Susan Kelleher — a stagehand from Washington, D.C.
Chris Jason — a U.S. Navy flight officer originally from Sarasota, Florida
David Daniel — a writer and copy editor from Woodland Hills, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $30,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $-400 | $1,400 | $11,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,000
15 R, 3 W |
| Chris | $400 | $1,000 | $6,300 |
$11,300
New champion: $11,300 |
$7,800
8 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Susan | $3,200 | $4,400 | $13,100 |
$4,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,200
25 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE HILLS | NOT NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE | FISH, BIRD OR MAMMAL | "KIN" FOLK | HODGEPODGE | SPEL-EMENTS |
|
$200
[26]
In 2006 Coldwell Banker said the average home sale price in this town next to West Hollywood was $1.8 million
Beverly Hills
David
|
$200
[21]
Bogie & Hepburn floated across the screen in this 1951 film that pleased audiences & critics, but not the Academy
The African Queen
Susan
|
$200
[6]
The skate
a fish
Susan
|
$200
[1]
In 1948 Irv Robbins & this brother-in-law began franchising their small chain of ice cream stores
(Burt) Baskin
David
|
$200
[11]
This rap "clan" featuring Method Man & RZA took its name from a mythical martial arts sword
The Wu-Tang Clan
Susan
|
$200
[16]
Helium, aluminum
heal (He-Al)
Susan
|
|
$400
[27]
On June 17, 1775, after Breed's Hill was fortified, reserve Patriot troops occupied this hill
Bunker Hill
David
|
$400
[22]
You couldn't drag a Best Picture nomination out of the Academy for this 1959 Billy Wilder film; well, nobody's perfect
Some Like It Hot
David
|
$400
[7]
The tarsier
a mammal
Chris
|
$400
[2]
He began formulating his low-carb approach to dieting after reading an article in a 1963 issue of JAMA
(Robert) Atkins
Susan
|
$400
[12]
Number of the latest U.S. Constitutional amendment to take effect
27
Susan
|
$400
[17]
Neon, argon
near (Ne-Ar)
Susan
|
|
$600
[28]
The Esquiline & the Viminal are 2 of the 7 hills on which this ancient city was built
Rome
Susan
|
$600
[23]
The Academy must have been out to lunch not nominating this 1961 Audrey Hepburn film
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Chris
|
$600
[8]
The honeycreeper
a bird
Susan
|
$600
[3]
This "Eugene Onegin" author was charged with writing subversive poetry in 1820 & lost his job in St. Petersburg
Pushkin
Susan
|
$600
[13]
2-word name for the body of watertheseD.C. skaters are having fun on back in the day
the Reflecting Pool
David
Susan
|
$600
[18]
Copper, boron
cub (Cu-B)
|
|
$800
[29]
High peaks in this range of low mountains in South Dakota & Wyoming include Parker Peak & Custer Peak
the Black Hills
Susan
|
$800
[24]
In 1954 this Jimmy Stewart & Grace Kelly starrer from Alfred Hitchcock didn't get a second glance
Rear Window
David
|
$800
[9]
The bongo
a mammal
Susan
|
$800
[4]
In 1832 an English physician first described this disease of lymph tissue that now bears his name
Hodgkin's (disease)
Susan
|
$800
[14]
(Jon of the Clue Crew zaps some styrofoam peanuts with liquid from a test tube in the Jeopardy!science lab.) You might think styrofoam peanuts are hard to get rid of, but they can be dissolved using this solvent, the same one found in nail polish remover
acetone
Susan
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
Calcium, iron
cafe (Ca-Fe)
Susan
|
|
$1,000
[30]
At the foot of the Mendip Hills, you'll find this cheese-y 7-letter English town
Cheddar
David
Susan
|
$1,000
[25]
"Driving Miss Daisy" won for 1989, the year this Spike Lee film about urban racism was passed over
Do the Right Thing
Susan
|
$1,000
[10]
The cichlid
a fish
Susan
|
$1,000
[5]
In 1941 she was the only member of the House of Rep. to vote against the Declaration of War against Japan
Jeannette Rankin
|
$1,000
[15]
Less secure than an heir apparent, one who's in line for a throne but could still be superseded is the "heir" this
presumptive
|
$1,000
[20]
Hydrogen, silver
hag (H-Ag)
David
|
| THE 1930s | ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY | WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | NAME THE PLAYWRIGHT | THE "IX" IS IN |
|
$400
[16]
W.H. Auden wrote of this civil war-torn country, "History to the defeated may say alas but cannot help nor pardon"
Spain
Chris
|
$400
[11]
Born William Claude Dukenfield, he's supposed to have said, "Anyone who hates children and dogs can't be all bad"
W.C. Fields
Susan
|
$400
[26]
This writer, "GBS", died on Nov. 2, 1950
George Bernard Shaw
Susan
|
$400
[6]
The Trustees of the College of California bought 160 acres of land north of Oakland & named the site this in 1866
Berkeley
David
|
$400
[21]
"Speed-the-Plow","Glengarry Glen Ross"
David Mamet
Susan
|
$400
[1]
From an 1859 song, it's a nickname for the Old South
"Dixie"
David
|
|
$800
[17]
As the depression hit Europe, this figure in Belgium went from 5.4% in 1930 to 23.5% in 1932
unemployment
Chris
Susan
|
$800
[12]
Dance style of brothers & Kennedy Center honorees Fayard & Harold Nicholas
tap
David
|
$800
[27]
This novelist, a pure "Natural", died in NYC on March 18, 1986
Bernard Malamud
David
|
$800
[7]
This Tulsa college was founded by & named for an evangelist, now the school's chancellor
Oral Roberts
|
$800
[22]
"An American Daughter","The Heidi Chronicles"
Wendy Wasserstein
Susan
|
$800
[2]
A cross with the figure of Jesus upon it
a crucifix
Chris
|
|
DD
$1,500
[18]
Melvin Purvisgained fame (more than Hoover liked) as head of the FBI's office in this city
Chicago
Chris
|
$1,200
[13]
In Vaudeville, Jerry, Helen, Josephine & George M. were "The Four" these
Cohans
Susan
|
$1,200
[28]
This WWII British commander who led the 21st Army Group at Normandy passed away on March 24, 1976
Montgomery
Chris
|
$1,200
[8]
The logo of this one-time Methodist college is seen here
Duke University
Susan
|
$1,200
[23]
"Lettice and Lovage","Amadeus"
Peter Shaffer
David
|
$1,200
[3]
An alchemical liquid "of life" believed to be capable of prolonging it
an elixir
Susan
|
|
$1,600
[19]
The Baltic States' fate was decided by a secret protocol to the August 1939 non-aggression pact of these 2 nations
Germany & the Soviet Union
Chris
Susan
|
$1,600
[14]
(Hi, I'm Harry Shearer.) Rochester! Did you know that in 1953 I played this comic as a boy on his self-titled TV "Program"?
Jack Benny
David
|
$1,600
[29]
On Dec. 24, 1975 Bernard Herrmann died shortly after scoring this 1976 De Niro & Foster classic; it's dedicated to him
Taxi Driver
David
|
DD
$1,500
[9]
An anthem says, "With each pealing bell... hail, all hail" this New York university (it rhymes)
Cornell
Susan
|
$1,600
[24]
"A Moon for the Misbegotten","The Iceman Cometh"
Eugene O'Neill
David
|
$1,600
[4]
Adjective meaning extravagantly impractical, like something done by the Man of La Mancha
quixotic
David
|
|
$2,000
[20]
1 of the 2 men, a Southern pol & a soldier, whom FDR said were the 2 most dangerous in the country
Huey Long (or Douglas MacArthur)
Susan
|
$2,000
[15]
Cathy Lewis was this title character paired with Fibber McGee on a '50s TV show based on a hit radio show
Molly
Susan
|
$2,000
[30]
After he helped liberate Chile, he got liberated from life on Oct. 24, 1842
Bernardo O'Higgins
|
$2,000
[10]
Lord Jeffs is the nickname of the athletic teams of this Massachusetts college
Amherst
|
$2,000
[25]
"Curse of the Starving Class","True West"
Sam Shepard
David
|
$2,000
[5]
An array of numbers or other mathematical functions multiplied according to certain rules
a matrix
Chris
|
In 2007 this 18th century professor & writer became the first Scotsman to appear on an English banknote
Adam Smith