Kate Pedersen — a medical student from Springfield, Illinois
Murtaza Sutarwalla — an attorney originally from Houston, Texas
Amanda Freisem — a labor services representative from Brentwood, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda | $1,400 | $3,600 | $12,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,400
20 R, 4 W |
| Murtaza | $1,000 | $5,000 | $12,600 |
$255
New champion: $255 |
$12,200
19 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Kate | $-1,200 | $600 | $800 |
$100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,000
8 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| HOUSEHOLD NAMES | ROCK STARS SELL OUT | THE GOD SQUAD | WHO CREATED THEM? | IT'S GREEK FOOD & DRINK TO ME | HAVE SOME "FUN" |
|
$200
[3]
Yell it out--the one word name of this brand of stain remover from S.C. Johnson
Shout
Murtaza
|
$200
[1]
After this rocker did 2 Fidelity Investments adverts in 2005, one headline read "I am the adman, goo goo g'joob"
Paul McCartney
Amanda
|
$200
[5]
The worship of Thoth, god of wisdom of this people, dates back as early as 3000 B.C.
the Egyptians
Amanda
|
$200
[16]
Edward Fairfax Rochester, the master of Thornfield Hall
Charlotte Bronte
Amanda
|
$200
[9]
Any way you say it, it's hot roasted meat served in a pita, topped with onions, tomatoes & a cucumber-yogurt sauce
a gyro
Kate
|
$200
[7]
7-letter word meaning extinct or no longer in use
defunct
Amanda
|
|
$400
[4]
"For better relief, advance to" this brand of ibuprofen
Advil
Murtaza
|
$400
[2]
"Judas!" was the cry after this legend shed his acoustic guitar for an electric one in a 1966 concert
Bob Dylan
Amanda
Murtaza
|
$400
[21]
This Norse god of thunder really liked to put the hammer down
Thor
Kate
|
$400
[17]
The beautiful Daisy Buchanan, Nick Carraway's cousin
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Kate
|
$400
[10]
One of Greece's national aperitifs is this sweet anise-flavored liqueur, but drink it slowly
ouzo
Murtaza
|
$400
[8]
Ow, we need this word / Give up this word that can mean "stench" / Ow, we need this word / We gotta have that word
funk
Murtaza
|
|
$600
[24]
The name of this Procter & Gamble soap brand can also mean a thin slice of lemon peel
Zest
Murtaza
|
$600
[6]
In ads for the "Break Through" campaign, Cadillac used "Rock And Roll" by this seminal British band
Led Zeppelin
Murtaza
Kate
|
$600
[22]
Helios was the Greek god of this heavenly body
the sun
Murtaza
|
$600
[11]
Philip Pirrip, of whom much is expected
Charles Dickens
Murtaza
|
$600
[14]
Like the Swedish, the Greeks have their own version of these beefy bite-size appetizers, keftedakia
meatballs
Amanda
|
$600
[15]
A type of cake, or a cone-shaped utensil
funnel
Amanda
|
|
$1,000
[29]
Clean up with this brand's Sweeper Vac & Wet Jet
Swiffer
Murtaza
|
$800
[26]
Van Halen's "Right Now" spearheaded the campaign for this "crystal" drink in the 1990s
Pepsi
Amanda
Murtaza
|
$800
[13]
Eostre, a Saxon goddess, turned a bird into one of these; it could still lay eggs
a hare (or rabbit)
Murtaza
Kate
|
$800
[12]
Genius architect Howard Roark
Ayn Rand
|
$800
[27]
White or rose, this classic wine treated with pine tree resin tastes somewhat like turpentine
retsina
|
$800
[19]
It means serving as a foundation or basis; reading is said to be this, too
fundamental
Amanda
|
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
Carl Sontheimer combined his electronics expertise with his love of cooking to create this food processor
the Cuisinart
Murtaza
|
$1,000
[30]
This group's "Blister In The Sun" can be heard in Wendy's ads
The Violent Femmes
Murtaza
Kate
|
$1,000
[23]
A grassy area opposite the Eiffel Tower is known as "Le Champ de" this Roman god of war
Mars
Kate
|
$1,000
[18]
Lady Brett Ashley
Ernest Hemingway
Amanda
|
$1,000
[28]
Traditionally, moussaka is made with slices of this vegetable & ground lamb or beef, layered & baked
eggplant
Amanda
|
$1,000
[20]
A singer with a bass voice of the lowest range is a basso this
profundo
Kate
|
| HOUSEHOLD NAMES | COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS | WOODWORKING | LEADERS OF WORLD WAR II | OPUS DAY | DOUBLE "S" |
|
$400
[7]
These 2 actors won Oscars for writing "Good Will Hunting"
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
Kate
|
$400
[6]
Mount Kosciusko in New South Wales
Australia
Amanda
|
$400
[26]
Hold your lumber with this clamping bench that Black & Decker calls "an extra pair of hands"
Workmate
Murtaza
|
$400
[1]
For the duration of WWII, he was the supreme commander of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Murtaza
|
$400
[21]
On Dec. 7, 1842 the first 4 notes ever played by the N.Y. Philharmonic were the opening of this Opus 67 of Beethoven
Fifth Symphony
Amanda
|
$400
[16]
It can be a boat, an airship, a vein or a bowl
vessel
Amanda
|
|
$800
[12]
She was Fred Astaire's love interest in the movie musicals "Swing Time" & "Shall We Dance"
Ginger Rogers
Amanda
|
$800
[8]
Pico de Teide in the Canary Islands
Spain
Amanda
Murtaza
|
$800
[27]
Plywood has an odd no. of layers so that this is at right angles for strength inside but runs the same way outside
grain
Amanda
|
$800
[2]
Lord Gort saved 200,000 British troops with his May 1940 decision to evacuate this port
Dunkirk
Murtaza
|
$800
[22]
This geographic term applied to Dvorak's Opus 95 is also where it premiered--in New York City, Dec. 15, 1893
Symphony from the New World
Kate
|
$800
[17]
This can refer to an asexual reproductive process or the splitting of an atomic nucleus
fission
Amanda
|
|
$1,200
[13]
They were the romantic leads in "Joe Versus the Volcano", "Sleepless in Seattle" & "You've Got Mail"
Meg Ryan & Tom Hanks
Amanda
|
$1,200
[9]
Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania
Kate
|
$1,200
[28]
Using a special box, this saw with a religious name is ideal for making precise 90-degree cuts
miter saw
Amanda
|
$1,200
[3]
He was German propaganda minister from 1933 to 1945
Joseph Goebbels
Murtaza
|
$1,200
[23]
At his last Paris concert, Feb. 16, 1848, he bravely tinkled out his Opus 65
Frederic Chopin
|
$1,200
[18]
A file of papers giving detailed information on a person
dossier
Amanda
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Alphabetically, baseball Hall of Famers run from him to Robin Yount
Hank Aaron
Murtaza
|
$2,000
[11]
In Central America, Doyle's Delight (not Victoria Peak, as was thought)
Belize
|
$1,600
[29]
Rafter, framing & T-bevel are useful types of this "geometric" tool
square
Amanda
|
DD
$1,200
[5]
Sharing a cocktail with this Soviet foreign minister could have been very dangerous during WWII
Vyacheslav Molotov
Murtaza
|
$1,600
[24]
Brahms' Opus 55, first played April 7, 1871, was a "Triumphlied" of victory in this war
Franco-Prussian War
|
$1,600
[19]
This Israeli intelligence service was established in 1951
Mossad
Murtaza
|
|
$2,000
[15]
This country couple won a 2005 Grammy for "Like We Never Loved At All"
Faith Hill & Tim McGraw
Amanda
|
DD
$2,200
[10]
Phnom Aural
Cambodia
Kate
|
$2,000
[30]
If the joint called mortis and thisis too deep, you get movement; too short, there's not enough gluing surface
tenon
|
$1,600
[4]
Karl Doenitz, who took over as leader of Germany after Hitler's suicide, was a high officer in this military branch
Navy
Murtaza
|
$2,000
[25]
To premiere his Opus 30 concerto Nov. 28, 1909, this Russian had to show future pianists how to do it
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Murtaza
|
$2,000
[20]
This term for a type of killer comes from the belief that consumption of hashish occurred in their ranks
assassin
Amanda
|
At $900 million, his fortune was once 2% of the GNP; by his death in 1937, he was down to about $26 million
John Rockefeller