Ask Alex #7: Clothes.
Sean Kottke — a professor from Lansing, Michigan
Christine Carrino Gorowara — a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
Matt Jacobs — a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,323)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $1,400 | $5,200 | $10,400 |
$16,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,400
17 R, 3 W |
| Christine | $5,600 | $5,000 | $16,800 |
$20,801
New champion: $20,801 |
$19,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sean | $1,000 | $3,400 | $9,200 |
$18,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| THE 50 STATES | SEND IN THE CLOWNS | NURSERY RHYME TIME | THE BIGGEST LOSER | NEVER MIND THE FOLLICLES | HERE'S THE PISTOLS |
|
$200
[6]
This state has only 5 counties, with Providence the largest in area
Rhode Island
Sean
|
$200
[1]
Johnny Carson's future sidekick, he made his national TV debut in 1950 playing a clown on CBS' "The Big Top"
Ed McMahon
Sean
|
$200
[5]
Quite contrary gardener's yellow birds
Mary's canaries
Christine
Sean
|
$200
[16]
Apparently, 15.7 million folks were fine with the job this president was doing; however, 22.8 million wanted a change with FDR
(Herbert) Hoover
Matt
|
$200
[20]
I don't pity the fool seen here--his hair style is a reverse this Native American term
a mohawk
Matt
|
$200
[26]
We can just see English poet Robert toting this company's hi-power Mark III 9mm pistol
Browning
Christine
|
|
$400
[7]
This Sunflower State's unofficial nicknames include "Midway, U.S.A." & "Breadbasket of America"
Kansas
Matt
|
$400
[2]
In 1966 Ringling Brothers clown Lou Jacobs became the first living person to appear on a United States one of these
a postage stamp
Sean
|
$400
[8]
Non-fat-eating Jack's sombreros
Sprat's hats
Matt
|
$400
[17]
In 2000 he got only 2.8 million votes, yet some say he tipped the election to the winner
(Ralph) Nader
Christine
|
$400
[21]
A "Dick Tracy" villain has the same name as this style
Flattop
Sean
|
$400
[27]
This German semi-automatic was first manufactured in 1900
the Luger
Matt
|
|
$600
[12]
In 1871 the first major league pro baseball game was played in Fort Wayne in this state
Indiana
Christine
|
$600
[3]
Creator Matt Groening has stated that this character was based on a Portland TV clown named Rusty Nails
Krusty the Clown
Matt
|
$600
[9]
Reckless acts of the one who put the kettle on
Polly's follies
Christine
|
$800
[19]
In 1792 it was 132 Electoral College votes for Washington, to 1 for this future VP & gun enthusiast
Aaron Burr
Matt
Christine
|
$600
[23]
Hey, Moe, it's the dish-type cut seen here--Nyuck! Nyuck! Nyuck!
a bowl
Matt
|
$600
[28]
One of the most prolific pistols ever created is the model 1851 navy 6-shooter from this manufacturer
Colt
Christine
|
|
$800
[13]
Mount Mansfield, about 30 miles east of Lake Champlain, is this state's highest point
Vermont
Christine
|
$800
[4]
In Cecil B. Demille's "The Greatest Show on Earth", he plays Buttons, a clown who was once a surgeon
Jimmy Stewart
|
$800
[10]
Nimble candlestick jumper's press agents
Jack's flacks
Christine
|
$1,000
[22]
In 1972 John Hospers won a single electoral vote as this freedom-loving party's Candidate for president
the Libertarian Party
Sean
|
$800
[24]
A medieval lad, or thedo sportedfor your enjoyment
a pageboy
Matt
|
$800
[29]
In the Lincoln assassination, John Wilkes booth used a single-shot .44 caliber this
Derringer
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[14]
A special interest license plate for Maryland urges us to "Treasure" this bay
the Chesapeake
Christine
|
$1,000
[15]
A rodeo clown before becoming an actor, he "rode" an H-bomb to destruction in "Dr. Strangelove"
(Slim) Pickens
Christine
|
$1,000
[11]
Solomon's boxers or briefs
Grundy's undies
Christine
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
This man came up a mere 18 million votes short in the 1972 election
George McGovern
Christine
|
$1,000
[25]
Yeah, baby, Austin Powers knows this 4-letter cut seen here
a shag
Sean
|
$1,000
[30]
Though the names don't start with M or P, this 2-named company makes the M&P compact 9mm
Smith & Wesson
Christine
|
| MARINE LIFE | AN ALPHANUMERIC CATEGORY | TECUMSEH | VARIETY PACK | SHAKESPEARE, YOU KILL ME! | "EX"ACTLY |
|
$400
[25]
This, used to filter food from water by certain whales, is a keratinized structure, much like hair or nails
baleen
Matt
|
$400
[15]
This steak sauce dates back to 1824
A.1.
Christine
Sean
|
$400
[11]
Tecumseh means "panther across the sky"; he was named for one of these celestial events at his birth
a meteor shower (shooting star)
Matt
Sean
|
$400
[20]
Mittendorf's Dot is a congenital whitish-gray dot on the lens of this organ
the eye
Matt
|
$400
[1]
Mercutio, who has a few choice words about the Montagues & Capulets before dying
Tybalt
Sean
|
$400
[6]
The official website for this TV series has included Sears Moments & Ty's Bio
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Christine
Sean
|
|
DD
$600
[27]
Males of this small marine creature carry the fertilized eggs in a brood pouch beneath a prehensile tail
seahorses
Christine
|
$800
[16]
The MPAA gives this for any depiction of drug use & more than brief nudity
PG-13
Matt
Christine
|
$800
[12]
In 1810 Tecumseh met with this general & future president about white claims to Indian land
William Henry Harrison
Matt
Sean
|
$800
[21]
A prefix referring to skin, or a Jewish-American sausage also called kishke
derma
Christine
|
$800
[2]
Brutus
Himself
Christine
Sean
|
$800
[7]
Since 1994, this TV newsmagazine has dished up celebrity scoop--read all about it
Extra
Matt
|
|
$800
[26]
The most intelligent of all invertebrates is thought to be O. vulgaris, the common type of this cephalopod
an octopus
Christine
Sean
|
$1,200
[17]
In 1997 this cable network established its save the music foundation
VH1
Matt
|
$1,200
[13]
During this war, Tecumseh allied himself with the British & died during its Battle of the Thames River
The War of 1812
Christine
|
$1,200
[22]
(Jon of the Clue Crew presents a textbook physics experiment.) Interweave two books together & you won't be able to pull them apart, because the spine compresses the pages & creates this force between each page
friction
Matt
|
$1,200
[3]
Regan (then she offs herself)
Goneril
|
$1,200
[8]
Tommy Lee Jones won an Emmy for playing Gary Gilmore in the TV adaptation of this book
The Executioner's Song
Christine
|
|
$1,600
[28]
The loggerhead species of this reptile often feeds on jellyfish in the open seas
turtle
Christine
|
$1,600
[18]
Some people get shots of this vitamin also called cobalamin; it helps keep the nervous system working
B-12
Sean
|
$1,600
[14]
Richard Johnson, this 8th president's Veep, claimed to have killed Tecumseh & used it to his political advantage
Van Buren
Matt
|
$1,600
[23]
During a thunderstorm, this faint glowing light sometimes appears around masts of sailing ships & treetops
St. Elmo's Fire
Matt
|
$2,000
[5]
Richard III, for lack of an equine
Henry VII
|
$1,600
[9]
Fans of the punk rock group X know that Christine Cervenka changed her first name to this
Exene
Christine
|
|
$2,000
[29]
This name for a common sea snail is also that of a blue-violet flower
periwinkle
Christine
|
$2,000
[19]
Based in Thames house, the United Kingdom's domestic security service has this name
MI5
Christine
Sean
|
$2,000
[30]
Tecumseh was a member of this Indian tribe of which his brother was "The Prophet"
the Shawnee
|
$2,000
[24]
Sherlock Holmes smokes a calabash pipe made from this mineral whose name is German for "sea foam"
meerschaum
|
DD
$2,600
[4]
Roderigo, already wounded by Cassio (this guy lets everyone do the hard work for him!)
Iago
Sean
|
$2,000
[10]
This existentialist drama closed after just a few weeks on Broadway in 1946, thus disproving its own title
No Exit
Sean
|
The set for this 1878 work was a reproduction of the quarterdeck of Lord Nelson's flagship
H.M.S. Pinafore