Ask Alex #19: Contestant.
Joanna Lees — a clerical worker from Fishers, Indiana
Bryan Cothorn — a math tutor from Baltimore, Maryland
Harris Cohen — a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris | $2,000 | $4,200 | $9,800 |
$8,400
2-day champion: $17,800 |
$9,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Bryan | $3,000 | $4,200 | $4,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,600
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Joanna | $2,800 | $7,800 | $11,200 |
$6,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,200
22 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| LET'S GO TO ITALY | REVOLVING RESTAURANTS | ON BOARD GAME BOARDS | THE "ANTI"-CATEGORY | MIRO, MIRO ON THE WALL | WHO'S THE FAIREST ONE OF ALL? |
|
$200
[6]
The bell tower in this city began to tilt after the construction of the first 3 of its 8 stories
Pisa
Harris
|
$200
[16]
The world's 2nd--& now the oldest--revolving restaurant has topped this Jetson-y Seattle landmark since '62
The Space Needle
Joanna
|
$200
[11]
Luxury Tax, Chance, Jail/Just visiting
Monopoly
Bryan
|
$200
[1]
Certain Dri & Secret are brands of this personal product
antiperspirant
Bryan
|
$200
[26]
Some Joan Miro paintings are on the wall in this Spanish seaport where Miro was born in 1893
Barcelona
Joanna
|
$200
[17]
In a 1937 Disney film, the wicked queen is miffed when the mirror says the fairest one is this heroine
Snow White
Harris
Bryan
|
|
$400
[7]
We'll fly into this city's Leonardo Da Vinci international airport, popularly called Fiumicino
Rome
Joanna
|
$400
[18]
In 1961, La Ronde at the Ala Moana office tower in this state capital became the first revolving restaurant
Honolulu
Bryan
Joanna
|
$400
[12]
Areas called Greenland, Western Europe, Alaska
Risk
Harris
|
$400
[2]
Amoxicillin & ampicillin are types of these
antibiotics
Harris
|
$400
[27]
Oui, oui! Miro created a ceramic wall for the UNESCO building in this city in 1958
Paris
Joanna
|
$400
[22]
A Long Beach, Ca. bathing beauty contest evolved into this pageant that picks the best-looking gal in our cosmos
Miss Universe
Harris
|
|
$600
[8]
You can visit this volcano that overlooks the Bay of Naples, reaching the rim of the crater's mouth
Vesuvius
Harris
Bryan
|
$600
[19]
For a peachy view of this city, visit the Sun Dial restaurant atop the Westin Peachtree Plaza
Atlanta
Joanna
|
DD
$800
[13]
Hall, Study, Conservatory
Clue
Harris
|
$600
[3]
Cymbalta & Lexapro are types of these
antidepressants
Harris
|
$600
[28]
The huge mural that Miro painted for a hotel in this southwest Ohio city in 1947 is now owned by the city's art museum
Cincinnati
Joanna
|
$600
[23]
In 2008 this Goldie girl (actually, Goldie's daughter) graced the cover of People's Most Beautiful People issue
Kate Hudson
Harris
|
|
$800
[9]
This northern Italian city at the heart of the Po Basin is known for the Pirelli Building & its Fashion Weeks
Milan
Joanna
|
$800
[20]
See a moving view of Manhattan from the View Restaurant & Lounge at the Marriott Marquis on this square
Times Square
Joanna
|
$800
[14]
Yes, No, Good Bye
Ouija
Joanna
|
$800
[4]
A 1997 treaty banned this type of land mine, used against people rather than mechanized vehicles
anti-personnel
Harris
Joanna
|
$800
[29]
Many of Miro's works have adorned the walls of this Manhattan museum known by a 4-letter acronym
MOMA
Bryan
|
$800
[24]
A 2005 "60 Minutes" story said the world's most beautiful woman is Aishwarya Rai, queen of this country's cinema
India
Joanna
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Check out the Campanile & the Galleria Degli Uffizi in this Tuscan town
Florence
Bryan
|
$1,000
[21]
You'll glide past part of the Living With the Land ride while dining at the Garden Grill in this Disney World park
Epcot
Harris
|
$1,000
[15]
Millionaire Estates, Pay Day!
Life
Bryan
|
$1,000
[5]
The direct opposite, or the term for the rhetorical contrast of "Give me liberty, or give me death"
antithesis
Harris
|
$1,000
[30]
Miro's 1949 "Women and Bird in the Moonlight" is on the wall of the "modern" branch of this London gallery
the Tate
Joanna
|
$1,000
[25]
Her dad (Crown Prince Haakon) called Princess Ingrid of this country the "most beautiful little girl in the world"
Norway
Bryan
|
| WORLD OF LITERATURE | NBA TEAMS, LITERALLY | OLD HAT | THE WRATH OF GRAPES | 2-LETTER RESPONSES | JOHNNY, TELL THEM WHAT THEY'VE WON |
|
$400
[3]
As a medical student in this city, Chekhov wrote short stories to help support his family
Moscow
Harris
|
$400
[21]
Devices used by a rider to urge his mount forward
Spurs
Bryan
|
$400
[9]
Is there a cake underherhat? No, probably just poofy hair on this regal 18th-century fashion plate
Marie Antoinette
Bryan
|
$400
[10]
Dehydrated organs suck water from this one, making it shrink & causing those hangover headaches
the brain
Joanna
|
$400
[19]
2009's "New in Town" must have some material that may not be suitable for children, as it got this rating
PG
Harris
|
$400
[26]
You've won a brand new White House, & let the fireworks start as your opponent, Thomas Jefferson, is your new V.P.
John Adams
Joanna
|
|
$800
[5]
His "L'Ile mysterieuse" , published in 1874, foresaw the submarine, the aqualung, TV & space travel
(Jules) Verne
Joanna
|
$800
[20]
Small, slender dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period
Raptors
Harris
|
$800
[15]
She put a little dent in a pillbox hat she wore on January 20, 1961, & suddenly dented pillboxes were all the rage
Jacqueline Kennedy
Joanna
|
$800
[11]
Yikes! This organ converts alcohol to acetaldehyde, which is 10 to 30 times more toxic than alcohol itself
the liver
Joanna
|
$800
[22]
According to the TV show title, it was Thomas Magnum's profession
PI
Harris
Bryan
|
$800
[27]
You've beaten the Germans in this battle, their last offensive in the west during WWII, & the Ardennes is now yours to keep
the Battle of the Bulge
Bryan
|
|
$1,600
[7]
"Demian" is a Bildungsroman by this German novelist & poet
Hermann Hesse
Joanna
|
$1,200
[1]
A form of energy associated with the motion of atoms or molecules
the (Miami) Heat
Harris
|
$1,200
[16]
At Colonial Williamsburg, men wear this type of cocked hat whose name tells you it's tacked up on 3 sides
three-cornered hat (tricorne)
Bryan
|
$1,200
[12]
Sulfites are among the suspected causes of RWH, these headaches; you can get them from burgundy or rioja
red wine headaches
Bryan
|
$1,600
[24]
In 2006 Nintendo introduced a new sleeker "Lite" version of this handheld game console
DS
Harris
|
$1,200
[28]
You've won a case of sunscreen for your vacation to this kingdom formed by a man who named himself King of al-Hijaz
Saudi Arabia
|
|
$2,000
[8]
Iraklion-born Nikos Kazantzakis is best known for this 1946 novel
Zorba the Greek
|
$1,600
[2]
Gallant or chivalrous knights, especially on horseback
the (Cleveland) Cavaliers
Joanna
|
$1,600
[17]
The Smithsonian has a teensy top hat worn by this man, possibly P.T. Barnum's most famous attraction
Tom Thumb
Joanna
|
$1,600
[13]
Alcohol blocks this growth gland's creation of antidiuretic hormone, so drinkers do a lot of, um, diureting
the pituitary gland
|
$2,000
[25]
In a serious move Sirius Satellite Radio acquired this rival in 2008
XM
Harris
|
$1,600
[29]
After winning the 3rd Punic War, you deserve a little sack for what you pillage from this city that was near current Tunis
Carthage
Joanna
|
|
DD
$3,000
[6]
First & last name of the writer whose uncle became the president of Chile in 1970
Isabel Allende
Joanna
|
$2,000
[4]
Enchanters, such as Gandalf
the (Washington) Wizards
Bryan
|
$2,000
[18]
In the 1960s, this Texas-based airline had bubbly lookingstewardessesinbubble helmetsdesigned by Pucci
Braniff
|
$2,000
[14]
Alcohol causes the stomach to secrete this acid, HCl; drink too much & the body tells the stomach to get rid of it
hydrochloric acid
Joanna
|
DD
$4,400
[23]
In November of 2008 shares of its stock dropped to nearly $3, the lowest level in almost 60 years
GM
Bryan
|
$2,000
[30]
You've won the race to discover this element--now decide whether to call it "fire air" or "dephlogisticated air"
oxygen
Joanna
|
Rhyming last names of the 2 men pictured here, who had two very different professions
Barrow & Darrow