(Sarah: Today onJeopardy!we solve the mysteries of Mayan ruins--well, some of them. Stay tuned!)
Leslie Elmore — a leasing consultant from Arlington, Texas
George Hicks — a law student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mark Jurecki — a retired engineer from Carlsbad, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | $800 | $5,200 | $19,200 |
$19,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$19,200
24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| George | $7,600 | $7,400 | $11,000 |
$21,998
New champion: $21,998 |
$9,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Leslie | $600 | $1,400 | $3,000 |
$3,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,000
8 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE 1960s | MUSICAL "UP"s & "DOWN"s | TRICKY NUMBERS | GERMAN SCIENCE | NOTORIOUS | IN THE DICTIONARY |
|
$200
[5]
In 1962 this country swapped 1,113 prisoners it captured in the Bay of Pigs invasion for $53 million in aid
Cuba
Mark
|
$200
[10]
She's the type of girl Billy Joel was "in love with" in a 1983 hit
"Uptown Girl"
Mark
|
$200
[16]
Number of months with 28 days
12
Mark
Leslie
|
$200
[21]
Around 1850 Helmholtz clocked impulses moving along these body parts at about 90 feet per second
the nerves
Leslie
|
$200
[26]
Author Patricia Cornwell says without a doubt that this killer was 19th century English painter Walter Sickert
Jack the Ripper
George
|
$200
[1]
A temptress, or a device that produces a wailing warning sound
a siren
Mark
|
|
$400
[6]
This now-popular term for a situation with no solution was also the title of a 1961 novel
catch-22
George
|
$400
[12]
It's the classic heard here"Early in the ev'nin', just about suppertime / Over by the courthouse, they're startin' to unwind..."
"Down On The Corner"
George
|
$400
[17]
The highest single-digit number that reads the same upside down & right side up
8
Mark
Leslie
|
$400
[22]
University prof Michael Mastlin sold young Johannes Kepler on this Copernican theory
heliocentrism
George
|
$400
[27]
In 1890 William Kemmler, who had killed his mistress, became the first convict to be executed this way
electrocuted
Mark
|
$400
[2]
These shadow portraits are named for a French finance minister known for his strict economic policies
silhouettes
Mark
|
|
$600
[7]
In 1963 he started his "Faith Partnerships", asking 700 of his viewers to pledge $10 a month
Pat Robertson
George
|
$600
[13]
It begins, "When this old world starts getting me down and people are just too much for me to face"
"Up On The Roof"
Mark
|
$600
[18]
The number of stars on the U.S. flag divided by the number of U.S. states not in North America
50 (50÷1 (Hawaii))
|
$600
[23]
Max Born taught this subject at the University of Gottingen & won a Nobel Prize in it
physics
Mark
|
$600
[28]
In the '70s in New York, David Berkowitz went by this infamous nickname
"Son of Sam"
Mark
|
$600
[3]
An auxilliary building near the main one, or to attach a territory to an existing state or nation
annex
Leslie
|
|
$800
[8]
In 1968 work began on this project that stretched from the North Slope by Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez
the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (the Alaskan Pipeline accepted)
George
|
$800
[14]
(Hi, I'm KC of KC and the Sunshine Band.) My band's first No. 1 hit was this song that's been featured in a Budweiser ad & in Eddie Murphy's "Dr. Dolittle"
"Get Down Tonight"
George
|
$800
[19]
Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit equal to -40 degrees Celsius
-40° Fahrenheit
Mark
George
|
$800
[24]
"Psychopathia Sexualis" author Krafft-Ebing found the link between this disease & the mental decay called paresis
syphilis
Mark
|
$800
[29]
In 1935 she & her favorite son Fred died during a shootout with FBI agents
Ma Barker
Leslie
|
$800
[4]
The word roulette is from Old French for "small" this, though it's a big part of the game
wheel
Mark
George
|
|
DD
$2,600
[9]
Seasonal name given the liberalization program Alexander Dubcek set up in 1968 in Czechoslovakia
the Prague Spring
George
|
$1,000
[15]
In 1991 Elton John re-recorded this song live with George Michael
"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
George
|
$1,000
[20]
If you were to spell out the numbers, it's how far you'd have to go before using the letter A
one thousand
|
$1,000
[25]
Nicolaier produced this disease in animals by injecting then with soil, & maybe watching their little jaws lock
tetanus
Mark
|
— |
$1,000
[11]
As an adverb, it means "thus" or "so"; as a verb, it means to urge a dog to attack
sic
George
|
| LET'S VISIT BELIZE | UNREAL ESTATE | NAME THE ARTIST | DOUGH | RAY | "ME" |
|
$400
[6]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Xunantunich Mayan archaeological site in Belize.) Towering 130 feet, one of the largest pyramids in Belize is called El Castillo, which means this in English
the castle
Leslie
|
$400
[23]
Pickwick & his pals visit Manor Farm at Dingley Dell in this author's "Pickwick Papers"
Charles Dickens
George
|
$400
[21]
"A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte"
Georges Seurat
Mark
|
$400
[1]
It means to work dough by pressing, folding & stretching it
knead
Mark
|
$400
[16]
In 1962 he won a Grammy for "I Can't Stop Loving You"
Ray Charles
Mark
|
$400
[11]
It can refer to someone who is bad-tempered or something of intermediate value
mean
Mark
|
|
$800
[7]
The Belize Online website suggests these transparent boats "to snorkel without getting wet"
glass-bottomed boats
Leslie
|
$800
[24]
Wellwood is the home of the ill-mannered Bloomfield children in this Bronte sister's novel "Agnes Grey"
Anne (Brontë)
George
Leslie
|
$800
[22]
"Haystacks at Chailly at Sunrise"(1865)
Monet
|
$800
[2]
A cylinder of dough filled with chopped Chinese vegetables, or an Eastertime event at the White House
an egg roll
Mark
|
$800
[17]
On February 5, 1943 Jake La Motta handed this "sweet" boxer his first career defeat in 130 bouts
Sugar Ray Robinson
George
|
$800
[12]
From the Middle English for "lean", it's unsatisfactory in substance, quantity or size
meager
Mark
|
|
$1,200
[8]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Belize City, Belize.) Belize has a holiday every May to recognize this group of about 50 nations to which it belongs
the (British) Commonwealth
George
|
$1,200
[25]
Sir Hildebrand Osbaldistone is the hard-drinking lord of Osbaldistone Hall in this man's novel "Rob Roy"
Sir Walter Scott
Mark
|
$1,200
[28]
"The Jewish Bride"(1665)
Rembrandt
|
$1,200
[3]
Originating in Naples, it's an Italian turnover made of pizza dough & stuffed with meats, cheese & vegetables
a calzone
George
|
$1,200
[18]
All 7 of his novels featured detective Philip Marlowe
Raymond Chandler
Mark
|
$1,200
[13]
She wrote extensively about island teens in her bestseller "Coming of Age in Samoa"
Margaret Mead
George
|
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
The first line of Belize's national anthem mentions this body of water
the Caribbean
Leslie
|
$1,600
[26]
Worsted Skeynes is "The Country House" in the title of a 1907 novel by this "Forsyte Saga" author
John Galsworthy
|
DD
$1,600
[29]
"Pelvis with Moon"(1943)
Georgia O'Keeffe
Mark
|
$1,600
[4]
The dough for this flaky German pastry whose name means "whirlpool" was inspired by baklava, a Turkish pastry
strudel
Leslie
|
$1,600
[19]
Also famous for playing a good guy, he played the murderer that Jimmy Stewart spies on in "Rear Window"
Raymond Burr
Leslie
|
$1,600
[14]
Intervention to settle disputes
mediation
Mark
|
|
$2,000
[10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Xunantunich, Belize.) Rainforests are a key to this term, the variability amongliving organisms
biodiversity
Mark
|
$2,000
[27]
Most of this kids' book by Frances Hodgson Burnett takes place at Misselthwaite Manor in Yorkshire
The Secret Garden
|
$2,000
[30]
"Lavender Mist"(1950)
Jackson Pollock
|
$2,000
[5]
Bourekia, a Greek specialty, consists of meat or vegetables wrapped in this pastry dough
phyllo dough
Mark
|
$2,000
[20]
Seen here is a work by this pioneering American avant-garde artist
Man Ray
Mark
|
$2,000
[15]
One of these particles consists of a quark & an antiquark
a meson
George
|
The U.S. company that now has the greatest revenues is headquartered in this state that's near the bottom in household income
Arkansas (Wal-Mart)