Adam Pan — a graduate student originally from Amarillo, Texas
Heather Menzel — a high school history teacher from South Fork, North Carolina
Anne Reilly — a stay-at-home mom from Stow, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anne | $1,200 | $2,500 | $4,100 |
$8,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,600
16 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Heather | $1,400 | $1,400 | $16,000 |
$15,599
New champion: $15,599 |
$14,600
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Adam | $2,800 | $3,400 | $8,200 |
$3,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,200
16 R, 3 W |
| IN THE STATE CAPITAL | TRICKY STUPID ANSWERS | AN "O'" CATEGORY | GEMS & JEWELRY | MAYBE WE'LL INVADE BRITAIN! | THAT'S NOT CRICKET |
|
$200
[6]
Lincoln's House Divided speech may "ring" in your ears at the State Capitol where he gave it, in this city
Springfield
Adam
|
$200
[8]
Cheers to you if you will grace us with the name of this sitcom that cast Debbie Reynolds & Blythe Danner as moms
Will & Grace
Adam
|
$200
[1]
Feline-sounding flogging whip
a cat-o'-nine-tails
Anne
|
$200
[22]
The ankle type of this is usually wider in circumference than the kind you wear around your wrist
a bracelet
Anne
|
$200
[12]
A storm, not unusual in the Channel in February, ended a planned 1744 invasion by this country
France
Adam
|
$200
[17]
The unlucky guy seenhereis the hawk variety of this insect
a moth
Heather
|
|
$400
[7]
Spending a day in this Western city? Try to "cram" in a trip to the Crocker Art Museum
Sacramento
Anne
|
$400
[10]
This TV show that deals with a Miami CSI team has characters named Sgt. James Doakes, Dexter Morgan & Rita Bennett
Dexter
Anne
|
$400
[2]
Hat named after the hero of a 1791 poem by Robert Burns
tam-o'-shanter
Anne
|
$400
[23]
Once reportedly worn in a sultan's belt buckle, a 75-carat one of these green gems is now in the Smithsonian
an emerald
Adam
|
$400
[13]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Spanish coast.) Francis Drake's attacks on the Spanish province of Galicia were the last straw for Spain's king in deciding to gather this naval force
the Spanish Armada
Adam
|
$400
[18]
The aphid species of this stinging flier is seen magnified here; you don't want to know what it does to aphids
a wasp
Adam
|
|
$600
[9]
I'll quaff some "ale" at the Carolina Ale House in this capital
Raleigh
Anne
Heather
|
$600
[11]
A line from this book: "Spring now comes unheralded by the return of birds, & the early mornings are strangely silent"
Silent Spring
Anne
|
$600
[3]
Cubed spuds fried with green peppers & onions
Potatoes O'Brien
|
$600
[24]
A stunning pink type of this gem is sometimes harvested from the queen conch
a pearl
Anne
|
$600
[14]
A Brit named Cassivellaunus opposed this Roman's invasion in the 50s B.C.
Julius Caesar
Anne
|
$600
[19]
Yikes! It's the rhinoceros type of this common insect
a beetle
Heather
|
| — |
$800
[27]
In an ESPN ad, Danica Patrick's race car is towed from a designated space as this ex-"SportsCenter" anchor looks on
Dan Patrick
|
$800
[4]
Late afternoon stubble
five o'clock shadow
Heather
|
$1,000
[26]
Sunlight may change the color of this traditional November birthstone that's often a sunny shade of yellow
topaz
Anne
Adam
|
$800
[15]
During WWII this German Air Force was supposed to soften up the Brits, paving the way for Operation Sea Lion
the Luftwaffe
Adam
|
$800
[20]
It's easy to see how this insect got its familiar name
a walking stick insect (stick insect accepted)
Heather
Adam
|
| — | — |
$1,000
[5]
A misleading hope, or phosphorescent light seen at night over a marsh
will-o'-the-wisp
Adam
|
DD
$1,500
[25]
The name of this jeweled ornament is pronounced like something you do to "the subject"
brooch
Anne
|
$1,000
[16]
In 1667 Admiral de Ruyter of this European power led an expedition up the Medway River to within 20 miles of London
Holland
Anne
|
$1,000
[21]
Did she or didn't she? Only an entomologist knows for sure, but it's this type of grasshopper seen here
a katydid
|
| HEALTH & MEDICINE | FISHY SPORTSMEN | BOOKS & AUTHORS | SIGNIFICANT MOTHERS | SPANISH TO ENGLISH | THAT'S CRICKET |
|
$400
[1]
Women should have this test regularly to screen for cervical cancer
the Pap test
Anne
|
$400
[11]
After leaving Oakland in 1975, this pitcher signed a $3.75 million contract with the Yankees, the richest in MLB
Jim "Catfish" Hunter
Adam
|
$400
[2]
Reason for the 2006 recall of the novel "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild & Got A Life"
plagiarism
Anne
|
$400
[13]
At the 2008 Democratic Natl. Convention, daughter Chelsea introduced her as "my hero and my mother"
Hillary Clinton
Adam
|
$400
[17]
A part of the body:cerebro
the brain
Adam
|
$400
[26]
The first intl. cricket match took place in September 1844; Canada beat this neighbor by 23 runs
the United States
Adam
|
|
$800
[7]
A 2008 Toronto study found that doctors are more likely to recommend replacing this joint in men
the knee
Heather
|
$800
[12]
Bill Parcells got his nickname of the "Big" this when he likened himself to a StarKist commercial
Tuna
Adam
|
$800
[3]
Her next book after "Fear of Flying" was a poetry collection, "Loveroot"
Erica Jong
Anne
|
$800
[14]
Sadly, she died in 1934, just a year before daughter Irene won a Nobel Prize for chemistry
Marie Curie
Anne
|
$800
[18]
A place to stew:cocina
a kitchen
Anne
|
$800
[27]
Cricket is played between teams (or "sides") of this many players each--handy if a football game breaks out
11
Anne
|
|
$1,200
[8]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew indicates some spines.) Normally, the spine is pretty straight from the neck to the tailbone; in this condition the spine curves in an "S" or a "C" shape & may require surgery
scoliosis
Heather
|
$1,200
[23]
Given his last name, this Lefty for the White Sox & Cubs was naturally nicknamed "Rainbow"
(Steve) Trout
Heather
|
$1,200
[4]
Artax was Atreyu's mount in this "interminable" kids tale
The Neverending Story
Heather
|
$1,200
[15]
Reportedly, the Manhattan cocktail was created for a banquet given by this British P.M.'s Amer. mum Jennie
(Winston) Churchill
Adam
|
$1,200
[19]
A novel:"Cien Años de Soledad"
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Anne
|
$1,200
[28]
Cricket's World Cup is contested every 4 years; crikey! This country has now won 3 straight
Australia
Heather
Adam
|
|
$2,000
[10]
This diagnostic procedure uses ultrasound to image the heart; a "stress" one is done after some form of exercise
an echocardiogram
|
$1,600
[24]
This former UConn guard got a change of scenery in 2007 & won a championship ring with the Celtics
Ray Allen
Anne
|
$1,600
[5]
This Behrendt & Tuccillo book, now a movie, is subtitled "The no-excuses truth to understanding guys"
He's Just Not That Into You
Adam
|
$1,600
[16]
She was the mom of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife
Queen Isabella of Spain
|
$1,600
[20]
A metallic element:plomo
lead
Adam
|
— |
|
DD
$3,000
[9]
It's estimated that 1 in 150 children in the U.S. have this disability whose name is partly from the Greek for "self"
autism
Heather
|
$2,000
[25]
Nickname of the NFL's Kenneth Gant & of his dance that featured an upraised hand to look like a fin
The Shark
Heather
|
$2,000
[6]
This "Fight Club" author's book "Rant" is described as the "oral biography" of a serial killer
Chuck Palahniuk
Heather
|
$2,000
[22]
This saint & mother of Constantine the Great is credited with finding the True Cross
Saint Helena
Anne
|
$2,000
[21]
A proverb:"Pensar antes de hablar"
Think before you speak
Heather
|
— |
The 1949 shooting of Philly 1B Eddie Waitkus by Ruth Steinhagen inspired this novel, later a 1984 film
The Natural