Rebecca Knickmeyer — a psychobiologist from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Nafis Abdullah — a high school teacher from Chicago, Illinois
DJ Molny — a software entrepreneur from Lone Tree, Colorado (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ | $600 | $1,800 | $13,800 |
$13,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,600
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nafis | $1,000 | $2,800 | $10,000 |
$7,300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,000
17 R, 5 W |
| Rebecca | $4,200 | $5,800 | $10,200 |
$20,001
New champion: $20,001 |
$12,200
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE 1790s | BORN FIRST | IT BORDERS FRANCE | LOOSE CHANGE | "E" FOR EFFORT | LANDING AT JFK |
|
$200
[21]
Because 2 more states had joined the Union, the number of stars on the U.S. flag was changed to this in 1795
15
Nafis
|
$200
[26]
Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, George Clooney
George Clooney
Nafis
|
$200
[11]
It's the only grand duchy that borders France
Luxembourg
Nafis
Rebecca
|
$200
[16]
The first dime featuring his image was issued on Jan. 30, 1946, a little more than 9 months after his death
FDR
DJ
Rebecca
|
$200
[6]
It's the distance "within" which a sound can be heard
earshot
DJ
|
$200
[1]
Located at Terminal 3, this company with a Greek letter as its name offers 1,500 daily flights
Delta
Nafis
|
|
$400
[22]
This naval hero of the American Revolution spent the last 2 years of his life in Paris, dying there in 1792
John Paul Jones
DJ
|
$400
[27]
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts
Charlie Watts
Nafis
|
$400
[12]
The country with which France shares its northernmost border
Belgium
Rebecca
|
$400
[17]
The Denver Mint's first commemorative was a 1933 half-dollar depicting a Conestoga wagon on this trail
the Oregon Trail
Nafis
|
$400
[7]
She was the last Tudor monarch to rule England
Elizabeth (I)
Nafis
|
$400
[2]
This airline at Terminal 4 was formed by the Irish government in April 1936 & has been in the "Aer" ever since
Aer Lingus
DJ
|
|
DD
$800
[23]
The first major gold discovery in the U.S. happened in 1799 near this southern city named for George III's queen
Charlotte, North Carolina
DJ
|
$600
[28]
Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, Lindsay Lohan
Jessica Simpson
Nafis
|
$600
[13]
The largest country in area that borders France
Spain
DJ
|
$600
[18]
The bison depicted on this coin, 1913 to 1938, was Black Diamond, an animal on exhibit at the N.Y. Zoological Gardens
the nickel
DJ
|
$600
[8]
The CFL's Eskimos call this city home
Edmonton
Nafis
|
$600
[3]
Now at Terminal 4, this company's first flight, from Amsterdam to London on May 17, 1920, was letter perfect
KLM
DJ
|
|
$800
[24]
In 1795 this fiery orator turned down an offer to Secy. of State; he later declined the job of Chief Justice, too
Patrick Henry
|
$800
[29]
Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia, Michelle Wie
Tiger Woods
DJ
|
$800
[14]
The Alps straddle the border between France & these 2 countries
Italy & Switzerland
Nafis
Rebecca
|
$800
[19]
Dolphins on a 1915 gold dollar symbolized the meeting of 2 oceans brought about by the building of this
the Panama Canal
Rebecca
|
$800
[9]
One of Sinbad's voyages took him to this graveyard long sought by big-game hunters & Tarzan movie villains
the elephant's graveyard
Rebecca
|
$800
[4]
This Terminal 4 company was founded in 1984 by Richard Branson; over 1 mil. people flew it by the end of the decade
Virgin
Nafis
|
|
$1,000
[25]
This king's warriors said "Aloha" to a rival chief's men by driving them off a cliff in Oahu in 1795
Kamehameha
Nafis
|
$1,000
[30]
Joan Rivers, David Letterman, Larry King
Joan Rivers
Nafis
Rebecca
|
$1,000
[15]
The 2 tiniest countries that border France (& we do mean tiny!)
Monaco & Andorra
|
$1,000
[20]
On Feb. 12, 1959 a new design for the back of this coin was introduced
the Lincoln penny
|
$1,000
[10]
Peter Schaffer's "beastly" 1975 Tony Award-winning play
Equus
Rebecca
|
$1,000
[5]
On Feb. 20, 2007 this Terminal 6 airline introduced its "Customer Bill of Rights"
JetBlue
Rebecca
|
| PREHISTORIC TIMES | GAME SHOW BIZ | NOVELS BEFORE & AFTER | "RH" FACTOR | LANDING AT JFK | STATE FLAGS |
|
$400
[12]
Scientists believe that eohippus, about the size of a small dog, was the earliest ancestor of this animal
horse
DJ
|
$400
[21]
3 enticing doors were your final choices as you traded up for better prizes on this Monty Hall show
Let's Make a Deal
Nafis
|
$400
[4]
Crash cart...stat! This Dan Brown thriller is getting colorful & going into cardiac arrest
Da Vinci Code blue
DJ
Nafis
|
$400
[1]
Of the 3 gifts of the magi, the one that fits the category
myrrh
DJ
|
$400
[5]
In June 1961 JFK met with this rival world leader for 2 days in Vienna to discuss a growing crisis in Europe
Khrushchev
DJ
|
$1,200
[28]
You're looking at the upper part of this state'sflag; if we showed you the whole flag it would give it away
Kansas
Rebecca
|
|
$800
[17]
Scientists have placed 5 species of prehumans into the genus Australopithecus, which means "southern" this
ape
Nafis
|
$800
[23]
In 2007 this new host promised to keep the end-of-show request to have your pets spayed or neutered
Drew Carey
Nafis
|
$800
[9]
Folk-singing comic siblings Tom & Dick turn into a Dostoevsky novel
The Smothers Brothers Karamazov
DJ
|
$800
[2]
The cream of the Bavarian clothing crop are these leather shorts with suspenders
lederhosen
Rebecca
|
$800
[6]
John Quincy Adams & Sam Houston were 2 of the 8 brave senators JFK wrote about in this Pulitzer-winning 1956 book
Profiles in Courage
DJ
|
$1,600
[26]
The elk & moose on this peninsular state's flag seem unperturbed by the man with the gun standing between them
Michigan
Rebecca
|
|
DD
$1,200
[18]
This prehistoric people that followed Neanderthal man produced the first examples of human artwork
Cro-Magnon
DJ
|
$1,200
[24]
He produced "The Dating Game" & "The Newlywed Game" & produced & hosted "The Gong Show"
Chuck Barris
Nafis
|
$1,200
[10]
Erich Maria Remarque's WW1 classic about a silent veranda
All Quiet on the Western Front Porch
Rebecca
|
$1,200
[3]
It's the device heard here... sorry
airhorn
Nafis
|
$1,200
[7]
It was the number assigned to JFK's PT boat that was cut in half by a Japanese destroyer on August 2, 1943
109
DJ
Nafis
|
$2,000
[27]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a flag.) The red & white design stands for the Crossland family; the black & gold stands for the Calvert family on this state'sflag
Maryland
Nafis
|
|
$1,600
[19]
The 2 dinosaurian orders are saurischia, which means "lizard hips", & orni this chia, which means this
bird hips
DJ
|
$1,600
[25]
It was the Burt Reynolds & Bert Convy game show similar to the board game Pictionary
Win, Lose or Draw
Nafis
|
$1,600
[8]
Carson McCullers' book about a young Southern girl who befriends a Gonzo journalist
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Thompson
Rebecca
|
$1,600
[13]
Maybe
perhaps
DJ
|
$1,600
[15]
Finish the June 26, 1963 JFK quote: "Therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words..."
Ich bin ein Berliner
DJ
|
— |
|
$2,000
[20]
This coal-forming period of geologic time is split into Mississippian & Pennsylvanian periods
Carboniferous
|
$2,000
[22]
Neil Simon wrote & James Dean tested stunts for this "timely" game show hosted by Bud Collyer
Beat the Clock
DJ
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
William Styron's novel about a slave rebellion becomes a cable TV channel showing beloved old films
The Confessions of Nat Turner Classic Movies
Rebecca
|
$2,000
[14]
It's an innate periodic cycle in an organism's physiological processes as in sleep & wake cycles
biorhythm
|
$2,000
[16]
Gee whiz! In 1962 JFK appointed this man, then deputy attorney general, to the Supreme Court
(Whizzer) White
DJ
|
— |
Once among the top 100 girls' names, in 2006 it made a sudden drop to 382, many hesitant to use it
Katrina