Rich Smreker — a recording specialist from North Olmsted, Ohio
Lydia Haile Fassett — a Latin teacher from Providence, Rhode Island
Geoff Moore — a screenwriter from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff | $5,600 | $10,200 | $23,600 |
$37,200
2-day champion: $55,201 |
$27,000
34 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lydia | $200 | $6,400 | $4,800 |
$5,100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$2,600
10 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Rich | $2,200 | $3,000 | $2,200 |
$2,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,200
11 R, 3 W |
| THE PRESIDENT AS KING | COLLEGE ATHLETICS | I'M SERVING "T" | FOREIGN STATES | HOOK, LINE & SINKER | NEW WORDS IN THEOED |
|
$200
[14]
Richard I(& Shakespeare thought Richard III was the bad one!)
Richard Nixon
Lydia
|
$200
[1]
In 2008 this team won its second BCS championship in the 21st century with a 38-24 victory over Ohio State
LSU
Geoff
|
$200
[6]
Hope you like fish:I'm serving the spotted, silver & speckled types of this--& I expect you to eat all of them
trout
Rich
|
$200
[9]
Victoria &New South Wales
Australia
Geoff
|
$200
[21]
In 1973 Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show expressed a desire to be on "the cover of" this magazine
Rolling Stone
Rich
|
$200
[26]
A childish word for something that gives kids security as well as warmth
a blankie
Lydia
Rich
|
|
$400
[15]
Andrew II(aka Andrew the first to be impeached)
Andrew Johnson
Geoff
|
$400
[2]
In 2008 the NCAA signed a deal to keep the College World Series in this midwestern city through 2035
Omaha
Geoff
|
$400
[7]
You fool! This hot drink was named for 2 characters in the novel "Life in London", not for a cartoon cat-&-mouse duo
Tom and Jerry
Rich
|
$400
[10]
Jalisco &Tabasco
Mexico
Geoff
|
$400
[22]
This "60 Minutes" commentator:"I'd like to be rich enough so I could throw soap away after the letters are worn off"
Andy Rooney
Rich
|
$400
[27]
A new use for an old prefix, it's the process of letting certain passengers on the plane first
pre-boarding
Geoff
|
|
$600
[16]
George III(wait, didn't we kick him out, like, 200 years ago?)
George W. Bush
Rich
|
$600
[3]
With a 4.0 GPA, tennis player Kristi Miller of Georgia Tech was named an AAA, which stands for this
Academic All-American
Geoff
|
$600
[8]
Boring? You think this bean curd is boring? Try my Szechuan spiced version & you'll change your tune!
tofu
Geoff
|
$600
[11]
Sikkim &Punjab
India
Geoff
|
$600
[23]
In 1985 it was located in 2 pieces at41° 43' N.49° 56' W.at a depth of about 13,000 feet
the Titanic
Geoff
|
$600
[28]
It's the sarcastic, 2-syllable version of a common polite word of request
puh-leeze
Lydia
|
|
$800
[18]
Franklin I(can't think of anything interesting to say)
Franklin Pierce
Geoff
|
$800
[4]
In 2008 this "Self"-coached team needed overtime to beat Memphis for the NCAA Division I basketball title
Kansas
Geoff
|
$800
[17]
Try some of this clear liqueur flavored with orange peel; its name makes me want to drink it 3 times
triple sec
Geoff
|
$800
[12]
Amazonas &Bahia
Brazil
Geoff
|
$800
[24]
It's the subject of the 1915headline& picture seen here
"Lusitania"
Lydia
|
$800
[29]
A denial, in Pig Latin
ixnay
Lydia
|
|
$1,000
[19]
William II(Prince of Ohio)
William McKinley
Geoff
|
$1,000
[5]
Northwestern University's women have won 4 consecutive championships in this sport, Canada's national summer sport
lacrosse
Rich
|
$1,000
[20]
You look queasy; like most of my dinner guests, you need the Ultra 1000 version of this heartburn relief
Tums
Geoff
|
$1,000
[13]
Gombe &Lagos
Nigeria
Geoff
|
$1,000
[25]
In Job the question is asked, "Canst you draw out" this sea monster "with an hook?"
Leviathan
Lydia
|
DD
$3,200
[30]
Punning on an older word, it's the refusal to buy a certain product, but done by women only
a girlcott
Lydia
|
| I'M AN ANIMAL | FROM THE NECK UP | SONG LYRICS | WHAT A CONCEPT | FLIGHT OF THE CONCORDES | SPOT THE MISSPELLED WORD |
|
$400
[16]
I'm this bird, whose "baby bringing" legends may arise from how lovingly it takes care of its young
a stork
Geoff
|
$400
[11]
(Jon of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram and a micrograph on the monitor.)The retina has a blind spot, the optic disk, where the optic nerve exits from the eyeball; it's not sensitive to light, because it doesn't have these two types of photoreceptor nerve cells found in the rest of the eye
rods and cones
Geoff
|
$400
[2]
This band:"There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold and she's buying a stairway to heaven"
Led Zeppelin
Geoff
|
$400
[26]
A Sicilian separatist movement in 1945 campaigned for the island to become the 49th of these
a U.S. state
Lydia
|
$400
[21]
On Oct. 1, 1969 the Concorde broke this barrier for the first time
the sound barrier
Geoff
|
$400
[1]
Acquital, bidialectal, catalytical
acquittal
Geoff
|
|
$800
[17]
I'm this three-toed guy hanging around here; even if it wasn't a picture, I still wouldn't be moving so fast
a sloth
Rich
|
$800
[12]
The soft one of these is pressed upward during swallowing so you don't get food in your nose
a palate
Geoff
|
$800
[3]
This band told us to"Crack that whip, give the past the slip, step on a crack, break your momma's back"
Devo
Geoff
|
$800
[27]
Some thought the"face"captured on film when Viking I was circling this planet was an alien artifact
Mars
Geoff
|
$800
[22]
When the Concordes were flying, a round-trip flight between Paris & this U.S. city cost about $8,700
New York City
Rich
|
$800
[7]
Misfeasor, mishapen, misogyny
misshapen
Geoff
|
|
$1,200
[18]
I'm this type of horse, famous for some TV ads; I originated in Scotland & can literally weigh a ton
a Clydesdale
Lydia
|
$1,600
[14]
This membrane transmits vibrations to little bones called auditory ossicles
the eardrum
Geoff
|
$1,200
[4]
This Texas trio:"I ain't askin' for much I said Lord, take me downtown I'm just lookin' for some tush"
ZZ Top
Geoff
|
$1,200
[28]
After monitoring the deaths of terminal patients, Dr. Duncan MacDougall noted that this must weigh 21 grams
the soul
Geoff
|
DD
$800
[25]
4 Olympus 593 turbojet engines from this British auto company powered each Concorde
Rolls-Royce
Geoff
|
$1,200
[8]
Accruable, accrid, accommodable
acrid
Geoff
|
|
$1,600
[19]
I'm this type of rhinoceros seen here, the largest of the three Asian species
an Indian rhinoceros
Lydia
|
$2,000
[15]
(Jon of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) High-end cognitive thought is done at the extreme anterior of the brain in this cortex; yours is probably humming right now
prefrontal cortex
Geoff
Lydia
Rich
|
$1,600
[5]
He rapped,"It's gettin' hot in herre, so take off all your clothes"
Nelly
Geoff
|
$1,600
[29]
This music trade group tried suing Gertrude Walton for piracy, but she was dead & had never owned a computer
RIAA (the Recording Industry Association of America)
Lydia
|
$1,200
[23]
Following a deadly crash at the airport named for this man, the Concorde made its last flight in 2003
Charles de Gaulle
Geoff
|
$1,600
[9]
Beauteous, amphibeous, extraneous
amphibious
Rich
|
|
$2,000
[20]
Woolly but not so mammoth, I'm a cria, the young of this South American animal, Lama pacos
an alpaca
Geoff
Lydia
Rich
|
DD
$2,200
[13]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives a skeleton a pain in the neck.) Because the first cervical vertebra supports the head, it's called this, like a certain mythical Titan
Atlas
Geoff
|
$2,000
[6]
She intoned,"So, like, I don't know (valley girl) I'm like freaking out totally (valley girl) oh my God!"
Moon Zappa
Rich
|
$2,000
[30]
Yeah, right...This type of stone, a mythical substance, was thought to turn base metals into gold
the philosopher's stone
Lydia
Rich
|
$1,600
[24]
Flying on the Concorde in 1985, this Genesis singer performed at both the London & Philadelphia Live Aid shows
Phil Collins
Geoff
|
$2,000
[10]
Goulish, gasifiable, gastrula
ghoulish
Lydia
|
In the 20th centuryit became a popular recreation site, with crowds of 25,000; its most famous visitor might disapprove
Walden Pond