Arianna Kelly — a law student from Somerville, Massachusetts
Brandon Jones — a culinary student from Chicago, Illinois
Melissa Prusi — a marketing writer originally from Negaunee, Michigan (whose 2-day cash winnings total $54,398)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa | $2,200 | $5,200 | $13,200 |
$26,398
3-day champion: $80,796 |
$13,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Brandon | $2,800 | $3,600 | $14,600 |
$22,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Arianna | $1,600 | $2,600 | $11,000 |
$19,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| A CINEMATIC FEAST | SUE SHE | HIGH "T" | SOUL FEUD | FISH FRY | SMORGASBORD |
|
$200
[1]
Jessica Tandy spins yarns to Kathy Bates in this tale named for an odd Southern treat
Fried Green Tomatoes
Brandon
|
$200
[23]
Fiery activist Anna Dickinson was put in this type of facility in 1891; she got out & sued
an asylum
Brandon
|
$200
[6]
Formerly an independent country, this region of China is known as the "Roof of the World"
Tibet
Melissa
|
$200
[11]
Controversy surrounded a 2003 ruling to remove from an Alabama judicial building a monument featuring these
the Ten Commandments
Brandon
|
$200
[21]
"Fry", meaning young, is often applied to this fish, like the sockeye, that returns to spawn where it hatched
salmon
Melissa
|
$200
[16]
Total number of moons belonging to the closest 3 planets to the sun
1
Brandon
|
|
$400
[2]
Peter O'Toole provides the voice for Anton Ego, Paris' most powerful food critic, in this 2007 film
Ratatouille
Melissa
|
$400
[24]
After this dancer's image was used in a dance instruction video, his widow Robyn sued
(Fred) Astaire
Brandon
|
$400
[7]
No trees grow above this "line" near the tops of mountains
the timber line
Melissa
Arianna
|
$400
[12]
The 30 Years' War began as a struggle between German Protestant princes & this Catholic "Empire"
the Holy Roman Empire
Arianna
|
$400
[22]
Males guard the fry of the smallmouth type of this, a sport-fishing favorite
bass
Arianna
|
$400
[17]
6 of these were brought inside the Tower of London in 2006 to guard them against bird flu
the ravens
Melissa
|
|
$600
[3]
The title eatery in this 1988 Julia Roberts film actually exists in Connecticut
Mystic Pizza
Melissa
|
$600
[25]
"The Bellwomen" is a book about a landmark 1970s sex discrimination case against this company
AT&T
Arianna
|
$600
[8]
These fashionable head coverers for men may be beaver, opera or silk
top hats
Melissa
|
DD
$600
[13]
Following a dispute over succession, this religion split into 2 main sects in the 7th century
Islam
Arianna
|
$600
[28]
The tiger type of this fish can be a foot-&-a-half long at birth, with dark spots & stripes that fade as it ages
a shark
Melissa
|
$600
[18]
In 2006, Rep. Dave Reichert marked the anniversary of this 1989 wreck by asking that $4.5 billion finally be paid to Alaskans
the Exxon Valdez
Brandon
|
|
$800
[4]
This 1999 comedy has spawned at least 5 sequels & shares its name with a No. 1 song from 1972
American Pie
Brandon
|
$800
[26]
The website of this attorney says she built her career on "much more than O.J. Simpson & Amber Frey"
Gloria Allred
Brandon
|
$800
[9]
2-word term for an extravagantly & humorously exaggerated story of the backwoods
a tall tale
Brandon
|
$800
[14]
The heresy of Nestorianism, which held that Jesus was 2 separate persons, began in this Byzantine capital
Constantinople
Brandon
|
$800
[29]
Baby catfish are called sac fry & subsist for 5 days on this, even after they hatch from the egg
the yolk
|
$800
[19]
One of the 2 predominantly Catholic countries in Asia
the Philippines (or East Timor)
Melissa
Brandon
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Woody Allen becomes the unlikely leader of fictional San Marcos in this 1971 film
Bananas
Arianna
|
$1,000
[27]
This NYC congresswoman started wearing hats after being overlooked while working for a labor law firm
Bella Abzug
|
$1,000
[10]
The jet stream is found in this layer of the atmosphere
the troposphere
Arianna
|
$1,000
[15]
From the Greek for "image breaking", it was opposition to the use of Christian religious images in churches
iconoclasm
Arianna
|
$1,000
[30]
Geographic name for the spotted green type of pike whose young eat insects before graduating to other fish
a northern pike
Melissa
|
$1,000
[20]
The logo for this investment corporation based in Denver is the profile of a head with 2 faces
Janus
Brandon
|
| METALS | POP QUIZ | WRITERS AT REST | FAMOUS PAIRS | HITHER & YON | THE "M.E."s |
|
$400
[20]
Pricier than gold, it's the metal of Jennifer Lopez' albums & of her earrings at the premiere of "El Cantante"
platinum
Melissa
|
$400
[15]
This Elvis tune says, "Lady Luck please let the dice stay hot"
"Viva Las Vegas"
Brandon
|
$400
[11]
Her headstone at West Cemetery in Amherst says she was "BORNDEC. 10, 1830CALLED BACKMAY 15, 1886"
Emily Dickinson
Arianna
|
$400
[6]
In business:Dun & ____
Bradstreet
Melissa
|
$400
[22]
The highest point in Tonga is 3,400-foot Mount Kao, a dormant one of these that formed Kao Island
volcano
Arianna
|
$400
[1]
A coroner doesn't have to be a physician, unlike the person in this forensic job
a medical examiner
Brandon
|
|
$800
[23]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew uses a magnet on a beverage can and a food can.) In separating recyclables, a magnet is used because it will not attractaluminum, but will attract this metal, the main constituent of what we call tin cans
steel
Melissa
Arianna
|
$800
[16]
1978's "Don't Look Back" was the follow-up to this New England band's hit debut album
Boston
Brandon
Arianna
|
$800
[12]
His grave is marked"REV. CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON.FELL ASLEEP JAN. 14, 1898.AGED 65 YEARS"
Lewis Carroll
Arianna
|
$800
[7]
In the world of classic TV game shows:____ & Todman
Goodson
Melissa
|
$800
[27]
This small Asian island nation near Malaysia has one of the world's lowest infant mortality rates
Singapore
Brandon
|
$800
[2]
Microsoft released this version of Windows in 2000
Windows Millennium Edition
Brandon
Arianna
|
|
$1,200
[24]
Antimony gives strength & hardness to this metal, so you don't have those mushy bullets
lead
Arianna
|
$1,200
[17]
The 1980s band Midnight Oil hailed from this country
Australia
Brandon
|
$1,200
[13]
Buried at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Mass., she died 2 days after her father, Bronson
Louisa May Alcott
Arianna
|
$1,200
[8]
On the ice rink:____ & Dean
Torvill
Brandon
|
$1,200
[28]
Second-longest on the continent, it's the only African river that carries more water than the Nile
the Congo
Arianna
|
$1,600
[4]
It's the supposed site of visual recollection
mind's eye
|
|
$1,600
[25]
Brass is an alloy of copper & this; the more this, the less malleable
zinc
|
$1,600
[18]
This "diminutive" musician has had Top 40 hits about girls named Lucille, Sally, Molly & Jenny
Little Richard
Brandon
|
$1,600
[14]
This author of "Metamorphosis" rests at a Jewish cemetery in Prague beneath a tombstone inscribed in Hebrew
(Franz) Kafka
Brandon
|
$1,600
[9]
In medieval legend:Tristan & ____
Isolde
Melissa
|
$1,600
[29]
The Narayanhiti Palace in this Asian Kingdom was the site of a tragic family massacre in 2001
Nepal
Arianna
|
$2,000
[5]
Type of situation in which one occurrence precludes another
mutually exclusive
Arianna
|
|
$2,000
[26]
To withstand the pressure over 14,000 feet down, the submersible Alvin's hull is this metal, about 2 inches thick
titanium
|
$2,000
[19]
The Troggs had their biggest chart success with this proto-punk anthem in 1966
"Wild Thing"
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
A little detective work in a Hampshire churchyard & you'll find the grave of this "PATRIOT, PHYSICIAN & MAN OF LETTERS"
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Melissa
|
$2,000
[10]
In literature & on British TV:Jeeves & ____
Wooster
Melissa
|
$2,000
[30]
The island territory of Aruba is a dependency of this European nation
the Netherlands
Arianna
|
DD
$2,200
[3]
It's an activity carefully orchestrated to attract the attention of the news
a media event
Brandon
|
Denied a college education in her own country, in 1903 she became the first woman in France to earn her doctorate
Marie Curie