Darrin Gershman — a graduate student originally from Coral Springs, Florida
Kathleen Ryan — a business information analyst originally from Scotia, New York
Dorothy Farrell — a researcher originally from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorothy | $1,600 | $4,000 | $19,200 |
$27,201
2-day champion: $52,002 |
$17,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Kathleen | $3,200 | $4,200 | $9,400 |
$18,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,400
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Darrin | $2,400 | $5,200 | $13,600 |
$19,201
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| MERLIN'S INBOX | MOVIE TITLE NAMES | ON THE BEACH IN RIO | BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE | GEMS | "G" WHIZ! |
|
$200
[21]
There's a bill in Merlin's inbox from the carpenter for this piece of furniture that seats 50
the Round Table
Darrin
|
$200
[1]
2007:George Clooney is the fixer for a law firm
Michael Clayton
Kathleen
|
$200
[16]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Ipanema.) Having fun in Rio? "Blame it on" this style of music developed in & around Ipanema in the '50s; its name means "new trend"
bossa nova
Darrin
|
$200
[26]
Agrippa says of her, "Royal wench! She made great Caesar lay his sword to bed"
Cleopatra
Darrin
|
$200
[6]
The choicest specimens of these green gems are extracted from the mines at Muzo, Colombia
emeralds
Kathleen
|
$200
[11]
A male goose you might take a look at
gander
Darrin
|
|
$400
[22]
Someone dropped off pictures of this object that Merlin says the rightful king must pull a sword out of
the stone
Darrin
|
$400
[2]
2000:Julia Roberts becomes a legal assistant & brings down a power company
Erin Brockovich
Dorothy
|
$400
[17]
The parade of Banda de Ipanema in Rio really gets this wild January event going
Carnaval
Kathleen
|
$400
[27]
In the '60s, Laurence Olivier put on blackface to play this Shakespearean hero
Othello
Kathleen
|
$400
[7]
The Regent, a famous one of these gems, was once known as the Pitt (in honor of Sir Thomas, not Brad)
diamond
Darrin
|
$400
[12]
It's the liquor you might drink while playing the card game of the same name
gin
Darrin
|
|
$600
[23]
Perceval left a note: "Hey, Mer, I'll need help finding" this chalice
the Holy Grail
Kathleen
|
$600
[3]
1996:Sports agent Tom Cruise has a moral epiphany
Jerry Maguire
Dorothy
|
$600
[18]
(Jimmy reports from the beach.) Vanity Fair's September 2007coverwas "Viva Brazil", starring this model and the new girls & boys from Ipanema
Gisele Bündchen
Kathleen
|
$600
[28]
One of Henry IV's big lines is "Uneasy lies the head that wears" one of these
crown
Dorothy
|
$600
[8]
The Bible tells us "The price of wisdom is above" these gems, July's birthstone
rubies
Darrin
|
$600
[13]
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi gained fame as one of these Indian teachers
guru
Dorothy
|
|
$800
[24]
Merlin finds a "while you were out" message from this damp lady who will ultimately be his doom
the Lady of the Lake
Dorothy
|
$800
[4]
1996:Liam Neeson fights for Irish free rule
Michael Collins
Kathleen
Darrin
|
$800
[19]
Brazilians call this holiday eve "Reveillon"; that's when small boats are launched to honor the sea goddess Yemanja
New Year's Eve
|
$800
[29]
Henry Porter's "Two Angry Women of Abingdon" may have influenced this "Merry" Shakespeare play
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Darrin
|
$800
[9]
Isle Royale greenstone, this state's official gem, is found on Isle Royale in Lake Superior
Michigan
Darrin
|
$800
[14]
Endocrine or exocrine, for example
gland
Darrin
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Needing immediate attention are 6 pages of funeral plans for this king, Arthur's father
Uther (Pendragon)
Dorothy
|
$1,000
[5]
2008:Rich kid Anton Yelchin acts as a psychiatrist to his peers at his new school
Charlie Bartlett
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
(Sarah reports from the beach one more time.) On July 7, 2007 400,000 people came here to Copacabana Beach, the South American site for this music event that spotlighted climate change
Live Earth
Kathleen
|
$1,000
[30]
"The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of" this person
the king
Darrin
|
$1,000
[10]
This October birthstone often has a white background but displays a lot of colors in bright light
an opal
Kathleen
|
$1,000
[15]
A small cave, perhaps a "Blue" one
grotto
Kathleen
|
| ARCHITECTURE | I KNOW THAT SONG | NIXON'S CABINET | CLASSIC TOYS | "D" IN SCIENCE | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES |
|
$400
[21]
Andrea Palladio's Villa Rotunda near Vicenza, Italy was a major influence on his design for Monticello
Jefferson
Dorothy
|
$400
[6]
"Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don't care if i never get back" in this song
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
Kathleen
|
$400
[16]
In 1973 William Rogers was replaced in this post by a German import
Secretary of State
Darrin
|
$400
[11]
A Hungarian inventor is famous for this puzzling cube
the Rubik's Cube
Darrin
|
$400
[1]
Children with this genetic disease have 3 No. 21 chromosomes instead of the usual 2
Down syndrome
Dorothy
|
$400
[26]
If a Frenchwoman receives a billet-doux, she's gotten one of these
a love note or letter
|
|
$1,200
[23]
The 3 orders of Ancient Greek column were Doric, Ionic & this ornate one named for a city
Corinthian
Dorothy
|
$800
[7]
Song that starts, "When the night has come / and the land is dark / and the moon is the only light we'll see"
"Stand By Me"
Dorothy
|
$1,200
[18]
George Shultz didn't work for peanuts as Secretary of the Treasury or as Secretary of this in Nixon's cabinet
Secretary of Labor
|
$800
[12]
Peter Hodgson Sr. saw the appeal of synthetic rubber that bounced & sold it in a plastic egg under this name
Silly Putty
Darrin
|
$800
[2]
This chemist discovered several elements, including magnesium, & also invented a miner's safety lamp
Sir Humphry Davy
Dorothy
|
$800
[27]
This rhyming Chinese word for acting in a servile manner literally means "knock one's head"
kowtow
Dorothy
|
|
$1,600
[24]
From the Latin for "gate", it's often an entryway consisting of a roof supported by columns
a portico
Kathleen
|
$1,200
[8]
In the lyrics of "Where It's At", Beck said, "I got" this setup
two turntables and a microphone
Dorothy
|
$1,600
[19]
The only Melvin to serve in a cabinet post in the 20th century was this man as Nixon's Secretary of Defense
Melvin Laird
|
$1,200
[13]
"What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs... Everyone loves" this wonderful toy
Slinky
Kathleen
|
$1,200
[3]
Sharks first inhabited the waters during this period of the Paleozoic era named for an English county
Devonian
Dorothy
|
$1,200
[28]
Meaning "double point", the German doppelpunkt refers to this mark of punctuation
the colon
Darrin
|
|
$2,000
[25]
This "ice cold" part of an entablature fits in between the cornice & architrave
frieze
Kathleen
|
$1,600
[9]
"When I dance they call me" this, "and the boys they say que soy buena, they all want me, they can't have me"
the "Macarena"
Darrin
|
$2,000
[20]
As head of this department, Robert Finch had his attention pulled in 3 separate directions
Health, Education & Welfare
|
$1,600
[14]
For many adults, the scent of this soft Hasbro modeling compound is the smell of childhood
Play-Doh
Darrin
|
$1,600
[4]
Named for a German mathematician, it's a process for eliminating or neutralizing a magnetic field
degaussing
Dorothy
|
$1,600
[29]
This other name for the Lord's Prayer comes from the Latin for "Our Father"
Pater Noster
Dorothy
Darrin
|
|
DD
$2,800
[22]
He designed the geodesic dome for the United States pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal
(Buckminster) Fuller
Dorothy
|
$2,000
[10]
Five For Fighting flew high with this song that says, "I'm more than a bird, I'm more than a plane"
"Superman"
Kathleen
|
DD
$4,000
[17]
Nixon went through 4 of these; the last was William Saxbe
Attorney General
Darrin
|
$2,000
[15]
This doll first came out way back in 1915; Andy soon followed
Raggedy Ann
Dorothy
|
$2,000
[5]
The atomic mass unit is also called this, after a 19th century British scientist
the dalton
Dorothy
|
$2,000
[30]
In English, a recorder can make a racket; in French, "recorder" means to do this to a racquet
restring
Kathleen
|
One of the 2 Heisman Trophy winners who share their surnames with U.S. presidents
Reggie Bush or Bo Jackson