Jim Stevens game 6.
Laura Mitchell — a technical editor from Cincinnati, Ohio
Ed Rozmiarek — a high school assistant principal from Beverly, Massachusetts
Jim Stevens — a math teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio (whose 5-day cash winnings total $119,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim | $2,200 | $6,600 | $14,400 |
$21,599
6-day champion: $140,600 |
$16,400
24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ed | $2,000 | $1,000 | $3,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,400
11 R, 6 W |
| Laura | $0 | $1,800 | $3,600 |
$199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,600
9 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| WHERE AM I? | YOUR 5-CLUE NEWSCAST | A MUSICAL MENU | DO YOU KNOW JACK ABOUT LIT? | CROSSWORD CLUES "L" | MR. & MRS. MALAPROP |
|
$200
[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from next to a fighter jet.)I'm at Nellis Air Force Base, just 8 miles from this city's downtown; in the 1940s, the site was chosen for the vast desert wasteland in the area
Las Vegas
|
$200
[21]
Our top story...in Aug. 2008 the GAO reported this troubled Mideast country could have a $79 billion budget surplus
Iraq
Laura
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$200
[1]
A meaty leg of turkey, or "The Original Sundae Cone"
a drumstick
Jim
|
$200
[6]
In "Patriot Games" this character stops Irish terrorists & joins the CIA
(Jack) Ryan
Ed
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$200
[14]
Any new car that breaks down 60 times a day(5)
a lemon
Laura
|
$200
[11]
"The prostitution rests", Kelly Bundy declared during a trial scene on this long-running show
Married... with Children
Jim
|
|
$400
[27]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Michigan.)I'm not at Gerald R. Ford's presidential library in Ann Arbor, but at his museum in this city, Michigan's second largest
Grand Rapids
Laura
|
$400
[22]
In domestic news, this Speaker of the House touted 2008's American Housing Rescue & Foreclosure Prevention Act
Nancy Pelosi
Jim
|
$400
[2]
General Mills makes this snack with an unusual funnel shape in 6 flavors
Bugles
|
$400
[7]
In this novel Jack Merridew, a red-haired choir boy, tells Piggy, "You're talking too much!"
Lord of the Flies
Jim
|
$400
[15]
A lariat's shorter name(5)
a lasso
Jim
|
$400
[12]
"I am your density", George tells wife-to-be Lorraine in this 1985 Michael J. Fox film
Back to the Future
Jim
|
|
$600
[28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Washington, D.C.)I'm at the National Sustainability Design Expo on this great space, known as America's Common
the Mall in Washington, D.C.
Ed
|
$600
[23]
At the movies, in July 2008 this flick made $158 mil Iion in its opening weekend; holy box office!
The Dark Knight
Jim
Ed
Laura
|
$800
[4]
To soak up some of the food, let's quaff this golden Irish lager
Harp
Ed
|
$600
[8]
Ralph Ellison writes in this novel that the one-eyed Brother Jack was "a little bantam rooster of a man"
Invisible Man
Jim
|
$600
[18]
Entice, perhaps with artificial bait(4)
lure
Jim
|
$600
[13]
This veep said, "Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child"
Dan Quayle
Laura
|
|
$800
[29]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a New Mexico amphitheater.) I'm at this New Mexico national park, where every night from April to October 300,000 to 400,000 hungry flying mammals delight the crowds with an amazing bat flight
Carlsbad Caverns
Jim
|
$800
[24]
In business:the 158-year-old Wall Street firm named for these brothers went belly-up in September 2008
Lehman Brothers
Jim
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
This Con Agra sweet popcorn treat comes in butter toffee & caramel flavors
Fiddle Faddle
Jim
|
$800
[9]
Patrick O'Brian wrote this series of novels about British Capt. Jack Aubrey; Russell Crowe played the role on film
Master and Commander
Laura
|
$800
[19]
"Mother" deposit, in mining(4)
a lode
Laura
|
$800
[16]
On "All in the Family", Edith Bunker referred not to V-E Day or V-J Day but this, um, relative
VD Day
Jim
|
|
$1,000
[30]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Mississippi.)I'm at Rowan Oak, William Faulkner's home of 32 years in this town in Mississippi
Oxford
|
$1,000
[25]
Now for a look at the weather; expect these dense 12-letter thunderclouds stretching from 6,500' to 30,000'
cumulonimbus
Jim
Ed
|
$1,000
[5]
This Scandinavian specialty is made with unsalted dried cod soaked for several days in water & potash lye
lutefisk
Ed
|
$1,000
[10]
Gov. Jack Stanton, the main character in this 1996 Joe Klein book, was loosely based on Bill Clinton
Primary Colors
Jim
|
$1,000
[20]
Accolades one might "rest on"(7)
laurels
Jim
|
$1,000
[17]
"I'm not going to make a skeptical out of my boxing career", said this skater-turned-felon-turned-pugilist in 2004
Tonya Harding
Laura
|
| BOTANY | "QUO"POURRI | BIRTH, ART, DEATH | AMERICANA | SUSAN B. ANTHONY | SPORTS CAST |
|
$400
[12]
The anther of a flower usually has 4 sacs that produce this
pollen
Ed
|
$400
[1]
When 4goes into 12,3 is this
the quotient
Jim
|
$400
[2]
Born Aug. 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh,"Mao", died Feb. 22, 1987
Andy Warhol
|
$400
[11]
The uniform that Harry Truman wore during his military service in this war is in his presidential library
World War I
Jim
|
$400
[20]
The $1 coin featuring Susan B. Anthony's likeness was first minted in this decade
the 1970s
Jim
Ed
|
$400
[15]
In 1986, '87 & '88, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire & Walt Weiss won Rookie of the Year playing for this team
the Oakland A's
Jim
|
|
$800
[14]
Also called ling, this shrub that grows in the moors of Britain is often mentioned in Scottish songs
the heather
Ed
|
$800
[7]
Did this "the raven, 'nevermore"'
quoth
Ed
|
$800
[3]
Born 1606 in the Netherlands,"The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp", died 1669
Rembrandt
Ed
|
$800
[13]
If you take a swamp tour in Louisiana, you may see the American type of this, Louisiana's state reptile
an alligator
Jim
|
$800
[21]
Susan was fined for illegally voting in 1872--she cast her ballot for this president who was re-elected
Ulysses Grant
Jim
|
$800
[18]
Muhammad Ali regained his title from George Foreman by employing this rhyming ring strategy
rope-a-dope
Jim
|
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
The beard species of this symbiotic plant is often confused with Spanish moss
lichen
Jim
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
1951 epic in which the lions take on the Christians in Rome; lions give 'em a real licking
Quo Vadis
Laura
|
$1,200
[4]
Born 1834 in Massachusetts,"Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Thomas Carlyle", died 1903
Whistler
Jim
|
$1,200
[23]
"There's no place like" this town for the annual Miners & Mushers ball
Nome
Ed
|
$1,200
[22]
14 years after her death, the movement created by Susan won passage of this women's voting amendment
the 19th
Ed
Laura
|
$1,200
[26]
This 9-time U.S. & 5-time world champion figure skater got her start after seeing her brother play hockey
Michelle Kwan
|
|
$1,200
[16]
Harison's Yellow is a hybrid of the Persian Yellow & Scotch Briar varieties of this flower
a rose
|
$1,200
[8]
2-word term for the same old, same old
the status quo
Jim
|
$1,600
[5]
Born 1912 in Wyoming,"Lavender Mist", died 1956 in East Hampton, New York
Pollock
|
$1,600
[28]
A mule driver in Uzbekistan sent in 21 cents to help fund National Mule memorial in Muleshoe in this big state
Texas
Ed
|
— |
$1,600
[27]
At the age of 41 she competed in her fifth Olympic Games, the most of any U.S. swimmer
Dara Torres
|
|
$1,600
[17]
This plant has blue flowers; the black candy that uses it comes from the roots & root stems
licorice
Ed
|
$1,600
[9]
Old British game that's the ancestor of horseshoes
quoits
Laura
|
$2,000
[6]
Born 1859 in Paris,"A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"died 1891
(Georges) Seurat
Ed
|
$2,000
[25]
This Iowa city was named for a French Canadian, the first white man to settle permanently in what is now Iowa
Dubuque
Jim
Ed
Laura
|
— |
$2,000
[24]
This racer who wrote the memoir "Every Second Counts" used a wind tunnel in training to minimize his drag
Lance Armstrong
|
Sails that ran free & fluttered without control caused a ship to stagger like a drunk, giving rise to this phrase
three sheets to the wind