Roy Ha — a geophysicist from Sugar Land, Texas
Bonnie Fish — a contract writer and retired educator from Cameron, Missouri
Andrew Schwartz — an independent filmmaker from Miami, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,787)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | $3,800 | $4,200 | $6,200 |
$12,201
2-day champion: $31,988 |
$6,200
11 R, 1 W |
| Bonnie | $800 | $1,400 | $6,600 |
$2
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,600
11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Roy | $1,600 | $6,200 | $8,000 |
$3,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
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|
$200
[16]
People's usual rankings of caste, gender, status & age are reversed on Holi, a spring festival of this faith
Hinduism
Roy
|
$200
[11]
"Nocturnal Fears", a proposed sequel to this, would've seen Elliot kidnapped by aliens; Spielberg said N-O
E.T.
Roy
|
$200
[6]
In a 1900 book this dog "ran about the room... barking loudly; but Dorothy sat quite still"
Toto
Bonnie
Roy
|
$200
[1]
A dateless but nevertheless Jolly Roger
a stag flag
Andrew
|
$200
[26]
Born 1956:An American pop saxophonist
Kenny G
|
$200
[21]
In a beehive workers do all the work & these males have just one job: to mate with the queen
drones
Roy
|
|
$400
[17]
Across the pond, Commonwealth Day was originally established on May 24, the birthday of this 19th century queen
Victoria
Roy
|
$400
[12]
Warner Bros.' "Green Lantern" missed the green light after fan outcry over this "School of Rock" guy as the lead
Jack Black
Andrew
|
$400
[7]
Buck is a pampered dog that's stolen & taken to the Yukon during the Gold Rush in this novel
The Call of the Wild
|
$400
[2]
A lively dance in the ship's prison, mateys
a brig jig
Roy
|
$400
[27]
Born 1878:A Mexican revolutionary
Pancho Villa
Bonnie
Roy
|
$400
[22]
On a standard Dell PC keyboard, model L100, the function keys run from F1 to this
F12
Andrew
|
|
$600
[18]
The third Saturday in May is this American military observance
Armed Forces Day
Roy
|
$600
[13]
A proposed third film in this series would've seen the title guys "in Hell", but Bill Murray slimed the project
Ghostbusters
Roy
|
$600
[8]
Tim Johnson wanders Maycomb County as the community pet until he gets rabies in this novel
To Kill a Mockingbird
Roy
|
$600
[3]
A civil suit brought because of damage to the left side of a ship
a port tort
Andrew
|
$600
[28]
Born 1850:An Old West lawman & "Kid" killer
Pat Garrett
|
$600
[23]
The 3 weapons used in fencing are the epee, the foil & this one--en garde
the sabre
Roy
|
|
$1,000
[20]
If it's July 24, Ecuador & Venezuela must be celebrating the birthday of this early 19th century leader
(Simón) Bolívar
Roy
|
$800
[14]
John Candy, John Belushi & Chris Farley have all been linked to film versions of this John Kennedy Toole novel
A Confederacy of Dunces
Andrew
|
$800
[9]
Missing having a dog inspired Kate DiCamillo to write this book with a supermarket in the title
Because of Winn-Dixie
Andrew
|
$800
[4]
Pirates' treasure containing kiwi & apple
a fruity booty
Roy
|
$800
[29]
Born 1883:A 3-named English economist
John Maynard Keynes
Roy
|
$800
[24]
Sort of Earth's garter belt, this line marks the southernmost points where the sun is directly overhead in winter
the Tropic of Capricorn
|
|
DD
$1,600
[19]
In December Mexico's festival Las Posadas commemorates these 2 people's search for shelter
Mary & Joseph
Roy
|
$1,000
[15]
Groucho said no to a script this surrealist wrote for the Marx Bros.; he sent Harpo a barbed-wire harp anyway
(Salvador) Dali
Andrew
|
$1,000
[10]
The learned English dog is empowered with speech & reason in his novel "Mason & Dixon"
Thomas Pynchon
|
$1,000
[5]
Gravy served with Coleridge's "lucky" seabird
an albatross sauce
Bonnie
|
$1,000
[30]
Born 1932:A left-footed Irish artist & author
Christy Brown
|
$1,000
[25]
In amphibians the mesonephros organs perform the same function as this pair in humans
the kidneys
Bonnie
|
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|
$400
[1]
The Biblioteca Nacional Venezuela is in this city
Caracas
Bonnie
|
$400
[18]
I remember this variety show that signed off with "I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together" from 1967 to 1978
The Carol Burnett Show
Andrew
Bonnie
|
$400
[11]
This No. 1 word means "a rescue from financial distress", though it sounds like something done on a leaky boat
bailout
Andrew
|
$400
[16]
In 1939 physicist Lise Meitner & her nephew Otto Frisch coined this term referring to the splitting of an atom's nucleus
nuclear fission
Andrew
|
$400
[6]
...among the 8 planets
Earth
Bonnie
|
$400
[25]
(Jon of the Clue Crew presents from a Sandeman Winery cellar in Portugal.) Grape brandy is added to port halfway through the fermentation process; that's what makes it this type of wine
fortified wine
|
|
$800
[2]
This Slovakian capital with "slav" in its name was occupied by the Slavs in the 8th century
Bratislava
Bonnie
|
$800
[19]
I remember Bob Crane outwitting Werner Klemperer on this show every week from 1965 to 1971
Hogan's Heroes
Andrew
|
$800
[12]
Used in 2008 political mudslinging, this Marxist theory lies "between capitalism & communism"
socialism
Roy
|
$800
[17]
Returning from Samoa in 1926, she met fellow anthropologist Reo Fortune aboard ship; they married in 1928
(Margaret) Mead
Bonnie
|
$800
[7]
...among New York City's 5 boroughs
the Bronx
Andrew
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
(Jon of the Clue Crew presents from a Sandeman Winery cellar in Portugal.) Vintage port continues to age in the bottle, while this type of port, whose name refers to its brownish color, ages in wooden barrels
tawny
Roy
|
|
$1,200
[3]
One of the 2 world capitals on the Rio de la Plata estuary
Montevideo & Buenos Aires
|
$1,200
[20]
I remember this 1960-64 show with Tod & Buz cruising the U.S. (actually, I remember the theme better)
Route 66
Bonnie
|
$1,200
[13]
As a noun it means a scoundrel; as an adjective it refers to a nation whose leaders defy international law
rogue
Roy
|
$1,200
[23]
This marine biologist's 1951 book "The Sea Around Us" spent 86 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list
Rachel Carson
Roy
|
$1,200
[8]
...of the 8 Ivy League colleges
Brown
Bonnie
|
— |
|
$1,600
[4]
This capital of Bangladesh is just west of the Meghna River
Dhaka
Bonnie
|
$1,600
[21]
I remember these 2 hunky doctor shows that dueled on ABC & NBC from 1961 to 1966
Dr. Kildare & Ben Casey
Bonnie
|
$1,600
[14]
From the Greek for "hate" & "women" comes this word for the hatred of women
misogyny
Roy
|
$1,600
[24]
In the 1950s she studied Tanzanian rock paintings that formed the basis of her later book "Africa's Vanishing Art"
Mary Leakey
|
$1,600
[9]
...of the independent countries in Europe
Albania
Roy
|
— |
|
$2,000
[5]
This capital of Ghana is on the Gulf of Guinea
Accra
Bonnie
|
$2,000
[22]
I remember this 1966-1971 soap opera about vampires, witches & werewolves
Dark Shadows
Roy
|
$2,000
[15]
Meaning "to evaluate for possible approval", this word can also refer to a type of doctor
vet
|
— |
DD
$2,000
[10]
...among the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Deuteronomy
Bonnie
|
— |
Of the U.S. state quarters that feature sail-powered craft, the state depicting the oldest ship
Florida