Aaron Schroeder game 3.
Arianna Kelly — a law student from Somerville, Massachusetts
Fred Henn — a tech salesman from McMurray, Pennsylvania
Aaron Schroeder — a graduate student originally from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $51,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron | $1,600 | $8,400 | $18,800 |
$28,001
3-day champion: $79,101 |
$18,400
26 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Fred | $2,800 | $3,000 | $2,600 |
$5,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,200
12 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Arianna | $1,200 | $3,000 | $14,000 |
$28,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| SCIENCE | LIPSTICK JUNGLE | SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED | FUN ACROSS AMERICA | WRITING FOR TV | NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT |
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$200
[15]
It's what the "L" stands for in "laser"
light
Arianna
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$200
[1]
Tarte makes a dual-ended lip gloss named for this romantic pair, swingin' in the jungle since 1912
Tarzan & Jane
Aaron
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$200
[11]
Words meaning "equitable" & "direction" combine for this part of a golf course
the fairway
Fred
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$200
[6]
Wild West fun abounds during Cheyenne Frontier Days in this state
Wyoming
Fred
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$200
[17]
No script overlap here: Barry O'Brien both wrote for "CSI: Miami" & co-created this Miley Cyrus phenomenon
Hannah Montana
Fred
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$200
[22]
In 2007 this Apple CEO pocketed his annual $1 salary...it's probably also worth noting his stake in Apple was $765 million
Steve Jobs
Aaron
|
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$400
[16]
The Celsius temperature scale is also called this, meaning "divided into one hundred parts"
centigrade
Aaron
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$400
[2]
Sephora.com describes its "Sexy Jungle" lipstick as a "cool toffee shade of" this
brown
Aaron
|
$400
[12]
Part of an envelope meets something to raise your car, putting this word on the breakfast menu
a flapjack
Fred
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$400
[7]
8 presidential eyes gaze down on the National Presidential Wax Museum--it's 2 miles from this attraction
Mount Rushmore
Arianna
|
$400
[18]
"A Benihana Christmas" by Jennifer Celotta had this comedy's Michael Scott canceling the holiday itself
The Office
Aaron
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$400
[23]
Initially yours: in 1895 his syndicate bought all of a $62 million bond issue, ending a gold shortage in the U.S. treasury
J.P. Morgan
Arianna
|
|
$600
[24]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew performs a science experiment.) By mixing baking soda, a chemical base, with the acid in the lime juice, this gas is produced, resulting in a bubbly liquid
carbon dioxide
Aaron
|
$600
[3]
Type of African trip whose name precedes "Blaze" in the name of a Laura Geller lipstick
Safari
Aaron
|
$800
[14]
You can deceive someone by doing this, made from a part of some sweatshirts plus closing an eye
hoodwink
Arianna
|
$600
[8]
Log on to your computer to learn that Knott's Berry Farm claims to have the very first one of these "log" rides
a flume
Aaron
|
$600
[19]
The truth is out there: Ken Biller co-wrote "Eve", an episode of this Fox drama from which the band Eve 6 got its name
The X-Files
Arianna
|
$600
[25]
Start Microsoft with Bill like he did & you too can own stuff like NFL & NBA teams & a 60-ft. submarine (for your yacht!)
(Paul) Allen
Aaron
|
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$800
[28]
This one of the simple machines is made by using a wheel & a rope
a pulley
Aaron
|
$800
[4]
Iman named one of her company's lipstick shades for this wildcat that's also a luxury car
Jaguar
Aaron
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
Take a brief interval of time, put it before a pointer on a clock & you get this preowned word
secondhand
Fred
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$800
[9]
Visit the automobile museum at this famous home to see the red MG Elvis drove in "Blue Hawaii"
Graceland
Arianna
|
$800
[20]
Carol Barbee co-wrote the "Why We Fight" episode of this CBS show which fought its own cancellation (at least briefly)
Jericho
Arianna
|
$800
[26]
Italy's richest man as of 2007, this ex-prime minister has been estimated to be worth a cool $11.8 billion
Berlusconi
Aaron
|
|
$1,000
[29]
Shock researcher Walter Cannon coined this word for an organism's ability to maintain internal equilibrium
homeostasis
|
$1,000
[5]
Sultry, Hot & Passionate (Excuse me--I need to cool down) are just 3 of the shades in this co.'s Lipfinity line
Max Factor
Arianna
|
$1,000
[30]
Words meaning "to catch a fish" & "to grade a paper" combine to make this type of important site
a landmark
Aaron
|
$1,000
[10]
Feel like a female deity when you eat this "verdant" salad dressing at S.F.'s Palace Hotel (it was invented there)
green goddess (dressing)
Aaron
Fred
|
$1,000
[21]
Before writing for "AFV" & "Freaks and Geeks", J. Elvis Weinstein was the original voice of Tom Servo on this cult classic
Mystery Science Theater
Aaron
|
$1,000
[27]
Starting Google worked out well for Larry Page & him; as of 2007, they were worth $16.6 billion--apiece
(Sergey) Brin
Aaron
|
| WORLD HISTORY | MERE SMITHS | THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | GEOGRAPHICAL NICKNAMES | "T"s ME, ALEX | TAKE IN ORDER |
|
$400
[20]
In 1770 Capt. James Cook became the first European to sight Australia's fertile east coast, which he named "New" this
South Wales
Aaron
|
$400
[25]
In a 1939 film, he played Mr. Jefferson Smith, an appointee to the U.S. Senate
Jimmy Stewart
Fred
|
$400
[6]
"And God said, Let there be light: and there was light"
Hebrew
Fred
Arianna
|
$400
[1]
Larry Bird was called the "Hick from French Lick"--this state was his home
Indiana
Fred
|
$400
[7]
A type of boxing knockout
a TKO, or technical knockout
Fred
|
$400
[15]
The Navajo are noted for their "paintings" done with this material that can be glued to a board
sand
Arianna
|
|
$800
[21]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Ginza in Tokyo.) Not much keeps the spirit of Tokyo down; this event in 1923 basically destroyed the city, but it was completely rebuilt in 1930
an earthquake
Aaron
Fred
|
$800
[26]
This director of "Clerks" played Warlock in "Live Free or Die Hard"
Kevin Smith
Aaron
|
DD
$1,200
[9]
"In this best of all possible worlds...Everything is for the best"
French
Aaron
|
$800
[2]
William Jennings Bryan, the "Boy Orator of the Platte", knew the Platte primarily runs through this state
Nebraska
Aaron
|
$800
[8]
According to Ben Franklin, death & this were life's only certainties
taxes
Aaron
|
$800
[16]
Her "Grey's Anatomy" character, Dr. Yang, had a difficult romance with Dr. Burke
Sandra Oh
Arianna
|
|
$1,200
[22]
In the 1540s John Calvin made this Swiss city a center of Protestant might
Geneva
Aaron
Fred
Arianna
|
$1,200
[27]
This actress gives Lisa Simpson her distinctive voice
Yeardley Smith
Arianna
|
$1,200
[10]
"The unexamined life is not worth living"
Greek
|
$1,200
[3]
Brian Mulroney, "The Boy From Baie Comeau", grew up along the north banks of this river in Quebec
St. Lawrence
Fred
|
$1,200
[12]
Style of Mexican-American pop music made famous by Selena
Tejano
Aaron
|
$1,200
[17]
William Sydney Porter started using this name while writing short stories from jail in Ohio
O. Henry
Fred
|
|
$2,000
[24]
At the urging of this general now on the 5-peso note, Argentina declared its independence from Spain July 9, 1816
(Jose de) San Martin
Aaron
Arianna
|
$1,600
[28]
Dodie Smith wrote this classic tale about a plethora of puppies
101 Dalmatians
Arianna
|
$1,600
[11]
"In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood"
Italian
Aaron
Arianna
|
$1,600
[4]
Nicolae Ceausescu was the "Butcher of" this Romanian city
Bucharest
Aaron
|
$1,600
[13]
This Belgian cartoon character & amateur detective has been an international favorite since 1929
Tintin
Aaron
|
$1,600
[18]
In 1893 he was chief engineer of Detroit's Edison Illuminating Company; 6 years later he'd form his own company
Henry Ford
Fred
|
|
DD
$5,000
[23]
By 1833 Spain had lost all of its empire in the New World except Cuba & this island; 65 years later, it lost those, too
Puerto Rico
Arianna
|
$2,000
[29]
On the Grammys in 2008, this partner of Louis Prima found "That Old Black Magic" in a duet with Kid Rock
Keely Smith
|
$2,000
[30]
"Joy, beautiful radiance of the gods, daughter of Elysium..."
German
Arianna
|
$2,000
[5]
Union Gen. George Henry Thomas was known as the "Rock of Chickamauga", Chickamauga being in this state
Georgia
Aaron
Fred
|
$2,000
[14]
Emperor from 14 to 37 A.D., he mailed it in the last 10 years from Capri
Tiberius
Fred
|
$2,000
[19]
This novelist founded the English Review in 1908 & helped launch James Joyce's career
Ford Madox Ford
Arianna
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In 1900 the Atlantic Monthly published his story "An Odyssey of the North", his literary breakthrough
Jack London