Ben Chaput — a water service inspector from Lowell, Massachusetts
Alison Kolani — a copy editor from Queens, New York
Srinivas Ayyagari — a law student originally from Memphis, Tennessee (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Srinivas | $-800 | $400 | $6,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 8 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Alison | $-600 | $2,200 | $9,800 |
$13,601
New champion: $13,601 |
$9,800
13 R, 2 W |
| Ben | $2,400 | $2,400 | $6,400 |
$12,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,400
12 R, 3 W |
| THE MASTERS | COUPLES | ARNOLD | NORMAN | "CHI" CHI | SING! |
|
$200
[12]
"Moses" was one of the sculptures he did for the never-completed tomb of Julius II
Michelangelo
Srinivas
|
$200
[14]
On May 30, 1536 he said "I do" (& third time's the charm, baby!) to Jane Seymour
Henry VIII
Srinivas
|
$200
[22]
Larger-than-life gambler Arnold Rothstein was implicated in this 1919 baseball scandal involving bribed players
the Black Sox Scandal
Ben
|
$200
[11]
When the Normans conquered England in 1066, they replaced this hyphenated people as the rulers of the land
the Anglo-Saxons
Srinivas
|
$200
[1]
Rehnquist or Warren
Chief Justices
Ben
|
$200
[6]
Wham!
George Michael
Srinivas
|
|
$400
[13]
Seen here is this man's portrait of Gerard de Lairesse, who said, "Everything art can achieve was possible for him"
Rembrandt
Alison
|
$400
[18]
Last name of the hotel magnate Elizabeth Taylor married in 1950; the 2 would never have Paris
Hilton
Ben
|
$400
[23]
Natl. hero Arnold von Winkelried of this mountainous country helped it achieve a victory over the Austrians in 1386
Switzerland
|
$400
[27]
In 1091 under Robert I, the Normans completed their conquest of this island off Italy
Sicily
Srinivas
|
$400
[2]
Freddie Prinze became known for playing this title role on TV
Chico
|
$400
[7]
Dire Straits
Mark Knopfler
|
|
DD
$600
[15]
There's more of Venus to love in a 1615 painting by this Flemish master
Rubens
Srinivas
|
$600
[19]
The future Dolley Madison was 17 years James' junior when this noted duel winner introduced the 2
Aaron Burr
Srinivas
|
$600
[24]
Inspired by his years in India, Sir Edwin Arnold's blank-verse epic "The Light of Asia" told of this religion founder
Buddha
Srinivas
Ben
|
$600
[28]
The Normans, who had at first been invited to this formerly imperial city, eventually sacked it in 1084
Rome
Srinivas
|
$600
[3]
Under the name Nguyen Ai Quoc, he petitioned the Allies for Vietnamese self-determination in Paris in 1917
Ho Chi Minh
|
$600
[8]
The Talking Heads
David Byrne
Ben
|
|
$800
[16]
Born in Crete, this painter studied under Titian in Venice before becoming a master of Spanish art
El Greco
Srinivas
|
$800
[20]
On June 16, 1943 when she was just a kid of 18, Oona O'Neill married this star of the 1921 film "The Kid"
Charlie Chaplin
Alison
|
$800
[25]
English educator Thomas Arnold was the longtime headmaster of this boys school that shares its name with a sport
Rugby
|
$800
[29]
Some of these plunderers, whose name may be from "fjord dweller", became "Normans" after conquering part of France
the Vikings
Srinivas
|
$800
[4]
A coarse, twilled cotton fabric
chino
Ben
|
$800
[9]
Smashing Pumpkins
Billy Corgan
Ben
|
|
$1,000
[17]
This artist captured domestic tranquility as in the painting seen here
Vermeer
Alison
|
$1,000
[21]
The "jar" was half-full on June 16, 1956 when she married British poet Ted Hughes
Sylvia Plath
Alison
|
$1,000
[26]
This poet's feelings of spiritual isolation are reflected in works like "Dover Beach"
Matthew Arnold
|
$1,000
[30]
Norman schemes against this empire ruled by Alexius I were the secret reason for their leadership role in the Crusades
the Byzantine Empire
Srinivas
|
$1,000
[5]
The ancient Mayan cities of Palenque & Bonampak are in this southern Mexican state
Chiapas
Alison
|
$1,000
[10]
The Clash
Joe Strummer
Srinivas
|
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS | MOVIE QUOTES | "E"OGRAPHY | THE LEFTY WAY | GIVING YOU THE BIRD | THE SECRET OF NYM |
|
$400
[6]
In the 1950s, Chester Himes moved to Paris, where he wrote murder mysteries like "Cotton Comes to" here
Harlem
Ben
|
$400
[1]
1951:"I've always depended on the kindness of strangers"
A Streetcar Named Desire
Srinivas
Alison
|
$400
[11]
1669 & 1852 were bad years to plan a vacation to this Sicilian mountain
Etna
Alison
|
$400
[13]
Keith Hernandez knows that lefties at this position have an advantage in starting a 3-6-3 double play
first base
Srinivas
|
$400
[21]
Aka a redbird & protected by law, this bird may have up to 4 broods from April to August each year
a cardinal
Ben
|
$400
[26]
"George Eliot" is one of these -nyms; her autonym is Mary Ann Evans
a pseudonym
Srinivas
|
|
$800
[7]
Audiotaped interviews of this black Muslim leader became Alex Haley's 1965 "Autobiography" of him
Malcolm X
Alison
|
$800
[2]
1976:"Follow the money"
All the President's Men
Ben
|
$800
[12]
It's a cheesemaking city on the Ijsselmeer
Edam
Alison
|
$800
[17]
Adolf Menzel painted inoils with his right hand but used his left for work in thisH2O-solublemedium
watercolor
Srinivas
|
$800
[22]
The ruby-throated one of these can migrate 500 miles while burning off only slightly more than one gram of fat
a hummingbird
Alison
|
$800
[27]
Of "Bouillabaisse", "Bucharest", or "Bourke-White", the one that's a toponym
Bucharest
Srinivas
|
|
$1,200
[8]
In 1977 her "Song of Solomon" became the first Book-of-the-Month Club selection by a black author in 37 years
Toni Morrison
Ben
|
$1,200
[3]
1980:"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue"
Airplane!
Alison
Ben
|
$1,200
[14]
This country borders Guatemala & Honduras
El Salvador
Srinivas
Alison
|
$1,200
[18]
A left-handed Windows user can switch the mouse so he right-clicks to select & left-clicks to bring up this type of list
a menu
Srinivas
|
$1,200
[23]
Pochards, perching, stiff-tailed & dabbling are types of these birds
ducks
Ben
|
$1,200
[28]
A tautonym is a taxonomic designation, like "Gorilla gorilla", in which these 2 classifications are the same
genus & species
Alison
|
|
$1,600
[9]
In 1975 an Oklahoma City library was named for this "Invisible Man" author who was born in the city in 1914
Ralph Ellison
Alison
|
$1,600
[4]
1992:"Anyone want to see second prize? Second prize's a set of steak knives. Third prize is yer fired"
Glengarry Glen Ross
Ben
|
$1,600
[15]
Stand tall in Tallinn, this nation's capital
Estonia
Srinivas
|
$1,600
[19]
The book "Uncommon Sound" focuses on left-handed players of this instrument, like Elliot Easton
the guitar
|
$1,600
[24]
There are about 60 species of this wading bird; Asia has a purple one & America, a great blue
a heron
Srinivas
|
$1,600
[29]
Capitonyms like "job", "herb" & "august" change meaning & this when the first letter is capitalized
pronunciation
Srinivas
Alison
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Her fourth novel, "The Temple of My Familiar", featured several characters from "The Color Purple"
Alice Walker
Srinivas
|
$2,000
[5]
1981:"You go in, find the President and bring him out in 24 hours and you're a free man"
Escape from New York
Ben
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
These 2 countries in east Africa border each other
Eritrea & Ethiopia
Srinivas
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
Lefties who smudge what they write may prefer right-to-left languages like this one used in Qom & Tabriz
Farsi (Persian)
Srinivas
|
$2,000
[25]
The gray type of this bird was introduced to North America in 1889; come on, get happy!
the partridge
Srinivas
|
$2,000
[30]
From the Greek for "outside", it's a place name used by foreigners that differs from the name used by the natives
an exonym
|
Its use dates back to 1360; on January 1, 2002 Belgium dropped it but Switzerland kept it
the franc