Jay Sprout — a minister from St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Ann Mulkern — a university professor from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Chris Zane — a benefits administrator from Westminster, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris | $3,200 | $6,800 | $12,400 |
$20,401
2-day champion: $37,801 |
$12,400
22 R, 4 W |
| Ann | $1,600 | $3,200 | $6,400 |
$12,500
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,000
17 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Jay | $2,200 | $5,000 | $10,200 |
$12,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| THEY ALSO RAN | ROCK & ROLL FRONTMEN | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS | RODENTS | "F"OOD | HOMOPHONES |
|
$200
[13]
Born in Brooklyn in 1944, he was mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2002
Rudy Giuliani
Chris
|
$200
[1]
David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, David Lee Roth
Van Halen
Ann
|
$200
[26]
In 2004 this Dutch airlines merged with Air France
KLM
Chris
|
$200
[21]
Spaniards named these furry rodents for the Chincha Indians
chinchilla
Jay
|
$200
[8]
This, food cooked in a central pot on the table, is from the French for "to melt"
fondue
Ann
|
$200
[2]
A native of Copenhagen, or to stoop to do something
dane/deign
Chris
|
|
$400
[14]
He received a degree from NC State & pushed papers at his own Raleigh law firm
John Edwards
Chris
|
$400
[4]
Roger Daltrey
The Who
Ann
|
$400
[27]
In 1999 Ford snatched up the auto unit of this company for 50 billion kronor
Volvo
Chris
Ann
Jay
|
$400
[22]
Some of the quills of the Eurasian species can be 12 inches, equal to about half of its body length
a porcupine
Chris
|
$400
[9]
It's a Spanish baked custard coated with caramel
flan
Chris
|
$400
[3]
To take a quick look, or the top of a mountain
peek/peak
Chris
|
|
$600
[15]
Formerly a U.S. Secretary of Energy & U.N. Ambassador, he's now the Governor of New Mexico
(Bill) Richardson
Jay
|
$600
[5]
Anthony Kiedis
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Chris
|
$800
[29]
In 2004 FedEx acquired this chain of stores, & you can copy me on that!
Kinko's
Chris
|
$600
[23]
These rodents of the Plains received their name because they "bark" like canines
prairie dogs
Ann
|
$600
[10]
It's the Japanese name for certain species of puffer fish that contain lethal poison but can be eaten as a delicacy
fugu
Jay
|
$600
[18]
Antagonistic, or an inexpensive lodging place for young people abroad
hostile/hostel
Ann
|
|
$800
[16]
He played the CIA chief in "No Way Out" & represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate
Fred Thompson
Chris
|
$800
[6]
Trent Reznor
Nine Inch Nails
Chris
Ann
|
$1,000
[30]
Despite opposition from the 2 founders' families, this company merged with Compaq in 2002
Hewlett-Packard
Chris
|
$800
[24]
Contrary to popular belief, mass drownings by the Norway species of this rodent are not suicidal in nature
lemmings
Ann
|
$800
[11]
The name of these long, flat egg noodles means "little ribbons"
fettuccine
Chris
|
$800
[19]
It's a sausage, or the absolute least best
wurst/worst
Chris
|
|
$1,000
[17]
At age 31, he was Cleveland's mayor
Dennis Kucinich
Jay
|
$1,000
[7]
Adam Levine
Maroon 5
Chris
|
DD
$2,200
[28]
In an $80 billion deal these 2 oil companies joined forces in 1999 in the biggest merger up to that time
Exxon & Mobil
Jay
|
$1,000
[25]
A S. Am. delicacy, this water-dwelling herbivore was declared a fish by the Vatican so it could be eaten during Lent
a capybara
Ann
Jay
|
$1,000
[12]
(Jon of the Clue Crew fries something up in the kitchen of the Little Diner in Canutillo, TX.) In Spanish, the name of these fried, tightly rolled tortillas, filled with seasoned beef or chicken, is also the name of the woodwind instrument they resemble
flauta
Jay
|
$1,000
[20]
A dish, or a braid of hair
plate/plait
Ann
|
| EARLY AMERICA | ACTRESSES ON TV | SIGNS & SYMBOLS | MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER | ROGER! | 4-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[11]
In 1610 the Spanish began building the Palace of the Governors in what is now this Southwest city
Santa Fe
Ann
|
$400
[2]
On "Fat Actress", she poked fun at herself, playing a version of herself struggling with her weight
Kirstie Alley
Ann
|
$400
[12]
The 2 symbols seen on pirate flags & bottles of poison
skull & crossbones
Ann
|
$400
[22]
Writing about this author's "The Deerslayer", Twain called its pathos "funny" & "its love-scenes odious"
(James Fenimore) Cooper
Chris
|
$400
[17]
In 1982 he co-anchored "NBC Nightly News" with Tom Brokaw, & you could say his name is...
Roger Mudd
Chris
|
$400
[1]
Pronounced one way, it's the top of the head; pronounced another, it's French chopped liver
pâté or pate
Chris
|
|
$800
[27]
In 1701 this college was founded in Conn., in part to counter the perceived liberalism of Harvard
Yale
Jay
|
$800
[3]
We are "desperate" for you to name this actress seen here, who has a master's degree in psychology
Marcia Cross
Ann
|
$800
[13]
Seen here is a computer emoticon used to represent this Beatle
John Lennon
Ann
|
$800
[23]
(Alex reads the clue from the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT.) Mark Twain made notations in the books he owned; he wrote, "Can any plausible excuse be furnished for the crime of creating the human race" in this man's "Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle"
Darwin
Jay
|
$800
[18]
The "Roger" to Michael Moore's "Me", in 1990 this GM chairman handed over the job to Robert Stempel
(Roger) Smith
Jay
|
$800
[5]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew blows out a match and sticks it in a bottle.) The moisture in the air combines with particles of dust from the smoke to form this; Los Angeles is known for it
smog
Jay
|
|
$1,200
[28]
The Molasses Act of 1733 placed high duties on molasses & this potent potable from non-English possessions
rum
Chris
|
$1,200
[4]
She portrays real-life research medium Allison DuBois
(Patricia) Arquette
Jay
|
$1,200
[14]
Baby, you're going to be a star, & we're going to put you next to this symbol on Turkey's flag
a crescent
Ann
|
$1,200
[24]
One of Twain's favorite books was the "Diary of" this Englishman; Twain credited it as the model for his book "1601"
(Samuel) Pepys
Jay
|
$1,200
[19]
I'll have a side of this 13th century English philosopher & creator of the "Opus Majus"
Roger Bacon
Ann
|
$1,200
[6]
It's short for one of the muscles, or a large open space on campus surrounded by buildings
a quad
Chris
|
|
$1,600
[29]
His 1699 proposal for a permanent French trading post on the Detroit River didn't include a car dealership
Cadillac
Chris
Ann
|
$1,600
[9]
On "Brothers & Sisters", she plays right-wing TV pundit Kitty Walker
Calista Flockhart
Chris
|
$1,600
[15]
It's what this symbol means on video equipment (& maybe fighter jet control panels, we don't know)
eject
Ann
|
$1,600
[25]
A copy of the New Testament in Arabic was given to Twain during the cruise that inspired this 1869 travel classic
The Innocents Abroad
Ann
|
$1,600
[20]
He was to fly as lunar module pilot on the first manned Apollo mission but tragically never made it
Roger Chaffee
|
$1,600
[7]
From the Welsh, it's a steep, rugged rock, or a rough, broken projecting part of a rock
a crag
Jay
|
|
$2,000
[30]
In the 1620s this Dutch company founded New Netherland in what later became N.Y., N.J., Delaware & Connecticut
the Dutch West India Company
Chris
Jay
|
$2,000
[10]
Like her "Grey's Anatomy" character Izzie Stevens, she used to be a model
Katherine Heigl
Chris
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
At her swearing-in, Speaker Pelosi wore this color (also a longtime symbol of power) as a symbol of the Suffragettes
purple
Ann
|
DD
$1,600
[26]
"The only poem I have ever carried about with me", said Twain, was this classic, best enjoyed with "a jug of wine"
the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Ann
|
$2,000
[21]
The fifth Chief Justice of the United States, he succeeded John Marshall in 1836
Roger Taney
|
$2,000
[8]
Used in linoleum & paints, linseed oil is made from the seeds of this plant
flax
Chris
|
This product was reintroduced in 1906 with trimethylxanthine as the sole remaining stimulant
Coca-Cola