Bill Needle — a play-by-play announcer from Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Beth Holliday — a legal writer from Vail, Arizona
Aileen Hawkins — a stay-at-home mom from Dana Point, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aileen | $3,400 | $8,400 | $21,800 |
$21,800
2-day champion: $24,199 |
$22,400
26 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Beth | $1,600 | $2,800 | $10,000 |
$1,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,000
12 R, 2 W |
| Bill | $3,200 | $5,200 | $9,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| AMERICANA | CHICK FLICKS | 5 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE BOARD | THE LOSING TICKET | I'M BEING SENT TO KYRGYZSTAN | "O.L." |
|
$200
[11]
A nickname for New York is "the Big" this fruit
an apple
Bill
|
$200
[6]
Mel Gibson was in a fowl mood when he voiced Rocky Rhodes, a "flying rooster" in this animated film
Chicken Run
Bill
|
$200
[24]
This "King of Beers" was the official beer of the 2007 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
Budweiser
Beth
|
$200
[20]
In 1960 it was him & Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Richard Nixon
Bill
|
$200
[16]
The Kyrgyz formerly had this way of life also called transhumant; the Soviets made them settle down
nomadic
Aileen
Beth
|
$200
[1]
In 1964 Jan & Dean sang about the "Little" this "From Pasadena"
"The Little Old Lady From Pasadena"
Aileen
|
|
$400
[12]
George Bush Intercontinental Airport is in this city
Houston
Bill
|
$400
[7]
Singer Roger Miller played Alan-a-Dale, rooster minstrel, in this Disney classic
Robin Hood
Aileen
|
$400
[25]
This company's website says it has been "brewed for over 30 years (&) is the first lite beer"
Miller
Aileen
|
$400
[21]
William Miller shared his ticket in 1964
Barry Goldwater
Bill
|
$400
[17]
Of Mishlek, Bishkek or Dishrek, the present name of the capital city (formerly Pishpek)
Bishkek
Aileen
|
$400
[2]
In the 1980s research scientists first detected a "hole" in this above Antarctica
the ozone layer
Aileen
|
|
$800
[14]
In 1958 Crayola changed the name of its Prussian blue crayon to this "timely" blue
midnight blue
|
$600
[8]
The tagline to this 2005 animated feature was "This time the sky really is falling"
Chicken Little
Aileen
|
$600
[26]
This company's beer, introduced in 1874, "is brewed in the Rockies for a uniquely crisp, clean... Mile High taste"
Coors
Aileen
|
$600
[22]
Humphrey & Muskie were edged out in this year
1968
Bill
|
$600
[18]
The Kyrgyz Range in the north of K'stan extends into this other K'stan
Kazakhstan
Aileen
Beth
|
$600
[3]
The U.S. military decoration called this "cluster" denotes multiple bestowals of an award such as the Purple Heart
oak leaf
Beth
|
|
$1,000
[15]
The Caldecott is for illustrators; authors get this medal for the most distinguished American children's book
the Newbery
Aileen
|
$800
[9]
Kate Hepburn teamed up with this title marshal to track down her father's killer in a 1975 Western
Rooster Cogburn
Bill
|
$800
[27]
In 1897 Wilhelm Hasse of the Moctezuma Brewery created a beer named Siglo XX; today, it's known as this
Dos Equis
Aileen
|
$800
[23]
In 1976 Ford & this man were a pair of 4-letter words to voters
(Bob) Dole
Beth
|
$800
[19]
Kyrgyzstan was the first former Soviet republic to join the WTO, short for this
the World Trade Organization
Bill
|
$800
[4]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports next to a giant cetacean at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.) Featuring the world's biggest blue whale model, one of New York's most iconic spaces is the American Museum of Natural History's Milstein Hall of this
Ocean Life
Aileen
|
|
DD
$1,600
[13]
After getting lost crossing a California desert & suffering intensely, emigrants gave the area this name
Death Valley
Bill
|
$1,000
[10]
In "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken", this actor played a wannabe reporter who had to stay in a haunted house
Don Knotts
Beth
|
$1,000
[28]
Two-row barley & German noble aroma hops help make this Founding Father's Boston Lager go down easy
Samuel Adams
Beth
|
$1,000
[29]
Running mate Sparkman failed to spark this Democrat's 1952 campaign
(Adlai) Stevenson
Aileen
|
$1,000
[30]
Noted author Aytmatov captured Kyrgyz geography in "Tales of Mountains and" these semiarid plains
steppes
Aileen
|
$1,000
[5]
This type of work force is also called trade unionism
organized labor
|
| TENORS | SONG TITLES--NOW IN GERMAN | THROWING THE BOOK AT YOU | ENDS WITH 2 VOWELS | PIRATES | THEY MEAN BUSINESS! |
|
$400
[2]
This exuberant Italian who died in 2007 sang for 500,000 opera lovers in Central Park June 26, 1993
Pavarotti
Beth
|
$400
[1]
1981:Dolly Parton,"Neun Bis Funf"
"9 To 5"
Bill
|
$400
[12]
Heirs of billionaire Troy Phelan battle over his estate in "The Testament" by this author/lawyer
Grisham
Aileen
|
$400
[21]
This Muslim temple typically has one or more towers called minarets
a mosque
Aileen
|
$400
[11]
In November 1717 he took a 26-gun French ship called the Concorde, added 14 guns, & renamed it Queen Anne's Revenge
Blackbeard
Bill
|
$400
[26]
19th century robber baron Jay Gould caused the Black Friday panic with his speculation on this commodity
gold
Beth
Bill
|
|
$800
[3]
Booed at this Milan venue in 2006, Roberto Alagna walked off, & his jeans-clad understudy had to carry on
La Scala
Aileen
|
$800
[7]
1983:Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson,"Sagen, Sagen, Sagen"
"Say, Say, Say"
Beth
|
$800
[13]
"Javert in Disarray" is a chapter in this 1862 tale
Les Misérables
Bill
|
DD
$1,000
[22]
Slang for a private eye like Sam Spade, it can also mean to move softly
gumshoe
Aileen
|
$800
[17]
Stede Bonnet has been described as the only pirate who actually made his victims do this, to their death
walk the plank
Beth
|
DD
$400
[30]
"Computer, Communication, Compatibility" were combined to describe the business of this Silicon Valley co.
3Com
Aileen
|
|
$1,200
[4]
Entertainment options in Palermo in May 1897 included him as Enzo Grimaldo in "La Gioconda"
(Enrico) Caruso
Aileen
|
$1,200
[8]
1986:The Bangles,"Gehen Sie Wie Ein Agypter"
"Walk Like An Egyptian"
Aileen
|
$1,200
[14]
This 1996 novel detailing a woman's Jamaican adventure spent 21 weeks on the N.Y. Times bestseller list
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Aileen
|
$1,200
[23]
It's a passage in prose or a part of a play in which one character speaks alone
a soliloquy (or monologue)
Bill
|
$1,200
[18]
Weapons used by pirates included pistols, daggers & this curved sword whose name is from the French for "knife"
cutlass
Beth
|
$800
[27]
It's Proctor & Gamble's main toothbrush brand, & they must want you to squeeze some Crest onto it
Oral-B
|
|
$1,600
[5]
This last name of the great tenor Beniamino was hijacked for the title of a poorly reviewed 2003 Ben Affleck film
Gigli
Beth
|
$1,600
[9]
1992:Right Said Fred,"Ich Bin Zu Reizvoll"
"I'm Too Sexy"
Aileen
|
$1,600
[15]
A marlin's skeletal remains play a pivotal role in this 1952 literary work
The Old Man and the Sea
Bill
|
$1,600
[25]
In this fast-moving game, players use a basket called a cesta to throw the ball
jai alai
Aileen
|
$1,600
[19]
In 1674, 4 years after ravaging Cuba, this English buccaneer was knighted & named Lt. Governor of Jamaica
Sir Henry Morgan
|
$1,600
[29]
Even if you don't have the Donald's bank, you can still invest in properties with a REIT, this type of investment trust
real estate
Aileen
|
|
$2,000
[6]
Jean de Reszke made the ladies swoon when he premiered as this Wagnerian lover in 1895
Tristan
Aileen
|
$2,000
[10]
1984:Wham!,"Wecken Sie Mich Oben Auf Bevor Sie Gehen-Gehen"
"Wake Me Up Before You Go Go"
Beth
|
$2,000
[16]
"...All perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes" ends this book
Ulysses
|
$2,000
[24]
In mythology, she was the maiden carved in ivory by Pygmalion & brought to life by Aphrodite
Galatea
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1529 this red-bearded corsair captured Algiers & made it a stronghold of piracy on the Mediterranean
Barbarossa
|
$2,000
[28]
This company owns HarperCollins Publishers as well as 20th Century Fox
News Corp(oration)
|
In "Return of the Jedi", a planet shares its name with this home of a woman who summons a spirit for Saul
Endor