Valerie Vicroy — a caterer from Pismo Beach, California
Matt Blackwood — a middle school math teacher from Gulfport, Mississippi
Kevin Wilson — a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin | $2,400 | $4,600 | $21,400 |
$19,800
2-day champion: $50,999 |
$25,000
30 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Matt | $0 | $3,000 | $9,800 |
$9,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Valerie | $2,400 | $1,400 | $2,600 |
$5,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,600
5 R, 2 W |
| LET'S GET BIBLICAL | SELF-INDULGENT REALITY TV | POTPOURRI | THE RUSSIAN | TEA | "ROOM" |
|
$200
[5]
She mistakes Jesus for a gardener & Jesus tells the bedeviled woman not to touch him
Mary Magdalene
Kevin
|
$200
[23]
VH1's "Strange Love" featured 5' 5 1/2" Flavor Flav's whirlwind romance with this 6'1" Danish star
Brigitte Nielsen
Kevin
|
$200
[16]
Dark drinks like scotch have lots, vodka less, of impurities called congeners, a culprit in this nasty condition
a hangover
Kevin
|
$200
[30]
The actions of this Russian were truly revolutionary
Lenin
Matt
|
$200
[11]
In 1904 at the St. Louis World's Fair, Richard Blechynden popularized tea served this way
iced
Matt
|
$200
[1]
A photographer uses one to see what develops
a darkroom
Kevin
|
|
$400
[6]
In this biblical book, war rides a red horse
Revelation
Matt
|
$400
[24]
MTV's "Bromance" centered on the quest to find a BFF for this son of an Olympian
Brody Jenner
|
$400
[17]
Norris McWhirter, track announcer at the first sub-4-minute mile, began compiling this book the same year
the Guinness Book of World Records
Kevin
|
$400
[27]
He's the high-flying hero of 1961 seen here
Yuri Gagarin
Kevin
|
$400
[13]
There are about 8-36 mg of this in a cup of green tea compared to about 100-164 mg in a cup of coffee
caffeine
Kevin
|
$400
[2]
A witchy transport
a broomstick (a broom accepted)
Matt
|
|
$600
[4]
They're the 2 books of the Bible named for women
Ruth & Esther
Matt
Valerie
|
$600
[22]
I guess you could say this actress' show "It's Complicated" has a certain "sheen" about it
Denise Richards
Kevin
|
$600
[12]
Scary--in 1991 the N.Y. Supreme Court ruled that a home buyer could void the sale as he hadn't known the house was this
haunted
Kevin
|
$600
[29]
Nobel Prize-winning Russian writer & prisoner seen here
Solzhenitsyn
Kevin
|
DD
$400
[3]
Because it's meant to be served on coffee tables, not dining room tables, it's the alternate 2-word name for afternoon tea
low tea
Matt
|
$600
[8]
Starting in this office area is a proverbial entry point for many in Hollywood
the mailroom
Kevin
Matt
|
|
$800
[20]
Samson, Gideon & Deborah all make appearances in this biblical book with an occupational name
Judges
Kevin
|
$800
[25]
On "Rock of Love", this rocker's hair extensions don't scare the ladies away; quite the opposite
Bret Michaels
Matt
|
$800
[15]
A century-old painting of these animals playing poker was one of a pair that fetched $590,400 at a 2005 auction
dogs
Valerie
|
$800
[7]
This Cold War fixture died in 1982
Brezhnev
Kevin
|
$600
[14]
In 1952 this company introduced its "Flo-Thru" tea bag
Lipton
Matt
|
$800
[9]
It's the "max" amount of space above your skull for easy passage
headroom
Kevin
|
|
$1,000
[21]
Genesis tells us that Noah's Ark was made out of this "beastly" wood
gopher wood
Matt
|
$1,000
[26]
On "I'm With" this actor, the Oscar nominee once threatened to pull someone's endocrine system from their body
Gary Busey
|
$1,000
[19]
Schopenhauer wrote that to do this "is to halve your rights and double your duties"; so he never did
to marry
Matt
|
$1,000
[28]
He's the Russian writer seen here, "count" on it
Count Leo Tolstoy
|
$1,000
[18]
Teas bearing this former name of Taiwan are primarily oolong
Formosa
Kevin
Valerie
|
$1,000
[10]
You'll be such a fungi if you know a morel is one of these
a mushroom
Valerie
|
| NONFICTION | STARS BY MOVIE ROLES | A GIFT FROM THE MONARCH | LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER | "C"OUNTRIES | ANIMAL SUBTRACTION |
|
$400
[10]
In "Born Standing Up", this "wild & crazy guy" recalled selling guidebooks at Disneyland at age 10
Steve Martin
Kevin
|
$400
[21]
Wild Bill Kelso, Jake Blues, John Blutarsky (GPA, 0.0)
John Belushi
Kevin
|
$400
[20]
For Canada's centennial, Elizabeth II gave Ottawa 6 pairs of these birds, a-swimming on the Rideau River
swans
Matt
|
$400
[30]
This calm circular region at the center of a hurricane can range from a few miles in diameter to more than 100
the eye
Matt
|
$400
[15]
14 countries border this country that's more than 3,000 miles long & wide
China
Kevin
|
$400
[1]
Subtract a letter from this crustacean & you get a vehicle for public hire
a c r ab
Kevin
|
|
$800
[11]
"Their Finest Hour", Volume II of his WWII history, is divided into 2 sections: "The Fall of France" & "Alone"
Churchill
Kevin
|
$800
[7]
Longfellow Deeds, Dink the Clown, Zohan Dvir
Adam Sandler
Kevin
|
$800
[22]
Lincoln accepted 2 tusks from the King of Siam, but turned down these animals, saying trains move goods just fine
elephants
Kevin
|
$800
[29]
This is defined as the amount of water vapor in the air
the humidity
Matt
|
$800
[16]
This countryseenhereis a popular tourist destination
Costa Rica
Valerie
|
$800
[2]
Subtract a letter from this amphibian & you get a hazy condition
a f r og
Matt
Valerie
|
|
$1,200
[12]
"Resilience" is the appropriate title of a book by this cancer-stricken political wife
Elizabeth Edwards
Kevin
|
$1,200
[6]
Osmosis Jones, Mooseblood, Marty the Zebra
Chris Rock
Matt
|
$1,200
[23]
One story says Mistress Louise de Keroualle was a gift from Louis XIV to this Restoration king
Charles II
|
$1,200
[28]
The flag seenherewarns boaters of this type of moderately strong wind of about 34 to 54 miles per hour
gales
Kevin
|
$1,200
[17]
An art biennial in this country is held at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Habana Vieja
Cuba
Valerie
|
$1,200
[4]
Remove a letter from this furry animal & you get a Jewish clergyman
a rabbi t
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[13]
"Be the Pack Leader" was a non-fiction bestseller written by this TV "Dog Whisperer"
Cesar Millan
Kevin
|
$1,600
[3]
Boolie Werthan, Jack Lambert, Sgt. Joe Friday
Dan Aykroyd
Kevin
|
$1,600
[24]
At a state dinner King Mohammed VI of this African land gave Clinton a jeweled dagger--useful for slicing the lamb
Morocco
|
$1,600
[26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animated weather map on the monitor.) A common weather pattern, bringing an abundance of warm, tropical moisture direct from Hawaii to the Pacific coast is popularly called this, like a 2008 comedy film
the Pineapple Express
Kevin
|
$1,600
[18]
President Alvaro Uribe was considered a hero here after the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt in 2008
Colombia
Kevin
|
DD
$2,000
[8]
Subract a letter from this noisy bird & you get a list of players on a team
a r o oster
Kevin
|
|
$2,000
[14]
"Rogue economist" Steven D. Levitt ties Roe v. Wade to a drop in crime in this bestseller
Freakonomics
Kevin
|
$2,000
[5]
Harry Burns, Miracle Max, Mike Wazowski
Billy Crystal
Matt
|
$2,000
[25]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Mount Vernon, VA.) At Mount Vernon, Washington hung anengravingthat was a gift of this man, our most powerful ally in the Revolutionary War
Louis XVI of France
|
DD
$4,000
[27]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animated weather map on the monitor.) Named for the direction from which they come, much of our weather is carried across the United States & Canada by these dominant winds, between 30 & 60 degrees latitude
westerlies
Kevin
|
$2,000
[19]
This country, with a legacy of Roman culture, includes the historic regions of Dalmatia & Istria
Croatia
Kevin
|
$2,000
[9]
Subtract a letter from this South American ruminant & you get a Buddhist monk
a l lama
Kevin
|
When Galveston was devastated by a hurricane in 1900, she traveled 1,500 miles to head up the relief effort
Clara Barton