Todd Hellman — an attorney from Lakeland, Florida
Amanda Waterman — a software engineer from Raleigh, North Carolina
James Pethokoukis — a journalist from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $2,400 | $3,000 | $4,200 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,200
9 R, 2 W |
| Amanda | $3,000 | $3,000 | $5,800 |
$8,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,800
10 R, 2 W |
| Todd | $1,600 | $3,900 | $11,605 |
$11,602
New champion: $11,602 |
$15,200
23 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W |
| THE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT | HOLY DAYS & FESTIVALS | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS | SWISS FAMILY FUN | Q WITHOUT U | MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS |
|
$200
[16]
After their use in WWI, Curtiss JN-4 Jennys were popular with these "storming" aerial acrobats
barnstormers
Todd
|
$200
[4]
The period known as Lent begins on this day
Ash Wednesday
|
$200
[1]
This title character is governess to Adele Varens, Mr. Rochester's illegitimate child
Jane Eyre
James
|
$200
[21]
In Geneva, learn about the brave history of this organization at Le Musee International de la Croix-Rouge
International Red Cross
Amanda
|
$200
[7]
This adjective refers to a keyboard that's like a traditional typewriter with 6 particular letters at the upper left
QWERTY
James
|
$400
[27]
I Am a ____ Lobster
Rock
Todd
|
|
$400
[17]
[Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle]
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Todd
|
$400
[5]
Isra Wa Al-Miraj commemorates Muhammad's night journey from this city to Jerusalem & his ascent into heaven
Mecca
Todd
|
$400
[2]
Though still living with her husband, a government official, she has an affair with the dashing Count Vronsky
Anna Karenina
James
|
$400
[22]
The kids will feel right at home in one of the Golden Arch Hotels opened by this company in 2000
McDonald's
Todd
|
$400
[10]
One way of spelling this Libyan leader's last name has a "Q" with no "U"
Muammar Qadaffi
Todd
|
$600
[26]
Heartbreak ____ California
Hotel
Todd
|
|
$600
[18]
When in service in Vietnam, many F-4 Phantoms were equipped with these missiles named for a desert snake
Sidewinders
James
|
$600
[6]
[Sofia of the Clue Crew reports lighting a menorah]
Hanukkah/Festival of Lights
Amanda
|
$600
[3]
Squire Allworthy turns out to be this lusty young hero's uncle in a 1749 comic novel by Henry Fielding
Tom Jones
Todd
|
DD
$500
[23]
Your little tykes will want some apples after visiting the Burglen museum devoted to him
William Tell
Todd
|
$600
[11]
Many companies that qualify for the NYSE choose to sell their stock on this electronic service instead
NASDAQ
Amanda
|
$800
[28]
She's a ____ Marmalade
Lady
Amanda
|
|
$800
[19]
[Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle]
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|
$800
[14]
Nirvana Day, February 15, commemorates the death of this leader
Buddha
James
|
$800
[8]
This lusty lady, the heroine of a 1722 Defoe novel, was married 5 times (including once to her own brother)
Moll Flanders
James
Todd
|
$800
[24]
If the kids misbehave, show them the Ogre Fountain in this capital; it depicts an ogre devouring children
Bern
Todd
|
$800
[12]
This country's ancient ruins of Ur & its ziggurat date back about 4,500 years
Iraq
Amanda
|
$1,000
[29]
I'm Like a ____ Dog
Bird
|
|
$1,000
[20]
The MIG-21 was the first Soviet plane to reach this speed equal to 1480 MPH
Mach 2
Amanda
Todd
|
$1,000
[15]
All Saints' Day, November 1, is followed by All this Day on November 2
All Souls' Day
|
$1,000
[9]
A brand of shortbread cookies shares its name with this title heroine of an R.D. Blackmore historical novel
Lorna Doone
Amanda
|
$1,000
[25]
In February, schoolchildren in the village of Scoul build the Hom Strom, or "Man of" this, & set him aflame
straw
|
$1,000
[13]
This emirate has been run by the Al-Thani family since the mid-1800s
Qatar
Todd
|
— |
| THE MIDDLE AGES | THEATER | CITIES & TOWNS | BITS & PIECES | DOING HARD RHYME | 12-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[13]
While Louis VII of France was off on one of these, Suger the Abbot of St. Denis ran the country in his stead
Crusades
Todd
|
$400
[1]
Method actors know Konstantin Stanislavsky opened his influential theater in this capital city in 1898
Moscow
Todd
|
$400
[6]
Joseph Juneau helped found Juneau, Alaska & Solomon Juneau founded this Wisconsin city known for beer
Milwaukee
Amanda
|
$400
[18]
In the 1997-98 school year 365,000 students were subjected to this corporal punishment still legal in 23 states
paddling/spanking
James
|
$400
[11]
She fed her many children "broth without any bread"
The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
|
DD
$5
[28]
From the Latin for "to correct", it's an adjective for someone who can't be corrected or reformed
incorrigible
Todd
|
|
DD
$500
[17]
After a hard day of conquering, Mehmed II, leader of this empire, probably liked to put his feet up & relax
Ottoman Empire
Todd
|
$800
[2]
[Video clue with picture of Helen Hayes]
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Todd
|
$800
[7]
Lubbock in this state was named for Thomas S. Lubbock, a Civil War Ranger
Texas
Todd
|
$800
[19]
More first ladies' first names have begun with this vowel than any other letter
E (10)
Amanda
|
$800
[12]
After his fall, up he got "and off did trot as fast as he could caper"
Jack (of "Jack and Jill")
Todd
|
$400
[25]
A religious grouping, or the monetary value of a bill
denomination
Amanda
|
|
$800
[14]
This group was expelled from England in 1290, Spain in 1492, Portugal in 1497 & France in 1182, 1306 & 1394
the Jews
Todd
|
$1,200
[3]
This famous New York dance company is abbreviated the ABT
American Ballet Theatre
Todd
|
$1,200
[8]
Brooklyn, NYC's most populous borough, was named for Breuekelen, a village in this country
The Netherlands/Holland
Todd
|
$1,200
[23]
This swift type of ship came from the way it used to cut through the miles
clipper ship
Todd
|
$1,200
[24]
He "brought back the tarts and vowed he'd steal no more"
The Knave of Hearts
|
$800
[26]
(Dr. Joyce Brothers gives the clue) This 12-letter word, also called shacking up, isn't the same as marriage--marriage can lead to more intimacy
cohabitation
Amanda
|
|
$1,200
[15]
A leather made in Britain was called cordwain & by extension, cordwainers came to be people who made these
shoes
|
$1,600
[4]
(Hi, I'm Nathan Lane) I won the 1996 Tony, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle Awards for my role as Pseudolus in this Broadway musical classic
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
|
$1,600
[9]
Neil Simon might know Jefferson Davis made his home in this Mississippi town known for its "blues", not grays
Biloxi
Todd
|
$1,600
[20]
In 1941 over 500,000 Soviet troops were captured along with this capital of the Ukraine
Kiev
James
|
— |
$1,200
[27]
Someone whose task is to reeducate a former cult member
deprogrammer
James
Todd
|
|
$1,600
[16]
Among the families claiming the throne of Scotland in the 1290s was this one led by Robert I
the Bruce
James
|
$2,000
[5]
This "searching" play from 1921 introduced Pirandello's concept of "theater within the theater"
Six Characters in Search of an Author
|
$2,000
[10]
Thomaston in this "Constitution State" was named for clockmaker Seth Thomas
Connecticut
Amanda
|
$2,000
[21]
2 of the men used as models for this 1913 U.S. coin were named John Big Tail & Crow Tails
Indian Head (Buffalo) Nickel
James
|
— |
$1,600
[22]
It's your condition if you have great admiration for Paris, Flaubert, Beaujolais, etc.
Francophilia
Todd
|
From the Greek for "womb", this disorder was once thought to be peculiar to women
hysteria