Jean MacKay Jackson — an online researcher from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Nathaniel Barnes — a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Brian Muth — a headmaster from Napa, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $43,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian | $1,800 | $4,600 | $10,200 |
$18,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,200
13 R, 0 W |
| Nathaniel | $2,200 | $4,000 | $23,800 |
$23,900
New champion: $23,900 |
$21,600
23 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Jean | $1,200 | $3,800 | $11,800 |
$23,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| DR. ALEX' OLD-TIME FEEL-GOOD MEDICINE SHOW | SULLIVAN AWARD WINNERS | YOU'RE A REAL GEM! | HUEY LONG & THE NEWS | 15 MINUTES OF FAME | "E" FOR EFFORT |
|
$200
[21]
Muscles inflamed?Joints in pain?Dr. Alex' Youth Elixir clears away the ol' rheumatiz, or osteo- this (& it ain't "porosis"!)
arthritis
Jean
|
$200
[26]
1971:Male swimmer
(Mark) Spitz
Nathaniel
|
$200
[15]
You're so sagacious that every phrase you utter is one of these proverbial gems "of wisdom"
a pearl
Nathaniel
|
$200
[10]
In 1915 Huey Long passed the bar after studying law at this private university in New Orleans
Tulane
|
$200
[20]
In 2008, this ex-refugee, now 14, got a few more seconds of fame when he joined Cuba's Young Communist Union
Elián González
Brian
|
$200
[1]
A single show of a TV drama
an episode
Jean
|
|
$400
[22]
Make your mucous membranes merry & mirthful! Enjoy Dr. Alex' Cure-All to fight these, be they duodenal or gastric
ulcers
Brian
|
$400
[27]
2003:Male swimmer(Greater days lay ahead)
Michael Phelps
Brian
|
$400
[16]
Ah, my pet, our love will last so long that in 75 years we'll be celebrating this "jubilee"(I'll be 143)
a diamond jubilee
Nathaniel
|
$400
[11]
Long's vitriolic 1920s attacks on this oil co. started by John D. Rockefeller won him widespread popularity
Standard Oil
Brian
|
$400
[6]
This, Andrew Meyer's 3-word plea to security at a 2007 speech, was followed by "bro!"
"Don't tase me"
Nathaniel
|
$400
[2]
Its construction began in 1817 near Rome, New York
the Erie Canal
Brian
|
|
$600
[23]
Ate too much MSG or feelin' a megrim, or one of these, comin' on? Beta-blocker, shmeta-blocker! Try Dr. Alex' Head Cream!
migraine
Jean
|
$600
[28]
2001:Chinese-Americanfigure skater
Michelle Kwan
Nathaniel
|
$600
[17]
Your luscious red lips remind me of this gem, Pamela Anderson's birthstone
a ruby
Nathaniel
|
$600
[12]
In the Depression-era Senate, Huey favored a share-the-wealth program & the slogan "Every Man a" this
king
Jean
|
$600
[7]
On July 14, 2003 her name appeared in a column by Robert Nowak; the fame she gained was very bad in her line of work
Valerie Plame
Jean
|
$600
[3]
An explosive emission of magma
an eruption
Nathaniel
|
|
$800
[24]
For this inherited trait in men, sure, you can use Propecia--or my amazing new "Trebektophan"
baldness
Jean
|
$800
[29]
1930:Golfing Grand Slam winner
Bobby Jones
Brian
|
$800
[18]
You appear bored & blase--perhaps this adjective that sounds like it comes from a green gem(it really doesn't)
jaded
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
In 1935 Huey was assassinated in this city's 34-story art deco building, then the South's tallest
Baton Rouge
Jean
|
$800
[8]
In 2005 Jennifer Wilbanks became known as this, also a Julia Roberts film title (it's not the Wild-Eyed Wanderer)
Runaway Bride
|
$800
[4]
The original Borden dairy cow mascot with this name was killed in a truck accident in 1941
Elsie
Jean
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Step right up!I got me an "L" of an ointment for the chronic lower back pain known as this 7-letter malady
lumbago
Brian
|
$1,000
[30]
2004:Gymnast(but not twin brother Morgan)
Paul Hamm
|
$1,000
[19]
Your hair is as black as this compact form of coal, popular for jewelry in Victorian times
jet
Jean
|
$1,000
[14]
This brother of Huey's was governor of Louisiana from 1939 to 1940, '48-'52 & '56-'60
Earl Long
|
$1,000
[9]
On "SNL" John Goodman played this audiotaping Clinton-era woman; in 2008 she was selling Xmas ornaments
Linda Tripp
Brian
|
$1,000
[5]
Elgar's Opus 36 variations are also known by this "mysterious" name
the Enigma Variations
Nathaniel
|
| THE GREAT CANADIAN NOVEL | KINGS OF THE BIG SCREEN | SERIOUS ABOUT CEREAL | ASTRONOMERS | ALL MY "EX"ES | LIVE IN TEXAS |
|
$400
[9]
Hugh MacLennan's "'Two Solitudes" is set in this province, site of linguistic & cultural conflict
Quebec
Nathaniel
|
$400
[1]
1956:Yul Brynner as this Asian
the King of Siam
Nathaniel
|
$400
[21]
A bowl of Kellogg's All-Bran is loaded with the soluble type of this, from plantain husks
fiber
Brian
|
$400
[17]
Oh my heavens! In 1706 Danish astronomer Olaus Roemer published a new catalog listing these
stars
Nathaniel
|
$400
[4]
The natural color, texture & appearance of the skin, especially the face
complexion
Jean
|
$400
[26]
In 1999 George & Laura Bush bought the 1,600-acre Prairie Chapel ranch in this town
Crawford
Jean
|
|
$800
[10]
"Not Wanted on the Voyage" rewrites the story of this biblical vessel
Noah's Ark
Nathaniel
|
$800
[2]
1989:Kenneth Branagh
Henry V
Nathaniel
|
$800
[22]
Expanding water vapor makes grains balloon, creating this type of cereal, like a cocoa favorite
a puff
Brian
|
$1,200
[14]
(Jon of the Clue Crew points to an astronomical diagram on the monitor.) In the 200s B.C. Eratosthenes calculated Earth's girth using the difference in the angle of the Sun's rays between Aswan & this Egyptian city
Alexandria
Nathaniel
|
$800
[5]
To astronaut, it's the EV in EVA
extravehicular
Jean
|
$800
[27]
This newscaster, "the most trusted man in America", went to Houston's San Jacinto High & the University of Texas
Walter Cronkite
Jean
|
|
$1,200
[11]
This 1992 Michael Ondaatje novel became a Ralph Fiennes movie that won the Best Picture Oscar
The English Patient
Nathaniel
|
$1,200
[18]
2008:Eric Bana
Henry VIII
Nathaniel
|
$1,200
[23]
The "grape" in Grape-Nuts comes from having contained maltose, the "grape" type of this
sugar
Nathaniel
|
$1,600
[15]
Giordano Bruno suffered this punishment in 1600 for declaring the Sun the center of the Solar System
he was burned at the stake
Brian
|
$1,200
[6]
Brand name for a transparent thermoplastic polymer of methyl methacrylate
Plexiglas
|
$1,200
[28]
Ms. Parker was born in Rowena; this partner in crime was born on March 24, 1909 in Telico
Clyde (Barrow)
Brian
|
|
$1,600
[12]
"Life Before Man" is by this Torontonian feminist
Margaret Atwood
Nathaniel
|
$1,600
[19]
1994:Nigel Hawthorne
George III
Nathaniel
|
$1,600
[24]
Wheat has been cracked, flaked, & thanks to Henry Perky in the 1890s, this
shredded
Jean
|
$2,000
[16]
This 2nd century astronomer's theories were the standard for 1,400 years
Ptolemy
Nathaniel
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
An official of the church charged with taking care of the ediface; does that ring a bell?
a sexton
Jean
|
$1,600
[29]
A Houston native, he owned RKO Pictures, TWA & a serious amount of eccentricity
(Howard) Hughes
Brian
|
|
$2,000
[13]
Carol Shields of Illinois & Manitoba won the Pulitzer & the Governor General's Award for these "diaries"
The Stone Diaries
|
$2,000
[20]
1985:Richard Gere
King David
|
$2,000
[25]
Oats that have been hulled, steamed & roasted en route to the table are called these, rhyming with "oats"
groats
Jean
|
DD
$3,000
[3]
This Pole's "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium" was published with a disclaimer to avoid charges of heresy
(Nicolaus) Copernicus
Nathaniel
|
$2,000
[8]
Bust out your Latin for this, any artificial device that resolves the difficulties of a plot
deus ex machina
Nathaniel
|
$2,000
[30]
James Stockdale was this Texan's running mate in the 1992 presidental election
(Ross) Perot
Nathaniel
|
The last words spoken by this character are "What's done cannot be undone: to bed, to bed, to bed"
Lady Macbeth