Rob Latimer — a graduate student from Royal Oak, Michigan
Carol DeLockroy — a retired educator from Henderson, Colorado
Ethan Lowry — a software designer from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan | $600 | $3,700 | $15,300 |
$19,201
2-day champion: $27,200 |
$16,800
24 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Carol | $3,600 | $4,400 | $9,600 |
$3,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,600
10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Rob | $3,200 | $4,400 | $7,700 |
$3,700
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| ANIMALS IN LITERATURE | CORNHUSKER CINEMA | SCHOOL DAYS | BIBLICAL WOMEN | STARTS & ENDS WITH "C" | POTPOURRI |
|
$200
[26]
Squealer, this type of "Animal Farm" animal, gets so fat he can barely see
pig
Ethan
|
$200
[21]
In this 2002 film Jack Nicholson plays a retired actuary for the Woodmen of the World Insurance Company of Omaha
About Schmidt
Rob
|
$200
[16]
In some courses these are replaced by a pass-fail system
grades
Ethan
|
$200
[6]
The serpent told her, "Ye shall not surely die" & "Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil"
Eve
Rob
|
$200
[11]
It means of, near, or affecting the heart
cardiac
Rob
|
$200
[1]
A first name for girls, it's also a burger without the bun
Patty
Rob
|
|
$400
[27]
Karait is a little one of these killed by Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
snake
Ethan
Rob
|
$400
[22]
Debra Winger dated governor Bob Kerrey while in Nebraska filming this 1983 tearjerker with Shirley MacLaine
Terms of Endearment
Ethan
|
$400
[17]
Parental permission slips may be required for these excursions to museums & such
field trips
Rob
|
$400
[7]
When Samson wouldn't tell her the source of his strength, she said, "Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies"
Delilah
Rob
|
$400
[12]
Oui! Oui! The neighbors on "Knots Landing" lived on this type of street
cul-de-sac
Carol
|
$400
[2]
It's our equivalent of a German U-boat
submarine
Ethan
|
|
$600
[28]
Dinah, the name of a real cat that belonged to the Liddell children, is the cat of this fictional girl
Alice (of "Alice in Wonderland")
|
$800
[24]
Hilary Swank won an Oscar for playing a girl who lives as a guy in small-town Nebraska in this 1999 film
Boys Don't Cry
Carol
|
$600
[18]
If "Tess" author Thomas was late for school he would have gotten this rhyme time epithet
tardy Hardy
Ethan
|
$600
[8]
2 Samuel says that this wife of David was "very beautiful to look upon"
Bathsheba
Carol
Rob
|
$600
[13]
The irritability & crying caused by this condition in infants can last up to 12 hours
colic
Ethan
|
$600
[3]
Forever, or a fragrance by Calvin Klein
Eternity
Ethan
|
|
$800
[29]
An underpaid teacher, this Washington Irving character rides the half-blind, broken-down horse Gunpowder
Ichabod Crane
Ethan
|
$1,000
[25]
This "I Am Sam" actor's directing debut was 1991's "The Indian Runner", filmed in Omaha & Plattsmouth
Sean Penn
Ethan
|
$800
[19]
This "quick" recruiting drive by a frat house or sorority for pledges may last a week
rush
Ethan
|
$800
[9]
The resurrected Jesus first appeared to this woman "out of whom he had cast seven devils"
Mary Magdalene
Rob
|
$800
[14]
Adjective that describes a chemical such as lye that can burn or eat away another substance
caustic
Carol
|
$800
[4]
It's what the "Z" stands for in ZIP code
Zone (Zone Improvement Program)
Carol
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Blake asks, "And was" this holy animal "of God on England's pleasant pastures seen?"
lamb
Ethan
|
DD
$1,500
[23]
Spencer Tracy gave his Best Actor Oscar for this 1938 film set in Nebraska to Father Edward J. Flanagan
Boys Town
Ethan
|
$1,000
[20]
More important than a term paper, it's a lengthy essay written by a doctoral candidate
thesis/dissertation
Rob
|
$1,000
[10]
After her husband died, she & her mother-in-law Naomi moved to Bethlehem
Ruth
Ethan
Carol
|
$1,000
[15]
Courvoisier is one of the world's leading makers of this potent potable
cognac
Rob
|
$1,000
[5]
Without this "effect", the average temperature on Earth would be about 0 degrees
greenhouse effect
Rob
|
| VATICAN CITY | STARS' MEMOIRS | 'BOUT 100 YEARS AGO | THE OTTO CLUB | PLACES | "POO"-POURRI |
|
$400
[16]
Not exactly the B&O, this type of transportation system runs only 950 yards in Vatican City
train/railroad
Ethan
|
$400
[11]
"Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It"
Mae West
|
$400
[21]
This man brought his Wild West show, created in 1883, to Madison Square Garden
Buffalo Bill Cody
Ethan
|
$400
[26]
Before 1900, Otto Lilienthal had invented one of these engineless airplanes with arched wings like a bird's
glider
Ethan
|
$400
[1]
Stanley is the capital of these islands that were a bone of contention between the U.K. & Argentina
Falkland Islands (or Malvinas)
Ethan
|
$400
[6]
A raised open platform at the stern of a ship
poop deck
Carol
|
|
$800
[17]
In 1995 Vatican City issued a stamp honoring this radio pioneer who established the Holy See's Vatican station in 1931
Guglielmo Marconi
Ethan
|
$800
[12]
"Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"
Chuck Barris
Ethan
|
$800
[22]
At the Minnesota State Fair in 1901 this vice president gave his "Speak Softly-Big Stick" speech
Theodore Roosevelt
Ethan
|
$800
[27]
East German swimmer Kristin Otto won an unprecedented 6 Olympic gold medals at the 1988 games in this city
Seoul
Rob
|
$800
[2]
This South American lake is 110 miles long, 45 miles wide & drains into Lake Poopo
Lake Titicaca
Ethan
|
$800
[7]
Tigger makes his first appearance in the 1928 book about "The House at" this location
Pooh Corner
Ethan
Carol
|
|
$1,200
[18]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Vatican City) Popes entombed here at St. Peter's include this WWII pope, who may be headed for sainthood
Pope Pius XII
Ethan
|
$1,200
[13]
"Hi-Ho Steverino!"
Steve Allen
|
$1,200
[23]
A saloon in Kiowa, Kansas became the first target in her many attacks on liquor establishments
Carrie Nation
Rob
|
$1,200
[28]
Otto Hahn & Fritz Strassman discovered this atom-splitting process in 1938
nuclear fission
Rob
|
$1,200
[3]
The city of Fukui, on this largest of Japan's islands, was devastated by an earthquake in 1948
Honshu
Ethan
|
$1,200
[8]
Steinbeck's Charley was one
poodle
|
|
$1,600
[19]
This site of the Vatican Observatory & the Pope's summer home lies outside the city walls
Castel Gandolfo
|
$1,600
[14]
"Papa John"
John Phillips (of The Mamas and the Papas)
Rob
|
$2,000
[25]
On May 21, 1900 Russia found this area a good "candidate" for annexation
Manchuria
Carol
|
$1,600
[29]
In 1654 Otto von Guericke showed it was nearly impossible to pull 2 hemispheres apart with one of these inside
vacuum
Rob
|
$1,600
[4]
Vivat this city, the capital of Saskatchewan
Regina
Ethan
|
$1,600
[9]
An impish spirit of Irish folklore; Harvey was a famous one
pooka
Carol
Rob
|
|
$2,000
[20]
In this 1929 treaty the Pope gave up all claim to the Papal States & Italy agreed to Vatican City's independence
Lateran Treaty
|
$2,000
[15]
"The Ragman's Son"
Kirk Douglas
|
DD
$3,500
[24]
In 1904 this act was first applied to dissolve the Northern Securities Co., which was formed by a big merger
Sherman Antitrust Act
Rob
|
$2,000
[30]
He's the late 19th century "Man of Iron" seen here
Otto von Bismarck
Rob
|
$2,000
[5]
Port of Spain is the capital of this island republic that's a bit smaller than Delaware
Trinidad & Tobago
Ethan
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
Grand guy who was the "Lord High Everything Else" in "The Mikado"
Poobah
Carol
|
He turned down an appointment as a U.S. senator in 1875 because it meant accepting a pardon for treason
Jefferson Davis