Aaron Schroeder game 2.
Kathy Maurer — a physics teacher from Manassas, Virginia
Dave Ruddell — a forensic scientist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aaron Schroeder — a graduate student originally from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron | $4,600 | $9,700 | $27,800 |
$25,600
2-day champion: $51,100 |
$28,800
32 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Dave | $1,000 | $2,200 | $2,200 |
$1
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,200
8 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kathy | $-400 | $600 | $2,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,200
9 R, 3 W |
| WAR | POP MUSIC | WHAT'S MISSING? | BRIDGES | BY THE NUMBERS | P____TION |
|
$200
[6]
The biggest war in history was this one involving 61 countries & more than 110 million soldiers
World War II
Kathy
|
$200
[1]
"Pinball Wizard" was a Top 40 hit for this '60s group
The Who
Aaron
|
$200
[19]
In Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Three Colors" film series:"Red", "White" & _____
Blue
Aaron
|
$200
[11]
On August 1, 2007 Minneapolis' I-35W bridge collapsed into this river
the Mississippi River
Dave
|
$200
[12]
The Treasury Building is at 1500 & the White House at this number Pennsylvania Ave.
1600
Aaron
|
$200
[24]
A drink or brew said to have medicinal or magical powers, perhaps to induce love
a potion
Dave
|
|
$400
[7]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, NV.) In 1972, responding to poor combat performance in this war, the United States Air Force began the Aggressor program to provide adversaries during training
the Vietnam War
Aaron
|
$400
[2]
This Don McLean song was inspired by the 1959 death of Buddy Holly
"American Pie"
Aaron
|
$400
[20]
The 3 states with the highest number of electoral college votes:California, New York & _____
Texas
Aaron
|
$400
[13]
Seen here on a stamp, the USA's longest coveredbridgetakes you from Vermont to this New England neighbor
New Hampshire
Dave
|
$400
[14]
There are this many books in Evangeline Walton's fantasy classic "The Mabinogion Tetralogy"
four
Dave
|
$400
[25]
A state of damnation or ruin; hope you won't find yourself on the "road to" it
perdition
Aaron
|
|
$600
[8]
It ran from 1618 to 1648
the Thirty Years' War
Aaron
|
$600
[3]
2004's "Genius Loves Company", featuring a dozen duets, was the final new album by this man
Ray Charles
Aaron
Kathy
|
$600
[21]
Inferior planets:Mercury, _____
Venus
Kathy
|
$600
[16]
The Harbour Bridge rises 440 feet above this Down Under city's harbour
Sydney
Aaron
|
$600
[15]
In 2006 the death of a model who didn't eat enough led to a debate named for this size in women's wear
zero
Aaron
|
$600
[26]
It's a fancy way of saying coloration, as of the skin
pigmentation
Kathy
|
|
$800
[9]
"50 million Frenchmen can't be wrong" became a popular saying with soldiers during this war
World War I
|
$800
[4]
In 1984 this group broke into the Top 40 with "Red Red Wine"; in 2008 they broke up
UB40
Aaron
|
$800
[22]
Before Alice joins them, the 3 sitting at the table for the tea party:Mad Hatter, March Hare & _____
the Dormouse
|
$800
[17]
Completed in 2004, the Centennial Bridge, seen here, spans this man-made body of water
the Panama Canal
|
$800
[29]
Number of numbers to pick in each game of the 12-state Mega Millions lottery
six
Kathy
|
$800
[27]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew kneels at the riverbank in Kyoto, Japan, and releases a basket with two small dolls into the current.) In Shinto, dolls calledkatashirotake on transgressions of a person & areset adriftin this type of spiritual cleansing rite
purification
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Austerlitz was one of the major battles in the wars named for this man
Napoleon
Aaron
|
$1,000
[5]
"Kate" is what family & friends call this singer of "Suddenly I See"
KT Tunstall
Aaron
|
$1,000
[23]
The sons of George H.W. Bush:George, Jeb, Marvin & _____
Neil
Aaron
|
DD
$1,500
[18]
Britain's Humber Bridge, once the longest single-span bridge of this type, bends 10 feet in the middle in high winds
a suspension bridge
Aaron
|
$1,000
[30]
In "The Long Goodbye", Philip Marlowe's gat is "a short-barreled police" this
a .38
Dave
Kathy
|
$1,000
[28]
A formally drawn request, like the kind you sign to get an initiative on a ballot
a petition
Aaron
|
| LEWIS OR CLARK | CHRIS COLUMBUS | ERIC THE READ | HILLARY | COOK | "D" AS... |
|
$400
[1]
This "chocolately coated peanut butter crunch candy" has been around since 1917
a Clark Bar
Aaron
|
$400
[14]
Chris won the job filming the first 2 entries in this franchise after wowing author J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter
Aaron
|
$400
[6]
This Eric Schlosser book about burgers & fries was kind of "The Jungle" for 2001
Fast Food Nation
Dave
Kathy
|
$400
[9]
In 1975 Hillary joined the faculty of the law school at the University of this state
Arkansas
Aaron
|
$400
[25]
If your diner waitress yells, "Paint a bow-wow red!" to the cook, you've ordered one of these with ketchup
a hot dog
Kathy
|
DD
$100
[24]
in this kind of tea, one of India's finest; its leaves are grown at about 7,000 feet
Darjeeling
Aaron
|
|
$800
[2]
She was very hands-on with the TV series "Charlie Horse Music Pizza" & "Lamb Chop's Play Along"
Shari Lewis
Dave
|
$800
[15]
Chris Columbus penned the script about this "Young" title character who solved murders aided by John Watson
Sherlock Holmes
Aaron
|
$800
[7]
In 1968 Eric Goldman wrote "The Tragedy of" this president: "A Historian's Personal Memoir"
Lyndon Johnson
|
$800
[10]
In 1973 Ms. Rodham earned a degree from this Ivy League school, where she met a fella named Bill
Yale
Aaron
|
$800
[26]
Of the dishes at a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, it's the one most likely to be made with sage
stuffing
Kathy
|
$400
[21]
in this German dog breed, named after breeder Ludwig
Doberman
Dave
|
|
$1,200
[3]
The heroine of this author's "Main Street" escapes her miserable small town--for a while
Sinclair Lewis
Kathy
|
$1,200
[16]
Chris directed the first & second installments of this Macaulay Culkin franchise
Home Alone
Aaron
|
$1,200
[8]
English prof & media pundit Eric Alterman is also the author of "It Ain't No Sin to Be Glad You're Alive", about this rocker
Bruce Springsteen
|
$1,200
[11]
This 1996 book by Mrs. Clinton called for community participation in helping kids develop
It Takes a Village
Aaron
|
$1,200
[27]
"Eye" have a feeling you might know the name of this kind of salmon, the most valuable food variety
sockeye
Aaron
|
$800
[22]
in this trademark of Invista for a type of polyester
Dacron
Kathy
|
|
$1,600
[4]
He retired as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe in 2000, then ran for president
Wesley Clark
Aaron
|
$1,600
[17]
In 2005 Chris directed this movie based on Jonathan Larson's Tony-winning musical
Rent
Aaron
|
$2,000
[20]
Though American on TV, Lassie was created by this Yorkshireman
Eric Knight
|
$1,600
[12]
In 2000 a long investigation into the Clintons' role in this development corp. ended with no charges filed
Whitewater
Aaron
|
$1,600
[28]
Colorful name of Catherine Hanley's cookbook of "Prize-winning Recipes from America's State Fairs"
Blue Ribbon
Aaron
|
$1,200
[23]
in this title from the Greek for "minister", for a member of the clerical order just below that of a priest
deacon
Aaron
|
|
$2,000
[5]
This prosecutor of O.J. Simpson is now a legal correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight"
Marcia Clark
Aaron
|
$2,000
[18]
Chris wrote three rules for these title characters: no bright lights, don't get them wet & no food after midnight
Gremlins
Dave
|
DD
$4,000
[19]
E.D. (Eric Donald) Hirsch educated us with his book this type of "Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know"
cultural
Dave
|
$2,000
[13]
Hillary chaired her local Young Republicans chapter & supported this 1964 presidential candidate
Barry Goldwater
Aaron
|
$2,000
[29]
Genuine pizza pies in the style of this southern Italian city are cooked in wood-fire ovens at 905 degrees F.
Naples
Dave
|
$2,000
[30]
in this adjective for an elegant & gracious gentleman; it comes from the French for "of good family"
debonair
Kathy
|
In a poem, these 5 words precede "breeding Lilacs out of the dead land... stirring Dull roots with spring rain"
April is the cruellest month