Ask Alex #5: Most money.
Erin Haramoto — a lab instructor from Sunderland, Massachusetts
Durant Gipson — a recent grad from Houston, Texas
Nathaniel Barnes — a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 2-day cash winnings total $31,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathaniel | $1,200 | $2,400 | $15,800 |
$25,800
3-day champion: $57,300 |
$14,800
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Durant | $-200 | $1,200 | $1,600 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,600
6 R, 2 W |
| Erin | $6,800 | $9,400 | $25,200 |
$18,700
2nd place: $2,000 |
$20,000
23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| NORDIC TRACK | TV TITLE TWOSOMES | DEAR JOHN | HOW CAN WE MISS YOU IF YOU NEVER LEAVE? | I'M SO "SHR" | THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE |
|
$200
[1]
The Grand Hotel in Stockholm is famous for its traditional one of these buffets
a smorgasbord
Erin
|
$200
[21]
Eric McCormack &Debra Messing
Will & Grace
Nathaniel
|
$200
[16]
He was the first pope to make an official visit to a synagogue or a mosque
John Paul II
Nathaniel
|
$200
[11]
Pines, firs & spruces stay a certain color all year, as they are this type of tree
an evergreen
Erin
|
$200
[3]
Any woody, perennial bushy plant
a shrub
Nathaniel
|
$200
[26]
(Kelly and Sarah of the Clue Crew hold a deflated weather balloon; Kelly reads the clue.)Weather balloonsare released twice a day at the National Weather Service; they can rise up to 100,000 feet, where a decrease in this will make the 6-foot balloon expand to 20 feet in diameter
air pressure
Nathaniel
|
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$400
[2]
In a 1946 book, this title girl of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren "Goes On Board"; 1948 found her "In The South Seas"
Pippi Longstocking
Durant
|
$400
[22]
Jenna Elfman &Thomas Gibson, a yoga instructor& a lawyer
Dharma & Greg
Durant
|
$400
[17]
In a popular children's song, "his name is my name too"
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Nathaniel
Erin
|
$400
[12]
This colonial observed, "Fish and visitors stink after three days"
Benjamin Franklin
Erin
|
$400
[7]
Barataria Bay is a longtime center of this industry in Louisiana
shrimping
Durant
|
$400
[27]
(Sarah indicates a weather map on a monitor.) Colors on thescreenreflect different echo intensities; steps are taken so this precipitation, balls of ice more than 1/5 inch in diameter, don't skew rain estimates
hail
Durant
|
|
$600
[4]
In its native language, Lydveldid Island is the official name of this country independent since 1944
Iceland
Nathaniel
|
$600
[23]
Dylan & Cole Sprouse, living the Suite Life on the Disney Channel
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
Durant
|
$600
[18]
In 1614 this colonist & adventurer made the first English maps of New England
John Smith
Erin
|
$600
[13]
This catastrophe that killed millions had recurrences in 1361, 1369, 1374, 1390 & 1400
the plague
Erin
|
$600
[8]
The Malaysian variety of this insectivore is seen here
a shrew
Nathaniel
|
$600
[28]
(Sarah holds a weather balloon transmitter.) Pre-transmitters, scientists went up in weather balloons themselves; the AMS, this society, gives the Meisinger Award in memory of one killed by lightning
the American Meteorological Society
Erin
|
|
$800
[5]
In 1965 UNICEF won this honor bestowed by a committee elected by the Norwegian parliament
the Nobel Peace Prize
Erin
|
$800
[24]
Paul Michael Glaser & David Soul as a couple of police detectives
Starsky & Hutch
|
$800
[19]
In the '90s this future attorney general teamed with Larry Craig & 2 others as "The Singing Senators"
John Ashcroft
Erin
|
$800
[14]
This element's isotope 235 has a half-life of about 700 million years
uranium
Nathaniel
|
$800
[9]
This relic sits in an urn in a chapel in Turin
the Shroud of Turin
Erin
|
$800
[29]
(Sarah indicates another monitor.) Watching Doppler the National Weather Service is fascinating--theexpanding ringof blue is millions of these mammals that emerge in Texas only to tangle with a huge storm
bats
|
|
$1,000
[6]
In 1957 this Danish physicist famous for his model of the atom won the first Atoms for Peace award
(Niels) Bohr
Erin
|
$1,000
[25]
Sharon Gless & Tyne Daly as a couple of police detectives
Cagney & Lacey
|
$1,000
[20]
A barracks at West Point bears the name of this graduate who led the American Expeditionary Force during WWI
John Pershing
Nathaniel
|
$1,000
[15]
Though this world leader left his country on Jan. 16, 1979, he did not abdicate; Sadat would later grant him asylum
the Shah of Iran
Nathaniel
Durant
|
DD
$2,800
[10]
Last name shared by the founder & the chairman of the Special Olympics
Shriver
Erin
|
$1,000
[30]
(Kelly reads the clue.) Many tornadoes develop from a special kind of thunderstorm called this, with adeep rotating updraft
a supercell
Erin
|
| NORDIC TRACKS | SUBTITLES | FREEBIES | PAINTED LADIES | LET'S GET IN SHAPE | SOME GOOD "PR" |
|
$400
[16]
"I do, I do, I do, I do, I do" know this Swedish band hit No. 15 in 1976 with that song; I won't repeat the title, though
ABBA
Erin
|
$400
[1]
Sewell:"The Autobiography of a Horse"
Black Beauty
Nathaniel
|
$400
[21]
Providing access to government files, 1966's FOIA stands for this act
the Freedom of Information Act
Erin
|
$400
[11]
Sister Wendy calls "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", his depiction of prostitutes, a "masterpiece of the ugly"
Picasso
Nathaniel
|
$400
[26]
One example of this solid has 4 triangular faces & a square base
a pyramid
Nathaniel
|
$400
[6]
Each morning, Catholic monks dutifully perform their matins, which are these
prayers
Nathaniel
|
|
$800
[17]
This Icelandic pop star & ex-Sugarcube sang "It's Oh So Quiet" in 1995
Bjork
Erin
|
$800
[12]
Haley:"The Saga of an American Family"
Roots
Nathaniel
|
$800
[22]
In FDR's "4 Freedoms" speech, one of the 2 things that one should be free from
want or fear
Nathaniel
|
$800
[2]
Sadly, the young girl in this colorfully named painting died just months after the picture's completion
"Pinkie"
|
$800
[27]
The name of this solid comes from a Greek word meaning "ball"
a sphere
Erin
|
$800
[7]
A claimant to a throne; in the 18th century James Edward was "the old" one
pretender
Durant
|
|
$1,200
[18]
Sweaters that open in the front, or this band from Malmo that hit Billboard in 1996 with "Lovefool"
The Cardigans
Nathaniel
|
$1,200
[13]
Shakespeare:"What You Will"
Twelfth Night
Erin
|
$1,200
[23]
After the 2008 Chengdu quake, another of these was allowed to qualifying Chinese, exempting them from a 1979 policy
a child
Durant
Erin
|
$1,200
[3]
In "The Daughter of Herodias", she's carrying the head of John the Baptist on a platter
Salome
Nathaniel
|
$1,200
[28]
President's Park South, just south of the White House, is also called this for its shape, a flattened hoop
the Ellipse
Erin
|
$1,200
[8]
Springtime, in Paris
printemps
Nathaniel
|
|
$1,600
[19]
A 3-letter exclamation of surprise, or the band from Norway that hit No. 1 with "Take On Me" in 1985
a-ha
Nathaniel
|
$1,600
[14]
Hardy:"A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented"
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Erin
|
$1,600
[24]
Seen here is this patriotic lass, the first P.O.W./M.I.A. rescued during Operation Iraqi Freedom
(Jessica) Lynch
Erin
|
$1,600
[4]
Two women share a cup of tea in this woman's 1880 painting seen here
(Mary) Cassatt
Nathaniel
|
DD
$5,000
[29]
The Star of David, consisting of 2 equilateral triangles, forms this plane figure in its interior
a hexagon
Erin
|
$1,600
[9]
One of the earliest flowering spring shrubs, the fuchsia is a member of this "first" family of plants
primrose
|
|
$2,000
[20]
OK, we cheated; this band isn't Danish, but drummer Lars Ulrich, who played on "Enter Sandman", is
Metallica
Nathaniel
|
$2,000
[15]
Wallace:"A Tale of the Christ"
Ben-Hur
|
$2,000
[25]
Walt Whitman supported the political party known as "Free-" this, which opposed slavery's expansion
Soil
Erin
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
This lovely Vermeer painting is sometimes referred to as the Dutch "Mona Lisa"
"Girl with a Pearl Earring"
Nathaniel
|
— |
$2,000
[10]
The longtime personal guard of the Roman emperors, they were disbanded by Constantine in 312
the Praetorians
Erin
|
In 1954 Swift chose this word that means "a chubby person" as its new brand's name to convey plumpness & tenderness
Butterball