Lynn Swanbom — a newspaper copy editor from Spokane, Washington
Josh Forsythe — a radio frequency engineer from Mankato, Minnesota
Jenifer Thomas — a teacher assistant from Jacksonville, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenifer | $1,800 | $4,000 | $13,800 |
$6,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Josh | $3,200 | $4,000 | $11,200 |
$2,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,200
18 R, 2 W |
| Lynn | $2,200 | $4,400 | $12,400 |
$10,400
New champion: $10,400 |
$12,000
12 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| A WORLD OF MEMOIRS | ANIMAL HUSBANDRY | PEZ | MOBY DICK | ONLINE SLANG | MORE VOWELS THAN CONSONANTS |
|
$200
[26]
Done in comic strip form, Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis" is about life during this country's Islamic Revolution
Iran
Lynn
|
$200
[12]
1984 NYC-set movie in which a priest says, "Because you share a love so big, I now pronounce you frog & pig"
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Jenifer
|
$200
[8]
In 1927 an Austrian candy man created the name "Pez" by shortening the German word "Pfefferminz" (this flavor)
peppermint
Jenifer
|
$200
[17]
This enigmatic & reclusive captain has lost a leg & possibly his mind
Ahab
Josh
|
$200
[1]
BBS can refer to a bulletin board system or this phrase meaning you'll return shortly
be back soon
Josh
|
$200
[4]
All things being this, meaning as great as, we know you're this to the task
equal
Jenifer
|
|
DD
$200
[30]
No coups or revolutions in Bruce McCall's "Thin Ice: Coming of Age in" this country
Canada
Jenifer
|
$400
[18]
This cartoon elephant king of Celesteville is married to his, eek, cousin Celeste
Babar
Jenifer
|
$400
[10]
Pez was invented as an alternative to this habit; early dispensers had no character heads & resembled lighters
smoking
Lynn
|
$400
[22]
The ship in "Moby Dick", the Pequod, was named after one of these groups
a Native American tribe
Jenifer
|
$400
[2]
TTFN is short for this double talk phrase "for now"
ta-ta
Jenifer
|
$400
[7]
You can try to contact the dear departed using this trademarked spiritual board
a Ouija board
Josh
|
|
$400
[27]
"Red Scarf Girl" chronicles this horrifying Chinese Revolution of the 1960s
the Cultural Revolution
|
$600
[19]
Orson Welles voiced Nag & June Foray voiced his wife Nagaina, 2 cobras who were dealt with by this 1975 title hero
Rikki Tikki Tavi
Jenifer
|
$600
[11]
In 1987 these body parts were added to the bottoms of dispensers to help them stand upright
feet
Josh
|
$600
[23]
Have yourself a cup of coffee after you name this first mate in the book
Starbuck
Jenifer
|
$600
[3]
An e-mail bearing the ominous acronym NSFW means that the racy attachment is this
not safe for work (not suitable for work accepted)
Josh
|
$600
[9]
Il est un 2-word term for "see ya around, dude"; en francais, s'il vous plait!
au revoir
Josh
|
|
$600
[28]
(I'm author and journalist Helene Cooper.) In "The House at Sugar Beach", my memoir of a childhood in Liberia, I recount the event that changed my life: the 1980 coup by Sgt. Doe against President Tolbert in this capital city named for the USA's 5th president
Monrovia
Josh
|
$800
[20]
In the 1936 movie sequel "After" this guy, Asta the Terrier is seen chasing away a "suitor" of Mrs. Asta
the Thin Man
Jenifer
|
$800
[14]
This beloved icon remains the best-selling dispenser today (but that won't make him visit more than once a year)
Santa Claus
Jenifer
|
$800
[24]
Moby Dick is a ferocious albino whale of this species
a sperm whale
|
$800
[5]
Chatting at your desk on Instant Messenger? Type AFK into the window to tell them you're "away from" this
the keyboard
Lynn
|
$800
[13]
This practice is sometimes called mercy killing
euthanasia
Josh
|
|
$800
[29]
Marc Cooper's "Chilean Anti-Memoir" is called this coup leader/military dictator "and Me"
(Augusto) Pinochet
Jenifer
|
$1,000
[21]
This animated family comprises Mama & Papa Bear & their kids, Sister & Brother Bear
the Berenstain Bears
Lynn
|
$1,000
[15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows some Pez dispensers.) In 2006 for the first time, Pez put currently-living real people on top of their dispensers--the Teutul family from this TLC series
American Chopper
|
$1,000
[25]
The ominously named Peter Coffin owns the Spouter-Inn in this "New" Massachusetts whaling port
New Bedford
|
$1,000
[6]
IANARS is a humorous caveat to your audience that you're not one of these, like Wernher von Braun
a rocket scientist
Lynn
|
$1,000
[16]
A disinfectant spray, or a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas
aerosol
Lynn
|
| I HEAR A SYMPHONY | BACK IN MY ARMS AGAIN | YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON | BABY LOVE | COME SEE ABOUT "ME" | THE SUPREMES |
|
$400
[25]
Fittingly, members of this Motor City's Symphony Orchestra played on the Supremes' "I Hear A Symphony"
Detroit
Josh
|
$400
[16]
This actress & Don Johnson were wed in 1976, divorced in 1977, remarried in 1989 & split for good 7 years later
Melanie Griffith
Josh
|
$400
[20]
These fasteners were patented by Walter Hunt in 1849 & made diapering a cinch
safety pins
Josh
|
$400
[11]
This test uses high-frequency waves to provide images of the developing baby
a sonogram (or ultrasound)
Jenifer
|
$400
[1]
A small solid extraterrestrial object that hits the Earth's surface
a meteorite
Josh
Lynn
|
$400
[3]
It's the largest lake in Utah
the Great Salt Lake
Josh
|
|
$800
[27]
Popularized at Louis XIV's Court, this dance, from the French for "small", is often the third movement in symphonies
the minuet
Jenifer
|
$800
[17]
Nicollette Sheridan & this singer, an item for 5 years in the '90s, reunited in 2005... for a while
Michael Bolton
|
$800
[21]
The trademarked name of this hook & loop fastener is from the French for "hooked velvet"
Velcro
Jenifer
|
$800
[12]
This breathing technique used in childbirth is named for a French doctor
Lamaze
Josh
|
$800
[2]
With a name from Afrikaans, it's the critterseen here
a meerkat
Josh
|
$800
[4]
The Iberian Peninsula is the second largest in Europe; this Northern one is the largest
the Scandinavian
Lynn
|
|
DD
$2,200
[28]
His Third Symphony in E Flat Major is known as "Eroica"
Beethoven
Jenifer
|
$1,200
[18]
She & Robert Wagner got married in 1972, 15 years after their first try
Natalie Wood
|
$1,200
[22]
"Manly" name for the fasteners that go through the front of formal dress shirts
studs
|
$1,200
[13]
During pregnancy, the fetus is suspended in this sac filled with its own watery fluid
the amniotic sac
Josh
|
$1,200
[8]
A middle position, or someone who communicates with the dead
a medium
Josh
|
$1,200
[5]
The largest democracy in the world by population is this nation of 1.2 billion
India
Lynn
|
| — |
$1,600
[19]
Sophia Loren & this producer had their 1st marriage annulled under pressure; their 2nd lasted 'til death did them part
Carlo Ponti
|
$1,600
[23]
From Old French for "attach", it's a short metal fastener used to join 2 sheets of metal together
a rivet
Lynn
|
$1,600
[14]
Late in pregnancy, a woman should sleep on her left side; back sleeping makes this organ put pressure on the aorta
the uterus
|
$1,600
[9]
"Back at the ranch", you might know this adverb denoting at the same time but in another place
meanwhile
Jenifer
|
DD
$2,000
[6]
At almost 1 million square miles, this nation is the largest in Africa
Sudan
Lynn
|
| — |
$2,000
[26]
Rent asunder in 2006, playmate Shanna Moakler & this Blink-182 drummer reunited after his 2008 plane crash
(Travis) Barker
Josh
|
$2,000
[24]
Around 1891, Whitcomb Judson took out a patent on the slide fastener, which today we call this
the zipper
Jenifer
|
$2,000
[15]
You may choose to work with a midwife or one of these, from the Greek for "female servant"
a doula
Josh
|
$2,000
[10]
This job of resolving disputes is one of U.S. News & World Report's 30 best careers for 2009
a mediator
Jenifer
|
$2,000
[7]
The highest waterfall in the world at 3,212 feet, it's in eastern Venezuela
Angel Falls
Josh
Lynn
|
These 2 men with 16 total career Emmys appeared in series with Mary Tyler Moore, one playing a TV host, one a TV producer
Ed Asner & Carl Reiner