Rick Robbins — an automotive restoration technician from Galva, Kansas
Priscilla Ball — a government contractor from Montgomery Village, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,799)
Jeff Mangum — a rental car manager from Louisville, Kentucky (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff | $2,600 | $3,400 | $16,200 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Priscilla | $2,600 | $10,200 | $18,800 |
$32,401
2-day champion: $45,200 |
$15,600
27 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Rick | $2,600 | $3,600 | $3,600 |
$6,201
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,600
8 R, 2 W |
| IN JOE PATERNO'S FIRST YEAR | BOOKS THAT BECAME FILMS | PREPOSITIONS | FORTUNE-TELLING | THIS, THAT | THE OTHER |
|
$200
[26]
Secretary of State Rusk visited this capital to assure South Vietnam we wouldn't sell it out
Saigon
Priscilla
|
$200
[1]
"Who Censored Roger Rabbit?"
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Priscilla
|
$200
[6]
It comes between Doctors & Borders in an international humanitarian organization
without
Rick
|
$200
[21]
Gaze into Uma Silbey's book about these fortune-telling spheres; there's a whole section on quartz ones
crystal balls
Priscilla
|
$200
[11]
A symbol of Judaism, the star of David is formed by 2 interlocking these
triangles
Priscilla
|
$200
[16]
The 3 Baltic states are Estonia, Latvia & this other country
Lithuania
Rick
|
|
$400
[27]
On Dec. 18 this Dr. Seuss animated classic aired for the first time
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Jeff
|
$400
[2]
"Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team"
Munich
Jeff
|
$400
[7]
If this preposition didn't exist, we'd have song titles like "More Than There" & "More Than The Rainbow"
over
Jeff
|
$400
[22]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew tries her hand at fortune-telling.) Themiddle part of the cupstands for the near future in tasseography, the art of doing this
reading tea leaves
Priscilla
|
$400
[12]
In March 2007 Colorado adopted as its second state song this John Denver hit
"Rocky Mountain High"
Priscilla
|
$400
[17]
Linus Pauling had the same initials as this other chemist who lived in France 100 years earlier
Louis Pasteur
Jeff
|
|
$600
[28]
This leader launched his Cultural Revolution
Mao
Priscilla
|
$600
[3]
"Wiseguy"
Goodfellas
|
$600
[8]
It's the 4-letter preposition in the 4-word phrase that starts many a fairy tale
upon
Priscilla
Rick
|
$600
[23]
"It's only a game--isn't it?" is a slogan of this board whose mysterious new version actually glows in the dark
a Ouija board
Priscilla
|
$600
[13]
The cooling capacity of an air conditioner is measured in these 3-letter units
a BTU
Priscilla
|
$600
[18]
The 2 official languages of Haiti are Creole & this
French
Priscilla
|
|
$800
[29]
U.S. Catholic bishops did away with the rule prohibiting this on Fridays
eating meat
Rick
|
$800
[4]
"The Murder of Bob Crane"
Auto Focus
Jeff
|
$800
[9]
It precedes "wraps" when keeping something a secret
under
Rick
|
$1,000
[25]
From the Latin for "to speak", it's a speaker of wise predictions, whether at Delphi or in Omaha
an Oracle
Priscilla
|
$800
[14]
This attraction at Disneyland is about 1/100th the height of its real Swiss counterpart
the Matterhorn
Priscilla
|
$800
[19]
Among the 30 busiest airports in the U.S. are O'Hare & this other one in Chicago
Midway
Priscilla
|
|
$1,000
[30]
The Tashkent agreement, signed in the USSR, ended a 17-day war between these 2 other countries of Asia
India & Pakistan
|
$1,000
[5]
A 2008 award-winning movie:"Q & A"
Slumdog Millionaire
Jeff
|
$1,000
[10]
To infinity & this preposition, as they say in "Toy Story"
beyond
Priscilla
|
DD
$2,200
[24]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reads your future.) In palmistry, the fleshy pads on the hands are called mounts; a well-developed mount of this signifies a satisfying love life
a mount of Venus
Priscilla
|
$1,000
[15]
This bay on the U.S. Atlantic Coast is actually the submerged valley of the Susquehanna River
the Chesapeake
Rick
|
$1,000
[20]
The holiest cities in Islam are Mecca & this
Medina
Priscilla
|
| MOUNTAINS | EMMY-WINNING SITCOM EPISODES | GONE "-ICIAN" | A DEVIL'S DICTIONARY | FILL IN THE TITLE | SNAKES & ADDERS |
|
$400
[6]
On June 15, 1991 a volcanic eruption tore the top off Mount Pinatubo in this country
the Philippines
Priscilla
|
$400
[1]
"Welcome to Korea"(Directing, 1976)
M*A*S*H
Priscilla
|
$400
[16]
Esthetician is another word for this skin care professional
a cosmetician
Jeff
Rick
|
$400
[11]
Could it be this name for the devil, from the Hebrew for "adversary"?
Satan
Jeff
|
$400
[21]
"I.M."by Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man
Priscilla
|
$400
[26]
These snakes, such as the reticulated type of Asia, have tiny hind limbs
pythons
Priscilla
|
|
$800
[7]
Mount Ansel Adams is found on the southeast boundary of this national park
Yosemite
Priscilla
|
$800
[2]
"The Return of Barney Fife"(Actor, 1966)
The Andy Griffith Show
Rick
|
$800
[17]
Stonewall Jackson was an expert this, great at maneuvering on the battlefield
tactician
Priscilla
|
$800
[12]
Sweeney Todd was this title type of barber
demon
Rick
|
$800
[22]
"T.S."by Albert Camus
The Stranger
Jeff
|
$800
[27]
This adder earns its name by inflating its body & hissing (call it P. Addy)
a puff adder
Priscilla
|
|
$1,600
[9]
Of South America's 10 highest peaks, 9 of them rise all or in part in this country
Argentina
Jeff
Priscilla
|
$1,200
[3]
"Mary Richards Goes to Jail"(Writing, 1975)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Priscilla
|
$1,200
[18]
A master of the triangle trade (percussion-wise)
a musician
Jeff
|
$1,200
[13]
The name of this rebellious archangel comes from the Latin for "light bringing"
Lucifer
Jeff
Rick
|
$1,200
[23]
"R.R."by Richard Yates
Revolutionary Road
|
$1,200
[28]
The mangrove snake's vertically elliptical eye pupils give rise to this other name for it (does it hiss or meow?)
the cat-eyed snake
Jeff
|
|
$2,000
[10]
This highest Australian peak was named for a Polish patriot who aided America during the Revolutionary War
Kosciusko
Priscilla
|
$1,600
[4]
"The Contest"(Writing, 1993)
Seinfeld
Jeff
|
$1,600
[19]
Someone who handles fireworks (carefully, we hope)
a pyrotechnician
Jeff
|
$2,000
[15]
The current form of this 14-letter name for one of the 7 chief devils comes from Goethe's "Faust"
Mephistopheles
Jeff
Priscilla
|
$1,600
[24]
"J.S.S."by Rudyard Kipling
Just So Stories
|
$1,600
[29]
Grim name of Australian adders of the genus Acanthophis
death adders
|
|
DD
$3,000
[8]
When Mount Everest's summit was reached in May 1953, this became the world's highest unclimbed peak
K2
Priscilla
|
$2,000
[5]
"Today I Am a Clown"(Voice-over Performance, 2004)
The Simpsons
Jeff
|
$2,000
[20]
Sir, step away from the cream pie. I repeat, step away from the pie. I am an RD, short for this
registered dietician
Priscilla
|
DD
$4,000
[14]
When used with "the", this last name of a British author is an exclamation meaning "the devil!"
Dickens
Jeff
|
$2,000
[25]
"D.O.A.M."by Nikolai Gogol
Diary of a Madman
|
$2,000
[30]
These snakes of the genus Lycodon get their familiar name from "what big teeth they have"
wolf snakes
Jeff
|
This cartoon character debuted in 1930, the same year the object he shares a name with was discovered
Pluto