Kathleen Meriwether — an attorney and risk consultant from Yardley, Pennsylvania
Bryan Johnson — a teacher and doctoral student from Los Angeles, California
Ann Drourr — a rare bookseller from Mount Laurel, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann | $2,200 | $2,400 | $8,000 |
$15,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
13 R, 5 W |
| Bryan | $2,600 | $7,200 | $12,400 |
$16,001
New champion: $16,001 |
$14,400
20 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kathleen | $1,000 | $1,400 | $5,000 |
$500
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,200
12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| SCIENCE | MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? | BY GEORGE, IT'S GEORGE | OF THE SEA & SHIPS | LENIN | McCARTNEY |
|
$200
[21]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a coffee can & an inclined plane.) A ball of clay inside the can is enough to reposition the can's natural center of this, so the can rolls uphill
gravity
Bryan
|
$200
[6]
On Feb. 15, 1898 it famously sank in Havana harbor
the U.S.S. Maine
Ann
Kathleen
|
$200
[1]
According to Parson Weems, this man was incapable of being mendacious
George Washington
Ann
|
$200
[11]
The submarine U.S.S. Nautilus was the first oceangoing vessel to use this form of power
nuclear
Ann
|
$200
[26]
For his subversive activities, Lenin was banished to this region in 1897
Siberia
Bryan
|
$200
[12]
First name of Paul McCartney's American wife
Linda
Kathleen
|
|
$400
[22]
Every second, fusion reactions in the Sun convert about 600 million tons of this element into helium
hydrogen
Bryan
|
$400
[7]
It can mean erect, honest & just, or a type of piano
upright
Kathleen
|
$400
[2]
This U.S. general who loved horses & studied at a cavalry school helped protect the Lipizzaners in WWII
George Patton
Ann
|
$400
[17]
In 1838 the Sirius became the first steamship to cross this ocean using steam power alone
the Atlantic
Bryan
|
$400
[27]
Lenin returned to Russia from Europe following the overthrow of the czar in this year
1917
Kathleen
|
$400
[13]
The Philharmonic Orchestra of this English city marked its 150th anniversary by premiering an oratorio by Paul
Liverpool
Bryan
Kathleen
|
|
$600
[23]
Edward Doisy won a 1943 Nobel Prize for synthesizing this hemorrhage-inhibiting vitamin; isn't that "special"?
vitamin K
Bryan
|
$600
[8]
During pregnancy, this organ expands to more than 20 times its normal size
the uterus
Bryan
|
$600
[3]
His command of the 7th Cavalry ended on June 25, 1876
General George Custer
Bryan
|
$600
[18]
On a sailing ship, these can be buntlines, downhauls or sheets
ropes
Ann
|
$600
[28]
Lenin led this "majority" revolutionary faction to power in the October Revolution
the Bolsheviks
Ann
|
$800
[15]
"Silly Love Songs" was a No. 1 hit for Paul & this band in 1976
Wings
Ann
|
|
$800
[24]
Of the 3 basic rock types, the type that was once one form but has changed to another due to heat & pressure
metamorphic
Bryan
|
$800
[9]
A "raw" yellowish-brown color, or a "burnt" reddish-brown
umber
Bryan
|
$800
[4]
In 1760 he became the last British monarch to be buried in Westminster Abbey
George II
Ann
|
$800
[19]
Apollo 15's command module was named in honor of this ship commanded by captain James Cook
the Endeavour
Ann
|
$800
[29]
Following the establishment of a dictatorship, Lenin changed his political party's name to this
the Communist Party
|
$1,000
[16]
She's Paul's daughter & a leading fashion designer
Stella McCartney
Bryan
|
|
$1,000
[25]
(Jon of the Clue Crew holds a white rock at White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.) Because it's water-soluble, this form of calcium sulfate is rarely found in sand, but here in New Mexico's Tularosa Basin, there are no rivers to carry it away, so it forms the famed white sand
gypsum
|
$1,000
[10]
Word used on the cover of a dictionary to indicate that it hasn't been reduced from a larger work
unabridged
Bryan
|
$1,000
[5]
This South American capital was once known as Stabroek
Georgetown
Kathleen
|
$1,000
[20]
Before its name was changed, this ship of Sir Francis Drake was known as the Pelican
the Golden Hind
Bryan
|
$1,000
[30]
After Lenin's death in 1924, this man began purging rivals & eventually took over the top spot
Stalin
Ann
|
DD
$1,200
[14]
The 2 singers Paul had No. 1 duets with in the 1980s
Michael Jackson & Stevie Wonder
Kathleen
|
| THE CIVIL WAR | STARS, NOT CARS | "I" ON THE WORLD | THE CALENDAR | I'M FEELING BOOKISH | ALMOST BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[11]
Grant's Vicksburg campaign was delayed months by Gen. Forrest's destruction of these main supply lines
the railroads
Bryan
|
$400
[21]
This lead singer of Queen wrote & sang what was voted the best single ever in a U.K. Guinness poll
Freddie Mercury
Bryan
|
$400
[6]
At 1.2 million square miles, it's the largest country in the world that fits the category
India
Bryan
Kathleen
|
$400
[1]
The Chinese assign each year an element as well as an animal; 1972 got rat & water & 1976, dragon & this
fire
Kathleen
|
$400
[15]
A phrase in Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens" became the title of this Capote crime book
In Cold Blood
Bryan
|
$400
[26]
Depression era Erskine Caldwell novel about sharecroppers residing in the smallest U.S. state
Tobacco Rhode Island
Ann
|
|
$800
[12]
This national battlefield in Sharpsburg, Md. commemorates the bloodiest single day of the Civil War
Antietam
Ann
|
$800
[22]
On the hit album "Last Mango in Paris", this "Indy" actor provided the bullwhip cracks
Harrison Ford
Ann
|
$800
[7]
Construction of this Asian capital city near Rawalpindi began in 1961
Islamabad
|
$800
[2]
2 of the 4 months without a U.S. federal holiday
(2 of) March, April, June & August
Ann
|
$800
[17]
He won an Oscar for writing the screenplay of "The Cider House Rules", based on his own novel
(John) Irving
Kathleen
|
$800
[27]
This rabid Stephen King dog has been coachin' Penn State since 1966
Cujo Paterno
Ann
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Sherman's campaign for this city took 3 months in 1864
Atlanta
Kathleen
|
$1,200
[23]
This actor was good friends with Hemingway & starred in "For Whom the Bell Tolls" & "A Farewell to Arms"
Gary Cooper
Ann
|
$1,200
[8]
This parish of Louisiana shares its name with a European peninsula
Iberia
Bryan
|
$1,200
[3]
March 25 was this day in Britain until adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1752
New Year's Day
Kathleen
|
$1,200
[18]
In 1944 the post office said his "Droll Stories", part of "La Comedie Humaine", was too obscene to mail
Balzac
Ann
|
$1,200
[28]
"Watery" Milli Vanilli tune that accuses Robespierre et al. of commiting crimes from 1793-1794
"Blame It On The Reign Of Terror"
Bryan
|
|
$1,600
[14]
In 1862 CSA Gen. Beauregard wanted Island No. 10 in this body of water held at all costs; didn't happen
the Mississippi River
Bryan
|
$1,600
[24]
Either of the 2 actresses who won Oscars for "All the King's Men" or "The Fisher King"
Mercedes Ruehl (or Mercedes McCambridge)
Bryan
Kathleen
|
$1,600
[9]
In the 1950s, CIA operative Kermit Roosevelt was in charge of toppling this country's PM Mossadegh
Iran
|
$1,600
[4]
The famous Aztec calendar stone depicts Tonatiuh, the god of this, at its center
the sun
Kathleen
|
$1,600
[19]
"A Long Way Gone" is Ishmael Beah's memoir of being a boy soldier in this war-torn West African country
Sierra Leone
|
— |
|
$2,000
[16]
The hopeless "Mud March" in a Virginia downpour ended Burnside's command of the force called this Army
the Army of the Potomac
Bryan
|
$2,000
[25]
On "Saturday Night Live", he was, and you weren't
Chevy Chase
Bryan
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
Appropriately, this Swiss town takes its name from its position between Lake Brienz in the East & Lake Thun in the West
Interlaken
Bryan
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
In 2007 the Fourth of July was a Wednesday; in 2008, it will fall on this day
Friday
Kathleen
|
$2,000
[20]
In a 1932 Stella Gibbons novel, a curse binds the Starkadder family to this "chilly" title farm
Cold Comfort Farm
Ann
|
— |
The two 3-letter words applied to those for & against the 18th Amendment, & states with differing laws on the issue
dry & wet