Dawn Bacak — a stay-at-home mom from Katy, Texas
Bruce Hanson — a graphic artist and musician from Hightstown, New Jersey
Leland Graham III — a research specialist and project coordinator from Rock Hill, South Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leland G. | $7,800 | $11,200 | $25,400 |
$23,400
2-day champion: $48,400 |
$19,200
25 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W |
| Bruce | $0 | $3,200 | $13,600 |
$1,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,600
20 R, 3 W |
| Dawn | $-200 | $2,000 | $3,200 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,200
7 R, 1 W |
| ANCIENT BOOKS | NFL TEAM NICKNAMES | THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD | SO LONG | GOOD BUY! | CHOW |
|
$200
[1]
Book 1 of Livy's 142-book "History of Rome" deals with these 2 sons of Rhea Silvia
Remus & Romulus
Bruce
|
$200
[6]
The Bucs
Tampa Bay
Bruce
|
$200
[11]
For most escaped slaves, the final destination was this country where slavery was illegal
Canada
Leland G.
|
$200
[16]
Normally known for its keen sense of smell, one of these dogs holds the Guinness record for longest ears also
the bloodhound
Bruce
|
$200
[13]
In January 2006 a single B-share of this Omahan's Berkshire Hathaway was $2,952; by Oct. 2008 it was $4,650
Warren Buffett
Leland G.
|
$200
[21]
This layered, flat-noodled Italian favorite is sometimes made with a bechamel sauce instead of tomato
lasagna
Leland G.
|
|
$400
[3]
Confucian writing includes the "Shih Ching", "Shu Ching" & this, whose title means "Classic of Changes"
I Ching
Leland G.
|
$400
[7]
America's Team, in the '70s
the (Dallas) Cowboys
Leland G.
|
$400
[12]
Like their counterparts on real railroads, helpers on the Underground Railroad were called these
conductors
Bruce
Dawn
|
$400
[17]
These 2 states got their names from the 2 longest rivers in the United States
Missouri & Mississippi
Bruce
|
$400
[27]
This shipbuilder led a group that bought the Yankees for $10 million in 1973; in 2008, the team was worth $1 billion
(George) Steinbrenner
Bruce
|
$400
[23]
Campbell's classic recipe for green bean casserole calls for one can of this soup
cream of mushroom
Dawn
|
|
$600
[2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a geometric diagram on the monitor.) The complex bridge of fools proof showing that the angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal is the point beyond which only very clever students are said to go in this book by Euclid
The Elements
Leland G.
Dawn
|
$600
[8]
The Monsters of the Midway
Chicago Bears
Leland G.
|
$800
[15]
Called "Moses" & a former slave herself, she ventured back into the South to help hundreds of slaves escape
(Harriet) Tubman
Bruce
|
$600
[18]
Growing to an intimidating 18 feet long, this hooded snake reigns as the world's longest venomous snake
the king cobra
Leland G.
|
$600
[28]
This company's venti cappuccinos must've sold big between Sept. '05 & May '06; its stock went up more than $16 a share
Starbucks
Leland G.
|
$600
[24]
I'm all up for Deli but let's skip this lingual meat, even if it does come with a potato pancake
tongue
Bruce
|
|
$800
[4]
Macrobius' book set during a banquet shares its title with this December festival, ancient Rome's jolliest
the Saturnalia
Leland G.
|
$800
[9]
The Fins
the Miami Dolphins
Leland G.
|
$1,000
[22]
Widely ignored in the North, this 1850 act, abbreviated FSA, outlawed assisting escaped slaves
the Fugitive Slave Act
Bruce
Dawn
|
$800
[19]
Linking Brooklyn & Staten Island, it's the USA's longest suspension bridge
the Verrazzano(-Narrows)
Bruce
|
$800
[29]
This 4-letter item was about $300 an ounce in Oct. 1998 but eureka! It had tripled a mere 10 years later
gold
Dawn
|
$800
[25]
At a sushi bar order iwashi to see how many of these fish you can pack away
sardines
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Epictetus produced books of these ethical lectures; today the word means furious rants
diatribes
Leland G.
|
$1,000
[10]
The Bolts
the San Diego Chargers
Leland G.
|
DD
$3,000
[14]
Abolitionist Levi Coffin's house in Fountain City, Ind. was known as this "Station" on the Underground Railroad
Grand Central
Leland G.
|
$1,000
[20]
This Connecticut daily has been published continuously since 1764, longer than any other U.S. newspaper
the Hartford Courant
Bruce
|
$1,000
[30]
Hope you got in when this Page/Brin search engine went public in '04; by 2007, it was up 510%
Google
Leland G.
|
$1,000
[26]
Oui! An hors d'oeuvre of raw cut-up vegetables served with a cold dip goes by this French name
crudites
Leland G.
|
| THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE | DOUBLE TALK | HEADED FOR THE FINNISH LINE | PROVERB VS. PROVERB | THEIR FIRST NOVELS | BACK AT THE CBC |
|
$400
[6]
In 1506 Pope Julius II chose architect Donato Bramante to design the new Basilica of this church in Rome
St. Peter's
Dawn
|
$400
[12]
Hip hip hooray! It's that tasseled stick or fluffy ball a cheerleader waves in her hand
a pom-pom
Leland G.
|
$400
[11]
This Finnish capital is often called "The White City of the North", as it's built largely of the local light-colored granite
Helsinki
Dawn
|
$400
[21]
I'm supposed to "beware of Greeks bearing gifts"--but if they bring me a gift one of these, I shouldn't look in its mouth...hmmm
a horse
Bruce
|
$400
[1]
"The Pickwick Papers"(1836-1837)
(Charles) Dickens
Dawn
|
$400
[25]
(Alex delivers the clue from back at the CBC.) From the Latin for "hearing", it's a short performance usually given when applying for a job; here's a clip of one of mine from the early 1960s"And we've got John Livingston sitting somewhere in the Penetanguishene River up to his little rubber dinghy in scum as he watches the fish float down the river."
an audition
Bruce
|
|
$800
[7]
His drawing of the "Vitruvian Man" represented the body of the human male in perfect proportion
Leonardo da Vinci
Leland G.
|
$800
[17]
Zurich & Paris were centers of this early 20th C, art movement based on chance & spontaneity
Dada
Bruce
|
$800
[13]
During WWII Finland fought this country in 2 separate wars, the Winter & the Continuation
the Soviet Union
Leland G.
|
$800
[22]
OK, OK--"he who hesitates is lost"...but aren't I supposed to do this before I leap?
look
Bruce
|
$800
[2]
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"(1962)
Ken Kesey
Bruce
|
$800
[28]
(Alex delivers the clue from back at the CBC.) Many stars got their early breaks here at the CBC, &someof them came back for a special 1979 film on Louis Riel--Christopher Plummer, Leslie Nielsen and this"Boston Legal" star
William Shatner
Bruce
|
|
$1,200
[8]
When not painting frescoes, he did odd jobs like making models of saltcellars for the Duke of Urbino
Michelangelo
|
$1,200
[18]
This sound of firecrackers is also a name for Grandpa, as in the kids' book "My" this "Is A Pirate"
pop-pop
Leland G.
|
$1,200
[14]
The markka was taken out of circulation in 2002; Finland now uses this
the Euro
Bruce
|
$1,200
[23]
If this is "mightier than the sword", then why the heck do "actions speak louder than words"?
a pen
Leland G.
|
$1,200
[3]
"The Scarlatti Inheritance"(1971)
Robert Ludlum
|
$1,600
[29]
(Alex delivers the clue from back at the CBC.) In 1967, the CBC international broadcast center was used by crews from all around the world who were here to report on this World's Fair
Expo '67
Leland G.
|
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
On Dec. 10, 1513 he wrote to Francesco Vettori that he had "composed a little work on princedoms"
(Niccolo) Machiavelli
Leland G.
|
$1,600
[19]
This Chinese pianist has appeared with the world's great orchestras & has his own Adidas shoe
Lang Lang
|
$1,600
[15]
Despite centuries of conflict, this language is also an official one of Finland (but only about 5% speak it)
Swedish
Leland G.
Bruce
|
$2,000
[27]
So do I need a bigger kitchen, or not? "Many hands make light work", but "too many cooks spoil" this stuff
the soup
Leland G.
Bruce
|
$1,600
[4]
"Buddenbrooks"(1901)
Thomas Mann
Bruce
|
$2,000
[26]
(Alex delivers the clue from back at the CBC.) Starting in 1978 on this Canadian comedy TV series, Eugene Levy began spoofing me as a wacky game show host called Alex Trebell"Good evening, everybody. Welcome to "Half Wits", the game show that's fun and at times extremely trying."
SCTV
Bruce
|
|
$2,000
[10]
On April 8, 1341 the Roman Senate crowned this sonneteer poet laureate
Petrarch
Leland G.
|
$2,000
[20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a picture on the monitor.) Mentioned by Jane Austen, a sunken fence designed to keep out animals but not ruin the view is called this, from the chuckle of surprise on noticing it
a ha-ha
Leland G.
|
$2,000
[16]
In 1897 the Finnish government awarded this musician a pension; in 1900 he rewarded them with "Finlandia"
(Jean) Sibelius
Bruce
|
DD
$5,000
[24]
Wait a minute--"opposites attract", but these "flock together"? Huh?
birds of a feather
Leland G.
|
$2,000
[5]
"The Bluest Eye"(1970)
Toni Morrison
|
— |
This N. European said his gravestone should be inscribed Princeps botanicorum, "prince of botanists"
Carolus Linnaeus