Louis Burnoski — a civil engineer from Akron, Ohio
Nancy Kirwan — a marketing communications manager from Campbell, California
Chris Vestuto — a test prep teacher from Goleta, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $24,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris | $1,400 | $4,200 | $9,800 |
$5,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
16 R, 3 W |
| Nancy | $-1,600 | $3,600 | $11,000 |
$19,601
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Louis | $5,800 | $6,800 | $13,000 |
$22,001
New champion: $22,001 |
$18,000
22 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| BRITISH ART & ARTISTS | CELEBRITY LIVES | COMMON BONDS | RELIGIOUS NUMBERS | COLD HARD CASH | 5 "G"s |
|
$200
[7]
The aptly named Terry Frost created a painting called this season of the year "1956, Yorkshire"
Winter
Chris
|
$200
[26]
In titles of biographies, he's referred to as a "Comic Genius", a "Genius of the Cinema" & a "Tramp"
(Charlie) Chaplin
Chris
|
$200
[21]
Diddley, Peep, Derek
Bo
Louis
|
$200
[6]
The number of days it took God to create the universe & everything in it (not resting)
6
Nancy
|
$200
[16]
Scheduled for release in late 2008, the last of the commemorative state quarters will honor this state
Hawaii
Louis
|
$200
[1]
The wooden frame upon which condemned persons are executed by hanging
a gallows
Chris
|
|
$400
[12]
John Hoppner, a favorite royal portrait artist of the late 1700s, was rumored to be an illegitimate son of this king
George III
Chris
Louis
|
$400
[27]
In "Lucky Man", he talks about his childhood in Canada, stardom on TV & in film, & his battle with Parkinson's
Michael J. Fox
Nancy
|
$400
[22]
Bread, Chatter, Pandora's
box
Nancy
|
$400
[8]
The number of times the words "apple" & "snake" appear in the King James Version of Genesis
0
Louis
|
$400
[17]
Minted from 1979 to 1981, the coin featuring her was the first depicting a woman that went into general circulation
Susan B. Anthony
Chris
|
$400
[2]
In 1992 the Catholic Church admitted it erred in condemning this man 359 years before
Galileo
Chris
|
|
$600
[13]
You can barely make out the elephants in J.M.W. Turner's painting of this man "Crossing the Alps"
Hannibal
Louis
|
$600
[28]
"Kate Remembered" by A. Scott Berg was published only 13 days after her 2003 death
Katharine Hepburn
Chris
|
$600
[23]
Cotto, Genoa, Pepperoni
salami
Nancy
|
$600
[9]
The number of Hebrew patriarchs, or the number of times Peter denied knowing Jesus
3 times
Louis
|
$600
[18]
His quincentenary was celebrated with a coin in 1992
Columbus
Louis
|
$600
[3]
2-syllable adjective that precedes "bodily harm" in the crime designated GBH in the U.K.
grievous
Chris
|
|
$800
[14]
A 1790s engraving by Robert Dodd shows this "bountiful" captain & some of his officers being set adrift
Captain Bligh
Chris
Nancy
|
$800
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Machu Picchu, Peru.) In her book "Out On A Limb", this actress visits the Peruvian Andes, where she learns about astral projection & that she is all the people she has ever lived
Shirley MacLaine
Chris
|
$800
[24]
Shoelaces, Tongues, Scores
things that are tied
Nancy
|
$800
[10]
The number of Old Testament books named for specific women
2
Louis
|
$800
[19]
In 1997 this Brooklyn Dodger got a commemorative coin as quick as you could say his name
Jackie Robinson
Chris
|
$800
[4]
Flavoring syrup made from pomegranates
grenadine
Chris
|
|
$1,000
[15]
This contemporary Brit has long been in the swim with paintings such as "Peter Getting Out Of Nick's Pool"
(David) Hockney
Louis
|
$1,000
[30]
"Long Live the King" & a book subtitled "Portrait of A Misfit" are bios of this legendary actor
Clark Gable
Nancy
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
Codes, Songs, Southern Florida
keys
Nancy
|
$1,000
[11]
At Maundy Thursday mass, a priest traditionally washes the feet of this many people
12
Louis
|
$1,000
[20]
A "Benjamin" issued by it would have meant a $2 note, which showed its sec'y of state Judah P. Benjamin
the Confederate States of America
Nancy
|
$1,000
[5]
This U.S. president won his election by fewer than 2,000 popular votes
Garfield
Nancy
Louis
|
| SAMURAI WARRIOR | FILM FISTICUFFS | SCIENTISTS | COLLECTIBLES | POETS | ANIMATION THAT'S A PUZZLE |
|
$400
[6]
The word samurai means "one who" does this--as an attendant or a warrior, not as a waiter
serves
Chris
|
$400
[12]
Female fists were flying when Uma Thurman battled Lucy Liu in Vol. 1 of this series
Kill Bill
Louis
|
$400
[7]
Sadly, both she & her daughter Irene died of leukemia caused by overexposure to radiation
Marie Curie
Louis
|
$400
[17]
The "Man in Black" collector plate from the Franklin Mint was the first musical plate authorized by this country icon
Johnny Cash
Louis
|
$400
[1]
His "Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" was first published on July 31, 1786 in Kilmarnock & sold 600 copies
(Rabbie) Burns
Chris
|
$400
[23]
Itwas a '90s game show
Shop 'Til You Drop
Louis
|
|
$800
[13]
Englishman William Adams, the first outsider to become a samurai, inspired this James Clavell bestseller
Shōgun
Chris
|
$800
[22]
Yippee-ki-yay! Ex-hostage Bonnie Bedelia smacks a smarmy TV reporter in this 1988 action film
Die Hard
|
$800
[8]
In 1800 Humphrey Davy wrote that this gas "appears capable of destroying...pain" & could be used in operations
laughing gas or nitrous oxide
Nancy
|
$800
[18]
A snowglobe inspired by this film features the Darling children tied to a mast near a hungry crocodile
Peter Pan
Nancy
|
$800
[2]
In "Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions", he wrote, "No man is an island, entire of itself"
John Donne
Louis
|
$800
[27]
You might have this after a disagreement
a parting of the ways
Nancy
|
|
$1,200
[14]
In true warrior fashion, the real "last samurai", Saigo Takamori, died by committing this ritual form of suicide
hara-kiri (or seppuku)
Nancy
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
"You didn't get me down, Ray", boasts this character after getting brutalized by Sugar Ray Robinson
Jake LaMotta
Nancy
|
$1,200
[9]
Irish geologist Richard Oldham discovered that these events have primary & secondary waves
earthquakes
Louis
|
$1,200
[19]
Collectors of Tom Tierney's paper dolls prize the one of this princess with her charity auction dresses
Princess Di
Nancy
|
$1,200
[3]
In 1580 he became sec'y to the Lord Deputy of Ireland' maybe the boat that took him there was the Ferry Queen
(Edmund) Spenser
Louis
|
$1,200
[24]
You might say thisto a friend you haven't spoken to in a while
long time, no see
Louis
|
|
$1,600
[15]
Meaning "the way of the warrior", & comparable to European chivalry, it was the ethical code by which samurai lived
bushido
Chris
|
$1,200
[28]
Lou Gossett Jr. tries to hold the Mayo in battle with Richard Gere in this 1982 film
An Officer and a Gentleman
|
$2,000
[11]
In 1846 Joseph Leidy discovered that the worm trichina is found in this animal
pigs
Chris
|
$1,600
[20]
This magazine's NYC galleries house the toy soldiers & Monopoly games collected by publisher Malcolm
Forbes
Nancy
|
$1,600
[4]
In 1798 he received an annuity from Josiah & Thomas Wedgwood, & his "Lyrical Ballads" was published
(Samuel Taylor) Coleridge
Chris
Louis
|
$1,600
[25]
People might get hypnic jerks when doing this
fall asleep
Louis
|
|
$2,000
[16]
The "soul of the samurai" was his sword, especially this long, slightly curved type
katana
|
$1,600
[29]
In 2000 Edward Norton was up for an MTV Movie Award for the battle he waged against himself in this film
Fight Club
Nancy
|
DD
$5,000
[10]
Augustin-Jean Fresnel used this treatment of light to make new lighthouse lenses; Edwin Land built a company on it
polarization
Louis
|
$2,000
[21]
This crystal company's literary collection has included a James Joyce vase
Waterford
Nancy
|
$2,000
[5]
A gravestone at Bunhill Fields says, "Near by lie the remains of the poet-painter" this man "1757-1827"
(William) Blake
Chris
|
$2,000
[26]
Robin Hood'screed
take from the rich, give to the poor
Louis
|
In 2007 this entertainer & former sitcom star was made an honorary corporal by the U.S. Marine Corps
Jim Nabors