Matt Cushman — a paintings conservator from North Adams, Massachusetts
Jeanie Welch — a retired librarian from Charlotte, North Carolina
Dan Smith — a student from Chicago, Illinois (whose 3-day cash winnings total $69,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan | $4,200 | $7,000 | $5,000 |
$9,701
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,000
16 R, 5 W |
| Jeanie | $1,000 | $2,900 | $9,700 |
$16,601
New champion: $16,601 |
$10,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Matt | $800 | $2,800 | $6,900 |
$10,001
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,600
15 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| GEOGRAPHIC TERMS | KIDS DON'T REALIZE | FOODIE TECHNIQUES | GO DIRECTLY TO YALE | DO NOT PASS "GO" | DO NOT COLLECT $200 |
|
$200
[9]
It's sometimes defined as having a summit at less than 1,000 feet; Hugh Grant "Went Up" one "But Came Down A Mountain"
a hill
Dan
|
$200
[1]
Kids don't realize a Bond girl named "Galore" inspired "Alotta" in the world of this spy who's groovy, baby
Austin Powers
Matt
|
$200
[2]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew uses her foodie skillz.) Similar to dicing & from the Latin for "smallness," it's the cutting or chopping into very small pieces
mincing
Matt
|
$200
[7]
Both George W. Bush & this 2004 election opponent went to Yale, graduating 2 years apart
John Kerry
Dan
|
$200
[19]
Si, it's Spanish for a male friend, see
amigo
Dan
|
$200
[26]
In 2008 a house on the East Side of this "Motor City" was listed for $1; it still took 19 days to find a buyer
Detroit
Jeanie
|
|
$400
[11]
Till is the clay, sand, pebbles & rocky debris carried along by the movement of one of these solid objects
glaciers
Dan
Jeanie
|
$400
[10]
Kids don't realize the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are each named for famous men in this occupation
artists (or painters)
Jeanie
|
$400
[3]
Keep plenty of pita bread around after mashing up some chickpeas, tahini, olive oil & spices into this Mideastern dip
hummus
Matt
|
DD
$300
[21]
This 1810 Yale grad dashed (& dotted) into history as an inventor
Samuel F. B. Morse
Jeanie
|
$400
[20]
A reddish-brown antelope, or a drum
a bongo
Jeanie
|
$400
[27]
He does have other income sources, so Michael Bloomberg takes only $1 a year in salary as this city's mayor
New York City
Matt
|
|
$600
[13]
From the Greek for "neck", it's a narrow strip of land bordered by water that connects 2 larger land masses
an isthmus
Dan
|
$600
[16]
With the character here, this movie brings the honey & the funny, but kids don't know the title is punny
Bee Movie
Dan
|
$600
[4]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew peels an apple with a small knife.) From the Old French for "prepare", the name of this small kitchen knife tells us it's ideal for the peeling of fruits & vegetables
a paring knife
Dan
|
$400
[8]
He was born in 1755, graduated from Yale in 1773 & was hanged as a spy in 1776
Nathan Hale
Dan
Jeanie
|
$600
[23]
The lading or freight of a ship
cargo
Matt
|
$600
[28]
In 2005 an angry wife sold hubby's Lotus Esprit Turbo, worth $44,000, for 90 cents on this website; ouch
eBay
Dan
|
|
$800
[14]
Made of coral, it surrounds a lagoon above a submerged volcano
an atoll
Dan
|
$800
[17]
Kids will someday know this "Simpsons" mayor speaks like an ancient political family called the Kennedys
Mayor Quimby
Dan
|
$800
[5]
Most chef salads consist in part of cheese & meat cut in this style that bears a woman's name
julienne
Dan
|
$600
[12]
In 1968 this then-student created a comic strip called "Bull Tales" for the Yale Daily News
Garry Trudeau
Jeanie
|
$800
[24]
A dizzy sensation of tilting within stable surroundings; did it happen to U2?
vertigo
Dan
|
$800
[29]
In September 2000 the stock of this Houston-based energy company was at $90; by December 2001 it was under $1
Enron
Dan
|
|
$1,000
[15]
On a geographic grid called a graticule, parallels indicate latitude; these indicate longitude
meridians
|
$1,000
[18]
Just try to explain to kids the name of this puppet pal of Mister Rogers is a clever nod to Cervantes
Donkey Hodie
Jeanie
Matt
|
$1,000
[6]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew cuts an onion in a bowl full of water.) To slice an onion without tears, cut it under water where the allinase enzymes present can't form sulfinic this when reacting with your eyes
acid
Dan
|
$1,000
[22]
This late conservative columnist & Yale man's first book was 1951's "God and Man at Yale"
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Jeanie
|
$1,000
[25]
It's the capital of American Samoa
Pago Pago
Dan
|
$1,000
[30]
In 2008 this country's P.M. Nuri al-Maliki said the U.A.E. forgave its $7 billion debt; that's a lot to forgive
Iraq
Jeanie
|
| BALLET MUSIC | PRO FOOTBALL | ARE YOU SHAKESPEARIENCED? | STOCK LINGO | SCI. ABBREV. | IN THE DICTIONARY |
|
$400
[11]
The person playing this instrument is right up on stage in "Dances at a Gathering", to music by Chopin
piano
Matt
|
$400
[7]
In 2002 this NFL team moved its home games to the University of Illinois; in 2003 it moved back to Soldier Field
the Chicago Bears
Matt
|
$400
[2]
Shakespeare produced 154 of these short poems
sonnets
Matt
|
$400
[13]
A distribution of earnings to shareholders is called this; "Father" had a "little" one
a dividend
Jeanie
|
$400
[1]
For olive oil, 570 degrees:BP
boiling point
Dan
|
$400
[18]
Originally referring to a country house, it was first used in 1851 to mean a gambling establishment
a casino
Jeanie
|
|
$800
[26]
The album "Fiedler's Favorite" these includes the one of the Wooden Soldiers
a March
Matt
|
$800
[8]
Jim Zorn has gone from Washington to Washington as 1970s quarterback & as current coach for these 2 different teams
the Redskins & the Seahawks
Matt
|
$800
[23]
No one knows Shakespeare's birthday for sure, but we do know the date of this related ceremony: April 26, 1564
his baptism
Dan
Jeanie
|
$800
[14]
Dickens title adjective for a fund operated by an investment company, with stocks, bonds & other interests
a mutual fund
Jeanie
|
$800
[3]
At the other end from UV:IR
infrared
Matt
|
$800
[19]
The American Heritage Dict.'s 4 entries for this word: state capital, German Chancellor, archipelago & sea
Bismarck
Jeanie
|
|
DD
$1,400
[28]
Manuel de Falla's "El Sombrero de Tres Picos" translates to this in English
The Three-Cornered Hat
Matt
|
$1,200
[9]
The Cincinnati Bengals' home stadium is named for this man who built a dynasty with another Ohio team
Paul Brown
|
$1,200
[24]
When he was about 25, Shakespeare told the story of the sixth English king of this name
Henry
Matt
|
$1,200
[15]
This Greek letter measures how much a stock has risen or fallen over a one-year period
alpha
Jeanie
Matt
|
$1,200
[4]
In mammals, they have no nucleus:RBC
red blood cells
Dan
|
$1,200
[20]
As a noun, it's a small compartment for holding papers; as a verb, it means to assign to a proper category
to pigeonhole
Jeanie
|
| — |
$1,600
[10]
In his career he had a record 22,895 yards receiving, about 50% more than runner-up Tim Brown
Jerry Rice
Dan
|
DD
$1,300
[27]
As an actor, Shakespeare performed before these 2 monarchs, both of whom were patrons of his
Elizabeth I & James I
Matt
|
$1,600
[16]
This type of account allows an investor to buy securities on credit provided by the broker
the margin account
Jeanie
|
$1,600
[5]
The Venus flytrap is one:CP
a carnivorous plant
Matt
|
$1,600
[21]
Representing an unstressed neutral vowel, a schwa looks like this lower-case letter turned upside down
an e
Matt
|
| — |
$2,000
[12]
Part of the Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" on defense, he became TV's "Father Murphy"
Merlin Olsen
Dan
|
$1,600
[25]
Some think Will Shakespeare was an illiterate rube & Edward de Vere, Earl of this, wrote the plays
the Earl of Oxford
Jeanie
|
$2,000
[17]
Selling a security that you borrow rather than own, hoping the price drops, is this "selling" often frowned upon
selling short
Jeanie
|
$2,000
[6]
Below 1,200 miles in altitude:LEO
low Earth orbit
|
$2,000
[22]
Located toward the end of the dictionary , it's "z" chemistry of fermentation
zymurgy
|
In 1871 he answered, "Yes, and I feel thankful that I am here to welcome you"
Dr. Livingstone