Marc Rusconi — a household and commercial mover from Brooklyn, New York
Kate Sundeen — a chemistry teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jenn Cannon — a physician from Ann Arbor, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenn | $800 | $2,000 | $6,800 |
$13,598
2-day champion: $30,399 |
$6,800
14 R, 5 W |
| Kate | $1,600 | $600 | $9,400 |
$399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Marc | $1,600 | $5,400 | $9,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| WHO STARRED IN IT? | WHAT THE HECK IS IT? | WHERE IS THAT, COMRADE? | WHEN DID IT HAPPEN? | HOW DO THEY WORK? | "Y"? |
|
$200
[23]
She was magazine editor Miranda Priestly, who fiendishly wore Prada
Meryl Streep
Jenn
|
$200
[6]
On a snail, on ommatophore is a stalk with this at the end
an eye
Kate
|
$200
[7]
Though frozen up to 6 months of each year, the Ob River is an important trade route in this cold, vast region
Siberia
Kate
|
$200
[10]
JFK won the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention in this year
1960
Jenn
Marc
|
$200
[13]
Many car salesman work on "straight" this, though you're better off buying from one who's on salary
commission
Jenn
|
$200
[1]
You can split the atom or even do barrel rolls using this toy
a yo-yo
Marc
|
|
$400
[24]
He was Julian Kaye, an "American Gigolo"
Richard Gere
Marc
|
$400
[18]
If you set some Chinese punk on fire, it's because Chinese punk is this, like sandalwood
incense
Kate
|
$600
[9]
Russia's lowest point, 92 feet below sea level, is along the shore of this large "sea"
the Caspian
Jenn
Marc
|
$400
[11]
The U.S. declared war against Spain on April 25 of this year
1898
Jenn
|
$400
[14]
Magazine writers often work this way, a term that goes back to unaffiliated pillaging soldiers
freelance
Kate
|
$400
[2]
Anderson Cooper graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science from this university in 1989
Yale
Kate
|
|
$600
[25]
In 2005 this actor walked the line as Johnny Cash
Joaquin Phoenix
Kate
|
$600
[26]
A shako is a stiff, cylindrical one of these worn by soldiers
a hat
Marc
|
$800
[16]
These 2 Russian federal cities have "special region" status
Moscow & St. Petersburg
|
$600
[12]
Bastille Day in France commemorates an event on this date in 1789
July 14
Jenn
Kate
|
$600
[15]
Hospital staff nurses work in these, & a recent study shows that nearly half of them exceed 12 hours
shifts
Jenn
|
$600
[3]
On TV, Boo Boo was his sidekick
Yogi (Bear)
Marc
|
|
$800
[30]
Him as Charlie Chaplin in a 1992 biopic
Robert Downey Jr.
Marc
|
$800
[27]
It's your medium of travel if you're in a hoy
water
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
Russia has long coastlines on the Kara & Laptev seas, arms of this body of water
the Arctic Ocean
Kate
|
$800
[21]
The Sons of Liberty threw one heck of a tea party in Boston on Dec. 16 of this year
1773
|
$800
[19]
Many personal injury lawyers work on this basis, for a percentage of what they recover for you
contingency
|
$800
[4]
From the Middle English for "to boast", it's a short, sharp cry from a dog in pain
a yelp
Kate
|
|
$1,000
[29]
He was Heathcliff to Merle Oberon's Cathy in 1939's "Wuthering Heights"
Laurence Olivier
|
$1,000
[28]
A celesta is one of these, struck by hammers
a musical instrument (an instrument accepted)
Kate
Marc
|
$1,000
[17]
The highest peak in Russia, 18,510-foot Mount Elbrus is found in these mountains
the Caucasus
Jenn
Kate
|
$1,000
[22]
King John affixed his seal to the Magna Carta at Runnymede in June of this year
1215
Marc
|
$1,000
[20]
In Austin, Texas they work 140 calendar days in odd-numbered years
the state legislators
|
$1,000
[5]
In "The Canterbury Tales", one of these sturdy workers serves the knight & squire
a yeoman
Jenn
|
| CIRCUS SCIENCE | POP CULTURE | "P"EOPLE | WRITE ON, SOLDIER! | IN THE DICTIONARY | U.S. POLITICS |
|
$400
[16]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew watches a wire walker practice at Circus Center in San Francisco, CA.) Moving the parasol in the air helps the wire walker keep the point known by this three-word term directly over the wire
center of gravity
Jenn
|
$400
[11]
In 1973, at the tender age of 13, this Osmond's career blossomed with the No. 1 country hit "Paper Roses"
Marie Osmond
Kate
Marc
|
$400
[6]
In 1955 this NAACP member was arrested & fined for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Alabama
Rosa Parks
Jenn
|
$400
[21]
A student at Sandhurst, he later served in British military intel. before creating his British superspy
Ian Fleming
Jenn
|
$400
[1]
In fiction diablerie is representation of these
devils
Kate
|
$800
[25]
(I'm Julie Chen.) In 1999, on our first "Early Show" broadcast on CBS, I reported on a possible N.Y. Senate race between these 2 people; it didn't happen, but they may still face off for president
(Hillary) Clinton & Rudolph Giuliani
Kate
|
|
$800
[17]
A fire-eater makes sure the flame is out before opening his mouth--otherwise a rush of this will revive it
oxygen
Marc
|
$800
[12]
(Hello, I'm Linda Park of Enterprise.) A joke in the Star Trek universe is you haven't read Shakespeare until you've read him in the original this language of Worf
Klingon
Kate
|
$800
[7]
Letitia Baldridge wrote the World Book Encyclopedia article on this Baltimore-born etiquette expert
Emily Post
Kate
|
$800
[22]
Robert Heinlein, the author of "Starship Troopers", was a graduate of this Maryland Military Academy
Annapolis
Marc
|
$800
[2]
An arctophile loves these cuddly items named for a U.S. president
teddy bears
Jenn
|
$1,600
[28]
This type of committee is supposed to be temporary, but there's a House "Permanent" one on intelligence
Select Committee
|
|
$1,200
[18]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew watches a juggler pracice with clubs at Circus Center in San Francisco, CA.) It's time to throw the next club when the previous club reaches this point, also an astronomy term for the greatest distance from Earth
apogee
Jenn
Marc
|
$1,200
[13]
On October 2, 1999 this city's Thrashers thrashed around in their first regular season NHL game
Atlanta
Marc
|
$1,200
[8]
This Roman historian paired ancient heroes in his "Parallel Lives"
Plutarch
Jenn
Marc
|
$1,200
[23]
Lew Wallace served as a Union Major General in the Civil War before penning this biblical epic
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
|
$1,200
[3]
Someone who housels you administers this, & is probably a priest
communion (or the eucharist)
Kate
Marc
|
$2,000
[27]
This Kentuckian, the GOP leader in the Senate, thinks major campaign finance reform restricts free speech
(Mitch) McConnell
Marc
|
|
$1,600
[19]
Between its show & a conservation center, Ringling Bros. has the W. Hem.'s largest sustainable pop. of the Asian this
elephants
Jenn
Marc
|
$1,600
[14]
Guilty as charged: In 2002 this cable TV network aired its first original movie, "Guilt by Association"
Court TV
Jenn
Marc
|
$1,600
[9]
In the 1920s this vitamin C advocate toured Europe, spending a month with Niels Bohr
Linus Pauling
Marc
|
$1,600
[24]
Edward Gibbon was a captain in the Hampshire Grenadiers before writing this epic of imperial decline
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Jenn
Kate
Marc
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
Put the 2 items seenheretogether & you get this word for a low-class person
a guttersnipe
Kate
|
DD
$3,000
[29]
The idea of these people who actually vote for president comes from the Holy Roman Empire
the electors
Marc
|
|
$2,000
[20]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew watches some trapeze artists rehearse at Circus Center in San Francisco, CA.) At the start of the trick, the trapeze artist has maximized her P.E., this; at the moment of the catch, she wants to maximize it again so she's not moving
potential energy
Kate
|
$2,000
[15]
(Hi, I'm Joel Schumacher.) I was directing Julia Roberts in this film about medical students when "Pretty Woman" came out, & suddenly she was a megastar
Flatliners
Jenn
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1831 Liszt heard him play violin & tried to re-create that virtuosity for piano with a fantasia
Paganini
|
$2,000
[26]
This Grecian fought at Salamis & Marathon, & his 70 plays include the "Oresteia" & "Prometheus Bound"
Aeschylus
|
$2,000
[5]
You might promenade along this flat stretch near the shore that also ends in -nade
an esplanade
Kate
|
— |
The landmark site known to the Lakota as "6 Grandfathers" was renamed this after a prominent lawyer
Mt. Rushmore