Rick Meneskie — a coal miner and outreach worker from Coal Center, Pennsylvania
Ranjan Ramchandani — a management consultant from Houston, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,200)
Victoria Harkavy — an AmeriCorps service member from Potomac, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $40,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | $3,000 | $7,400 | $5,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,400
15 R, 2 W |
| Ranjan | $2,600 | $7,000 | $21,800 |
$21,800
2-day champion: $37,000 |
$20,000
25 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Rick | $1,600 | $1,800 | $10,800 |
$10,900
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,000
12 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| SORE LOSERS | INVENTIVE MINDS | YOUR HOME AQUARIUM | SHAKING UP SHAKESPEARE | NAME THAT CONFLICT'S CENTURY | A PHRASE OF TURN |
|
$200
[22]
After losing a Ca. governor's race, he angrily told reporters they wouldn't have him "to kick around any more"
Nixon
Rick
|
$200
[16]
Elisha Graves Otis invented the safety hoist, which we call this
an elevator
Victoria
|
$200
[11]
If these green organisms are taking over, try introducing a fish called the Siamese them-eater
algae
Victoria
|
$200
[1]
Jerry Lee Lewis did Shakespeare! in 1968's "Catch My Soul", a rock musical based on "Othello", he played this villain
Iago
Ranjan
|
$200
[6]
The French & Indian War
the 18th
Victoria
|
$200
[17]
It precedes "And Shout" in an Isley Brothers tune
"Twist"
Ranjan
|
|
$400
[23]
After losing a 2007 supporting actor Oscar to Alan Arkin, this "Dreamgirls" guy stormed out; he must've felt "raw"
Eddie Murphy
Victoria
|
$400
[18]
In the 18th century Oliver Evans invented the high-pressure type of this engine
a steam engine
Ranjan
|
$400
[12]
Characins, which include the tetras, have an extra one of these on their backs
fin
Victoria
|
$600
[3]
A scheming couple plot to take over a burger joint in the 2001 film "Scotland, Pa.", inspired by this tragedy
Macbeth
Ranjan
|
$400
[7]
The Battle of Waterloo
the 19th
Victoria
|
$400
[27]
My grandpappy would do this to a yarn; it also precedes "out" or "one's wheels"
spin
Victoria
|
|
$600
[24]
Cameras caught Faith Hill shouting "What?" after this American Idol beat her as top female vocalist at the 2006 CMA awards
Carrie Underwood
Victoria
|
$600
[19]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from a bicycle garage.) This artist & inventor is credited with developing theideaof the chain & cog in the 15th century; it took another 400 years for that idea to be applied to bike design
(Leonardo) da Vinci
Ranjan
|
$600
[13]
In the tank these edifices are resin instead of stone; my aquarium has a replica of Warwick
castles
Ranjan
|
$800
[4]
Coach Benedick & Professor Beatrice face off in "About Face", a college-set musical update of this comedy
Much Ado About Nothing
Ranjan
|
$600
[8]
The English Civil War that brought Cromwell to power
the 17th
Rick
|
$600
[28]
From the Latin for "roll", it means to move in a curving orbit; your mom thinks "the world" does it "around you"
revolve
Ranjan
|
|
$800
[25]
After losing at this, grandmaster Aron Nimzovich once jumped on a table & shouted, "Why must I lose to this idiot?"
chess
Victoria
|
$800
[20]
We just checked ours & found a message that Gordon Matthews, who pioneered this in the '70s, died in 2002
voice mail
Ranjan
|
$800
[14]
The Java type is one of the few of these spore-bearing plants used in aquariums
ferns
Ranjan
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
In the 1970s, when she was in her 70s, Dame Judith Anderson took on this male role; she'd previously played his mom
Hamlet
Ranjan
|
$800
[9]
The Spanish conquest of Mexico
the 16th
Victoria
Ranjan
|
$800
[29]
To change one's loyalties, perhaps "from a Communist country", like Baryshnikov did
defect
Ranjan
|
|
$1,000
[26]
One second from defeat in the 2008 Super Bowl, this losing head coach threw a hissy fit & stalked off the field
Bill Belichick
Ranjan
|
$1,000
[21]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew takes a sip, gets wet.) S.S. Adams was not just a prankster, but a businessman & got a patent on this item that has small hidden holes to create its effect
a dribble glass
Victoria
|
$1,000
[15]
This striking fish needs to be with others its own size; contrary to its heavenly name, it'll eat the smaller ones
the angelfish
Rick
|
$1,000
[5]
Set in Harlem & featuring characters named Vy & Lady Liv, the musical "Play On!" is a revamp of this comedy
Twelfth Night
Victoria
|
$1,000
[10]
The Wars of the Roses
the 15th
Ranjan
|
$1,000
[30]
Meaning to cause to turn on an axis, it's time to do this to "the farm crops"
rotate
Victoria
|
| SORE WINNERS | WOMEN'S TUITION | WHO LIVES WHERE | ALL THINGS OPERA | AMERICAN ISLANDS | CROSSWORD CLUES "F" |
|
$400
[6]
After a marathon 1996 U.S. Open match, this American ace needed an I.V. drip
Pete Sampras
Ranjan
|
$400
[11]
This college in Maryland doesn't have Fighting Irish on the gridiron, but their Gators are tough in field hockey
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
|
$400
[22]
Residents of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk are called these; yum!
Kirkukis
Ranjan
|
$400
[14]
On Nov. 23, 1903 this tenor made his U.S. debut playing the Duke in "Rigoletto" at the Metropolitan Opera
Caruso
Rick
|
$400
[24]
Cha-ching!This resort lies on Absecon Island on the southeast coast of New Jersey
Atlantic City
Ranjan
|
$400
[1]
Happiness or bliss, to Keri Russell?(8)
felicity
Victoria
|
|
$800
[7]
Hehad four surgeries on his knees, but he still led his team to Super Bowl victory
Joe Namath
Rick
|
$800
[12]
At $35,700 a year, a Bryn Mawr student should at least know that "Bryn Mawr" is this language
Welsh
Victoria
|
$800
[23]
Calling residents of Nome, Alaska Nomers is a misnomer; this is the correct word
Nomeites
Rick
|
$800
[16]
Adelheid Wette, Engelbert Humperdinck's sister, wrote the libretto for this 1893 opera of a fairy tale pair
Hansel and Gretel
Ranjan
|
$800
[25]
In the 1870s Father Damien arrived at the leper colony on this, which has been called the most Hawaiian isle
Molokai
Rick
|
$800
[2]
A lie(9)
a falsehood
Rick
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Sutures in this Red Sox pitcher's ankle gave way and turned hiswhite sock red, but he still beat the Yanks in 2004
Curt Schilling
Ranjan
|
$1,200
[13]
Like the University of this state, Stephens College for Women is in Columbia, but Stephens is older
Missouri
Victoria
Ranjan
|
$1,200
[20]
A resident of L.A., it's also a word preceding "Heights" in the name of an L.A. neighborhood
an Angeleno
Ranjan
|
$1,200
[17]
This Finn's only opera, "The Maiden in the Tower", had a libretto in Swedish
Sibelius
Ranjan
|
$1,600
[27]
Gay Head, on this island off Cape Cod, has been renamed Aquinnah
Martha's Vineyard
Ranjan
|
$1,200
[3]
Eggs-acting Russian goldsmith(7)
Faberge
Ranjan
|
|
$1,600
[9]
Hobbled by a bad hamstring & bum knee, he homered to win Game 1 of the 1988 World Series & limped around the bases
Kirk Gibson
Rick
|
$1,600
[15]
Hillary Clinton became a Democrat while attending this Massachusetts school
Wellesley
Ranjan
Rick
|
$1,600
[21]
Pomponian is a word for people from this city in England, not for those from the same-named place in New Hampshire
Portsmouth
Rick
|
$1,600
[18]
The role Placido Domingo has played more than any other is Cavaradossi in this Puccini opera
Tosca
Rick
|
$2,000
[30]
Otter & Walrus are 2 islets of this Alaskan group that is known for its fur seals
the Pribilofs
Rick
|
$2,000
[5]
In physics, splitting the nucleus(7)
fission
Ranjan
|
|
$2,000
[10]
After limping off with a knee injury, hecame back to inspire the New York Knicks to victory in the 1970 NBA Finals
Willis Reed
Rick
|
$2,000
[29]
A Virginia college founded in honor of Daisy Williams is called "Sweet" this
Sweet Briar
|
$2,000
[28]
Just as "Shavian" refers to the works of Shaw, this is the term for a person from Moose Jaw
Moose Javian
Ranjan
Rick
|
$2,000
[19]
In Act II of this Verdi opera, a band of Gypsies sings the "Anvil Chorus", one of opera's most familiar numbers
Il Trovatore
Victoria
|
DD
$5,000
[26]
Destroyed in a 1906 earthquake, the first lighthouse on the West Coast was located on this island
Alcatraz
Rick
|
DD
$2,800
[4]
Dangerously attractive woman(5, 6)
a femme fatale
Ranjan
|
Poland's Independence Day commemorates this month & day in 1918
November 11