Jake Marini — a university administrator and event planner from Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Tim Bobinski — a U.S. Air Force pilot originally from South Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Cristina Martin — a stay-at-home mom from Louisville, Kentucky (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristina | $200 | $3,000 | $8,200 |
$6,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,200
12 R, 3 W |
| Tim | $2,200 | $1,800 | $11,700 |
$9,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,600
17 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Jake | $2,600 | $3,200 | $9,200 |
$18,300
New champion: $18,300 |
$10,200
15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE OLD TESTAMENT | AWARDS & HONORS | THE HOBOKEN FIVE | ANIMALS ALOFT | INNOCENT POPES | RHYME TIME |
|
$200
[1]
Genesis tells us that 4 rivers flowed out of this fabled place, including the river Gihon
Eden
Tim
|
$200
[12]
Tammy Blanchard & Judy Davis both won Emmys for playing this star in a TV movie based on Lorna Luft's book
Judy Garland
Jake
|
$200
[26]
In 1998 a park in Hoboken was dedicated to this entertainer, "Hoboken's gift to the world"
Frank Sinatra
Jake
|
$200
[7]
Animals first went aloft in 1783, when the Montgolfier Bros. sent a sheep, a duck & a rooster up in one of these
a balloon
Tim
|
$200
[19]
Innocent VIII sent inquisitors to Germany in the 1480s to root out & try those practicing this "craft"
witchcraft
Tim
|
$200
[2]
A black layer of accumulated dirt
grime
Tim
|
|
$400
[17]
In his Biblical book, he's tossed overboard at his own request
Jonah
|
$400
[13]
(Hi, I'm Sean Hayes.) I'm a proud member of this union that gave me awards for Outstanding Performance in a Comedy Series in 2002, 2003 & 2006
the Screen Actors Guild (or SAG)
Tim
|
$400
[27]
Predicted by classmates to become a "second Darwin", he became an expert on sexual behavior
Kinsey
Jake
|
$400
[8]
Before airborne wireless equipment, these animals were hurled from planes with messages attached
pigeons
Cristina
|
$400
[20]
Innocent IV used his power to knock Frederick II off this empire's throne
the Holy Roman Empire
|
$400
[3]
A white-faced impersonator
a mime
Jake
|
|
$600
[18]
The governor of Judea under the reign of Persian king Artaxerxes I, Nehemiah rebuilt this city's walls
Jerusalem
Cristina
Tim
|
$600
[14]
Following in the footsteps of his TV dad John Mahoney (a 1986 Tony winner), he won a 2007 Tony for "Curtains"
David Hyde Pierce
Jake
|
$600
[28]
For a brief time in the 1850s, this songwriter called Hoboken home--Oh, de doo-da day
Stephen Foster
|
$600
[9]
In the 1940s this singing cowboy took his animal co-star Champion on airplane flights
Gene Autry
Tim
|
$600
[21]
Innocent XIII distrusted this group, founded by St. Ignatius, which modified Catholic dogma
the Jesuits
Cristina
|
$600
[4]
Adjective meaning so awe-inspiringly beautiful as to be almost heavenly
sublime
Jake
|
|
$800
[24]
Later to reign for 40 years himself, he was David's son by Bathsheba
King Solomon
|
$800
[15]
Yes, he does make "House" calls: he showed up to accept his 2007 Golden Globe for best actor in a TV drama series
Hugh Laurie
Jake
|
$800
[29]
This Hobokenite of Chinese descent turned tennis pro in 1988 when he was just 15
(Michael) Chang
Tim
|
$800
[10]
This German WWI flying ace flew with his Great Dane puppy until it became too big
the Red Baron
Cristina
|
$800
[22]
Innocent II condemned this man for his writings, not for the thing with Heloise
Abelard
Cristina
|
$800
[5]
To prepare a gun for firing by inserting a charge
to prime
Tim
|
|
$1,000
[25]
In the first book of Kings, Elijah triumphs at Mt. Carmel in a contest with the prophets of this god
Baal
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
The "Eddie" award presented to Edward Albee wasn't named for Mr. Albee but for this 19th century actor
Edwin Booth
Jake
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1924 Georgia O'Keeffe married this Hoboken-born photographer 23 years her senior
Alfred Stieglitz
Cristina
Tim
|
$1,000
[11]
As part of a 1940s Arctic search & rescue unit, these team animals were parachuted in to help rescue downed pilots
huskies (or malamutes)
Cristina
Jake
|
$1,000
[23]
Innocent I was strangely absent when Alaric I of this ancient German group had Rome sacked
the Visigoths
Cristina
Tim
|
$1,000
[6]
Adjective for 3 Canadian provinces on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
maritime
Tim
|
| OPTICS | MOVIES BY CHARACTERS | ON THE U.S. MAP | CURSES | PRESIDENTS | "PAN"HANDLING |
|
$400
[6]
On New Year's or any other day, it's the fineness of detail that can be distinguished in a photographic image
resolution
|
$400
[15]
1964:President Merkin Muffley, Gen. Buck Turgidson
Dr. Strangelove
Jake
|
$400
[1]
Land o' Goshen! There's a city called Goshen in Elkhart County in this state
Indiana
Tim
|
$400
[11]
This Chicago team hasn't been in a World Series since 1945, when Billy Sianis cursed them for ejecting him & his goat
the Chicago Cubs
Jake
|
$400
[25]
Harry Truman was a real card, but he had to cancel his poker party on April 12, 1945, the day this man died
FDR
Jake
|
$400
[20]
In 1508 Dutch author Desiderius Erasmus first used her name with "box" instead of the traditional vase or jar
Pandora
Cristina
|
|
$800
[7]
Axiom I in Newton's "Opticks" is "Angles of" this & "refraction, lie in... the same plane with the angle of incidence"
reflection
Tim
|
$800
[16]
1974:Bart, Lili von Shtupp, Gov. William J. LePetomane
Blazing Saddles
Jake
|
$800
[2]
Tuscola County is in Michigan; Tuscaloosa County is in this state
Alabama
Tim
|
$800
[12]
The curse of the 9th says that anyone who writes a 9th symphony will die soon after, as did this "Eroica" composer
Beethoven
Cristina
|
$1,200
[27]
Some claim he coined the word "normalcy" during his presidential campaign; he didn't, but he did popularize it
Harding
Jake
|
$800
[21]
Cure-all
panacea
Cristina
|
|
DD
$1,500
[8]
Narinder Kapany coined this term for transmission of light through strands of glass
fiber optics
Tim
|
$1,200
[17]
2004:Senator Ralph Owen Brewster, Katharine Hepburn, Howard Hughes
The Aviator
Jake
|
$1,600
[4]
The Pearl & Hermes Atoll in this state is named for 2 ships wrecked there in 1822
Hawaii
Cristina
|
$1,200
[13]
NFL players on the cover of his video game series are said to be cursed with future injury or poor performance
John Madden
Tim
|
— |
$1,200
[22]
These wide trousers extending from the waist to the ankles were popular in late 17th c. England
pantaloons
Tim
|
|
$1,600
[9]
The field of physical optics studies not the particle nature but this nature of light
wave
Cristina
|
$1,600
[18]
1995:Longshanks, Princess Isabelle, Robert the Bruce
Braveheart
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) These two states on either side of the 36'30 line of latitude look a bit likemirror imagesof each other
Virginia & North Carolina
Tim
|
$1,600
[14]
Said the ancient mariner, "With my crossbow I shot" this bird, bringing a curse upon his ship
the albatross
Jake
|
— |
$1,600
[23]
It's an 8-letter word for a long, slender cigar
panatela
|
|
$2,000
[10]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows two lens diagrams on a monitor.) The two main kinds of lens are diverging & this more familiar type that bends the rays of light inward so they meet at the focal point
converging (or convex)
Cristina
|
$2,000
[19]
1984:Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Gozer
Ghostbusters
Tim
|
$2,000
[5]
It's the largest city in South Dakota that lies on the Big Sioux River
Sioux Falls
|
$2,000
[26]
Attributed to King Tut's curse, the death of this British Lord was actually caused by an infected insect bite
Lord Carnarvon
Cristina
|
— |
$2,000
[24]
It's a sentence using all letters of the alphabet, such as "Watch 'Jeopardy!', Alex Trebek's fun TV quiz game"
pangram
|
The tagline to this movie with a 7-word title was "Everybody who's ever been funny is in it!"
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World