Nina Ginocchio — a school librarian from Park Ridge, Illinois
Tyrone Rogers — a bank teller from Camp Springs, Maryland
Tui Sutherland — a children's book author from Watertown, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $44,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tui :) | $2,600 | $4,200 | $9,600 |
$17,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,800
17 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Tyrone | $400 | $-1,600 | $1,200 |
$2,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,200
6 R, 7 W |
| Nina | $1,000 | $6,200 | $17,400 |
$19,200
New champion: $19,200 |
$19,400
26 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE NEW YORK TIMESBOOK REVIEW | THE PUCK STOPS HERE | BEASTLY BLUES | A MAN CALLED HORACE | POTENT POTABLES, SOUTHERN STYLE | "KER" |
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$200
[11]
This Toni Morrison novel won a 2006 Times survey of prominent literary types looking for the best fiction in the last 25 years
Beloved
Tui :)
Tyrone
Nina
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$200
[19]
After stopping a puck with his face in 1930, Clint Benedict became the first NHL goalie to wear one of these
a mask
Tui :)
|
$200
[6]
The 4 words that follow "One Fish Two Fish" in a Dr. Seuss book title
Red Fish Blue Fish
Tui :)
|
$200
[16]
Horace Bixby, a steamboat pilot, taught this American author the skills of the trade
Mark Twain
Nina
|
$200
[24]
A classic Scarlett O'Hara cocktail contains a squeeze of this (remember the color of Scarlett's eyes)
lime
Nina
|
$200
[1]
He sang "The Rainbow Connection" in the movies
Kermit the Frog
Nina
|
|
$400
[12]
This Bernhard Schlink novel about Hanna Schmitz was "ultimately hopeful"; it became a 2008 film
The Reader
Tui :)
|
$400
[20]
Goalies have done this only 11 times in NHL history
score a goal
Nina
|
$400
[7]
Referring to this companion, Paul Bunyan could say, "I've got you, Babe"
his blue ox
Tui :)
|
$400
[17]
In 1852 Horace Smith teamed up with this man to manufacture firearms
(Daniel) Wesson
Nina
|
$400
[25]
The Willard Hotel in D.C. still serves this Southern bourbon classic the way Henry Clay liked it in the 1800s
a mint julep
Tyrone
|
$400
[2]
A babushka is one of these tied around the head
a kerchief
Nina
|
|
$600
[13]
The Times noted that this "Russia House" author left the Cold War behind for his new novel "A Most Wanted Man"
John le Carré
|
$600
[21]
When a goalie stops a shot on goal, he gets credit for this, like a relief pitcher in baseball
a save
Tyrone
Nina
|
$600
[8]
A Toronto pro sports team
the Blue Jays
Tui :)
|
$600
[18]
In 1848 this educator became a congressman for Mass., filling a vacancy caused by John Quincy Adams' death
Horace Mann
Tyrone
Nina
|
$600
[26]
For a Miami Beach cocktail, you'll need scotch, grapefruit juice & the dry type of this martini ingredient
vermouth
Tui :)
Nina
|
$600
[3]
Billions worldwide still light their homes with this liquid obtained from distilling petroleum
kerosene
Tyrone
|
|
$800
[14]
In 2009 the Times liked "The Women", which dealt with this man's loves, like Mamah, who was murdered at Taliesin
Frank Lloyd Wright
Tui :)
|
$800
[22]
A goalie's stick is composed of 3 parts: the shaft, the paddle & this ice-scraping bottom piece also found on a skate
the blade
Tyrone
Nina
|
$800
[9]
This East Coast state's official crustacean is the blue crab
Maryland
Nina
|
$800
[29]
The source of the Perseid meteor shower is one of these objects named for Lewis Swift Horace Tuttle
a comet
Tui :)
Tyrone
|
$800
[27]
A liqueur of this flavor (Kahlua, perhaps) gives that pretty muddy color to a Mississippi mud cocktail
coffee
Nina
|
$800
[4]
Shown here, it's adjusting the space between characters in typeset text
kerning
Nina
|
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
In 2008 the Times called this author's "The Widows of Eastwick" a "predictably ingenious sequel"
John Updike
Tui :)
|
$1,000
[23]
It's the area a goalie patrols in front of the net, or a feature of freshly pressed pants
the crease
Nina
|
$1,000
[10]
Though, as you see, it comes in other colors, the terrier seenherehas this cerulean name
a Kerry blue terrier
Tui :)
Nina
|
$1,000
[30]
This newspaper editor ran for president & lost to Grant in 1872
Horace Greeley
Nina
|
$1,000
[28]
The main ingredients in an Alabama slammer are amaretto, Southern Comfort & the sloe type of this
gin
Nina
|
$1,000
[5]
This woolen fabric named for a village is not to be confused with a softer fabric named for an island
kersey
|
| ECONOMICS | TV MISGUIDED | DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT | NET WORKING | MULTIPLE-WORD CAPITALS | JUSTIN WHO? |
|
$400
[26]
It's the central bank of the United States
the Federal Reserve
Tyrone
Nina
|
$400
[6]
Bobby didn't die... he's in my shower! Pam realized the previous year was only a dream on this series
Dallas
Nina
|
$400
[11]
He never said, "Judy, Judy, Judy" on film but his girlfriend in "Only Angels Have Wings" was named Judy
Cary Grant
Nina
|
$400
[18]
The Music Genome Project named a user-chosen radio site for this woman of box fame, who received music from Apollo
Pandora
Nina
|
$400
[1]
This capital of the Dominican Republic is said to contain the remains of Christopher Columbus
Santo Domingo
Tui :)
|
$400
[13]
He arrives early enough to avert disaster: Justin this, the fourth dimension
time
Tyrone
|
|
$800
[27]
For a security or a coin, the market this & face this may be different
value
Nina
|
$800
[7]
Wookiees grunted & Bea Arthur sang in a never-rebroadcast TV special based on this film
Star Wars
Tui :)
|
$800
[12]
He actually said, "Take a look at them. All nice guys. They'll finish last. Nice guys. Finish last"
Leo Durocher
Nina
|
$800
[19]
With an "E", it's to shine with a wavering light; without an "E", it's a photo-sharing website
Flickr
Nina
|
$800
[2]
It's where you'd find the magnificent India Gate seen here
New Delhi
Tui :)
|
$800
[14]
He's the one you need if anything should happen; he's Justin this, also a container
case
Tui :)
|
|
$1,200
[28]
The cost of a fixed market basket of goods & services purchased by a household is used to calculate this, the CPI
the consumer price index
Nina
|
$1,200
[8]
First rule of "Cheers"... never leave "Cheers", as this lead actress did in 1987 (does everybody know her name?)
Shelley Long
Nina
|
$1,200
[23]
"That government is best that governs least" was said not by Jefferson but by this "Civil Disobedience" author
(Henry David) Thoreau
Tui :)
|
$1,200
[20]
Digital gourmands eat up this Conde Nast website that features recipes from Bon Appetit & Gourmet magazines
Epicurious
Tyrone
|
$1,200
[3]
The first 2 letters are silent in the name of this capital at the junction of the Mekong & Tonle Sap Rivers
Phnom Penh
Tyrone
|
$1,200
[15]
He's unforgivable, intolerable, unpardonable; he's Justin this, from the Latin for "accusation"
excusable
Tyrone
|
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
This act says, "Every person who shall monopolize... trade or commerce... shall be deemed guilty of a felony"
the Sherman Antitrust Act
Nina
|
$1,600
[9]
From pigskin to pigtails: NBC ditched the final minute of a 1968 Jets-Raiders game to air this TV movie
Heidi
Nina
|
$2,000
[25]
Churchill didn't really call the rule against ending sentences with these "nonsense up with which I will not put"
a preposition
Nina
|
$1,600
[21]
It's the American idol-ization of news: visit this site started in 2004 where people can vote on news articles
Digg
Tui :)
|
$1,600
[4]
This country's capital is called either Abu Dhabi or Abu Zaby
the United Arab Emirates
Tyrone
|
$1,600
[16]
He's just bad beyond reform; he's Justin this, from the Latin for "correct"
corrigible
Nina
|
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$2,000
[10]
Steven Bochco's 1990 experiment; it featured singing murderers, juries & politicians
Cop Rock
Tui :)
|
DD
$2,200
[24]
In the Bible it's not money itself but this that's "the root of all evil"
the love of money
Tui :)
|
$2,000
[22]
In 1969 this precursor to the Internet first linked 4 educational institutions
ARPANET
|
$2,000
[5]
This Tanzanian capital contains a word used in a common Muslim greeting
Dar es Salaam
Nina
|
$2,000
[17]
He's immune from error, like the pope when he speaks ex cathedra; he's Justin this
fallible
Nina
|
History was made on December 1, 1955 when bus driver James Blake called the police & had this person arrested
Rosa Parks