a collie
Trip
|
$800
[2]
Nobel Prize winner Patrick White was noted for using this technique where thoughts flow freely & at random
stream of consciousness
Trip
|
$800
[7]
Tej is a type of this made with honey; Ethiopians think it was once shared by Solomon & the Queen of Sheba
a mead (or wine)
Trip
|
$800
[17]
Numerical name for Scheherazade's tales
One Thousand and One Nights
David
|
|
$1,600
[24]
Before Alfonso Cuaron brought "Children of Men" to the big screen, he directed this third Harry Potter outing
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
David
|
$1,200
[13]
In Santiago this dog unrivaled for its scenting powers is un sabueso
a bloodhound
David
|
$1,200
[3]
Nearly 30 years after "The Female Eunuch", she followed it up with "The Whole Woman"
Germaine Greer
Pamela
|
$1,200
[8]
For Ethiopian meals, coffee is usually served in this small cups, from the French for "half-cup"
a demitasse
David
|
$1,200
[18]
The main dramatic section that begins a play, or the title of playwright Moss Hart's autobiography
Act One
|
|
$2,000
[25]
Guillermo del Toro's directing credits include "The Devil's Backbone" & this 2006 Oscar-winning film
Pan's Labyrinth
|
$1,600
[14]
Play fetch with un perro perdiguero de oro, this fetching dog
a golden retriever
David
|
$1,600
[4]
Go here, young man, to this author of "The Devil's Advocate" & "The Shoes of the Fisherman"
Morris West
|
$1,600
[9]
Teff, similar to millet, is a type of this that comes from a grass grown in Ethiopia
a grain
Trip
|
$1,600
[19]
A popular koan, or meditation subject or Zen Buddhism, asks the student to try to imagine this sound
one hand clapping
David
|
|
DD
$3,500
[22]
A shooting in Morocco touches off a story spanning 3 continents in this 2006 Gonzalez Inarritu film
Babel
Trip
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
Chile dogs include the pastor aleman, this breed
the German shepherd
David
|
$2,000
[5]
After settling in Australia, he set many of his novels there, like "On the Beach" & "A Town Like Alice"
(Nevil) Shute
Trip
|
$2,000
[10]
Similar to the Indian ghee, niter kibbeh is a clarified spice-infused type of this & is used in many dishes
butter
|
$2,000
[20]
Based in Chicago, this financial services provider merged with J.P. Morgan Chase in 2004
Bank One
David
|
In 1881 he wrote to Emile Zola, "I must soon leave Vetheuil, and I am looking for a pretty place by the Seine"
Claude Monet