Alex wears aphonymustachefor the Jeopardy! Round.
Gil Bauer — a marketing executive from Montclair, New Jersey
Jason Molnar — an attorney from San Diego, California
Bryan Johnson — a teacher and doctoral student from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $48,402)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan | $3,400 | $6,000 | $11,600 |
$20,401
3-day champion: $68,803 |
$12,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jason | $2,800 | $5,400 | $8,600 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,600
14 R, 2 W |
| Gil | $3,000 | $2,800 | $10,200 |
$3,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| TRUMAN CAPOTE | BREAKFAST | AT TIFFANY'S | "IN" | COLD | BLOOD |
|
$200
[26]
Capote was born Truman Streckfus Persons September 30, 1924 in this Southern U.S. city
New Orleans
|
$200
[1]
This breakfast meat comes in links or patties & its name is from the Latin for "salted"
sausage
Gil
|
$200
[6]
Tiffany gemologist George Kunz was instrumental in the adoption of this unit as the standard weight for gems
the carat
Gil
|
$200
[7]
In 1992 Bill Clinton famously remarked "I didn't" do this
inhale
Gil
|
$200
[21]
Of 12°, -12° or -112° F., the lowest-ever recorded temperature in Hawaii, back in 1979
12 degrees
Jason
|
$200
[16]
"Shadow of the Vampire" details the production of this 1922 F.W. Murnau film
Nosferatu
Jason
|
|
$400
[27]
She's the lead character in Capote's "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Holly Golightly
Jason
Gil
|
$400
[2]
The name of this breakfast item is also used as a verb meaning to speak or write evasively
waffle
Bryan
|
$400
[12]
Tiffany's website says in 1886 it introduced this ring as we know it today, with the diamond set above the band
the engagement ring
Jason
|
$400
[8]
A prayer to begin a religious service or public ceremony
invocation
Bryan
|
$400
[22]
At a place appropriately called Northice on this largest world island, temps dropped to -87° F. in Jan. 1954
Greenland
Jason
Gil
|
$400
[17]
The Coreys go after vampires in this 1987 film
The Lost Boys
Bryan
Jason
|
|
$600
[28]
He won an Oscar in 2007 for playing Truman Capote on the big screen
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Gil
|
$600
[3]
This fancy egg dish is said to have been created at Delmonico's in the 1800s; even then, Hollandaise sauce was used
Eggs Benedict
Bryan
|
$600
[13]
For its boxes, Tiffany chose a shade of this primary color, recognized as a trademark today
blue
Jason
|
$600
[9]
Kin-Tiki was a god of this South American people
the Incas
Gil
|
$600
[23]
The coldest annual mean temp over 30 years in the U.S. was 9.3° F. in this state's town of Barrow
Alaska
Bryan
|
$600
[18]
"The one name they all fear" was a tagline for this 2004 blockbuster that starred Hugh Jackman
Van Helsing
Bryan
|
|
$800
[29]
Capote invites the world's greatest detectives to his house for a contest in this 1976 film spoof
Murder by Death
|
$800
[4]
In 1890 a woman named Nancy Green represented this character, the symbol for a pancake mix
Aunt Jemima
Jason
|
$800
[14]
In 1861shereceived a Tiffany seed-pearl jewelry set from her husband
Mary Todd Lincoln
Bryan
|
$800
[10]
Because they were too inexperienced or low in rank for the cavalry, foot soldiers came to be called this
infantry
Gil
|
$800
[24]
Charlotte Pass in this 3-named state holds Australia's cold-temperature record with -9° F. in 1994
New South Wales
Jason
|
$800
[19]
It's the vampiric Death Dealers vs. the Lycans in this slick 2003 movie
Underworld
Bryan
Gil
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Capote gained fame with this "other" worldly 1948 novel about a teenager in a crumbling Southern mansion
Other Voices, Other Rooms
|
$1,000
[5]
In England this dish, bread dipped in an egg-&-milk batter & fried, is called "Poor Knights of Windsor"
French toast
Gil
|
DD
$1,200
[15]
This daughter of an artist has had her jewelry collections at Tiffany since 1980
Paloma Picasso
Bryan
|
$1,000
[11]
The Spanish one was officially founded by Ferdinand & Isabella in 1478
the Inquisition
Jason
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1954, temps at Rogers Pass in this "Treasure State" plunged to -70° F., a continental U.S. record
Montana
Jason
|
$1,000
[20]
In 2002 Aaliyah played this "royal" from Anne Rice's vampire menagerie
Queen of the Damned
Bryan
|
| PHILOSOPHY | CELEBRITY SIBLINGS | SCIENCE STUFF | I KNOW YOU FROM SOMEWHERE | LET'S RUN IT UP THE FLAGPOLE | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[1]
"Cartesian" refers to the ideas of this man, the "Father of Modern Philosophy"
Descartes
Gil
|
$400
[6]
Gridiron stars:Peyton & Eli
Manning
Bryan
|
$400
[8]
A recent discovery reveals that the oldest mammals, large & small, average about 1.5 billion of these per lifetime
a heartbeat
Jason
|
$400
[15]
We were both at a meeting of this organization founded in 1957 for those who can't stay away from gaming
Gamblers Anonymous
Bryan
|
$400
[21]
Although this country's flag is square, during WWII a rectangular flag was adopted for its boats
Switzerland
Bryan
|
$800
[28]
Christmas carol with the line "Born is the King of Israel" becomes a witty English playwright
The First Noël Coward
Bryan
Jason
Gil
|
|
$800
[2]
The first Greek philosophers tried to understand the universe, practicing this -ology, from the Greek for "order"
cosmology
Gil
|
$800
[7]
Music makers:Branford & Wynton
Marsalis
Gil
|
$800
[9]
The Delta 32 genetic mutation prevents HIV; it's been found in the DNA of those who didn't get this Medieval scourge
the plague
Gil
|
$800
[17]
What a nice chat we had on this country's Garuda Airlines, going from Jakarta to Hong Kong
Indonesia
Gil
|
DD
$800
[22]
The red triangle on this country's flag, a modified Arab revolt flag, represents the Hashemite Dynasty
Jordan
Bryan
|
$1,200
[26]
The round glove worn by a baseball backstopper runs for president as a Mormon ex-Mass. governor
catcher's Mitt Romney
Bryan
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Fideists say that the source of religious belief is not reason but this
faith
Bryan
|
$1,200
[11]
Actresses:Meg & Jennifer
Tilly
Bryan
|
$1,200
[10]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the lab, where he rolls a coin down an inclined plane.) Inside vending machines, magnets pick up steel slugs, but U.S. coins go right in, because they're minted from non-magnetic mixed metals, known as these
alloys
Bryan
|
$1,600
[19]
I lent you 300 of these, the local currency, last summer in Poland--oh, of course you've forgotten
złoty
Gil
|
$1,200
[23]
The 3 colors of this Asian island republic's flag once stood for nationalism, democracy & socialism
Taiwan
Bryan
|
$1,600
[27]
The spectacular company that does the "O" show in Vegas becomes the star of "Punky Brewster"
Cirque du Soleil Moon Frye
Bryan
|
|
$1,600
[4]
This German philosopher's idea of the Ubermensch included included people like Frederick the Great
Nietzsche
Gil
|
$1,600
[12]
Filmmakers:Joel & Ethan
Coen
Gil
|
$1,600
[13]
In this type of bomb, 2 atoms of deuterium collide to produce a helium atom & extra neutrons
a hydrogen bomb (or a fusion bomb)
Bryan
Gil
|
$2,000
[20]
I knew you weren't a fellow vegetarian when I saw you order carne asada, made with this meat
beef
Bryan
|
$1,600
[24]
Columbus landed here; the 5 stars represent the federation it was once a part of
Honduras
Bryan
|
$2,000
[29]
'60s TV actress who played identical cousins (identical cousins? seriously?) who brought us "Take The A Train"
Patty Duke Ellington
|
|
$2,000
[5]
The opposite of determinism is this 2-word phrase used in an 1889 Henri Bergson book title
free will
Jason
|
$2,000
[16]
Figure skaters:Sarah & Emily
Hughes
Bryan
|
$2,000
[14]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew spins purple plastic tube.) When the tube spins, high pressure pushes air through it to the lower pressure end, producing sound & demonstrating this principle named for a Swiss mathematician
the Bernoulli principle
Jason
|
DD
$3,000
[18]
Why it was just 2 Saturdays ago we met after services at the Tabernacle of this church in Battle Creek, Mich.
Seventh Day Adventists
Gil
|
$2,000
[25]
The white bar of this country's flag represents the minority & the green is for the Muslim majority
Pakistan
Jason
|
— |
He's the only sitting vice president since Martin Van Buren elected to the presidency
George H.W. Bush