Regan Hofmann — an editor from Astoria, New York
Marc Sacks — an international development manager from Washington, D.C.
Michael O'Malley — a prosecutor from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | $2,400 | $4,000 | $23,600 |
$19,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$22,400
24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Marc | $6,200 | $8,200 | $13,800 |
$23,601
New champion: $23,601 |
$12,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Regan | $1,400 | $5,000 | $9,400 |
$2
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,400
15 R, 1 W |
| I THEE WED | BAND DEBUTS BY DECADE | SCANDALOUS NURSERY RHYMES | "C"OOKING | SOME CALL IT BLASPHEMY | ALPHABETICALLY LAST LETTER |
|
$200
[21]
1956:Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier
Regan
|
$200
[16]
Danny & the Juniors
the '50s
Marc
|
$200
[22]
Perhaps too much eggnog threw off this character's equilibrium when he had a great fall off a wall
Humpty Dumpty
Michael
|
$200
[2]
This dish, fried squid, is delish dipped in a simple tomato sauce
calamari
Michael
|
$200
[1]
His thesis No. 77 says it's blasphemy that the cross on the papal arms is of equal power to Jesus' cross
Martin Luther
Regan
|
$200
[11]
...in the title of the TV show you're on right now
Y
Michael
|
|
$400
[27]
1942:Indira Nehru
Gandhi
Marc
|
$400
[17]
The Moody Blues
the '60s
Michael
|
$400
[23]
An old woman living here gave her innumerable kids "broth without any bread"; hold her without bail
a shoe
Michael
|
$400
[7]
Migas, a Spanish dish, is bits of stale bread with this ground pork sausage with a Spanish name
chorizo
Regan
|
$400
[3]
Protesters at the Toronto film festival asked god to forgive the blasphemy of this man's film "Religulous"
Bill Maher
Regan
|
$400
[12]
...in the last name of the current U.S. president
O
Regan
|
|
$600
[28]
1986:Sarah Ferguson (but divorced in '96)
Prince Andrew
Michael
|
$600
[18]
The Sex Pistols
the '70s
Marc
|
$600
[24]
He kissed the girls & made them cry (I smell a lawsuit)
Georgie Porgie
Regan
|
$600
[8]
It's been called "nothing but cabbage with a college education"
cauliflower
Marc
|
$600
[4]
He went into hiding in 1989 when the Ayatollah called for his execution for blaspheming Islam
(Salman) Rushdie
Michael
|
$600
[13]
...in the name of your home planet
T
Michael
|
|
$800
[29]
1954Imelda Romualdez, after she won a national beauty contest
(Ferdinand) Marcos
Regan
|
$800
[19]
Linkin Park
the '90s
Marc
|
$800
[25]
I suspect steroids were involved when the cow jumped over the moon in this nursery rhyme
"Hey Diddle Diddle"
|
$800
[9]
This herb is also called coriander & Chinese parsley
cilantro
Marc
|
$800
[5]
Established by Pope Gregory IX in 1231, it fought blasphemy, alchemy & sorcery as well as heresy
the Inquisition
Marc
|
$800
[14]
...in the name of the third month of the year
R
Michael
|
|
$1,000
[30]
2005:Melania Knauss
Donald Trump
Regan
|
$1,000
[20]
The Killers
the 2000s
Marc
|
$1,000
[26]
Rub-a-dub-dub, these 3 men are in a tub; aw, make up your own joke
a butcher, a baker & a candlestick maker
Marc
Regan
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
This hot chili is actually a dried, smoked jalapeno
chipotle
Marc
|
$1,000
[6]
This Swedish dramatist drew charges of blasphemy for his 1884 collection of short stories "Married"
Strindberg
Marc
|
$1,000
[15]
...in the name of that opposable digit used for hitchhiking
U
Marc
|
| "GREAT" LEADERS | STAGE & SCREEN ROLE | PREFIXED WORDS | CAMPAIGN TRAIL MIX | IF YOU BUILD IT | THEY WILL COME |
|
$400
[1]
Russia, 1762-1796
Catherine the Great
Michael
|
$400
[6]
Annie Sullivan in "The Miracle Worker"
Anne Bancroft
Michael
Regan
|
$400
[13]
Cecil B. Demille was the first director to be seen on set with this device, whose prefix means "million"
a megaphone
Michael
|
$400
[11]
On the 1976 campaign trail, these 2 were called "Grits & Fritz"
Carter & Mondale
Marc
|
$400
[21]
You can see close to 300 resort art deco buildings in this state's South Beach
Florida
Regan
|
$400
[26]
In a 2007 festival, 3 million people of this religion immersed themselves in the waters of Allahabad
Hinduism
Marc
Regan
|
|
$800
[2]
The Roman empire, 324-337 A.D.
Constantine the Great
Michael
|
$800
[7]
Leo Bloom in "The Producers"
Matthew Broderick
|
$800
[14]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows his two forearms, each with a question mark written on it in highlighter.) Highlighter ink glows under black light, but cover it with sunscreen & it no longer glows, because sunscreen absorbs this spectrum of light
ultraviolet light
Michael
|
$800
[12]
Delegates at the 2004 Republican National Convention waved this hyphenated footwear to mock John Kerry
flip-flops
Regan
|
$800
[22]
At its opening, this NYC building was the largest marble structure in the U.S. & contained 75 miles of shelves
the public library
Regan
|
$800
[27]
3 million people in this city celebrated like it was 1918 after they won the World Series in 2004
Boston
Michael
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Hawaii, c. 1790-1819
Kamehameha the Great
Michael
|
$1,200
[8]
The master of ceremonies in "Cabaret"
Joel Grey
Regan
|
$1,200
[15]
This word isn't about wall paintings but the sports of students within a school
intramural
Regan
|
$1,600
[19]
The 1992 campaign button of this U.S. senator is seen here
Feinstein
Marc
|
$1,200
[23]
With 15 bedrooms, Pickfair in this L.A.-area city began the trend of building large celebrity-owned homes there
Beverly Hills
Marc
|
$1,200
[28]
In April 1990 about a million people gathered in Central Park to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this observance
Earth Day
Michael
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Prussia, 1740-1786
Frederick the Great
Michael
|
$1,600
[9]
Richard Nixon in "Frost/Nixon"
(Frank) Langella
Michael
|
$1,600
[16]
London built the first of these in 1863 &, despite sulfurous fumes from the steam locomotives, it was a success
a subway
Michael
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
On October 1, 1992 he reactivated his third party presidential campaign, having withdrawn in July
(Ross) Perot
Michael
|
$1,600
[24]
Built on Aztec ruins with pyramid & temple pieces, this city's Metropolitan Cathedral defines its skyline
Mexico City
Michael
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
In 2005 dozens of Heads of State & millions of pilgrims went to his funeral
John Paul II
Michael
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Wessex, 871-899
Alfred the Great
|
$2,000
[10]
Sir Thomas More in "A Man For All Seasons"
Paul Scofield
Michael
|
$2,000
[17]
When you break apart petroleum, you get this hydrocarbon that has 8 carbons chained together
octane
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1880 Lawnfield, his Ohio home, was the site of the first successful "front porch" campaign
James Garfield
|
$2,000
[25]
Completed in 2007, the Water Cube is one of the newer buildings in this city
Beijing
Marc
|
$2,000
[30]
Each year celebs, policymakers & other VIPs come to the world economic forum in this Swiss town
Davos
Michael
|
This 2-word term for a famous group of colleges 1st appeared in an AP story that ran in the Providence Journal in 1935
Ivy League