Joann Mariani — a high school English teacher from Brooklyn, New York
Kelsey Peterson — a geology and anthropology student from Fletcher, Vermont
Jon Korn — a film festival programmer originally from Concord, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,602)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon | $3,800 | $5,800 | $-1,400 |
$-1,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-1,400
12 R, 9 W |
| Kelsey | $-400 | $2,800 | $15,200 |
$6,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,000
17 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Joann | $2,400 | $4,000 | $12,000 |
$19,500
New champion: $19,500 |
$14,000
19 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| REMEMBERING MICHAEL JACKSON | GEOGRAPHY | PLAY ADJECTIVES | FDA APPROVED | IN THE NEWS | HEART & SOUL |
|
$200
[16]
In 1969 Michael & his brothers released their debut album: this Motown diva "Presents the Jackson 5"
Diana Ross
Joann
|
$200
[18]
This river flows through the District of Columbia
the Potomac
Joann
|
$200
[2]
Neil Simon's "____ in Yonkers"
Lost
Joann
|
$200
[17]
Accutane
acne
Kelsey
|
$200
[1]
This Asian country's economy grew to be the third-largest in the world in 2007, behind only the U.S. & Japan
China
Joann
|
$200
[11]
Proverbially, absence makes the heart do this
grow fonder
Joann
|
|
$400
[27]
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2007, it's still the bestselling album of all time
Thriller
Kelsey
|
$400
[20]
Egypt's Qattara depression is the lowest point in this largest desert
the Sahara
Kelsey
|
$400
[3]
Noel Coward's "____ Lives"
Private
Joann
|
$400
[19]
Ritalin
ADD
Kelsey
|
$400
[7]
The parade's on, but it was announced 11 of these department stores will close, from Indianapolis to Palm Beach
Macy's
Jon
|
$400
[12]
In 1588 Elizabeth I remarked, "I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart & stomach of" this
a king
Jon
Kelsey
|
|
$600
[28]
In 1988 Jackson landed at the top of the book charts with this autobiography named for his famous dance
Moonwalk
Jon
|
$600
[21]
The Swedish island Gotland lies in this sea
the Baltic Sea
Kelsey
|
$600
[4]
Eugene O'Neill's "The ____ Ape"
Hairy
Joann
|
$600
[24]
Crestor &Lipitor
cholesterol
Jon
|
$600
[8]
A British row over expenses snagged MP Hogg, who got this cleaned out at his estate; no drawbridge repair?
his moat
Jon
|
$600
[13]
In this biblical book, God says, "I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs"
Exodus
Jon
|
|
$800
[29]
Say the name of this legend with whom Jackson recorded the No. 1 hit "Say Say Say"
Paul McCartney
Joann
|
$1,000
[23]
Regina is in this one of Canada's prairie provinces
Saskatchewan
Joann
|
$800
[5]
Leonard Gershe's "Butterflies are ____"
Free
Joann
|
$800
[25]
Zoloft &Wellbutrin
depression
Jon
|
$800
[9]
Memos on interrogation practices released in 2009 came from the Justice Department's OLC, short for this
Office of Legal Counsel
Jon
|
$800
[14]
Around 375 B.C. in "The Republic", he opined that "astronomy compels the soul to look upwards"
Plato
Jon
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Give a yell if you know that this duet with sister Janet was the first single off "HIStory: Past, Present & Future"
"Scream"
|
DD
$1,200
[22]
Called Sagarmatha in Nepali, it's this peak to us
Mount Everest
Kelsey
|
$1,000
[6]
Edward Albee's "A ____ Balance"
Delicate
Jon
|
$1,000
[26]
Propecia
hair loss
Joann
|
$1,000
[10]
This man's second-place finish in 2009's election sent Iranians into the streets
Mousavi
Jon
|
$1,000
[15]
In a Marlowe work, Dr. Faustus remarks about this legendary woman that "her lips suck forth my soul"
Helen of Troy
Jon
|
| BALLET | WRITERS ON FILM | BYE BYE BIRDIE | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES | SPAGHETTI | "WESTERN" |
|
$400
[21]
The title character of this ballet leads toy soldiers in a fight against the mouse king & his army
The Nutcracker
Jon
Joann
|
$400
[16]
In 2008's "Twilight" she had a cameo as a woman at a diner who orders a vegetarian plate
Stephenie Meyer
Kelsey
Joann
|
$400
[26]
The Rodrigues night type of this bird was extinct by 1761; the great blue one still lives
the heron
Kelsey
|
$400
[6]
German composer & pianist Hans von Bulow studied piano with this Hungarian composer
Franz Liszt
Jon
|
$400
[1]
In Italian, these spaghetti toppers are known as polpette
meatballs
Jon
|
$400
[11]
Today a financial services leader, in 1851 it began as the New York & Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company
Western Union
Kelsey
|
|
$800
[22]
A review of this 1910 ballet said ornithologists should take note of Tamara Karsavina dancing the title role
Firebird
Jon
Joann
|
$800
[17]
When Rodney Dangerfield needs help on a paper about Vonnegut in this 1986 movie, he hires Vonnegut himself
Back to School
Joann
|
$800
[28]
After the early 1900s, the laughing this laughed last, as nesting on the ground was a bad idea; who? who? the laughing this
the owl
Kelsey
|
$800
[7]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the floor of the Crayola factory in Pennsylvania.) In 1990, Emerson Moser, the most senior Crayola maker, retired after molding a record 1.4 billioncrayons; he then revealed that he had this deficiency, quite ironically
he was colorblind
Kelsey
|
$800
[2]
Like your spaghetti firm? Order it "al" this Italian word
dente
Jon
|
$800
[12]
What some say "High Noon" is, or the company that runs Las Vegas' Parkview Inn
Best Western
Kelsey
|
|
$1,200
[23]
Balanchine's first original full-length ballet was an adaptation of this "dreamy" Shakespeare play
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Jon
Joann
|
$1,200
[18]
Gore Vidal plays incumbent senator Brickley Paste, who's running against this title Tim Robbins guy
Bob Roberts
Joann
|
$1,600
[29]
After 1875 the Labrador type of this bird was no longer feeling so daffy
the duck
Kelsey
|
$1,600
[9]
The first secretary of this Cabinet department created in 1965: Robert C. Weaver
HUD (Housing and Urban Development)
Jon
|
$1,200
[3]
A popular way to serve spaghetti is with a meat & tomato sauce, called this style after a northern Italian region
Bolognese
Kelsey
|
$1,200
[13]
Things were not "All Quiet" here when Gen. Ludendorff attacked near Saint-Quentin, France in Aug. 1914
the Western Front
Kelsey
|
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
Scene One of this American ballet is set at the corral of Burnt Ranch
Rodeo
Joann
|
$1,600
[19]
In "Annie Hall" Woody has this "medium is the message" writer rebuke a pontificating media professor
(Marshall) McLuhan
Joann
|
$2,000
[27]
Sorry, Clarice, I won't be serving any Norfolk Island this bird, as it went extinct in 1923; care for some liver?
a starling
Joann
|
DD
$2,000
[8]
In 1690 British navigator John Strong named the channel between 2 South American islands for Viscount this
Falkland
Kelsey
|
$1,600
[4]
Cream, eggs, Parmesan cheese & bits of bacon all go into this type of spaghetti sauce
Carbonara
Kelsey
|
$1,600
[14]
Apia is the capital of the South Pacific island monarchy formerly called this
Western Samoa
|
|
$2,000
[25]
She's the Queen of the Swans in "Swan Lake"
Odette
|
$2,000
[20]
A frequent talk show guest, this alliterative film critic acted in "Superman" & "Myra Breckinridge"
Rex Reed
Joann
|
— |
$2,000
[10]
Andrew Hamilton, representing this publisher at his 1735 libel trial, got him acquitted
John Peter Zenger
Jon
|
$2,000
[5]
Getting a taste for it while in France, this pres. is credited with bringing spaghetti to America
Thomas Jefferson
Kelsey
|
$2,000
[15]
At the end of a play by John Millington Synge, the barmaid Pegeen laments, "I've lost the only playboy of" this
the Western World
Jon
Joann
|
The lantern with which he planned to initiate his most famous act is in the possession of England's Ashmolean Museum
Guy Fawkes