Justin Bernbach game 2.
Lindsay Barnes — a journalist from Charlottesville, Virginia
Deborah Charles — a retired airline agent from Avenel, New Jersey
Justin Bernbach — a lobbyist from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin | $4,200 | $5,800 | $15,800 |
$29,700
2-day champion: $51,301 |
$13,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Deborah | $3,400 | $4,700 | $11,900 |
$7,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Lindsay | $1,400 | $3,400 | $14,800 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| FAMOUS AMERICANS | THEIR FIRST TOP 10 SOLO HIT | NUMBER, PLEASE | HOW INVENTIVE | ABSOLUTE ADJECTIVES | THE NEW YORK TIMESTECHNOLOGY |
|
$200
[6]
Legendary General George Armstrong Custer first saw action in this war
the Civil War
Deborah
|
$200
[1]
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"(1985)
Sting
Lindsay
|
$200
[7]
A goose egg
0
Deborah
|
$200
[16]
This Renaissance man's invention of the maritime lock allowed Milan to link with the Po river via a canal system
Da Vinci
Deborah
|
$200
[21]
As is often said, you can't be a little bit this, also called "in a family way"
pregnant
Lindsay
|
$200
[26]
(Mr. Pogue points a handheld projector at a screen.) Micro projectors are tiny, but at short range they give you a nearly cinematic experience; they use the same type of DLP technology that's replacing film in movie theaters; DLP stands for this type of light processing
digital
Lindsay
|
|
$400
[12]
He's the future governor & labor union president seenherearound 1940
Ronald Reagan
Lindsay
|
$400
[2]
"Cry Me A River"(2002)
Justin Timberlake
Deborah
|
$400
[8]
Fourscore
80
Deborah
|
$400
[17]
Hoping to capitalize on the popularity of Superman was one factor in naming this '70s audio product
the Walkman
|
$400
[22]
A nickname of Rome is this type of "City", an adjective that should not be modified
Eternal
Deborah
|
$400
[27]
(David Pogue reads the clue.) You can track your car, your dog or even your teenager with a Zoombak, which pinpoints their location courtesy of this space-based system
GPS
Lindsay
|
|
$600
[13]
Today found on the $10 bill, he was an aide-de-camp to Washington & also served in his cabinet
(Alexander) Hamilton
Deborah
|
$600
[3]
"The Heat Is On"(1984)
Glenn Frey
Justin
|
$600
[9]
Number of ounces in a Starbucks "venti"(hope you speak Italian)
20
Deborah
|
$800
[19]
Friedrich Jahn of Germany invented this gymnastics event that uses a surface 16 feet long & 4 inches wide
the balance beam
Deborah
|
$600
[23]
This 6-letter word for "one of a kind" should never be preceded by "very"
unique
Lindsay
|
$600
[28]
(David Pogue reads the clue.) A truly green product, the prototype Sony Ericsson Greenheart phone is made of recycled plastic & bioplastic from this most commonly grown U.S. grain
corn
Lindsay
|
|
$800
[14]
In 1995 astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to board this Russian space station
Mir
Justin
|
$800
[4]
"London Bridge"(2006)
Fergie
Lindsay
|
$800
[10]
A long-playing record, in RPMs
33 1/3
Justin
|
DD
$900
[18]
Fashion designer Jacques Heim called his smallest style the Atom; rival Louis Reard named his after this atoll
Bikini
Deborah
|
$800
[24]
Absolute mathematical terms include parallel & this, indicated by 2 parallel lines
equal (equals accepted)
Justin
|
$800
[29]
(David Pogue reads the clue.) I'm holding a Blu-ray DVD player that can also download movies & TV shows from this service that's now living up to its name; its CEO has said, "There's a reason we didn't call the company DVD By Mail"
Netflix
Justin
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Though the Constitution says the U.S. can't have one of these, it was the last name of Constitution signer Rufus
King
Deborah
|
$1,000
[5]
"Mother And Child Reunion"(1972)
Paul Simon
Justin
|
$1,000
[11]
3-digit number for a gross
144
Justin
|
$1,000
[20]
This magnetic device was invented in China & used to find the best burial place
the compass
|
$1,000
[25]
It's not just unlikely, it's this, the I in the IM Force
impossible
Deborah
Lindsay
|
$1,000
[30]
(David Pogue reads the clue.) OLED technology delivers such an incredible picture in such a thin screen because there's no backlight needed; each of these 518,400 units making up the image generates its own light
a pixel
Lindsay
|
| THE SUPER BOWL | THE DOLPHINS | THE GIANTS | THE JETS | THE "BUC"s | SOMEDAY THE SAINTS |
|
$400
[1]
A 1979 third-round draft pick by the 49ers, this QB was Super Bowl MVP 3 times
Joe Montana
Lindsay
|
$400
[26]
The dolphin kick is used in competition in this sport
swimming
Lindsay
|
$400
[6]
"Hands of Victory", giant crossed swords made from melted guns used in the war against Iran, dominate this city's skyline
Baghdad
Justin
|
$400
[12]
The "Q" in QSST, a proposed 12-passenger luxury jet, stands for "quiet", as it wouldn't produce this 2-word sound
a sonic boom
Justin
|
$400
[7]
It's grain ground into flour, o-tay?
buckwheat
Lindsay
|
$400
[17]
Canonized in 1933, this French nun & visionary is the Patron Saint of Lourdes
Bernadette (Soubirous)
Justin
Deborah
|
|
$800
[2]
That's right, Watson--this Steeler's catch in the waning seconds of Super Bowl XLIII won him the MVP
(Santonio) Holmes
Deborah
|
$800
[28]
The tucuxi, an under-4-foot dolphin, has been found swimming more than 1,500 miles up this river
the Amazon
Lindsay
|
$800
[19]
A giant ocean cataract, a type of this under the Denmark Strait, carries 5 million cubic meters of water per second
a waterfall
Deborah
|
$1,200
[14]
In the Korean War U.S. F-86 Sabre jets participated in dogfights with these Soviet fighter planes
MiGs
Justin
|
$800
[8]
Perhaps to keep this president from being lonely, the King of Siam offered him a herd of elephants
(James) Buchanan
Justin
|
$800
[18]
This saint is also the Patron Saint of shoe shiners & not just on Christmas
Nicholas
Lindsay
|
|
$1,200
[3]
This city on the Great Lakes is the only NFL city that has never hosted nor appeared in a Super Bowl
Cleveland
Justin
Lindsay
|
$1,200
[27]
Seen here, this variety of dolphin takes its name from a distinctive facial feature
the bottlenose
Deborah
|
$1,200
[21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.) Completely landlocked & fed by rivers like the Zhem, the Ural & the Volga, this large sea is actually a lake
the Caspian
Deborah
|
$1,600
[15]
The A380 from this France-based co. was designed to carry up to 840 passengers; how long does deplaning take?
Airbus
Justin
|
$1,200
[9]
An open 4-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with a flexible seat
a buckboard
Deborah
|
$1,200
[20]
He wrote to the Corinthians, "When I became a man, I put away childish things"
St. Paul
Lindsay
|
|
$1,600
[4]
The 1980 Raiders were first to win a Super Bowl after making the playoffs as this, a non-division winner
a wildcard
Justin
|
$2,000
[30]
In the 400s B.C. this Greek historian told the story of the rescue of the poet Arion by a dolphin
Herodotus
|
$1,600
[22]
If you're visiting the rocky promontory called the Giant's Causeway, you're traveling on this island
Ireland
|
$2,000
[16]
Each turbojet on the Northrop F-5E generates 3,500 pounds of thrust; these "kick in" to boost thrust to 5,000 pounds
afterburners
Lindsay
|
$1,600
[10]
Whenever Johnny & I wrestle, he climbs up to the top one of these corner-of-the-ring supports & bodyslams me
a turnbuckle
Lindsay
|
$1,600
[24]
On Christmas Eve in 1223, this Italian saint set up a nativity scene in Greccio, complete with live animals
St. Francis (of Assisi)
Deborah
|
|
$2,000
[5]
In 1988 he became the first African-American quarterback to start & win a Super Bowl
Doug Williams
Lindsay
|
DD
$3,000
[29]
This research society has published the Dolphin Log for kids & the Calypso Log for adults
the Cousteau Society
Lindsay
|
$2,000
[23]
To see Mario Irarrazabal's giant "Hand of the Desert" statue, visit the Atacama Desert in this country
Chile
Justin
|
DD
$3,200
[13]
Introduced in the 1980s, it's the Boeing jet whose digits add up to 20
the 767
Justin
|
$2,000
[11]
This monarch has a troubling dream in the Bible's Book of Daniel
Nebuchadnezzar
Justin
|
$2,000
[25]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Spain.) The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela houses the remains of this saint--"Iago" in Spanish--the traditional evangelizer of Spain
St. James
|
On September 23, 1952 some 60 million people, the largest TV audience to that time, tuned in for this live address
the Checkers Speech