John Eskew — a software engineer from Allston, Massachusetts
Sally Hadden — a college history professor from Kalamazoo, Michigan
Mike Cantor — a physician and medical ethicist from Bethesda, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $3,600 | $5,200 | $2,000 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,200
16 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Sally | $2,000 | $3,400 | $15,000 |
$13,000
New champion: $13,000 |
$15,000
19 R, 2 W |
| John | $2,000 | $4,800 | $4,800 |
$9,597
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,400
11 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| RANKS & TITLES | CAPITAL CITY BIRTHPLACES | POTENT POTABLES | AROUND THE HOUSE | A MAN CALLED HARRIS | GIMME AN "F" |
|
$200
[12]
The top chess players in the world have this 11-letter rank
grandmaster
Mike
|
$200
[17]
Socrates
Athens
Sally
|
$200
[1]
A Chiquita cocktail combines cointreau, cream & this flavor liqueur
banana
John
|
$200
[23]
A big appliance, or a small ring (drip) in your faucet (drip) that can drive you (drip) insane when it (drip) wears out
washer
Mike
|
$200
[7]
Young fans know Richard Harris best for his role as headmaster Dumbledore in this film series
Harry Potter
Mike
|
$200
[2]
This animal verb means to seek notice by servile behavior
fawn
Mike
|
|
$400
[13]
This 8-letter honorary title often follows the name of a retired college professor
emeritus
Sally
|
$400
[18]
Catherine Deneuve
Paris
Sally
|
$400
[22]
This type of spirit was once known as Barbados waters
rum
Sally
|
$400
[24]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew) I'm using a sensor to find one of these behind the wall; that'll be a secure spot to nail up a picture
stud
Sally
|
$400
[8]
Since Harris was born in this Irish town, we assume he knew lots of saucy 5-line poems
Limerick
John
|
$400
[3]
Matthew & Mark both quote Jesus saying "I will make you" these "of men"
fishers
John
|
|
$600
[14]
Like the sadistic Claggart in "Billy Budd", the master-at-these is the petty officer who maintains discipline
arms
Mike
|
$600
[19]
Corazon Aquino
Manila
Sally
|
$600
[28]
An alliterative potable is made with "rock" (candy) & this type of whiskey
rye
|
$600
[25]
Home insulation is rated by R-value, R standing for this to heat flow
resistance
Mike
|
$800
[10]
Harris took the throne in the 1967 film version of this Lerner & Loewe musical & starred in a stage revival in the '80s
Camelot
Sally
|
$600
[4]
In 1985 Bob Dylan went to Philadelphia for Live Aid & to Champaign, Illinois for the first of these benefits
Farm Aid
Mike
|
|
$800
[15]
Orange ya glad you know this title for a Chinese official goes back to the Sanskrit for "counselor"
mandarin
Mike
|
$800
[20]
Jane Campion
Wellington (New Zealand)
Mike
Sally
|
$800
[29]
Boodles is a popular brand of the London dry type of this
gin
John
|
$800
[26]
Windows with interior condensation are said to be doing this, like people sometimes do
sweating
Sally
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
One of Harris' last roles was as emperor Marcus Aurelius in this Oscar-winning epic
Gladiator
John
|
$800
[5]
Reynard, the hero of medieval French fables, is one of these
fox
Sally
|
|
$1,000
[16]
Title of a feudal Scottish lord; Macbeth was one of Glamis
thane
Mike
|
$1,000
[21]
Wassily Kandinsky
Moscow
John
|
$1,000
[30]
In the 1930s Mouton-this was created as the label for vintages unworthy of being Mouton-Rothschild
Cadet
Sally
|
$1,000
[27]
Bob Vila says you can get by with 3 paintbrushes--3" flat, 2" trim & a 2" one named for this part of a window
sash
John
|
$1,000
[11]
This Jimmy Webb song that Harris recorded in 1968 was such a hit it almost knocked "Hey Jude" out of the No. 1 spot
"MacArthur Park"
|
$1,000
[6]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Belize.) Xunantunich means "stone woman" or "maiden of the rock" & is associated with this 9-letter quality
fertility
|
| THE CIVIL WAR | PLAYING MUSICIANS | COLORFUL LIT | FONTS OF INFORMATION | OUT OF AFRICA | CELEBRITY RHYME TIME |
|
$400
[1]
In 1864 he organized a conspiracy to abduct Lincoln; it didn't work so he came up with a cunning new plan
John Wilkes Booth
Sally
John
|
$400
[3]
1979:Kurt Russell as this "monarch"
Elvis Presley
|
$400
[13]
Thomas Harris introduced the world to Hannibal Lecter in this 1981 novel
"Red Dragon"
John
|
$400
[6]
Name of the font seen here & of a hound-haunted literary family
Baskerville
Sally
|
$400
[20]
To attract females during the Worso Festival, Wodaabe men do this, like the Western grebe
dance
Sally
|
$400
[18]
Nicklaus' pants
Jack's slacks
Mike
|
|
$800
[2]
Robert E. Lee called Gen. James Longstreet his "Old War" this
horse
Mike
|
$800
[4]
1985:Jessica Lange as this country legend
Patsy Cline
Sally
|
$800
[17]
Much of this Stephen King serial novel takes place at Cold Mountain Penitentiary
"The Green Mile"
John
|
$800
[7]
"Here's the story" of the font named for this sitcom
The Brady Bunch
Mike
|
$800
[21]
The Mongo of central Africa may sport a hat made out of the skin of a pangolin, also known as the scaly this
anteater
|
$800
[19]
"60 Minutes" man Rooney's jellybeans
Andy's candies
Sally
|
|
$1,200
[5]
The Harpers Ferry National Historical Park includes a museum named for this Civil War figure
John Brown
Mike
|
$1,200
[14]
1991:Val Kilmer as this "reptilian" superstar
Jim Morrison ( The Lizard King )
John
|
$1,600
[29]
This Sebastian Faulks novel set during WWII was turned into a 2001 movie starring Cate Blanchett
Charlotte Gray
|
$1,200
[8]
This font, or the fancy avenue between Madison & Lexington
Park Avenue
Mike
|
$1,200
[25]
The Beta Israel or Falashas of Ethiopia call this scroll the Orit
Torah
Mike
|
$1,200
[22]
Ebert's elderly eccentrics
Roger's codgers
Sally
|
|
$1,600
[11]
Confederate general George Randolph, a grandson of this president, was born & buried at Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Sally
|
$1,600
[15]
1994:Gary Oldman as this "Immortal" genius
Ludwig van Beethoven
|
$2,000
[30]
Originally published in 1970, & later an Oprah selection, it was Toni Morrison's first novel (wink, wink)
"The Bluest Eye"
John
|
$1,600
[9]
The font seen here is named for this crime
kidnapping
John
|
$1,600
[26]
The Afar cut blocks of this from the Danakil Desert & used it as a currency
salt
|
$1,600
[23]
Diesel's lower jaws
Vin's chins
Mike
John
|
|
$2,000
[12]
After losing the presidential election in 1856, this explorer became a major general in the Union army
John C. Fremont
Sally
|
$2,000
[16]
1975:Roger Daltrey as this Romantic era composer
Franz Liszt ( Lisztomania )
|
DD
$4,000
[28]
The real unsolved murder of an aspiring actress inspired this James Ellroy novel
"The Black Dahlia"
Mike
|
$2,000
[10]
This font shares its name with William, the first English printer
Caxton
Sally
|
DD
$3,200
[27]
2.3 million-year-old tools have been found in this gorge in northern Tanzania
Olduvai Gorge
Mike
|
$2,000
[24]
Goodall's aches
Jane's pains
Sally
|
One of the only 2 Canadian provinces that do not border a saltwater ocean or bay
Alberta or Saskatchewan