Brian Boone — a writer/editor from Ashland, Oregon
Diane Wilshere — an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
Daniel Stauss — a federal claims examiner from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | $3,200 | $5,400 | $9,400 |
$18,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,400
16 R, 1 W |
| Diane | $-400 | $600 | $15,800 |
$18,801
New champion: $18,801 |
$15,800
12 R, 2 W |
| Brian | $5,000 | $6,400 | $1,200 |
$2,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| ZOOLOGY | GEEK CHIC | SU-SU-SUSHI-O | THE PLAY'S THE THING | RECORD OF THE YEAR GRAMMYS | THE "END" ZONE |
|
$200
[15]
Dolphins & porpoises belong to a suborder called Odontoceti, which means they have these
teeth
Daniel
|
$200
[1]
This smartphone brand is gunning for the iPhone with the "Storm" touchscreen phone
the BlackBerry
Brian
|
$200
[26]
Often served as an appetizer, edamame are these legumes, served in the pod
soybeans
Brian
|
$200
[11]
This play:"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy"
Hamlet
Brian
|
$200
[6]
1989:"Wind Beneath My Wings"
Bette Midler
Brian
|
$200
[21]
Term meaning to give oneself up, as to the cops
surrender
Daniel
|
|
$400
[16]
During courtship & fast maneuvers, this bird can beat its wings more than 200 times per second
a hummingbird
Daniel
|
$400
[2]
If you want a bracelet Bravia, this company has developed the world's first flexible OLED screen
Sony
Daniel
|
$400
[27]
The powder form of this green condiment must be mixed with water before becoming a paste
wasabi
Brian
|
$400
[12]
Don't fear! This 1962 Edward Albee play won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Brian
|
$400
[7]
2000:"Beautiful Day",2001:"Walk On"
U2
Daniel
Diane
|
$400
[22]
To support, or to sign the back of a check
endorse
Brian
|
|
$600
[17]
Not only does it have armor to protect itself, the 3-banded variety of this can also roll into a ball
the armadillo
Daniel
|
$600
[3]
Plastics are being experimented on to make solar cells, as this 2nd-most abundant element in Earth's crust is costly
silicon
Daniel
|
$600
[28]
Before you have your sushi, try some miso soup, which usually has green onions & cubes of this in it
tofu
Brian
|
$600
[13]
In his Broadway debut in 2008, Terrence Howard was solid as Brick in this Tennessee Williams play
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Brian
|
$600
[8]
2002:"Don't Know Why"
Norah Jones
Brian
|
$600
[23]
My audition for this Las Vegas ensemble didn't go well; maybe male exotic dancing isn't my thing after all
Chippendales
Brian
|
|
$800
[18]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew illustrates two fur patterns on the monitor.) It's easy to mistake a jaguar for a leopard, but on closer examination, jaguars often have spots inside these flowery-named markings; the leopard doesn't
rosettes
|
$800
[4]
The Felica card, a standard in Japan for ID cards, train passes & shopping, uses RFID, this type of frequency ID
radio
Daniel
|
$800
[29]
Crab, cucumber, rice & this fatty fruit are all wrapped up in a California roll
avocado
Brian
|
$800
[14]
In this 1949 Pulitzer-winning play, Willy & his 2 sons butt heads
Death of a Salesman
Daniel
|
$800
[9]
1971:"It's Too Late"
Carole King
Brian
|
$800
[24]
Alliterative term for accidentally causing casualties to one's own combat troops
friendly fire
Brian
|
|
$1,000
[19]
The male of this baboon relative is quite colorful--blue cheeks, a long red nose & a red, blue & violet rump
a mandrill
Diane
|
$1,000
[5]
New super-thin laptops like the Toshiba Portege R500 use this type of hard drive
flash
Brian
|
$1,000
[30]
Anago is the salt water type of this fish; unagi is the fresh water
eel
Daniel
Brian
|
$1,000
[20]
A seedy NYC hotel-saloon & the pipe dreams of its inhabitants are elements of this "cool" 1946 Eugene O'Neill play
The Iceman Cometh
Brian
|
$1,000
[10]
1963:"Days of Wine And Roses"(instrumental)
Henry Mancini
Brian
|
DD
$2,400
[25]
This 7-letter word means to presage or forebode
portend
Brian
|
| ASIAN GEOGRAPHY | MOVIE TAGLINES | THE TUDORS | AMERICAN NO MORE | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT... | WHAT "R" WE? |
|
$400
[26]
This capital city lies on the Han River, about 22 miles east of Inchon
Seoul
Brian
|
$400
[2]
1984:"They ain't afraid of no ghost"
Ghostbusters
Daniel
|
$400
[1]
A sinister presence at court is Sir Francis Bryanwho lost that eye in one of these sporting events
a joust
Daniel
|
$400
[17]
Named for a Bing Crosby movie, this hotel chain is now owned by Britain's Intercontinental Hotels Group
Holiday Inn
Diane
|
$400
[12]
He won a Pulitzer Prize
(J.F.) Kennedy
Brian
|
$400
[11]
This South African monetary unit is named for a major gold mining area
the rand
Diane
|
|
DD
$400
[28]
This region in the northeast, also called Tungpei, or "the northeast", is a "candidate" for having China's best forests
Manchuria
Brian
|
$800
[3]
1996:"There's no such thing as free cable"
The Cable Guy
Daniel
|
$800
[8]
Sir Reginald Pole, seen here, doesn't get to be king but was the last Catholic archbishop of this"There is another Catholic with a legitimate claim, a scion of the Plantagenets who ruled before the Tudors and would gladly rule after them."
Canterbury
Diane
|
$800
[18]
Founded by a guy named Harvey, this tire company formerly based in Akron is now owned by Japan's Bridgestone
Firestone
Brian
|
$800
[13]
He was a member of the Missouri National Guard
Harry Truman
Brian
|
$800
[22]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands with a robot at SRI International at Menlo Park, CA.) Developed in the 1960s, Shakey the robot could carry out complex operations; according to the Robot Hall of Fame, he was the first mobile robot to do this, meaning to think logically
reason
Daniel
|
|
$800
[27]
This peninsula extends from the Isthmus of Kra in southern Thailand to the Johor Strait
the Malay Peninsula
|
$1,200
[4]
1994:"Life's greatest adventure is finding your place in the circle of life"
The Lion King
Diane
|
$1,200
[7]
The scenehereis part of the king's campaign against these establishments
monasteries
Diane
|
$1,200
[19]
The "King of Beers" was usurped when this country's In Bev bought Budweiser in 2008
Belgium
Diane
|
$1,600
[15]
He defeated the Creek in the 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend
(Andrew) Jackson
Diane
|
$1,200
[23]
This cat breed is named for its propensity to lie limply in its owner's arms
the ragdoll cat
|
|
$1,600
[29]
This "gem" of a river becomes a 20-mile-wide estuary between Hong Kong & Macao
the Pearl River
|
$1,600
[9]
1985:"17-year-old Marty McFly got home early last night. 30 years early"
Back to the Future
Daniel
|
$1,600
[5]
Thisadviser who helped take down Thomas More does lots of the king's dirty work"There is this... the submission of the Lady Mary."
Thomas Cromwell
Diane
|
$1,600
[20]
Ruth Graves Wakefield, creator of Toll House cookies, sold her treats to this Swiss company
Nestlé
Diane
|
$2,000
[16]
He served several years as mayor of Greenville, Tennessee
Andrew Johnson
Brian
|
$1,600
[24]
Male names for pistols include "rod" & this other name that also starts with "RO"
roscoe
|
|
$2,000
[30]
This country forms the entire shoreline of the Sea of Marmara
Turkey
|
$2,000
[10]
2008:"Heroes aren't born. They're built"
Iron Man
Daniel
Diane
Brian
|
$2,000
[6]
Henry VIII is starting to suspect everyone, even in the honeymoon period with this third wife
Jane Seymour
Diane
|
$2,000
[21]
In 2008 the Abu Dhabi Investment Council paid $800 million for a 75% share of this NYC art deco skyscraper
the Chrysler Building
Diane
|
DD
$4,000
[14]
He was Ben Franklin's successor as minister to France
Thomas Jefferson
Brian
|
$2,000
[25]
This -ology is the medical specialty that treats joint, muscle & connective-tissue disorders
rheumatology
Daniel
|
She was born on February 22, 10,000 B.C. weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces
Pebbles Flintstone