Chris Zane — a benefits administrator from Westminster, Maryland
Bethany Grenald — a rare books cataloguer from Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Drew Beechum — a computer programmer from Valley Village, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew | $3,400 | $4,000 | $-200 |
$-200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,800
13 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Bethany | $200 | $3,400 | $17,000 |
$15,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$19,000
23 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Chris | $5,000 | $6,600 | $9,400 |
$17,400
New champion: $17,400 |
$9,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| LANDMARKS | ICE CREAM | NONFICTION | WORDS IN AMERICA | APRIL 15: DAY OF DOOM | PAY UP! |
|
$200
[1]
Towers built in & along the walls of this fortress include Beklemishev, Peter & Tsar
the Kremlin
Drew
|
$200
[6]
2005 was the 20th birthday of this restaurant's Blizzard, a soft-serve treat
Dairy Queen
Drew
|
$200
[20]
"Mr. S: My Life with" this Rat Packer is George Jacobs' look at his 15 years as the singer's valet
Frank Sinatra
Bethany
|
$200
[26]
To study intensely at the last minute for a test
cram
Bethany
|
$200
[16]
On April 15, 1912 more than 1,500 perished in this maritime disaster
the sinking of the Titanic
Chris
|
$200
[11]
It's the 15 bucks or so an insured patient has to fork over for a visit to a doctor's office
a copay
Bethany
|
|
$400
[2]
Erected in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, its power plant can supply 4 billion kilowatt-hours a year
Hoover Dam
Drew
|
$400
[7]
We're grateful that this fruity ice cream is Ben & Jerry's most popular flavor
Cherry Garcia
Drew
|
$400
[21]
"It's Not About the Bike" tells the story of his athletic career & his struggle with cancer
Lance Armstrong
Bethany
|
$400
[27]
Edible paddy product
rice
Bethany
|
$400
[17]
On April 15, 1943 an Allied bomber attack missed its intended target in this occupied Low Country, killing 936 civilians
Belgium
Bethany
|
$400
[12]
For working more than a 40-hour week, employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act must get this much overtime pay
time-and-a-half
Chris
|
|
$600
[3]
Penny coins are added or taken away from this London landmark's pendulum to fine-tune its accuracy
Big Ben
Chris
|
$600
[8]
Reuben Mattus created this ice cream brand, whose name was meant to invoke an Old World aura
Häagen-Dazs
Drew
|
$600
[22]
Rheta Grimsley Johnson titled a 1989 biography "Good Grief: The Story of"this cartoonist
Charles Schulz
Chris
|
$600
[28]
One of these can be pinhole or single-lens reflex
camera
Bethany
|
$600
[18]
April 15, 1450 was a taxing day for the English army defeated at Formigny near the end of this long war
the Hundred Years' War
Drew
|
$600
[13]
In 1987 Marcelle Hall returned a Stradivarius her husband had stolen in 1936 & got this type of fee, $263,000
a finder's fee
Drew
|
|
$800
[4]
This city's Church of the Holy Sepulchre was built in the 4th c. by the Emperor Constantine
Jerusalem
Bethany
Chris
|
$800
[9]
This Italian word for rich ice cream comes from the Italian for "to freeze"
gelato
Bethany
|
$800
[23]
His work "Into the Wild" became a 2007 hit film directed by Sean Penn
John Krakauer
|
$800
[29]
One 500-sheet pack of paper for a copy machine or a printer
a ream
Chris
|
$800
[19]
Hundreds perished April 15, 1997 in a fire during this religious pilgrimage to Mecca
the hajj
Bethany
|
$800
[14]
9-letter term for freelance labor that's compensated per unit turned out
piecework
Chris
|
|
DD
$1,400
[5]
Danish architect Jorn Utzon won a 1950s competition sponsored by the New South Wales government for the design of this
the Sydney Opera Theater
Chris
|
$1,000
[10]
This meringue-covered dish is put in the oven briefly to brown the meringue
Baked Alaska
Chris
|
$1,000
[25]
This minister's "The Purpose-Driven Life" was the top nonfiction bestseller of both 2003 & 2004
Rick Warren
Chris
|
$1,000
[30]
For a rectangle, it's width multiplied by length
area
Chris
|
$1,000
[24]
An alleged double murder during an alleged robbery was allegedly done by these 2 Italian Americans April 15, 1920
Sacco & Vanzetti
Bethany
|
$1,000
[15]
Slang for high interest on a loan, it's sometimes shortened to "vig"
vigorish
Drew
|
| ASTRONOMY | ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS | THE COLORS IN THE NATIONAL FLAG | NEWSPAPERS | "EX"TRA! | REED: ALL ABOUT IT |
|
$400
[13]
Collective name for the 12 constellations that form the backdrop to the sun's apparent path
zodiac
Drew
|
$400
[2]
This film festival's award for best movie is called the Palme d'Or
Cannes
Chris
|
$400
[26]
Switzerland
red & white
Drew
|
$400
[9]
Founded in 1829, this Philadelphia newspaper is known as "The Inky"
The Inquirer
Chris
|
$400
[1]
Based on this survey of people who've just voted, we're calling the election without waiting for the count
an exit poll
Chris
|
$400
[18]
Antoine-Joseph Sax patented his famous reed instrument in this French city
Paris
Bethany
Chris
|
|
$800
[14]
(I'm astrophysicist Neil de Grasse Tyson.) Some with billions, others with trillions of stars, these are the fundamental building blocks of visible matter in the universe; they come in many varieties including spiral, irregular & elliptical
galaxies
Bethany
|
$800
[3]
This animated film with Tow Mater & Doc Hudson won the 2007 People's Choice Award for favorite family movie
Cars
Bethany
|
$800
[27]
Israel
blue & white
Bethany
|
$800
[12]
In the 1870s this D.C. paper was a Democratic mouthpiece; in the 1920s it stood with Republican president Harding
The Washington Post
Bethany
|
$800
[4]
The Stirling engine is this type, the opposite of what's found in your car
an external combustion engine
Drew
|
$800
[19]
Using a double reed, it's the main bass instrument of the orchestra's woodwinds
the bassoon
Drew
Bethany
|
|
$1,200
[15]
Visible with binoculars (but less so in the planet's summer), they're the easiest Martian surface features to see
the polar ice caps
Drew
|
$1,600
[10]
In 1998 Garry Shandling & Peter Tolan won Emmys for best writing for this HBO comedy series
The Larry Sanders Show
Drew
Chris
|
— |
$1,200
[23]
This 3-named "Weekly" tabloid that brought bat boy to the checkout line went under in 2007
the Weekly World News
Drew
Bethany
|
$1,200
[5]
This 3-word Latin phrase means "after the fact"
ex post facto
Bethany
|
$1,200
[20]
Dexter Gordon was a great tenor saxophonist; Art Pepper specialized in this sax
the alto sax
Bethany
|
|
$1,600
[16]
Fewer people on Earth get to seeitthan the aurora borealis, but it looks pretty cool from space
aurora australis (the southern lights)
Drew
Bethany
|
DD
$2,000
[8]
In 2000 this guitarist set a record for most Grammys for one album with 8 for his blockbuster "Supernatural"
Carlos Santana
Bethany
|
— |
$1,600
[24]
Many afternoon papers have died out, including this Texas city's in 1991, leaving the field to the "Morning News"
Dallas
Chris
|
$1,600
[6]
It can mean "utmost", "farthest" & also "last", as when it precedes "unction" in the Catholic sacraments
extreme
Bethany
|
$1,600
[21]
In the 17th c. the shawm, heard here, developed into this double reed instrument
the oboe
Bethany
|
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
This moon that orbits Uranus in 18 hrs. was named for a Shakespeare character who can circle the Earth in 40 min.
Puck
Drew
|
$2,000
[11]
This 2003 musical won 8 Tonys, including best actor for Harvey Fierstein & best director for Jack O'Brien
Hairspray
Bethany
|
— |
$2,000
[25]
The staff of this paper won a 1999 Pulitzer for coverage of Russia's financial crisis
The Wall Street Journal
Drew
Chris
|
$2,000
[7]
(Jon of the Clue Crew makes a chemical volcano.) Mixing hydrogen peroxide & yeast creates foam, steam & notably causes heat to be given off in this type of 10-letter chemical reaction
an exothermic reaction
Bethany
|
$2,000
[22]
Black clarinetist Don Byron specializes in this Jewish dance music from Eastern Europe
klezmer
Bethany
|
Unable to say this future leader's tribal name, a teacher gave him a new name, perhaps after a British naval hero
Nelson Mandela