Russ Schumacher game 2.(Sofia: Hello, tiny ant people! Stay tuned for clues aboard theGoodyear Blimp, next onJeopardy!)
Kevin Lamp — a museum exhibit designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lynne Bruschetti — a high school English teacher from Peachtree City, Georgia
Russ Schumacher — a graduate student from Fort Collins, Colorado (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ | $1,000 | $7,200 | $24,800 |
$22,300
2-day champion: $29,499 |
$23,800
29 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W |
| Lynne | $1,000 | $1,600 | $3,600 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,600
8 R, 2 W |
| Kevin | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,800 |
$3,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,800
8 R, 0 W |
| THE GOODYEAR BLIMP | TOP 40 DEBUTS | A "LITTLE" LIT | AUSTIN SPACE | 19th CENTURY AMERICA | BEFORE & AFTER |
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$200
[26]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Goodyear Blimp.) I'm in California aboard the Spirit of America; her sister blimp, the Spirit of Goodyear, is based near this "Rubber Capital"
Akron (Ohio)
Lynne
|
$200
[9]
1985:Sade with this "Smooth" song
"Smooth Operator"
Russ
|
$200
[1]
Chapter 9 of this novel is entitled "Meg Goes to Vanity Fair"
Little Women
Lynne
|
$200
[15]
Crowds of 30,000 are the rule for commencement at this Austin school
University of Texas
Russ
|
$200
[12]
On May 1, 1873 the first postcards at this postage rate were issued
one cent (a penny)
Kevin
|
$200
[6]
1995 film in which actor Beau's brother has a love affair in Iowa with Meryl Streep
Jeff Bridges of Madison County
Russ
|
|
$400
[27]
Air-filled ballonets control how much this gas is allowed to expand in the envelope
helium
Kevin
|
$400
[22]
1966:This TV band with "Last Train To Clarksville"
The Monkees
Lynne
|
$400
[2]
The Charles Ingalls family moves to the Great Plains area in this 1935 novel
Little House on the Prairie
Russ
|
$400
[18]
A statue of this reptile movie terror stands about 8 feet tall on top of Austin's Mangia Pizza on Guadalupe Street
Godzilla
Russ
|
$400
[13]
In 1825 the Marquis de Lafayette laid the cornerstone for a monument to this battle
the Battle of Bunker Hill
|
$400
[7]
Perhaps Salome danced to "Crocodile Rock" when demanding the head of this singer & voice in the wilderness
Elton John the Baptist
Lynne
|
|
$600
[28]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew stands in front of the Goodyear Blimp.) The blimp captain controls the elevators, the horizontal fins & these steering devices, the vertical fins
the rudders
Russ
|
$600
[23]
1995:This "Band" with "What Would You Say"
the Dave Matthews Band
Russ
|
$600
[3]
This pal of Robin Hood stood out in a crowd: he was at least 7 feet tall
Little John
Russ
|
$600
[19]
A statue commemorating these lawmen stands in front of the state capitol in Austin
the Texas Rangers
Kevin
|
$600
[14]
Name of the ship that James Lawrence urged his men, "Don't give up", it was also paired in a railroad with Ohio
Chesapeake
Russ
Lynne
|
$600
[8]
Mr. Romano's sitcom featuring the hard-boiled writer of "The Big Sleep"
Everybody Loves Raymond Chandler
|
|
$800
[29]
A winter visitor to Florida, or a Goodyear airship that stayed aloft for 11 days, going from Massachusetts to Florida via Africa
the Snowbird
|
$800
[24]
1999:Christina Aguilera with this song that rubbed listeners the right way
"Genie in a Bottle"
Russ
|
$800
[4]
The mousy hero of this E.B. White book leaves home to search for the bird who's his dearest friend
Stuart Little
Kevin
|
$800
[20]
Built in 1856 & now home to Rick Perry, it's located at 1010 Colorado Street in Austin
the Governor's Mansion
Russ
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
In 1863 he patented his popular folding upper berth
(George) Pullman
Russ
|
$800
[10]
Star of TV's "The Dead Zone" who checks students' passes if they're en route to the loo during classtime
Anthony Michael Hall Monitor
|
|
$1,000
[30]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew stands in front of the Goodyear Blimp.) The Goodyear Blimp's skin isn't made with natural rubber, but this synthetic rubber made from chloroprene
neoprene
|
$1,000
[25]
1983:This heavy metal group with "Cum on Feel the Noize"
Quiet Riot
Russ
|
$1,000
[5]
Regina Giddens is the vixenish lead character of this 1939 Lillian Hellman play
The Little Foxes
Lynne
|
$1,000
[21]
A museum in Austin is dedicated to this "Gift of the Magi" author who lived in the city for many years
O. Henry
Russ
|
$1,000
[17]
1889 event that caused the damage seen here
the Johnstown Flood
|
$1,000
[11]
Hong Kong action star of "The Replacement Killers" who's the English name for the day before Lent
Chow Yun-Fat Tuesday
Kevin
|
| SCIENCE & NATURE | TV GUIDE: 1953 | BORDERS | LAWYERING | MUSIC MEN | "BEFORE" & "AFTER" |
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$400
[6]
One of the smallest of these "white" diminutive stars is van Maanen's Star at 7,800 miles in diameter
a white dwarf
Russ
|
$400
[16]
This international newsmaker was on the cover of the May 29 issue in all her crowning glory
Elizabeth II
Russ
|
$400
[17]
Just across the Mexican border, Tijuana is the cuate, or twin, of this U.S. city
San Diego
Russ
|
$400
[26]
Hearsay & leading the witness are grounds for this during testimony
objection
Russ
Kevin
|
$400
[11]
When Lorenz Hart declined to work on the show that became "Oklahoma!", Richard Rodgers partnered with him
(Oscar) Hammerstein (II)
Lynne
|
$400
[1]
A small earthquake or tremor that occurs following a major one
aftershock
Russ
|
|
$800
[7]
Crickets "hear" via highly sensitive membranes on these body parts
their legs
Russ
|
$800
[22]
Was he on the cover of the July 24 issue? "You Bet Your Life" he was
Groucho Marx
Lynne
|
$800
[18]
Go up the North Face of Mount Everest & down the South Face & you'll cross from Tibet into this country
Nepal
Russ
|
$800
[27]
Personal injury lawyers may work on this type of fee, a percentage of the money awarded
contingency
Russ
|
$800
[12]
"Rhapsody in Blue", a piece by this composer, was used as the title of a 1945 movie biography of him
George Gershwin
Russ
|
$800
[2]
Tim Burton's spooky stop-motion animated feature from 1993
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Russ
|
|
$1,200
[8]
In 1857 this French chemist's theory of fermentation was first presented in a paper "on Lactic Fermentation"
Pasteur
Russ
|
$1,200
[23]
Just the facts, ma'am: he missed being on the first cover by 1 week & was back the end of the year on the Dec. 11 cover
Jack Webb
|
$1,200
[19]
The problem with the Maginot Line was it covered France's border with Germany, but not with this country
Belgium
Lynne
Kevin
|
DD
$1,000
[28]
If you fill out lots of EOIR-40s, applications for suspension of deportation, this area of law is your specialty
immigration law
Russ
|
$1,200
[13]
He wrote the words & music to "I Happen to Like New York" & "I Love Paris"
Cole Porter
|
$1,200
[3]
Antebellum
before the war
Kevin
|
|
$1,600
[9]
This whale, whose name is from Russian for "white", is born grey or brown; it turns a milky white by age 5
the beluga
|
$1,600
[24]
An investigative report in the November 6 issue looked into why this man "Fired Julius La Rosa"
Arthur Godfrey
|
$1,600
[20]
Argentina's border with this country is 3,200 miles long, about the same as its coastline
Chile
Russ
|
$1,600
[29]
Some firms require lawyers to amass a minimum weekly number, like 40, of these, for which a client can be charged
billable hours (working hours accepted)
Russ
|
$1,600
[14]
He collaborated with Yip Harburg on "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" & "Over the Rainbow"
Harold Arlen
|
$1,600
[4]
1840 Richard Henry Dana memoir that became one of the most popular tales of life at sea
Two Years Before the Mast
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Seed plants are divided into 2 main groups: angiosperms & these, which include the conifers
gymnosperms
Russ
|
$2,000
[25]
The cover story on this actor was subtitled "Man and Superman"
George Reeves
|
DD
$3,000
[21]
A monument at Pervouralsk in the Ural Mountains marks this geographic border
the border between Asia & Europe
Russ
|
— |
$2,000
[15]
This "Moon River" lyricist has been called "The Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia"
Johnny Mercer
Lynne
|
$2,000
[5]
It's the title of the 1894 "Prelude" heard here
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Russ
|
In the 2002 film "Frida", Geoffrey Rush portrayed this European firebrand during his final days
Leon Trotsky