Max Zarou — a fifth-grade teacher originally from Culver City, California
Diana Klick — a homemaker from Hershey, Pennsylvania
Chris McCarthy — a technical support specialist from Brockton, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris | $200 | $1,600 | $3,600 |
$2,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,600
9 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Diana | $1,800 | $6,400 | $16,000 |
$4,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$18,000
21 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Max | $1,400 | $6,000 | $13,600 |
$7,201
New champion: $7,201 |
$12,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| EUROPEAN EXPLORERS | DOUBLE TALK ROCK | PIE-POURRI | CALIFORNIA, OREGON OR WASHINGTON | MONOPOLY | SUFFIXES |
|
$200
[4]
In 1609 he led his men across the Atlantic & up what became known as his river, to Albany
(Henry) Hudson
Max
|
$200
[1]
This group that was "Hungry Like The Wolf" was named after a villain in the movie "Barbarella"
Duran Duran
Diana
|
$200
[21]
Betty Crocker has a recipe for rhubarb pie topped with this fluff made from egg whites
meringue
Diana
|
$200
[11]
The smallest in area of the 3
Washington
Chris
Diana
|
$200
[25]
Each time a player passes go, he collects this salary
$200
Max
|
$200
[13]
We love this suffix that means "lover of", as in audio- or anglo-
-phile
Max
|
|
$400
[5]
Commanding the Pelican in 1578, this English circumnavigator reached the South American coast
(Sir Francis) Drake
Chris
|
$400
[2]
It precedes "Top" in the name of the group that sang, "She's got legs, she knows how to use them"
ZZ
Chris
|
$400
[22]
You don't need a lot of dough to make pie crust; smash up some chocolate wafers to make this kind of crust instead
a crumb crust
Diana
Max
|
$400
[12]
Contains the lowest point in the nation
California
Diana
|
$400
[26]
Tokens that are household items include the iron & this sewing accessory
a thimble
Diana
|
$400
[16]
Silly rabbit, this suffix isn't for kids--it was used for female equivalents, like for women aviators
-trix
Max
|
|
$600
[6]
Beatriz Barbosa said goodbye to this Portuguese husband of hers in 1519; 19 months later, he died in the Philippines
Magellan
Diana
|
$600
[3]
Neil Diamond had his first Top 10 hit with this song that says, "She got the way to move me"
"Cherry, Cherry"
Max
|
$600
[23]
Not chocolate silk or chocolate chiffon, but chocolate this glossy fabric is a favorite at Marie Callender's
chocolate satin
Chris
|
$600
[14]
Its Shakespeare Festival at Ashland started in 1935
Oregon
Max
|
$600
[28]
A question mark is on the space in which you draw one of these cards
Chance
Max
|
$600
[18]
This suffix (as with acr- or syn-) is from the greek for "name"
-onym (-nym accepted)
Diana
|
|
$800
[7]
In 1536 Spain's King Charles I made this explorer governor of Cuba; he arrived near present-day Tampa Bay in 1539
Hernando de Soto
Chris
|
$800
[9]
"Head To Toe" & "Lost In Emotion" were huge hits for her & Cult Jam
Lisa Lisa
Max
|
$800
[24]
Leaping insects! This pie is actually made with creme de menthe, not with the bug in its name
grasshopper
Max
|
$800
[15]
Home to the world's oldest living things, a grove of 4,000-year-old bristlecone pine trees
California
Diana
|
$1,000
[30]
A railroad & an avenue are both named for this state
Pennsylvania
Diana
|
$800
[19]
The suffix -ose is used to form the names of these, as in glucose & sucrose
sugars
Chris
|
|
$1,000
[8]
Seen here is a map of this Florentine's explorations
(Amerigo) Vespucci
Max
|
$1,000
[10]
This one-named Scottish lass topped the charts in 1967 with "To Sir With Love"
Lulu
|
$1,000
[27]
Finely chopped beef was once a key ingredient in this holiday pie that's often vegetarian these days
mincemeat
Diana
|
$1,000
[17]
Has 2 male U.S. senators
Oregon
Max
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
A classic PBS kids' series that taught reading shared its name with this Monopoly utility
the Electric Company
Max
|
$1,000
[20]
A 3-letter suffix that forms the present participle of a verb, or before "direct", an online banking group
-ing
Diana
|
| HEALTH & MEDICINE | WOMEN ON TV | COUNTRIES' LARGEST ISLANDS | A SNAKEY CATEGORY | THESE 3... | LET'S LEARN HEBREW |
|
$400
[16]
Statin drugs like Lipitor are used to lower the bad type of this
cholesterol
Diana
|
$400
[2]
One of the original co-hosts of "The View", she now gives her views as co-anchor of "Today"
Meredith Vieira
Diana
|
$400
[21]
Marajo in the Amazon River
Brazil
Max
|
$400
[26]
Term for a roll of 2 in the game of craps
snake-eyes
Max
|
$400
[1]
These 3 U.S. coins total $1.11
a dollar, a dime, and a penny
Max
|
$400
[11]
(Jon of the Clue Crew shows a Hebrew word on a monitor.) Hebrew is based on 3-letter roots; the equivalent of "S", "D", "R" gives us "sidrah", a Torah reading, "siddur", a prayer book, & this word for a special meal
seder
Max
|
|
$800
[17]
There are viral & bacterial types of this, the inflammation of the membranes covering the brain & spinal cord
meningitis
Diana
|
$800
[3]
In addition to playing matriarch Nora Holden on "Brothers & Sisters", she has played Abby's mom on "ER"
Sally Field
Diana
|
$800
[22]
Baffin Island
Canada
Chris
|
$800
[27]
Stanley Kunitz wrote a poem, "The Snakes Of" this month; take an easy guess & remember, he's a poet
September
|
$800
[5]
These 3 planets are closer to the sun than Mars is
Mercury, Venus, and Earth
Max
|
$800
[12]
Dictionary definitions of this Hebrew word include safety, health, success, hello, goodbye & peace
shalom
Chris
|
|
$1,600
[19]
Lateral epicondylitis is the medical term for this chronic sports injury that affects the arm
tennis elbow
Max
|
$1,200
[4]
In the '70s she played Maude Findlay; in the 80s, Dorothy Zbornak
Bea Arthur
Chris
|
$1,200
[23]
Majorca
Spain
Max
|
$1,200
[28]
Twin Falls on the Snake River give this state's city of Twin Falls its name
Idaho
Max
|
$1,200
[8]
King who was dad to these 3 girls: Goneril, Regan & Cordelia
King Lear
Diana
|
$1,200
[13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives us a Hebrew lesson.) Hebrew letters can also indicate numbers; the word for 14 is yod-dalet, or 10 + 4; but 15 is9 + 6to avoid writing one of the many of these sacred names
the names of God
Chris
Diana
Max
|
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
A sign of this infection from the virus that also causes chicken pox is a blistering rash preceded by severe pain
shingles
Diana
|
$1,600
[6]
Daughter of a Mr. Universe, she shows some muscle as Detective Olivia Benson on "Law & Order: SVU"
Mariska Hargitay
Max
|
$1,600
[24]
Sakhalin
Russia
Diana
|
$1,600
[30]
The basis of the Snake Handlers' Sect, this Second Gospel says believers "shall take up serpents"
Mark
Diana
|
$1,600
[9]
White light is made up of these, the 3 additive primary colors
red, blue, and green
Chris
Max
|
$1,600
[14]
Modern Hebrew uses Sephardic pronunciation, not that of these European Jews, so "Shabbat" not "Shabbes"
Ashkenazi
Max
|
|
$2,000
[20]
The name of this fluid that contains white blood cells comes from the Latin for "water"
lymph
Diana
|
$2,000
[7]
On "Dallas", one of the 2 actresses who played Miss Ellie
Barbara Bel Geddes (& Donna Reed)
Max
|
$2,000
[25]
Isla Isabela in the Galapagos
Ecuador
Diana
|
$2,000
[29]
Thislactic critter is an important controller of pests
the milk snake
Diana
|
$2,000
[10]
Annexed by the USSR in 1940, these 3 countries were the first to break away
Latvia, Lithuania & Estonia
Max
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives us a Hebrew lesson.) In Hebrew, prefixes can be used as prepositions; "reshit" means "beginning", &"b'reshit"means this familliar phrase
in the beginning
Chris
|
On March 5, 1936 screenwriter Dudley Nichols did this; it didn't happen again until an actor did it April 15, 1971
refused his Oscar