Terry Linwood game 5.
Joey Johnson — a medical student from Atlanta, Georgia
Carin House — a quotation specialist from Evanston, Illinois
Terry Linwood — a bookseller from Plano, Texas (whose 4-day cash winnings total $99,304)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry | $2,600 | $6,700 | $17,900 |
$23,401
5-day champion: $122,705 |
$17,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Carin | $800 | $2,400 | $11,400 |
$1,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,000
12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Joey | $1,000 | $3,000 | $11,800 |
$400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| COLUMBUS DISCOVERS THE NEW WORLD | SPORTS SHORTS 2009 | CHILDREN'S LIT | WORLD OF DANCE | IN THE MILITARY? | "BAT" TOOLS |
|
$200
[5]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Leaving Spain in August 1492, Columbus & his 90 men briefly stopped in these islands that had only recently become a Spanish possession
the Canary Islands
Terry
|
$200
[23]
50-1 underdog Mine That Bird stunned the world by winning this race by more than 6 lengths
the Kentucky Derby
Carin
|
$200
[15]
A book by Angie Sage is not called "Vampire Bat" but "Vampire" this type of annoying little kid
Vampire Brat
Terry
|
$200
[24]
The bossa nova
Brazil
Terry
Carin
|
$200
[1]
The head of a large business firm may be called this naval rank "of industry"
captain
Carin
|
$200
[2]
Batman uses one of these truncheons, significantly larger than the ones symphony conductors use
a baton
Joey
|
|
$400
[6]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) 34 days into crossing the Atlantic, Columbus quelled a small mutiny on October 10th; just 2 days later on October 12th, he changed history forever by coming ashore on theislandhe gave this holy name
San Salvador
Joey
|
$400
[22]
Players from this country won every title at the world table tennis championships
China
Joey
|
$400
[16]
Louisa May Alcott wrote a book titled this boy-girl duo & sure enough, they go up a hill in Chapter 1
Jack and Jill
Terry
|
$400
[25]
The purple heather jig
Scotland
Terry
|
$400
[10]
It costs $50 for a 1-day pass to this American airlines "club" lounge
the Admiral's Club
Terry
|
$400
[3]
The caped crusader has these fuel cells in lithium & nickel-cadmium; they're never included
batteries
Joey
|
|
$600
[7]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) 12 weeks after discovering the New World, the Santa Maria was wrecked on a reef off the north coast of this large island on Christmas Day
Hispanola
Terry
|
$600
[21]
The Lakers defeated this Stan van Gundy-coached team for the NBA title
the Orlando Magic
Joey
|
$600
[17]
As the word "born" in the first sentence of this book creeped people out, E.B. White changed it to "arrived"
Stuart Little
Joey
|
$600
[26]
The troika
Russia
Carin
|
$600
[11]
It was Howard Stern's 1993 bestselling autobiography
Private Parts
Carin
|
$600
[4]
I'll bet you didn't know he had one of these door-busting medieval devices with a ruminant name
a battering ram
Terry
|
|
$800
[8]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) On the return journey, after becoming separated from the Pinta by a storm, the Nina made landfall back in the Old World in these islands on February 15, 1493
the Azores
Terry
|
$800
[13]
They knocked over the Cards' house to win a record sixth Super Bowl
the Steelers
Joey
|
$800
[18]
Babar's friend Zephir is just a monkey; Friday, in a book by Hester Mundis, is this closer relative to humans
a chimpanzee
Terry
|
— |
$800
[20]
Before taking over for Eliot Spitzer in New York, David Paterson had this job
lieutenant governor
Joey
|
$800
[12]
This narrow strip of wood or metal has more uses than just to fasten down "the hatches"
a batten
Joey
|
|
$1,000
[9]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In April 1493 & amidst great pomp, Columbus announced the discovery of the New World to his patron, Queen Isabella, in this city
Barcelona
|
$1,000
[14]
This Dodgers slugger was suspended in may after testing positive for a banned substance
Manny Ramirez
Carin
|
DD
$1,500
[19]
A book by Laura Ingalls Wilder's great-grandson is appropriately called this "on Rocky Ridge"
Little House
Terry
|
— |
$1,000
[28]
Hyphenated term for a man in charge of a great household, as that of a sovereign
the major-domo
|
$1,000
[27]
Robin, bring one of these, which could be used to chop down a tree & is also a term for an overbearing gal
a battle axe
Terry
|
| THE BIG BANG THEORY | NIP/TUCK | HELL'S KITCHEN | HEROES | THE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR CHRONICLES | TV TIME |
|
$400
[24]
This telescope namesake's discovery of an expanding universe underpins the Big Bang theory
(Edwin) Hubble
Joey
|
$400
[18]
Its restoration included adding an elevator & replacing the torch, & it had to be completed by July 4, 1986
the Statue of Liberty
Terry
|
$400
[3]
One food encyclopedia says this chocolate cake is so named because it's "so rich & delicious... it must be sinful"
a devil's food cake
Joey
|
$400
[1]
A vigilant canine, or someone on the lookout for corruption or unethical conduct
a watchdog
Joey
|
$400
[17]
He nominated O'Connor the month before the release of a movie about the first woman on the Supreme Court
Ronald Reagan
Carin
|
$400
[6]
In one version of the opening credits of "The Simpsons", this character is shown to cost $243.26
Maggie Simpson
Terry
|
|
$800
[9]
The 1965 discovery of this form of cosmic background radiation helped validate the theory--& make popcorn
microwave (radiation)
Terry
|
$800
[20]
An Eiffel Tower eatery was moved to this city, retooled & placed across from the Pontchartrain Hotel
New Orleans
Joey
|
$800
[12]
Mephistopheles is a big fan of this vampiric pitchman from General Mills & his chocolate cereal
Count Chocula
Carin
|
$800
[16]
An image of a sacred person in the Eastern Church, or someone who is an object of great devotion
an icon
Terry
|
$800
[19]
In 1984 O'Connor laid down an "endorsement" test--if the govt. endorses religion it violates this amendment
the First Amendment
Carin
|
$800
[7]
Before CNN, Anderson Cooper hosted this reality TV show where one player secretly works against the others
The Mole
Terry
|
|
$1,200
[5]
This British astronomer who coined the phrase "Big Bang" didn't buy the theory--he didn't think it was according to...
Hoyle
Terry
|
$1,200
[21]
Saved by Oliver Wendell Holmes' poem about it, it's been refurbished several times & sailed again in 1997
"Old Ironsides"
Joey
|
$1,200
[13]
Traditionally, "angels on horseback" are these bacon-wrapped bivalves; add Tabasco for "devils"
oysters
Carin
Joey
|
$1,200
[25]
"Have Gun Will Travel" character, or one of Charlemagne's 12 knights
paladin
Terry
|
$1,200
[26]
O'Connor's fancy footwork in 1992's Planned Parenthood v. Casey preserved this 1973 decision
Roe v. Wade
Carin
|
$1,200
[8]
From the planet Melmac, this title TV character liked to eat cats
ALF
Joey
|
|
$1,600
[4]
The first 10-43seconds after the bang are known as this German physicist's era, after which things "maxed" out
the Planck era
Joey
|
$2,000
[23]
Between 1978 & 1999 Pinin Barcilon restored this classic piece at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan
The Last Supper
|
$1,600
[14]
Paprika is sometimes sprinkled on these appetizers that have been boiled, halved & shelled by Lucifer
deviled eggs
Terry
|
— |
DD
$3,000
[27]
In 2000 O'Connor attended the dedication of the federal courthouse named for her in this state capital
Phoenix
Carin
|
$1,600
[10]
Hey now! Hank Kingsley was the bumbling sidekick on this HBO talk show sendup
The Larry Sanders Show
Carin
|
|
$2,000
[2]
Big Bang theory predicts that the universe is filled with these "little neutral" fundamental particles
neutrinos
Terry
|
DD
$4,000
[22]
Repairs to the paws of this over 4,000-year-old structure started around 1400 B.C.
the (Great) Sphinx
Joey
|
$2,000
[15]
Beelzebub loves "America's No. 1 meat spread"--this brand with a little devil on the label
Underwood
|
— | — |
$2,000
[11]
He did the play-by-play during the "Miracle on Ice" in the 1980 Winter Olympics
Al Michaels
Terry
|
In a 1921 letter this American-born poet had "a long poem in mind... which I am wishful to finish", & he did at 433 lines
T.S. Eliot