Aaron Schroeder game 6.
Carolyn D'Aquila — a graduate student originally from Derry, New Hampshire
Joan Gardiner — an English department chairperson from Joppa, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,000)
Aaron Schroeder — a graduate student originally from Washington, D.C. (whose 5-day cash winnings total $127,902)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron | $4,600 | $6,000 | $16,900 |
$3,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$16,000
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Joan | $400 | $2,800 | $9,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,200
12 R, 2 W |
| Carolyn | $2,000 | $4,600 | $19,400 |
$4,999
New champion: $4,999 |
$18,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| 19th CENTURY PERSONALITIES | "J.P." | ANAGRAMMED AUSTRALIAN CITIES | BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS | ORGANIZATIONS | MINDBLOWERS |
|
$200
[16]
For most of 1871, he was Marshal of Abilene, Kansas, one of the wildest towns in the Wild West
Wild Bill Hickok
Joan
|
$200
[26]
Before "Survivor", he traveled more than 300,000 miles as an "Access Hollywood" correspondent
Jeff Probst
Aaron
|
$200
[1]
CRANE BAR
Canberra
Carolyn
|
$200
[6]
It's a canine cure for a hangover
hair of the dog that bit you
Aaron
|
$200
[11]
This American organization undertook its first disaster relief in 1881, aiding victims of a forest fire
the Red Cross
Carolyn
|
$200
[20]
Decca Records rejected signing this band in 1962, saying, "we don't like their sound" & guitars are on the way out
the Beatles
Joan
|
|
DD
$400
[17]
This Mass. man is remembered for introducing a certain pear to the U.S. in the 1800s; he named it for himself
(Enoch) Bartlett
Aaron
|
$400
[27]
He put together a band that was initially called the New Yardbirds; the band later got a new name--Led Zeppelin
Jimmy Page
Aaron
|
$400
[2]
LUMBER ONE
Melbourne
Carolyn
|
$400
[7]
We need to have an open & honest conversation so "let's talk" this bird
turkey
Carolyn
|
$400
[12]
Bill Novelli is the CEO of this organization for those 50 & older
AARP
Joan
|
$400
[21]
This prez' second inaugural address was the shortest in history, only about 30 seconds long, possibly due to bad teeth
Washington
Aaron
|
|
$600
[18]
When the Paris stock exchange crashed in 1883, Paul Gauguin lost this day job, which changed his life
a stockbroker
Aaron
|
$600
[28]
He played Duke Washburn, Curly's twin brother, in "City Slickers II"
Jack Palance
Aaron
|
$600
[3]
EARN BIBS
Brisbane
Aaron
|
$600
[8]
Beastly "bounce" in stock prices that's a brief & insignificant recovery after a steep decline
a dead cat bounce
Aaron
|
$600
[13]
George H.W. Bush, a "big shot" in this organization, resigned from it in May 1995
the NRA (National Rifle Association)
Aaron
|
$600
[22]
"Hemp for victory" was a U.S. government slogan to urge farmers to help win this war
World War II
Joan
|
|
$800
[19]
Before he was king, William II of the Netherlands commanded the Dutch troops in this June 18, 1815 battle
Waterloo
Carolyn
|
$800
[29]
In "Goodfellas", this actor memorably said,"I'm funny how... I'm funny like a clown, I amuse you?"
Joe Pesci
Carolyn
|
$800
[4]
INWARD
Darwin
Carolyn
|
$800
[9]
It's any crudely operated tribunal that makes a fair trial impossible
a kangaroo court
Aaron
|
$800
[14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Abu Simbel in Egypt.) In the 1960s this U.N. organization raised thetemplesof Abu Simbelup out of the way of flooding caused when the Aswan High Dam was built
UNESCO
Aaron
|
$800
[23]
There are about 4,000 species of mammals, 8,700 species of birds & 1 million known species of these creatures
insects
Joan
|
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1849 this "fishy" guy who would later be on the $10,000 bill was elected to the U.S. Senate
Salmon P. Chase
|
$1,000
[30]
(Jon of the Clue Crew doesn't fret at all.)Thisman who revolutionized bass playing with the group Weather Report made his own fretless bass by pulling out the frets & filling in the grooves
Jaco Pastorius
Carolyn
|
$1,000
[5]
A DEAD LIE
Adelaide
Carolyn
|
$1,000
[10]
It's the type of fixture seen here
a gooseneck lamp
Joan
|
$1,000
[15]
Founded in 1913, this organization fights the USA's second-leading cause of death
the American Cancer Society
Aaron
Joan
Carolyn
|
$1,000
[24]
In 2002 the Hormel corporation produced its 6 billionth can of this foodstuff
Spam
Joan
|
| COMPOSERS | THE ACADEMY AWARDS | SIGNS & SYMBOLS | YOUR STATE IS PARKED | INSPIRED CHARACTERS | "MIND" BLOWERS |
|
$400
[19]
We think this "Nutcracker" composer took his time on his 2nd symphony, though it turned out a "Little Russian"
Tchaikovsky
Aaron
|
$400
[5]
They're the 2 actors who won Oscars for playing Vito Corleone
Marlon Brando & Robert De Niro
|
$400
[10]
The Rathskeller at Ky.'s Seelbach Hilton boasts a tooled leather ceiling decorated with the 12 signs of this
the zodiac
Carolyn
|
$400
[4]
Pocahontas State Park
Virginia
Aaron
Carolyn
|
$400
[1]
Britomart, the female knight of chastity, is one of the characters symbolizing this queen in "The Faerie Queene"
Elizabeth I
Aaron
Joan
|
$400
[24]
In the classic proverb, these "think alike"
great minds
Aaron
|
|
$800
[20]
You might call this great German composer "The Lord of the Ring (Cycle)"
(Richard) Wagner
Joan
|
$800
[6]
She's had 5 Oscar-nominated roles: Gloria Wandrous, Martha, Susanna Drake, Maggie Pollitt & Catherine Holly
Elizabeth Taylor
|
$800
[11]
This big rodent represents industry & activity on Toronto's coat of arms
the beaver
Joan
|
$800
[15]
Waimea Canyon State Park
Hawaii
Carolyn
|
$800
[2]
Isabelle in "This Side of Paradise" is one of several heroines inspired by his college girlfriend Ginevra King
(F. Scott) Fitzgerald
Joan
|
$800
[25]
Stuart Gorrell wrote the lyrics & Hoagy Carmichael the music to this state song
"Georgia On My Mind"
Aaron
|
|
$1,200
[21]
His "Rigoletto" contains the aria "La Donna e Mobile"
Verdi
Aaron
|
$1,600
[8]
The 3 hour & 46 minute awards telecast in 1998 was 30 minutes longer than this, its Best Picture winner
Titanic
Carolyn
|
$1,200
[12]
Symbols of the goddess Hecate, a star & one of these, were seen on Byzantine coins & later adopted by the Turks
a crescent
Carolyn
|
$1,200
[16]
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
California
Aaron
|
$1,200
[3]
The curator of the Lahore museum in "Kim" is based on this author's father, who actually held that post
(Rudyard) Kipling
Aaron
|
$1,200
[26]
If you're legally non compos mentis, you're "not of" this
sound mind
Carolyn
|
|
$1,600
[22]
His remains were sealed into a cliff projecting over a fjord near Troldhaugen, his home
Edvard Grieg
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
These brothers won Oscars for writing, directing & producing the "Best Picture" of 2007
the Coen Brothers
Carolyn
|
$1,600
[13]
In heraldry, a double quatrefoil, which has this many leaves, actually represents a ninth son
8
Carolyn
|
$2,000
[18]
Fort Necessity State Park, now a part of the Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Pennsylvania
Aaron
|
$1,600
[29]
Carol Matthau (Walter's wife) claimed that she was the inspiration for this Truman Capote heroine
Holly Golightly
Carolyn
|
$1,600
[27]
A criminal genius, or a popular British game show
a mastermind
Joan
|
|
$2,000
[23]
This composer made his last appearance as a conductor in 1900, leading the Czech Philharmonic in Prague
Dvořák
Carolyn
|
$2,000
[9]
In 1979 honorary Oscars went to Laurence Olivier & this creator of Woody Woodpecker
Walter Lantz
|
$2,000
[14]
This fabled eagle hybrid became a symbol of Jesus' dual nature because of its mastery of earth & sky
the griffin
Aaron
|
DD
$2,500
[17]
Cherokee Landing State Park
Oklahoma
Aaron
|
$2,000
[30]
Grace Brown, who was killed at Big Moose Lake, inspired Roberta Alden, who drowns in his "An American Tragedy"
Theodore Dreiser
Joan
|
$2,000
[28]
In 1987 critic Allan Bloom wrote a bestseller about "The Closing of" this
the American mind
Carolyn
|
For nearly 30 years, California's Catalina Island was the spring training camp for this non-California Major League team
the Chicago Cubs