Joe Pieper — a research engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Colette Windish — a French professor from Mobile, Alabama
Kevin Joyce — a customer service representative from Leominster, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $76,299)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin | $2,400 | $5,400 | $36,600 |
$35,000
3-day champion: $111,299 |
$31,400
33 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Colette | $1,800 | $2,600 | $-800 |
$-800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,000
8 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Joe | $-1,200 | $-400 | $3,200 |
$3,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,200
10 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| JOE THE PLUMBER | THE OFFICE GAMES | BIBLICAL NON-PROPHET | JUST A "SEC"! | THE REPORT OF MY DEATH... | IT'S NOT SO |
|
$200
[6]
Joe never goes on a job without his trusty this, aka a force cup or plumber's helper
a plunger
Joe
|
$200
[14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew sits around shooting rubber bands at stacked plastic cups with Jimmy & Kelly.) Even with a rubber band, this 4-letter term means to pull back the string to bend the bow--yes!--a word used by archers & artists
draw
|
$200
[9]
Hosea, Haggai, Hannah
Hannah
Kevin
|
$200
[1]
To cut into 2 equal parts
to bisect
Kevin
Colette
|
$200
[15]
In 1897, responding to a rumor, he wrote, "The report of my death was an exaggeration"
Mark Twain
Kevin
|
$200
[20]
Though 4,500 miles long, it's not visible from space, as its materials are similar in color to the surrounding soil
the Great Wall of China
Kevin
|
|
$400
[7]
The cleanout plug is out, & Joe uses this long , flexible "reptilian" tool to clear debris
a snake
Joe
|
$400
[26]
In office basketball, a type of talk used against opponents, or the type of can used as a goal
trash
Kevin
|
$400
[10]
Nahum, Samson, Ezekiel
Samson
Kevin
|
$400
[2]
A sacrilegious act; it may be done to a shrine
a desecration
Colette
|
$400
[16]
In 1969 the world was abuzz with rumors of this rock star's death; a barefoot album photo said it was so
Paul McCartney
Kevin
|
$400
[21]
One of the body parts made of keratin that don't grow after death; it's an illusion as the body shrinks from dehydration
fingernails
Colette
|
|
$600
[8]
It's not a 1920s gal, it's this item Joe must replace that covers the opening inside the base of the tank
a flapper
Kevin
|
$600
[27]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew faces off with Sarah.) In Post-It fencing, the same two words as in regulation fencing are used to warn your opponent to assume the position before a match--this phrase
En garde!
Colette
|
$600
[11]
Jeremiah, Belshazzar, Malachi
Belshazzar
Colette
Joe
|
$600
[3]
To cut apart a dead animal's body to examine the structure & relation of parts
dissection
Joe
|
$600
[17]
In 1972, after it was rumored that this billionaire recluse was dead, a telephone press conference was arranged with him
Howard Hughes
Joe
|
$600
[22]
In the early 20th century, Mary Mallon infected about 50 people, not thousands, with this disease
typhoid
Kevin
Colette
|
|
$800
[25]
Joe knows how to "assemble" 2 words into this 1-word toilet part by combining comedienne Lucille & a male chicken
a ballcock
Kevin
|
$800
[28]
In office bowling, roll a soda can at empty cups; just like in real bowling, a perfect game is this many strikes
12
Kevin
Colette
Joe
|
$800
[12]
Obadiah, Jonah, Bildad
Bildad
Kevin
|
$800
[4]
In a row, like Presidents Fillmore, Pierce & Buchanan
consecutive
Joe
|
$800
[18]
In 1813 this "Ancient Mariner" poet was in a coffee room when he learned that he had earlier hanged himself
Coleridge
Kevin
|
$800
[23]
To hide the success of radar in WWII, the British govt. said this root vegetable helped increase pilots' vision
carrots
Kevin
|
| — | — |
$1,000
[13]
Uriah, Elijah, Zechariah
Uriah
Colette
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
To pursue with harassing treatment because of race or religious beliefs
to persecute
Joe
|
$1,000
[19]
In 1981 many in the media mistakenly reported that this Press Secy. died in the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
(James) Brady
Kevin
|
$1,000
[24]
The "functional" type of this, MRI for short, shows we use all of our brain, not just 10%
magnetic resonance image
Joe
|
| JOE THE SENATOR | GRAMMY-WINNING COMEDY ALBUMS | BORROWED BOOK TITLES | AMERICANA | FAMOUS PAIRS | ONE LETTER CHANGES THE VOWEL SOUND |
|
$400
[1]
This Delaware man served in the Senate from 1973 to 2009, then got kicked upstairs
Joe Biden
Joe
|
$400
[15]
1999: Nobody hates his "Bigger and Blacker"
Chris Rock
Kevin
|
$400
[20]
This Steinbeck novel title comes from Genesis; Cain went there, to the land of Nod, after the murder
East of Eden
Kevin
Colette
|
$400
[10]
Matronly nickname for AT&T & its telephone system
Ma Bell
Kevin
|
$400
[26]
Ice cream partners pre-Ben & Jerry:Baskin & ____
Robbins
Joe
|
$400
[4]
A toothed strip of plastic for arranging hair turns into an ancient burial chamber
comb & tomb
Kevin
|
|
$800
[2]
In 1950 he attracted national attention by accusing the State Department of harboring Communists
Joe McCarthy
Joe
|
$800
[16]
1973:This addled duo's "Los Cochinos"
Cheech & Chong
Kevin
|
$800
[21]
The title of this Robert Penn Warren novel comes from a nursery rhyme
All the King's Men
Colette
|
$800
[11]
This capital's Frontier Days celebration has been held every year since 1897
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Joe
|
$800
[27]
Encyclopedia publishers:Funk & ____
Wagnalls
Kevin
Colette
|
$800
[5]
One turn in chess becomes passionate affection
move & love
Kevin
|
|
$1,200
[3]
This Connecticut senator was chairman of the Government Affairs Committee from 2001 to 2003
Lieberman
Kevin
|
$1,200
[17]
1964:This future sitcom star's "I Started Out as a Child"
(Bill) Cosby
Kevin
|
$1,600
[23]
This Hemingway title comes from poet John Donne's meditations about the inter-connectedness of people
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Joe
|
$1,600
[13]
This 2-word expression of surprise may have originally referred to General Winfield
Great Scott!
Kevin
|
$1,200
[28]
The Bad Boys of Magic: Penn & ____
Teller
Kevin
|
$1,200
[6]
To peruse a book or magazine, & a Jerry Garcia fan
read & dead
Joe
|
|
$1,600
[7]
On Sept. 26, 1797 Joseph Anderson began repping Tennessee along with this future president
(Andrew) Jackson
Kevin
|
$1,600
[18]
1972:This late satirist's "FM and AM"
(George) Carlin
Kevin
|
$2,000
[25]
This Southern saga published in 1936 gets its title from a line in a poem called "Cynara"
Gone With the Wind
|
$2,000
[14]
In 1837 fine dining came to NYC when 2 Swiss brothers "steaked" their claim & opened this restaurant
Delmonico's
Kevin
|
$1,600
[29]
He was her man but he done her wrong:Frankie & ____
Johnny
Kevin
|
$1,600
[8]
A word meaning to grant something becomes a bee colony home
give & hive
Kevin
|
|
$2,000
[24]
Joseph Hill, a strong health care advocate as a senator, was named for this antiseptic surgery pioneer
(Joseph) Lister
Kevin
|
$2,000
[19]
1994:His "Live from Hell" (cue scream)
(Sam) Kinison
Kevin
|
DD
$3,800
[22]
This title of John Grisham's first novel is from a passage in Ecclesiastes
A Time To Kill
Colette
|
DD
$6,400
[12]
"Enter a higher state" is a tourism slogan for this state
Colorado
Kevin
|
$2,000
[30]
Partners in crime:____ & Loeb
Leopold
Kevin
|
$2,000
[9]
Pig feed suddenly gets delivered with less than usual speed
slop & slow
Kevin
|
On Oct. 30, 2008 Playbill changed its logo color to green for a special edition marking this show's 5th anniversary on Broadway
Wicked