Austin Mercadante — a graduate student of ornithology from Auburn, Alabama
Diane Armstrong — a consultant and retired Navy officer from Alexandria, Virginia
Gary Bechtold — a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota (whose 2-day cash winnings total $22,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary | $3,200 | $10,200 | $20,000 |
$20,000
3-day champion: $42,001 |
$18,600
25 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Diane | $1,600 | $1,200 | $1,200 |
$1,900
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,200
4 R, 3 W |
| Austin | $200 | $400 | $9,800 |
$9,758
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,800
16 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| ASTRONOMY | ROCK STARS' BACKSTAGE NEEDS | THE "UNITED" NATIONS | AWKWARD | FIX THE SPOONERISM | PRODUCE |
|
$200
[2]
During the course of 5 spacewalks in May 2009, Shuttle astronauts made repairs to this & installed 2 new instruments
the Hubble Telescope
Gary
|
$200
[1]
This Black Sabbath singer's 2001 contract required one box of Kleenex & one box of Throat Coat tea bags
(Ozzy) Osbourne
Austin
|
$200
[5]
It borders Oman
the United Arab Emirates
Austin
|
$200
[8]
After pardoning a turkey in 2008 on Thanksgiving, this governor gave an interview in front of a turkey being slaughtered
Sarah Palin
Austin
|
$200
[24]
Spoonerisms are merely tips of the slung
slips of the tongue
Austin
|
$200
[18]
I heard it through some kind of vine that 2440 B.C. Egyptian tomb paintings depict the cultivation of this fruit
grapes
Austin
|
|
$400
[3]
In 1980 the Voyager spacecraft found that this planet's B ring had radial features called spokes
Saturn
Gary
|
$400
[14]
Van Halen's 1982 tour contract called for these candies backstage but specified "absolutely no brown ones"
M&M's
Gary
|
$400
[13]
It assesses no personal taxes
the United Arab Emirates
|
$400
[9]
After flubbing the oath of office, this Chief Justice redid it with Barack Obama later that week
Roberts
Gary
|
$400
[25]
It's just not true, I tell you, it's all a lack of pies
a pack of lies
Gary
|
$400
[19]
In 2008 a pair of Brits were out of their gourd, growing a 1,457-lb. one of these; smashing!
a pumpkin
Gary
|
|
$600
[4]
This constellation is the site of 2 nebulae: the Great Nebula in its sword & the Horsehead Nebula in its belt
Orion
Diane
|
$600
[15]
No more, more, more calories: this "Rebel Yell" guy's contract calls for a tub of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!
Billy Idol
Gary
|
$600
[23]
Its annual population growth rate is nearly 4%
the United Arab Emirates
Diane
Austin
|
$600
[10]
Athletes wearing masks to this country's Olympic games apologized even though the USOC gave them the masks
China
Austin
|
$600
[26]
Greenpeace would be chagrined to see the sign "wave the sails", instead of this
"save the whales"
Gary
|
$600
[20]
Big on vitamins A & C, this leafty vegetable always has a lot of fiber & acts as a mild laxative; look out, sailor man!
spinach
Gary
|
|
DD
$1,000
[6]
In 1672 Giovanni Cassini & Jean Richer calculated the distance between these 2 objects as 87 million miles
the Sun and the Earth
Austin
|
$800
[16]
This Guns N' Roses frontman requires Pringles, a loaf of Wonder Bread… & a bottle of Dom Perignon to wash it down
Axl Rose
Gary
|
$800
[29]
It has no written constitution
the United Kingdom
Diane
Austin
|
$800
[11]
Before this Iranian president spoke at Columbia in 2007, the university president introduced him as a petty dictator
Ahmadinejad
Gary
|
$800
[27]
Sometimes paperwork just disappears; it seems to crawl through the fax
fall through the cracks
Gary
|
$800
[21]
Time to dole out some seedless cayenne, the most widely grown type of this tropical fruit plant
a pineapple
Gary
|
|
$1,000
[7]
The 200-inch mirror of the Hale Telescope on this California peak took some 10 months to cool after casting
Mt. Palomar
Diane
|
$1,000
[17]
This "Glitter" diva's contract demands a bottle of Cristal, 4 champagne glasses & a box of bendy straws
Mariah Carey
Gary
|
— |
$1,000
[12]
At a hearing, this ex-Fed chairman said he was wrong in opposing financial regulations
(Alan) Greenspan
Gary
|
$1,000
[28]
It's about time you showed up & don't give me that better nate than lever
better late than never
Gary
|
$1,000
[22]
The name of this cylindrical vegetable means "little squashes" in Italian
zucchini
Diane
|
| A FEW OUNCES OF EZRA POUND | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" | 1861 YEARBOOK: MOST LIKELY TO SECEDE | THE POPE-ARAZZI | TRANSPORTATION | PRODUCE |
|
$400
[21]
Pound & his wife lived in Rapallo in this country, but during WWII, both moved in with Pound's mistress--hmm
Italy
Diane
|
$400
[7]
Elgar's "And Circumstance" preceder(4)
Pomp
Gary
|
$400
[1]
This state on February 1, though Sam Houston said it was crazy
Texas
Austin
|
$400
[12]
Raphael snapped a candid of Julius II, who became pope through a bargain with Cesare of this family
the Borgias
Diane
|
$400
[6]
In November of 2008 the CEOs of the big 3 automakers didn't help their cause by getting to Washington on these
private jets
Austin
|
$400
[22]
Not only did he produce "Citizen Kane", he co-wrote, starred in & directed the film, too; talk about a best boy!
(Orson) Welles
Gary
|
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
In "A Moveable Feast", this writer said that Ezra Pound taught him "to distrust adjectives"
Ernest Hemingway
Austin
|
$800
[8]
Man or monkey(7)
primate
Austin
|
$800
[2]
On January 26 this state, followed by the presentation of a Pelican flag
Louisiana
Gary
|
$800
[13]
Urban VIII, captured by telephoto here, told this 17th-century astronomer to go ahead & publish, but be careful
Galileo
Gary
|
$800
[17]
Thoreau wrote, "Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for" this narrow boat
a canoe
|
$800
[23]
In addition to exec producing "Michael Clayton", he got an Oscar nomination for best lead actor
(George) Clooney
Gary
|
| — |
$1,200
[9]
Duckbill(8)
platypus
Austin
|
$1,200
[3]
On January 10 this state, rarin' to go despite having the smallest population in the Confederacy
Florida
|
$1,200
[14]
Celebrity mags vied for pics of Pius IX, the last pope to rule the area called the Papal these
States
Gary
Austin
|
$1,200
[18]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an aerodynamics animation on the monitor.) This item gets its name by ruining the flow of air along a surface; it reduces the lift of a car so that the tires stay on the ground at high speeds
a spoiler
Gary
|
$1,200
[24]
As a producer, he was smart enough to hire himself to direct "A Beautiful Mind"; imagine that!
Ron Howard
Austin
|
| — |
$1,600
[10]
Suit-bringer in court(9)
plaintiff
Austin
|
$2,000
[5]
On March 16 this territory, not a U.S. state until 1912
Arizona
|
$1,600
[15]
Titian staked out Paul III, who called the Counter-Reformation Council of this in 1545
Trent
Gary
|
$1,600
[19]
It's the innovative 2-wheeled transporter "dedicated to moving you"
a Segway
Austin
|
$1,600
[25]
Once paired with Don Simpson, he went on to produce "CSI" & "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Jerry Bruckheimer
|
| — |
$2,000
[11]
Roman commoner(8)
plebeian
Austin
|
DD
$3,000
[4]
On May 23 this state (its western part had doubts)
Virginia
Gary
|
$2,000
[16]
Smile, Benedict XIV, a great pope to whom this French antireligious enlightenment writer even dedicated a play
Voltaire
|
$2,000
[20]
This motorcycle co. whose factory 100 years ago was "The Wigwam" is once again in business after a bumpy history
Indian
Gary
|
$2,000
[26]
This "Around the World in Eighty Days" producer was husband No. 3 for Joan Blondell & for Liz Taylor
Mike Todd
|
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