Beth Ford — a professor of African-American literature from Wellesley, Massachusetts
Kyle Abello — a recreational coordinator from Solvang, California
Jason Pratt — a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason | $1,000 | $5,200 | $8,800 |
$17,500
2-day champion: $32,701 |
$8,800
14 R, 1 W |
| Kyle | $2,000 | $0 | $5,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Beth | $5,400 | $4,600 | $10,200 |
$2,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
15 R, 2 W |
| NAME YOUR BUSINESS | I'M GETTING HUNGRY | SPELL IT BACKWARDS | LET ME TAKE YOU DOWN | 'CAUSE I'M GOING TO... | A SERIES OF FIELDS |
|
$200
[26]
Motown records got its name by shortening this 2-word term for Detroit
"Motor Town"
Kyle
|
$200
[1]
Ouch! I'd better scrape the thorns off the nopal type of this desert plant before I cook it
a cactus
Beth
|
$200
[21]
Inuit boat of sealskin
K-A-Y-A-K
Kyle
|
$200
[5]
In 1959 this Cuban led the overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Jason
|
$200
[11]
... Bismarck, this state's capital. That's it, nothing else, I just want to go there
North Dakota
Kyle
|
$200
[16]
In 2010 the stadium for this university's Wolverines will hold more than 108,000; Go Blue!
the University of Michigan
Jason
|
|
$400
[27]
Convenience store chain named for its hours of operation in 1946; today you can get a Double Gulp there 24-7
7-Eleven
Kyle
|
$400
[2]
I'll wash my snack down with one of the Jones Soda Co.'s fun flavors, like Fufu Berry or this color Bubble Gum (as I'm a boy)
Blue
Beth
|
$400
[22]
A firecracker that fails to fire
D-U-D
Jason
|
$400
[6]
Grolier says this man "contributed directly to the collapse of the Romanov dynasty shortly after his own death"
Rasputin
Kyle
|
$400
[12]
...this city on the French Riviera; I'll hit its casinos & its Promenade de la Croisette, then maybe catch a film or 6
Cannes
Beth
|
$400
[17]
Sammy Sosa hit his 60th homers of 1998, 1999 & 2001 in this Chicago venue
Wrigley Field
Jason
|
|
$600
[28]
Brand whose name is a shortened form of National Biscuit Company
Nabisco
Kyle
|
$600
[3]
I melt at the sight of this soft French cheese, be it de meaux or de melun
brie
|
$600
[23]
A highway patrolman's "gun" or a Golden Earring "Love" song
R-A-D-A-R
|
$600
[7]
Under this nickname, W. Mark Felt leaked info to Woodward & Bernstein that toppled a president
"Deep Throat"
Beth
|
$600
[13]
...this Thai city, where the royal family lives in the Chitlada Palace
Bangkok
Kyle
|
$600
[18]
This NFL squad plays its home games at Invesco Field at Mile High
the Denver Broncos
Jason
|
|
$800
[29]
The big K in the name of this retail chain is in honor of founder Sebastian S. Kresge
Kmart
Kyle
Beth
|
$800
[4]
Instead of wrapping sushi in nori, which is dried this, I'll eat the nori as a snack
seaweed
Kyle
|
$800
[24]
From the Latin for "wheel", it's the part of a helicopter that provides upward lift
R-O-T-O-R
Jason
|
$800
[9]
In 1996 this Russian chess champ bested an IBM computer in a 6-game tourney; in '97, Deep Blue returned the favor
Kasparov
Jason
|
$800
[14]
...this 86,000-square mile region disputed by India & Pakistan that also extends into China
Kashmir
Beth
|
$800
[19]
In 2009 this baseball stadium's ghosts had to move across 161st Street to its new address
Yankee Stadium (the New York Yankees accepted)
Jason
|
|
DD
$4,200
[30]
Al Copeland named this fast food franchise after a character in "The French Connection", not a cartoon
Popeyes
Kyle
|
$1,000
[8]
I'll keep my yap shut or I won't get any of these "canine" cakes of deep-fried cornmeal
hush puppies
Beth
|
$1,000
[25]
Asian new year celebration
T-E-T
|
$1,000
[10]
On June 20, 1947 this gangster found out exactly how displeased Meyer Lansky was about the cost of the Flamingo Hotel
Bugsy Siegel
Beth
|
$1,000
[15]
...Jidda, on the Red Sea & home to nearly 3 million in this country
Saudi Arabia
Beth
|
$1,000
[20]
The Minnesota Twins have won 2 World Series championships at this enclosed home stadium
the (Hubert Humphrey) Metrodome
Jason
|
| THAT TITLE IS TAKEN | ONE-WORD MOVIES | O, CANADA | THE MUSIC OF BALLET | IT'S SO "EZ" | ENERGY FROM EVERYWHERE |
|
$400
[6]
T.S. Eliot's poem title this "land" comes from Jessie L. Weston's "From Ritual to Romance"
The Waste Land
Jason
|
$400
[22]
Nicole Kidman & Hugh Jackman starred in this epic about the land Down Under
Australia
Kyle
|
$400
[1]
In 1871 British Columbia joined Canada on the condition it be linked to the eastern provinces by this
railroad
Jason
|
$400
[16]
Czech, please: the Mozart symphony named for this capital underscores a 1990 ballet
Prague
Kyle
|
$400
[11]
It's a wind of at least 4 mph
a breeze
Jason
|
$400
[21]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew wears a hat and holds a small spinning propeller at the RISO Nat'l Lab for Sustainable Energy in Denmark.) Using polymers, RISO created an electricity-generating hat powered by this type of readily available energy
solar
Beth
|
|
$800
[7]
A Lillian Hellman title refers to the Song of Solomon line about how they "spoil the vine"
the little foxes
|
$800
[26]
Robert Pattinson played dreamy vampire Edward Cullen in this 2008 blockbuster
Twilight
Beth
|
$800
[2]
Oddly, this province is 1/2 hour ahead of Atlantic Standard Time
Newfoundland
|
$800
[17]
"Duo Concertant" is performed to a Stravinsky piece composed for piano & this stringed instrument
violin
Kyle
|
$800
[12]
You'll ask for this if you want a Budweiser in Barcelona
a cerveza
Jason
Beth
|
$800
[23]
To boost fuel cell technology, RISO is working to safely produce & store this, atomic No. 1
Hydrogen
Kyle
|
|
$1,200
[8]
This title of Maya Angelou's autobiography comes from the poem "Sympathy" by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Beth
|
$1,200
[27]
John Travolta voiced the title canine in this 2008 family film
Bolt
|
$1,200
[3]
In 2006 Stephen Harper led this political party to power
the Conservative Party
Kyle
|
$1,200
[18]
This Khachaturian "Dance" with a weapon in its name enlivens the wedding scene in the ballet "Gayane"
"The Sabre Dance"
Kyle
|
$1,200
[13]
He was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1960 to 1964 & from 1977 to 1982
Brezhnev
Beth
|
$1,600
[25]
This Toyota hybrid model introduced in 1997 was already green, but the Danes made one that runs on wind power
the Prius
Beth
|
|
$1,600
[9]
The Hugo-winning Kate Wilhelm novel "Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang" gets its title from this man's Sonnet No. 73
William Shakespeare
Beth
|
$1,600
[28]
As Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, Tom Cruise plots to kill Hitler in this fact-based drama
Valkyrie
Jason
|
$1,600
[4]
(Alex reports from the CBC in Canada.) The CBC's "Hockey Night in Canada" has aired since October 11, 1952, when the Red Wings lost to the Canadiens in a game played at this Montreal sports temple
the Montreal Forum
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
No nuts to crack, but "Andantino" has music by this composer
Tchaikovsky
Kyle
|
$1,600
[14]
In 1877 the U.S. fought a war with this Indian tribe
the Nez Percé
Jason
Kyle
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the RISO Nat'l Lab for Sustainable Energy in Denmark.)Herestraw is being converted into this type of fuel, whose name indicates it comes from living matter
biofuel
Kyle
|
|
$2,000
[10]
This Cormac McCarthy title comes from a Yeats poem about a senior citizen's hope to transmute himself into art
No Country for Old Men
Beth
|
$2,000
[29]
Jewish brothers Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber & Jamie Bell survive in the forest in this WWII-set drama
Defiance
|
$2,000
[5]
We old Canadians sometimes slip up & refer to Canada Day, July 1, by this former name
Dominion Day
|
$2,000
[20]
"Thou Swell", a ballet tribute to this Broadway composer, is danced to songs he wrote with Lorenz Hart
(Richard) Rodgers
Kyle
|
$2,000
[15]
It's the type of Jewish folk music heard here
klezmer
Kyle
|
$2,000
[30]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the RISO Nat'l Lab for Sustainable Energy in Denmark.) Danes produce 40% of the world'swindturbines& are making them more efficient as part of an energy-independence policy, spurred by this 1973 event
the Arab Oil Embargo
Kyle
|
A 2007 book about these 2 men is subtitled "Victorious American and Vanquished Virginian"
Ulysses S. Grant & Robert E. Lee