Tim McMahon — a lawyer originally from Lexington, Kentucky
Noah Sheola — a graduate student originally from Peterborough, New Hampshire
Kara Mohler — a history teacher from Silver Spring, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kara | $1,400 | $5,400 | $13,200 |
$26,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$16,200
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Noah | $2,400 | $3,400 | $5,800 |
$9,801
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,800
10 R, 0 W |
| Tim | $-200 | $3,000 | $14,600 |
$26,500
New champion: $26,500 |
$17,600
25 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| THE 1960s | THE QUOTABLE KEITH RICHARDS | "S"CIENCE | IN THE OFFICE FRIDGE | THE SOUTHERN DANDY EXPOUNDS | CHANGE THE VOWELS |
|
$200
[7]
1963 protests by members of this religion, some of whom immolated themselves, led to the fall of South Vietnam's govt.
Buddhists
Noah
|
$200
[3]
Keith said "the only things" he & this guy disagree about are "the band, the music and what we do"
Mick Jagger
Noah
|
$200
[12]
Eradicated worldwide by vaccination programs, this febrile disease is caused by the variola virus
smallpox
Tim
|
$200
[20]
There's an empty cup in the freezer to make scooping this more sanitary for all (yet no one refills the trays)
ice
Tim
|
$200
[1]
Ah do so enjoy dressin' like this fast food icon, who began sellin' his products in buckets in 1957, indeed ah do
Colonel Sanders
Tim
|
$200
[26]
Mournful sound: grain
groan
Tim
|
|
$400
[8]
These alphanumeric planes told the U.S. government about the Soviet missiles in Cuba
U-2 planes
Kara
|
$400
[4]
It "made us all sick" when this "Layla" guy "went away for 6 months and came back playing better than anybody"
(Eric) Clapton
Noah
|
$400
[13]
Once also called brimstone, this element produces a very strong odor when burned
sulfur
Tim
|
$400
[21]
The butter compartment is filled with Kikkoman packets of this alliterative condiment
soy sauce
Kara
|
$400
[2]
Ah will not sully mah hand in this barbaric practice that resulted in Button Gwinnett's 1777 death! Good day, suh!
dueling
Noah
|
$400
[27]
A dog: pot ball
a pit bull
Noah
|
|
$600
[9]
Detroit was a candidate to host the 1968 Olympic Games that went to this Latin American capital
Mexico City
Noah
|
$600
[5]
"I've never turned" this color "in somebody else's bathroom, I consider that the height of bad manners"
blue
Noah
|
$800
[15]
Used as a sweetener, this white crystalline powder, C7H5NO3S, is 300 times as sweet as sugar
saccharin
Tim
|
$600
[22]
Someone has this candy bar in the freezer because rock-hard it "really satisfies", as its slogan used to say
Snickers
Noah
|
$600
[17]
Before we part, ah present to you this alliterative paper item with all mah pertinent social information
calling card
Tim
|
$600
[28]
Letterman bit: Tip Tan Lust
Top Ten List
Tim
|
|
$800
[10]
In 1968 this pope reaffirmed church opposition to artificial means of birth control
Pope Paul VI
Kara
|
$800
[6]
This '60s guitar icon was "a sweet guy... trying to find his own place to hide, he just hid too deep, that's all"
Jimi Hendrix
Kara
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
(Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a couple of pours.)Like sand fitting into the spaces left by marbles, salt fills in the spaces between water molecules; the arrangement between two such substances is called this
a solution
Tim
|
$800
[24]
These containers named for a guy called Earl are crammed up; careful taking one out!
Tupperware
Kara
|
$800
[18]
Ashley honey, have you seen this 7-letter lightweight umbrella of mine lyin' 'round? it's pow'ful hot
parasol
Tim
|
$800
[29]
Formal attire need: block pints
black pants
Kara
|
|
$1,000
[11]
Rafael Trujillo's 30-year tyranny over this country ended with his assassination in 1961
the Dominican Republic
Kara
|
$1,000
[23]
Keith said this guy "showed us all in the '60s...new ways of writing songs"--then called him "a nasty little bugger"
Bob Dylan
|
$1,000
[16]
It's what the "S" stands for in SEM, a type of electron microscope
scanning
Tim
|
$1,000
[25]
Made of chickpeas formed into balls, this street food of Israel has been in the fridge so long, I think it growled at me
falafel
Kara
|
$1,000
[19]
The leaves of the southern or laurel type of this tree tickle the skin on mah face & remind me of gentler times
magnolia
Tim
|
$1,000
[30]
Library to-do: chuck eat I beak
check out a book
Kara
|
| ENGLISH LITERATURE | MR. OBAMA GOES TO WASHINGTON | BIRDS OF A FEATHER | OVERLAPS | THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT | THE SMELL OF THE CROWD |
|
$400
[11]
"Curtain: Poirot's last case" was supposed to be published after her death but was released during her lifetime
Agatha Christie
Tim
|
$400
[6]
Barack Obama was born on Aug. 4, 1961 in this state capital
Honolulu
Tim
|
$400
[1]
Rock, turtle, mourning
a dove
Noah
|
$400
[12]
One one-hundredth part & a revealing spread halfway through a magazine
a percenterfold
Tim
|
$400
[19]
In 1964 Hal Prince produced this musical set in an east European shtetl; it ran for 3,242 performances
Fiddler on the Roof
Tim
|
$400
[26]
Environmentalist Denis Hayes led 100s of students in organizing the observance of this April 22, 1970 event
Earth Day
Tim
|
|
$1,200
[18]
In part II of this allegory, Christian's wife, Christiana, sets out on a pilgrimage
Pilgrim's Progress
Tim
|
$800
[7]
Obama entered this university's law school in 1988 & graduated magna cum laude in '91
Harvard
Kara
|
$800
[2]
Red-headed, ivory-billed, yellow-bellied sapsucker
a woodpecker
Tim
|
$800
[13]
The gathering of crops & a house entryway
harvestibule
Tim
|
$800
[20]
Dolly Parton wrote the music & lyrics for this show, Broadway-bound in 2009; what a way to make a livin'!
9 to 5
Tim
|
$800
[27]
Pele scored his 1000th goal in front of more than 100,000 fans at Maracana Stadium in this country
Brazil
Tim
|
|
$1,600
[24]
In "Ivanhoe" the crusading knight is disinherited by his father because of his love for her
Rowena
|
$1,200
[8]
Obama said, "I got (this) middle name from somebody who obviously didn't think I'd ever run for president"
Hussein
Kara
|
$1,200
[3]
Amazon, African gray, lory
parrot
Tim
|
$1,200
[14]
Solar timepiece & a regional language variation
sundialect
Tim
|
$1,200
[21]
He took home both a Tony & an Oscar for his role in "The King and I"
(Yul) Brynner
Tim
|
$1,200
[28]
This pacifist led 100s on a 240-mile march to the sea, making salt from seawater to protest the salt acts
Gandhi
Tim
|
|
$2,000
[25]
This fireside novella by Dickens is subdivided not into 3 chapters but into 3 chirps
The Cricket on the Hearth
|
$1,600
[9]
Obama was only the third African American to be elected to the Senate since the 1865-1877 period known as this
Reconstruction
Kara
|
$1,600
[4]
Blue, wattled, sandhill
crane
Tim
|
$1,600
[15]
Military clothing & the chemical makeup of a compound
a uniformula
Kara
|
$1,600
[22]
George Wendt played the Great White Way in 2008 as Edna Turnblad in this musical set in 1962
Hairspray
Kara
|
$1,600
[29]
On Sept. 19, 1981 Simon & Garfunkel played for 500,000 people on the Great Lawn, part of this 843-acre area
Central Park
Tim
|
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
Long Jack is one of the crew on a cod boat that rescues Harvey Cheyne in the Grand Banks in this Kipling novel
Captains Courageous
Kara
|
$2,000
[10]
Obama won the White House with 365 electoral votes; he only needed this many to win
270
Noah
|
$2,000
[5]
Macaroni, Fjordland, Adelie
penguins
|
$2,000
[16]
The Magyar capital & a plague
Budapestilence
Kara
|
$2,000
[23]
On Broadway since 2001, this musical co-written by a guy named Bjorn (big hint!) is about a wedding on a tiny Greek island
Mamma Mia!
Kara
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
About 800 bishops & other churchmen participated in this council (I) from Dec. 1869 to Oct. 1870
the Vatican Council
Tim
|
Of the 4 countries in the world that the U.S. does not have diplomatic relations with, the one that's farthest north
North Korea