Desi Hopkins — a Ph.D. student and graduate instructor from Charlottesville, Virginia
Jeff Lovingood — a middle school teacher from Jacksonville, North Carolina
Brandon Grace — a county government employee from Anderson, South Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon | $1,400 | $5,200 | $7,200 |
$1,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,200
19 R, 5 W |
| Jeff | $1,100 | $5,100 | $12,400 |
$9,800
New champion: $9,800 |
$16,000
22 R, 6 W (including 3 DDs) |
| Desi | $-1,400 | $-1,000 | $-600 |
$-600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-600
3 R, 4 W |
| PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM | ROCKET MAN | DANIEL | DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART | HONKY "CAT" | ELTON JOHN |
|
DD
$100
[2]
This place on 5th & Arch St. makes hundreds of millions of dollars each year
the U.S. Mint
Jeff
|
$200
[3]
In 2002 shuttle mission specialist Jerry Ross became the first man to be launched into space this lucky number of times
7
Brandon
Jeff
|
$200
[4]
For refusing to pray to King Darius, Daniel was thrown into this, but was unharmed
the lions' den
Brandon
|
$200
[15]
If your fiance doesn't show up at the church & moves to Tahiti alone, you've been "left" at this location
the altar
Brandon
|
$200
[14]
Tiffany published its first one of these in 1845 (online shopping came a little later)
catalog
Brandon
|
$200
[26]
In 1997 Elton John recorded a new version of this song as a tribute to Princess Diana
"Candle in the Wind"
Brandon
|
|
$200
[1]
From the Greek meaning of its name, Philadelphia is nicknamed "The City of" this
Brotherly Love
Jeff
|
$400
[7]
Alexei Leonov said he was given a pill to help him do this in case he couldn't get back in Voskhod after the spacewalk
commit suicide
Brandon
|
$400
[12]
In Chapter 9, Daniel prays to God for an end to the desolation of this city, "thy holy mountain"
Jerusalem
Jeff
|
$400
[16]
On a 2002 TV series, "The Bachelor" rejected women by not offering them one of these
rose
Jeff
Desi
|
$400
[19]
This tough, thin cord is used to string musical instruments & tennis rackets
catgut
Brandon
|
$400
[27]
Elton, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder were the "friends" who sang this song with Dionne Warwick
"That's What Friends are for"
Brandon
Jeff
|
|
$600
[5]
It may ring a bell that it was in this building that the Articles of Confederation were ratified in 1781
Independence Hall
Brandon
Desi
|
$600
[8]
His job as a test subject for space sickness on a 1985 shuttle flight got him dubbed "Barfin' Jake" in "Doonesbury"
Senator Jake Garn
Brandon
|
$600
[13]
The name Daniel is from the Hebrew for "God is my" this; Deborah was one
judge
Jeff
|
$600
[23]
In French idioms, femme entretenue is a kept woman & this femme is one who breaks your heart
femme fatale
Brandon
|
$600
[20]
It's a 2-hulled sailing boat
catamaran
Jeff
|
$600
[28]
An Elton John hit says, "While the other kids were rocking 'round the clock, we were hopping and bopping to" this
the "Crocodile Rock"
Jeff
|
|
$800
[6]
Mount Pleasant, a colonial mansion in Fairmont Park, once belonged to this traitor
Benedict Arnold
Jeff
Desi
|
$800
[9]
The first non-Russian & non-American in space, Vladimir Remek, was from this country that broke up in 1993
Czechoslovakia
|
$800
[17]
For interpreting his dreams, this king made Daniel "Chief of the Governors over all the Wise Men of Babylon"
Nebuchadnezzar
Jeff
|
$800
[24]
These "differences" are grounds for divorce under the laws of several states
irreconcilable differences
Desi
|
$800
[21]
The name of this ancient war device is partly from the Greek for "hurl"
catapult
Brandon
|
— |
|
$1,000
[11]
Here's a "Thinker": a Philadelphia museum houses the largest collection of his work outside of Paris
Auguste Rodin
Brandon
|
$1,000
[10]
After his splashdown 250 miles from the pick-up ship May 24, 1962, he never flew in space again
Scott Carpenter
Jeff
|
$1,000
[18]
Much of the first half of the book of Daniel was written in this language spoken by Jesus, the rest in Hebrew
Aramaic
Jeff
|
$1,000
[25]
From the Latin for "blazing", it's used for catching one's partner being unfaithful as well as catching a crook red-handed
in flagrante delicto
Jeff
|
$1,000
[22]
A book giving the basic principles of Christianity in Q-&-A form
catechism
Brandon
|
— |
| U.S. PRESIDENTS | MOVIE MUSICALS | A SHAKESPEARE TOUR | ROCKS & MINERALS | YOU COULD PUT AN EYE OUT | "OU" 5-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[7]
Warren Harding was this political party's victorious presidential candidate in 1920
Republican
Brandon
|
$400
[1]
Elsa Lanchester played Katie Nanna, the nanny who walks out on the Banks family at the beginning of this film
Mary Poppins
Jeff
|
$400
[2]
A country:"This precious stone set in the silver sea"
England
Jeff
|
$400
[21]
The sulfur from this mineral, also known as fool's gold, is used to make sulfuric acid
pyrite
Jeff
|
$400
[15]
In a 1996 film, the character Karl Childers wields a lawn mower blade as well as this title "blade"
Sling Blade
Brandon
|
$400
[25]
Completes the expression "In for a penny, in for a..."
pound
Brandon
|
|
$800
[8]
This man was president when the Warsaw Pact was signed
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jeff
|
$800
[5]
(Hi, I'm Jeff Probst [reporting from Thailand]) Here in Thailand, this 1956 movie musical was banned & so was the non-musical 1999 film covering the same story
The King and I
Desi
|
$800
[3]
A city:"What news on the Rialto?"
Venice
|
$800
[22]
Its old name, plumbago, came from its use in lead pencils
graphite
Brandon
|
$800
[17]
1964 saw the first time a man threw this 300 feet & the first time a woman threw it 200 feet
javelin
Desi
|
$2,000
[27]
From the French, it's the small high-powered magnifying glass used by watchmakers & jewelers
loupe
Brandon
|
|
DD
$1,500
[9]
One of the 2 who were born in the 1920s
Jimmy Carter or George H.W. Bush
Jeff
|
$1,200
[6]
Natalie Wood does a mean striptease in this 1962 classic
Gypsy
Brandon
|
$1,200
[4]
A battlefield:"I think there be six Richmonds in the field; five have I slain today instead of him"
Bosworth Field
Brandon
Jeff
|
$1,200
[23]
Mount Pentelikon in Attica, Greece is known for the pentelic type of this statue material
marble
Jeff
Desi
|
$1,200
[18]
General term for a slender surgical instrument used to explore the body, as to look for a bullet
probe
Jeff
|
— |
|
$1,600
[11]
Upon his death in 1849, his last words were, "I love you Sarah, for all eternity, I love you"
James K. Polk
|
$1,600
[13]
George Chakiris played Riff in the West End production of this musical, but played Bernardo in the 1961 film
West Side Story
Jeff
|
$1,600
[10]
A city:"If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace"
Verona
Brandon
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
Around 1920 plates of this silicon mineral were first used to control radio frequencies
quartz
Jeff
|
$1,600
[19]
A narrow, connecting part of some tools, it's also prison slang for a knifelike weapon
shank
Brandon
Jeff
|
— |
|
$2,000
[12]
The stepfather of Patsy & Jacky, he was also known as the "Stepfather of His Country"
George Washington
|
$2,000
[16]
We're sure that Vivian Blaine never lamented playing Adelaide in this 1955 hit
Guys and Dolls
|
$2,000
[14]
A castle:"'Fear not, till Birnam Wood do come to'" it
Dunsinane
Jeff
|
$2,000
[26]
With the dawn of this "age" the once considered almost worthless pitchblende became ever so sought after
Atomic Age
Brandon
Jeff
|
$2,000
[20]
From an Asian word, this type of "stick" is concealed in high grass to injure enemy soldiers
punji stick
Jeff
|
— |
It only has 3 communities with a population over 15,000 & is the least populous state east of the Mississippi
Vermont